THE OREGON DAILY "'JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY. MARCH '24., 1916.
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THE' JOURNAL!
AN INUEPZVCEKT KEWSPAPKR.
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B. JACKSON
.....Pabuase
. innuMMUdir artaraooat. at The Joarnai
EoiidW. itttMidwar and xaminii .u-poru
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;eiw matter. - . - -, ;
- TELKPRONEl U.ls 117t' Rnnta.. A.SOC1. All
7", departmeute teeebed y these numbers. TeU '
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I-OBKIGX ai VEBTihi.no hepkksknxaTI VK
lienlainln Keotnor Co.. Bnmswlefc Bid.,
L? Kwr rtj Ptopte-a,
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X li lull tarma taw mail MP !-
rasa la tba Doited States er Mexico:
da iwr (moemso oa ArrEaNOON i
'?f'Vr:v-.4.0MmfB''?' 'wr
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Oaa rear.
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rtAirv iuninvn a. irrassiMvt . vn ,
PA1IX tMOKNIG OR ArTERNOOS) Aft
SCNOAX
One rei
. ..$70 ( One moo th...
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Aertes asks Dothinr for herself bat wbst
aba baa e Mcnt to ask for homsnity itself.
i t&U' " - 2 oooaow . witsoNi
V Mlllloea foa tferense, bat sot a " eeat fee
5 ; tribute . CHAW.E8 C I'tXCKNST,
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- The sore feuadatloDs of the state are
imi a in itvw imjf, one in iiaoriDtv,
and every nevr at education, at culture,
at book learning, which Is the recora4
wisdom of the experience of mankind.
Is the demagogue's sneer at Intelligent
liberty, loTltiog national degeneracy and
ruin. O. W. Curtis. - j .
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WHAT 4B0UT IT?
NK of the most precious pos-
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sessions a state can have is
Sn ample SCbOOl fund. It iS
an automatic rural credits
systein.. hhhiu lorever. " ;
taxes for support of schools.
The neighboring state of Wash-
i Ington
will ultimately have a
( : 1 school fund of $75,000,000, if not
-f more. It has husbanded its school
j ; T lands. Vast areas of them are
; still unsold. It will be a huge
- rural credits system. Oregon's
school fund is a little over $6,000,-
000. Oregon let her school lands
slln awav. Much was stolen. Tha !
people took but little interest in
husbanding them as Washington
husbanded hers.
The Chamberlain bill, if its ap
portionment were allowed, would.
In time, add $17,600,000 to the
Oreeon Irreducible school fund.
Loaned at six per cent, it would be 7r T " T7, "Tr
if a-splendid rural credits system. Itf"1 " fZJLSL i5
llcan be had if Congress can be in.i?76pnJrTudble school fund and
f rrr." . :ri - ..
1 1 pw. ,
Lg ; Jjoanea .at six
! ft school fund that
per cent, met
. A ll i
apportlonment
5 woum crcttiw wuuiu y.em a ror-
; enue every year of $1,056,000 for
v the schools of Oregon. It would
i be $1,056,000 available for the
"schools and every year it would
.save that much in taxes for sup
port of the schools.
. ' Elsewhere in these columns are
the sums that would go every year
: ; ' to eastern Oregon counties To
i ' ' the other counties. It would give
j Vfthe following sums for school pur
I ' poses every year:
ii: Benton ..$20,9 Lane $ 61,815
i Clackamas 59.736 Lincoln .. 11,414
Clatsop
26,047 Linn .... 42,984
20,042 Marion - . 69,719
I f:."'; rtlfimhla
1 Coos
I : Curry
i Douglas
Jackson
85,275 Multnomah 256,90? t
Polk 26,786
83.78T Tillamook 11,450
26.624 Washington 43,615
Josephine 14.80T Yamhill
89,337
The. securing of these sums Istof the legislative committee is par-
Imperilled. A subcommittee of
the bouse has cut the school al
lowance to 10 per cent and given
40 per cent to "general reclama-
tion" which means reclamation
mostly In other states. Division
among members of the Oregon
vd'elegatioh. is part of the danger
t - If the people of Oregon want
;'the sums set forth -above to ; he a
t perpetual endowment for th e I r
schools and want a.-$17,000,000
rural . credits fund created from!
-the grant lands, they should make
their ."wishes known at Washington
I before It is too late.
Grand Admiral von Tirpitx was
. the leader of the anti-American
te. party in German politics. That
party twice brought Germany and
tt the Unled States dangerously near
T. a break of relations. The kaiser's
' support of Eethmann-Hollweg and
. Von Jagow caused the Von Tirpits
IS resignation, and Is a reflection of
: the kaiser's desire for peace with
It the United States. Von Tirpitg has
;eeh the Theodore Roosevelt of
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MB. SINNOTT'S FAILURE
yva TTEMPTING at a critical time
V I vto change the apportionment
r f proceeds from the grant
uuiuo u JL f mi vuaieriain
t plan to a : plan ot : his ; own. Con-
gressman Slnnott lost. . ..
: He undertook? to substitute rec
l clamatlon for . Oregon projects for
the -40 peivcent for Oregon schools,
; and practically lost both schools
" and. reclamation,; so far as the stjb
V committee is concerned. -
; If Mr. SIftiiott' had directed his
.. epdeavon . to: Uchoelsf ' a e
'" ceeded .aa'he. profiably.: eould have
done he. would, have, secured some-
- thing of. great value to every coun
': ty vlri hisl district, txUnder the
: Chamberlain bill, 'counties In Mr.
Sinnott'a -district, would havev ultl
l matelx received1 every year-fop all
throwing, uncoln -overboard
VERY tima the' Penroses andr.Root and -RooBevelU Condemn
Li Woodrow Wilson's policy in
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President Wilson's DolicT is
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W public docuinW In the archives at Washington and adopted
Abraham. Lincoln's program as his program. - ;
When the Lincoln administration
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for 40 years Thi Jatrei rovernmcnt had COme Into power DUt, like!
lor '".years. ... im 8rei puTernmcui bW wui -. I
Carranza HOW, Was finable to entOWe
Kft : flni hmf Aitifrinn nronertr
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' Ul... . A 1.111 A r.Jt
4 even a
is part
Shad been murdered. Here
o the American minister to Mexico:
- For a few years past tha condition
raise the question on now siaes or me
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uume wntn sumt xoreiso power uufiuv.
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fn tha. Miintra inH to nt.. itm nntimianr!a then.
THiDKlf
k J?lVi JTei
i-nnnlrv and mn tn ho Wfnmmmiln to
".ul?" " "?:yltZZ . rnw nations.
But he thinks also that the system everywhere has to mane its way. pam-
"fully through difficultleB and embarrassments which result from the ctlon
of antagonistical elements which are a legacy of former times and- very dli-
fere.nt institutions. ' - v '
THE PRESIDENT JS HOPKPTJL, OF THE tTLTIMATE TRIUMPH OB
THIS SYSTEM OVER ALL OBSTACLES. AS WELL IN REGARD TO MEX-
I CO A S ; IN REGARD TO EVERY OTHER AMERICAN STATE; BU-T
TO A GREATER FORBEARANCE AND
vr oxt the flOVRRNMKNT and PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
THANHEY ARE LIKELY, TO RECEIVE IN ANY OTHER QUARTER.
, The President trusts that your mission, maniresnng tnew sennmenis wu,
reassure the government of Mexico of his best disposition to favor their
commerce aBd their internal improvement. "
f I FIND THE ARCHIVES HERB FULL OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT FOR VIOLATION OF CONTRACTS AND
SPOLIATION AND CRUELTIES PRACTISED AGAINST AMERICAN CIT-
IZENS. It Is wot the President's Intention to send forward such claims at
tba jiresent moment Hs willingly defers tbe performance of a duty, which
at any time, would seem ungracious, until the incoming administration in
Mexico shall have had time, if possible, to cement its authority. '
Here we have from the records in the language of diplomacy. Abra-
ham Lincoln's own statement that he "neither has nor ever can have.
any sympathy with" (Intervention in Mexico) "in whatever fluarter
iay . m4 arise ur wuaiever ciinincicr mj ui.r vu
Here we have from the archives
"vlftlatlnn of .mm. tracts and snoliatlOHs and cruelties uractised aaainst
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tempestuous times in Mexico, a member of the American legation, was
murdered.
But Abraham Lincdln, with the fine poise and splendid vision of a
' trim statesmen, in his instructions to
'said that be fe)t that those states (the Mexican states) are neverthe-
ian aritt1sl tn a oro rnrYianrartfa utiii mora runcrnns nvmnatblpi
fro th. nvf,rr,mfinf. Ml1 riAOni of
likely. to receive in any other quarter,
demn Wilson's Mexican policy, they condemn Abraham Lincoln's Mexi-
can policy and insult the revered memory of the great emancipator.
Whenever they make denunciation of Wilson's Mexican policy the
battlecry of republicanism, they read Abraham Lincoln, out of the Re-
publican party.
time, the following sums for sup
port of public schools:
Baker. JJ1.436: Crook. 114.191: Gtl-
Ham. J5712; Grant, I10.S70; Harney,
$7350: Hood River, $10,840; Jeffer-
i son, $5360; Klamath, $13,796; Lake.
. $7955; Malheur, $16,424; Morrow.
$7683; Sherman, $8415; Umatilla, $35,
978; Union. $29,101; Wallowa, $16,
259; Wasco, $21,06$; Wheeler, $6456.
These sums would come every
year to the respective counties
named. They would arise from
Uowment to the school children
What greater monument could
Mr slnnott- have lifted nn'to hlm-
in his di8trlct than by doin?
his part in securing this school en
dowment? A want ad in the Hinsdale, I11U
nois. Doings says, "Wanted A
nice gentleman to take care of a
perfect lady's horse that speaks
German." It Is undoubtedly some
horse.
A VALUABLE REPORT
T
HE Oregon state grange met
. at Tillamook last May, al
most a year ago. The report
of. its proceedings, which has
just been sent to this office, can,
therefore, hardly be called news
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iLterestlng passages. The report
tlcularly good reading.
It mentions among other things
peculiar to legislators their "tempt-
ation to attach the emergency
clause to their favorite measures.
This temptation Is too strong for
the members to overcome. They
are more than - commonly liable to
sink under it when they are pro
moting bills which they know the
people would reject upon refereh
Idum. In practice the emergency
clause has become too Often a de-
vice for defeating the popular will.
The grange committee think
some remedy should be sought.
They incline to favor an amend
ment of the constitution requiring
a four-fifths vote to attach the
emergency clause to a bill. Per
haps a better way would.be to for
bid the trick unless there Is a gen
nine emergency 'capable of being
established by evidence that will
convince a judge and Jury. The
existence of an emergency Is a
Question of fact and if it Is not
nmaginary, It can be demonstrated
readuy enough.
The committee comment Instruc
tively on 'the legislature In gen
eral. They say that "the most
vicious bill," touching upon the in
itiative and referendum, was In
troduced "by Mr., Day , of Multno-
I mah county." This is a diatlnc-
f uon
ot. which Multnomah may
possioiy reel proua. ir we can
not send our best-men to the leg
islature, we can still get some
glory, such as it is. by sending our
worst ones. The- grange commit
tee add that "it was a physical lm-
possibllty for. the members of the
legislature to read, all the bills pre
sented, let alone consider and di
gest j them. ; Many' bills, j we . are
toldc-t-weiret on ..subjects of ; which
the members wereK ignorant.
, Tard -the close - ot tVe Jegjs
latlva 'session . the poort' fellows
worked far more, than union hours.
many , of r them tip - to. sixteen or
I el
elgftteea. day. 'Naturally, (his ex-
Mexico they condemn Abraham Lin-
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President wncoing puucj.Hiw
fnmfn? hi Mexican DOlicy. stud-
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came into power, Mexico was-
...ninHi atiA Mimlur revolution I
orfler : v 'v j
been destroyed, but American I
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member of the American legation
of President Lincoln's instructions
of Mexico has been so unsettled as to
unuo wntmw
.1 iii.mi f anntetv. to
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- um. other form Of ITOvernmenl
or anywher.in
Aflontion bv all Other nations.
MORE GENEROUS SYMPATHIES j
Mr. Lincoln's own statement of!.., , . ,,D1
AAIH V. .V n 4- V,a- 1
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the American minister to Mexico.
the TInitad States than thev are
-.a o.-
husted them and mado them still
more unfit to consider bills. These
facts cast a brilliant light on the
smug . supposition so common
among reactionaries that all legis
lative work is ''done with calm de
liberation."
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on the irrigation project of the
Deschutes Land company are face-to-face
with the chance , of losing
tl.eir Investment. It is one exam
ple of the necessity of standardiz
ing' Irrigation and resisting shoe
string projects.
ABETTER HEALTH
T
HE public .. looks after Its
health a great deal better
than it did fifty years ago.
Several causes have contrib
uted to make us more rare fill ahoiit
keeping fit." One is the advance
Of knowlodge. People used to im- la a government ornciai in tne posi
agine. that disease was a visitation office department.
Of Providence. They now under- But Mr. Schwanberg Is more than
stand that tt is a visitation of
a-Arms mOKtlv e-AneratAC. In filth
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neglect of some sort, neglect of.
Cleanliness, fresh air, exercise, neg- becoming impaired, ne w , The gt convention now sends out
lect to clean UP tbe back yard or to find outdoor employment, and an apPeal through its inspired organ,
the cellar, neglect Of Barety meas- thereupon engaged his services to not to Republicans, because RPubU
: :, '":? r:. . at. Walla. Wash., cans need no appeal in this matter, but
uxes uae vaccinauwo.
Half a renturv am w lortlrAd
upon sickness and death as a mat
ter of fate. When Stricken down
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men meemy suunuiteu gna uopeu
the family would manage to es-
cane starvation with the bread-
- xt .v. i, 4c
traced back to contaminated milk
or a typhoid wate supply and, the
v.A.4.. n.a.ii. ... i.t,
uiunuiusi j. v. vo 4 44 lata u wa- e-t -
o iif in..,nnn 0a n,nJth. basement of the building. An-
WW wV V luvv a-ava yJ At3
taxes to support a health board,
Mm lmHi olHei tinva rlnna
thlngsto brag Of in hygiene, or
i iu -4-ri4 X'. -v-i, tn.
example, ia proud of Us milk sup-
Dly which is almost as Dure as any
large city can hope for -
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NOW Yorks good milk has cut
down the- infant death rate until
the city, according to the Evening
Post, "is one of the most health-
Jul in the world." Cleveland has
erected an Incinerator which gives
the finest of results. It is owned
and managed by, the city. Los An-
geles h&s public abattoirs run tn
tha same way. They give great
satisfaction to evervbodv but the
beef -trust Rochester, which has
municipal t dairies, has the best
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milk supply in the country, better
even than Itnat 01 New iTorV City,
Rochester .has also a system of
child weUare -stations - They give
the, poor something : more sub stan-
Ual than that .good, advlea; which is
so cheon and so useless, i it is their
Dartieular huslniss to see that sick
baMe have proper advice, and med-
icine. - Bocton has public nnrs-sa
who bring aid and comfort M the
ailing? poor atjnnieipal expense.
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?B" nB ,
8tad that after ..taking SO .much
trouble to- bring -babies into the
World, it . iS WOrth While tO try tO
V. U v. V v
aaoy -: tj,J4.4Aa agv-A
"Hope for the baldheaded," says
a headline. : But, -ag a Pittsburg
paper t remarks, the 3 baldheaded
don't want hoper they want hair.
' Having, from sale of her public
lands, supplied nearly $n,ooo,ooo
S7iew
states, Oregon should beg to bel
excused from, seelng,4Q per cent of
the grant land proceeds go in tha'f
same way. Bat that is one thing
proposed at ; Washington. When
will they tire of victimizing Ore
gon back there?
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
(Once BMre la it ehowa that Chiportunltr'a
knock is "heard nowhere mora frequently now
Ii"""u",1 lBn ,n romino. rue. ao 01
The Jovrnal'a Industrial series ia tba story
the ui.rr f . A- i7lhw iirwIVnS
wWch nceta myrUda ot competitor of ancient
UBdlBf and Tanqnlihea tbam at eight. It '
,' u A aucceaa f rowing from an
almost imprceptibie beginning, it ia a
".tajjo J,B VaVS,
story i
Mat. ;
tpacity j
la appraolete home products.
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F EVERYBODY were acquainted
with the actual facts it is not ,
' "likely there ever would be another
pint of foreign .made wood polish
"tW. manufactured here and!
"old as eheaply as that product which !
Decnons Portland people's money
away from them and keeps it out-
fle of Ore0
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LUsterol Is the name of this new
composition, and It is made by H.
j Schwanberg, postmaster at Wood-
stock addition, and owner of the drug
store in wnicn tne postorriee is 10-
cted.
the polish which does not
sum.
It requires no soap or water or
ther lnsredlent to help make
"Tf " m P "
,
It restores the varnish to Its orlgl-
nai brilliancy, bringing out the grain
ot tl- wood as when new
u an excellent ir;h for aofft.
carriages, pianos, furniture,
harlasod n woodwork, linoleum.
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TMmovDAriT T Tmrg if i
a i. J vjrf uuiu
Superintendent Wright, of The
Journal building, says, "It is tbe best
wood polish I ever used. It is ahead
of anything that ever has been called
to my attention."
Similar . kindly expressions come
from Pord Auto conjPn CorneI
lus hotel, Carlton hotel, F. E. Bow-
- T 11.. TW lttn C.n . Inn
Dr8; z-11 Daniels, - Dt A- E.
Bckey.. Emanuel hospital Highland
Court apartments, Portland Woolen
MI11is' I , Coope5s e mvZrI'
garage. Motor Car Equipment com
pany. Burr & Ripley. Boles Wall Pa
per company, Hotel Portland, Seward
hotel. Palace hotel, Ladd & Tilton
bank. Northwestern National bank,
Morgan building, St. Vlneent'a hos-nlt-L
Portland Railway. Light &
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Power company, Log Cabin oakery
"t.. AThsrt Tn fat. van
CStXIU CJW A C V. w
era! surprise Is expressed that an ar-
L. . to others of its
tide so superior to all others of its
kind has not before been discovered.
And It originated here in Portland.
It came into life In this city. Its
headquarters is here. Every penny
received from its sale comes to -JPort-and
and Mr. Schwanberg is spending
It in enlarging his factory, and in
efforts to gt it and Its, merits before
the public. If he succeeds in;, the
latter, It will have sale in every'seo
tlon of th United States.
WHO'S SCHWANBERGTSy
First of all. he is a good citizen.
This -is evidenced in the raci uuw ne
that.
When U years of age ne began
in s 'drui store and continued
. " -.J :19 year8 His health
in that line for 1 9 years. us neaiwi
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a building contractor. "
gaged in selling paints, and. was forjtionl and vot- against all candidates
several years manager
a. r- tv, mmnanVB Store
miw v'"- " ' "
n Grand avenue, wus qny. xteurtub
from this position, having regamea
I vi. tiMith. Mr. Schwanberg purchased
the drug store at Woodstock, was ap-
pointed postmaster and soon after be-
ttiA manufacture of Lusterol jn
I
other citlsen of Woodstock, i u.
Oerber. was . engaged as sales mana-
ger, and be has proved himself a
nhi.ivln vountr man. -nenss uieu
the product In J? many places, and
its consumption has been so great.
that machinery ror mixing ! puniio me. we may as wen .Know tne
, y.. nrocured larger working : truth of this matter, and the truth of
must be Prcur " l tQiriB .tM9 matter is not exaggerated herein.
quarters found, and next he is gwnnv can voter may have honest
to start ten young wu...c
make a house-to-house canvas of the
city. He hasn't yet decided whether
to send the ten out in a body or
singly or in twos or threes, but any-
way they are. going out to sen the
preparation, and if the human beings
of this balliwicK nave u ' ,
lutely the best thing of its kind W
the woi-ld they will give the young
women a coraiai wnm-- -
,t th. money for a 25 cent bottle,
least th money ior a The
j Practicing what It-preaches The
Journal was among tne iirsi io
this home product a w.
buwmg supermtenaem
too highly of it.-
it is jewel m its family.
The street address of the raetory
is 4610 Wopdstock avenue.
Letters From the People:
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(Communicstlon. t to The JdJe
pubUcstloa ia this dup.rtnient should be wrlt-
STtSTib-5
rampanled by tke name and address of k the
seader. tt" writer does .ppt desire to
the name published, he should so state.
"Plscassfoe ia the gri
eatest of all reformers.
ng it touches.- it roba
iL . .ii fa 1. aauetitv and throws them
baek in their reaeoaablenesv they hse w
reaannahlenesa. It rnthleaaly cru-bes tbem ent
S existence and ta up Its own eouclilona
In thilr ataad.''-Woodrow WUaon.
? " Hughes and the Presidency, C.
-Pnrtland. Or.. March 21. To the Edl-
lA'fSSSSSS'A
. ugtlc Hughes the same right to
I run. fort president a".nT p'he fLVea
the United stAUs," whicnw.uld be
"V yuu 'S. v,
Trovidad. h raslrna bis hlsh. ofc
cf justice of the eujremecoart,' In
tha state ef Orgoa aud ia many other
states there is a ewasUtutlouAl pre
vision that no district, circuit or su
preme judre shall be candidate tift
any other office except a Judicial poel.
tlon. The constitution of the stan of
Oregon wisely forbids a circuit Judge
from becoming a candidate for district
attorney or governor. The reason cz
this . la obvious, for whil actlnz as
,,j,. ....ii . ,?.,- AArlnlotut whirh
JudgS e couia rentier aoCM-Oiis wnicn
would enable him to Mourt support in
bis campaign for governor, and bis
f-tlnn vhila eovarnop would not be
subject to review, whereas, li one of
our circuit Judges should run for the
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state supreme. bench while he was clr-
! cult Judge, it would not be stated that
he was using decisions to favor his
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the sUte supreme bench, would be sub-
ject to further review by the circuit
!f!ti
ZSUiZ-
ce. As every legislative act of every
political supaivision in me unueu
States and the ordinances and laws
passed by every town, city, county and
state, as well as all laws passed by
the congress of the United States and
the decisions of all federal coromis-
fsions, including the Interstate Com
merce commission, are -subject to re
view by the United States supreme
court, it follows that all political taint,
prejudice and ambition should be kept
from that high position.
If Mr. Justice Hughes has any idea
of accepting the Republican nomination
for president, he owes It to the coun
try and the court to Immediately re
sign, whether be makes a campaign
for tbe nomination or not. There are
several comparatively young men now
on the supreme bench of the United
States who could, by rendering political
decisions, In a few years make them
selves logical presidential candidates.
The way to keep the supreme court of
the United States out of politics Is
fn. tha luatleea. whlla tnav a.ra lus-
tices. to keep out of politics. This is
nft Thft Journal !a WPOng. Mr
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Hughes should either resign now or
decline the Republican nomination, if
It is offered him. GEORGE SMITH.
Tbe Tariff After tne War.
Portland.- March 21. To the Editor
of The Journal Apropos of the open
ing skirmishes between Mr. Mann,
house minority leader, and Senator Un
derwood regarding the kind of tariff
we will need after the European war,
it Is interesting to note their respec
tive, attitudes on tha tariff. Mr. Mann.
eminent authority, says to return to a
high tariff. Mr. Underwood, student
of tariff questions for many years, em
phatically declares his bill should be
left alone. There is a general feeling
that tbe tariff views of both men com
prise more of the political than of th
economic element.
There is no basts for comparison for
the final result of the war. There has
never been a war of such general mag
nitude. Without doubt there will be
much poverty abroad. Poverty does
not necessarily mean that wages will
be low, because the laborers will be
A I M a. 3 1 -A W A A A m1m wm a laaiia
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that the women in Europe will remain
active In agricultural and manufact
uring lines. Her wages will not in
crease, it has been pointed out, but
will possibly diminish. Doubtless
wages in construction and heavy phy
sical labor will increase tremendously.
The tendency toward communism and
Socialism in Germany and' elsewhere
may -topple our markets.
Probably Mr, Mann and Mr. Under
wood will be surprised at the changes
resulting from the reconstruction era.
Patriotic Americans must realise more
and more that the tariff question is
one that ought to be above party ques
tions. It is mors vital than a currency
or banking law. Unless a non-partisan
action la taken America will be
worsted in the rush of the commerce
hungry nations after the shot and shell
have quit flying. J. B. COTT INGHAM.
The Irish Race Convention.
Portland, March 20, To the Editor
of Ths Journal As everybody expect
ed who knew the bunch behind It, the
Irish race convention, held in New
'York, March 4-5, has come out In its
to Democrats and Independents, to for-
aaka their nartv alleieance and eonvic-
nu us wuiu.. .vi w.. wu
1 sympatblxe with, believe In or support
thtt foreign and domestic policies of
- woodrow Wilson. Brady aboo, onward
I Christian brothers!
wTlbon.-lonhyi'- Btca wilsoi
neutral ,. yj, war ln hlg diplomacy
j with belliserent nations andVunauaii-
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fiedly against any propaganda among
American citizens by foreign emissar
ies or paid advocates that may embar
rass this government In its eourse of
8triCt Unpartlallty with the countries
, h nr.
For this reason Wilson must be de
feated for reelection and his support:
ers must be driven from American
doubts in some issues, but he has no
doUbt of the BUndiag of those so-called
; American, who would .drag the issue.
of race and religion into the arena of
our political contentions.
J. HENNESSY MURPHY.
Postal YEmployes and pensions.
Portland, March 20. To the Editor
nt Th Journal In an editorial ln last
Saturday's Journal, on "Penrose an.lieleaning bureau's examination to b
peBSlons you ,tate that government
itu ni u.mj iw.
as much as the average working man,
tor rarely below $1200 per year,
th'at tn6p potoff lce em
ployes who ' would be retired by
by the
Griff ln-Penroea bill served as substi
tute clerks and letter carriers from
three to seven years at an average
yearly salary of $400. Then, if corn
patent to qualify, they are appointed
as regular clerks or letter carriers at
$800 the finst year and advanced $100
per year to $1100 in first-class post
'Offices or to $1000 in second-class of
fices, only receiving fizoo. the max!
mum salary. In first-class postof flees
through especially competent and meri
torious service.
Does' the editor believe tbe average
1 600 per year wage earner competent
to qualify and competently fill the re
quirements exacted of the postof f ice
clerk and letter carrier? ; The civil
service examinations are open to an
' jUt the $600 wage earner rarely, can
qualify. ' - -. '
i As to tbs "retirement bill' now be
fore congress. It is the slow outgrowth
of a condition which- must be met
sooner or later. All the great commer
cial and industrial corporations in tbe
world, now recognize the necessity of
retirement "for superannuated em
ployes. Great Britain now retires .su
perannuated posioince employes on a
pension, . So does the Bell Telephone
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL ClLfJfGB
Spring is officially Installed, but
there la yet the recall dapger. . --.
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- "Uneasy lie the Chinese bead that
Wears a crown." Yuan Bfal Kai. '
V ' " ' a v ,. "'-
Washington high school may use
that Vista House cup at the fount of
knowledge.
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North Portland's auction Indicated
that shorthorns and long prices are
affinities, - -.
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Fire and flood are doing their best
to divert attention from Europe to the
United States. .
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The groundhog,' at one time consid
ered the soul of honor, has been proved
a Har once and for all.
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Portugal's war seems to have died
for lack of advertising. There was n(
xvom on the- front page for it. .
At any rate, there is Just as much
progress being made in Mexico as at
Verdun: and with infinitely less loss
of life. , .
The Carrania paper dollar, having
dropped to two cents at San Antonio,
is now worthy of honorable mention in
Small Change.
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Governor Strong of Alaska was kind
enough to visit Portland, even though
this city has been a bit backward about
accepting Alaska's invitation .to be
neighborly.
FIFTY YEARS OF
From the New York Evening Post. -
Our city health department has cele
brated Its fiftieth anniversary. A. hun
dred factors hav gone to Improve
health conditions ln a half century. In
1866, New York's only paving was cob
blestones. All the streets were dirty,
being cleaned in slipshod manner by
contractors. There was no general
system for the removal of ashes and
garbage, thrown loosely Into the gut
ters. The cellars of parts of the city
were foul, undralned, and often flooded
with water. Preposterous as It now
seems, few houses were connected with
the sewers; and ther were numerous
cesspools and cisterns overflowing
with filth. Offensive trades, even the
boiling of bones and offal, wers car
ried on without control. Tbe city's
milk came ln large part from cows
diseased, or kept in the most wretched
stables. Of the general improvements,
many have had their origin with the
health department, and practically all
have been much assisted by it. In
matters specifically and directly re
lated to health, from milk purification
to vaccination, It has consistently
played the leading part. There is no
doubt it deserves much of the credit
J for the progress of Na- York from one
of the most unsanitary of lacge cities
to one of the most healthful.
The proudest aspect of the city de
partment's career is the fact that.
though It has had periods or ineiricien.
ey It has long kept not far behind
scientific knowledge of its subject, and
has for 80 years been at the bead of
such bodies ln the United States. When
It was four years old it was organised
with special bureaus for street clean
ing, sanitation, statistics, and permits.
Before its second decade it bad begun
a campaign against tbe smoke nuis
ance, and was Issuing popular pam
phlets on health subjects. In cooperation
with the milk committee, it taught the
whole country its most needed lesson
in the reduction of Infant mortality;
and its laboratories are today among
the few that will bear comparison with
these of like bodies ln Europe. Its
high standards give it an extraordinary
distinction when we remember that
health boards of a progressive char
acter still exist ln but a small number
of states, towns and cities.
Even by 1860 some state boards were
outwardly well organized; they held a
conference at Philadelphia in liioo to
deal with yellow fever. But It is only
within the last quarter-century mat
their work has become really efficient.
The Massachusetts state board, one of
the best, was reorganized in 1886, with
a special eye to sanitary engineering.
Thatfjf Pennsylvania received an over-
hauiin 10 years ago. following tno
stamping out-of a state-wide smallpox
epidemic. Some states stiu nave no
rai boards: in the majority they, are
composed of politicians, politically fa
vored doctors, and inairrerent laymen.
As for the cities, last month's conven
tion of medical beards and medical so
system, the Bteei corporation, uas
Pennsylvania railroad and a long list
of others removing tbe higher sal
aried superannuated employes for the
lower 'salaried and younger men or
women. a. tr. a.
Perplexities of City Employes.
Portland, March" 21. To the Editor j
of The Journal In a news item In the
Journal 'of last Saturday, it is Stated
that the controversy between the
street cleaning and water bureaus, now
before the civil service board, began
when laborers long ln the service of
the water bureau, who were laid off,
made application to be transferred to
tbe street cleaning bureau,, contending
that they, being longer in service, were
entitled to tbe jobs. -
Section 815 of the city charter, cov
ers our contention completely. Now'
the city commissioners claim that all
laborers are classed the same. Ail
right; if we concede that point. It does
not cover our case, for we were ex
amined and passed before that ruling
became effective. .There are - men
transferred from the water bureau to
the street cleaning bureau, who could
not pass high enough in the street
appointed, or account of not being
teamsters. These same men took the
water bureau's examination, passed,
and have sine been transferred to the
street cleaning bureau, displacing ex
perienced teamsters. ;i "fV
V Commissioner Daly sent two men to
one of the nighl street cleaning crews
and the foreman sent them to harness
a team of horses, They could not do
It, so he sent them back and said he
could not . use them. The next night
Mr. Daly sent them back and told the
foreman to use them.anyway,. .v
Now they claim that all laborers are
Classed the same, but refuse to trans
fer men two or three years on" street
cleaning, and laid off, to any of the
other departments.
LEON'U. CAMP.
.; Emerson . Elucidated, i ;
' : Portland, March 28. Tq the; Editor
of The Journal Kindly give an expla
nation or Illustration , as to what the
poet Emerson means by his first two
lines In' that quart rain ' in which he
says:. If--s-.-iv'"'".,.- t'- ":
The eye reads omens where It goes;
And speaks alV languages the rose;
And,, trying to be man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form
The last two lines point unmistak
ably, I think, to evolution, but I don't
understand just what be means by the
first two. - G. W.H. ;
. Tbe first line of the quotation is
an allusion to: Shakespeare's famous
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
- OREGON BIDKLIGHTS .
Actual mannfafturinr WOrk t the
new harvester works at Pendleton. It
Is announced, will commence April 1,
Challenge on behalf or BakerV ts
mn cA ih. rt,mnnt "Raker owns
about $96,000 of its own bonds, and
interest accruing since iiu
$7000. Can any other-city in Oregon.
make an equal showing?' . ; .
"Although some prosale scientist
has of late scoffed at the legendary
story of the Bridge of the Gods, im
mortalised in Indian folk lore. the
lovers of nature and of the beautiful.
says the Hood River News, "will still
cherish that tale, however fanciful.
The Eugene Chamber Of Commerce
tHrousrh its aDorooriate bureau. Is con
sidering plans for realising o the
value of Skinner outte as a civic mwi.
The Register says: "If this peculiar
eminence were located in the middle
west It would be a curiosity that would
draw visitors from hundreds of miles
around."
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Of the labor situation W the Rogue
River valley the Medford Mail Tribune
says: "The Rogue River Canal com-
Kany is pushing Its work on the v U
w Springs extension as rapidly as
possible, but is short of men. There is
no excuse for the presence of an Idler
In this valley at this time. There is
work for everv man who desires it.
Even the farmers are beard to com
plain of the scarcity of help wis year,
Usually the reverse Is true."
PUBLIC HEALTH
cieties in Chicago reported its convic
tion that only a mall fraction of muni
eipalltle bad been rudiments of a
proper health service. In even great
centers health officers are frequently
untrained, ill-paldV. and employed onlr
on part time. To the country at large
New York's department may stHl.L
a guiding light.
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This Is not to say that New York it
self has not certain lessons to learn.
The" health departments of various
western cities are teaching all their
neighbors much ln the healthful man
agement of public and private markets.
Cleveland's publio refrigerator and the
public abattoirs of -Los Angeles are
valuable object-lessons. Rochester has
the reputation of leading the country
ln the supervision of its milk supply.
and In its child-welfare stations. Bos
ton's system of public nurses Is unique.
Cincinnati's municipal hospitals and
tuberculosis sanatorium, which work
in close conjunction with the health
department, are in advance of anything
else in the country, and are regarded
as models by the health admimstra.
tlons of other cities. There Is no doubt
of the effectiveness of successful ex.
ample. A recent notable campaign of
the health department at Wilmington
against the fly. elicited scores of in
quiries from other cities. New Orleans,
which has suffered more than other
cities from the spreading of disease by
rats, has given many of them plans
for their. extermination. Administra
tlve methods are as quickly copied as
specific sanitary plans: Dr. Evans' pop
ular broadsides advertising principles
of health ln Chicago gave new life to
the "Journal istlo" side of health de
partment work. Among the handful of
communities that have vigorous health
departments there Is full appreciation
that "public health is purchasable,
and purchasable by alertness for new
Ideas as well as by money,
For even some of the immediate
goals ln publio health we are distress
ingly far. The registration of vital
statistics has covered only portions of
the map. In hundreds of communities
the most obvious steps for reducing
typhoid fever and the infant death
rate remain to be taken. If the forma
tion of sound local and state health
departments could be hastened, we
might look for a great improvement
in such special fields as rural and In
dustrial hygiene. The country over,
there is an untouched field in teaching
the individual wtiat he should know
ot preventive sanitation; ln issuing
advice, for example, about overwork.
overeating, deficient exercise and sleepcJ
ing, family hygiene, and food economy.
With the development of health offi
cers with the capacity of directing
bureaus which employ physicians,
statlsticans, chemists, bacteriologists,
and sociologists, avenues of activity
now quite unknown may be opened.
In facing these tasks, the great spur
to effort is the' achievement of New
York and gome of be sister cities.
"sermons in stones and good In every
thing." The second tells us in poetical
phrase that natural beauty speaks a
universal language understood by all
men." The third and fourth lines refer
to Aristotle's theory that all created
beings pass through a series of forms
beginning with the lowest an ending
with infinite perfection. This theory
no doubt contains" the germ ef evolu
tion, as the writer of this letter sur
mises. Jingoes and the Firing Line.
From the Astoria Budget.
Strange isn't it, bow a few cheap
politicians and sensational newspa
pers are urging the United, States to
Intervene ln Mexico just baause a
band of Greaser bandits has crossed
tbe line and committed depredations
in this country? It is safe to say that
should war be declared by this coun
try against Mexico or any other na
tion, not a single one of these jingoes
would be round on the firing line.
Their patriotism consists wholly of
loudmouthed criticisms of other peo
ple s acts. Fortunately, however, we
have men at the head of the govern
ment who pay no attention to the silly
vaporings of these . mutters and in.
tervention is not even being consid
ered, insteady the government is send
ing a force to act with the recognized
Mexican government and assist in re
storing order In tbe disturbed sections
of that country by capturing and pun
ishing the lawless bands of 'maraud
ers. .That is a proper and friendly act
and ntot a hostile move against a sister
republic ..
No Time for Haste.
From the Eugene Register.
. Villa's attack mr Columbus, New
Mexivo, occurred early on tbe morning
of March 10, snd although It was decid
ed the next day to pursue and capture
blm it was not until noon of March 35
that American troops actually crossed
the border. This delay has naturally
been tbe cause of much carping criti
cism. '
' Insofar as this disapproval has been
confined to the lack of military effi
ciency that made prompt pursuit of the
bandits impossible it has probably been
justified, but the clamor that troops be
rushed in at once without regard to
consequences is short-sighted indeed.
It would be nothing short ef criminal
to send a small and unsupported body
of American soldiers into tbe wilds of
northern Mexico under existing condi
tions, for such. an. act of folly would
endanger tbe success of tbe whole' en
terprise upon-, which this- government
has embarked.' Villa's capture is not
to be accomplished by haphazard meth-
J odr
TKfeQnce Oer
C0LU1CB IA S1XK0H ALBT AS GOOD AI
CATTISH, BAYS CLARK.
Washington, Msrcb SSBepreaantatlve i
McArthar. on Sneaker Chamn oUrk'a sIeIt-
slxtk birthday , gars him s choice ut ef
tMumbie Mrer Sainton, and Speaker Clark, '
with his ssaal con i Id am t loo for Missouri, -a!d
the Oregon fisb tasted better the a "
ny be had, aver eaten except atUaouri ;
rirer catfish. A . . .
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HONORABLE CHAMP CLARK
House of Representatives Wash
ington D. C. . " ' ,
TDear Cham b I take mv nan In-
hand this beautiful Oregon spring y
mj wins you a note wnion nas h
become such a popular pastime in
Washington ths last few months. .
fJAnd of course I really don't tskV
my pen In hand at all.
f And as a matter of fact I'm wrlt-i
Ing this on my dear old Reminstoa -
which has rheumatism t and- apavins.
JAnd my dear Champ I have a
few things to say to you. X Vj
T And iu the first place I want to
ay that I can understand how after-
eating catfish all your life your
palate has becoms so provincial. -'".-
so very provincial that Mlsaourl
river catfish slow lover of the mud v
seems finer to your tongue
than Columbia river salmon.
than the kingly Chinook whd
leaps the falls ln his strength and
pride.
JBut it must be fierce to have a
catfish taste.
I And I wonder-f-lf you have ever
paused to think what It takes to
make a Columbia river salmon.
V Because-it seems to me that if
you had you would not have spoken
so rashly.
tl Surely Champ as you ate that
Oregon salmon you must have seen
the red ot the sunset
and the gold of the sundown hllia.
as the roseate flakes fell away
before your knife.
ej And ln the whiteness of the bones
you might hav been the whiteness
of foamy waters.
where the rapids roar.
J And ln the smoothness of the
meat you might have seen tiie smooth
ness of swift water.
that flows without sound.
And in the flavor thereof my dear
Champ you might have tasted the
Btrength of the sun.
and the sweetness of the sea.
from whose clean blue depths tbe
salmon come after mysterious years
to seek the sunny shelf far up some
slender mountain stream where they
were born.
fj And of course I haven't-anything
against tne muo-nosing cauisn.
JHs minds his own business and
sticks close to the ex. t torn. -
JAnd you can clutter up your sys
tem with his meat if you want to. :
JAnd I write you this letter only
as a sort of warning.
because I fully expect that if
anybody sends you a box of Yellow
Newtown Pippins from Oregon that
you'll eat your fill and then
J LISTEN Champ You'll brace
up and roll your weather eye toward
ol' Missouri and say they're nice
enough but they simply ain't in it
with tbe dear old Ram bo.
SPRING
FASHION
EXHIBIT
The season of new raiment Is
upon us.
The stores and shops are rich
ln smart things to wear.
The first three days of next
week have been set aside for the
Spring Fashion Exhibit.
A special illustrated section
will be found in next SundayV
Journal that will show in picture
form the newest things the sea
. $on offers.
Milady is not alone in this pic
torial review; correct dress for
friend husband will be Included.
FICTION
MAGAZINE
for next Sunday includes the fol
lowing interesting features;
Paul Vargas t a Mystery By
Hugh Conway.
The Eternal Lover By Edftf
Rice Burroughs.
Luck of the Devil By Bob
Strang.
The Message from the Skyline
I3y Joseph Ernest
The Second Wife By Mary L.I
Bray.
Words of Comfort By Samuel
Gardiner Ayres. ,
Crater Lake Photograph by
Kiser. '
STRIKING
FEATURES The usual number of depart
mental and general features that
supplement the day's news will
be included to give The Sunday
Journal its compelling interest.
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JOURNAL :
Complete in four news c-;
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Five cents the copy everywhere.
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