THE OREGON , DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1913;
THEJOJURNAL
4. i.viirpKyPENT mewspapkb ;
l-ubiuma- twr tawing ll,"Pt.a,,0(,,1'L1n'!l
rw eniKinjr morning i " j at
Ins. Bimtfivnr and Vamblll ., furtlnnd, or
f..r trannmlnaloe IhroujB tfce walls sireooa
r l catter. J
XKLtTHOMEH - MalO I1ISJ nu, T"
All departmanti rrtrbti by Uimw "'"'"'
' 1ll th fifMT what (ftpnrtmetit yoa "
I'OKWKl A0VRKTI8IN0 MRPRBSBNTATIVIt
; MnJ.lDln K.ntoC Co., Broi-wlrj BulWiDJ
' Si'5 Hfth Tn.-N torkj t'W'
dm B'lH1ln. liw-firo-
Suhcrlllna Tarns by null e ta an
la Uii Dulu4 BUIm or Mexico!
';. DAILT :
Cm r.....-..5.00 I On monti..,..
-.' ' , BI'N'DAT
On fr...'..J...J.W I Oo month
DAILY AND SUNDAY
One ir....... t7.S0 I Oue month ..'.A
eddraaa
.1
.1 .
There should be such gladness
and Joy In llf ' that an may
'partake of it IJHaa Whiting.
-4
' u : rrr
NEW LINES OF DIVISION
IT Is not generally known that
there will be four party group!
In the next house of representa
tives at Washington, each with
a separata organization. That is,
there will be a Democratic majority
and three kinds of Republicans or
M-Republlcana, composing the uiin
orlty. , ........
'Eiiunierated by numbers,, with -the
nearest ; classification now possible,
... . . aA n..k. w 4 A ft
tnere win oe ssi uemocrais, jw
Republicans, 24 Progressive Repub
licans and 20 straight Progesslves.
The 100 Republicans are of the old
time variety, and their leader will
be Jaiaes R. Mann of Illinois. "The
Progressive Republicans are of the
kind who have refused to leave the
- old party, but will not consent to
enter a caucus where the old guard
would run over them. Victor Mur
dock of Kansas and H. A. Cooper of
Wisconsin are the leaders of this
group, which does not rise to the
dignity of a separate party, but la
tends to operate by Itself, and to
have a candidate for speaker.
, The Progressives, 20 In number,
a re ; the Roosevelt lrreconcllables,
who have altogether abandoned the
same of Republicans, and the most
of whom were elected In opposition
to Republican candidates. The
leaders of this small but militant
group are likely to be W. H. Hime
baugh of Illinois, Walter M. Chand
ler or New York and William Kent
of California.
- The Democratic leaders are said
to have given assurances that the
Progressives shall be recognized ' In
the committees as a separate party.
Th progressive Republican group,
of course, will hot receive separate
recognition, as its member j do not
claim to represent ft distinct party.
They aae on the borderland between
Republicans and Progressives, act
ing the part of free lances.
This Interesting alignment will no
doubt result in the rise of several
new national ' figures la the next
two'years. The Democratic major
ity is topheavy, and Its leadership
Is well fixed. But the two lesser
groups are likely to put new men
on the firing line, and the novelty
of the situation will contribute to
give them a prominence far In ex
cess of their numerical strength.
Victor I, Berger was the only
Socialist la the last congress, and
this brought him tnany headlines.
The Socialist representation has now
disappeared, but the new lineup
will furnish a most Interesting set
ting, and a fine opportunity for de
veloping new figures on the national
stage.,
GERMAN CITIES.
aN Herman tltlaa t i4aarlhn4 In
1a recent article by Count Berns
jtortf, the German ambassador,
"the principle of municipal own
ership and control has the fullest
play.
In most Instances the municipali
ties not only supply watei, gas, elec
tric lighting and power, and make
good profits thereby, but they pro
vide for he maintenance of schools,
Including colleges for advanced
technical lnstrtrctlon. They main
tain hospitals rn tuberculoma eanl
toria. They own and operate street
railways with very low fares, and
make substantial profits. They
maintain fire stations with the most
modern apparatus. They provide
municipal slaughter houses under
veterinary regulation. In inland
cities teached by navigable water
ways, such as Cologne, Frankfort
and Mannheim, they own and oper
ate municipal docks,
For, the recreation of the people
the municipalities maintain mu
neums, picture . galleries, parks,
playgrounds, baths, municipal bands,
and even theatres.
It will e remembered that while
the city councils organize and ar
range the policies for these numer
ops public tnterprlses, the active
administrators are elected burgo
masters, or mayors, and experts In
the several lines, each of whom is
responsible for the department com
mitted ; to bis charge. These de
partmental heads are well paid for
devoting their entire time and in
forest to the service of the city, and
municipal management is a distinct
profession 1.
New-streets in a modern Ger
man city are not the creation of
private enterprise. As the city
nmn j iuq iuhuui ymiiouJiew streets
Had opens new districts to meet the
Interest and needs of the whole dod-
ulatloa. ? The decisions of the coun
cil govern whether front gardens
shall be allowed and how large they
d, ana where public squares and
playgrounds shall be Placed. .The
coirncll decide what claea of bulld-
Ings Bhall be erected, whether a dis
trict shall be set. aside tor factories,
or if both dwellings and workshops
shall be permitted, and what part
shall be devoted to residences.
i The municipalities: have the
power of 'expropriating or condemn
ing' land needed for Improvements
If the owners fail to agree with
them on reasonable prices. But
owners rarely, fail to surrender all
such parts of their , property as the
city desires for street; imppvenients
and law suits are Infrequent
. The cities are allowed unlimited
power for land purchases. Parks
and playgrounds, docks and ware
houses, ground to: schools ana hos
pitals, are so provided and the resi
due is sold by the city for build
ing purposes. h.
Vacant sites within, the city limits
are rated for taxation. not on the in
come that they return, but on the cap
ital value. The unearned increment
of values is set for taxation, pn a
sliding scale, and owners have to
pay tothe city a certain percentage
of the profit they have . made by
selling either a building or a vacant
site. This proportion varies In the
German cities. '
RAISING GIRLS' WAGES
F
RESENT study of the minimum
wage for girls, now so widely
Bpread, presents as a difficulty
that must be met the llmita
tion of. the number of girls and
young women to be employed when
wages are raised to a point in ex.
cess of the worth of the services to
be rendered, ;
The Chicago inquiries developed
the large proportion of untrained
and at present Incompetent girls'
who are paid what are rightly termed
starvation wageB. The wages of
all ranks are to be raised, in view
of the necessities Of the girls, Irre
spective of the worth to the em
ployer of what their miscellaneous
labor produces.
It Is fully admitted that the dif
ficulty does not extend to the work
ers in the higher grades of em
ployes, - who tor their trained and
more or less expert services will
amplx give full equivalent for
higher wages than they are now re
ceiving. The problem Is as to the fate of
those whose door of employment
will in, many cases be closed to
them by the requirement of higher
efficiency than they now possess.
Indications are plentiful that by bet
ter organisation and by employing
a lesser number, of trained and com
petent workers employers will main
tain their profits at, or near to,
their existing standard.
The remedy Is obvious. Employ
ments that will Justify payment of
higher wages must be multiplied.
How this can be effected without
preparation of employes to fill them
wbichwlll demand many months,
If ; not years, Is by no means so
plain.
The extension to girls of the vo
cational training now demanded for
boys-must be provided If similar
results are to follow. And this vo
cational training must be begun in
elementary schools, and be pursued
in high schools generally, and In
special trade schools devoted to the
various industries now open to
women.
This work has been well begun
In New York, Boston, Buffalo, Chi
cago and Philadelphia. The pro
vision of classes under competent
teachers has met an Immediate re
sponse. Other cities are already ac
tive on these lines. Directors of
the Y. W. C. A. have already under
taken this work of education and
preparation." Seattle Is to be con
gratulated on the announcement
that two floors of the new Y. W.
C. A. In that city are to be devoted
to the training of girls In industrial
and domestic arts, and other voca
tions adapted to young women.
One great advantage the girls
have must not be forgotten. Just
as the training in thu science of
farming in the agricultural colleges
attracts and Interests the boys, and
holds them to Its study ftB worthy
of their best powers, so in the appli
cation of science to the tradi !onal
service of the Lome, the work of the
household Is lifted at once to a high
er and more interesting plane. But
while this statement needs no" argu
ing now yet its application cannot be
dealt with here.
NEW YORK LREET RAILWAYS
A
FEW days ago the first of
stores, wrongly called cooper
ative, provided for their 25,
000 employes by the subway,
elevated and street car lines of New
York, was opened for business. It
la stated that if this first ctore is
found to appeal to the employes
others will be gradually opened, as
near as possible to tho various car
barnB.
It is bolioved that the store had
4000 customers tho first day and
no wonder.
The companies undertake to pay
the salaries of store employes, rent,
taxes and running expenses. The
companies buy the stock of goods by
wholesale price, and sell to employes
at actual cost for cash'. Men may
send their wives to trade for them,
but goods will have to be carried
away, as no deliveries will be made.
The savings realized on the goods
bought in his fashion over pre
vailing retail prices in the, neighbor
hood of the store are Jveraged 'as.
follows: On butter 4 cents a
pound. On eggs 13 cents a dozen.
On cream cheeue 6 cents a pound.
On ham 3 cents a pound. On leg
6 cents "a pund. On chicken 7
centa a pound. On pausago 7 cents
a pound. On lobster 14 cents a
pound.; On , bluefleh 6 cents . a
pound. On coffee 12 cents a pound.
On tea 20 cents a pound. . On pickles
9 cents a bottle.
It, may. be suggested that the em
ployes, the beneficiaries of this new
.departure, ' are profited by making
their wages go farther i,at; the ex.
penae of ; ; thef;' tradespeople - with
whom they have been accustomed to
deal. Such distributors have to pay
rent, to pay clerks and assistants,
to provide credit wherewith to buy
at wholesale, and to ; Invest . their
own time, labor and energy in the
business.. : .
The results do not . disclose any
exorbitant and excessive margins be
tween wholesale buying and retaU
selling. " ., ;' :"",
The whole plan Is In essence an
advertising device of the good will
of the companies for their employes.
It is far removed from genuine co
operation wherein the men. them
selves provide a conjoint capital to
start the business, and bear the ex.
penses of distribution, sharing, In
the outcome, " the profits- Of legiti
mate business. ."
The matter would hardly be
worth notice except for the large
numbers of the employes concerned,
and for the wide advertising it Is
receiving. . '
INCOMING COLONISTS
I
NTERVIEWS with the passengers
of a train Portland-bound from
the e"ast, reported as made by
a passenger agent, are of pe
culiar Interest as showing the char
acter of those looming into the state
on the colonist rates. .
Out of 126 colonist tickets on
the train, 84 read for Portland,
42 for points' beyond, "In Ore
gon, Washington or for British
Columbia. The Information gath
ered shows usually, families of
four to ten, that the head of
the family is a farmer, and that he
has been attracted to the northwest
by what he has heard from relatives
or friends who preceded him.
The progressive Oregon farmer,
who has caught the spirit of the
west, Is the best advertiser. He,
spreads the news of opportunity In
an ever widening circle. He does
not misrepresent conditions to the
newcomers. He does not need to
misrepresent. The facts about Ore
gon lands, the broad spirit and hos
pitality of her citizens, and the gen
iality of her climate are enough."
Yes, It is well to speak of the
climate, even though the new ar
rivals have been met with a frosty
breath. For while the snow flurries
of tho last few days have made the
Orogonian grumble, because it Is such
an unusual visitation for March, the
colonists are coming from the land
of snowbanks.
They may be assured that If they
will tarry only a little while they
will be treated to Oregon weather,
as Oregonlans know It, with a pro
fusion of bloom and springtime
growth that makes life worth liv
ing. Stop, look and listen. And do
not forget the children. Oregon
needs Just such citizens, and thej
13 plenty of room to grow up with
the country. The thrifty farmer
of the middle weBt is especl. lly wel
come, for the state has especial op
portunities for him, and he Is of
especial valife to the state in devel
oping resources that will feed the
cities and Increase the wealth of
Oregon's acres.
Letters From the People
tCommunlcitloni Mot to Tb Jonraal for
publlcatlun lo this dpartmtut ihonld be writ
ten od only on tide of the piper, ihould not
fteetd 8iH rord la lnfftb and -muct b c
rompacleil h til nttne end addrew of tbt
Mnder. If the writer do not Oantre to h
Ua nun) published, be ihouU ao atate.)
The Solution of High Cost.
Cove, Or., March i2. To til Editor
of Tho Journal-Beglnnlng with tha era
of prosperity, about 16 years ago. a
tendency grew up everywhere to reach
for more and greater profits in every
lino of business thXn had been possible
during the early 90's. which was nat
ural and fully Justifiable. But in th
course of a few years this grew greater
and greater, the time warranted more
or less careless extravagance, the public
gradually demanded mora ana mor
ease.- The merchants of the -larger
cities soon met tho demand and later
on it was followed the country over,
but to follow this tendency It was nec
essary to increase the prices of nearly
all commodities to cover the extra cost
and the careless buyer permitted a
much greater increase in prices, mak
ing the actual proflta a great deal
larger than ever before. The "high
waves" of prosperity incited numerous
extravagances. The auto cam to be a
common drain on Jikosnes, and a hun
di ed other lesser luxuries' became nec
egaries to the denizens of th cities,
all calling for greater Incomes, whloh
meant greater profs, higher prices and
finally "high cost of living." Even the
farmer caught t'e general contagion
and Joined in to .. live ' high, and each
reacted on the others till we were going
with ail sails to the wind in 1907, when
somebody discovered "hfgh cost of liv
ing." At this time the number of retail
merchants had increased to stleh an ex
tent that they could not live 'hlgh",and
reduce prices, or rather the profit mar
gins; but with the reduced sales found
it necessary to further . Increase the
margins when the condition of the
country did not warrant It This went
on untlj a year or two ago. A thousand
doctors of economy have diagnosed th
case and jiffered. remedies. "Back to
tho farm," cry some. "Organisation,"
cry , others. But all .are too slow for
the needs of the case,- The ,tlme arrived
"when there were not enough "golden
egjfS" to go arouml and th consumers
started" to find ft remedy and discov
ered that they were paying exorbitant
profits to the retailers, and as a result
there is now a national organisation
with over 4,000,000 members, working
to devise ways and means to be able to
purchase at least the staple food stuffs
at more reasonable prices, and in doing
ao are establishing numerous devices
that, when tnora fully developed will
eUmlnat m large erewUg-MMhy-aw-
parfluous middlemen, who, AH their Tin
reasonabl demands and 'greed , hav
billed th "gooe that laid the golden
egg.' or o nearly, so that only the
moat complete surrender to tha needs of
the times will ward iti Corals off.
, Tha producers ot Jiearly all klnda of
produce and fruit are lu Una wltltna
conaumer to eliitatnat all obatructlons
that prevent a' fair amrTtstonabl di
vision of profits, and if, l OT&ot to do
ao they are compelled to erangs ,wlth
the consumers to establish a new and
mora scientific , system , of marketing,
there will be a large number of middle
men that Will have to seek a new field
Of endeavor. KARL J. STACKLAND.
' "A Woman-on Woman Suffrage.
St Johna, Or., March 24.T0 tha Ed
Itor Of The- Journal Why place Upon
tha backs of an already' overburdened
claaa the added weight of woman auf-j
rrage, winch by nature, environment,
and education they are unfitted to bear?
Is it not an imposition that a majority
be placed under an obligation and re
sponsibility regardless of their knowl
edge, the appeal or their approval? i Is
It fair that the demands of a minority
receive favorable recognition, whila the
wlnhes of tha many remain unknown
and ignored? Why was not tha ques
tion submitted to a popular vote before
It became a law. In order to reach an
Intelligent decision in reference to this
question, it la vital that she be informed
as to just what this thing of stepping
into a man's shoes means. Personally,
I prefer women's shoes; they are a bat
ter fit Never while able to keep my
mental and moral equilibrium will I
consent to bow at the sbrin of the
belligerent and mistaken suffragette.
I sincerely believe the suffraget struc
ture rests upon a false hypothesis, and
that If carried to lta logical conclusion
It will work ruin In the family, and
tha home, .thus striking a fatal blow at
all good government "A house dlvldod
against Itself can not stand," Is an
eternal principle as trua today as when
enunciated centuries ago by tha Frinca
of Peace. Is there not quit enough
division In tha average home without
introducing a now element to widen the
breach? It Is the devil's devloe to de
stroy that last refuge of manhis
home. What have great and good men
of all ages suffered and bled and died
for, It not to protect women's rights'
What ara tha good and great men ot
today strong for, but to protect ana pre.
serve tho horns? It waa tha spirit of
the modern suffragette that . prompted
Mother Eva to feed her curiosity upon
things forbidden. The sctenoa of human
nature testlfiaa to tho fact that tha
shape of a woman's head debars her
from engaging In pursuits essentially
masculine, especially In affairs relative
to political economy. The femnine brain
Is predominantly maternal ana arrec
Uonata, and tho God ot nature made
It ao.
MRS. ADA CORNELL MALLETTBl
The Exploitation of Labor,
Portland. Or.. March 21 To the Ed
itor of Th Journal Human labor ot
brawn or brain produces all artificial
wealth and makes available for human
use practically all natural wealth. If
any consume wealth who have not pro
duced it, then necessarily som nav
produced wealth of whloh they hav
oeen deprived. Ther ar different
methods of depriving- men of th wealth
they create. The most primitive Is
chattel slavery, where a master owns
a slave, forces him to labor and In re
turn gives him food and shelter treat
ment Identical with that accorded- a
horse. The next method Is that of
serfdom, where the lord owns the land,
to which the serf is. bound. The serf
has th privilege of furnishing his own
food and shelter and is forced to give to
his master a stipulated amount of labor.
Under th present wag system th cap
italist owna the industrial nchlnry
and a large portion of the land. Th
workers are paid lust sufficient for
subsistence and the surplus becomes
th profit ot th capitalist. Th last is
a higher, subtler and more efficient Bys
tftm of exploitation than th otRer two.
Th slave owner kept hounds with which
to run down runaway slaves, but th
capitalist doesn't need dogs to catch
his workers. They run after him, beg
ging for a chance to be explolnted.
W. M .
Origin of All Foola' Day.
Gales, Or., March 19. To th Editor
of The Journal Will you pleas glv a
brief account In Th Journal of th
origin of All Fools' Jay? D. H. DIKE.
All Fools' day is older than bistoryj
In every land there once existed an Insti
tution Identical In spirit with It It
seems to have been a day, or mor prop
erly, a season of varying duration,
when pranklshness completed th meas
ure of rejoicing with which th return
ot spring was calebrated. A character
istlo feature of the pranks of the season
was the sending of th guileless upon
fools' errands.
The practical identity of, the customs
appertaining unto the season in many
lands argues a common origin, but th
origin is in human nature ltslf. in
remote antiquity winter was verywhr
a tragedy. The return of spring meant
warmth and plenty once more. When
all rational modes of manifesting Joy
are exhausted while the spirit of joy
still bubbles, there yet remains hors
play, and this last word . in whooping
'er up was spoken in the playing Of
tricks exactly like those which now
characterize All Fools' day. The day in
the particular form, in which we hav It
now wa seem to ' Owe to France, from
which country Its observance spread to
Germany and Great Britain, and from the
latter, of course, to all Anglo-America.
It seems probable that th modern In
stitution of Alt Fools' day had no
definite slngl source, but cam Into be
ing obscurely and almost imperceptibly.
It might well have been that at length
it crystallized. In some Isolated com
munity, into a definite form fitted for
an easy popularity that Insured Its rapid
spread. At the same time, it might hav
hen as difficulty withln-eO-yearSj-te
Identify Its sources as It Is now, after
the lapse of hundreds of years. The
cas thai supposed Is on whloh most
frequently daunt $h ;hIstortan that
is, the proneness of a community to be
entirely Insensible of th sources ot
some all-affecting fact which has de
veloped In its midst and within the
memory of a slngl generation. 1
Cattle Running at Large.
North Bend, Or.,' March 1 To th
Editor of Th Journal Rang cattle,
that Is, beef cattle turned out by th
large ranchers to roam the foothills half
wild, are a pest to th homesteader, de
stroying our. crops and putting us to
much expena and trouble,
- 1 Can a precinct vot a hrd law to
apply within Its own boundarleaT 2
Is it possible to vot on such a law at
th primary election? S If so, kindly
advise what steps to take to have, th
law placed on a primary ballot
'V.. ' " '' ' ' . ,. ' . ..- Y. H, ft '
tl Tts- No, it must be'done at
a regular election. S Th law provides
that If a petition signed by is or mor
legal voters of a precinct is filed with
th county clerk before the Um of giv
ing notice of tha general election In any
year, the county clerk shall, give notice
of (he matter and place It upon th bal
lot No form of petition is provided,
and a petition setting forth clearly the
subject matter and number of the pre-
htlnct properly signed and signatures
iijiuiamai ,
Weather 6ifa That Falls.
Portland, March 84 To th Editor of
Th Journal "Easter arly, arly
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
r
Let 'or rain on Monday. ,
And soma rich men ar as crooked as
the dollar mark.
" Now coma th Jong sucoesslon of
"Sundays after.". '
.
A deep question In many cases i What
made him do tt? ,
"Miss Spring seems to hav been suf
fering from cold feet lately.
. m : A ... . ..."
Growin vea-etablea mil na "iiniu
and dlffuss no offensive odor.
' One needn't wait till the Fourth of
July to. bo thankful that he is not a
Mexican.,.;. - . .. . . ...
.... .; ' -f :. e ,:-
Safe and sana automoblllsts are doing
a whole lot to wake op and build up
the country. . .
Bryan seems to have easily acquired
the dlplbmatio art of talking much and
saying little. "
. '
Soma people closely confine or tie up
anlmala as pets and foolishly imagine
that they love them. '
'
Now that we have-an Apple day and
a Salmon day and other Daya, ehouldn't
wo have a Hog day?
. . . . ,'-;''" -v
An assassin of a ruler 'Is always in
sane, but unfortunately his Insanity is
usually, discovered too late.
e -:. v-' ,'''V
Already the new president .of Franca
has a "criels" on his hands. But that
la a frequent occurrence in that country,
Man may really need but little her
low, as, the old hymn declared., but
, "wants" great lots and always mora.
Even tha rational plan of treatlnc
the Drltlsh militant v suffragettes as
Insane peoplv might not be asy to car
ry out :Vv',',
. a
Ther waa once a man who kissed
a girl unexpectedly and then begged
her pardon, but he was no areat ue.
com with tha woman.
Very sensible aohenie; tha house and
!en.AJ??.work t0ther befors hand on
tariff bills; should save much disputa
tion later and expedite business greatly-
,
By Herbert Corev.
"Jo Scotf said an old friend, "had
rather kid a man Into behaving than
us a cotton hook on him,"
Colonel Scott has just been removed
as state superintendent of prisons. Ten
years ago h came to th Elmlra re
formatory as warden. The institution
was on th verge of mutiny. Th former
warden didn't dare enter the gates.
Every now and tha a convict would
be piqued by a guard, and mash that
unfortunate under foot Whereupon other
guards would turn out with oak clubs
and whale tha other convict into peace.
The meanest man was In the solitary
cells. Every now and than th guards
would fall on him, and drag him to
the cellar, and paddle him with some
thing that looked Uke an oar,
"Two weeks after Scott had th hand
ling of him that mean man was back in
the shops, hard at work," said th old
friend,
"'II put m in a nlc solitary eell,'
he told th other prisoners. 'I didn't
have a dern thing to do exoept darn
socks. I didn't have to darn them It
I didn't want to. But anything waa
better than sitting ther chasing a
thumb.'
" "Why didn't you stick It out? asked
his friends. Tb ex-meanest man
scowled at them.
"The warden," said he, 'told me that
as soon as I got through with th socks
he had som tatting tor mo to do. And
I'U be derned If I'll tat'"
'
Professor Frank Johnson Goodnow,
who has just been appointed legal ad
viser to the Chinese republic,, has a
Chines general studying constitutional
law with him at Columbia, The gen
eral Is ChJnfu Wang-Shla, a hero ot the
battl ot Nanking. In that battle two
horses were shot beneath him, his cap
was blown off twic by shells which
missed his head, and th fourth hors
and his right leg were finally perfor
ated by a fragment of shrapnel. H
was promoted on th field for gallantry.
Now he Is trying to become better ac
quainted with western political philoso
phy. H spaaks vary fair English, al
though he learned It In Japan, Up at
Columbia where they may be more or
less prejudiced they tell this story
with a good deal of glee.
"A vry well dressed, high collared,
superior sort ot professor met Chlnfu
th other day. He wanted to be
friendly In a patronising sort of way.
"'Ah,' said the professor, 'you hab
glot sduclation, yes? Heap sabbs col
lager "Oh. yes said Chlnfa. Tm a col
lege graduate. Tou'r a Harvard man,
I see. What yarr "
a
Father Philip McGrath is a man ot
peace with certain reservations.' He
is a man of peace as long as the other
man is a man of peace. He Is even a
man of peace longer than the other
man is a man of peace. But he has
his limits. The other night he was
warned that the Pig Alley -gang had
planned to kill him,
"So," said on of his West street par
ishioners, thankfully accepting a tub
of lather, "he come up the street that
night wlf two of them Pig Alley' ter
riersone in each hand. An' their
heads was clink! n' together like casta
nets." Father McGratb cohduotS the Catholio
Seamen's mission for all seamen Cath
olio, Protestant, Lascar or cannibal at
422 West street" The "Same eeameh
sometimes a. bit or mor than a bit
pring," ts an old wather saying, but
tls' about tlm to out It out of the Ore
gon calendar, for It always falls In this
state. The fact 1. Oregon will have her
own, way in everything, and she more
than often, tools the weather man who is
nald 18000 or 14000 a year to tell her
Ljvhat h doesn't know himself. The
room mat was aineis, un mo hiviu
lng of the snow, In th firs at Sellwood
station, "must 'a been a-dreamln'" or
had been reading tb weather man' re
port in the Oregonlan or Telegram th
venlng before. --..Perhaps Mra. Robin is
nesting and th poo.fellow was trying
to cheer her up( because h could not dig
worms for her. k ' :
It's always th poor that suffer in
bad weather; so don't forget to feed the
birds is well as human beings who are
U.want -f '-.:; OSBORNE YATE3.i
Mrs. Dunhvay'g Registration,
" Portland. March 24. To th Editor of
Ths JournaW-It -having -come to my
ttottce, until now overlooked, that I had
changed my registration from ths Re
publican to the Progressive party, will
you kindly permit me to" say that I hav
not so changed, nor have I any intention
of doing, so. This story reminds me
that when Colonel iQgersoll was ac
cused of . Joining the Greenback party,
he replied, disdaining' the soft tmpeach-ftieht"bat"saiirarirratefTir-to--tti9'
'Greenback party for having made th
Greenback party unnecessary. Just so,
I now feel, grateful to th Progressive
party, though I hav not joined It Tb
NEW YORK DAY BY DAY l!
" " . . - .. .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS ,
Albany Democrat: An early.
Of the fcitv extenaion nrohlxm la
olutlon
desired.
Albany needa mora room, that1
all.
Stniivu. th"1 outsidaneed since the days of Franklin and Jeffer
,wp ' i son. Through the marvelousiy finished
Grass Valley Journal: Very substan- Statesmanship of John Hay and the
tlal lmprovemetita continue to be mado '.masterful administration 6f Ellhu Root
in the city park, which la now enclosed ;Who with the fidelity of his lawyer
with a neat fence, and holes are now nature honestly promoted the policies
being dug for about 200 shade trees, j of hi chtof, President Roosevelt the
'Toledo Sentinel: There Is every 'pro 1" Be' h&A conl9 a reU W0,J
pect-cf a house famine In Toledo this pw'r; U SveriTment was regarded
BDrinr. Thera la ariiro.iv Bn .mn, with trust even by the excessively sus-
"house in town end there "are numerous
inquiries ior nouijes jto rent 'j round respect by every ohanoellory in
own farm, from about three acres, in Z K by BV.nd fnianshlp, . but by
addition to ths seed he also secured one vaBt Pndlture In lives and treasure,
cutting of hay, which went twt tons to (Until the Spanish war this 'country had
the acre. been regarded as a second class power.
k ;, Jt . , jBut po prejudice could withstand tha
?,PrlrwL-n-(l0lk th Aad demonstrations of high ratpded national
v,ni,u0M honor seen in the creation of th Cuban
ing second death out of th 15 head
since arriving here. Walter - Doak
skinned both of them and found several
Of their ribs had been crushed.
Hlllsboro Argus; T. H. Brown of be
low Sewell station thinks he has the
world beaten on a cultivated Oregon
grape. It Is IS feet in height and grow
ing right along. An Oregon grape over
six or seven feet Is the exception. Mr.
Brown is going to sea what cultivation
will do for th vine. . ;
Eugene Register. , Manager Gano of
the Kugene Coffee club Is very well
pleased with tha Interest taken In th
olub generally and th patronage at tho
lunch counter and dining room la In
creasing every day. In also says ha has
in the first week secured- employment
for 36 men and four women. Tha read
ing room Is crowded almost all th time
and th men seem to enjoy It very
much. . , .
, Woodburn Independent: Tenderfeet In
Oregon hav to learn that hor in th
WUlamett valley It is "down north"
and "up south," and time and again out
speech betrayeth us as newcomers whan
w speak, without stopping to think, of
going "down to Salem" and "up to Port
land.' But th former expression real,
ly has aom juatlflcatlon, as Salem is
actually 30 feet lower than Woodburn,
being located on tha rlvar. whila wa ara
mues away xrom it.
a.
fuddled ricochet across it at night on
their way back to their ships. A good
part of Father McGrath's Job is to keep
the Pig Alljr. gorilla and th gorillas
of other gangs from sandbagging th
sailors of their afianty wages, or drop,
ping tha k. o. in tholr liquor, or shoving
thejr. soggy bodies off a pier after the
robbery has been accomplished. Murder
used to b done every night or two on
West street It isn't don so often, now
that Father McGrath is on th Job. It
is not for nothing they call him th
"fighting priest." . . .
"I used to fink," said th parishioner
quoted, "that it was a sham to wast
that straight left, follUd by the purtl
est right chop to th gissard. But I
dunno, now. I rackon if h'd ntrd
th profession, h never could hav had
as much flghtln' as he get now. An' it
need a heap to keep him In condition."
He weigh 220, of which all but a
iracuon or an ounce 1 musole, hi foot
work is described at a revelation and
his left is as good a his right and his
right Is like a belaying pm thrown from
th cross trees. He has nvr lost a
decision on West stret whore bale
hooks and cobblestones ar recognised
adjuncts ot th manly art
"Why don't Fatlwr McGrath' friends
clean up th Pig AUy gorillaer th
parishioner was asked.
"What talk have yer h akd, re
proachfully., "And spoil th good
father's fun?" v
.e
There's no doubt that Senator Clark's
mansion which has been described as
being a cross architecturally between
jjouis aiv ana Merely Mary Ann is
considerable house, The brons front
doorknob weichs somethlnsr ilka a mil.
lion pounds, and th front hall la big
enough to use as a garage and Is as
white and slippery as a lOo restaurant,
and it has lots ot Indelicate celling and
band made lac and rugs
yVU, you know what Senator Clark's
friend from Montana said when he
struck those" rugs? The friend was a
diamond In tho rough, you know. And
h undertook to walk across a 17-Jew-eled
adjusted-to-heaf-and-cold, machine
milled floor In th aesthstlo half light
And when h put his foot upon a rug
he took that foot right off again.
"Excuse me, Bill," said he jto Senator
Clark. - "But dang them cats!" .
And in his tour picture galleries, to
which 438 linear feet are devoted, be
has a great many paintings by dead
artists. Th other day h lnvltd mam
bars ot th West Virginia society in to
look at tho prlo marks. And in th
second 'stop from th pit entrance he
has a 1120,000 pip organ. It make
Andrew Carnegie's excellent instrument
sound Ilk a Je.wsharp, according to
those who heard it Th outlet pipes
are run around th walls, so that th
sound comes to you from every angle.
And at last wa re getting to, the real
wonder of th private exii.oltion.
Senator Clark's personal friend, Ar
thur Scott Brooks, played that organ
for three solid hours while the West
Vlrgialana kept putting their feet on
ruggNthat cost a farm a foot, and tak
ing them off again. Of course, he
didn't have to pump tha organ. Senator
Clark's motor is two cylinders bigger
than Laird Carnegie's, But even so, it
probably establishes the world' record
for pip organlng against time. No
West Virginian was thoughtful enough
to notlc whether Mr. Brooks was fed
through a straw as they do th piano
inaiatnonwrs at Cony In the aummor
time.;..,, ... ,....., v......
Republican party needed a good stirring
up, but It yet lives.
- . ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY.
Happy Is ths young man who loses
th first time he gambles.
.
No woman can ba very friendly with
any other woman whom her.huaband
was ever engaged to, v
Honesty is a sort of boomerang, with
a delightful habit of coming home to
roost " .
."
Som women ar easily pleased
judging by the husbands they select
.Go to th ant, thou sluggard," may
be good advice, but th modern sluggard
Is mor likely to1 go to hi "unci."
- ' ' ' , ' ... - ' :
W one knew a bachelor" who pre
tended to ba optimistic all th time. He'
was afraid that otherwise aom woman
would try to cheer him np.x -
a jtensible Susanne. ,
There waa a young miss by th nam
of Stinanne.
Whoasfed-ermtirnhS'nowifrtSfi
: Pointed Paragraphs -
bpoxane. . .
She cam to Rose City, - .
(That's the why of our ditty1.)'
Now there' peach in her cheek In place
of th tan. , , v W. V. C.
FRUITS OF DOLLAR
. DIPLOMACY
From tha Philadelphia North American.
When ha took office Mr. Knox found
American diplomacy in higher repute
among the nations than U had been
plcioUs Latin republics and with pro-
"publlo and the return to China of the
hugs Indemnity she had been ordered
i to pay for American losses in the Boxer
uprising, while- European powers kept
th money they, had wrong from China
on th same pretext, j.O ":"Z.S
Thes two acts of the American gov
rnmtnt unanimously indorsed by pub
lic sentiment were of greater value to
this country's standing than a victori
ous war or a dozen treaties could bar
been. They taught th world that th
United States had sincerity, a generous
sense of moral obligation and a broad
vision of international concord.
' Now, consider what Mr. Knox charac
terized so recently as last October as
"th substantial sohlevements ot dollar
diplomacy." I
Oscar Straus and David J. Hill, am
bassadors, respectively, to Turkey and
Germany; were compelled In self respect
to resign their posts. W hav it n
th authority of a pro-Taft writr that
Mr. Straus quit because h had bean
ordered to bestir himself so that an
American syndicate might get oertaln
railroad tights in Asia Minors and that
Dr. Hill resigned rather than "bring
pressure to boar upon Germany so that
business concessions oould be sourd
for American capital.'' ?
"Dollar diplomacy" accomplished th
lofty purpos of putting through loana
to Honduras and .Nicaragua with th
provision that th American government
guaranteed th payments to the Morgan
syndicate, and In cas of default would
els th custom houses of thes coun
tries. 8uoh us of th stat department
In schemes of Wall street exploitation
destroysd at onoe th friendship ot
Latin America, fostered by the pains'
taking efforts of Blaine and Hay and
Root ' ,
"Dollar diplomacy" earned for this
country th contemptuous sneer of
Japan and Russia, when they flouted
it proposal for th neutralisation ot
th Manchurlan railroads and united
their interests, while the diplomats of
Europe smiled derisively over America'
amateur statesmanship. A natural re
sult later waa Japan's dictation tot
terms of American treaties and her In
terference with th choice ot an Ameri
can ambassador to another country.
But psrhaps th most conspicuous
triumph of "dollar diplomacy" was ob
taining th contract for two Argentine
battleships in return for th turning
over to that country, which la doml
' nated bv Enaltsh and German Influ-
1 ences, of the detail of American battle-
shin construction and armament
Th derision of Europe, the profound
distrut of Latin America and th aban
donment of th "open door" policy in
th orient thes were th chief accom
plishment of "dollar diplomacy,";
against which th nation can credit two
battlesnip contracts, th acquirement
of a few million dollarjt-worth of con
cessions for Wall street capital and the
forcing; upon Cblna ot a $10,000,000 Mor
gan loan. '
From tne mer commercial standpoint,
the futility of this system 'is palpable.
By sound statesmanahlp and proofs of
national honor wis nation naa aiiainea
a standing which not only gave It high
dignity, but opened every doorway of
trade the world over. By "dollar dlplo
maqy," ' that priceless reputation ana -opportunity
for broad development wer
sacrificed, in order to capture contracts
and concessions for special interests.
Let those who dotgt that world aentl
ment 1 against us recall th fat of
Canadian reciprocity. The Taft treaty
wa far mor favorable to Canada than
to this country, yt It was rejected over
whelmingly. Purely as a matter ot pa
triotism, Canadians kloktd it aside, be
cause they wanted no closer relation
with a government they believed to be
controlled by Special privilege and de
graded to th sordid use ot "dollar -diplomacy."
'
How Advertising '
Reduces Your
Cost of Living
By VOX If. VAUOir.
Advertising ts the mesni
by which merchants or man
ufscturers may tell a great
number of people about the
superior quality of their
goods, the desirability of their
merchandise,, and: the- reason
it will be to your advantage
to patronize them.
., , Advertising enables mer
chants to bring hundreds and
thousands of customers to
their stores. It enables them
to do a large volume of busi
ness at minimum expense.
Advertising establishes the
confidence of the community,
makes new friends keeps old
customers ' Interested and
brings the news of the store
Nright into the customer's
, home.
The merchant who adver
tises continuously appeals to
' all the people in town, while
the merchant who does hot
advertise sits within his door
and. waits for the people to
find him out or accidentally
drop in as they are passing by.
Advertising is such a pow-
erful selling force and busi
ness builder that merchants
whe use It are enabled to Sell
, better goods ,-t-Ahe lowest
prices. Read the advertise-mentfrtffTHB-JOURNAt"
closely and constantly every
day-for proof.