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Monday, September 8, 1 913
AGE TWO
Ashland Tidings
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History in the Making
WOMEN' XOT THE SOLE OFFEXD-EKS.
"Us men" should get together
again and pass resolutions of indig
nation at woman's inhumanity to
woman.
It is a favorite theme, and can't
be repeated too often.'
There was O'Hara. He was mak
ing a great, strong fight for the bet
terment of working girl conditions
and the abolition of white slavery.
This didn't suit Big Business in Illi
nois, and it was hard to strike back,
in the open, because the people were
with O'Hara. But there might be
another way to down him his j
"past." So they tried to drag in an
affinity scandal, on the theory that
if you throw mud enough, some of
it will stick.
Then there is Governor Sulzer.
Wanted to wipe out the Wall street
stock gamblinc; wanted direct pri
maries and wouldn't crook his knees
to Tammany bossism. However,
New York found that while Sulzer's
measures could be defeated, each
time one of them was voted down at
Albany, the people waxed wroth.
From some mysterious cavern of the
past a chorus girl came iM with
a breach of promise suit with
about the usual evidence (?) in such
cases. "
Turn again to Mulhall. The rage
and pain at his disclosures, wlrfch,
regardless of Mulhall himself, are
down in black and white, must some
how be soothed.- So, rake over his
private lite with a fine tooth comb.
All these instances freshly bring
to mind how free men are from
scandal-moiif.ering. The past is
thick with such examples.
If all this sprang 'from a determin
ation that men must keep themselves
unspotted from the world and forced,
as women are, to fend off the slight
est chance for criticism, we might
rejoice. But there never yet was
any evil gossip which did not spring
from malice, sheer malice and often
sheer envy.
THE PENSIONING OF TOM AND
JEHKY.
Tom and Jeiry are two old plugs.
For twenty-four years, faithfully,
through rain and shine, with never
a kick and rarely a quiver, they have
pulled to and fro, along Delancy
street, New York's sole surviving
horse car.
Recently the juice of the dynamo
has taken their place, bringing with
it the question what to do With the
plugs.
Were they younger, the answer
would have been easy. In Canada's
far northwest, in fertile Saskatche
wan, there's quite an industry In
converting the bony derelicts from
eastern car barns, by six months of
fat pasturing, into plump and frisky
draught horses.
But Tom and Jerry were beyond
pastoral redemption. The only al
ternative to a pension in the coun
try would have been pistol shots and
the boneyard.
In this emergency, the property
owners alone Delancy street did
what we think is among the most
gracious acts in Gotham's checkered
history. They voted Tl fund and
named a commission to take the two
faithful old crowbaits to a snug sta
ble up state, where they can eat and
sleep in peace and quiet until the
end.
How humane are you to the dumb
beasts in your employ? Do you kick
them and curse them and starve
them when something roils your liv
er? Do you let the children torment
the cat? In brief, is it the rule In
your home that the poor critters that
can't take care of themselves are to
be mistreated by any who may have
the power, or are you kindly, con
siderate and merciful?
Must be some good In "H'l ol'
N'Yark" to do a thing like that!
There has been a large Increase In
the number of Chinese newspapers
since the revolution in that country.
Shanghai alone now has 24 newspa
Iters.
Mexicans. Amenable to Reason.
While the International Peace Con
ference at The Hague has teen theo
rizing on the best means of averting
war the United States and Mexico
have been accomplishing practical
work in that direction. It has been
a week of triumph for both sides, and
yet we are nearer than ever to the
friendliest relations. Though at first
suspected by Mexico as having ul
terior motives, the United States has
demonstrated that, whatever the im
pulse of some few interested citizens,
the vast majority of our people must
be credited with no other desire than
of restoring order in the sister re
public. President Wilson may have
carried suggestion to the point of
seeming like intimidation, but, on the
failure of these overtures, his declar
ation that we can succeed sooner as
the friends than as the enemies of
Mexico was a master stroke and one
that is doubtless largely responsible
for the Huerta offer to renew nego
tiations. Those were the two victor
ies scored by the United States; the
two secured by Mexico were the re
fusal of outside mediation on a con
stitutional issue at the suggestion of
a foreign nation, and the ultimate
recognition Of the fact that no other
people should be half so anxious for
peace as the Mexicans themselves. It
is reported officially that American
investments in Mexico aggregate $1,-
057,770,000; English interests
amount to $321,208,800; French,
$143,416,000, and other foreign
countries $118,535,380. Great as are
these sums, they are but a bagatelle
compared with the Interests of Mexi
cans In the preservation of order,
and in the renewal of negotiations
the leaders of that country display
the utmost wisdom.
England's Problem in Persia.
It is interesting to note that while
Great Britain and other foreign na
tions have been urging this country
to intervene in Mexico, several of
those nations are in an almost identi
cal position, without having the
courage to take the course they
urged upon the United States. Eng
land, for instance, has just such an
other problem in Persia. Owing
largely to outside interference,' or
ganized government has broken down
in the land of the Shah, particularly
in the south, where British influ
ence is paramount, and where bri
gandage and disorder are rife. Be
cause of her Indian empire and her
claims in the Persian gulf, England
feels responsible for conditions in
that country, but she is wholly at a
loss to determine what course is best.
A large and difficult area infested
with banditti, Persia could not be
Invaded without an expenditure of
money and a loss of men almost
equal to that consumed in the South
African campaign. It is generally
conceded that England is sincere in
the desire to prevent the partition
of Persia, even as we are to termin
ate the disruption in Mexico, but
that is just the point which the Per
sians fail to appreciate.
Effects of War on Turkey.
That war has often the most curi
ous and unlooked for results is seen
in the Balkans and in Turkey, where,
strangely enough, very few of the In
dustries have been seriously dis
turbed by hostilities. Some of the
Balkan fruit crops have been larger
than ever, and, excepting tobacco,
most of the Turkish products run to
figures far above those of average
years. The date crop has been abun
dant, the attar of rose industry is
flourishing, and licorice root, de
spised by the Turks, but highly
prized by the American tobacco
trade, promises an exceptional yield.
Thislast named business is con
trolled by Americans, who, in 1912,
imported root to the value of $1,
258,299. In other directions the re
sults have been equally strange.
During the war the Bulgarians took
a Turkish village, demolished the
minaret on the mosque and turned
the mosque itself into a church, with
a huge timber cross. They then pro
ceeded to baptize all the Inhabitants
by force. When the Greeks arrived
last month they did not like to tear
down the cross, and the priests. were
disinclined to minister to so many
Turks made Christians at the point
of the bayonet. A compromise was
effected by declaring the baptisms
void and allowing the Turkish priests
to rename the flock, turning many a
George Ferdinand back into All Has
san and the like.
Franchise Dilomnm bi Belgium.
How near the tactics of the mili
tant suffragettes are to the reprisals
and Intimidations of warfare is seen
In the revelations concerning the
franchise agitation In England.
Working and business women who
refuse to support the movement, or
work against it, are made victims of
petty revenge, and young girls are
reported to be forced into all man
ner of martyrdom for the good of
the cause. In Belgium an almost
amusing situation has been caused
by the unexpected action of the cler
ical party in urging that if there Is
to be any extension of the franchise
it must be made to include women.
This puts the sections that went on
strike to secure manhood suffrage in
in an awkward dilemma. Socialists
and liberals combined to secure the
vote, the former agreeing to the lat
ter's program. The liberals are in
a fix because they do not want wom
an suffrage and the socialists are
worse off because, though consenting
to the compromise, they are pledged
to the universal vote.
Hunger Strikes No Novelty.
The historian has been very busy
searching for precedents both for the
suffragette and her tactics. In Lysis
thata, a creation of Aristophanes in
j one of his comedies, is found tlie
original Mrs. Pankhurst, and, indeed,
the originator of the birth strike
idea, put forward by German social
ists during the week. It is recorded
that the boycotting of husbands in
ancient Greece was not a great suc
cess and Lysistrata was left lament
ing the many defections among her
followers, who, under all manner of
excuses, went home to see that every
thing was all right. And the hunger
strike, presumed to be a creation of
the militants, is really one of the old
est legal institutions of ancient Ire
land. Having failed by all other
means to get money out of a power
ful debtor, a creditor would stand
before the debtor's door, refusing to
take nourishment until the sum was
paid. If the debtor allowed the per
son fasting to die, he was held to
answer for his death and had to pay
his family a large sum In addition
to the original debt. Sometimes
such fasting was done for the pur
pose of making converts to Chris
tianity, and it is recorded of St. Pat
rick that he employed the method
successfully against a famous heath
en leader.
Fashions Reaching the Limit.
Militancy in a milder form 1s still
active in the matter of dress and
fashion. Despite the agitation
against the diaphanous or so-called
X-ray skirt, and the systematizing of
that agitation into organized dress
reform associations, word comes
from Paris that the end is not yet in
audacious creations. Colors are to
run riot and costumes are to combine
every shade from dazzling purples to
the hue of cold gravy. Evening
gowns will be open to the waist be
hind, and street skirts are to have
diaphanous effects over pink tights,
and opacity" is to be insured "only so
far as the knees." To the historian
this will mean a note to the effect
that the ultra fashionable woman of
the second decade of the twentieth
century was a semi-nude, the nudity
being in one direction by day and
In the other by night. Beyond that
it would be impossible to go without
calling in the police.
Canadian Feeling in Thaw Case.
As one form of insanity suggests
another, attention is directed to the
case of Harry Thaw, who comes near
er to a place in history by the action
of the Canadian authorities than he
did by his escape from New York.
That he was lustily cheered by a
court mob on gaining a point against
New York state may be apologized
for on the ground that it was
only the acon of an Irresponsible
crowd; but it would seem from the
attitude of the Dominion law officers
that there are others who share this
bitter national prejudice. Canada is
at liberty to refuse court recognition
of United States attorneys; to dis
claim interest in the question as to
whether Thaw is a conspirator or a
fugitive from a New York asylum,
but it cannot escape the fact that
Thaw is an immigrant who violates
the sweeping provisions of the Can
adian law against undesirable aliens.
Thaw himself is a detail, but the an
nals setting forth the relation of the
Union and the Dominion will record
that such was the feeling on the part
of Canada, a law, sudden in its op
eration when appplied to an, undesir
able arriving from overseas, was de
layed In the case of a United Stages
fugitive whose protection might be
construed as an affront to this na
tion. Ruling on Labels is Reversed.
But inconsistency in law is not the
monopoly of any one country. .Some
time ago it was protested against
California wine growers that they
were misusing names in calling cer
tain of their products "port" and
"champagne," the objection being
that those terms related to places
in Europe and were misleading.
Now comes a decision of the supreme
court of New York that an American
firm, is perfectly entitled to label its
product "Italian silk," although the
silk does not come from Italy. Jus
tice Lehman said: "The term 'Ital
ian silk,' as appplied to these goods,
is in no way indicative of their place
of origin. It does not lead the pub
lic to believe that the plaintiff's
goods are manufactured from the
most expensive kind of raw silk. The
word 'Italian, though of geographi
cal origin, is, in my opinion, in this
oase used in a purely fanciful way."
Again, while the law of the state of
Wisconsin condemns "corn syrup" as
an improper description of that form
of glucose, the United States supreme
court has sustained the contention of
a Wisconsin grocer that he has the
right to ignore the state law, which
calls upon him to label as glucose
his imported "corn syrup."
Germany Aids Her Industries.
Though such laws are passed
largely for political reasons, they
have a damaging effect upon indus
try, and are in striking contrast to
the .methods adopted in countries
where governments do all in their
power to assist commerce. For. ex
ampe, while the democratic party
holds it to be a crime on the part of
American manufacturers to sell their
surplus product abroad at slightly
lower than local market rates, the
German government conies to the aid
of mamif acturers with more goods
on their hands than they can sell at
home. .It declares that reasonably
good prices are an essential to the
preservation of industries. During
the first half of the present year the
output of raw iron In Germany
showed an advance of more than
1,000,000 tons on the amount pro
duced during the corresponding
period of last year, which till then
held the record. To prevent a slump
in prices ruinous to the trade, an
arrangement has been made where
by bounties on exports are paid. The
money Is not furnished by the Ger
man government, but the fact that
it does not interfere by cutting down
duties or otherwise checking what
American democrats regard as a
crime is proof of its desire to stand
by the industries of the country.
From Oxen to Autos in Ceylon.
In other directions, howeyer, the
United States Is doing wonderfully
good work in the way of encourag
ing export trade. By a policy begun
under the last administration, and
as yet not checked by. the present,
excellent results are being achieved
by members of the consular service
detailed on special service. Consul
H. D. Baker, now touring the far
east, has been furnishing a series of
reports invaluable to American man
ufacturers and unique in their inter
est. Some weeks ago the Tidings
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ASHLAND, ORE.
j summarized his statements concerq
i ing the excellent market for plows
in India, where the instruments of
primitive man are still in operation,
and now. he tells of the opportunities
for the American make of auto truck
In Ceylon. Owig to the prevalence
of deadly diseases among bullocks,
the natives are being forced lo use
autos, and so adaptive has the local
government shown itself, the new
budget for 1913-1914 provides for an
appropriation of about $22,000 as
initial cost of motor mail vans. Light
machines are already in use by the
more advanced farmers, and the de
mand for more is growing daily.
There is certainly something striking
in the spectacle of a people passing
at a bound from the ox wagon of
antiquity to the latest word in Amer
ican autos. For a parallel we must
go to Slam, where the king has just
disposed of his royal white elephants
for a 1913 touring car and a fleet of
airships.
Inventions of Note in Aviation.
In matters aeronautical events are
moving rapidly. Simultaneously In
California and England the claim has
been made for inventions that they
will revolutionize the industry by
assuring perfect safety' According
to London reports wonders have been
accomplished by an underslung bal
ance, and the Californian seems to
have perfected a method of compen
sating the balance of his planes. The
spectacle has been witnessed of out
aeroplane towing another, and it is
now possible for an airship at night
to light up the territory over which
it is passing while at the same time
remaining invisible. For all this
Zeppelin Is building new gas ships
and clajnrtng their superiority over
the heavier-than-air machines. His
latest dirigible is to have 400 more,
horse-power than any previous one
and is being built for a straight
flight of 4,320 miles, or far more
than sufficient to cross the Atlantic.
A certain inexplicable lethargy
seems to have set in on the Medford
boosters. They have allowed Med
ford to be dropped off the map,
while Ashland is smeared all over
the Rogue River Valley. We refer
to the new map of the National
Highway Association. It is a beau
tiful work showing all of the pro
posed national highways from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and the Lakes
tothe Gulf. It Is fitting that Ash
land is given the place of honor in
southern Oreson, for tourist traffic
and health and scenic resorts go
nicely together. It is a great adver
tisement for Ashland, and It does not
cost a cent. How did Medford ever
overlook it?
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