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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1915.
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A PRESIDENTIAL VETO
T IS on two points that Presi
de I; dent Wilson vetoes the Immi-
1 I gratlon bill. In his own lan-
guage, they are:
2 - It seems to ell but close entirely
Mhe sates of aavlum which have al
ways been open to those who could , Oregon's existing: Institutions, and
iflndno where else the right and op- i the establishment of new Oregon ln
;portunity of constitutional agitation ' dustries, created by the pending
Jfor ' What they conceived to be the j changes in International trade and
niaiural and Inalienable rights of men. manufacture due to the European
I Jt excludes those to whom the op- watV the shifting economic conditions
;7ortunlttes of elementary education
7iave been denied without regard to
riir cnaracier, ineir purposes, ur
?helr natural capacity.
It is, proposed to turn away from
tests of character and or quality, and
Impose tests which exclude and j
O-eatrict; for the new tests here em
bodied are not tests of quality or of
character or of personal fitness, but
jteta of opportunity.
3 .Those who come seeking oppor-
? unity are not to be admitted unless
hey already have had one of the
3'hlef of the opportunities they seek
3 the opportunity of education. "'
t Whatever may have been pre
Aious opinion of the literacy test,
rthe clear and lofty analysis by
3Jbe president must shake the con
fidence In their view of those who
iave been in opposition.
S Rudimentary education is an is-
ue of opportunity. Poverty of en-;
3'lronment is almost always the ex
gilanatlon of illiteracy. Common 1
School training Is not as wide open
all peoples, as In our own land,
f Congested population, the bur
den 'of militarism, poverty of re
sources drive countless Europeans
into the labor of breadwinning be
fore there has been time to attend
the bchools to other than th most
limited - extent. The character or
purpose or the capacity of -the Im
migrant is therefore not in the
yeast attested by the literacy test.
; There is rare, modest and beau
tiful thought In the message. Its
f)oise, its adherence to American
Jraditlons, its grasp of American
estlny and its delightful acknowl
dgnient of the humane side of life
y.re a crowning testimonial to the
ialance and majestic intelligence
. )t the great helmsman in the
3.merican White House.
2 Not often do a people hate a
Jeader.on whom they can look .With
$uch abounding confidence. . ' .
TILLMAN'S ADVICE
ENATOR TILLMAN advises
congress to go slow in expending-
millions for battleships
, until they can be built in the
light of lessons from the European
var. As chairman of the naval
committee he opposes building any
Ureadnougtats this year, despite the
Administration program, and fa
vors four battleships next year of
type most desirable in view of
Experience in Europe.
lie insists that we do not know
ust the type of battleship that
fhould bo built. He declares that
Jialf a dozen or more battle
xruisers, strong enough to put up
a good fight and swift enough to
i&tch. anything afloat or .run away
as occasion might dictate, would
serve much better. He predicts
hat many theories about battle
ships and submarines will be ex
ploded by the war.
j It seems to be sound advice. It
fas been demonstrated that speed
Js an essential factor in a fighting
hip. The slower Bluecher, al-
I hough faster than any battleship
he .United States iias, was sunk in
the North sea, while the faster
-German cruisers escaped the
.British.
4, senator Amman aoes not pro-
' I est against maintenance of
an
idequate navy, but he counsels
hat when the nation spends its
, pillions lt should get ships that
- vili not be scrapped almost as soon
: is they are constructed.
THE LEWIS BILL
I a BILL to limit the discrepancy
j A : between the ' assessed valua
V tion and. selling t valuation of
r real estate required for pub
lic' use, was . introduced In the
touse yesterday by Representative
ewJo of Multnomah.
! Conditions In - connection with
he buying of private property by
'Ublic bodies for use of the public
ire better than formerly. But
there Is still need for legislation
tor regulating the practice. Prop
erties have not Infrequently been
purchased in Oregon at four to ten
times the assessed value, in spite
f a law directing , that property
!e assessed at its true cash, value.
Within five years, the Portland
ublic la estimated- to have - paid
$1,230,000 In excess of a fair price
for property needed by the public.
The .fact explains in . part why
taxes rise to such a height, and
hy . -workers are 'overburdened
with a great load of public obliga
tions while the idle rich and specu-
iators fattened opon " their sacri
fices, -' , ' - - : - ' -A
..The abuse - obtains to - a. limited
degree In counties outside of , Mult
nomah, notably in the purchase of
school sites and other lands for
nubile use. A further imnortant
consideration are prices put upon
lands when money Is to be bor
rowed from the school fund,, which
is not ; infrequently equivalent to
future- purchase of " land by the
state,' is 'out - of ' all proportion to
values put upon the same land' by
assessors acting in a trust capacity
for the state? In no ' Instance
should a larger amount than the
assessment value .averaged for- the
five preceding years be loaned from
the school fund. -
The Lewis bill Is well worth In
telligent consideration and favor
able action by the legislature.
A GOOD BILL BEATEN
A
SPLENDID eature in. Gov
ernor Wituycombe's message
to the legislature was his
recommendation for a trade
commission. The governor said:
I propose that you authorize the
appointment of an unsalaried com
mittee of seven experienced business
men whose duty It shall be to Inves
tigate the possibilities of profit to
produced by the Panama canal, and
our rapidly enlarging commercial
openings In South America and the
Orient. And I suggest that some
portion of the money hitherto de
voted to publicity be placed at the
disposal of this committee for the
employment of an expert who shall
devote his time to its work under
the supervision of its members,
It was a plan of broad Intelli
gence. It was one of the best of
several excellent recommendations
in Governor Withycombe's mes
sage. A bill carrying out the rec
ommendation and employing the
governor's exact language was
drawn by former Governor West
and introduced by Senator Kella
her. Carrying an appropriation of
$2500, it was. reported favorably
by a majority of the committee on
Industrial Relations. It was killed
in the senate yesterday by a vote
of 18 to 11.
The service a Trade Commission
could have rendered the state is
almost without limit. It coald
have found new markets for prod
ucts, which would have meant new
employment and more wages for
Oregon workers. European trade
with South America is broksn
down by the war, and there never
was such an opportunity for Ore
gon to-form trade relations for
the absorption by our southern
neighbors of the output of our
mills, factories... orchards, and
fields.
The Panama canal brings the
state in very close touch with Eu
rope, and opens up a field for what
we have to 6ell in a way to lay
at out feet a magnificent oppor
tunity for extending our markets
and expanding . our exports. A
great war. that " may continue for
years opens up an extraordinary
condition for the establishment ' In
Oregon of industries whose output
our own country and the world
would require.
A Trade Commission for study
of conditions and promoting activi
ties for which this unprecedented
economic situation affords- scope,
would be in position to render
valuable service affecting . favor
ably every resident of this state.
There Is a kind of economy that
is expensive. There Is a brand of
so-called retrenchment that is not
retrenchment but downright ex
travagance.
There is an important difference
between an appropriation and an
investment. Thoughtful people
throughout the state are very cer
tain to hold that the Senate made
a very great blunder in defeating
the governor's plan for a trade
commission.
A VALUABLE REPORT
0
NE of the most complete treat
ises on good roads ever is
sued is the report of the
joint committee on federal
aid In the construction of post
roads, of which former United
States Senator Jonathan Bourne
was chairman.
It contains data showing the
laws, customs and practices in
highway construction and manage-
ment in the several states and in
foreign countries, the results ac
complished, cost of construction
and maintenance, plan of raising
revenue, etc.
In addition to a synopsis of
good , road bills introduced in the
sixty-mira congress ana congres
sional action upon them there are
many tables of comparative statis
tics bearing on highways,
Like the annual report of State
Highway Engineet Bowlby It Is a
monumental work which will serve
for a text book .for aU those inter
ested In highway improvement, v
i no rvpoir mattes no recom
mendation of any particulars plan
lor federal. aid but makes a gen
eral argument In favor of it,
bpeakmg or the economic Im
portance of good roaas the report
says that the cost of railway trans
portation has -nearly ".reached, its
minimum and that the great prob
lem In effecting economy of trans
portation of produce lies In reduc
ing the cost of transportation over
the public roads.
The average cost of highway
transportation in. the United States
is 2 1 cents per ton-mile: On the
hard surfaced roads ' of Europe it
is. s cents per ton-mile, if thn
there could be road Improvement
uiv.u. w"um an average sav -
Ing , of 8 cents per ton-mile and
the average haul be 9 miles there
would be a saving of 72 cents per
ton on all produce transported over j or ". lost . limbs recovered - it is a ,' greater. ' But they will not assume
the roads. This saving, applied to ! comfort to have these assurances satisfactory proportions until - the
the 700,000,000 tons hauled yearly and to feel that if the professor Is , United ! States js a genuine partici
over the highways, means a total correct material wounds will heal.fPant in all forma of - legitimate in-
annual ... saving; of $504,000,000,
enough to pay half tha expendi
tures of the ' government of the
United1 States.
THE CONSPIRACY BILL
I
HE house shows signs of hos
tility to the conspiracy bill,
introduced by Miss Towns.
Here is the vital part of the
bill: -
It two or more persons consdre
either to commit any offense against
the state of Oregon, or to defraud the
state of Oregon, or any city, or coun
ty, or town, or road district, or
Bchool district therein in any man
ner or lor any purpose, and one or
more Of such nartiea to auch eon-
SDiracv do an act to effnc.t tha nh.
Ject of the conspiracy, each of the f
parties to such conspiracy shall be
fined not less than the sum of flOO,
etc., etc. ' :
What explanation can any mem
ber give the folks at home for op
posing such a bill, when there is
scarcely a road district, a school
district, or a city, or a town, or a
county that has not, i at some time
or another, suffered from the col-
usion of bidders or contractors in
rendering service or supplying ma-
terial? If . men conspire together (
i m jo ja ii L . .
lu ueirauu inese communities, wn
should there not be a law to pun
ish them, especially since we have
laws to punish men for stealing a
leaf of bread?
The laws of , the United States
Include a conspiracy; statute. In
the following states Of the Union,
ng states of the U
there Is a law similar to that pend
t... lTOu- a'4ulu va lB """" uW.u, - r
mum iu tiui, voiiu-
Alabama, Arizona, i
ing at Salem:
Oonnecticut, California, Colorado, i
Illinois, lowa. Indiana. Kansas,
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mary
land, Montana, Minnesota, Michi
gan, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Nebraska,
Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Vir
ginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia
and Washington.
These are" highly respectable
states. Many of them are highly i
conservative states. In number
they are nearly two thirds of the
states in the Union, and in popula
tion and wealth they are probably
four fifths.
Why should the Oregon house
hesitate to enact into law provis
ions that are a valued and vindi
cated statute in states of such emi
nent rank and repute?;
WITHOUT HIS ASSISTANCE
T
HIS victory of the sin rle-1 tem
veto forces In the senate is. In
cucuw, m uiiuiipu ;
a marked
Governor Wlthveombe.
In his Inaugural address, the
governor asked for .The single-item
veto. Salem dispatch to Telegram.
Governor Withycombe did not,
in his inaugural address, ask for
the single-item veto.' Not with a
microscope r or " ah X-ray - can any
body find it in his Inaugural ad
dress. Nor can there - be found
any message to the legislature in
.which Governor Withycombe asked
for the single-item veto.
Though urged to do so, Gover
nor Withycombe refused to ask
the legislature to submit the Kel-
laher resolution, giving the people
the right to write the single-item
veto into the constitution. He said
he proposed to keep hands off,
and explained that in doing's he
is auuei in, iu ilia ure-eieciioa
promises. He said that "his duty
obligates him only to approve the
resolution in case It is passed, and
not to use any influence in its be
half." Governor Withycombe made some
good recommendations in his lnau
gurrl. rne of which was the pro
po?" T irade commission, the bill
for which has been killed in the
senate. But, he distinctly refused
to use the; power of his office in
favor of the single-item veto, a
course that,' In the late campaign,
It was charged he would take. The
single-item resolution passed with
out his assistance, and since, unlike
a bill, the resolution does not pass
through his office for assent or dis
sent, the measure will go to the
people without his approval.
THE REVERSE VIEW
I
N THE midst of universal grief
over the ravages of war and the
appalling waste that is to come
in Its wake it is consoling to
read the reverse view presented
by Professor - Edwin R. A. Selig
man of Columbia University.
He ridicules the. idea that the
terrible slaughter of men is going
to set back the normal Increase of
population a third of a century
and that the recovery from agri
cultural and industrial paralysis
will, be delayed for decades. As
soon as the war ends, according to
Professor Seligman, an unusual per
centage' of male children will be
born. He does not know, why this
will be so but says it will be the
result. Even if peace ; does not
come until 1918 it Willi be only a
few, years, he" thinks, until the per
centage of increase of population
will be normal, i ...
; . He., .admits that,..' there! will "be a
great deal of property J destroyed
during the, war, some of which in
the shape of architectural and his
torical . relics can never be re
stored; but on the whole a decade
will find Europe looking much as
It did before- the war cloud - burst.
" As (to agriculture, this will, he
says, suffer least of all. The land
tility ' seriously injured. Under
uormalconditlons the world is
never farther than eighteen months
ahead of starvation. " f .;
wliile lives can sever be restored
THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
How "Trade Follows the Loan"
By CHARLES M. PEPPER
Former Trade Adviser U. S. De
' ' partment of State. ,
THERE 19 a greater,. Significance i
in the taking of the $15,000,000
KJd.il OI lilC AIXCUU11C MUUUItC
by New York and Philadelphia
; bankers .than, the mere matter; of ,a";fcaT the ne pubiuhed, he sbouid so aute.)
financial transaction. It , opens the
vywrrrfl wav to closer
is.,''
' , 2 fMrfa .,iatiAna
t'
sbi-i.wus
a mOSt important
!,,.... t., .
WfJ
character. Invest-
cudi.i. lu.ssi-ju
lit lucuis tjy vui vvii
e m - ooutn
America have not
hitherto been
large enough to
bring much re
turn to the Unit
ed States in the
way of orders to
manuf ac t u r e r s.
They have been
too sporadic, al
C. M. PEPPER
though minine investments espe-
dally some recent ones have re-
.... . . r t !
suited in the ouying oi macninery !
. j -,.,.,-11 ...--i;,. :
and miscellaneous supplies in tms
. .. r t
country. Our .British and berman
rivals may have something to teach
us in this respect.
As pointed out by J. Selwin Tait
in a recent comment on the order of
the British treasury last week forbid
j : .:. c- th-
ernplre "lt ,s ner reaainess to raise
ouicklv vast sums of money for for-
eign countries mpre than anything j
else which has erven Iceland her i
international commercial superiority,
and no phrase was ever truer than
that 'trade follows the loan.'
The tradition of British railways
in the Argentine Republic is that a
coupling pin may not be bought
without the London directors au-1
thonzmg it A business principle is ;
mvoivca in uuyiug mc cuupnug
through London. It is that when or- i
ders for supplies are to be placed, I
I u:.:i- :ii ru.ti i .1,. uc
uiuiMi 1111119 aiiu U4c ic ut"tm , - .. . - - -
Rritici, ;vtm,ii in fnroiffti ! the rcruit detachment, he never hav
of British t investment in og" ing been assigned to a regular com
countries. Upward of $75U,UUU,UUU ot
British capital is in Argentine rail
ways, and the purchase of coupling
pins and other articles which mount
up into millions is one form of insur
ing return on the capital.
How the. policy of making British
roreign investments pay, not oniy in the street car men persecuting the
the dividends on bonds and Stocks, jitney. How about persecuting the
but in assuring dividends to iron and street railway company? There are
steel mills in Great Britain, is shown two sides to this question. Many peo
by an analysis of purchases of rail- Ple are willing to see only one. Let's
m.ol Am.ntin. in
0 V,-,i,rr,t hririer tnltf.
1 " .1 J ryi rrnrA Z A
r iT- C wvw,
oi this amount the United Kingdom
supplied $775,000. Purchases of loco -
motives were a fraction under $2,200,-
000, and of this sum $1350,000 was
credited to t-ngland. .Passenger
... a. . rt . ;
i-nnrn, amriinrrf tn s ihmiihi nt
which the United Kingdom
u- u 4.u Ti-. a xr- a r. - i
nished nearly $1,100,000. In freight
cars the showing was not so good,
since these were bought to the value
of $3,800,000. and the United Kinjr-!
dom only supplied $2,650,000. The:Th Jitney pays no taxes, no license
flnitmA C-t.. ro ; .;! K;ea ! fee. no street repairs. It is of no
to more than $500,000, but chiefly for
non-British lines. Under the general
classification of railway materials,
Great Britain supplied $4450,000 out
of $5,000,000.
Were it not that a part of the Ar
gentine railways are national lines,
iand that the government in making
purchases favors no group of British
investors, and were it not for the ,
further fact -that there are several
French companies, the sale of all
sorts of railway equipment would be
almost a complete monopoly for
British manufacturers.
The system is simple. The Lon
don banks which float the railway
Remritie se that th mantifartnrera. I
?C"nil? EL ,r.!Sa!2,I
who are borrowers from them get
the contracts for equipment.
A similar eoliev is followed in the
placing of national loans for harbor
j u-
works and other public improve-
ments. When the Argentine govern-j
ment floats its loans in London, the
proceeds are, not transferred to
Buenos Aires except to a limited
amount. Credit serves the place of
capital, and a large part of the funds
remains on deposit to pay for the
supplies wh.ch are bought in the
United Kingdom, or to . provide
working capital for the British
tractors.
German investments have not been
of the same kind a? British because
Germany has had little surplus capi-
talto send abroad. But where in-
vestments of this character are
made, as in tramway lines, the Ger -
man banks see to it that the
struction material is bought in Ger-
many. The more common form of
German investments has been in
partnerships or branch houses. There
are, roughly speaking, 1000 Ham-
hnro-f rmS nratr in foreicrn '-Kiic -
ness. Many of these are partners in
P S
imuortiiitz nouses in ooum America.
The partnership investment may not
be large, sometimes not more than
$25,000, but it answers a definite
purpose. Usually the money so in
vested is like that in national debts.
The time . when the principal shall
ttidle?ni
doubtless, the withdrawal of the
partnership capital would be imprac
ticable. ' "
The Hamburg merchants are con
tent to let it remain as a foreign in
vestment, because it brings business j at anything, for his board even.
from th4 importing houses: The TfIr.f frf
r r , r,vi:,.v.:n The first is in urgent need through
success of Germany a in establishing. 1,,, oc theirs. The. second
so extensive a market for small uneai ig in .Wgent need through sickness
in South America partly ,hasbeen,no fault of hls Both are spoken of
due to the partnerships in importing! highly; by their friends. -
firms which give ""the preference' tof His- friends the railroads, who -have
German goods and which always are.tedmany dollars freight haul
trade missionaries for- articles of
German make;
-
With the, growth of investments
in South America by citizens of the
United States, and with the exten-!
sion of banking facilities, purchases
of commodities should become much
vestments government loans, puD
, lie utilities and other enterprises.
The perception of the necessity of
investing in South America in order
to get South American trade is one
i of -the encouraging signs of the
movement for foreign markets.
Copyright, 1918.
Letters From tha People
Communication seat to . The Journal for
?e olfOTly'SneSfertaJerahldot
wurua in KIU ilia i"u.i to
- - pnleVe Ji?, !l u
"Dlacoaelon Is the rreatest of aU reformers,
rationalizes everr thine lt touches. It robi
It rationalises everything lt touchea. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
back on thlr MaaonableoMa. If tnev bare
f : r - : v -- .
Hcf on uetr reasonaDieoeaa. il tney nare
reaaonablenesa. it rathlenaly crashes them
out of existence and seta up Its owacOBclasiona
tuei, steao." Woodrow
in their steaa." Woodrow Wilson.
In Reply to P. A. Linscott.
Vancouver Barracks, "- Waeh., Jan.
26. To the Editor of The' Journal
I, the undersigned, feel lt my,, duty
as a United States pldler, to make
known a few facta concerning P.
A. Linscott and his career in the
army. After being duty sworn in
the service, Linscott was not treated
as if he was entering a penitentiary.
Instead, he waa given a bath and a
square meal and a place to- sleep.
After serving 20 days he deserted and
was later turned over to military au
thorities by his own relatives. He
wo, . nn t.J V. ... A
- "" m; i
desertion, and sentenced to 18 months
er , m,v,.
and to be dishonorably discharged
from the service. He claims to be an
ex-soldier: Instead he is an ex-military
convict, commonly known as a
bob-taiL In my seven years of serv
ice I have found an army kitchen
about ; as clean a place as anyone
wmd
care to enter much too clean.
In fact, for Linscott, who, while a
military prisoner, had to be repeat-
edly scrubbed. He did not have self
""uSn w ma person
clean; and then he has the nerve to
say an army kitchen is vermin In
fested. Ills tale about the squad rak
ing leaves, and the unjust army court
Is mere fiction. No such case Is on
record. Military convicts do not wear
allf chains neither are their
JenS JS vZSSSZ tne
army ls over maximura strength. His
ugures on desertions are a gross
exaggeration. To make a long story
short, Linscott's knowledge of the
armv in based on 20 davs' service in
pany, which goes to show how little
he knows of the army and array life.
WEBSTER 8. ALBERT SON,
Private, Company A, Twenty-first
United States Infantry,
The Streetcar Company's Side.
Portland, Jan. 27. To the Editor of
The .TnuroAl lftmA nMnl cmn1r rt
"ok at the other aide for a minute.
- "J .
ooil service. It ls one of the best in
till United States. They are required
;,.to have a franchise. They pay about
. $600,003 a year in taxes, license and
street repairs. They carry passengers,
: not only in the places where a 6c fare
,a futm' uul "so irom - jonns
(n AT ilWBnkin a HrMl t IK ml 1 a t a firm t
- - '
fur-!glvinjr tranafers to aU other parta of
one-third or a cent' a mile, besides
the city.
The jitney busses take only the
business that ls profitable, leaving the
unprofitable business to the company.
benefit to any one except the owner.
Why should we worry about the jit
ney? Hadn't we better give our
sympathies to the company that gives
us service and pays its share of city
expenses?
The jitney bus passengers have no
protection in case of injury, and upon
careful Investigation I find that the
Portland street car system shows
fewer accidents per mile of operation
than anv nth. nin in TTnito
states, due, I learn, to the very care-
ful selection of the street car opera
tors. W. M. KIULINGSWORTH.
The Prohibition Bill.
Salem, Or., Jan. 26. To the Editor
of The Journal I wish to present a
Iew tnougnts relating to tne law now
.. . i11?-"??. ?r
me enzorcement oi our ary consuiu-
uonai amendment, passed last .Novem
ber. . The people of Oregon went out
after "the liquor beast," and we got
, h,Im a that aujprised us
'all. It remains now for the legisla-
, ture to complete our work.
There-is a proposition to incorporate
into the measure a provision that fam-
Hies may have shipped in a certain
quantity. of liquor for their own use.
In,the Judme,n f , the writer this perlence two of them. When
TJl JtrZi ther told me ttelr errand 1 dld not
. wnuS m of the people mce things. I told them I had been
wfil proved PPortun'
, the law and open the way for the con- J JTMk
con-(sumption of drinks that Otherwise Ialthful one tried to be, the more the
would not be used, and give the wets ; 0ronian kickea nlm, and t had no
S tSSIhita" 'wSfwS ' e tor a paper that did not stand by
JTtTot ' i&.Pi.gl LSaTpS
make Oregon the dryest spot In the i " LJ a" abTw aoLSSi
United states andow that W-lKJX paVe. had W
bitlon does prohibit" , the -gamd to tne ajreot8 toid me
1 ,Tne Oregon system has become pop- . about It A frlena of mme in Portland
con-'u?r and .ls being patterned after by j haa told me tn. same. He haa been
other states. Let us have a law in
,(. t..f it k. ii.
tion also, and thus sustain our place
of leadership in the nation. .Let us not
allow such illiterate nations as Russia
and China to lead us in reforms.
wcacy7 uas va a w nvt wui j a. iiuilb
" " iwrs m give us a
- low ohH iAlv Bllmlnattna Via Iwa
: mruSDthrS
neu-tna iTr,rvntv tv a.u m
ma m u a. j wasa ouvu ca a Car VT TV 1U
later express their gratitude.
A. J. COOK.
Two Types of the Needy.
Portland, Jan. 26. To the Editor-of
The journal On the first page of
on
a spienaia mission, ana aaas some
143.000 to the many dollars already
sent. ' - . ,
On the last page of your paper I
read of the young man who needs
will ... not give , this man , a chance to
give . value received ; for the : f oodt, to
put Into- ; his - mouth. S They - say.
"Charltj s begins ! at home." But he
does s iwtj want charity; he ;.waiits
work. I suggest he go to the . prime
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Easy money la eas to get rid of.
Ready -money is seldom ready when
you want to borrow some;
'
However, there are many fair sing
ers who are not blondes.
Money you bet on the mare doesn't
always push her under the wire first.
- Nothing Is gained ty abusing those
whoee opinions differ from your own.
It is far easier to acquire a reputa
tion for greatness than lt Is to xnak
good.
-
Many a woman who doesn't know
her own mind gives her husband pieces
of lt.
Who ever saw a free show that
didn't have some kind of a string at
tached to It?
If a man. didn't make an occasional
mistake his friends would have no
kicks coming.
When a woman is able to make some
other woman jealous she realises that
she has not lived in vain.
Before congratulating yourself when
you come out on top, bear in mind
that the froth on a glass of heer does
the same.
And the fashion edict that skirts
must be 8 Inches above the ground is
given out In Chicago, of all places in
tha world!
.
Some men find lt so difficult to save
a little money when single that they
don't even think it worth while to try
after marrying.
In this land of freedom and equal
opportunity the man of destiny is the
ultimate consumer. He IS destined to
always be the goat.
COST OF GETTING MONEY
By John M. Osklson. '
"There is nothing so hard to get
people to understand as this: That
they pay for their money; and nothing
so diffcult to make them remember as
this: That money when they have It
is, for most of them at least, only a
check to purchase pleasure with."
That paragraph ls out of a lately
discovered essay by Robert Louis Stev
enson, "On the Choice of a Profession."
It ls . from a Wise and sane and very
human philosopher, who goes on to
explain why some of us are not eager
In the chase of money why some of us
are not even thrifty.
"How, then," Stevenson asked, "If
a man gets pleasure In following an
art? He might gain more checks by
following another; but then, although
there is a difference In checks, the
amount of pleasure ls the same. Hi
gets his directly; unlike the bank
clerk, he Is having his fortnight's holi
day and doing what delights him all
the year."
Money we get has to be paid for.
Tou and I have to decide what we are
willing to pay. How much income do
we want? As Stevenson put it:
"A thoroughly respectable income
ls as much as a man spends.
mover In the first and larger cause
and ask for it. Will the answer be,
"We are not needing anyone at pres
ent." "We are forced to reduce our
force," etc?
Good roads will largely make this
stateL Whv not put us to work on
them. Pay In scrip If the money ls
lacking, so we can. buy some land
from the state, to raise the produce,
to haul on the roads. We cannot buy
cf the land holders. They know the
result in values these gooa roaas wiu
. , a cr'DCPPTOTTP
i u.vc.
Jitney Responsibility.
Portland, Jan. 27. To the Editor of
The Journal I would ask C. A.
Haulenbeck, who are the proprietors
of the Jitney bus lines; are they re
sponsible or obliged to give us good
service? Is it not a fact that at any
time they could discontinue and the
city of Portland would have no au
thority to oblige them to render the re
quired service? Suppose for a moment
that they were able to cut into and
demoralize the business of the present
regularly established street railway
system and so cripple them that they
would be unable to render reasonable
ot a receiver who would be bene-
ntea? lt wouia do a line aavemse-
ment for this city with its street rail
way system In the hands of a re
ceiver. And as there Is not sufficient
business to maintain two successful
separate systems of transportation,
competition in public utilities . is n
mistake; have but one properly con
trolled. Better have the Jitney peo-
plft give us some assurance that they
4 5Up-bU. .aa able to give bet-
ter transportation service to the en
tire city, before going back on our
present established means of trans
portation, F, P. SHEASGREEN.
The Right Kind of Newspapers.
Canby, Or., Jan. 28. To the Editor
of The Journal Seeing a letter In The
Journal of January 14 by "R. J. W.,"
in regard to agents of the Oregonian,
I will say I have had the same ex-
reading the Oregonlan for years; in
'"""-s w w
- t m , jm H nKa
' H.to7 h. w liitt
; tj JLJS why. "I wiu norread
" tha, la not OP th-. riKht" he
Lid P
The Journal is truthful and for the
S X"?1 i3 a
rM. IL F.
v' fcw
The Ragtime Muse
Movie Ixve.
The movie -actress wrings her hands
And trembles violently till
Each person watching understands -
She madly loves, or has a chllL
And now the hero bold appears
No woman could resist his eyes.
He folds her In his arms; her tears -Are
very damp- and movie size.
He dries them tenderly, the while
His manly chest heaves up and down.
Then turns wifi an enchanting smile
To meet the dread parental frown.:
The lovers then are burled apart!
The father waves a gun In air!
The - madien clutches at her heart, ' -
The hero wildly tears his hair!
A tragic parting next ensues;
The father stands with curling lip
And airs his stern parental views
As four masked men behind blm slip.
They gag and tie him to a tree; - .
The lovers flee they're fleeing yet!
The father wrests his right hand free
And says he did It on a bet!
it
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Burns is henceforth to have tele
graph and telephone service in the
same hours on Sundays and holidays
as on other days.
"Cottasre Grov has no stock ex
change." says the Leader, "but It has
a bench exchange where the great po
litical, rinancial and war questions are
settled every day." .
Pendleton East Oregonlan: The
robbery of William Townsend on Cot
tonwood Btreet, Monday night indi
cates people are not much safer here
than In the wild and wooly east; we
cannot stand forthat.
The Drewsey Pioneer Sun asserts
that opportunity for the Investor in
that region was never better than
now, and lt warns the man who wishes
to Invest in growing enterprises that
he will have to take time by the fore
lock, or pay the extra price of ad
vancement. 9
Salem Journal: Begins to look like
the Salem-Stayton railroad was going
to be built at last and we all hope
so. Every new enterprise of this kind
brings more development of the coun
try, and construction operations Just
at this time will do wonders toward
backing up the optimistic talk and
signs of coming prosperity which
abound on every hand.
Believing the day of its vindication
at hand, the Bend Bulletin thus exults:
"The Bulletin has been charged from
time to time with having been some
what tnn inriuatrlous in the construc
tion of sawmills on the Deschutes
rU'T- or, A tha niacin of rlsn natcn
ohm at nonA w are now Dleased to
call the public's attention to the col
laboration in our efforts of the news
f Portland and the Oregon
fish and game commission. Perhaps
we are right after all."
A luxurious income, of true opulence.
ls something more than a man spends.
Which shall it be? If you want to
get more than you are spending you
can either raise the income or lower
the expenditures.
"But." savs Stevenson In this essay,
"I hear you remind me, with pursed
lins. of privations of hardships. Alaa,
sir, there are privations upon either
side; the banker has to sit all day In
his bank, a serious privation." He asks
us whether ot not we can understand
that the landicapo painter might pre
fer o live cm occasional chops and
notatoes. drink beer and wear no
rlfivm to denrivine himself of the
Dieasure he gets from his art.
Money for the true landscape artist
wouVd cost too much to get. Between
him and. the money grubbing miser
who thinks that life costs too much In
mnnev to enlov come the rest Of
uncounted millions who try to esti
mate with what Judgment we can com
mand how much of life to pay for the
mnnev we seem to require.
Rut lt was Stevenson In another
mmt who rave us a mighty
good guide: "To earn a little and
spend a little less.- And that's true
thrift!
A FEW SMILES
Afraid I can't let you go by without
the password, sir."
"But, confound
you! I tell you rve
forgotten It. Tou
know m well
enough. I'm Major
Jones."
"Can't help it. sir;
must have the pass
word." Voice from the
tent Oh, don't stand
arguing-aU night Bill; shoot 'lm."
"Is the editor in?" asked the man
with the unbarbered hair and the
shiny coat as he
fished a roll of pa
per from his pocket.
"No," replied th
nffice boy, "he has
Just gone out."
"This ls the third
time I have called
tc see h'm." growled
the caller, "and each
time you have told
me that he has just gone out. What's
the explanation?"
I
"I don't know," answered the office
boy, "but I guess he must have been
born under a lucky star." Lippln
cott's. On a dilapidated narrow gauge rail
road In a certain state a traveler was
struck with the general air of hope
lessness of the en
tire country. Run
down farms, fences
falling to pieces and
houses unpainted
and dismal were
seen as mile after
mile was reeled, off.
Finally a country,
man got on and the
two fell into con
versation. "Country around here looks
fearfully dilapidated," remarked the
traveler.
"Yaas, but Jest wait an' ye'll see
sumpin wuss," replied the country
man. The train stopped. They looked out
and saw a rail missing ahead. The
entire train crew clambered out, crow-
cars in nana, proceeded leisurely to
w. iCr Ui lue ana m aue time
loosened a rail and carried lt forward.
It was spiked Into position and the
train proceeded.
"Somebody stole a rail?" asked the
traveler.
Taas, about twenty .years ago, I
reckon. Evah sines they hain't no
body bonght a new one. When the
train comes back they've gotter stop
an' tear up a rail behind 'em. Ain't
that the dilapidated est thing ye ever
see, stranger?"
The Eclilnation of Progress.
From the New Orleans States.
Jonathan Bourne of Oregon has
found a perfectly good word. He
starts an Interview In the Washington
Times thusly:
The present conflict between ths
president and the United States senate
over appointment ef federal employes
in various states echlnates a very i
grave evil in oor form of government'
Echlnates?
Tes. It is in the dictionaries of ss
early a date as 1913, but apparently
Jonathan is - the only one who has
found It. The dictionary says:
Echinate, v. t To render prickly or
bristly.
Fine word, that
When a thing becomes an issue be
tween men or in politics it pricks its
partisans forward and bristles bravely
toward its foes, a
And it is because real progress, real
fundamental truth has ths quality of
everlasting ecfalnation that truth and
right will not down. The peaky thing
is so prickly and irritating to our
hearts and heads and sense of Justice
that we can't ignore; it
Thus progress echinates and. mm.
I natlng, goes forward, -. ,
Ijfr
i AUT DATS" .
By Tnt LckJ,y, gptoM Itaif Writer ef
Ttt Journal. -r
Mrs. Rosemonif nhhM. r..
Portland, celebrated her 101st birthday
a lew days aaro. sh. t... i.i.
wl..,n aU ? m owa house-
7. k i, 1 ,WM 98 yeara but now
I am beginning in ri .
Tt ' b.r1 l Edington.
married when I was 17 years old on-
My husband" Charles
Emery, was also a native of Maine,
having been born December 14. 1809. ;
He.dled when I was 20 years old, leav-
- wnn one cniia, a boy I have
been a widow for over 80 years. No. '
it was not for lack of chances to get
married again that I remained a widow -but
some way or other the right man
never came along.
TO tell Vflll th tn.lt. T V- .
ty hard time for a while after my hus."
bands death. I had Just began what
mpea 10 mike my Hfework. teach-,
ing. when I was married, but when I -found
that 1 had to earn a living for
myself and child after my husbands
urtiutu io Decome a milliner. -French
millinery wa verv mnh in
Vnm tkn i . " .
-o -u uU a wan rainer good look-.'-.
S onu Il&a u. V vir- nni n-ov i - -
woman I worked for let people believe -that
I was a French milliner. One of
my sisters kept my baby for me while
I learned my trade. I put lri nearly a
year working for nothing. About this
wine my mouier became a widow and
I felt it my duty to take cara, f t.., -
ao she came to live with me and took
care of Charlie, my boy, and I started
a millinery store of my own at Ban
gor, Maine. This was about 1125. M
mother whose maiden name was Elisa
beth Salter, lived to h so ntA
My father. Jonathan Rnhrr. w.
studying for the ministry when the
Revolutionary war broke out so he en- :
listed and served in the Revolutionary
army. After the war was over ha felt -
inai ne was too old to go ahead with
his study for the minlstrv im bA h.
became a farmer. To tell
truth, he was never very much of a
i,iirr, aiinougn ne was one of the
best men I have ever known. Good-;
hearted and easy-going and wonderful-
ly kind to us children.
"I can remember as a little girl,
that would be about, i 820, when I used
to follow him about the farm. The
grass was so tall I could not look out
over the top ot it so father would of
ten pick me up and carry me. Another
very distinct recollection of my child
hood was sitting on the floor by my
mother's knee while she sang. She
was a beautiful singer and although
my father and mother were never
very rich in worldly goods, they were
rich in Contentment and the recollec
tions of my childhood are very pleas
ant. "Somehow or other things have al
ways come my way. When I went to
eoston I met a botanical doctor who
took a great interest in me and taught
me what he knew of the value of roots
and herbs. I took up nursing and my
knowledge of the value of herbs stood
me in good stead. I attribute my hav
ing lived to be over a hundred to the
fact that I never took medicine., I
have always eaten moderately. " I-
rouna two or three years ago that I
was becoming altogether too fond of.
tea and coffee so I gave them up.
"As a girl and a young woman I al
ways felt an attraction for adventure
nl travel so when the mines were
discovered In California in 1849 I was
anxious to go there but I didn't think
it would be right to leave my motner :
and boy and I could not take them
along. After my mother's death, how.'
ever. I decided to go to California. I
went in 1861, via the Isthmus. A
nephew of rr ne met me as the boat
landed at San Francisco and I went
with him to Stockton.
I had not been there long when I
heard of a family from Boston who
had lost two children from bronchial
or lung trouble and their one remain
ing child had.-been given up by the
doctors. Someone told them about
my skill' in nursing so they sent for
me. The child's mother said to me: 'If
'. Vrtn Hl n.i ! r m. 1. 1 1 -t 1 II,. . . .
win never lack for business in Stock
ton.' I was able to cure him. The
boy became a man and ls still alive.
At least he was when I last heard
from them a" year or so ago. She
threw a great deal of work tn my way
and I was kept busy.
"My boy had married and was living
In Boston. He had a son two years
old, with whom I am now - living.
He lived on the slope of Bunker Hill.
Not where Bunker monument is for
that is built on Breed's bill. I decided
to go back and visit my son and see
my grandson. This was In 1J6I. X
staid there for several months. While
I was there Charles Dickens gave a
reading in Boston. The ticket were
bought up by speculators and went up
to high prices. I told my son to buy
three tickets, one for himself, his wife
and myself. He said: 'The tickets .are
too expensive. We cannot afford to
go.' I thought that we could not af
ford "not to go so I purchased three
tickets for $9 and we heard Dickens
and I have always been glad we did.
I remember on the way back from
Boston to Sap Francisco Via the
Isthmus I was telling one of the pas
sengers on the boat how I had enjoyed
hearing Dickens read from Nicholas
Nickel by. He said: I would give $600
if I had never read Dickens.' I was
. almost treason to me so I asked him
why he felt that way about Dickens.
He said: 'It would be worth $500 to
me to have the pleasure of reading
Dickens again with all the freshness
and pleasure that X first got from it
X found that he, like myself, was an
enthusiastic admirer of Dickens. X
have always been a great reader.
"One of the ambition of my life
that has never been satisfied was to
ee a president of the United States,
but I have read almost everything Z
could find in regard to Lincoln and
Roosevelt I think they are our two
great presidents, and also that they
are two of our greatest Americans.
"I have belonged to the Congrega
tionaUchurch all my life. Fortunately
my membership in the church did not
i n trfnra with m -ri1 n IT s th, ft... ,
for- I have always been very fond of
plays. Now if I had been a Methodist
I could not have gone to the theatre
so 1 am glad that I happened to join
the- Congregational church.
"1 am very much opposed to Whip
ping children. X think there Is alto
gether too much brutality in the World
and that children and men and. nations
can be ruled by love more - than by
force. My mother would never let me
whip my little boy and I have always
been glad of It
. "Welt-I have not told you anything
about the last (0 years of my life bat
I am getting just a little tired and we
will have to finish this talk some other
time." .. ,
Tis Sp Everywhere. , .
The first batch; of legislative bill
titles shows so many old familiar
friends coming back, lt will be safe to
count them all present in" advance,