THE : OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE V 27, 1914.
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When You Go Away
Have The Journal nt to
your Summer address.
I cU that mind free which
proUmt itself against the usur
pation of society . -William
Kllery Channlng.
WHAT WK OWK tI.OMBIA
Til K United, States cannot af
ford to perpetuate the wrong
It. committed against Colom
bia. The fact that Colombia is a
weak nation is no excuse fdv us
to refuse her an honorable settle
ment. In the' moment -when the
Washington government has sig
nally won the unbounded respect
and confidence of every country on
the Western Hemisphere, it is no
time for us to play the bully.
The facts as to how we got the
Panama canal torte are not even
debatable. The whole unfortunate
story Is history. French' money
financed the Panama revolution by
buying the disloyalty of a suf
ficlent number of Colombian sol
dlers, and our hasty recognition of
the new republic of Panama pre
vented Colombia from recovering
her lost territory. .
The French Canal Company was;
unable to build the canal. The
pronpect that the United States'
would build a competitive canal
through Nicaragua destroyed the
credit of the French company. Tho
latter's concessions from the Co
lombian government were about to
expire, and the French' were ex
tremely anxious to sell to the
United States. They had been ask
ing $100,000,000 for their plant,
their, excavations and their fran
chises, The French were represented In
the United States by William- Nel
son Cromwell,, who for' years led
the paid lobby , of the French com
pany in 'its effort to defeat Ameri
can legislation for an Isthmian
canal. The Hay-IIerran "treaty
which the Colombian Eenate unani
mously rejected was not 'drafted
by Secretary Hay or by Senor Her-
ran, the Colombian charge. In the
main, it Was the work of William
Nelson Cromwell, who, as the New
York World declares, "took Senor
H err an to Secretary Hay's 'homo- at
night, and induced him to sign the
. proposed treaty, although a cabled
gram was on its way from. Bogota;
ordering Herran not to sign." The
World adds: " "'
The Panama revolution was bought
and, paid for by French" canal "inter
esta. Tit money that bought and
paid for It was pent from New York,
and was used to bribe Colombia sol-
. dtera. , The plot was , carefully . laid.
The revolution was handled by em
ployes of the Panama railroad.
In the part we played in this
business, we wronged Colombia.
As an honorable nation and as a
matter, of simple justice, we should
make reparation. Perhaps the $25,
. 000,000 of the treaty is too large.
but a, Just repartiQn Is g , duty , we
owe Colombia in the common hon
. vsiy oeiween one nation ana a
.wronged neighbor nation. ,.
TWO GREAT REFORMS
T
HE plural voting and the
Welsh disestablishment bills
have passed the British House
of Commons for the third
time and will now hecorae laws6 re
gardless of the. Lords. i.-Enactment
of these measures marks a long
- step forward In the fight for re-
, form in Great Britain.
Under the law as ft was a prop
erty owner could vote in as many
districts as he owned property.
. General elections are not held on
. the same day,, thus making it pos-
sible for the landed Briton to trav
el from one district to another,
easting a vote in each. Under the
new law, a plural' voter, who was
'. In reality- a legalized repeater, must
' select (me district In which, he will
be allowed to vote.
It la estimated that between four
and five per cent of the total elec
torate In England and Wales has
been non-resident, . But this does
1 not shew the full strength of
plural voting because it does not
Include suburban residents ; who
"'could vote where, both office and
' . home were. The new law Isex
peeted to add material strength -to
: ' the Liberal party, . It , goes into
effect before the next general elec-
- tion and may he the determining
, . factor in close constituencies, r
.Under tho disestablishment law
, the established church of -Wales is
the established church no longer,
A Btate-suDPortfd religion is
stripped of its prerogatives and is
left to stand on its own feet like
. . ;the ponconforralst sect. ; ;'V i '
7 The effect of this law is expected
. ,to bt ' f ar-reachlhg. in 19M the
Liberals were pledged to "a radioa
. ' reform in the public school system
whereby staterelded. church schools
should be .superceded - by nonsec
tarian schools.- A blll passed the
House of Commons, but the Lord
killed it. Now, with Welsh dises
tablishment out of the way, the
Liberals 'propose to : proceed with
their program for nonsectarian pub-
tic schools. - ,
PORTLAND KOT AN ASS
P
ORTLAND is not a fool.
' She does hot even Jook the ,
part. That she will never
play it, can be set down 'as
settled,- v
If, after one short year of trial.
Portland would abandon commis
sion - government. ua rwt .uvj j
aidermanic form, she would be an j
ass, and . nobody will dispute it.
The proposal would be instantly
resented by thousands who would
Insist on saving this fair town
from such a colossal folly.
No city that has ever once adopt
ed commission government has ever
gone back to the aldermanic sys
tem. t In nearly, every commission
city attempt has been made to get
back' to the for mer plan, but In
every known lnstancethe proposed
change has failed. It would fail
in Portland.
There is no reason for anybody
to jte) anything now tb interfere
with the present city government.
There may be minor faults. There
may be administrative acts that
small groups or even large groups
do not like. i
But that Is no reason for a re
call. It is no reason for changing
government. It is no reason for
restoring the old aldermanlo Plan
I under which the-, tfgents of Big
IXje-w i - .a
sineBs useo 10 go into me- coun
cil chamber and whisper Into the
ears of councllmen while the body
was in session. It is no reason for
going back to a system in which
It Is well known that there were
times when some members of the
council got a -dlvy on every yard
of paving laid in the city,
Portland's government la wide
open now. The mayor gets no
drawback on paving. Mr. Daly gets
no divy on paving. Mr. Bigelow
gets no Bide graft out of the paving.'
Mr. Dieck gets no side money out
of the paving. Mr. Brewster gets
no percentage out of the paving.
There is not a man in Portland
who will publicly accuse, either of
them, on such a charge. There is
not a man Jn Portland who has the
slightest suspicion on the point.
There Is literally no scandal.
Everybody knows that the heads
of departments at the city hall, are
honest men and that they are con
ducting government honestly. Never
before was the public business of
Portland , conducted so completely
in. the open or so entirely within
full view of all the people.
What 'folly to go back to the old
system In which nobody knew, any
thing about anything?
SAVE THE REMNANTS
A'
" T COPCO on the Klamath
river, a few miles south of
the Oregon boundary line,
the California & Oregon
Power Company is installing a mil
lion dollar power plant from which
the towns of Southern Oregon and
Northern California are to be sup
plied with electricity for lighting
and power purposes.
XThe location is an ideal one.
The river has cut a narrow pas
sage through a rock wall a hun
dred or more feet high and can be
easily controlled. Above is a small
amphitheatre that will make a
splendid reservoir
It is estimated that at this plant
106,000 horsepower will be devel
oped at a less cost than any place
in the United States and possibly
in me world, with the exception
of Norway.
Viewing the site the thought
naturally comes that here 13 a con
crete argument in favor of state or
federal, control of power sites as
opposed to private ownership.
.me great architect of the uni
verse created the site and a few
individuals have come alonar and
made appropriation of that which
was tne property of all. If it were
possible to control the air supply
and meter it out to consumers the
man who could do so would he as
Justly entitled to charge so much a
cudio root, and claim perpetual
ownership. : ;
The day-should be hurried when
the remnant of shore lands on
navigable stream and power sites
win ds saved to the public.
THE NEW BANKING lAy
A'
NNOUNCEMENT isjnade that
the National, City Bank of
New York has decided to es
tablish a branch institution
at : Buenos Aires. The First Na
onal Baok .pf: Boston is said to
be contemplating a similar move
Even before the banking and . cur
rency law - pas its machinery at
work plans have been made for
using u m behalf of American bus
iness in South America.
It is the beginning of a big
tuovtjiusBi lor tne promotion of our
foreign trade,:. It is evidence that
President Wilson'i insistence upon
adequate , banking : legislation was
Dasea upon a true vision- ofJ
toe country s commercial needs.
Branch banka ln South America
were made possible by the ; law
which the president forced through
vongresa in the face of determined
oppoitipn. -
American, salesmen in south
America have been at a disadvan
tage because ;they were not up
ported ; by - banks " and- steamship
lines. Heavy . annual commissions
have" been paid to European banks
for handling puis of exchange rep
resenting our.'. financial. dealings
with foreign " countries.' These i
banks naturally use their influ-'
enoe for the success of men and!
firms of their own country.
The German banks in South
America are recognised as the out
posts of great industrial groups.
The British foreign banking system
directs Its efforts toward, the, pro
motion of British Interests. It U
a practice for European capital to
insert in a contract that the ma
terlal atQd - B construction shall be
European. If a railroad project is
financed by British money, ; the
constructing company is required
to use British rails and the rail
road to use British equipment.
American banks with foreign.
branches will be in a position o
impose like requirements. The
new banking and currency law
gives them an opportunity to place
our foreign trade on a parity with
that . of Europe, Announcement
that thai hanlra sr Bizine nnon i
ii "-j. j... I
i,uc vPi)vriUMHy-.i..uww "'
Wilson legislation is in the inter-
est f the United States.
THE RECORD
r
N HIS Brownsville speech, Dr.
Withyeombe .was right! In his
insistence that Democratic gov
ernors have used the veto to a
far greater extent than have Re
publican governors. He was entire
ly right in his inference that Demo
cratic governors are . more likely
to use the veto than are Republican
governors. " .
Tho public records show that in
31' years. Republican governors
have been at the head of the state
government a total of 14 years,
and Democratic governors a total
of 17 years. In the period, Repub
lican governors vetoed six bills, and
Democratic governors 243 bills.
The vetoes of the Republican gov
ernors combined, saved the -state
a total of $5000. The vetoes of
the Democratic governors saved the
taxpayers almost two million dol
lars directly, and a great deal more
indirectly. ,
In the period, the legislature al
ways happened to be overwhelming
ly Republican. At no time was
there a sufficient representation of
the minority to seriously challenge
the purposes 'or plans of the ma
jority, a condition, that always
leads tq recklessness and extrava
gance. Wherever and whenever the ma
jority of a legislative body is over
whelming, the natural tendency, re-H
gardless of what may be the party
of the majority, is to be unre
strained and unstinted in its acts,
whether In making laws or passing
appropriations. It is one of the
certain consequences of a legisla
ture in which there is not a strong
minority to dispute the majority
progress or challenge its ends.
That is why Democratic gover
nors have been more bold -and de
pendable in the use of the veto. It
Is natural for it to be so, for the
strong Democratic governor with
the veto in his hand can be a pow
erful check-to the extravagance of
a reckless and undisputed majority.
This freer use of the veto by
Democratic governors has not been
because a Democrat is a Democrat
or a Republican a Republican, but
because the Republican governors
were disposed to agree with the Re
publican, legislatures we have had,
while Democratic governors were
more disposed to oppose and to
question their appropriations.
Dr. Withycombe is perfectly
right in his inferential suggestion
that slight nse of the veto is to he
expected from Republican gover
nors and a large use of the veto Is
to be expected from Democratic
governors.
The public record, of the savings
by Democratic governors is almost
$2,000,000 and by Republican gov
ernors only $5000.
A NATION Ali CELEBRATION
E
SPECIAL significance will ho
given to the celebration of
the Fourth of July at Phila-.
delphla this year. President
Wilson has consented to be pres
ent and join with the governors of
the thirteen original st&es of the
union, senators and representatives
iln the exercises.
It is hoped that this will ha the
first of a series of annual events
which will make of Philadelphia a
political Mecca where pilgrims will
worship at tha shrine of liberty In
Independence Hall where the Dec
laration of Independence was for
mulated and from whence it was
promulgated. . In short, it is de
sired to nationalize the annual cel
ebration of the nation's birthday
In Philadelphia by the participant
tion of the .president and official
of the original states every year.
The movement appeals to sen tit
ment as an. inspiration for patriot
ism In the yearg to come, Ffcua
delphla was formerly the capital
of the nation, and ls filled - with
monuments that recall the early
history of the government. .
The plan is splendid, and there
is none to more fitly officiate at
its first application than the roan
who has given a new birth of free
dom to American finance, to Amer
ican business and to the American
people, , ' j
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING
0
NS; of the conclusions reached
at the latp international Ad
vertising Convention ,r t To
ronto waa that it pays to teilj
th? truth la advertising! and ;tha
an article that win not stnd the
light of truth is not worth being
advertised.
. This conclusion proves that con
ditions la the commercial world
are growing better. From time im-
memorial among traders there has
existed a doctrine that business
lies were white lies and were par
donable . because they were neces-
sary tosucceas; that If a merchant
toid the truth about , his goods he
would never sell them. 'The prin
ciple was probably first laid down
by some 'old Aryan Judge in his
decision of , a case involving the
sale of a decrepit horse wherein
the worsted buyer was told that the,
burden of care was upon hira.-
As civilization . becomes more
complex the "doctrine r of 'Caveat
emptor" is going out of existence
and i the time may come when a
groceryman will confess that there
is sand In his sugar, a horse
trader acknowledge that his hors
is blind in one eye and an auto
mobile dealer admit that a rival
car has a better transmission.
, Truth in business is the cor-
nerstcne of success. While there i
will ever hn thnu nt narrnw vw I
. J . . J
conceal me irutn aDOUv I
ineir goods for the sake of a sale
j without regard for a repatatlon,
the true business man will sacri
fice the exchange of an inferior
article to build upa name that
will merit respect and confidence.
Letters From the people
(Communlcatlona unt tn Th. ImihiiI for 1
publication to Itala datmrtmant ahouls ba writ.
ten on only p tide pf tbt paper, aboultl sot
icced 3W word la leiigtb and mut be -
conipanieu or tue nam and addreta of the I
r-H'fc. S-?,!LwSfia M !.!.?
. - . 1
"DiicuaeleD la the creaieat or all reform-1
a. it rationalises everrtuina It lHrhpa. It I
rob principle of all falae aanetitr and I
S&STRVil
eroohea them out ot exiateoceHBd sata up it
own eonelualana in thalp n..il."Wnu(MV I
WUagi.
Takes Issue With Mrs. Duniway.
Portland, Or., June 27. To the Bdi
r of The Journal In making reply
thav several letters of Abigail Scott
t h r, .I..' alT, inV
Duniway which have appeared In your
.,... w. I
columns In thrpast few months. Xf"
w - . V.v ti .
- Th- r
my brow as they have en the vener-
able exponent of equal rights .for botn
sexes, Ana wiuio tnu omn nvr
superior ability and larger experience
in dealing with the question of votes
for women, I shall question her treat-1
mem. 01 tne liquor tramc. ooa uiea
to say good words for the existing or-
der of things and prophesies dire ca- torcti law, order and temperance." The dice or misled as to tha truth con
lamitiea if conditions are changed, but premise Itself is absolutely illogical, cerning the "Republic of Panama"
William Jennlngs Bryan says that it ls a contradiction in terms to say and the causes leading to its inoon-
, tvvu w
u l.YVf l awwrean wn.
Kne casts tne entire blame on in
man who Is not strong enough to re-1
elst tb colossal accumulation of sug-
gesttve temptation which meets his eyo.
at every turn, superadded to inherited
tendencies, and reasons that his pun- I
lshment is Just on account of hia weak-
But tne punisnment visitea upon
the victim of strong drink, heavy I
though it ba is small compared with
..wv.. "I4 ".
fond Wife and the Children. WhO, but
lor uis iiui, miuia tnjojr it appj nomg
With all the Pleasures Of Childhood.
These results, however sad. are lim-1
J Al .h T ' i
" vu woo 'v.
ciety me cnanga irom a Dunaer to a
destroyer, from a conservator of order
aim ueceuu, irrWawi wno
oaxo ana aeepuig aeaiana pouco,
juu,., wU1w, w, nU,ni.nw,
formatories snd almshouses. It is a
leartuj price we pay lor tne perpetua-
tlon Of a. few hop fielOa, Which WOUld I
bring their owners more money plant-
eq to aiiaira. sugar oeets ana logan I
ior 11 ""fP"" oa
". '- " u
nunareas or saioon men. who can I
. A . . .y . . 1
uc,.,a vo-w.m wuon iuir energies
n mwiai.w uyuunuiHg jaaiesa v
isami aown. I
EDWARD McLERNON.
Mr. .lnscow. unuiengee.
ST W 1 . . a a-s a m I
Portland, June J7. To the Editor ef
The Journal I notice in Mr. Cooper's I
repiy to uua m, inney that he aays
the whiskey trust is a soulless corpor- I
atlon that knows no mercy. While
this may be true, I wish tq ask Mr.
Cooper if this la the only soulless
eornoratlon. an if It la nnt a fact that I
the liauor dealers hav. the same right en." Who does that? The Jolly, good ,y eaPbl an.d intelligent young wom
to form a trust as any other commer- fellow that sets up the drinks. The en who earn from 125 to 940 a week
olal bodv? If ha would nrohihit una man behind the bar. Tha cltv rnimril Two of the five who live together
trust from doing business, why not
prohibit all, and establish a great co-
operatlve commonwealth, and then
righteousness. Justice and equality
would reign ao far aa soulless coroor-
ations ara concerned.
The question before the peoola of
this state is whether we shall prohibit
the sale ef liquors. Hauor is the fruit
of tha earth, the same aa any other
commodity. Why prohibit the use of
It? It ls a stimulant and nourishment
to the body. Prohibition Is a fanatical
erase that will blow over like a cy-
clone. It has been threshed over tor
nearly a century, and little ha been!
accomplished. A lot of prohibition
orators have been imported Into this
State tO Stir UD Strife. I Challenge
them all to meet me fsae te face on the
floor of any public hall in this state
In a Joint debate of two huors. I will
show them that I am no scoundrel nor
oowara, nor am x airaia to aerend my
honest convictions at any time or
P10- .
EDWIN A. LINgQOTT.
v rromuiuun tuu inumirT.
sra T.il.lil M W -S)
T3.vf leia-rv Tun a 7 T the
The Journal in my opinion the con.
W viumu, as -a. wi V-U Jf ft
tention fpr a wet Oregon la an argu.
meht tq gratify an' abnormal and de-
p raved appetite. It is an argument
for an Indulgence which la plainly
against moral uplift. It la a conten.
tion for a dangeroua personal liberty
to debauch oneself, a Personal liberty
any true man or woman ought to b
ashamed to ask for;, yet soma other,
wise good women are contending for it,
On the other hand, tha contention
for Oreaen dry is a contention far a
bigher conception ef life, an effort tq
safeguard xnto, and women, Joe,
against hurtful appetites.
As for the contention that prohibl-
tion would destroy many of the Indus,
tries or tne atate, 1 no not mm tne
effect would bq serious, but I hope
we may have a chance to vote on a
bill thta fall to establish a state de.
partment of tnfluatry. , whereby men
may ba given an opportunity to create
wealth and receive the full value of
their labor. TP ig would give thq aa.
loon people an opportunity to de
something of real, worth to soclaty, and
also, aolvq our question of unemploy-
ment vary effectively,
Wine and Mosaic J-,w,
TamhilL Or.. June l.Te the Editor
of The journal- H M, Finney, wriulveU. In' speaking of the Colombia
lng June 22. aays If sne attempted tql treaty ape tne payment ntr we umieqido not tnina tnat wnai cannot pa jusu
Improve Goda handiwork She would I States of $25,000,000 on account of the if led tn the case of .individuals can be
not. above all else, use wine, where
Christ said; "Do this In commeraora.
tion of me.' From- Christ's -tfhsrae-1 bla.. by wmcq we ware to get certain i aupport tne aaroimstrauon er rres
tar, wo know that ha used unfennanted I eonccaalonarfo a stipulated sum. That I dent Wilson in his straightforward.
wine. Another quotation ana -wseai
aivoC sjrong drink to him that Is
A FEW SMILES
"Hurray!", yelled father. "Hurray
a couple of times!" ,
"What In the
world is the mat
ter?" asked mother.
"You " act ' like, a
monkey!"
, "I've Juet discov
ered 'a. wonderful
thing!" father . re
plied. . "Here'a one
town In Mexico with a nam , that Is
pronounced exactly like it la spelled!"
During the short seven years of her
life, little Florence Louise bad become
duly impressed with the prevalence of
specialists in the
medical profession.
One day, returning
from a visit to a
small playmate, she.
Calmly announced:
"Reha swallowed a
button.- - Lrtvy
'Are you not wor
ried about her?" she was asked.
"Oh. she will get alona all riant!"
Florence Louisa coranlacentiv renlled. I
n-j,v nt for a reirular button dooi I
tor".judae.
"JarVc aairi tha mtini m. f ffr I
jacK. satq tne young wile arter I
ams nao just aanow i
wiin nsr nusoano, I
vn'Ta ff.rtalnW Im I
proved wonderfully 1
l i li inaj rtrora, uui m iaai in rosy not
'.5 i.v5:have suffered much, more than the
uvn t you r.moiw i
how frightfully . you I
used to
dresses?"
tear my
"Yes." replied Jack. "I wasn't buy
ing them then."
"a.1y to perish and win. to him that
h.av nf Via art "
Through the evolution Of the race a
rr.it minv art. that win nnt crlmtal
nr .im. mn I
BV'abov.V quotation comes under the
old Mosaic directions and laws, butll"" BU-
. t- i.. v.. .1 1 I
r:: "t::, I.
...-vs. , i
becoming Intolerable to every sober
minaea oerson.
?ln- unk, ayln afterwards 1
"tin h.lim ilrnnt tin mnra thin fifltoh.
lisbing temperanca." Strange to say.
since then people have not been living
up to temperance. Noah saw that It!
ws not fc"00 to drunken, so he
Bt0pped. but there are thousands upon
thouBana. who e not ,0 wlse Noah
n this rnrt Thn wa mnet n.
a "X foThenT' A?,lS
Bhall that remedv be? Nothin will
uff ice but the total annihilation of
this destructive agency. Her article 1
concludes- with; "Vote, wet. "for. on.
sucn a tning is true, i no uquor proo-
Jem IS tne cause or most Of our nolltl- I
0ai and social troubles. Wa should cut
the roots of these trees of blood and
crime, and vote dry, for enforced law.
order and temDeranc.
WILLIAM C. M'ELHANET
. . ...
More Scripture on Liouor.
Newnort. Or.. June 24 To the
tor of Tha Journal T'n.. t..
12. Mr. Bexen said. "The attempt was
iirsn maae y prohibitionists to show
that the Blbla waa faynmhU th.l. I
c,s. - and. "Tha nnnonont. nt P...
hlbltion have shown that nothing In I
h nihia ran ha Mn.tnii o. m.
muiaing . total abstinence or favoring
tne doctrine or prohibition."
Tha Rihi cava nvin. i . ,ov.
Utrong drink a br'awler, and whosoever
arreth thereby is not wine." "Be no I
among- winebibbera, for the drunkard 1
mm come to novertv." "who hath
woe? Who bath sorrow? Who hath
contentions? ' Who hath comnlalnlna?
Wh hath vmin. wltnnnt a
who hath redness of ayes? The an,
aewer Is plain and positive: "They
that tarry long at the wine. They that
go to seek mixed wine." " I
rin nmmanl4a "t.v n
...... 1 " vrv b.iww V. JJVil
the wine when U is red; when Jt givttil
its color in the cup; when it goeth
down smoothly." Then, as a narent
o a child. He axnlalna whv. aavina-
atlngeth like an adder." This lan-
' "w M
guage is incapable of any ether mean
lng than Just what It saya plainly. To
drinK is a violation of a divine com
mand, and is, therefore, a sin.
Concerning: the traffic the Bible
says, "Woe unto him that glveth his
neighbor to drink, that puttee t thy
hottl to him and makest him rir,mlr-
issuing license tq sen. Kvery voter
that votes a wet ticket. The state or
national government, or any political
party, that upholds and defends the
license system.
I Liquor revenue to pave streets or
otherwise build or beautify cities Is
blood moneys "Woe unto him that
buildeth a town with blood and estab-
Hsneth a city with iniquity." What
does the Bible say about license mon-
y ' " is not lawful to put it Into
J the treasury, for It ls the price, of
t10m. ne entire uquor business la
Sin and crime. B. W. DURKEE.
v
- me Business situation.
Portland, June J7. To the Editor of
Tha Journal Tn mv wav of thtnklnn-
the railroad stock alumn la owina- tn
I the fact that the Interesting publiu
I are now fully cognisant that almost
all rail systems are ao weighted with
watered stock Incumbrances that it
ia doubtful if they are worth anythim
at all. Two other considerations have
weight; one is that the Panama canal.
now on the eve of operation with Its
cneaper xreigni irom ocean to ocean,
Will dftdUCt millions
Of dollars in
I ' 1 " ' 1 ' "
freight and passenger carriage now
prevailing, ana muring wnoiiy to tha
railroads. The necessitous decline in
freight and passenger transportation
rates will affeqt nearly every great
system in tha country.
Tne otner is ttiat tne motor truck
affords a method whereby a large pro.
portion of lnterurban traffic is ran-,
idly being taken from the rail sys.
tema.
I xnese laciora must exert a power -
1 ful influence' In the downward ten.
dency of railroad stock and are the
fundamental reasons for tha depres-
sion complained of-
-The Oregonian seeks to pour Oil en
the muddled situation it helps to ere.
ate, anu t cvii-vicwe oy aa-
clarlng that good times are now mani.
feat, contrary to Its previous grue.
some misgiving. But the cloak will
not cover tha delinquencies of the
money-bund. ' , , 1;
Mr. t-awson explains the situation
as wneuy owing te.tns nnanciai ba-
rons, whom the bankers in session
at Medford recently gave accent teTn
pronounced Wanner. ' -
j CIXAS. P. CHURCH. .
. , ,.
Difiree With ItOOSevelt,
r Portland. Or- June 27-Te the Ed.
I itor of Tne Journal Theodora Raoae.
I Panama canai sons, caus i .Dj&curpan.
I We entered Into a treaty with Caiom.
I treaty paapeq our naitata. nuv tea w
I Pass the senate Of . Colombia. . Will
PERTINENT COMMENT
BMALli CHANGS
-At any ratebneral Huerta qualifies
as the greatest about-to-doer of his
tory. s.
Possibly congress has acquired the
bablt and now cannot bring itself to
adjourn. . . :
Mr. Wilson knowa how to make an
ultimatum of harveyised steel when oo
casion demands.
i
Huerta aavs that he wish to re-J
tire with credit- But, no doubt, he U I
willing to dvaeount jt for casu.
New York li roovinc to' get rid of
Its "fake rausio teachers. If It fol
lows ud the innovation with war on
fake music It will deserve a medal.
Every ' time eonaress or the ttresl-
dent Is asked to leave business alone
something turns up that demands the
attention of an investigating commit
tee. - '
Well, th country atriiaaled alone for
?ulte u while without the polo cup be
ors ever it was brought over hers.
Mayb we can endure the deprivation
that It has gone back.
If -it is all the same to those sav-
"l. worm wouiu priar mi inny
dev8e something that will make It Im
mune from mosquitoes rather than
zrom tne ellects or mosquito Dltes.
"""" -n.nursi may noia ine nunnr
natlent rounz man who absentm nded
iy married a girl who could not cook.
White Wolf" must have nicked ud a
volume of the memoirs of G hen sis
Khan, which would make stimulating
mental food for an oriental with some
trusty followers and .unlimited ambi
tion, -
still in high school the
wmilii Inaa thai nairaillar At
inar a rnltif. frmhniDi an1 .onhnmnr.
U y
romy it would not be any great
narasthtp ror the American soiaier ana
ailor boys to pick up their June brides
irom among tne rair unoniai o: vera
dion or international amity.
OUR DUTY TOWARD COLOMBIA
Prom the Philadelphia Publio Ledger
' (Republican.)
'a nvmmmnt
' .
T". BJ? J'JPl?
,or tn high-handed "taklng-'of Pan-
am by President Roosevelt Is the
Judgment or all fair-nunded Amer
leans not blinded bir nartlaan nralu.
tlort This much may be admitted
without anr.antlna- as a eorollapv
the untenable belief that tha Colore
bians in repectlng the terms offered
bv tha Hav-Harren treaty were ac-
tuated by a spirit of patriotism.
The grasping greed of tha Colom
bians threatened to permanently de
lay an international enterprise of
vital Importance to the whole west-
Pn vamsni.r. . n t,.i n.iiAa
called for prompt and vigorous ac-
tion to prevent disaster. But It did
not n.ll tnr tha Hallharata vlnl.tlnn
nf tha anlamn araatv kKIImMm a
tha TTnita Ktataa tn nrnl.rt fnlATn-
hi. in n..iiit .!, T..h.
mus, nor the fabrication of an In
surrectlon to give the color of regu
intv tn a in tha o.n.i
If. tha emergency was one that called
for force, and it probabily was. it
would have been more honest for the
united states to exercise Its cowur
at the expense of Ha weaker nelgb-
bor and to leave It to the interna.
I tlonnl tribunal at Tha Him. tn fl.
the compensation to Colombia for
the actual losses It might have suf-
I fered.
I Thaaa fact. mn k. v.n. min
1 " " wr- ' 1 ' ' '
la considering the merits of the
treaty laid before the senate by Sec
I retary Bryan. Everv administration
since the "takinar of Panama' hi.
THE TRAINED NURSE
By John M. Oskieon:
I know a group of trained nurses
who live together In New York, and
who thus cooperatively combat the
I high COSt f living. Thy are high
nana accuunu. una naa iu
cnecmng account ana a, savings ac-
count; she actually has saved over
200 fter for or 'lv y of hard
work. Her checking account hovers
I around 1100. She is the John D. Rock
efelier of the group, though another
nurse known to them has saved over
$3000 In about 15 years of killing ef-
i ana stern seir aemai..
Those five nurses will never save
anythjng like ioo apiece tney won i
I consent to dress as dowdtly and live
as rrugauy us ineir iriena nas a one.
I They hope to quit nursing after a
lme and marry. The man they marry
win men taae up tne ouroen oi n
r-snclng, which they will gladly put
I OOwn.
But I'm not aura that all of this
run f five will be able to find the
I rtht sort of husbands. "Any msn at
I Roosevelt, or hit of his aunDorters.
I nninmbia did not hav a tha riant to
reject the treaty? If she did not have
I anew rlrht. It waa an absurdity to go
I through the form of submitting It to
1 her senate. If Colombia had a right
I to reject the treaty and nobody quea
I tiona it how can the ea.prestdent Jus-
tify hia "taking" the eanal sonet
Roosevelt knows there were Just
three persona at the bottom of the
Panama "revolution": they were Theo-
Uore Roosevelt. Bulnan-VariUa and
I William Nelson Cromwell. He knew
I all tha time what waa beinr done, and
j what It was proposed to do, namely,
j wrest a plaoe of territory-' from
I friendly neighboring government, with
1 which we were at peace; and tt Is said
1 Roosavalt recornized a government in
Panama 4 hours before the existence
0f tUeh a government, so anxious wss
be to "take" the eanal sons.
The American people may- Just as
wen wU s spade a spade. That It .wss
a dwnright appropriation,-te wfijeh:
Roopevelt waa a party, and the United
states a eenefleiary, every right-think-'
lng eUiaen of this country will admit;
an It established a precedent that will
for all time come back to plague the
American people, unless congress rat
mes the treaty now under discussion,
Roosevelt uablushingly aays. "I took
tn- e.nav Had it been the ease ef
England. France, or Oermany, I won-
dr if ha would have carried out this
ipoucy. anew vii"'ui vuiu "i
I halo haraalf. and now ha Cases whan
lit is Drenosad to make restitution.
I The . American people - are. In tha
I main, just and fairminded, and tbey
I eondonea pr wmneq at in me casa ox
1 nations; and hence I believe they will
i iiononvun snuavr nii n urcav
I wrong, . . JU PTICI5.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OHKGiTfT- SIDKLIGHT3
The Weeklr Visitor, published at
Lafayette, is to discontinue publica
tion ute-nrst oi tne coming monin.
Milton's annual Strawberry tSV fes
tival and horsa show Droved s finan
cial success, a balance of 6.ei being
reported. -. -
John Parrett of Dundee la well to
the front among long distance office
holders, with bis record of ! years
continuous service aa ciera ot to
sohool board. -
, '
Up to Juna , the McMlnnville News
Reporter says Cupid had round Yamhill
county a grave disappointment, only
aavan tnarriaca licenses having been
issued, compared with IS In Juna last
year ana s m iunJin.
Bank eaeole. the Herald saya. hope
to augment their Fourth of J"y at
tractions by detaining in transit 00
mirliirt' marchlna: from Vancouver to
Uearhart. who ana eapected to be pass
ing that point on or aoout juiy ,
Twn Kurene nhyrtciana. Dr. V. W.
ritmlnn rltv health officer, and Dr.
C. W, outhworth. have started from
Waat Vnrli aouth of Roseborg. on a
hike down the Rogue river gorge to
the posst. They will follow the beach
nnrth thrnneh Rold Beach. Fort Oriora
and Bandon to Marshfleld. They-ex
pect to be back In Kugene in 10 aajs.
Amity Standard: Three rears sgo
one carpenter could have done all the
building were ws to J,rr.'"- '""7
Mntfustnr. ara ruahed with work
all the time, each employing from two
to five carpenters. New residences
are being erected In different sections
of town not an empty house can be
found, and people who would like to
live here cannot because they cannot
find accommodation.
Welcoming a company of German
colonists who nave settled near'Dlx
onville, the Roeeburg News says: "The
nawsnanara of the country may make
all the Jests they please about the war
lord of Germany and his upturned
moustache, but !f we can aeouro
enough of his citizens to come here
and settlen any section of the coun
ty, it will only be a few years until
that nart la recoanlsed ss one of the
garden spots and they will net be sat
isfied unui-tney nava gwa roaoa.
recognised that Colombia has a Jutt
grievance, and several attempts have
been made to redeem the good nama
of the United States by a money pay
ment to Colombia. The present
treaty Is the final result That it
falls In some particulars to meet the
requirements of Justice and miplo-
macy 1N obvious and ita chances of
approval by tha senate ara remote.
For one thing.- the amount offered
Colombia la too large. Twenty-five
millions, without the assurance of
monopoly for tha United States of
the Colombian route for another canal
between the oceans, leaves the Pan
ama canal without protection from
potential competition, and Is more
than the government at Bogota has
a right to expect. Tha amount of
the compensation might with pro
priety be left to arbitration, and
such a reference would be creditable
to tha United States and would go
far toward re-establishing In Latin
America our reputation for disinter
estedness and fair dealing.
Tha pother raised ever the expres
sion of "regret" In tha pending
treaty is unjustified. -A careful read
ing of the clause shows that only
by a deliberate twisting ef Ita mean
ing can it be regarded as an "apol
ogy." .We merely regret that any
thing has disturbed tha good rela
tions between Colombia and ourselves,
and, while even an apology for wrong
doing would ba no derogation to the
dignity of a great people actuated
by unselfish friendship for their
smaller neighbors, tha obpectlona . to
this clause alone afford no Just rea
son for the rejection of the treaty.
There are other and sounder reasons.
It ought to be recast, and the sr.
bltratlon qf the amount due Colom
bia ought to be Its principal feature.
AND HER FINANCES
all" won't do; they've learned a lot
about men, about standards of liv
ing and conduct and I dont' imagine
a mere housekeeper's Job Is likely to
satisfy them after they've learned to
minister Intelligently not only to
physical wajita of exacting patients
but to the demand for mental stim
ulus. More and more young women are
going Into nursing and -other work
demanding alertness and intelligence.
Their pay ia rising slowly, but It will
be a long time before It becomes ade-
f quale In . the aense that men under
stand the word.
I've told my friends, the 'Purses,
that they ought to make an arrange
ment with a savings bank to have.
someone from the bank call every
week and collect at least IS from
each one or to send to them lorai
form of reminder that would lead to
a voluntary trip to the banX From
the moment a' woman who works at
a job like that basins to earn money
it ls her duty, aa a measure ef eelf
protection, to start a savings account.
When she who ministers to the sick
falls ill. who will minister unto her?
The Ragtime Muse
Great Catch.
He drew a fly serosa a stream
Ilia heart of hope was full
And aa it split a ripple's gleam,
lie felt a sudden pull,
A start, a tug, a vigoroua rush;
His Ianruor all was aona.
The world its noises seemed to hush.
For, lol the fight was en.
He listened to tha singing reel.
Ha braced himself, and still
Beneath bis fingers he could feel
The keen and welcome thrill.
He took no chance, h usad great care,
lit frowned, he grinned with glee.
His hopes ran high, he faced despair
What would tne outcome oei
Then, just as from the water came
Th. ahinlnar. driODlnar Drise.
The boss approached bis ds1t an J
giarea
With stern and searching eyes.
The clerk bent down, like other men,
- Ta Inhnr rloaa and drtar.
But thrilled because h caught again
That flan ball eaten-next year:
Pointed Paragraphs
Occasionally a premising young mas
r7"v. ... . .
, Tbe garrulous fool usually cuts his
throat witb hia own tongue. .
' Happy la tha youth whose ere of
wild eats Isnf worth harvesting.
Women are seldom of a warlike na.
ture -yet they are of ten called to
arms, , -
. a
When a woman Jnalsts en having
ber . own way ber busbead calls It
nagging, . .
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Locklcj.
The first quarter I ever earned was
for wearing my sboea' alt day, when I
waa about II years old. while Dlana'a'
young man visited her.- said Ur.
Owens-Adalr, a pioneer of 114 J. "Diana,
waa a natural bom Udy and she hated
Mm to aea my bare feet and legs. It
was tha hardest dsy's work I ever put
In and be was bardlv nut r .i.k.
before I had those stiff shoes and '
scratchy stockings off and was tpread-
uui iuy tues in comrort. As a girl
I picked wild cranberries all over what
la now high priced cranberry bog land.
Father shipped them to Ban Francisco,
where they brought big prices.1 When
was a jittia tning mother used to
take Diana and me on ber borse. one of
ua sitting In her lap and the other
hanging on behind, out to pick cran
berries and huckleberries.
"In 1141 my father helped build a
schooner called tha "Pioneer." They
loaded It with hides, cranberries, po
tatoes, cabbage, buck sklnx, pickled 1
salmon and hemlock bark anrf want
down to Ban Kraticisco. It mas a home ;
maae boat and pone of the partners In
the enterprise knew anvthinv iiumt
nanaung a boat In the ocean, but they
figured they ould learn on the way i
Aaan Tka . m . ..." A
- - .7 avi swq tj i ivrs inr insir
proauce in tne newly discovered gold
digging". They also sold their schooner. ' :
the Pioneer. That was on of the
things that gave father his start aa
be came back well flsed for those, days.
-I have always loved curly hair, and
my own balr is as straight as an
Jndian'a. Although 1 needed many
things mere, when I became a 14-year-old
bride, 1 went to Roeburg and from
my slender store of money 1 bought a
picture of a. small boy wlUi curly Jialr.
I thought Ir I hung It where I could
look at it all Hav mavt avlian nw KaKw
came he would be a boy and have
curly hair. He was a boy all right,
but hli hair waa straighter than mine,
If possible.
"I was just a girl, and my husband
aaa a crown man. without an nn '
slderatlon far mc. All he wanted to
do waa to bunt and fish, and be re- .
fused to do anything toward out sup
port. Kather set ua up several times,
but each time my husband disposed Of
the cattle and other things and wasted
the money. I was a fine cook, aa most
girla were in those days, and when It
came to getting a meal of coffee, but
termilk biscuits, corn bread, fried deer
meat, with creamy gravy and potatoes,
there were not many that -could beat.
me. r rom oeing a strong, rooust girt,
within a year or two my health' was
shattered. When I could not gratify
my hueband's dealrea he would choke
me and beat me, snd after our baby
came he was cruel to Mm, so X left
him.
'Whn T waa It T ttA hvi marriiwl
four yer; X u broken in health and
nlaAiire ejei an aau vm hihir mwxn
went back to live wltb my parenta.
My brothers and sisters promised to
Georgeso I could go to school to learn .
to read and write. I worked from day-
ngnt until 8:50 at nignt, neiptng wiin
the milking and doing chores, and on-
Haturday I did the washing and Ironing .
for our family to pay for my board. At
the end of four months I had mastered
the third reader.
That fall my sister. Diana, who was
. i a , T v . . i . , ....
ciivii Airs. i uynuit, vaiiiv -uu iter Hus
band to visit us. She Invited me to
return witb them to their home in
ClatsoD. near my girlhood home. This
was In the fall of 1539. Before going
I applied for a divorce with the res
toration of my maiden name and the
custody of my little boy. Stephen .
T'hadwlck was my lawyer; and thoegh
tha suit was fought bitterly, ss Mr.
Hill's mother wanted tha child, I won
the suit. -
"Sixty yeara ago there were very
few occupations that women could take
up. Hewing, teaching and taking in ,
washing were about all a respectable
a oman could do and stay respectable.
I could not teach. Most ef the women
did their own sewing, so I bocame a
washerwoman. Kather did not want
me to take tn washing, but I Insisted
upon earning my own way. Father
later bought me a sewing machine, one
or tea nrst in tna country, wiin which
1 waa able to make good money.
"In the fall of 1SC0 I went to Oyster-
vlllc to visit Mrs. 8. 0. Munson, wbo is
now llvln. hara in Wirr.ntAH A a.h.t
was being taught at Oystervllle, ao
airs. Munin invjiea me to stay ana
go to school. Thas winter I went to
school. I took In washing, which X
did afternoon, evenings and Saturdays
and was thus able to make my own
way. No on ran imagine tha pleasure- rj
of belns: able to hava all tha washlns
they need tg pay their expenses and be
able tq get an education.
After spending that winter In school
I decided I knew enough to teach a
summer school on Clatsop plains. X
Secured J pupils whom I agreed to
teach three months for IX apiece, so
this brought me In a little over 110
mopth. I got up each morning st 4
o'clock and did the milking where X
waa staying, and also took In washing,
which. I was able to do In the evenings
and on Saturday. I taught n the first
croEDyierian cnurcn ouiit in urgon,
the' church which had been organised
at Dr. W. H- Cray's house on Clatsop
plains. Borne of the students were far
thar alnna than I waa. hut f Wfiti 1ft
often work until far Into the night t
learn tha lesson which I was to teeehr
them the next day. That fall when the
rhnal waa floxatt T leant tin mw wash.
lng and put in all my spare time pick
lng wild blackberries, which X sold at
19 cents a gallon. I went to Astoria
early that winter and entered achooL
I had my eon, Oeorge, . with me. By
working hard at sewing and getting up
at 4 o'clock in the morning to study, I
kept up with my elasses successfully.
In the fall ef 1SSS 1 rented rooms tn a
. a. . . ... . . a .
isrga nvuss Dfnn or w. n- trr-
spent this winter at school paying tha
sinenses of myself and son by doing
washing . for two famines and the
washing and Ironing for lnother. My -studies
were arranged so I did not hava
to go to school until 10 o'clock. I
worked from 4 o'clock a. m. until ar
ly 10 a. m. at niy ironing and aewlnf
and washing and earned f a week.".. .
Educational Xotea. . V
What la declared to "ba the first
training achool. for "dental nuraea
is now In successful operation la
Bridgeport. Conn. -
Xorth Dakota Is determined te have
better rural schools. Two county train
ing schools have been established to'
give instruction In agriculture, do
mestic science, mangel training and
pedagogy.
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coasuts of
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Weuoaa'i section of tare merit
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