THE OREGON V DAILY JOUKftAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE 11. ; 1915.
THE JOURNAL;
1 ' AM I!DPrSPXT KWSPa?KB,
C. 8. JACKSON
..PnbUaaer,
fubllxbed every evening (eictpt Suiiii) n
v every Bandar mnmlnf at TUe Jmirti 1 Bolld
lif,Bmdifinil Yamhill ta.. Portland. Or.
festered at to poatotflea at I'orliaao. Or., for
- traaemlsaloa tbroag-h she mails . as eeooad
elasa ate tier.
libLFUUKlU Mala TITS; Home.
departsnanta raarriied by cneee nombera. Tali
, the operator what department yoa- want. ...
OrtKiaN APVKHTISING UEfttKBKNTATI
.'.Benjamin & Kentnor Co.. Brunewtce" Bid"..
Si5 fifth 4 vs.. Near Vork; 12.18 People
: Gaa Bllc, Chin fa. - -
aabacriprtoa ttrmi by mall ov nj
dress la the Catted Sure or Uexleo ' ,
DAILT. . '
One rear,... ..$3.00 t Oaa month ,'..,.. .60
' . 80NDAT. " !. "
Om year...... $2.50 Ona montk t -2s
DAILY AND 6CKOAI.;
Oaa rear. i . .S7.S0 I Oa month..?.;.;.- .M
fa-
To take for granted as truth
all that Is alleged against the
fame of others. is a specie of
credulity that mem would
blush at on any other subject.
Wane Porter.
si
IX), 03ST3 STESOGKAPHER!
T
HE-elimination of: one poor
stenographer . is the limit of
saving that can be made" by
the Day' law for consolidating
the offices of l the state highway
engineer and the ' state engineer.
' And even; to accomplish that sav
ing the highway office has to be
transferred from the floor on
which, Bo wlby had it to the same
floor with the state engineer's
office.
'Behold our valiant workers in
the -vineyard of reform I Governor
Withycombe, panting :with ( tumult
uous thoughts of "a greater Ore
gon pointed out "In his Inaugural
message the great economies to be
.r,Hh w rnrisftlfrfatlnc rttftsfi
- t aside. And to this hour, no court has reviewed the eviaence on wnicn ran
two offices. i was convicted. The case has ; been appealed twice to the supreme court of
The contractors, throbbing with i Georgia and twice to the supreme court of the United States, but Jn every
Atr.c rny. jnwn. ! instance the questions considered and decided were wholly questions of law
an undying passion for the down-i aad of legal procedure. It is noteworthy that -even on these points thsre
trodden taxpayer, imperiled their j were strong dissenting opinions in both the state and the United states su-lungs-
In a vociferous demand forlprerne court. But the all-important fact is that the Justice Of Frank's case
mncnlMatlnn of tHo two offlrpa ! as distinguished from its technicalities has never been Judicially weighed,
consouoation or tne two "lcea iH,g death 8entence re9t8 whoUy on an unfalr trlal and on testimony of a
as a means Of striking down iiowi- j depraved and drunken negro who in the mature opinion of his own attorney
by's fell extravagance. I is the real culprit of the crime.
; And Reformer Day, boss of the The Atlanta Journal, from which these expressions are taken, is
works and head performer at the ; Senator Hoke Smith's paper and is a high-minded clean and conservar
show, turned with streaming eyes , tive journaL Senator Smith Is a former goveraoV;of Georgia and was
and palpitating soul to the great! a member of President Cleveland's cabinet. The statements made in
work of . consolidating.
TWo hundred dollars of public
money was paid to ' special lawyers
for' preparing" the consolidation
bill. The bill put the "skid"
tinder Bowlby bf abolishing his
office and making the newly cre
ated, office of . deputy highway en
gineer appointive by the governor.
By a bungle, it made the newly
created deputy highway engineer
boss of the roads and also made
the state engineer boss of the
roads, two bosses in all." -It also
gave the state engineer :hi3 own
salary of $3000 a year and in
addition another salary of $3000
9 year.
" Seet spirit of reform, ye.baunt'ther ands
me stun Down with the crime of
.!mJ 8rnL hi fo
f.i til TitT,L
rvnJ nlJhr Tf
poor.stenograpner, li
.If they can get the two cc-nso1;
, Ats uuu wy-.wcre t".gllght measure of Justice could be returned to , him if sUir living, but
sorrows and sufferings of this coidtnat lt-cannot be done If he be dead. - -
pSm W We DO re" ! If Frank to the Slowa June 22, the people of the nation will
rormers . - shudder when his body drops from the trap.
At. , j i i i. M. ... . i
A SUGGESTION
I HE Rose Festival chorus and!ExPort business s about one-fifth
o.htr TTTovidd a rsm
I musical treat Wednesday eve -
- ning. The concert was of ex -
renrlnnal mfrft: nrchsstra nnil
singers showing remarkable
strength in outdoor work and pre-;
senting a program that appealed to
the large crowd. , "
Disclaiming any intention to
Criticise, the suggestion is "made
that at future attractions of the 1
same character there should be an
attempt to regulate the crowds. It
Is difficult enough to sing in the
"open, without being further handi
capped by discordant noises and
. commotion pade by thoughtless
people. The concert was marred
by distractions that might have
, been minimized if not preyented.
At a place such as that there
are always people who are there.
. not to hear, but to follow their
own peculiar notions in search of
enjoyment. Tin horns competed
with the siagers, and some with
out horns found., other means for
drowning the music. Nobody was
: boisterous, but many people vwere
prevented from hearing by the
thoughtless who might just as well
have been somewhere ' else.
TT 1 .3 M a -. - x
i icijfuuujr is buypusea 10 nave
" the privilege of thoroughly enjov-
Itig the festival attractions. Nobody
'wents "strict rules enforced. But
lt would not be unreasonable to
require people In a concert audi
ence, even though it Is a Rosa Fes
tival audience, to keep. within lim
its. .Boys blowing tin horns should
be no part of such an audience. It
is not? fair to those who want to
, hear the music, nor is it fair . to
the singers.
OUR BASIC INDUSTRIES
STEEL is regarded, next to
agriculture, as the country's
basic industry. Agriculture
: - v is enjoying a - prosperity that
surpasses any record v in recent
years, and the New York "World
' calls attention to the . fact that
steel is rapidly approaching. -the
same condition. ; ,
. ; America's steel mills, which sis
months- ago were running at less
than 40 percent of their capacity,
are now i running 1 at 80 per cent,
and the demand for their products
is forcing them to the maximum.
"War orders., account for pnly a
AN ATLANTA PAPER
" ''""" "
HE-Georgia board of pardons by
o. commute me uemence. oi
' The governor of the itate.Ii
tfon tomorrow.-Unless the governor- lntervenetv Frank will, suffer
the extreme penalty of the law June 22. - . . . . , ''that they expect7 other men-to
, A two-column editorial In the AtlantaJournar appeals for clem. . mea to for.
ency for Frank, and Illuminates the case.; The people of Georgia, says f - recelnt jof some
tbepaper, "look back .upon Frank's trial; which' was conducted amid mff, Vese Jersonaf pledges
the frowns and clamor, of a; packed court room and the eehoes of Jwonl1 a guarantee to those who
threatening crowd upon the street, and remembering, they ask was it WOuld have to assume Tesponslbll
posslble that Justice could then, be donerIt says; .f-lty for war, that the call to arms
rThcsreiinat itt originated by arms makers.
queetlons'bf leeal proceduro alon wers paseed iipon. They realise tha-t ha Il",,0 -. a
, ., i .-.. v.. i,... t,.on iMuiti tit ammunition manufacturers a n a
,onlr one fanr.a3ad that a iurv which
coasclouaoefcs. Pondering- these things, fair-minded people ask. "Can our state
afford. In honor and. justice, to hang a man who really . has not been convicted
and-whose blood, if he be Innocent, will rest Upon pur heads lnV; tragic and
everlasting shame?" H . ! ; . ' . - ; ; V" ..
The Atlanta paper asks, "whether Frank shall be hanged for a
crime of which he has not been proven guilty and or which many be
lieve him Innocent, or be granted a commutation to-life Imprisonment?'!
It adds that upon the decision "depends not only the life of a man but
the good name and Integrity of the commonwealth." . After reviewing
the facts of the murder, the editorial coatinues: : , f
The horror of the crime naturally, set popular feeling aflame, and the
lack of direct or. substantial evidence to identify the criminal made the de
mand for expiation- all the more clamorous. Suspicion turned toi Frank, the
factory superintendent, and grew by the excitement -and vengeance it fed on.
la these circumstances1, .he was Indicted and brought to trial. According to
law, a defendant should be presumed innocent until his guilt is proved beyond
a reasonable doubt. But 'Frank was presumed guilty at the outset, of his
trial. Every doubt in Ms favor was rejected, while the lightest trifles against
him were welcomed and magnified. The chief and. Indeed, the only consid
erable witness of the prosecution was
cated .himself in the crime that he. charged to Frank. On this negro's un
supported testimony, Frank was convicted.
The paper says the "atmosphere in the court room was such as to
make, a fair trial impossible," that the "Jury was confronted by row
upon row of onlookers who vented, sometimes in noisy outbreaks, their
approval of the prosecution and their hostility for the the defendant."
It says that it is "a matter of common knowledge that in the closing
hours of the trial, the case was carried over from Saturday afternoon
until the following Monday as a precaution against-violence," and that
"it Is no reflection upon the gentlemen of the Jury to say that these
conditions Influenced the verdict." Declaring that Vonly superhuman
strength could have resisted the prejudice and passion that surcharged
the Frank trial fromf beginning to end," the editorial continues:
Thapresiding judge himself declared afterwards from the bench that he
was not convinced of the defendant's
the jurys province to pass upon tne
the editorial describe a situation of unheard of enormity. Frank's death
sentence rests wholly on the testimony of a "depraved and drunken
negro, who in the mature opinion of his own attorney is the real cul
prit in the crime." A more appalling condition than the spectacle of a
man who is probably innocent having his life sworn away to meet an
Ignominious death on the gallows on the testimony of one who Is possi
bly, if . not probably, the real culprit, has scarcely abeen - paralleled in
American criminal annals, and it is a condition to stagger the citizenry
of a nation.
The editorial continues:
Never was there a plainer demand for the righteous exercise of the com
muting power than in the pending case of Leo M. Frank. If he be guilty, he
has not fairly been proven so. If he be innocent, his execution will amount
morally to murder. It is not asked of the board and the governor that they
declare him Innocent, but only that they recognize, as did the trial judge, the
serious doubt of his guilt, and by commuting the death-sentence to life im
prisonment leave a chance for the future establishment of justice and truth.
Wa Irnnitf that th& rgnk an4 -film rt th Atlanta hor a r a innvfn-if tKat Cra nlr'.
trial was unfair, and we believe that the rank and file of the entire Georgia
bar are df the same opinion. With the utmost conservatism, we can go fur-
0 inno li 7?
I Almost lD the United' SuWjp turned on Georgia. If
Frank be led to the gallows. It will be in" the face of a horrible doubt.
I lt w11 be ln defiance of every; consideration of that common pru-
jdence that should make sure that he is guilty before the state of Geor-
j gia: takes ai8 iife. It will be in complete defiance of that very -reason- I
"ahle consideration that if his innocence Should b' later eRtahUsheri .
small fraction of the steel revival.
i e iouu lnausiry, ana mucn
j th isut?!Tde , he m1"0
'tdemand - The World says:
' In sPue of the trade dislocations
by war, we have here con-
clUgiVe evidence of rapid progress in
the country's recovery. The wheat
market indicates that the seasonal
campaign in crop-killing has failed,
and -preparations must be made to
take care of a harvest which prom-
Uses to exceed that of last year. The
Sal?m"y inow,er1s have made a great
. Litii., uui are aupeieb&ij' cunuu uucu,
and at last accounts were ready to
surrender in a body
Conditions throughout the coun
try have improved wonderfully and
are still improving. The Atlanta
Journal .- has interviewed bankers,
merchants and public officials of
Georgia . and surrounding states.
The south was hit harder by the
war than any other section of the
nation, but The Journal's , inter
views show that conditions in At
lanta and Atlanta territory are
back to normal .and moving up
ward. , ! "
' Reports from the country as a
whole are of the same tenor.
Business has stood the acid test.
It was disagreeable while It lasted,'
but the period of uncertainty is
over. Industrially and financially,
the country is sound; vigor has re
turned, and with it expanding busi
ness.
MR. BRYAN'S REASONS "
I'
R. BRYAN resigned because
President Wilson did not
agree with him,
"First, as to the sugges
tion of investigation by an inter
national commission, and
"Second, as to warning" Ameri
cans against traveling on belliger
ent vessels or with cargoes of am
munition." ' As to an international investi
gation one year would be given to
the -task and during the -period.
Germany would not be . deterred
in I the slightest J from ; doing the
things of i which the United States
is complaining. ,It is : Impossible
to see how this country could af
ford for that period , to permit so
tremendous, a matter as . was in
volved in ; the , loss - of sc many
American lives in the sinking of
the liUSitania to go unsettled.
It; would' certainly . be a very
considerable , surrender of Ameri-
- - - - -
ON THE FRANK CAS EM
- -
a vote of two to i one; ha. refused
jueu iu xua i s wr -
to hear the petitions for coTnmuta-!ffm
at under the glare and heat of mob
a negro of criminal record,, who impii-
guilt; out inasmuch as n was soieiy
eviaence no rerusea 10 sei xne veruici
to war anJ tbe women hav,
can rights for
make.
this country to
As to the. travel of American
citizens on, the high seas, it would
be an excellent i thing for them
to stay at home, and a wise thing
not to journey on vessels carrying
ammunition. But the seas are the
world's seas. For centuries the
seas, .have been neutral.- For the
United States . .to surrender the
rights of her citizens to travel on
the seas and to order them not to
go on the seas would be a most
extraordinary surrender of a prin
ciple In international law that has
stood unchallenged for hundreds
of years.
Meanwhile some embarrassment
will confront the president as a
result of Mr Bryan's agitation of
a change In policy. Mr. Bryan's
statement of his case will give en
couragement to the German Im
perial government in resisting the
demands of the lilted States, by
affording that government the im
pression, that thia country is di
vided as to the administration's
position.
It Will also have tho of fan " trt
- - -. V ..V, .
some extent, in creating a meas-
ure of division at home, at a 1
time when there Is a most critical!
situation to ; meet in which the
president should have universal r
support.
- .
; r..-, OUR WARRIORS
E have, those who clamor
for war with Mexico. j
We have those WhO'
W
clamor for war with Ger-U
many. , ; ,
We always have warriors, that
ia vnnl tt-arrinrq Totu- . I
1 rt -v.-" '".clearly in letters from the older
would snouiaer a gun and go to; European countries. Many a Parisian
" BDOU1
come. For all such, the New York :
Sun proposes a pledge, Here it isrjFairly well-to-do women have taken
In case war between the United1 clerical ani"" aalaT'tMCairir'ai' Wfe
States and Mexico, or Germany, ori positions in large
any other nation should be declared; f stores' ometlmes only to keep their
I, an Ahierican citizen by birth and f minds .off -the tragedy of separated
naturalization, pledge my entire for-1 families.'
mn , r rcn in T-t-i onn mtr - 1 1 r f r -
needed, for the prosecution of hos
tilltles. . : ....
promise, on m-y honor, to put
my person at . the disposition' of the;
CnitedU States government for mili
tary or naval v services Immediately
after the declaration of war or tha
beginning of -host 11 ties.
A pledge of this character would
be a guarantee of good faith. Any
citizen -willing to back , his senti
ments by such a pledge would be
gT'&vS2SZ
jdocio that would? lead to war." V
Jt wRrUke iCltlien
from the imputation "so often tnade
"e P"T117Rre In
. , iannnr tnr wars
other seekers
after government
contracts
Prospects of a billion-bushel
wheat - crop are said by - the coun
try's experts to be bright. -The
composite - condition of ; all crops
on June 1 was about . 1-6 per cent
over their 10-year'; average on that
date. Thus the -American j farmer
Is at the front, producing more and
more wealth. In spite of assertions
that he is inefficient. I
Portland parents who furnished
the human rosebuds for Wednes
day morning's parade are to be
congratulated. It Is something of
an accomplishment to produce an
inanimate rose, . but nothing com
pared with being the parent of the
real thing.
After gazing , on the festival
headquarters and then on the au
tomobile parade, why look farther
for "a, little bit of heaven?"
WOMEN OF EUROPE
AS WAR PROXIES
From the Boston Globe.
AVID LLOTD " GEORGE, In his
Manchester speech, called on
English laboring men to do all in
their power to increase the supply of
war munitions, and at a. mass meet
ing In London the same day Mrs.
Emmellne Pank hurst declared that
600,000 German women -were engaged
in making munitions of war. &Mrs.
Pankhurst's meeting as a body asked
the government to establish obliga
tory war service for women as well
as men. .
No war In history ever, had such an
effect on women of the warring coun
tries as this war Is having and will
have on the women of Europe. And
not alone because this is the greatest
War in history. It will be felt by
women more than war was ever felt
by the sex before, because women
have made themselves felt more 'than
ever before in the years Immediately
preceding this war. '
Women in the past qnarterk century
have broken Into numberless new
fields of industry, business and pub
lie life; and they have stood waiting
at the bars to enter many other fields
which have heretofore been reserved
for man. Now the war is taking
down thosa bars: th'e mn hav"eon
in .to? work: . v.:-
, V -V
: WtU they stay ih? If they do. one
result" of this war may b k revolu-
tl0 ot economic (and perhaps social)
conditions in .:Shiropwmpvrabl','lB
!lts effect tto the. economic, revolution
: which followed the ; introduction : or
j machinery- in' the Industrial world in
the nineteenth century. '
It is easy to see what is happening
in England. Back ' in March the
president of the London Board of
Trade appealed to the women of
England in these words:
'"Any woman who by working helps
to release or to -equip a man- for
fighting does a . national war service.
In order, to meet both the
present and future needs of national
industry the government wishes to
obtain particulars from all women
available, . with or without 1 previous
training, for paid employment. Ac
cordingly, they invite all women who
are prepared, if needed, to take em
ployment of any kind industrial, ag
ricultural, clerical, etc to i enter
themselves upon the register' of wo
men for war service."
a
Before June 1 the response to this
appeal brought well above 60,000 vol
unteers, and women are still volun
teering, officially and unofficially,
for men's jobs in England. Toung
women, "not in uniform,"-but wearing
badges, collect . tickets q,t" some : rail
way stations. At one London station
a few Mromen porters are filling posi
tions ' of men who are being trained
to fight. In other English cities
women " have taKen men s . Jots in
mills and are being trained in trades
hitherto . employing men. :
Public officials have been less Ieni-
ent in -London than In some Ameri-
can cities on the question of allowing
j women to drive public motor cokrvey-
jahces; but one . large mercantile es-
Uabllshment.. - has J hired women to
drive delivery vans, despite the ob-
jeCtion of employes who said their
wlves would reruse to let em work
n vana riv.n hv wmn Th.
t - r,rwat.
of
The story bf women being called to
fill mens' shoes is told eVen more
shop or mercantile establishment
is
run by the - wife of the ; proprietor.
In-; the country -districts ;of Ger
many, Russia and France women are
seen more frequently than ever, till
ing the soiL . . . ,
.v-f.:'.-., . a . ; '' ' ' -V
But the most significant departure,
perhaps, is the opening of govern
ment servieo positions to women in
England. They -are - employed . for
hundreds of positions in, the British
war . pf f iee " which' had - been filled by
- " - - . . - , . . -
. i a
men," and; It Is reported they will '
soon be taking-clerical positions in -
poltce"r departments. Ia -Voikahlre
women have taken; to delivering mail, i
women nave aemanded .before that
they be considered for! some of these
civil service - positions. Once - they
are in, will it be an easy matter to
shut them out after the war is over?
,Work which women entered upon
In' th early months of the war r ln
the spirit of patriotism or Charity
they are, now pursuing out of. neces
sity... Wives hav taken Jobs which
their husbands held. What If the
husbands do not come back? It will
be cheaper to allow the widows to
work than to pay pensions, although
governments may have to do both.
Another sidelight on the situation,
naturally expected, is : that employers
are finding the employment of women
less expensive than that of men. For
this reason trade organisations, as
well as . men's organizations In Eng
land, are protesting', the wholesale
employment of women. All of which
proves the contention " that man? has
always been willing that woman
should work, but has always ob
jected to paying her 1 for It.
Today, however, we . see women
doing more work and .men's work. In
many lines of endeavor they have
come to stay; Many of " them, we
hope, will become so strongly in
trenched in their work that they will
command adequate" compensation, re
gardless of their sex.
A FEW SMILES
A menagerie stopped in a little
country village.
One urchin, with more cheek than
cash, - thought be
would like to see
the animals, so he
quietly pushed his
head ., through a
gap in tbe canvas
and had a look.
But the manager
s aw him and
hauled him out.
""Here. Agrippa, he
yelled to a
helper, "throw this
lad Into the
lions' cage."
'If he thought he had alarmed the
youngster he was mistaken. ;
The boy said calmly:
"Walt, mister! If ye'll lat me se
the show for nothing I'll . get all the
fattest boys in the village to. crawl
under the canvas tomorrow night!"
Letters From the People
fComninalcatlosa aent to Tbe Jooraai for
publication la this department. bould be writ
tan on only ona aide of tbe paper, aboald not
exceed 300 words ln length and. mint be ac
companied by toe nam and - address' of the
sender. If the writer does not desire to bare
tbe name published, be sheeld so stata.)
"Biacnssion la tbe ere teat ot an reformers.
It rationalizes everything It fcraeaee. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throwa-them
back on their .reasonableness. If they bare no
reasonableness, lt ruthlessly crashes them oat
ot existence and seta up Its own conclusion
in their stead." Woodrow WUeoa.
Complains of Loan Stringency.
"Cottage Grove, Or.,: June 8. To the
Editor of The Journal I see by Thurs
day's Journal that Mr. Houser declares
that the banks are bursting with
money. Hundreds of people in all walks
of life want to get some of that money
somehow, and I am-One of them. I
have been Trying to get a? loan foi" the
paet aU Haaonths-vJf fcaya corresponded
with Nearly every firm that d verttaes
in The Journal. "Money' to LodhV'.But
It doea no good. . 1 want to. borrow
$2000 for three years At 8 per cent on
$14,000 security, butl am turned down
by them, saying that they dott't have
the money or some cucb ; excuse. - Now
any man knows there la abundance ot
money-r-but none ln .rfiIaUon..Why
is there not something done to" put it
in circulation?! I dare say there could
be $100,000 loaned ln this vicinity with
good real estate security inside of SO
days, if tha banks win loosen up. .But
will they? If not, the administration
must do something to compel them, or
half the small fry will go bankrupt
GEORGE EDWARDS.
About Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Portland, June "9. To. the Editor of
The Journal Dr. Jordan is entirely
wrong In his statement that the seizure
of Bosnia started "the war." Bosnia
and Herzegovina came under Austria
Hungary's supervision in 1878, by the
full consent of England, France, Italy,
Russian and Germany, after the con
clusion of the Russo-Turkish war,
when the peace treaty was signed in
1878 in Berlin. For 30 years Austria
governed Bosnia with great success
and in 1908 finally annexed it, with no
protest from either England or France
and no hostility from Turkey.
It Is the abhorrent Russian Pan
Slavic doctrine of gathering up all the
Slavs in creation that Is really respon
sible for the Balkan troubles and tha
present European conflict. Russia al
ways stood for Pan-Slavism, England
for supreme control of the sea, France
for Alsace-Lorraine and, it possible,
the Rhine valley, -Germany by Its ideals
as well as strong self-defense-' Hence
you have the real reasons of the war.
The national and blood varieties, the
ever-conflicting territorial limitations,
various fcustoms, and above all the
commercial Jealousies of Europe- were
the oils that brought out the bursting
flames of wjtr.
And then the wars of old the Cri
mean war of 1853, the succeeding Bal
kan wars, England's 41" wars in 76
years, all had more or less, but some
thing, to do with the present conflict.
We in America, want peace, no war
with .any nation. . But we must get a
ttt- artnlnnpd rtmf.' more rnadv
kn,.-' - tr , j
navy, should ever a dire foe beset us. j
LOUIS MICHEL.
On the Public Market. .
Vancouver,' Wash.. June 2. To the
Editor of The Journal It devolves
upon, someone to correct Mr. S. Wolf's
misapprehensions.
The first time we asked about sell
ing on the Yamhill market we were
told that white men- were not wanted.
but wo did. notrush into print. On the ;
contrary, we sought out the man with 4
the big star. ?
That mistake must -have come front '
the fact that one end of the market
la given-over .to .Chinese .growers.". The
published report of the first birthday
Of the 4 public " "market-; removes ail
grounds for the - statement regarding
"free rentals and blockaded sidewalks.'
The farmer is charged a rental (nom- j
inal, it's true), but there are so many i
vf thsni tVint- th kvmii derived la
.t ,f- vl .r a VAH0 lttn
over and : above" cost of -maintenance!, I
H which surplus may very properly be
called rent tor space aet apart for his
use. Tbe booths are not on the side
walk, but flush with them. The farm
ers are all interested in facilitating
traffic for- their o-ajr n Jtnd their patrons'
convenience and- If that , la- not enough
there - are the market master." his as
sistant: and the officer detailed there
.' . To the unprejudiced observer .Yam
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALIi CHANGE
Never hit a man when he's got you
down. " . . ""
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You will never get. ahead by follow
ing th crowd.
a . .
The older a man gets the less, he
knows ha knows. -
r a ;
- The Lord made women" and she
made herself over into a lady.- w
' The average man's "- conscience ; Is
mora elastic than his suspenders.
No wonder a woman -seldom knows
her own mind; she changes It so often.
V " AT a s-v.- :,,!:;.,'. " -
A-woman is always looking on tha
bright , side of things, especially mir
rors. - . . ,
t . a :, . . .
-After ' working hard . to "land his
political job a man can usually affara
to take it easy. t .:. ,
The -wife Is always telling how she
earns half, the income and - her hus
band gets it all.
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'We have heard of the blessings of
poverty, - but we can't - recall having
ever seen any of them. .
. - f a ..a ,--
As a rule tha child' obeys parents
when parents are mad. The balance
of the time the youngster Is bojsa.
a .
In a crisis the country needs at tha
helm a man wth a cool head and hot
feet. Many of us have hot heads and
cold feet.
-. a , a ,;:
When a man gets up" and announces
that he can't make a speech tbe audi
ence usually finds it ' out before he Is
half through.
, a -!.
We should learn by the mistakes
of others. If you borrow a five or a
ten, profit by the mistake of the man
who loaned lt, and don't be parted
from your money in the same manner.
In view of the number of drawers
an'd closets that are needed to" hold the
wife's clothes it is plain that the poor
husband would have to build an im
mense storage room for her duds if
she had. anything to wear. . .
FARM MORTGAGES
By John il. Oskison. -
Men who deal in farm mortgages
nowadays think they're tha finest in
vestment on earth. They resent the
fact that in tbe New .England and
eastern states laws are in force which
practically forbid savings 'banks to in
vest, in such mortgages outside the
state in which they are made.
Why are the savings banks estopped
from buying western farm mortgages?
Said one critic:
"The present attitude is founded
upon the experiences of soma - east
ern investors in the early nineties."
As a matter of fact, the worst of that
sad epoch of wild speculation in west
ern farm- mortgages preceded tha nine
ties, and tbe total lost in such invest
ments was tremendous.
There are inherent risks in buying
farm mortgages. When the property
buyer of the mortgage has no mean
of Inspecting It. what assurance, has
he that its value is sufficient to pro
tect his 'loan? Out of their experi
ences eastern Investors of the eigh
ties answer, none.
hill between Second and Fifth streets
does not look much narrower than
Portland's other thoroughfares.
A to depreciating property, Mr.
xxTmi TTtnat Ituva fnrrottsn that the
merchants raised a largo sum. as an in
ducement to the -city to build the new
booths "in front of their places between
Third and second streets. ,xne market
). shanarwt tha rhmctr of the neigh
borhood and created new industries and
live salesmen are making use of their
opportunity to Una up the-' farmer.
whether they are selling paper, oags or
automobiles.
The farmer must comply with all
regulations governing " handling A of
foods. This is helping mm w pui
better article on the market than, when
v, Va,Tnanul at hnmn tr cultivate his
soH.' knowing' little and caring leas
of the troubles or tne commission man
resultant from dirty eggs and indlf fer-
nani, nth Mimmnditlea.. .The
more knowledge the farmer can bring
to his business or raising gooa ioou
and getting it on the market in prime
condition, the better It la for middle
man and consumer." ' " -
Mr Wolf can not know that .one of
the market' master's duties la to learn
retail prices and advise the grower of
same. . Tha success of the market de
pended on :his controlling maximum
prices. Mr. Eastman is a very active
and efficient official, who has been
encouraged to do his best by Mr. JBlge
lows constant Interest and support.
Any just complaint is promptly dealt
with, even to- the extent of barring the
offender from the market.
As to prices, we could mention an in
stance of a customer who told us she
was paying 60, cents for eggs at the
store. Our price was 45. cents for-the
best that can be put on the market.
Needless to say, we have her yet.
Some people lose sight of the fact
that there are two standards of qual
ity and quantity. Why should any one
expect the farmer to sell a fresh laid
egg for less than the merchant does a
storage article?
Right here let me say that when any
one says "high cost of living" to a
farmer it touches him ln a sensitive
spot. In the east we all made , a liv
ing or we never would have had the'
price of a ticket to- the coast and a
few acres of your niigb-prtced" larnl.
If we can't make a living we will quit
buying your "high-priced" land -and
paying high-priced taxes for the privil
ege of blowing, stumps on high to In
crease the valuation on thousandMf
acres some are holding Idle.
I have seen people-, in . the market
selling a-t. half .what an article was
worth and- at less than, ther cost of pro
duction. The prevailing p'rice of rad
ishes and onions comes to mind. Who
would care to grow and market more
than four bunches of radishes or five
c .iwdti? Did vmi ever
wed a row of onions? The best dairy
butter sells for- 1Q cents ,- less than
creamety. - If yu had feed bills to
pay and., the better to make, -what
would you-willing to take? What
would you want for a dozen eggs with
wheat around the $50 mark, when lt
should be about $28 ? ; -- -'i;-TiAaiitr
it th farmer ettould et
peeved and quit raising food, we could
go back to Imparting foreign products
n-r anient vtn taW. which. ; whatever :
else they weie, rot ehrap. . -
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Two Jttnds of Armie. ,
Silvertcm, .Or June 1a To the -Editor
of The Journal I wish to, ask. a.
oil estion j and..! would, like; for Jomfr" ;
one to answer rlt. If this government ;
can put aiw-army of wp or three, jmu-
li.vrt tium' IntA- tha field to fleht a -for
eign natrldn; furnish them witn rifles
and ammunition, feed p thenr . and pay
them wages, why don't the government
furnish the same number of men fnr
ploymint ln some great Industrial pur
suit; such as buildlrigr highways.-where
they Could" Create wealth and comfort
for themselves and families? ' The gov
ernment, .would get - -value received. i
Uncle 8am could build a hardsurfaced
7VND1NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
. In its editorial columns the Bums
News publishes this advertisement:
"Lost, strayed or stolen, one month of
bright, warm sunshine." ,
- Heartfelt compliment bestowed by
tha Ashland Tidings: The ladles of
tbe Civic Improvement iclub are going
right - forward with their work. Al
ready the good effects are beginning
to show. Within another year Ash
land will be the city beautiful from an
artistic as well. as natural aspect."
-" By way of removing! all doubt, the
ftalem Statesman recommends this:
'Put . the greater Commercial club
membership up to 1000; and give this
city the certain distinction of being
tbe leader ln the whole country ln pro
portion' to population. Then let tbe
whole '1000 ' get : busy getting every-
aocy m sjaiem pusy, ana keeping tnem
Grants
Pass Courier:
Without
thanking' the European
war. it can be
truthfully said that. thin us are look
ing up in southern Oregon. Two new
&wraills$ are getting into the game,
0 boats: are putting their nets into
the - water 'every- -day and shipping
salmon , to the markets of the state
and irrigation projects aeem really to
be getting on the Job.", -
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Weather report in Medford Mail
Tribune:! "Sunday Was the hottest
day of thes year, the mercury rising
to 91. S degrees. ' The heat sent every
body that could get away to tbe cool
places and forced Judge withlngton to
take oft his coat until the leaves begin
to fail. The country roads were lined
all day with autolsts. Today at noon
ln: mercury registered; 8 degrees.'-
Eugene Guard: Mayor Bell has
riven orders for the cutting down of
he historic cherry tree at the corner
of Sixth avenue west - and Lincoln
street' and has obtained the permission
of John F. Kelly to place the trunk of
the tree upon his lot" until, such a
time as arrangements can be made to
cut it up into lumber suitable to make
tha cabinet to contain the tablet to
do man irons we iree ana to oe
placed In the rooms of the Commercial
club. The tree will be taken out some
time during the present) week.
H
FOR SAVING BANKS
However, there has I coma . & . real
Change. For Instance, there is ln exist
ence now an association) of farm mort
gage dealers, with a. fnembershlp of
high grade and reputable men. The
list' of dealers who follow- tha old
poUcy of stimulating I borrowing be
yond the safe point Is now very small.
In certain (.sections of the middle
west mbaey- Invested n prime farm
mortgages earns 'less than 6 per cent
In many cases a return of 4 per
cent only is expected. From that re
turn, up to t per cent (ln some cases
10 per cent) runs the scale of invest
ment lure in the farm mortgage.
Obviously the American farm mort
gages are not yet standardized in
vestments. It will be some time before
the.' savings banks become general
competitors for them. '
. Meanwhile they remain one of the
attractive forms of investment for the
average, owner of money in modest
amount. If the individual will exer
cise some care in selecting his dealer
he can get a perfectly, safe farm mort
gage which will bring a fair return
on his Investment.
road "from Portland, Maine, to San
Francisco..'.1 j .
Of course, when a person asks a
question of this kind he is classed as.
a Socialist, which means death to his
idea. Socialism Is not ripe. We may
as welletry to peddle green apples as
Socialism; When one stands for a
measure that is for the benefit of the
working class they are ready to butcher
him for Jt.. This instinct of the human
race Is what will plange us into social
revolution. - EDWIN A. LINSCOTT.
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This Governor's Geography.
r. From the Roseburg News.
"Govea-nor Withycombe must liave
overlooked his geography or. else he
must never have known it. The law
passed I at the last session of the leg
islature amending tha game laws pro
vided that the flah and game commis
sion shall consist of - two members
from eastern Oregon j and two from
western Oregon. The governor con
stituted the fifth member of the commission-
.Th governor was reminded
of eastern Oregon, for a long time ago
he did appoint 'his commissioners from
that pirt of tha stat. The matter of
appointing the . commissioners from
western Oregon was his next duty.
After these were appointed lt became
the duty of the board to appoint a
state biologist, a .master fish warden
and a i game warden. To. prova oar
first ' statement reflect upon the following-
list of appointrdentav the first
two being made by the- governor, tha
last three by. the commission, a ma
Jority iof which Is composed of the
governor and the two xnexnbrs first
appearing, below: . i c
Commissioners. X. 1 N. Fleiachner,
Portland, and , Frank Warren,, Port
land; estate biologist. W. I Flnley,
Portland; master .fish warden, R.. E.
Clanton, Portland; game warden A H.
Lea," Portland. ' . --'
It looks to us as though -Portland
had a pretty big voice in the fish and
game department. Perhaps the gov
ernor hlnks we ought to ba satisfied
to have ' tha .sportsmen regard ' tha
ITmpqua and Rogue- rivers as the best
flshinef In the state and the mountains
of ourj country the best hunting. Yes,
perhaps that is the happiest way to
look at It. , ' But unfortunately tha
sportsmen of . southern Oregon are
not so- easily pacif ield. ' .
. We cannot help but feel that the
goverpbr has overlooked his geog
raphy., A Portland -paper opposed to
the governor politically during the
campaign last fall declared that ln
case he were elected- he would be large
ly influenced by Portland politicians.
Tha News denied the charge at the
time. W believed that southwestern
Oregon would get a square deal In all
matters. But up to ftho present time
this part of the state has been ignored
in all matters and tha governor seems
not toi know of Its existence. . -
In the most kindly j feeling, wa rec
ommend that the governor brush up
on hisi geography. - .
: xhp A , Modern Battle. J
FYom the Wsshington Btar.
A military attache said at a Wash
ingtonr luncheon: I .
' "Modern warfare has no picturesque
ness, no beauty. . A wounded soldier at
Charlerol was asked i to describe his
lmpreasions "of a modem battle. Ha
eased bis face bandages and-replied .'
A fmodern battle?!
What's It like?
Well, first you- hear a
andt then." tb nurse
take aj little awaller.o'
deuca of a- Aolse,
aays !Try and
this.w- ...
: From. the Salenx ; Journal, - :'
There j la. a - proposition : befora the
Ntw' York ' stata constitutional ; con
vention to reduce thej number of ' state
senator frohr 51 to24,r slx of them
to-' be iselected at large. ::: Here ih Ore
eron there- will probably be a proposi
tion put up' to tbe people at the next
election to enttrely wipe out the up
per house "of the legislature and it
will carry '.with little) opposition.. " '
.WHYTHE SUNDAY
JOURNAL EXCELS
IN, SPORTS NEWS
'It devotes the most space to
local sports; news, j ' .:
It pays particular attention to
the ' amateur sportsman mnA
chronicles intelligently the af
fairs "of the several pastimes in
. which the' amateur Indulges. '
V It covers baseball abroad and
at home in a thorough manner.
Its Sunday stories of , Pacific
Coast league affairs appeal to a
great 'audience. j .
Its golf page, established in
recognition of the, growing In
terest in this game, has come to
be looked upon as a golfer's
"guide.;. : :.;' ; 'I :' .. J
R. A. Cronin, sporting editor,
is dean of the sports writers in
Portland who is an accepted
r. authority on sports topics. "
George. Berts, assistant sport
ing editor, is chairman of tha
Pacific .Northwest records com
mittee and a member of the
Coast records committee.
Its pictorial presentation of
people and events in t portdom
is unsurpassed. I . . .
THE JOURNAL was the
first newspaper in Portland to
establish a separate department
for sports news.! and its four
Sunday sports pages, compre
hensive in scope and superbly
illustrated, are of recognixed
merit. " !
FLAG DAY NUMBER
of . :;i ,'
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
Magazine, Jane 13
THE LIBERTY BELL An
, illustrated page sets forth the
leading events in; the history of
this historic relic that will be
seen in Portland next month.
THE AMERICAN FLAG
The story of jits birth and
growth will be read with inter.
" est .by all -' - j :
THE CHILDREN'S PAGE
Georgene Faulkner. "The
' Story Lady, relates a story
about the great granddaughter
of Betsy Ross and Charles A.
Ogden. and has prepared an
other interesting series of car
toonagrams. THE MAN WHO SENT
ITALY TO WAR Gabriele
a'Annunzio war! poet, . beloved
and then despised, again is the
idol of his people through his
fiery denunciations of Austria
and eloquent appeals for battle.
TRICKS IN KLL TRADES
, The war game has its share
of them, as an illustrated page
. article shows, and. the Germans
have been more the adept in
their use even to a replica of the
Trojan horse. j
- FROM FINLAND Here is a
brand new page that will please
the movie fan. j. - -
HOUSEKEEPER'S COUN
CIL TABLE This interesting
page for matron and maid, which
has been appearing on the back
page of Section Four, next Sun
day will be included in the mag-.
. axine. . . , -1 ,
For Women Reader
x FASHION'S FANCIES
Every woman will be interested
in what Anne Rittenhouse has
to say concerning them.
: NEEDLEWORK DESIGNS
. Two , attractive designs by
Catharine Greenwood are bound
to please. " j ' ; . f ,
ROSE FESTIVAL IN
PICTORIAL REVIEW
, i . .
A Special Feature for Next
- Sunday
THE' SUNDAY
JOURNAL
complete in four new sections,
magazine and illustrated supple
ment and comic section, 5 cents
J the copy everywhere. -
"The Biggest S Cents'
Worth in Type'
NEXT SUNDAY
. "namlet, the Crook.M
' "What's the show?" asked tha man
with a large hat and long hair. .
, -'Hamlet,"' said; the boxffice man.
-What's it like?"!
"Well, a man murders hla stepfathc
out of revenge forithe murder of his
bw father. At the finish there Is a
mlxnp with swords and poison and
"That'll do. I guess I'll stroll out
and see a cabaret, J I'm tired of these
crook plays." ! - -. '
INDEX OR ADVANCING
: TIDE OF PROSPERITY
Philadelphia. Penn., June 4. 7
Further evidence or tne confi
dence which the far-seeing man
agement of the Pennsylvania 1
Railroad feels toward tha busi- i
nes-f future of the country was
given ln the semiofficial an- t
nouncement tnat tne company in
tends Immediately to take up the
electrification v of its Chestnut
Hill branch. This work will cost ?
more than $1,260,000, and with T
. the main line electrification rep
resents a total of more than $3,
250,000; that tha company will
spend for electrification work
around Philadelphia. - Only re-
. cently v President Samuel Rea.
' stated in the company's annual
report that the Chestnut Hill
electrification ,. would only be
"taken up if ..business conditions
permitted. The present an
nouncement that the work is to
be 'started In conclusive proof of
the railroad's confidence ln busi.
ness. - '