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. ,r- THE ' OREGON DAIY JOURNAL PORTLAND, MONDaV EVENING, MARCH 1, 1915.1 THE? JOURNAL Pn M lobar ?urubei witj miiBi .esrwpt Sundry i4 "unotiy. mornlnit t The Jonrnnl nuur.. I.; Brosdwsr nd Vum'jri sta.. Portland.ro. f fciiterea at th .iumer at Partland. Or., tot ' -, f r ln-i I star... s.-r....w I . . - MWNMV t Mm -? Bvtsal BBJ HH&v f, ;!KMOS lVEHT5SJNO BCI. .ESBNTaTI V i flfta .... Naw Xork, Peoi jf buoseriinna leriu cutl or- U ' i . . . , .. DAILY . On -... ,...$3.no Ot.e Boot b. .....$ - i :. . srrwn.v - On year. ....... f3.o t 'me mmto......- DAILY ASD SUNDAY . . . .One lrt......$l,bo um mowta li lt is better to hive '-; Hon .st th head of an army of sheep,, than a sheep at; the head of an array . of Hons. D Foe. . s. ' . . ' THE AMERICAN JLKGIOX w ARLIKK gentlemen in the Cast are preparing .to or ganize I the American Le gion, to foe in. readiness to jl go to the front in case the United States becomes involved in tbe-European war. Colonel Roosevelt figures in the movement., and, in a . letter, says, "the surest way to revert" war is to be prepared for it." ; The way Germany . avert ed war I was' by being prepared for; It. ' The I way Prance averted war was by -i being ;, prepared for it. The- way iJKneland averted war war hv hav ing the largest iiavy the world ever saw. ' .The way Europe -averted the present war was by the wise spending- of " $2,250,000,000 a "year in I being prepared Tor war. ' In the ! problem of averting war by being ) j prepared for war, the increase in piepurauuus m iwraiy years ruse tt billion a year. Meanwhile, it . is to be hoped that, the martial spirit of the American Legion will not. force the hand of. the president. -br: swing us ou of our high position as a dig- tuned - and sincere neutral, or - ' avaketj the country into a. mad passion for blood. The most com plicated and difficult problems con stantly "confront- the Washington government, and it is not a for tunate time for Caesars who dream of cannon, captains afld campaigns to I be either demonstrative or j demagogical. I . ' K goqd asset at thle moment is f the1 wise and brave counsel recently f given the country by ex-President Taft. He called fort no volunteers. I He appealed for no! armed camps, lie suggested no hurried stampede to ( gold braid and epaulettes. He 1 said: : ... I " approve every act of the ad I ministration," and counselled his i countrymen to stand . behind Presi- dent Wilson in his great' Christian Tpolicy of dignified neutrality and honorable peace. . i ; Incidentally, .what .nation does the ' American ' Legion expect to be called upon to. fight? ; ' Are not the varring govern i menta too distressingly and de- plorably engaged at home to seeic ea quartet wiin us or ror us to seex quarrel with - them? i - POISOXED CHILDREN' c HILD BETTERMENT issues a warning against ; the careless ja&e of f'y paper as the cause of - numerous deaths among -j children. 'The figures afe timely 1 at this season of the year when the battle against flies is about to ! be resumed. ' ! : v of forty-seven cases- of arsenical poisoning of children reported ! from fifteen states during the I rconths from July to Octobert 1914, 1 In t tLirty-four the children were : three years old or lees. In thfrty 3 seven the children had; drunk poi I toned water fr,om saucers contain llng fly. paper. Eight children were I poisoned by suciing the wicks of tl 1 receptacles containing arsenic) i sugar and water. .; , Two wore poi l eoned," by Bucking sponges used to i moisten these swi?ks. . , t The statement is made that'ioe similarity ; of symptoms of arsen- icdl poisoning to'tiose or cholera infantum , make it .Quite certain ' that there - were a great many 1 n.pfe.. cases thanf those reported. I Furthermore, most ch'Idren are i too young to tell the cause o their I illners, and unless" seen taking the poison, arsenic may not be eus i pected.. " . I .'The warning should not go un I heeded. It is a good plan to rid the home of files, but poisonous destroyers are dangerous j to the babies.- There are other and better I methods of fighting the fly. . JITXEY COMPETITION H' OW a threat of jitney compe tition Bettled a controversy between Detroit and its streetcar company Is told In i the American ; Magazine. ; t. v .. ; ' Detroit's I streetcar 1 co panW ; franchises, on a number rf streets ! had expired. ' There was dead ' lock on the terms of: renewal of these franchises, the, city! demand '; ing eight tickets for a quarter and payment 'of back rentals and taxes. : The company a ultimatum was that ; unless allowed to charge fiveicents, -cars on the streets In question would be' stopped and the people ; would have to . walk. James Consens, president of the 1 loard ? of " commerce" and .member ' of the street railway commission, proposed a compromise on the basis of seven tickets for a quarter and the building of extensions. But ' tli streetcar company," thinking it still had - all tfie power . of a bh nopoly. stood pat. r It refused to compromise on any terms. ' . It was then that : jitney competi tion was threatened. Mr. Couzens served notice that the automobile company with which' ho was conr nee ted would place 1000 cars at . y disposal of Detroit. The street car people bought. : tb,e matter over, nd .because of fear of the jitney ?they j Agreed to the com promise. There .is no attempt here to in timate that Detroit's demands of Its streetcar company were, just, or that the company itself was, en tirely in the right. . The point is that the jitney proved to be a convincing argument. , - It was - ao effective puUlic ser vice ' commission, j ' OREGON CITV WATEIi EDXESDAY, Oregon City; is to vote in a; sjecial election on an issue of bonds for installation .of a gravity systejr of mountain water. There is little room for debate over whether or not a cpmmunity Should have good water. Nothing pays better; dividends. Orfo ty phoid f $ver epidemic can easily swallow up all the money saved from - use of questionable water arid no city should, know that bet ter than, Oregon pity. . The best water is not too good for the, children, IhV people and the homes. It is one of the es sentials to life, anl tfaeie is no money , consideration that can, for one moment, count in the balances against life or health. i Times have changed. r people have come to know what water means. Once, they knew nothing abou how disease is carrjed in water but they are no longer un informed. As a result, the stranger seeding a- home, looks- well Into the -source and character of the water supply before - he locates. If the supply is questionable, well informed people pass that city by and locate where there is water of known purity. They refuse to take chances. That was an influence that gave yj A Ki. U b " AA A-AAAAAWAAV. O I Rjrvallis an extraordinary growth A system of pure mountain wator Lfisem a gorge half way up Mary's Peak was piped to" that city. With-J in a few years, the town more than doubled in population and real es tate Lvalues almost trebled. The ! change made many people rich, and the combined increase in wealth paid the cost of the water system many times. It Is a gravity system under municipal ownership, and has turned out to be a re markable financial success. At last account, the annual income was about $24,000 and the cost of "op eration about $5000. Ojjegon City can m!ake no better investment.; If the system is built, the . day t!ie mountain water is turned -Into the intake, Oregon City property will be worth enough additional to pay far and away more than the system cost. Measured in the greater safety to the health and lifej of the people, the profits on the, investment will be so great that they will be in computable.: . . ' DACIA AND W1X.HELMIXA - T HE issues involved in the seizure, of two jAmerican. ves sels, the.Dacia py Franc and the Wllhelminal by Great Brit ain, should not be confused. They are entirely distinct and dissimilar. Iri the ease of the Dacia there is no question of a. contraband cargo actual or conditional. It is a mat ter of the ownership! of the Vessel. In-the case of the , Wilhelmina the , question is notps to the ship but as to the cargo. The point to be determined is, shall cargoes be allowed to enter an ehemy'c port after a guarantee has ; been given that no part of them, shall be used for military purposes? It brings into specific application the declaration of Lord Salisbury that- when shipments are on their face lnnodent" shipments the ' presumption must be they are intended for innocent use. . With the Dacia the Whole ques tion Is with -the ship. . It is dis puted, that she is immune from Lseizure and it is the contention that she most go into a prize-court to determine- whether her transfer from German to American owner ship was a "bona fi(Je one or not. ARMS MAKERS' PROFITS V A DELEGATION I of w omen. headed by Mrs. La Follette, wife of the Wisconsin sen ator, called". Upon Secretary Garrison the other day to ask his support of a plan to nationalize fhe manufacture of armament. The women's" idea was that, pri vate manufacture o,f war supplies' should be prohibited. Secretary Garrison told his . Vis itors that he was opposed to their plan. He sahi It . would work out in practice to the benefit of mili tary nations. The United States migbt find. itself to great disad vantage if suddenly-thrust into war unless' it could rely at least in part upon private manufacturers for military supplies. v ; 1 -The secretary of, war , has; Indi cated a .weakness of - the plan, but there is , question whether the ob jections . he raises' outweigh the dangers of private profit from the manufacture of arms. There is no doubt that makers - of arms, . am munition and armor; plate are- large factors 'in -promoting the war-spir-it. I Their; . products will . - not be bought unless they are for use, and it is to the advantage iof arms man uf acturer to promote s war. The W present European conflict is blight ing every industry except that of gun and powder making. , : It is urged that peace loving na tions must be in a position to pur chase' war supplies freely in the markets of the world, when trou ble threatens. ''.That appears to be axiomatic. Yet it is alao certain that trouble will continue i to threaten-o long ' as Immense pri vate fortunes. can : be J made by plunging nations into war so that there, will be an increased demand for guns and bayonets. ' DISHOXKST CfJNTItACTOIlS THERE never has been and probabljj. will never be a war I : that does not disclose the dishonesty of army cpntrac tors.- c.J f.:' y - ' - ' It now develops that the .real reason why . Canadian troops were delayed in England after it had been: arranged; to transport thejn to the battle i front was because .whole companies had : been supplied with boots that split and fell apart as soon as they were exposed to mud and water. i Sir Wilfrid Laurier has charged in the' Canadian House of Com mons that the - government had been responsible for frauds In fur nishing shoes to the first Canadian troops mobilized for service. ; ; ,On the other! hand - prominent Canadians conversant with the facts " declare .' that the. raanufac turers took advantage of the haste which was manifested in preparing troops and supplied inferior goods One consignment of $25,000 worth of shoes was turned 'back by the military authorities who purchased a large supply from-the United States - to take Tits place. The. firm to whom the faulty shoes were returned ; had never manufac tured men's shoes and had; to in stall new, machinery. They were paid $4 a pair for each consign ment, . but in order to obtain a profit and "pay for the new ma chinery they used an inferior, qual ity of leather. r?The facts recall the extortionate prices the "United States govern ment was forced to pay for trans port ships in the Americano-Span ish War. They are. also reiriinders- of the embalmed beef scandal in which American soldiers were sup plied with meat unfit for human food. Every war has its grand parade of the contractors. Army contracts are in fact a great pro moter of the. martial spirit In every country. ' TWO DISCOVERIES n ECRETARY LANE has an nounced two discoveries by VJ the bureau of mines, both of vast Importance to the coun try. . One is expected to, enable oil refineries to Increase their - output of gasoline 200 per cent. The other makes possible the produc tion froms crude, petroleum of toluol and benzol; based for dyes and high explosives, which hereto fore have been produced almost exclusively by Germany. , A short time ago announcement wag made that the bureau of mines had discovered a process by which radium can be produced at a cost substantially below -that attending European methods. Tbe new pro cess was patented and the patent dedicated to the people. Nobody will get rich because of the' discov ery. The new process will be used to make radium cheaper to people who need it. ; It Is now announced that patents will be taken out on the new processes.- i The purpose is to prevent the possibility of any mofiopoly In their use. These new discoveries will a"so be dedicated' to the American.'; people. The United States is being re paid for ; whatever it has cost to maintain the bureau of mines.. In the case of gasoline, the Standard Oil Company has had a big advan tage over independent refiners. It is confidently expected that this advantage will be lost, that the in dependent refiners will be placed on fen equal footing, and that gaso line will be cheaper. ' . j The bureau of mines is. doing ex cellent work, its radium, discov ery was a great boon to .suffering humanity. Its recently " announced discoveries will be .a stimulus to business and Industry. " IX PLACE OF BREAD CI RpULAR letter . issued by the department of agricul ture says .this country Is not -likely to ;be threatened with a shortage of bread. But the ques tion Is asked; "if a shortage of wheat - should develop in the next three months, what would be the situatlbn?" ; . ' fT - Answering Its own question, the department calls attention ,j to the surplus of other food crops, a-number of which , can be used as sub stitutes : fori wheat. . Thisi cereal, it is said, does not constitute more than twelve per cent of the normal diet. Meat and dairy products ag gregate forty-ight per cent; ; poul try; and eggs, twelve;? vegetables, eleven,' and fruit, nuts, sugar afid other items make up the remaih-Ing-seventeen per cent; j There,are larger supplies of corn and other grains, meat animals, dairy- products, potatoes and fruit than for many years. Corn and po tatoes are the most important of these products. Normally .about) three per cent of the corn Crop j is consumed as food, whereas several times, that amount could be used without 4 infringing on the neces sary supplies for. stock feeding, j - The countryrs potato production has averaged' S.$ bushels per cap ita. This year the available supply equals -4.1 bushels, : The . average price of meat , animals was seven per cent cheaper In January than, a year ago and the number 1 on the farms was greater. Apples are ; more abundant r add cheaper, and there are a number of other standard articles of . food -which the country has In abundance.j ; . The country should. .be reassured by the department's figures. Even though : deprived of I the "staf f of life" by its price, there wilt be i no danger of Americans! going hungry; Perhaps a change jot diet from wheat to corn bread would be a good thing. . K ' Attention is again called to the deadly grade crossing by the ac cident at East Sixtieth "street last Saturday -nifeht in which Mrs. Frank Kasper was killed 1 and her husband and two children injured. -. ' - , j. a. THE JOURNAL NATIONAL EDITORIAL "WAR ZONES" CALLED PIRACY Br GEORGE W. KIRCH WE Y, i Cent rrofeinor ol I.w. Columbia t'nifJtj'. jnent Jn proclainiing- the waters surrounding- Great Britain, iand Ireland "war zone.j which neutral shipping- will enter at Ita peril, cre ates ' an extremely dangerous situa tion. War zones , in S this sense j ara wholly unknown ini internstio n & I law ' or In th e previous- practice .of-nations at war. TJne creation of auchj an area,' In which the ! de structive forces of., war are" in discriminately I let )ooe against: all, Whether f rie n d a or enemies, who Oeo. "W. Xixohway. inay venture within it, cornea dangerously iear to being, a declaration of war 'against neutral commerce. ;It revives and puts into effect, in its most ob- noxious form, a doctrine of bellig erent rights which h4s for a century been a dead as the practice of lsau lng letters ef marque or other forms of legalised piracy the doctrine, namelyf that neutrals) have no rights which belligerents are bound to re spect; that & neutral -nation may properly be called upon to choose be tween suicide .and ar. i So we are now told that we must,, choose! be tween the abandonment of our corii merce with Europe wlth . the conse quent paralysis of our industry j and the suffering and mlaery wRieh that will entallor war with Germany, "Who is not for ui Im againtuJ" Aa in the case Of the rape kit ; Bel- glum, tbe war on neutral commerce is justified by the plea off national neceaaljy, but thia j plea not' only throwa overboard the; hard won ."pub lic; right of Europe, T guaranteed by international law, but wholly bogs the question ot neutral rights. The German f argument cornea to this: Great Britain, by her command of the aea, ia threatening Germany with starvation. Therefore, we must, by any means in .our power, reauce me English to starvation- and neutrals must take their chances. "The fight we enter upon February 18 must be fought with all recklessness, says the German Lokal Anzelger, "and the Germans have resolved to fight with out regard for consequences. -. ' ! '' '..'.' i It ia heroic doctrine, suited to a race, of supermen who have put them selves above the International : law of the civilized world who, indeed, create their own international law on their own national necessities but It leaves out of account the gains which neutral peoples have j in the last hun dred years made irl j power, influence and resolution. It !is inconceivable that any neutral power which has the strength and courage to resist this usurpation on neutral rights will tamely, acquiesce in! the position to which this doctrine assigns her. ' So fair as our own country Is j con cerned, i he issue is clearly i joined. Germany's declaration is: "Neutral vessels which enter these closed wa ters will themselves bear ." the; re sponsibility for Any unfortunate ac cidents that may occur Germany dis claims all responsibility for such ac cidents and their consequences.' Our government has already re plied In "terms whose significance will not be mistaken: "If such a de plorable situation should arise,: the imperial German government i can readily appreciate thW, the govern ment of the United! States would D constrained to hold the Imperial:; gov ernment of Germany to a, strict ac countability for such acts of their naval authorities, and to tJalcep any step it might be hecesary to; take to safeguard American lives ! and property and . to secure to American citizens the full enjoyment of their acknowledged rights on the high seas." " ... It Is safe to assume that this warn ing will not be disregarded and that the "recklessness" with which, the Ger-r man plans are to be executed jwill stop Short of the torpedoing of American ships. s It might be a wis precaution, however, for the German government 1 to' guard against the possibility of such an "accident" by promulgating a decree announcing that. If an Ameri can vessel should be destroyed,, the officer performing n th exploit ' shall be decorated with the iron cross -for his courage" and summarily hanged for hia recklessness.. !.. .. - .-t yi :'l:Y:l': ' : ;-;i-'':i;:::0 Vf- f-il''.. ,? ' It is to the credit of German oandor that no attempt Is mad by the 'Impe rial government to justify its pro cedure on th grounds of international law. It does not pretend, aa some of It apologists are doing, that the waf J zone Instituted by It Is in' effect a blockade. Such a position is clearly untenable. "For in International law a blockade - Is a blockade not a "psy chological coJiditlo"n," not a reigti. of terror, but "an actual Investment of th enemy's porta with a force maintained continuously at a. strength sufficient to turn ; back neutral wtninfrw; and the right of the blockading force is to turn back, not to destroy, the com mere Which it alma to prevent. . But th worst aspect, of the "blood" and iron" policy-upon which Germany has entered is not the disregard of neutral rights indefensible as this Is but tRe cynical violation of public right in th destruction of ships, wne t h er neu tral vr belli ger eh t, wl th their crew and passengers; for this not to -mince matters is neither more nor less 'than piracy. -Nothing is bet- ,ter established in International law than the principle that, where the ex igencies of naval warfare ifequire tiv destruction, instead of thej feapture, of an enemy merchant vessel, "the captor is bound to provide for the safety of all person's on board." To aet in dia regard of: this, human principle is a plain reversion to barbarism which no exigency can excuse and which Is bound to react disastrously on any nation which practices it. : ' Is It .necessary to remind Great Brit ain that the application of the lex talionls can bo more, be tolerated f rorr her than from her enemy"? One wrong begets another, but does not excuse it: If iti is settled law that an enenay mer chant ship shall notbe destroyed with out first securing the safety of the persons on board, it ,1s equally, well settled in thet Jaws of nations that foodstuffs and other : innocent goods intended for the civil population of a belligerent-, state shall have free pass age in, neutral Bhips. For Great Brit ain to confiscate the cargo of the Wil helmina, if th fact is established that the goods are not for the use of. the military or naval forces of Germany, or to declare all foodstuffs . intended for Germany contraband' of war, would b as .high; handed. If not as savage, a proceeding as that of Germany In wag ing her war' on British and neutral commerce. t is to be hoped that our government will notify Great Britain, as we have notified Germany, that we shall tolerate no infringement of ; the acknowledged rights of American ships on the high seas, that we stand j for and will maintain the public right which this war has done so much to Impair. ' Copyright. 1915. . Letters From the People (Comtaaaieationi hhi to Tbe Journal for publication in till department should be writ, ten on only one aide of tbe paper, cbould not exceed Mm words in length and mult be ae eoinpanled by tbe name and addreaa of tbe fenucr. If the writer does not deaire to haT tbe name published, he should so atate. "Discussion Is tbe greatest of all reformers. It rationalizes Terytbing It touebes. It robs principles of all false tanctlty and throws tbeni back .on: their reasonableness. It they hara no reasonableness, it ruthlessly crashes them oat of- existence and sets up its own conclusion it. their stead." WooUrow WUsoa. On the Duty, of the, American. ICelso, , Wash., Feb. 27.-To th Edi tor of The Journal A few .evenings ago 1. read a letter in "Letters JTrom the People," written evidently by ' German-American with strong anti American spirit and as Strong pro-German ideas. - i In his letter he stated that the Ger mans in America are not and will hot be Americans as long as Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan continue in their Eng lish sympathies,- as he terms them. Now, 1 do not wish to enter into an argument concerning the neutrality stand of these gentlemen", because I feel that my inside knowledge .of the true state of affairs i so slight that I am in no way competent. to Judge. and I believe that the same statement will apply to th writer! referred, to.; I believe that both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan are level-headed men, who know their business better than" most peo ple on the'outslde, and tan be trusted to. handle the situation with a high de gree of justice and integrity. But alt of this in stmewttat beside the point that I wish to.make namely, that si man living in America, under protect i on 'of - the American flag and the iAkierlcan laws, a man who comes hereVa.nd prof its : -by. our vast jiatural reo.tircea and the liberties and free dom; which may her be enjoyed, who meets and mingles . with the people here 'on a social equalityj is little bet ter -than -S? traitor when!;:he declares that he is not an American and for the Americans under' any and all condi tions Which may arise. I; do not mean by that that aman is Jhot' io have sympathies- with his mother country or his "fatherland, but -that in the last analysis he-is to be an American first, last and all the time. jj . I ram not speakinjg of IndVi viduals, but of classes, j do not wish to be taken es an Englishf sympathizer, for I-think England ha overstepped her rights,, buti I do want to be taken a an Amerlica.nt now and forever. Hurrah for Old Glory!" tone mr She wav: EL. I( HAYES. Ilelund the Footlights. j Portland, Feb. 24. To ith Editor of The Journal:: My heart goes o.ut to the play-actors. They give (more and ;get less than any othsT class of people. Their pockets are open tejp and bottom and their hands go out j to all. God's creatures In a desire to bless and bene fit.! They live mo Jn their demotions that they seldom have timej toi sit back, be come blase-and munch the- peanuts of success.. If there is a collection 'to-be taken td send some unknown "lunger"' to Arizona, they fall over themselves to come In on -it. even If they have to borrow t)i7nony. They are on, the wing, hut as they fly they scatter smiles that leave no heartaches. They sing arid danc and play for us though thieir. hearts may be bursting jwith grSef..! Last night Bernhaird Garcey, the diminutive omedhn with .the High Jinks- compajny. a few minutes before his turn w called, received a ; tele gram that Wis,, mother was' dead.' im agine how h felt, trying to make: you happy while, his heart was. filled with sorrow, ; Th funmaker .who made you laugh was carried away, after the per formance, overcome with 'ferief.-j' . The ,'actors .act all day long. Of cours they do- Thy are always play ing to the gallery of their own cosmic selves. 'They are both the actors and the "house," and out of it they surely get much Joyr - They are tall children they , never: grow up. The gods must love them, because they pi young, no matter bow long they, live. , Yes, the players play for us, and just a little appreciation on our part "filla their7 cup of Joyto th brim. People ought to ido more for them and alwavs should remember that if they sotnetlmes give ' , - rf. PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SM.VLL..CUAAGE Beware of the timely advice pf a disinterested man.-. i v ; Byj you never -havnl to go halfway In order to get in bad: V An extremely egotistical man is. one who has himself for a1 hobby, . ' . - , j ' v- -ti Feiw people are wise' enough - to know that ignorance is bliss. li .-- , ' - i ; J . ; And the more some petople are worth the more" worthless th?y are. it : i. f ' . V ' v ..Li;. Marriage 'licens clerks manage, to sell lottery tickets unmolested. I A black eye indicates that th owner looked for trouble and found it. r A woman's idea of a man with loose habits is one, who often-gets tight, I! In the bright lexicon of the hustle1 the W0rd "enough doesn't show up. j f jT: Revenge is a bomerang that often returns to the thrower and puts him in the hospital. . I-' : . :-; --: ii ' - h- j -- r- ?"- ' t. i Analyze the content. of your cup of sorrow and you'll be surprised at the happiness found thereia. - h " A young widow knotvs that the easi est way to . catch, a successor to ' th late lamented is to run' away from him. . . , j ... , :: ; . li lt takes a smart-man to dispose of Is property in a way that will shut out his lawyers as well as his rela- uveB. ; n.very failyre is a tep toward, sue- cess. ain.uus may explain whv.the oftener Mmu men fall the richer.they A Bclentln't states thirds of ai woman's tliat fully two pleasure in life ability to shed are derived from her? tears at wiil.L I NEAR-PROMISES TO By John M. Oaklson. I have a letter inclosfng the booklet issued by a "( new company organized tq appeal to home builders which puts soma questions About the company's plan. ,':''' j ' ' . The writer is under, a.n excusable misapprehension concerning the com pany's near-promises and its real pur pose. I am sune that most readers of the booklet would -make the same mistake, and I believe that the com pany counts upon the attraction ot its near-promises to build its bu sine as. In a well displayed s table. -the com pany gives the impression, that aftes you have-; paid $10 a month tpt 10 months fyau may then choose one of two options: i'ou may . borrow. J100T), giving a mortgage for $900 ami paying it off at the rate of $8.60 a month. (7 going to reduce principal and $1.0 s Interest) or you .may receive $160 in cash. Th table shows corresponding options , at the end of th eleventh, twelfth," thirteenth, fourteenth etc.. month, including the twentieth, when you may either borrow $800 on he terms mentioned or receiv ' $ 300 for the $200 you have paid in month by month' . ' Now, If the company actually prom ised such results aa this, It would In us poor ' players; tb.es plays were written by poor playwrights. God. is the great piaywrigat, ana we are all doing our 'little parts in hia larce-comedy called life - Actors' .hopes .are made of the same stuff that, dreams- are made of, and their little life Is rounded with a sleep. Thev have, what they carsy in .their. hearts, and that is all any of ns have. GUS SQHUhT. The Ixt of the' Seaman. Portland,' Feb. 27. To the Editor of The. Journal Aone in a strange place. often unable to speak and understand the .language of your surroundings. you wait ait the shipping master's of fice for a Job, At lV.st you see-; it, in treat , big letters; men wanted for a deep water; brig. You .make a dash. 'your papers In hand, to be one of the few selected -ones. No time is given you, to think It over, You are rushed to the shlppihg commissioner's office to sign ship's articles. There you are told: "All of you men have been sail ing before, ; ao you know the customs and law. The articles call for a' trip abroad land i return. Sign your name." Now you have .signed ship's articles. You have signed your, freedom away. You ar a nominal slave at the mercy of youn master, the captain. There Is a. law by which master and and man slmli abide: but in' practice it works nut differently. There is a clause in the law which means, in plain- English "The captain is the master; you are the slave. lo what he tells you; other wise you laind in Jail for refusing duty on the hlgti seas." ' t , From th day th ship, weighs an- choir, you risk your life a thousand times. It- iis part of your calling. Yoii don't miind i it, as long a-s everything works iii hairmony. But when the first collision comes, when you know you are right and he is wrong, but too stubborn to give in, when you know that your life is endangered Just oe causa he wfnts to show his supremacy there conies' the turning point in the course. Born as a freeman, you claim- your right as a freeman, and you real ize that you are a slave. A. wrong done to youi is not forgotten in an hour or" two. Jit stays and breeds more trouble.: j. There is fne ray of hope. You have the right td atpeal to t-he, consul. J Now you f-each port. You go and see the consul, t In 9 cases otit of 10, you are turned away. The capAa-in Is right; you are wrong. There., hearing, no judge, ncMaw; The decision of the consul i stands. There is no appeal to the courts. You j now; want foeedom more than ever (One Iway is open, You take-it. You desertil But you are caught In the act lor; a little after, for $50 Js enoughi for any policeman to catch you, and thL capitain is more than willing to pajVit from your money. It;isi within the law for him to do so. You are detained in prison and delivered back td the Ship n trons, wnen reauy to sail and fall at your own expense. KoTT,etlmes you are lucky. You hide until the. ship has sailed, and. you are free t least for the present. i But r-e""r! KO oaCK to yuur mvincr i-nA for voui are a deserter. You have broken a civil contract to labor. What a crime: nut u is none every day, and It win be done until we grant these sailors freedom by repealingrthe slave-catching laws in regard to our seamen on foreign shores, and foreign seamen in our country' the land of the free, the horma of the brave. '.' i AVliere Uttle Will Help Much. Tygh Valley, Or Feb, 24. To the Editor .of The Journal and .to the Re lief .Societies- -We live on a homestead and this is our second year- The grass hoppers got i our crop ; Jasi year, an.i my husband ' ha been sic all winter, so It makes; times hard with tis.il have some fine garden ground but noi money OUKGO.V SIDELIGHTS Ashland's cTiicf of pollcehas issued Warning that the city's chicken ordi-nant-e in, henceforfh to b'rlidly en forced, ; j . " ... ... ' i .. . .. . ... Baker is to hav a new fire alarm, a 2i siren to tske the place of the old bell, which,' the liemocrat says,; has been so badly cracked that it .ineffi ciency has been a standing joke. s; j . Th IworkV of beautifying th south slope of the Butt Park at Kugcne is in progress; undec the direction of the park board; Native flowers 'nd shrubs will be utilised in adorning the park tract. Cottag lrove will soon hav a depot park. The BoutWern Pacific company has made th; necessary appropriations. The - Commercial club will -do the planting after th grounds hav been put into snap by tlua company. . " . . . - - . Redmond Spokesman: The red" sand J'rold strike that was mad Tuesday by ocal parties in the vicinity of Odin Falls, a few mile from the cltyriooks mighty "ood arid values cart be easily recovered, as the and is free-panning. ' . Hood R'iver-News: Portland peopl are preauma-bly not now so regretful concerning the war abroad," since they are this week enabled to en joy several carloads of apples which would other wise have been munched, by-Germans and Tommies now crunching .hardtack instead. .! - Rosy prospect as viewed by the Con don Tlmest "Tne.past rew oays uv naf nlndM for th crops. . f in mffrafn fell . all -Wednesday night and Thursday, all of Whlcli soaked into the ground. .In sr. very few. days 'every kernel of wheat in, tn rninitv will be unrouted and forCln ita wav throush the soil.' VH farm era who have been interviewed .""ST that no damage rrom rrost nas. ot curred. . Early sown grain is all up nnd-looKing lint it in .present writ inc." . . LURE HOME BUILDERS vite the attention of the federal' au thoritles. It would belong, among th get-rlch-quick . " scheme. llowever, the company's fine print-explanation of this near-promise makes the tabl of no value as a reliance for either the borrower who want to , acquire home oiv the saver who expects to r ceive a big ireturn on his money. "You make this payment each month." says th ' fine trl.nt In th booklet, "until j-our cntract Is en titled to a, loan," Nowher fs it prom fised that you contract will le en titled, to a loan at the end qf 19 or 2J Iliuillin. . - - A Again, concerning th cash value o yoiir contract, th text explains: "L'pon the first and each subsequent payment up. to and Including th twentieth, there is Issued to th con tract hoKlert a coupon haying a face value oft $Si each, and when the said contract Iholder is reached In turn for a loan"Tie may then cash his cou pons InsteajQ of taking out; a loan. . But note that he must Walt until he "is reached in turn for a loanl" v Will that be in 10 or! 20 months Hardly. It caiv't beJone, and. a prom is to pay $100 profit to the' saver of 110 a month for 20 months would be ridiculous. No wonder the booktft tliVa in nir-nrnmis! i A FEW SMILES Willis What are you worrying about? Didn't the agent 'who sold you the. lot guarantee It was only . a gunshot from th station? Gillls Yes, but I was ' reading , this morning " ' that the Germans have gun that carry twenty miles. Puc! A- certain ex-senator from Wlscon sin says th best speech of .introduc tion he ever . heard was delivered by th mayor of a small toWrt In Wisconsin, where the . senator had" been engaged to speak. . The mayor said: . I"Ladles.' und shen tlemens, I haf been asked' to introtoose. you to the Honorable, Senator Blank who will make to you' t speech,-yes. I haf now'done o; he yill now do so, The lanky youth who. occupied seat in a passenger coach persisted in sticking, his head and shoulders ut of the window The brakeman was pass ing through the. coach and he touched the youth the back. "Better keep your head inside. the win dow," i advisel the braketrlan. " . . '1 kin look out the Window if. I want to." .answered the youth. "I know! -you rn,C warned the brakeman. ''But: if on damage any of the Ironwork on th brldg you'll pay for it." to buy seeds with, so If you good Deo- Ile .could "Tiend .tn some,, I could make me a little income at selling some vegetables, as many ranchers liv here and don't take the time to malts gar den. w have a big. family .of little children, .so If X had th seeds all would be well, as a garden means a whole lot to a family,. Now, as to seeds in bul, f. find I would best like 23 cents worth of onion seed and th same In'carrota of the oxhart variety, also peas, lettuce, radishes, beets and beans of the Gold en West variety. So- now if you -can help me out on this I am -sure I would appreciate it, and all of us would be very grateful to you, and 1 hop you can send the seeds soon, as I. cou td make, garden right now if 1 had the seeds. -. MRS. H.i G. MUX.LER. Tygb Valley, Or.' I tabic and Ilounties. Lawen, Or., Feb. 22. To the Editor of Th Journal In-reply to "A. W. J5," of Golden, who say that from the tone of my letter he infers people her would not kilt coyotes or dogs unless there was a- bounty so w could make big money, I wish to say that no man ha so far let th opportunity nas to kill one, if he had anything to do it' with; There - are miles of . mountain country in this part of Oregon where no one lives, and s, bounty will- in duce the men who make' a business of trapping to go. after the coyotes and wildcats.- His advice to buy poison ror $1 and kill 100 coyotes, isLyery good. But a mad coyote dots nof tnd cannot eat, and poisoned bait dwes no good. . Thousands of dead rabbits fur nish the well ones all the food they require and they are rarely caught with batted traps. However, . see that the legislature has passed th bounty act., and there will be some relief at last.- Bttll A. W 25. must not get the notion that th stockmen and ettlts of eastern'Oregon are making- this de mand simply to get their hands in th state treasury. STOCKMAN. yj oggcav country "IM EARLT DATS" Br Frsd LoeaJsT. 'Spoeiai Stiff WriMr ef . Ths JournaL "It is. 44 years ago slnco I attended the grairmiar school here in Portland," said Captain Edw'ard Allen Noyv. when "I yislted him recently at liin home r at TWenty-aewmd . anc'l Irving trt-Ms. . "Since that, itmo I hwe e-n a good deal of the world. For f. years my father followed t bo sea. and during thv half century ho was a ara captain he entered almost every pott in (he world. I -wenCwIth him on many of his trips until 1 settled-(ln Orpson. whra I ran ' (lia I.ivl-joi- mlddlc and upper rlvei1, as well as on th Willamette. ' - "In J 891, 1 happened to be In Ilorig kong. Among Ui score of vessels' iu th harbor were alx flying-the Ameri can flag.. I visited each of these- six ivivvis. iiwua niiiivai; jiko atieiiuutK; home' weok in the old town, for on eaclj Of tlj -ix I 1 found that either the master or some of the officers ha fled from my native (City, rienrn'iort. on Penobscot bay, on the coaHtrof Maine. "On board tiie Harvard, I found Iin eoln A, Cplcord. ,ou, can linnKlti bow delighted 1 wrp, becnuSo Lincoln Colcord and 1 wora' ld tliiie chuma. As a matter of fact', both Lincoln and I were fond of the aame girl, Ada 11. Pendleton. However. I was the lucky one, and she became Mrs. Noycs I.lh coln Colcof j ami 1 were hoolmattj. and roomlny te at r I lie 'seminary at Biicksport, Maine. I.Ike many, of th. old Seursport klpiirn.' Lincoln Col-. ooro tooK iforamuru or 1 one - or ,tno Amerlcan-IlaHailcn ..-vessels'. i'lvn years ago I viislted him) in Heattle. where his ship, the Virginian, wan lending for :the?Jtawallan Islands. II dropped ,dead of heart dlsenaa two years ago at Jlremcrton, shortly after his hio haxl coma into twrt "When I I visited his ship In linnt kong in '91, his boy, Lincoln Colonrd, Was In knee jiunts. Ills boy. dtciiiel to be a civil engineer instead of fol lowing the i Hen; but - he : was laid m With rheumatism so-much from sleep ing outdoors that he gave, up this work and Went i Into literature.. Mt-Cl lira's magalznc, i the American, Saturday Evening ' Post and most of the big magazines i have been ; publishing his stories. I have just gotten from th library two of his books, "Drifting Diamond" and "Llf and Death." Many of the characters ; recognize,; For in stance, in brie of. "his books he speak of Dashey Noyes. ; This character Dashey Norrls, . second mate on . my fattier' 'old boat, the Garibaldi, and, by the way.-W. H.t Hardy of this city, one of ths last survivors of Ferry's expedition to Japan, used to be a mat on Doaru tne uanuniui 111-11 111 miurr was captain. ; ; 'Prtli'nMl 'hrlnffa Atii nn '1 Vi 1 n v in f stories that very few Ainerldans know. in China, i He shows that the Chinese of the higher class are people of th utmost charm and; the highest ' honoi'. In .my dealings with the Chlnesa in cmna i rouna tnat tney were men -or integrity and business responsibility, ahd that their word was better than many a white man's ond. . "One hundred and fifty years apo th mistress of the sea was the Brit-. IstuMiip, built of oak. It Was a sturdy and seaworthy cralt, and It whs a sturdy race of men that tnaniled these aWns. ' The old ltrltlah oak built shil'rt were? succeeded by -the Aberdeen dip per, a long, narrow bunt snip, wiik n wo longer sails the seas, an it was uccvded ' by the 'speedy American., built: boat. ; The AnJerlcuns evolved a type Of vessel that was the glory of our euhtry-and tne kdml.ratlon of ota- r maritime nations. In the 4ys f the old Flying Cloud and the Red Jacket, the Glory of the Skies, th Sovereign of tn Seas, the Dreartnuught and the Young American, no ship of any other nation could spread enough canvas to keep up with our American built boats, nor could the foreign sail ors compete with our hardy downeast sailors. . "Some of th fastest and best boats ou.ltl jn jsni'srica. wem muu tui um soast of Malfl". Their ribs were of hackmatack, their 'gunTTels were of pltch-plne and their hull was of white oak, and they could show clean pair of heels to anything afloat, in thoe day we bid fair to be mistress oe the seas, for we had th chief material required in the construction of there boats and we hid the skill . to maUe them. -But Just about then the day 'f the steel ahip dawned, and our com. merce and commiuui of tiie sens were . wrested from us by England, reou she could build metal MjoiIr cheaper than we could.. J . The reason they could build cheaper boats was that we felt'lt necessary to give excessive protection t wriat we termed bur infant industries, our flteel . plants, and this protection, inade the price of steel prohibitive, fn fact, our j Steel manufacturer sold tijeir proauci abroad at a less price than it could b bought in this, country. Steam ami , ,. .1 1 M.n,ri ami eanimi and today our raw material and our fin- sbd product are going to tne orient nd to foreign countries in toreign bottoms, and other nations are. secur ing th profit from our overseas trans-. portation. Which belongs to the Ameri can mariners. " - f . ... I hoD to see the day when Ameri can cargoes will be shipped In Ameri can hosts, built by American capital, and manned by American sailors." Had Never Keen t he, Iake. ' From the Chicago Post. Boys who live Jn Chicago but hav never seen Lake Michigan; who have . a .filA r.n an Tevii4ef1 train fi r been more thsn eight blocks from the place of their birth they sound In credible. ' . - Yet they are realities., ; The young mcn..-Who are making th Chicago Hoy BcOuts a real organization have found them. ' .. ;..''. AJrip to the stockyards was pro- posed in one of tfuVhorthweat Hide di- -. riots. The main obstacle to be sur mounted was the obtaining of parental consent to" ride on -that , strange new device, tli "L.'' .In similar fashion the scoutmasters Were astounded to find boy -after boy who bad never sen the lake. When they were taken serous to th scout camp In Michigan they i were thrilled beyond belief to be 'outlof sight of land." These are just average Chicago boys i-i-not delinquents ,or dependents or mjr vi mf buioihiih; inings to wnicn sociology reduces boys. - ; : ! ':-....; ' The Sunday Journal ' Tb Great Horn' Newspaper, i ..1. , consists of i'our news secliom replete with j. illustrated features. .' Illustrated .magazine of quality. Woman's pages . of tar merit , Pictorial news suppleraent' Superb comic section. . 5 Cents the Copy, 4 a '