THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
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A protective tariff , American man
ufacturer need the lesson of Ger
man painstaking methods.5-.
counsel and client when the formu
lation, of one of - the most sacred
A msn Af a ittniMr fine tlRfl
and solemn acts of life, the makthls handy instrument of death, at a farm house, on which occasion tha
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ROBKUT J. BUIIDETTE
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mg of tne last wm ana testament,
t is turned over to the clerk of an
; ( incorporated commercial company
HERE was once a golden age;lngtead of to the old friend, who
newspaper humor in this . js the repository of family secrets.
S country: It was a time when Th- Rtrtkine "characteristic of
publications comparatively ob- j government today is the rapidly
narinna i rv rnnwn
. f' Ceremony was devised at
first, to set" ' gloss on faint
deed, hollow welcomes and
recanting goodness; but where
there trna friendship, there
needs none.- Shakespeare.
WHEN; MEN AKE IDLE NO. 2
N A LAND with plenty conspicu
ous on every hand, where signs
I of wealth and luxury multiply
faster - than anywhere else in
the world; in a land whose pros
perity, has become a "byword to
peoples under every son and whoae
vast resources have drawn multi
tudes In the search of happiness
and relief from want; In a land
where the "soil yields its fruitage
with each' unfailing season and in
which-vast resources are still un
touched; In such a land, why
should . there be a problem of un
employment, at least so far as
concerns the employable, with its
grim circumstances of hunger, pri
vation and distress?
But there Is such a problem. By
the ' census returns, there were
3,523,730 unemployed persons in
the United States in 1890. In
1900, the number had risen to
'6,486,964. Half were out of em
' ployment .three months or less and
; 8 0 per cent of the remainder were
; idle four to six months.
; ! It is lees than 20 years ago that
the people of this country first be
Jganto '"give a grudging recognition
lo the existence of the problem of
- unemployment in good times and
t in bad. It Is only recently that the
average-American' has been brought
to . real Use that there are always
large numbers of employable per
sons who need work and cannot
get it.
It im .LatlmatoI lhl 4 AAA AAA
. . "IV : gentle words, written
1,VUV.UVU BUiirr .cuiuitou wicucoa - i-af innAcq.
The. shadows are deepening around
scare v became
through the wit - and '' humor in
their columns. ..When they were
boys, men now of middle age knew
all about the Danbnry News. , The
Detroit Free' Press was" another pa
per of national renown; on account
of the writings of "M Quad," and
the Toledo Blade carried into 200,
000 homes the inimitable political
satire of Petroleum V. Nasby.
, At Laramie, Wyoming, was a
newspaper .under the classic name
of "The Boomerang." A writer
on it was that genius who in his
time made all the world laugh
with him, Bill Nye. From this ob
scure town on the western plains
he had a country-wide clientelle of
readers., who looked for and eager
ly read bis productions, copiously
republished in newspapers every
where. Some years earlier, but over
lapping Nye's season at Laramie,
there was published in a then lit
tle town in southeastern Iowa an
other country newspaper that was
lifted into national prominence by
genial humor and gentle philoso
phy. The newspaper was the Bur
lington Hawkeye, and the humorist
nd philosopher, Robert J. Bur
dette, The merriment, the smiles and
the pleasure that these men gave
contemporaneous -society con
tributed Immeasurably to the hap
piness of the time. The rollicking
fun which they threw into human
life was a tonic an 5 invlgorator of
the race. It substituted smiles for
tears, buoyancy for .misanthropy
and sunshine for shadows.
Notable among these evangels of
Innocent merriment was Robert J.
Burdette, whose sands of life have
jttst run out, at his home in Pasa
dena, California. Words can
scarcely picture the radiance and
delight that his genial personality
and the beautiful symphony of his
life threw along the pathway of
human activity, In a world over
given to the stern actualities of ex
istence. No better view of what
his thoughts ere, can be taken
than In the sunlight of his own
as follows,
increasing and complex mass - or
legislation. Speaking on this sub-
pistol are : protests against the
whole . theory of - prevention of
crime. - ' - ,
If people are to be supplied with
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
why throw safeguards around poi- piece de resistance was literally
sons?,. If it is -a wise policy. to f . I TTZ
keep people from taking their own
lives, why t Is it not wise - to pre-;
Vent murder? Why have peniten
tiaries, the noose and the electric
chair?. Some Instruments of death
must be tolerated because actually
useful. But the revolver has no
elm-ding the farmer's
two young .sons,
struggled unsuccess-
Letters From the People
lect recenUv former United States i legitimate use; r It ought not to
Attorney General Wlckersham said: I bo manufactured.
No more - valuable, service can oo j
rendered by the bar of the country
than to ascertain and point out the
mnthiuf of correctinaf this evil and
incidentally of convincing the public
that the social well being of a people
cannot be achieved by laws alone, but
through a spirit of toleration and
fairness and a general devotion, not
to the advantage or interest of a
class, but to the common weal.
OUR OWN DEAD
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in this country each year. It is
not -probable that any lasge per-1
-centage of this great number are
, out of work because unemployable.
It is still less probable that there
are 3.000,000 to 7,000,000 too
many people in " the land. It is
therefore probable that maladjust
ment .in the Innumerable labor
markets has something to do wltu.
the problem of enforced Idleness.
, 'On this theory, the German gov
ernment has done more than any
other nation for reducing the num
ber of unemployed. Alarmed by
' industrial and business depression,
that government in 1894 took
measures for relief.. The problem
of unemployment was diagnosed as
an issue of Inefficient distribution
of labor, and "there was established
a thoroughly coordinated "system
of public employment bureaus.
The empire has now more than
700 ' public employment agencies
the pond and the stream la singing
Itself to sleep. But there is yet a
little grist in the hopper, and while
the water serves I , will keep on
srrindlng. And by the time the sun
its down and the flow in the race is
(not enough to turn the big wheel, the
crist will have run out and I will
have the old mill swept .and tidied
for the night. I And. then for home
and a cheery evening, a quiet night,
lighted with stars and pillowed with
sleep. And after that, the dawning,
and anothes day; fairer than any I.
have ever seen in this beautiful world
of roseate mornings and radiant sunsets.
ROM the. battlefields of Eu
rope there come long , lists of
dead and wounded which ex
cite our sympathy and pro
test against a governmental policy
that makes. such condition possible.
In our grief we are apt to overlook
that our own country has its daily
list of killed .and wounded, not
from war hut from preventable
disease.
Attention to this is called by a
bulletin recently issued by the fed
eral .public health service which
discloses that more than '200,000
persons die in the United States
every year from so-called degener
ative diseases. ! ,
An important factor in this great
sacrifice of life is the indiscrimi
nate use of drugs. Census figures
show that from 1879 to 1910 the
value of patent medicines and
druggists' preparations increased
nine fold while the population was
less than doubled. Statistics also
show that the mortality from dis
eases of the heart, liver and blood
vessels has increased , more than
100 per cent during the past thirty
years. '
This marked Increase . from dis
eases that are characteristic of
senility appears to have .been the
greatest in persons between the
ages of forty and sixty. From an
economic point of view this is the
period of life that should be the
most productive.
This same downward trend of
vitality in middle life is indicated
(Comtaanleationa aent to Tha Journal for
publication la tula department sboold be writ,
tea on only one aide of the paper, abould not
exceed 3UO words iu length and moat be ac
companied by toe aume and addresa of tbe
aender. If the writer, doea ot desire to
have tbe name published, be abould ao itate.)
"DhwMOTioo la the greateet of all reform
era. It rationaUaea everything It toncbra. It
robs . prlnciplee of U false aancttty and
throws then back on their rewonableaeas. It
tbey have do reasonableDsss, it rathleaa.y
crashes tbeaa, est ot existence and set op Its
owa concluakais In . their , etead." Woodrow
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SMALL chaxgk - ,
Anyway, peace is worth fighting for.
.It's hard for a learned man to love
learned-woman.
Even - Solomon couldn't size ud a
fully jto make aome J woman's thoughts by her. sighs,
impression upon their; w "" ' ' -
rPFoectlv - helpings, t Most women seem to be good be
when tuVnSd to t .y are different from men.
til- ., - - r . Although a fool and his money may
, T ' h Mld BOttly, "somehow I be easily separated they are hard to
wish old Dick hadn't a-died. Don't .find! .... .,
your' . , ,
- " 1 'Wine arid women aret credit for mak
ing a fool of many a man who was
born that way.
If. a young man's cake is "dough,"
he can easily find a girl -who is will
i. ing to take the cake. ,
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' - Women no longer wear aprons, hence
the husbands who' were tied to the
strings have also disappeared.
Perhaps the bill, collector has as
much respect for you as he has for
some others on his calling list.
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'Many a candidate who lmirln,n the
from the .ntmv'. fl Aftr rh en. w uw wuvi worn are upon mm
. . . - - - " -
De Crop Gwen
dolyn is an Intensely
feminine girl.
f: Miss Ryder More
so 'than the rest of
us? ' , :
De "Crop Well, she
asked a blacksmith
the other day if her
horse couldn't wear
smaller. ,
shoes
else
"At the battle of the Modder River J
an offieer observed Pat taking shelter
.Thanksgiving Reflections.
Portland, . Nov. l.--To the Editor of
The Journal After reading our presi
dent's Thanksgiving r proclamation, 1
have been trying to think how- many
things we have to be thankful for.
First of all, at this present time of
need, a peacemaker is of great im
portance, which we have In the char
acter of our president, a natural born
peacemaker, for which, we are " very
thankful, and surely appreciate . his
efforts. ,,: : " v i-
AIso the success we have achieved
in regard' to prohibition and also, we
hope, in capital punishment. Our very
unfortunate people who are so low in
the scale of f humanity we hope will
have time and a chance to reflect on
their past lives, thereby causing them
to become better, and choose to live
to be of benefit to their families and
to the state. We surely have pro
gressed far enough aWay from bar
barism to do away with so cruel an
act aa to take the life of a fellow
creature. If we could have a reform
school, or such an establishment as
would be a moral help to our unfor
tunates, how much better than to kill
them. 1
While we are thankful that many in
America are prosperous, and can have
a fine feast to enjoy, yet our happiness
is not complete so long as our neigh
bors are in serious trouble with war
and famine for many. What is the
remedy t Peace, as our president has
tried to instill into the naUops, and
the way to get peace on a permanent
uni t think, m not to educate our
Ivnuth tn kUL When those conditions
are complied with,, then we will feel
sure of peace that Will last, and , we
will understand that bad environment
has been the cause of all our trouble.
So let us all put our shoulders to the
gagement the officer.
thinking to take Pat
down a peg. said:
"Well, Pat, how
did you feel during
the engagement?"
"Feel?" said Pat. "1
felt aa if every .hair
on my head ' was a
band of music, and they were all playing-
Home, Sweet Home.'-
MORE SOLDIERS
G'
ENERAL WOTHERSPOON,
chief of staff of the army,
says the United States needs
more soldiers. He declares
we are unprepared to resist -invasion
by a first class power, in no
position to defend the .Panama
ratinl the Phl'HnnlnAH Wnwaif nr
which are filling' from 150,000 to I Alaska. He contends that the
200,000 situations a month, and probable .value of our coast de-
'whlle unemployment has not been
eliminated, greater progress has'
been made by Germany In reducing
,-the number ot Idle than In any
other country. '
The effort to alleviate the sltu
, atlon in Portland is in line with
1 the thought of the world and it
' shbuld have ' wide local sympathy
and cooperation.
GERMAN DYESTUFFS
a MERICAN textile Industries
A are seriously embarrassed be-
n":.",'.'' the United State, should depart
fenses is questionable.
.The retiring chief of staff asks
that the standing army be increased
from 105,000 to 200,000' men, and
that in addition there be a mobile
army of 500,000 first line and 300,
000 second line troops.
Congress has taken the first
step toward an investigation of
the national defenses. The ques
tion will' be aired when the na
tional lawmakers reconvene at
Washington. Undoubtedly tho tIg
army men will use General Woth-
erspoon's , report as ; evidence that
i m Ar.-..a .mi ))n to hasten
in, other areas. It is a drain on ! tne nm when universal peace shall
reign and war be a thing or.ine pau
MRS. M. J. OL.DS.
"In IJeu of the Saloon.". 4,
Kalama. Wash, Nov. lt.-r-To the Ed
itor of The journal-1. B. S. . of Cor
vallis wants to know what ls .wM
given ip lieu of the saloon. The infer
ence is that working men are incap
able of caring for -themselves. This
I do not5 believe. Speaking for myself
will say I intended by voting dry to
give the workingman a good chance to
stay sooer; way uo w5' -"'
soon have funis of their own and will
have money for coffee and books and
for beds instead of flops. He Is care
ful to note that religion must not be
tolerated in the resorts that are to
take the place of the saloons, prefer
ring games. Now I will admit we will
not have rained much if we only turn
t men from drunkenness to gambling, as
our national strength tnat must
be checked if our civilization ' is
to endure. . .
Just as the vigor of Europe is
being destroyed by the sword so
is our vigor being destroyed by
diseases that can be prevented.
Just as the manhood of Europe is
enlisting for the national defense
so should the manhood and wo
manhood of the United States en
list in all movements looking to
ward the conservation of health.
NO TIME TO INDULGE
T
her In some ihstances more self-assertive,
it has- made her wiser, it has
broadened her humanity, it has given
her a wider culture, it has contributed
much to her social Improvement. And
the, club movement in: America" has
brought about many social and indus
trial reforms, has accomplished much
for, humanity and for the race.
All of this good work of the 2,000,
000 American clubwomen has been
the outgrowth of the movement start
ed 46 years ago by Mrs.-Caroline M.
Severance, who died in Los Angeles on
Tuesday, November 1-0, 1914, at the age
of 94. Fortunate was she beyond most
persons in being privileged to live to
see tbe splendid fruition of her idea.
own nre-
cinct. . - - -
-.- '":: -v ' y . ' : v."
:A11 tbe world loves a lover when
he doesn't do his spooning in public
If he does that the world feels more
like kicking than lovlne- him. - -
A woman's idea of a flatterer is a
man who tells her that there are not
sufficient words in the Knglieh lan
guage to describe her many charms.
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The manner in which foreign diplo
mats in the United States address
themselves to the plain people indi
cates that the world has learned that
in this country the people rule. . .
.OREGON, SIDELIGHTS .
The Kast Oregonlan ttuotes authori
ties as believing city taxes in Pendle
ton as well as Umatilla county taxes
will be lower next year. : Pendleton's
levy may be a mill lower. , .
' The Eugene Register pronounces' the
city's new water supply both pure
and palatable. -. It la obtained from
wells recently comnleted tn a forma.
tion that Insures purity at source, as
wen aa auunaance. '
a
Salem's new fire whistle, which was
given a trial by the fire department.
was found unsatisfactory because it
required too great a steam pressure,
It was offered at a bargain, but the
authorities have turned the n offer
down.-
a . .
Klamath Falls Herald: A new wav
to. while away time In the countv la.il
has. been put to use lay -L. G. Pumforl
and Al Meader, two men who ar
awaiung nearings nerore the grand
jury. This is by doing fancy work,
and the needlework tnrnwl mi) hv
these prisoners is as good as tha
aoue oy any woman.
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A petition is being circulated at
Baker proposing a vote at the Novem
ber, 1916, election to raise salaries of
mayor ana euy commissioners from
$1600 and $1200 respectively, to $2400
ana xitsod. This is to reverse the
great siasn in salaries made at the
recent election, irom $2500 and $2000
Cottage Grove Leader: While greal
flocks of wild white geese were flying
sou tn ward last Thursday. - night they
" cl o ugni m a aense ; mtst about
Eugene, Springfield and the Grove.
Quite a number were killed the next
niorning aDout tnese places after hav
ing hovered over the towns all night,
dased by the electric lights. This va
riety is not common about here and
a Dag of them is quite a treat torsive
sportsman, me Dirds were plump an
WHY WE GIVE THANKS
HIS season more than ever will
there be less justification for
unnecessary, and extravagant
expenditure for Christmas ; gambling is destructive of true man
presents merely for personal or
selfish satisfaction. It is a season
that is going to make a heavy de
mand upon the charity of the
world. In" our own land there are
many to be succored and from
across the seas comes a wail of
distress from women and children
In urgent: need. .
Instead of an indulgence in
senseless and useless gifts why mot
let the holiday expenditures take
the .form of food and clothing and
other necessaries for those in want,
"Who giveth himself with his gifts
feeds three, himself, his neighbor
and me."
THE NOISE NUISANCE
i
Ur.
became the largest and almost the
only manufacturer of aniline dyes,
and the war has shut off imports
into this country. . " t
The shortage of dyestuffs in the
United States is a serious problem
which is being used by the high
protectionists as an argument for
return to prohibitive duties. A
committee of the American Chem
ical Society reports that dyestuffs
can be manufactured in this coun-
from a traditional policy and begin
preparing for war. 4
There are two points of view -that
: of the military man who says
peace depends upon soldiers, and
the -contention of many men. and
women that peace depends upon
fair dealing. Europe's war has
brought: the issue squarely before
the nation.1 ..
Events Indicate that militarism
is to be a live issue in this coun-
itrv Tt 1 inmathtn? that affanta
try. but the establishment of plants fivrvhod v., .General Wothmnn
will depend upOn assurances that'
present . . domestic , demand would
continue. 'In other words, there
muBt - be ' a tariff wall erected
against German manufacturers.
. Cyestuf f s are on the free list,
but they have been there for less
than two years. At' no time when
high protection ruled in this coun
try did American ' manufacturers
enter into competition with the
Germans. . It was more convenient
to buy abroad. A protective tariff
did not develop the dyestuff Indus
try in the United States.
may be tight' in his recommenda
tions for more soldiers, but an
other question is would the de
mand for still more soldiers cease,
if the more soldiers now 'asked
were supplied.
REFORMING LAWYERS
1
N HIS address before the . State
Bar Association,; Judge Robert
S. Bean gave some wholesome
advice 'as to the best means ot
counteracting the, growing criti
cism ot lawyers and courts. He
HE residents of the Willamette
Heights district who are seek
ing J6y court action to still
the noise of an adjacent boil-
factory have a different view
from the old lady who lived in
Boston. , After a visit to the coun
try she declared "I am glad to get
home to "the noise."
There is also on record the ex
perience of a night watchman who
was accustomed to sleep during the
day next to a boiler factory. One
day the factory burned down, caus
ing the man to suffer from in
somnia. It would be a peculiar
world if every one had the same
idea about things.
Yet, how much lovelier the city
would be if many of the useless
and excruciating noises, could be
banished! '
hood. 1 am willing lor men to cnoasn
for themselves, hut to bo fair to them
selves they should be sober. So I sug
gest that men get sober, then calmly
think and decide for themselves. I
feel - sure mankind will not find
worse place than the average saloon to
Wreck men's lives. I prefer the church
or the mission to them, and am will
ing to compare crowds with I. B. S.
any time.
Our greatest need is sober, intelli
gent and industrious .men. and by re
moving the saloon we take from so
the vreatest hindrance to so
briety, intelligence and industry. The
man who feels society must carry
him and. provide for. him is' either
weak, lazy or vicious, and we have
almshouses for the first, rags for the
second, and Jails for the third.
C. H. WAYMIRE.
PISTOLS AND KILLINGS
P'
is
to
Personal Justice.
vtnnA River. Or.. Nov' 19. To the
Editor of The Journal In the article
in The' Journal of November 17, relat
ing to Judge Bean's address to the
lawyers there are some interesting
statements, but I Incline to think if
we would through the press and
otherwise, try to aid the cause of Jus
tice and truth by worshiping the al
mighty dollar less and simple honesty
more, in our homes, there would not
be ao much kicking at courts and law
yers; for the lawyer, as a rule, is only
a hired man who is supposed to do
what he is paid to do.- I have beon
looking for news as to what was done
by the women's mass meeting in re
gard to Judge McGimi's excluding
some of them from his court room
when an offensive case was being
tried, as I was once forcibly put out
of a cotirt room in San Francisco many
years ago, when a girl "was involved
in a case. I didn't make any kick
about it, as I did not belong in the
court room, although . I was the Judge's
private secretary at the time.
J. M. BLOSSOM.
Changing Lingo of Politics.
"Girard" in Philadelphia Ledger.
"Landslide"' divides honors with
"sweep" in newspaper headlines. Those
two words seem to denote better than
any others a political overthrow.
Pictures of crowing roosters once
decorated the pages of newspapers
when their party triumphed. That
practice has entirely, died out in large
towns.'' . -
Bait river is another, dead one, but
it has not been long since "going up
Salt river" was a prophecy held up by
all parties as the. coming fate of op
ponents. I believe that expression
originated in Kentucky, .where a small
stream of that name was regarded as
most difficult of navigation.
Copperhead Is, likewise a mummi
fied political term that once contained
the most bitter insinuations. -
"Slush fund" has superseded
"boodle," xrhich was born with the
Tweed ring exposures, For some
years following the" Cleveland-Blaino
battle of 1884. mugwump" was the
universal name given to . independent
or .bolting voters, but it is dead as
Hector now.' . ; ' '
. In reconstruction days, northerners
who held office in1 the south were
called "carpet baggers," and that term
was applied at a later, period in other
places. - r ,. t v:
A strict party man is now a stand
patter. In tbe days when Conkltng,
Cameron and Logan made their fight
to give Grant a third term as presi
dent same as passing the colonel a
third cup ot coffee "stalwart" was
the word to denote ultraorthodoxy in
politics.
His opponents called Washington
"the stepfather of his country." "An
other county heard from" originated
during the Hayes-Tilden combat, as a
result of the slow returns from con
tested southern states. ,
Henry' Clay made a clever point by
calling a protective tariff the "Ameri
can system."
"Drys" as applied to Prohibitionists
was first used In Georgia and "wets"'
came at the same time.
"Offensive partisan" as a" political
phrase originally appeared in a confi
dential letter written by Postmaster
General Vilas during Cleveland's first
term as president.
Foes of the United States constitu
tion during the fight over its adoption
often called it "the new breeches-" ,
A political organization is now a
machine or a gang.; Once it was a
ring. So you will see that new styles
in political phraseology come as rap-j
iaiy as ao styles in sporting slang
or Parisian millinery.' ,
From Collier's Weekly.
In some parts of the United States
the New England custom of observ
ing the festival of Thanksgiving day
was long in disfavor as savoring of
Puritan austerity but that is a thing
of the past. It is now the most uni
versally observed of American "days."
It became popular as the narrowness
passed out of it. and home coming,
feasting and football came in. Even
In old New England it was probably
less marked by the Praise-God-Bare-bones
peculiarities than our brethren
of Cavalier predilections thought.
"For, says Harriet Beeeher Stowe in
"Oldtown Folks," "Great as the prepa
rations were for dinner, everything
was so contrived that not a soul in
the household be kept from the morn
ing service of Thanksgiving in tbe
church and from listening to the
'xnanksglving sermon, in which the
minister was expected to express his
views freely concerning the politics
of the country and the state ot things
in society generally in a somewhat
more secular vein of thought than was
deemed exactly appropriate to the
Lord's day." Having labored to edify
his flock all the year, the parson, even
in that long vanished day. took occa
sion to soak them along more carnal
lines on Thanksgiving. This seculari
sation of tbe day naturally led to foot
ball and. gourmandizlng.
It was different when, in 1621. the
Pilgrim fathers started it by solemn
giving of thanks for the first harvest
wrung from th sterile soil of Massa
chusetts. Freedom to worship God
was theirs as soon as the stern and
rockbound coast had left their feet:
bu.t food and shelter and safety from
the savages was something else again.
For. these blessings they thanked God.
and then, let ua hope, ate to satiety
of game, brown bread, corn cakes.
mince pie, cranberry sauce, potatoes,
squash and pumpkins. Venison pasty
was within the possibilities and roast
ed turkey from the woods. They had
begun to suspect that the land which
the . Lord had given them was indeed
a goodly land.
But they did not suspect how goodly.
We who are their heirs in possession
ot it are so accustomed to its peace
and plenty that we are prone .to neg
lect the duty of thankfulness. When
manna, fell from the sky for the Is
raelites for the first time and "the
quails came P and covered tbe camp,"
they doutbless thanked .God for their
bounties; but, long before the 40 years
of feeding upon it were passed, they
grumbled. They yearned- tor the flesh
pots -of Egypt. They stored up too
much manna, and it bred worms and
stank. . Perhaps that is what is wrong
witn us as a people, we have a mania
for collecting too much ot the manna
and piling it up in too big heaps and
trying to make sure of keeping it for
too long a time m tne ruture, ana -be
cause it breeds the worms of social
discontent and stinks with political
corruption. we cease to arive thanks
as sincerely as tbe Pilgrim fathers for
the haunch of venison, the wild tur-
aey, me nour from the rude mill.
me golden Johnnycake. If, when we
gathered our manna, we did met it
with an omer to every man according
to his eating, so that he that gath
ered much would have nothing4 over,
and he that gathered little would have
no lack, should we not be happier and
more truly filled with thanksgiving?
Well, let us not quarrel about that
not this year. For if there was ever
a year when the last critic of thA nM
Puritan festival might well come into
the Thanksgiving ' camp, that year is
1914. The little band of starving Cav-
aiiers in Virginia, the troon of fervent
religionists at Plymouth, the band of
trading Dutchmen In New Amsterdam
have kept their hands on the steering
wheel of colonies and states, and while
bickering at times fr tha control,
have wrought so wisely that the
world's mightiest and best republic
uttupiea tne Deal nait or tne conti
nent with a record of 200 years of
unparalleled success, rapidly rising to
matchless splendor and dignity. In
place of a haunch of venison, the bear's
loin, the fat turkey we bring to the
world's table this year the meats from
abattoirs more wonderful than the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, trans
ported to the ends of the earth in re
frigerator cars more beautiful, were
we only able to see their beauty, than
the chariots of Lucullus or the cara
vans of Ind. For the wheaten loaf
and the corn cake we bring so much
golden grain and snowv flour and meal
that not all tbe navies of tbe world in
colonial times could . : carry it to the
starving millions who look to us for
bread. Instead ot the hatcheled flax
for the winter's spinning, we have so
much warm cotton that its very, re
dundance is an embarrassment to us,
and its disposal our .chief problem.
Instead of the skimped measure of
cranberries and wild crab apples of
that day. we brlnv to the world's table
Florida's , Apples' of Hesperides (and
California's) In such abundance that
all may take and eat; and of other
apples and peaches more than any na
tion ever produced in one season be
fore.
'
We have so tamed the shaggy con
tinent that if there be any who have
not plenty for this Thanksgiving Day,
the fault lies, either in themselves or
in our failure so to order our mat
ters that Jus'Uce im rinn Of the in
justice of man there is, doubtless,
much reason to complain: of the nig
gardliness of nature there is none.
Those who in nietv decreed the first
Thanksgiving Day might have been
forgiven had they complained of both.
.WONT BUY WHEN PRICES ARE LOW
Judging from the past, it is said: 4
doubtful whether a , tariff duty As lawyers and Judges we should
alone, unless it be actnallv nro-l" about it to clean house by remov-
ling
sure the future of dyestuff manu
facture . in the United States.
Americans would have to- copy
German methods, for that country's
monopoly of aniline dyes has been
built up -In spite of tariff duties
in the United States by system,
ingenuity and painstaking attention
to detail. . v ;. y - ;
Germany's dyestuff industry was
not profitable from the start, but
Germany persisted and finally not
aa far as we can any Just ground
for popular. 1 discontent.
.In this connection 'it might be
pertinent to observe that it would
be well if Jthe old time lawyer
could be returned; he, who was the
trusted adviser, the moderator of
asperities and the harmonizer of
difficulties.
The .problem ' today is how to
preserve the characteristics : and
influence of. the old family coun
selor in the current of . specializa
tion 'arid commercialism: - What be-
ORTLAND is told . that it
little less than nonsense -
blame the pistol for the mur-t
der of 'Emma Ulrich. Justi
fication of the revolver is sought
in the statement, "The water that
drowns the struggling swimmer ' is
not to - blame . nor the "fire .-; that
burns the heedless child." '
; Such sophistry gravely put forth
Is little less than an insult to .in
telligence.; ; If, aa is said, "another
weapon might, and doubtless would,
have been used to accomplish the
slayer's purpose," the fact remains
that toleration of the ."revolver
placed a handy instrument of 'death
In tbe hands of a man who killed !
from ambush. ,
- If the revolver must not be sup
pressed, if it cannot be blamed tor
the .many... dead Emma Ulrichs,
then open wide the door and fur
nish - the vicious, " the weak, the
insane with loaded pistols. ; Pro-3
tests'" against suppression'' of the
The First Clubwoman's Work.
From the San Francisco Call.
The women's club has ceased to be
a joke tn itself, though some of them
strll may be unconsciously huniorous,
On the whole, , they are ngaged in
beneficial work. They are mostly prac
tical. One club will devote its ener
gies to a certain form of activity, an
other will follow a different endeavor,
a larger club will have a-number of
"sections" working harmoniously aiong
divergent lines. The1 general move
ment is always of benefit to the com
munity. A small club in a village may
start a successful movement to plant
shade trees along the street, while a
great club in a city, like the California
club of San Franeisco, will success
fully undertake the protection of a no
ble forest. -
It once was the fashion for men and
for some women todenounce women's
clubs, because they "took women from
the home. , as if an 'American wom
an's home was a harem, in which she
niost be held as a - tacit prisoner,
while "deprived ; of the : only -circumstance
which makes the harem toler
able, the presence of ' other captives.
For one home that Is injured by the
women's' club, -' hundreds ?. are - made
brighter, better, given a ; sierior
mental environment.' .: ! '-' .-
Club membership has undoubtedly
raised, the American. woman to a high
er plane. While it may have made
Philosophy and Hate.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The immoderation of the philoso
phers, from Eucken to Bergson, has,
from the beginning of the war. caused
astonishment. One after another, the
intellectuals have gone pop, like corn
in a hot skillet, and the judicious have
grieved to see fury controlling where
reason was supposed to rule. t
The illumlnatl, almost without excep
tion and regardless of nationality, be
came advocates and special pleaders,
breaking away from all Intellectual re
straints, qualifying nothing, moder
ating nothing, damning their enemies
with an enthusiasm : that wiped out
whole civilizations, ' i '
This remarkable blowing up of the
philosophical temperament and break
down of the - philosophical habit has
been noted, from time to time. Tint
without taking into consideration why
there cannot, be philosophy in jar
time, r necessary emotion of war is
hate. ' Men trained in the military pro
fession can fight without acger, and
soldiers under discipline can do their
work without hating the opponent f but
the nations back of them must be ani
mated by a desire to kill and destroy.
Hate is an. essential war emotion. It
is immoderate, and unqualifying. It
seeks Justification of acts by finding
a necessity for them in the character
or acts of the enemy. , ,
; To "qualify these judgments, is to
weaken the. justification, and; people
going to war with half a heart for it
are not In the mood which promises
success. .The illumlnatl do not exempt
themselves from this dominance of
passion, and rationality disappears, out
of their processes of thought.. - -
Alberta Hears Strang News.
i From the Edmonton Journal,
v B, E. Randall, the. religious work
director, of the Portland T. M. C. A
gives the Portland Oregonlan some in
formation regarding ; . condition .in
western Canada. - " -
"Men worth fortunes," be , declares,
"are unable ' to buy a loaf of bread,
at the Canadian grocery stores unless
they produfce the cash.- The war has
paralysed -j- -business. - ' Construction
work has topped. : Edmonton alone
has brrowed-3,eoo.0 to pay off her
treasury .- notes. Several nurnlflcent
hotels built by the1 railroads; - have
been' closed, and the Macdonald hotel
at Edmonton, just completed, has
By John M. Oskison.
A man of long experience in buying
and selling stocks and bonds says that
at this time investors Who actually
are able to raise money- to buy stocks
of the sound class and good bonds
don't want to buy. They say some
thing like this when it is suggested
that prices are so low as to Indicate
bargains: .
"Yes, prices seem low. But we've
never faced just this kind of a situa
tion before. This' war is the most
terrible thing that has come upon the
world there's no telling .wbat'll bap
pen. To buy now would be to take a
plunge into the dark. What's to pre-'
vent the utter paralyzation of the in
dustry .of the world through the de
struction of life and capital V .
: Thlfc man of experience then refers
to certain other periods in the history
of security pricea He goes back to
1901, when the Northern Pacific corner
precipitated a price panic. Did in
vestors begin to buy securities while
the prices were low?
They did not; they said that prices
were bound to go lower. Theirs was
a bad guess after the flurry prices
rose steadily.
In 103 oame another period of low
prices investors waited to see still
lower prices when certain of the big
trusts collapsed. Instead, prices went
up. They remained on an ascending
grade until the fall of 1907. when an
other stock market panic sent them
tumbling. '
What did the investors say then?
Something like this according to this
veteran observer:
"There's no precedent for this situ
ation'.. Even the banks are scared,
every one of them is scrambling 'for
real money, and there isn't a cent to
be had. Anything might happen Sure,
prices are low, but I don't dare buy
anything until things look more set
tled. Of course, whtn things did . look
more settled the prices of good securi
ties began to go up, and for two years
their upward progress was almost un
interrupted. . .
Initio another fftrry caused a drop
in prices, but tbey didn't go as low as
in 1907, and investors waited for them
to go still lower. They, began to go
up Ipstead. , ,: ': . '
Again in 1911 came an opportunity
to buy at low figures; but Mr. Aver
age Investor wouldn't bay because he
said that business was so dull and the
threat of government prosecution of
big business was so ; bad that lower
quotations - would be made. They
weren't. There's a moral buy now?
never opened its doors. -
t "In Edmonton, we read a little
further on, "all the schools have
closed and . public work has , closed
down. There is now no labor for
anybody.
This is. a shocking state of affairs,
and the wonder Is that we were not
aware in Emonton of how bad it was.
But If the schools are closed, where
have - the youngsters, who have been
setting out as usual every: morning,
presumably ; for school, been - going?
Parents are .urged to make immediate
inquiry. ' Aa for. the cash requirement
at grocery stores, we. are inclined to
think that it is a good rule, even for
"men worth fortun, and ia hardly
a test of whether a city is- prosperous
or not. If conduction work; ha
stopped, bow is It that $5,000,000
worth of building permits have been
Issued in Edmonton this year?- As for
the ity' borrowing, it has ; borrowed
larger sums In. other years. What
railway hotels have been closed that it
is 1 the custom to keep open in" the
winter? u . Tbe ' Chateau Macdonald is
not completed. ' '
Yet, strange to say, Mr,
on tbe top ' of all this, declares that
"in northern Alberta? the crops are
wonderful. As Edmonton draws Its
economic strength mainly from north
ern Alberta, it. must strike one as pe
culiar that things In the. city should
be as described. ,v
In common "with all places " of any
consequence in .America, we- have been
affected by the general financial sit
uation, ana in certain line of nrKnnJ
r inaustry comparative . aietnesaare-
vaiis. ,4.ne uregonians column rMiake
It plain i that its own and every other
state in the Union are going through
an experience similar to ours. - Under
the strain produced, by these unusual
conditions there is no city or no ter
ritory that has stood up under it 'bet
ter than our own, and we have reason
to object strongly to the statements
of Mr. Randall. - .
C; A - Real Mexican' Problem. ' '
From tho Indianapolis News.
The question that ' Mexico is now
slowly but siirely moving up against
is. "What are we going to do with mi.
Randall, ex-provisional presidents?" .
WHAT NATION: v " '
IS RESPONSIBLE'
FOR THE WAR?-
Was Austria justified in de
claring war against Keryla?
. Was Germany , justified . in
declaring i war ugainstM Russia
and France?
Was England jusUfi In de
claring war against Germany?
These three quewions are
of universal interest. ijj Kftice ,
the war began Jhey hale been
the subject of a world-wide dis.
pute. , i ,
. -'. zi - ;
In seeking a fair an'uvver to:
any and all of them tqse- must
have recourse to the diplomatic ;
correspondence between the
several nations that preceded
the outbreak of hostilities. . "
James M. Beck, formerly
United States Assistant! Attor
ney General, makes rallies to
all three of them in H e man
ner of r. lawyer presenting a
case in court. H
He cites ; passages fftun the
British and German yfiite pa
pers, the. Russian, orange paper
and the Belgian blue fiaper In
support of his contentions.
His comprehensive argu
ment constitutes a compelling
article entitled '"In, the gu-.
preme Court of Civilization,
The Case of, the Double Alli
ance vs. The Trlnle. -Entente:"
which Will appear in The Sun
day Journal Magazine next
Sunday. I '
-Professor Albert t BuNhndl
Hart of Harvard, the eminent
authority on American history,
writes of the inevitable down
fall of Turkey, declaring that
the present situation means the
end of- the once powerful Turk
ish empire in Kurope,' regard
less of the outcome of the war.
He fs of the opinion9 that the
Sick Man of Europe" Is dying
at last and tells why,..-
Mrs. W. H. Taft recently has
written a book setting forth
her recollections if what she
properly calls "full years" In
which she records her personal
observation of men and event
that have been making, history
in recent years. , A review of
the book is an intert'tJng ar.
Wrfe. I i .
' " 1-4- ' . v.-i
Four pages of nevii. photo
graphs from the war zone show
the progress of the, 'epochal
conflict. One page if Jot espe
cial interest, being devoted ex
clusively to the actrvitlf of the
Germans and the Japanese hi
the Far East. . 4
"4. .
. A page of rninrellane-ou mat
ter including reproductions of
striking - newspaper f Cartoons,
little stories on q&f tighter
side and Cartoonist 1 Murphy's
thought on Thanksgiving In
vites attention. J' -
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The Ragtimeus3
Cheap SubsdtMe.
Some take delight in winking.
But others Joy in shirking;
Some Ond a pleasure lwfting
wnere signing lovera S'k; .
To me the grandest toleture ,
That comes in fullest manure,
The Joy that moat I treaaare,
is to taia, talk, talk: f .
In talk mankind dAllehfir.n- - .
Would have no need of Jlfthtlng; .
His wrongs it would be ti$rhting.
Mia enemies -twouia Dai;
In Joyous conversation F
He could preserve the nation, :
Improving all creation ? ;
v un nis taiir, lais, taiK:
Let each lay down his jsabre
And eke his tools tsf labur. ' ..-
Conversing with bis neishJior
or money, marotes, cuafx; .
With fruits of toil denied him,
Kind nature would proVSle him. '
With food )tKe neasis iwiae nm,
For his talk, talk, talk j t
A Real EuTOpeanPartnerililp
From the, Westminstf?! aaaette.""'
The around muit be cleared by the
definite repudiation of nlfuitarlsm as
the goveVnlng factor in -the relation
of states and of the future moulding
must be found and kept !fbr the lndik
penaeni euinc mo hb iret oeri
opment of the smaller ;inftttonaIities
each with a corporate coticIouness
its own. Tbe little naticmji must have
as good a claim as the fffeat to their
place tn the sun." s Andj VlnaUy, per
haps by a slow and gradual process,,
for force, for the claahJtif competing
ambitions, and for the precarious equl- '
poiae . of grouping and fialllances we
must substitute a real European part
nership based on the reopitlon of
equal rights, established nd enforced
by a common wllL 4 3 . .-.
s , ,. , , , ;. .,, ,. ,,,
No War Among trends. .
From the 1 Philadelph Ledger. - 1
" It ami Al: fh nnartertvt DiMttnr nf
the Friends yesterday thjti a mission
ary, considering the' waajr said tbt
Christian -standards had dot been real
ised in social relations because of a
lack of personal conscientiousness., if
he had said "consctousniri" he wpuldi
have -j been ven furtberl Within the
facts and he would iav;$drawn from
the history of the - Friends ,a tbeme
whleh applies moat Sharply to Europe.
It was the personal coiiousness "t
the spiritual jeed. for, pfvijce that dis-
iinguisnea ine eany prigaaa. Such a
spirit, if it could barvetbfn universal- '
ly won,. would hava stopped war years'.
; A Most Vnnillitary ;pnIwiori. ;
From the Kansas diyv 8 tar. V- C J
W No German- general ha -announced
yet that he will eat Chriatma
dinner In Paris, and no Jifmniander of
the allies has proclaimed; hi purpose
to "eat his: Christmas f&tner tn Ber
lin." Why this veratgfsaav.;.-,. 1
,"" "' . Drjr-r--.
' Undoubtedly as ; vi
vKrem t the New Yogfe World. 7
Among the; pleasures -f a Tranat
lautle voyage now i tbe coxulbmty oV
encountering not an I'i-.bSg but a mine.
"May. in the l'. 8. -A-' winter tourg
may yet become popular)?--