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Newspaper Page TextS1- H '- 4, THE OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY L MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1915. I. ..; ' THE JOURNAL ' - AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 0. M. JACKSON.. Pnbllb 1 . ' liiK)l1icd rverj dy, afiernoon and morning ' ' i (erept Sunday aiternuooj, at Tb Journal ' ' JlulWlnit, Uroadwa; and YamhUl iU., furt ' is- Umi. Or. fcfittre.l at tbe potit office at Portland. 0r rot tranamia)on through toe wails aa aecoad 'ClM matter. TtCLKl'ilONES Mala 7178; Home. A -6001. All departments reached bj these nambera. TaU tbe operator what department fan want. t jHEKi. AUVEHTI3IKO UEl'KESKNTATI VE Benjamin A Kentnor Co.. Bronairick Bid., . IK. Fifth Ave., New Vork; Jti reopW. utf Biflft-., cnicace. . Sobedrlptlon terms by mall or to any ad ore lo tba United UUtra or Mexico: DAILY (MORNING OR AKTL-iNOON) 0l tent $3.00 On month .50 SUNDAY Od year I2.&0 On. month f -23 DAILY (UOHMNO on ArTKUNOONV AND M X DA Y One year. . . . . . 7.b) I One mnnth I .5 America asks noth'njj for her telf but what she lias right to usk for humanity Itself. WOODUOW WILSON'. fV-iee rules the day, where r i .--' i rules the mind. Col lins. I!K OUGHT to dlny GOV'KRNOIt WITHYCOMBE de nies, 'l'hat is what they all do. lie denies that he proposed to, give the railroad its $2.50 an acre and to give it in addition an equal division of the surplusage over $2.50 derived from sale of the prant lands. He ought to deny. Hut the. Oregonian said in its report, of his proposal: During the conference today, but one definite plan for solving the arrant iuestion was submitted. Thi: was hy (invcrnor Withycombe. who suggested In brief that the lands be sold at their market value, and the surplus above the. railroad's equity i be divided between the stats and the railroad. In its report of Governor Withy-' combe's proposal, the Telegram ttaid : That the railroad ho paid Its equity of 12. .V) an ncrt, and that the, sur plus derived from Hale of the land and timber be divided between the railroad company nnd the state on a percentage basis to be determined upon. It is assumed that Governor Withycombe 'will not deny the statements of the Oregonian and Telegram. Whereupon, the ques tion' becomes, after paying th railroad Its lawful $2.50 an acre, why divide tip the surplus froru , Kale of the land and timber with the railroad on any basis? Why make a gift of any part of - 1 the surplus to tho railroad? Why v C not give it lo the school children? " Why not place It in the irreducible ; 4 school fund? t The grant art set the limit of j the right the railroad was to have t in the lands at $150 per acre. j Why give it more? j The grant act has never been amended. It stands just as ('on . T press passed it. It ordained that ' 2 tho railroad should receive "not to . i exceed $2.50 per acre." What right ' j: haa tlie governor of Oregon to or- jh Uain that the railroad shall re :eiyo to "exceed $2.50 per aero" - hy giving the road the $2.50 per acre and giving it in addition a J; division of the surplus from sale of the lands and the timber? Governor Withycombe ought to V deny. He ought to repudiate hi.; ?. "whole proposal. His denial is a 2 confession of rror and he should V make a clean breast of it by kick- iiiK his whole plan overboard, and l coming out on the side of the peo "j fie, where a governor belongs. C'ongrcsu never intended for the railroad to bo anything but a tru1 ; tee. Tho road was to sell the lands V as a means of forwarding settle , me-nt, and was to receive "not to Z" exceed $2. GO per acre" as compen ;' nation and as aid in constructing J the road. It is barefaced humbug ; to claim anything else. 'To insist that the railroad after selling large ' ttodies of the lands at prices as high as $7.80 per acre, should be given its equity and a part of the, , Burplus from 6ale of the lr.nd anc1 , ,, tho timber, la downright treachery ' to the state. , ';!, Governor WithjTorribe ought to i deny. He ought to be one thing ( more than a railroad pawn. i A CONSTANT -DRAIN HE deliberations of the Na tional Conference on Market ing and Land Credits, soon to meet in Chicago, will he much occupied with the subject of !t-absentee landlordism. Many Amer 1 ' ' 'leana am in lha hoi. It r,f j " ag. this evil with such places as .:'V Ireland and Sicily, fancying that it I v ; does not exist in the United States. I 1- At any t rate they comfort them-5-selves with the. belief that it is 'i not extensive and is probably dis- " appearing. The disconcerting truth i ''?lg- tfcat absentee landlordism 1? I ' -.'V.v'jnore prevalent In the United 5 .States today than it Is in Ireland. I - ' i ":Slr Horace Plunkett who is to vv epeak at the conference will relate Vlils experience In reforming the ! -;rIsh land situation. The- result '-. of -his . work, -wltb that of others, ' ee-.y-J-..,v; i'.f i.,-.j'. iuV ,-.e i-r (,'y .' - vT,. - , -' "I.;.-. ;.--,.. - .. , -' " ' ' ' , . ' '."-'''"',;' . - wa$ to . bring prosperity to a land of want and misery. The problem of absentee landlordism is prob ably more difficult to solve here than it was In Ireland because, while Its evil effects are not et quite so conspicuous. It permeates more deeply into the life of th nation. To understand this matter clearly we must begin with the remark that etreet and steam rail roads, waterpowers, standing tim ber and mines are really "land" rnider any adequate modern defi nition of that word. Most of thesr resources and utilities, sm far as Oregon is concerned, are owned by abseuteo and whatever rent, prof its and dividends thoy yield go to other parts of the world. Oregon thus undergoes an annual drain Mmtlar to that which redm-ed Ire land to misery, and the same may be said of aJniost every state in the union. The social effects of this process can hardly fail to le deplorable in tho long run. TH K HKIl.Ki HOVCOTT NION labor deserves a better exemplification of its purpose than is manifested in the banner carried at the Heilig. Organization of workers for de fense of their wage and conditions of their employment is essential to their protection. Workers create the wealth, and they are entitled to a larger share of it than nicst of them receive. With such organization as there is, millions of them struggle along under the most trying conditions in the effort to survive. It is a cause of such moment to mankind and to the worker's world that all its activities should be guided by wise counsel and sound judgment, to the end that its purpose may not be misrepresented or misunder stood. The wiser minds in union labor are not likely to vie with ap proval the action at the Heilig. The contest there is over whether or not the Heilig should employ an engineer. The theatre uses no engine. It operates no heating ap paratus. It gets its heat from a company that is in the business of supplying heat, a fact -that makes the employment of an engineer wholly unnecessary. That is the issue. All that hai to be done to heat the theatre Is to turn a valve the same as Is used in turning heat through a radiator. The Theatrical Federation, which is conducting the Heilig strike, in sists that a licensed engineer should be employed at full wage to turn on heat in the morning and turn it off again at night. The theatre management contends that it is not necessary to go to the expense of employing a man on full pay to perform this slight service, and-on its refusal to do so, tho strike is ordered and a boy cott banner is regularly carried in front of the playhouse. The Theatrical Federation can never convince the public that it is just in its demands. It can never make good in its claim that the Heilig should employ an en gineer w'hen it needs no engineer. It is, indeed, using the labor or ganization for an end that cannot be justified, and in doing so it gives the enemies of union labor a club with which to belabor thi cause of the workers. More to the point, the theatrical Federation, because it cannot com pel the Heilig management to em ploy this unnecessary engineer, i-; carrying the banner about the place in an effort to destroy the theatre's business. What more un fortunate step for the cause of la bor than to go out to destroy a business for such a reason! What if the theatre manage ment should conclude to destroy the banners as fast as they appear? it should not do so, but what if it should? Is not the Theatrical Federation trying to destroy the business of the theatre? AS TO THK Fl'TVHE T UK most telling argument for the Wisconsin continuation schools is their economy. This is not apparent without some thought but American citizens, who have the responsibility of govern ment upon their shoulders will probably not refuse to use their minds a little tipon a question of vital importance. The purpose of the continuation schools is to rescue half grown boys and girls from what are known as "blind alley jobs." These are, as one naturally infers from the name, jobs which lead no where. The pay they offer is just enough to entice ambitious youths out of the public schools, but It is not enough to provide for marriage and a family. So it follows pretty clearly that a youth who drops out of school into one of these blind alley jobs is lost to society as a parent and as a productive fac tor. He spins round in his tracks -until finally and necessarily he be comes a. burden upon the public. The purpose of the continuation Bchool, afe repeat, is to prevent this disaster to the Individual and to the taxpayers. To the youth who has left school and taken a job It Rives such instruction as will fit him to become a productive wage earner. He Is requlredto attend the continuation school half a day once a week, or such a matter, and thus gradually acquires skill and technical knowledge that give him a fair chance in the world, and make him self-supporting. not merely for a few years but for his whole life. Wisconsin expects an attendance of some 25,000 in her continuation schools this winter. Germany long since made them an integral part of her incomparable educational system and they have been one of the main factors contributing to. her military and industrial effic: lency. - OK MINIMIS I T is likely enough that tha grand total of misery wnieii the flea and the mosquito iu- fllr-t m.-n minlinH rtntrlnr: th.'i iM.v,,. iiiouni.i.. v... trouble we owe to lawyers and pol- iticlans. The bic thinz3 usurp tho imagination but it is the nttio ones that make life a joy or a torment. We passionately contend to elect our chosen candidate for president of the United States but when he is safely in office what does it matter to our personal welfare? " What's Hecuba to him or f to Hecuba?" The flavor of the muh served at breakfast is of more iin- mediate import Mrs. Jellyby -' immensely interested in the wet- fare of the blacks in Borioboola ; Gha while her own house went to the dogs and her daughter dragged out a miserable and forsaken lif Paul wrote Timothy, among otlu-ri pieces of wisdom, that a man. who failed to provide for his own house j was worse than an infidel ad'the, odds are heavy that when he wrote j "house" the great apostle meant j "body" as well. i We all know perfectly well the i Kind Ol man rain naa in miiui. ii.;iowns, cue ueieiuincui 1 " was the shiftless ccamp who will and the social life of the people, not mend his leaky roof in dry ; They were natural highways open weather because there is no need . to all and they offered a ready of It. nor in wet because it rains I means of reaching interior point? too hard. There are farmers in ! which otherwise would have been Oregon who play in this class. We inaccessible. Pavers helped to le - refer to those who always Hnd it; velop civilization by facilitating too dry to plow in September and : communication between separated . . .. . . .. UjO rainy in Ufiouer UIIU who the barn when the threatens to bury it. manure pile Our bodies are houses In a man-; ner of speaking. Peter told his Tel-( low saints that he miut shortly "ni!c ; off this tabernacle," meaning his1 thin hnnsalow wall of flesh and bones. We habitually speak of th body as a tenement which we rent ' from late on a more or less pre- carious lease and stand likely to ' 1. oitnH frnm nt or,.- moment X . , V: . i But the tenement, frail as it 'S. should be kept in repair and if : " , a iare up mc uui.r. i.. .1, ;,i,0ut them-and separates ttiem irom nrst time wnai taienis, wnat possi- 1 abundance but when the whole thing Close Of our tenancy, we find "the the f sea cast and the great navi- bilities of individual usefulness, lie j was sifted down, the explanation ap chimney tumbling down and the ; eah!l' rivers. I latent among our c olored fellow-citl- reared to resolve itself into tliree walls caving in while the roof Ms; It is also pointed out in history ! zens anfl others found .n h)s ..T-p parts. First, that any private soldier in the sunshine and the rain." that the -largest ports have been, ; From slavery" a real tract for de-1 moft refpe the old song mournfully say;:, ' r.ct at the mouth of navigable. mocracy and for the brotherhood of ( let into a dura-dura in three minutes whose fault is it? rivers, but as far inland as vessels rnan A P0Uthern rrofessor nearly ! r Iess- simply by ripping oren the The diseases which besiege us employed can go. The reason for ' ,OBt nis position for say)nK that two j cketing. or "gf aeoup seldom make their first attack ' this is quaintly expressed by an . 0Olorod men, Washington and DuBois, I of niCkp above the collar, with much pomp nnd parade. Their English writer in 1 675. He says: j Jiad wrjtten the two greatest books) Second, that any pencil-shaped bnl sapplng and mining begins almost; There is more advantage to those ; that have come out of the south j let which happened to ricochet from imperceptibly. The doctors have : an epithet tor these incipient troubles. "Minor diseases" they i call the petty pains, aches and (lis- comforts which arise from minute ' ., ..... ... , ulcers on the face, stiff joints and a stomach whose daily task wearier. , it. The teeth vield to the insid- ious besieger as , soon as any part of the body. He ..turns them iu'o manufactories of subtle venom whic h pervades the whole synts ri and saps its strength. Death hes itates to make an open assault until he has prepared the way by , fomenting internal treason. Th- , , j -r-. t i i . a ce ebrated Dr. Lon.i. who invented . scientific Chiropody, says that DO , school children out of every bup- ,i i u ,.r...i ti.n fnt Tl. , - - men uae u;in mo nxi. i iirn toes are deformed, their ankle hoe l.oon li 5j 1 f ilptrnieil by high-heeled shoes. Corns and bunions inhabit the soles thereof, "Mark the perfect man." sav3'sea. bucn is the situation of Port- the Psalmist, "and behold the u,, I land, whose natural growth is be - i riht, for the end of that man i- I ....... . . . . . ! ' . .oeo '- .o it ig nqiti tn n inv ii . ,i i ior a periec i man is uaiti 10 mi.i. Physically perfect, we mean oi tcrests. course. The spiritually excelled . Another lesson drawn from hls are common enough. .And the end ; tory is that the decline in inland of the physically imperfect is not peace but rheumatism, indices- tion and cancer. What will our jingoes do with all these wrecks when they are sending us off to the wars? Can we ever become a strong military power with a popu - lati5n wrapped up in contenipla- tion of the multitudinous miseries; f thotr hndiPs? When Ihev should i be firing their guns they will be rubbing their dyspeptic stomachs. It is very obvious thatf before an ! ca,lonai iea"rr w" aoes not cn,pr Our bodies are wrecked long be-; open river can have its fruition It mlse on some q""tion'' and ln 01,5 ro dmo obnnlrl ennniior thom ho. ' must b simnloinentorl hv mods, peculiarly trying position, where a cause we do not resist the first in - roads of disease, the little alarms and incursions that by and by de - roads of disease, tne utile alarms - . ,, velop into a vast invasion and lavi waste the entire land. The mice gnaw unheeded at the foundations until on a day when we think not, the whoie house corbies tumbling down. The medical inspection of ' schoolchildren is one of the most! efficient defenses against prema - ture decay and death we have ever devised. It is a good beginning but it will never by itself provide ii 'r.T-Q.,ordr.oc!o" whtoh xe need for our physical safety and efficiency. It must be supple- contort l,v medienl lnuMinn ,.f adults. A society which desires to be prepared for self defense can hardly escape the nec essity of at- tending to its health and health s . . .... . out aeienaea on the frontier by resiatiner minor iliRPasou " HUMOR AN'I) LAW ARRY YANKWICH'S "Funda- mentals of Business Law " ao complishes the difficult feat of making the law interest- H ing while it is, exactly stated. The cook is lntenaea, as the author says, "to popularize the law" and one would expect it to effect some thing of the sort If wit, wisdom and legal . lore- can do It. Some i of the chapters are as racy as - Mark Twain and at the same time , as sound as Coke himself. Here Is a sentence from the chapter on , Principal and Agent, a subject a3 dry as a bone In most law books. I "The agent does the BhOOtinc, tho ' 'Loss gets the game." That ap- pears to be the whole truth in a nutshell. Meddling between principal and agent) jf we may believe Mr. Yank- wioht ,a as hazardous as meddling i,etween husband and wife. "Leave . i , i i lIle otner ienow s norse aione to y.js load," our author counsels, or olcQ ..' .,. of ui, Vorl " Tho nook Ks flin of thfa jlonicly wisdom. It is recommended b; most of our legal lights, both lawyers au.l iu'diies. Mr. Yankwich has done i i-ooil- piece Of work and no doubt the public will appreciate it. Freight Agent Mulchay does not ' agree with Colonel Wood and oth- t.rs VVUo argue that cost of service is the true base for "freight rates, u0 contends that operating cost is one 0f the least considered factors, j jn other words that rates should . i)e based on all the traffic will bear. ItlVKKS ANI ItOADS X THE rarly days of our history J navigable rivers exercised aj most Important if not a 'para-, mount influence on the settle- ment of tribes, tho location Qt : . .1 ...... ... T tpqa ; niu-.cummuuuies. ' in his "Wealth of Nations,' Adam Smith compares the cost of . I - ...w.. 1 - - sending goods by road from Lon-j don to Edinburgh with that of fcr- , warding them by sea and adds: ; Since such are the advantages o' ; wa c'"r arrlag. . ... ......l..rv . , c t'Ottlvi TOUT T II t first improvements of ai t and in- i rbistiv should tc made where that c-onvenieti'-y c p.-ns the whole world ; lor a marK.t io me piouuce ol ruu sen of l0mVlaVt'leKi?"l,.e ... . I . in oi-o ii t . r in crciiii!ii Liieini'i.-- ln'o t'-c Hilanu pans oi ine .mn. The Udnnd parts f toe country can, i"r h ion, nn.e. n.m m. n.- Kl.'l il'i I II (' Il-.lll i'U i round hnt "1,..., ius rouna Pla winch bemg seat, -d witnin the land do enjov the benefit of com merce by the sea, by some navigable river than to those port towns which are seated In some creek or bay only. 'or u"n l)1;l.CPS though the sea brings , ;n commodities to them, yet they can ,,dt, without great charge convey those commodities higher up into the j bind. nor. without the like charge. rei.-.'ive the inland commodities to ex-j port again, whereas cities seated upon n iviga'de viv-rs far within the land i oh ute smile excnaiit.e ui na ture's designing, where the native, and the foreigner may immediately meet nn.l Tint off tn eaih other th. particular commodities of the growth of their own countries, the native, as merchant. receiving the foreign gooi's at first hand and exchanging ow for them at the very plac ihi.tc they are made or grow, or at n'"st coin no further to it than to -d ulinatv market. ' Thus it is shown that the ideal river rteirts: n ro llmse th:it ara ciin. ated a good distance inland and i have unrestricted navigation to the ing retarded by indifference to the!"" c A "K""" J,m . 1 ........... . . . r . : . 1 . .iu i u id t;es ui iiHciiiuii iinri nv aril ' fietoi i,,rrlrS c-t ,. i. icvi. i iivh.i .,....,.0 . 1 uj. uj ocmou iu- j waterway transportation was due in a great measure to the failure to develop supplementary highway; transportation. The making of1 ' roads vvas neglected and the cost : of carrying products to and from j river and c anal hastened the de- ! , velopnient of the railroad which. at first acted as a feeder-to water! transportation, takinsr the nlaco nf I t the highway. : leading from dock to producing centers, roads whic . all the year around . t a centers, roaas wnicn can be used, The carrying of products to the shipping point is as much a factor . in distribution as Is the carrying from shipping point to consumer. People are quick to realize that a reduction in height 'rates should mean a reduction in the. cost of a , commodity but are slower to take into consideration that the cost of hauling a product to the point of shipping is also a factor in tho met nf. llvin- According "to statistics compiled 1 by the government the cost of t ra nsnort a t ion on wne-r,n rr,artn to shipping points is approximately -Ucents per ton mile. ;The aver- age haul, which is nine miles, adds 1.X9 per ton to the cost of a , ,n , . product. inrougn improved high- 1 ffsvs this can he rarlienllv roilncBii I - "j "American railroads are con- fronted with the most serious car , shortages of recent years," ia the ; report frora Chicago. It means that i people who want to get aboard the I prosperity trains must buV their j tickets early. Governor Withycombe says he did not mean a fifty-fifty cnt with the railroads, but he would be gen BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (From New York Keening 1'eM.) N Booker Washington the country I Ioseti not only a Ieader' hu on0 who was in his person a real trl I umph of democracy. Born a tdave, ii ' the aftermath of the war he even Klopt under tne wooden pavements of Klchmond- a wa,r and 8tray- kepPi" l,ody and fOUl together as best he ; pniilit hut hnrnlntr with the thirst! " ( for education and the desire to net j ahead in the world. A colored friend or ,,r- "asnmgtons, Richard Ft. j ! wnen aiH0 a raKKea urcmn. ' answered, in reconstruction days, a ; .northern general who asked what ! message he should take back to the i noth. wlth tne words: "Ten 'em wo'm j a-risin', master." Both these boys d'.i rise to the headship of great educa tionai institutions; but Dr. Washing ton had the gift of oratory in add! j tipn to pluck, ambition, and an in- nate talent for leadership, and so he forged along until by a single speech in Georgia he achieved national re nown. It was Oencral Armstrong, if we recall rightly, who said that if Hampton bad done nothing else but graduate Booker Washington, it would have justified its existence and ali tne iaoor and money spent upon it. , , ,f t,ierp wag any se(.rct of his sui n-iri,nmin. th terrihi nhSt. " " ' - " ' " " ties vviuiii tuiHiinu ci nidii ut i color, it lay surely in his unfailing i r,tirnisrni )iig dog.Re(1 determination , f pt no obgtacle daunt hinii and to j be himse,f al,ove ,nsult or ,ulrnilia. j tjon He wag bjg cnoURh t0 see early j )n life that the man wh flouta an .ot,lrr because of some difference !r. , natural attriljuteSi injures h,mse.f. j and not thp objf(,t of hjg venom No disannoinf ment could diseOuraee. him: 1 if one benefactor dropped out he foun(1 anoth luumi uiiumilt ioi uie pitice, 11 ins .... r .1.. i . 10 . ( n aiIfiem.PS were small and tllt, returns disappointing, why there were other audiences to be found. And so he speedily typified in his person all the " ' gee and a host of other schools wera doing for his race, and proved beyonl .dispute how that work of bringing light to those that would otherwise Jt.. a m. uauc cai ,.o v.,. ...u idends not only for the blacks but for u,p entire republic. Thus thousands -ho '-eard him speak realized for the T. slnce tne civil war, but the inac if his statement has yet to be proved ttv innm moving boman documents are not often the product of travail and .suffering. And so It came about that Booker x asnington grauuany r.eeame. tne foremost Interpreter of one raoe to other particularly in the south, When the final verdict is passed upon ' books. Seme one must lay the foun liis achievements, this may well prove ! datlons, and in preaching industry, to be his greatest claim to renown, thrift, the acquisition of property, Certainly of late years the trips he correctness df life and bearing, and has taken into the various sout hern sticking to the farm. Dr. Washington i states, when thousands of both races ; pat,rod to hear hnn wherever he , . ' m". o.nc -e.-o Ui ine nuiion value. No one is quite so ignorant ior negro aspirations and achievements . as the southerner of Jhe a-ras; l" l"wn- w"""e ,,or,zon ls "ni"" ny tne negroes he sees upon the street ! " ' ! brousht n,MK,Be thnt "ponrd "iany ne was extremely dipiomati.-; yet ho 'didnot lack courage, for ho was never swerved ry the threatening letters 1 tliat often rained upon him. He would not take a guard, and unattended h - would go by corners at which be bail been told he wouM be shot like dog if he dared appear. And, withal, ' great negro contributions to our ht bis modest bearing, together with his ' crature, our science, our drama, our great devotion to his cause, Hon hini friends wherever be went. Here in the north the doors of many a homa swung open to him. Tet ,,e was "ot tl,e standard bearer of an united race. It is a rare edu- single faIsc step misbt mean the rn 1 ti 1 n fir 1 1 1 e wrv if r vr t i-i a Km rn " " l"D ing of his school Dr. Washington did ... ... 00t sp"aK out on tne tnmers which the ' SSfer. le 1 the writer 0.. not de.ire to bar. ; intellectual nien of the rac deemeljthe name pubiubed. be .uouid m tt..) of far greater moment than bricks ana mori8r' 'n"lls"-'' education, or nusincss leagues tne matter of their social and, political liberties. 1 1 v. ., J 1 r wo silent by choice in the face of many : a cr'ine wron and bitter Injustice and more and. more colored men came' to resent it. They would not have! objected had he. 'ike other heads of ! 1 schools, kept out of polities and as ' sumed no that of , the field of industrial training. But when they saw hfm. under Taft and RooRevelt' a powprful PoHtlcal" factor j in ,h vlllt House, when they saw h,Tn in the attitu" of a leader . ,ore,vcr dwe,,ns "pfcon thc-brisht Mid" hr tha nl.-tiirA uni hnvlHi. nA umt-.l .. .. " "w I ery indignation for Injustices that cry out to high heaven for redress, the unhappiness grew until men openly accused him of selling their birthright for a mess of pottage. However- he may have erred, thc sum total of the good he did far out- weighs the rest. One has only to try h. .t,tio o. ..,., have been li the south today without him, to realize how much be achieved. True, .he preached the srospel the south wished to hear, because it sug- THANKSGIVING' By Charlotte rHEN from our much To help another, Who has not felt If he returned no hint of Or it may be that for some gracious deed One rours his thanks out like the summer rain, Yet, heedless, soon will give that heart a pain Which hath devised his pleasure, filled his need. Though finite minds cannot divine thy r'an Almighty Father of this great, wide earth. With thee, we know all blessings have their birth; Dost thou not feel the thankfulness of man? While prayers and glorias throng toward the skies From myriad tongues, on such a day as this. Still are we ingrates, worshipping amiss, If the year's life such homage falsifies. Thanksgiving praises! ring your Godward way - For every earthly, every heavenly good; Wheiever grpws the grace of gratitude; Ye are the blossoms of a harvest day. SURGERY By Woods Hutchinson, A. M. Md. This war has been as barren of anything new and interesting in sur gery as in everything else. Kimp'y j a dreary waste of mud and blood an 1 slaughter. Man has reverted three quarters of a million years at ono sweep, back to the blood sucking, bur rowing vermin, haJf ferret, half hedge hog, from which he originally sprung There once was a thing called war, certain selected parts of which could be spoken of without disgust and hor ror, but now men burrow down Into boles in the ground to fight and are blown out again by high explosives, so that their fragments are scattered all over the surrounding landscape. When the Great Insanity first broke out we fatuously congratulated our selves that this was gctng to be a hu mane war, so far as wounds anil their handling was concerned. ' The modern, small calibre, high velocity bullet was the most humane and srentle killer ever invented, (pe burbled. The wounds drilled by it were as small and clean as gimlet holes; the heat generated in the rifle barrel had made It abso lutely sterile, and the tissues on each seared, so that almost no hemorrhage followed iinless a large artery was pierced. a But the first couple of dozen bulle tins from the front scattered this rosv vision into smithereens. First, cam? ' if"d and bitter complaints from both i .. . .. ..i.. sides tnat tne omer sine was mo lrainK thc rules Gf war and using dum- tlum bullets, making tunnels the sire : of a stovepipe through the body, ni stead of clean-drilled auger holes. I The tunnels were there in painful ' ' J, anv other obstacle In its flight. would either become bent into a cre I cent or turned sideways ano sirino broadside on. making the unfortunate gested menial labor, but U was a great thing to those who knew the attitude of the south toward any ed- ucauon ior ine nesiu m .nn-.n ....... , and post-bellum days to win it for any form of training that involved ! preached the doctrine most needed by i the bulk of the colored people; for it !. ... , , ., i . is upon umi iuuhuoh v. .v, - and good citizenship that the super ' structure must be built without which the negro can not come into his own. Vlwr ,eMe" ' j higher ideals and nigner amn ioams which the evolution must be certain if our American democracy is to be a true democracy, and more and mori such leaders will arise. But In this I hour of a great loss to botn races :t I is to be hoped that rr. Washington's death will recall to the nation's at- I tention, as did his life, that there are ' great talents to be found among the negroes, as there are certain to be music, our arts, if only we can bring ourselves to strike from the limbs of Lincoln's frcedmen the shackles of ignorance, oppression, prejudice and injustice with which the race that vaunts itself superior slill fetters them. Letters From the People j (Conimonication sent to The Journal for nnhteaf rin 111 1 11 11 nriwi 1 uicu l suvu iu irm . I . on", oni side of the ppr. bmid not j rtd 300 wortta in length and mdt b e- ' v. - ih. nam Mnd aildrffHS of tb DiseasBlon 1b tbe greatfit of ell refnrroen. n .. SitS m their i-ajDbleDs. If they have uo ' reaoiiauine. :i rui iiirij i n, ....u , , .. . 1 ui, ,ln 1 1 . own conclualuiia ' la tbeir tend." Woudrow Wileoa. On ltritiah Itlnncleriiur. Vancouver, Wash., Nov. IS. To the Editor of Tn Journal An altercation lis being conducted through, the columns ! of The Journal, and to which i regr.- being a party. A certain regiment was mentioned The statement n ,rlls'(., H was j Iamillar with the record of many of the ; of fk-rrs of this regiment Judge of i STltTd ". I st' undeand ... tne secretary of war and his narr The -tatement was made that it would be conducive to the lwst interest of tl'.e Canadian people to change their government from Its present form to that of a republic. This I did not con-t-adict. 1 merely asked for the speel lic reasons warranting such assertion. So far my request remains unanswered. Being an American. I am not pattl cularly interested In this Kuropean struggle. Berne; an old soldier. I -,m Particularly Interested In the f.ghtlii man. The blunderings of British and Ger man alike fail to interest me.. One thins; in connection with England's blundering, when one takes a broad view of it- is difficult to reconcile. She Fiske Bates or little we have sought or to give him joy. a shadow of annoy valuing thought? IN THE WAR "target" look as If be had been bit by a flying stove lid. or the bladn of a broken propeller. Third, that if the flying deatli hap - pened to ftrilce or even scrape a pone. or a tough tendon, or sometimes, for r,o reason whatever except Its own sweet will, it would either mushroom in the n.ost approved and horrible stvb-. or "jellify" everything within' half a yard of it. including lungs, i liver, kidney, heart, or brains, if they! happened to lie within that radius. So that the boasted "humanity" of the modern high-speed bullet was not what bad been claimed, though a con siderable proportion of its wounds were clean, bloodless, and astonishing ly uuick healing. But the moment that the open air and daylight fighting stopped and the murdering- underground in the dark lie -gan. at. other sinister Influence came into phiy, which changed the face of the game entirely, and swept hnlf our j notions of modern military surgery I onto the scrap heap. This was the honible preponderance of wounds i made by shell, shrapnel and other ar tillery high explosives, over nil other sorts of injuries. I a a for just plain dirty wounds which j iTil( ivfip loo I, ijf or the tissues about them too badly shattered to close. It was:''"' llls found that a special hot water irriga tion dressing worked admirably, while for others exposure to direct sunlight for several hours each day was the best run . So that modern surgery is now eouipped to deal with even the wots atrocities of this devil's brew call?.'! modern war, providing tnat there is enough patient left to keep the wounds together until they can be made to e0f those who are left sufficiently in , . . . ..fci,i ..em l n . i .1 "ii" .ii-r in i..r vitiiieu no ine i iriu at all, only three per cent die, 7 out ; of every 100 recover. Of those who , are whole enough to reach the base t hospitals. 1 J per cent recover, while I there are Kngilsh and French home ' hospitals which have a record of thou sands of wounded with a loss of only about fou to the thousand. j Surgery is" doing its best to save man ' from its own blood-madness, but it Is , t iii n mpiancnoiy sorr or prino Whic. It can take in its achievement. has always blundered In time of war. She haa always blundered In time of peace. We arc assured, and are sure. that she is blundering today. And ini, s i wine, ner i iag is noating , ever appioximately 12.000,000 square j mibs of territory and her subjects i number 4n,ooo,o00. Her flag today! can nc seen on tne seven seas. Today sho "has 4. 000. 000 men under arms, and all volunteers. Her statesmen assert that during the coming 12 months :!. - 000. 000 more men can be reerulted without having to resott to conscrip tion. To an outside and disinterested spec tator, this looks like a good shoniiift, even though It be the result of chronic blundering. Nothing but time will decide the re sults of tier blundering iu tills crisis. It may weaken her materially. It may augment her power greatly. Hut of one thing we are sure, she will con tinue blundti lng. J. HAROLD. A Job Hunter li'oop!s n Plan. Portland, Or., Nov. IU. Tn the Keil lor of The Journal A gnat deal is aid about free employment In the city. The charity people of Portland have a system of their own and it in some thing I am not familiar with, but 1 will make a suggestion. Let the city council r- voke the licenses of the em ployment agents, and stop this graft by establishing tt blackboard in the men's results that are self-sustaining, charitable institutions. Here Is wher- It would benefit the laborer: "Wanted 16 laborers at ? per day." "Here I the applicant. Where In the .lob?' Two dollars for fee. Ture" "I have fl.5.i every cent I have." "Well, get oof. I am not working for nothing." The point Is this -the sub-foreman rets .r0 per cent; this I know to be tine, for I have been offered the same proposition. I have known as high a Jin to be demanded for one Job. The plan I propose would bring th". men In touch with the free bureau of labor and stop the demands of the em- ployment agents, who will take the las, cent from the laborer to secure him a job, and temporary at that. It would be something that the laboring class would appreciate, and sav the bloo.l money that Is now demanded. Fix the penalty for soliciting money for the Irboi. make it a a severe as can he made, say from one to five years as the cast may be. The legislature passed one of the best laws, protecting the sailor, that was ever enacted In hit- behalf, -by abolishing blood money among, the shipping masters. Why not the cit authorities give the poor, needy laborer the benefit of the blood money? Ill my estimation this would be the greatest help to the unemployed, with out extending charity. A JOB IH'NTER. Defends Canadian. rortlan.I. Nov. 1 To tbe Kdltor of The Journal.--In reply to Klla M. Fin-nc-j and O. K. Frank I wish to state that at, least ST. per cent of the Cana dians who have gone to the front arts Knglish thnt Is, British, meaning Eng lish. Scotch ami Irihh. Therefore their whole argument is groundless and their only wish is to down the British. But they cannot do it, because everything t.iey have shM in favor of the Cana dians is said of the British, because they ure the same. The same may be said !n regard to the forefathers, who beat the British, In the revolution. Out of the Canadians who have fought In th" present war nearly 95 per cent have emigrated from tbe British Is Lea with in the past 8 or 10 years. I would ad. vise both of the above parties to tain more knowledge Of tbe things upon which they write. W. C. Tonce Qveri OF COCnSK cverynnn will lo,.v how it's conilnK out mid tl.li kollum has the lonely dlKtlnUn ,,i ntvrt bavins printed out- of th.s ' stories. j 5T But this one really happened right out at Mllwaukle. 11 It was in the primary loom. and the sweet young teacher -i was telling the enchanting Mniv-uf the little Hiawatha. and how he grew t " be a man - and a horn. f 'And Hiawatha" t-h-- .iici ' m,..i n deer at the ford." and then tdm stnpp.-.; ;,nd wan!.-d to know If uii.Nonc , . . 1 1 , l (ell hei - what a ford Ami five oi sis hand- went up. and before ,.:m- could ifk- anyoff to answer a small boy V "I know u-a. lot its a lull, a u toinobi lc !" C And I km u .iiioIIht M. : kI.hi two little bc s oanieil Mi Ka .'r McKyc-or s din.; like that. f Atiywav --they pionoun, ,- It tho last way. and Mrs "(lene lloiton whn told me about t li in didn't Know how :i i spell It. but anywav tli,'i. I hers out at Likr I jgon City line. i. i a hi. n tin rs of i ire- and their nanus . k. tie Frank ml li Ami tb.- oilier day-- their motln-r heard t'o m talking about money. 1!An,i '''" nk said 1 wonder what it V- f And Jmk said ktlew. -and Frank said "Well thru If you know ail aboil it why don't vol tell jne?" f And Jack said "All right -- -j see It's this wn - "Money is what papa puts In tin bank. "and thin niatuina takes it out." J l.a st Sunday 1 told h stoiy about Wrtltei - nine .years "Id. who thought he saw a duke down town. And he re's nnoth. r one about Walter. I And bis father told II to me the same hs he ill. I the one last Sunday. f And Wallet went lo tin Baker - to see 'Tolly of the Ciicim." C And Jie liked It. -the spatiKl'S - ami the tight"! and the su w d ust a 1 d everything. C And after lie gut home he w.ia telling his grandma about It. f. "And grandma" - he sn id - "t here as a pretty lady and sin- had a I d t, ,,, ami - j .-Us i'K.N-grandma -she had on ,,,,e ,,s',t.':ht fUU,lf l"u1''' W''H' OU (MT saw. Who's at War With Whom? I rem l'lilliulilitila hv.-ulng tlulli tln. RI.TAIN ANCE CE 35IA AOSTftJA GIUM BULGARIA' SERBIA TURKEY 'ARAN ITALY MONTENEGRO "But this ina not be ilKht," cau tions the Bulletin, "bv the time It leacheB thy dinner table." ( Tm 01d chapi But Arn't Tou Af rairt, ' Don't Ton Knew, That Hia Maj ty Wouldn't Come? C C. It., whose "Af terl houghts" In 'tbe1 letroit News a'e better thin ' lofU l,e tot eiuoiigin s hum in.fiiit ' ,,",M- Prcnetits the following, tip lor ' the I'ommittee on Add.-I AUraetions of the Pendleton Ibnuul -1 p. EXTRA. CRKAT AI)Hi:i FKATI'RK On Sat urda J Afternoon t .1 oVIm k HIS MAJKSTY. KIM! (iKoRUt; V Will Tl to Hide a I lorse. tiik ;i:mal ;iton h. "An earthquake, " eaya the Oenlal Orouch of the ComUla Oaitte Tlmee; "is about the only thing- left that can shock San Francisco." I'ncle Jeff Snow-Say: "I see (Juv'ner Withycombe recom mends encoti runl u' cHidtal to come t'l Oregon. Tbia I" goo, ,jotrlne. If be will back it up by suggestm' how. Pennsylvania encourages capital by not taxing- any kind of machinery Porno millionaires barely know enough t' feed themselves and some very amart I fellers are inontly broke However. Lawrence died and left u W. will. N The will provided that $300 should be spent for a monument over his own grave. a It further provided that his widow should be given $1. Just as soon as some newspaper starts a Meanest Man contest, this kollum wnnta, to bo provided with an entry blank, Wo make this announcement early, ! So that the contest won't be crowded with cheap competitors, j Like fathers who r"b their baby's ' bank to buy beer, j j Or men who save the tin tips from shoestrings to sell for Junk, j i All such Inferior pikers may as i well ke?ep Out. Mr. Jawrrnce is our candidate. INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY New York A. W. Thompson. operating vice president of the. J jianimore unci onio luniruuq com pany, who has Just made an In speetlon over the system, says the Baltimore and Ohio Is now hand ling thp greatest volume of busi ness in Its history, and at the. lowest cost. Tbe outlook for thc I road, he declared, is the brightest yet known. With tbe Increase In business offering, the situation has reciulred careful watchtne; to prevent a shortage of cara, but this has been circumvented by special methods for. obtaining maximum service out of every car owned. ..'.',..' ,v KMANYtjt-HU L r t I -. cv .