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THE OREGON u DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1915.
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were put into effect s
House and two Democratic
greases In succession are the result.
The country has a tariff law nUde
in the open
ORTLAND Is .shipping1 barrels to Seattle for use in packing! halibut
and other! salt fish for Exportation abroad, f The North Sea fish
eries' are jbadly demoralized by the war, and British ' dealers are
seeking saDDlies from other' sources. A thirty-ton shipment of
halbut taken lb North Pacific Coast waters la among the importations
from North America, and it is expected that largely increased shipments
wiU follow .! ;Te!n carloads of barrels from Porjtland for packing salt fish
in Seattle and Alaska, are reflection here of the activities of th fishing
ind istry on the North Pacific coast - - ,- , : ,
It is even predicted by dome experts that the explosion of mines
and the other , incidents of naval warfare win almost destrnv iha
fishing industrjMn the North! Sea for a long time .to come. . jiluch of j caPaign contributions
mei naval operations . are along the fishing banks, and are disturbing
to phe extent that fishing, as reported by the English newspapers, is
badly demoralized. j . T
Portland never had a better opportunity to establish an
industry
111 iniS CltV. The hi eh rOSt Of mnt fa muHnv n nnrmnno innmooo
I -r - iiimaiM.. uv.uavuo cutA caon
We do not wisely when we
vent 'complaint and' cenisure.
We cry -out, for a litte pain,
when wc do but srnile for a
great deal of contentment.
Felthaim. ' ' '
tariff laws wer " being framed byl In
congress,
schedules
an
Ordinary
chances
with the 'result that I would bje 9S to 99 lout of a hundred
agreed upon In secret I for peace. -The pressure ef the Gex-
Woodrow Wilson in the White 1 chances
con-I hundred
Its schedules . were ' prepared by 1 of minor import.
members, a free congress,
by tariff barons who were
mitted to do so In exchange
sis '- the
man army for victbry brought these
down to 8D to 85 out of
But the relative
and exploiting nations is a
not
per-
for
str.nds
alone in this matter, and
in the world's
a larger supply
WHAT A MEANING!
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THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL!
consumption of fish. The demand everywhere is for
of halibut, cod and the manv nther food delicacies from
the waters of the sea. i I i
Ijf Portland (japital would organize a company, install a cold! storasa
warehouse and jpacking plant, I a market could be immediately developed
that would return profitable dividends. With! the annearance oif such a
; company, the pjower of the northern Fish tru st over Portland would be
j imijfiediately broken. So soon1 as local dealer; had assurance ojf an all-
year-round ; supbly, they would end relations! with the Fish triist and
J secure their supplies from the local concern. They would be com
i pelled to do si, because Portland consumers would demand fh
f erade Oreeon fish
EWS dispatches declare that here, from Pugt Sound.- i;
the American flag has again The Portland and Oregon market alone would justify the organi
been used by the captain of zatlon of a company with a n liartpr nf million rnnital olfhL-.i-10-V.
a British liner in setting sail investment ot half that sum or less would tie ample for' handling not
v-uj ifuomcoa, uui.jw eiteuuiiig operations 10 distant rields.
( Oregon Is going to be supplied with fishL If not through Portland,
then through Puget Sound. The fish will be largely causht Iri Oreeon
waters and if ikot brought directly to Portland, will be taken past the
Columbia river to Seattle and then be shipried by rail to Portland at
of an empire,. all the iron and steel i lncreased cost.) j
. ik' shells. or a proud navy that is) Most of the United States is to be supplied from the Pacific coast
IrocJaimea mistress 01 tne seven ; . l uul yntuy miuugn) roruana, almost wnoilv tnrough' Puget
Foreign countries are to secure fish frotn Pacific Coast v aters, if
none through Portland, all through Puget Soind.
Portland banks are almost bursting with money. Oregon waters
And so . this flag stands before"! ar? aIive with jenormous, supplies of the best food fishes in the seven
mankind. Ever since the euibat- Sf'as- inere ,sjno cnarge for the raw materi. It is to be had for the
tied farmers on an April morn I taS- Therel is no ploughing, no cultivati,ng. no spraying, no pests
fired the shot heard round tlw to iflSnt. nothing to do but pull in the nets and bring the fisli to the
worldv it has been a flag that is i PacK,ns Plant. . ( ; i
Asylum for the oppressed, that is I Where onj earth is there so golden an bpportuuity for ah invest-
from the English coast
It is wrong. It should not
done.
Yet what a meaning! All the
guns of England, all the soldiers
seas, all these combined are cast
iside and this captain seeks asylum
rith his ship under the Ulken folds
tt the star spangled banner.
i-eruge for the victims of a foreign ! ment wh dividends guaranteed in advance
"uiiu b tucrciiess iuiist.ro , anu luai
A VICTORY FOR PEACE
By DAVID STARR JORDAN
Chancellor of LeJgnd Stanford Jr. UnlTerslty.
HhN the great war broke out 1
Norman Angell summed, iiji the
situation in these words: We
were not . successful; we were merely
w
'the nat
the civilised world
tributory negligence
e ry Aide today
preparedness for
preparation is left
without backing-
materials "or war.
aione, ut in every
in its degree the terrible weapons
g-uilt of
militant
problejm
No one nation
Is gmilty ef coh
We hear
the demand -I
peace. nut su
in private hands.
of finance, wh:
destruction are in
to Whoin war is the sole professid
right.'
But as the war goes on
Its welter of horrors, it becjomes
clear that the workers for peace have I
gained one great
victory, the great
est in all human
ib "protection for all who are cast ' Itajly, and, thej Italian minicter of
P54ts and telegraphs has issued an
orcfer partly I suspending service
here and there on the pitiless ebb
and flow of human afairs.
It is a flag of power, because a
flag of . peace and purity.
WHAT IS OUR DUTY?
M
ILITARIST ne-vsnaners in
the United States are hys
terical over the Mexican
situation. They renew their
Did demand for President Wilson
to use force.
Why not be also excited over the
Bltuation in Europe? Why not de
mand that we take our navy and
army; over to Europe and order
peace there?
t There Is more destruction of
property and ' life in Europe in
one day that could be de
Btroyed In Mexico In a thou
sand years. If we have a
great moral duty to perform with
our C army in Mexico we have a
similar grea,t moral duty to per
form with our army in Europe. 1 If
we are under moral obligation to
the world to Invade and subdue
llexlco, w are under moral obli
gation . to Invade and conquer
Europe.
The whole truth about Mexico is
tlat if she were not a weak
nation, there would be no American
demand for armed intervention. If
she , possessed the military re
sources "and solidarity of Germany,
sho could engage In civil war until
doomsday without ever' a single
call upon the American president
to send an army down to inter
vene. There are two things, and only
two, that we can do in Mexico.
First pursue the present policy of
watchful waiting by keeping hands
off while firmly insisting upon a
proper regard for alien . life and
property and waiting for the Mex
icans? to work out their own des
tiny. ..
Or, second, send into that coun
try an Invading army, reduce the
people to submission at a possible
cost of a billion dollars, a course
that would lose us the confidence
and friendship of every other na
tion In. the .Western. Hemisphere.
It would lay us open to suspicion
by Central and South American
nations, from which we could not
recover in a generation.
There are known disadvantages
in President Wilson's policy But
what are these trivial disadvantages
in comparison with a policy of
blood, iron, sacrifice, death, debt,
devastation and the myriad horrors
that follow In. the wake of war?
"And after the war, taxation
taxation, the sucking monster that
saps the strength and substance
out .of . toil, .keeps mothers pallid
and Httlo children hungered,
pinched and barefoot?.. f
with Austria, j
There are tvjo reasons why Italy
rajy decide toj fight. One s the
old qurarel with Austria. concerning
Trentino and Trieste, formerly Ital
iaQ territory, i and the . other is
Iajly's belief that Turkey has fos
tered a revolt! in the province of
Italy won from the
Tripoli, which
Turks.
The Italians have a traditional
hatred for Austria, a hatred ;Which
th6 Austrian government has in
tensified in recent years, j Italy
claims that Austria has discrimin
ated against Italians, denying them
schools, placing them under a po
litical ban, attempting to crush
them with an unjust system of tax
ation, and forbidding them to use
their native tongue
When Turkey cast its lot with
Austria-Hungary and Germany,
revolt followed in the province of
Tripoli in Africa, and Italy was
compelled to withdraw troops from
the interior to strengthen the gar
risons of coast towns. The revolt
was due to the! holy war proclaimed
by the sultan! of Turkey, .who is
thus held Indirectly responsible.
Turkish officers ' are said to be
leading the rebels against the Ital
lais, and Italy claims this is a fla
grant violation of treaty obliga
tlons. !
.jPrince von Buelow was sent to
K6me by the j German government
to patch irp Italy's ' quarrel with
Austria, but so far he has failed to
secure Austria's consent to terms
satisfactory to! Italy. Even should
tha' quarrel be settled, there would
still be the affair with Turkey, and
wth - dismemberment of that na
tion imminent, Italy may want a
seat at the table when the carving
begins.
lit is not improbable that Italy
may yet commit the irreparable
folly of entering the conflict.
Antlgoni is began to build a new
city a few miles to the southeast.
His work was completed by Lysl
machus, who laid it out with great
magnificence and adorned it with
many fire buildings, among which
was the Homerum, where .he blind
poet was worshipped as a hero.
In tho Roman period, Smyrna
vied with Ephesus and Purgamum
for ' the title' of "First City of
Asia.". It is mentioned
Apocalypse as the seat of
tian chureh and, is said
been the scene of the inartjyrdom of
Polycarp When Constantinople be
came thp seat of the eastern em
pire, thd trade of Smyrna declined
men who play with
with . fireworks. To pay and die
le
pn
Not in Germany
civilized nation
on spends iintold millions
the hands of mien
th-
dajt
war as boys pllay
is
of the
with
warrinaj nation. "Soldat sein: Stetier
zahlen;
pay takes; mouth
the duties of the common man. But
the op
more
nion of tti
than this.
history,
o great.
significant that it
& victory
sd all
is brought before
Dr. X. S. Jordan.
may be the
mark of
tructed o 1
tion, the world's
"decisive battle" of
the year of
rors. 1914.
This is thej
t d r y :
moral Jaw to answjer for its defiance
of public opinipm.
date
rtecon-
iliza-
ter-
the m(j)st powerfully armed nation
framed
the boy
vic-
Wh o
is no
claim
great
brought on this war?" There
man nor group nor nation to
the war. There is no man
enough, wicked enough, reckless
enough, truthful enough to admit that
he was the cause.
It was not so in other wars. Alex
ander the Great desolated and dese
crated the valleys of Macedonia and
as well
coward
And
He denied nothing
for more worlds to
by its
coming
people in every
Mund haltem," (be soldifer;
shut), these a-e
On
bf
n,
e world aemanas
and so the state
the bar of he
history has known
t
yaricaies, even a a
police court, "Qui
are these words.
as boys:
Before this Jucjge
quibbles arid pro-
a vagrant in
s excuse, s accuse
The severest accusations are thise
by whining apologists.
s litany of Frederick Palmer
fitted for nations
I win not b
the coward strikes -firs!
now the gime of war, "war
to prevent war,"
desired so eagerly
military participants, is
whelmihg, so brutally terrible, that
no one
it may
stand
and
conquer.
his
in the
a Chris-
to have
and It
AN OLD CITY
T
SAINT PATRICK
a;
. S " the- years come and go, in
creasing honor is paid to the
memory of the humble priest
whose daily prayer to his
Savior was: "What Can I Do for
Thee?" -: .
The. lesson of -Saint Patrick's life
Is an old one, yet one that is ever
new. '.' . ;-
Today a busy world halts to pay
tribute to him who served his fel
low men.' Had he, struggled for
wealth and honor his name would
have floated away with the mist of
the years that are gone.
ITALY'S N ETJTRAUT Y
E
I VENTS indicate that Italy is
about to abandon her policy
of neutrality. The Duke of
Abruzfci has left Spezia, pre
sumably for the Dardant Ilea, with
the most powerful squadron of
dreadnaughts ever assembled t by
HE prediction is made in dis
patches j from Athens that
Smyrna, 1 which is now being
bombarded by an English
fleet, will capitulate within a few
diy3. The green flag of Islam
t: has waved for centuries over
tho second seaport of the Ottoman
empire will disappear and the cross
will arise above the crescent:
I Smyrna is a peculiar city in that
it has preserved unbroken a con
tin ,ity of reiord and identity of
njme from the first dawn of his
tory. It Is 2p0 miles southeast of
Constantinople, with which it is
connected by railway. Its capture
wjill result in, the formation of a
bse for operations against the
Moslem capital.
It Is a city of 350,000, divided
into five quarters. There i is the
Afoslem quarter with its numerous
niinarets ' and narrow, crooked
streets; ; the Jewish, poor,! over
crowded J and dirty; 'the Armenian
aid Greek. . well built andv clean,
apd, finally, the European quarter
With itsj fine quay. Its shops and
ifs hotels. In air but government,
Slrryrna is predominantly a Chris
tian town. Only about one-fourth
of its population worships j In the
Tosques.
Originally, Smyrna was an Aeo
lian, colony, but early in the sev-
ejnth century
by exiles
brought : into
Commanding
tjo the cpast,
developed.
B. C, it was seized
from ColoDhih and
the Ionian league.
the route from Sardls
a rich commerce was
iThls excited the ieal-
ousy and aggression of the Lydlan
l ings. One of these, Alyattes, about
75 B. C., captured and destroyed
the ' city. According to Theocnis.
Pride destrdyed Smyrna.", I
After the Macedonian connnest..
. r
lost its importance.
the city
by
Turkish freebooter seized
in 1U84J put it was recovered
the generals of Bvzanti im
in the fourteenth century it
passed ihto the possession of the
Jnignts of St. John. In 14 02
iameriane, at the head of his
Mongol host, stormed: the city and
massacred Its inhabitants. A little
remained in the possession j The ultimatum was
and has
of the Moslems up to th present
a ay.
SIX
W
Greece,
sighed
junus caesar wrote books on
wars in Gaul, and so far as aiy of
us have read in the first four of
them, he claimed all honor for his
own campaigns. Alva, Tilly, Wjallen-
stein, not one of these pirated and
murderers ever denied a deed chkrged
a horror
so hated, so ov
dare stand
be that
responsible
of International
to come.
up to him. Napoleon left the
f 4,000,000 young men on the
o; Europe and never flinched
pones
fields
from
his own responsibility. Bismarck
robbed Denmark, threw Austria, out
of the back door because shi had
n.ore Catholics than Prussia could di-
bleed
wars
scru-
gest, and ended by trying "to
France .white He made the
himself, and confessed without
pie sins he may not have committed.
thus to perfect his sinister riputa
tion.
But the war of ; 1914, the war of
the ultimatum, haSf nobody behijnd it
The "sword was forced into the (hands
of nations already armed to the
teeth. Each nation set forth reluct
Letters Frorri
In
be-
i
er-
sponsor for it, 4nd
no one will dare
for any other War
some
rtjiin for
Copyright.
the People!
ages
1918.
(Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department shonld be writ
ten on obly one side or tne paper, should; not
exceed 3jOO words In lpngth and must be ac
companied by the cattio and address of the
sender, ilf tb writer noes not desire to have
the name published, he! abould so state.)
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Worry is
out.
abad bedfellow. Kick 1
A man naturally feels put out If hk
ioaes nis jod. . i '
It's always' an era
with a shiftless man.
of hard tlmeb
If love makes a fool of a wise man;
hub win ii ao to a rooii
Cobwebs are useful in i advertising
a. mure mat aoesn t advertise; s
One right the taxpayer has is thU
rignt to pay tne rreight I
Most of us enjoy work about as much
as we enjoy Deing told of 1 our faults
Don't force your advice upon peopj
wno&e irienasnip you care to retain.
A woman is seldom a fussv with
her children as she is with her hus
band. ..
The successful man roots while h
unsuccessful
and squeals.
brother stands around
Tet a millionaire can! say more
ten words than a penniless man can
say in io.uuv.
Some men. achieve fame, some have
it thrust upon them. and. some are
lucky and escape it entirely.-
The world would be Some better it
every man was as determined to pdy
everything as he is to pay a grudgt.
lirass is naturally green, but after
a man has bumped up against a grass
widow he is apt to imagine he is col
blind. -
Somehow a woman dislikes to hear
her husband talk shop almost as mur
as a man dislikes; to bear bis wife talk
shopping. I
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Speaking of treasure trove, the
dleton ttaat Oregon lan nays Oiejr ia
plenty of it In the KOil of Un.atilla
county and the custom iai to sack the
tun auring Julyanjl Augusl.
Pen-
have
ft'
TWhile the suroundlng countleW
"een scared With rabies, the d
SO- far hAm i YflHjt W ,,,rh jnr
but its near approach has warned th
authorities to be on guard," says the
Union Scout, In an article on the re
cently enacted dog muzzling ordinance,
- it - :-. -. -f -T ;. j
"As a .bromtr of iirtprovirtaj ren
ditions in the f:'gne River vilify,'!
says the Merlford MaH-THbuneT "tha
taxpayers of Jackimn rmthty ad pay
ing. their asrieHsments wkth more (speed
than at any jni in the it five years,
xne email t,yfr 1 remJttttK In
full, instead i.f taking: (lvanta of
tne nan paj'mentaelii."
Grants pass Courier; J A dcleitation
from the "Commercial jr.luh jwak out
yesterday afternoon viewing ait for
tne proposea i automoMlw , ntlri
round. IB arrariKenx-fits can belrnada
is expected that the., oatim Will t,
established on I the river bank Jiixt
above the city park, where nomUtion'?
are admirable for the purpose.
, i
Timely admonition on good roads.
In Lebanon Kxpress: '"It may lje old,
but still it is I timely- to sprinjg the
yearly advice about bringing out the
split lop drag, i , A little work before
the roads dry I out will' put thfem in
good condition; for the season, but
once they r are permitted to , harden
money spent On breaking. . the clods
and shaping them is largely wasted."'
1 I. i
' Progress reported in Astoria Budget:
"Within a few weeks the : wdrk of
driving the foundation and render plies
at the Port-of Astoria docks wiljl have
been completed and the work of tha
MeEachern company ended in that direction.-
The reclamation work) being
carried on by the Tacfima Dredging
fompany at the port dot;ks wijl also
Se completed during the latter part of
this month." i if
TRY SAVING IN WEEKLY' INSTALLMENTS
"Discussion Is the geeatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes everything It touehea. It fobs
principles ot all false sanctity and throws them
back on! their reasonableness. If they hare
no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them
out of ejxistence and setts up its own conclusions
In their Isteatd. w oodrow W ilson. i
antly to repel an Invader. . Each
asked only for - self-defense.
later it fras retaken by the Seljuks nation wished only to be left in
DAYS IN PORTLAXD
HAT is Portland liroin? tn
I o-"o v
(do to encourag tourist
travel this season?
Thousands are to be at
tracted to the Pacific coast by the
span rapcisco and San Diego fairs
ana a large number of conventions
They will pass through dregon in
imaking the circuit. Many of them
are already making up their itin
eraries, and owing to lackjof infor
mation as to what may be seen in
they are
through
, remain
the -Aricihity of Portland
arranging to either go
without stop or, at best
over only a few hours.
A caste In point is tht of the
Imperial) Council " of the Order of
the Mystic Shrine, which la. to be
nem in Seattle, next July. This, it
Is expecued, will draw 20, DO 0 visit
ors and d degates. Theyj will re
main in Seattle and vicinity several
days, at least, but will on: y stop in
Portland six hours at tho outside.
An ld,ea of the loss to Portland
from a money standpoint can be
approximated when it if figured
that eveb if the tourist only spends
on tne ayarage of $5 neiH dav. thA
dally expenditure of 20,000 would
amount to $100,000. .
By cooperation and concerted
action Ih making the tourist know
nrkfi, , .
TTiiat wo uiive m me way or seen
ery and by improving our
to . accommodate him
comes, be will be easily
to spend' six days or six
stead of six hours.
The movement in this
that has been started
prosecuted with vigor.
ruler
Each
peace,
an automatic
weapon for which no one was respon
sible. The ultimatum offers the
smaller nations the choice between
being swallowed whole and belnaV duly
masticated first, and to a peopU
attacked the only choice is to
There Is no question, to be
as to wno wrote the ultimatum to
Serbia, nor as to its purpose tor its
effect. There is no question what
brought on the war, although
directly concerned dare not adml
to their own people nor to the
it has been a popular theory in
Continental Europe that a nation can
do no wrong, because there Is no
power above it to enforce molality.
It is claimed that but, one sin Is
possible to a nation the sin o fail-
It is claimed that war is
SE
A
SECRET conference
faJcturers, presided
Chairman Hllles of
RET CONFERENCES
highways
when he
persuaded
weeks in
direction
4hould be
ure.
tcs'; . for the extinction of peopl that
fall, for the elimination of all niations
which : are small, backward, . 6r ln-
Tirtie to Steeir by Intellect.
St. Jhns, Or., MaUch 15w To the ti:di-
tor of jThe Journal Some time agio I
sent a letter to Th Journal, which the
editor aw fit to print under the head
line '"thinking a iv"ay Out," and as I
touched on that subject, which is large.
with only a. few words. I would llk to
add a little more. I I
I have read a statement of Speaker
Connoii, of the lower house at Olym
pia, ttjat shows jour inefficiency! in
sending our representatives to the leg
islature. Me eta teji that he would j op
pose eyery appropriation for the state
university uniu tad stuay ot social sci
ence apd political, economy was elimi
nated jfrom the lr stitution. But i in
stead of eliminating those two studies,
a new one should j be added, if not in
existence already "mental science,"
which jl know they have in several Uni
versities of our la id, and which every
individual should atudy.
If there has ever been a time in his
tory that these sciences should be
studied, it is now, jwhen the foundation
of the whole social system Is crum
bling. J There is ahothei' thing in ithe
news-that has driwn my attention -
the suggestion of j Roosevelt, which
consider scarcely worth comment. iw
those I certalnjly do not wnt more war. "SVhat
wo want mm ueeu is peace, ana to get
it we jmust work for it. I am ione
among) the class sometimes called
worklnlgmen, and I when we havei no
work dur title is "hobo There was a
congressman in Mjinnesota that called
mo a gentleman, but as I don't want to
be misunderstood, It was a week-before
election. If it had been a week after
election, I would have been classified
as a lumberjack. Ve read ih the Bible
that gome have five talents, others
two, ana -some only one. I'm surej, in
my class, we are considered to have
but one. Be that as it may, ,we fcer-
winiy uo.ve euuie fiiai represent US in
the legislature thajt seem to lack even
thus
fight
sure.
t this
world.
By John M. Oskison.
It is hopefutsto see one of the big
gest and soundest investment banking
houses in the country (organized as
trust , and savings bank) make an ad
vertising announcement n these words:
"May we help you to save? Are you
one of those who have intended Jto
save something regularly out of your
pay envelope each week, but have
simply never started? I If you ' are,
here is a plan that will ttielp you. One
dollar will make you a member. The
dues are only one dollar a week. We
will put the money to Work for your
benefit, and when the. club term is up
you will have a bank book -with over
fifty 'dollars to your credit withokit
having missed the money from your
income. Join today. Special club for
those who wish to save more thin
one dollar weekly." j
Millions of us are buying insurance
on the installment plan; hundreds of
thousands of us are paying for furni-
ture on the same plan; more millions
are buying homes through the build
lng and loan associations that way. lit
Lis a favorable American device for ac
quiring what U wanted.j .
God's
trous conditions
It Is certainly more than anvthins
eise our Business f t present to develop
our Intellect and close out Its senti
mental ' and emotional part, as I claim
tnat taat has brought us into our Con
dition, land our only salvation is tot de
velop our intellect.
Telephone
Portland, March
publican national committee,
York. It
lay plans
and after
bald other
was recently held in New
was a meeting called to
for the 1916 campaign,
its conclusion Mr. Hilles
conferences of a similar nature will
be heldl in various cities
No report of the New York con-
was, published," hjut it was
big m
nresentl
of manu-
over by
the Re-
the
It
ference
aomiuen tnat tne tariff , was
principal topic of discussion
was a conference out of harmony
wnn iup spirit, ana purposes or tne
.rtepuDiican masses.
conference is like the old
days ,when tariffs were! made at
just sich secret meetings. The
janufacturers were always
but the ordinary j citizen
was always absent, p The
did not
plain man
have a hearing even when
secrecy and . trickery,' ope rating
through -a . defective, because thor
oughly medieval, political system.' A
German , friend ' writes ? me : - "purope
has got used to carrying out its po
litical schemes, not through war.' hut
through war scares. It has developed
a sort of : bluff-system : like that of
poker. The oftener this plan ijs tried
the harder one must push thej bluff.
PETER ROOl).
Information.
17. To the Editor
clined to peace. The strong main, the I that ohe.- "Whatever talent t we have
strong nation., knows no law. fo law. we responsible! for it. Are wa.gjiing
"tha makeshift of weaklings ha. "n?9 SvLl" tale" tQ1nrak
.v up a.human hyenf. to spread misery.
oo.ro us ma win ui mo sorrow ana death, or are we going to
strong stands as Its support. . use it to bring peace? On the other
aomenow in practice this philosophy I " ' r"' c. ; !"--" "'b m wnt i
has failed The nations hi fmmH c, onouiu nave not
nas railed. ne nations nave found more tjhan five, but without having! all
a higher power than force, the jpower these (small talents added they wiuld
or puoiic opinion, the power 6t the I not Dei aoie to Dring about such difcas-
human conscience that, refuses to ac
c pt-the double standard of morality,
one for the individual, one for the
state.
. The real criminal in this war is
no one man, nor clique, nor nation.
It is the war-system with the ,ideal
of military efficiency, proficiency, the
art "of collective murder, the perfec
tion of savagery, as intellectual effi
ciency is the perfection of ctvilifeation.
And when civilization calls sayagery
to its aid, savagery will take its pay,
and after Its own fashion.
. 4
But barbarism dare, not; bost of
it- deeds today. Only now and thert
a hardened sinner ventures to hint
th- truth. Its Alexanders, its Caesars,
its Napoleons and Its Blamarcl s and
their modern Imitations can no longer
swagger at the front of the line. They
dare not show . themselves for what
they are. In the next generation let
us hope the movement will' go a bit
farther. I-et us hope that r o one
will dare bring on war. tot1' f e r that
the people will find him out. This
war was no ' war ; of the peop e not
of any nation Concerned and ;ts be
ginning was possible ' only t irough
of ThJ. Journal Insofar as the public
guarantee to pay a
the valuation of all
nas established a
fair nt income on
public utilities, aijid has not likewise
protected other linfes of business, every
citizen has a right to know, and to in-
rorm ethers, regardrng facts and i:on
ditiona pertaining ;to the public utility
business.
Having served a number of year; in
the telephone business, represen ting
the Pacific and Home companies in
this cljty, and other Bell and independ
ent companies In I various states, and
being jsomewhat familiar with condi
tions and "possibilities" pertaining
theretb, I deem it my duty, as a citizen,
to render such service as may bi of
value jto the public, and I accordingly
present the following information for
public consideration: .
I am in receipt lot a report from the
office of the city audltpr, bearing! re
liable information ito the effect thajt on
December 31,. 1918, the Pacific Telc-
pnonei company
December 31, 191
in service in this
The same report
cemDer 31, 1913,
had 41,172, and
4, 43,014 telephones
city, a gain -of
advises that on
the Homa Tfnfinn
cpmpainy! had 13,361, and on Decerhber
81, 1914. 12,859 telephones in serVlc
a loss! of 602
. Oth4r conditional
He shpuld be thoroughly familiar
the Pacific company's J5 deposit
the; Home compajny'a
charg.
If subscriber
Pacifil
Ic telephone
1842.
De-
wlth which the
15
bub-
are
and
cancellation
does not retain
the
one
year from date service commenced, the
J5 deposit will be forfeited.
The Home Telephone jcompany's reg
ular contract provides for a $5 cs.n
cellation charge if subscriber does not
retain the telephone for a term of cne
year from date service jcoromenced.
A law should be enacted compelling
all telephone . companies to- tsolleet
deposit in advance, at the time contract
is signed, in order that, the subscriber
may clearly understand 'terms and con
ditions of the contract.;
Portland should have one complete,
manual service. Individual line tette
phone svstem. of which personnel of
ownershio should not i be taken into
consideration by the public.
During a few recent years "imafei
nary competition" in I the .telephone
business in this city has cost the clti
zens approximately $1,400,000, an
amount far in excess of the sum belong
called for at present by; our good ro4ds
friends. Moreover, "competition" lias
injured our telephone service by divid
ing same. Divided telephone service! Is
noor telephone service, and costs
double price for complete service.
I am not employed by either tele
phone company, as charged.
BD WUKUI
It is logical to acquire a savings
bank account in the same manner. I
have said time after time that savings
banks are neglecting to use this well
tried method, largely because they are
not usually run for profit., j j
About- one money earner i i,n eight
will make trips to the savings bank
without special urging?! If banks gen
erally adopted the plan of makitfff
regular payments obligatory, j either
by imposing a email fine for delay and
failure or by offering i reasonable re
wards for prompt payments, : the num
ber of depositors could, he doubled, j ;
Commercial i banks, state i 'and na
tional,' trust companies and savings
banks conducted for I the profit of
stockholders these are. all; equipped
to adopt some such plan as the sav
ings club with weekly dues. II
Not many of the big investment
bajtkfng houses are yet interested In
the small saver and investor. When
one of the oldest and best does I under
take a savings club, therefore, I think
it is worth looking into. My. hope is
that it will be such a success that
other, houses will start similar! clubs.
A FEW SMILES
4-
Factorles.
Encourage Home
Portland, March IB. To the Editor
of The Journal Permit me to 6ugg;st
means by -which we may increase '.he
prosperity of jOregon. We need mainy
factories, and to increase the capacity
of those established. Iji Pittsburg, Pa.
there are seven or eight steel mills.
each employing approximately 12,I00
men at good wages. This Is why Pitts
burg is sb prosperous. We could estab
iish a hosiery factory in Oregon. Mil'
Hons of pairs of hose! are used btere
every year. Oregon grows wool, 8nd
the cotton can be obtained from the
south via the Panama ! canal.
. Ten million dollars, statistics sayj la
sent east'for cigars every year. Ttiis
money ' never comes back. Why tot
patronize our own cigar manufactur
ers? The tobacco is grown in the
same field: where the easterh-mide
cigar tobacco is grown.; Swapping real
estate will not make prosperity. Neith
er will the swapping bf merchandise
produce prosperity. Portland is Ilk
farm it must produce isomething,
us encourage capital with a bonus
need be to establish -factories, and
us strongly encourage j those factories
now in operation.
JOHN HEITKEMPEH.
a
et
if
let
ap-
the
is
The Iiunar Rainbow.
Sheridan, Or., March 18. To the Hdf
tor of The Journal 1 1 have heard of
the so-called "moonlight rainboW
I would like to know If this does h
pen or If it is just legendary.
WILLIAM GRAUEH
Nothing Is better attested than
lunar rainbow, though its occurrence
extremely rare.
Money for Blood.
From the Richmond Tlmes-Disnatlch.
Early Ui the great controversy both
England and Germany announced that
the issue would be determined solely by
tne question or moneyj men and sop'
plies, combined with the question I of
morale among the troops. Just now
comes news that the' house of Mod an
has arranged a loan of $12,000,000 to
Russia. It is the forerunner of similar
loans from many bankers. At last the
nations are wearing out their ready re
sources, if the average man will Jbst
sit back quietly and think a bit. lie will
appreciate wnat this means. It means,
briefly, that the question of life ind
death for millions lies in the hand of
the relatively few men In the world
who control the cash. If providing this
cash means that war will go on, -refjus-ing
to provide the cash means also that
war must stop. If one man In the
world had all the cash in the world.
and by lending or withholding it he
could continue or stop the frightful
slaughter, and if you I who read this
I If jao-aaa
City Man "In this restaurant they
weigh you when you
come In, weigh you
when you go out,
and charge . you so
much per ounce for
the difference:"
t Country Cousin
"What's that -man
so angry about?"
. City Man "lie objects "to paying 25
Cents a pound for the ice water: he
drank."
Mrs.
r norv nava,.
By : Fr4 luckier. ' SpMial Staff Writer 0
. i' The JeuraaJ.
'We jlived with pr. and Mrs. Whit
man three years," j said Mrs. W. F.
Helm Of thin . ritvl In r,.,lll., v. .
. - , ...vuwi ucr
girlhood experiences. "Their, hearts
and their home seemed to be big enough
to take in anyone in need. They hud
taken In our fatherless and mother
less brood of seven and they were
constantly adding to their family.
While Doctor Whitman was on one of
his trips he had tut an arrowhead
out ofj James Brldger's back and in
wt!!tUf Mr' Brlder gave Doctor
Whitman hls little girl. Mary Ann
Rrldger, She was about. 9 years old
when -wa went to j Walilatpii.
Wh?." lnot1her of (his trips Dot tor
1 o f " rt8f:ud t little half broed
Hy 2 years old. His mother had dug
fhl'mi,r"?d f and thrown'
e imjft lKy to:tor was In time
L rMr" h,m but ot before Ms lKa
were tjadly burnedf His mother was
a squaw and his father a Mexican.
l Ilkab,e cliap and
in an rriy nfa never saw anyone who
mucn a paft of his horse as
tie wan. After the massacre he was
taken by the priests. He died when
he wa 1 yrars old.
'srirrw?"1'0 Meek ,cft I'ttle
giri Helen Mar Meek with the Wl.lt-
h1m Ai1, h1 ,couIrn"t take her with .
Mm on his trips. !Hor mother was a
W tCe Sffuaw I Joe Meek wanted
ier to be raised as a white child so
lie took her away from her mother
and put her l t(ie in!8lon. Some
times her mother would- come to see
r.er. Helen would say, "Oh. no. you
are not my mother. Mm -tviim.n
is my mother.' Helen died seven
days after the ntiassaere. Hlie had
been very sick with measles and sha
caught cold-and died. .
ii."lrT Whtt,nani wa. Very precis
in hetf language and t.e expected us
toefthe eauie. For example, if we
said the mosquitoes are very thick '
ehe would Bay, 'you mean thev are
very numerous.' One time k'oii'.
s1ster. eaid, 'hall peel the potatoes,
mother?' Mrs. Whitman said. 'No, I
wouldi pare themi )f I were you.'
"Mrs. Whitman I hart i
isters. 'We used: tn nam
dolls (after her ulsters. . I hud dolls
named after th-ee of her sisters.
ClArisBa, Harriet and Jane. Arrange
mentsj had been made shortly before
the niasBacre for J 'Aunt Jane,' as we
s...i.u,ru railed Airs. Whitman's nis
ier, to
come out
ftnf t.Mh a t M'h.
Dalles, where Dotftor Whitman ws
planning, to move lii.i miMsion. Perrin
Whitman, Doctor Whitmans nephew,
who Was about 1,4 or 15 years old,
told Us that lie overheard Doctor and
Mrs. Whitman talking and he thought
they were hoping, that our teacher,
Cornelius Rogei s, might fall in love
with lAunfJane and marry her. Doc
tor Whitman had already bargained
for the MethodiBt mlion at The
Dalle shortly before he was killed., lie
was lo pay $600 for it.
"Some years ago I met Mrs. Whit
man's) sister, Mrs. Clarissa Kinney,
in Cajlfornia. She died in San Fran
cisco Just before the fire. T
also piet anottier sister of hers, Mrs.
iMtrnei jacKson. she died recently
in Ohio. I
"When the Indiana cum tn Ka
their children baptiz;d thev would ali
Orubblns -I wonder why it Is
so many people put
their ' valuables- un
der their pillow be
m
fore going to
Mr. Brow
don't know;
suppose they
have a little
to fall back on.
sleep?
n
but
like to
money
, Mr. Doublechln was the despair of
ni8 socially ambitious better half
na Deen aining with! some
friends, at whose
abode they had, un
fortunately, arrived
a little late, and
how, on the home
ward j ou r n e V, It
was 4 u 1 1 e . patent
mat the , lady was
not in the best of
tempejrs. . ; ... . . ; .
"Whatever were you thinking (of,
John," she said, "to make your way
to a seat at the table without first
greeting1 the hostess?" j -
"Well, missus," replied ' thi hus
band, with a broad smile, "I reckoned
the hostess, as you call her.l would
keep; but, judging from the rattle of
the knives and forks, the! 'efub'
seemea m danger of disappearing-
mm
. nimpie neartea man who
tasted but few of the drinks of
world took : dinner -r
with a high toned
family, where a
glass, of milk, punch
was set quietly down
by each plate.; In si
lence and happiness'
the guest quaffed
his goblet and then
added i
"Madam, you should
thanka for such a good cow,
The Ragtime M us
ill iiA 1
daily' -Live
n i n
e
.- j
bg
to
Beauty ' Quest, v
The elevator's crammed, alas.
But Nellie does not care:
She squeezes in before the glass
And t tarts to rix her hair.
i '!-
She talfles from out her beauty
An "eyestick." rouge Daetilla
A tiny brush, a powder rug 7
x inougui ner piusti was real;
- : i -. "... I
She's quite unconscious as her lips
She rubs with crimson dye. F : i
And on her fheeks, with finger tips.
it ;not too nign. . j
She smooths her brows and turns
' see i ' . j
Tha lia olr ef h hlnnil '
Then colors, catching sight of" tne,
, auuiner tnape oi rea. ;
Her task Is done; she stops (to scafl
xne number on the floor, r
Then abka the elevator man;
"Why, was that twenty-foui ?
"I told jeou,slx. Quick, let me off."
He. most discreet at men. i
Conceals his laughter in a cough;
"Oh, you was clreeuin' then."i 1
Reason for It.
From Puck.
House Cat (to flocki of sparrows)
No use sticking around; today, birdlee
there ain't going to be any crumbs. -One
Sparrow Folks gone awayi? i
Iloue Cat No; but they are going
to have breaded veal chops for tomor
Mrs. Whitman toj pick out names for
them. Khe had lotH of relative's' ho
she named the children Richard and
Deborah and btner . family names of
her people. Hhe always used to speak
of Deborah as 'Couin Deborah,' na
ehe had named her after a favorite
cousin of hers.
"The doctor used to give the lndi-'
ans cialomel when they had the mea
sles. I They would 'take a big dose of
calomel and then! take a xveat bath,
then jump in the Walla Walla river
and then die. Joe Lewis, the Catholic
halfbk-eed negro and Indian who in
cited I the masxacre, was employed by
Dr. Whitman to make coffins for the
Indians and It kept him pretty busy.
Mrs. Whitman's i sovereign remedy
was onions. If we children had th
croup) or tonsllltin or fiulnnyor almost
anything else, Mrs. Whitman would
bake some onions and put on a hot
onion poultice on our throats. Khe
knewlit couldn't do' any harm and it
might do some gofd.- One day when
it was pouring down ra'ln we heard
the squaws wailing. . Mrs. Whitman
sent someone to jwee who was dead.
They reported tht Tlitnas was as
good as dead and the squaws were
singing his death; chant. Mrs. Whit
man; learned that! he couldn't breathe
so, taking a basket of onion, she went
to his tepee. She Was there several
hourai Hhe baked some onions and
clapped them on his neck red' hot. lit
got fcis breath back- ail iright. and
eventually got well, and I don't thinic
he eyer hud the quirmy ai,-aln.
"Sometimes, when the. missionary
barrels would be delayed a year 'we
children ; would run very short . of
clothes. We always went barefoot
or wre moccasln. One year we had .
to stay In bed Monday mornings, while
our fclothes werfl being washed. I
remeiinber one Monday morning Helen
to bj washed. Mrs. Whitman lit a
candle and trivintf It to her told her -
pto-goi up to the children's room and
look all round for some clothes tnat
were missing. tne came oac pres
ently with some lof the clothes, but
without the candle. Mrs. Whitman
said, 'Did you blow the candle out,
Helert? She said. 'No, J stuck It in
that keg of black sand at the head of
the children's bed, as I am going back
to look for ttie rest of the dirty
clothes.' Mr. Rogers went up the
Htairs three steps at a time and got
the candle. The black sand was gun
powder. We children had taken the
cover off and had been playing with
it. I always wonder that the lighted
candlie did not net fire to : the pow
der. Fortunately,) the flame was two
or thiree inches alpove the powder."
Very Watchful Waiting.
... ... A . , , II' 1 ,
I'iom tne iw i oi k or i-j.
Doe "waiting for spring rainy
characterize the operations along the
Frtnch line, where in xront oi oniy a
small section of it 600 enemy dead
been counted?
very
have
Absolutely Necessary.
Fromf the St. Douis Oiooe-Democrat.
An Iowa senator would appoint Mr.
Taft land Mr. Roosevelt on a commis
sion jto bring about peace in Europe.
Eut will not a preliminary commission
have
to be named)
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