The Oregon daily journal., April 21, 1916, Page 8, Image 8

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r' Minions for ' oefeti, : bnt not a cent for
tribute, . ;. CHARLES C, PINCKNET.
War's- a game, which, were their sub
I jecta wise, king would not play at.
, t . , ' Cowper.
THE NOTE AXD AFTER
WE ARE not likely to havo
- war with Germany.
Germany wants no war
with us. -We want no war
with Germany.
The Imperial government is in
an awful struggle for survival. It
is only in the madness that might
1 come from that struggle that the
United States would be added to
, the already long list of enemies
o; the German empire. The more
' reasonable expectation Is that more
; rational counsels will prevail and
a way be found by Germany to
nrake peace with America possible.
That government has frequently
admitted the reasonableness of
President Wilson's contentions.
The many promises made in the
submarine controversy to guaran
tee safety to Americans at Bea
were all acknowledgment of the
rights of neutrals as voiced by the
Washington government. It is not
very far for Germany to go now
to renew those acknowledgments
nnd pledges in a way U, satisfy
tLe United States.
. None knows better than does
the German government that the
moral prestige of all Christendom
would be against her in any con
flict with America. The conten
tion of .the United States is the
contention of every neutral. The
' submarine controversy is a contro
versy . in which America has the
sympathy of every neutral iu the
world, and the German govern-
rcnt aerfectly realizes it.
The crews and passongers of the
' merchantmen of Norway, Holland,
Denmark and other neutrals suf
fer from the same submarine op
erations that Americans suffer, and
tho high intelligence of the Ger
man , government will take into
account the certainty that there
will be a great moral influence
against her In the sympathetic
views of all these neutrals before
pi -Edging Into conflict with the
United States.
As a further reason for peace,
Germany realizes that little of
value comes to her from subma
rine operations. The many ships
she has sank have done nothing to
starve her enemiea. They have
; yielded th Imperial government
; little else than embarrassments and
controversies with r.eutrals. The
! small advantages gained have fal-
; Jen far short of compensating for
..... thA rllff Ipiiltl as hrnn?ht nn
. On this side of the ocean, there
la the certain assurance that Pres
f dent Wilson will do everything In
his power to avert war and the
causes of war. He has: long with-
: Biooa. xne criticisms ana xne jaos
of the American Caesars and war
makers. In the eventualities -of
the near future, his firm convic
- Hons as to the value of peace are
a mighty national asset,
in "With such a national helmsman,
' though .'the aspect may look omin
ous, It can only be from the most
extraordinary and most unexpect
. ed tarn In affairs and a most un
reasonable decision by Germany
; that we shall be drawn away from
..- our - usual " avocations and our
t peaceful firesides. .
It does no good for the admirals
and rear admirals of the American
navy to continue their hatred of
: Secretary Daniels. It only makes
them bilious.
" RENASCENT RUSSIA
T USSIA Is likely to be more
vT r cnan than any other
Iv country by the war. For one
thing it is making the peo-
4 pie thrifty. The typical Russian
."mujik'' was s formerly . sotjtish;
food-natured, -.?Ignorant, supers!-
' tious and shiftless in money matters.-;7
Since' the war began his. sav-
i ings banks, deposits have increased
a thousand iper cent, which indi-
.,cates a goodly augmentation of his
Aa A. 1 n a m--.- V aV
; uirm, ' ooma pare otinis pleasant
' change has teen caused by the dis
appearance of vodka. .Russia la
now a dry' country and. all i ob
. servers agree that there, at any
rate,' - prohibition - does - really pro?
hiblt.
-Another change coming' about In
Russia is a tendency toward -fair
treatment of subject' peoples. : It
was many ; months ago that , the
Poles were declared autonomous by
the Russian government. Now
comes : word that , they- are allowed
to sing their national hymn In
their own tongue. Compared with
the time when it was a crime by
Russian decree to speak a word of
Polish this Is a long step forward.
Poland. is likely to emerge from
the war with a good deal of self
government. We hope it will be
put to better use than it was when
the country was independent.
An Illinois newspaper says
"quite a few from here attended
the sale of TomB. Smith Jr. at
Mt. Hebron last Friday." . The price
that Tom brought Is not stated.
A MIGHTY REFEREXtUM
THERE Is no way to misunder
stand the meaning of the
votes for Henry Ford in Mich
' Igan and Nebraska.
He carried Michigan and It seems
probable that he won out in the
Nebraska ' primaries over -Cummins
with Hughes as a poor third.
Whether he wins r not In the lat
ter state,; the heavy vote for him
ba a ponderou meaning.
- The chief appear in voting Jot
Ford is ' that he Is' a ' peace man.
The expressions of the Republican
voters of preference for him is a
great referendum within that party
on tho subject of peace or - war.
They vote overwhelmingly for him,
because he is against war, without
stopping to Inquire as to whether
or not he has other qualifications
for the presidency.
It is iulte" probable that Mr.
lord is lacking in most things re
quired in a president. The Im
practicability of his peace-ship plan
is evidence that he is short on con
ception of international relations.
But it is enough for great masses
ol the party to which Mr Ford
belongs that he is a peace advo
cate. The heavy votes thrown to him
are not votes for Mr. Ford but for
a mighty idea.
These votes show why President
Wilson has such a. hold on the
American masses, regafdless of
party. His constant struggle to
keep this country in peace under
the most exasperating situations,
and his known purpose to avoid
war if it can bo done, is an irre
sistible appeal to the American
people.
When the parents of this nation
look Into the faces of their sons,
when they sit at their firesides and
think of the vacant chairs in Eu
rope, they pray for peace and they
vote as they pray.
The devil-may-care way in which
Mr. McCamant has gone about the
task of getting Mr. Hughes' name
on the Oregon ballot shows that
he i3 as full of frolic as a divinity
student.
SCRAPS OF PAPER
PEAKING of "broken prom-
ises and violated pledges,"
. 1 we are reminded of a little in
cident. It is an unimportant
little incident, something of the
Eort that is always happening la
politics, but still perhaps worth
relating now that Senator Burton
has told the Medford people about
the president's habit of breaking
promises and violating pledges. A
truly regrettable habit this when it
bogins with D, but pardonable
when it begins with R.
But that little incident. It hap
pened when the revered Mr. Tatt
was running for president . Mr.
Taft's grand . old party had prom
ised that the tariff "should be re
vised." The people understood it
to mean "revised downward" and
voted for the rotund and smiling
candidate on that supposition.
When he and his congress were se
curely seated It was discovered that
"revise" meant "revise upward"
and the outcome was the Aldrich
tariff.
This was not breaking promises
and violating pledges. Nothing of
the -sort. It was merely lawyer's
quibbling. But the vulgar mob
took it as much to heart as if a
promise had really been broken.
And they punished the innocent,
good-hearted Taft by sending him
to Yale to profess- international
law. Alas, this is a world of in
justice. Senator Burton did not take the
trouble to tell the Medford people
what pledges President Wilson had
violated or what promises he had
broken. But that is of no conse
quence. The main thing Is to make
your accusation and stick to it
boldly. Proof Is unnecessary be
cause a false statement repeated
often enough is sure to be believed
by somebody. '
The fleet of American, political
submarines is working nnrHm, ?ri
the effort to torpedo Secretary
Daniels.
t BEVTVIXa POETRY
X X 7 JTI?0UT any HBIUy Sunday
tit to push It forward poetry
YY .undergoing a great re
" ' al. . , The f tee 'verse
Writers i and " . other BntHc . a r-
not t the, only 'ones who cultivate
the muss, i There aro man v vnnn e-
poets j-who can write boihlrhyme
and sejiso. , Free yerse I seldom
rhyme and ; quite - of ten .the author
of It. dispenses with sense. 1 but tt
helps make the world interesting.
The older poets are enjoying
more than the usual t sunshin or
popular favor.- : We an know how
immensely - popular Shakespeare Is
likely to be, at least until the ter
centennial is past." Professor Har
per of Princeton' haajust' pub
lished a new "Life and Works"
of Wordsworth. Venturesome read
ers have taken peeps ' into Gold
smith and Cowper and. found that
tley are really almost as bright
as the modern free verse writera.
Wordsworth Is particularly Inter
esting just now because he began
his career with the outbreak of
the French revolution. At first
he sympathized with the great
fight for liberty. Then hla mind
changed and he became one of its
bitterest judges. Poets, as well
as Colonels and professors, havo
their prejudices.
If you find it hard? to remain In
the office these afternoons, think
of all the suffering In the school
rooms.
M'CAMANT, THE LEADER
UNDER the leadership of Mr.
McCamant, lt has been de
cided that Justice Hughes'
name must go on the Oregon
primary ballot.
In a telegram and in a letter to
Secretary of . State Olcott, Justice
Hughes asked that his name be
kept out of the Oregon primary.
But Mr. McCamant is anxious
for Mr. Hughes. He raised a le
gal question as to the right of Mr.
Hughes to withhold his name from
the primary. ; He carried the issue
into the supreme court, and it has
been judicially determined that Mr.
McCamant shall have his way. As
a Hughes backer and political lead
er Mr. - McCamant will show the
party in Oregon a thing or two.
As a reformer and progressive
statesman he is haloed and white
winged. As a party leader, he
was born to ' command.
He is also a great keynoter. In
hla. "speech of the evening," which
was delivered at the recent Lincoln
banquet, he described Louis D.
Brandeis as "an avaricious mounte
bank." La Follette is for Brandeis.
Senator. Clapp is for Brandeis.
Senator Polndexter is for Bran
deis. With these great ' progres
sive Republican leaders for Bran
deis, how pure, how unsullied, how
saintly is the great McCamant
leadership which thinks that Bran
deis Is "an avaricious mounte
bank"! Unhappily, the Republicans of
Oregon have not the confidence in
the McCamant leadership that they
ought to have. When in 1910
he offered himself to them , as a
candidate for supreme judge they
rejected him with one of the most
discouraging votes ever given a
candidate for the office.
And it is thus that in spite of
Mr, McCamant's purity of soul as
a saintly exponent of reaction and
standpatism, and in spite of the
unparalleled powers of the Mc
Camant leadership, Justice Hughes
would likely fare better In Oregon
under another sponsor.
The New York man who is suing
for divorce on the ground that the
first meal his wife prepared nearly
killed him is neither a discoverer
nor a martyr.
PAPER MONEY
THE paper fractional currency
which Russia has issued un
der the stress of the war Is
not without precedent in the
United States. In the course of
the Civil war our government is
sued paper five and ten cent nota
which went by the popular and
perhaps affectionate , name of
"shinplasters." They were not es
pecially convenient and lacked
much in the way of . cleanliness,
but the people used them and were
thankful.
These shinplasters, which did
not circulate a great while, were
"fiat money" but not much more
so than the copper and nickel and
silver coins which have taken their
places. None of our small money
is worth intrinsically anything like
its face value. Nothing but the
government's credit keeps it in
circulation. The difference be
tween such currency and paper is
a matter of degree only.
As the war progresses - we shall
see more of these abnormal cur
rency experiments. The various
national censors will do their best,
of course, to keep such evidences
of distress quiet, but they are
bound to leak out. Still more in
teresting developments are likely
when the war is- over and people
learn of the burdens with which
they have been saddled to gratify
the pernicious ambitions of their
war lords.;:
Senator Theodore's. Burton of
Ohio, according to word that comes
from Medford, was so hoafe when
he spoke there that, his voice was
barely audible.-' Remembering the
senator's, strong finish when he
spoke for 24 hours in the senate
in 1914 against river and harbor
improvements, some of them for
the benefit of Oregon, the senator
must have been using some rasp
ing arguments in support . of . his
candidacy for president.'
RUSSIANS IN FRANCE
IT DOES not strain one's faith
a great deal to believe the re
port ' that ' Russian troops have
cuiuo lu us cuu. vi me x rencn,
landing at Marseilles. Toward the
teglnninz of the war we nsed to
hear wonderful tales of Russian
auxiliaries landing In France. At
one time there were three quarters
of a million ' of these imaginary
troops marching : cere and there
along the trenches; But nobody
believed those stories for they were bundles of all sizes, each bearing; the
obviously absurd. - ; - ' . familiar Tru-Blu mark. It is a busy
The now .report has it that the; place, and getting; busier every day, ,
Russians have landed In moderate 1 "InvltS the, publie to visit this ea
numbers. Some say they .must! tbMhment," the manager said,
have sailed through jtho Medlter- 4 "Visitors are our best advertisers,
ranean - from' a 'point in ; the Le -
vant, Hut what point is a great
They - could not have, passed the Institution and folk that provide
through the Dardanelles nor could a great deal of their food for them,
they have sailed from "any port It Is not & email thing;, to know the
between the Dardanelles and Egypt conditions under which, the things
because the Russian arms have ' which sustain the body are produced,
not yet penetrated to the coast in theref ore we extend an invitation to
those parts. ' ' all readers otWThe Journal to pay us
It is a safe guess that these 'calls at any time most convenient ,to
friends of the French came around j themselves. .
the north of Sweden and passed
through the Strait of Gibraltar. . The Utility Garment Co.
But why they chose that circuitous There are scores of dressmakers in
route instead of landing nearer Portland. There are concerns mak
the seat of war is a mystery. The ing suits and coats for women, but
Russians, according to all accounts,
Lave plenty of troops to spare,
France has been sending them ex-
pert, artisans to help forward their
munition works and England has
been sending them money, on
credit which counts as money. The
only thing the czar can do to keep
the balance even Is to send sol -
diers in retflrn. Silver and gold
he hath none but that which he
hath he giveth unto the hard,
pressed French.
It is clear enough that the al
lies are building up such a wall
of men between the Germans and
Paris that no human power can
surmount it or break through it.
AH idle theories about finishing
the war by some grand exploit in
the East have been dropped and
everybody has settled down to
hard fighting along, the French
frontier.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
Again are good thlnga to oat tha topic
of the day. A new but thrlring bnalneaa la
the anbject of No. 114 of the "Nothing the
Matter With Portland" aeriea. The manager
Invite the public to Tlnit the plant and see
liow the biscuit maker does hla work. Di
viding apace and honors with tola company
la another new concern, which makes thlnga
to wear, and is also Terjr busy, and thriv
ing accordingly .J
ERE is a message from one of
-l Portland's newest industries, or
rather one that has been reborn
within . the past 'four, months and
which is . proving to be a mighty
healthy, thriving infant. It Is the
hustling factory of the Tru-Blu Bis
cuit company, located at East Sixth
and Davis streets.
Mr. F. E. Krause, president of tho
new concern, says that when he and
his associates took over the business
of F. F. Haradon & Sons. Inc., they
' ...
made up their minds that this must
be a practical, up-to-the-very-last-
minutft hiscult fnrtnrv Th,v nlanncfl
minute discuii factory, iney planned
to incorporate in It trie best Ideas
of the country's biscuit makers, and
a good many original ones of their
own. So before a wheel was turned
they set a large crew -of men to work
remodeling, renovating, refinlshing
and modernizing every Inch of the
Interior.
All the walls were enameled In
gleaming white. New hardwood floors
were laid throughout. A wonderful
plumbing system was installed to
keep every nook spotlessly clean and
sanitary. - auuiy new mscmnes were
ordered, and everything was arranged
with the view of handling the product
quickly and welL
LIKE MOTHER'S KITCHEN.
Every Calculation of the manage
ment has been carried out to the
full. Beginning at the top floor one
enters a very large room flooded with
fresh air and sunshine. That de?.X
lightful baking aroma reminds one
of mother's kitchen In the long ago,
though everything here is done on
a scale a hundred times larger.
On one side of the room is a bat
tery of mixers, huge machines that
prepare the sponges for the proof
room, where they are kept while rls
lnr; and where the temperature is
kept the same day In and day out, to
insure the uniformity of the finished
product.
Today they are baking "Blue Rib
bon" soda wafers, those little square
crackers being stamped from the
luuuy ivueu uv-6U w u",u8 eul possible Socialists; botn from piat-
machlnery, and sprinkled with salt form declarations and a desire, by So
by ra unique device. White lad j cialists, of greater unity between or-
bakers deftly carry them on long
paddles to the ovens, where they are
slipped onto the wide, slowly revolv
ing shelves. They emerge a few mo
ments later delicately tinged with
brown, and are conveyed mechanically
to the floor below.
A little farther on they are baking
Tru-Blu Grahams, and it is "explained
that "grahams" are the "health wa
fers" of biscultdom.
Oa the packing floor a host of
girls In neat white dresses and caps
are placing the wafers, fresh from
the ovens. Into wax, lined oontalners.
These in turn are wrapped and la
beled, ready , for the shipping room.
Interesting?
. Why there" are so many remarkable
things going on all around that one
can mention only the most striking
ones. There's the ingenious machine
that frosts and dries' the fancy coated
cakes. And AX'M fascinating to watch
them give tne popular .English Style
biscuits their cream centers.
One marvels at the skill' of the girls
who fasten caddies with a couple of
lightning strokes, folding, and stapl
ing them in the twinkling of an eye.
Everything is sew and Interesting,
and - everywhere precision is shewn
that calls for, earnest admiration.
COVERS FOUR STATES.
The business of the Tru-Bla Bis
cuit company covers. In most thor
ough manner, the four states of Ore
gon, Washington. California and Mon
tana. Salesmen visit all tfcwn in
these commonwealths, and ' they're
wideawake ones, too. "The fruits of
their labors are seen In the big ship
ping department; where the walks and
alleyways are flanKed with boxes and
1 he declared. We want; the public
to ' know and become familiar with
this place. People ought to know
there Is but one factory devoting Its
energies entirely to women's and
children's cotton garments. This one.
owned by M. E. MacLeod, is known
as the Utility Garment company, and
is located at 65 Union avenue, north,
' 11 was opened for business In July
of last year, employs 14 hands, 12
! of them women operators of electric-
ally propelled sewing machines,
, Though not quite a year in existence.
Mr. MacLeod says he is c"oing a busi-
ness of S3 000 a month and that the
products of his factory are entirely
disposed of to local merchants, no
retail sales being made.
"We manufacture anything a worn
an or child wears which is made of
cotton." Mr. MacLeod states. "We
have the only factory of this kind In
; Oregon, and the fact that we already
; have a business of $3000 or more a
month shows that such an Institution
was needed in this city. It Is
wonder. Indeed, that someone had not
established a factory of this kind
before. A city of 60,000 population
would support this kind of industry,
and here we have more than five
times that number of citizens.
Mr. MacLeod Is optimistic as to the
future of his enterprise. He says it
is growing much faster than he had
anticipated, and that it will hot be
long before he will be compelled to
seek larger quarters. His present
work rooq is on the ground floor of
a brick building located on a corner,
and is finely lighted on two sides. It
Is a pleasant, sanitary place In which
to labor,
Letters From the People
f Communications sent to The J on real for
pabllcatlon in this department should be writ-
tan
on only ona side of tba paper, should Dot
MmM SOO word, la ltsnffth and moat bo ae-
eamnanled by the name and addreaa of tba
""ier. u tha writer does nm aeair n aare
tha name published, be snoold so state.
"Dlscnsslos Is the craatest of all reformers.
It rationalises everything It touches, it robs
! principles of aU falao sanctity and tbrowa them
,ck on thei, reaaonableneaa. if they have no
reaeonableneaa. It ruthlessly eroanea tBam oat
of existence and seta np Its own conclusions
In their ateaa. yvouqrow wiiaoo.
On the Socialist Platform.'
Portlands ApriL 18.- To the Editor of
The Journal Paragraph 8 of the So
clalist platform says- "Capitalist so
ciety rests upon private ownership of
land, natural resources, macmnery ana
great plants for producing and aistriD
utinar wealth.'
It s farmers' program
is entirely new for Oregon Socialist
platforms. In section 11, ou agrlcult-
I u! works it says: "To prevent the
, 1mU nantry we demand that all
farm lands not cultivated by the own
, ers shall be taxed at their full rental
value and that actual use shall be the
only title to land."
Section 12, same heading, says: "We
demand the retention by the national,
state or local governing bodies of all
land owned by them, and the contlnu
ous acquirement of other land by re
clamation, purchase, condemnation or
otherwise: such land to be organized
agricultural enterprises.
Again in section 22, general de
mands, it says: "The state to engage
in banking and loan money directly to
the people at no higher rate than 2 per
cent.1
What more could be desired than
the People's Land and Loan measure
to fill out the land and money demands
of this platform?
With the foregoing similar provi
sions written both in this measure and
our platform, the membership, regard
less of the action of the convention in
its hurried moments in tabling the land
and loan measure got out by organ
ized labor of this state, without dis
cussion, snonld not similarly pass them
up at the polls. This measure undoubt
A1v will rplv tKa united aunrjort at
ganized labor and the organized po
litical Socialist party.
Be it understood that the state ex
ecutive committee of the Socialist
party has not approved this letter.
They might not do so If It were pre
sented to them. It Is my own effort at
advancing Socialist principles through
the public press In the coming cam
paign, C.W. BARZEE.
. A Statement for Mr. McArtb.nr.
Portland, April X9. To the Editor
of The Journal. The Anti-Saloon
league is distributing through tne Sun
day schools of various churches of this
city a dodger entitled, "Why Voters
Are Registering Republican.' It Is an
attack, on Congressman McArthur and
contains matter concerning which the
puMlc should be correctly Informed.':
Mr. McArthur took his seat In con
grese only last December, and in keep
ing with his campaign pledges ne wui
remain at bis post of duty, looking aft
er the interests of his constituents
to the best of his ability. Will you
therefore anow ma, as manager, of hi
campaign committee, to criticize , this
dodger?' .
Two years since, the Anti-Saloon
league conducted a campaign against
the saloon..' By promising the people
not ' to interfere with their personal
'( liberty in having liquor for use In their
private homes they succeeded - In
amending the constitution of Oregon
so as to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquor in the state
. In keeping with the campaign prom
ise of the Anti-Saloon league they went
to the legislature for a law prescribing
the condition under which liquor
could be obtained by the citizens of
Oregon. They, in conjunction with, the
Committee of One-Hundred, drafted a
bill which was referred to the liquor
committee of the house of representa
tives, of which Mr. Littlefield was
chairman. That bill Was enacted very
largely through the efforts of Mr. Lit
tlefield and Is the bill which authorizes
liquor to Toe shipped into Oregoa from
California.
The AnttSaloon league now endea
vors to create the Impression ty the
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE!
Wonder how the elephant enjoys the
latest ford Joke from Nebraska?
May the best Club win the pennant!
But may the &est club be the Beavers!
As an aid to anglers, it is suggested
that trout be enlisted in the "swat the
fly" campaign.
Judged by appearances here in Ore
gon, tnat Burton boom needs a lot of
nourishment.
It begins to look ai though Portland
may be ruled by an imported potentate
during the Rose Festival.
It's up to the individual himself
whether he need worry about that pro
posed increased tax on whiskey.
With San Francisco planning whole
sale trade extension in southern Ore
gon, the "Buy in Oregon" slogan will
put to a test.
With father worrying about the cost
of gasoline and mother about the price
)t sugar, daughter is lucky if her new
Easter bat is home and paid for.
The vast army of husbands who year
after year succeed in liquidating; their
indebtedness to Easter millinervr are
not the ones who say we can't pay for
national preparedness.
A curious individual wants to' know
why it is that every time Germany
gives the allies a check the British tax
payer has to dig down In his pocket
for more cash?
A GREAT LAWYER AND A GREAT CITIZEN
No testimony more direct, positive
or conclusive, nor from a witness more
competent, has appeared In all the mat
ter put in evidence in the case of Louis
D. Brandeis, considered as a federal
supreme court appointee, than that
contained In the document that appears
herewith a letter from ex-Governor
Walsh of Massachusetts to. United
States Senator Walsh of Montana.
Washington, Feb. 7, 1918. My Dear
Senator Walsh It seems to me a pub
lic duty to write to you In regard to
the appointment of Louis D. Brandeii
of Massachusetts as a Justice of the
supreme court of the United States.
During the two years I was governor
of Massachusetts, and in the years preceding-
them, I had repeated occasions
to observe this man and his high ideals
and common sense: his wide practical
knowledge of the law; his extensive
understanding of the business, eco
nomic, and social problems of our time;
his sound judgment and ardent devo
tion to the public welfare. As you
know, we are justly proud of the num
ber and ability of our public spirited
men In Massachusetts, and it would
be difficult, to point out a better ex
ample of generous, unpaid, diligent,
constructive work upon the side of the
public Interests than that which has
been done by Mr. Brandeis.
On numerous occasions, beginning at
least as far back at 1898, whenever the
creation and control of the Boston sub
ways was before the legislature, he
has been, as a private citizen, a tire
less and successful leader against pow
erful opposition in support of the prin
ciple that the value of the subway
franchises should be kept for the pub
lic, after giving to the operating com
pany a reasonable return for services
rendered. He declined" to accept any
compensation for his long continued
and very valuable constructive work
during- all these years In this cause.
When the gas situation in Boston
appeared to be in a hopeless condition
he urged again as a private citisen the
plan by which the dividends of the gas
company were made dependent upon
the price charged for gas to the con
sumers. This has resulted In a reduc
tion In the price of gas to the public
and in a corresponding increase in divi
dends to stockholders of the company.
When the insurance investigations
occurred he devised and successfully
pressed for legislation in Massachu
setts permitting, for the first time in
this country, our savings banks to
issue small-payment life in&iirance pol
icies. This has resulted In an oppor
tunity for our working people to Insure
themselves at much lower rates than
were being charged by the industrial
Insurance companies and has led these
companies to make lower rates. To
my personal knowledge Mr. Brandeis
has given annually thousands of dol
lars to further the work of bringing
to the working people of our state this
opportunity for less costly Insurance.
For more than 20 years prior to the
Massachusetts law there had been no
reduction in the cost of Industrial in
surance, but since the passage of the
law so successfully advocated by Mr.
Brandeis in Massachusetts, the premi
ums of the old-line companies have ,
dodger, that Mr. McArth; --- respon
sible for this- legislation, aitno-jgn ne
had nothing whatever to do With its
passage. He was not a member of tne
legislature which enacted the bill.
In his first campaign for congress
Mr. McArthur stated that he would
consider the vote of this congressional
district on the question of state prohi
bition as the sentiment of his district
In regard to national prohibition, and
when the Third district returned a ma
jority against state prohibition Mr-.
McArthur announced that in accord
ance with his campaign pledge he
would vote against national prohibition
should - tbe matter come to a vote In
congress. But before taking his seat
in congress Mr. McArthur notified the
Anti-Saloon league and stated publicly
that If a measure directing' him to vote
for national prohibition were placed on
the ballot next November, as author
ized by law, and the measure carried,
he would be bound thereby and vote
accordingly. Mr. McArthur believes in
the fullest application of the Oregon
system and will cheerfully 7 support
such... legislation as his district may
direot by their ballots.
The dodger names some Of the can
didates for congress and asserts that.
There are no other candidates on any
tickets so far." Mr. Laffertr has been
advertising himself as a candidate for
the Republican nomination for con
gress for many months, and th author
of the dodger certainly has not over
looked Mr. Laff ertys advertisements.
. Everr citizen who registers .is re
quired by Section 2, Chapter 225. Laws
of 1916. to subscribe to an oath which
contains the following. That I an
in good faith 4 member of the party
with Which I nave registered.' - The
dodger .boasts as follows: "We are
not Republicans, We are dry independ
ents. - : We re .registered as Re
publican.' '-. r" '..- - '
Some of the pastors of the churches
of Portland, notwithstanding tbe fore
going oath of registration, have advo
cated from their pulpits not only that
voters should register as Republicans,
but if they have registered as Demo
crats, Prohit-itionists or what not. to
go back and change their -registration
to Republican. Is the right to partic
ipate In the primary of a political
party to be perverted in such unseemly
manner by those whom we would most
expect to keep it pure and unsullied?
This Is a blow at the very heart of
our system of government and deserves
the contempt and censure of all good
eitisens. ::i:t'
Mr. McArthur stands for what he
thinks Is right in politics and bespeaks.
not only for himself but also his op
ponents, fair play and Justice. It Is
his desire to conduct his campaign free
from spleen and rancor, and with due i
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
With the exception of Installing the
furniture, which is arriving but slowly,
the new federal building at Medford is
ready for use. -
Deep snow on the 9009 altitude range
of mountains west of Baker, the Demo
crat says, insures cool nights the
whole summer long, . and just now
frosty mornings. . . . ,
' The Condon Times makes the re
markable assertion that Condon has
the best water now of any town in
the state of Oregon, beating Bull Run
so badly that "there Is nothing to it."
a
The Press concludes an appeal for
the establishment of a woolen mill at
Paisley, with this: "The combination of
our ample water power, our great sheep
industry and our Ideal climate should
appeal to those who know the condi
tions required In this industry."
Planting report on Onion county, in
the Union Scout of April 16: "Farmers
are gettins; along fine with plowing
and seeding and despite the backward
spring prospects are good for a big
crop. Two weeks of good weather
will leave most of them ready for the
grain to grow."
"Portland," says the Hood River
News, "canot deal too drastically with
the speed maniac on the Columbia river
highway. The speed fiend has no place
on a scenic highway of this kind,
where the necks of others as well as
his own are placed in Jeopardy."
been reduced on an average 20 per cent,
thus saving; to the people of this coun
try. Insured In Industrial companies,
from $15,000,000 to 120,000,000 annu
ally and to the people of Massachu
setts about 91,000,000.
The system of arbitration which he
devised for the New York Garment
Workers is an equally significant ex
ample of his Judicial qualities and his
public service in other fields.
In 1906 the people of New England
began to awaken to the fact that the
New Haven railroad was apparently
successfully seeking to create a New
England transportation monopoly. The
event which focused public opinion
most sharply was the acquisition cf
the controlling interest in the Boston
& Maine railroad. Mr. -Brandeis, again
as a private citizen, commenced an ex
haustive study of this railroad problem
and made public an analysis of the
financial condition of the New Haven
railroad, pointing out for the first time
to the people of New England the in
evitable disaster sure to result from
the course of mismanagement and
waste then being pursued. His advice
was unheeded, tils warning derided,
and his motives Impugned. But time
has shown that his conclusion was
based upon carefully ascertained facts,
to which he applied the clearest and
most cogent reasoning power. Three
years ago what he prophesied nine
years ago became apparent to all and
is now a matter of public knowledge
and of record In senate documents and
elsewhere.
I Instance these, among many pub
lic services covering a long period of
years, as illustrative of the work done
as a private, citizen In the service of
the public interest without compen
sation, at a large expenditure of his'
own time in the midst of' a very ac
tive professional life.
Indeed, in extensive acquaintance
with public men I know of no one who
without emolument or honors of public
office has given so much of the valu
able constructive service of a trained
lawyer to the public weal as Mr.
Brandeis.
I have written mainly of Mr. Bran
dels' public work for the past 20 years,
but I would not have you overlook
that before he engaged in these public
activities out of whlcn have grown
results for which he is entitled to the
gratitude of the American people, he
had achieved already a position at the
Massachusetts bar which would well
have warranted his appointment to the
supreme court at the age of 40. He Is
a great lawyer and a great citizen. Is
not this a combination for a great
Judge?
Were I not hastening on a far Jour
ney I would seek a personal interview
with the committee, but failing such
opportunity, I venture to emphasize
and perhaps to repeat some of the
things I said to you orally, and I hope
that you will communicate them to
your committee, together with my very
best respects.
Very oincerely, yours,
DAVID I. WALSH, Boston, Mass.
Hon. Thomas J. Walsh, The Senate,
Washington. I. C.
regard to the dignity of tbs office
which he now fills.
if. S. M'CUTCI IA N,
Manager McArthur Campaign Commit
tee. Criticism of Judge Jones.
Portland, Or., April 19. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Like Mr. R. A.
Power, the writer rejoices to learn that
Judge Jones Is courageous in resent
ing Insults to his judicial and personal
dignity. .
Like Mr. Power, a recent experience
with Judge Jones Is fresh In my
memory.
At that time the "two fisted- Jurist
was lending his court to a" shyuter
lawyer to collect evidence to be used
by a law breaker, in another court.
After stringing the procedure over
three weeks, during which time most
of tbe officers of the Grocers' associa
tion were summoned into court, , the
petty civil action against a poor fel
low Who had been idle for a year was
dismissed.
I'm real glad to know Jones Is so
courageous, but suspect - that his Is
physical courage only, aa his record
plainly indicates moral strabismus
and Judicial cowardice. -
ROBERT O. DUNCAN.
Support tho President.
Vrom the Portland Oregonlan.
Tb situation is fraught with such
perilous possibilities that patriotism
calls upon ail good citizens to forget
Internal differences and rally - behind
the president Wbn - we become in
volved in conflict "or serlods contro
versy with another nation, it behooves
us ' all '- to remember only that the
president Is the head of the . nation,
contending for the rights of the whole
American- people. On such occasions
it iU becomes a man occupying the
position ; of Representative Mann ' to
copdemn him for doing that the .omis
sion to do which would have covered
him with Ignominy, or to make -the
monstrous charge that he seeks war
with Germany to gratify his political
ambition. Such calumnies react with,
redoubled effect on their maker. - - -
Tbe American people in this crisis
must forget their racial origins, their
sympathies with belligerents, and must
stand together. A united people has
no cause to fear the consequence of a
bold Stand for its undoubted rights. -A
divided people in such a case is the
chief author of Its own destruction. We
have enough to occupy our united en
ergies In preparing for . the worst that
may befall; we should waste no energy
in internal' strife.
Vh Standpatter Speaks:
. (Aiao the Militarist.)
v -.Latest Nebraska returns give
Henry .Ford a lead of 1000 over Al
bert B. Cummins for the Re
publican presidential nomination.
Charles E. iiugi.es is third. Ore
gonian, - y:-:,:
My, isn't this distressing
To see the populace
Go waste their votes on Henry Ford. '
Like he were in the race?
i --. "
They do not seem to understand
The fellow is absurd;
Though they've been told and told and
told.
They've never heard a word.
They do not seem to care that he
Is not a candidate; .
Nor do the stupid folks- recall
His peace ship's sorry fate.
What is the matter, anyway, :
With theaa Nibraaka srranoraraf
They turn to this poor, simple man,
And statesmen treat as strangers
Of course, he carried Michigan 5
But now Nebraska falls in line
It surely puzzles me. ;
The fellow's quite Impractical
Why, he believes in peace.
And kocr and amends hla mnn v
) That Europe's war should cease.
We've told the people oft enough
That Henry Ford's a Joke;
We've laughed at him with all oua
might.
And now Just watch his smoke! -
We've made his car a vaudeville Jest, "
And yet the people buy it;
And human brotherhoods a Joke
And yet they want to try it.
The people may not see the -point
They're such a stupid crew;
They don't know how to take a joke
And yet, perhaps, they do.
THE H0ME-OH0WK XTBE,
Our Sagebrush Country.
Mr. R. E. Siruborn. we thank thee
for arousing our sleepy sou la,
and plurlng our vim and energy
L'pmj the bonor rolla.
All were discouraged and forlorn 7
Iklill., l.AW A
'Til out cair-e Mr. Strahorn
And rode tha sagebrush country through.
Went back aa faat aa be could go,
And aent tbe engineers out :
Through the mountains and the snow -
They've surveyed tlia railroad route.
From the Bend to Lakevlew,
Through the sagebrush and the sand.
The railroad's sure to go throiiKl)
Won't it be something grand? - -
So the'hottiFsteadera are here to aiayj
To clear and plow the aandy land; ;
And we are going to make It pur
Regardless of The blowing sand.
We'll all get np and roan.
From early morn till night,
'Till there isn't any KHgrbruah
Left to meet tour auxluua sight.
TT K . n all Ik. ,.rn. )i I. grnnm
And plowed la all the ground
And the aeed all sown along
'Tie then we'll stop snd look around.
With VoA Sam to give aid, -
And with aU our might and strength.
We ll lay the rsbbTCJn tbe shads
Like poor soldlers'Tue trench, ,
O. Government, give ns command
That will iut iim all to work v
To make tin Mg Irrigation Dim,
And we'll nut be found to shirk.
We'll think we've struck it rMt
When we ran see sad hear the lrsin, , '
Tba water flowing in tha ditch.
And the beautiful, golden grain.'''
Mr a. Arabella Kerns, la Silver Lake Leader:
Shall We
Grow or
Stand
Still?
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
APRII.. 16. outlined a plan Of
Industrial development for
Tort land and the Columbia
country.
EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION
on this alMmportant subject
bv representative Portland
men will be included In The
Sunday Journal nest Sunday.
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story, "The Love Trees." .
a. P. WILSON offers an In
terestlng narrative, "Inside
Stuff." 4
FRANK CONDON Is repre
sented by "Concluding an Inci
dent." EDGAR RICES BURROUOHS
is the author of the serial
tory, "Sweetheart Primeval,'"
now running. ,
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showing wild v flowers along
the Columbia - river highway ,
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