; ' ' AN IN'DKrr.NHKNT N'KWSPAPFW.
C n. JACKWIX ruiM.....
iubtieud rv.rj day. mriiuun and Dioruln
feieept Sunday afternoon!, at Th Jonmal
-f Building, Uroadwaf and Yamhill ets.. ort-
' lewd, nr.
' ItBlerert m ih jxwtoffk-e m l'ortlaud. Or., for
- trtniiMmlon trougu the uiaita second
claw's ii Httr. ----
'ahl.s.Trio.Sr.S Main T173: Horn. A-.
-. All depart uit-nts reechr.l by these numbers.
Tell the openitnr what department t.hi mt
JeOKKlUN AllVI-.IU lal.SU KW'KtSKN TA'I I a!
, Benjamin - Keulaor Co.. BrunswUk Bid..
, SU5 ritlh .. Naw Vr.
J tin I'.lilit,. Chlrago.
ubacrljtiun terms by mall or to a a addiea
la lb United States or Mvxlco:
DAILY (MOKNINO OR AFTKRNOON)
On year ts.oo I One month -oo
SUNDAY,
Os year 12.50 I Una month
Daily vobmno ok aft-hnoon) and
uitviiiv.
Otic yrar I7.'ft0 I Ona month - I 0
America ank notlilrg for hernr-lf but what
aba baa a ri!it to alf for hmninlty Itwlf.
WOOIiltoW W11..SON.
Millions
tribute.
defame, lull.
CHAULMi C
.it a rent for
IMNCKNKY.
Labor la not a commodity.
Woodrow Wl
A HAPPY SITUATION1,
ITHOUT doubt there is no
other place on the planet!
WW that could have shown th
wheat crop prospects that
the Pacific Northwest has indicated
the last few days, after a series
Of mishaps that tended to prevent
production of any crop at all.
At present, indications point well
to a crop of approximately 60,000,
000 bushels of wheat for the three
states Oregon, Idaho and Wash
ington, which means even better
than an average crop.
So far as history is written, the
Pacific Northwest wheat crop never
came so near almost total destruc
tion as this season. Still few crop3
showed better prospects than the
three states indicate now.
First of all it was a long, dry
fall. The seed went Into ground
that was a mass of dust. Then
came an extended period of wet
weather and alternate extreme
cold. The weeds grew well but the
grain was struggling for existence.
Freeze and thaw alternated
throughout the extended winter
and spring and not until July did
the crop have any show whatever
for survival.
The recuperating powers of the
Boil's substance were so great that
Only a week or two of sunshine
was required to bring out the al
most deadened plants. The rains
whtch followed brought additional
strength to the plants and now be
hold one of the best crops this
section has had.
To the Pacific Northwest this
means much. Not only will we
have a far better crop than antici
pated, but there is every indica
tion that farmers aro going to get
far more money than their highest
expectations suggested.
On the Portland Merchants' Ex
change new crop wheat has been
finding ready bids at $1.01 per
bushel; the highest price known
here for initial offerings of the
season. The farmer is naturally
happy in fact, it is a happy situ
ation for the entire Pacific North
west. If you would prefer to have the
trant land reclamation money
pent in Oregon rather than Inf-
other states, and if you resided
formerly In some other state, you
can help the cause by writing con
gressmen from that state, asking
them to give Oregon Justice. Tell
them how the lands were set apart
to promote Oregon settlement 50
years ago, and how that purpose
was thwarted through the laxity
of the federal government in re
quiring terms of the grant en
forced. A WORTHY INSTITUTION
SOME of the workers are the
savers. In Portland the work
ers have saved many million
dollars. The banks hav in
Barings deposits alone $19,000,000.
When you think how this sum has
been accumulated through self de
nial, the highest form of thrift,
how it has been assembled a nickel
or a dollar at a time, are you not
struck with a feelins of admiration
lor these savers? They no doubt
are thankful for tho trait which
means so much for them. They
would be glad i to encourage thrift
in others. They know the com
fortable feeling that comes from
having money in the. banks draw
ing interest.
There is a way in which the
avers can help others not so for
tunate, and at the same time make
a 'good investment. The Portland
Remedial Loan Association is of
fering 6000 shares of stock to the
pnblic at $10 a share. The stock
pays 6 per cent annual dividends.
The following board of directors
bespeaks able business manage
ment: ' J. F. Daly.
- A. H. Devers.
'.W. P. Jones.
Ira F. Powers.
' William D. Wheelwright.
i Jonah B. Wise.
. Robert II. Strong, secretary.
' Ben Selling, president.
. ' The Remedial Loan Association
. la driving . th loan sharks who
THE STRIKE OF THE STEVEDORES
w
E HAVE a stevedores strike.
It is not the purpose here to seek to interfere, or to advise, ,
or to criticise, or to fix blame, or to find fault, but only to
make an observation or two.
A stevedore sometimes, by a streak of fortune, or by exceeding
ability, or by extraordinary frugality, becomes a great employer. Other
workers, like loggers, for instance, once in a long wnile by similar
processes become captains of industry.
This type of employer, remembering his former condition, and hard-
ened by the processes of his advance, and made mercenary by his
accumulations, usually expects all labor to be as he was. to endure the
trials through which he passed and to accept the standards of living
he was compelled to accept. Because he succeeded on a small wage
and at excessively hard tasks, he
feed, and that long hours and low wages should be the portion of all
workers.
It is life. It is human nature. Perhaps we should be patient with it.
But we are compelled to question it. We are compelled to question
Lit for the sake of the captain of labor
he insists on degrading workers. Every employer harms himself wnen
he insists on degrading workers by forcing a low wage and long nours
Upon them
Thus, employers wbo so iuslst may be unconsciously providing the j
standards for degrading their wn children hereafter. Fate is fickle.
The whlrligis of tin.e is a reckless shifter of scenes and situations. The !
etimlover of today may be a wage-earner tomorrow. The petted child
of fortune today mav be a horny-handed toiler tomorrow. Nobody kno
what is in store for either emrdoer
We cannot afford to degrade workers. It is dehumanizing to pay, A ' Woman's Appeal,
inadequate wages and exact over-long hours. It is destructive of the) Aurora Gr ( July n.x0 the Editor
republic. It is unpreparedness. To sap the life and material sub- cl journal T have- read' several
stance out of workers undermines prosperity. When wages are good, ietters and editorials recently upon the
trade is active because workers have fomething with which to buy. j subject of the Democratic party's ad
Econornically, it is sound policy for workers to have a good living in inaction for the life and character
keeping withthe requirements of self government, with a liberal school
system and free institutions. j by Democrats durlnc tlie Civil war
Iabor is not a commodity. It used to be so regarded. Many em- i were evidence why oresent day lemo
nloyers so treat it now. They class it with raw material. They briagicrats should not admire or laud Lin
it over from Europe in pauper form so as to get it cheap. They fill j J
American factories with it for the sole purpose of getting it cheap. , thi . . unwunnahi.. we
They import it just as they import raw silk, or Japanese hardwood or(Cnnot hold the present generation re
! other i aw materials. sponsible or accountable for events
The practice is not only a moral
"
against the law of the land.
( - r . m f
legislative program declares that
the Clayton act. Speaking of that
President Wilson said:
I am sorry that thero nro any judgi's in the United States who had to
hp i old that. It is f obvious that it s ems to me that that section of the
Clayton a-t w ; re a return to the primer of human liberty, but If judges have
to have II"" piiinir opent-d before t htm, I am willing to open It.
Were "labor a commodity" to be bought and sold like the clay for
the potter or ore for the smelter, we could not boast of liberty. It I troversies leading to war by peaceful
would.be slavery, wage slavery, a slavery as complete as that which means, rather than to suffer the con
I.incoln abolished in tbe Emancipation Proclamation. 'sequences of warfare, which include
. i . . . , i . j !, r,. ,,, )mit t j : the sacrifice of thousands of human
Looking all strikes squnrelv m the face, we must admit that it .is , m.M and milllons of dolIarB. wortn of
better to counsel togotner than to strike, but we must also admit that propertVi t0 say nothing of the grief
a worker is worthy of his hire; that he ought not to be dehumanized stricken homes?
by inadequate wages and extreme hours; that to degrade him is to Those who are clamoring for war
undermino the republic; that to starve him limits selling and buying: shoul? Jin our army or allow their
i . , . , ., , sons to do so. I wonder how many of
that to do fo may be harmful later to the employer or his children. jtn6 subway lawyerSi j. pierPont Mor
that to insist that "labor is a commodity" is contrary to law and a de- Kan"s counsellors, the munition trust's
nial of human liberty. ' legal staff, the criminal lawyers, and
Often our great employers gather together in banquets, amid rich others, who marched in the prepared
housings, surrounded by costly luxuries, to felicitate over their happy starade in NeW York Clty' have en"
lot in life and to plan together to raise prices while keeping wages j u.ntir recently I had believed the
down. Often, their wealth has been acquired by securing easy and in-j hatted and animosity aroused by the
expensive possession of great natural resources in which every worker I Civil war betw een the people of our
IMi:n..n.lV. 1 L
originally held an equal share in law and morals. There is no dispo-
"' ' , , j . .
sition to censure them for thus. gathering and banqueting and consum-
mg tne good inmgs in me uebiipuis
to things worldly.
But the point is this:
You never
feasting and delegating on the good things amid gilded surroundings j JV
where costly viands and rich wines are placed before them in prodigal upon as a virtue, but as a necessity,
profusion. According to a former conception
Does that not mean something? Is thero not a thought here for one who forgives denies himself a priv
the captain of Industry to take home with him and, as he sits by his 1"
hearthstone and gazes into the eyes of his children, ask himself that hero. In our present view, the one who
tremendous question, that paramount question, that stupendous ques-j forgives is no more a saint or hero
tion- Is the worker not worthy of It is hire? J than the one who keeps his body clean.
And as he muses and gazes on the luxury, the happiness and the ! Jl"?!" ?nAtUyes a ,colmple,;0
. , . , , . , , . , , ; mental bath which rids us of the pol-
delightful ease of his home and its inmates, let blm ask himself the Eon of nate and revenge, and therefore
final, fundamental and mighty question: But 'for the workers, where i is a necessity.
would employers be? 1 MRS. I.KW w. GRIMM,
prey upon the workers out of busi
ness. It lends the workers money
upon security at lower rates of
interest. The stockholders are
limited to 6 per cent annually. It
is a cooperative enterprise in which
capital accepts a legitimate return
and strives for no more, and the
borrowers and community get the
profits.
It has proven itself well worthy
of confidence and support.
. ' y, iwuieaiu iu uic uwis u nitrii tmu
: " ' T p. justice in accordance with the facts , families who are able to build sky
Ann Morgan, sister or J. tier- anci the evidence. But the court scrapers, own imposing automobiles
pout Morgan, cables from Paris went back bevond Rip Van Wink- anfl tak life easy 10 lay tne mjst of
that she will come home to join le-s time n", si(1 fhnf . the financial burden on those to whom
with New York's "4 00" in oppos
ing President Wilson and work for
Mr. Hughes. Wilson took the credit
"and banking of the country out of
the hands of Wall street and put
it in the hand3 of the American
people.
"AND" OR "OR"
T
HE Golden Rule is the founda
tion principle of all law. In it
can hide no finespun techni-
nlitv rnr frnm it nrvnft
"the law's delays" can spring. Used
as a standard by which to test the
acts of men it sways the balance3
to the mark of ultimate justice
until the right always outweighs
tho wrong.
It is refreshing to hear a man
of the standing aud legal equip
ment of Judge Wanamaker, of tho
supreme court of Ohio, talk so
frankly and so sensibly as he did
at Gladstone a few days ago. It is
seldom that a judge will admit
that the courts belong to the peo
ple and not to the judges and tho
lawyers who practice before them, t
It is an unusual thing to hear a
member of a' supreme court say
that the delays of the law are due
to the delays of the judge and that
the law is standing still while
other sciences and professions are
forging ahead with advancing
civilization.
Judge Wanamaker contends that
the Golden Rule should be applied
by the courts and that common
sense principles should be followed
in formulating their decisions. He
says that had Rip Van Winkle been
a lawyer he could have slept fifty
years and then felt at home upon
his awakening, because of the fact
that the law has made so little
advance.
Oregon has had a recent and a
potent Illustration of the tendency
of courts to forget the application
of the Golden Rule and to neglect
to follow the principles of common
sense in the decision of the Ore
gon supreme court in the White
case. There the court had the
whole case before it oil appeal. The
We have had it a long time. ;
insists that all workers can so sue-
himself. He hurts himself when
,a '
W"
or employe, for man or child.
and economic mistake, but It 18 j
. I
thfl mpaRiirps in Prpsififtnt UllROn 3 I
. i
"labor is not a commodity." It i8!t.ise tne same nriviiece in mv retard
provision in his address July 4,
anu in ueing nappy aiiu at case aa
saw or heard of a body of workers
written record showed that for four!
days the jury had listened to tho i
testimony of witnesses, and having
listened, had returned a verdict
granting Mrs. White compensation
in money for the death of her hus
band. The court, besides the written
record, had the power and author
ity to consider the whole case on
its merits, to overlook slicht and 1
i technical error, and to administer !
at n-v,t i tT
airs. nite s lawyer had denied
that the dead patrolman had "care-1
lessly and negligently" turned hi3 1
back instead of denying that he
had "carelessly or neeliepntlv"
uu"c i tastj tuusi De again or eaxtn tney couia can tneir own.
dragged for four days through the ' AIen wno put their trust in their
trial court. ' riches are disposed to ignore or Jorget
,. ' ! the less fortunate in life, and are often
it tne Oregon court had meas-1 possessed of Nebuchadnezzar's spirit
ured that case by the Golden Rule, I when he exclaimed: "is not this great
or guided its decision bv the prin- Babylon which I have built for the
ciples of common sense wldow ! royal dwelling place, by the might of
.. , . , ' u I my power? "
White would now be at the end of, Let it not be forgotten that "a man's
her two year course of litigation; ! life consisteth not in the abundance of
there would be no adced 'and un-!tne things he possesseth," nd that
necessary court costs for one side ' most f eartn'8 bfac1tor,? na,ve be1e.n
u i men who possessed but little. of earth s
or tnjr other to pay upon retrial. riches. The greatest man who ever
and the circuit court of Multnomah ) trod the earth "had not where to lay
county would not be burdened for ! nis head." If all men who aspire tb be
four costly days by the necessity , leaders were possessed of His spirit
of listening to a twice told tale. " Ppre8Sin of the
Judge Wanamaker is right when But another thought. Mr. Tucker
he says it is not the law's delay j
but the judges' delay that is caus
ing dissatisfaction with the admin
istration of justice in America. He !
is right w hen he says that the
courts belong to the people and not
to the judges. Some day these
i people will insist that the Golden
Rule shall be paramount to tho
negative pregnant in the admeas-1
i,i-OTnn r,f
urement of justice and that com -
mon sense shall at least walk hand
in hand with the metaphysical
technicalities of the common law
"vvVioti that Ho,, . ,
W hen that day comes, decisions
will turn on the question of right
and wrong rather than on the use
of "and" or "or."
T
T-, 7 .
Reactionary senators resented
President Wilsons appearance at
the capitol yesterday to urge pas-
sage of the child labor bill Who
f t , .
v-"co icocui.-icu.i siiicb Hie
president's errand was an effort to
free the children of America from
slavery In the cotton mills and oth
er places of almost penal servitude.
IX TIIE DAY'S NEWS
P
RESIDENT WILSON .was the
chief speaker at the dedica
tion of the Labor Temple in
the city of Washington July
One of the Incidents of that
' occasion ia thus related In the
.day's news of that time:
i The president wu Introduced by
Kamuei Gompers. who brought tre-
h"ee cneer irom crowa w""tt
UQn of o pvxpommm mnat f to
do all w cam to help t president
.mp " af . e
know how arMijtl h, u Btrinng- to
imltal pac. aro man la an th
world, howerw, can stand alona.
,
Robert Wyzczhwzwwlcklzcz Is
asking a New lork court to change
his name. Any judge that wou d
mm -
be recalled.
Letters From the People
Communication a sent to The Journal for
publlcatiou in th ia department auould be writ
ten on only one aide of tbe DaLer. abould not
; .- Mdd l ? SS
ti imnr. If the writer ke not desire to have
pubiiabed he afaouid o ntate.
"Diseuaaion u the areau-t of aii refonnera.
nW;Sl.tjfSfflVheS
Lack on tbeir reasonableness. 11 they bate do
reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes tuem out
I-... ...... ....to ...... ..I. -..
ll r,inLC AU'I Brill Ul 1 tO V U lUUVIUDIVUB ,U
tl.elr ateail." Woodrow Wilson.
napyenea naii a cen ury ago. m
Wltlntr I fact m r K o 1 I f rkr ranrtl
. .a .
(lain rpea m pi of na rtv Anri T fvr-
for those who have lived in the past. Is
it not possible that descendants of
j some of our present dissatisfied Re
j publicans may in the future admire
and commend our Democratic states
men for striving jbo patiently to keep
us from a sinful and wasteful war?
'And is it not far better to settle con-
"awun lu,B"lie"-
wrongs suffered by each side had been
forgiven for certainly anyone must
admit that the Republicans had as
much to receive forgiveness for in the
period of reconstruction following the
The Bearers of Burdens.
rortiand. July it. To the Editor ofi
T1'e Journal The meeting held in the
council chamber on Thursday, July 13
was a new revelation of an old spirit,
which was rebuked by one who was
never deceived in men's motives'. The
Unerring One charged the Pharisees
with "binding heavy burdens grievous
to be borne, and laying them on men's
ehoulders. but they themselves will
not move them with their finger."
In precisely that spirit an effo:t was
made. and is Rtiu persisted in, to lay
!hb..e".S .l Trdn dJ 5
nre nas ceen a struggle mat tney may
house themselves in modest homes and
enjoy the mere necessaries of life,
Very ew homes of the peninsula are
owned by persons of affluence most
ly by men who have struggled by toll
and economy to possess a littU spot
W3S calleJ down for mentioning relig
ious morals in the discussion, lest
church and state be united in civil
matters. The first amendment to our
federal constitution does forbid such
union; but the recognation of moral ob
ligations in civil matters does not
i , . . i f.i i . i. . i
f tJ institutions the fmiiv the
church and the state, and has incor-
porated in His word distinct laws for
each- which fac forever ketP.9 them
i separate. Moreover, He appointed no
; vicar on earth to represent Him in the
; administration of those laws. Parents,
church officers and state officials are
' God 8 agents in the execution of His
' laws. God has not clothed anyone on
( earlh among lnen wlth infallibility in
the administration of law In any of
! these institutions. But He does re-
I quire the recognltjon of His laws by
leach and all His human agents; a fail-
' ure to do which results in disaster to
tne alsobedient.
in conclusion. I wish most heartily
i to indorse and commend the editor of
I The Jurnal for nis a"it"de with ref-
i erence to the wise and Christian ad-
m,ktrMnT, of national affairs bv our
level headed president.
J. H. LEIPER.
Lime for Oregon Farms.
Corvallis, Or.. July 14. To the
Editor of The Journal I note wita
pleasure your splendid editorial in the
issue of July 5 on the subject of lime
for the lands of the valleys of Oregon.
There is no question of the great need
of lime on these noils. Lime would
transform these apparently wornout
farms into gardens of fertility, for tne
element of fertility are here. To
render them available is the only thln
necessary, and lime wilt do It.
Liime ia her in large quantities, but
cannot be had at a price that will
JuaUfy lta use on land. If corpora
tions will not find a way to furnish it,
the state must and will.
The writer well remembers how the
Corvallis Times took up the fight for
a city-owned water system to pipe
water from a pure mountain stream.
It looked to some like a great undertaking-
for a small city, but the Times
was undaunted. lta efforts were
warmly seconded by men who had seen
the thing done In other places, and
after a hard fight a bond issue carried
by a popular vote. Many honest, well
meaning people believed the debt would
ruin the city. It has been no debt upon
the city. The sale of water, at a low
rate, has paid all expenses and Inter
est on bonds and provides a sinking
fund to pay the bonds when due. and
Corvallis has the purest water to be
found anywhere, cool and sparkling,
from the snowy peak of Chintimini. t-
The farmers of Oregon need a fear
less champion In their fight for lime.
Just as Corvallis needed one in its fight
for pure water. You can do for the
state as gret a service as the Times
diJ for Corvallis, and you will have the
support of the thousands who know
that lime, at cost, would be a boon to
every citizen of Oregon.
J. A. GILKET.
In Reply to Mr. Blair.
Yamhill, Or., July 17. To the Editor
of The Journal I have read the letter
from Mr. J. N. Blair. In The Journal
of Julv 11 describing the attitude of
the Democrats when Lincoln was nom
inated as the Republican candidate
for president.
Now, I can remember something of
those times, at.' well as Mr. ttla'.r, and
the issue of those days was far dif
ferent from tlie issue of today. Mr.
Blair does not touch on the real isse
or those times. The rer.l Issue was
just as it always is with the Repub
lican party, namely, to confiscate
something, and in that Instance it was
the slaves of the southern planters.
While I do not believe in slavery,
wouldn't it have been much better and
far cheaper for the government to j
purchase the slaves and then tset them I
free, thereby avoiding war?
Mr. Blair says the bulk of the Demo
cratic party was opposed to Lincoln
and his principles. There is where
Mr. Blair is much mistaken. They
were only 'opposed to one of his prin
ciples, namely, the confiscation of
their property, and If I am not much
mistaken we should find much oppo
sition to a candidate today that wouid
advocate confiscation of property that
we had bought and paid for. But Just
admit for argument's sake that all
that Mr. Blair said in his letter is
true, is that any argument for war m
this day? No matter what the Demo
crats Or the Republicans have done in
the past, it doesn't Justify war, and I
think that every man that advocates
war should be compelled to shoulder a
gun and go to the border, and 1 think
about six months without any fight
ing on the border of Mexico wodld
cool the war fever of most of the
howlers for war, as I am personally
acquainted with the country and the
climate on the border of Mexico, as 1
am an old Texan. F. M. HARDIN.
Defends tlie German-American.
Salem, Or.. July 16. To the Editor
of The Journal Our really great pres
ident did not accuse the whole German
American citizenship In his remarks on
un-American conduct. He meant some
overzealou9 transgressors. It is dif
ferent with the hydrophobtan, senseless.-
plutocratic, allied press, for
whose perfidy, malice and sophistry
we cannot blame our president and
who. in spite of all attacks of these
ammunition pelf citizens, kept the
peace. It Is extremely doubtful
whether any other of the candidates of
1912 or 1916 could or would have done
this and, with a faithful congress, ac
complished snch reforms. The "Ger
man Alliance" certainly is not all anti
Wilson, even if some in their excite
ment express themselves that way. ana
as for the German votcr' ho never was
a tool or Dlina partisansnip. ;luu as
they know the Ten Commandments
since their boyhood, from God-fearing
parents, they are not boss-followers
and invariably vote a ticket that prom
ises a decent system of government for
the country of their adoption. No wor
shipping of Mark Hanna, Quay. Pen
rose, Barnes, Murphy and the like. A
people honest and sentimental as the
Germans, naturally love their father
land. If .there Is one that does not
he has about the same standing as a
Republican politician in South Carolina
not to his credit.
The whole unpleasant controversy is
caused by our shameless war supply
business legal, but not Just backed
up by our conscienceless plutocratic
press and callous millionaires, more
un-American than the accused "hyphen
ates." The hyphenate at least acted
from love for his fatherland while our
American hogs' motives were nothing
but pelf. Of course, we have a legal
right to sell war material. The Ger
man citizen did not so much object to
that; the real objection came when
we undertook the safe delivery thereof
when Germany tried to protect her
sons, in the field by destroying these
munition ships on the sea.
The only real wrong wo did and do
in this war is the guarantee of safe
delivery through our state department.
At home we do not allow our railroad
or steamship lines to sell passenger
Ltickets on trains or ships that carry
explosives, but in this case we forced
our goo8 and old proved friend, Ger
many, to submit. And the crowd that
most persisted, insisted and abused
our president and congress for balking
in this despicable business is the very
crowd that brought about the nomina
tion of Mr. Hughes for president. The
German-American citizen, as 'I have
known him for over 40 years, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific does his duty
to our country in nany different ways.
He backed up Lihcoln, Cleveland and
moral reforms. He proves it as a law
abiding, frugal, industrious citizen. He
is maligned by a malicious, vicious,
perfidious pro-ally ammunition press'.
He balks, as certainly he should, at
going to war in a cause of wrong in
partnership with the Russian civillzer
of Poland and Finland, the English
benefactors of Ireland, the Serbian as
sassins and the faithless Italians. And
who can blame him? F. A. ENGLISH.
The German-American.
Burns. Or., July 14. To the Editor
of The Journal Referring to the com
munication in Tuesday's Journal en
titled "Admonishes Compatriots." and
signed "A German-American." I beg
to say that the gentleman from Hood
River apparently Is not aware of the
fact that one may sympathize with the
central powers, also may criticise Can
didate Wilson, and still be a very good
American citizen. If Mr. Wilson had
wished to avoid criticism, he should
not have accepted the renomlnation and
should have complied with the pro
visions of the Baltimore platform hold
ing for a Single term for the presl
dnt. The merits or demerits of a
political candidate are and always have
been a proper subject for discussion
and criticism.
Your correspondent further states
tbat "he Is sorry that he was ever
born in Germany," and that "he hopes
that Germany will get licked." I take
it that his experience in Germany must
have been extremely unpleasant, and
who knows whether be emigrated for
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
The national Prohibition convention
delegate at st, Paul are complaining
of the heat, but not of the drouth.
To those senators who hate the
child labor hill, the president makes
tiie villain who still pursues look like
a quitter.
The gist of the'official reports from
the crumpling war salients seems to be
that those lines look bene- straight
ened, anyhow.
Can this Wllliarn Sulier. former
governor of New York, who wants to
be nominated by the Prohibitionists
tor president can this William Sulier
be "the same old Bill?"
Since there is nothing lik numbers,
the Indianans, while they are about
it. might do well to enlist the authors
as well as the congressmen back home
In behalf of Oregon reclamation.
National conventions at Chicago and
St. Louis complained about the cold.
The national convention at bl. Paul
Is complaining about the heat. A na
tional convention is mighty hard to
please.
North Carolina's executive is ma
rooned, far from the capital, and hit
secretary, a woman, la acting gov
ernor; which is interesting when it Is
considered that North Carolina, for
conservatism, is located on the third
line of trenches.
The precedent being thus estab
lished, the governor of North Caro
lina can henceforth comfortably com
mit the business of his office into the
safe hands of a woman whenever he
feels like exchanging social amenities
with the governor of South Carolina.
Dr. Berle. education expert, le"turing
at Eugene, asserts that the best educa
tional Institution in this country !s
the ungraded district school, conducted
by a person of trained and competent
mind. And there is many a very big
and very useful American citizen that
knows exactly what Dr. ISerlu means.
JOURNAL
79-Need of a
Looks as If our bit of missionary
woric for a Portland booklet that will
impartially describe attractions of this
vicinity rnlgut gain a number of friends
and helpers.
"See how Tacoma is capitalizing
Mount Rainier (Tacoma)" Is the text
of a letter from William J. Piepen
brlnk. secretary of the Vista House as
sociation, which reads:
"Last week we found at one of the
local residential hotels some friends
from the east. of course, we asked
them what they had seen in Portland
and vicinity, and proceeded to take
them over the ground they had not
covered. They had been over the high
way, but on their return were told by
several local residents that it was a
mistake to see the Columbia gorge
from the road, as the view from the
boat was more worth while. This
brought to mind your 'Journeys' and
how helpful they must be to Portland
people who want to help the tourist
and visitor see the Great Oregon coun
try to best advantage.
"Recently I read the 'Journey' about
the necessity of a booklet or folder
about Portland, and calling attention
to the publications of other Cities. On
that same day . I had picked up at one
of the railway offices a folder entitled
"Four hours Tacoma to the Glaciers
The Most Wonderful One-Day Trip in
the World." It was well gotten up,
and certainly draws people from all
parts of the L'nlted States. In reading
it I learned that it is 78 miles by auto
CLAMORING FOR
From the Salem Journal.
Tall Timothy Geer, who was gov
ernor of Oregon once upon a time to
the intense dissatisfaction of his con
stituents. Is out in a communication
to the Oregonian demanding war with
Mexico. He would shoot real bullets
instead of notes.
The Oregonian prints these Incen
diary contributions quite gleefully be
cause It will do anything to score a
political point. That has been its rule
of action for over half a century and
patriotism and all j humanitarian im
pulses are subordinated by the force
of habit. Only two weeks ago the
president of the United States not
of the Ixmocratic party or any other
party was cartooned and held up to
obloquy as the "man who got us into
war with Mexico." It was an Insult
to every patriotic citizen ready to
answer the call to arms at any time
from the nation's head; it was saying
to the Oregon boys who were Just then
entraining for the Mexican border,
"Your commander In chief the presi
dent is sending you to useless slaugh
ter why ehould you obey the order?"
No copperhead editor or politician
in the days of the Civil war ever aimed
a more dastardly, treasonable blow, at
the government than did the Ore
gonian when it printed that foul car
toon. That was only two weeks ago, and
yet. with a reasonable prospect of a
peaceable settlement ahead, the Ore-
j gonian is already clamoring for war.
In another weeK it will probably be
cartooning the president again this
time for not getting us into war In
addition to printing the stuff that
little mental shrimps like T. T. Geer
write.
Does not the Oregonian realize that
If war with Mexico comes some of the
1500 manly boys who marched away
i from Portland, Salem and other Ore
gon cities, will never come back again;
that many will return home maimed
and crippled for life, a burden to them
selves, their country and their fam
ilies? The horrors of war will be
his own good or was requested to leave
for the good of the country? A sorry
r.:an indeed, who apologizes for the
place of his birth.
It seems too tad that narrow minded,
il. bred, uneducated and Ignorant men
should rush into print, sign themselves
as "German-Americans" and. through
the language used and opinions ex
pressed in their communications, cast
discredit on all citizens of German
birth. The attitude of the gentleman
from Hood River should disgust the
strongest pro-allies as well as any in
dependently thinking Americans.
The "German-American" from Hood
River, in the future should remember
the old proverb: "O si taculsses. philo
sophus manslsses." H. V. SCHMALZ.
On the American Submarine.
Portland, July la. To the Editor of
The Journal Secretary of the Navy
Daniels is again vindicated, in spite of
the satire and denunciation of his en
emies. When a few months ago he
asked for bids on submarines built for
speed, and also for size, the eubmar.ne
compAies refused his proposals as im
possible, because if , they built such
boats now, it would be unnecessary to
scrap them next year, and so profits
would be sacrificed on the altar of pa
triotism. If. as the Lake Submarine company
claims, the Deutschland is an infringe
ment on their patents, why did not
they offer to build such a type when
Daniels .asked for bids? Could they not
I also, as the holders of tho basic pat
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Times-Herald records two burg
laries in Burns in one week, and then
remarks: "People will have to take to
locking their ho'isen since we are be
coming more civilized, it seems."
The spring wagon or auto truck that
comes into Newberg these days that Is
not piled high with cherry or berry
boxes and the barefoot lad whose feet
do not carry berry marks, the Graphic
says, are the exception.
"The telephone company." soys th
Bay City Examiner, "is planning sonie
improvements for its beach line. Tiie
wires now is use are rusting raph! :
and the company will Install new cop
per wire to do away with this. It wi I
also move the lines from the beaih
to the county road."
Urgent invitation issued editorially
by the Drewsey Pioneer-Sun : "Hoy!
You fellow with the lUie money! Hight
this way and get first choice in build
ing a railroad, developing an Irrigation
district, building a jower Plant, build
ing a reservoir, developing a mining
district. Take your pick from these
good things. Don't wait."
Benefits of the sugar mill, empha
sized by the Grants Pass Courier: ' The
beet grower is not the only fellow who
will find his pay chvks signed by the
sugar company. Thousands of dollars
will go out to the wood cutter. You
can get a pretty good idea of the fuel
the factory will use by taking a look
at the great furnaces Installed."
Meteorological observation by the ed
itor of the Coquille Sentinel: "Living
on the Atlantic coast half a century
ago. the statement that in San Fran
cisco the difference between the aver
age temperature of January and July
was onlv eiKht degrees seemed almost
Incredible; but from what w have ex
perienced here. In the past three years
we are Inclined to believe the differ
ence between our average January and
June temperatures is even less than
that."
JOURNEYS
Portland Booklet
and S3 miles by rail and auto tr N'ls
qually Glacier. Some time ago the
same city distributed very widely a
neat and very attractive booklet enti
tled " 'Tacoma, the Only City With a
Snow Capped Mountain in Its Door
yard.' "
Mt. Hood is much closer to Portland,
and while the road to th south side Is
riot the kind they have to Taeoma
Rainler, the mountain can still be fea
tured, with the other great ocenlo as
sets, fn such a way that peoplo will
want to come. The romls along the
west side hills, although not much Im
proved, are in fairly good condition in
the summer, and offer probably views
that cannot be equalled anywhere.
"I do not believe money could be
more advantageously spent in the in
terests of Portland than by getting up
an attractive folder for nation-wide
distribution, as well as for local infor
mation at hotels and other places
where the tourist appears."
Here Is the point: We have nothing
that officially says. "Come to Port
land" and does It In an attractively Il
lustrated, expertly written wuy that
would supplement and verify the book
let productions of the railroads and
hotels.
Such a booklet would be only the
expression of a positive, well-supported
policy to make the world know how
beautiful Oregon Is. an Investment in
scenic publicity that has paid every
where else.
WAR WITH MEXICO
brought to our own doors and what
will Geer and the editor of the Oro
gonlan pay then to comfort stricken
homes which hav lost a father,
brother or aon?
This country Is not afraid to fight,
no matter what the cost may be. but
It wants a ral reason for fighting,
and the Mexican question may or may
not present a real cause for war In
the end. It is simply a dirty mens
which we may be compelled in time
to clean up in order to give our border
security and for the general good of
the western world. We have always
thought It would come to that some
time, but indorse the president's
course In avoiding ft by any reason
able means If It can be done. Critics
will say that If Huerla had been
recognized or if this or that had been
done conditions might have been bet
ter. We doubt it. There Is not and
has not been since Diaz' time any re
sponsible government to deal with,
and the best course to take has been
anything but plain.
The president has no doubt don
the best he could to handle the prob
lem and work out a solution without
bloodshed, just as Mr. Taft did before
him. Just as he has stated time and
again in his public addresses we have
no reason for going down into Mexico
and slaughtering a poor, weak, ignor
ant people who in their own blind
way are really engaged In a struggle
against centuries of serfdom and op
pression. There is no reason why a
single Oregon boy should be sacrificed
on account of the Mexican trouble un
less matters along the border reach
such a state that this country Is com
pelled to act, and If that time coma
not a soldier boy will fall to do his
duty.
In the meantime every father and
mother in Oregon will stand back of
the president in his efforts to devise
a plan whereby tho Mexicans may
eventually work out their own emanci
pation from misrule and anarchy
without the assistance of American
bullets and bayonets.
ents, give to the government a boat
that would be faster than those of any
other country? Why not now give the
United States the advantage of the
highest achievements in submarine
construction. Instead of waiting till
next year in order to double their prof
its? Is this the spirit of preparedness?
They do not even build submerslbles
that can be depended upon, as witness
the disasters to the F and K flotillas.
O. L. SHEA.
A Word of Thanks.
Portland, July 17. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly allow me apace
for Just a word of praise to Viola
Kaufman's letter of July 17 and for the
fairness of The Journal In printing
different views. The American people
are a stubborn people and If one tries
to compel them to go to church they
are sure to buck. The Saviour said:
"Whosoever will, let him come." H
doesn't say "compel" them to come.
When Constantine first set aside Sun
day, or "Sun's" day, he made a pro1
vision whereby one need not attend
worship if he had work to attend to;
Hence this Sunday law started from
later ecclesiastical enactment.
H. W. HARBISON.
Who Will PurnSlTTheso Poems?
Oregon City, Or.. July 17. To the
Editor of The Journal I would thank
The Journal, or some reader of The
Journal, to furnish me copies of the
following poems: "The Brown Dwarf
of Rogen" and "Ben Hazard."
MRS. JOHN WJLTSE.
TKpnce Oer
BY rei-x T-eFrAlsl
TJVMAN NATURE according to
certain friends of the people
cant he trusted.
and it s responsible for war and
poen and oppression.
bemuse the people are laiy and
wont trust each other.
and need tyrants to rule them.
and all that.
U And 1 heard a man - very promi
nent friend of the people talking this
wuy about human nature.--yesterday.
J And I siiKsest that ho get out
on tlie stump.
and talk this stuff.
- so the people will knw what he
tim. I., of them.
T, ' m next Fourth of July
he could
uun.T an oration.
- and could stand up before the
: penp',.
1 - .ful take Ids hand out from the
brraM r his Prince Albert,
i --and ciar his throat and take a
swallow of water from tho pitcher
j on I ho lit 1 1 . ' table.
IT And uft.-r this - preparedness h
! ou Id fny.
i "Friends ai.d f(-H"w iitlzens "
j TIAiid then k.j on and make a
patriotic k eecli.
and tell what a grand free peo
ple we are.
and how ping K there are
such men and women us I ur stand
ing before mo --here t oday-the liberties
of thin nation ure safe.
and all that stuff --you know
that most of us like to hear on th
glorious Fourth.
flAnd after the applause had died
down and this friend of the plain man
had taken another swallow of water
be could start talking again.
and tell the people his secret
thoughts about thorn.
how they are too lazy and shift
less -to be trusted with greater op
portunity. and how they won't work unless
they're driven to it by the acourg
of poverty.
and so on through the whol ten
der tribute that I heard my friend
dli vnr yesterday.
IT Yes.
Ho could keep right on talking
until all the flowers of his regard
for the common men and women Of
America- had hern laid on his own
pointful mausoleum.
IJAnd this friend of the peopi by
his f ranki, ess--would be unique In
the trllm of politicians.
IT And he could go up and down th
country tolling the people how stu
pid anil base -and mean their na
tures nrt.
and how that's what's the matter
with the world."
Human nature I n says ia tp
blame.
And everyone woul,
thin remarkablo man.
ome to hear
- this honest pollll.
spoke his convictions.
J And enthuHlat i.stln
an
vho
Chautauqua
managers In their dealie to exploit
lilm might bill him nc the only
one of his kind In captlvltv."
T And he'd make a lot of money.
because he wouldn't have any
competition.
And after he got all the money h
wanted or Ills throat wore out h
could retire.
and live at ease and
i " LISTKN After a while he would
1 die without ever knowing that hu
, man nature with all Its faults Is
1 tho best thing and expressed ltelf
i In every good thing that we have
i in the world.
WORK AS AN END.
(Bodln.)
How muoh happier humanity would be if
work, Intttad of briar a 'moant of exis
tence, were iti end. But in order that
this marTelot i hange may oome about, all
mankind must follow the example of th
artut, or, better yet. beeeme artist! them-..
eWea; for the word "artist" In Its widest
acceptation means to me the man wb
taks pleasure in what he does. So It
would be desirable that there be artists
In all trades; artist carpenters, happy ia
skillfully raising beau) and corn tne;
artist mason, spreidinf the plaster with
fleaaure: artist raiters, proud of caring
or their horses and of not running oyer
those in the strrrts. ArtisU trt an rum
cle to the rnt of the world which might
be marveloualy fruitful.
Our Own Tabloid Hook Reviews.
"The Dated Alexander Coinage of
Sldon and Ake," Edward T. Newell.
(Yale University Press). Has a de
cided mint flavor.
"Pedigrees In th Ownership of Law
Books." Hampton L. ("arson. (Phila
delphia: The Phlloblblon Chin). Deals
mostly with dog-earod volumes.
"The Bpell of Egypt." Archie Bell.
B-O-T-P-T.
"Early Days in Old Oregon." K. B.
Judson (McClurg.) As George H.
HI mem.
Th Way of th Rivers," (McMil
lan). Toward the sea.
Romany.
fYom the Canyoa City Eagle.
A wandering band of gypsies
meandered through the valley
this week picking up everything
that was not nailed down. For a
coin they dip into the future and
lifting the maze that halos futur- .
ity tell the pnychologlcul moment
wnen the owner of a horny fisted
hand will connect up with a for
tune. Kor a small coin they bIho
tell the credulous Just when th
dark haired villain will slip out
of the brush or when the girl with
the straw colored hair will give
you the double croas. In telling '
fortunes, raining big families and
picking up loose chattels and per
sonal property and at the sums
time carrying around with them
considerable In Hie way of real
estate the gvpslea are not to ha
overlooked when we Invoice hu
manity. Apropos of a Dlr to Plant Dorothy
1 Parkins Bomi All Around One's
T Own Bom.
! Sir: When you net your own homo
I you'll be a dnmsite worse off and you'll
also be a damsite more careful of tt
than a rented house. O. C I
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Sometimes I almost think the world
In growing better, but you never can
tell. My wife's relations ar doing
pretty well fo for volunteering to
fight down in Mexico.
Stories gr7
6treet$9!iTowri
Of Two Evils.
Up jsirJAK tne juncture oi tne t or
nell road and Skyline boulevard
eome bruah was growing densely
along the roadside. County officials
traveling that way ordered that th
brush bi forthwith slashed. A week
j later they passed that way Again,
I The brush was f till there. Tha dl
trlct supervisor lost his Job. Then
j one of the county officials happened
lO UHK, II J U1U1I l juu UU W nl, WS
told you when we told you?"
"There wan a hornet's neat la that
brush "and I'd rather be fired than
stung." briefly answered th x-aupr
vtnr