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THE - OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL,: PORTLAND, SATURDAY ' MORNING, NOVEMBER J27. 1918. THE-: JOURNAL C- JACKSON..... ........ Pnbllhw ',' fotilUbfd (Terr ay, att-rnoo. and arnln (except Sunday .fietnooni, at Toe Journal Building, bnwdway . and ilaxhlll ts.. fort- Up J. Of. KnteteJ at tba poatomca at I'ortUnd, Or., foe tranimlaaloo tbrousa tba null la -pm wcoad flaw mtlc ;;" ,' ".i.Lfck'iiOiNKS Main T173; tiOB-ft. A-OOft.' All departnat reached by tlie-t- nainbrr. Tall tba operator wbat liefmrtniHit ru want. IjUKiUN ADVlCttTlBlNO K-l'RIKNTAl I VK " benjamin Kentnor Co., Bruuawlck Bldg., 6 'ftb Ave., New KoU; -alb .I'euBto'a . u.a UUltf., Cbleairo, -. , Hub-crlptloo lerma b mall vt,"iokf' reu la tba UulteU State or Mexiear DAILY (MOUSING OH Alf'T JvSOON) - OBe year S.OO Oam moatb:.. . -SO SUNDAY . flee year $2.00 I One a oath -3 DAILY (MOENINO. OR AFTEUKOON) AND SUNDAY ,' One rr S7.SO One month ,.f .83 America asks noth'ng for her- elf but what "he lias right t r usk for humanity itself. WOODROVV WIJ.SOX. The proper means of In cn fining the love io hear to our country'. Is to reside. ia(iip 1 1 11 1 in a foreign on-. Shen stune. 5S- oituoox victohiks IN COMPETITION with the world, Oregon made a clean sweep in the international egg-laying con test at the Panama exposition. I It is a triumph for which the state of Oregon is indebted to the Oregon Agricultural college. Though there were l7 entries from jj- all parts of the world, the college pens took first, second and third prizes. The fourth prize went to $a British Columbia pen. and the 5 prize for the greatest number of cggH by it single hen in a year'.' 4 contest was taken by a Lebanon- bird The Oregon college lias as head , 4 of its poultry department, one of the most famous poultry eIers Jin the world. It is doubtful if fenny, living man has as profound y a knowledge of the habits, require y ments and fiopsibilities and Iireei!- ing of poultry. The trophies he hfla won for Orppon nt tho v- , position and in the former records. T made in egg laying contests, arp . t Proof of Mr. I)ryde..'s magic in T the poultry field. The victories at 'the exposition I are reflected, in the evolution work . Ing out in the poultry industry in the state, under the leadership of the college. The bulletins, the lr 4 Tnonstration trains and the dis tribution of egjis from birds of pronounced egg-laying strain have : 1 changed the whole aspect of the Ji poultry industry In tills state. Where formerly we were heavy Importers of poultry products, we Jgare now producing abundantly for ftour own use and are on the thres hold of becoming exporters. T1 Increase in poultry production i". . . i x tne past inree years ha.? been phe- 2 nomenal. 2 In the single item of the greater wealth derived from poultry pro duced, t lie Oregon Agricultural college has given back to the Btnte more than the state has Kiven fci maintenance of flic institution. THK HEX ASCENT CZECHS i HE Bohemians in (he Tnited States, who are numerous and more intelligent than some of our Immigrants, are making themselves heard In regard to & the coming reorganization of Eu . rope. It Is Hkelv cnoueh that tho ' V;nAp will be altered a good deal . t In consequence of the war and the - J Bohemians are making the initial Amoves to recover their ancient lib Sferties. They have organized a "ua ; tlonal alliance" for the United States and Canada with a platform . which demands "an independent Bo . Fhemlan Slovak state." ' g - For many years Bohemia ha? ( heen swallowed up In the Empire : 1 the Hapsburgs, though Its peo- 'Jple never felt much love for that grasping house. . They took an ac tive part in the great revolutions 5f 1848, which shook the thron Of Europe for a few months but i. tthe end their rising was suppressed -jjana tyranny became worse than vfcver. It was not until 18T.9 that the Bohemians secured some fee- h6 constitutional rights and even B hn than n-A-a n . . , r- . . -' "c.c a. iiuui oaiisuea. They believed themselves oppressed j-hy the Magyar and German ele- A ments in the Empire and have ponged for a more adequate nation lal expression. fa In recent years there has been J revival of Bohemian llteratun and the native language has been lardently cultivated by patriotic Cecha.- Their history is full of Jin sulfation. In John Hubs'" Bo 4 hemia. produced a leader of civli 'izattace His country wa3 a pk tieer in that, forward movement f which? feaeii fcy tHe, name of the Refonlatlon and tnong her sons JrveH some of the tiiost capable mli-4JU-jr " comrnander8rs.p, their.. time. '.ThSB-: Couatef.Refbtpiatipi and the terrible Thirty 'Years' . Vfax 'crushed -'out the nascent civilization of Bo hernia, but the germs survived and i now they are manifesting them- selves in new hopes, and lofty, as pirations.',; America- feels , a nat oral sympathy with the spirit of freedom .wherever it comes to light. WHEN WOMEN RULE T HE Chicago papers are Jubi lant over the deed of a frail woman who, In her timorous weakness accomplished a feat which the sheriff and all his men could not do, or said they could not. Fact: floes not always jibe with fancy- in sheriff's ofHees and sometimes the minions of the law nay they can't do what they really don't wajit to do. a habit in which they resemble had little boys. The woman fa question had filed a damage suit against a certain man upon whom it was necessary to serve some papers. The sheriff's men couldn't serve the papers be cause they were unable to find the defendant. Me lived in a big house in a wealthy quarter of Chi cago and his .goings and comings were 'frequent but still, to the law and its officers, he was invisible. F'robably he hud eaten fern seed. The woman finally grew tired of the law's delay and took matters into her own hand. Armed with a Roodjy pile of brickbats she marched up to her oppressor's; porch and fired" them through the! plate glass of his front door. Nat-j urally he had her arrested, just as 1 she had planned, and he also had j to appear in court to testify against j her. In this capacity it was impos sible for the sheriff's officers not1 to seev him. and the weman's pa-1 pers were finally served. To us f this reads like a highly edifying story, though we dp not seem to know exactly what ft teaches, un less it be that when women come to rule the affairs of the world a good many evasions and decep tions will be driven away and we shall face life more honestly. Worn- ; en appear to Vcorn base indirec-. tion more bitterly than men do. '. HO ADS AND LOADS A PERPLEXING problom in many counties is the regula tion of the weight of loads on improved highways. The problem is not a new one. It con fronted the people of Great Britain in the beginning of the seventeenth century wnen vemcuiar trainc ue- Kan to develop The genesis of our road laws 13 found In the English laws, and in confirmation of the old r,aying that the world moves in circles we find that the present day method of dealing with the problom is fol lowing along the same lines adopted by the English whoe policy was to adapt the traffic to the roads instead of constructing roads to sustain the ever increas ing traffic. The policy of restrict ing the weight of loads and reg ulating the breadth of wheels be- Icame pronounced during the reign of James I. Confirming one of his father's orders Charles I issued a proclama tion commanding; "that no carrier or other person whatsoever shall travel with any waine, cart or car riage with more than two wheels I nor with above the weight of twen ty hundred: nor shall draw any waine, cart or other carriage with above five horses at once." From the accession of William and - Mary every few years saw fresh acts of parliament changing; or adding to previous regulations as to weight of loads, number of horses, the order in which thev should be harnassed. the breadth of tires, the position of the wheels, the kind of nails to be used for fastening the tires and so on. To. enforce the regulations sevce penalties were imposed. Any,: pe; son was authorized to seize an keep possession n( "such number of horses as mighl be attached to a carter's wagon in excess of six, or to a cart for hire in excess of three." The various provisions respecf the number of horses or oxen per cart or wagon failed to keep the loads down to a weight stiited to the deficiencies of the road aud George II authorized turnpike trus tees not only to erect weighing machines but to impose an addi tional toll of twenty shillings per hundred weight on any wagon, which, together witi- its content-, had a total weight exceeding sixtv hundred .weight. In addition to regulating weight, parliament devoted njjih atten tion to the construction of vehicles, particularly the breadth of wheel rims. une act established nine j inches as the minimum width of 'i j tire. Wagons with nine inch wheels were allowed free passage on all turnpikes. To make up for the loss of toll, collectors were per- I ..... nntteu to impose neavier rates on ! wheels of lesser width. Anothe- curious provision was the charge of half toll on wagons whose rear wheels tracked with the front ones. Tho broad w heel policy was pot satisfactory and it evoked much criticism from others besides farm ers. One critic said: "Of all lha barbarous and abominable ma chines that have been contrived by. ignorance and maintained by Yulgar prejudice, none have equalled -the : broad- wheeled car riages, that are now in use. In stead of rolling the roads, they grind -then into mud and- dust." Not alone cart wheels but cart wheel nails engaged the attention Of parliament. One act provided among other things that "the streaks' or tires of wheels were to he fastened with flat and not rose headed nails. ' Another act -. dl-l rected .thatlwhen the nails. of the tire nroiected mom than a Quarter of an inch from the surface of j Deaths from external causes the tire the owner of the vehicle numbered 649, of which 116 were should be fined. . suicides. 'After two centuries had passed j In respect to age there were al it began to be realized that the most as many deaths from gen Bcnslble policy was to adapt the eral diseases between the ages ot roads to the traffic upon them. ! We will need to solve the problem in a similar way. A FOURTH VICTIM 0 N A STRETCH of track run- nlnjr parallel with a Southern i-acinc main line jui i ui the city limits of Albany, an Oregon Electric train claimed Tuesday its fourth victim in three year 8. The third victim was killed near the same spot three weeks ago. A passing Southern Pacific trai'i In each instance seems to have bewildered the victims as the Ore gon Electric trains which was to be their doom came speeding on It would seem t t a way could be devised by which to minimize , the peril of this fatal spot, and a j decent regard for the value of 1 human life would suggest that plan of the kind be applied. a '. ! J I FEDEKAL PAYROLLS ! glorv might never be, or like "the THROUGHOUT its existence, The baseIess fabrk. of hlg vision, the un Journal has advocated shorter j ustantial pageant'' of the poet, "the hours for all workers. ( ciOUdCapped towers, the gorgeous But it has never advocated the soiemn temples." dissolve a seven-hour day and a Saturday ; and fade ..and ,eave not a rack half holiday, for public employes hlnd one, indeed, has but ,10 look while private employes work longer; around an(J SPe on every side the pho hours without a half holiday and ; tosrapMe record of some of its fam for smaller compensation. This is oug bundln?Bi it8 canals and its al The Journal's reply to the letter on , leys 5ts campaniles, its palaces and this page, which defends the prac- 1 plaz2aSi ts landscapes and seascape. tice in federal government depart-! without which no American house ments in Portland in which -27S ll0ld sems t0 be complete, to get a employes are employed to do the faint Jdea what it wouid mean if an work of 243 in order that the 278 . lhat these thing8 are but the faint may have a seven-hour day and a ! ,,ha,,ow of weir blotted out and of Saturday half holiday. ! Venice it should be written as of Who pays these 278 employes? ' Ypres "Erat" "it was'." The money comes from the toll : of hands. All wealth is created by, work. The more money govern ments absorbs for its purpose the more somebody must work to pro- vide. that money, the longer hours that somebody must remain at nt task, the more necessaries he must r n-Hhnnt in Mo hnmo tho tower h ' . - not, even In Kome itselt, such a con- : of work w liej-e inefficiency prevails menace which that one-sidedness has shoes he must buy for Ills cnuaren, ; CpntratIon of architectural beauty or ; that longer hours are resorted to In been held to contataJs removed for the less leisure and the less com-' of listorIc interest as in found 1-j ! order to make ur for lack of skill. ' the tlrne being by arrangements which fort he can have. lrp few sare miles of the citv of i II if! a fallac-V to believe that more ,ave strengthened the foreign ex- ,hese rew snuare miles or the city or work is accomplished when the hours cnanges Acrricvltural and railroad And that somebody is the aver-j the lagoons. Perhaps the Austrian are long. And such agitation as evi- prosperity have enabled the trade re age worker, that undefended work- ', disciples of General Bissing will ev- denced in your editorial of last eve- views to report glowingly. er nn Inn? hnnra and short ration ! , , , - .. m that The Journal IS speaking for , when it insists tnat public payrolls should not be an asylum of leisure, a rendezvous of ease, in short, a private snap instead of a public trust. PHOP11ET STEINMETZ DR. CHARLES P. STEINMETZ is an electrical engineer, per haps the most eminent in the n-nrlH 1-1 A to amnlnvod hr :i . .' , ' 1. i i cur electrical corporation wnicu i pays him a princely salary and finda titm cn v a 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 o t b a f ci'Cn , , , , . . , . his radical opinions are tolerated. . . i ,i i j This is probahlv more or less dif-' . , .. A ficult for the corporation to do I m. i . , since Dr. Steinmetz is a pronounced , ,, . . , .. i Socialist who believes and openly ; , ,, ., . , , . . teaches all those half-baked doc- . , ii. , , . j! trines about human brotherhood, , ,. . , . . . I dUUlllllllClU 111 VI CLUU Ulll versal happiness. j Dr. Steinmetz writes mathemat- ; ieal works on electricity so erudite ' that only half a dozen people, in j the United States can read them. ' V"e dare say before he dies he will write a book so learnedly clif- ficult that nobody can read it and will then go down to happy. his grave This wonderful man has given an Interview to Collier's Weekly in which he permits 'himself to specu- : late regarding the future of elec-' tricky. In bis opinion hardly any-I thing has yet been done in the way of applying It to human uses ; We are just at the dawn of the real electrical age. People now on earth will live to see this subtle and potent agency doing most of the work of the world and doing " " ii economically, swiuiy ana witr-r ., .... . ... . ont dirt. Electricity is a cleans ing and .beautifying element, as well as one of limitless ntilitv. This genius which is soon, ing to Dr. Steinmetz, to take charge i of so large a portion of our hap- j pineBS and comfort is best gener ated by water power. Wherever water flows or falls there elec tricity may be caused to pour forth for human weal, or for the, weal of a small clique of nionopo-' lists. The choice rests with the people. Electricity is destined a control our future and it depends for its abundance and cheapness on the waterpowers. It follows pret ty clearly that the men who own the waterpowers will own the country. A HEALTHY STATE SOME interesting Vital statistic, are given in the annual re- port Of the state board of health for the year ending December 31. 1914. just issued IV the state printing department. The total number of deaths dur- you are perfectly at home, of course, ing the year was 6446, of which lor have you not been feeding your 2555 were females and 3831 males, f fancy on views of Venice an your life. The number Of births reported was and here Is everything just as it 11,624, 5944 males and 5680 fe-j ought to be? Moreover, If you feel males. The total number of mar-'you are far away from the American I'iages reported was 5170. I rush,ean any home touch be surer Cancer still shows an increase ! than to note that garden wan and, over former years. Thefe were 480! here and there, a high facade is cov- deaths therefrom. Under the clas sification of general diseases there were 1679 deaths. This includes deaths from tuberculosis which to- taled 637, The number who died from diseases of tho circulatory ays- item was 1036. i twenty-five and fifty as between ; fifty and seventy-five. In the first tease the number was 534 and In , I the second 536. ; ! ' tThe total mortality rate Of the ctaffl tn-r 1Q11 woe ton fnr cvorv tnousand of p0pUiation a low rate n-r, hoitt,v 8tate WHAT VENICE MEANS TO THE WORLD Harrey M. Walta In Pblladelpbla ledger. VKNICK is for everyone. It is not a hidden meaning, a form of beauty that is only understood when explained by specialists, but freely and frankly today, as it has been for centuries, it exists as one of those realiied dreams or fantasy j ttia hUman beings are only rapabl? of ft, their great moments at some critical period of the world's history. when they put in permanent form those creations of the mind that. otherwise, trailing the nimbus of And that lhls wllI be lts fate ; should the counsels of f rightfulness j prevail no one can doubt, for the frnil j , . .... . , I character of the buildings in Venice , u sll0n that a steady rain of bombs wmill1 llo mor. namacp than the cities on terra firrnai whlle tnere u . . .. ii v- k- im o hiiHioo-. I i ' used for offensive operations and that I they have a higher regard for the : beauties of Venice than do the Ital-' ians themselves who bv going 0 lans tnemsenes, vsno, d5 oing to , war, have put in jeopardy the safety oi Venice and all the great northern ! art centers for which Italy is custo dian for the world at large. Perhaps, but what of it? When the bomb fell on the roof of the Church of the Scalzi and destroyed the superb bra vura frescoes of Tiepolo on the ceii- ing, the perpetrators put themselves . , , , , . ... outside the pale of civiliacd peoples. It is true the Church of the Scalzi adjoins the railroad station, and. pre- t, sumably, the aviators were trying to . L1 ' . .,. , hit this important military depot; bc.t . , , , , , , ' in Venice no risks of any kind can , be taken unless the enemy have j . ... . thrown all decencies to the wind. Pal- . . , , ace crowds palace and church glances . , . to church, and over It all is a glamor that not even the trifling modern changes of today can affect. For the poetry is there, although, as one a p proaches the famous city from the mainland ln the shimmer of a sum mer's sun. one's heart sinks as th railroa-d yards, gas plants, electric light plants, factories and all the dvr. , . . o.iv-i j " oi a .i.oue... .u. ... .oe I onl xrnn o rc o attiiri.fl that llhot aooma to be a very literal duplication the worst aspect of Atlantic City from the meadows is Venice Itself. But find your old dre mi when, after passing dingy railroad station you quickly comes true through the you step out on its marble quay and at once are confronted by the real Venice that is "the Venice of tie sweet maiden's fancy," gondolas and all and where, as is true of no other .v,i ,.iatl...o nrh , , , , . UMtr 1. 1 1 Linn iroi.cc oi'nr. every brick counts. inueea. it w:is not by mere caprice tliat Ru-skin en titled his description of its archi- accord-!,r'tu,al SloriesV'The .stones of V en-I in.. since l.erH. v beauties or us racaaes uemana tms minute and detailed study, and to , . . , . . miss some one square foot inlaid ifiarble is to be ravished of a treas- tire which, when seen, remains for- ever a fragrant memory. But the stones of Venice are not without their humors, and the first thing you see( from the railroad sta tion, across the Grand Canal, is t'.i curious church of St. Simeon, with i very larse dome that reaches so far ; forcing the views bf an individual or tne reai cause of the woes of human down on the squat walls of the church's" organization Is to insist that these j.,- the Churches are losing their that when Napoleon came to Venice ! v'ews cme ,from God- T:' value of ! power of drawing people to their Ver- . thla mpthn.l i u that if rm h.Il:. .r- . . . i, .... u.t-Huv uAR afp de- and iookcu at u nc maae trie iamou-, mot. n"I have often seen ehurehe-i without domes, but here is a don..? without a churcW." And then as yovrlria merely a vnnlon otvtrt. gondolier turns to the left you se i ness. s the errerelaborate facade of tl-.ei The field secretary of the Sabbath , Church of the Scalsi (barefoot friarsh 1 p)itln ; and your trip into the fairyland of a.sVuranceTha7hi8avlew"is unassailable! "calle and canale" is begun. And j he asserts tliat "moral lav" mean- ered with our own familiar Virginia creeper, often, even in summer, show ing ln its foliage a premonitory touch of hectic colors aa if anxious In foreign lands: to spread a hint of the exotic gioriea f the American au- tumn! 'The modernisation of Venice in ou .a an iik ..u u jUu are inside not even the little motor- boats, the vJporettU or the larger , ,(,,mh, ,L ..-,. th,. ,.t steamboats, the apore, that act as trolley cars for the citizens, spoil the ff.p. vnn hiv, u.n n often t.ietnrer' erreci ou nave seen so orien puturec in prose and poetry; and as evening falls, even with the little low-pow-1 , , .,1 1 .1 ' ered incandescent lights illuminating the canals instead or tne 01a tan- the Veflie f o11 c out in overpowering mjtnner and under ' the August moon, with the gondolas ! crowding around the music boats an ! chored at the entrance of the Grand i Canal, with the graceful -silvery domes of the Santa Maria Delia Sa . lute to the right and at your left the piasetta, the Ducal Palace and the ,K campanile of St. Mark's and glow of its famous piazza as well, with all the old palace fronts, now ProsPes- . . mostly hotels, at the entrance of th When Oregon's Panama-Pacific ex canal lit up. no wonder those who do ! MbH brought JJortlanltIlt not know Tintoretto from Titiai., Oregon's best without going to San Falma Vecchio from Paolo Veronese, think that Venice is more than any- painter or poetrhas described It. Letters From the People : (Communications ent to TUe Journal for , publication In this department should be writ- ten on only one aide of the paper, should not eceed .100 words 1b length aud must be ac- 1 companiea dv me name unn aiinress 01 m- ander. If the writer does not desiri to haye the name published, he should to atte) "Discussion Is the grentest of all reformers. ! rationalizes everything It touches. It rone principles of all false fciiuctlty ami throw them Dac-x on meir reabonHOieneas. ii mey n)'e i ri'vaonableness. It ruthlessly crushes theui out ! of existence and ?ets up Ms own ,-oueluslons In their stead." Woodrow Waon. I Federal Payrolls Portland, Or., Nov. 23 To the Kdi- tor of The Journal Apropos of your to withdraw certain export quotations editorial last evening regarding the j last week. Other manufacturing en working hours of 27S f-ISaarir ployes, it impresses m as being ! .a needs of Kurope .War-order wind most untimely. - Jn the face of the fajis are being used to cancel bonded present and ever-growing unemplny- debts, instead "f being distributed un ment. it would acrear to anyone who . thrifiiiv in extra dividends. Bank has made even a superficial study or social conditions tnat wnat we want is not agitation for an in- "ea " no. n perform a given task with the high- est degree of perfection or skill. doe not meat! that that task should bo ,r.al. nmher nf bours . . . . j i p . v i. i - " - Kmi,0 T1a frn a . -1 II - V ' . . , . A , JtUUl 3. . "ITT .dl. .O H.M,. r, ... I C w- highest efficiency is required It has been found thnt tire hours must b.-- snortened. it is only in tnose elapses ninS. ln my opinion, nas a tendency, tn nrcnta a wron imnres:"inn In tVio I iu i irait a wit'iiR uii)i r.iMun in u minds of both emnlover and emnlov Is it not the tendency in all classes ot wora to snorten tne hours ana inrrease the efficiency? I haye known many tralned WOrkers who havo stated that they have become c m- pletely exhausted after four hour" work on a given task under the e - nciency system. rnererore ror The preservation of the race we may not advocate inefficiency, but we should advocate short hours. HARRIET T. CHERVIN. The Seven Holr Day. Oswego, Or., Nov. 23. To the Edi tor of The Journal I hope you will be so liberal as to permit me to voice my opinion through your paper con cerning your editorial under the cap tion "Wasteful Payrolls," in which yo i deplore the fact that the federal government employe works only seven hours aVday, while "other folks, the favored portion of the common run of men." have to work eight snd ten. According to your statistics there are 278 federal employes. By compelling them to work eight hours a day only 243 would be needed. Correct. But what would become of the 35 who would lose their jobs? Are the ranks of the unemployed not large enough. that we should Increase them? Th problem of unemployment has al- ready become a national question ; witness the work of the industrial I relations commission during the past i yfar a"d a half. This question de- manns speenv solution. When It : sna11 nav become as keen as was e national qu ion of slavery in the Smith, we Shall Vinvo tmiikl. T3.. rf:lt will not be a second Civil war; It ., u ou5 revolution Althougr. f never belonged to the class of th tavorea lew who could work less than ten hours a day. f do not be- frrudge the fedecal employes their sev r. v,oo iu.-k to tnem. t sincerely nope ttiey win not only maintain h.?7 TJ? .atl,".hut ftr,.vc M ill until inr hi Hnr v . A . ihorter day. For only by short- our working hours we workers ening do away r, "r.i.u" on me lanor mar - ket. consequently increase our wacen and come within easy ren-h of what u...r ...in., cnc-.i (pj wnai i i.l.i i i . .""".' N,,u to usme "pursuit of happiness.' I. M.'DOW. Praises St. Johns Conductors. Portland, Or.. Nov. 2.1. To the Edl i tor Or the . nurnn I tv,,!,i .il-. the imnnmhcri.,1 1 ,,r.r io- coming nuyern o. ncu. ..c .inl ine unnumbered , express my appreciation of the k,.- stl I-omnan .- has nurchased 40.- ' inougniruiness or the conductors of ! the st- Johns car line. They are es- ' pecially considerate of women v lth . children , and of oId pop,c . md" I ers. One might spy. "well, that lc j what they are paid for," but I do nut look at it that way. I think thev are f.C..l...,CII. . This is from aWappreciati ve natron J MRS. F. TYREr! Say Sunday laws1 All Man-Jade. Salem. Or.. Nov. 24. To the Kditor of the Journal. One of the most hack - - - I,,, ii.ii iv- neyed and indefensible methods of en- . ousiy enough many people will believe t it, and so be suppressed. But. while ' " He-1 i on fit- i orien enective. mis attempt to over- . ing the decalogue and. .hence the law for Sabbath observance, came from God, and so cannot he questioned. Now there was a time when such a dictum was generally accepted, but the time of blind acceptance of church author ity has Rone by. Research shows that the decalogue is a collection of man made ordinances not even originating among the Jews. Thus it has the same i divine sanction as the laws of Ger- i many. Tne real truth about Jewish .ab- bath laws seems to be that they ey Were d of a e firmly promulgated by the priesthood iocai religion, in oraer to more iirrniv rivet its doctrines upon tne people, so PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE No PorUand-, woodrow Wilson league Is not an aggregation of rowers, . Now that we have given thanks, let's et busv on rhru,ma hnr,ninir. 01 oeame. naving learn- d to dano-, i now rprt.. f1 ,h , bernatorlal music. .,. Henry Ford hopes to stop the war before Christmas, but he may have to oe saii-nea wun a year or two rrom cnr"'imas- . . France and Kngland are said to be contemplating some .i e-ir-l i-.n" i r, (V, Balkans. Its always wfse'to prepare people for too great a surprise. The small boy who turned several mice loose In a Portland movie thea ter thought out a good scenario but failed to get the hosiery filmed. It is not probable that the Baker county rancher who killed his three business reserses has bettered hid prospects. Francisco. a The nation's postal savings depowits Increased more than ten per cent dur ing October showing that people other than munition makers are accumulat ing money. Judge Cunning, of Baker, having an- nounced tnat arier ueceinuei i- --drunks" will be given jail sentences expiring New Year's day. there may be some cunning off as well as on the bench at Baker. . i .-. I TUL Kl fllNlfllvllf. I i l i a v ' iwii William C. Ward in Commerce and Finance November li. The financial situation in the United fortified each day by I the establishment of symmetry among i its parts. The steel industry stands nn so normal a basis that it was able j clearings continue to be reported closfcj . record flumes, and every new m- r raa a In surplus Is properly balanced by an increase in loans. .Money is neither being hoarded nor wasted. j;Ven the stock market has thrown off tne war spen. Bonds are being bought t steadilv rising prices, despite heavy .he widenrad sa.lS II Ulll il'jiuciu ci ' w - - - ... . - . 1 . 1. nAn.,rl,la .1 r A 1 1 A Ifl 1.1161 II 1 .1 I 19 li V II P - " I IUC " -- depreciate. The only one-siaed eie- 1crlt in the entire commercial struc- fnr(, is the foreign trade, ana me one Between the movement of arraln from the northwest ana tne coniui- uea congestion of traffic at Atlantic 8euboara points, railroad facilities are taxed to the utmost. Baltimore & ; Ohio reports handline; the greatest traffic )n its history. Idle equipment js at its lowtr.t since .November 15, i9i3. Since September 1. 85,812 new freight cars have been contracted for, ,,H .... railroads are no :r inquiring for 000 more. But it is not only in the matter of equipment tbjtfthe car r'er- find their facilities inadequate. I Around Chicago railroad labor is to 'scarce that $2.25 a day is being offered for work which commanded only $1.75 one month ago. ; The October reports published last ' week show continued Improvement. Great Northern s earnings are up $1. OS2.000. Bu in view of the grain movement, that was to be expected. The most noticeable feature in the whole railway situation is the sharp gains amonK the southern roads. I-. & N. reported earnings up $441,468 ; Southern. $443,177; Mobile & Ohio, $129,825. The Gain for alt the lines reporting to Dun's was 7.7 per cent over September earnings. These changes, it must oe remem bered, occurred befoie the acute con gestion of traffic in the east devel oped, and before tne gram movement v.", ,,,ih -nvthina- like maximum , ...roport j ons November earnings, L , ' ilwi .,oi,t,!iv. -ni o.r- , , ' s a,nythmg 'we have jeen yet. i "' The withdrawal of quotations for i ;,Q " of the sold-up condition of Ciuquriiuj . ... near delivery oruei- u'iunu .--ocxrvn the steel mills. It was well known that the fiteel Corporation had ac- d ,he oraers its big plants can . afr SO!ne time to come, and "r . t..;u.i.. r n m Qr,i a nrn ... i ., tf,( I win initio " ' - f tr, increase its output capacity. Also . . ,,wn thnt contracts had been I at the rate of 1.000.000 ton8 a JLlf during October. But no one was . ee ""ev.re for the unfilled tonnage j f 1 1 6..45-an In-rease of IV; tL durl'n, the month, which ,"", , a conservative measure of prooati is . ,. ...!,.. i .exce"f . " , .... , . il. . onttre Inilniilrv n im; i i 'i ....... .....v...... echoes of this same condition are heard. Thev point toward a state of affairs similar to the congestion which is now hampering the railroads. Steel mills for instance, actually are be- t .,.,.! t i. oi 1 1 000 tons or nessemer oineis wiinin the last 10 days for making wire pro ducts, releasing lis ov n uiien-ucui m t carac'tv for the mar.ufactute of spe- Hal steel- Tor forging and other pur- poses. This seeming paradox is really nothimr more nor less man a tenet- that the priests and rulers might re tain their rank and power. The pur pose of present Sunday laws is not essentially different. Rest is not the real object of these laws. Because of a senseless iiHioitn. e.. -- - belief and a practical indif lerence to .....i.a. insistence upon a u. ctm.ru vnes; anu uicsr j u ---- - - ' sired ' in the vain. houethat cutting people off from other Sunday recrea- I INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY Chicago That business on railroads is gaining rapidly is - i imcrirlin Pa'l. t reriecieu in . - -- I way association's report of .'6,2?9 I ..--,i. ears on November 1 wornlus cars on ixovemner ! among lines in the United States, a decrease of 52,060 cars com i . pared with the October 1 report, i It s only a few months ago tha! Sthe car 200.000. . Comp ear surplus wan uio.c man omplalnts of car snortage . f I f from all parts of the country ' f a I T r , J v are increaiing. m coin n roads have Issued orders to pre- ent their cars from going east. & AND NEWS IN BRIEF UnuuUM Bi.ju.iun.s , A band Is belnir recruited at Ores- cr.nt. Klamath county, as an extension ot the school work, and to be under the control and dlrectionor tne teacner. j . . . . ,,,, t.ii- waVbuildinV ctlvlUe; in central Or-: vloe presldent-of the TortUnd lTcs gon. the Burns Cmnerc!al club hos . club. been revived and reorganization Is In, anJ no ollc pver ,r.Hti -if a tli'.rd progress. t 0 vice president do anything getting a..--l mnr. laree two story brl(k!nlm "llo trouble. business buildings are to be erected at 1 Joseph in earlv spring, the Hera d savsana inai me ii-wr, .v. ....... hiilliuna boom next summer Is excep- i tionally good. A dramatic club lias been organized , at Hood River, and the News says that i while some of the younger ranchers nre relaxing from the arduous duties of the ranch thev will "grace the foot- , lights and furnish what promises i" , excellent entertainment for the cv- , pedant public.'' a T...iil. minimi oti:1,,lrd vk"' l"esl,le..t the reservation constituted an at trac- j tion at the 11 esby terlan church tt Pendleton lant Sundav evening. Tlpi members of the trio were Allnj Patawa. Jim Bninliart and Rev. J. M. j Cornelison. Parsons Motanlc was nt ! Freewater. Sundav. and sang at the I service conducted bv Rev. K. W. Wat-I rlngton. ti,. .-....- ,.i.,.! Corvallls Is headquarters h fur longevity i ill llrounn 'nhAtu In u u vino u:l v M the Courier, "that men grow old only in years in t'orallls. It Is also said there are more men over ftu years "II in thin city than any plaep ofrf liko population in the ftate. Kev. I. . i Moses is one of the notable hiiiiir men who Is Hearing the 90 niileston-. yet but few would Judge him to be over 85." . . , . a IM H WS llf- A W r H K h tion of the cooperation going on among 'he mills .In an effort to use steel eco nomically and make what is admit tedly an inadequate supply go as far as possible. Foreign trade continues to roll up the bnlance against Kurope. Last week J64,28fi,0uti worth of niercliandlse weni aoroaa, ana jsu.jij.uiiu wonn was Imported. Both Items were eon siderably below the average of recent , weeks. The unusually large quantity of; foodstuffs going out of the country' at present does not consist only of hih ami oiner mniue. r.inn sales of meats and provisions by the Chi-: (ago packers average over a million jounds a day, and a 10.000,000 pound i week is not rare. The average of such exports is between two and three times as large as normally, notwith standing that the Austro-Ucrman trade, which used to equal from one- fourth to one-third the total, has ceased altogether. Among bulk ship ments, oil. too, looms large. Since the closing of the Panama canal, most of this trade has been diverted through New York. Beginning with November 10 express trains carrying 750. OOo gal lons of petrol for export, leave the California oil fields daily over the Santa Ke for Chicago and New York Bank clearings in the principal . liles totaled $4.641,820,759 - slightly below, the turnover of last week, but nearly double that of the corresponding week last year and about 30 per cent greater than in 1913. Member banks of the New York Clearing House association report sur plus: reserves up, $4,7 14,870 to $192, M5,T70, Loans and discounts ex panded $26,037,000 to $3,1 12,711,000; deposits Increased $42,59,.)00 to .'!. 3H4.04f.000, and circulation diminished 1 $695,000. a a The money market ruled easy IhsI week. Funds on call were nominally 2 per cent, ranging between that fig ure and 1H- Most loans were made at 4. Time money was obtainable with freedom, but stock market perform ances caused Industrial collateral to be under close scrutiny. The rate whs 1 per cent with Hn additional to Hj per cent where "all industrial" collateral was offered. .Mercantile paper was in good demand but was confined rather narrowly to names whose credit was unquestionable. Rates were: 2 (i 4 for 60 to 90 days, endorsed, and 3 ft 3 '4 for 4 to 6 months, ringle names. a a The federal reserve hanks qjiiied $3,000,000 In total reserves and $;,7o0, 000 in gold reserves, while deposit In creased $13,300,000. A net gain of $2,100,000 in gaining assets is snown over the preceding, week's figures. Increasing the ratio of these assets to paid In capital from 138 to 142 per cent. Holdings of com mercial pape.- have increased $fi57,oOO. 'i he total amount of federal reserve rotes outstanding is $ 1 79,30'i.O0O. against which arents hold $163,100,000 : in sold, $16,700,000 in commercial paper and $100,000 tn lawful money. , The circulation of the banks Is given at. $1 56.SOO.000, the net liability on ac count of which i.i $13,007,000. j Additional British rredlts and the (ompletlon o." the Italian loun so clar- ', '.fled the atmospheie of the foreign exchange market that sterling and lire moved within relatively narrow limits, exhibiting., gratifying strength. Also some $10,000,000 In American secur ities which arrived on board the Saint ,onis imparted an uddltional rigidity ; to London bills. Demand sterltr.iT ranged between 4 6Ii on M jmlaj to 4.65- on Hatur- day. Francs, however, were weak, cheques sagging toward the rleptem her low record f 6 to the dollar. Scandinavian exchange, on the other hand, developed pronounced strength. ! kronor cheques advancing sharply from 26.2'J to 26.90 Amsterdam, too, contii.ued stiong. with guilder he L.s seuing hi t-- Hon-: will bring them perforce lo church, and thus assist a waning re ligious belief to reassert it influi n e. Sunday laws ot all kinds are evident ly an attempt to fasten upon a com munity by punitive law, a religion . j system); and whether the system lie good, or medium, U''h an attempt Is both arrogant and contemptible, and deserves to fail. W F. FARGO. An Amphibious flattleground. From the Christian Herald. The northern part of Babylonia Is generally dry dining the greater part of the year. The lower part, near the Junction or the rivers. Is generally a great malarial swamp overgrown with reeds, ln the springtime one may tail almost anywhere across the country from the Tigris to the Euphrates, anj in the dry season great herds of cam els, buffaloes, donkeys, sheep and goats graze over the same place. Thin expra'lns why the war reports describe two battles between the British and the Turks, one a naval battle, the other a land battle, and both fought in precisely the same place. One was when the waters overflowed the val ley; the other when the land was dry. But even in thedryestof atanona there are great mulshes in lower Meso potamia, and the British; soldier who spends a season among them will probably burn and shiver the remain der of his Ufa away with malaria. 'onceover ; L Y RtX LAMPMAN ESTERDA Y I told 1 thlnga for which ru but of course I them all. a few of th I wan tliank couldn't tell thankful -in ej jror cause I Instance I'm was recently flected third eXcept the third of H rauroad vice pii-Mlilcnt -or an Insurance ( 1 in pa i but of course 1 1 1 o K)t bin PM . ., . ' . , , TJ And a third l c president--of i press club no fnr as 1 inn find out haen't anything to do . ' - " thinks 111 make a gm.,1 one. ! V And the rcaNon I thnt ;i genera) ult- js -,, harinle-s " ,ldt '"' husn t got gh an- thorlty -to do nnv hai ni fj And I suggest --that somebody stop the European war. "! "ke all the k.ngs thud ' nd keel) them thul w a . 51 And lat nlglit - when I aM tiiUd vice presidentlng around - - up at the Pros club - I heard a utot -iiinnit i.eorga Smlttnn who gets all tin- tonnage for the tlreat Northern. - -and keeps the road going. - Mini keeps the toi kliohh y fi.n-1 worrying. -a nd r ei thing. 51 And he went to San I'ran iMo - on the steamer tlreat Noitliern - to see the fair. I ! And there was a si": in nil ie j way down. j and ieorge was arniid of grlilm; ; sick. ! -And someone told him -of h sn- remedy or precaution or KOtnet hlng. ; er Anvwuv if ..n .mi it woJiidn'( HAn1 (l'"'Ke said he'd m it. and as scon us ln'-4"l on tho l-iat he pu ked out h hlg roi kind; chair. mid pi.lled his coal collar up mid his hat ip.w n - - and put his ihair ro.sstv ine of the si In. Ami cvcM time one wide cytim Up- lie I ocked fill w al d. - and when the other side citne up he i in Ui -d hat k. And thus prcf.er rd mi -i 1 1 1 1 1 1 rl u in- or kepi a horizontal or something - - all t lie n5 . (. VniJ ho une saw lulu leave the eh, 1 1 r. And ",.-oiK" Siivs there's nothing like n rocking clour - - w lien sai I i ng sailing over (ha boundln g main hut 1 LISTEN on the return trip (leorge sat iu an Shasta Limited. easy (. hair- on t he "Homely women," Jayt the Candid Grouch of the Ximai City Times, "have no right to t" ntimant&l, and when they are, I bate 'am." RUDYARD KIPLING WRITES FOR THE SUNDAY JOURNAL Rudyard Kipling visited the British "Grand Fleet" not long ago, and his observations form the basis for a series of articles on the British navy, the first of which will he published in The Sunday Journal November 28. WHY SOLDIERS DIE UNAFRAID The futurists or realists in art tind in the rush and smash of armed action the most thrilling emotion in the world. An article in The Sunday Journal Magazine next Sunday is illustrated by a reproduction of their pictorial ideas in which one can sense the desperate abandon tliat sends men to death without a j.ualm. IF A BODY MEET A BODY This is another Jack l.ait story that everyone will enjoy reading. Lait's facile pen is producing a line of matter that is fast gaining wide popularity among the read ers of The Sunday Journal who discern in these stories a new note that is refreshing and a realism that bespeaks an unfailing power of observation. NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS The Sunday Journal school page is making more friends every week. It aims to chronicle what is going on in Portland's public schools. Personal mention predominates and e'very effort is I made to report the every day J events in this hroad educational fitlJ. FEATURES FOR MATRON AND MAID Madame Qui Vive's dress sug gestions are accepted as authori tative by those who know what's what in dress. (Her style notes include a variety of subjects that interest every woman. Lillian Russell's Sunday chat on personal efficiency hits home. They aie chock full of common sense and appeal to all. Dorothy Dolan's page for the housewife in The Sunday Journal magazine has suggestions a plenty to make the daily housekeeping routine the more pleasant. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL .Complete in five news sections, 'magazine and comic section. Five cents the copy everywhere, r NEXT SUNDAY "The Biggest Five Cents , Worth in Type"