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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY. DECEMBER, 13 1915, '
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America asks nothing for her
self but .what she has a right to
ask forJhumanity Itself.
VOOSROW WILSON.
Heaven's eternal wisdom has
decreed that man should ever
stand iiJ need of man. The
ocritus SS-
WITH UXCLEAX HAXBS
THERE Is a threat by the rail
road to continue the litigation
over the grant lands.
There is insistence by the
railroad that it can hold the lands
.Indefinitely, perhaps never sell them
at alL
The best thing the railroad can
do, is to act the gentleman In this
graat land business. It can liti
gate If it wants to, but so can the
government. For instance, the su
preme, court derision plainly inti
mates that suits may be brought to
recover on the lands sold by the
raDroad in violation of the- terms
Of the erant art.
Under the supreme court decis
ion, there is no question that in
ut 'nrrwdinry hrniiht tn rorove.-
the ereat sums illegally obtained
on these lands, the railroad wonld
be compelled to disgorge. If the
mmttanv inefcto rn V i n i n t moor.
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boot it, ita mood will be recog
nized and the people may presently
demand that the government repay
it In kind.
If the company insists on con
tinuing to hold the grant lands ln
defiaitely, it will touch off a pub
lic sentiment that will by and b7
become the biggest anti-railroad
Storm thin Ktatn hna sppn Tha
people are fast coming to know
that the sole interest of the rail
road In the grant lands is J2.50
per acre, and that the public owns
the remainder.
'There was an organized attempt
10 oecioua tne decision in order to
five the railroad more than be-
.y 1 l . VV UiV L i -
ton's Interpretation of the supreme
court decision has upset that plan.
The program of farther fooling the
people out of their rights in the
grant may as well be given up first
as last, for it cannot succeed.
"Midnight resolutions" and "con-
M - ,, . .
icre-.ro resolutions nave all failed,
and the issue is now squarely pre
sented. The railroad is entitled to
$2.50 an acre, and no more.
The railroad does not appear in
its contentions and threats with
clean hands. Plain persons are
serving time in the Oreeon nni-
tentiarv for atfen
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- - fcuu uiicuuiug ui tue cor
poration. It set every term of the
grant act at naught. It snnrnei
every provision in the contract. It
is not in position to dictate terms
of peace or compromise.
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ia uui m uusiuon to noirt out
of settlement hnnrlrwla rr tvnn.
EtLuiiH or k'ran r lanna mat tha
Til ft wnnr sottlnH onH n-ont n
Ue. The people want a reversal
of the policy by which the railroad
has long illegally held thu Un.io
tti U1CU Will.
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-v jji uijuoais aim lurcaia now maae
by. railroad lawvera.
BOYS' BOOKS
TAi-iinAra some or our nervons
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m ; two judi a. Kuiinn rnn
' TTIHfiS flVPF "Krwilro tn.
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-iney are so fearful lest the vounsr-
'f RfPrH ' B-Pt hriM nf Via r? K-.T, T. .
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' them nothing but the goody-goody
trash which is worse than dime
i novels. Bovs
and - make fairly good men for
wau7 tcmurrea Deiore mere were
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dj - vvvi uwao win. tea ior
T nOTTT . lir f 1 i Iran WamII tll
,; T- i vmv u J4V1LUCQ
'.was. of the opinion that the best
;-way 4o provide reading for a boy
was to turn him loose in a biz
iioraxy ana let mm 6airt ior him
eelf. Some undesirable Btuff might
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V.alhJuft AAA VV USUUH UUfc flf WQUiU
Blough it off without my particu
Iar harm.
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: or. aaTcasure. n me aaventure u
t agtnatloa does not stand for cruel
(X but for activity and excitement,
the prime necessities for the yean
between twelve and twenty-one.
At present It appears that a
flood of "ser books" has been
poured oat for the big boys to de
vour. Nothing could be worse for
them. Professor Bearson of the
Kansas Agricultural college says
"Diamond Dick" and "Jesse James"
would be a great deal more whole
some. Infinitely more, say - we.
The less boys of adolescent age
think about sex the better for
them. Certain facta they must
team in order to avoid certain
frightful perils, but when that is
accomplished the sooner the sub
ject is dropped the better. These
unwholesome books are,- of coarse,
eagerly devoured but they are poi
sonous. Any oy who reads them
much, is spoiled for usefulness In
a world which demands first of all
health in mind and body.
THE PRIZE TRIUMPHANT
BT LONG odds, the greatest
prize taken at the late Pan
ama exposition was the grand
prize for forage crops. Tt
was awarded to Oregon.
Beside it, all other prizes dwin
dle into comparative insignificance.
The forage crops are the grains
and grasses. They are the funda
mentals. They axe the basic struc
ture on which agriculture rests
and on which civilization itself
rests.
They are the farm. All the
other farm products are inciden
tals. The others mount to a colos
sal total and are important. Live
stock has its place, but the grain3
and grasses are the structure on
which livestock rests. Orchard
production has its place, but it is
a mere episode in comparison with
forage crops. The European armies
can be sustained on forage crops
but not on fruits.
Dairying has Its great place !n
human affairs. But back of the
dairying and supporting it, are
grains and grasses. Back of every
thing and upholding everything
are the forage crops, the support
and sustenance of the world.
There was a keen struggle for
tho grand prize for the forago
crops. Australia, New Zealand,
Argentine and Brazil among the
foreign countries, and Washing
ton, California and others among
the American states were aggres
sive and covetous contestants. It
was a contest that because of tho
recognized significance of the
award loomed above all other ri
valries. To Oregon, the coveted distinc
tion fell. To Oregon was accorded
the signal honor of having pro
duced the finest grains and grasses,
even in competition against all the
regions of the earth.
What greater testimonial for a
proud American state!
MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS
THE "moonlight schools" which
were first tried in the Ten
nessee mountains by an en
terprising schoolma'am, have
found their way into Oklahoma and
Kansas. It is wonderful what a
way good things have of spreading
over the face of the earth. The
moonlight schools were a sort of
continuous Chautauqua held for
grown-ups In the district school
houses of remote regions where
books were scarce and ideas dull.
But the young woman who first
started them found, somewhat to
her surprise, that the seemingly
stupid mountaineers were really
hungry for instruction. They
wanted to know things. Their in
tellectual barrenness was not vol
untary. It had been forced upon,
them by their surroundings. So
when the moonlight schools were
opened they flocked Tn grandpa.
Aunt Hannah and the baby, to eat
the bread of life.
The schools were for adult peo
ple, though we do not suppose the
young folks were ever excluded.
The school at Bartleville in Okla
homa has fourteen pupils, pretty
nearly all married and one of
them over forty years old. Two
sessions are held a week, both of
course at night so that people can
come after the day's work is over.
The night sessions gave occasion
for the name "moonlight schools."
For some eager pupils they might
perhaps better be called sunlight
schools.
One of the most hopeful charac
teristics of current education is its
tendency to take hold of the
"grown-ups." The great Chau-
Lauijua iiutis i li luis uiicvliuu. 1 lie
extension courses of the colleges
are in truth "moonlight schools" to
which adults and elderly people
are welcomed. We are beginning
to understand that there is no
point in life where" education need
stop. A healthy mind Is receptive
to knowledge down to the verge
of the grave. When the brain
closes its doors to new thought
and seals them up, death has really
conquered us. The burial is a
mere ceremony which counts for
little or nothing.
THE GATENS DECISION
IN THE Doty case Judge Gatens
held that the lUbillty law ap
plied not to employers and em
ployes alone, but to the general
public as well.
The facts In the case were that
the deceased man was in the em
ploy of a lumber company, - by
whose mill the tracks of the South
ern Pacific ran. While in tho
course of his duties about the mill
be had occasion to cross the rail
road' tracks and was there struck
by a fast moving train.
It. was claimed that the railroad
company was . negligent in not
keeping In repair a signal device
which was Installed near at hand,
and on which the employes of the
lumber company had become ac
customed to rely, and that these
facts brought the case within the
liability law, which says that every
person in charge of work involving
risk or danger to the public, shall
maintain every device, care and
precaution practicable to use for
the protection of life and limb. M
If Judge Gatens' decision U up-
ield. by the supreme court a very
wide new field for -the -application
of the liability law will be opened.
Streetcar companies, railroads; in
fact, all persona engaged in oc
cupations involving any element
of danger, not only to their pat
rons and employes, but to the gen
eral public as well, will come with
in the act, which is recognized as
one of the most stringent of its
kind in the country.
ETIQUETTE AND GORE
THERE is more bloodshed on
present day European battle
fields than there was two or
three hundred years ago, but
there is a great deal less etiquette.
This charming art reached its
highest military development In
the age of Louis Le Grand, king
of France and aspirant to world
dominion in his day. Many of his
battles, like those of contemporary
warriors, were fought in Flanders. !
It illustrates the gorgeous cere
monial of war in that age to re
member that one of his young
nobles, the Due de Saint Simon,
joined the army accompanied by
his tutor, his equerry and a train
of thirty-five horses and mules to
carry his equipment.
At the battle of Landen, which
followed in due time, the noble
Due commanded a regiment and
it must have been an inspiring
eight to the soldiers to behold him
Btanding gallantly at their head
accompanied by his tutor, his
equerry, his valet and five grooms
with led horses. We know what
the extra horses were for, Eince
even in those days accidents hap
pened in battle, but the other at
tachments seem to have been pure
ly ornamental.
The tutor's horse ran away with
him when the firing became hot
and barely missed carrying the
poor fellow Into the enemy's lines,
but he was headed off iu the nick
of time by a trooper amid the
laughter of the French nobles who
suspended their warlike exertions
during the episode. Toward the
end of the day the Due wished to
change horses, but by that time
his tutor and equerry had both
fled to the rear and nobody could
be found worthy to hold his stir
rup. The wretched youth might
have been compelled to walk all
the way back to his tent but fot
a bold groom who took hold of
the stirrup In spite of etiquette
and helped him onthe horse's
back.
War had some form to it InH
those days. It was not thought
necessary to forego the comforts
of civilized life during the cam
paign and if men must kill on;
another they did It politely with
all the accompaniments of good
breeding. Comparing the art of
war as it existed then with Its
present rude, not to say dirty, con
dition, we are obliged to admit
that, from the point of view of the
dftwing room and boudoir, it has
deteriorated.
TABLOID FOOD
THERE is nothing new or
startling in the report from
Berkeley that "tabloid food"
is something of a failure.
Professor Jaffa of the California
university, who has been making
some experiments with these mor
sels of condensed nutriment, finds
that in the long run his students
do not thrive on them. They seem
to satisfy hunger at first but, as
workmen say, they "do not stick
to the ribs." A man can not do
his day's work upon them with
any comfort. The students who
lent themselves to Professor Jaf
fa's experiment lost weight and dur
ing the university drill hour they
suffered from "that tired feeling"
rather more than is usual among
brisk young men. The tabloids
were relished pretty well hy those
who ate them but they failed to
come up to the requirements of
an adequate diet.
Experiments conducted years
ago in some of the European
armies yielded substantially the
same results. The tabloids prom-1
ised great things but were a little
disappointing in fulfillment. Sol
diers could not live upon them and
do their work any more than the,
California university students.
The failure consis, no in any
deficiency of nutriment, but in the
lack of what stockmen call "rough
age," which is aa essential to the
health of human 'beings as to cat
tle. The inner works of our bodily
machine lapse Into hopeless indo
lence unless they are stimulated
by bulky foods.
Some persons need a great deal
of bulk, or roughage, in their diet.
Others thrive upon less, but every
body needs it to some extent. The
fad of the day is to provide it in
the form of wheat bran, which is
excellent and agrees with almost
everyone. But fruit often serves
the purpose just as well, provided
people are not too delicate about
eating It.
In order to"-get the effect of
"roughage" from grapes and ap
ples, for instance it is reqpislte to
swallow some of the seeds and
skins. It used to bo-thought that
grape seeds and the like causeJ
appendicitis, but since that dread
disease became fashionable the doc
tors have decided to confer upon
It a less plebeian origin. It Is
fairly certain that a person who is
destined to have appendicitis will
have It whether he swallows seeds
or not
AMERICA'S' ENLARGING
OPPORTUNITY
Befora ttta Chamber of Ootmnerca of Oo
tambua. Ohio. PraaWtoat WUaoa dl!rrd a
moat remarkable addrea laat Friday eonern
lcg the relation which tha United State muat
b coualderad to auataln to the othar powaa
of Uia arth, with aapeelal reference to tha
era that will follow the clnea of tha wax In
Europe. Krora thia addreaa are taken tha
alrlkluf paaaafea which are reproduced below.
BY WOODROW WILSON.
IN THE early years of the, republto
we felt ourselves more a, part of
the general world th&o we have
felt since then. Down to the war of
1812 the seas were full of American
ships. American enterprise was
everywhere In American commerce
when we were a little nation, and yet
now that w are a great nation, tha
seas are almost bare of our shipa.
The truth is, that after the war of
1812 : we seem to have deliberately
chosen to be provincial, to shut our
selves In upon ourselves, exploit our
own resources for our own benefit
rather than for the benefit of the
rest of the world, and we did not re
turn to address ourselves to foreign
commerce until our domestic develop
ment had so nearly 'burst Its Jacket
that there wVs no strait-Jacket in,
which it could be confined.
Moreover, during this period th!-
very interesting- thing; happened, that
American business men were so in
terested to be protected against the
competition of other business men in
other countries that they proceeded
by organization to protect themselves
against each other and engaged in the
politics of organization rather thxn
in the statesmanship of enterprise.
Organization Is necessary to poli
tics and It is necessary to. business
but the object of organization ought
not to be exclusive; it ought to be
efficiency. It can never be legiti
mate when it is intended, for hostile
competitive purposes.
"American business has altered Its
point of view, and in proportion as
It has altered its point of view It has
gained in power and momentum. I
Save sometimes heard exhortations lo
the effect that politics ought not to
be injected into business. It is Just
as Important that you should not
inject business into politics, because
so far as the business of this coun
try Is concerned there ought not be
any politics.
I do not know how many men came
to mj and suggested that- the gov
ernment of Mexico should be altered
ae we thought it ought to bealtered,
tut being a subscriber to lEJhe doc
trine of the Virginia bill of rights,
I dould not agree with Tn'em. The
Mexicans may not know what to do
with their government, but that le
none of our business, and so long as
I have the power to prevent It, no
one shall "butt in" to alter It for
them.
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Now those bills of rights say some
things that are very pertinent to busi
ness. They assert the absolute equal-v
Ity of right on the part of Indi
viduals to access to opportunity. That
Is the reason I am opposed to mo
nopoly, not because monopoly doei
not produce; some excellent result
of a kind, but because it is Intended
to shut out a lot of people who
ought not to be shut out. I believe
the genius of America to be thai
the common man should be consulted
as to how he Is rovemed, and should
be riven the same opportunity with
every other man under his govern
ment. I am for the average man.
The country consists of him. The
man who Is above the average uses
him. and ought to respect his in
strument a a
It looks as if in the days of re
construction and recuperation, which
are ahead of Europe, we would have
to do many of the most important
things whieh hitherto have been done
through European instrumentality;
therefore it is imperative that no im
pediments should be put in the way
of commerce with the rest of the
world. You cannot sell unless you
buy.
Credit is a spontaneous thing. Its
excursions ought not to be personally
conducted. There have been times in
this country when the expeditions of
credit were personally conducted.
There are times when there are
limited circles in the eastern portion
of our great country who thought
they knew more about business In
the other parts of the country than
the people who live In those parts
of the country. I always doubted
them. I know now that they did not.
The vision of democracy that I
have is that you must not 'be pre
sumptious enough to determine b--'
forehand where the vitality is going
to come from. The beauty of a
democracy Is that you never can tell
when a youngster is born what he is
going to do, and that, no matter how
humbly he is born, no matter where
he is born, no matter, what circum
stances hamper him at the outset. Ik
has got a chance to master the minds
and lead the imaginations of tha
whole country. That Is the beauty
of democracy, that you don't before
hand pretend to pick out the vital
centers, but they pick themselves out.
I like to think that the youngsters
row playing somewhere, perhaps In r
gutter, are some time or other goin
t.-. atanrl ut and sneak ths vni. ., -
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America for all the world to hear.
So I want you to share with me
thia vision of the future of American
business of a cosmopolitan spirit," of
a spirit of enterprise out of which
the old timidity has gone.. For you
will have to admit, gentlemen, that
American business men have been
timid. They have constantly run to
Washington and said: "It looks like
rain; for God's sake give us shelter."
There Is genius enough In this coun
try to master the enterprise' of the
world, and it ought not to ask odds
of anybody. I would like to have
the thrilling pride of realising that
there was nobody In America who was
afraid to match his wits with the
world.
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- The characteristic American com
munity for a long time was the fron
tier community made on the spot
and made according to the local pat
tern. So that when I hear Americans
begging to be assisted by authority,
I wonder where they were born. For
America now may make peaceful con
quest of the world. When the pres
ent great conflict In Europe is over,
the world Is going to wear a dif
ferent aspect. I don't believe there
is going to be any patched up peace.
I believe that thoughtful men of every
country of every sort will Insist when
we get peace agin we shall have
guarantees and that will remain and
that the Instrumentalities of Justice
will be exalted above the instrumen
talities of force.
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I believe that the spirit which has
hitherto reigned in the . hearts of
Americans and in like people every-
'where in the world will assert itself
once for all in international affairs
and that if America preserves her
poise, her self-possession, her atti
tude of friendliness toward the world,
she may have the privilege, whether
in one form or another, of being the
mediating Influence by which theo
things may be induced.
I am not now speaking of gov
ernmental mediation. I haven't that
In mind at all. I mean that spiritual
mediation. I mean the recognition of
the world that here is a country that
has always wanted things done thai
way and whose merchants when they
carry their goods will carry their
Ideals along with them and that this
spirit of give and take, this spirit
of winning success only by havin
better goods and better brains and
better training will through their in
fluence spread the more rapidly to
the ends of the world. That Is what
I mean by the mediating influence
which I think American commerce
will exert.
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So I call on you and' men like you
throughout the United Stales to ap
ply your minds to your business as
if you were building up for the world
a great constitution of the United
States; as if you were going out in
the spirit of service and achievement
the kind of achievement that come?
only through service, the kind of
achievement which is statesmanship,
the statesmanship of those arrange
ments which are most serviceable to
the world.
Letters From the People
(ComnaDicatlona fent to The Jnornal for
publlcitioo In thia depart men t aboold be writ
ten no only on tide ot the paper, tbould ixt
hwM :iuo worda in length and muit ba e
compunled by the nsma and addreaa of tbe
aander. If tbe writer doe not dealrr to bar
the name published, ha should so. state.)
"DIctM1on tt tba rreateat of all reformer.
It rationalise erything tt touch r. It roha
principles of sll false tauctlty and Uircws tbeta
back on their reasonableness. If they b-a no
rvfaonableness, it ruthlessly crushes them out
of eiUteoi-e and set up It own roocluaioru
In their staad." Woodrow Wilson.
A Very Useful Vegetable.
St. Johns, Or., Dc. 8. To the Editor
of The Journal Some time ago I read
an article in your paper about a cer
tain kind of garden pea that could
used the same as string beans. In 18C9
I raised the same kind of pea in Mis
souri and I can say they are splendid.
My neighbor raised the same here In
Bt. Johns two years ago. One can eat
the peas and hulls and then feed the
vines to cows. A REAJJKR.
Tonnage of War Craft.
Portland, Dec 10. To the Editor of
The Journal A morning newfi.-s.per
prints the following as the tonnage of
United States warships which have vis
ited Portland harbor: Battleship Wy
oming, 1613 tons; cruiser Marbleheiad,
640 tons; cruiser Boston, 1378 tons;
cruller Charleston, 3500 tons; gunboat
Yokntown, 1710 ton--; cruiser Mary
land, 3953 tons; battleship Oregon,
3354 tons; cruiser St. Louis, no ton
nage; cruiser South Dakota. 4050 toni.
Are these correct? SUBSCRIBER.
The tonnage of a battleship is esti
mated on a basis of displacement and
not, as In the case of a vessel of the
merchant marine, on gross or net ton
nage. The tonnage of the following
warships, based on displacement. Is as
follows: Wyoming, 3218; Marble-head.
2089; Boston, 302o; Charleston, 9700;
York'town, 1710; Maryland, 13.680; Ore
gon, 10.2S8; St. Luis, 9700; South Da
kota, 13,680
Joshua ami the Suii.
Ashland. Or., Dec. S. To the Kditor
of The Journal The article in the
magazine section of The Sunday Jour
nal giving an account of the sun stand
ing still at the command of Joshua is
somewhat misleading and not altogeth
er correct. We all seem to persist in
misreading scripture. N'o wonder there
are so many skeptics.
The sun did not stand stilL Joshua
never commanded it to do so and tho
Bible never said It did. Notwithstand
ing, Professor 'Totten of Yale, clalmi
to have figured out tbe exact date ard
moment when the phenomena occurred.
So far as this earth is concerned
the sun already stands still and it is
not among the possibilities that Joshua,
even with his superhuman power,
could control elements so far away as
the sun is from the earth, and had
the earth ceased for a moment to re
volve on its axes gravitation would
have been upset, as well as the har
mony of the solar system.
The ' three verses quoted. plainly
state that the passage is a quotation
from the book of Jashur, which was a
book of poems written by Moses" sister
Miriam to commemorate the escape of
the children of Israel out of Egypt, and
the whole story is a figure of speech
like the expression, "Let not the
sun do down on your wrath."
The original does not admit of the
1 1JO- "ui iu siiiinesa or
IJ. . . a . am At ..111. .
rxjuietude.
The entire chapter from which, the
article quotes is hard, dry history, ex
cept verses IS, It and 14, which are
pure poetry, and could readily be omit
ted without ka any way disturbing the
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
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Auatrians are using weeping gases,
but the world doesn't need them.
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Tardy Christmas shoppers will soon
be afraid to look at the calendar.
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Of course Astoria's new vehicle tax
ordinance does not Include baby car
riages. With sand sellinr at 50 cents a ton.
there is small excuse for Portland's
weak-kneed.
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The California preacher who wants a
wife willing to be a missionary may
realize the need of that sort of wife.
Oregon Christmas trees will carry
Oregon's cheer into California which
is almost aa commendable as gladden
ing the hearts of Belgians.
The land grant conference has been
called a failure. But it brought the
land grabbing Issue squarely before
the people iu its true light. The word
"failure" is hardly appropriate.
"Law is only a record of achieve
ment; Christianity is the only force
that can transform life," sa-the pres
ident. It is something for church peo
ple, as well as others, to think about.
Judge Stevenson thinks that an au
tomobile driver who admits drinking
16 glasses of beer In one evening
snouid nave at least five days In Jail.
The principle that a man Is entitled to
his just deserts seems to be estab
lished. a
"Portland is not a big hog. but rather
a big brother to the rest of the state."
says Manager Hardy of the Chamber
or commerce, such Delng the case,
Portland really ought to live up to its
classification of itself in the animal
kingdom.
HENRY FORD'S INTENTION
From the Detroit News.
Henry Ford is today the chief fig
ure of the American peace propaganda,
but in some quarters his designs seem
to be the subjects of misunderstand
ing, and even ridicule. This, perhaps,
was inevitable. In view of the novelty
and direct na-sa of the Detroiter's ac
tivities. The world has not been ac
customed to have its greater problemc
considered In so simple a way, nor so
confidently tackled.
Mr. Ford's designs are, in fact, very
plain. They consist, first, in efforts
to advertise peace. When you stop to
think of It. peace is the most de tired
and least advertised commodity in the
world. Nowhete can a suggestion
of possible peace raise Its head, with
out being attacked by belligerents and
neutrals alike. Belligerents suppress
newspapers that dare speak of peace.
Partisan neutrals have other methods
of suppression, and even the mothers
and widows of belligerent countries are
bo embittered by the paasions of wax
that they display rage at the very
thought of suspended hostilities. These
feelings are, of course, understood;
they have the-ir ource in something
very deep in human nature; but they
do Indubitably show to us that peace
is not the thought of the people as
yet, and is not the subject of much
favorable publicity.
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So, by methods well known in Amer
ica, and used with success In every
other field of legitimate propea-anda,
Mr. Ford wishes to get the people talk
ing about peace. He wishes to write
that word in letters of white against
the lurid skyline of Europe. He wishes
to change the current of European
thought, and set it running on the pos
Mblllty of all this bloodshed being
stopped, and the questions at lissue
settled by more humane means. He
wishes mainly to help Europe out of
the mental groove of war thought
which haa been graven so de-eply for
18 months. And this, besides being
simplicity itself, is very reasonable
for what people are led to talk about,
they come in time to think about, and
what they think about thy are in the
way of doing.
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The econd object which Mr. Ford
has in mind is to establish in some
neutral center, near to the caldron of
war, a court of peace, from which may
go out proposals of parley or armistice,
and to which may come In the pro
posals of any of the belligerents. This,
perhaps, has been almofct completely
misunderstood by those who have crit
icised Mr. Ford. It is a complete mis
take to say that "Mr. Ford la going
over there to stop the war." Mr. Ford
is not So fatuous as that. He under
stands the situation in its entirety
trust him for that. But he Is going
to give the war the chance to stop it
self if. as he believes, the time for
text. The three verses quoted were
taken bodily from the Jashur book of
poems and inserted as though the his
torian In recording the deeds of his
people could not refrain from breaking
out in a paean of Joy, for a moment.
If we could bring ourselves to read
the scriptures as they are written.
Instead of bending to tbe surmises or
guesses of prejudiced men of former
generations we should be going far
toward the establishment of perman
ent peace in the world, and Christian
ity would not be a casus belli every
time there Is a misunderstanding
among nations.
We are too fearful lest we be calted
heterodox, when the fact is that those
whom we are wont to follow are the
ones who are? unorthodox a
R. D. RILEY".
Rose Festival Slogans.
St. Johns, Or.. Dec. 8. To the Editor
of The Journal Kindly advise through
your paper when the Rose Carnival
committee will receive slogans for
conit, and at what address.
A SUBSCRIBER.
ifclos;
ana may be pent at any tlm
upAo January 15, 1916. Until the as-
eociation es
tablishes headquarters for
the season, slogans may be sent to
J H. Dundore, in care of Sherman
Clay company. Sixth and Morrison
streets, Portland. Any contestant may
send as many slogans as he likes.
Slogans must not contain more than
eight words.
Ilelating to Portland Traffic.
Gaston. Or, Dec. 8. To the Editor
of The Journal. Please inform me
through the columns of your paper
where I could obtain a copy of the
traffic laws of Portland, and also
Where the office of the Jitney Drivers
union is located.
ROBERT NEUENSCH WANDER.
The traffic ordinances may be ob
tained by applying to the city audi
tor, city haul, Portland, or to the
police department. The Jitney Driv
ers association is affiliated with the
Central Labor Council, and could
doubtless be reached by addressing iu
secretary, in care of Central Labor
council, 162 Second street. Portland.
International Disarmament.
Oregon City, Or., Dec. 10. To the
Editor ofThe Journal. In the Jour
nal of December 7 I find an article
or-i-osing our national preparedness,
written by Benjamin Adams, and while
I am in perfect accord with Mr. Adams
in regard to "international disarma
ment, and permanent peace,' still I
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Ashland's firemen are henceforth to
enjoy a 24 hour holiday per week, and
still get the same pay as for their
previous solid seven days' week.
"Forest Rrnvn" aava the Kewa-
Tlmes, -will close the year 191B wUMX!? uA "t1
many fine improvements to Its credit, finer the snesuh
Among tnese are the numerous cement
sidewalks buiit during the summer and
late fall." '
An association to dispense charity is
in process of organization at Newberg.
The Civic Improvement club, W. C. T.
U.. Women's Relief Corps and other
organizations have been invited to en
ter the association.
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From a nucleus of a few dozen vol
umes donated by members of the Civic
club and their friends, the public li
brary of Estacada has in 2i months
grown to 400. wlt.h a circulation list
of 50 to 75 volumes.
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The Farmers union of Lacomb, with
a membership of 80, has Just com
pleted a fine new hall, which will be
dedicated December 17. The hall is 30
by 60 feet, two stories, and is equipped
with kitchen and dining room.
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Pendleton's municipal Christmas
tree, which on Christmas eve will con
tain a sack of candy for every boy
and girl of IVndieton, will be set in
place at the Intersection of Main and
Court streets and will serve as a part
of the holiday street decorations.
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F. M. Kelsay, a weather prophet
quoted by the Hillsboro Arpus, says
the heavy foliage sign is pat out of
business by the frog sign.. He says
when the frogs keep up a run of con
versation through November he no
tices they are generally in session for
all winter and He does not look for any
extreme cold.
stopping has come. He is to establish
a court whose dignity and good --ill
shall be apparent to all nations. He
is to band the neighborly good will and
ability of the neutral nations Into one
representative body which any or all
belligerents may approach with confi
dence. He is taking what In any ense
would be the first necessary step
toward peace and he Is taking it in
advance, and in faith and hope.
Mr. ord has no plan of nJs own,
no set of terms, by which he hopes
personally to end the war. He has no
cut and dried agreement to thrust
upon the attention of the nations. He
only wishes that the nations would now
give a little of their thought about
possible terms of peace, and then a
little more and a little more, until
the possibility of peace becomes a ris
ing sun on the horizon until the men
tally twisted nations of the war zone
become accustomed to the thought of
peace.
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Herein lie perhaps the most inex
cusable of the misunderstandings of
Mr. Ford's purpose it has been
thought that he had the terms of
peace all written out and folded In his
pocket, with the accuracy and com
pleteness of a tractor diagram. He
has nothing of the sort, and has never
thought of such a thing. He realizes
as well as the very best informed that
peace terms are to be a matter of give
and take, of prolonged discussion and
possible diffef-t-nces but it is the dis
cussion that he wants started; it is
some sort of terms that he wants to
get proposed. He wants to get peace
under way.
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Mr. Ford may succeed or he may fall.
That rests on the lap of the gods.
But' he Is trying trying on a scale
and with a courage which Is new to
this present world situation. And if
he could succeed! If he could succeed,
who would wish him not toT If it
were left to our votes the votes of
the men and women of America would
not our votes b- given for it? The task
that Mr. Ford has undertaken Is color
sal but so is the energy and courage
he has brought to it. If he falls, he
will have failed in the cause of peaco.
If he succeeds, he-will have succeeded
in the cause of God and humanity.
But on thing is beyond the hazards
of success and failure, and thfif is the
fact that here in America are men
who are willing to be called fools for
righteousness' sake, and men who are
willing to lay down all that they have
and are if they could staunch the
world's deep wound. And women, too
we must not forget tliat women
too! For,as the Prince of Peace him
self was cradled In a mother's heart,
so is the peace thought of the world
being cradled on the bosom of tba
divine motherhood In every woman.
do not believe It is the will of God
that we should leave ourselves at the
mercy of any wicked and assigning
nation or nations, who refuse to Join
with us In disarmament, when we are
perfectly able to prepare against In
vasion and thereby save ourselves
from the fate of Belgium and Serbia,
I believe that almost evftry honest
minded person In the United tSates,
and in every other nation, would be in
fax or of international diarmanient, if
we could only fet the voice of the peo
ple. Hut there are some of the leading
men of the different nations who profit
greatly by our present system and will
oppose disarmament with all the force
they can command. These men exer
cise so great an Influence over the
rulers of the different nations that it
is going to require the combined ac
tion of the peace loving people of the
world to overcome the opposition. The
question is. How is the beta -ray to go
at this? It does no good for each one
to say separately that they want Inter
national disarmament. To be sure, this
has an influence, but it will :.ot be ef
fective. One nation cannot go Into
this alone, and the stronger ca h na-
t(nn . n,t.ionai defense end nation.
preraredn-ss. the greater will be Its
Influence in bringing around this much
desired condition, if they will take hold
of it right.
I would -suggest that we call a meet
ing of all persons who are in favor of
international disarmament, and draft a
petition to congress covering the ac
tion we desire It to take on tbls mat
ter, and make arrangements for em
ulating the petition through all the
states, and also through the different
nations, and fix a time for the peti
tions to be sent to the congress- of
each different nation. It lo"ks to me
if we can arxange this matter very
easily, if we call a meeting and get
together and go to work at '.t as we
ought to. Let us hear from those who
want to do something about It.
GEORGE HICINBOTHAM.
. Loyal to the Yelk.
From the Michigan Gargoyle.
Mrs. Jones And is Mrs. Newly wed
a good cook?
Mrs. Smith Her husband claims she
can cook tbe best hard boiled eggs he
ever ate.
There's a Difference.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
We are to be taxed, too, but there
will be a post-war rush here from
Europe to escape taxation If the popu
lation la permitted to ercape.
TonceOveri
- BY FUT-X leVr-TI-f-LAr4
An Important Find.
Abb Arbor kfi-h ii i- n a- a I- a
Trotel. of tha tnl-rersity of Mlcblg-B, has .
returned from tba Bad bands of the Dakota. S
where ba dUcorered a perfect oanUtse i
nine torn of a meanblppos. a three toad bora.
iwurw mil ' Ml li 1 1 T .UUVf.UUlf INfl
ana a partial aaeietno of a KliotllODOa. a i
pot toed buna which UtmI l.OOu.OUU years
'" wvmjuijjpus was rltlnCt.
Tbe pllOhlnpos U the cmrwrllna- link ha. t
tween the HH-sr.tilpf.us ami the mudem bone, 'fJ
Dr. TroxeU'i dlacorery f the plkjijlppoa Is t
the only one on red. Sin-aklna; of tha IA
pliohtppus foeall tonight lir. Troxell as Id:
"It a the blxgest fossil rind In years. It's as
oiscvTery win be exiremei rslusbla t j ' -
-H-ieu-e, ior ii oiaooyer-r win rlesr tap a long i
msm-Toa qnesuon as to nether the pliootppu
had one or Uire toes ou raih hind foot."
Oregouian.
Aha, the pliohippus
At Iaet haa come light!
However fate may gyp us.
At least we've got this right.
Although misfortune trip us.
What matter, now that w-j
Know that the pliohippus
Had but one toe, not three?
Hurrah for you, Doc Troxel!
I wish that you could Bhow
How good stout shoes and sox
Keep warm each little toe.
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I'm thinking, Doc, of Christmas.
And toes that come in fives;
I fear I have strabismus
. Concerning fosslla' lives.
Illustrating How a Word Kay
Chaage Its Meaning la s
Single Oeaeratlaa.
Garth Young, whose father Is
one of the wizard typos of The
Journal composing rules, knows
but little about a lumber camp.
Certainly he knows nothing of con- ,
dltions under which lumbering
was carried on as It was -when his
father was a bov in the east. The
elder Young's memory goes back
to the time when oxen were used
to haul logs out of the woods.
Discussing a traction problem the
other night, the young man was
wondering how manv horsepower
it would take to move a certain
load.
"Horsepower!" paid father.
"Why, so? You couldn't get that
out of there with a yoke of bulls!"
"Huh"' said the younger Young,
"how long since they been yoking
up copaf
POEMS THAT SXSK SOOkTXD.
X.
Tha Defeated BoraheaZa,
It was on tha third of December
And It was school elertHm night,
Wfcen we rsthered it tba school bonss
And made that most Tallin! fight.
Which boat the sortbrad faction
A-cul ail of their aunex aud social plans.
We thank all of th lnrsl Toters
For Uie (rood work they hare done.
Tor by -roti-i- no upon their ballot
A grest Tlctory has been won.
B defeatlni- the acreHead fiction,
1 or It made them howl ouLrlbt.
Tr-ey may rant and tear. hout and twear,
And pboiie their grW-ra-ic all about,
13n why sbmild we care when with our ba
kit there
Wa txat t!i- soreheads fair snil auar?
Then let their fsctlou about and cry, for It
will die.
For they are down and ant.
And now w hire rot them beatao,
Still there is lota of work to d'j.
For to keep tbem In tbe harkaruaDd
Aa dead and mit and thriah;
So let uh all renM-mbej- ou our next clerUue
nliht
To rote a --ain't tbe soreheads, just aa wa did
laat night.
Then be awre and elect rmir director.
That clean and straight and true.
Who'll nerer fall to ht-ar your call
Wben there i work for ttx-tn to do,
Jnat like your preeant chairman;
Mr. Hentz. let me corratuUta Ton.
Wrlttan by W. II. Hardy, lK--fUib 4,
XX
An Oregon Fmstoral.
Bald Benry Brown. "I'll go to towo
TVmisht and do my sbopplng."
"Oh. no! my dear, you'll not so Bear
That placa w-bere corka ara -popping. "
"I'm next to you and whar you'd do
If you w nt out M shop. m
You'd f right s-"m. to o:tta saloon
And wind np with a cup.
"You so to bd." the Mloals said.
"And I will go and buy
"A dimaotid ring for id. rT Jlng.'
And for you a red neck tie."
Tb- moral ta. To-a'd " a wis
To put this one scrvata.
This aifd r ise won't get it boos
Get one w.lbout lL n-s.
I. H. Cooa.
Is This a Haw 4d Story?
Krom tb Traralar.
It
was
down on Cap Old. whera thee
la a large cumber of a reriain mak of
uU-TOobtle. A m-ui drlTlna ooe drew uo
In front of a store at Kalmouth, taking
time to spread a blanket carefully over
the hood, the air being cold. A mle
cbWoua boy at.KMl near. 11 grtnna-d at
tha man with the blanket snd shouted :
"You iM-edD't try to hide It, mtsteT,
I know what yoo got thsra."
BBixr loo or ajt axbskzp nr
WAS TIME.
'ep!
'owlet
C C. B.. in Detroit News.
This Is What X Call a XUal Mean Xettr
Ban r"rsnclc-o. N,r. 'Jt. -Dear Once OTer
I don't ilka to aunoy you by stating my troav
bat) to you, but Lna time baa torn when I
muat aak your Judgment tn regard to a aerlor-aa
probla-m. Tba coiiU-mplaUon of tailing this to
cjooa b oused me many slpk-a nights
and restless daya.
BowaTer, rou will pardon me writing aho-at
a matter of ur-h importance, aa yon koow
many boroaa and live bar been wreck ad by
aimllar trouble. btlU, I feel yon a dot all
Lonld know at ouce. I do not dare tell my
stttr of mind to a,iy other friend but you.
whom 1 ee-ieem ar-or an othars.
I know I am tailing aud asking much, hat
I am aura you can be relied upon. I dread
corning to tha point. We hare been such good
friends. I healtata In sea lna y-i Hut 1
wish to lay a aid all neriK,t.al f-ein-r. pit
yonraalf tn my place and tll me fr,.m
bottom of your heart: Io you n.lnk thit Jeff
wUl eyer be aa tal a Mult? ui.a.
Uncle Jeff Know Says:
"I once had a buckskin injstang tn
Arizona that would et cactus, but hs
preferred alfalfa. I have k no wed col
ored folks that acted o near white
you wished they was.''
Either Song.
From Tt-mia WaNh's The Pilslm
King. ' puMl.t.- l by the Macmillsn com--peny.
A little world, we truly ay.
While dajs are '-mig and carelees hearted;
From clime to clinie wa spe-t-d today.
Earth's patha are cleared and ocean's
charted
But. ah, tauat-larc a world wa stray
When Ui"u and I ara parted'
A fleeting wrld, aa la a d res in.
"Tl gut ere we hT paused aud Wondered I
JJfe s span is but a Tire-fly gleam.
A ebar.ee half slept away, half blundered;
But. ah. how long the days must saeta
When our two bearta are sundered.
-THE CAXDID GltOUCIX.
"Tne mats who snatuis weU,"sayg Old
2d Howe, Kansas' lea-Hag oaadid
grouch, "is too oftea excused for bos
dot&g wiU." -
However.
Next Thursday will be contributors"
day for the kollum.
From top to bottom thia periscope1 of
pertinacity will be crammed , wIJ
cleverness stnt in by its friends.
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I won't have to writs a line In It.
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Unless, perhass. it's a headline. - i
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