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ik -r humanity Itself.
. . WOODBOW WILSON1.
v Duty i 1 above all conse
quenees, and often at a crisis
of difficulty, command us to
throw them overboard. It
commands us to look neither
: to the right, nor. to the left,
bat.- straight onward. ' Hence
every, act of duty is an act -of
faith. It is performed la the
. assurance that God will take
care of the consequences, and
will 'so order the course of the -.
. world," that whatever the im
mediate results may be, his
word shall not return to him
void.- Aubrey De Vere.
WHITE SLAVES
HARLOTTE ; PERKINS GIL
; MAN'S March "Forerunner'
Vj opena with an odd piece of fic
tion. It la a story of a con
fiding girl who eloped with a man
who had promised to marry her as
pooh, as they reached New York.
Her home was In a little Ohio
town. On the journey she grew
suspicious of- his intentions and
declared that she- would get , off
the train at Albany. The man
then resorted to threats, showed
an officer's star and gave, her the
choice , between keeping quiet and
Veing .put under arrest. Of course
his star was fraudulent but tho
poor girl did not know It. So she
perforce submitted and would have
been lost but for a meddlesome
old maid 'who sat in the seat 'be
hind the couple.
.Following the old maid's whis
pered advice .the girl went into the
dressing room and changed cos
tumes with 'a convenient sister of
her rescuer. The betrayer searched
through the train but did not rec
ognise her In her disguise. So
the escaped and at the New York
depot the villian -was haled oft to
prison,, as he richly deserved.
In this story, which is well
"worth reading, Mrs. Oilman has
been a little-more merciful to a
foolish heroine thkn actual life
commonly is. In the real world
the eloping cob pie would have gone
on to New York without lnterrup
t Ion andr the girl, . betrayed- and
ruined, would . have sunk quietly
Into the pit, as so many hundreds
io every, year. The best way lo
Tiring such a story to a happy end
ing is to -prevent' it from ever he
inning. ;r -"'
One would have supposed that
rnough had been said and written
f late years to convince even the
illiest girl that it is fatal to en-
rust herself to a man of whom
he knows little or nothing. But
e know from the news of the
'ay that this sort of thing goes on
II the. time. Report comes from
hiladelphla, for instance, that the
imber of "missing girls Increases
very year." We all know what
ecomes - of them. Many blame
"tha home" for their fate, saying
. hat parents should keep closer
atch over them. .
This lav very well as far as it
oes. but -let us consider for a mo
.ent the homes from which tbesq
iris. mostly come. .They are tha
omes of working people. Both
:6 father and the mother are om
loyed outside from morning till
!ghL In the meantime the fam
' y must be left, to take care of
self. Under conditions like theso,
ow shallow it sounds to scold
the home".- because girls go to
instruction. We ought rather- to
: lame the system : which takes
others out of the home and de
rives children of parental care at
-a age when they need it most.
If it la an - advantage; to the
: ate to have children born - into
la world, it is a still greater ad
zntage to see that they are reared
,-der wholesome conditions. Good
omes cost money. It Is unjust to
pect working people ta have' them
-less .they, receive wages enough
3 maintain them. :,,-
A Boston philosopher, says that
: live long one anouid begin each
ay with a thought of Joy, of cour--9,
joi- love toward all mankind.
tber difficult thing to do when
e (candidate for office Is abroad
the land. ------ . -
Boiled down, y the Moser-Olson
swer to the charge of the Parent
. richer 'Association Is expressed
THE THIRD STEP.
P.ORTLAND and the Oregon 'country stand upon the .thres
hold of a great awakening. : Their resources and opportuni-
ties were never so promising. " The development and use of
C; their three great rivers have just begun, llie irumuiness
thereof is not even dreamed of as yet. The vision of only the few
is strong: enouerh to encompass it, Partial realization of the bene
fits will be the spur to the many for greater progress. ' ,
With development of these - rivers . will come a magnificent
dividend of cheaper transportation and fairer and more equitable
distribution of wealth from work. . " - ' i
The need today here in Portland is concentration of effort
intent in behalf of all, and a leader to direct the effort.
The Tournal desires to lift in this matter, and not to lean: it
desires to help, and not to hinder. Nothing is more gratifying to
this paper than to have the privilege of aiding in agoodrwork,
wherefrom benefits ;wjll come to all, .and with justice to all, in
proportion to deserts. The laborer is worthy of , his hire. -Doing
ones share of the world's work js a great trust, and, when, well
performed, so as to make the world a:better place to live in, is
honor; enough for any man, "
i Portland has had her share of brains. The past in this city has
been fruitful of big minds. There
had few peers on the Pacific coasts he could see iartner tnan
most human minds can reach. He was a real man. f His mental
force, his energy,' made an impression wherever men were .gath
ered. ' ' 1 "
There were others, his contemporaries, many of them men of
spirit, men of force, men of action, men who builded and pro
duced and distributed like men 1
Henry Failing,; D.? P. Thompson,
mention. .
Portland has still ereat resources' in men, men just as capable,
jut as courageous and just as public spirited as those of yesterday
lhe crisis has; not hitherto arrived to awaken them, to arouse
them, to unite them to action. But the time and occasion are at
hand. We are on the threshold of both. Everything is ripe for
a Portland movement.
The Journal makes bold to suggest a captain. With due respect
to all others, it names the. right man for the right part, and hopes
its judgment may be accepted' in the spirit in which it is offered.
For a leader, the need is' for a worker, a great worker, a great
business organizer, one whose vision and forces were made poten
tial by Portland's' first master, W. S. Ladd.
Theodore B. vvilcox is such a man. He is the strongest busi
ness man north of San Francisco, the peer of any, with interest
so wide that he can afford to sacrifice in furthering the general
interests of Portland and the Oregon country, and the people
thereof. Hundreds of other able men would rally around his
captaincy, if he would but point the way. He should be the next
president of4he Chamber of Commerce; he should be left to choose
those who were to serve with him ; and the great harvest, now in
the yellow, ready for the reaper, throughout the Great Empire of
the Columbia river basin, should thus be begun, and carried for
ward with earnestness, devotion, enthusiasm and determination
to make this really the land of peace and plenty, the home of the
freest, most independent progressive, people on the face of the
earth. . '
In the words of Macbeth when con
fronted bv the eh oat of the mur
dered Banquo, "Thou cans't not
say I did it. Shake not thy gory
locks at me."
HIGHWAY AND WATERWAY
TUB most notable highway de
velopment In Oregon'at pres
ent is In the -counties east of
the Cascades along the Co
lumbia river. Wasco, Gilliam and
Umatilla : counties are preparing to
submit to the voters at the general
primary election In May the ques
tion of Issuing bonds for road im
provement. '
The advocates of better roads
are active also in Morrow and
Union counties where the senti
ment has not yet crystallzed Into a
definite plan of financing.
A stimulating cause of this good
roads development. Is a desire to
extend the Columbia River high
way across the state and Bhare in
its . benefits as a transcontinental
route.
But greater than all this is the
awakening to the fact that the pri
mary demand of modern transpor
tation is better roads from pro
ducer to market, roads that can
be used every day in the year. The
past winter i has demonstrated this
need more than ever bef dVe. It
has also shown the urgent neces
sity for roads constructed on sci
entific . lines, roads that are prop
erly located and built with due re
gard for drainage sufficient to
control flood waters.
The great economic waste of the
old hit - and, miss construction haa
been made very apparent in the ex
isting washed out roads.
- Another contributing reason to
this growth of sentiment in East
ern Oregon for Improved roads is
the realization of the Importance
of river transportation in the up
building of ; the state.
It is realized that highway trans
portation is i the complement of
water and Railway transportation
and that if the counties are to
grow in wealth and , population it
Is essential that a system of high
ways reaching, out into the .produc
ing centers be ; provided and , that
this system be connected with the
Columbia river, ' i
Highways and waterways hand
in r hand are the solution of the
rate question. , ; . -
1 The Oregon Republican-club evi
dently overlooked a bet"' when ; it
crowded out some Republican men
and all the women. . :
TJPLIFTING THIS KITCHEN
GOMMUNITY kitchens ; are an
old aspiration of that 'doughty
- .warrior, - Charlotte ; Perkins
. Gilman. She nas spoken .for
them in season and out. and. usual
ly been ridiculed for her pains.
The objections J to the community
kitchen converge foV the most part
in a single one which is supposed
to be insuperable. 4 This fatal ob
jection may be summed np in the
sentence that "the" human male
must have variety in his cooking.'
He, is assumed to get the longed
for, variety In his home kitchen but
can not get it in a kitchen where
the cooking is done -for a whole
community. "
: It Is admitted by everybody that
was the late W. S. Ladd. He
"G. H. Lewis, H. V. Corbett,
and others too numerous to
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the kitchen is a wasteful attach
ment to the household. The cook
is usually deficient in her noble
art and her disposition is discour
aglngly migratory: ;The range de
vours uel alarmingly .fast. The
consumption of meat and vegeta
bles ' is something to weep over.
But In spite of its faults the ordi
nary male loves' his kitchen still
and will not give it up until bank
ruptcy, drives him to the sacrifice.
All arguments on the subject ara
apt to be wound up with the stat-v
ment that "community kitchens
won't, work anyway," whatever
their theoretical merits may be.
Hut an unusually intelligent
group of commuters at Montclalr,
New Jersey, has been experiment
ing with a community kitchen for
a whole year 'and their consensu
Is that it does work. So there
you Are. They are people who do
business in New York and do not
wish to be bothered with cooks,
ranges and addled eggs. So they
organized a cooperative kitchen.
This enabled them to hire a first
class artist. They buy supplies at
wholesale rates. The community
cook, stove consumes but little
more fuel than any kitchen rang?
requires. And, so they say at anv
rate, the food has both variety and
sapidity. They eat it and like It.
We need not wonder at their
BUccess. A great many apartment
houses have community kitchens
which are likedv Every hotel rune
a community kitchen of greater or
less merit. So does every club.
Every city residence block might
have one if the people were shrewd
enough, and thereby save many an
honest penny for a rainy day.
It is predicted that . by mid
summer the price of gasoline will
have reached 40 or 60 cents a gal
lon. The war demand and the ex
tortion of monopoly are given as
the reason. :
A GENEROUS SHEPHERD.
THE town of i Scio" : has set ; an
example in religious affairs
which we shall expect to. see
other Oregon Communities fol
lowing as they grow In grace and
the knowledge - of the . Lord. - The
idea at ; the- bottom of thelbusl
necs seems , to have come -from
Oklahoma, but-that does not mat
ter. Scio had intelligence enough
to put it into effect and ; that:, is
what counts. The world ia full of
fine ideas floating about in the air.
They never do much good' until
some human being gets -hold ; of
them and sets them at work.
Scio has done this with a fine
religious idea under the- Inspira
tion of a minister- from Oklahoma.
He came to that little town. as
we glean - from the Woodburn In
dependent, and found the usual
denominations, Methodist,' Baptist.
Presbyterian, and so on. But
there was no resident pastor. They
were sheep without shepherds. ' It
is interesting to" learn Just how
many sheep there were in each" of
these flocks. The Independent sat
isfies our curiosity on that point.
There were f five : Methodist
brethren, eleven Presbyterians,
eighteen "Christlans' and -twenty-one
. Baptists. ' The usual method
would have been for the Oklahoma
pastor to have gathered into a
little fold the sheep of his - own
brand and left the rest to mav
erick .along the best they could.
But lie was wiser, r ile was truly
a man of God, filled with wisdom
from : on highV - "He let down da
bans' of de sheepfold, calling softly
'Come In, come In.' ' " '
And ap from: de g-loomerin' med
lers whar d long- night rains beg-in,
An? up thru do Kloomerin' rain paths
whar de sleet fairs piercia" thin. To
de - shelter of de sheepfold dey all
cum g-aderta' in.
, In -the vernacular, he cinched
them all.' This wonderful pastor
from Oklahoma let none' escape.
Better still he added some out
siders, eighteen in all. And there
they are. now in happy Scio setting
a good 'example to all the world, a
congregation united in good works
and brotherly love. ' . r - '
: What has become of their petty
differences of creed and ceremony?
All forgotten In the -glow of Chris
tian zeal. . : These good brethren
have y learned - how many, - things
there are- Jn . which they- agree.
They have learned - too ' how few
a..d : now - insignificant . are .'the
things in which they, differ. ; .
i. Scio has done what every -rural
community ought , to do. It has
welded its Christian forces to
gether Into one strong, earnest and
active body. . This union church
will be the . central and controlling
force in that community. It will see
that there are good surroundings for
growing boys and girls. - It will
.heed ' the text that man does not
live by bread alone and provide
amusement, reading, all sorts . of
wholesome diversion for young and
old. And we hasten to add that
it can and probably will pay ' the
minister a good salary. A com
munity so profoundly Christian
that it can merge its differences
Into - a single church will not .- let
the shepherd go without a.-goodiy
portion. - . C . - .
This Sclo v"Federal church" will
be watched-, with hope and many
prayers. It'" may be the beginning
of wonderful things in the religious
sphere of Oregon.
': An American has purchased the
famous Gainsborough . painting,
"View in the Mall." If the war
continues a few months longer our
art collectors may possess a few
genuine "old. masters."
IDEAS ON THE MOVE
DR. BAILEY, the famous agri
cultural authority of Cornell
university, put a thought
rather neatly at the recent
Philadelphia "Four State Country
Life Conference." "The country
life movement," he said, "js nota
movement from the cities back to
the farms.'-; It is a movement of
Ideas." Very likely there are peo
ple enough in the rural districts to
do all the necessary work with a
proper supply r of capital and; ade
quate use of. machinery. Z -AVnat
they need Is new Ideas. And city
people need them just as much.
The unhappy fact is that a wide
gulf yawns between country and
city. This gulf must be bridged in
some way so that the two essen
tial elements of our national life
may meet- and mutually benefit
one another.
' The city's duty Is to provide
markets for the farmer. In order
to do this it may be necessary to
revise the laws. It may even re
quire the help of the state. But
it must be done if we ever expect
to attain that national "prepared
ness" which goes deeper than mere
military drill.
The Four State conference at
Philadelphia made a great point
of the city's duty to provide ade
quate markets. It is almost use
less to urge the farmer to produce
more than he does now as long as
he cannot dispose of his crops; And
by the word "crops" we mean to
signify such things as milk, fruit,
vegetables and the like, as well
as grain and livestock.
The city market should be a
large and imposing affair. To bor
row the language of the Philadel
phia speaker, "It should -provide
every convenience for marketing
farm products.". There should be
no petty restrictions upon tne
method of selling. - The market
hsould be housed in a btructure
suitable to its , lmpofttnce. It
should be housed in a structure
so that the farmer could use It3
facilities without robbing his farm
cf a .working hand.
Nor is this all. The city mar
ket should have a receiving, grad
ing and packing department, as
well as a cold storage plant, Anl
it should be provided with railroad
connections in order to " receive
goods by the carload; - This would
encourage neighborhood coopera
tion and thus increase the growers'
receipts while It cut down" prices
to the .consumer. 'The city market
should express the urban commu
nity's friendliness and helpfulness
to the country neighborhoods. ' Its
facilities should be large and gen
erous, not miserly and cramped. ;
i Experience seems to - indicate
more and more clearly every ; day
that , the j problem :- of - markets is
too large and complicated for any
IndirlduV or any . single ? commu
nity to solve by themselves. - It re
quires the knowledge land resources
of a big city at least, and probably
of an ; entire state. Considering
the importance - to all human X be
ings of their dally bread it is amaz
ing that a city should have up-to-date
-police. ; fire department, . and
public parks, while its markets lin
ger in the prehistoric stage,. This
may be a sign . of our Idealism.
Perhaps ; We waive aside such, ma
terialistic ! considerations ; as ; food
and drink. But a spirit without a
body is not a very cheerful entity,
nowever pure It may be. v.
NOTHING THE MATTER
. WITH PORTLAND ;
Here are three mod stories la oae. There
ia the a lory ef a big brickmaking plant that
haa been growing erery . minute of . it 10
years' life, the atory that there to - an- in
creaae la k-nildlng la the states of the north
wast, and - the. atory of a -valuable brickmaking-
loventloa) whoa patent rlsbt fluda a ready
warld-vtd market. And tfaia la No. 60 of
the series. It is a cheering story indeed.
THSS Columbia Brick 'Work baa an
output t of l(yoo,OO0 bricks per
year. ' ' -' -The
company give -employment: to
Socmen who are paid at the rat of
?S per day. " L.
It makes 75 shapes and sizes of
bricks, . drain tUe, partition :tilo, hol
low. buUdlng blocks, kllnker bricks,
tc...
Its business is in ; such condition
that it is adding; a, 10.000 brick a day
unit, to its plant. - i"
i It . 'was established 10 years ago,
and has been steadily growing - ever
since. '
' Its product ' is sold- and shipped ' .o
aU parts of ths Pacific Northwest,
It is now shipping SO carloads of
brick to Bend. Or.; sight to Pendle
ton; 20 to Boise, Idaho; IS to Walla
Walla, Wash., etc. This Is stated
merely to show that the enterprise
is not depending upon local demand
exclusively.
Its plant Is one of the most modern
in the United States. -It
Is located one, mile from Gresh
am, east of Portland, where there is
a clay bank of sufficient magnitude
to keep it in operation for years,
OUTSIDE BUILDINO ACTIVE.
. A. Klosa is president of tho cor
poration and - Frank Olbrick, secre
tary and treasurer.
"It Is our experience. Mr. Klose
says, "that building at present - Is
more active outside the city than In.
We are ' making liberal shipments to
many points In. Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, but there is no great de
mand in Portland for this class of
building material. We have inquiries.
and . have booked orders for so many
brick to go to interior places, how
ever, that -we can already see the
necessity for greater capacity so we
are adding another unit to our : plant
capable of making lO.000 bricks a day.
We are having good demand for tiling
also, and are shipping liberally of
this product to Interior points. We
are shipping 60 carloads of brick to
Bend, Or., to be used in building a
dry kiln for a lumber company. This
is one of the largest orders : now
booked. Southern Oregon building
gives evidence of being active very
soon, judging from Inquiries from
that quarter. In fact, we can see
that the backbone of the depressed
business -era is nearly ended, and we
are- therefore optimistic as to the
future. The last 90 days have been
our best In the last three years.
INVENTED A BRICfC KILN. '
Aside from our brick and tile
making we have a kiln of our own
invention which adds considerably to
our volume- of business. . I thought
this out myself, and have it patented.
We sell the right to build these in
all parts of the world. I have ad'
vertised them In the Clay Worker, of
Indianapolis, and the publication has
brought us customers from as far
away as Australia This is not a
bad advertisement, for Portland and
Oregon, either. ' It is called the
"Oregon Kiln, and wherever one is
erected the name stands' out as a
proclamation that It is an Oregon
kiln, and was originated In Portland.
Iast year I was sent for from Kd-
monton. Alberta, and X built on of
these for a brick company operating
at that place in Canada.
'"Having been engaged in clay
working and manufacturing for years.
I saw the necessity for a kiln which
might be operated continuously with
out loss of beat or time, I had
measured the high temperature of
flue gases as they left the chimney,
every unit of which was waste, and
rightly concluded that ' this could be
conserved If the proper kiln could be
constructed. - Without going- into de
tails, I can say that I at length per
fected a kiln which Is operated day
and night seven days and nights a
week all the year, and the waste ia
so nearly eliminated as that it may
be counted almost 'nil. After careful
investigation on their part the right
to construct these has . been sold to
companies and Individuals In all parts
of the -United States and, as stated,
as distant as Australia.
SELECT BRICK $15 PER 1000.
"We are not selling at very high
prices," Mr! Klose volunteered. "Com
mon brick delivered in the xsity sell
at 910 per 1000, and selects at SIS.
This reduces the cost of building to
a moderate figure, and is an encour
agement to builders to get busy now
before tho whirlwind boom strikes
us. This, I am sure,-Is not a great
distance away, and is! traveling hither
at a pretty lively gait, ;
Cars of the Portland Railway. Light
eV Power company pass the Colum
bia Brick company's yards and their
ample sidetracks afford superior ship
ping facilities.' And visit to the
plant discloses the great evolution
of the brick-making business In the
last decade or two. . Poor old Dobbin,
hitched to the end of a polo and
plodding, his weary' way round and
round In his own little circle and
sphere - has been retired and , In his
place is the electric or steam, machine
which accomplishes as much In an
hour as - our equine friend and , un
murmuring servant in a week. It's
a : new order of - things.- r It's like
traveling's tail .a seoond In an air
Pullman, winking at an angel as yon
pass a star.
. The Columbia . Brick company Is a
good big thing. ; It's i benefit to the
city. It's a benefit. - likewise, to the
Pacific Northwest. - .' ' A . . t
W. A. Currie is its agreeable sales
manager; full - of Scotch- ginger, 'and
a - convincing " conversationalist. He,
THE LAST WORD
By Matthew Arnold
CREEP into thy narrow bed.
Creep, and let no more be said!
Vain thy onsfttl All stand fast ,
Thou thyself must break at last.
Let the long contention cease! .
Geese are" swans, and swans are geese, -Let
them -have it how they Willi .
Thou art tired; best be stilt.
They outtalk'd thee hiss'd thee, tore thee;
Better men fared thus before thee;
Fired their ringing shot and passed;
Hotly charged -and sank at last. .
Charge once more, then, and be dutubt
Let the victors, when they comer .
When the forts of folly fail, - '
Find thy body by the walll
A FINANCIER ON
The accompanying letter is addressed to
Bamael H1U of Portland by Hugh U. Hanna
of ladlanapolls. Mr. Haona, who is a enaala
of the late Mark Hasoa, was rhairman of tbe
monetary eommlaaion that served during tbe
second. ciereland edmlnlstratlon, of which eom.
tnleatoa Mr. H1U and Jobs P. Irish of Cali
fornia also were members. His diacnaalos of
the- slgnitleaace C- soonstarr reforms, eoo-talnMl-lierein.
bear the welsrbt of SB ackowl-
edsed authority and his eommeot on tbe eon
strnetlon of the Columbia rirer highway is
tuapiriag.
Indianapolis, Ind., 'Feb. 19, ' 191.
Dear Mr. Hill:- I regret that ill health
has for some time put me a little bit
out of the running of prompt com
munication with my friends who are
doing things, and I am sure you will
generously accept this as full explana
tion of my tardy response to receipt
of that .: wonderful road book, "The
Columbia and tho special edition of
the Portland Oregonian.
I am sure X cannot force my pen to
rise adequately to the great vision this
remarkable, Inspiring presentation of
the twentieth century's greatest scenic
roadway must awaken in tbe brain
cells of forward looking Americans.
You have not only set a grand pace in
conceiving and constructing a great
piece, of the highest order, of practical,
permanent, scenic engineering, but you
have strengthened the very character
fibre of your people by the wise, eco
nomic use of the latest thought In
scientific possibilities for overcoming
all difficult problems, for tho benefit
of the immediate and the remote needs
of traffic and also the delightful up
lift for appreciation of the artistlo
beauty of the mountains, valleys and
Tou have -not only served so won
derfully your own immediate people,
but you have by publication of the
great and beautiful book made possible
the awakening of - all Americans to
greater vision of service for the de
velopment of our people In our won
derfully blessed land of opportunity.
I am greatly appreciative also of the
exalted spirit to which Mr. laujcaster
has risen in bis book, and I would be
glad if you would tell .him so.
Surely these .- ar wonderful times.
Of course, the great war . disappoints
and saddens those who have had their
ideals shattered and broken by cause
less carnage. Carnage abetted by meas
ures and munitions that years of con
centrated study and experiment have
proved and for which taxes have pro-
descanted on the virtues of Colum
bia, brick so beautifully that Tho
Journal pilgrim felt vllke swapping
his birthright for a town lot and
mortgaging his wardrobe to buy
enough brick - for an earthly habi
tation. . - x .' '
And h may do it yet. And this
series, the story . of the workers,
grows more and snore interesting as
each - chapter is unfolded,
Letters From the People
tOomsiniileaUona sent tv The Joernal for
publication in thla department ebooid be writ-
i. mil, nft. alda af th DaDOT. Stloald Bt
Mf ami w.ii-,1. ia iena-th and Blast be ee-
eos.paaied by the name and address ot tm
st-tder. It tbe writer does sot desire to'hare
the name publUhea, hs snouta so ststcj
THacoaatoa- ta the greatest At til re form era.
tt ratloaalisea everything tt tonchea. it robe
prloelpes of -all falae aanctlty and tbrowa tbesi
back en their reaaonablenea. If they ba no
reasonableness. It rntweaeiT crusnea inem out
of existence and sets up Its own eoaciaaioas
lu their stead," Wuoqrow WUsou,' .
Undesirables and Birth Control.
Portland. Or, FWx 21. Tor tbe Ed
itor of The Journal The advocates of
birth control have a desire to relieve
distress, to obey "the moral law of right
and wrong, to practice humanity, that
mankind may be of mora worth and
more value.
May those who are hostile to birth
control recommend clemency to their
army of . trespassers ; their proportion
will be larger tnan will oe compelled to
march with the common herd. Tbey
wll have larger numbers, whose lives
will not be worth living; tneir parents
have to take-more chances and, trust .to
luck. : : - -v 'r
All nations are asking what to do
with this surplus. The city, county
and state are ; generally overcrowded
forsroora to confine the wandering un
desirables. Th enemlea of birth con
trol, no doubt, would enjoy seeing them
give a grand free parade through, the
streets with their keepers; then con
tribute an article for a daily paper and
continue to use auch words as "hell
ish," "devilish" and "damnable." "it's
not a theory, but a condition that con
fronts us." -? 'Vr- :-, --""' - ' "
The animal " kingdom has been im
proved by using Judgment with blrtti
control, and is pronounced noble, while
the human races arev perishing for the
want of sense in birth control, and may
be referred to as ignoble.
. m. IT. JTunh. -
i Not " Iegall School Holidays.
Sbedds. br., Feb. z. To the Editor
pf The ' Journal. Is Washington's
birthday a legal school holiday, and
did Portland schools keep school that
dayr -;-"-. -ij':;.;";,--a tuuAUBM.
Among tbe legal holidays of Ore
gon aro; Lincoln's birthday. February
12s Washington's nirtnaay. February
lahnr (iav. thm ; first ' Mondav In
September: Columbus day, October "12.
But the law makes the exceptions
that these shall not be .holidays so
far as the schools of : the state are
concerned. It provides, however, that
on each of these days a portion ot the
school session shall be devoted to ex
ercises : appropriate to the " occasion.
School, attendance is as usuat, with
no shortening ot the sessional
- ' ' Oregon Roads.
Bueft, Or.. FeJ.. To the Editor
ot Tbe Journal I. see by The Journal
that down In Coos county they, are
t-eginning to learn some of the draw
backs ot cheap road building. Some
ft our road bosses either don't under
stand Ueir business or tho supervisors
do as thev . please : about 'the road
PRESENT STABILITY
vided. v There Is, however, great en
couragement in the hope of Pan-Amer
ican future. -All great, good thing-)
vears. wa. must admit much has been
done. In spite of all that Am weak, un-
Just, and wrong, the, past 25 years can
show many betterments.
" Referring only tbv'the monetary re
forms which brought you and me into
acquaintance and united effort, I can
not but think the -gold standard es
tablishment not only stabilized won
derfully our commercials credits, but
even more the very integrity of our
people. - Tbe plan tor elastic currency
based on properly using the assets of
the banks as a basis for issue of bank
notes guaranteed safely by association
of the district banks, has so assured
the confidence of our people that tbe
greatest occasion for commercial alarm
has been passed safely over without
much use of the remedy. .
' e -e
High prices for. exported great crops
and sales of war munitions and con
servative mercantile trading have
been great factors, of course, but in
my opinion the stability of our money
system, the assurance of the right of
rediscount basis for ample -issue of
needed currency, has saved us for the
past 15 months and will continue to
save us from the hysterical panics
formerly so frequent and so destruc
tive. Improved agricultural methods;
provision for prudent agricultural
credits; Increased and Improved trans
portation facilities to local and great
er distance markets by railroad, water
ways, airways and . highways, are all
helping our great onward movement.
Tbe use of MaoAdoo's idle supply ships
for overseas markets will serve as a
door opener for us In a large 'measure
to finance the "South American repub
lics, Mexico, China and perhaps Rus
sia. All the above forecast seems to be
economic. It would, ; however great
that may be, be lamentable if the
vision of our future is limited to such
development. : Our democracy. Justice,
liberty and integrity should dominate
our leadership of the world's clvlllaaX
tlon,- and the "march , of civilization
should be to the music of our religion."
' With kindest regards always -"
Faithfully Tours,
IL tt HANNA.
bulldlns. It Is a fact that some of
our supervisoTs are doing good work
in their road construction, putting In
substantia! foundations before apply
ing the curf aclng or final work. Why
can not all work on the same plan?
We can't hope to reduce the expense
of road construction by building
cheap reads. Some of our road dis
tricts have millions of tons of the
larger sized boulder stone, which is
good material for the foundation be
fore there is any grading done. The
finishing work comes last, with
crushod rock . or gravel. The life of
a cheap road is hardly one year.: The
first tiro it gets soaked up well it
begins to wear into rut holes and
he supervisor cornea along with' his
shovel and tells . you to keep , off or
you will ruin the road.
Of the thousands of miles of Toads
in Oregon we should have more mile
tge of permanent construction. Some
3t the road districts of 30 or 40 miles
possiVly have two or three miles of
permanent roads. N. BLAIR.
A SoWier Defends- Soldiers
Vancouver Barracks,- Feb. Sli-To
the Editor of The Journal The article
beaded '"Laborare Kst Orare," which
appeared in The Journal, of February
19, is highly resented.
While it is quite true that idleness
is one of the many causes and founda
tions of crime and immorality, there is
a still greater one: the constant knock
ing and slurring contained in such ar
ticles as the one above mentioned
rank high among them. '
t am a soldier, and am proud of tbe
uniform 1 wear.
I believe that the majority of us
would be better contented if we had
more to do and received pay accord
ing to the amount of work done, but
we have no desire to work or even to
fight for a people who consider us
among the lowest of our nation.
The people wish to secure, an army
of the highest quality. Then why do
they Insist on holding us down? If
we go out in uniform we are snubbed
by people who have never seen us be
fore. What is their reason for doing
this? Because a. few Of the undesir
able soldiers, f whose names fill the
records'of deserters and bobtails, have
committed themselves by ungentle
manly conduct, we are all condemned.
Olve us a chance to prove our worth
iness; we will do tho rest.
W. J. DAVIS,
Private, Co. F, 2nd Bn. U. S. Eng.
.The Mentality of Lincoln. -.-i
Kenton. Feb. 21. To the Editor of i
Tbe Journal A Socialist made the
statement in the News that the most
ordinary mind of the present time is
greater than thf mind of Lincoln. He
produces this arrangement of words
to prove his statement that Lincoln
knew nothing of the telephone, noth
ing of wireless, notaing or air navi
gation, little of the practical use of
electricity, little of submarine, noth
ing except that bis foresight could
pierce 'tbe future.
The statement is utter absurd
ity. IV es a lack of r knowledge
of -the .things affect the mentality
of this great statesman?. His debate
with Douglas, his Cooper Institute
speech, bis Gettysburg speech, are
considered classics that will live in
history. -Lincoln was the equal of
any statesman we have today. It
la the quality of a person's thoughts,
not ths quantity, that leaven the. im
press. We : have not at the present
time' an orator ; that would compete
with Daniel vWebster, - John Quincy
.dams, ratrick Henry or Henry Clay.
We havs no poets today that will com
pete -with Bryant, Longfellow and Roe.
It does not seem that It affected their
mentality, that they died before the
submarine, ' wireless telegraphy and
air navigation were discovered.
TlPnce Qser
TJKRIB are two stories just ' erdl
AA nary stories of every day life in
Portland. .
J And they . might have happened
any place in any time since . there
have been - men . and : women , on the
earth. , cs;
J Here ; is the first story:
J Testerday Richard Hart a print
er on The Journal found two checks '
on the sidewalk by the First- Na
.tlonal ' bank.
"jOrre was for SKOOHind one for
155 and both were made out ready -
to cash.
er And. Mr. Hart called tip the man
whose name was signed to the checks
-and made an appointment with him.
and met him and gave him tha
checks. X - "
J And the man didn't seem, glad to
get them. . -
or grateful or anything like that.
"J "Of Touree' he said "I ' stopped
payment on these checks as soon at
I found I had lost them." ,s
. fJAnd he went away and tnat was -all
thai thanks Mr. Hart got.
J And of course the man did tha -
. Decu" the checks might hae
j rn into ; dishonest' hands.
TAnd he might not , have found-
that he had lost them until they ha-l
been cashed by the wrong persons. :
JAnd but here ia the second story: ;
J The : Mount Tabor car stopped at
Broadway. ' .
f And a dear old lady on the othr
side of infirm but radiant said
to- the conductor:
fffWlll you please help me downT
fjAnd he said "Sure I wilLw
J And he took her by the arm
and a passenger helped him and they
helped her tenderly off the car,
J And the conductor tipped his cap,
J And the dear old lady smiled at
him. j . ' -
5 And the passenger helped her to
the curb. .
for although she was alone she
was really quite a cripple.
J And the passenger tipped his hat
and she smiled at him.
J And he said "Thank you for
this ray of sunshine." '
J And the dear old lady blushed,
and laughed a happy little laugh
that surprised the two other people
besides the passenger who heard t-
J And ber answer was quick right
with the laugh. V ,
J "Bless your heart" she aald.
J And that's all of this story.
J And I'm - glad both Stories hap
pened in Portland. - -
ejThat is If the first atory had to,
happen here I'm glad It! was possible
also for the second atory to hap
pen here. ' r
J And I wouldn't have printed the
flrst story perhaps If I hadn't had
the aecond story for an antidote.
' f For In general I think the world's
all right.
ff And I'm not cast down about
human nature. -
. "J I think lt'a ell right too.
J And of course it doesn't seem
possible.
and I'm sure it didn't happen that
way but :.
J LISTEN Stranger things " have
.happened than that- the man who
showed no gratitude for. getting tho
ch ecks back was the sam e , man w h o
helped nhe dear old Jady from the
street car to the sidewalk.
KU. 6LEX7 COXES S0WV TO
SOOTKX
THZ WXAST XTES.
Ere aleep cornea down to soothe tbe wearv eyes.
Which all tbe dajv with cee'elena care
hare aonrbt
Tbe maelc gold which from tbe seeker files:
Ere dreama put on the gown and cap of
tbosgbt.
And make the waking world a world of lies
Of lies tnoet palpable, uncouth, forlorn.
That say life'i full of ccbea and tearsaod
sighs - , '
Oh, how with more than dreama tbe soul
is torn.
Ere sleep comes down to soothe tbe wear ees. -
re sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes, '
Haw all the griefs and heartaehea ws hare
known
Come up like poia'eons vapors that arise
from some base witch's caldron, when the
- crone, .
T, work eome potent spell, ber mar piles.
.. The paet which held Ita aba re of bitter pals,
Whoee ghost we prayed that Time mlbt '
- exorclae.-- ,
Comes up. la llred and suffered o'er again,
Ere sleep comes down to auoibe-tbe weary cyea,
Er leep comes down to soothe the weary ..
What phantoms fill ths dimly llrhted room;
What ghoatlr abades In a weerea ting gitiae
Are bodied forth witbla the teeming g lK-m.
What echoes faint of sad and aoql-al-k cries.
And pangs of vague inexplicable pain
That pay tbe spirit's eeaeeleae enterprise,
. Come thronging through the chambers et
Jv the bra I a, ... a
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary ares.
Ere sleep comes down to soothe tbe weary eyes.
Where ranges forth tbe rplrlt far sad free?
Through what strange realma , and unfamiliar
. ekles
Tends her far conrse t lands ef mysteryt
Tt- lands unspeakable beyond surmise.
Where Shanes ankbowabla to hetne- anrlne.
Till, faint ot wing, the- faney falls and 6fj
cetsch wearied with the (rfrir'e Journeying,
Ere steep comes down to aootbe the weary eyes. .
Ere sleep comes down to sooth the weary eyes.
Mow emeetloaeth tha soul that uthmr ami I--.
The inner sense which nett ber chests nor lies,
mi aeu expoaea raw eetr, a wtou - -rail
writ with all life's acu aawiae er wise. :
Ia character indelible and known:
&j, trembUng with tbe' shock of cad stirprise
Tbe soul eotb view Its aarfnl aelf alone.
Ers sleep eouies down to soothe the weary eyes.
Ere sleep romea down te aerftbe the weary ye.
The taet irar aleep wboaa soft embrace is
balm. . . . . i -i. - ,
And whom sad sorrow tearbea na to' price.
ror Kiaeina; au our paeaiona l nio rajra, ,
Ah, then, no more we leed the sad world's
cries, . i . - .
Or seek to probe th eternal myslery.
Gt fret oar soais at lops-withheld replies.
At glooms through which oar vision cannot
see,-., ' ...
When sleep comes down te soothe the. weary..
. eyes. - ...
. i : Paul tVeerasce Daabaf, .
Uncle Jeff Snow Says;- . ' '
The Apache Injuns In Arlzoney used
to turn out some" awful . barbarous
stunts; but in many ways I prefer
Injuna. I havg Just been read In' tha
Europeen war newg." 'a. ''. . ,
3 toiri9r o
. 5Iaybe Ita the Sunshine.
mTN THE spring a young man's faney
A lightly turns to thoughts of love,"
is being repeated, hummed: and prac
ticed - down at tha forest service of
fices in tha Beck building. I Since .the
gun began radiating good cheer daily .
that is, during tha past two weeks
eight ' engagements hav been an
aounoed, !tha tJJat including, T. T. Mun
ger, forest examiner; A, A. Griffin,
also a forest examiner; Jamea Bchuy
ler, national forest road engineer; Kan
Smith, forest examiner; Herbert Ward,
law clerk In the forestry service; Mlss
Helen'JL Freeman, clerk in Mr. Mun
gers office; Miss Mlanett Sherman,
stenographer; Mrs. M. Joynt, steno
grapher, and only the other day the
forestry staff received invitations to
the wedding of Miss Lena Ash, a steno
grapher who had been In the service
up until the time of her marriage, -.
'