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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, fcIONP',Vx. FEBRUARY 1916. HE JOURNAL AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER . 1 ACKKOJI..: .PubllabST ura every say, a'ternuua end BBurulug "'nt Sunday afternoon) At Xa juatxi -a at lli poaioiftc at furtlaaJ. Or. lot iuiwiui uixvtigai . aiiw a iKlttlf, - . - . I HOJKS Mala .fl7S( UOM, A4UU. AU ..( tuit-uu reached ay Lb auaibar. leU yTvor want orpinmrat ye trill. t.t ion AlV.ttXleUft.W MaaiAr- tmin at Kantaor Co., Bnussvlck JBldg., iftb Ave., Maw Saras 1X1 , Fevpia' " Httig.t Chicago - T - wrtptlos term by mall j W an la tba United State a Maziest H.1I.1C (MOahilMQ OB ArXJCAKOOKl - . ' ui..(4i.w ( OM Boasts...... - SUMDAX ' ar...i...s.60 Oh stoats... -'H IMOBNIMO OH irTEBNOOH) AXO BOMDAX. . - - ..... j.$T.60 On stoats. ,. it. $ AS Aerlcti fc ;; nothing for . htf f but what she baa Hght to -kfor Iiiimanlty itself. ; ' , i i; "WOODROW WILSON, t- v Every war Involves a greater or less . relapse into barbar ism. War,; indeed, in ' its "d- inanity. It deharmonizes. It I i may save - tbe ' state, but - it ( uemruja ma ciuien. oovee. GIVE TllEM A CHANCE. HK ta.tr renittna r writ - vri 1a the snow from the sidewalk A la front of your premises. , - There are hundreds ot un employed men in Portland who w ould jump at the chance to do' the work for you. The. Journal knows of an instance In which , a young; man, supporting a mother, shoveled snow all Saturday nigHt' f !ept .'an hour, worked most ' of yesterday, resumed shoveling again at 7 last night and continued un til 3 this morning, and after a. few hours' sleep is shoveling again today. There: are many who are eager for the opportunity to have em rloyment that will give them sur vival. They do not want charity, but they do want work. And there are- thousands of people who : caii f,ive them work in clearing awy the snow that the law requires re moved. ' ' You can find these men by call ing up -the City Free Employment 33 ureau, 7 phone numbers , A-5 624 tnd Main; 3 555. On the earnings of soma of these jobless men many women and children are depend ent. In -such an issue, Portland reople. will honor themselves and do the community credit if they will all find something to i6 done ty the unemployed who are tryina tu help do the world's work. 7 . Out In the Willamette valley the advent of spring is heralded. 1 7 ' the cheerful croaking of the frogs,. In Portland the frogs have already croaked. JOHN BROWN'S; LETTEtt rHB J'irony of fate' was beau j " tlf ullr exemplified at an aucv ' tion sale of autographs in jJNew Tork a few days ago. One of "old Jein Brown's" letters . jld - on : that occasion for $300, i-iona money than" the hero ever h ad in ' his life very likely. ; We c an ' not - help wondering " whether 1, a would have been quite so con s crated to his eause as he was, if he had j had a little more of this world's goods. Some t denominations .require their "ministers to take a vow of foverty In order , that the luxuries of earth may. not ; outweigh the rromlsed Joys of heaven. No donbt the rule is wise, for earth is very ear and. heaven more or less re :ote. ' - Poverty such as John Brown ad all his life lends Something f a -charm to historical characters, "e all like td read that the great ;tt left office so poor that, he had arcely ft roof to cover him. Per ps If he had spent more time oklng after his private affairs he aid not have ; wrested;. the Mls--ippi. Valley and . Canada from 3 French.; Daniel Webster was t, . actually, ; Oppressed by poverty A he -wai far from rich. His bis: were the most conspicuous -ture in his private lifS, except, rhaps, his potatlbns. The Amerl a people have not chosen con cuously rich mefi for their pres ents and It would be something : a reproach for a president to ive the White House with i a .tune acquired in office. -Patrick Henry . was loved . be :s3 he was poor and .Benjamin klin won uarf of his " repu l on for ' honlely-; wisdom by put r It forth as "Poor ttlchardV iagSi A. wise poofvinan is : far re attractive , than . & wise rich AVe expect the rith to be 3, though ; the expectitldii Is .slonally disappointed, 'while a 3 poor man has t the charm of ty. " ' - he favorite, novel hero t la a r young mair who - endures de Tul usage because Of his pov , He always' rise to fame fortune in. the last chapter; : 1 7 that time we cease to cars what becomes of . hint. With ao much money we l feel that he is no longer : an object of worry. Wealth is a flnethlng to 'hare at the close of li'3, but bad at the beginhing. The world would bo better If all youths had to set out on their careers !. with , a good deal of hard rough work before them Softness is, close kin po evil; -: The hack of the snow regime seems broken, and Portland is in fair way to, return to the normal. It would be appropriate now for all; to get together in a long pull and strong pull for a ; greater and busier city. - - OLD "BVT- PERSISTENT 4 N OLD white haired pioneer" T over whose head eighty-five - .winters have passed, appeal- ing to a' congressional - com mittee to crown a work he has urged for many years, is a specta tie that appeals to our sentimental nature irrespective of the subject matter Of the petition. But when the appeal concerns a matter of local Interes't the specta cle becomes doubly" impressive. ,v ; A few v days ago Ezra Meekeri known throughout; the .Pacific northwest . as one of its earliest residents, appeared before the house committee on military af fairs at Washington in behalf of a till appropriating $76,0001 to sur vey and locate a military and pot rdad from St. Loihs to Olympia. The road is to follow as far as practicable the route of the old pioneers who crossing plains and mountains won the Oregon country and made i( a part of the United States. As home builders they came over the trails of the Indian and the trapper who before them had followed the paths of the wild animal. ' . The day has now dome says Mr. Meeker, ' when sentiment prompts, commerce heeds and mill tftry preparedness : demands that the old trails . be converted lnt6 truhjc fine thoroughfares. Born before the coming of the railroad to the United States. Mr. Meeker has seen all ;.the develop ments of transportation that have followed, leaving him with the conviction that greater and more far reaching benefits for human ity are to follow thS automobile. The great ; Pacific riorthweSt was made a- part of our nation not through war but by the enterprise of its early settlers, and therefore sentimental reasons alone should justify the permanent marking of the road by which they came, con tends Mr. Meeker. But there are other reasons, he says In what he calls his short span ot life,-85 years, he has wit nessed four wars la which this nation has been engaged and which had been entered without prepar edness. We can't forget," he adds "the battle of BJandensburg, where over 8000 raw troops un prepared, gave way before 40QG trained soldiers who marched to Washington and burned the capl tol, . inflicting a humiliation that rancbrs to this day 1 fn the breast of any American citizen with red blood In his veina." Even one who has no sympathy for Mr; Meeker's propaganda can not help but admire his un daunted spirit. ... ' There af6 many asseverations by experts that Mr. Naramore is a perfectly competent architect. He is fully accredited by the American Institute of Architects. He 13. in fact, a member of the executive committee of that organization; and is said to be especially skilled in the architecture of school buildings. WOOL AND PRICES WOOL growers of the Pacific Northwest are being asked to contract their coming season's clip ot fleece at prices 1 to 2 cents a pound higher than similar goods sold at last season. Few, if Any, ari willing; to take advantage or this opportur nlty because the contracting idea is going rapidly but of favor among producers for the reason that they have seldom, Tlf at any time"; received the full worth of theif product when selling months ahead ot delivery. Contracting of farm products has always been a very serious de triment to the producer. Not only has the actual .contractor received less, as a rule,' for his product than the stock .was actually worth at the time of deliveryj but it is a fact that contracting by a few. will cause loss tel all growers produc ing that commodity. . . The man who purchases wool On contract is human; He purchases on, contract at a lower price than he confidently believes the market will reach when delivery time arrives.- He has better knowledge of the Condition of the market than the average seller, . and uses this knowledge to - seeare his require ments at a less i rice than he can possibly purchase at later, There is nothing but ah excited demand for wool in sight for the Pacific Northwest sheep interests, stocks ot:wotrare rapidly dimin ishing, although .up to - this time many of the leading t American manufacturers ' have discriminated against the domestic' producer in an effort to play f ayor with for eign Interests, from ..whom comes a record-breaking .demand for woblens. ' - i - ' The wool grower haa, generally played the . game - just as - the btg mill interests wanted him to.' Ha has ? borne - the great expense of production - and the other fellow has. taken the profits. Now condi- tions are' changing. -The' wool grower no longer is ; willing to throw: away his profits and refuses to contract ahead ' of the ;tlme ot delivery. , , - 5 . 1 To punish him the mills are In many - Instances paying' more 'for foreig&.-fleecd of equal quality than they.' are. for :the home product. This condition . cannot-- exist ' for ever. -.Stocks of foreign woo'ls are diminishing fast at leading , world centers. ; Price Are showing a cor responding increase at such points. This ' means Only good for the home producer if he is wise enougn to refuse to play ; the ! other fel low's game;5;-vi;-v -'i c-- 'By refusing! to "take a 'stand on the pure fabric Till, which would have forced - better values for the domestic fleece the Oregon , wool grower made a m'lstake. The ,use of shoddy In so-called "all 'wool" goods means the use of that ' much less virgin fleece :by the manufac turers, although the public is pay ing for the real article. '. ; ... -..r : 1 "f : , , ; L. -.It would be broad vision if the American Institute Of Architects would "name a committee to offer suggestions - architecturally iu so important a public ' matter as the Benson technical school building. A high sense of civic possibilities and a broad realization of ah Im portant public service rendered would splendldly-eompehsate the body fori such an act. v ! SCHIFF ON THE TARIFF 1 B. JACOB SCHIFF of New York Is a wise and opulent member of the Grand OH . . Party. , He seldom goes oUt for a. walk without a pet elephant to foilow his steps. His counsoS are much thought of in the more elevated ' circles of 'his politicl brethren' and occasionally followed. He has just emitted a piece of wisdom which deserves profound consideration. Whethfcr it will get any or hot is another question. There ard said to be people in the world who never - forget anything bad and ' never learn anything good. We sincerely hope that Mr. Schiff may find apter pupils in the standard bearers of his party. His advice Is to let the .tariff alone and not make an Issue of It in the coming campaign. A plat form calling for more protection, says Mr; bcmrr, wouia tnreatenVfire.sUrter ot tne household has the country ."with a renewal of special privilege." And the couh- try has had all the special privilege it wants.; There was a time when the plain. people, such as farmers and wage- earners, could be fooled with high tariff "bunk." But that time, SO happy for the freebooters, has gone forever, f 'The workmen and" farm ers have! learned," says Mr. Schiff with admirable conciseness and point, YeS Indeed. They ; hate learned, 'and whereas It was onco ep delightfully; easy to fool then! they have now grown wise. . Thd farmer, for example, understands that a protective tariff can not pos sibly raise the , price of his wheat at Liverpool. Once he thought H could, but he thinks so no more Mr. Schiff . speaks to his party with the voice of affection. He gives his advice "not because be loves his party less but because he loves it more'' He wants It id carry more states than ' Utah and Vermont at the next election and therefore he warns so feelingly against a retnrn to the old cam paign cries. As a banker Mr. Schiff knows very well that tne "lull dinner pail" of Mark Hanna times was not caused, by the protective tariff but bv the flow of eold from Alaska and South Africa, with the consequent Btlmulus to business. The country has an inkling of the same disturbing truth. And since the tariff never did fill any dinner pails it la tail4 to assume that it never will. So its glory as a cam paign slogan, has about all de parted. ' ;.'-.;. Today's statement from Washing ton is that the Lusitania contro versy 11 f'hbpeful." ' The poise , cf the president and his' high-minded method of dealing with sister na' tions creates ' a . confidence ! tht every diplomatic situatioh in which he is a part will be "hopeful." SEEiNG AMERICA ONE of tne popular attractions for, tourists in Pennsylvania is a coal mine' near Summit Hill which has been on fire for fifty-; years and ' more. It be gan to barn in 18 6 9 and has bean burning -ever since.. .The confla gration ; - started from a .. blaze kindled by Some workmen deep In the mine to warm " themselves, The timbers caught fife, and then the coal vein and, nothing the company could ? do availed to - put It out. The first and Most natural thing they did was to cumo water "down into the burning vein. through bore holes, but this did not help much. Very likely tie water when It reached the area of greatest heat was decomposed and actually made the lire ' hotter, as - It - does some times when houses are burning. So the" coal ' Bmdnldered away, throwing out gas and flame to the joy of tourists , until abdut aLr years ago when - the owners drove down in advance of the fire ' a solid row of concrete piles. It was supposed that the fire: would buni up to the piles and then so out of Its own accord. - But It managed to get through ih some . war and went - hungrily forward, burning ever deeper into the heart ' ot the vein which is fifty feet thick in placea. . -; -:;v:l. Tho perseverihg dwhers have .at last made up their minds to figut tia fffa hvT'mhtTtTie It nf fnel.ThfJT. are stripping off the surface lay- ers of soli and then carting away the coal Vein ahead Of therconfla- rratlon. When the - flames : reaci the scen4v6f' these operations theylmost primitive way;; yf verytbing hti will find nothing but . an empty hole and the Chances are that they will expire. -. . - k ' The curie us feature of this story t . ... . ... .... is mat a coai vein nas oven Duro'iw. wu- , , v. m. , ing for more than, fifty ;years deepneri and he bonatly tended to'supn under ground with but the slight est access -to air and - oxygen; , If fire can do . this In an r ordinary Eulne why not la a Toal-deposit far down beneath some mountain such as Vesuvius . or KilauoaT It . is likely enougn that science ma? some day discover in . burning coal veins deeply hidden underground the can ?9 of volcanoes and perhaps of earthquakes 'also.' ' , NOTHING THfe MATTER - WITH 'PORTLAND .. (No aveat in ' Am alatory ot man fiaa ete exceeded la ettber tbe Immediate ,ar tbe altl mate Importance ot Ita resolta the '4iaeorerv nude br that enkoowa geuiua who first pro duced tire br artificial meana. And errf alnee tbe baii'dlnf of flrM, especUnr oo cold mornings, baa been a matter of great moment. Hut bow It will be erldent, from a reading ot Article No, 40 of the "Nothing-the Matte With Portland" aeries, that the problem of tbe ,f bremaker bat bees a! red. and br a Port- ' land man. wbo baa already gat tbe answer on the market. Demand? Well, does the bumea) race hare any more me for anything else than it baa for fire?- Who Can imagine a limit to the feld thin Portland-made, patented fire, tarter may occopyTJ THIS article IS written, -Very large ly,, to show the variety' of . pro duct : made in Portland, and be cause tbe publisher of The . Journal instructs the. writer . to. "never over look the- little" fellows. They are. as Important W . their sphere as ' tbX big ones." " i .' The American Kindling Block Manufacturing- 4 company nas its - factory at S71 w i&wthorne ' avetaie. 7 ti is but a small, concern today. In another month It will be quite an important one. It is Installing3 machinery t mold its product, and it will be n operation within two or three weeks. It is producing Something- which every grocer in tbe city will purchase from the factory! and very likely 80 per cent of the1 homes of Portland will buy it from the grocer. Making ths prediction is just about a sure shot. And the family using- it once will never be without the wonderful con venience In the future even if the sell his nhlrt to get money to buy It. WIIAT Id IT, TOU ASK 7 It's a fire klndler, invented- right here, and it's - patented. It's made here, too, "and Uncle Sam will hot -pei-mit infringement on the rights, of the inventor. T - What does it oonslst of? That's secret. PaUl Haucke would not dl3- close the formula.- - He just went fir enough to say that two of its five ingredients jars rosin and- sawdust. But h Wouldn't . budge another lneh notwithsU.n(tnig his protecting paten r. That its chief substance, is saw dust is . patent. Anyone can see thnt fcr himself, j but the eye will not fur ther penetrate the little squares to discern the material that composes this entirely . modern Joy-producer: It dispenses With the grievous toll of h.aking Splinters of Oregon fir. it disposes of the uncertainty of 4 news paper base for the morning fire, ftn-I robs the hired girl of the delights of cremating your residence arid incin erating her hajnds from the blaze Of the kerosene with which she per sistently - saturates the contents of the firebox j in the kitchen range. . HOW IS IT MADE? The five ingredients--some may be chemicals for- all anybody but : Mr. Haucke and Otto Marcus and Ben. Sagorsty, his associates, Ttnows ite thrown into a box andmixed UP llko mortar. A machine does the mixing. This is a German proposition, hence Paddy and his hoe are strictly taboo. When the sawdust and ; other sub stances ar4e worked "to about the con sistency of that clay that each of up, when happy; children with no, "silver thaws" to torment our Souls, used to fashion into ."Soldiers and cats, and mice and such things, it is fed to pressing machine "Which hands it back In cakes of ! ten squares . each. These squares are one inch each way in slzs, sue to two: of whlKh will kindle sv tbod, ; and two to four a coai Or briquet-fire - All "that is necessary is to break of a couple of them f ro the cake,' place them beneath the fuel, touch a match to the thing and go off about . your business.- -The eoov 6mr fire starter will do the ' rest. And so chetply, too. Twenty squarcs-i Sell for & nickel, aid it is expectid to slip in another ten after a few months and not Increase the pri;i. One can start s ten wood and five coal fires for five" cents' even now. and without danger of explosions or other troubles. . FirS Marshal SteverTa. Whom General Rumor declares hevr before passed anything but. art Icicle as safe when in the neighborhood of even a -lightning . bug, declare tltero Is not ao atom of danger attached to the use of the Economy Fire Starter. They are safe, h'e IS reported to have acid. "as. firs bHck in a teapot" , HOW! IT" HAPPENJ3B. -How did iyoii happen to invent this fire kindlerf Mr. HAucke was asked.) I am a 1 Garman, the genyemsa replied, V'and . remembered ..something of this kind wis used in- iny country when X : was ; a youth. . But ' I likewise remembered f that as good materials cduld not be found theM , as here. Sawdust there was not of the pitchy kUd found at Oregon sawmills, n3r nearly aS coarse. It came to my aind, -too,' that the German article had been patented in America, but sa long ago thSt tha patent had'ekplred. And I knew how necessary an article of ; household ? convenience "a. fir starter is. It is' as necessary as th fifel itself.- JOrys of my little squares will blase conUnuoiflMPf f or ' eight tr 10 mlnatea, -'and tt-Ilflre - .will ' be j burning-. brightly in JT i t time. So J put.my mind to won nd, after sev nl failures, producelhe perfect art tide, l , beean ;IUi , jifacturs in y to be hone br hand -f -It was sloi Business. . my smau i '.less was naaj operated It was in sslbi for w to meet the limited oand from th4i f . -i 'l.w 4 if 1 "I ply a ; lnacblne wlttt , .iiich ru maiui uib luinuuce. 'jam v) lauvytisuvv .. B failure and I Was .' Voke. Messra Marcus and BagoatryJ W became my associates and we hi is mads good progress.; '"tVlthln 'a f feek, however, I another name " Will b : added to oof firm and this ons r. t'il -supply tb further nsctssary caplvtl to go ahead on a scale eommensura b . with the im portance of our i buslaWs. "We Shall not retail ,;onr kindierjs It will' ,be . soiii - to a-rocefa and 1 therS. These ! wlh become distributor It Will then 'be possible to procure '(.the; fire stat- ers wherever taoie 3 supplies are bought, and yott "may b Sure our f ac tonr w1t ha.a B-enennlalT larze ono.lAjnr oh t KhU in carload lots, and the other ingrv dients la equal uahtltles, and at thu . . ,Vi t- .! - point-will place S8 squares in - the package Wlthbnt increase Of priced' ; So Portland lias in the foregoing another feiiddihg industry; which prorri - - .. .. m , . ; , s - i . .p ises lively expansion. And it is thr only one of its kind, so" far as known,' ..tu .k--" v . in the United 8tate. -But then thlV hla fraKkness rather than as a pur good city has .many things xclttv veyor of news. ,, slvely its own. And I they're fins things, too belonging" to'? good peop.S in a good town. - Th workers - are winning victories every tlay, whllik the Idlers, whether rich or poor, in the only barriers' in : the way . of greater success and better conditions for all. ' Thds Vrhd '"gfct something for nothing" prevent the 'workers; the industrious fbad the enterprising, fro'fh getting the full fruits of their toll. ' : , 11 Utters From the Peopta ICommanicathms sent to Tbe " Journal tot publication m .thia fleoarrmenT. anouia o .writ-j of the Rio Grande, mors- revoiung m 3o'wa:!fr&g sr.M Kkcht!rel" Vi"f- sstnt.ff; companled by, tbe same an? addreaa -of . tbe-currenee; It is hot uhlikely that other sender. If tbe writer doea not d Ire to bar )' American corporations Will Suffer loss tba name pabUahed. be yboald so state.) , 4na- tttat other employes bf these In- Piscnsaloh is th greateat ot aTJ reformer. terSts wUl be sacrificed if they per It rationalizes everrthlng it toaehe. Jt rob sist lh hazafdlhg their lives to protect principle of all fal aanctity ud tiirowa tbn their property interests. But they back on their reasonableness.', .If they ,haa w -nnn- ha cOnditihriS ThTaki tha reaaonableneiW, It retblesaly crotbes them out "ow " c ." "' 2?ZIiaJ ll,! ot exlstftice sod act tip Its-ow conclusion mriSft. They have been warned by this tbeir atead." woodrow wUaei. 9 . government again and again to leave X Mr. BrandeisV Arch-Enemies. Albany, Or., Feb. t: Our dear id-v voStTf -S. tn.g lan has had a Shock. In fact thette are times of f reqoerft shocks to th qOerft shocks to theJ bid standpat tobuthpleceS of predarpns i,or""u"t . 2 tory capitalism. . Th latsfe shock was tha nomination by President. WllsoiJ justice of the Supreme court of th wuson aamimstrauon into war witn United States. The Oregonlan has Mexico. . sevefal objections, .chief of which - L . . ; seems to be that Mr. Brthdeia is a - ThS government of Meiico under radical who has been guilty in the Pias wsi a military despotism. It past of not only espousing the catisplundered th Mexican people , and of the under dog. but also Of knock') traded the'.r birthright to the masters flag out several .upper .-dogS. in the act. wnue tne oregAman oirectiyn, tions to aeternune tine was s moca disavows race or creed objections, ,ery of justice. The special interests the fact tnat it also cnarges mac Such impugning df mot iv is as grav as the Oregonlan's .hrg. . agalnnt. President Wilson chose Ry. Brandeis-'. people through a as a German Jew to eattcn votes le-js ! ber, coal, oil lands some of the animus outl nevertheless. Mr. Bryan ror cnargwgrin ms com-:. Mexican people, revolted, under the moher that -much of the preparedness I progressive and patriotic Madero, the talk, IS prompted .by, seJf-lnter&ft aneUepeclal interests, fearing that their to boost ammunition, rjanufactoriesrDias concessions would be jeopardised, and their great newspaper. benef icia-,,' through their press In this country ries. Does the Oregonlan: .dare charge direct that Mr. BranJJeiS, though a ly they succeded under the Taft ad peer bf any for legay Id, ahd ana- ministration, the public will tiever lytical acumen, would" prostitute thee know. A Urge army Was rushed to qualities for special tirvpfs to the the Mexican birder, The sentiment under dog. right or ronk. It seated cf the country would hot .sanction the on .the bench? , The writer is not S Uemploymeht bf our army td aid direct Jew, nr has he bias iO fvr Of that' iy or Indirectly to crush Madero, and race and its creed. TBig fa an Amerl- the peril that menaced our peace was can country.' Its crtisnsar Ameri- BTerted for a time. - - -cans. Qualification ahd integrity are - ' the tests for fjthes r Office. Thei Madero succeeded. tt established Oregonlan destlnsdj td have more ;w orderly government for that un shock3 as timer gfes on. Great-:.happ coantry He roada progress and changes arS .uporf uIhe - turn in institutea, many reforms. Be was op the long lane is seen -v,, osd at r stn h . x nr.rkTJTnu r jrr , Fop Arhericsn ity. .Portland, .Jan 31. To- the Editor of -churches ahd preachers not doing The Journal If w ar? r something mora practical than talking? cure our present peace nd liberty The corablnSd religious sects own ap and do our duty toward-safeguarding , pTOimatel $i,ooo,0)0,000 of untaxed tnai oj otners on tms conien wnicn ; is of vital importancVto -Maintaining.! rep a sist any encroachment! uptm th rights of our, cltlsens as wfellf as pur country, not only upon land, tnit upon water, and demonstrate that jno. power or powers Shall -find a lbdgiag place on this continent withouiieic6nsent of the American republics! "W&b have ce mented friendship- wittti alt south of uS . eveii with trdOtMAd MSxicOi th rough the Monroe fte,tr Ifee, and Irij acting a their guarotaaa aarewa. we hav fortified ourselves any . 1 . eign power. When we speak of : WeXot prepared. Idea of being we intend 'to convey tlfl. oughly equipped for ou; -'elf defense belV.nf He UL i" ,lt? 2F it Will take th conce1 Vd .assistance o efficiency it would be wise to dis bf all classes Vand those' ktto are with card the inefficient teachings and put - DO Ior us by adoption. We a "sd closely """ " identified with Canada tt we. maytnd means to fcstablish soms system or kll but count it as a pari f Us. Prob-rtUaching that -Would bring peace on ably during any dif ficuv 7 with any rtn and- good wiU tomenposslble. foreign power. some of il,ormer sub4 stoo this wfut waste Of hu jerts would align . the )elves with "f Qd resotarces-a conception T . . . ':. a. -.s i . wlitrn m fn ISaft TIF naBVta-an Sill fiiir nftt it . lanfL' dqi m v element ii i tn shoulder With us. "It Is. nonsense for ariy . "'ops. Ameri can to Insinuate that any tohey tnfltu ence could-Sway such rt; as. in the several political parties, re ' advocat ing the - support of tha resident lit his duty to arouse the '.- ibllo to its sense of dty , - Pi i MARTE, . - the wkaxiJ0i Portland, iah. ii.-To Ivthe , Editor" of ThS Journal-DUMnrf t past few weeks tnanyVof the rrimU tbrs of the eosoeK hav been talking reparednes frnm thii- mil nit anil in n Vrgnatwr in-J relatively small torn pari! with thej,"" w '".I-iwit. m r that would Tad ahould!-! . . ' G ROVER S. DILL. tervlews. 'i Among thew, tljl ReverendsTporation or a state to trifle with th Lovelahd, Brougher and Mi rHson bAVjSTpublle domain in land and watet been given ; the most p blleity. DO ower. ' r. c . - ' . - 'w.- ' .r nti.ftn r.il th aamSA.' While it is exceedingly difficult to God, Jehovah, has the same power to save a righteous "nation as 1 does their souls? Is this nation wkfed?- God would have saved Sodom ahd GoniJ morah if there had been ltt righteous men. Surely hs would saire this na- tiOn with 80,000 ministers .Of the gos pek Then why this anxietji about on nation? Perhaps they are. doubting the; efficiency of prayer and wish to make use of mechanical mefths, Such as bat-; tleships and cannon, to protect their! churches and Our Country, i'l - - . i If this is the reason. Why are" the? PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE -whv l it that nobodv sfaxted a re- -;lit fund for" Uresham? , . ,t ; j V imiritvl or cauiornia nave organnea a ieag-ue. vvonaer now amny coeos oeion, ra w Ali-rjut a at Omron'a 17 state banks made a profit last year and it wasn't st tery good year for banking, either. w . y.--:..: ... -ii,.? miktuh or th w liusltanla can permits one to bop or fear according ,to . eacn - mu iauau natural tendency.. v.- i .-- i . When the weather gives its consent bosiness will resume .with a rush, for it. will have a lot of lost gtound to make up, . v;. . . . .' . The Albany man who emerged sJivs from the midst of an acetylene ex plosion would make a good nucleus for our proposed army of defense. Oakland's superintendent of schools says Portland has the best public reboots, In the w northwest.. Persistent suit , finders now have, somebody elss to attack. ... a s-- - - . r iess' Wlllard, the pugilist, will be paid $47,680 for 0 minutes' work with his fiats. Unlike some men, he seems tt flmrt ,non,h nnt tn mi t mm rt , rv nounced a nation-wide educational campaign to show the need of an American merchant marine. No such campaign is necessary, unless the league Jias in inind a subsidized mer- chant .toarln. . . . Julius Fleishmann, leader W Ohio RenublicanJi. who civil lresidant Wil- rvepu oilcans, wno eays rrgiacat m0n-ia a strong man. and that his i irality policy has been, sound and enable, .attracts attention becaus neu-rea- NO CAUSE FOR Senator Robert M. La Follette In la - Follette'S Magaslne. K6. W will not intervene la Mex ico at least not on any facts thus far presented. It is granted that much valuable property belonging to Amer ican mining companies and other American corporations has been de stroyed. It is admitted that a num ber of the employes ot such companies. citisens of this country; hi SSeff !S2SrL have lost lawless cases do not Stand alone. .Others there have been from time to time on th other side i Mexico. .They scortt the admofiitlon. They must accept the' results. - These interests are Very powerful. They c4n l" "" lf-"- tectly benefited by War. They forced the McKJnley administration Into War with Spain. They would ' fores the lof ; American finance. The trial of ae- , wnicn are exploiting tne American control of our tun- and water powers Coveted the mineral wealth Of Mexico. They easily acquired their concessions under the mas government When the f clamored for intervention. BioW near- - " - - terests. Revolts were encouraged, fi nanced. It was alleged, by American pTOperty in tha United States. These ehnrehbs niisht ttt voinntAfil n a 10 mill tax on this property into the United States treasury on condition thAt it be used .for haticnal defense. This would fulfill their duty to Jeho vah by protecting mm from other ion and the. support by exemption froni taxes; and to their fellow citizens by sharing the expenses ot -the govern ment. , . . - After about 1900 years of Christian -i. -v luuiuia wt r auuui n. isr aa ever 9 . - - ...,k . . Christian church members are killing th Christian church members, and k..1l..M. u til l. lhl. - v . . " r - ww- -tf- . ' ltorials indorsed. ... ' Independence OrV Feb. i. To the Editor of That Journal I was very much ' impressed with your editorials Iff - today's paper "Water - and Acid, and There Is Yet Tbne to .Act- T&u sound a very timely Warning fdr those who must ibear th burden of taxaUom especially the wage earn er, who in the last analysis must carry th load.' .- , -.. ' . ' ' - . It seems strange that aftfcf years or experience the people Of our enlight ened nation wiir allow- a private cor- revoke a grant or privilege one given .r statailow m to enter; this criticism. All proper tenure rests W1 .."'.f'jS "Ty1?, L'iTiiw "T. t A nut nd respect thM to th authority of swereign naUon! . ( - - AU.EW, '- ' 1 . '""' ! . t Factory d the Farmer, ' Albany, Or Feb. . 8. To the ' Editor tff The Journal 4 have read with in- 'jerest your .eoitoriai entitle -Taxing OREGON SIDELIGHTS . Th city council of Klamath Falls has enacted la dog muscling ordinanoe with. an emergency clause. - . . ' ' . The statement that the Southern Pacific company may spent $50,000 in the fclugens yards in tit near future sounds like old tunes,, says the Reg ister. - . , The Salem Statesman is consoled by the , reflection that "anyway, we are likely having tbe grood or baa fortune of seeing the worst winter that will be witnessed by any living person." ' 'Wishing, remarks ' th Medford Sun. "did sot triva Grants Pass a rail road nor Ashland a 1.1th ia springs. isning wui not give Mediora l: rruca- tlon, -a railroad or a sawmill, but unitea ana aggressive action may se cure them alt" - -: . c ' : -. .. - . . -Street "paving in Eugene during 1916. coat but three-fifths as much as the first paving In Eugene, according to City Engineer H. X. Forneri. The first paving, laid in 1907 cost $2.75 per square yard; last summer paving was laid for $1.S0. - ; . , . - ' . . This is Bend's good showing when the public library test is- applied: Thete are L&S9 volutfies in the library; total - circulation for the year 'ending December SI,'. 6849a itotal number of borrowers cards in force 1141. an in crease of 168 over the previous ysar; 87- books added -to th library in 1916. - Spoiled by prosperity r seems to be the status of I the birds that -Editor Austin of the : Gardiner Courier has been feeding,, for he says .of .them: "The birds are like, cattle that have been fed- throughout, a severe storm; they don't seem. to want to rustle for food now as ;tbe storm has - passed away, but bop around expecting one to keep oh feeding ihem, and they are quits sauojtabout the matter if you don't feed tbem . INTERVENTION money furnished by those who wets silent partners of the Dlas government. Madero was betrayed -and murdered. Huerta set himself up as the ruler of Mexico; It was another military des potism. Our special interests were for th Huertagovernmnt. The Mexican people again revolted. Carfanza led the revolution. He has established a ds facts government now irt control of . most of s the country which he has pacified. The Same American hi terests which enjoyed th favor of the Dlas despotism and se cretly aided to overthrow the Madero government, are opposed to the Car ranxa government for the same .rea son. They fear that Carranaa will dem ocratise Mexico end restore the coun try to the Mexican people. Our spe cial interests understand full well that Carranxa's high aim is to establish a- government for the Mexican people. Doubtless Carranza could win their favpr and cooperation if be furnished guarantees that his government would adopt the Diaz policy and rob. his country of its natural resources for the benefit of the . special . interests Which so largely own and control the natural resources of tbe United States. -- "',... . ... . . These financial lords ..Wat Maxico for .what there is in it, Any govern ment which will make their property rights and -profits secure, la a "good government," Any government -having for its primary object the establish ment of an ultimate, democracy for the Mexican people, la, in the view of these interests a bad . government. Our special interests and their press sought to force this government to intervene to maintain, the Diss govern ment a military , despotism. They Used all their power directly and indi rectly to' maintain tho Huerta govern ment a military despotism. : And now that a government has been, estab lished In Mexico which Is manifestly making the Interests of the Mexican people its paramount object.' they are raising another hue and cry through' but the country for intervention; ; v ; The cause that Justifies IntarVen tion must be sufficiently grave to Jus tify war. Intervention for the protec tion of private property interests, s upon all authority to be condemned. True, a number of th employes of a mining company have been .rnurderei by a band of outlaws. This is a most deplorable fact. . But the established government of Mexico is. making every effort to punish . the - crime. It has already summarily dealt with a nunV bet of the murderers. It is in hot hursult of those still at large. No government on earth could have shown better faith in such an affair than has the Carranaa government, ; There Is no cause for Intervention, ahd President Wilson will not be forced by the American congress lhtO War wfth Mexico. : . , : ' V. Them to Death. The editorial was devoted, more particularly to taxing factories. : Farmers of tho west and middle wes receive prices for , their products that make farming a remu nerative business were it not for the prices the farmers have to pay for manufactured goods. To trace raw material from s tbe farm . through the various channels through ; which it passes from the farm to the factory, then , from the factory .back to farm, one is surprised that manufactured goods are sold at the price they are. What seems to be needed IS to bring factories near to the farm. . The Pa cific coast has raw materials sufficient to produce all kinds of goods. The fac tory only is needed. Should ' Oregon and other western states enact staH utes v exempting manufacturing plants (hot the land used Jbf them from tax ation, factories of various kinds, and probably of all kinds, would , soon be erected in every community sufficient to manufacture all raw materials pro-' duced in that community,, whether of farm, mine or forest, " WILLIAM W.;OIMSTEAD, ' ; Writins Back -Homevyv -t;: 1 Oswego, Or Feb 1 To the Editor bf The Jourfcai-Sd man? commercial clubs, ad dubs and all ' booster clubS want people to write back east and tell Of Oregon's wonders' and how people put west live. ' All thisis' very well if done in a truthful way, Oregon needs th money, 1 the cry. Portland Deeds It and requests the $35 a day man to eom bv way of Portland and : soend Some of bis mofley there. That does hot sound welL If Portland merchants heed money why not I get it in Port land? The banks -: are fall of . money. The city fathers send thousands of dollars back jeast for material, when goods can be had at home, thus send ing money back east that could be Spent here. We have enough idle men here. : Dont let any more come. - We are Informed " work ii plentiful back east, but not so In Oregon; Oregon, has a great future, Let the idler mills be set going and idle men put at work; Jit all buy at home, then tell their eastern friends to some, for there wilt then be plenty ff work for alL Let us not boost till we can show - wejmean' business, - and never mind the Columbia highway - and the grand mountains. - When the time comes they will speak for themselves. Truth will go a long way, but false boosting'will do more harm than arood, ARTHUR MTEf. Tl,cOnce Over ii B"1 TTC 1.A.MPMAM tbx tnxvEa raiw ,yrten th Cbluook blowg above tj. " '-A riZ. tt, Jhouaand feat or mora; f ,b". co,(,'r wlnde hot as, And play Mind aa aU, gtkirc: : Jn: V1 luu 't f rain-drop ; . 'rom tjp the warmer air. .To the lower, colder at r turn, ... Uere to freesa on braiiFhea bars. ..: Thi,4 tb winda begta to nlrkea, . And tbe. wood,; uo kmarr free.- Aa tbe ailvar linings thicken. -.. Wear a eryatal flUarne. " : Soon we bae an Icy fore. : Aa the. tree of every (train ., . Sway and creak aa If to prvteat. But their protest Is in vaia. - EVery tree is elotbed with eryatal. : . plant a slaaaionae take; Chilli na winds throuath braacbea Wiuatla, -' . Aixir the lea is on the lake. Bougfaa are Sroopine, bendtna-. breaking. ' While tha sea-wind akyward filea, Battliaf branrbee to. tba wayalda . Prop tbU loads of forest lea. Twlaa are tipped, with ahlBina allTar," Ioy sbeatba each trunk and bouh, - Tnties and pilte at pareat cryaul " " Cruablng 'neatb our feet e'en now. -' .- Wooda are bound with Icy fettera, - - Both tbe green tree and the grayt Row, we hara our -pU of waatber,'. : - Tho It last a bat a day. . . V Let not winter'e vialt mar u: W can bear hia reign a while; . "Wood of Ice" or -tVyaUl roreat. ----- -When King Sleet seta up In atyie. - , Old Jack rroat mint have bis toning, -" Making baroe of onr fan; - -. And, for oure, e e him winning, ; E'er wa pot him on the ran. :'. '";-"... - -" v -. Bbfoa imti, AND RTJFUS Ames is not the only singer who took down his lyre or hers as the case ; may be and smote . it vigorously as a result of , the imaginative stimulus ot th re-' cent piebald weather. J And some of these singers were not content with mers smiting. ffThey curfd their lyres ant kicked them down . stairs. and had a lot of fun in their thymes wltfi the Ad clul and th weather " man and tbe Rose Festival slogan. - . . : For instance S. Norton Bobo late of Stanfleld who IS sojourning In ; bur midst hammers bis harp thusly: ... ' How iiatant ia lha Portland ro L In-theaa saddened At of Arctic snows -Bat is Its stead a bloaaom blown 'TU th reddened bloom of tb rorfland. seae. JAnd John Versteeg allows his. fancy, this ixqulsite flight: Oh snow. Oh inow, yon beaotifot 1 "mw; " WiU you erer get tired and at art to gat ly. On my, but tt trould be nice. If 1 eobld sell you for flour and rice: " Or, perhaps, change you to aujrar and salt. Which all would appreciate aud find no fadt; Bat since fan t-otna tn an anweW ne flurry, Wbea- yoo go we'll aay "Good Night" , Hera'a your bat; wbat'a the cauae et T Jor hurry 1 - - - J And J. X it. blows in with this one: r" ;- v. - i' - ,v "-- ' Thofat whoaa noai and toer frotf In letters to joo puetry and iMie Are littl. abort of aweet acented fnea- 7 " . I To tba world-famed beauty the lortlnl 'rte. JAnd here's another signed "Boosters: ..r.',... In Portland bloom a fitoarn nose, Kor tbee. for thee. In Portland's bowers a Mitzard blow, vv - For tbee, for thee. . :r : Her fragrint foe that one ill 1 emw lu baaaty 'neatb, three leal of sninr . In buried and alaal J tear 'Twill never, never reappear - for thee, for thee. W A.nd there's a lot of others 'grave and gay which are rendered obsolete : by th change In the weather. .. r ' "J For with the sun shining lik it is this, morning and big clouds chaf ing themselves across the clean bright blue trying to get out of th way it won't b long -' I guess- . ' - until Our streets are lanes of love liness with the myriad beauty of tb Portland rose. jf And among the verses that I'd like to print are C. K. Henshaw'a apd J. P; H.'s and J. M. Homes' and Myron Taylor's. .- - 4J Arid there are other.: :-;. but I think they can bear- up under the shock of not having their stuff In print. Jin fact I'm quit sure they can. becaus I'm still healthy. nafiiWeasonably happy and -' ; j LISTEN My stuff has come back to me wlth printed slips very polit printed slips from - all -the leading magazines in America. . t'ncl ateff iSiidw Says: Lots of young fellers excuse their selves ' because . they haven't made a Success in life by tellln' what sharks they are at rotation pool, . Som'wlm men make a specialty of . tellln mors than they know. ' i " ' - - -. t T 1 ; I : . ; ' rheXans4 lwt Oirl Oradaste. -Perhaps no state furnishes more of th clever things that go drifting up . and down the country in newspaper columns than does Kansas. It has been quite a while since the following extract from the graduation essay or a Kansas girl who had been given the theme. ' "Beyond the Alps Lies Italy," started on the rounds. Perhaps her own girls have not yet written their graduation essays, but when they do, they will Scarcely write anything bet ter than this paragraph from mother's: "I si twtt ear a rant; whether italr lies beyotHl tbe Alp bf in Mlaaonri. I do xt expect to set tbe rirer on fire with my fatqra riner. 1 aa glad tbat 1 hara a good edoea. ' tin. bit 1 am sot going to miana It r writing pnetry or eaaaya oa tba fotora woin. ,i. 1 1 wiU enabia- m tt eotrect tbe rrammar of any lover I may bare ahould ba apeak f 'dorga' la my preaenca or 'aeen a man. It will a)o coma handy wbea I. want to figure out : bow many rounds of foan a woman caa ft tn: three dosen easa at tha anieerr. - So I da not begrudge tba time speot lt acquiring tt. Bat my ambitions oo not iiy ao men. i r?i want to' marry a tnaa who can lick aerbu-ly ot bU weight la tba townablp. wbo can nsa an SO-aera larm ana wno naa no irmaie mi m to omw a,flB4 and tr-r and bone !! ranch. . I will agrea to eok dinners for btrn that won't nd hlra to an early grave and lavish ft poa bloi a wboleaiHSe affect im and t se that hia rasor baa not been urd to cut broom wire when be want to thava. Ia 1rw a all thia,-! do no r1 lt ' " '' rtaty on tba rule of three and kindred thing a a tn year a go oy." Tst Wanted One Look. , ' ' OTilS VOGAN Is the most yrs Xj tils member of The Journal fati lly. He IS . equally at home in ' the publisher's office as in -the news boys' Quarters. H is the carpenter. He is the man who placed an auto matic closer on tba " door near Mar shal Dana's desk. Now not even th) most diabolical visitor to tho city room can leave the door open. But that's 'not the tale this ory was intended to carry - Testerday .morning- Vogan w&i working in the city room and a --j-e-1 one of , th reporters of wriUc tn story about the match in Friday s Journal, The accused young man r- membered that Rex Lampman had A "match" story m , his "col yum" ri day night and so he told Mr; Vogan the author of the story. "Do yeu want to meet Lampman r the reporter asked.;.- : "".'" "No, no, no, came the startled an swer... I I just waxttea to - look at him." I