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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915. THE JOURNAL j, AM rNDtygWPICMT NEWHPAPIB C S. JACKSON PnhHtif , PobtiKbad every emtlng (eit uBdri and ' y tj Hands 7 turning t The Journal Bo lid ; trig, Broadway a fn.nll) .. l'orlad. Or. fcotr4 at tlia pmto(ri' at PortUod. Or., tor : , traaxslasluu inruugh th malls aa aacoad rlaa matter. . T,et'rJ'0eNt8 ,",B 7,,3: Hm. a-ki. A.i .L u"JpStS wbt"?iptftmt yoqnrot. " roiiEiuN ADvcuTiHiNo. hep ii use nt ati vis nt-mia a Kant nor Co.. Breuawiek BMS, ruin An., ntw lorii ui, r. i Una BMg.. Clcf". i xriw . v, . . . a . . i Sutwcrlptlt.il term ,.y mall or to an ad raw, la Usa Uolied Star. ur Mexlro: DAILY On rear JO.OO One month I -SO BUND AT 0m fttr 1X60 One month I -23 DAILY AMD SUNDAY On fear fT.BO I One month t .63 i America asks nothing for her elf but what she has a right to ask for Immunity itself. wooimow WILSON. S8 Without earnestnv.ss" no man ifi Hvir grat or docs really fereul things. lie may be the df.'et est of mpn: Ii" may be brilli.'int, rntertuining, popu lar: but In- will want weight. fi.fyuc. KltOiM TIIK RKCOIil) ' l I l , Jnff fj0Uri wneat and barley, are herself against the wiles and snares AT A HEARING, tho other day, niak;Ill? the 1)Uk of their ship. nnd traps set to set her, she is in it was admitted that, since ,nenta throUf?h UOrt!iern ports. deed a lucky girl. 19J1, $841,267 of the funds what are the forces that lead And so it is with the public re of the Boston & Maine rail- these great concerns to use Puget sources. Out there in the country road was spent under the New . 8ond ports instead of the Port are the school lands, the water Haven management to "Influence of Portland ? What are the reat powers and the timberlands, the ler-islation in New Hampshire." forces that lead these Portland in- people's rich inheritance. The car It was also ad mitted that S258.-1 Btltutlons to defy the costlv over- penter at his building, the road oi tue amount as paid to ; attorneys in ti e state." mese amazing admissions rcia- : live to the acts of bankers and ; r' at financiers whose names are ; known in almost every household , in America are enougn to make plain men think. It is openly confessed that these prr-at bankers and financiers bought legislation. It is openly confessed that they spent $841,26. to buy legislation in one small state. What did they get that was favorable to their purposes, that enabled them to afford the penditurc of that great sum? Since they could pay out so great an mount to influence legislation in New Hampshire." what must have Jr? the correrndin? Bacrifices i iiaiupBinic. - But above all, 'what is the social order when so-called respectable i and widely known great business ' men will corrupt the tountains or legislation, buy governments and make merchandise of public au thority in the purchase of special privileges? We cannot deny that it was done in New Hampshire, be- ' cause here is open admission at aj public hearing that it was done. ine ia.cLH are an wrnipn oown in blatk ond white in a public rec ord, where they are everlasting and damning evidence of the infamy end. vlclonsness of k great railroad organization. The public can np longer close Its eyes to the things that those whom we are wout to call "the in terests' sometimes do. The $841, 267 paid out "to influence legis lation In New Hampshire" is a ample performance. The $258,132 paid "attorneys of the state." and paid them to help "Influence legislation in New Hampshire." is a part of that scan-, dalous and vicious proceeding. these things is it not of sober and serious concern that the people be on their guard? What about the "midnight reso lution" passed by the late Oregon legislature, a resolution of which the federal supreme court said, it "seems like a prayer against tbe government's contention?" , What about the land grant reso lutions which ask nothing for Orey R0Q Of the rich timber lands which the federal supreme court placed within the people's reach? :Vhat about the resolutions of the water power "conference." in which big power men from the East, their lawyers and their bank ers, demand that there be turned nvcr r thorn trv hfiVA snrl in nwn forever, the enormously valuable water powers which are now owned b the people of Oregon? CITY SALARIES '4 IT is not a ravorauie time to in crease city salaries. The em ployes and officials affected . ought not now to ask increases. They ought to look around them and be thankful that their compensation- is not less. Commission government has been n trusted to their keeoinc. The access of commission government -t - - mil ai ail imp rraiu points aione (he oi failure of commission govern-1 routes the freight iii,.-s ar to srrve ment Is a supreme issue. Informed j" The chief argument against river ptrBons kuow from reforms already j Improvements is that the water accomplished that the system is a j waya are not used and that river boon to Tortland. They know that towns do not provide facilities for in. the changed conditions at the 'their use. It is an argument that ll.. ts.aktl Sllfl K Mil wKrMlr f Vl A m fl . A. - I in ui " """'l .iu- munlty, Portland in its public af- falr, has been led out of the wll derneM. (But there are those of our peo ple who think cheap government '? numerous contingent. They are to be reckoned with in the vote that may gome time come to-rteter- mine whether or not commission government is to he retained. The solemn responsibility of guarding the now system sacredly rests upon the commissioners. In- I their power, there is lodged the 1 weighty issue of whether the new system is to he proven a success, Kverv citv emnlove. to a lesser de- - - gree, shares this responsibility, From the highest official to the lowliest worker on the city pay- roll, there should be co-operation . anrl mtfrtrt in thm dfftnltr (nrl nf vindicating the system at every point and with every reasonable element. There may be salaries that aro Insufficient. But it is not the only , field in which compensation is not all it should hP Small sacrifices now by public employes are better than a revolution against the sys- lein. The better course and the. wiser course is a rigid economy coupled with a splendid efficiency. Let it be proven, as it can be, that the : comrnfssion system Is not only the' best system but the least expen sive system. THIKTV-SIX FKKT, I5I T- HE new survey shows T.6 feet of water on the Columbia thre is pursuit of her by the hu bar. man vultures. Tbe moment she The dredgers on the river alirhts from the train rotund old report an almost continuous chan- nel of 30 feet from Portland .to I the sea. ' I But one large Tortland flour , i concern the lareest in the North- west, haR made over 90 iter cent of its shipments this year from i Puget Souud. Three other Port- land grain exporting firms, cover- niounta,n haul in ordf.r to (lo ,lsi. ness through Puget Sound? obviouslv, this is not a natural Bltuatlon The hiest ship on the pa(.jric orean rail cnter tne CjQ. iun)bla rtver The rollte fronl the intfrior in Portland i down hill : anrl in pverv hearing ever held , the ranroads nnvp argued and in- ' siste( that rost of ha, )s a main ' factor in determining rates. How j ie ,t ,hpn (nat portlaDd milling ; jntprPSts fi nd it to their advantage ; to shil, thlough puget Sound the j heavy products from the interior ex-jthat mst ,, dragge(i over the mo,intaing, c Qn ,u vory faf.e the conc1i,ion is artlficial lt is again3t nature. and RgR)nRt every knowf law of . trRn8Dortatiou. aKalnst the supreme law of gravity itself. Then, what ,)OWOrfu,, what . olossal forces are they ttjat a,.Q riiVertinp; traffic from a natral route to ah unnatural route? What combination of men and combinations of interest are divert ing huge voluub's Of traffic from a natural highway to an artificial i-jCWav ' Is thpre foar thal jr pver reat ... t, m ffif- i developed n th lower Columbia that, by eternal fitness, the upper Columbia will begin carrying a vast inland em pire tonnage in connection with ocean carriers, thereby diverting a huge volume of business from the railroads? Is that the reason why trans continental rail lines have long maintained oriental lines out of Puget Sound and San Francisco, but not out of Portland? Is the ghost of the 12 00 int'es of navigable Columbia aijd its trii - utarie8 and the great art that .,., ..i i, waterway system could be made to play iQ "transportation affairs, the deadly influence that keeps Tort land a way station in spite of a 3 0-foot channel to tbe sea and 3 6 feet of water on the Columbia bar? May be not. Just the same, there Is a vast artificial, unnatural force that, is blighting Portland and building Puget Sound. CHAMP CLARK'S ADVICE s PEAKER CLARK has been giving the people of his state some good advice. Missouri wants the Mississippi river tei proved by the government for large traffic. It will require the expenditure of much money, and congress will be asked to vote the funds. Mr. Clark tells the people of Missouri and other river states to do something which will demon strate to congress their purpose and ability to use. the river after it is Improved. He says that pur pose can best be shown by using the river to the best advantage be fore it is improved. The St. Louts Star says this is adding: good advice, We know from what practical men have told us that f u- economical :inri tl.at r ,r economical -,nd rapid handling fiRht tbpr must i re proper nan;ii;o ami warchous. IM- cllitles. with loading and unloading devPcs. Such facilities cost rrvMw. ' They iiui.it not exist only in St ouis. H".'l otl" gr?t ""f a' Pint, is ;ttiiiiiiS sueiisiu un congress, ft is not sufficient to talk of the potential value of water routes. Congress is reaching the point of declaring that a navigable stream which ls not navigated should not ment Is valid, in a way, and it is up to the people themselves to change the premises upon which it stands.. When Speaker Clark, a friend of waterways, talks as he does to the people of his state it is time for shippers everywhere to take notice. There are strong influences at work against river improvements. As long aa tney can snow tnat mo waterways are not used, just that long will they be equipped to ft-;ht improvements to navigation, THE MAID AM) TKK I'OYYKRS D ID anybody ever stop to think how like the gauntlet that has to be run by the country girl going to the city is the tiuuuei '- " l" luu -mt)llc resources? Thns- 011 the Iittle farm there i: I'i,lf h Ear,v an late th,e fam ily struggles with the problem of survival. The necessities are many and the resources slender. The news ' comes that there is employment at good wages for 6"1S 111 luv u8 a"u nume mere is a siruiig iimueu young girl, fair to look upon. It is decided that she shall go to the city where she can share her earn ings with those on the old honie- stead. Even before she reaches the city. gentlemen and dapper strangers and white slave women begin the chase. Everywhere, her feet tread amid snares and slippery Places, and the packs of vultures never pive up the hunt. It is the struggle supreme, and if this innocent child from the old farm succeeds in protecting v.orl.er with his pick and shovel. the smithy at his forge have little time to think of their value. Each has a home to provide Tor, chil- ,iren to clothe, shoes to buy. and the thought in ,iis mind is how to meet the issue. It is a same of survival and his wakins thoughts are largely of how it is to fare wlth him and bi3. But the water powers are rich, the school lands precious and the timber lands a priceless legacy. Natural wealth and how to get it are ever in the minds of the harpies who prev upon the public resources, They never forget. They never tire. Thev never sleep on the job. Thev riirsue and they snare and ThJJ ehean 1, Zres ,"7tl soothe the 'people to sleep with si ron songs and promises of "de velopment." The- lull the crowd with their sophistries and soothe the multitude with their unction. But all the time, they are active. Their "kept" men mingle with the people and ive off blandish ments and coquetry. Their "kept" newspapers print nervy editorials on "the blight c: non-development." and so on. and so on. It is a dreadful gauntlet to run. Thousands of innocent young girls from the old homestead have prov en food for the human vultures in the great city. Priceless inheritances of puldic resources have fallen prey to the vultures of power and land and timber. England is talking of Imposing custom house duties to ",rovido ad ditional funds for the war, and the lariff i,arons hail -ho prosit as a great victorv for their protection program. Hut is a tariff for reve nue only, 5vch as is proposed in Britain, the ftimon-p-tre article? Fire Chef Dowell complains that girls UTng rescued from burning buildings take advantage of a fire man and hug the breath out of him. Perhaps thev should not be so public ahout it but it is ques tionable whether the firemen want the girls scolded. Judge Gantenbein was wise in refusing to parole the man who ex plained the theft of a cow by say ing he did not realise she was on the other end of a rope he. picked up. Such an unohm-rviag itian needs to be placed ;:irler surveil lance. American app'.o growers propose sending a cargo of their fruit to soldiers in the trenches. The ap ples would undoubtedly be appre , elated- especially if the boxes car ! ry "grown in Oregon" labels. Young women in eastjrn cities arp imitatiiiET M"-v P'-Uforil in thoJr poRe anfl rianncr anrt the Cincinnati Tinies-Sl-jr says it pre- Iers lflt I" l" n'P wno lltll- tale Charlie Chanlin. Tv Cobb, the chj-.iiMiion lir.tsan hue lirntpti tht. A :iieri.m W.o r, base-stciiling roctird. Central' to what the ffooi pcrpl.- say. th ;e is a kind of stealing that makes a hero of a man. One of Kngland's noted statistic ians iys the diro-t and inriireet ott of a year of war wrs $5o.ooo.- i on u00 There Is a moral- Pea e ls ' ,,; mamt.Hnin , i,r .:,' Lord Bryc want the United States to protest against Turkey's persecution of the Armenians. Protesting seems to be all the bel- llgerents' idea Of our chief func- tion in this great war. One result of Teuton successes in the eastern war zone is to elimi- nate German accounts Of Cossack outrages upon the civilian popula- tion of conquered territory. vaies d.JUU-pOUna steer will taking a leap in the dark, as disgtun demonstrate to exposition visitors t!e1 tritics are saying today. Only I that Oregon grows big, juicy beef- Means at a lime wnc.- almost an) Kind of a steak is a luxury. The Spokane Spokesman-Review explains that Europe is using Its eyes to color the war news. If Greece gets into the war it iy be that some of the belliger may be that some of the belliger- ents will stand in slippery places. MOVING TOWARD PEACE IN MEXICO 1'iom the New Ycrk Kvenlng I'otit. u NTIK October 9, Pancho Villa is to have an opportunity to show cause why the government of Venustlano Carranza should not be recognized as the legal government of Mexico. That ls the plain purport of the policy formulated at the meet ing of the Pan-American conferrees in this city on Saturday, and given to the public by' Secretary Lansing. Anttcitiatintr tho criticism that this action i, an abandonment of the pol - icy iormuiatea m the get-together note of August IT., addressed to the factional leaders in Mexico, the Lan sing statement is at pajss to show that we have here not an abandon ment of policy, but a fulfillment. We are ' told now thRt the signatories of the note of August 15 foresaw the possible failure of the appeal for harmony, and had therefore agreed upon the recognition, as an alterna tive, of that faction which showed it- ;;elf best able to fulfil the elementary functions of government the protec- tion f i,r .i .,. ultimate establishment of social or- der. Could any other alternative have I terrible risk to ourselves. V e will , oe Ulade inflamed and drunken with been contemplated by the conferrees ? j no w help towards the establishment Ihe spirit of hatred and fear; but tliey It must be confessed that the Au"jst of a new and better state of things a,e human beings still Their cajiac r.ote did arouse in the pubMe mind L.v giving our mora, support to ,he i4Ltlo2ioTT "k ' "I the possibility of intervention. NX enough attention was p:rid to the ftatcment is,:.j a' that time by the j ambassador of Aigentina that his I government cnM not afn-oiate itself with a plan for the restoration of Mexican order by force. Today we hive the assurance that this prin ciple was accepted by the members of the conference, that at no tirae was intervention in Mexico contetn rmted. The nte nf August 15. now ex rlaiiu'd as tl e necessary preliminary step towards the recognition of a Mexican government, was something more than that. Tt was a move on the part of the Pan-American associ ates to gain time. Military events in Mexico were moving so rapidly that a delay of five weeks was pretty sure to clarify the situation. In five weeks rancho Villa might show whether he j discussion of how to make life miser could turn the tide of battle that was j able for those, w ho desire t enjov I lie swiftlv running against him. By a ' i'e of alcoholic beverages and tobacco. , ... . .'The utterances "f this woman at this otamatic victory lir. might vet put V o11'"1'' ,,,., ' I time proved conclusively the contention Carranza in a position where the ten- , that , ,.av(1 made for many years that ncious oU gentleman would be willing! the prohibition workers are manifestly to discuss compromise. Xo such vie- ' unfair in considering the rights of their tory has been forthcoming. Since tho August note was Issued, Durango and nnt desire to interfere with the tight Lave bccn submissive Eew people l,e Saltillo have fallen to Carranza, and of personal privilege! they m-re ly H vpr in a protracted war. Victory the sweep of Obregon's armies north- wished to annihilate the saloon J .1 Yesterdav this gc0d sister displayed ward has cntmucl. Yesterday tne rea, interlt of the prohibition forces, newspapers, alone with the action ofjln the affidavit to be signed by those t!ie Riltmore conference, printed a'.:- desiring to import the amount of au thentic news of the abandonment of holies allowed by law. the applicant must make oath that be or she is no'. Torreon by the M.Pstas. The col- aldicted t0 the use of "narcotic drugs." lapse of organized resistance to Car-! This advocate of peace and love glee- ranza is seemingly a matter cf weeks. ! It has bee,, foreshadowed in the ac- tion of this government in recalling Its citizens from Villa territory. In another three weeks Chihuahua, the last Villa stronghold, may be in Car nmza's hands, or its fate, at any rate, be pretty definitely determined. The associated American governments are then to exercise their individual Judg ment In extending recognition. This is theory. In practice we have no doubt that the Pan-American con ferrees will act as one. From the point of view of mere fit ness to rule. Venustiana Carranza has stood out for nian.v months as the i best man In Mexico. We say that ' with full recognition of those de fects of temper which have so sorely tried the patience and good will of the administration. The very quali ties of doggedness. of insistence on what he considered his rights and the rigMs of Mexico, have shown Car- rr.nz possessed of the elements of lco!mn, or your paper I would lik the "strong man" for whom the situ-f to give my opinion, as a taxpayer, of Alton peemlnglv t alis. As between : the proposed itn rc.is-B of salaries of Carranza and Villa there have all certa,n cjty . en;Plo'es' wn'f" I h'"k ' . ,ls absurd at the present time, owing along been ,n favor of the former the j u, conditions, and an imposition 0.1 facts that he was the original leader the taxpayers, as we have hundreds - f of tho revolution against the ass as- I taxpayers that are obliged to econo- sins of Ma. Wo. and that he repre- "llze ?vt""y way ,n ordt.r to pav , ,, , ' their 1914 tax to prevent their prop sented enough of the old Mexico inj(rty from ' being returned for taxes prestige, education, and general ca-1 and possibly sold for the same on nc- ', parities to make the transition much ihn it wm.iri he lo 3 ruler of tne vn:a or ia ipe. 1 nese an- stracT oualifications have been rein- forced by the very Important concrete fact cf victory in the fi-ld. TI.e stories of ohregons turning against K"rrana soon proved to he fabri.a tions. Carranza has held th" iovalty of his commanders, both in crisis and in victory. Me has shown fortitude and patience. He has been a very , present salaries Thev will find tha good patient waiter on his own ac- , private Imcr-st- will i'l'unn the.u count He waited for months in oh- i tne-v n,e :'vin "ff "" " re- .!. u-ing sip"1'" ln every wnv to tney. scurity during tbe war against Hii.-ita i ,irftSe,u -ond'' tions. IT,is is bul- until thc b'end spr.'ud that there ri"ss, nfl should ' the policy of city was no stb-h person as Carranza. He officials in handling city affairs. Js has wait.-,! dogg-dlv ... Ve,a Cruz. V" , or a ' enuloy ot , , , ..... .... ."''' more benefit Qr nmre of a nee- He has demonstrated that with ti"iMfty f0r the Hty's eood thm the tradM 111 the palace at Mexico t ity there could be no unseen government, no play of sinister forces, such as would attend installation of the Illiterate and tempestous Villa, if any man in Mexico carries in his own person the promise of a permanent settle ment. It la Carranza. j When, therefore, the time comes for the extension of recognition to Car- . ransa and that, it is hoped, will not ; be Ions; postponed Washington will b doing something much more than n in specious sense will it Amount to uuing Mexico continue to fight out i the issue for herself. It is no longer (a question of fighting to see who is the begt man but of flnal cle;irin3.up operations before tne best man h t accomplished his task. This end can- not but be hastened by recognition I vvh TV,, .litnn-tnn T f i-i van-7Qa . , . n CT,r1sU, "aa ""-" ,u sail thpRA mnntha whpn WAShinirtOn was supposed to looK askance at his j underground. cause and with fair Justification j Ohio State Journal: Still, our his ultimate triumph must he accel- mn'orv ,oes bark tn the 'lm'"' 'nen itolonc. Koosevelt used to get ilmuft, erated by the formal expression of tf nut quite, as excited about umpli iiur good will. With Washington on i Ned spelliiiK. ! record, the Interests on this side of the border which have been speculat ing on Villa will refuse to continue Jn what must become a desperate gamble. Nor would such favorable action by Washington be anything but a logical development and f ulf :ltr.ent of our ,. ... policy of patient w;iit:ng. more will I be enoueh critics of Mr. Wilson to ! say that even if the solution does come we snail nave mcreiy piuniuteu into it. But to the historian who looks back on the Mexican revolution since the death of Madero, our policy will show consistency and strength. We shall not have muddled through, but In a very real sense shall have waited through, and that not pas sively. The historian will recognize that at critical moments we. have In tervened fur the good of democracy and order in Mexico. , Every revolu- i " - j tion has two phases, the tearing ! down and the building up. We helped i tiw remnv-Ml of Huerta. as the sur- j vivor of the old regime, though at one man who embodies the necessary ideals and capacity to bring a new order into Grande. being across the Rio Letters From the People (' v.mmun-iHtk'in seut to The Journal for; the day of possible victory grows ever prblicatiuM in this d,Trtiii-nt siKWld be writ- . f a n hpr tUs,.int and j, , sounded ten en "!ilv one side et ihe paper. niua not . , exceed :;o" w.,rd in length and most be , 'Oi the piling up of more lives, more lompanied bf tbe nnDi nd addreta o( tbe ; treasure, more broken heitrts. possibly (.iider. If the writer does not desire to hire for years to come there must come a U. ume publUhed. he should c ?tte.) I ilne when jugt pajn peop)e wUJ Qok Plsenlon t the (rretest ot nil rtfermer. j Into one another's haggard faces and It ratier.ali7.os everything It ton. be. It rutis afc( "Why?" "To what end?" principles of all false sanctity and throws thrm ' . , bo.k 011 their reasenat.leness. If t'je.v Imf no reuaonablenes. It ruthlessly erusbef them out v hen that stage is reached I n such a n' eylateiio. and sets up its own xmli'iou war as the present one it is pretty safe in their sfad. W. -drew Wil.n. . to conclude that the war's poptl Unity Prohibiion liaw and .Narcotics. js s,)OI1 Kois 1o ajllk a.av beiow par. . I'ortland, Sept. 28. To the Editor of jjt )HS )t,. wpll amed "The Cause Tlie Journal 1 observed in yesterday ,.SK War." And when people w lio are morning'3 paper an account or a re ligious service held yesterday tn a local church, which was presided over by a president of the W. C. f. 1 . I ho hlr. of Coil consisted chiefly in a neighbor?. In last fall's campaign the drvs" repeatedly declared that they am fully explained to her audience mat noped to see mat particular clause mieipreieu i, me vu.l iu ,lluuc nothing d-ramatic and sustaining to tho bacco in all forms In other words , ,t of attrUion; tne choU;e of t,,i(1 if you insist on your rights guarantee-1 : lnhumiin term t0 cover such a )unn,in tinder our new prohibition law to pur- appears intolerable." While, all chase your allotted amount of alcohol. . lk hravei and pvell ungrily. of con beverages. ,f you use tobacco yo'i must the w;ir lln the t-nemy Is over- tuner pel j li it- o)ut ptu vo hor mj, in,; use of the weed. If you drink, you cannot smoke, and If you smoke, you cannot drink. In either case, if this good sister had her. way. we would be nnn.lU.1 , , . ...1 ,ha tlni, rr tt.o .o, ..-i,. ,h." i ii..v.ieven to ourselves he chasteneth." 1 am willing to bear , v.... i . v. .v. i V..., T v ,.l... ' I most strenuously object to the Al- )n I'ub)lc is undermined by private per mighty delegating the flogging to mv!sonil1 communications. People corn prohibition sisters. To construe this I plain, of course uite unreasonably, of liquor law so as to prohibit tobacco is quite as consistent as to prohibit n woman from WMrinp bie-h hsf la nr u corset because she powders her nose at the same time. Rut happily, this woman is not repre- sertative of the great mass of en- rrancnisea uregon women. ; D. H. ROBINSON. I rroteStS City aalary liaise. Portland, Sept. 2S. To the Kditor of The Journal Throueh the liheral count of thetr Inability to honestly get work and on account of th- re-1 iiiittirin of w.tl'PP Is it "finrt rwilw' at ,hp prMtllt time ; !ncrse ther burdens to su"h an extent as to driv tl em from t! ty. in order to gie citv employes uxo-e salary, when they i I . 1 1 il he satisl'iid with what ihoi wit thc pr,.s(.nt conditions? If thev are not satisfied. 1 would sug ccst that they resign, say, f. r 30 day aid see. how far thej get in setting a position at the present time that will 'tin them even 75 per cent of their people of the city" Take the plumb- ers, carpenters, taoorers, nanxers or any others. Have their wages bee Increased atiy during the past year t vo." will find thev have been reduce. PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE putsbur.; Press: A bad actor is a fellow mho is egged on by ambition ttnd egged off bythe audience, New York American: The mercury hf ; . dropped 10 degrees. Let s begin kickintr about th cold wtiithpr Tort Worth Star Telegram:. Buy it made in Tolas kFn tb. nm .k..Mi u . lr Ht home as well as the smokehouse. Boston Transcript: However, it will be no new experience lor the czar , to be where the bombs are thickest. ,.,.,. ' kI ft- ZibS?? paper correspondent, there seems to " - w....,.s I Atlanta Tl.irnnl t I- oV... J. i couraging, after a country .haH built ; great fortifications., to realize lliut the lonlv rf.nl tifptv I w in the trenches Chicago Herald: Indications are that the process of taxation in Europe will soon be superlatively simple. It will consist in taking everything every body has to pay interest on war debts. Birmingham Aire Herald: Just nft j one or Chicago s prominent streets is qumt. old fashioned smithy and oer the door is painted in large, black i letters: "The Village Blacksmith. The i Proprietor is one of the few members ! of his craft who have not vet t,un? ' ;Iit0 lne automobile repair businc-'v educational me ciauie is ine grave. i et, .ihd ;is we near the grave we bctin to know not only what education is worth but what it really means As the cynic remarks, we learn more in our second childhood than we do in our flrbt be cause we learn it of ourselves. "A WEARINESS OF WAR" From the Omaha World-Herald. When noted statesmen and famous captains of the warring countries tall; j of a national determination to keep ine war going until the other side is crushed they seem to forget that no - matter how great an empire may be it "'' "V oi J'JSI Iam people. Die People may be converted for a timo i into military autnrrui tnt:H thev nciv ; Inains They ar ,, wullje.t ", u(.h other emotions as spring from iove of i "ome ana Kindred, the desire tor se- jcurity and peace of mind. And wnen jfi War t&rrihla a v. ,4 tl.. ....... approaches the deadlocked stage, with tremendous daily sacrifices involved -iiid no tangible results gained as com pensation for such sacrifices when giving their all to support it be(;in to ask each other why, and can find no answer, the;r enthusiasm will wane. That staKe, it appears from an article published in the New Republic, is .ityout reached in England. And since human nature is the same the world ovci. il is safe to conclude that !er mans and l-'renehmen and Russians are in much the sime mind that English men are. The article is from the pen of J. A. i f0DS0I1 ,,t London. I'p to the present time.. Mr Hobson wrius Englishmen would soon bo won. The public mind was tense but uncritical. As time passed, and victory faded farther into the distance, the tension became pain ful. There is a growing irritability of mind. The habit of ciiticistn is creep ing back. There is a loss of the earlier bouyancy of spirit. The pros pect of having to win the war. .not by sweeping victorias but by "the process attrition" is depressing. "There Is whelmed, there is a hollow note to the talk To quote: "But deep down In our hearts we no longer feel the early faith. Though eiill stubbornly refusing to admit It, we are suffering ' disappointment and disillusionment. . The confidence expressed everywhere 1 ... PI'.... . n.'r.. '....- ... 1 lie coiliiueiice CAUitaPCii r.rijwiicic ltle slowness or tne wai ! rsor are feelings relieved by- ! trie snaoow oi impending taxation. i f'r sreat wir loi.n lias by no , from 2 to 40 per cent, arid tlicr chance to get employment to I per cent in many cases. Now, if the heads of our city rt- .x n.AvA n- 0 r 1 I nrr fur a r'J I ! road company and could not red.i the expenses of their departtnen s m 1 -bl tier rent in times lik" the present, there would be new heads in their departments. j do not wish to say anything detrl- mental to Dr. Marcellus or the healt n 0mCP as I consider both nb"e re- rou(.h, but I must disagree with ti.o mayor in that I think we have plenty of ,,hvsiclans in the city that are capable of filling the position and 1 helieve they would feel easier an J sleep better at the present time if they r 1 INDEX OF ADVANCING J TIDE OF PROSPERITY Philadelphia There was a de- t crease of 4..". or 14 per cent in T the uninber of mis s'ored ln the J shops of Hie Pennsylvania tail- 4 road lilies east and west of Pi't-- burg 00 September 11, according T to figures given out today. 1 tie 1 a' ttiai numoer 01 .i wxa -.'...oi, compared with :-),"06 on April 1 of tiny yc..r At the latest com pilation thtrc were no good order cars Mori.! ' 0:1 either the eastern or the western lines, while on . , ... .. ...,- 'Q ! U 1 4 I tt v 4 1 T tiril 1 there were 19,247 on ill" f Hues east and 34,742 on t lit lines wist The 1:9, SSI sliop cis on the entice system on September 11 inmiurni with a total of 7.H'i 4 I 4 4 shon and sood order cars on April 4 1. a decrease of 62 Va per cent. AND NEWS IN BRIEF OHKtiON SIDELIGHTS One trouble with Portland's IVUlar day. Colonel Clark Wood of the Weston Leader pays, is that Portland is full of so many things that a dollar won't buy. The Wheeler county fair is acclaimed as a great success, save that the avi ator who was under contract to give two Exhibitions dily failed to appear, to the immense disappointment of patrons of the lair. Canyon City Eagle: Herman Kuhl killed a tasled ear lvnx in tlje firm creek countiy a few days hko. Thetsc animals are somewhat rate here, al though the bobcat which closely re sembles them ls very common. Salem's arch of welcome, erected with immediate reference to the state fair, has been built In sections so that it may be easily taken down and again erected in any part of the city as oc casion may require. Part of the work of construction was done by the man ual training class of the high school. Prosperity testimony In . Salem Statesman: "Evidence of renewed ac tivity In real estate was manlfist at the office of County Recorder Brooks yesterday when 10 deeds were thj only papers recorded. The deeds were for property ranging in value from J3000 down. No mortgages, chattel mort gages, liens or similar documents wre filed. During the past few weeks the number of deds and satisfactions of mortgages recorded has been steadily increasing." Weather observations of the Med ford Sun: "The damp weather that has prevailed in the valley during the past few days has caused considerable comment. Firmeis characterize it as the most peculiar weather of the sea son. Wednesday a heavv rain w.is ex pected, but only a trace fell. Thursday it looked threatening but rained little Kridav the clouds were dark in th morning but cleared in the afternoon and the thermometer went to M. Sat urday was as warm as a summer day and the evening one of the coldest of the season." means filled the voracious Jaws of war; to the toll of lives must he added a heavy toll of property. The effect of heavy taxation, demanding a large " nd lasting alteration In the sumd.ird of living, is difficult to accept in a spirit of resisnat ion. "The accumulative effect of these causes is a weariness of war. In evei y nation il is secretly sapping the earlier enthusiasm and confidence, unil is pre paring a state cf mind which may make peace possible. The elderly pen t'.emen who m every land conduct the affairs of state.' fear lest this weari ness should grow Into an active deslie for pe ice which to their minds is pre mature and inconclusive. Following this lead, editors and other tools ot government me. Incited to a vehement denial that any of the changes 1 here describe .-re lak.ng place, or that any body wants any sort of peace that may be att.ainu.blc Uen radical journals greet the icpoited experiments in peace proposals on the pari of Or many with an irate refusal of consh! eration. irrespective of their terms This deliberate and peisistent stoking up testifies lo a secret fear that the fire of war si iiit may be sinking. "It is sihkuiK. The minds of larnc numbers of people among the middlo and working classes are beginning tim idly to turn toward con .-nle 1 1 n g the possibility of peace. ' The campaign for conscription, this writer charges. Is being deliberately Worked up Willi a view to taking away from the plain people anv na as to whether there snail In: peace or on tinuiti war. "A war of attrition, is only possible when the subject of at trition have been deprived of every effective element of protest. lme the struggle to git a military autoc racy so firmly established m this coun try that the voice of the attrited sh.tll ount for nothing in detei mining Im policy of the war." There is none of the "give up" spirit in Kn-iand. this writer makes plain, i iiere is no present organized move ment for peace at an early date. Rut there is a, weariness of war and n longing for peace. And as thete i.-i In Knglaiui so thete must be in other countries th.it arc suffering even I. lore than Knglaii'l is suffering- Both Germany and i'rance. the foremost re positories of cn iiizat ion on continen tal Km ope, face the prospect of hav ing to sacrifice practically all of their Hble-bodied men before the war is ended, while on those that remain, with their women and children, will be idled such u mountain of debt as the world never dreamed of before. And for what'' their people must be asking tnemselves. i'or just about the same "place in the sun" enjoyed be fore the war tegan. Onlv where the sun, before, shone on a garden, it will shine in the end on ii desolation, and the longer I lie war is continued the more nearly utter that desolation will become. Il would tie a desolation piti ful and n w ful. beyond the power of man to imagine. If by some miracle sent from oirt the bottomless pit the y,ar could be protracted until the one side or the other had won a "conclu sive victory" by the "crushing" of all ili tnemies. were sure of even per day and of fire rent for the next year at least, and sure of their salaries every .in days. Now I am heartKy in favor of the commission form of government, an 1 heartily support Mayor Albee's poll cies, but for reasons stated I must dis agree with him as to this b'lng tic proper time to increase salaries of cj-y employes. A TAX PAY I :it Prosperity Fact. From the Atlanta Journal. A gain of more than one and one half million dollars in Atlanta bank clearings for ths first five days of this week as compared with the cor responding period last year "bears Striking witness to business Improve ment both In this community and throughout the southeast. The clear ings for the pHst five days amount to 1 1,338, 99 as aKalnst 19,741,960 for the suiiie five days of September 1 S1 I. Confirming the upward tendencies thus indhatcd. is the announcement that Atlanta poftal receipts from September III show an Increase of approximately eight per cent over (he parallel period last year. Manufac turing plants note a marked revival of demand- for their products, some nf them reporting twice as much business now as last autumn. There, is no longer a doubt that Atlanta In common w'th the south as a whole is entering' upon substantial nrosr.er- A Mental Atlijefe. Prom tbe Cleveland Plain Ieaer. There is a growing impression that ttie author of the "Hymn of Hate" really Is a mild-mannered person wltn weak eyes who wars woolen socks lend (Jrlnfcs tea. ponce Over H. HOHHlN'-S whO lives at 7tl Vj. Kast Fourteenth street, south ll a man of sorrows or has been h says for the last five months. and the reason--for his lamenta tionis nothing mor nor less than a strong-lunRcd able-bodied rooster. And Mr. Hobbius can t see any rsa- .-oii iot tne rooster. and has written a letter to Mayor Albeeat.OUt lt. f And he says that this rooster hM' kept him awuke for five iimnthfc. lltl.l I.I.. .... ...... I...-. - '- n.p ni c n i ri t'i and he doesn't know what t0 do. utiil t, either does the mayor. and neither do I. flAnd Mr. Rohblns lias also written to Chief of Police Clark without re lief. ITIIe told the chief - that his neigh borshud buillt an open air sanitarium and sound-lex 1 ontrtvance wllhln 40 feet of his bedroom. V, "Anrl -my dear chief -he said "they have pla.nl then in a certain rooster and have allowed him to put in four or five hours every night crowing without restraint whatever" 5 And he Suggested an anaesthetic for the rooster - but had to take one himself. JAnd in his letter to Mayor Al bee Mr. Itobbins nays: Four months 1 have laid awake at night In a tent within sonis thing like 40 feet ef this rooster, trying to get a night's sleep and a lilt'e.of Cod's pure air. that I am deprived of during the working hours in I he day tltce :ut noth ing could I (In-' iillnn batten stuffed into mv ears, that I toi out of the unlit would not r hut out the sound of his eiowinx long enough for me to get to sleep Ami sleep wtis out of the iiiettlon NlKht after night. I was driven out of the tent at 3 to 4 o'clock In the morning, and 1 would g;o Into my bedrooms adjoining the tent and close up tho windows and doors to trv tin, shut out th sound of tills rooster, but to no purpose. We woujd lie mnkn tn torture vntll duvlluht We took the tent down and i;ae up trying to sleep Outside and the hitler half T the nlglil, when he comm.-ncen his crowing, we shut th windows and doors up. and spend th reM of the uiu-ht In a cbwed room. In tortoi-r, i.i.a; a detriment to our hea Ith. T II, of rn'irri' :t seems hope Ir)- - --unices the n.-tgl l.rs air w.llling to a t hi t ra t e V R ii Mi his grl f HTIir .-.! zet t T i in e tluy.e Hoi. I. il not ah'tir. In 1 1 i 'ot val I i known bi.w s m pa - 11 nd Ml.'l'rMl a rl III ri' . w ! i. b i no , . ,,,, b, . t T l.l.-YKN - It is lo ,.s an r ' d :,s fro., Ham e ' o j , : i- -1 ; 1 1 mil,. l-l agg 1 II g a I (CI I 1 b t . 1:1 Poems You May Have Liked. Ill' UK'.riKM. 1 Oder t!ic wide and iIhitv sky. I ig tbe f :iip and let I.. Clad .11.1 I live and gla.il di. , A 11, 1 I la i 1 m ilfirt ii Willi .i -s I 1 This b. 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Attend nblle I ii-bile About a sad 1 a I nc t ruphe Which hupp b"l hi 1.. nf lnt. 'Twas on the. fourteenth of July, Kemeiiibi 1 .-,1 well h al ' , Jim Finm-Kaii at tb. U'l.ii.- House Ca n A (albo ,,,ioii pull The carrlaK's imd bunnies We.te luted oi.e and all. The now. I w is great aid no rniftlaks That Marti .J for the bull About the hour of ten that night. 1 much n Kiel lo Mute. As three of tbe boys with a double team Had just passed the toll gate, Two agents of tbe highway 1 10 t b.-ni .!nl l a t rib I v (all. s:.' inr. llos. Klvu up the 1 hirktmon' ,. 1 a: .- t ikinx lo the ball. Jim Cook, tbe clown of high renown. Soon , ii hied nil he had, I5-.it Johnnie Holton Vowud and swoin Jit didn't have a scud. They took 1,1s watch and diamond pin. Hut the unklndeM cut of nil Was the wounding of poor Johrini lly a Colts revolver hall. The next was Harry Morton, On his trusty mule, named I"U. Rut the mur.zle of their shotgun Kather made poor Harry si. i. So h handed over what he b"d I think 'twas two and a 1 .If And tho' dad broke he laughed st tin Joke When he reached the calico hall. The next was Alex Hamilton, Who like a Kiillatit youth, Was bound to save hi hnrd-earr ed c.o i n And tin began to shoot. His shots were all returned. Rut nobody si-emed to fall. So Alex (minus bis money In safety reached the ball. When Mnnegan heard whet hfld oc curred. He In a rage did fly. CrvltiK. "Where are my rrvoHejW? i ll -apt 11 re. them or die! "PU send them up to Halem tf M tnkc rne till next full The Vons of fjuns to spoil the fun (f the calico prin ball!" With dendlv weapon In eaelt hnd .Mm started on their track, Haying. "Roys, keep up the dancing, I'll very soon tie back." He hunted throughout all the nilht Rut dlvil a sight at all . Did lie get of those who robbed th boys . iwT On their way to the csliro belt, . -