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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY ; NOVEMBER 5. 1915.
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"WHAT WOl'lil) II K KKI'KAL?
IRKOAlin the election of McCall
an Kuvi'rnnr of Massachusetts as
the ral keynote of the situation,
but the I'.epulilican pains In other
' st.t"M nr.' equally Indicative that
L the people are not satisfied with
present conditions or with the policy
jjf the I i mot-ratio administration.
Congressman McArthur.
If tlin election of a Republican
governor to succeed a Democratic
governor la Massachusetts Is "the
real keynote of tho situation" what
kind of a keynote la the election
of a Democratic governor to suc
ceed a Republican governor in
Maryland?
If the Massachusetts result
it meant? - that people "are not sat-
Isflod with the policy of the Demo-
cratlc administration" what does
the Maryland result mean?
Anyway, what policy of the Wll
on administration does Mr. Mr
Arthur think the people want re-
veraed?
Does he think "the people" want
the president to make war on Mex
ico? Does he think they would
have the president embroil thji
country in the European war?,
, Would Mr. McArthur repeal the
J Income tax law and In consequence
place a higher tax on the food
i and clothing of the American peo
pie? Would he restore the old alll
ance between the government and
t corrupt business which Mr. Wilson
I has abolished? ' ,
Would he repeal' the banking
f and currency law anf give back
I to Wall street the control of Amer
J lean money and credit which the
president has placed under the con-
trnl of the American people?
Would he repeal the law under
which the trade commission super-
vises the great trusts and prevents
t them from controling markets and
J fixing prices?
I Would Mr. McArthur repeal the
Clayton law which forbids price
discriminations, forbids corpora-
ftlons from buying competing com
': J panies, and makes it unlawful for
. t the director of one corporation to
;be director of a competing cor-
poration?
;:. Would he restrain the president
'. from using the money nower of
v the government in helping Araer-
t lean farmers move their crops?
I Would he restrain the president
from his purpose to stop the usury
practiced by many of the national
banks lu violation of law?
Would ho repeal the leasing law
and give back to big syndicates
. il their former power to gobble up
coal, oil and other of the people's
', priceless heritage in the public do
lt main?
-,t Is not Mr. McArthur mistaken?
I Instead of "the people" Is it not
J j hungry politicians, and water
-1 power magnate's, and coal barons
; tand timber sharks and labor ex
v tploiters, and American owners of
Amines in Mexico, and the prince-
tllnga of special privilege and
.plutocracy that "are not Batisfled
fwlth the policy" of the Wilson ad-
ministration?
WABCO-BIGOS HIGHWAY
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NE year ago th state of Ore
gon constructed a highway
between Wasco and Biggs, a
distance of approximately
- tnlne miles, at a cost of about 140,
i f 000. The road la not being utilized
-end as a result is going to decay
through Indifference.
I Whatever influences may be at
work to keep it from use it fur
nishes a splendid example of the
diversion of traffic from a natural
course by artificial barriers. Span
'ish Hollow, through which the
road runs, la the natural outlet
" tto tho Columbia river for Bher
j man county.
; J! s Down the highway should come
, Jai great portion of the wheat crop
... of the county with resultant bene
fit to producer and consumer
.'through reduction of freight cost.
"; The whole situation point out
th reciprocal relations that should
obtain between river and highway
navigation in the development o'fr
tne Columbia river basin. One is
useless, without the other. An
open river will not be an economic
facter unless it is supplemented
with highways .reaching into the
Interior at shipping points. High
ways will aot be a profitable in
vestment if there are no docks or
shipping facilities at the river.
In the broad field of future de
velopment the Wasco-Biggs road
will play an important part. It
Is a link in the great system of
river transportation vlsioned by far
seeing men.
PROHIBITION AXI
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N JANUARY first,, if the pro
hibition law is enforced,
every saloon i:i Portland will
close up. No doubt the law
will be enforced. Thero are plen
tiful signs that the saloonmen ex
pect it will; Many of them1 have
already begun to close out stock.
Big windows are filled with bottled
booze at seductively reduced
prices. One could buy enough to
keep a large family tipsy for a
whole year for a comparatively
small sum. The saloonmen are
honestly preparing to obey the law
It will cause great social
changes. With numberle ss sins to
their account, the saloons have
some conspicuous merits. They
are "poor men's club3," not merely
in sentimental literature but in
reality. They provide light,
warmth, a kindly welcome and so
cial life for marry a man who has
nowhere else to go for such com
forts. Perhaps we should call them
necessities instead of comforts, for
man is a poor, miserable creature
when cut off from the society of
his follows. The closing of the sa
loons will cut off not one man
alone but hundreds from the so
tiety they love and need.
What are our social workers do
ing to fill this gap? Have they
any plans to supply the social func
tion of the saloon? Where are the
poor to go for fellowship with one
another when the doors they have
bo often entered are finally closed?
Some will reply "They can stay
at home," and of course thoy can
if they happen to have homes and
if the homes are fit for a human
being to stay in.
Some are fit and some are not,
while too many workmen have no
homes. Reforms are most apt to
be lasting when they avoid any
needless aftermath of discontent.
'Has prohibition done all it
might have done to prevent such
an aftermath?
A SOLDIER'S LIFE FOR ME"
A
COLONEL in the United
States army has described
the soldier's life very attrac
tively to the Chicago Tribune.
He points out that the enlisted
wfan has no worry about board,
clothes, housing or medical attend
ance, since all these things are pro
vided for him. His physical de
velopment is also looked after most
solicitously so that "after a few
months his shoulders begin to
broaden, his chest to deepen," and
fo on. He learns to neat, clean
and temperate. He may also de
posit his savings with the govern
ment at 4 per cent interest bo that
after thirty years of service he
owns what amounts to a paid up
Insurance policy of some $30,000
guaranteed by the government. A
most delightful situation for the
soldier.
The Chicago public questions
whether the 60ldler deservea bo
many kindnesses from the govern
ment, but we are persuaded that
he does. Though we cannot Bee
why he deserves them any more
than other men who perform their
life tasks honestly and well. The
government takes precious little
thought for the clothes, food, hous
ing and physical welfare of the
ordinary hard-working father of a
family, though he is quite as use
ful to the country as tho soldier
is. Some say he is more useful.
The government does not pay
the ordinary father of a family 4
per cent on his savings. It stingily
and squeamishly pays him 2 per
cent through the postal savlng3
tanks. And it will not permit him
to acquire a capital of $30,000.
It limits him to $500. It does not
guarantee him an insurance policy
for his old age. When he has worn
himself out he can betake himself
to the poorhouse, or the devil. The
government is not particular which
refuge he chooses.
PROPOSKD PIJCIKiES
N THE CAMPAIGN for Astoria
rates, there are those who have
lost their moorincs. They pro
pose that Portland should make
A pledge never to seek lower rates.
Portland should make no euch
pledge. Thla port should have the
right always to take advantage of
its location. All the striving and
all the struggle and all the en
deavor and all the expenditures for
years to Improve tho Columbia
above and .pelow have been effort
to give Portland all the benefits
of her location and to strengthen
her hand In the use of that loca
tion for all the advantages that
can be derived from It. To make
a pledge that Portland would seek
no lower ratea would bo to aban
don the great rate bonofits that
can be derived through use of the
upper Columbia. The whole aim
of those who urge Improvement
of the river is to secure lower
rates to Portland. Their aim is
to make the river ito easily
navigable that the transporting of
heavy products can be made so ef-
fective and bo low in cost that the
Geography of Portland will make
her Dosition imnTeimnhle and that !
n.Ilt a. .atlnn
S'e mis city iraunpuuauvu
not fixed, as is now the case, by
the cost of haul over the Cascade
range to Puget sound. ;
Almost everv oound of coal that
New Orleans consumes goes from
Pittsburg down the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers at a transporta-
tion cost so low that railroads can-
n,f- .r,mrxAA rrv.A-A i n oaafin
why the grain and livestock and
hay and ffuits and other products
in the immediate Columbia basin
should not have transportation and
rates"""to Portland on the same
kind of basis.
For Portland to assume a posi
tion in which she would stand
pledged to always be content with
rates as they are would be an
abandonment of all that has been
done and all that is yet to be
done for getting full benefit out
of Portland's geographical location
where the ocean and production
meet.
The Astoria terminal
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Justice to do so, but in fighting
for them it is not the duty o f,
Port and to make pledges about !
an thing.
THE GOOD OMENS
ETURNING from an extend-1
ed sojourn In the east, ex' '
Sheriff Robert L. Stevens j
of Portland said- :
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Every available manufacturing plant 1
throughout the east Is working over !
time, and while the war munitions ,
anfl equipments were, "f course, in:
the lead, the prosperity which they ,
now decidedly apparent ln Chicago,
Detroit, St. Paul and other middle j
western centers.
Th'ere could be no stronger con
firmatory evidence as to the great
business activity that Mr. Stevens;
describes, than are the results of i
Tuesday's elections.
jf factories were idle, men tin-1
employed auu uusiuests etagnaut,
set In motion has spread to nearly they paid blackmail to him. and men , & & jjiven place It can Indulge only I tion" is completing plans for a pt-r-all
other hranche of business. This . in al, waik cf life crjnged to him. j .iiti, , a th m.h manent organization. The . natter
wax- of prosperity, which has be,n b f his owe t in!ure tnem . ,n th" Put" j members of the association, who held
noticeable In the east for several Detause 01 ms Pwer to injure tnem j.q may understand now eagt.r the ' banquet at a New York hotel ab"ut
months is working westward and Is , if they should dare to protest against Buch ' iflc pro0f a month ago ln honor of Warden
there would have been a verVl I
li-hnwinir 1 Lmrfrratfe In '19M' hS frankIy Sa,d: "X Rm at-
bum snowing Dy uemocrduc c"" . torney for certain ciients, and look)
Uluates. At the polls, It IS the ! , tV,lr rt,re,u hefor 1h leir- I
Unintelligent habit Of many VOterS I , l 1 " , V " ."
umUi.v. ufetm. " ' Jsiature. He admitted, too, that he
to held an administration respon-I "! " " T ' 4 ,
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ai uio ioi ctonouitL tuiiuiiiuun,
ihough a world panic-international
business stagnation or other eco
nomic catastrophe may have been
the real cause of the inactivity.
Such voters rarely take account of
the inevitable and natural fluctua
tions in world activity, but groping
for relief, blindly register at the
polls their dissatisfaction.
With business conditions bad
the Democratic candidates would
have suffered heavily from this
lrom tins
habit Of the voter, as evidenced in J
almost every election of importance
ever held. But ln every state con
test Tuesday, the opposite was
true. Heavier votes for Democratic
candidates than ever before were
cast in nearly all the states that
held election contests.
it is a most signmcant proor or ,
the great prosperity now sweeping i
through the country. j
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TRIAL MARRIAGES i
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PsUKK the Illinois law, no per-i
son can marry within a year I
II after being divorced. But'form movements waa under way ln
the statute is evaded by di- j Rhode Island, buc as that under the
vorced persons crossing the state !
line and returning to Illinois,
many of them later pleading in
court that their marriage was not
a marriage because in contracting
it they violated the law. Judge
Arnold of Chicago is convinced
that the Illinois statute promotes
"trial marriages." After six days'
experience with the divorce calen
dar he said:
There Is no question in my mind the daylight in." "Everybody knows ; out commercial supremacy and are
that "trial marriages" are taking that It Is so and. of course, the news- j Planning a Joint attack upon us in the
place every day. It is apparent that could taka the lid right off T"ar future- and they find us
under this system people may get papers coula ta9 ln8 ua rlgtu rr unprepared to resist, disaster may re
married as often as they wish, try I lf they w,hei to' so runs the com- j suit.
it otit. and if not satisfied Htart nvpr ' clalnt: and thereupon another in- I If a hostile fleet should appear off
again. I venture to say that
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these six days there have been 4(
such cases.
The other day a Judge in Port
land gave a woman a divorce. She
was married in Vancouver, going
to the Washington city to evade
the Oregon eugenic law. After
the wedding she learned that her
husband was prohibited by law
from marrying ln Oregon. Under
the Illinois decision hers was equiv
alent to a trial marriage.
m i tii -.1 i. . a , .
me iuniuib iaw was enaciea to
end the scandal of collusive dl- hiB sa,e of tn les"l8lat"'"e, and yet j incomes exceeding $20 "and not exceed- the battles which "we won" ln that
vorces. The Oregon law was I tne facts to establish so grave a j lng 40 per week should bear a tax of war.
passed to protect the unborn and i charKe' ,n way t0 Put him out of Per cent and Incomes of from 12 ! I am not going to bother about the
to assist in retarding the snread ' business, were never before available.,1 ,2 per, hu!(J bear t&i of number of battles won by either the
to a&biai. iu leiitiumg me spreaa , 85 per cent. The balance of the moaey ' one side or the other. I merely want
of loathsome diseases. But both ! He was ready to boast that he was should be raised by placing a special to fasten onto the first personal pro
laws are operating under a heaVy i a iobbyist. but to have proved such ta on farms of from 2 to 200 acres, jncun "we." j
handicap because neighboring i activities to the satisfaction of a In case there is a shortage or deficit i For the past 70 years tire Americans
states are lax in guarding the mar- iud nd uld taken a he,ad ax 8hould be placed on th8 un' of the old revolutionary stock have
Btoiea uic ,u 8ualulu8 lue mar- ' employed. I rone ln very strenuously and very suc-
riage relation.
There ought to be uniform mar
riage and divorce laws in all the
states. Our entire social fabric
la dependent upon the strength of
marriage, its warp and woof.
SOME OTHER DAY
T
HE abandonment of the plan
for Introducing kindergarten
1 a j t a , a
worg. in me Fortland public
schools will meet with -irla
approval.
Even if Started unpretentiously.
the system would soon become ex-
pensive. Its desirability as a part
of the publlo school system is In
volved in grave doubt.
- Many urge that it Is mostly a
day nursery, and that in the mat
ter of instruction it exerts no val
uable Influence on the child.
Some very well informed edu
cators insist that even six years
Is too early an age for the average
child to begin school work, and
that'there are children to whom It
is a positive detriment to begin a j
school career in the weaknesses
Of years so tender. I
Ds.oU.nB tViArn era noma nhllro. 1
ucwucn, k ,
tions that the home and parents !
owe their children, and there is a ;
limn to tne lenguis we can go m
throwing family concerns as a
burden upon the public.
Some other day, when public
burdens are lighter and when there
is a wider diffusion of material
thlnps a ninn c thft neorjle. nubile
kindergarten work may have a
more favorable aspect.
THE PRESS AND
POLITICAL CORRUPTION
From the New York EYeulng Poet.
S PRETTY a bit ot evidence of
n i. !i.A. j i
arm rna ua v n I'liiimr'ii tain uh 1 unru i
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a crooked boss to control leglsla-
tion in a crooked state as any one
could desire was brought, out in .the
suit against the New Haven railroad
directors on Thursday last. It was j
the testimony as to the relationship j
liiiiun th. nrvlon manarement of I
i the company and the blind boss of
. , i . i . i : i . r. r . r i
Rhode Island, Charles R. Brayton. A
eUer show, that a'check of ,10,.
oQO the boss M h
compensatlon for ..asslsting in leg.
lslatlve matters." was excluded from
, wie eviuenue. out w. ..clcLt "
convincing part or tne
Indictment
against the man before whom Rhode
Island for years bowed down. That
little state this rascal held for years
ln tne hollow of his hand, putting it
up for sale to the corporations as
he saw fit, and no efforts availed to
enake h,s , upQn u The capU.
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allstIc interests upheld -him, even as
the mischief wjiich he wrought.
.
Why was it that he held his sway
,' undisturbed jintil his death? Pos
, sibly because of the lack of Just
i such a specific bit of proof as has
j now come to the surface. It Is true
that he did not deny that he was a
naid lnhhvlsf To a corresrjondent
'.of tV, Tv.nlno- Post far hark s I
(iMa. vu v-u " J " ' - ,
I never until this week have we had
euch a complete picture of his un
derhand activities. Here was the
railroad actually berating
the boss i
because the legislature had granted ,
a charter for a trolley line from I
Pawtucket to Attleboro with express- !
not
mattar privileges: nease ao noi j
let any more of that kind go through, :
and if possible would like to get that !
"reS" ClaUS trUCk ut- whether
by general law or ln some other way,
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j company. W hen a freight road ,
! proposed, the New Haven wrote: "We '
I want this scheme blocked and killed, i
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Please kill this matter ln i
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some way. The boss, needless to
i say, earned his fee, but the New ;
; .
(V,, a K
accepting fees from the other side,
or originating tne very legislation
It sought to oppose. Surely, such
iULiII ni'. il nni rolil1 havi cVioV-
j . , , . .
en me "UBa, cou.o. mcy -.vo oCCU
made when one of the occasional re-
lato Bishop William r. McVickar,
ln 1903, ln which the Evening Post
strove to aid.
This whole Incident well illustrates
the difficulty which confronts the
reformer in and out of the press.
Constantly people apeak of a well
known abuse and denounce the news
papers as in leaTie with the cor-
ruptlonists, because they do not "let
dictment against the press Is framed, i i,c" "eiis imo me -
-. . stock exchange, great distress would bought and ln his name alone before
The newspaper can rind out very- j ensue amonK the sweatshop victims marriage, and what share has a man
thing lf they want to; they have cx- ; and the unemployed. Tenant farmers ln a piece of land bought after mar
pert reporters, and they have the In the south, who are paying 24 per i riage ln a woman's name?
I - . v. ... .j . i i . I i. n f tt
means
to hire detectives if they
choose. If they do not uncover all
the crookedness ln the body politic,
It Is their own fault and no one
else's. Surely, they must be ln league
with the evildoers?" But this Brar
ton case ehowa the difficulties ln
the way. It was current knowledge
I that Pra v f n n waa !Srrm Inc t-1 r V K
1 J ..w.
"" BO muln Ilur" lnan mere near-
say or gossip. Even the strongest
kind of moral conviction as to the
exlstence'of wrongdoing does not by!
4 ' ;
Itself send any one to jail. i
l ne piignt oi me newspaper wnlen
i desires to bring evildoers to book la
! also clearly illustrated by the Allds
ease. For decades every intelligent I
'' man had been certain that legislation
was being bought and sold at AJ-1
h.,v nri with h ,.tmo.
" , . C
, ness. Political campaigners spoke
! of It as a matter of course; the
Black Horse Cavalry" figured in
every news story that came out of P"?0 V. " n0t ' KMbU
' BOOUlu it.
Albany in connection with the legls- j w'e all recognise Germany's thor
lature. But not until the Conger j oughnese and preparedness and were
charges became publlo to illumine as j it not that these Qualities are being
by a flaahllght the disgraceful da- "8ed ',r th" ""bjugatlon of her ii.lgh
. . . , , , f bors, they would be commendable,
bauchlng of the legislature waa lt Mr Lueke Bay. that to hold
possible to focua publlo indignation ; mans responsible for explosions on
and to compel the legislature to drive
this particular bribe-giver ,and the
bribe-taker out of public life, and gen-
'.r -'. -'-. . ,-; '". " '
eraliy to better conditions at the
capitol. Yet the unthinking would
ay that the prea ahouid have been
able to accomplish this years before,
They do not realize, of course, the
h&mDarinr effects or the llbpl law I
t -
which makea it Impossible for a
Journal to circulate a specific charge
" i..ro
satisfied that it haa sufficient cor-1 P"1" "hH J1. "Rresslvea are
, . . . I lBion and of the " show me" variety
roborative evidence to convince both) ariiy.
judge and Jury. ! The baby show Judges claim they
. , .were guided by a scienufic system, but
I mother of the non-wluners have their
At the sam time that one hears J dubtB.
this complaint of the press because!
jit does not bring evildoer- to book
orten enougn, tne weimn aiso rings ;
with criticisms of the wild and reck-
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lese charges and insinuations made
by newspapers against great and good
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men who are giving their lives to
the public service or to the de-i
velopment of Its public service
corporations. Who does not re-
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cail lno impassioned aeieuse 01
th
Mellen management of
the
New Haven railroad by so good
a man R8 MaJor Henry L nieslnson?
I He, being ignorant, of course, of tha
6ord,d dojDe3 that have now come to
llght flamed againgt tho8e whQ
. . .
would muckrake a veneraoie lnsuiu-
tion which was the vital artery of
New England. Others, too. felt
aggrieved that this irresponsible
abuse of a great railroad should go
on unchecked when there were no
specific facts as to wrongdoing avail-
able anywhere. Well, the specific
facts became available quickly enough,
and then all the talk about the ir
responsible clamor of the press faded
away, and the old management was
removed to make room for a new
and honorable one. Perhaps, as a re
sult, a few more people realized that
so long as the press is merely moral
ly convinced that there is wrongdoing
of corruption as came out this week
in the New Haven case.
Letters rrom the People
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(Communications pent to The- Journal for
piiLlicatlon Id tuls ileiw riuieDt fhould be writ-
ten on only one ide or tue paper, abould not
exceed 300 'words in leuttu auu must be ac-
t t . . ;j L.
i'J' me name aim auoreaa oi lue
fnuer- U tbe writer due. not ueaira to
U.. aauie nnbiUhed. lie .nouid ao atate.J
Discission la the greater of all reformer..
11 rationalizes eTerjililug It touthea. It rob
principle, or all false aanotlty and throw, the.n
back on tLeir reaoiiMbleiie. lr tliej bave no
teliDablenes. it nitul,.l- cru.lie, tl.nn out
'l tamirill C KliU 1 8 UU IIS U wliC a UIIUU9
in thir td." Woudrow Wlbou.
A Criticism Answered.
Portlaud, Nov. 4. To the Kditor of
The Journal The uregonian in today e
Issue prints an editorial ln criticism of
th Woman's Political Science club,
stating that this club "certainly needs
reminding that the proper place for
hostilities Is Europe, not this peaceful
j country."
I wish to state that, in my opinion,
the Oregonian. of all newspapers, la in'
least position- to offer a criticism of
thla kind In tha first nine bu.i ih.
Oreponian been able w dictate the war
policy of the present administration.
how long1 would we have had a 'peace -
ful country?" Besides, 'tis w ell known
that the Oregonian is everlastingly
war" on nm.nnii nnri i mr
paging war on someone, and is mer-
ciless in its attacks on anyone not cf
U ..polltical faUh.. n0 malter how
worthy a citizen or statesman he may
y
I do not think the members of the
T. il 1 1 1 ( 'U 1 Wi'ionca f I n ) i Vi j a o i r u ru. J .
I eies to offer any one for dlfl(.rencea
, which may have come up in their club,
j 1 leese things are always regrettable,
""i iiaiuio in um b.iiiio iiic
(world over. Where any body of people
ara working together under one or-
i genlzation, there will be misunder
standings, dirferencea of opinion and
controversies coming up from time to
time. It is true in those conducted by
men, and the same may be expected
to some extent in women's clubs.
A MEMBER OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE CLUB.
Preparedness Suggestions."
Orln Wash.. Nov 2.-To the Editor
f The Journal As events unfold
themaelves from day to day my admi
ration for the militarists and their
prcgrasn grows.
I understand that both Ardorra and
j gan Marino are becoming jealous of
! -K- 1. .. 1 I i . . . ..
uuiruncu iuuue, wuuiu amu ue
iiaiu nn.
Most people realize that we should
have the greatest navy ln the world,
also a standing army of at least 10,
000.000 men. Many wonder how we
; can best raise the money.
ine Program can oe eusny
financed by taxing incomes and farm
lands. All unearned Incomes should
be exempt, and all earned incomea ex-
.t, .uii
The pay of officers and men ln the
army and navy should not exceed that
of French or German standards.
"h"d ,h m
such as exhibiting the Liberty Bell at
Ludlow. Col., pulling the crooks out of
the CoWlltz river, mining the Rick-
' " i " " ocu
manner that tne city can withstand
a long siege.
LOWELL M. SHOEMAKER.
Mr. Tye to Mr. Locke.
Portland, Nov. J. To the Editor of
Tho Journal In your issue of Novem-
ber 2 Maxlmillian Lucke aids C. E.
i FrankC by a reply to my recent letter.
He thlnka Belglaum Bhould not be
' mentioned, but that country, like Ban-
ships, etc., is an insult.
None but Germans and Austrians
whv openly boast of it have been fcc-
Leueed of these acta. What, are Fay.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
.. .
lr you naven t been there It la well
to bear in mind that th3 sail francisco
Pition closes December .
'. m politicians should re
Bethlehem Steel stock went up like
DViowingCthe coSrie 7a"S".r.
empty shell.
. ,
Another change In the Greek cabl-
net may mean that, after all, the
nf8 liaVe not irreparably lost the
; Balkan diplomatic battle,
; " .
A visit to the Armory this (veiling
t Will f nil -l ni-. .Via m . . . i . i, . . .
, lkl6 win have no terrors long as
j Oregon loganberry Juice holds out.
"Peace by victory" is the new Trench
I cabinet's motto. That's what all tlie
Delllgerents say, preferring to die in
tho last ditch rather than go home and
face their debts.
The vice president and Keneral man
ajjer of the Wells fcaiKu Kxprestt lom
pany says a wave of prosperity is
sweeping westward. Should anybody
be swept overboard. It cannot be said
there was no warning.
In September, 2,589,911 pounds of
halibut arrived at Seattle, as asainst
li.OUU pounds at other Washington
and all Oregon ports and a large part
of the two and a half million t.ounds
icame from Oregon waters.
A Chicago specialist in eugenics tells
girls that giggling may lead them to
perdition, but sincere flirting has a
I high moral value. The question is
whether he knows what he is talking
1 atout any more than the giggling gi
il
knows why she giggles.
SING SING "ALUMNI" ORGANIZING
From the New York Times.
The "Sing Sing Alumni Assonn-
Thomas Mott Osborne of Sing Sing.
Intend to send out Invitations to all
graduates of tho Institution whose
addresses can be found, urging them
to affiliate with the newly f' rine.l
association and to share Its benefits
and social advantages.
Among the Denerus according to nn
I outline of th plans given to a rimes
I reporter the principal 'one at the
,,.. '., K ,..i,i r",.,riv
outset will be the Alumni Kmplo-
,-aV T3, rpt,. t1nnol rt.-.ni.nit.
inciii. nu,u, . .,e ..i...... .,,,,i..i-
tee In charge of this feature of the
. association's work will be called ,.o,.
to keep in touch with manufacturers
I and business houses generally to
fjnd poHion, ror new graduates '
.u i . ,, , j . .
1 they leave harden Osborne s In-
i OLltULK'II Cl ' I 111 ' ( T 1 L 111 VYfn liri ' -
sary, for older "graduates" who lose
their Jobs. If the demand for tho
"graduates" Is greater than the up-
I ply the would-be employers will be
i urged to wait for new ones.
Because of the wide variance at
training and adaptability of the Ptng
! filnir "rrnftnat.B " it van .r nl a I n.
, ,n Ernplovment Bureau committee
! will have its hands full to find Just
the right Job for each man; It Is
! elso recognized that numerous prob-
J-ms will confront the committee
'or e'tample, a number of the pres-
' Hit members of the Mutual Welfare
I 'S' ln Sin Sing.- out of w hich
"Prung the idea or an Alumni as-
i 8clatlori'" to kepP ,,he members in
! ,ouch with one another and Warden
9sborn flf,.er t.hf,.r dePar,turr. frorn
i their Osslnlng Alma Mater. were
lawvers ln this and other
1 x? . y J . mn .
. cltlee Cooperation on the part of
1 !he Bar association which might lend
; i ri us tit i ciiini i i rs nvi i'"intii ni rv t
' the outset, at least. Not an Inslg
! nlficant number of the men. too,
were better trained as burglars than
j but hur"Kllnr wm not he one of th.
, speciaitle8 on the "Alumni assoc'a-
tion" list This is where the King
Sing training will fit the "alumni"
for good Jobs.
Among the benefits and social ad
ScKblts et al under arrest for now?
Of course Germans have a right to
aympathize with the country they came
from. "Lives there a man with soul
mo dead?" etc
Although I have been a resident Of
Oregon for over 40 years, and have
chlldren and dchUdren.' horn here,
j cama from EnKland tnroUgh whlch
after Greece, all our American liberties
came, and I love England But Amer
ica. 1s my adopted home, and I am for
it first, last, and all tho time, as all
citizens should be, no mater whence
they have come. C. IS. Pl'E.
Survivor's Interest.
Bcio, Or., Nov. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal What right has a woman
l.rt in ffmtrrr , Vl (i f . wnan 11 CI u
Jina jm. n..
i ine survivor, man or woman, nan
l right to a half Interest for life In
I the land, after the death of the other
Heirs of American Wars.
Portland. Nov 8. To the Editor of
Tfa JournaiIn Tn8 Journ& of today
,,
! thOTO appears a letter from Mr. Par-
! " '-Averlll . of Cherryvllle, Or., about
w iei i vh v,- r,..,-.
; cessfully for race suicide. Race stil-
clde means the destruction of a race,
And since the Americans are very suc-
! Cesful !7 w,th'nr hy, undertake.
1 the Americans of the old original stock
' have wall nlarh destroyed their race;
j so that today 5 per cent of the pree-
.
'INDEX OF ADVANCING
1 TIDE OF PROSPERITY
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The railroads of the country
are at last coming into the equip
ment market with a rush. The
movement is the heaviest In
years, and should set the wheels
of industry humming In all sao
tlona. It la estimated that the rail
road buying for this month alone
will approximate $100,000,000.
and it can readily be seen what
this enormous home expansion
means, aside from any foreign
orders, for the Industrial sections
of the eountry,
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Lane countv claims more standard
high schools than any other county of
the stale .2 out of the state s total
or 161.
"Alfalfa, field peaa and hogs,'" eaya
the Burns 'limes Herald, "are a suc
cess in this big country. Who cuiea
whether the al.imlnum mines pay big
piofits or not'"
A new postof fice'1 has been estab
lished at Sear i, HnL in Lake county.
Mail to the place will be diverted from
the Fremont office. Th- department
name for the office is Wactlna.
The Beaverton Times rejoices be
causo prankish boys on Halloween took
down "the old Owl Lund company
sign," which the Times says waa in a
way a nuisance, as it obatructed the
v.evv at a railway crossing ana was
thus a source of danger.
The Grants I'ass Courier report
that the sugar beet campaign pro
gresses to the satisfaction of the com
mittees in charge, and "while not all
who bhould sign acreage ure doing so,
there is hope that the required number
of aens will be signed up in the
valley.''
"Bakfr truck lines to the Panhan
dle," says the I'eiuorrat, "are hauling
hog snipnjetits t' the railroad both
here and al Kotilnet. It is a wonder
ful help to the producer by placing
him near to market I y a means of
transportation that he has never had
before and does away with losa of
weight attending drives by road or
wagon."
Presenting a huge prtltmn contain
er 14"0 names or Lane county citi
zens, a delegation from llHrrlsbuig
and the territory on the Lane county
side of the river opposite that town
called on the. Lane county court to ask
that body to include in its 1316 tax
budget provision for Lb n county's
share of the cost of a wagon bridge
across the Willamette ut Hariijburg.
vantages to be offered by the new
association were named the clubroom
which the members proposed to es
tablish somewhere in New York. a:id
the library and writing moms lo be
connected with it. On the reading
table, of course, the Star of Hope,
the periodical now published ln Sing
Slug, will find prominent place, with
other periodicals of the day calcu
lated to be of particular Interest to
the members. It is also proposed to
provide games nnd other parapher
nalia of an up-to-date club, o that
the ex-con lcts -that Is. the "grad
uates" will have a place to while
away evenings together and tajs: over
the good old "school days."
One of tho noteworthy proposals
that has met with approval among
all of the alumni thus far Is an an
nual banquet, at which the members
will have their former JallerB as
guests of honor.
"Though it tnay nil sound a little
strange.'" Deputy Warden Church of
King Sing, said last night. In the ab
nfcnce of Warden Oshoine. "there Is
a good, sound theory underlying the
proposition and it will be well worth
watching. I'ntll the 'association' held
Its dinner In honor of Warden Os
borne a month ago ex-convicta were
accustomed to hide the fact that
they had been In prison as long as
they could. When they were found to
bo ex-convicts they were often dis
charged, and thus often discouraged
and ultimately driven back Into
crime. These men have decided to
make a clean breast of their records
before the public and their employ
ers, and to help along the other ex
prlsoners who might otherwise fall
Into the old paths. They will con
sider their Sing Sing training an as
set. The 18 who dined Warden Os
borne had all told their employers
that they were ex-convlets, and all
of them were making good.
"This is a very significant step ln
the effort to bring back these men
into good standing an valuable mem
bers of their communities. With
nothing to hide and not only their
own reputation but the deputation of
all others who frankly admit mem
bership 1n the 'alumni association' to
protect, it can at least be said that
the probability of men 'going straight'
will be greatly Increased."
er.t day Americans are descended from
ancestors who during the war of 1812
were living in Norway, Sweden, Den
mark, Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria,
Switzerland. Ireland, Portugal, Greece,
China and japan, and with the excep
tion of those living In Ireland. thfe
fourths of them did not know that there
was such a country as the United
States. The pronoun "we" is there
fore singularly out of place ln such
discussions. Whatever glory there was
in the wars of 1776 anil 1812 has de
scended to not more than 16 per cent
of the inhabitants of the United btatea
of today. T. J.
The Potato's Potentialities. ,
Kenton, Nov. t. To the Editor of
The Journal What can a farmer do
with his unsalable crops, especially
potatoes? of course lf he has hogs
he can boll and feed the potatoes to
them, but that Is w rather tedious lob
Punless he la well equipped tor It. I
believe there are other ways much
easier and X dare say more profitable
and less expensive and the farmer can
raise a much larger crop, thus utilis
ing ground that otherwise would not
be used. Farmers could raise thou
sands of bushela more per year and be
sure of a better chance of disposing
of them, as there would always be a
market for the over production. I
would like to ask about how many
bushels of potatoes could be raised
next year up and down the Willamette
and Columbia valleys in, say, a radius
of 100 miles or less. I would like to
have an expression from a few of the
farmers along this Iln
E. hi. BORNE,
t9 Lombard Street.
Billy Rally's Vacation.
Portland, Nov. 3. To '.he Editor of
The Journal I was very much Inter
ested ln your editorial on Billy Sally
and the things he has teen ln his 46
yeara' steady work.
There are other things he has seen,
that The Journal did not mention. He
has seen, hundreds of young engineers
on the extra list struggling to make a
living, or a meagre existence, and lf
all "regulars" took only one vacation
ln 46 years, pickings would be poor for
tho extra ynen.
And where would our fine summer
reeorts get their trade !f every worker
was as anxious to hoard up the gold?
Hundreds of Oregonlane got their win
ter's stake substituting for regulars
who arev taking, every year, a little
time eff from work to enjoy life.
C. W.
Necessity First.
From the Indianapolis fltar,
"Do you believe ln marrying for
love?" asked the sentimental girl
whose face was her principal' misfor
tune. "Not necessarily," replied the gray
haired parson. "As a rule, I usually
marry tor money,-
Tt,eonce Overl
YESTERDAY MORN1NO Mrs. An
nie E. Joplln called me upC and "
asked tne if I wouldn't be Judge
at the baby show down at the Ar
moryin the afternoon.
1J And I said I would.
J And I went.
and Mrs. A. J. Coplan who waJ
field marshal pinned a badge on tne,
and one on Mrs. Ada Gleblacb.
and one on Mrs. O. M. Shaver,
-and it said "Judge" tn the badge
JAnd after that everybody asked
us what to do with their babies.
and I didn't know.
and neither did Mrs. Qlabtsch.
and neither did Mrs. Shaver.
aj And I told one woman that 1
didn't know what to do with ray own.
JAnd we were given the treat
grandmother - - and grandmother di
vision to. Judge.
JAnd we Judged tnem and 4TOl
away.
J That Is I did to tha other end
of the hall.
because I obeyed one of my many
foolish Impulses.
and asked a young woman
If she waa a gTauidmothar.
JAnd I knew I shouldn't have doni
it
--Just as soon a she spoke.
JAnd a baby got lost
and Charley Chaplin yelled about
It through a megaphone.
and I felt something-dn my
hand.
auid It squeezed
and I squeesed.
JAnd I looked down end ther.
was a baby.
51 And she smiled up at me end 1
took her to Mrs. Copla.n and Mr.
Coplan found her mamma.
JAnd I Just crulaed around look
ing at babies.
and there were batblea ln their
mothers' arms.
and babies In buggies.
and babies ln little pane
and a lot of twins twinning
around.
and some triplets tripping
around.
and one baby with collo.
JAnd I suggested something,
and Its mamma suggested that 1
mind my own business.
JAnd there were bablea every
where. end they were all pattT-eaklng
and bye-byelng and crowing,
and Stew Blythe aald he'd never
heard anything like It
except at the poultry ahow.
J And all the mothers looked ao
proud
and the graodmaa bragged.
and I amelled talcum.
J And one daddy came along with
a baby in his arm a.
and the baby crowed avnd gur
gled. and its daddy looked miserable,
JAnd I went up and whispered la
hla ear.
J And I said "Ner as- mind it ba
cauae
J "LISTEN old man I know Jut
how you feel."
FRANK H. SIMONDS
Finds in the British adventure
tt The Dardanelles a striking re
semblance to the fatal Athenian
expedition against Syracuse.
His interpretation of this cam
paign in the east, which will be
published in The Sunday Journal,
Is full of worth-while informa
tion. LILLIAN RUSSELL
This celebrated beauty hence
forth will write for The Sunday
Journal on subjects pertinent to
health and beauty, and there is
none more interesting to Milady.
The first of Miss Russell's arti
cles will be found ln Section Four
of The Sunday Journal Novem
ber 7.
YOSHIHITO
The emperor of Japan win go
down to Kyoto from Toklo to
morrow, where he will formally
be crowned next Wedneaday by
the celebration of the weird Jap
anese ceremonial.
The mysteries of the Japanese
coronation rites are related in an
article ln The Sunday Journal
Magazine.
MORRIS HORN F ELD
From truck driver to opera
star In a day is the record of Mor
ris Hornfeld, Roumanian, to
whom gflod fortune came as he
was In the depths of despair.
"The find of a century" is an
Impresario's opinion of his voice,
which is said to rival that of
Ruffo. You will be told about it
in The Sunday Journal Magazine.
JACK LAIT
has written a story for The Sun
day Journal Magazine which has
much of the charm of O. Henry
who, strange to say, figures In
the story.
And the best of it all is that
this Is only the first of a series of
short stories that will be pub
lished each Sunday in The Sun
day Journal Magazine.
DR. WOODS
HUTCHINSON
This celebrated medical author
ity makes a few suggestions rel
ative to human endurance that
will be found in The Sunday
Journal.
FOR MATRON
AND MAID
Two pages of exclusive fea
tures In The Sunday Journal.
One, containing fashions and
needlework, In Section Four,
Another with suggestions
for the housewife, In The
Magazine.
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