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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. -PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 30, 1916,
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America aska nothing for fur
self bnt what she has right Co
aik for humanity Itself.
WOODROW WILSON'.
The sun does not thine for
a few trees and f!-wers, but.
for tlie wide world'. Joy. !So
God sitf. effulgent, in Heaven,
not for a, favored few, but for
the universe of life, and thera
In no creature so poor or low
that t o nuty not lxk up with
childlike confidence, and say,
"My Father! thou art mule."
Henry Ward Beecher. .
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PORTLAND'S PEXSIOVED
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O MORE deserving appeal
has been mado than is the
Jewish Relfer movement.
Many have contributed
Cenerously. But has anybody no
t ticed that the contributors are pro
' ductive and constructive men? It
is the active workers, whether
they work with capital or with
I hands, that are always the givers.
T Vile? oo (n t n a n .-u- li a -
a u . mo, a3 i aa cai i iuoiauv.es, inn t
Is little or no contribution from
the fixed Income from long lease
of a building site. It shares noth
ing with the stricken victims in
the war zone.
Portland is under the blight of
many such leases in which a ground
renter for a long period of years
pensions the owner of a limited
frontage in amounts from 525,000
to $100,000 a year.
Tho tenant plays his fortune,
hia energy, and even his life
against the lot owner's ground
rent. He pays the taxes, pays the
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. Improvements, pays for repairs.
pays for the damage by elements,
'. pays for everything and takes all the
'i Z chances, while the pensioned lot-
owuer takes unearned dividends
which society has to pay, making
. I a burden upon workers which must
f; be met whether employment and
; . $ wage are good or bad.
The long leases are a blight on
I a city. They produce men who
-. I are not contributors to Jewish Re
j lief. Rose Festivals, or other pub-
lie movements. You seldom. If
r j ever, scj their names on public
subscription papers. If 6een at
all, they a'e In amounts so small
tl at they can hardly be discerned
' without a microscope.
A recent applicant for a divorce
alleges that it toOk him seven
months to discover that his wif
had false teeth, and another month
to learn that she wore a wig. it
was evidently a case of "Love is
blind."
A WISE WOMAN"
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HERE is a wise woman at work
among New York's criminals
and delinquents. Her name
is Katherine Davis. She is
a doctor of medicine but her mind
Is too large for the limits of any
profession learned or unlearned.
Dr. Davis has demonstrated her
capacity to solve the problems of
punishment and correction in a
t number of positions. Now she is
chairman of New York's parole
5 commission. It lies largely with
her to fix the terms upon which
X: New York's delinquents will be
i paroled from prison for some time
y to come.
J' Dr. Davis has told the Chicago
Women's club what the terms will
, l; be. ' At any rate, she has explained
the general principles upon which
V she will act. Her first rule is
! 'that no prisoner shall be' paroled
I unless his health is good. A sick
: delinquent can not make his way
y in the world honestly. He is sure
to come back to prison, and that
speedily, with increased guilt on
J his head. Hence .it is better to
i; fceep him there until he is a well
man and able to do a full day's
, work.
t - This rule may appear a little
i severe to sentimentalists, but it
. is . sound and wholesome. We
': Should regard .prisons as we do
schools. They are places in which
to prepii"eH for good citizenship.
Therefore it is best for the'pria-
7 oner: and best for society to keep
j him In prison until he has tho
: . physical Btrength to take his place
j'" among good citizens.
n We wish all prison officials
could reason as soundly, and hu-
; manely as Dr. Davis. She has re
. ; coveredTrom the 'pestiferous notion
LET THE GOVERNOR
G'
OVfcHKOR "WITHYCOMBE should
ney General Brown to go before the United States supreme court
and throw Oregon's influence with that tribunal on the Bide of the
waterpower grabbers.
In justice to his own public record and to his own reputation Gov
ernor Withyconibe should not use his high office to, further a plan In
which Smoot of Utah and his cohorts seek a court decision by which to
lace the enormously valuable waterpowers at the mercy of consolidated
end combined power interests.
The one great asset left to the people Is their waterpowers. one of
the greatest of all their natural resources. We are only at the threshold
of the vast uses to which the powers will be applied. The benefits and
blessings' that they will ultimately open up to Jfnan are immeasurable.
With a little more development, electrical energy will take fires put
or cities by substituting electrical heating for them. If kept out of the
hands of exploiters and monopolists, It will supply heat so cheaply that
the poor need never go cold. If saved fronl private ownership and over
capitalization, it will make electric power so inexpensive that production
and transportation and streetcar fares can be enormously reduced in
cost. f
Governor Withycombe may not know, what his instructions to the
attorney general mean. Hut there are thousands of men and women in
this state who do know. The delegates to the State Federation of Labor
convention know, and tliey unanimously protested against the govern
or's demand on the attorney general.
And there is another crowd that knows what it means. The Gen
eral Electric company knows. Directly and through subsidiary and
other corporations. th General Electric controls a large part of the
developed hydro-electric power of the United States. It controls 40.4
ter cent of the 2,325,000 developed power in 18 states. This control
by a single corporation ampunts to 58 per cent In Oregon, 55 in
Washington, 61 in New Hampshire, 70 in Colorado and 80 in Pensyl
vania. The directors and heads of the corporations and subsidiary anu
allied corporations, including, for instance, 4the Portland Gas com
pany and the Portland Railway, Light &. Power company, know what
the governor's directions to the attorney general mean. They know
that it is an attempt to beat in the supreme court the provisions of
the Ferris bill a3 to a federal leasing system of waterpower sites, a
bill under which the benefits of the waterpowers will be forever
preserved to the people by keeping them from being grabbed by private
interests.
The governor of Oregon has no right to throw the Influence of thU
state on the side of these big interests. He as no warrant to use tho
governor's office to further the schemes of men who want to seize tho
waterpowers to enrich themselves by exploiting the people.
The purpose of the leasing bill is to prevent power companies
from capitalizing a natural resource to ten times or twenty times
its true value and then collecting, unearned dividends on that
fictitious capitalization throug"h increased rates for power, increased
rates for heating, increased rates for lighting, increased streetcar
fares, and increased rates for railroad transportation.
The governor of Oregon knows that the people's school lands
were stolen. He knows that the people's swamp land3 were grabbed.
He knows that the people's tide lands were sequestered. He knows
that the people's timber lands went into a few hands without
adequate return.
Knowing this, he has no right to aid and abet a scheme by
which the last remaining and one of the most valuable assets of
the people will go as the public lands went.
The governor should recall .his letter to the attorney general,
and on this great issue, take his stand, not with Reed Smoot, but
for the broad welfare of the people of Oregon, their children and
their children's children.
that a prison should be a place of
torture. Many masculine officials
still retain it.
Dr. Davis has laid down an
other cood rule. No prisoner is
to be paroled unless he has a trade
by which he can live. If he has
no trade it is only a question of
days when he will be sent back to
prison charged with a new crime.
He must eat and if he can not
work there is nothing for him but
to beg or steal. To make this
rule as humane as it should be
our prisons must provide for teach
ing trades to those who have none.
This Is another of the thousand
and one reasons why all prisons
and reformatories should be madJ
part of the public school system.
Burglars used to ply their art
above stairs almost exclusively.
Since January 1 the first place
they head for is the cellar.
THE XEW POETRY
I
T 18 from the substance more
than the form that "the new
pootry" wins its novelty. The
form is often erratic. There is
no rhyme and little rhythm. Much
of the so-called free verse is noth
ing in the world but Jerky prose
cut in lengths to suit the writer's
fancy. It might just as well have
been cut in any other lengths or
no lengths at all. Printed as plain
prose it would read as well as in
the form of free verse and present
more candid appearance. Litera
ture ought not to try to disguise
its true rank in life any more than
men.
So there is nothing new in the
form of the new poetry, but in lu
substance everything is new. p.
has forsaken the customary themes
of poetry, such as moonlight, vio
lets, nightingales and lovelorn
maids. It does not sing of Gre
cian gods and Roman heroes. It
is not concerned with the adven
tures of dukes and the moods of
highborn dames.
The new poetry sings of the
common people. There is an older
poetry that sings of common things
and sometimes mentions common
people. Such is the poetry of
Wordsworth, but Wordsworth wa3
an aristocrat at heart. He sees the
common life, from the outside and
condescendingly patronizes it in
his poetry. He is always telling
the lowly what they ought to do.
What they actually do is apt to
horrify him.
The change to the new poetry
lies in the fact that the men who
write it know the common life be
cause they have lived It and their
verse knows no other life. It has
abandoned exclusiveness in word,
thought and deed. John Masefield.
who is now on a visit to the
United States, once earned his liv
ing in New York by keeping bar
in a saloon. He was a good bar
keeper and the man he worked
for still , values his friendship In
spite of his being a poet
Joseph Conrad, who puts the
spirit of the new poetry Into his
novels, began life as a 6ailor. Ber
nard Shaw set out as a socialist
orator, "then passed on into news
paper writing. Arnold Bennett
was a regular newspaper man ..be -
iure ne Decame a novelist. An&sol 1 The toll gate system Is a re
It goes. The makers of the new I minder of bygone days-and it Is
RECALL HIS LETTER
recall his letter requesting Attor
literature have either escaped col
lege influence entirely or. like Bar
rie, they have managed to recover
from it. They write what they
have lived.
Of course the standpatters and
tne reactionaries will oppose the
confirmation of Brandeis.
STATE TEXT BOOKS
T
HE State Federation of La
bor has resolved in favor of
the state publicatiou of text
books for the schools. This
is a step worthy of consideration
It Indicates for one thing that the
producing classes take a wholesome
interest in the schools. It also
indicates that they have studied
school problems with good results
me competing puDilsners or
text oooks strive to roist as many
books as possible upon the schoo's
auu 10 cuange mem as orten as
possible. This works hardship on
taxpayers of moderate means.
While it is nothing for a wealthy
citizen to buy his children a sump
tuous outfit of books and repeat
the purchase at short Intervals, it
is a serious burden on a poor man.
Complaints are numerous concern
ing the expense of text books and
they are In the main Justified.
Should the state publish its own.
books there need be no such com
plaints. The cost or books would
be diminished and changes would
be far less frequent.
The wire pulling maneuvers of
publishers to insinuate their text
book series into the schools is a
cause of demoralization through
out the system. The effects are
not eo deplorable, perhaps, as they
were in the good old days of open
bribery, but they are bad enough.
It is possible to ret rid of this
improper influence entirely and it
should be done. Should the sta.o
publish its own books eastern firm?
would be relieved of all concern
in the matter and the schools
would be freed from their inter
vention. The cry of "political school
books" need not trouble us. There
will be just as much politics in
the manufacture of school books
as the people permit and no more.
The chances are that the people
of Oregon would not tolerate any
politics at all in the business. They
are the masters and their will
must be carried out. After Inves
tigation the Oregon Federation is
convinced that the organized mt
chlnery of the state government
could be used to provide cheao
and good text books for the
schools. The feat has been done
elsewhere and with complete suc
cess. The opportunity to aid Europe's
destitute Jews is still with us.
A VANISHING INSTITUTION'
T
HE secretary of the Philadel
phia Automobile club pre
dicts that within five years
the tollgate blockade in
Pennsylvania will be lifted. The
state is gradually buying up all
toll roads and making them free
to the traveling public, a quarter
of a million dollars having been
J set aside for that purpose.
a matter of surprise that it still
exists In different parts of the"
United States. Even 4n Oregon
there are a few barricades on the
public highway which In the course
of a few more years will be torn
out. A notable one to pass within
the last year was the old Dollar
hide toll road over the Siskiyou
mountains south of Ashland. It
was put out of existence by the
construction of the Pacific high
way. While it is now archaic the toll
gate system served a useful pur
pose in Its day. It was based on
the theory that those " who used
the poblic roads should - pay for
their maintenance. Another basic
principle was that the money de
rived from tolls was to be use-l
in keeping the roads in good or
der. In theory this was all right,
but in practice It did not alwaya
work out. The toll gatherer was
not always as zealous in Improv
ing the road as he was in collect
ing the tax. As human nature is
constituted this was quite natural
Our toll gate system, as our
other earry road laws was inherited
from Great Britain. In the middle
ages the care of the roads was
given over principally to the
church, which received in compen
sation gifts in money, lands and
livestock. Then it passed into the
hands of the hermits who lived
by the roadside.
According to the record, Edward
III in the year 1364, authorized
"William Phelippe, the hermit, to
set up a toll bar on the lower
slope of Hlghgate Hill" to collect
toll from travelers between High
gate and Smithfield.
To meet the demand for better
roads throughout the kingdom, th?
system was extended finally to
turnpike companies who undertook
to construct and maintain passable
highways. This was the orig'u
of the turnpike road as distin
guished from the public hlghwav.
To many an Englishman the
collection of road toll was an- in
fringement on his liberty, and
there were often riots in which
toll gates were torn down, bodies
badly bruised and skulls crushed.
While the system has been out
grown, it should not be hastily
condemned. To it we are much in
debted for the few good roads
we have.
Preparedness, like charity, cov
ers a multitude of things.
AS TO CAUSES
S
PEAKING of the Youngstown
strike which caused so much
mischief, including a few
deaths and many wound3.
not long ago, the New York World
says, a rew pistol shots and un
limited whiskey account for the
trouble." One can imagine Dog
berry delivering himself of thi
comment upon the Youngstown or
any other labor strike, but it was
naraiy to be expectea or a news
paper so intelligent as the World
Pistol shots accompanied the strike
and there was far too much drink
ing, but neither of these nor botn
together account for.it.
The Youngstown strike, lika
many another, was an outburst
very similar to the Boston Tea
Party, famous in American hie
tory. At the Boston Tea Party
a number of people who had sat
down under tyranny until it be
came unbearable, rose and took
measures to free themselves. They
defied law and order. They de
stroyed property. And our patrl
otic historians praise their deeds.
recording them as an inspiration
and example for all future genera
Hons.
We daro say there was some
drinking at the Boston Tea Party
and if the owners of the tea
thrown overboard had resisted,
there might have been pistol Bhot3.
But fatuous indeed would it be
to say that the drinking and pos
sible pistol shots caused the up
rising. The cause was tyranny
pressed to the point whre human
nature could bear it no longer.
It says in the Declaration of In
dependence that "people are dis
posed to suffer evils while evils
are sufferable," but there comes
a time when duty calls no longer
for patient submission but for re
sistance. The foreigners who participated
In the Youngstown strike had
turned out immense profits for
their employers year after year.
In the meantime they had lived
in filthy huts under conditions too
vile for a dog. They were patient
under, their wrongs, for "suffer
ance is the badge of all their
tribe." They had learfbd to suf
fer In Europe's scbool'of oppres
sion but they expected better things
in the United States. Since these
better things never came by wait
ing for them, they finally resorted
to violent protest. Their behavior
was regrettable but it was not un
natural. Americans never have been much
In the habit of examining deeply
into the causes of social unrest.
Superficial explanations have con
tented us when the real reason
lay hidden In the body of society.
A cancer is none the less danger
ous for being located In the inter
nal organs. It may even be more
dangerous for that. The social
unrest which occasionally breaks
out In manifestations like the
Youngstown strike is a cancer
which needs to be cured, and it
can not be cured until it is faith
fully studied and understood. To
account for such portentous phs-
nomena oy ascribing them to i
few pistol shots and unlimited
whiskey" is Nero fiddling again
1 while - Rome burns.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
For a company only flra year old, that
wboaw operatk.aa are art forth In No, 32 of
the aerteo dvaerfblna; aurceaafal Portland o
trrprlara moat ba admitted, to have doaa x
reediDfly writ. Wbat mora exartln than
the vnlrerwl bamao demand fr a roof that
arlll krp Ibe rain out a.ary drop of It?
And who more exactinc aa a roatomer tliaa
tte man tn one'a ova bom mm no matter
what one triea to tell him? Vet. here la an
example of aatlafartlon In hath these difficult
rx.ia. Tbe alary makea tha beat of reading.
THE Durable Roofing- Manufactur
ing company owns two acres 'of
ground at Kenton, has an out
put of $260,000 a year, employs -i
to 30 men, and ha a payroll of $18,
000 to $20,000 a year.
Its main factory building is SOxllJ
feet in size. It hajj a stock structure
40x120 feet and two stories, another
building, 40x40, and several sheds.
The compeny was incorporated five
years ago, and It was some time
later that it got Into the manufac
turing field. It will be seen, there
fore, that, like so many other enter
prises referred to within the last
monin in these columns, it is but a
baby In age, yet & husky youth In
the business world.
Its officers are: A. E. W. Peterson
president; J. A. Barbour, vice presi
dent and manager; I. C. Sanford, sec
retary.
WHAT Ig rXTRABLE ROOFING?
It is a wool felt, so prepared that
It is precisely what Its name Indi
cates, a very durable product, with
standing all kinds of weather in all
kinds of climates. The Rasmussen
and Fisher-Thorsen building supply
houses, give it the highest recommen
dations, their Indorsements being re
echoed by the Marshall-Wells Hard
ware company. McNaughton & Ray
mond, architects, the Portland Union
Stock Yards company, and many other
large concerns. The Portland Ice
Hippodrome, the largest building of
Its kind In the northwest. Is roofed
with it, and a letter from Mr. Nep-
pach, vice president of that corpora
tion, praises the Durable roofing most
heartily. The Carman Manufactur
ing company Is another of its friends.
Its thrae story flat roofed brick
furniture stock building has this,
roofing. It is one of the places where
a lean would nave serious conse
quences, for the reason that Its finest
finished furniture is stored therein.
The Portland municipal docks, the
Cord Sengstake building and scores
of other recently erected structures
In Portland unqualifiedly indorse this
home product. The newly rebuilt
AlUky building. Third and Morrison
streets, has been roofed with the
Durable material.
EVEN AUSTRALIA BUYS IT.
At firs' thought one would Imagine
tho Australian market a long dis
tance from the Portland market. And
It is: yet the renown of Durable
roofing has reached that faraway land
and regular shipments are made to
the company's representatives there.
It has a large clientele in Alaska,
north' to British Columbia and south
to Arizona. Oregon, Washington.
California and Montana buy freely
of the product, Its friends multiply
ing as a knowledge of its virtues
spread. Its use is permitted within
the fire limits of Portland, where
the regulations as to the use of In
flammable material are severe, thus
demonstrating Its safety, and it has
proved Its durability In all kinds of
climates and under all conditions. Its
price is for Vi-ply, $1.25 per square;
I-Ply, $1.60 per square; 2-ply, $1.85
per quare; 3-ply, $2.25 per square. The
half-ply Is Intended for use on tem
porary buildings, but will last three
to five years. The last two grades,
known' as Permanlte, If repainted In
three to five year periods, will last
10 to 15 years. As the roofing can
be laid by anyone of ordinary Intel
ligence, following the printed instruc
tions of the makers, it becomes not
only all Its name Implies, but an In
expensive covering for buildings.
However, In the city and Its environs
he company usually lays the rooflrij;
at a trifling cost above the amount
paid for the material, so that it Is
found among the cheapest of all.
notwithstanding Its durlngual!-
ROOFING SPECIALTIES AND
PAINTS.
The Durable Roofing company does
not confine itself to the one product.
It makes and sells several roofing
specialties, as roofing papers, paints,
asphalt, shingles, etc. These have
become so well known and substan
tially recognized as to crests a de
mand more than double that of two
years ago, and six times larger than
four years ago.
"Our books now show as many or
ders thus early in me season ti(we
had recorded on the first of April,
1915, said Mr. Barbour, "and In de
liveries we are 20 oars delinquent.
As we had not expected so large a
gain we were taken by surprise, but
with an augmented force we will take
car of every customer and have our
decks cleared in good season. It Is
not our Intention to be caught short
of stock In the future. ' We haye
made preparations to meet sll de
mands, no matter how large, and our
output for this year we have no
doubt will oc almost double that of
last. Our agencies in Seattle and
Tacoma are also booking Increased
orders. They write us that the out
look Is fine, so we do not expect to
have much of a breathing spell for
a long time to come.
"We have the only plant of the
kind north of San Francisco, and the
more we are known the greater will
be our business. Our products make
friends everywhere.' If we once get
Into a neighborhood we start a con
flagration, so to speak, and the name
of our company Is passed from Hp to
lip among all building or contemplat
ing the erection of new structures or
the re-roofing of old ones.
. "What is our opinion of Portland
as a manufacturing point? When a
THE SHIP
By Henry W.
THOU, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
We know what Master laid thy keel.
What Workman wrought thy ribs of steel,
Who made each mast, andtsail, and rope,
What anvils rang, what hammers beat,
In what a forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
'Tis of the wave and not the rock;
'Tis but the flapping of the sail.
And not a rent made by the gale!
In spite of false lights on the shore.
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears.
Our faith, triumphant o'er our fears.
Are all with thee are all with thee!
"HUMANITY" MARTIN
From the New York Times.
Legislation for the prevention of
cruelty to animals is modern. Affec
tion for favorites of the household
must be very ancient, but it must have
taken time for the Instinct of domina
tion In the first horse tamers to sub
Bide into a sentiment of .kindness and
affection for the horce. Even the
Arabs are often unconsciously cruel,
through ignorance to their steeds. The
brutality to animals, still too notice
able In some Latin countries, is prob
ably a survival of the common "pagan"
habit. Poems and Inscriptions to pet
dogs and sparrows reflect the refine
ment of a limited class. Obatlnacy,
anger and the inherited cruelty of man
will sometimes override even the in
terest of the owner. The wldenlngs of
the sympathies and the humane spirit
have produced a marked and general
change in the treatment of animals.
In this country, at least. Instances of
cruelty to them are growing rarer. The
societies for their protection have done
a fruitful work.
a a
The earlier British legislation on the
subject represents the Ideas of the
time. It is significant that the comj
mon law gave the dumb servants no
help. Their first defense was statu
tory, not for their benefit, but that of
their owners. The National Humane
Review for January prints part of an
address by George II. Scott, secretary
of the Illinois Humane society, before
the American Humane association on
"The Development of Legislation In
Behalf of Animal Protection," which
Illustrates the legal view that pre
vailed well Into the nineteenth century.
An act of parliament of 1682 made it a
trespass for which treble damages
were recoverable, "to malm or hurt
horses, sheep, or other cattle." The so
called Black Act of 1714, passed on ac
count of the outrages committed by
bands of ruffians with blackened faces,
made it a felony to kill, wound, or
malm cattle. But malice against the
owner must be proved. For example:
"In 1789, at Gloucester, a man named
Pearce, In a passion, ran a sharp-pointed
stick quite through the body of a
company's business is growing by
leaps and bounds, as is ours, its man
agement can reach but one conclusion.
We have unbounded confidence in
Portland. We have the same confi
dence in all this North Paclflo coast.
Its population Is rapidly Increasing,
ai.d business will grow with It. This
Is obvious. For a home, speaking for
myself, give me Portland and Its
charming environs In preference to
any other spot on, earth!
"No, "there Is nothing the matter
with Portland.' "
Letters From the People
(Communlcationa ant to The Journal for
publication in tola department abould b writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, ahoold sot
exceed SOU worda tn lenftn and rouat ba ac
companied by the name and addreaa of tba
aDder. If tbe writer doea not dealra to have
tha name pubUabed. be anould ao atate.)
"Dlacuaalon la tbe greatest of all reformers.
It ratlonallxea CTerytLlng It tourbea. It robe
prtneiplra of all fala aanctlty and Lbrowa tbem
back on tbelr reaaonableneaa. If they hara no
reaaonableneaa. It rntbleaaiy crnabea them out
of exlateoca and aeta op Ita on conclusion
In tbelr atead." Woodruir Wilton.
rnnrerninir the Toor
lonceruing Hie I oor.
Louf orovc, or, j.... , owned and operated In the Interests
Editor of The Journal Your reply to of all the people Instead of for lndi
the statement of your morning contem-I vldual profit, no man will own your
porary that vice Is the cause of pov-J Job, nor say whether you shall work
ertv, H good. If your contemporary j or not. nd ,n'r be no Incentive
had in mfnd only such vices a. drunk- y l" f. -hriff to club
enness, gamDiing biiiu n uiMipoiw'" i
It was much In error. If It included In
the term
m r rr a iT tn. (1 1 Tli m I 111!).-.
" " " r ;
which seem to poxseis the average
seem to popsefcs me
voter, such
mental laziness, preju-
iztness. preju -
dice, self-conceit and selfishness, it
in that respect right. These are the
T.1 . IV..
swinish elements or afflictions of most
people's minds, before which it is
needles to cast such pearls as the
writings of Henry George, Louis F.
Post, C. B. Flllebrown, Etoughton
Cooley and others.
We are going to "always have the
poor with us," as Christ said, so Ions
as we drift along In the same old ruts
of custom, and do not sincerely and
open-mlndedly seek the chief cause of
poverty. It will take a little patient
reading and study to Inform ourselves
before election next November, that we
may vote Intelligently on a measure
that will doubtless be on the ballot. I
We can do an act of sensible and ef -
feotual charity at the ballot box by
voting to abolish the unjust curiom
that la the cause of the poverty we an-
... .
nuai.y try to i'"to defend. Now if this doesn't savor!
as long aa It" chief cause Is allowed of conMrV4lllim atandpatlsm and all
to continue If there Is anyone who tha lnrJud,d' , cipZliB. I do"' :
unwll ing to arouse from thoa, dere-j h d He tells us plainly
lict dispositions and take some Inter- prepared
est In the matter for the aake of the
poor, let him rernemner the woras or
Christ. "Inasmuch as ye have done It
unto me iesi oi wiene my ur.u.rni,
ye have done it unto me." Merely yot -
ing ior reyreeniiic win lcu.uv.iu
but little. Let every voter do his lob-
bying at home at the ballot box. and
not expect His representative to ai -
ways know Just what the people desire
without Indicating their desire by
vote on the measures presented.
Waiting until near election time and
depending on most newspapers for the
necessary Information wll not prop
erly inform the voter. This Is one 1
way to exercise a little humanitarian-
Urn and patriotism.
It Is up to tbe voter whether he will
vote himself a Job or another term of
Idleness. C. A. M LAMORE.
The Christ Spirit, ami War.
Lyle, Wash., Jan. 25. (To the Edi
tor of The Journal) The editorial In
your Issue of January 24 regarding the
appeal for tbe unfortunate Jewish peo
ple tn the war rones strikes the right
chord.
80 far as Christian charity or tbe
Christ spirit Is concerned, however, it
might be pertinent to ask. Where la
OF STATE
Longfellow
cow, merely because the cow would not
stand quiet. He was acquitted, because
no malicious motive within the BlacK
Act was shown toward the owner, but
merely from an angry and passionate
disposition toward the beast Itself."
Lord Erskine's speech In the house
of lords in 1811 paints a condition al
most Incredible now. He speaks of "al
most Innumerable Instances of cruelty
to as 1 mala which are dally occurring."
If you remonstrate with a servant, he
curses you. If with a master he tells
you the animal Is his own. One can
imagine Uio surprise and wrath of the
countryman or cockney of the time at
Interference with the hereditary right
of a British freeman who detested
"Popery and wooden shoes and frog
eaters" to beat his ox. his horne, his
ass, and his wife. Then, and long aft- ,
erward. the lnterferer was apt to be i
treated as the London cabman treated '
the sociological Mr. Pickwick Inquiring
the age of the cahhorse. Indeed, in our
days a strong dose of knuckles in
sometimes necessary to curb a truck
man's sense of dominion over the
beasts of the field.
' I
Lord Erskine brought In a bill, hut
their lordships wouldn't pass It. Not '
till 1822 was the Martin act, punishing
by fine or Imprisonment the Improper .
or cruel treatment of cattle, put on the
statute books. Since this was the first
law for animal protection and the foun
dation of all later legislation on the
subject, its author should be remem
bered. When there's trouble or glory,
cherchez l'lrlandais, keep your eye
peeled for an Irishman. Richard Mar- j
tin, 1754-1H34, was a Galway man, M.
P.. 1776-1826. lie loved animals, he
hated the barbarity of the then rrim- 1
lnal law. He tried to stop the hanging 1
of forgers, to allow counsel to crlm-
lnals. He got his act passed, despite I
the resistance of George Canning and
Sir Robert Peel. He was "a personal :
friend" of the prince regent, who was '
false to all his friends and cruel to i
acme. As George IV, that mirror of I
royalty called him In Jest "Humanity
Martin. A nickname to be proud of.
the Chriat spirit manifest in anything
In the prosecution of this war? Just
think of the tragic stupidity and ini
quity it presents. Millions of men
slaughtered, billions of debt Incurred )
to enslave the unborn, and millions oi
Innocent victims suffering unspeak
able misery, and all being done In thd
name of God and the Christ. Each j
monarch harangues his subjects to j
further blood-letting seal by telling '
them that God Is helping them do bai- I
tie. The Reverends Eaton. Russell and
A. A. Morrison seem pleased with this . K" to Baldpate "
hell on earth, and denounce the moth-! "Why am I like a loar of bread?'
ers who teach their sons the gospel i he asked.
of peace and humanity. I None could ai.swer
The Rev. Morrison Is quoted as say-! "Because I am freh from the Bak
ing that the spirit of non-resistance r" ald walking rapidly down
of the Christ is misinterpreted, and i Broadway. 8. O B
he advocates preparedness for war; the
same spirit that actuated the relig
ious mob who set upon Hypatla, strip-
ped her naked on the street, dragged :
her into a church and clubbed her to !
death, cut the corpse in pieces, scraped
the flesh from the bones and cast the I
remnants into a fire. O religion, what I
crimes have not been committed in j
thy name!
Just a word more to my friend and I
brother, Dan O'Connor: study social-
Ism. Might by brute force never made ,
right. Leave that to the barbarians, j
Man has progressed Just In proportion
Bavancou inieueciuauy.
When the industries are rDllertlv.lv!
An eight hour day does not
etop exploitation, neither does it give
. I j " J iuo .ui cioiiai ur ufi uci oi vrnir
. . . . . . . e..!l .. , . .
- "
I labor; not even "Ford"
wages. With
the full social product of vour lbn-
, Kl
Is,.,,, )npatlmlri,' ,.nn.A "-
- . ..i -. U l
all manklnJ
O. L. MACLEOU.
In Reply to Mr. Mllllcan.
Portland, Jan. 27. (To the Editor
of The Journal) Please permit space
for a reply to Mr. Milllcan'a prepared
ness policy. The most remarkable
thing about It 1 that he had the nerve
to come out with the truth and tell
us who It Is. mostly, that wants com
pulsory military training. He says a
rich man may live among thieves and
robbers if he la well enough armed
and quick on the trigger. He might
have added, "if the thieves and rob-
i msown ..no. out ne in-
timate th th . v'k ,nd-robbr
he pleases to
I 171'" nuC ,' ?' ""' hTe
i neither dlgnltv. honor nor possession
for de
fena
It t. Ih. lnV. .. ......
alonp h ,e!m- to tnjnk Mta(( f
hlm8elf, hM dignity and honor. But
, pub)c a, we)1 a, government Invest!
j Katlon, for tn6 laM e,K,)t or 10 Jearg
prove conclusively who the thieves
robbers and looters really are; 0 per
cent of those rich men have become !
,rn not only by cheating labor Jut 1
. 0f Its portion of creation, thus being
airecuy responsible for at least 7i p-r
cent of the mendicants he refers to
with scorn and contempt, but also by
robbing and looting the public domain
out vf utilities and resources of all
kinds. This Is the class that, he says.
J has dignity, honor and possession
but they want the public they have
exploited to defend them. The be
nighted country of Mexico furnishes a
substantial proof and example of It
all.
1 let us prepare all we can, but let
' It be voluntary, not compulsory.
I ( O. CEDARQUIST.
It Is tlie Twentieth.
Cord. Or.. Jan. 15. To the Editor of
The Journal Is this the nineteenth or
the twentieth century? Please print
the answer In yourneper.
JESSIE aTZTWARTJ.
T,,e0ncG Over
THIS THING of prlntlnr letter
from readers of the solium In
stead of writing something is
caster than making a psychologic!
ascent of Mount JiooO.
H All I have to do -is to writ a
few words and dashes like these
and tack on (lie letters and send the
copy up to the printers.
U And they mr "Gee hut that.
nut's getting by easy."
J And I feel I should explain for
the benefit of thoae who may - not
know that a "nut" In modern Eng
lish Is one who Is a little bit
cracked. '
J And that's what the printers gay
about me. '
ajAnd maybe I am..
J But about these
get every day.
letters that I
J I mean to answer them.
and I carry them around In my
pockets affectionately until I'm all
bulged out and ma makes me
unload.
J And one of tlirm comes . from J.
K. Myers of Prnu-xiile county,school
superintendent of Crook county.
J And it tells me that he has taken
' I'- l-oem "Little Ihk" printed In
tlie kullum a week back and made
. copies of It.
aiiil srnt It to every school In
Crook count j .
H And he has given ma credit for
writing it.
J And I want to wy -before It goes
any further that 1 didn't write It,
H It whs clipped from the Chicago
News by Pr.eman 1.. Harford of
Corvallls and sent to me.
J And I printed It with credit to
th News I think.
J I've got too much credit as It i.
and It keeps nic In debt.
J And beside little dogs espe
cially little 1U' k and white dogs-
"ren t nearly ho popular with me as
they were.
ft And the iason l that we've
been feeding the Alaekan robins out
a. tak Grove.
J And they have grown tame,
aj And the other nlirht Pup caught
one and broke its wing.
J And Buddy found it struggling
in the snow.
and he brought It In at the top
of his voice.
J And Jean cried.
and there was a tragic time In
general.
5 And I only mention thin to show
tliiit little dogs even if you are good
to them and t them uleep In the
house are not all thai they should be.
i 51 And to Illustrate I am going to
i print a little poem written by Polly
' Carr who lives In Sellwood about
her little dog.
J And I don't think Polly's meter Is
exactly rer .ar but
LISTEN Here in her poem:
To' PompeL
I'onijw I la our dg be ll,e moat demoted pup
I've ever Men.
II waa a naif. e coaxed Mm 1o adnfit ua,
and ti j d think be d oerer been
Any oiie'a elae (ei. He a a buutrr after trou
ble and cata.
And be'll aork tih df and nlgbt after rati;
But when be gnea up lon with na. ba ll eat
anything be fluda upon Tbe atreeta
Tie l black, and fai. and aleek aa any aeal:
ile a clean about tbe buuae. aod La doea Dot
tx.k or itpal
We prlae him very blfbly. and hit rouraf are
adwe.
YVbeD nf enta -ome to ,ur binjae. ha etand ba
in ecu hU ujufrea and Ibe dnnf,
And be d die before Le d let trouble come ta
her.
11 la (edlgre! I do not know; bat IS aura
be a not a 1 1 H.
Ixttroauclnr Kr. TlrgU Ytimm.
Virgil had Just voine from "Seven
XOMZ-OmOWaT MTUSZ
Back to tha Land.
By iua Utiatedt. il.e office tViy Fnet.
Tba world aa n,Jr- fir all of ua.
So aay tb guil men old;
Tba morld aa iael lie ill of ua.
When aelaed by unloUera bold.
Tl ere araa a dr. l"ti, Wif ago
When man live! free and well;
Eh had bat and jilot 10 h'w -No
rtaraalte'a nurae to an ell.
But thl. ala! far mo j-wd
To lat tiifi emnn;
Tle atrrmg ber" ro enalaet the weak.
Greed aa len LinL.
florin lorda and ladle began to -n'.a
And lle like rite.
For fellow man ner l'"t all loa.
Aai took fnoi iuid tbelr rlgbta.
The ferill- fieM, !:.t (iod ga aaaa
Were elie.: l-v :!.le Oi bold,
Teaee and I. ' r !- f e erll ran.
Into tinier; nun ia aol.
t
E.ieh lord '";n i" lotlj fir power-An-)
r-".-e .itii-, to gire him might;
For gr-,i In tbflr erll baarti.
An.) li.-r began to fight.
Tlie t ir kn-da aubdued the wra.
: uet were ktHrwn aa klngi.
.v., rtei-d t. toul trir Lbein to wreak.
itiev awe for luxurious thlnga.
K"t tLroujh th centuries that paaae4
;reat teenera l.el and taught
Kdnrntiou nay at laat ,
lor liberty pepple foufbt.
But real happlnem we fcara yet tn bring.
For another god la tcrn -Tbe
Almighty Ivtllar ta graabar than king.
In itt search all lor it torn.
Hnndreda of thouaar" "t arrea of land
IJe untitled I" mit t tb caUooa.
While In our itl.. o anany aod grxnd.
Man mutt toHl 1-x.g !.r bla ratlona.
Tlie land ffMn Ha Idle l.liWa lot a take.
Aa tliey t It feni our father;
Let the o'd earth :th hapjiltiefca abake,
When agalb nan II" well ami free
Joke.
Teacher What does your father do?
Willie He plays the trombone In
the orchestra. nt he'a going away
now, since the ai.te a gone dry.
Teacher But what difference does
Jt make )f tha Bta,e gotm dryr
Willie 1 don't know, only I heard
Ma say that Pa s breath Isn't Lear!
so strong now. W. V. C.
Song la Ro Okl.
SONO IS SO OLD.
LOVE IS SO HEW
LET ME BE STILL
AH D KXttL TO YOU.
LET ME BE STILL
AHD BKEATHE HO WOID.
SAVE WHAT MT WUM 1LOOD
SLUGS UHHEAiD.
LET MT WARM BLOOD
siho low or YOU
SOHO IS SO FAIB.
LOVE u so hew:
HEBMAMM EAOEDOIV.
Tncle Jeff Snow Kays:
Clothes don t make the man: but
; ' ' - m
ti t . Kv mmA mlfhtv hie 4 el a e.i
I " J " -w mmm m IVI & Wl
lers who were nothing; bat clothe
racks, so rur aa I could see, vntll X rot
onto myself and hung out some style,"