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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1914.
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THE CXiPEHFlKIt- HLUNDKR
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H
AS the liquor trad of Oregon
stopped to think what an
argument the Copper field af
fair Is placing in the hands
Of the antl-tsaloon forces?
Why don't the higher-ups of the
liquor business wire deposed Mayor
Stewart to efface himself by re
igning and giving opportunity for
the election of a different kind of
mayor and council?
t" Why don't they wire the swamp
er In the Stewart-Warner saloon
to retire- from his position as
councilman ami permit the election
-of . a citizen whose business 1b not
at loggerheads, with theilaw?
Why don't they wire the barten
der in -the Wiegand sal 091 to re
tire from his councilmanship so
.that the saloon business may es
cape the blighting publicity into
which it has fallen at Copper
field,; ; . .
" It Is amazing that the shrewd
captains of the liquor business
should have permitted ithe resist
ance of the Copperfield1 saloonistal
to have continued so long. It is
one of the biggest blunders that
the liquor interests of Oregon have
ever, made.
Copperfield will be shouted from
every platform by every Prohibi
tion speaker throughout the com
ing state-wide prohibition cam
paign, The saloon tyranny of the
town, the sale of whiskey as shoes
to young boys, . the "gambling, the
allegations as' to incendiarism, and
all the reported violations of law
by the constituted representatives
of the' law will be a jterrible in
dictment that the wet4 will have
to meet. .
, the sooner they put an end to
the foolish .resistance at Copper
field, Huntington and elsewhere,
the sooner they-will stop produc
ing unanswerable campaign argu.-
men ts for the use of the dry. "
THE Alabama fight
A'
MAZING Inroads have appar
ently been made by Congress
man Hobson in what was
popularly supposed to be the
Invincible batlle line of Congress
man Underwood in the ! spectacular
senatorial struggle in Alabama.
Underwood has the almost solid
support of the metropolitan press,
but there are predictions now that
he will be defeated. If It should
come to pass' in the spring pri
maries that Hobaon Is the victor,
it will be a token of ihe tremen
dous hold the liquor issue has on
the people of Alabama.;
; Whatever may be the facts. Hob
son has in an aggressive campaign
succeeded in convincing a great
many Alabamans that the able
leader: of, the majority! in the na
tional house is BOlidlyj backed by
the liquor interests. The public
mind of the state seems intensely
active on the issue and Hobson's
meetings are so widely attended
i that at every hall where he appears
: to speak there is a Jam inside and
'a? great overflow assemblage out-
Side.
Sometimes
there . are shifting
Bands in a campaign,' ajid surface
indications are not always de
pendable. Though the Chunder and
the shouting are usually something
of an Judex, they are j not always
. to bevelled upon. ;
, But, guessed at from; such omens
at this long distance, Leader Uu
( nerwood seems, at this moment.
to be in imminent danger of com
1 ing defeat. j
rUBMC PLAYGROUNDS
IHE development of a compare
tlvely new phase! of city life
Is shown by the annual cen
bus taken by the Playground
ana Hecreation .Association of
' Anrerica. .Itshows that the busi
, ness of play is well established in
several hundred . cities of the
. Lnited States and Canada. 9
. Data was asked from all titles
of over 5000 inhabitants, a prin
cipal feature of the report lust Is
: sued , is :the showing 'qf growth in
municipal support. In 111 cities
;Jthe, support Is now entirely muni
cipal There are 115 cities in
which: the support is divided be
tween municipal and private funds,
and 110 cities In which the work
. Is - supported wholly by private
. benefactors. .. .. ; . , ;
.ine census snows a total ex
penditure of $5,700,000 for the
year ending November 1, 1913, in
the ' 342 1 cities - where recreation
work is. under paid supervision.
This is a gain of over $100,000
as compared with he year 1912.
Twenty cities, have authorized bond
Issues aggregating $,268,000, this
money now being: In sight for the
purchase - and equipment of addi
tional playgrounds. !
Children -in ,70 cities were given
playgrounds last year, as compared
with 43 converts to the new move
ment in 112. The worjc is not
confined to vacation periods, for
in 1913 there were 33 centers
open the year round. S
The figures show that ihe pub
lic playground is an established
Institution. Its future depends
upon the wisdom directors, and
public officials show in operating
the recreation centers and in pro
viding for their increase in! number.
WHAT RELATIVE?
I
T IS related that "after ! securing
a revolver from onei of her
relatives." Esperance Clark, the
16-year-old girl whose body was
found yesterday, went to Rocky
Butte and committed suicide by
shooting herself with the j weapon.
What "relative'? What excuse
did the girl make in asking for
the revolver, and on what author
ity did the "relative" give her
the weapon?
In Oregon, no relative nor any
body else has a- right to supply re
volvers to any person unless that
person has a permit from the law
ful authorities. Whoever ge the
girl the pistol did "so in uter vio
lation of the laws of Oregon and
the ordinances of Portland.
It is as a possible preventive
of just such tragedies that the
state revolver statute and the city
revolver ordinance were : passed.
The ease with which the girl fitted
herself out with pistol and ammu
nition was aid to her in her work
of self destruction. It was suicide
made simple. It was the ; road to
death opened wide. I
In her anger, the mere posses
sion of the loaded pistol was im
pelling temptation to use it. As
she held the deadly tool in her
hand, the strange impulse that
thousands of others have felt, led
her on. If no weapon had been
available, if there had been more
difficulty in arming herself, there
would have been time for second
thought, and the woods of the
hillside would probably never have
echoed back the pistol shot that
ended the short life span of the
misguided girf.
The officers of the law should
do their duty. The penalties of
the pistol statute should be appfied.
Relatives have no more right to
promiscuously distribute loaded re
volvers about than do pawn
brokers, second hand dealers, hard
ware stores or sporting goods
houses.
THE ROUMANIAN JEWS
K
ING CARLOS of Roumania
has announced his desire that
all legal restrictions upon
Jews in his kingdom be re
moved. He has promised to use
his influence with Roumanian legis
lative bodies to grant the Jews all
civil rights heretofore denied them,
and especially the right of natural
ization.
The king is reported to have
reached this decision because of
the large number of Jewish sol
diers who participated i In the
Balkan war. On its face, the
king's decision is a step toward
righting a wrong which has ex
lsted for years, but in ; view of
past promises and performances it
may be well to await the outcome
before congratulating either king
or Jews.
Repeated protests have been
made concerning Roumania's- eru
elty to the Jews, but these protests
have availed nothing. When that
country was liberated frdm Turk
lsn suzerainty by tne Treaty of
Berlin at the close of the Russo
Turklsh war, a similar extension' of
justice to the Jews was promised
But in spite of these promises in
human treatment of the Jews con
tinued.
The treaty required that abBO
lute freedom of worship be granted
to all persons In the kingdom, and
that no religious beliefs be made a
bar to the enjoyment of any po
litical rights. Roumania was com
pelled to amend its constitution by
striking out a provision that only
Christians could become j citizens
But subsequent laws, passed
under pressure, granting; natural
ization to the Jews . have been
evaded, and gross discriminations
and cruelties have been practiced
against Roumanian Jews. There
have been many evidences of bitter
prejudice against the 300,000 Jew
ish Inhabitants of the kingdom,
and in spite of the treaty of Berlin
Roumania has been able to defy
public opinion. "
, It is to be hoped that King Car
los is sincere in .his recent declara
tion concerning the Jews. The
genuineness of Roumanian civiliza
tion is at issue, for persecution, of
any race Is. impossible among civ
ilized people. 1
BKITA1VS BORDKR PATKOIi
B
RITISH marines are patrolling
we Mexican border on the
British Hondurian side. Their
job is to prevent Genera
Manuel Brlto, former H governor of
tne 6tate of Campecbe, Mexico
who disappeared last June after
looting the bank of Yucatan of
$300,000, from returning! to south
ern Mexico and starting another
revolution. . ;
Brlto is hiding in v Guatamala
within easy reach of the Mexican
border, but in order, to cross Over
Into that country; he must first
pass through British Honduras, 't
It is said to be the first time
GrealJWritaln has placed an armed
force In Honduras, but there is
nothing In the fact to worry the
United States government. " Eng
land is doing the same thing that
the United States has done along.
Mexico's northern border ever since
the struggle against- Huerta com
menced. Washington credits Great
Dritain with a desire to prevent
complications by keeping the fight
ing Mexicans confined to their
own territory. ; -
The English have a right to
station marines along the Hon
durlan frontier, British interests
In Honduras are not threatened
any more than American interests
in the United States are threatened.
But Guatamala and Honduras have
offered an .almost unrestricted
field for revolutionists In general.
When one country became Inhos
pitable they jumped across the bol
der Into another. !
British Honduras has been a
gateway to Mexico for freebooters
of all nationalities. England has
closed the gate, and in so doing
has followed the United States'
lead. Sir Lionel Carden's -transfer
from Mexico to Brazil and the
armed marines on Mexico's south
ern bo'rder are evidence that Great
Britain is disposed to permit the
United States to handle the Mexi
can situation.
THE FARMER'S PUNCH
0
NE of the most effective ar
guments ever used in favor
of good roads was that re
cently presented by a farmer
in Tennessee. It was winter and
the roads were almost impassible.
There had been much talk about
good roads but no action. At a
mass meeting called to consider
the situation lawyers, bankers and
merchants talked long and learned
ly, disputing whether to raise
fiends by direct taxation or by an
issue of bonds. No deefsion was
in sight. Finally the farmer who
was sitting way back arose and
timidly asked recognition.
Mr. Chairman," he began, "I
am just a plain farmer and have
no business trying to talk in this
meeting. I am all covered with
mud. There is mud on my boots
and all over my clothes and my hat
it all- spattered up, too. I walked
to this meeting because my horse
couldn't travel the roads. I've got
a little farm and a sawmill just a
little over two miles from town.
and if I could climb up on a hard
road with my truck and what lum
ber I've sawed I could clear enough
in one day to pay my tax on that
road but I haven't got it."
Turning to a merchant in the
crowd the farmer continued:
"I bought some groceries from
you this month, lyes $5 worth. I
carried them home on my back.
UA had had, a. gc
foad.it. moaldJ.
have been $23 worth, I am sure'
The academic" " discussion was
forgotten and the practical words
of the farmer produced a bond
issue of $300,000 and a road on
which he brought his lumber to
town and returned home with $25
worth of groceries.
This simple little story, typical
as it is, tells more than the vol
umes of the expert dialectician.
PRISON-MADE GOODS
F
OR seventeen years New York
has had a law requiring. mu
nicipalities ito purchase ar
ticles made ' in prisons. The
state commissioner of prisons in a
recent report said! the law has been
flagrantly disregarded throughout
the state. Sevenj cities have made
no purchases of this sort since the
law was enacted. With few excep
tions municipalities which have
bought prison-made goods have
made their purchases few and far
between.
As a result of law violations by
officials elected to administer the
laws, hundreds of New York's con
victs are idle and the prison store
houses . are stocked with goods,
There has been nothing useful at
which the convicts could be em'
ployed, with the inevitable rouse
quence of mutinies by convicts.
New York is beginning to realize
the state's responsibility for men
and women in prison. Cooperation
on the part of public officials to
make the prisons self-sustaining
and to create a demand for prison
products sufficient to keep the men
fully employed is being insisted
upon. It is nrged that prison in
dustries compete as little as pos
sible with free labor, and for that
reason there should be no dis
crimination against the state's
wards.
The Empire State's awakening
to conditions in her prisons Is
characteristic of the times. There
is strong argument behind opposi
tlon to putting prison labor in com
petition with free labor, but. even
that argument 13 not strong enough
to warrant keeping convicts in idle
ness. Industry is the best known
cure for crime. The problem Is to
provide opportunity for useful oc
cupations open to convicts. Other
states" are solving the problem on
public highways, in honor camps
and on convict farms. New;York
win not avoid future, prison scan
dais until that state adopts modern
prison methods.
The new minister to the United
States from Slam is named Prab
hakaravonga. Greater love for an
cestral things hath no man than
this . that ' Mr. Prabhakaravonga
doesn't ask the courts to change his
name to Smith.
Columbia county is, to vofe on
bond , issue ' for roads February 2.
J The amount of the proposed issue
Is $360,000. No step can be more'
profitable to the isolated counties
than action for making themselves
more accessible by wagon road to 1
trade . centers.
Nofhlng Will do
more to open up the Jogged off
lands of Columbia county : than a
good system of wagon roads.
- i
Brick red hair, green coats land
corkscrew skirts are to be the new
vogue for women, according to a
New York man milliner who has
been style hunting. in Paris. We
don't know what the corkscrew
skirt is, but considering what we
have the corkscrew can scarcely
be worse than the ills we are flee
ing from.
"The Oregonlan - has heretofore
tbougnt highly of Dr. C. J. Smith
as suitable material for governor.
It regrets to be obliged to 1 modify
its opinion." With those cold, cold
words our neighbor abandons Dr.
Smith to his fate. Alas, poor
Smith! We knew him well.
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to Tbt Jearaal for
publication in this department should be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words In length and most be ar
rcinpanied by the name and addreaa of ttaa
aender. If the writer does not desire to
bare the name published, be sboald to State.)
"Dlsonasion la the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everything it toorhes. It
rubs principles of all false sanctity and
throws tbem back on their reaonableness. If
they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes then oat of existence and sets up its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Enforced Idleness.
Portland, Jan. 10. To the Editor of
The ' Journal Spurgeon says,, in his
"John Ploughman's Talk," that idle
ness is "the key to beggary and the
root of all evil." I think the truthful,
ness of this is apparent to all. Then
what of enforced idleness, an idleness
which many cannot avoid and which
comes to us as a result of economlo
blundering. This enforced Idleness is
causing a spirit of resentment to arise
In the minds of laboring men, which
threatens to become violent. These
mental manifestations are the result
of the awakening of the first law of
nature self preservation. When that
law Is once thoroughly active it knows
no higher law till the end sought for
is accomplished. This growing spirit
of unrest with its threatening tenden
cies is spreading out like a great shad
ow over our fair land and the feel
ing of being wronged will get stronger
and the shadows will grow broader
and darker as the cruel and unjust
system continues to grind. Let us be
ware, for already the wolf of hunger
and want is prowling about our homes.
Let us remember the French revolu
tion, and let us not forget what men
can be driven to do by bad conditions.
Now. mind. I do not indorse violent
methods, but I utter warning. People
on the cabin deck of this old ship
of state ought to know better than
to allow those conditions. I know
why we have not righted these great
wrongs. It is because we have been
beneficiaries of the exploiting system.
But we are going to come down out
of the cabin, and so below, until but
few are left.
J do not believe those of the upper
strata of society are all bad. There
is much that is human about them.
There is much that is clean and good
and pure. To such I bring the cause
of humanity. To them I appeal for
justice and opportunity for the suffer
ing poor. And of the leaders and
teacher of the people of this land I
ask. "What are you goina to do with
this question of needless poverty, this
enforced idleness, this lack of oppor
tunity, this injustice? Are you to con
tinue to offer us remedies that are
only palliations? Will the teachers
still deal oat platitudes instead of
plain truth?" I believe there are good
men amcng the clergy, but they are
handicapped by the system. Our
churches and institutions of higher
learning are in the grip of the exploit
ing system. So are many of our news,
papers, and I believe that the hearts
of many ministers and editors burn
with truths which they dare not utter.
The man of Oallilee also had his
difficulty. He said to Pilate, "For
this cause came I into the world that
I rhi Kht bear witness unto the truth."
He bore witness on the cross. He is
our example, and he alBO said. "Who
soever taketh not his cross and fol
loweth after me is not worthy of me."
W. Hw BLACK.
Women Indorse West's Clean-Up.
North Powder, Or.. Jan. lOj To the
Editor of tha Journal The following
appeared in the La, Grande Observer of
January 5:
"A vote 1 of the women of eastern
Oregon no doubt would advise Miss
Fern Hobbs that her part in the
grandstanding of the chief executive
was hardly expected, hardly needed by
the state and scarcely appreciated by
anyone other than the political ring
that is using this young woman as an
actor in their drama,"
No doubt the women of eastern Ore
gon will be able and willing to speak
for themselves when the time comes,
without consulting the savants of the
Observer. We feel assured that Miss
Hobba has the support of the majority
of the women in eastern Oregon, and
so has Governor West. The time has
come when the violators of law and
order must submit to chastisement,
and we feel grateful to Governor West
and Miss Hobbs for the part they are
taking in bringing about ; a much
needed reform, and will show our ap
preciation whenever the opportunity
occurs.
A WOMAN VOTER.
To Mr. .T. E. Adams. '
Portland. Jan. 10. I ask you to give
space to the following matter. In the
hope that It may come to- the notice of
J. E- Adams, a letter by- Whom ap
peared recently in the Journal, In
which he stated that he had worked
for the M. K. & T. railroad. I lived
In Texas a good many years. My
father went to work for the M. K. &
T. in 1880. and worked on it steadily
until his death, last November, as a
passenger engineer. His name wa E.
I. - Gale. He w called "Gene" Gale.
He ran out of.Denison to Greenville
and later out of Dallas to WtchHa
Falls. Perhaps Mr. Adams has heard
of blm He -was well known all over
the system, as was also my brother.
Will Gale, who was at Houston. I am
sorry Mr. Adams Is disappointed in
Oregon, but hope he will have better
success in the luture.
JENNIE J. GALE EITELMAN.
287 Falling street, Portland.
Complains of Fish Warden.
Kerby, Or., Jan. 8. To the Editor
of The Journal I want to call atten
tion to the action of the fish, warden
at the hatchery on the Illinois river.
He will not allow a fish to be taken
awav. but it must be left to rot on
the river bank. No wonder :tb com
mon people revolt when they sura treat
ed that may. It will soon be as bad
as living under the- English laws, where
one is not aHqtved. te say hs soul is
his own. . ? A SUBSCRIBER.-.
A FEW SMILES
At a recent duel the - parties dis-
charged their -MatoU without effect.
jwnereupon on 01
' tn aeonla Inter
posed, and proposed
that the combatants
should shake hands.
To thlB the other
second objected
unnecessary.
Their hands."
said he, "have been
fshaklng for half an hour."
Maid I've come
ma'am.
Mistress Indeed?
Maid And would
you give me a. good
reference, m a'a raT
I'm' aoing to Mrs.
Jones, across the
way.
Mistress The best
In the world. Mut-
grive notice.
glt. I hate that woman.
A Scottish farmer of a miserly dis
position bought a horse at a fair. On
the way home he thought a drink of
water would refresh,
so he cot a pail of
water, but the ani
mal would not take
It. When he got
home ne offered It a
feed of corn, but to
his surprise It would
not touch, that
J either
Weel." he muttered to himself,
If
enly I was sure ye were a guid work
er, ye're the verra horse for me."
Jim "Hoivsiry la
y Is tne oest policy.
after all."
Bill "How?"
"Remember that
dog I stole?"
"Yes."
"Well, I tried two
hull days to ' sell
10 one of- W JJpi
s'n 6 shil-lf 1
I went, JyJ
nest man,
'im, an no
fered more'
lings; so
like an honest
an' guv him to th'
ole lady what owned 'im, and she guv
me a suvrln."
Mrs. Murphy's husband was ex
tremely 111, so she called the doctor
and then anxiously inquired as to the ,
to
1 '-'
,.t ultimate retirement Is made. For any
am sorry to otner purpose there are results that
say, madam, replied ,ncre4Be the value of the security,
the doctor lively, I but none for mlIltarIflm. By the or
i. S ! "lo law of the state of Idaho, and
"wfi docther" Prhaps of other states, no bonded
mm Mr. Morohv debt can be created in a school district
with an air oK16!" for Permanent improvement.
JHo .ZiThe theory is plain, that if running
thing is. my poor husband !. six feet ;
three in his socks, so he'll last some
. i .
limn yei
(Pointed Paragraphs
Many a man's enthusiasm is merely
gush.
Ignorance is the inspiration of nearly
all arguments.
Being the friend of a "good fellow"
is an expensive Job.
More things come to those who are
too busy to wait for them.
A man must use his head If he
would get there with both: feet,
Ever notice how little attention is
paid to people who talk too much?
A man's conceit looks suspiciously
like wisdom from his point of view.
Some men never get ahead because
they are afraid they will earn more
than they get.
Perhaps the reason a mother expects
her son to become a great man is be
cause his father isn't.
When a small man finally makes up
his mind to fight he begins to look
around for a friend to hold him.
i .
When a jyoung man writes to a girl
on a postal card she may as well
chloroform all hopes she has in his di
rection.
There's one thing we like about a
girl clerk in a department store; she j
never sneaas orr to tne nasement ior
the purpose of smoking cigarettes.
Latter Day Confucianism.
Bradley Gilman in Review of Reviews.
China Is tossing restlessly in her'
age-long sleep, and shows signs of
awaking. ' This situation appeals to
the United. States only Indirectly; but
most of the land-hungry European na
tions are waiting at her bedside, and
are guessing as to her present patho
logic condition and her outlook for
future health and strength. Compe
tent Judges near at hand agree that if
China were to produce, soon, some
great leader, he would become the cen
ter of crystallization for the saturated
solution of loyal sentiment, which is
latent in this mighty people. Lacking
such a living leader, the Chinese may
call upon Confucius, and unite the"
several diverse provinces under a
potent bond of religious fervor. How.
ever the Influence of the great ethical
teacher may have waned during the
past century, he has not become a neg
ligible quantity, as the recent surpris
ing observance of his birthday (Sep
tember 27) fully attests. About a
week before that datt a circular letter
was sent to sit th governors of the
provinces, setting forth the virtues of
Confucius. The Intention was that
this statement should be presented to
local magistrates," and by . them be
brought before, the plain people. Thus
a way would be prepared for the subse
quent elevation of the great and hon-
iim1 ma a- a tha ten leader of th
new republic. Naturally, we would
expect him-Jto be held most highly in
honor by the old dethroned Manchu
dynasty. "Young China," however,
realizes that the country greatly needs
both a leader and a religion, and that
these two needs could be met by a
revival of the Confucian cult probably
in a modernized form. Twenty years
ago the sage's birthday was observed
only lightly and sporadically, but this
year there has been a wldery spread
and distinctly fervent expression of
public devotion to him. Decorations,
processions and public meeting, are
reported -from all the provinces.
"Young China" Is willing' to concede
much. If only It can gather in most of
the factions, conservative and radical,
throughout this heterogeneous nation.
At one celebration, not far from Can
ton, hymns In favor of Confucius were
sung by four graduates of the Canton
Christian college, and the- words were
set to the music of "Ye - Banks and
Braes of Bonnie Doon." and to a favor.
It Methodist melody,. The effect of
this year's observances is to suggest
the conjecture that China's awakening
may have to be primarily religions,
and secondarily political. What will
result from this call to Confucius?
Shifted Emphasis In News.
. From the New York , Tima.
Not tha routine newa of social move
ments and scandal, nor the grist - of
governmental machinery, figured
chiefly In yesterday dispatches. . The
mosts prominent rplacaf was gtvta. to
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Perhaps men can be forced to be
rood, or better, after all.
Wisdom increases, but the mystery
or life remains unsolved.
Wont-workers injure the chances or
worthy men willing to work.
But there may be praylnc for rain
before the winter season is over.
Prepare not to cubs the regional
bank commission, whatever happens.
Shouldn't oriental languages also be
added to ths high school curriculum?
Lent is far off yet. Easter farther;
eggs will doubtless be away down
then.
Buying
everybody
buyer.
Oregon products helps
in Oregon, including the
borne of the "unemployed want
almost anything else, n a Jail sen
tence, in preference to real work.
Several Oregon counties have decid
td at last to do what is absolutely
necessary to get good roads pay their
i.vsl.
vniy an emnlover can work over
eight hours a day any more; he usual
ly nas 10 wora mere than that long or
go broke.
m
Judge Bushey of Marion county,
who will pay no widows' pensions,
seems to consider himself a legisla
ture, or the supreme court, or both.
CIVILIZATION'S CHIEF HINDRANCE
! I'Tom tne Lewiston Tribune.
i It is very hard to manifest any
serious or sustained Interest in the
topic of International disarmament and
the voluntary abandonment of war as
a means of settling disputes, but to
day's announcement of the attitude of
European banking interests on the
subject comes about as near doing so
as anything of recent occurrence. That
is to say, the bankers no longer want
government stock when issued for
military purposes, as they are already
overloaded with that sort of paper
and for whlch no provision looking to
" '!
would be eaten up In time by the ac
cumulated liability. Governments,
however, continue to pile up national
debts for running military expendi
tures, without adequate return to the
nation and with an Inverted pyramid
being erected that must some day
come down with a crash.
Meantime every government In the
world, general and local, Is confront
ed with demand for tax money for
useful and necessary purposes that
strain the resources of statecraft to
effectuate without making the burden
more than the people, many' of them,
can bear. Education, sanitation, roads,
streets, bridges, parks, playgrounds,
benevolence, regulation, inspection
snd innumerable other public rights
and public benefits and conveniences
are being required at the hands of
government All of thes proposals
are of merit, as the expressed popular
will conceives, and add to the sum of
human capacity and welfare. None
of them can be met efficiently, be
cause the required publio money is
YOUR MONEY IN LIGHT OF THE FUTURE
By John M. Osklson.
If you are a pessimistic Investor or
a discouraged Baver, lost in perplexity
over the problem of living, the price
of eggs, and the Increase of extrava
, gance; lr you are uuims ,!..-..
' wnv. read H. G.
""T' " . ..ThR Passionate
VHsnd.
If vou can t reaa u an.
turn over to page 264 ana gei miu
vour mind the picture of America, and
the forecast of America's future which
Mr Wells makes. He's a shrewd and
sane novelist, an excellent observer.
I can uive you only tiny tablets of
his hopeful and encouraging observa
tion. Such as: ',
"In spite of rawness and vehemence
end a scum of blatant, oh! quite asi
nine follv. the United States of Amer
ica remains the greatest country in the
world and the Jiving hope of mankind.
It is the supreme break with old tra
dition: it is the freshest and most
valiant beginning that has ever been
made In human life." And:
"There is in America a splendid
the announcement of -the test, the
most considerable and crucial ever
made with the gamma rays of radium
In a case of cancer, to save the life or
Congressman Bremmer of New Jersey.
On the success of this demonstration
will depend much In determining the
question whether sufrerers from one
.class of malignant tumors. In this
country and all over the workl. shall
have the radium treatment, bir rren
erfek Treves, president of the Radlun
t..iilni. nf London: rruiewui
Von
Czernv and Professor Von Behrlng of
German v. Professor Frederick Soddy
of Scotland, and Sir Alfred I"rc-e
Gould of England are concerned In this
matter, as well as lr. Howard Kelly
and his distinguished colleagues in the
United mates. The scientists are
seeking government patronage in the
extraction of the rare element from its
ores and its distribution among the
hospitals of the world.
The news of scientific effort is over
shadowing all other news. Modern
discipline and progress attend the real
ization of their efforts by men who
are discovering, more rapidly than at
any previous time in history, the hid
den forces in nature. More significant
than a ehanse of ministry In France or
the issue of a Balkan war is the an
nouncement a Soddy or a Ramsay may
make tomorrow about the loosening of
forces in groups qf atoms. The goal
of these experimenters Is not that of
the old alchemists, who sought merely
to transmute the baser into the more
precious metals. They seek to fertilize
the earth forever to laying hold of the
Inexhaustible stores'?.? nitrogen in the
air; they would unlock energies beside
which the power of tides and water
falls, of steam and electricity, seem
pitifully small,, and they would heal
the chief ills of humanity. They are
the mighty men of these days. They
have done much, and they promise
more. '
Accounting for Bandit Villa
- From the New York Evenlpg Post.
Te merciless manner In which Villa
and his fellow commanders in the
north of Mexico signal hce their vie
lories has Justly stirred public bom
and indignation. But' those who would
fashion out; or :tne -Danuit. Vina an
argument against, the Jasttce-of tilt
cause he represents fail to make out
tbeir case.; Tb ferocity t Mexican
warfare might becomparjJ-wlti the
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Grants Pass Courier is of the
firm opinion that the city manager
plan is one that offers the real solu
tion. Albany Democrat: Governor West
has taught Oregoniane some new les
sons in geography. Who ever heard of
Copperfield until receiftly?
a
Students of the Burns high school
are to Klve an entertainment the pro
ceeds of which will be used to pur
chase 41 high claas gr&phophone.
Salem Journal: The debate whether
it should be parcel post or parcels post
was settled by the letter carriers at
Christmas time, it is parcels post.
Trumpet call in Salem Statesman:
"Let's hurry, and get as many as pos
sible of our permanent highways com
pleted for the thousands of visitors
who will come in 1915, to attend the
San Krancisto fair."
The dean of the Baker Herald's dip
lomatic corps proposes this: "On the
theory that a watched pot never boils,
we might get quicker results in! Mex
ico by thinking about something ielse."
December was unusually dry at As
toria. According to Weather Observer
Uilinore the raiiffall was 7.06 inches
or 5.59 inches less than the average for
the corresponding month of previous
years.
m m
Starting th new year right, the
Marshfield Record jubilantly says:
"The year 1J14 in going to be the best
Coos bay has ever had. More horpes
will be built. More streets will be
Improved and more business will be
done by everyone of us."
not available. The military establish
ment is the only branch of govern
ment that does not have to count
the cost, and that is the only branch
that is unproductive, save only In the
remote contingency of war. That con
tingency is too remote, the thought
ful people of the world are beginning
to declare, to be put ahead of other
considerations that are immediate
and pressing.
There are some classic stories fa
miliar to newspaper literature of men
who have litigated almost a lifetime
in the courts over the ownership of a
pig, a fence or a dividing line, at a
total cost to each of them many times
the value of the object in controversy.
The excuse usually given Is that
neither of the parties to thn lltia-ation
cares anything as to the value of the ' we had got there, ae heard of the dls
object In dispute, but that each of ! covery of gold near; Sutter's Fort,
them cares so much about the "prin- "1 came at oncei to San Franclsoo,
ciple" Involved In the issue that he ! Retting there in VP fall of 1848. I
will exhaust every resource of law to mined on the Featlfsr river but caught
establish it, even If the effort should - severe cold wh&h settled -in my
cost him all that he possesses. Only chest. My lungs gained roe so coa
members of the legal profession, and stantly that I wensback to San Ftan
not all even of them, are able to ap- Cisco. General lhe, with Joe Meek,
plaud this devotion to principle. All j d Just come frorf Indiana overland,
others pronounce such ruinous per- i DI bis way to Oregpn to become gov
slstence the obstinacy of fools. The . ernor of the- terrltiyy. I went up on
idea, that Impels them to pronounce ' thlr at- JoB Meek was the best-
hot i hearted old soul yen ever saw.
establishment of the alleged principle
is as, little worth tha cost of the
methdd as Is tha trivial object Itself,
Warfare, and tha preparedness for
waging it at any moment, ara coming San Francisco was;a city of tents and
to bs quesUoned in similar terms of wooden shacks with an occasional
practicality, and militarism's phrases adobe house. It seems as If most
--"economic Interests," "spheres of every building was4 saloon or a danca
influence," "balance of power." na- . iouse. if
tionai honor" are fast losing their I V were pHetty bad. The- doc-
speciousness. The frightful coat of j tor didn't think I W6uld liv very long
militarism. In depriving tha people of i be thought I had,lthe consumption. I
the means of getting along and saving , stayed In Oregon Ctw nix anonthir. eom
themselves In everyday life, la the ns to Portland in sfhe fall of 184. I
answer made to the mockery of "pre- , PH a hundred dollars for a tlckst
paredness." in like terms a made, to back t0 San Francyfco. thinking I ws
tha foolish litigants. strong enough to !; take up mining
crudity, a directness that cleared my about a dozen housis and a few stores
Spirit as a bracing wind will sweep the i on Front street atj that time. I re
clouds from mountain scenery. Com- member there were; one or two as far
pared with our older continents, Amer
ica is mankind stripped for achieve
ment. All America la one tre
mendous escape from ancient obses
sions into activity and making."
"What are we going to dor Wells
found is the guiding Inquiring of the
American. Tha opportunities and the
enterprises are here how are we to
bring them Into a profitable combina
tion? We are new and unhampered. We
need- to be told so onoa In a while.
We need to be told so in order to keep
up the courage we were, born with in
the face of pessimistic talk about the
sins of our economic rulers, in the
face of socialistic talk which mis
represents the meaning and spirit of
socialism .and in the face of threats
by state and national legislature to
reeulate our saving enterprises and
our Investment enterprises.
No, we're far from even the begin
ning of decay!
greater ferocities of Bajkan warfare
among Christian nations and allies.
But assuming that Villa is an outlaw,
who for twenty years has been a men
ace to -public security, what becomes
of the argument that the salvation of
Mexico rests only In the strong arm
of a dictator? If the Iron rule of Por
firio Ilas could not rid Mexico of
brigandage; Is it not apparent that per
manent peao in Mexico must coma in
some other way than through the sup
pression of popular freedom? Brigand
age on a large scale cannot flourish
anywhere without tha secret support
or a nis onienxea population, it was
"""
Slcily that drove the people to sup-
port marauders and secret societies of
which they were so frequently the vic
tims. Brigands though t'.iey may be.
Villa and Zapata are th products of
a political system tn which the masseu
are made to feel thst the "law" an
administered from above is Intended
not for their benefit but for their
subjection.
Study Any Old Thing.
From the Unpopular Review.
And not only were the college rolls
and records indicative of democracy,
but there was a democracy of subjects
to study. You had free election; oik
subject was as good as aaother, out
course as valuable as another, one
course as valuable as another. So long
as you had the required number of
credits, the character of ths credits
made no difference. An hour contained
69 niinutss. and no hour set up to
be better than its fellows. A college
education was -defined as "something
of everything for everybody." and th
definition was especially applicable to
the education of the state universities
those great examples of learning In
action. In them anyone might study
anything at any time under any !n
etructor. under any conditions, and in
any place, for you could study in ab
sence, and by correspondence, and hyp
nnilam nnit Christian Science. Atwt
! wn, vou aot through, whatever vour
method or matter of capacity or dodl-
Ity or imbecility, you were labeled
A. B., and had a fortune assured
until you found out ' that tha great
democrats world thought A, B. ao bet
ter than D. F or any other romblna
tion of letters, or no letter at alL ' .
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred LockJey.
"I guess I am Portland's oldesf resi
dent," said A. B. Stuart, bailiff of tue
grand Jury. "I have lived In Portland
64 years.
"I was born In New Jersey on De
cember 12. lHi'S. When I was IS years
old 1 went to sa as cabin boy on a
sailing vessel. In 1S4S I shipped on a
whaler. Wo cruised through the Ber
ing Sea In search of right whales. We
put Into the Sandwich Inlands, which
in taoe dayH was the rendezvous, of
the whaling fleet. Krom ttu-re we went
on another trip to the Bering Sen snd
on up to tin- Arctic circle.
"The following fall that Is. the fail
of 1846. we ane down the coast and
put in at Yerha Buena. as the link"
village which later became Sun Frar
Cisco was then called. California whs
then a part of Mexico. At that ttniu
tlierc were five or six atebe hulilnu
where San Francisco now stands. Wo
were there -several1 weeks, the sailors
spending most of their lime ashore ei
tendlng cock fight. and attempting U
tide the wild Spanish ".lorses.
"The native ("HUforntans certainly
toik life very easy. In 1M7 we j. it
in for a while In Magdalcna bay on our
way hack from thei Sandwich Islands,
and we again enteifd, the Uolde.n Gate
and spent some weeks Ht Yertia riuena.
Wc went on up the "vlaskan coast,
cruising past the country willed was
destined 50 years later to create a
stampede with its discovery of gold
at ("ape Nome.
"The 'Vesper.' thf ihip I was on, was
in charge, of Captain Clark. We hsd
pretty good luck on this trip. We
were equipped to take care pf 3."30
casks of oil. We ued to throw the
harpoon 'into the whale, bring them
alongside, strip the-blubber, try it out,
secure the whalebone and keep a look
out for another whale so that we could
complete our cargo as quickly as pos
sibly 1 remember one time on this
XtXP'. the lookout in the crow's nest had
called out 'There she blows.' We tum
bled into our boat ' and.' wera soon In
striking distance of Abe whale. No soon
er did the harpoon strike the whalo
than, instead of sounding, -it -lashed
furiously out with Its tall just as we
ere backing awn'. l masiaed our
little bpat into splirjters. There wasn't
enough left of it o swear by. We
swam around in th icy water, holding
to oars or fragmens of the boat until
we were picked up by the other boats.
Whenever we got eslght or ten whales
i and filled our barrels of oil we went
1 back to the Sandwich 'islands. This
wan In the summer; of
j "The harbor of fe1n Francisco was a
wonderful' sight wrn we left. There
were hundreds of sailing vessels aban
doned on the ceacfi, tne owners ana
crew having gonelto the gold fields.
1 again, UUI A iquhijl: nun iot un
work, that I didn't; have the strength
to handle a pick an3 shovel' so I came
immediately hack o Portland, getting
here in the winter of 1849. There were
back from tha rtvefe as First street.
"Every one that$r
me 10 x orxinna in
those days I. had achance to meet, as
I was clerk in the f'arren House. Cap
tain Hall, an old sUa captain, was the
nrnnri,tnr nr th. ttel. Ho Wired me
; to run Jt for ;llrn j lt wa8 ocated at
; the corner oT FroWt and Oak streets.
Beds were a dollarsso wera meals, ana
we 'had all the buness we could do.
I ran the hotel durlpg 1850 and 1801.
"After leaving tt& hotel I took ona
of tha first mail cotitracta let for car
rying mall from jfortland. My con
tract called for ttl$ carrying of mall
from Portland to liifayetta. on horse
back. I soon soldf my contract to a
man named Ktrmefrom the Nehalem
valley. ,i .
"I went into the Impress buslnesa T
worked for Todd AjjCo. until they sold
out to the Adams Impress company. I
rode pony express .if rom here to Jack
sonville. Later I'nv'y extended the line
to Yraka, Cal., andjl rode to Yreka. I
received S1S& a month, but It was
worth It. , i?
"Housejj were Sdifto "5 miles apatt
and of course thert were no stations
where horses couil be ehanged. I
used to carry alongibeads and tobacco,
stop at some Indian ramp, leave my
horse and take onf of theirs giving
them a few handfNils of tobacco and
some beads. I woild eat whenever t
could. I have oftja made from 76 to
100 milis a day If j had good luck In
getting change of! j horses. In those
days packers, mlnyrs and travel at n
were always gladijlp have you stop
land tae a meal wiBii thrm. so i usu-
t ,)y managed to sttsike. some house, or
camp with some paexer tor meats. tC-
n.-.(ria,Iv i .ouldjlklll a few grouae.
make a cainpfire a.tjd roat ths grouse
over the, coals. ThNj Indians called me
'the rapT Man.'
"One time I nit;4t party of Indians
with their 'r tafit n. They drw
their bows and arrows and it looked
for a moment as jijf there, was going
1o he the end of niti, but suddenly one
of tbem recognize-jlme and told theis
In eiilnook that I las the paper man
and that I had aay been good to
the Indians, so tbe lei n no. Even
when the Indians ijwrre killing other
white men they neiler bothered me. I
had always treated ijhem fair and Indi
ans respond wonderfully, well to good
treatment. -
"Later I was excess messenger for
Adams & Co., on tle steamers running
from Portland to SSan Frsnclswo. For
a while I workd r the Wells Fargo
company as inssstnger and later I
started in the exprff business for my
self, running on ta? Puget sound aoJ
tc British Columhui."
r
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