TH OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL,,, PORTLAND, TUESDAY. .EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914,
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pays to the s publio for being
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TUB PRESIDENT'S LKTTEIl
N A letter that .is extraordinary
i from many standpoints, Pres.-
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dent vv uson expresses uia m-
blllty to uke an active part in
'"i the pending political campaign. He
' sars the problems of the European
. '-,. :t 'var must receive his undivided at-
tentlon. and adds that the record
i of' achievement during the past
" seventeen months of busy tegisla
, , ' i Hon would seem to warrant the
1 country In giving hlm inch s .col
; leagues as will enable htm to ac
V cpmplish further great work ' for
t the country in constructive leglsla-
tlon. He says: v -ri
' ' Certainly . this is a tlm when
America expects every mao to do, tl
, duty without thought or profit . or
- , advantage to himBelf.
' '. America, la greater than any party.
' America cannot properly he aerved by
any man who for a moment. measures
: his Interest against her advantage,
i The time has come for great things.
' These are days big with destiny for
- , the United 8tatea aa for the other
. nations of the world. A -little -wis
" dom, a little courage. .. a little aelf
" forgetful dvotlon may, under Ood.
turn . that deatlny this way or that.
Great hearts, great natures, will re-
";. spond.
' . Even little men will rejoice to be
.' stimulated and guided and set. an
heroio example. Par tias will fare
; '" well enough without nursing, if the
- men -who maJcft them up and the men
' I'- wao lead them forcet themaeivea to
aerve a cause and aet a great people
- i forward on the path of . liberty and
' peace.
; Here is k great statesman's vis
' Ion of what can be done for. his
country. He thinks It a time for
'. big men. big thoughts and big
: acts. There Is a greater destiny
for these United BUtes than that
: '. to which we have so far been led.
: There is a higher and more lsplen
; did fortune for all the people than
I ' even they themselves have . hoped
; for.
t ; It Is not the United States as
. . y it has been, .but tba United States
l as he would have it that is Jthe
- great thought that fills the mind
of Woodrow Wilson It is a states
manship different from any this
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country has recently beheld. It is
. a statesmanship that emphasizes
; party only Insofar as party serves
America.
L ' Looking back at eighteen months
i of achievement, there is reason for
:-the country to have confidence in
; this extraordinary leader. The
i plain facts of his achievement in
t legislation and administration suf-
jicenuy warrant: tne country in
desiring that be have such col-
; leagues in Congress as will con-
tlaue to support him for other
I great national tasks. As the presi
? We . could go to the corttry with
i a very sincere appeal In which there
need be no pretenae or boaat of any
;,' kind, hut a plain statement at thtna-
: v actually accomplished, which - ought
. V to be and I think would be, entirely
T eonvlnclng. 1 believe that
" Ways ran be found to do theae thlnga
readily enough If the country will
. give ua Its generoua support ' and
.- trust ua to do them; and It would
' .shave been a genuine pleasure to zne
to ask to be given again colleagues
. 'euch as X have had in the two houaes
.. of Congress during the present
memorable session,
'X'?.. In his great utterances, this quiet
li v statesman shows how and Nvhy - It
Is that while men shudder ..and
.;..-.' women weep on the blood-drenched
? continent of Europe, the United
r ' 6Utes la at peace with all the
. world, if the friend of every "na
J tlon, la the admired and trusted
. J and of hop to evejjr people.
HH Alaska coal leasing bill
has passed the house ot rep
resentatlrea. It should pass
the senate and become
v - i law at an early date. This meas
; tire la of great Importance to the
. . development of our northern nos
yj. esslon aacond in Importanca only
., . to tha Chamberlain law providing
, : lor government-built railroads . In
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tna- territory. ' . -
v v ;Only : the other day a cargo of
Coal bound for Alaska was seized
' 'for . the use of thfl RrlHah m vv
Tha- coal win bar paid for. but tha
incident Illustrates the great ban
4 flfcar) tuhder which Alaska la at
- t tamnting to -progress. With rich
" beds of coal at home, but undevel
v , .- opad,? Alaska -la obliged : to Import
v xuei. "tarrying coal to Newcaatle
, Is a wisa , policy compared with
shipping fuel into a country where
, coai.aoonuds.
; There "are two , convincing rea
... sons ; why Uhe coal (leasing bill
"? ihould be passed at once. It ; is
. one Of Ave billa before eonrrtu
which are urged by Secretary Lane
- jor bringing tbe country'a natura
:i resources Into use without turn
lng ' them ! i, over . H to ' monnnnlv
Alaska 'has been locked, up long
enough, ..it is time for, a broad
. program of 'development. - Legisla
tlon for tha territory should be
. constructive. It should have in
jnma uie neeas or toaay as well as
the .tears ef - yesterday, because
then the : fight was to save Alaska
from monopoly i-not to develop It.
ONE MAN rOWTJt . ,
HOWEVER ; the present war ,may
f end, its" progress- mo .far' has
'demonstrated the . efficiency of
centralized., and more .or less
r autocratic power in :. equipping
a nation for war and tl relative In
efficiency of the nations which have
popular rule. - - Only the ex
ercise, of one dominant i will could
navo armed and equipped tna -mil
lions ; of German t troops and peured
them -In a flood acroaa Franco, or
could :- have organized 'and massed
the vast army of Kuasla on the east
ern frostier of Germany and Austria.
One-man power did these things. "
When a aelf governing nation like
Great . Britain . or the . United States
becomea . : involved ; In . war witn- a
first class power, v it usually suffers
reverse -at the outset, but History
records that it then rushes to arras
and gives a good account of ltaelf in
the end. These nations pay. a high
price for : their ' unreadiness, and in
vite attacks which v would . not be
made if they were; well armed. Ore
go nlan. -i
Preparedness, for war does : not
prevent attack. That great myth
baa been exposed. Germany was
the'.', best prepared of ? all tha na
tiona. She claims to ;have been
attacked. FrahceSwas probably
the- next best prepared. She claims
to have been attacked.. - Russia
was well prepared. She claims to
have been' attacked. ' -
Preparedness , tempts 4 attack.
'reparedne&H fires the imagination
of rulers with' dreams of military
glory,, Preparedness Is the scourge
of mankind. ; - Preparedness has
made Europe a cockpit of fury and
ferocity, a charnel house of new
dead, .a continent of death, debt
and devastation.
The . so-called C proven "efficiency
of centralized and more or less au
tocratic power; in the present cata
clysm is evidence that there ought
to be n6 "centralized and more or
less autocratic power,'- It is un
answerable, proof that alj the na
tions ought to be self-governing.
'One-man power" should "never
again be j in position to plunge all
Christendom . into terrorism, to
drive a j continent into butchery
and to convert -t, a nappy world
Into sadness and mourning.
"Win BROWN MAN'S HOPE"
HEN millions are being led
to slaughter by their rulers
in Europe the New York
X' Evening Post finds f cause
for rejoicing and fresh courage,
that, thanks to President Wilson;
there seems to beu at , last a , gov
ernment in Manila which really
seeks to be the : servant" and not J
the master of the -governed. ' It
bases this hope on a recent address
to the American colony made by
Commissioner Winf red T. Denison,-'
who has been severely criticised by
those who think that the Philip
pines exist only to be exploited by
the Americans.
Mr.. Denl30n is reported i to have
saldr
I believe1 that the government hara
waa out of sympathy with tha neo.
pie and that Oovernor General Hat
rlaon has brought : it lata sympathy
with him. X believe that the govern
ment here was upside down . and -he
has turned it rights! do up.
Commissioner Denison seems to
have taken the position that he
and his associates are in the islands
to administer them for the benefit
of the Filipino instead of - the
American. He has not fallen into
the habit of saying that the Fili
pino's land Is theirs and then add
ing that her never really believed
In the policy of turning the land
over to them. Among the ques
tions he asked were these: ' '
Are Wi to commit tha abaumitv
Of trying to teach democracy . hv
hlbiting an " autocracy? - .. Are we to
stand , before ' the world - as crusaders
Of a democracy backed with havn.
nets ? Are we to stand fref ore the
world for the proposition that va
are for democracy-for ourselves ;6ut
not ror tne other fellow? e -., ,
rile gave the colony a farther
shock- when' he declared that aside
from;; the primary " essentials of
order sanitation and International
obligation it is. the American's duty
to spend the -Filipino's money , for
wna. tney want. instead of tak
ing . thousands of : dollars t& print
the results of ethnological research
into the -habits of non-Christian
tribes', ha advocated ' emploVin
school teachera for the Moros.
NThe joke of It all, says the Post,
is that Commissioner DeniBon, who
la a Progressive and formerly a
Republican, waa ; expected to up
hold the Tatt-Forbes policy i -the
Islands. He waa' to be the ''white
man's hope' but ; it appears that
he has some regard Ur the brown
SPEAKING OF XLiSEBALL
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rt HE : war f ana have but : little
I more interest la the outcome
I :.: of the international struggle
than the baseball tana in the
National League championship. A
few - months ago It was generally
conceded that tha New York 31ants
would repeat for the fourth time.
Early In June they took the .lead
and held It until the latter part of
August when they were challenged
by the Boston - Braves. It la now
a toss-up ' between these : two for
the pennant.
The advance of the Braves from
last ; to : first place has been a
steady and; consistent one and one
of the surprises of the game.
. At the beginning of the season
they fell! Into last place and re
mained there; until the middle of
July when they; began to climb.
The middle of August found them
In second place and; a few days
later , tney reached first place.
The Braves' success is due to
their pitching department, One of
the ironies of baseball , Is that
Pitcher "Baldie" Rudolph, who has
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had , a great 'part in the - Boston
team's success, at one , time v he -
longed to. the Giants but was cast j
out' by ' Manager McGraw .;' because
he did not come up to a certain
phyalcal requirement. - He seems to
be the stone that the builder re
jected. ' " ; '''sLJ"
- j In baseball like everything else
tha pitcher must have control to
succeed. ;a man may b under
sized in, body but if he has control
he will win. . - - - ' "
.THE HARMONY ; PROGRAJf
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N. DIRECT . hostlMty to Dri
Withycombe's declared" plan' of
being "harmonious" with tha
.legislature Dr. G. JV Smith said
In his Prlnevllle speech:1
The - candidate for governor who
pledges himself - in advance to a
"harmony" ; program " with the legis
lature, tleS hia hands so he. cannot
work In the taxpayer's interest. , The
Only cheok on legislative ' extrava
gance is the veto power, and gov
ernor should have no scruples about
using . It. Trading ahdt log-rolling
have always, been and always will
be present, in the legislature. I will
not bind myself to "harmony with
the legislature. I will, as governor,
reserve ... the .right, which is univer
sally reserved to the head of every
private 'business, ; to veto all x
pendlturea Which ; are unwarranted or
excessive, ; -. ..." - . ..
' A mighty lot of men Jn Oregon
believe with. Dr. Smith that - the
governor should not pledge himself
beforehand to "harmony" with tha
legislature. Of ' course, ' the "har
monious program sounds nice. It
reads well, as it was phrased ' by
Dr. Withycombe in v his Albany
speech before he was. muzzled,
when he said: ' "- -
T What We want Is to have tbe legis
lative and executive to work, In har
mony, and . when we do that we will
solve this question of appropriations.
Wa will - then "get - down to good,
sound and sano business, and there
will be no log-rolling In politics, but
It will be clean and , harmonious.;
Many, taxpayers think It , would
be too "harmonious." It is the
legislature that appropriates,: Gov
ernors cannot legislate. - The legis
lature alone has the power to legis
late public money away. . '
If Governor West , , had been
"harmonious" t all the swamp land
bills would have passed; and robbed
the school fund of thousands. - If
he had : been "harmonious" the
state printing steal would still be
bleeding the taxpayers. If he had
been "harmonious' the $613,874
of appropriations that he vetoed at
the 1911 session would - have been
added to the taxes of that time. t
f Ab Smith ays, no bead of
a private business would ; pledge
himself beforehand not to veto the
expenditures; by others in the' es
tablishment.. No farmer -- would
pledge himself not to exercise a
Turbing surveillance over r the ex
penditures on . his farm, - -; . -
It is ; not sound judgment" for
any governor to expect to hold
down he usual reckless unbridled,
wild-eyed and money-mad legis
lature by being harmonious.".
EARLY RISING
T
HE truth tfi the old proverb
"early to bed and early to
rise makes, a man healthy,
wealthy and wise," is auea-
tioned by the Rey.- Walter Cwlght,
8. J. . A serious - dodbt as to the
intelligence of the early r risers is
raised by Father Dwight..-4lle also
finds them, as a ' rule,, a . "notably
arrogant aet" claiming iio ' move
on a ; "higher ethical plane."
Early rising, according to Father
D wight, is , merely a form of
atavism and the lower a people is
in the scale of civilization the
earlier they get up In' the morn
ing. - - - -
Indeed, unless it is practiced
from high spiritual motives, a
chrome .addiction to early rlsina
is, he says, the mark i of Intel
lectual barbarism or of industrial
servitude. For that reason. In his
opinion, v early ; risers r have little
reason' for boasting. .
If Father Dwlght1 would ret un
before sun-up he might change his
opinion, . 4
He might find that the early
riser r is the , mostcharitable of
men in : inougnt. The ; old cares
of yesterday . have been buried in
the night and, the , new ones of
today have not yet been born.
In early rising there is a con
sciousness ' of right doing ' that
Father Dwlght's reasoning cannot
overcome, j The world Is "not ready
10 aiscreai. xne oia proverb. ;
. . ABSENTEE MONEY .
HERE was reason , Whv a cer.
tain well known road In the
heart of. Oregon could not
be improved.1
The land along it waa almost
entirely held . by absent, owners. It
runs through a splendid territory
within a few miles of the city of
Portland. Gifts were asked for
it, - and campaigns pursued for its
Improvement. -
-Xt is a connecting link between
the great Willamette valley and
Portland, . but the. landlords of the
acres are . absent. In speculative
mood, they are clinging . to their
holdings for- the ' work 1 of others
to increase the ; price and bring
them unearned sums. ; That Is Whv
the .state , of Oregon Was ; finally
compeuea to step inland aid In Im
proving the Rex-TIgardville road.
Absentee ownership is always a
blight. . Absentee money and ' ab
sentee concessionaires made all. the
trouble in Mexico. They .robbed
the peasant Mexicans of their
lands. They ran Mexican soil red
with blood. - - " " T
Absentee . money v caused i the
Rockefeller 5 civil war in Colorado.
It . controlled the . state - authority.
It reduced the Rockefeller miners
to; practical servitude. - lit elected
mayors, owned the sheriffs and
operated the courts of half a dozen
Colorado counties.
.."7"t" araj i
stlnate. - It , is always ; tyrannlcaJL
It is always unpatriotic; It Is al-!
ways unfeeling. ; In Michigan' a
- -
rew montns ago, it drove the cruel j
iru mw ine uearta 01 cunareas
of workers,- and turned It round i
and round. - In "West Virginia, it
committed ' outrages upon ' strug
gling men that were the sham
and scandal of the Republic
' There , ought to be ways to. dis
courage absentee ownership. - Citi
zenship ought to be a pre-requislte
to ownership of. land. v There
should be reward ), fbr the man
who Uvea on . and cultivates . the
land. It should be .made burden
some for men to hold land in idle
ness 'while . waiting ' for it to - be
made, more valuable by ? the in
dustry and enterprise of others.-;
Letters From the Peoplaj,
CbmBaalcatfona sent ; to . Tbe Jooraal' fof
publication Is tola department ehould a w4U
tea oa only ooa aJda ot tbe papal, ahoald t
exceed 800 word to leagta aad BiastrPa
eampaoled by tbe naiua aadaddreaS of tbe
aeixler. if the writer Ooea not desire te
bare tbe nuina pabUabad. Sa abouid eo aUta)
"ntsenasloa la the' greateat ' af afl 'rto.
eta. -.It rationaUaea everrtbloa; it touchea. It
robe principle -at - all ala . atnetltj and
tbrowa them back an tbatr eaaaeaableaaaa. If
they hara. no raaepBablaBeaa. It ratblesatr
ercsbee tbera oat of existence sad seta sp Ita
own coDClualoaa is Uieif - atead, Woodrow
Vr'Uaoa.
; trgee a No-Treat Ordinance. -Portland,
Sept. 4.. To the Editor of
Tha Journal The controversy now, go
lng on between the: wets and drys is
quite entertaining to those who have
never lived 1 - "proWbitlon territory,
but to thoe-who. have, It Seems far
cical. Aa for. myself, I have seen more
drunkenness in prohibition territory
than in places where the open saloon
prevailed. JUy Idea Is to control sa
loons by limiting them to certain things.
I have read the, "no treat" ordinance in
force in one of 10 coast cities, which la
a, decided success, aad I would prefer
a like ordinance for Portland. - X un
derstand the mayor of that city calls
it a ''Dutch treat'- -ordinance, meaning
that a- person Can buy himself a drlnlt
or - whatever beverage he desires, but
the saloonkeeper must not let him buy
for other than himself, - under pain of
a fine of $100 for the first offense, and
for. the second revocation tf his 'li
cense. " He must, have a sign, white
with black letters at least three inches
high. 'This is a no treat saloon," con
spicuously displayed. ;-
To my mind, this is a good nroDosl-
tion. The trouble with working men
is that they are too-generous. After
tney gett one drink; they - feel It in
cumbent on themselves to treat their
fellow working men. and the result Is.
tneir money is in the till or the saloon
keeper, instead of in their own pockets.
or the. purse of the s wife. Webster
defines prohibits "to forbid." If tt can.
p aone in one instance, 11 can pa oone
in another.
Therefore, generally', speaking. I am
not a prohibitionist. The church has
almost always worked, with the liquor
interests, from time immemorable. The
fashionable clubs, whose members are,
in many instances, church members,
will pay no attention to prohibition
laws. Why? Because i. they do their
drinking of choice wines and liquors,
nenina closed - aoors, and . they are all
right. But let beer t mentioned and
how the prohis yell "prohibit," prohibit.
Try a no-treat ordinance. in Portland.
The traffic .Will be-S regulated, -and
drunkennesa will .decrease, for "treat
ing makes drunkenness.' That's try It
xoura tor temperance, v -
MRS. HATTJE1 iYi- B. B ELD IN.
Mr Cotton to Mr. Coe.
Nebalem. Or- Sept. ; tTo-. the Ed-
ito?; of The' Journal.--I want to ask
Curtis P: Coe, la your: columns,' a few
questions, inasmuch aa he is a can
didate for congress in my district: '
Xf you are elected to congress. Mr. 1
Coe, - will you supply the people with
the same kind -of information as In
your article of August 27. relative to'
trn proportional share of - producer
and wage-earner .in tha manufacture
of liquor and neeessarias? ' Shall we
expect ; the same treatment -' from you
it elected to congress! can you con
sistently s support laws against tha
trusts and to reduce the high cost of
living, when these same trusts are de
clared, by every known - authority, to
Je responsible for the high coat of
llVing and, at the same time, they are
backing the political prohibitory move
ment? , Can jrou be honest with the
people and your baocers at the same
time? 1 '' - . , . - .
You say the wage earner get a' 10
centa and : the producer 1 cents out
of each $J.75 Worth of liquor. Is your
information mora reliable than - that
of the United States government? t
Is a fact that the relative proportion
of producer and laborer,' received from
the manufacture of liquor, is smaller
than that for necessities. X noticed in
your statement that yoU had to men
tion: that the wholesaler. -, manufac
turer and retailer , get a - share out of
the necessaries, but why do you hot
mention the escesaiva government tax;
the licenses to government, state,
county and city, and all other inci
dentals connected with r the liquor
bualneas? These make up the differ
ence. ' '
Tou will have to find another so
lotion Cf the high cost -of llvlna- and
"fair distribution of profits" before
you expect the voters of this district
to alaot you to congress. - ' ; '
rvji i-r . i S. J. COTTON. "
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, . Hopes Prohibition Will Win.
RIdgefleid, Wash.;, Sept 5.-To the
Editor ot The. Journals-Prohibition is
a great advancement in civilization.
There is nothing that causes so much
misery a the sale of intoxicants and
all things in connection with it. Why
not raise : oa your farms ' everything
that gives health, happiness and con
tontment to all?. Hotr good Is tha
Maker, who has planted. In the. soil
everything that la good, for ua, unless
its use is perverted! Be careful Jaow
you use all the Ood-gl van things, so
you may meet your Redeemer without
fear when you are called upon to lay
down your earthly burdana.- Malce life
worth living giver aid vK the weak.
make earth a place ; where happiness
reigns, remove from; your fields your
hopes ox a xortune. let the light of rea
son shine and goodness; be aroiifead. and
in your new work poverty will be re
moved, children will be wall eared for
and homes will ba made happy, Think
of the good to Toe done! Remove all
articles that may . cause the weak to
fall and be a pillar of strength to alL
May prohibition win; may people live.
not for thamaelves alone, but. for all
humanity. ' v . - VA READER.
The Hop-Growing; Argument. '
- Forest Grove, Or- Sept. B. To 'the
Editor of The Journal I see hy The
Journal and other sources that there
Is great lamentation going un over tha
destruction of the hop industry in case
ina aiaie snouia go ary. i wonder if
theae people' ever think -of . the much
greater loss In the finished product of
the hops, : 1 wilr not, undertake to es-
AfFEW SMILES
Tha usual large crowd gathered at
Madison and Dearborn streets wait
lng for trolley cars,- An elderly1 lady.
red. in- the ,faca.
pltiMrMA a a Jt eiia
,7, d uar S r eT.
bows into
venient ribs.
A man 'on her
left was the re
cipient of a - par
ticularly vicious
Jab, "Sayr she veiled at him.
' He winced - slightly and moved to
one side. ' . T
- She, too, sidestepped and -thumped
him vigorously on the back. :, :--
"8ay ! she persisted, "does it ; make
any difference- wltfch of; these cars J
take to Qraceland cemetery?' ; .
'"Not to tne. madam.! he answered
slipping through fan opening In. the
crowd.
?What tawt: have i you aw re-
Served foh me. Miss Coachem?, asked
young Baplelgh of the fair manager
of the amateur theatricals. - -
fWttv. Mailt, M f 11 "" '. ' '
Baplelgh, she-, re
plied, . "I'm 5 afraid
w e Quit i forgot
a b o o t . 'you,.--.'-- and.-'
now how very un
fortunate -. air tha
parts - have - been
assigned." "
Toung-; Sapleigh's '.. eyeglasses
tared to the floor.' ? ' .
elat
' By the way. she continued, "I be
lieve the part of the .heroine's father
la still vacant-
Young Sapleigh's face brightened
visibly.
"The pawt." h gild. Is weally of
little aw eonaequence, donoher
know, provided that I'm, one of the
aw actabs. . Er aw what am I
am supposed to -do In 1 the pawt?" '
WeU," replied tha mantfgress, who
had hoped to steer dear of this ques
tion, "since the whole plot depanda on
the heroine being -an-.-i orphan.' I'm
afraid It'll be necessary for you to
remain deadl- . . r - ,
1 'i 11 " '
The Ragtime Muse
To v Waste Basket.' ;.-
Dread tomb of .the ' rajeoted and de
spised,' . -,
Insatiate funnel, rat hole. Quicksand,
". CUVat : .' '
For you our plans and poems are de
' vised. -
For you musicians and Inventors
slavei. - - : .
To fill you do we' burn the midnight
" oil; -
For you our Inspirations do we draw;
By hammering at unaccustomed toil
We manage Just to feed your hungry
, maw. . ...... .
Say,' is there nothing you eannot dl-
gest? ;
Tou swallow sonnets and you epics
DOlC "" r i
And. plans for watering the arid west
And patent churns and euros for bens
that moult, .-
The more you eat, why then you smile
.--j -- the more. -r -..Tour
yawning Jaws,. Indeed, you
never close: t :
Tou overflow -at times 'Upon the floor,
But never cry "Enough!" or seek re
pose. Whatever, goes to. you cannot return."
And thate the end ef that. spite
of lamps- i
And closest scrutiny no one can learn
What youahave done with all the ln-s-
closed stamps!'- tv
But. all in -all, and seeing what we see
In what escapes you well, your-lot
is tough! . U .
And. taking counsel, we must all
-. .. . agree - --
Tou're neither critical nor big
anoughl ........
tlmate the value of the .hop crop, hut
feel safe in saying that after It has
gone through , the brewery and the
hands of the dealer the price to the
consumer Is very much larger than the
amount received by the grower. Just
at this point, : the question naturally
presents Itself, what benefit has the
consumer received? : Reason" and the
experience of men answers, none.
Then, If the consumer has not, been
benefited, the money paid is lost. This
being true, reason Would say. If there
is to be a loss, It should be In the
smaller quantity, and all the more so
when It is evident that the - grower
could avoid most of the, loss by rais
ing other produce. We 'would hardly
insist that the trade in flour and
bacon should be continued 'In order to
protect the grower of wheat and hogs
if it were proved that the use of .flour
and bacon were not only; of no benefit
to men, but a positive injury to them.
Benefit comes to men in one or mors
ef four avenues financial, physical,
moral or spiritual ana that which does
not thus benefit is useless and usually
harmful. It Is a demonstrated faot
that the consumer of strong drink Is
not benefited thereby, but is weakened,
financially, bodily and mentally, and
his moral ana spiritual ' nature la
blunted. If not depraved.' This being
true, reason would. - say.' remove the
cause .by voting, dry, - .
'.: Personal - Liberty, A
, Portland, Sept, S Taithe Editor of
The Journal A good sign of the ad-'
vancemest of prohibition is . shown
from the faot that a large har fixture
factory has already turned part of its
plant into a piano case, factory, Who
would not rather hear tbe sweet sound
of a -piano than the boisterous noises
of the barroom or the growl and groan
of a drunk? . --i? ;
Just a word about "personal UbeTty.
Where ia auch a thing -In -civilized
lands? If you build, you,, must have a
permit. If you have a lawn, you ean
not sprinkle it when - you olease - If
you have a cow, dog 'Or chickens, you
are 1 010. to ao mis ana not to do that.
and there are many more such things
confronting us dally. Where Is real
"personal liberty?" - - 1
Some, saying- the saloon has never
injured my husband and eons, ask why
should I worry about and vote against
It. 1 Would a parson use .the same line
of talk as this whose family never had
the smallpox or typhoid, when asked as
a citizen to help keep the) city sanitary
and prevent disease? ; . -.
-Men and : women,"; the Ilqur trafflo
has been weighed and found Wanting.
This la the great reason? why publio
sentiment' is so strong against it and
why the liquor ailment is so much
afraid they will lose. , t . a . fi
li hope every Intelligent feeder ef
The Journal who has the welfare of
humanity at heart, will carefully, con
scientiously, reason this great problem
out for himself. i See tf ye wtll not
come to 'the conclusion i that we can
get along better withost the liquor
thaft with It. . Tours for an extra dry
state and union. . . v , . - :
, . , - , vWILLtAM IUBATJER.
.". ' .. - - '' 'm' - . . -
. ,-, A Tip for Joe Knowles. "
PoTtUnd, Sept 8. To the Editor of
The Journal 1 like ever so much your
Know Joles articles. Bay, isn't It won
derful what Know Joles undergoes in
his unique back to nature stunt? And
now that he haa emerged, - and' oome
out into th ' light - of civllization. J
would suggest that, a tons; Oregon, fir
pole, or it might be called rail, be takes
out of our primeval forest, and one
end be placed on the -right shoulder
of -4 the eminent 1 professor So and
So from a California university thank
heaven not from any of our Oregon
11 n" 1
1
PERTINENT COMMENT
B31ALL CHANGE . k
Eeternal crimnina- 11 iht' nriiw'n
vanity. - " .
-.' . ' . . ...':.t-
The fewer, friends a man neada ' tha
more he ha. :
It acneara that f)m tinru t .oil AnnM
not be beaten.
. e e :..
t " Petrograd" baa usurped all date
line privileges. - ..,,.
Pay aa you go, but save enough to
pay for. a return ticket, . . : "
,. . a a . " ' '
When soma men grasp opportunities
they -choke them to death.
Gentle spring and stern war produce
about the same number of poets. , ?
e
Critics and cranks are not always
synonymous, but they usually are. -
a a .. ,-
r- A harp and crown await the man who
Uvea up to his wife's expectations.
.-. a i- .
A man may lead a double life, but
that doesn't entitle aim to a double
funeral. -
' - a e
'What a glorious old world this would
be If we could only see others aa we
see oursalvesl
, . a a
"Tarter a Kirl gets to be about so old
she makes a bonfira of the baby pic
ture of herself taken in a washbowl.
- : a , ,-, ;. .
.A bachelor no sooner takes unto
himself a wife than he cancels his
membership in the Don't Worry club.
... - a - a . --
A. magasine writer says: T0 lovs a
"oow la a liberal education for any
manV Yes, but a little learning Is a
dangerous thing. 4 -
WAR FINANCE
From ths Nw Tom gun," y ,
Details are reaching tb outside
world slowly of the means adopted by :
Oermaay to finance not only the direot
expenses of the war but the country at
large undar -war conditions. It- appears
the cansorshlp was more strict at first
over" the financial situation than re
garding the mobilization. -Upon ths
declaration of war there ; was a tre
mendous rush for gold and a headlong
laying in of food supplies by. the Ger
man public. ' .-.':
? The private banks wars refusing to
pay out what coin they had and the
Imperial bank shut its doors shortly
afterf opening each day with enough
People lhslds to keep the Office force
busy until closing" time. . Every one
seemed . frozen by the announcement
that the Bank of England had Put Its
(discount rate up to 8 per cent. .-This,
says the J-iondon Times, "struck finan
ciers like the news ot a lost battle."
Legislative measures to meet the
crisis were promptly- presented to and
passed by the reichstag'r there' were
17 "emergency bills. . The first au
thorized extraordinary expenditures of
6,100,000,000 marks, or $1,525,000,000,
at whloh 6,000,000.000 marks : was to
be a loan and the rest to come from
the empire's stock of gold and silver
Tha remaining measures were de
signed to meet ths colng shortage and
provide means for the private business
of ths empire t ao on.
First of all the provision of the
banking law was - indefinitely sus
pended by which tha Imperial bank is
taxed on all outstanding notes in ex
cess of its stock of cash; the bank was
further authorized to protect auob ex
cess notes by any acceptances falling
due ' within three months Instead of
only those bearing three good names.
All .the paper money of the bank was
simultaneously mads legal tender and
the bank was relieved of the obligation
to pay out specie for it. ; Private
banks having note isauea were allowed
to meet them with. . Imperial .bank
notes instead of gold. " These disposi
tions were made retroactive as from
July 81. when the state of war was
declared. . Further, the Imperial bank
and its branches, which are obliged to
make exchange - of gold for certain
amounts of. silver and minor coinage
when presented, are no longer required
- V By John ML' Osklson.
Five days after the Bank ef England
had raised its discount rate to 10 per
cent, and only two days after Englat-d
formally declared war on Germany,
the rate was reduced to 3 pm cent.
The financial situation was "well in
hand." , . ..... !
, In America, except for a brief in
terval during the day the Now Tori
Stock exchange clone! and The ilay
after, borrowers from the banks ;-lid
not pay within 26 per cent as m ich
for money as the average proapjrius
farmer in! the northwest' pars wsen
ha borrows .on a farm mortgage. -
- Another effect of th swift clashing
of European forces and the scurrying
to cover of the ships ef Germany and
England was pointed out by a New
Tork observer. This was the breaking
down of the -..barriers ; between Wall
street (the country's '.- real financial
Center, not Iho speculative Wall street
more 'familiar to politicians aod read
ers) and Washington, Representative
bankers of the nation's money capital
ware-invited to -Washington, and the
secretary of the treasury-asssred the
New Tork banks that the government
would back them to th -limit r
"-, The old Aldrich-Vreland' currency
law, which permits ths ieaue i of cur
colleges), and the other end placed On
ths right shouldersay, of ; represant
atlve of the Oregonlan, and in the mid.
die of the pole, or rail. Know Joles be
seated and - right behind him, likewise
astride, that , other eminent ! college
professor ,from -California (remember,
not from regon), aad - so outfitted
they then move from Portland to-San
Franclaco. In a triumphal march and
arrive In- Sas Francisco Just a the
Panama exposition cpena. Wouldn't
thab grand? . ; .. ' . J. BXAIB.
'v ,St-uid by the TriiAw.tr.
' McMlnnvllle, Or Aug. 80. To the
Editor of Th Journal I not that Ar
thur Ayres will vote wet If anybody
can show him any . prosperity due to
hops and booze. He calls .attention
to thousands out of work now, but
says nothing about the 4009 for : 6000
men employed in" th liquor , business
and the 16.000 to" 10,000 women and
children i!mdent On their ' earnings,
not mentioning the 60,000 to 40,000
people directly interested Jn hop .cul
ture. ?poea .he think It would lower
taxes to take the 9900,000 revenue de
rived from - the liquor bualneas away
fromthe government? . ' - --
He says there arc hundreds of - va
cant houses Wd -offices. Would., he
add to this hundreds mors and 600 Va
cant stores T":. He says rent and realty
Values are out 60 per cent Would it
help any' to add mors than 60S stores?
X wonder if Mr. Ayres know that in
the last li years over 964,000.000 ': has
been brought into tots state by hop
growers to help build up our banking
system?. Does he know that 96.000,000
waa brought In last year; when every
thing else was down and farmers in
other: lines were
RECORD WAR-TIME RECOVERY OF CREDIT
U , i - : : ; 1
xnortgaf in , thIy
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIUEUGUTS,
Torfr h rlnfieirs nt tha summer '
giri. can now aave meir muoajr mc mwi iim mm a view days ago at bis
long winter. , r jhome at: Mount Angel, "Fillmore was
The Canbv Irrlaator apologises to Us I the original name of Mount AngeL
readers for a lack of local new. The .
Irrigator's two women reporters were
away picking hops and prunes. ..
The Baker Herald- says Baker eounty
has more money In circulation, m pro
portion to. population, than any ether
community in Oregon..
J. J. Carr. it Xa Grande, accordingto
the Observer, waa much impreaaed by
Marehfleld'a progreaslve spirit on a re
cent visit there. When the Breakwater
passed in there were 24 feet of water
on the bar,
Aahland haa started an anti-rat eam-
raign. . The mayor will pay a bounty of
centa each for scalps of the rodents:
and there will be first and second
prizes to further stimulate a war of ax
termlnatloa, . . a . v-
Vatortan: E. J. Ford, the father of
lw Astoria, was in town Friday. Mr.
IiVird nnw think ha ia In a fair way to
see the realisation ot his dreamof
yeara ago, and that a Urge, city will
soon occupy the place where Hammona
now Is, Mrs. Ford accompanied him.
and was just as enthusiastic aa her
husband. ; . x .
;,. 'a a '
- The Clatsop County Cheeae aaaocta-
tion will purchase, cows for owners of
available graaing land. The land own
er will beallowed to eeleot the atock;
provided good grade .cattle are chosen,
and be will be permitted to pay for
them in milk and cream. : Tha aaaocia
tion is taking this method of increaa
ing dairy herds In the county. -
v
IN GERMANY
to2 do so through an amendment .to the
coinage law. :
For the further relief of bualneas
a bill waa peesed for tha granting of
loans on all sorts of stocks and eecurU
ties up to a total of 1,500,000.000
marks, or $276,000,000. The method of
Issue is peculiar. Cooperating with
the Imperial bank special loan offices
will issue a sort of scrip which will
be honored by the Imperial bank and
will generally have the same status as
bank notes, though the publio will not
be obliged to accept It as legal tender.
This paper will be ia denominations of
rrora a to fi maras, i.2 to is.&u.
The -loans will run for three, or six
months, and any sort of Imperishable
trade stock or Industrial product will
be accepted as security up to two
thirds of Its assessed value. German
stocks and' securities will be taken
Close up to their market value.
In order to help Industry all legal
restrictions as to hours of labor, age
ot employment and the like are tempo-
rarlly i repealed. : Adjustments to war
conditions have been mads in the im
perial insuranes system, and likewise
special provision; for the families of
soldiers called to the colors. The si
lowance is to be It J6 a month for the
wife from May to September and 93 in
the winter months and 91.60 for every
Child under la. i , v: i.
To meat shortage of food supply the
government is now empowered to sua
pend all customs duties on eatables
and to remove all Inspection and other
restrictions on importations, especially
or frozen meat. : The 1 export of all
foods and fodder is prohibited. - Local
authorities ars authorised to, set. maxi
mum prices for all articles of food and
fuel and to compel dealers to sell all
stocks which they do not require for
tneir own use. t - - . ..
The financial features of this pro
gram, while accepted without com
ment In Germany. . cause much head
shaking in London., xThay may work
out well if Germany achieves a sweep
ing victory, is the standard. comment,
but in case of defeat they are likely to
exaggerate the disaster, crippling tha
country for a generation. Tbe papular
loan scheme la in particular the sub
ject of criticlam. The 9-76.000J100 will
be 'taken up quickly enough, it ia an
ticipated, but the chance of repayment
being mads by a majority of the bor
rowers . in three- or even six- months
is regarded as wholly Utopian. s
rency against good commercial paper,
was hurriedly amended by congress to
permit an indefinite expanalon of such
credit. At the same time steps werh
taken to hasten the completion of th
federal reserve- board and its program
wiCh a view to protecting our credit
structure. . . ;
It was aU a matter of a very fw
days. With th stock ; exchanges of
the country closed and a -cessation of
trading outside,: the bankers, of the
country found themselves relieved of
the strain which the stock exchange
operations In war time . would have
tai posed. .. ' : , ?,''
So reassurance ' came quickly. In
some cases tne savings : banks gave
notice that they would require a 80
or 60 dayswa9rnlna; of depositors' In
tention to withdraw more than a mod
erate aum, but there were no "runs."
Before the trading places where se
curities are bought and sold ars opened
again and before outside merchants
of securities bonds, notes and mort
gages! begin active selling once mora,
I believe there 'will be a great deal
of capital plied up and waiting- to be
invested. Credit will be offered freely
end on reasonable terms there will
be genuine competition, among invest
ors and. I4srs.---.'&.:ii--;4-W,..if. :
farmat What would Oregon have done
Without this 864,000,0007 ' We would
probably hav been a. Territory yet.
Hopmen produce hops i and money.
What does the Anti-Saloon league pro
duce except discord?
Stand by the i producer; otherwise
our whole syatero f government falls.
- - - '.'y-':,-pyr J. bishop.
. - An lObsrradoi!. ;4 r "0r
Portland, Sept,' i To the Editor of
Tb Journal Jt ;ls noticeable that the
burden of neatly; every antl-prohlbltlon
letter. Is : that "prohibition does not
prohibit," or that "Wind ,,; plgr will
start like mushrooms. It can almost
be taken as a guaranty that'all who
make statements like the above inteno
to do- all they can to' prevent prohlbl -
tlon from prohibiting. They,' may be
detected keeping '"blind pigs" or other -
wise violating th law; so it is respect
fully suggested that a record of ths
namesof air writers of: that class be
kept, and also that those persons be
closely, and continually watched after
th dry law passes. The closer tha? '
class is watched the less the law will ;
v iiviovsu,.! iu wuviuiion or cnis
' r.- ! f- - OBSERVER. ? '
Cuttlnx" and PoLLshlng. . f
" The ' Rsvl . Holmaa l Black i was eon
gratulated In Denver ; hy a reporter,
after an eloquent sermon, on his mas
tery of pulpit oratory. . " . : --.j,.
"What -is your secret,4" sir? the re
porter asked- -'f 1st ..r " . .. . - -
"Well," wasf Dr. Black's J smiling an-'
swer, ."a preacher -should, always 1 re-1
member that While there are sermons
in stones, the more precious a stone is.
the more 'carefully it must bs cut and
pollsbtd."
IN EARLIER DAYS
Df Fred. Ixickler.,
I waf here Before Mount Angel i t
" nM VI.V.I.. -.ri.. T
wan.
but - was hero before Fillmore was
started. When I earns . there i was
heavy, timber where now th' town
Intends,
Xike most of the people at Mount
Angel I am German. I was : born
In Saxony on December 14, ll4. W
ama to America in 1855. Two years
we stayed near Chicago and then
we traveled, three families of us, by
the '.Whoa-Uaw ' route to Minnesota.
It took us six weeks to make the
trip, -We took uo land two miles
from the Sioux reservation r and not
far from Fort RIdgely. When the Civil
war started they took all tha anidi.ru
from Fort Ridgely but 65 men. The
Sioux Indians broke out They killed '
our neighbor, Mr. Malerlel. We went
to St. Peter. Tha soldiers at Fort
Snelling and Fort Ridgley ware ao
few and the Indians ware so many
that volunteers were called for to
form ; ths First . Minnesota mounted
rangers. I was only 1? years old, hut
thay allowed me to enlist. Ths In-
ia started for the Dakota eountrv.
killing settlers and burning their
homes as they went. At New Elm
tne citizens fought ths - Indians for
two nights and three days, both the
settlers and Indians losing o.ulta a
few man. Our troop was soon In the .
field. We elected Jacob Nix as cap- -tain.
. We traveled hard for over loo
miles and overtook the Indians bear
ueaawooo. only three of our m
were killed, but we killed a 1 rand
many Indians - and captured a con-
siaeraoie ' number. We took them to
St. Peter, where they were tried and
1. of . them were taken to Maakato
and hung.i They built a four-sided -gaUows
and hanged aU S of them
at once. The rest of. the eanturad -
Indians wars sent to No Man's land.
now a part of Oklahoma.- z anrt ,
li months. tdrawa Pension of lis
a month and after ray next birthday.
' wiu oa to years Old. X witt
draw 94 a month.
a "in ths spring of IS6I X went to
Aspinwall on ths Isthmus of Pa-. am.
and from there to San Francisco, t i
naa piannea to go overland but tha
railroad fare from Omaha to Saa
Francisco was 6180 and for SO miles
there was a gap covered by . stage.
Ths fare from Naw Tork to San Fran
cisco by. boat was only 976, so X
went the cheaper way. X cams from
San Franclaco to Bellpaeei, a little
vUlage that used to be near where
woodburn now Is. I bought 160 acrea
hare, adjoining what Is now Mount
Angel, It was sold by ths admlnlstra
ter to ma to pay the doctor bill of
the man who had died. I paid 81.25
aa acre. I earned the $100 to pay
for the place by working at my
traas of brick layer In Portland.
"In my birthplace. Saxony, they
saw the faggots for fuel, but here
I slashed and burned hundreds of
cords of fine wood. It seemed very
wasteful, but it was ths custom of
the country.
"In 1878 Cora Roller , and X went
to St. Louts on the banks of the
Willamette, a few miles from Gervalt
and Father De Vos married us. We
had been here about 13 years. when
Father Adelhelm Odermatt of the
Order of Saint Benedict came from
Switsertand and started the monastery "
The first building In Mount Angel
wae a store, it is still standing and
is used as a shoe store now;' ; Now
we have 1000 people here and a
prosperous farming community.
"As I came from the sttiai imm.
try of Saxony to the . prairies " of
Minnesota and than to the woods of
Oregon so . my children have gone
on to new country. One of jny boys
and three of my daughters 'are in
Alaska. -, My daughter Maggie for two
years ran a reataurant in Daweon.
All of our children wers graduated
at the Mount Angel college.
"Many of your prominent mn In
Portland are grsduates of the Mount
Angel college. Judge John P. Kavan
augh was graduated here In 1681
HOO'S H00
By John W. Carey.
Who boases half of Europe (and of
Aala. aa you know), and all hecauae
his daddy did the same things year
ago? . . i .
Who wears a Jewelled crown and
sits upon a throne of thronea al
though be knows.no more perhaps than
Smith or Brown or Jones?
Who's cousin to Ills German Zlmps
and calls him "thee" and "thins" ,
then sends forth troops with Germ
blood to redden up ths Rhine? y
Who hopes this time for fewer jolts,
disaettr and mishaps than came his
way the fall ha tried to whlp-tbose
doughty Japs? vr -v
- Who loads bis men with shot and
shell, invokes the gods of war, and
blames It all on Kaiser Bill? His Maj
esty the Czar., . . , :
' - " Cure for Insomnia.
"Doctor," said h, "I'm a victim ot
Insomnia, ... I can't sleep If there's the
least noise, such as a cat on the hack
. fence, for insUnce. - -,-
I , "This powder will be effective." re
, plied the physician after compounding
prescription. -
"When do you take it doctor?"
"Tou don't take it. Tou give it to
the oat in some milk.
The Sunday Journal
' The ; Great , Home ? Ncwipaper,
' . - ; consists of
Five news sections replete with
. illustrated festares.' r
Illustrated magazine or quality.
Woman's psges . rare merit
Factorial news , supplement i
Superb "comic section, s ' , :
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