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THE OREGpN DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1914.
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w- tip i ir t mM A t 1 tna they cannot afford to do wlth
I Mt JUUKINAL- out it. The experience of a WIb-
Ait' indkpenwst NEWKPAt EB j consln farmer is to the point. rie
e. s. jackwon Hi. ...PnbiMwer, recently spent 500 in tiling some
IMbll.bed .Terr - San.!.) ?" botW land laQa w&lc &a1 P"
eaexy nnnnay moaninc ai im j A 1 aQCa pracucany uoimug lor
I years. He expects to net $200 a
year from the reclaimed land. He
would now be $4000 richer had
Ins, Broa
nnilay moinc at 1
adway n4 Yaroblll
t tb poatlafflce at
ata.. Portland. Or.
Entered at tbe poatlafflce at Portland. Or., tor
tranamtHton . tbrrtusb tba mail aa aeoonu
-eleee matter. t -
Telkphon kh Matn 7173; Horn, A-6001. A he invested S500 in tiling 20 years
DUlDDfira. xvit , -
. ilenartmenta resettled br tbeae
the operator what department yem am.
rOHEIOM ADVERTISING BEPUE8BSTATIVE
. Benjamin Kentnor C-, Brunawlck Bid..
824 Fifth Are., fcew Xork; 1218 People
Oaa'Bldic.i Chicago.
Saoaer Dtlon terma by
raa id tba United nt
mall or to any ad-
atea or Mexico:
ago.
THE OLD HUMBUG
riAit.v.
One year $5.00 I One month &0
SUNDAY
One year....". ..12.60 I One monti
DAIL.T AMU toiiiwi. i
One rr I?-60 ' oe month -65 j
I lov to count the time from
spring to spring; it seems to
m far more cheerful to reck
the year by blossoms than by
blight Donald G. Mitchell.
MORE COPPERFI ElA)
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T IS more than ever important
for wool growers not to permit
buyers to beat down the price
with the old exploded humbug
of free wool.
. The attempt is being made.
Buyers have rushed in and tried
o make contracts in the North
west for the coming clip.
They began several weeks ago
with offers of three cents below
what they were willing to pay a
week ago. They are now offer
ing three cents more than last
year's price at this period in the
t Eeason.
T BAKER. 'there is noW re-j Mill owners say they will not
newal of the official spirit ! pay the figure asked by growers'
in the Northwest, But it is pos
itively known that they are most
anxious to do business, and that
that caused Governor West to
end Colonel Lawson to Cop-
perfield.
The same obstruction to Justice, they have actually paid in some
the same non-enforcement of law, i Instances an advance of three cent?
the same "stand in" with those j a pound over the figure the same
fleeces commanded a year ago.
The thing that growers must
bear in mind is that free wool
has brought them no calamity.
That old gag is dead. It wai?
used with deadly effect ' on ttie
price of wool for a long time, but
it has lost its prestige. It is one
of the humbugs that has been
punctured by events.
The thing for growers to do Is
to fight for their prices, and pay
no attention to the buncombe that
buyers have worked on them so
long.
The world needs wool. It i:
compelled to have wool. It has
got to pay the price. '
violating law that was displayed
In the Copperfield affair is re
dacted now by District Attorney
Godwin.
He Insists that Colonel Lawson
be brought to Baker to testify be
fore the grand jury respecting des
ecration of the American flag in
Wiegand'a saloon by using It as a
drapery for obscene pictures. God
win, doeBn't need Laweon's testi
mony. He doesn't need the testi
mony of Snodgrass.
There are plenty of people in
Copperfield who saw the pictures
In Wiegand's place. Any of them
ca give sufficient testimony on
which to Indict.
Godwin's demand for Lawson Is
the eame old came irt the same
old way. U has been played by
district attorneys and sheriffs in i
Oregon for , forty years. Many of
.them defy the law instead-of en
forcing it. They laugh at lawless-
terests without .ham. to leglti- the part of residents in the vicln
mate enterprises. . ity and those who use the blocks
The Kansas City Times says during fair weather,
the new tariff looks to the growth While, perplexing, the question
of industries that are hot eter- is a very important one and one
nallr passing the hat. The United that ought to be worked out by
States, a resourceful nation, Is the city officials and those In
made up of people of initiative, terested in the welfare of the
It does not follow that because child.
one man proves a failure in a It has been suggested that a
certain industry the Industry It- solution might be found in the
self Is Impossible. The liheory of segregation of certain hillside
the new tariff Is that if a man streets and erection of barriers .In
proves Inefficient In onei line of the congested district, or by plac
endeavor he should attempt some- ing some apparatus in the South
thing else rather than ask spe- j Park blocks if they cannot be
cial privileges. I used exclusively for playground
The United States will never go ! purposes,
back to the tariff superstitions, j -Predicted
diaster has not mater-j In the state registration, the
ialized. Conditions wefe never ; supremacy of Republicans over
broad ' Democrats is a little more tnan
(two to one, instead of more than
j three to one, as formerly. There
is not the slightest doubt that
i President Wilson's great work in
con-! securing tariff and currency legls
more favorable to souni
prosperity.
WAY OF WASTE
A FEW SMILES
Harry I understand Gertrude Gad
alotte married a man who made a
big fortune by a lucky speculation in
soap.
Grace Yes; and
he disgraced her
while they were on
their honeymoon.
Harry How did
he do it?
Grace Gertrude
wanted the other
passengers to think
Ian ocean voyage
was an old story to them, when her
husband, the first crack out of the
box, pointed to a row of life preservers
and asked the captain what was the
idea of all the extra tires.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
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A
PORTLAND woman
fessed to a friend
let the water run
mer to keep the letter and
cream cool and save an ice bill.
The thousands of gallonu she let
run waste- to ,save an ice bill
helped to force increased size for
water mains at a cost of thou
sands. She put on the public the
burden to keep her butter and
cream cool.
A wealthy . Portland wpman ad-
At breakfast restless little Tommy
began to play with the cruet stand.
His father told him not to do so.
Tommy persisted
and at last upset It
and spilled the pep-J
per on the table
cloth. '"Now, Tommy,"
said his father,
"you w e re diso
bedient and upset
tVt a oror ra atr
A lamentable feature of the show- and I really ought to make the pun
ing is that, with the final day for i ishment fit the crime by putting some
that shejiation has turned many Republi-
In sum-1 cans into the Democratic narrv.
registering, but five weeks away,
less than half the voters have put
their names on the registration
rolls.
of the ppeper on your tongue.
Tommy looked up in a flash and
said:
"Should I be punished the same way.
dad, if I upset the sugar bowl?
Just at the hour set for his
A NAVAL HOLIDAY.
w
HILE no apparent progress
has been made toward an
international agreement for
a naval holiday, there is
Avldfnc that th Irinn la frsHnfnir
ness They enforce the law when , ground Eu .g preparing to
It suits them, and personally set j buUd more battleshipg( but a 8tate.
aside the law whenever they choose i ment by WInBtOTJ Churchill, first
to do. so. I lord of the British admiralty, in
Godwin was refusing to enforce i the DOUSe of commons last week,
the law at Copperfield just as he was significant.
la not Beriously trying to prose-' It was Mr. Churchill who first
cute Wiegand now. At Copper- BUggested an arrangement with
field, the mayor was a saloon own-, Germany by which both nations
er, and the city council consisted i wouid ceaKe buildine other than a
of another saloon owner, two bar
tenders, a saloon swamper and two
other persons. .
Boys of fourteen and upwards
stipulated number of battleships
in a year. Germany did not ac
cept the suggestion. Now Mr
Churchill gives notice of a variant
were made arunic in tnese saioons. ; Gf the proposal. He says that
In one place, where there was "every delay, accidental or delib
a clothing store in front, they
laid the money on tho counter,
asked for a pair of shoes and found
on a certain shelf a bottle of beer
or whiskey. '
erate, by the next strongest power
to Great Britain will be matched
by us."
Coupled with that statement was
notice that Great' Britain is pre-
A school teacher complained to the
Drincinal th nher riav that one, of
weaaing to Miss uaronne senaD- the big boys was flirting outrageously
bell, at Los Aneeles. Harvev D with the music
mitted that she thought nieters the Schultz shot himself through the ; ' ' clme
j i j. i- ii i i . . .. . Iln once a aay. Tne
jusi way, uiu biie opposes i lueui ue- neaa. in a note seni tne Driae I principal sDoke se
cause she has five lots toi sprinkle, before killing himself, he explained verely to the class
Owners of five lot homes Who know that he had lout r.h 4rtn hnrrnveil and ended by say
ia.v t. la juoi. n u ii l iu nuance Liic iLixi i iaf,. me i i consideration for
rates ought to be a significant j sort to suicide shows that his head the feelings of th
was not level, and the voune worn- culprit he would
an orionlrl Via ,.nmfo -nttY. no name him in public. At the close
, ... . I of the session, however, he was to
laut luai uer escape was Detier come to the principal's office for an
now tnan later. interview
Tes, you guessed It. All th boys
Tliara chnuiri v, nr. '.ii-tv.. sion I ,n me ciass snowea up.
pointer to people In homes with
only one lot. i
Another Portland woman said
she preferred flat rates! because,
in summer, she let the jhose run
all night on the vegetable garden.
In the morning, as far asj possible,
all signs of the irrigation! were re
moved, so the police wouldn't no
tice how the water had been used.
A Portland man admitted that he
practiced exactly the same thing,
and that he knew it ws wrong
to throw the burden of his irriga
tion on the public.
Another man confessed that it
was his habit to turn t,he water
on and go away for pleasure ex
cursions through the afternoon and I
evening
did not return at night, and some
times remained away for several
days. The neighbors were won't to
complain at the surplus water
that accumulated about the place
and ran into the street.
All these are typical
There are thousands like
That is why the water; engineer
officially reports that in one Port
land district alone he can save
enough in reduced size !of water
mains by resort to meters to pay
nearly half the cost of jlnstalling
meters on every service) pipe in
Portland
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SMALL CHANGE
After all, Ulster Isn't as big as Eng
land. It must be admitted that Huerta is
ncme stayer.
That lot garden ought to be show
ing up by this time.
Too long and frequent campaigns,
riany busy people think.
Good roads cost a great deal of
money, but are worth it.
'
It is nice sometimes for a young
(nan to belong to the militia.
It seems Improbable that the ever
yexing tax problem will be solved right.
I
j Villa has got busy again, but It is a
long and rocky road to Mexico City.
j The bloom of the fruit trees was
never prettier or sweeter a delight
ful vision.
i Does anybody doubt how the people
would decide the canal tolls question.
If they had a vote on it?
; Though Dr. Coe Is an ardent Pro
gressive the Democratic government at
Washington is good to him.
I &
Well, at least about half of the ellgl-
ne voters or foruana have registered,
t.ut that is nothing to boast about.
Still, a legislature selected by the
Oregonian might not be one of the
most aesiraoie kind every respect
j Woman got a divorce because her
nusDand spoke 111 of the countrv.
which is a better reason than some
Givorcees give.
: One Judge declares that Juvenile
courts, and the probation system are
entirely evil, out probably not many
judges or otners win agree witn mm
in reaching a decision in the tax
case. Judge Cleeton has promised aPd hld He Phased me all over the
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
IN EARL! ER:: DAYS
By Fred Lockh?y.
Dayton'a dads have decided to roaki
the paving strip in th city's streets
50 feet wide instead of 40, as was first
proposed.
Gresham's public library has com
pleted its first year. The librarian
reports 14,582 volumes circulated and
1794 children attendant in tne story
hour.
"Dusty roads on the 17th of March."
says the Sweet Home Tribune, "is grx
unusual condition for Oregon, espe
cially in the mountain districts, but !
such is the case in sweet Home at tne
present time."
Consolidation of Forest Grove's!
newspaper interests has taken place
with the purcnase or the Kress by A.
E. Scott, publisher of the News Times.
The Press will end its existence with
this week's issue.
Canyon City Eagle: Parcel post has
quit the stage business tnd has been
leaving here in wagons all their own.
One night 5000 pounds came in by par
cel post. The stage company neve.'
know whether they will have to han
dle a few pounds or whether it will
run to tons.
"The Ashland district," says the
Record, "has prospects of a mining
boom as well as a mineral springs
boom, a Normal boom and a railroad
shop boom." The Record says there
are mining properties about Ashland
"much richer, and possibly no less
extensive, than the Homestake in South
Dakota and the Treadwell in Alaska."
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The twenty-first annual reunion of
the Oregon Pioneers' Association of
Umatilla county and the second an
neal reunion of the Sons and Daugh
ters of Umatilla County Pioneers will
be Jointly held at Weston on Friday
and Saturday, June 5 and 6. Colontl
Clark Wood of the Weaton Lender is
chairman of the program committee.
AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT NO MORE WAR
plantation with a pitchfork.
From the Indianapolis News,
i Senator F.J1 of New Mexico, who
addressed the senate on the Mexican
Question, realizes today, no doubt,
that the situation In this country is
very unlike that which existed Just
prior to the outbreak of the Spanish
war. There has been a good deal of
fighting since that time, and the peo
ple want no more of it. We have had
to render It tomorrow M orft - the British-Boer war. the terrible
t " , -- . " ' , A went 1 arnum s circus m Mrug!(Ie between Japan and Russia,
lu u" A S"- uiiiiiy ueopif f oruana, aiaine. wnen i arnvea mere erid tne dreadful war in the Balkans,
are very much interested in the I was met by the agent of a blind Thousands of lives have been lost and
outcome. A large number for in mg- "e sam- lou 1O0K ary- WIU billions of capital destroyed. The
stance, are waiting for the decision a" TiEl8.. i0ZZJe?1? rld And are
naiiL ill in inn. A. m.j lw u n. l lx J uwvria. n o iro.l an r a v k rn ft a a- ar ifr n in
before they determine what course under the docks among the piling, and Mcxira that would cost nn thousand
to take, resoectine navment of there We found three full-fledged sa- fce lives and millions of monev. and all
their taxes loon doing a rushing business. Boston because 64 people including some
sot mo money auu inainc uiu ma- , oiexicins nave in the last tnree years
mat is froniDition in aiaine,
kev.
ree tolls means higher prices From a theological point of view, we
for Oregon wool, Oregon apples, w111 admit there is a tremendous evil
been killed or Injured.
In 1898 the people seemed to desire
rx, i,- e !Oreeon lumber. Oregon hon . nr. -.ln9 "5uur lrB""" . I,a rrummuuu- , The president and congress
Kjaaxuuany iie utuiuy - , - "V 7. ists hold that there is no real logical strove to hold matters In check. The
su auii oiuer uregon reason why It should exist. God ere- yellow Journals which then shouted
products, iree tolls Is no dlscrim- ated many things that we can see no f0r war as they are doing now
ination against British ships under logical reason for. We can see no rea- would have oeen powerless, as they are
the Hay-Pauncefote or anv other " r"Z?-Zl. r: !oa.ayf naa "ol ine.peo.p19 oeen reaay
- me son ui saiu, mj muici uiua io listen to mem. At tne present time
neatjr, uetausB oniiBn snips are nothing In vain." He said. "The Evil the people are going quietly about
debarred by law from engaging in Spirit and all the evils of the world their business, their only anxiety fcelng
Instances.
them.
American coastwise trade.
Letters From the People
EXTENDING THE SERVICE
There was gambling and other pared to go to s the other exreme
violations of law. These things , and mach any advance in naval
were Ignored by the sheriff and strength. This was shown by the
district attorney. Though it was fact that Britain's naval estimate
his business to find the evidence for the next year are the largest in
the district attorney sent impudent history, reaching $257,750,000.
telejgrams to the governor, telling j Mr. Churt-.hill concluded hip
him to produce the evidence. j speech with an appeal for united
If Governor WeBt had not sent ; support. He said that Great Brit
Colonel Lawson, Copperfield would ain's naval strength is the one
still be in a state of lawlessness great baJancing force which con
and ; terrorism. Godwin never tributes to natibnal safety and the
would have cleaned up the town ' peace of the world. The causer
Incendiarism, debauchery of young j which might lead to a general war
boys, and gambling would still be j have not been removed. The
going on. j world is arming as it never armed
If proof is needed, it is afforded t before. All attempts at arresting
by " Godwin's obstruction of the i it have been ineffectual,
legal processes in the present case. It must be apparent to thinking
- . : men that if a naval holiday does
THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM I not come through internationl
,.,r. , I agreement, it must come through
ATTENTION is called to the j exhaustion. The nations cannot
Willamette valley's drainage I continue their mad race for su
problem by 11. N. Lawrie in ! premacy in armaments. Individ
Mineral Resources of Oregon, : Uals break down in similar waste
published by the state bureau of fui contests. Nations may have
mines and geology. Mr. Lawrie's i greater resources of strength but
article Is timely, for full develop- j nations are made up of individuals
. ment of the state's agricultural I and the limit of endurance will
' resources depends In large meas-I surely come.
. ure upon the establishment of j Mr. Churchill's variant of his na-
drainage systems. Val holiday proposal is encourag-
Mr. Lawrie says that without ! Ing. It is evidence that at least
drainage the crop season is too one great European power sees
short to permit proper methods for the dangers into which armaments
keeping the soil in its most high- are leading it.
ly producing condition. Soil and
subsoil become eo saturated with !
A
WASHINGTON dispatch says
that Postmaster General Bur
leson has decided to make
the parcel post more useful
to shippers of fruit and produce.
are with you and will be with you until Jest we should be forced Into a policy
the end: be aware of them." He didn't of Intervention. There Is practically
say we were going to form a tyrannl- no demand for war. Men realize that
cal Prohibition party and put them they are today burdened with respon-
out of existence. What would you siblllties as the fesult of our war with
think If your preacher told you you Spain responsibilities that were
(Commnnlcatlona aent to Thai Imtrnal fnr I wer s-nlnar to form a. nolitical nartv I whollv unforeseen. And thpv urn ask-
prbliratlon In tWa department Bboold be arrtt- to put the devil out of existence? Tou ing themselves very seriously and
ten on only one aide of the Diner abnCJli! not I . . . I r - .
eieeed 800 worda in length and must be ae- would say ne was crazy, ii is aioug sooeriy wnat. wouai oe me conse-
coxepamea ny tne name aDd adureaa of tne I me same line wnu mo nquui irainu jut?iice ux nuervtruiiuu m m rAiuu. uur
aender. If the writer toea not dealra to I It is an evil that has been with us people are looking ahead now, as they
taxa the name published, ha should so atate.)
"Dlaenaelon la tbe greatest of an reform.
era. It ratlonaUcea everTthtie It totiehea. ft
roba piinclplea of all false aanctlty and I and glory.
inrowa xuiai oars on tneir reaaonanieneaa. If
tbej bare no reasonableness. Ir rnthleeelr
fruHbes them out of existence ac3 seta np tta
own conclusiona in their atead." Woodrow
wuaon.
from the beginning of the world and did not look ahead 15 years ago.
It will be here until Christ returns
with his crown of righteousness, love I As for Senator Fall's speech, it Is
Then all the evils of the I hardly worthy of discussion. But It is
world will vanish and peace, love and
;On of the most: interesting and pic- ;
turesque characters in -Portland lives
at the end of the jKlng'g; -Heights car
liae in an old house bJJt by William
Taylor in 1861. His name is William
Howard Clarkllardy. ;B t have spent"
several afternoons; witW;Jiir. Hardy, re
cently and It would tak41 several vol
umes to recount hi adventures by land .'
arid sea since the; time ; he pulled the
bow oar on the starboard islde of Com
modore Perry's barge w-feen Japan was
opened to the trade. coniterce and clv-
llk... t! . lt . . . .f.
inMuun oi tne outsiae Df.barians.
"I was born In Keiitiebec countv
Maine, on the ISth of tay. In 1836.'' "
said Mr. Hardy. "I speftt; my boyhooi
on our farm and on tli water front,
tending lobster pots, fishlhg and doing
chores. When I was years old I
shipped on the Cultivsjitdr for Liver
pool, England. When )J left home my
mother made me promjse to keep a
dally Journal during all :te time I was
away. Here is tho olS:diary I kept
during the early 'tO's." fj
ite handed me a muchworn leather
covered book In which fn a cramped
and boyish hand he hadi written a few
lines each day, telling tn principal In
cidents of the trip. Ti first entry
was dated March 12, 0. and read.
"Shipped on Cultivatorlfor Liverpool.
England." On March If:; Is this brief
entry: "Wind blowing a gale; took in
all small sails, canvasnuble reefed,
passengers all sick." OrMMarch 19. he
writes: "Daniels, our cjf mate, who
is a 'down easterner,'.? feet and
inches high, whipped atqan' today be
cause he was slow coining on deck."
The dally doings of tKgi sailors and
tile ship are told. The :iry has much
ta say about taking in ttrgallant sails.
refing the top sails, taer! speed of the
boat, holystoning the sleok. and oc
casionally there is a brief :t wo line item
like this: "Warburton,7fecond mate,
knocked one of the mtjif Viown with a
belaying pin because hif'was asleep on
lookout." On March 31. fijj writes: "We
are in the Irish Change!. I wish I
was home, but I am nfjf. T' am 2000
miles away." On AprlT:;8. he writes:
"Taking on cargo of crdwifcery and rags.
They use the rags back home for
making paper." His tmi home came
Interesting to have) a description of the !
situation in which he would involve
this country. He quoted a Mexican
thus In regard to the present strugglo
in Mexico:
It Is a struggle of seethlnar nas-
sions, aatanlc abominations, cowardice pretty near proving nlrf last trip. In
and infamies, of crimes and horrors. I Dlace of makine the trlft .in from 14
which are unknown even to the wild to 20 days. It took 45 i4js to get to
oeasis, a struggle wnicn resembles thel the home port. i
uutuuaciuus iury oi me elements. I un a trip on tne same ship at a
later date is the following terse state-
Into that devil's dance the senator m'nt- "Whip flooded, ajeaking badly.
from New Mexico would have us pre-
taking water at the rtir-. of 11 Inches
cipitate ourselves. Senator Shlvely of j V hour. Working bothaln and bilge
Indiana ana senator Shennard of T. naus m rw
answered Fall most effectively. Sena
tor Kheppard's words are more signifi
cant, since he comes from Texas. He
said :
"The logic of administration critics
is peculiar. They would stop blood
shed with war. Bad as present condi
tions In Mexico are. they would he a
hundred times worse If we should go
to war there. I believe, and
the majority of Americans believe,
wi
sengers have to matWithe pumps.
Then on November;7f-.;lo, in the
following entry: "Ueasr&'ed port with
ship In disabled conditSeip." There is
no need to quote further from the
boyish Journal, particularly when I
can quote direct from ;.fr. Hardy for
almost every item brlpaght forth a
flood of reminiscence.
Mr. Hardy, In spite ttfahis ( 7 years.
is strong, vigorous andveas a remark-
ihi8mfV,erJ9 left to rre"ldent Und grizzled and twiiW but there
i,uu . way oui wiinout s a ot r,f g4
ar. will pray. that the foolhardl-
ncss of adventurous men and scheming
politicians will not drive us Into war,
good work lilinie yet," said
Mr. Hardy. gjij
"How did you happfC-to enlist in
the United States servicer' I asked..
"Daniels, our chief matqult the Cul-
The Texas senator said that there tlvator and was gi venbmmand of a
vas i no excitement In his state "except Bhp of t,is own." Mr. Hiaidy answered.
:i the Imagination of the governor." ,iu r.i-r- w. hir.rti!. man Mmmi
and that the people along the border. Adams as chief officer I was doing
many of whom were American only In pom painting and sprHed a pot of
name, and who were responsible for all varnlPh. Adams grabbed?:me and wiped
the ta4es of outrage, had "no Interest the deck up with me afef was shaking
in any politics, American or Mexican, anfl kicking and cufflnane when Cap-
ar.d we are herded to tbe polls every tain Kussell came outlaid made him
two years oy unscrupulous politicians." quit. Tho captain' saiJ.e would not
We hope that Senator Fall feels bet- have a bnv beaten up a he was beat
tor, now that he has delivered himself iR tne. They had a blnfju-rap about it.
of Ms speech. We think It well that
he should have spoken In open session,
Dr. Gulick's Immigration Plan.
Hillsdale, Or., March 20. To the
Editor of The Journal I have read Jn
Crated shipments weighing from The Sunday Journal that Dr. Sidney
20 to 50 pounds will be 'permitted L. Gulick of Japan advocates a solu-
glory will abide forever and ever.
From an industrial point of view
Prohibition is wrong; from a theolog
ical point of view, it -is wrong; from a
scientific point of view, It Is wrong.
EDWIN A. LINSCOTT.
GOOD GROWTH OF SCHOOL SAVINGS
Capitalism and Militarism.
Kennewick; Wash., March
By John M. Osklson.
School kids to the number of 167,529,
scattered over 26 states, have to their
credit in school savings funds the sum
To of $908,480. So reports Mrs. Sara U
gram to bring producer
sumer closer together. .
This modification of
and con- sUCh
ter and pay a tax of $10 per annum, resorts to all kinds of stupid argu
Iter of this Idea.
Learning to save in school is certain-
a law would certainly proclaim ments In defending its precarious po- .VhHft"
t"t j . a C3. c t nn unnn thA hnrko nf the xxtaa 1 1 li I y uuc ui a.K.i.ta.t. j .v -
ii o uiuLcu oiaicD nut a, xica Luuuiiy, - - " i , .
the rules ! Further, other countries might adopt producers. In making It. excuses it some one Person in
ne rules , r e .o. o,.. ...tio i nity has got to make himself responsi
ble uuuuy wiia AiiiericuiiES i -,ti " . lv" u.v.v...ti i - ... . , . ,,
will bring the parcel post;in keener ; abroau and tax them when they never most surpasses itself. We are admon- hie for stirring the schools and pupils
competition with the express com-': had any idea of forsaking their own ished to be patriotic, and commanded P to realization of their opportunity,
panies, for the government will flag Is , the Peace , of tha PeoPUin bear an ever increasing
not insist that all parcels be
packed so that they majy be car
ried in mail sacks. The newly
turbed by these Japs and their cuii- and shoot down by thousands the state there are 44,443 depositing pupi a
ning ways? Gulick passes as a great working classes of a foreign country 1" th schools, witn J4,o to in eir
nlo,-0lt tot. In Tao rnn.l..ln la tho n 11 1 B tendon o nf lnrv Tn no CrCQlt. AlinneSOia, I1CA.L 111 uuumci
authorized package will be handled j this I do not see how his know, dgJ light -of 'thtoamlp J- r I.741 a-otuhnt29d8e):
just as the express companies , otui,tl Mb larder empty! his chUdren Posits, has $109,610 to the credit of
country. It appears that the Jap will in rags, his goods mortgaged, and no 1 1 xaas. .t
do anything to accomplish his ends. Job In sight; because his condition is eIT.r , L" i k, . " .V.
The Jap is not ur kind of people. The in no small degree the result of hav- hank official ought to be able to woi-k
difference la ereat In everv resnect ing to nay an enormous tax. the monev a system ui aw.e
religion, politics and all methods of being used to maintain an army and "
daily life. I navy, which Is called upholding the I neople are starving. On the eame
Dr. Gulick speaks of the "yellow dignity of the nation. Wnen a male I nrlnclpl we should kick while any
peril," meaning the Chinese. That is I child is born the parents, if they be obio bodied person is Idle while there
getting to be stale. China and all Its I model patriots, will rejoice exceeding- I is work that should be done. For if
J
handle it
It may be that the private car
riers will object to thii enlarge
ment of the government service
on the ground that it will impose
further destructive competition
upon the express companies. The
United States company has already
gone into liquidation, and its case
is being used in an effort to show
that there is danger of driving
all the express companies into re
tirement.
The reasons given for
wter, for so large a proportion j
of each year that they warm up 1
, "lowly in the spring. Thorough
drainage will largely correct these
drawbacks.
P
TARIFF SUPERSTITIONS
ROFESSOR TAUSSIG, politi
cal economist of Harvard Un
iversity, has added a chapter
to his book, "Tariff History
, Especially valuable is the advice j of the United States," published
that comprehensive drainage sys- in 1888. This publication is a
tems be organized and Installed i standard work on the tariff, and
without further loss of time. ; in his new chapter Professor
Many farmers are draining their Taussig discusses the Uaderwood
land individually, and the longer I law.
this continues the higher will be j Reductions were moderate, yet
- the ultimate cost feof installing ' they were well worth while, If
drainage systems. There should for no other reason, "because they
be an effort to keep the?, cost at j might well be expected to put an
;a minimum and to avoid friction end to the superstition that all
with farmers' who Have already j prosperity was dependent on the
drained their land. maintenance of a rigid protective
Iowa furnishes an excellent il- tariff." He says:
lustration Of wnat has been ac- " had been so dinned Into the
inmntlitii1 fnr former lw Hrln 1 public ear there had been such vo.
'mrra rr,y,a iit11-,i00 tVl t ! clf erous predictions of general dis
age. The agriculturalists of that : ter, of collapse of all manufac-
eiaie nave aireauy expenuea over turing enterprises, of destruction to
t200.000.000 in tiline their land i all American standards of livlng-
' and In nrovldlnir nutlpt fnr the 1 that u was wel1 to Prove the tn-
ana in providing outlet ror the,dU8tr,al organlam nulte able to sur.
flowage. Extensions will cost j Vive this general pruning."
1250,000,000 more. The total Professor Taussig is right. The
expenditure will be large, but United States has "now been
Iowa farmers are convinced that) taught that American industry, as
and I decided that rather than make
friction between Cuptaji Russell, who
vtas a friend of our family, and his
mate I had better quitvv On June 13,
lji52, I t-nlisted on th4!nited Wtateti
soop-of-war St. Mary$jj In June 21
dren's accounts which will be profit- f arr,yea ofioik on tne toiu
:r,oJu" TJi The mM,pi v.; c&r; z
the sustem is perfected, that official ' ' ., T'.L , ,u' it' :.,
US'H.1" uMna-e a strong campaign states naval forces in-ihe East Indlr
T , t ttv' 1 .Vlan aaPd I" tne and Cnna seaB. j aiX know when
k . la "c"ca iu I i enlisted in the navy, una t 1 was to gu
me n. ay, ma niBiiiuiion win with I'nnimodnro PrrtJ n nnen nn
certainly get the benefit of his efforts. Japan to western civilisation, but that
T.TI . L. I . . . . . . ..... '
wniun one year a savings oanK in is wnat we did. r-;.
cw York city obtained 1500 depositors
from among school children by open
ing a Junior department. Ten cents
and upward is taken on deposit, and
deposits can only be taken out after
the child has $2 to his credit. As yet
the averago size of deposits In this
bank Is 76 cents. And that banic
means to continue Its work of getting
depositors among the school kids.
I want to repeat here a piece of ad
vice I offered some time a-o. If von
are interested in pushing this school FrS.m otr, thS! rc,?,t,.an.d J1 w," ,am
savings idea, write for arguments and To 8fAle the eight-foatjwall.
facts to Mrs. Oberholtzer, at
Tioga street, Philadelphia, Pa,
The RagtimeiMuse J
Ballad of llaffld Love.
In spite of all her parorits said.
Or all that they mlghjtado.
She vowed her cltosen yuth to wed
The old tale's ever nfte-.
The night of the eloperrjit earner
She did not fear to rUl
ways are in such a crude state that ly over the mere thought that the I a man is idle today, that labor which
It will take another 300 years to bring I little one may some day be perforated I he might have produced Is Just as
them up to any standard which might with bullets before finding a resting I certainly destroyed In order to main-
( cause us any alarm, and perhaps not place in a nameless grave. I tain the price of labor as the fish or
then. Japan must admit this when, in One fundamental fact seems to be apples that are cremated by tne mer
its war with China, practically speak- entirely overlooked by capitalism; that chants are destroyed to maintain tho
ing. a handful of Japs conquered China, is, that when a citizen ceases to be prices of provisions.
Now, as to our trade with China, of any Importance to his government. The highest Wage that can be paid
It needs no consideration, as China will save In his capacity as a taxpayer, he or maintained is the total value pro
deal with trfe best market, ajid thnt has no reason to b natrlotlo has ducert bv said labor, which Is entirely
will be the United States. It is a nothing tofight for. Did anyone ever relative and may be 10 cents or $10 a
pity that our government troubles with hear of a prisoner who died fighting day or an hour, and money Is the
such affairs. It its a waste of time to preserve the honor and liberty of certificate of the fact that labor has
trying to let the Jap or Chinaman in I a chain gang? 1 been perrormea.
V.A fnntlnn o a nrhU. ' I "P H nat.fAtl.n, 9 1, , . ; , I TATtion WA HO arrange aff&irS
tire irom tne neia ratner man i It won't work. The Japs so far have never deeper nor wider than their
continue in what it feared would j caused trouble for all white people in I opportunity for profits, and If the
this car
rier's liquidation include the en
forcement of new rates by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and popularity of the parcel post.
The fprivate concern deciqed to re
2U3 To bear her to the wedfl&ig place.
He sought the trystl. spot.
And waited long to, see lr face;
water we could prove we had not used.
This robbery In daylight was unjust. The time drew on to mtdjUght drear:
fnrrinff n tn rtnv fnr thru ttmoa sal Thronuh mists the nitle lieht shone.
much water aa we, used. Five times the cock creJoud and clear
"Did I try to be sav ing with the . "ul ne looa
water after that? No. Why should I? The wind came up and1ghed of loss.
There was no reason to he aavino. at 1 Th r, 111,1 .o.t ffr,wnlr-
- - r, - I i ' ,'"'' v " r- v .. x'. ' (
all. But the injustice of the flat rate Hie lover cursed .fate' Attch and tosa
provoked me. or encouraged me to be That drives a man to tlrink!
eX.trf.vag.an.t. Wlt.h the water See? , ;
i uvea aione in a iiv room cottage. she mourr)ed the lor.gnight through;
ay mi u nu (ciiuit luis ui my g,e heard her waiting gwrer call,
meais out ana sent my launary out. Hut was a. woman trtse.i
that
none can obtain money without per-
forminar service, then we will have
prove to be a losing business. the United States and if put on the producing classes would adopt the I heaven In Portland and everywhere
Express companies have a legiti
i where that system obtains.
f . YV . ti-
same footing as white people from Eu- 1 same rule they would engage in war
mtlA nnri niimlttoH tf V i ft n m A m n-1 . I a1w wh.n iava mn a ji , .
Tv,,f fll Tt T,oa nmrar- T,rv, ' " "w- w v.ic.o " 8""U tuanue
nciu. Vi wuicui- c.n tnon iook out ror erea t trmihia or tmftr n thnuii in - ein. nni. i
piatea tnai tuey Bnouia oe anven in tne ruture. less tnan 40 years agoiway which would mean the end ot
into bankruptcy. But it! is yet to 1 these people held public executions in international strife, as they are always
ho nrnH thnt UnlrlatiAn nf tho gardens. x ne nanoos or japan were sure to lose
v" - ; arrayed in the swell dress circle, re
Uniieo. SStateb company was not : freshment. were uorved fh kinit ranHi . u v.
cn of survival of the, fittoSt i ved and heartq vm Khnnnaii Titt I iJ, J r.l.-V I questions: When are the pnman
v- - " - -' " -t- - s . - iu in- vriua vl Daut- i . tw. dart Inn ' When
L i !,. i n at th soma Hmi t I j .u. . I held? When Is tne election: lie i
ine- parcel poet win serve iwi - 'u'' i" sooner tney reacn T- .w1v .1(,rted governor taka
the chair of office? Does T. T. Geer
think he has a ghost of a show? By
answering the above you will greatly
Election Dates.
Portland, March 23. To the Kdl-
tor of The Journal Kindly answer
Expenditures for war purposes' are I through your columns the following
When are the primaries
I and tumble over It the better it wii
Arjrues Against Prohibition. t4 for the masses of the peoDle. Whn
Silverton, Or., March 21. To the Ed- tnat time comes all the public debt-
full purpose when vit guarantees
service and rates which! the pub-
he can reasonably expect. It Is ltor of The Journal We must all, real- wlu be repudiated, and we will stand
probable that such a guaranty will ize the fact that Prohibition is going n our feet again, filled with a new
not 1H tho fiillv efficient ov ! to be the main Issue in the comlnar hope and a worthier ambition.
ri ij..j,.'t : campaign. I hav no personal obect I Capitalism In offering excuses and
freB8 comp-ii- imu M1U.U-U.U. adv-cating tne cause of the iiq'Uo, apologies for martial activitle. goes
r- . traffic I don't receive a cent from it, f l extreme limit, and ir its argu
THE CAItL OF THE CHIED nor am I in any way affiliated with 1 ments in defense of Internationa
j 'the traffic. A short time ago I heard armed conflict are not th height of
oblige me.
A JOURNAL, READER.
Primaries. May 15. Election, No
vember 3. Governor's term dates
from second Monday of January, or as
. V. ...ka.n.tAritll
int oVL -t tl f u? n I vote Is canvassed in the house of rep
resentatives. Mr. Geer has not sup
a-aj-HE question Of providing a Mr. Adams, a, traveling Prohibitionist folly, then, there must be some lofty lulled The Journal with the desired in
1 . . .J;, .. nntM sneak on TVohlhttlon Qf altitudes of Infernal foolixhn-.- th.. P'led 1 he journal witn tne uennea
piaygrouna ior enwaren, es- "n ,ViTi il: r r .tin waiting t Vd.- formation.
I
... . m . . , a. V 13 1.1041 .UUV.U lit a.bC IliCM-IO I W aaaucu 1 Cj W
xjxaxxj - v " the remark that any person who would ox in aiscoverer,
an investment approximating the
cost of the Panama canal will re
turn ample dividends in increased
productivity of the land.
.. The Iowa figures illuminate the
whole problem. Farmers in that
state, after expending $200,000,
000 for drainage, are convinced
a whole, does not need special
favors from the government. Pro
hibitive duties have injured con
sumers and contributed, to the
upbuilding of monopolies.' Busy
factories are evidence that the
tariff can be adjusted with a
view tft the people's common in-
apartment house district, is
a perplexing one.
If they' play at all they must
play in the street, . where life and
limb are endangered. To play is
the natural function ofj a child.
The hunger of growing muscles
for action is as real and! as press
ing as hunger for food, land when
It is not satisfied, leads to dire
ful results. j .
There is an agitation jat present
to have additional playgrounds
LOWELL M. SHOEMAKER,
vote for the liquor traffic was a dirty
scoundrel. We have many respected
citizens here who believe a licensed I Labor That Is Destroyed.
saloon would be the best for every-1 Portland, March 23. To the Editor
ooay concernea. wnen but. Aaarai is I nf Th Journal About this
iai King to me peopie oi ouverion'ne is wage question, l would quote th
Experiences With Water Meters
Portland, March 23. To the Editor
of The Journal About four years ago
my family moved Into a house at the
raimar of second and Main streets.
,proper This was a 10 room house, besides
not talking to a bunch of heathen, but preachers I heard when a boy: "There basement, halls and toilet. We rented
flv and sometimes six of the rooms.
There were six in our family, and we
to a progressive, enlightened people, j is nothing permanent or that can be
And we verv forceablv resent such r a-I fixed erartlv rlrht hr. luinn k.. i
marks. - I heaven all thine: mill ha 1 did our own washing. Family and
I want to tell vou how Prohibition I or nreclaelv riirht anA win ,.m.in i guests used th bath room. We lived
worked in the state or Maine when 1 1 forever."
was a uoj x wojrcu uii a. mini in nidi uuwr oeing a commoaity, and a
state. Evry two week the old farm- very perishable commodity at that,
er would take bis Jug and go to Bos- the price must , necessarily change
ton and get it full of whiskey. H daily. , .
placed in the South Pak block r""??" the nterchanta d-
ll . , . I nay mow. I was-a littl rogueish when I stroying apples, oranges and other
But to this there Is Objection on t was a boy. - One dar I found his Jug I eatable to keen th nrleea tin. whil
there about a year, and the meter rate
for water ran from 20 to 30 cents per
month-) never any higher. When the
flat rate of 75 cents a month was Im
posed he meter said we had used only
the average of 25 cents per month, but
according to law w had to allow the
city to rob us of SO cents a month for
I consumed about 5 or perhaps 7 cents'
worth of water per month. Yet the
city forced me to pay 76 cents.
DR. C. I. HARRIS.
rreftidential Vote in 1912.
Forest Grove, March 23. To th
She had not ceased to lflrV.r the lad.
She suffered at his Wefs,
But could not fly with 9jjn she had
j irecKi on ner nose-j' .
A Satisfied ftqltor.
A Scotchman, wishing to know hi
Editor of The Journal Pleas giv fate at once, telegrapbed a proposal
the electoral vote ajid thai unniilar vnta I . . ... , i' .
: - , ' :r ... ' ot marriage to me lans.ui iub cuuiw.
of each of the three candidate at the After paMin!r the entire day at th
latst election WMlson. Roosevelt and ,at-Th office, i h wui. flnallv re-
Taft. J. L. FITCH.
.Klectoral Wilson 435. Roosevelt 88,
Taft 8: popular Wilson 6.293.019.
Roosevelt 3,119,507, Taft 3,4S4,96
A Conjecture a to Cain.
Portland, March 23. To th Editor
of The Journal Speed th day of
which William Dean Howels dreamed,
when money vlll be as useless and un
known as wampum is today. If there
warded late In th evenjn by an af
firmative answer.)
"If I were you," suggested th op
erator, when h deliver th message.
'I'd think twice beroH - I d marry a
girl that kept m waltin an day for
my answer. i?--
"Na, na," retorted th Scot, "th laaa
whd waits for the nlgSt rates Is th
lass for me!" ! 34
rrrri Kith t. .hpPeuuond f
gleams of Stardust, as did Tolstoy,
rattier than by the glamor of golddust.
so many problems would b easier to
solve. It seems easy for many to per
suad themselves of very benevolent I Q. -I.,,i
motive whn th henlc rm,nt I 1,imS- tC- M reBUU OT,aloOn rule.
a- continuance of "prohitllon.
Th ."unthinking mueitude" of tax
payers should demand compensation
for the money spent ill prison, asy-
It has Just occurred to m that
Cain's unacceptable offering must hav
been "hops," for th results ar th
same now as then murder and de
struction.
Ar there no other profitable crops
that can be grown on th Oregon hop
lands?, It Is quite possible that many
mothers have tried to raisa temperate
sons, but they failed to get past th
three or four corner saloons to b
found at every busy street intersec
tion and transfer corner.
Cardinal Gibbon says, "Prohibition
never will be enforced in a Christian
country. rtien wny not vot for a
heathen' country and put th Chris
tian out?
From all account Kansas has prohi
bition. It aleo lias empty - Jails and
full dinner pails. Sweden had abso
lute prohibition at th time of the
strike in 1909 and was so well pleavaod
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