OCTOBER 17, 1918.
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WOOD HOW WILSON.
' Mffllona for defence, bat not a eent for
innate. CHABLKS C. PINCKNKT.
America baa been made op out of tba
atlona of tba world, aod la a friend of
tba nations of the world.
Woodrow Wilson.
HE federal reserve system
Is performing a vastly
greater service than merely
earning dividends," says a
writer ln Commerce and Finance
He adds:
It Is buttressing the publlo confll
denes, stimulating enterprise, and
driving the nation forward.
A startling contrast between this
system and the old system under
I which the country for fifty years
taggsred is found ln the fact that
ln 1B07, after forty-three years of
v- tbe old system. New Tork could not
: ,ln time of stress, let a country bank
have $50,000 of currency to meet thr
: ordinary requirements of commerce
or the pay rolls of Industry, whereas
la 1918, after one year of the new
' system, New Tork let two European
.nations in the veay cataclysm of a
Stupendous war, have $500,000,000, and
has recently 1st the same nations have
aa additional $250,000,000; and
' speak with knowledge and not upon
conjecture when I say that these
- banks were enabled to do this be
cause of the existence of the federal
, reserve system.
'r We bad the old system more
than 60 years. Constantly recur
ring panics warned us that it was
an ineffective system. But we made
no change.
- Business would go forward, rise
,to high tide, and then suddenly,
over the breaking of a bank or two,
the country would go to smash.
Prosperity would take wings. Stag
' nation would appear. Free soup
bouses would be established.
Ragged regiments of men would
walk the streets and beg for bread.
The banks would go on a holi
day. Depositors could not draw
their own money from bank vaults.
Business was done on clearing
bouse certificates. The lawful
money of the country would not
circulate.
The latest of these panics was;in
itvt. u was one or. toe worse in
the country's entire history. Yearn
', , -were required to recover from It.
.Every winter for years following.
Cities had a serious problem with
el ft A T A M A t a, A
the unemployed. Soup houses
under publlo charity were among
the means of .relief.
Every collapse of the country's
business was a warning against
our financial system. But no
statesman appeared to remedy it
, For half a century we did busl
v ness under tbe old system, with
, business not knowing from one day
to another whether a panlo was to
break over tbe country and fill
. the land with bankruptcy, depres
sion and stagnation.
'But all this is changed. A new
v kind of statesman with far-flung
- vision and vast powers of leader
ship appeared at Washington and
.began a great program of recon
, structlng America, industrially,
- commercially and financially. High
ly constructive measures were en
acted, among them the federal re
i serve system with its new courage
for capital, its new guarantees to
I Investors, Its new freedom of en
y v terprise from fear of panics, and
V the country Is ln the midst of such
, 4 a career of prosperity as this world
' never saw.
" ".; When, ln his address Friday
' night to support . of Mr. Hughes, a
. New York lawyer declared that
mothera ought not to be allowed
to vote until they drop the M from
' ''motherhood," he went to amazing
lengths. It is a declaration that
mothers should not vote because
' they will vote against war to order
I to keep their sons out of the
j trenches.
THOMAS LAMB ELIOT
i
r O HISTORY of Portland would
be complete without refer
ence to the life and . works
j of Dr. Thomas Lamb Eliot.
! whose seventy-fifth birthday was
; celebrated Friday. , .
' Long ago he became known
throughout the state as a leader
la social service activities. Boys
who are now men In middle life
' "1 I 111 m. . - i n ii ill, n. - U- -' " 1 a - - . . - . . . . .. . . . ' ' "-t -
PEACE OR WAR;. WHICH ?THE; mothers
OMEN suffer most from war.
A M Al M ' ,a J A -L. ' OL sr
to awu inline wencnes, n
Not so the mother. Her
volunteers. It Increases until
A a
It is not until then that her
constant and horrible fear that she
the next published list of tho killed
she finds the precious name there,
vacant chair, tho books, the keepsakes, the other articles that were
. , . v AJ, , m v j. v ,t -ndpfi
hls, will be with her until merciful death ends ner pain as it enaea
h knv' niln
ner Doys pain., , . .
Because women suffer so much from war, some of tnose urging
the election of Mr. Hughes, contend
to vote" In this country when, as now, issues of war poliqy and peace
policy are pending. Tbns, Henry D. Estabrook, a New Torlt lawyer,
said in an address to behalf of Mr. Hughes in Portland Friday night:
I flon t think any woman la Qualified to VOta uniii ue trrvpn mo I
and "motherhood' become; "otherhood." for sti mujt ur uimwuj
"ERowyi?N oas motherhood i s WPEBMOST
owk a v T,S nmT "' iv
OWN AND HER OWN ONLY.
This Is a cruel contention. It Is cruel to argue that ye gentle
hand that guided the boy from the cradle to young manhood should
have no influence in determining whether, as Mr. Hughes .ays. "we
want deeds, not Words."
It is cruel to tell the mother that she can have the care of her
boy in his weakness, but to his strength she must have no vote on
issues the decision of whkh may lead directly to war. It Is cruel paln t0 chronicle this fact in his hls
to tell her that she "Is not qualified to vote" because she would vote tory. Wilson supporters have no argu-
to keep her son out of war.
During these 27 months of welter in Europe, the mothers have
had a chance to realize what war is. They think of the boys lying
on the field with arms blown off, or legs blown off, or faces blown
off, perishing in horrible agony for the lack of medical assistance
which cannot reach them.
They think of the millions of
be cripples for life or invalids for
ior lire.
Every American mother is compelled to think of the hourly
larrnn nt a v in rrivri mn than in finfi ftflft man ., viiiori
. . ... .
ujuol ui iuoiu uojb nao uer own.
The New York lawyer doea not want the mothers to vote because
ha Vnnwa thnf If th mnttipr, nf V.nmna ri Kaon allnnra1 t vnt nn I
an issue of "deeds, not words." they
and kept Europe ln peace.
used to hear his name used as a
household word in the remote parts
of Oregon.
It ia a name that has been as
sociated with the highest Ideals in
civic and religious life. As trustee
or executive of many activities for
human bettermeat, he has been an
Instrument for wide Influence, an
Influence always exercised for the
higher and better things in life.
Friends everywhere ln the state
and nation rejoice ln the lightness
with which he bears his years, and
bespeak for him many recurrences
of Friday's celebration.
Such men stand as a guiding
monument above the turbulence
and struggle of an on-rushing
world.
"If there is anything in this
campaign that is real, it is whether
we want words or whether we want
deeds; whether we want the things
that are spoken or written, or
whether we want American action,"
says Mr. Hughes. Since President
Wilaon secured complete pledges
from Germany ln the submarine
controversy without the firing of
a shot or the destruction of an
American or a German life, why
have "deeds"? Europe wanted
deeds, not words," arid behold
what she got.
PORTLAND SHIPBUILDING
P
ASSING up or down the river
at Portland, the onlooker be
holds at several points along
the waterfront, ships ln pro
cess of construction. The hund
reds of men on the work present
scenes of remarkable activity. Con
tracts for no less than 155,000,000
worth of such ships have been let
to Portland and Columbia river
shipbuilding plants.
This government is now encour
aging shipbuilding. It has passed
a new law, to encourage the oper
atlon of American ships and Presi
dent Wilson is shortly to appoint
a shipping board to carry out that
purpose.
The board will find out why
American capital has not been in
vesting ln American ships, and find
out what government may do to
make the building and operation
of ships profitable. The board, in
fact, la created for the sole pur
pose of encouraging shipbuilding
in America and the operation of
ships under the American flag, and
it is this expressed purpose of the
government to encourage an Amer
ican merchant marine that ls doing
much to cause Investment of Amer
ican capital in home shipbuilding
The federal government has done
nothing of this kind before. Had
it done so ten years ago or even
less, there would have been more
American ships on the - sea when
the European war broke out, and
American farmers would not now
be compelled to give one bushel
of wheat to have another carried
to Europe.
It is by constructive enactments
of this kind that the federal gov
ernment proposes to make Ameri
can prosperity . permanent. For
Instance, a commission composed
partly of government experts from
the new bureau of foreign and 'do
mestic commerce and partly of
American lumbermen ls shortly to
cross the Atlantic to secure the
use of American lumber in rebuild
lng devastated Europe. Instead
of making criminals out of Ameri
can lumbermen aa was done in tbe
prosecutions of them by former
administrations, the Wilson plan ls,
first to get American ships ready
to carry the lumber and then get
Europe rebuilt from American lum
ber. Nothing of that kind has been
done .before to the history of this
country. It -ls a real way to make
American prosperity lasting and
permanent.
In the same way tbe federal
When a boy ia blown up or shot
- mm 4 aa AWA'
ony -
agony beatas with the caft for
ber bor enlist And wben she
agony Is agonizing. There Is the
may find the name of her boy in
and wounded. And when, at last
her agony Is only begun. The
that mothers are "not Qualified
miJnIXSrilZn:
bova in Eurorm who are doomed to
life, or to live a living death
would have voted against deed.
trade commission is cooperating
Dy flndine out what may be the
matter with the lumber hnalnVss
matter witn tne lumner ousmess
and every other busipess and Is
finding out what government may
do to mAlrn vorv nnch inrtnntrv
ao co mase every sucn industry
and business more profitable.
Members of the trade commission I
were recently present at a lum-
bermen's convention at Chicago for
the purpose of ascertaining what
the federal government could do
. . . 7 , . . .
iu 6 lum ucu
restoring devastated European
Cities.
T ., . ...
In the same way, the new tariff
commission, the new rural credits
commission and the federal reserve
w i ,, aa. . , , . I
uua,u alv tt" toBBiuor iu
encourage and aid every line of
American activity and keep the
country permanently prosperous.
No such coordination and coopera-
tion of effort to make good times,-
have ever been seen in this coun-
try. It is Woodrow Wilson s great
plan or removing every Darner
that mav ctnnil in th wav rf nn-
,i, .. j 1.J1..1J...1
uyua,, auu wuiuunai yiwoycuij-.
Every time the school board or
anw other hoard nava 13000 nr nnv
any omer ooaru pays aouuu or any i
Otoer sum more trian property 13
worth, the amount goes into Port-
land's economic debt, to double
tie tuuti cvciy iov ,eaia auu i I
Compound its interest for the DUD-
11c to pay. It is millions now, and
its toll on you ls heavy.
HOOD RIVER DOCKS
F
OR the firBt time in their his
tory, two Portland newspa-
Ders have become tremendous-
Tfr tinvft beenma tramoniixn.. I
U iulcichlou 1U me HOOa
xviver qocks, .
Thev wer nnvor 1rtratA i
them until The Journal applied to
the Portland public docks commis-
slon to have the engineer ot that
v.j ... ... . . ,
body render aid and advice for the
work.
Originally, The Journal proposed
to supply plans for all the porta
along the Columbia. It found on
investigation that the engineer of
the docks commission had been
sent Dy tne commission to an parts
of the United States to stn'dv nlano
and methods for the
ciency in ail QOCKS construction or
whatever kind. It found that, of
ill engineers he was pre-eminently
""ou iu piuviuo mo eiyeri auuwi-
edge required at Hood River.
The Journal secured from, the
city attorney an opinion to the ef-
feet that the Portland docks en-
gineer could lawfully undertake
the work. It found that ample
time could be spared from his a man at the head who might be in
other duties to give the service cled to legislate backward, or ln
. . . tt . ti avor of a special class? Can we af
asked by Hood River. fA,. . ri.nrA.iAntativ. of mu. t h
It was convinced that by this co-
operation between the Portland
- . , . . ..
docks commission and tbe upper
Columbia towns a relation could
be established that would be ot
large Influence ln building up Port
land's uprlver business.
Snlolw in th irttAi-eaf nf pott In
,v . . ,, n.. T,,
the best results for Hood River
ana tne ultimate navigation or tne
upper Columbia, this newspaper I mon people. President Wilson ls onto
lire-Art anrl aeenred action from th th unsen power of the private lnter
urged and secured action rrom . cne i such thOBe of Wall atreet- x
docks commission co nave tneir
hirhlv Qualified engineer to cake
care of this important endeavor,
ana w w
tbat the Oreeronian and. Telegram
ln mole squeaks with which they
. . . , .
think-they are Jarring the heavens,
contend cLat The Journal has Mo-
lated Its pledges to the Hood River
peopio.
What did they ever do for the
Hood River -people or for any peo-
. - w , . Ar ,
pie? The Journal spent 17.500 to
helping maintain, the Open River
rrv.-rrotlnn mmnonT a-nrt In nth.
V
er endeavora on the upper Columbia
In the effort to have congress ap -
propriate money for Celilo locks
' '
and other Improvements on the
river. HaB . either of these - news-
paper marplots ever spent anything
In farthering an? .publlo project
anywhere? - T
The squeaks of these envious
papers are a high tribute to The
Jmraa Bhowg thlg
per , oted as they
are conducted or as they would
naTe 11 conducted
Letters From the People
Communications eentto Tba journal for
pnblleatioo in this department ahould be wrlt-
ten ou one f th) thoalA not
exceed 300 worda in length, and moat be ac-
corepanl - d by tba hum and addreaa of the
lender, if the writer doea not desire to haTa
p - ,ul" J
It' VTZZi
principiee of ail faiee aanctity and throw, uem
tvc
or euatence and aeta up It, own concraaiona ia
u.
Hard Times" and Principle.
Portland, Or., Oct. 16,-To the Edt-
tor of Th? Journal An Oregonlan edl-
toriai about panics this morning seema
to imply that Wilson supporters claim
. havebeen S
The least informed person knows Wil-
son or his supporters have never made
any .uch aim. On the 'contrary, wn-
ever t0 prOTe tnat the captains of
finance and the moneyed interests
have not acquired the power to bring
beln ae "through his po'wer to elect
to office men who would let them run
the country. Whenever the people
edra h0f awCanntfgofstfceCto
them, they used their sinister mriu-
ence to cause hard times and hence
bring back to power their men. They
are now at their old game, and here
ln Portland the buck Is beflTg passed
again.
This - COndltloil baSt caused real Am
"SrSZ
reflected hoW ndenocraUo their form
of government . bad grown and until
Wilson's term how.-Jittle popular gov-
tryhow far irom thaUdeals of the
. a 4-V. . a aa . IM t Vila -- 11 n -
fathers of tMscouriAry we bad drmea
11 remained for Woodrow Wilson to
t th 0DToltton to this invisible
form of government. In the past three
years and more he has gradually sep-
araiea me anairs ui sort: iu mc ui nuu
the Influenco of WaU street. These
men In Wall street have not given
up, their privileges without an effort
iL 5,
who la fighting for the government,
that the fathers wanted us to have,
There are parts of the country that
are still feeling the effects of this
struele. and Oresron Is one of them
But the true American ln Oregon is
willing to suffer these hard times II
the change in our government can oe
mada nermanent. After all. this In-
convenience that is being felt is but
trifle compared with the benefits
to te aenvea later.
Thft men wh0 made thla' country
possible would scorn to see how some
men have conducted themselves during
;:"7 ,; 7tlm . . t.
fer tniS as argument to return to
Invisible government by the privileged
interests, should niae tneir n51"18 In
have not DeeI1 called upon to see this
change brought about amidst revoiu
tion and bloodshed. It will take WU
son four more years to make all
n.mf.s f nnnulur government tak to
the woods, and he perhaps wouldn t
have needed these four years if it
naan i Deeu ior io irouuwa "
ttBt u. tnmA him tn diviria
his attenUon. True Americans are
going to give him these four years
more- tA."er ifhihe0?e.?"ib!!faf1.8
dence of the people, say Bob La Fol
lette. they will gladly cast their votes
for hira' or,.1.the. Democra.l who ls
rUUIUlis CL f CLXAA0 k aiAiia nao liiu DCVlllO
need of their confidence, they can sit
back and say, "Whichever is elected,
we win." 8. C,
The "Better Times" Bait.
Portland, Or., Oct. 12. To the Edl
tor of The Journal Speaking
"Golden Special," doesn't It see
of th
"Golden Special, doesn t it seem tnat
U,nr. .nnrnnrkt. nun? Atanvrftte.
it does appear brassy, and rather slg
nlficant too. for Wall street to send
across the country to teach us western
women how to vote.
Anyway, let us not assume, because
they have a corner on the dollars, that
t1 ' ftlKO have comer on . brains.
And now. slightly changing the sub
3ect- recn"y 1Ihaye heard several per-
that thelr principles were along the
line of reform, but they thought if
they voted tho m?ney .element Int?
For shame. that here ln the midst
of our great American laeals such
thing should have sprung up as
AJlSSSi
ous government or permanent prosper-
lty If the people persist in putting dol-
fefAel
to one's principles nearly as bad as a
traitor to one's country?
tJ..ZZ nrhTnr i:
woodrow' Wilson, who has been tried
and proved, a great man standing
rreat vnncWta, for a man who
r,ftiirl.- -re? can we afford to h.
helm? Would we not b taking a
chance of having our husbands, sons,
and fathers forced onto the battle
leld7 Let us vote wiseiy.
steadfast.
Why He Is for Wilson.
Portland, On. Oct. 13. To the Edi
tor of The Journal President Wllsen
I has served through one of the most
I strenuous four years of any president
Blnce Llncoln has made possible a
great body of legislation for the corn-
believe Charles E. Hughes is backed
I by Wall street, and if elected win
cater x tnat wau
Mr. Hughes that will not pay Its good-
I ! dividend if he is in office. If Mr.
Hughes is e ecteaut wui mean great
governmental waste. It will mean a
tearing down of tbe foundation of the
thrifty progressive principles bunt
during ths administration. A change
i even mean war. with all its horrors.
I Even in the face of criticism, Presi-
fSJ?" SiSii
I of the bloodiest of wars, has upheld
riKhla jt Americans on the high
seas and elsewhere, and has kept oar
national neutrality, baa guided our na-
tion truly, conselenUously, with dlsre-
CILr, to A,. maMtl Drivate interests
land for. the good of an. is it not our
I duty as cltlsens to pay in part our in-
. f A. A9wAaaai . Vtla ia vs Kw arltflfi ay nim
tT StTto taand'tK: waUrf
J prosperity, neutrality and proeHesslve-
nesa nnon the foundation already -
tabllahed, rather than elect a man who
will tear It down?
Ia it not Charles E. Hughes who
does not say how to remedy his so
called deficiencies In the administra
tion, but merely says tbe policy used
was wrong r wny not cast our u
for a man we know ls with the people.
Instead of a man whose Interests must
be with those who back his campaign
and wUl shield the publlo eye from the
dividends reaped under bis administra
tion? As for the Mexican policy wnicn
Mr. Hughes holds as a point for crit
icism, but does not suggest a better
noiicv- i it not better to reach an
agreement through meditation than
through force whlcn wouia cost, me
lives of thousands of our young man?
If we have a Wall street backed ad
ministration, and Wall -street sees fit
..miln mrtr-M nronertT in
. ni ..nhahlv
onowanT oTVouV men will lose ;
their lives to satlsry tne unseen power
of the private Interests. And they will
tell you It was "to defend national
dignity."
As for the Adamson bill, wnicn Air.
Hughes says will ruin our country. Is
It not right that the working class
should share ln the exorbitant profits
of the railroads, which this year made
gains of as high as 40 per cent over
last years earnings?
I. as a citizen and voter, snail casi
my ballot for the man who has power
mnnMA nr noiaine tne nixnesi execu
tive place ln our government, of the
people, by tne people, ana ior me peo
ple . LEWIS P. BYRNE.
A Workingman on Wilson.
Prineville, Or., Oct. 14. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The standpat
press and standpatters generally are
continually criticising President Wil
son's Mexican policy and his manner
of handling the recent strike problem.
If we had had a standpat president
during the last four years there
would be more distress now than at
any time ln our history. It ls cer
tain we would have been at war long
ago with either Mexico or Germany.
Taft or a man like Hugnes woum
have let the railroad and Its employes
settle their own affairs, which would
have resulted ln no other way man
a general tleup of the roads. Can
anyone Imagine any calamity greater
than a war ln our own country and a
paralyzed railway system? president
Wilson simply got results, and his
opponents know It, and that ls what
hurts their feelings so. The labor
vote Is a thing Hughes wanted., and
what every Republican was expect
ing. -
I voted for Benjamin Harrison, ior
Roosevelt and for McKlnley, expecting
something. I watched results. I
found that hours never got any
shorter nor wages any higher. But
I saw plenty of cheaper labor taxing
our work and I noticed the cost
of living Increasing more and more
and the chances of employment grow
ing less constabtly. During those
periods I have known wool to sell
as low as 10 cents a pound and
mutton sheep sell for $1.60 per head.
Still, woolen clothing was hign
enough.
This ls written from a laborer s
viewpoint. I feel as every union
man and every laborer feels, and that
is that Woodrow Wilson Is worthy
the autDort of every one of ous, and
that ls what he will get. wonting
women should vote solidly for Mr. Wil
son. Let us not forget the eight- J
hour legislation. It ls right, and wo
Bhould have had It years ago.
A. B. SMITH.
'Spotted" Prosperity.
Wauna, Or., Oct, 14. To the Editor
of The Journal Referring to an edi
torial which appeared ln the Orego
nian of October 14, entitled "Our
Isolation a Myth," commenting at
some length upon the results of the
war upon the United States, due to
the draining of this country of vari
ous commodities to supply the de
mands of the warring nations of
Europe, a portion of this article read
as follows:
"It (the war) has brought prosper
ity to great sections of this country
and to great Industries, but this
prosperity is spotted, and large areas
have no share in it. All, however,
pay the higher prices which war has
forced upon us, those of us who do
not profit along with those who do.
Where war has brought prosperity,
labor has full employment at higher
wages, but only ln exceptional cases
does the advance In wages compen
sate for higher cost of living."
Keeping the above facts ln mind,
let us consider the question of
whether or not this cquntry should
have a high protective tariff. If a
tariff does bring prosperity to some
"great industries," will not this
prosperity be "spotted." and will there
not be "large areas which have no
share in It," although all must "pay
the higher prices" for the commodi
ties affected by such a tariff? A high
tariff on various commodities win
naturally Increase the cost of living
for all consumers of those commodi
ties. Shall we. then have a tariff on
certain commodities to bring prosper
ity to different sections of the coun-
rv so that labor in tnose sections
may have "full employment at higher
wages even wnen tne aavance in
wages will "only ln exceptional cases
compensate for the higher cost of
living" so that all the consumers in
the country may be allowed the privi
lege of paying higher prices for those
commodities? If prosperity which
has naturally been brought about by
existing conditions ir becoming a
menace to the country, why create
elmiler conditions by Instituting a
high "protective" tariff?
Were we looking for an ooject les
son to illustrate some of the effects
of a high tariff upon the country,
then it would truly seem, to quote
further from the Oregonlan's ed tori
ai referred to, that "the effect of th
war on prices has taught us a lesson
which we shall do well to take to
heart," and that "the American people
are having forced upon them, in a way
which brings It borne to every indi
vidual, the truth that a nation cannot
live to Itself alone."
O. L. DEHLER.
In Behalf of Judge Tazwell.
Portland, Oct 15- To the Editor of
The Journal The average man or
woman must view the little peanut
campaign made against George Taz
well with amusement and Just a touch
of Indignation not much Indignation
for the line of attack ls too ridicu
lously 'small to produce any feeling
long but amusement
After spending a montn or so to get
the requisite 100 people together to
nominate an Independent candidate
(George McBride), and then shuffling
around the town trying to apeak to au
diences composed of seven or eight
people, they finally got together their
greatest audience composed, by actual
count, of 20 people including the
speakers and reporters, at which time
their candidate, McBride, delivered his
heaviest bolt It was this, that George
Tarwell recommended Max Cohen, who
about two years later got Into trouble,
to bold the police court for him while
be was absent for a week.
Just think what a pettifogging point
that Is, and just think that they put
that up aa their chief est point to an
intelligent people for consideration. At
that time Cohen had had no trouble.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
The famous Chinese editor Ng Poon
Chew eaya China needs a Roosevelt.
Well?
That drive on the western front got
a good many of the boy out of the
trenches before Christmas.
The good old summer time has once
more got past. However, there still
remains tbe good old supper time.
Suppose Wilson should carry Ver
mont and Utah this time. Would
that tickle the. Colonel, or peeve him?
Phrenologist reported lecturing al
Skagway. Congratulations to Alaska.
A galaxy of future great men ls now
assured.
An eastern newspaper poet chooses
th, caption. "Death.
3eath. 1918, for a poem
jthj .war . Or death. m model
one might say.
Woodrow Wilson's "pet word," the
New York Herald say.' ls "solemn."
Admitted. And it resembles one of
Abraham Lincoln's "pet words" the
word "endure." Lincoln used that
word a great deal ln speaking of the
union.
Probably the most amusing display
Mr. Wilson's opponents are making is
or tneir rage when contemplating
southern ADnointees. Just aa if any
southern oft'icerholder had or ever had
had or ever would have any rights
that a northern officeholder was
bound to respect 1
UNCLE -SAM'S TREATY WITH HAITI
Washington, Oct. 17. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Haiti lias closed 12 months of govern
ment without the assassination of a
president, or a revolution. This truly
remarkable record has been achieved
only because the United States, with
a force of marines, is preserving order.
The United States is doing much
more than that. Under a treaty with
the Haitian government, ratified last
February, officials of this government
are undertaking the supervision of
finances of Haiti, wUl have charge of
a native constabulary, and are taking
steps to develop the well-nigh forgot
ten agricultural, mineral and commer
cial resources of the Island
There are critics of the policy upon
which America has entered This
criticism springs from a very small
minority ln Haiti and a very small
minority In the United States, and
politics ls the insplraton for most of
the criticism, ln each instance.
Some effort has been made to con
trast the policy of Intervention ln
Haiti with the policy of non-intervention
ln Mexico. The cases are by no
means parallel. The Mexican revolu
tion of Maderd against Diaz dates back
only to 1910. Order has prevailed ln
a large part of Mexico during much of
the time, and there ls plenty of opin
ion supporting the view that Mexico
will find her way back to the peace
that prevailed ln that country for so
many years.
In Haiti, on the contrary, the case
was hopeless. Revolution was so fre-
ouent that it was practically contlnu
ous, reaching back as far as the oldest
Inhabitant can rememer, but becom
ing gradually more violent and hope
less. It ls a small country, Inhabited
for the most part by ignorant blacks,
and all parts of the countrv gave
bloody toll to the unending revolutions.
In eight years Haiti had eight presi
dents. One after the otner was as
sassinated by a rival or driven from
the country. Riot was almost con
tinual, murder was everywhere, debts
piled mountain high, government was
a mockery.
That was the state of affairs when,
last fall, the president was murdered
and a new revolutionary chief sought
to enthrone himself as "president."
American marines under Admiral Cap
erton stopped that revolution and in
sisted that the regularly constituted
authorities choose the new president
They chose D'Artiguenave. The D'Arti
guenave party announced It was ready
to conclude a treaty with the United
States that would make Uncle Sam po
liceman and financier. Haiti, they con
ceded, was helpless to help herself.
The D'Artiguenave government and the
Haitian congress ratified the treaty.
An effort was made to start a
revolution after that against the Am
erican occupation. It was suppressed
with a small loss of life. There were
ugly reports that foreign interests In
spired the uprising among the ele
ments of loot and rapine that had so
long prevailed. Peace was such an
abnormal condition that to many
Haitians it was shocking.
Those who seek comparisons with
Mexico will note that American in
tervention in Haiti was carried for
ward with the consent of the estab
lished government and the law and
order element. Intervention ln Mex
ico would be against the consent of
1 later when he got into trouble
iny prominent and highly respected
an
man v Dromi
HHn. of Portland appeared and tes
tified in court that he had always
borne a good character.
The little ring which ls fighting Tax
well insists that Tazwell should be able
to guarantee that no man with whom
he has a transaction should after
wards get into trouble till he reaches
the grave. How foolish, silly and child
ish the attack on Tazwell over the
little matter that the then mayor ap
pointed Cohen to serve in the city court
for a week. .
m n ho. heen nominated for
county Judge by the Republicans, the
Democrats, the Progressives, and I be
lieve the Socialists. The Oregonlan
constantly clamoring for the support
of the national Republican ticket is
lending its support ln Us news columns
to McBride, who had trouble in getting
100 people together to give htm an
independent nomination, whereas Taz
well won his nomination In an open
fieht before at least 40,U)0 voters.
6 J. M. SIMMONDS.
A Land Owner Perplexed.
Portland, Oct. 16. To the Editor of
The Journal I consider the opinions
of the people as expressed through
The Journal In the column "Letters
From the People" as the most valuable
feature of The Journal, and. consider
ing it as a whole, as the fairest paper
to all classes 1 ever read
There are many features in the "Full
Rental Value Land Tax and Home
Makers' Loan Fund Amendment" that
appeal to me as Just, and as best for
the Interest of the whole people, but
I can't see fairness in all points. For
instance, if It takes all speculative
.in. out of land which L aa a
farmer. Indorse, and it cuts my pres
ent Dries of $100 per acre to 60, I nave
onnarenUy lost one-half ot my $100
per acre that I put into it of honestly
earned capital, by my labor, during
my SO years eof toll, provided I am
too aged to longer work land and wish
to be supported from my capital. Again,
if I were young and could again invest
ln and use land as formerly. I would
not in che least be damaged, as au
lands would be reduced ln the same
ratio, and I also could reinvest for half
nrlce.
But what bothers a man like me
who. like the Irishman, does a dlvil of
a lot of thlnkin' these days, ln the
face of such old standpat papers as
the Oregonlan, which seem to work on
the principle that no one ls capable of
self government ls this: Suppose peo-
pie who have all their lifetime sav
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
At Madras a nubllo library has been
established. It is ODen Wednesaay
and Saturday afternoons abd 1 sup
plied at present by the state.
In the Interest of'the publlo health
It is proposed to sink a deep well to
supply the Banks schools. A vote Will
be taken November 4.
The Canyon City Eagle extends a
general Invitation to everybody to
come In this week and see Its new
typesetting machine (in operation.
Pendleton's fire chief ls to have a
light automobile, provided by the city.
It will also be adapted to auxiliary
work as a supplemental hose cart.
Hood River's appreciation of the
county library 1b reflected ln the
county court's order raising the li
brarians salary rrom o to oo a
month. m m
Pinal payment. $IS,000. has been
made by the water commission of
Werrenton on the water system that
Is to supply Seaside, Warrenton, Ham
mond. Flavel, Fort Stevens and a
large number of farmer along the
route. m m
The publisher of the North Plains
Optimist, after a long season in which
he has cherished expansion designs,
has purchased a more pretentious
building Into which he will transfer
his publishing business and his domi
cile as well.
the Mexican government, and ls not
desired by any considerable element of
Its cltleens.
Other striklna; differences will sug
gest themselves to any observer. Haiti
is a small country, comprising only
half of the island of-that name, peo
pled with negroes. It Is near Cuba,
and not far from Panama. foreign
creditors have been pressing their gov
ernments to seize the ports or ln some
manner force the payment of Interest
on their obligations.
It was somebody's Job to do some
thing for Haiti. Mindful of the Mon
roe doctrine and of American Inter
ests ln this hemisphere, the United
States could not permit foreign Inter
vention. Cuba, under the Piatt amend
ment allowing intervention by this
country, has been rehabilitated. The
neighboring black republio of San
Domingo has been given a helping
hand, after reaching a situation sim
ilar to that of Haiti. Nicaragua had
lust been given similar assurances
through a treaty negotiated with the
authorities of that country.
Should not Haiti, stretching out Its
hand to this country for help, also be
assisted? The American administra
tion thought so, and among American
statemen there was no dissent.
a a
Some critics have said the treaty
was negotiated and considered In se
cret. The Haitian treaty was no ex
ception to other treaties in this Regard.
Many senators believe that the rea
sons formerly existing for considering
treaties ln secret session have passed
away and, except in unusual cases,
would like to have them considered ln
open session. A majority of the sen
ate, however, bas always thought oth-
GrrisQe
In this case, while the text of the
treaty was withheld, its contents were
well known to the people of both coun
tries. Outlines of the Haitian treaty
were published In the newspapers of
this country many weeks ln advance of
Its ratification.
The situation was deemed so urgent,
and the reasons so compelling, that
when the senate voted on the treaty it
was ratified by unanimous vote.
The National Geographio society,
whose standing ls above suspicion of
politics, in a recent bulletin comment
ed on American action loathe following
language:
"It has not been without effort or
without expense, nor yet without the
actual sacrifice of blood and life, that
our country has stepped ln to play the
role of .Good Samaritan to the peo
ples of Santo Domingo, Haiti and Nic
aragua, who bad lost the blessings of
neace and were unable to regain tnem
"In Haiti alone we lost one officer
and six marines and had a number
wounded But out of this altruistlfc
effort are growing results of which
a nation that covets no territory, that
seeks only Its own security and the
welfare of Its unfortunate neighbors,
may well be proud.
"Wherever America has gone, wheth
er to Cuba, to Panama, Santo Domin
go, Porto Rico, Nicaragua, the Philip
pines or Haiti, the welfare of the peo
ple has been her first concern, and
while all colonial history shows that
the tares of evil are never absent from
the wheat of good, our nation's record
of help given where most needed Is
one that may well challenge our ad
miration and quicken our patriotism."
ings (honestly or otherwise, before and
I after the price of land is reduced 60
per cent Dy tne passage ui iui uieus-
ure) ln money and wish to Invest in
land and get Into honest productive er
forts. It seems to me they could huy
double the land with the same capital
that they could today, and If age
forces, me to sell to one of them, my
capital ls cut square ln half; which
don't seem just.
Will some deeper thinker please rise
up and explain. R. D. SANFORD.
A "Reasonable" Campaign.
From the Detroit News.
The Republicans have discovered
several reasons why Hughes ls going
to carry Oregon. Ships are scarce.
There has been no market for fruit
Sugar has been high, and the canning
Industry has suffered. Prohibition
has put a check on the manufacture
of cider. Business has been bad. And
as all these calamities have come
during a Democratic administration,
the Democrats are responsible for
them, and the election of Mr. Hughes
will bring ships, markets, low sugar
and prevent cider from hardening.
Mr. Hughes will receive Oregon's
vote because business Is bad. He will
receive the electoral votes of all the
rest of the northern states because
business is good It bids fair to be
a -cold winter; therefore vote for Mr.
Hughes. On the other hand. In some
parts of the country the weather will
probably be mild, so cast your ballot
for Hughes. The sun rises in the
east and therefore Hughes will be
elected; but If It were to set in the
north, Mr. Wilson would be to blame,
so vote the Republican ticket Did
your little boy make himself sick
eating green apples? Hughes' elec
tion will cure him. Did your wife's
Jelly fall to Jell? Perhaps a change
of administration will make it less
refractory.
And this is the campaign which
was heralded as one of reason.
Emigration After the War.
From the Westminster Gazette.
There will be migration, and tbe
best thing that .we can do ls to see
that so far as possible th emigrants
go to our own colonies. To bring
that about will quire not only aid
from this country to the Individual,
but the help of all the colonies ln mak
ing entrance to their lands as easy
am nnMlbla. Here la around uoon
which all the governments should" work
1 together to have a practical scheme
- in readiness for the end of th war.
Rag Tag' and BoLtail j
Stones From Everywhere - j
To thla column all reader of The Jcmms.
ar lOTlted to LontrlUute original matter It
Mory, in vena or In philosophical obeerTatloi
or etrlklot qnoUfloiia, from any urea .
Centrum duo ot exceptional "merit wlU be pad
for, at tba editor' nrral,l.
Ah, That Dear Old Second Readen
Falrvlew Correspondence Enterprise
Record Chieftain.
TACK AND BILL, the two small soni
J of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Lathton
had an exciting experience Mondaj
evening when they started home from
school.
They ride a horse to school that they
have been riding alt summer and 11
has been gentre till Monday.
It was wet and cold and enowlna,
and the horse stood tied to the fenoi
all day.
The teacher was afraid to let the
bvys get on it, but she put the blg
gest boy on and hwjsvent down the
au
rieht.
Then he came back and the teach
er put the little one on behind hil
bi other and they started home.
But the horse began to buck. ah!
threw both the boys off; they war!
not hurt very bad.
Jack s nose bled and they were bad
ly ahaken up and had to walk home.
Tuesday morning they rode th sam
horse again, but ln the evening they
i in itiii inciv u n i n nut w r xr in rina r
until tney led tne horse a ways. f
oo tney waiKea aoout a nan mue
and then got on and the horse ran
away and threw them off again and
ran and left them and they had to
walk home. -
It ls a long way for such little boys
and was wet and cold, too.
A Sufficient Reason.
From the Hartford Gazette,
Wife: I've changed icemen,
llubby; Why so?
Wife: He says he will give m
colder ice for the same money.
Valentine Scablntki.
From the lVtrolt Newa.' '
"Nobody among thu (Jrand Trunk offlrUlt
mi: lil be found to tnke lite responalbllltr fol
luring dc1 tnatrurtjug tn hla duties Valrntloe
Scabinaki. the ugrd watchman at tha Korea!
avenue crolng of the Grand Trunk, who la
out on ball awaiting action hj tbe coroner'
Jv.ry on tbe Hiindur night grade cronlng
tragedy." Opening paragraph of news atorjr.
My frame ls bent and my years are spent
And my batr ls awd with snow;
Iu my bowed hi-ud the brains were uVad
A. century ago.
The fire uud pride of my life had died
And tbe inert of thought smoked out
In my grimUiro'a toll ln the 1'ollah soil
Under the HuasUn kooul.
I guard the road for the human load
Ibat pucks the stri-etcar tight;
I Nhephwrd the gate that holds tha fata
Of a thouaand Uvea a ulgbt.
Tbe streetcars hum and the freight ran corns
As the Urand Trunk trains go by;
If 1 nod my head as I muw of bed
A score or people cie.
Broken and old. my life ls sold
lor dollar ten a flay.
I cannot do real work like yon
Or I would not take that pcy.
But when cars go auisHh in a bloody hash
Under wheels that kill and malm.
The vengeful law pnta forth lta claw.
1 am the man they main.
No Change.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
They had parted long years ago.
Now, ln the deepening shadows ot the
twilight they had met again.
"Here Is the old stile. Mary," he
said.
"Aye, an- here be our Initials that
you carved, Sandy," she replied.
The ensuing silence was broken only
b" the buzzing of an aeroplane over
head Honey-laden memories thrilled
through the twilight and flushed the!
glowing cheeks.
"Ah, Mary," exclaimed Sandy, "Te'rs
Just as beautiful as ye ever were, and
I lia'e never forgotten ye, my bonnle
lass."
"And ye, Sandy," she cried while her
blue eyes moistened, "are Jist aa big
a leear as ever, an- I believe ye Jlat
the same "
Her Future.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Flubdub: "That girl thinks no
man is good enough for her."
Mrs. Flubdub: "She may be right,
at that."
Mr. Flubdub: "Yes, but she ls more
apt to be left."
' Spoilsmen Wanted.
Fort Columbia Is suffering for the
want of a postmaster. That place is
vacant and unless someone appears)
to take the position the department
will clone the offlee. There In a $00
salary connected with the Job As
toria Budget.
Th. I rwin nostofflee. wnicn serves
a considerable population east of Crow
creek, and also many farmers living
along tho road, may be discontinued as
the postmistress, Mrs. Ltwii, naa y
slimed. Patrons of the office are very
anxious to have It kept up. but no one
seems eager to take the responsionuy
of the position. Enterprise Record
Chieftain. Injured and Then Hurt.
From the Lebanon Express.
Eli Aunsbaugh. the wood aawyer.
met with a painful injury rueaaay.
Whii driving along near the Cottage
hotel ho accidentally fell off his out
fit in front of the front wneei. ana tne
hi na,d over his llmD and nana.
then the team stopped suddenly and
backed the wheel over mm again.
While his Injuries are painful they ar
not serious.
I'nclo Jeff Snow Sj:
ti-b ilka from what some of the
fellers say .down to the Corners-, that
'twas a big mistake on wnson s pan
hat the Third Oregon didn't hav
three or four hundred funerals 'fore It
come back; but tbe rest of us air
mighty glad to see 'em all lookln' so
fit and lively. Milt Morianesrrue ,awm
be is goln to quit farmln' and take
a correspondence course In agriculture.
The Precious Thing.
From the London Times. -
t v. rt nllearorv which we call
the Book of Job. there ls a wonderful
description of feverish industrial
energy such Is required by a land
that ls compelled by the pressure of
enemies to become seu-suuporuna.
The prime, need ! metals, metais.
metals. The man w ms i""'i"v
the adventurous miner. The patriarch
walches him as he sinks his shaft, and
swings to and fro in the cage by
which he descends, ana tnen ireaua
the path that 'Tio Dira or prey
knoweth, neither hath tne raicons ey
seen it"; till at last he fails to vigor
ous work "upon the flinty rock," and
hls eye teeth every precious thing."
As long as be can maintain his ac
tivity the nation mat ne serves now
have no anxiety. Whether It is suf
fering from a blockade or maintaining
one against another nation, ln either
case auccess will depend upon a con
tinuous supply of commodities and
materials. Th miner's eye see
"every precious thing." It Is even so
that Job leads up to his dlthyramblo
eulogy of what h and bis contem
poraries call wisdom, and bjs f'r8t
business ls to make quite sure that,
in respect of values, no "precious
thing" ls to be compared with this:
ell the Jewels of which this rich man
has ever heard are put into the seal
against wisdom and are found In
capable of outweighing it The most
precious thing" known to our hu
inanity is found to be not metal or ma
terial after all, but something else,