Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1914)
4 . ii. ...;- ...,'1 4,,, THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST. 19. 1914. . W. a 5 X t I i . j f. I .. 5 THE JOURNAL S INTtKPRNPKNT NKWHPAPKK. C. S. JACktfctN ,, fUblUbtr fsMlafced vary availing (except Bandar) and vary SaBaajr SMTning at The JoaraH Build. ' log, Broadway o4 Yamhill ata.. Portland, Or. iraDaaifawloa tatuuKb u mall vtoood matte. ikUCk HUM ICS Main T17CJ Horn. A-eoil. iU department raacked by tnaee sumbara. Tall tbe operator arkat department yea want. OHJC1UN AJJVUKTIMIMJ Sltfc'RiH.Ki.lAllVai .. Haaianila Kealoor Co., Hraaawick Bids-, XtH If tit Maw Yackj MIS faupi-a Uae bide Oilrago. - ' .' Hubx-rlptloa term by mall or to any ! draaa U tfee United States ut Mexico; DilLI ' j Oh rear... ...a. 00 Uoa swath. ..;.. -60 SUNDAY, . . , One ar...,..$2 I Una month. .....I J ar...,..$2M I Una moat DilLY AND DUKDAI Ooa rear. 7.IK One tnouth.. ... M When You Go Away Have The Journal sent to your Summer address. There' nought In this bad world HKe sympathy; Tis so becoming to the soul and f ace Sets to soft music the har monious sigh. And robes, sweet friendship In a Brussels lace. Byron. BORAH'S FIGHT ON IDAHO S CARCELY a state is more in terested in a route to deep water than is Idaho. The immense products of that state have their prices enor mously Influenced by rail rateg to the sea. With the Columbia river once Improved and canalized, there would be a competitive route that could easily halve rail rates and add enormously to the annual profits of the producers of the state. In Just a few years a great system of boats and barges could bring a big portion of the products down the state at figures that would heighten tho prosperity of every producer 'n Idaho. But here Is Senator Borah, of Idaho, standing directly in the way of this highly important Idaho in terest. His efforts and the ef forts of the other factionists, by holding up the rivers and harbors bill, thaye prostrated the great work at Celilo, which is primarily an Idaho, Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington project. It Is a great project for opening the way .for river boats to reach Idaho points, and give Idaho producers water competition. y Every blow that Senator Borah strikes at the rivers and harbors bill la a blow to Idaho. Every ef fort he makes to beat the bill is an effort to beat Idaho producers. Every assault he makes on the bill is an assault on the prosperity of Idaho people. Every obstruc tion he thrown in the way of the bill, helps deny the people of the state the water outlet for their products to the sea. The producers of Idaho ought to have a senator who would not stand In the way of the state's progress. ' MISSION OF MERCY A' CCORQING to a dispatch from Washington, England, Russia and France have ac cepted the offer of the Ameri can Red Cross to send surgeons-, nurses and hospital equipment ato the Europeon battle fields. It Is the plan of the American Red Cross to charter a ship and purchase supplies and for this pur pose an appeal for funds will be made. It Is an appeal that should be heeded by every humane soul. When a BOldier Is wounded he ceases to be a combatant and be comes a brother in need. This is recognized by the enemy even and hospital tents are immune from attack. The Red Cross expedition is a. mission of mercy from neutral America and it should not lack money or volunteers. SAVE THE REMNANT T PHERE is not the slightest menace In the Tldeland amendment to overflowed and bottom lands in Coos, Curry and Tillamook counties, as sua: gested by J. W. Bennett in the Marshfleld Record. The amendment attacks no so called vested right. It attempts to confiscate no property. It dls turbs no owner in the possession , of that which belongs to him. It i is merely an enaeavor oy aismter f -ested persons to save what is left I of tide and submerged lands from f' spoliation, and to preserve for the future such of thoseMandg. as T have not yet passed into private possession. c The amendment will not cloud the title to one foot of . farming land in the coast or other coun ties. The decisions of the cdurts forbid. Under these decisions, janas granted into private owner ship before passage of the amend . mnt cannot, he taken away from jk. uiv uwuer. a ue amendment can i only act on attempted future j -grants. It makes no endeavor to act upon past grants, Bottom lands form no part of the bed of a river. The amend ment acts upon tldelahds and sub merged lands of navigable waters ; up to ordinary high water mark Tide lands and submerged Jands in navigable streams are not the overflowed, lands known 1: to the law. On neither is it possible to .raise a crop. :'; t;.?fv : There is no chance- whatever for ineir uueg.. oeciouded : ty;v.tb amendment; " " The questions raised the traveler on his antral In Port at Marshfleld are without founda- land Is Mount Hood. Naturally he tion, and only confuse the issue. 4 wants to go there but he Is told by The amendment Is proposed on j the hotel clerk hat it Is' not pos- uroaa pumic grounds, in me open,: and with, entire separation from private motive or personal reason of any kind. There Is left In the state, a small remnant of submerged lands along navigable rivers. '. They are lands that in California are all owned by, the 'public. They were" never given or sold ; into private . owner ship. They cannot be given or sold into private ownership. ..They, are held by the state and are inalien able to the people. The amendment endeavors to preserve what is left of these lands in Oregon on the same basis as are! ail such lands in a California.. A STATESMAN'S PLEA- I T ALMOST seems as if in hia four years-In the 1 presidency, Woodrow Wilson may bring, in other era of good feeling to the United States. - . ' The loftiness of his purpose, many times exhibited, and repeated yesterday in his heart-to-heart talk to "my fellow-countrymen" Is mak ing a deep impress upon all Ameri can citizens. To read hi kindly suggestion to his "fellow country men" toibe neutral, not only in ac tion but In mind, toward the Eu ropean combatautr. is to admire, to approve and to commend. He says: Our people are people drawn from many nations, chiefly from the na tions at war. It is naturai and in evitable that there should be the utmost variety of sympathy and de sire among them In regard . to the Issues and circumstances of the con flict. Some will Wish one nation and others another to succeed in the mo mentous struggle. It wilt be easy to excite passion but difficult to allay it. I venture, therefore, my fellow countrymen, to speak a solemn word of warning to you against the deep est, most subtle and most essential breach of neutrality which may spring out of partisanship and out of pas sionately, taking sides. America must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men's souls. must be Impartial in thought as well as in action, and must curb our sentiments as well as every transaction that might be con strued as preference to ona party be-J rore anotner. No head of a nation could have a gentler care nor express a ten derer solicitude for all hia coun trymen. He would spare wounds to our citizens who were fdrmer Germans, former Frenchmen, for mer Britons, former Russians, for mer Austrian3. He would .soften tile partisanship and to the utmost minimize any rancor that might arise at home out of the strain and stress-of . the great combat abroad. Above all, It is the effort of the head of the nation, to keep this country sympathetic, considerate and effectively neutral. He asks that the 5 country's heart beat ,.' in sadness and sorrow for the mourn-j f ul situation in , the great ijone, of war, but urges , that we do not "sit in Judgment upon others" but "do what is honest anti disinterested and truly serviceable for the peace of the world." Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war. There is a triumph of unweaponed peace in this prayer by our first American to his follow countrymen for that tranquillity at home which is the sheet anchor of our Bafety. FINANCING WAR P' RESIDENT WILSON has re fused to sanction the flotation of a French loan by American bankers. No other reply to the request of J. P. Morgan & Co. for an Indication of the attitude of the American government could have been expected. " There are two reasons why Pres ident Wilson refused to permit this government to become a party to the arrangement. We have de clared our neutrality, and It is de sirable that nothing be done which can be construed as a violation of neutrality. The other reason is that when President Wilson took office he made it clear in the case of the Chinese loan that the army and navy of the United States should not be used to enforce col lections of loans to "foreign na tions made by American bankers. Having very properly refused to guarantee use of American soldiers and Bailors as a collection agency In the caBe of the Chinese loan, and having made it clear that in his time the army and navy would be used for preserving peace and not for collecting debts, the presi dent proved hia professions by per formances In declining to guaran tee the French loan. ine rrench are a wonderful na tion. Like the Germans a thrifty and patriotic people. . Tney are able and will be found willing to finance their own war, tremendous as la the undertaking. ENTERTAINING VISITORS T HE Colorado State Society Is discussing means to entertain visitors from their etate In 1915. It Is auite crohable that other state societies will take ud the movement. It, might be timely to suggest that the best form this entertainment could take would be an exhibit of the natural resources and scenic beau ties of Oregon. But in order to do this Jt . Is first necessary that they . be made accessible. If they cannot be easily reached over good roads they ca not be shown. ; - It Is useless to invite the tour ist and prospective settler to Ore gon if you cannot show them Ore- gon when they get there. . . One. of the greatest obJct-to si we for him to do so. He then asks about Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens. He receives the same answer. ' What a different story it would be if he were told that he could, within two hours, ride ta the foot Of the glacier on Mount Hood. ' : To entertain visitors from other states properly ways must be pro vided to convey them to points of interest. Put the house in order before company comes. Capitalize Mount-: Hood by building a good road to its base. SOLID UNITED STATES A REMARKABLE address by A. L. Mills, president of the First National Bank of Port land, was printed in Sunday's Journal. Among other things, Mr. Mills said: These United States were never In a sounder financial condition than they are today. There is no danger of financial panic, nor shall we ever see again such panics as we had la the past. , ' Explaining these statements, Mr. Mills said they were true because: First In the country there is $1,500,1)00.000 of gold, a supply roughly speaking, two and a half times greater than that of any other country; an amount more than sufficient to transact tlie busi ness 'of the country. -It is suffi cient to carry a burden of ' cur rency fifty times greater than we now have. 8econd The strength of our financial system today is shown by the ease with which we parted with ,$100,000,000 of gold "in the first five months of this year, and $48,000,000 more during the month of July without the faint est semblance of distnrbin-t our finances! Such a strain in years gone by, Mr. Mills declared, would have rocked every financial insti tution in thecountryto its founda tions, and brought ruin to many. indeed, financial leaders say our situation is so strong and so sound that another $100,000,000 could have gone abroad without affecting our financial condition. Third The stability of our finances was so great, that New York absorbed without Danlc or 'disaster the Immense flood of se curities recently poured upon us by the panic-stricken investors of Eu rope., These evidences of the strength of our financial Dower make it an issue of only a few years until New York will be the acknowledged financial center of the world. Fourth- The new currency sys tem, about to be' put in operation, 13 a scientific financial etructnr capable Qf withstanding any strain or stress that may be brought upon is. CaiQ jpiR Mills; , ; These , aro the reason why our practical flnaoclerS beMava our finan cial - conditions never were sounder than, they are today. . Practical econo, mists . - believe in them, bankers worthy of the name" of bankers be lieve in them, and it but remains to drive this belief home to every busi ness man in the country to still for ever the pessimist who now goes up and down the land mournfully croak Ing about, impending panic, and by so doing disturbing business and spreading unrest wherever he goes. What a contrast between sound statements of this first-rank bank er and puny politicians who utter mole squeaks about so-called hard times for political purposes! GERMANY'S . FOOD SUPPLY T HEJ Philadelphia Ledger- says tnat while Germany is well prepared or war, hunger may mane ror peace. ueiuer wita avenues or ap proach by sea cut off, Germany Is short on food supply remains to be seen, but the figures are Interest ing. The annual importations of agricultural products and foodstuffs Into Germany amounts to $1,75J, 000,000, and the exports total about $400,000,000. This leaves $1,359,000,000 that is bought abroad, but the proportion of food stuffs is not stated. The great wheat producing coun tries are the United States. Russia and Argentina: Russia will not sell her wheat to Germany, and the United States and Argentina mav TT7 - I. , A. T uave irouoie m delivering because of hlncVartert nwa I of blockaded ports, With a population of 64,000,000 Germany nas 20,000,000 cattle; whereas the United States, with aa.uoo.ooo population, has 61,000, 000. We have 51,000.000- sheen and the Germans K.700 nnn a lean farmers own 58,000,000 swine, ana mere are less than 22,000, 000 in Germany. Yet the number of meat producing animals in the united states is so small , that ex ports have practically ceased and Americans are told that what amounts to a meat famine exists In this country. The figures may have little war value,, for the chances are that Germany ha provided, against famine at home. ; But , they, at least, illustrate the part that food supplies play In modern warfare. NORWAY AND SWEDEN N' ORWAY and Sweden hava concluded an alliance for the defense of their neutral ity. Their strategists and engineers are cooperating to insure its effectiveness. " - It was- Jn 1905 that Norway parted from Sweden, after a union of nearljr a century, and set up a separate '"kingdom under Haakon VII. The ; prediction was then made that a reunion in some form was inevitable," that mutual mili tary dependence or self protection would make It necessary. The re- j expected. , . : ; There is speculation now as to whether Denmark will enter the al liance. ' The Scandinavian coun tries are in ' a dangerous position. Sweden for some time has feared Russian " encroachment, and ' now there la ' danger to Denmark ' be cause of her command of the Skager Rak, the only natural, pas-; sage Into the Baltic sea. It has ; been demonstrated that treaties and neutrality declarations count for little in time of war. Should Denmark join the Norway-Sweden alliance the old pact of Margaret of Denmark, whch ex isted from 1389 to 1521, when Sweden' seceded from it, wfll be virtually restored. It may be necessary for the preservation of Scandinavia, for readjustments fol lowing a war ; such as Europe is going through might wipe out separate weaker units. ' -aaaBajaBaBB aaaBBBBaaaBBBBaaBBi f Wlio wfll get the $40,000 Nobel peace prize for 1914? A month ago it had practically been decided to award it to the Emperor of Germany in recognition of hia ef forts for peace in, Europe after the Balkan war. Late developments have eliminated him and the Swed ish government is now reported to be looking elsewhere. The pros pects in Europe are not very en couraging. Why not select Presi dent Wilson? What has he not done for peace? The Czar of Russia has promised the Jews that he will remove all restrictions against them. He has also promised the Poles autonomy and a restoration of language and religion. Probably by the time the war is ended Russia will have a constitutional government. Letters From the "People J5??'Iol.ct,on The Journal for ?. !f-'"i ,n thim. department ahouldl Twritl tifmJ? lB Jen "at be c- VL Jl " the itoM not deaire to uTe the same pa pushed, ha should so atata.) r."P1?Jn!!l?n !f. gtet ot al reform. - " .r,.itonUe erythias It touches. It th-.PIKBlp1?' f " anctlty and ISri ck on their reasoBableneaa. It Jr, fh.rVv.,.DO waaonableneaa. It ratbleaaly " 5,em. ""I oI Utanca and aeta up it Wtlaon? eU te0." VToodroar Criticises Wet Contributors. Bend, Or., Aug. 17. To the Editor of The Journal Many of those who write letters to The Journal on the prohibi tion Question carefully attemnt to show that they themselves are decidedly better and holier than the cause they represent, especially calling attention to the claim that they are not saloon patrons. In other words, this class of writers Impresses us with the idea that they are ashamed to be classified with the liquor interests with which they are really affiliated, thereby confessing that they know they are supporting debasing Institutions, Probably the most absurd argument advanced is that of blaming the Anti Saloon league for violations of the liqnor laws by the saloons. J have before me in cold print the plans of Clarenoe Darrow and Ex-Mayor Rose, who while In the employ of the liquor Interests .four, years ago promised many reforms. for the "model saloon under home rule,. by the friends of the liquor interests. Now why blame the Anti-Saloon league, which is not inter ested In the maintenance of a single saloon, when the liquor interests under the able leadership of Messrs. Darrow and Rose utterly failed to bring about a single reform? One writer appears to be greatly dis turbed by what he calls "foreign agi tators." Four years ago the liquor organizations employed some of the highest priced men in the country to peddle liquor sophistries and empty promises all over the state. Instead of being paid high and excessive salaries by money assessed from selfish inter ests, the prohibition speakers are paid by money contributed for that purpose by philanthropists, taxpayers, profes sional and laboring men arid in many cases heart broken wives and mothers. Instead of being men with shady rec ords and demanding so many thousand dollars per speech, the prohibition "agi tators" are men above reproach, fre quently barely receiving enough to meet their expenses. To them the bless ings of heart broken fathers, widowers and orphans (bereft of all earthly possessions by the rum demon) are a more valuable reward than thousands of dollars. 1 In reference to confiscation of prop erty and destruction of industries, the laws governing the liquor traffic have never vested it with rights that are conferred upon strictly legitimate busi ness interests; consequently, any one engaging therein or in anything de pending upon the liquor traffic does so with the full knowledge that the law aoes not permanently protect him therein and therefore he engages in it at his own risk. Prohibition does not rproposo w con"cate property, any more tn than the suppression of an onium joint, a gambling den or a bawdy house will confiscate tho property in which the same happens to be located. L. D. WIESfT. , Vaccination, Oregon City, Aug. 18. To the Editor of The Journal I have read W. .A. Turner's communication In a recent Issue of The Journal. On November 12, 1900, nine signal corps men of the United States army at Fort Meyer, Va., were vaccinated preparatory to a trip to. the Philippines. Tho following day the writer, with eight men w,ho, had been overlooked by the surgeon in Ha vana, arrived from Cuba, and on No vember 14 ,17 men started for the islands. Out of the nine vaccinated men four had smallpox in Southern Luzon, and one died from the disease. Of. those ' not vaccinated not a single one had the. disease, - although tho en tire detachment slept and ate together ror five months. The writer haA never been vaccinated, and never- haft! i smallpox; however, ho nursed the four men who did have it. . Although a graduate of one Of the best medical schools in the states,, 1 have never be lieved that vims from a diseased cow was good , for th human system. I saw the men of tho Forty-sixth Volun teer Infantry vaccinated In Manila, and. many of them suffered from smallpox. The Ninth Cavalry somehow- got away before the surgeons got busy, anil not a ease was reported from L that; regi ment, although these . organisations campaignea logeiuer an enuTO season. rne trouoie is people ao not: think for themselves. They accept a belief or e dogma nanaea aown, by parents, doctor or pastor, and follow it to the end without further thought ; If their family doctor said tnat calomel (mer cury) was the only known cure for bll- ipusness, down went tie dope. If peo-1 A FEW SMILES Ton are not very happy in this house," friends remarked to the renter- ' . "No, I can't say we ar." "Tour callings are falling." "They are, and that Isn't all Our roof leaks, our cel lar fill with water every tlma it rainav o u r radiators lauiiiit. our luriiace is too small ' for the house, its appetite is too large for our income, our gutters havo rusted away, the porch - sags, the house hasn't had a new coat of paint for seven years, the wall paper hangs loose in every room, and. tho chimney is shorter after every wind storm." "Why In tho world don't you movs?" '"Because we can't find another house with & hall that our long orien tal runner will fit." ' v A South Dakota railroad is- noted for Us execrable roadbed. A new brakeman was making his first run over the road at night and . was standing In the center of the ear, grimly clutching the seats to keep erect. Suddenly the train struck -a smooth place in the track and slid along without a sound. 8elsmg"hl lanieiu, the brakeman ran for the door, "Jump for your lives!" he shouted. "She is off the track!" National Food Magaaine. "How is It, Johnnie, that you have sdeh a dislike for me?" said Johnnie's sister's caller. I have never done any thins; to deserve It." Teev you .have," replied the boy. "When you come to see our Cora ahe al ways puts the dock back, and It makes mo late tor school." pie would educate themselves along normal lines they would learn that more damage Is done by constant drag ging tnan by that muoh abused "de mon rum." The medical profession to day are slipping over more phony stuff to American people than any other class of men. I have many friends i among them who are truly noble,, big hearted fellows, but the majority of them are not broad minded, charitable or i faj.r enough to credit a disciple of any 1 other school with tho . many drugless ! cures performed. R. C. K. Prohibition In Oklahoma, Estacada, Or., Aug. 18. To the Ed itor pf The Journal -In the Orego nlan recently I found a pews article under the title "Dry Laws Held a Failure." The article referred to Oki lahoma and quoted Eugene Lorton, formerly of Washington but now a newspaper ptbllsher of Tulsa, Okla homa, In this article Mr. Lorton says, "Prohibition has proved an ut ter failure in Oklahoma." I sincerely differ with him, as I re sided in that state before statehood and helped in the grand fight against evil, and It does prohibit the open sa loon, with its music, wine rooms and free lunches to tempt the boys and girls (for the same amount of Intoxi cating liquor given to a girl will -make her just as drunk as br brother). And it prohibits the nude figures once so glaringly placed In the windows. It prohibits the business cards of saloon keepers with an infamous poem printed on the back, openly displayed on the bar for school boys or others to help themselves to and distribute to other boys or girls. If any of these exist they are covered up and sneak around like any other criminal. He says that the cost ef enforcing the law has been "more than 88,000, 000 In the past seven years." Here is a direct oontradiotlon. First, he says it has proved a failure; then tells of the "cost of enforcing- tho law," and that "m strong movement Is on foot to substitute local option." Yea, there is a strong movement on foot, etc. There always -has been, not only in Oklahoma, but In all other pro hibition states: not, however, by the people who voted it dry, but by the liquor power. They are trying now in Oregon to substitute, and to substi tute as they substituted the Oregon home rule law in 1910. I am- glad to note that Mr. Lorton owns that the price of liquor is tripled. That Is a hopeful sign. The bootlegger isn't getting very rich and with all the expenses incurred these are yet small compared with the court expenses in trials for murder and other crimes directly attributable to the open saloon. Mr. Lorton closes his remarks by saying, "Disastrous expense attends the enforcement of prohibition laws." So the law is not a failure, after all. according to his own statement. NEAL B. INMAN. ' Replying to Colonel Hofer. Roseburg, Or., Aug. 17. To the Edi tor of The Journal Under date of Au gust 18, E. Hofer gives us some very Interesting figures. One of the state ments he makes, I am -glad to secure from an advocate of the wet condition. "That not over 25 per cent of the adult males of Oregon are total abstainers few will dispute,", says Colonel Hofer. The Insurance companies have deter mined from their statistics that a mod erate drinker cuts off from his length of life, by drink, IS years. If, there fore, there are 1(0,000 adult males la Oregon, In one generation we will lose to family, community and state 1,800, 000 years of man's life, or at 50 years to a generation, 88,000 years of man's life each year, just to satisfy the cus toms of moderate society to take a drink occasionally Mr, Hofer assails . the doctrine of prohibition, yet he Is too wise a man not Jto know that every criminal law is a prohibitory law. Would he f gvor the repeal of the laws against . murder, stealing, perjury? The gathering of men into commu nities, states and nations makes neces sary the- inhibition and prohibition of some things which might be proper for Colonel Hofer If Tie were alone on a j desert Island. Moreover, the doctrine of prohibition Is in no way contrary to any principle of Christianity or sub versive of libSTty. " CURTIS P. COE. The f Hart That Helps. Portland. Aug. 19. To the Editor of The Journal There are two measure to be voted on this year that ought to be well considered by the voters..; One is the 1500 exemption, which is .open to fair discussion, but I think It may be said will be carried by a big ma jority. One reason out of many is. tho TOregonian rigating it, Personally I think It ought to carry. The other question is most vital, and should bo Well considered, namely, the eight hour bill. ; "A great deal can be said against Its passage. I think it is too broad, and in many respects objec tionable as now presented. But 1 am inclined to think it will be carried. fi LOR PERTINENT COMMENT: SMALL CHANGE . V'S'a.ltliful v aro " the wounds of a friend" and frequent. .... .. a a All tho world loves a lover ha makes such an exhibition of himself. Just tie same, the rolling storia ac quires a polish along with his bumpa Kuropa always did hava an un paralelled display of ruins to exhibit. Genuine friendship deserves to be preserved in something- else than al cohol. a a , Doubtless there is an excess of lawyers, because no one lawyer could possibly know all the laws. . a a Avarice is what makes the other fellow close fisted. Our own brand of economy is thrift. Once in a great while you hear a man say, "It's a shame to take the monay." but he always takes it, just the same. a Watt till a man begins to lose money, speculating before trying to convince nlm of the sinfulness of that occupation. a a While the easy-goina; Individual Is trying to figure out which is the best foot to put forward, the strenuous man proceeds to get there with both feet a a If a arirl wanta ta mimr am ( she never attempts to appear mora ln- ictuseoi man me man wnom she is Jiving to indues to payiber board for WHAT SHALL WE SAY? David Starr Jordan tn Harper's Weekly. The following article was written by David Starr Jordan, in London, on July 17, before tho acute international situation came to a point of war be tween Austria and.Servla. As an in terpretation of events which were to fellow Its writing, this article by the great peace advocate assumes aa ad ded and unique Importance. The Ed itors. V What shall w say of those who claim that the depression of business in America is due to tariff reduction and to President Wilson's activity in financial reform? We shall say that these people are very partisan or els very Ignorant of world affairs. To say that the present administration's "legislative and executive program has brought about grave Industrial depression and suffering to business man and wage worker alike, though perhaps most of a11 to the wage worker," is to talk mischievous nonsense. This depression extends all over the world, a load on every form of enter prise, and the United States apparent ly suffers from it less than any other civilized nation. It is the result of the overstraining of credit. Already pushed to the utmost, the Balkan war furnished the last straw which would break its back. In the London Chronicle of this morning (July 17) I read that while the London stock exchange "watca with gladness the flight of Huerta, thankful that one long endured source of suspense has gone, it does not en sure an immediate and general re vival of business.' There have been moments when their fears have verged upon panic, tsw Mexico mough a great cause of anxietyhas not been the sole menace brooding over the markets. Serious troubles and con stant sources of anxiety have sprung up in many directions. . . a gloom has overspread markets and deepened the depression there. , . As the bank return dearly shows, there is no great abundance of credit at this mo ment in Lombard street" The credit ef'the world Is shaken. The demand for coin Is abnormally groat because the nations have wasted money as they never did before. The rate of interest is so high as to for bid enterprise. And this rate of in terest is due not to excess of good op portunities for investment but to dis trust of the future, and above all to the inordinate waste of capital and labor in Europe. The waste of labor shows Itself in the enormous standing armies, -millions of men supported at public expense, and paid from half a cent to five cents a day, when they ought to be earning on the average a dollar. Capital which should be used for enterprise and for the employment of labor is wasted on armor plate, suspicion and fear. The actual destruction In the Bal kan war, appalling as it Is, and ruin ous to all the nations directly con cerned, is but a drop in the bucket compared to the waste It has indirect ly caused. Austria, the nearest neighbor to the Balkans, has lost her Danube trade, has spent millions on millions in mobilization through fear of Russia, has lost all confidence in herself, and Is virtually a bankrupt THE GREAT WAR'S EFFECT ON YOUR MONEY By John M. Osklson. Three fifths of the world's com merce has been ln the hands of the nations now at war; their ships have been carrying seven eighths of the overseas commerce, and they have controlled international financing and exchange. Now their factories are all but par alyzed, their ships are scurrying to cover, and their financial machinery la crippled. It Is a .time for read justment. America is the single world power ot impressive size and great unde veloped resources which Is not ln any sense Involved ln the war. It is inevitable that we should be looked to just now to step forward and take the position Of leadership ln manufactur ing, ln commerce, and in finance which the European crisis seems to offer. Congress has changed the law gov erning the registration of foreign built ships under the American flag. Such ships may now carry our coast wise and lake traffic, and the way Is opened for the purchase by Ameri cans of the carrying fleets which have dominated the two great oceans. Who Why? Because the Oregonlan is op posing it The great voting popula tion has become so saturated with the idea that the Oregonlan is for the in terests as against the masses, that whatever that paper advocates Is con sidered hostile to the general good. This may-be wrong, but it cannot be denied that such Is the opinion of the masses, who are the voters. I will vote against the measure, as It is now presented, .but if it carries It will ,be because of the Oregonlan, in my opin ion. I think the - measure should be defeated. - JOHN BLAIR. ; Remedy Asked For. Portland, Aug. To the Editor of The Journal Will yott or some Journal reader kindly Inform. me through the columns of .your paper, the cause and cure of yawning or gaping? I have been troubled in this manner for a number of years and find it very em barrassing, particularly when In com pany. , have consulted several doctors AND NEWS IN BRIEF . OREGON SIDELIGHTS . Former Indlanans of Newborn will hold their first association meeting at Newberg, Friday. . The sportsmen of Riddle are making elaborate preparations for the venison K. ph.,11. aluf .hwil K. Viol I f aar. An Monday. September 7. Invitations have been extended to all-gun clubs in Doug las county. A barbecue t noon will be one of tho features. a - Gardiner Courier: We have heard of no one leaving this section of the coun try for Europe for the purpose of tak ing part in tho war. It is making no difference in construction camps of the railroad, all the men seeming perfectly satisfied to remain whero they aro and let them fight it out in the old country. a Pendleton East Oregonlan: A man by the name of Otto Hell and who In variably signs his name as O." Hell, will leave Pendleton in a few days to Join the troops of th kaiser in the fight Oermany is making against the other European sowers. He has been working for the Newport Land A Con struction company in the west end of the county. a a Item in Hedford Mall Tribune bear ing on the question of safety first for unters: "T. E. Daniels has a photo is usins- to Drove a red shirt is the best Insurance on a deer hunt. Two men are wearing red shirts, one a wMte one. A deer lies at their feet. The white shirt in the olctures bears a strong similarity to the deer hide. The picture is pasted on the show window and started several argumonts this morning." nation held together mainly by the fear of something worse, should she actually dissolve. And the rule of fear, waste and demoralisation In Austria, as in Japan and Italy. Is marked by a rise of political corrup tion. The demoralization of the war wasted lands has Its reriex effect on other nations. The Jingoes of Ger many use It as an excuse to pile higher and higher th miiituri, bnn den borne unwillingly by Germany's uiagwxiceni industrial organisation. ranee spends more and more in the mroes or an impossible condition. mat or a military republic. The Tnch banks are overloaded with wnua o acreuui or expanding na tions, evidences of Indebtedness they can no longer self. Russia is borrow ing on a grand scale, not to meet its own needs, but rather those of its greeay aristocracy. v The demands of the various nations ior money to meet deficits, mainly caused by military waste for the cur- rent year, rises to upwards of 82.000, 000,000. The only nations which find lueir uue ron msec ineir ex penses, so far as I know, are Den mark, Houano, Switzerland and the united states, and even these favored centers of peace leave their past ueois unpaio. What shall we say of those who trace our financial depression in America . to a conspiracy of the "money lords" of New Tork? We shall aay that this, too. Is vicious nonsense. This is no -matter of New Tork alone, powerful as are Its mone tary combinations. There is no possl bility of such a world-wide consoir acy, no advantage in It no money in it The scares, the fears, the prepare, tions for war, the wast in soldiers. In armament,. In mobilisation, the withdrawal and hiding of gold, the rise In the cost of living, due to waste of labor and capital, all these matters are of world-wide significance. The year 1818 was Europe's banner year of waste; jTor a parallel we must go back a hundred years to the days of Napoleon. But In those days there was no such interlocking of com merce, of business, of Jauman inter ests, as prevails today. The ruin of one nation was of little financial con sequence to its neighbors, in our days, they stand and fall together, and Europe has stood about all It can of military waste. The great safe guard against the armies and navies Europe has gathered for war Is that Europe is not rich enough to use them, and Is top human and humane to want to use them. The Armaged don of which some people lightly talk would make a desert of civilisation, even as the little Barkan war has made a desert of Macedonia. The war of armed peace which pre vails today is not a war between na tions. It is a war between privilege and democracy.- The upholders of aristocracy, of privilege, of oppres sion, of armament of the patriotism which ends in envy and hate, the up holders of war, of exploitation, of Im perialism, the world over, are one and the sama. And we who are bound to them in the alliance of common citi zenship and common finance, must pay our part In all their orgies. can doubt that we will seize our opportunity? Immense amounts of capital will be needed to finance the readjustment; and at the moment we have completed the formation of our federal reserve board. Its members have taken up their work of providing for the tre mendous expansion of credit made pos sible under the law establishing the board. We have been shoved to the front as the world's financial center, and bidden to take the leadership at the very moment we have begun to try our wings. It is our problem to provide first the means of carrying goods back and forth. Next we shall have to go after the world's markets as England, Ger many, France, Belgium and Holland have been doing for years. But we shall have an easier con quest In, this time of feeble rivalry If we can overcome our feeling that capital invested In international ven tures is wrongly employed. We shall be forced (Into the position of trade masters; and the sooner we "acknowl edge the necessity for cooperation with the government and capital the better for us as individuals. and none of them seems to know Just what causes yawning, or a remedy to cure it I hope some of the readers of The Journal will give their views and suggest a cure. CONSTANT READER, : Open Letter to Dr. Marcellna. Portland, Or., Aug. 17. Dear Dr. Marcellusi I notice that with ' Dr. White you have made an important discovery, ln that Mrs. Lora C Little is responsible for a smallpox "scare" in the Mount Scott neighborhood, a 'political coup de main revealing mar velous cunning. -; V - This thing of organising smallpox "scares" should be confined : to mem bers of the Allopathlo trust Mrs. Little should be suppressed, It is co to these of us who believe ln put ting pure pus from sores on diseased cows into the blood of healthy chU dren to prevent smallpox, to suppress her. . .- --. , . Can't we concoct something to dis IN EARLIER DAYS By Fred Lockley. V For nearly 50 years Carl Relsacher was foreman for the George Lawrence Saddlery and Harness company of this . city. Recently j visited Mr. Belsacher at his home on the east mid at 650 East Madison street. "I was bom in ?1 - ln ; MohensaUern-Slgmaringon, said Mr. Relsacher. "In 1854. when X ' was 15 years old I came to America. X worked at first on a scroll saw but soon I got a job ln a saddle shop In ' New Haven, Conn., where 1 stayed till I was 21. My first vote was, oast for Governor Buckingham, the war gover nor of Connecticut and my first presi dential vote was cast for President Lincoln. Immediately after Lincoln's -election I made arrangements to go to California. After I had started 1 got word of th death of my father la Oer many so I changed my plans and went to Oermany to get my sister and ' bring them out to America. "When I got to Germany I found that I was still subject to military duty so the American minister advised me to leave Wurtemburg for Switzer land until he could arrange to have me excused. Tou see ln this country a man is of age at 81 but ln Germany at that time a young man was not of age till he was 24. As I was only II x naa to have a guardian appointed who told the authorities that X was now. an . American dtlsen and finally I was of iiciaiiy released from milttary servloe. My sisters were preparing to come with me to America but the Civil War broke out and on account ef toe dls- turned conditions here they decided not to come. I returned to tho United 8tates and for th next few months worked busily helping the firm X worked for get out 1600 sets of mule, harness for the northern army. In 1811 I went to California bv w of 4 ha Isthmus of Panama. The Golden Oat. . on which we were 'to, go to San Fran cisco, was burned at sea so we had to wait at Panama until the Constitution came around the Horn. In the spring of 186S I started from Sacramento for the Idaho mines. For a while I worked on Walla Walla gulolj near Idaho City. X had walked 400 miles from The Dalles to the mines se as I had but aa ounce of dust I de elded to return to my trade and 1 walked out from Idaho'City to Uma tilla landing where I caught a boat for Portland. Barley O'Hara, of Portland, and I walked out together. Bo soon as I came to Portland I got"a Job witn Sam Sherlock. That business was vary good ln those days. W jot 810 for a pack saddle and. It didn't cost to make more than about 84. We made mostly In those days saddles, canttnas, pack saddles, apparajos, saddlebags, pistol holsters, money belts and mule har ness. "In 1876 Bam Sherlock was killed by his horse falling on him. Mrs, Sher lock was a sister of the Lawrence boys so George Lawrence carried on the business for his sister, Mrs. Sherlock. When I went to work there we had five men, now they have from G to 70, so you can see how the business has prospered. In 1865 Miss Kate Forth came out from New Haven, Conn., and we were married here. Last April -was 60 years since I came through Portland to the mines and this coming October will complete the 50 years that I havo lived in Portland. Now I have retired as foreman after nearly 50 years' work for one firm." HOO'S H00 By John W. Carey, Wr-Akffl 1 I red" DtfPE. I R. . By John W. Carey.', Who's ' high among the Pooh-Baha of democracy and reigns as managing director of congressional campaigns? Who's boss of the department of "First Aid to Congressman-": who've heard the call of duty and will make the race again? ' Who bills the whirlwind orators ts stalk the countryside and duly view with great alarm and point with greater pride? Who's keeper of the campaign dope the red fire and the sobs of M.'s of C. who don't object to sticking to their Jobs? Whose stunt It Is to see to It that Woodrow Wilson's clsn shall still con trol the H. of B.? That Frank Dore mui man. The Ragtima Muse Sail. Oft in dreams on alien seas, Free of time and space, I roam. And see ancient argosies Through the salt spume and the foam. Following -the timeless quest. Lure of gold and sweet romance. Speeded by adventure west Worshippers of change and chance. Norsemen's galley, on the flood. Single masted, long and fleet Hunts for treasure stained with blood. Fears not death and scorns defeat Bark rig red. honest merchantmen Fry before the biigantine To the frigate's fcuna and then Drops the night upon the scene. Swift the dhow with lateen sail Goes on some fell errand bent Luggers close hauled ln the gale. Smuggling is . their sole Intent ' Ah, the sails, the satis of old! . ' Tlelded to an uglier dream, r :, Te are but a story told Hear the present tale of steam! credit her; Can't we Isolate her, until after election, as a "menace to the pubilo health," as we did Typhoid . Mary? Can't we charge her with be- -ing a "healthy smallpox scare-germ carrier?" The people are pretty thor oughly germ spooked. While -we have them believing In "heel f by typhoid germ carriers," it would be easy to put it over. -i't 4 -" : ' She is a candidate forth legisla ture and might be elected.' Have you thought of that? And she even stands for medical freedom! A more per nicious doctrine was never -preached. It means that people may employ oth er than regular M. D.a when tbejrwant to die in style, . and ' also . that those Lwho do not belong to' the Allopathic trust may hold places on our health boards, if they have 'Sense enough. Great guns, think of that! f.- y - E. E. BUSTER.