The Oregon daily journal., January 13, 1914, Page 6, Image 6

THE 'OREGON , DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, . JANUARY 13, - 19ll
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AN IWDRPEHDENT SEWgPAPEB
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fcnbiuhed ery enin (except sandr end
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Xnteree at tb postofuc .t Portinoi. or..
tranimiMtos through Uie malls
as second
clave aaatter.
TELEPHONES Main TITS; Boras. A-OM. All
department reached tr tbae number. Tell
toe operator wnat oepartmein y
JOBKIGN ADVSaTlSINO BEPBEOBNTATIVS
Benjamin Keatnoe Co.. Brunswick Bid.,
22S Fifth New York WIS People's
U Blag., Chicago-
SubeerSptlo term by mail or to any ea
tress to the United State or MexJce:
DAILY
Oo year.. $8.00 One month......- -BO
SUMDAX j,.
On year..... 1. $.50 One aaostb. -25
DAILT AND SCNDAX
One year tT.BO One month... us. S .eg
The beat help Is not to bear
the troubles of others for
them, but to Inspire them with
t courage and energy to bear
their ' burdens for themselves
, and meet - the difficulties of
life bravely.-Lubbock.
HOME OWNED LINES
If
I HO UGH- about 15 steamboat
companies are in its member
ship, no foreign capital is
invested in any line in the
Puget Sound Steamboat Owners'
association.
i ' Practically every owner and
, shareholder In each company is
: active in the operation of all these
- lines, which cover every part of
' Puget Sound. The Tacoma Ledger
says:
Bound Steamboat Owners' association
is unique among similar organizations
I ill tha United States. In none of the
. local steamship lines of Puget Sound
If there any railroads Interested In any
i way, while most of the ownerB and
share holders are engaged in some
capacity on board their own vessels,
or are at least active in the work
i Of attending the operation of the
- vessels,- and all are residents of
JPuget Sound,,
There cWd be no better expla
nation of why Puget Sound has a
great steamboat service reaching
.: every point along the shore. The
statement from the Tacoma paper
carries Its own lesson. It is a
' case of "no outside capital" and
owners and shareholders, in one
capacity and another, operating
their own boats.
h It is a part of the means by
which Sound ports have risen to
maritime Importance. These home
owned local lines are a fundamen
' tal In the evolution of trade. They
are a ground work on which to
- build great ocean transportation
" systems. They are the branches
. that gather up the products and
- assemble them at central ports.
No railroad owns shares in the
' Puget Sound . lines. No railroad
has yet, by cut rates and reckless
' opposition with losses recouped
.- from railroad shippers driven the
Independent and home-owned steam
, Unes from the Sound.
. :t It Is such an ownership of lines
on the Columbia and Willamette
' rivers that could render incom
L parable service to the Columbia
K basin and the Willamette valley.
; It wag Investment In suoh lines
that -laid the foundations of some
' of the greatest fortunes tn Port
land. In the great rivers that
flow at the feet of Portland, there
w uJoi.tvu vi
uuui-jTiwucu vuais. juot as mere
- - 1a field for such ownership and
operation on the Sound.
Some day, Portland too, like
. .. Sound cities, will have home-owned
- steamer lines, gathering up prod
- ucts here and there along her great
rivers and carrying them to this
city for home consumption or re
shipment to distant ports and
peoples.
UNFAIR COMPETITION
MpHE United States recently in
M terpreted the copyright and
- I patent laws in behalf of the
people. It was held that
publishers of copyrighted books
and makers of patented articles
e cannot fix retail prices. The law
Is that when the publisher of a
copyrighted book gets his price he
loses control over future sales of
. the book.
: These decisions are evidence that
the supreme court will not allow
the law's use in maintaining arti
ficial rules of trade. It was never
v intended that patent and copy
' right laws should be used in any
other way than to protect the in
terests, of those whose inventive
fenlus. produces something which
may become valuable.
j The supreme court will now take
. up the queston of. unfair compe
tition. A St. Louis shoe firm has
appealed the decision of a lower
. court involving rights in trade
marks. The St. Louis concern ad
mitted that it unfairly put out a
shoe with a name resembling a
; shoe manufactured by a Cincinnati
v competitor. The St. Louis com
pany Insisted that its punishment
should onlx, be the amount of
business its rival lost in the four
- years the unfair name was used.
But the lower court held that the
7u-6r , v. vnuons by experts respecting live-
""w" i"" "" must ue
'. ' . . ,
ii!LaraI',ml votlS to
almost a million dollars.
There Is constantly recurring
. evidence that the courts are in
,. sietlng. upon a greater degree of
- morals In . business. Fairness be
tween; rival concerns and fairness
to the public is being demanded.
It is a notable fagt tnat in recent
years the United States. supreme
" court has taken advanced ground
- which Is now being J covered by
- congressional enactments.
-: It was the accepted doctrine,
only recently, that business was
dtviduals. But a few years have j
brought wonderful changes. The '
American people, as well as their
courts, are saying that In the en-;
acimenr. oi laws, ana in ineir eu.!iBmu flB.piumWl r:"
lorcement, nonesiy musx d ia ,
controlling motive.'
GRANNY POLITICS
T
HE Oregonian avows its belief
that Governor West la a can-j
didate for senator, expecting '
tn rnntaat . tha Tiamnoratia
nomination with 8enator Chamber-
laln. -" !
: As vrr irnn anm-naches. '
the Oregonian has that Kind of I
darkling apprehension. Formerly,
for instance, it heralded its belief
In a direful and perilous cpmbina-
tlon between Bourne, Chamberlain
and West. Though the Oregonian
smeared Its pages all over with
that story for weeks and weeks. It
is now on the scene proclaiming
an exactly opposite situation. If
either, which story floes it expect
to be believed?
The Oregonian has probably had
more supernatural visions of so
called political combinations that
never came about, than any other
newspaper In the known world. Its
present harrowed nerves over West
and Chamberlain are only a fore
taste of imaginative caniptlons and
romantic dreams it will have with
in the next few months. In a kind
of old granny second sight it will
pretend to behold West In combi
nation with everything in Oregon
from the grave digger in the Po
dunk cemetery to the widow
O'Grady.
It Is difficult to understand why
a newspaper of the Oregonian's
standing attempts to palm off these
known bogus stories upon its
patrons. Within a few weeks the
falsity of the West-Chamberlain
story will appear and the Oregon
ian be thereby discredited. The
Possom Bottom Bugle wouldn't
foist such fairy tale on the pub
lic, because it would realize that
its falsity would be discovered.
Why doesn't the Oregonian tell
the people the moon is made of.
green cheese?
Why not?
DEATH RATE DECREASING
I
N 1880 only two states, Massa
chusetts and New Jersty, re
quired that births and deaths
be officially recorded. In 1912
there were 22 states which im
pose a similar requirement. A
census bureau bulletin calls atten
tion to the progress of good health
in 82 years, giving much of the
credit to state laws which provide
for vital statistics.
In 1880, when the registration
area Included only a small part
of the country's .population, the
death rate was 19.8 per 1000. The
registration area had extended to
37.9 per cent in 1900, and the
death rate had fallen to 16.5. In
1910 the registration area repre
sented S8.S per cent of the popu
lation, and the death rate had
dropped to 15. For 1912, the
latest for which there is a report,
the area of registration included
63 per cent of the population, and
luq oeatu rnio a xo.a yei
me lowest ever recoruea. I
Reduction of the death rate of
nearly 20 per 1000 people to a
rate of less than 14 per 1000 in j
82 years is an achievement well
worm wnue. ine census Dureau
says the registration area's advance
In the same period to 63 per cent
of the population played a distinct-
i ive part in the campaign for better
health and longer lives.
There is no doubt that vital sta
tistics are of great benefit to
states and nation. Cities that have
low death rates are using their
mortality record as an advertis
ing asset. Low death rate is often
proof of a city's attitude toward
problems of living. It is generally
conceded that high death rates are
convincing evidence of a lack of
progress.
There Is no conservation policy
more important than the conserva
tion of human life. "
FARM AND FACTORY
A
T THE Oregon Agricultural
College Wednesday and
Thursday, in the midst of
the Farmers' Short Course at
the Institution, factories and farms
are to be brought Into closer touch, t
The meeting Is called the Fac
tories Promotion Congress. Its ob
ject will be to promote the estab
lishment of factories nearest the
supply of raw material.
Practical creamerymen will ex
plain the various fundamentals
upon which rest the successful col
lection of cream and its manufac-
ture into products for the con -
sumer. A successful canneryman
will make similar exposition of
his business and its intimate rela -
tlon with orchardists and vegetable
growers.
There will be similar mtiI AHA.
i siock. timber, grains, wnn mn.!,,.. i. pinu t.i, ...,
I w w
hair. flax. clay, stone, iron, steel,
! cuncreie, oroom corn, nsneries and
transportation, ana .the relation
that each bears to factories.
it will be the first time in Btate!
history that producers and repre -
sentatives of manufacture. will
, meet to learn of each other. It
will be the first time that farm
and factory have ever been brought
into intimate relation in this state.
It is a plan for making better
markets for the things taken from
the soilj and for making more raw
material for those who manufac-
tnre those product, into a finished
state.
It Is a program xor masins
more employment, a program for
-making better conditions ior
pie to botn groups, P
uou, uenei uuw" -
cessful commonwealth' building.
HOW TO BE SAVED
DARK and dismal fate
awaits the human race, ac
cording to the prophecy of a
number of seers and reve-
A
lators who prophesied at the re-
cent race betterment conference at
Battle Creek, Michigan.
Their direful prognostications
recall the words of Jeremiah, son
;f Hilkiah
I will surely consume them, aalth
the Lord. There shall be no grapes
on the vine nor figs on the fig tree
and the leaf shall fade and the things
I have given them shall pass away
from them.
It is no longer a question of the
survival of the fit but a question
of the survival of the unfit, inter
pret the priests of Anathoth.
The prediction of the extinction
of the human family is based on
the predication that things will go
on in their present course.
Like all true seers these proph
ets, both major and minor, point
out a way to save the world. This
is by the institution of eugenic
shows on the lines of the stock
and poultry exhibition.
Each entry can be judged by
experts who will make careful tests
for the automobile spine, house
maid's knee and tango toe. Pos
sessorB of these defects can be
docked according to a standard of
specifications and decked with a
red, white or blue ribbon accord
ing to class.
In addition each entry will be
required to furnish a physical,
mental and moral pedigree which
is to be taken into the calculation
for prize winners.
These shows would not only
furnish a new sensation for a
jaded race, but out of them would
come, say the prophets, -a renewal
of pristine vigor. There would be
.grapes on the vine and figs on
the fig tree. The fit would sur
vive and total extinction would be
averted.
AMERICAN VICE ADMIRALS
S'
ECRETARY DANIELS of the
navy department has asked
congress to create a number
of vice admirals. He wishes
a sufficient number to prevent the
commander of an American fleet
being outranked and superseded in
authority by a foreign naval com
mander in such joint action as
may become necessary in Mexican
waters.
The situation before Tamplco Is
said to be unsatisfactory. Rear
Admiral Craddock Is the dean of
naval commanders there because
his commission antedates that of
Rear Admiral Fletcher of the
American navy. Under the estab
llshed international code, ehould
joint action become necessary, all
the war vessels at that point would
fall under the direction of the
British officer unless the United
States government should refuse
to ablde by international usage
Secretary Daniels wishes to
nvmrl onr'n n rtlfflpiiHw W eelra
that congress create enough offic
ers of superior rank to enable the
navy department to keep control
' in American hands without vlolat
t in International nrec.fident. Orcat
Britain evidently does not want
even temporary dominance over the
United States in Mexican waters,
and Secretary Daniels' suggestion
to congress, if acted upon, would
relieve both England and-America
of a threatened embarrassing sit
uation, v
Under ordinary circumstances
there would be no demand for the
creation of any number of vice ad
mlrals. But as matters stand there
should be general agreement that
Secretary Daniels' recommendation
is sound.
There is a lamentable disparity
in the assessed value of property
throughout Oregon. It results in
a lamentable disparity in what tax-
J rQ vatic Vi o irA fV vfalf nn in rnti-
lj v. a a uu v w j tviVk UJ aaa "J
ment of their djies to government
; some paying vastly more in pro
I portion than do others. It is an
unjust and Immoral practice, and
to remove it, petitions are m cir
culation asking submission of i
measure prohibiting payment of
more than double the assessed value
for any property required for pub
lie uses. Tbe measure would be
helpful in equalizing assessments
and the petitions ought to be freely
signed.
That great philanthropic institu
tion, the Pullman Palace Car Com
1 pany, announces that it will share
! profits with employes, the whole
i of one per cent of their wages after
ithev are seventy years old. A
story is told of a man who ap-
peared at the .gate and told St.
I Data, t iniA pant, YlA Vi a rri tth
in charity in his lifetime, and
W UUVU AAA MUWS. A v DVCAVC AAA Vil y
true, Peter ordered the two cents
! given back to the stranger and
j told him to go elsewhere,
; - .
"The Oregonian has -hitherto
: thought highly of Dr. C. J. Smith
as suitable material for governor.
It regrets to be obliged to modify
Its opinion,! says the Oregonian
How could it help but change its
mind, after reading what- Honor
able Moser had to say about Cop-
perfield? When it read those ring'
ing sentences In . which Moser up
held the Copperfield saloon gang
and denounced the ' governor, the
Oregonian Intuitively knew It was
all off with Senator Smith. It felt
arawn wuu an xrresisiiDie araw: 10
Moser even as two souls with but
M - ' i r . .. 'at S a jtl. I A.
a single thought, two hearts that
beat as one, and It knew that right
then and there It had found its po
litical affinity. i
The contractor's guarantee j on
the Broadway pavement has ex
pired, but that is no reason ifor
the many holes between Burnside
and Morrison to remain unrepaired
Much of the time the holes are full
of water which, as automobiles pass
over them,. Bquirts out in all i di
rections and becomes a nuisance to
everybody along the thoroughfare.
Probable newg story published
throughout the country in Janu
ary, 1926: Motion for permission
to re-appeal the Thaw case was
argued. The court will take ithe
matter under advisement until
autumn.
Over In Belgium, automobiles are
called "snelpaardelooszonderpoor
wegpetroorlytlgen." By the time
you get through hailing one that is
passing It is in the next town.
Letters From the People
The Dance.
Corvallls, Or., Jan. IS. To the Editor
of The Journal The dance in our pub
lic schools and state institutions ; has
become a public nuisance.
Answer me: Why Is it more lawful
for tbe state to maintain the dance,
to which the whole Protestant world In
their church councils and discipline,
object, than to maintain the Bible, to j
which no objection on moral ground
can be made? i i
If I am forced, because of another's
views, to tolerate a Blbleless public
school, why should not the other man.
because of my views, be forced to tol
erate a danceless public school?
You cannot say of a truth that the
Bible in the schools ever made a moral
wreck; but that the dance has many
such wrecks to its credit Is evident to
all. 86 we hear them say: "Have it
in the church parlor, where you can
watch It." If a wreck has not been the
result of the dance It has been because
of Christian Influence on the outside.
We who represent the Protestant
churches of the state do not believe
that dancing contributes to the best
moral advancement of the race. We
teach our children so. We instruct
them at the family altar and elsewhere
that such a life is dangerous.
I was in a public gathering. In Cor
vallls a short time ago In which sev
eral mothers said: "When bringing up
our daughters we taught them not to
danoe; but when they started to col
lege we found the drawing toward the
dance so strong that we could not pre
vent them from going."
The fruit of the dance has been and
is bad wherever It exists. It Is bad In
the home; it Is bad in tha church par
lor; it is bad in the town hall; it Is bad
in the dive. Now, sinoe its Influence
is always bad, for If a person is not
contaminated and drawn away by its
Influence it is because there Is a fight
set up against such Influence, we con
clude that It Is bad. "A good tree can
not bring forth evil fruit." Since the
dance brings forth evil fruit. It tmust
be an evil tree. ;
Answer me then: Why should the
forces who are fighting; for the moral
betterment of the race, as represented
by their own children, be forced tc
combat the Influence of the dance In
our schools and collges?
We have been denied the benefit of
the elevating Influence of the Bible in
the schools, which certainly is a suf
ficlnt lowering; of the standards of the
schools of a Christian land, without
adding the dance. ,
N. W. PHELPS.
"Make Good, Fellows!" !
Portland, Jan. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal On your editorial 1 page
of January 9 appears, under the cap
tion, "Make Good, Fellows:" an ac
count of the first test of the "honor
system" for convicts In the state of
Illinois, from Which I quote: i"One
day in September, 45 prisoners, in
cluding murderers, rorgers, holdup
men, thieves and other varieties of of
fenders, went out from Joiiet peni
tentiary. By day they work 'like hu
man beings' under a superintendent;
at night they live practically unguard
ed in a camp over which flies a banner
with the significant nam of Camp
Hope. 'Make good, fellows I' called the
1400 who remained Denina; ror uoa
sake make good and help us to get out
into the sunlight again.' " i
In this connection, I ask you to
kindy print the following:
LABOR'S CALL TO CAMP HOPE.
Now, men, repay your motners 1
un, their trio down to death's door
To bring you to this world, where all
snouia least rrom ixaiurea store.
We'll help you raise this mammon
curse
Which fosters social ills 1
Yes, we, who, too, are of tne nana
Where rest tne social sins. 1
You may have erred m thougnt and
act . '
While striving for your rights.
But now we all admit the fact,
"He loses all wno ngnis. 1
We call to .you, "Make good, fellows!
Oh, for God's sake, make goodl"
No man has ever gone so low 1
In crime, disease or fear.
But what he longed to rise again
And stand, a noble peer. 1
If but the power which money wields
Would cease to bear him down!
The soul of every living man
Is striving for love's crown. 1
We'll yet dethrone these cowards crass
Whose god is yellow gold.
And you, with all the laboring, class,
Are hung'rlng to be told
The way to best "make good, fellows."
Oh, for uoa s saae, make gooa:
C. A. STRICKLAND.
The Drama In Portland.
Portland. Or., Jan. 13. To the Ed
itor of The Journal My attention has
just been called to a report in The
Journal of January 10 of a meeting
of the Drama League of America the
day previous. In this account 1 dis
cover Dr. C. II. Chapman as having
said: We are not getting the beet
in the theatres, because we are mak
ing: no organized or concerted demand
for th best. Taken as a class, tha
moving pictures of the present time
have more moral and artistic value
than the plays we pay $2 to I see at
the so-called legitimate theatre." It
is evident from these remarks! by Dr.
Chapman that he has given small heed
to the attractions that have appeared
at the Heilig theatre, the only first
class legitimate bouse of this city. If
the Heilig has . not had the fbest in
the theatres" of our country during
the past few months, it would be in
teresting to know what he considers
"the .best,", : Within a few i months
there have appeared at th -Heilig
Henry Miller th "Tha Rainbow." Mar
garet Anglin in. Shakespearean., reper-
A FEW SMILES
Tourist You have, an unusually i
large acreage of corn under cultivation. I
Don't the crows an-
noy you
deal?
. Farmer Oh, not
to any extent.
Tourlst That's ;
peculiar, considering :
you have no scare-I
crows.
Farmer Oh, well.
'you see, I'm out here
a boou part of the time myself.
An English mill manager one day
missing one of bis workmen who
chanced to be an Irishman, searched
bis yard, but in
vain. After some
time Pat returned,
and, being accuaed
of his absence by tbe
manager, who said
he had searched the
four corners of the
yard for him, Pat
replied:
"Ah, sir, sure 'twaf
in tha center I was."
Husband
(shaving) Bother
the
razor I
Wife What's the
matter now? Tou're
dreadfully ill tem
pered. Husband The
razor is abominably
dull!
Wife Dull? Why.
I ripped up an old
skirt with it yeater-
dya and it cut beautifully.
In a small country church. In Eng
land, a little child was brought for-
ward for baptism. The young minis-
ter, taking the little
one In his arms,
epoke as follows:
"Beloved hearers,
no one can foretell
the future of this
child. He may grow
up to be a great
astronomer, like Sir
Isaac Newton, or
v. great labor leader
like John Burns; and it it possible he
might become the prime minister of
England."
Turning to the mother, he Inquired:
"What is the name of the child?
"Mary Ann," was the reply.
tolre, John Drew, Mrs. Flake, Francis
Starr, Blanche Bates, "Fine feathers,"
"Officer 666." Charlotte. Walker in
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,"
Margaret IUlngton in "Within the
Iaw," "Stop Thief," Julian Eltinge.
William Faversham in "Julius Caesar,"
Otla 8kinner in "Kismet," "The Bird
of Paradise," "Everywoman," "Kxcuse
Me," and Robert Mantell In Shake
spearean and classio plays. Plays to
be presented in the immediate future
in Portland are May Irwin in "Widow
by Proxy," E. H. Sothern and Julia
Marlowe in Shakespearean repertoire
end "Little Women." Is it that Dr.
Chapman, does not consider these at
tractions as "the best in tha theatre."
Let anyone take a New Tork or Chi
cago newspaper and scan the list of
attractions and he will see that within
a few months the only first class the
atre of this city has been supplied.
hardly without exception, with "the
best" on the boards of our time. It
would bo interesting to know also
what moving pictures of the present
time have a "more moral and artlstlo
value" than many of the plays men-
Itf XI
tloned above. What plays, for in- conversely, the conservative interests
stance, does Dr. Chapman refer to that feej m0re kindly toward the Demo
he would have presented at hi "en- . rr.t!- nrtv than they thought they
dowed theatre?"
The Drama League of America, and
more particularly Its Portland branch.
is not going to make much headway if
its leading members are going to sneer
at such attractions as Sothern and
Marlowe, Mrs. Fiske, Otis Skinner,
Henry Miller, John Drew, William
Faversham, Margaret Anglin, Blanche
Bates and Robert Mantell. It is evi
dent that the plays which Dr; Chap
man desires to see are of a character
that th average theatregoer who loves,!
Shakespeare, as well as Bernard Shaw, anv coons j,0 to speak, are coming
would not pay a dime to see, much ; flow- voluntarily. Many of the large
lesJ. holding companies are preparing to
The Drama League of America has , dl8B0ive in advance of-prosecution, and
been of excellent service to the stage , ,h are promia8 that many inter
of the east, but If Dr. Chapman's ideas ,ocklriK directorates will separate be
are to hold sway its use on this coast j f congress has a chance to legls-
wiu ue anieie.
TIRED BUSINESS MAN.
Dancing and Dressing.
Portland, Jan. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal I was discussing the
dancing question with a f jlend. We
. , . .
spoke of the interest manv vouna oeo -
pie take in dancing, and of the change
of opinion among church people many
of them, at least as to the rfanc
Some modifications had been made. In! sition in nis own pariy l"
. . , . . . .v , : he will riot push it. Whether the
t..e interests of these young people, as j ,d'ent lntends ever to, take it up
t short hours and the kinds of dances, j ag;atn is not known, but Inasmuch as
and everybody was satisfied. But I he can never' hope to have a firmer
lately the desire for variety has led ! grip on the Democratic element In
to the introduction of objectionable congress than he now has, It regard
. . .. . . as doubtful whether he makes any
dances such as the tango, turkey trot. 2rtou. attempt to get legislation
ragtime, etc. ulong thu llne -
Now, has not the time for a new : if Mr. Wilson does abandon the
declaration of independence arrived? i presidential-primary idea, the Progres
Are we to be forced to adopt these oh- v party will take It up. Indeed,
. ... 1 it is hardly fa r to express it this
Jectionabl dances, becsuse the wild, na w - of a pre,identlal
Irresponsible element decrees It? Or j w " asJnvented by the Progres
re we to say with firmness and vigor: ;lv- ,eaders and has been advocated
"We will not take up these dances, but I ag a f0rnlai plank of the Progressive
only those graceful, artistic, modest ; party since the beginning. The same
styles to which no one can object?" If newspaper goes on to say:
one must dance, he must take a firm 1 "The newa that the administration
stand as to the dance's character, the ' had abandoned the idea of pushing the
quality of the people engaged, the ! presidential primary was looked on as
hours and the place. ; important in political circles here to-
If all the respectable element stand ! day. The Bull Moose leaders said they
together, they can sway the riff raff intended to press for legislation on
and control in tne line or decency and
good art.
The same can be said of the theatre.
The best people must take the firm
stand that they will boycott objec
tionable plays and express thair disap
proval in no uncertain way.
Then there is the question, on the
woman's side, of appropriate, modest
and suitable dress. Must we adopt any
style, because the dressmakers of Paris
decree It, or shall we say: "We will
not dress in any way that can be
called Immodest, uhealthful or inar
tistic." For these sll go together. A
reasonable, comfortable, artistic dress.
only, will meet our approval
If all the good people declare their
Independence of move- fashion, fashion
itself will be converted and a sensible.
modest, healthful style of dress will
firm stand by the best people. 'just
now as never before
now, as never before.
Let us help the young people to be
Independent and not so easily swayed
by the rnultltude and soon we shall be
leaders in all that Is "utiful aft
v .u . t TT .
society. I. LYMAN.
. .
' Streetcar Terminal.
Portland, Jan. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal Could your paper work
up a plan to have all street cars on the
west side arrive at and leave one
depot, or terminal, centrally located,
o we could find a oar going to any
part of - Portland T We transfer now,
and walk two blocks, to get a car:
' A READER.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
. , .
? dalJFe not objectionable "if danced
right."
The chances are that PrMldut Wtl-
son known his bunl
attending to it.
. UCTCI LUIU Eill J k 111 J!K W
commend In a publio official, nor in
scarcely anybody else.
Albert M. T. is lost but as he -was
only a -little insignificant asteroid,
there is no mourning in the heavens.
A negro earned 13.25 In a day break
ing rock; he Is a thousand times more
worthy of applause than Jack John
son. e
Having publicly declared for presi
dential primaries, it la vrv unllkeiv
that President Wilson Will change his
mina.
NO.' GraVRie. nntwOhattnrtlnr tha
lawyers ODinion. It ain't tinnonaltltn-
-tlonal. if you are a qualified voter, to
leKisier.
Marriage licenses were 84$ less In
Multnomah county in 1913 than in
1912. Ia the loaa due to the inspection
law or nign cost or nvina-7
e e
Isn't it possible, after all. to put
the most notorious firm of loan sharks
in the city for many years out of il
legal and unconscionable business?
e
A oltlxen fatally wounded a burglar
in his house. But it was only a lucky
chance that the burglar, who fired
several shots, didn't kill the house
holder. e
Gold production In Oregon in 1913
was nearly double that of 1912. and of
silver nearlv four times as much.
Doubtless there are many millions of
unfound gold and silver yet in Oregon
ground.
Professor Taft may bocome chief
Justice of the United States supreme
court, but no position more needs men
reasonably progressive, men who put
the people's needs above legal techni
calities and bad precedents.
COMMENT
Mark Sullivan in Collier's Weekly.
- The thing that is noticeable In the
more subtle shadings of politics at
Washington is that the Democratic
administration has become for the mo
ment slightly conservative in its at
mosphere. With the tariff and the
currency bill out of the way, there Is
a disposition to wait for tha country
to digest these two measures and. a
hesitancy about going forward with
the anti-trust program, which was one
of the main promises of the presi
dential election campaign of 1912. To
cry down this attitude would be easy,
but it would be both unfair and un
wise. The United States has passed
through what Is practically a political
and economic revolution during the 10
years Just past, and it may very wsll
be that this is a good time to pause
and rest. But If the Democratic ad
ministration does pause, it Is quite
certain that the Progressive party will
accept the radical position. All of this
is merely a straw in a very confused
political situation. It may or may not
bo that the two parties of tbe future
in thia country are to be the Demo
cratic party (conservative) and the
' Progressive party (radical). Certain
jt is that at the present moment the
Democratic party is more sympathetic
to conservative interests of the
than it has been before, and.
would. One reason is that the new
currency bill is very satisfactory to
the conservative Interests. ine con
! servative Interests find themselves
surprised, in a way, at the moderation
rh Democrats have shown. They ex
pected the Democrats would do very
terrifying things, as a niatier ui it--i
the currencv bill which the party pro
duced was thoroughly scientific and
sound Another reason why It seems
fair for the administration to be tern
.rik. nffa-resslva is that so
,h. .i,a,.t
ldto VII 111c ' u J J
If the following statement In the
Washine-ton Times is true, it is fair
! t0 conclude that President Wilson
' must intend to abandon the idea which
j caused so much comment when he em-
I bodied it In his presidential message
1 uouieu iv m mo v .
a little over a month ago:
"President Wilson has dropped the
presidential-primary Idea, at least for
the present, ue nas lounu wie upjiu-
1 .. . . . n .1
U11B suojeci
! At the present moment there isn't
any anti-administration party, but the
Progressives Baturally'will be only too
glad to accept that role if they are
given the opportunity. Of course the
Progressives can only get the antl-ad-ministration
position through the will-
MAKING YOUR MONEY EARN ITS HIGHEST
By John M. Osklson.
The other day. the government of
France borrowed some $860,000,000 on
about the same terms as our best rall-
roads borrowed money some 10 years
ago. These lew jp-rencn wnua ucum,
they are called) bear a rate of 3 per
cent, and they are sold at 87 that Is
the Investor paid 1 17. fo r ei,hll O of
value, making tlie return on the
Investment 3.45 per cent.
Less thajt five years ago, Mr. Harrl-
- . 4 ik.t ,h. ntf.rtinul rate
nin raUway loan, .s
and that U would continue
to be. Yet railroads whose credit is
, fir8t cUm ara paying. m pr cent and
! g per cent for borrowed money. At
! tn B&m time. Mr. Paish. a shrewd
observer of capital (and editor of the
London Economist! says that the cost
of capital will continue to be higher
than It used to be .on account of the
i enormous Increase in demand for It ail
over the world,
Does this: sound rather vague and
textbooky to you? I'm not surprised;
j, too, like', my economics brought
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Eugene Wsrks??:
weren't enough coppers.
tuna. i
JaV b'rcoffVeclubyVt. '
should have, because there is a real OI tne Hudson a Bay Company and was
need for one." . , the first man to raxe wheat In the
, ,, 0v, u Willamette valley. In the spring of
As late as .lanuiiry 8 the Haner Her. i,e , ,,,, , ,i . . .
aid said: "If this weather keeps up wnt to thelethotlist mission
the boys will foeK'n to play -rreokcy to- l Salem. Here I found work with
go swimming." Rev. Parrish. the missionary. He hired
' i me to make a road to the Santlam
Woodburn Independent: There is to country. We built & paisi.l road as
be another importation of German sky- ffir a3 rarrilih (, gp,iabout three miles
larks. We should reciprocate and send ,h.. , S ,( , '
over to Germany some of our Oregon ; th " kl "f the Santjam river,
skylarks ' j The only settlers south of Salem at
I that time were Mr;; Iooney, who had
Ro6eburg's commercial club Is at come the year before; Hamilton Camp
work for a publicity fund, which, it is bell, or 'Cow' Campbell, as he was
argued "is needed more this year than called, who had rvaj out as a carpen
ever before, on account of the expected , .5 ,i,v. . k xt,i.
travel during 191 R." , on h? I'au,,am? th M'f h
odist reinforcement In 1839. and Hor-
Copperfield'a pre-cleanup status as ' Holdtn. who nakl come from the
briefly described by the Medford Sun: Sr.ndwlch Islands. ,1 lived with Mr.
"Copparfield, if all accounts be true, Parrish for over a yar. From there I
is what the evangelists call - a 'hell went to Tualatin Stains and worked
been' ftat thl ISK HT oft missionary nadJ. S Griffin,
west' with a saloon evorv 10 feet, and who ha1 oom, out 184- H1" nUe
the doors never locked. The ginneries was made of spilt luinber as there was
poxHeHKed cunniderable power, for all no sawed lumber to? be had. I made
tha city officials but one sold boose." his window sashes from well-seasoned
, . .
rr m,tvm0 rZnle,LZZ :
car of hogs leaving London was quite
a novelty T now scarcely a week passes
without half a doaen shipments of
thene animals besides a car or two of ,
beer cattle. The county is slowly but
suiely getting back into stock raising j
ami 111 tew ynm. "V" w '.' '
,v,v a. ml mri n iiw ..... .invv jun
couple of cars of stock to turn off
every year.
Paying tribute to the useful and the
beautiful at one and th same time.)
the Macksburs; correspondent or the
Woodburn Independent writes: 'These
bright green fields, set off by
vine adjacent w i
newly plowed ones lj
th.n. fnrn. o niaQln. Antlnnlr -
peciallv when we reflect that these
tracts last year were a tangled Jungle I In the Pacific northwest f an the Oro
anl. also, that much of the stump pon rangers. I Joined this company,
covered land of today Is likely to I The raising of this compifny had been
offer the same cultivated prospect to I authorised by the; provisional govern.
the eye In 1915. ment of 1843. Some tlgts after we
ON POLITICS
ioness of the Democratic admlnlatra- ,
tlon to leave tne radical or Progressive 1
field open to them. If on the other
hand, the Democratic administration
continues to occupy the progressive
field, it Is not now possible to predict
when or how a conservative anti- 1
administration party will arise. it '
will never be supplied by the present
Republican organisation. The trouble
organization. The trouble turn unu. luitru ,.r,,n -"'m-epublican
party as it exists Wf! r.pt up on it and Huw-un-ld the
it h.. ri.i.u. ., , . , camp. To our surprise, however, we
it ha, no principles, and In fmjml tliRt wnU(( wp ;harturroundd
with the Republi
now is that
uie present state 01 tma country u is
not leaders nor conventions that make
parties; it is principles. The Repub -
llcans avow iranKly that they have nol
principles; their position is that they
hope for hard times, and when har.J
times come they expect to petsus'le
the country that the Democratic-partv
was the cause. The turkey buzsard
Is the appropriate symbol for a party
with such an attitude toward the na-
tlon. The ftepdbllcan positions has
been put into apt words by the Buffalo
Times-
There Is no party at the present
time which bases Itself, as a party, on
negation of the administration s poll-
cies. There are Republican leaders
who try to keep the ball rolling by re-
iteration of outworn ideas, and there
are Republican newspapers which seem
to think It a party obligation to criti
cize the administration, simply be
cause it is a Democratic administra
tion. They are clinging to a
formula. They either don't realize, or
don't care to see that the peo
ple have walked away from them and
their methods."
Nevertheless, there is room In this
country Just now, at the end of 10
years of radical progress, for a con-
servative party, honestly devoted to
principles in opposition to the political
tendencies now prevailing. Both the
country and the administration would
be the better for such a party.
J. M. Williams la the county JudKe
of , Jackson county, Oklahoma. Lately
he has been reading tha books which
Woodrow Wilson wrote years ago. In
"Constitutional Government in Un
united States," Judge Williams finds
Mr. Wilson's own conception of the
presidency :
"He (the president) cannot escape
being the leader of his party except by wasn't a scratch of rfhy kind on htm.
incapacity and lack of peraonal force. When he found that his wound was
because he Is at once the choice of the ' imaginary, he recovered Since the In
party and of the nation. He Is the , lans wouldn t talk tp.un we held a
party nominee, and the only party
.i, ,i, ...i.i. i
ituil, 1 HITt: iui null, I,-. nnuis tiKkivii
votes., There Is no national
party choice except that of president
No one else represents the people as a
whole, exercising a national choice.
He can dominate his party by
being spokesman for the Teal sentiment
and purpose of tbe country by giving.
direction to opinion, by giving the
country at once the Information and
the statements of policy which will
enable it to form Its Judgments alike
of parties and of men. ,
"For he is also the political leader of
1.. i
tne naiion or nan 11 111 111s tnujce .101
be. Let hirn once win the ad- " s
miration and confidence of the coun- An oun of prevention may pre
try, and no other single force can , v a pound of romorse.
withstand him, no combination of i , ,
forces will easily overpower him.
If he rightly interpret the national
thought and boldly insist upon It, he Is
Irresistible; and the country never
feels the zest of action so much as
when its president Is of such Insight
and caliber. Its instinct is for unifier!
action, and it craves a singl leader. It
IB I Or till" I Con"" wia I 1 I, VY j J 1 J4 IVM
prefer to choosey man rather than a
DSriV. J ureviunii wnuui 11. iTuain I
can not only lead it, but form It to
his own views. ...
"If he lead tn nation, nis party can
hardly resist him. his onice in any -
thing he has the sagacity and force to
make it."
down close to mc and put Into an image
I can nee.
Well, if this big demand for capital
is going to. continue and keep the rate
of Interest, up, you and I as Investors
ought to be Interested. It will mean
deciding between putting our monev
out to work on a short term or a
long term contract between taking a
note due In one or two years or buy-
ing a bond flue in rrom o to 60 years.
Getting the right answer to this ques-
tlon of whether' or not interest rates
will go down may mean a matter of I
$200 or $300 on each tlOOO we invest
during the next 20 years.
The time to get more for the use
of your money, of course, is when
there ts a world wide demand for It.
That demand will continue Just as long
as the people who want It can use it
so that their own profit, above what
they must pay you, is tempting. ,
It is up to you, as an investor, to
extend your view of business condl
dttions beyond your own neighbor
hood, your own county, your own state
your own country, even and - see
what the whole world thinks. .
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"I nut In th m-lnicS- nf 114 worklna?
Lcl-
.4Hla Thomas Manley Bamsdell of Port-
oak rails. 1 also did considerable of
th "er Inside worli on Ids house.. My
.... . .5 .
blU for, ""vices umunte (to 50. He
persuaded me to take a Ojjprse In ex-
change for my bill.;! No aner would
I get on the horje tfian lAiPuld Imme-
dlately et off usually or his head.
I found Out that tllttt hors was CSlS-
bra ted for being u'huokj and as I
(ouldn't rido it sad o one lse wanted
to. 1 traded V off. ?f
' "I took up a place thresnlles from
the KaaUam river. Kacb.T'6f the set-
tiers fn,- i.u r,i in Bv h
want as the lunn ,. waAlilit aurveved.
" tt c.ou!d '""' f or
n
us ne aesirea. - s
'Probably the first military company
were organized th Indians stole a
number of Mr. Loiney'ncattle. He
sent word to the raiigers Asking Miem
to recover his Ktnnk OUrOvommandinff
officer. Captain Bennett. n away, so
Lieutenant' A. A. Roblnsig5 called the
company together, j There were about
3o of us. We weqt to the Santlam,
but our scouts reported tthe Indians
were moving northward, J&fn we got
to Salem We founfl thatflhe Indians
were camped about St liiMes outh of
Sslcm on a small ?reek. .Our scouts.
wr 1. tJ.
tne t tie ,n(llans had&urrounded
; u and whtcn)SVer way we &.ked back
1 of UB therf, were ;indlansi'
we decided it would Be the best
thins; to ao at the matter eacefu 11 y.
We held a council, with IhV Indians.
They promised to nay for . the stolen
stock. Lieutenant HoW-nsrtrMlociden to
capture three of the Indfials to" hold
as hostages until psytnent ivas made,
He ordered part of the tympany o
5eP'"' between the Indignji and the.
brurh s? U If of t?1 oould ba
captured. The Indians were very sutt-
nlclous of this move and bpajan running
for th,. bru, niig wiii tc) much for
som, of oUr rangers an4 Jhey began
. firing; at the Indians as tho' ran. Just
in front of me mh Indian! shot and
fell. Two other indianspn out from
the brush, grabbed; hliuly the aims
and drugged him JU thg; brush. The
lieutenunt ordered us tu e alie&ri after
the Indians, Dul some flTs.lic mnn went
the wrong wuy, leaving ynly u Tew to
advance. , C
"Wlu-n wo rcaailemfciJed, there was
a good dei.l cf cxfcRjed '-talk about ex
terminating the KJns. ' However,
talk wan all it amoanlsri to. tor many
of iim thought thalKW&had acted very
unfairy in nhootiaW t- Indians after
they had agreed t:Vur terms. (Itliere
thought It wouldief brtter to punish
them at some o trie ft time and bo. as our
council hs divided 'and each man
neemed to have a different opinion, we
decided to have another trilk with t:m
Indians. Winn we called out to their.
to come In nr.d have ; another peuc
talk, fhev called hncfc tht tliejr lnt
peine talk had cost tnern one mnn
killed and several, wuhdcd and tliy
preferred not to liaVei ny more of
that kind of peace.
"One of our men was reeling In his
saddle. He mhkI ''he was dangerously
wounded. Two Qt- three of un helped
lilm off lile. horse, undressed him unl
carefully
examined:, turn, out mere
ang ourselves; and I decided t..
return ty Salem- About th only re-
minder of that encounter is the name
of the stream, .whlchas been called
Battle creek ever sincy,
Pointed Paragraphs f
-
A short answer seldom helps tilings
along. 1 j
Lucky Is the man ;whq doesn't de
pend upon his luck.
1
! Even when money
talks a woman
Peace Is appreciated by the man
who has fought for it.
If you want to please a woman
shut your mouth and llH'leii.
Reciprocity is pretending to like Poo
, wno ta to like, you.
le who pretend to like, you,
.
Patience with the Ifaults of thoe
,J 0 7
Pati,r- w!th the faults of those
' we dislike soon ceases to be a virtue.
a man lias a
right " to expect a
1 inuarf. deal in a trad
nd .so has
. lM4. ol6,.r f,.low. i.
j ,
J a woman has onti big advantage
' over a man; she can improve ner 100s.
Many a cooking . school graduate
doesn't pan out as well an. her husband
would like.
j
Bt If a girl Is llndlne J lo be a
blonde she will be in spite of every-
thing. ;
', . ,, .
We once knew a gir who could keep
secret.' She was engaged to a youn
man for three months before , he even
supe-i:u n.
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