THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915.
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America asks nothing fop her
ielf but what who ha a right to
'ask for humanity itself.
' WOODKOW WILSON.
The Bpan of 'life was lent
for lofty duties, not for selfiah
neisa: not to be whiled away in
aimless dreams, but to improve
ourselves and nrv mankind.
Aubrey De Vcre.
WHY THEY FIGHT
iW
HY dissemble? Why not
come out in the open?
Thus, BOin of those
fighting the r'erriu hill de-
Ifnand that the term upon which
government may i.aie over tne
plant at the end of the fifty years'
lease he changed.
This change is wanted hy the
water power interests in order to
give them leeway to over-capitalize
the property. The business of
public service and industrial cor
porations in this country has large
ly degenerated from making money
by legitimate profits to making
money, hy Inflating the capital,
With watered stock. It. is a sys
tem by which fortunes are made
Oyer night.
Witness the exposure .by t he In
tertstate Commerce Commiision of
Stock manipulation In the Kock
Island railroad, and in the New
1 Haven railroad and the San Fran
cisco.. These exposures are officlal-
ly revealed and rannot be dis
puted. Or note llie suit Just
brought' In a Chicago court to re
cover .money stolen through stock
manipulations hy Rock Island di
rectors. There is scarcely a public service
corporation in the country in
which the capital is not inflated.
A change of ownership or a re
organization nearly alwus means
a great increase of security flota
tions. It iaa process that lays heavier
bnrdenH on patrons of the business.
They must contribute added earn
ings to pay dividends on added
capital, part of which is fictitious.
. It has been stated on the highest
authority that the American people
are thus paying dividends on II
billion dollars of fiction.
. The Ferris lull has been so
- framed as to prevent this sort of
thing In the use of water powers.
That 13 one reason why the at
torneys of water power corpora
, tlons have assembled in Portland
. to fight the Ferris bill before the
water power conference.
' That Is one reason why It has
been proclaimed in advance that
the conference will "protest"
against the Ferris bill.
CAItltANZA Oil OHHFfiOX
v NLY the other day a Washing-i
I 1 ton disnatch Stated nnon "un-l
J questioned authority" that
the United States would rec
ognize Carranza as the ruler of
Mexico. Now it is reported, "ac
cording to the admission of a
' -. cabinet member," that General
. Mv.amam l . 1 . 1 - ...in.
ranza and receive this govern-;
- jment'B backing as the man most
likely to bring peace in Mexico.
, Such contradictory reports com-
. ing bo ciose logei ner may ne taken
tig evidence that nobody in au
thority at Washington has author
- Ized any statement concerning the
aaminisiranon s purpose. But in
View of Carranza's attitude con
cerning a proposed conference be
tween the warring factions, this
e r,ftm in 1 . nnl V... . ..
..j.-- iv 1 ' i.aucu l J J Lilt-
' United States and South American
..republics, it is evident that Mexico
.needs a stronger personality than
. the "first chief" at the head of
.. the republic's affairs.
. Carranza rejected the peact con
" ference proppsal on the ground
that Jt"would Impair the indepen
"', dence of the republic and establish
' the precedent of foreign interfer
ence In determination of its in--.'
ternal affairs." Sach a confer
. ence would be of no effect. Car
ranza refused to recognize the fact,
as the New York Times says, that
the good offices of friendly nations
were proffered for the sole reason
that -''the independence of the re
public was already profoundly lm
. paired." It is evident that the
) "first chief is a better disputant
.than be is a soldier or patriot.
Whether Obregon is the 6ort of
man Mexico' needs remains to be;
to
E -
seen. But it Is evident th- if he into Ae conflict remains - to- be every 48 hours. But even such a
breaks with Carranza and takes a seen, Vt there is reason to believe record ought to qualify them as
considerable part of th "first that tt. Teutonic drjve toward expert n a purely guessing con
chief's" army with him, tit -re will Petrograd is intended for political test.
be a change in the Mexican situa- j effect as well as for military ad-: :
tion. It could hardly be for the vantage. Further success hy the ' Eight hundred million dollars
worse. Possibly Obrevon. with the Germans in that direction might is a lot of money almost beyond
backing of Villa and Zapata, might ! bring Sweden Into the list of bel-; comprehension. But according to
prove worthy of recognition. i Hgerents. i Premier Asquith's estimate of
! Three hundred rears aeo Fin- $25,000,000 a day, $800,000,000
WH AT IDIOTS VK ARE!
I
N THE most famous pulpit in
the world, one of the most fa
mous preachers of the world
confessed Sunday that "life long
ambition for wealth and power has Finland Xhe RuS8ian3 are cred
utterly crushed my life." lted ,,y the Swedes with wanting
It was Henry Ward Beecher's nn i,,c.rrcII nnrt in Morwav and
old pulpit in Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, and the preacher was
TJr Newell DwIght Hillis. He said, exi,and has made a hereditary
these ambihons have brought rne,enemy of Rweden. ,
to the brink of poverty, and hum- Mr. shei)herd'S dispatch indicates
tLiAfl Trici tin that T nni nor wnrthv , , . . .
. ... . ..-v
to unloose the shoe latches of
poor worker in the slums.
The indictment of ambition 'or tafK COuntry enter the war, Russia' in that day when wm, wearied,
wealth and power" is not new. It WOuld be still further isolated from ; blood-shot eyes' the nations of Europe
is only personal testimony as to a iier western allies. Finland would Iook hitherward, what kind of a
bitter experience from a "rw doubtless again become Swedish : united States are they going to be
BOtirco. . territory for a time at least, and;1,old?
It is the human bent for riches : it is possible that Petrograd, j Are tney going to see a United
that makes countless millions threatened from two 'sides, might : states, armed to the teeth, standing
mourn. It is the "ambition for
wealth and power" by rulers that 1
has made a cockpit of Europe and .
drenched a continent in blood.
The great sin of the world is i
avarice. It robs a beauiliul world
of much of its loveliness. There
could be an existence on earth of
sweetness and joy and gladness-.
Nature and the Omnipotent have
placed here- everything for the
complete happiness of the race.
The forests, the beautiful moun
tains, the lovely valleys, the rivers,
te birds, the changing seasons and
nil the Infinite variety of delight- ri'i,ls uu lu uugauou oCi , ,
fill environments are an Kden if constitutional questions. To b(? adequately pr(,pared apainst
mankind would only seek to make' Judge Short is attorney for the i possible attack Is the counsel of
it an Eden Instead of a shambles , San Joaquin Eight & Power Com- prudence, of course, and no one quar
and a cockpit of struggle. ', panv, usually known as one of leIs wlth Jt. But to be prepared up
But Mammon has been lifted up the Jdjntington interests. lie also ! to the 8tandard of ,he b st military
to be worshipped. There is an appears in California supreme court ! establishments of Kurope to have a
idolatry of dollars. Society is a 1 reports as attorney for Lux & Mil- i landing army of ?, 000. 000 men If any
maelstrom of selfish "ambition for , ler, a firm that is one of the big- j other natlon has 't; to hav a navy
wealth and power." The very . gest land monopolists in the West. : of 1000 SUperdreadnaughts If any
children, by the stray thoughts When there is no other sound ; other nation has It is gravely ques
that drift off from the parent, are nrsiimP,lt to bring against proposed j tionabie on many sound grounds,
taught that the Ultimate end and nild virt,10,ls legislation, it is the! our most rabid preparatlonists de
nim of life is gold, gojd, gold. habit of corporation lawyers to i sire 6 less than this And this is
And so the struggle goes on. It nn ttlp earth witj, phrieks about j not only contrary to the Ideals that
crushs the weak under the jug-;tho litigation it will bring about. have alwavs guided us, but It may
gemaut of ambition. The strong, ! lt is an easy arR,mlrnt to make, 1 also place us very much out of Joint
comparatively few in number, drive nnd is sometimes effective. The with the times; for who knows that
ruthlessly on, reckless of the con- railroad and timber interests used 1 after this war there are going to be
sequences to those who have not it at ,0 ,jrant land conference to j any more great standing armies?
the strength and faculties to com-. frUhten ninforrnec' and timid del- ; who knows whether the nations are
pete. Strong as ho was, Newell pgatefl into acceptance of the ah- 1 going to be willing aga in to start the
Dwight Hillis, famous clergyman, ' t.,irb r0SOlut ions that were adopted . colossal armament race which failed
was Struck down by the chariots R,lt wiy ljtigate? The Ferris bill t so miserably to rreserve peace?
and his career crushed. There is offrra ,,ower si(os to Investors on what a piece of ghnstlv humor it
no check, no hindrance, no let : a Joaf!f, of f,0 ye: rs nt nominal would be if the rntted States the
to the madness of the age. rental, subject to state regulation united States whi-h has hitherto ben
And so, there are orphans' tears, on in,ra.Ptate btiLine-.s and federal ; eWorn to peace, should suddenly be
and congested slums and the strug- , regulation on other business, ask-I come a militaristic nation at the
gles of toiling women, and the ,nc. ony fhf)t thp ,,UPfI10-s ho lp,it. ' ry mnmerlt tne pet, rpady to
hopelesnness and weariness and imaU, and that the law be obeyed. . abandon militarism for ever!
crimes, and moans and sighs and i fs a ,)jn (o promote the use:
sorrows in a world that ought to of the water i.owers and the devel-' Preparedness gets Us ordv logic
be and could be a place of beauty opnu,n, of tt.e country without ! fr0m what is to com. To prepare
ami ifdMii-j nu.. jj h.o...."o".
What idiots and fool we are!
NEW KESOl K ES
E'
DWIN E. PRATT, chief of the
bureau of foreign and domes
tic commerce, has an article
in the Scientific American
showing how the development of
American resources has been stim
ulated by the European war.
Thomas A. Edison discovered
that tons of benzol were going to
w-aste In most of the coke plants.
Mr. Edison developed a method of
making phenol from benzol, and
now instead of importing carbolic
acid the I'nited States is producing
its own.
It was found comparatively easy
to produce aniline from the same
source. Aniline is extensively used
as a coloring matter and Ameri
can manufacturers formerly im-
ported more than 2,500,000 pounds
of lt annually, chiefly from (ler
many. Mr. Pratt says the Edison
works will soon be producing ani
line at the rate of 2,000,000 pounds
a year.
Progress has been made in the
manufacture of coal tar dyes, of
which we formerly Imported ?10,
000,000 worth a year. Mr. Pratt
says American facilities for mak- ,owe(1 to )he ,ofter what wouId
ing these dyes have been greatly Jerome of a wife's chief function1
increased and now there is promise reforming her husband?
that a fairly complete coal, tar . '
chemical Industry will be estah-; jr weddings in the cupola sur
lislied in the I'nited States. mounting the capitol .:ome at Pa-
Attention is being given to the em become the style the state
country's need of potash salts fori my be asked to maintain the place
compounding fertilizers. Before as a public utility, keeping on
the war we imported J1 6.000.000 band a supply of orange blossoms,
worth of these salts annually, but riCe and old shoes,
the supply has been cut off. Now
plans are being made for utilizing President Hibben, of Princeton
the great kelp beds in the Pacific, university, says there is too much
and Mr. Tratt declares that in , intellectual pampering of college
ft year or two the United States students; work is made too agree
may be able to fertilize its farms able for them. But if it were not,
with American potash exclusively. how much work would be done in
SWEDEN AM) THE WAR
SHEPHERD,
W
ILLIAM G.
united press war corres-
pondent, says Rritons are
almost convinced that
Sweden will shortly become an ally . good tneir promises it should be '"aimed, a long, long time before It
of Germany. He has disclosed an : possible for an ordinarily active oan aain convinre the pwrlPS that
interesting situation which may pPrson t0 save enough on purchases Mars ls pod aml he"uU him ther'
result in Sweden abandoning neu- , t0 meet the trip's expenses. ,isno other,
trality and taking up arms against ; ts
Russia. Scientists some time ago an- T"e da' of the Unilcd States is at
Germany has cultiv: ted Sweden's ' nounced that Mount Lassen had hand, but it is dearly not a day of
Inherent suspicion of Russia, and ceased its volcanic activities, but : arms: it is a day of universal aid.
as a result it is Raid the Swedes last Saturday there was another ur ltme to Prerare TCitn arms was
have cooled toward a Scandinavian bi eruption. When wise men when all the nations were most per
union designed to safeguard neu- i make mistakes there is hope for i fectly prepared and in their proudest
tral rights. Sweden has barred the rest of ns. ! strength. But none are prepared to
ner territory to the shipment of 1 - ' day. and such preparations as they
war supplies destined for Russia
and has revived a' feeling of dis-
trust toward tne czar's government,
Whether Sweden can be brought
land and the adjoining provinces
to the south, including the land
where Petrograd stands, were
Sw;edish possessions. But Peter
the Great took the Baltic prov-
. . Alpvanripr , ar.miired
eDough Swedish territory to give I
access
to it. Russia's desire to!
mat oermany nas oeen partly sue-
cessful in playing upon Sweden's
fear of Russia. Should King Gus-
!
fall
A BOGIS ARGUMENT
EART breaking predictions
and dolorous prognostica
tions of litigation to follow
enactment of the Ferris bill
are loudly voiced by the water
power owners and their lawyers.
Judge Short, of California, is
one of these. Ilis arrival in Port
land was signalized by an inter-
view in whioh he predicted stagna
Iion to ,,e brought about by the
permitting Inflation. speculation '
ii.
nnl monopolization of resources is wise. To prepare for what my
closely allied with human welfare. : never com Is waste. The whole
if, as they say. the water power 5 question and method of preparedness
Interests want use of the water s dependent en a reasonable expec
powcrs and development of the , tatlon. And in the light of this ter
ronntry, why the threat to litigate? j rjbie satiety of blood which the na
if in good faith in their pro- tions ere wenrily wading tlirough
fessed desires for use and develop- j and praying for deliverance from,
ineiit. why would they prevent use I which is it most reasonable to ex
and development by litigation over pect in the future war or peace?
tbe governments perfectly reason-
able and perfectly feasible plan for
a perfectly legitimate water power
business? 1
The threat of litigation Is a con- :
fei-sion of the weakness of the
position Of those fighting the Fer- !
ris bill. j
Employes of the street cleaning
department who were compli
mented Sunday night at Calvary
Presbyterian church for their work
In keeping Portland a clean city, !
;: received deserved praise. Even the '
city administration's severest crit-l
irs admit that the streets are prop
erly cared for.
Girls are told by a Portland
pastor to marry only men who are
worth while morally, spiritually,
intellectually and physically. It
mav be nood advice, but if fol-
' some of the larger colleges?
: The Journal's Round-Up special
train will leave for Pendleton
Thursday night at 1 1 : 3 0 o'clock. It
T-m not interfere with Dollar Day
' ,-n Portland, and if merchants make
The London Chronicle has been
keeping tab on the war "experts
and finds that they contradict
1 themselves on an average' once
wuld last Britain alone only 32
da's applied toward meeting all
expenses of the war.
PREPAREDNESS IN ITS
RELATION TO PEACE
From the Detroit News.
f
HIS war la going to end one day.
Victor and vanauished are Koing
. ., .
d,solation tnev have made to thVnk.
-n t face the most
(.olossal task of rehabmtation that
man has ever fa(Pci. They are going
to jook around the world for such
symnathv and hpln as thpv mav find.
on their coasts, shouting a challenge?
saying:, "We heard you want a
fight; come on!"
Or are they going to see a United
States with all tne armament of
peace and all the munitions of pros
perity and all the arts of healing and
plenty mobilized for the help of the
nations?
That is one sMe of the question of
preparedness which is not receiving
I as much attention as It deserves.
nor as much thought as we will have
to give It when the war ends one
day.
for what mav be reasonably expected
Ts It reasonable to expect war? Is
there any nation in Kurope even
those nations which a year ago were
most military-minded that desires
moro war? Is there any nation in
Europe today that looks other than
lonringly upon peace? Do they not
au nerve themselves to their now
jaded efforts by the thought that
the end of this war will insure their
lasting peace?
Wrhat, if, while all the rest of the
world Is praying and preparing for
the Unlted states alone should
De found preparing for war?
Can you conceive any more miser
able miscarriage of national energy
than that would be?
Wre must, of course, prepare for
what is coming. But we .mist use
oir best judgments and accurately
discern the signs of the times to per
ceive what is coming. I'nprepared
ness istA condition in which no in
dividual or nation likes to be found.
But if unpreparedness for war Is to
be so passionately condemned, what
are you to say of a nation that Is
unprepared for peaCe? To he un
prepared for peace is to be unpre
pared for progress is to be left be
hind In the next cosmic forward
movement toward a higher civiliza
tion. This is a side of the question that
has been shamefully neglected by
. ,, .... .
the "organs of public opinion, and
upon its own merits It deserves more
thought than it has received. One
may displace idealism with the cold
est practicality and still discern that
the immediate imuie oi r.urupe aim
worlQ 18 u,al lau"r 01 "tun"
"ruction which can only be pursued
In peace.
Even if the war spirit
survives this suicidal attack it has
made on itself, it will lie a long time
i have left are being rapidly swept
away. No nation will emerge strong
from this conflict; the oceans of
blood that they have 1 Jst and the
centyrles of , orrow that they have
lived through this past twelve-month,
have weakened them to inoffenslve
ness. The day of the United States Is at
hand, but lt is not a day of chal
lenge; lt Is a day of assistance.
We shall be needed with all our
clear sight and all our clean hands
and ail our freedom from prejudice
to help to give the battered nations
a fair etart toward life again. We
cannot do that in a military spirit.
We shall be hindered la doing that
if we go out in the strength of equal
armies and navies.
It will be no honor to us to have
turned all our wealth and energy in
to systems cf wholesale murder, and
if we do that it will not argue our
friendship for those whom we would
! help.
Our appearance before the nations
when this war shall have ended must
be in full accord with our cherished
traditions of peace. Instead of these
battered nations having impressed
their militaristic ideas on us and in
the very twilight of militarism, too!
we must Impress our ideals of peace
on them. There has never been so
propitious a time for this as will
come when this war Is ended, and all
the bruised and bleeding belligerents
turn for help to some nation that has
kept the faith.
Let us be prepared, by all means.
But let us be prepared for what is
coming. And lt Is a world-wide de
sire for peace that is coming.
OUTWITTED
By EDWIN MARKHAM
v
He drew a circle that shut me out
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout;
But Love and I had the wit to win;
We drew a circle that took him in.
The above bit of verse by Edwin
Markhain, the famous poet, has just
come to light. Mr. ilarkham is a na
tive of Oregon, his birthplace being
Oregon City.
Letters i-rom the People
(Cummunlcatioua seat to The Journal for
publication lu this department ahould be writ
ten on onlj oce sida of tee paper, ahould Dot
mei'ii oUO jvurds in leogtb and must be ac
companied hy tee name and addreaa of the
acuUer. lt the writer does uot deaire to bava
il: uime published, he should ao aiate.)
Discussion la the greatest of all reformer.
It rationalizes everything H tou.jhea. It roba
principles of all fule aaurlitj and throws them
bink on their reasonableness. If they have n
reasoiiatileueaa, lt rutkirnaly crusbea tbein out
or existence and sets np Its owu couoahlonj
La meir Head." Woodruw Wiiaon.
Intrepretation Called For.
Giants Pass, Or., Sept. IS. To the
Editor of The Journal I have been
reading with a great deal of Interest
everything pertaining to the suit ln
fcituated by the government for for
feiture of t lie O. it C. grant lands.
There seems to he a difference of
opinion as to the meaning of the
judgment rendered by the supreme
rourt. I am no part of a lawyer, but
the wildest idea that I have heard
is from Attorney Dunne, who ap
peared in the case for the railroad
com; any. He takes the ground that
the equity of $:.D0 per acre meant
the soil alone and that the timber
thereon was in addition. Why he did
not claim ail mineral as well 1 can
not upiii r.Mand.
Would it be unreasonable for con
gress to pass au art to siibrnit tho
language of the judgment to the same
court in session, and ask it to in
terline each section with explanation
of Its meaning where there seems to
be any chance for ambiguity, with
language so plain that a wayfaring
man though a fool need not err there
in, and have it printed in the lan
guage of the original and so marked,
and the interlining also marked, as
explanation of the foregoing section?
This could not be construed In the
light of anything like criticism and
any court capable of rendering a de
cision Is certainly capable of ex
plaining its own language. To my
mind this would be the short tut to
end the whole matter.
J. M. CHILES.
The Case of Commandant Elder.
Albany, Or.. Sept. IS To the Edi
tor of The journal I am certainly
greatly pleased with the continued and.
vigorous protest The Journal is mak
ing against the removal of Command
ant Klder from the Soldiers' home at
Roseburg, Oregon.
During the session of the Oregon
state grange, held i:i May. 101::, in
IJoseburg, I visited the home o-ne day
and took dinner with the "boys," a
very substantial and enjoyable spread.
I found Mr. Elder a perfect gentleman,
and not one word of complaint did I
hear as to his character or adminis
tration. Several times during the years since
then I have met in Albany some of the
old soldiers from the" home and never
a word of complaint or criticism did
they utter. Taking it all in all. lie is
the right man In the right place, and
I eay it's a burning shame that he
should be turned out, and on partisan
grounds, as we believe. His successor-to-be
is no doubt a worthy man, hut
that is not all. High praise to the
citizenship of Roseburg who petition
for the. retention of Mr. Flder.
I predict that this seemingly lnex-
j disable action will adversely affect
j the success of the" Republican party
i in Oregon in lf'lfi, when coupled with
other t R,,ts o some Republioan
! officials, and events that are quite
certainly yet to transpire.
Public opinion is rapidly changing
from blind partisanship to broad and
common sense views o public affairs
ano or what is mr the public good. I
"aed l0 " T"'" 0t,llpr r'
I m.ed 'JS 9' "'
CTRTTS II. WALKER.
j Patriotic
Instructor of McPherson
Post, No. h. G. A. R.
Assails Britain's War Record.
Reedville, Or., Sept. 20. To the Ed
itor of The Journal What have the
Fnclish done in this war? Nothing
only what was generally accepted as
a foregone conclusion resulting from
the tremendous preponderance of the
combined allied naval strength the
driving of German vessels from the
seas. Aside from this the English
have done nothing but blunder. They
failed to save Belgium, which they
had sworn to protect, and had it not
been for the valorous French army,
the British would have long ago been
swept into the sea. Lord Kitchener's
spring drive met disaster at Neuve
Chappelle, which, though heralded as
a British victory, was In reality a
humiliating defeat. They learned
there that an army needed ammunl.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL 'CHANGE
Los Angeles Times: Has anybody
here seen the Mpret of Albania?
Omaha World Herald: Edison, one
might say, is the leading light of the
navy board.
a
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Still,
there is some doubt about the czar's
capability as a pinch-hitter.
Boston Globe: .There's many a man
who this week will make his wife a
present of an aluminum preserving
kettle.
a
Los Angeles Herald: Pessimist
asks: "Is there any milk left in the
pitcher?" Optimist asks: "Will you
pass the cream?"
Birmingham Age Herald: If the
Balkan states get into the European
war it may cut off the importation of
wrestlers into America.
Washington Post: Calling for Japan
ese reinforcements suggests that there
are occasions when the yellow peril
looks like a rainbow of promise.
Philadelphia North American: Rus
sian cabinet has resigned, according
to Petrograd dispatch. Next we will
heart of the Holy Synod going on a
strike.
Seattle Times: The Sublime Porte
must feel comfortable on reflecting
that the situation in Turkey is critical.
It was never anything else, within re
cent memory.
a a
Philadelphia Ledger: On the day the
czar took control the Russian press
bureau announced a great victory.
Which suggests that the czar took con
trol of the press bureau.
Kansas City Journal: The Knglish
pound sterling has been steadily de
preciating in value, measured in Amer
ican money, but it has not reached
the point where it looks like 30 cents.
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Chicago Herald: Senator Lewis Is
going abroad, Secretary- Lansing
hautens to state, "on no official busi
ness." The senator needs no official
business to give importance to his
person or impivssivenebs to his attire.
The only objection any European coun
try could have to receiving him would
lie In the fact that his aspect and
conversation might distract the coun
try's attention too much from the war.
THE BRITISH
C. F. G. Masterman, in Contemporary
Review.
Pome are consciously fighting for
England and the empire; some for
what they believe to be a just cause,
and some for hatred of Germany or in
dignation nt German atrocity. There
are those who desire to emulate their
friends and those who desire their
friends to be avenged. Home have en
tered from vanity, some from cowar
dice, others from courage or to es
cape undesired employment, or from
simple love of adventure, or because
they must go when all are going,
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Po they pass, a piece of the life of
F.ngland and these islands, to take
their part in the great struggle, all
unconscious that the universe in which
they have lived and labored Is crash
ing to pieces around them and that
they are witnessing tiie end of a world.
They w ill appear in history in the flare
of that enormous sunset, cheesrful,
resolute, unafraid. As they lived In
field and forge, and factory, so they
live in camp and fortress, so they face
hardship and danger; so they die.
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The bulk of them have always lived
near "the margin" and therefore near
the realities of life: in the face of
dangers, ironworkers. ma nlpVilat irg
molten metal, coal miners, exchanging
only as one said explosion in the
daylight for explosion in the dark;
fishermen who have fought from child
hood against the peril of the sea: or
the poor whose mtnished and bleak
days have only been rendered endur
able by the simplicity, comradeship
and perpetual chaff and humor which
tlon, which they didn't have in suf
ficient quantities, and besides this it
leaked out that a considerable por
tion of their ammunition was used
against their own men as they were
charging a Unman position. No doubt
Lord Kitchener is as great as Wel
lington was; yet Wellington had the
Belgians and the Prussians undeir old
Gcmral Bbnher helping him win the
battle, of Waterloo. Knglish victories
in the greatest part were won not by
Knglish soldiers, but by soldiers of
other nations. For instance, take the
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war. we iina
Prussians. Austrian. Danes and
Dutch helping the Duke of Marlbor
ough win the victories which made
his name so famous and added un
earned glory to British arms. In our
French and Indian war "the Colonials
did the fighting, while the English
took the glory and the booty." The
ramarlfhlA e n 1 TT1 hi i fi T Of T?llflvtAn
- ; iun or snort Danot or any otner re-
milltary power ls good evidence that form. Society In Its struggle to get
someone ls asleep on the Job. That rld of the Ills that afflict it has
someone ls Great Britain. 1 tried, and sometimes rejected, the
O. E. FRANK. politico - monnrchlal. politico - repub-
I llean. politico - demoeratic, politico -
The Better Way With Convict. I democratic - republican and politico -
Enterprise, Or., Sept. 18 To the 'commission frrms. and still her
Editor of The Journal It appears that j f1' r"maln, ,AVh7 Because sRe
. . , , has always retained the political
Henry l ord has promised to employ j AV) n (i:r ronstltutlons
the entire output of the Michigan penl-i arP ,i..,nn that the courts on ln
tentiary. This is cheerful news, If quinntr !r,to them, discern the Indus
true. This man, who ls rich not only t '-i.-i I form Instead of the political
in dollars but in the affections of' form. so. lety's Ills will disappear, be
people, has a theory that honest work. 'cause the source of her Ills will b
reasonable hours, a fair wage and a '; removed. When the Invisible person
sure living are as apt to reform me'- alitv called government In clean and
as stripes, dungeons, black lists, ; it would be clean If it did not make
rogues' galleries and Bertillon tncas-' exploitation legal the agents or of
ui( merits. i fi'-ials would be clean (officially) re-
Otven the raw material and the op- I gardless of whether they be saint or
portunlty, along with Ford t reatment, j sinner.
these so-called felons will be trans-j Tf Portland had Rn Industrio-com-formed
i-nto useful citizens, as were mission form of city government In
the early convict settlers of A u si ra 1 la. , stead of a politico-commission form
PHILIP GRANPING. J think you the Ills of unemployment
i and faulty distribution of wealth
For the 'Industrial Commonwealth' j would long continue-' x0t likely, it
Myrtle Creek, Or., Sept. 18. --To the , is at this point that present govern
Editor of The Journal Your valliant , menls fail and cannot prevent fall
approval of Hon. Klihu Roofs out- j ,lre- Until political forms are rejected
burst against invisible government is j for Industrial forms there will slways
funny, because there is no visible. D corruption In government,
lollective government. Government, Mr. Root does not know much, or
like God, though very powerful is I he was1 not taking himself seriously,
invisible. Uncle Sam, Old Man Ore-j when he made that famous rpeech.
INDEX OF ADVANCING
t TIDE OF PROSPERITY
,
t The Iron -Age. In its weekly re-
view of the iron and steel trade,
a Bays:
I "With steel making capacity so
largely taken up for 1915. the
trade is daily making calcula
t tlons for the early months of
I 1916. " There ls more evidence
that the hand of the railroad is
a being forced by the size of the
foreign inquiry for steel to be
t shinned after January 1. It looks
J now a though the railroads will I
all at once want a good many
Jcarg t ajjd locomotives, and that i
they will have to take their turn I
7 after buyers who have been more
J forehanded.
4 "Locomotive orders and In- f
i quirles have been larger in the 7
J past week than In months.'
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The second public drinking fountain
hag been ordered by the Civic club, of
Sheridan, and will soon be placed in
position on Main street.
Jefferson County Searchlight: Dr.
B. K. Leach and wife, former editor
and associate editor of the isearchlistil.
left Monday tor California to visit
friends and relatives, and also to look
for a new location.
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As proof of tha extreme salubrity
prevailing at and about Joseph, the
Herald avers that there has not been
a death In that terrane for six month,
and that "Undertaker Resch is begin
ning to complain about his hard luck.
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The Stanfield Standard has letlred
from tho field of journulism as the
Stanfield Standard. It will henceforth
appear in larger form. In a new dress,
and under the title the Orego.i Op
timist. There Is to be no change of
management.
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"Baker capitalists," advise?" the
Democrat, "would do well to tut their
money Into modern bungalows. The
demand for this class of houses con
tinues far in excess of the supply and
it is probably conservative to say thai
50 more such dwellings could be rent
ed in Baker today at monthly rentals
from $20 to $30."
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Bend Bulletin: "How's business?"
That was the banal question asked
this week of more than a si ore of Bend
merchants. It was at-ked in a cursory
manner so that these merchants would
not suspect that it was premeditated.
To this interrogation came no hesitat
ing replies. All grades up from "ood,'
"looking up,'- "rushing" to "never bet
ter." All were straight from the shoul
der, and there were no reticent, un
certain quibblings when spoken.
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That east is east and coast 1s coast
meteorologically is the contention of
the Forest Grove News Times, which
goes on to say: "Excellent rains vis
ited this locality the past week. On
Friday and Saturday the downpour
was accompanied by considerable
lightning and thunder, something un
Ufuial for this community. In fact, it
is very seldom that we have any thun
der or lightning and when we have a
little demonstration like that of last
week that the average easterner would
scarcely pause to listen to, the older
Oregonlans in fright hunt for places
t of safety."
RECRUITS
sweetens the common toll. "Times Is
always slack six months after Christ
mas and six months before; In he
tween we're buss'," was the cheery
comment of one who had gone to the
front seeking "better times" In the
stress and havoc of war.
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They will In one mood 1ng mourn
ful hymns with great relish. In an
other day they will march Into a burn
ing city, with buildings crashing round
them in fire and flame, to the cheeiful
lilt of "Here we are again." 1 have
heard them finding satisfaction in the
drone of a dolorous chant, the first
line three times repeated. In a cres
cendo of gloom, "Yes, Kitehner loves
me, the Bible tells me bo." I have
heard them stepping out to the latest
ragtime melody or the Inspiring ac
cents of "Who's your lady friend?"
Now grumbling, now applauding, with
their own standards of excellence, In
officers or leaders; one day deter
mined to "chuck the whole thing up,"
the next day dying to a man rather
than surrender, peaceable In the main,
but roused to dreadful wrath by the
death of comrades or by "unfair fight
ing," they have been welded into that
British infantry which has kept tho
lino in France and Flanders, who-e
battles will read In the record of the
future as the record of gigantic, effort,
of courage, endurance and pain. It is
a "grand army" which will continue
the work lt has begun until that work
Is completed. It will never lack reso
lution or reenforcement. For it is an
army who can encounter death with
laughter and go down singing Into si
lence. gon end Miss Portland, though often
expressing themselves through forms
of law administered by their agents
public officials are unseen mid in
visible. Why darken council hy try
ing to make believe there Is any real
virtue in reform like a short ballot
or any other political movement. Pol
itics in government 1s like, salt In
coffee makes it unfit and without
remedy.
j if tne proposed New Yorfc ron.M-
, tution. because of a provision therein
providing- for a department of lahor.
industrial Zes the trnvernmenf Vew
York will get rid of politics and will
free herselr of the source of her cor
ruption. The Invisible b-.dy which
Mr. Root complains about is the quasi
organized Interests made possible by
the legal exploitation which politi
cal forms of government make pos
sible, and will continue regardless of
1 , . '
LaKeiy tne latter conclusion is cor
rect. Yours for the Industrial common
wealth, D. M. B ROWER, M. V.
Self Defenae.
Know thy Self:
Against the world defend thy Self;
Think nought "of death, in defense of
thy Self.
Put thy Self against the Wall, and
none can harm thee.
Place thy honor in thy Self, honor thy
Self.
And all of the world cannot dishonor
thee.
Pass through the flames of Hell,
Strike to the right and to the left.
Defend thy Self against a million foes,
Before thy Self, all must be van
quished and vanished.
Self defense Is the first, last and only
Law of the Holy Spirit.
Defend thy Self, and thou can do no
wrong:
Self is thy Soul, and thy Soul la one
with all.
Oh, Brother! Know thy Self.
Julian p. Scott, Dee, Oregon.
OnceOver
r rex LvMPr-uy
LET US CONSIDER tho cane how
lt IS CJltTioH Kv- VAPV nU
and very young men and men wlJo
wear wrist watches and suede gloves.
and how nearly everyone comin
buck from San KtHnclsco this sum
mer is accompanied hy
a ('una.
J For Instance--look
how the Fed-
eral building has been
J There's Willie Ma.-:
C Si. Marshal who j i
self and may take p
day
oane-lfled.
-wain deputy;
-t hates htm-
isi n - aome
because of his fatal beauty.
H WiiMe came back w ith a cane.
H And there's Bill Glover who
knows en, uSri about counterfeiting
to make all the money ho needs.
and
canes.
Bill came back with two
II And there's i,.c, s oren and Ears
King who became mail clerks- A. B.
Brown says- I a c Miev had no
idea It was such hatd work.
fl At least that's whv A. R. gave
up his career as a Chautauqua lec
turer to enter the postal service.
J And Lars and Louis
both
came
back with canes
JAt least Andy Orr says they did.
and Andy runs the elevator tn
the Federal building an takes a
personal Interest In everybody's
business.
J Anyway -Ihitt's what Ev John
son umbrella fancier and assistant
I. S. attorney says.
and Ev wanted to get a cane at
Pan Francisco but he was loaded
down with umbrellas.
JHe saw lois of canes he says
that he could have got.
J And Anderson M. Cannon who
used to be clerk --of Hi Federal
court cn,mtt bark with a big yellow
"one with sliver mountings
and grey
left hand
and his
back.
uede gloves In his
hair combed straight
two-story English cloth
-and
a
hat.
!T And he said this sort of stuff
was all the thing down there.
and swung his cane.
And Charley Pray -the rellglotm
detective icioked him ever and said:
"Which so, t of stuff?"
J But any wav Charley y An-dr-rson
took hie, out and bought
once --w! I bout urging- or mental sug
gestion. - and this shows how powerfully
Son Francisco nf feds some men.
JAnd of course It may not be
so -hut all lids me Ues ine think- of
what Clarence Ki nines says about
people 'who carry c.ine.v
And Clarence n vs its n M rlrht
if they're lanie in Ihe leg -but-
LISTEN - -He has observed -as a
general llni-g f they v, r. , i, t lama
In one exttemlty -they w i In ihn
other.
I'nrle Jrff Snow Says:
"When a man Is tiavciing your
way there, is nothing In flinging rocks
st him. and when he Is going the
other way he soorf gets beyond rnni?e
The man who can make friends with
his one-time enemies get furlher
with whatever he Is ddn than the
chap that. ' ps bis grouch polished
up bv tubbing and looking n t 4t" all
the time."
One Way Out.
"Words are too feeble," says City
Attorney" La Roche In striving, "on he
half of the people of Portland, to
thank Simon Ih-nson for his gift of
Multnomah Fulls
Indeed thev ate. That's one of their
ancient weak ties; m.
However, w.hen on find words to
feeble, there is n neat wav nf getting
around It.
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Do as Mr. La Roche does
If they're too feeble, just aay so,
frankly.
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Which makes, them strong .enough
for any purpose.
Yes, Why Not?
It's time for Portland papers to
begin printing pictures of noble
Nlmrods standing triumphant be
side the dripping carcasses of deer.
The next Lane county farmer who
lays a hog for winter use should
have himself photographed, hiucher
knife In hand, and give the pic
ture to the nearest Portland cor
respondent. Why not?-Eugene
' Ouard.
Nonchalant Stuff,
Speaking of Jason Moore, the mod
ern argonaut who proposes to wrest
the golden fleece from Hie mliieral
laden waters of Rummer and Abert
lakes. In Lake county, the esteemed
Oregonlan says that he Is n unlet,
unassuming man of business-like de
meanor. a
This sounds good, but listen;
"He doesn't bear the outward sp
pe.arai.ce," continues his journalistic
panegyrist,
moter."
"of a professional pro-
By this, perhaps, we ere to infer
that there is nothing of the W.illlng
ford or Colonel "Be'llere in Mr.,Monr'
modest make-up.
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There, I've said it. "Modest" la a
good old word in emergencies of ids
sort, Imt the Oregonlan forestall' d me.
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Which is to say. In vulgar modrrn
ese, lt "beat me to It "
Mr. Moore does not wear rnce tracfe
clothes, oratorical so. ks nor stop-Iook-llsten
neckties.
"Contrarlwle," jibb.-,. the smazed
matutinal contemn . ' i - messes plain
ly and upeaks of hi' "eelf modestly."
However, Mi Moore Is not alto
gether a rara avis among promoters.
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He Isn't entirely too good to be true,
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There's at least on redeeming touch
of old-fashioned realism In the por
trait that is limned on the mJnd's eye
of the reader.
For be "appears to have ' confidence
In his project, and talks of spending
$20,00,000 as nonchalantly a ..he r
dlnary man does about buying; .a new
hat or a cigar.'"
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Nonchalantly? Why not? '
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Isn't lt Just as easy to talk non
chalantly about spending $0,008,00
aa anyyother way? J
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I find it no. , .