THE OREGON DAILY JOU3RNAL: PORTLAND. MONDAY, " JANUARY 24, 1916. THE JOURNAL ' :AK IJfDKPKXDKXT KgWSPAPEB C S. JACKSON PabUabav IrvOUskeC t7 Say. afteraou end ' aauraln , (cxeept Sunday fWBoo). ioVml -- : kvlUluf, km4wi; end XaaikUl -. f oft be. Ur. J; aU.tarsaJ at ta po. toffies at PertUaJ. O.. lej traaaalaeJoa taweags tte avails M eeee4 " etasa mttxrt. ; , aCLSPUOSC Mais TiTS; Bon. . JJ - (mrtanu reached by thee Daubers. TU the eperau wat department yom waat. hJKUOX AOVKKTltUMO REl-KUiKNT.Tl VK atonjasris KeaUwr Co.. Brunswick Bid.. rtfta it., haw York; 121 People a Uaa Bid.. Chicago teertptloa term, by saall ec t aar ad- a la ta united states e DAILY (MOR.MSO OB aTTKaXOOlf) pu .i.00 On awatk. .,... JO SUJfDAT Ob 7ar I2.B0 I On antt DAILZ (HOBKISiO OR ArTKBKOOII) AMD Dh mr T.SO I On swats f - America uki nothing (or her self bat what she has a right to uk for humanity itself. WOODROW WILSON. Large enterprises make the few rich, but the majority proaper only through the care fulness and detail of thrift. Ha la already poverty-stricken whom habits ara not thrifty. T. T. Hunger. A SUGGESTION. THE late supremo court decis ion places definite restric tions around the state high way commission and as def initely fixes the duties and powers of the state engineer as state hlga , way engineer. In consequence, certain broad realizations should impress them .elyes upon Governor Wlthycombe. In a sincere desire to strengthen him In his work. The Journal ven- tares to suggest to the governor the course of action that the court rul ings undoubtedly seem to open up before him. - A change of the former attitude of the rovernor in highway mal- ters is the first and manifest necessity. The law does not maku the governor an autocrat in high way affairs. This is the finding Of the court. There are statutes and regulations to be observed. V Hitherto, the governor h&s had a different idea. He overestimated : .. bis authority in the premises, and it led him into a course of disaster. It almost paralyzed all highway affairs. It led to muddles and ill-advised action, it largely de- atroyed public confidence in th-j ' highway department. " ' Fruit of the Idea was the removal - Of Bowlby because he would not allow the contractors more public , funds than their contracts called ' for. The dismissal of a public Official because he would not open the public treasury to indiscrimi nate raids by contractors was an almost Irretrievable blunder; ye:, under the leadership of Senator Day that is exactly what happene t. ' Nothing has done more, to drag the highway department down into dW- ".' repute. i But this is past history, and it la the future with which we are concerned. A proper cooperation - hy the governor now with the state engineer and a complete ' elimination of politics and place hunters from consideration in high way policies and administration " would bring order out of chaos. By auch a course, the highway department can be restored to Its former position of dignity. Influ ence and usefulness. - - Forty-two per cent of the water power of the country is In Oregon, Washington and California, says Secretary Houston. No wonder the water power trust came to the coast to make sentiment against the Ferris bill. . AGGRESSIVE FEUDALISM. SEVERAL new states are con templated by various adven turoos minds, to be formed, of course by the scission of ' older states. The federal con- atitutlon provides that no state : may be divided without its ftwn consent. This has always stood in the way of such projects but It is not an insurmountable obstacle. The state's consent to its own division would naturally be . given by the legislature and it is well understood that legislatures do not obdurately withstand, cer " Uln sorts of Influence, particularly the aort which the mining com panies of northern Michigan could bring to bear, for they are very wealthy. - f The most notable of the current projects Is to erect northern Michi gan Into a separate state. , This region, as the reader will remem ber," U a peninsula having but ; small geographical connection wltn I the : rest of the state.. Besides . that, it la a mining district while lower Michigan Is mostly devoted to farming and manufactures. There are consequently no natural dim calties to be overcome in making the 1 proposed division, and ; one readily concedes that it may te accomplished some time or qther. - The purpose of the mining cor- poratloha - which ' are . englneerlnn the scission are perfectly obTiaos. They are the dominant powers In that part of the country and the wish for no Interference with their role from other quarters. If the proposed new state should be set apart they would be Its owners and rulers. Each corporation would reign In its own feudal ter ritory, making the laws, choosing the officials, and controlling courts, churches and schools. Even the postofflces would be situated on corporation domains and forbidden to disloyal serfs. We know exactly how such ar rangements work out because we have had examples of them in Col orado and West Virginia. In a general way it may be said that we have quite enough feudalism In the United States already with out erecting any new states to give it wider swing. Human nature is the same in China as elsewhere. President Yuan Shi Kal aspires to become an emperor and his two sons are engaged In a fratricidal struggle for the honor of crown prince. A PURE XX)I DECISION. THE public's growing interest in hygienic foods and the effects of diet upon health and -longevity render every Judicial de cision touching upon these matters of vital Importante. It is therefore worth while, probably, to make some mention of a Tennessee case which has Just been brought to a happy conclusion In the Eupremo court of that tobacco growing state. The plaintiff bought of the defendant a plug of "chawing" to bacco which he supposed was clean and wholesome. This is a vio lently improbable supposition In any case but in the plaintiff's it was doubly deceitful. For at the first delicious bite he made In the plug his teeth grated on some weird substance, he knew not what, but undeterred he began to "chaw" and continued that delightful occupation until his "face swelled up, he became dizzy," and a physician had to be sum moned to alleviate his misery. It turned out that the plug en shrined a huge black beetle look ing for all the world like a lus cious morsel of tobacco but with far less agreeable effects upon the human system. The plaintiff sued for damages uDder the Tennessee pure food law but he did not get any. The s ipreme court held that to bacco was not a food. At any rate, chewing tobacco was not. The dietary value of cigarettes and smoking tobacco in general is no1, fixed by this decision. In Ten nessee, therefore, manufacturers of plug tobacco are at liberty to mix all the black beetles they can catch with the delectable commod ity which they offer to the trade. Purchasers of "plugs" from that state might be well advised to ex amine into their treasures a little before biting. They might dis cover a nail or even a stove lid, articles which are harder than black beetles on the teeth. "Alas for the rarity of Christian charity" if the pitiful appeal in behalf of the starving and shelter less Jews In the war zone is not to meet 'with a generous response. CHAIN LETTERS. APIULADELPHIAN wrote to the Public Ledger of thr.t city the other day to com plain that he had received a "chain letter." The writer of It asked him to copy an enclosed prayer and send it on to nine other persons. It was inti mated that if he complied Boms great piece of good fortune would happen to him within ten days. This was of course, an appeal t pure superstition. Perhaps Phila delphia is the last city in the coun try where such impostures can be worked, but they were once as common as flies. The chain letter utilizes the law of geometrical progression. The people reached by such a letter Increase like the cost of shoeing a horse at one cent for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third and so on. In the end the shoes are more - ex pensive than the European war. When the ratio of Increase Is not merely two but nine, as in the case of the Philadelphia chain lette', Imagination Is staggered by the re sults. A favorite use of the chain let ter is to solicit contributons to some charity, genuine or humbug. The recipient of the letter is asked to contribute ten cents himself and forward the request to nine others. If the project works, the "charity thus secures a perennial flow of wealth which Is likely to increase vrith time. People will fall into traps of this sort without the slightest Inquiry Into the merits of the affair. There Is an English Btory of two impecunious but astute maiden ladies who started a chain letter soliciting contributions for " ladies' home." The money flowed in so liberally that they were able not only to live upon it but to lay up a generous bank balance. Even after the British postal au thorities had done their best to stop the imposture money poured in for several years. it seems sometimes as if the kindest Dart of the public were most easily im posed upon. With 500.010 employes In 1300 New York mills receiving 27 per cent more ' In wages than a year ago, and with 17 per cent more workers employed, prosperity Is abroad In the Empire state. Half a million people at an advance of 27 per cent is a tremendous in crease in the weekly wage disbursed. GROUNDLESS FEAR, THE "Advocate of Peace" is a magazine published at the fed eral capital whose purpose Is fairly obvious from its name. In the January number It col lects some of the more extrava cant utterances of ,our militar ist prophets 'for the edification of mankind. Among these per haps the most surprising Is taken from one of the Rev. Charles A. Eaton's sermons. This gentle man breaks the bread of life for a big and fashionable New York congregation. Naturally, under such conditions, he can hardly be expected to preach tho pacific pre cepts of his Master. Rev. Eaton says that "this war is the greatest blessing that has fallen upon mankind since the tT&r man reformation." With such a love of gore it seems a pity that the laws of the land do not permit this reverend gentleman to offer up human sacrifices. It is a fair Inference that he would relish do lns bo. Charles Edward Russell, one of our most radical writers, has plunged more deeply into militar ism than Roosevelt himself. Mr. Russell "wants a fort every ten miles along the Canadian border' with a tremendous warfleet on the Great Lakes. Owe habit of living at peace with our neighbor on the north fairly disgusts him. Inci dentally It may be noticed that Mr. Kussell is too old to go to the front if war should break out. The excited imaginations of these men teem with invasion, bombardment and slaughter. Mr. Brooks Adams, the representative of an old and patriotic Massachu setts family, wishes us to "adopt the German military system" from top to bottom. If we do not, he sees no hope for the country. A writer in one of the Washington papers knows exactly how the com bined forces of Europe are golnti to divide us up. England is to get the north and south Atlantic states. France will recover her old possessions in the Mississippi Valley. Germany gets New Yorli, Pennsylvania and in a general way the states of the Ohio Valley, a truly inviting portion. What tricks' will not imagination play when men are half mad wtn groundless fear? A New York Jeweler has paid $140,000 for a painting, 10 by 12 inches square. That is more ex pensive than owning an automobile. VICE AND POVERTY. AM O R N I N G contemporary opines that vice is the cause of poverty. It cannot abide for a moment the contrary theory that poverty causes vice. It Is tho determined and soul-dli-ti rbing rad'.cr.ls who hold that po erty causes vice. That Is one of tieir seditious reasons fcr want iug to do away with poverty. Tho theory that vlco causes poverty is peclocs to tho . eactionary henrt We wo: e about to say "the reac tionary mlrd." but upon second thought we deJded not to. Until the qucbtlcn Is settled whether there Is Ruch a thing as a reaction ary mlntl or not It is best perhaps not to mention the disputed entity rashly. We must thank our contempor ary for a beautiful opportunity to put In practice the rules of logic, which are always fascinat ing and sometimes profitable. For example, if vice causes all poverty there can be no virtuous poor. If they had been virtuous ther vould have had no vice to make them poor. So all that admiration v.'hlch ministers and others be stow upon the devout poor is so much sheer waste. Their davout ness i3 a deceitful lure cince, be ing poor, they are of necessity vicious. If they are not vicious what becomes of our contempor ary's loic? On the other hand. If poverty caused all vice there could be no vicious rich. But such strance creatures are known to be fairly abundant In certain haunts. So this formula Beems to have its limitations also, as most formulas do. The taste for all-inclusive formulas does not necessarily In dicate a weak mind but it usually points to a disinclination for rig orous thought. With a goodly store of these cant phrases at hand a person can make quite a sho.v of ln'elllgenco without taking the trouble to learn anything or even to put two and two together. For you a rose in Portland wui.' NAMES ONE of the charms of Maine and the neighboring states to travelers is the names of the rivers, mountains and lakes. Apart from the "Presiden tial Range," the mountains com monly bear Indian names such as Adirondack, Wachusett and Mo nadnock. The rivers, too. have taken from the aborigines names like Androscoggin and Merrimac, to say nothing of the Imperial Con necticut. The lakes of Maine have become a standing source of amused Interest to travelers for thelr queer Indian names, such as Chesuncook and Moosetockmagun- tick. New Hampshire boasts of its Lake Memphramagog. not far from which was the Canadian birthplace of our own Jason Lee. WhltUer lived for many years oh the charming shores of Lake Wln nepeaaukee. The fidelity with which New England has preserved these his toric mementoes of the primitive inhabitants contrasts unpleasantly with the common practice in Ore gon and Washington. Our noblet; mountains bear such names aa Hood. St. Helens, Adams, Rainier, which have no connection with the soil, filled as they may often be with historic interest. It would not be a bad Idea to make a thoroughgoing revision of the geographical names In this part of the world with the nurnose to restore as many of aboriginal fla vor as circumstances permit. The name Mount Hood seems particu larly to invite revision. Compared with the names of the Swiss peaks, Wetterhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Jung frau. It Is singularly unattractive both in sound and origin. If we must attach to our mountains tho names of Individuals, would It not be Juat that the man who discov ered the Columbia should be so honored? And yet we have no Mount Gray. NOTHING THE MATTER ' WITH PORTLAND Two coorvroa, whlrb moat Portland po pl hat, un naltbrr bid nor hair, afford tircUent mattrr for laatiHuant No. 27 of tbU aerlea. Tba trad of the farmer ta a (food one at all time, aod rapeetally good just now, wbll tba maker of bruibes will mora and more onme Into bla own aa rising cultur. enoancea fastldioumeca aa to peraon, 'apparel and all aurroundtngs from which dust and all impurllj must Da rot ted. BTeryooay enjoys a aurces story. In addition, here la a roll, mn fairly charged with taluabla Informa tion concerning two btulneaaea or whlcb terj little la popularly known. 1 IT was 27 yeara ago that Weber Bros, built their tannery at 1713 Macadam atreet, and It was known by their names until recently, when Frank I. sold his Interests to his brother, Joseph, who is now sole proprietor. With his sons, Henry J. and Andrew C, this g-entleman now conducts the largest tannery on the north Pacific roast, Its business run ning, in normal times, from 1140,000 to 1150,000 a year. At present, Mr. Weber says. It Is not so much. "The business of tannine; hides for the market," Mr. Weber reports, "has been fairly profitable until the last year or so. and I can aea It coming back to its own again. Prices of raw hldca, since the beginning- of the European war, have advanced from eight to 10 cents a pound to 1810c at this time, and the selling- advance has not Quite kept up with this rise. Thla has cut into the profit of tanning, and when done on a larpo scale amounts to considerable money In the course of a year's transac tions." Asked aa to the territory from which the tannery secured its supplies, Mr. Weber aald Its shipments earn principally from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Occasionally hides are purchased outside of these thre states, but these deals are Insignifi cant. "Our market for tanned leather," Andrew C Weber, bookkeeper, ex plained, "Is Oregon, Washington. Idaho, ColoraJo, Iowa and an occa sional shipment to Canada. The mar ket has had a strong tendency of late, harness leather selling at from 40 to 48 cents a pound, and skirting at SO cents. These are better prices thaui obtained before the present war, but the day has been when we bought hidea at 4H6 centa a pound, thoug.'i 10 cents la considered a fair flgur. At no prior time alnce this tanner? has been in existence havd we paid as high prices as those of the pres ent. How long the market will re main at Its present stage we do not know,' bnt It is not expected to de cline until a considerable time after the cloae of the conflict In the old world. About the only hides they are tanning over there at present are those of the human family, and these are not suitable for harness or shoe, and they would make rather delicate war saddles. "Yes, the tanning Industry la all right, one year with another, but Its profits are aubject to fluctuationa. Our taa bark coats more cow than formerly, too. Hemlock bark costs 0 per cord and oak tlSjjer cord. Where as we formerly bought these barks at i for hemlock and $20 for oak. We use but little hemlock, however, s t Its price cuts but little figure. Our oak bark cornea from California, and the freight has considerable to da with its value laid down here." OCCUPIES FIVE ACRES. The concern, since Frank L Weber sold his interests. Is known as tho Weber Tanning company. It occupies a building 300 feet by ISO feet, three stories, on a five-acre tract on the river bank In the south part of the city, all owned by Joseph Weber. It Is one of Portland's enterprises whicn never closes Unknown to the masses, it pursues the even tenor of its wa, unassumingly performing a real serv ice to the community. When run ning at Its capacity. It gives employ ment to 25 men, who are paid 25 centa to 30 cents an hour for a Itf hour day. Its force is below normal Just now, but with the advent of spring will be Increased, possibly to the full complement. Aside from tanning leather for har ness and footwear purposes, belting, etc., considerable custom work la done. Sheep pelts, deer and fur ani mal skins ar tanned for rugs anl other purpostea, an accommodation heartily appreciated by many person? throughout the year. The Bnsineas of the Brnahmaher. One would not -expect this half world war to bave much Influence on the price" of the krlatlew of a pii.1 but it does. It has Increased their value 20 to 25 per cent, and even mors on some grades, aod curtailed impor tations from monthly to two shipments a yean These are not the bristles of the American bog. however. These have not been disturbed, nor do they inter est the waning natlons--or anybody, particularly. ( The American Bruah & Broom com pany, Wi:iiam R. James president anl manager, is located at Union avenuo and East Washington street. It makS ISO varieties of brushes, from that for the naila to nine-foot atreet bruahes, and therefore consumes larze. quantities of swine .bristles. COME FROM THE BatKANS. "About the last thing orfe would ex pect to be Influenced la vjMie by thj European war," Mr. Jan m aald to The Journal, "Is the matet It entering into the brush-making in' Vstry. and for the reason that it is n i generally known we are forced to ltn; rt ail boa briatlea uaed In thla vas-Js'.ieaa. X,-r Is the cause for this xportatlon known to many." Aaked why domestlo brl itles could not be uaed, Mr. James' replied: "Americans are so fond of money they cannot wait until their ewlae are old enough to have grown bristle of a commercial value. In this coun try hogs are butchered before their third year, as a rule. Moat pigs are killed at IS montha to two years, and at that time their bristles are too short and too tender to be of value. In Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Hungary ajd China swine -are not butchered until from eight to 10 years old. Aa a consequence their bristles will aver age from three to thrsaj and a half Inches in length on the stomach an J six to seven Inches on the spine. Two to three Inches from tlie foody they are very stiff, and this rigidity l necessary In the manufeyMura of the best grades of brushes,, ad especially In those employed in m3iy strenuous occupations. We get our best bristles from the Balkan countries. Bucharest, Bulgaria, exports the greWest amount of hog bristles of anyjluuTitry in the world. The United a tea exports none. , BREED RAZOR- "The razor-back swim tries named grow the ' bristles In the world. old fellows will have rt Its length, almost 111 Is of special value In b requires stiff-bristled" I brings the best prices. CKS. ' the coun t valuable ie of these lr for haif Vlre. This :h work as yshes, and ; A'e buy for this factory bristles costing, at pres- j ent market quotations, up to S3 a. pound. We get other grades at S3, i pound, an.1 are fortunate , S3. SO, $4.60 and $6 were it not that we In having connection with the largest I Importing house in the United States we would be paying still higher fig ures. At present many factories find It difficult to procure stock at any price. Our arrangement, however, was made with New Yorkmporters prior to the breaking out of the European trouble. This has be epff gods ebled us godsend to this factory. It has to run on full time when oth Use we might have been closed or ol buy horse hair at h cents to 32 Vi cents a Speaking of the c ihort time. We e at from 10 ound." itlook for the brush-making buatnes Mr. James aald: in Portland, i CAPITAL, MOSTLY GRIT. "Between you and ,tne, I had Just i $:00 when I opened" this factory In 1910, and have an ln'erment at the! present time of S10,00. This Isn't a great sum, but you can imagine tho I difficulties I had to eu l mount on so limited a capital and the big eastern factories to contend with. I know brush nfaklng thoroughly. Thla knowl edge has been my salvation, I worked alone at first. When I could af for 1 It I hired a helper. As my sales grew I added another, enjf so on until now there are 11 of us, and I am paying J400 a month to our worker. I need about S6000 more money to make this enterprise the big thing it ought to be. I am not So anxious to secure this, however, as tfcte willing to hook up with every Tom, Dick and Ilarry, but If I can run across a good, square fellow wltrithls amount to Invest In this going Institution, be cf n have a half interest In the busi ness. CUTS EASTERN fiLES. "Already we have ellrt. iated from 60 to 75 per cent of east 'n sales In Portland, and greatly re jced them in this state. Washington Idaho an l northern California. In 1915 our sales were 20 per cent gre er than in 1914, and orders now boo, ed indicate a still more important 1 crease for 191. Our local trad Is owing im mensely. We make practically all brushes used by the railroads entering Portland, the Terminal company alone buying 120 a month of the grade that retails at SJ each. Our 'Solid Dutch' calcimine brush is in general use in Portland by those engaaed in that vork, and painters have discovered we can and do serve them with more durable brushes than cam be obtained elsewhere in Oregon. Wej. have a large trade n this line. ff have In vented, and we are now aglnnlng to manufacture, a nail brus Jfor drug store trade, which is bou, 1 to Jhavs a large sale. It Is not of fee 'cheap' variety, but has points o , value mo new as to attract, we art confident, immediate attention. IMPORTS FROM JCH NA. "I avm sorry we have to import so much of our stock. All oar bristles, and some of our bora -hair, are bought abroad. Even the palm used In our warehouse and ataU broetui must come from China, . Tht palm leaf of China extends from three to fiv feet from the trunk o the tr, and the libs It contains a exceed ingly tough. There is wondV rlul wear to them, and their equal annot be had anywher else. Those tf Calif or nla woold be useless In thfs work. I surely agre with thav n-any larg i Vi PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE It did not need a Ford peace expedi tion to drtvaj Old Man Winter out Of our trenchea. a Too many who exceed the speed lim it never do anything after they Arrive at their deatlnatlon. It is beginning to look as though there will be too many kinga in the deck after the war la over. In the Taft phlloaophy.' frankness Is prominent. He says he la not only keeplnar out of the presidential race, but la being kept out. What la the poor Indian to do? They have taken away his lands and now they are trying to prevent him from fishing where the salmon gather. When writing letters to your friends in the eeet about the attraction of Oregon, do not forget to write to 'our congressman often and tell him wLere to head in. "It's me,'' Is an idiom, and therefore allowable, a Harvard profesaor sirs. Why not call all similar expreaalona Idioms, and -do away with grammar altogether? If the United 8taten has Incurred the contempt of the world, as Colonel Roosevelt says, why should the king of Greece appeal to us in protest against th conduct of the alliea. The southern California tourist is also writing letters home about rain and flooda. If they .had to pass a Los Angeles censor, it is a safe bet that many of Lhem would never reach their destination. COMMENT OF THE UZSrOKU BTJSTt This entire con ception of the commercial club function has been revolutionised the past few years. Commercial clubs are no longer regarded in enlightened communities at mere reservoirs for hot air and dis pensers of booster literature. That sort of thing has been done until it is dead. The modern commercial club should be an organisation devoted to solving the Important problems concerning the ma terial betterment of the community. Why can't a flour mill succeed in the valley? Why can't a local creamery meet foreign competition? Why Isn't there a box factory and a lumber mill? Why is one of the most richly mineral ised belts in the country left practical ly untouched? Here are a few ques tions which our Commercial club should be studying, not today or to morrow, but month. in and month out until they are solved. The best of mo tives justify neither an organisation nor an Individual. There must be re sults before the public, in general can respond with enthusiasm. BESTTOH ooxnrTT ootmzxxi It is often said the coast country is the last to reach prosperity and the last to let go. For months we have heard of the revival of business all over, the east end middle weft, but it appeared to have stopped at the Cascades. Now from every part of the coaat from Se attle to San Diego there are reporta of renewed activity that mean more than Just newspaper stories. Lumber, our tiusiness thermometer, is going up and a.l lines of business are following. It looks as If the "break" bad come. BTTsUrS STWII It is with great satisfaction that the central Oregon people observe tho general awakening of the Portland business men and capi talists to the magnitude of business, etc., for the metropolis, should quick aid be given In the way of transporta tion. Every ctaio talks of It; every commercial organisation urges not only assistance to obtain transporta tion, but also .in obtaining irrigation, which is practical and npaslble through the fertile valleys of central Oregon, a COnTDOJT OLOlCl The Congrega tional church has started an advertis ing campaign and the first of a series of ada appears in the Globe this week. Some people will undoubtedly be shocked at the idea of a church adver tising; in fact some have already ex pressed themselves to that effect, but there is no reason why a church should not advertise its eervlces as well as any other place of entertainment and instruction. Many of the singers whom the people of Condon pay from 25 to 60 centa to hear at entertain ments are In the Congregational choir. The church haa much reason to advr tls the services. WOOD ama OKACZXB: Never have Hood River people derived so much pleasure from a snowfall as dur ing the past week. The long stretches of steep street "form ideal ways for coasting. The hearts of boys and girls have been filled wlUi supreme Joy, and old men and women have dropped the cloak of age as they sped in the open air, their beings thrilled by tin spirit of adventure. rtanufacturers you have interviewed in proclaiming Portland a natural manufacturing location. If our peo ple as a whol once would awaken to the fact that every dollar they apend for something made at home la a dollar sent out on an errand to ultimately return to them,' 10 years would add S10.000.000 to Portland In dustries. Buying an eastern-mad article Is sending that dollar on a long Journey. It will take It a life time to gat back to the Paclfl; coaaL." All wood parte of Mr. James' brushes come from our home forests. Letters From the People Plutocrat and Conscripts. McMlnnvllla, Or.. Jan. II. To the vtar of Th Journal May I ask of th supporters of military preparedness upon what moral principle and human rlgfit they Justify their contentions? Our own federal government only re cently disclosed facta whlcb showed that rooT than 60 per cent of this country is o wived by 2 per cent of th people, and from 90 to 96 per cent waa owned by from 8 to 10 per cent of th people. Then, Tt Justice, how can w demand a general taxation and the common sacrifice of lives of our young nun - hoi. for the benefit of a few? Surely, no on would asum that an invasion of any country wouia mean anything but a financial war. Europe cares nothing about our religious, so cial or political sentiments, and hu would not giv a penny to nave u chang thm in any rpct. Rallgiou and social wars hav been dead for t'.an t be sure, if an invasion meant that wives and daughters should be carried away into alavery ana our young men held In bondage, I. too, .i,if lihnMia thaut men and women alike should die in the trenches to gether. But' amen is rar rrom the Issu that many radicals wish to -enforce upon th minds of ignorant poopl. 1 If England, for example, led aa ln- AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Forty additional street lights wit: f oon be placed on dark atresia- In Ash and. a With the lumber companies increas ing their payroll a in logging camps and mills and the brightest outlook in mining in 10 years, the Baker Demo crat declares that things look good for community prosperity in Baker county, a "An indication that business is on the up grade," says the Newberg En terprise, "I found In the fact that the Spauldlng Logging company now has orders for more than 1,250.000 feet of lumber. The company baa completed two bulldlnga for the making of ailoa one 48x160 and the other lSx6. A new dry kiln has also been built-" Announcing a new enterpiiae for Jo seph, the Herald fcaya. ''Among the Industries outlined for Joseph by our Commercial club la a woolen mill, and plenty of outside capital is being In terested in this very worthy project. Joseph is the trading point of one of the largest wool centers in th UnlteJ Btatea, and therefore is an Ideal loca tion, with the fineat water power in the entire countrj." Ethnographic note in Aurora Observ er: "It la aald that all western rail roads have given sub rosa instruction to train crews to allow all easibousd hobos to ride freight trains without molestation. If true, that Is douotlesa the cauae of the scarcity of the genus hobo this winter in the Willamette val ley. Lese Is heard this season of Idle men than in year before In this sec tion. The Alaska robin and the chick adee are the foodleas hordes this win ter." PRESS OF OREGON JO ITS SAX) A few hundred tourists over the Columbia highway thla year means many thousands next year, and ever Increasing numbers ever after. One trip to Crater lake means the taking of dorens of others Just from the glowing accounts those ho make the trip will give of it. This means that in a few years there will bo a steady stream of visitors from the east, who' heretofore have gone to Europe for their summer out ing never realizing that here at home We have scenery that makes Italy seem tame and commonplace In compari son. Your letter or mine may arcom pllab nothing, but out of the millions sent some will bring forth fruit abun dantly. a a mraiurx xxaxsTxmt n is seldom that the people of Oregon have re sponded more fully to any call than to the appeal for help for the birda during the present period of cold and snowy weather. The response has not been individual but general. People everywhere in town, in the country, in every part of the state have done their share in feeding the birds. The appeal to aave the birds is not based upon mere sentiment; although senti ment properly plays an important pari, for a country without birds would be cheerless Indeed. Preservation of bird life Is an important economic neces sity a fact that Is becoming more widely known than in the past, thanks to the publicity that haa been given to the facts that scientists have dis covered. a aUXTZBTOsT amili With all of Oregon s snow and spurts of cold weather, we must still feel that we are not so unfortunate after all when the reports of devastating floods in Califor nia are read about. ."Dry creeks now raging torrents three miles wide, or ange belt dotted with floating houses, hundreds of derricks in oil fields blown down, Los Angeles isolated, wires down, and railroad traffic at a stand still," are some of the reports that should stimulate Oregon! tie. BTTBJra - TTJCES XZBAXSi The Times-Herald's attention has beu called to the number of rabbit scalps brought In for the year ending January 1. which totaled SC2.S05, at a cost of S43.154.25. This amount Is approxi mately S15.000 more than the tax ley for that purpose brought In. One of the commissioners asked how many miles of rabbit wire this amount would buy. This is an enormous sum of money and we still have the rabblta Under expert supervision Crook county is destroying many thousands of these pests at a nominal cost and Is get ting better results than Harney county under the bounty method. XOOS B2TXB nwi: This Is one of the seasons when Hood River peo ple can congratulate themselves upon having real weather instead of mere climate. During the pa4 week this section has enjoyed some winter, but without the extremes to be found in other parts of the country. It has been cold enough to make excellent sleigh ing and coasting, but not so severe as to cause serious discomfort. There is a sest In the winter sports which makes it a real loss when they atasacrlflced. vasion and we did nothing to repel her, it would merely settle the fact that she could control the output of oil and petroleum. Instead of the Stand ard Oil company. 8he would derive the benefit of the output of steel, In stead of the steel trust. 8he would realixe the harvest Qf wealth from our mineral output, instead of the Guggen helms. She would control our money. Instead of Morgan. And so on with I the few remaining resources of our ! country. Thus the people as a whole would have nothing to lose. Their position would be Identically the name, namely, to compete with the working masse for leave fs aor. The unjust extreme to which, In my opinion. Senator Chamberlain tuar gone merely shows what class he represents. Can Imagination conceive a worse spectacle than that of a pauper class driven to defend with their lives th wealth of which they have virtually been despoiled? Iet us hop that Senator Chamberlain will live to See the reform which will bring about a more equal division of th country's resources -among the people as a whole, so that tfhey will feel at heart that they really have something to fight for. Conscription will then not be necessary. A READER. J. H. Booth's Itosdffiiatloo Itegrctted From the Roseburg Review. Almost universal regret was ex pressed here last evening when the report reached this city that J. H. Booth, for the past six years president of th Oregon state fair board, had resigned th of fie. As stated in Mr. Booth's resignation to the governor, he considered It best to leave th state fair board in order that harmony might prevail. Thl Is taken to indicate that Mr. Booth felt that the removal of W. Al Jones, sec retary of th board, was a political move on th part of th governor, and was not brought about with a view of Increasing the efficiency of th body responsible for handling th state fair. Since Mr. Booth assumed th offlc of president of the state fair board six years ago. he has mad a record never before equaled in Oregon. When Mr. Booth took th presidency of the Jnce Oven WUI Write i pri.on. Oaklaad. Cel.. J. aa time ta writ r. r rn jnla time,-1 aald u thla time - ..tn i ' praao lain. 'lt barg- " corneas.-, t . Peraonallry. ., i ! sad a half year. In Hn wtuuLl; ' r. wno ronfear,l doal TTTirEN I read the little dispatch IntaST? abov-"' 'J''- Journal lat Saturday-I stopped and thought- fJAnd I may say befoie i .-0 (n. rf.Uporte.rrTlh1 lh" " "" J But anyway I stopped J And I can't be quite s ii- but there was somethii t. , v on and it felt like I was thn.K:i k. J And I wondered If Kr-,i i;'jrx wasn't right about himself and about everybody. J And I don't mean that In ea h us there dwell twu beli.ga one -o . : ar.o one bad. and that we're n..t responsible when the bad gets uppermost J There may b Instances of Jekyi. and Hyde personailties but I think they re rare. and I never saw one J But I do think that in ea. ! of us sometimes hidden deep there is a bet ter person than ever finds expression JAnd that we re so busy doing the things we think we have to Jo being the kind of person we think we have to be that wa never gft time to do the th:ng we'd like to .1" or be the person might be. fAnd I reniemher an old rhyme - which might do or ati epiiuph for most any of us; lis walked beneath the inoi.n. He slept beneath the kui, He lived a life of going-to-.l... And died with no thing dwie. J And perhaps Fred Giant the "poet burglar" win never write the great play h Intend to write. J But maybe if any one of coi.l.i gel away for two years and a half from the medley called life we night do the thing the good fine thing whatever it Is that we've been want lng to do for so long. , Or perhaps we wouldn't do It at all and we might find it wasn't worth doing. and do something else. J Or we might discover in two 'ars and a half that a great many things that now seem important du not matter at all. Of course two years anl a half might not be time enough for ua to make that discovery. TTAnd It may not be time enough for Fled Glans to write h'is play but f, LISTEN It wouldn't be enough I'm quite sure for some playwright to get for plays they've already writ ten. Proverbs of Hank. By Brn Lamptr.an. There lived an old man who waa good. He worked In the field and th wood. He rose with the cook, n'vir minding the clock. He tolled aa i grave digger ahould. Hla neighbors accounted him kind. He scattered of. words to th wind. He moiled with i pick to give fruit to tha sick He p. sloned the nsg that went bln.j Through fever and frot he kept sweet Though he blistered the fo of 1,1 feet, he tramped seven n.lle to kiv thanks for a smile, and handled a com pllment neat. The neighbors we strong for his stuff They fashion-.' a halo of guff. Full oft folks woui.; ay. they blessed the fli.e day Go : fashioned him out of the rough. The road is encompassed with woe Temptations will trouhlo us so. T!.m holy and strong break forth Into sons, and yearn for the valley below. No matter how stralghtly we walk the line that Is narrowed In chalk, a slip or r slide will humble the pride, and give every gosslper talk. Ho it grlevet'i me some to relate: Our hero, whthi fixing th gate, one morning In Mjv turned young with the hay, and dod dered plumb into his fate. He left tho eld hinges awry. He bought him -t suit like the sky. Hi dressed him In Joy like, a fool college boy. li odeled a bit on the aly. Go seek for his fame. If ou wii'. Go ask of the field and th hill. .h ranaient as youth la all that Is sooth. The deeds we remember ara III. His neighbors In concert agreed that lunacy claimed the old seed. They named him at once both a dolt and a dunce. They read him clear out of the creed. Come hither, my son. and give ear. Waik upright and scathleas cf fear. Ton iny lend, give or bor row, but ne er to your sorrow hold friends and their estimate dear. As light as the leaf lhat is whirled fall" the pralwe "f a gratified world. H beat earns hi. a real who sets his own test nor rates how his whisker sri curled. hoard he found a deficit of several thoio-.mds of dollars, as well as a de mand for improvements at th state fair grounds. Exerting his best efforts on behalf of th state, he wiped out tne debt and mad improvements to the fair grounds aggregating thousands of dollars. He also made a great suc cess of th fairs through his splendid management, and built up at galem the best stste fslr In the United State, west of th Mississippi river. Mr. Booth says W. Al Jones, the secretary of th board, who waa yes terday removed, wa in a measure re sponsible for th great success of the last fair held in thla state. He was an untiring worker, according to Mr. Booth, and was familiar with the man v details connected with th fair. In his removal from office, Mr. Booth says the state has lost a faithful servant and a person In whom the members of the fair board reposed great trust. Mr. Booth returned here this morn lng from Salem, where he attended yes terday's meeting of the fair board. In view of th existing conditions. It seem that politics and not efficiency Is the ruling factor with Governor to th stats fair, as well as other mat ters. Mr. Booth's numerous friend her are congratulating him upon Ms firm stand against such taction Another significant local factor Is th report Uat a select few In Rosa burg emd to know yesterday morn ing, befor tfce fair board met, that Mr. Booth's resignation or removal was Impending, and appeared to also know who waa "slated" aa his aucoas or. Later developments seem to fully erify the basis for such reports. It is regrettable that a condition haa de veloped where no state Institution: can escape th political domination of what haa been referred to as th JyVlthy combo machine. It la also understood that A- C. Marstere, the now appoint on th fair board. Is th chief local rep resentative of that so-called machine It Is well known that where jliUca rules, public service suffers. ' 'Hfl 4 v. r ., : - .' -' - ' . It