U THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1 3, 1915.
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RALPH WATSON
TI1E coming retirement of Ralph
Watson, commissioner of cor
porations, is announced' from
the gbvernor's office. His dis
missal and the appointment of his
successor are made possible by the
; Spoilsmen's bill driven through the
Hate .legislature.
The law under which- Commis
. tioner Watson received his appoint
ment is:
The governor shall. Immediately
after this act goes Into effect, ap
point such -commissioner who Shall
hold office until the first Monday in
January, 1917, unless sooner removed
. by the governor for inefficiency or
malfeasance In office. See page 670,
1813 session laws.
Commissioner Watson is not ac
cused of Inefficiency. There is no
hint that he has been guilty of
malfeasance in office. His services
have "been conscientiously, consist
ently and effectively given in pro-
tection of the public against dis-
,-Vw.wu..uu uyaiers in j
uusus eeu urines.
That he has beev. a hard work
ing, discreet and faithful public
servant must have been known to
. Jcnown thnrnns-hlv tr the nnnia
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dealers in bogus securities who
r)Pftmi t, -i
victimize the unsuspecting, it was
known to the, crooked headof the
National T,Qi,
(national Mercantile company, a
riiH,,t. f ,, . "
graduate from two years in Massa -
chusetts toils, whom Mr. Watson
drove with his rascally business
frorn Oregon. ., It was known in
- 'the east, where the head of the In -
vestment Bankers' association said
Mr. Watson , is one of the best in -
.formed and most efficient adminis-
trators of the Blue Sky law in the
country
Commissioner . Watson, in less
than 20 months of administra
tion, has driven out of Ore
gon "59,000,000. in questibh-
: able, and bogus securities which
were being Bold and offered for !
sale to, the people of thia state. He !
fought those "who objected to thei
enforcement of the law through all
the fcourts-of Oregon, and secured
a favorable decision- for the law
and .his administration of it in
the Oregon supreme "court. 1M
. fought them through the" federal
courts in Portland and secured af
firmation of their decision in the
circuit court of appeals at San
.Francisco.
fnmTrif oetftn a. 1YT a a
1 the amendments which passed the
late session for perfecting the Ore
gon Blue Sky law. He went east
as -a means of perfecting his in
formation oh the subject. The new
Oreebn law is admitted to be the
model Blue Sky law of the country.
By it, nd by his administration.
Commissioner Watson has brought
business and reform together for
ridding the state of illegitimate se
curities. :
As the framer of the new legis
latiQn, and by reason of his ex
perience and conscience,-Commissioner
Watson was in splendid posi
tion to give the people of the fctate
i. a model administration of a njodel
I'law.
Mr. Watson is the kind of tom-
mlssioner the public wants, and his
t retirement will be widely regretted,
except by crooked dealers in bogus
. securities.
CONVICTS ON ROADS
COOPERATION between the
state highway and state pris
on departments is strongly
r - urged in a report made to the
I New. York State Highway Depart
j. ment by David J. Shorer, who was
t in charge of convict road work last
summer. . ' ;
As result of his practical ex
perience Mr. Shorer recommends
that the state highway department
, should hire convicts from
-the state prison , department
In exactly the same way as it would
hire free laborers and at the same
price -per day. . During the hours
'of work the convicts should not be
: treated, as convicts but simply as
employes of the highway , depart
" . ment; s r No payment-, should - be
made for a single hour not worked
.and a man - discharged should be
removed at onceand permanently.
The highway department should
have no responsibility for nor au
- thority over the convicts at any
time uor in any manner-except to
: direct their work or to discharge
them.
This recommendation is in line
: with , the policy that the national
, committee on prisons and prison
. labor Is advocating. , -
An interesting feature "of Mr.
Shorer's report is the statement
that a comparison of the work of
eiTtV rnnvlpta urith thai e9 fin..
6ne free laborers in the same camp
showed that the work of the con
victs averaged better than that of
the free laborers and as good as
that of any contract gang. -
For the? success of convict road
work two things are essential.
Responsibility (for administration
must be placed in competent hands
and the "convicts be encouraged
through a system of rewards.
A PORTLAND HUSBAND
H'
E WAS married last Novem
ber. He had but IS. She
had 1295.
He was in a Portland court
(-Monday, on , a- charge of non-sup
port. '-: He s testified that since the
wedding, he had done no work,
but had secured a. Job for his wife.
Four months of It was" enough
for the woman. She was speedier
In the disillusionment than most
women. ' Some of them play - the
game out to its weary end. At' the
washtub, with the needle, in days
work for families1 and in countless
other ways, the drudge drudges
and the slave slaves -for a man.
Eight dollars as l a marriage dow
er, and he secured a Job for her!
Man, proud man, monarch of. all
he surveys, filling the earth with
his glory, how we luxuriate in his
smiles and rejoice in his majesty
and might! ,
MORE SUBMARINES
T
HE Senate has reduced the
allowance for sea-going sub
marines in the naval appro
priation bill from five to two.
The item , for coast defense sub
marines remains at 16.
The change Is a doubtful econo
my. To an unscientific onlooker.
One German submarine appears to
bo the equal in effectiveness of
several dradnaughts: The U-9,
single-handed, sank three British
cruisers within a few minutes. No
other single vessel is credited with
such a performance in the entire
annals of naval warfare.
A squadron of German battle
cruisers, after raiding the British
c6asf, fled precipitately from a
chasing British squadron of su-
turned and beat a hasty retreat
; . .
I when a few: German submarines
aiehted The sinking bv a
W 6 Slgn k' , . SU ,f, t
.German submarine, of a British
. , , . , . ,
- i battleship in the English channel
1 ... , , ,t
British war vessels of all
Q the immediate neighbor-
j hf?' i3 a , par ? of the experience
ott the w,le tof7eTdinS
M veB8els f-;16 " Lflver"
! moro thanl: 800 . tailes. from
er ase, and after successfully
1 threading her way through -wa era
i patrolled by the entire British
naJf''U , Pormance of extra.
ordinary effectiveness
If our policy is defense, and, If
we" can build and operate sub
marines as effectively as the Ger-
1158113 do- 'ewer dreadnaughts and
more of the inexpensive sub-
marlnes wld seem to be the logic
or Dotn wise economy ana tne ex
perience of the latest operations on
the sea.
The United States was first to
develop the submarine and the
aeroplane, but Co&ress has been
far in the rear in applying them to
the needs of the navy.
OUR MERCHANT MARINE
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OMMERCE REPORTS, pub-
iisned by the department of
commerce, contains a list of
foreign-built vessels admitted
to American registry. It is an in
teresting study of statistics, show
ing the result of the law passed, by
congress last August.
Up to February 19, 129 foreign
built vessels, with 468,509 gross
tons, were added to the American
merchant marine. Twenty - five
were passenger ships, sixty-nine
freighters and thirty-five tank
ships. Ninety-five had flown the
British flag, twenty-two the Ger
man, and the other twelve the
flags of ' Cuba, Belgium, Mexitys,
Norway, Roumania and Uruguay.
Ninety-nine of the vessels are
steamships and thirty sailing craft.
Fourteen of the twenty-three trans
ferred from the German to the
American flag are tank, steamers
operated by the Standard Oil com
pany.; '
All. but nineteen make their
home' ports on the Atlantic coast
or the Gulf of Mexico. One. the
Dacia, has jeen seized by a French r
cruiser. Another, the Sacramento;
formerly the Alexandria of the
Hamburg-American' line, is offi
cially listed by the Bureau of navi
gation as a "German naval supply
ship, seized by the Chilean gov
ernment." A total of 129 vessels, ranging
from a 371-ton : schooner to a
7795-ton steamship, may not ful
fill all -the expectations of growth
by our merchant marine as a re
sult of the new law, but an addi
tional 468,509 gross tons is a
material achievement. '
A GREAT PICTURE
L
IKE a great wounded thing of
me, tne dying battle cruiser
Bluecher was presented in
picture to Journal . readers
yesterday.7 ,
Lying helpless on her siAe, col
umns of water pouring from fier
torn hull, her turrets partly sub
merged,? her silent- guns pointing
skyward and a throng of saUors on
top Of the "hulk waiting? for ' the
doomed . leviathan to go down, the
scene as it was caught by an offi
cer of the British cruiser Arethusa
presents" what is perhaps the most
realisljc- picture of naval warfare
ever conveyed ' by reproduction to
the human eye.! . : ?
The great '.vessel, a' triumph of
naval construction, in its seeming
throes of death, is vividly life like,
and contemplation of it and its im
periled crew as the monster lies
half submerged -in the sea sends
sadness! into the heart in tlfe dread
ful thought of what is meant by
these battles on the bosom of the
deep. J
The picture is an episode in The
Journals unrivaled news service
of the war.
THE AMERICAN FLAG
WITH lifeboats swung outward
land with searchlights play
ing upon the American
flags which flew from
every mast the American liner New
York sailed from Liverpool a few
nights ago for the United States.
Through the war4 zone, inhabited
by lurking German submarines she
passed I in. safety, all her "lights
agleam.J There could be no, mistake
as to her nationality. T :
. .What the. (American i flag stands
fos hag been most strongly im
pressed upon the world the past
few months. ! '
To the peasants of Europe it
stands for hope, for freedom from
the wars 'of kings. ; .
To the children of Europe it
stands for the spirit of Christmas.
TO the starving ones of Belgium
it stands for relief.
To the rulers of the warring
nations and their ministers it
stands jfor friendship and for
strength. It commands their re
spect and their propitiation.
What .does the? American flag
stand for to thqf American? To
him it says. ;
I am no more than-what you be
lieve fme to be and I am all that you
believe ;I can be. I am what you
make me and nothing more. I swing
before your eyes as a bright gleam
of color, a symbol of yourself, the
pictured suggestion of that big thing
which makes this nation. My Btars
and strlbes are your dreams and your
.labors. They are bright with cheer,
brilliant with courage, firm with faith
because you have made them so out
of your hearts, for you are the makers
of the flag and it Islwell that you
glory in the making.
PAPER BLOCKADES
pHE allies declare a paper block
I ade of Germany. Gerntany
aeciarea a paper submarine
blockade of British ports. "
In both instances, the right's of
neutral nations are violated. The
safety of our ships at sea is im
periled by German action.- . Our
right of unrestrained commerce
with dermany in non-contraband
goods and products Is violated by
the action of the allies. ' The same
is true in each case with respect.
to all neutral nations.; . j
Never was . a war' attended with
more fcom plications.1 .Never was
the United States called upon to
play soj delicate, so prudent" and so
intelligent a "game in ; world diplo
macy, j. ;
The problein is to protect Ameri
can rights, bei fair and Just to both
sides, and keep the peace. It Is
a deep
and desperate game when
civilization is so near a break down
in half
The
the world.
untenable attitude of both
belligerents is attested by the Dec
laration of London. It says:
In accordance with the Declaration;
of Paris, of 1856, a blockade, In order
to be binding, must bo effective-44
that is to say. It must be maintained
by a fprce sufficient really to pre
vent access to the enemy ooastlinc.
The question whether a blockade is
effective is a question of fact.
Neutral vessels may not be cap
tured fpr Ireach of blockado except
within the area of operations of tho
warships detailed to. render the block
ade ' effective. Whatever may be the
ultimate destination of ajvessel or of
her cargo, she cannot te captured
for breach of blockade. If, at tho
moment, he : is on her way to a
non-blockadi d port. '
These are the essential conten
tions -wjhich the United States prob
ably yill insist upon. In 1816
President Monroe stated the case In
a note to the Spanish minister,
saying:
' No ihaxim of the law of nations
is better , established than that a
blockade thall be confined to. particu
lar ports and that an adequate force
shall be stationed at each to support
it. The force should be stationary
and not a cruising squadron, and
placed so near the entrance of a
harbor or mouth of a river aa to
make it evidently dangerous for a
vessel to enter.
If Great Britain and France es
tablish a blockade and actually!
maintain it, the United States can-!
not prbtest. But -if they establish J
only a! "paper"" blockade and seize:
neutral ships wherever they find
them, hia country should, and un
doubtedly will, protest. 1
BECAUSE FIT
fHERE is little room for dis-
Icussibn over whether or not
to consolidate Portland com
mercial bodies. ; ' 4
The wisdom of the plan is axio
matic, j If would avoid, duplication
of effort. -It would eliminate waste
of endeavor.1 It wduld focus pur
pose ajud concentrate activity. - .
In union there -is strength i In
division there is weakness. These
are maixmsftthat nobody has ever ; and clothing from 'bundle day', com
chaHcnged or ever will Challenge, j mittees. We cannot place ballots In
Consolidation, whether attained :
througih actual merger or by some
other form of union, would bring
about unity, harmony. : agreement
and an allied endeavor that would
animal e,i strengthen : and popular
ize every movement for the for
wafdiiLg;of Portland; " - ' ' i
Evek-yit business has its re
sponsible h.d. Every small busi
ness hua Its responsible head. The
business of promoting Portland
thrujib. its public organizations has
heads without number, ! so many
heads, that it has no head. .
Whenever union of the big pub-,
lie bodies of a city has been con-
summated. i haa brought SDlendid
results. It can have no other fef-
feet, because it is fitness.
THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
IS IT TIME FOR HALT OR RE
TREAT? By HON. WILLIAM X. RANSOM.
Justice of the City Court of the City of !-New
ork.. . , j ;
N EVERY hand' we hear It : said
0
that the time' has come to aban
don agitation : and cease efforts
to solve the economic and social prob
lems which surround us. . "W ; are
told that a period of pronounced reac
tion and popular conservatism f has
set in, theft our peopie are desperately
weary of "reforms" and "reformers,"
and that, our whole industrial organ
Ism is crying out for relief from the
activity of legislatures and from .mal
adjustments lately ' embodied In riaw.
We are told also that market-destruction
wrough.t by the war in
Europe and confidence - destruction
wrought By the present; nationalad
mlnlstration have combined to bring
calamity to American Industry, ' and
that It Is folly to talk about betters
Ing conditions of unemployment, for
example, when the real problem is
whether there will be employment
at all. The theory evidently Is: that
ithe appearance of a "bread-line" in
our cities j thla year should end all
efforts to prevent its reappearance
in other yeara,J and that ( when . whole
sale charity becomes necessary for
relief of victims of inadequate eco
nomic adjustments, it is wise to Wait
until this crisis has passed before
doing aught to prevent its return.
Is it altogether fair to blame our
present conditions upon the Eu
ropean war and make that an excuse
for our failure to deal wisely with
our own conditions? . The - war has
undoubtedly displaced men from some
enterprises, but it has added greatly
to the volume of work In others, and
there are not a few careful observers
who believe that, on the whole, there
is less, rither- than more, unem
ployment and distress In America by
reason of the great war in Europe.
Is It altogether fair to , attribute our
condUionB primly to. the party
or
men In power. In Washington?; Is not
that a shallow and unthinking way
of averting attention from the dl- !
rect social responsibility of men of j
all parties? In what way are the
officials 'in fact responsible, except
Insofar as they share the reshponsl
blllty of all of us for falling to deal
adequately with fundamental condi
tions. The number of jnen and wo
men actually out of work has un
doubtedly increased, of late, in many
industries and communities; the want
and acute distress In many centers
has multiplied; but is the problem
of today and tomorrow essentially
different from that of last year or
last administration? The difference i
is in acuteness, not in kind. Recent
events have emphasized and Intensi
fied conditions long existent; the hu
man appeal is stronger today; but the
fundamental challenge to our institu
tions speaks In no new terms and calls
pattehtlon to no new inadequacies.
If the forward movement has gone
too far, which of the "progressive"
laws shall now be repealed? One of
the earliest forms of "progressive"
legislation sought the .lessening of
child labor and the extension of com
pulsory education. Who would by
statute take a single child from school
and send him . back to shop or store?
The activities of the interstate com
merce ipommisslon and the similar
state bodies are a favorite subject of
criticism by "conservatives," so-called.
Will any party abolish, one of these
commissions or repeal the laws they
administer? The maximum 'hours of
labor, for women and minors, the pre-
cautions for thja health and safety ofjactlon of all to accomplish it ;
employes, the Indemnity to be paid
In the " event of occupational Injury
or disease, have been the subject
matter 'of "progressive" regulation,
under statutes upheld by the supreme
court of the United States. Will any
one advocate repeal of these enact
ments, and return to common law
conditions? The same questions might
be asked as to scores of other stat
utes, enacted by hard fighting -on the
firing line of the . world's Advance.
Yesterday's opponents become today's
champions, and the ground so hard
won Is never abandoned.
Is there reason , then for halting
how? If, as claimed, governmental
efforts have often" been crude and
clumsy, and present day disruption is
the aftermath, does not that intensify
rather than lessen the need for fair
and constructive dealing now? If,
as claimed, our people are weary of
offenses committed by amateurs and
self seekers, is not today then most
opportune : for adequate ' measures and
ton men equipped to frame and ad
minister them? vWays of dealing with
such conditions must be . found. We
cannot go on giving men more power
In government, and then forcing' them
to seek food from the "bread Una"
the hands of women and then turn
them into the market place and street.
We cannot encourage our men of af
fairs to: build- their enterprises strong
and great, -and then' become timidly
fearsome Of their efficiency, size, or
capacity to dominate world markets.
We ' cannot train Tour ' workmen for
great1 industrial achievements' and
then deny them place or part In the
ownership, or control f the projects
they Kelp' make possible." When 'the
developments f any day may transfer
J a man of family from his place In-a
I factory to, the' demoralisation', of .the
j "bread line;" when bis children's
j chance of life, health, morality, du
i cation, opportunity, hinge ever on the
! adequacy of his wage and the whole
somenesa of his living and working
conditions; when bitter armies of un
employed .m?n and piteous lines of
hungry women and children - form
every day within the shadows of It
brary, ; church and school,-society has
a responsibility' which It cannt dodge.
which it cannot fulfill with casual
bounty, and cannot put off by the
pleil that the present is a . period of
"reacti6n." CcHyrisnt. 1915.
Letters From the People
(Conimnnicatlona ent to The Journal for
publication In tbla department abould be writ
ten on only ope aide r me paper, abouia not
exceed 3u0 worda in length and moat be ac
companied by tlie name and addreaa of the
aender. If the writer does not defre to have
the sameJ published, he abould so state.
"Discussion is the greatest of all reformers
It ratlonalizea everything It touches. It robs
principle of all, false canctlty and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If ther have
no reasonableness. It rathlesslf crushes them
out of existence and sets up its own conclusions
it. their stead. Woourow Wilson. ,
; That Public Market.;
liillsboro. Or., March 2. To the Ed
itor of The Journal As an interested
party I would like to reply to those
Front street dealers who are trying to
pose as the disinterested guardians of
the Portland consumers.." Portland's
foundation, her wealth, is mainly based
j upon t"he prosperity of the country. The
country merchant objects because' we
trade in Portland. The Front street
man kicks because the country, man
who pays no taxes in the city sells his
goods in competition with the man on
Front street. The fact is, the pro
ducers and consumers pay all the Front
street taxes the same as drinkers pay
saloon licenses.
As to regulations, lasi winter we
sold fresh eggs that' were really fresh,
at 10 cents- less per dozen than Seattle,
because the Portland market master
made us do It, and the same week we
were told by a Portland newspaper
that we would be able to get more for
our eggs but for the free trade Chi
nese eggs.
As to eggs, there Is nowhere else In
Portland one can buy the quality at
any price, that we furnish at the pub
lic market.
As to chickens, I sold hens In Port
land two years ago at 11c per pound,!
and the same private market sold
them at 20c per pound. At the then
price of feed It cost me 10 cents per
pound and six months' care and risk,
to raise a five pound" hen; profit, after
paying commission. 4 cents per hen.
The Front street man would get 80
cents for a hen that cost him 60 cents,
making five times as much,; In less
than a week, on one hen, as I would
make in six months. At the present
price of feed no hens can be" raised at
less than 15 cents per pound, live
weight. ' A five pound hen will cost
us 76 cents to feed. She Will bring
8o cents dressed, allowing a pouf'nd for
shrinkage as I did in fixing thfe prof-
tits of the Front street man. Afe thus
make about one cent more, and Port
land' business men get that, either by
direct trade or from the country mer
chant. I never supposed the market was
started to please the Front street man,
anyway. Take out the Portland public
market and I and many more like me
will be obliged to let the weeds take
our places and go to the city wood
yard, as, bo far, no white man' on
acreage outside of beaverdam land has
ever made his salt and never will,
raising chickens for Front street. And
If I ever ship another batch of vege-
lau'"w o", " A-
of the Insane Asylum.
t THOS. H. BROWN,
Of the Sewell Market association.
Hillsboro,' Or.
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Tourists, and Portland Beautiful.
. Portland, March 2. To the Editor of
The Journal As you probably well
know, the Rose Festival committee for
this year is meeting with spWndld
success in its campaign for a nicer and
more beautiful city this summer, and
great stress is being made of the. fact
that the feature supreme for this sea
eon Is to be the flower displays, not
only during the festival week but the
whole summer long. The eastern
states, from which such :great num
bers of people yearly visit the beau
tiful European cities and parks, will
be pouring a stream of travelers to
the coast this season, and they, on
finding that beautiful flowers and
scenery are more abundant here than
In war stricken Europe, will awake to
the fact that our City of Roses is as
well worthy of a visit as the most
sacred shrine of the old country tour
ists. To give them that Impression
is a task that every worthy Portlander
ought to strive for, and it takes united
No home, however humble, ought
to
be. eeen without some flowers, because'
if the poverty stricken Europeans can
have flowers, even in tenements, it Is
equalry feasible here, and if the well-to-do
will lay a little stress and
make some effort to have the home
gr6unds nice, balconies and verandas
decorated with flower boxes, and yards
well taken care of,, this city will prove
the finest remembrance and gain more
in prestige among the better class, of
eastern visitors than any other place
they may be able to see on this, coast.
European cities have long ago realized
the incalculable value of making a
good impression on the wealthy tour
ists who have been Ii-the habit of part
ing with millions of American dollars
for the privilege of a short stay in
those nicely decorated places.: Would
not Portland appreciate such' travelers?
We can have them, but not by stinting
the floral beauty of our city, which,
lth ,the natural scenery, ought to be
the most remarkable feature to be seen
in Portland. J. G. BACHER. '
The Cheap Foreign Laborer.
Portland," Man?h 1. To the Editor
of The Journal--What's the matter
with the American? In a- statement
recently issued by the secretary of the
municipal llor bureau, the number
of unemployed in Portland is estimated
a.t -10,000, 60 per cent of whom are
American. I, as an American, main
tain that we are not lacking in strength
or, intelligence, in brains or ambition,
and that we have the "pep" to go
through with anything we undertake.
I also claim that the average Ameri
can worker Is possessed of as much
strength as the Japanese or the Hindu,
and Is almost, if not as intelligent as
the Greek, or Russian European laborer,
Bulgarian or southern. Why, then,
are we discriminated against in the
matter of employment in our own coun
try? The reason ,1s because the
Arnerican money hog who employs
labor is so greedy that he forgets bia
manhood, submerges bis principle,
places the dollar mark above-national
honor, and employs the " European
bohunk and the Asiatic simply because
they work for a lees wage. 1;; y
. : The averag American -who in fortu
nate enough to obtain permanent em
ployment marries, and when : possible.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
It's a strong
stand a loan, i
friendship-, that cajf
. Many people :tke your advlcer-but
few ever use it.'
.'- "":.;;. '
A coward encounters many dajigers
that do not cxifrt. --.
. ' '
The widow's; might my beJ the re
sult of , long jexpei-if nud ,
. h. . .
A sober man when'' drunk Is as stu
pid as a drunken man when sober.
" ' : !
Wise lsthe woman who can 'keep
appearances ' up nd expenses down.
Imagination is the sugar that sweet
ens life and wisdom the salt that pre
serves it. ; .- . i . , .
' - ! ' '
An old bachelor
is a married man
glad of it. I
says
who
a hypocrite
seems to be
The motorman has less to do with
running the street cars, than the pro
moter man lias. . .
Perhaps the best hand a man can
hold in the game of life is the: hand of
some good woman.
.
. If you want anything done Well, do
it ..yourself. That is why most people
laugh at their, own Jokes.
a .',.
A Rt. Louis minister recently prayed
for those of his congregation who were
too proud to . kneel and too lazy to
stand. ;
. ..
When a man is blessed with twins,
he has a second- opportunity to deter
mine whether two can live as cheaply
as one. , . " '
i
In the marriage ceremony a bride
should promise to love-and honor her"
husband and to obey the commands of
fashion. !
Tne state should appoint a detective
to watch every married ma,n who man
ages to keep out of debt. Such a fel
low must nave some secret, under
ground passage connecting him with
Wall street.
A THOUSAND DOLLARS AT WORK
By John M. Oskison. : i
A few weeks ago I received a letter
from a Chicago , business man who
says he reads my little articles with
Interest.. He could 'not be more inter
ested in my" preaching, however, than
I was In his letter.
He told me that he had found out, a
year ago, from a middle aged widow.
who was the sole support of an aged
mother, that -she had ' saved $!Tu0,
which she was keeping in cash In her
home. He pointed out to her the great
risk she was rulining and induced her
to deposit the money in a savings
bank.
'It has been in the bank a year
now," he wrote, "and 'she is perfectly
satisfied with the 3 per cent interest,,
not knowing she could get 6 per cent
by buying a bond. It seems to me a
shame to waste the extra 3 per cent,
which she could put to good use, yet
I hesitate to advise her to buy a bond
unless I know it to be exceptionally
safe."
He asked my advice, and I urged
him to put the matter up to the man
ager of the bond department of one of
the big Chicago banks, with the ex
builds his own home, educates his chil
dren according to the American stand
ard, the highest In the worldjfputs his
money in circulation In the community
in which he resides, helps maintain our
national, .state and municipal govern
ments, and is a real American . in
every sense of the word.
The European" bohunk and the Asi
atic come, obtain employment, do their
own cooking, hoard their money,
never patronize an American, do noth
ing toward maintaining our institu
tions, serve .no purpose except to make
the American workman an outcast in
his own land.i M. I. BARRETT.
r
For Better Shade Trees.
Portland, March 2.--To the Editor
of The Journal Beautiful shade trees
are a great asset to any city. We, of
Portland, aeem to have generally un
derestimated their value. A glance
along nearly any street in the resi
dential districts will show trees
trimmed without th6 least thought of
their natural beauty. Is cordwood so
expensive that we must sacrifice the
tops of our shade trees? In trimming
tree our object should, be to help
It attain its natural shape. Only in
exceDtional cases should a matured
shade tree be cut back or pollarded.
We can spray for the beetle, the moth
and scale, -but the only way to rid our
selves of the tree butcher is to get him
a Job in a lumber camp, where he. can
earn an honest livrnrf. Our city trees
have many unnatural conditions to
overcome and therefore should be given
good, honest, consistent -care "by in
telligent men. Cement sidewalks aind
paved streets deprive them of their
natural fertilization and molstulre.
Sewer gas is their most deadly under
ground enemy, while overhead they
have the well known impurities of) a
metropolitan atmosphere to contend
with. . ' .
The park department gives usj a.
valuable example, but their efforts lire
unfortunately confined to public tregs.
Private property owners should tanse
more pride in their shade producers,
for healthy, matured city trees vill
excite the admiration of the mOst
hardened traveler. I -
Albert v. barnesI
Charges Elkin Law Violated
Portland; March 2. To the Editor
of The Journal According to the fcl
kins law, railroads are not allowed to
give free transportation. - When the
Portland Railway. Light & Power cokn
pany was granted a franchise, lof
course it agreed to transport certain
city employes free of charge, but wllen
the Elkins law took effect, the Pofrt
Jand Railway, Light & Power ; coim
pany was not a mere streetcar liipc,
but a full fledged railroad. According
to ths opinion of a well-known attor
ney the above named company is Vio
lating the Elkins law. Why should! it
be allowed a preference over Die
Sojathern Pacific or the Portland, Eu
gefte and Eastern? j
11. E. JOHNSON.
In Reply to Mr. Seifert. i
; Portland, March 2. To the Editor
of The Journal -Mr. Seifert, writing
In Friday's Journal, loses sight of sev
eral established facts of recent occur
rence that do not prove jthat German
Americans are - assistlng us In our j ef
fort to maintain strict-neutrality. Who
was It that maxle an attempt from the
United States side to blow up the rail
road bridge connecting with Canada? It
was a German, now. in Jail." Who sough:
to have, "and did mieceed,' the interned
German ship at San Francisco put un
der United States registry, and later
take a cargo of coal cleared for Mex
ico and diverted to the Liepsic and
other German warships? .It was norw
other than the German consul. at" San
Francisco. He should be given- hi
passports. Who was it that attempted
to supply the. Diaz government with
war material at the time 4he United
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
J Peering Into the future. ''the Hakcr
democrat sees the day when "l here
Will nr . Hi itwlraHa . if cyanfli ftMt.l.-
armor located -upon TO ai-re i tract
near Baker, jud all making a subatan
tial living." '-.;. .
fopeaking pf dogs, the Lebanon Ex
press bays: "Thirteen lambs were
killed by a worthless cur early Mon-
iiiurmng on tne larm near Jerrer-
son of rr; W, F. Jones, the ;vcteri-
nanan or Albany."
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"Federal government red tape may
taxe, time to unwind," remarks the
Hermiston Herald, "but it has nothing
on the red tape with which city busi
ness is wuno up. Ttiere is nothing of
more urgent need than work on the
city charter. At present we have
bunglesome affair all but usstcsa."
. . .
Ilwaco Tribune: Ilwaco coagratu
lates Astoria on the success that has
attended her reclamation project. The
enterprising citizens there are entitled
to the full measure of exuberance
they feel over the realization of their
dream of 30 years, it i expected to
finish the- first district in about 60
days. . -' - ,
Hopeful prognostication ih the Med
ford Mail -Tribune of February 22
"A cold and ' biting east wind swept
over' the valley Sunday afternoon and
evening, and attained a velocity of as
nigh as 3o mties an hoiw?. Accord
ing to pioneer ' weather figuring, this
is a sign there will be no heavy
frosts in April or May, but plenty' of
rain. ... , -
fiold Hill News: Ploughmen at
work . in the Modoo orchards, near
Table Rock, recently uncovered por
tions of .the structural if ramework of
one of the long vanished Rogue river
redmen. Parts of the skeleton rO
covered include the collar bone. Deep
1 Imbedded In this Is a stone arrow
head, illustrating the graphic manner
in which the "deceased came to nis
death." as ex-Coroner Alvah Kellogg
would say. The find Is accounted for
by the tradition that parts i of the
Modoc fruit lands were formerly dedi
cated- by the Indians to tho rites of
burial.
planation he had made to me. He did,
and I have a letter from the bank ac
knowledging the matter
This Is "Surely a heartening incident
A year ago this $1000 was absolutely
unproductive, a source of worry; to ;its
-owner, .a continual temptation ? to
thieves. By the intervention of this
friend the monty has been shifted to
a perfectly safe place, and $30 of In
come has been' earned. . During the
next year the money will still be safe.
and the widows income will amount
to $60. - -
I don't know what 'this Woman does
to earn her money, but I should not
be greatly surprised If she makes
more than $15 a week..-
Now, by the simple process Of put
ting her savings to work she has in
creased her year s income by a
.twelfth; she has, in effect, added four
weeks to her year. Looked at In an
other way, her money is buying her a
four weeks' vacation during the year.
Is there any excuse in the world
for one to hoard money Ins a commu
nitywhere banks are doing business
undr the regulation of slate and fed
erf authorities, and where invest-
mens are sold by reliable dealers?
A FEW SMILES
It was a cheap restaurant and two
men had just taken their seats at th
y-v same table. ?A walt
O er came bustling up.
x u u . uruc i ,
gents?" ,
"Give me a boiled
egg," said one of the
men. - ...
too," said the Other,
and see to It Its fresh."
''All right, gentlemen, certainly,"
raid .the waiter. , :
Arm then, stepping to the speakinW
tube, he called out: ;'.:
"Two boiled epgs one of ' them
frcfih!" .
He was earnestly but prosily orat
ing at the audience
"I . want land re
form." he wound yp.
"I want housing re
form, . I- want edu
cational reform, I
want "
"And," said a bored
voice in the audi
ence: "Chloroform."
Conversation on
a country road: .
"What makes you
sit up there and toot
the horn?" "1 -
"Charley told' me
to," replied the fair,
one, "so I won't hear
the things he says
while he's fixlne the
4 machine."
The Ragtime Muse
Easy I'erbaps.
If I might choose the part I'd play
As onward through the world 1 go,
I'd be a movie star and so
-.Win fortune fn a pleasant way. ;
I should not need to work as now;
I'd-regiater- a smile or tear :
Or clutch my heart In grief or feaf
Or make a most dramatic vow!
What trips I'd take! What scenes I'd
see!
At home, abroad,. with added thrills.
The company to pay my bills
Yes, that Would be the life for me. '
I'd run some risks and' who does not?
It merely makes the charm complete;
There's danger in a. city street
As well as on a burning yacht. .
. si - - ' .
I should have letters by the score
From "girls who loved and fain, would
share
My lot and fortune; Mghlng there.
My latest portrait they'd , implore. .
I give itup it cannot be.
I've never killed a lion yet, ' ,
Or had a tiger for a pet '
The movie stage is not for me.
States was bending 'every energy to
pacify that country7 It was German
in Germanyr who was Jt that fraudulently-
secured passports for German
American-, citizens 'to go as spies to
England? It was a German naval at
tache at Washington.
Does this loofc to Mr. Seifert as ff
Germany were trying to assist mb In
keeping neutral? Can Mr. Seifert cite
one Instance where an Englishman, a
Russian or a Frenchman has been
guilty f as much? - - v - ;
We are going to play: the neutral
game Just as Wilson and Bryan would
decide It should be played.
P. A. MARTE. ,
Oh, That's Easy. ,
rrorn the Louisville Courier-Journal.
"B'gosh, I don't see how the people
of Europe are going to live after thia
war." - .'..".
"B'Jlnks. that's plain There won't
be nothing left but widows and or
phans, and they will all live on pen
sions." "
GT1. T? Sk
"IN AKLY UATS"
By Fred tockley. Special Suit Wntar ef
Tha Journal. ;
While On his trip to Sun Kranclct o
Portland,- Washlnston Tcrrilory an
other points on the Paiitn:; vtut ii
the summer of 1S65. Schuy ler" 'olfa:
la a speech at San -Francisco" jfiid:
"1. 4m' liere mnne ,vou ioile oj
California apparently a, woicn'io guest
You have placed full confidence lnltnj
honesty of purpose, and I would noil
appear before you to fepuuk" only thosu
words which you would applaud, whi-i.
I realy differed from you.; 1 know!
how you feel on the Monroe .poctrimf
and driving out .Vf x.imlllian. I do noi
agreo with you on tiiene Riibjpct; 1.
will be frank with! you: I km oppoaiMh
V war for nyi purpose, or: for au
cauee. except for the vflfi41ttl'o "of the
national honor, or the nalvatlon of the
Union. I am for euohi a- w;ir,. if Hi
should occupy four, 10 or '40 years .
but to war in .any cause,, that can 1
honorably avoided. I ankoppoHcd. son
people of California have - not ceti
the horrors - and desolations- of whi
around yourwn doo; you have riot
seen the hundreds' and thousand of
friends, neighbors ' and countrymen
torn, mangled, dead and dying on the
cold earth moistened by. their 'blood.
you havo not seen the long string of!
ambulances carrying the mangled.
groaning, suffering, thousand as thf
have befln carried to. tho hospitals to
die, or to suffer mutilation even worse
than death, that cnuse viKoroux, In
dustrious men to become burdens on
society' for life; you lmvo not kpcm
and could not hjitve heard of half the
norrors or war.
"Oh, it Is a fearful thing to rush
into war, except for tho preervatlon
of one's country. Suh a war Is as
sacred as the war ftRalnst tho Saracens'
to save the sepulchre of the Savior
from the pollution of .the Infidel. I
am.for no war with any nation, if that
war can by any honorable statesman
ship be avoided, even Jf. by saying so
it shall be driven4nto private life. I
am a . believer ins-the Justice and p-
trlotlsm and reptrblicanlsm of the Mon
roe Doctrine. But I am not for war
with France nrnd Enpland on that
question now, wjth Its -'--renewed de
struction Of our. commerce; ' Its river
of blood, and Its millions af 'added
debt. I want the I'aHfic railroad brill.
instead' or the laurels or vitaory on
fields of "carnage and of death.' . I
want the progress and. bleHUinga of
peace instead ;of somo" heoatotnhR of
piled up dead, and hundreds of millions
more of debt. I want the prosperity
arid .developments of peace;. I do. not
objeet to the "prim-iplos .of the Monroe
Doctrine. I admire the courage- and
patriotism of Iuarez and his patriot
bands in defense of their native land. I
do not think Maximllliah Is the rightful
ruler of Mexlca But I object to rush
ing into a foreign war ere We have
scarcely ended our -domestic one, to
drive him out. I believe that di
plomacy can effect the purpose bet
ter. Time may settle it. .fur us. If we
are but patient and firm."
In referring to the future . destiny
or tne Pacific coast he .said:
"We" have, examined,,! with Interest,
many of your manufactures, and reared
as I was, in the school of JU-rtry Clay,
to belirve In American manufactures, I
am prouder of the sufct In which I am
clothed tonight, of v California cloth.
from wool on the back of t'allfornia
sheep,- woven by the AIIsbIoii Woolen
Mills, and made here, than of the finest
suit- of French broadcloth I ever
owned. T would urge you, in these
last- words, . to foster ma'tiufacttires.
whleh are the backbone - of nationsl
or state prosperity and irnlependeii'.'e.
Even' if they should not bo jrof ltaiil
as a pecuniary Investment, every tri
umph of mechanical or manufacturing
industry here. Is another spoke in the
wheel, of your progress. Develop and
foster commerce on your great J'arlflo
sea; for Italelgh epoKe truly wlitju He
said: 'Those who command the iseii.
command the trade of " the-world; those
who command the trade- of- the worll.
command the rlehes--of the world, and
thus corrmand the world itself.'"
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' Taft the" Patriot.
From the New York World.
TMstrnffiilnhel 'rts tmva been th nuh-
llc services of ... vi'llllam iToward Taft.
It remained for him as a private 'citi
zen to place his countrymen under ob
ligations weightier than nhy that have
yet been acknowledged. . In his Waf-.li-
ngton's birthday . address at Mor-
ristown on th-- duties, .perils .and
rights of neutrality, he spoke
not- only- as a great' lawyer but
as a great. American.. Though
n office no more, lio rnust have gath
ered Inspiration o less from memories
of his own presideicy than from the-
precepts and examples of the devoted
men who preceded him In that high
stallon. ' .
The crisis; which Is upon tisas a re
sult of the disregard of neutral rights'!
by belligerents lie diJ not exaggeraK'.
Th repons!bilities. of President i Wil
son In maintaining national honor, on
the one hand, with due regard, to. the
awful coriseouences to our people of
engaging Inwar, on the other, he rec
ognized most solemnly. That thosi in
authority are si ting soberly and with
a full senses of their accountability to
law, to precedent and to the people,
he stoutly' asserted.
More than that. Mr. Taft, while
noting the fact that partisans of on
belligerent er another were assallisj
the president and awakening discord,
the president and awakening dls-'
cord, expressed, the utmost confi
dence in the essential ; pnlty of the
American people, their devotion to
their government and thir ability In
case of need to rally to the last man
In support of a common flag and a
common country, "no matter what
their, previous views, no matter what
their Euronean origin."
The. are words that will carry far
beyond the limits of the republic. They
have been spoken in doe neanon. They
are as full of warning as tliey are of
.instruction. They mean Unit . foreign
intrigue can'have no hop on thM con
tinent; that domestic faction shall
Cease,: and that thft burden which ha.
fallen upon President Wilson's shouU
ders must and'will-be shared-by 'fcvery
one of his fellow citizens who' Is wor-"
thy of the name.
Not' since Stephen A.- DourIss In
1861 sounded -hls trumpet-can to the
Democracy of the north has a- power
ful leader - of an American minority
acquitt-d himself more nobly.
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