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THE OREGON T DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATUR0AY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1916.' AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. C. JACK8QN PoMiaher Icblisbed every day, afternoon and morolnc (except Sunday afternoon), it The Journal " BnlMlnf, Broadway and Yamblll streets, fortland. Or, Lntered at the peatofflee at Portland. Or., (or transmlaalon through tha malla aa aecond ' elaaa matter. . TELEPHONES Main 7173: Home. A-31. All departmanta reached br the Bomber. Tell the otxrator what department you want. - FOREIGN ADVERTISING BEPKB8ENTATIVB . Benjamin Kentnor Co.. Brunawtck Bide. 223 Fifth Ave.. New Xork. 1218 People' ia Bkl...Cblcago. , Subscription terma br mail or to any addreaa ," la the United State or Mexico: . : DAILX (MOKNINO OE AFTERNOON) On year 95.00 I One month 9 .8" SUNDAY. On rear 12.50 I One moirtb 9 -23 PAILY (ilOBNINO OR AFTEHNOO.V) AND SUNDAY. year 17.50 I Ona month f ' America auks nothing fnrhemelf hut what ., ah baa a right to as- for humanity Itnelf. WHUDROW WIUSON. Million for rtoffMNe. hut not a cent for tribute. 1 1IAW.KS t PINCKNEY. Without labor nothing prospi-r. Sophocles. A CONTRAST IN CONTRAST with the refusal of American railroad magnates to share even a slight fraction of . their nioTifthan a billion V dollar's of annual profits witn the y employes whose toil made their prosperity possible, is the regular distribution of profits with tho . employes of the Henry Ford com . pany, announced yesterday. Nearly three-quarters of a mil lion dollars goes to Ford employes in addition to the fixed "wage of . not less than $5 a day regularly . paid by the concern. Tho distribu tion Is the voluntary act of the company, made--ln the certainty that the greater success of the em- ployer meant greater prosperity for each worker. " Such a relation as exists between -employer and employe in the Ford . works is the basis of the highest achievement. When the fruits of hlg labor bring bim a good living, the worker is a better employe and' the employer's Interests are there- by better served. I Though the railroads bad in their hands the year's profits of ; $1,176,804,001 they refused even a single concession in working , hours, rejected every appeal of President Wilson for a compro ' xnlse of almost any kind, and took y a stubborn attitude that would, but for the prompt action of con , '; gress, have plunged the whole na tion Into business depression, stag i nated industry, made idle men and t miserable women and children. ' Fords attitude- toward his em ! ployes is an object lesson to the M railroad magnates and to all em 1 -ployera of the true way to success ' and to conditions that should be ' the ultimate goal of a Christian . civilization. .; Two big lumber mills in Lane county are added to the idle mills - and 400 additional men are thrown -out of employment by the car .' shortage,. In the stagnation it is . .causing, and In the loss it is bring lng its stockholders, the Southern . Pacific should make provision : against recurrence of car famines- DWINDLING THE SOLDIERS A" MAN may he an ardent patriot and not much of a financier, though some financiers make an imposing display of what 1 they call their patriotism. It is about as easy to take in a brave soldier with a sham mining scheme .as it is a farmer. Military cour " age Is no defense against gold - 'bricks. We could tell of many i treat generals who have been poor men of business. r. We make these comforting re marks for the sake of the guards men who have been swindled by Impostors on the Mexican border. The number of the victims is said to run up into the thousands. General Funston has been bo exer- . claed over their misfortunes that he has set on fooi an investigation. Ho doubt the Investigators will dis cover many a thrilling truth, but we do not believe they will get hack a great deal of the soldiers' money. There are so many asy lums along the border to which a swindler can flee, taking his booty ." with him. j " Still, - General Funaton's re searches have a useful aspect since the sorrowful adventures he brings to light may be a lesson to those who have not yet fallen into the tempter's snare. We say they may be a lesson. We are far too cau- . tious to say they will be. The effort to keep the innocent man and his money together has been long continued and, for the most nart, fruitless. As soon as be feels a dollar in his pocket he seems to be afflicted with a mild form of Insanity, nntll. he cets rid of it 1 ' " Soldiers, farmers, school teachers "and widows offer the most inviting ' "roapecV - to tie ollr windier. TO THEODORE g I N YOUR Maine speech you made not specific Would you mind answering the following rga. tories, in order to clear up some points? ' ; 1. You say that a single sentence by the administration re-!; cording disapproval of what Germany did in Belgium would have j v ,(,. . -nrth of invaitv to ! a Teat cause and by imDlication at have had some effect in favor of Belgium. Do you wish to be under stood as believing that such a sentence of disapproval would have stopped the invasion of Belgium? That a paper protest from across the ocean would h.ve ..ope what ,b. armed ,orce. of three sr,. nations did not? You can answer by Yes or No. , ""- e9' m cou.d have tjn-dj , and the German army should have treated the .protest as a scrap of paper, then would you have backed up your "single sentence" by mak- ing war on Germany? You can answer Yes or No. 2. When Germany began her submarine warfare, endangering the lives of neutrals, Including Americans, the president notified Germany that we would hold her to a strict accountability.. Would you have , written that note? If not that note, and what would you have written? any ote, what would you have done? believes "that deeds are nothing, deeds. What deed would you have 3. When words did mot bring a the president notified her that 6he must comply with our demands, or he would give Mr. Bernstorff his passports. Congress was notified of that action, and approved it. Would you have done that? If you an swer No, what wo;ild you have done? That note of the president was the next thing to war. There was Would you have declared war? Yes 4. Since Germany has declared has anything happened as to Germany that you do not like? If so, what, and when, and where, and what specific thing would you have done since then concerning Germany? Search your mind and answer. G. As to Mexico. You say "there was much to be said in favor of recognizing Huerta," and "much of not recognizing Huerta." But where do you stand? Would you have recognized him? If you answer Yes, then you have a clear Insue with Mr; Wilson for he did not recognize him, and stands by his action. Do you make that issue and "go to the country"? You can answer that by Yes or No. 6. Some Mexicans under Huerta The president sent our war vessels have done that? If not, what would declared war on the whole Mexican conquered her? If not, at what point would you have stopped short of that? At the point the president stopped at when he withdrew the gunboats, or would you have stopped sooner, or would you have gone farther? Why don't you tell us? nobody better, when you have a 7. At,a certain point the president thought it wise to recognize somebody as the responsible de facto chief of Mexico, and he recognized Carranza. You do not think he should have done that. What other Ul.- U . . 1 -1 1, 1 J in l- 1 a J A j"v. vr;i1- -v . ft turns Buuuiu ii ntve uuue: ftecognizea noooay; or Vina: ur wnatT t-annot you suggest something after If Mr. Wilson's foresight was at fault, task of saying what was better? 8. Some Mexican bandits came our people. I he president sent our right or wrong? That was a deed. Why don't you approve of that? Is make a bloody war on people that raids? Or, if there was anything wrong in this punitive expedition, what was wrong about it? Did it go too far, or did it not go far enough? You can argue about the fault when you have stated what the fault is. An answer is desirable. 9. Carranza demanded that president refused. Did be do right? his place? Were you not raising a you not halt in the enterprise when you found that the president's policy had made it unnecessary? 10. Carranza has yielded to the sitting to prevent any more border the president's policy. Do you disapprove that? If you do, what is ! the other alternative? Do you favor Some people might agree with you oar Va r.nr- Xf- T"Mo 1 o. AAv., A,,, n noun in uu words and deeds which ought to please you, and yet you will not say that you approve or disapprove of that in plain English. The presi dent is trying to keep the peace, and has kept it. Don't you like that? Or do you think you could have kept fully. 11. Going over the whole record ation, will you put your finger on a you would hae written? Will you aeea mat nenia that yoiu will say you would not have done? If you find any writing that you do not like, give us a sample of your own in the circumstances. If you find a deed that you do not like, substi tute one of jtiur own. i. mere Is one subject on You "condemn," we use your words "those professional German- Hillsboro to Dayton immediately after Americans who in our politics act as servants and allies of Germany." j r.econd i!2 't1.?' Ihe president has also spoken on that subject, not confining his re- ference in 1866 he was sent to East marks to Germans, however. He says he does not fear the disfavor or Portland and was returned for the year court the favor of any umloval Americana Tt. that nIrti,i.. -,i','67-8 and at th8 next conference was the president seem to be in accord. But you are not running for presi dent not now. Mr. Hughes is, but he says nothing on that subject. Couldn't you get him you O. K'd him to join you and the president in your stand, and so leave the people that you denounce without a good American presidential candidate to vote for? Can you Imagine why Mr. Hughes keeps So still about that? The United States has not had soldiers enough to make their earn ings worth capturing until lately, but the farmers, school teachers and widows we have always with us. easy and multitudinous. All experienced blue sky fakers and get-rlch-qulck frauds have lists of these alluring "prospects" which they keep aa nearly up tto date as they can. Many females' Idea of an investment is to turn a sum of money over to some good look ing man. With annual net earnings of $1, 176,804,001 In their hands, a sum far and away above the highest net earnings in the history of railroading in America, why did the railroad presidents refuse to concede even one nickel of higher pay or one minute In shortened hours to the employes who helped make those gigantic earnings pos sible? WITCHCRAFT I N A warrant which has been issued for the arrest of a negro preacher who has been holding forth at Silverton he is accused of various offenses. Obscenity Js one of them and it is also alleged that he maligned the churches. The same charges have been made against Billy Sunday but we do not remember that he has been ar rested. But we started out to comment on another point. The negro preacher is accused furthermore of "exerting a hypnotic influence" on some of his congregation. Again It is said that "he "cast i peculiar spell" upon bis bearers.! So potent was this spell that It drove one decent citizen crazy and he Is now in ' the asylum. , To put the matter briefly, the negTopreacher Is accused of witch- ROOSEVELT 1 some general complaint., but were j least, that such a sentence would would you have written another. , If you would not have ntten You say that President Wilson words everything." You believe In advised In the circumstances? satisfactory reply from Germany. nothing beyond that but war. or No? her compliance with that demand, to be said in favor of the policy fired on our men at Vera Cruz. there to punish them. Would you ' you have done? Would you have people, occupied her territory and I You can make yourself understood, mind to. t .. the event that was proper to do? i isn't your hindsight equal to the over the border and killed some of soldiers after them. Was that You want deeds warlike deeds. it because the president did not had nothing to do with the Villa we 'withdraw our expedition. The What would you have done In regiment to go into Mexico, and did situation, and a commission 1r now troubles. That is In pursuance of instead of that, a war with Mexico? If you said Yes. But you will not j 11 . . . I i clui u v ll iuai uuealion. oorn nv it better, and if so, how? Answer of the German and Mexican situ single writing of the president that put your finger on a single specific which you sound no uncertain not craft and if we were Hvinc i-n h!en Pacific, it seems to be an oppor good old New England days h.TtUn i' would be hanged or burned to j Open the Portland gateway to the death. An eminent American lntrlr of western Oregon by making church writer has said that two fifths of mankind still believe in witchcraft and it is predicted by competent observers that before many years we shall witness a ter rible revival of the mania. A RACE WITH DEATH B' UT for wireless, there might have been a different story of the ill-fated Congress. Even with the aid of wire less, the last survivors escaped from the doomed vessel to the waiting rescue ships barely In time to avoid the final burst of flames which wrapped the Congress in a sheet of fire. A bitch, a slight delay, a failure of the rescue vessels to be within reach, almost any kind of post ponement must have resulted in a horrible sacrifice of life. As it is, not a life was lost, not a person injured. It Is a marvelous deliverance f rom the jaws of death, a re - markable victory for the gallant . . . , captain and his burning ship in the race lor life with their hundreds of precious passengers. Wireless is one of invention's greatest gifts to sea faring men. MANY TEIXS T HE central powers no longer talk of a "grand offensive." The day. of the tndngJZUZZ drives are over. Their nlsn 1 mr, , in im.Hct n now look to a "big defensive." Their eyes have ceased to gaze eagerly toward Paris, London, In dia, for the enemy Is at the gates and one must guard the defenses at home.' -'--v..'-.'.- v Gennuvny was jreAt-ln, the opervlout.- rrr. seen keel out tot a week Ung years of the war when the initiative was hers to take or re- Ml. .V. 1 A. " J " IJ -7ri, t j 4 ,, coj J V 'J??tJ J " "V 'C ' , Jt? " a ritr deeper and the fight more deter- -Tht mind can set no limit to her power of resistance. Nor can the resisting power of " r .aM " JZZt Z -,, r,or Jlt SL rof "erTo'n T ' . f l.ffartmi. nnvr rftnro , Jut I t U Frce (,aoariI,a w, "f nJtJl t,rn Zt Sool nol 1o J" taa ?,a ,?.- "'".... rS-iT. . ";; ;j7" hr th " Tn ' feeble .jit .but thee Tel - tame." Today every European peo ple la a dauntless Tell. Letters From the People Communlcatlona aent to Tb Journal tor publication tn thle department eboald be writ ten on only one aide of tbe paper, abonld not exceed 300 word In length, and muat be ac companied br tbe oaroe and addreaa of tb tender. If tbe writer doe not deatre to ear tbe nam published be ahould ao atatc "Dlacaaalon 1 tb greatest of all reformers. It rationalizes everything it touches. It robs Ertnciplea of all false sanctity and throws tbern aek on tbelr reaaonablenes. It they bar no reaaonableneaa, it ruthlessly crashes them oat of existence and sets up Its own conclusions is their stead." Wood row Wilson. Favors Brewers' Amendment. Clackamas. Or.. Sept. 13. To the Kditor of The Journal Having read in your paper all articles for and against the brewers' amendment, I would kindly aek that you give me fion tne i First or ail, i want to sajr mat we were promised good times nder pro hibition. I fail to see where they are any better than they were last year I hope the people will not be led around by the nose this fall by any paid agitators, and that they will speak their own minds at the polls, and open up their home breweries. Give the people at home a job in stead of working the people in Cali fornia overtime, keepinc us supplied. The people of Oregon should not be fooied into the idea that the brewers' amendment means a saloon in every home. It means Just what it says, a 4 per cent beer manufactured in Ore gon, sold under the law as it is sold now. It means 24 quarts every 28 days. I do not think that 24 quarts of beer will hurt any family in 28 days. I hope that Oregon will get a square deal in November. I would like to call attention to the 14,000 permits that were Issued in August for alcohol. I saw the result of some of this alcohol down in the police court. I never heard of so many mechanics using alcohol before. Why, every one in town must have a back ache. I wonder if the prohibitionists are really proud of the results? We were told that we wouldn't need near as many policemen as we had last year. Then why does the mayor want to put on 25 more policemen? The truth of the matter is this. It is taking; the combined efforts of the Pllce- sheriff, constable and federal li - . f .rrlV ! being made every day for bootlegging. Those who have lost their positions through a bunch of paid agitators will have a chance to make a living at their trade again. CLIFF NEW. A Correction. Portland? Sept 14. To the Editor of The Journal In an article by J. D. Lee, page 22 last Thursday, I find a mistake In "Personalities of Ministers." He says: "1866-67 Noah A. Starr, typical pi oneer preacher, dark complexioned. tall, his circuit extended from Clacka mas to the Columbia river and from the Willamette to the Cascades." I am the eldest son of Noah A. Starr -nd know that my father moved from stationed at Lebanon. The minutes of the conference confirm this. M. C. STARR.' A Suggested Solution. Portland, Or., Sept. 14. To the, Edi tor of The Journal Having Just-read your editorial of this date on ths pre vailing car shortage and the visit here by Mr. Sproule, president of the South- the eastern through rate from Portland apply from all points north of Ashland. ana me proDiem win be solved forever. Such action would deprive the South ern Pacific of the long haul on much business because it would open the country to competition by other rail roads, bu. it would be of great benefit to the people, and in this Instance the latter interests are of more Importance man tnose or the railroad company. READER. Entente Cordiale. From the Los Aneeles Times. Reports from England declare that marriages between English soldiers and French women continue to increase In France. And In England itself there is a large percentage of marriages be tween Englishmen and Belgian refugee maidens With the male shortage in England, this must be peculiarly aggravating to the English woman. But really we can think of nothing that could be re lied upon to so improve the average Englishman as a piquant French wife. And. sartorially, it should be an ideal combination. For the English man and the French woman are regarded as the best-dressed in the world Now If tha Flne-llah vomnn talra thlr revenge bv marrvlnsr German war nrl- 1 on"8. it would be a fitting discipline on tnp ld- - ?no c imagine the ; consternation of the average German. : with his deep-rooted opinion on worn. an's place in the universe, married 10 i British suffragette. And what finer correction ror a untisn auiiragette than to be married to a German super man? Language of the Sea. From the Boston Transcript. Nantucket probably has a higher av erage to the Inhabitant of funny yarns, queer sayings, odd views of xlife and any other town in America. Nantucket speech la a museum of nautical expressions. When a Nantuck eter has luck he la running before the wind. To scud is to hasten, and one who becomes Involved in his statement la off his soundings. "Masthead" mean any point high up. Anyone who with the grip." Whalinr terms cftme in here, too. Tor when man ay he U "pretty nlg-h fin out" be means that he is "all in" in reference to the fact that the dying;' whale rolls over on his side, showing- a fin above water. "Tending the kettle halyards" means, with women, simply doing the house work. When a man gets excited in argument he is told to' "ease off." When your guest departs, you say. "Well, a fair wind to you." Evry figure is derived from the eea. When Obed Gardner, master mariner, wrote his will, in 1841, he worded it as follows, and it held fast: - --- Item. I have cruised, with my wife, Huldy Jane, since 1811. We j the war. signed articles, in town, before the t A moj. h'r daughter were preacher on Independence day. I want ; married at the-same time at Van her and my son Jonathan to be captain couver. This is what might be called and mate in bringin' to port whatever I a home wedding. m 1 leave and to see that every one of the ( Poindexter's victory in Washington crew gets the lay as writ down on I following that of Johnson in Califor this paper I put mother command fl'Varifhl? S3! I know sheel be captain anyway, rer caa not wag. tne do six months after we started on our life r,,o . u , , y i .,.. t -.o a mat-1 German chemists will have to yield cruise I found out that I was mate thJ tQ f-no,. withycombe who and she was master. I don t mean that has discovered that there is a con she ever mutinied, but I know that 1 spiracy between (secretary Olcott. I. N. whenever we didn't agree she always Day and The Journal to render the flax manoovred to windward. experiment abortive. "Item. I want mother to hav the house on Union street till she goes aloft. Then I want it to go to the children in equal lays, etc." i Edison on Preparedness. From the Los Anseles Times. One of the few appointments of President Wilson for wh-ch he de serves unstinted commendation waslW ,nP,h A .OPm- tn n that inat or inomas a. r.a son as ciiairman i Ul ,,avfI -""I great Inventor, in commenting on the , army and navy appropriation bills en acted by congress, said that the first step taken by his committee was to mobilize concretely the business men of America and their output against a day of need. This ..leant chiefly to discover in fullest detail Just what equipment our manufacturers pos sessed that might be swung over to supply the army and navy swiftly and bountifully from the hour the colors were raised. In a few weeks this initial task, which is a truly colossal one, will be accomplished. A complete report of the equipment of every con cern of substantial size in the coun try Is now In the hands of the com mittee. The second step was to procure legis lation making possible the placing by the war and navy departments of an nual orders for munitions in small quantities to American manufacturers j now not producing such things so that quietly, efficiently and thoroughly they could learn in time of peace how to supply the government in time of war. Th new laws ma';e all this pos sible. It should be said here that this practice will bring about a geograph ical dlffurion of munition plants all over the country, instead of affording us only a few such concerns, for the most part near the exposed sea boards, as at present. One of the crying needs that Mr. Edison's committee has emphasised Is that of teaching manufacturers how to produce ammunition necessary for the use of the land forces of the United States in time. The third step provided for at the suggestion of the committee in the army reorganization hill was to cause skilled labor in America to be enrolled In an industrial reserve. son and his committee has rendered to The greatest service which Mr. Edi- our people and government has been to drive home the vital, irresistible truth that in war as now waged bat tles are won. not alone by fighting men, but by the fighting industries of a nation. No Cause for Pear. From the Philadelphia Ledger. If one approaches the margin of life with a faith worth holding, there is no reason to be disquieted. The life lies either side of the margin. Bryant's "Thanatopsis" is a poem often quoted, though little read, and it presents the true conception of the passing in the mind of one whose outlook upon ex istence is clear and serene. Most ac tive, stirring ones are too busy to give a thought to the matter of that which men call dying. They -pause now and then to bestow a nod of friendly rec ognition upon the soul. But the door into eternity may open when It will they are not impatient on the threshold twisting the handle. 'Come ill or will, the cross, the crown, The rainbow or the thunder, I fling my soul and body down For God to plow them under." Let us restore to Death something of the majesty of his presence as he was meant to be: something of the benignity and beauty of which our trivial, belittling conceptions have de- prlved him. A skull above crossed bones Is not his proper emblem. The flower that grows upon a grave Is more truly the image of him that re poses thereunder than the handful of dust that is . at last the residuum. Death is not a bogey, but a friend and comforter; a brlnger of rest, a restor er of peace, a soul of sundawn and re pose. Those who have lived very near the love of heaven all their lives are not afraid of him, for they know he is a part of that love. They are eager to hear his knock at the door of the Physiol tenement and his voice ask- I over Charlie Toth of South Borton, an ; i (v.;- t-v,... i rvounced that during the TO hours and i ,to LI1 C V CLIO IcVCICIUlJ vi'i v J ivimn what i fcehlnd the veil in the vndls- covered country; but their trust Is im- plicit, and they are content to leave the inscrutable future with One whose hand contains the present and con trolled the part. They are not afraid, for they know that Death is not an end, but a beginning; not as goal, but a starting mark: not a fiend, but a friend. Into his shepherding they gladly commit their lives for the life unending. Nobody Knows. From the Polk County Itemizer. The Outlook, which is supporting the Republican candidata. in an edi torial says that those who are asking Mr. Hughes to specify exactly what he would have done had he, been in command at the crucial times during the past four years are demanding something more than any human being can properly answer. Such an expla nation of silence is doubtless the best the Outlook can evolve, but it will hardly cover the case to the satisfac tion of the public. It is a case of truth proving unsatisfactory. - y Used to Be 'Star Spangled Banner.' Here is a story they are telling on Judge Dayton, who has been con ducting naturalization proceedings. "I wouldn't admit any man to citi zenship," he declared, in answer to a telephone inquiry, "who didn't know the national anthvm. every word, every punctuation mark, every line and every stanza." "What is the national anthem. Judge?" pursued the inquirer. "My Country "Tls of Thee," replied the maker of citizens. No Time for Work. From Puck. Daddy Jeannette, if I allow y-ung Simpson to, become my son-in-lw, do ou aup. -ae he will be willing to work and support yon? ' . Jeannette Oh. ; dad. how can ha when he has promised to do nothing Ibut think of me all the time? .. . ' PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE. Prohibition and woman suffrage go hand in band in British Columbia. It is understood that the Southern Pacific otiiclals are studying the car shortage problem. The Balkan monarchs are still In doubt as to whether they have picked the case card or not. All previous census figures must be (wrung jiKiginjr irom me estimates or j r..en ;ios, bv "The diff,,ret nations ,n THE COST OF From the fiooi River Glacier. Those interested in the construction of a better trunk line road for the Hood River valley have compiled a startline lot of statistics that the Gla cier will herewith present for what ,hey shouM De wofth a good deal. And added to the benefit of getting a re- duced cost on Rpp,e transportation we also stand the good chance of securing federal aid on our road construction. The startling statistics follow: Ope million boxes of apples; 10,000 wagon loads of 100 boxes each. Every one produced at an elevation of over 250 feet above the railroad station at Hood River. Fifty million pounds of apples and boxes. All these apples and the boxes have to get down to the railroad station. Seven million pounds of boxes have to be hauled up this hill. Say nothing of getting the boxes up the hilt. It costs an average of 5 cents per box to get them down the hill. It costs 150,000 to haul the apples to the rail road, an average haul, of .07 mile per box: $600,000 to haul them from Hood River to New York. 3000 miWs. an av erage haul of 4-3 miles rer box. It costs' $.0057 per box per mile from the orchard to the railroad by wagon; $.0002 per box per mile from Hood River to market by rail. It costs only 3-1000 as much to haul by rail as it does by wagon, owinn to Increased quantity hauled, and lack of grades. A railroad couldn't do busi ness at any price if it had to haul its cars over 5 per rent grades. A 6 pel" cent grade is pie for a team, even though it's down hill. It isn't hauling the apples down hill that counts, it's getting back. Saving one half the time getting 10.000 empty or half empty wagona Man Who Came Back. From the Philadelphia Ledger. The world applauds the man who has the grit, after he la flung, to bide his time and school his body and soul for another trial of conclusions with fortune. In athletics, in business, in fc-ohliership. In the everyday business of living, it is not only the one who ar rives that counts, but the one who Is able to return to the place of which he was dispossessed. The fase of Colonel Elklngton of the British army is in point. He was cashiered for some cause not specified, and instead of brooding over the deposition or taking the coward's short cut out of the trouble,, he joined the Foreign Le gion that he might fight his way back to the place he had forfeited. Within a fortnight, under a name assumed, he was a private in the ranks of these seasoned and medaled veterans. For gallantry in battle, when he nearly lost a leg before the German trenches in the Champagne struggle, he was awarded the coveted Croix de Guerre and finally restored to his old rank. In those days when he debated whether It was. worth while to live or not. the perusal of Kipling's poetry, he declares, fired him with courage to continue a harder fight with oourage than any of the shell-torn field. The lines were medicine in the sickness of, his epirit. Few men who have sailed "this life's rough sea" have entirely outwitted and outweathered black storms driving down upon their little shallop and threatening & wreckage. Colonel Elk inprton. cheered by the poet's message. I told himself that the best Is yet to be, I and stood to his guns and achieved that conquest of discouraged self which is the most difficult of vic tories. Good for the Appetite. From the Boston Traveler. The high cost of long distance swim ming, when an American record for endurance was established between Provlncetown and a point 25 miles distant, toward Nantasket beach, was figured when Henry Sullivan, winner 27 minutes he was in the water he , j consumed seven pounds of steak, four pounds of chicken, "everal glMie, of , malted milk, a basket of grape, and several glasses of tonic, Sullivan, after coming from the water, spent the day sleeping. Before he dropped into his dose the Lowell merman said he was completley satis fied with his swim, and that he was sorry a shark scare caused Toth to withdraw after he had been swimming 17 hours. What Money Can Do. Girard, in Philadelphia Ledger. Money cannot buy eternal life, but money may purchase many years of It. A significant advertisement pointing in that direction appeared in the Pub lic Ledger. An offer was made to pay $100 an ounce for blood from a person who has had infantile paralysis. Physicians wth whom I talked wre much dis turbed by that offer. "If lmmunes can sell blood for $100 an ounce," said one, "will they here after be willing to yield their precious life fluid gratia? The very poor have not the $200 or $300 needed for auch a costly remedy, even to save the life of a child." So it seema that Infantile paralysis may be converted Into a malady where Baby Dives has a great advantage over Baby Lazarus. Most Wise Judge. From the Christian Science Monitor. A Massachusetts Jurist, who really deserves the title, has decreed that a pedestrian's clothes, as well aa his person, are valuable and must be reckoned with by motorista who In sist on speeding over muddy roada. That ia to say, damages may be col lected in hia court for raiment that has been bespattered. The decree saya that mud "is a circumstance to be considered as well " aa ether traffic conditions." and mud-slinging la un lawful. Would that bluer political partisans could be Interdicted tn a similar way. Mud is apt to soil both the target and ihe thrower.- . AND NEWS IN BRiEF OREGOX SIDELIGHTS Wild hay selling at 7.80 per ton in Powder River vaheyls Quite a record. The newest in weddings is the moon light wedding on the Independence terry boat of a Jefferson couple. Officials of the Polk county fair are looking; for a restaurant man to put in an eating stand at the fair grounds. This feature was muen missed last year. Astoria. says the Budget, is suffer ing today for the lack of leadership. Not that the city Is lacking; in mnn of initiative but rather in lack of confidence, faith In each other. Because of the excellent showing made by the canning class of the Pullerton school of Roseburg. plans are being made to enter the class lu the county championship event at ihe state fair. Apple growers of the northwest still have much to learn in the way of the physical handling of tho fruit and getting it to market in the best con dition, according to R. D. Hetzel of the Oregon Agricultural college. BAD ROADS back up the hill at a half hour saving per wagon Is $2600 per year. Hard surface this 5 per cent grade which the wagons should have to haul over, and another J2600 would bo saved per year in wear and tear, as well as In creased tfrne. and $5000 is low; $5000 a year would be saved In the way the fruit would keep on account of lack of bruises that come from bumps. A saving of $10,000 a year would pay the interest on $176,000 of bonds to build the 5 per cent grade and hard surface it. But the Individual says: "It would not come Into my pocket." Rut it would, Mr. Individual. The trurh Is. you would save twice what your bhare of Interest money would be. It is not In big amounts that the saving would come. The wear and tear is not in $10 clips, but In the broken buckle, the busted tug, the loose apple rack, the new collar pad, the nut that has to be replaced, the hundred and ona little 5 and 10 cent Items. Do you keep a cash account of your small repair bills? If you do not, you have no figures to prove otherwise Get a little cash book and start today to keep account of the little repairs that steal your nickels. See how soon yoffve got a dollar into the hands of the repair bill. A dollar pays a lot of Interest when you come Jo figure your share. j Why does the railroad paint the 10, 000 gallon tank Just west of the pas senger depot every year? Figure It out. Why do they have a track walk er? Why, oh, why, do they keep every little detail of their pyntem right up to the notch every minute? In order to haul apples at $.0002 per mile, that's why. And the most important thing Is the roadbed and the grade. That's the starting point of a railroad Only Human Nature. From the San Francisco Bulletin. There are more than 100,000,000 peo ple in the United States, and of this vast number only 357,515, it Is said, are lktble to the Income tax. The rest can go cheerfully about their dally work with no thought of the collector AH they have to worry about i get ting enough to eat, a place to sleep, clothes for the family, and a few dol lars for Incidentals, amusements, in surance and a rainy day. But the In come tax comes down without mercy on the w-retched 357,515 who are in its clutches. This is" what Is called in some cir cles "class legislation." There hard ly a millionaire in the United Slates who does not feel that nothing of this sort was Intended by John Hancock and- the reat when they signed the Declaration of Independence. It Is contrary, they think, to the American principle that every man ahould be equal before th law. What equality is there, they ask. about the Income tax? But the fact la that the victim o: the Income tax ia paying a very light fine, indeed, for the privilege of being a beneficiary of an unequal, though not necessarily unequitable dlstrlbut'on of wealth, of which he highly and quite naturally approves. He thinks that John Hancock and his friends Intended economic inequality Just as earnestly as they tried to avoid legal inequality; that is, that they Interpreted equality of opportunity the rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as licensing the individual to tfclze on all the economic advantages he could hold, whether others suffered by It or not. t Maybe he Is right. There la suoh a system, and It works: It develops the country, as the power monopolists say. But, putting right and wrong quite to one tide, it is of no avail to expect a majority of more than 100,000,000 to be very considerate of the feelings of a minority of 357,615. It simply Isn't human nature. American Idealism. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The spectacle of the aged painter, Blacklock, installed in an artistic stu dio in the open country, with beautiful surroundings within and an inspiring landscape without, to which he has Just been brought from a sanatorium. Is another bit of evidence that the av erage American is an absolute Ideal ist. When it was discovered last year that the artist, whose works were bringing large prices at public ealea, was in an Insane asylum, a charity pa tient and supposedly incurable, while his family were In actual want, the facts had only to be printed When at once the desire to help was manifest, and the result is that the artist In now in a position to enjoy life and to dem onstrate his ability to "come back." But, at all events, whatever happens, those who rallied to Blakelock'c i,eeds have given the country another proof that America has other concerns than acquiring and holding money, and has other standards than those that con demn the weak and ths afflicted to tbe human scrap-heap. The story of Blakelock's recall Is a true Idyl, and it Is wholly our own. Some Language. From the Kansas City Star. Miss Constance Van Quentin, who Is given to the free use of adjectives, re ceived calls last week from five young men, each of whom is "Just the dear est boy in all the world," has "simply died" from the heat four times, has been "tickled to pieces" aix times by movie comedians, has been "driven crazy" eleven times by telephone pests, and has been "frozen Just stiff" five times by the cool evening breeze while out riding in the car. All of which made up rather a strenuous week for a delicate young lady. Uncle Jeff Snow Says. , Bill Jinks, who cuts wood for a living, . Is against extending electric lines oat too . fer and . making the Juice too cheap, and he 'lows that kindling fires is conductive to health. Lots .of 'eld chaps quits chawing to bacco when their teeth is all gone, HOW-CAN WE GET PUBLIC SERVICE? Which Will Be Imperative After the European War. From the New York Independent If the yeara of a man's life were) 700 to 1000 years, instead ' of three score and ten. we should not merely live longer; we should live differently. We might or we might not do less 'hustiyig' but tn making our plans and in our productive activities we ' should emphasise less the day by day interests and the Immediate mum. We should think more painstakingly of the future. We should forecast. We should build substantially, and prob ably to a greater extent than a short lived mankind does, we should pay In advance. These considerations go far to ex plain the Intensity of our individual ism, the nebulousness and nervelesa ness of our publlo-mlndedness. We are selfish, of course. Altruism Is of low growth, and these hindrance to a ui or generous citizenship are mag nified by the sense of the shortness of our active existence. Every am'oltioue man knows that the success or failure of his career turns upon the concen tration of his business or professional exertions for 15 or 20 years. Relaxa tion, attention diverted from profes sion or business to public service in any form, may mean personal d'fuater and the ruin of the family fortune. When, therefore, a man like Elihu Root warns us that after the European war ia over public-mindedneas and public aervlce will not be merelv ex emplary, but also Imperative, wo find ourselvea asking Just how we wre to get them. Addressing the American Bar association as its president, at the annual meeting held In Chicago last week, Mr. Root attributed a defective administration of law in America, which we all deplora to an unconscious habit that the legal profession ra ac quired of regarding the administra tion of Justice as something to ce one for private benefit, instead of primar ily as something to bo done for publio service. This habit, in turn, ha at tributed to our highly developed indi vidualism, with Us respect for the sanctity of individual rights and the correlated conception of government aa designed to secure such rights. Inev itably the lawyer, if he is an honorable man, becomes loyally devoted to his client's Interests, and little ly little he loses eight of tho public view of Judicial procedure. Beyond question, Mr. Root la right so far, but will ho tell utt. or wll any one tell us how, in the sties of busl-' ness and professional life, w are to break away from our Individualism or subordinate It to a r-ense of public re sponsibility if our economic lyMcro re mains as individual.' tic in organisa tion and in function ing as it is at present? The other day v.e called attention to the function of monarchies' anl aris tocracies in thinking and building fr the future, which democracies are not interested in. The Individual short lived man is an little inicreetel In It as is the democratic mas, in the na ture of things it is only a long-lived organism that can be Interested in It. A kingly dynasty is such an organism. Less perfectly an aristocracy Is such an organism. Would a aioclalinljc so ciety be such an organism? Who Is wise enough to tell us? StoriGr gfc Anything to Heat Doc. WHAT smoothnesses some people achieve in outwitting the doctor formed the theme of an Informal chat by Dr. 8. M. Strohecker to up-state friends before the Oregon Medical as sociation's session opened yesterday. The doctor told about a woman who called at his ofIce for a prescription. "And how much will that be, doc tor?" she inquired. "Oh, -bout a dollar," he replied. After he had pocketed the dollar and thanked her as he opened the door, the woman suddenly turned. "Where shall I get this filled?" she asked. ' "Any drug store will fill it for you," he smiled back from his 8 feet i. When she had looked through her handbag a couple of times, she near blushed and said: "Oh, doctor, I find that dollar was the last cent I had with me. You couldn't, er could you, er er " "That's all right, you can hand mo ths dollar some other time," he said, giving back the coin. It was not until after she had de parted that the doctor came to anl remembered reading of sort- such stunt before. "Of course she never came back," he aid. "But I realized that, although she got a free prescription with ease, I also bad learned something at an expense of only a dollar." This Part Is True, On the car coming down this morn ing, we saw a youth of 20 or so crochet ing. I toy Glover, who has gon down to the Salmonberry with his wlfs for a Week of fishing, Is hopeful of having luck enough to allow this column a feast of salmon trout. Car shortage conditions are also ex tremely Irksome to those people of the valley towns who have been in the habit of going to ths dee-po to watch them unload freight. Let Us Tell 'Km. The cannery la running in full blast now that the bean season Is on, and working night shifts. There are a lot of pretty women working there! but I am too blamed bashful to tell them so. Columbia Herald. Some Famous Oregonians. Dr. Bowersox is a resident of Mon mouth. Charlie Skeeters lives at Kerby. Ed Swearing is a model citizen ot Leasburg. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: If I believed that the dignity and honor of this country depended on having a war with Mexico, England and Germany all going at the same" time, I would git naturalisation papers for Serbia and go to it. Some fellers alius like to sic tbelr neighbor's dog on to a real tough coon and save wear and tear on their own bound purp ea long as possible. Some Consolation. . Among the compensations for belna deprived of a chance to fight the Mex icans may be mentioned the big feed paid for by the home folks and -the possibility of getting a bronze medal for conspicuous bravery. If Nettles Become Clothes, Why Not? ' No mors I'll shun ths poison oak, nor tremble at Its touch,' For I will make of it a shirt, ths which will please tne , much. In summer I will search the field fot .thistle, sharp ef spine, ' That I may weave a dainty dress fei happy Lady Mine. . . 1AU tMs and more I'll sny ' do, 1a wondrous grace and fettle i Have not the Huns subdued' at lasi . the fiery stinging netUsf