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8 THE OREGON .DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15. 1916. ' AM INDEPENDENT WEWBPAPER. C JACKSON Publiapef Published every day. afternoon and morning (xeeut Sunday afternoon), st Th Joarutl EnlldlDK. Broadway ami TfarnnUl a treats, Portland. Or. faltered at tb poatofftce at Portland, Or., for fraismtsston tbrvugb Uia malla a second ctaae matter. TCLKPUONEM Mala 7173; Home, A -0O31. All departrr.enta reached by these numbers. Tall the operator what department you waut. rOHKlUN ADVKKTI81KU liKPKSMKNTATI VE Benjamin & Kentnor Co.. Urunawlck Bids.. 223 Fifth Are., New York. 1218 Peopla'a Oas Bklg., Chicago. Subscription terma by mall or to any address la til United Htatee or MbiIm: DAILY (MORNING OR AFTERNOON) One ear $3.00 I Ona montb f .50 SUNDAY. OM Tear $2..V One month f .25 DAILY (MOBNINO OR AFTERNOON) AND liUNDAY. On rar IT.&O I Una montb f .R.I America aaka nothing for herlf hut what be baa a right to aak for humanity Itself. -WiHiDltOW WILSON. Millions for tribute. defense, but not a cent for CHARLKS C. I'INf'KNEY. He that wrestles with ua atrentl.eTj OT nerves and eharpena otir k til. Our ntagonlet la our helper. Iturke. MR. HUGHES M R. HUGHES la to be In Port land tomorrow. He la a distinguished clU ren of America. He is a ATX former porernor of the Imperial tat of New York. He was re cently an associate justice of tho most powerful judicial tribunal in the world. Above all.' he is the presidential candidate of a great political party. It is a party of many achievements and honorable traditions. As such a man, Mr. Hughes is, regardless Of political predilections, entitled to a hospitable welcome from tho people of Portland. Mr. HugheB is putting forth his claims to the highest office within the gift of the American people. The presidency is always an office Of extreme consequence to the peo ple and to the republic. It can make or mar In any period. It was never, in all history, of more rital consequence to the American people than now. This world is out of equilibrium. Times are unjointed. Civilization in half the world Is awry. America is the only great nation that la not involved in the conflict. The situation makes America for the period of the war, and for some time after, the trustee of civiliza tion, and the president of the United States for that time must be the pre-eminent figure in the 1 world. Mr. Hughes holds that he has plans and qualities that should make him the choice of the peo ple to administer American af fair fhrnntrhnnt (ho t( V, war. In his public addresses ho sets forth his reasons. As a Jurist and former state executive, he is supposedly able to state his case With power and clarity. 'He should be heard. Roth sides Of the great controversy that mum continue until November should be considered. With what judgment Or Justice Mr. Hughes Is conduct ing his campaign can best be de termined by listening to his own presentation of his case. For a hundred years, or more, barefoot boys have beon wondering what bumble bees are for, and at last some scientific delver into hidden mysteries up at Eugene has discovered the puzzle. It seema that they were invented to carry pollen from one tomato! blossom to another. Now all of us who have suffered, and who love toma toes, can forgive and forget. PORK? THE Journal does not believe In "legislative pork." It does believe In political honesty. "Pork" la a fruitful source of campaign banalities. It has been uBed to grease the vocal cords of many a campaign orator. It is a rancid thing held up to affront the popular stomach for political purposes. The Oregonlan, by cartoon and editorial, is crying over the "pork" of the present congress. It sets to one side the gigantic appropria- jtion of three hundred eighty-six million dollars for the preparad- ness of the army and navy and iorgives congress Decause it was TOted at the "demand of the peo ple." Then it emits wild ulula tlons of anguish at the remaining Increase of one hundred sixty-three .million dollars. -'Tt- . la o Viler InrrcflOd Vnt TV Journal believes that the Colum bia river was. and is, entitled to the one million six twenty-three thousand dollars congress appro priated. It believes that Coos Bay was. and Is, entitled to the seventy thousand feiven for the harbor there.' It believes that the Wil lamette is entitled to the forty seven thousand dollars appropri ated .for its Improvement. It be lieves: that the farmer of Central Oregon, hauling water for his stock and household, 4s entitled to the money-, granted for artesian well It does not believe REQUESTING M' R. HUGHKS has made no reply by 37 prominent American writers the day after his speecn or acceptance was published. Mr. Hughes' speech of acceptance was an attack upon Presi dent Wilson. All his speeches are attacks upon President Wilson. Republican newspapers here and there in the country have advised Mr. Hughes to reply to the questions of the 37 writers. Thus, the De troit News, a leading Republican paper of Michigan, says: But the questions have been, asked, and they are fair, and tha 7 writers and the country at large are entitled to an answer. Mr. Hughes has the floor. The Journal has reprinted the statement and questions of the writers several times, because they are questions, the answers to which are essential to the voter in arriving at impartial conclusions as to whether Mr. Hughes' plan or President Wilson's plan most appeals to the voter's judgment and preferences. As the Detroit News says, they are fair questions, and the 3 7 writers and the American people are entitled to an answer. It is an answer that nobody but Mr. Hughes can make. As a claimant for the presi dency, he should take the American people Into his confidence. The statement c;f the writers and the questions follow: To the Honorable Charles E. Hughes: The professional writers who sign this letter have email Interest in parties, but a very deep interest In democracy. It' is our hope, through this voluntary association, to assist In the promotion of honest, educational dis cussion In order that fundamental issues may not be decided in prejudice and Ignorance. Mr. Wilson's beliefs have been expressed In law and In declared policies. He has made- an open record by which he may be Judged. Wise choice Is not possible unless you yourself make equally specific statement of purposes and convictions. Without intent to offend, we feel Justified In charging that in no single public utterance have you filed a bona fide bill of particulars, nor have you offered a single constructive suggestion. Generalities are without value: blanket criticism Is worthless. v What we desire to know, what it Is fair that the electorate should know, are the exact dt tails of your disagreement with rresldent Wilson. What hai he done that you would not have done, and what has he failed-to do that yui would have done or propose to do? Honesty end patriotism demand that you put yourself upon record In such manner as to permit people to Judg'j you as they are now able to judge President Wilson. For example 1 Would you have filed Instant protest against the Invasion of Belgium and backed up that protest with the United States navy? 2 It is (irrant nonsense to talk about action that would have preventet the I.usitnla tragedy. The vague advertisement did n't appear until shortly before the hour of selling. The occurrence was one of these things that civilization has made the world regard as Incredible. Tho only honest question Is this: Would you have broken relations with Germany at once? 3 Would you have urged upon congress an embargo upon the shipment of munitions to the allies? 1 4 Would you urge universal compulsory military service? , V'ou are frank in stating that Huerta's morals were of no concern to America; does this mean that you would have recognized Iluerta? C As matters stand today, would you be In favor of intervening: In Mexico? 7 Does your attack upon the Wilson shipping bill mean that you are tn favor of ship subsidies? 8 you speak enthusiastically of the rights of the worker. Does this imply that you Indorse tho Clayton anti-trust law and the seaman's bill.' Or will you urge their repeal? 'j What are your specific complaints against the federal reserve law? 10 As governor of New York, you opposed the income tax amendment: do-s this antagonism persist? IK) you or do you not believe in paying for preparedness out of a tax on incomes, inheritances and munitions? We nree with you that it is a "critical period." by far too critical. Indeed, for candidates to talk in terms of office seeking rather than in simple, earnest language of definite Americanism. Respectfully (signed) IKVIN S. COBB AND 36 OTHER AMERICAN WRITERS. that postoffice buildings in Cor vallls or Oregon City or Bakcir constitute "pork." It does not be lieve that tlio establishment of a naval base on the Columbia river would be "pork." It does not be lieve that Oregon's delegation, has been clamoring for, and securing, appropriations which should, or can, be classed as pork, for politi cal or any other purposes. The Journal remembers the Ore gonian's insistent demand for Ore gon appropriations, and its wild wails of "asleep at the switch" when the final figures were not as large as the Oregonian desired. It remembers that paper's recent hys teria at the bare suggestion that congress should wait for an en gineer's report before voting tho money for the naval base. The Journal is sorry the Oregonian contends that the ships that bear Portland's commerce to the sea must sail down a channel and across a bar deepened with "legis lative pork." There are passages In President Clark's official letter to the Port land Chamber of Commerce that every citizen of Portland should read. His emphasis of the need of shipping for Portland is a true note of progress. Only by creation of commerce and payrolls can Portland stabilize her values of every kind. l he owners or big realty holdings should be morn profoundly concerned than any other interest, for they have the most at stake. WAKRIOK WOMEN T HERE are doubtless some fathers and mothers, hus bands and brothers, and, per haps, others unrelated, who are waiting with quiet anticipation for the opening of the National Service school at Vancouver. There, beginning August 24 and ending September 7, all those young ladles who have sufficient aspiration to be army nurses, to brave the rig ors of a camp under military dis cipline, are to be taught the rudi ments of that profession. During those two weeks the young ladies will scramble from their regula tion arpiy beds when the buglo blows at six thirty in the morning; make a soldier's hasty toilet and begin a soldier's day. -v They will, besides the lesson of early rising, be taught first aid, army calesthenics, how to make surgical bandages and how to make beds. Ten o'clock in the evening will mark the period of their days. Whether the tocsin of war ever sounds through the land, or the white winged dove builds its nest of peace above our door, some of the things Ciey will teach over there will be well worth the learning. If Mr. Hughes finds not a thing In President Wilson's work to com mend, he must bo displeased witn all that Mr. Wilson has done. If against all the president's work, is Mr. Hughes the right man for pres ident? BIDDING FOR BUSINESS I T IS a good sign to see the busi ness men of Portland band to gether to build the commerce of Portland. It Is encouraging for the future to see them turn to the water as the basis upon which to build the commercial supremacy of this clfy. The East Side Business Men's club has inaugurated a movement HIS VIEWS to the questions addressed to him to make Portland the "future Hamburg of the Pacific coast." It plans to raise $500,000 as an in dustrial development fund for use in aiding Portland and Oregon manufactories, it is planning to offer inducements for the installa tion of new business in Portland and the state. It is trying to lift, not to lean. We have been drifting for a long time, calm in the belief that busi ness follows the law of gravity, downhill. We have been satisfied with the old 'order of things and let opportunity go by our doors, and our docks. Now we are wak ing. As evidenced In President Clark's letter to the Chamber of Commerce, we see that we must reach out to get "that which should, and will be ours. We are going out after tho business that Portland is entitled, by position and natural advantage, to have. Whenever the business men of a community join for the accomplish ment of a given purpose and push forward towards their chosen goal, success, in ' proportion to their earnestness, comes to them. Is the appropriation for improv ing the mouth of the Columbia "pork," as the Oregonian says it is? Really, is it "pork?" THEIR PROSPECTS w ITIIIN the next two months the Federal Farm Loan Hoard, just appointed un der the national rural credits act, will carve the United States into twelve federal land bank districts. It is within th power of the board at the present time to grant charters to joint stock land banks, and a group of Portland men have made applica tion to the board for a charter for such a bank. Tho members of the farm loan board, headed by Sec retary of the Treasury McAdoo, will visit Portland during the first week in September to listen to the claims put forth by Portland in support of her contention that this is the logical point for the estab lishment of a farm loan bank. This visit will mean a great deal to Portland. It will mean more to the farmers of Oregon. The establishment of this bank, the chartering of the joint stock bank, mean the beginning of six per cent money to the farmers. It means emancipation from short time loans at high interest rates and brokerage. It means security from foreclosure, and more than two per cent on investment. It means a long step towards eco nomic freedom for the farm own ers of the state. It will mark an epochal day In the development of Oregon. Is the appropriation for improve ment of Coos Bay "pork," as the Oregonian says? Is the appropri ation for development of artesian wells In those parts of eastern Ore gon where there is no surface water for man or beast, "pork?" What of a newspaper that is willing to sacrifice the interests of the state in a wolf cry of "pork" for sup posed partisan expediency? HAVE YOU NOTICED? H AVE Its readers noted the im provement in the wire servica of The Journal? The newly-e stablished American banks and American commercial houses, symbolizing the closer relations between the United States and South America, have led to an increase in the news facili ties which the United Press, serv ing The Journal, maintains on that continent. The through leased wire of .the United Press service between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts has been so perfected that the other day a business query from the New York to the San Francisco office was answered within four minutes. In The Journal's scheme'of news gathering, a great program is be ing worked out. It is approxi mating that perfection to which newspaper readers in the enlight ened Twentieth century are en titled. As soon as one improve ment is added, another is planned and speedily realized. Day by day, the Improvements are 'reflected in the pages of the paper. They may be so gradual that they are unnoticed by gen eral readers, but they are there just the same, as a comparison of The Journal of today with The Journal of other days will quickly prove. The end is not yet. The goal is still to be reached. But the prog ress Is steady and the patrons of the paper are daily receiving more and more for their confidence in and support of The Journal. THE NATION'S CAPITAL CITY AND ITS UPKEEP In the second article of the aerial on 'he national capital and Ua fl'cal )trm. The Journal's Washington correspondent sketches the atate of affairs under the regime of the famous "lioss" .Shepherd, and earrlea the narrative on to the establishing of the pres ent "naif am! hair plan of providing -ev-enue. 2. BOSS SHEPHERD THE ORGANIC ACT WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. t WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Controversies con cerning taxation and local government in the District of Columbia, which have been rampant during the present session of congress, all run back to a discussion of what Is known as tho organic act and the "half and half plan of taxation, which came into be ing at the same time. The organic act is nothing more than an act of congress passed in 1S7S, which changed the government of the district from the territorial to the present commission form. It is a law, Bubject to repeal at any timo congress -wills to change it, but It has existed so long without change that sentiment in the district is strongly inclined to support it on the ground that a new system will make for disturbance) and unsettle property values. Senator Chamberlain, In a vigorous defense of the present conditions, termed the organic act the constitu tion of the district. He said it has come to be bo regarded, and it would be unwise to change It unless a com prehensive study were made upon which something better can be basei. Other senators regard the organic act with less reverence. Senator Works tried to overturn the whole system by an amendment to the a i nual appropriation bill, and he occu pied the floor for the better pan of two days presenting his argument. Senator Chilton referred at one tir.ie to the organic act as more of a "state of mind" around which the citizens of the district have grouped their thought. Back of the adoption of the organic act a word should be said as to why it met with favor. Under the terri torial form of government just pre ceding the moving spirit was "Boss" Shepherd, concerning whom divided opinions , are still entertained. With out going into details, it may be said that prior to the Shepherd regime things were in a bad way. Congress men were ashamed of the capital city, of the condition of Its streets and the general appearance of the city. It Is agreed that Shepherd Improved the city. He did so at a rapid rate. Bonds were Issued to cover the cost. Washington blossomed out and the debt piled up. The climax was reached when the bonded debt had risen to $18,000,000 and the local government was threatened with bankruptcy. a Something had to be done. Congress came to the rescue with the organic act. This took away tits district's delegate in congress and removed al most the last vestige of local govern ment, except as to minor regulations, which are vested In the comlssloners. The important feature of the organ!.: act was that it established the half and half plan and fixed the rate of taxation. It provided that the tax rate on real estate should not exceed $1.50 on the $100 on an assessment at three fourths actual value, and the tax on tangible personal property was fixed at the . same rate on full value, with the exception that real property held for agricultural use Is taxed at $1 on $100. Then it was provided that to the amount thus raised by loal taxation congress should match dollar for dol lar in future appropriations. This plan, at first strictly adhered to, calls upon ' the people of the rest of the country to contribute one-half the ex pense of the local government. Residents of the district claim that deviations have been made, and the contract has not been strietly kept. On the other hand, it is asserted by some that the general government 13 being called on to contribute too much, and that the arbitrary half and half plan should be done away with The facts surrounding these conten tions will be dealt with In futura articles. Definition. From the Chicago Herald. Extract from the encyclopedia or common sense: "Strike: See Arbitra tion." . a... . - THE SEARCH "r jvenotv trsAS&y V&C.2.ArAs;.' Letters From the People rComtnnnicatl.ina sent to The Journal for publication In this department should be writ ten ou oniy one side of the paper, should not exoeed Hoo words In length, and must be ac companied by tun name aDd address of the sender. If the writer does not desire to hae the name published be should so state. "Discussion Is the greatest of all reformers. It rationalizes everything It touches. It robs prim iples .of all false sanctity and throws them back on their reasonableness. If they have no reHMMiablmt-ss. it ruthlessly crushes tl.em otit of existence and sets tip Its own conclusions in their stead." -Woodrow Wilson. Equal Suffrage in the Campaign. Yamhill, Or., Aug. 12. To the Edi tor of The Journal Is It any wonder that the majority of men object to equal suffrage for women when such auvocates as Miss Annie Martin express themselves as she lias in regard to Mr. Hughes and President Wilson? If we all reasoned that way I think it would be a blessing if we were denied the vote until the majority of u understood lhe great issues of our country better. Has Mr. Hughes a record to show he favored woman suf frage during his term as governor of New York? In his speeches, so far, I can find no word of his that he can keep. They all strike me as cheap vaudeville talk Just a lot of hot air. We all can see Mr. Wilson"., record from the beginning a record of deeds, not words alone. Ttie rule of the present administra tion has been so well conducted and every issue so well conserved that Mr. Hughes has been able to obtain no one thing to base his campaign on except borrowed phrases of the Democrats, such as "Americanism." When 1 read his speeches I have as good a laugh as though I were view ing a circus. To the thinking people of this country he is certainly making hirjLself ridiculous. MRS. ERCEL M. DECKER. Convicts and Lime. Ashland, Or.. Aug. 13.- To the Editor of The Journal Relating to the matter of convicts and lime, 1 think the laws of Tennessee would help out. All of fenders sentenced to less than one year's imprisonment, go to the county workhouse. There Is where white and colored people meet on a common level - both sexes. There are two houses, and when there are more females than are needed to cook, wash and mend, they are taken out on the pike, given a sheepskin seat and a hammer, and they crack rock. Fines are worked out at 40 cents a day. The result is a sys tem of solid, hard surfaced, pikes, of less than 5 . per cent grade. The state finds tools of all kinds, rock crusher, steam roliers, picks, shovels, plows and scrapers and clothes, bed and hoard for the convicts. Trusties drive the teams. The unruly are guarded closely. 1'ikes cost very little. Our state could take over the lime rock and do the work on the same prin ciple, and the lime would thus cost al most nothing. Such Vork as road building and lime grinding would not compete with free labor. If there is one thing an American hates it is roadwork. He gets into the ditch, shovels a bit of silt, leaves, sticks anil whatever is handy into the mud, which the wagons stir up and rain puts back into the ditch. In Tennessee petty'crlminals are kept in Jail just long enough for the judge to sentence tnem. V AMOS DAHUFF. The Mexican Arms Embargo. Reedville, Or., Aug. 12. To the Edi tor of The Journal It Is squarely up to the administration ' to explain to the American people its reasons for repeatedly lifting the embargo on ammunition to Mexico, which was put in effect during Taft's administration. The mother whose son has gone to the border in response to the coun try's call should know the reason. American boys are at the border to day facing the danger of American bullets shot from American guns In the hands of Mexican desperadoes. What has brought this situation about? Any reasonable man ought to know that to promote peace in Mexico we should cease at once this traffic In war material. Why at dif ferent times has the embargo been lifted, enabling the Mexicans to get ammunition when such ammunition only prolonged the war. and Jielped to kill American men and women no. only in Mexico but on the border? Might not our patriotism assist ut in putting a restraining hand upon the traffic in these instruments of death for profit, And thereby save not oay the Mexicans from themselves but above all, the sons of American mothers, whose devotion to their country and to their flag has brought them to the Rio Grande? Let us quit this humbug of praying for peace and get busy and practice a little what we preach. "Not those who say "Lord, Lord,' but those who do the will of the Lord, will be saved." It is not the will of the Lord that we send bullets to war torn Mexico. Let us send bandages and send food. After we have succeeded In wiping away all bitterness south of the Rio Grande, and fed the people and tied up the wounds, then, and then oply, can we pray. The thing to do now is to forbid the traffic in bullets. It is the only way to square ourselves with humanity and with our God. I O. E. FRANK. FOR SYMPATHETIC LISTENERS CONTINUES PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE If there is anyone who doesn't hke the Oregon climate he has the privi lege of seeking another. After being engaged 32 years a California couple have married. They ought to know each other pretty welt With the Utah jtepublicans it is two strikes and out. Governor .Spry who was a candidate for reiioiiiiiiuiion I'oi the third term was defeated. "Why do men lail' asks the pasto of John V. Rockefeller It all de pends whether they are judged by trie Rockefeller standard or otherwise. When engineer differ as to what is earth and what is rock how can the layman have any confidence in engineers? Critics of the administration's Mex ican policy must either favor a war with Mexico or be opposed to war. Try as they may, the issue cannot oe clouded. While all Portland will give Mr Hughes a warm welcome it does not necessarily follow that we will all vote lor him in November. Neither will he expect us to. With Senator J Ham Lewis follow ing up former Justice Hughes, and Vice Presidential Nominee Fairbanks clos ing up on Lewis it will be known as the "whiskered trail." Perhaps Mr. Hughes will announce while in Oregon what he would have done if he had been president in the case of Mexico and Germany. About the only thing he could have done be yond what President Wilson did, would have been to have declared war Would he have done It? MR. HUGHES' SPEECHES Charles Evans Hnglua made two speeches, opening his campaign for the presidency, at Detroit, August 7. The Ietrojt Newt reviewed these speeches in a very lengthy editorial, from which the passage below is reproduced. Mr. Hughes' attitude was that of un relieved criticism of the administra tion. Not in a single lota did he grant it one atom of intelligence or ef ficiency. His favorite descriptive term for it was "wrong-headed." Of course. It may not be sensible to expect an opposing candidate to ad vertise the worthiness of the man or party he attacks. But it is sometimes worth a candidate's whila to show his audience that he is able to look on both sides of a question. Especially if that candidate has been a Judge of the federal supreme court. Mr. Hughes would have gained a larger personal influence had he admitted a few ob vious things such as the present ad ministration having met a crisis un paralleled in this country and the world; such as Its having striven honestly for international equity; such as its having done come really useful things in establishing the federa.1 re serve act, the rural credits ct, the in come tax law, the industrial commis sion law, in creating a department of labor, and in greatly widening the scope and usefulness of the parcel post provision. All these are scarcely sus ceptible to dismissal "wrong-headed " It was this la'k of anything like re spect for the administration's achieve ments, or sympathy with its difficul ties, that led the hearer to wonder whether Mr. Hughes' purpose was merely to lead an attack, or instruct hia audience. The attitude was Jthe rather hard one of the candidate and not that of the recent wesrer of the ermine. Hut supposing Mr. Hughes' method to be one of out-and-out attack, there was a kind of obliqueness about his arguments which really put it up to the audience to make the attack them selves. For example: Speaking about efficiency in the administration, he asked: "If a manager wan to be ap pointed in an automobile factory, would you appoint a man that had never seen an automobile?" He left it for the audience to infer that President Wil son was the "manager'' who had never seen the "automobile." And he quite enjoyed the audience's ready inference. Yet Mr. Hughes knows as well as any one that a distinguished authority in the regions of constitutional law. political economy, finance and history, such as Woodrow Wilson is acknowl edged to be, even by his enemies, can scarcely be reckoned as a manager who was hired for a job he knew nothing about. Again, the oblique form of argu ment was noticeable in his attack on the naval and diplomatic services. When he said in derisive tones. "Look at the navy department." tt was not instruction; it wa hardly argument. He assumed that the people believed that statements by militarists about tre navy were true statements. But ar intelligent citizen, obeying Mr. Hughes' injunction to "look at the ravy department," will see high ad mirals and naval experts declaring that the navy was never in a higher state of efficiency than now, and he will see on the other hand a number of politicians declaring that the navy has. deteriorated. Mr. Hughea could hvc nerformed a service by simply; telling the audience what he himself knows from reputable sources about the navy department. The efficiency (Tt&zjc you (MW rtv&v. AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Prosperity quotations, from Baker Democrat: ''With every carpenter busy, Haker is iBaking grand strides In build ing Improvements this year." "The wheat mark t is ell tnat Baker county farmers could desire." a "The range." says the Catryon City Eagle, "is said to be better than it has been for years, in many places the tall bunch grass reminds one of the good old duy.s when everybody owned every thing in sight." a t'rban faimlng enterprise noted in Condon Titi-es, concerning which addi tional details would be interesting: "Walter S;tle commenced to harvest his grain on lots in town this week. If every vara1 t lot was In grain it would be a Ue. .idea improvement and do away with unsightly weed"." A guest of relatives at Silvertnn is J. W. Johnson of J a tnseto wn, N. Y., who on his way to tlte coast saw. ot Chicago, firemen lined up on stree'. corners with hose ready to revive stricken horses, while peoplo at the lake beaches were fairly fighting for places In the water. Oregon feels pret ty good to Mr. Johnson, the Appeal takes pains to state. "Never have the crops looked more rromlsinir than at this time. The hay. which is nearly all cut and stored, has yielded well and the grain is so for ward the thref-hers will he heard In a few days." This item might be credit ed to almost any paper In Oregon, or to almost any rural correspondent of any paper In Oregon. For the. sake" of exactness, only, acknowledgment is to be made to the Macksburg correspond ent of the Aurora Observer. or non-ef f Iclency of a piece of naval machinery is not Cependent on political oratory at all; It Is a hard fact, capable of being distinctly and undebatably stated and to be told to "look at the navy department" Is neither a state ment nor an argument It is only an appeal to the particular prejudice the members of an audience might have chosen out of a number of possible prejudices. Likewise the Invitation of Mr. Hughes to "look at our diplomatic service!" Well, when we lock at our d'plomatic service wo see Gerard at Berlin, Van Dyke at The Hague, Brand V.'hitlock at Bussels, Morgetithau at Constantinople the Big Four of mod ern diplomacy. These men have ehown a capacity and skill that has won the admiration of the diplomatic world. They were thrust into situations that hove never oc urred In (lipl"inacy in a'.l its history, and they have reflected immeasurable credit on their country. It is true that a man named Sullivan in an obscure republic, with a popula tion of several thousand and stand ing army of 12 men. has not measured up to the highest diplomatic stand ards. Mr. Hughes may have had him in mind when he bale his audience "look at the diplomatic service," but when they looked they saw what all thb world sees, the great outstanding quality of American diplomacy aa called forth by the war. Mr. Hughes was particularly severe on these men having been appointed when men of experience were already at those p'sts. Ho saved himself, bow ever, by Faying that the present ad ministration 1h not the only one that has sinned in thi-t particular. It would bo interesting to know, since Mr. Hughes values experience no highly, whether he. If lie should be elected president, would consider t lie invalu able experience of Van Dyke. Whil leck, Gerard and the others and keep them in their posts, or whether he would follow the old system of chang ing men. m In his treatment of the Mexican sit uation, Mr. Hughes repented the charges of his speech of acceptance, namely, that the administration has shown r''ss Incapacity and tli.i t the present Mexican turmoil is due to President W ilson's "'. a J'.-ttion" and "timidity." Mr. Iluprhes did not state where hia course, had he been presi dent, would have diverged from Mr. Wilson's, but he did say th.t his policy would be to "insist" that Mexico be have herself. "Insist" was his word. Yet he said ho "would insist in such a way that the Mexicans would not hate us." Just what kind of insistence it would be that ould make Mexico be have and yet not cause her to dislike the lnsister, ho didn't say. He was oblique in his attack here also. It was hardly in the tone of high and careful fairness for Judge Hughes to say of the president of the United States: "He showed his dl'-position to favor any bandit that could land." Mr. Hughes was not any happier in his attacks on the president's for eign "policy, for when he described the president's course as being weak there, also, he evidently overloked for the moment that when Mr. Hughes' party in congress was for abandoning Amer ican rights on the seas, the president himself walked Into congress and forced It to go on record and that It was the president who stood against congress for insistence upon the un abbreviated rights of Americans, and won out both here and abroad. sy's KTr), , ybu& Bern -v i WJw!y-C &v$r bj?t-h4?jm) 'ASZ u i The Haiti mora Sun. TKpnce Oer X3V I'JEC LAI-1PMAN OUT AT OAK GROVE where I live there's a persistent rumor that the world Is coming to an end. J And we don't know how It started, but it's all over town. and everybody knows It. t At least that's what I heard Jean telling her mother last week. "Mamma do you know" she said "the world is coming to an end?" J But mamma hadn't heard of It. - and asked for particulars, aj "W-e-e-1" said Jean taklnf a deep breath "it is an' I'm scalrt. " 'causn, there's going to be grcut-hlg fire. "an' It's going to burn everything in the world. "an' 1 hope I die 'fore It cornea. "'cause I'd rather die by sickness "cause it wouldn't hurt so much. "as It would to be burned "would it mamma?" J "No 1 guess not" said mother. "but Jean whom have you heard saying such things?" ar "O-h-h Jlst everybody" said Jean "everybody sajs so." J "Yes but who Is everybody?" "Well" - said Jean "Helen says so -an" everybody bays so an' . it must be coining." aj And then I heard mother telling her little daughter not to worry. because It probably wouldn't hap pen for a long long time. and for her to be a good girl, and she'-d be all right. J And Jean said: J " y cs mn Helen said." mamma but that's whnt JAnd I thought the Incident was closed. J But Sunday ev ening Buddy and I were lying on the bed. and he whs P'oklng out the win dow with wldo eves at the blos soming stars. JAt.d I Wondered he was so quint what he could be thinking about, aj And he sn Id " I add y :" and I mid "Yes Buddy- V jAnd then he gave me his version of the Impending disaster. aj "Afta aw hl-o" he said "dy'i a tig flah comtn' and hu'n up vvy- thlng In d' whole worl'. "an' I hope I die fo' den." aj And I a?ked hlrn how he knew. And he said that everybody lid d so. aj "Helen say so" -he said "an' Jean say so." J And I tried to tell hlrn as his mother had told Jean that there wasn't any Imminent danger. and for hlrn to be a good boy and not to worry. aj And bye and bye Verna came up with Jean and put her to bed. and Buddy went to sleep and I carried him to bis bed. J And everything seemed quiet for the night ajBut soon Jean cried out and I went to her. and she made me put a thick cur tain over her window. so she couldn't see the moon -because aj LISTEN--Hh- said It shlned right in on her bed and it looked Just 'alf it was all on fire. Storier oc StreemniTowri Boy's Lungs Overworked. STEPHEN BATES went with hia father, whom he calls Phil, down to the state editorial convention In Medford. Steve Is 10 years old. He took in every convention feature. In cluding the Crater lake trip. When a party started down the steep natural trail toward the edge of the lake, Steve trotted along behind. He told Ralph Hetzel, of the agricultural college, who sought to dissuade him from a thousand-foot descent, "1 can go anywhere you can." Thla from a 10-year-old. At the lake he gave the boatman two bits that he had won by being the only one of the party to see a deer, ami the boatman took him to Wizard island, where he climbed down Into the crater. Having accomplished thla feat, he made hia way back to the hotel. He had eaten aome breakfast In Medford. He had missed lunch. He told Phil he didn't want any dinner too tired. The next morning he ate no breakfast, but he began to get white. By the time the party had reached Medford again he was ready to eat. and did. Then he came to his father. "Ie there differ ence between the air here and at Cra ter lakoT "Yea, the air at Crater lake is much more rarefied makes your lungs work harder to get aa much oxygen." "Well, that must be the rea son I couldn't eat there my lungs did all the work."