THEj OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, ' APRIL 14,. 191B.
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THE GERMAN XOTE
T
HE Jagow note is a denial tbat
a Gorman submarine sank the
Sussex. Unfortunately, there
are admissions tbat a Ger-
y-man submarine sank a vessel at
he spot and about the time the
'Sussex was torpedoed. .There Is a
. statement from France that thes
Arew of this submarine has been
!. -captured, and that members of it
J. have admitted the sinking of, the
l Sussex.
-: The Jagow note Is disappointing
it not unsatisfactory. The pledges
.' made by Germany during the sub
tin arine controversy have been so
'-often disregarded in the renewal
l.-ef submarine operations that the
4; United States has almost reached
the limit of patience and forbear
,'vance that has been wisely and
s generously bestowed.
Ji 1 There must be good faith on
' both sides if the two countries are
" ,to remain in friendly relations.
Without that good faith the main
tatoing of Count von Bernstorff in
Washington and Mr. Girard in Ber
lin . is. a barren privilege.
Future developments In the situ
ation will j be watched with .pro
found; interest, for the two govern
ments seem very near the parting
.of the ways. ' rf . -
Next "Tuesday' Is the. last day for
5 ! "registering. Is your" name written
there?
HIS NAME
H
ARPER'S WEEKLY prints a
theological editorial this week
in which it has occasion fre
quently to mention the Sa
vior. - It always gives him the
name "Christ," which is proper
enough and even scriptural. He
is called thus two or three times
in the gospels, which are our sole
authority. But for one time that
the title "Christ" is used in th-3
gospels the name "Jesus" is used
at least twenty times.
Matthew says that the angel taid
Joseph his wife, Mary should bring
forth a son and "thou shalt call
his namo Jesus." Luke says that
tue angel told Mary herself she
should bring forth a son, "and
shalt call his name Jesus." The
Intent of the angelic messenger is
as clear as anything can be. The
Bible Is quoted and reverenced a
great deal more than it is obeyed.
But it would seem as if in such
' a' .plain and simple matter as the
Savior's name we might do as the
heavenly authorities commanded ua.
What Jefferson said in the Dec-
laration of Independence was, "Wo
nold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal."
.' The expression was correctly
": ' . quoted in the text at the head of
,the editorial column In The Jour
'.; nal yesterday.
A BLESSED CONVERSION
R'
OOSEVELT'S virulent attacks
upon President Wilson al
ways' contain some reference
to his -duty to Belgium "ig-
nobly shirked." The valiant Colo
i nel. thinks that the president is a
-r coward and traitor for not plung
ing .the country Into war with Ger
many;?1n behalf of Belgium. He
f thinks bo now, but 'twas not al-
:4 ways thus.
In the fall of 1914, on Septem
i ber 23, the Colonel wrote In The
k Outlook, "We have not tho small-
i est responsibility for what has be-
fallen'? Belgium. That was very
soon after the invasion began while
. j tho impression of Its horrors was
f; fresh v upon the Colonet's mind. His
conversion to the . opposite view
occurred some time between that
date and October 8, when he con
s' tradicted his former words in the
New York Times.; Since then his
,. criticism of Mr. Wilson has grown
l -more and .more rabid. ..: ,
.Of 'course every word ot It hits
- the Colonel himself squarely In the
i, face up to the foment of, his won
a derf ul . conversion. Before . that
- glorious event "- we had "not" the
1 smallest responsibility" for. what
2 had happened- to Belgium. After
-s it -are "were cowards and renegades
' for -not f-olng: to ' war to -protect
A HEART-TO-HEART
G
AN The Journal have a brief
not Portland?
:: The Interstate commission
be permanently grouped ' with
purposes. -That policy would mean
distance' and -the over-mountain haol
Pnrln nrl and. thA Interior nrndnefirn
freight rates ;that greater distance and over-mountain haul require.
Portlanders and the interior think. they ought always to submit to this
,.,,,,- ; : ,. .- -
injustice? - .. --i - ; : -
"With these facts as a starting point, do we all understand the dif-
ficulties we must encoanter in delivering ourselves from this unjust
situation? Has it occurred to all of
the Interstate commission when ita
us in any effort to get Portland out of the 'Puget Sound rate group?
Do . we : all realize that all the big railroads with all ; their great
power will be against ua Just as they have apparently always been
against us? : - : V - , . '
; Do we all grasp the facTthat Puget Sound with all Its prestige and
power and'? Influence-' will.-be !n' the thick of the lpgbt to prevent Port
land from getting the rates to which a downhill baul and, shorter dis
tance entitle her?; .4 V . . . .
With ; all these -powerful influences arrayed In opposition, 1b it not
plain that . the struggle will b titanic and the -outcome a matter of
much doubt in spite of the unanswerable - arguments which Portland
can produce, in behalf of her contention? ' '
Mindful of air this; and looking the situation , squarely in the face,
are we not all forced to quietly admit that the time has come for Port
land to resort to her final and most, powerful asset? The Columbia
river is that asset, - This is .the way to use It:
The Columbia 'river is that asset.' ' '
Design river boats best suited to upper river navigation. Let them
be in. effectiveness the ybest that engineering skill can produce. Make
them so, modern that , they vwill provide eery economy in operation.
- Get in touch' with every shipping point along the upper fiver. Ar
range for efficient wavehouee3, and wharves with adequate appliances
for quick and cheap handling of cargo. Get roads improved from the
interior' to river points. Organize the whole country into a working
army for a reduction of rates to the point that distance and water
level haul direct they should be. '
If necessary, let the movement become a municipal enterprise. The
city and county have financed more costly enterprises that meant far
less in public benefits. Is it not worth while for the city to back to a
reasonable extent a program that will break down the unjust freight
rate system on which Portland pays an unwarranted tribute of hundreds
of thousands of dollars a year, a system that experience has demon
strated is building up ilval cities at the expense of Portland and th-3
interiorcountry ?
It is .worth the while of ev-ry Portlander, if'he is not familiar with
the situation, to investigate It. It is worth the while of every Port-
lander to give sober consideration
it is a time m which this city races grave issues, and every resident of
the city owes it to himself, to his own business and to his future to
become fully informed. . . .
If the plan herein proposed were once put Into operation, Portland,
by her own power and her own initiative would take herself forever out
of a humiliating and costly position in which she is paying freight
rates best suited to thef desires and progress of Puget Sound cities
and least suited to the . rogress and prosperity of Portland.
her. Speaking of swift transitions
and chameleon-like changes, who
can surpass the Colonel in those
accomplishments?
The Colonel's opinion that we
had no responsibility to Belgium
was spoken when he was as calm
aa he ever is and comparatively
sane. His mind-was not In a fer
ment of ambition. He had not yet
definitely laid his plans to super
sede Mr. Wilson in the White
House,- His conversion matured
at about the same moment as his
resolvq to be bur nex,t president.
Mr. "Wilson miist.; be attacked for
somethings Why not take up Bel
gium? The consideration that he
must contradict, himself to tio' so
did not weigh with the Colonel.
Self-contradiction never does. He
lets the dead past bury its dead.'
The New Republic, which hasJ
been taking the Colonel's side
against Mr. Wilson, comes out with
handsome apology for its blun
der. It says Mr. Roosevelt was as
guilty of "shirking" as the presi
dent was. He was also guilty of
deliberate falsehood, but that is a
trifle with the Colonel.
Mr. Teel, of Echo, who has reg
istered as a Whig, has no rival for
the headship of his party. His only
peril is that, hearing of his undis
puted supremacy, the colonel may
come along and butt in on his
peaceful realm-
THE CLASS WAR
T
HE fight against Mr. Brandela
is a class fight. It L; aristoc
racy making war upon Ameri
can democracy. Brandeis
stands for the common good and
the rights of the common man.
Taft, Lowell, Root and the rest
who oppose him, stand for rights
of a privileged few: The privileged
few in this case, as in most cases,
defend their Iniquitous advantages
over the many by unblushing false
hoods. -
Taft's animosity to Brandeis goes
back to the time when Brandeis
exposed him in. the Balllnger busi
ness. Root is a? corporation lawyer
who has all his life served his pay
masters without scruple in dark
and devious ways.
Their outcry against Brandeis is
the yelp of a privileged class which
has long fattened on wrong. His
tory demonstrates that in such
cases privileged classes have al
ways been merciless and unscrupu
lous. They stick at nothing to gain
their ends. If they cannot destroy
their enemy by open fighting they
never hesitate to employ calumny
and treachery.
The death of Mrs. Chadwick,
widow of former Secretary of State
and former Governor Chadwick of
Oregon . awakens memories in the
minds of many oldtlme Oregonlana
She performed well her part 'in the
headship of a family that holds, the
high esteem of a very wide circle
of friends.
A PECULIAR LAND
HE recent statement of Chan
cellor -yon Bethman Hollweg
in the German reichstag that
after the war "there must be
a new Belgium is interpreted to
mean that provision must be made
for the development of the Flemish
portion lof the kingdom, which isot
Teutonic "origin. .
In its dualism of races, languages
and physical features .Belgium pre
sents an Interesting study. It Is
much the : same today as when it
TALK
heart - to - heart talk with the people
, - 1
has intimated that Portland Is to
Puget Sound ports for rate-making
that, notwithstanding the - greater
to Puget Sound from, the Interior,
mil at nermanentlv dat "the hieher
. us that we have first to convince:
own intimation' is that Jt is against
to the program here suggested.
was invaded by the Romans.
In the south are the Walloons
or French speaking people. In the
north the Flemings or -Dutch speak
ing folk of Teutonic stock.
A census by language shows
that the Flemish speaking Inhabi
tants are somewhat in a majority
but that the educated class speaks
both languages. The laws are is
sued in bilingual form. Nearly .all
the cities, towns and rivers have
two names, as Mechlin and Malines,
Mons and Bergen, Mass and Meuse,
the former being Flemish, the lat
ter Walloon. -
There is a curious -allocation of
i the two peoples. The Flemings of
German descent are at the west.
close neighbors of France, while
the Walloons, descendants of the
oauis, are next to Germany. This
juxtaposition of races has given
l. r . . ...
uniu w cuminon interests wnicn
have attracted stronger than racial
prejudice , has repelled. Despite
the difference in blood and lan
guage, despite despots and dema
gogues, social unity has been pre
served.
The dualism of the people ex
tends to the soil and geology . of
tne country. One-half of the coun
try is mineral, the other half agri
cultural. It is equally divided be-
tween Ceres and Vulcan. The '
Walloons as a rnlA wnrt i to
foundry and th.e Flemings on the
farm.
It is these factbrs of location
and vocation, this balancing of
forces that has ever worked for
Belgian nationality.
The proposal of Mr. Wilcox for
an ..Alaska steamship line to be
publicly financed is a sonnd pro
posal. ' Its unanimous approval, by
the directors of the Chamber of
Commerce Is a manifestation of In
telligence. Portland can at last
begin to look forward to a perma
nent Alaska line-and an enlarged
Dusiness activity.
A FORWARD STEP
T
HE Rivers and Harbors bill
appropriates $360,000 for the
Columbia and Willamette be
low Vancouver and Portland.
Some of the money will be used
in removing a shoal between. Van
couver and the mouth of the Wil
lamette. It means an ultimate
ship channel and deep sea naviga
tion to Vancouver.
It Is the beginning of a program
that The Journal has often sug
gested. Vancouver as a deep-sea
port at once Identifies new inter
est with the Columbia river. The
congressional : delegation from thTSr:
state of Washington can no longer
be devoted entirely to Puget Sound,
More of that state, so far as area
Is concerned, is 'to become inter
ested ; In Columbia river shipping
more than in Puget Sound ship
ping. . ' ; . ":'
Vaneouvef"is now a part of the
Portland customs district. Its
growth and, increase of-Influence
means neif forces for ; the great
fight that has to be made -for jus
tice for the Columbia country.
When.- Vancouver, with the ?terri-i
tory it can bring under tho zone
of its'; Influence . calls upon mem
bers 4f. the Washington congres
sional delegation for support of
Columbia river projects the latter
will have to listen.- ;
. .Meanwhile sthe deep-sea' channel
to Vancouver has become a federal
project. It is one step forward in
Columbia improvements' -.It is un
answerable argument -for retention
of the military post ai Vancouver.
The retention and - enlargement of
that institution can now be fully
defended. K v '
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
' Again fa presented an "exclnsiTe" . Csry.
set orders from abroad, erne establishment
" me omy one or its kind west 01 cuicago.
No. 107 of the "Nothing tb Matter With
Portund- rte. ia cicuted to onTjnce that
'S&hSSSj "8erted tt
H'
ERE we go again with another
'exclusive Portland enterprise
only industry of Itm kind west
of Chicago and the biggest corpora
tions and biggest mercantile houses
of the city are its patrons, declar
ing, "Its products are the best we
ever have used." At least sucH a
letter had been received from a trans
continental railroad company Just be
fore The Journal man dropped into
the Columbia Carbon Faper Manufac
turing .company's place over at East
Broadway and Thirty-third street,
owned and. operated by F. E. Thomp
son. (
The presence of this factory was a
surprise to the newspaper man, as
his first Intimation of its .existence
was acquired by reading the sign on
the building while passing that way
in Quest of another place. And he
found, too, that its guide was a sort
of "an old college chum," he having
been manager of a millionaire's es
tate, back in Michigan, where . "we
two" formerly were decorated with
tha degree of the "Apple blossom"
and hopped the "Hop of the Wolver
ine!"
TALK ABOUT WAIt PRICES!
Ever see a carbon paper factory in
operation? No? It s worth a visft, j
out in oraer to penetrate its inwara
recesses." one has to present creden- !
tials from the commander of the ;
,, .
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It's a secret process, this paving ;
the delicate fiber of delicately pro-
portioned nanet in the aniline crea-
Kions of the kaiser, currledv with the
runt-nara carmauoa wax oi oouin!
America. The finest grades of this .
paper are likewise made within the i Washington that the business of run
domain of the emperor, but an excel- nin?.a government is not altogether a
lent imitation is turned out in Lee.
Massachusetts. Fact is. It's about as '
eood as the genuine. As to the fine j
German article, it cannot be obtained,
and the domestic has risen ln price
30 per cent, up to 65 cents x a pound.
The aerial ascent, however, has been
made by the German carbon paper
colorings, which have aviated from
65 to 75 cents a pound, to $25 a pound,
and well nigh ' impossible to obtain
even at this price!
How is that for war prices getting
pp on their hind legs?
HOW IS CARBON MADE?
If the reader wants to know how
carbon paper is made, the answer will
be, "Ask Thompson,?" And he won't
tell.
But having been admitted to the
sanctum sanctorum of . the factory. It
was discovered that pots were boiling
on a furnace, and going It to beat
the band!j
Steam was up like that of a fat
man at the end of a foot race. There
were three or four of tbem. It was
discovered that no two were doing
businens with colors at all alike. The
aroma was different from that '. of a
hair oil factory. There wasn't the
slightest similarity, and this is not
said in disparagement of the hair oil
enterprise. Then there was a press
hard by. It had somewhat ' the ap
pearance of a member of the tribe
from which the old, reliable Wash-
ington hand press originated, but a I
RPfon and minutw lnsDection dis-!
. .
sage, turning a wheel which in turn
turned another, therefore, the press
bed traveled back and forth like a
sentinel keeping an eye out for
Pancho Villa. There was a canvas
carrier beneath the paper unwinding
from a roll a la Oregon Journal, only
it was a midget roll so different from
those in The Journal press room.
There was being -spread upon that
paper, automatically, a v coating of
color as thin aa butter on a cafeteria
sandwlch--almost.
IT LOOKED REAL NICE.
The color looked nice and Inviting.
It was as tempting as the lips of a
timid milkmaid, but a thousand times
more deceptive!
- ''Just one touch!" After that It is
necessary to visit the lavatory and
engage In a scrubbing contest. A bar
of soap and a quarter section of a
work day will do the business- and
one is ready, to never again! Nay,
nay. Miss Henrietta! No more fool
ing - with newly born carbon paper!
One Is plenty!
And so the secret is out. '
- Following the foregoing - instruc
tions carefully one ought to turn ofat
a very acceptable grade of unaccept
able carbon paper which would geCtt
the maker Into all the trouble he
would need.
Jt was good to see Mr. Thompson
at. work. His shirt was riot as white
i as .the -Beautuui t snow," yet. in very
j sood conditlon for making: carbon1anl later accepted by the senate. The
paper. This fact is freely acknowl
edged. PRAISED EVERYWHERE,
And he makes heaps of it, too;
There are thiSe people at It and they
turn It out ln loads. It was four
years ago that Mr. Thompson . con
ceived the idea of engaging in the
manufacture or this product. Like
many others .who have ' grown big
from small beginnings, . he -is expand
ing rapidly, and fast as bis paper be
comes known It is extending its , HsJ
of. friends. Abundant 'testimony of
this fact Is on file in hia. office, and
It comes not only from the big people
of .Portland, but from cities in Wash
ington and all parts of Oregon. There
la appreciation of its merit in a letter
from Denver placing a second -'order.
The - writer declares, We' do not un
derstand ywhy we cannot buy aa good
carbon paper In Denver as that yOu
make. - It must,-berths climate that
make's ' the ' difference." '
But It ' isn't the atmosphere. This
has nothing to do with it. Portland
people flourish , on the ., "buy-away-
j from-home habit,", and Mr. Thompson
, is determined to make them buy bis
home-made carbon paper by reason of
Its being. "The Best Carbon Paper, on
Earth." -.- .
He says the big factories in the
east, thousands of miles away, may
produce a poor quality of carbon pa
per, pocket an "unearned increment,"
and the trick will Ire forgotten, but f
he turned out one poor batch it
would ruin his .business. There are
so aany eastern carbon paper fac
tories that the sufferer soon would
forget the one which was guilty of
the graft, but were he once to de
ceive a customer the offense never
would be forgotten. On this coast
there would da but one to charge the
deception to. ,
. This is one reason why' the best
carbon paper In the country is made
in Portland.
A big reason Is tbat Thompson is
honest by nature.
An important one is that he is
building up a business, and its cor
ner stone is a square deal. And his
heart and soul are in it!
Letters From the People
Commanlcatlona sent to Tb Journal fox
nnLlication In this department should be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words in length and moat be ac
companied by the name and addraaa ot the
sender. If the writer does not deslra to bare
the name published, be snouia so ttata. j
'Discussion is the greatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes everything It touches, it robs
nrinciDlea of all false sanctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness, if they have no
reasonableness, it ruthlessly erosbea them out
of existence and sets np Us own conclusions
in their stead." wooarow witfon..
Brains and the PubUc Service.
Portland Acrll 12. To the Editor
c The Journal It is said that an
editor writing editorials will write at
least one good once a. year. Undoubt-
dlir Th Jlmirnnl ciHtnr hit his annual
zenitn ln tne editorial proclaiming
that the army and the tariff .are not
political Issues,
That is the idea that the average
conjeTessrnan. If we could go a bit
farther and impress the gentlemen at
be galned to the people The voters
should be instructed in the business of
voting for masters of business rather
tcan masters of politics. In Washing
ton the idea prevails that tte appoint
ment of our postmasters is a reward
for fealty. Perhaps, some day a news
paper will be freakish enough to de
clare that most postmasters are over
paid for their services and that inex
perienced postmasters ought to serve
an apprenticeship before taking the
reins of handling and dispatching our
mail.
President Wilson rose above the ma
jority of his party, recently when he
said that the theory of tariff was a
bit of buncombe that politicians had
crammed down the throats of the
voters for generations. That sentence
perhaps stirred wrath in, the so'uthern
states, where political principles are
handed down from father to son with
out amendments or substitutions. Col
onel Roosevelt started something sim
ilar several years ago when he was
in charge of the civil service bureau.
Efficiency in public life is a new Idea.
Any reader of the Congressional
Record is appalled at the crass ignor
ance of many of our lawmakers on
constitutional' law and fundamental
business principles. It would not .be
unfair to subject our congressmen to
some of the qualifications in lawmak
ing that private business demands of
its skilled workman. The best brains
in the country should rule. It is a
question of whether the country's best
brains is In the political field.
J. B. COTTINOHAM.
Republican "Harmony.
Portland, April 12. To the Editor
of The Journal The attempt that is
being made by the politicians to heal
the great schism in the ranks of the
Republican party by sending broad-
cast raise news or narmony nas been
so. bungled of late as to cause all good
Democrats rejoicing. The appointment
of Senator Harding of Ohio as tempo
rary chairman of the Republican con
vention, is ample evidence that the
schism in the Republican ranks will
not be healed. Harding is the close
friend of "Fire Alarm" Fo raker, for
mer senator from Ohio and henchman
of Boles Penrose and other "old
guarders."
Dispatches from Washington inti
mate harmony between Root, Penrose
and Roosevelt, but the harmony theory
will be exploded at the convention pro
per. The followers of Colonel Roose
velt are as heroic as they were four
years ago, but the old guard-is not
heroic
Indications of the muddled condition
of Republican politics are shown when
the Oregonian is forced to come to bat
with Justice Hughes, a man who la
not even a candidate, a politician or of
presidential timber. The Oregonian,
like many rock-bed sheets behind the
Republican party, is practically forced
to pick some sort of a bedfellow. Their
desperate condition is shown when
they begin to pick strangers In politics.
O tempore! O mores!
E. J. WILLIAMSON.
Wilson to the Rescue. -From
the Pittsburg Leader.
The conference between President
Wilson and a number of senators gives
an outlook upon the ultimate fate of
the Shields waterpower bill tbat ought
be heartening to the public. Thai
Shields bill has passed the senate, but
a substitute for it has been drafted for
introduction ln the house, which, if
the conference is as "productive as the
information about it warrants by clear
inference, will be passed by the house
Myers bill, drafted to represent the
views - of conservationists ln congress
and the president, is said to contain
the provisions for the protection of
natural national resources that have
been the vital features of other con
servation measures.
Some senators have said they think
the president's bill gives the govern
ment too much arbitrary power, but in
a situation-like" this and under the
terms of future possibilities, it is bet
ter to choose' the doubt of too much
governmental authority than too little.
Better to give the government all the
power, even if Jt is arbitrary, than to
place the same power in the hands of
a predatory waterpower trust, or any
other trust. "If we make any mistake
about authorizing excess of arbitrary
action, -it is better to err on the side
of governmental discretion. - . i.
The Myers bill, which now ' seems
likely to replace the detestable Shields
measure, provides for no governmental
revenue f rota the leases of waterpower
sites to private enterprise, but it con
tains about all the other lease features
of earlier bills for conservatlotrrwith
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Speaking of hat in the ring, wait
until Easter and you can't count 'op.
Perhaps Villa has adopted Colonel
Watterson's slogan, "On to the canal."
Recent resrlstratlon ftrar iha
that when it comes to a nlnch. women
are more dependable than men.
Henrr A Wise Wood, who aav the
Japanese fleet could bluff Uncle Sam,
evidently is more Wood than Wise.
Haerft It occurred to the fichtlnar
nations that their hunger could be ap
peased by making the dogs of war into
nourisning sausages 7
Temperance lecturers should note the
fact that after being on the water
wagon a, year King George is able to
turn J500.00O over to the government-
It is significant that Louis Mann.
who once starred in "The Man Who
Stood Still." denounces the movie the
atre as "the house of non-intellectuals."
New Tork's "400" i raising a fund
for EuroDe's nobility. That's right.
for just plain American people can't
get tneir minas on tne wiaows ana
orphans and maimed soldiers.
Nearly 150,000 people saw the eight
oieninr big-league games ln the east.
so if 20.000 see the Beavers play their
first game in Portland we will be
somewhat above the big league ave
rage. ...
That Klamath Falls man who lost
his purse containing 1300 on an Atlanta
jitney and after 11 hours found it on
the machine's running board oan hard
ly be convinced there Is no such thing
as iuck.
SCHOOL FUND PROBLEMS IN TWO STATES
Washington. April 14. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Having in years past frittered away
the lands granted to it by the federal
government for school purposes, the
state of Nevada is making a supreme
effort at the present session of con
gress to obtain- 7.000,000 acres more of
the public lands, pleading the needs of
Its schools, from 'the five-pupil school
house on the plains to the state uni
versity. Nevada promises to be .good here
after it congress will grant the land.
Senator Pittman s bill, as passed by
the senate, provides for sale by the
state in tracts of 40 to 640 acres to
the highest bidder at not less than
J1.25 an acre, the proceeds to go Into
a special fund, which is to be invested
in bonds or farm mortgages, SO per
cent for the common schools and 20
per cent for the state university.
Nevada, like other western states,
received sections 16 and 36Jar school
purposes in early days. This aggre
gated 2.723,647 acres, but by another
act- the state was permitted to select
2,000,000 acres of lieu land wherever
it chose. As a result, 2,000.000 acres
of the best land in the state were se- i
lected, worth much more than the orig
inal grant of sections 16 and 32. Then
this land, the richest in the state, was
sold off for $1.25 an acre, or tnai
transaction Senator Pittman says:
"T regret that the history of that
grant is the same as the history of a
great many grants in the west. The
value of the land was not realised oy
the state and it was sold undoubtedly
for much less than It was worth. That
occurred in all the western states, I
believe, and it was more or less ex
cusable when we look back upon it,
because it was at a time when there
were enormous quantities of public
land in all the states, and It was more
a question oftllsposlng of them than a
question of getting the money."
Mr, Pittman says he believes Nevada
has reformed, and he Is willing in any
event to have congress throw safe
guards around any future grant so
something like fair value may be ob
tained. He Insists that his state has
not obtained a fair share of the publio
lands within its borders as compared
Hwith other western states, and that the
grant of the 7,000,000 acres proposed
will only even up the equation.
Also, contends the Nevada senator.
the conditions are exceptional, because
the state is exceptionally arid and its
publio lands, mostly without hope of
ever obtaining a water supply, are of
small value "compared - with other
states. All of the good lands in the
valleys were sold off by the state at
$1.25 an acre long ago.
Today, there are 65,000.000 acres of
land open to entry in Nevada, out or
a total of 70,000,000 acres in the state.
Less than 3,000,000 acres are actually
comprised ln farms, either improved
or unimproved. The total taxable area
is 3,970,000 acres, the assessed value
of property, on a basis of 70 per cent
full value, is 9152,000,000, the state tax
rate is 60 cents on $100, and the com
bined state, county and school tax, on
average farm lands, runs $2 on $100.
The theory of the Pittman bill la
that land granted now can be sold to
advantage, principally as pasture land
to owners of adjacent land who have
a water suppljf and would be glad to
add from 40 to 640 acres to their pres
ent holdings.
the full approval of the genuine friends
of conservation. The secretary of war
is to have sole authority to grant privi
leges for the use of waterpower sites
and the various state commisiiions are
to be empowered to fix rates. The ex
clusion of combinations is aimed at in
a provision that no one purchaser may
obtain more than-0 pef cent of the
total output of a single company, and
no sale or delivery o ' power to a dis
tributing company shall be permitted
without the consent of tha secretary
of war. Whether all these, and possi
bly other features that may be in
troduced aa amendments, will be as
satisfactory to the country as the ab
solute control Of all the natural nation
al resources by the government may ba
a question that will linger stirringly
in the minds of advanced conservation-
lBprlvate enterprise, always has a way
,-with the aid of Capable lawyers of
defeating the objects of retrl'?tlv,,?if
islation once it gets its hands tmJ
upon the object desired. The Leader
believes it would be better for the gov
ernment to develop these waterpower
resources and k-jep close control and
use ofthem rathen than te allow such
enormous national value to pass into
the hands of greedy combinations even
temporarily under apparently safe
terms.
' A Boston Story Via London.
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
Robert, the four-year-old son of a
scientific man. bad lived in the coun
v mftt of his Short life. One day a
f caller, fishing to make friends with
the little lenow, ns aim va mum
and asked. "Are there any fairies in
your woods here, Robert? n
"NO,' responded Robert promptly;
"but there are plenty of edible fungi."
Decalogue ot Advertising.
From tha. Editor and Publisher, ;
Summthg in a few lines alj interest
ing address by Dr, Frank Crane before
the Dallas, Texas, Ad club, his prin
cipal points might be called the 10
commandments of advertising, as, fol
lows: L All advertising should be clear.
! It ought to state just .what your busH
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
, OREGON SIDELIGHTS
That Baker tn hi le schools had last
month the largest enrollment in their
history is, to the Herald, further proof
mat. .turner popui&uon is growing.
A census taken bv 43 high school
students under tile supervision of the
principal. Professor R, G. White, shows
Bend has a population of 3305, with a
few residents yet to be enrolled.
"Salem, the loaranberrv center of
the world," says the Statesman, "Is
planning to put out ten times as much
loganberry juloe ln 1816 as went out
last year. That will mean tralnloads
of it. This industry is getting to the
front by leaps and bounds."
The Budget announces that Astoria
Is "stepping lively these days With an
nouncements coming fast of the erec
tion of irew shipyards, sawmills, new
buildings, better street, and additional
shipping in the harbor. Everything
coms to him who waits."
Pertinent good roads observation In
Pendleton East Oregonian: "The use of
the auto and the Improvement of roads
is practically making interurban elec
tric lines obsolete. When roads per
mit, verv familv in the country may
have a rapid transit of its own with a
schedule to please tne xamuy.
Never was outlook brighter. In the
view oc tne ai ear or a bun, wnicn says:
"Never has a spring promised more
for Medford and the Rogue river val
ley than this spring of 116 a bumper
crop, beet sugar factory, railroad to
the coast, box factory, lumber mill and
irrigation. May the fickle Jade keep
a lew or tnem mis time.
Almost every conceivable argument
that could be validly advanced to sup
port Oregon's claim for an Increased
share of the millions that are to come
from the sale of timber on Oregon and
California land grant landa was placed
before the house committee on public
lands in the concluding hours' of con
sideration given to the problem of this
grant. Congressman Slnnott pointed
out that development has been retarded
to an extent that cannot be calulated.
He urged that the grant was mad4
for the benefit of the people of Oregon,
as shown by its tSrnis, and because the
railroad has perversely defeated the
original terms, the government should
not now take away the benefits to
which Oregon is entitled. He sketched
the history of the state and told what
the pioneers have wrought, through
struggles of adversity. He declared
the government has not been a loser,
for when the railroad was built, the
government sold Us even-numbered
sections for $2.60 an acre, instead of
$1.25. The railroad was not built from
the grant, he assertedV but from the
brawn and energy of Oregon, which
paid in heavy freight rates what the
railroad cost. He told of the condition
of the state school fund, of the -plans
for a school of forestry, and the use
made of the school fund, practically
for rural credits. He pleaded that Ore
gon is entitled to the full 40-40 pro
visions of the original Chamberlain
bill, not as a matter of charity, but
ot Justice.
All of these arguments, elaborated
and reviewed from many sides, failed
to alter the determination of the ma
jority of the committee that Oregon
must be content with 60 per cent. Even
on the division of that 60 per cent the
committee was not willing to glv
equally to the state for schools and
to the counties for roads, as Repre
sentatives Sinnott and McArthur,
speaking for Oregon, urged. Thirty for
the counties, 20 for the state, was the
proportion fixed, conforming to the
theory that congress owes . first con
sideration to the counties, and that the
state, as such. Is .not entitled to ask
nearly so much.
-
The floor of the house becomes the
next scene of action. With the com
mittee behind it, friends of the bill
believe It will pass, but not without
opposition.
Congressman Hawleys attitude in
promising to present his "side of the
case," a theory rejected by the com
mittee, is one disquieting feature. Haw
lev says that since the committee has
taken another theory he is in favor
of getting all he can for Oregon under
it, but the fact that he represents the
district containing most of the land
and has another theory to present la
not helpful. Then many eastern con
gressmen become thoughtful when told
that 60 per cent of the proceeds are to
go to Oregon. Volstead of Minnesota,
once a member of the public lands com
mittee, is quoted aa saying that the
proposal to give so much to Oregon IS
"outrageous."
Ultimately, it is hoped that Oregon
can do better than 60 per cent. In the
senate, with Senator Chamberlain's in
fluence and the larger proportionate
western representation, it Is thought
that the 40-40 plan may be retained la
the bill and the measure (sentr- into a
conference committee, wjiere the
Chances will at least be equal of as
signing a larger share to the Oregon
school fund.
ness Is, and where It is, giving your
precise address. ,
"2. Advertising should be reckoned
as a part of your business. It- is as
necessary as the sign over your door.
."3. It should be regular and con
stant. People trade with the firm
whose name is familiar to them. The
newspaper ought to be your partner.
"4. The newspaper, going dally Into
the hands of the people, is the best
medium for advertising. ,
"6. Advertising should be attractive.
The most attractive thing you can put
in it Is something that appeals to the
self-interest of the readers.
"6. Be brief. Don't try to erowd all
the reading matter possible into the
pace you pay for, so as to get your
money's worth.
"7. Be human. Make your adver
tlsements as alive and warm as you
can. Don't be too cold ana precise.
"$. .Tell the truth. When custom
ers come to your store do a little more
for them than you said you would ln
your announcement. -
"9. It Is the duty of all honest con
cerns fo advertise. That Is the best
way to crowa out lasers.
"10. Advertising Is necessary to all
forms of business which appeal to the
nubile.
"The newspaper is the street that
runs through the minds of the com
munity; your nameplate ought "to be
on that street." .
Loan to Oneself.
From the Oklahoman.
Testimony and evidence in the case
against Senator Lorimer, who was also
v banker,- tend to show that he loaned
money to himself.
This' revelation Is a valuable one.
1$ teaches many useful lessons. Now
that we know such a consummation is
possible we shall find t the economic
problem wonderruily simpuriad.
In future when any of us need
dollar . or. ten-thousand dollars there
win be "no necessity of "penning" a
friend or of waiting, hat in handV to
consult with our banker. .We'll simp
ly extend ourselves the accommodation
of a loan.
Wonderfully simple! BUnrUs- won-
derfull
TKPnce Guer
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Ambrosia ApartmentsPoets ad
ditionParadise. .- ,
JDear Bill: rve always wanted to
write you a letter.
but I didn't know where to ad
dress It. ....
J You knowBill you had all kinds -
of friends when you were here on
earth. '
and some of your best pals may
have gone to Seattle.
or whatever the name of the place
Is that takes .the place of Seattle
on the other side of Jordan. V
J And in the first place Jfwant to
tell you that I don't take any stock
in this highbrow notion that this
fellow Bacon wrote your stuff.
J He was too busy playing- politics
f I get the right dope.
and politicians aa you know i
never do anything. f
J They just talk about what should !
be done. - v : - !
and what they're gong to' do. ;
and what they think the people j
want.. . J
IF And they say anything no matter
what If they think the people wllr-f '
its ii snu vuie lur mem. i
j For Instance there's prepared-
ncBa and patriotism and- j
but you know about politicians i ',
Bill. -
. i . . j . . . . i . . f
oecause mey were just mi ssms
ln your time as they are now and
always will be. -r -t
J And I don't think Bacon or any
other candidate for the legislature
could have written one of your plays.
ny more than Charley ' Berg
could have written one of A. G. i
Clark's speeches. j . ;
r Ed Werlein could have written !
One j)t C. W. Barxee's letters. J
J But what I, really wanted to say .
was that there are some boys and !
girls out at Reed college who are I
Interested In your work. ;
peciaily now that you've been 1
dead 300 years. t
st And they've rigged , up a stage;
as near as they can from all they
can learn like the stage in your Old
Globe theatre ln London. .;'
JAnd they've had a card writer
make the scenery. :
which Is very simple ' $
Just a little sign saying "Woods",'
or "Palace or wherever it is that
they want to be.
jAnd the audience Is supposed to
use its imagination.
which may be quite a strain .. t
ss It's something audiences hate
to do. r. , :v.
and It's the real reason I guess :
that musical comedy is so popular.
JBut anyway Bill they're going "
to do "Twelfth Night" out at Reed
college as they think it wn-f,i,.i:-in
the original package. . f
fj And I'm going. '
JAnd I want you to be there. ' ,
Jit ought to be easy for you to
get there. -'
if the spiritists are right about It.
JAnd by the way Bill while
you're in town drop over to the Or- !
pheum and see Stella Mayhew.
because she's so funny; and--
J LISTEN BUI real comedians j
m. l tj juni w to vii iii, .i., m .
r rmrm A n r m a r A luat mm nlttri fftil in I
politics as they were in your -time.
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