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WOODKOW WIL&OX.
Mimosa for defense, hot not a eeat tor
tribute CHARLES C. PINCKNBY,
Tba weakest spot with mankind la
Where they fancy tbemaelrca moat wlae.
C. Simmons.
THE GOVERNOR'S DUTY
T IS not too late for Governor i
.
i
Withycombe to partly atone for '
his. failure to make requests to ;
the Ferris committee for a gen
erous treatment of this state in
the disposition of the grant lands.
Governor Withycombe is chief
custodian of the public lands of
A t -t v, v
fth. Ferris committee wired him !
February 17th asking for advi.rt '
about to be framed for disposing i
or
of the grant lands. ! , V" . ,u,1 rer"a n f ortiana
Governor Withycombe was there-1 Jv. A trlals- of the land fraud
by placed in position to render this f ,TeB'
state conspicuous service in secur-j he Ojegonlan thinks every ef
Ing an 80 per cent apportionment!?5" defend the public against
of the grant land proceeds. despoilers, land thieves and power
He made no reply. Though rabDer is "bunk and piffle."
asked for advice, he gavo no ad- And '01mer Governor West has
vice. Though appealed to by the j
committee
for suggestions, be
t made no suggestions.
The subcommittee has completed
.- Its work. But it is not to6late
it'.for Governor Withycombe to make
; an appeal to the full committee. !
The apportionment for the irreduo-i
Ibla school fund of Oregon has
hun Put in ton nor Tnn.,
mra of wi, i
are at wont in a ngnt to prevent
t,o n r
. a.a nro. t iT-
a A V A44V nauCa 4 44 lA4t3 O U U
committee a California
a California congress
man helped prevent Congressman
Sinnott from getting the 40 per
'cent share for the school children
of this state.
; Governor Withycombe could
send a telegram to Chairman Fer
ris appealing to him and other
members of the committee to mako
this concession to the common
schools of Oregon. He could teil
of the harm done Oregon by non
enforcemont by the government of
the terms of the land grant act.
He could recite the discrimination
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against Oregon in federal rpclam- j
.. tion.
j : That kind of a telegram would
I have weight with the committee,
fthd Governor Withycombe ought
? to send it. It would help such
; members of the delegation as are
making a fight for the state school j
fund. It would strengthen their" nT. "ttriUVB .auQ Qe"
hands of nubile bodies .rt rrMiecriPtloHS- The snows of many
and school boards and city coun-
ells who are bringing pressure up-
v on the committee. t
' ' It would take a far stronger
r.f appeal now for the governor to
M accomplish even a fraction of what
he could have done had he re
ii sponel promptly to the commit
rj tee's tolegram requestinc advice.
For that reason, he ought to act
quickly nd most aggressively.
i As never before, Portland show
' - windows are works of art. Style
: week has transformed them Into all
that. Woman's PTPB flf1 men'.
too, for that matter, have been old aBe BhouId &y us P3--waiting
to see. The skill of the 8lonate fervr nd wisdom too. If
decorators stahds out in unwonted'' Tn8 Leatherwod God" continues
prominence, as is evidenced by the1" eu as 11 nas Deena it win be
crowds, or people who gaze all dav
. . ..... . J i
lon$ at the beautiful exhibits.
WHY LAXDS WERE STOLEN
'HE Oregonian says that much
in the fight for saving 40
per cent of the grant lands '
for the school fund is "bunk
and. piffle." If the'Oregonian had
not all along thought any honest
effort to protect the public do
main -from spoliation to be "bunk
and piffle, the swamp lands would
not have been stolen, the tide
'lands alienated, the forest lands
monopolized and the school lands
queat.dOrgiv?a away for. but
TaS1 ZX:- '
tent of Oregon's ea, WMngtonfmP0ney ti bS-SS PLy sted
nas nearly two an d ofte half times ! were onn
- as large a school fund as' has Ore-
gon and still has SO per cent of
her school lands left while Oregon
bcqooi Aanas are pracacauy ex-.
hansted.
An - honest' newspaper ia Port-
i land at tha r tltna tha peOble were
-J. being despoiled of their public do
, main. could ; have ?7 exposed . and
- thereby prevented the . thefts, Bovr
i the ;6regonlaa as the only Import
ant newspaper In Portland at . the
, time lands, were being stolen, failed
A MENACE
r
T NEED not be wondered at that
appeal to the news associations and newspapers "not to give the
Villa expedition the color of ar" and "to refrain from publishing
unverified rumors of unrest in Mexico." .-: '' '.'! .
'Tf 3r ,,...... t- u.i
had deliberately permitted the escape of Villa through their lines.. It
was printed broadcast over the United States that General Herrera had
wlth 2000 Carranzistas and gone to the assistance of Villa.
' Senseless rumors of aid for Villa by Carranzistaa have been spread
broadcast. Editorials in effect proclaiming the expedition for, capture
o Vfl t0 De nJ intervention have been printed In Jingo newspa-
, pers. Acceptance pr the expeditlcn
nas been the spirit of American newspapers that belong to "the armed
intervention gronp. , ,' - ' '.I fXfiiK't ' i
As President Wilson says.' "the
F formation on both sides of the border is the public press of the United
States" and It is true that, were
Mexico, the Mexican people could scarcely form any other conclusion
from reading many of them, than, that Mexico is under invasion, that
the Villa expedition is war. and that the American Duroose is conauest.
jf a revolt against the American
troop is not ultimately provoked
me good sense and self-restraint of the CarranaistasV , ,
A horned child fears the fire. The Mexicans have had reasons to
fear the purposes .of the United States.
Mexico, before ..Texas became an independent Republic in 1835-6,
had an area about equal to the continental area of the United States
as it then was, and a population more than half of ours at that time.
Today, Mexico has an area only one-fourth of ours. Every foot
of territory added to the United States between 183 6 and 1853, except
the Oregon country, came "from Mexico. The handsome chunk the
United States acquired is about equal to the present area of Mexico.
When the Mexicans hear of the agitation in this country for interven
tion, they naturally thinh the United States is coming back for the
other half,
They know American- owners ot Mexican mines, lands and oil want
annexation. They know that recently there was agitation for the inde
pendence of the northern Mexican states, and they know , the agitation
for that Jndependence was led by American exploiters. They know that
independence" was the route by which former Mexican territory was
lost to the United States. Carranza has himself said that Villa's expe
dition against Columbus was financed by American interventionists
In the face of all this, with American newspapers accusing the Car
ranzistaa of bad faith, publishing rumors that the Carranzistaa hava
permitted Villa to escape, and sDreadine wild mmnr. i i.
, V f i0?..?"!41 lhe MexIcana an arousing their suspicions
fi fi T c t n a xrrrn faith a? rria. j m.A . . ' v
rC" 0 J "t uuueo
"lrf!Id!nt il,80n,ui PPealed
1ViI1s iae colr oi and intervention to the expedi
tion for the capture of Villa.
But for the record of three years of i fh -1.1.1.
j n!n IX f 7!? . and annextion of Mexican territory, there
il8 "ttle doubt that the mineowners. the Mnin-tor. .t, k .,'1 ..
SSfJ? Sfi6;"1 f lfhf Purposed effort ;
etamped9 the two countries into a horrible, war.
J"8 ,a disclosed by the
c"ainea wny-
THE LEATHERWOOD GOD
M
R. HOWELLS' new serial in
the Century magazine re
verts to the old American
theme of the revival meet-
!ing
In a pioneer neighborhood.
The
central figure In the first
. "
chapters is a man who leads a
j v ... . . . ,
double life. At the revival meet-
'inS ne 8avM y tb dozen.
In other relations he appears to
lees advantage. He has deserted
his wife and very likely committed
'a number of crimes. The novelist
.does not tell us all about him at
once. He merely affords glimpses
which promise interesting revela
tions farther along.
The title of the story is as odd
as the character. "The Leather-
' wood God." Leatherwood, as Jt
I turns out, is a tree growing along
the streams in the Ohio country
, which Is so tough, that it served
ithe pioneers very' well for rone.
W- . . m .
fbT one hin? they fa6tened
tongues to the running gear with
it, much as the ancients did. The
Gordian knot was tied with cord,
but it might have been leather
wood. What fascinates and delights
lle r?def " vllr "hieh ?T
T7 Z t ll .
i uuv J ai D UJ . LUillCU Vilt3 Hits
of hia geniuB. His Insight into
human nature is as keen as it
ever was iand his sympathy as
warm. It would be interesting if
our greatest novelist should give
us a finer piece of work in this
story than he has ever done De
fore. There is no good reason why
ripe age should not produce. genial
literature. Youth throws out
plenty ot heat, but not always wis
dom. A man like Howells who
glows with the fires of youth in
yce ot ncuwn. n oy
ranQtnKlA .1..... j . i . i . . .
Howells' last book it seems easily
possible that It may be his best
It is announced that shoes will
go a dollar per pair higher. To
d9e4, tte''wB1 nave 'to go higlier
than that in order to get in touch
witn the new skirts.
THE COBURG WAY
HE pupils of the Cobtfrg
schools have been wanting a
play shed for some time.
T
One is really needed, for it is
ind'at Umes" u bJcome. a'S
disagreeable to frisk about in lh.
They might have begged it as peo
ple often do. This would have
made them a little less self-respecting
and eelf-relianrthan they were
before, but it is commonly con
ceded that beggary in a good cause
Is pardonable no matter what sac
rifices it entails.
- ;But the boys and girls of Co
burg did not relish the begging
fnethod,if we may believe the re
ports. They preferred to Talse the
money .they . wanted by their own
the president has felt compelled to
vfiLj n...i -
as tantamount to war with Mexico
main, if not the abnlv source of in-
tha lingo raners' wfdelr! circulated In
plan and resistance to the American
it will "be a splendid testimonial to
n is not to be wondered at
to the news associations and news-
A"? ".ow. and .mpblS
efforts. Hereagain a choice was
offered them. They might have
held a big athletic festival and
charged admission at the gates.
But they did not adopt that plan.
They have gone to work to earn
what they need by honest, intelli
gent effort. They are going to
grow potatoes this season and use
the . proceeds for their play shed.
The report we have seen fails to
say who provides the land. Per
haps it is part of the school
ground. If so, all the better. We
snow or no more admirable w.
to use it.
T1A nt.. V
" j"u nas many merits. FOr
one thing, it will cultivate Belf
help at least as well as it does po
tatoes. And then it will teach the
pupus tne beginnine of that meth
od which we Americans so sadly
practice, the method of coopera
tion, if boys can work together
io grow pn atoes, perhaps when
they are men they can work to
gether to produce and market all
sorts of crops. We can think of
aoicmg tnat Would better advance
their welfare.
The announcement that one of
me largest ship brokerage firms in
the world has selected Portland as
the seat of one great branch of Its
operations, and that it VIII operate
fleets of steamers and sailing ves
sels from this port, barter millions
9I dollars of Oregon products annu
ally and conduct other big activi
ties, is impressive proof that there
is nothing the matter with Port
land. CLEANING UP
S"
OME of our more red-blooded
contemporaries still speak of
the VUJa thief hunt as an
invasion" of Mexico. They
hurrah wildly over the flags, bu
gles and censorship that accom
pany the little adventure to make
it seem as much like a real war
as possible. They thirst for irnrfl
and if there is none to be had tbeyj
At thai. V.Ant !. - . . a.
" v"i urat mm a pan or saim
milk for a substitute. There is a
great deal of f oblish talk circu
lating in the press and elsewhere
to the effect, that "once in Mexico
our gallant army never will come
out again until the country is con
quered and cleaned up."
Such talk ia mere chaff in the
east wind,, bad for the eyes and of
no use on earth. The administra
tion has not a thought "of "con
quering" a foot of Mexican terri
tory. Our forces .have gone there
purely for police purposes, as they
have gone three times before,' and
vhen the Job is finished they will
come home again as honest men
should. It Is not necessary for us
to steal our neighbor's property be
cause one of his toughs has In
jured ns.
The Idiotic talk about "Invad
ing' and "conquering" Mexico does
not chime particularly well with
the Pan-American enthnsiaam we
were all Bubbling with a few weeks
ago. Then all was to be peace,
friendship and mutual helDfulnea
among the countries of this hemis
phere.- Now, if our rod-blooded
element couldj have Its way, we
should soon be robbing and mur-
oenng in one qf them with other like
expeditions in sight. Until Wood
row Wilson's time the other Amer
ican countries did not like ns any
too-well not; did they have implicit
faith in our word. If we Insist
that we hava "invaded" Mexico
when the only excuse Is the cap
ture of a murderer, we shall con
firm their old suspicions of hi.
And when It comes (o "cleaning
np" Mexico, some hopest friend
might well tell us to look to our
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,
home 5 premises first ;. There Is
plenty of : cleaning ' ub ; forvtthe
United' States to do without cross-
ing the Mexican border. The Bible
says that the man who falls to care
for his own household Is worse than
an infidel. The text Is a good
one to think' upon just now.
It may be the European war that
has led a grea Danish corporation
to select Portland as the place for
conducting a great ship brokerage
and -transportation business. - The
exposures and hazards and losses
the great conflict has Imposed upon
the Danes has doubtless caused
them to select a land of peace in
which to locate headquarters.
Peace has its great rewards.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
A aermoa oa the aln of neglect Is de
mand In this column todar, with a once
flourishing but now diminished Industry sa
its tet. If the reproach ot measurable Tail
or attaches anywhere, it attaches to a. pub
lie which kaa fatuously jooked abroad for
ceftala qualities that are as certainly to be
ronnd at home. No. 90 ot The Jonraal'a
Nothing the Matter With orUand" aeries
w atory with a moral.
THE Portland Clear Box Manufac
turing company cam into ex
istence some 20 years ago. Slnje
Us birth tne concern baa paaaad
through many bands, and for a year
has been the property of O. K. HilL
now owner of all m stock.
The day was when this industry
flourished. It employed 25 to 30
hands and they were busy at all sea
sons, but its flory. In magnitude of
business transacted, has been fading
ever since the big tobacco companiss
came into existence, trading on so
large a scale, and to a great extent
monopolising the cigar and tobacco
traffic
Not that the home made article
hue deteriorated in quality. Not that
Inferior tobaccos have entered into
the manufacture of Oregon-made ci
gars. Not that the local workmen
were unskilled or Incompetent. None
of these reasons are righteously at
tributed for the decadence of -the
trade, nor U It Justly charged ,that
prices for the home product are great
er to the consumer than are those
of the foreign cigar which has sup
planted them to such an extent as
to have almost sounded the funeral
knell of the Industry In this
abounding bailiwick.
once
SMOKERS' CARELESSNESS
THE
CAUSE.
Naturally the proprietor of the lo
cal cigar box factory Is interested ia
the wasting away of his vocation.
and naturally enough he has' been
endeavoring to tnfuse new life into It.
Supported by the friendship of the
labor, organizations, he has, at his
own expense, addressed communica
tions to the Chamber of Commerce
and - several clvio organizations ap
pealing for greater fidelity- to homo
manufacturing . enterprises,"1 and es
pecially that of cigar making.
"There are 275,000 people residing
in Portland," he declares, "and at
least 60,000 of these are smokers,
averaging four cigars each day. If
each of these were to confine the r
cigar consumption, absolutely, to the
home made article, It would mean an
addition of 1000 cigar makers to the
payrolls of the cigar manufacturers
of this city. Cigar makers are paid
so much per 100 cigars and earnlfrom
$18 to )2S a week each. If 1000
workers were paid $20 a week each,
the aggregate would be $1,040,000 a
year, this to be spent with the mer
chants of Portland.
"How can this change of patronage
be accomplished? It cannot be com
pletely effected, but at least half the
cigars consumed ought to be of home
manufacture." ,
"What steps are you taking to per
suade Bmokers to buy Portland-madi
cigars V Mr. Hill was asked.
"None to Speak of. I am writing
a few letters to organisations of men,
hoping these will have some effect,
but It's a slow way of accomplishing
a purpose. There seems to' be no se
rious thought given to this important
matter. Smokers buy cigars amaz
ingly careless of where made op who
makes them, and as there are omy
about 30 cigar makers working in
Portland at this time, the union is
too weak to do much of anything
for Itself.
BEST TOBACCO TJSED.
"Occasionally a claim Is heard that
local manufacturers do not buy beat
grades of tobacco. George W. Hoch
steln. Of Hochsteln Bros., importers'
and packers of tobacco, Milwaukee,
Wis., and New York, was recently In
Portland. I quizzed him on this
point, and was Informed that western
cigar makers, Portland include!,
bought s greater amounts of high class
tobacco, considering the aggregate
of their purchases, than anywhere
else In the country. Eastern cigar
manufacturers, he said, .were not
nearly so particular as those of the
west. W also sometimes l hear it
said that eastern cigar makers are
rrnore efficient than those of the west.
The implication la that .the brains of
our country does not travea Truth
is, the bright, Intelligent, active, am
bitious man is he who picks up nls
belongings and hies him away to the
west, where are greater Opportunities
to succeed. Are such less competent
than the sleepy 'tone content to eke out
an existence In the dark, unsanitary.
f oully-condltloned eastern vB w e a t
shop? How foolish the assumption.
Then it la claimed that poofrly paid
girls in the south and Cuba make the
select cigars smoked by gentlemen
of the north, and ; that tobacco com
panies -jnake great profits In han
dling their productions. : If this - be
true, no smoker ought to be a party
to the wrong, and the practice. can
Only be discouraged by refusal to buy
the goods made In such, factories. If
Portland nieb Would only look at this
matter as seriously as the tobacco
companies when figuring oq profits
PORTLAND, TUESDAY MARCH 28, 1916.
expected from their investments, this '
whole question ; would .adjust" itself
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN?
; Tha more one , cogitates, on Uria
question of patronising home' Indus
tries the : tnor he ' wonders why j the
subject is not more earnestly j agitated.
k vr uwuu suppose eaca , ciivxep. or.
Portland supplied all his requirements
wim xoreign maae goods.-wnat would
happen? A constant Stream, pt- tnoney
would flow out of the Oregoa eoun-
try noi to return. at, came nacic j
at all, it would Re In driblet. It V1s?a to relate, there are people un
would be a W? Wa
ward fed by a tiny brooklet inwaid i to fit it. .
bound. And this would continue un- It Is now predicted that Texas is
til the big river itself became little J? 3S,lJ the Kopubllcan ranks
- . .next rail. This is the open season for
as its feeder. There eouM be no j political humorlstsT "" "r
other result.1 It would become bereft, Fairbanks boostersaay his preeiden-
of its power. Its strength would ' Ji51DPinU" srowlng steadily, but an
be vanouiiihad - I il kW Jhing like that has the hot
De . vanquisnea. weather to reckon with.
Mr. Hill at this time employs two' That trusty who escaped during a
men muu v w v an ib. iuer initio omy
$S to $15 a week and the girls from
$12 to Vs. the $8 Hand being an ap
prentice. His output is 300 to 400
cigar boxes daily, and these are all
sold in Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana It is a large territory
with so small a product. It must,
therefore, be that men of other cities
and communities moke the foreign
made cigars as well aa those of Port-
land, and this is likely to continue
so long as the eastern and southern
made product is available.
Tha 0"tafi flaMa ft ra fitmahnar sal-
ways far away. The imported elgar
is made under conditions not known
or thought of at a distance from Its
base. t 'must, therefore, possess a
mysterious superiority. It must have
a captivating manufactured flavor
or something.
Portland-made cigar boxes are made
of Spanish cedar grown in Mexico' n8 Chaplin." The man Chaplin has
and Cuba, it being claimed that there been sohooled by circumstances to rep
is a fascinating aroma emitted from resent (he idea. Coming out of an
such woods. In the cheaper grades English workhouse, he has been at
Oregon redwood Is used, and In In
stances veneered basswood from east
of the Rockies.
Letters From the People
CommdOlcatlona Mnt to xt Journal for
publication in this department should be writ
ten on only one side ot the paper, should not
rM 9ftA Knnla I. 1 .-... V. . .1 ........ V... .
companies bj the name and address of tha
senaer. ir tne writer does not desire to bare upon tne streets and, obviously get
ma name published, ha anould ao state. 1 ja great gratification in the reflected
"Dlscusaloo ia the araate of aU reformera. ' lory of the hr and from the eurio
It rationalises everything it touches, it robe even admiration of the passers
prlndplea of all false sanctity and tbrowa tbem by.
back on their reasonableness. It they have no i Ry porrmaratl vl v fw ham nionlln
reaaonahleneaa. it ruthlessly crashes them oat v y comparatively rew nas Chaplin
ot existence and aets op its own conclusions . Peen Ben ln Person. By minions has
In their stead." Woodrow Wilson. 1 he been watohed and applauded ln the
, .. . r, . moving plcturea A mark of the value
Justice) Hughes' Embarrassment. of hJs Bervlces l8 th4t a groUp of thea.
Portland, Or.. March 25. To the Edl- trlcal men in New York formulated a
tor of The Journal The point raised brilliant plan to make a pot of money
by George Smith in last night's Jour- bX renting the vast Madison Square
nal regarding the propriety of the Garden and presenting there, for two
Hughes candidacy for the presidency weeks, Charlie Chaplin "himself;" but
seems to me to be well taken. So re- tn scheme fell through because the
cently as 1918 we were treated to an moving picture company that employs
edifying example of the interpretation tn comedian held him back with a
of the law which, as Mr. Smith states, jfeonus of $25,000. ,
prevails ln many states prohibiting! , . ,... .
Judges from becoming candidates for .'j,nf wh1 18 k7,5?r" ,n tha world
other than Judicial offices. At that f f ,tne J " r,ef the 'ne-
tlme Judge W. W. Black, of Everett, ,ent buffoonery of Chaplin S perform-
Wash.. resigned from the Snohomish nct' ls a Bnad melancholy, and
county bench to become a candidate in " l" nmon psychology to attribute
The orimaries for the Democratic nom- u Jo tn? Painful experiences of his
lnation for governor. Judge Black was
well aware of the -.above mentioned
provision m tne constitution or w asn-
lngton, and he made a thorough and
exhaustive study of precedents in the
matter which had been established in
other states, and he found that an
overwhelming preponderance of judi
cial opinion had been to the effect that
not nnlv the letter but the sDirlt cr
the law would be fulfilled if he should
resign from the bench before becoming
a candidate, either actively or recep- J limbs of the Irish ln Ireland today, the
tively. This he did. same as It binds and enslaves the
It is a matter of history that he was Scotch, Welch and English. But In
successful In the primaries and had the case of the Irish, love for Ireland
campaigned the state for over a month hatred for England and admiration for
ln the finals, and with excellent Germany are the sentiments that are
chances for success, when the "non- enabling them to defy England's con
partisan" supreme court of Washing- sCrlptlon bills. The pro-Brltleh noise
ton suddenly discovered that the pro- roade by men like HennesBy Murphy Is
prieties were not being duly observed, as useless as the noise made by the
and they, in their infinite wisdom, pre- , steam ln a boiler without machinery.
sently gave forth a weird decision dis
qualifying the Democratic candidate
for governor from running for any of
fice "other than Judicial" during the
term for which he had been elected
Judge. What they based so remark
able a decisior. upon is beyond the
grasp of the lay mind, but the fact
remains that they did It. They held
that not even oy resigning could a
Judge free himself of his Judicial char- ' grant. This land lnoludes about the
acter and avoid reflecting discredit ,ast 0, Oregon'a"birth right," from the
cUaPmnpalgn .M'pf The f
fact that his term as Judge would have land nd conrs "
expired before his term as governor . that this property does not go alike
would have begun made no difference. ; "a mess of pottage. Our Oregon del
Tacltly admitting that the letter of egation can not do much alone; con
the law had been observed, a great and ' Sress should be held responsible,
hitherto unheard of reverence for the , Now, as during all past ages, taxa
splrlt of the law was manifested. It tlon one r ou.r most ,J'itl Ques
was held to be contrary to public , tlon- Therefore. If school taxes can
nniirv f : be lowered we have accomplished a
Now the shoe is on the other foot.
Mr. Hughes has been appointed to the
supreme court of the United States y "lu-u' acoooi
for life. What was so plainly contrary land for a. small I fraction of what It is
to public policy on a small scale would worti' much ?u,r STc.hotI PfoPWty
seem to be even more so on so large a . has Werea It would seem,
scale. Henee. according to the su-' Jhn; b",ne" JWgmetit to
preme court of the state of Washing- tr to atone for feme of this misman
ton. public policy would demand that gm,al bjr "in f vaU?bl! f'"7
Mr. Hughes forever refrain from being
. -.-.t. fr.r. tt-i .h.i
inrfiM!" irdtM to th. r.r.,.nt.
established by his fellow Judges, jpe
may not even save himself by resign
ing, as Mr. Smith suggests. Verily,
Mr. Hughes Is ln a bad fix.
MARSHALL. W. A ALONE.
Does Not Agree With Mr. Murphy.
Portland. Or., March it. To the Edi
tor of The Journal A carping oritlo'
who signs himself J. Hennessy Murphy m0ney to homeseekers , f or improve
has been attacking through the press mnts on land; allowing settlers to pay
the great convention of the Clan Na- for homes ln 25 or 30 years, while pay
Gael held ln New YorU recently. This mg a small rate of Interest; and. under
critic ought to know that insinuations thi law. Including all available agrt
and charges unsupported by facts ln- ' cultural land?
Jure only him who makes them. That j Under such a law as I have men
the great convention proved to the i Honed, the land formerly held by the
world that the Irish race la decidedly Southern Pacific company might be
anti-British ls the thing that nettles appraised. old to settlers for Some
Hennessy Murphy, for it shatters ef-, where near Its actua value, and th
fectually his former statements that -proceeds of sales placed to tha credit
the Irish were pro-British, if Hen
nessy Murphy looks at America
through British spectacles I would ad
Vise him to remove ; the deceiving
glasses and note how his vision will be
Improved. He will observe that mil
lions of progressive and liberty-loving
Americana have no love but a , bitter
hatred of England. f . . ,
If it bad hot been for the. foresight
of those millions America would many
years ago have been ensnared by just
each men as Hennessy Murphy Into an
alliance with Britain, and Americans
would now be fighting for the British
empire on the battle fields of Europe.
If it bad not been for the hostile at
titude that the Irish -race the world
over maintained toward England, the
chain of conscription would birm the
A '
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF:
SMALL CHANGE
! about tiM-ViRi A worry,n
! . Another
the country: What is tba new Easter
hat going to oost? r ; ; i
IV lot .narder picking out one's
deciding on V caadidate for the preai-
religious service at the Jail may. not
have been converted, but ha evidently
decided to lead a new life, ,
. rf the steel mills can make armor
p,?f ior lower prices, aa is now
claimed, why didn't they do it before
the senate Jogged their memory T
If American Intervention Jn Mexico
meant government seisure and opera
tion of mines and oil wells, it might
not be so popular In certain quarters.
! baSk'to '?heTre.id.nV: Mrar.peeTb!
lr which tie said this country would
j ngSg WaS'bafte S.
1 noses If they are -uncertain about
Irion' peopIa ,tand 9 this que-
I . .
THE PHENOMENON OF CHAPtlNISM
From Cottrell's Magazine.
In this familiar but strange specta
cle called life, there Is a peculiar
phenomenon known as "Charlie Chap
lin." There is a man named Charles
Chaplin, but he Is only the symbol
peak at which people pay him $60,000
a year to Interpret an ideal of comic
care-freedom. He is a "success."
So influential in the popular Imagi
nation Is Chaplinlsm, that Chaplin is
not only Imitated on the stage by a
host of other actors, but there are
"Chaplin parties" at whjch the guests
men and women dress and act in
some degree like the original; and
Dy8 and young men similarly appear
enlahooa. mis ramiiy were or the
class of monntebanks, strolling through
halls.
a nara, picKea-up, hand-to-
mouth.
adventurous existence. The
father died of ft; the mother went
on singing descriptive ballads; at the
age of four, Charle--was shoved "on
to sing Coster eon gar. At length, ex-
hausted. Chaplin's mother was forced
t0 entr with Ona"e nl brother,
; ' 1
PATRICK OHALLORAN.
Proposing a Grant Lands Plan.
Quincy, Or., March 25. To the Edi
tor of The Journal As a native Ore
gonian, I would say that I am afraid
no plan of disposal suggested Includes
enough consideration of the great value
of some of the lands of the O. St C.
ver "
land law- t"0u8?,,a PractTce of scrip-
. L .7 . " . " 1 i 1 .
1 believe it Is safe to say that.
sooner or later, congress will regulate
the land question and give home seek
ers a chance, by a system of rural
credits, something like the system in
Australia- and British Columbia. If
rural credits is to coma, why cannot,
congress hurry It up a little and make
the law include the lands ln question?
Would it not be a sensible solution
of the land problem. If congress would
naa.
law providing for lendlncr
of our state school fund.
ADRIAN B. OWEN.
To Aid the Worker.
Portland, March 27. To the Editor
Of Tha Journal I wish to sujggest a
remedy for existing evils among the
working class. There Should be a law
making It unlawful for corporations
to pay their men less than $2 per day.
Instead - of advocating birth control,
prohibition and other - things that re
buke human nature, we had' better ad
vocate something that will ft us out
Of the rut of poverty. There Is ao real
reason why the Working class should
suffer. There is plenty of money and
work to be done. When a compara
tively few men hold the bread and but
ter of the tolling millions in their
- -";uim ui m rcoyecmun prosper.
' OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Prairie fires in Kansas and blls
sards In the central states made our
final kick of winter quite' mild tn com
parison," the Baker Herald is pleased
to report.
- . -The
Register is "pleased to learn
that the work of tearing down the
Soles and wires that have been ren
ered useless by the recent consolida
tion of lighting services' In Eugene
will begitv soon.
Spring song In the Joseph Herald:
"Enough snow and rain fell this week
to boost the grass along In fine shape
and put the ground In condition for
plowing. The green hills and, valleys
look mighty - pleasing to the stock
after such a longsnowy winder,'?
"Automobiles are becoming- thicker
around Hermiston," says the Herald,
"than Jackrabbits ever we're. And
what is more about a dozen other peo
ple will buy before the year is over.
All of which shows there must be
something about the Hermlstpn coun
try worth while."
a
Railway prospectus In Salem States
man: "Looks like the Salem-Bend rail
road rumor of the Statesman was the
right hunch. Actual construction will
make Salem a lively city, and head this
whole section towards the Elyslan
fields of the prosperity that lis sure
to. come.'' ,
Lostlne Reporter's testimonial to the
vaiue or newspaper publicity: "To
show that a newspaper is the best med
mm ior 'aavertisinar
we have received
St least 200 inquiries for the local
paper. In the past two years, which
J i roves that outsiders Judge a town or
ocality by its newspaper. We hope to
be able to meet demands la the future."
a few years older, one of those ap
palling refuges for the waste of hu
manity, an English workhouse. There,
Charles' mother taught him a smat
tering of European languages and he
absorbed music. He can now play
violin, 'cello and piano. The three
emerged from the - workhouse when
Charles was eight, and a place was
found for Aim in a musical piece
called "The Yorkshire Lads." and aft
erwards in other productions of one
kind and another. The brother went
to sea, returned, and Joined Charles ln
a. music hall "turn."
a
Now the public "discovered''. Charles
and he began his ascent to the place
designed for him. Fred Kara brought
to the United States a sketch entitled,
"A Night ln an English Music Hall,''
and tn it came Charles Chaplin as
a man chockful of cheer and beer, who
fell-in and out of a box and interrupt
ed thi performance in uproariously
funny ways without disturbing his
own happy composure. -A moving pic
ture producer "reaftied" Chaplin, and
engaged him; and the rest ls and will
be history the history of manners and
thought of the American people of the
early twentieth century.
The struggle to make a living bears
heavily on the multitude. Worry over
the day and the' morrow ls the common
malady, and Chaplinlsm offers a cheap,
if temporary, relief from It. Millions
py their dimes to see this imp of
Impudence disport himself without re
gard ' to circumstance or consequence
He ls "sure to get by" every time.
Charles Chaplin, the man. Is a clear
faced, rather Oriental type, modest,
carefully dressed and of artistio dis
position. But whe'n he puts on his
little bowler, his sloppy clothes, his
awkward shoes, his impertinent muj
iche, picks up his pretentious cane
and shambles ln vulgar defiance before
i the camera to play his ' boisterous
j tricks on steady-going, substantial
ous class then Charles Chaplin ls
"Charlie Chaplin,'' the genius of the
admirably reckless to some and an ob
Ject of a kind of envy to many bound
to the wheel of dally labor and oj
pressed by the sense of obligation,, the
fear of failure and the dullness of drab
duty,
hands and will not rive It to them.
there should be a law to force them to
do it. When a poor man steals a loaf
of bread he is sent to Jail. When the
employer, through a legal propess
steals It from the poor man, he ls al
lowed to go free. I don't want to be
understood as bucklne capital or anv
legitimate business, but I am bucking
the system that takes fcread from the
mouths of Innocent workmen and their
children and will buck it to the bitter
ana. .
In conclusion I wish to say that our
Democratic) administration has done
more to elevate the producing class
than has been done for the past 30
years, our president has never Ig
nored th lights of the men that pro-
auce every stitah of wealth ln this land.
EDWIN A. LINSCOTT.
Criticises Portland Merchants.
Seaside, Dr., March $0. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Tou remark in a
recent editorial that thousands of dol
lars of Portland's and Oregon's money
ls sent east, $15,000 alone going In
one year to one firm for shoes, and of
course all this is lost to Portland. But
the Portland merchants have only
themselves to blame, the quality and
prices are not satisfactory.
I do most of my shopping ln the
east, not because I am disloyal to
Portland but because I get better value
for my money. I never use Portland
groceries or candy If I can avoid it.
Portland also, for a town of its sise,
has the poorest restaurants I ever en
countered, and the expensive resorts
are the. worst. We are far behind not
only the east, but our sister cities, Se
attle and Los Angeles, ln this respect.
Until we get some real up to date
business men who are capable of giv
ing the public Value for money re
ceived, many thousands of dollars will
be lost to the elty.
ARTHUR I CORRT.
A Wage Suggestion.
Portland, March 34. To the Editor
of The Journal If the Industrial
Welfare , commission is anxious to do
something, let it force a half-holiday
with full wages and Increase the
wage of the girl apprentice. As It Is
at present, a capable girl is forced to
the apprentice ranks that dollars
may be saved. If the lowest wage
were at least fS per week, the em
ployers With their eagerness for. gain
would still be forced to pay a sem
blance of a living wage,
J. A. CHAPMAN.
Fran Mnndt, ' ' v
By Julian P. Scott
Wfcerever is truth, art, or beauty, '
In spirit, we shall find you Jftere.
Dear friend and teacher, in the school
of life v
Tou tfcht us more than words can
Loving, assuming naught; '
Glrlnr. not sneaking of vour ir-
You have been a friend to many
Even as a passerby you taught life
well. .
And now, as the scale of truth, love. '
And all the higher things stands true.
vu i m, tue . juy ana us
.glory - -:o.;v..: j ....
Of a seeker of the trutJu"
one or the many but try to Voice
liiv ius ui sii wno anew.
knowing, loved you.
Portland, Maren 87.
nce Ger
T ASf NIGHT down town -I walked
- along looking In the store win'
flows at the living models. - '
because I wanted to know Just
what the styles are going to be until
next summer
fTNot that it makes any particular '
ounerence.
which is the same with nearly .
a our knowledge t
but we want to know anyway.
J And this is why I suppose that
we have 72-centimeter guns with
which to kili each other.
" Instead of bows and arrows,
f We wanted to know I guess
11. it couia oe cone.
fjAnd now we know
... . -l
nappier than- before.
JBut all this may have nothing to
do whatever with the; fashion show
now in progress in our fair city.
JOr perhaps it has for all I know.
J Any way I believe they had faah.
Ion shows when the bow and arrow
was a new weapon,
and the tribe using it whipped
the tribe using clubs. ;
j Ana in those daytj t presume!
the fine ladies came out of their
caves in the warm spring weather,
in their brightest beads. r
nd best bearskins.
JJBut of course that waa'a long
long time ago. V
jAnd last night as I was saying
I . looked in the windows.
and saw the great progress that
civilisation has " made In the last
three million years.
TAnd on Frfth street there was a
little crowd looking ln a window.
at a beautiful lady.
In a lovely dress.
wTth a pink ostrich plume fan.
and pearls In her hair. V
JAnd she looked right ln our faces
without moving a muscle.
JAnd a young man from Courtney
on the Oregon City line said she
couldn't fool him.
because he'd seen things like that
before in windows.
and he knew srie was alive.
-nd would have to move after
wnu a.
71 And
ng.
everybody
eald the same
JAnd Nick Pierong who never
smiles beeauee he has heard all the
vaudeville Jokes in the world came
along.
TAnd he said he'd bet he could
make her smile.
J And we all said "How?"
TAnd Nick said Bhe'd have to amlU
if he looked right in her eyea loug j
JAnd Dave Williams the splrlt
uelle architect said not to make her
cry.
J And we all told Nick to go ahead
and see if he could get a smile.
JAnd he put his nose up close to
the glass and sat his Jaw and
started in.
JAnd you could almost sea tha
dotted lines from Nick's eyes to the
eyes or the oeautlful lady.
JBut u'.ie didn't smile.
JAnd all grew still.
J And the crowd got bigger.
JAnd pretty soon Nick sighed.
and everybody else sighed.
f And it looked like ft was going j
' " test or win power and en
durance. JAnd then Aaron Frank
along twirling his cane.
came
and stroking his mustache.
which "doesn't take much of
stroke,
"JAnd he saw Nick standing there-
line a statue glaring through the
piate glass at the beautiful lady.
Tl Ana ne saia "Hello what's the
iuea i
JAnd we told him In whlanera-
as the beads of perspiration- began to I
siana out on Kicks brow.
JAnd Aaron laughed until ha al
most choked and then said:
J Uhlfc-N boys that's Stella I
tne Dest wax figure that we've got tn
uia aioro.
Gall and Wormwood,
from the Was ton leader.
The g. o. p. desperately hunting a
tx'-v.u ui. uauuiuaia wiin noining but
a lemon tree In its political garden.
-
Carranza dollars are quoted at two
cents each, and It would only take
about 16 of them to subsidise the
ALueiia rress.
a a
The "severity" Of the federal cen-
sorsnip is only exceeded bv tha vol
ume and detail of the news of army
uiviratmi in Mexico.
New president of Washington uni
versity says "we are an Intellectual I
crap neap. - ana we reckon he ought
uiowa dij own mma.
Rex Lampman says that for oarsan.
ai reasons he'd like to know how the
vnia oanans manage to live on Mh.
ing, but if Hex gets paid tor his stuff
we reckon he doesn't need any enllght-
Uncle Jeff Snow Bays:
some smart feller with fire-era
ough.t to tell us bow much time Is
wasted In Portland riding, driving and
wanting oy empty iota. Thau nir
looking business girls are must gen
erally always able to take care of I
lueirseives.
Who Wouldn't Join?
THIS la SUnnOsed to hav hannanajl
A In the Shattuck school during one!
os toe Digm ciaasea. Benjamin mercer I
was tne teaensr and he says it 1 true, I
I the class Were a number of for-1
signers and some were not versed in I
United Statea Elatyry. The Civil war I
and Its causes was the subject under I
aiMussion. i
wy aid Abraham Lincoln want the I
south to Join the Union r asked Lerner,
interrogating one of the foreigners.
-veil, aey join the union and get $21
a nay. Who vouidn't want 'em tel
joint"
It wasn't the answer Lerner wanted. I
ana tne pupil sat down.
Blast 'for BilL
BILL STRANDBCna gets out sup-1
Cosed friend rnaklnr publication I
for distribution on the cars ef the I
P. R.. L. ft P. company, but sometimes I
he loses the friendliness of the be-1
friended. This week the subject of his
vivacious comment was the possibility
of employing women as motormen and
conductors as ln London during these
war times. A conductor received a
bundle of the leaflets, and, read the!
text with scorn ana aisgusi imprinted I
on his face. Then he started among I
his early morning male passengers.l
'Bulletin, have a bulletin particularly I
heavy on the bull!"