TIIE SUNDAlT OREGONIAX, PORTLiAND, OCTOBER " 10, 1920
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HAPPENINGS OF DAY ARE VIEWED FROM VARIOUS-ANGLES BY THE PUBLIC 1
STOUT OV EDEN ALLEGORICAL
Transition rnm Period of Uncon
ftlMta, Virtu Depleted.
PORVAn, Oct. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) VUU is conceded by all
student o combination of his
tory, all&fprp Rd parable. Nor does
this statement refute its truth, for
the truth of the Bible can never be
found in a literal translation of all its
texts. Those who seek for God In,'
tne sinie must una mm in me spirit
of its writings. Its truth Is based on
the fact of its moral teachings. We
find some rank accounts of immoral
ity within its covers, but you will
never find a passage where immoral
ity is condoned. The truth ia in its
wisdom, its counsel, its condemnation
of evil and its approval of virtue,
and the apparent knowledge by its
writers of the moral and spiritual
"law of compensation." But the his
tory of the Bible is a local history,
the history of the Israelites with
mention of such neighbors as with
whom they came in contact. The (to
them) known world was -comparatively
small, and necessarily eo be
cause their means of travel were lim
ited, few could write and manuscripts
were not accessible to the general
public so their means of learning sec-ond-handedly
were also small.
Th account of the flood is undoubt
edly local history, for we find it sub
stantiated by profane writers. The
catastrophe was evidently known end
experieced by other nations than Is
rael, for there are said to be Chal
dean and other accounts of it, and
therefore It is logical to assume that
the flood covered a very large area
of the then known world. That Noah
was apprised of its coming is not il
logical (have we not weather proph
ets today?) and Noah was a serious
minded man who did not enjoy the
frivolity and vanity of his day, some
thing, I imagine, akin to the madness
of our own age, limited only by their
lesser possession of ways and means
to indulge it. The etory of Eden,
however, I conceive to be allegori
cal. Eden was not a geographical
location; It was a state or condition
of man's mental self as Moses con
ceived it through his own knowledge
of the law of evolution. Moses knew
that the physical body had emerged
into man-form before intelligence
was very far advanced, and he knew,
too, that Intelligence was evolution
ary. That Moses knew of the evo
lution of the earth Is attested by his
account of the creation, where he
takes us through in sequential order
the probable epochs and calls each
stage of evolution a day. knowing
that the time of eternity is counted
by achievement and not by the hours
of man.
Every child born is without dis
crimination as to good or evil. It
knows only instinctive or natural
need. It is a matter still to be de
cided at what age a child "eats of
the tree of knowledge of good and
evil." It is probable that the time
varies and depends on such causes
as heredity and environment, or in
other words his inherent character
and intelligence, plus the opportunity
for learning (this does not mean mere
theoretical knowledge, which may or
may not influence him). The stages of
development of the intelligence of the
child are analogous of the stages of
development in the human race. There
probably was a time when the desires
of man were instinctive and natural.
He was neither moral nor immoral,
but unmoral. He broke no laws, for
he knew no laws he waa not self
conscious. Personal choice came with
the ability to discriminate between
Eood and evil. In the ability to reason
on what was good for him and what
was bad for him, in the ability to
reason from cause to effect, and that
Ability was the dawn of self-con-eciousness
and personal responsibility.
Even as the age of discrimination
among children varies for causes as
Above stated, so it varies with the
different races according to inheri
tance, opportunity, climate and diet.
The econdition of not knowing was
Eden, man was good without having
to choose goodness, but he did not
yet possess self-conscious immortal
ity, for that must be earned by the
personal self-conscious choice of
goodness; thus it is seen that the so
called "fall of man" was but a stage
In his evolutionary unfoldment and a
means to greater achievement. Who
wants to see a child always a child
In mentality while his body grows,
or to be a child always mentally and
physically? It is unnatural, you say?
Yes, and so it would be for the race.
Who wants to belong to a race with
no knowledge of good and evil, with
no need to employ a personal choice
between the two, no degrees of de
velopment, no Incentive to achieve
ment? Better even the present chaos;
It is at least a stage of evolution.
Studied in spirit and in truth, the
facts of science but substantiate the
Bible. And in spirit and in truth the
Bible is scientific.
MRS. M. A. AX.BIN.
AS OXE RECALLS COXTROVJiltSY
Writer Avers Treaty Was Cause of
Canal Tolls Repeal.
TOPPENISH, Wash., Oct. 7. (To
the Editor.) I have Just finished
reading an editorial in The Oreso
niitn, "What One Man Thinks.". and
was surprised and amused by the
statement in the paragraph on the
repeal of the Panama canal tolls law.
You make the statement that Presi
dent Wilson "gave mysterious rea
sons connected with foreign rela
tions" as the reason why we should
repeal the recently enacted law.
As a great many of our citizens
know who have followed the course
of our public affairs during recent
years, the main and outstanding rea
son for the repeal of that act was
our treaty relations with Great Bri
tain, first in the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty and renewed again just a few
years previously by a republican
president and secretary of state and
affirmed by a republican senate in
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. I think
our official records will show that
John Hay, our secretary, who nego
tiated the treaty, expressly stated
that under the terms of that agree
ment, the Panama canal tolls law
was illegal and should be repealed.
I also think President Taft in his ad
ministration took the same position.
These facts are the real reasons
why President Wilson asked for the
repeal of the law and I think he was
sustained at that time by the opinion
of most of our public men, both dem
ocratic and republican.
In this campaign it has become
popular to sneer at treaties entered
into in good faith with foreign coun
tries. Republican editors and repub
lican speakers are just now berating
the president because he refuses to
terminate treaty rlations with a
number of foreign nations in a com
mercial way. very many of the same
treaties no doubt having been made
by republican administrations. Our
constitution makes the president the
official representative of the nation
in Its relations to the rest of the
world and I honor the present execu
tive for his refusal to make, our
treaty relations with foreign powers
mere "scraps of paper" and appear
in the eyes of the world as a nation
whose own selfiBh interests as they
develop will take precedence over our
own word of honor given In good
faith.
Even Senator Harding himself, a
Sew days ago. in speaking of the re
peal of the Panama canal tolls law
failed to give the real facta for its
repeal. Be refuses to men altogether
the republican Hay-Pauncefoote
treaty and the opinion of very many
of our public men handed down from
a former republican administration.
WALTER E. HAN WORD.
In his message asking congress to
repeal the Panama canal tolls exemp
tion to coastwise vessels. President
Wilson, while saying that in his
opinion it was "a mistaken economic
policy from every' point of view," and
that It was "in plain contravention
with the treaty with Great Britain,"
expressly disclaimed intention to
urge these personal views. He ad
mitted that there were differences of
opinion on the subject in this coun
try, but asserted that in other coun
tries there was no difference of opin
ion as to the treaty's precluding the
exemption. He expressly asked the
repeal as a magnanimous act and as
one In support of the foreign policy
of the administration, saying, "I
shall not know how to deal with oth
er matters of importance of even
greater delicacy and- nearer conse
quence if you do not grant It to me
In ungrudging measure."
The mystery of the latter appeal
aroused, speculation throughout the
country and was never explained.
Contrary to the correspondent's
recollection. President Taft supported
the exemption clause. Its repeal was
opposed In the. house by such, demo
cratic public men as Oscar Under
wood and Speaker Clark and In the
senate by Senator O'Gorman " (dem.)
and Senator Chamberlain (dem.) of
Oregon. In the house 62 democrats
voted against it. In the senate it
was carried only by adding an
amendment declaring In 'effect that
the repeal was not to be construed
as a waiver of the right of the United
States, under the treaty with Great
Britain or otherwise, to discriminate
in favor, of its own vessels in pas
sage through the canal and- asserting
the sovereignty of the United States
as to ownership, control and manage
men of the canal -and the regulation
of the conditions or charges of traf
fic through the same. To this amend
ment the house concurred by a vote
o 216 to 71. -
HIGH RATES ARE HARDSHIP
Western Industries Find Their Al
ready Small "Profits Gone.
BRIDAL VEIL, Or., Oct. 8. (To the
Editor.) One of the most oppressing
items of almost every Industry and
producer in general is the freight
raise of late. Take the lumber in
dustry. Dominant in the entire north
west, it is brought almost entirely to
a standstill. The little profit which
high labor and material left to the
wheat and fruit growers must yet
undergo a big minus transaction for
freight and many a finished product
remains where it was being produced
merely because the transportation
would affix a selling price by far
too high for its consumer.
Then we have a multitude of men
thrown out on the high sea of mostly
involuntary idleness; a condition
which is not the very best to foster
those things which just organisation
had created. The situation at hand is
serious and, sorry to say, it is only the
progressive business man, rather em
ployer, who fully realizes it.
Just how and why the increase of
the freight rates was capable of caus
ing, a temporary "shutdown" is quite
obvious. The market in general had
been on a downward'road for the last
four months. The cost of production,
due directly to high wages and ma
terial, and indirectly to the high cost
of living, in many Instances amounted
to a sum which would not even allow
4 per cent interest on the investment.
Nevertheless, many an employer was
willing to operate in spite of such an
apparent loss. But when said rate
increase came lr.to effect, which Van
celled more than two-thirds of the
orders, there was but one choice, viz:
to close down till conditions could be
readjusted. Consequently, when we
boil things down to the bare, bony
facts we have that the cost of pro
duction, which Includes transporta
tion, demanded a selling price which
the average consumer either could
not or would not pay.
Upon viewing the situation fron-i
another angle it seems as though the
increase is too imposing. True enough,
it was authorized in Washington, but
we must not forget that we are still
at war theoretically and some affairs
are still adjusted and settled under
war-time conditions. This is not say
ing that the industries are still realiz
ing war-time profits. If the admin
istration was a poor hand at the
"Johnson-bar," why should it approve
of having its defects rectified by
allowing eome large industry, such
as the railroads, to infringe upon or
suppress the remainder of the pro
ducers? If this is so then it is real
ly lamentable that we can't send a
relief to the "Johnson bar" at Wash
ington before next March. In the
meantime it is most desirable that
the railroad transportation companies
take some step to meet the leading
industries, who are only too willing
to come to terms on a fair fifty-fifty
basis. JULIUS SERVATIUS.
REASON FARMERS BURN STRAW
Labor Cost and Sltortage Make
Salvage Impracticable.
TANGENT, Or., Oct. 8 (To the
Editor.) I noticed an article in The
Oregonian, wherein Mr. Powers criti
cised the action of valley farmers In
burning straw stacks, and stated this
straw has a value of Jl per ton, and,
furthermore, he recommends its use
in several different ways.
As a farmer, I would say that we
appreciate the value of this straw, but
at the present time, when most people
like to live and work in the cities, the
average farmer feels fortunate to get
his grain saved and let alone the
straw.
Threshermen, on account of the
shortage of hedp. prefer to set their
machines in the middle of grain fields,
which is generally on good dirt. Then
for a farmer to hire (providing he
can) a man for $5 per day to haul,
we will say. about four tons of straw,
is preposterous.
Back to the soil or soon we will
run out of straw. G. H. MOSS.
HARDING CANT DO IT ALONE
Republican Senate Needed, Too, to
Help Cleam Vp.
VALE, Or., Oct. 6. (To the Editor.)
All there is to the senatorial cam
paign in Oregon ia this:
Will the voters of Oregon elect
Warren G. Harding president and re
fuse to give him a good hired man
in Bob Stanfield to help him clean up
the mess that the democrats have
made in the last seven years?
Mr. Harding wants Stanfield elected
to save the country from a demo
cratic majority in the senate, which
would balk htm in his efforts to put
into effect republican principles, re
publican legislation, republican re
forms and ' republican economies.
The republican men and women, I
believe, are loyal and devoted to prin
ciple and will not throw President
Harding' down. W. W. CAV1NESS.
GEOLOGICAL DATA ACCURATE
Earliest Life of Very Simple Na
ture, Says Scientist.
-PORTLAND. Oct. 8. (To the EdI,
tor.) In today's issue of the Ore
gonian there appear two letters which
are answers to mine of recent daite
on the "Garden of Eden." One of
your correspondents endeavors to
have us accept the theory that the
deluge was restrloted In extent to
that portion of the earth which was
known to the ancients who were re
sponsible for the record, while the
other expresses the opinion that ge
ologists have not probed the records
thoroughly enough to determine
whether or not there ever was a gen
eral deluge such as is indicated in
the Bible. With regard to the last:
It is not necessary for every yard
of surface to be drilled in order to
determine whether there Is coal pres
ent, nor is It necessary that all the
water in a lake be analyzed in order
to discover if It Is fit for drinking
purposes: samples taken at different
points are all that Is ordinarily re
quired. The geological data available
include that obtained from the very
earliest era to the roost recent, and
the paleo-ntologlcal evidence show-s
the unmistakable fact that the earli
est life was of the very simplest na
ture, while as time passed -and con
ditions or environment changed the
structure of the animals changed
also, the number of forms Increas
ing and their anatomy becoming more
and more diversified till m the very
recent strata we finally find remains
of man and most of the present-day
animals.
In order to have one accept the
biblical record' as a bald statement
of fact we must assume that man
was created at a very early period
in the existence of the earth and
according to the very strict believers
in the record in the form which he
appears today with all his attributes
and . weaknesses. But the passage of
time given as from the creation in
the Jewish account is altogether too
short for the changes which unmis
takably have occurred in man and
the lower animals. The best sci
entists in the world are unable defi
nitely to decide just how many years
have elapsed since thie first appear
ance of life on the earth, but it is
variously put at from five to 20 mil
lions of years, even the lowest esti
mate being many times in excess of
the few thousands which the biblical
account gives as having elapsed since
the creation.
The age of the earliest remains of
man known to us has been placed
variously at something about 50,000
years, and in most respects the struc
ture of the head of the specimen dif
fers very considerably from that of
the normal human being of today, the
evidences of a high grade of intelli
gence being very scanty. That the
exact region of the world in which
man originated will ever be deter
mined is extreme-ly dou'btful is the
opinion of all scientists, and that it
is of secondary importance is ad
mitted. What every true scientist
Is interested in Is the improvement
of mankind and his surroundings, and
in order that this may be successfully
undertaken it has been considered
necessary to probe into the history
of man and his fellow animals that
by discoveries relating to the factors
in his development we may more in
telligently undertake work which has
as its purpose the betterment of the
world in general.
Most advanced Bible students who
are open to conviction by adduced
facts' have come to accept the biblical
account of the creation and various
other matters as allegorical or as
poetry with a license. Kerw scien
tists there are who discredit the ex
istence of some superior power, and
the stumbling block to the atheist
is the fact that no scientist has ever
succeeded in producing life where
none existed before. Whether man
was created or evolved, the fact that
he is here Is evident, and a belief in
the existence of God does not neces
sarily imply a blind acceptance of
the theory that man was always as
he is now, nor does it warrant the
belief that he will be from now till
the end of the world just as he is.
Man is changing thougrh very slowly;
his environment and mental possibil
ities are changing the latter to great
er extent than any other, and to
credit God with the creation of an
organism which embodies the pos
sibilities of development or evolution
which is present in man is to render
more homage to him than by accent
ing man as an immutable being whose
possibilities are limited and whose
progress is preordained to follow
certain paths.
Were it true that present-day ani
mals were conteon-poran-eous with
those of the very earliest periods it
must be evident that remains of at
least some of them would be found
along with the many extinct animals
which are frequently turned up by
geologists. - But no such specimens
have ever been discovered, and the
only examples of man, whose remains
are just as susceptible to preserva
tion as those of many of the lizards
which are available to us as records
of his prehistoric existence, have been
found in the most recent deposits,
the earliest being, "I believe, in the
post-glacial drifts. Even in the case
of Insects we find but few species
which belong even to genera which
exist today, and this order is not
found among the very early animals.
Were evolution not a proved fact, we
would have among the paleontologi
cal specimens many of the species
which are so abundant today, and it
would not then be so difficult for the
antagonists of the theoery to explain
why none of the enormous flying"
lizards and other extinct forms of
which we have remains to prove their
existence are now existent, and why
none of their present-day relatives
are to be found with them in the
strata where they are discovered.
I rpgret that this letter must close
the discussion so far as I am con
cerned, as I return east in a day or
two after a very pleasant vacation
spent in what I consider one of the
most beautiful and Interesting re
gions in North America, where evi
dences of natural agencies abound
and where the student of nature has
an unending source of material for
study. J. R, MALLOCH.
Illinois Natural History Survey, Ur
bafia. 111.
TRAIL Of VISIOXARX LEADER
Man Who Once Led People Over
Precipice Still Aspires.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 8. (To the
Editor.) When Llndley M. Garrison
secretary of war in 1914, reported the
mobile force of continental United
States army as being less than 31,000
men, and saying that It would require
the enlistment of 25,000 to bring it to
standard, he advised that it be
brought up to standard. It is fair to
presume that this report was first
submitted to the president and met
with his approval, as a cabinet mem
ber seldom, if ever, makes a recom
mendation to congress without first
obtaining presidential approval.
Objection being raised to any In
crease or tne army by Claude Kitchin
cnairman or tne ways and means
committee, the president stated that
he had an open mind upon the sub
ject. His final answer was:
The world Is on fire. It Is a war, how
ever In which we have no Interest, and
that can by no poaslbllttT touch us. Tin
time for bringing the army to standard is
Inopportune, as our motives might ba mil
construed.
He also said that there were, a few
nervous people who imagined they
saw danger ahead, "but I assure you
there is no danger, we will pursue the
peaceful tenos of our ways unper
turbed and undismayed."
"The time for bringing the army to
standard is inopportune, as our mo
tives might be misconstrued." That
is, we would be governed by what we
chose to imagine somebody else might
thinkvthat we might be thinking of
doing, and upon that foundation we
builded, the president himself furnish
ing the corner stone and acting as
master of ceremonies at the laying
thereof. "And the rain descended, and
the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it fell."
And the lives of 50.000 of the choicest
of the United States' young manhood
were crushed out beneath the ruins,
while 200,000 more were maimed to a
greater or less extent, at a cost to the
country of twenty to thirty billions
of dollars, with untold billions to be
paid through a hundred years to come.
These figures are too conservative.
The president in the veto message on
the Knox resolution says the lives of
over 100,000 were sacrificed, while last
May the medical department reported
649,000 in need of hospital care.
In those days there were voices
crying in the wilderness "Prepare ye."
These were the super-nervous people
to whom the president referred.
Among the more prominent might be
mentioned Theodore Roosevelt, Henry
Watterson of Louisville, Ky.. editor
Courier-Journal; Representative Gar
diner, Massachusetts; General Leonard
Wood, United States army. These men
were prophets, no less than Amos,
Hosea and Isaiah were in their day,
and led on by the highest In authority
they received much the same treat
ment as those men of olden time. They
were all men of vision, but to the
visionary the man of vision always
has been, and perhaps always will be,
anathema.
Blindly following a blind leader of
the blind, we were led to the brow of,
a precipice, over which we were
crowded into the vortex of war, with
out any preparation, with results as
stated, Ind for what? Why, that a
college profescor might test out a
theory. The United States was the
laboratory, the people the material,
and the wealth of the country at large
the means with which to furnish it.
A new formula is now brought for
ward, a guaranteed remedy, a pana
cea and sure cure for all world ills.
All that is necessary Is to throw the
United States, without reserve, into
the pot of with the rest 6f theworld,
and place the management in the
hands of the man who kept us out of
war. We now have the further assur
ance on his part that If we do that
all will be well, while failure to do bo
will break the heart of the world.
In the light of past experience.have
we any reason to believe that present
assurances rest upon any firmer foun
dation than those given In the past?
E. C. M.
OLD COLLEGE PLAN APPROVED
Tee Murk Choice of Studies Is New
Given Scholars.
PORTLAND. Oct. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) With the opening of a num
ber of colleges and universities where
The Oregonian Is read, may one not a
school teacher have space to say a
thing or two on the matter of stu
dents entering college being allowed
to select courses of study for them
selves? In the school of yesterday, where
men like Charles Sumner, James A.
Garfield and Harvey W. Scott were
educated, the inclinations of the stu
dent as to what he Bhould study were
not consulted. The work assigned was
to be done. The matter of its diffi
culty or practical value was not open.
Superficial Inclinations of the boy In
capable of enduring seven "tests were
not catered to, in order to increase
the number of students at the school.
We are told that in this day. with
Its automobiles, airplanes, wireless
telegraphy and comereial enterprises,
a boy must be taught how to succeed.
Shall he not first be taught how to
live: and can this be done without de
veloping by hard and sustained ef
fort the power of concentration?
.Isn't it barely possible that this
widespread yielding to the inclina
tions of the students is undermining
the stable value of the college?
The old-time faculty seemed to
know what was better for us, and
held us to a full course In not a few
things that at first ran counter to
our inclinations, but which kindled a
new and wholesome interest, where
there was no Interest, and gave a
grasp on things worth while.
Why not give the growing boy lib
erty to follow at college his physical
inclinations and passions, as well as
his intellectual? Isn't the most val
uable feature after all of a college
course, in Its evolving, or revealing,
power in the student, and not in
cramming him with a lot of stuff?
The Chinese have a proverb: "If you
tie a competent man hand and foot
and pitch him into , the sea, he will
come up with a fish in his mouth."
In the scramble of human life, isn't
the college to prepare a man thus to
master and utilize all contingencies?
C. E. CLINE.
Land Offlrrs In Alaska.
GRASS VALLEY, Or., Oct. 6. (To
the Editor.) Please tell me where
the United States land offices in
Alaska are located.
A SUBSCRIBER..
Fairbanks. .Tuneau and Nome.
"California Syrup of Figs"
Delicious Laxative for Your Child's Liver and Bowels
Hurry mother! A teaspoonful of "California"
Syrup of Figs tday may prevent a sick child to
morrow. If your child is constipated, bilious, fev
erish, fretful, has cold, colic or if stomach is
sour, tongue coated, breath bad, remember a good
NO SUPER-GOVERNMENT THERE!
League Pact Avoids Interference With
x Domestic Jsanea.
PORTLiAND. Oct. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) So many of the objections
urged against our participation in
the league of nations seem both far
fetched and frivolous. Apparently
many people are so constituted that
they can see only danger in every
new move in the line of human prog
ress. No nation can enter Into an
undertaking with another without
some slight danger of complications
arising from ill-advUsed acts on the
part of its representatives. But for
that reason shall we stand aloof, re
fusing all International obligations?
The argument that under the pro
visions of article ten we could be
forced Into war in violation of the
constitutional prerogative of congress
alone to declare war, is certainly
without merit. The provisions of the
fundamental law clothing the presi
dent and senate with the power of
formulating and entering Into treaty
obligations with other nations, pre
supposes the exercise of that right,
and it Is unfair to assume that either
of the co-ordinate branches, or our
representative in the league council,
who would have at all times the right
of negativing the action of the coun
cil, would involve us in war, unless so
authorized, and sustained by the reg
ularly constituted authorities of the
government.
In his letter of September 8, your
correspondent. Max Kramer, asks,
;Vhy not say 'The United States re
serves the right to decide whether or
not to employ its armed forces to en
force the decisions of the council of
niner Better that than breaking a
treaty or submitting to super-goverji-ment."
The objection to such reserva
tion Is, that the United States, claim
ing for herself a reservation of that
character, would be obliged to grant
the same right to all other signatory
powers, which would immensely
weaken the effectiveness of the
league. The primary purpose of the
league is to endeavor, by discussion
and arbitration, to settle all Interna
tional disputes. But failing this, to
employ economic pressure in control
of offending powers, and to employ
military force only as a final resort.
But whether moral, economic or
military, the effective power of the
league will always inhere In the abil
ity of the council to employ immedi
ate and concerted action to maintain
the peace. But if the council could
have no advance assurance that its
decrees would be upheld by the mem
ber nations. It would be largely shorn
of its power for the restraint of recal
citrant nations. And the same objec
tion applies to reservations declining
the use of the economic boycott, or to
restrain resident nationals of a hos
tile power. Mr. Kramer also com
plains that by limiting its guaranty
of territorial integrity to cases of ex
ternal aggression only, article ten
holds out no hope for subject people,
held within the territorial limits of
existing nations. But that is one of
the safe provisons of the league. If
it assumed to regulate the domestic
affairs of either member, or non
member nation. It would indeed be
super-government, which the league
opponents so flippantly assert. But
by that limitation it avoids any Just
charge of super-government, and by
declining to side with one faction of a
government, as against another, or
to ally itself with one nation or group
of nations against another there is
small danger of either the league or
any of its members being driven into
any of those "entangling alliances"
against which our nation's fathers so
wisely cautioned us.
The activities of the league thui
far have evinced little desire to as
sume responsibilities not absolutely
necessary for the maintenance of in
ternational peace. Of course, situa
tions like those In Russia, where the
various forms of propaganda are con
tinually menacing the domestic peace
of other countries, are very aggravat
ing. But the policy of non-interference
will probably enable Russian
civilization soon to find its proper
level.
A league, with none of its members
obligated to any substantive action,
would be valueless, and I feel sure
that if any candid opponent of the
league will sit down and end-eavor to
formulate a comprehensive plan with
any substantive force, he will find
himself landing about where the peace
conference finally found safe an
chorage. J. G. GAItRETSO.V.
544 Sixth street.
"WHERE SHALL LINE BE DRAWN T
When Is Suicide by Prisoner Jostl-
fled and "When Notf
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) The case of the lord mayor of
Cork suggests the following remarks:
The Justice or injustice of any par
ticular person's imprisonment is one
thing. The propriety or Impropriety
of any special protest against such
Imprisonment is a totally different
matter. And the two things ought
not to be confused.
Whether & man takes poison or
hangs himself, or deliberately goes
without food until he dies, his death
Is plainly self-inflicted; and It can
make no difference as to this whether
what he does is done in his own house
or in the open air or in a prison.
Seif-starvation, as a protest against
alleged injustice, was either invented
or revived by the suffragettes in Lon
don some 20 years ago. It was sup
posed, and with reason, that It would
"physic-laxative" is often all that is necessary.
Children love the "fruity" taste of genuine
"California" Syrup of Figs which has directions
for babies and children printed on bottle. Say
"Ca1ifornia"or you may get an imitation.
Is Lack Of Iron In The Blood
Dragging You Into The
Torture Chamber Of Ill-Health?
Physician Says Thousands Are Racked By
III-Health Because They Have Let The Iron In
Their Blood Run Low
RECOMMENDS ORGANIC IRON NUXATED IRON
To Build Red Blood, Mighty Strength And The
Sturdy Health That Laughs At Disease Says
"You Cannot Be Strong And Well Without
Plenty Of Iron
Thousandsot people are held in the clutch of Anaemia lack of iron in the
blood and in consequence they feel sickly, tired and run-down, and
yield easily to every little ailment that seems to. strike them out of
a clear sky. Men lose time from
their business, and never seem to be
able to wprk at their full efficiency; and
women find their household tasks
terribly tiring and burdensome. "They
are condemned to the torture-chamber
of Ill-Health, when in many cases their
condition is due to nothing more or less
than lack of iron in the blood. The
6trains and burdens of present-day life
tend to drain the iron from the blood,
and few of us lead the normal, vigorous
life and eat the coarse iron -filled foods
that would help to replenish the supply
of iron. When the iron in the blood
runs low, the blood becomes impover
ished, thin, and anaemic, leaving us
without the vitality to fight off sick
ness and infections, and it is the opinion
of physicians that in such circumstances
we should by all means quickly build up
the supply of iron in the blood. Dr.
John J. Van Horne, formerly Medical
Inspector and Clinical Physician on the
Board of Health of New York City, especi
ally recommends organic iron Nuxated
Iron as a tonic for the blood, because of
its remarkable strength -giving, vigor-building
properties.
"Yoo cannot be strong and well without plenty of
h-oo in the blood." ears Dr. Van Horne. "ThianW
are racked and tortured by ill-health because they have failed to
build up proper defense by keeping their blood rich in iron Yet
since impoverished blood can be so easily fed with organic iron
by means of Nuxated Iron, it seems a great tragedy that so many
people allow thrmseres to slip into a sickly, worn-out condition.
a rMnilt nf Ifttina thj. imn m th. hlswl ..... U.
"Patients often ask me why there can be no Tf your blood lacks Iron, my own recom
strong. healthy men or really attractive vigor- mendation is that you do not trifle with dan.
wis women w.thout plenty of iron .nth blood gerous substitutes but getthegenuine Nuxated
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Wood corpuscles that carries the oxygen we
breathe throughout the body. If the iron in
the blood thins out. the blood cannot carrr
enourh nv,ra to th. milli. of lii ll.
in the human system, and they are literally
strangled for lack of air. just at the body ia
stranitled if the lungs cannot breathe in the
life-giving oxygen.
produce "a, moral effect." The same
kind of effect was produced by a
king of Moab about 2800 years earlier.
Being besieged in one of his cities,
he took his eldest son, slew him on
the city wall and offered him as a
burnt offering to the gods of Moab,
in the sight of both armies. The be
siegers, in horror or in superstitious
reverence, abandoned the attack. So
his expedient was successful.
But is it to be commended? And
can suicide be commended? And if It
can, then may not the "hunger strike"
be adopted In any case where a pris
oner objects to his Imprisonment?
At what point can we draw the line?
RICHARD H. THORNTON.
TOO MITCH IGNORANT VOTING
Better to Restrict Kmncnlse Tbnn
Make Voting Comnnlsory.
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) I hope that the voters will not
authorize the legislature to pass a law
making voting compulsory. That
would be an uncalled-for imposition
on some and the little good resulting
would be far outweighed by the
harm done by the hordes of indiffer
ent and Indolent so-called citizens
who care nothing for their own or
anybody else's welfare, but are ab
sorbed only in their own Immediate
pleasures.
Only those who, two months pre
ceding a regular election, have hon
estly devoted as much time to polit
ical matters and candidates as they
have devoted to amusements, recrea
tion and reading of commercial pa
pers, thus having studied the view
point of all political factions and the
issues claiming the voters' attention,
should be allowed to vote at all.
Such a law would be as workable
as our present Income tax law, and
we have too much copy-cat voting
already. C. A. REICHEN.
HOW SCIENCE FORTIFIES FAITH
Christians Oucht Not to Disregard In
junction: "Prove All Things."
UXTVERSITT PARK, Or., Oct. 8.
(To the Editor.) A previous contri
bution to The Oregonlan may have
seemed to be unfair to the achieve
ment of science and the influence of
her torch upon Christian theology it
self. Science has made astrology give
way to astronomy and alchemy to
chemistry. It removed the Ptolemic
system of the universe and In the
place of a little flat earth Copernicus
taught even the theologians to put
In The Blood.
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iron, ucvause or its power to Build red blood,
strength, and sturdy health. I have had n
eel lent results with Nuxated Iron; ft has often
in two LJ? w, kZS, .rSl
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improvement in pale, nervous, anaemic
Dr. H. B. Vail, formerly physic! a in the
altimor- llnit,! r . v!r?" J:I
Baltimore Hosnital and i Mnlnl F-r-lZLZ
says: Throughout my experience on Hospital
thankfully a solar system and Innu
merable systems of worlds. A uni
verse pushed out chaos. The law of
gravitation went from the falling ap
ple to revolving Neptune, silent and
solitary and through the spectroscope
we know that the mud under our feet
is the 6a me in material as sticks to
the shores of the Marsites. Telegra
phy! First the seen wires trembled
with messages, but now wireless
communications triumph over the evil
powers of the air. The telephone! By
means of it the boy makes love to his
girl. Electricity washes clothes and
puts threads into garments of
strength and beauty. Burbank is im
proving createdthings with new cre
ations and wewonder whether the
apple of Eden vas equal to our Deli
cious. Edison lights up innumerable
churches, no one of which the hon
est old agnostic attends. Science has
taught theology and taken away the
old lessons she held as well as her
pupil and given stimulus to new
views and welcome interpretations.
The work of scientists has demon
strated for the benefit of theology the
inability of materialism to account
Another Sleepless Night?
It's been a busy and fretful day. Brain fagged, nerves frayed
and body exhausted conscious that tomorrow is fraught with
new inais ana inuuiatioas, ne realizes the imperative need ot a retreshinir
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Staffs and aa a
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Patients who
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ity their delicate, run
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the result of lack of
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I have prescribed organic iron
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tients at the rapidity with which
their weakness and general debil
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for the universe and also the onward-
ness in the works of God and has left
us the stimulus of something better
further on. Science has crushed su-.
perstition. believing too much, and
has made faith cling to something
true instead of something not so and .
gladdens us with the sureness of
knowledge instead of the confidence
of ignorance.
Science again and again cries, "Ver-
lfy what we believe," and the verifi
cation we approach In our personal
experience and taste even the powers
to come. Science will not advance a
step without proof, nor ought Chris
tians to take out of the old book,
"Prove all things." Science is modest."
so modost that many who love her
realm do not know whether they have
either a God or a soul; and Is that not
better than knowing all about God.
and everything within the soul now
and evermore? So let the scientific,
knocker open the doors of the uni
verse and Instead of running on one
side of the doors as kickers, we enter
through Into new apartments with .
songs of rejoicing.
B. J. nOADLET. ,
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