THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL," PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, ' APRIL 16, 1915.
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I will chide no brother In
the world but myself against
whom I know most faults.
Shakespeare.
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SENATOR ALDRICH was a
mighty man.
In the zenith, of his powers
he exercised a greater sway
over public affairs than any other
man in the nation. Even Roose
velt as1 president, could not prevail'
gainst Aldrich and his mastery of
the Senate whenever the famous
Rhode Islander willed otherwise. -No
man who ever sat in the
Senate so completely directed Ita
decisions. Mark Hanna, for a
brief time, might, through his per
sonal influence with MeKinley,
have challenged the supremacy of
Aldrich, but he was not of that
mind. They thought along the
same lines, believed alike, and
acted together.
Quietly, without ostentation, and
for a long time with the facts
entirely unknown to the outside
world Aldrich ordained, and the
Ronntft maiority obeyed. First
on the roll
vote was the
party colleagues
votes were to
call, Aldrlch's
signal to his
on how their
be cast. They
followed because they had faith in
the profound sagacity and finished
leadership of Aldrich. Extending
with almost equal effectiveness in
control of hi3 party in tha nation,
.It was a leadership,' the like of
which has seldom been seen in this
country.
Aldrich moved along . the path
way of reaction. It was his po
litical ' faith, and doubtless he was
entirely convinced that it was" the
trde faith.
. Environments have almost in
finite influence in guiding men.
Had Aldrich been reared under
another sky, had he known more
"the cots where poor men lie and
the chores that poor men do," his
viewpoint would have been modi
fled and his great powers been
exercised more for, mankind and
less for Mammon.
GORGAS IN SERBIA
GENERAL GORGAS, the man
r who cleaned up Cuba and
made the canal zone habit
able, has been asked to res
cue Serbia from -typhus. The
Rockefeller Foundation has made
him a flattering offer to take
'.charge of, and conduct.-the med
ical organization that is to besent
there. A Washington dispatch
says General Gorgas win resign
from the army and accept the of
fer. .
Typhus is devastating Serbia.
;Two American physicians have al
ready fallen victims to the disease,
and reports from Nish are that
unless something is done Immedi
ately the horrors of pestilence will
exceed even the horrors of war.
That is why General Gorgas has
been selected.
In Cuba and Panama he had not
only to discover the cause but to
eradicate epidemic disease. But in
Serbia It will be a disinfecting and
segregation problem. It will be
th a task of General Gorgas to I
purify an entire country, to isolate
vsrv mRA of tvnhus and every
person that has been exposed to
the disease. -
America can pride herself upon
the fact that she is sending men j
like Gorgas to fight pestilence
"brought on by war. He has been
preceded by American doctors and
Red Cross nurses, and he will be
accompanied by more of them
ready and willing to take chances
with a deadly scourge in an effort
io help humanity.
f- Gorgas in Serbia will represent
a nation that is doing Its utmost
to" mitigate the horrors of an un
necessary and terribly Inhuman
war.
; LET THE PEOPLE RULE
GOVERNOR CARLSON of Col
orado has vetoed two bills
abolishing Denver's juvenile
court and ousting Judge Ben
B'Lindsey. The governor gives as
his reason that the people of Den
ver have elected Judge Lindsey
.tlnfe after time, and if they don't
want him they are the ones to turn
Txim out of office.
' The, fight against Judge Lindsey
has-been going on for years. Un
able to defeat him with the people,
his enemies appealed to the legis
lature, where, under the pretense
of saving the people money, the
anti-Llndsey ;.' bills were shoved
through and submitted to the gov
ernor. There were serious charges
brought against the; juvenile court
judge, but none of them were new.
All had been made when Judge
Lindsey .was last elected by an
overwhelming vote. ; ?-
i Whatever may be the ; faults or
NELSON W. ALDRICH
".V
' xnerits ot Judge Llndser. Governor
Carlson vas Tight In hi veto. It
Is charged that the fight against
the judge was lea by politicians
and dangerous interests that hail
been antagonized. It is safe to say
that the fight was essentially par-;
.. . ... . . , "
iuui iub nuiri. i l uujeci waa
( not th h nnn'ttrna In t-mi
Ver, but to ; get rid of a man In
J judicial position Who Was not Want'
ed there by the politicians.
As Governor Carlson says, the
istue. of any such fight should be
determined by the people. Legis
latures, do not exist for the pur
pose of defeating the people's man-
aaie.
; NEXT
A MILLION and a quarter tn
" money i has been voted by the
r' people of Multnomah county
for the improvement of
roads.
It is the people s money. It la
a great trust fund. Its expendi
ture involves the exercise of the
most sacred trusteeship. It lays
kupon those who are to expend it;
the most sacred obligations.
The people departed from their
usual custom of voting down bond
issues to authorize 'the road build
ing. .They were led to do so by
promises that every -dollar would
be : economically and efficiently ex
pended. The Journal was among
those 'who made these promises.
It-is Interested now in seeing that
every pledge in these covenants
with the . people is redeemed.
,A great deal was said in the
campaign about the cost of paving.
The Journal advised- against dis
cussion of that issue at that time.
It insists that it is opportune to
discuss it now. .
Paving has been over paid for
in Portland. Paving companies
have been forced by dishonest pub
lic officials to give them a side
graft. There have been council-
men who were secret agents of
paving companies. That made
paving -more expensive. The side
graft came out of the pockets of
the people. The elimination of
that phase came' with commission
government.
But there is still Insistence that
there is too much margin between
the actual cost of paving and
what the people pay for it. Many
responsible people made that
charge in the campaign. If they
can now make their charges good,
they will render a great public
service.
Meanwhile the rich prize hung
up by the people for obtaining
good roads is a premier fact. It
creates a great opportunity. It
affords those whom the people
have entrusted with Its expenditure
unparalleled opportunity, by the
efficiency of their work, to rear
themselves a monument. . With
such a sum they can create a road
system that will be a lasting ex
ample of public effectiveness. They
can have the whole state for wit
ness of " what can be done with
roads and road work. They can,
by getting big results out of the
money at their disposal, give an
Impetus to highway improvement
such as this state , has never felt.
The time, the place and the eco
nomic conditions are favorable.
The whole situation is one to stim
ulate the roadmaster and the
Multnomah county commissioners
into the greatest effort of their
lives.
ANCIENT COMFORT
A
CCORDING to the revelations
of an archaeologist the pala
tial home of the modern
multimillionaire has no more
comforts or luxuries than the pal
ace of the ancient Roman.
It has been discovered that Nero
had three elevators in his dwelling
at Rome. Whether these were
operated by electricity, water, or
slave power has not been disclosed.
It is sufficient to know that the
wealthy citizen of Rome did not
have to exert himself in climbing
stairways, a task that would have
been made difficult by the long
toga he 'wore.
Much is said about the extrava
gant sums naid nut. hv thn mnHm
on feasts and othen entertainment,'
but it is probable that if the
Roman could return to this mun
dane sphere he would turn up his
nose in, derision, as he referred to
the feasts of Lucullus with their
rare delicacies of nightingales
tongues and fountains pouring
forth wine. As to spending money
for floral decoration, he could re
call the time when Nero paid
$175,000 for Egyptian roses to put
on his banquet table.
When it comes to luxury and
extravagance, or comfort, the mod
ern does not seem "to have any
thing" on the ancient.
Incidentally, It is of value to re-
call that after rising to a re
markable and widely extended civ
ilization, Rome fell victim to her
luxury and corruption, was sacked
by the Goth, and there followed on
the earth several centuries of lapse
into conditions little removed from
the primitive.
WANT OUR WHEAT, BUT
A'
USTRALIA wants wheat, oats
and barley from Portland.
But we can't supply that de
mand. We have no shiDs.
The Hawaiian i Islands want
wheat, oats and barley from Port
land. ,But we can't supply that
demand. We have no steamship
connections, f 1 Seattle and San
Francisco ' have, and they fill all
the Hawaiian orders. ; .
Atlantic" markets; want Portland
wheat. But we haven't enough
ships to make it a business worth
while
England and France want Port
land wheat. But the most of our
wheat they set Chey have to come.
after in their own ships
We are one of the big grain
ports of the world. We are so, not
because ; of the capital we have
in ships and shipping, but because
we have a back country In which
there are farmers who grow the
grain. ' : ' f
We suffer In our export bus!
ness, because we depend on out
siders to carry our products to
the world.
The price of our wheat is many
cents lower than it would be were
there vessels to carry It at re a
sot able rates to markets where
buyers are clamoring for . it
With Portland almost destitute
of carriers of her own, it seems
extraordinary that this' city was
a protestant against President Wil
sen's effort to put through the ship
purchase bill to supply vessels for
delivering American wheat to the
world
IN PORTLAND
I'
EN and women ought to be
something more than bur
den bearers. They ought
not to be mere donkeys.
Life should be large. ,It ought to
be something more than eating,
sleeping and working. It should
have outlook. There should be time
and susceptibility for play of the
emotions, and sensibilities that add
to the total of human happiness.
There should be cultivation that
will make the human soul capable
of an enlarged happiness.
Music is one of the arts with
which life is sweetened and
strengthened. The insane patients
are now treated with music. It
quiets them and often smoothes
their way to recovery.
It is a curative for dislocated
nerves, a restorer of wearied men
tality. The man that hath no musle in him
self. Nor is not moved with concord of
sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, strategems and
spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as
night.
And his affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted.
So said Shakespeare. Byron
added:
There's music In the sighing of a
reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in ail things, -if men
had ears; : '
Their earth is but an echo of the
spheres.
But, in Portland, when $6000
was asked for support of the Sym
phony orchestra, only $3500 was
secured. ; The full sum was essen
tial to i underwrite . the season's
splendid concerts, rendered free to
the. school children- and given
Portland audiences at a very rea
sonable sum. The loss of $2500
was borne by the musicians whose
art, time and effort were expended
in adding to the happiness, and
filling fuller the lives, of tike ma
turity and youth of Portland.
In another season, will not Port
land so perform as to render"
greater encouragement to an art
divine and reflect more credit upon
herself and her culture? 1
TELEPHONE CONCESSIONS
T
HE public In New York has
just been granted concessions
In . the telephone service
These come through the ac
tion of the vompany under a meas
ure of pressure from tho public
service commission, and result In
a henvy annual saving to telephone
patrons. x
Primarily, the reduction Is due
to a g-eat fight made by the Eve
ning World, which forced, a few
weeks ago, concessions aggregating
about $5,000,000 a year. Among
other things, there was a cut to
five cents from the ten-cent inter
borough rate, and for the smaller
fee a patron -an telephone to any
part of Greater New York. It was
a service by the World on which
there can be no money estimate,
for the moral effect o; the change
cannot be estimated in dollar
marks.
It is a -nrning to telephone cor
porations that they are 3n danger
ous ground when they forget the
public and push the business for
all the traffic will bear. Constant
and growing oppressive ' exactions
on the public to make ; dividends
for the benefit of a small group
of men, and a disposition to disre
gard both moral and statute law,
led to a reckoning in New York,
and sooner or later the same kind
of reckoning Will .be reached every-
where. . --
The public has a right to be
considered, and the eooner the
companies recognize that right and
act accordingly, the better for all
concerned. ;
Telephoning has become an inti
mate part of human life. It Is
too important a function In dally
life to be" capitalized for the en
richment of : a few at the expense
of the many. . Some day it will
probably pass Into a status In
which -there will be no profit for
anybody but the public.
WHAT 'IF VOTELESS?
N Wednesday's election, out of a
- total ; registration of 93,946,
only 35,630 votes were cast.
Sixty-two per cent, or .68,316
1
people, stayed away, from the polls,
j Why: are so many people oblivi
ous of their rights?. Why are so
many living in . utter indifference
to what ia going on around them?
Why are so many totally apathetic
I as to vital concerns In public af
fairs?
Through Its Winter Keflef Bu
reau, - The Journal, from the con
tribntlons of generous -people, ren
dered aid to more-than 4000 per
sons . throughout the period from
November to the middle of - March.
It came In contact with many nun
gry men and women, and It won
ders how many of them, with the
chance before -them to vote jobs to
the jobless, remained away from
the polls. ,
The purpose here is not to crit
icise, but to convince; not to find
fault, but to convey a. mora. We
are living under free government
Every registered voter is a sover
eign, every citizen a king. If things
about him are not satisfactory, the
citizen has ' the privilege of going
to the ballot box and voting for
things that would be satisfactory.
It Is the most precious heritage
that falls to the lot of man. It is
his means of protecting his home.
It la his ' means of defending his
family. It Is his means of helping
make a future for his .children
It Is a privilege fox which multi
tudes of men have given their blood
and lives. It is a privilege that, but
a few generations' ago, man did
not possess. Have we forgotten
what a boon the ballot wduld have
been to the serfs of the feudal sys
tern, to the bondsmen under me
dieval autocracy?
was it because there was no
dirty politics and no blind partisan
ship In the bond election, that only
38 per cent of the registered voters
went to the polls?
THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
BEING GOOD TO CANADA
By CHARLES M. PEPPEK
Former Trade AdTiser. United States Depart
. mem 01 state.
lrMLMS tne beginning ot the year
investors In the United States
have absorbed Canadian municipal
and provincial loans to the amount
of mora than $50,000,000. In 1913
out of total municipal Issues of
S110.000.000. they took S21.000.000. In
ftpgm'ri 1914, they took
' v - 112.000.000 out of
$79,000,000.
Absorption o f
loans of this
charao t e r is
practical means
of helping the
n Canadians bear
their war bur
den. When hos
tilities broke out
the Dominion was
In the grip of
severe commercial and financial de
pression. London was frowning on
railway loans, and was lndlffarent
to ' municipal and provincial issues,
Hostilities rendered th prospect for
floating loans of this kind hopelesa.
Canada has met ; the war stress,
on its economlo side, by letting her
friends share the burden of in
creased taxation. Needing more rev
enue, ene oss lmposea some new
stamp taxes and Imposts on domes
tic sources of taxation, such as bank
checks and sleeping car berths, but
has placed her main dependence on
the customs duties.
The Increase on the schedules of
tne general tarirr is seven and one
half per cent. On the British prefer
ential rates, which apply to the
United Kingdom and the majority of
the colonies, the Increase Is only five
per cent.
The estimate is that an additional
$25,000,000 will be obtained from
the increased customs duties. Out of
total merchandise Imports of $614,
uub.uvw in J44i,ooo,000 were
from the United States. Since $25,
000,000 will be obtained from the In
creased duties, It follows that most
of this will come on American
products.
e
The united States, although at
peace with all the world, found It
necessary to levy a war tax. This
tax was confined to Internal revs
nue, ana thererore Canada was not
put in . a position of compulsory reci
procity through the exaction of in
creased tariff duties on Canadian
products.
The contrasted economic policies
work out in this way:
Steel rails from the United States
have been shut out of Canada through
the duty on them, and through the
operation of what is known as the
anti-dumplngr clause. , If there were
any prospects of getting Into the
market of Canada, the ' additional
tariff tax would destroy it, yet, with
the home Industry so depressed, it
would be a marked advantage to the
steel mills In the United States if
they could contribute to the supply
of rails for the Dominion railways.
In order to keep the mills going they
might be willing to let the Domin
ion railroads have American rails at
a concession from the home prices,
but if they could surmount the In
creased tariff, the Dominion author
ities would apply the anti-dumping
clause, and penalize them.
The economic benevolence of the
United States comes out In strong
contrast. . It has no anti-dumping
clause - In Its tariff, and moreover,
steel rails from Canada,' as from the
rest of- the world, are free of eluty.
Taking advantage of this situation,
the Algoma mills of Canada secured
a large order for rails from a western
railway company, with the prospect
of : further orders.
Whether this is good business pol
icy on the part of the railway does
not enter Into the question. It Way
fight that out with the domestic "steel
Mills. .... - . .. '
The question is whether it is sound
economic policy for the United' States
to give Canadian rail mills opportu-j
i
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C M. Pepper.
nities " in . its market which are de
nied te American raih mills In the
Canadian market. It Is an Important
question, because the Increased Cana
dian tariff applies to a large variety
of iron and steel products made ' In
the United States as well - as to rails.
. Another Illustration of the economic
benevolence of the United States
is afforded In the matter of agricul
tural products. The melons and
fruits lof ths southern states and of
the Pacific coast, coming Into- the
market earlier than similar products
produced further north, would not be
In competition with Canadian fruits.
Moreover, the farmers In the
border states .with their fruits
and grasses and -vegetables and
seeds, and dairy ' products would de
rive some benefit If 'during the sea
son there was a reciprocal basis of
mutual exchange.. . But agricultural
products from the Dominion are ad
mltted into the United States free of
duty, while similar articles from the
United States are dutiable. They are
Included In the seven and one-half
per cent Increased tariff, so that the
American farmer is helping to pay
the Canadian contribution to the war
cost of maintaining theBritish em
pire;'
Tariff readjustment, as an economlo
measure, entirely apart, from the Is
sue which divides political parties
in the United States, will be impera
tive whenever the wprld war ends
When the readjustment is made It
is very likely that the Canadian steel
mills and the Canadian farmers will
be g'ven concessions in the markets
of the United States which they are
unwilling that American steel mills
and American farmers shall have In
the markets of the Dominion. Cans
dian reciprocity will be heard from
again. Copyright, 1815
Letters From the People
(Communication aent to The Journal for
inblicatlon in thia department ehooid b wrlt
n on only on elda of the oaner. should not
sxceea auu woraa in lengtn anp muai do c
ooirvanied br th same and addreas of tbe
tender. If the writer does not deaire to bars
the name published, be should so state.)
"Dlsm salon la the irreatest of all reformers,
It rationalizes eTerrthins it touches. It robs
principles of aU false aanctlty and throws them
back on their reaaonableneaa. If they hare
no reaaonableneaa. It ruthlessly crashes them
out of existence and aeta up Its own conclusions
in tneir ateaa." wooarow Vkiisoa.
The Wavelets of Peace.
Portland, April 14. To the Editor of
The Journal Now and again wavelets
of talk give hope to those who abhor
bloodshed, that the white wings of
peace will soon spread over the nations
now devastated; but each wavelet has
been, followed by declarations on tho
pari or government orriciais ana tne
military chiefs of the murdering hosts,
that peace is not desired until 'the
enemy is vanquished, and that no quar
ter will be given. So It goes; and the
Inquiry arises, "Whence come the
wavelets?"
In your issue of last Monday the
answer is found. From Washington
comes the announcement that "The
warring European natrons bankers, not
the governments, started peace sugges
tlons." Ah! there you have it; the
money lenders are fearful that If the
war continues much longer the repay
ment of loans will be Impossible;
therefore they want to call a halt. It
is not the fatherland, nor patriotism,
nor the preservation of commercial su
premacy that influences them, but sim
ply profits. They know no other mo
tive. It is their sole desire to add to
their pile. They knew when loans were
made that it meant making widows and
orphans, desolation and want, but none
of these things prompted them to with
hold the sinews of war. They never
gave thought to peace being perpetu
ated, but were willing to aid In un
leashing the war dogs and will keep
on doing so just as long as it will pay
them. It is but a repetition of former
war campaigns.
The present war will end when the
bankers refuse to furnish the funds,
Prayers will not avail; Wilson cannot
move successfully, but when the bank
ers see the limit to burdening the
people has been reached, the boys In
the trenches will be ordered home, to
fight for a living, and to struggle to
pay the bankers' blood money.!
But, will the workers always endure
the burdens put upon them by profit
mongers? They may do some dynamic
thinking on their return to their deso
lated homes, and may determine to
maize peace perpetual.
JOSEPH BARKATT.
The Peripatetic Painter.
Portland, April IS. To the Editor jot
The Journal Just at this "clean up
and paint up" time of the year, when
everyone ought to be doing it. it would
appear a wise move to sound a note
of warning for our citizens against the
irresponsible, peripatetic painter who
goes about soliciting work at a price
less than the responsible man can pos
sibly do It for, and looking for his
profit from beating the owner or pick
ing up an odd Jewel or some loose and
movable piece of property.
The business of the interior deco
rator is peculiarly fitted for spying
out the lay of the land for future op
erations, for he is admitted into all
parts of the home. For this reason, If
for no other, he should be a man above
question, or the employe of a respon
sible shop.
We venture the assertion that it
would not be at all difficult to gather
information that would trace many a
loss to the custom of employing any
man applying for the Job on the sole
recommendation that he is cheap, no
matter how dear this policy has cost
In the past. "
In fact w have in mind 'the case
of one of our present city officials
who, as we are Informed, employed a
man with a prison record for a Job of
inside work, who worked 15 cents per
hour under our reliable shops schedule.
Representing, as the Builders' Ex
change does, only responsible painters.
cltisens, home owners and taxpayers
of our city, with responsibility, repu
tation and a pride in their work, we
feel we are entitled to recognition in
saying that It is the simple duty of
our people to favor these men and not.
In so doing, expect them to compete
with P. B. Fiy-by-Nlght. (P. B. stands
for "Pot and Brush" and in real estate
language means "curbstone."
O. Gr. HUHHSON,
Secretary Builders 'Exchange.
Portland and Alaska. Coal.
St.-Johns. April 14. To the Editor
of The Journal On the front page of
The Journal of April 14 appeared an
item entitled, "Alaska Coal for Pacific
Coast use,"
Where, will Portland get hers from?
Will 'It come via Seattle? Where is
our steamship line? - How can : Port
land expect to keep pace with Frisco
and Seattle without shipping lines? '
- , . D. C LEWIS. -
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Every man is a promoter of his own
interests.
a
You should love your neighbor in
spite of his spite fence.
. .
If wishes were mules, most beggars
would have more kicks coming. .
' ..-
Sometimes the hardest thing for a
Jury to decide Is which lawyer lied the
most.
- : :
A man doesn't need eommon sense. If
he has enough of the uncommon kind.
It is far easier to drive a soft-headed
nail than a hard-headed man.
. . i . ""
The wise girl smiles at a, compliment
and then proceeds to forget it.
.. ".
A pistol " toter may sooner or later
make his mark in the world and hit
it
Y
If your father were English and vour
mother German?, would you hate your-
elf? . :-.
Women folks know what money was
made for, and that Is what they do
with it.
.
Secretly, every one of us poor men
wish that we had as much money as
we have brains.
It may be difficult to climb up In
the world, but Just think how easy It Is
to slide down again.
No tnatter what married man buys
downtown, his wife always knows of a
place where it could be bought 2 cents
cheaper.
To hear mother and grandmother tell
It, father and grandfather must have
worn out the knees of 15 or 20 pairs-of
trousers whils begging them to marry.
When company comes, a woman puts
a lot of things on the table that she
knows will not be tasted. She puts
them there Just to bs in the way and
make a showing.
THE EVENT AT
Leader by Editor Henry J. Raymond,
in the New York Times of
r April 11, 1865.
This continent quivered yesterday as
never 1 since its upheaval from chaos.
The lightning flashed peace, and from
ocean to ocean all minds thrilled with
the sense of a, new order of things. No
more deluge of blood. No more whirls
of rubi. -Wo more brooding aaranens.
The republic restea agam, "u
rminrtatirms as eternal e.s the hills.
The whole heavens were spanned with
the rainbow of promise, and every eye
saw it.
Tiii tremendous transition has been
bet6kned latterly by many signs, yet
its coming was sudden. The terribls
trials V of the war . nave weignta -
heavily upon the land, and the people
have been so often deceived by false
appearances, that a confirmed impres
sion existed that the deliverance, if it
ever came, would come only with pro
tracted tribulation. Even now. In spits
of all we see. it Is hard to realise that
the rebellion has vanished. But. Just
now it threatened to eh gulf the nation,
"Glory to th Lord of Hosts, from
whom all blessings are." If ever a peo-
niA under heaven was bound -to pro
strate itself in gratitude, it Is the
loyal people of this land. Had it been
foretold to them four years ago what
trials awaited them, there would have
been a universal cry of despairing
annv. Human History auuiu nu in
stance of such' a national ordeal. Nev
er could-we havs endured it but for
the strength given from on high, as we
had need. The most capacious minds
of Europe, schooled to the uttermost
limit iin all the wisdom of the past,
called this war a madness. It was a
madness, if estimated by any material
standard. Eight millions of Anglo
Saxon rebels, compacted as one man,
tTavel to The last pitch, inhabiting a
country peculiarly defensible, havine
the encouragement of untiring faction
beyond their bounds, and "a. moral al
liance with nearly every power In th
Old World, according to all the ordi
nary rules of judging... would -surely
prevail. But we had a hidden Strength
which the world did not "understand.
It was Faith a faith that first broke
upon tis"-wlth tbe first flash of. Sum
ter's Iguns, and that ever afterward
went on widening and deepening. Tho
peopl came to feel as byan Inspira
tion frorrr" heaven that the moral ele
ments of the national cause made it
Irresistible. They were penetrated with
the feeling that as sure as there was
an Almighty Father, He could not per
mit the success of a rebellion that was
THE LAVy OF SAFE INVESTMENT
By John M. Oskison.
A good counsellor of Wall street was
talking to me about investment in
stocks. He said:
"Tell people not to be In a hurry to
buy. The average investor, s differ
entiated from tne steaay speculator.
doesn't put much money Into stocks.
and what he does invest 1$ apt to be
the accumulation of month's or years.
He can very well afford to wait until
he finds out about the stock which in
terests him.
'The stock marKet is with us ai-
way lcii your - inenas to siuay n
carefully for a time before, going into
Tell them to put their money in a
savings bank for six months and let it
draw interest at 2 or 4 per scent, while
they study the market actions of. the
stocks they think of buying. Suppose
in that time prices do rise steadily, and
tha stocks prove to be sound the In
creased price In -that case will be a
small tax on their ultimate profits."
It is good advice for all investors or
small experience. An investment
ought to have a market price whether ,
i Real Statesmanship.
From the PhHadelphias Press, .
In Indiana the legislature killed 100
bills in 15 minutes. TWs is f real
statesmanship, though there . is a pre
sumption in come legislatures that the
actual Importance ' of the member de
pends upon the number of laws he can
have enacted, whether there Is any need
for them or not. The general fact Is
that the mas who Introduces the least
number of bjj.ls and introduces none
save of a realjy Important character
ought to get the prise.
j
Ot Cotrse. ;
From the Philadelphia , Ledger.
The returned hero was received
with open . arms.-
Society flocked, to him In swarms
and droves and mobs
They made a lldn of hi-.
And he?
He made a monkey of himself.
A Modem .Woman.
From TwnToplc.
; Blngs You say your wife is an antl.
suffragist? ,
.Bangs Yes; she spends her time
gadding around' the' country asserting
that woman's place is tbe home, i
'..'"..- -'
OREGON SIDELIGHTS '
"Carloads of strawberries are com
ing to the Portland market from south
ern California and Louisiana, but the
real thing, grown in Oregon, will be
In a little later." Justly observes the
Salem Statesman. - '
Lake view Examiner: Th smoke in
the valley Monday was caused by the
burning of the tules on the Chewau
caa marsh. Travelers going along the
road who saw the fire said that It
resembled a prairie fire.
In ' recognition of his services as
mayor of Marshfield for eight years,
the friends of Dr. E. E. Straw of that
city surprised him by presenting him
with a newly built six room ' cottage,
and the Salem Journal hopes that this
Incident will spur other Oregon may
ors .to greater efforts in behalf of
their municipalities. - -
Item In the Bulletin Illustrating the
optimism characteristic of the people
of Bend: "Based on a clipping from
an eastern paper there has been a
revival of mill construction talk in the
past few days. No confirmation of
the rumors is obtainable. It is report
ed, . however, that a number of men
interested in Deschutes timber will
arrive in town this week."
The Applegate schools are busy pre.
paring their youthful athletes for the
coming field meet that will be held at
the annual picnic,- speaking of which
the Medford Sun says: 'Every after
noon a traveler through the country
can see back of the schoolhouses and
in barn lots, both girls and boys run
ning,. Jumping, .chinning, climbing
gf eased poles, and even chasing pigs.'
Dallas Observers With the return of
spring weather the teacher and pupils
of Suver abandoned the schoolhouse
last Friday and moved out of doors.
All day classes were held on the
grounds while the sun poured down
upon tbe bare heads of the scholars.
The pupils were Insistent In their de
mands for'outside recitation, and when
granted permission proceeded to pay
for the privilege by added zeal In their
studies. i , .
APPOMATTOX
made, only . for the benefit of human
slavery, It was j this which carried
them through the struggle. Ten times
their physical strength would not have
kept them' up in the absence of this
sovereign faith. The 'race of Titans
could not have maintained this war if,
too, they had been a race of atheists.
That religious faith is fitly followed
now by a religious gratitude. It la
wonderful to mark the solemn charac
ter of the Joy that now spreads tho
land. There are waving flags, ringing
bells, booming cannon, and other na
tional tokens of public gladness. But
yet it is plain to see that the domin.
ant feeling of the people is no ebul
lient exhilaration over human achieve
ment, but a profound sense of a Divine
blessing. The popular heart relieves
itself, not so much in cheers and-hur-rahs
as in doxologlcs. Never since tho
hosannas of that; Palm Sunday in
Jerusalem has such irrepressible praise
rolled up from a city street to the pure
vault of heaven , as from the great
thoroughfare of money changers in
New York at the tidings that the rebel
capital had fallen. Yet that was but
the keynote of the universal anthem.
The enemies of this republic may talk
as they please of its materlallzln
tendencies, may to their heart's con
tent stigmatize our people as worship
pers of the "almighty dollar," they but
waste their breath. Business actlvl
ties, strenuous as they are, have not
stifled the religious sentiment of the
American heart. This has been demon
strated in ways without number, but
never so grandly as now.
With this gratitude for deliverance
is mingled a fresh assurance that
Heaven has reserved our republic for
a destiny more glorious than can yet
be- conceived. Americans now feel
that It is less than, ever a presumption
in them to believe themselves a chosen
people, appointed to school the world
to new Ideas of -human capacities and
human rights. The monarchs of the
Old World are trembling with appre
henslon lest we shall be moved to re
pay our injuries by turning against
them our arms. I They have a thou
sand times greater reason to fear the
moral force of. our new position. We
stand a living proof of the matchless
potency of popular self-government It
rivets the attention of the whole civil
ized world. It will start new thoughts,
will generate new purposes, will nerve
to new acts. This is as sure as that
the human reason shall continue to
exist It is this that the dynasties
have need to fear; it is here that we
expect oup sweetest revenge. .
It be stock, bonds, mortgages, commsr
clal notes, farms, or city real estate.
The market price of a safe and sound
Investment ought, on the whole, to
rise; when It sags ths depression ought
not to be great, and it ought to be due
to perfectly logical .and easily- under-
stanaaole causes.
Beware of the seller who tries to
hurry you into buying by saying that
the market price of what ha has to sell
is going up. In most instances you'll
find that he's wrong; and If it does go
up consistently and logically over a
period of months, you may reasonably
expect that, after you buy It, its rise
WJii continue. ,
Don't be In a hurry. You can easily
lose in an hour what has required
years to accumulate. " Look, lisen, in
vestigate! xne rinancial history of in
vestments open to th average, buyer
can be learned usually the bank in
which .you have your money deposited
can put you in the way of learning It.
For every cent spent in finding out be
fore buying the investor will get back
a dollar in safety and better returns.
A -FEW SMILES
Bookkeeper (beginning his plea for a
raise) I've grown; gray, In your serv
Ice, Mr. Stone, and
N e w s P a p s J
Owner (lnterupt4
J-ng) If you wilt
forward a self-ad
dressed stamped- J
envelope to o o if
beauty column on '
ductor she'll send '
you an excellent and perfectly harm
less remedy! -Puck; v
We havs always believed that Sec
retary Bryan's oft qifoted "What la
bo mysterious as
an egg?" was the
last word In ap
preciation ,of the
queen of . break
fast ; foods. His
tribute has been
surpassed, bowever,'
by that of an old
. ' ,...
pher of our acquaintance. . J
"Chicken, suh," said this sage, "Is
the usefulest animal they Is. : You
c'n eat 'era ' fo they's bo'n an' af tah
theys daidr ,i . - i
THE SUNDAY.
JOURNAL
Complete in four newt sec
tions, magazine and pictorial
supplement nd comic section.
News Facilities ' :
The telegraphic news reports
of the United Press, Internation
al News Service and Pacific
News Service appear exclusively
in The Journal in the Portland
field on Sunday and provide the
readers of this paper with the
most comprehensive accounts of
what is going on in the world
about.
Illustrated Features
The Sunday Journal, offers a
wide assortment of attractive
features, and amona: those for
next Sunday are the following:
Early Steamboating .
The approach of the opening
of the Dalles-Celilo canal and
the celebration pertinent thereto
.makes a review of the men who
participated in the transporta
tion business on the Willamette
and Columbia in early days of
timely interest. Such a review
will be included in the closing
article 'of the series that has
taken, the form of an imaginary
trip from Lewiston to the tea.
The Parcel Post I
The parcel post no longer is
an innovation; it now has be
come an established institution.
How it is utilixed in and near
Portland will be told in an en
gaging way.
America g Power
Enormous
In the second and concluding
article of his series concerning
the relation of the United States
to the warring powers of Eu
rope. Norman Angell. the cele
brated English author, points
out how, through being the
source of supply of munitions of
war and the necessaries of life,
the United States has the power,
to determine the issue of the
European war. He shows how
it is impossible for Europe to
impose its will by military means
upon this country and yet how
the United States is in a position
to exercise enormous pressure
of a non-military kind upon Eu
rope. And that it may do so is
summed up in the conclusions of
the article.
i
For Women Readers
THE HOUSEKEEPER'S
COUNCIL TABLE is the title,
of a new page that will be intro
duced in Section Four of The
Sunday Journal that will find
favor with the housewife. Here
her problems will be discussed
in a direct fashion that is bound
to please.
ANNE RITTENHOUSE will
have another fashion letter,
written in her inimitable way, in
which she will explain the new.
est trend in the fashion world.
SARAH HALE HUNTER
will offer an attractive Atuwn
for the needle worker together
with an alphabet of letters that
can be done in cross-stitch.
MME. QUI VIVE will offer
orne pertinent suggestions con
cerning health and beauty.
MARY LEE. JESSIE ROB
ERTS and others j will have
some hints for matron and maid.
IN THE MAGAZINE
Take a Tip I
Chicago boasts a hotel pro
prietor who five years ago be
gan as a bell-hop in The Black
stone. Evarts S. Risk is the
name of this brass-buttoned plu
tocrat, whose rules for success,
outlined in an illustrated page
article by Mary O'Connor New
ell, apply in a general way to
aU lines of endeavor. ,
The Kiss That Binds
Cleofonte Campanini. director
of the Chicago Grand Opera
company, recently secured the
signature of Geraldine Farrar to
a contract to join his company
next season. The bargain was
sealed with a kissan artistic
kiss Campanini calls this salute
in an illustrated article that is
plumb full of heart interest. .
Flying Is Safe
So declares Art Smith, in
trepid aviator who has been
accepted as the successor to
Lincoln Beachey in the supre
macy of the air, who adds that
faulty machines and not fate
have been responsible for the
big toll of life levied on airmen.
Clemencias Crisis
Another installment of this
novel- of love and romance iy
Edith Ogden Harrison, that
.brings the narrative nearer the
climax. .
For the Children
The opening of the baseball
season inspires Charles A. Og
den 'with a series of cartoona
grams that will please the boys
and girls.
, Florence Butler, a little Salt
'Lake City girl, recently asked
Georgene Faulkner. "The Story
Lady," to tell the story of 'The
Giant Who Had No Heart"
Miss Faulkner has accommo
dated the young lady, and her
story will be welcomed by all
of the others who read this
page, too. t
"Spring Time Is Play Tme in
the Parks" is the title of an il
lustrated page in color, setting
forth the possibilities for fun
for the little folks in the city's
parks. -.
Comic Section
Our old friends of the funny
sheet will be seen in new antics.
The Sunday Journal
"The Biggest 5 Cents9
Worth in Type."
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