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THE . OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL. . PORTLAND. THURSDAY; NOVEMBER K 1916. ' AH INDEPENDENT XCWSPAra. O. B. JiCUOS... a.rsbnsber Pobllahed wr r. laftersoos an storeing ietl Sunday afternoon), at ine win Faiimnr. Broadway, and Yamhill streets. Portland, Or. ntered at the eeatofftee st Portland. Or.; for , tranemlesioa throngs, the aaaUs m second clut matter. ., - - riLEPHON n uaia msr Bene, A-eoei. , All departmests reached by these somber. Tell the operator what departonent roe wast. rOESIQIf ADTEKTIBINO BJDPKJCBBWTATrVg BnJmtn Kestnaf Co., Brunawlch Bids.. iw rift Ave., -Kw .York. . People's Oae Bld.. Chicago. 1- :' -- '" . -. Sobaniptlo Urn br sn w toiV sAdress la the halted atates M Mexico I daily (uopNiNO oe Armurooir) On f.-......9.W IOd stoats. ....- JO SUMDAX - Pm year 93.S0 1 One saoae....... . DAILY (MOENINO OR AfTEANOON) AND SUNDAY One year.. ...... 17.60 I On woeta.. ..... M 1 1 , , I -r a America Hki nothing (or heraelf bat what She Dm right to ttk tr humanity itself. WOOL) BOW WILSON. "" Millions for dafenae. but not a cent (or tribute. CHARLES 0. PINCKNET. simple la mora forcible than precept. People look at my al .deye in the weak m a Kbit I mean oa lite eeTentn. -Obeli. THE ELECTION IN THE ebb ana flow of election country on progressmsm was pre returns. President Wilson con- sented in the candidacy of Presl tinues to hold the advantage. dent Wilson. Ills legislative pro- , iuriu uitavie rn.vvva.ra iv nare i definitely aligned In the Wilson column,, and it seems equally cer- tain that New Hampshire has gone for the president. The nine votes of these two states give him a total the source and location of prOgres of 280 electoral votes, with only sive thought in America Is defl- ilt additional necessary. West Virginia with Its eight votes appears to be drifting to Mr. Hughes. If it finally makes that alignment, his certain total in the electoral college would be 246, making it necessary for him to se cure 20 additional votes to elect. . Neither California alone nor Min nesota alone would elect him, wuue euner woma reeieci jrresi-1 dent Wllsop. I In Minnesota at 11 o'clock today, the. Hughes lead had been cut to S10 and appeared to be disappear- ng. un me otner nana, tne ne- publicans claim, that the votes ot Minnesota miuuamen on tne oor- der will be largely for Hughes and 1 wu oe ueoenuea npon to noia me siate sateiy in me nugues column. In California. President Wllaon nas a lead of oyer 3500 in the lat- est returns, but against this. some heavy Hughes pluralities are ex- pected from Ixs Angeles county, In their expectations of pluralities in. California, however, the Hughes men nave been several times dis-1 appointed, ana tne consistent galxu ror, tn president seem to augur mat ne win carry the state, and With it secure control of the elec-1 toral college. A WEAKNESS D AVID LUBIN eayt that we reckon the strength of nation according to the pro- nArtlnn at itm tvmrn nrn.V. by the owners, j The tenant system Is a source of national weakness, fiot strength. David Lubln is well 'Worth listening! to on thla subject. for he has studied farm problems deeply and pondered them long. He la now connected with the In- teraatlonal Institute of Agriculture at Rome, but his interest in Axner- Scan affaire is as warm as It ever was.. ': . it Wa ).. m v Xiesa we ought to feel aome nneasi- aw-waa aa woea," ess, for it is growing every day in the United States. In some states tally half the farms are worked by tenants. Jn all parts ot the conn- try landlordism is Increasing and rent is taking the place of owner- hip by the man who does the work. The matter looks blacker still Twenty years ' ago anybody who when we remember that moat of should have pictured such a thing the rented farms are held on short would have been scorned as an . leases ot a year; or two. Under this idle dreamer. Many Idle dreams plan the tenant is almost' always ar coming true since the automc-rack-rented and in order to escape Me dawned upon the world, par starvation he is obliged to rob the tlcularly dreams of good roads. land of Its fertility. He can not afford to make improvements or apply fertilisers; His whole energy la spent in getting as much out of the land as he can and as Quickly as possible. J How, our grqwing tenant system works out is faithfully described by Jack London in his "Valley of the Moon." a book which has - great sociological value besides being a notable work of flcUon.. , Jack Lon- don saya that the beat pracUcal era' day before a great while, en way for a pooi man to get a farm, forced by congressional leglslaUon. of his own Is to begin by renUng The doctorji add something to the a piece of land and "looUng It." gaiety ot life by setting aside the He, means that the. tenant must sixth day of next December for iaae an ne can que oi me sou ana put notning back. By thus mm- Th purport of the name is ob ing one farm he can often make yloua. On December 6 next every money enough to buy another. But cltiaen is to resort to the office of he leaves desolation behind him... his physician and submit to an ; A system of taxes, laws and overhauling of his body. Your fon;l markets which . steadily , works to belief that you are perfectly well change a nation of farm-owners gives you no exemption. Indeed Into a nation of rack-rented ten- that delusion Is a particular rea ants is not exactly what one would son-whyrou should hasten to.be call : ldeaL - Thar must be some thing wrong with It. IS TUB RETURNS A N outstanding fact In the elecind mlnlns of hidden dlaease; ."r" AV!.??. I evyyjuTo vi vuo yicBiueut a : .. . B"mT'7"1'! thrown Mr, Hnghei In the atatea rroaped around New York. Zt Is a fact that make the election one of the most significant In American history. ' The nphearal In the West Is a near revolatlon. The. overturning of states always heavily Republican and the reduction of majorities In such states as remained in the Hughes column is something the country never saw before. It is a breakaway of the West from the political thought of the East It is a declaration of inde pendence by western farmers from the former tyranny of the older States. It Is an" eventuatlon so complete in its manifestations tbat It re maps the country. The upheaval in such states as Kansas, Utah and Wyoming Is epochal.. It means that the agricultural portion of America has with common action cut loose J 11U1U iUO VVVUVU1V y poses tbat have their origin In northeastern America and has en tered upon a line of thought 'at variance with the old thought of the East and Northeast. It has thrown off the leadership of the men wha ran the country so long for the exclusive benefit of tho New England manufacturers to the long neglect of the farming masses of the West, . The new division clearly locates the origin and home of progres sivism in the country. For the first time In history a test ot the gram was ia ruiyuaoicu uuu y- progressive enactments. It was on that legislation that he was given the votes of the western farmers and on the return from their votes nitely disclosed. VANCOUVER TO YAKIMA. T RAVEL between Portland and North Yakima seems unneces sarily laborious. On a recent trip to the beautiful capital of the Yakima valley we went by way of Seattle, spending a night and half the next day on the train. Returning by way of Pasco one lerht sufficed. But bv either route one has to go "round Robin Hood's barn" to make what ought to be a short and pleasant trip, Wht has nohodv thonrbt of building a railroad running direct trom North Yakima to Vancouver? APft tnere any insuperable grade difficulties in fee way? If there Arm w- haVe no heard of them. The grades on the Northern Pa- cifio between Seattle and North Yakima are something terrific The feats of engineering displayed In building the line across the moun- tains excite one's admiration, but the thought also intrudes that it would have been better to open an outlet by way of Vancouver, it is only some 80 miles from North Yakima to Vancouver. A railroad traversing this interval would open to Portland trade an area of most productive country. 1 It would help build up, Vancouver, which Is really a Portland ward. A NOBLE SCHEME T I HE proposed highway from the great lakes to the Oulf of Mexico will be something of a road when it Is done. According to the Engineering Rec- ord it is. to be a quarter of a mile wide. It will not have any turns or corners except at the ends ot hundred mile stretches of perfect- ly straight running. Thla Ideal highway will be a thousand miles long. One is reminded by It of Milton's broad and amnio road wn0M ost wa old and PaT0" . . wnma mist was e-nin and mth. ment K' I Certainly the proposed road will I have to be dusted with gold if it la ever built on the plans laid out It is a sign of the times that this magnificent highway should be working its way out of talk and fancy Into tangible reality. Just b0Qt Ml the good roads we enjoy we owe to the powerful in fluence of that wonderful machine. OVERHAULING DAY W E NOW have "days" and "weeks" for almost every thing. We have "moth ers' day." complemented hv appl6 day and an old bome week .nd we are nrnmi . rr' oaoy a weea. 'mere is an "overhauling day." orerhauled a soon as possible.! ST 'JL'ZZZ IZ I to bo free ..from , bodily ailment I m an,1. a. J A A I n m . m i a i ii h in mi:l us i ii h mniiiiiiid i . " known that the die- eases Of "middle ' We ' are more I fatal now-a-day t h a n formerly. I Among these disorder! are Brighfs disease, cancer, brittle arteries and I lh KVa Ti man nnnn n HVa j nIgnt ftnd frelIieIltiy !.... . . . . . . I i their deadly work Is half complete before the .victim suspects any thing wrong. Then he may run to the physician with his plaint but it Is too late. A timely medical examination may prevent all this. Taken by I the forelock most Of the diseases j of middle life are easily curable. I It la ner!ct that Uvea them their ?! i!i 155 rl L L a rlVi lethal hold on the body. A meal-1 cai examination, a thorough over hauling, of the physical frame once a year is the new proposal. A PARTY BREAKAWAY t j -m v ,l niu meanaug uowa iia label Is one of the consplcu ous facta in the election re turns. In Kansas, Governor Capper, Re a publican, Is re-elected by a plural ity of 100,000 to 125,000, while President Wilson carries the etato by 20.000 to 25,000. In all the great Republican states of the West. there was a Similar smash- nrt T nre-n . Ing of party ties. In Oregon, a Republican plurality in the regis- tration Of 112,000 is almost wiped n.. r a aaa uui, wnicu means iuai ou.uuu wis- D.r. . tk Urnns vntpd for President Wilson. I . In the state of Washington, there a" yBU maiReu aiero- . , j i- gara or xne party laDei in me iact TPaaMan TJtftlonr, na.rU , . . ... . . : state wun a plurality reportea at 10,000. t .Mtl,i0Hi In no presidential election have party lines counted for so little, ex- character had actually been lnaugur cent In 1912. when the ahandrm- ated in the United States in the course r nnlUla,l .fmio)). . ,US1" L -v. revolution cauoeu oj a spilt among the leaders Of tae Same nBTrr yaitj. for the future than the refusal of , i, , ..v.i ii,. I the masses to submit to the tyran- ny of party leaders. By applica- tion ot the party lash and appeal to the nartv aentlment s. lot nf tO the party Bentlment, a lot Of polltlcal crimes have been commit- ted against the American people, Slavery wa. tolerated in America ww,Al, m.A h. been, because of the defense of it by a political party. It was the various political parties that SO , ,r , . i loner kent America trader a rotten financial system that brought on . . I uisastrous pamcs every ten years or so and cost the people untold millions in bankruptcy and losses, It was the various political par- ties that acknowledged the dlsap- pearance of American ships from the sea but took no Step unUl in IyI ib-fle the past two years, to put the flag of American merchant fleets back on the seven oceans. ... . The safest element in American population are those Who do' their nm, inAon&nriant thfnVtnv ami than I a. . Li vote as taey mm. MUKJJKIi I f1 T-TTP WM llWraw ra WAFrle f Vani I a.i UUa. va n w. us UUUUI. I wiuuuu u a." a uuiieu States as the murder of hu- J man beings. Both eo mer- rilv on Tavn and dlrtlnnarloe ara . . , equally powerless to Stop the crimes. Most of tho human slaugh- ter. according to a late census bul- letln comes from the parftlena or ieun, comes irom me careless or criminal use oi iirearms wnicn, aa we read, cause more deaths than reilmad nrwidenrs nnd mora thou twice as many as automobile acci- , I aents. I Th. eismo'Mer nt vmrAm ia oanaa I bv Our national BPntimpntnHtv Aa oy our national sentimentality, as soon as the American people have I been made aware that some word, j Uke "home," for example, is ex- Na. n . wyuwucuii uca.uua.ua, mil ui 1111a ... . A . .1 xeeiing ana aear to every Doay s heart, they set about ruining It by slovenly usage. manv centuries hn -nr.fir.Ail n one notable event. But of late every man who feela hurt by critl clam or abuse ahrleks that some, bndv Is "friiHfvlns-" him Th DOay IS CrUCliying mm. 1 ne ! ir. ( a - al u utvaaiuu Bitiu i that people were "crucifying" him .!.. n M.Hn. . i. i """"' ,a " , ' Vr-l weio uuiiib uuiuiug wwrBo-tnan una r fly jn the ointment. "Of course, Ja fault with his single-tax propa-1 pan is modernized. But when we get ganda. Other and greater men nave been mucb worse treated Wlinout resorting to sucn Hysterical language. We beg our kind friends not to misuse the terrible word , . 1 ,i . 1 . . - cruciuea. its associations are too Precious and at the same timet .Tt K ThOT rnafet. id ff r. A ta1 A Aiivu tuvav aa tug rtuiu lilcHLr. a. I t, . I it na.:cuuie to oe almost as useiui to unskillful writers as "nice" and . .... .. ""1U rlll-l" every acuve oru in me ngiisn language? has been replaced bv t ..,.1 j. " aiBueo it means 'ViTillfi annnlat tutloct alat mntra nominate, erect, construct, insti tute, oeiegate, ana a thousand more acts not one Of wnicn Is any- thing like the act Of Creation. IS curate? ' The Well Known' Gem. rrooi the Caleaeo Herald They sat looking at her engagement ring. "Did your friends admire itf be tenderly Inquired. Tbey did more than that " ah re. turned, -Three of them recognized It." Letters From the Peopla (CommanicatSooa eeat to The Jennie far mbllntlini ) fhf. danirtiimt allld be Wtlt- US r . . SZTTr ta pWlaba4 ha aboaid a atata.J D(aeuaioa u ta matMt n ftm. lSSSSiSSTS "their raaoDabiB.a. it "f M cxiateoca ana acta op ita own coocisawin w tnnr tead."-wooirow wiia. .. Fire Prevention. Kew Tork, Nov. 4V-To the Editor or Th. journal I note In your Uraue of I October 20 an editorial unaer w i he&dinar. "The Peril ot Matches. in which you make forceful comments j upon the death of a i-ye&r-oia cwia as a consequence oi viaj-m "" ma.hKa. I This editorial Interests us paxtleu-1 larlv for two reasons. ' In the t irst Place, it Is some flays sttoseQueni io n Prevention day. . and indicates thlt Tilo Journal is one of the papers J whlcb. is continuing this important 1 campaign even after the immediate news. vi ua'V of ir Prevention aay 1 hn. in th .cond nlace. you 1 have adopted the very practical plan ation than In that Immediately pre nt min. an ootnoi nra-nrrtnM to rlv I ceding. And there Is no reason to nMnt t h inrin. of ftt-a nrv.ii. I tion. w hona that von will continue I .. nn:"Vnp: . ' o, mor. Important subjects that can find place W. E. MAULALIEZU, General Manager National Board of Fire Underwriters. Standardizing Merchant Ships. Prom Popular Macbanlca. England has drawn upon the United fitatea for manv thlnars since the out break of the war. and the import of American munitions, 'machinery, and raw materials has reached figures thftt u- dwxrt ct tn. most active periods of peace time. Yet, great as are the figures for these nhvini rtiri fif imnflrt. tt sms '"." ilT.-V. "C'' rminrA Ukely to be found, when restored -,.(rs i?h ''"vuio I h. Imnnnanhla ha V tmnnrt nf T "ZTZ wVn be adVndied to nave been a more poieni racior m r . - . - i 'wuuinai iuuuuuwuu American machinery and raw ma terlals. The remarkable British project for building standardized ocean going steamships was decided upon, un- Uoubtediy. after construction of this or me present ouuaing Doom in ocean tonnage. The significant thing about the British move is that, though they Are following an American plan and an American lead, they are In a posi- Lu. j ,,,,k..ii ..ol,.- 1 IViisii. nixUL gs,i uuuuuuicutj i vova v w9 ew i fnr-vv Anr hai. ninn nn irtfAmTur. greater scale than it would be possioie to unuenaae ii in Aiiierica-tor manw VAar(1 t come in defining standardized shipbuild- ing one need go no further than to r that it is carrying to freight- ,te'ainer conBtruction the same prlnd- ple of interchangeable parts as has been so successfully followed by American manufacturers In. theUprn. out oi praciica.ny an mumma. machinery, and notably automobiles. m short," the plan contemplate. th9wtr building of a steamer Just as much to . . " U""D . . xnis win nave tne eiiect not oniy oi . .v.. i . ' .E VULUUX UUWU Vila LUDl 1IUU1 XW I to 25 per cent, but aviso of saving sev- ... i I """l. " .17 7 v A .! SJSSS and weeks of time. The following is a J f outline of th.sc ma recently by one of the directors of the newly formed company which has the great work in band: "We have an ideal site for our first yardfJ on th Rlvep Wye near th. Bria. tol channel, with a launching depth of 46 feet. Coal and iron are cheaper here than In any other part of Great Britain. Almost immediately we shall begin work on slips for 10 ships of be- tween 8000 and 8000 tons dlsDlacement I and of exactly the same modeL These Um. Ei!n wtn hnwanr haa ranahu nf takinsr tvbea' ud to 12.000 tons or mora, and the arrrerate number of them will be Increased Just as rapidly aa possible. Before very long the - . - .hould have been laid down. Th more ships that can be built of absolutely similar size and design tne better, but P' win do mauo to tne ena mat transition from one size of ship to an- other can be effected with the change of a minimum number of standardiza- tion units. That is to say. It will be arran"ea tnat there will be many interchangeable parts between ships of even as great disparity as 9000 and 10.000 tons. " - " Comfort in the Hernxit Kingdom. s ivui tuv vui tsiiau uuavtu. .. ...... ... v.v America and Euron in matters ot comrorv' concluded tne oniciai, witn ... ...m. , i,nn....-v modesty. . When the sun had fallen low enough t0 ecupsea now and then by the crests of intervening hills, a boy en- u.a anA nnll.1 tnwA a nHrtad - ' ' -. to eacn passenger, on the sup. in both Japanese ana Engnsp, was tne tZE S. Jff IMV yetovsw s w vuv u-uuvti 4vn It was certainly not so good aa an American cmner. But for infant Ja JtOU It was wonderful. Perfume of I flowers, sheen of electric lights, glint of cut glass, the satisfaction of hav - ing an electrlo bell at each table to make neca-craning unnecessary, the erably in the form of a wage advance .,..,.. ar waiter, th. maath.L..Mi.nlit t the advance In lh - ' . . .7. . ness ana aispatcn wun wnicn dinner w" served, the excellence of the din- ner itseii , -It too good, to last," was our only fto orea and China MI. three-decked. 2000-ton steamer. Our l stateroom was easily twice as large I -na twice as pleasant as tne state-) IwhSl,cupi?l f .Si arrnaa the Pacific The vovatra took i 1 - " 1 one night. Next morning we disembarked at -- . I -U8an, K.orea, "iana or tne morning calm," and boarded, not a wfaeelbar- l maw e vs vt hut train haoMa .l.hIA ,. ianns train, vara nnna liuw uvs ea. w vvaiiuv --h"" " , "I' -."" " 7." r Tw-i., v,t.u,b a ,...iT the investmenrof a single Uol- l ... . , ?u? "? .I"0"' " l.T I " -- . ' . . . . 1 Korea are liner. ins car in wnicn I wa tvtda was the eaual of anv In locomotive, built in - Phiuaeiphia. j whisked us througn tne green runs na P"1 tne quam tawuuiu-year-oiu I Dropping to Safety Prom a Fire. rrom . ropniar Bcieaee nontaiy. Successful experiments were made rMntw -with a new Danish flre-escaos at the main fire station of Charlotten - hnrr' hixh ! . SurnrKof Berlin. -.The apparatus comprises a crane which can I v,w ,i.t h. ennod be awnna- out of the window and a of descent The braka consists of a pair of cylinders filled wlta oiL They set lUce the cylinders of an automatic door-closer and are not influenced per. ceptlbly by differences in the weight of paeenaerav . : . The apparatus can be secured to any window. 4 An iron plate la aecurely bolted to the window frame or fast ened to the stonework. ; When a fire breaks out the apparatus is swung out of the Window on- the iron plate. The entire : weight la only about 21 pounds. . To escape from a burning- bulldins. you Xirst put on a leather belt and slip a safety book on the wire rope of the apparatus Into a ring on the belt. Then you mount the windoweill. swing- oat the crane, and step Into space. When yea reach the around, ou iup wi a ucm " Unnecessary Hysterics. Trom the Son Franelaco Chrcnlde. -Heading the frantic exhortations to "nMno wklnli aA .man.Hn. In .Hon profusion from the mag-nates of hlffti f innnce one is likely to be really ter- rmea unm ne stops to inmK mat arier all the business of the world is mer,ty the aggregate of the efforts of each individual to earn a living. And eacn on of us keeps pegging away at that a eumeuow contrives io uei on, a mua more comroriaDiy in eacn gencr- Joubt that this will always be so. Mm r tne addresses made at rne National Bankers' association are posi "vely hystericaL They Indicate the will go straight to the demnltlon bow wows if every youth Is not trained for soldiering, th industrial army put Into vigorous training, and wa do not an save more of our money. Now, we certainly shall not savo more money if all that w can save is diverted to the arts of war, or to filling the civil service with armtos lof young men at good salaries to rey- ulate.us in all our dally activities. ,lf governments will let the people alone they will all manage somehow t0 rather better living than l.Z.l?? Jij8t as h" always happened from the bt- ginning of history. h rJr, man c" the Impulse to get the utmciM rrthfn fnr vh,tM nr hiri " " "" ' " - - ' " m" " w c tur -nuaiiQver wo nave io Duy. Th.t . powerfully, universaUy tfnd contln ouely. It survives when all other im pulses fall. Just now Its operation id checked by Intense International ha treds whicL. pervade a great part of tho world. While we hate intensely we throw prudence to th winds. But hate, like love. Is. a transient passion. The desire to buy cheap and w ucar persists. And it will be the operation of this universal instinct upon every living inaivio.ua! tnrousnout tne world wmch WM bring to naught the devices to DemetTiate and lntonsifv IntamnH final - 1 v w. w. ... natrea ivnd obstruct interna.tior.fil , . " . Obviously, the better we agree ?mng..ou7!Cl.ve3i a"d th mor8 W9 Deuecr off 7.ZnVT hfl w b?"e ahall be but that has J?" Jf"6' ftural eco- ?2,nio.0Ewli?; M the7 aJways haye, tw s nerati. w.H t TcomXrtabis frln anv prldece people, it ought to be plain to all that we nave no occasion to throw fits. fTX ttT i c...1.ta . . The Laughing Stock.' Myth. From tbeChicsso Herald. Paitlsan speakers of high and low "Itiveness about European opinion. Op- tSettcTer how Europe despises and condemns ua- . Tty tU that the admlnlstra- tian s course, has- made this country the laughing stock of the nations, of all the home products intended strictly for domestic consumption this Id European mirth and contempt l 9 unneo. oiaies is easuy me ior- most. Even if it were true it would not Present a grave issue. We have no control over the risible tendencies of foreign nations. But we are the muter of our own acta and attitude. What principally concerns us is not what someDoay tnmas or us. but what In our Heart or nearts we tnina or our- selves. Not what some other nation 1 .vi.i.. v A V know we ought to do. But it is not true. After two years and more or tne moodiest and most ea- nausung conmci ui meiory wnen woe great nations are bleeding white anl the neonles are looking in vain for some evidence that the end is in sight Europe can appreciate as never oe- fore the greatness of a country at peace and the wisdom that keeps her disentangled from the conflict. Never doubt she does it. Now as never before this country must seem to Europe, I awash in sfa, of blood. Ilk. a great I a wv --- - I Not for a nation to be laughed at did Germany agree to make her subma- nne wu'isx v hw ana humanity. Not from a coun- I try contemptible lav the world's eyes I do British atatesmee. welcome the aug- geatioa ior a ieagu. to whole worlds peace. mar t America except for political pu.-- poses. The wnoie woria envies ner. The Railroads and the Public, rmm the I'ittabar? Press. Various big financial interests are ahdwlnz signs of nervousness over tho determination of the 1.000,000 rail- ro(lu employes who get nothing out of tha Adamson bill to demand that th7. i too. be iriven some recognition, pref the t!ie K......--" --- V" - i cost of living. i.nis matter or high cost of living cuts in more dl rections than one, and it is evidently fear of action by the unorganized rail road employes that moves Frank A. Vanderlip. head of the biggest baik In the country, to issue his appeal for a fairer attitude or tne pudhc toward tho Toads so that the latter may earn a reasonable iuru uu iu capital invested." Ivy Lee, press agent of the railroads, echoes Mr. Vandorllp s sentiment. Annual reports of 21 railroad sys tems which have just been made pub- I 1,. tt,nl .ftAi. navlntr all lr,t. - r . ":r:'"r' . :L T cnarges ana LOHJ yjttiuicu - v uivu 1 . . . . n a. a a . I Art HOI seiecwu uul lyyicai. earnfl.1 11.87 per cent on their common stock. 1 - When It is remembered tnat aa a t . .mon .toclc doen nnt ren. ! lar. but was to a large extent civon bonus with preferred stock or I oonas. tne uanwn i inouw dwj 1 K 4V, imarlcaa neonla to the rii. 1 - . a. , ,1 ... m a.. K., i r;Tr' ,Tr. Xnw.V 7h. r.;7frnV. i airer attitude of "the railroads to- i Ward the PUWIOT 1aMwt Froa , Detroit News. I The entnusiasxic reception accorded I a play by Babindranatft Tagore in I Germany . is neither a peace-proposal 1 to England nor a bid for the Hindu 1 vote. The Germans long ago adopted J Shakespeare, " and his works Jare ; not I unaer tne oan ii.u uuj ar i all other things English. And though! I Tagore is , a Uivng writer, and the PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF j Rag Tag and BoLuiT SMAIaiV CHAXQJB t " OHKOOX SSUKlaiGtiT ; " Stories From EvervvUri 1 King Constantln may be dolnar richt in Athena? at . CariaUna dinner An Ohio man anint In una day, tsoa legacy, and Is now a farm hand. And the boob probably thinks it was worth it. Only 42 dare, and the dava will be getting longnr. But not warmer - nans in not warmer. Norway's shins submarined In bunches of five That's Just like Dud ley used to submarine votes in blocks of five. .ill at aa llkelv u tint (Tharlea Rvena Hughes made a vow in nis youth that ho would never shave until Judge Hughes was elected president, w as a -a 11 u saia me new auaner aoiiars will bear the initials of the engraver. Herman A, McNeil. Those will spell H. A, M.. but the Quarter Itself won't buy much of It. to say nothing of the "Whatever else may bs said of Cap tain Koenig, it cannot be denied that he kept the Deutschland out of the war," says the New York American. Aye, aye. sir; and it is equally notaoie that he kept war out of the Deutsch land. The eastern "coal famine mlrht help some against the smoke nuisance. However, those wnose supply win oe cut off entirely through total lack of the price never have enough coal to raise much, of a smudge at the best of times. . CLOSE FINISHES RARE IN ELECTIONS Io an editorial la Jta laane ef November the Boetioa Globe eiaayed to aaaea th preeldentlal campaign la Its mnet striking aapecta, to compare the ere of -election altua tion with tboee lu prevlona prealdentUl yean, aod to eatimata the eompotilte temprrament ot tile electorate. Thla article. whU-h ia bcra reproduced, poaaeaaea a amtalned latcreat in Titw ot the dteeloauroa of election day and the delicate balance by which the finality will be determined. Mr. Hughes has finished his travel ing es a presidential candidate. He has visited S3 states and covered 8, 000 miles. He has been on the road two and a half months. He has fought such a fight as Bryan put up In the days when he was in the full vigor of youth. The president makes his final cam paign speech today. He has not been so far as Mr. Hughes and has not spoken so often, but he has been a fairly active campaigner for a presi dent seeking reelection. Both candidates and country realise that the election is close. For more than 20 years no contest for the pres idency has found the country on the Saturday before election In such gen uine doubt as to the result. In 1912 the factional fight In the Re publican ranks was so Intense that the adherents of the old, typified by Mr. Taft. and of tho new. led by Mr. Roosevelt, did not care that Mr. Wil son was to be elected. Yet they knew it before election day. Four years pre vious Bryan was beaten before the vot ing began. In the campaign which Parket attempted against Roosevelt even Parker knew by the middle of Oc tober that there wa little chance of his success. When McKlnley and Bryan fought It out the result was not doubtful when the speech-making was concluded, al though In the first of his campaigns Bryan was considered menacing until his "wave" in the east began to re cede, about three weeks before elec tion. a We must go back to the days of Cleveland to find a national contest waged like this campaign, right up to the last minute, with abundant confi dence on both sides. Although Cleve land polled 98,017 more of the popular vote than Harrison In 1888, Harrison became president. Up to the dawn of election day no one had a right to be certain' how the day would issue. Had less than 600 votes in New York state been given to Blaine instead of to Cleveland, Blaine would have been one of our presidents. The electoral college showed 211 votes for Cleveland to 182 for Blaine. At that time New York had 88 electoral votes. Cleve land nosed out Blaine in New Tork by a plurality of less than 1150. If more than half of these had gene the other way the 88 votes of New York would have been added to Blaine's electors native of a country ruled by England, he has never done anything for which he should be strafed by Germany. Tagore Is inoffensive. His writings breathe a spirit foreign alike to Eng land and to Germany, the spirit of a world far removed from this planet of strife. There Is nothing national about his work, nothing that suggests boundaries separating divisions of the human race. Neither war with guns nor War with tariffs figures in bis policy. He does not wish the sun blotted out, nor does he want God to punish anybody. He is more con cerned with the beauty of the flowers of the field than with the fall of Lemberg. It matters little to him whether Constantinople belongs to the Turk, to the Russ, or to all the powers or Europe in -league to defend It against any antagonist, lip is the one famous man living in British territory who is not a British partisan. Shakespeare did not bate the people who are now under Teuton rule. He even presented Bohemia with a sea coast, an Imaginary strip of littoral for which she bas never had to fight. On the other hand, he did send barbed shafts against the French. Yet if he were living today, who doubts that he would be less a Briton than H. G. Wells? Yet that cuts no figure with the Germans. .They adopted him more than a century ago. Tagore, however. Is not English. There Is no lnconslst ency in the applause which greets the presentations of l)is Work in Germany. The Back-to-Xature Stunt. From the Plttatrarg Leader. TJie back-to-nature experiments about which the public are entertained in verbal recital every now and again, one at present in the Maine woods, strike the common man something like .the trip into the arctio ice fields in search of the north pole. Suppose they do what they say they Intend to do, what's the use, what's the social value of the experiment? There may be merit and value Somewhere, but the average man and woman have . not been able to see them. Suppose some man and some woman do live for a month or two months In some forest depending entirely upon their own hands for their living and protection what of. it? What differ ence does it make? What has been gained? What has the experiment proven that is worth knowing? If these men and women want to prove that men and women can live with very. tittle to, eat, the proof is unnecessary. The charity departments of all large cities can tell them more about that than tbey ever an learn in the Maine woods. If they want to show bow little clothing men and women need for actual bodily cover ing, that .'s wasted time and effort, too. A few minutes' walk through the congested districts in anr big city will give more pointers about the mini mum of clothes than can be learned in the Maine woods in a lifetime. Do tbey mean to prove tbat men and women may make- tbelr own living with their own hands? . and A new vault is to be installed in the basement of the postofftce build ing at Astoria, to provide storage room lor public documents pending tne con struction of a sew federal building there. . -t .' - -Another illustration of the eft-re; neatiMi fiict that Cnndan ia booming. say a the Globe, "is found lu the freight shipments to this city. Mon day was the biggest day in the his tory of the local freight station. Two hundred and seventeen freight bills were handled In the business office at the depot. Sunday's train brought in seven carloads of merchandise." Story, In Canyon "city Eagle, of a "poor man's mine" in that vicinity: "Jack Chambers picked up a nice nugget on his placer ground adjoin ing town here this week, it weighed about $20. He ia piping on the old John Long ground and during the last few days has picked up a number or pieces of coarse gold, which leads him to believe that fie is getting a good run in hie race." B Wallowa count presents a neradox In its lack ot a county poor farm or even a county hospital wnero Indigent sick may be treated. And stranger still. Us more than 10,000 population has occasioned but two demands with in the last eight years lor a county nnnr farm, according to one of the county officials. In this regard, as In several others, this county the Joeeph "r".M""?.'" " parallel anywhere. and he would have triumphed. Gen eral Butler running In his campaign took enough votes from Blaine to cause bis defeat. - Those were the days of close na tional contests. New York had given the election to Garfield over Han cock In 1880. The winner's margin was 21,000 In a total state vote of over 000,000. Four years earlier New York had done her best tor her favorite son, Tilrfftn onlv to have the election taken from him by the extra-constitutional electoral commission, which decided In favor of Hayes, who, like Benjamin Harrison, was second man on the pop ular count. The tendency of the present inten sity of interest In the national result is to dwarf state Issues throughout the country. For more than 20 years no election has been contested as the Issue hss been this year up to the very last minute When one candidate for president Is considered sure of the election his opponents, although hope less of the White House, try to keep up the fight to the end for the sake of preserving the party organization and of electing Btate candidates. In such cases emphasis has ben placed upon candidates for governor. This year few people throughout the country have any interest in the vote for governor outside of tneir own state, ana sucn has been the activity of the national campaign that many of the contest ants for the governorship in various states have been almost Ignored by tuo attention of the voters in their own states. For the first time in our history the election of senators by the people has coincided with a presidential cam paign. Thla also has had the errect or detracting from tne interest In the choice of a governor. Voters are sel dom able to carry three important is sues In their heads at the same time, and after they have decided between Wilson and Hughes and picked their choice for the senate, they have little energy left to turn in the direction of a governor of the state. The suspense over the, next occupant of the White House and the necessity for attending to the senate membership has had the effect of distracting people from local questions, though such matters are of extreme Importance. Voters have made up their minds as to the man each wishes to see at the head of the nation. They will not be changed at the last minute, but the country Is puzzled about the result, for the' issues are many and complex, and a large portion of the voters have kept their own counsel as to whom they prefer. The interest In the election will not flag until enough of the re turns from the doubtful states have come in to settle the closest national , election in years. women, and even little children, still mere babes, make their own living with their hands at harder service than these experimenters In the for ests of old Maine. It may be a happy "stunt," like the old fad of "slum ming," but it leads to nothing that anybody needs to know. Gramophones in the Trenches. from Ixmdon Answers. . Tommy Atkins has his orchestra rlaht irb In the "front line" trenches. ' He hears tne very, latest tunes from dear old Blighty on a gramophonel Gramophone records have played a larre part in the history of this war, It's a widely known fact that muslo and warfare have always marched together. But this is the first war wherein the gramophone bas taken big share in keeping up the spirits and cheerlness of the fighting men. In the trenches or on the sea, wher ever the fighting man betakes him self and his belongings, the gramo phone goes along. Many popular stars have "sung un der shell fire. Clarice Mayne had a letter from an unknown officer telling her that she bad calmly continued to Inform them she was "A Good Little GlrP during a heavy and unexpected bombardment. Miss Florence Smltbson heard that while she was singing the "Pipes of Pan" In a dugout somewhere In Fland ers a stray piece of shrapnel had the bad taste to descend on the record plunk! splitting It to half, to the great distress of the owners of that gramophone. They asked Miss Bmltn soh for a new record, which reached them as soon as the post could car ry It. George Robey gets dozens of letters from soldiers and sailors, describing the weird adventures of his "records'" and the narrow escapes undergone by both recoras and audience, who are apt to forget there's a war on when listening to "good old 'George" while he announces that "what was there was good' Standards in Honesty Prom the Spriojflald Bepublleaa, No wonder that tho collector in Cleveland who paid $200,000 In New York for a tapestry presented by the French king to the emperor of China in 1768, and looted from the palace In Peking at the time of the over throw ot the Manchu dynasty, desires to keep his name secret, it is after the fashion of handling stolen goods from time immemorial. "The heathen Chinee," as Bret Harts called him, will know Just what to think about the transaction, for honesty in buying and selling has been accounted a Chinese trait highly Valued from days that go far back or our western civilization. , - Prefer It Light. From the Louiarllla Coaricr-Joorenl, A whole lot of newly married men want to know why anyone should ob ject to a loaf of bread being under weight. T tbla column all raadcra ef The Journal . are Jsvlted to eootribnte original matterla story, la verae or la philosophical ebetrratloa o striking quatatkna, from any aoerce. Cautrlbatlons of aiwp'lunal merit will bs paid -tor, at the editor's apyraiaal.I : Why Jim Was for Wilson. THIS happened before electlttn, but here's the atory Just the same. J. K. Davidson has a young son, Jim, who, like bis father, has been a staunch supporter of Hughes, but there were some policies advocated by Wll. son which particularly attracted him. Jim Is going to "dancin' school," along with, his little sisters, much to his disgust It -la almost an Impos sibility to get him to go anywhere near the place, and last week when he returned he told father that unless they refrained from sending him to dancing school he would change his al legiance from Hughes to Wilson. "But why? asked Mr. Davidson. "Well. Wilson believes in child la bor laws, and dancin school is the worst kind of labor." The Alumni Ought to Pungle. Considering its growing, importance S an educational inntituilon. Vlrll .Vumm suggests that a campaign be sisrteu to raise a fund for Hie pur- chase of a sightly campus for the elea- torai college. Tall Light for Maud. Ludicrous aa It may seem, necessity has demanded that a Los Angeles drover equip his mules with tall lights, says Popular Mechanics. Without be ing facetious, it may not bo amiss to point out that the devices he employs are literally the first rnal tail lights ever uscfl. Somo time ago when a num ber of the man's mules were being driven along a highway at night, motor car plunged into the drove with disastrous results. This caused the dealer to resort to tho warning lights so as to avoid tlmilar accidents in the future. The devices, -which are iden tical to those vied on many bicycles, are strapped to tl,u mules' tails. When the glare from the lamps of a motor car strikes them, beams of ruby light are reflected. Incidentally, if a mule swings his tall, the warning signal be comes all the more noticeable. Botanical Treachery, "Heard abuut the Kalm alligator pear tree?" asks the society editor .,f the Los Angeles Times, who tlienoe proceeds to give the ens war: "A year or two ago it was duly Installed with proper ceremony in the center position of their garden of Kdon. They wrapped It up in rich furs when It was cold, fanned it with electric tans when a heat wave was on, coddled It luxuri ously at all times and gae reception parties to witness its amazing growth. It has Just borne fruit for the first time three modest little olives. Alas for horticultural treachery. It won't even get a smudge 4ot this year," Might Have Been Lots Worse. One of the clerks at a weather bu reau took unto himself a wife, says the Philadelphia Ledger, :uwl it has been his endeavor to Interest her in his vtvrU at the office. The other evening on coming home he said: "It was a terrible storm that swept through Jersey. The wind blew tiO miles an hour for 30 minutes." "Well, dearie," uald the wife, anxious to show an intelligent Interest In the natter, "it's lucky, isn't it, that it blew only half an hour?" "Why?" "Well, 30 miles Isn't nearly so bad." Hep to the immortal Bard. "Do you know," she simpered, "you are the first real actor I ever met. It must be extremely interesting to act the parts created by the master dram atists like Shakespeare and " "Now, you're talkln', kid." he brake In. "I Just eat that BhakeBpoare stuff alive. Why, 1 played In tshakespeare s 'East Lynne' for two wholo seasons, and part of the time I doubled in brass." Appearances Are Deceitful. "Several have Joked mo," says Edi tor Ham Kautzman In tho Houlton Herald of date a few days before the election, "for playing with the band for a Hughes rally, and asked If I had Joined the g. o. p. party. Well nlt. but I always made It a point to Samarl tanlze the weak and crippled. I rode with Father Hampoton In his auto last week. Now maybe some one will sek if I had Joined the Cathollo church." A Tonsorial ' Artist Rebuked. Halloween night pawsed off very peacefully compared with othor yearn, says the Lakevlew Examiner. A few wagons were scattered around town and Herb Gentry had a gas sign out in front of his barber shop, otherwise no damage was done. A Tale of Two Piggies. This I the atory of two little ahoats, Fwldlad to help set Charlia Tolea. 'Tie aod that two plgflea tbelr Urea aboaid loae S- Oit their solatreaa eilgtit air her vlawa Bat, plffa, you aha 11 not bare died fnr Daufbt, . . If your Diiatreas acceanpltahed the end she eon-bt And I think abe did, If I rightly gaoge. Kor she got ber name oa the Tery front page. With Joog qootationa from, ber tirade. And plclurea of her In Iba big parade. Yoo're sona, but the mem'ry win long remain. Of your mlatreaa' "Vote for HujhM" campalgs. The hour of glory bas earn a and went, And tii a price ef the piggies has long been apant ; Bat fhlnk of the ellrptnfa ahe'H save to skew To tbe neifclitKirs when beck to the ranch aba' 11 go. She didn't aay much that was wise, I'm afraid. But aha apread more slang and laughs than Ada. She bad "bard timea" tales, and ether "news. Bat tbe slat of It a", was "Tote tor Hughes." Tlmce moat be bard, for sbe said tbey are, And ain't aha a-drlln' ber last year's cart And ttun abe would wave her' arme and rear, And ebrlek and scream 'ranae we're eat of war. And the nerve ef tbat Wllaoe. anrwar. Grantln' laborlo' men an eight-hoar day! Gat him oat o' tbe White House, qalck, yos know. Or he'll glte the common folks a show. ado teat WKkea ebiirt la Dor law be madei Tbe weak-kneed rur"ehouUl sore be flayed ; And, too, "hf kept as eat ef war," And war's wbat we're just e-baakerla' for. i'own wun tne mas. wijn bis kinaiy atari. Who dared te take the rum man's nartl JWt argoe sgamst hlta, saerely atmae, Don't bother tot 'reasons, lust "Vote far Hashes." And the a trident shriek of the eaU for "roee." SonMnow -bring nets rles of "two utue sheets." And I'm aura those blscles would lanrh aloud Could tbey hear tbelr mistress harangue Us exewa. Bat, sb, poor piggies. It's SU too plain, That you were sacrificed in rain. Tbe logle ot lunge doean't carry weight, ' And clieap, aUugr sareaam la ont of date. And U Wllaon' a te blame for the last year's ear, - tet ber Ultcb ber wagon to a stsrj" - And as for the last year's gows she were, -For the eommoo good, WE AH IT roUK YCAXI atoaa. Aset Seams Too may. Uncle Jeff Snow Bays i The hardest Job of education X ever seen was old Deacon Jespard with two grandsons trying to make 'em b'lieve they bad saw the circus when they saw the parade down to Portland 3a' sum mer. He was a complete failure, and . the congregation wiiuld have disci plined him only mosr of the older ones had been more or lees in the same fix theirtelves at one time or 'nuther. The deacon says a circus is a sinful place: ' but it is a great temptation to witness the unfoldmeot of the chill mind. -