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v:. THE JOURNAL AN .INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C. S. JACKhON ,....Pnllhf Publlehetf eTerr day, afternoon and moraine ieirapt Sunday afternoon), at Tba Journal lollilng. Bruadway and XauhlU ., Port- Und. Or. Entered at tba poetofflce at Portland. Or., for tranamleeloa tbrougn to stalls a aaeood claaa matter. , TELEr-HONKB Mala 71TJ; Bsme. A-808X. All departmeuta reached by thee aambara. Tali - tba oparator wbat department yon want. fjKEIUN ADVEBT18ING BEPBESENTATIVE Benjamin Kentnor Co., Bronawlck Bldf, 2a riith Ara.. New fork; 01 Paopla'a Uaa Bid.. Chicago. Subacrlptloa teroia by mall or to hoy ad draaa In tba United Statea or Mexico: DAILY (MOBNINO OR AlTTL-tNOON) Ilea year $3.00 I One mouth -SO SUNDAY On year $2.60 I Ona month S -23 DAJLI (MOBNINO OR AFTEBNOON) AND SUNDAY Ooa year $7.80 I One month t America asks nothing for her self bat what she lias a right tM ask for humanity Itself. WOODROW WILSON. S Th man who consecrates his liours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and death; he walks with nature;' and her paths are peace. Young. AVITU CLKAX HANDS PROPOSALS by the governor of Oregon to divide with the railroad the surplus over $2.60 per acre from sale of the timber and lands iu the rail ' road grant will create prejudice against Oregon in congress. It will give congress the impres sion that Oregon is railroad con trolled. It will tend to destroy the confidence of congress Jn Oregon administration. It will" give con gress the idea that if Oregon au thority be entrusted to any extent ! with the disposition of the grant, the lands will be bestowed in large part on the railroad or be other wise frittered away on seitien in terests. Oregon already has a black eye at Washington respecting the grant lands. The Oregon legislature with its "midnight resolution" tried to Influence the supreme court to de- J .1 . I A . I 1 A case in favor of the railroad. That . Kind or a resolution, alter tne ereat land Trnnrta and land rrand trials . Ifllnnfl VlflrV, on1 - lnnr ii m n ? .: . convictea nna sent. 10 prison, was - ft AAnarvV Vima nlr a V n rr n9 ani ' i state so far as reputation abroad is '; cpneerned. on tae neeis 01 tne iana iraua f tnais came tne discovery or tne grant act by the railroad, the order rw nmrroaa f , t- fnrfolfii fii r r r i tir I , -t o r ; I 4ngs to be brought for restoring the j iauuB iu iuo yuuin; uuuwu, auu the decision by the supreme court. l a - 1 - 11 j 1 i il. iu w 11 nil jaiiiuau b iiut 111 t iiv j m t ... 1 x. a n i V rk ill 1v At A V on nrom a if : ' make such a finding and open ths 4 way for congress to make disposl tlon of the surplus in the lands ; over the $2.50, but it went further ' and plainly intimated that where . '. A. . 1 1 , J a graut iuuub uuvt) ueeu buiu at mure than S2.50 per acre suits could be . i? brought to recover the amount over - With the court thus holding that , , a sun can oe mamtainea to re- ' . cover irom tne ranroaa tne excess ' I of $2.50 per acre which buyers '-'j ; have paid for grant lands, how can ; the governor of this state insist ' -M that th railroad tshnnld h pivpn , flA.nn iimr M.I .in kiiii i,n ifivrrii ill mi. I: Gltlon a part of the surplus from .2, aaia ui luq liuivci uu lauus , BiinroTTiA 0.011 rt. whnt will rnnrroia aay about Governor Witbycombe's Dronosea crana free gut of several . . . 1 1 1 1 Ml A a a i .u 1 j . lanas to tne conmanv tnat a court i has practically convicted of fraud -, 11ent aisposition or tne lands? un ' less we in Oregon go to congress with clean hands and with purpose to safeguard the public interest. now can we expect action Dy wnich ' ;, ; .aomethlng can bo had from the ' grant lands for building up the ir ' reducible school fund of the 6tate? '.tV It is not too late for the gov- U He should withdraw his absurd . 5 proposal and stand up for tne ln Vterest8 of the people, which, every governor ought to do. PELLAGRA N EXPERIMENT which has just been performed on a farm belonging to the Mis sissippi penitentiary seems to prove that the dreadful disease - i f M1lSrw 4ca lllAil tf Misk ; , : a aUsUN ww 4 v mAj iVVUt A. CI -- lagra has not until recent years t;x 1 1 been very common In the United 4 8t&tes. Its chosen home was Italy. ;.y?(.But it Is now spreading here. We ;fjiave had 60,000 cases of it in the ( current year ana may expect more - next year unless it is checked. The Italian peasants and-slum dwell ;ers who chlcfly suffer from pella- igra eat quantities of corn meal, .often In a state of partial decay. ' ',lt yhas -long been suspected that their disease resulted from their' food but It was not demonstrated, while many other possible causes j The result of the atateme-nts j parks on the ground that they are j lect is th chief source of trouble, were at hand, such as overwork, ! coming from such a source led j Immoral. j Only three out of 36 factories went miserable housing; and hardship. I quite naturally to Senator Lane's - It is pleasant to remark that this ; to the pains of having lids provided At the prison farm in Mississippi remark as to the effect suefc facts sort" of immorality does not shock ', for the benzine and cement cups. Fire a jiumbef of convicts were Belected ,f ttcy he facts will have on! the Rev. Mr Vah Horn. If he pro-j prevention has been studied and pre tor experiment and fed upon a ' 'oture appropriations for improve-; vides in his church parlors an op- cautions have beei taken, sickness corn diet with rice, cabbage and ent at the mouth of the river . portunity for young people to form j prevention haa been overlooked, sweet potatoes for variety. Jn'ian-d above. It was bat last yer j those acquaintanceships which lead , Miss Hamilton says that "if one ahont' v mnnth. iv.v ahnwpd that a committee from the Cham- on to love, marriage and happy tenth of the thought and money that Rtmnlnmi of nalliurg riiirl-nir this Interval another group of prison-1 ers were kept nnder the same con-, dltions except that they had meat :u'1 ai me-raoutn or tne comm and wheat bread to eat. They re-; b'a rlver- ' At that time it was mained free from the disease. The j the expressed opinion of every conclusion seems unavoidable, j commercial body from Astoria to therefore, that there is a connec-! Itm that the one thing needed tlon between nell-CT and a corn:0'" owners was a large prop diet. It is noticeable, however, l'-v "iruciea eep sea oreogo. that all the articles of food pro- i Tnis movement had the unqualified vided for the vegetarian group of i n of Colonel C. II. McKin prisoners were starchy and con- ! stry ' strict engineer. In the state tained but little protein. It might !ment madf sPPorling the request o,r.r r,0llo, u-hl.h ensued was caused not by anv-!,,,at l,,e "eign commerce ot me ; thing particularly harmful in corn J Columbi river waa rQtantly in-. l,l hv a,Mgc r irphv mtlr r. It would be interesting to see the results of a corn tiiet supple mented by plenty of protein foods such as beans and nuts. We sus pect there would be no more pel- lagra from it today than there was among our New England ancestors who lived on that kind of food. An, insufficient diet of any sort may be expected to make trouble. THE HKSEKVE 15 AX RS F EW measures pertaining r,..KH fmnnxo h-jvo over inn-l iuui.v. ."m.v " - -..v.. j , tified themselves so com-1 i.lAtolv tho PStahliKhment I j , v. moo.tn Koniro t. ' :r ,r'Z':z ; servers to be the worst in the world. In good times wc had too muchjthe Wnefit of natural advantages money, in uaa times too mue. ; of aJ1 lu Iorta from Ast0ria east There was no provision for distrih-1 j v;ard Bure- Tnat Astoria. Van titlng funds. Money piled up where COUVer. The Dalles and every other it was not wanted and refused to place wm havQ the ald of tQ9 riyer move to points where the demand . Jn everv pffort for thelr upbuilding was pressing. Upon the faintest ls certain. whisner of a coming panic the: uf hoa i. nt sci in banks locked up their funds and nastenea tne evn wnicn tney sought to, forestall. Just before the! federal reserve banks began to 01 erate the course of foreign ex-( change ran heavily against the j United States and gold was leav- j ing the country. i In these matters there has been ! a total change. Gold has flowed this way bo fast that our" finan ciers are at a loss what to do with it. Foreign exchange has swung round In our favor and our investment market stands better than at any time in years. Not; all these good things can be nc- credited to the federal reserve banks but a large part of them can. The new system laid a solid foundation for healthy finance, and , the consequences which have fol-1 lowed were In many particular? predicted by Its authors. Trfe Eu- ropean mar has intensified results j which would have eoine about In i i any case to some nt. least.) The United State.s ! -v.althiest country in the worla and with a sound banking and monetary sys tem it must in the end have be come the world's financial center, war or no war. THE COLLECTdR'S 8PEECH F RIDAY Thomas C. Burke, col lector of customs of this port, made a speech before tho Portland Realty board on the ' common noint rate. Mr. Burke as an individual has, of course, the right to his opinion and to express it on any subject, but tbe collector of customs of this district should, at least, be certain of his state ments, their application and tho deductions to be drawn therefrom before he announces to the world the decadence of Portland and its business, for in other countries and with rival commercial cities the statements made by the collector of cuBtomswill be quoted a the word of an official, if not an of ficial utterance. The Portland Realty board had Just passed resolutions ' favoring parity of rates between Puget sound ports and Astoria, saving to Portland whatever rights she has based on natural advantages. In this we understand Judge Burke concurs. It is the position which was first taken by The Journal and for which it has unflinchingly stood, aDd it is the position held, It is believed, by the vast majority of the people of this city. This res olution had not been presented to the Chamber of Commerce for ac tion, yet based on this resolution Judge Burke took occasion to pre- JUUge nurae WOS. occasion to pre- . ' pare and deliver a speech contain- ad u,nostentatlously Perform those ' ing not one word in behalf of thJBacred ceremonies which form the; ing not one word in behalf of thd city of which he is at present a resident, but much in derogation thereof. He referred to the aggressive ness of Seattle in holding the north bank of the Columbia under the customs district of Washington. His remarks will not tend to get it In the district in which it nat urally belongs, nor can we imagine in any other city an this coast a collector of cuetoms making such an unwarranted speech. The collector failed to explain that tbe extension of the Puget sound customs district so as to in clude the north bank of the Co lumbia gives the sound a large advantage in port statistics. Nor did he explain that the sound gets credit on foreign account for its large business with British Colum bia while the Columbia getstno cor responding, place in statistics for the large business done with tho state of Washington, because the j latter is domestic commerce. ber of Commerce was sent to wa8nington to aid Senator Lane in j "e appropriation tor improve-. 11 "aa VU WltllUUL q US 1 11 ICilUU U u ..&u.ra -" ""'"ill uiiK-mi records suosianuaiea u. pcrlls of the jy,, an(i girlB and and it was pointed out in 1913 this ; womeB aa men whose hands faeh cominerce through Portland bad i tolled these amusing and useful arti amounted to 16,834,624, theao ' cles of cormnerce. In its way. too. it being try last available figures The reasoii why a greater propor tion of the traffic did not seek the Columbia was frankly stated and it was not .the common point rate rpiestion. There will be time later ! to discuss figures ana the com i merce of the city of Portland. The 'journal at tnis time Bimpiy aesires i to point out that this unnecessary minimising of Portland and its , ... . . cummeMfl is noiTrer harrrL and not good, and is not justified by the " ' , , ...... ...... .. ... I jaots. inac tne t;oiumDia river win . . . ht for.lts ri3 goes witnout rT:. 1 ha3 a,.W.ay6?ad .t0 j this and always will. That it will! vi 1 1 1 w k nmuu t if t ri nri nuii kci i attain if Portland be attacked less by iu own dtixens THE GRAM) GIFT SCHEME T HE Oregonian says The Jour nal's statement that Governor ; Wltbyconibe, in addition to the railroad's right to $2.50 an acre, proposed to give the com pany an equal division of the sur plus from sale of the land and tim ber is a'"lie." Is it? Here is the Oregonian'a own words about the, governor's grand gift proposal to the railroad, taken from its own report of the Salem proceedings: During- the conference today but one definite plan for solving tba grant SZrlZZIZ.Zl to brtrf t uoOa be sou t thair mukit valua, and tbe surplus the railroad's equity be 3I- xhe jLanaOAD .-. ...... . Tniia fn ilrAennian'a attemrr t n ... ti;i,i...K. , 1 I uc:icuu 1110 Tiiiuwmuo yi uyusai l by calling The Journal names is discredited by that paper's own report of the proceedings. For 40 years the Oregonian has teen covering the tracks of those who frittered away the public do main, and It is still at It. It stood by and, without a pro test, saw the swamp lands stolen, saw the tide lands sequestered, saw the school lands squandered, saw the timber lands absorbed, saw the great public domain reduced to a mere remnant. It looked serenely on while land pirates and timber buccaneers and exploiters of all kinds raided and looted the public domain. If there had been a Journal in those days to expose the crooked ness, to turn the searchlight on the crooks and to protest against the Incompetency and chicanerjr of public officials, the public would never have been robbed. But there was only the Oregon ian and if not sometimes in actual cahoots with the gang, it aided the operations by silence, just as it is now abetting the grand gift scheme of millions to the railroad. COURTING PARLORS T HE new project which the Rev. Frank J. Van Horn of Oak land has undertaken Is likely to be more laughed at than praised, but there is a serious side to it. This kind-hearted minister uao ucl-iucu iu upcu a nuuioer or "courting parlors" In his church. In these secluded nooks it is Sup - posed that his church members. nd DerhaDS outsiders, can nnlatlv' traditional preliminaries to matri- mOnV. Mr. Vftn Horn fa tho first person on earth, as far as we are picturesque. Headaches, listlessness aware, who has been wise enough i and general weakness are tbe penal to admit that courting is a weighty , ties paid by the workers, factor in human life, and provide :; Much more serious at times lis th adequate public accommodations j carbon disulphlde Intoxication. A tire for it It is one of the hardships of the City poor that thetr young people! -"'j iwie atiairs without seemly privacy. In a ten - ement OI two rooms with a familv 1 recovered and returned to work in an - Of seven or eight there is little onVioth.r department of the mefatorv. portunity for a loving couple to . . A withdraw Into cosy retreats apart If the factory managers had planned from the rest Of the world. If they against the dangerous fumeb, the evil are resolved to bill' and COO they ' might easily have been eliminated, must perform 'the sweet rites with ! according to Miss Hamilton. Tet be tbe family and the lodgers looking j cause no one thought of the human merrily On. Some Couples prefer side of the factory, men suffer nerv the Street to this sort Of domestic "ous diseases, some become intane, and privacy. Others betake themselves others are crippled by paralysis, to the public parks and excite the Other poisons are mentioned. Th? envious admiration, of wanderers men who make goloshes suffer es- by their endearments on the peciolly from lead, poisoning and all v -1 : r ' 7":- - benches. Bui ol late the police bb-j ject to such demonstrations In the j family life he will do a substantial , service to his city TOYS AND OTHER THINGS, W. L. Ooenery in Cbiraeo Herald. THIS Is the tory of the toy ba loon, the goloshes and of the rubber tire. The raincoat alj plays Its part and there are many minor characters who need not now be named. It Is not a record of the strange adventures of the balloon and the goloshes and their companions. Rather Is the history or the unrorejyeen is the narrative of pioneer ing In tire borderland, where science and indus try meet and where men have not learned the ways of safety. A woman made the discoveries and the story is hers. She Is Miss Alico Hamilton, M. I)., sometimes of Chi- 1 cago. For many months, perhaps liars. Miss Hamilton has been trail- ing about tne countrv ,tudying the -'.. laoncanon ot uanoona ana rajn- ' coats, of toya and tires and the al- most mynaa otner oojeets wnicn are .v,,.j fvm h ho. lyori evolved Irom ruboer. bne has learnea thlnsi, whIcn no one eI6e knew. jn I she has biased a path by which the terroes of industrial poi - De esc The making of rubber Is still in the experimental stage. Chemisls are constantly trying new substances and there is a wide difference of opinion about the correct methods of manu facture. The chemists and their em- p,oyers'. h,owevcr- are """T economical processes. That Is their business, sentative Miss Hamilton, of the federal as a rcpre- I of labor, devoted herself to a consld eration of the effect upon the workers of the industrial poisons used She has not produced a muckraker's volume. The general conditions in the rubber industry are excellent, she says. Large, new, well-built factories, with - ample natural ventilation, are the rule. In some places no expense baa been spared to make the work rooms sanitary," comfortable and at- tractive. Women have seats when work permits their use. Rest rooms are common. Physicians and some times nurses are regularly hired by many of the plants. Some have first aid rooms and some hospitals. "Yet In these very factories the really dangerous, poisonous substances are handled with a carelessness that la amazing." In some c&sea the poi sons constitute a fire risk. Then great care is given to the protection of the building. But the health and life of tlie workers Is not safeguarded. Ignorance seems to be the explana tion. Aniline oil is one of the chemical poisons "which menace the rubber work ers. Since the war cat off the Ger man exports the oil is being made at Akron, Ohio. The fumes are poi sonous and the victims are known as "blue boys" and "bh:e men" on ac7 count of the change in color which is a symptom of the disease. The poison sometimes acta very "quickly. A foreign workman, who, as it happened, was an habitual drinker, was told to fil a drum with aniline oil. While doing o he lost ronscious iess. Kiss Hamilton says that it is not easy to learn the truth about aniline poisoning because the manu facturing processes are treasured as trade secrets. At one factory which had stopped using the substance, how ever, the foreman was very frank. Another workman at Akron spilt a can of aniline n his clothes. He did f not know what it was. The odor was pleasantly aromatic, and he continued at work. After two hours he became ill and soon lost consciousness. For nine hours he was in a state of coma. But most of the companies, it is said, are now attempting to protect the workers asainst tl,,s disease. a a J Petroleum products are also used in the rubber industry. The workmen who suffer from the effects of ths . noison are said by their comDanior.s to be on a "napnma jag. one other Jag producers, naphtha causes uncon- ; sciousness in severe cases. Under ' the milder attacks "girls are said to v.rv t1krlve and fnnllsb nrf laugh a great. tfeal; men are said to be easily provoked to anger, and un- reasonable." 1 TVi. nrlnirv offonfa a re. much 1..-. i i splicer worked at his trade for years before his foreman or anyone else in the factory knew of the danger. Sud - -umiy n-o ninmacai. ner a 1 few weeks at an Insane asylum he its train of disease. Pre-renting this suffering would not be difficult. Neg-. haa been expended on the equipment of hospitals and first aid rooms and i on the employment of doctors and uu LUfl ci.tu; lut-uk nurses had been expended on preven tive work, the rubber industry in the I'nitcii states would be one ot tf.e safest of occupations." Letters From the People CommuntcaUona eeat to The Joamal for publicathHi in tlJa deprtment shoald be "Tit ta en mi; one aide of tbe paier. ahould not vceted 300 woroa la length aod moat b ac rampaoied by tba Dame -and addre of tfie aeader. If tlie writer does not desire to b tba nam published, be alio aid ao tate.) PhimaslOD la tba greatest of all reformera. It ratlouaJlaea ereryiblug it louchea. It roba prfcclale of all ialne iwuctlly ami tUrows them hact on their reaa-mnlilcness. If tbey hare no reaaouahleoeut. it rylliltsBSiy cvushea tUem out of exUtenca a ad ft up lu ov. n cuocluslona la toeir ateid." Wood row Wilaou. The Employment Agent. Portland, Nov. i;2. To the Editor of The Journal I was much interested in a letter published in your valuable paper yesterday, in regard to the pri vate employment agencies in our city, and signed "A. Job Hunter." Wrhoever that person may be, he speaks the truth. I witt cite . a few Instances. Take all of our street and sewer con tracts that our citr lets out. These contractors do not patronize our city's free employment office, where they can procure all kinda of help without cost to them or to the working men, since we, the tax payers, pay to con duct this office for the benefit of the workers. The contractors lire their help through private agents. This is proof enougn mat there is a motive ohina it, that is not to the advantage oV the poor working man. Furthermore, no master how good a' workman a man may be, he is allowed to remain on the work only long enough to get square with his board and the Jl hospital fee which the contractor Lakes from the : worker. Therefore the only remedy that I located tto as to protect the areas so can conceive is, when our city lets j claimed by the federal government, any contracts let it, bind and compel Thetw lines, however, as the I nited the contractors to procure all of their j gg Bupreme court has held, are in help through our city's free employ- pse a property line, but a line mcnt office, and stop this spoils sys- protecting the casement for naviga tenv Then men will be allowed to re- Uon recogTvIled bvthe federal gov main on the job, and not be compelled ' ernrQent beyond which no structure wlly.t ?x . 'or obstructions can encroach. hat is the use of us taxpayers pay- I . i5S to. induct an employment agency purpose of -"u we ..cense agent 10 exwn money irom tie workers? jet us awar with these private employmen agencies and (have our city employment ffrce and government office furnish, all help that may be needed. A private employment office never can be operated on an honest basis, for the opportunities are there fr bosses, contractors and agent to en ter into secret agreements for graft- J ing off tlie poor worker. J. M. MURPHY. AYhat Will Those Autos Do? Portland. Nov. 22. To the Kditor of The Journal In your issue of Novem- ber 16, In an editorial headed "A Stitch in Time" you called attention to th-a prevailing custom of building roads ands then immediately forgetting about them, leaving them to go to pieces. The custom is no different in Port land and I want to emphasise that it surely- Is a dlfwrrao in thi riv Portland suburban or residence streets! ! are In such deplorable condition. It would seem to one who is not versed in road building that in this city our engineers do not possess the a.bfllty to build residence streets unless they have the assistance of a paving company. It seems as though any dub -could grade a street when it is to be paved, but to put into grade and then keep it at least passable, seems to be a prob lem tor our engineers. Our mayor has secured the consent of his commissioners to a plan for policing the residence or suburban sec tion of the city by introducing automo biles instead of tlie old fashioned police on Tvorses. I" am anxious to know how we are going to get police protection whrn the streets are In such awful condi tion, that a mounted policeman cannot get over them. On Wabash street upon leading the paved street at Lombaj d, going north, the street Is a quagmire. In several places one can see the water pipes bent ont of shape by the traffic. I wonder how long It Will be before the residence section can expect sane treat ment in tha matter of road construction and maintenance. ; yt. The .Brewery Worker's Wage. Portland, Nov. 20. To the Editor of The Journal Captain Hobson, no doubt, is a very illustrious man, in some respects, but this fact will not mange actual realities, and to hear Captain Hobson speak, according to j)ng smart people. Kven under a mon ths reports of the dally papers, we arch they have sense enough to have brewery workers ought to bo verv I the government own and operate their unhappy over our lot, insofar as, ac- cording to the captain, we are the poorest paid workers in the country, Alas, alack! . What, a sad awakening It would be to the captain if someone would inform him of the real facts, namely, that we are paid $4.25 a day seven and one half hours, that we have had steady emnlovment fnrvr. . , - . . - -, and that it would take a very great Inducement tn make arvnu. f.Qnc. V-1 n I j present occupation. Or perhaps the . fum ntan th-rua ih. ,m e a I per day it to be scoffed at. If so, we I are perfectly willing to let him scoff I?1 l.L0"! t'l.t 2.1 er clay ..J - ' "f r y'"i iooa ma uuuuus ior our la.-iuues ana ourselves, and to enable us to lead the of good American iz MATH PUMMER. 746 Grand Ave. North. President's Finn Approved. Eurene. Or., Nov. 20. To the Edi tor of The Journal Noting a com munication in "your issue of November 18 on the question of preparedness. it strikes roe that it is a funny prop- I osition indeed to see the matter of. the defense of the country from at- i - f -J, ostir'towour ZLS'L should oe unanimity or sentiment as j well as of support of th president !aTla 1I!e so".u.tiii m a uuaa- ! sition m sucn a naxier argues ill lor our form or government, if it should j Uel tne MDI( towards them. A for succeed in any extensive manner or ' ej rrPW might feel for soma of degree. It would indicate v.-e are very the,r kind on board a sinking vessel, lacking in public spirit and were Dut wo , wouldn't relish too much therefore undeserving of our liber- Snitcitude for our womankind under ties and had tecoms a nation of aim- j otn.r circumsances, so why expect pletons and weakHngs. T.et us all j u )n a moment of peril? No other uphold the hands of the president in . Iiatfon, BO highly esteems Its woman tbis matter. GEORGK THOMPSON. I wf, , , ' Can vou. therefore. Disapproves England's Way. Bilverton. Or.. Nov. 19. (To rhe Editor of The Journal.') EJla M. Fin ney was right when she said Canada ought to become a republic; although PERTINENT COMMENT SMAIX CHANGE With Oeneral Prosperity in command of the Wilson forces, the standpatters will make their fight to a Serbian finish. Th postoffroe department having changed the nam of Shedds. Or., to Shedd. the inference la that a census of sheds was taken. Pillow fights have been abolished at ; ue, nomntoj-y. i nat (riirha - fill hnitallfinff cnl r rr t v should be frowned upon. Dr. Loveland of the First Methodist ! church, says he is keptioal of the pur let! rpose or moaern rworraerj. iow s hear from the reformers. The agricultural department tells how to pluck a turkey, but what the nervous carver wants to know is how to keep it out of the honored guests' lap. a Secretary T.anaing i,s declared to be a "perfect fit" in the department of tate. Why single hitn out? There are several perfect fits holding big jobs at Washington. e Senator Myers of Montana, save that so far as congress is concerned the net result of the Portland watfrpower conference will be nothing. That goea witih the people, h1s. a Jonathan Bourne, rebutting a state ment by President Wilson, says the nation's per capita wealth was $1117 in 1895 and $1565 in 1912. Quite so; but a lot of us would like to know who has that extra $848. UNCLE SAM AND By J. B. Zeigler. , To those' who have followed my pro posals and arguments and Uie action and arguments of the, public authori ties thereon, the Issue is rbw cleurly drawn. The responsibility for the reg ulation of commerce and navigation placed Jy the constitution with the federal government. The federal gov ernment exercise it, as outlined in Colonel McKthstry'B recommendations on m v urnca.tion. approved by the j war office, as far as needed for the farewuys or channels of navigation or 1 f ederei improvements or departmental f - use. even to the taking of everything, j including improvements, by riparian j proprietors clear up to ordinary high Water mark Federal harbor lines are 'I'jthe i-esponsibility put upon the fed- I eraJ government Is to protect cora ' , ! merce and navigation as a free and , cenonslbilitv out upon the fed public movement; hence trie landings In port terminals . where the traffic movement concentrates and the fore shore are becomes so valuable, on account of the burden of public use it bears, as to be particularly attract ive to speculation, should be am much an object of tlie government's guard ianship as the fareways themselves. In fact, the anchorage (which is ac knowledged by the government to bean object of its care) and berths (ships) and pier areas to receive cargoes are as much a necessary part of commer cial navigation as any drop of water or yard of soil in the bed of tlie Wil lamette ox the Columbia river or the Pacific ocean All the area in the beds of navi gable waters are by nature and by law subject to 'the tmrden of this pub- 1,0 f1- The federal aothoripes go i not dispute tnis, put na.y n j '"al ter for the local authorities. They say. "We will claim what we trunK "necessary for fareways and anchor age and your state and your city and your port can look after the landings and water terminals " Originally, before the arbitrary pier headlines were laid, tbe federal govern ment did exercise Jurisdiction up to ordinary high water line. The arbi trary lines were laid to save the war department "the trouble of consider ing and acting upon every individual wharf improvement." Of course, agaiwt a consiJf ration like that it is useiesg to urge 'that a I had rather see her come under the wing of Uncle Sain. Why should Canadas be ut.der the fway of England, and be in honor bound to send her best men to Eu rope to fight Hngland's battles? Sup pose Kngland should win this war, In what way would Canada be bene ri rr,r leavlnir the bones of ber i native sons on the battlefields of Eu rope'' Kngland baa dictated policies to the world for the past century. How long ago was it that he dic tated to us how v.-e should run the Panama canal? I an not a German. My grand father was born on American soil, .and nf Scotch-Irish descent. Put I tuill trive the tiernmns eremi ior ue- railroads. Miss Kinney s article is 'correct. It contains the fundamental principles of Americanism AMERICAN. i.- Ani-itic Crew Considered, j The " " Tn Mltor I of The Journal. The nerits of the : bill ahould not. perhaps, be seamen o i i.,,a,if bv a landsman, who Is ,n be a. "lubber. and tnat may account for tbe fu.ct that the press I'nutionsfrorri the common run of correspondents. i Kome time ago I watched a for- -i crew lower a lifeboat from one '" ., vtcomprK at a local f the ssf ranteinmeresting sight, dock, it ward and didn.t M(.m i . , . L. . . .. - h. rb have any idea oi juoi iw mi. boat should be properly lowered. i reflected as I watched the effort. If this boat crew had so much trouble in the river, with, the ship docked, what would the same crew have done in a stormy sea with a sinking ves sel with hundreds of paesengers-clam- i nrine for seats in the boat? la t natural to expect foreigners j t0 look after American women ana feel the d children -4 W ', , . 1 -1 1 f 1 YTIM-t It tBein? w Americans never stop to tn)ftk tnat we, alone, enjoy that nat- impulse of protecting them first. , . forKex that foreigners do not expect a crew of Chinese to feel the same as we do? And yet. this is what we want and expect of a crew, and something that a steamship com pany should seek to provide for American passengers. Why provide AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS says, rs considerably lower than for any year sine the city was incorporat- . d. The total is 1-3 mills. The new forging shop, the latest ad ditiori to the high school equipment at Pendleton, has been completed. It w-as built by the boys of the manual train ing department. Instead of protesting the Bb'e Mountain American admonishes Sui np ter people to congratulate t '"'; that the tax levy ot 20 mills Is ua worse, in view of an circuini"-. 111" 1 ' "s " h-n r;d like othrT A fiCtory output whose w holes vi e r;lfl i oad rs u.vcd to worrv more value is well over three-quarters or .1 . anout to trff'i- over tnllHrn n yaoi eviaence vtnre the Register that Kugen "has made nwjch more than a alarl s manufacurlng center." "Baker county farmers." ays the Baker Democrat, "see every encourage ment for heavy yield of grain the com ing year. Snow of unusual depth piling up in the mountains. f"1 means plenty of water for irrigation. Kxtendlng congratulations to Knter- priBe. the La linnido oiiefrver ' ijuji niirht KnternilHe (,teiM-d her t - a - rter as a lumber producing town with a bag nunqiicT ami tne ninsiu y,w r", 1 .ii ,),. hmir fori nig new nun ""' v 1 . ICi the baiiquetera to ansomlile eround tho festal board. Fine and dandy. No j town deserves prosperity more inun --he's does Knternrise, for her people '!Krl, earnest believers in the resources of!1" the surrounding country." - when THE FORESHORE commercial traffic system knows no such distinct terns as the technical l.mr splitting between what's federal aii.i wtois siaie. - ciu-K" pjt " ---- from the point of origin to the point of domination. Tho same people la ; tlie fai-eway and terminal chat k s j Tlie expenditures. wIicUkj- disburse. i i by the federal government or the i'ort I nf Pnrllmvl nr thr. dock commission. I comes out of the siime ludi. It i useless to urge that the with drawal of federal protect inn result in the terminal ni-e:is pHSjiing out or public control Into that of speculator'!. who burden the port with private cllr MI, nrtr the constitution do not exist, and obstruct port devti - opment: it is useles to urge tlmt ii state of Oregon disclaims Us nver- elgn duty to enforce tho public risht In thene water terminal nreai dis- claims its concurrent jurisdiction as- serted by the United Slates supreme """"i'""111 ',v ' . yielding to the claim of an absolute fee asserted by riparian owner, ab olishes one of the puidW'H rights for th protection of which tlie sovereign power of the people was invested in the fctatc; it is usuless to Hend that) this splitting of jurisdiction reKu Its ' In the United States spending the pub-j lie funds in improvements which a-c ; thwarted by the burdens and obstruc tions put upon the terminal develop ment by the unwholesome claims of the riparian owners in terminal waters; it is useless to plead Unit tli2 state is held to havn diverted its sovereignty end completely alienate. I by free grants thec public rights by the wharf act of- 1G2, and Uie tide land act of 1S74, with the result Chat the harbor has been diminished by fills, the wharves no supplied, .ih1 tne public compelled i ""y ""'-a at exorbitant prices and bujja its own wharves; It is ueeJftKS to plead that we have one port fxmmlsslon divert ing these, areas and another buying them back. if Therefore, owing to this neutral izing effect produced by divided pub lic authorities speculators have found the harbor properties an eeny prey. F.noroftching ripariim . owners collect ively present an organized body to deny and suppress the public right, and to terrorize public officials hav ing jurisdiction over them, until they yield to thir will under iln of le- .1 i .. n ' frim ff n ri Inl, r.h. .. Kimiy. Therefore, it Is necessary tliat the n na,i wii,,iu .f iiir nr.ri,i tbere, public right in water terminals must I Mu.ie unii nrt lwi aeinhir4, be recognized by the natioiu.1 B'" - ,',r , fcbar... ernment, by new legislation If nt-r- essary. since the lo-;il authorities areif), llolu-fna ' incuher.-rt'-neither skc fnoiifli nor KtrolKr enough , 1 li Irl'-- In tl.elr f..(1. to protr.ct them. safetv anoyances for the pavsergers and then man the apparatus with unsympathetic. forelgnerx" Judging from the actions of the foreign crew referred to on the Portland steamer, one cannot feel that th ship company is doing its duty towards American passengers. This crew, no doubt, understood tho English language, but an understand ing of a certain tongue Is not quite enough tn be considered. We all know that the proper custodians ot the lives of American women an! children are Ameican crewi. More expensive, we will aflmlt, but native flesh and liloni, and that alone counts in a moment of peril. Plenh and blood will, perhaps, be given its measure of value some day along with dollars and cents. It is not contended In this com ment that all members of all crewa are cowards and would desert any woman or child fn case of a wreck, but as a matter of general observa tion upon tbe study of human nature It cannot be '(rain said that the first principles of "safety first" arf beat exercised in recognizing that vital lmpulae which holds nations together as ftne big ramily and for that fam ily alone makes the highest sacri fices. LANDLUBBER Tlie Hand's Value Is 20. Portland. Nov. lg To the Editor of The Journal What does a cribbage hand count, consisting of a nine spot and three deuces and a deuce turn up? BILI.IE. 1 A Syllogism. From Collier's Weekly. The following is a real conversation: Republican Politician: "How is the German-American vote to go In the presidential election of 19K' Independent Observer: "I think It will go solid against "Wilson." Republican Politician: "Then Wilson will ha elected," There i a good deal In It. The more German-American societies coma out against the president the more 1 firmly will the real Americans deter- j mine not to be ruled by any compact gToup of foreigners residing here. Th I latest discoveries about German en thusiasts tn our midjrt. trying to blow up ships, will not help the hyphen propaganda. The German campaign against Wilson will result as did -the effort last spring of a candidate for mayor of Chicago to raJly the German vote arornid himself. He was beaten worse than any candidate for mayor had been beaten before In the history of the city. ' ' Moet People. Krom Judge. When most people choose food for thought they taka a predigestsd variety. Tpeonce oven EFFICIENCY In recent yenrs haa come to be a ka.rge word mi! on to Juggle with 4n the richer circles of that groat mystery known as American business. And rfo place has tha new slo gan found any mors shouters than among railroad mn. J "Safety First '." la manifestation s. and "Economy" its of its right brmar. JAnd nil alnnir Kailnrad IVnw in Portland Kd UiuU in known as a disciple of J-if f jcionry. th. rr, ,., -.. . - - w -j i , i ii i . v , iii,ii.u ik i r- i m to move it. , w Hut that wnn lonp hbd - when fttimlii'a living nuar the yards used to send out the klcla with baskets - and pick up ennnph coal t. last n'l winter. ejAiil 1 .'1 un evixybodj- ktwiwi I superintend. ;ii t.r tlie water line- - ami hi a. h line of tl th O-W. It k N. .n,i " own tint and wi alf t he may do on his old Man Eff I. lency him he's working for the rail- r"d. I1 And tlie other day he Phci iff IV b Sle ens for u took tx tour of Ill.Tci t i(, of Ilia lliuis. I - B11,i ,ey ,vpt down to Ilwaco. An nM(i ;f ,n8poctlJ1K , .,..,,,,,, tl!,,1Ul(; (ut w (lMl hn(J DecoBla - ,,f ti.r.-c old ties-- - Ho!) went "ill - In do n little ln pecting -on IiIf own iu-couiit. J And he walked along the track. - and rani.; to a thack --and went in. Jf And Fide 'i d inside -- w arming himself -be- e n heap oi cobblestones from w hi rice smoke lVMiird - , - wmk a'i exile of Urln who worked on l Ii,- be. ', ion. . I H. ' ' ' k" P ' ' " :uU""- hard time i IJAnd !;..! linked hi in w hy he company--- for a atove. stove would yuhT"- - 1 " "Af-it l'..r ' he snid "I kucks '. I';i.dd." you don't know j r i, PS" . hB1, Hob --"I know , )r" nidd - ' Borne mil ill."., ii IoukI"" - " iie ooi..;'r, j " k id (lie fir tend er -"is too linr-r d ii --"mi" I ruths It's some other Budd Joi Know." ajn,it ,. . -Mien rr oT Multuomali ri unt y p.-rf-1st .-rt. . Anv)1,,w ..mj y,., Mm .".ounla of pieces--shm t um-n of tlie light rail - thry use on this line k that jrou eoiiid rig up souiet hiiifi to dry jour lVcl un." T The stones. oj'icr spnt into the cobhle- and fied his plittering ey the Intruder. J ",-h.1 f... crs Is it ou'd get from Hudd? wli - 51 t.lHTKX inuii- lie's got all the oi.i iall lo. Koii up in hi (safe . (j0wji at Ilirnm "ThanJtsriTlmr." ThU 6T haria ba'-k s T.i the jlm dmk it" When I'rnlda held ll.eir frtllvjl HIM; Thn WiMtflw mill tl.f. ireo t ere Ib.'lr linrtct i .'ii'lr. 1 hey .Ii. I ii i.-. I ii.) lei'J H'ie-F ef niiinc iJI'l l-plile,. TUMinrlnm bel,l llii. frat hen tl'.' Werlil M f ' . r.MIMB : llollu- t'llTP 1.. I r- hrr rj,,i , T.. Ilo p.Hldf ,.f liariiBI Tfii-lr son'ii pprc -'iiifc. Their cnics rri- m.-irrrja f (Kiriip aul dii piny. jir-k. icmd Prmelrliia I "i fiKtlv.i) i .Mu m An.l r .,ie (J nn.'iv ai rnrh tmrvtt faaal ; I iiy .f ! Jp1iomIi 'I'l-i-tr IN-II'M iii.il Ihelr irnlil. kiui ami tbe irirat. llu""r1 Uk'1 Pftl.tlonla iiii F.fTpt Kti belli this ream; if!ulti uju) 1'bJtia tlw aarna. Ancient anfl modern It. tlila hmtbyThcmi! eeit.ra.-e, K-acb adding a link to tbe rbnla. EnKlani) appointed Hr Thankaflvlne dura Wbea need tr.eclal tbara: AometiiBea they wera uelil With rrynicUif and pralae. Anon, with utlog and prtjmr. 'hit Pari tan fathera Tlia first Tear rejoiewl. That tbe Marfl"eT liad reached tbla ahora. W'br man e.uld lire aa tto lxirl ordaload. la freedom hi ronmienre rvwite aoar. Tba aeeonrt yenr the drouth O'enbii flowed thla nation. Tbelr Iiearta were embittered la pain, Tl.ry thooifbt to bat praera With faatln and narrow, Jbit reJoleel wheo they beard 11a downpuurluK ralu. Thua jer anil for years Alteriiatiiiu each other; A the need or the tboiight waa there; Thla uatlon with olhera lb-Id thU tftxl rej.il.-ing: Or kept It with sating and prayer. But alnee tlie rood Ixird lm i .i .irel our country Ami in.'iif'l each taction anew; V, tinll lliix 'I . y (mi- iiallenul 'rii.i nLaglTlng KIJJIiiK for tin- nuiiee. all aorrowa adieu. Mm. Ttiomaa Uoffett. Iw'inuJ. November In, IV lb. eomtthing to Worry About. When members of The Journal copy ' d. k have nothing else to do, they urnue the futile arid tlms-tainte'l i ., i. ation: "Which la correet, data Is, i or data are?" INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY Prom the Philadelphia Ledger. Business in seasonable ovm modiUea. Trading that has proportions. Trading that haa been delayed by weather condi tions became active last week, and as a result this week opena with supplies of denlrable rnerchanmse short. The jump in -ratal I salss last week made Its Impreaa upon the w bole sale and msnufacturtneT branches of trade. Jobbers and -commission rnu are being urged to make speedy shipments. . Im mediate delivery Is being ds landed of tho mills on - goods which should have been placed on jrder months ago. Thls Condi tion Is riot restricted to any par ticular division of trade, btit is i gcntral. Deliveries are now; far more important from the buyers point tlma the coat of merchandise. ':.e.'