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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY - EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, j 1914.
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A REPUBLICAN VIEW
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A
N IMPRESSIVE appeal for a united America behind President
Wilson In the extraordinary crisis created by , the world war.
is made by the Springfield Sepublican, one of the leading Re
publican newspapers of the United States. It saya:
lotr.i nt rhu KiofPi t I'ortund. or.. t i The administration may go to the country with an extraordinary rec-
. . !.. mnr. ' I t one of the. legislative monuments of a generation. Its importance will
lfcu:i-HiKH-.Mii 7m; Home, a-6051. Ail grow upon the nation as time passes, particularly in the difficult period
.iprttf,n. nachrA hr th- nombeni. tii jn-finance. which Mis War has brought. on, Th country's financial admims-
ih rTir wh.t dnrtmpt yon wi t ration is in strong hands. Bine the war crisis opened there has been de-
k'uxKitiN AKviCKJ'isi.Nfi Kt'1,v'1 t lei on and ' efficiency at Washington. The country miners ana wu u-
.i". Klfih Ave.. New York, 118 People
"' .. Iltilrf . IhU-i-.
uirri.il'.o term, iy mull or t sujr d-
in th tnltfri Sute r MMicOl .-
DAILY. - . rA
One yar 5.ihi i One month. .....$ .60
, BUNDAt. 4
One lr 2. One mnirtb .23
OA II. Y ASI SUXOAY. .
n Tr $7.WI I One month . .1 '
Thr Is a tear for all that die.
A mourner o'er the 'humblest
grave;
But nations swell the funeral
cry. w
And Triumph weeps above the
brave.
Byron.
WHO AUK TIIKYt
iF THERE Is to be a recall of
the mayor and CommissioneYs
I D.ieck and Brewster, who will
be the candidates?
' la the recall a disinterested re
call, or are there gentlemen In
ho background who haye an axe
to grind?
There is no reason for a recall
Of Mayor Albee or Commissioner
bleck ofeCommissioner Brewster.
There has been no. official act Or
0 Elciai fcnonconiuiK vy i-".""
even invite a recall. The general
official conduct of all averages
much above the usual standard of
city officialdom.
Then why have a recall? Why
plunge the city into uncertainty,
agitation and tumult? Why keep
those whom the people elected to
administer government, constantly
diverted from their official work
by everlasting threats of a recall?
Who are thoy that, by becoming
recall candidates, are golrv? to ac
cept the responsibility for the tur
moil? Who are they that are
willing to bear the odium of
plunging Portland into hubbub and
bedlam?
Whoever thpy are, let them take
this thought, home with them to
reflect upon:
All this town is not asking for
a recall. Most people do not want
It. The noipc and the shouting
come from a small minority,
which is always with us.
v Against them are thousands of
Portlanders .who know that this is
an, uncalled-for movement, and
why will fight it to a finish. Many
6f them do not approve all that the
officials have done, but they are
tired of having a recall agitation
all the time.
Any aspirant who comes out
with an itch to warm a chair in
the, city hall will have these thou
sardi to face, and they will be a
grim and purposeful corps of
o:en.
fr from business dislocation In this terrlnls emerrency of European con
fiir-f. hut th inmtnant thought nt th tiMinlfl while, the emergency lasts is
.likely t he whatVas in Lincoln's mind when he spoke of the danger in
swapping: hOrse Wnile crossing a stream.
The country is not likely In the Somlng elections to weaken seriously
the president's influence either at hone or abroad. M must remain pres
ident of tHeUftited States througH the war period, and in him rests the
world's beat hopes of peace as soon as conditions render it advisable for
him to again offer his friendly offices. He will need the strong and un
divided support of his countrymen if! Order that he may speak at the op
portune moment with such prestige that the powers in conflict will lis
ten to his counsel. ?
No more persuasive argument has been adranoed from any quar-
rter for the country to unite in a tote of confidence in President
Wilson in November.
It is dangerous to swap horses while crossing a stream, as Lin
coln said. It is even more dangerous to do anything to weaken or
harass, or discourage, the hOrse that is taking yott across the stream.
Would it be wise by an adverse vote in November to weaken the
authority or dim the prestige of the great pilot at Washington whd
is leading this country through the morass and away rrom the pit-1
falls in this extraordinary war period?
These are not Democratic times or Republican times or Pro
gressive times, but war times. The Commanding thought of man
kind now and until this awful war is oer as well as long after.
Is the part thd United States has played, is playing and is to play in
the great war drama, and in the tfenlendOus world politics to be en
acted in the readjustment Of dislocated national affairs, in the re
establishment of national boundaries, and In the Settlement of the
intricate economical problem incident to the vastest conflict in the
history of man.
It is the hope of mankind that out of the awful realities of thi9
war, there may come an opportunity for a united world movement
for whole or partial disarmament of the nations.
More than to any other nation in the world, the stricken and suf
fering peoples of the war one will turn to the United States for
counsel and guidance, and in such a time Of what infinite Import
ance that Woodrow Wilson should be the chief counsellor and with
a united people back of him. How infinitely better, when he comes
to speak as the leader of his country to the unhappy human beings
in the stricken nations, that he should speak as one having the
complete confidence ahd the undivided support and approval of
his own countrymen!
Nor is it alone the president's prestige over seas that is at stake.
As the war continues, financial and business problems of great mag
nitude will present themselves. Unquestioned popular confidence and
support will then be an asset of untold value to the president, in
the strength It will give him in harmonizing and pacifying conflict
ing interests. Any wise citizen toust recognize that his own inter
ests are vitally at stake, and that ih the critical conditions presented
by a world war, the grave, but far-seeing and gentle diplomatist in
the White House should have undivided support in affairs domestic"
as well as in affaire foreign.
In such times when bloody events and world carnage try men's
souls, when the planet is shaken with the detonations from the bat
tlefields, party ties sink into insignificance in the minds of all pa
triotic and humanized men. Few will desire to weaken the presi
dent's influence with the announcement the day after election that
the Country has turned against the presidential policies by electing
to office men who oppose them.
As this great Republican newspaper at Springfield says in Presi
dent Wilson "rests the world's best hope of peace as soon as con
ditions render it advisable fof him to again offer his friendly of
fices and he will need the strong and undivided support Of his Coun
trymen in order that he may speak at the opportune, moment with
such prestige that the powers in Conflict will listen to his counsel."
SKX FA.NULKD (JOVKRXMEXT
"B
FT under all this new fan-
gled government we hear
so much about lately," the
taxes are $3 per capita, ex
claimed Dr. Wlthycomhe, as he
rested on the bosom of 150 choeen
and trusted followers at the Com
hierciul club dinner.
It is a startling position for Dr.
Withycombe to take. It must have j parisons and proof reading and
been one of those Slips of the ! contract thetr q,wn printing ex-
the Sundry Civil bill recently, and
a single fee system Inaugurated.
The eame measure reduced the
compensation of the cdurt Clerk
from more thafi $12,000 a year,
not counting fees in naturalization
cases, to $3 500 a year.
Following these reforms, an
other is now announced. The liti
gant is no longer required to pay
the clerk 25 cents a page for su
pervision of printed records. The
former arrangement was a highly
developed means of useless cost in
which the clerk received an inor
dinate fee for "supervising" that
which was already "supervised."
The litigants can now place their
own printing, do their own com-
A FEW SMILES
i has been : three times passed by the
House ol commons and in a few
hours will be the law of the land.
A new era' has opened in the history
of the two nations.
He calls upon the Irish people
to keep faith with the British
democracy and bear their share In
(ha hlifiiano a n A nn-li SUCh AXClUHinft that
luc M ii v a-uu Da. 41 ilj. O Ul Wttr.fc...
NO fair minded person will be- A0 A1"-. n2
si uugo m5 i louuian Lais aay oi i the bad
rejoicing, it marks the close of a
century old fight which Gfattan
and O'Connell began and Butt,
Biggar, parneil, Mitchel and Red
mond have carried on.
Even should the present bill fee
repealed by a succeeding parlia
ment it has caused a revolution in
the English constitution ranking
with the reform bill of li32.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
There was a father who was very
angry because he had heard his small
son had been Using Slang, and fie had
brought him up in
boy came
across the word.
"Tommy," said h,
sternly, "how dare
you use that wicked
word? And to swear before your own
father! How could you do Itf
"Well, pop," said the youngster,
"how was 1 to know yeu wanted to
sWear first?"
Letters From the Peopla
( Communication, Mini 4A IHia InMMiiil
pftbliMtioh In this department should be writ.
1' "?r of the patmr, ahould not
exceed 800 Word ia lengtS ud must be
cemeaaled by the name and address ot the
sender. If the writer does not desire to
uw nm paoiiAoea, be should state.)
"Pi elusion ia the greatest of ell refotth-
t. It ratlOtiatlftM fHrMi If t
rtbs principles of aU false sanetity hd
throws thera baek n tbelr reasonableness. If
they hate no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes tbem out of existence and set up Its
own conclusions ia their stead.-1 Woodrow
n ilsen.
SMALL, CHA-XfiE
Every police magistrate has his try
ing times.
He who lives on promise isn't long
for this world.
The mic&essf ul man sticks to busi
ness with the glue of industry.
No, Cordelia, a smelting furnace is
not an apparatus ior cooaing emeu. i
j
A woman likes to get into society
so that she can help to keep others out
-
His Satanic majesty never gets his
j due from some people while they live.
mm
Don't wofry over a mistake that can
be corrected; get Jbusy and correct it.
When a woman ' marries for spite
she usually spites herself more than
her husband.
When man tells a young wldfvw
that he is not worthy of her he knows
she knows he's lying.
What a delightful world if the,roe
kept its odor as toftg as the moth ball
does!
"Hey, Beth!" called on farmer toi W other ammunition fails to drlre
Mamma- Johnny, see that you give
Ethel the lion's
b fa a r e e f that
orange.
Johnny Yes'm.
Ethel Mantmd.
he hasn't given me
any.
johnny Weil,
that's -all right.
Lions don't eat
orange.
MM
mm
another,
pectsr
"crop is bad,"
replied Seth, "an
prospecks is Wus.
As I said to my eie
mule. Jinny, this
fnofnin' when I wus
givin' her her feed,
an haoW's crops an' prus-
Aj a Working-man Views Booth.
ItoBebure. Or.. Sent. 1K ioiiTn
the Editor of The Journal Havina i lZ ?
eome in from Myrtle Point for a r. I .LZ.'LA
days visit in Douglas county and j a camel fe'r that's the las4 straw,' 1
. T l.f ln Douglass and Coos Ba8
uau or o years, and being well
CURTIS P. COE.
the Tariff IlowL
Portland, Or., Bept. 15.-To the Ed
itor of The Journal The .editorial In
rs' and tninv ' SaturJay's Journal regarding the Ore-!
iunties have It gontan's wail ftbut the low tariff pau
rauee some 10 1 ;"lmi"l,"r J?b?r and povertahln? ;
uaimea among the ranchers ahd t i7.2Ba.oort hn
nujuer jacKs In Coos mumv t ., ,,:'.'
the opinion that Coos Cm",:!, 18 D boasted creatnest. oh hops?
r,69 nsjnberlaln a big majority.
I also find that Booth u not strong
A. Z? COunty- old home.
Chamberlain will carry Douglas coun-
-j' a nanasome majority.
ue oia tun tier locaters
iiomesieaaers In both cou
in for 11. A. Booth hum
years ago. whnn .t tr t.. i our rural producers, was timelv and
ceiver of the lnd office at Hoseburs i peftinentsUU u won't change the
and was also secretary of the Booth- aiBTSfunU Oregonian one Whit !
Kelly Timber cotapahy. he worked into i i148 ""owded the Ore-
i.e imuus or nis brother, R A. Booth """ oui oi ine puDitc
Whenever a party wrote in askine 1 troUgn u'8 no reason for perslstenUy
about a certain Ho aerei Of lanri i Beekin to pervert facts.
Register J. H. Booth immediately sent ! Tne 6tndPat wing of the RepubUcan
out a man to look It over, and if it Pty tnuf?t certainly be in a bad way
was good timber land, he used to trive i when it .hangs on to such puerile pre-
Ki V. . 1 . v ft : frrffo aa Ua ,,..11 1 w
..10 uiuiuw a up. xnen K A Booth i " ' ou-voncu .un-y umuer
usually put a dumtny cntryraan on .the pa!!-" r
land. In this way they managed to 28 years I have hurrahed be
get the best of all the timber and 1 hind the :llded band wagon of our
beat the locaters and others to it ! morning edition a standpatter with
in those days J. H. Booth and R. A out u error in my record. I confess
Booth were not known to have more i f reely if blushingly, that I have been
than a few hundred dollars. Now J 1 411 ea8jr biark--but that is ancient his
H. lives in a mansion at Roseburg I tory now. However, When I perceived
worth 130,000, is president of the ! tnat the Musicians were displaced by
State Fair board and of a big bank, a PluS band With Its discordant blasts,
while R. A. is a millionaire and cap ! 1 became a laggard and voted for
give a hundred thousands dollaj-s to I Woodrow.
the church. j If the Oregonian would use its en-
Wouldn't It Jar you to see how the ' rSies to urge its bedfellows to pa
manager of the Booth campaign and i tronize United States institutions in
the one who nominated him got to i Place of howling like a lost coyote
bed with Jonathan Bourne Jr.? Why, i aDut tariff, it would be in far better
the Oregonian has said for the past 20 , business, it seems to the.
years that Bourne was the W-orst rake i What our labor heeds is hot so mnch
the Germans back to Berlin, Thomas
Hardy's latest war poem might do the
work.
Judging by what it is costing those
warring nations it - looks like they are
carrying "douar diplomacy" w ex
tremes.
Perhaps many a man who boasts of
nis nonestv would eo lame tr an op
portunity worth While was to knock at
bis door.
That man has a powerful clutch on
his high speed levr who can refrain
from starting anything he knows he
can t linisn
It Is to be gathered from the news
reports that each side to the war is
heartily In favor of peace when it
can name the terms.
A German scientist says women can
talk longer than men because their
throats are smaller. As the average
man has a better use for his throat
than talking he has no Kick coming.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Th Albany T. M. C. A, has organ
ised a Boosters' club with 19 charter 1
members. It is proposed to inaugu
rate a membership contest
Out of M1M42 taxes levied in Union
county, it 5,095 remain uncollected.
This is about 97 ter cent ot the total
taxes in before- delinquency.
Hond River News: Eg eaters only
wih that all the Oreconlan is saying
about the effect of the importation of
Chinese hen fruit were true.
Clatson county's Juvenile Industrial
fair will be held October'l and 17 at
Astoria. The prize list has been com
pleted and sent to all the schools.
A bank at Eugene is offering to fin
ance' farmers who wish to purcnase
fctnok tor feedine-. the nana to carry
the loans until the stock is ready for ,
market.
Lebanon ha gained five hours on
Incoming freight shipirynta. Mer
chandise leaving Portland ln the even
ing now reaches Lebanon at 9:17 the
next morning.
Forest Supervisor J. M. Schmita
says many range cattle In the Blue
mounatins died of thirst during the
summer. Drouth conditions have been
only partly relieved by recent raJns.
Pendleton's high schookSarted the
rear last Monday with an enrollment
33 per cent greater than at the open
ing of school a year ago. The total
enrollment ia expected to be double
what it was when the new building
was opened, and new courses added.
Pallas' claim that it is M orderly
town is supported by Marshal Chase's
report of only HO arrests ln a year.
Half nf these were for drunkenness.
and the Observer says the greater
number of these persons were non
residents. Miitir Wallowa county farmers liv
ing near Enterprise, according to the
Record Chieftain, are disgusted be
cause they contracted their wheat a
month ago at 65 bents, then thought
by them to be a good price. In some
cases, where prospects were good, the
farmers agreed to sell more than their
fields actually produced.
THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO TREATIES
But the representatives of the na
tions which issue victoriously from
this war will be confronted by. a dif
ferent situation. The old fetichism of
treaties has vanished in the light of
plain facts. Treaties bind as long as
ih Oregon, afid that he was nothing ! protective tariff as preference from ! they are convenient. They vanish into
Prom the Chicago Herald.
Sooner or later this war must end.
Sooner or later the nations will seat
themselves at a council board to de
cide how the peace of Europe is to be
secured how fu,ture wars are to be
prevented.
Once the process seemed simple.
The representatives of the stronger
nations dictated their will to the
weaker. And this solution was em
bodied in s-craps of paper which were
regarded as great accomplishments.
These scraps of paper were treaties.
They were presumed to have the high
est moral and legal sanction conceiv
able. A nation's honor was supposed
to be pledged to their observance. The
diplomats could conceive of no more
binding form of obligation.
the people to a curtailment of their
veto power as did their rejection
of the Lloyd-George budget Of
1909.
With Welsh disestablighment out
of the way and the power of the
House of Lords curbed it. is prob
able that the Liberal party will
proceed with its program of set
ting up non-sectarian schools.
but a corrupter in politics and was ! its 0Wn purchasing citizens. If our
ror Bourne and nobody else. Now i standpat Republicans are protection
Bourhe sends $500 to help the Repub- i lst6 solely from unselfish reasons,
1 lean s in Oregon, and they do say that I there would be no need of an increased
when Jonathan was here last fall with fluty oh imports In order to protect
headquarters in the Portland hotel and I domestic manufactures. Think what
working for the nomination for United ! commercial advancement Would ensue
States senator and framing up a state j if all the dtandpat Republicans pur
tlcket he finally sold out to It Ai chased only our own make of goods?
MRS. WILSON'S REQUEST
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tongue that so often throw a vivid
light on the deep inner convictions
of Dr. Withycombe.
Of course, under what Dr. Wlthy
fccmbe calls the "new f angled sys
tem," there are certain small ex
pjnsea not operative under the
old system. The initiative and ref
erendum make a larger ballot.
ut aside from reactionaries, every
body knows the added expense is
ten thousand times compensated
for in the opportunity the people
have of curbing the legislature.
There is a Mnall item of expense
In issuing the voters' pamphlet.
But it is a thousand times com
pensated for in the educative in
fluence on the citizen in leading
)iim to a greater interest in public
affairs.
, There Is some added expense in
Operating the direct primary. But ' more extortions,
it is many times atoned for in the j
millions saved in abolishing the'
Did boas government that stole tim-!
her lauds and robbed the state of i
Its natural resources. ;
; Statement One was a part of
the "new fangled system." It
brought us direct election of sen
ator and in adding a few names to
the ballot, it slightly Increased the
election expense.
Tbe.se are practically the only
Items of added expense, under th
'new fangled system," and alii
viMBDHiea tney nave not added fif
pense. a privilege that will doubt
less enable them to effect a large
reduction in their court expenses.
A further reform is the an
nouncement that the fee of two
per cent charged for receiving and
disbursing moneys deposited with
the federal court, has been cut to
one per cent. The total of all
these cuts in court fees will be a
great saving to those whom the
stress of circumstances drive into
the federal courts. The Journal's
agitation, aggressive cooperation
by the Oregon Bar Association
committee, of which J. N. Teal was
chairman, and Senator Chamber
lain's work in Congress, have to
gether accomplished that which
was well worth while.
The next thing to do is to clear
away more rubbish and cut down
NE of the hopes expressed by
the late Mrs, Wilson on her
death bed is about to be
realized in the passage of a
law by Congress abolishing the
plums of Washington. The meas
ure has now been endorsed by
both houses.
Aa a mother the president's wife
was extremely sensible to the con
dition of the children of the slums
living . under conditions which bar
out even the Commonest joys of
life. She doubtless thought of the
illness, hunger, cold and lack of
nourishing food and, worst of all,
the bestial life about them.
The poor ye have with yon
always," said the Nazarene, but
he taught that in carrying cheer
to the' distressed and opportunity
for better living the field of pov
erty could be narrowed.
Language can never express the
feelings of President Wilson when
he signs the bill which is the last
wish of his dying companion, whis
pered ln trembling accents from
her deathbed, now translated into
statute law.
VELStt DISESTABLISHMENT
T
He decision of the House jf
Commons to suspend legisla
tion amending the bill dises-
tablishing the Church of
Wales until after the close Of the
war will result in the meaaufe
becoming a law as it passed the
house. The bill had been passed
by the lower house three times
and has been rejected by the Hdufie
oi iKras.
It now goes to the kinfc for the
1e"n cents per capita to thn east ' royal assent
tf government. When Dr. Withy-! The movement for disestablish
ombe charges our so-called "now i hient owes its beginning In laree
Wangled government" with big in-1 measure to the great schism of
wases m public expense, he1811 Wnen tn Methodist faction
lua.a.tro m, aitacK tnat he cannot
' , successfully defend.
w Moorv4vKliA V-b.
ur. v uny combe's
thought on the subject is exactly
like W. D. Fenton's thought on
the subject.
of the ChurCh of Wales finally
separated and became ad indepen
dent body.
. Itt 1906 the Liberal party was
swept Into power on the wave of
a liberal and nOnonfOffniat tide
which spelled disaster for the es
tablished church schools. The Lib-
w o years of agitation by The radical reform In the nnbllft sehorl
Journal against extortionate system whereby the state, aided
leeR In th fDHa.a1 ....n r i i t. - , i . . ... .
- ..7ci luuna ui cuurcu scnoois snouia De super
Oregon has finally cleared seded hv
th,eremalninS remnant of j The bill effecting that reform went
v"" i .ww. . thrmierh th Hnnu nr nnmmn..
- a www w. w sii MmmxJlXB a M
THE COURT FEES
The system of double fees fm-
. the clerk and marshal was abol-
fished by the Chamberlain rider to
short order ' but the House of
Lords .as quickly threw it out.
Their rejection of the bill aroused
Booth after it was too late for an
other candidate to get in the field, so
Booth had it his own way. They say
mat Booth is to stand for Jonathan
It would not friake much difference
where the Democrats bought their sup
plies.
Why doesn't the Oregonian and
at tViA , . 1 . ; t TTntt.j ...... nlhars nf Ita nftiturlA, rnnnael fVta ltttinr
senator, or if Jonathan should run for : unions and all patriotic citizens that 'nnct.nt heP u-eatv
president Booth and the Oregonian it is more of a crime agafnst American rs Uade France not to keep her treaty
will stand for Jonathan O. K. Just j laoor to Duy loreign maae gooas pro- Vf "
think of Charlie Moores and Bourne duced by foreign labor, than to em
tbin air when they are not-
Who doubts it? On Thursday Tur
key tore up treaties with all the na
tions of Europe with the cynical com
ment: "This war is Turkey's opportunity-."
At the beginning of the war
Germany tore up treaties guaranteeing
the neutrality of Belgium and Luxem
burg. ' On Friday was published from Ger
man sou feed royal correspondence pur
porting to Show how the FY an co -German
conflict might have been avoided.
And this correspondence shows that
"We hare fought this war to the bit
ter end to insure a lasting peace. A
lasting peace means guarantees.
What guarantees are there, in the
light of history, that are worth considering?
"Not treaties, certainly. Not the
exhaustion of one side, for exhaustion
is sure to be repaired. Not a new ap
plication of the old balance of power
theory. because that theory has
crumbled to pieces, Not anything
that has yet been tried, for everything
that has yet been tril has only
nerved to lead the world to the great
est war in history.
Proceeding along this logical line.
considering the naked facta, they
must if they want the peace which
they make to be lasting and benefi-
ctent be irresistibly driven to the
conclusion that there Is but one
guarantee that promises results. That
Is "Disarmament
These facts the representatives of
must take into
They will naturally say:
standpatters coin to bed tnthMv i Perhaps, tfieri, the Oregohian'S largest , uou,,t
But Jonathan IS a schemer and he can ' advertizers would cease featuring such
give the old gang cards and spades
and then win out
Later on after Chamberlain Is
elected, hear the standpatters howl.
There is no rter-d to blink the fjvtu.
The vast machinery that prepares for
war mnst be abandon?d. The Sure
foundations of lasting pes.ee can never
rest on the sure foundations of Mat
ing war. The two are antagonistic
and irreconcilable.
If the winning nations really want
to end war and all the nations now
at war profess thai aim they must
couple their demands for the limlta
tion or abandonment of the arma-
ments of the vanquished with a like
mrrrender of their own machinery of '
aggression. There is no other way. j
They cant get back to treaties. !
They can't restore the Inviolable au- i
thority that once was supposed to bo j
embodied ln scraps of paper. Hu- !
manity, Idealism, experience, patriot
ism all point resolutely in one ahd but
one direction; ".Lay Down Tour
Arms!"
Four Pages of
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No better Men of the char
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than by actual photographs of
tne people ami places involved.
No better, war pictures are
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than those appearing in THE
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other which kIioivh how Russia
is profit iiiK in a military way
by the lesuton learned in her
war with Japan.
In the seventh installment
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Joseph Vance puts his char
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that are boutid to claim the at
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL for
September 20.
Fred Lockley writes of the
stale fairs of other yearn and
alwo has an engrossing article
on hop harvesting by machine.
-A chat with Homer Rogers,
aTrweiler on Mount Hood, is
recorded which seta forth In
new form some of the man
eiuirms of this peak.
The plans and preparations
for the I'endleton Round-Up
are fully treated and with il
lustrations. The construct ion of the Hill
side Drive, a new scenic route,
between lortlnd and Linnton,
in explained in an article in
Section Four.
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HOO'S H00
Hy John W. Cnrey.
goods so extensively and waxing so
enthusiastic over the excellence of im- j
ported foodstuffs made under condi- j
uons so unsanitary we wouia not tot-
nd when the cruel war is over, see j erate therh here.
the seven hungry ax-candidates for Perhaps, tod, there would be less
governor come trailihg in the rear Of j Karptfig on the long outgrown fact of
thp V.i tr nrnfAainfv Vlrwith covs "Ci ri , the superiority of foreign goods of all
keep me true to te working men," kinds. The superiority of foreign j finished building a great dam lor
but when I was at Wendling mill made commodities today is a scnti- English capital, to develop 70.000
(Booth's fnill) ha paid il.75 per day j mental fiction, notwithstanding It may horsepower of electricity, which Is to
ahd three miles over the hill at the have been different z years ago Any lurmsn "si u...uc.
OPPORTUNITY IN SOUTH AMERICA
By John It. Oskison.
The other day an English born engi
neer came to New York from Sao
Paulo, Which is the name of both a
state and a city in Brazil. He'd just
IRISH HOME BULB
I
NDiCATTVE Of the absorption
of the world in the issue of the
Mable mill, owned bv another corn- one Who has traveled abroad Will eon
pany. they paid for the same wofk j firm the statement that residents
mere nave uie uljuuai auiun auvu
our manufactured products, and for
the skill and capabilities of our work
men and scientists. They Will also
confirm the statement that our manu
factured commodities la tnahy lines
are actually sold there in successful
The Hop industry. competition wun ineirs ine very lines
McMinnvUle. Sept 14.-To the Ed-J " ""di egsinely for protec.
Itor of The Journal I offer the fol- i?
lowing as a repiy co me arucie oi ine ; tnteresttne to have fie-
$2.2& per day, and every man had a
nice painted house to live in. Well, ln
Coos county the Southern Pacific and
the Oregonian candidate, R. A. Booth,
can't win. Watch the returns.
J. It BRYANT.
of towns of Sao raulo.
This man said that just before the
war in Europe broke out Brazil had
arranged to borrow from London
bankers Some 1100,000,000. Probably
the outbreak of the war prevented
Brasil from actually getting the
money.
"I told some New York bankers the
other day," said the English born
engineer, "that they .ought to take
over that i 100,000,000 themselves be
fore anybody else gets a chance at it.
Brasil is just beginning to develop.
Yamhill Hop Growers association in - the Oregonian cult showing We have large cotton manufacturing
your issue of eleventh inst. 1 ?uvt what increased revenue woulc" enterprises in Sao Paulo, and there
The -attacks" on hops have not been 3 - government during are all sorts of minerals
on Yamhill producers but on a condi- ! n.ave c trr hM "Sao Paulo is the most nearly ideal
I tilt: Udsi uiwin." v
grown under similar circum stances. I i to ' our nlieht of not having
will grant that about McMlnnville,
where pickers sleep at home, and are
taken back and forth ln wagons. Con
ditions are better than elsewhere. I
referred the challenge to "name he
single instance of debauchery" to sev
eral friends who have lived longer in
Oregon and who have had experience
in hop fields.
One referred to a ride to rortiana
a. laree merchant marine is unfor
tunate, but surely the Democrats have
not scuttled the one left us by the
Grand Old Party.
Do- you blame me tot forsaking the
plug band? EX-STANDPATTER.
Challenge to Mr. Ruth.
Portland, Or., Sept. 17. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Owing to certain
great international war final i reiur"1"? "".f"'- on. Th. ! editorial changes, or possibly an in-
e.D?eDW "'V"'. . .",,! hilitv to read pottions of my letter
nrnjar- uiimca tit ir len n. i a ah i.x.- i - ....
steps ih the Irish home rule
and W'elsh disestablishment bills
have been taken by the English
House Of Commons almost unnoticed.
On Tuesday last the house voted
to Suspend legislation amending
the billa. The UnioHiSte mani
fested their protest by withdraw
ing from the chamber. The effect
of this vote Is to send the bills up
to tne King and they will become
laws over the veto of the House
of Lords.
it will probably be a year be-
hon house within the week. Still ah-
other referred to the "boasted con
quests of youhg libertines." In in
dependence a business man said,
"Stand otk the street with me for five
minutes and 1 will show you half a
dozen." Another Independence mad
told of a desen boys. 15 or 16 years Of
age, who had been seen dead drunk
last Saturday.. '
The hop men are responsible for the
present attitude against hops. They
have been duped by the brewery trust
or. o tv. rat's naw. They have
declared that the future of the hop
Industry depends on keeping Oregon
wet. Any business that is so insep-
to Mr. Ruth, published in toaay s
Journal, I beg space to correct my
challenge ahd some statements:
First, concerning the Kansas lifers,
I wrote: "Lifers who would have
been hanged and eliminated frort the
homicide count had they been Oregon
prisoners; for only the first degree
murderers are sentenced for life in
Kansas." 1 flow add, "And none are
hanged."
I challenged Mr. Ruth to deny that
he used either the juvenile delinquents
or the word "Jails" WTongfully.
R. 12. BEEGLE.
of all the Brazilian states. Americans
have tremendous interests there now.
men, a supreme master of strategy
and tactics, equally great in marches,
sieges and battles Yet it remains
true that the great world empire
which Alexander carved out with tho
sword fell to pieces almost immedi
ately after his death.
One hundred years ago Napoleon
undertook the same gigantic task,
greater in his day, of building up a
world empire. The motives prompting
ail. three of these World conqueror
were the same, and in each case the
empires so quickly brought Into being,
vanished as quickly as they came.
Is it possible that the world holds
today a man who dares to presume
himself capable and powerful enough
to carve out the destinies of the peo
ples of the earth?
ROSE S. PORTER.
The Hop Industry
An American beef concern Is putting
up a huge plant in the city of ao
Paulo to turn out canned meats."
Do you see the point? Brazil needs
right now a hundred millions of new
capital to spend in devlopment work
that will pay big profits. If a group
of American financiers could make
the loan, no doubt most of the money
would come back to this country to
purchase supplies; our engineers
would get jobs down there; our ships
would load more cargoes from the
state of Sao Paulo; the flow of work
ers from the United States to that
progressive and Ideal South American
state would be stimulated.
Neither England, nor Germany, the! Who shines to-day as Mr. Man-Who-two
great rivals for the trae and ' Taks-the-Cellar-Champs and Deps 'em
friendship and profits to be made in i up until upon the rag they put the
South America, can continue their clamp? Who got hooked up as man
h51p. Can we taiie their place as j uger of Boston's no-called Braves'
elder brothers of trade and develop- . as ilftiri a bunch of Indians as ever
ment at a price Satisfactory to our- j lay in praxes? Who cleared the never
stives? j wurzers out and tinned, the G. A. R.'s.
We shall answer as the specific op- j and called in Johnny r,rerB an1 some
portunitles are called to otir notice, j otlifr lKer stars? St'ho worked a
and according to our appetite for new miracl fof ?ure upon that bunch of
ventures. j duhn, and sent 'em up ln no time past
the Giants and the Cubs? Who has
heartily approve. It is the abolition of th' ha"hii on the Yanks, who tied to
ruin in tail w timi 1,112 war tur
Ch.as
and Chance? That George
having, or carrying, of selling guns
or pistols indiscriminately. But why j stalling man.
mo j wu iiui tuiiHiDicui i m yuur ecu i , , .
torial, "Society Responsible,- you say Every Man and the Hrute,
the burden of guilt Is on society, that From the Detroit News,
tolerates the manufacture and sale of i A man who hates war, Who hates
firearms, which find their way Into i t'1 forces that make war and all
irresponsible hands. Why not be con- things connected therewith, read, of
Kistent, and say the parents are en-
iren mowed down until their Codies
tiri.lv r..t,nh.ihi , n.rmi o . dammed h river, and was impelled to
j , j,....,. v,... .
or pistol in a house wlrere there are "'"'"'V " "".fr
children?
: Htand why, while one part of him
But what right has any man. espc- "":''. ' ' e
dally a father, with young children, 1 11 ?,ar' 'n that r?l M"' fc
to assume that a daadly weapon. U l M had t'OnallstiC prejudices
harmless? Under the common law a . or "ymputhies But he almost envied
r,a,r,, iimttd n - . : thOHe men who had rushed eagerly
Sia,ht,r rtv a rt.rt.ion f - existence as sparks before a gale.
preme court of California, a man who i
keers a dog which has been shown to i
ln himself he found the real reason
for war.
Painstakingly we have built up
fOfe the Irish' government is or-1 arabiy linked to the liquor traffic as
ganized. Premier Asouith has ! to depend upon it for life is demof.
promised that before the home
rule fetlea . Into operation the gov
ernment will ' introduce a bill
mending it to meet the objection
of the" protesiant "counties. It la
hoped by that time a .spirit will
have grown-up that will make a
real settlement posslblei To have
postponed the passage of the bill,
said Premier, Asouith, fwould have
had', deplotabie effect on the
Irish face all over the world and
on Ifish recfdlting fdr "the war
tn maalfeato John Redmond!
th Irish leader, says: t
By cwerwh aiming British majori
ties a charter f Uberty for Ireland
allslng. The fignt reaiiy is iwi
hops, but for beer.
Mops may bring into Oregon $6,00iV
003, although the latest state reports
I have been abhs to secure say j,100(
00, but Portland Sends east for the
booss she imports, J9.80O.000. Here M
the cry: We must keep Oregon wet
to save the hop crop, worth $ 4,100,000.
and continue to send J9.800.000 out
of the state for liquor. Flhe business,
that .
"Hops are credited with and recog
nized as being the leading agricultural
industry of Oregon, says me wr.tc..
This is as near true as the usual ar
gument on the wet side. Let us ex
amine the stats reports; Livestoca.
.I33.ooo.oe0,' dairy product ".ooo.oo0;
wheat. 1MTH,000; hay. lia.SOOOOO.
fruits, $6,750,000; poultry and eggs
World Empires.
rn.tiTi 'sprt 14. To the Editor of
The Journal-Cyras the Great, king UP
of Persia, was the rirst to imagine
himself "powerful enough to build up
a world empire. He was the first
great conquerer; he was kind and hu
mane, fthd hi policy towards th con
quered, all things considered, stands
t.nlA,nn I", r- U o r. t 14 T n (ho P'rt. 1 Ka l-jTHr,rnit kAoha him a, hi. na.M
liter of The Journal-Why Is it that I believe this Is good law. Now. Why lll.01
I everytime we step on the corns, of the ; should a man keep a dangerous weapon " r tJlZit?Jl ft
I .aioon busine-s. somebody over the , his house under the pies that he ; ri?tlJaV aV. t't" V- JXt
name oi nup s"wrI o'J- uiun t ' ' n txib unnrruus: , . , . .
called hop growers' association, puts JOHN BLAIR. "l'T tlTliU
of alligator tears are shed, in sym
pathy for the saloon? Isn't it just
barely possible that the hop growers'
association is being used as a tool, by
and for the liquor interests?
The writer has been in ' the stat
for over 30 years, and donit wish to
. ' to h butcharieu Ior over ai yeam, auu uimn wieii iu
U 2 ,ft wbicfe T characterise , destroy the hop lhdustry, wUhout it Is
and J'ui8.DmV,l(,Jhiel1 cha'a08 inseparably connected with the saloon,
the Warfafe of tOdaf. -V.m -clK,rl hon mw trv ta
aetne years later Aiexanaer emu-r ---
lated his example. In his youth he e 11 appear. If the hop business
had feared that his father would not ' rvivs without the sah.on. ths
leave him any worlds to conquer, but Quicker it goes the "tter. The land
it the ge Of 20 he found himself will be just as valuable for Some other
master of his father's kingdom. Iis- . purpose. It h not the hop business
tory tells us that the eStire civilised w after bui .b"8N
.. . . . s . . w Till M 1.(11 .
army and ail countries Offered homage
Kffective Temperance Agitation.
Portland, Sept. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal A. . Ruth states that
tinder certain conditions lie favors
personkl prohibition as Well as tem
perance. Personal prohibition and a
vigorous agitation wodld lessen liquor
consumption and thus decrease profits
of those engaged In the production
and distribution of liquor. Would not
all liquor 'interests and Mr. RatH. mtt
a liquor representative, as "bitterly
fipnt effective temperance agitation , ' He must ut tnl j,rutc ra Un
I nL VTfpo ur " lh only one 1
s.nen.lment.' J L. SPE.NCKR. . systematically preyed upon
tn "tha greatest conquerer the World
had ever seen. As a soldier h has
had scarcely a peer in the world's his
tory. He was a born commander of
.- Dangerous Weapons.
Portland, Sept" 1. To 'the' Editor
Lot Ths Journal Among many things
yeu- navs - advocated, there; is" one " I
Yes, - . .
Coffee, CaL. Sept. l'o To the Editor
f Th Journatr-CoD. an Aratrican icit
teen sifter becoming a xitisro of an-
other bountry, become a citlsea of the
United States again? Lu ll. OIUMES,.
spirit; the spirit of strife and blood -
hunger; the spirit of revenge.
Kager is the brute to answer a Call
from the high centers, and frequently
the call that comes Is a noble en.
But the brute who responds Is ignoble,
alwaya. No man could go tenderly
to War and rationally destroy his' fel
low beings; no man c6uld lay down
his philosophy, his poetry, ht ,re
liidn, and glM himself With the
t-word. He must forget all this Wftn
the time comes to siioot and b shot
checked.
that. has
itself.
The biological reason there is for this
is hidden--the sUrk fact of It is all
(.that "We can see now, , - .
- Solemniy cnarge this class -or that
special interest with precipitating war.
but if you seek tb rssj culprit -look