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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER' 21, 1914.
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" There Is no better ballast for
keeping the mind steady on its
keel and saving it from all
risk -of crankiness than busi
ness. James Kussell Lowell.
FOn-TlIE GREATEST GOOD
IT IS a good thing to apply busi
ness methods to social service.
' In no field Is there greater
waste', both of money and ef-
.' fort. ..- By lack of organization,
work is duplicated. , BOine of it
misapplied, some misdirected, and
all' but partly effective. Of every
l11a innf Hut At ' n. fhA at fr.r t
the needy 100 cents ought to findH
... its: way to some sufferer. Even
: when every cent of. contribution
reaches some ope who needs, there
is not enough to go around.
That is why there should be uni
fication of endeavor. That is why
there should be co-ordination of all
social service work. That is why
V ail such work should be perfectly
systematized so tnat there will be
; team work in which there will be
: no waste, no lost motion, no du
plication, no oversights,
j s Such is the motive behind The
'Journal's attention to the social
,'. service work in Portland, We have
: here many splendid organizations.
: We have highly trained workers.
'We. have highly sympathetic and
deeply ''devoted people. .They have
always done ' noble and effective
; work.
But with a far more telling ef-
? feet will their wotk be, when once
there is. co-ofdlnation of purpose,
' division of field, and concert of
. action. That is the sure war to
avoid loss by duplication; That .is
the way for every needy home 'and
' family to be reached. That ia the
' way to-conserve effort, concentrate
"'application, and do the greatest
good to the greatest number at
the least cest.
J " An unorganized , army ,4 cannot
.fight. Such an army Is only a
, jnbb. It can get nowhere, Its or-
gauizauuu is wiiul iua.n.e u,u arm;
, .effective, and it is perfected organ
Jzatlon and intelligent teanl work
' that tlll make Portland s great
army of social service organizations
and 'social service 'workers "tremen-;
dously effective. r
"..There is splendid promise for
: Portland's needy in the heartiness
with which "the philanthropic or
' ganlzatibns of the city have joined
In, The Journal's plan for concert
of action and r harmony of move-
meijt. CloRely unified and moving
In a straight line, the results that
..ran h achieved am havftnil oatl.
" , mate.
, The very harmony and co-ordi-
nation of, endeavor will give confi-
dence to5 contributors and vastly
. increase the assets that the open
handed will place at the disposal of
. these unified regiments and bat
. talions of philanthropy.
TAINTED NEWS
T
IKONSON. in confessing killing
Miss Ulrich, said he had pre
meditated the murder since July,
but had delayed1" commission of
the crime to await the outcome
of the vote on the bill to abolish cap
? . Hal punishment. Oregonlan.
In the same account of the cap
ture of Trenson, the Oregonian
prints an interview with him and
' in. the interview, It claims Tronson
said : .
I Intended to go to Tacoma and
wait until the coast was clear. Then
I would return to Portland and shoot
, myself In the very same place as I
. shot Emma.
. ; If Tronson was jjjing to kill
himself, .what difference could It
, make , to him whether the capital
. punishment measure passed or not.
U Evidently, the Oregonlan deliber
ately tainted its account of the
'capjure of the fugitive In the hope
'of making sentiment for capital
. punishment. This is especially
likely In view of what Tronson said
In his interview in The Journal. '
. Here It Is:
". The Oregonian tells an absolute lie.
I didn't cars anything about the cap
ital ; punishment measure. I never
said I did. I oon't know now whether
... It has v been abolished or not. I shot
i Krama because I did not want any
one else to have her. and I never
thought about hanging. I intended
to kill myself.
TEACHING ENGLISH
E
iUGENE newspapers are assist
ing W. A. Beer in an effort
A. A. ' 1 m m m
fio , vtu Bcnooi cniiaren to
observe and to tell ' on paner
what they see. Lane county chil
dren are encouraged to write short
accounts of their own experiences.
The only requirement Is, that the
composition contain something; new.
and something true. The newspa
pers publish many of these chil
dren's stories Just as they were
written. " : .,'" ;- . .
Mr. Beer's method of teaching
i.nBusu is oasea on me ineory
that children should be stimulated
to see their own . faults. It is an
adaptation of the Montessori meth-
od.
The child, puts his own!
thoughts into'written form and ! by
',eo doing builds up a useful vocabu-
lary. Then self-criticism is de-
pended upon to stimulate to better s
English. I V - i
Lane county schools are said to!
nave accomplished much in devel
oping the children b power of ob
servation and ability to put their
thoughts on paper. Much of the
progress is attributed to
tthe
method of instruction. It isa de
parture from, the old plan of re
quiring children to. write about
something takefn from bopks. It
cultivates the power of observa
tion and stimulates a desire to tell
of what is seen;
THK GOVERNOR-ELECT
S
POILSMEN in swarms are be
laboring aid bedeviling Governor-elect
Withycombe for
positions. Old-time politicians j
like W. E. Burke are demanding j
private secretaryships and other I
places of honor and emolument.
It is even stated that they will
make raids on the legislature for
the purpose of legislating present"
office-holders out and legislating
themselves In. -
The governor-eJect should be
spared this embarrassment. There
are higher things for him to do
than to have his time and energy
drawn upon to make jobs for spoil
Vl li n fnru
The Journal wants to see Dr.
Withycombe succeed as governor.
It proposes to hold up his hands
in every; way it can, and to dp
everything it can to assist him to
withstand this supreme test in pub
lic position as the administrative
head of this great state.
Dr. Withycombe owes nothing tot
the politicians, they did not elect
him. They have no claim upon
him greater than is the claim of
tne tens or thousands of average
men who voted for Dr. Withycombe j
because they personally knew him
an4 personally esteemed him. They
have no right now to call upon
him to make the state government
a roosting place for job seekers. I
There is a perfectly plain course I
that the governor-elect can follow
with ).nnnf tn -mfl0if or,
the people. Those who are to aid
him in the great work upon which
he is about to enter should be se
lected, not for party service,; or for
personal service or for political
service, but for efficiency. The
fewer old political - hacks he calls
to places of power and the- less he
listens to, the siren whispers of old
reactionary ' war horses the more
acceptable will be his administra
tion and the higher will he write
his name in, the political history
of Oregon. . ,
THE NEW JUGGERNAUTS
T
HE killing of Patrolman White
by an auto truck while he was
at his post of duty Is a
tragedy by : which to be
warned. It conveys a lesson that
should not be forgotten.
It occurred as a result of viola
tion of , the traffic ordinance. If
the driver of the truck had fully
understood the regulations and fol
lowed them strictly, the patrol
man's home would not be without
a breadwinner. If the huge truck
had swung wide instead of cut
ting diagonally across the inter
section in complete violation of
regulations White would now be
alive and well.
The driver is not wholly at fault.
The whole community shares indi
rectly in the responsibility. The
higher-up authorities on whom
rests a profound obligation of see
ing that laws for the protection
of people are rigidly applied must
assume a large share, of the blame.
We require a stationary en
gineer to pass an examination and
hold a license. . We do it as a
measure of protection. But we put
boys on these great new jugger
nauts of commerce, the auto truck;
we require no license of them, we
do not take the precaution to make
certain that they realize the full
power of destruction placed in their
hands; we do not take the pains to
require them to be fully acquainted
with traffic regulations, and then
we start them Careening up and
down the crowded streets at all
kinds of speed and with little or
no thought of the consequences.
No wonder life is nowhere safe.
The spectacle recalls the ominouB
words of Chief Tjustice Steere, in
a famous case in Detroit. He said:
In the light of; common knowledge,
courts can well take Judicial notice
of the automobile, not only as a
most useful, and; pleasing means of
swiftly transporting persons and
property for pleasure or business,
when properly controlled and .cau
tiously driven, but as a vehicle In its
possibilities so destructive, when In
the hands of careless and reckless
drivers, as to spread over the land
the maimed and dead, until it has
belittled the cruelties of the car of
Juggernaut. -!.'
SCOTT AND FUNSTON
G'
ENERAL HUGH L. SCOTT and
General Frederick. Funston
'have received deserved nro-
. motion in the army, Funston
becomes a major general and Scott
succeeds ueneral Wotherspoon as
chief of surf, j .
Thesjar , two promotions " appeal to
the popular imagination. Both
men 'have seen much active ser
vice under trying- circumstances,
and both' have! secured fame for
themselves and results for tbo gov
ernment: Both have had unusual
careers, and hnth how
culiar Qualification.. tr wt,ota
tasks have been assigned them v
I Funston's rise in the army "has
I been - spectacular, a rtr ftin, tn
Cuba as a anldior of fnrna
returned vended to this country
J and recei'
. commission as colo -
ncl of the Twentieth Kansas infan-i
try.. His service In the Philippines
including the capture of Agulnaldo,
Is well known. He rose fa spite
of petty Jealousies and finally se-
fttirftrt rVrP-TMHnn am an nffin&r
At Vera Cruz Funston ' displayed
sound judgment. In a difficult po
sition, where . a : false ) move might
have precipitated the nation into
war, Funston showed tact and dis
cretion. - He was the same' Fun
ston that brought order out of
chaps in - an Francisco after the
earthquake and fire.
General; Scott was transferred
from his command n the Texas
border to the war department last
spring. . He will serve as chief of
staff for the full term of four
years. He is said, to be master
of routine and theory, but what
is more, he is in full sympathy
with the rank and file of the'ser-
vice. "Very practical, but very
human." is the way they describe
him.
Civilians know little about mil
itary t.AChnirma. hut nertnlA nf thn
west know Hueh L. Scott handiod down with its own weight and com
wes Know ugn u. cou nanaiea plexlty l3 the mo8t pressing need of
many muiau uuuuib. tie Ut'IllUIl-
strated that fighting is not the
only way to win. Whatever Gen
eral Scott accomplished as chief
of staff, his fame will rest chiefly
on what he has already done
among the Apache, the Hopi, the
Navajos and the Mexican Kickapoo
Indians.
OFFICIAL ANARCHISTS
I
T' TURNS out that Portland po
licy had instructions not to en
force the ejty ordinance regu
lating sale and carrying of con
cealed weapons, and that for, a year
that statute has been a dead letter.
Exactly so. There is usually a
petty functionary who takes the
I liberty to decide when laws shall
T? " 2X iSS
: not be enforced. That is why many
"me8Jhe P?lic and sheriffs are
hel Marble when not at all at
ffu,lt- Mtead of. the lower-down
. B?m Wher-up who decides
tWonfe 13 l . 18 "0t
' functlonariea UBuril D0Vers
1 nese iuncuonanes usurp, powers
that do not belong to them: They
have no right to say a law shall
not be enforced. They take oath
to support the constitution and the
laws. They are not elected to defy
the constitution and the laws.
Whenever they take the law Into
their own' hands and decide not to
enforce It, they are anarchists, and
there is getting to be a lot of that
kind of anarchists.
Everywhere in America, there
are three departments of govern
ment, the administrative, the legis
lative and the judicial. Each has
its separate functions, and neither
has a right to encroach upon the
powers of the other. But there is
everywhere the spectacle of ordi
nary functionaries exercising tht
powers of all three of these depart
ments, and It is of almost daily
occurrence.
There is no wonder that the
people grow more and more disre
spectful of the laws and the courts
and the government. There . are
officials, swonr to uphold the law
that break more laws than do the
criminal!.'
The 'Portland pistol ordinance
cannot stop killings. - People can
go elsewhere and buy weapons.
But a rigid enforcement of that
law would help. It would Set an
example that other cities and other
states would ultimately copy. It
would be a starting point in mini
mizing an evil that is costing the
United States 10,000 lives a year,
that is filling the land with, or
phans and that does nothing but
cause sorrow and tears.
GAMBLING ON FUTURES
A'
N INTERESTING phenomena
arising out of the increasing
advance In the price of farm
products due to war condi
tions is observed in Kansas where
there are symptotas of the fever of
speculation among the farmers.
They see great advances in wheat
and corn and In cattle and hogs
and have great expectations of fu
ture profits. They want to borrow
more money to add to their hold
ings in these things and are dis
posed to defer the payment of
their present Indebtedness.
The fever is being discouraged
by the bankers who declare that
it is much more important that
there be a liquidation now than
that a great store Of grain and
stock, be held over until spring
even if there be higher prices then.
One effect of this is the stiffen
ing of rates on farm loans. No
loans 1 are now being written for
less than six. per cent with .a com
mission note for five per cent on
a five year loan, making the rate
to the farmer seven .per cent. The
loans are made at a very conserva
tive basis, not more than forty
per cent of the actual value xf the
property. : f
It is, of course, perfectly legiti
mate f or a farmer to hold his
grain or livestock as long as he
wants to, and it is wholly his
business to choose his own time
and his own market for selling.
But it Is true, just the same,
that whenever he holds beyond the
time of a favorable ' market, and
waits over : for another season in
the expectation of a higher market,
he becomes a speculator. He, in
fact, bets jthat the market will go
higher instead f lower, and there
by gambles on futures exactly as
the dizzy gentlemen in Wall Street
gamble on futures.- -
' In Oregon, . a : Brownsville man,
when the. price of hops ballooned
a dozen years ago, refused 40 cents
1 for his crop, and arrayed in a plugjtion arises.- is this condition neces-
dollar a
Before
pound for his 'holdings.
he got back to Brownsville, - the
price slumped and the embryo spec-:
ulator sold his holdings almost 1
for a song. ;
LAWYERS AND LAW REFORM
tIDGE BEAN, in his address be
fore the State Bar Association,
said delays, .miscarriages, of
justice and retrials furnish the .
principal grounds for criticism of ,
the courts. He placed blame upon t
unnecessary statutory provisions .
governing the matter of procedure.
He said these laws .account for
many delays and retrials in appel
late cases.
Addressing the Chicago Bar As
sociation recently, George W. Wick
ersham, attorney general in' Presi
dent Taft's cabinet, spoke of the
need of improvement iri dourt pro
cedure. He said:
The problem of maintaining the
principle of Impartial administration
of justice and yet of so simplifying
its machinery that it does not break
our time.
Judge Bean declared that all
statutory rules of procedure should
be repealed and the power- lodged
in the supreme court to promulgate
such rules as are necessary, . He
said justices of that court are more
competent to make the "rules of
the game" than are members of
legislatures.
Frank H. Scott of the Chicago
bar agreed with Mr. Wlckersham,
but added the comment that law
yers are too often indifferent to
the evils resulting from persistence ;
in the use of outworn and. mean
ingless forms. Further, said Mr. ;
Scott, lawyers often prize their
subtle technicalities as a means of
attaining ends whic!i have no rela
tion to justice.
Judge Bean may be right. It
might be desirable for the supreme
court to make the "rules of the
game."
It would not be likely to make
conditions worse.
- Presumably, the city commis
sioners are sure that they are
right in repealing the dog-muzzling
ordinance. , There was a case of
rabies near Hubbard, Marlon
county, which was reported in ' the
news dispatches Monday. There
is high authority to the effect that
there is rabies in Umatilla, Baker,
Clackamas and Jackson counties.
In repealing the rabies - ordinance
on the trivial ground that it can
not be enforced, the commissioners
must realize that they assume a
grave responsibility.
The man who murders a woman
because she had the good judgment
to refuse to marry him, does not
deserve to be looked upon as one
crazed with love. He is simply a
pervert, an oversexed brute. The
element of love does not enter into
the case and to designate the mur
derer as a lover is to honor ' him
and to give a psychological en
couragement to other brutes who
resort to murder to satisfy their
selfishness and egotism when jilted
of scorned.
Letters From the People
(Commnnieatlona aeot to Tba Journal for
publication in tbis department aboald be writ
ten on only one side of tbe pa pen, should not
exceed 300 words In lengtu and must be ac
companied by tbe name and addresa of tbe
aender. It tbe writer docs not desire to
hare tbe name published, be should so state.)
"Dlsenaslon Is tbe. greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everything it touches. It
robs principles of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
tbey bare no reasonableness, it ruthles:r
crusbea them oat of existence and set np Its
own conclusions In their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
The Exodus to California.
Sllverton, Or., Nov. 20. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I will make a few
remarks on prohibition from an eco
nomic or Industrial point of view. I
understand that the Zimmerman Liquor
company of ' Portland is preparing to
move to California, where they will
furnish their patrons of this state with
liquor. Now isn't this great, to send
our money to California to build up
the very industry that we have driven
from the border of our own state, and
to help the class of labor there that
we have made pauperp of' hre? Many
say those who are thrown out of em
ployment from the effects of prohibi
tion can find more useful employment.
We all know thief we have been trying
to solve the problem of the unemployed
in this state for some time. How can
we expect to accomplish It by swelling
their ranks to" at least 12,000? Nothing
could be more sad than to turn-12,000
workmen into the street without
jobs. The recklessness, carelessness
and shallowness of political, economic
and industrial thought have brought
more misery to, this nation than . all
other pestilences combined.
EDWIN A. L.INSCOTT.-
Oregon Hop Growers.
Portland, Nov, 20. To' the Editor 'of
The Journal There Is to be a Jiop
growers' meeting at- Salem tomorrow
for the purpose of organizing the
growers of Oregon, to be followed by
combining the California, Oregon ami
Washington growers Into one solid
cooperative organization to - take its
rightful place in the modern game
of life. ' - . - .. ,
By all means the growers should re
spond to the call and get into a posi
t:on to cooperatively do their part of
the dealing when their turjii comes, or
they will be responsible for the disas
trous results, all through, their con
tinued inefficiency, and neglect of
duty along modern lines duty to
themselves and to the whole public
without exception---bjr continually al
lowing the manipulating exploiters to
do all the dealing, thus getting more
and more each succeeding year, Kf the
grower's legitimate and rightful prof
its on most crops. Such money Is di
verted from the channel through -which
prosperity must come to all. Through
the farmer's success, all will prosper.
- V. A.; MANNING. '
The Belgian Immigrant.
Portland, Novt 20. To the Editor of
The journal I have read your excel
lent editorial commentary on the sub
ject of unemployment.'vin yesterday's
Journal.. The statistics you give of
unemployment as far back as 20 years
ago are' appalling. Naturally, a" rraes-
hat, went J2ast to get a
A FEW. SMILES
"There seems to be some difference j
or opinion about the
European war."
. -Yes. The great
trouble Is tTfat those
Who know' the actual
facts are no longer
alive " -
Affbr thus discuss
ing the subject the
two commuters turnea tne converse-
tlon tt the weather.
- A' well known western senator, re-
centiy visited, a barber sncp wnore
barber, fatlinar to recognize his patron.
was very taiKauve.
He ventured on all
the timely topics of
the day, and al
though the senator
ltd noC apparently,
enter into the spirit
of the conversation
very keenly, the ton-
soriai ariiftt & cathusiasm was not vis
ibly dampened.
Finally he asked:
. "Have you ever been In here be
fore?" "Once. said the senator.
"Strange that I don't recall your
face." :, .... - ,r- - -
"Not at all,'' .the' tsenator assured
him. "It altered greatly In healing."
Harper's Magazine"
Mr. Bromley, (enlightening the fam-
ny rue map of
Kurope will be geat-,',
ly changed after this
war.
Benny Bromley
(aged 11, at his
geography lesson)
Gee! I hope they'll
make it as easy to
draw as South America!-
-Puck.
Once an old colored man visited a
doctor and was given definite instruc
tions as to what he
should do. Shaking
his head, he started
to leave the office
when the doctor
said: -
"Here, Rastus, you
forgot to pay me.'a
"Pay you for what.
boss?" ,
"For my advice," replied the doctor.
"Naw, suh: naw, suh; I ain't gwine
take it." and Hastua shuffled out.
"I fpund a letter In your coat pocket
that you had not mailed."
is tnat ail you
found In my pock
et?" "That Is all there
was In' It."
"Oh, no. ifs not."
"What else I'd
like to know?"
"A rip under the
sleeve; but of course you were not
looking for anything like that."
sary, or Is it not? And right here we
come in contact with the emigration
question.
About a year ago I heard frequent
talk about how the commercial bodies
in the cities on the Pacific coast had
arranged to flood the Pacific states
with immigrants from Europe, and I
am almost positive I saw a statement
in The Journal that they had agents
in those countries selling tickets on
the installment plan. Now, of course,
on account of the European war, that
project la annulled, but lately another
scheme is developing, that of bringing
Belgian refugees here; also to supply
them with money and land, besides
paying the cost of the Journey. Of
course it ia expected that we shall
all look at it as a matter of philan
thropy, but what Is the use of bring
ing in more poverty stricken people to
this country? There are too many
now. Why not provide some means
to help the thousands upon thousands
of citizens already in this country to
go out and get started on a piece of
land? I am one of the many thousands
who would be more than willing to
go out on. a -farm with my family if
someone would lend mea few hundred
dollars so I could get started.
But that would not be business;
helping the people already here would
not beat domestic labor into submis
sion. The scheme is to bring In cheap
labor. If it shall be done in disguise
of charity.
I am of the opinion that Europe
will need every man and woman that
Is there, before long, and will have
none to spare.
C. O. CEDERQUIST.
The Animal Overdrain.
Portland, Nov. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal The condition of animal
Industry at present, by all accounts, is
alarming. f
There is an adequate cause, or these
conditions would not exist. That do
mestic animal life is suffering while
wild animal life is free from these ills
is sufficient proof that they are due to
the Influence of man. The libraries
are full of doctor books, describing
animal Ills and prescribing remedies.
Serums, serums, serums, is the wailing
cry. That serums may have a limited
use la not denied, but that these se
rious animal ailments, hog cholera, bo
vine tuberculosis or its external sign,
mouth and foot disease, are curable
by this or any other remedy Is Impos
sible. Though the immediate advent of
death may be postponed, yet the evil
remains, which, since It has no name,
we will call degeneracy, permanent
constitutional weakness.
The horse doesn't have it. Why? Be
cause he bears no fleece, manufactures
no commercial fat, tbe specis fur
nishes no milk for man. He is not sub
ject to a continual drain of bis vital
energies, and sq-preserves them. He
is not subject tdf mouth and foot con
tagion, while toe sheep, goat and pig
are. These thrlee animals are all sub
ject to these Vital drains, and are
weakened in consequence.
If you would know whence the great
loss of vital energy .is, which invites
the fatal sign, cholera -especially,
throughout the Mississippi valley, you,
will find it in the millions of lard pails
coming out of Chicago. If you would
see the cause of bovine tuberculosis,
you may fjnd it In American cream
eries. .
The only cure ia, not serum, but get
back m lineVith the laws of nature.
Just how far roan may draw on the
vitality of animal life without fatal
results will be a matter of experiment.
One thing is sure, his point of view
must be chafnged, if his animal herds
are ever to exist -in a state of race ei
ficiency. What is lost to them can not
be recovered. J. R. KENDALL.
' Telephone Competition.
Portland, -Or., Nov; Z0: To the Edi
tor of The Journal Having informa
tion to the effect that the state rail
road commission will Investigate rates,
regulations and- other telephone Condi
tions in-'this city on Nevember 27. and
understanding a number of citizens are
In favor of the continuation of compe
tition in the telephone business, I of
fer this articlo as a suggestion in sup
port of and in addition to our city
commissioner's proposition for 10 par
ty line telephone service, to be ren
dered by the Pacific company at the
rate of $1.25 per' month.- . ,
I understand reports are on fl!eat
5
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRiEF
. SMAIli CHANGE
Now la a good time to begin playing
Santa Claus. .
And many a man lends a hand only
when it la empty.
' . . " a a
A good man has no time to waste
on a "good fellow."
Crumbs of comfort never come from
eating crackers In bed. , .
,If you 'can't talk of anything but
your troubles, why talk?
- Small practice can lead to great per
fection in the art of laziness.
If a woman's credit Is good at a dry
goods store she never argues about
the price.
m m
.SpeaMng of angels in disguise but
what business has an angel to wear a
disguise?
There is -hardly anything less In
teresting to a .girl than being kissed
by another girl.
'
Is not the cook 5-.ho. prepares a good
dinner greater tllan the man who
makes the after dinner speech,
... Im ..
Federal reserve banks may restore a
measure of confidence, but the land
lord will still want his rent on the day
it is due.
-
Now they're trying to excuse tbe
mannish type of modern , young lady
by raying, "Oh, well, girls will be
boys."
"VVe are told that turkeys will be
cheaper this year than beef on
Thanksgiving day. A number of news
papers have Baid so. and you will
probably find that it is true every
where except at the poultry dealers
place of business.
THE NEW BANKING ERA
From the New York Evening Post.
Americans have a not altogether
happy way of ignoring a great event,
when it comes, if it has been suffi
ciently "discounted" in advance.
Something of this is observable in
connection with the new system of
federal reserve banks, effective to
day. When the project was . under
way in congress, it was echoed round
the country; but as soon as it became
certain that it would become opeia
tive, public interest in .it seemed to
; flag. And now that it begins, without
wrench or jar, to function, people are
. too much inclined to say impatiently,
"Oh, don't talk about that. " There's
nothing neW in it. We knew all about
It long ago." While this is perhaps
natural, it is not commendable. It
is a good thing for a democracy to
use .a few moments now and then to
"consider our mercies," to trace the
steps of the long struggle leading to
the completion of a great work of
peace, and out of it to ' take courage
for the future.
The chief wonder about the new
banking system of the United States
is that it came as soon as it did, and
that we were able to get one so good
as we have. That some change of the
kind was necessary in this country,
the judicious had long urgqd. It is
probable that no competent man has,
during the past 10 years, written or
spoken on the subject of our national
banking system, without admitting
that it suffered from perilous defects.
The disease was confessed. But about
the remedy the doctors differed. Thi
was one of the great difficulties in
the way of banking reform. There
was no strong consensus of opinion us
to what ought to be done, or what
could be done. The single central bank
was the ideal of banking experts,
but it was declared, and it probably
was. Incapable of surmounting the
political obstacles in the way. We
know what a poor reception, on the
whole, the recommendations of the
monetary commission got from the
general publlc.ind that all its labors
seemed in vain. They -were not so,
though at the moment It appeared fu
tile after years had passed. Every
thing looked at loose ends. But that
was exactly the time for a sagacious
and resolute leader to come forward,
ready to enter into the labor of others,
quick to perceive that the seemingly
hopeless confusion could be cleared
up by rational adjustments, and bold
to seize he occasion which good for
tune placed before him. -
That President Wtlson did all this is
now commonplace. No one really ques
tions that but for his acutenss :n
divining the opportunity, and his drive
and tenacity in taking advantage of
It, we should still be handicapped by
our outworn and clumsy national bank
act. He has had ample recognition for
his initiative and skill In the whole
affair; and it Is not (necessary to
STORY OF A GIRL
By John M. Oskison.
You can hear the story where the
disciples of irony gather. They tell
it by way of poking fun at the sol
emn preachers of thrift. In spite Of
its parentage and its usual appilca?
tlon, I -like the story. It Is this:
A New England girl once asked her
brother for money to go to college.
- "All right. Sis, here's a nickel; take'
it and go as far as you like!" So
said the -brother who didn't propose
to waste his resources in any such
project as sending Sis to college. She
understood hV. but did not burst
into tears and retreat to her room in
disappointment.
Instead, she took the nickel to btfy
some calico, out of wh-ich she made
a bonnet. It was a bonnet of more
than usual style; and she sold it for
a quarter. With her 25 cents she
bought more calico and made more
bonnets. .....
With the dollars she realized from
the sale of bonnets she bought a
small abandoned farm with the idea
4f raising potatoes. She spent her
evenings reading all about potatoes;
she planted her potatoes, cultivated
and sprayed them to such purpose
the city hall quoting the Pacific com
pany as having 41,172 and the Home
company 13,361 telephones in service in
this city.
If the Pacific company is permitted
to change its "one party (18.26 per
month) lines, to 10 party lines, there
by realizing. $12.50 per month per cir
cuit, the Hpme company, having al
most one third as many,-telephones,
should be permitted to change its one
party $2.25 per month) lines to 10
party lins and thereby realize $4.20
per month per circuit. Under this
plan patrons of the Home company
would pay .42 cent per month for
service.
It considered unfair, for patrons
of the Home company to; be compelled
to pay $3.-25 per month for only- 6m
fourth, of tbe connections. While pa
trons of the Pacific company, pay only
$1.25 per month for the other three
lourthe connections. . . - -'It
I also considered unfair to per
mit the I'acific company to Increase
lta rvvemie from $2.25 to $12.50, a
net gln of $10,25 per fliontb. per cir
OREGON . SIDELIGHTS
New berg will, on January Z, vote
on a "commission charter that pro
vides for a-ity manager, operating
under a commission of three members.
. . t -
Bedford's school census .enumerator,
reports a vast reduction of the number
of - vacant - dwelling- houses,- as com
pared with the status at this time last
year. : t
' '-' I ' , :.
i Three hours labor is the equivalent
of one municipal meal check, under the
schedule adopted by City Marshal Wil
liams of Roseburg. The city's street
are showing improvement accordingly.
La Grande Observer: los Angeles
is another -city .that wishes to Join
La Grande in the city manager plan
of government. And La Grande says
to her sunny C$llfornan neighbor.
"Get in; the water's fine." ,
New flagpoles are being erected on
the state houKe at Salem,, to replace
those that toppled over in a storm last
winter. Ther is also in progress rose
planting in the parking surrounding
the state house, the court house ami
he postoff ice building.
The Cottage Grove correspondent of
the Eugene Register describes a snow
white canary that has appeared witn
a little flock of that species in the
suburbs of CottaKe Grove. The other
birds are said to be just as tolerant
of it "as if there were nothing wrontf
with its feathers."
In an editorial on Pendleton as a
convention city the Kast Oregonian
says: "Pendleton has reputation as
a convention center. This place is
the must Hccesslble town in eastern
Oregon. " "VVe have hotel accommoda
tions second to no other town between
Portland and .Salt Lake. Not only tnat.
but local' people are ready at any time
to throw open their homes, and the
business men to cooperate in entertain
ment activities." .
pour on the praise. More to the point.
Just now, is the recalling of the very
successful way in which, by discussion
in the press, by, the conferences of
bankers with cotmnittees of congress,
and by the wisdom and tact -with
which the president led to the final
decisions, most of the original defects
of fhe federal reserve plan were re
moved, and a law passed" which was
both sane and workable.
it is needless to dwell in detail upon
what is to be hoped from the federal
reserve banks. At a stroke they- ena
ble us to get rid of the unscientific fea
tures of our national bank system-
features which really made it at once
an anachronism and a reproach to
shrewd commercial people. They ren
der both credit and currency more flex
ible, more readily responsive to the
actual needs of trade. By centralizing
the banking reserve, the total jsrercen V
age can safely be cut down, a&d large
amounts of capital released for active
employment. And there can be no
no doubt that the new system is vastly
better fitted than the old to carry on
the ordinary operations, as well a as,
by its provisions for . emergency is
sues and for mobilizing reserves, to
meet the impact of panic. 'It is true
that we had not the federal bank re
serves in August and September, wher
an acute financial ' crisis was thrust
upon, the country. This was met by
the bankers of New Tork and Other
cities with a sk'lUand courage deserv
ing of the highest praise. They made
their decisions and took their risks un
der the old system; but we are con
fident that they were upheld through
out by knowledge that the new and bet
ter ystem would soon be at their dis
posal. At all events, there can be no
question that the federal reserve sys
tem will in tbe future save the coun
try from any such disgraceful break
down of our credit and currency .sys
tem ts afflicted us in 1907. .
It is a great piece of constructive
legislation of which we are today
marking the practical - inauguration.
This is an aspect of the matter which
may well hearten us all as we look,
forward. If tbe establishment. of the
new banking system was not hopeless
though many voices cried out that
it was hopeless then the solution of
no urgent national problem is hopeless.
We can work our way to it by the
same means that at last brought us
to achieved banking reform. We can
lay bare the facts: We can single out
the evils. We can discuss and agitate
and appeal and return to the charge
again and again. &.bove all, we can; re
tain undimmed our., faith in the good
sense and honesty 'and moral sound
ness of the American democracy, and
be. sure that when they are thoroughly
convinced of the rightfulness of tome
great reform, and the ripeness of the
times for it, they will order its enact
ment with a flat more compelling and
majestic than that of. the most power
ful autocrat on earth.
HER NICKEL
-A-
t her land produced
tremendous
crop.
She enlarged her farm, raised more
and more fJbtatoe, and presently she
had money enough of her -own to go
to college. Did she go? She did not!
By this time Sis had outgrown the
college idea she was a business
woman. She bought herself a new
bonnet not of calico dressed herself
In a charming frock and opened a
real estate office where she special
ized In buying and selling New Eng
land abandoned farms.
She bought New England farms
cheap; applied to- them some of the
knowledge she'd gained in her potato
raising experience, and then she sold
them to men with more money than
real farmers ought to have. That's
where the modish hat and the char
meause gown became assets,- ,
About the time Sis .wouid have re
ceived from the college president a
certificate of graduation she met that
brother who hid given her the nickel.
"Well, Slav" he greeted her, "I trust
you didn't squander that college edu
cation fund I rave you!": , .
"No," said H;s, "I am glad to say I
didn't; it's bringing me In $6000 a
year nrw, and next year it'll be ten."
cuit, unless1 the Home company Is per
mitted to Increase its revenue per cir
cuit accordingly In proportion to the
number of telephones in service. ' .
This suggestion is equally fair to
the Pacific company the Home com
pany and patrons of each.
ED WORD.
Where Did Tronson Get It? v
Portland, Nov. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal It is quite possible that
Tronson got his revolver from a. mail
order house, by express or parcel post.
Also, it is" possible that the murderer
ismentally; unbalanced, but It appears
as If there was method in bis madness
In waiting until it wa certain the
anti-hanging act had pasd before
committing the deed. Possibly some of
those who voted "yes" on that act now
wish they had not. .
l Some contend trtat capital punish
ment does not have any effect in pre
venting murder. It Vloes In England;
where 99 ver cent of murderers arn
hanged. - It is differfht In America,
where about 99 per cent set off by hook
ort'rook. . W. 14. WOOORUFF.
IN EARLIER DAYS -
Uy. Fred JLocky.
fr
Jehn P. Gaines.., Orecoi!?a third iter-" t
n tonal governor, succeeded Klntzins
Pritchette. He had bectSeie governor
upon the resignation of Gtftieral Joseph
Lane. Major Gaines wasya Virg4nlan.
He was born in September, 1795. He
was brought up in Kentucky, and when
17 years of age he enlistej and served ,
in the war of 1812. Hfj represented
Boone county several tims In the
Kentucky legislature. In1847 he was 1
sent to congress from Kefcjtuqtcy. Dur- 5
lng the Mexican war he Was major ot m
a troop of cavajryi President Zachary,
Taylor appointed hlmg0Vftrnor of Ore- '
gon latin the year J84&! lie sailed
from New York- on Janiliry 3, 18C0.
After a con tinuousvvoyagg'as ting mora
than eight months, h arrived at th
mouth of the Columbia ttiver on thd
14th day of August, 1850?:: He served
from August 18. 1 860. .to f ay 16. 18C3.
Upon fne death of PresMent Taylor, .
Franklin Pierce, appointed general Jos-
eph Lane as governor of Oregon. Gov 3
ernor Gaines continued to reside. In Ma-
rion county, and in 185 the. Whigs
maue mm tneir nominee 4f delegate to
congress. He ran agaiiistGeneral Jo.
eph Lane and was unsuccessful. : Ho
died in December,, 1857. pr
General Joseph Lane, who bad been
the first territorial governor of Ore
gon, was also, the fourthgoveiTor of
Oregon, serving from .Maf 16, 1853, to
May 19 a" term of -onlyl three' days.'
After his , resignation to;; accept thiV
iiuminaiiun ui .vno uemui rsinc party tin,
delegate to congress, Oeotjre L. -Curry,
who - w.as. secretary of. T;ate, became .
governor.
Mr. Curry was born inPmladelphU ,
on July 2, 1820. He was 'watchmaker
by profession,, though - hfi preferred a.
uierary careers in ioo e amricu im
Oregon, but securing a position on i
newspaper in St Louis, he stayed there
for three years In the spring of 1848
he continued' big delayed, trip to Ore
gon, and arrived in Oregon on August
13, 1846. He at once secured a position
as editor of the Oregon Spectator. Tw i
years later, he started the Oregon Free
Press, a .weekly paper. In May, 1849,
he was appointed secretary of the ter-s
ritory. " When General Lane resigned
as governor. Mr. Curry ,became gov-Is
ernor, serving from May "19, J853, to
December 2, 1853. l
John W. Davis of Indiana. who had ,
been appointed governor-by President
Franklin Pierce, took the office of gov
ernor on Decerabec 2, 1853. Governor
Davis was a pative of Pfnnsylvanla, a
doctor by profession. He represented
Indiana in congress frorjji837 1846.
He had twice been chairman of the n
tional Democratic committee, and had
Served a speaker of the Rational house
of representatives. He hd alao served
as United States mlnistefsto China. Be
ing accustomed to, the eat, be did not
tnka kindlv to western mays, and be.
lng homesick for his eastern friends, he
resigned, on August 1,:? 1854, eight
months after taking tbp dfflce of gov--ernor.
; Mr. Curry, who was still secre-;
tary of state, again-became governor,
serving from August X, l54j, to Novem
ber. 1, 1854. when he.WjaJ appointed
governor by President Franklin Pierce,
and served from November 1. 1854, to
March 3, 1859, when Oregon became a
state. Governor Curry died In Portland .
oh July 28. 187-8. . I
The Ragtimeuse
Enchantresses.
A lovely lass is Sally, fj'
So buxom and so browji, :
A belle of Rural Valley, li .
She seldom comes to, town. -But
even town beaux love her;
They woo her. every one,
And swear by stars above her
They must have Sally Lunnl
c
A lady fair Is Charlotte, !
Of alien descent;
Hers is indeed a star lot, .
Her fh-esence oft is lent . ( '
To feasts aristicratic, .? ; - :
Where, when their tongues are loose, '
Men pledge In toasts erranc t
The dainty Charlotte ttusse!
A dangerous designer -j
Is Ethyl, fair and fraI;
To every careless diner s , ,
Of the persuasion male.;
For her they lose their reason.
They falter and then if all,
Bqih in and out of sea'soh
For Ethyl Alcohol! '
Something, for the Aged toof. .
From the Chicago! News. , '
By the simple device of giving wortt -to
aged and feeble folk-placed in- his
care James Mullenbachiijin charge of f
Oak Forest infirmary, ba made these a
folk almost happy. Xhf raise chick-
ens, ttnd pigs, plow tbJ; ground and 1
perform other labors sotted, to their 5
strength. One of the rejuvenated in- '
mates is quoted as saying- that when
he entered the. institution there "was.
nothing to do except Sit around and"
die." Now there 1 something better to :
do. The count'" charges find that be
cause they can make themselves' useful :
at Interesting work life oj them is still -worth
living. ".
There Is also a material side to Mr.
Mullenbach's innovations that id not to ?
be overlooked. Since he Sjecame, super--s
tendent of the county ihfjrmary the in
stitution has been movljtg raiHdly to
ward a condition, of sK 'support. The
net prof its -An; produced .poultry and
hogs this year are $12,0t)0. Next years
there should -be 10,00 fwls, though a
vear ago the start waa made with SO.
Produce Is raised torh the Inmates"'1
tables, and the1 county?-, tuberculous
patients have fresh egga and fresh
milk. . . r. - ,;;-- - v "-
AH of these praiseworthy : results,
have been- secured because the man at .
the head of the institution is efficient,
intelligent and has a rial Interest in
his work. .' :.-".-' r-.
Catting Out the 'erbiage. ' .
From the Detr oil 'News.
Mrs. Anna I Sears, Chicago, is made
sole beneficiary and administratrix of J
the estate of her hunbanjl, Richard W.
Sears, founder of Bears,-tioebuck & Co.
The estate is valued at $1.7,500,000, The
will contains 122 words.' "it.. 1 ,
One hundred and forty-three thou- 1
sand four hundred and fjsrty-two dol--lars
and sixty-two cents-fare conveyed
to the widow by each word of the
will. All the usual-preamble, retained
through custom and adding nothing
omitted by the man who rose from
telegraph opera tpr ,to millionaire.
There is no mistaking lta Intent. The
will Is valid.
. There are J?2 words In Shis' editorial. ....
The' Sunday ournaj
The Great Home 'ifewspaper,
consists of, , 4
Five news 'sections replete with
' illustrated features. i
Illustrated magazine; of quality.
Woman's pages of -jare merit
Pictorial news supplement. " i
Superb comic" section,, . -,, ! !
5 Cents the 'Copy !
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