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THE OREGON r DAILY - JOURNAL PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. . NOVEMBER 19, 1914.
THE -JOURNAL
Ah THTKP1tKIET NKWftPAPKB.
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Opart menta reaebed by thea Bomtwra. Tail
the eoerato what 4irtmat voa want.
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katwcrititMni tarui by mall or to au et
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too Mar $2.60 I One nentk.....?
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Our censur of i our fellow
men, which we are prone to
think a proof of our 0uperlor
wisdom, la too j often only
the evidence of T the conceit
; that would magnify self, or of
th i malignity or; envy that
would " detract from others.
Tryon Edwards. " "-'
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A FRIGHTFUL TAX
ODAY. the average man in
Great Britain who earns
$1000 a year and upward,
must give one month's earn
ings out of the twelve to the gov
ernment. , ; Out" of ' every $12 he earns. $1
goes to help carry on .the war.
And what is worse, it is morally
certain that this tax will not only
continue for a generation, but that
it will be increased. It -is even ex
pected that those who earn $1000
a year and upward from Invest
ments, will be compelled ultimate
ly to give one fourth of their earn
ings to the government.
Two years ago, David Starr Jordan-
computed the war debts of
Europe at $26,000,000,000, a sum
' inconceivably vast. It Is an amount
nearly eight times greater than all
the gold mined in the United
iBtates In .125 years.
'! About . the same time, David
f.loyd-George, chancellor of the
British exchequer, reckoned the
war cost of Europe in times of
profound peace at $2,250,000,000
a year, a total which he said had
nearly doubled in 20 years, and
-which he predicted would double
'again in less than ten years if the
.war madness i3 not stopped.
.' In a British naval debate, Sir
-Edward Grey, one of the sanest of
Europe's statesmen, uttered this
Impressive warning;
Unlet the Incongruity and mischief
Of mounting military cost be brought
home not only to the heads of men
generally but to their feelings as
Well, a a a the rivalry will con-
tinue, and it must In the long run
: .'break down civilization. Tou are
.having this great burden piled up in
". times of peace, and If It goes on in
creasing by leaps and bounds as it
- , has done In the last generation it
will become Intolerable. There, are
those who think that It will lead
'to war precisely because It Is already
.becoming Intolerable.,
Words could scarcely have been
.more prophetic. The war of which
Earl. Grey. spoke has. come.. That
iff came, because the cost of mili
tarism was "becoming Intolerable"
. Is not unlikely. '
( Its-toll in money is the least of
; its cost, but it is piling up war
; debts under which Europe is al
' ready staggering and at a rate
; which Eary Grey foresaw must'ulti
;mately, unless checked, break down
civilization.
j ) Great Britain is still struggling
With the debts of the Boer war,
fought ! half a generation ago, a
war that is but a skirmish in com
tparison. How are the inconceivable
j debts of the present unparalleled
j conflict to be paid?
. 1! Thrak of the burden cast upon
i every average man in Europe, a
burden that must be borne for
; generations, and then think of the
i stupidity of those who have been
calling upon Woodrow Wilson to
ilead an invading army into Mexico!
IS BKKFSTEAK IMMOItM
T
HE world is warned by Dr.
Louis R. Woltmiller, physical
director of the New York
West 8ide Y. M. C. A., against
eating .too much meat.' He says:
Juicy steaks are good for the pal
ate, but an over indulgence will keep
'more than one man out of heaven.
! Irritable, high strung, quarrelsome
men cannot live as Christians should.
' There Is an old saying, ' "Meat
' for strong men and milk for
babes." Now, however, bo great
an authority as Dr. Wolzralller de
clares that the fworld has lived for
l.iji - ,
eo uuiuiug iu a taise tneory of
!lf!LT.!riC.tn" ! naJ Prld
"themselves that they had meat
on their tables were in fact the
unfortunates, rather than people
who managed to exist without
meat - except at weddings and
f unerala.
. However, there is consolation to
be gained from Or. Woltmiller's
warning. If Juicy beefsteaks con
tinue much longer at their pres
ent prices, the number of peoplej
mey win Keep out or heaven is
.bound to decrease. There is a
sliver lining to every cloud.
GIANT SUBMARINES
lONGRBSS will be asked by
the naval board to authorize
the construction of eight giant
.submarines. These craft are
designed not merely for coast de
fense, but are, expected to have a
cruising radius enabling them to
become integral parts of American
fleets sent far from their base.
These under-water vessels are
to have 1200 ! tons displacement,
making them more than twice as
large as the German submarines
which have .been . playing ' havoc
th British. ; warships, , . The ' new
Slant submarine Is to hare a sur-Jcost of $8,629.90. Eat It should
face speed of - twenty-one knots j be borne in i mind that the width
and an under-water speed of six- of this ' road is only twelre ' feet,
teen knots. Their fuel capacity On a basis of sixteen 'feet the cost
will give them a' Bailing: radios of I would have approximated that of
3500 miles. '. Congress will 1 be the other roads. . ' . . . '
asked x to -expend f 1,250,000 fori In computing the cost of sur
each of the eight submarines. I facing roads the length :of haul of
The naval board's plans appeal
to the popular Imagination at a
time when the under-sea craft
have proved their worth In actual
warfare: The United States was
first to experiment- with submar
ines. It may be first to demon
strate that; these craft need not ' be
limited in j usefulness to activities
in a comparatively small radius.
THE FOURTEEN - YEAH OLD
J
UDGE M'GINN'S order in the
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cause in ivuitu iuui iceu-yearrviu
Margaret Frykman was in
volved as a witness, challenges
public attention. The injured party
is the girl. Whatever her faults,;
they were measurably attributable
to her youth. Children5 of 13 and
14, though they, usually present a
better record than ' this one, -cannot
be expected to be as staid and re
liable as those who have -reached
the years of maturity.
As outcome of the court proceed
ings, $1000, to be supplied by one
defendant and $250 from another,
is to be placed to the girl's credit
in- a bank, and with the interest is
to go to Margaret Frykman at 21,
or if her conduct Justifies, at 19.
Putting the defendants into the
penitentiary could not possibly re
pair the great wrong they did the
girl. Fining the men would give
money to the state, but it is the
girl, not the state, that' has suf
fered irreparable injury at the
hands of the men. The state, in t
case of a fine, would be getting
money for a wrong done the girl.
The whole agency of the state
in the premises, is to afford pro
tection to those who compose the
state, this girl among them. . Pun
ishments are provided in the be
lief that they will exercise a deter
rent influence and prevent future
offenses of the kind. The McGinn
judgment in this instance, not only
provides punishment for the guilty
defendants, but it goes further and
affords a email measure of repara
tion for the wrong to the child.
It not only is part reparation but
it gives the girl new hope in the
money reward to be hers for a
future of exemplary conduct.
The finding may not be strictly
within the civil law. But it can
be fairly well defended as within
the great, living, moral law of jus
tice for the weak as well as the
strong.
JEFFERSON HIGH GIRLS
F
ORTY Jefferson -High School '
girls will wear cotton dresses
when. they graduate next Feb
ruary. The entire class of
girls, by unanimous vote, has de
cided to do their part in promoting
greater use of the South's cotton
crop here in the United States.
The Jefferson girls are worthy
ui tuujmcuuaiiuu. mej are uuiuK,UQSDie lu excua-UKB muur lor luu
what they can to help solve a
serious economic ; problem which
directly affects the South and indi
rectly the entire country. They
have joined in a movement seeking
utilization'of American cotton here
in America.
An expert points out that there j
are enough spindles in America, if
operated to tneir capacity, to take !
care of three fourths of our cotton, j
and that other mills could be es-;
laonsnea wunin a year wnereDy it
would be possible for the United
States to absorb 12,000,000 bales
of the next crop. Europe has been
buying our cotton, but Europe is
too busy fighting to keep her spin
dles running.
Forty cotton dresses may not di
rectly affect the cotton situation,
but their indirect effect cannot be
estimated. Forty dresses will mean
more of the same fabric; their in-
fluence will multiply in geometri-j day. The entire issue brought bet
cal progression. ; iter than 2.25 per cent premium,
There is another phase to the some of the bids running as high
question. Schools are supposed to
be genuine democratic institutions.
But dress has established undemo
cratic distinctions Sober-minded
educators have proposed moderate
priced uniforms, ' especially - for pejeted competition for the securi
girls. as a solution for the dress j ties and the buyer of the bonds
problem. jhad toraise his bid. Unsuccessful
The forty Jefferson Hieh srirls ! brokers protested that another
have, furthered the movement for
simplicity Entirely outside the
present cotton situation in, the
'ouuiu, lurao Kins LI A V t) lateen iX
i j
i rather than Ot clothes.
ESTIMATE TOO LOW
C
OUNTY COMMISSIONER
LIGHTNER Is credited with
the statement that the dif
ference between the cost of
macadam and , hard . surface pave
ment for roads is the difference
between $4000 and $17,000 per
mile. His estimate is too low. It
is not substantiated In the experi
ence of other communities, neither
is it supported bjr the records of
Multnomah countsr for this year.
The records show that the cost
of macadamizing Columbia boule
vard a distance ' of one and one
half miles, sixteen feet wide, was
$10,503.24, or $7000 per mile. Of
this amount $4,578.97 was for la
bor and $5,874.27 for material.
On the Section Line road, two
and one half miles were macadam
ized, sixteen feet wide, at a cost
of $19,376.63, or $7600 per mile.
i i t pam out tot -ma-
teriai, $11,621.25.
The nearest approach to Com-
missioner Lightner's estimate was
on the Pleasant View road where
two miles rwere macadamized , at a
material la' an important factor.
The records of the. state highway
commission of Illinois in which this
element Is considered show the
cost of macadam surface, eighteen
feet wide, to be $5960 when the
haul is one half mile in length.
With-a one mile haul the cost is
$6297 and when the haul is three
miles the cost Is $7615.
t VVVhen to this Is added the dif
ference in cost ot maintenance it
would appear that the difference
between the cost of macadam and
hard surface is. not so great after
all.
WHEN MEN ARE IDLE
I
T IS no use to be intolerant of
the unemployed Many tf our
people are. Having been suc
cessful themselves, many have
no patience with tales of failure.
They cannot understand why, in
this country of limitless resources
and araid the many examples of
rise .from poverty to power and
wealth,' there should be men un
able to secure work. But there
are men who are unavoidably idle.
They are .out of work and cannot
helpit.
It "is not a new condition. The
census of 1890, placed the number
of the unemployed in the United
States at 3,523,730. It was more
than 15 ' pet cent of all people
employed in gainful occupations.
In 1900, the number was placed
by the federal census at 6,4 8 6,9 6 4,
or more than-' 22 per cent of those
in gainful occupations. Though
the census department issued a
warning statement as to the defi
niteness of the figures, the totals
are accurate enough to be com
pletely convincing on the point that
even so long ago as 24 years,
there were many more people in
this country to do the work than
there was work to do.
The census figures of 1910 as to
unemployment have not yet been
tabulated. The problem of idle
men has, however, become so wide
ly noted that the federal govern
ment has put a commission in the
field to study the question with a
view to affording some kind of
remedy.
Of all persons reported idle un- j
der former censuses, nearly harf j
were out of work three months or j
less, while 80 per cent Of the re-
mainder were idle four to six
Tr.nth Tho laro-Par nArpnt?iR
! of unemployment were among the
agricultural, domestic and indus
trial workers.
It is a truism that every man has
a right to have work. It is un
reasonable that this great; world
was created for some to have work
and comforts while others were to
; be idle and comfortless. If this is i
so, and if there is a growing class j
means of survival, then unemploy
ment is a real problem and efforts
at solution should be urgent.
Meanwhile, when communities j
are trying in various ways to rem- !
edy local conditions, no man has !
a it., v,i oif n,uh tm
a right to hold aloof with the im-
patient insistence that there
is
"work fo all who will." f There is i
not in the winter season and has
not been for 30 years, "work for
an wno win," and it Is the duty
of all to do what they can to miti
gate the condition until broader
fundamental measures can be ap
plied to the cause rather than to
the symptoms.
ANXIOUS TO WORK
S
IX per cent improvement bonds
aggregating nearly $100,000
,were oversubscribed nearly
five times in Portland Tues-
, as i.vo per cent auove par
The day before, in Seattle, the
city council sold $829,500 of five
per cent "bridge bonds at par and
accrued interest. There was unex-
, - . v. b k 1 " o aw liui nuu
twenty-four hours "would, in all
probability, see better bids from
their own or other bond houses.
Last week Multnomah county
AionnaA nf tA'nnA
'interstate bridge bonds at a price
of $101.35. , There were sixteen
bidders, seven of whom put in
tenders for the entire Issue at
prices above par. These - bonds
were oversubscribed eight times.
Some time ago Philadelphia au
thorized a $7,000,000 thirty .year
loan at four per cent, the bonds
to be sold at par. All but $2,825,
000 was. placed at. a premium at
the tfme. - Sale of the. remainder
was deferred until the money was
needed.
Two weeks ago $825,000 . of
the securities were placed on sale
"over the city treasurer's counter."
Within an hour and a half after
the treasurer's office opened the
entire $825,000 had been gathered
up. ' One hundred people, men and
women, were still in line, and be
fore the day ended $500,000 more
bonds were subscribed for.. The
result - was a ' decision to1ell the
- Money is anxious to work. These
bond sales are- concrete : evidence
.that good times are here if a
j doubting people j once realize the
real status. '
J - '' ,
1 ? II the ; statr menu . of x eye ; wit-
nesses are true, it was through' a
violation of the traffic ordinance
that Patrolman White was knocked
down and killed at his post of duty.
rr. . t . a. , m
iuv Li uc&, u roanoiiig ue uuii
section Into the cross street, should
have swung wide to the right, but
instead it cut across 'and by the
shortness of the turn caught its
victim. If the execution of law were
more " of a slogan and less of an
accident by higher-ups, if those
operating deadly machines like
four-ton auto trucks were Properly
skilled in rules 'and realized the
aeaaiy cnaracter or a huge true, l
Patrolman Wfilte would "still be
the Support and Strength Of theBroadway notel plaintively told of the i
little family that is now without irougbhouse treat- I S
breadwinner
(Commonleatloiia aent to Tha Journal for
publication In thla department abould ba writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
exceed 800 worda la lengtu. and mua ba ae
vmpanied by the name, and address of tbe
sender. If the. writer .does not desire to
nave tbe name published, be should so atate.)
"Discussion Is tba greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises averrtnlns; it toaenc. it
robs principles of aU falsa sanctity and
throws them back on tbelr reasonableneaa. If
they bare no reasonableness. It ruthleaa.T
crusbea them out of existence and' set up its
own conclusions la their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Discusses Prohibition's Effects.
Silverton, Or., Nov. 17. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I notice J. S.
Brooks has criticised my. comment on
the recent election, Mr. Brooks says
we have lots of company now since
our neighbor states have gone dry.
Misery always likes company. He also
says no sane person would poke a rat
tlesnake, but would hit it right be-1
tween the eyes with r. club. That is
just exactly what prohibition has done
to production and labor in this state.
Now, we wets don't want to be under
stood as ' being a bunch of soreheads
just because we have been beaten. We
are too game for that. Experience has
taught us that prohibition is a failure,
and experience is the true teacher of
economic Justice. Of course it tan not
be said that prohibition is purely an
economic question, nor can it be said
that it is wholly a religious question.
I) is very seldom that a question
arises where religious and economic
rights are so equally divided. From a
religious point of view it might be said
that prohibition is right, although I
cannot see it in that light. From an
economic or Industrial point of view
it can be equally denied. I have no
doubt the religious people of this state
believe prohibition will lift us to a
higher plans of righteousness and do
away with the evil of the liquor traf
fic, but this remains to be proven,
while, from an economic point of view
it Is an established fact that we are
stung. Where questions of religious
and economic or industrial right min
gle so closely if1s bound to make the
struggle more prolonged and severe.
EDWIN A. LINSCOTT.
Assessor Indorses Journal's View,
Salem, Or., Nov. 19. To the Editor
oC The Journal I wish to acknowledge
receipt or J our valuable editorial of
October 19, upon my arrival home
"urn me asaessurs convention neid in
Portland last week. I am glad to see
the pres of the state taking more in
terest in the matter of taxation every
year, as ft will assist the assessors
materially to straighten out the
tangles which have crept into our
laws. Every assessor in our great
stata of Oregon is doing everything in
i his power to lighten the burden of
taxation, but in many localities where
to make a creditable showing.
I note what you say about land held
for speculative purposes. Your state-
I ment is absolutely true and I hope to
i see the next lpHnlattirA t--j q aAmA
law whereby the assessor may make a
ourerence in this class of valuations,
h -r16 S ,th6 lan? wner
who holds his land for agricultural
and stockraisine tumoa iv
not for speculative purposes. You say
aIso tnat the assessors' meeting is of
more importance than those of most
office holders. This Js true, and it is
to be hoped we will have the hearty
cooperation of the press of the state to
encourage our efforts, for these meet
ings alrady have done considerable
good throughout the state.
ben' F. WEST,
County Assessor of Marion County.
Apprehensive of Immigration.
Clackamas, Or., November 16. To
the Editor of The Journal Oregon is a
comparatively new state, and whllo
there is lots of undeveloped country, it
will be better for all concerned if we
are careful about making new laws. In
regard to new immigration from for
eign countries, I would say to be ex
tremely careful. Most of the people
we have in Oregon have grown up with
the country and have been educated
here and are a part of our nation. But
what can be said of the immigrants
coming to our shores at the present
time? They may be coming here with
those old tvrant laws so flrmlv - tori
, -"
l" tV ""T"88 fefore
are able to teach them the laws of a
free government they will have swal-Ij
lowed up our homes, our industries and
our laws, and leave us but the husks
of bygone industries. Ignorance ,de-i
velops so much faster than intelli-i
gence when it once gets a grip on Us
that It takes years and ages to recover,
Letters From the People j
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And then the truth is so covered up j posite must prevail.
that it has to be-dragged from .the A In conclusion, I wish again to heart
very dust before a country can be're-jj ily commend the spirit which fathered
built. i that excellent article and which has
We known foreign countries have evoked this letter,
grown until the very struggle for exls- I C. LOUIS BARZEE.
tence has passed into the ravages oft
war, spreading devastation over the Negligence in Tronson Case,
whole world. We feel the oppression! Portiand, Or., Nov. 19. To the Kdl-
In our own nation, and a word of
warning in the time of need may be
heeded. MRS. VIOLA BURR.
Mr. Coe Discusses the Votei
McMinnvllle, Or., Nov. 18. To the
Editor of The Journal Many of the
papers of the state are drawing lessons
to suit themselves from the recent'
election. Some are rejoicing that no I
prohibitionist was elected, and assur
ing their readers that the laws-, will
certainly be well enforced now, be
cause th.e officials elected would not
Inform the voters whether they were in
favor of a dry Oregon or not I won
der if the people of Germany wdpld
think it a great cause of rejoicing' If
the kaiser had placed: at. the head of
his armies men who would not tell
whether they were in sympathy with
Germany or France.
. It is worthy of mention that the vote
received by the three prohibition candl
! dates for consrreRa is almnat identical
j with the majority given for the dry j
Bho,ws .bt .tha.;?thT prtit?..,wnIch
anv only they will not say so In their
platforms, are Just about equally di -
vided concerning the question of wet or 9 asylum. . He was taken all over the es
dry, and it is the Prohibition party that! tablishment, and finally arrived at. the
casts the deciding vote. Pretty good j gardens, where a number of patients
work Tor the Prohibitionists. . v , ; were - working. - Mr, Burns espied
-1 may also mention that while .the among them, a man withvhom he had
A FEW SMILES
Not lonsr ago av certain . Michigan
food inspector was Watching a stand
wnerer ror i cen a
dab of ice cream on
a soda- cracker was
nandejt ; -out. He
thought .himself
quite v unnoticed,
when a pretty mis
held out a half
eaten cracker to
! him. saying, much to the amusement
f'.0 OM o( thosc nosy
food lrispetors. Here, Just taste this
and aee if it's sanitary," !
-. J ki I
ment that he had
received in the
early hours of the.
previous morni ng
from, the enthusias
tic guests of a hi
larious dinner party.
"What kind of a
dinner was it?" asked ; a sympathetic
listener. t
"Why, it was given by one of them
college aluminum societies."
"But she says she has never gtven
you any encouragement" y
"via s n e say
thatr
"She certainly
did."
"She told me that
her uncle was go
ing to leave her a
fortune and that he
had one foot in the
grave. If that is not encouragement,
I'd like to know what you call it.H
registration of prohibitionists was
many times the registration of 1912;t
the Prohibition vote was double the!
registration, and the other parties cast
for congress, at least in the First dis
trict, less than three fourths of their
registration, and in the case of the Re
publican party it was never one half.
CURTIS P. COB.
The Chrlstmastide Message.
Lents, Or., Nov. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal The article appearing
on the first page of last Sunday's
Journal, under the caption, "A Mes
sage and a Mission for Chrlstmastide,''
is commendable, admirable, beautiful.
It should, and no doubt will, appeal
to thousands of altruistic minds in
this city and elsewhere. I am very
glad it has been written and published.
Its perusal must "be a public reminder,
educator, benefactor. By all means,
let its mission be accomplished. Its
fulfillment will gladden the hearts
of many cheerless, deserving children,
who must soon become the laborers,
business' and professional people, vot
ers and law makers of the oemmon
wealth. How Important, then, that
such seeds be sown into their young
lives as will yield a rich harvest of
benevolence, generosity, brotherhood,
in and through the years to come, the
influence of whichnust be redisseml
nated among the future deserving poor.
Frankly, I am pleased with the arti
cle in question, and believe a generous
response will result.
I trust that it will not be an intru
sion to apk a little space for a few
supplementary thoughts in connection
with the splendid Journal message.
It is good, it is well. Indeed, to glad
den the hearts and fill the stomachs
of the unfortunate needy during the
glorious Chrlstmastide; but. while the
matter is under consideration, is It
not opportune to suggest that it would
be still better, from every point of
social, physical and financial view,
to gladden the herats and fill the stom
achs of all the deserving needy, all
the time?
, How can this be done? I believe Its
solution simple.
Charity Is kind, beautiful. It floats
on silken wings of peace, good will
! to men, brotherhood, love. Yet we
must not lose sight of the fact that,
; while the, financially Impoverished
class .will receive gifts for their chil
dren and themselves with hearts ot
; gratitude, yet there Is that Inherent
: nature within the soul of every father
and mother which promtSs them to the
supreme desire of bestowing these
presents themselves.
How can they - do this without
money? They can't But they would
possess the necessary means if Port
land would see to it that employment
be provided for those who are willing
to work and a "rockpile" for those
who are not. Wherever and whenever
a municipality is unable to furnish
employment for its willing toilers, that
municipality is overgrown, abnormal,
despite anything that may ,be, said to
the contrary".
Annually we are spending millions
thus giving employment to eastern
people: while those millions should be
spent at home, for goods manufactured
here, thus employing our own people.
Portland could and should employ its
own toilers. It could and should man
ufacture the v:ry goods for which we
send to eastern states. If there be
any sound, intelligent reason why we
should send raw material east to be
3 returned to us in the finished product,
1 pavinsr a useless freight each way. and
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employing eastern ratner than our
own people, will some one wiser than
I produce that reason?
It is true that we have many among
us that need charity, but they want.
they need, employment more. When
people are employed at reasonable
wages, "good times" always result.
i When people are unemployed, the op-
tor of The Journal This case of Tron
son having threatened Emma Ulrich's
life and the authorities ordering him
out of town, reminds one of slapping a
murderer's wrist for committing a
crime. He threatened her Jife oncej
and was given strict oraers to leave
town. ' , Probably ne did. He might
have gone to at. Johns, and returned,
At any rate, he was permitted to annoy
heryes, permitted to annoy her. after
he had threatened to kill her. Now,
I ask, did her employers allow this
without reporting it to the aathorltlesT
If they did, well for them; If not, then
it is negligence on their part. Their
report with hers would bear more
weight. .
But their responsibility, as com
pared to- that of the authorities, In
whose power it was to put the man
out of the state. Is as a pebble com
pared with a mountain. Some one was
negligent. I dare not speak my con
tempt for such negligence.
J. f . OSTER.
- Surprise for Bothc,
John 'Burns- always has a stock of
good stories. One he tella concerns a
i visit be once paid to a London lunatic
ME
PERTINENT COMMENT
851AUU CHANGE
You'll not get anywhere unless you
start.- ,- ?
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A' man who aays "I don't care" Is
either a liar or a fool.
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One secret of success is the ability
to keep your secrets.
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Fools oft times rush in and win
while wise men investigate.
Tet the owner of a mule is never
sare that he hasn't a kick coming.
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Too many of us neglect our plain
duty for something more attractive-.
We would rather be held up by a
stranger than thrown down by a
friend.
If a woman starts in to fie disagree
able she knows how to achieve enor
mous success..
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W'a r on m mnv tin txttnded tO in
elude even "strategic" shirtwasts and
"deleted" skirts. 1
The man who -knows all about wo
men should forget it if he values his
own peace of mind.
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If you can't get anything else out of
this life, get disgruntled and try to
be satisfied with that.
.
No woman wants to boss her hus
band, but she. wants the neighbors to
believe that she' could do it if she
wanted to.
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When a man say's he can remember
when good beefsteak was sold for 6
cents a pound you can figure that he
is about 65 years old.
And it sometimes happens "that wo
men who display- good judgment at bar
gain sales get the worst of it when it
comes to selecting misbands.
WILSON ON "THE NEW SPIRIT"
Extracts from tbe president's letter to Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo, on the Inaugu
ration of the federal reserve bank system.
"I do not know that any special
credit belongs to me for the part I
was privileged to play in the estab
lishment of this new system of which
we confidently hope so much. In It
the labor and knowledge ahd fore
thought and practical experience and
sagacity of many men are embodied
who have cooperated with unusual
wisdom and admirable public spirit,
"None of them, I am sure, will be
jealous of the distribution of the
praise for the great piece of legisla
tion upon which the new system
rests; they will only rejoice unselfish
ly to see the thing accomplished upon
which they had set their hearts. It
has been accomplished and its accom
plishment is of the deepest signifi
cance, both because of the tilings It
had done -away with and because of
the things it has supplied that the
country lacked and had long needed.
"It has done away with agitation
and suspicion, because it has done
away with certain fundamental
wrongs. It has supplied means of ac
commodation in the business world and
an Instrumentality by which the inter
ests of all; without regard to class,
may readily be served.
"We have only to look back 10 years
or so to realize the deep perplexities
and dangerous ill-humors out of which
we have now at last issued, as if from
a bewildering fog, a noxious miasma.
Ten or 12 years ago the country was
torn and excited by an agitation whic
shook the very foundation of her po
litical life, brought her business ideals
Into question, condemned her social
standards, denied the honesty of her
men of affairs, the integrity of her
economic processes, the morality and
good faith of many of the things which
her law sustained. Those who had
power, whether in business or in poli
tics, were almost universally looked
upon with suspicion and .little attempt
Was made to distinguish the just from
the unjust. They in their turn seemed
to distrust the people and to wish to
limit their control. There was an omin
ous antagonism between classes. Capi
tal and labor were in sharp conflict,
without prospect of accommodation be
tween them. Interests harshly cished
which should have coperated.
"This was not merely the work of
Irresponsible agitators. There were
real wrongs which cried out to be
righted, and fearless men had called
attention to them, demanding that they
be dealt with by. law. " We were living
under a tariff which had been purpose
ly contrived to confer private favors
upon those who were cooperating to
keep the party that originated it in
power; and in all that too fertile soil
tbe bad, interlaced growth and jungle
of monopoly had sprung up. Credit.
the very life of trade, the very air men
must breath if they would meet their
j opportunities, was too largely in the
control oi tne same sman groups wno
had planted and cultivated monopoly.
The control of all big business, and by
consequence, of all little business, too,
was for the most part potentially, if
not actually, in their hands.
"And the thing stood so until the
Democratic party came into power last
yxr. The legislation of the past year
and a half has in very large measure
done away with these things. With
their correction, suspicion and ill-will
will pass away. For not only have
those things been righted, but new
things have been put into action whicn
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE NO EASY MARK
By John M. Oskison. j
An opportunity for the United States
to extend its trade and for our invest- j
ors -to widen the field of their opera
tions was o-reated by the war Jn Eu
rope. We were prompt to see that
South America must Jum to us to take
care of her wants in trade and in
financing.
How could we respond, and how
soon? Among many who asked these
pertinent questions was Mr. Redfield,
secretary of - Commerce. To obtain
authoritative answers, he appointed ai
commission of 20 of the beet qualifield
men to study the situation to the south
of us and report. j
. That commission has reported. -. If j
yon are interested in its findings. 1
suggest that you write to the secre-
tary of commerce at Washington and
ask for a copy of the commission's re--
port. It was made for you, for your j
guidance. - ' ' -. - i
As ah investor, you will be Inter-1
ested In this passage from the report: ;
"The question of creating a market
for Latin-American securities in the ;
United States is highly important. The
development of our trade with those
countries i largely dependent upon its
satisfactory solution." . ... ...j
some slight acquaintance, and was
about to speak to him, when the lunatic
suddenly exclaimed:
"Well, I never! Tou, too,! The very
last person I thought to see here!"
A Million Homes. :
From the New York Malt
A million' homes. That is in round
figures the number in this huge city.
Ten times 100,000 places that men and
women and children call home, where
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SUIEI4GHTS
Eugene's council has authorized the
chain gang system, as a discourager
of the hobo.-
This la Y. M. C. a. week In Salem.
The membership campaign Is to in
crease the list to lv. it is now tsu.
Thurston's school board has provid
ed hot lunch -facilities at the schools
and is installing complete playgrounds
equipment.
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The city ot Monmouth has placed
its water system on a permanent basis.
Meters have been established and reg
ular rates fixed.
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Independence, with 30 - blocks of
street paving, just completed, claims
to be me best paved town or its popu
lation in the United States.
U Grande's $40,000 Y. M. C. A.
building having been completed, a
"Finish the Job" campaign has been
installed to raise funds tor tne tur
nlshings.
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Pendleton East Oregonian: It was
a coincidence of course but rather an
odd one that the first man to register
at the Hotel Pendleton yesterday morn
ing, the first snowy morning of the.
year, was J. S. Winter, tne t-ortiana
contractor who built the notei. win
ter arrived with the snow but is stay
ing longer.
Dallas Observer: There are 67 rural
school buildings in Polk county; all
except' two o which are modern in
construction, conforming to the ap
proved idea of the model school house
so far as Dcht and ventilation are con
cerned. With County Superintendent
Seymour this is a hobby, and lie ex
pects that within a short time the two
exceptions will be remodeled Into the
approved type.
e, re sure to prove the instruments of a
new life." ' -
"The tariff has been recast with a
view to supporting the government
rather than supporting the favored
beneficiaries of the government,1 A
system of banking and currency issues
has been created which puts credit
within the reach of every man .who
can show a going business -k and the
supervision and control of the system
is in the hands of & responsible agency
of the government itself. A trade tri
bunal Jias been created in which those
who attempt unjust and oppressive
practices in business can be brought to
book. Labor lias been made something
else In the view of the law than
mere mercantile commodity, something
human and linked with the privileges
of life itself.
"The soil has everywhere been laid
bare out of which monopolyMs slowly
to he eradicated. And undoubtedly the
means by which credit has been set
free is at the heart of all these
things, is the key piece of the whole
structure."
"This is the more" significant be
cause of its opportuneness. -It is
brought to ital final accomplishment
just as it is most imperatively need
ed. The war, which has involved the
whole of the heart of Europe, has
made it necessary that the United
States should mobilize its resources
in the most effective way possible and
make her credft and her usefulness
good for the service of the whole
world. It has created, too, special
dlfficultif s, peculiar situations to be
dealt with, like the great embarrass
ment in selling our immense cotton
crop, which all the world needs, but
against which, for the time being, tbe
markets of the world are in danger of
lbelng artificially shut. That situa
tion the bankers of the country are
meeting so far as possible in a business-like
fashion and in the spirit of
the new time which is opening before
us. The railroads of the country are
almost as much affected, not so much
because their business is curtailed as
because their credit is called in ques
tion by doub as to their earning ca
pacity. "There is no other interest so cen
tral to the business welfare of the
country as this. No doubt nj the
light of the new day, with its' new
understandings, the problems of the
railroads will also be met and dealt
wflh in a spirit of candor and Justice."
"For the future Is clear and bright
with . promise of the best things.
We shall ' advance and advance
together, with a new spirit, a new en
thusiasm, a new cordiality of spirited
cooperation.
"It is an inspiring prospect. Our
task is henceforth to work, not for
any single interest, but for all the in
terests of the country as a united
Whole.
"The future will be very different
from the past, which we shall present
ly look back upon, I venture to say, as
if upon a bad dream. The future will
be different in action and different in
spirit, a time of healing, because a
time of Just dealing and cooperation
between men made equal before the
law in fact as well as in name. I am
speaking of this because the new
banking system seems to me to sym
bolize all of it. The opening of the
federal reserve bank seems to me to
be the principal agency we have cre
ated for the emancipation we seek. The
16th of November, 1914, will tH
notable as marking the time when we
were pest able to realise Just what
had happened."
Tou see, Germany built her South
American trade largely by lending to
the people down there the .money
they used to pay for Germany's goods.
To cities, states, and to big manufac
turing and producing companies, as
well' as to railroad, trolley, and elec
tric light and power companies, Ger
many and England have loaned vast
sums. In return, the. borrowers bought
from Germany and England the sup
plies they needed. So a trade was
built up. , . : -i '-'
It Is both an expensive and slow
process German .economists say
frankly that German's South1 Ameri
can business has cost too much. -Still,
the ground has ' been : broken; this
commission points the way to success
in establishing American trade down
there. r .. .
It will be necessary for-us to buy
the better class of securities put Out
by South America. We ought' to know
more about the people and the enter
prises back of the securities; I don't
know a better way to begin to. find
out than by asking for all the Infor
mation available In the department of
commerce at r Washington. Ask ea
peclally for ths report. .
thty rest after the day's toil and eat
their bread and enjoy the solace of
that peace that can be had .nowhere
else than at home.
Imagine . these 1,000,009 homes de
Stroyed. leaving 6,000,000 men, women
and children homeless, their dwellings
pillaged and burned, every possession
of value swept away Seized by an 'ene
my or; turned Into charred wreckage!
Imagine - this . and you have some
faint idea of .what has happened' in
Belgium.:
IN EARLIERYS
Uy ' Fred lAxkleyf i
general Joseph Lane. Oregon's first
territorial governor, succeeds! Govern
or George Abernetby, the provisional
governor. President Polkg knowing
that Oregon waa to be admitted as a
territory shortly, used everii effort to
have it admitted as a terrifjry before
his term as president exfjred. He
picked out Joseph Lane of Pldlana for
governor, KintxrngPritchttj of pnn- - j
Ditoma ir secretary, vwillam T.
Bryant of Indiana as' chiaf Justice,'
Peter H. Burnett t Oregon :and tianic
Turney pf Illinois as associate Jus
tices. I. W. B. Bromley ofiNew York
as federal attorney. Joseph; L. Meek
of Oregon as marshal, U'4 Adair of
aa collector . otp cuttioms.
Peter Burnett was more invested in
California gold-fields tharJ in Being
associate Justice, so he df Hined the
appointment, and William 5strong Ot .
vjnio was given the place. ISfiac Brom-t
ley also declined and AraorM-Holbrook
of New York was given h place. A
General Lane was bomS in North s'
Carolina on December 14. sil 801. II
was brought up in Kentuc ky and when
19 years old he was marriifid. moving
to Indiana the same yea$.r At the
breaking out ot the Mexlcijtn war, he
helpl raise a company of Volunteers
in Indiana. He was chosirn captain,
later promoted to bo cornel; ,was
wounded In one of the battfjl-jt. and f or af
his gallantry and ability vwas made -brigadier
general. :! .
He received his commissfju as. gov
ernor of Oregon on Augu 18, K. :
WithJejjeph L. Meek he at ?nce start,
ed for Oregon, and after j iany hard- r
ships and the Vlesertion of; practical.
ly all of his military eseorj who went
to the gold fields In California, he ;
reached Oregon on March J, 184on
day before the expiration of President
Polk's term of' off ice. ii .
The census whTch he took shortly
after arriving in Oregon showed that .
ho was governor over S78 Americans
and 290 foreigners. Lernlng that
President Zachary Taylor yd appoint- ;
ed Major' John P. Gaines governor
of Oregon, General I.ane reigned, his
resignation taking effect $h June ltJr -
1850. He at once went to he Califor
nia gold fields. On June 1851, Gen
eral Lane was elected Oregon's dcl .
gate to congress. On May6, 1853, he '
was appointed governor o""Oregon by
President Franklin Pierce. He quali
fied as governor and sCH-ed thrft .
days, being asked by the' Democratic
party in Oregon to run as f t candidate -for
delegate to congress. He resigned
his governorship after thrJ days ar.d
was elected to congress ii'June 6,
1853. Before going to Wtsfhingion to '
assume the duties of delegate to- con
gress, he went, as brigadier? general of .
Oregon's volunteer forces Jo southern
Oregon to settle the Indian troublts.
General Lane was reelected to con-
gress in 1855 and 1857. On July 8. ,
1858. General Lane was elected as one
of Oregon's first United Jates sen-
ators. He took his seat in-;tne unitea
States senate on Febriiarjjf , 14, . 1835.
In 1860, while still l. tilted late sen
ator from Oregon, he watrj nominate I
for vice president of the I'Bited Htate ;
on the Democratic livkei- John. C
Breckinridge being the ;ffemocratl:
nominee for presidt-nt. jytk died In ....
April, 1881. at the age oJ; 80 year.
having served Oregon faBhful1y and
well In many capacities. A
The Ragtime
Her Talent. ':i f v
Genius Arabella blesses; 5V.. : ' .
She Is of that favored clahs
Whom to worship mankind-presses ..,
In an e'er increasing niSJ"'. -
Arabella has no learning .
She knows nothing ot tle arts.
Yet her merits men dlst-erMn
Crown her as the queer snf hearts.
Into works of erudition
Arabella never delves, a.
But she knows that men ambition
Is to talk about themselves.
So the wily, tadiant rreure , j
Listens with a heavenlvftimle,
Interest shown in every, rgatiire,
-As"1 they yield them to 'hejr guile,
Arabella Is a beauty.
Dresses with a simple te.
Murmurs now and then ofeduty,.- -
Rails against aU household waste.
When her uport attraction oses
Arabella will be free
To take any man she ehoffes , - i
How I hope that she'll jtke me!
The Km den. p .
From the Chicago TBoune.' -
The Emrfen's little play vith fate H
ended, with as much gallantry as- it
was played. To sail 6n hostile seas. ,
to work like a maritime weasel with
skill and courage, stealth-and speed,,
to cut out prises, fat lien out of A
hen house, from under ' the JnOse of the
watch dogs, to escape tresis and en- :
tinue depredations, conscVjrus of the
waxing wrath of the plundered watch- ';
ers this on the sea i tO'go hack to
the days of the EngUnh raiders '
against , the Spanish wealth, back tu
Hawkins and Drake rfhd Pfroblsher.
That is why the BrltUL who euf-
fered from the inroads of pHe German
cruiser, demanding Its destruction,
nevertheless were most admiring Of -its
achievements. This ir the kernel
of what the British inherifi jrom their
sea traditions and the kernel of, What
they respect in. seamen. ' . ,':'...
In the muck of destruction where -masses
of men fight so numerously -that
a census alone cart j reveal the
dead, the individual is ): gnat in a
whirlwind. The Emden ind Its men,
while they lasted, were conspicuous
and tasted that, glorification of exist
ence which comes sublimated out of
risk. They were without a friendly
port, without a means oj victualing -and
coaling, except as jlhey. seized
fchlpg and took from therg what thev -needed.
They could, wlththe best of -luck,
endure only so long.f Their fate
wae written. Thejr mereltr dld , not
know the siase of the, volume. . ,
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; ' r Legal Question.
Bend, Or., Nov. 15.TrtHhe-Editor i
of The Journal Have companies hav-
ing land reclaimed from fee stale or
government the right to -jjease Jt .to
stockmen for arrazinc DiirttiaraT j -V
Cn n n nan onrnlnar Utr-h .wllau. V
damage where range stock destroy
it, or can cwner of stock the mad to
keep the ditch in repair? '4 ' ,P A. '
The Journal cannot utjdrtake to
Mwr legal questions irrtolvin th
giving of legal advice or 1 the render
ing of an opinion, ' Inauwera should
consult tneir attorneys,. lntd)'; w'
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