THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 1915.
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America asks nothing for her
keif but wbnt she lias a right to
ask for humanity itself.
WOOD ROW WILSON.
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The wise mid n'-Mve con
quer til i ri'-n ltl-: !v ihtrlnk; lo
il tempt l" in. Sloth timi f'ollv
Kill V I I llll'l will ink Ht M$ht of
lull ;iiid hiiz.nil, ;'ihI matt" the
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Tin; Mill; to hiut.mn
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Ill; l.itehl. nolo to r.reat llrit-
niii prnti -: t i n .'ir.aint Invasion
oi our i-iltts ;is a iifiitial on
the iiitli f-;i:. is mole tli ;i n an
able r.t.Vr din nun nl. It detscrilx's
the AiiMTici n purips( to uphold
tlm -itv of n.it ions, not only in tln
iiiU'i-fsf of Anic'.'i':anH, but of all
neutrals uliohfi i)itiuier ha:-. Pf'ii
injured.
Ilif t ' n i toil Slalt'H stands for iu
leinational law am) tells rjngluri'l
Hint (oniinand of the Beas does not
givn her tho riKht to make r u Ii'-i
i uovcnini'r neutral commerce mat
!'i expediency only may dictate. Crcat
Jj" Britain U at war with powerful
j! cneniictt. The United States may
j not. Interfere with the conduct of
"t war wiien belllRerents only are in-
fi volved. But when a warring na
; n tlon, purely hk a retaliatory meas-
lire, imposes upon neutral com-
im rcc rehirictions which clearly
t vlolnle nentrnl rights, then it is
I the duty of the United States to
ft. protest.
:'t That la what we have done. That
t in what we did when Germany's
t submarine warfare violated neutral
f. rightw. Our protest to Germany
was in more vigorous language, but
v American lives as well as American
property were t issue. The Unit
ed States emerged victorious from
Its controversy with the kaiser'
government. Germany finally ad
mitted the justness of our conten
tion that Americans have the same
right to the high seas they bad be
fore this war began. Great Britain
must In the end admit the same as
to commerce between neutral coun--"
tries.
That is the American contention
in Secretary Lansing's latest note
, to Great Britain. lie speaks for
all America when he says:
The t lilted State, therefore, cannot
" submit- to the curtailment of il
- . Iieutral rights by these measures,
which are udniittedly retaliatory and
therefore illegal in conception and in
, nutuie. and Intended to punish the
,' enemies of Great Britain for alleged
illegalities on their part
The United States Is blamed for
aiding Great Britain's cause by
(. furnishing money and munitions.
But we stand steadfast upon our
J rights In International law. The
United States was blamed for pur
suing its controversy with G3r
inauy over the submarine question.
' But we stood upon our rights in
! : law and our duty to humanity. The
note to Great Britain is evidence
that this nation proposes to play
i. no favorites. It means that Eng
?y land in ust recognize our rights as
.' ! , a neutral, just as Germany has rec
; ; " ogni.eii them.
ItAN.AI
A'
NOTHKR emperor will formal
ly ascend to tho throne of
Japan tomorrow auiid cries
of "Banzai! Banzai! Ban
na!!" "Iive, Lord, ten thousand
years!" . 4.
A remarkable feature of the en
Uhronenient ceremonies fs that they
(mark another step In a lino f
descendants, unbroken for seventy-
live generations, from the age of
legend through feudalism to con
stitutional monarchy. This is a
.record that no other nation can
Cshow.
,V' Before the Mikado can claim
J his right to reign be must possess
'4"thnee material things. They are
' 'f-ithe sacred mirror, emblem of
, t eternal truth; the sacred sword,.
lU iembleni in the world, of justice
, backed by power, and the sacred
. ' jewel, symbolic of the soul's de-
. 'light in beauty,
j 4-1 The enthronement ceremonies
f - f are to be characterized by sim-
pUcity. The emperor will enter a
building which has been set aside
V,.f$fn the courtyard of the imperial
;. palaces followed by a procession
bearing the sacred emblems. These
yiemblenis will be deposited on a
. 'platform to the right of a cushion
' ",lto be occupied by the emperor.
; -'h Mounting to the platform the em-
ueror U) first worship hi an-
cestors and then announce his com-
ing to the throne- Next he will
enter an enclosed octagonal- pa-
vilion. He will be handed a mace
or scepter by a chamberlain and
v. 1 1 1 - A ,1 1 - A . , .
ui nncBuu a piauorni to Bit upon
his throne. High court officials
will fold back the curtains of the
pavilion, revealing the new mon-
arch to the multitude. ,
j ne emperor will next .aaa me many instances. They learn their saying there would have been no natural resources oi un county u,
imperial speech, to which the prime lessons as well as their indoor republic of Panama had not the which our forefathers had free ac
minister will -read a reply, ifav- schoolmates and are a great deal United States, in splto of its solemn cess have been cast in enormous
ing finished ( the prime minister happier. No child is admitted to treaty obligation to respect the ter- masses into the hands of feudal over
will take his place beside the this admirable class except after a ritorial Integrity of New nranada, lords. Access to the resources of na-
Banzai flag and loudly call ' Ban-
zai!" The whole assembly" will
take up the call which will spread
throughout the crowded town and
over the empire.
Yoshihito. the one hundred and
twenty-second emperor of Japan,
haw hp.pn nroolaircf-d. Lone live i
Yoshihlto.
THH HOCKING SKIZUKE
G
REAT BRITAIN'S assumption
of power to define neutral
rights on the high seas is
illustrated in the case of
the American shfp Hocking. This
ship, owned by an American cor
poration and riyins" the American
flag. was sailing between two
American ports when seized as a
British naval prize and taken into
Halifax.
Tho Hocking was formerly, the
Danish ship Gronland, and it is
understood her seizure was or
dered because of British suspicion
that German capital was invested
in the company which Nought the
Gronland. When the vessel's trans
fer to the American flap; was be
ing considered by the department
(if conim ?rre, i!ir question whether
: German capital in the corporation
! v ould le a bar to American regis
tration wus smimitted to Secretary
! Lansing.
I The Keeretar. of state he'd that
! tl Investment of German capita'
in the company. . veu if true, could
; not in ter' with ( iir transfer
from the viewpoint of international
law. po lonr; as the new owner
ship was In an American corpora-
i Hon.
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H Mr. Landing's Interrelation of
international law In thi case is
H"h -.w7iiro rf tho llnrl.In" 1
British war prize is an invasion of
American neutral r'ghts more strik-
ing than anything which preceded
it. The Hocking was not engaged
In Transatlantic, trade but was i.rO-
ceedhiK to Norfolk to load coal for
Argentine. Cnlike tho Dacia, the
Hocking was not taken from under
tho flag of an enemy of Britain
and given American registry.
The seizure of this ship illus
trates the importance of the Wil
son administration's efforts to pro
tect rights of neutrals under inter
national law.
HOW FARMERS FARM
T
HE JOURNAL briefly reports
an argument held at a farm-
ers' institute recently. It was
over the question whether
"farmers farm as well as they
know how?" Some took one side,
some the other. "Of course.
.
said
one man, "farmers do not livo up interior department, which has
to their ideals. Slack work among been more or less of an asylum for
them is the commonest thing in special privilege under a long suc
the world." A tender soul who cession of secretaries,
took the other side said he thought i
farmers did their best, but the poor i
fellows didn't know a great Jeal. j
That as the trouble with them. '
Their ignorance accounted for what
appeared to he thejr slackness. The
whole discussion appears rather
tactless. What class o!" men ever
do their hest except in rare and
exalted moments? Why not ask
the same question of lawyers? Do
they always try a case as well as
they can? l)o ministers always
preach their very best sermons? We
all come short of our ideals In
Ttin ,.oc;r,a not r us
Farmers are no worse than oth
ers In this particular but they
are quite as bad. They cherish
wide ambitions. They lay many
plaus.
They wish they could carry
out all the teachings of the De
partment of Agriculture and the
Agricultural colleges. But some- ,
thing usually interferes to prevent !
them.
Time slips away. Tt, mine just
at the moment to blight some love
ly enterprise. Wife falls sick. The
children die. Rut usually the
iarmers's plans are nipped in tho
bud by waut of money. He knows
perfectly well what he ought to do
to build up his business. And he
would like to do it. But where
is the money to come from? The
local bank will not lend to him.
If he goes to a city firm he must ;
mortgage his land. He must pay;
for an abstract. He must pay for,
making out half a dozen docu-1
iiicum, aweaiuig to mem oeiore :i ,
notary, filing them. He must also,
pay a bonus to the agent. In the
end his condition Is worse than if
he never had borrowed. Iu the
farmer's case it is certainly true
that "be who goes a borrowing
goes a sorrowing." 0 wonder he
seldom farms as well as he knows
bow.
AX OVTHOOR SCHOOL
T
HE School Bulletin miotP
from a Kansas paper an ac-
count or an open air school
in Kansas City. It is conduct-
ed for "anemic pupils," those j tbe cities of Panama and Colon,
whose physical stamina is for some I the United States to be compen
rcason below normal. Thirty j sated for them. There are other
pupils attend the -school. They 1 provlsons designed to bind the re
study, play and rrst in the open ; public of Panama more closely to
air, "being provided with proper ; the United States. There i3 noth
clothing for that purpose." These 1 ing objectionable in the treatv.
happy and favored little things get
a light luncheon twice a day.
cooked by the regular cooking cla3s
iu the public schools es a rule,
But on two days of the week the
little girls of the open air school
go to the kitchen and prepare the
meal for their class. 1
mi . . . . . .
me results obtained irom open
air education in Kansas City are
interesting. These anemic children
have been gaining weight at the
rate of half a pound a week in
careful physical examination to
8how that he is in feeblo health, a threat against the South Amer
But If the outdor regimen is so lean republic.
Vionof Ida! tn tbr vaaVIv wh v nnt ' Such n fhrpnl mnv havn hfen
try it upon the healthy? Why
confine all our really scientific
educational processes to the sub-
normal nH rf afortlrp' Would it
j not be interesting to see how some as it can be cleared? Why not com-1 hearts again. The struggle for po
I of these advanced ideas work upon pensate and apologize to Colombia ! litical liberty ran with varying for-
ti e child who is robust mentally before signing another "scrap of ! tunes through five hundred years,
1 and physically? Or is there danger paper?" hut in the end the people won it.
that he will get ahead too fast and', . Why despair then over the struggle
nerhans outdistance his teachers?
Wherever outdoor schools have ;
1 . ! I 1 I . - V. n n '
ueen irietr'iueir success u u
unqualified. Some adventurous
teachers have been conducting 6uch
schools lately at the feet of the
statues and monuments in the New
York parks. The lofty characters
look down unscandalized from their
! pedestals upon the scene, and the
children learn, if we may believe
ll.A ,ny,,,,nfa ofiniir T IV 1 f'Q CI Q foST I
U1 "..wuui.o, k"'vv ' ,
as iney ao in m oiuiumj unc
racks which we call schoolhouses.
SECRETARY" LANE AT RALEIGH
F
RANKL1N K. LANE. Secretary
or the Interior, had somo
noteworthy things to say
about national traditions in
his speech at Raleigh last night.
"Our inheritance of tradition," be
said, "is greater than that of any
other people, for we trace back,
not aloue to King John signing
.Magna Charta but to Brutus.
'buries Martel. Martin Luther and
Columbus. Irishman, Greek, Slav
aDd Sicilian have poured their
hopes and their history Into this
great melting pot, and tho product
will bo a civilization that is ne'
in the sense that it is a blend of,'8l8t
iiiaiiv, and et is as old as the
Kgyptians. Surely, the real tradl-
tlou of such a people is not any
e way of doing a certain thing
ur supreme tradition is the right
of UlSU tO Oppose tnjUSUCe.
From
this follow the right of man to
himself, the right of prop-
d of personal liberty, tile
govern
erty and
right to freedom of speech, the
risht to make of himself all that
nature will permit, the right to be
one of many in creating a national
life that will realize those hopes
which singly could not be
achieved."
These are noblo words. Mr.
Lane is In the habit of speaking
noble words. He knows better
than most men what true demo-
cracy means and he has the rare
courage to put his knowledge iu
practice as far as he can. Happily
he Is in a position where true
democracy is likely to make itself
.... , . i
powerfully fell. We tpeak of the;
THE TAX BURDEN
P
ORTLANIVS tax problem is in
teresting every property own-
er. It should have the atten-
Hon of every renter, for the
tax burden is borne by everybody. i
William II. Browning of New York
has started a movement to have
all rent bills itemized 60 they will
show what proportion of the rent
goes for taxes. He says:
if the small tenement dweller, pay-
lng, say $12 a month rent, really tan
Iflerstood that fully one-quarter
of
the amount he paid, or $3 out of
every $12, was handed over to sthe
hi. Vila landlord Via wftnlrl be
much more Interested In the amount
."pent by officials who represent him.
TIrt ro-irnrilnillM rt th hich COSt of liv-
ln but he does not seem to realize
lhat the men whom he elects to of
fice are one cause of Increased cost
of living.
Mr. Browning's statement visu
alizes the renter's direct interest in
tax levies. He does not pay di
rectly, but he pays indirectly. He
pays taxes through his landlord,
through his grocer, through his
butcher and even through the un-1
dertaker who buries him. Every-
cne bears a Bhare Of the taf bur-
den and everyone ought to be in-
terested in keeping the burden as
light as possible.
PEXDIXta TREATIES
w
HEN congress assembles
next month three treaties
will come before the sen
ate
Two of them, one
calling for compensation to Colum-
hla for the Iosr of terrRorv tn th
republic of Panama, and the other
providing for the payment of $3,-
000,000 to Nicaragua ln return for
exclusive right of way through the
Nicaraguan Isthmus, have been
thoroughly discussed. j with them Into the Mississippi valley.
: The third treaty is new and has 1 11 was a "vlnel- established institu
! special reference to existing rela-! tlon aeainst which no man's con-
i Hons between Panama and the
l'nited States. It. nrnnn. tha
transfer to the Panama governmont
of all unoccupied Panama railroad
owned lands and waterworks In
but in view of the world's distrust
of treaties, will it not be well for
the senate to settle our controversy
with Columbia before entering
upon new obligations?
Columbia claims, and with a
strong showing of authorities, .hat
the United States violated its treaty
-.111. . m . . l i -L
wna ew uranaaa wneu me re-
public of Panama was erected un-
tier the protection of American
guns. Many Americans coneede
the justice of Columbia's claim,
now Columbia, used its strength as
necessary to the canal project's '
success, but the fact remains we '
violated our treaty obligations. I
Whv nnt il(or tha recnrii nn far '
A I nCI V FlfiUT AKin I
A LOVELY FIGHT AND.
A GREAT HOPE
By Cbarlea H. Chapman.
AU AMBITIOUS young man who
has thus far In life done better
for himself than most writes to
ask what is going to become of
"the old-fashioned spirit of American
equality and freedom." He says he
has "repeatedly noticed tho lncreas-
lng difficulty of adhering to the good
old-fashioned Ideals which this coun
try was primarily organized to fos
ter. My father and his ancestors
from way back were no man's men.
They lived In circumstances where
they could retain thetr independence
and yet work for their own living." I
He means that they "owned their
Jobs" and even though the "jobs"
may be small this is far different
from working for somebody else.
Whatever profit there was In their
skill and energy they secured for
themselves and they enjoyed the
M-lf-rcsrect of complete Independen :e.
"I have noticed now-a-days,' continues
this young man, "that one must adopt K ,n turn. The Invisible government
a 'stand-in' policy- to get along. If . J"11""" uy or custom it chooses,
B by the exercise of 4ts Irresistible
you are one of the machine, whatever power; therefore human freedom ia Un
it may be, you are all right. If you possible of attainment until the tn-
upon being an independently
thinking and acting man you are no
wanted."
In his opinion matters are grow
ing worse in this respect. Many o?
us are becoming more slavish as
those who own the earth demand
raor lvlshnes of us. "It is against
mjr ture, ' he writes, -ever to cringe
to anyone. I will give respect and
admiration but no servility. I feel
the time coming when I must suffer
for this Americanism and I am trying
to make ready for It financially and
otherwise. But It la sad to note
that old-fashioned Americanism is
passing away and this country becom
ing a second Europe with impenetrable
layers of caste.
Men whose thoughts run In the
same melancholy vein as our friend's
might find some comfort, perhaps,
in reading United States history If
they can chance upon a book which
flna w. f . .nlal nAnltlAn. I . .
nuns j will avo nvi-iai iviujiovun ujz
,u -
war and slaughter. The undeniable
fact Is that our society was organized
in fairly rigid caste strata from the
beginning. One need only read Haw
thorne's novels to discover that New
England was a thoroughly aristocratic
community 1n the days of the Pilgrim
Fathers and their early descendants.
The Quakers and Baptists were per
secuted as much because they taught
democratic principles as because of
,
their heterodox theology. The right
to vote was limited to a little oligarchy
of church members and the ruling
class dwelt In haughty "mansions"
quite unlike the humble abodes of
the toilers. The Revolutionary war.
as up-to-date historians disclose, was
a revolt of tbe mercantile and land
owning classes from British rule.
The laboring people had but little to
j d wlh except, of course, carry
lng the guns and starving In the win
ter camps. Scholars like Professor
Beard of Columbia have also pointed
out to us how completely In the in
terest of the aristocracy the federal
constitution was originally framed.
It had to be fundamentally amended
before more than a faint gleam of
democracy shone through It.
Nor should we forget that in
revolutionary times the suffrage was
j limited to property owners in many
of the colonies, while the various state
constitutions, as first adopted, were
more rigorously unamendable than
they are now. Most of them ran
closely parallel to the Ideal frame
work of government that Mr. Taft
forced upon New Mexico and tried
to force upon Nevada. Our amiably
; reactionary ex-president loved such
a constitution because it was the antl-
Quated kind imposed by th revolu-
1 tionary ruling class upon the tollers
: of th-dir day. There were other lines
, of caste Wring.y visible In
zood. old times of our forefathers.
Negro slavery, for example, prevailed
along the whole Atlantic seaboard and
carried by the pioneer woodsman
science ever dreamed or revolting.
1 while Imprisonment for debt was the
i rul in aU th ctMori'es, except those
which were founded
mane Romatlaw.
under the hu-
Facts like these should comfort our
friend's drooping spirits, for ln scores ,
of particulars conditions have become i
incomparably more democratic The
suffrage has been extended to all
adult males. Even the despised fe
male has obtained' .it in some states.
God and man would both .have been
scandalized at the thought of a wom-
an's voting: in revoiutldnary days. It
la hard to say which would hav
blushed the rosier over it. I m prison -
meat for debt, negro slavery and tha
dominating politico-theological oil-
AU ... V, &n nHliE-V.Af4 V, 1 i rch -
ka - cuy "'
out the country. It cannot be denied
that a new oligarchy has grown up i
to take its place, an oligarchy of j
money. Nor can it be denied that the j
ture made our forefathers free, seir
respecting and Independent souls. We,
their children, being fcenied this privi
lege, bid fair to degenerate into ser-
vile dependents upon the lords of
our nation's wealth unless the spirit
that has made for democracy in all
our history should take fire In
our
for industrial liberty?
It has only
Just begun.
"Tis a lovely fight and f
a great hope," as Plato said of an
other struggle. If the people lose, it
will be because they are too feeblo j
to use th weapon the fathers have
put Into thetr
Is the ballot.
hands. That weapon j
i
j
Letters From the People
(Communication aent to The Journal for
publication in tuis department should be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, mould not
exceed :00 words In length and inuat be ac
companied by the name and addreaa of tbe
aender. If the writer doea not deaire to hava
the uuiue yublishv-d. he auould ao state.)
DUciiKslon la the greateat of all reformers.
It ratlouahzea vTerjthina: It touches. It rob
principle of all false sunctlt and throng them
back up their reasonableneas. If they bar no
reasonahleneas. It riituleaaly crnahea them out
of existene and sets up Its own concluaiuua
in their atead." Woodruw Wilaou.
lii Denunciation of Trusts.
Portland, Nov. 4. To the Kditor of
tbe Journal. "Repent ye; for tho
Kingdom of heaven is at hand." The
i'obber trust must go! That is my slo
gan! The money trust Is tho first
that must go; then, all Its whelps muxt.
islbIe government Is destroyed. Kf-
jo jency is me prerequisite or aeveiop-
nient of evolution, while Inefficiency
13 the doom of degeneration, or disso
lution. I will quote a literary ein of
efficiency that all must envy:
"For once, upon a raw and gustv day.
The troubled Tiber chafing with her
shorett,
Caesar said to me, Dar'st thus, Cas-
fn w
And swim
lus, now.
nn me into mis angry noon.
to yonder point? Unon tha
ord.
Aceouterea as I was, I Plunged In.
And bade him folbuo, indeed, he
did.
The torrent roared; and we did buf
fet it
With lustv sinews, throwing it aside,?
And stemming it with hearts of ron- ;
But ere we could arrive the point pro
posed. Caesar cried, 'Help me, Cassius. or I
sink.'
I, as Eneas, our great ancestor.
Did from the flames of Troy upon his
shoulaer
The old Arichlses bear, so, from the
waves of Tiber
Did I the tired Caesar."
Political government is the sover
eign power that Is responsible for
human law, and all the ills of individ
ual life are directly attributable to the
injustice and inefficiency of political
government, through the defect in the
laws and customs of human society.
The defect in the money standard of
value creates the Invisible govrnmeut
that dictates all political action to leg
islate in the Interest of special priv
ilege, under every form of govern
ment; therefore human efficiency is
Impossible of attainment until the Ir
resistible power of money manipula
tion has been destroyed by the de-
i monetizatlon of gold and the adoption
! of a fixed and unchangeable money
: standard or value.
i . The moment that perfect money
circulation has been established, credit
alld prosperity will be made perpetual,
poverty will cease to exist, all normai
. Individuals will develop into perfect
types oi rruuinooa, government will
have no other function but service, and
efficiency will be synonymous with
political government.
E. L. M'CLURE.
Lauda Mr. Bryan as Pacifist.
Portland, Nov. S. To the Editor of
The Journal When future nations neighborhood, and If its owner will
have awakened from their nightmare call n m 1 wln 11 ntm ln recover
and have rolled back the hideous cus- i lng his dog. Said dog Is a fine half
torn of war, of all the present day grown fox terrier, black and white,
statesmen who have any considerable bob tall, and was, probably, someone's
following among the people, William , pet. A. J. MARTIN.
Jennings Bryan's name will head the ! 617 Lumber Exchange building.
list of that long honor roll of peace
advocates. Ills last two acts, declar
ing against war. have superseded all
his previous activities of public life,
Dy iar. i ne criticism or resident . t criticism of your editorial utter
Wilson's late preparedness speech, to- , ance8 ha. been permitted, end this has
gether with his resignation from the ; added to your strength as a "people s
cabinet, are his crowning acta of na- j per , ln contrast with the
vioiiai lekinc
The preparedness program, ln reality
is only an opportunity for fastening
j added burdens upon the working people
I of tnls nation in unnecessary and war
preparations for the enrichment of that
class that profits by war and suffers
little of Its miseries. The action of
no man of any comparative degree of
influence equals that of Mr. Bryan.
He certainly has proved himself a
world champion of social progress, and
1 future generations will herald his name '
! as a peace exponent of pronounced ac-
tion without regard to the personal
I friendshlo of thos most dear to him i
f 111 UULFiiO Ala C
Of all our history, the present is
I the most uncalled lor, unnecessary and
I wndemandin time s for preparation. It
the United States can be drawn into It.
i Th very fact that all Europe Is be -
j yfthgi iMmrM.
ment of men. money and supplies forT". u 11 i lr i - eh, .7. . -
both military and living purposes, lend,
greater senmi to us as a nation; es-
peoiauy so uet-aurte. "e vuumn at.
war are dependent upon us for
us for the
carry on a .
very things necessary to
' rKT w.nlc.h. WOUJ'1 tten D". fhige(l to a
pie on whom they must rely to feed.
clothe and supply them. I
If the people of thee United States
would only think a little bit they would
cease to be Jlngoed into uncalled for
military preparedness.
C. W. BARZEB.
Somebody's Lost Dog.
Portland. Nov. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal Anent your inquiry,
"What becomes of dogs reported as
stolen or missing?" in Itie Kunday
JournaJ. I will say chat dishonest peo
ple unlawfully hold such dogs and do
not endeavor to locate their - owners.
PERTINENT COMMENT
8 MAX Li CHANGE
Hoidintr a cabinet lob in r,irm'ii
about - , as precarious as attempting to
walk a tlgni rop. on, windy day.
Panama wants to borrow ji.250.ooo
fmh tonbViAerit"h sua' tffli?
The question is whether England's
policy of expediency on the htgn sens
places high enough value on America's
clone friendship.
Remember, success of the . Con
sumers' league early ("hristrnaH " shop
ping campaign depends upon con
sumers themselves.
"Blunders make us more apprecia
tive," nays a Portland pastor, which
is quite true, but hardly an argument
for persistent -blundering.
Lord Northcliffe. way over in Lon
don. Predicts civil war in the: United
btates. He ought t6 consult an oculist
about his farsightedness.
mm
Grand honors for the best county
exhibit at the land show no to Mor
row county. But Polk. Union, Baker
and the rest will have another chance
next year
l ne KeDUDiican jsoston n aba sava
'Governor Walsh's defeat in Masa-
inuaeiia was nu reouhe iu riefiiueill
Wilson, for the vot! in manufactur
ing cities failed to show that the tariff
I 1 .. tU.....H. .
By actual count. H.nsfi Persons
were
ciosed Sunday saloons. A million or
more other ( "hicatfonns. not counting
the babies, were evidently impressed
wun uie money cost or tne open bun
I day saloons, variously estimated at
$100, OOu to $400,000 a week.
"A WESTERN VIEW
Extracts from the speech of Frank
lin K. Ijiine, secretary of the Interior,
delivered last night at Ilalelgh, N. C,
at tho annual meeting of the State
literary and Historical association ol
North Carolina.
"Measured In miles it Is a long way
from California to North Carolina. Vet
In these days, wlwen ono can talk by
wire and even by wireless from tseu
to sea, uch standard of measurement
seems to be of ( lie past an 1 we mutt
look for other ways in which to ex
press the distances that lie between
us. if iu fact we are s-cpurated at nil.
Men are really divided by differences
in j mpathies and standpoint, not bv
miles, and 1 have thought that you
living in this older commonwealth of
historic greatness and rich with hal
lowed traditions, might be interested
in what may be called a western view
of tradition. And perhaps we fchall
find that South and west are more
really words of convenience than
words of distinction.
"No doubt you sometimes think that
wo are reckless of the wisdom of our
forebears, while we at times have been
beard to eay tliat you live too securely
In that paasion for the past which
makes men mellow but unniodern.
"When you see the west adopting or
urging such measures as presidential
primaries, the election of C cited States
.senators by popular vote, the iTiltin
tlve, the referendum and the recall a.s
means supplement,, ry to representa
tive government you shudder, in your
dignified way no doubt, at the auria-
city and irreverence
tUunirv men"
of your cru Jo
a
"What are the traditions of our
people? This nation Is not as it was
130 odd years ago when we asserted
the traditional right of Anglo-Saxons
to rebel against injustice. We have
traveled centuries and centuries since
then. We are the "heirs of all the ages.'
Our Inheritance of tradition is great
er than that of any other people, for
we trace back not alone to King John
Mgulng the Magna Charta, but to
Brutus standing beside the slain
Caesar, to Charles Martel with his but
tle axe raised against the advancing
horde Of an old-world civilization, to
Martin Luther declaring his square
jawed policy of religious liberty, to
Columbus In the prow of hss boat cry
ing to his disheartened crew, "Sail on,
sail on, and on!" Irishman, Greek.
Slav and Sicilian all the nations of
the world have poured their hopes and
their history into this great melting
pot, and the product will be in fact.
Is a civilization that Is new in the
sense that it Is the blend of many,
and yet is as old as the Egyptians,
a
"fcfurely the real tradition of such
a people is not any one way of do
ing a certain thing, certainly not any
Bet and unalterable plan cf procedure
in affairs, nor even any fixed phrase
expressive of a general philosophy un
less It comes from the universal heart
of this strange new people. Why are
we here? What is our purpose? These
questions will give you the tradition
One such dog Is at present In my
The Siipersenitlve Oregonian.
Portland, Nov. S. To the Editor of
The Journal For years 1 have noticed
riili.'v etf th Orecrnnlan Posslblv ate
has broUght on a supersensltlveness
hih makes it dread anv .criticism.
My conclusion is based on its refusal
to give to Its readers a chance to
judge the merits of the criticism made
in the following letter excluded from
its columns:
:flrn-,ai,'in . i,.,,, Vnii done
i 1'iir, i u nn i ir ,n . i n r i 1 1 1 1 1 iti i iih
your atide on 'The 1'essimistic
Mr.
Smith' by saying "socialism is
too
timid, too easily discouraged, too pes-
BmiH'tjc Cf its" ability to regenerate
the human race.
You conglomerate
the philosophy with the individual,
and would have your readers believe
ft, Vr.ii aaanm th Knrial-
lstJc p,lUosophy j, taught for the pur-
f reKeneratinir the human rac.
; Jt, evUa which the church, press
, pulpit have failed to touch. Were
.tM" ZlV.l T.rtT,
h!" en It opposes the competitive
'..,, , tnlt.trv. now carried on for
t . oj ----
- ... lrr..nu.HvA of th. suffcrlnir in
1'ivi ' vt ---- -
duced, and provides for production
only, as needed, to maKe ute worm
living.' The defenders of the capital
istic profit system own most of the
press and pulpit, editor and preachers,
and many of them persistently deny to
Socialisms advocates those avenues
for dissemination of their philosophy;
and now you taunt them with being
timid too easily discouraged, etc. Ye
gods, when did timidity afflict the
Bociallsts, or since when have they
shown signs of discouragement? As
for regenerating this human race they
leave that to pulpit and press, satis
fied if they b permitted to overturn
the capitalistic system of production.
Still, the regenerating could not be a
worse failure If attempted by Social
lists tjian It is now, and might yield
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON 61 DELIGHTS
A woman's swlmmine class of 20
members has been organised at The
Dalles. The hUh school gymnasium's
facilities will be utilized.
WaltervllU is noon to be) supplied
with electricity for lighting, from Eu
gene's municipal plant, which is situ
ated a mile from the village.
Plans for a water system at Flor
ence are being completed and bids will
be advertised for as soon as tha ap
proval of the state board of health
has been obtained.
Additional steps in the direction of
a municipally owned water system
have been taken at Grants Pass. The
existing plant has been valued at $119.
7uu by the state utilities commission.
Dallas' Commercial club has decided
to finance the Dallas band until the
city council's proposed appropriation of
$50 a month becomes available, which
will be at the first of the coming year.
The reorganization movement In the
Eugene rumnipn-Ul club continues.
"Sentiment." uys the Register, "favors
the plan adopted m Portland, Salem
and other cities of the country, where
an ettort ha.-s been made to consolidate,
.117 0v.v.u, I'uum, vitaiiiiauuiia lino
one."
"Word from .Secretary Walter Mea
cham of the Raker Commercial dub.
who is now In Portland with tha
Uaker county exhibit at the Maim-;
lactureis and lind l'loducts show, is
mat eastern Oregon is the backbone
of the exhibition." says the Baker Her
ald, "and that the counties thin side
of the Cascades are getting close to
gether so that the chances for nn east
ern Oregon fair are Rowing brighter."
OF TRADITION"
of the American people, our supremo
tradition the one into which all oth
ers fall, and a part of which they aio
the right of man to oppose injustice.
There follow from this the right
of man to govern himself, the
right -of property and to personal
liberty, the right to freedom of speech,
the right to make of himself all that
nature will permit, the right to be one
of many in creating a national life
that will realize those hopes which
singly could not be achieved.
"There is tradition that Is of the
form, and tradition that Ik of the
substance. The west stands for ih.
latter not for a men group of woids
or for a el I -1 asdi toned bit of govern
mental machinery -but for a tiling
that is real that has come out of our
life. For the only real traditions -
people have are those beliefs that have
become part of us, like the good man
ners of a gentleman. They are really
our PMTipathies. sympathies born of
experience.'1
"One half of tbe world Is St
wer
t, If.. 1...... .. 1,1. 1
,.,,,, , . '
iiiiimiittini; fi iiuman nature arm say
to ourselves: "Is this all that Chris-
tianity has brought? Have we made
no further progress than to niaKe put
sible this
reversion to the days of
Attila?
"But these are the words of an un
thinking despair. Hurely our memories
have not failed us. We must look
back and see tbe Lurope that was, and
that will be again. Then there was to
he seen a pillar of file leading the
multitude Kngland trying to regain ,
her lands for" her people .Cermany!
threatened with a transfer t.' political
power from the few to the many
Kussia slowly emerging from the mid
dle ages with her groping Oouma
France, la belle France, gentle, graci
ous, glorious France, living out the
philosophy incorporated in the firs',
ten lines of our own declaration of
Independence.
I
"Europe may burn up. Her people
may be blasted by bankruptcy. Her
national fines may be made to follow
new channels. Her industries may be
buried. Her sons may fall and thu
hlnnd and IliA bruin nf tnuti,, an un.
known Tolstoi. Beethoven. Pasteur or!rr vur fo"t1 """"I"' "- 1"
Darwin may fertilize her shell-furrowed
fields. She may set up for a
day new standards of national great
ness. But these, all these, cannot de
stroy the passionate purpose of her
people to own themselves, to find
themselves and to decide for them
selves what chains they will bear and
what sacrifices they will make. For I
chains and sacrifices must be: these
mean social life, and only the an
archist dreams of a llf without re
straints. Hut Europe knows that It
may have what we Americans-long ago
gained, that degree of freedom in
which sacrifice is made consclousl v
and proudly made for those and to
those with whom we have a common
Interest. And this Is liberty.
Now, this is
a western view of
tradition; it is yours, too; it wae yours
first; it was your gift to us."
'rivers of Joy Instead of the Vlv.r -
of blood' now seen ln Europe as a re-
bult of the tnllltaristlo regime, which
Mr. Smith seems anxious to overturn
"If your columns, generally edited
with ability, even though erroneously,
be not closed to a Hoclailst's ebulli
tion, from consciousness of Inability
to cope with the philosophy, I take a
chance of being dubbed timid and dis
couraged, even though I object to
being a race reeenerator."
JOHN WILLIAMS.
The Toiler Who Ahplrws.
Portland. Nov. 6. To the Editor of
The Journal--! am very arateful to
you that you devote a portion of your; rhr-n another event this week thnt
hamir r ZfJ"' Z fr"' "n" f U" esteemed city editor has promlaed
humbler folk who have not power of;, -t liKM
wealth and pull, who have no lands a a
v0hrr,r!LWfa.rh,7nr pr'nlin I're". That a the Mut dog .how at the
me , 1 u Jf d ?lVi" UP aU of Armory Saturday night.
Hies precious hours for a mere ani-
mal existence. To eat. sleep and slave
surely can not he the fulfillment of
life's scheme. Else what were life
worth ?
To do good, truly, must be the alpha
and the on.eu A nd t d r,. .i
must belpuced In a position to have
that power. Hie sodal state must be
organized along lines of natural law.
Science must be applied to all govern-
mental functions. The power to do
good should be supreme. The simple
scheme of kindly action Is sure the
wisest and the best and more nearly
accords with the natural and divine
plan than all the rest.
I nave cast about in an directions to
find a way out of human misery, and
I find I fail rave 'as I see a way
wherebly all may be saved. Salvation
i a plan so comprehensive that It
includes all, even unto th least of U. !
This plan will never be perfected until j
i, 11 may Iget Into the ark aa the land I
is deluged, with the blood-red greed
of capitalism. This plan, or ark. Is
Socialism, a refuge for all out of the
bloody waters and chaos and crime Of
our present industrial oligarchy. It Is
economic freedom, the ground work
and basis of spiritual salvation, the
Kingdom of Ciod on Earth, the heaven
of our dreams, our best ambition and
expirations realized and practiced.
DEMOCRACY.
Makes Little Difference.
From the Oftlcago Newg.
One Is in ionbt whether to attribute
Carranza's success to his verbiage or
to his foliage.
Tneonce Over
BY MX
SIR: Yes, It was the eventide; one
more day, with its Joy and glad
ness, had slipped out from our lives;
the evening meal was over, the wood
box was filled, and a good supply of
kindling.
The blinds were drawn; everything
was a coy as Paradise. Had Juet fin
ished the last column of tho editorial
pase of The Journal. I said "Listen,"
to the one on the other side of the fire- f
Place.
She looked up from her tatting as I
said: 'Here Is a little poem from the
Onc Over column, 'Oregon Rain. "
I read it. and she remarked: "That
is good. ou ought to clip it and add
it to join collection of poems.
"Huh-
Then I took my glasses from off Illy
nose, held tl.rm In ni right liBnd at
an angle of 4i degrees, threw nay right
leg over the arm of the big rocker, and
aid: "I can beat that."
Just then, from out the noft, silent
night, came a little nu.il of wind and
tho patter of raimliops hkhiuM 'he
pane, mingling with m i.iw, Hkt ptlcul
laugh and a voice, "1 don't Oellcvo
Ljou can.
LISTEN
The stately fir on tho mountain side.
Valley rich in clover bloom;
Fabrics of beauty in glade mid glen.
woven in God s great loom.
The lure of tlie deep, dark woodland
Tlie charm of the tender kh
Some of tiH call It Oregon.
And others I'arndjse.
BUT
When it s raining, raining, raining,
! Ann the sky Is dark and drear,
(And all the world seems desolate,
There is naught of (harm of cheer.
Howls the wind on hill and moorland.
In tin- sad and diipplng dell;
Some of us call It Oregon,
And others cull it
K. I . Harford
L-'l X. Ninth street, t'oivallls, oi
Life's Infinite Variety.
If the TlnieK In imjI nch! skle up hIUi r-s'-p
'hli ik, the dlarrepam'.v h i linrirnlilo lo
II. !. Vincent. h prcmntril Hie edllor-deTll-
rll.e with h half uullou Jiiu ..r eet cl.lir
J 'it from the press. l.tr. n ns goo,)
lieavfiloH Timra.
A slffhl worth
A. MagmiHoii uin
11'; jm lluil enjnis,) hr
I- liciiijii ttlicn Mrrl'inr
n s hi. a ,mf. h.Mir afler
I 'ie pie I. rnl lis. I he,. I.
at Norman lhcri.i,
hla arrlTBl her,
1 i y fur the pasi
nil the ilenil rahlHt
tin-., iiionihi pio-klna In
hii.I stl Kind vt ruMtlMi
from mllfs iip-unil u
h-sj under tbe l"-1
it plnci-.t the stuff In
I '"ft Itock Tillies.
home credit ' statrpi
the lie tfliunla. hut
'I v i,. Hv,r.l,, n, at1.i
tlir-i tfood. Then? fjltr
."in,- .-i-i-iilm" for tnllk
the 'lishes uhd ao forth,
res lies the atate anp-r
j In a iujiill n.'iv in
i niar be .ill right in
trerc is n stroni; o-i
thereliy do inor.- hum
lc ih n.ei lion lo
luit tun cow , v ashing
, hilt When it n iHipil n
inleildetil troln :ln ;
Merit uicatMi a.-tt.H)l
to whether "home credits" should be glrri.
i ' r anotning .im ki s Phi ts. it Is ,- nigh tints
i n. cbu h nun. roi irnr 'he education of
doling Anierh n shout,) l.v ami t consist si
I together of '"home credits" and the yoiinii.r
I would not harp to l.-imi p, read Hr writs
i ,l all. Koaall Journal.
"I Verer Would Save Believed Zt If I
Hadn't Been Zt In the Papers.
C C. R, the clever Corylus a marl -rn
who think of things first and
then puts them In th "Afterthoughts'
kollum of the Detroit News, bus made
the following collection of headline elo
ctuence, which he prints under the cap
tion quoted above:
RADIANT HNAKE
CIUWI.S FHOM
BANANA BUNCH.
Oregon Journal.
BODY FOUND SEALED
IN VINEGAR BARREL
San Francisco Chroulc.
MR. NUT IS ELECTED
HEAD OF NUT O ROWERS
th-iitnl lluplds Herald.
However.
If it hadn't been for difference,. ,,'
opinion, we would fdlll be ftcm rv t nt:
val.
There wn
about fire.
difference of opinior.
Pome said it was an evil spirit, and
should be worshiped and let alone.
Others said that meat, scorched In
It, ais much better to eat.
Ami no we came lp use It.
All modern iiri'k.rci-.", all the splendid
manifestation of our complex modern
civilization, from the divorce court t1
the world war, are the results of dif
ferences of opinion.
As for me, I feel that Oregon rain
Is poetry and nuislc songs of content -
1 ment. of fulfillment, of high hope and
j aspiration, sung to the gentle mighty
music of a harp
whose stiver string
I
i ftr strung from heaven to earth.
"
T,nt Mr- v l' Harford of Orvellie
'disagrees with roe Ife doesn't llko
the'ratii, and says so In the contribu
tion that appeals at the head of th
kollum today.
a
I As for me, I'm glad he disagrees. I
didn't want to write anything today,
any way.
a
I want to go over to the Orpheum
land pee the Koy children, and h 1 1 the
other children Unit are coming thl.i
I afternoon to see tin show as the guest
! of the Orpheum and The Journal.
I I ogs wun
no pride of anrestrv
be exulted into grand
whatever will
champions.
K. .,, .
I Tt 11 b 'om "1,ow.
Dorr Kes
8ay!' dogmatically.
' . , r. ......
i , And "am wno " "ut 'n riw
! Un moustache, says It 11 be a howling
, 8UCCS,'
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
New York Prosperity eilstn In
all parls-Of the country, according
to the National City Ink of New
York. Its monthly circular eays
ln part:
"The outstanding feaiure of the
business situation In October har
been the fact that all trade has
been unmlaitakably better. Every
part of the country now sends t
good reports, and the (contrast thejr
make with the conditions of a a
year ago la calculated to Inspire
the most profound sentiments of
relief, satisfaction and gratitude,
"Food supplies promise to be
abundant and moderate In price
for the coming year, and the out
look for general comfort and proa-
i if
parity In the I'nited fttatee Is at
present wry promising." f