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God always gives us strength
to bear the f troubles of ieach
day; but : H never calculated
on nur oiling; the trouble past.
and those tot come, on top of
those of today. Elbert Hub
bard, .-r-
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Bill. TAFT'S ADVICE
i ' a MERICAN citlxenshlp and
V American ! Ideals rise to noble
exemplification in these words
; by former President Taft in
la speech at the Union League at
.'Philadelphia. Tuesday night:
! We must bear! In mind that If we
'hav war It la the people who muit
' pay with lives land, money the cost
;of it. t
The president ; Is anxious to find a
;way out of the present difficulty
; without war.
The task Of the president Is a
: heavy one, for Ihe Is actlnsr for the
whole country. I
The president iis acting like Wash
ington. Lincoln and McKlnley to
a void war.
1 Before party, i before ourselves, we
are for our. country. That is what
'he is workman .for. Shall we not
, stand by him in it?
-The president will not surrender
our country's rights.
i He does . well, when quick action
us oi no cntictu importance, 10 aimy
'excitement and i to await the regular
and studied action of the people's
: representatives, j
In 'the heat lof even just indigna
tion Is not the best time to act,
when action involves such momen
tous consequences and untold loss of
life. 1
! No message) that goes into the
k White House j where a troubleC
man la struggling with unheard of
'world . comnlieatlona will be more
comforting to i Woodrow Wilson. No
tidings from, his country will do
more to reason re and to help guide
Woodrow Wilson in his stupendous
iwhlle protecting American honor
'and American life In a war-mad-'dened
world. .
These are not the slings and ar
rows of a brutal criticism, but the
'cheering words of an approving
confidence. "jThey are net the rash
.utterances ofj irresponsible bragga
docio but thejwise counsel and pat
riotic effort,1 at guidance by a
friend of the nation. It is not a
partisan attempt "to make person
al . capital out of the passions of
?iis : fellow man," but an exalted
expression of the "touch and ideal
TDf America."!
Mr. Taft counsels the president
to be In no jhaste to decide what
to do. There could be no sounder
advice.
This is no a normal time. Too
never was such a disjointed and
disarranged world before. The
warring nations are at bay. They
ire frenzied land desperate. They
are fighting! for existence. Each
la cornered, and In the strained
and awful exigencies, is. on the
border line df madness.
Like men, ia. nation with its back
io a nui, aup wnii u wait or steel
!n front, to jkhe right and to the
left, cannot jbe counted on to-be
completely , rational. It is an un
heard of situation, and one to call
for Americans exercise of reason
ttnd patience and every possible
degree of . forbearance. It would
be eriminarj f r us, with nations
so unstrung,! to play the part of
the bully and- braggart.
' - For the time, we are the great
trustee of civilization, and by a
course of firmness, calm dignity
ana impartial kindness we should
prove ourselves worthy to play the
great part assigned us by fate and
the vicissitudes of a weltering
world. 1
Not In bis public career has
William Howard Taft been so big
and broad. iNot since the days of
MadlsOn and Jackson has - there
been so excellent an example of
what an ftY-nrecf riant oon k -
r vm.. as a
counsellor to his country.
SELF IXDICTED
HE National Association of
; Hosiery and Underwear Manu
M A... . S a. J . .. . . .
facturerjs met in Philadelphia
: last weK. mere was a rep
resentative attendance of -New Eng
land high tariff advocates.
At the second day's session
speakers painted a dismal picture.
Everywhere I were blackness and
ruin. It was said the new tariff
had Increased Imnnrto or a j
.. w . fcM , t ix uo
creased exports' until "our factories
have, been: on part time and our
men on bread lines." The hosiery
and underwear trade had been
ruined. i I - ? .
But, as ; pointed out by the New
York Post. it. the first day's ses-l
sioa optimism prevailed.' ' Dudley 1
Bartlett of the Philadelphia com
mercial museum, who had just re
turned from! Europe, stated that
Americans ''could successfully com-i
poio wiia.asusfl iirms in iungiand
if they would adopt better? selling
equipment, supply - better deliv
eries and acquire a more thorough
knowledge of English needs."'
Philip Hough, of New York,
urged Germain salesmanship meth-
ods and a clearing house tor ex-force a readjustment of the dlslo
porters, saying that Germany never i catecj conditions that have existed
again could undersell America, and$ since the auto, with Its peril to life,
that American seamless hosiery ' la I entered Into 1 the daily . affairs of
destined to supplant goods manu
factured : . by foreign countries.
If Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Hough
knew , what . they . were talking
about and ! they were Invited to ; seth case, the man who drives his
speak as experts the d'smal pic-: machine recklessly and with fatal
ture painted at the second session ' results is headed for the peniten
ts an indictment of the manufac-i tiary. f : : i ,
turera themselves. Tne Trdlct should be .an Im
; According 'to their own speak- j nressive argument for "safety
era. thesa manufacturers nroDOse'
to ask the American people to tax
themselves to - make up for incom
petency in directing manufacture
and sale. A
3fO BACKWARD STEP
0
THER than a few politicians
and job hunters, nobody
wants Democratic politics of
Republican , politics or ' Pro
gressive politics or any other kind
of politics in Portland city gov
ernment, :
The further cities get away from
conducting business affairs by po
litical methods the better they
wlll 'fareL A political hack and
business do not mix Veil. It is
because they do not mix that the
politician; wants a job in the pub
lic business private business
doesn't want him.
Running city government on pol
itics has i cost American cities mil
lions upon millions of dollars.
Under j politically administered
government, ; men are kept in po
sitions, not because the city needs
the men, but because the men
have rendered political service and
think they ought to have public
Jobs. i
After a survey of city affairs
in Chicago some time ago. It was
officially i reported that there were
110 employes on the city payroll
who were not needed.' They were
drawing salaries, not to help gov
ernment ibut to help politics.
The proposal by the Republican
county central committee to in
troduce politics again Into Portland
city government is against good
public policy. When the city went
under commission government, It
left politics behind, and the people
like it better.
There Is no traffic in jobs at the
Portland city hall. No efficient
employe is kicked out to make
room for an incompetent political
hack.
Few people even know to what
party the five administrative heads
belong. With no political game to
play, the officials and employes
have their full time for the public
service.
It is clean, wholesome govern
ment, a government that Portland
should never abandon.
A LOVER OP NATURE.
N
EW light is thrown upon
the character of the late
John Muir, the naturalist of
the Sierras, in. i the publica
tion of his ; letters to a friend, a
woman who helped him much in
his struggling years. This woman
was a botanist like, himself, and
many of the letters are devoted to
the discussion of plants and flow
ers. Throughout the series of let
ters is revealed the remarkable
sensitive nature of the man who
could endure only with a great
effort the society of those who de
lighted In the accumulation of
money and its expenditure in dis
play and personal gratification.
Muir had no patience with most
of the teachings of the schools
and with the pedantry of schol
ars. Ministers of the gospel Beemed
narrow and unspirltual to him. His
sole remedy for worldly taint was
to get cloBe to nature.
In one of his letters he said:
"Churches and the schools lisp limp
lngly, painfully, of man's capabilities,
possibilities and fussy developing- nos
trums, of duties, but If the human
flock together with their Rev's and
double L-D shepherds would go wild
themselves they would discover with
out Euclid that the solid contents of a
human soul Is the whole world."
in anotner paragraph is ex
pressed the thoughts of a man who
can spend weeks in the wilderness
alone, living in close touch with
the treed,: the rocks and the flow
ers: "I was alone -and during the whole
excursion was in a kind ef calm.
incurable eestacy. Z am honelesalv
ana rorever a mountaineer. How glor
ious my studies seem and how aim-
pie. I found out a noble truth con
cerning tne , Merced moraines that
escaped me hitherto. Civilisation and
fever and all the morbidness that has
hooted at me has not dimmed mv
glacial eyes and : I care to live only
iu Iowa, ai nature s loveliness."
The study of the glaciers was a
passion with Muir and it would be
difficult to find in all history a
more unworldly man.
GUILTY
A
JURY in Judge Gatens eourt
has found Fred Skogseth
guilty; of manslaughter.
The auto truck . Skogseth
was driving ran over and killed
Russell Ward, aged 11. The de
fense sought to show that Skog
seth had his machine under con
trol, and that the boy skated In
front of the machine. ; makinar the.
accident unavoidable.
But the Jury found the driver
guilty.. . Two other cases of similar
details are; pending in the Bam
court, one of the defendants being
the driver of the racing car which
Killed two men on Tillamook street
during, the Rose City Park auto
faces. : ; . -,!; ; -
v This verdict should have a sober
ing effect on irresponsible and
reckless drivers. 1 It means that
juries are reaching out - to en-
men.
. The killings cannot c on. A
sentiment will arise to end them.
Under the finding In the- Skog
m
DISSATISFIED WITH PEACH.
I
N the teeth of these things, we
earn as a nation measureless scorn
and contempt. If we follow the
lead of those who exalt peace
above rlarhteouanees. if we heed
; the voice of those feeble folk who
bleat , to high heaven that there is
peace when .there " is no peace, i For
many months our government has
preserved between right and wrong
neutrality which would have excited
the emulous admiratI6n of Pontius
Pilate, the arch typical neutral of all
time. Theodore Roosevelt.
i Colonel i Roosevelt evidently
chafes because we, too, are not in
the war. There is no mistaking
bis language.
"Our feeble folk who bleat:xto
high heaven that there is peace
when there Is no peace' are words
in which Mr. Roosevelt deliberate
ly announces that he is for war.
Comparing President Wilson with
Pontius Pilate as a "neutral" is
a stinging insult to the president
and to those who believe with the
president in his policy of peace
and neutrality.
There Is no mistaking the situ
ation we would be In were Theo
dore Roosevelt president. This
ccuntry would be resounding to
the tramp of marching men. There
would be Caesarisrn In the Whits
House and the mothers of the
United States: would be bidding
good bye to their sons to follow
a Caesar Into war with Germany.
American boys would be pouring
into the bloody trenches and this
nation would be Impoverishing it
Belf to raise colossal loans for the
war chests. The awful convulsion
that holds Europe "in a staunchless
welter would seise upon the West
ern Hemisphere and grip.: the whole
world in Its horrible embrace.
Amid his superman Ideals, Theo
dore Roosevelt Is not satisfied with
the ways of an honorable peace.
He loves the smoke and explosions,
the trappings and noise, the fuss
and fury, the turbulence and strife
of the battlefield, and he cannot
forget them even when half the
world is a saturated shambles of
human blood.
It is almost as if a protecting
Providence had Interfered in the
affairs of men when Woodrow
Wilson and net Theodore Roose
velt was chosen president of the
United States in 1912.
WHAT OF FRANCE?
F
RENCH vital statistics fof the
first six months of 1914 have
been published. In that half
year the deaths exceeded the
births by 17,000. In eight of the
last twenty-five years France has
required more coffins than, cradles.
Repopulation -. of the nation is
one of the most serious problems
confronting France. It is declared
that if the present low birth rate
continues, one of two things must
happen. Either a gradual deponu
lation of France will take place,
or there must be a steadily lncreas
ing influx of foreigners to make
good the losses among natives.
The war has. accentuated the prob
lem and national societies are at
tempting to find a solution. ,j
It is pointed out that if It had
not been for the presence of Ital
ian and other foreign elements with
a high birth rate, France's show
ing would have been worse.
If Europe is to remain an armed
camp, each nation anxious to over
pewer Its neighbor, what about
France?
Rear Admiral . Peary announces
for the Aero Club of America that
a "permanent transcontinental
aerial highway has been mapped,"
to follow the Lincoln highway as
closely as possible. But for the
present a lot of us will insist that
enough . people will travel by auto
and wagon to make Improved terra
flrma highways highly desirable.
Justice Hughes, of the United
States supreme court, has definite
ly declined to be a candidate for
the presidency, i As governor of
New York he had some Illuminat
ing experiences with politicians now
looking to him to save them. He
hears no call to'jduty.
President WJlson should be
helped, not carped at. Even parti
san politicians and their organs
ought to recognize the fact that he
Is carrying the greatest burden of
responsibility that has . rested on
an American since Lincoln.;
Huerta says he has chosen New
York for hia home. The millions
with which he quitted Mexico
should afford him excellent cre
dentials In' Wall street, where no
questions are asked as to how he
got them. . ; j
Thomas A. Edison is expected
to visit Portland In tfuly. How
fitting that the superman of the
electrical world and the superclty
of the i west should linger for 'a
time In each other's company!
Principal Kiggins reports that
worms i are devouring, the- wood
work of the Ladd school. 1 : Is it
possible they are ; book " worms? "
CAN WARTIMES
BE "GOOD" TIMES?
"O. r-n ta Philadelphia Ledger.
HE prophecy was made in the
1 early weeks of the present strife
that Its magnitude and Its mighty
destructlveness would speedily bring
the fighting nations, or at least some
of them, to the end of their economic
ropes and that they would be forced,
accordingly, to an early peace, : ThW"
far the course of events has not given
the strongest support to ; this ek
pectatlon. The several governments
have never found jit easier to raise
money. In ' Germany cooperative
credit bad been developed before the
war to such an point that it consti
tuted one of the chief distinctions
of German .efficiency, and it has
since been utilized with startling suc
cess by v a government whose second
war loan reached a total of $2,22i
000,000, the world's record. jf
It is .quite as remarkable a faet that
the quantity of money lying Idle In
the market enabled Great Britain to
negotiate huge loans In London with
out disturbing rates. Of conditions tn
England a well-known financial writ
er says: "The shipbuilding, industry
was never so prosperous, there Is
relatively little unemployment In Lon
don, the woolen mills are working
double time, the iron works are busy,
and the demand for coal exceeds the
output - of the . mines." The same
writer adds, and his belief seems to
be well based on Information which
has recently become public, through
several reliable sources, that "even In
Germany" business conditions In gen
eral are good.
Aa for the neutral countries, the
United States has begun a new era ef
prosperity such as It has never known
before, and in considering the late
hesitation and calamity howling we
have to consider also ttfe characteris
tics of domestic politics. Argentina
is worse off. 'Argentina Is taming a
wilderness, as America had to do, and
is. still exceedingly dependent on for
eign capital.
History contains some Interesting
suggestions concerning the relation of
war and business. It was predicted
that the Napoleonic wars would leave
Europe bankrupt, but Europe, while
paying off Its debts, grew rich so fast
that In Macauley'a words, "the growth
could almost be discerned by the eye.
After the Franco-Prussian war, the
world believed that France would 'be
overwhelmed by the Immense indem
nity Imposed upon the nation, but the
country so easily paid off and so rap
idly advanced In prosperity that only
the strategy of Emperor William I,
who on this occasion accomplished
Bismarck's severest defeat, prevented
the Iron Chancellor from sending his
armies forth again to crush com
pletely the fortunes of France. -Our
Civil war and the Spanish-American
war were each followed In this' coun
try by an almost miraculous business
expansion. y
It is dangerously easy to rest' argu
ments on historical . chronology, and
one of those critics of the theory that
war is economically wasteful has gone
so far as to assert that the cost of
wsr is negligible because war has oc
curred In spite of the cost. He falls to
weigh the causes of war. He forgets
the difference between offensive and
defensive war. He Ignores his favor
ite authority history, our Civil war,
for Instance, was not materialistic, but
it certainly was costly.
In the case of the present conflict
what does It signify that there la lit
tle unemployment in London? There
are so many Jobs in the army that It
would be strange if the Jobs left at
home went begging. What does it
Sittrilfv that the fthinvfLrria. trta snnlen
mills, the Iron works and the coaii
mines are busy? The market' for their
products is only answering the de
mand of a carnival of destruction. To
create' prosperity should Philadelphia
pray for an earthquake, or a fire?
Either would result in great Industrial
activity, but either would be' decidedly
a mixed blessing! What does It sig
nify that the governments of Europe
are finding It easy to negotiate loans?
For one thing, It Signifies that while
the gun and ammunition manufactur
ers contributed heavily they who are
as far from the firing line aa they are
from the poverty line the tradesmen
and clerks and laborers and skilled
artisans gave of their scant substance
and then marched out to do the na
tlob's fighting and dying. 1 signifies
that financial patriotism may be a
very different . thing from financial
prosperity.
The promulgators of the theory that
war helps business, who assert that
the fallacy of economic waste 'Is re
futed by all modern history," Inform
us that the expenses of war are not
much greater than the total expendi
ture made through myriad agencies in
time of peac for Impermanent and
unproductive things and that the
forced economies of war time balance
the ledger. : "In an economic sense, is
the purchase and maintenance of an
expensive automobile any less waste
ful than the purchase- and mainte
nance of an artillery gun carriage,
provided' the , cannon Is not used to
destroy life or property? Is a mili
tary uniform a less productive In
vestment than a dress suit? Is the
movement of troops en xnasse more
wasteful of wealth than the annual
heglra of the working millions of this
country for their summer holiday?" .
e ., .
Can you beat It, this narrow delimi
tation "in an eeonomio sense?" Pre
sumably the uses of industrial pro
ducts are not - to be reckoned. We
make a distinction between life and
the use of life why not make a lm
llar distinction waen "we come to corn-
pare . the cost of war activities and
the cost of peace activities?' Presum
ably, however, a war is Justified by
the economies' it necessitates!
A FEW SMILES
A Strong man. doing two shows a
day,-was a recent passenger on a train
from Kansas City to Omaha ard had
occasion - to go Into
the day coach. There
he was . accosted by
a tail main with aid
whiskers, who said:
: "Excuse me. but
ain't you the strong
man?"
"Some say I am,"
was the jroodnatured
response.' . '
Tou can lift three tons in harness?"
That's my record." 1
"You can hold 200 pound at arm's
length?"
"Yes." - ,M
"And put up 00 pounds with one
hand?" , " ';'
"And 600 with two?" M
"I can.-- V i ;
"In that case, will you kindly under
take to raise this car window for
me?"
"I think that woman ought to -have
the ballot."
"Do they really
want it?"
"They must want
It. Borne of them
are working so ar
dently for suffrage
that they are paying
absolutely no ! atten
tion to dress.' i
George Bernard Shaw was invited
by a friend one night to hear a string
quartet from Italy. Expecting a treat,
he accepted the in
vitation. Through
out the program h.
sat with a stony look
on his face.
The friend, to draw
a little praise from
him, said: "Mr. Shaw,
those men have been
playing together for
12 years,"
"Twelv years? said the other, in
an incredulous voice. "Surely, wo'vj
Deen here longer than thaty"
Letters From the People
(Communications aent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
"cctu ow woraa in length and must be ac
companied by the came and addreaa ot the
aender. If the writer doea not desire to have
me name puousoea, he should constate.)
DiaeuMlon ts the rrertest ef all reformer
It ratlonaliiea everything it touches. It rob
principle of aU false sanctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If they have ne
reBBuuaoieness. 11 ruu:essir erusnes them out
ui existence ana seta up Its own conclusion
in weir eieaa.- nooarovr WUson.
Impartiality Appreciated.
Goble, Or., May 10. To the Editor
of The Journal We feel much grate
ful toward you for showing no par
tiality in your news, and especially
so on the war news. ' As we, the peo
pie of the i United States, are proud
of. our advanced civilized country, we
should also be the same when it comes
to prolonging war by the eagerness
of trade. I faithfully believe that if
the United States had closed all gates
to export and called all her cruisers
and other forms of this nature to not
leave the three mile boundary posses
sions of this country during this war,
this inhuman war, would be at an
end today. -But as It is, it will make
a number of Americans wealthy now.
while paralyzing business in the Unit
ed States at the present, ana the
shock will be felt here for some time
to come. It seems much like' a feast
for capitalists and a famine for the
common people now, and tor some
time to come.
BERT BUDENBAUM.
Let Wilson's Way Prevail.
Portland, May 12. To the Editor of
The Journal -If the American people
will respond to the deep not, struck
by President Wilson In his Philadel
phia speech, of "humanity first," It
is 'possible that much good may come
from the tragedy of the Lusitanla.
The warring nations Germany with
her back to the wall, and the allies
seeking to- force her to her knees are
unable to see beyond the horizon, but
if the United States, arona man, will
stand on the high ground Taken by
the president. Instead of descending to
avenge personal injuries, Ihey will es
tablish an epoch making precedent.
Also, even now it Is possible that by
so uniting and fearlessly standing they
may be big enough to appear on that
trouble filled horizon of Bister nations.
Belgium's rulers missed a rare op
portunity which would have shone as
a great light around the world when
they elected to fight.
MABEL W. PLOWMAN.
Rose Planting.
Portland, May 10.-Td the Editor of
The Journal The Country Gentleman
says, "Set out roses in May to bloom
in June."' If that advice is sound, then
we can always make sure of plenty
for' the festival, and people can plant
right along, even to May. But I think
it is better to plant earlier, as soon as
the season warrants and the ground
is warm enough for best results. They
are wonderful this year, with little or
no aphis to contend with. -
My hollyhocks have always been
eaten up by a green caterpillar, but
this season I sprayed with nicotine
solution and the hollyhocks are doing
well. ; OSBORNE YATES.
A'- Question As to License
Ecola, Or., May 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Please answer the' fol
lowing in your paper: Is , there., law
in Oregon which compels anybody sell
ing milk from his own cows to pay a
license of 818 per year, regardless of
how many cows he owns? M. K.
There Is no such st&to enactment.
If such a license confronts the Inquirer
it must be one established under some
)clt ordinance, and If so ne can doubt-
en-i.,. Jitui
exacts this license fee.
j In Personal Appreciation.
'Portland, May 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Will you kindly allow a
little space for the acknowledgement
of a kind of work which seldom re
ceives the public attention and com
mendation which it deserves? : I refer
to the faithfulness and devotion of
Miss J. A. Kenny of the Visiting Nurse
association, who recently attended Mrs.
Sarah E. Long; wife of Timothy Long,
at her home at Fourteenth and Savicr
streets, during her last Illness. To her,
for her devoted and efficient care Jot
Mrs.- Long, the members of the family
feel most - grateful, and tp neighbors
and friends as well.-
. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.
He Was Not.
Portland, May 10. To the Editor of
The - Journal Kindly answer in your
columns If Count Zeppelin, the' Invent
or the Zeppelin war balloon, was not
killed some years ago. C F, J.
MS
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
- Some good people enjoy telling bad
new. . . ., i
Gallons of trouble may eomi out of
a pint flask.
, i. .
To err Is human; to forgive may be
a brand of diplomacy. "
.t ? ' .
iMany of us feel that the only excus
able faults are- the ones we have.
-.
: Before declining an offer of mar
riage a girl should be sure of It,
- -
'" Occasionally lyou meet a woman so
homely that she la willing to admit it,
: : -. ... e , ., !.:. . I
- Man's Inhumanity to man has put
thousands ef lawyers on Easy street.
There is a much, better market for
good mules than there is for bad men.
Marriage Is usually a failure when
the female in the case Is in a hurry
to wed. .
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A man without ambition is like a
pan or dough without any yeast j to
raise it. i
Sometimes it seems that everything
a fellow cares to do is sure to ruin
his health.
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A woman feels as if spring Isn't
spring if she can't have some changes
made in the bouse.
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How poverty stricken most of our
friends are when we happen to need
16 for a few days! i
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If a man could read his own biog
raphy it would probably surprise him
more than any one else, , ,
NATIONAL
By : Oakes. .
x Another name has been added to the
peck or more of Republican presiden
tial possibilities. It is that of Wil
liam Alden Smith, senator .from Mich
igan. -1
Senator Smith, of course." enters the
lists as the favorite son of Michigan,
a state in which he was born some
years ago and in which he has long
practiced law and served In legislative
capacities. i
. As chairman of the senate Investi
gating committee of the Titanio dis
aster he brought upon himself un
dying' fame because he thought that
the water-tight- compartments of that
ill-fated ship were places of refuge.
Senator Smith : gained his v first leg
islative experience as a page In the
Michigan house of representatives and
he has bean at it fiver since, as a state
legislator member of congress and
lastly as senator.
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If congress should follow the sug
gestion of Howard Elliott, president of
the New York, New Haven, &, Hartford
railroad, and establish a federal de
partment of transportation with a new
cabinet officer at Its head, the presi
dent's official family would be increased
to 11. George Washington's cabinet
consisted of but five department heads.
Increasing needs of government have
brought the number up to 10, however.
The first addition to the original five
was a secretary of the navy, under
John Adams, and the most recent a
secretary of labor, under Woodrow
Wilson. t i
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Senator Culberson of Texas will
probably be a candidate to succeed
himself In 1916,1 although It was be
lieved for a time that he would retire
from public life : because of ill health.
Under the influence of. this belief
quite a few Texans made it known that
they were not averse to holding down
a seat for the Lone Star state. Among
them was ex-Senator Joseph W. Bailey,
who Is now practicing law in Washing
ton and who has again stepped before
the public eye as counsel for the Rlggs
National bank In Its suit against: the
government. Other willing ones i are
ex-Governor O. B. Colquitt, who tried
to play horse with the administration
on the Mexican: issue; Representative
Robert L. Henry, of Waco; George W.
Riddle, of Dallas; Dr. S. P. Brooks,
president of Baylor university: at
Waco; ex-Governor Thomas M. Camp
bell, and the present governor, James
E. Ferguson.
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Close observers of Governor Whit
man of New York assert that he has
IN TIME OF BUSINESS
By John M. Osklson.
"Finally," says a recent circular put
out by the biggest bank in the coun
try, "these periods ' ; of depression
would be much less disastrous If each
individual member of the community
understood the Importance of having
reserve resources of his own." :
It is a logical' contention for a bank
to B iake. A bank must always have
reserve in sight sufficient to Insure
at the worst times. Why shouldn't the
individual? The circular adds:
"After all is said that may be said
of the obligations that rest upon : so
ciety as a whole to provide for the
Individual, it remains to be said that
ther is an obligation upon the In
dividual to avoid being: a charge upon
the community. : i
"A man may be willing to work and
unable to find work in times of in
dustrial depression without being quit
of all . responsibility for becoming a
pubiio charge. . . ,
' "It -Is true that the Industrial or
ganlzatlon is far from perfect; It' Is,
in fact, a rather hit and miss affair.
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
Cleveland, Ohio, May 8. The
Iron Trade Review today says: i
"The confidence of business men
in approaching -prosperity has
been shown by the purchase of
from 76,000 to 100,000 tons of pig
iron by New York capitalists who
are in no &ay connected with the
iron and steel . trade and are buy
ing entirely to hold the Iron with
the expectation of a substantial
advance. ' Both northern and
southern foundry and steel mak
ing grades are Involved. Advances
by Virginia and Alabama furnaces
in prices of pig iron have caused
& snore cheerful feeling 1 in the
southern states. Buying at Chi
cago in April was far ahead of
that In March. There is fair ac
tivity in pig Iron in the . central
west.
- "Export demand for machine
tools has again assumed tremen
dous proportions. While exaggera
tions and denials as to orders for
war' materials make It difficult
to state definitely what business
Is bona fide, orders actually placed
or soon to be entered are unques
tionably of great . volume. ' The
building of numerous additions to
plants engaged in the manufac
ture of war materials is a visible'
evidence of the large amount of
business taken during the ; past I
lew weeKs.-
OREGON SIDELIGHTS -
Eugene's cleanup week yielded 105
wagonloads of rubbish for the city
dump. - .
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The Umatilla county Yair board has
set aside 60O of the fair funds for
premiums to be given for, the school
exhibits.
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Baker has discarded the "snake" for
ftreet flushing purposes and has in
ts place an auto f lusher that has
three or four times the efficiency of
the old method. .
Dallas Observer: E. M. Smith has
completed the task of indexing the
deeds filed in Polk county from 184K
to 107 to the number of 30.211. The
cost to the county was about $1500,
and those who are in position to know
say it is well worth the money.
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There will be a circus In Salem on
good roads day, and the Salem Jour
nal considers it "a safe bet that there
will be a let of people . on the roads
that day who will not be wielding the
shovel or pickaxe.' ;
"Not a few Bandon people are well
supplied with bacon," says the Co
quille Sentinel, "they having picked
up sides of it on the beach after the
Randolph disaster, i The boat carried
18,000 pounds of it. all-of which was
lost. The most of it floatd in with the
tide for miles down the coast."
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Ilermiston Herald's welcome to new
comers: "Since January l'the section
about Hermiston has averaged one new
family a week. Few, even; residents
of this immediate .Vicinity, fully real
ize the number of new people that are
coming. , They are locating j in the
country, Jjnot the city. They are the
class- we need; every family e. valu
able addition." i .
POLITICS
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been badly bitten by the presidential
bug. His friends, it Is said, have no
ticed it too, and are shaking' their
heads with sorrow, for the reason that
when Whitman begins to play politics,
they declare, he spills the beans. The
way for him to acquire a presidential
standing and measure up to presiden
tial strength, they j assert, Is for him
to show presidential caliber and keep
out of squabbles and "petty politics; in
other words, to walk the straight and
narrow path, serve his state to the
best of his ability as governor, and I
quit thinking of the presidency, and
Whitman. i
Illustrative of. his falling, a little
incident is told of the recent formal
opening of the New York state build
ing at the Panama-Pacific exposition,
Otttv unouch hut harmful ,
Norman B Mack, ex-chairman of thel
Democratic -national, committee, ana
ex-Governor Martin Glynn .of . New
York were fellow passengers on the
maiden trip of - the steamer Great
Northern through the Panama canal.
Mack, who hails from Buffalo, is chair
man of the New York exposition com
mission. According to the story toldT, in Al
bany, he had hardly reached San Fran
cisco before he wired Whitman stating
that the time was propitious for for
mally opening -the New York building,
and suggesting Glynn as the man to
officiate, as he was on the ground and
could be persuaded to act.
Mack, however, was unable to slip
anything fiver- on 'Whitman, whd re
plied that 'he thought of comiftg to the
coast himself at a later date. If he
had stopped there things woulds have
been all right, declare Whitman's
friends, but instead the governor
raised a hullabaloo, calling the whole
afair "a political trick of Mack's, and
finally sent out Seth Low to conduct
the ceremonies.
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Gossips are busy, around Boise with
stories of an approaching' rivalry be
tween' Moses Alexander, governor of
Idaho, and Senator William E, Borah.
Borah, It Is bruited about, is beginning
to fear Alexander as a political foe-
man worthy of his steel, and interest
ing developments are expected within
the--next year or so. Borah's present
term as senator does not expire until
1919 and a lot of things can happen in
four years, especially with Alexander
becoming increasingly popular with
the people. In some quarters the fact
that Borah has announced . that he 1
not3 an I active candidate for the presl
dency is taken to mean that he is de
termlned to hang on to what he now
has rather than to take chances as a
presidential possibility.
DEPRESSION
It was not made to order, the respon
siblllty for it cannot be placed. This
is so because of the liberty that be
long to each Individual, and it can
be made more harmonious only as
each individual learns to play his part
in voluntary and efficient co-opera
tion with the others, and to bear his
share of the, responsibility of finding
uis place.
Times of depression come as surely,
if not as regularly, as do the seasons.
They must be counted -upon by the
workers, .Dy employers, and by lnves
tors. When work is scarce, th worker
ought to have reserves to draw upon.
When business is dull, the manu
facturer ought to have . reserves to
drawn upon of capital to employ
workers to make things (perhaps at
a reduced cost), which will have
mn.rlrt whn tlm, tmnrfiv.
When the Investment market is dull.
tne investor ought to have reserves to
draw upon to acquire bargains, and to
stimulate legitimate business which
depends upon the sale of securities to
raise capital.
in dull times, there is a duty to
spena. as wen as to retrench.
' "Old Man Opp.'
FrdVn the New York Sun. '
"Borne men are so disrespectful to
opportunity that they refuse to speak
to, him on the street and others are so
irreverent that they talk of him be-
nma nis back as 'Old Man Opp,"J
The best friend that you've got in all
the world is Old Man Opp.
He passes by your house each, day and
always make a stop
He Isn't blessed with time, of course;
he hasn't long to stay. .
But it Jrou're watchin' for him ho will
helD you mow vour- he v.
An' Old Man OppwlU help.y beat the
Gloom God s line o dope;
He'll boost y' up i the ladder with a
fresh supply of hope.
You'd better fix those shaky steps an'
oil. your front-vard em
An don't forget that Old Man Opp has
Whn K J1'? ? spooky tapp'n on the
frosted window pane
Or there comes a low-toned rappin'
throuerh the falHn" tht,
Don't get frightened at it.
. though you're shy of guns anTlad;
Don't think it's some bold burglar who
would steal your stove .and bed.
I)on.J'. 1 vour face get scared nor
think that bad men lurk outside.
But beat It toward the sound you hear
an' ope' the front door wide.
,w.?V;Put yesterday,
. with his dentistry in view.
But now it's likely Old Man Opp
wno wants to talK with You!
Some Mistake.
From London Titbits.
Coroner: W found nothing fnthe
man's pockets, m'am, except three but
tons, one handkerchief and a recelotawi
bill.
The Sobbing" Inquirer? A recelnted
billi Then 'taint my husband.
XS KABT.T DATS'
By ! Xkler. Special gtafx Writes ef
' She Journal. -
"In the spring of 1858 Colonel Step,
toe arrived at Fort Vanoouver Ion his
way to the Yakima country." aid
Michael Klnnv Wall. -u.'.n- ...
4 , w . f it Mta, wav
served under Colonel Steptoe in the
fifties. "At the Cascades we went
across to the Washington side and
had a fight With the Indians. It was
here that Second Lieutenant ! Philip
H. Sheridan of the Fourth Infantry
showed that he had the real Irish
fighting blood. He was mentioned in
the commanding officer's dispatches
f!5aUntry and eo,"'S in action.
"That fall Colonel Steptoe went
with his command to Walla i Walla
and built the army post buildings.
During the summer of 1857 Colonel
Steptoe'a command at Walla j Walla
consisted of four companies of the First
dragoons, he Third artillery, part
of tUeptoe-s old command, and also
part of the Fourth infantry and some
in4e" K. th N,nth Infantry.
--Ve,"nt ur counts ih the fail
of 1857 down to Fort Vancouver to
be wintered so our drill was afoot
that, winter. Along about the first uf
May Lieutenant Taylor brought the
horses up from Vancouver. There had
been some trouble in theScolvlUe
country with the miners and Colonel
Steptoe was ordered to go and inves
tigate. The Indians were restless be
cause surveying parties from both
sides of the line had been in their
country establishing the International
boundary. When they heard that Cap
tain Mullen was coming with a sur
veying party they were still more rest
less for they had been told the
whites were comlus- in to mrv.v hi
land and take U away from them.
" w puuuu irora waiia walla on
May 8, 1858. Colonel Steptoe. ex
pecting no trouble, ordered us .not to
take our sabres. There were three
companies of the First dragoons. O.
E and H and part of B company Ninth
infantry mounted. There were ex
actly 158 of us who rode northward
that morning. The ammunition for
our use had been put out near ! the
magazine and the commissary stores
were, put out ready to be packed from
the storeroom. Tom Hun 11. whn im
lives at Lewiston, was the pack mas
ter. He packed the stores, supposing
the ammunition had been put with the
rest of the stores, and so we started
out gaily with 40 rounds of ammuni
tion to the man and we never knew
any different, until the packs were
opened when we were in the midst -of
a battle and found we had no ammu
nition. The cartridges were muzzle
loading cartridges. You bit the brown
paper in two, poured the powder In
jour gun ana then rammed home the
ball. My company. Comnanv I! imi
Company E of the First dragoons.
were armed with musketoons. They
were really short muskets and would
shoot up to about a hundred yards. If
you hit a man at more than as far
as you could throw a rock
and hit
him, you were lucky.
' "We crossed the Snaka. at n-.i
won s crossing near what they now
call Alpowa. We were going! to visit
the Palouse Indians and then go up
Colville way. Chief Timothy and
Levi of the Nes Perces loaned us
their canoes to cross the river. We
traveled "north for nine days and on
Saturday night camped on' Pine creak.
Next day, Sunday, we headed for the
Spokane river. Just before hoon wa
were marching along when from the
ravines between the rolling hills
through which we were passing nearly
a thousand warriors roue out closing
in on both sides of us. They asked
for a talk, so Colonel Steptoe stopped
and they held a pow wow. They aoked
why armed soldiers invaded their
country. Colonel Steptoe said he had
not come, to fight-the Indians but to
try and settle the differences between
the Indians and the whites. ' Moat of
me inaians seemea eausnea, put some
of the younger ones were apparently
anxious for a fight. Colonel: Steptoe
gave the command to advance. My
horse was a new mount I had drawn
and it was panic stricken at the sight
and. smell of the naked and painted:
Indians. : . C company started ' on but
my horse planted its front feet and
never an Inch would it budge; I
spurred it, but.it simply trembled.
Soon 1 was several hundred yards be
hind the rest of the troops. 1 dis
mounted and throwing my rein over
my arm I started on afoot. Captain
A. J. Smith, our captain, was on fur
lough, so Brevet Captain Oliver I lax- '
ard Perry Taylor, our first lieuten
ant, was In command of the company.
He looked back and saw me and said
'Kinny, why are you hanging behind?' -1
said, 'I'm not, captain.- It's my
horse.' He said, 'Make him come
on.' Twas easy enough to say but
'twas harder to do. A big Indian rode
Up to me and rode along beside me. I
said to him in Jargon :'Wby are you
naked and painted with your warpaint?
Are you going to fight? lie said, 'Not
today. Today Sunday. Make the Great
Spirit sorry if his children fight on
bis day.' We pushed on, the Indians
riding along beside our command.
Late in the afternoon Colonel Steptoe
and the officers held another talk with
the Indians. Colonel Steptoe told the
Indians we were on a peaceful mission.
They -pointed to the howitzers and
asked If we talked peace with the big
guns; if so, they would talk peace
with their muskets and bows and ar
rows. Colonel Steptoe refused to argue
longer with the contrary creatures.
"We slept In our arms that night at
Rock Lake and kept the horses close -
by. Colonel Steptoe told us next
morning to avoid a fight if possible
as we were heavily outnumbered and
so far the Spokanes had been peaceful
and friendly to the whites. lie gave
orders to turn back toward Walla
Walla. During the night a Nez Perce
scout we had with us was sent with
a message to Walla Walla asking im
mediate reinforcements. By daylight
on Monday morning we were In the
saddle and on the way. First came
Company H of the dragoons under
Lieutenant Gregg, Company C of the
dragoons, our company, came next,
then Captain Winder with part cf
company ; E, Ninth infantry, with the
howitzers, then Tom Beall with-. the
pack train and then Company E of the
AS we started we saw the Indians get
ting under way to overtake us."
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