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Human heart are fun or
lovely tenderness and sympa
thy hold the right mental
attitude and you .have the
key that unlocks them all.
We are afloat on an ocean of
good will Let down your
bucket. Elbert Hubbard.
THE SENATORSHIP.
N OREGON, there are two prin
I
cipal candidates for senator.
Tbey are Senator Chamber
lain and Mr. BOOth.
Either Senator Chamberlain will
be elected, or Mr. Booth will be
elected. It Is from theBe two men
that the people will make a selec-
tlon.
- Minor candidates in this race
have no following. They will
j never have a following.
votes cast for them wjll be
1 vMo. thrown away. Votes so cast
will have little, if any, Influence
on the election. Money and time
bpent in trying to get a following
for them are money
I thrown away.
and trme
I The relative positions men are
"i to take in this race are not fixed
) by the mere desire of a candidate
5 to run for office. There is a
1 higher and more sovereign author-
j .. i - a i "Tk Hatpr.
1 ltV. II IS IU IIWJU1C
mine by tneir win wno are
. ..... on1 wVirt nrA ran
i didates out of the running.
I There Is a vast army of men
' and women behind Senator Cham
j berlaia. There is a heavy support
for Mr. Booth. .One or the other
of these men will be chosen.
Some claim it Is a neck and
neck race between these two can
didates. The Btandpat politicians
i contend that Mr. Booth will win.
I The Journal is positive that Sen-
ator Chamberlain will win by the
largest plurality he ever received.
In any event, one or the other of
these two will be the next senator,
; and votes cast for any other can
1 didate will be wasted.
Chamberlain deserves to win.
I As governor and senator, he has
t been in the public, service more
i than 11 years. No question as to
his honesty has ever been raised
No suggestion of inefficiency has
ever been brought against him.
No charge of disloyalty to those
I who elected him has ever been
; brought against him.
I On the other hand, it is his
known honesty, his efficiency, his
fidelity to his people, everywhere
and always manifested that caused
-,' him to be reelected eovernor and
; to be elected senator.
By reason of his high committee
; positions In the senate, by "reason
of his experience, and by reason
of his growing powers, he is now
In the prime of his ability to serve
this state at Washington.
'n These are the reasons why he is
; going to be elected, and they are
weighty reasons.
NATIONALITY.
0
NE OF the alleged underlying
causes of the great European
war is the question of na
tionality. Every warring
. power declares it is fighting to
preserve racial Integrity and na
; tional boundaries.
:! In controverting this claim Nor
' man Angell, the author of the
" "Great Illusion," asserts that chief
; among the follies on which imag
- , ination has been fed is nationality.
He advances the argument that the
i sovereign independent nations of
Europe are not especially sover
eign, certainly not independent,
; nor In any real sense nations.
; The division of labor among
, virilized people has ,long since
7. eliminate! independence and na
tional lines for all except military
purposes. Dependence is the most
-.Important fact in civilization.
The great'Krupp gun which was
: bo deadly in the attack on the
'Belgian forts is peculiarly a Ger
:man product, yet one of its vital
mparts is manufactured in Austria. A
j leading English statesman who de
r. livers Philippics against the Teutons
iwas educated in Germany. He
. himself has investments in German
Industrial stocks. His vacations
are passed in Germany where he
ls treated by German physicians
Many other examples might be
cited, showing that cooperation
amoije nations bias become the one
esseifllal to the life of their peo
ples.1 Banking is not national.
Credit knows no geographical
' boundaries. , International coruo-
. . rations do not consider the names
4f nations as Important as trade
marks.
Mr. Angell cites the attitude of
. England to the United States dur
ing the Civil war. British states
, men, acting on the old theory that
trie prosperity of a neighboring na
: uon was a menace and , that a
strong American union was hostile
; to ; their Interest, did not iconceal
their glee at the separation of the
sxaiea. ret the ruin of the cot
iton industry In the south brought
starvation to thousands ot English j importation from other countries, j
factory workers. - ' .' 'Commerce consists in barter and
: The world has passed beyond - trade, swapping one- kind of goods j
the civil war stage.- Modern econ-,
the cultural organization. There
are.no territorial barriers to ideas.
There Is no geographical separa
tion of "high' and "low" cultures.
A- common realization that - no
benefit can accrue, from violence
makes peace certain.
A PEOPLE'S GOVERNOR.
T
HERE have been few scenes
in Portland as thrilling as
the ovation given Governor
West by workingmen and
women at the .Armory .yesterday
afternoon.' " - - - "
Two thousand earnest people
were in the big .audience. There
were" people from many walks, but
it was distinctively an audience of
workers. I(
Only three automobiles were
parked on the outside. Those who
came, traveled by street car or on
foot. But they were independent,
self-reliant, &nd industrious' citi
zens, far above the average audi
ence in intelligence.
It is a good omen when such
people take an interest in public
affairs. Capital has its place, but
labor is the creating agent that
yields the wealth and feeds and
clothes and shelters mankind. The
workers are the substructure on
which rest our free institutions
and the glory and ' safety . of the
republic
It was from such an audience
that Governor West was given an
hour and a half of testimonial 'and
tribute such as public , men ' rarely
receive. Those in the Beats
leaned forward to catch the words
of the speaker, and on every face
was the light of intelligence, the
seriousness of deep interest and
the marks of confidence and con
viction. When, amid the pain
with which he was suffering, the
governor declared that every man
has a God-given right to work
mere was a great shout and a
deafening applause that after a
long time died away and then
rose again.
It was a magnificent tribute. It
was the clfmax in a meeting which
was permeated throughout with an
atmosphere of,, common purpose in
which every one felt the keen sym
pathy between the speaker and his
hearers, ai atmosphere pregnant
with the common thought of hu
manism and a mutual hope and
desire for the public welfare and
the Individual welfare.
Governor West Is assailed and
derided. But those who do it
know little of real human life,
kdow little of the esteem In which
he is held- by tens of -thousands,
rknow little of the place he is
going to fill In Oregon history.
MONSTER SIEGE GUNS.
J
ULIUS CAESAR would cer
tainly b e surprised if he
should return to earth ana
witness a modern army be
sieging a city. Instead of an
armed host under the walls at
tacking with battering rams and
catapults he would observe the
emplacement- Of monster guns
miles away .being fired by mathe
matical calculation at an unseen
target. t is a far cry from the
old Roman ballista to the monster
German Krupp.
At the beginning of the present
war there were hints of a powerful
siege gun which had been fabri
cated by the Germans without the
knowledge of other nations and
whose existence was even not gen
erally known in the German army.
The mystery surrounding the
big gun was lifted at the sieges
of Liege and Namur, where its
destructive force was strikingly
demonstrated.
It is now possible to give some
of the details of this enormous
cannon. It has a sixteen-inch bore
and ' fires a projectile weighing
2400 pounds. This projectile can
be thrown a distance of" twenty-
three miles. This is almost as far
as it is from Portland to Canby. So
great is the expansion from heat
that the gun can be fired only six
times in twenty-four hours.
Another remarkable thing is
the short life of the gun. After
150 shots have been fired from it
it is no longer usable.
TRADE BARRIERS.
T
HE first meeting of the Pan
American Consular Associa
tion of Chicago was held the
other day. It was the con -
sensus of opinion that the United
States must buy the products of
Central and South America if it
expects to sell its goods to the
Latin-American republics.
In Philadelphia a public meet
ing was held under the direction
of the manufacturers and 'export
ers. Noted economists told the
Philadelphlans that they conld not
increase their trade with South
America unless they bought goods
from those countries. Any restric
tion of trade, said the economist,
would in the same ratio reduce
sales to our southern neighbors.,. -The
foreign trade committee, ot
the Illinois Manufacturers associ
ation has decided to Interest mer
chants in a buying movement. The
Philadelphia nfanufacturers en
dorsed the economists' proposition
and appointed : a i committee to
formulate a buying campaign.
These two v incidents are illus
trative of a new attitude .being as
sumed by business men who form-
t erryj demanded; protection against
for another, if ettner party erects :
handicapped.
The Philadelphia manufacturers
were - told that Bolivia ' has ex
ported 27,000 tons tit, tin every
year to England and. Germany . . be
cause those countries jtook pay tor
their goods in the products ' of
Bolivia. r' Much of the' tin was re
fined in Europe and', then sent to
the United States, to be used by
the American trade In canned
goods. . Many tin cans containing
American products had been sent
across the ocean three times be
cause a system of direct trade be-,
tween the United States and Bol
ivia had not been established.
THE CAMPAIGN OF 8TLENCE.
OW CAN the Portland poli
ticians expect. Dr. .Withy
combe to be ejected goveTgSor
by the people i Dr. "wttiiy-
combe continues to refuse to go
before the people and discuss
te issues?
How can any man expect the
people to elect him governor with
the-, understanding that he will let
them know after election what
kind of a governor they got?
How can any man expect to swap
horses without showing his horse
to the other fellow?
In his speech at Tillamook, Dr.
Withycombe studiously avoided all
state issues. That has been his
courso . ever since he was told by
the Portland "advisers' early in
the campaign not to talk except on
"A Greater Oregon."
What has "A Greater Oregon
to' do with this campaign? What
has "A Greater Oregon" to do with
the administration of tbe gov
ernor's office? What has "A
Greater Oregon to do with veto
ing appropriations, and holding
down the legislature, and fighting
for the people?
A Greater Oregon" can mean
greater extravagance. It can mean
all manner of big schemes of ex
ploitation, bigger salaries, heavier
appropriations and a general pro
gram of wild "waste of public
money on theoretical and experi
mental foolishness. It can mean
A Greater Oregon" built up on
tribute and tolls and taxes, for
taxeaters and high salaried offi
cials. "The kind of "Greater Oregon"
that we want Is a greater Oregon
built up by economical adminis
tration of government, by utiliza
tion of our waterways, by preserv
ing the liberties of the people, by
saving the state's natural resources
from spoliation all natural and
sane processes that will produce a
healthy and sane "Greater Oregon"
and a thrifty and contented people.
Anyway', in these days of burn
ing state issues and high taxes,
the people want sometLuig more
from a candidate than a canned
oration on "A Greater Oregon."
What right have the Portland
"advisers" to demand the election
of a candidate whom they are
leading around under hitching
strap, blind . bridle, gag bit and
crupper?
THE DYING ORGA2T
N
EBRASKA has 28.S91 cabi
net organs on the tax rolls;
six years ago there were 42,
346 listed for taxation. The
Omaha World-Herald uses tbe fig
ures to Illustrate the passing of a
musical Instrument that tn Its day
did yeoman service for church and
family.
Nobody will lament the cabinet
organ's disappearance, for It has
been replaced by a better Instru
ment. But If the piano serves its
age and generation as efficiently
as did the old-fashioned organ it
will Justify itself, and also the em
bryo musicians who hare visions
of becoming real artists.
The cabinet organ should hare
the truth told about it while the
organ is yet with us. It was the
prime democrat among musical in
struments. , In earlier days and
especially in pioneer communities
tbe organ's advent was an event
of first importance. It held many
a struggling church together, and
In the home it furnished many
pleasant evenings for the family.
Time's march is leaving . this
pioneer behind. It is a victim of
progress, but there are many men
and women today who can think
back to Sundays In church and
evenings at singing school, when
the now disappearing cabinet or-
.6an naa real cultural value and
was a valued possession.
Nothing better , could be said of
the old bellows organ than that it
took music to the common people.
ITALY'S PREDICAMENT.
! ' 1
ITALY, according to the dis
patches, presents a strange
spectacle. It that country
abandons its attitude of neu
. ... ... . - . , .
trality, neither the king nor his
ministers will be responsible, but
rather, the .people! and the press.'
Prowar riots have been ' re
ported, and it is said the radicals
and socialists arf encouraging these
demonstrations. The government
is being '? ridiculed in the news
papers, the main contention being
that if Italy remains neutral ahe.
will not share In the .distribution
of spoils. . -; . -. - - 'r ; -
When the war started, word
from Europe was. to the effect that
if Italy became a party to the con
flict there would be ; danger,, of a
revolution in that ; country..'" The
world was given C to understand
that Italy had 'had enough, jnx
with-its extraordinary expense and
that the people would not sano-
uon another conflict. -
.. something has e v I d e n t ly
switched Italian sentiment.' Is ' It
lust for blood or ambition for a
neighbor's property? If Italy en
ters the conflict it will be evidence
that responsibility . for war rests
largely with the people themselves.
GEORGE ALBESL
f:
ROM . the flower of youth to
the cold embrace of death
within one brief hour seems
untimely.
George Albee was 16 and. at that
point in a career when llf e is so
fresh; so glad, and so fbeautif uL
Almost in a twinkling,- he passed
on, and while in the act of ren
dering gentle : and a gentleman's
service for his mother.
The boys and the girls are a
heavy part of the gladness of the
world. They fill the . land with
buoyancy and hope. In the pass
ing of, this boy, Portland people
mingle their regrets and sorrow
with grief for the mayor and his
family.
There is a comfort in the knowl
edge that in this world every dis
appointment o r misfortune, o r
sorrow seems to have some kind
of compensation.
Letters From the Peopls
(Communication aent to The Journal i for
pnDUcatkm In thla department should be wrlt
ten 5 557 one to peper, abonld not
exceed 300 word in lenajta and muat be ac
companied OT the nam and mAHtmrnm tk.
aender. If the writer doea not dealre to
e u name paouabed. be anoald so state.)
"Discussion Is the area test of aU reform
ers, it rationalise everything it touches. It
" principles or tu taiae sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and set up lu
own conclusions la their stead." Weodrow
n uson.
Those Busybodies. t
JUadrav, or., Sept. 24. To the Edl
tor of'The Journal The Orecronian of
September 21 referred to the advo
cates of the abolishment of capital
punishment sus "busybodies.' Once
more I would like to eee basybodies
with an earnest irarnos. in -riw that
of doiifg away with the gruesome and
terriiying death penalty. It may be
an exniomon from the Oregonian
viewpoint. But it Is intensely real to
the participants. The Oregonian also
seems afraid the public, who Toted
will have their sensibilities allocked.
Now, isn't it too bad they can't
stand their own medicine? Tbey had
better vote for the balishment of capi
tal punishment now. Those dear old
busybodies will keep busy till they
grind out the abolishment of capital
punishment.
The Oregonian also called the sub
ject a, threadbare one. Never, never.
while vibrating, precious souls have
to go through this channel to meet
their God. The busybodies laugh tima
to scorn, and will persevere with this
measure till the voters recognize Its
merits. Other states have capital
punishment, as a contradiction to hu
man reason and common, sense. Other
states have abolished it with benefit.
And so will Oregon, sometime.
The Oregonian referred to Governor
West's -measure as brutal and evasive.
This is so absurd that It Is laughable.
The - governor's character Is so well
known that even the little schoolboys
sing his praise. He Is characteris
tically known as dynamically humane.
And he is not leaving his office
with any waning power. His example
has been an uplift, bringing strength
and courage to a multitude of hearts.
Tbe Oregonian at last says tbe bill
should be defeated by an overwhelm
ing vote In sheer resentment at tne
"trifling and Indefensible methods of
the busybody promoters."
"Sheer resentmenti" I wonder If
that would not be brutal. I for one
am glad that the Initiative Is In the
hands of the voters.
MRS. M. B. MTAGO-ART.
Still More About Maine.
,.-;.r:;,;; Z- r. . I
mnm.iu wr, 10 tne i
Editor of Tbe Journal Here is more
from tbe report of Dr. John Koven of
Boston on prohibition Portland, Maine,
under the auspices of the committee
of fifty:
"The Portland liquor agency estab
lished by the state became a legalized
rum shop and carried a full line of
goods, from alcohol to champagne. The
principal liquors ordered from tbe
state commissioner were whiskey and
rum, The high sheriff of Cumberland
county said there were 400 rum sellers
In the clx- The unblushing; r""
in which defendants and their wit
nesses resorted to perjury helped ' to
preplex matters. Perjury was made
a lucrative business by professionar
witnesses. The habit of using wines
and malt beverages at table grew
more common. Drinking among the
wage earners was on the increase. In
the dearth of good pleasure resorts and
public amusements young men took
to 'private tippling. As on of the
labor leaders explained. The prohibi
tionists try to take the bar rooms
away from tbe boys and glva them
nothing instead but blind pigs. Hard
liquors were sold of an Inferior qual
ity, producing the quicker and more
violent forms of Intoxication. The
general Impression borne out- by sta
tistics prevailed that drunkenness In
Portland was as frequent as even
before the constitutional amendment
went into effect, if not more so. One
of the Judges of tbe supreme court
said: It is a question whether the
prohibitory law makes morebypocrites
or more drunkards.' "
W. J. BISHOP.
Safety. First.
Portland, On, Sept 28; To the Edi
tor of The Journal I had the pleasure
of being present -at tne luncheon given
by the Commercial club last Satur
day and was very much interested In
the talks - by a number of men who
are at the head of the organisation of
this city. I believe if all the people
in Portland could have beard and
J we-.?. Waaa4 4k. an o tlw ra 1 1KIa bSi lycrBSi.
-i WVtaVlU Uvu VUQ a.i areas j w a usviu M-O ;w
I tlon. offered there would be verr few
accidental deaths or accidents of any
kind. The organization is deserving
of great credit for the work it has
done and is doing: " -
There is one branch it ought to take
up that is of as - great importance.
That is the protection and care of
steam boilers.- A boiler . containing
water, with a fire under it, is a loaded
Instrument of destruction at all times.
We nave no laws compelling boiler
inspection. Why y not in Oregon?
Other states and cities have.. - We
have inexperienced men who are tak
ing care of the boilers In our schools,
churches, apartment houses, hotels
and - stores. They have many other
things' to look after besides the boiler.
Are these conditions safe? - :
Which would you consider tbe most
dangerous a street car, with an offi-
A FEW SMILES
' 1 1 -l !.
A preacher raising bis eyes from
fcla desk In the midst of his aermon,
was , paralysed with amaement to
see bis rude boy in
the gallery pelting
the . bearers In the
pewa below with
horse chestnut. But
while the good man
was preparing- a
frown of -reproof, the
young hopeful cried
out: Tou tend to
your preaching, daddy; I'll keep 'em
awjake."
An old lady was greatly frightened
when the train thun
dered into the long
tunnel.
Do you think."
she 'asked the con
ductor, -this tun-
Is perfectly safer
"Don't be afraid:
madam," replied .the
waggish official.
OUT Company -ot vnn In thta riol
um wore oound to see you through.
Will and Mary had been busy
courting for over two years, meeting
wvory mgnt in Hope street. Glasgow,
About a fortnight
ago Will, to parting
with his beloved,
made the usual re
mark:
TU meet ye In
58 Hope street tomor
row night. Mind
and be punctual
"Deed Ay will, lad." replied Meg,
with a merry twinkle in her eye. "We
kae met noo a lang time in Hope
street, an I was Jist thinkin' that it
was high time we were shifting our
trysin' place a street farther along.
Whit wad ye say to Union street T'
Tbe new Judge had been elected on
the strength of party usefulness rath
er than upon bis fitness for the of
fice. The argument
in the first case to
be tried before him
had been closed. The
Judge, knowlnng that
something was ex
pected of him. looked
helplessly at the as
sembled lawyers. One
of them stepped to his side and whis
pered;
"You should charge tbe Jury now,
your honor."
The Judge lcVked at the Jury box
and at the 12 dejected Individuals who
occupied It.
"It's been a long, hot day, gentle
men." remarked the Judge. 'TU only
charge yon a quarter apiece." Judge.
cer. the motorman and others besides
yoursfclf, who are looking out for your
protection, or a steam boiler with from
6 to 160 pounds of steam, under your
apartment, or near a" room with 50
or 75 children at Sunday school, or at
day school, fireman Inexperienced and
no certificate to tell if the boiler is
fit for duty or the Bcrap pile?
Professor Thurston estimate that
there is sufficient stored energy in
a heating boUer with five' peunds of
Steam to tiroiAnl it thrnnh .1.1,1
floors, under certain conditions.' Low
and bad water are the primary causes
of 80 per cent of all explosions. We
have the best water in the world. With
inspection and a safety device to pro
tect in case of low water, we are
Practically safe.
The first three months of this year
there were ISO boiler explosions in
the United States that I have a rec
ord of, which Is not all by any means.
There were 62 injured. 87 fatally in
jured, 23 killed. The loss of property,
and the loss of time will run into
many millions of dollars. What about
the lives lost, the cripples and those
dependent on the husband and daddy
who is gone, or can work no more?
I have been told there are too many
freak laws now. 'If that Is so, wipe
them off the slate and put one in its
place that wCl protect.
ROT I D WIGHT.
In the Wake of Prohibition.
Portland, Sept. 28. To tbe Editor of
The Journal One thing I would like
to forestall: When the state goes dry
the drug habit will not completely
and at once be destroyed. There will
j be great activity among the officers
who are rnenoiy to the booze and
probably the ex-saloonkeepers will
find among their numbers those who
are willing to drop to even tbe depths
of dispensing drugs. Everyone who is
Interested In debauching ' humanity
through booze will seize upon the
drug habit to try to make the unthink
ing believe it is the result of prohi
bition, and the mors numerous arrests
by suddenly awakened officers will
make It appear on tbe increase, The
purpose, as always, is to make Uteri
prohibition amendment appear In a
bad light, hoping thereby to turn tbe
people against it and secure its re
peal.
My pmpose is, now, before tbe adop
tion of tbe prohibitory amendment, to
call attention to the fact that we have
the drug habit with us in a. very acute
form. If I am not mistaken, a drug
gist of South Portland has twice been
arrested and slapped on the wrist for
selling "snow" to children. Then the
arrest of druggists in Albina and the
whole gang. Including attorneys, in
another batch shows tbe prevalence
of it at this time. New Tork has re
cently passed a very stringent anti
drug law, and tbe whole country, in
wet territory at least. Is exercised
about the growth of this dread habit.
So when the prohibition amendment
goes Into effect in Oregon and this
drug habit still continues, don't let
anyone imagine It is a new departure.
Undoubtedly, at first, the nerves
shattered by boose and unable to get
It may seek help through drugs, but
gradually the poor creatures ruined
by booze will either pass on or regain
their health, and then tbe drug habit
will gradually die out, but at tbe
first, every effort Will be made to
try to put the blame on tbe prohibition
amendment. E T. JOHNSON.
Oregon's Toting Population.
Portland, Sept. 28v To tbe Editor of
Tbe Journal Some people have ques
tioned tbe accuracy of the statement
made by the Anti-Saloon League that
there are 400,009 qualified electors In
Oregon. According to the 1910 census
there were 257,118 males of voting age,
21 years and over. Of this number
245,342 were white. According to the
same census tables, there were 17 J,
624 females ZO years of age and over,
Of this number 17X225 were white.
This gives a total male and female
population, of voting age of 480,722.
, According to tbe same tables II per
cent or our population is foreign, but
Inasmnch as the great bulk of this
foreign population comes front Eng
land. Ireland,. Scotland, Canada, Ger
many, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
countries whose Immigrants largely
become citizens it Is safe to assume
that at least half of this Is unnatural
ized. This would mean that .there
were approximately 400,000 men and
women in Oregon in 1810 who would
have been qualified, to vote under our
existing laws. At that time the popu
lation of the state was (72.76a, . Sure-
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
!
And too tnnch learnine? Is also a
dangerous thing. -! 1
me
Many a man walks around and runs
a risk at the same time. : -
. j. .
If It were' not tor vour memory von
would be unable to forget. -
; t s s
A man who drinks from the ctrp of
sorrow has no siphon on tbe side.
It-- i
Adam had his faults, but be was
never sued for breach of promise.
1 a
If ignorance were bliss most of us
would be so happy we should choke-
After marrying in haste many a
poor man baa to bustle during his
leisure.
': I '
One kind of a hero Is a man who
tells his wife the truth, first, last,
and always.
t
If you can extract B0 per cent of
real Joy from the enjoyments you
pisn you are ; iucy.
e
a pie company in cnicago has gone
wio oanicruptey. it must have be
a lemon pie factory.
e e
Dame Fortune is -a stranger to the
majority of people, but her daughter.
-hubv curuios, c&iis on tnem oaiiy.
The average woman likes to talk
about her neighbors almost as well
as the average man likes to talk about
TfT i
v erreet or sending an anto
speeder to Jail is to teach hint th,t
time is not so precioua as he thought
i wta,
e
If the war cuts off th ir.nffa
from Germany the supply of blondes
in this country will be greatly re-
uucau,
e
One of the results of the war Is the
way some people in their conversa
tions are using "deleted" and "de-
ixicie.
PRAYING
From the Detroit News.
A cynic writes to tbe News in pro
test against the proclamation of Presi
dent Wilson, setting aside October 4
as a day on which tbe people of the
United States are to pray for peace
in Europe.
"The God ef-our faith knows there
is a war," hasays. "He doea not need
our small pleadings, for he is all wise.
Then, of what avail is prayer?"
The writer finishes his letter with a
quotation from Omar:
And that inverted Bowl tbey call
the Skv.
Whereunder crawling coop'd we live
ana ale.
Lift not your hands to It for help
for It
As impotently moves as you or I."
mis is an age of materialism. Sci
ence, commerce, industrial evolution.
our every mode of lire, has done a
part to waken in us the faith of our
fathers; and the new faith, the bigger
and broader belief, U still in tbe mak
ing. We long for the soul in earnest. No
man has ever done a great thing un
less his faith in that aim was abso
lute. The athlete, who does not be
lieve firmly in his prowess droops
and loses tbe struggle; the poet whose
soul is not electrified by the thought
that prompts him, falls of his epic
All history tells us that the souls of
men have been stirred first by an un
limited faith- before mighty deeds have
been accomplished.
The child is made happy and gentle
and loving by a firm belief in the
goodness of the spirit of Santa Claua
THE BUYING CLUB
By John M. Oskison.
No one is' going to curse the express
companies for what they are doing to
encourage direct buying by the con
sumer from the producer of the things
he eats.
A little while ago one of the compa
nies gav out a statement of the sav
ing which one buying club made by
using the company's facilities for
bringing producer and consumer to
gether. This result was shown:
On a midsummer day In New Tork
the retail price of a certain grade of
butter was S5 cents a pound. Bought
through the express company's agent
and delivered to the consumer, the
same butter cost 30 cents a pound.
Fresh laid eggs at retail were SI
cents a dozen; by handling them In
fifteen-dozen cases the express com
pany a price was 28 cents a dozen.
Sugar cured ham at the retail store
was 24 cents a pound; the cost was 20
cents a pound the other way. Bacon
went down under this system rrom zs
cents a pound to 21 cents a pound.
ly the population of the state has
grown 750,000 In the four years and a
half since tne census was iaaii April,
1910. Tbe school census and the di-ractor-r
census of Portland Indicate a
population for this city of 240;000. If
we naa maintained our viu ;aic, Ac
cording to the estimates of the census
bureau recently given out. we should
have over 2(0,000. if fortiana aione
has gained 40,000, surely the rest of
the state has gained another 40,000.
So that, on the basis of 750,000 popu
lation, there are easily 400,000 quali
. iM.tora in the state this fall.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE OF OREGON.
R. P. Hutton, assistant state super-
intendent.
Suffragists and Prohibitionists.
Portland, Sept. 28. To tbe Editor
of The Journal On the eve of the
election, four years ago, I came to
Portland. I became a reader of The
Journal and from lt got the political
status in Oregon. Being a Socialist.
measures, not men, most interested
me, and having from the time 1 be
came a voter favored woman suffrage,
I was delighted to know it was one
of the Initiative measures. I was sur
prised to learn that Socialists, as a
party, opposed It. Dut wnen i oiscov
ered lt was manacled with a property
qualification, Z was glad. Knowing
the proletarian masses. In the prop
erty, are property less, and nave al
ways nut forward brains, not money.
as a necessary qualification for every
veter, their attitude harmonized there
with. The history of the failure that year
and of the subsequent fight, and of
Oregon's high climb to fame as an
equal suffrage state is known. The
work done by the pioneers from other
states, and especially the activities of
the W. C. T. U. are also well known.
It Is now a matter of wonderment as
to tbe power of the women in the com
lng election In the fight. on the liquor
question. It seems Mrs. Duniway,
whose name was linked for years
with the suffrage movement, has been
stirred to activity against the pro
hibition movement because, from
other state where a fight for suf
frage is being waged, some women
have written: her urging that she di
suado the women , of this 'state from
lining up against liquor, as it may
hurt 'the suffrage movement else
where. If : there be women-in any
ttlta shA (hlnlc Un TlnnliM mn
change the 'attitude of those . WhM
life work, for -suffrage. i has been
strengthened . by hope of using tire
ballot to make easy their other work,
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Salem police force, the States
man reports, is busy serving sidewalk
notice HTiri th rmatnff icat Is now
makinK elsht collections of mail a ;
day in the downtown section. One ,
man is kept busy dolnor tills work
alone.
The summary of the assessment
roll for Sherman county. Just com-1
pieted, shows- total taxable values
.217,36u, exclusive of railroads and
other public service corporations.
which are assessed by the stats tax
commission.
Th movement to turn nlsTit intot01
day in Hills bo ro's business district ;
continues. in independent says upon by the peasants, almost as h '
sede arcs at street intersections " ,tta-
ln the downtown district with cluster I , lhe -Russian peasantry were en
lights the length of the blocks. "slaved largely through Incurring debt
. . t, . Z. pn the acquisition of land which tbey
Astoria Budget: The city engineer were too noor to cultivate Thev were
reports that all the -surveys for the not an alien i.wf tV. ?tT.
new road to Coxcomb hill have been 1 " 'n rac'- llk th American
completed. As soon as the weathe-1 nroee. They belonged mostly to the
will permit, Delaney and others in-1 same stock as their masters, speaking '
terested will commence the building : the same language and confessing the
of the road, which leaves Niagara ! Bame religion. Even before the eman
avenue at a point to be decided, upon clpmtloni ulente(1 uted by -
their "proprietors." became famous a ;
The Banks Herald recapitulates as Poets, musicians, composers, actors, in
follows: "Three residences are now ventors, physicians, professors,
nearing completion, and several were The Russian people are the unthink-
finished this spring and summer. In patlen, ,elf.saVrlAolns fsfalVatle
addition, when one considers the big I J lr "f" "cl"1. fatalistic,
implement warehouse, the new garage J l0J devoted subjects of the bureau
and the moving of the Maccabee hall ; crcy. as typified and Incarnated tor
to Banks, it is easily 8en tliat Banks ! them in the person of the "great white
has taken quite a stride since last j csar," or more sentimentally, their
year . . -little father." Possibly they may be
Roseburg Review: One of the best ' dnserous to Europe as long as the
horses in the Canyonville district, and ! bureaucracy, that is to say, the heir
owned by Jack Perdue, was accident- j arch y of military order, remains In
ally killed yesterday. -Perdue was control.
out for a hunt and was coming in i, - h..v i..-.i.k.
In a very dangerous place the horse
missed his footing and fell upon the !
in a VI
missed nis looting and fell uoon
deer's horns. One horn penetrated the
horse's side for about IS Inches and
broke off, causing the death of the
animal.
FOR PEACE
Man rises to a height by bis faith tn
his wife and the loveliness of bis chil
dren, by the good he sees In the men j
n meets; ana ne is exaitea ny tne
firmness of his faith in a Divine Prov
idence. Faith he must have If be
should seek the heignts.
To wish our fellow man well turns
loose within our own being the foun
tains of good. To aid another is to
exalt ourselves. "It Is more blessed to
give than to receive." If man prays,
sincere in his belief, with his whole
being attuned to the earnestness of
his soul, he finds within himself a
peace and happiness no man can de
stroy. President Wilson calls on the peo
ple of the United States to pray with
all the faith that is In them for peace
in Europe. Let us suppose that this
call is heeded by every resident of
our nation. Over 90,000,000 people
kneeling devoutly tn prayer, purified
and exalted by a bigb faith In the
eternal triumph of right, of Justice
and of peace,? A mighty army a unl,
au inougnt concenxraieu to uiomaie Evi.n ftrnon? the lower classes. SO
world happiness. w we not. our- canea tne paMlion.te desire for a high
selves, be bettered by It? Will we not er eJucation is pathetically comreen.
be In finer mood when the sun dawns , The patl(,nCft of tne Russian in sn
n Europe and the war weary legions !durlria. hunger, cold and every prlva
lay down their arms, to off er them tlon na8 of ten been Mrriar)a.d. When
comfort in their sorrow, and bring a ( mwak(.nftdi lt goea to tremendous, even
step nearer the mtllenium thati step ranatIe&u extremes. From seemingly
being perhaps, a world peae tribunal. volceles endurance It may suddenly
the disarmament : of naUona. and eXp,0le int0 destructive revolt. This
eventually, a brotberbood of tho peo- . nt tnfTgy proply pended, will
Dlea..' tn Va . . . .. 'work wonders for Russia, will maker
"Ood moves in Uiysteihms ways, bis , tfae eoaatr proaprrou; whereas the
wonders to perform. military system, which has huug on
AS AN AID TO THRIFT
Most of the buying clubs which have
used the express companies as their
purchasing and delivering agents haveivelop normally the country would be
been formed among workers in a sin
gle employment, such as firemen, post
office employees, policemen, and those
who are on the pay rolls of street rail
way companies. But, of course, the
idea Is one which can be used easily by
the workers in any company of consid
erable size.
It is an idea that ought to be taken
np by the housewives, for they are the
ones who spend more than three
fourths of the money whieh is spent on
tbe table. And I know that If the wo
men get Interested they will be the
most enthusiastic of cooperative
buyers.
What has already been shown is
that from IS to 20 per cent can be
saved to the average family on the
food bills if the buying club Idea Is
used. That saving ought to be made.
It would probably come to 10 per cent
of the total income the amount that
ought to be invested regularly.
tbey betray a huge capacity for error.
Mra Duniway seemingly feels that
some of her suffrage daughters will
bring her gray hairs with sorrow to
tne grave, it is, however, safe to as
sume that of aU her former co-work
ers none more ardently wish her
longevity than the "White Rlbbon-
ers," and that they believe when she
naa -uveo a decade under prohibition
and witnessed the forward strides
made by Oregon, she wUl rejoicingly
say, "I am glad of It."
JOSEPH BARRATT.
Alarmed.
Portland, Or, Sept. 28. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In Sunday's Jour
nal you published an interview and
pictures concerning a costume devised
by Fannie Harley, wherein the trous
ers seemed to predominate. With all
due respect to women In general, and
Miss Harley in particular, it is my
opinion that this new woman move
ment has gone far enough. They have
taken our places in the trades and
professions, have demanded and se
cured the right to vote, and now they
want our pants! Te gods and little
fishes,, where will it all end?
A G DEVOE.
The Ragtime Muse
Common Experience
You ask me why I do not work
And ear-n an honest living,
Insinuating that I shirk.
Depending on your giving.
Tour innuendoes give me pais;
Pray tell me where your trust Isl
My social martyrdom is vain;
I weep at your injustice!
I must, attend each baseball game
With? other city dwellers;
To show my reverence for fame,
I read tbe six best-sellers.
I visit, too, tbe cabaret.
Regardless of all stricture.
And, evenings, who can stay away
From seeing moving pictures?
I have to see tbe circus, too.
In any circumstances.
And then of course, I have to d
All these new f angled dances.
In short, I have no time to toil;
This social whirl so dlssy
My best intentions still will foil
For work 1 am too busy I
Domestic Peace) Assured.
Wife Ana so you got your life' In
sured for my benefit? How lovely!
Husband Tea, , my dear; bet Just
remember if you drive me to safeide
you won't get a cent, -.
THE RUSSIAN
From the Boston Globe. 9
The ischools of Russia are as demo- -cratic
m our own. As the pupils wear.,
a uniform and as it Is the custom to
address persons in Russia hv their
given name, together with the father's
name. ut Ivan Ivanovltch, John the
aon. of John, there Is no way to dls-
unguisn a peasant from, the son of a
P111 who rnay happen to have an bered
nary uue. Every son and daughter -of
a prince, count or baron inherits tbe
title, and the distinction tends to be
come common. A few years ago there
i"vea not rar from Tula a whole lot -
princes who were so Door, lsxv and
shiftless that they were looked down
h" .f1n.diUon ' Jhln" W,I continue
Indefinitely. The "intellectuals." that
Is.
tne Hundreds or thousands who
have been educated, who read and
think, who by serving In tbe army get
their eyes open and every year come
back ready to Join the revolution, will
! inevitably before many years gain suf
ficient power to overturn the present
regime;
Then the characteristic qualities of
the nation will show themselves. Of
their own initiative the Russian peo-
pie, as distinguished from their gov
eminent, would never attack another
nation. They would much prefer to
live their own lives, unmolesting and
unmolested. If they had technical
and agricultural training they would,
be satisfied on their farms and in -their
growing villages. If the fever
which was -peculiar to the peasantry
in the olden days should break out
and they should want to migrate,
they would be far more likely to seek:
the rich lands of Sloerla. We would
welcome them over here, as the Can
adians welcomed the Doukhobors, not
as colonists, but as wealth-making 011--sens.
All accounts agree In presenting the
Russian peasant, the muzhik, as most
lovable. In the north the climate tends
to make him gloomy. In the south
he is lasy. The musical temperament
is widespread. Heroic sacrifices are
made, by young men and women of sU
ciaBI,M to neip ejurate their fellows.
it like an Incubus, has taken the peas
' ant from the farm, has alienated him
from agriculture and lias made famine
, a common phenomenon.
If the Russian people could ilough
off militarism and be allowed to de-
able to use Its vast natural resources
for the advantage of all mankind.
There Is no Russian peril except In
the continuance of medievalism, and
that is surely doomed.
HOO'S H00
By John W. Carey.
Who heads the troop John Bull has
sent to gusrd the continent and meet
the kaiser's soldiers in a leaden argu-
ment?
Who leads tbe Tommy Atkinses in
face of shot and shell, while Kitchener
dopes up the plans in distant citadel?.
Who now for 40 years has played
that military game and so is wise
from A to Z to- all tbe trick of
same?
who got locked up in Ladyrmlth to
whiskered Oom Paul's glee, but mad
an artful getaway and rescued KJra
berley? Who'd rather ride tbe firing line or'
loiter in a trench than feed himself a
good square meal? Shake bands with
Sir John French.
About Persons.
John . M. Johnson of Washington,
and his three sons serve la the United
States navy.
Judge C J. Daagherty. 72 years old.
3 feet inches high and weighing 72
pounds.. Is a candidate for mayor In
Fort Worth, Texas. ,
Edwin Chick Burleigh, new -United
States senator front Maine, owns 100,-'
000 acres of land in : bis borne state, -Republican.
Editor. -,- -
Dr, Kenneth J unor of New Tork
claims to have discovered a new treat
ment successfully applied in a number
of cases of Internal cancer.
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