:THE. OREGON DAILY. -JOURNAL; PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 24.: 191C
THE JOURNAL
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. What we call tact ta ability
to find before It la too late
what tt la that our friend do
"not dealre to learn from hi.
It la the act of withholding-,
oil DroDer occaslona. informs-
tiori which we are aulta Sure
would be food. for them.- Sam-,
uel McC. Crothera. -f
WATTING
A
STEAMSHIP line to Alaska!
It will pa;.
But it has tc go through
a period of proving its per
manency. It has to be backed
through that periou, and Portland-
ers should provide that backing.
The Journal will do its part. It
bas no secret interest or private
end , to serve. The fostering and
development of the commercial ac
tivity, tbe industrial life and the
general well being of Portland is
all it seeks. Tbe indirect benefit
to The Journal will be :ar less
than to thousands of individuals,
' corporations and other Portland in
terests. .. But The Journal vill be one of
.: a group of ten individualB, corpora
tions' or companies to subscribe
and pay $500 a month for a period
of. one to five years according to
the need; or The Journal will be
one of a troup of twenty to sub
scribe and pay $250 Hi month; or
U will be one of a group of fifty
to subserve and pay $100 a month
for stock or bonds or to other
wise apply as the others subscrib
ing may elect, all for the operation
atd maintenance of the Portland
Alaska line.
The plan ts not an experiment.
Tie past season's op tation of the
line has proven the possibilities.
"Just as soon as the permanency of
' the line is established in the public
mind, ' there is not the slightest
doubt that it will become a paying
.investment.
There could be no more propi
tious time. Alaska is just passing
' into an era of extraordinary devel
opment. Heretofore, all industry
there has been in chains, 'both
from lack of proper legislation at
Washington, and because ; of the
blighting hand of monopoly. Tne Buveruuieui , mai , naa
Chamberlain railroad acV and thear'sen out of civil war is a differ
leglslatlon fo opening the coal j ent proposition altogether. , '
fields n vast expenditures of , Jo withdrawing American troops
canital. Vast retirements for sun- from Vera Cruz President Wilson
plies and material, and a new and
vast activity in which, by proper
'steamship connections, Portland
' can become a heavy participant and
beneficiary.
The Alaska line is the connecting
link. It Is the key to ..Portland's
share In this great northern pos-
perity. It will become. a remuner
ative investment to those who
finance it, and by indirection, it
. will return an enormous profit to
,r be shared by the business Interests
and the property owners of Port
.land. The Journal's offer stands. Are
.v- r. ,i a V r..i j
corporations or companies, or both,
who will subscribe $500 a month
for one to five .years? Are there
nineteen who will maker it $250
a month, or are there forty-nine
who will back it for $100 a month,
, according to the needs, for erma
nentlzlng the Alaska line?
HOME TRADE FIGURES
S
1NCE the days of John Hay
the United States has stood1 roaa wm sPen i3,ooo;000 within
firmly for an "open door" to 1 ttie next 'our years in electrlflca
China. This demand was nutit,on work ln the Rocky mountain
forth in the interest of American
trade with the Chinese.
China has a population estimated
at 442,000,000. European powers
have ajso been busy for years try
ing to push their trade in this
huge empire. Last year China's
'grand total of imports and exports
was $709,658,247 or $1.60 per
capita.
Argentina has a population of
7,171,000. That country's foreign
trade for the last year for which
figures are available was $834,
862.000 or about. $11$ for each
man, woman and child in the re
public. . , -
Canada, with a population of
approximately $7,250,000, had a
.foreign" trade. of $864,962,186 in
a single year. This amounts to
about $123 for each human being
living to the north of us.
The United States has secured
the larger part of Canada's foreign
trade, probably because the two
countries are bound, together by
railways. But the trade of Ar
gentina and other South American
republics has been. principally with
Europe. There ' are no' connecting
railways and there were few Ameri
. can ships to ply between, the United
States and South America.
:, The European war has demon
strated the need of building up
trade with Latin America, it has
visualized possibilities close at
hand. As a ; nation the 'United
States for years looked eagerly for,
vard to establishing closer com
mercial relations ith ' a distant
people whose total trade amounted
to only 1.60 per capita in a year
and permitted Europe to monopo
lize the trade of Argentina,
amounting to $119 per capita in a
year,
THE UNIVERSITY PLAN
A
SPEC I'A L Commonwealth
Conference at the State Uni
versity December 10 to 12
will .- discuss unemployment.
economy and efficiency in state ad
ministration, ' and hydro - electric
districts, f These are timely topics.
They presetit issues to which con
structive endeavor can be applied.
. Unemployment is not an acci
dent, or a guess, or a fad. It Is. a
problem. Efficiency and economy
in ' government. Is no vagary. It is
not a thing tcT dream about. It Is
a thing to perfect, and in the per
fecting, it Is a thing that calls for
the hlgLest genius and the most
persistent and patriotic endeavor.
The hydro-electric potentiality
that Is around f s is one of the
uiusl important torces in me. its,
power for adding to human com-1
fort . and . happiness Is Illhnitabie. j
To Conserve it for alt the people:
instead of permitting it to go un-.
used or become monopolized, and
for its broadest utilization are
i questions of enormous importance
in Oregon and everywhere.
There is no better place for these
things to be discussed. Commit
tees of the conference have in. hand
fact3 obtained after months of in
vestigation. It is upon' facts and
deliberation that intelligent plans
can be evolved. The men and
women to be atfacted by this
meeting can give great Impetus to
public thought in these fields, and
exercise valuable Influence on the
final conclusion and action.
The university is rendering a
high service In leading the inves
tigation and discussion of these im
portant problems.
IN MEXICO
W
HILE conditions In Mexico
are vexatious they should
be borne- in patience, and
in the hope that the Mexi
can people will yet find a'm.ans
of settling their own problems in
their own way. So long as:" they
confine their warfare among them
selves' there can be no good excuse
for outside interference and' the
policy of "watchful waiting" should
be continued.
Those who insist that the final
victor among the struggling gener
als, whoever he may be, will be
no more entitled to recognition
than Huerta, overlook the fact that
Huerta's ascendancy was gained by
the overthrow of an established
government that had received in
ternational recognition and that
this overthrow was accomplished
by violence and assassination. To
has and should have the solid
backing of the best public senti
ment. CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM
C
HARLES M. SCHWAB, presi
dent of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, has returned
from Europe confident .that
i business In the United States Is
entering upon a great activity. In
the first optimistic statement com
ing from him in three years. Mr.
Schwab said: s
I believe we are near the turning
point for a full return of confidence
! end prosperity in the United States.
is no other nation. We are recovering
irom .ine snocK oi the war and legis
lation isveuch that capital has mora
confidence and business is being
stimulated. At Bethlehem some time
back wo were forced partly to sus
pend operations, but wewill Boon be
in full action again and we will in
crease our production.
Mr. Schwab is not the only hard
headed business man who has con
fidence in the future. The Chi-
caS' Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-
district. Details of the nlan were
made public last week, coincident
with the signing of a $2,000,000
contract for preliminary work. Ac
tive operations will start immedi
ately in preparation for the elec
trification of lines between Avery,
Idaho, and Harlowton, Montana,
a main line distance of 400 miles.
Officials of the various govern
ment departments at Washington
which touch the country's business
activities feel confident that the
most serious effects of the Eu
ropean war on American business
have passed. The nation's trade
balance with Europe has been re
stored to the credit side. There Is
an Increasing foreign demand .for
American food supplies, and In 'ad
dition to this has come sudden de
velopment of an abnormal trade in
articles needed by armies in the
field.
THE TURKISH INCIDENT
A
TURKISH battery fired
shot across the bow nt
launch belonging to the
cruiser Tennessee. The
launch, on a peaceful mission, was
attempting to enter a port which
had been declared closed by the
Turks.
Captain Decker of the American
warship reported that the act was
"unfriendly, but not hostile." The
Ottoman government has explained
that the shot was fired to warn
the launch against mines. .
The explanation, was YOluntary
on Turkey's part, and it is especial-
ly welcome because' it relieves a
delicate situation. . There is no
reason for Americans to believe
that the national honor suffered or
that: the Turks wantonly Bought
occasion- to -involve the United
States in Europe's difficulties.
But Captain Decker's report il
lustrates the ' difficulties America
faaj expect to encounter while the
European war lasts. The shot
across this boat's bow establishes
a precedent In - international law
It was a warning that not onljr Tur
key but other belligerents may at
any time maTte. new rules and en
force them, whether or" not the
regulations are recognized by the
law of nations. ": v
President Wilson and his ad
visers were confronted by a deli
cate situation. They handled it
with tact and discretion. The
United States may be forced Into
other similar situations, but Amer
icana can remain confident that the
national honor will be maintained
without drawing the country into
tne European conflict
WILD CAT LOTS
I
N FLAVEL and elsewhere in
Clatsop county, by the state
ment of the assessor, property
is assessed at its true value, and
town lots in Flavel assessed at $50
and $75 are sold in the Eastern
states at $500 to $1000.
Hundreds of these lots have al
ready been sold in cities all the
way from tbe Middle West to New
York. The buyers are teachers and
others whose savings are thus in
vested In lots far above their true
value. Glittering advertisements
with alluring descriptions of the
great profits, to be realized, are the
means by which the sales "are
made. Scarcely anything can do
more harm to Oregon. After a
time the . buyers will be disillu
sioned. The fact that they have
paid absurd prices for the lots will
dawn on them by and by, and then
they will hate Oregon and every
thing in Oregon.
It Is a kind of game that has
been overworked In every city. The
town lot boomer has done irrepara
ble harm to hundreds of thousands
of people and greatly injured many
localities. As is fully shown in
the news story by Fred Lockley in
yesterday's Journal, the Flavel lots
are "being sold to 'hinformed buy
ers at figures that approximate a
scandal.
These lots with a 25-foot front
age and 110 to 117 feet deep, gold
at $500 to $1500, when the assess
or places their true value at $50
to $135, is a practice that cannot
be- defended. It means ruin to
people who cannot afford it, and
ln the end -is blighting to the pros
perity of the people In the immedi
ate vicinity. Ultimately, it is a
kind of business that society will
cease to tolerate.
Months ago. The Journal pointed
out the facts relative to this
scheme. The facts printed then
and now reiterated, in no wise re
flect on the legitimate property In
terests in Astoria and other nointn
where, values are stable and reason
able. Astoria will be the real city
of "the lower river, and it will
have a substantial and enduring
future of large operations. It will
eventually have a common point
rate, as it should have had long
ago, and Its permanent growth is
assured.
-But just as Portland has suf
fered, and just as Seattle has suf
fered, and just as Tacoma has suf
fered, from foolish flotations of
town lots to innocent purchasers at
impossible prices, the legitimate In
teiests of Astoria will suffer from
the.. Flavel wildcattingi
A close approximation of the
value of property is always obtain
able from the assessor's, appraise
ment. The value he fixes, consid
ered with the percentage at which
he' assesses, is a sure gnide to about
what the property is worth.
PRESERVE MENTAL BALANCE
T
hhj need or a proper nersnec-
tive by workers for social bet
terment is the central idea
suggested by the Reverend
Charles J. Dole In an article 4n
the Current Survey.1 . Social work
ers he asserts should always be, on
their guard against taking a dis
torted view of the condition of
society.
It is the natural tendency of the
specialist in every line of endeavor
to ascribe to his specialty a far
larger place in the universe than
it -really 'occupies. He loses his
perspective. Especially Is this true
where the heart and the emotions
are appealed to.
': It' Is to be desired, says Dr,
Dole, that men and . women who
are devoting their lives to the al
leviation of misery should bear in
mind always two things, that the
part of life with which they are
dealing is . not the whole and that
seal for the reform they have at
heart is no excuse for carelessness
or extravagance In the presentation
of facts. The most effective work
is done by those who combine men
tal balance with ardor and devo
tion.. Many a cause Is discredited
by the obvious extravagance of the
statements made by its champions.
To represent things as hopelessly
had is not the best way to, en
courage people to work for their
betterment. . . . , '
" The effect of a one sided view
ls: not limited to the particular
matter at issue but extends to al
relations of society; He . who
paints a picture of the world that
Is false In color and untrue in pro
portions is responsible' f for- far
reaching mischief. .The impres
sionable mind that is saturated with
the Idea that the world is fall of
injustice and evil forgets that
whatever of good there is in it has
been attained by slow and painful
effort and that the cause of fall
tire,; misery ancf crime is sometimes
due to the defect of the individual.
Letters From the People
CoaHDmicatkma aaat ta Tba Joaraal toe
abUcatiun in tola department abeuM be writ,
tea on oolr h aida nt tba naoer. abould aet
exceed 300 wca-tf la length'- and moat be e
compaoied toy the' stmt aod address of tbe
bender. It the writer does not" dealre to
bate tbe name pubiiahed, be (bould eo atate.)
"DlSFuaeloB is tba greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everything It touch r. : it
robe principles of : all false eaucUty and
throws them back oa their reasonableness. Jt
tbejr - bare no reaaonablea-sa. It ruthless;?
crushes them eat of existence and set no It
own conclusions ta their stead." Woodrow
Wilson. - - -
Commendation of Charities.
Forest Grove, Or., Nov. 23. To the
Editor of The Journal It is with real
satisfaction that' I read of the many
splendid plans for helping the needy
with whlcji The Journal columns are
teeming at present. One reason x
favor The Journal as a medium, is be
cause' of the strong humanltarlanism
it features at ail times. In Its "Let
ters from the People" these views can
be expressed at any time and by any
one. Its "Social service" columns are
always open, to Information regarding
the helpful work being carried on by
the Presbyterian Mission, that at
Scadding House -and that of the new
and last great work organized by a
private citizen known as "The Ben
Selling Resor$," where-a good hearty
meal can be procured for i cents and
the men are supplied with a warm
room, literature and shelter.
The Journal's editorial columns are
full of suggestions looking to the re
lief of the unemployed.
The two ar-
tides of November 19 and 20, captioned
When Men Are -Idle," should give
food for thought to the indifferent and
that class the hardest of all to reach.
the successful who .have no patience
with failures."
The latest commendable feature is
the winter relief bureau, where the
work is to be done systematically and
Judiciously. This will afford a meas
ure of relief that has heretofore oeen
fitful and unmethodical.
The Plan to fill the baskets this
year with substantial s to last a week,
instead of delicacies for a single day,
is an improvement oa former meth
ods. There is no longer any doubt
that charitable work, like big business,
to be effective and to do the most good
with the least money must. have co
ordination, unification and a grasp of
detail by those handling the work.
In direct contrast with this warm,
brotherly feeling and interest in Port
land's, poor in the report
last night's paper that
in
th-i
Associated Charities of Los An
geles has to go out of business on ac
count of a depleted treasury. Charit
ably, inclined persons, however, are
busily engaged ln raising a $50,000
Belgian relief fund, $30,000 of which
has already been subscribed. Verily,
consistency is a jewel! A. J. S.
Unemployed Men and I. W. W.
Portland, Nov. 23. To the Editor of
The Journal I see that the unem
ployed are to organize under the ban-
mer of the I. W. W. The I. W. W. is
going to give the unemployed mem
bership cards. Now it is well Known
that that organization is a dead one
with the working class, and they are
making this move to build up their
organization. They come out and de
nounce the Unemployed league, com
posed of honest working men with
families, who have recently organized
on the east side. All they seem in
terested in ln the unemployed is that
it will mean that the cheap soap box
ers will have a chance to live off the
mlssery of the unemployed. The I.
W. W., with its few members, and the
most of them men who would not
work if they received $8 for three
hours' work, doesn't want men who
really want to earn an honest dollar,
to get any relief.' I have never seen
these saviors of the working class
at any time do anything for that class,
only taice their money and in return
give tlem hot air.
xours, without a Job,
FRANK GALIN.
Oar "Visionary" President.
George Creel In Century Magazine.
America is a nation of incurable
dreamers. The heart of the people is
not found in ledgers, their aspirations
are not expressed in profits, and never
at any time have schemes of purely
material advancement possessed the
largest appeal. v
This Is the explanation of Woodrow
Wilson. To attempt an interpretation
of his hold upon the popular imagin
ation in terms of strict mentality is
to commit one's self to. the patent ab
surdity that he is the first president
with brains. Others have matched him
in intellectual grasp, and what sets
him apart, even as' It set Lincoln apart,
is nothing else than an exact compre
hension of passionate Idealism as the
animating impulse of America.
Vision, spirit, ideals, without the
clew afforded by these dream words
Woodrow Wilson is a blank, the United
States, stammering and unintelligible.
, The soul of the many is found in
tne far-flung idealism of the Declera
tion of Independence, not In the cau
tious phrases of the constitution.
False prophets and strange gods have
won no more than lip-service, for
deep ln the heart of the nation an
abiding faith in the ultimate triumph
of love. Justice and brotherhood re
mains untouched. Financial genius
may-be given its sorry day of hom
age, yet Its right to control the des
tinies of America has never failed to
be resisted, and the great money
makers do not live in memory beoynd
the reading of their .wills.
What larger confirmation Is needed
than the present impregnable posi
tion of Woodrow Wilson? He lacks
color,, exhibits no mastery of spec
tacular values. makes no dramatic
tours, contributes little to the thing
called "human interest." that queer
newspaper- compound of anecdote and
unconventional - Incident; yet no man
since Lincoln has niched himself so
lneradlcably in the confidence of ihe
people.
He has had the vision to see be
neath the stamanciea of materialism
down to the well-springs of an Intense
spirituality. He does not mistake
backwaters - for the living stream.
The insistence that he Is the last word
in well-ordered intellect, a personality
as cold and remote as though Kant's
'"Critique of Pure Reason" were gal
vanised Into action. Is the stupidity
of. muddlers who have lost all touch
with the elemental simplicities. 1
The White General.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The war myths have already begun
to grow, not the myths of false and
exaggerated reports of atrocities, but
the stories of supernatural visitations.
Tho most. Interesting of them comes
out of Russia, where It Is . said that
a white general on a white horse is
riding through the ranks of the armies.
If he looks a, soldier full in the face, J
that man cannot be killed by bullets
or bombs; but. if he passes a soldier
with averted eyes, that man is marked
t.or ttm. mv vkku Bwn 10 me
A FEW SMILES
Miss Vane "He was talking to yon
about me, wasn't he?" vr y;
Miss Spalti
"Well, yes."
Hiss : Van a "!
thought I heard him
remark that I bad a
thick head - of hair.
Miss Speitz-
"Partly correct. He
didn't mention your
hair, however.
r- . . iv.n..MM f . cer-i
Owutg to the shallowness of a ccr
ta.'nTJrbor he X .trading' to Vnd
from It Viav tn T. built With a Iltfni
drafts. Commenting
on this fact one day,
a facetious Individ
ual remarked to the '
skipper of a steam
er:
"I reckon, captain, (
you would think .
nothing of running
your ship across a meadow on a dewy
nightr'
"Nothing at all." came tho reply;
though, to make sure. I might send
a man ahead with a watering can.'
Debutante
He said he would go
through a raging
flood Just to look
into my eyes.
Chaperon When,
last night?
Debutante No:
fast night he phoned
that it was raining
too hard for him to
J udge.
Russian armies for two weeks, but hla
presence la reported among the Ger
mans and Austrians, and he is said to
be riding through their . camps and
about their fortifications with his
eyes to the ground. How or where
this story of the spectral visitant orig
inated does not. appear. It may have
come from the heated imagination of
a Russian patriot to whose eyes the
general manifested himself in the dim
light of the campfires, or It may have
been deliberately created by a wise
man. who understands ths psychology
of victory, with the Intent of Inspiring
the credulous peasants in arms with
faith in their Invincible strength and
belief In the foreordained doom of their
enemies.
We may expect to hear more of the
same kind before the winter is. over.
The great white north is fertile in
myths because its people are credulous
children, a century behind the rest of
Europe in political development ana I
Tirnhohltr twn fnrur1pa Kehind in in- i
tPiier-tnal wkf.nintr. Thev belone to I
,i .i .ik. ,i t, minv I
LUC CIU nilCll '1110 W1Q VUC. .J -, I
Dutchman was originated, and are not
much Deyona tne era in wnicn some
Irish imas-inatifin nrolected the Ban-
shee Into the consciousness, of the
Celts. The Banshee is real in rural
districts today, and there may be some
sailors yet who dread the apparition of
the Flyinsr Dutchman ln the wind
swent regions of the hidden reefs
Likewise the white generkl may be
worth a regiment, or perhaps a divi
sion, to the Russian generals ln some
crisis, for the unreal is sometimes the
realest thing ln life.
About Lord Roberta.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Lord Roberts was modest In his ac
counts of his own exploits. Here is
the story of how he earned his Vic
toria cross. It was at an engagement
on the banks of the Kali Nadl at
KhudaganJ. The British, had dis
persed the enemy and wsre pursuing
me iugvuve. wnea ui. ruer wM
given 10 wueei iu liio iibql axiu iuiui
up on the road,
"Before, however, this movement
could be carried out we overtook a
batch of mutineers, who faced about
and fired direct into the squadron at
close quarters," his story ran. "I
saw Younghusband fall, but I could
not go to his assistance, as at that
moment one of his sowars was In dire
peril from a Sepoy who was attacking
him with his fixed bayonet, and had
I not helped the man and disposed of
his opponent he must have been
killed. The next moment I descried
in the distance two Sepoys making off
with a standard, which. I determined
must be captured, so I rode after the
rebels and overtook them, and while
wrenching the staff out of the hands
of one of thenr, whom 1 7 cut down,
the other put his musket close to my
body and fired; fortunately for me It
missed fire, and I carried off tha
standard."
He added: "For these two acta I
was awarded the Victoria cross."
Heroic courage and perseverance
did much in the general's career, but
personal magnetism and tact probably
did more, boldiers say that It Is im-
possible to describe "Bob's" popularity
with his men. In his quiet, kind wav
he could get more work out of an I
;n n a
!H Th-cl
army than any Russian or German The money merchants have led the
general could with Iron discipline and way and other merchants are follow
adamanntine authority. Much of his iric- And when the manufacturers be-
popularity was due to his untiring in- gin to look upon those South American
terest ln his men. No complaint ever markets not as dumping grounds
reached his ears from a soldier but but as primary markets worthy of ba
the trouble was thoroughly Invest!- ns -wooed, the United States will be
gated by the chief himself. . to take her profit from the war.
tiuraette, tne ureat Uood Humorist
From the Los Angeles Herald.
One of the truly great men of Amar.
lea, who may be measured as such by
any one of half a dosen standards, has
gone to nis. eternal rest.
Robert J. Burdette was known by
name ana tame to tne world of litera
tureone of the great American
humorists, coeval with Mark Twain
and BUI Nye. To a closer circle of
readers he was known as a poet.
Among old soldiers he was regarded as
a patriot and comrade. To all the
people of this time and lace he was
our first philosopher, and to thousands
within an inner sanctuary ho was the
beloved pastor.
- Whether, then, we rank him as poet.
patriot, pnuoBopner, guide or friend.
all men say of him sincerely that he
was truly great and wholesome in
these varied roles which went to ex
press the infinite radiations of his
many sided genius; and that in what
ever he did, to write or speak, ia public
or in private, he did excel.
The rood that Burdette did ahall live
long after him, an Imperishable Influ
ence permeating thts complex civiliza
tion of the day and sweetening the re
lations of mankind, making for toler
ance, geniality and good humor.
He was preeminently the apostle of
good humor.
- in tne Beginning ne wrote for a
country lacerated by fratricidal war.
for a people whose tears were scarcely
dry upon their cheeks, or whose hands
were but lately washed of powder
stains.
He was a humorist who made fun
that was good natured. without a sting
of acid or a barb of spits.
Ha . wrote for' an obscure weekly
paper in a little town of Iowa, but
he wrote, so well that the paper ac
quired a national reputation and his
writings were reprinted from coast to
coast.
Tn 10 vfrm ht hart mait Ik, mmrtm
, of "Bob" Burdette and the "Burling -
ton HaWkeya" household words and
I was in eager demand upon the lecture
1 platform to. satisfy the curlosita- at
PERTINENT COMMENT
- SMALL CHANGE
Dyspepsia is one kind of food orod-
Pew women listen to half the thlntrn
they say.
9 m ' m
No man arjorovea' of flirtins- unljtn
he's in the deal.
There'll cum a threahinar time for
those who sow wild oats. . '
Don't borrow trouble. Sit tight and
m than enoueh will come aiona?.
'ban enough will come along.
Too manv oeonla anent vnnterdav
wnai iney were going to save
tomor-
row.
A man mav b rpmeeted for the en
emies he makes, but he is never en
vied. It 'doesn't coat much tn f a. r fl t
but many a man goes broke by feed
ing the kitty.
It is sometimes easier to aret what
we like than it is to keep on liking it
after we get it.
m m -
Sometimes a man's familv ire la
so shady that he doesn't care to show
it to his friends.
The man who won't work is alwavs
willing to atand around and hand ad
vice to others who will.
AMERICA'S WAR-MADE OPPORTUNITY
Vance Thompson in Philadelphia
k Ledger.
What can we make out of the war?
It is not one's first thought; and it
is certainly not one's best thought; but
there ia no reason why it should be
turned out of doors. In its last analy
sis this war like every other modern
war is an economic one. Only imper
fect knowledge can see ln it' a war of
kaisers a dynastic war. It Is a trade
waT.
There is no doubt the United States
can profit. By one of those curious
coincidences that make for a belief in
destiny, the war" that checked the
" ZT t ope , .J1
ake the place and for the first time
in uur uisiury. jmy lu iut jsbi utt-
ado have we manufactured more goods
than we could use at home. (Of
course there were a few exceptions,
but ln a broad way the statement is
true.) Then, just as that stable
equilibrium began to be disturbed
when wo began to make a. bit more
than we needed came the war. The
commerce of the world was dislocated.
" "s i....
'
The foreign trade of Germany, Aus
trla. Belgium is for the time being
.. . .
wnmuaiea. nai or ranee is wen
, , , ri.
seriously crippled. Now the foreign
trade of these five nations alone
amounted to nearly, $16,000,000,000.
You may be sure it has not been
overlooked. The state .department did
something. More precise and valuable
statistics were gathered by the Mer-
chants' association, of New York. They
have got together all sorts of Infor
mation technical, financial and
started a crusade for world trade,
which is already having incalculable
effect. And as they have gone about
it with caution and sagacity and wis
dom, they are helping to lay the found
ations of a permanent and enduring
trade.
The warring nations have lost their
grip on the markets of the orient and
South America there s a chance to
supplant them; and their grip is weak
ening on their markets in tbe United
statea and there Is the second chance.
WnjU w( nay6 tQ 8ell we can Bej,
abroad without strong competition, -and
what we have been buying in foreign
markets we can make for ourselves.
As to the foreign market, we have
never looked upon It as a primary mar
ket. Foreign lands have been looked
upon largely as a dumping ground. We
sent surplus to the foreigner. We were
not trying to give him what he wanted.
We gave him what we didn't want
ourselves.
At home trade methods are keen.
perfected; abroad they were left to
chance. There is the famous triangle
which has linked us for years to
South America. For instance, the
beef that came to us from Argentina
went by the two long sides of that
triangle. It went first to London and
then over to New York. England, of
course, took brokerage, for England is
bas been the broker of the
world. Wool went the same way; cof-
fet went the same-way; money .went
the i same way up and down the long
legs of the triangle. Always paying
brokerage In Europe paying tqfl both
ways.
It was not until November 10 that
v. Kstlnniil Citv hanlr of Xear York
eliminated the two long sides of the
I Th un bmnrh in
n,,,... air
or course, the wooing is the main
thing.
Th atorv of how Germany sought
for that Latin-American trade, worked
and wooed and kneeled for it ia one
of the traafc stories or trade history
now especially that she is ln the way
of losing It. She sent out scouts who
PRICE OF TURKEYS
By John M. Oskison.
There's aulte a difference between
II cents a pound and 40 cents a pound
for turkeys. On a 1Z pouna Dira icr
the Thanksgiving taDie 11 cornea 10
12.88. A saving like that ought to
appeal to any housewife.
In Its search for siones 10 uiubusw
tha possibilities of making real to you
and me, the American Society for
Thrift heard from somo women at
Ithaca, N. Y, who were mamng re
handed Inquiries for Thanksgiving
turkevs. From the local retau aeaiers
they received this grave statement:
This year tn aema.nu i
i.'rrnt and the supply Is limited. Yod
know, tha twkeyis on the road to ex
tinction in tnis country. We. shall
have to charge you from 32 to 40 cents
a pound."
These Ithaca women uiun . uwiij
groan and take the outcners wora.
They were organized Into a local mar
keting association, and so they aaid to
ona another: "Let's go out to the
farmers and find out about turkeys."
And they did. Tne iarmera naa
plenty of turkeys; within a zw mile
a people, who longed to see and hear
him. .. .
. ft.. rt the man eharmea
thousands who met him. even aa his1.
writings had delighted minions 01 un
voted readers.
His place ln the hearts of the. nation
ha made secare. for his sunny phllos-
I ytnhw -tBmm what thv needed.
1 When in: tbe later years of his life
I Burdette took up theology and entered
I upon the ministry. . it seemed incon-
taxuoua to those who naa oeen taugnt
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS
An Esperanto class 'has been organ
ized at Kuc-ene
Echo la henceforth to enjoy police
firotectioa at night, business -men hav
ng formed a fund to employ a watch
man. . . -
a
'"One of these bright days," prophostas
tKe Kast Oregonian. Pendleton will
wake up with a postoffice of the first
class."
a a
The altitude of the town of Silver
Lake has been officially recorded as
4476 feet by Knglneer Parkhill of the
reclamation service, who has estah.
lished a bench mark.
- - a
--Eugene Register: A novel idea is
oeing introduced into the Eugene hieh
school in takinif ud a subscription of
o cents irora au the students that will
contribute. This will be used for hiyLltterson, -which la - on the weatrn
ing cloth, which the domestio science'
gins wiu then sew into the rougher
garments for the soldiera of tha Eu
ropean war. The garments will prob-
aoiy Dm eeni 10 ine Belgian soiaiera.
"Safety First" note In Echo Enter
prise: "Alter, wnr ana raitnrui effort.
Asa Thompson tells us that he la go
in to be successful in setting con.
structed for the city an underground
roadway at the foot of Kennedy street
at the point where the school children
nave. to cross tne tracaa oi the O-w
R. & N. Co.. in order to get to the
scnooi nouse.
visited. even the little villages. They
had nothing to sell; what they brought
back were samples of everything the
natives used the kind at things they
liked. They brought back even, sam
ples of the kind of paper and string
the natives liked to have their goods
tied up in. And knowing the market
the Germans made their goods to fit
the want. Then only, the commercial
travelers went out with their samples
and with them, by the way, went a
financial crew to arrange satisfactor
ily the matter of credits.
Somewhat In this way the American
merchant will have to go after the
Latin - American trade, if he Is to sup
plant the "foreigners" If he is to
build up a permanent trade.
The opportunity Is there, as It is ln
the orient, in Australia, the world
over. Indeed, over in old Euron tha
opportunity waits, for their manufac
ture has decreased or stopped; but the
nations, even those at war, will not
cease to use manufactured articles if
they can get them.
Only you have got to give tho for
eigner what he. wants, not what you
tnink he ought to have, and when you
go trading with him you have to talk
his language and meet his ideas of
payment. And the warning the experts
send out is that there is no use looking
for "snap profits"; the United States
will profit by the war If she lays
broad foundations for a well organized
foreign trade.
At home the profit taking has al
ready begun. Germany had made anl
immense invasion of the home mar
kets. In many manufactured articles
It was Impossible to compete with her.
Now that her ships no longer come to
port these articles are being manufac
tured here. Not as cheaply. Labor
costs more. But even at that there Is
a fair chance that this trade will never
go back again to Germany's manufac
turers. Do you think there will be cheap
labor in Europe after this war?
Think It out. I do not believe there
is any exaggeration in the statement
that already 2,000,000 men, those who
did the work of Europe, are dead, dis
abled or permanently incapacitated for
tool handling. And, onthe other hand.,
think of the work that has to be done
over there that will have to be 'done
when this ferment of destruction haa
died out. Thete will be work for all
the men who come whole or half
out of the war. I do not think we need
fear the competition of "cheap labor"
for many a day. '
And I'll give you a stronger reason.
When the artr.ies in Europe are done
fighting the people of Europe are go.
ing to have something to say to their
governments and that will keep them
busy for a while. Crowns will be
cheau and sceptres used for toasting
forks before there Is ultimate peace
in Europe and the dust of ruined edi
fices settles down.
From all . of which America may
profit with what heart it can.
And one thing I know: There is not
a trader, not a merchant of goods or
money ln the United States, who would
not stop the war today If the power
were in his money or his hand. None
of them wants that gain. But there it
Is. And there is even a kind of cold
inhumanity in not taking advantage of
the opportunity, for half the world
wants cloth and tools and food,' and
we have them all, and to spare.
You can. look at It In a larger waj
Tha United StatS3 ' is going to get
more than a passing profit out of this
world upheaval. It was in our destiny.
The Panama canal was but a hint, an
Intimation of it. Without the war, or
with it, it was on the way. In. a few
years the United States will find her
self the commercial center of tha globe.
Tho Europeanization of China and most
of Asia will give inevitably to the
United States the geo-political position
England occupied in the eighteenth
century. The war is only advancing
tha day. The only question is whether
we are ready for it. . -v .
BACK ON THE FARM
radius the women of Ithaca found hun
dreds and hundreds of them, and tha
farmers said that they wero having a
hard time making contracts to sell the
turkeys at 16 cents a pound to tho
markets at Ithaca.
Being organized, the women proposed
that the farmers bring their turkeys
and such other farm products as they
had to sell, and dispose, of it under
their .direction. In this way, apples,
pigs, potatoes, pumpkins, chickens,
cheese, butter and eggs, honey and a
variety of other-' fresh lam produce
in constant defnand, were brought to
,.-e sold under the patronage of tho
fomen.
That experiment was successful; it
led later on to the establishment of a
public market to which tho farmers
bring their produce to be sold directly
to the consumers. , .
In a good many cities tho public
market la established and familiar; in
a great many more It ought to ba.
Here is work that ought to bo dona
by the women of : tha country. It Is
squarely ln line with the need for
popularizing the thrifty. llfe -
to believe that preaching must be long
faced and long-winded, didactle and
dogmatic. Burdette carried Into the
pulpit tbe same sunny philosophy
which had animated his newspaper
chapters, or hia lyceura talks., t , ,
He proved to all man . that good
humor Is hot dissonant from good con
duct, but consonant with It;, that mer
riment goes with Christianity, because
to be Christlifce Is to be kindly, to
seek the happiness, of others, to smile
and make t mile.
IN EARLIER DAYS 1
By Fred. Lockley:
At the recent election. Jefferetii.
county was carved out of Crook cou-
ty.
unaer the new law, passed afe th
laat
"B-cimuii, -new counties avro
formed It 65 per cent nf ih
in the proposed new county favor tha
nking or a new county, and SS por"
cent of those in the remaining part of .
the county favor the change " . ; . . 9
v jetierson county ia about 17SS mil as
square. It. Is In the western corner
of Crook county, which. ' before the -separation,
contained 7771
mues. There are approximately 150i
voters In Jefferson - county it in--
viuues me warm springs Indian Tea- '
epratlon, and the principal "town are
Madras. Culver, and Metolius; Mount
border of the new cbuntv. e-fvaa iks
county its name.- '
It ia now proposed to carve out
another county fr0m Crook county, to
be known as Deschutes county.
It la interesting to trace; the 'line
age of Jefferson county. JOrlgtnally
" Prt of Champoeg county. Lat
k Wasco ounty w., carvfd out ot
..amtjurg county. . still later Crook i
county was carved from Waaco aun- !
ty, ana it became a part of Crook, and il
now It has probably rnadi its last '
v.!bu na nas Decome l erf arson
county. x I ' ' s U
Jefferson county, the nw Oregon j I
county, is named for Thorrja Jeffer- '
Son. after Whom Mann. Jif,r .
named. Rev. Myron Eells ajnd Profes- '4
sor Meany have made aonvjf very In ?
terestlng Investigations, fa to thsf
origin of the names of mSny oT the
counties of what was a partgof origin- 4
al Oregon but what la nom the atat '
of Washington ,V
It is unfortunate that fthe early
members of the legialatureyof Wash
ington territory did not Liise mors
originality in naming th counties.
Among the countlea in-tha stats of v
Washington which are naied after
presidents of the United States arc
Adams. Grant, Pierce, Garfield, Jef
ferson, and Lincoln. Clarkejtnd Lewis '
counties, are 'named aftefr te explor
ers, wno, in 1804, came through thfts
country to report to President Jeffer- f
son as to the value of the northwest. '
Ferry county was namedaf ter - tha
first governor of the statefof Waah
lngton. while Stevens count' perpetu-
ates the memory of fhe first terri
torial governor of Washington. Ben
ton county la named for Thomaa H. .
Benton, the early friend 6f Original
Oregon. Douglas county lajhamed for .
Stephen A. Douglas; King $ounty tot"
William R. King, vice prfialdent of.
the United States; Frahkllnfounty for
Benjamin Franklin. Thurain county
is named for Samuel R. Thiston, Ore-
gon's first delegate to congress. Ma--.;
son county is for Charles H. Mason,
Washington terrrtory'a first leef-retary. t
Whitman county is for lM. Marcus
Whitman is .1-1 - A, . -
. i ... ...aic. ....wav uicicaa wirgvui vw -
gon helped make thia ani American J I
stata. si i
Columbia county takes i'lts name
from the Columbia river. Inland coun- &
ty is named because most- of tHe'coun-S
ty consists ot Islands. Paldflc coun-
ty shows that the county girders tha,
Pacific ocean. San Juan cciinty takea
us back to the days of the ikrly Span
ish mariners,, and is the nalne of tha
principal Island In. San Jujin county.
Asotin county Is an Indian wwd mean- .
Ing "Eel creek" - Clallat county
means, ln the Indian tongas, "Strong .
people;" Chebalis count? means :
the "place of , sand.j Chelan!
cornea from Lake Chelan, nd; means
"deep water." Kitsap ia jin Indian
word meaning "brav." Kittitas '
county comes from the Ilan word
meaning a "gray gravel balk." Cow
11 ts comes from the IndlaA ttibo of
mat name. s,i ?
Klickitat county, ia namfd for thai
Klickitat Indians, and tha nme slgntv
flea "the robbers." SkagK'icounty la?
also named from the Indian tribe
whose home it was. Skairuia county,
signifies "swift water."- Okanogan
means "the gathering place.. 4 WAbkla- A
kum ia named zor an in jian ennu
CnAtran. mAan ' 'ain tot t f fc smfl1 HP-
upvAau, . r - . 1
i.vim m,fn " WKtl, Walla- I
CU1IU U. oil ' 1 . . . . .
means "running water." Taltjna means
hiar-k bear" and Whatcfen means;
"noisy water." Pend d'Orelltg Is named ft
for the tribe of Indians of that name.
The Indians were named bths sarly
French voyageurs, because gthey woro
ear rings. " ef ' '.
isf
The Ragtime Mcse
fr.
Neutrality.
With other men, it is noF'ngnt,
When others quarrel I am mute; .- .
I never get into. a fight, -
For quarreling to fighting- leads: . ; '
By anger into fights one'eftricked, .
And nearly every fighter bteda
And always one of them g$ta licked!
. -
Therefore, .my reason tflls fns that "
If I am fighting, by" andjfy, f
The chance is fifty-fifty l - . ? 1
That the licked person wp be L
This spoils the pleasure of g scrap. ll
Therefore. I always hold aay tongue
80 no man's fist shall change my map a
Or break my siata- or cavjg my lung. s
.Hi . . -. ..
If other men of courage hSeh, ,:
However, for the battle Pl r .
Their purpose I ahafll not oeery - ' j -It's
ther affairs and nonx of mine,
i.- . -
I like to see such heroes bt4d, . .-
As I may very boldly saw . ..v
tk.i. omla and nurtas I WtU hold.
And,
white iney re utiwrni. waaa,
awayl
3r
Putting Nations tn Ftwn. ( , ;
From the Philadelphia Tfiftgrsh."
Six months ago one of sthe ' stock
arguments In favor of International
disarmament was the fearfxil cost of
militarism. The debts of fas powers
were expected soon to compel a g an-,
eral laying down of 'arms. J
What fatuous optlmlamJ The .war ;
broke out August 1. Since Jfcan OreaV
Britain has Increased herotal na
inii trutebtednesa bv more? than 10
per cent. The other natloffl at war -
must have done, or be In tjgo process
of doing, likewise. g '
Reduced to simple termti this in
credible borrowing means flhat these
nations at war are being jplaeed la "
pawn to the money lendey Whoat
aucn ttmea of collective distress -pro- ;
cure perpetual mortgages upon the
taxpayer. It was held thafi no more f
than the interest (never thejprineipal)
of these debts could evey be paid,
even before the wav commenced.
this be financial madness. lej, account
ant a make the most of It, others can 1
make nothing of It. - . s ' . i
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