THE : OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,- FRIDAY,: FEBRUARY 4. 1916.
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America talcs -nothing for lio"
tclf tmt jrhat aha has a right to
a&k for humanity itself.
WOODBOW WILSON.
j They never tasts who always
- drink:
They Always talk who never
tains.
Matthew Prior,
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A GfiNETTAL'S FEARS
Hifc. American navy would be
,at the bottom of the sea in
less than sixty days, per-
' haps sooner, if this country
were attacked by a first class pow
er,': said - General Leonard Wood,
in ' testifying before the military
committee of the house.
As a prediction, It is a hair
raiser. As an estimate of the su
periority of other navies, the nary
of the United States, ship for ship,
gun for gun, and man for man. It
is a soul-wanner.
" Is the general right T Great
Britain has the largest navy. In the
world. 4 She has almost double the
Eea; power of any other nation. ft
the- nayy? of any first class power
could send "'the American navy to
the. bottom of the sea in sixty days,
perhaps sooner," x Great Britain's
navy should, by General Wood 's
reasoning, have sent the , German
navy to the "bottom of the sea la
sixty days, perhaps sooner." .
But nothing of the kind has hap
pened. . After eighteen mcnths of
warfare, the German navy is strong
er today In ships and guns than
the day war was declared. It is
(Intact,, and, with the assistance of
German shore fortifications, guns
and mines, is holding the great
British navy at bay. It U holding
its own and more in preventing the
most, powerful navy ever buIH from
invading Germany by sea.
- In battleships, though weaker In
other naval equipment, we are the
equal of Germany. n all wars
American' sailors have1 always prov
en tfteir superiority in getting re
sults from their resources. If 'the
most powerful navy In the world
has been impotent against the Ger
man navy for eighteen . months. It
la absurd to claim that It could
operate three thousand miles from
Its base and sink the American
navy In two months,, or twenty
months. . '
This ia the lesson of the Euro
pean war, and General Wood should
calm his fears. -
Because streets suddenly blocked
Trere not as suddenly cleared, the
Oregonian reviles Commissioner
Dalyrtfilf vwlthf foreknowledge of
te coming storm, Mr. Daly had
had an army of. men ready to iblear
tie-streets, he would have been as
roundly abused for extravagance.
:,o matter what he does, the Ore
gonian "will assail Mr. Daly.
THE FARMERS' MARKET.
)AVID XAJBIN, the celebrated
publicist, has a plan . for bring
ing the farmer and the city
r consumer together through
t-e parcel - post.' Something; has
' en done along this line already
' 7 the postal authorities, but it is
-mmonly conceded that a , good
: al more should he done. The post
'flee - is tod much occupied with
'er matters to push the trade in
rm products. Mr. Lubln believes
at nothing of consequence can be
eomplished until better business
sthods" ere applied. He wants, a
cclal commission for this 'pur-
"39.- -
It is useless for the farmers to
ink : of doing business -by moil
til they can - guarantee to the
r chaser faultless products. One
:: ment of defective . produce
:it easily dry up a promising
ie -tor a' whole neighborhood.
Lubln thinks that experience
1 teach the farmers to ship an
alutely v reliable product. We
disposed to . fear; that - experl
3 with Its sad lessons may only
J to discourage them. They
3 ' had many desolating experl
3, a-.d each one seems to driv
a into deeper discouragement
i before- i - ' '
i ttzma to us that nothing short
cooperative receiving, agencies in
3 cities can yield that sure grad
I Etable product which' Is neces
7 for business of the kind." The
1 post will reach its full util-
NOT YET' WITH DRAWN
ysj OVEttNOR WITJITCOMBE has not withdrawn his letter In which ,
f he directs Attorney-General. Brown to . throw the ' Influence of
Oregon on the side of the power interests in the Utah case, i ., ,
- He ought to do it. He ought .tp do it for the sake of his
own-reputation and political prospects. He ought to do It for the
sake, of his party, ; He ought ta do it in defense of f the . people
against the, plan of the power Interests to get control of 'the water
powers,' : Just - as big Interests, by -sinister processes, secured post
session of school lands,, tide lands, swamp lands and other of the
public .domain. ., ;-: '. - ;'v . , 'i- - f -'. .'ri:-VUl
: -1 But there is another reason why he should withdraw this letter.
The Utah case is the power Interests' attempt ' to use the courts to
wa the water powers.. They have failed to win them by federal
I te&slatloui The people's representatives in congress would not stand
ior tjieir program. The sentiment of the country is so strongly
against -giving the water powers over to the magnates for exploita
tion purposes that congress is passing the Ferris bill, which provides
that power; sites may be leased for long terms at 'nominal: rentals by
the power magnates,, but that' actual ownership of those sites will tl
ways remain in the people. .. C . V r "
Beaten in congress, the corporations have turned to the courts in
the hope -that the supreme court at Washington wilt give them a de
cision by which to outwit congress. That is always the last resort of
what this country has learned to call big business. To that high tri
bunal big business always goes with subterfuges by which to gain IU
eel fish ends,-nd not infrequently it succeeds. That is the secret of
its iLtense opposition to Brandets. ( ' , . ,
The issues In the Utah case ire largely questions of what is the
law. Because an issue of law, it is the law,. and not Governor With
combe, that should determine which side Oregon shoujd take In tW
Utah case.' 'The law officer of the state is Attorney-General Brown,
not Go-ernor WIthycombe. S - A.
As reason for Attorney General Brown to take the - Heed Smoot
side In the case,- the governor in his remarkable letter, mentions the
action of the so-called . water power "conference" held in Portland
last September. - It was a body under the control of hand-picked del
egates dominated by- the power mf gnr.tes and commanded by corpora
tion lawyers. . Is that .the kind of body to interpret" the law con
cerning water powers in Oregon T
Governor WIthycombe also, inr his letter, directs Attorney-General
Brown to Pat McArthur's speech in congress for guidance. What a
spectacle for gods and men for as fine a lawyer as Attorney-General
Brown to be directed to look to Pat McArthur's speeches for guid
ance as to the law! '
The Utah casie Involves judicial interpretation of certain sections
of the United States constitution, and of the enabling act under
which Oregon was admitted to the Union. Thus the theory of our
government is that in the beginning all power was vested In the
people, rnd when the United States of America was formed, certain
of the people's powers were delegated to it The rest the people re
served to be exercised by them through the states. Among other
powers delegated to the United States was the power to make need
ful rules and regulations regarding the disposition and management
of the public lands. To hold that the state has the right to take
the public' lands - by -condemnation proceedings would be to hold in
'violation, the federalists say, of this section of the United States
constitution. s '
In addition, when Oregon was admitted to the Union the enabling
act of congress, whose terms were accepted and agreed to by JDre
gon, provided that the new state should never In any manner. "inter
fere with. the primary disposal of the soil" of the United States with
in its boundaries. This contract so made between the state and the
United States, It has always been understood and held, precludes the
state from taxing public lands of the United States, and by analogy
the advocates of federal control maintain that It precludes the state
from affecting the United States' title by condemnation proceedings.
These are mighty constitutional and legal questions. In the
midst of them what does Pat McArthur know? What does Govern
or WIthycombe know? Yet Pat McArthur's speeches, Mhe governor's
private wishes and the resolution of the hand-picked majority in the
water power "conference," so-called, are the governor's reasons for
directing Attorney-General Brown to appear in the Utah case and
throw the Influence of Oregon on the side of the power interests and
against the public.
Governor WIthycombe should recall his letter. He never should
have yielded to the corporationlsts who induced him to send it -
V In his own defense, he ought to withdraw it at once, and make
public the names o- the men who led him into such a foolish piecov
Jf business. T
ity to the farmer when he can ship
his' goods to a big municipal mar
; ket and feel perfectly confident
that they will be graded, adver
tised and sold for him there to
the best advantage.
If this week - had been letter
writing week, we might have had
some scruples.
JUDGE HAMILTON
FOREMOST among Oregon
judges who have cut court
expense by prompt and or
derly despatch of court busi
ness is Judge James W. Hamilton
I of the Second judicial district.
His accession to the -bench was
the signal' for a new order in dis
posing of business. Attorneys were
required to bo ready, with their
cases Nonsensical motions for the
mere securing of delays were put
under the ban. Unreasonable
technicalities were forbidden. Court
costs of jurors and witnesses were
thereby much reduced.
To this was added a high order
of Judicial intelligence and learn
ing. Along I with ( Judge Harris,
since " elevated tq the supreme
bench, and the then District Attor
ney Brown, since erected attorney
general. Judge Hamilton made the
Second district notable for a
wholesome : andr effective ' applica
tion of law and justice. s
- As a result, that district has long
enjoyed a non-partisan judiciary.
Judge . Hamilton, a Democrat, Is
, repeatedly reelected in a Repub
lican district, in recognition by the
people of the fine Judicial stand
ards which he has established in
the courts over which he presides.
Judge Hamilton's candidacy for
a w. term ; has Just been an
nounced V . ; .
President Wilson ; is not too
proud to . fight the predatory In
terests when, it comes; to the nom
ination of a supreme Justice.'"
HOW MAJHT" CONVERTS?
IT WOULD T be : entertaining to
know' how many converts to
. "simplified spelling' Professor
Canton, of Reed college, made
by his lecture at Whitman. He
should have made a good' many,
for colleges like Whitman, are sup
posed j. to be foci of intelligence.
But, in the matter of spelling, in
telligence Is sometimes subordinat
ed to i other considerations.-. Mind
does, not always rule over matter,
nor common sense over silent let
tera. --- . '"-'-
Simplified spelling ought to find
its best advocates in the colleges
and advanced schools. Thefe, If
anywhere, the wasteful absurdities
of ; English j spelling should stand
forth in all their hideousness and
drive mm toward reform. Educa
tion suffers more than any other
Interest from bur illiterate spelling
because eo muchof the pupil's time
is wasted trying to learn the un
1 earn ah 1 a phna Tt ta M
i . , . 4 auvvuut
loft our bad spelling system' that our
schoolboys are two years behind
turqpean lads of the same age.
German, Italian and Spanish spell
ing Is comparatively simple. Chil
dren learn to read those languages
in half the time English requires.
This is all the more disheartening
when we reflect that English Is
really the simplest of the modern
languages, and should be the eas
iest to read, spell and learn.; Our
miserable orthography makes all
the trouble. It is the one serious
hindrance to the world-wide use ot
English as a common tongue.
Business men make constant
complaint because children do not
learn, how to Bpell at scmol. For
their comfort, we will remind them
that this generation spells better
than any of its forbears. In colo
nial times even presidents and gen
erals of the army were bad spell
ers. Washington's orthography
was a sight to see, but he managed
to make . himself comparatively use
ful, in spite of it .
The truth should be reiterated
that English spelling is too, diffi
cult for the ordinary child to learn,
no matter how well he is taught
If business men would rive half th
iLue to advocating simplified spell
ing tnat- they ,tive to grumbling
over the perfectly natural failure
of children to learn the present
monstrous method, something
might be effected. ;s
jh. few days more training, and a
trip to the north pola will be only
a summer's jaunt
A FAR COUNTRY
THE Public-Library has had a
good many copies of Winston
Churchill's "A Far Country
ever since it was published,
but it Is ' hard to get one of them
to read, for the book is In great
demand. u It is a sort of super-best
seller, and in many ways It de
serves its luck. . The hero is a cor
poration; lawyer, , whose , career is
folIoWAd from Vila tnirfAirf t.l.i,
to his happy conversion at the end. l
it. is only m the last chapter or
two that he experiences ; a change
of heart and radiates piety.. - In the
rest of the book he is" cold, serpen
tine, unscrupulous and as able as
Mjphistopheles. There was no leg
islature that he could not bribe,' no
court that he could, not ''handle"
In - the Interest of his clients, who
were all malefactors of great
wealth, and no deal,? however dif
ficult, : that he , could not "put
through""
By these 'gifts divine he acquired
immense prestige among, his fellow
thieves and amassed riches beyond
the t dreams i of avarice. i Success
followed: him like a pet dos, as it
does some ,men. ;His Midas -touch
turned every lawsuit to goldi Pur
suing the ordinary Course of mod-t
ern. success, he. neglected his fam
ily, d ispised i and finally r deserted
his wife and f eUr-in lpve with an
other Woman. Nothing but; his
timely conversion prevented his
marrying this miraculously fascin
ating siren. His much enduring
wife finally took the children and
fled to France, w$ere, after his
change of heart, he found her wait
ing for him with a meek smile and
tears of forgiveness.. t
The literary style of the book
exhibits the most remarkable col
lection of lawyers'-jargon we have
ever seen. . Nobody gets mad in Mr.
Churchill's book. He falls "Into a
state of anajer Nobody ever ap
proves anything. He merely-"regards
it ,with an feeling of ap
proval." And so on. . .This linguis
tic horror is a constant irritant
throughout the book. Perhaps it
is necessary to keep the reader
awake, for, in spite of the novel's
wonderful sales, we must confess
that it has soporific qualities.
The story is a fairly good one
up to the last chapters, .which are
untrue to life and -mushlly sentimental.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
Behind th eotobUsbment whoee otory is
told in No. 87 of the Nothing the Matter With
Portland oerlea, lies a history of almost three
score years ot thrifty derelopmeot. It pro-,
rats another Instance of the null beginning
and the growth that demands mora, and mors
room and more and more moring until perman
ency ia achieved by bowing the buxinesa in a
building of it own. But before this estab
lishment Lies a prospect that cboold compel
emulation. Its manager tells what the Port
land .harness factories bare don to the east
ern makers, and how good the year 1914 looks
to him and his house. J
SOME of. us ware merely unimport
ant urchins when, in 18o7, S.
Sherlock & Co. founded the pres
ent house of th George''-Lawrence
company, manufacturer- of saddles
and harness, 80-88 First street Many
others had not even arrived at "urch
lnhood." That waa a Ions' time' ago,
and It was an exceedingly small in
stitution as compared with the flno
four-story 100x100 foot brick struc
ture of today, owned by the family;
for the George Lawrence company
consists of but three persona, father
and two sons. With its basement
there are 60,000 square feet of apace
In the edifice. ' -
Xn April; 1893, the Sherlock busi
ness waa purchased by the Lawrenca
family, and was then housed In a
frame tAiilding 25x100, two stories
high. At that time twelve persona
wer employed.
In 1895 the premises were enlarged
by almost double, but a few years
later a paper company with premises
adjoining, desiring more room, made
offers for the Lawrence company
building, which gave the latter to un
derstand that another move was in
evitable. BOUGHT AT FIRST AND OAK.
According to an old saw three
moves equal a fire, but be this as it
may, Mr. Lawrence, Sr., on consulta
tion with his aons, decided to end
that annoyance once for all,' and the
quarter block at First and Oak was
bought The btrtldlng the company
now occupied was then erected, . and,
being specially designed for the pur
poses for which it la used, ia a model
in lta line. On the lower floor, are
the offices, sample rooms and ship
ping; departments; on the second an
other sample room, stock room, etc.;
on the third the saddle makers, and
the fourth -is devoted to the manu
facture of harness for farm and draft
purposes.
Here are found mora than & score
of leather sewing machines, riveting
machines, and a lot of other appa
ratus USjiAJ to a perfectly equipped
harness factory, and a force of work
men, each at his own bench,' each
attending to his own part of the work,
and as a whole turning out the very
best In "harness manufacturing. This
la one of the big. substantial con
cerns In Its Una, and there , is no
"mock about any of lta products.
They are genuine from first to last
Everything la exactly aa represents
and this, no doubt is one of the Im
portant reasons why the slogan,
"Once a eustomex. always a custom
er," is conceded to fitly apply to the
George Lawrence company house.
OUTLOOK IS GOOD.
"The .outlook for 1916 is good,"
George Lawrence, Jr., reports. "As a
matter of fact, it Is remarkably good.
Front present Indications this is lik
Iy to be our best yearin the busi
ness. We have booked liberal orders
mailed in by our traveling salesmen,
and our resident representatives,
handling our goods excluaivaly. In
Boise, Idaho; Spokane, 'Wash.; Walla
WalSa. Wash., and Stevensyllle, Mon
tanaAfind It necessary to stock up
more Venerously than they ever have
done. ; Each ot these , latter gives us
promise, of greatly Increased busines
over any former year, so there Is am
ple ground ' for bur -optimism.'. Our
salesmen cover Oregon; Washington,
Idaho, Montana and northern1 Cali
fornia, t ."'-.
, "There have been time In Portland,
before the automobile manufacturers
put -the carriage horse out of business,
that "there waa a greater demand for
grades of fine harness than now, but
work hovsTe-'liarness .trade la better
than it has - been ,ln years." ' y
KMFLOTS 63 HANDS NOW; -'
The 63 hands now in the employ of
the George Lawrenoe company, a ao-count-
of .machinery helps, can. turn
out an Immense - lot of harness arid
saddles In a month. The Journal roan
noticed two women among the-, work-
era In th.harnesa department-;; They
were operating sowing machknea witA
alf; the dexterity ' of : an ; exper ;lna
dressmaking establishment. -x r Apart
from the hum f .machines U -would
aeem that not a worA; is spoken, and
Mr. Lawrence -says- tat trnnecessary
conversations - never are Indulged In
during working-; honrs.' There Is no
hard and fast rule to this regard, the'
employes -: themselves I understanding
that they cannot; work and talk. . -"
The George - Lawrence building,
from bottom to tob. 'Is noted for its
clearUlness. FerytMng about it al
ways is in apple pi order," and thera
are no accumulatloi 4kj(f dust or cob
webs. . It maintains, ft, own machine
shop In a room adjoining the saddle
department, and even there', tidiness
and good order rnlel Vna work rooms
are light as ootd,OTt'i .-almost, jani
ventilated with ppcl reference to
sanitation. Its workf have Quarters
pleasant as they ea- be made, and
the company's - $40;'ff .annual payroll
doubtless Justifies' e contentment
apparent In the Inst.. It Ion. The com
pany's offices on first floor are
admirably arranged- . They give a
tone of metropoUtaa- Si to the place.
Officers of that 'cbrapany " are:
George . W. Lawren Br, preeideni;
W. C Lawrence, ; vice . president.;
George Lawrence, J , secretary and
treasurer.
The harness fact Ses of Portland
have absorbed tht - north; Pacific
coast market, it lav aid. Time was
when eastern ma! if acturera . con
trolled the tiade of coast, but the
territory has been W ested from them
and our people novT ' get better ser
vice. No effort is f ado ta--palmoff
"Junk" for the genii ae." Indeed, this
principle obtain, inf. til Portland fa-stories,
no matter i what ' line, the
fact being- realized ' that reputation
are at stake local reputations not
those afar off and- that customers
must be dealt with lit accordance with
the best rules of buainesa, and theae
are "A aquarV deal in every deal ant
honesty all the timtf"
Such conduct la a "Valuable asset to
Portland or any Other, community,
a he plain truth la, i t Is the workers
that keep things going.
Letters From the People
, (Communications sent- to The Journal for
pobll cation in this department should be writ
ten on only on side of the paper, should not
exceed MO words ia length and moat be ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. If the writer does not desire to hare
the name published, be should so state.)
"Discussion is the greatest of all reformers.
It rationalises everything it touches, at robs
principles of aU false sanctity and throws them
back on their' reasonableness. If they have do
reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes tneih oat
of existence and sets up its own conclusion la
their stead." Wood row Wilson.
A Protest for Mothers.
Portland, Feb. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal Are We not. aU one fam
ily, children of the great father of all?
This Is written as a protest against
so-called preparedness.' . Certain min
isters of the Gospel advocate prepared
ness in- the sense, of defending- war.
and accuse mothers of falling in their
duty who are not willing, to sacrifice
their sons at the bidding, of the men
who make our lawa in direct opposi
tion to God's laws and commands. He
commands us not t kill. "All our
sorrows and troubles would vanish If
we obeyed God'e commands implicitly.
I object to accepting a guide In a
religious sense, who thbska a mother
should love her country mo e than
her son. What can any count ry give
or do for a mother, in excha age for
her loved ones? If It am not urlotic,
I am proud of it. What dpe.,ww do
for the common people. I earerttot how
Just Its cause, only to add v their
burdens ard sorrow? t have yet to
find in Chrisfa teachlngsr- where ha
defends violence. I hope the time .will
come when common men will form a
peace league and absolutely refuse to
fight or take numan ui- ior any
cause. I hope it will be world-wide.
Justice demands it. I hope to see a
government of nations, a womtrnooa
of man. in fact, as well, aa theory.
Th world's needs are the same. 1
hope there win be no such thing aa
country only the white flag of peace
and good will, without the itea uroea.
I look on war as a direct Insult to
nod. Hjw can any country hope to
prosper that butlda its ao-called civil
ization on the foundations of broken
homes, crippled men and millions of
graves of the flower of Its manhood?
When wa learn to love one another
as we should, wlth a pure, noiy jove,
for God's sake, because he commands
u to. the world will be better place
to 11 Ta in.
Poland's Famishing Ones. -
Portland, Feb. 1. -To the , Editor of
The' Journal Money " ts being raised
tor the . Starving Jawa - In Poland.
This Is well and as it should be, but
her la what I want to know: How
will the money keep tha starving peo
ple alive? They cannot eat money,
Food cannot reach them in Poland.
Enrland claim a -th right to block
ade the ocean, and says to our nation:
"I will not permit you to carry grain,
cotton or provisions to Norway or
Sweden, or Holland Or Denmark, neu
tral nations." And ; our government
simply proestsuprotests. protests, pro
tests. Why protest. If wa are right
and have a right to ship foodstuffs to
nations not at. war? - Way not tell
England she must not touch- our good a
that are being carried to neutral na
tions, and then use the .navy, ff necaa
sarv. to safely convoy the roods? If
we would tell England that, no more
war munitions would be permitted
shipped unless ah consented to let
our goods alone wnu Deing parried to
neutral nations, ther would be no
more need of protests. ' If .odstuffs
cannot go ahead,- what good Will the
money do? JOB. FEIBX'TIAL.
There is plenty ot ftfctdi or pur.
chas within immediate rajojrt - of th
stricken district, and VltVtb money
it can be mad available for the starv
ing Jews.. It Is nof all goods! but con
traband goods, that - Gr"at; Britain is
trying- to keep out of neutral nations.
- The correspondent - raisas th - lssu
from the. viewpoint of a sympathiser
with the central powers, soa. th other
hand, there are others who'.lni at that
aiding the Jew will aid th 'central
powers by relieving- famine pi1 irritory
under tleir control. - Meaj-AA Je, the
Jewa ar starving and th djhars pur
sued for their relief Is the 6, St course.
It Is being done by men. wh know all
the conditions.! -J i - - - ..v
-i
Contrasts,
; Portland. Feb. 8 To thirjSditor of
The Journal On the same day ap
peared theae two items io Portland
papers: - -
."Family broken- trp; ' matherl
daughter of 14" going to day id night
school trying to fit herself; wage
earning;: boy of 13 ill tri f actual
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PERTINENT COM ME NT AND NEWS IN BRIEF;
- EAXALL CBJkXGB$i4: Qi
Vivi,W.i.V.iiii ". 111 'l'i-"--i"-'svr1-'.- i
- TBesa are the days when. m's opti
mism la put to the teat. . . - , -
'Now is the tlma for the comfortable1
ones to com to the aid of the com
fortless.; - .. - . . . ,
: - . . '.- ' :
,At 'any rata. Portland' la ; not busy,
like many -other cities, collecting re
ceipts for frostbite. - A
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Whan it cornea to ' censoring the
newa,. no European sovereign u to be
compared with Old Storm King. v
v '. -, ... ."' -;
If Bishop Sumner la glad to be back
In Portland now, what will be bis
state of mind when the rosea begin
to bud? . w . - , ,. . , , --.
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According? to a former Princeton as
sociate, the, president's "favorite diet
is criticism" and he aeema-to thrive
on it, too. '
. : e
Chloifo claims more bandits to the
square mile than Mexico can boast,
showing that the bandit Is a domestic
waU aa a. foreign Issue.
, . . - !.. .. -.
. Carransa la now being blamed for
bis "barefaced attitude of studied ap
athy." Bur the lateat available pho
tographs of Mexico's "first chief"
don't ahow it,
-,."
Testerday'a ecllpae of the aun. auc
ceasf ul aa It waa, would have been
more of . the success had It eclipsed
some neonla who are trlvinar for a
JJac la. It,
- 9 - m
Belligerent Mr. Berry of San Fran
ciaoo admits that as a pinch hitter
of telegrams Judge McCredie of the
Beavers ia apt to clean the bases every
time he goes .to bat.
RATE CASES AFFECTING OREGON INTERESTS
Washington. Feb. -(WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Discussion of benefits extended to
Portland, Or.. In transcontinental rate
making- as a. result of the Influence of
water competition entered Into "argu
ment before the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the application of the
Southern Pacific for rehearing of the
case of E a -Gila a) Co. ot Salem, tn
which the commission heretofore fixed
restrictions on. rates on eastern goods
bound far the Willamette valley.
-CommlssTDner Clements manifested
particular Interest in the argument ad
vanced by C W. Durbrow of San Fran
clsco,, representing the railroad, where
in the attorney contended that . th
Southern Pacific 'la entitled to add full
local charges for the "back haul" on
all goods from the east to the valley.
. Mr. Durbrow, when pointing out that
only one cent more ia allowed for haul
ing into this Oregon territory than fur
shipments into Utah, only about half
the distance, was interrupted by Com
missioner Clements with a question
as. to whether in consideration of the
fact that the rate to Portland la one
forced down by water competition,
which the carriers have chosen to put
into effect, the community or territory
near Portland ia not entitled to a re
flection .of these lower ratea also.
The railroad attorney, was unwilling
to concede this. Especially so, he said,
as the testimony in the Gile case ahowa
that goods destined for the Willam
ette valley were actually rnovedfrom
one car to another and subjected to
switching charges at the Portland ter
minal, inatead of the goods having been
unloaded at the Intermediate destina
tion. Ha said that under such condi
tions the roads are entitled to the full
local to recompense them for thia extra
service.
Mr. Clements wanted to know if this
Is not an unusual state of affairs, since
goods usually are unloaded at the In
termediate point of destination and do
starvation; father working two days a
week on a city Job."
"Ladd tat offers leas of tract
of land for municipal golf course for
IS years If city will pay taxes, now
32600 a year." :
"All men are created equal, before th
eyes of the atate."
So, in tha constitution, our radical
father said.
BUt we have forgotten th passage,
locally and of late
And now our radical fathers ar san
and conservative, dead.
And now while a boy Is starving thro
- ' utter lack of bread
And his father tolls for th city, that
cruel want to abate
(Two daya out of vtn, and how are
throe mouths to be fed
Since in paying twodollars the city
has cut a third of the rate?) '
They broke th law we had written to
guard the poor folks' . Weal
That three full dollars should be the
pay of a city laboring man.
Ia there no law for th laboring man
that is not backed by steel?
ia there no law, but a giant gam of
rr.h a,nt' arraft who can?
And whll the children' oodles th
pangs of hunger fl
There comes to the olty council a
municipal goii-iinas pmu -The
city to pay the taxes, th city to
turn th wheel.
To use the land and after soma years
. .in. it hack a train.
Fifty thousands dollars to pay a rich
man's tax ...
But not singl dollar to fill a. poor
man's lacks;
Fifty thousands dollars, for our cod
tiat mm tn rilav.
But what do. you eaytto the children
when you take their bread, away?
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Oregon's Scenery and Switzerland's,
'Portland. Feb. 1. To th Editor of
Tha Journal Had tha great pleasure
of seeing th colored pictures of Port
land. Hood valley. Mount Hood and
th new highway, as shown by soma
of Fortland'a public spirited cltixenav.
Th picture ar aupero and tne lec
ture very Interesting-; bat I did not
understand why we should try to com
pare the scenery of Oregon with th
Alps of Switzerland. The Swiss moun
tains and valleys are beautiful, all,ln
s - class by themselves. Just ss the
natural wonders of Oregon ar things
not to b found anywhere either on
this or any other continent. I believe
we would do better . in advertising
Portland and Oregon in such a way as
to Impress on prospective tourists that
we can show them scenery, waterfalls,
highways.' mountains, everlasting
anow, climate and r flowera aueb as
ther will find nowhere except here,
and which will leave memories never
to b effaced. .
Having arrived in Portland only re
cently, I was hr but a; few hours
before I Joined th bootrs 'dub. - I
heard a lot about Portland's commu
nity spirit. It Is admired everywhere,
and ia the envy of many town. Port
land and Oregon, through their public
spirited cltisens, will in a short time
be known, aa a tourist center second
to none, offering to th pleasure seek
r arraater enloyment . than- eaa be
"found anywhere els. - " ' '
J&KJMKS X. . 3USJ1CHU. "
Spirit of Jesus, and lreparedness.
Portland. Jan. 11. To th Editor of
Th Journal It is surprising to many
to find church luminaries defending
war and war prepau-odn. ? It cer
tainly ahoeka many whan they lam
that Dr. Frank L. Loveland intimates
that tlesua was . a militarist and d-1
fended fighting... xhos who fairly
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Tantalising report In - Port Orford
Tribune of January !: "Over . two
Inches of snow, practically the first
that has fallen In -Port Orford this
winter, covers the ground her this
morning." . - ... ' .
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"Baker," aay the Democrat "will
lead the . building - movemejit " next
sprinsr by the erection of a IHS.000
high school building. Ia ita construc
tion s community demand ta mad to
use native atone. As a building ma
terial . the home product cannot be
beat." . .....
- The Milton Eagle haa Just celebrat
ed Its twenty-eighth birthday, tut
Colonel Clark Wood takes aU the Joy
out of the occasion by reminding the
Eagle that. It la "atiU a Journalist!?
Infant compared to the Weston Lead
er, which waa bora In 1878." .
"Oregoniana think they have 'cause
for complaint regarding the weather
thia winter, .Think of California, with
Ua great flood in the southern part
of - the state," staunchly admonishes
the Lebanon Express, "and be glad wa
live in a land that is noted for 'show
era; and about once in five or alx
'years has a real anow period." .
. ; -
- Salem Jdumal's deserved tribute to
the birds: "The birds are aclf reliant
little fellows. While dependent on man
for sustenance while the ground ta
covered with anow, every one of them,
as soon aa the anow waa off. at once
began to hustle for himself. It ta
probable they will need little or no
help from thia on, at least this winter,
and they will not ask it unices (lira
need compels."
not-pass through the terminal. This
the attorney admitted. ';--
Preceding the argument of the Oile
cam the commission heard detailed ar
gument , on the Inman-Poulaen lumber
osse. In which Portland lumbermen
aeek to have the same ratea applied to
that city as are given the Willamette
valley mills on shipments to Cali
fornia.
"Here la a blanket extending right
up to Portland and Portland cut out
of it," said James O. Wilson, present
inr the complaint. "It has been urged
by the railroad that a low rata was
needed for the valley because of buat-
naaa conditions that had cloaed a large
number of mills south of Portland. But
Portland mills were Just as much in
need of help, and it is not true that
the Portland mills had exclusive mar
kets east and north where the valley
mills eould not sell. In selling east of
Portland differentials have to be met
in favor of eastern Oregon mil Is, and
Portland doea not supply the northern
territory. Even if that war true. It
would afford no excuse for denial to
Portland of th advantages of favor
able location."
Mr. Durbrow, in replying, said that a
large market la available to Portland
that cannot be reached from tha val
ley, and he quoted figures to show ex
tensive movements by sea from the Co
lumbia river to San Francisco bajr and
San Pedro. He argued In defense of
adjustments mads by the railroad
through cancellation of SjVanch line ar-
bltrariea and the 14.30 rate on finished
lumber. The railroad was compelled
to make these reductions, he said, or
forego ita lumber business In the val
ley. If Portland were placed on tha
same basis, he declared. Portland mills
would use this rate to make California
a "dumping ground for their surplus.
Valley mllla would .have to Close, ha
said, and tha railroad would loae lta
most vaiuaDie arucie or traiiic.
- Both oases were submitted. A de
cision may come in 30 days, or may be
delayed for eeverai month. .
atudy his life and doings know that
his mission was to eonroat social and
economic injustice, and that his daring
stand or these subjects, and unhesitat
ing denunciation of the breach of th
lawa, governing them, was what
brought upon him the enmity of big
business, supported by th church lead
era, and finally brought -him ta the
cross.
If Jesus were on earth today and
stood -with certain apologists of pre
paredness, he might live a - thousand
years and never face th angry de
nunciations of big business. In tact,
were he living In England he might
b elevated to th peerage, for his
militarism; in France,' high honor
would await him; in Russia, ha would
become a grand duke: in Turkey, he
might rise to exalted heights; in Ger
many he would bid fair to b at tha
head of the international spy system:
or. if he lived In th United States,
n mignt b round ia company with
th colonel. But h would forfeit
th love of th common neoDla.
or course, the attitude of tha church
toward war aid lta beneficiaries -a
not to be wondered at, for, in the past,
when ware have prevailed, instead of
calling upon th people to obey God's
command, "Thou shalt not kill," tha
church has7 sent lta ministers to pray
for the armies, in every land, and
when thousand were wounded and dying-
the ministers have wafted their
souls to Jeaaa on -the wings of prayer
while theft- bands were still red with
the blood of fellowmen! And still the
church wonders it does not -commanj
the unqualified indorsement of those
who ar striving to build up an inter
national federation of brotherhood1
among men, so that hatred may ceasa
and ail may go where they may, to
blp each other rather than to de
stroy, -; . ...-;'''-" -
When th economic truths .taught
by Jesus grip the world, then wars
will ceas. ; JOHN WILLIAMS. .
From a little Lover of Birds.
Dayton. Or.,, Jan. JL To ths Editor
of Tha Journal -I am a little over 13
years old, Jbot t am as small as a 10-year-old
child.:, X am in th seventh
grada. ? ;': - ' .
Welt X saw in T- Journal what, yon
said" ar out the lltU wild birds. We
have a prouder hous ; (9 ft long.
As soon as : th bad weather C came,
mamma opened up coupl of small
trap doors, and- Inald of an hour ap
parently that word waa passed around
to other birds and then over to birds
went in. And - stpo then tbor have
been ever - so many. ; At times th.-
wculd b over 100. And at nl,l
cits them in, so a not to let th cats
get them. W feed them all kinds of
ieu, auv wj jw. mm siappT SS
they 'can be..; ...
Ther ar alt kinds of birds her
th robing snowbird, a kind of robt
with a blao;k ring around th ncjr,
and - larger bird that Is black, wltn
av: arat or brht rmaAomi
neck; and mvttn wren and a gray bird
tnat is sxripco. ji cours. w do not
know all of thorn. ' Mamma- is very
Droud-of her wild pets, and so ar we
children.. - ' .
Tha wren foiowa mamma tbrongH,
th chlcksa houses when' ska feeds tha
chickens. When ; th . weather gats
- armor, w expect ther will leav u:
but w - ar glad .as long as thejr ar
her. ' . - ' s- - , - - s
Well. I guess I win close now. ;
Tour llttl friend, - .
. EMILIB jrrJLHAM.
Onceover
VyESTERDAY AFTERNOON the
A esteemed city .editor perceive!
that I didn't hav a thins- to do
xept answer th telephone an 1
tail popl that X '" didn't know
exactly bow soon Marshall Dana
would.be back.
J And he called roe to his aid.
and askd m if I had a, match.
3 And I did.
and. h lit It.
-nd held It carefully whlla he.
told m what ho, wanted mo te do.
ejAnd th match went out,
and so did I. "
-ff And I went over to th orpheum
with Charley Hoga's umbrella to
Frank rMcGttigan th new
thought press agent.
And I'd been womlarlnsr wh Pal
Kelty acalls Frank, a 'new thought
press agent. : - .
T And yesterday when - Frank wan
telling, about th ahow X figured it
out. . . ... -
J Frank la a -new thought press
agent I guess because he sees noth
ing, but good In everything.
that lsoverythlng . on the bill.
J And I left Charly"a umbrelU
there.
and went out still looking for
a good atory concerning the atorm.
And I saw a little boy aitting
on a anowbaak in a yard.
r J And b was crying.
1And 1 asked him what was tha
matter. ' . ' . :
TAnd he said' hla mother wouldn't
let him play outdoors.
-.fJ"But you'r playing outdoor now
aren't yon? I said. J
: "JAnd th little bor said he waa.
and . that he'd been playing out
aU afternoon. . x
T "And ' Tm tired playing out" he
said. .
"and aha thinks I'm asleep.
. "and when " X go In she'll lick
me.' ;
f And that's th way It la with
most of us. ; .
jWhen. w get what w want we
don't want It.
or wb get too much of It.
. and w don't Want to pay th
price. . - " -
although wa knew wbaj it was
,viug, f ssv a as sn-u evuw4 -..
' J But about this weather lt'a not
ao bad after all.
'. because , it baa shown us that
the best of climates may go wrons
occasionally.
JAnd -perhaps it's Just a hunch
for ua to atop -""boasting about our
climate -
-and to turn in and do something
to make : Oregon " great regardleis
ot climate and the other bounties
of nature. . -
JAt " first when . th apell of
weather started we all thought it
t as a Joke.
and we said It would b over In
a few days. .
and it waa nothing like they hav
back east. .
, and all that. --.
fj And of course It hasn't " been
exactly. " - ' .
j That la it hasn't been ao cold
but ' .
J LISTEN lt'a been everything
else. .:
THE GORGE OF
THE COLUMBIA
IN MID-WINTER
A full page photograph of the
Columbia river gorge looking east
from s location near Crown Point .'
that shows the storm king's cita
del in all its icy glory will be re
produced on the front page of
The Sunday Journal Magazine
next Sunday.
Other features in this interesting
section will includet r;
Abraham Lincoln at Horn
A reproduction of a photograph
of the great emancipator and his
son from a Washington news
paper published shortly after his
'death and a hit of text that sets
forth- the kindly humor ot the
martyred president that is timely
in view of the: approaching anni
versary of his ;birth. ;- . ..
Giddy London's Frivolity
An unusual story that citts the
current attractions in the crowd
ed theatres of the -English capital,
most of which are of the frothy
- variety as significant of a popu
lar mind that is reluctant to yield
, to the appeal of the recruiting
office. .. - .
War Zone Personalities
Short accounts of the exploits of
the heroes and clowns of the
Ypres "death angle" that are well
known to every frenchman and
reserve in . the Artols region on
the long battle line in the west
.em front. .
Brains Before "Beauty
Such is the declared preference
of motion picture directors, says
Louella O. Parsons in another en- .
- grossing article concerning Film-"
- land from the inside. Bryant
Washburn tells how he changed
from s stage villain to a film hero
tn a day. '
For the Housekeeper
A page of practical taiks on the
home conducted by Dorothy Do-
- Ian and including another worth
while article on child welfare by
: "Gertrude M. Myers. . '
Have You Well Mannered
Feet?
; This is a rather personal question
but one that Lillian Russell ad
dresses to matron and -maid and
for which she provides aa answer.-
M Father Abraham"
A Lincoln! birthday story for the
boys and girls as told by Geor
gene Faulkner, "The Story LaJy."
Cartoonagrams
-A half page of amusement for the
little folks by Charles A. Ogitru,
The Sunday Journal
"The Biggest Five Cents Worth
la Type."
Next Sunday - ' -
Five Cnts the copy everywhere.