THE OREGON, DAILY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, TUESD A Y SEPTEMBER 12, 1916.
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tribute. CHARLES C. PINCKNKY.
i With reapect to the anthorlty of great
names. It should be remembered that be
alone deserves to have nuy weight or lu
flnenre wltb posterity wli has shown lilm
aelr superior to the particular and re
Uouilnant error of hla own times.
Coltoo .
THE FARMERS' TESTIMONY
Much has been said ana much
written during the past lew
years about going back to
the farm. The pleasures and
the profits, the independence and
the ease of life on the farm have
be,en Bet out In glowing and elo
quent terms by efficient writers
from- the cities. But in spite of
the propaganda the rural popula
tion has continued its drift into the
viues ana towns.
' 1 Many of us, chained to office
and shop, have looked out through
the sunshine and wondered why it
,was so. We have closed our eyes
to dream of fragrant meadow, of
nodding fields of golden grain, of
jewelled mornings of aunkissed
;dew, of langorous noon and of
slumberous eventide when con
tented nature sighs and sleeps.
The other day we learned the
reason why more and more the
farms are standing idle while the
, young folks seek the city and their
fortune. We heard farmers of the
Oregon and Washington country
tell' the Iarm Loan board the
underlying reason of rural unrest.
We saw the new mown hay and
the golden grain turned into inter
est money to keep outstanding
debts complacent. We saw the
- morning dew, transmuted, become
me sweat 01 unrequited toil.
We. heard farmers fell of the
straggles they faced, of the pinch
of money-need and of the grinding
toil of paying back'. We heard of
high interest, of brokerage charges,
0 short time loans and bitter
struggles to renew. And through
It all ran the strain of eternal
hope for better things.
The sturdy men who told their
stories from tho witness stand
asked for no foolish thing. Thev
wanted barns, and fences and
cleared fields and drains and, now
families. They asked no favors
and they were willing to pay back
the money they borrowed with
honest money earned by honest
, sweat of arduous toil.
' . Money in America is greedy and
r never still. It must be forever
' turning or it is a disappointment
to him who owns it. Its earning
iwnw iuuoi uo uigri ami na loaning
term must bo short. Banks, and
'men, do not seek farm loans, the
- farmers said. They would rather
loan their money to industrial en
terprises for short times and sub
ject to immediate call.
It was a significant .thing to see
.1 an , hundred farmers leave their
harvests to give testimony about
the need of rural credit legislation
and the great boon it promises
them. It was a still more signifi
' cant thing to hear the unanimous
1 Indorsement given by them to the
act which they feel means inde
pendence and added prosperity for
them.
No act that congress has ever
passed is of more Importance to
the country than the rural credits
act. It will stand out as a land
mark in the history of American
legislation. It is a portent of prog
ress and prosperity. We have the
. testimony of Oregon and Washing
ton farmers that its operation
r means freedom for them; that it
means better farms, Increased pro
duction, adequate Income and pros
perity. It means that the old
nightmare of foreclosure with its
wasted effort and loss of home will
pass ; by and be forgotten. . It
means- the dawn of a better day for
the great army of men and women
who pit their industry against the
soil and wring from it the sus
tenance of the nation It means
an easier and a safer journey for
those who walk close to nature.
It means that the coming genera
tions will again , look back to the
old homestead as a place of peace
and plenty, comfort and content
ment It means that the old farm
will again be home. - - ;
Charles Mahaffey, who left Port
land last night to become a solic
itor In the Interior department at
Washington is clean, capable and
honest. No higher type of citizen
could be called into the public
service. His work will be credit
able alike to hla state and, the ad
ministration. THE GOVERNOR'S DUTY
THIS foul conspiracy to de
stroy the flax experiment
ought to be squelched.
Governor Wlthycombe has
boldly exposed the deep dark plot.
The list of the villains who had a
part in it is almo3t terrifying.
The exposure began several
months ago, when the governor
denounced The Journal as a falsi
fier and fraud when it suggested
that if methods then pursued were
continued, the flax experiment
would be a financial failure.
Later, when Secretary Olcott
wrote a letter to the board saying
that the methods were "unbusiness
like," Governor Wlthycombe de
nounced him and set out to beat
him for renominatlon for the sec
retaryship. At a board meeting after that,
Warden Minto of the penitentiary
was declared by the governor to
be one of the conspiring galoots.
At the same time Secretary Good
ln of the board of control was
added to the list of darkling plot
ters. Goodin, the governor said,
was Juggling with the figures to
make it appear that the experi
ment was a financial failure when
it was not a financial failure.
Then various and sundry em
ployes in the prison were added to
the list of pestiferous highbinders,
nature fakers and character assas
sins. And to cap the climax, the
governor yesterday mercilessly de
clared that Senator I. N. Day and
Secretary Olcott are conspiring "to
discredit the flax experiment." He
charged that Senator Day and
Olcott had been seen "together to
day framjng up something." The
highly indignant governor also
adStecl the warden and deputy
warden of the penitentiary to the
list of rascals.
Happily, the militia is back from
the Mexican border and the gover
nor is commander in chief of our
armed forces. Mounted on Loretta,
he should place himself at the
head of the troops and quell this
scoundrelly interference with the
orderly administration of state
affairs.
If Senator Day, The Journal and
Warden Minto are leagued to
gether 'n a diabolical plot to make
a financial failure of the flax ex
periment, it 1b time to squelch the
rascally plotters, by peaceful
methods if possible, at the point
of the bayonet if necessary.
If the enterprising gentlemen
who shipped 40 gallons of whiskey
from San Francisco to Portland in
milk cans, consigned as milk, had
been more truthful and shipped it
as eggnog or milk punch they
might have been guilty of boot
legging, but not of misbranding.
THE G RES HAM FAIR
THE Greaham fair Is a Mult
nomah county institution.
It is more than that, for it
is of interest to the' state
at large. It ir? one of the
county fairs which, conservatively
and at the same time progres
sively managed, has more than
Justified the expenditure necessary
for its maintenance. lit is a credit
to Its managers and a source of in
formation and education to those
who attend it.
The time was when the county
fairs of the state were the children
of logrolling at the legislature.
Appropriations for them came, or
failed to come, according to the
popularity or the trading ability of
the legislative representatives from
each county, or each district. The
system of financing fell into dis
repute but the fairs themselves
demonstrated their usefulness, and
because of this a sensible system
of maintenance was provided.
The Gresham fair was one of the
county fairs of the state that al
ways made good use of the money
it received and always furnished
an enlightening exhibition. Its
managers report that it will be
better this Beason than ever before,
in which case it will be well worth
the time of any of us to take a
day off and pay it a' visit.
MIss Amy D. Winship, 85 years
of age, is to enter the University
of California, and thus qualify ad
the oldest co-ed of record.
BROADWAY
LAST Sunday, it was three
years, four months and 18
days since the Broadway
bridce was thrown open to the
public.
After being closed for several
weeks for paving and other im
provement!:, it waa not until last
Sunday tLat the approach to the
structure from Union avenue was
finally opened for, public use.
It was a long time to wait. A
very expensive viaduct and one of
the most majestic structures In the
west remained for nearly three and
one-half years very little used ex
cept by the street car company.
What we have learned from experi
ence is that, before the building of
another such a bridge is attempted.
fall provision should be ' made in !
advance for a proper Improvement 1
of the streets leading to it
However, If belated, Broadway
street Is now, In. connection with
the bridge, one of the show places
of Portland, and In the Improved I with one or two dismal exceptions,
conditions, those who have con- j is an Ingenious and fascinating
tributed to the Changs will have liar. The lovely heroine, her en
both credit and profit. vlous rival, their male-co-inmato
i ' ' , . of the magnificent palace of the
The voters at St, Louis are to mysteriously murdered lady, the
decide In November whether they, fair and widowed neighbor who
will continue their municipal elec-, slips in after the deed Is done to
tions under a strictly partisan condole with them artfully and
system, or will enact, u clause in j treacherously, the false and
the charter doing away with all ! Frenchified lover of the slain
party designations for candidates i millionairess, all, all of them lie
for cltv office. Whemher the I
change is made thi3 time or not,
the fact that the board of alder
men of St. Louis submitted such
an amendment to popular vote
shows that more and more the
people are looking for tbe man
and not the partisan to fill public
office.
IF AT WAR
"F
ACES around the German
dinner table - would look
more cheerful if it were
possible to get a little
butter to eat with the .eternal
potatoes. " This is a sentence from
a German dispatch. Meat is more
plentiful, the item goes on to say,
but the people are only given one
egg a week with their bread ticket.
It is hard to conceive potatoes
without butter, or a government
edict which limits an individual to
one egg a week. When we think
of war we see struggling men and
the long lines of the wounded and
the dead. We think of sorrow and
suffering and of the tears that fall
for those who do not return. But
here we see the privation and
hardship that comes to the women
and the children at home. And
yet in the face of the all-embracing
sorrow and suffering of it,
there are those in the United
States who would willingly see this
country at war.
The handling of flax straw is to
be revolutionized, so they tell us,
by the development of a system of
chemical retting. If the system
had been perfected a year ago per
haps it would not have been neces
sary to call Jhe emergency board
together to help out at the peni
tentiary. REDEEMING MEXICO
THE Joint commission on Mex-
. ... .
lean affairs now in session i
I at New London promises to
do wonders for that dls-1
i.j x rrv. - i
' comparison with the rest of the com
of the commission, among whom Is J munity. man can make more mon
the far-seeing and gifted John j ey on a train then he can on a ship or
Mott, have taken the trouble to on a fm, and do it with less or.
p tv.. Mk v The men who safeguard the tracks; anu
study the questions which they handl0 th0 etatlon job8 don.t get any.
are called upon to decide. This id , thing like the pay of the engineers,
rare in political life and diplomacy, firemen, conductors and brakemen.
We may perhaps thank President Thl" u why the trainmen keep harp
,TT1. mil . , , ing on the eight-hour day and this is
Wilson for impressing upon the ; wy thelr case l3 weak- Industrial
minds of the commissioners tha 1 justice should begin with the under
novel Idea that they ought not to! dog.
expect to settle Mexico's perplexed I
worries either by clairvoyance, like
Colonel Roosevelt, or inspiration
like Judge Hughes.
To be on the safe side, the com
missioners project a line of block-
houses Stretchfhg from the Gulf of against proscribed accounting systems
Mexico to the Pacific Bhore. Tha fnd tal tb cJJZrl
! ing air brakes and automatic couplers
purpose is, of course, to set thejon freight trains. The railroad presi
fortifications so close together that j dents ought to have fallen over -them-ttey
will form a continuous de- ! selves to take advantage of the chance
fense. No doubt this is desirablo
for the present while the Mexicans ,
are quieting dawn to peaceful j
work, but if the other projects of
the commission are carried out the
blockhousei will presently become I for passengers and shippers that's
superfluous. There is no need of : the only solution there ever will be for
any along our Canadian border be- nll"Z?lllrJZ: tL orobi'errf
. . of ownership can evade the problem,
cause both the Canadians and ourlneltner tan postponement make it eas
own citizens prefer to till the soil, ier. It Is one of the biggest tasks now
mine and trade rather than to i facing this country, and it will have
ewh, !to be done. There Is bo sense In talk-
fight one another. j ,ng Babout ,ndustrial expansion' or
The Mexicans never have found j financial supremacy or world trsule
it especially profitable to till the " our railroads, are not able to
.. . u v v build new mileage or to provide ter-
soil because they have been sys- !mlnals and otner equipment that mod
tematically robbed of the fruits of I ern business demands. The reason
their labor. The Diaz government they can t is that their credit is not
reacted upon agriculture like the enough to borrow the money and
m , , . . . t, , ... the reason their credit Is not good is
Turk in Asia Minor and Palestine, j that tnelr rates are too iow and badly
There was a time when those reg-! adjusted."
Ions were among the most fruitful ' I. being one of the underdogs on the
of the earth, and they would stm rs to register . vigorous
be so were the husbandman cer
tain of reaping his crop in peace
and selling it for his own benefit.
But he can neither reap nor
market in peace. There is a
robber at every turn In the road j
set upon him by the government
Just so it waa in Mexico under the
The timorous Asiatics
Diaz pest.
submit meekly to the extortions
of their tyrants. The Mexicans
showed their superior quality by
rebelling. There is always a fu
ture for a people which, like our
own forefathers, have the stamina
to rise against their tyrants.
Evoked by President Wilson's wise
measures that future now seems to
be dawning for Mexico.
THE CURVED BLADES
CAROLYN WELLS' new de
tective etory "The Curved
Blades' has one undeniable
merit. It is printed on good,
thick paper so that one has only
to read a little while to find him
self in the middle of the book.
But it has other merits we say
nothing of the style. Carolyn
Wells cannot write English, but
then few novelists can, and we
should never think of blaming her
individually for ; the faults of , her
tribe. Good English . would rather
detract from the delights of a
popular novel. It would be so un-
expected i and. perhaps,' so out of
place.
The author has achieved one
feat in this book which ought to
double her fame. She has written
a story In which every character.
einuuuuy, ptaubiuiy uu wumww,-
Where did Carolyn Wells acquire
her consummate mastery of the
Machiavellian algorithm? Was it
born in her?
The book Is interesting and that
is all one can conscientiously ask
of a detective Btory. When you
sit down to read it you will not
want to go out and pick up a
basket of chips or milk the cow
until you have finished it. The
reader is fooled up to the very
last page and there is not a dull
moment in the story.
We hope Carolyn Wells will
hurry up and give us another de
tective story. Every new one she
writes is an Improvement on the
rest. They are all silly, but that
doesn't matter. Few read detec
tive stories for moral instruction
or for deep philosophy. She con
tributes bountifully to the world's
Btock of innocent amusement, a
commodity of which there is never
any too much, and for that we are
grateful.
Letters From the People
Commnnlcatiooa aent to Tbe Journal for
publication in thia department ahooJd be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, ahould not
exceed 800 words In length, and mast be ac
companied by the name and addresa of tbe
sender. If tbe writer does not desire to bare
tbe name published he should ao atate.
"Disonaslon la the greateat of all reformers.
It rationalUea ererythlnir It touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
back on fbelr reaaonableness. If they hae no
reabotiableneaa, it ruthlessly crashes them out
of existence and acts up Its owu conclusions la
their stead." Wood row Wilson.
The Railway Controversy.
Centralla, Wash., Sept. 9. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Allow me to
quota from Collier's of the 8th Inst.,
"This dogdays turmoil over tho threat
ened railway strike does not Beem to
be getting down to fundamentals.
President Wilson did great service in
bringing the interests of the nation
authoritatively into the argument, but
his service would be greater if his
grasp of the situation were clearer.
The present trouble Is only one phase
of a struggle that has been going on
m t ' n rrv . c.Ait
?or "ett"y u ,t ' u VXT
brotherhoods of the railway men nave
made thelr members a privileged class
as regards hours worked and pay re
ceived, not only in comparison with the
'other railway employes, but also in
in ,rallwajr. "Kcu"ve" nv" fu!
began fighting Roosevelt's first cam
paign for national regulation of our
national transit facilities. Many a
plain citizen is listening nowadays ''j
their arguments and wondering If these
are the same men who used to howl
to get the Interstate Commerce com
mission between them and some or
their troubles, standardized wages
for all classes of railway employment.
adjusted to the conditions under Which
the work must be done and nxed oy
same authority that fixes rates
protest- igain.TL ,.ww, -.
temrjlated Increase. In freight rates.
that will Increase the cost of living,
until I am given due compensation to
warrant the increase, I thank you for
your time and space.
K. D. EDWARDS.
With Equanimity.
Portland. Sept. 10. To the Editor of
The. Journal I have seen a sign over a
' door in Connaught which read, "Read
ing, writing ana jnainimauts ulusui,
bacon and eggs, ale and whiskey, old
books and a young ass and jaunting
car for sale within," and when I see
John MacNulty's literary wares in the
papers I am reminded of that sign.
For a member of the Naval league
and Naval Mllltla and connected in
one way or another with the United
States government, It seems to me Mr.
MacNulty would refrain from attack
ing a foreign power at peace with the
United States.
Since Mr. MacNulty apparently has
never done anything for Ireland or the
Irish but sneer at them, we can take
his remarks on the Irish question in
Friday's Journal with equinamity.
J. M. TOOMEY.
Takes Issue With MacNulty.
Dilley. Or.. Sept. 10. To t,he Editor
of The Journal Publicists are sup
posed to have long heads, but after
reading John MacNulty on the Irish
question in The Journal September 8,
I am forced to believe some of them
have long ears.
Born in Ulster, Presbyterian by
faith and a home ruler to boot, may I
take Issue with this man MacNulty
and say that I bave traveled a bit
since leaving my native heath and
that I have met all kinds of Irishmen,
f wanderers like myself, good, bad and
indifferent, but never have I met one,
prosperous or Unfortunate, .with soul
so dead that when the magic name of
Ireland was mentioned was not ever
ready: to say "That la my own, my
native land." nor have X ever heard
Ireland likened to cemetery or that
my dear country be dedicated a tomb
stone to a glorious dead past. She Is
alive, thank God. unconquered and un
conquerable and she will never die as
long as true Irishmen of all creeds and
political thought, though separated
from ber, can honor, her and love her.
Men and women have left Ireland in
the past, not because she was dead but
for reasons that John IacNulty, being gotttn home if the railroad atrike had
a man without an Irish heart, head or . not been averted
spirit, cannot understand. , , " . ..
Ireland is alive today because her Tn "inging of that popular favorite,
exiled son. and daughters have loved 'idk W' WlU b
her and helped her. God help her ltpotvODBa a few day,s longer,
the sack of her breast ever become so If Henry Ford gets that million do!
morally and patriotically unworthy as 'lar verdict how much of it will he give
some of your contributors, and on this i "i6 man that rmei th first lori
last point we all agree, Unionists, Con- jJKeT m
stitutionalists and Sinn Feiners It' Chairman WUicox's method of
NEIL O'RyAN ' "r,ding the bull" Is so satisfactory.
The Mexican Issue.
Portland, OrM Sept- 9. To the Ed- j A Seattle boy recovered his memory
itor of The Journal Former Governor while watching a picture show. An
Geer had a contribution in the Ore- ft?1? ".JL P"lbiu
ecnlan of August 31 pertaining to the j ties of the movlnf Plctur
Savs Senator Day to Governor
which he expressed the belief that Re
publican voters are warranted in op
posing President Wilson for reelection
because he is a Democrat simply con
fining themselves to that single objec
tion as sufficient justification in his
(Mr. Qeer's) Judgment, for their
course. Like Candidate Hughes, he re
cites a number of instances in which
he asserts President Wilson and. the
Democratic party failed to live up to
their platform and pre-election pledges
In 1912, but he exposes conspicuously
his unfair partisanship and deep-rooted
political prejudices by purposely side
stepping and avoiding mentioning the
great program of constructive and
progressive legislation that the presi
dent and Democratic congress have ac
complished despite the stubborn and
bitter Republican opposition and ob
struction combined with the perplexing
foreign problems arising from the Eu
ropean war and other causes that have
confronted the country for more than
three years. The erstwhile "Sage of
Waldo Hills" comments extensively on
the Mexican situation, which seemingly
is especially distasteful to him as han
dled by the administration. Presum
ably he read with much Mtlsfaction
(to himself) recent press reports indi
cating that Candidate Hughes contem
plated visiting the Lone Star state, par
ticularly the border sone, and deliver
ing there a 42 centimeter attack on
Wilson's Mexican policy, with view
of Influencing the presidential vote In
that rock-ribbed bulwark of Democ
racy, x
However, the fondest hopes of these
two distinguished Republicans have
Deen rudely shattered by the result of servient to the public utility corpor
the recently held Texas primaries, in j ations. The chairman of that com
which Senator Culberson for reelection mission, whom Mr. Hughes appointed,
en w nson s Mexican policy was opposed
by Governor Colquitt, a state's right
Democrat, who has always fought re-
lentlessly the administration's attitude
toward Mexico. On this clean cut is-
Bue Senator Culberson decisively Je
feated his party opponent, winning re
nomination by a margin of virtually
two to one votes, thus vindicating
President Wilson's course in the Mex- I
loan imbroglio; which event is certain j
to have a far reaching effect In the !
country at large as the campaign pro
gresses toward November 1. Then
again, look at Senator Robert M, La
Follette's triumph of a few days since,
when he secured in the Wisconsin pri
maries a renominatlon to the United
States senate by a majority of ap
proximately 75,000 votes over his con
servative Republican opponent.
This redoubtable Progressive sen
ator has always been a consistent sup
porter of the government's official acts
in the Mexican matter and, but a short
time ago, warned his Republican col
leagues from the floor of the senate
that if they made a party issue of Mex
ico and attacked the president on that
question, it would surely result in Wil
son's reelection-
On many other constructive prob
lems that the administration has suc
ceeded. In the face of Republican
obstacles. In placing on the statute
books. Senator La Follette voted fav
orably, which demonstrates that there
is but a shade of difference merely
the party label between a real Re
publican progressive of the La Follette
type and a Jeffersonian Democrat of
the Woodrow Wilson brand, and I
verily believe, as another Progressive
luminary, Bainbridge Colby, has
voiced the opinion, that an immense
number of Progressive electors
tnroughout the country will express
their unqualified approval of the Wil
son administration by recording their
votes in November for its continuance
in power another four years, thus in
suring a Democratic victory.
JOHN E. WALLACE.
Lime, Cement and Convicts.
Corvallis, Or., Sept. 9. To the Editor
of The Journal In examining the ex-i
penses of the state highway commis
son on Clatsop county road work, I fre
quently came across an item of the
Tongue Point rock crusher. Inquiry de
veloped the fact that this was a state
Institution conducted by convicts. These
convicts, I was told, had been sent up
there on their honor by the order of
Governor West, and they worked well.
One day a ypung man having seven
months still to serve, concluded ho j
would leave, and other convicts told !
him he was better off there; that the
state would catch him and put him in
me ouii pen.
The 6tate caught him at Tacoma, and
into the bull pen he went. He still had
his seven months to serve, and he lost
all the credits he had gained; in fact,
a longer period to serve after his re
capture. This is substantially as it
was told to me.
Sometimes a man releases a power,
and don't know it, like the Herse
waves, wheh it took a Marconi to util
ize. How quickly the business of the I
world adapted itself to the use of Mar. I clans are past, or should be. Most
coni's Herzian waves! What school I Americans are fast learning to recog
boy does not understand what "S. O 8 " : nize riSnt wherever it be found,
stands for? But here in Oregon, one of I nether in their own .party or an
the comparatively new states, we have ! other, and are fair minded enough to
a principle about to be released which support that right.
will serve all the inhabitants of the I The greatest hope of the American
state of Oregon for all time. Not only ! nation today lies in this fact. You
will the application of this principle to who would employ unjust criticism for
our needs actually net us present niere personal gain, remember first of
money, present profit, but it will inure j a11 that 'ou are nien and women, and
to the profit and benefit of all our j then lf 'ou must be politicians you
children, and our grand children for j wl.n at least know that your own
generations to tome, and until we quit i course is in safe hands. D. MARX,
deriving our sustenance from the soil i ,,. ,-.. T,,-,,,
and until roads will no longer be i.eces- I Dnt'r 1 enUS Patriotism.
itt.. Bntnnwwthmtallv.nffii!.! Portland, Or., Sept. 8. To the Edl-
proceeds of the soil and we have to
glide over the surface of Oregon roads.
and our principal advocate in this glid
ing process seems to be hece to stay.
Sam H. Moore now proposes an exten
sion of the convict labor plan, which he
advocated - last legislature. When you
have tha testimony of 2500 tard headed
farm owners in the Willamette valley
testifying in behalf of cheap lime and
cheap cement, then you have something
of which an appraisement can be had.
Three thousand five hundred Willam-
ette valley farmers constitute a force
which cannot be ignored, and these
worthy citizens have said, and in the
most emphatic manner, that they want
cheap lint for. the soil and cement for
the roads over which to haul the pro
ducts of this soli to the market.
This convict laber for grinding lime
into cement and agricultural lime Is
not new. It is a fact that tome of the
Egyptian monarchs made their state
prisons out in the desert, near to the
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE.
While Europe Is busy Japan is play
ing bull in the China shop.
Candidate Hanly admits that he has
no chance to be elected president..
T T X .. 1 9 V .
iij iii o mere bu niaoiy uouiua v-
ports that it is cot?
falsehood, you 'can take it just as i
mean it, too." An example of the re
tort courteous. m
The word "obey is to be stricken
out of the marriage ceremony. The
word "keep" is to be substituted. Does
this mean that tbe bride is to. pledge
herself tn aunnnrt the a-room? w
ONE PROGRESSIVE'S
Benjamin C. Marsh in "The Public"
Raymond Robins has recently given
his reasons for supportlngvMr. Hughee.
As Mr. Robins and I hold about the
same v,lews on economic questions, I
ask you to consider the following rea
sons why all fundamental Progressives
should support President Wilson:
The Republicans have not changed
their spots. The party is just aa much
controlled by privilege as ever. It' is
pledged to make the poor poorer, and
the privileged more prosperous, at tbe
expense ot- the victims of privilege.
The Republicans opposed the inoome
tax for the federal government and
frankly admit their purpose to rai3e
more revenue by taxing workers on
what they eat and wear, by tariffs or
Internal revenue. They claim they
want "protection" for American indus
tries. Well, the high protective tariffs
which they want do not yield revenue
to the government; they yield velvet
to the manufacturerers and other pro
tected Interests.
Mr. Hughes is personally honest, but
has always favored privilege against
the rights of the workers. Mr. Hughes,
as governor of New York state, ap
pointed a Public Service commission,
thrA of vhnRi memhra wera Riih-
now represents the Edison Light Trust,
operating illegally in New York city.
Mr. Hughes made him his campaign
' manager. The Public Service coin-
mission law contained no provision to
safeguard the rights of employes of
public utility corporations. Labor can
see what Mr. Hughes thinks of woi k-
lngmen.
Mr. Hughes found an excuse for op
posing the income tax.
Mr. Hughes vetoed the full crew bill,
and the two cent mileage bill, though
doing nothing to squeeze the water out
of the railroads.
lime deposits, and it is a fact that Chellngly, sacrificing their vocations and
great pyramids were composed of ce-i leaving their loved ones behind, and
ment- And it is a fict that the prls- for us to show our appreciation of their
oners taken in the wars of these Egyp- efforts to keep their oath, is the least
tlans were used In the grinding of this j we can do. We are content to stand
very lime into cement, and that they jjdly by and permit the Chamber of
oiq carry at some toil up tnese tremen-
dous heights their buckets and hods of
cement and place it In the forms pro
vided, and then place rock on the out
side. If they had exercised as muah Inge
nuity in dammng the Nile and irrigat
ing the desert as they did in building
pyramids of concrete, the civiliation of
the world would have been different.
J. H. WILSON.
Pair Criticism.
Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 8. To the
Editor of The Journal The Oregonian
in a recent issue, seems highly In
censed at having, apparently, been
taken to task for Its criticism of
President Wilson. It heroically hides
behind the fact that Washington and
Lincoln were criticised why not Wil
son? I wonder how many Americans to-
I day are especially proud of the fact
I that so much unfair criticism and un
I necessary abuse was heaped upon
say Abraham Lincoln. was there
ever a life that deserved more of our
support and good will? Was it not
enough that this life must be darked
by oP sorrows, that it must also
have been broken by our criticism?
Do we believe that he would have de
liberately neglected his duty If we
had withdrawn our deadly fire? We
can see our mistakes now. What would
we not give to have seen them then,
and have spared him even a 'little of
the burden?
No one objects to fair minded crit
icism. "Light is," Indeed, "the best
policeman" but let it be light. The
cheap, vague criticism that is often
resorted to Is as far from light as is
coal tar from radium.
We must admit that President Wil
son is successfully guiding our na-
tlon ltlr0USn ln greatest crisis or its
i history. How little and petty all our
nagging seem wiich w e mum ui inau
According to the Oregonian, death
is -the only sacred thing in the uni
verse and even that is not immune..
This is assuredly not the time for
petty political scandal. The problems
before our nation at this time are toe
deep and vital for us to forget that,
first of all we are human beings
and Americansnot mere echoes to
our party dinner bell.
The days of feudalism and barbarous
i tor t The Journal The remarks
the editorial, under the heading of
"Jobless Guardsmen," are Indeed time
ly, and the writer cannot but commend,
th editor for hla logical thought along
this line. Too many of us, unfortu
nately, wax very patriotic when we
have nothing at stake. . This Is ex-
, emplified almost daily In the various
. walks of life. We cannot but admire
j the outbursts ,of patriotism in our
! local playhouses, particularly when
f some national air is being played, or
! when the Stars and Stripes are un-
j furled or projected upon the screen,
Yet how many of the cheering populace
will willingly sacrifice a few shekel,
toward tbe support of the wives and
children of those left behind? This
has been portrayed, vividly, during the
past few weeks the boys have been on
the border, for some of the relatives
of tbe guardsmen have had a difficult
time keeping body and soul together.
The boys for the most part went wlU-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The big bulge In Coos county mar
riage licenses indicates increasing
prosperity.
The assessment totals 'of Bbaker
county show a gain of $400,000 in tax
able property over last year.
A night school is to be started at
Grants Pass provided enough interest
is shown to make the plan worthwhile.
The Umpqua Courier has received
com stalks from Smith river over 12
feet in length. When taken from the
field it was still growing.
The first consignment of the 1916
cranberry crop grown on Clatsop
plains has gone forward to San Fran
cisco. It may be necessary, says the Pen
dleton East Oregonlan, to place the li
brary under the management of the
fire department.
.
The mayor of The Dalles has issued
a notice to the general public denying
the report that he is promising Jobs
and increased salaries in order to se
cure votes for proposed charier amend
ments. Leet Paine known as the best mule
skinner on the Pacific coast, recently
took Drs. Newmeyer and Burrows over
the roughest and steepest road in Ore
gon without spilling them, according
to an exchange.
VIEW OF HUGHES
Mr. Hughes ran away from his Job
because he wasn't man enough to fight
privilege and I told him bo at the
time.
As Justice of the supreme court,
Mr. Hughes, in the Minnesota rate case,
repudiated the practice of Massachus
etts and primary Justice; and, writing
the opinion, held that railroads are
entitled to capitalize increases In land
values, even when the land has been
given them. He thereby fastened ex
orbitant passenger and freight rates
upon the people of the country. Jion'
can we hear what Mr. Hughes says
when what he Is thunders so loud In
our earsT
As candidate for the presidency, Mr
Hughes avows his intention to use our
army and navy to enable the greedy
capitalists of the country to exploit the
Mexicans, and his purpose to tax tho
workers for military and naval pre
paredness. As President, Mr. Hughes would
doubtless be the same honest, but pli
ant, agent of privilege that he was as
governor.
As president, Mr, Wilson has kept
his country out ot, the maelstrom of
war, and out of the crime of Interna
tional exploitation by keeping us out
of the six power loan to China. He
has reduced tariffs on consumption;
started governmental control of credit
through the federal reserve bank law;
begun to tax privilege, instead of pov
erty, by the income taA; and foster the
conservation of childhood to mention
only a few of his achievements.
Because I am not willing to throw
avay what gains we have secured, an.l
wish to mak more, I intend to vote
for President Wilson and urge all trua
Progressives to do so. For the name
reason, I shall vote for Justice Seab'.i'y
for governor of New York state, as I'm
sure most Progressives of the state
i will.
i Commerce to assume this herculean
task without any individual assistance.
Why this aparthy? Why this veneered
patriotism?
In the name of the Supreme Archi
tect of the universe let us arouse our
selves Individually and put forth our'
best efforts to aid the boys who went
to the front for us.
CHESTER A. FRITZ.
Loan Leeches.
t
From the Detroit News,
The suit of a loan company to re
cover from a laboring man $100 for
$50 originally advanced is a reminder
that a peculiarly offensive type of
parasite continues to thrive in this
community, despite intermittent ef
forts toward its lllmlnatlon.
The loan leech, fattening on the
misfortunes of Its victims, is not quite
so worthy a figure as the pickpocket
since tho pickpocket may occasionally
rob sbmeone who run stand the loss.
The loan leech bleodn only those who
are In desperate straits. No one cl
falls into the creature's clutches.
In Chicago the courts are making a
systematic and determined fight on be
half of those who are harasned by loan
companies. It would be well lf all
local exploiters of the needy could bo
compelled to bring their books into
court and show caune In making their
collections. Publicity and the law are
held up constantly by loan leeches as
clubs over their prey, and no one fears
publicity and the law more than a loan
leech.
Log Cabin of Lincoln.
From Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The log catin where Lincoln was
born, on the Big South Fork of Nolln
creek, three miles from Hodgenvllle,
Ky., cost very little as compared with
the stately memorial temple erishrlnt:
lng It that was consecrated to its ob
ject by President Wilson. But on the
logs Tlth charcoal the boy Lincoln
ence did his sums in arithmetic, and to
the loft at night, with pegs in the
wall for a ladder, ho climbed to sleep,
and In the rafters he thrust his library
Aesop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe,
Weem's Life of Washington. Lincoln
once ald that his education could be
summed up in Gray's line: "The short
and simple annals of the poor.", Other
men have seen the light of day through
the chinks of a one-room cabin, and
have worked barefoot afield, and have
risen on stepping-stones of penury and
hunger. But Lincoln all his llfetlmo
remembered those that were poor and
acquainted with grief, even as he. In
the White House hu still dwelt as close
to the toil as when he trod the loam
of Hardin county ad the firelight was
his lamp.
N Oyster lontli.
Glrard In Philadelphia Ledrer
There are 70 kinds of oysters in the
world and an or them are good. So
far as the records go, the first man
who said oysters should only be eaten
in R months was Butter. In "Dyet's
Dry Dinner," which appeared a little
more than three. centuries ago, it was
written;
"It is unseasonable and unwholesome
In all months that have not an R in
their name to eat an oyster.'"'
Bismarck was a champion long-distance
oyster consumer. He ate six doz
en at a sitting. They began eating
oysters ong before the Christian era,
but Swift said, "He was a bold man
tbat first ate an oyster." ThcVe are
enough oysters eaten each year
throughout the world to feed every
person in the United States 100. In
other words, more than thirty million
bushels. Five out of every six oys
ters are American. The oyster is the
most valuable commercial product that
comes out of the sea. According to
Sheridan, ho Is" a romantic euss, for
that celebrated wit said, "As, eyster
I may be, crossed la Jove."
Stori9t o
7
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own
Oregon Has Some Friends.
LLOYD LEGARIE and his mlasu
tell a story about an Irian tramp
whom they met down in southern Ore
gon during their recent automobile
Journey to Crater lake. The Irishman
was faring northward from California,
where he was born, and, therefore,
qualified to membership In th Natlvs
Sons. But talk about your Oregon
boosters! That Irishman was boost
ing all the time.
'Hav ye a lift shoe?" demanded the
pedestrian, approaching the Legarle
Hup. "I need a lift shoe; me own 1
all worn out."
"Not to spare,' replied Lloycl, "but
here's a dime."
Pocketing the dime, the Irishman
knocked at the door of a house clone
by, and the Legaries heard him ask
ing for a hoe.
"Ye see, many men wear out their
right shoes before they do their lift,
and my lift shoe is worn out before
me right. Maybe your husband has a
lift shoe."
The lady of the houe had no 'efts
to spare, either; but this did not daunt
the Irishman,
"I have lived 40 years in California,"
he said, -and was broke all the time.
But I have been In Oregon three days
and have money In me pocket. I've
ueen geuin' tin meals a day and it's
hard work keeping the ladles from
feedin' me to death. I'm sure goln"
to live In Oregon."
Doubt It, Hut Worth Trying.
Guy and Elijah are down with colds.
Wonder if a little hard lir wnui.i
help any. Gravel Ford Gem from
Myrtle Point Enterprise.
Let Her Kain Her Own.
Any woman can ecnnomlx whn
she's broke. Get the idea? Keep her
Drone. Kansas Citv Star.
But by keeping her broke, the man
would have so much cash that he
would go extravagant hlniarlf.
But why wavte sympathy over the
woman for being broke? Our charity
begins at home.
AH Is Vanity.
The Klrls were all surprised to see
the mirrors upon their desks Mondny
morning. The boya call it varnish.
Mr. Kaufman did it with his little
brush. High school note In Sumpttr
Blue Mountain American.
LIFE INOKEGO.
Weenie Party ut Phoenix.
WcdnoHday evening a number of the
VOI1IIL' nrrmlA hnvn mirnrln..! M i u
Doris Magness by giving a party in
her honor. The party consisted of a
hay rack ride to a brlitjre over Hedt
creek near Talent. Hire a cjmpflre
was kindled and a "weenie rnnt'' en
joyed. Phoenix item In Medfoid Sun.
The Rhyming (nnditlnte.
Teddy thinks thut t'has. 15. Hughes
Can fill the Presidential shoe
. H. M.
I am told that Mr. Hughes
Likes old-fashion! irlnh stews.
j. r. 8.
William Barpea, our fliarlle Hughes
Never, never, never sues.
A. H. Y.
But even so, we can't tithuce
About tho chance or ( 'hurley Hughe.
On With the Dance.
Twinkle, twinkle, little trot.
Now 1 know you're what you're not.
O'er the floor the feet may jutter.
Heels may click and solea may clatter,
But, when tiottlng, do not flutter.
Dancing used to be un art
Horn of Ki'ice of Uinb and heart.
Now It's Just a willy wrinkle
Twinkle, little trotter, twinkle.
Who Cares, Anyway?
"Popular Hits Now in Demand."
reads a song-shop ad. Of course, tt
isn't necesbary to refer this Item to
Doc McCredle and his merry men.
A woman In Oram county. MIhbou-1,
la Just now catting a wisdom tooth :it
the age of 71. This is tho first tooth
she has cut lnce the Civil war. We
were Just wouileiing If he ''ad quit
cutting teeth on a bet, or what?
Jortland bathing suit censors please
note: Complaints of abbreviated cos
tumes at Three Mile creek at Cle
Olrardeau -also in Missouri so in
censed the staid element that branches
from thorn trees were placed In thu
water, iiatheru were scratched like a
dry ticket at a Lexington local option
election.
Political campaign buttons, we find,
make excellent and ornamental addi
tions to the flotsam and Jetsam department-
of the bungalow den.
lSDlisTS'" CORNER
Little Helps to Depression for IJlue
Goggle Squad.
Cucumber shortage in Missouri may
cut off a few "varieties."
Wooden-shoe menace appearing with
nhnrtaar of leather.
Car shortage brings protest from
hoboes who find railroads throttling
their rights.
HOTEL OCCUPANTS
QUIETLY ROBBED
Headline.
Another civilizing Influence of the
anti-nolsie crusade.
Teutonic Efficiency.
From Detroit News.
An American consul In the far east,
who is acting for Germany and Aus
tria while the war continues, reports
an interesting fact. He says that he
receives occasional requests from pris
oners of the central allies in Siberia for
reading matter. And though they speak
and read German, they do not want
German books. They want first of all,
works In English; if lhe.se ate unavail
able, then works in French.
There are two reasons for this re
quest. One is that a German book
would be read In a few hours. While
It takes hard study and consumes a
great deal of heavy time to wads
through a work in an unfamiliar lan
guage and the prisoners have plenty
of time to kill. The other explanation
offered is that th soldiers feel that
tney may as well be learning a new
language.
This Is a typical Illustration of Teu
tonic efficiency directed Into a proper
channel. What other nation produces
soldieis who would make such a re
quest? '
True Success.
From Stray Stories. .
Mabel Was your bazaar a success?
Gladys Yes, indeed; the minister
will have cause to be grateful.
Mabel How much were the profits T
Gladys Nothing. The expenses were
more than the receipts. But ten of us
got engaged, and the minister is in for
M. KUUU V U all BL iii iicuuiiia
What Uncle Jeff Snow Sayst
Uncle Jeff Snow says- "I have
knowed fellers to set around and
worry about some reform' law on the
nltlative going to swaller their little
farms, and all the time the mortgage
shark was gulping 'tm 'in fa l as
he could."
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