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THE JITNEY
' Y'TNEYS ought not to be'regu
I lated out of existence.
J . Ttere is no reaso'n to throw
'J . unnecessary burdens on them.
They are a legitimate ' enterprise
in a legitimate field. They have
done more in a 'few weeks to bet
ter, service -on the streetcar lines
than has been done by public regu
lation 1nce Portland was a vil
lage. -'.- '" '
"fj-The jitney people insist that pro
posed resulatlqns 'are too drastic,
that it is planned to exact more
tax on an. average jitney than on
a streetcar. Whatever may be the
facts in that respect, the funda
mental principle remains that the
government" of Portland does not
exist- fe (a protection of the big
man in . preference '. to the little
man or for tie benefit of the big
interest as against the little inter
est, and it seeina unlikely that the
city commissioners will undertake
a regulation that .wjW be either
unfair-or unjust to, the struggling
jitneys. -
THE DACIA CASE
THE American steamship Dacia,
, loaded with American cotton
for. Germany, has been seized
- - " by - French cruiser i The
probabilities are that after doing
': most of- the . protesting against
transfer, of the' Dacia from the
derm an to the American flag.
Great Britain stood aside and let
France seize the vessel.
""The' British claimed tbajt the
Dccia's sale to an American was
for the purpose of evading capture.
Proof was tendered that the tran
saction was bona fide, , but Great
Britain refused to accept the evi
dence, insisting that should the
Dacia sail she would be captured
and taken into a prize court.
The, vessel has been captured,
: but by a French cruiser. It means
that her case will be tried, in a
French prize court. Undoubtedly
the Dacia's owners have a" more
difficult task than would have
been the case had Great Britain
seized the vessel. In" a British
prize court it would have' been
necessary to prove only that the
Dacia's sale to an American was
bona flde, ,for Great r Britain has
specifically "recognized the transfer
of flag after the outbreak of'hjs-,
tilities. ' ;
r 'But France is In a position to
say it will not recognize a sale.
vFrench policy has differed "with
British, and it is probably for this
"reason that the Dacia was seized
by a French cruiser.
AT ORECJOX CITY
f
AN ABANDONMENT of ques
tionable water for pure wa
ter is always a step forward
, tJX P.UJ
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It is civilization. It Is com
toon sense. It is sound policy. It
Is unquestionable eqonomy.
It is a strange thing to use the
Willamette River as a dumping
ground for the . sew age of every
city along .its' banks and at the
same time resort to It as a source
of water for human use. Possibly,
modern methods of filtration are
effective, and possibly soao cities,
because of inaccessibility to moun
tain streams are, for the present
measurably justified in relying- on
filtered water for family use. .
. But ultimately, there will, from
the Increase ' of population, either
fcave ' to be an ' end to f ie use of
the Willamette as a trunk sewer
for the gVeat valley of Western
Oregon, of communities will be
forced to give up its use as. 'a
source of water supply.
The question - of changing the
water supply from filtered water
from the Willamette to pure water
from a mountain stream in the
heart of . the .Cascades Is now under
debate at I Oregon City, and is to
be decided in n election tomorrow.
To an onlooker, it would appear
that, since Oregon City! must take
the step some, time; the rational'
thing is to do It now. Since the
change Is inevitable, tho paramount
question would seem to be, what
Is the use ' of postponement?
.. Tliere will never be a time when
the work can be .done more cheap
ly. The conditions for doing such
' work are 'extremely favorable as
was shpwn in the bidding for con
struction of the later-state 'bridge.
.Steel plants want contracts. ' Men
need employment. - The labor mar
ket is over-supplied. These are
the .conditions most favorable for
reduced L cost: In such enterprises
as constructing pipe lines and wa
ter systems. . '
. No change would do more to In
crease public confidence Ia-jOregon
-T3T
Clty. Once the system 13 installed,,
real estate agents will take hqsie
eeekers to' the dxinkUis- fountU
as a means of proving- the 'desira
bility of Oregon City as a. home
town. The mere advertising value
of a pure mountain .water: supply
is worth inore than all tbe gutter
ing literature; air the boost pam
phlets, all r the commercial bodies
and all other agencies by which,
population is sought and growth
promoted.
Beyond all, pure water'5 is health
giving') and life giving. And, what
is there in the world that pan out
weigh with apy people, the claims
of health and human life?
, TIIEDAIIDAXELLES
THE. Dardanelles- has so long
been considered as one of the
most itnpregnably fortified
waterways of the world that
the result of the pending attempt
of the allied fleet to force a pas
sage cannot bnt possess excep
tional interest in Itself without
considering the bearing it will have
upon the European conflict.
Foreign warships have gone
through the straits against the will
of the Turks only three times. It
is interesting to recall hat the
first passage 'was, by a vessel fly--ing
the American flag, the fricate
Qeorge Washington, in , October,
1800, . : -
Captain Bainbridge had been
sent with the George Washington
to Tripoli,, and from there he
started to Constantinople, bearing
a "party of Tripolitan envoys to the
porte. When he reached the -entrance
to the Dardanelles he was
halted and his passports, were de
manded. As there was no Atlantic
cable' in those days Captain Bain
hridge decided that he would not
wait three months for his pass
ports but would go through with
out them. He sailed his ship up
to an anchorage and ordered a
salute. When the Turkish guns
responded he quickly made sail in
the thick smoke j which' enveloped
tho entrance. When the air cleared
the Turks beheld his vessel well
through the strait -with every stitch
of canvas set and drawing.
A remarkable fact recalled, by
the present bombardment is that
for a long time the ' sultan has
had authority, .through the assent
of the European powers, to . pre
vent all warships from passing
through the1 strait. It seems ex
traordinary that the Dardanelles
should be under the dominion of
such a ruler, but for more . than
a century! this historic waterway
has been ithder the proxy authority
of the Turk.' .
In 1841, a, treaty was signed be
tween the five leading European
powers and the porte confirmed
the long time right of Turkey to
forbid passage of the strait by war
ships of foreign governments.
In 1856. there- was another
treaty in which the porte was au
thorized to permit certain vessels
belonging to foreign governments
to pass, but by the treaty of Ber
lin in 1878 it was again Imposed
upon -the sultan to prevent the
passage of any ship of war.
In the present bombardment, the
fleSt of the allies has penetrated
a' distance of 16 "of the 47 miles
in the strait. The channel varies
in width from one to four miles,
and there is always-a strong cur
rent, the volume and velocity of
which is much increased by winds
which blow in the same direction
with the-gtream for abdui ten
months inhe year. The strait
was anciently known to the world
as the Hellespont.
NEW OUTLOOK FOB RUSSIA
fvlil EDWARD GREY announced
V in the Hous of Commons
j- last Thursday, that Great
,Britain is In entire accord,
with .Russia's desire for an outlet
through the Dardanelles.
. This announcement is one of
the Important political develop
ments in the European situation.
Russia's desire-for a warm-water
port and an unrestricted outlet
from the Black set has long been
one of her most cherished national
aspirations. Until the British for
eign" secretary .made his -statement
in the House of Commons the at
titude of Great Britain, in the
event that the Russians should be
able -to occupy Constantinople,
had been an open question.
If Great Britain had listened to
Mr. Gladstone the Turk would
have been driven out of Europe
nearly half a century ago. But
England thought it necessary to
keep Constantinople in Turkish
hands as a buffer against possible
Russian designs upon India.
If the , allies , win the war, the
world may: expect to see Russia,
becojne a new -commercial and
maritime nation. The main influ
ence that has kept her back has
been the absence of a warm-water
Port. ; :
NOT -A QUESTION OF SIZE
wHE short man can find com-
I pensation in the dictum of"
"Dr. Pwnbrey, a lecturer on
physiology at Guy's hospital,
London, to the effect that he
makes a better soldier than the
tall man. ! . ' ;,'.'.. '
.The difference , In height be
tween men is chiefly" a" difference
in the length -of-the legs.- At the
same r time, argues . Dr. Pembrey,
height- depends on ' the correlated
activity of certain glands which
produce " internal secretions; Tho
essential organs in the head and
trunk are often better developed in
the short j man than in the tall
one, the weight of brain being rela
tively greater in the short man. and
th reaction time not so long. 'Tall
men of full proportions are often
heavy and slow on their feet. ,, ?
ThuB there are strong physio-
logical reasons for the greater ac
tivity 'of the small man who 'does
nofsuffer from the mechanical dis
advantages of" height and' weight.
Tberef ore the small man has . a
greater capacity for work and more
endurance and is better able to
resist disease. ' . '
Tall men will probably dispute
the assertion of Dr. Pembrey but
they will have to admit; that Na
poleon, Phil. Sheridan land Lord
Roberts, three very short 'men,
were , excellent soldiers, j and that
the minimum stature fpr admis
sion ' to the' armies, has Ibeen low
ered by European commanders
with the - explanation that smaller
men are more effective on the fir
ing line and In the march.
EXPIiANATIONS WANTED
SENATOR DAY is busy explain
ing that the spoilsmen's bill
is a "step forward."
Senator Thompson busily
explains- that the 'spoilsmen's bill
is "a step forward." .
Senator Moser keeps explaining
that the spoilsmen's bill is "a step
forward."
The Oregonian . is diligently ex
plaining that the spoilsmen's bill
is "a step . forward:" - '"..
If the measure is such a good
bill, -such a virtuous bllli such a
step forward bill, why alii this ex
plaining? Why flee whe4 no man
pursueth? : Why be afraid, if, as
these brethren aver, spoils and,
spoilsmen are a new and epoch
making discovery of how to pro
duce efficiency in government?
Meanwhile, what the public
woiiid lika to have explained is,
not that the spoilsmen's- measure is
"a step forward," but, if it Is so
splendid, so beneficent and so
long-felt-want 'a measure, why
were suchi? tactics resorted to in J
order to secure its passage? If it
is such a long' step .forward, .why,
for two whole days, did ' the Sen
ate 'jconf etees- threaten defeat of
the compensation bill unless the
Honsft s would consent to pass th
noiTmn's billl " '
Why, for two whole days, did
the House ; conferees Indignantly
refuse to accept the spoilsmen's
bill, accepting it finally as the only
means of getting the compensation
hill through the Senate? This la
the real, history 4t the spoilsmen's
bill that the peqlple want to hear
about from Senator Thompson,
Senator Day, Senator Moser and
the Oregonian. ;
Nor is this all the explanation
that the public would like jto hear
from the Senate cabal and Its or
gan. Granted, for the sake of. ar
gument that spoilsmen and spoils
are the true means of securing
efficiency in government, why was
the bill, kept out - of reach of the
o,o, Wa Mil Tf i
this beautiful, Christianlike bill j
fr. ....nHfi, Itnrtonov in govern-
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merit is so guou a uuug iur mo ,
people, why was it necessary to
take the pains to prevent the peo
ple from' getting at it with the
-rofrnliiTn ? .; .'
Neither of these points has j
been toucnea upon oy ine 1
torial Moseses who are elucidating
to a .listening world their Wonder
ful discovery of the real key to
good government. While, in their
speeches, newspaper interviews and
editorials, they dwell upon tfie In
spiring and soul thrilling beauties
of spoils and . spoilsmen .as a
means of correcting the evils of
government, let the senator and
their able nejwspaper i spokesman
entertain and' edify the peope op
these points:
First Why did the Senate stand
ready to beat the compensation
bill if the House refused to pass
the spoilsmen's bill?
Second Why was the, bill kept
out of reach of the people by at
taching the emergency clause to It?
Third Why did the- Senate
bosses demand this measure : even
at the personal sacrifice' bj? the
governor of sighing the bill, falter
he had promised the grange that
he would veto emergency clause
bills not. "necessary for the im
mediate preservation of the public
peace, health or safety?" 1
'Fourth If it is such a master
piece of a bill, why Is- every civil-,
ized government in the . world,
Oregon excepted, extending and
perfecting civil service as a means
of getting rid of spoilsmen and
spoils? . .
IS EAST PRUSSIA
FROM -all accounts, East Prus
. sia has been devastated by
the Russians. They .admit
they "laid waste." the country
as they retired, and the German
emperor is quoted as ', saying the
destruction was beyond anything j
hitherto known, that the whole t
East Prussian, country was .utterly !
ravaged f
The New York Globe has two
rnrsntativM in th eastfirn war !
nki.j t,.i
ituue nuu UUYO Lauiu Li-a I. f.JJ.J' i
1 ' L. - . i. .... 1
have seen and photographed "the
most 'terrible', and disgusting de
vastations known ' to war." At
Goldap the .Russians did riot leave
a house, store, hospital or- church
standing. At Lyck and surround
ing towns - there were similar ex
cesses, and it is stated; that even
the women were not spared by the
soldiery.- ' f y . .fs '
' - Thus Germany has suffered the
inevitable consequences , of war.
East Prussia is the ; only part of
Germany that has bee4 Invaded in
force. Possibly the ; Russians
would not have -laid, waste the
country had they, not been forced
to ' retire, " but they have shown
how beastially wicked, war is. '
East Prussia Is another lesson
in the world's" education.' 'No war
has evep "been" fought without wan
ton destruction, without 'excesses.
And yet" It has been "urged that
war magnifies the manly virtues.
- 1 THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
WASHINGTON AND HYPHEN-:-
T ATED AMERICANS'' -; '
By SAMUEL McCHOSI BOTHERS,
Pastor of First Church, Cambridge, Max.
O PART of Washington's 1 fare
well address made a, more pro
found ImpreEsion than his Warn
ing: to his countrymen agrainst taking
sides; in European conflicts. "Eu
rope," he declared, "has a set of pri
mary Interests which to us have) none
or very remote, relation." . IJe argued
that It "would he unwise- In: us. to
implicate ourselves by artificial ties
In the ordinary vicissitudes of ; her
politics or the ordinary' combinations
and ' collisions Of her friendships and
enmities." If the new nation was to
develop in peace, it was necessary to
beware of "inveterate antipathies
against particular ; nations and pas
eionate attachments to others."
It is evident that Washington had
in mind the principle of safety- first.
He was concerned oyer the dangers
which beset a weak nation .when It
allows itself to take sides In the
quarrels of the strong. The ocean
then was a real barrier, and America
could take advantage of geographical
detachment to safeguard Its : moral
detachment,
' :
' In the present conflict the conditions-
have changed. This nation is
no longer weak; it is a great! world
power,' conscious of its strength." It
is no longer remote, it Is near to the
scenes of strife. The battlefields of
Belgium arej, to all practical purposes,
nearer to us than Massachusetts was
in Washington's day. to New Jersey.
The ocean has ceased to be a barrier.
To keep the peace is as truly the
purpose of enlightened statesmanship
as it was In the eany days jof the
republic nut tna means or Keeping
H have changed completely. Keu
trallty in the sen.se of Indifference to
the issues involved is impossible to
the masses of the American people.
As Individuals we feel deeply and
cannot fall to express our feelings.
Our national neutrality Is guaranteed,
not by individual detachment, but by
the strength S and variety of our at
tachments. -
We often speak scornfully of what
are called "hyphenated-Americans."
Why should any remnant of old world
loyalties be retained, or any ' Ipld
world associations remain to color the
thoueht of any of our citizens? Why
Irish - Americans or German -; Ameri
cans? Why tiot be simple Americans?
But does not this conflict bring us
to a realization that we are all hy-
phenatjed-Americans?
We are not
aochfchonous-sprun from th soiL
Th whIt? population of the j United
States derives its origin from
Eu
rope, and that origin is not so re
mote as to be forgotten. It is usu
ally preserved in family tradition.
I Somewhere across the Atlantic there
s e .LI
American whose ancestors came to
this continent In Colonial times sings
"tAnd where my fathers died." be is
thinking not simply of some spot
within the, borders of these states, his
affections take hold of the land from
which, bis fathers came.
Many.: an American who had prided
himself on his undiluted " patriotism
has a new emotional experience when
he contemplates the possibility of an
invasion of Great Britain. Something
within him tells him that he Is also
a hyphenated-American. He Is an
Ajiglo-Amerlcan in the same sense
that his neighbor is a German-American.
; "Blood is thicker than water."
The land where his fathers lived and
died is very dear to 'him. He Is no
less loyal to America because he re
sponds, to ' ancestral traditions and
sympathies.
The pope In a recent : encyclical
quotes approvingly the saying, "Chris
tian; is my name, Catholic is iny sur
name." The name and surname are
necessary f,or a full description.
Why not frankly face the composite
nature of American citizenship? Blood
is thicker than water, not only jor
the American of British ancestry.
It is equally true of Americans whose
kinsmen are today v fighting -for Ger
many or Austria or Russia, jj
The America of today is not in
danger of I being drawn ijto war
through the! frank expression of the
natural sympathies of Its citizens, for
the simple reason that' they balance
each other. This is not a New Eng
land or a New France, but, a New
Europe. The people of the European
nations are at war. The kinsmen of
these same people " dwell ' here!,1 side by
side, as friends and neighborsk. Irf
that friendship lies the significance
f the United States.
Our$ is not
I .-. . . ' i. 11,. n Jt.A.. A
cwa'DBuuiuiij y MCMvm mv.
indifferent nation. We are eager to
keep Mie peace because we are so In-
timately connected 'with the" contend--
nBnnlA0 4tiot V:
Insr peoples that war with any one of
them would be a blow at the hearta
of ouir own people. It would be of tho
nature of civil war. Copyright. 1915.
Stronger Than' Cannon. ;
From Collier's Weekly. . ;
Belgian "-Hothouse -grapes appeared
ln-the Chicago markets Some days ago
in normal quantities and at nearly nor
mal prices. Two -weeks after the bom
bardment1 of Antwerp, Belgian ( mar
ket women were pushing their carts
through the streets spaded with pears
and : . grapes beaStifQl '7? hothouse
grapes, at 10 cents a pound. Nature
seems -to say: "What are all these
little men and their little guns and
their rUshings this way and that to
me? Is the morning less : beautiful,
the rain less kind, because those tiny
specks, set here and there across the
landscape like a child's lead" soldiers;
choose, to kill each other?" - Mr. Shaw,
m one, of his flashes of realism,
smiled Vectntly at those who thoght
that war could ! "destroy" a country.
France, " "crushed" In 1 1, emerges 43
years later, stronger than " ever. A
writer in' the Century speaks Of ' the
thrift of the French peasants. "They
are- wonderful gardeners. Their cab
bage; and potatoes formed ft more sub
stantial entente cordials with England
than any Tiecrmancy: of the genial
Edward." You remember that scene
in -Zola's "Downfall" Where the young
Frenqh, soldier. In the thick of the Se
dan disaster, Jsaw a -"peasant plowing
behind a big whit horse: "We lose
a day? It Was' not because they were
fighting that the' wheat would stop
growing of the world go on ' living."
Of ail the nations fighting, the Rus
sians, it is said, are the only ones who
cannot be beaten.' They have plenty
of men and they can take their: time
But Mother Earth Is bigger , than the
Russians. She has all ihe-men and
all 'the' time.:: ' '..'- J ' .''
Letters From the People
(Cominanlratjona - sent to Tbe - Journal for
publication in tbia departmeDt abonld be writ
ten on only one aide ot the paper, should not
exeeea 800 war da In length and must be ac
companied by tbuame and addreaa of the
tender. -If the wef(er does not desire to have
the najne published, be abonld o atate.
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"Discussion is tbe greatest of all reformer!.
It -rationalises every taing it touches. It rob
principles ot all false tanctUy sad throws them
back on their1 reaiwmableBesa. If they have
no reasonableness,- It mtlileesly crushes 'them
out of existence and set op Its own conclusions
lb their atead." SWoodrow Wllaon.
i'
Rose Show Suggestions,
. Huntington, Or., Feb. 27. To the
Editor of The: Journal A great -many
of us in this section have been wait
ing, patiently -for' soma time - for an
ahnouncementi'frora the. Rose Festival
association at Portland regarding the
program for the coming, festival in
June. I notice the intention this year
is to hold a three days' festival. But,
what is to be done during these three
days? ' I read in one of your iseues a
short time ago -that visitors were to
be .entertained -by. various quarters and
musical organizations, and beautiful
walks through miles 'and miles of
rpses, and I suppose one of these days
will be devoted", as usual, to "visitor's
day" at the stores, where we visitors
are -all expected to dig up for prod
ucts of Portland's various commercial
enterprises. What we! want to know
is the class of entertainment to be
furnished us In Teturn.. -Are there to
be any of the magnificent parades?
And how about the electric parade for
which - Portland has become Justly
famous, and which has attracted mors
visitors to Portland than all th other
features combined?
This is the, year- the Pacific, coast
.will undoubtedly see .the largeet vol
ume of tourist travel which has ever
turned westward, Md Portland stands
fair to receive ' aPgreat majority of
this travel. If Portland comes up to
expectations this year it means the
return of many, many tourists who
will this year make their first trip to
the Pacific coast, and the members of
the .Rose Festival association and all
interested parties should realize the
Importance of a proper display this
year.
I, for one, say frankly that visits
by musical talent to the various hotels.
and siich makeshifts,. will not make up
the loss of the beautiful parades you
have featured heretofore. If money Is
af little; tight this year and business
not so good as usual, why not duplicate
last year's electrical parade? These
floats have probably not all. been dis
mantled, and coulcD be made serviceable
at nominal expense.
I trust this letter will receive the
courteous attention, .and consideration
of the executive committee of th.e as
sociation and that a definite announce
ment will be made shortly. There are
thousands of us who can hear music
and see roses at home, but Portland -we
take off our hats to her magnifi
cent parades and gorgeous rose show
of the past and will she please gfatify
the: desire of the . great multitude of
h.er well wishers and friends and re
produce her beautiful electric parade?
For this we are) willing to spend oar
money and endure the -discomfort 'of
travel. EASTERN OREGON.
F" .Economy In TJurials.
Clackamas, Or., Feb. 25. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Taking note of
the unscientific way of burying the
dead by waiting till one is past helpi
lng one's self, whereas someone must
go In any weather and dig a place in
the ground and pile up an unsightly
marss of earth on' the walks or on the
sod, and noting the great value of land
and the cost of a burial site, it ;haa
come to me that for single lots, would
it not be feasible to make a trench the
length of a block, six feet wide and
three feet deep, then ' make a goctt
concrete wall around this trench, then
cement the bottonJv -thein put in cross
wails to divide If Into graves two feet
byislx feet or a ' little more? Make
for each grave a reinforced cement lid
which could be lifted off to receive
the dead, then place the lid on, set in
cement. This would allow graves with
oqly a six inch wall between, and
therefore more to the block: and at less
expense to the ordinary family. The
concrete work of walls, floor and lid
should not be costly if done in a large
rfay. ' A border of sod should ; be al
lowed at the head and foot, r "The name
stone should rest"-on the wall, so It
would have a good foundation. If this
idea is of any value, pass if to those
Whom it may interest- P. EIRICH.
Voters Exhorted to Study.
Marion. Or., Feb. 28. To the Editor
of -' The Journal Irr ; a letter to The
Journal of Saturday, Peter Rood voiced
a truism to which the attention Of
those who did not chance to see
article- should be called. He. spoke' of
an 'individual who!" represents, a.: class
of unemployed who," through the dissi
pation of their time between eiectiem
days, fail to inform themselves of the
underlying cause cfitheir unemploy
ment. They wait until an election cam
paign, for spellbinders anil office
eeekers to dish up ai lot of rriushroom
growth knowledge and near science, so
tby will be relieved of the mental
xercise and application? to patient
study, which will take more time than
just a week or so before election. Their
lamps are never trimmed and burning.
Coincident with th above, there 13
an article on the editorial page of The
Sunday Journal by. Dr.. Frank Crane,
captioned, "Is God Good?" The doctor
quotes a letter from an Inquirer, who
askst the question, iin! view of the! con
ditions of existing poverty; and dis
tress. ". Now,; the "doctor represents an
other ; class, who rare, somewh'ati- apa
thetic and -inert ill the matter of in
forming themselves I of the cause of
irdst crime and piii. 1 They are our
so-called Christians and other religious
professors. I am not slurring religion,
but trying to point out that tho ma
jority of its professors are moved' by
las stronger determinism at election
time, r Many of them are the benefici
aries -of a system wherein ,they j.reap
where, they have! not sown that - Is,
from the "sowing erf othersr-an- their
colleagues blindly! support the system,
although they can give no good reason
why. The doctor has handled his dls-
PERT) N EIMT C0MME NT
SMAUL CHANGE ,
Minister The best man- at a wed
ding. - ." '-V ;. , j . '
,-. - .. -. ... -f ,
'"Hot guilty' isn't. always an Inno
cent remark.... -
Most Iay men consider themselves
great politician's. . i.i -
t . a '
Most of us could start a brass band
if hot air were music.-; -
- ' - -.: j.: f -'."
A kiss, scientifically speaking, Is
but an exchange of microbes,
i -,, -i .
A phonograph also talks a good deal,
but one can change the, records.
A .lot-of sympathy I is wasted on
under dogs and henpecked husbands.
'. j : - -
It would be." tough on some men if
tney were to get what they oeserve.
- - -
Many a man seeks a! job as janitor
so that his wife can do most of the
worn.
Beauty usad to be
only skin deep.'
but art came along and
put it ail on
we euriace. .
A young man may be slow before
marriage, but In tying the knot ho is
made fast.
a
A woman's mind is I nearlv always
on oress which may explain the frts-
quent cnanges or Dotli.
' :' ' . j '
The lowly egg has the best of man
kind In one respect; it can- spread
itself better after it isj broke.
-'; If
A, weak kicker heverlgains anything
In this world, hence if I you kick .do it
like a mule" who puts his whole heart
in the work. 1 .
Occasionally a woman asks a ques
tion for the sake of acquiring information-
-but more often it is it or the
purpose of starting an argument.
"STEEL COMMON AS
, .By JoVin M- Ojskison.
A great mapy housand Americans
are affected by the cutting off of divi
dends from the commdn'rstock of the'
United States SteeV corporation. There
have been tnajiy inquiries and much
comment, and thej-e wi!l be more.
The explanation- by the management
was straightforwSrd in the last three
months of 1914 the corporation's earn
ings were'jthe lowest ini its history. It
was decided not to reduce wag-s. The
dividend, was not earned jby several
million dollars. To draw ufion surplus
to pay the dividend did rjbt seem to
be good policy. f f.
Last fall's reduction Of tjfie rate from
5 pef cent a year to ger cent was
a foreshadowing of tha yecent actios
by the management, a varning thai
business was bad and 1 growing' worse;
What holders of thisiBtock and prosS
pective purchasers are' Interested In
now are the questions: When will
dividends be resumed? Will the price
of the stock sink lower? Should the
present holder sell outj or hang-on to
his stock?
sertatlon very delicately, almost with
kid gloves; for there are many of his
ennstituenev whom he fears to offend.
They are our landlords and rent col
lectors. oth"er times called land monop
olists. The only excuse., for there is
no reason, that can be assigned for
supporting such a system is that3" it
has been customary." We just last No
vember decided that there was no In
herent right in. anyone to -engage in
the liquor traffic, and ithat the former
existence of it bad ben merely from
custom. - I
Private property in. land "values" is
in the same category. If our .time dis
sipators and church people reaHy want
to know the cause of j the maladjust
ment, so that they may! jend their sup
port to a remedy, it is going to take
some unprejudiced 6tudy, beginning
right now. Pon't depend On 'such
sources as the' Oregonian and many
doctors of the aristocratic branch of
the church. That is What so many of
us have been doing and Is Why we
throw our votes away, as regards ben
efiting the unemployed.
The people; through misinformation,
last November vetoed 1 a measur the
adoption of, which would have ieen a
big step In 'advance, and It also be
Jioovea ail to disabuse i their minds of
false apprehensions regardingSIt, and
giv it'-their support thvtiext oppor
tunity'. It is "proportlgSnal repre-
sentation." CALVIN A. m.KMyB
A Puzzle.
Portland, MarchifTo the Editor
of The JournaWBef ore the Oregon
Civic league jjC Its last meeting the
review of thai late legislature by Sen
ator I. N. Iay certainly revealed some
puzzling things, even for that most In
telligent assemblage of people of Ore
gon. Now it i uncontrovertible that
any failure by the 1916 legislature to
give relief in any. matter possible of
relief by legislation, was a failure of
that group of Republican legislators
and the governor. Our-minds were re
lieved of all guessing at tbe success
ful accomplishment of this feat by
that august body, when Senator Day,
t. . th floor of the Multnomah
hotel blue room, stated that they had 1
legislated for the "poor ana ricn.
j To some of our dwarfed minds this
statement was incomprehensible. Just,
how legislation for a starving-"poor-man,
without a job, and for a grasping
"rich" man, whose riches are the di
rect result of manipulated legislation,
created by legislative . assemblies
against the interests of the poor man,
even the 1916 legislature left us com
pletely -up in the air.
Yet bur puny intelligence must not
question the acts of the mighty minds
Of the senate. No ,- not -even should the
"wiles and smiles' of women be used
n miadireet their, weiahtv conclusions.
Still 'the puzzle is puzzling us. -
I Would' Tax Departing Dollars.
L Pendleton, OrH Feb. 8S. To the. Ed
itor, of The Journal I j have, read your
rt tliA T ):i !v ArdinancA- and 1
w.. ... ' --
like your stand. , But- why not fix
- . . i i i .t11 ' kk, 4 n flir.nl n .w
tningS SO luey W HI Un AM lunuiuft v-
ver tbiiik how easy j tttts would ".be
hi -rAhntrv? Takn the
lliai V -- mr -
duty off everything Coming in, but
tax-money leaving. ifita your isuui-
Ci ,1 TV 1 111 U - "
not be here - Also. theiy would not be
farming in- tnw country, aiiw, wm-n
one of our rich" man buys a duke or
lord for his daughter and settles 120,
000,000 on him, we would take a share
Of our own. ' -Es E. ANGELL.
b - From a School Club. -Brooklyn
Sehool. Portland, Feb. 28.
To the Editor 'of The Journal We, the
.I Can Club," -see by the paper that
you are very much" interested in our
Club, and "we want to-thank you tor
your kind attention. ! HoplDg others
Will read aoout us-in jine near tuture
and will ber Just as interested, we re
main, THE I CAN CLUB. -
Jiy lieien Wilson.
. Sex Ratios. "
kodaville. Or.r Feb" 26. To the Ed-
tot- nf Th- Journal -Wlnd I v answer
the following questions: What is the
ratio between - male and - females
AN D N EWS IN BRIEF
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS '."
iJexington has. outgrown Its ebool
building and there is agitatioa tot
much bigser anf better one. -
" ' i ' " ."' ' !
The driver of ' the Eugene-Sifrtng-field
jitney buspaid a fin of 1 20 In
police court ay Eugene Saturday, for
exceeding the Speedy UmiC : , :
"A number of farmers. says the
Brownsville Times, ''have Indorsed the
Times' suggestion thati Brownsville
adopt the Albany ida i and hold - a
sales day. The farmers seem to like
the. Idea.- ' , - ' ' ,. j '
Chester Noland has retired from ac
fv muiasunent of the)- Craswell
Chronicle, having leased the business
of publishing it to George H. Baxter,
who founded the Chronicle In 190 Sad
was In charge until
Tndleton East Orefaronian: Word
has been received from Milton that
the? city council has offerexi a site at
tne corner- wi jisui v . . . j
nf the ritv Mall for tho S75S0
Carnegie library building which Is to
be built as a branch of the central
Condon Times;- There Is talk of a
linen shower for Ah tamdon nospitai.
Go ahead: it ; is . good cause ind
should b encouraged. No patient
from the county should be sent to
Portland while we have such an ex
cellent hospital, here and four compe
tent (medical men.iniowi).
Macksburg correspondence. Aurora
Observer, under date. of. February 25:
Thi uii uwir nf winter, has boen
ushered in bv a day of alternate rain
and sunshine, giviner n promise Ot
thn nHHimiHlr- prediction that an
other reign of Icy cold atood ready to
blight our prospect or an enyspnii.
The- meadow lark has a more cheering
prognostic in his morning song, whien
la b -strain that must Marhten the
heaviest heart, telling H that spring
has already come. - V ! 1
NON-DIVIDEND STOCK
It is generally understood, of course.
that the common stock has never rep
resented any real, tangible investment
It was a capitalisation of a hoped
for earning power. If It resumes Its
place in the market a a. dividend
earner, we know that businesa must
b much better than It ha been In
the last six months. -Will
business improver Th man
agement of the tel corporation says
that its business t is -Improving stead
ily. Is it merely if. temporary Improve
ment?'' :'"
You, who hold steel' common will
have to find an answer to this last
question; you who think th present
price of the stock is low , enough to
justify a purchase must have faith In
the future of the railroads and of the
buildins Industry of the C0untry.
No ;one shouldrever hv bought steel
common except as a speculation; no
one should sacrifice the stock now who
understands that it is a speculative is
sue. II who holds It nd ignores Its
price movements in the next two or
three years is likely to be better off
than he who sells now. .
A FEW SMILES
An American who has Just returned
from . Paris tells this one:
One pf ' the war .
correspondents, de
spairing' of getting
any real news, - en-
v. t.. v. V-. I . . tr j m .-
with an articio de- Lu
scribing' the head
quarters , of one of
the Russian ' grand
dukes. - Ha. wrote.
among other, things: . ,- . .
"And over1 the desk in his highness'
tent is a large photograph of. Marie
la Jambe, the beautiful dancSer." -
Before .. the article could, appear,
however, the censor, changed that sen
tence to: . ' .. " . -' f 4
"And over the desk in his highness'
tent is a-large map .of the theatre of
war.". -- - ' " .... .' ' ; .- v . ;
Teaeher -s-
Now, child ran, here's
tn example In menu
, Ul SrUhmeUc. How
Old would a person
be who -was born In
1888? -' -
Paul Pleace.
teac.her, was It a.
man or a woman?'
Woman's Ho ro e
Companion.
"But why did you - leave your last
place?" the lady asked the would be
COok. ':' v.- v--i .:-;,- - -'
. "To tell the truth TT
mum, I- just - could
not stand the way
the master an' ' the
missus used to quar
rel, mum." . "
"Dear me!" Do you
mean to i say that
they actually ud L
to quarrel r' , , -
"Y is, mum, all the time. When It
wasn't me an' him. It was me an' her."
twhites) In Oregon? . in -Massachu
setts? What state In the union ' has
the most women In proportion ' to ; Its
population, artd what is th ratio?,'
LliiSLlhi ii. J-lAbJVlN.
In Oregon-the ratio is 119.6 males
to: 100 females. : In Massachusetts It
is 96.3 to 190. Maaaaohnaatts has the
highest ratio, with Its 100 fematea to
96.3 males, though the District of Co
lumbia is still higher, with 100 fe
males to 93.1 males.
Challenges Mr Ginther.
Oregon X'ity. Or., -Febi 27. To the
Editor of,'Th Jourflial I notice In
your lssiie. of tonigt a letter from
Robert Ginther. lie tiad a similar one
in the Oregon City Erfterprise. hrougb
your eolumns, I wbuUi like to ask him
ho same question I did in a letter to
the Enterprise." I ask him to tell me
of an Privileges that arar allowed h,
allies f by the" United States -: govern-
ment and tirms that the uermuw do
not eiiior? Mr. Olnther bostata nf th
friendship of Germany 4orv America,
how mucn tnenasnip was snownl dur
ing the Spanish-American war, at
Manila bay?, 4 C, S. NOBLE,
Longs for Spring Water.
Portland, March 1 To th Editor of
The J ournal --May I have space to ask
If you or your readers know where ahy
Springs of - water are. near Portland?
Bull Run water is good, but I am long
ing for a drink of spring, water.
MRS. CUUt '
' lie Should V"orry" v r
From 'the Philadelphia LedgprJ.
We gazed, pityingly on the Umtletvi
drug store clerk, leaning against the
soda counter. .
""Haven't you any- ambition?" ws
queried, kindly, and all - that.
- "No," hfr replied, with brightening
lntcll)gence,"but I have something
Just as good.' .
. , lirawn Not to Be Despised,
From the Washington btsr.
"A candidate must rely on bralna
not brawn."- ., ' .
"That depends," said ; Senator Bor
ghum, "on whether' tis works s s
handshaker or a spaechmaker."
"IH AELY SATS"
By Fred loekley. Special Staff Writs of
The Journal.
Many Portlanders -who lived ber'
4urlng the Civil war remember th '
visit of Schuyler Colfax and his party ,
to Portland in the summer of 1865. ,
There are still with us a considerable ,
number who " attended the rexseption ,:
given to him at tbe home of Governor ;
Glbbs. Mr. Colfax, 'in a speech, mad
at. Salt Lake City while on this trip, -,
said: i; ..!;-.. ; ' - - ',
, "X b-vj had a-theory for years past
that it. Is the duty Of men who are in
public life, charged with a participa
tion in , the government of a great
Country l!ke ours, to know as much as !
possible of j the Interests, development
and resources of the country whose
destiny has been committed to their
hsjds. And I said to my friends, if
they would accompany me, we would
travel over the new-world till we could
look from the shores of the Pacific
towards the continent' of .Asia, the era-
v r me iiuuwu race. . -ftnu, - mere- i
fore, w are here, trvelinff- nisrht anil
day over your mountains and. valleys, 'j
your deserts and plains, to. Bee this-)
region between the Pocky- mountains
and. the Pacific. where, as I believe,
the seat of empire in this republic ul
timately is to be.
"You had a right to a daily mall,
and you have. It.. You had a rights
also, to demand, as the eastern por
tion of this republic had, telegra'phia
comntunlcation upeeding the mesaugtis
of, life, and death, or pleasure and-of
traffic;-that the same -way should be
opened up by that frail wire, the coa
ductpr of Jove's .thunderbolts, ' tamed
down and nat'Screu for the .use of
man. And it fell to my fortune to ak
It for you; to ask a subsidy from the
government in its aid.. Now th result
is achieved, who Regrets it who would
part with this bond of union uhd civili
zation? There Is another- great luter
tist you had right to demand.- In-
oieeiQ oi ine muw, lonsome una ex- ,
pensive manner; in -wl.rti.-ri you freight
your goods and; hardware to thin dis
tant territory, 'you should imve a
speedy transit between the Missouri
valley and this inter-mouiitain-. basin
In which you live. .'" Instead of paying
two or three prices sometimes over-t
running the Cost of .the article you ;
should have lull road communication.
I said, as'dld many others in congress,
This is a great? national enterprise;
-we jnuat bind the Atlantic and Paclrio
states together by, bands of. Iron; wo
must send the iron borne through all
these valleys and mountains' of the in
terior,, and "when we-are thus inter
laced w phall be a more compact sitd
homogeneous republic.- The Paoiflo
railroad bill passed. - This great.-wor
of iinllinc- Hilfti iiiIIhm friiru whom In
shore, is to be" consummated, and we
ball the .day of peaeti, bet-aune with
peace we can do many tiiliiga as a na
tion that we cannot , do in war. This"
railroad is to be built, this eunpany
Is to buiki it; if they do not, tlie gov
ernment will. -It. Khali Ve put through :
soon; not toilsomely, slowly, aa.a far
distant event, but as hi) event of tho
decade In which we IJVe.. i.'f
"And now, what has the government
a right to, demand of , you? ltiM not
that which Napoleon exacts from fils;
officers In Krance, which is alleglanei"
to the constitution and fidelity to th
eniperor. Thank God, :we have wo em
peror nor . dewpot . in thin country,"
Sfironed or 'unthroned. ' ll!re," every
man has the right, hirpxelf, to excrcipn
bis elective suffrage -as he-'sees fit.
none molesting him or making hint
afraid.' And the duty of every Amer- .
lean citizen is ... condensed in a single
sentence, as I said to your committee
yesterday, not in allegiance to an em
peror, but alleglutice to the constitu
tion, obedience to the lawe, and "-
votlon to the Union. When you live lo
that standard; you have the right to
demand protection r-and we're you thrett
times 8000 miles from the national cap-
I tat, wnerever tne trry banner or tne -
repubthj wavw and a man tttands under-it,
if bis rights of life, liberty ao-i
property are assailed, and he has ren
dered this allegiance to his. country.
lr IS. tne amy ot ine governmeni v
reach oli t2Us arm, if it take'a seore of
regiments, to protect and uphold him ,
in his rights." . . - , .
The Ragtime Muse
. Time's Ilevenge.
I used So call you -'Carrots." dear,
Whs-n we were girl and boy:
I railed you "Ginger," too I fear, ,
- With- purpose to -annoy. ,
I lie hi ny Jiands above your' head
To warm 'iiiy fingers ' cold,
And It made you cry In the days gone
by
But now your hair Is go4d!
I lined to call you "Sorrel," dear,
When you were small In frocks; ;
But now you reign without a peer, 1
My darting OoldUocka!- r
For time's' ravwig has -come to you.
And I m all forlorn.
In the silken snare of your glorious
liuir, -
WJth Tts: aureole of morn.
... a
I used to call you "Candy Drop"
When you were Just a girl.
And "Mustard Seed " and Sandy Top,"
ynd "Uanaeiion 4"un; 7 - -
But now your head has won a light
Like fields of summer wheat
I long to bdd each look of gold
That binds me to your feet, i
I used to pull the tangled knots
-Oh, memory of shame!
I called alo4d for water pot(i,j '
To quench tbe ruddy flame.:
But now it Is my heart that burns,
While you are coldly coy, :
And my Me I'd dare for th goides
. hair . '
That I laughed at when ajboy. , -
Xibcrty. '
From Life. -"A
small boy Went up to' the soda
water clerk and-aatd:
)sL""Glve me a ptomaine coc-ktall." , . ,
"vWhsfsthatr
"I want a pt'omairi cotktatl."
"That's a new one on me. Expialn
what It Is." . - J
:; "Well, I've-, Just escaped from my
home and l ean do what I like. Now,
very time I have seen anything I par-"
ticularly like, my mother would say,
'No, you can't have that; its got- pto
maines in It.' And so I want a pto
maine cocktail, with all the ptomaines
you can squeeze in. I'm out for th
time of my life.".
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