THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915..
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- A good conscience is to the
soul What ; health ia to . the
body; It preserves constant
east and serenity within us
and ' more 1 than countervail
all the calamities and affile
tlons which can befall us
without. Addison.
f IRLPINO BUSINESS
T
HERI3 is already abundant
proof of- the value of . the :
' I newly established Trade Com
mission.
The body is going about Its work
with broad vision. It is already
in close touch with the United
" States Chamber ' of Comm.erce,
which ia the paramount represen
tative of, business interests. - A
spirit of cooperation between The.
two great bodies, the one repre
senting the government - and f the
other representing business, : can
do much to effect a quiet adjust
ment; and swing dishonest busi
ness into honest' methods by moral
suasion rather than by violcnca
and disturbance. '
. A first consideration by the
' commission, is a proposed plan for j
Increasing American foreign trade.
Chairman Davies and other mem
bers are anxious to use the pow
ers of the Trade Commission to aid
American business in the conquest
of distant markets, and to that
end are-considering the. project of j
permuting ; poo.mg agreemenis gome think : there are special lin
among American manufacturers in.; terests" who for private reasons of
production for the .foreign, trade - their own, !do not want water, af
exclusively, Manufacturers who fairs changed or agitated. Corn
are now unable to finance Individ-1 miBBioner Daly found cases recent
ually an expensive foreign selling !ly wnere establishments were get
agency would, under the plan, be tlng water from secret service :coh-
aoie to poot ; tueir mieresw ana ;
divide, the expense, obtaining an
added advantage from being able
to compete on a wholesale plan
with their foreign rivals. v ;
- A iJO KIUIUUB Ul lUO CUmilllBMUU
has been- hailed in the east aa an
' evidence, of the constpictive pur
t pose of the' body, to proceed along
.sane lines In the great work Pres
ident Wilson vlsloned when, inthe
interest of the whole people of the
. - United States, he programmed the
legislation which led to the crea
tion of the great body for super
vising business and for leading dis
honest business into -honest paths.
ALASKA'S IMPORTANCE
ALASKA'S ; trade with the
United States last year to
taled ;$ 66,500,0 00, an in
. crease of $4,000,000 dver
191. The bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce in announcing
these fleures says 'that as a market
for our nrndnc.ts. Alaska, bavins a
Xjiopulation Of only 65.000. -Is ! Of
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equal importance witn unma witn i
a population or 336,000,000.
The bureau's figures should be
: of great interest to Portland. Ship
ments from the states "to Alaska:
last year aggregated $22,500,000,
Including approximately "$14,300,
000 worth - of manufactures, $ 6 ,
200,000 worth of foodstuffs, and
$2,000,000 worth of gold, silver
. and miscellaneous materials, in
cluding foreign merchandise valued
at J$500,000.
Shipments to the United States
were valued at $44,000,000.; They
. included fish and fish products,
'$20,000,000; salmon 200,000,
(F00 pounds; gold shipments!" $14,
600.000and copper $3,300,000.
' Trade with Alaska has doubled
in ten years. Receipts of Alaskan
gold alone rose from $9,090,957 in
1904 to double the sum paid by
this country to Russia In 1867 for
the entire territory.
-Alaska has great purchasing
power, the . result of enormous re
sources. Since 18-67 the territory
has produced more than half a
billion dollars, worth of wealth.
, This has been done with a sparse
population and inadequate trans-
' portation facilities. But with in
auguration , of the ; government's
new policy of railway construction
' development of the territory wll
be "accelerated.
Seattle is predicting that Alas
ka's trade this year will reach
,$100,000,000. What is Portland
doing to seize so Inviting an op
portunity? What does .. the new
Chamber of Commerce f vision to
the northward?.
THE JAIL FOR THEM
BEGINNING today, a man who,
without sufficient reasons
fails or neglects to support
his wife and children, can
le sent to the penitentiary. a
measure passed by the late legis
lature provides:
Any person, who. without Just or
ajrafficient cause, ahali fail or neg
lect to support bis -wife or children,
hall, be deemed suUty ; of a felony,
and 'shall be punished therefor by
confinement " In the state prison for
not less than one year nor more
than three years, or by imprison
ment In . the county ' Jail for not less
than 30 , days nor more than one
year.
- -There" is no provision for a fine.
If there be no just or sufficient
excuse for non-suEDort. it is a
case' of the' jail or the penitentiary,
There are men to whom the new
statute, : which goes into effect to
day, will he 'wholesomely applica
hie and delightfully , purposeful.
They are- irresponsible and ' Indif
ferent with whom the responslbili-
i enthood are nothing. In idleness.
i laziness and Indifference, chey
bring, offspring into the world,
and chasing a caprice or whim or
pursuing their own comfort, for-
r . . . . ...... . . . . . .
aK 1110 xamiiyo hi.
charge upon , the community.
Such persons need toning up in
their views on life and human eth
ics, and the new fstatute with its
serious penalties ought to be about
the kind 'of medicine' their systems
need. - . . t - , .
A NEAR TRAGEDY
i
HALL; We pay. $500, 000 for
sheer inconvenience?" says
the OregoVan . - in discuss
ing j water meters. '
This lansruace Is a specific as-
, sertion that . the meters are to
cost 1500,000. It is the delib-
erate pufpose of the Oregonian to
convince Its ' readers, that half a
million dollars is about to be voted
away in the ureter measure on the
ballot at the coming election.
If the measure on the ballot be
sustained, it will authorizo the pur
chase of 5000 meters,. and no
mere. Each' meter costs $5. SO
and no more. At the city hall are
receipted bills V showing that the
city has purchased meters at t$at
figure.. . ; ; ' .. , -: ;-1 .
It costs f $2.67 J to inrtall . each
meter, making the whole cost of
purchase j- and installation $7.87
per" meter, 1 At those figures, the
ntire cost of the 5000 meters will
be $39,350, and not more.
Does somebody: inquire, then,
why does the Oregonian say the
meters will cost $500,000? No
body knows., Its recklessness of
statement : is inexplicable. r Some
think the j paper has a personal
ggg. against Commissioner Daly
nections, some of them covering a
period of unknown years.
In any event, the insistence that
the meters are to cost $500,000
when they are to cost but $39,350
would be ludicrous . were it not a
near; tragedy. ; It is not a : good
thing for a community when 'a
newspaper that goes Into homes is
so brazenly j deceitful; ; It is most
unfortunate when I the power of a
newspaper, in a matter that ought
to . be, - considered on ; its ."merits,
6hould be exerted to "deliberately
misrepresent facts, the, merits . of
which, any S citizen : can determine
for himself by a visit to tbe city
hall. i
Even if the whole city were to
be metered, the entire cost would
not be within $150,000 of the Or
egonian's figures. The total num
ber of services in the city is ,57,
000 and of these over 13,000 are
metered. At best. If ever, it would
be several j years before Portland
could be metered 100 per cent
HUU lUB outeiuo tusv wuum ue less
Whan nn Ann Ti,a i.
.. 111. . A, J 1
"''" duu
ly reacnea in me cost or a single
supplemental main for the north
east -side, which "had to be nut In
at a cost of $312,000 becauseon
account of i the waste, the 24-inch
main was not sufficient. Yet the
24-inch main would have been am
pie for double the population If
the district bad been ; metered.
One good-sized water main costs
practically, as mucb a3 the meters
that would 'be required to meter
the whole city. How many times
the, cost of .metering " the ' whole
city will : have to be spent in in
stalling larger mains all , over Port
land? ;r i
Meanwhile, all that the city 13
voting on June 7 is, shall Commis
sioner Daly be" authorized to ex
pend $39,350 out of water reve
nues for purchase and installation
of 5000 meters? ,
' And the purpose of the expend!-,
tufe is to reduce expenses in the
water system and lower rates to
consumers, j
IN THE ASHES
P
ORTLAND'S recklessness with
fire is a public misfortune.
r Here is a case:
; A boy of "16 opened a sub
urban store and was putting it in
order for the day's business. In
some way a "can of gasoline', kept
in the place in violation of law,
was ! overturned, only to burst forth
in tcf flames. ; The fire vas at once
beyond control.
It blocked escape -by the front
door. The only means of exit was
through a little back window. . it
wasn't big enough for the passage
of the boy's body. The firemen
tried to pull him through, but
couldn't, and the flames took his
life aa ' he t screamed in awful
agony. ' . . '
The gasoline did" it. The fire
men have . found as .high as 600
gallons of gasoline stored in stores,
basements and other . forbidden
places. Fifty or 100 gallons kept
in violation , of i the ' fire laws and
in violation o all the laws of com
mon prudence are . constantly dis
covered. There are laws which regulate
the storing of gasoline and other
inflammables. There must 'be a
certain kind of can which will pass
' 1
through an average fire without
ignition of 'the content. There Is
a limit to the amount that can be
kept on hand. -, -
But people disregard - these reg
ulations. - They - take the ch antes.
They defy fate and tempt destruc
tion. The price of such a defiance
of law was the horrible death of
the 16-year-old boy, cremated in a
suburban store. " - -
The result of the aggregated
recklessness - is the sixteen - lives
destroyed and the nearly-, $2,000,
000 worth -of property laid in
ashe3 in Portland last year.
If the people would join heartily
in the Portland firemen's move
ment : for fire , pfevention, j they
could save enough from the losses
to hard surface 70 miles of roads
every year. .
A SU1MED r CIBL'S ?: LAWSUIT
A'
N 18-year-old lawsuit is pend
ing In Chicago. - - -
The plaintiff is a crippled
woman of 27. - she was a
child of nine when the suit was
brouerht : to secure compensation
for injuries she sustained In a f alW
through & broken sidewalk. . The
suit la stilt alive, and there seems
no more promise now of an early
end than the day the case was
brought
Cleveland was president when
the child was Injured and the suit
begun. The facts were all known
and the . parties at interest - were
present. There was no reason why
the matter should not have been
speedily "disposed of. ' To settle
such things speedily Is the call of
justice. To, settle such thinga
quickly is whit courts were, orig
inally established for.
But Cleveland went out of the
White House, and McKlnley , went
In. McKlnley was assassinated
and Roosevelt assumed the; presi
dential office. Roosevelt was
elected to a second term and gave
way to Taft
Years sped ton, and still the case
dragged its weary way along. The
girl grew to crippled womanhood
while the lawyers lawed. j The
presidential year of 1912 trundled
along and the great campaign
with. Taft,; Roosevelt and Wilson
as candidates was fdught. Wilson
was elected, and, inaugurated, and
after he has drivefc through con
gress a great program of legisla
tion, the injured gkl of nine, now
a crippled woman Jof 27, stands
In the sanctuary of justice, i wait
ing , for thfe ' end. ; y. ; T
It is a twin case with that of
the little girl of three who was
run over and crippled by a street
car in New York and is now a
young woman waiting yet for the
$5000 thati a jury, awarded her
within six months after she was
maimed
BUT THE HILiLi WAS KILLED
S
HORTAGB of phlps ' has
caused the Reading railway
to put an - embargo . on all
grain consigned to Philadel
phia tor shipment abroad. The
elevators are full and , loaded cars
fill the railroad yards. - ; v i
A New ! York manufacturer en
deavoring to Interest a Lisbon,
Portugal, firm in pumps and pump
ing machinery, received tht follow
ing reply;
.-We rnust add that business with
your eoun try grows more 'and; more
difficult On account of the rate of
freight 'demanded -by, the steamship
companies, and while this , situation
lasts we do not think that we will
be able ; to occupy ourselres with in
troducing your products with any re
sult. :. . h -
The Philadelphia Telegraph, dis
cussing the Reading's grain em
bargo, says something of this kind
was foreseen by experienced busi
ness men almost immediately after
the war broke out.
We have almost no shipping of our
own to depend upon Just at a time
when the demand for export facilities
is so enormously Increased. Prac
tically all the merchant ships of
Germany and Austria are tied up in
one part ."of the world ? or - another,
wlile 25 per cent of the merchant
tonnag-e ' of - Great Britain "has been
commandeered 'for ' use . in the . war.
and such is the case with much of
the French shipping. ;
' The Wilson' administration fore
saw the need i of American : vessels
to. care for American commerce.
The ship purchase- bill, killed by a
partisan filibuster in the senate,
was for the purpqse of supplying
the need; and .it promised a solu
tion of the problem of; ocean "car
riers : and rates." But it was not
the ' solution desired ,by the ; ship
ping trust.
And the bill was killed. :
And the railroad yards are over
run - with ' loaded cars of wheat
and shipments stopped for lack of
shipB tp carry the grain abroad.
Would. It be a' good ' idea "to
start a night, school for the pur
pose of instructing ihotel ; clerks,
railway agents t and others who
come in contact with the traveling
public, where, points -of local in
terest are located and how . to
reach them? s :' ,
A '.Washington dispatcM says
President Wilson smiled the other
daywhen his silk hat; was sprayed
with " arsenate . of lead that was
badly aimed at ; a tree. However,
it may have .been a ' diplomatic.
don't-do-It-agaln smile, j .
Roseburg claims to have one of
the best strawberry exhibits ever
seen in any center of strawberries.
What would be the verdict if de
llvered by Lebanon, another center
of strawberries? . . ; . .
The job of American ambassa
dor is no sineenre thesa days. The
Visiting card of our representative
at Berlin now readsY J. W. Ger-
ard, Ambassador Extraordinary of
the United States, Great Britain,
France, Russia, Jtpan, Italy, Ser
vla, Montenegro and Italy. In a
few days there may be added Rou
manian Bulgaria and Greece.
The annual report of the Ameri
can Bible society shows van in
crease , of more than a million
copies of the Bible sold during the
past year, in spite of the war.
But perhaps it was because of the
war, for there never was a time
when the .world needed -" Bibles
more than now.
The New York Stock Exchange
traded- in the securities , of a cor
poration two weeks after . it ' had
ceased, to exist. It was a case of
dealing in '"pasts", as well as "fu
tures." .. , '
' By the middle of September the
American navy will "have an aerial
battleship built to carry eight men
at . 25 miles an hour.. It will be
Uncle Yarn's first dirigible fighter.
I r After all, there is something to
be said in bebair or uxe European
situation. . It has made us forget
about that aggravating affair . in
Mexico. ,' ' "
: The "Oregonian 'evidently does
not believe in the bid natural law
that as ye meter it out so shall
It be metered out unto yon, '
Reports ' from the eastern . war
zone raise the' question: Is Per
mysl , to become Przemysl again?
AFTER "fiH E WAR'
THE WAR LORD'
- From Ue Beche BeTfew.
THE budg-et speech of. the British
chancellor5 this week has 'concen-
trated attention on the cost of
the war. The statement that has at
tracted most attention is' that the war
is 'now costing Great Britain approx
imately $10,500,000 a day., It is
Impossible to realize " the enormous
outlay that this means, say, for a
full year, , Up to April England had
expended $1,633,000,000. For another
full year the budget .estimate is
$5,6&2,000,pob. The figures iven out
by Russia show $892,000,000 spent In
the first three months, against about
$660,000,000 spent by England In the
same time. This, for Russia, is at the
rate of nearly $10,000,000 per day..
The estimated expenditure by France
for a , full year Is $1,380,000,000,
which is $150,000,000 "less than' spent
by England in eight month but a
large part of France's work of mobi
lization had begun and been paid for
before the war started, whereas- Eng
land and Russia had to create from
the start
" The London Economist recently
published estimates of losses " from
the war if it lasted one year termi-1
rnating July 81 next. These esu
mates are by Edgar, Crammond, sec
retary of the Xiverpool Stock Ex
change.- They include, In addition to
direct cost, the loss of production
from partially t paralyzed ' industries
and agriculture and the capitalized
yalue of the loss of human life. .
If we leave out of ' the figures the
value placed upon human V life, con
fining the estimates to the less theo
retical items, the losses for the dif
ferent countries appear as follows:
Great Britain .......... $4,790,000,000
Germany 9,480,000,000
France 6,690,000,000
Austria-Hungary ....... 6,310,000,000
Belgium 2,432,000,000
Russia . ; e.otfo.ouo.uou
A total of .$35,702,000,000
If the capitalized loss of life Is in
cluded, the" estimate becomes $45,-
740,000,000. . .
Eloyd-George, In his budget speech.
estimates that the national debt of
England. Which in 1914 was $3,475,-
000,000, and is now well over $5,
000,000,000, will, before long, have
doubled, over peace figures. The
public det of the belligerents before
the war was . $22,300,000,008. It Is
generally? estimated that the debt
will have doubled, by; July 31. reach
ing the figures of around $45,000.
000,000. Facing the figures of this
enormous burden, Mr. Theodore Price
in the Outlook, discusses the question
of whether or not . the 350,000,000
people of' Europe who, . if the war
lasts only a year, will find .them
selves burdened with this staggering
debt, will follow some notable ' ex
amples in past history' and repudiate
It. He estimates that " this popula
tion earned before v the war, above
national taxation, about; $57 per
capita per year, out of whi;h they
had to pay .living expenses. He asks
whether this population which found
it difficult enough to subsist- on $57
per capita before the war and will be
terribly impoverished, at its close,
will voluntarily or, can ...be; compelled
to stand up under the taxation neces
sary to support and . gradually retire
this aggregated obligation of - $45.
000.000.000, together -with the , pen-
sions ana o """-
the struggle
-- i; -. i i : Wi -" ; - i"-'.;- -it:'.
The default, he says, if It occurs,
will probably come about In 1 much
the same , way as in the French rev
olution. Fiat curency will be Issued.
It will - be - made a. legal tender in
payment of ; public and private debts
and will ' gradually ' depreciate lni-
value, so that the debt, instead of
being- amortized by direct taxation,
wiji be absorbed in 'the diminished
purchasing power of - the money "in
use. . " , .
This process has." he 'st ys. In fact
already Commenced. Gold is at a
premium v of about 13 ;per cent rin
Germany, 11 per cent in Italy, 5 per
cent in France and although specie
payment is . nominally ; maintained ; in
England, the price of sterling ex-
change in New York man that . it
costs about-1 hi " per; cent to : convert
British bank 'credits Into gold, '
; One result of inflation, he In
cludes, would v be higher wages for
the v working classes . and , Increased
cost of production, - bo that , America
would have less .cause to fear from
the competition abroad. . ;
' Another result of tBflation, in the
countries adopting it. Is to 'advance
the . cost of commodities. - It seems
probable. , therefore, that -In addition
to the higher wage a that will pre
vail as a result of the European In
flation existing and in - prospect,
higher prices for commodities will be
established; and the second rea'son
for 'American fear of ? European' inr
dust rial - competition will be thereby
eliminated. "For, , their ability to
continue fighting," he says, - "the
belligerents are now largely depend
ent upon the things they can buy in
the western hemisphere. ,'For - these
things they can pay only bjr the ne
gotiation of loans in this .country.
Tt they further deplete their supply
of j gold, . their '.whole credit fabric
will topple. ' If, on - the . other hand.
American bankers anx Investors con
clude that European promises to
pay are no longer to be relied upon,
European V ability V to buy here" will
be at "an end' and the war will stop."
' in the Vneantime the United SJates
will continue to . receive In payment
for supplies - our own securities, the
produc of other countries,, and to
some extent gold, v Loans to the
belligerents have not -thus far cut
a large figure. ,
c Heralds' Better Times.
From the "Wll Street i Journal.
For the eeneral public, the chief
Interest in the Pennsylvania's car and
material orders is that it indicates a
settled belief on the part of the Penn
sylvania .management that an indus
trial
ivival is taking place. The crop
outlook is promising, but .that by it-
self is not enough to account for the
roaa's desire - ror mors cars, uh.bi.-j " co-."...!,
years crops were bountiful, but the .J-nance and operation of a municipal gar
rallroafls amoved - them i without any- bage collection system, e giving the
thing approaching a car . shortage, ex- f council bower to provide for the man
cept for a temporary-condition Cue en- ' agement of said system, tor the col-
tirely to the lack of ships at Atlantic
and Gulf oorta early ln the war.
Other signs are -hot lacking that rail
road business is on the mend, from
which It follows that other business,
which originates traffic, is. gaining in
proportion. . e.
A FEW SMILES 4
"I saw vyoung Suburbc ' running a
new machine this morning." '
"was it one of
the latest modeler'
"I really couldn't
say." ;
"I thought - you
knew all about auto
mobiles." "So I do. But I
don't know anything
about, lawnmowers."
Judge's Quarterly.
"How useless girls . are today! I
don't believe you
know . what needles
are for.
"How absurd you
are, grandma,: pro
tested the girl. 'Of
course, I know what
needles are for.
They're to make the
graphophone play."
- Her delusion was a' belief in -her j
ability to sing and She was giving a
muelcale. A. violinist and a pianist I
were assisting the
singer, who had ar
ranged to sing 20
numbers, and in this
way left very little
room for the other
performers. '!
A commercial
traveler whd had
drifted into I town
found interest cen
tering; upon the concert ' and, haying
nothing else to do, bought - ticket and
obtained a seat well to the front pf
the halL v j . - '- - ' ' .- '
Promptly at 8 the aspirant for vocal
laurels began to sing, and she repeated
the operation at short intervals tor
the best part of three hours, while ad
miring friends applauded. By .11' she
had succeeded In singing a little over
half of her numbers, numerous en
cores having' delayed her somewhat
The names Hoi- the songs were .not
printed on the program, so a tall youth
with a nasal voice announced each
selection. Finally, aboift , 11:30 the
young man arose and said:
"Miss Smith will now cis'g 'For All
Eternity.' "
. "My goodness!" exclaimed the drum
mer, springing to his feet -nd upset
ting his chair. "I'm all in let me
out." - . ,
Letters From the People
(ComtnuDlcatioos eeot to The Journal for J
DcbUcatlou ia this deDartmeat abouid be writ
ten un only one aide of tbe paper, ahould out
fcxeeed 800 worda la length and muat be ao
cumpaoied . br tbe name and addreaa of tbe
aeiHiet. If tbe writer tca not desire to have
tbe name pubiisbeo, be abould ao state.)
"Dlaco anion is the' prer test of all reformers.
It rationalizes every tiling it touches. It rob
principles of aU fable sanctity and t brows tbeen
buck on tbelr reasonableness. It tbey bare so
reasonableness, tt mtblesalx ernsbes thru out
of existence and seta op lta own conclusions
la tbelr stead." Wood row Wilson,
i Belgium s and Luxembourg. , s
Portland,' May;20. To the Editor of
The Journal I wish to answer Mabel
W. Plowman's article in The Journal
of May 13. In her last paragraph she.
said: , - r
"Belgium's rulers missed a rare op
portunity, which would have shone as
a great light around the world, when
She seems to think that Belgium's
rulers could have chosen, without dis
honor, to- let the German legions pass
through Belgium ' without -opposition;
The trouble is that Belgium's rulers
consider a treaty as a treaty and, not
as "a scrap of paper." She may also
consult, in the public library, the rules
and laws of The Hague tribunal, para
graph of neutrality, article 10.
A. UUXOT,
Belgian Refugee's AppeaL
Shardhighs, Hal stead, Essex, Eng-
lana. May l to the Editor of The
J ournal Being one of S the Belgians
who have beer, driven out by the Ger
mans and have received . the - hospi
tality of England, I would like to do
something .which I do not think : has
yet been done that is, to1 thank the
American nation for their great ren-
ercHstty and goodness they have shown t
r tzzz i
to the Belgians and tne wav they have
shown their sympathy with a cation
in trouble. -".
It was quite ""enough for them to
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PERTINENT COMMENTAND NEWS IN BRIEF
. SMALL CHANGE
i Zjaziness Is born in a man; industry
is acquired.
- People who are too fresh are- al
ways getting into a pickle.
Some 1 sentences of a grammatical
judge are anything but proper.
t. v. . '.
The glazier must have his glass be
fore he can begin his day's work.
wv .all want to go to heaven but
nere is no demaud for rapid; transit.
'-A,"d ao,D JP1 are so full or human
nature . that they have n room for
principle. . .. . .... .
Go . t a friend for advice, to a
stranger' for charity and to & relative
for nothing. v
, - .::
; -If a man can't keep his wife from
knowing of his devilment, as a last
resort he wiU quit it. - "
Never taunt your wife with her"!?
norance. You would probably be single
today had she beenrwlse. "
If wives could control the moving
picture Duslness they would make alj
luo oia ana ugly. ; .1
If a man rives unn flim tn ua'n
museum freak be e.hibf his own
curiosity at the same time.
- The young wrlfe thinks she Isn't
Jealous because she doesn't object to
her husband being polite o his sisters.
. ? When a woman plans to - do any
thing out -of' the beaten path she al
ways wonders What the neighbors will
say about it. . . .-
The modest friend who offers to
lend you. a couple of dollars when you
are, broke Is far more worthy of your
g raise than the hero of a hundred
atUes. . -
HOW WILL YOU VOTE ON THIS?
TO ESTABLISH MUNICIPAL GARBAGE COLLECTING
"An et tot 'repeal the present pro
visions of the charter providing for a
I municipal garbage collection system
i and "enacting new. provision, reauthor-
lzlng the. saJe-of $75,000 of municipal
uK-sarpaje enuer wiwi or wiw
out charge therefor and giving the
council all powers necessary to carry
said provisions Into effect , ,
"Shall The Charter Be So AmendedjM
iu yes.. . , . .
"107 No." ' ? ''
This Is the ballot title of -one of the
measures to, be submitted to the Vot
ers at the regular cityelectlon, Mon
day. June 7. It was initiated by the
city, council. --.-
This amendment, if adopted, will
give the council power Uo collect gar
bage at municipal expense. - .
v- .' . .- --
. T r . a. .i , . . i .
( iu 4 ui), 1911, iua peupie suuiurizeu
uie issuance or $75,voo in nonos to De
used for the establishment of a muni
cipal garbage collection system. s The
same act provides" that , the city,' act-H
ing tnrougn its health bureau, hail
make a regular charge to. all users of
i-the system.. . - . . --' , ,x
The. bbnds have not been sold, how
ever, nor has anything been done to
ward the establishment of the "system.
The,, proposed - amendment Will reau-
Uthorize : the bond issue but will not
authorize the - issuance, of any . addi
tional bends. - . '
' It will, if adopted, give the council
authority, to collect garbage free to
users,- thexpenses for collection to be
paid from the city's general fand. -
TO ACCUMULATE
. ' By John M. Oskison.
iCot very long ago it was an axiom
;of the savings banks policy holders to
have to save regularly. -
This was believed In spite of the
tremendous successes . of the insur
ance , companies where the vast ma
jority of policy-- holders do have - to
save - regularly in order to meet - pre
mium payments. -" '
- Now : a hope is creeping Into the
minds of those who are preaching the
wisdom of saving in order to bulldjLip
an investment fund. - r ...
In a recent - copy "of a little maga
zine sent, out by an- investment bank
ing house was published a helpful table,
showing 'what may - be accomplished
by systematic saving. Its com
piler said "Saving--. $1 each year and
keeping -the whole amount save'd at
compound interest at five per cent will
produce: "
$13.21 In 10 years. .
- $22.66 in 15 years. . f
$34.72 in 20 years. , "
$50.11 in 25 years.'. '
$69.76 in 30 years.k s '
.- $94.84 in 35 years.
$126.84 in 40 years.
- Using this table, I have figured the
know.lhat we had no home, no, money
in fact nothing, and 'Without waiting
to examine the facts they at once sub
scribed, generously or. our behalf. .We
' thank them, from the bottom of our
hearts and will ever teach our children
generosity. "-.'-
i After the war there will be thou
sands' of .-Belgians who will have no
work and tbey do not wish to be sup-i
ported . by . the means ' of the great
friendly powers longer than they need
be. . , ; '
Would it not be possible to find em
ployment for many Belgians In- Amer
ica, or could not a company be formed
In America or England to register
those employers whorequlre' repre
sentatives in Belgium1 for American
;. . r... ,-. , ,""," " .
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
; 'New York, May 21. (L N. S.
The United States : today faces
an era of prosperityaccording to
the 250 members of the New York
State Savings Bank- association,
who attended the annual meeting
at the Hotel -Biltmo re. . President
James H. Manning of the National
- Savings bank of Albany, said to
tal savings deposits were now $2,
000,000,000 la the state," divided'
among 3,000,000 depositors.
discussing J the effects of the
-war and the financial readjust
tnent that has occurred In recent
months, Mr. Manning" said: I
v "Our Industries in . many, lines
are being taxed to their . utmost
capacity. Confidence, upon -which
rests the "structure -of modern
business," is slowly' and, let us
hope, surely being restored. It is
t therefore safe to predict that an
era of prosperity is at hand for
the United i States, which wlll.be
one of the greatest yet enjoyed
no matter how long the war may
last." - " .
4m
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Seventeen days of continuous rain
Is a Baker county record, the Letnoctat
says. ' v, . ... .. .
'
Road building note in Hillsboro An
kub. uwk roa is on in earnest tn
as the court awards contracts tor
haullnir there -will be many crews luy
ing macudamf
- -
Salem Journal: They are having
real middle west weatner east br the
Missouri riversnow ice, rain and a
VAwtff yfeti
er in. that nation ia n.Ar
able than the worst winter stornt we
nave nere in uregon.
The marching organization- of the
Oregon City Commercial club will l
unixormed 'like this: The material is
serge, the color is white, with a line
pin stripe. The coat will be made up
in Norfolk style'and white crush hats
and white canvas wnoes will be worn.
On the arm, will be) the emblem of the
organization. - i
- -:'-7
Straight tip to home buyers In Cen
tral. point Herald: "It hau been some
time since the first crop of hay was
reaay -for trie--mower Ho early as this
aseason. Jiiverv HiiiirMfn nnint, t
bumDer crops of hav. wheat, -rmit
and corn. If you are thinking of buy
ing a little home you had better do; it
now, unless -you want to pay more a
little .later,'
Eugene Register The architectural
plans of a 12-year-old school boy may
be accepted by the Dunn school board
for additions to the school, lot-aied
south of Eugene. The boy is Palmer
Young, son of A. E. tounga Kuxene
dentist, and attends the seventh grada
In the school. Several other . plana
have been submitted by Eugene archi
tects. The addition consists of three
rooms, a hall, cloak room, lavatories
and an entrance.
At present Portland is' one of the
few cities where garbage Is collected
by private concerns." The city has
no check on the garbage collectors and
except by license has no way of regu
lating them br thes business. The $76,-
000 bond Issue was authorized by the
people, that the city might collect the
gamage and - eliminate the monopoly
so long held by the private concerns.
This measure is being supported by
the city council, as the members be
lieve that much more satisfactory re-
wiZrf fTIT OT'
is collected free to the user and at ;
munlelpal expense, than if it is , col-
lected and a-charge made for the serv-
ice. ' x ,-.- .
! Under the charge plan, according to
Commissioner Daly, who proposed the
change, it will be impossible to re-
quire, all , householders to make use of
the system. He says that many peo-
pie will refuse to jay to have their
garbage collected, while others are fi-
nancially unable to pay, and Instead of
having it collected will dump it at
convenient places, ..thus, endangering
the health of the entire City, ' i
Under the plan preposed the city
.mi ,h. ...h... M'n th. Hh
and the poor aUke nd no charge will"; 0.0i!e? of cu:.toms-
be made direct to -them. In this yAMrilrd.eJtr
, . . i, .u- manv offices in the Masonlo.order.
says uiuuueiuur xJixiy , au ui ,iuq
garbage will be collected as it should
be and there will be no danger of an
epidemic from garbage being dumped
where it will likely spread disease.
, Prans for the construction of a sec
ond Incinerator, already authorized by
the people, are being held up spending
the approval or rejection of this pro
posed charter amendment.
$20,000 AT SIXTY
yeany saving necessary in order tot
. ...
nave a rortune or jzo.ooo at the age oim opening the treasury of the
60 assuming that -you could begin to UnUed Ktatrg to profesHional fighters
save at the age of. 20. It is a simple ' d eiltinR free rein to militarism. V0
process divide $20,000 by $126.84. The J should no doubt have a stronger and
,CBU" uun. iuusc
ki3 BAVCSU KUU , yUl . .J , W Kit gk CUriUlia
compound interest at five per. cent
each year for 40 years.
Hundreds of thousands of our peo
ple do save as much'everr year, in
order . to keep up .payments on life
insurance policies. '. And the forward'
looking investment bankers are be
ginning to see that much regular sav
ing is possible beyond that undertaken
to pay for insurance." .
- Of their own initiative,, few Ameri
cans will, undertake to build up a sav
ing and investment fund. But if they
can secure tne practical cooperation
of solid banks and investment dealers
string good securities 'on the Install
ment plan, a great many will enter
upon" such a plan. A good, many will
not carry It through, et the number
who do will constantly Increase.
Keep the banker's table beside you,
and de some figuring; and. remember
that . you . can get good and , safe in
vestments" that yield five per cent.
firms, and also American firms who
require employes in their American
works 7 : ' ' .
' I have written to 1 many English
firms to make arrangements for work
after the war, but I am always told to
wait until the war is over. That is not
what we wish; our arrangements ought
to be made how, either In England or
America, so that as soon as the . war
is over we eha.i be able to go back to
our own land, and support ourselves.
-' I should lie very glad to hear, from
any American, manufacturers or busi
ness men who are thinking of Investing-money
in Belgium after the war,
or of opening agencies or branches in
Belgium, or any of those generous peo
ple whe are interested In tbe re-form a
tlcn of the Belgian nation. -
WILLY LAMOT.
Munitions to Belligerents.
Prineville, May 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Should Mr. Taft ' not
know that Germany didn't want that
the United States should stop the ex
portation of arms and munitions to the '
awVKawV TXrV a (larmunif tifQ rtta as su-mal '
rights for all. If the allies have the
right to get. munitions, so Germany
has the same right to get foodstuffs
for the people at hdme. But about this
question Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft and
all the others are- silent
II. KADLOFF.
Getting in the Crops.
From Collier's Weekly.
About now is. a mighty good time to
visit the school that you have not seen
all winter. Roads are better, the chil
dren are getting the spring energy into
their work and play, the year's instruc
tion has had plenty of time to soak in,
and the school year will end next
month. For some years you've been
paying taxes to be spent oh education- ;
al work get around there now and'
show that you are interested also In
seeing what your children get out of;
these taxes. You would go fast enough t
If the schoolhouse was your factory or 1
orchard or pasture, and yet children is I
the one really important crop that our
country raises.
- "1H aaLT DAYV
Sr Fr4 iaoUT. Spacial Stai Vrital
Xae JenraaX
Mrs. It. p. Karhart of this p.itv la o.
iploneer of 1845. When I interviewel
Mrs, Earhart recently at her home I
found ehe would talk about vrv.
' few in J
thing but herself. With the dlstimt
understanding that I keep hef person
al'ty. iiti the background she finall
told me something of her girlhood
cays. -My father had; the good old
fashionfed name of Job Uuraen," said
Mrs. Karhart. "He was born in Ohio
i & drej'sjssr aonfcthcr i
born outh of the Mason and
7, , orth Carolina being h
native state. They had Jrht children
When they started from Sangainnioft
county, Illinois, for Oregon. I was
the aby. vNawatUyi eight children
are considered a big family, but then
families of from six to 12 were the rule.
Sarth was the oldest of the children.
Mary, Luolnda and ast of all Nancv,
which was I. Father took up a place
not far from Bhcrldan near the rolk
county line. The town of Sheridnn
was first nuttled by A. Ji. Faulconer
in 1847. It was named Sheridan after
General Philip Sheridan. Whet, i ,kn.
General Bheridan i.a w-- -"n-, -
. . .. . . -" ..i.-
tenant at Fort -Yamhill servine unir
Captain Russell. He was short and
slender. Ills eyes were blue gray, htn
hair, as I remember it, was light
brown. He was pleasant and was well
liked by the white people and was re
spected by the Indians for his couraRn
and fairness. Our houne was not fnr
from, Fort Yamhill and the officers
often stopped for a call at our bouse,
"The settlers were very averi to
having the Indians sent there. Tho In
dians came from southern Ortcon end
they could not stand the change of cli
mate. A great many of thorn died.
Finally they sent some of the Indians
to the "Wletz and Alnea reservations.
My, husband, Rockey P. Karhart, was a
clerk In the quartermaster's depart
; ment at Fort Yamhill. Lieutenant
Sheridan was the quartermaster. Hher
; idan saw his first fighting here In Ore
gon, in the fall of 1855 under Colonel
J. W. Ken ml th in the Yak Una Indian
war. My husband came to Oregon that
year, 1855, coming by way of the Isth
mus. He was 21 years old when he
came, having1 been bora in Ohio June
23, 1838. When Lieutenant pheridan
went enst in 1861 to see active ser
vice, Mr. Earhart resigned - from tho
quartermaster's . department and
! started" a store of his own. We were
married on ' July 2. 18C2, by IleV. M.
A. Starr, a Methodist minister. A year
or so after, we were married. Mr. Knr
hart was appointed Indian agent at the
Warm Springs Indian apency. A yer
later he was appointed re;lal Indian
- W" and "cretary of"the board of
,ri, f.- Mn,mi.uim,.r. t. h
j Klamath and Mo,,oc trlpeB.
f .., J86s we Went to Halem where
j Mr. . Karhart became manasen of the
t chemeckta hotel. While we were in
:.salem he was elected to the legislature
from Marion county. From Salem wo
1 came to Portland, Mr. Karhart havlnsr
) been offered the position of businesH
manager of . the ' Portland Bulletin , of
i which Harvey Scott was editor. In
! 1874 be became- chief clerk in the sur-
vevor snneral's olfice. He. resigned In
.1878 to become secretary, of state. Ho
served two terms and' then became ad
jutant general of the state. He repre
sented Multnomah county in the letln-
lature in 188S. In 190 he whs np-
The Wedge of Militarism.
From the Salem HtatennHji.
Georjre von L. Meyer, former secre
tary o,f the navy, is much disturbed
because congress Is not willing, and
has neVer betft willing, to make a bi
lump appropriation for the navy de
partment to spend as It sues fit, under
the direction of a navy board.
If we were to give the nuvy ipert
all the money they want and let them
; spend it as .they please, we snouiu
: . n.. tn Ai Mia numA thln
i uiiiui mil a,u
uh the army experts. That wo.il.l
Detter army and navy, but at wtiat a
cost!
; Th nrofesslonal gentlemen of the
army and navy chafe at the restraint
tmnoK unon them by civilian author-
I itv. They have always done to, and
iit is natural enough that they should.
It is bard for a man wno unowi mi
own business thoroughly, as general si
and admirals presumably do, to submit
patiently to cabinet secretaries and
congressmen who have but a rudimen
tary knowledge of rraval and military
affairs. And yet this restraint Is nec
essary, even though it involves blun
ders now ana tnen.
No policy of our government li more
clearly established .than the policy of
keeping our fighting, forces underelv
illan control. And no American'VTfT'y
is wiser. Ever since the birth of the
nation we have feared to let the army
and navy get the upper haiid of the
government. The present European
war has vindicated us with startling
completeness.
Write to Mother.
By Nellie A. Warnlok.
Write a letter to your mother.
Geryour pencil, write today.
Tell her what you've been a-dolng.
Where you work, and how you play.
"Thought P write a few lines mother"
-A. little nonsense Just for fun -"And
I want you to remember
fl'jn your ever loving son.".
Write ber something don't much mat
ter. She wtll read it. never fear.
Anything you're mind to tell her
Mother's always glad to hear.
Maybe you sneaked off one evening
When tne rest were having tea;
Maybe you and -dad concluded
You and he coujd not agree.
Mayb dad Is kind d sorry.
Don't, forget he's getting old.
Like. as not his heart Is tender,
Thousth his words- were stern and
cold.
Maybe you're a little sorry.
II you are, just, ten wie irum.
Motherll fix it up with ratner.
Uonr forget she loves you both.
Get your pencil and ybur paper;
Tell your sorrow and your Joy.
Mother's heart Is always yearning
For the roan ehe calls her boy.
Portland, May 10. ,
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