THE" OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, "TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL ; H, 1914.
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by place, and never lost when
honor are withdrawn. Mai-singer.
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Mil. BRYAN'S STATEMENT
SECRETARY BRYAN, one of
r the most distinguished citi
zens of America, has issued a
statement favoring repeal of
free tolls. He says:
What has Great Britain done to Jus
tify the accuHatlon that she In tryii'g
to dictate to this country? She has
Imply railed attention to the terms of
the treaty, and asked for arbitration
of the question of conBtructlon, In case
.this government differs from the BrU-
lh government in the construction to
be placed on the language.
. If only arbitration la sought,
then why this haste to repeal free
tolls? If a construction of the
treaty is all that is sought, why
not let the law stand until there is
a Judgment against free tolls, the
prohibition of railroad-owned ships
and the other provisions of the
Panama act?
i. Why would it not be time
enough after an adverse judgment
is handed down, to repeal free
tolls?
If Great Britain Is not asking
ub to repeal the Panama act, why
hasten to repeal it?
there is an element Of hazard.
The organization of local banks in
rural communities will be author
ized. These banks are to accept
no deposits. By the terms of the
proposed measure local banks and
associations will be permitted to
accept mortgages" on .long terms.
The maximum term will be 35 years,
with a proTision for amortization.
Thus the farmer who mortgages
his farm to a rural bank will make
annual .interest payments at the
prevailing rate, probably not over
six per cent," aqd . will pay in addi
tion one or one and a half per
tent toward; the" redaction of the
principal. . lie will not -be affected
bjr'the changing conditions of the
money market nor harassed by fre
quent renewals of his mortgage.
To make It possible for the farmer
to secure money at rates as reason
able as those enjoyed by other in
terests with excellent security some
way of immediate realization on
the mortgages had to be devised.
The administration bill, there
fore, will provide for the establish
ment of regional banks in large
money centers. These regional
banks will purchase the mortgages
from rural banks or mortgage loan
associations and issue bonds se
cured Jby the mortgages. The
bonds "will bear interest one per
cent less than the mortgages. For
example, if a regional bank acT
quires mortgages which bear in
terest at five per cent, the bonds
issued against them will bear four
per cent. The profit of one per
cent will "be used for paying the
running expenses of the bank.
Both mortgages and bonds will be
exempt from taxation. While the
national government will not guar
antee either the mortgages or
bonds it will exercise supervision
over the regional banks.
THE PRICE OP GUTTER
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in
HITHER, are we drifting?
We spent 126,000 for
the opera. It is a sum
that would be a big factor
underwriting the Alaska steam
Mr. Bryan does not claim that the Ehip line Why nave we $26,000
Panama act- is a violation of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty. His fail
ure to make such a contention
proves that he does not think it
contravenes the treaty terms. In
that respect he is in agreement Portland $1,000,000 a month
witn sum nign autnormes as nicn-
for the gild and glamour and fine
frocks of the opera, but so little
for a permanent line of steamers
that directly and indirectly would
employ 15,000 people and bring
ships for transporting .them avail
able at the proper time. - -
The Australian world is a white
man's country. Oriental and other
pauper labor is forbidden entrance.
Workers fixe well paid, and able
to buy and use our products. The
government is similar to that of
the United States, and the people,
of kindred hopes, purposes andas-pirations.
Trade between here and that re
gion ' would be as natural as the
law of , gravity. Common aims,
Common instincts and common life
standards, would make commer
cial relations earr ; to establish.
There is nowhere a broader field,
and it will be a fortunate day when
Portland finds a way to open mar
kets In ttat distant but slowly
unfolding empire of commercial
possibilities and opportunities.
THE CRY OP THE DOOMED
A
S OLD as man, as terrible aB
death, is Ore story that came
from the death cells of the
gunmen In Sing Sing.
Whitey Lewis said:
There are many boys who are well
brought up, and have good parents,
who do not look out for the company
they get into. Bad company Is the
cause of their fall.
Sitting near, Lefty Louie, one of
the partners of Lewis in the shoot
lng of Gambler Rosenthal, said:
Add what I i,aid the other day about
bad company. A fellow who honestly
earns six dollars a week is better off
than he wno gets 110,000 a week, if ha
does not get it straight.
They are walls from the death
house. They are the cries of the
doomed. They are warnings to
youth to beware. They are the
calls of the lost for boys to keep
out of bad company.
It is -the same cry that has
come down from every gallows.
Scarcely a man has been hanged
who did not awing off Into eter
nity with this sametappeal on his
Hps. Scarcely a criminal has ever
gone down into the valley of the
shadow, but went shouting back to
mothers to keep their boys and
girls out of bad company.
From every prison, from every
reform school, from every house of
correction, from every place of
gloomy walls and steel cells, there
hennery with wires and incandes-j
cent lights. Now when Mr. Colby!
retires at night he sets his alarm
clock for .midnight and when
awakened at that hour he turns on
a switch which lights up the hen
nery. The chickens think the day
Is dawning and the rooster crows
and the hen goes about her busi
ness. Ah hour, later the electric
bulbs are darkened and night has
come again. By and by the sun
really comes out and again the
rooster crows and the- hen lays.
It is a great scheme.
What will be the result? A hen
can lay only so many eggs during
her life time and her productive
ness will only be half as long as
when nature's schedule is fol
lowed. It Is only a matter of
figuring out how soon the hen fam
ily will become non-productive if
the scheme of the New Hampshire
man is generally adopted. But
when that time comes, leave it to
the Yankee. There will always be
eggs.
Letters From the People
A FEW SMILES
pertinent Comment and news in brief
Mother I ana
afraid Laura will
never! become a
great ipianlst
Father What
makes you so disr
couraged?
' Mother - This
morning she seem
ed beside herself
with Joy when I i is over.
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SMALL CHANGE
Surely the substitution of an inter
state bridge for that antiquated, plo-neer-daya
ferry is to be made none too
soon. -
It seems - improbable that there will
be much of that Winters estate left
I for anybody by the time the litigation
told her she must
omit her musio lesson ,to go: to me
dentist. Judge.
An artist was one day showing a
young woman over his Studio. After
she had critically examined all the
pictures she j re
marked: I
"I notice several
of your works, (but
not a single sun
rise. How's that?"
The artist, who
was rather noted
for his bohenjilan
habits, blushed a
little at this question and then slam
mered: .
"You see. It's! this way: To tell the
truth, the reason I've never painted a
sunrise is because I'm never up at that
time." Magazine of Fun.
(Communications sent- to The Journal for
publication la this department sbonld be writ
ten on oniy one slue or the paper. sdohio mn
exceed 300 words In length and must be ac
companied by tbe name and add re ot the
gender. If the writer doea not dealre to
have tbe name published, he should so state.)
"Discussion Is the greatest of all reform
erg. It rationalises everything It touches. It
pfiH. nrln.l .!. A .11 .lu uan.-rit, and
throws them back on tbelr reasonableness. I? I
they hate no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and s'its up Its
own conclusions la tbelr stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
ard Olney, Hannis Taylor, Mr.
Taft and Theodore Roosevelt.
He urges repeal as a means of
holding the good opinion of other
nations. He says:
If it Is desirable, what is the Demo
cratic party willing to sacrifice in in
ternational prestige and world influ
ence In order to secure tne advance
which thexe subsidies promise to a few
people?
How much international pres-
Today, Portland begins its an
nual contribution of thousands to
baseball. It is a splendid sport.
It Is a popular national amuse
ment. Not in condemnation of
baseball but in commendation of
It, The Journal must ask why, with
so much money going for amuse
ment, is there so little enthusiasm
for a line of steamers on which
to help build an enduring proaper-
tige and world Influence will the ror roniana, an enterprise to
United States gain by spending Put bread into the mouths and
$400,000,000 for a canal and clothing on the backs of men, wo
$250,000 a year in perpetuity men and children?
for a route for that canal, and We paid Marie Lloyd $1550 a
then meekly confess that it has no week. and what did Portland prof
privilege in the canal that does it from the investment? We are
not belong to every other "nation? to pay $2000 or so to Evelyn Nes-
If the Democratic party buys bit Thaw, and wherein will the
world influence and international investment give employment to the
jiresttge at $400,000,000 and an hungry people down in the tene-
added $250,000 per year in 'per- ments of Portland,
petulty, will not the American peo- We paid $2625 per week to Fritzi
pie keenly feci that we have made Scheff. and what did Fritzi Scheff
a bad bargain? ever do in Portland to make any-
In 1874, the Congress of the body's life easier, to lighten any-
United States with the approval ef body's burden, or to promote jus
the President, declared that the tice and equity among earth's so-
waterways of the United States cial atoms?
shall be forever free to domestic if there be those whoi cannot en
vessels. What will the people of joy iife without spending substance
the United States think of the on tne tinsel and tawdry, does it
Democratic party ir u reverses tna not appeal to their sober judg-
nncient. honorable and patriotic ment to aiso drop a few dollars
policy concurred in by every Con- lnto substantial things that will
gress and every President until elv- earnines to breadwinners and
the present, by establishing free job8 to tne jobless? Is the lure of
tolls on our home shipping in the doubtful pastime irresistible, and
greatest domestic waterway we tne cry for industries' that will
have yet constructed? sustain homes and feed families
It Is painful for The Journal to nothing
ujengrro wnn Mr. Bryan. tie is
one of the foremost statesmen of
Easter Day Reflections.
Portland, April 14. To the Editor of
The Journal. I attended an Easter
service last Sunday. The sermon and
singing were excellent. The choir
showed good training. The church was
decorated with lilies and smilax. The
church was crowded.
I could not help wondering why so
many wait until Easter day before go
ing to church. Is It curiosity to see
how one's neighbor is dressed? It is
well known that to those that can af
ford it, the day is for donning en
tirely new apparel in the latest fash
Ion. It seems that the 40 days oZ
Lent are especially a preparation for
Easter display and I venture to say
that there are hundreds that would
like to listen to the Easter services in
every church, that cannot go for the
reason that they can not dress as well
as their neighbors.
I would like to knnw If at the Ser-
is the same mournful but startling J m0n on the Mount the people dressed
testimony. A boy of eighteen was
hanged some time ago in Chicago,
and with the black cap over his
face he shouted out to the world
of boys and girls, the age-old ap
peal beware, beware of bad company.
If only the words . of Whitey
Lewis and Lefty Louie, wrought
in letters of fire could be placed
over the door of every home, on
every school house and at every
street corner;
WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT
G
up for that purpose, or went in ordin
ary clothing. As I read that story,
the poor and needy were the ones that
Jesus preferred to minister to. Now
adays it is wealth that is catered to
more than poverty, and a shabbllv
dressed person would be much re
marked, and I doubt much if an usher
would show them to a seat occupied
by some person richly dressed mem
ber or no member.
It is even so with the school chil
dren; a poorly dressed .child perhaps
more talented is sneered at and lacks
playmates for no other reason than
that it is poorly clad. It should be
especially engrafted into young minds
that God is no respecter of persons.
OSBORNE YATES.
He was on his way to propound th'e
great question.) How should he ask
her? What would be her answer?
"Ticket, please,"
said the conductor.
The absent-minded
traveller was so
entirely absent
that he paid nc
heed to the demand. J
An Impatient;
touch upon his arm I
and the louder
... Hjur ticket, sir, ir you
please," retorted the recreant mind to
its accustomed ibody -niche.
"Ticket? Yesi yes, in a minute cer
tainly,, sir." He felt in his various
pockets, looked in his wallet, took off
his hat and scrutinized it as he turned
it slowly around. Then, jumping up,
he was looking-on the floor, on the
seat, under the seat, when a thin little
squeak of a voice proceeding from a
very small boy ; who was riding back
ward across the aisle said accusingly,
"You chewed it up, mister. I saw
yer." Lippincott's.
The less attention girls or anybody
else pays to the advice of such female
fellows as Cavalieri, the better they
will be off. , j
Those Chicago aldermen who were
(allegedly) defeated by women's votes,
would better let it go. Their basio fact,
If such, shows them unfit.
The manufacturers of Eleanor Wil
son's bridal satin sliDDers won't tell
their size, flow sad. The woes of
this world are innumerable.
Portland, is to be the first city to
nave tne new model or improved post
office system. Portland's favorable
iame grows m many ways.
As a husband and the prospectlv
father of a family. Mr. Robin sets :
noble example. He has to hustle, but
the harder he works the more jubilant
ly cneery ne is.
Solid farmer came In and said: "I'll
never vote for any man, if I never vote
at all. who posts his picture up
through the country. We're going to
organize a society.''
A. D. Rockefeller Jr., is in favor of
arDitration or labor contests, "gener
ally," but not of the one In which he
is a party. But many men. are just
line nim in tnis respect.
IN EARLIER DAYS
Hy Krel Ixckley.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Two sanltarv fountains for quench
ing the public thirst are to be installed
at Condon.
Nineteen sturdy sons of Erin, not one
of whom is over 30 years of age, and
but four of whom are over zi. recently
arrived at Lakeview and expect to
settle in Oregon. r
Euarene Register: The armory ought
to be located on the Butte, If possi
ble. The possibility of locating it
there should be thoroughly exhausted
before any other site is chosen.
Coquille Sentinel: As showing the
wnv tha valnstlAn nf ntir timhpr lavnns
has been creeping up, one or our cm- ' "- i Knew mat ir i went
"Did I ever tell you about the time I
started a boarding house In one of the
new mining camps?- asked Cy Mulkey.
"A bunch of harm character fixed it
up to run me out and I had five fights
beror noon of the first day. Toward
the last I got to feeling rather ugly,
and 1 laid them out with anything that
came handy. 1 used to have some ex- :
citing times when I was sheriff of
Inyo county, California.
"One of the most difficult e&aes I
had to handle was when a Mexican
desperado committed a murder In Si
erra Gorda and fled to Kern island.
All of the population of Kern island
were Mexicans, and I knew they would
zens 'states that on a good quarter sec
tion in township 28, section 13 tne
section in which this city is located
he paid $5.76 in taxes in 1909: tl8 in
1916: $42 in. 1911; 42 in 1912-; and
$59.99 in 1913.
Building for present needs and ac
cording to present means the Metho
dist Episcopal people of Mohler have
just dedicated a church which, the
Wheeler Reporter says, "is quite invit
ing, with its papered walls, painted
ceiling and comfortable pews. The
building will seat about 120 people
and cost a little more than $900.
Four Klamath Falls anglers. Coun
cilman O. W. Mathews. Harry Peltz.
O. Peyton and Lee Bean, fishing in
Spencer creek have made the record
of limit catches of trout in a few
hours' continuous fishing. . They rode
back to town with 200 pounds of fish
In their auto, or festooned ' upon the
outside.
, .
on all former occasions demonstrated
the capacity for mature judgment, will
most probably avoid sinking into a con
dition of incompetency or senility In
the present instance.
Let those who assume that the pres
ident is about to sacrifice American
SEA GROG AND SEA EFFICIENCY
From the Detroit News.
Time was when liquor was served
to enlisted men In the navy every
day. With modern methods and the
demand for the most polished effi
ciency, this practice was abandoned
for no other reason than that grog
and discipline did not agree. But
though Jack Tar could no longer con
ceal a bottle in his kit bag without
incurring severe penalty, there was
a rule in the navy that officers might
organize a wine mess and that "suit
able locker room for wine mess stores
shall be provided when fitting a ship
for sea." Thus, no battleship of ours,
or of any other nation, has ever sailed
the seas without a stock of Intoxicants
aboard.
This condition exists alongside the
most stringenf regulations concerning
drunkenness amongst men and officers.
The records of the army and navy are
riirhta anH r,rnirl af tVla hehost nf A ne recura'
.i.rih- ln. with courts martial for drunk
do not contradict this belief in their
discussion of the matter, though what
might be considered "frequent" drunk
enness under the strict . naval regula
tions would appear like notable ab
stemiousness in civil life. Indeed, it
has come to the point where Secretary
ot the Navy Daniels has ordered that
no liquor whatsoever be permitted on
any vessel or within any navy yard
or station. And the order has stirred
up considerable excitement. The fuss
it causes amongst naval officers will
serve as an indication of how fixed
their .drinking habits are.
The reasons behind this order seem
quite clear. The surgeon general, tak-
there openly. 1 would not only fail to
get my man. but 1 would be ambushed
or assassinated. No one on Kern Is
land knew me, ami 1 knew no one
there. I went alone and spent thre
days on the island.
"The Mexicans lived in little vil
lages, of which there were seven or
eight. My plan wan to pretend that
I was crazy, and by wandering over
the island, I hoped to run across the
man I wanted. 1 figured that the peo
ple, thinking I was insane, would pay
little attention to me. 1 carried two
six-shooters, one tied to the horn of
my saddle in plain sight, while th
other, a six-inch Colt's with a cut-off
barrel, I carried In my trousers' pock
et where It wouldn't be noticed.
"Going Into a galoon in the first
little village I came to I walked
around aimlessly, counting my fingers
and . acting foolish. I took out my
purse, in which 1 had only three or
four dollars, and motioned everybody
to come up and take a drink. I wan-
1 dered from village to village, some
times letting the fence down within
a few feet of a gate or bars and turn
ing my horse into the field. I went
into farm houses, ate my dinner or
stayed all night and never asked for
any bill, leaving 50 cents or a dollar
and acting like a deaf mute. The Mex
icans thought I was afflicted of Uod
and they never resented my actions.
"On the evening of the third day I
travelled until quite late. Seeing a
pretty good sized house built of wil
low, I went in. It so happened that
the people yere young; they had been
married only a short time, and they
had no children. A bed was made for
me on the floor. My peculiar actions
kept the man and woman Interested,
and they evidently passed the word
around among their friends. The
that liquor Is a detriment to 'those ! 1" aA'u..tn liBht..bel"f alm.8t
qualities of steadiness and alertness
a foreign nation, examine the diplo
matic record of ! this government in ail
of her past negotiations in connection
with the canal project, covering a
period of nearly 100 years, and they
will discover, If guided by honesty,
that the only exclusive rights which
the United States may have; in the
canal are simply those which she holds
by virtue of the different treaties
which she has from time to time con
cluded. They will also find that the
principles to which this nation has
committed itself through the same
period are the identical principles for
which the administration is now con
tending the principles which dedicate
this artificial highway of the world to
International use.
The contentiort that the United States
owns the canal Decause sne duiii 11 ;
with
his time, but every industry, every
interest, every enterprise, every
business, every farm, every or
chard, every sawmill, every work
shop, every worker, every means
and source of production in Ore
gon, for the welfare of all of
which The Journal stands in loy
alty to this commonwealth, cries
out against placing a toll taker
on the canal to exact taxes on
the products and merchandise of
Oregon pecple.
On the broad ground of supply
ing something to do for those we
have brought to Portland; on the
wide-winged vision' of a Portland
so full of busy activity and sub
stantial prosperity that there will
be something here for every hand
to do, The Journal appeals for
more support of an Alaska steam
ship line along- with the spend
thrift bounties showered upon the
opera, the Marie Lloyds, the Eve
lyn Thaws and the Fritzi Scheffs.
A WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY
RURAL CREDITS
T
T
HE possibilities of an improved
Columbia river from Portland
to the sea are visualized in
the placing of two great tur
bine steamers on the run between
1 HE sub-committee of the Sen
ate F.nd House Committees
on Banking and Currency un
der tho leadership of Senator
Hollis of New Hampshire has for Vancouver, British Columbia, and
several weeks been attempting to Australia. They are 23 knot ves
perfect an administration bill to Be,a and make the journey to
provide for the establishment of Australia in 13 days, a reduction
a system of farmers' banks to fur- ot tlme from 20 days
nish rural credits. The measure If Buch a line can survive jin
' Is intended to make it possible for the trade with the Canadian port,
the farmer to raise money on his similar commerce with the Colum
land and buildings under condi- bia river can be made profitable.
lions as favorable as those now en- Australia, Tasmania and New
Joyed by borrowers who have ac-1 Zealand are a wonderful field for
cess to urban banking institutions, international trade. They com
, it is estimated that 13,000,000,000 Prise an area larger that the
are Invested in mortgages on farms United States. The population is
,Jn the United States and for this only 5,000,000. The development
money the farmers are paying that must come will draw heavily
from 5 to 20 per cent. The mort- upon the industries of the world.
gage is usually for a short term We are 5000 miles nearer than
.. sjtcijf icw jcare me iarmer i ureal uruain. ine people are
trust arrange for a new loan. The consumers of American lumber.
Wll which Senator Hollis will re- fruits, machinery, agricultural im
port will aim to eliminate these plements, Yankee notions, type
frequent renewals, cut out the ex- writers, musical instruments and
pense or tne middle, man and en
nance tne value or farm mort'
gages by making them liquid as
sets.
OOPERATION and coordina
tion is the rallying cry of the
Columbia and Snake River
Waterways Associations, now
In session in Portland. Coopera
tion and coordination In opening
the two rivers to navigation, co
operation and coordination in de
veloping the wate"r and hydro-electric
power, the transportation fa
cilities and latent industries, co
operation and coordination in se
curing a forty foot channel to the
sea.
The movejnent for waterway
development has for its chief pur
pose the reduction of the transpor
tation toll which at present is $55
for every man, woman and child
in the United States. The rail
roads are finding it impossible to
keep pace with the commercial
and industrial development of the
country, a fact that they them
selves are beginning to concede.
At the base of the agitation for
the improvement of waterways are
two considerations. First, the vast
difference in the cost of transpor
tation by water and that by rail.
Second, the regulative power, ex
erted by water routes over freight
eharges levied by the railroads.
The difference In cost between
the various transportation mediums
may be seen when we consider the
relative work one dollar will per
form when applied to the several
means of conveyance. It is esti
mated that one dollar will haul
one ton four miles over the ordi
nary country joad, ten miles over
a good highway, one hundred and
forty miles by rail, ten hundred
miles by lakes and inland water
ways and thirteen hundred miles
over the open sea.
A v striking illustration of the
comparative charges on freight by
water and by land has been given
by S. A. Thompson, field secretary
of the national rivers and harbors
congress. Two carloads of ma
chinery started the same day from
San Francisco. One went to Gold-
field, Nevada, the other went to
Cape Town, Africa. The distance
to Goldfield was about 200 miles,
to Africa 16,000 jniles. The freight
charges on the shipment to Afri
ca were 25 per cent less than on
the one to Goldfield.
As a power to regulate rates by
rail there is none so strong as the
water route. It is more effective
than all the railroad commissions
in the world.
other of the almost countless nat
ural and manufactured products of
the United States
They grow apples, for instance
V It is deemed prudent for the) but their summer is our winter
present to restrict the loans to I and in the fact, there is ntmnr
land and farm property and notltunitr for ' a We market fn
Include crops, or livestock in which products of " bur' orchards, were
Will the Taxpayer Pay It?
Portland, April 14. To the Editor
of The Journal As a constant reader
of The Journal I have followed very
closely your attitude on the question
of the Panama canal and free toll for
American coastwise shipping.
My object now is not to discuss the
treaty, about which I do not care one
copper cent; nor the Monroe doctrine,
about which foreign nations do not
rouble themselves; nor Canada's place
on this continent and her interest in
the canal, for Canada is quite capable
of looking after her own interests.
But I wa"nt to look at it from a pure'y
business standpoint,, and as it affecta
us, the common taxpayers.
You say, the canal was built with
American money. Very well; that first
means the American taxpayers' money
Your money and mine. If the primary
reason in building the canal had been
to give a speedy passageway to Amer
ican government ships, " 'arshlps or
other federal vessels, the property of
the American taxpayer then I could
quite understand the consistency and
patriotism of the free tolls advocates,
and support them. But that wasn't
the primary reason although If was
one reason for I have always un
derstood that it was, firstly, a great
commercial undertaking, and, as such,
American taxpayers' money built it,
and American taxpayers' money will
have to be used to support it that Is,
make good any deficiency In the up
keep of it. If that be so, then In Jus
tice to the taxpayer, whose canal It is
by having paid for it, how can it be
argued that it is unfair to collect tolls
of the American shipping combine or
individual ship owners whose sole ln
terest In the canal is commercial?
If you do not collect tolls on their
ships, using the canal, how can these
rich ship owners be made to pay their
just share of the expenses connected
with the upkeep of the canal? Do they
expect the taxpayers to stand for It?
THOS. COOK.
The End of the Gunmen.
Portland, April 14. To the Editor
of The Journal. Again the United
States, and the whole semi-civilised
world, for that matter, has its finer
human sensibilities shocked by the ju
dicial murder of the "gunmen" of the
New York police crime. When will "we
become civilized and stop the system
that fosters and propagates such social
crimes as lead to judicial crimes and
murders? What bewilderment must
overcome the immature and unin
formed minds of the multitudes when
crimes on top of crimes are committed
over a land ,that might afford nothing
but "peace and good will toward all
men," if only society would adjust It
self on a proper social baste?
When will preacher and teacher bo
able to see and able to speak the truth
as It must present itself to such of
them as are truly enlightened? Must
we forever go on with error and dark
ness shrouding the eyes of voting citi
zens, while the rich money lords play
the game of profit? C. W. BARZEE.
, rtniv in- any senior ":er who sees him to pre-
her own money is certainly In- ; . lnar v,. .v,
consistent
the facts.
with
enness amongst the enlisted men,
while the record of officers In this
respect is indicated in the words of
the surgeon general when he speaks
of "the ,, numerous courts martial of
officers for drunkenness," and "the
,too frequent derelictions which occur
amongst them."
The number of these courts martial
Indicate--the firm stand the regulations
take against drinking, for if drunken
ness were not so serious a violation of
the articles of war the prosecutions
would not be so numerous. Drunken
ness in both army and navy has al
ways been considered serious, officers
have discountenanced it as unpardon
able on or off duty, and if an officer
is seen intoxicated it is the duty of
as bright as day. One after the other.
which are Indispensable to men who 8h0ul77hink7hre K been 2 o
h ihe-e J"1, float,n ment grouped just outside the door? I knew
with thousands of men under their con- lhey wene noidinK a COUncil about me.
trol. The secretary of the navy, tak-j -while I couldn't speak much Span
ing the administrative point of view, iK, i could understand considerable,
says that tippling officers cannot very Most of them said, 'He is harmless;'
well enforce the rules of sobriety -He is just crazy.' The young woman
amongst their men. There must of of the house told them of my actions
necessity be a breach between officers and insisted that I was crazy. A young
and enlisted men, a distance which
permits of discipline In all its rigid
military phases. Even amongst our
enlisted men who are trained in the
ways of a democracy, this is recog
Mexican half-breed, however, said that
I might be just pretending to be crazy,
and he said the safest way was to
kill me. But the woman, when It came
time to take a vote, put up such a
nized. But when this breach consists strong plea for me that the majority
In the privilege given an officer of J f them voted me harmless and it was
doing what would be severely ounlsh-i uec,aea to iei me nve. a young nair
. . - " - - h V. , I .J a. .
able in a sailor, it is not of the sort
that makes for discipline.
and unwarranted
M. SOMMERVILLEi
vtf . ici t-iittiBra agiiiijsi uhij, aina ij. me ui
not prefer charges, he la in danger of
The Consumer's Responsibility. 6t Itr his silence.
Portland. Or.J April 14. To the Ed- But the fieht acrainst drunkenness
ltor of The Journal I have not has- j jia9. beeB carried on side bv side with
tened to reply 'to any ; of my beloved official permission for officers to sur-
enemies, because I have no desire t-J
prohibit free discussion of any subject
which excites the voting power of a
free people. It tanes a Prohibitionist
to strain at a gnat and gulp down a
army, a jolly banquet may be pro
ceeding and the wine passed plentiful
ly, but the officer of the day. though
he may eat, is not supposed to drink.
And the supposition is usually Justi
fied, so well informed men say.
Nevertheless, a popular belief has
grown up that the tippling habits of
naval and army officers are well
developed. And the secretary of the
navy, as well as the surgeon general,
round themselves with all the facili
ties for getting drunk. Theoretically,
though a ship carry all manner of
liquor In a well stocked wine mess,
Ir RilnnnirpH in ho n,rfprtlw 'Mrv'
camel whole. My friend, Mrs. Grove, j when at j.ea, That in- no one ls sup.
is right when she recalls a law long , r Psed to tippie when the 8hip is ln
obsolete, against hanging inebriates, open eegu How f ar tne theory and
but she ls in palpable error when sl.e j tne practice agree a layman cannot
compares a law to erect buildings and , Bay and offlcer8 do. not telI In tne
encourage sgrisuiiuis vim jaw lu
hang anybody. The trouble with our
Prohibition friends is that they treat
the sale of liquor as an active, transi
tive thing, dependent wholly upon it
self for its existence, entirely overlook
ing the fact that the Consumer is the j
responsible factor in the case, without ;
whose agency the liquor could not in-
toxicate any one. It is true that tn:
United States ence sanctioned the traf-i
fie in slaves; but the slave was a sen-'
tient being, and not to, be compared to!
liquor, which, of itself'ls devoid of ac- j
tion, and can make rtj man a drunk- !
ard if he will exercise the will power
for which he alone is responsible.
If the proponents of the liquor traf
fic shall grow wise enough to clean
up their own business, or obey such
laws of self-preservation as ate in use
in the department store, or in any oth
er enterprise requiring proper regula
tions for the, good of its patrons, it
will remove the most objectionable fea
tures from its occupation, which, as
now conducted, gives the Prohibition
ist all the fuel he needs to feed the
fires of his contention, over which I
have often seen him as badly intoxicat
ed as any man ever gets by drinking
whiskey.
On the other hand, the promoters of
the liquor trairic are themselves to i principal cities. They show whether
blame for stirring up strife against i or not people are optimistic and in
women who are its worst and most un- dicate prosperity or the reverse among
fortunate victims if married to tip- companies supplying steel and build-
piers, or uuiuiieuea uy marriage laws i ing material.
Fourth Business failures, thu
Moreover," while Inveighing against
and punishing drunkenness. Secretary
Daniels saw the wine mess matting
drinking habits. He was continually
called to dismiss' naval officers from
the career for which they had been j little village called Havilah.
given costly preparation and all be
cause there was one rule for the officer
and another for the enlisted man.
Officers, on the carpet for dishonor
able discharge, told Secretary Daniels
tnat they didn't know what liquor was
nr.til they were commissioned as offi
cers and put aboard ship In positions
of responsibility. Considering the
force of the example of older officers
on younger ones, .the secretary of the
navy could not well consider the wine
glass as anything but dangerouseven
at its best.
Do we want fighting admirals, or
wine tanks? The country ls about
ready to answer that question ln so
many words we want fighting men,
more than we want connoisseurs of
wines. With the introduction of scien
tific fighting machines, the old time
swaggering tar who could fight and
drink with equal ease has vanished.
Naval officers, in making a very, bad
face over the secretary's order, will
be telling the country Just how badly
that order was needed. But nothing
will alter the country's conviction that
it wants none but sober men on guard.
breed then said that he himself would
watch his chance and kill me. I heard
him and another Mexican planning to
go out on the road toward Tahune,
where they would He in the brush and
assassinate- me as I came along next
morning.
"But instead of starting for Tahune,
l tooK tne opposite direction toward a
I had
traveled Kern island thoroughly and
had not found the Mexican desperado,
so I had to abandon the attempt of
serving my warrant."
Pointed Paragraphs
WHAT EXPERT INVESTORS STUDY
By John M. Oskison.
I have received an exceptionally In
telligent monthly circular on trade con
ditions from a New Jersey bank. It
deals with those factors which expert
investors regard as important. WTiat
are they?
First The volume of railroad finan
cing during the month compared with
the same month in other years, and a
iugU-al explanation ot its changing
volume.
Second Bank clearings all over the
country and in New York.
Third Building operations in the
to mother a progeny of drunkards.
The liquor traffic -is cutting its own
throat by opposing the enfranchise
ment of women. The rational cure for
every moral evil is I liberty. When
men try to prohibit the prohibition of
the liquor traffic by prohibiting the en
franchisement of women, they make no
greater mistake than ls made by the
average agitator who tries to prohibit
men who are morally weak from thj
evils of intemperance by curtailing
the power of self-control and individ
ual responsibility of the morally strong
ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY.
amounts involved, and the character
of the failed businesses.
Fifth Railroad earnings, gross and
net, for the month, for- the last year,
compared with the previous months'
and years' records.
Sixth Imports and exports of mer-
And most of our lunatic asylums are
filled with knockers.
Shoes may come and shoes may go,
but men kick on forever.
However, poverty may keep a man
from making a fool of himself. i
-
The louder a man talks the easier it
ls to discredit everything he says.
To keep cool when you find yourself
between two fires that requires nerve.
Many a woman would like to be
known by the company she can't keep. :
It keeps the Idle rich busy supply
ing copy for the sensational journals.
Woman can drive man to drink more
i easily than in the opposite direction.
Opportunity has been known to look
a man up for the purpose of downing
cnanaise ana of raid. Of rnnr ih
balances ought to be on the right 'side. him.
comparisons with previous months and I " "
years are made. j There Is value in great strength of
Seventh The reports from the metal I mind, and comfort ln strength of never
trades, especially the reports of the mind.
DouKing oj, eieei orders by the Mg com
panies. Eighth Railroad equipment orders,
since such orders Indicate not only tho
condition of the many big companies
supplying equipment, but also the
prosperity of the roads.
Ninth The state of the market for
and the output of pig iron, coke, cop
per, and gold.
Tenth The volume of tradfnr on
"Can't afford it." la a stingy man's
excuse, but it seldom leads to bank
ruptcy.
A bartender informs us that none are
so blind as those who refuse an eye
opener. But he ls prejudiced.
Beware of the
agrees with you.
chap who always
Sooner or later he
The Ragtime Muse
the New York Stock exchange and the i will have an axe to grind and want
trend or stock and bond prices, with i you to turn the grindstone,
comparisons.
Eleventh Dividend and interest dis
bursements with comparisons.
Twelfth Crop conditions to the
wise investor very important.
Thirteenth General business condi
tions and collections.
These, then, are what the wise in
vestor will watch; the reports are
available to everybody. Study them!
FOOLING THE HEX
I
F THERE is any way to beat
nature Yankee ingenuity ... will
find it. The latest scheme re
ported is that of Harry E,
Colby of New Hampshire who has
discovered a method of increasing
the egg supply and fooling the
hen. After long study he learned
that his hens had a habit of laying
their eggs before breakfast, or just
after day break. He invoked the
aid of electric'ty and equipped his
cover without having to pay a doc
tor's bill. The reputation of the phy
sician will depend upon the good health
of his community, and not on the cures
. v.- has affected. It will make him
j an adviser of the authorities whose per
sonal interests are Involved in gooi
sanitation, healthy and wen ventuaieo
Revolution in Medicine.
From the Omaha World Herald.
According to the New York Medical school houses and every other meant,
Journal there is "a tremendous world ! of preserving health. It is claimed
movement," the result of which will : that if this system were adopted, one
be a complete change . in the practice j half of the hospitals could be dls
of medicine and the status of physi- i pensed with.
ciMis. The object to be secured is i
not the cure of disease, but its pre-! Exceptions Noted by Moses.
vention. The reputation of a physician '
will then rest not upon the curing of!
From ilarper's.
Thora was no love lost between a
having any serious disease, if among ! certain pupil and the teacher of a col-
a doctor's clientele, there is a case of i ored school in Kicnmona. Aioses
severe sickness, it will be a disgrace i thought the teacher was too critical, to
to him, even if the patient finally re- j which effect he had expressed himself
covers. This is to be accomplished by more than once, with the result that
examinations of all the physician's he had been disciplined,
clientele, monthly or yearly, for which i "You are not giving attention to
a small fee is to be paid, so that the what I ay, Moses." said the teacher
first indication of disease may be de- one lay during -the course of a talk
tected and promptly treated before it j to her class.
becomes dangerous. No other" fees will "Yes, teacher, t ls payln attention,
be paid. 'deed I Is." Moses hastened to say.
It is held that this is the only ra-1 "You should never say I is!' " ad
tionat method for the 'profession. Then monlshed the teacher. "I have told
the interest of ! the dofetor and the pa- you a thousand times. You know the
tient will be the sam;e and both will 1 correct form. .. There are no exceptions
work together i for the health of the 'to Its use. Give me two examples at
At the xu-st indication of once." t . '
I
Trusts Wilson on Tolls Question.
Portland, April 12. To the Editor of
The Journal It would appear, from the
almost universal censure hurled at the
(-national administration that a .very
great misconception governs the popu
lar mind relative to the proper status,
of - the Panama canal. There is a
strong inclination, at least ln the west
ern section of the United States, to lay
claim to the exclusive ownership and
control of the canal. Arguments for
free tolls advanced by trie press, irre
spective of party affiliation, are in
most Instances novel and extraordinary.
A little . reflection, however, should
mkvIiwii ii a that, havinar the nunnnrf nf I .-,munii.
a majority in the lower house an 4 al-i illness the patient wijl rail upon the I "Yessum," said Moses, meekly.
most certain, victory ln the senate as- j doctor and not delay (until he Is serl-lam one of de letters of alphabet.
sured, tne aamimsxraiwn, wmcn nas j ously ill, in tns nope mat, tie -will re-Jam a pronoun,
Reverse Way.
A prosperous farmer has gained the
reputation of being the stingiest man
in his town, and consequently is not a
general favorite with his neighbors,
says Everybody's Magazine. He owns an
old horse, which, to put it mildly. Is
very thin. As If to make up for the
lack of fleh on its body, however, the
animal hah a head many times too
large for it. Of course, ; people talk
about the horse, and the owner doesn't
like it. Last week, for instance, he
went to the the expense of a new collar
for the animal. A very few minutes
after the delivery he was back at the
paddler's with the collar.,
"Don't you know nothin'?" he blurted
out. "You've made it too small! I
can't get it over his head:"
"Over his head!" reiterated the sad
dler. "Man alive: It wasn't made to go
over his head! Back him Into it,"
Tlie Place for Him.
Head of department I don't know
what to do about that elderly sales
clerk; he's completely lost his hearing.
Manager Transfer him to the com
plaint department V
If the report of tbe Legislative Pen
sion Commission, is enacted into law,
every employe of .state, county, city or
town in Massachusetts will contribute
5. per cent of his salary toward a pen
sion, fund.
Joys of Spring.
The undercurrents of the spring
Move me to rift my voice in song
To early peas, beets anything
That to the season may belong.
To love? Oh, yes! Love thrills my
breast,-
I love green onions, rhubarb pies.
But 1 love new potatoes best.
Ah, bless their tender little eyes!
About the robin's lilting lay
I'm not informed at all: but then
I'll try if it comes my way;
Meantime commend to me the hen.
The oyster and the buokwheat cake.
Have flown, and sorry sure 1 am.
But then my heart shall never break-
I have fresh trout and eke the flam.
Ten, ln the spring; my fancy turns
To gardens of the kind called
"truck;"
To stroll in them my spirit yearns
And early radishes to pluck.
Excuks these tears. I'm overcome
I am a sentimental guy
An inward sense tells me that somo
E'en now are eating rhubard pie!
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