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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; 'PORTLAND; "MONDAY EVENING,".: NOVEMBER 9, 1914. THE ; JOURNAL AN IWnrPKNPBNT NEWSPAPER.- C S. JACJtSON ......... Pabtlaber. i uhllb4 rrrrj a-rantng (aieest Soodar) rrr Sondar ftutratuf at Tha Jrmrntt BetM- h. Rmarfwar an4 YaathUI ta Partlaad, Or. a,a(ars at tha puatoMlee at Partial. Or., tor traaamlMloe' Urongb lb Ball aa aecoas 'laaa awtdr.. . . TKt-KIMiOXES Mala T17;' Horn. A-SOtl. All eapartnesta reached by tbaaa somber. Tall tka aprrator what ai1mat o vast. - tofcKia AftVKKTlSISQ RKPRESENTATI VB tv-njawt K rat bat Ca.. Braaawlck Bid.. X15 fifth Ara.. iav Xort. Ul Paopla e 6aa Hlda.. Chicago, . - MiUaraaUoM tarna by atail -sr to anjr a4 sreae l Uta l'oltf ttttm or fetesleot ii- DAILY. . . ' On rear.. .,, 8S.no I Oh vaath. .....$ - : ' SHNDAT. Oaa rr...:..ILlA I Oao mntrtk. ....$ DAILY ASD SUNDAY. iee raar. .....iT-CO i On stoatb...... -SS . They ; talk of the masculine woman;' but every man .1 a feminized man. Chesterton. -a T1IK BETTKIt OUTIjOOK HB drag has been removed from: Oregon business.. ' The Portland business man can look forward with as surance. The worker can face the future with confidence. The whole face of things takes on a new as pect Swith the passing of the elec tion. . It la no longer , a consideration for the politicians and- standpat organs to run a' "hard times" fac tory..,. It Is no longer important to them to sacrifice business for political purposes, aa has been done ror ine past six tor eigai raonins. How "everybody h&f been harmed rjs outlined by the St. L.ouis star It says: , ' I U impossible to estimate the damage to. the country that has re sulted from the combined, persistent and ' malevolent cry of deprenion, hard times, poor business, slack work and financial distrust the standpat press' has been conducting purely for political purposes. But short of creat- Ins; a panic and ,a destructive strin gency, it has" done a great deal of harm. ' It has helped to dry up the chan nels Of credit. It has ltd to the discharge of thou-y 'sands or men arxt-tne stowing up or Industries as a precautionary measure. It has led to merchants refraining from laying In their usunl stocks of goods. Jt' has prevented retail merchants frorr meeting their obligations to wholesaler. j.s ( well as many cus 'tomers from paying the retailers or making new purchases. . A feeling of general distrust and supereaution has been fostered by it, and It wilt take several weeks of post-election optimism to remove It and get business to moving in its normal volume. ' . .There is no doubt that the calam ' Hy propaganda cost many a worker his position, that it caused many a cut in wages, that it cost business through ' the' country mIIH6ns of - dollars, that it threw many a f am lly" lntq distress and that It cost the country a vast total In the.'dl rrilniehed volume -"of 'business 'through the destructiqn , of business confidence. -J -It was a pian of campaign that .disclosed the' weakness of the po , sltlon of those who made it It was an appeal to the fears ! the .Jtlmld. It was not argument but an attempt to frighten. It was - not a campaign of reason but a campaign of 'destruction and de moralization. : ' ' ' ' But this war on business Is over The slaughter of industry is past. ,;,Trade, wages and employment are ho longer the football of politics. : ,Tbe clog on prosperity is removed, ;:and men can go forward with their .-s'ual concerns, undismayed by ; calamity howls and unalarmed by the national sobsquad. NATIONAL SUFFRAGE T HB National American Woman Suffrage Association which is to assemble at Nashville, Ten nessee, next Thursday prom ises, to be an epoch marking one in suffrage history. It comes just ; after the election which added two more states to the votes for wo men column, Montana and Nevada. To the enthusiasm thus created f there will be Joined the encourage ment found in the returns from " Nebraska, Ohio, Missouri and the ; two Dakotas. t ,';An issue counted upon to fur- nUh Interest ' also 13 . the question of-state's" rights versus the federal i amendment. The southern senti , ment on state's rights Is well known and the fact that southern women , are - hostesses may deter the advo cates : of federal actipnfrom push ing their principle too zealously and, number of Interesting com :. plications are predicted. : Another rock of discussion is the difference of opinion as to the two proposed amendments to the constitution which are now before congress. Qne is the Bristow , Mondsll amendment which would enfranchise the women of America by a direct amendment to the con stitution. The second- la the Shaf roth measure which -would bring ' up the question of suffrage In the various -states by the Initiative pe tition method. This amendment isattrongly favored by Mrs. Medill McCormlck, chairman of the con gresslonal ' committee which has .charge of the Washington work of the national association, and other ' leading suffragists. .They assert It will prepare the "way for' favor able action on the Brlstow amend ment. " Many others do not be lieve that- the question of suffrage should be forced on the states by the Initiative petition plan. " It Is also predicted that -there will be a warm contest4 for officers of the association. Dr. Anna How ard Shaw has signified .herVwlI llngness to accept the" presidency again" but there ' are : rumors of others who think themselves en titled to 'recognition and prefer ment ' V -. ' A feature of the convention with out precedent la a moving picture show which Is to be given at the i I - ...... ! last meeting, it is a drama en-; mosT, xmerestea wui aeciae vuav r tltled "Your Girl and Mine." It bltrary regulation of a great eco- depicts the tribulations of a heroine who finally : reaches a state i where there is equal .suffrage. "Its dra matic incidents will, it is said, thrill the most staid suffragist. THE ASSEMBLY VERDICT aaaaaaanaaMaacaaam . In Tiiia returns 10 date, the vote mm-msu iuyw i for the bill to revive the assem- derwent a week's, voluntary Incar bly in Oregon is 18.899. The iceration, in Auburn prison for the vote against is 107,678. It iajParpose of studying prison life, a verdict v of nearly ' six to one j As a result of his experience there against assemblylsm. has been formed In that prison a The scheme was the same as that j'""1- welfare league among the hrmnrht fArtM hv ho nrMt9n '. convicts which introduces many, of N THE returns to date, the vote four years ago. and pushed by-ttiat paper to the extent of holding a state assembly and nominating can didates. . The present is the first Instance in which the people have had a chance to directly express their opinion of assemblylsm. Their verdict is - so , overwhelming that the Oregonlan, which originated the "system, and the rest of the group which has all along clamored 1 for assemblylsm, should at last un- derstand that the scheme is burled i so deep in the contempt of the; people of tb state that it is use less tot ever attempt to resurrect it. Of the bill just overwhelmed by adverse ballots, the Oregonlan re cently said that it "Is politically premature' which, of coursemeans that it should have been held in the background unil a more fa vorable opportunity to put It over. The verdict of the people just pro nounced at .the ballot box means that the. bill was more' than "po litically premature." It means that assemblylsm in this state Is bitterly resented by five sixths of the voters, that it Is utterly odius and that all future attempts to inject life lfito the plan will be strenuously resisted. The present verdict will be a significant notice to the coming 1 legislature. In the face of a six to one judgment by the people against assemblylsm, It would be highly In advisable for any legislature - to undertake : any plan for scuttling the direct primary. . MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE L AST year Governor Ferris of Michigan appointed a com mission to revise the mar riage and divorce laws. Bills which will be submitted to the legislature next year have been "prepared. The ' commission has attempted solution- of the"dlvorce problem by providing against secret and hasty ; cured In Demerara,' Java, Mauritns marriages:: It Is proposed that the iand other places. . j, J. , marriage . license ' must be applied ' The raw article will be sold u.t for ninety; days beror the wedding cost refiners, "who 'have con and the' fact published for six jtracted with the government to weeks. Any person may file 6b- T sell It, when Teflned, to dealers at Jections with the county clerk. J a -price fixed by the government, The commission ' also proposes ' based upon the original cost plus that divorce decrees be suspended j a 'a1' manufacturer's profit. tor three ; months, - during which t There were -Indications that the time the party to which the decjfee American sugar trust was making la granted may surrender It and i arrangements to corner the sugar the decree become inef fectfve. 1 of the world.' a possibility in view Speedy court action is urged, andf the fact that 'the supply from the commission recommends that j Germany, Austria and Belgium has the prosecuting attorney be made . been cut ; of f. , England's purchase an advisor of the court to see that divorces are not' procured fraudu lently or 6y collusion.. There is general agreement that solution of the divorce problem depends largely upon revision . of i the marriage laws. Too many enter ' matrimony without realizing that it is a solemn contract between man . and woman. There are too many marriages where the parties give little, or no heed to what they are doing and the obligations they are undertaking. There are bound to be mismat- ings under any system devised by man, but the relative number can be reduced by requiring publicity and reasonabIedelay. If tbe mar riage and divorce problem can be solved by the individual states, Michigan s headed right. Fewer hasty and ill-considered marriages will mean fewer disrupted families, and fewer children with a bad start in life. A NEW COTTON LAW S OUTH CAROLINA has enacted a law penalizing any man who plants more than a third of bis land to cotton in 1915. It provides a fine of $25 to $100 an acre for the violator of this en actment, i The South is deeply concerned lest the present over-stocked cot ton market be further" demoralized next year. . A movement looking toward diversification of crops has Deen started. A representative convention was held recently in Washington for the purpose of de vising some plan whereby the cot ton acreage could be reduced by legal restrictions, but the conven tion, ad journed' without being able to reach any general agreement. South Carolina's new law visual izes the South's cotton problem, but comment on the enactment In dicates that It may not be enforced. To be effective, other cotton states must pass similar laws, and ' there' must be : unanimity In their en forcement; V A decree has been Issued limiting the acreage in Egypt "Which may be planted to cotton in ' 1915. But thtt f la 7 not In ; America. Egypt mayt be governed by decrees regu lating 'economic conditions, but there Is question whether America wishes to ;try the experiment. It will be Interesting . to w atch other Southern states. ; if - they adopt the South' Carolina plan it mar mean a new turn In regulation by law. Solution of the South's cotton problem is ' vital, but. the Indications are that the people A a 1 . . a Ad nomic force - Is neither practical nor desirable. PRISON REFORM r T WILL, be recalled that some months ago , Thomas Mott Os borne of New York, who Is In- th prisonreformslnaugurated. by Governor West in Oregon This .. league takes the , 'respon sibility1 for the behavior of the men, teaches them to govern them selves and each other, widens their group of loyalty, wins privileges of daily freedom in the yard and the chapel and fits 1 them not only to get out of prison but to stay out. The Golden i Rule brotherhood among the convicts of Sing Sing has similar privileges of games and exercise in the yard on bunaayf and an hour every day after work and earns them by better behavior and -better shop work. At Clinton prison the men have yard prlvl leges for baseball and exercise. In all the prisons of the state for the first time In a hundred years the convicts can see the sun, get the air, exercise their muscles talk freely and act like human beings. - Less rheumatism, less tubercn losis, fewer drug fiends, fewer suicides, fewer Insane and more men fitted for parole are the re sults It Is sometimes charged against prison reformers that they are more interested in the welfare of the prisoners than in the welfare of society. This is answered by the statement - that " these two things are one. The men who pour into prisons every year have , been members of society and will again become members of society when they come out. Whatever affectf them affects society. CHECKMATING A TRUST E NGLAND, according to con sular; reports, does not pro pose to be subjugated by the American sugar trust. It is stated in t these . reports that Mr 'McKenna, home secretary of the British government has purchased J 00,0 00 tons o raw sugar at $97.33 a ton. The sugar was se is said to be the largest amount. of sugar ever covered by one contract. Americans, groaning under ar bitrary -"prices fixed -by the trust, can find some satisfaction In free- dom by clutches. the English . from Its Furthermore, failure to corner the world's supply many have the effect of reducing prices in this country. Great "Britain's method of solv ing the sugar problem Indicates that, after all, there may be some advantages to a people living un der martial law. " ' THE ARMY AND NAVY E VERY indication points to re newed activity by the big army and big navy . men. Their campaign .was given fresh Impetus before congress ad journed, and since'; then the de mand for more ships and more men' In army and navy has been voiced by armament advocates from ! Atlantic to Pacific. . Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, says our naval j establishment is 18,000 short of the , number of men required to properly operate existing vessels. Forty-seven t warships, ranging in type from battleships to sub marines, carry only ;25 to 50 per cent of full crews. Twenty-two other vessels carry only 10 to 20 per cent of their regular comple ments, while' 3 5 ships of the navy are out of commission. s . Three dreadnaughts are provided for in this year's program,' and as each ship will require approximate ly 1000 men, the navy will be short 21,000 men when the dreadnaughts are , completed. The present en listed force of 51,000 is limited by congress, and it is urged that the nation is building ships u without providing men to sail them. There is logic in the contention that congress should not build ships without furnishing the men to use them. It is a business proposition, manless ships' are ' useless, - and men cannot ,, be picked up at any time on any street corner. - - The gathering of the United Artisans In " Salem last Saturday was a far different assemblage from the gathering In armories or otner countries. : In Salem 2000 people came to witness a drill of peace ; by. sixteen -young women under the spotlight, v There were no signs of war or terror, " only peace and pleasure. i A sixteen-year-old boy, after, an absence of a year, has .voluntarily returned to the State Training school at Salem because unable to get work for the winter outside. It is reassuring that the training school is' such, that, iwhen the world will not give this boy a chance to survive, the institution will. Letters From the People (Communications acnt to Tne Journal for publication la tbia department sbould be writ tea on only one aide of. the paper, abould not exceed 300 words in length and i mmt be ac companied oj we name ana paareas or. ioc sender. If the writer does not desire to have tne name published, be should so state. "Dtecossloa la tbe greatest o? all reform- era. It rationalisea every tbing it toucbea. - It robs principles of all false sanctity and throws them back on their reaaonablenesa; It they hare no reasons blen-aa, it ruthlessly crushes them oat of existence and set vp Its own conclusion la their stead." Woodrow Wilson. i - . A Banking Suggestion. McEwen, Or., Nov. 7. To the Editor of The Journal Please grant me space to present a certain proposition and solicit comment. If any. A certain city of about 6000 people voted bonds In the sum of $5,000 to draw 5 per1 cent inter est and run 20 years, to build a school bouse, making the building cost at the end of 20 years, $110,000. .Now, why could that city not nav6 issued circu lating notea drawing 2 per cent, re deemable in 20 years at face value with accrued interest, making them worth 140, and for convenience, should It be necessary, let the city redeem and reissue them at their face value. You will note that after 14 years these certificates would be gathered up by investors. Now the security Is the same as would be on the bonds and people' that handled them would not have lost anything and the city would have saved $33,000. Is It just because men have money and want more in the shape of Interest or are these the ideas of a dreamer? . This scheme could be worked better through a system of municipal banks, so as to nave the notes ofa national character. X think we had better amend tbe national banking act so.- that states and mu nicipalities can operate banks and lop the other fellow off. Such banks would be safer, having so much property be hind them. There is no use saying that we are satisfied with the safeness and operation of, our present banking system. It Is not, and never was, "the best banking system the world ever knew." -J. L. EDMISTON. Giving the Criminal a Chance. Portland. Or. Nov. 9. To the Editor of The . Journal I read In Saturday's Journal of thu a.dfntnroa of .Tnhn T-T O'Brien as k Democratic candidate for judge of the juvenile court at Indian apolis. Why not have given it to him, He would have understood the nature of delinquents and if he truly and really wanted to be good, and to guide others to the better wfty of living. why not give him the chance? They do It In some of the churches. MRS. I O'BRIEN. Investigation . Invited, ; Portland, Nov. 9. To the Editor of The Journal I note In The; Journal of today that "peculiar circumstances are reported from, precinct 1561 at Forty' ninth' and Hawthorne:" , i , precinct ?Jo. 1$ 6 J-ifcberebyi request,- taat If anyone thinks as Indicated above. the fullest investigation of -our. every act - be had without any unnecessary delay. "WILLIAM" H. WOODRUFF. Chairman Day Board Precinct No. 158. " - living With Mr. Edison. From, the Cincinnati Times-Star., John Smith,, a broker, jcame down town In the morning in a trolley car, The day being dark, he turned on the Incandescent light at his desk. After reading the morning paper. Mr. Smith turned to a phonograph and dictated a number of letters. One of these was a circular letter, which later he read in mimeographed frm. After his correspondence had been attended to. Mr. Smith walked tor the ticker, The stock of a certain iron ore refin ery showing a marked decline, he tele graphed his New Tork correspondent to buy for his account. He also ad vised. his customers over the telephone to purchase stock. Before gilng to lunch Mr. Smith dropped into a mov lng picture theatre and enjoyed a half hours recreation. In one brief morning John. -Smith came in contact witn the achievements of Thomas A. Edison no less than nine times. .The car on , which he rode to his office contained several of Mr. Ed ison's patents, although . the wizard's participation In the development of the trolley system is perhaps his least noteworthy achievement. One of Mr. Edison's first inventions was the stock quotation printer. To telegraphy . he contributed the quadruple! system and to the telephone the microphone and the carbon transmitter. He invented a system 'for the magnetic treatment of iron ore. His Inventions of the Incandescent light, the j phonograph. the cinematograph and the mimeo graph are too well known to be dls cussed here. - The thirty-fifth anniversary of Thomas A Edison's invention of the Incandescent lamp is being celebrated. The event should serve to emphasise the many ways In which ! he has con tributed to tbe world s comfort and convenience, -tie nas Deeome a part of our lives in a manner that no other Inventor may claim. And withal Mr. Edison has preserved a restaint in self- exploitation - that bespeaks the rare trait of modesty. Looking to Prosperity. From the Vancouver! World. It is beginning to be recognized throughout the country that the man who thinks he Is helplpgi himself by boarding his cash, or postponing the payment Of his current accounts la al- togetner mistaken, ho rar jrom any benefit accruing, he is injuring him self as well as the whole business structure ; because, even if - he la not in active business and has i no business investments, he is more or less depend ent on some line of business for what he has and he must ' necessarily feel his share of tbe business Slump. It is the main contention of most speakers, and writers who advocate re forms In various directions, greater mobility in business of all sorts, that at a time when war stalks through Europe, dislocating business in many countries - and - profoundly affecting commerce In all parts of I the world. working capital la needed ljn order that industrial as well as commercial lines may be maintained on : a . basis . ap proaching the normal. As we have emphasised once or twice, -th Indi vidual consumer holds . foir the most part the key to the situation. He can contribute generously towards keeping the wheels of industry turning by dis charging his obligations promptly,) and he will s contribute ' proportionately . to his own well being ly meeting his re sponsibilities In this respect. The more business suffers : by becoming stagnant because of neglect of duty A FEW SMILES ;The ready applicant for a "Job" had unexpectedly - obtained what he asked and was set to wheel top dressing for gardening oper ations. Halfway through the morn ing his temporary employer had oc casion to crltieiie his method of going to work. ;.- , "Why don't 00 push the wheelbar-'j row Instead Of dragging it alter you r he was asked. , "It w6uld save you trouble." ' ' : Not me." rrowled Weary "will I a disgustedly, "I'm sick of the Sight of the blamed thing." An old artisan who prided himself on his ability to drive a close bargain contracted to paint a huge barn in tne neighborhood . for the - small sum of $12. "Why on earth did you agree to do it for so littler his brother inquired. "Well,- said . the old painter, "you see. the owner Is a mighty onreliable mart. If I'd awtd I'd charge him $25 likely he'd have only paid me $19. And If I charge him $12, ne maymot pay me t but $9. So I thought' it over and decided to .paint it for $12, so I wouldn't lose so much." There re times when differences In rank do not count, and a soldier who was In one of our wars chanced upon one of them. It waa a time when Tim should have been In active service that he was discovered by his sergeant In a hole, out of the way of even a stray bullet. 'Get out of that hole! commanded the sergeant stern ly. "Get out of it Immediately r The usually good natured face looked up at him with stubborn re sistance written on every feature. You may be me superior officer, he answered boldly, "but all the same, Ol'm the one that found thla bole first" National Monthly. - on the part of the business structure, a member of the business community. If the war has taught anything U has taught that nations as wen as individuals' cannot . live entirely by themselves. The, Individual citizen is mistaken if he thinks he can do this, He cannot. Therefore it .Is up to him to adopt and pursue a practical coop erative spirit In helping business to get back on a normal basis for his own individual good as well as for that of the business community in which he lives. These matters should be kept In mind by every Individual who has an interest in the reestabllshment of busi ness on a sound basis. And this in eludes nearly every Individual, wheth er he has a business of his own or Is dependent upon the business of torn body else. - The Debt Problem. From tbe Tacoma Tribune. Do you know what Is the very best thing to do to help business? Just pay your debts. 'Now, don't feel insulted. Everybody owes money, at least, every honest and Intelligent citizen does, since modern business Is run so largely on credit. In aigeneral way, you see. everybody owes everybody else. Most Of us are solvent enough, if we could Just realize on our assets. The diffl- culty consists In cancelling our debts with our credits Just when we want to. In a time of financial stress people have -a way of -hanging onto what they've got. Just as the European na tions now hang onto their gold. That Btops the circulation of money, which is the lifeblood of business. Now, suppose you happen to have enough money In your pocket, or in the banks- to pay all you owe. Tou're delaying payment, however, because well, you want to wait a little and see1 whether business brightens up. Tour own debtors are slow, and you don't want to take any more chances than you have to. But suppose you get busy and pay your rent, your gas bill, your coal bill, your grocery bill, your meat bill, your laundry bill, etc. promptly when they are presented.. And suppose you run over your list of per sonal obligations and pay every dollar. To begin with, you feel mighty clean and respectable about It. But then what? The first thing you know, the people who owe money to you are pay ing up. : The cash you parted with nas finished Its circuit.' and Is ready to start again. And instead of everybody on the circuit being behind with every body else, and therefore discontented and wrinkled with worry, everybody is cheerful sand confident. You have started a wave of prosperity, and it rolls on and on, to the music of re ceipted bills, and then you find that after all. you've merely paid the money out of one pocket Into another; you're square with the world, ana the world is square with you. ' ." j That's the way It works. One man. who pays his hills on. time, is a bless ing to his 'community. A hundred such men are a power! A city full .of prompt payers would be a city of proud, prosperous and independent peo ple, and a potent nucleus or national prosperity. Why not pay up, then and as you pay, pass the word along? The Pick of KrmpePijhtlng. From the Seattle Times. ' Into the welter of" Europe's war pit the haughtiest and humblest blood is being poured with a lavish hand. : The number of young men of prominent families who have gone down in death has been one of the astounding features of the strife. Modern war, makes no difference between the son of prince and the son of pauper.. A few days ago, it waa reported, that a son of the Rus sian commander-in-chief, a Romanoff, has' been mortally wounded during a cavalry charge. Almost simultaneous ly, it was stated that the crown prince of Servia and his brother had both been wounded the latter mortally. A son of Von Moltke has been reported slain. A German prince not of; the royal house, but of a prominent fam ily, was discovered cold la death by a detachment of the enemy. In France, noted men and sons of noted men have been claimed by the Grim Reaper. Only recently, a member of the chamber of deputies went c to his death la a brll Uan aeroplane exploit. Britain's "honor roll Is studded with the names of men whose houses are, historic - Nor has wealth been slow to contribute its share. Two sons, of Sir Weetman Pear son, the multimillionaire who pos sesses enormous holdings, in Mexico, have been slain and the third is in service, commanding a cavalry detach ment. -,i": ' ' '-- " In every war, the adventurous youths of wealth and rank have proved their mettle, but in no other war were so many swept away la such a short time. Peace I Advocates Undaunted. " Krom the Christian Herald. Notwithstanding conditions In Eu rope, some of our peace advocates are going on with their-' own -campaign. "making war-on war."' ' They do this 'N. .' PERTINENT COMMENT lALii CHANGE The key to success Is seldom used as a night key. Manv a dollar has bef.J coined out of determination. 'w A srirl thinks' she is a first class cook if she can make fudge. . . i There's no such, word as failure In connection with the forbidden fruit crop. Women know mora about, styles in a minute than, men do in , a' thousand years. The earth Is- often designated as "she because no man knows the age thereof, ; - When a woman looks in her mirror she is never able to see herself as other women see her. - - We have noticed that when a man has money he never has to be Intro duced to a erson twice. Manv ' a man rets a renutation for being good natured because be is too lazy to tax ma own pari. Greater safety lies in leavins foot prints on tbe sands of time than on the, sou near tne neignoors ( poultry roooi. . A wealthy New York woman wants to buy all the guns that a Wilmington firearms factory can turn out In two years. Probably the lady has a good deal of cat trouble in her back yard. THE PEOPLE'S From the New York World. The, best . that can be said of any congress during its life is that it has been true to its trust. Time alone will determine the wisdom of Its deeds. T he Sixty-third congress. In session longer than, any other in our history, is note worthy for Its industry. Jt should al ways be even more memorable for its faithfulness to the pledges -upon which it was chosen. For those pledges the people no less than their congress must bear the responsibility. When this congress began its labors. April 7, 1918, certain great measures of reform had been promised by both parties for " years. Except for two years in the house of representatives, the Bepublicans had been in complete control of the government since 1897. They had been bound by their plat forms to reduce and equalize tariff and other taxation, to extend and strength en the anti-trust law, to reform our finances, to stop the exploitation of Alaska and to promote justly the prin ciples of self government in the Philippines. To every one of these obligations they had proved false-. In njost cases they had done nothing. Revising- the tariff twice, they increased Its bur dens upon consumers. Enacting gomo useful and progressive legislation In other directions, they studiously ig nored or rejected popular demands for relief from privilege, extortion and monopoly. Such was the situation a year ago last spring, when for the first time in more than 50 years Democratic president .with a congress having a dependable Democratic ma jority In both branches took office. For good or for ill, this congress, cooperating with this president, has met the issues of the last 20 years in accordance with Its covenants. It has dealt with several new problems be sides. NO other congress has enacted so many laws reaching to -the -very foundations of finance, commerce, in dustry and social ofder. In no other congress has there been more freedom from lobbyists and promoters. At the hands of no other congress have tne people suffered lese from demagogy and violence. ' The Sixty-third congress has revised downward in the interest of consum ers-a tariff whose schedules not many years ago were sold to the contribut ors of campaign funds. It has reformed our ban King and currency systems, putting an end to a financial tyranny , centralised In a private coterie.. It has supplemented ana cianriea the anti-trust laws, establishing per sonal guilt, preventing monopoly and Interlocking . directorates and -emancipating labor from unwarranted prose cutions and summary punishments without trial by Jury. It has levied" an income tax by means, of which wealth must bear a share of public burdens heretofore heaped solely upon consumption. ' J.t has created a trade commission empowered to investigate and report upon commercial oppressions that tend toward criminality. It has amended the employers' arbi tration law, by which means It re cently, in the case of the railroads, averted what threatened to be the greatest strike ever known. It has provided for the construction of a government railroad in Alaska and for the leasing of public coal lands In that territory, thereby for TIME tO LEARN USES OF ADVERSITY s By John M.' Oskison. "Sweet are the uses of adversity." In a financial sense, Europe will learn, once more, the truth contained in those six words; and we shall have the op portunity to learn it, too but at far slighter cost Think of the Duraen unpveo vmiim ir th. 'treaty . of peace con- eluded at Frankfort May 30, 1871. Fol io wins; the short and terrible Franco- Prussian war or iv. w"u r -manded an Indemnity from France of t-i nnft onn ono 1100.000.000 to be paid within 80' days of the restoration of order in Paris, double that amount be fore December 31, isvi. anomer aua dred million by May 1, 1872. and f 600. 000,000 by March 2, 1874 Truly a heavy burden for bankrupt France to shoulder. But France shouldered It; her thrifty citizens learned the real meaning. In those fniiAwinr the war. of economy. One government loan In- 1871 of S43P,- 000,000. and anotner toe bb jr 8875 000,000, were many times oversub scribed by patriotic Frenchmen deter mined to save the credit of their coun try, and at the end of the summer of 1878 France's payments to Germany were completed. ' What will be the size of the after war burden this time? And who will in a ITovel manner by the use of illustrated posters bearing such leg ends as: "Here, go good, men needed by their families" (then a, picture of troops on the march) "to kill other men, needed by their families. This is war." Another poster reads: Hare are the poor made poorer and the hun gry made more hungry" here a pie. ture of - homeless refugees). rThla is war.' 'These homeless ones ; know what war is." The Illustrations are -reproductions ; of , actual war , photo graphs. The 'whole scheme la a de sign of Mrs. E. Tilton of Boston and Is a powerful object lesson. "Business Beyond the Rockies. V From" the Philadelphia Ledger. - Every day new export opportunities. 1;- AND NEWS IN BRIEF , PRECOX SIDELIGHTS According to the Baker Herald's fiar urer, John Day vmade a record when uu oi me zua regiBterea cast tueir uai- iota Tuesday." -''.'. Milton's council has ordered, for the city water system, a million gallon per ?ay water. filter that win cost S'J0O. t will be In operation early in 1915. - The city engineer of Marshfleld, "it is reported, has presented an estimate showing that street improvements con. temp la ted In that city will aggregate $35,891. Canyon City Eagle: We have a large umoer oi scnooinouaes in tne county, I.,, .w. i: ,i. I .v. i'tiT'- okAV i "A" ' "Z? Was there ever any such thing? ; After serving for more than 16 years Mrs. Jennie Bogardus has turned over the Myrtle Creek postof flee to O. A. Kirby, who has qualified by examina tion according to the new civil (service regime. Vaudeville has taken root In the Med ford high school, and three teams havo been formed. They will leave Novem ber 14 on a tour. The Tribune says there is considerable talent In the ag gregation, a A committee of citizens aPDOinted by the Grants Pass council has reported in favor of municipal acquisition of the ' water supply system, but aainstsub mitting the company's offer to the voters until terms are modified. CONGRESS ever protecting . national rights in a dependency long menaced by the avarice of a moneyed sovereignty. It has passed in one branch an act extending the liberties of the Filipinos and preparing the way for their self government, a fulfillment not only of our most solemn pledges but a re affirmation of the principles under lying our own freedom as expressed In tbe Declaration of Independence. These are the mighty promise keep ing performances of the Sixty-third congress. Of its many achievements relating to issues unforeseen we shall cite only the repeal of, the Panama canal tolls act, in which a former con gress had violated a treaty to serve the coastwise shipping monopoly; the act authorizing the president to use force at Vera Cruz, but' not declaring war upon the people of Mexico; the admission of foreign built ships to American registry; . the extension of the emergency currency act, anticipat ing the activities of the federal re serve banks, not yet in operation, and the establishment of a bureau of maritime Insurance- to continue during the European war. Ih proof of the rectitude of purpose displayed in their remarkable record and of the fact that both parties have long been pledged to root privilege and plutocracy out of our laws, refer ence may be made to the attitude of the minority on some of these " ques tions. Republican leadership, of cburse, was antagonistic, but it could not prevent men who respected their word from standing true. In the sen ate, on the first passage of the Clay ton anti-trust bill, seven Republicans voted with the Democrats; in the house 66 Republicans. In the house, no Republican voted against the trade commission bill; in the senate, 12 Re publicans favored it. In the senate, the banking and currency bill received the votes of four Republicans; In-the house? 49 Republicans. Practically all of ' the Important measures above re ferred to had Republican support in considerable numbers. - The most notable exception is that of the tariff act. and even as to that six. Repub licans Jn the house and two in the senate7 aligned themselves with the Democrats in perfect accord. When partisans usually .hostile unite ii this way, it is clear that honor and principle and reason abide on both sides. The time -was ripe. Indeed, for these movements forward, but prog ress such as this would not have been made except under highly favorable conditions, when the temper of the people was known. In both houses the majority waa ably and sincerely led There was an unalterable purpose to respect .public opinion. There was the most laborious industry. There was unlimited . patience. Above all else, there was the lofty inspiration of the White House, which, to the con demnation of a great party, had not been there before. Nothing in a republlo Is more in spiring than obedience to the popular will. The Sixty-third congress has been more than obedient. It has been highly efficient. It has been a peo ple's congress in which tbe best tra ditions of representative government have been courageously maintained. It must look to the people for Its re wards. To the people belongs the tri umph, all of which they saw, a large part of which thy were. - have to shoulder It? I only know that It will be a burden of tremendous weight, and that whoever Is called upon to carry it will have te learn what France learned after 1870, that war's cost is met only by the most rigid and real economy among the people. Enough of this w-rs weight has descended upon us. (la the way of curtailed trade, sudden demands for gold to pay our debts abroad; and the pressure upon our buyers of : American securities owned abroad) to make us stop to wonder If it isn't time for us to leara . the uses of adversity. When we can realize that nations are like neighbors in their financial dealing, - the matter , eomes to us cleared of a lot of confusing terms. We know that as lonfir as we and our neighbors are at peace and pulling to gether we can -et loans to further our legitimate business. We know that we won't be pressed unduly to repay these loans; and we don't think well be foreclosed as long as we can show our creditors a way to clear our selves. - But when we and our-neighbors be gin to fight; then the picture is dif ferent!. Theri the fellow that owes nothing or little and can support him self without help will have a big ad vantage. And the others win see why. new-1 markets 'for American products, are discovered,' while all the time the trade ; balance j between the ; United States and Europe is shifting over In our favor. But the present optimism of business rjien : is not confined -. to the east. The increasing commercial prosperity of the Pacific states Is a matter of congratulation to the whole country. Crops in California are abund ant, shipments; of "staples from - San Francisco are unusually large; trade with ports on the western coast of South America is booming1 and Alaska Is becoming more and more a potent influence in the commercial and Indus trial prosperity of the Commonwealths beyond the Rockies. All this leaves out of consideration the impetus given to business In. general by- the canal and the coming fair. 3 IN . EARLIER Dfl T 3 Uy Krej ln-kley, Human nature doesn't Mia te much,'t after alt. The man of today Hho -rides J in an automobile jS not xefl differ- ent from the man of yestejjjay who i rode In an ox cart. We lj we just I gone through a strenuous if political campaign, and whilo the Jsrues may I differ from year to year, O.egonlanS ; of 60 or 70- years ago v.erf Just SS li strenuous in their political b,' lef sand f differences as we of today, j-; 1 4 In 1844, the political question Wat1 as- to the destiny of Qregj h., Oam-V paign or&tors denounce. tt L RritiHliV and th mnnnnniv re i..ii'J4.. w ..t.ou ami company, and appealed toie voters to.supprt Polk, who would f drive the British out of Oregon '"fKiifty-four forty or fight.' was the rallying, cry of the supporters of Polk. SThe party j -" wmiu ruin ttRn cipt reiiu . "Our title to the whole of Oregon la clear ant unquestionable. rhd its re4 occupation at the earl lea s possible I penoc is a great America measure j to be recommsnded to the cardial sup-f port of the Democracy of fe Union."? On March 4. 1845, In his in?igural ad-gT IresB. President Polk reaffirmed his i belief In this plank, and ntomlsnd to carry It out. But th souWi was un-W wining i see new territoir come in on tne northern border, w; Ich might eventually come in as a r;in-slaveryt state; so Polk retreated fritn his po siuon ana refused to cany out his promise, . . ; j On June 15, 1846, he slgnifl a treaty! giving Vancouver island id all ol what Is now British' Col umlja to Eng- land. His warmest supporters, at-1 tacked him bitterly, for the i had been ! most interested in retain bg all of the Oregon territory. Thi f referred to his course In backing i pwji fpotn his promise as a violation -jf natural honor. They called him cotiardly and ., truckling and a hireling of j the slave ': power. Polk pointed out '! lhat there would be opportunity for national ex panslon to the stithward; b t thla was small comfort to the ekpani jonlsts and the believers in a greater U ted States i who lived In Oregon . ?V i As a matter of fact, atf that time It would have been easy . have re- tained the territory to ), so that now we would have had a,ontlnuousi coast line from the Bering 'tea to Ban! Diego. . - ; . i A few days ago at La Taj ute, I rant across T. B. Nelson, a tfloneer o1l" the strenuous days of 184 1 have lived In Oregon Just 70 yf jars," said . Mr. iseison. "My rathers name was George S. Nelson. He w born Inf Georgia. My mother mi den -name f was Margaret Crawford, j She waa born in Tennessee. Thej 4 came t Oregon in Cornelius Gill m's com pany. Cornelius Giliam,"J or 'TJnclef Neal' Gilliam, as we called him, mar ried my mother's sister. j '; ; "The immigrants in his train gath ered at CapUr's Landing, n far from Weston. Uncle Neal was ii- preacher, but he had served In the j ilackhawk war and later was the cgf )tain of a company In' the SeminoU f war in Florida, He had been elected sheriff in Missouri, and had also' -served in i , ... . . &.. . i t in,,. uits icsiamiure Lucie, mj j la uiuv wonder that he was elected captain of the company. j "' "The train commanded b;i my uncle decided to elect their office, in army siyie. uncie ixeai was ei ictea gen-f eral and M. T. Simmons ; Was made colonel. R. W. MbrrisoJ i j William Shaw, Elijah Bunfon an Richard Woodcock were elected cab ina. They, also -selected three men j ij act as judges in case of dispute. Ben Nich ols, who settled in Polk county, was Judge, and Joe Oage and rrheophUus Magruder were his assistants. - ' "At Fort Hall they s;rit bhn Minto.i Sam Crockett and Dan C-rkon to lh, tVlllam Aft t vnllpv t n "11 rm li.ln and provisions from the seta Jers.' These three messengers reached regon.Clty on October 18. Some of Ihe Immi grants wintered at Dr. WhIJman's sta tion. Some of the membeM of Uncle Neat's company-settled-nth, of the : Columbia, but most of tftftm settled , in the Willamette valley, j.JHy orotn-k i er. Si Nelson, who is 87 tyears Old, ? I lives at Newberg. He w ) 17 years old when he came acroft the phn in "44. A "Right after the Whltmarf massacre in the fall of '47, the setj lers raised " a number of companies to i apture tbe ; murderers. My uncle Neal was elect'' ed. colonel of the regim; nt. They , named the fort at Cascai Portage, Fort Gilliam, and the stocl Lde at Tbe -Dalles they named Fort I4 b. ' ' "As my uncle was comliff from the Walla Walla country to 'The Dalles with a part of his commafyd, he was - killed at the serins not fir from the Umatilla river. He had given strict? orders that no one shout j leave a loaded gun In any of he f(agons. A Frenchman, who had a wlld,-horse, put : his loaded gun In the wt'gon while he tried to subdue his ho, e. . Uncle Neal started to pull ba. . picket rope out of the wagon to t his horse.' The rope raught on the jammer of' the gun, pulled it back, andyllecharged the gun, killing my uncle Instantly." To Mary Hen Unrv Hllen Marv Ellen! & - When yau wash and drygthe dishes You are frugal with the water and the soap but how one wishes : You were spendthrift, and: exerted More strength in the operatlonl Mary Ellen, sticky platters Throw us into (agitation: :, Mary Ellen, in the corner? You will sweep not, maldo trusty, ' ' And our beds are full of.wrinkles, ' - And the brtc-a-brao Is dutty. Mary Ellen, be not ,rumW, : Life is not all beer and .kittles. But you need not blame ui. for.lt And proceed to scorch o4j 'vl tiles.", , Bav. what alls you. Mary Ef ten. r Once our pride and chief ei i treasure f UO you tear roi getting ir?ar Do you dream of Idle pleasure! - What? You are engaged marry! v Ah, yourlover is a deep I fie! , , Marrying the hired maiden; v Is the only way to keep ine. ' ; . ' . No Escape. '4 ' . From the Philadelphia ( ledger. , The lecturer had been taf ng stead ily for two-hours. 1 , 1 want to get out," said' one of ths auditors.' "Can't open the doors," eflalned the" doorkeeper. "If I let you iut they'll all want to escape." : J ; , j. -ii- The Sunday Journal . faMSaMBtaaaMBMNaaii a 'l"MMWHaaaM f'M,M The Great Home ' Net r'paper,- consists of 'Five news sections repl te with 1 , '- illustrated featun t Illnttrtted magazine ot ijuaHty.1 Woman's pages of rai merit; v Pictorial . news s upplenUnt. ; - V7 Superb comic section. A , ' & Cents the C)py ? 3 - ' The Ragtime Mise b