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: . .') 1 1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1918. 4 y I t r i i i f x a. t a I . . I MP . K'H J r IMMtl' ' w mtr AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. -;. a jackon .' Fubnhr fwnoon nd morning , ' t'ubllalied every day. a.rrernoon ana raornin . - .. . ipt.. i . . nnpi annnar arif nrom t. wo - . ?odio. Brdw., .od y.muiu ..... Poru iitti, ir. T- Entered it tlm poatoffice t Portland, Or., for tnnunlHnfl tliroiltfll lb. mails as aeCOI'.U . ' . -.- , mruUU. asi-au flrptrtoii-nti rmciieu ry tb'c nnniDerfc mi S ' ...the operator wh.t rjfpnrtUK-nt w.nt jroiiElOi.1 AUVUHTISl.vo RErKK.si:.TATiv'E St'&t ffVrSiC' ! - n'''g- cyoat"- 8niMcription trmiii hy moil or to any ma- , cription term. ty moil or to any .a- , 4'iL m ob n'i n " oit a ft 11 noo N ) j DAILY 0Deyer J.YX Oi.e month $ so Vlv.Z-j. L A-Ti". v'nns-; av ' ' sunday !Qneyer ..r.o i on month 1 : 1 it&ssL . ! ,t. America .sk nnr(,ii,e f-r iicrir tmt wnt i ab ha a rlLit In a.k for l.uminity ifWf. i(iL)Ktv wilson. 1 Minion for drf.'7irT.it n-.t . rent t c intuit. ( HAl'.I.t.S V,. l'IMK.NK. One Gxl, ore law, one element; And one fr-'ff 1It1i;. pvmi To wlilb the whole rreut!"ti mum. - TL NN VSON. THOSE I E X I' X C I A T I O N S T HE Chicago platform rinKS with denunciations of the work of the Wilson admin- lstration. i It Is not the voice of rank and J file Republicans, but the expres- ! sions of leaders, mostly of the "old guard" variety who want 1 through the ballot box to get tlie I reins of government again in their . hands. i There is one tremendous fact j that is a powerful indictment of " J aggregate resources of the national j banks of the United States now aggregate resources of tlio national banks of the United States now exceed by approximately $3.000,-' 000.000, tho combined resources of the Flank of Entrland. the Tinnk of France, tho Hank of Russia, ino iieicuMuaiiK oi many, ino .uuun. in mo .ti uci uwms, ine nwiss nainui .i .w i..i, ,e J national bank and tho Bank of ! Japan. It is a staggering condition. 1 Nothing is more Indicative of the ir'o will take good care not to let' He got but a scanty vote in the amazing growth of the United Mark Twain's connection with its Oregon primaries. The farmers i-States than ls the relative strength new acquisition bo forgotten and of Oregon were against him large ! of the banks of America in com- will coin many tin honest penny ly on account of his filibuster to , J parison with those in the countries out of his fame. ! beat the shipping bill. ; cited. j : He and his filibustering col- J The increase in tho resources of I It is not at Chicago that the des- leagues cost the American farmers J American banks in one year ex- tiny of these United States is to millions of dollars last year. By t ceeded the total resources of the be determined, but at the millions preventing the government from Relchsbank of Germany in Feb- J ruary, 1916. ! The total denosits in American 1 banks increased more than $411.- ; 000,000 in the three months end- ; ing last March. lt t a.s an in- 'crease over tho total deposits in iMarch. 19ir. of $2,m,000.00o. The figures are so prodigious as i to be almost unbelievable. It is i concrete proof of national prosper I lty beyond anything known in ; American history. The full story of this vast growth of financial ; strength and amazing advance in j wealth will be told by Secretary ! Irij . . .JviCAaoo m tomorrows Sun day; journal. , iu I J U1U 1 i I. II lOBLilUCeO, cue ui- nunclations by tho Chicago plat-1 Iform of President Wilson for his ! program of legislation and for Jkeeping the country in that peace jvhich has brought on this vaBt national abundance can have no tether effect than to raise aniuniiea otates, sincuy under Kock tissue that will be harmful to the cause of those who project it. Th a fislam nlnn nf aroiH. n -big Blgi. "Don't judge our town ' by the depot," suggests great pos-. fiibilities. For instance, every com-j uiuiiujf uiiui pui up me sign, Don't Judge our town by some ! of the people who live in it.' HILI. AM) HIS MONEY A VENERATED contemporary, the Omaha World-Herald, ' consecrates somewhat more; than half a column to mor-lare a .... . . aimng upon the death of James J. Hill. The burden of its lay is ever they can get it, without re that although Mr. Hill had "slath- j gard to its odor and with no ts and gobs" of money "it gave j thought of the obligations it 1m hfm no measurable advantage over : poses. mm In ordinary circumstances' so far as warding off the grim monster is concerned. "Money." uT'JZ? not buy health. It will not buy medical services that are certainly availing." ! There is Just enough truth In this sort of talk to make it thor oughly misleading. Naturally there comes a time when every man must die anu mrney cannot save him. Queon Elizabeth with her last breath offered her kingdom xor a moment o' time, but the leges. It has gone to work sys klngdom was not hers to give and tematically ti build up a Rocke tlme for her was soon to be no ! feller satranv in th South hv more. So sho passed over like any .other mortal. Emerson has discoursed on money and its power much more -wisely than our Omaha neighbor. does not seek to blind himself and us with poul tices of yr&rm mush over the eyes. VThe-great philosopher of New England understands that money 'Ja' a tremendous factor for iealth .1nd tapplness, aj well as' for barm. Yixen a rich man .is threatened with tuberculosis he can employ theOmost expert physicians to diag- .1.006 bis , case and can flea at once to a reirlon who.rii th air and " sunshine will heal his Jrngs. The poor man must go on tolling for bread while the disease saps hla ; - i i t a j -1 i l . . mW. lt n riCU lliau a Uiaiitu; .....rlcai tratmt. he -J 'j can go i0 ajjauimore or Minneapolis n r- VJanna jaw Via Anapitinn ha v. w vj i wlivu !L!iy 'f, 1 ruijwus m mo wunu iu ireuuiui-iu it. The poor man may have to . tr. r,orQiri .limrothcr ' Money enables the rich to live in hygienic surroundings, in good ajr jn houses properly drained and ventilated. It enables them to 'eat ajr jn houses nroperly drained and nourishing food and rear their children under the best auspices, Money gives the children of the rich countless advantages over the rhiirircn of the noor in DhvBtcal well being, in education, In com-; najiionshin. in ideals of life. There I in tnn murh contlmontal tnllr flhont! tiie uselessness of money Ws should candidly face he fact that ; j It Is one or the most potent agen- cies in the world. The state taxpayers' league coin- j mittee does not fall in with the ; sjgfestion made by Governor' Withycombe at Eugene recently 1 that most cf the hue and cry against the consolidation of state j boards and commission'' is raised IV. serontl grade ooliticians. The ,.A . . ' . . ... .4c. committee is goinr ahead with its inquiry, holdinfe a viewpoint that IS ;Q .lifmrpnt from tlllll if Vi PV - I i cellency. LRK TWAIN'S i;ai.MNG j oi wneat is u uuiim uuuci ui5uCi HE rlose of the career in this than the Oreeon Price- ( world of the Virginia City1 11 is an outrageous situation, Enterprise Bends a" ripple of' when the ship owner gets more .:Z 1 iPP'! 'monev for carrvinr wheat to Ene- T c paper and literary world It was the Nevada naDer for -which Mark Twain wrote his first articles. He began by sendine letters to The Enterprise from Aurora in Esmer-) elda county, Nevada, but finally : came to town and joined the staff, Ills early letters were signed ".Josh." Later he assumed the pen name of Mark Twain for its eu -phony. The Kntorpiine was founded in " "a """ "" Francisco Chronicle, at Genoa, in Francisco Chronicle, at Genoa, in Douglas county. NevaA A little Douglas county, NevatM. A little whilo aftorward it moved to Car- eon aud then, in 1800, to Virginia Citv whr-e it ,,anri ti,fl rOUf r,t- its life. The paper is not really ' oeaa. it t:as only been merged. wun anoiner paper, tile Virginia m . . ,.. , Citv Chronicle, as Harper's Week- lv has been swallowed ud by The J Independent. Doubtless the Chron-! of firesides scattered over the land, Repeating the word3 '"not in Chicago 1 Juno but at the the republic in the quiet Of No- verni er after the silence or delib- crttte judgment will this question .boBettlcd." ETEKXAIi YKilLANCE w E HAVE just been looking through th secretary's re- i'u" luo KBUCla' euu" cat iota board. Readers l'"bably k"ow what this board is. ; If la ha annnM hi-ntirrl. ,i-V,l..u ll,. JL 10 .n.u me ,lu'"r,u"-' 'u";''s li " ai-quiiiUK control over education in rhA - " 1 nited States. According to the : ; treasurer's statement this gigantic 'Corporation row has a little more ' than $46,000,000 at its disposal, i ! The lncome ia devfted to super-! vIsing education everywhere In the efeller influence. The board has one or two mem bers liko Dr. Charles W. Eliot whose independence is, of course, I unquestioned, but the others are simply Rockefeller puppets who j dance as the billionaire pipes. The ; inauaij iiuiputo ui mo uoaru, as we gather, is to fix its grip upon the colleges. During the past year it has aided eight of these institu tions with Sums running from $25, 000 up to $300,000. If the col- i. nntu thnli- nam if legerj know their own true welfare they would shun such insidious ! gifts, but unhappily their needs ! crent gtir their HUerotinn . .. . . small and they take monev wher- Of course, no college can take Rockefeller money without giving at least an implied promise to live economic and social teaching. The 1 ..wo .u. Ui feciictdi euu- canon ooara is to Kill otr ' social unrest" Ly smothering it in the colleges. It is a case of Greeks bearing treacherous gifts to Tro jans who receive them with eager docility. But the Rockefeller board does not limit its attentions to col- means of shrewd donations to the rural schools and to agriculture. It has an open field in this region, for the state ant federal govern ments have almost totally neg lected their social duties. Ignor ance ls prevalent and farming is semi-barbarous. The Rockefeller method is- to begin by destroying democratic in stitutions. Thus it has promoted a law in Alabama which complete ly abolishes local control over the public schools. The Rockefeller board speaks or this law as "anigested for toe Yice-presidency to admirable statute which may well - serve as a model." j The Rockefeller interests ac-! quire their power over the schools " ' " a . i . i i . i ailU colleges WrUUgB lueir IU.UL1CJT. nv Mf.fniw Ure... . . . u.vwwvwU - - trey maKe 8CDOO! autnoriues anu nAtlAir t.... a a a thoir w i 1 11 n e wiicgo UOdCvO tucii " lAi&ue, !Vf!; "i""! giuvr uuui peuiJio icauw the danger and assume the duty nf orio.-ato o,.nAi,rn mor arln. cat'on and adequate support of it 1 Our colleges and schools ought not to be ob'iKed to turn to the Rocke- to be obliged to turn to the Rocke- feller dynasty for alms. Their sup-; port is a duty of the government and tlie control which support im- plies should be exercised by the government, not by a self-seeking corporation whose sinister motives are only t03 apparent. ! Dnknki v. i.noann ! Prnhahlv tho hlrf reannn whv ,t,. rat not adopt a resolution in favor of a Ktate bond issue for roads was the existence of a general senti- ment that it would be better to waij until tne state has a highway organization of proven efficiency, A PLATFORM BLUNDER D ENUNCIATION Of the Ship i ii iueioej uui a vim yjt. errors of the platform mak- ers at Chicago. I The farmers of the United States ; (are nOW giving One UUSUtri Ul Wiltal , 'to cet another bushel transported to Europe. The Liverpool price m i A jii v i.v, land than the larmer gets lor pro- . . duting It. Yet that is exactly what is happening and it is due to the shortage of ships. President Wilson foresaw what would happen, and at the very outset of the war proposed that the government buy ships and put them in service either under pri- vate or public control In order to regulate ocean freight rates and to make up for the lack of Ameri can merchant ships. It was not . j v-i u- .v... oni proposea mat m buM . vm propuu mai m ""'i'3 should be so used, but it was also ! should be so used, but it was also ! urged that tho government-owned vepsel3 could be used as trans-: - ports and as an auxiliary navy in tase of war. uaA w,. e wu,uc- 11 L1J u 1a lll-'- L":u'-l:u "J ... c t o ; o-v, vniu c a filibuster w a a a straight vote, so a filibuster was resorted to. It was led by Senator , Burton. buying ships to be used in carry ana compelled American iarmera to pay more for getting wheat to the foreign markets than it costs thorn to grow it. The filibuster I was an atrocious crime against me producers of America. For DO years this country has j been waiting lor private interests: to provide an American merchant I marine. rrnaie capital uas ausu-, lutely refused to provide sufficient! ships. What encouragement is i ll. nroif tn- nrimla f.onf19 i,;ci iu wait I"'""-" v.. onuu o aiKija "lluuUL aul i fie ent shins mereiv because on 1 - vate capital does not see fit to provide ships? Shall we always condemn our farmers to give one bushel of wheat to get another bushel to the foreign markets at the behest of private capital? WTe did not wait for private cap ital to build the Panama canal. The government built it because Of Garfield ing Whaat and Other products to . ' . Brm itnHnn ora Jotal PPra -ourag me past aozen I oul D Brandeis is to become asso w. uai uciu o water, uv arm aeitatlon. lour veara that o r,-,r Aar-ra rva wh & in - .. ... . . . . . n the heat of Europe the fillbusterera Increased . o I f.nV tt ballot boxes of the scarcity of ships on the ocean; .. T.nrt,n, nanav T.ir-hf ' fhig. evidently from patfiotic motives, Ti, ...nionents of Brandeis may be private capital would never havebl , whlch ls a German product, j 1 '11 A 1 A. 1 111 c" "I built it, and government it to facilitate shipping. If W6 1 can build a great canal to facill-. tate shipping why not build ships ; to facilitate Shipping, especially i i . o i a i when those ship3 are needed for an auxiliary navy The filibusterers beat the Ship- . ping bill at th. instance Of those who want shlD subsidies If kov- wno want c. lp suosiaies n gov- . , : ernment money were used to pur- chase, shins, government would have something to sav about ocean ' r-ik . x,, TO e,bul Ulu " t'ciuicuv pays out money in subsidies to ship owners, government could have nothing to say about ocean i . . freight rates. That is why tha Wilson shipso bad. The kaiser pays two-thirds purchase bill was filibustered to 0f the cost or war and I only one death. That is why farmers give 1 third. That's letting me off easy." ono bushel of their wheat to get ; Thus Jocularly did the bluing' man- bushel to market. That , 18 why the Chicago convention's at- tack on the Shipping bill ls an 1 ii.tni i.i j eS.eb,uus pontic, o.uuue.. j A noticeable fact in the prepared- i ness talk is that it begins With tha Wear! nf thft mor, hoJ,lr mHH artleles. hut hi nmH. v- , 'i hind the gun. THE CONSOLATION PRIZE N vjdvui senilis iu uaiB mucu who is nominated lor vice- president by any of the par - ties. The Kepublican noml - ... . nation has been thrown at Mr. Borah, like a bone to a dog, "if he wants it. But the chances are that he does not want it. So : far as the Democrats are con-, Z .l T ."' , tha they will name, Mr. Wilson! again for ..resident, but we have 1 all forgotten to ask who is to be his running mate. Really it does not make much difference. A number of mediocre men are sug- run beside whomsoever the Re- publicans may choose as their standard bearer. It doesn't mat- tcr. Anybody will do. . .. . . t-v n n.ntAMH iM v. rt iuo n,c-iicoiJcuv)r IB i. consolation nrize. and a Dretty - ' - p"i juv It is also useful as a nook where imDOrtunato candl- " v . w . rr r lV:f,rrr. J vovn,. " shelved there but his unhappy faculty for exnandine burst the confines of his prison house and he emerged a bigger giant than he went in. , he went in. j The vice-president has a certain Bhadowy importance, since he may ultimately step into the presidents shoes but even if he does he gains but little e. Nobody ever for - is merely an unde--'1" merely an unae. gets that he study. - j Queen Muriel 1 It i8 all OVeT. ana King Til" have abdicated fund resumed their station among vw. NOTHING THE MATTER WITH PORTLAND Stories of extraordinary growth from little or unthli)(f at all have twn a marked feature ot The Jtiurnal'a "Nothlrg the Matter With jortland'' aeries. Today's atorr. No l.V la 1 of .tbjt CUM. The 'leswn of aelf belp la eon- tained In It. ujgemrr wun a acmonsiranon OI lne Tnai raiue oi nome patronage rur Dume Pwlurt 1 T THIS series of articles we've I published examples of some pretty 1 J .. iM I" 0 vlM tvm- j modities, but here's one that offers senS1019 inau-iauai a monumental ; ftxfns fnr -arinr vaiiar I o T- a,. Soluble bluing, which sold at 31 cents j ft Pun3 at the time the European, belligerents began to do things, now ts W. P. Hansen, owner of the I I Q tl c o n M 'l n ti f n fit n ri n n- r -a v -.-!-. CIl f m. Powell Valley road, J3.o a pound. , If that isn't rising- in the world, ' sentence us. 1 Mr. Hansen is a manufacturer of bluing- and ammonia. He puts up 100 dozen bottles a day of these liquids. Last year at this time his output was 50 dozen a day. He says signs are pointing to 300 dozen a day a year from now nd maybe m ire. His business is p-owing: like a weed. TTAS A SEW FACTORY- TtfTT.niT. - ' . T " ' Tr " , Mr. Hansen has been manufacturing " ' V V o u ng an am m on a n n ana tor yea". ims is anotner or tne innilfi rind at t n I litf t n 4iVi n a - -"-v.,, c3 ; started at zer-, and by one of lim- ited means. Therefore its growth has products and sheer hard work. At t'roau 3 a a b er nA a worK- Al ,ast lt 13 on the Eal!op on an up j nn-Atro o-i4 th trantl n m n n " ' 7" U can look ahead to a place on Easy street, where he may have oppor tunity to catch his breath. His first bottles were brought by the gross. They come by tho carl, ad now. , , . At first he washed them by hand. He Is now doing that work by chinery. He mixed tbe ammonia and the Power company's electric energy eup plies tne muscle to ao mat w one now. In tlie beginning his "factory was in a shack. It is now in a new build ing, and he transports his goods to Ithft stores nf the business district In a fin9 gaso,!ne tra;k. ..... n 1 nratPF unit tViB solnhlA hinlner nn th "1V . " career of none business with a consisting of hira-lown ,.force.. of helpers seIf . rpwri nti,pr .pr. fining nfl rnrk- ,ng botUea when The Journal repre. BPntative ca.llcd. and Mr. Hansen was "helping" them. ! WHOLESALES ONLY. He does a wholesale business only, j and has the only exclusive ammonia i nnrf hlntnir fartnrr In Ore iron I He expect In time to cover the ! state most thoroughly, and then . branch over its borders, but at i rt.o.ont mnct of -bin hlialnena mm ' from Portland merchants. Asked how he procures his Boluble j iT -j n TritVt Vi a Valoai We're " . ha. expense on hla' nands just now, how- d BO x hava t0 hel w t ' a little. This is the reason soluble . bluing has soared from 31 cents to nound It Is different with T-ncift Sam He hasn't Increased the , V V increased the price of elght centa a pound for am. t" - . monia Thi3 i3 an American product. so it never has to run a blockade or r. T 1 ...... bluing were in Its Class. It makes mo tired to have to pungle up $6500 for a ton 0; B0luble bluing which fnrmf,rlT cost me ir-o' iormeriy cost me ao-w. "StiU, come to think of it, lt ia not ttfactUreJr refe r to th rise In th prlce 0f one of the "raw" products he MPH In his work and business . Mr. Hansen is anotner man who is perfectly satisfied with Portland. Its merchants are good to him that is, most of them. Some still cling to . ucts are encroaching upon this field. and he hopes to root them out in time. Some of the large wholesale nouses mane ine.r own x.i bluing, but with enlarged equipment, and. wnh all his efforts directed to - ; thi one line of products, he , : hoDes eventually to convince them' j,that they can save money by pro- j curing their supplies from .him. Letters From the People A Financial Catechism. portland June 4To the EJitor of The Journal Permit me to aslt if silver was demonetized in 1S73, what does the word "demonetized" mean? What was it demonetized for? Who has been benefited by the de monetization? What ' party was In power at tb time? wno suppones th measure? Evidently It M done for a. ruirniua . twanxfl t. someone ,r,v who were of that class? Were they the common people, or who did actually benefit by it? w v, " , . Heal we nave also heard a areas up1 ,.,,,,- , .. . , j th 5bo.ut.1Jb .to,.I...a"df.re Vf'LnVL. ncj tiiu unumiieu uuiuae17 and the ratio of IS to 1. 'Will some one enlighten me on the matter, nno ... , - - 1 . . . , , an-S.U coloor I silver at the ratio or . to i f ' w na; party advocated sucfr a move ana what party opposed It? Also, were fy18," it, I asU vvhv W,T they eainst it? Are the big interests on record any a whe here or at nv tim dointr thintr3 . 1 i t 1C , 1 m' w . T; to on ! dollar in gold., would not that flood the country with 4$ cent dollars? ! : They would be so cheap and so heavy - tote round that they would be , bardly worth .ptcklri, Up or foolin? with- at lt srnnlrl not ba in with; at least,; they would not be in demand as they are today. Or is it not a fact that 16 to 1 mere are 1 a th ls one v?nC6 ot goM found, , wucr iuuiiu in: me miuca iu nci - What is our present ratio between I tVa turn I f ,otA KAtnmfn rta, rrZ 1 to 16 for tfcut last hundred years , or so, wny wouia i -Jjoi ue a jwu law to make the average 16 to 1. to ; itop any fluctuation in our valuable (money metals- and stop that much : speculation? ; ; Hut then, th speculator would kick nhrtnt tViot oni mnot toko far., nf him. j; claAse, do fiuffe Anv. .. " w a.y, w jiu i are ma common peopi-' i thinklngabout? Or do they or should ' they poison their rriinds on matters of the day? Money is the root of all evn All the ills of the present day .niauvioii a iioauio io "ivucj sharks of Wall street Tariff or any are used 'Wlnds "to m,8iead the i . j , . ... peopie ana Kecp meir minas orr tne real issue. - AN INQUIRER. Colors and Decorations. Portland, Or.. June S.-To the Editor of The JournalAfter an. absence of TT' rAOTa T nn r n..ni , . - " - "vUl uli. iy . ot-serve us improvements, but more i especially the festival decorations. Up ; one street and down the next I observe . carioaas oi aecorative aesigns. At last it draws oa me that the color effect I is somewhat momentous. The object j of this not is to refer this question to artists, specialists in the realm of ; the beautiful. I am no artist, so I ' dare not criticise, but even as a stu dent of science it appears that et- ! ficiency enters ii.to this great work of i ornamentation. Now why is it that only two colors are ever utiliieu for tthis expression of ... wT.. . v. 1 . 7 . V V a ueaumui 1JU U1UB ai0 UMU111U1 colors but I dare ,1 ot aamat that any one color is more beautiful t t other six In thn Solar RDertrum Kiirh has its pecuiUr kind of beauty and the ftrtlst kn0Wa now t0 arrange them for certain effects. But why exclude the ecually beautiful purple, light blue. green and the yellow and orange? Are ma tuese colors also ueauiirui : And v, v annfineit nur mnMin yei we have eonfined our decorations ' our nation colors-no not that- lo tlia tun rnlflrR nn iiiir ruitinnQl stand. I ard . aI"d- What has this Kos: Festival to do with international polities? Nothing. It is an occasion of mirth, emphasizing ' a feature of ..he Oregon country, and has nothing to do directly with politics j or nationalism I So, then, I would ask artists if lt ! Would not .0B3iDle to brighten tho ina-jcltect of the cecorations by a greater variety of colfr. ' . Permit me tj refer to a matter that nas already dccti noted twice in the are so indifferent to that emblem that they turn the blue towards earth, and ra:se t)10 rcd above lt. ERNEST BARTON. Mr. Clarke to Mr. Ahlson. Portland, June 9. To the Editor of The Journal Mr. Allison's reply ,-hIle, ignoring my remarks about the --hTj i ,,,i,,i... e , w j &bIe KenUernen ,n the1r periodicals' spheres, quotes very so liberally from sources in which I do not indulge to any very great extent. Mr Ahlson as he shows a liberal 11HI1U. Rioos ai a. una ) oouse. (Jerusalem thou that stonest the prophets.) I find that the myth is general to all ancient peoples; hence t it seems fair to sum ud onlv after & careful survey of the whole field. The question of the age of man on thia planet is one which may well puzzle usr tlgatlon of cour8. glVes it a D08t" glacial antiquity. I should be In- dined to believe that tWO or three s mtmi "t"-"-"o " b since man as an articulate and rea SOnlng being with the rest of the fauna, found himself. It seems to - m . . x I me fx limner ui oumo ickicl uiai m 1 Rosetta stone was not found earlier (1799). Our theological and scientific clearer. I do not think there are any real causes why man should douf.: tho aat tmnnv ftf Tha rAP U a an.l tha (ha tAatimnnv of thA rnrk nn.l Uia fJora and faupa of pat and present davs. As Bergson says. "The history of the evolution of life reveals hoar intellect haa Deen rmed. The pro- M of th(j vertebrate 8erieg UD t0 mee adaptation of the con. man was nice auapiauoii 01 um con- BCiousness of beings to the conditions , of existence Of course all of this ls mere repe- .tition of old' established facts. I do r, remember th nnestlon Mr Ahlson renders from. Darwin. It is, of course. tne only natural conclusion. The coral and 8Pnge may naVe n 5he sreat nreenranra of nresent dsv shunrinnee. , as Omar says (eleventh century) -O thou who dost with pitfall and with gin Beset the road that I must travel in." E. B. CLARKE.' Business Psychology. From the Omaha World-Herald. I The business institutions that are icenmcT n manv nubllfatlons usa trie -"d ' ZpchJl0'sy.. ao frequently that lhf,ra 8tems to be developing what may be called a "business psychol- ogy." The application of this science, The application of this science, the "Piffle" that -goes Under that e "piffle' that goes under that. name in popular books and of whica so much is heard in tlie clubs, will ' without doubt be of great benefit to t'u- business world. The authority that business mosuy quotes is rr- u'ini.m l9mi. llrv9rH ,,n. versity. There is one passage In hia i writings that ! should all read ! . A - -fi n Y' " Z'ZZ "---l-.7"-...Z hTh we 1": once 0 miTiar. and less a sloas Jn any but the old ing uup. ca.y. w o tbIt is'as folTowr"" to the end a rare degree of public con It is as iuiiowB. ti.i. a aw n hirm meajiiir ways. Old rogyism, in snort, is tne v " inevitable' terminus to which life , times he was misled Into rather alarm sweeps us on. Objects which violate ' i"1 views by this very ability to look our established habits of 'apperception' J far into the future, but there wax nona are simply not taken account of at all; i the les much of the statesman in r,.- tf on some occasion we are forced I him tiiat whenver be spoke the entire rfint, nf arirumiai to irimii ihnir existence. 24 hours later, the admis sion is as if it wtre nof, and every t-ace of the unasslmllable truth has vanished from our. thought. Genius, in truth, means lit;tlo more than the PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE "Uw visibility" seems to be what ailed those favorite soiwj at Chicago. The hyphen nuv have sublus-ated nrHuuui.ii uuskes, dui not aii kcpudu Cuns June, havt a.:ow- ah. Know. "uw iu ue Kina, can now comer a lurmer iaor Dy Keeping at it .i-ww 4r a u) ox rcsung up, anu then at Die desk hriht and early for work that accumulated during the fes tivities. Portland's right ear is in dariner of a conflagration if Rose Festival visi tOr rnnl inn f ulU Inv nl htma o . tVitaV taikd in Portland. It looks as thoueh Greeco Is to be rougnt over just as fiercely as 3el- s admiration. " 9 admiration. A bumper strawben J20.000.000 Is predict out witnout having gained the berry crop valued at predicted, and V2L th! shortcake supply will be a little toj short for most of us. Speaking of "the man who," those politicians who thought they were run ning the counm at-nh,MrTl,fel voter otj r..bge,ntsmtoy x slder:tble tent. but t helped us dls- tinKiiish between the Skager Rtk and tho Kattegat. When the conventions are over the voters will organize their preparedness parade to the polls and there won't be so many disagreements as at Chi cago, either. JOURNAL 40 The Figure Eight and Its Setting rOLl.MISIA RIVER HIGHWAY, SO. 5. This will tell of the Figure Right, a part of the Columbia river highway, and of Latourell Falls. Can you .ana or L.atoure imaeine travelinir almoht a Th le in ja 4J.acre Uact a constantiy do. scending grade? Can you reconcile 1 your understanding 1 u.ildl"? e""f" ''fL.t sharply slanted feet below yet elways on a crarie so easv that brakes need scarcely be applied and curves are broad and safe? ATter you have left Crown point ine road swings to the north. At is outer Mdo Is a wall of stone with half circle openings. Ixiok down through them. To do so. somehow, intensifies the effect of elevation the river, the meadows and the trees seem so far below. At Crown Point the winds of winter have misshaped tho trees. Their branches have yielded to the est wind, and point all westward; their trunks are twisted by the force of the ir t.ur, enls anJ toughened by the yearly strugsle to maintain rootnold. But a little farther down you will en ter a region of peace. The firs are of full size, and here and there in open spaces bloom wild flowers of many colors. Little streams born of higher springs flow down small ra- x'i.... an4 ftui'tt 'J t1uia tt rfmvli. nient' Tne contrast is Kreat between tnis -forest and ils Wlndin& r,ad and . . . inrin? ,vuiets a ioveiy xiowerB viewpni'it just above. This restful plaee of beauty ought to belong to the public as a park eo that lt might re main. MR. JUSTICE From the St. Paul Dispatch, After a public discussion of his qualifications such as has marked the or his predecessors, divided into two distinct classes tliose who do not understand him, and those who do. To the former we may attribute the broad extent of tho op position. To tlie latter we may credit lisi intense bitterness. liranaeis nas oeen voiisiucreu those who did not know bin : freak if not a questionable ch know him as a. aracter. If rarity alone were to determine a sr n.t?e'llfor, de"lsnU."' then Louis D. Brandeis is a freak. His services as adviser are sought by some of the greatest corporations of the country. Vet iho great corpora tions as a class hate him. Why? The story is a long one. But the kernel of it is that Brandeis is never a! raid to tell a client, ' whether that client be corporation, labor union or general public, that it is wrong. He is 60 years old, and throughout his. career . ,,,' fVeat ! organizations retafrT him not to juggle wUh thA Jaw They hire him because ' tv, Irnnw if . nolnt t law ran Bl through iiranaeis it can get varouga any fair' court. This is why Brandeis ia mlsunder- etood. The business and legal world . 7 , - . , , . , , thinks- tn terms of hired partisanship. faculty of perceiving in an unhabltual way." During the last four or five years v. . . nanairotbl the heads of the younger business men ni nm. nf tho most important ls that bankine and commerce are only sec- ondary things, that agriculture ia the baglo productlve industry and UcaUy the industry upon which .practically tne inausiry upon wiuoii in ether industries and all trade and commerce test. Having comprehended 1 this fact. The younger business men rc anxious to make farming an ideal ,,i.-.. o,i r o small r.avlna drudgery, fit only for the uneducated The propaganda, if persisted in, will ! raise farming to the dignity of a pro- . v, rinnn 1st will !os bin i0k Qf 'portray ing the "country rube," and the whole nation will be lifted to a higher level. James J. Hill. From the New York Kvening Post. ' James J. Hill s career must remain one of the marvels of the development of our west. It is true, of course, j that many other Americans who hava ! risen from humble beginnings have iKO achieved wealth and fame. But , M never lo , M never lost hla balance, nor hi foresight. His successes old not rt to hi head like those of other men i Z.Vnua, rirosneritv made them indlffer- j t tQ ne rights of the public. IU j prominent railroad figure dur lie .... .rh whr th. mllroa wM ' '"lv"'. 7 . - - ! portrayed As the chief enefriie-s of the "d traJghtfcrwardnew a. well a. to' But ; it was also due to a universal apre- , - . h,0 hrM(ith of vision Some ! business world listened. It in appreciation of thi, of his gren.r con structive ability In railroading, a.id his ability to reduce railroad costs of oper ation, that the James J. Mill professor ship of transportation was founded at i , , i w. nnii a.' f n nimni'ii rpia.inpn i due to- his own democratic simplicity AND NEWS IN BRIEF ORIXiOX SIDELIGHTS One of the surest of progress hignit, printed in tlie 'oiuille Benlinei: "Thm bin fir in front of W. H. L.yonf resi dence went down this morning to make way for the concrete walk lo b5 built there." a The Baker Democrat is pleased to note that there is a considerable im provement in business at Sumpter, the revival of the mining industry In that district being the main contributing force, and predicts that tlie old camp will be better than ever in the near future. Paying ltg respects to speed fiends, the Medford MaiLTrthune says: ."Ow ing to an epidemic of reckless driviiiK on the Pacific highway, tlfe more con servative motorist:! shun that ideal roadway. The county authority will probably take action at an earlj date to prevent wholesale violations of the speeding laws, and the neoefe-i'y of calling out the Red Cross brlKade." The East Oregonlun tells of ft !en dieton boy who when he grows I'D will never complain that he never h-ul a chance. This boy, Arnold Itoot, high school student and track athlete, ls one of the most industrious stu dents the school boasts. lie keeps a paper route all during the school year, Kets a substitute for the summer while he turns to more profitable labor and then recovers it when lie returns to school in the fall. I,!), summer he took over the garden of the high school agricultural department and made good returns. This year he has ten acres i potatoes on the Umatilla reservation. JOURNEYS The paving of the Figure Eight was delayed because of the many fills tha had to "be made. While the main road was out of use a temporary route was employed, leading from the high way across a narrow bridge to the steep grade cf the L,atourell hill rond Every motorist breathed a a.lh of relief when the safer, easier, though longer, way was opened. The highway comes lather suddenly to the bridge that spam l.a;iurell creek and aTfords view of Lrfuourell falls, the first waterfall of felze along the highway. Uatourell falls was named for an early settler, some of whose descend ants still reside in Portland. Its hcightVis about ZZa feet and the top Is easily reached by climbing a trail to the left of the falls. The land was bought some five years ago by Guy W. Talbot from Major (j. W. Hazen, and here Mr. Talbot has built a summer home. Mr. Talbot has dedicated tlie enjoyment of the falls to the public. From tK: time he first bought the land wltli the falls there has been litigation over the water rights, but lie has to far succeeded in maintaining his conten tions; if he should lose, it would mean that the u&e of the water above tlm falls for commercial purposes would destroy the waterfall itself. One of the attractive features nl Latourell falls is the highway midge, built of reinforced concrete on t pat tern so delicate that one hear with a certain Involuntary Incredul.ty tho well corroborated assertion that th bridge would sustain a procession of steam rollers-. BRANDEIS Brandeis lias established tlie private judgeship. The consequent confusion of the public mind regarding his quali fications lor a public judgeship hii.-i caused one writer, who, as a reporte., has followed Brandeis- career for long time, to nay: "I am moved on.-n r.ioro to admire and to execrate the tkill with which life sometimes sei.i .. upon a man's best duality as the very instrument with whti-h, to endeavor to compass his ruin." But whatever he theories of tho friends and admirers of Urandeis, the senate investigation haa failed to find evidence to discredit their clainin. Brandeis stands vindicated despite the desperate efforts of tlie organized spe cial interests and of organized politic to accomplish his downfall. He stand vindicated despite the eage and etern ized advice of the combined ex-presi-dents of the American Bar association, among whom Is William H. Taft. smarting victim of Brandeis' relent less honesty. He stands vindicated despite the conventional excuse of cor porations and their representatives that, admitting his ability, Brandeis lacks the "Judicial temperament." a "Judicial temperament," by virtue of its very vagueness is a convenient term for those who do not care to define what they mean. It has "been used to describe men who could con trol themselves perfectly when Justice was assassinated before their very eyes. If this is what the organized financial and political interests mean by "Judicial temperament," then their observation of Brandeis ls correct. Harvard a couple of yars ago by many of his business frrends and ad mirers. A Policemen's Choir. From the Knickerbocker Press. The picture of 100 New York police men gathered in the club rooms of a church for choir rehearsal seems a little odd. But It ls a fact. The New York police choir ls a successful or ganization of devoted and able singers, and there is a large waiting lint at headquarters composed of patrolmen eager to Join. Commissioner Woods, having heard of a quartet of policemen at the fu neral of one of tlie members of the force, suggested to his men the idea of a chorus. Many more volunteered than could be accepted, and Charles L. Safford, organist and choir master of St. George's church, volunteered to train them. Commissioner Woods plans to have the chorus cooperate with the police 'band in concerts for the pension fund. The Outlook, which tells of this ven ture in Its current number, ventures to hope that the success of this chorus will suggest to similar groups of men in other cities the idea of starting choral work of this sort. ' Music, in deed, is a marvelous stimulator of fel lowship, good feeling and esprit de corps. Every college boy knows that. Not everybody knows, however, how much good-heartedness, loyalty and serious attention to right living are to be found among our police. These healthy, husky, sturdy fellows will benefit themselves and the community by letting the public see a side of their natures not usually conspicuous. The Inevitable. From the Houston Post. The New York woman who says that she doesn't care how her husband gets money, so he gets It, will in good time be carrying flowers to the Tombg to brighten up his cell. Proof. From Judge. Tittle Is he a man of the hour? Tattle Yep; be always keeps bis eye on the clock. TKQnoe Oer NOW with tlie Rse Festival over we can turn once nior to the war ind politics and the hiKh oost of living and things like those. which wo hud forgotten for th time being. Jlt's funny about forgetting things. -and tho way to do it sccins to be to Ket ,omethirig else to think about. JArul the Hose Festival Rave lis all plenty iu think ulout--for three da vs. or as you us from thinking-r-Just like. Bui before t lit, Festival becomes merely a memory or the confetti Ih all swept up from the streets I want to call at tent Ion to the most harmo nious thing about it. J And that was the meeting of tho Oregon Presidential Postmasters' as sociation. flThey g"t toge.ner and nl badges with pi rskient W ilson 11 worn 11 s pic ture. and adopted resolutions Indors ing the president. and re-elected their officers and shook hands all around, and adjourned, and hud a banquet. and made speeches compliment ing each other ami tlie president. -and Hhook hiinds all around. and all agreed that Mr. Wilson Would he re-elected. and all saiJ they hoped Roosevelt would run. and shook hand.) all around. and agreed tha'. the c luntry was safe. - and shook hands soma more. and Went out and saw thu pnranr. 51 And they went hack home with the consciousness of having done their duties. H And of course all UiIh seems re II. a 1 kahle. and it ls or would he. except that nil lhcs men are Dcmccrats. nml vero all appointed by Tre.'-I-deiit Wilson. and will hold office, as long as he does. and no longer. J And if t lio reichst ng 'ihl get together and adop. dorsing the kaiser. IcsolutJons en- it wouldn't least. Mirprlse um In the any more than It will if Kernel Roosevelt -who wunts lo bn presi dent should keep on clidciniiilig Mr. Wilson v ho Is jtreshle u t: Jit's all part of the passing show. and thu banie piiiii-lple Is In volved. J And another 1 hi ug about th Rose I'estnal is that a provokes .1 lot of poetry. and a lain" part of the vlwlblo supply--for l:m;-is on my desk. And I iunl punt It becausn there's too mm It. and tho !'. I ival's over. JAiui besides -It Isn't uny good. J It seems to have been wrltt'-n In a hurry ni"st of lt -while walling for h Jitney. J Any way llm authors' minds don't seem to l.avii linn on liieir work. j l'or instance line's a slan.a: A gin-Mt stood on the hole) stejiii, Wh-n HJI hut him hud lied; The ("lty of Roses iiK.iln resumed The quiet of the (lend. That's tlfe first stanza and -J l.ISTKN So far us 1 in concerned it's enough. j 1 1 sound lllio mi ode to 'i ll' omn Familial- licdun. I ' ''Hi I III' I el'Ulilntl StH to. "I wouldn't ii. any the he' t mm on cart h." "Standing room onlv." "Sorry, ma'.iiii. hes UM gone out ' "I dt.slil-e Illinois inyi-.elf. but you know 1 have f take tlie chlldieu.' "At the solicitation of nuinv ttlends I hereby announce my candidacy." "Positively no hnioklng." "I'll pay you ba'K tomorrow, sine" ".Speed limit 1 mlleb an hour." The Inspired Baal Estate Boomer. The tlver 1'araua Is the must watery In the .slate, one of the " ..most extended In the world. It Is navigable until to this tate for ships of great profoundness, lt Is -also sufficiently linhful. An nouncement of a Brazilian real ebtate deaier. "Toungsr Than Spring Is aha." By Maj-j Carolyn Out lea In "Cimtcmporary Varae" (or May. Tounger than Spring ls she, Bweeter than song; Junes gone and Junes to be To her belong. While the birds sing for her. While the buds part, I can but bring for her Song and my heart. A Vew any m tne War Against the High Oost of IdTlng. With amniper coin Ing along Jim will naturally aoon be more or Teni ieeei1 St toe weeda Unit aprlng tip en emir band. You mar, lo fuet, r doing a lit tle quiet ruining on tha air. Hut d4 you erer atop to think that manr it th- weedn make good arthlea of diet? "Itiry do. Thero ire 10 weeds t!ia ran be rntcd for foed. They are the dock, nrtile, aorrel, itiidaaiie, milkweed, dandi-ll'm. i 1 k -w-eed. " Unio n qunrier. nixrvh !iferlud and lirake fern. I the high rlr e( ll Ing Uitlierlng you? Kat weeda Wnnld ynii enjoy a wepjoine rhung from th muni dally rrlnd of rdatuf f ? Kat weeda. Would you put a meul before your nelghhor that will Ii.aka him gp and wonder where jmp gut am h dellr'ai delicacies? . I ae weeda. And when Jin want to feaat on aomethlnv that really eot nothing, jaat simply cat' weeda. Baker pemoerat. Dramatic Vote. (FTom Pfin C)yot'a iVjIumn In tha Unl Teralty of WsahlDKtun Dally.) Our Idea of humor uiay be sooit-whtt Warped and generally dlatorted after cranking thli old luia for a apall (collo quial l.ng.1. tiul wh can't go tola guy Charlie ( haplln. We hare aeen rarlmia peraonagea who hang around thla ruins rli'irtle tbemaelrea Into hyaterlea orar the anil' uf lhl alaiiKtlck nut. It's tha aama old hunk. He ogle at a Jane In the rk. plk lil teeth with 1.1 cans, kicks the fattest policeman on (he Kerstone psrrull tn tha stomach, and It winds tip with a Daw in which all tha rounders off tha bulkhead loin in tnd the whole oatdt fall orer the aama obstacles. If yon yearn for eieltement. yon might try sleeping In a bed In which the broa. hara aprtukled cracker crumbs. The Jitney Driver Fainted. J1TNKY drivers have experiences With frail humanity that Jar their Souls at times. Last week one of thb. Alberta street Jitney brotherhood wag imperiously ordered by a well dressed woman to maxe all haste to enable her to catch a train. The gss line Jehu accordingly passed up all other passengers and enabled the gra cious passenger to arrive in time to de part as per schedule, and as she grace fully stepped from the auto to the side walk a large, round, glistening, new nickel was handed the driver. Before the Jitney operator had recovered from the shock, tbe woman was gone. r t T -'