f THE " JOURNAL
J AN INDEPENDENT'; NEWSPAPER.
THE MIDNIGHT RESOLUTION
T
C. S. JACKSON ......... ......... Publliiber.
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ablUliert erery evening rpt Snoday) and
: ovorv Knnr1a mornlni at Tba Jonrnal Bulld-
'I" ing. Broadway and Yamhill at., Portland, Or.
EBtnd at fb noataffiear-at Portland. Or., (or
I!.; , traMmlwiloa through tbe mails M aecond I t .
! . laa mtttpr. - i 81 3 a. HI.
One' year.
HE Oregonlan says any legislator vho Is recorded as voting for
ine midnight resolution, doe3 not "Justify himself In the slight
est degree" by saying now that he did not understand the per
nidOUS DUmORfl Of th mHsnra
What honest legislator ever suspected that -resolution, hurried in
a. m.; the fortv-second dav of th RpRidnn nronosed a. free erlft
3 ni"iKLPHONEs Main 7173; Home. a.-05i. aii J of 2,300,000 acres of forfeited grant lands to a railroad corporation?
S'u!rSkr , 1 Iew ot tne legislators knew that the resolution was a prac-
- -- . . - . . . . .V UC BULJICUir? 1 fill! I 111 fllKV.AIlB III! LI1H I f. I I I llllll am i
, Benjamin tc Kentnor c.. Branawtck Bid., I asinst tne government. They did not know that it was a request for
S Bkte 'U.rr x5t,.-MM: IopU' supreme court to reverse Judge Wolverton's decision and give $50.-
suba.-rtptioo tem,, br or to, y " , "u lana oac to the corporation. '
a etate or aiexico: -..- i juuruai uoesni oeiieve tnere is a member ot tne House wno
DAILY. I WOUld knOWlnelV Vflto " fni- a moac,,.-. o nAmtntnna Th iron) ' fott
"" 'Br.iJriv I that "the resolution was not nresented In th House until midnieht
One yer.... . .$2,60 I One, wonto. .....$ .25 I of the last night, proves that there was a deliberate plan to work it
tnrougn without giving members a chance to know its real purpose. If
me intention of those behind the resolution was good, why was not a
measure of such transcendent lmnnrtanrn nreftenterl fn thn davlieht
at the beginning of the session?
The Journal believes that many members of the House recorded
as voting "aye" did not vote for tha resolution at all. We have
Representative D. C. Lewis' stSRrnaerfti that, though both are recorded
as voting for the resolution, neither he nor Mr. Horne did so, and it
is a statement worthy of highest respect. We have the statement of
Mr. Littlefleld, Mr. Stott and Mr. Cohh nf th Hnn ra trior the mpaninp
88 1 -t. resolution was not understood by them.
THK PRESS APPROVES 1De Oregonlan ought not to question the Word and cast Insinua-
I tions at such men. Nor should it imnucn the srond faith of anrh
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
One year ST. 50 I One month.
. .65
-88
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A conservative young man
has wound up his life before
it was unreeled. We expect
old men to be conservative, but
.when a nation's young men are
so, its funeral bell Is already
tolled.---Beechec y
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T
Municipal Judge Stevenson re
fused to mix in a woman's quarrel
over the proper length of a hair
switch, which refusal should qual
ify the judge as a Solomon.
iHERE is a singular unanimity men as Senators Kellaher. Laneeuth and Parrell wTirt have all tPaMfiAd
among United States news- that If they voted for the resolution at all, they did so under a failure
papers in commenaiog me i w grasp its pernicious purpose.
American note replying to I A measure which Drooosed nothine less than th hnrtnnmont nt
i Ambassador , Bernstorff's criticism $50,000,000 worth of grant lands to a railroad after a court has de-
of American neutrality. ciarea tnem forfeited to the government, is not one for a midnight
; The spirit, the tone, the purpose, vote. It ought to have been" introduced the first day of the session,
the breadth, the firmness and the and broad notice have been given of its provisions. Fifty million dol-
diction or tne note are an topics iru worm or iana is too huge a property to be voted to a railroad
; or wiae eauonai approval. BeiuumM-uii-omnuu wnaoui aeoate, without publicity, without notice, without Opiy one of 261 members of
J does a state paper so completely investigation and without even letting the legislators know about it. Yale's senior class lists himself as
J disarm criticism and so fully call ro wonder the men who are recorded as voting "aye" are seeking a heathen. It's a remarkable show
j forth Indorsement from both a po- to make their positions understood. What members aside from the MS if the other 260 tell the truth.
J litlcally friendly and politically hos- msiae iew who worked the job, want their public records tainted by
tile press. support of a measure that has done more than any legislative action
J The manifest wisdom of the pres- in the whole history of Oregon to shake public confidence In the lecis-
I Ident s attituae ana me genuine '""'n wuj:
J sincerity of our neutrality as et
that tn New Tork state 198 persons
were killed and 133 'seriously In
jured. v , - '
The census bureau says every
resident of the United States,
should own property worth $715.48
and pay $13.91 taxes. No doubt
many people will agree that the
census bureau too often says what
should be rather than what is.
The state of Washington has a
new law-which puts clams off the
market between April 1 and Sep
tember 1. It may be that in time
there will be a distinct advantage
In being' a clam, lu spite of time-
honored advice against it.
Governor Phillips of Wisconsin
has vetoed an any-tipping bill on
the ground that such a law would
Interfere with personal liberty. But
what about the personal liberty of
tho man who must '"tip" or go
hungry?
Official reports of the fighting
in Europe remind one of pre-elec
tion claims ly campaign managers
lots of talk about sweeping vie
torles, but little to show for it.
THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
- an appeal to the intelligence and I but those issues have no relation
j judgment of the American nation, to state and municipal government.
(I and the approving response of the An increasing number of Intelli
' press is clear proof that the coun- gent voters are refusing to wear
, try la heartily united behind the tne party label even in national
! president in the strictly neutral campaigns, and a still greater num
course through which he Is guid- oer are declaring their indepen
inj? this country. dence at state and municipal elec-
.The American note made it clear tlons
! that this governnwht. will not dis- . California's new laws are a sign
J cuss with any other nation our of the times. Hereafter no can
; relations with Great Britain and didate for local office in that state
! Mexico. i W1" oe permitted to appeal for
It declared that this govern- votes on the strength o? the par
' ment will not yield any of its ticular party label he wears. In
rights as a neutral. stead of establishing his party reg-
It asserted that this government ularity, he must prove his qualifi-
will . .maintain all its rights as cations for office.
I -against any and all belligerents.
I It declared that this government
J will place no embargo upon arms
beeauseBuch a course would be an
"unjustifiable departure from neu
I trality."
AX OREGOX SHOWING
A
N Incident of the San Fran
cisco Exposition is the re
markable showing made by
In. the gentlest ,ut firmest lan-1 e-lavin contest, which
Kuage, tbe note too exceptions to 1s .n - , , ,v,'
I Count Bernstorff's . expressions world is in
V"1,?"?! ga 1SUn OI lDe the contest. Breeders are present
, united btates. from Canada Australia, Great
The note is such as Germany, or Britain and many of the American
France or any other great civilized Ktar(s, .
: nation- would write If either occu- Three pena of hena are entered
, pied t the position of the United from the Oregon Agricultural col-
. States. It is a firm but friendly lee and their present standing is
, utterance of peace, good will and a gfying reSult for Oregon peo-
neutrality, and it has already made ple and aQ extraordinary ach'ieve-
a proiouna impression upon fy P,nffl0cnr Tomoc nrvflor,
Christendom. I V,cc Vn Honak-tman nf nnnltrr
ij V" va. va. aA k,a u L v.. v u a. v a j
at the Institution. The report of
the contest for the five months
ending April 15 is thus sum
marized :
Highest pen for the month, O. A.
C, Leghorn, 237 eggs; second pen, O.
A. C, Barred Plymouth Rocks. 225
they would have been prostrated by THE WAR AXD IMMIGRATION
us incenaiary appeal to the whims :
or ine majority and the gusty pas-1 By jekemiah w. JEXKS, Ph. D.. IXD..
siuns 01 m moo.
Director of the Division of Public Affairs,
Eastern Bureau.
HE war's effect upon future Im
migration Is now a much de
bated subject. With the renewal
i ne worth American finds it
hard to believe that the bell would
be In the remotest degree cheap
ened by a journey to other Darts of
wuuii y wuere me political air of rumors of peace and the possible
vuic, a.uu ine conception oi pub- early ending of the present conflict.
m ouauii ouuiewiiai mgner tnan in th nmhi.m nt imm,(i
m ,neiSnDornooa or its historic restriction or non-restriction will
resting place, the notorious Fifth again be to the ,ront. Already the
ward of Philadelphia. very serlous auMtlnn nf tho cntfa
T , I. i . 1 ... I " "
" "ic lamea reuc comes west It of di.. h .,.... -v.-,
will r.o-,-ir f x I " vji.ua, vnuieia.
..... .v, U lu urean me bubonic plaeue nnri insa ntv i.
naiiu nueriy mrougnout tne land 1 this countrv
unto all the inhabitants thereof.
CHINA'S OPEN DOOR
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Whether immigration
will be permanently increased or de
creased, is a question vitally affect
ing every person In this, country.
Have the demands made by. the need
of rebuilding from the wase and de-
of the horrors of war aa to make
them flee from It as fast as they can.
thousands will bare lost friends
and relatives and homes, and little
will be left them to cause them to
remain 1b their own countries. Many
will turn their eyes toward new soils
and new flags.- Much ot this immi
gration, no doubt, will be good, but
much of It will be bad. Ths United '
States should furnish prelection to
those already here, and see to it that
a reasonable and Just policy of re
striction be enacted, so that the evils
of immigration may be met and
averted before It is too late.
Copyright 1913.
PERTINENT COM MENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGS
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to Tbe Journal for
publication In this department should be writ
ten on only one aide of tbe paper, should not
exceed 30O words In length and must bw ac
companied by the name and address of tbe
coder. If the writer ores Dot desire to have
tbe uame published, he should so state.)
"Discussion Is tbe Jtrertest of all reformers.
It rationalises eTerything It tooche. It robs
principles of aU fshte sanctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If they have no
reasonableness, tt ruthlessly crashes them out
of existence and sets up its owu conclusions
In their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
Marriages and Divorces.
Portland. April 28. To the Kdltor
of The Journal -A false statement
libeling Multnomah county has gone
forth on its travels unchallenged.
With no hope of overtaking? it, but for
the comfort of a community not so
bad as represented, mayj I be per
mitted to make this correction?
A Portland dally published along in
January, under a misleading caption,
ecme figures from the county clerk's
office giving the number of marriages
and divorces respectively in! 1914. The
headline writer had evidently glanced
at the -story, caught the phrase "more
divorces" and thereupon wrote the
heading, "More Divorces Than Mar
riages." This was preposterous, but
he was in haste and did hot stop to
think of it8 manifest improbability. !
Next, a learned Judge, at breakfast
(or perhaps dinner), his mind not yet
ironed out after contact with the i
seamy side of things, glimpsed thai
headline, found It fitting in with his
post-courtroom cogitations .on "Whlth
A
Wo?2n a,re fond of gold, but not
of golden silence.
it'searher eVt hand than
rf a 1,r ,nia"rtes well her friends
will overlook her other faults.
Xe all have money coming, but it
seldom arrives according to schedule.
Smile and the world smiles with
'"lr you11 eettl with the barten-
It's sometimes ifii n v i,..
at a widow than It Is to hand them to
0
man : navr want, v,
l?ih J?im vwhen "P1" lightly of
... J
,
. A od woman is usually too good
aoestn3knoTirbUt 'rtUnately 8he
'
".po,0r man neHi not think that any
?lH e k,"folJ are going to name their
babies after him. -
hIJPltl t glrl te,ls conceited youth
it"- U r 18 none loo good for her,
its up to him topropose.
iJF" norse may become extinct in
me' ..ut tne dnkey will remain with
us until society has ceased to be.
.
nw St.tlme Philosopher says that
f".,!1 woJmn were created free and
equal and one of -them was a woman.
If girls cultivated their dispositions
as assiduously as they do their com
plexions fewer marriages would be
failures.
vWs uhoyd be enacted compelling
oung physicians to practise on cats
because one life out of nine wouldn't
oe missed.
.
ri4bi? "ooner leaves the mar
riage altar than she begins to worrv
win fhaf, 81e wU1 do nd her husband
win have to marry again.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Jt0?ot ,cfJP money paid out by the
county clerk of Ollllam county, the
Condon Times reports, from April 3 to
April it totaled 11086.50.
The Corvallls Gasette-Times re
marks that Tillamook county Is "such
a dairy country that even the newapa.
pers publish there come out wrapped
in butter wiappers." ,
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-Vancouver Columbian: A bachelors'
club organised at Kusrene. Or.. ih
?er8 f .with 27 members, has now '
dwindled to five unmarried . men. and '
these are said have matrimonial
inisnuons. un surest way to become
a benedict is to Join a confirmed bach
elor's club.
. .
.Salem Statesman: Ws will have to
hand It to" the Salem men who are
going ahead and. building. Just as
though they were surs of the city's
rapid growth. There are other import
ant building projects in the making,
too. One will lead to another. And
so tne rapid growth will be sure.
Lane county's boast of bavins- 1 3
rural schools that are supplied with
K"re mountain water, meets the re
joinder in the Marshfleld Record that
all rural schools in Coos county have
an abundant supply of the finest
mountain water that can be found on
tne tactile slope, an advantage which,
the Record claims, can scarcely be
found in any other part of the coun
try. .
In the issue that opens its second
volume the Gardiner Courier says of
Its first year's, work: "Through the ef
forts of the Courier the people on the
outside of this section are beginning
to sit up and take notice that we are
on the map: that the Umpqua valley
Is in Douglas county, Oregon: that
the Umpqua river flows Into the Pa
cific ocean instead of Coos bay; that
Douglas county has the best unim
provoj harbor on the coast, and that
there is more merchantable timber
and rich farming land tributary to It
than there Is to any other harbor In
the state south of the Columbia; . that
the Willamette-Pacific railroad will
within a year from this time connect
us with the outside world."
CONSTANTINOPLE,
PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE -
COMMENT OF NORTHWEST PRESS
BAKSOV &ECOBDZ3K: The ex
pected has happened. Teleeranhii-
er are we drifting?" and read no far- i press news purporting to be authentic
iner.
Up to this point Journalists anJ
judge are both excusable. As cogs in
the machine they must not pause. Be-
says that Colonel Roosevelt Is back
into tne ranks or the Republican partv,
with designs on its leadership Hp
is a dynamo of human energy and his
yona tnig point tne Diame must rest ; amoition exceeds his political good
solely on the Judge. For, leaving his j Judgment and sense tit nrnnri.tv a
official niche, he sometimes assumes I critical inspection of the composite
ine leiaureiy roie oi einoner to Dei-j American mind shows that we are to
ter living, where, inferentlally, he has ; spme extent hero worshlnors hut
all the time there is and may reason- with a fickle mind Like shadows on
ably bs required to know his text, the wall, our leaders come and go or
Twice in this capacity, before audi- each in turn, maybe is, "like anow
ences, he has made the slip of deplor- upon the desert's dusty face lighting
ing and publishing a condition that . a little hour or twi u '
does not exist, however bad the ac-i PolItica,ly. Colonel WoovaI h
iu! im-iB, uu me pica u.mv.- j nad his day. and only by political ac
ORLD'S WORK says that,
despite the "onen rinnr"
policy, the United States structlon of war Deen so great In the
has no interests in China
which call for anything more than
past as to counteract the- desire ta
pull away from war's misery and to
Is there the slightest evldenc4n eliei
statistics for Immigration to this
country in.the past upon which either
EXPECTING BUSY TIMES
T
HIE Iron Irade Review says
the bffying of iron ore by
furnace operators has started.
Sales of 700,000 tons on the
hasis of 1914 prices were made eggs
last week, in spite of the fact Highest prn for five months, J. I).
tv-r, L, ,i Adams, Canada, G07 eggs; second
. that it was not expected that the hinest per, c. A. C. leghorns. 560
ouying moveu(t'uc woum ue iarieu
I at ahy time in the uear future
; s This, is important news to the
; business world, for it is proof that crosses, 524 eggs.
he Iron and steel industry is ex-
pecting busy times. The Review
eggs; third highest pen. Tom Barron,
England, 546 eggs: fourth highest pen.
O. A. C, Barred riymouth Rocks, 527
eggs; fifth highest pen, O. A. C,
. ays:
!? The announcement of the Pennsyl-
vanla railroad . that $28,000,000 would
J be. spent in new eqiiipnient has been
Highest individual for the month.
O. A. C.,- Cross hen. 30 eggs; fifth
highest for month, O. A. C, Barred
Plymouth Rock. 26 eggs.
Highest individual record for five
months. New York hen. 90 eggs; sec-
nnrt Cl A C rVriKH S3 irir" third
the, Jiiqst encouraging event of the nf k f rmS s fnrth o a
J'past week, eclipsing even the news cl Leghorn-. 81 eggs.
i In regard to orders for war 'material) , , . ,. ...
.and for lath to be used by Amer- vne uregon inbutuiion noias tne
, lean manufacturers who have taken record against the world for the
; orders for projectiles. The appear- highest number of eggs produced
anre of the Northwestern railroad , , o
with an inquiry for-2000 cars and the tt nu m muuiiis. uy
; development of some other business expenmentauon, jfrotessor Dryden
have added to tho more cheerful feel- I has fullv established that it is nns-
Inf, n,AalHntr I .... . .
..---o- lEiniA rv nreeninsr nnn ram tn ennr.
February exports of iron and Pmously increase the averaee eee
; steet inanuiaciurea were less than production, a result that Is of in
J $100,000 below the February, comparable value in the economies
1314. total, mere nas been a sub-1 of the industry
stantial revival in foreign and do-1 His work is adding heavily to
mestic business, , and the Review's ( the rewards of the poultry indus-
predictlon is that the future is ex-J try in Oresron. and is certain, wlth-
t cepuonauy promising lor the "busl- fn a few years to make this state,
I ness thermometer" of the nation. I which was formerly an Importer, a
a protest against Japan's demands be5,n life a&ain ,n a new country?
on the Asiatic republic. Japan has
set up a sort oi super-Monroe"
aoctrine intended to estahHh a
prior right in Japan over commer- of the two camps the one predlct-
cial and political China. But this 5 srea.ziy increased immigration.
magazine says - rme omer a greatly decreased on
For sixteen i-vears thi -nuJm.nt may - base .their claims?
has been strenuously maintaining a I '
fetuVns. "NoV oniyy have American Summarizi th. fact, brought out
commerce and capital been slow . to I r examination of the immlgra-
avail themselves of the open door, but tlon statistics with this Inquiry In
evident kTi ,s oeen abundantly mind we are able to say that war
would not consider the resor t for Kenerglly (although not always
In an attempt to keet a raoia nnH I makes for a temporary immediate de
infrequenUy used door from closing. crease in immigration, followed, in-
Japan protests that there is no variably, by a decided Increase soon
attempt being made to close the! after peace Is declared. In no case
aoor through which trade of other j among the countries involved in re
nations With China must ; pass. I cent wars has there been a perma-
1041 18 the only possible ground nent decrease in immigration from
for protest by the United States, the countries affected, while on the
for all this country has demanded contrary - in some cases. Immigration
was that its trade should have an reached its highest point within the
equal opportunity with the trade of decade following the conflict. In the
otner nations. But Americans have j years following the Franco-Prussian
made little use of their opportunity, war immigration from both France
vvnen fciinu Root was secretary of and Germany increased And. in fot
state he once said he saw little reached the very highest point within
practical .necessity In holding a a few years after its close. Greek
door open so long when so little immigration steadily mounted after
countably passed the story along this
second and third time.
The facts are: First, that the num
ber of marriages in Multnomah coun-ty-ln
1914 were 1989, the divorces 686;
and second, that to afford a fair com
parison of the two in relation consid
ered by the judge, there should be
added the considerable number of
Multnomah residents who objected to
cident will he ever be president aerain.
Being only in the prime oi bis life,
and a life so rich in experience, h3
could best dedicate his remaining days
to the service of the American people
outside., of office. When It is known
that he no longer covets office, the
confidence of the American people in
his political sagacity will become full
the medical certificate regulation her, tdf S.f ' U?leBs
o,i to he desists from the avocation of of
fice seeking he will be continually de
feated and his proffered advice will
continue to be largely disregarded, arid
his life for the American people on
account thereof become soured and
deal of interest is being taken in the ; he would h. fln tn i
LORA C, LITTLE.
i '
Home Labor for Home Work. -Portland,
April 28. To the Editor
of The Journal I see-that a great j embittered as he grows older.
improvement of the roads of Mult
nomah county. I also notice that two
well known engineers of thla city have
of fere to pave the roads for a- gteat
deal lesa than the contractors would
think of doing it for,
which prevails under similar circum
stances, and he is not that kind of an
exception. ;
"'. ' "
ASTOBIAK: The state Compensa-
mt wo wont ! th host rnnda fnr tlon law Is a good thing, an excellent
the least money and at the same time ' thln- We wera never more sore of
do justice to our laboring citizens andfhl3 than right now, with a letter at
taxpayers of this county.
If tbe work gets Into the hands of
contractors we cannot expect any more
of them than to employ the cheapest
foreign labor they can secure.
hand from McCargar, Bates & Lively,
enclosing a formula enabling us to
withdraw from the protection of the
state liability fund and offering us
policies in the companies represented
Now is the time for our county of- I y tha firm at rates equal to the
ficials to get busy and try to place I state s. ihis eagerness on the part
th taxpayers' money where It will of the insurance companies to take
benefit the people of this county most, over compensation policy-holders with
This money should be spent in a way j no advance and, in some instances, at
to help solve the unemployment sltua- J reduced rates, gives ample evidence
tlon. We have hundreds of men in of the cause for the recent fight on
this county that are heads of families, ! the compensation law and proves that
that are more deserving than anyone I even now, with reduced rates, there
else. i is still great profit in this line of
The people should demand and con- ; business. Which is the better for Ore-
tend for a fair deal, and I think if the 1 gon, state compensation with the prb-
trade went through.
POSTERS AND HIGHWAYS
R'
THE PARTY LABEL
I heavy exporter of poultry products.
OUR bills establishing non
partisan state elections in
.'California have been signed
by Governor Johnson. Under
; them no candidate for political of-
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
w
HEN the old liberty bell
leaves Philadelphia this
summers on its Journey to
the Pacific coast it will h
a J'ce. except candidates for repre- the ninth journey it has made sinc
sentativo in congress and United lit was hung in the old State House
- fetaies sejmiorv will have a party M 6.0 years ago. During the revo
t label. iJntlnnarv war it wan hiirriat nwav
i nese laws are saia to represent to Allentown to keen it from fall
I tho chief legislative' wish of the ing into the "hands of the British
; jonnson administration and are re- In 1885 it was sent to the New
jgaraea as tne most important en-( Orleans exposition. With this as
actments of . the present leglsla-la precedent four other "world's
iure; iney wen might be. regarded fairs" succeeded in getting the bell
. aa important, for California has J as' a patriotic attraction Chicago
Aanuiu iiuo niiu it movement i in is a 3. Atlanta in 1895. nhi-io
i that is" gaining headway in many ton in 1902 and St. Louis in 1904.
States.- . lit also fieured in th Rnntoi- -mil
i'arusans say parties are neces-1 celebration in Boston in 1902.
sary to good government, and Wil-1 Every time the bell has beftn
Ham Barties Jr., of New York, I taken from the city of Brotherly
says party government cannot ex-J Love It has been over the protest
isc witnout Dosses. Testimony al-lot persons who cannot comprehend
..-ready- given In the Barnes-Roose-1 that the ; bell of freedom Is, not
veil ; lioei suit shows what party Philadelphia's but mankind's bell.
2 government has done to New York): - Commenting on these the Phila-
l state. It has turned the people
f oyer to the exploiters, and bi-
partisan politics has a I Jed
.There are national issues on, which
delphia North American, tsays:. ' '-
What they would have done 'when
the clanging message of democracy
First sounded from its brazen . lips
we do not know, but we suspect that
the Turco-Grecian struggle of 1898
Knglish Immigration .more . than
trebled following the Anglo-Boer war.
Following the Balkan war, immigra
tlon from all the countries Involved
Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro,
Greece and even Turkey came back
to normal, and in some cases made a
decided Increase.
As far, then, as past statistics go
those who are claiming that the pres-
HODE ISLAND has a new law
against posting advertise
ments on trees and fences
along public highway's. A
similar bi:;, drafted bv th nt.
tlonal Highways Protective soctetv
has passed the New York legisla
ture ana received Governor Whit
man s signature.
The New York law provides thnt I ent war wm Permanently decrease
after September 1 next It will be I lmmlrat,on hve no grounds for their
unlawful for any person to nrint I stale ent3- r immira'on is to roi
or cause to be posted any business j low lts normal course as illustrated
or commercial advertisement n I Dy Previous wars, we may expect an
trees, fences, buildings or other I almost immediate return to the fig
objects along any public highway I ures of 1914 and- most Probably, an
or upon the property of another lncreased immigration in the years
Without written consent nf roiiowing. it is interesting to note
owner. The penalty is a tine of f. 5 that even now from those countries
to $ao or imprisonment for ten navins xainy regular sieamsnip
days, or both. "I service with this country England,
New York and Rhode Island I Holland, penmark, France and tbe
have thus joined the movement to ScandlnavJan countries we are get-
abate a public nuisance that should s y a sUntIy reduced lmmigra
have been stODDed lone- atm I tron. It is even claimed that a con-
D I
I siaeraDie part or tne present great re
Senator" Reed Smoot Is going to I 5uction m Italian and Greek immi
grants is due to tne lack of ships.
Countries which lately have been
sending a large number of immi
grants to this country Russia, Aus
tria Hungary, Germany and the Balkan
states are now almost entirely cut
off so far as Immigration Is con
cerned.
the Philippines to see for. himself
just now ready the islanders are
for self government. His report
win ue interesting, but hardly
Illuminating just about what
mignt De expected from Mr. Barnes
of New York, who says the Amer
ican people need bosses to govern
them.
A well-known victim of the Euro
pean : war Is-Edonard : de ; Resale
the- noted basso.!'" His beautiful
estate to GarneskPoland. has been
made a desert and at last
he was living in a cellar without
coat, oil. or coffee and only a hahd-
iut oi gram to subsist on. !
-
; The report of highway railroad
grade ! crossing accidents -for-' the
year 1914, Issued by the National
Highways-Protective society., shows
Compared with the populations, from
which we formerly . drew our immi
grants, the present resources of pop
ulation in the countries Just enumet
ated seem almost, unlimited. -Causes
impelling towardV emigration from
these countries will be operative at
full capacity at tbe end of this great
war.. Million of men will have made
the break from home ties and narrow
village life which will make of emi
gration only another -adventure. Those
who abhor war and .militarism will
have had such, personal experience
citizens would rise up and make these
demands our good conscientious offi
cials would pSt forth their efforts to
do the just thing.
This matter is one of vital Import
ance and we should not lie asleep and
after it Is too late start a howl that
someone has not done his dutv.
JOHN H. MYEH.
China's Valuable Integrity.
From the Detroit News.
, China's chaos has been touched by
a steadying influence now that Sir
fid ward Grey has reiterated the policy
of the British government in regard to
the republic's future. Her internal
confusion and the invasive attitude of
Japan have" threatened China with de
moralization if not dissolution, and the
slow working out of the destiny of
that tremendous mass of people has
been obstructed by a depressing num
ber of obstacles. Bngland is in no
position immediately to carry out her
defensive intentions toward China, but
Kngland is certain to remain a world
power after the war and no precipitous
move will be made against China with
out contemplating Kngland's feelings
and the feelings of her friends. En
gland Is not claiming ' humanitarian
motives solely in this pronouncement.
It would be a commercial .calamity to
have China rent by the ambitions of
a rival power. It behooves all civili
zation to keep China intact.
eeeds going to the schools of the state,
or private corporation policies with
the proceeds going to out of the state
capitalists? Yes, indeed, the state
compensation law Is a good thing, an
excellent thing.
I,ZrWZSTOir TKIBTTNE: To prepare
for war is to plan for war, and if "pre
paredness" did not bring on the pres
ent struggle, then no hidden ' tiger ever
took its prey unawares. The enlight
ened and progressive World is going to
have" to unite and control this war
making policy We are pleased to call
"preparedness." - It is a world -problem,
just as war itself is a world problem.
BAXE HKB4T.Pl It is hoped that
the idea of a pioneer society in Baker
will be carried out. There are many in
this city and vicinity who have lived
here for years that could be brought
together and thus make their lives
much more pleasant by a discussion
of the things that have been accom
plished in the building of the country.
These people could also give, by their
experience, many ideas to the genera
tion that is taking up the task of de
velopment of the country so ably
started by those eligible to the pioneer
society. To many, these pioneers are
merely known as people who lived
here many years. A society such as
proposed would bring out the many
things they have done for the com
munity and put them In places of
honor which their modesty is now
holding from them,
i
OOKJOir TZMZSt Eastern Oregon
is prosperous. ' No matter what Van
be said of other sections of the coun
try, tnere is nothing to growl about
east of ther Cascades. With a fair
prospect for a crop and every Indica
tion of a very big price next fall.
money is bound to be fairly plentiful i
before snow flies. Even at the pres
ent time t there is quite an amount
being paid for horses for Europe, some
600 leaving this country quite recent
ly. In a couple of months the wool
w.'ll be coming in with a prospect of
the best price ever paid in this coOnty.
Sheep are worth all kinds of money
seven or eight dollars a head and all
things considered we of the "bunch
grass have no need to worry as to
ways and means.
TAWOOUTI COZ.TrKBIAJ! Cele
bration of the opening of the Celilo
canal bids. fair to be an event of na
tional Importance, as indeed It should
be. Notables from many parts of the i
union, including the governor of I
Alaska, will be present and the day
will be fittingly observed as marking
a new epoch In the history of the north
west, when 500 miles will be added to
the direct run from the sea. to the Inn
DBEWHET FXOITZEB MVHt I Most
people believe in majority rule, and
diplomatic politicians will assure you
that they do. But our would-be legis
lators Ignore the whole question. Last
November the people of Oregon voted
this state dry as a bone in the desert.
When the legislature met they put
tho bone to soaking Immediately.' The
majority bo damned; it's whiskey they
want, and whiskey they got,-and th
majority gape and yawn.
SAX EM JOtTBZrAJ.: The New Tork
Post sees it this way: "To the Iiepub
lican eye the next presidential election
Is a race between prosperity and No
vember 1916," and there is evidently
a disposition In some quarters "to hold
up the return of better times in every
possible way in order to influence the
trend of politics.
The allied attack by land and
sea forces ' upon the Turkish
strongholds that guard the way
- to Constantinople again bring
this historic city in to the public
eye.
Guglielmo Ferrero. the emi
nent historian, has prepared an
article concerning Constantino
ple that, insofar as it deals with
the past, is replete with historic
interest.
In dealing with the future of
the city. Ferrero assumes that
the allies will be successful. He
sees the banishment of the Turk
from Europe and the transfor
mation of the Sultan's capital
into a center of commerce and
culture.
in the Trenches
It is a gruesome picture that
Herbert Corey paints of the sol
diers' life in the trenches. He
had the opportunity of visiting
the German trenches in Flan
ders at a point only 100' yards
distant . from the English
trenches.'
He observed at close hand
how the brutal task of killing
men is being performed. ' He
witnessed an exchange of mines
hurled between the opposing
forces. He peeked through the
portholes and saw the bodies of
a few brave fellows whose lives
have been sacrificed in their
country's cause.
And he has written his observa
tions in a manner that will ab-
i .it
pcai to ail.
For Women Readers
The usual amount of good
things for milady wilt be in
cluded in THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL, especially in Sec
tion Four, where the news of
the week in society, the realm
of music, and among women's
organizations is complemented
by three pages of featuresMor
maid and matron.
ANNE RKBTENHOUSE will
sound the newest notes in the
fashion world, and none writes
with better authority or in a
more clever fashion.
SARAH HALE HUNTER
has designed some work for the
needlewoman that is of the high
class that ever characterizes her
work.
DOROTHY DOLAN has pre
pared another oaee for the
housekeeper full of suggestions
to lighten her burden.
M ME. QUI VIVE in her
beauty page, that will appear in
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
Magazine, tells how fresh air is
the greatest doctor of them all
in her comment upon the value
of sleeping out of doors.
RAPID INCREASE OF PUBLIC DEBT
RAIL BUSINESS WEST
BETTER, SAYS MAGNATE
New Tork, April 24. A six weeks'
trip through the state of California
and other territory traversed by the
Southern Pacific, . has convinced
Julius Kruttscjinltt, chairman of the
executive committee of that railroad,
that business conditions are greatly
Improved, especially so In California.
Kruttschnitt returned - from Cali
fornia this week.
'CrOos have .been good and funda
mental conditions are sound.'' Krutt-
schnitt said, "and reports from our
accountants show indications of
larger, traffic, except, perhaps, in
lumber. .
"The condition of the sawmills to
day is awful because of general stag
nation in building and construction.
"In California the two expositions
are producing greater activity. At
the San Francisco exposition the at
tendance is marvelously good, show
ing a greater aggregate for the same
number of days than reported at
either Chicago or St. Louis fairs.
"Sentiment toward the railroads is
decidedly better all over the coun
try." .
By John M. Osklson.,
A generation, ago we heard the ser
ious demands of many people to pay
off the national debt. The debt Isn't
paid and nowadays the man who sug
gested it would be-ridiculed. "Doesn't
he know that to bj In debt Is to be
truly prosperous?" '
The country's debt burden suggests
that we have lost our fear 'of credi
tors! A recent bulletin from Washing
ton says that between 1902 and 1913
out total of national, state," and mu
nicipal debts. has iacreastid nearly 71
per cent; by contrast the increase be
tween 1890 and 1902 was 42.7 per cmt.
It is a huge sum our governments,
national and state; our countries, our
school districts, and our cities, towns,
and villages owe $4,850,460,173. The
! federal debt accounts for $l',028.564,0.r5
I of this; the Btates ove nearly $346,000,
t 000, and counties and other "minor
i civil divisions," such as cities and
' towns and school districts, owe
: $3,485,954,353.
By far the largest item In this mag
i niflcent showing o'f debt , Is charged
I against our cities, incoresyrated towns
i and villages some $2,885,000,000. In
tbe cities and "minor civil divisions'
the increase of debt has been most
rapid; in the period of 1902-1913 it was
over 113 per cent. In the. previous
period, 1890-1902, the rate of increase
was 76 per cent.
Our total of public docks amounts
to a charge of $50 against every man,
woman and child in the country. In
certain states the figure Is much lar
ger. New Tork, for instance. bus
plied up a per capita debt (not Includ
ing its share of the federal debt) of
$107.71. This is $100 higher than the
local debt burden nf irkanma
It isn't necessary to say that our'
oeoi Duraen nas increased far faster
than our population in the period
1902-1913 - population Increase was
about 23 per cent,
Pret tycoon we will hav to call a
halt in piling up debt charges against
the people of. our incorporated com
munities. If we don't. th IiAAriTo nidi
begin to leave them. Big municipal
debts mean high taxes, which mean !
high rents and depreciated pronertv '
vslllon Wr.- 1 . '-i
3 0L1IU UIWI Mi U L.
individuals, debt must ultimately spell
Wrlll 13 bCr thOUght
debts pUin up nr mo community
IN THE MAGAZINE
A JAPANESE WISTARIA
The photographer on his rounds
snapped one of the huge flow
ering vines that adorn many
Portland homes at this season
of the year, which makes a most
attractive page in color.
LOUIS HILL'S PARTY
The same being an account of a
collection of heroes assembled
by the railroad magnate, well
known in Portland, and what
transpired at their merry little
dinner. ,
ANATOMICAL WORTH
The question is asked and an
swered as to the respective
money-earning power of one's
hand, arm, foot and throat, in
which the experiences of the
premier pianists, pugilists, danc
ers and singers are cited.
CLEMENCIA'S CRISIS
Continued story by Edith Og
den Harrison. i .
RANDOM FACTS Two
pages of miscellaneous matter,
including popular science para
graphs; flashes of fun. anecdotes
about the great and near great
and selected cartoons.
The Fall of Frederick.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.
August II. Frederick recently elect
ed president of the 8tJ Louis board of
aldermen by a plurality of 22,000, has
pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery
in the first degree and been sentenced
to a term of 10 years in the Missouri
f penitentiary at Jefferson City. Fred
j erick's disgrace and punishment fol
lowed quickly upon the heels of his
j triumph at the polls, and. the men who
I voted for him must feel cheap. el
I though they are in no way. to blame.
Apparently this Is. a bad year for of -j
freeholders who have committed crime.
! Treasurer Allen of Idaho and his asso-
Iciatcs were the first, to fall into the
clutches of the law. Then came Mayor
IXnn M. Roberts,. Judge 11 Redman
and the other Tcrre Haute worthfe-
I now doing time at the federal peniten
tiary ax Leavenworth, Kan. Frederick
is tne latest victim. It is a good sign I
whci. political inriuence is not used to
save such rascals from punishment In
due course of time perhaps there will
be less interference with the execu
tion of the law. Then there wllWbe
icwCT- criminals.- i a.
Danger of" It. J
From 4he Washington Star.
"Will the musicians be on hand to
greet you when you get home?"
"I'm afraid so," replied Senator
Sorghum. "My campaign niinuiir h
written Informing me that X owe money
ta CVrv Tin nt In tn-mrrt
For the Children
CHARLES A. OGDEN. "The
Cart oonagram Man." and
GEORGENE FAULKNER
The Story Lady." have been
very busy this week, and their
efforts surety will please the
boys and girls on Sunday.
The Cornic section oeoDle will
be on hand in new series of fun
provoking stunts.
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