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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1915.
THE JOURNAL
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America asks nothing for her
self but what she has a right to
auk for humanity itself.
ivoonnow wtlson.
Be not diverted from your
duty by any Idle reflections
the nilly world mity make up
on you, for their censures are
not In your power and should
not be at all your concern.
Kptctocus.
DISCREDITKI) ORKGOX
THE resolutions of the grant
land couJercnco contain no
request that Congress dedi
cate the excess of value over
the railroad's $.0 per acre In
the lands to the building up of an
Irreducible school fnnd in Oregon.
They voice no request that the
excess over the railroad's $2.50
per acre or any part of it go to
the benefit of reclamation in Ore
gon. They voice no request that the
excess over the railroad's $2..".0 per
acre or any part of it go to build
ing good roads in Oregon.
The gentlemen who controlled
th conference manifested no con
cern in such trivial things as lrre
dllcjblo school funds, reclamation
Sn.a good road. They had higher
Jionghts, such, for instance, as the
pecuniary welfare of the railroad
Cud possible fine picking for tim
ber syndicates and forest barons.
The beat opportunity Oregon
ill ever have to build ap a school
flind has been thrown away. Con-ip-ess
would never entrust (he ad
ministration of lands for schocjl
Jjurposes to a state that paRSes such
Absolutions as those adopted at
fiUlem. The resolutions are them
fcJt'lveH prima facto evidence that the
federal government could not safe
ty entrust public lands to, a state
oontrolled as Oregon is now con
trolled. I An effect that the resolutions
will have will he a warning to
Congress to be on Its guard against
the state of Oregon for the
present. The "kept" agents and
Other manipulators of the confer
ence may be able to fool unalert
delegates at Salem but they can
not fool the Congiess at Wash
ington. The resolution? protest against
forest reserves. More than any
thing else, the characte- of the
resolutions is likely to cause Con
gress to be more rtri-t and guard
ed in applying the reserve policy.
They so discredit the state by play
In against the people and for the
failroad and timber interests that
tt would not be at all surprising If
Congress does put some of the
grant lands in the forest reserves.
Aside from their warning as to
Wie present status in Oregon, tie
iesolutlons will be wholly without
fffect on Congress. I. N. Day and
lis crowd can slip "midnight reso
fitions" through the legislature
a&d ram "midnight resolutions"
through a grant land conference,
tut they cannot run the present
tjrogrosslvo Congress.
.They can play horse with Ore
gon, but not with the nation.
WITHOUT VISION
MANY centuries ago King Sol
onion said, "Where there is
no vision the people perish."
j These were perhaps the
Wisest words of a very wise man.
Failure to relate the fruits of pres
ent acts to the woe of the' future
accounts for war and the destruc
tion of nations. Failure to sec
portunity and! to act upon it ac-
ounts ror tne decline of cities.
The ancient epigram is a slgn
sfr of warning along the great
tghway of progress. Last week
ii appeared in a good place, at the
fad of the little publication cir
ijlated by the Chamber of Corn-
rerca among its members. It is
lesson that Portland should
$irn.
j If we have vision no definite
jjejrvlce will remain unperformed
0 advance the interests of the
(owns and the country in the wide
tea tributary to Portland.
Jlf We have vision the Influence
Portland will be strongly used
rt securing to the mouth of the
'blumbia river railroad terminal
ites that are on a parity with
he Tates enjoyed by Puget sound.
tlf 'we have vision the powers of
this clt j definitely be directed
In making the world know better ! remnant of the ungobbled timber
the facts of our matchless re-. lands. The battle ahead is one
sources in agriculture and scenery. I of the biggest that has ever been
If we have vision the organiza-! fought in this state, and the peo
tion to Dromote transportation on pie stand to lose, as they have al-
the Columbia, the development of
hydroelectric energy and the revi
lamation of lands, will devote itself '.
to constant rather than intermit-1
tent effort.
If we have vision Portland will
make her interests one with the
broader concerns of the Columbia
baBin and the Northwest.
JOBS
States. He wants them saved from is- o technical and intricate that the
A COMMITTEE of the Chamber the horrors of a Christians' war average man in the street is hardly
of Commerce has discovered and Turkish massacres. . to blame for being perplexed aa to
that "employment in Port-; jcjr Morgenthau's plan may be Just what the controversy means,
land is as chaotic as charity," impractical; the Armenians might ! Yet the questions at issue, in the
and that there is no concert of ef-' not want to come to America, and J conference between the European
fort or interchange of information ( this country might not want them, j commission and our own bankers, are
between employment bureaus of But the suggestion calls attention J at bottom simple enough,
charitable organizations where the to brutalities being practiced on a . 2
needy apply first for work and I defenseless people that almost beg-j The first source of perplexity to
then for clothing, food and money. : gar daecription. It Is said the ! many readers of the news is the
The recommendation of the com- Turks intend to exterminate the , question, why abnormal rates of ex
mittee is that all charitable or-! Armenians and then turn their at- change on London and Paris could
ganizations turn over the giving
or securing of eraploynjent to the Jews. There must be foundation
municipal free employment bureau, for these reports, else the Ameri
when reorganized. can ambassador would not propose
The word "reorganized" has a the expenditure of American mil
significant relation to the recom- lions in rescue work,
mendation. It is conceded that 1 It jg gai(1 that Turkey has re
under the present method the mu- ieaSej 30.OOO Mohammedan crimi-
niclpal free employment bureau najs from the jails and formed ' pedient, the abnormally iar.ee amount
is not an important factor in em- them into bands under the super-' ot drafts on London for purh pay
ployment and fails in the service vj?jon ef military authorities, j ments would be to that extent re
it should render. These bands are sent out to pit-! ducod. The problem If not of Eng
Beforo winter comes the reor- iage ancj jjjn They are a part of j land's inability to obtain the neces
ganlzation of the municipal free ne campaign of extermination, j sary money from loans raised in Eu
employment bureau should be ac- : Thousands of Christians have been rope; that idea involves a total mis
complished in accordance with 1 f0rcej 0y threat and torture to conception of the position of affairs,
need and promise. It should be aCcept Mohammedanism, and ! But an American manufacturer, draw
a strong influence in stimulating , thousands of Christian wives and ' ing on London against merchandise
employment. It should be a clear- 1 daughters have been forced to j shipments of any sort, sells his draft
lng house of Information as to em- ( marry Turkish husbands. to a banker for collection, and the
ployment. It ought actually to be, Jt seemR impossible that in thls'Bum t0,al of such drafts has become
finding Jobs for those who must 1 dfty &nd age guch cruellies could so enormous, under present condl
have work. It Should be put on bfi pPrmtted ln a WOrld boasting "ons in the "war-order" market, that
a basis where it can give the serv- . Rnt Amhnfiqp.Mr the rate of exchange allowed for
ice it should give.
JISTKE FOR THE JEWS
R
EV. RIELY SUNDAY appealed
to the people of Omaha the
other dav for recognition of
the Jew. The World-Herald
cava b a nlaa n-rm nrfinHpnllv da
void of slang and almost free
4 . , , . ,.
from tricks of oratory It was
an eloquent tribute to the Jewish
people, and yet Mr. Sunday's 1U
....
audience responded not at all. The
World-Herald comments as fol
lows: When a his; crowd of representative
Americans drawn from the middle
west and from the middle claeses
Fives but frmdini;, half-hearted ap-
plaus
to a plea like that of Billy
Sunday. men and women looking
askance at their neiphhors and smll-
inif uncertainly as the speaker de-
Clares his faitli in the Jewish rfopl".
It dooKn't look encouraging for the'
Jew., even In America. ,
Plans are being made for what
is called a "strike" by Jewish
workmen In the United States fol-
lowing the opening of peace nego-
tiations In Europe. It is to be a
strike of only one day. and it is to
be a mute appeal, not for better
labor conditions, but for humanity
and juutlce In behalf of an op-
pressed and persecuted- people.
Undoubtedly these Jewish work-
men will have the sympathy of
every American in their effort to of public resources by monopoliz
brlng justice to the European Jew. ing private interests.
There is probably not an Ameri-
can who does not deplore Europe's '
treatment of the Hebrew race, who
does. not realize that wherever the
Jews have been they have pro-
moted learning, morality, culture
and development of the arts and
sciences. -
SETTING A PRECEDENT
T
UDOE CARPENTER of
tne
United States district court at
I Chicago has set a precedent in
S ueamiK un men wno-wrecK explorations. Arter worrying auoiu American securities thus 'tied up"
railroads for their own profit. He him for more than a year and then 1 t.,,ul,i not be sold until the loan had
has ordered receivers of the Rock having him turn up safe and sound, exI)ireil
Island railroad to start legal ac- people will conclude that the ex- !
tion against present and former di- plorer. is quite competent to take We B,ia1 not at present attempt to
rectors of the company to recover care f himself. If he gets lost ! di.uss t!lP arrangements as to term
$6,000,000 the stockholders lost he may be lost a long time. j of thp oan rate of interest. and so
through purchase and sale of the -- - ;on. practical considerations which
Frisco system. j After noting the character of . m engage the mind9 of the con.
The purchase and subsequent the resolutions passed by the grant ; fprrlnff bankers. it would presuma
sale of the Frisco by the Rock land conference, the query be- My have to be made pavablei Interest
Island was a stock-jobbing transac- comes, who put con in conference? ; prlnolpalf ,n American dollars,
tlon pure and simple. It has no that done when Senator Hay ; amJ )t w0Ul(J cf.rta,nly have to he
relation to legitimate railroading. was slipped stealthily into the reso- j of the income Ux which the
The Reid-Moore crowd used their lntions committee by a joker mo-jJ)rljsli government wrongfully and
control of the Rock Island for gam- tion? unwisely, we have always believed
bling purposes nre and simple,! - hgL heretofore been accustomed to
and in that one affair they made' Mme- Tiernhardt says she post-; r)m jnterest t, on lt8
the Rock Island's stockholders $6,-, Poned her American tour because nmde to fQrclpn
000,000 poorer. , her actors have entered the army. ; Probablv, any Buch loan
Judge Carpenter takes the
ny.n . t.ot . . .
ground that the nine directors who
sanctioned the deal should be held ,
responsible for the loss, that the j
T , " 11
them and turned back into the
"
company s treasury lor the bene-
,.. ,
fit of stockholders. ,
L ,
The outcome of this attempt to :
do partial justice will be watched1
with interest. There will bc nine
defendants .charged with appropri- Having beheld the one. we shall ' ever- which have more or less puz
atlng other people's money. If it 1 have no trouble in analyzing the S!lpi the r'ublic mind. First, will our
Is recovered the way may be other. people be able to buy so enormous a
opened for curbing reckless disre-1 single issue of new securities? Sec-
gard of other people's property Fire Losses in America. ond. dues not the making of such a
rights, by men who acquire con- i From Sconce. loan to belligerent powers depart
trol of railroads for purposes of The totar fire loss in the t nited from the rule of strict neutrality or
shady speculation rather than le- ' States and Canada, including forest iginally set fortli by President Wil
gitimate operation. ;fites. has averacej J531.OOO.000 a year . son? As to the first ', question, the
- : tor the last five years Since the be- : abnormal plethora of money in this
As never before, the interests Sinning of this century we have lost , rountr- s banking institutions ren
are ln the saddle in Oregon. Their more thftn --o.oo worth ofjdpra undPrwriting even of so great a
control Of the grant land confer- rroperty. The per capita fire loss in j ,oan an w possibility, and. as for
ence, a body called by the execu- ! wut McVtn VrancranO ! PHvat, investor, one notable resu.t
live or tne state, is One proof,
There will be another proof after
action is taken by the water power
conference if advanced predictions
by those running it, come true.
Hungry eyes are riveted on the wa-
ter powers of the State which are
worth hundreds nf mlllinn nf rtnl. i
lars, and are also fixed on the J
ways lost before when public
main and public resources were
the stake.
THE ARMENIANS
A
CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch j
says Ambassador Morgenthau .
has proposed that a huge J
fund be raised for bringing
i Armenians in Turkey to the United
tentlon to massacres of Greeks and j
Morgenthau'8 representations are
in the record. j
..
Nikola Tesla 'has given out a !
list of scientific wonders shortly!
to be realized in the electrical
wor,d- It includes airships guided
irom me eartn oy wireies, eieciric
, , ,, J , .
ts own ce, .nnnihi ation of fogs
' and photography of human '
it ' ' ' V' t
inn isrnrs. es a as iuti KieaL un ,
promises pnci snort on periorm-
ances, but in viow of what others
have done, it may be that he is a ;
prophet.
Commissioner Baker says he
finds it hard to please everybody.
Some people write him complain-,
j f municipai extravagance and !
y ...
Others objecting to a rigidly eco-
nomical program. Perhaps it would j
y,e j,lst aR well not to attempt to
p1ease everybody, but to go on !
the theory that the people will ,
approve intelligence, efficiency and :
honesty applied to city affairs.
The conservation policy of the j 0ur own banks and government al-
Wilson administration means therpady possess more gold than ever
opening up and developme-nt of the before in their history. There would
West by properly supervised iie'aiwRys remain the much-talked-of
of the water powers and other pub- expedient of the English and French
lie resources. It does not mean investors selling outripht. to ' our
the locking up of public resources OWn markets, the one or two thou-
but the preventing of a great theft .
With Russia threatened by
ternal troubles because the reac-
tionaries object to enlarging the
poople's powers and England facing
possible civil war if conscription
is adopted, the Teutons must be
hearing good news these days.
Great Britain and Russia have
taken a poor time to settle Wieir
squabbles at home.
. . -
1
Stefansson proposes to spend :
two more years pursuing his Arctic j
... . , ,
will be more than one wooden leg
.w .
. ' J
It cost a Pittsburg man $17.40
to telephone his wife that he had
, , ,1.0
arrived safelv in S:m 1-rancisco.
tu
Of course the presumption is he
..
was worth it.
After the grant land conference
rnmes the water nower conferpnet.
cents in Germany. In 19H the 11
b.rgest fires in chemical industries
showed a property loss of j7.500.000.
:As result this ttu' imll'strial chem-
o1 ni.es in order that he .mty remove
the. source, if possible, and he is study-
inS such materials as rubber-lined fire
hose- ' BO that- after a f're has once
conducted more efficiently.
THE QUESTION OF
A LOAN TO EUROPE
do-!FroH1 ho New Ywk Evening rt Sept. 13
w
ITU the arrival of the commis
sion of eminent London and
Paris financiers, representing
, their respective government and
banks In conferences on the foreign
exchange situation, the question of
a large loan, to be made by our
markets to those of Europe, has
come definitely to the front. The
machinery of international exchange
be corrected by a $500,000,000 loan,
raised by those markets in America.
The answer la that the raising of
fuch a loan would enable the English
and French governments to draw on
the proceeds, when making payment
for their purchases of American ma
terials and supplies. By this ex-
th" tn American money by the New
Yr,rk nnkfr. as lately depreciated
7 per cent from the normal parity
of exehanae.
Such a condition is bound to hurt
both the Kuropean and the American
markets. English importers of Amert-
an gw'us wn nt.vo nU...
bill in dollars at New
. , , . .
"rk (win
liirh is the rase with most
of the "war orders") have to pay 5
t
r i'r v-cul - j...
mana tee reiimbiw ""-oiau moo.-
through a draft on a London bank.
v.ut American e.portern to whom tay-
ment is made in pounds sterling las
is the 1 ase with our grea. staple mar
kets) must equally submit to a T or
6 per cent deduction from the pro-
reeds of the sale, in order to turn
them into American money,
. .
Neither market wishes that state
of thinKS to continue. Conceivably,
er.oigh more gold might be sent from
Europe to restore equilibrium. But
London and raris need vhat gold
they have to protect the soundness
of their paper currencies; whereas
sand millions of American securities
stni held by them. But, Waiving the
question whether the Individual own
ers of such stocks and bonds are de
in-jstrtnll, of selling, the prospect or
j BUcn enormous pressure on our in-
; Vf,Ktment markets, with its presum-
, ablc effect 0n prices at the stock
j excharipe is niU( h disliked in Ameri-
j onn financial circles. The eompro-
, ,njse plan for a i0:in of $t00. 000,000
' or nlore. appears to contemplate, in
' ad,lulon to -fhe Kiiropean govern-
ontR- jruarantee, the pledge of these
veiv securities as couaicriii. im.
,f effecte(Ji WOTJid obviously avert the
predCted overwhelming liquidation
would be made to rurf for somethinj
, ,.
like five years, and it would pre
would be made to run1 for something
sumably be issued in a form admit
ting of its distribution among pri
vate investors. Even the sum total
of the loan is still in question; the
amount proposed may conceivably
exceed the commonly named figure
of $500,000,000.
. .
Two other questions remain, how-
! of the war to date, with the attend
ant conditions in home trade, has
been the Immense decrease In supply
of new investment securities offered
fin our markets.
a
The objection of neutrality hardly
fits the case. The loan. In the finst
place, would be raised solely to pay
for. purchase of merchandise In
America, 'and the propriety of that
sort of operation has already been
recognised, as in the smaller govern
ment loan placed here by France. But
apart from this consideration, a very
noteworthy precedent, all things con
sidered, was tLe offering and public
advertising, last spring, of some
thing like $10,000,000 German govern
ment notes through American bank
ing houses, and their sale to invest
ors in this country.
Letters From the People
(Comoiunlcatioua aest to Tbe Journal for
publication id tals department aiiould be writ,
tea oh out one aide of tha paper, abould not
exceed 8uu words lu leogtb and uiut be ac
cum,itaied bj tat name and addreu of toe
aeuder. It tee write doea pot deaire to have
ibe came pubUnued, ha ihould ao atate.)
Dlaraaaloa is the crreteet of all reformer.
It rattonaliaea evertklus it toaobea. It rob
Erlncipata of all false aaoetity and throw them
ack on their reaaooableDeu. It the; bare do
reaeonableneaa, it ruthlessly crushes them out
of exiateuce and aeta up Its owu eouciuaioiu
la Ueir stead." Wood row Wliaoo.
In Reply to William Whistler.
Portland, Sept. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal When William Whis
tler says: "If the Grocers' association
had Its Just deserts, they would have
been prosecuted under the Sherman
law," he reveals a colossal Ignorance.
This association has never attempted
to fix prices and there is not a day
goes by but some' member sells goods
for less than cost of production and
'listribution. Even if we attempted
such a thing as fixing prices, we could
not control the 2 0.0 city grocers who
are not members o the association.
Arid as for Mr. Whistler buying
"flour for $1.35 per suck at a time
when the grocer said be could sell
i: for J1.15 and make a profit, but
the assoclatioa would not allow him
t do it," we disprove any such inci
dent by citing the fact that there has
r.ot been a time in the last 10 years when
best patent flour could be purchased
wholesale for J1.15 per sack. tWhenwe
say sack we mean 49 pounds.) Third
grade flour is wholesaling now for
$1.174 per sack. Best patent costs
$1.40 per sack. Who wants to handle
It at a loss?
A search of the telephone and city
directories fails to give tiie name or
a.ldress of William Whistler and this
leads us to suspect that he is a non
resident beneficiary of the public mar
ket fcheds. His letter has all the
rhyme and reason of a ne'er do well
small farmer, who is not above accept
ors charity in the form of subsidy
from the taxpayers while sending his
surplus dimes to eastern mail order
houses as a means of building up Ore
gon. If he needs must write for pub
lication, why not give his business ad
dress? If he hopes to convert any
one to his way of reasoning why not
confine himself to the facts and dis
pense with socialistic fiction? The
wr.ter wll pay J50 if he can substan
tiate his assertions
The Portland Grocers' & Merchants'
association makes no effort to fix
prices, but we do advocate taking a
pross profit that will cover rent, lijrht,
taxes, depreciation, delivery, derent
wages to our help, and leave something
for the man who invests his money and
gives credit to working men when they
are out of work and sickness has over
taken the family.
None of these expenses are to be met
ln the public market. It sells for ash,
makes no deliveries, pays no taxes,
rent or liRht bills, and, it Is this spe
cial privilege iven to a non-taxpay-ing
class of incompetent middle men
that places our members at a disad
vantage at their own expense. 'Tis this
dims legislation that we are fighting
as being unfair and we intend to keep
up the fight until it is detrrmmed
whether property owners have the
right to a square deal from the govern
ment they sustain.
Within the next few days we will
apply for an injunction aainM the
continuance of the public market as
now conducted. If it Ls not granted in
the district court we will go to the
federal conirt under the provisions of
the fourteenth amendment. There we'll
see if a man's property may be taken
away without due process of law, and
failing ln that we will compel a cer
tain citycommissioner to face the re
call early in January on a public mar
ket platform, as a sort of midwinter di
version. This association i not a namby
pamby tail to a common user kite. It
is a militant organization composed of
business men whose investments
mount Into millions. If need be it is
the largest political factor tn the city
and county; we have seen the fallacy
of taking something from nothing; we
ore fighting for our own, for a right
to take a living profit, live decently,
pay our help living; wages, and the men
who stand in the way of our reason
able demands will find opposition, both
legal and political.
ROBERT T'UNl.'AX.
Manager Portland Grocers' ,t Mer
chants' Association.
The Speeding Police Officer. ,
Portland. Sept. 1R. To the Kditor of
The Journal. Comment has been made
regarding special privileges for main
taining excessive epeed by officers
who may be in quest cf Speed maniacs.
We have recently had a tragic exa'mple
of what this practice in the hands of
our officers means.
I will not complain about tie fire
men running at excessive spfe,; when
there is no real necessity for it, 1101
of the police patrol under similar con
ditions, nor of the ambulance that may
be shaking the life out of som- poor,
mangled creature in getting him to the
hospital, orly to wait ten. fifteen or
more minutes while attendants are as
certaining whether it will be pri per '
admit him. If he is uncons. Sous and
unable to give hU xmnie. use and an.
tecedents. Taking from the officers
this Special privilege of conducting a
spectacular display would be liU.s cut
ting off their brass button and reduc
ing them(to the level of an ordinary
citizen, i't can't be done!
It does, however, appear to the
writer that if we could inspire some of
the latent engineering ingenuitv and
knowledge resident in our public engi
neers about the city hall and thj court
house, they might devise some means
of Ascertaining the speeds of vehicles,
similar to that us d by the navy. By
a very simple device and hy ilie use
of inexpensive instruments, it is pos
sible to atcuratcly ascertain the speed
o' moving djeet mi s dietant. Why,
then, cannot prop'-r office's take up
positions remote from the highway or
street, ascertain the speed of all ve
hicles suspected of being aboe the
proper speed, and by means of a teles
rope or suitable optical instrument,
take the number of the vehicle. The
transgressor would later be haled Into
court, and it would have a most whole
some influence, as the. speeders would
never know when the eye of the law
was upon them. This would apply at
night as well as in the day time.
The writer has personally seen Mr.
White, who was the county officer ln
the tragic accident two weeks ago, over
hauling vehicles on Sandy road. To
say that he was running recklessly
puts it mild.
Th tirtrnn ohlecf of llmitlne the
J speed of vehicles is to promote safety.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
San Francisco Call: The AuStrian
minister will still allow waiters to
serve us Hurgarian goulash.
Atlanta Journal: When It comes to
bountiful harvests, tols country is al
ways in a state of preparedness.
Baltimore Star: American hens 'lay
80,000.000.000 eggs a year. Put, alas,
eggs as ammunition are of little value
now, even in the theatres.
Los Angeles Times: Novo Georglevsk
has been taken, but Lltovsk, Lvlnsk,
Etaoln, Meshchovsk, Mzconow. Pros
kurov and Shrdlu are all right eo far.
a-
Detroit News: Procrastination is a
vice which asserts itself early in life.
One hundred infants tried to get in the
baby show after the entries wc,
closed.
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Old
Prosperity ls on the way back and hi
advance agents are buying new auto
mobiles ln which to fare forth and
meet him.
New York American: It is ?.1d that
the delegates to the constitutional con
vention must weep with Root, m
they nan always get square by laugh
ing at Barnes.
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Chicago Herald: Robbers blew open
Mi safe at Bedford. Ind , the other day,
but the authorities will probably tak
no action until they learn definitely
whether it was done with a torpedo
or a mine.
Oklahoman: Ever hear of a Repub
lican president who deliberately asked
his home state not to indorse him for
fear tt might be thought he wa taking
advantage of a serious situation to
play 'cheap polities?
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Cp in Battle
Creek. Mich., one of the best adver
tised towns on earth, the chief of po
lice declares that bay rum is causing
more drunkenness than whiskey. He
wants the drug stores raided, but says
nothing about the barber shops.
THE CLEVELAND IMMIGRATION LEAGUE
From the Christian Science Mrwittor.
Although the people of the T'nlted
States are probably still ln need of
an Increasing sense of responsibility
toward the immigrant, certain dis
tinct advanceS are being made, and
one of these is connected with the ex
cellent work being accomplished In
the city of Cleveland through the
leadership of the Cleveland Immigra
tion league, which has been the means
of bringing into being a municipal
Immigration bureau as a part of the
division of employment ln the depart
ment of public welfare.
The Immigration league of Cleve
land is composed of the boaiM of edu
cation, public libraries, head workers
of settlement houses, superintendents
of various city missionary societies,
and secretaries of the Young Men's
and Young Women's Christian associ
ations. There are also associated
with the league the officers of foreign
societies, judges and clerks of the
courts of naturalization, and profes
sors ln the local universities. The
motto of the society is "To assist
the immigrant to solve his own prob
lem." a
When the league came 'Into being
it found various agencies doing good
work, but with no general or definite
program for the entire city. Its ef
forts have been successful in increas
ing by 2a't per cent the attendance in
the citizenship classes of the "coming
American" in that city, where 34.8
per cent of the population are native
of other countries. In 1 ft 1 3 the mu
nicipal Immigration bureau was
formed and joined with the league
1n various activities of depot work,
in employment, in a department of
Information and complaints, and espe
cially In matters of education, by
which there has been a gain of 44
per cent in the number of elementary
public night schools. Not the least
important is the course on Immigra
tion methods held every week In the
offices of the immigration bureau,
where social workers, together with
Have the public officials r.r Portland
and Multnomah county demonstrated
that they can run at high speed with
more safety, to the public than other
individuals? Pinco when did two
wrongs make a right, even though one
wrong is committed by an officer of
the law?
It seems strange, indeed, that four
or five children must tie crushed to
death in automatic elevators before
the example is horribl enough to
demonstrate that openings in elevator
shafts lould just as well be flush as
r...t flush: or that we must kill a
few men in their daily walks cr life
before the absurdity of reckless speed
ing bv officers is questioned.
C. A. THOMAS.
Denies Land Grant's Validity.
Portland, Sept. 18. To the Lditor of
The Journal. I see in the Oregonian
of last Thursday t)U F. P. Dunne, the
Southern Pacific attorney, claims that
the Southern Pacjfic owns all the tim
ber, minerals and equity of 2 50 per
acre on and In the grant lards. Now.
why all this confab? Is it not true
that the Southern Pacific has not and
never had any valid title to the lands,
as the people who own the land never
,-rtt " an 1 ,Aril m .n I an,, . rnon I '
election giving congress the power to
give the Southern Pacific thci-e lands.'
Is it then a valid transaction for
congress to vote to give the people's
land away without the consent of the
people? I say no. Is any transaction
valid without a money consederation
or some value received? I claim that
congress had no right to grant the land
to the Southern Pacific or any other
railroad without the consent of the
people. AN. AMERICAN CITIZEN.
The Great Problem.
From Collier's.
In this freer world that ls now be
ginning people m!;st like what they
have to do. In the country, for in-
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
From the New York Times.
t
T
I ne
n
No check to the favorable busi
ness conditions hitherto noted oc-
rred during the week Just ended.
What tread there was Indicated
further improvement. Crop pros
pects were a little better than be
fore, the iron and steel mills were
showing a larger output and In
creasing orders, and exports are
still of a record-breaking char
aVcter. Preparation in different
mercantile lines, not Only for tha
fall and winter bwt for next
sprfng and aummer, are based on
a belief in a large amount of do
mestic biiyirrg to come. In the
foreign field the purchasers from
tliis country are by no means con
lined to articles intended lor war
purposes, but a considerable, in
crease is shown on goods for ci
v ill lan uses.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baker merchants declare that the
fall business starts off exceedingly
good.
"The children of L'nlon county." says
the La Grande Observer, "are to b
a big factor in the lair next month
and where the kiddies have anything
tc do with a proposition. It ls a suc
cess." Preparations are being made for the
dedication of the new Kilts' home at
Medford next Thursday. Elks from all
parts of Oregon, California and Wash
ington 'are expected to participate In
the festivities.
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Baker Democrat: The work of lay
ing nw water mains on Campbell
street west of the city limits Is get
ting well along and the new service
when Inaugurated will be much ppre
dated by residents of that portion of
the city hitherto unserved.
La Grande Observer: Installation
ol better road aigns in the valley and
city were discussed at a meeting of
the Commercial club directors. A com
mittee was appointed to wait on Coun
ty Judge 'Phy for cooperation ,ln .1
campaign to give tourists, and even
home people, better sign boards, espe
cially on the main trunk roads'.
. a
David "Wood of Iiebanon Informs the
Rxpress that there ls a mountain of
Iron ore in the western part of Benton
county, about three miles northwest of
Philomath, on Wood's creek. It is
easy of access, about a mile and a half
from the railroad, with plenty of wood
Hnd water nearby, and Mr. Wood won
ders why someone is nut mining it
a
Tn praise of Benton county In re -
t speet of Its county fair record, the 01-
vallis Gazette Ttinen says: i;.n' e,
county has the farm prodne's, v I, a"
the livestock, it has the enterpriv : n
farmers and the combination has rvn
Benton county the 1 1 T 1 of 'T' e I'd ie
Ribbon County of On gjon." The t!M
has been justly eurncd in manv a in 1 e
straining contest against the best in
the state and we are going to keep It."
those interested ln Immigration, speak
and make reports, and where mutters
are discussed in connection wit a pub
licity. e e
It Is such agencies to assist on n
large scale thu Immigrant to under
stand the country to Which he ban
joined his Allegiance that hne helped
to change conditions in a numl r of
the lar-rer American elites reior'lv
The pirsent war and its subsequent
results in n national and social mo
bllity of the nations brings these
matters to the grave attention of the
T'nlted States at this time. What
Ideals does the country really bold
relative to the 10,n00.0u0 and more Im
migrants who have, landed on its
r.hores since the opening of the
twentieth century'' What shall be
the futurn attitude with regard to
the vast flood of alien power ond pos
sibilities? It has been estimated that
four out of every five Immigrants
have no trade, and that more than
7,nno,000 people of Slav. Latin and
Asiatic a peoples are pressed Into
crowded Industrial enters. Here tra
ditional ideals of other lands in manv
csses the antithesis of those of the
t'nlted States, are left to wield their
Influence almost untouched, save by
labor organization propaganda.
The enormity of the task of Amerl
canlzlnir these members of something
like fifty-six nationalities as they ar
rive can only be hinted at. It In
olvos education, the safeguarding of
individuals, respect for and obedience
to lnw. ni'turnlization and citizenship,
exclusion by government, and 11 scoie
of service and betterment theories
that as a whole are lacking In na
tional coherence and in, unity tuwurd
a common foal. Nothing less than
li e arousal of the entire nation, col
'ectivelv end individually, would si in
tc be sufficient adeuatel v in fulfill
the duties and responsibilities nf the
T'nlted States with regard to tie
strangers within Its aratvs and wltli
respect to those who yet may come.
stance, we must not only get the bet
terments of science actively ln use on
the farms, but we must educate cbll
(iron eo that they will become pleas
antly aware of the Interests, realities,
and satisfactions of farm life. Hctjbcit
Quick has made CiIb point everlaM
ingly clear in his new book. "The
Brown Mouse." It ought to be read
rind pondered over by most of tho'-e
who bnve anything to do with rural
education. 1 1 is idle to cry "back to the
soil" to those who have been steadily
trained away from it during eight or
ten )ars of schooling. Note, too, that
the farmer can ruin himself by doing
a good job. If the wheat growers all
took this sage advice about getting a
Luropean yield from each American
acre, the prbej would probably go to
60 cents a bushel. The world-old war
between the city dweller's cheap food
and the farmer's profitable crops must
be brought to mwe sort of a fair set
tlement. This problem has been wran
gled over from either end, but It has
not been clearly elated for solution. It
will bo necutisary not only to have the
farmers doing their most effective
work lor the regt of us. but also to
make suro that in doing It they nre not
In danger of getting a less reward
than like servic would gain In othT
Industries. The present market con
trolled prices do not Insure this res'.lt.
Whatever ls necessary In the way of
joint action, government rep ula 1 1011.
etc., will some day have to b under
taken, and the generation which com
bines this statesmanship with proper
rural education will very nearly settle
the farming question.
Printer's Ink as a Life SaveT.
From the Chicago Herald.
Printer's ink has long been recog
nized as an effective disinfeetant. As
an instrument of publicity it has be, n
potent ln clearlntr up and denning
out a lot of bad conditions, political,
financial. Industrial and moral. It
has not often been credited with
service as a physical life-saver.
Edward A. Moore of the New York
State Charities Aid association. In
an address before the American Pub
lic Health association at Rochester
on Thursday, added that horror to the
laurel wreath of printer's ink. lie
declared ft to be "saving more llvoa
than any other single agency of mod
ern health workers." As a case In
point Mr. Moore 'ited "one of the
most important cities of this state,"
which for a whole year endured an
Increasing smallpox epidemic. Then
the statp health department an
nounced that "Its policy In dealing
with local ,-pidemica would be state
wide publicity." As a result the som
nolent community awakened with re
markable rapidity.
At a local theatre amusing Illus
trations have been given of thst tru
ism of the capable business man, "It
Pays to Advertise." The business in
stincts of the community in o'lestlon
promptly realized that there nre situ
ations whl'-h It ls highly undesirable
to have advertised. And thus print
tr ink becane a life saving purga
tive whose administration was highly
beneficial to the whole country in
general and Ut that community In
particular.
TeOnceOVerl
CAPTAIN T J. MACGKNN-1 mas
ter of the steamer Breakwater-
ami takes her over the Columbia river
bar when other steamers ttay nut
sldtv and wait for better 'weather.
J And Captain Macgenn as every
one knows la a poet.
Ilis friends call him "the poet
of the Pacific."
And he has a dictaphone right
w;ih hiin'j on the bridge of the
I" ik water.
- and when he gats an i n.-plration
- 1 ailed a hunclT
- h pi ,.ss agents- -
- ond J porting editors -
and deiectlves
--and 01 ner vulgar persons.
sJBut aa I was saying when the
captain g.'.s a liiin.h--he walks right
ovar- and talk u into his dictaphone.
and then he m.iii.s the machine
the other wav
and hears how it listens.
- and tills must l. wim s meant
by the revel sc lanlh.
J And Munictun. s : the hunch
Is good -other c.iptams i:l ,,.,lr ,-np.
tain Maegenn 'hauling mt,, i,t dic
tuptiot.c -for iiHlcs down the wind.
JAnd Captain MacClcnn has com
posed, a song in this manner civile
"Wln'n Oregon Goes Dry."
--in which he proposes when It
happens to migrate to California.
J Whi. h w,. all know--Is only poetic
lie. rifo beiatUSC 1,0, Won't.
II Ard the other day- the captain
w l!iiig no about his Font
tt ' " ! inad. a hit in the grills
lua.-ie Mores.
- "d he l' I I me th.,t his mu-ioal
1 1 11 1! lug - had been ratte r limited.
j ' When 1 was a hoy of 4 ,n
Glasgow - - Scot .and - said Captain
M v genu ' 1 heloiu-.ed to the Band of
Hope.
"and w, had a baud -called SU
Mmys Flute hand.
- "and i didn't leai 11 to play very
rapidly.
J "But finally 1 learned three
tunes- in 14 da j s-f-afur the bandmas
ter had threat, ned to tako away tny
uniform.
- "and J went to sea- the next
week.
- 'and have never Mudied music
Site '
a l that was ipiit,. ;l while a" -
e . .plan, has b. en weai-!'-'
a a... -1. , ':. uuifoiiii with distliic
t'"1 I " 1 1 ' 1 juub- and -
T "' .-l the yen .s -s-lnee
he ell 1.,.1-gou i.e say- ho never
had no.. i.. in., 1 1 1 ti m c u 11 1 1 1 he
Mai iiii in ;o v 1 1 1 e 1 an sung.
POEMS YOU MAT HAVE LIKED
II
A Sunn Di'iikm racy.
Let 11. e .! u tun 1m:.s ,,,, i,jt, fir
1 i ) . ' g.
And Can . m 11 1 lie ii.m , is epin.
All.i jo, 11 11 la. , iii;,K , , .
And laugh v i- 1. in. ..oigh i.oiuc-.
in.
Let 11 it- inn w.th the slim t nun ai.u
tail lorn.
With li'.i.n in. n and biawu nu n I":
free.
And kicking loievir that a. I men
.We good elioal. ), io.vn. Ilk,, me.
Lit rn. mix witu these go.,), enoiig'li
1 el
I ui 1 hi , M I c I eh from t h" pole to
. I le- P 01 ,
And 1... "11. 1 an I the l.iounh and the
;. ell .v x
A 1 1 1 , ly while 11, the go u I
'1 leelgl; ; II,. II HI. hete til, ill ome
I ; I e I .
.'lt d men are v n 1 than some.
'1 he In. II 1 1 11 1 . 111 I 1 1 1 .1 , liny In 1 lime
As I : "p. i ,i.i lie 1 1 .-1,
r v e 1. 1 ow 1 i,a ! In
b eome.
pel feet and
dirt of tho
r
M.i! .-i.ov f:,aa t
. I i r ; 1 I .
An,; I .
Son..
For 1!
v gr.n
t ' .I'M h'-r hop per
I I, II' III I I.e I limp.
l-
1 el I. .is a kl. a II of ad-
a m : 1 g
Tis i.e hi ' .1 'is l.iibtt I o burst ,
Thoaiih tin- in.-, 1 si, ail he last, 'tis 1 n
1 1 ale : int
To lii.ow that the Ja.st shall be"first.
I.. we know Unit 'tvvlxt here and Alls-
U .1 lia
Ale piojni-, 10 is U'lll.i not a few.
Bat pole who , mole oT a failure,
, lid Pol: e h' I ' 1 bet I II that! V OH
Ai.,i vv. i-u. w that tn iM here and Ni-W
,'11
Are -:,,', 1
1 '. ' 1 I la;, W I
i! en, low 1 nd high,
,h mole of a 11 1 1. 11 y
10- mole oi a v.ni.er than 1.
So I mix with the good and the bad
11,01,
TVIui ale ma. b Die same fellows m I,
And 1 l ltid liu'ii: al e glad men ;u,d ; ad
men.
But men it is good to get nigh.
Let me cry when there's no drip for
crying
And dan f when the dancei.w spin,
And join 111 the selling and having
And laugh WI..11 III.- laugh conies 111.
Ham Waller 1 1 is s.
Filgbert vis. Ijiw and fhxler.
S. Noiton Co bo. editor and pub
lisher of tho Stanflold 1 Or ) Klandnrd,
gives i'sge ''ne to the following di
verting episode of life In the Irriga
tion belt:
"Tb flmm Mrx.rn In O" rprlne; and
t hi- l.ule i.i.iU Hi ihk. !i.-' mid attain
': "' I" m.n.t n. n singling li;i, tia
Ml l,H lulls for II, I- I.,. Ill ' gU.7.lTjr"
v la-re In- iiil.lixl e. j,l..ilf to bin already
p. .n ..i,,i r ll j.u.l 1.1.1! i-t. Ill nam
1,. I :. Ij. ' 1 i.enil.l lloi-defer ; where ha
Ida-. 1 r I in mi otn- Uni-w hilt blluelf, and
t,,. w;iv w'.ikiiiK t.M tini'ij nt being a
ia-.,.i. .i iK-ii tHT" to give anything
p a ik aig-i.i. I hi tiied wlla tba liquid
r., utile uid.'li )i (lUiieuaeil at Uiltir'e
J.iln'. uiitil hi iltllu jilie Of etrnilattnf
ie,.. I en lui.l liemi transferred t Ui
reiolj lid of tin" "hoiimii uirlor" an1 la
hnil been ejected lrih tc cold cruel
v .rid. forced to ae. k further hllnrlijr
v. ith vWi,.t M'eani wna Wt la liln bohem.
Thin proved 10 nnjplii ual he ' ""
tinned " to rour Id g-intl hoiik ..f p-s,ig-11U
lit !! Mreeta lllitll well t.,v. hoN
idiiK. nhi'ii bin uii' d .ti'iiig'"! Kiel I."
Ii.krt Into the finet ejliiliMien "f plon
aii1 fHi.ey profit 11 la' t .'d..i I' lm . v.-r
been the JiriTiloji! of Stnli'1'1'1 P. I:tell.
K.Ig'iierl blerold w.i proa..: : pile h-'l mat
thrown into the (1tki-i uln i.g-.i. iu tlia
eliy "Harftlie" wl.iif I," reim lied until
the net rimming. I 11 . ' hmiled
b.-rore Judge Willi, 'r ! ' or given
the IterntlT of 1,11 sir I'i da In
the count v Jull. . i-pi-1 ihe alterna
tive, having left ll la- n-.ldn alwekele
In the jwh of our rotu.id little friend
Ullejr.
From nil of uh,, n it may be In
ferred that Kugb. 1 1 was drunk and dia
orderi. with t e usual result.
However, it would seem that Jude
W'liiis viol thuiugh an unnccesatv
formality when he Imposed a fine of
J.-i on Kdguert.
a a
He should hav known belter.
B 'k in North Dakota, where I used
to live, the town marshal used to
search em before he br ught 'cm be
ll. Ie the Judge.
a
So the judge always km-w whether
a fine would be advisable.
He and the marshal were working
the efficiency racket long before It
beiame the craze that it now Is.
m m
They were saving time in the a,4
ministration of Justice. : ;