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Never did any soul do good
but It cam, readier to do the
tame again, with more enjoy
ment. Never waa love, or grati
tude, or bounty practiced but
with increasing Joy, which made
the practicer still more In love
with the fair act. Shaftesbury.
THE MEXICAN CRISIS
trv RESIDENT WILSON will not
Lf rush headlong into a Mexican
r war.
He is a man of peace. His
fctatemanship is the statemanship
of humanism. He has no thirst for
the thunder of artillery or-ht for
the letting of blood. V
The country ought not to stam
pede the government into hostili
ties. A quiet patience by the peo
ple will permit a calm dispassion
ate outcome to the present emerg
ency. Washington will not back
down, will yield no point of honor
will surrender nothing to Huerta.
A way will be found to avert the
desperate consequence of armed
conflict, if the president be left
unembarrassed by the clamor of
the excited.
Except for the fact that Huerta
1h a desperado, there Is little
chance for actual hostilities. If
the rebels would fall into Huerta'B
trap and Join him in defying the
United States, there would be a
greater possibility of conflict. If
Villa and Carranza would accept
Huerta's cause against the United
States as their cause and Join
In his defy, actual warfare could
scarcely be averted.
Hut such choice by the rebels
seems Impossible. If they have the
Intelligence and foresight with
which they are credited, they will
see in the present status a splen
did advantage for their cause. The
blockade of Mexican ports will give
them enormous advantage in their
advance on the Mexican capital.
It will shut off Huerta's source
of supplies and confine him as to
subsistence within the narrow lim
its of the territory over which he
6as control.. With his seacoast
closed 'and the railroads in the
north' In the hands of the rebels,
his means of maintaining an army
and a war will be vastly reduced.
It is wholly probable that the
rebels will look upon the Washing
ton government In its present mood
more as an ally than as a foe.
If so, the problem is far less dif
ficult of solution. It can easily
unravel without bugle calls and
bayonets.
On the side of continued peace,
Is the fact that this is not a war
making administration. The pres
ident Is not a war lord. The gov
ernment fs a government whose
-guiding aspiration Is peace on
earth, good will to men.
A FREE WATERFRONT
IfTfiW YORK CITY has millions
ll of dollars invested In public
I 1 docks. The nation's metro
polls occupies its' commanding
position largely because of accom
modations to shipping which have
already been provided. And yet
the people of New York are not
natisfied.
At a recent meeting of the Mer
chant's Association a letter, was re
reived from Mayor Mitchel in which
he expressed sympathy with plans
for increasing public dock facil
Hies. The merchants are stirred
by the prospect of increased wa
ter commerce on account of the
early opening of the Panama Can
al. Mayor Mitchel outlined a gen
eral program which includes the
creation of a port "development ad
vlsory committee. Certain proj
ects already outlinea are to be
pushed without waiting for the
preparation of larger plans.
New York business men know
the necessity of adequate terminal
facilities not controlled by the rail
roads. The further development
of that port depends In large meas
ure upon public docks. They are
essential If waterways are to serve
'their full usefulness as regulators
Of rates for and accommodations
to freight traffic.
New York's necessities are no
greater than are Portland's. If
thlscity Is to assume its proper
position as a freight and passenger
distributing center, full use of the
waterways must be made. That
cannot be accomplished unless
there are adequate public dock fa
cllitles.
It Is to further this program for
the general good that an initiative
measure restoring to the people
'their former title to the foreshore
of navigable streams has been pro
posed. That bill commands the
support of every voter who wishes
. to" see Oregon's waterways made
the carriers of an increasing com
merce.
If the nation's metropolis sees
the necessity of keeping its water
front open to the public, the people
of Portland and of Oregon face
an even greater necessity.
A DESPERADO'S STBATEGEM.
H
UERTA'S withdrawal from his
original agreement to salute
the flag as reparation for a
series of outrages Is the act
of a desperado.
It Is accentuation of his charac
ter. It is harmonious with his
assassination of Madero and his
overthrow of constitutional govern
ment in Mexico.
Probably, he hopes that the
threatening attitude of the United
States may cement all factions In
Mexico, and give him support for
a leadership that is now denied
him.- With such power as he has
fast slipping away, with Villa grad
ually and certainly cutting his way
towards Mexico City, and with the
unstable governmental fabric which
he has reared on bayonets, artil
lery and assassination about to fall
in ruins around him, Huerta, is un
doubtedly ready to play any des
perate game that may seem to of
fer respite or escape from a sit
uation that cannot much longer I
endure.
He knows that the end Is not
far away if he is to rely alone
on the few shattered regiments
and depleted resources at his com
mand. He sees doom slowly 'set
tling down over his rulership, un
less some desperate expedient can
shift the gloomy environments and
upset the forces of destruction
that are gradually gathering
around his dictatorship. It is
both possible and likely that his
program of refusing to make rep
aration is a wild and reckless ex
pedient made with a hope of draw
ing all Mexicans under his leader
ship for a further lease of power.
The audacious game he has played
since he first gained notice at the
Mexican capital is scarcely less dar
ing than is his present defiance
of the power and purpose of the
United States.
It is a last and frantic hope.
It is a buccaneer's play for time
and change. It is a reckless ad
venturer's desperate subterfuge to
checkmate oncoming doom. It is
a gambler's strategem to stay for
few brief days the knell of an
advancing fate.
THE HOUSING PROBLEM
A
COMMITTEE of the Chicago I
Woman's Club made a survey.)
of a block of tenements. Peo-
pie .were found In cellars and
basements that were unfit for hab-
itation. Leaking roofs, lack of prop-j
er toilet facilities, dirty halls; In
sanitary kitchen sinks and walls
needing kalsominlng were common.
The committee reported:
It seems to us wasteful and lneffl-
cient to spend large sums for the tuber-I
ulosls institute, the children's welfare'
aiiavi8umg-nure a associations
free dispensaries, when scarcely a be-
sinning has been made at the root of
the evils requiring these remedial agen
ies adequate housing.
The Chicago women have put the
matter In its true light. Not only i
Chicago, but other cities, including
Portland, are spending big annual;
appropriations through publje and ; on January 1, or $922.90 on De
private charity to offset the effects cember 1 last. Last month the
of bad housing. These expenditures t American wholesale price level de-
are necessary, dux tney couia DQjcnnej eight tenths of one per cent.
CUt down and the people made i Tn En srlanrl th RVPraen lv1 nf
much happier by going to the root ,
of the evil.
There is no reason in justice or;
morals why owners of property ; iast month on the following artl
should be allowed to make it a!cies: Dressed beef, butter, cof
source of revenue when it is unfit j fee. sugar, peas, potatoes, hemp,
ior naonauon. r roperiy ngnts are 1
not comparable with human rights, i
and there is no right of property .
wmcn permits a man 10 maintain j
aisease-Dreeuing Duilding ana :
thus throw the burden of repairing j
the results of his selfishness upon
the community at large
There aie inhabited buildings in
Portland in which no person should
be allowed to live. They are a prin
cipal reason why the calls upon
charity are bo insistent and fre
quent. THE WHITE SLUE LAW-
T
hr mitri fitt. f.ii
of appeals for the Seventh cir
cuit has construed the Mann
white slave law. In the case
of Jack Johnson, negro' pugilist,
the court held that twos groups
of counts in the indictment on
which the negro was . convicted
must be separated. -
These' groups are "sale of
womanhood", and "immoral pur
poses" charges, the court holding
that there was not sufficient evl-i
dence to convict on the commer
cial charge. The case was sent
back to. the trial court for resen
tence on the immorality allega
tions and possible retrial . on the
other set of charges.
This decision is important, for
It is the ruling of an appellate
court on an Issue concerning which
federal judges have differed.
United States district judges have
held both for and against the
necessity of proving pecuniary gain
to secure conviction under the law.
In the negro's case the appellate
court denies the contention that
the Mann act Is applicable only to
cases involving the actual "sale
of womanhood." The court says;
Nothing remainsbut-lo ay tSat the
present act obviously is concerned
with the Interstate transportation of
persons. How far and with what gov
ernmental purposes the. undoubted
power shall be exercised must be de
termined by the legislative, not the
Judicial department jof the govern
ment. .
This ruling should go a long
way in fixing the law's scope and
purpose. The United States has
decided that the transportation of
i persona , is commerce, and ; that
commerce may be regulated or pro
hibited.'' . " ' ----4
There has been strenuous effort
to . secure an interpretation of the
law which would limit It to com
mercial traffic in women. If this
decision stands, men who deal ' in
woman's virtue for the gratifica
tion .of their own selves will be
criminals, as ' they , should ; be,
under It. I
SPOKANE'S WAY.
HIS , week, Spokane is raising
a fund of $96,000 annually,
to be used In forwarding com
munity projects for the bene
fit of the city. R. I. Rutter, a
Spokane citizen, said of the plan
in' Saturday's Journal: '
It's the safest kind of a bet that the
money will be subscribed, and quickly.
W need the money for our annual ap
ple show, for advertising purposes, to
attract tourist travel, more Industries,
and many other things," which the vari
ous committees of the Chamber of
Commerce have "Under consideration.
By the 1910 census, Spokane
had a population of 104,402, about
half ' the population of Portland.
An Mr PiitTr savs them la tin
rinnht that thi fiinH uHll i-afeart I
and quickly.. Spokane does things
that way. It is a city of live
wires. It does things because every
body goes to the. firing line in
community projects. That is why
Spokane, an inland city, far away
from the assets that usually make
cities, has had a splendid growth
and a busy career. Its men have
made it
Spokane doesnt wait for a few
wealthy men to put up all the
money for public endeavors. Every
body goes to the front. They buy
membership in the Chamber of
Commerce. at $25 for membership.
Not only it, each citizen expected
to become a member, but every
one, from? bankers down, spends
one day of this week in soliciting
new members in the body. The
plan places the burden on so many
shoulders that it is not felt at
all. In addition, membership in
the chamber, arouses civic spirit
and makes the organization effect
ive, representative and strong, says
Mr. Rutter.
It is a splendid program. It is
the same community spirit in an.
other form which The Journal has
urged in the Alaska steamship line.
If Portlanders make the line every
body's line, it -will not fail.
And what a promise the develop-
ment of Alaska holds out to- Port-
land, if, by steamship connections,
she makes ready to take advantage
of it
THE COST OF LIVING
B
RADSTREET'S announces a
downward trend in the cost
of living. " Statistics of whole
sale prices show an average
decline in the price level of 5.1
ner cent
from December 1 to
Anril 1
Trl. '
SUres compiled by this com-
rnercial agency take account of the
average price for a unit amount of
each of 96 articles. On Anril 1.
$.375 g2 would have bought as
much as $883.20 on March 1, or
$886.19 on February 1. or J888.67
commodity prices fell in about the
samn nronortion
Wholesale prices came down
cotton sheeting, pig iron, steel
beams, lead, tin, anthracite, coke,
brick, nails, rubber and tobacco.
Bradstreet's says that retail prices
&rfi feeliner th effect, of th rlown-
ward trend, and if the movement
holds the consumer will shortly
get the benefit.
The figures are reassuring.
While only a portion of the 96
articles included in Bradstreet's
list are In daily use by all the peo
ple, a drop in wholesale prices
which in four months' time per
mits $875.62 to do the work of
$922.90 must have an Influence
i on retaU Prices. Tbere is ac-
cumulating evidence that the cost
of living has reached' top figures.
DOG RACING IN ALASKA
J
OHN JOHNSON, with his team
of Siberian wolves, won Alas
ka's classic dog-team race last
Thursday. Johnson's time was
seven hours slower than In 1910,
but his Warn covered 412 miles
over the snow trail from Nome to
Candle and return in 81 hours and
three minutes. It was a wonder
ful test of endurance and pluck.
The All-Alaska sweepstakes is
perhaps the most remarkable race
in the calendar of sport. It is a
test of both man and dog. The
latter, sensing hia responsibility as
the snowbound north's most de
pendable means of transportation
for mail and supplies, shows tire
less willingness to do his best. The
man must . husband his dog's
strength, must show extraordinary
skill in caring for his animals; he
must be as intelligently careful of
his dog as he is of himself.
It Is a i ace suited, only for red
blooded men, for once out upon
Alaska's snowy wastes the man is
placed upon his own resources.
He has no friend nearby to as
sist In the event of falling, no per
son to -cheer him on should he
falter. . . . . -. .
The contest just '. concluded vis
ualizes Alaska's great need. 'Trans
portation Is the problem which is
to be solved: - The dog team will
be supplanted by the railroad
Alaska, may lose a spectacular
sporting event but the north will
gain opportunity for development.
When dog racing becomes history,
there will be a new Alaska with
hopes in the fulfillment.
BOOKS BY PARCEL POST
R'
ECENTLY the postmaster gen-
neral issued an order admit
ting books to the parcel post.
Packages of over eight ounces
have all advantages of the mer
chandise classification.
The Virginia state library wag
order in extending its circulation
of books. The short trial lias been
a success, the librarian stating that
extension of . the parcel post rate
to books has already had a con
siderable effect in Increasing the
use of the Virginia state library
by people in the interior of the
6tate.
The librarian of the St. Louis
public library announced that he
was prepared to circulate books
through the mail, and before noon
of the first day he began receiving
applications. .
The American Library Associa-
10 yi""i"S Buueiue ui lltt-
uuuai dimensions uy wuicu uurar
ies of the country, working to-
gether and with the assistance of
the postoffice, may increase their
usefulness. The secretary of the
association is impressed with the
idea, and he cites the experiences
of Virginia and St. Louis as evi
dence that it is practical.
This is a new field for the parcel
post. It has demonstrated its use
fulness 'in carrying things we eat
and wear. Now it Is to take a
commanding position as an efficient
agency in educating us.
" "
Letters Frbm the People
(Communications sent to The Journal for
publication In this department should bfl writ
ten on only one side of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words In length ami must be ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. If the writer does not deslr to
hare the name published, he should so state.)
"Discussion is the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalizes everything it touches. It
robs principles of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and sets up Its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Bids Church Not to Interfere.
Bandon, Or., April 16. Rev. C." I.
Harris in The Journal remarks that
persons committing crimes are not
religious. It is also believed that I
preachers are religious 'fend true fol
lowers of Christ, yet some of the
most outrageous crimes ever commit
ted on the face of the earth have b en
committed by preachers. Were these
; caused by drink? I think not.
Ihey say, Don t condemn us all
jusi uecause some aia tnose awiui
crimes." Mr. Harris also said saloons i
are enemies of the "church. Did you
ever "hear of a saloon man, or one that I
drinks, criticising the church? Why, j
no. .Take Care Of your affairs. and 1
they will conduct their own. They
pay enormous license, so their busi
ness can't be contrary to law. Take
care of your own lambs, that they go
uui Ksviy. n most cases men go
wrong because they are desperately cynicism, and obviously it is always a
lonely and so wretchedly poor, and j tiresome task to treat him seriously.
fv.fi1 8 aead bU,t, the dreary road But " Is perhaps not too much to say.
of hard work, small pay and no that Shaw and hia nk have done more
, A .and aft.er awhile they be- . to produce the abnormal-Sex cOnscious-
indlfffreJlt to hfir f,ate' Yoe'ness of this age than ail other forces
people must have their pleasure.- It i .,n !;..., mv.ia
is meir right, nut religion Is taking j
vnf. T; T1S aSK "?L.?lve U and ' urU and open about their vices; and
MViuV aChrlst did" (meaning ; whatever may be thought about th-biUOn-
.yo)Ld2 We wU1 a1' coarseness of the times of Henry
t f It- to arlnk Just as they Fieidin- Dean Swift, there was no
u " nio uja.
At the present time the churches about what they had to say. To put ! hc sentiment that Is back of that par
maenyn0i?ferenT0,tem.erf arra,tSh ! " .f 2 i "-lar ....
rnu v . . . . "
trVrV wrnniv nr. rhrt., " ' i
,uose up tne saloons, and that means I
taxnaterf win iv.L f.lSnJ? ? '
taxpayers will have to make it ud. As
it is, we can't get money enough to
run tne cities, and the taxpayers say
taxes are too high. So vote against
prohibition. Vote as your grand
fathers and fathers did years ago.
We had no confusion in those days.
Oregon will stay wet. as it should.
F. J. ENGELKE.
To Solve Mexican Problem.
Oregon City, Or., April 18. To tha
Editor of the Journal Can you con
ceive of any way by which this United
States, through its present adminis
tration, can delegate to the Oregonian
iuu plenary powers to .settle our Mex
ican muddle in particular, and to gen
erally supervise our affairs with other
nations?
We know this is a hard nut to crack
but what else is there to do?
Constantly we are informed in Ore
gonian editorials that the Wilson-
Bryaji policies are spineless and all to
tne baa. waen the Oregonian con
demns, who may question the motive
or wisdom of this oracle?
It will scarcely answer to impute
smug hypocrisy or rankling disap
pointment at having become a party
has-been in place of former autooratie
power as representative of the G. O. P
alas! now dead.
Nay, nay! Pure and noble patriot
ism an olTnnet o-AlilrA r 1 ft....! i n
-. '.,.
of mH nrnmnt nn
of and prompt. Can you doubt It?
We repeat, how soon can ,the Ore
gonian be put In charge of our foreign
affairs? .P. OLDRICH.
De fends the Hop Industry.
Dayton, Or.. April 20. To the Editor
Of the Journal I have beerr fnllnwlns
the letters of Mrs. Ella M. Finney, who
is defending the hop situation What
would our beautiful Oregon.- really do
with prohibition? Ills temperance We
all want. We must raise ouriboys and
girls as much as possible to learn tem
perance. If prohibition gets In, what
is Oregon going to do with all its
fruits? We have apples, pears, prunes
and all kinds of small fruits. There
Is not a berry nor a tree fruit that
cannot be converted into an intoxi
cant, and from these anybody can get
as drunk as they like without resort
ing to whisky and beer. I am a wom
an and have seen all this. Why knock
the hop business any moretban the
rest of what Oregon grows? Oregon
itself uses but a very small ajnount of
hops grown here anyhow. So why not
pack up prohibition and seal it up and
bury it, and teach temperance, for that
won't kill all the industries f Oregon.
SUBSCRIBER.
Cheap Wit and VnmoralitJ'
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A London cable dispatch gave the
gist of a i talk that George Bernard
Shaw delivered on Friday before the
i
I " ," vT ZZ iU
Fabian society. He said that child
that if he were a woman his fee for
A FEW SMILES
Every one in the hotel smoking
room, with one exception, had been
holding; forth on Ms own personal
bravery and pres
ence of mind. Every
body, with the same
exception, had re
counted at least one
hair-raising- episode
In which ho figured
as the embodiment
of cool courage.
At last the silent
exception was asked if be had ever
had cause to exert his presence of
mind. - '
"Only once," he replied, yawning.
"I had dropped into a circus to pass
away a couple of hours. It was a
bright little show, and the performing
elephants were particularly wonder
ful. 'Suddenly there was a. shriek from
the women. The biggest elephant had
escaped from his keeper and was
making for the most crowded part of
the tent where I happened to be sit
tipg, by the way. There was a stam
pede of frightened people. The shrieks
of women and children filled the air,
strong men fainted, and the pande
monium reigned supreme."
The silent one's listeners gasped.
"But I am proud to say. continued
that gentleman, "that I kept my head,
and in consequence, escaped unhurt."
"What on earth did you do?" some
one asked. . '
"I? Oh, I ju6t kept on running be
hind the elephant!"
"Here, waiter," said, the rude man
in the cafe, "Ten
the orchestra to
play 'Carmen' while
I eat this beef
steak." "Yes, sir. May I
inquire why?"
"I want to hear
the Toreador song.
I feel like a bull
fighter."
"There Is a young couple in our
apartment house," he remarked, "that
my wife and myself took quite a
fancy to. They used
to come in occa
sionally and we got
very fond of them."
"Quite so."
"I used to sit and
think of how I'd
like td do something fT
handsome for them
i
if I ever got rich. You
how a fellow will dream
know
about
those things. Kver sit
and spe-
ulate on what you'd do for your friends
if you . ever got hold of any money?"
"Oh, yes!"
"Well, I'm quite a hand for dream
ing that way. For one thing I was go
ing to give this young couple a fine
Dartv. Thev are both musical and this
waa tn vo an iwnt nt enmo ma erni- i
tude, I figured I'd have Caruso to sing j
and Pederewski to accompany him. .
Some class there, eh?'
"Yes, 'indeed!"
"I used to dream by the hour of thq
big party I was going to give this
young couple if I ever got rich. But
they dished the whole scheme."
"How about that?"
"Gave a big party and 4eft us out
ne t Tnrtir.
becoming a mother would be $10,000,
and that a woman ought resolutely to
r,fH. tn hiva chiMrn nnlma nh. waa
paid for so doing. This may be bright
repartee, yet somehow most sane folk
will miss it for the simple reason that
it is not funny. Mr. Shaw often over-
w-v- hi. ,v,fmcintv t.1o
w'hatever may be said about the
inctrlinii n rid narvcrt mi mnrhirln(iu ,
uvaiu. v into bacivco w e t-aucu
their good old En81!sh names. And '
coming down nearer to our own times
v. t - mi i -..v. n
his sarcasm and satire, raying if he
were a. woman his fee for becoming a
mother would be $10,000?
The very fact that Mr. Shaw feels
so secure about himself that he deems
it profitable to pass ridicule upon
motherhood a.id that he Is unable to
grasp the deepest Joys that are denied
to man is an indication in Itself of the
peculiar and unwholesome mental at
mosphere that for the present has
fallen upon us.
Oregon Logs and Their Lesson.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
A steamer specially chartered for
the purpose, we are told, will carry
48 great Oregon logs from Coos Bay
to San Francisco. They are toa be
used as the principal pillars In the
Oregon building of the Panama-Pacific
exposition. Kach log will repre
sent a state of the American union.
and each of the states will be Invited
to supply a state flag or emblem and ,
a copper or a crass piate to pear a
suitable Inscription of the dedication.
Each log will also bear another plate
giving the name of the donor and tell
ing of the locality In Oregon where it
waa cut. The dimensions of these tim-
i bers are not given, but it will suffice
that their transportation by water has
been a difficult problem. Vessels gen
erally engaged in carrying lumber
were found to lack equipment for their
nanaung. rience tne necessity of a
1 specially chartered steamer.
The Oregon bajlding at the Panama-
Pacific exposition will, of course, be
attractive. These great pillars of
themselves are certain to arrest at
tention. It is to be hoped that they
may Impress, the visitors with the
lesson they are designed to convey..
A short time ago an Oregon contem-
j porary was disposejj to be boastful be
cause tne state had begun to ship
lumber In large quantities to the east.
No doubt the Panama exposition will
contribute toward increasing general
knowledge of Oregon's forest re
sources, and no doubt the lumber, trade
of Oregon will increase in consequence
in the years following the great fair.
: But if the thousands who shall gaze
upon the Oregon building In 1915 are
at all familiar with the destruction
of the forests in the old northwest, and
with the lorest destruction that Is
now going on In the south, they will ' as the exhibit of 1915 may Influence
rather sorrow than rejoice over the ad- j It. should be impressed by the big Ore
vertisement given by the great pillars i gon logs with the fact that conserva
to Oregon's wealth In timber. Unless ' tion and hot destruction spells devel-
all conditions change, -they cannet fall
to see Oregon's big log trees will soon
have gone the way of the trees that
once did, but do not now, cover vast
areas of the nearer - west. .
The . lesson the big logs of Oregon
should teach is that the conditions
ought to be changed, that there should
not be repeated in Oregon the shame
less destruction of forests that marked
lumbering days in other states. The
United States government is now
teaching how timber growths may'ne
harvested from-year to : year - without
impairing, but rather to the benfit of,
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
As usual, both sides quota the Bible.
Most campaign money expended is
wasted. t
I "Wool going up" which doesn't
spell Y-u-r-n." '
touched It joff.
.
Hello. Huertai see the big smoke
moving down in yur' direction?
The primary political race is on; a
few will run" well, many slowly.
As to Mexico, the country will back
up whatever President Wilson does.
-
Another ! tuberculosis cure- May It
be better than those heretofore her
alded.
A duty yet unperformed of some 83.-
ouu jviuunoman 'county men ana
women.
After the big river is sufficiently
improved, railroad feeders will be a
necessity, i . t .
. What fine, great preachers the coun
try would have If everybody went to
cnurcn regularly.
Too many people fail to obey the
scriptural ; injunction. "Become not
weary in well-doing."
Yet' there will be editors and others
who will still carp at Wilson s "spine
less aiexican policy."
Next to: baseball, the movement of
the fleets toward Mexico is the topic
or 'absorbing interest."
Huerta is said to .be. quite a joker.
but he will discover that Uncle Sam's
naval demonstration is no Joke.
AS HOTEL MEN VIEW PROHIBITION
;From Hotel Life.
Just at the moment, in circles at tho
national capltol, as elsewhere, intense
interest centers in Just what action
will, result from the report of the judi
ciary committee on the proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
United States, forever forbidding the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors in this country.
An idea of the purpose of this reso
lution is contained in section 1, read
ing: "The sale, manufacture for sale,
transportation for sale, Importation for
sale and exportation for sale of intox
icating liquors for beverage purposes
in the United States and all territory
subject to thje Jurisdiction thereof, are
forever prohibited."
In the second section of the resolu
tion congress is givent power to pro
vide "for the manufacture, sale and im
portation and transportation of intox
iratlnr liminrn for sacramental. Dhar
maceutlcal,. medicinal, mechanical or
scientific purposes, or for use in the
arts." Necessary legislation to en
force the provisions of this section of
the article is provided for in the reso
lution. An erroneous impression has crept
into the public mind that the measure,
if put squarely up to congress, follow
ing its passage out by the committee
to that body of solons, would provide
for Immediate national prohibition. In
fact the resolution merely provides for
the submission of the proposed amend
ment to the various states of the union.
Ratification by the required number
of states would sound the signal of
nation wide prohibition, and under no
other circumstances. Then, and then
only, would, or could the constitution
be amended in accordance with favor
able action on the resolution.
The position taken by Hotel Life has
always been, and will continue to be,
that you can never eradicate the sale
of liauor as long as people exist who
persist in buying and drinking it If
it is wrong to use alcoholic liquor, this
paper has always Maintained that the
best remedy to rid the country of its
manufacture and sale is to educate
the public to its non-use. Any law
framed in opposition to this belief is
rfaftlna than fhfl rrnh-
in our 4JUUI1 1 1 J luuaj " c nave a kkj--'
mopolitan population
They come from
all parts of the globe. They seek lib-
I . . . . , .i.
flag that offers them freedom. Per-
haps a majority of these people do
j believe that it is no more harmful to
drink alcoholic beverages than others
1 to drink tea or coffee. Most of them.
perhaps, have learned the lesson that
It is well known where one man's nose
ends and the other man's nose begins.
Advocates of prohibition are bring
lng to bear great pressure in an effort
to force from the Judiciary committee
its solemn pledge to report- the pro
posed resolution out to congress. This
has resulted in, many of the senators
and congressmen sealing their II pa in
the matter of committing themselvei
on the resolution.
The fact that this proposed amend
ment to the constitution, which. If
nassed would seriously affect the
HOW TO JUDGE
By John M. Oskison.
A young man came to me the other
day with a copy of a current magazine
in his hand and said:
Ts this man's advice about testing
railroad bonds sound? I'm going to
buy some, and I want to look them
up." He then pointed to these words:
"To know whether the bonds of a
railroad are good, take 'Poor's Man
ual.' 'Mundy's Earning Power of Rail
roads,' the Manual of Statictlcs,' or
any publication which reports the in
come account, 'and see what relation
the fixed charges and taxes bear to the
net Income, which is the Income over
all running expenses."
Not only is this a good rule for
Judging the safety of railroad bonda
(so I told the Investor), but it is a
good test: of all sorts of corporation
bonds. For the bond you buy is only
a piece of a corporation's debt; some
time the 'corporation has borrowed
certain sums of money which it has
agreed to repay at certain times and
on certain conditions; you are one of
the creditors the tax levying bodle3
are other .creditors.
. First of all, the corporation must
earn enough to pay taxes, otherwise
the forests. Public opinion. In so far
opment.
The Irony of Fate.
(From Llppincott's.
At the Authors' club In New Tork a
number of -members were swapping
stories, when one told a tale, during
the course- of which he more than once
used the terms "the Irony of fate."
, "That expression," remarked one of
his listeners, "may well have fitted the
emergency of your story, but I have a
better one. Once, In. San Francisco,
when I was nearly down and out, I re
i '
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OKLGO.N SIDELIGHTS
A Methodist church, free of debt.
was dedicated at Ruckles, JDouKiaa
county, on Sunday, April It.
Th. Rom, T?!vr ' Artui views with
alarm the presence of mustard and ad
monishes all whose premises are in
fested that eternal pulling is the priee
of eradication.
"The carrvine of the good roads
bonds," says the Salem Statesman.'
"will do more for Marlon county than
a dozen new railroads; it will be the
biggest thing that ever nappenea 10
this county."
The "oaint up" movement Is at work
in Astoria. "The movement," Bays the
Astorian, "Is apparently the most sys
tematic and comprenensive oi any so
far launched, its chief value being
that it alms at permanent reform ana
continued effort."
Presbyterians and the two Methodist
denominations at Bandon have com
bined in building anabernacle in which
to continue the union revival services
cow in progress under the leadership
of Pastor Thomas of the Methodist
Episcopal church South, of Coquille.
Canyon City Eagle: A meeting has
been called for May 1 at Hamilton to
discuss the division of the county. The
difficulty Will be in defining the lines.
Some advocate a straight division east
and west along a township line, and
this will meet with better favor than
a division along a watershed.
The McMinnville Register has
dropped its Tuesday edition and has
gone back to a straight weekly, speak
ing of which its neighbor, the Newberg
Graphic, says: "It shows good business
sense, according to our way of think
ing; we have never been able to figure
out where the profit comes in for a
semi-weekly local paper."
hotel and allied business Interests of
the country, might possibly be re
ported out by the Judiciary committee
to the nation's law making body is one
that should suggest to the hotel fra
ternity of the country the Intense
gravity of the situation, and the ne
cessity for prompt and decisive ac
tion looking toward active preparation
to effectively meet the exigencies of
the occasion.
Hotel Life believes in the principle
of meeting the situation at the thres
hold of the enemy. It believes that
you can always stand the surprise of a
profit better than you canJ stand the
surprise of a loss. Senator Sheppard
of Texas and Representative Hobson,
an opponent of . Democratic House
Leader Underwood, as is well known,
are insistent that the resolution be
placed before congress, and they will
force the issue, if they can. Whether
or not the measure would be defeated
at the hands of congress is a matter of
serious conjecture.
The general trend of events through
out the country in the past few months
is said to have given great encourage
ment to the prohibitionists. It is
charged that this feeling of encourage
ment is largely due to inactivity on
the part of the hotel men of the coun-
trv who falsely imagine
who ralseiy imagine memseiveM
secure in their strongholds, while the
advocates back or tne resolution nave
been working over time in their efforts
to carry men yomi vj uw tuu v
completion of the ends that inspired
the original dictation of the resolution.
It is time that the hotel men of the
country took some concerted, concrete
action through their respective asso
ciations, looking to the defeat of this
measure. They have a outy to per
form In this matter. They 'come In
oersonal contact with the larger por
tion of the traveling public the real
thinkers of the country. Their estab
lishments are either the temporary or
permanent homes of an inestimable
number of persons throughout the
land.
It is sanely declared that excessive
paternalism at the instance of the law
makers cannot but result' in individ
ualistic reaction in its most virulent
form. Admitting that It is the duty
of the lawmaker to protect the citizen,
we cannot quite agree with the "re
former" that the personal privilege of
the upright citizen should be exploited.
That is carrying paternalism to the
extreme limit. Invasion of sacred
home rights and curtailment of per
sonal' liberty is always bound to meet
with resentment.
Hotel Life has always advocated
that temperance will never be enforced
by man made laws. Unless it is the
statute of making a man believe that
lie does not . need what he knows he
wants, and what ia necessary for his
physical welfare and comfort, any ef
fort to the contrary is bound to fail.
Wherever this policy has been pursued
rank failure staiks prominently in the
way. This paper believes in regulating
what you cannot control.
Hotel- men of the country should
know, heed and unite to defeat any at
tempt on the part of any legislative
body to obstruct their legitimate right
to conduct any legitimate business in
a business way.
SAFETY OF A BOND
T, ,f
the state would sell It out.
must earn the Interest charges on the
money it Dorroweu tne interest -u
the bond fti hold must be met regu-
larly, or else the corporation will be
sold by the bondholders. It must con
tinue to show earnings which will be
large enough to pay off Its borrowed
money when due or justify it in re
newing its obligations.
Second, the corporation should earn
enough above all running expenses to
pay dividends on the money which was
actually used by the owners of its
eterk In establishing and pushing tho
business, for if the stockholders have
no prospect of getting returns on their
investment they are not likely t feel
very greatly concerned over the fate of
the bondholders.
If you find, in a corporation's re
port of Income, that 90 cents of every
dollar earned must be paid out In taxes
and bond interest, you had bes pass,
on to consider some other corpora-1
tlon's bonds. ,
ASK yoursen mis iiorauou wnou
DUying a OOIIU. M It lO l" uiiiwriuun
represented by this bond is dis -
charged? If the answer is yes, buy; If j
no, don't buy.
celved a money order from home . in
the sum of $40, and the only man who
couli Identify me was one to Whom I
owed $38."
liis-gUsh Prudence.
' From Punch.
Mrs. Brfggs So there's not going to
be a postal strike after all, Mrs. John
son. '
-Mrs. Johnson (remembering th coal
strike) Well, you never can tall but
what It may come at any moment; so
I shall lay in a good stock of stamps
now. ' - - '
To lighten the labor of housewives,
a swinging stool has been . invented
that may be fastened to a kitchen sink
support.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
he pioneers, didn't have much
m,iiey,.,J.Ut tny-nl lt of devotion
and willingness., to put their shoulder
wheel." said Rev. C. II. Mat-. .
toon, who for more than 60 years has
..aw BaPut minister in Oregon.
About All they hud when they got
here were the clothes they stood In .
and a gaunt and jaded yoke of oxen. '
They, had plenty of land, more than-
plenty, but no mmnv
I aidn t get nor did we exoect much in
the way of payment Tor our work. Lit-
tie as the pioneer Baptists had, they
were willing to contribute their pro
duce, their labor and their energy to
ward advancing the cause of education""
and religion.
"School was started In the Baptist '
church at Oregon City shortly after its
completion in 1819. Rev. Iieseklau
Johnson started a school in tho church
building and put his niece in as teach--er.
Late in 1849 Rev. Ezra Fisher, a T"
Baptist minister, became teacher. It
was decided to start a Baptist college. "
Dr. John McLoughlin had contributed-
a lot for the church and he now gave
Bouna ior a tfaptist college. By 185S
Kev. Mr. Fisher &nd Rev. Mr. John
son had pledges of about S1000, pay
able In lumber, labor, supplies and
money. They put up a three story
building 34 by 60 feet and laid the
nucleus for a Baptist college In Ore- '
gon. Rev. Ezra Fisher, Rev. Hese- " '
kiah Johnson, J. R. Robb and Joseph
Jeffries bought 600 acres of land near
Oregon City for $5000. They donated
to the college a tract 940 by 2640 feet -and
divided the rest of the claim
among themselves. After teaching for
two years, Rev. Mr. Fisher was suc
ceeded by Rev. OeorKe C. Chandler and -J.
S. Read. Mr. Read was soon suc-
ceeoea by J. D. Post.
"It was planned to train -yourtg men
to become Baptist ministers. After "
hard struggle the college was com-
pelled to suspend. In January, 1856.
a charter was secured for the Oregon
City university, which succeeded to
therproperty and rights of the Oregon
City college. The university was un
able to carry on the work, the school
building fell Into decay and was finally .
torn down and the grounds sold.
"In 1855 a school was started at Mc
Minnville by Rev. John McBride. Rev.
S. C. Adams, William Dawson and W.
T. Newny. all of whom were members
of the Christian church. M. C. Adams,
whose son. L. K. Adams, now lives in
Tortland, finding It Impossible .to
carry on the school, offered it to the
Baptists in 1S56 if they would convert
the school into a Baptist college. In
addition to the school they offered 3H
acres of land as an Inducement and
their proposition was accepted.
"In the winter of 185S and 1857 a tL
frame building 30 by 80 feet, costing .'.
13600, was put up. In 1858 a charter
was secured. Henry Warren, who was
secretary of the board of trustees, came
to us and said: 'We cannot assume
responsibility for this school. We will
furnish the building, but we cannot -guarantee
you any salary. If you
want to take hold of it and make It
go, all right. Whatever you make is -yours,
whatever you lose is your loss.'
We accepted his proposition. ' Rev. ft.
C. Chandler, John D. Post and myself
j were the first faculty. Professor Pont
taught the languages, with the dead
! and live ones. I taught mathematics
'ana natural science, while Rev. Chan-
dler taught mental and moral plUl
osophy, Kngllsh literature and the arts.--
"By New Year we had 176 pupils
enrolled. I traveled all over the val
ley, securing over $11,000 in pledges on '
scholarships and nearly a thousand
dollars on the general subscrrp'rion.
Professor Post and myself both,-' re
signed and in I860 Rev. Sir. Chandler
also resigned.
"Tn Xprll, 18B1, the trustees turned
the school over to me. 1 offered to
run It or five years. In August, 1862,
Rev. Mr. Chandler and myself leased,
the school for five years. In Mnrch, '
186!, I resigned and shortly there
after Rev. Mr. Chandler also resigned.
"Professor J. W. Johnson, later the
first president of the state unjyersity,
took over the work t this timfc, with
the help of John Hall and Mrs. S. K.
Morse. By the winter of 1864- he had
120 students. In March, 1863. the trus
tees leased the school for five year's
to Professor J. W. Johnson at $200 a
year, the rent to be paid not in cash,
but In Improvements. Two of my pu--
plls later became distinguished In Ore
gon's political life one was Governor
Woods, the other Congressman Mc
Bride." The Ragtime Muse
April.
April, .i.v.
Irish through and through.
Here's my caubeen off to you!
Look you! now my head Is bare,
Prop your tears upon my hair.
Weep your fill upon me, then
Warm me with your sun again.
Here's my heart! O! make its strings
Populous with linnets' wings.
8o your holy birds are there
Not a hs'porth do I care;
Mute witb sorrow, wild wltfh glee,
So they make their home in me.
Aorll.
, D-ad, forgotten days
Tremble in your dim blue haze;
! All the glories of the race
Klloker on your mobile face.
j (;Hmnfr In your golden lipht;
Martyrs, nanctiliej by pain,
Murmur In your silver ram.
All your smiles and all your tears
Voicing now our hopes and fears,
April. Irish through and through.
Here's my caubeen off to you!
Pointed Paragraphs
Gentlemen are necessarily conceited
because a gentleman never forgets
himself.
The more you talk to a man about
himself the more intelligent he thinks
you are. .
Ton are wrong. Cordelia. Earth
quakes assuredly were not Invented by
Quakers.
meum,, married man dislikes
vlU p,op,e who trjr to mak, Mm
feel at horrie
ItMinl tn TU.
i From the Louisville Courter-JournsJ.-:
There will always be special privi
leges. Some fellows can get a kiss
where others cah't
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