THE - OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1915.
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Whatever difference may
appear in the fortunes of man
kind, there is, nevertheless, a
certain compensation of rood
and evil r which makes them
equal-T Rochef aucau 1 d.
MR. KAY'S FOOLISH DEXIAli
STATE Treasurer Kay attempts
to deny. '
Like the Oregonian, he, too,
wants the Bowlby incident
and his part therein forgotten.
Everybody connected with the re
moval of Bowlby wants it forgot
ten. In spite of hia denial, Treasurer
Kay did propose two engineers. At
$3000 per. He made the motion
lor the election of Mr. Cantine as
State highway engine er. " He pro
posed and moved the adoption of
?a resolution to employ Mr. Bowlby
as special engineer, both to serve
concurrently at $3000 per. Here
is 'the record of what Treasurer
' Kay did at the meeting of the
highway commission March 29, as
Reported in the official minutes:
Meeting called by Governor Withy
combe to consider appointment of
highway engineer. Mr. Olcott ex
pressed himself as still in favor of
Major Bowlby. Mr. Kay moved that
J3. X. Cantine, . of Portland, be ap
pointed state highway engineer, to
take office on April 1, 1915. Mr. Ol
cott seconded same. Governor Withy
combe and Mr. Kay voted "aye," Mr
Olcott, "no"
: Mr Kay offered resolution (copy
. herewith attached) explaining- removal
of Mr Bowlby, defining duties of new
highway engineer and duties of Major
Bowlby In his retained position. Major
Bowlby to continue his work on the
.Columbia Blver HlgUway in Hood
Blver county and to take charge of
disputes and differences arising out
Of work performed by the highway
engineer previous to this date.
Moved and carried that Mr. Kay's
resolution be accepted.
L What is the use for Mr. Kay to
attempt to deny? If he has for
gotten what he did so recently, let
.him step into the office of State
.Highway Engineer Cantine and
there read in the official minutes
the record of what he did. Let
him read the resolution for retain
ing 'Bowlby which he prepared, a
. copy of which The Journal can
; supply him with. If Mr. Kay's
own action does not mean the em
ployment of two engineers at
$3000 per; if It does not mean a
double-headed: engineer's office,
What does it mean ? .
s Here is more. At the meeting
to Install the new Engineer Can
tine, Mr. Kay said to Mr. Cantine,
"I do not want you to mix up In
any way with the affairs ofv the
old administration." He wanted
Cantine to do new work and let
the special engineer do the unfin
ished work. How foolish for Mr.
Kay to attempt to deny?
It was not until the attorney
general's office held that a spe
cial engineer could not be lawfully
f employed that Treasurer Kay ever
;gave up the idea of two engineers.
uWhen. that opinion was first rendered,-Mr.
Kay said In an interview
; In the Oregonian , that it was a,
""flimsy" opinion and that Bowlby
1 could be retained. When Bowlby
: said It would be Illegal for him to
j serve as a special engineer on the
pld work and that he would not
t Berve, Mr. Kay suggested Mr. Laur
fgaard as a suitable engineer to do
I that work.
All these things are common
knowledge. They are open, and
i notorious. "
Mr. Kay'a attempt to deny them
i Is a monumental blunder. He
cannot escape responsibility for
I what he has done by attempts at
' denial. '
; i He was a leader in the removal
; of Bowlby. He and Senator Day
fully understood each other.
-" . And the disgruntled contractors
understood them both. The con
tractors know, and Senator Day
knows, and Mr. Kay knows, ex
actly how "we got the skid under"
Bowlby.
rTHE EITEIi AND THE FRYE
rjHpHE Prinz Eitel Friedrich
. I . limped into port at Newport
v I News March 10 with the an
nouncement that she had
' sufik the American ship William P.
Frye. The Prinz Eitel- was sorely
" In need of repairs : she needed
supplies; she sought refuge in an
American port, and for the 29 In-
tervening days to the time she
j v was interned, was given succor,
s repairs and protection under the
i American' flag.
While her distress was thus re
lieved in an American port, the
warships of an enemy waited just
outside the three-mile limit. In
announcing his determination to
intern, the captain of the Eitel
; Friedrich j stated that he did so
only because to have gt ne to sea
lu the presence of an ovtrwhelmlng
force would have meant destruc
tion for his men and his ship.
There is a wide difference be-
tweea the treatment the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich received from he United
BUILD THE ROADS AND KEEP THE MONEY
fF VOTED, the road bonds will
Portland.
I : The effect on the pulse of
equivalent 01 o apiece iur every man, wuuinu uu tuuu u purpose,
land, and to spare. It will Immediately Increase activity, buoy in-j Jn form and substance alike the pro
dustry and stimulate confidence. r " v j ceedings at the capitoi have been of
It i will put men to work who are idle. It will give men Jobs who . the most unedif ying character. Such
are Jobless. It will give them the means to pay debts, buy groceries, ?oreh7efP Center of " terest
purchase clothing and obtain other necessaries A million and a quar- at Albany we do not remember ever
tr of cash thus let loose win directly or indirectly benefit every home to have known. -Alongside these nave
and family, every household and' fireside and every one whose daily dnifybi8b(j0le-d2tlo0nr yTcentiy
endeavors are associated with the business, professional or industrial j pags6d without any serioj.- attempt
life of this City. i ' - 3 t to justify such action.
Seventy-five per cent of the money will come from six per cent of j Among the bills vetoed by Gov
the taxpayers. Ninety-four . per cent, or more than nine-tenths of the ernor Whitman was Qne whereby
taxpayers, will contribute but 25 per cent. Over half, or 53 per cent the city of New York could have
of the 20,000 persons who pay taxes, pay on a valuation of $10-0 or millions of dollars in. dis-
less, which means that, for the first four years, each will pay 18 cents j pOSing of its garbage. On the
or less a year on the bond issue, other hand he signed the spoils
The money is to be spent in Multnomah county. It la to be an census bill in spite of the vicious
investment. We will have the roads after the money Is spent, and features which he himself said it
they will remain with us. i . i contained. More attention was
Seattle has built 105 miles of
benefit from them that she is building 80 miles more. If such roads
are so good a thing' for Seattle, 70 miles of them will certainly be a
good Investment for Portland.
If Portland expends this million and a quarter dollars on her roads,
she will still have the money, and in addition will have the roads.
And she will have the Increased economic value the roads will giva
to the land. And she will have better times, because $1,250,000 in
cash turned loose in Portland will make better times.
States and that the American mer
chantman, William P. Frye, and
her cargo received at the hands of
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
With a friendly concern that al
most strained international law,
the United States authorities gave
succor, asylum and deliverance
from enemy ships to the Prinz
Eitel Friedrich, but the William
P. Frye and her non-contraband
cargo were sent to the bottom of
the ocean by the Prinz Eitel Fried
rich. The friendship and international
concord thus exhibited by the great
neutral nation to a German war
ship in distress, should be a signal
proof to German-American citizens
that American neutrality is genu
ine and American friendship sin
cere. FIFTY YEARS AGO
FIFTY years ago today, Ulysses
S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
met in the McLean house at
Appomattox Court House,
Virginia, That meeting marked
the ending of the greatest war ever
fought on this continent, for it
was then that Lee surrendered the
Army of Northern Virginia.
Last Friday, April 2, was the
fiftieth anniversary of the fall of
Richmond. When Grant sent his
terse message to Secretary of War
Stanton on April 9, Johnston had
not surrendered to Sherman and
there remained two armies in the
west. But Johnston laid down his
arms April 27, Richard Taylor sur
rendered all the remaining Confed
erate troops east of the Mississippi
river on May 4, and E. Klrby
Smith the troops west of the river
on May r 26. These formalities
closed the mighty drama, but the
curtain was rung down at Appo
mattox Court House.
Most wars leave behind them a
legacy of hate that often lasts for
centuries. Civil wars are pro
verbially the bitterest of all. But
two years ago veterans of North
and South met at Gettysburg and
joined in celebrating the fiftieth
anniversary of that great battle.
It was a compelling spectacle
Blue and Gray stronger and better
friends than before the conflict.
Fifty years had worked wonders.
Men who on that battlefield had
done their best to shoot each other
down realized that it was all a ter
rible mistake.
Undoubtedly Grant's terms of
surrender were the beginning of
this friendly relation. When he
glanced at Lee the Union com
mander's eyes rested on the hand
some sword hanging at Lee's side.
Grant said afterwards that this set
him to thinking that it would be
an unnecessary humiliation to re
quire the officers to surrender
their swords, and a great hardship
to deprive them? of their personal
baggage and horses. Hence this
sentence In the terms of surren
der: "This will not embrace the
side-arms of the officers, nor their
private horses or baggage."
Lee was grateful, not for him
self, but for his men. It is a mat
ter of history that the spirit shown
by Grant at Appomattox Court
House, the spirit of the magnani
mous victor toward the vanquished,
contributed more than anything
else in bringing about a reunited
nation. Today the nation is thank
ful that the two men who met at
Appbmattox Court House fifty
years ago were of the character
and calibre of Grant and Lee.
PINK ELEPHANTS
A SHIP recently loaded lumber
at the West Oregon mill at
Linnton for delivery at Que
bec, Canada. The Leader,
published at Linnton, says:
The barkentlne John C. Meyer, of
San Francisco, Is loading at the West
Oregon mill 1,140,000 feet of lumber
for the, Canadistn government at Que
bec. She will be towed through the
Panama canal by the steamer Thor,
loading at Astoria for the same point
and consignee. i
The incident recalls the lugubri
ous ditties of the sob squad in the
late campaign.- We were told that,
due to the Underwood tariff, the
Oregon lumber Industry had been
paralyzed by Canadian lumber
mills, though all the time ( the
Canadian mills were In worse stag
nation than the Oregon mills on
account of world conditions.
And , so the Bobbers sobbed and
beat their ; breasts and ululated.
They filled the rivers with their
turn loose $1,250,000 of money In
business will be electrical. It is the t
such roads, and has derived so much
tears and the mountains with their
lamentations.
But here, are two ships carrying,
not Canadian lumber, but Oregon
lumber into Canada. Oregon mills
are selling, not Canadian lumber,
but Oregon lumber to the Canadian
government.
The episode shows that the
phthisicky solos and calamity cho
ruses of a sob squad at election
time belong in the same class with
little pink elephants, and are
merely one of the gaieties of po
litical life.
DRIFTING AND
SHOOTING
T
HERE was a just claim due
Consentino, which he went to
the lawyer's office to collect.
He did not find the lawyer
1
who owed him the sum, because
the man is in the penitentiary.
Brooding over his wrong, and
doubtless ignorant, Consentino
adopted the crazy plan of taking
the law into his own hands and
settling matters with a gun.
The crime had its beginning in
the crookedness of the lawyer. If
Consentino's claim had been paid,
as it should have been, there
would have been no shooting.
Why, then, wasn't it paid? Why
do not bar associations require
members of the profession to
square their professional acts , by
that high standard of ethics which
is tne true laeai ot one or tne
most honorable of all professions? t
Why do they not demand that a
license to practice shall be a cer
tificate of good character and a
guarantee of henest conduct?
The lawyers claim that they are
unjustly criticised, and often they
are. Yet, it is their tolerance of
just such men and acts as brought
on the Consentino shooting that
cLcllenges public attention, while
the many honorable acts of honest
lawyers are never heard of.
Another cause that nerved Con
sentino to take the law into his
own hands is the public's good
humored indifference to guns and
gunmen. Regulative laws are
passed and, because public senti
ment is inactive, the enforcement
of pistol statutes is lax.
Nobody " seems to care much
about shootings so long as it is the
other fellow that receives the un
deserved bullet. The tragedy is
read about in the newspaper, and
then passes out of mind without
leaving its deadly warning to the
effect that on other days there
will be other victims, nobody
knows who or for what.
As a people, we make no pro
test. We offer no resistance. We
attempt no reform. We simply
drift, drift, drift, and the Con
sentlnos continue to shoot, shoot,
shoot.
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
L
AND through which a well
constructed and maintained
highway goes increases in
value much more rapidly
than land which has a poor high
way or none at all.
This fact, which has been well
demonstrated by experience, was
concretely stated at a meeting of
business men by T. C. Dupont, the
millionaire powder manufacturer.
He said:
As a simple cold blooded proposi
tion, I believe a company, an individu
al or an : association could build a
road, acquire 100 feet on either side
and with fairly good business manage
ment in a few years pay back to the
builders the entire cost Of the road
and continue 'to pay enormous divi
dends in addition to keeping the road
in perfeot condition.
If an individuar could make
profit out of a good road why
can not the county?
If hard surfaced roads are not a
good thing, why has Los Angeles
county, California, built 700 miles?
Why is King county, Washing
ton, which has laid over 100 miles,
constructing 80 miles more?
LOST OPPORTUNITY
T
HE Republican administration
of New York has lost a great
opportunity to demonstrate its
capacity "and to show that
after being chastened it can be
depended upon to promote the gen
eral welfare.
Coming into power -after the
Democratic control of tour years
and the Impoachment of Sulzer It
had a chance to prove Its boasted
superiority but It has failed.
" Commenting on the results
achieved by . the, legislature the
New York Tribune 'sums them tip
under the heading "The wreckage
at Albany,"
The Evening Post says there
has not been a pretense of high
; paid to office grabbing than to re
form.
The policy of Governor Whit
man Is truly reactionary and Ig
nores public sentiment.
As a presidential possibility he
appears to be in the hands of bad
"advisers." -
Let us defer talking about pave
ment until after the bond issue is
voted. .
THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
, CITIES
FOR
By WILLIAM DUDLEY FOCLKB,
Former U. S. Ciif Service Commissioner:
Chairman Special Committee of National
Civil Service Iteform League; Fresldeiit Na
tional Municipal League.
HE news that a commission of
... v
ione nunarea wmcn nas ueeu
considering the preparation of a
new charter for Springfield, Massa
chusette. has now recommended the
city manager plan naturally directs
public attention anew to the charac-
teristics of that
as ' : a
form of govern'
rpent, to its dan
gers and its ad
vantages.
Nearly 400
American cities
have adopted the
original commis
sion fom of gov
ernment and a
score or more
have been more
w. x uium. recently organized
under the manager plan.
An analytical study has recently
been made of the two systems, based
no only upon general principles but
upon practical experience, so far as
we nave it, or trie itles which have
adopted them. The commission plan
is a relative success as compared
with older formt . of city govern
ment, because it is more democratic
and sensitive to public opinion, its
powers belnr unified and responsJbil
lty centered in the commission. The
nonpartisan short ballot which it pro
vides makes intelligent voting easier
and thus simplifies the work of citi
senship, rendering the politician and
his machine superfluous, and substi
tuting for the boss, or oligarchy of
political managers, a democracy in
which, all the voters participate.
Moreover, , the initiative, referendum
and recall adopted have made them
still more responsive to public opin
ion. The abolition of ward lines
has done much to prevent petty log
rolling and emphasize the unity of
cit.' interests, while an independent
civil service commission has done
much to remove city employes from
political influence.
In cities of moderate size, at least,
commission government has shown by
experience that K is preferable to
the systems previously, existing, but
we do not yet know the maximum
population of the cities which may
wisely adopt it.
'
The commission-manager plan is
a aluable addition to the commis
sion plan, Inasmuch as it creates an
a6.ninistratlve establishment under a
(single head instead of five, and thus
makes for harmony in administra
tion. It 'also encourages the em
ployment of an expert at the city's
head with comparative permanence
In office, thus insuring greater sta
bility and continuity both of person
nel and of policies, so necessary to
solid and enduring reforms and to
the carrying -out of far-sighted proj
ects; and it thereby encourages city
executives to educate themselves seri
ously in municipal affairs with the
prospect of promotion from one city
to another (as in Germany), thus
orning up a new profession In city
administration and encouraging the
Interchange of experience among dif
ferent cities.
The manager plan avoids the con
fusion of the commission plan be
tween the responsibility of he indi
vidual commissioners and the commis
sion as a whole and thus makes for
better discipline. It is adapted to
large cities as well as email ones
and permits of proportional repre
sentation or election by districts,
which might become necessary In
cities of great size.
It is of ' the highest importance
that any city adopting the manager
plan should not omit any of the aux
iliary features accompanying It, since
without these provisions, owing to
the concentration of executive author
ity in one head, it might be' suscepti
ble to perversion in the Interest of a
boss or a political clique in cities
with an inadequate : and Undeveloped
public opinion. ?
In that case, the superior efficiency
of the manager system may actually
Increase,, the danger of boss rule, for
a political manipulator who can con
trol' & bare majority" of . the commis
sion can elect hia manager also and i
thereby control the whole administra
tion, Impose taxes ad libitum and
spend the money at will.
It - is therefore evident that tbe
preference of one system over the
other is largely a question of the
adaptability of the particular form to
the habits, the prejudices and the
political condition of the city to'
which it is to be applied. If the man
ager system were to be applied at
once to cities where notions of po
litical intrigue have been deeply in
grained Into the habits of the com
munity and cannot be eradicated, the
consequences are likely to be in
jurious. But where the city has outgrown
this low form of political life, where
the community has come to regard
city administration as being. In the
main, business administration, there
it is better to choose the manager,
by a small representative body and
not by the electorate at large. It
is extremely fortunate that in several
hundred of or cities this manager
form has been preceded by the com
mission plan, which has performed a
great service in eliminating party
politics and boss rule in many of
the cities which haite adopted it, and
in accustoming the peoole to business
methods of administration, and there
by qualifying them for , the success
fvl adoption of the more advanced
plan. ' Copyright. 1915.
An Exhortation.
From the Kansas City Star.
"Be ready, bruddren and sistahs,"
said good old Parson Bagster, In the
course of a sermon. "Be ready when
de laet solemn summonses come! Some
o' yo'll be ready and waltin' de honest
old brudders in de Lawd and de faith
ful old sistahs in Izrul waitln' to go
wid gladness, like dey had done been
'vited to a chicken dinner. But yo'
young gamblin' brudders and gaddin'
sistahs, what'll yo. do when dat awful
call comes? Lemme tell yo': .When
de gen'leman on de pale hawse rides
up to de gate an' axes, 'Do Brudder
Dicer or Sistah Fllpp, as de case may
be, live yuh? yo'll scream, 'No, sah!
No,, sah! Dat no-'count nigger done
moved over to Tumlinville mo'n six
weeks ago!' ".
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this oepnrtment should be writ
ten on only one side of tbe paper, should not
exceed 3O0 words la length and must be ac
companied by tbe came and address of the
sender. If the writer does not desire to have
the nme published, he should so state.)
"Dtsroaslon is the giateat of all reformers.
It rationalises everything It touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
back on tbeir reasonableness. If tbey have
no reasonableness, it ruthlessly .crushes them
out of existence and sets up its own conclusions
in their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
Holidays.
Durkee. Or., April 5. To the Editor
of The Journal Please answer the fol
lowing questions in The Journal: Is
Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday in
Oregon, and do public schools have
to close? Are there any national hol
idays? Was John Hancock or John
Hanson the first president of the
United States by appointment before
Washington took hia office?
A SUBSCRIBER.
So far as they relate to schools,
Lincoln's birthday, Washington's
birthday and Columbus day are not hol
idays in Oregon, except that it is pro
vided by law that the regular school
program on those days shall be varied
by the introduction of exercises in
commemoration of the illustrious per
sonages honored on those respective
days. The schools are not dismissed.
There are no national holidays, not
even the Fourth of July. Congress has
at various times appointed special hol
idays, has made Labor Day a public
holiday in the District of Columbia and
has recognized the existence of cer
tain days as holidays for commercial
purposes, but with the exception
named there is no general statute on
the subject. The proclamation by the
president annually of a day of Thanks
giving has legal effect only in the
District of Columbia and the terri
tories. Neither John ' Hancock nor John
Hanson can be said to have been the
first president of the United States.
Hancock was president of the Conti
nental congress, which adopted the
Declaration of Independence; but there
was then no United States, the "states"
being but colonies, and not much
united save "by their fears," as it has
been well expressed. Hanson was the
first president of the congress under
the Articles of Confederation, but it
requires a strained use of terms to
call that government the government
of the United States, or the president
of that congress the president of the
United States, in any sense, either
actual or merely legal, that would be
accepted today. sfi
The Chicago Election's Result.
Astoria, Or., April 8. To the Editor
of The Journal Republican newspa
pers of the rabid kind proclaim the
election of Mr. Thompson as mayor of
Chicago as a great Republican victory
and a slap at the Wilson administra
tion. I have before me a copy of the
Illionois Staats Zeitung, published
dally at Chicago. The issue of April
5, the day before the election, says:
"Not the party the man fs the is
sue. That man is Robert M. Sweit
zer." Sweitzer was the Democratic
candidate. Now then, the Illinois Staats
Zettung is a partisan Republican paper.
bitterly opposed to the Wilson admin
istration, alleging that this administra
tion is pro-allies; but it supported Mr.
Sweitzer, because he is of German de
scent and favored a liberal local policy,
though he Is a Democrat.
The candidate favored by the anti
Wilson newspaper being defeated. It
cannot at the same time be an anti-
Wilson victory.
The fact is that local Issues pre
dominated and the defeat of Mayor
Harrison at the primary election by
Mr. Sweitzer, caused a defection on the
part of a goodly portion of the Har
rison wing of the Chicago Democracy.
However, drowning parties grasp
at any straw. HERMAN WISE.
Opposes County Road Improvement
Portland, April 8. To the Editor of
The Journal I would like to have the
good roads people explain to me how
the taxpayers of Portland would have
so much benefit from the paving of
the country roads as to pay B0 per cent
or more of the cost of paving the said
roads, which are now in good condi
tion without the paving. I should think
we have all kinds of streets inside the
city limits to improve and not spend
our money out in the country. Take
Sandy Road, for example. It is now
in good condition from the city limits,
at Eighty-second street, to Troutdale.
The county Improved this road about
two years ago and it is now one of the
best roads leading out from Portland,
in good condition for any kind of
travel, and the Base Line road Is the
same,
I agree with Mr. Seton. X fall to see
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
"Heart failure" covers a lot of med
ical ignorance, -
"A thornless rose would not impress
one very deeply.
- ,
Every pleasure is a possible cause
for a lot of pain.
, 3 ' , f.
Let the sleeping infant be placed
upon tbe retired list.
The rule of love is usually more ef
fective than the rule of might.: i
u
Good fortune seldom travels around
in an automobile looking for you.
jr.
It's easy to be an optimist so long
as the bright side only Is visible.
e i
Philosophers and pretty women are
apt to be enamored of their own re
flections. When a man does have greatness
thrust upon him he thinks he achieved
it.
Poverty would soon be unknown if
men could only dispose. of their ex
perience at cost. -
Never Judge an actor's ability by
the size of hia name on the program.
He may be the "angel'' of the show.
It is Impossible to please everybody.
In fact, a man is doing fairly well If he
manages to please his grocer and
banker.
It isn't safe to conclude that a man
IS crooked because he is out of debt.
He might have married a fortune.
No matter what others say of you,
any mother will always think that you
are a good man 1f you will laugh at
the cute things her baby does.
WALL STREET'S VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
From the Omaha World HeraM.
With the last week in March ' the
New York stock exchange became once
more an open market. All restrictions
on trading were removed by the abol
ishment of the minimum prices on
stocks which were put on to protect
the'' resumptions in dealing last De
cember. It would be impossible. t deal a
harder blow to the calamity campaign
than this. And it is a blow dealt from
and by Wall street itself! Its full
force is generally recognized by the
press of the country even by that por
tion of it which has indulged in Jere
miads and welcomed the "Find another
McKinley" movement. For example,
the New York Sun says:
"The abolition of the so-called min
imum prices and the discharge of the
special supervisory committee of the
exchange is of worldwide significance.
"As the New York stock exchange
was the last of the world's great
bourses to close its doors eight months
ago, so it has been the first to re
store an open. and free market for se
curities. . . . Nothing could better ad
vertise the country's economic strength
than the open market for American
securities which now exists. It is Wall
street's vote of confidence In .condi
tions and prospects and the entire
business community cannot fail to in
terpret it as an encouraging Invitation
to a j-eturn to general confidence."
Did you get that? i
"Wall street's vote of confidence In
conditions and prospects!" "An en
couraging invitation to a return of
general confidence!" And this admis
sion from the New York Sun!
A western newspaper of somewhat
more liberal tendencies but, like the
Sun, Republican, is equally frank and
its tone Is Just as cheery. Reference
is had to the Chicago Herald, which
says:'
"The fears during the early weeks
of -the war that Europe would dump
our securities on us in quantities far
beyond our power to absorb thus cre
ating panic and financial havoc on all
sides now seems like a dream. The
NECESSITY AND THE
By John M. Oskison.
A young man employed by the gov
ernment announced the other day that
be had worked out processes for get
ting 200 per oent more gasoline out of
oil and for making in this country
certain Important constituents of coal
tar dyes and of high explosives.
Mother Necessity has been hard on
the heels of our industrial chemists
for some time; and, as usual, they
have furnished the answer. Of Mr.
Rlttman's discoveries. Financial Amer
ica said the other day:
"The free xise of the discovery as
to gasoline, as promised by the fact
that the patents on the processes are
to bo dedicated to the whole American
people, will do more to establish an
equality of competition in the oil re
fining Industry than many of the
laws directed against monopoly, price
fixing and restraint of trade. i
"The process relating to the- pro
duction of materials necessary for the
dye industry will make the United
States independent of the rest of the
world in this highly important de
partment. : The discovery-of
this process, i and the supplementary
one relating to the manufacture of high
A FEW SMILES
Stranger "I think if you would be
willing to take me around the coun
try and exhibit me that I would mad
quite-, a hit. ' i
- Manager of Chau
tauqua Circle "I
don't see -anything
extraordinary about
you."
Stranger. - 'vX'm
the only - English
author now living
who hasn't written
an unintelligible article explaining the
causes of the great war." v
"Yes, at first I didn't want a dog
In ths house, - but now I've really be
come much, attached
to him." !
"Is that so?"
"Yes; all my
friends who keep
dogs say the same
thing. And I sup
pose people who
have children real
ly feel the ' same
about them, too."
where the taxpayers of Portland would
have so much benefit from the paving
as to pay for the cost of It.
think taxes are too high now, and
if we are to make the taxes; any
higher, let us get better streets and
more arc lights fhside the city. How
would the fanners' of Multnomah
ooanty like-to pay for our street Im
provements Inside the city limits?
In.' regard to employment, that the
proposed Improvement would give, I
suppose somes paving company would
get the contract and then there would
not be much show for the taxpayers to
get Jobs.- All the taxpayers could do
would be to stay at home and pay the
taxes.
, Me for no i paving of the county
roads. ' HENBT GRATH.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS .
Antelooe la advertising n 1
county fair, to be held May 13. 14 and
15, which is to be "the largest and best
m (ua msiory ox uie Antelope valley."
Eugene Register; The little city of
Veneta has . organized a commercial
club. The Upper Willamette valley
towns "are overlooking- nothing that
will help thein,ln tne race of progress.
county has ordered a road roller at
$2760 and a rock crusher at $2245.60. '
An incidental use of the roller lrf to be !
io smuouiiiiK ot tne grounds auout
the court house.
"Some Oregonians may want to sell
their farms, but it Is a glaring fact"
says the Woodburn Independent, "that
when they do fielL they remain and buy
some other place. Oregon is good
enough for them. The contented farm
er keeps right on farming and is not
a land speculator.' -
Astorlan: The total amount of sales
at the Astoria postoffice Including
stamps, etc., for the year ending April
1, amounted to $38,000. This is 12000
short of the amount required to entitle
Astoria to recosnitton as a first cantt
Haostofflce. Postmaster Wise feels that
the coming year s volume of business
will be sufficient to meet the require
ments for a first class office.
.
Good roads .spirit as manifested by
the Stanfield Standard: "Should noth
ing, come of the present effort to get
the county court to construe the road
from Pendleton to Umatilla via Stan
field, Kcho and Hermiston, we may
still build this road independently of
the balance of the county. The west
end of the county can be formed into
a road district at the will of its cit
izens and this district can be bonded
for an amount sufficient to construct
the road."
complete closing of the stock exchange
has already taken its place as a de
tached historical fact, without pres
ent significance.
"And now even the later precaution
of minimum trading prices adopted
December 15 in order to prevent a
rush to, unload these securities In the
reopened stock exchange has gone to
join the more drastic provision that
preceded It.' It Is no longer necessary.
The country has found its financial
moorings and feels confident of its po
sition, j
"The removal of this minimum trad
ing price Is, of course, a mere result
of vast and beneficial causes. Behind
It we see the substantial evidences of
reviving business and prosperity; Our
trade balance is growing to enormous
proportions. America has become the
world market and the nations are
eager to buy Its, product. ;
"Truly it is a far cry to August 1,
19141, .Americans, one and all, have
reason to be thankful for It and to
face the future with renewed courage
and confidence." '
Confidence in Wall street la not a
mere psychological condition, as rMr.
Wilson would say, based on earnest
hopes. It is a confidence based on as
sured facts. Everywhere over the coun
try Industry and commerce are getting
up stearau- Even our friends the rail
roads are wiping their weeping, eyes
and greeting the world with a shivery
April smile.
The Chicago Tribune chronicled that
on April l, in mat city, tne iiuiiuib
Steel company opened six new open
hearth rurnaces ana one aaamonai
hio fiimQA ait. fin rv. vlvinsr errmlov-
ment to 1000 more men; that the Joliet
and South Chicago forces also were
increased; that the Pullman company
received a $1,600,000 order -for 478 all
steel cars from New Tor; ana mat
the various plant . -Of the Interna
tional Harvester company had prac
tically doubled their forces.
Calamity?' Depression? Ague and
fever and Chills and fits? Bosh and
nonsense! The country if booming
Just watch its smoke!
AMERICAN INVENTOR
explosives, are particularly a reason
for thankfulness.'
What this brilliant ..government
chemist has dons is an example 01
results that He ahead of Industrial
chemUts in this country. In a great
many directions, the war in Europe
stimulated the countries outside the
fighting area. Our' country was hard
est hit among the neutrals, for we
used most European products and
materials of manufacture.
Mno thn fiar'rtunv esJl't eUDDlv US
dyestuffs, our researchers must find a
way to turn them out in this country.
"Made in America" is the goal of our
merchants. To et there means that
our researchers must work overtime,
for old Mother Necessity is urging con
stantly. . t
All this new Invention will mean
a large redistribution of manufactur
ing capital. Stocks heretofore big
money earners will not be do good, and
come new stocks will offer big possi
bilities of profit. It has been largely
due to Industrial discoveries thai
Standard Oil stock has represented the
apex of gilt edgedness. -'
troan un eve on the ' American In
dustrial worker in the future!
The Ragtime Muse
Trouble Coming.
I've learned the threat is dear Jen-
nette's !
She'll soon appear in pantalettes
And wear a hoopskirt. I aver
That then I'll not be seen with her.
I stood for sheath and silhouette
And hobble, to my keen regret, i
But I am done; I will not be i
.The victim of auch levity.
I've had to lift her on the cars
And shield her from all sudden Jars
For fear that she would chance to tflp
And thus tbe narrow garment rlpl j
How could I" Steer hr through a mob
With hoopskirt on? It makes me sob
To picture her, as you Jiave guessed, -Within
a crowded car compressed I ,
I'm adamant; I will not stir
A single inch. It's up to her
To say which one it's going to be.
Hoopskirt and pantalettes or me!
It she persists she'll have to go
Where folks are few and life is slow.
For she'd block traffic here In town
And motor trucks would run her down!
What Made Sampson Weak.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Teacher So Delilah cut Sam
son's hair and all his strength went
out of him. Now when did Samson's
strength go out of Mm? You may
answer, Willie. - .
Willie I guess it wuz when b
seen hisself in th' glass.
. - . - '
On a 'KibLleless Day.
' From Judge.
First -Fisherman (about 4 p. m.)
Sayi .- .
. Second Fisherman- Huh? "
First Fls.erman Wouldn't, it make
us nervous to xeel that the fish mar
kets of the country were depending on
usf , i
THE CELILO CANAL
AND ENVIRONS IN
2-PAGE DRAWING
As the time approaches for
the formal dedication of The
palles-CelilQ canal, interest in
the significance of the waterway
is heightened. For a number of
rears work on this project that
will provide continuous naviga
tion on the Columbia from its
mouth to Kennewick. Pasco.
Lewiston and bevond has oro-
ceeded, until now the' work has
arrived at a completed state.
feady to serve the needs of com
merce.
In the Magazine of next Sun
lay's Journal will be published -ii
two-page drawing; - accompa
nied by photographs, that well
illustrates the purpose of this
canal, the completion of which
will be celebrated so joyously
during the week of May 3-8.
Oown the Columbia
In connection with the plans
or the Dalles-Celilo canal cele
bration next month.- The Sun
day Journal, in recent weeke,
has published a series of illus
trated articles setting forth the
Charms of the Columbia and
calling attention to the many
places of legendary and histor
ical interest that line its banks.
The series -assumes the form
of an imaginary jburnev down
the river, such as will be taken
y the fleet of river craft during
he dedication week, . May 3-8,
nd last bunday the arm-chair
ravelers had been taken from
The Dalles to the Cascades.
Next Sunday the journey-will be
rjesumed at the latter point and
continued to Vancouver and the i
cjnouth of the Willamette, which
iteach of the river is rich in
historic lore.
pood Roads Gospel
That all readers mv hernma
fully aware of the significance
i gooa roaas. what has been
lone along this line in Multno
nah county, and what it is nro-
osed td do, another illustrated
irticle will be published next
iunday setting forth the exact
leeds of the count. Th ioh
lio-hwava that will h imnrni1
.in the event that the proposed
xma issue is authorized at the
Section Aoril 14 have been
traversed for the, purpose of as-
:ertaimng their - condition. A
rank message is addressed to
hose whose ways lie along the
:ity s paved streets, and an ap-
eai directed to them whose
minions as to the merits nf the
oads bond issue may have been
brmed without full knowledge
n the tacts.
America and the War
I Norman Angell. celebrated
English writer and lecturer, has
prepared for The Journal a ser
ies of two articles having to do
with the relation of the United
States and the warring nations
of Europe. ; The first article,
setting forth the exact status of
this country as regards the Eu
ropean conflict, will be an im-
jrtant feature next Sunday,
In the Magazine
(Eight pages of quality fea
tires replete with illustrations.)
PORTLAND'S CLAIM TO
SUMMER FAME An illus
trated page that relates in pic
ture and story the many charms
that invite the visitor to linger
longer in the Rose City during
tie mid-summer months.
AFTER THE WAR An en
gaging article that shows -how
the depletion of the physically
select in Europe is bound to re
duce the stature and weight of
the next generation and leave
Americans the predominant peo
ple in rnind and body.
CLEMENCIA'S CRISIS
This thrilling romance by Edith
Ogden Harrison, which is being
published in serial form, ap
proaches a new crisis that will
hold the attention of all who are
following this story.
J FACTS AND FANCIES-r-Two
pages of miscellaneous
matter that include bits of hu
mor, popular science paragraphs
.facts out of the ordinary, anec
dotes about well-known . men,
and selected cartoons.
I FOR THE CHILDREN
Charles A. Ogden. "the Car
tdonagram Man," has prepared
another series of pictures that
has to do with that great day
when the circus comes to town,
while Georgene Faulkner, "The
Story Lady." has written a
pretty version. Of . the Greek
story of Daphne for ' the boys
ahd girls.
FUNNY FOLK The comic
section, excellent as ' ever, will
show our friends of funland in
new and amusing antics. -
THE SUNDAY '
JOURNAL
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