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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING,; JANUARY 5. 1915. L THE JOURNAL AX r!m!WTEfT kswhtmpes. t (ttuiibed ry awning ctt oo1 T ry sends? morning at Vke J on roil IU. BrHiitw o4 YumMTt Portias. Or tnwiwi ( in i.totiit at 1-ucimib. or tfaasnlaatrjai UMwacS ta ' tt matter. tfcl.t'rtu.Xr.S-.Mals TIT-S Iran. - ScfiartiaOTH rsa k tlass semsaTs. isu h mwniw rht Htmrtmn roe " (,LjU DVc.KiliM stM'KSaMtNTATIVIS t20 FWte .. ..Hew tori. WIS Pl MMi mat Mil J iwa'ta tbe tiaile4 Mutes xr Maslsei . i DAILY. . . baa tar..,..5 t Ows asoetS......' - tUKOAT. . , Ose ftar J.rf I Oo mmt ' An rar.. iiw ' On month In every great artist there is a large area of sel f-esteem. It 1 the reservoir which " he muatt during years' of drought and defeat, draw upon to keep his eoul fresh. Without this consoling fluid of egoism genius mum, Derlsh I" the dust of despair Jacnes Huneker, " """J" ; ' THE jlRlDGK CONTROVERSY' a I G ERTAIN taxpayers yesterday advised the Multnomah Coun ty commissioners to secure the use-of the upper deck of therallroad bridge. ' But they did not give advice as to what rental should be paid. Nor 'did they advise a lease for a period of 25 years. There are ! matters about this proposed lease on which the pub lic should be Informed before a final contract is made. It is doubtful If there is a citizen of Portland outside of the railroad interests who ! knows what, under ' the " pr8ent proposed terms, the . use of the bridge is to cost the ' people."- ' ,- The city commissioners offered the company J18.000 a year flat. The county commlLsioners are sup posed to be considering the rail road's demand of $53,000 a year . flat. Why so great a disparity in : - figures, and what is the. public status when, if the company cannot get Its price from one set of public authorities, the ner jtlations are ' transferred to another Bet of public authorities? The proposed contract is a very ! large transaction. With interest compounded annually, during the . .proposed, 35 year period, the sum the public must pay totals over $4,200,000. . Before any such con tract is made,; it should be made perfectly clear te the people what . they are paying for, and how much they are getting in return for this enormous expenditure. This bridge was not built for the sole benefit of the people of - Portland. The railroads had to i build a bridge because the old I bridge had outlived Its usefulness. j In these negotiations, a high re--1 sponsibillty rests on the- cpumty commissioners. . How much credit ! la the public getting for the streets ' it vacated as a free gift to the . railroad for the east .approach to i the bridge? Why is the upper deck of the bridge of such high value, and the land which the peo- pie owned and bestowed upon the railroads of no value, except when . wanted for public dock sites? THE HUMAN ENGINE E MPLOYES of the Bell tele phone system are being given opportunity' to purchase stock of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company by small an nual payments. Dividends are to go to the purchasers and be listed In part payment of the stock. The Washburn-Crosby Company recently put an extra check for $25 in the pay envelope of each of Its '700 Minneapolis employes, The only string on these bonus payments was that' each man was required to open a savings account; but when that was done the em ploye could, if he chose, withdraw his .money from the bank and spend it at will. But on November 1, 1915, the Washburn - Crosby - Company will pay-eyery man still In its employ who' was included in it original bonus one half as much as the In crease In his deposit for y the-year up to $25. If the man who started with $25brinfcs it up to $75 he will get another $25. If his ac count showsrr$45 he will set $10. . Thus, ln a very limited way, these companies are applying the Drinclole that . the emnlover in nr should be, at least a little con cerned in the welfare of the em ploye. By and by, all employers will realize that they should be as much. Interested In the employe as ;ln the plant. Ultimately, It will . be generally admitted to be sound t business policy . to have well fed and properly sheltered workers. ' -A human engine cannot generate energy and power without fuel any more . than It can be done by a ' steam engine. It is as sound policy in, business to take as much care of the human factor as of the In animate machine. A $2.25 wage . in a $3 age is as destructive to et- - iiciency as leuing me water run : low - ln the steam engine. All this . is faintly admitted by .. the : two ' companies above cited ; Their efforts to , stimulate thrift in employes is good .business, even If. It springs from selfish motives In a Portland, factory the other day, a Ud pf twenty applied for work. . He said he must have it lie explained that the family was without fuel, .without money and almost without food. "v.- - Though there. was no vacant po sition, the kindly proprietor made a place and put htm to worK. In a few days the worker broke down and had to' ulve up. He had been ' so long without sufficient nour- ishment that his physical system conld not stand the strain. Such, at least, was the conclusion of the. factory owner. THE. SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT W R. SELLING'S-friends should request the Oregonlan to change Its tactics in its fight , vu. Air, caiuu. uvj www ao much to Mr. Selling. . - 1SaaVW.he" eSlSll 8f8: - 7u A . , .A resenu the final struggle of Gov- ernor West and Ws political , m ahlnam t r Vaikafkn i r a! hanna r t n A paper Is absurd. Within a weeki?' ST JfL "J !S Governor West will become a pri - vate citizen.-. He did not seek reelection. He refused the requests -of thousands ;of Ul ol y name to be used. Had he desired to further control public affairs, as the Oregonlan foolishly and fu-. , i . , . , a. i t rilAl tr ihnon'nA fht 4 f j1 r a .ri I fin. 1 "r"0'"- 7."' - .I ".Proper and advisable tarily seek retirement from of flee, especially , when assured by thousands that his splendid services as governor would be rewarded with an easy reelection? Causes are never won by a course of injustice and unfairness. As a -strong friend of Mr. Selling, Governor West rendered, him con spicuous aid for the presidency of the senate four! years ago. There Is not the slightest probability that Governor. West is now lifting a fin ger in the speakership fight, and the Oregonian's attempt to drag him In as an Issue la bo absurd that It harms the Oregonian's own cause.' . . ' " Mr. Selling has better ground on which to base , his claim for 'the speakership. j THE FARMER'S MARKET c OOPERATION is the farmers' great need both In growing and selling tiis products. The selling problem was discussed by Dr. Royal Meeker, federal com missictner of labor statistics, at the recent meeting of the American Economic Association. While farmers have doubtless lost money through unscrupulous CiS? Jn;..- fl !!"! tributable to failure of the farm ers to acquaint themselves with market conditions before shipping. He said: The great majority of cases in which farmers, have shipped produce to commission ; merchants and have : received little or nothing ln return are not cases of dishonesty at all. In most instances the -loss Is due to ig-! norance of market conditions, bad . those countries now out of com packing, bad selecting and grading. mission, there is an extraordinary or poor transportation arrangements. Last August cantaloupes were ton in such quantities that commis-l slon merchants, refused to handle- On one day fifty-eight Car-1 S;LV,,hh "d'a..C". loads a day during the peach seanown ? e 7,000 f0"6116" f son. New York City received 116 .a?k3. th &hon ln tHs..bwt OflHnflrlo rvf ortnlaa Ana Am i-n XTrx vember. The market was so glutted that nsm .i n " vwuuivb - v. a. w a;iug f i; to $2 a bushel for bad armies .! while the producers were receiving , tv, 14 to 17 cents for good apples. Dr. Meeker insisted that the fault is due mostly to a lack of coordination in our economic system and scarcely at all to the dishon esty of individuals. Local cooDer- ative marketing associations were urged as a solution of the problem. They have proved f ficiency and their number should be increhsed. MR. MONTAGUE'S PROTEST I N SUNDAY'S JOURNAL, R. W. Montague protested in strong terms against the strictures oc casionally made in Portland on the report of the Portland school survey. Speaking of the report. he said: I doubt if there is a public sphool man of the first rank in the United States who does not know and ap prove of it. It is nearly two years nqw since the report was published. and yet hardly a month goes by but some working schpol teacher writes me for a copy, saying that he has seen and wants to -make use of it, and often these teachers write again after tney have got it and speak in the most glowing terms of its value. These are practical men engaged in the business, knowing whereof they speak, and it is reasonable to presume that they know a little something about jthelr own business. Mr. ; Montague was chairman of the committee of taxpayers ap pointed by' the districtHo have the survey made. Probably no man has a more intimate knowledge of all the facta connected with tho sur vey and its findings. All this lends interest to Mr. Montague's state ment wherein he further says: Th$ survey Was prepared by a group of the ablest public school workers ln the country, and they are in virtual agreement on all points. It Is a professional document which requires some professional knowledge for Its full comprehension, but I do not see how ' any intelligent man can read it and not see that every recom mendation ln it deserves the most con siderate study and thought, by any on engaged in that work, both brj account of the great eminence and ap proved ability of Its authors and on account of . the weight and -force of Its matter. I will venture the opinion that there are few large cities In the United States where It has not been given more and better consideration than here. , . Mr. Montague's statement la well worthy of confidence. It has; the merit 4 of offering thought that is constructive. It is made in an en deavor to sustain- the findings of the report a a valuable school pol icy for Portland. . It were better for the nubile I schools -of Portland if there were more Y0QB.tnictive and feer de- structlve citizens. It Is the more-s fashionable here 'to 'find fault.; There is never 'any trouble for an'" ut t year or two ago - . . . ; ....... . ' that. fYhfrt . borl ' a olmllar , nnilRft occasional t aisgrunuea leacner to get wide publicity for any anony mous attacks upon. the schools. Nothing on earth ia perfect. Anything can be criticized. But how much! disorganization, demor alization and destruction of disci pline does indiscriminate criticism o . . ... . J agitation certainly creates doubt and lack of ? respect amongj POpils. It; confuses the public and ln manv aW.lllo nntTtnaa tn afl .. 8irab sUtu . . u , ... teachers, as fast as they are (per- L - . - j i j...,,' tiri1 1ha in thA ronnrt th& 6anrey. Tnere ls,nndoubt- ediy r constant and steady progress toward a h, her eff,clency. - criticism of the schools . aUmIi , ,a . va oaa r uiytiiava i; w v . w w w , r w ' But much of the agitation poured forth ln Portland Is unintelligent and harm ful. ;-'..'..''. . , BIGGER THAN WHEAT F ORTLAND ought to be the center and headquarters of the fishing industry of the Pacific Coast. M We have a logical and geograph ical advantage over all other ports. This city Is only 130 miles from the nearest deep sea fishing grounds, while to the nearest bank, Seattle and Tacoma are 170 to 200 miles,; Portland, being nearer to local banks and just as close to the northern banks, has the benefits which vessels have from contact with fresh water ' in the river on every trip, and is the natural loca tion for a packing and shipping center. Large numbers of fishing boats from the Atlantic coast are com ing to the North Pacific as a re sult, of the. opening of the Panama canal. Four such vessels have al ready arrived, three of them going to Seattle, and the fourth to Alas- Ira ATH V- nnf malra i f nhinnf for the"e comi fl t of w boats to operate out of Portland? Is the subject not worth the attention of Portland commercial bodies? Oregon alone consumes $5,000,000 worth of fish a year. Fish is a chief article of food with a large class of foreign residents. It is a main article of diet with many European countries, and , wth most of the H8llnS fleet nnnnrtnUr, (a fnrw .t. Ine. n.t . r;. ,.Tv T qulllul f f 0t ,theeSn Coa,st i rri t i : . I , j . I . Mcmauu iur usu yui uy irji U..t lln. M Oregon th.T re ! nail in luc wuriu. yjuv vnneij1 fou"d 18 taken Ef ,f,lse the seven seas except ln British "tt "l"u.ul 1U limitless abunaance is tne nrmest and best for shipping purposes found anywhere. Oregon spends thousands of dollars every year to protsct and maintain the salmon industry. We have the opening' for a sea fishing industry that would bring manytnate enough to own-jso.ooo worth of times the , revenue derived from : drugs he can manufacture and sell to salmon fishing, and for which we!retaJ1 druggists undiluted grain alco should not have to spend'a cent to j J-J TinTZ: maintain. Nature and the ocean tion, or wine for sacramental use by furnish the supply. There is no (religious bodies upon written order of cost for producing the raw ma-, terial. In spite of all these advantages, not a fishing boat is plying in and out of Portland. We buy our fish from Seattle or Tacoma, and are continuing to use inferior fish, the better grtdes being reserved for shipment to cities all over the United States. We pay prices far above what we ought to pay. .. Again The Journal asks, since we could establish here a fishing industry that would bring us more "money than the annual wheat crop of the state, is the subject not big enough to challenge the attention of ouf public bodies? j AN INDIANA INDUSTRY A GREAT political scandal is now 'being aired at Terre Haute, Indiana.- Indictments have ; been returned against. seventy-two men ranging from the mayor of . the city to gunmen and including judges, the sheriff j po licemen and Other city employes, Mayor Roberts is accused of levying assessments upon propri etors of gambling houses, saloons and dance; halls, hiring men to haul repeaters to the polls,, intimi dating others In order to foice them . to" enter the alleged conspir acy, directing the making of cards of false .registration and so on. ; Many of the acts charged rare in violation of the federal election law and for this reason the federal government has taken a hand in the investigation. - While the men indicted are po litically classed ' as . Republicans, Democrats and Progressives It Is claimed that they . are . all : mem bers of what is locally known as the Crawford, Fairbanks-Roberta machine. - ; . , Commenting on the indnent3 the Indianapolis News vsays: i Precisely such crimes have for years marked - Terre Haute elections. The men guilty of them have never felt that there was the slightest dan - ger that punishment would follow. They have gone about the business tltug. it were . legitimate tn-i ury , T, " , 7 ZZ cleaning, luuiana is- uu ut um ; last states to be purgea oi a sys-. tem that' was inaugurated with the birth of the federal government. It was a system in which the presidency of , the republic was more than once put on the auction block. -. - .. " It was In Indiana that the fa mous Dudley, telegram was discov ered. The campaign of 1888 was at its height. - Corruption of voters had; been pushed to a point never before paralleled. May 25 Presi dent Foster of the National Repub lican League sent out a letter say ing that manufacturers benefited ; by protection were laggard In con- tributing campaign funds. He added ln a phrase that became fa mous, "If I had my way I would put all the manufacturers of Penn sylvania under the fire ;Jid -fry all the fat out of them." The let ter . closed with the remark, "if you give us the means to win the victory, we wilL do it. " Are you willing?" October 24, Colonel W. W. Dud ley, treasurer of the Republican, national committee, showed how the means were to be applied. He sent out the famous telegram giv ing advice on how to handle the purchased vote: Divide the floaters Into blocks of five and put a trusted man with necessary funds in charge ' of each five, and make htm responsible that none get away, and that all vote our ticket. It will be a happy event If the house cleaning now in progress in Indiana puts an end to a system that has been going on for gener ations. , A' notable example of personal economy has been set by Oscar Strauss of New York. In order to make greater contribution to re lief funds for the war stricken peo ple of Europe and local charities he has resigned from a number of clubs and societies to which he belonged. This is much better than to cut down expenditures for American products and labor. Letters From the.PeopI (Communications aeot to Tb Journal for publication In tbia department should be writ ten on only ona aid of the paper, abooM not exnied SOO words ta lengtb and moat be ( cipanled by the name and address of the sender. It tba writer does not dealrs to bare the name published, be abouid so state.) "Discussion is the greatest of all reform ers, it rationalises ererytbing It toocnee. It roM principles of aU false sanctity acd throws tbem back oa their reasonableness. If tboy bars no reasoaablenssa, it. rntblsesiy crashes them oot of existence snd act op Its swa conclusions la their stead." Woodrow Wilson. The Prohibition BUL St. Johns, Or., Jan. 4. To the Ed itor of The Journal I have just fln- , ished a hasty reeding of the so-called ' prohibition bill, as oreoared bv the ... . committee or 100. and as published ln Portlana Papers I 1bo note that ' approval oi .p' L ? 5'"cf 1T o! attention to a few of, the features of the measure and then note how the same looks. ., The constitutional amendment reads "From and after January 1, 1918, no intoxicating liquors shall be manufac tured or sold within this state, except for medicinal purposes upon prescrip tion of a licensed physician, or for scientific, sacramental or mechanical purposes." Section f the act as published says everyone can manufacture wine for domestic consumption, flow does this tally with the . constitutional amendment? Just look a little farther in section 6. If any person is fortu a "clergyman. Note-again the constitutional provis ion and then note the ease with which bootlegging will commence in Portland under the above provision. Section 11 provides that every per son or family can have five gallons of whiskey or high wines, or 20 gallons of beer, every four weeks. I presume this section is for the convenience of "dry territory." Section 24 relieves the governor of his duties ass "the executive officer of the state" and authorizes the at torney general to construct his ma chine whenever he is afflicted with the gubernatorial or senatorial bee. Not being & religionist, it is diffi cult for me to understand why the ne cessity for the amount of "hooch." this ill providesJSfor for sacramental pur- poses. One of an observing mind would be led to the conclusion that there was an intention on the part of some to take sacrament all the time. These suggestions are ail made on the theory that. the bill as published is as drawn. If the measure is drawn as published, then the measure might with propriety be entitled: A bill to render bootlegging easy In Portland; make the home a seething hell and bring perfect relief to present dry ter ritory." ., I promised to try w carry out tne l -wlll of the people as expressed at the 'ballot box. and shall keep that pledge. I am open to conviction when in error. r u. u. uwia. Neutrals' Rights. Portland, Jan. 4. To the Editor of The Journal The- administration has done -right in demanding freedom for our shipping on the high seas. - The United States, a neutral nation,' has suffered too much from the high handedness of certain belligerents. The time for demanding justice ' has come. And since the president has taken up the matter, it would be well to carry it to a Just and logical limit It is unjust and illogical that a war ring nation should be allowed to take liberties with the commerce of, a neu tral nation during the time of war that the same nation would not be al lowed to take in time of peace. While our declaration of .neutrality Is in foree. bur relations with all of the warring nations are normal. We have no part in the conflict no Inter est ln it on one side or the other. Our relations to. the nations affected are unchanged. It ; matters - not : too; us whether they5 are winning battles or losing them, -whether they have fleets Ut enforce our treaty - obligations or - 4 have no :way of forcing us whatever. Since . our diplomatic relations are normal, our tiwde relations with the' A FEW SMILES I tell you." said indescribable mdm of luxury in v lying In bed and ringing ftie' bell for bis valet" . "You've a valet?" asked Foots' friend. "No, but I've got a . bell." 'So many men marry now for mon- would not marry me for money, woulJl you, Harry?" v "No." sld Harry, absently, "I would not marry you for all the money in the world.1 And he was amazed wnen she -exclaimed: "Oh, you horrid, horrid wretch!" Little Bobby's father was a. doctor, and Bobby liked nothing better than to take his father's case in one hand. Ills overcoat in the other, and go down the street for a block or two to some Im aginary patient. One winter's day when he started out he forgot to close the door. 1 i j "Bobby," called his mother's voice sweetly, "please close the-door." " But Bobby was ia a hurry and went on.- "Robert,' came father's sterner voice, "close that door." Bobby returned and closed the door. Some time , later he came in quietly, put up the case and overcoat and started upstairs. - "Bobby," said mother Ingratiatingly, "how's you patient?" "Dead," was the laconic reply. "Gone dead while I was shutting that old door." Everybody's. belligerent nations should be normal also., " ' . ' " ' - If England wants to- prevent ship ments from us to Germany, or any other country, the only way she can do it without violating our rightsls to surround that country with land and water recognised as under her con trol, and then forbid our shipping to pass through1 It T - g Our president should, regardless of precedent, give all nations to under stand that what we regard as our rights as a neutral we will defend. Our threat would be respected. If the American power would not be -enough to throw the outcome of this war either way, there are enough other na tions whose rights as neutrals have been disregarded who woul be very willing to stand by us, Every bellig erent knows this, and force would be unnecessary. President Wilson should give notice to all of "the nations that we, as a neutral nation, expect to have our shipping treated in exactly the same manner "as though there were no war, and that we will, if necessary, back up our expectations. And our expectations would be realized. GLENN R. KLEINATJ. On Mr. Henderson's Plan. t Portland, Jan. 4.- To the Editor 9 The Journal -Aha! relief at last! The man from Amity has Invented the pa nacea for human wretchedness. Noth ing saner, nothing simpler. .Force the selfish bachelor to marry or fight. Give him the option of supporting a family, and incidentally .his employer. by cutting culled timber at 75 cents a cord, working ou the road at a dollar a day, or drilling his fellow man full of holes at 15 per (per month, not per man). Of course, we need a larger army. There are still a few starving miners left in Rockefeller's Colorado domain. Let's organize a grand army. (O. C Henderson says there are 100,000 out of work.) I think we could conscript nearer 2.000000 unmarried men out of work to murder the remainder of Rockefeller's surviving minions. Then, too, with a large army we could stir up strife with any old country. On1 second thoughts, however, that might prove embarrassing. If the sin gle men were all killed off, it might be the turn of. us married men next. But why limit It to three years? Surely we could as easily .Bay to the unhappy youth of 21: "Take this girl or I will sentence you to the army for the restpf your natural life." ,It's only a matter of a few words and the law. I would respectfully submit another plan for Mr. Henderson's able brain. Let's chloroform the brutes. A single man has no rights that a married man is bound to respect, anyway. I hope the time will come when the people of the world will .be enlight ened, not with the light that has flood ed the brain of the Amity correspond ent, but with the light from the un furled banner of God peace on earth and a brotherhood of workers, irre spective or race or creed. . A. F. MACKLET. Let War-Makers Be Fighters. Portland, Jan. 4. To the Editor of The Journal Talking about the United States going to war, let all who deem It necessary to go, go. Let manufac turers of war weapons or explosives of any kind fight It out at the front Let all persons having Interests to pro tect go ln person, and not send inno cent sons of fathers supporting fami lies. ' Keep brainy men and women at home, so the nations will have some Bhow of recovery. Kill the flower of the country and it will take decades to replace them. Let all persons, , be they kings, millionaires or toilers, look after, themselves, and no one be al lowed to vote another's life away. We should then have no war., it is because that intense desire to "serve" has been pounded in for so many-generations that people call it patriotism. There is absolutely nothing to It. - Class distinction Is fast going. In another 25 years I hope it will be gone. Before any country goes, to war a vote of those going to the front should be, taken.' No ruler has any right to say who shall destroy life or property in this enlightened age, unless a vote be taken of those concerned or having to settle the difficulty. What is fair for one life Is fair for another I know the cry, but this-will stop war quicker than any other way, and that is what we want, iret us put Drains to better use. MRS. A. J. M. A Treaty's Appeal to Reason., From the Philadelphia Ledger. A study of the articles specified in the treaty of Ghent astonishes the modern publicist by the number of questions that were left unsettled. At first glance the Instrument seems to be an invitation to endless disagree ments in the future. The commissions provided for, to fix. boundaries and adjudicate differences, .appear to be invitations to a renewal of hostilities. But the very: flexibility of the treaty proved to be Its strength; It implied mutual confidence, and was a tribute to the native fairness ot eacn nation; in effect, it said that -America and Great Britain were sufficiently sane and well poised to adjudicate their dif ferences by arbitration. : Both, the pre sumption and the principle have been vindicated.' - The unsettled, Questions were taken 11 . . . - . r a mm PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE Once a' coward, always a liar. Concealed knowledge is as useful as buried treasure. . . It's so much easier to pay. compli ments than bills. . Always try to get a front view of a scene with a mule in it. - Be careful how you drop remarks; they, may hit the wrong chap. Those who offer bargains get rich quicker than those who seek them. '- .... - As a matter of fact women don't think any more of their relatives than men do. . . Tour neighbors have a lot of nerve to imagine; that they are as good as you are. There are knockers enough in this great and glorious land of the free to beat all the swords on earth into luuniajD pens.. The surest si en that vnn . cr.f lng some sense Is when you realize "si tuuo is aomeining mat can never u recoverea. The thinars women tin wna nn.v no rtuuiun lor aoing tiiem usu- u.uy mrn out Deuer tnan the things men do because they have several reasons. A man may not be wllllne to admit that he is' beyond middle age but if you hear him talk about the . time when paper collars were in vogue you win mow tnat ne is. "SLAV MENACE"AN (Written for The Journal by James ; Davenport Whelpley.) "The Slav menace to Europe"-nuch talk is heard of it. and much, is written. That there is no such menace has been demonstrated -conclusively in the last five months. Such a united resistance as that which western Europe would present need go no further than an ultimatum, for the east would be help less ln the face of such .power and Such purpose now and as surely for several generations to come; With, double her present population, Russian armies would be outnumbered and out classed by the forces of the western allies. To . have a Slav menace for Europe It is necessary to assume, first, that Russia is gazing westward with long ing eyes and unsatisfied ambitions; second, that her strength is sufficient to warrant an attempt to satisfy such longing and gratify such ambition. So far as territory to the westward is concerned, Russia is now prepared' voluntarily to decrease her holdings in that direction by giving independence- to Poland.-' There are excellent military and economic as well as po litical reasons for this move. It was to have come about had this war never taken place. Flans were made for Polish Independence several years ago, and in the good time of Russia which Is always a lorn; time it would have some. The war hurried events and enlarged the plan that la the only change. , What Russia proposes to do now If victorious is to force Germany and Austria to add their quota to the sew. Poland and grant political independ ence to the whole of this now divided nation, instead of only to that part now known as Russian Poland. By doing this, Russia would build up a great buffer state between herself and western Europe, behind which she could, without hindrance, carry on the development of her own vast territory, a work at which a good beginning has already been made. There is only one direction in which Russia has ambition to. add' to the extent of her empire at the present time,- and that is toward the Darda nelles. That this passage from the Black sea to the great wafers of all the world is not hers now is the sorrow and exasperation of her people and the wonder of other nations. Heretofore England has stood in ber way, but now. with as good grace as may be under the circumstances, British oppo sition to such a move on the part of Russia will be withdrawn, for it Is the one accepted fact concerning any future division of spoils in case the EFFECT OF OPENING By John M. Oskison. . . This is written after a week of bond trading on the New York stock ex change and a week of quoted prices of a limited list of stocks that were trad ed in under the direction of a commit tee of the exchange. ' What has this week shown of sig nificance to investors? In bond trading the closing prices on most good bonds stood as the high prices for the week. On the very best the gilt-edge railway fours, for ex ampleone week of dealing showed an Increase of from 4 to 1 per cent in price. ' Among the 6 per cent bonds that are regarded as first class secur ity, the change in a few Issues was greater, but in -most the trading did not affect their price. Government bonds stood immovable, as did New York state and city bonds. During the week bond transactions amounted to $6,188,000, something under a normal week's record of sales. But what was most encouraging from the investor's angle was the ab senoe of any dumping of foreign-held bonds. It is evident that English and French holders of our bonds are pre pared to wait for better markets before selling. up one by one In course of time and settled satisfactorily. Of course, there have been tense moments aod occa sions within the last century when it seemed as Jf the principle of peaceable arbitration must be abandoned; but the spirit of the treaty of Ghent pensist ed and even the most provocative sit uations havi given way before the calm counsels that rew out of mu tual confidence. The Alaskan bor. der dispute, the Newfoundland fish eries? problem, the question of naval armaments on the Great Lakes, and even the Venesuela misunderstanding were adjusted with comparative ease when the broad principles of the treaty of Ghent were applied by the statesmen of both - nations. With the possibilities of interna tional comity so, amply demonstrated ln our own history, the United States is clearly in the position to . become a prohpei -among theltnations of the world. ! - -' The Mileage Graft. . "Prom the Springfield Republican. . If congress would reduce its ; own railroad mileage from a 20 cent to a s int basis, it would afford a demon gtration of its desire to economize m . expenditures more than ordinarily convincing. To allow zo cents a mue for railroad transportation is aft abuse of the- legislative prerogative In favor of the men who legislate. But it's sn abuse - so old as to be sanctified by age in the opinion of many, members. AND NEWS IN BRIEF OUEGOX SIDELIGHTS Logging operations west of Sumpter. on the Sumnter VbIIpw line the Rlua) muimiain American says, wui be con-1 ImrtZT,. il vn lu" w"-er-1 tuu sin cmp worklns vt t.. i v..t i .ti.. t-i 1914, as shown in yesterday's Herald, wat an indication of the progress of the ctty. That 1220,000 should be spent It. new homes and other buildings Is a most sausfactory record. I reer of three months, the Coos Bar I naroor nan conservatively dropped i back, to a weekly issue, promising: ex- I pansion toward the daily status as fast as support materialises. Medford Mail Tribune: No city In the world excels Medford in the amount I ui jJuviiiK ior us population. i ne City I boasts of 20 miles of hard surface I pavement, all of which was laid in the I V, iAye"rs- 1 no cosl approximates t.vuv.uuv. ... a rmniv h.Hi.. io v v... formed among the high schools of Umatilla county, exclusive of Pendle- ton, which is in the. state league. Prin- opal C. A. Guerne of the Athena school 1 win serve as county director of de- uv.n,.. ral u.iemii ur mi- Showinsr himself thnrnucrhiv natural. I Ized, Editor Young, of the Coauille I Sentinel, on New Year's dav printed I this in his paper: "On Christmas dav I ,mmf$hi 9? w,eather aSH. warm south winds and rain, and every-I bodv was hnnv oin it .m actly like the breaking up of winter and the coming of spring in the east." EXPLODED BUGABOO allies are victorious that Russia will j -oule into ner own in Constantinople. Waymlre, In talking in tne oonstitu A glance at the lTia.Il r AVAn 1 tria tlonal convention at Salem ln 1857 justice of her claim and the economic I uei.-BBsuy or fsuch territorial acnuiai. I v&i Russian empire now I has only on ontif .v- . I ice bound ln the winter months ana I that is through ""' r?? even -here, before the trade routes of musrpas. und e gs Tf SK forts. ?The Black seals to reaStv oiw a Russian hirhnr ...u iT 1 u ntrance Dansior, of R.V rr.PiPOe t0.th expansion of Russtrade. The stake firilnl 7 7 Tr!?.. ,, UI .n.f 1 determine the lines of her alliances and tempt her to put her for- wo it o war. Tnere would be no violence done to the people of the straits were Russia to become their ruler, for they could have no worse or more corrupt govern- ment than is now their portion, and I of the footpath. "That d d ' tele the new lord of the manor would be1 1 graph wire -was as tightly wound only adding a few mo thanunii h. round us as the Judgment of the lievers in the Koran-to the millions I cc :rt," said Fred Waymlre to the dele already under his authority. - There I gates- "My beet horse was ruined by wouiri h nn vinUn. An, I the wire cutting: his legs, and there I ' - - u w o .IS IIWO reiieion. . if thr. ia - .-. world which has an excuse for wairtns - eP a, war lor new territory, it is Russia. for the straits 6t the Dardanelles fall naturallv and lustifiahiv within .v, scope of Russian development. 'JZ ZZZ.l2 -Will retreat within herself, vanquished but unconquered, as she has done be fore, and will bide her time,: which Is a longer time than any other nation can bide or endsre, and then the sons pf -.those who are fighUna- today will seek the gates to the open waters, to hold them for their own for all time, for ln the end the entrance to the Black sea will, Inevitably fall Into Russian hands. ; . This gTeat war is only an Incident in the life of this mystical, slumber- us and altogether remarkable nation. Witn others it may mean the end of leadership; not so with Russia, for she ias a destiay to work out within the borders of an empire already greater than the world has ever seen one which will absorb completely the energies of her peoples for many sreneratlons to come. No, there is ne Slav menace to west ern Europe; first, because there Is no desire to menace; second, because if there were, a human dam could be built across the face of central Europe whlch would torn back even the flood of Russia's countless armies. Copyrighted. by Philadelphia Public Ledger. ; 1 NEW YORK EXCHANGE In thia.first week of bond trading, too. the banks tiat -had loaned on stock exchange collateral (ostensibly call loans, but in effect time, loans because of the closing of the exchange) reduced their rates from a general average of 6 per cent to 4 and 5 per cent - As compared witn rates or last juiy, oe- fore the war broke out, new time loan were at a rate of 1 per cent higher, and on loans based on commercial paper the rate was "only of 1 per cent higher. Under the rule adopted by the ex - change committee, stocks could not be traded in at prices under those which prevailed at the closing on July . ...... .v.- i . printed on 102 stocks, and most of the active Issues were in the list Steel Reading, showed advances above the July 30 prices. Union Pacific from 112 to 115. and Reading from 187 to Uf The best investment stocks did not show any consistency about half re t nait re - malned at the July 30 prices and about half rose from ne to three points. Especially in : bonds the reopening was encouraging" to investors. The Ragtime Muse . 4- Ballade of Things Achieved. I've sailed ln tall ships over the sea To London town, and to far Cathay;! I've been ln the nortb where the blue bergs be; i In the south Tve . dropped to the troolc day:: My feet have roamed o'er the wide " " v From stark Cap Horn to the Kattegat: Yet one admission I can't denv I've never dwelt In a three room flat! I've been balloonlag above Paree; I've tried my fortune, and had to pay Tn Monte Carlo: at half Dust three I've topped Pike's Peak for the sun rise gay; . rve gone in bathing in Naples bay; I ve bowed at tne, serine oi tne Boa hlsat: But if you- ask me, I answer "Nay! I've never dwelt ia a three room riat I've been put by snder lock and key; I've arone to battle witnout dismay; One time a woman had married sae , Had I not firmly, declined to stay.' (Torn A to lzzara, ana dsc to a. I've had experience yet this chat Is to assure you,, although I'm gray, I've never dwelt ini a three room flaL ' ' - . L'ENVOl. I've had mv ft in : and fve said my sav: .'Tis ttme no doubt, for an end of that; f- - Yet maybe you think Z mm a Jay - l ire never awew ia a three room flat Uf XAltY DATS" By Tred Xcklr. Special 8taT"Wttta ef Tke Journal. ' . b ine uregon spectator ior ep-1 temoer. 1S4S, published at Oregon City, then the metropolis of old Ore gon, you may read that 1 newly ar- rived Immigrants from tho i states brought newspapers dated as late as April Z3. This news, five months Old, was eagerly printed by the Spectator -h itr now." from th. .- Th. immi.n.. .i. hmn.M' fh. news by word of mouth that ' the I United States senate had passed the Dili giving ireat iiritain tne requirea year's notice of the termination of the Joint. occupancy of Oregon. ln m Todd & Ca eUrte4 the flrit J?" company irt Oregon, -uugao & Co- a bra"1-11 of the Adams Express wmytLuy si mo ewiorn tiaim, emiit also In 1851. A year or e later W. G. T'VniiH tartw. "T'Vsnlt. Oromn nnt Shasta express." Soon Wells, Fargo & Co.. whose oldest agent. C. C. Beek- niaa sUll lives at Jacksonville, .in southern Oregon, came into the field and put the others out of business, It was soon felt that there should be speedier communication, so Charles p. , johnson of th Alta . California T,i.,.h .r.mnnv nronosed a te e- graph line to connect Portland with San Francisco. A company was r- ganised and In 1855 poles were erected and wires struna- from Portland - to nin nir tv ftraf mamiica to f I sent over the wires was on November i, .err n,t tA pnH. 185R' from Oregon city, to orr- land- Th construction was started southward from Oregon City via La-1 fayette, Dayton. Salem and Corvallls. The line finally reached Salem, but there It Btayed, or, to be more exact. it didn't stay, for the farmers cut down the poles and their wires and used the wires for clotheslines. Fred against allowing corporations to do ousiaess in uregon, saia ne na bwu "" . . lisrhtnin'-usin' enterprise." The fran chlse and property were sold. The promoters had flitted to California, so th 0rgon tolders were held for ' our troubled -aid Waymire. "The wire as down, giv- I lng trouoie to loose iioc ana ijuiB .lonlE the ro.ds. We couldn't get rid of the thing. We were held liable for the MtB of the corporation and the sheriff went Into our pockets Tor what the achemefs had stolen." When Judge George H. Williams rendered the de- I .i.inn jralnat th Ktrtckhaldera, Frea Wovmlr. "full nf infllarTtetian. and. Ad I Riurr-. whiskav.' started for home. His horse stepped in a cofl of wire and soon wound his rider and himself tightly to a tree y the side I , -, I staved in tne aars: cubbui ui v,ho mt ,nto tne and wishing 1 a . . - Y Aka a aV bbt4 s a eaap a jsj fAAtl I ln m .l v. . . . T : . I. p necK?. naa " V.," 1. draw it. wo. sir; no corporawon. anv kind, sort or character for me." However, a few years later. In 1881, another effort was made to secure a teTegp.h line for Oregon, jT E. Strong organised the Oregon Telegraph com pany to build a line rrom roruapo to connect with the caiirornta line at Yreka. W. S. Ladd was elected presi dent; S. G. Reed, secretary; H. W. Cor- Dett treat urer, and John McCraken, aUpertntendent The directors were y. S. Ladd. D. F. Bradford. A. G. Rich- ardson, Chester N. Terry and A. I ixjvejoy. The Hhe was completed 1rt March, ll4. The first message to be sent was from W. 8. Ladd at San Francisco to Portland on March 5, 1864. The next message was from Su- perintendent Gamble at San Francisco to Superintendent Haines at Portland, and consisted of five words, Glad lo hear from you." . IQ he 8an Francisco Bulletin tne following letter from their PortUnd correspondent appears under the date of March 11. 1884: Portland. Or.. March 11. 18G4. At ttm rlanm of my last letter I men tioned that the telegraph line between Portland and California had been com pleted. From some hitch or break in the wires, communication was not had ovitr the line at once. The first os- JJ h t through from ? San Francisco reached 'here at 4:30 p. m. 0( Saturday, the 6th Instant It was from our townsman, W. 8. Ladd, of the firm of Ladd & TUton.'to his chief 'SSSTS& iSSLTS nni it oarrctiv uDon the record of the I Bulletin while it is fresh. There is I no teilina- the amount of learned con- troversy and critical disputation - It nT v ?r iaTt JntJj,' St . -teamboat fh. first I Jyent8 the dates, and incidents ef which 'are likely to become Important when the genius or mstory inau ao rait our sayings and doings to a place upon their commemorative -sages. , "The first dispatches that passed between here and the Atlantic are the two following, between the mayors of 1 Portland, down east, ana x-omena, o I west The one from Maine was re- j eel ved here at P- ". I Inst. '; , n I Tnr-inri1 Or- March I. last. 19 the Mayor of the City of Portiano, I Maine. roruf" ' ... Portland oi tne Auanno th older alster. one In name. May w htrfJ ?t.HW r T"rn tToAK Mat"'-i , u . - TIA VI 1) lXJViAJN. ayr. " 'Portland, Maine, March . 8, 184. (Received 8th. l:0 p. r m,) uavia uo- 1 " u.i.. n Port. I f1"1; lrt:i"'-' w' 7C.' Zi .ts land. Orregon " this morning greets her fair sister. The flooos ciap ineir hands, the hills shout lor joyi st me sun in all his course witness: our undW minished love and sleepless vigilance, as we keep th gates of the republic. 'JACOB - MCLKLiUAW, ' " 'Mayor of PortlandV Maine. , j.aBBaBaaiasaa.aaasSiS'"'"s aaaaaaassw The Turkish Idea. ' -From the Kansas City Tiroes. - j1' JJ rliT,tn Et T-Isn about the British rule in Egypt, isn t lit justT" ne was "- ,, V acUy the trouble," he replied,-; I have ttw more influence with the govern- I ment than the water carrier. Of what i use has It oef n m wr nwu ""5 -ocumuUte ' riches' If they bring me no more favora from the govern ment than the water carrier can get who has no moneyf Has anybody happened to notice the Turkish idea cropping out in spots la I the United States? The Sunday Journal The Great o Home Newspaper. . coniuts of j.' , Five newt sections replete with illustrated features. Illustrated magazine of quality. 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