THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1916.
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Tan tb operator woat department yon wani.
V 0BE1GN ADVERTISING BEPBSBKNTATIVg
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' Oia Bide-. Chicago.
' aabaerlptloa terms by mall or to any addraa
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- DAILY (MOBNINO Oft AFTERNOON)
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' ,0na year $1.0 I On. month S S3
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America asks nothing for herself bat what
aha baa a right to ask for humanity ltaalf.
J WOODROW WILSON.
v Millions for defense, hot not a cent (or
tribute. CHARLES C. PINCKNKY.
It will be all the reat of mr life a
matter of pride that I was prtTllegiKi to
eluj a part. In aerving the farmer, to be
etter tanner end to be real business
men. Thej were at a fatal dlsadvan
toga In the field of credit; they were at
a fatal dlaadTantage In tba field of dis
tribution of their j'roducts: they wt-re at
a dtaadrantuge aa compared with farm
are in other coniitrlea in respect to tbe
scientific methods of farming. Now most
of these tlilnits hre been corrected. At
any riite we bare made the beginning and
it only deiKmda nuou our energy and. in
telligence bow much we make of It.
For my part, 1 luck forward to an un
precedented Increase in the efficiency f
Aoirrtian farming ami on unprecedented
Inrrense in the ufflclency and happiness
of the American fartnec Woodrow Wllaon.
out: trade triumphs
T
iIIE way to keeD American
workers employed and Ameri
can mills busy la to find
markets.
"Sip Ihe ,mn,ense increase In our
'-, trade with South America Is exara
' pi of the progress we are makin?
JT In finding markets outside the
J United States. . The following fi
- ureB of our exports to ten South
'21 American countries are for a period
-f -of only fir, weeks ending Septem
;r ber 2, 1916, and are compared with
J. the same five weeks In 1J15 and
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Veuamela
" Remembering that the figures
are for a period of only five weeks,
JJ . it is seen that the totals for a year
J would indicate enormous gains. It
? means that our markets in South
America have been vastly extended
and that the products of our mills
and our labor are being sold in
those markets in enormously In
creased volume.
There was a man In Portland
5 ' the other day who In an address
to Portland lumbermen described
y.how their lumber could be sold in
J South American countries, what
J kind of lumber Is required, what
the tarlfffs are on lumber Importer!
Into those countries and other
conditions that Portland mfllown
a , ers will meet In selling lumber In
..moee countries, mis man is an
expert In the new bureau of foreign
and domestio commerce.
That bureau has experts aearch-
in g throughout the world for places
where American products, farm
...and manufactured, can be sold. Co-
J ordlnated with it Is the federal
trade commission which finds out
what may be the matter with
t t American business nd ascertains
j " what . government may do to aid
American business.
1 , Co-ordinated with both is the
"new tariff commission which will
J C find out how tariffs may be best
j 'U8ed to aid American business.
Co-ordinated with tnese three
great measures is the new ship
ping law which will find out what
r'ican. be done by government and
apply the things government can
""do to stimulate Investment of
American capital in American ships
for helping American business.
And along with these four meas
ures is the federal reserve system
f under which for the first time In
"history, American hanks are be
- lng established in South America,
t to be the outposts and aids in the
Bale of American products, farm
and manufactured in those coun
, tries.
" V'And finally, because President
. WIIbou cooperated with South
'..American governments in dealing
with the Mexican problem, and be-
cause he counseled with them fn
framing his Mexican policy, every
ij South , American government and
. 'every South American nation is
J 'friendly to the United States. The
Told distrust in us la gone, , and in
2 "lta Btead there la a profound and
v growing confidence in the purposes
" of this country. The new spirit of
cordiality Is a tremendous . asset
' for American, lumbermen and all
t other producers and manufactur
. ers in Belling their products to our
Z 'southern neighbors.
J - If by what he. haa done for
them,! any man was ever entitled
J. vto the appreciation and support
American business ' men, that man
is . wooarow wiison. -
Dr. Loveland called it mossback-
lam. Is It not rather a lack; of
leadership? Average Portlanders
would quickly follow if the big
financial and business Interests of
the city would take up the fight
to get all the many advantages o
her location for Portland.
TIIE ECONOMIC DEIST
T
HE chairman of the appraisal
committee of the Realty
Board says the Portland
school board made a free gift
of $3000 to the seller In the pur
chase of a parcel of ground. 170
by 230 feet in South Portland.
The ground is at Kelly and Ban
croft streets, and adjoins the Hol
man school on the south. The
price the board is to pay is $12,
000. The committee of the Realty
Board appraised the property at
$9000.
It Is another $3000 added to the
economic debt of Portland. The
economic deljt is an unseen but
tremendously active debt on which
interest runs day and. night.
It is a mortgage on the toil and
resources of Portland, and it is
created In the same way the $3000
has Just been added to it. It Is
a something-for-nothing proposi
tion In which the public gives
something for which it gets noth
ing back but a mortgage upon the
necks of the people of the town.
The economic debt has already
been piled up into millions, and by
its accretions in Interest and newly
created debt, the total rises stead
ily and the interest that must be
paid on it by the people increases
proportionately.
It Is a vicious debt, because it is
so invisible, bo stealthy and so in
sidious. It plays a good part in
levying that tribute in taxes over
which the poor man groans and the
rich man weeps.
So long as the school board goes
on making "a free gift" here and
there of $3 000, and bo long as
other public authorities follow
their example, the public need not
expect the cost of government to
become a lighter burden.
"Those who with timid hearts
and quavering voices praise Mr.
Wil'son because he kept us out of
war, are the actual heirs of the
Tories of 1 7 76," says Mr. Roose
velt. Did anybody ever hear be
fore off a president being de
nounced for keeping us out of war?
GEORGE ANDREW WAGGONER
G'
EOROE ANDREW WAG
GONER, author of "Stories
of Old Oregon," same to the
western country in 1S52. He
was then a child, of course, and
journeyed across the plains in an
ox wagon under the protection of
his parents. Their trip was made
nine years after the "great emi
gration" of 1843. When they ar
rived the Willamette valley was
still for the most part wild land
and they had "the world before
them where to choose."
The Waggoner family chose wise
ly by taking up a donation . claim
not far from Brownsville. Tho
"claims" in those days wore gen
erously large, including as they did
a equare mile of land. The fami
lies who took advantage of the
government's liberality were able
to live royally on the produce of
their estates. With the boundless
range of the foothills open to their
cattle they knew nothin of want
and but little of toil. Their lives
were free from worry. Their pas
times were of idyllio simplicity.
We know of no people who came
nearer to the poetic delights of the
fabled Golden Age than the early
pioneers of Oregon.
Mr. Waggoner, whoso death has
lately been reported, was one of
the notable group of writers who
have preserved the monuments of
our early history. Amost as soon
as anybody had settled in Oregon
books on its history began to ap
pear, dui some or tnem were
marred by a bitter sectarianism.
Later -Investigators prefer to go to
original documents for their facts
rather than to such works as
Gray's History.
In recent years there has been
an agreeable outpouring of books
on one phase and another of this
subject. Geer's "Fifty Years in
Oregon" Is one of the pleasantest
to read. Mrs. Dye's semi-historical
writings are well known every
where. The Historical society has
printed many an old document
which, will be valued in time to
come. One of the most diligent
laborers in the field of Oregon
history was the late H. W. Scott,
for many years the eminent editor
of the Oregonian, whose numerous
addresses on the subject were re
plete with rare and weighty in
formation. Tnough there is a water-level
haul between Portland and the Co
lumbia Interior, the freight ratea
between the two are based on an
over-mountain haul. Was not this
what Dr. Loveland referred to
when he said there la too much
mossacklsm in Portland?
THE COOS BAY COUNTRY
T
HE. invasion of the Coos .Bay
country by the , Portland
Cnamber of Commerce has
assumed a gala aspect which
must delight the hearts of all con
cerned. Trade will, thrive on ac
i count of the exchange of Hviliti
otjand friendly converse and it ought
to thrive. But good will and
kindly understanding must prosper
also.
It Is well for Portland and the
rest of the state to become better
acquainted In order to do more
business. But acquaintanceship
will bring fruits not to be meas
ured in dollars and cents. The
Coos Bay country, like some other
sections of Oregon, has heretofore
stood somewhat apart. Its trade in
umber and "dairy products has
gone toward San Francisco rather
than Portland and the sympathies
of the people have tended to fol
low the direction of their business
so that it sometimes seemed al
most as if that rich and beauti
ful region belonged to California
instead of Oregon.
But the new railroad and the
exchange of hospitable tokens be
tween the Coos Bay peoplo and
their Portland friends has changed
all that. From now onward the
merchants, the dairymen, the lum
bermen of the Coquille valley and
other sections off Coos county will
look more and more to Portland
for markets and commercial ex
changes of all sorts. Here Is their
natural trade center and their In
terests will inevitably gravitate in
this direction.
It will astonish most readers of
The Journal to learn of the vast
coal deposits which wait for devel
opment in that part of the state.
According to the report in The
Journal there are as much as 2 BO
square miles of these immensely
valuable deposits which are all the
more precious to us because thus
far they are the only ones discov
ered in the state. Aa a matter of
fact, however, the mineral and the
agricultural possibilities of Oregon
have, as yet, hardly begun to be
developed. Nobody can tell what
surprises lie in wait for us in both
domains, especially with the fed
eral government reaching out
through rural credits and other
enactments to aid the farm In
dustry.
In view of the fact that cordial
relations must exist between coun
tries if they are to maintain busi
ness relations with each other, it
would seem that the calm business
sense of this country would ap
prove the policy that has brought
the most amicable relations be
tween America and the nations of
South America, a policy that has
aided greatly in the enormous in
crease in the snle of American pro
ducts in that part of the world.
SAVE THE RURAL CREDITS
TpHOUGH farmers have peti-
tloned, appealed and -clamored
for rural credits for many
years, ana tnouRn tney nave
been paying 8, 10, 12 and higher
interest rates along with bonuses,
commissions and fees, some of the
Hughes spellbinders are denouncing
the new rural credit system as
class legislation" and as wholly
undesirable. Thus, speaking of the
new farm loan system. Judge
Stephen A. Lowell, in advocating
the election of Mr. Hqhes, is
quoted in an address at Eugene
as follows:
Th rural cre-llt art would provide
per cent money for the farming
class, but it would Dot. nahlo the
laborlnar mart, or the small business
man, the great middle class, to get
money at a lower rate oJ Interest.
Thn measure would create in this
country the curse of landlordism.
which la "the rau?e und Inception of
the holocaust In Europe.
If the new rural credits system
is to be repealed on the ground
that it la "class legislation," is
there anything whatever that Amer
ican farmers are entitled to? In
stead of creating landlordism, rural
credits by Its conspicuous absence,
has resulted In so much landlord
ism that 37 per cent of the farm
ers of America are tenants. They
are renters on the land they till.
Railroads and other groups of
Industry and enterprise have long
had loans on long time at four and
five per cent interest. Public serv
ice corporations have had cheap
loans. Practically every Investing
group in America except the farm
er has had cheap loans.
Yet farming is the basic indus
try. Every other activity rests on
agriculture. The vast sum of 41.-
000 million dollars is Invested in
American farming. It is a far
greater capital than that invested
in any other single Industry.
And yet by the refusal of con
gress after congress to create a
rural credits system, -the farmer
has been paying an average of 8
per cent the country over on his
mortgages.
The rural credits 6ystem is not
"class legislation" as is charged
by Judge Lowell in his address
in behalf of Mr. Hughes. It will
not, as Mr. Lowel! says, create
landlordism. It will help save the
farms of the United States from
landlordism and save the farmers
from being driven into tenantry.
It will give them their first chance
to lift the mortgage.
It will bring smiles to the faces
of the patient women whose
strength goes so freely In superin
tending the woman's part In the
activities on the farm. It willlielp
keep on the farm the boys and
girls who have been hurrying away
from the old homestead because
farming didn't pay.
It will give the patient man who
has toiled on and on against ' the
mortgage a chance to liberate him
self from debt and to face lifo
with hope ahead and a new faith
In his country and himself.
The rural credits system is one
of the best pieces of legislation in
the '- history of this nation. It
ought to have been enacted gen
erations ago. ' . -
The hand that would touch It
now to destroy it, as Judge Lowell
proposed in his advocacy of Mr
Hughes w-ould commit a crime
against" every farm household in
America.
Letters From the People
CommunlcatkMM eent tn Tbe Journal for
pnbllcation in tola department auould be writ
ten on only one aide of tbe paiwr. aooold Dot
exceed 300 worda in length, and moat bo ac
companied bj tne name uid addreaa -ot to
aender. if toe writer doea not desire to naie
tbe name pubUalied be abould ao alaU.j
"Dtmmwlon la tbe greatest of all reformers.
It rarlanaUzea eTerytblng :t touehea. It roM
principles of aU false sanctity and throws tnem
back on tbeir reasutiabieneaa. If tbe nave ao
reasonableoesa. it ratble&slj crusbee tbem oat
of existence and sets up its own conclusion In
vbelr atead." Woodrow Wilson.
The Women of Wall Street.
Portland, Oct. 12. To the Editor or
The Journal So long as people In
general attend to their own pursuits,
whether they be sociaJ or commercial,
as a rule It 1b a personal affair. There
fore, -when the privileged women of
the Wall street rich hied themselves
to cat and dog shows, monkey .din
ners, diamond displays, etc., the rest
of tho feminine world looked on, half
in amusement, more in pity, and said
nothing, but when the time comes
that they prcceed. under the guise of
a suffrage mission, to send a lot of
women that are looking for notoriety,
some of thetn Immigrants, into the
ranks of tho women that have gained
suffrage, and try only to protect the
money of the family by telling the
suflVago women how to use their
vote, then it is time lor the women of
the west to awaken. There Is no need
t pity for this move; instead, it
6hould fan the fire of resentment into
a flaming roar of indignation, for the
thinking women of today know that
suffrage is not their c;y. If it were,
they would come to us begging that
we take to their men our logical rea
soning and help tho fight by Joining
their camp, not asking us to desert
the ship that brought us to shore.
The militant methods of these wom
en are breaking the hearts of the
women that have gained the fight by
persuasion and education. "Money is
might" in eome cases, but there are
the exceptions. Anyone can see through
the move of the money klnge in send
ing out the Golden Special. They win
not give their women the vote, but
they use their names to further their
desires, and the one grand desire of
Wall street today is to defeat "Wood-
row Wilson and put into the presiden
tial chair a man they can mould to do
their will, one who will not dare to tell
them he is president nor that h will
listen to the cry and tho need of tho
common classes In preferpnoe to the
chosen few.
Today is seeing the fight of capital
against labor, and should the former
win, not only are we liable to be in
volved In war with otner nations, dui
possibly civil war. The French Revolu
tion Isn't so far distant in history that
we. can not hear the groans of it yet
and remember the lesson the clajsses
taught the overbearing autocrats.
Therefore, It behooves the women of
today, In the name of humanity, to
take the share o their responsblllty
and teach these men, through our
vote, that God did not put the gold of
the world here for them only, that
bread and meat and milk are needed
among the workers a great deal more
than diamonds and poodle pups for
the women of the rich, and by eo do
lng prove our worth to the men that
have placed' confidence in our intelli
gence and morality.
GKOKGIB S. PETERS.
Affirmative vs. Negative Leadership
Ia Grande, Or., Oct. 12. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Taft was humllt
ated and Ignored by coagTess. Roose
velt belabored congress with the big
stick and made it recalcitrant and
sulky. Wilson, during the first 90
days of his administration, establshed
a working partnership with congress.
which has steadily increased in ef
fectiveness. llson has shed a new
,1 light, established a new precedent, on
the affirmative relations of the execu
tive to the legislative branch. The
American peoplo used to look; upon the
president as beng apart from congress.
with only a veto power upon its ac
tions. They will never do It again.
1,'rder Wilson liie people have had a
c'einonstration of a now kind of execu
tive. Whether Wilson is reelected or
not, he will gd down In history as the
general who led his legislative army
in shaping the greatest program of
constructive legislation enacted by any
single administration.
For this reason the people are scru
tinizing Mr. Hughes In the light of the
probable value of hla teamwork with
congress. They are not listening very
seriously to his strictures on the Wll-
ton administration. The? want to
know what his constructive remedies
are, and his probable ability as . a
leader in getting those proposed rem
edies enacted Into legislation.
So far, Mr. Hughes has not shown
any evidence of beng a great, con
structive party leader. His program
so far has been "anything to beat Wil
son." When he mounts the partisan
hebby, he becomes a mere politician.
Partisanship comes in at his door and
statesmanship goes out of his window.
When Mr. lltghes was governor of
New York he was proclaimed as a
paragon of political virtue. In the midst
cf a crooked and perverso generation,
lie looked on the crooiied Republican
politicians of his state as the warden
of a penitentiary looks on the men who.
he knows, will do no harm so long a
the turnkeys talio orders from him.
Wilson, on the other hand. Is not his
party's Jailer. He is tho commander-in-chief
of the legslatlve army, and he
looks on his captains and lieutenants
as a general looks on his tried and
trusted subordinates.
President Wilson, It must be ad
mitted, has had a rather difficult army
to handle. The wonder io Jhat he haa
teen able to handle it so successfully.
The fact that he has handled it so
well is a tribute to his supreme strat
egy as a constructive statesman.
Though I am not a Democrat, and
did not vote for Sir. Wilson, I take my
hat off to the man who can manage
tl-at large and often insubordinate
group of men with seemingly divergent
opinions, animated often by partisan
lr.trigue and selfish motives, and man
ege it In such a way that, keepng in
violate the harmony of his party, and
his integrity as the leader of the peo
ple, he has been able to pass through
congress the most important construc
tive measures that have gone through
that body since the Civil war.
And I add here and now, as every
fair minded man must admit, that no
man In the United States is more re
Bponsible for that result than the pres
ident of the United States.
ANDREW R. MARKER.
The Worker Knows Ills Friends.
Portland, Oct. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal-l-Nearly-So years in the
labor movement has convinced me
that the rank and file of organized la
bor accepts as a friend any man who
subscribes to the policy of "self-re-pect
for the worker.". Opinions differ,
even among union men. as to Just
what conditions best foster this seK-
respect, but there has never been ny
question among ua aa to the elevating
influence ot the shorter worklnr day.
with Us leisure for mental and moral
as well as phyeieal recreation.
Tne Typographical union, to whicn
I have the honor to belong, was a pio
neer In the eight-hour movement, and
Its members contributed liberally to
the expense of that campaign. To the
employing printer of that time eight
hours spelled ruin, just as it has to
every other class of employers until
they tried It. From the seed then
sown hundreds of thousands "of work
ers who took no part in the sowing,
even hindered It, have reaped an abun
dant harvest In leisure for Improve
ment, whether they used It profitably
or not.
Those organizations now enjoying
the elght-hour day are still contribut
ing financial and moral support to
those less fortunate, and accepting as
friends all who aid In the movement,
even to the reluctant employer who
accedes through force of circum
stances. So It Is not likely that the
rank and file of organized labor will
turn their backs upon the only presi
dent since Lincoln whose humanity
was broad enough to use his great In
fluence in behalf of the tolling masses
as against the Influence of selfish
capital.
There will be a few blind partisans,
yeer; and some who will forget the
main issue and go right on debating
the petty Issues of past campaigns.
but most of us printers know better
than to look In the hell-box for sorts.
And while 1 am at It, I want to
thank The Journal for its frequent and
excellent labor union editorials. Maybe
you don't realize it, but every line
you print editorially that gives the
"common peepul'' a square deal is a
labor editorial, and I have read col
umns and columns in The Journal
that might well have been copied by a
labor paper. I have read it every day
for ten years, and I know.
ART E. TURNER.
i
A Catechism.
Portland, Oct. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal I desire to submit a few
facts and questions which I consider
pertinent to the political situation as
it is today:
The Republicans seem to favor a
tariff commission; yet, in 44 years'
control they failed to establish one.
They condemn Wilson's Mexican
policy; yet, Taft, Fairbanks and many
other Republicans i viorsed the came,
Thftr blam WiUnn fW ,. r,r. 1
paredness; yet. In 41 years of control
!
they spent more money than Germany
for that purpose. What was It spent
for? And as to what we have to get
for the large amount appropriated by
the last congress, why not wait until
the money 18 spent, and see before we
condemn?
Wh'v t"i rt 1rnlor-ltr v or vta v-f loan
appointments to our foreign service, j
when it always has and always will
be the practice of all political parties?
rd f1orhnaLa.I7,CUlr'i,itanCe"
Z n ? it
vvrnr rnndn m n fni n rr oat Uln e thai
- J was - x aivi, u w ti in aa, v. i j
- . I
when there lay no law to compel the
. - - . , . .
parties to do so? If such law Is de-
Liki v ,, v, , .
slrable, why has it not been passed
, , .
during the 4 years of Republican
Vuu
Why claim compulsion of the pas
sage of the Adamson law, when large
numbers of Republican who sup
ported the bill say it was not? Do they
lie?
They charge that our national re
sources are undeveloped. Granted.
But what was the Republican party
doing during .its 4 years of control?
Why condemn Wilson for not being
prepared to enforce hhf foreign pol
icies? He had JuBt what the Republi
can party left him after 44 years' con
trol. If a protective tariff Insures us e-o-nomio
independence, why has It failed
to make us no after 44 years control?
The Republicans claim we should
have federal control of railroads.
Granted. Tet in 44 years of Republican
control they failed to enact such laws.
C. P. RUTHERFORD.
Overwhelming Reasons for Wilson.
Portland. Oct. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal My object in writing
inese lew lines is a patriotic one, and , aa Matlnicus. A few of the voters in
as I love my country I glory in Its j tni8 town are the keepers of the tw
many achievements since the days of
Washington to the days of Woodrow ! , '
Wilson. I have carefully studied and ! bX th Evening Ledger, in which the
compared the achievements of Wood- I v' secretary emphatically declared
row WUson with those of his pred-!hat neutral nations need not think of
cessors. and although I may still feel "butting in" with peace plans while
that he could have done some things Britain was engaged In giving Ger-Romew-l.nt
mors, tr, the MKfa-tirT, nt many the "knockout." He may be
a great body of his fellow citizens
who feel disappointed with his ron -
duct of Mexican affairs, nevertheless
I have come to the honest conclusion
that, with all that he has done and
caused to be done for the welfare of
aU-hls country-men, I could not do
otherwise than cast my vote for him
He has been the most wise and far
seeing president since the days of
Washington, and the great American
people will make no mistake by cast
ing their votes for him and for peace
with honor. His good deeds have
overwhelmingly overshadowed all that
his adversaries can bring against him.
I believe that honest Americans, re
gardless of party, will vote for the
man who, in spite of Wall 6treet and
other un-American parasites, has kept
us out of the world war complications
and civil war at home. And this is
no dream, but sterling facts.
D. M. 0'SULi,IVAN.
Mr. Wright Makes Denial.
Portland, Oct. 11, To the Editor of
The Journal Some one without knowl-
edge of the facts has done me great
injustice by giving to the press lnfor- i
mation that I was asleep while driving
last bunaay. it was oona wimoui cull
ing the residence to pet the real facts,
and I had no chance to give them.
I had successfully driven over all the
difficult highway to a straightaway
level strip on Sandy boulevard, In the
city, and was about to turn toward
home, when one of those unaccount
able skids and too short a turn simply
tipped us over on one side at slow
speed. This is all there was to it. I
was not asleep, and whoever put that
out does me great injustice. My friends
all know I am a careful law-abiding
driver, and it is rather hard to Buffer
such unjust criticism when I have suf
ficient suffering through a misfortune
not attributable to my carelessness.
ROBERT C. WRIGHT.
Taxi Driver Makes Defense.
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal I desire to answer an
article I saw in The Journal, October
10, about the high prices charged, by
taxi drivers. - I am mailing you -one
of our rate cards. I Invite the eity
sealer of weights and measures to In
spect our meters, as they are exactly
as represented.
I am the oldest taxicab driver in
the city, and haVe my first time yet
for anyone to make a complaint on
my charges. ARTHUR LEA.
On the Great News Circuit.
From the Philadelphl Ledger,
One of tbe features of modern war
fare that was not foreseen was that
important Interviews given out by
members of the British cabinet should
reach the British putlio by the round
about CO00 miles route by cable to
this country and back again. Eng
land and its press are still concerned
chiefly with the Lloyd-George inter
view, printed exclusively in this city
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Doe the baseball fan who talks
fluently of the AthaJetlca also speak
of the series as a serious T
To give the price booster his due. It
must be admitted, thore is some excuse
for tobacco. Tet, stay! there's cab
bage. 9 m m
At all events, the consumer should
be spared the war excuse for the high
cost of Thanksgiving turkey. The reg
ularly recurring annual ' shortage" has
always worked well enough.
For some unknown reason the vari
ous' European monarchs have not yet
notified themselves regarding the par
ticular capital at which they have or
dered Christmas dinner.
Stefansson, the explorer, it is re
ported, wept when he was told of the
war. And no shame to him. So might
any of us if we were reo aired to stand
up under the entire realization at one
load.
Twenty years ago bicycle scorchers
were making as much trouble as auto
drivers make now. However, for the
blkist himself there was a super-menace,
namely, the woman driving a
horse.
It is now the season for the Ben
Davis apple joke. All the same, there
are Ben fans, and they will ever be
true to an apple that smells so good
you don't care whether you can taste
It or not.
It has been reserved for an eastern
paragrapher to insinuate that the Ta
gore assassination plot story was the
Hindu poet's notion of press agentry.
But really, there can be little doubt
that the eminent philosopher was
frightened. And, remember, the or
iental doesn't eee any reason to be
ashamed of a good hard scare. He's
not like us. He's candid.
THE FIRST FIGURES
From the Christian Science Monitor.
The first returns in the national
election in the United States on No
vember 1, are expected to be from
some little town in the so-called Old
Colony district of Massachusetts. With
the vote for Hughes and Wilson from
Acushnet, Norwell, Hanover or Mash
pee shortly after noon on election day,
political maChematicians will begin
their work of predicting the probable
winner basing the problem on the well
known percentage system.
. . a 1 1 (
or many j mcro was n. j.u.i-
1 '""-"- -"-
. . i o rr,..a Mill! l: . i I'l .na tn ctnro
ran "as ges Hull, so goes the state,
and it was a fact that for a period
of 10 or 20 years after the close of
the Civil war, Hull was staunchly
Republican, and the state followed.
But when It stood by tn. Republican
the same day that the state elected
Democratic governor, Hull began to
lose Its prestige as a political prophet.
There are a number of small towns
ln Massachusetts, in which the voting
I population i. so small that every one
1
at the- polls knows when the last avaiU
able vote has been cast, and as these
. K , , . . ..
I towns have the power to close the
i ,, . ., .
1 polls at amy time, the result In these
., , , j- . , . ,
particular election d'striets is en
. , . .
nounced an hour or two after noon on
election day.
It is true thnt comparatively few
of these small towns are sufficiently
reliable aa political barometers to
point to the winner in Massachusetts
with unfailing accuracy, but they gen
erally do show the trend of public
sentiment on state and national Issues.
It Is not surprising, therefore, that
I u, Press associations and others who
r.-ake It a business to collect and tabu
late the returns, make every effort
to obtain these results and the town
names of Acushnet, Hanover, Norwell,
Mas-hpee, and Gosnold, with their In
dividual verdict on tne presidential
candidates, are telegraphed through-
! out the country and are printed In
nearly every aiternoon pftper on elec
tion day from Ba'ngor, Maine, to Los
Angeles. Cal.
In the recent election In Maine the
first town to report was the little
hamlet of Crlehaven, which constitutes
a cluster of islands far off the mouth
of tne penobscot, and commonly known
: right probably Is but there must be
!"'a"J' Hrltons who will feel that if
! their big news comes from American
I newspapers It would not be surprising
! significant moves toward peace
; came irom me name ""'-
Woodrow Wilson Patriot.
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
"The singularity of the present war
Is that its origin and object have
never been disclosed. They have ob
scure roots which we do riot know
how to trace. So great a conflagration
could not have broken out If the tinder
had not been there and the spark in
danger of falling at any time. We
were not the tinder. The spark did not
come from us. It 'will take the long
Inquiry of history to explain this war.
But Europe ought not to misunder
stand us. We are holding off, not be
cause we do not feel concerned, but
because when we exert the force of
this nation we want to know what we
are exerting It for."
These are the words of President
Wlls0ll at Omaha. When America la
asked, "Are you willing to fight?"
j President wi'lson said the answer
should be, "Yes. but we are waiting
for something worth fighting for." Ha
continued:
"You are not looking about for petty
quarrels, but you are looking about for
that sort of quarrel within whose In
tricacies are written all the texts of
the rights of man."
Is not this the highest kind of
Americanism? Does thfs not breath')
the very spirit of the founders of this
republic? "The rights of man!" Time
was when that was the battle-cry of
patriots. With it as a basis a new
nation was founded on these shores
dedicated to that cause. Now it Is
grown to be a mighty nation. Shall
its Ideal fade with the coming of its
power?
We pray God it shall not fade. In
the heat of a partisan campaign men
are falling to recognize the greatness
of the service of Woodrow Wilson to
the nation during the trying period
through which we are passing. But
fthe great heart of the American people
Is true. It is possible tnat woodrow
Wilson may be defeated next Novem
ber. We do not think -he will be, but
it is poKsible. But whether he Is de
feated or not, the verdict of history
Will be his. The time will surely
come, as surely as America remains
true to Its course, when he will be
written down as one of our greatest
patriots.
The West and Wilson.
From the New Tork Evening Post.
Mr Root Is very positive that Presi
dent ' Wilson, has been and Is wholly
out of touch with "the spirit of Ameri
can nationality." Otherwise, Mr. Wil
son would have displayed "the terrible
power of -a great nation In earnest."
Well, it is -a wise statesman that
knows his own nation. Mr. Root may
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Petitions for a county free library
ire being circulated in Josephine
county.
Two new standard typesetting ma
chines have just been Installed at
Burns, one in the News and the other
in the Times-Herald office.
An automobile show for Pendleton
sometime during the winter, probably
In January, Is a project now being
discussed. It is proposed to hold it In
the Happy Canyon pavilion. If it
f i roves a success the plan is tcHrnake
t art annual affair.
Traffio note in Medford Sun of
Tuesday: "Unusually heavy freight
traffic was noticeable upon the South
era Pacific Monday. Several trains
of lumber, southbound, passed through
and Monday evening a string of
empties hauled by two engines passed
through northbound. This train was
ever a mile long."
"Farmers are complaining." says the
Hermiston Herald, "of the damage
caused by masmles. These pests are
particularly causing trouble for those
with fruit They eat parts of apples,
bunches of grapes and other fruit,
spoiling It for market. It has been
suggested that if nests are destroyed
and the old birds shot the nuisance
will soon be ended.
An epicure la a person who knows
good things to eat when he eats them.
The editor of the Hillsboro Argun is
one. Listen: "Washington county has
a fine prune crop this year, and prices
are not in the dumps, either. The poor
old much abused prune is one of the
finest of fruits, and the dried article
is not only good, but it i hard to beat
a properly canned prune. This homely
fruit has a tang to It that is mighty
hard to beat for dessert Just fill up
your cans and try them.''
OF NOVEMBER 7
granite lights on Matlnicus rock. 20
miles off the mainland. The vote of
Criehaven was sent to the county seat
of Knox county, Rockland, hy wire
less, and so far as known this was the
first instance of the use of wireless
communication for the collection of
election returns.
One of the most inaccessible towns
In Massachusetts is Gosnold, which
comprises Elizabeth Island; lying be
tween Buzzards bay and Vineyard
sound. There are i.'5 voters scattered
about the islands. Twit a majority of
them llvo on Cuttyhunk, the outermost
and it is trtera that the polls are
opened and the voting begins early In
the forenoon. Ry noon the voters from
Naushon and Nashawena Islands have
come over In their motor boats and
cast their ballots, and along In the aft
ernoon the result Is taken over to the
coast guard station, on Cuttyhunk,
telephoned to a house on Pasque Isl
and, telegraphed to Wood's Hole, and
relayed to Boston. Then Gosnold goes
back to its tautog and lobster fishing
Political mathematicians are some
what at a loss this year as to the
right basis for their computations, be
cause of the three-cornered contest
fcr president four years sgo. and the
difficulty in comparing the three re
turns with the two returns for Hughes
and Wilson this year. It Is expected.
however, that most of the newspapers
Will print the returns of four years
Hpo, with those of this year. In orW
to show the trend of the Progressive
vote, but that for calculating the win
ner In Missnchusetts at least, the vote
for . president this year will be corn
pared with thnt thrown for governor
in the state election of 1915. It is
believed that to compare the presi
dential vote this year with that f'r
the party candidates in 1908, when the
division was last drawn between the
tv.-o leading parties, and therefore
something like the normal, would he
taking figures too remote for accurate
use.
Whether the early returns on the
afternoon of November 7 will prove
reliable straws to show which way the
presidential wind is blowing, only sub
sequent tabulations can prove, but thtt
they will be eagerly seized and made
the basis of a vast amount of calcu-la-on
Is to be expected, and the ver
dict of the little Bay state towns will
be eagerly awaited.
know his better than Mr. Wilson, but
1t Is at least possible that he may not
Let him pick up tho Tribune this
morning and read Its account of the
president's reception yesterday In
Iowa and Nebraska. "In the course of
the day. 800,000 voices lustily ap
proved his courae." And take this:
"Everywhere on the streets were
heard cries of He kept us out of war!'
'There he goes, God bless hlmt and
"Who saved the riatlon?" answered with
shouts of "Wilson!' At the evening
meeting the scene. If anything, was
even more remarkable. There was
almost hysteria In the air as the thou
sands in the balconies and on the
floor cheered every reference of the
president to peace. Repeatedly they
refused to allow him to go on, but
Insisted on injecting -Three oheera for
Wilson !' and "Hurrah for the peace
maker!' "
This may be very "sordid" but it Is
ono of the manifestations of the spirit
of American nationality. There are
more things In that spirit than are
dreamed of in the philosophy of some
publlo men. It Is certainly bigger than
any section of the country, broader
than anj' class. To us here In the east
it may seem to mean one thing, but
quite another to the west. And to the
west the bi-c p'.re of our empire Is
bound to p.-isia. Whatever Its spirit
may ultimately prove to be, that will
be the dominant eplrlt of American
nationality. And any man, even a
partisan, who keep his eyes open to
the way in which the west Is rising to
Woodrow Wilson oday, ought to be a
little chary in barging that the presi
dent does not represent American na
tionality. The) Untamed No Longer.
From the Plttaburg Press.
Our bis infant territory Alaxska Is
getting so very big that It requires
constant aitention from the federal
government. Becauso Alaska is ceas
ing to be 'frontier" country, and along
the new government railroad line, at
least, settlement is taking place so
rapidly it has become necessary' for
the department of agriculture to Issue
new game regulations for the protec
tion of deer, moose, caribou, sheep and
mountain goats. Female deer and
fawns are to be protected by extending
the closed season until August 1, 1918,
until which time all killing is prohib
ited. The same regulation applies to
mountain goats, and moose in south
eastern Alaska. The prohibition ex
tends to all deer- on tk number of the
Islands on the southern coast.
These regulations are issued on the
recommendation of the governor Of
Alaska, and the biological survey of
the agricultural department, and are to
prevent these game animals from being
exterminated. The government seems
determined that this last big game
country shall not be ruined, and that
the game animals shall not follow the
bison of the western plains to prac
tical annihilation. Alaska Is a great
game country, and with proper regu
lations and restrictions on killing,
should furnish opportunities for bunt
lng. 'trapping and camping for thou
sands of Americans in years to come.
Rag Tag and Bottail
St
ones from Everywhere
(To tbla column all readers of Tba Joarael
are invited to coo tribute original Batter la
atory. In versa or In philosophical obaareatl.-MS
o striking quotations, from any source.
Contributions of exceptional merit will be pal J
tor, at Mm editor's appraisal.
Old Yamhill Good Enough for Him
SOME) years ago an evangelist waa
conducting services at a country,
sohoolhouse In Yamhill county. Yam
hill county Is one of the first. section
of tbe Willamette valley to be settled,
and It is one of the most fertile dl-
tricta In the state. The sohoolhouse
was packed to the doors. Young rel
ic ws with their girls from Happy Val
ley and Pike on the west, and lllgtv
Heaven and Peavine Ridge, and from
more distant points, were there.
After the choir had sung "Almost
Persuaded," the exhorter asked all
who wanted to go to heaven to rise.
Most of tne congregation rose. "If
there are any here who would like ta
go to hell, will they rise?" the evarn,
gellst asked, dramatically, Several lr
reverent young fellows rose.
Pointing to a gray-bearded old man
sitting next the aisle, he said: "I see
you did not rise at either invitations
Don't you want to go to heaven?" ..
The old man shook his head anal
said: -No, old Yamhill's good enougU
for me." "
UoiiBos Divided.
From the Prineville Journal.
Residing in Prineville we have a)
man named Hughes, who la an ardent
admirer of President Wilson, and
man named Wilton who is wearing
Hughes button. Queen combination,
that.
Totally Lacking in Consideration.
From the Springfield Republican.
A few years ago, when Bernhardt
vvas making a tour of the Unlte4
States with an unusually diversified
repertory, the public demand for extra ,
r.iatlnees was so Insistent that fhe
oltcn ucted on Tuesday and Thursday '
afternoons as well n on those of, W'I
ncsday and Saturday. It so happened
that the company playing "Madame
X" In Knplish was In rhiludelplila M
the time that Bernhardt was piny lng !t
there in l-'rem-h, and the manager of I
wished his company to see the I'rcncti
company. 1 Le went to Mr. t'oimor, who
who was Mine. Bel ntiHt dt's manager,
aial asked him n little shamefacedly-
whether Bernhardt could not be ln
duced to sive an extra performance ot
the French pJay on Friday. Mr. Con
tior, willing to please bin fellow man
ager, finally agreed to ask "Madame''
He went to her and with every known
form of flcprerlatlon and tlm-idlty, ex
trained to "Madame" what It was thai
the manager suited.
To Mr. Connor's great surprlr.'X
"Madame" replied cordially that she
would gladly give the extra perform
a;ic. Mr. ("onnnr rnmo back to the
lobby, almost In a daze. "There la a
woman more than mortal,'" he Raid,
"and capable of more work -41in 1 j
men. She la going B've n extra
matinee on Friday." Suddenly the
ticket seller poked hl.i head out of the
window and called out loudly: "Kxtr
tiKctinee. on Friday?" Hell, what docs
that woman think I'm made of'"
A Foregone Conclusion.
From the People's Horn Journal
Teacher If a farmer sold 1 470 bun!i
els of wheat at $1.17 a buHltl, what.
would he get ?
Boy Au automobile.
The Hypothetical Fire Fiond.
From the Rosehurg Uevfew.
In a trial test Monday evening;
members of tho local fire department
i.i.-ido a "get-away" from the lite hull
A'th t lift big fire truck In the space of
10 sc"ond The tlmo was count "d
from the Instant the men left Hint
uuHi-le.rs on the second floor until H e
truck Whs in tbe ptreet. This In eon.
siaered on excellent record, ns all tba
men had to slide down tho. brass pole,
board tho truck, and get the trurk ready
to leave tbe building. Regular drills
are held on Monday and Wednesday
evenings end lant evening the boys
mnnouverrd for some time on Mill and
Tine streets. A line of hose was laid
nnd tnken to the tops of houses on th
ladders and played the Imaginary'
stream on dansoroua Imaginary blaze
Too Mncli to Confous.
From Chnrleston News find r"our1ei
( iirif essl'in may lie good for th
wool. but. it's often rough on the repu
t;it Ion.
The CritJ Shies.
From the Washington Star.
Theodore Dreiaer, the novelist, waa
talking about the public's llteret-J
taste.
"The public," he said, "llkea, trash
.Put good stuff before It and it shlej
like the critic at the "Players.
"A poet smiled affectionately on th!
critic, thrust a 10-oent cigar In" bis
hand and said: Let me show you thf
proofs of my new volume wf poema
" To, no,' said the critic, rising hasat
lly and grabbing up Ms hat. 'No, no
I don't need proofs. ToUr word Is aufa
flelent."
"And he rushed off without finish
lng the two inches of beer that still
remained In his glass."
Tim Devouring Element.
From the North Plains Optimist.
A. K. Reynolds did hi best a fe
days ago to give thejerth Plains vola
unteer fire department a job. He has
a big barrel which had held the ta
that was put on the roof of tbe ware
house, and thinking to use the' barrel
for another purpose, he tried to crura;
the remaining tar .from, tbe sides ens,
bottom. He left the Job for sTwhlbJ
to look after some other duties, an 4
on going back later, found nothing bu4
the shell remaining.
L'ncle - Jef f "Hnow fiayiv
If the Judge keeps on tellln' us ho
he at one time spoke a word for chile!
labor, preparedness, women votln'i
sailors' rlghtxgand no on, he wlll.gU
nicknamed "ftfetoo Charlie," down ti
our Corners, and then he might aa well
vote for Profoaaor Wilson and make i
unanimous. '
Being Glad of Your Job.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
It Is an excellent sight, that of i
man at work with an evident relish foi
what he Is doing, a Just pride la thj
traditions of his craft, a firm determta
nation that every finished :, produca)
leaving his hand shall be as good M
he can make It. In business the valUf
of a trade name often Ilea with geneaa
atlons of men who wrought not In th
spirit of a hireling but in obadlanoa tt
aa urgent voice within which never laj
them reat upon a botched and boggles
operation. You eannot do your best
work till you bring "a shining mornlnt
face" ta it All that is wrong In yoj
and with you will be wrong in ah4
with the thing you produce, whether
be a book or a letter, a shoe or 4,
coat, a wooden box or a gold ring, i
bridge or an interstellar airship. Thi
mood a man carries to hla work af fectj
ita. quality for better or for worsen
Tour own welfare 4 the welfare of af;
you do. What better place Is there fo( '
a man to write hla biography than 11 J
tba work of hla hands, and what mon :
satisfactory memorial can ha leav4
when the sun goes down at last upoj.
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