THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY' EVENING.. SEPTEMBER 22, 1914.
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' Benjamin ft Keatnor C.. ' Bwaswlc 'piZ
. lias BI1.. t.hWgra. - - '
;re; oregon women;tq;be bossed?
M'
Within that limit, the same as in
private business. The thought" la
the same thought that is in the
mind of every taxpayer in Oregon.!
i " nnv. v. . rhhii - - itv .
and thousands of them believe that m I s an news
ln the Smith candidacy there iijPPr. "does our
opportunitrto
ministration by a business man. jor mules r'
"Because." said an
Iowa paper, "that
Is the only safe
place, to stand." .
Letters From the People
ttabacrlption Wraw by mU . '
dress is the ,Uoitei States or MexlflO. j ;
.....15.00 I n Uji,i..l -M
SUNDAY.
, $2.60 I One month.
DAILY AND . . '
17.60 ?Oas mopta
year
year
One year
, Oar
' Oae
Charity la never lost. It
may meet with Ingratitude, or
be of no service to those on
whom It was bestowed, yet it
ever doea a work of beauty
and gracs upon the- heart - of
the giver Mlddleton.-
WHY TAXES ARE HIGH, NO. 2
THE attacks oi me vic6uuiu
on Governor West's' manage--roent
of the penitentiary have
been shown td be false and
malicious. ' " . .
A comraittee of a . hostile legis
lature in a majority report com
mended West's management .of the
: prison.
The attack is an attempt to hide
from the people the great Oregon
j issue of why taxes are high. It
is a part of the injustice- and un
fairness with which the Oregonian
has long pursued West. West is
a marked man In the ' Oregonian
office. The hounding of him is
like the Oregonian's hounding of
'poor old John Mitchell, apersecu-
tion that followed the dead Benator
into nis coiuu.
' Taxes are high because the leg
s' islature made them high. The
Journal is presenting public docu
5 ments to prove what made them
' high.
t The Oregonian, by opposing West
1 and standing in with the leglsla-
tive machine-, helped put taxes at
i their present extortionate figures.
f instead tt hnlrliner-iin the eover-
RS. JESSIE HARDY STUBBS has "come from Illinois to tell
the voting .-women of Oregon that they must beat Senator
Chamberlain. , .
If. as state legislator, governor '- and senator, Chamberlain
helped the voting women of Oregon . get - the ballot, and if for that
they now turn on and help defeat him, how can women in non-suffrage
states secure men to. help them get the ballot? , If in suffrage
States voting women make.it their business to beat men who helped
them get the Fallot, men in non-suffrage states will take great care
"to itttt 'wrmny r!o 'not 5 t?et th-."hallnt ; ..'.
, '., - tv .... , , . : .v ; "-v , ," ! i j I PnblJeaUoa la this department ahoald be writ
'Mrs.-StubW, if she: and her band succeed in their plan, will do tea oo eniy one aide of the paper, abonid not
more to kill; equal suffrage in non-suffrage3 states than can be done
by; a!ll otnef 'influences , combined. Theit work ; is llieral poison to
the suffrage adse. . The vera ma4ness of their plan, if it were wide
li followed; Iwould literally plrevent 'any other state from going; for
equal -su ff rage. I f : men ' are - once warned that because they support
ed suffrage they are to be punished, by the very ;women they helped
enfranchise,'' the supporters of suffrage will become few. i '
The very unfairness of the plan of Mrs. Stubbs makes i a Doom-'
erang. ' Senator Chamberlain introduced an equal suffrage resolu
tion in the Senate, got a favorable, committee report and secured a
majority of one in the vote. No other man ever brought national
equal suffrage so near an actual realization. But because the reso
lution did hot pass and because the, senate is Democratic, Mrs. Jessie
Hardy Stubbs of Illinois is here in Oregon trying", to beat Senator
Chamberlain.""" . 'ii - ' -v'.
It is an ! almost unheard-of inetance of unfairness. It is a case
of ingratitude almost without precedent. By every; consideration .of
fair play and justice, Mrs. Stubbs, instead of trying, to' beat Senator
Chamberlain ought to, if she really desires equal suffrage, to be ad
vocating his election. ,V"-'V v; -;.!
Everybody else in America but the Stubbs propagandises reward
men who serve them. It Is by rewards to those who sefve them
that they get more tov serve. It is by rewards to those whoTkdvocate
suffrage that they can get more suffrage advocates.
Yet here is Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of .Illinois out in Oregon
directing the voting women of this state to punish Senator Chamber
Iain because he helped them get the ballot. ;
The suffrage .women of Oregon have run their own affairs most
successfully. They managed admirably. In their campaign for .the
ballot, they displayed fine strategy, and they won. .They knew their
business, and knew it well. They got the ballot' and they have the
ballot, because they-went off on no crazy enterprises like that Into
which the emissary from Illinois wants to lead them. .
They have done more for suffrage than all the Stubbs in the
world can do in ten thousand years. They are jperfectly able, to do
their own thinking without Illinois guidance, and there is no more
probability that they will let Mrs. Stubbs direct them into trying to
beat Senator Chamberlain for helping them get the ballot than that
Mount Hood is going to turn a somersault whenever the stranger
from Illinois snaps her finger.
A FEW SMILES
Communications seat to ' The Journal ; tor
eaceed SOU word In lenath and mast be ae-
companied bjr the name a ad address ot the
aenaer. II tne writer does not aesve 10
bsve tbe name published, he should ao state.)
'Disraesioa' is the greatest of all reform-
en. it rationaUses e-erj-thlng it touches. It
rube prtnelples of an false sanctity and
4brows them back on their reasonableness. If
ther ham no reasonableneaa. It rutnieaair
eratbes 'tbem oat of existence and set op Its
own conclusions la their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Affairs at Multnomah Farm.
Multnomah Farm. Sept. 21. To the
Editor of Tbe Journal I will endeavor
to tell of the radical changes that
rtsve been wrought at the Multnomah
farm since the first of last.Marcn.
None but old timers can realize and
appreciate them. But I am ons hav
ing come two and a half years ago. It
Is of the women's comfort I wish to
write, as I have hecn eye witness to It
all. The old order was to eat, sleep
and live in our wards, food coming
up
Aft.. arf vein of hotel life.
Percival's parents took up their resi
dence In a city suburb.-
doing, sonT' the
mother . asked him,
when Perclval came
into 'the house one
afternoon.
'l was Just out
on the-front porch,"
replied Percival.
"listening; to a man
with a pushcart paging blackberries.
Judge.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
WAR'S NEW TERROR
SMALL CHAXGE
Some men were born asleep and for
got, to wake up. .
.Everything has a bright aid
ine aars laniern.
Yen
Ifs too bad that we can't live long
without getting old.
A' general, on his return from the
wars, showed his family a regimental
flag, tattered, torn, and riddled with
bullets, which he
had personally cap
tured from the en-
!my. On : the fol
lowing morning - the
trophy was to be
presented to the
e o mmander-in-chief.
on trays, therefore being always i When he called for
which a man wearing low shoes
will be in the same class with the
man, who wears a straw hat after
the middle of September. He will
be subject to the same penalty of
confiscation, if caught.
On October 3 well dressed men
i nor a nana wnen ne was resisting i nr emBctPd tr annear on the
t the legislative machine's raids on street in high topped shoes. It was
tne state treasury, me uregoman first Intended to make October l
1 backed the machine and encour- the day on which the decree should
i aged it in Its wild and reckless go into effect, but on consulting
f spending of public money. the calendar, it was found that Oc
It was the press agent of theltober 3 fell on Saturday which is
f machine. It was the body servant a general pay day. This will en
of the machine. It was the oiler able all to join the movement with-
i of the machine. It was the wet out inconvenience.
nurse of the machine. It was the The movement is a most sensible
4 adviser of the machine. It was one. If there 1s anything absurd
( the sponsor and godfather of the I in appearance it is the sight of a
I macnine, ana it nas never, to tnis wen aressea man m low snoes sniv
i day, uttered 6ne word of protest ering under an overcoat. Of
I against what was the ' most ex- course, it is understood that this
J pensive, the - most . reckless and applies only in the case of those
the most extravagant legislative who can afford a new pair of
" machine, that ever held revelry i shoes
i the Oregon statehouse. Comfort and fashion do not al
In consequence, the people of ways go-, together but they would
Oregon are paying the 'highest in this requirement. It would be
taxes in their history. More than a severe blow to King Rheuma
$6,000,000 In state taxes, in two tism who Is entrenched in exposed
v years, has to be wrung from the ankle joints
people as a result of the meeting
' of that legislature. No spectacle
r wa3 probably ever beheld before of
. a reckless legislative machine
backed up in Its extravagance by
a newspaper.
Ail this is of record. The facts
are to be found in the legislative'
journals: There can be no dis
. pute about them. Here is a veto
message by the governor to the
' legislature it illuminates the sub
ject: ,
r i nerewitn return House Bill, No.
an, wun my veto. As originally In-
places that are legally' conducted
were closed. It is the same kind
of business that has been going
on around Portland with varying
cold; likewise, soup, tea and coffee,
iof ten times stale meat and fish. Bed
patients were served . the same way.
The help provided to care for patients
was untrained and eould not do their
charges Justice, always being cross
and disagreeable.
But with the coming of Miss Muhs
as superintendent, on the first of
March, a wonderful change has taken
place for the comfort of everyone on
the farm. My aim is only to mention
the women patients and what she has
done for us, having given us a dining
room, and now we sit down to warm
meals, and also are served with but
ter once a day, also eggs quite often,
pie twice a week, pudding otber"days.
fruit for our evening meals. Bed pa
tients have special care, not only in
food but in attention. We had a
ciiance of enjoying tbe produce of the
farm which we had not had before.
Our" superintendent gives her personal
attention to these details, helping per
sonally with, the picking of straw
berries before 5 o'clock in the morn
ings, and on hot afternoons. In fact.
the changes for on, and all would be
too numerous to recite. She arranged
a large front sitting room for us that
is greatly appreciated by us all.
I will,, mention an incident that oc
curred about two weeks ago, when one
the flag his Indus
trious wife brought it to him smilingly
and, presenting it to him with a look
of proud satisfaction, said:
"James, I sat up all night and
mended the flag, and now see! It
looks almost as good as new!
success for many years
How is it that these forbidden f , thepaUent!. was tak.e" violently
houses where young girls and wo
men are taken and where all the
statute and moral laws are set
at naught can so successfully sur
vive? ' Is there no way to put them out
of business except by the effective
methods employed by Governor
West at Copperfield?
Has it come to the pass that
there are fester places and plague
spots that "cannot be effectively
dealt with by the usual processes
of the law?
It almost seems so, since, though
boys of 14 and upwards were regu
larly made drunk in the saloons at
Copperfield, the civil authorities of
Baker county declared that there
sick. No relative or friend could
have worked more faithfully than our
night nurse. Miss Broad foot, did. And
why? Just because she is a trained
nurse and knows how. The taxpayers
of Multnomah county may be proud of
the efficient help at the county farm.
Let us have trained nurses.
Who come at every call,
With their ever welcome footsteps
Coming softly through the hall.
With Miss Muhs in the lead
We will have everything we need.
And may God forever bless them
One and all. INMATE.
take care of themselves, which they
cannot do with temptation in their
way. It will do the saloon men good
to do some real work, and we neld
reads very much.
But why be so tenderhearted toward
those interested in the liquor business
only? Shall we not pity those that
have suffered for years to keep those
very saloon men and their families in
luxury? We know there are thou
sands of workingmen who spend a
good deal of their earnings in the sa
loonr, and whatever is spent there,
means that much -less for their fami
lies. Why not take pity on and pro
tect thuse pcoplp?
Where do the ' saloonkeepers get
their money from' and why are they
in the business? The patrons pay
tor the license, in many cases at tha
expense of their own and their fami
lies' ' comfort. The saloonkeeper' is
too expensive a tax collector. Vote
dry for the betterment of humanity.
JOHN MOSTUU
There are men who caht even
ihe truth without exaggerating.
tell
OREGON" 8U)ELIOHT8
The Fossil Journal says Fossil's ho
tels are full every night, and ar com
pelled to rustle rooms on the outside
for their guests. ,
Laughing draws the corners of the
mouth up; crying pulls them down.
What they don't want may make
some people happier than what they
nav. i
j
Probably Solomon was the orve man
who married all the girls he ever
loved.
A man with money is welcome any
where if the will let. bis companions
oo the talking.
s
When your best friend tells you how
he acquired that black eye, do you
believo him?
By the way, did you ever hear a
man complain because a sermon was
too short?
s
If you would be. regarded as wise,
all you nave to do is hand people the
advice they want.
. The average ' woman's Idea of an
editor is a man who keeps her name
out of the paper.
Nothing Jolts a poor man who mar
ries an heiress like having her sue
him for non-support.
. . From the Chicago Post.
Through Brussels the endless snake v
of German troops passed, clad in" a, ;
solid g-nostlike color that tied them to -,.
their background and mad them van
ish like a .puff of dust.
wT -tl -i rmXl -V,m ifw,Tan ,8n-ray hue. The spiked helmet had
who walked all the way. from fortiana thtr .,K ... :
to Pendleton to see the Round-up "will aV1Vrthr" Ji "J1 J?tJl ,Th,, .ff?
be entitled to a chance to ride Shar- an1 tn,r carriage were painted In the p
fcey." . j same dead color. " . '
j When th Germans went this road--Banks
Herald: From the amount of before they marched in all the brtl- '
pheasants seen In this vicinity, there liant hues of the spectrum.
should be, some good hunting when the t There were Saxon cavalry In a dash :
season opens October 1. While walking lng 1( ht biue Thi Rv
near town. Sunday the editor scared , ' .iZLI?
up 14 of the birds In one bunch. j n,T8emn ren A11," Up w"h
I fea- There were the king's life guards
The First Annual East Clackamas i tne scarlet glory of their "dress" -fair
having proved a great success, a , uniforms. There were the-Wurtem-meeting
has been called for Thursday, (bergers with their rows of white but
at Entacada. to arrange f or something trns. There were all aorta of colorful
far better and bigger in ijuj. . i nia ; Ul .l0rm, from th m,n nrinir.i,i.
There were miles of Prussia's troops la '
was more than self-sus-
year s fair-
taming.
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Business men of Prinevllle are urged
bv the News to provide work for stu
dents of the high school.. The News
says there are 80 boys and girls in
Crook county who cannot attend the
school unless they have work during
the year.
A. J. Hicks has bought the Beaverton
Owl, weekly, and changed its name to
Beaverton Times. The new paper ap
pears in ten 4-column pages,
them home nrint. It has
It, and starts right out as a vigorous
town booster.
A committee has been appointed by
President Vorux of the Baker Taxpay
ers' league to make recommendations
for a more equitable system of assess,
ments in Baker county. The commit
tee will report at the October meet
ing of the league.
THE GERMAN ARMY
USE THE RIVERS
T
HE Upper Mississippi River
Improvement Association has
inaugurated a "use the river"
campaign. The association's
executive council, has been author
ized to establish a publicity bureaa
for educating voters of river towns
to the immediate need of building
standard terminals and for helping
boat lines get freight.
At the association's annual meet
ing last week, A. F. Prudden, cap-
troduced by Mr. Uton. thin hill nm. I italist of Duhiimie. e.tjitfrl th oaaa
-riaeo i ior me payment of 11000 to as, follows:
auo tm.HL i jet rn . i i v ea miraaii y-b . i
formation leading to the arrest and pur original purpose of procuring
conviction of Georee and nhri. a "XM minimum depth of channel is
Humphrey . I virtually accomplished, but we must
I feel that: thera r w prove to me people mat tney now win
sons for vetoing thia measure First De Justi"ed in voting bonds for the
Mr. Carpenter, a member construction of terminals. We have
Why a Prohibition Amendment?
PortTand.-Or Sept. 18. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Because the
liquor traffic is vast enough as an
evildoer to. Justify this extreme meas
ure. Because this is the only method
society ever uses in dealing with kin
dred vices.
Because nothing short of cpnslitu-
Two Missing Men.
Hartford, Conn.. Sept. 16. To the
Editor of The Journal In the year
1891 the Connecticut Mutual Life In
surance company Issued a policy of in
surance on the life of Thomas C
Hew ton, at which time he stated his
occupation as "architect," and his res
idence Portland, Or.
In the year 1906 this company is
sued two policies of insurance on the
life of Aurelius S. Fincfh, for the ben-
tefit of his wife, Melda K. Finch, If
she survive him, at which time Mr.
Finch stated he was an "electrician,
trouble tester for a telephone com
pany," and his residence Portland, Or.
We nave been informed that the par
ent of the insured fears that he is
deceased.
As the company has not heard from
either Mr. Hewton or Mr. Finch for
many years, it is possible that they
may have.' deceased, and that the per
sons entitled to the insurance may not
tlnn.l npnhlliltlnn nMt .llnln.U V.
was no law and no power by which I liquor traffic from politics.- Because
to end the outrage. ; j this evil is state-wide and alike every- ! be ware of thJ existence of the same.
w lit re, ana me remedy muoi do as
MR. WAXAMAKER'S OPTIMISM V extensive as tne wrong.
.Because ot tne utter inaaequacy or
local option as we now have it. Be
cause nothing short of a constitutional
amendment is permanent enough -to
give prohibition a fair trial.. What
J
OHN WANAMAKER, Philadel
phia merchant, is confident
that prosperity for American
manufacturers lav-near in spite tne people themselves adopt will stay
" I ais act a. t ma.
f fW WQ. T XT,s, VwU (r,- I i" "icy oee in. ty cnnge j.
I nAfRlliia thin limpnrimpnt i riAOl arn nrl , i i ..t j w. -...K
View the former postmaster general toTrepVaT thV most vicious pTedTof E. perhaps bring rluet to som.
which Is still in force, in whiph case
the company would entertain a claim
to each policy by the legal owners
thereof.
It is possible that in Portland or
vicinity there might be some person
directly or indirectly interested, or
others who might be able to give some
assistance in locating the persons in-
From the Chicago Tribune.
James O'Donnell Bennett's letter to
the Tribune describing the conduct of'
the German army in Belgium reveals
what every rational, unmflamed per
son must have held in hie conviction.
The home loving, child loving German
did not become a Hun under Attila the
moment he went to war, '
It is true that nothing Mr. Bennett
presents can disprove such allega
tions as the Belgian commission for
mally submitted to President Wilson.
The fact that many thousands of Ger
man officers and soldiers came under
Bennett's observation and, with insig
nificant exceptions, conducted them
selves in an enemy's country with
scrupulous and. courteous regard for
the rights of non-combatants proves
general good conduct, but it does not
remove any specific evidence of in
humanity. .
What it does of Importance is to
correct the dangerous habit of rea
soning from specific incidents to gen
eral conclusions. It would be in
famous if Americans were allowed to
form the opinion that the Germans
had become Apaches. It would be
equally infamous if German reports
were allowed to convince Americans
that Belgians were "ferocious canni
bals." The war would be hopelessly
disastrous if it made such hateful ad
ditions to the sum total of human
prejudice and error.
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Germans now are indulging In the
very practice they resent. They art
bringing in official indictments of the
Russians, publishing Incidents of
barbarous character to prove that their
conflict is with an Inhuman nation.
Such tactics will not serve. The
old platitude that nations cannot be
indicted must have and will get new
life. We need only remember that If
southern stories of Yankee terrors had
gained credence the northern part of
the American nation would nave been
forever damned. And add to that, for
further thought, the testimony of fed
eral officers that the conduct of some
northern troops in the south was such
as to make them ashamed of their
uniform and affiliation.
And there, by convenient 'illustra
tion, you have the whole business. The
acts of the brutal individual will be
converted by partisan zeal or Imagina
tion into tbe acts of the nation. They
may be terrible, but they are not il
lustrative. A brigade of scrupulously
disciplined soldiers may have its
work undone by ten rascals if public
opinion is to be on the snap trigger.
.
Germany, it cannot be denied, has
to answer for its severity. We have
not had presented a sufficient reason
for the almost complete destruction
of Louvain. It does not seem to reach
the spot to say that Belgians fired on
German troops. Mexicans did the same
thing on Americans at Vera, Crux, but
said :
The scaffolding is now up for the
new building. This includes adjust
ment of the cotton situation and an
easing up of the strain in financial
circleB. Added to that, this country
is taking care of its foreign obliga
tions, in the way of bonds, although
the rate of exchange is higher than
It is normally. Everything, I think.
points towards easier times.
Mr. Wanamaker believes that
this country is bound to see very
prosperous times. Even though the
moral and economic reform . of our
century.
CLARENCE TRUE WILSON.
never made this clear to them. There
is but one way to do it devote our
funds to educating the public. Show
the people that they pay the freight,
and that the big saving of water
borne traffic goes into their pockets.
With, a guaranteed minimum of
only six feet of water in the upper
; House and a colleague of Mr. Upton,
is tns toast uetecuve Bureau, and I
doubt the propriety of a member of
uio icKiBi&iuro using ua office or
us mends to secure the Dassaare of
measure in his interest. Second.
It has developed that much of the
information received through the al
lama ennrau nn nr th. Tj,,mnk-.M
brothers was without foundation, and Mississippi, towns along its banks
further investigation may develop the are told that they can save money
ITd fr,MnV hXnnn, Iu 8he? by building terminals and using
and for which the irooo is claimed, tha . a D ,.,
is aiso unrounded. Oswald West. ' "w iui, uu
governor. through use of the waterway can
But the well oiled machine wast11 serve its purpose of regulating
on deck. The OregonladJwas be- rates ana accommodations afforded
hind It with bells. Carpenter was traffic. f
a member of the machine, and the There is a large lesson for the
machine saw to It that' he got his Columbia, basin in the upper Mis-
siuuu or tne taxpayers' money, sissippi - use tne river" campaign.
It smashed the veto and overrode Td Columbia and its tributaries.
the governor. The neonlA am
forming one of the world's ereat-
paylng the bill. est systems of waterways, have
Still another veto message Is 11 transportation value only as the
lumlnating. Here it Is: rivers are used. It is up to the
I herewith return House Bin xr people themselves to take advan-
09 witnout approval. This bill prorltage Of a natural rate reeulatnr
sound doctrine
nrnvtrie fn, I ,u " v,uiuinoia oasin as wen as
II circuit : Judges. As then at I in the Misslssinni vallov.
present, v circuit JUQgeS, tnis WOUld
mean an increase of II new ludffe.
ana an increase in salaries amount
ing to $44,000 a year. There is no
doubt merit in the contention .that
many matters now handled ( by the
county court should bo taken jr
of by a higher Courtr but I do not
uoitov umi i-uiujiiiuns ai mis lime
rueiumiia me creation or so many new
Knronpan war were tr Rton tnmnr-1 drv states, and nrorresslve ' Ormii
TOW. it would be at least two years should be a leader in this greatest
before the manufacturers of Eu
rope could turn out their normal
output. Their plants are disor
ganized and thousands of employes,
many of them expert workmen,
will be among the missing when
the plants reopen.
There is concrete evidence be
hind such optimism for America.
poses to abolish the office of . county "TIba thn river"
Judge and fill-the vacancy 'with , ?
third commissioner. It provides for lu tbe Columbia bi
legislation ever passed by the people.
Nothing short of this can remedy the
so-called home rule measure, which
everywhere is rum rule by excluding
the people of the towns and country
from any Bay as to the character of
the cities and corporate towns, while
taxing them for the results of the city
vices.
Because fictitious lines, precinct.
township, county, ward or city, so
limit prohibition as to deprive it of a
fair chance to do its work.
Because national prohibition can
only come through the multiplying of
deserving person.
Conecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company, by
WM. H. DEMING, Sec'y.
Mr. Booth's Timber.
Detroit, Sept. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Mr. Booth of the Booth
Kelley Lumber compapy is a candidate
for . the United States senate. Mr.
Booth, being a citizen of Oregon, has
a perfect right to senatorial aspira
tions, however, under the constitution,
which guarantees justice i. e., pro
tection or punishment equally to all.
One would suppose Mr. Booth's hat
would have to be tossed from the in
side of a walled incloaure and would
stand a. very poor chance of alighting
in the ring. Had Mr. Booth been
a day laborer, would his methods in
acquiring government timber have
passed unpunished?
As a member of the Booth-Kelly
Lumber company is Mr. Booth In any
way responsible for the way in which
Will
, Stands by His Figures.
McMinnville, Or., Sept. 17. To the
Editor of The Journal W. S. Hollis
says the saloon advocates have hoisted
the white flag and are ready to sur
render. He says my figures on the 'they secured government land?
hop Industry are wonderful, but he the- commonwealth of Oregon send a
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r. o -r because emotional appeals nave to
In the Pullman shops alone 9000 take a back seat when national and
men have returned to their old jobs. ; iocai census reports are presented. Mr.
.Moms seems to De a great question
asker. I' wonder. if he could answer
a rew questions ior me?
the green-tinged hue that has conrto
oe anown as "Prussian blue."
And over against them were thou
sands of Frenchmen in brilliant "red :
trousers." Napoleon wore the red
breeches when he surrendered in the.
little hut at Sedan. Ilia, cuirassiers in.
white and blue were birds of gorgeous '
plumage.
The passion for uniforms then ran
high. Even Rlnmarr-k'u -.iu.i
ages, six of' field headquarters of the "department
5n-a'T 52Jfi f 8tate" Md and were allowed to-
cress themselves up like turkey cocks.
Flaming dress for war is as old as
the world itself. In China they used
gilded masks to terrify the enemy. Tho
Mvage tribes used red to carry terror
to the enemy. Our own Indians put
on brilliant "war paint.''
The attack was the arreat thins- In
I primitive fighting. Now the resources
iof war have become so terrible that
! defense has had to yield. And man
nas come to see that for both attack
and defense nature's own scheme of
"protective coloring" is by far tho
best.
The tawny lion which barely can b
distinguished from the brown of the
African veldt Is more dangerous In
attack and more effective in retreat
Against the tray ghosts of Germany
stand the "red legs" of France. The,
flaming color makes each private a tar
get for a long-distance rifle bullet. act
company a mark for an aeroplane.
Early this year France had deter
mined to change these dangerous uni
forms to the "protective coloring" of
Germany and England. She found it
would take 18 months to accomplish,'
the change.
The war has found her with the
change unmade. Germany has made
it.
The monotonous gray of the German
ranks has retained the terror that was
Vera Crux is now a better organised,
healthier and happier city than It was j supposed to lurk in brilliant uniforms.
before the Americans entered.
American military justice upon citi
zens found shooting was as severe as
the German upon Belgians caught In
the act. The non-combatant sacrifices
his standing when he does this, but it
does not warrant such wholesale de
struction as was the punishment given
by tbe Germans.
s
If the comparison between the Ger
man occupation of Liouvaln and tne j
American, occupation of Vera Crus
were pursued it might be said that
when citizens began to fire on Amer
ican sailors the American occupation
of the Mexican city was not completed
and possession was not secure. Ten
ancy was seriously disturbed by these
attacks and It might easily follow that
punishment would be more severe.
Our Interest, to be sure, was not to in
flame the Mexicans; Germany's was to
intimidate and deter the Belgians, but
the severity was extreme and for it
Germany must abide tbe final opinion
of mankind.
The destruction of Louvain was an
official act, but it revealed only the
extent to which German repressive
measures would be carried. It did not
illustrate the mood of German clti
sens now soldiers. They are the Ger
man nation.
A
The impression made by this ghostly
host upon seasoned war correspondents)
has come out of all the dispatches from
Brussels.
From the dust of the road the silent
ranks sprang full armed. Into its dust
they vunlbhed.
Mystery -hung over them. The terror
of the unseen is more paralyzing than
that of the seen.
TWO WAYS OF LOSING POLICY HOLDER
HOO'S H00
By John W. Carey.
OF THE
BRICKS
PU3 14
Thousands of men who were tem
porarily, released in the steel and
wood manufacturing industries at
the senate?
A BELIEVER IN EQUALITY.
By John M. Osklson.
When I used the letter of a disap
pointed holder of a "'deferred divi
dend" life Insurance policy In one of
my recent articles, I had no idea of
bringing upon myself either rebuke
or praise. I thought thaneither was
called for by a simple statement of
the facts. The policy holder had bean
led by the insurance people to expect
that after 20 years his policy would
have a cash value of $1091. but when
the time came to cash in the company
could offer only $617.72. I thought
the company had "stung" the man,
and I said so.
Then came the rebuke from a New
York insurance paper. It told me,
first, that for eight years the com
panies have been forbidden by law to
issue such policies, and it added that
the policy holder only got what he de
served anyhow, because he was gam
bling on something uncertain (that is
the size of tne aeierrea aiviaena;.
According to this paper, the policy
holder Was disappointed Because more
people who held policies in the com
Danv refused to die before sharing ii
any dividends or give up their policies
after making certain payments tneie-
on, so that the earnings wero less
Dewey and the Philippines.
Portland, Or., Sept 18. To the Edi
lor of The Journal Will you inform
What does the Antl Saloon league i me if the United States government
the first alarming reports of warrproduce to nelp our natlonal nd civl 1 instructed the navy to seize or take
. . ..... I anvnm,nta tnf their ,Tnna,' ! . , , , , -
have been returned to their em-
The Central Locotno- I snlrita Increased in .the fear of Drohl-
gains, according to
ployment.
tlve & Car Works, the Argo Starch bition's largest
Wnrfen and the imorini. Ttrt.- ft. I tnig Antl SalCOn league, 1S97 to 1908,
m.0, T w,v " " 64.279.075 gallons to 133.889.663-
. v...-. " .c aiuuus i gaijons, and fermented liquors from
the concerns that are ; increasing 34.462,822 barrels to 68,814,033 barrels?
their beln bv thn cmra aimnat Do the brewers and distillers make
tnis vast amount oi liquor, pay me
dally.
- "There , will be great opportuni
ties for American manufacturers as
a result of the war," said Mr.
Wanamaker. - J ; All the . evidence
government tbe tax and then dump
the liquor Into the sewer?
Do you honestly think that the gains
prohibition has made in somx direc
tions could have been possible if the
laws '-proposed by your Anti-Saloon
A
THE FRIARS' CLUB
RE such Institutions as the
Friars clnb above the law?
How is it that they can
exist in spite of . the law?
It Is. but a few "weefca ktnoa tv,
f,lfi.and the thing of further Friars' club was raided by guards
unnecessary burdens upon , the t. L nn tw n.
payers or tnis state. Oswald West, , vi- Uuruur
Governor. 1 - West, and, its proprietors convicted
The machine was unable to pass j and -punished by. the . Clackamas
this bill over the veto, What county authorities. The testimony
might not have happened "if lWest 8hPwed that minor girls of 16 and
had not used the veto? 1 upwards were piled with drinks In
i the place.
SEASONABLE FITNESS::.,. ..But with the Incidents of that
'" 1 ' . 1,1 v. I affair Kr.arr.lv nnt nt m u-
TRAW Hat Day Is to have a tabllshment was raided by the
vuaiuuu ,n ujwioum way. iciacKamas authorities last week
luuveineni; nas . peen ana over ZQ men and women taken
launched In Chicago to set I in custody
. " - a t- .. .4 .. I .-! - . - . " -a w
as me aay onja sunaay morning,-when all such
goes to Show "that since the first I league Were' actually prohibitory and
scare Americans are preparing to did not have the following inserted in
take full advantage of their op- an'". " " "c
Trti. and sacramental or mechanical pur-
portunlties. rwr , . ,h
Do you honestly think whiskey can
There are historical Drecedents I do anybody any good? Would you take
in the United States for President " , ou p?w1k7 " wh: Put
Wilson's proclamation of a day o! h?yoZ ile loWbiUon will re
prayer ior peace. In' 1798 Presi- .duee taxes? If you do, why do dry
dent Adams designated May 9 as states run so far behind wet states?
a day of solemn humiliation be- "rJL"" -V. I1" "
their public institutions? -
Why are all dry states and dry-nations
beat at every turn by wet com
munities and' nations? - - .
.-- W. J. BISHOP.
S
f aside ' October
the Philippines at the time of the
Spanish-American war, or if Admiral
Dewey acted without instructions from
the government and took possession
of the Philippines, without any or
ders? CONSTANT READER.
Admiral Dewey ways ordered to
destroy the Spanish fleet In the Pa
cific The "taking" of the islands
came subsequently as a result of a
policy outlined at Washington. There
is no evidence that Dewey acted with
out orders or; that he, alone, took the
Philippines.!
cause of the unfriendliness of
France ' and the following year. h
set aside April 25 for a like rea
son. In V 1.812, . 1813 - and 1815
president -Madison proclaimed days
of public prayer. . .
"There is no known reason" why
public business should not be done
like private business," Is the in
sistence of Dr. C J. Smith In his
campaign for governor. He adds,
"it t should be first ascertained
what the state can afford to spend,
and then ' keep . the expenditure
Work for Saloonkeepers.:;
Oregon City, Or 8 ept 18. To-the
Editor of The Journal In Tbe Journal
of . September 8, Mr. " Bishop worried
about what will become of the "4000
or 6000 liquor men -and their families
should we get prohibition. :Why:not
do as one of our candidates' for gov
ernor .has-. suggested put T. them to
work on the roads, if they really want
honest workt - With the v saloons out
of the way, thousand of people can
Stands by His Colors. ,
Ashland, Or., Sept. IS. To the Edi
tor .of The Journal I can't go the
Oregonian-Jay Bowerman-Ben Selling
G. O. P. machine rule, mo twice I voted
for Chamberlain for-' governor, then
West, and voted for Chamberlain for
senator. This fall I am for Chamber
lain again, and for Smith for gover
nor. . -, -,: . i-
1 am a veteran. Served four years
and one month In three 'enlistments.
Got hit five times with lead, and get
$14 a month pension. I am able to do
manual labor, lu why I get no more. X
was 73 years eld August 4 last.
AMOS DAHTJFF.
Corporal and Color Guard Company L
Ninth Indiana Infantry; Captain
Company H, Twelfth Indiana Cav
alry.
The Firing Off Newport. .
Newport, Or., Sept. If. -To -the Ed
itor ef The Journal I have. just no
ticed In The Journal of, September
the Item headed, "Battle Off .Newport
Was Only Dynamite." I want to aay
that the reporter who wrote the ar
ticle didn't know, what he was writing
about "., Tne v zact is, , there was can
nonading.eut in the ocean just north
than previous experience had indi
cated. Says the paper:
"This policy holder lived anl
stayed. He was fortunate that he
could do both. That he did not realize
the expected fruits of the speculation
Is no matter of regret to fair minded
and humane men."
Another insurance paper from Chi
cago reprints what I said and pro
duces additional proof of its own to
show that the policy holder was in
deed "stung."
According to the Chicago paper, the
policy holder who paid $34.10 a year
for a twenty-year-payment policy for
$1000 was paying two overcharges
beyond the normal insurance cost ot
$25.68 a year. He was paying $2.09 s
year as his share of running expenses
of the company and $6.33 a year in
order to participate In future -dividends.
This paper thinks that th $$.22 a
year, since it was collected by the
company merely as a dividend fund,
ought to have earned if kept at worir.
at 4 per cent Interest at least $196.04
Instead of the $89.72 offered in excess
of the guaranteed cash dividend.
Who is. right? On one point they
agree: Any "deferred dividend" form
of contract is bad and to be avoided,
r s j
By John W. Carey.
Who rules those tiny Netherlands
on which the Dove of Peace has al
ways been supposed eto have a 99-year
lease?
Who's grand exalted keeper of the
place at The Hague which A. Carnegie
reared on high on Mars to cast a
plague?
Who notes her next door neighbors
throwing things and calling names
and only hopes they shy no bricks
against her window frames?
Who'll give a rising vote of thanks
to kaiser, king and czar if only out
of her back yard they'll keep their
dogs of war?
Who warns them if upon her lot
their flags they do unfurl she'll loose
her dikes and soak' 'em good? That
Wllhelmina girL
and west of the Taquina lighthouse.
There - were six or seven heavy and
seven or eight smaller gun reports.
which lasted about 15 minutes. The
flashes were seen by a number of peo
tle who were on the beach and other
places in town at the time It occurred.
about 10 p. m. baiuraay nigni, oep
tember 6.
I will state further that I am one or
the contractors making tne wagon
road near Newport, and there was no
dynamite lost, stolen nor taken from
US. Al. ilA.lS.iiij.
Urges "Drys" to Register.
Estacada. Or.. Sept 17. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Since May 1 I
have traveled 994 miles with a horse
and buggy, 132 miles afoot and 2000
miles "by train in. this state, crossing
the Cascade and the Coast ranges four
times. The only thing that can de
feat the "dry" work is lack or interest
and failure of the "dry" folks to regis
ter and vote. We.will carry the state
by 80,000 majority if the Prohibition
party, the Anti-8alooh league and the
W. C. T. U. will hustle.
SAM G. BBTXBB.
The Ragtime Muss
Not Time to Dance.
Hubbard, Or., Sept. 17. To the Ed
itor of The Journal -I see in a recent
issue of your paper that the Portland
Chamber of Commerce has Inaugurated
dancing at -dinner parties. This is
certainly not a time to dance, but a
time for heart searching and humilia
tion before the God ef tiosts, in view
of the present awful conflict in Eu
rope. GEORGE OLD-RIGHT.
The Real Question,"
McMinnville, Or., Sept. 17. To the
Editor of The Journal The Weta are
trying to disguise the prohibition ques
tion.' They will not succeed. Every
dry voter knows that It is: not a. ques
tion of- hops, but of. -boose not a
question of liberty, but of license; not
a question of blind tigers, iut of legal
ized saloons.:- The real , ru4tlon , is, cjnt when the circumstances ax eon-
"Shall Oregon and the nation go out
of the liquor business?" The answer
is 333 X yea. CURTIS P..COE.
Armies and Capitals.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Capturing Brussels didn't end the
war In Belgium. Taking Paris would
r.ot mean a final German triumph In
France. . If the Russians take Berlin,
that will not imply the ultimate defeat
of the kaiser.
Twice the United States has lost Its
capital to a foreign foe, but neither
time did it produce much effect u.poa
the war. The first time was 137 years
ago, ,when Howe's redcoats swept into
Philadelphia after the battle of
Brandywine.
The other occasion was 100 years
ago, when another British army seized
and burned Washington. What Howe
needed to end the war in 1777 was not
Philadelphia, but Washington's army,
and that he didn't gee
A country's army is worth 'a.dosen
capitals. The British captured Amer
ica's three largest cities. Boston, New
York and .Philadelphia, but that
availed them little in the long run.
Eo now the kaiser is trying to crush
Joffre's army, not bis capital.
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Maine and President Wilson.
From- the New York, Sun.
The administration and the' Demo
cratic majority in congress should ttri
cheered" and comforted greatly by the
result of the election in the only state
.voting before November. The-presi-
aent in paniouiar is warranted In re
garding the Democratic victory as a
direct vote -of confidence, ; Notwith
standing the return of many thousands
of 'Progressive to the regular Re
publican ranks, the Wilson Democrats
carried the state for governor and re
elected by & greatly Increased majority
the ' on! y ' Maine " con gr esajptaa of Hhe
president's 'party. . The result In the
Second district is especially ' signlfi
Foolish Men,
Blinks is not bright;
By day and night
He tells what he believes. -He
hopes som day
I'll think his way .
The thought my reason grieves!
.There's Jinks, he, too. '
Has thoughts a few
He vows one day I'll know
How deeo I've been
In wilful sin
And by his precepts go.
They play the para
Old. foolish game;
For that they're nothing loath.
It seems to me , .
They ought to see . -, ,
I can't agree with both. , ;
Beyond a doubt
The one way out
Is for tho men to be - . .
Attentive each
To what I teach -
Then they'll agree with me!
sidered. This is the stanch old Repub- .
Ucsn territory represented -for many
years by Nelson Dingley Jr., and later -by
Charles E. Littlef leld. With the
iijiiitiu;ius wig inicrrBis ox lewlaTtOn
and the shipbuilding Interests of
Bath, tha Second district seemed per
haps the most' likely place In the
Union where the protectionist reaction
would begin and the protest .would be
earliest heard against much that tha.
Sixty-third congress has done to the
tariff - and in the way- of actual or
proposed legislation - affecting; ship
building. :, ; . : -
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