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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1916. . - - - i.s : AN IXDXTElfDgirT VEW8PAPXS. JACKSON. ..Publisher pabllabed every day, afternooa and jnorolof itrt Bandar ftemooo), at Tbe loam) in U dine. Broad wr , end s YanbtU streets, - l'ortlaod. Or. 1 -- gofered it tb poetof fie at Portland. Or., for traasmlsakm throat- tbe nalla aa aceoad . claaa matter.. " ..."..--'-'? TELEPHONIES alala tl73s i Bona, A-061. . All eepartmeata reached by tliese eombera. . Tell tUe oiiaritor wbat defartmeat Too wast. yOREIGN ADVERTISING BEPRESEXTAT1VC Benjamin' At Kentiwr Co.." Branewlek BV)t. J 2U FMtb Ave.. Maw -ork. Ula People's Ota KMi CblrKO, - Subscription term by nail or to say a-drees la the (Jolted Htatea or Meiico: : daily (MORNiNcr1 oa ArrtswooM) Oaa yeer........$5.0oT0ne aaootk. I . sunday ' . '. Ona year... 12.80 I Oua meets.. .19 DAILY, iMOttiilNO OR AITKRNOON) AND , f ' BUN DAY . - One year. ...... . 17.60 Ona numtb t M ' America ink nothing for herself bat wbat aba baa a rlctit to aa for humanity Itself. WOOKUOW WIUaON. allllloBi for dsfeiiae. tnt iKt cent for tribute. ClIAltl.KH C. PINCKNBY.; I am wonderfully delighted to see a body of nu n thriving lu tlielr own fortunes, and ' at tba MDie time iromotlng tbe public stock; ur. In oilier worila, railing estates fr tbelr im-n 'families by Ixintiiug Into tnelr country wlmtnvrr la wanting, and .carrying out of It wbaterer 1 superfluous. v AdiioD. A SERIOUS SITUATION iIIE railroad companies are facing a very serious ' respon sibility in their failure to pro vide sufficient equipment for the needs of the business of this . country. It wljj be remembered about three or four years ago much was being said in the papers to the effect that the railroads had ceased buying equipment, largely, as it Jraa claimed, because of adverse eglslation and requirements im- poued upon them by law.. During this entire period each and a'll of the transcontinental roads were paying , dbridends regularly and, with thjerpossible exception of one of the new roads, were piling, up a large Burplua each year, so that from a .'money standpoint there wag Co , occasion for their', not making the necessary purchases to enable them to meet the requirements of their-business. On the other hand, it. was felt ," by' -many .In a position o know, 5- that IfcV failure to furnish equip t' ment and to purchaee necessary t- supplies was one of the methods r , adopted by the railroads to bring pressure on the business interests throughout; the country to allow thenv.to have their own, way. What ever the cause, we are now con fronted with a most serious condi tion. ', ', It is suggested with some truth that many of the shippers do not load or unload their cars promptly, trad that cars are held for storage purposes when they ought to be in, use.- This is true to come ex tent, and to the extent that It is true and can be remedied It should be " promptly done. However, this Indictment against shippers only applies to a limited number and ;not by any means to the majority bf heavy shippers. "-, At a recent hearing in this city growing out of the car shortage situation on the Southern Pacific In this state, it appeared from the raUrOad reports that the; lumber shippers and many other shippers using large numbers of cars were loading them with the greatest of promptness, many of the reports .Showing a large percentage of loadings in 12 hours, where the shipper had 43 hours in which to do it.' . On the other; hand, it was shown that the service given by the railroad, both in setting in cars and tnovlng them after they were loaded, was far from efficient. In other words, as to the situation growing out either of the prompt loading: of cars or their handling thereafter, the railroad was quite' as much at fault as were the shippers. i The great menace in the situa tion lies in the fact that the public may be deceived as to the reel causes of the shortage, as the rail roads are using every means to inake it appear that the shortage is largely the fault of the shipper. f The situation is altogether too serious to bo thus brushed aside. As a matter of fact, this state and Other states are suffering from a situation which never should have arisen. Industries are being closed down daily, men being thrown out . ef employment, crops being lost: all because of the failure of the railroads to perform their plain duty under the law. i It is said the : cement works at Oswego are bar Ing j extreme . difficulty in opera tion, and may be forced to close down. 'A number of lumber mills have had to suspend entirely and others are working on part time, and ai: of them r have . been ; put to enor mous expense and. cost Jar reason of ; the inability to' secure equips ment. a a number of -localities the 'fruit -growers have sustained V and will sustain enormous losses! i : It is the same In every Hne.; f V! investigation of this situation which; terior part of the world need eore wlll be a real Investigation and ly i strong- dose of common not simply a skimming of the sur- face ax the chasing of a shadow, If 'it srmplyresolvesftself Into search to ascertain to what extent shippers ? are delinquent in their duties it will be of no consequence, The car reports show, these facta, Any Inrestlgation - conducted upon these lines will get nowhere. The investigation should go to the bottom and ascertain to what extent ih railroads of the country have In the past three years failed to mainUln their equipment to the requirements of business. ' If should be ascertained to what sTtont soatorn-rnada refuse. a re- turn equipment to western roads. It should also be ascertained to what extent the operation, is inef ficient, and finally the investiga tion should disclose to wbat extent the railroads of this country are able or unable to handle the busi ness of the country. It is our opinion, which is simply confirmatory of that expressed by James J. Hill five or more years ago, that the railroads are simply unable to"v handle the increased iramc 01 me country. We have pointed out time and . again that the only possible meth od by which this situation can be remedied is by the Improvement and use of the waterways. They are used in every other country and they will simply have to be used in America, as the loss to the shippers of this country even now is running into ' hundreds of mil lions of dollars, and. will be more. In fact,; there is 0; relief ln sight. The railroads In their blindness and selfishness have opposed the Improvement of the waterways, based upon the idea that it would take , traffic from the rails. The best informed railroad men have known for years that with any considerable increase in traffic the railroads could not "handle the bus iness, but rather than have the competition they think will ,follow the use of the waterways, they have opposed their improvement and would impose enormous loss upon the country, even though they could not handle the business themselves. The loss to the northwest alone this year would have made naviga ble all the, waterways of tbe north west, and the losses in other sec tions of the country are relatively the same. In other words, we are actually facing a crisis, and one that in our Judgment must be met without flinching, and a real rem edy be found. The National Advisory Commlt- teo for Aeronautics has discarded the term aeroplane, suggesting, in stead, the use of the word airplane. For jpnee. Intelligence has ruled in American word making. GOVERNMENT BY UKASE I T IS proposed that the tax lim itation amendment be tempora rily set aside by the personal ukase of the governor. The amendment has Just been adopted by vote of the people, and by regular process becomes effec tive with the proclamation of the I governor announcing that it has I been carried. . Governor Withy. combe and Treasurer Kay fought the measure and offered certain objections. Notwithstanding these objections and the attitude of the governor and state treasurer, the people by a large majority voted for the measure to go into effect by regular process. The proposal is now made by the Oregonlan that the governor delay the proclamation placing the measure in effect until after the taking districts throughout the state, including the state authori ties, shall have made their tax evies for the ensuing year. It is a most objectionable course. T h e Withycombe-Kay objections were all made prominent during the campaign. Their talk to the effect that the limitation amend ment would work a hardship at Salem was all fully aired before election. The voters heard all about it. They took full cognizance-1 of everything urged against the plan, and then voted the amend ment into effect all objections to the contrary notwithstanding. By whose authority" other than the people themselves, can their own explicit instructions and decision be set aside? Are the governor and the Oregonian greater Oregon electorate? than the POLAND RESTORED T IS well to rejoice over -the coming reinstitution of Poland but our rejoicings should be temperate. xne woes 01 Vhat country are not over. - or one ;Ttat Is what is meant by the wide thing the great restoration applies read announcements of shorter a r , ru roiaatJ- " a08, el a. aV a a a a. a 1 a aa . - la a . a I uufc iuucu enuer me Austrian or the German portions.. The parti tion' over which- the poet says "freedom, wept' remains Just about as it was." We notice also that the new Poland .is to be rather strictly watched over by the central pow- ers. , Its military affairs, are to be uiscreeuy directed xrom Berlin, Economically its dependence on the central empires will be complete. 1 lit will have no seaport and nothing tuuio man iiuamum inaepenuence. .There is a report that the Polish -Jews. look for no benefit whatever from the new establishment. Like the ' -PollBh i. Ruthenlans they . are bitterly oppressed and they, see no niceiihood of better things.; What ln - sense, surcease of old aatreds an influx of new ideas,- new hopes. new beliefs. ' i J': ; - - The best thing that could hap pen to Poland would bo a stroke of the peculiar brain affection which destroys the memory. Could that unhappy country and all its neighbors instantaneously forget tneir aaric past ana Desin we world anew they might have some hope of happiness. But : now can they ever keep step with America and western Europe as long as they drag about with them 'a a7 01 aeaia- w suape u- "eui, gruugea, unier uauiuuca, venge and superstition? Yesterday's decision by' the In terstate Commerce commission fur ther reduces the discrimination be tween the short and long haul in rate making. Nothing but water competition promises any perma nency 'for the advantage coast ter minals hold over intermountaln cities, and even that principle is being slowly undermined. The Co lumbia river and the ocean more 'and more stand out as Portland's . 4rfih r.niKn.r her no. But what are we doinff to use them? LV PORTLAND T HE best year of Portland s building boom did not equal in total expenditures for la bor and material the totals now being expended In shipbuild ing along the Portland waterfront. To the situation, there, is now added a projected rolling mill at a cost of $1,000,000 for the manu facture of structural steel and other steel products. America is building ships to re place those sunk, interned and put to other uses in the war, and is building ships for use in her own swiftly developing ocean carrying trade. The effort of the American gov ernment during the past three years to foster and assist American shipping interests has, along with the war, been a. powerful factor in giving stimulus to the shipbuilding industry. Our government opened registry to foreign built ships, and by that move gave earnest of its purpose to encourage and protect the crea tion of an American merchant ma rlne ' flying the American flag. It met a crisis caused by lack of American officers by tempora rily suspending the law against foreign officers serving on Ameri can ships. It passed the shipping law by which a shipping board is created, whose business wilL.be by every means to encourage and stimulate the Investment of American capital in- building and operating ships under the American flag. To aid American shipyards, our government took off the duty on all materials and furnishings used in the construction of ships. All that can be done, the American government is doing to make ship building in America permanent and prosperous. in the better pay big employing institutions are announcing for their workers, the Portland busi- ness manshould be able to see that the buying power of the masses Is being increased and that his mar ket for things he has to sell Is correspondingly bettered. Prosper ity is everywhere. SUPPOSING T HE excitement of a presiden tial campaign is not bad for the country. This time at least it interfered little with business. Always It gives the peo ple two or three months of agree able excitement. It affords ui a good deal of the gambler's breath- i less suspense without the moral peril which besets his soul. How lovely it would be if. we could carry the presidential fervor a little way beyond the campaign. Suppose we were as eager to make ! our oublis officials do their duties as we. are to elect them. Suppose wo-gave every good man the same support after we have voted for him as we do while be is a mere candidate. Things would go better it we did. Officials are usually quite will " ing to do their duty if the public sumiorts them. The trouble is that a man who enforces the law makes enemies while the "better element" looks calmly on and does nothing, Then we all wonder why the law counts for so little ' 1 v Competition in America now eta am n tn be a romnp.tltlon anions: - rhnlAvem to ret and hold workers. hours and better pay for labor. AN ILL WIND H WAS a painful accident that befell John Matchlner at the west end ot the Broadway bridge. But there is nothing: strange in that. Most accidents -are painful. What strikes one in this affair Is Its oddity. Who would v have thought that the wind on Tuesday morning was violent -noughi to upset an "automobile rana pin tne owner nnaer nis ma chine?. But so it was. That. Is Iwhat harmened to Mr. Matchlner. i.' In Kansas and Nebraska where cyclones are as common as grass- hoppers nobody would have giyen ta second thought to Mr. Matchiner's lmlshap; to' those wtndwp-w. glons a .man who goes out In an j auto rather expects to be blown . . 1 away. . it he carries a gun aiong he Is not surprised to ; see It their f amnier? ' whisked into the air and the bar- tt us safekuard our rights ana rel.drrvenhrough?afctree.,But iTlSaSIU- Uou.h in placid , Oregon such Incidents despised and set aside by us as a po are a little Ont Of tbe usual. pie. 1 aa binding; as when It was siren T fa an lit aHn fi Klnwa mn I . . . T,mm Kfu,ni body any good. The same breezes that played. the uncanny trick with Mr.7 Matchiner's automobile blew good luck to tbe prisoners at state penitentiary. There Is to be no more hosing of unruly men at the prison. Letters From the Peopl9 I Com monies tlona sent ta- Tba Jeernal f pablleatloB la tkls department sboold be writ. i en oa ouij one aloe of tue paper, aooeia eireed SOO wortla to length, aad must be ae. Foaipanled bj tba nama and address ef tbe aeader. If tbe writer does not destre to hare tba name pobllsbed be sboold sa state-J "IHeeaaelOB la tbe ereateat of aH rare see rs ft raHonaUsM ererrtbtna It tooebea. It rob Dtinciuln of all falsa aanetlt aad throws tbesa back on their reasoDableneea. It they bare no reasonableness. It ratblexsljr crosbes tnera oat of existence and aeta op tta own coaclosious la tueir stead." Woodrow v iiaoa. Oregon's Progressive Drift Portland, Nov. 13. To the Editor of The Journal Our friends on the other allta ara liABnlnr.nrnmlumi UOOn Cer- tain Individuals and generally patting ?' bant and make fraud lmpos one another on "the back because they J" 'without immediate and certain have made Oregon the pariah in the I ViJiJ liZn ,h'e comfort the7cVe7Vut of vi .....i. k. .v.. tiinr I clearly ha V thoVe who laterf on the wn.i .Ma nt r,i downcast be- Wilson side need not feel downcast be cause they failed to carry the state. I am submitting a few figures to show what a near-rout was inflicted upon a party having a three to one advantage in the registration: In 1918 the total Oregon vote for the major parties was 119,337, divided 47, 064 to Wilson and 72.273 to Taft and' Roosevelt, a majority of 25.000 against zirgizsss latere i.Man nV ;,t Tnn y agaiMt tb his vote by 69,476. or over 147 per cent. . J . Z PJ?.d HU" "?fB inn v to Sjtvcii na. v eauva, Awwavvvaa m 51,629, or 71 per cent. It will thus be seen that, on a per centage basis, the Wilson increase is more than twice aa much as the Hughes. The interesting point Is that, due to the enfranchisement of women and the great Interest in the election, tbe vote OF(i. i 101c 4 un hi of the major parties in 1916 is 240,342, r.nt.r.t i,i, 11 o 9 7 i. 1019 as contrasted with 119,337 in 1912, an Increase of 101 per cent. So. while the president's increase is 46 per cent greater than the average increase, Mr, Hughes' increase Is 80 per cent less than the average, I think this clearly Indicates the and shows that politically we are not ., trr, r-.n,r,. I so greatly different from California and Washington and Kansas and the other "white" states of the west. L. I. H. Mrs. Hartley's Loving Cup. Portland, Nov. 1. To tha Editor of The Journal I notice in the Eve ning Telegram that) they are starting a movement to buy a loving cup for Mrs. Hanley. The spirit that moved the loving heart that first conceived the idea is certainly very beautiful, but if she Is the poor little over worked ranch woman that she claims to be, why not buy her something that would more become a humble. poverty-stricken cot; say, for instance, some garden tools, an up-to-date wash lng machine or possibly a nice light plow that a woman of her size could BiAO V.V UIU I handle with a pair of Democratic donkeys to pull it? However, there I would be' nothing sentimental about vt t nHt cup then let us make some sugges- tions aa to the design. Let the base be two little pigs, this being emblematic of the fact that at the time she started her political ca reer, during a Democratic administra tion, it was quite possible to make an extended trip and pay a lot of bills with the returns from two pigs yet of tender age. Standing upon the backs of these porkers and for the stem of the cup we should have Mrs. Hanley herself with her arms akimbo. holding upon her head the world, and with her mouth open as if saying something awfully cute. Upon the outside of the cup, the world, we should have in one group, the three graces, Taft, Roosevelt and Hughes, marooned on an uncnartea roca in a sea of disapproval, with Wilson sail ing by on the good ship Success, with full passenger list of the people flying a pennant reading, "Every Knock Is a Boost." On the other Bide of the bowl and on that part of the world wnere isew xork is to be found ws should have Wall Street standing wun uia.BKeu net ana a. duckbi or i in our maniy years; sne will not for gold, painting that good old state, I sake us now in our mature distress with his back turned to the west. Our party's refuse is in sklrta and while under this should be the in- I our party pride in a woman's hat ' Send scription. "When you find out howff, p the petite Desmontheness of Prize xxew ior nas gone, go nome ana go to bed. men, ror the handles of uu vu. iMUBi. uui ui6oi rpa name , u oj. iwu sioes we snouia nave a saimon witn nts oooy beautifully curved as if diving Into one of the cans like papa uss at his various Alaska packing plants that cause Bradstreet's and Dun's to put his name in their books with lots of pretty circles behind it and make it possible for Mamma Hanley to have an occasional oil painting made of herself. Could you imagine a more beautiful decoration for- the solid mahogany center table of a spellbinding stand patter? ONE WHO LOVKS CONSISTENCY. The Sunday Law Repeal. Monmouth, Or., Nov. 13.- To the Ed itor of The Journal Laat week I was disappointed to find that the people of Oregon had passed the Sunday law repeal measure, As a nation We are rushing madly in pursuit of the almighty dollar, which we worship, and we can hardly take time either to eat or re at. Let us pause lor a rew moments to see wn,uce ru naawg U8 If ell the places of business take ad- TZr?Srl. X ?ZZ .VhrOW, opr their stores on 8u.naaJ'. already r K 7 . " w work seven days a week for the same "alarY Jhlch they received for six days. Their lives will also be con- eiderably shortened, as it Is well known that the day of rest lengthens the average lire; that is to sa y, when rest is taken, and not merely rush In an auto In pursuit of pleasure. The Sabbath day Vi also often the only day on which the father of the iamnjr- ia "a. a any leisure with his family and though family lite is already at a very low ebb In this country, it will suffer more .n account ef t:tls law. ' 4 Tbere is nothing to hinder the new - ple from doing their shopping on Sat- u'dsy." Some ; people , would r require shops to be open all night as well as all day to suit their convenience. 0u " well - born children. tut how can they wen-bom when the ruare aerVAna wrarlra. aha in alaiTS rrind- it uh bo tim to Dnd with tO Mose On Mount Sinai, and It WSS given tor all time. If we put religion out of our Hves. we shall decay aa a nation as sure a. did the people ot Rome and Greece. . riS-S to be found tn each American family, the average of which U three. Another sign of decay la tne want oz spiritual life in both our pulpits and our pews,' and no attractions In the way of music and ' singing can maae up for this lack. Let us ask ourselves where are we drjf ting, and what kind of heritage axe we passing on to our children. ' .. A Sabbath well spent, brings a week of comenr. And health for the toils of the morrow. But a Sabbath profaned, what'er may oe gained. Is a sure forerunner of sorrow. SUBSCRIBER. Proposes' New Election Method. Portland, Nov. 14. To the Editor of The Journal Change of the election system must be made to Insure an honest expression of the will of the people at the ballot box. It must be made as dependable as the dally bal- A - . ... M1. . . . nr.vln,. only legal SiJS for names and measures to be voted for acatmSJhnuUr,BtSre: one person calling the numbers. Three clerks list them on tally sheets aimul taneouely. As the count proceeds dis crepancies necessarily occur and the two clerks whose counts agree decide the question, and the most incompetent clerk decides whenever the experts dis agree. It Is Impossible to utilize mod - "Yffici.nrL "7U;,," , ,Tho; 'SiSS ci ,or A single ballot 8x5 Inches In size Am,nHn v.1tn. ern discoveries and Inventions to mul- lute accuracy and immediate return. returns of the result with the minimum of labor, expense and delay. A triplicate ballot would give a copy to the voter and two copies to the election board to file both numerically and alphabet ically and provide a balance proof. All ballots received would be stamped with a number In numerical rotation as they lar cast, wnicn would provide a per- 1 . . y . ct check and identif ication of each . w, ot ..itv are cast, which would provide ballot. It would make it impossible for the perpetration of fraud without certain detection. The simple details could he provided by any competent board. It is possible that one vote may 3e clde any election and the title should $ 1 dJT l e,.y0te " for 10,000. No one could believe an election today by one vote gave a title that was the unquestioned will of the people. The disagreeable fact is unde niable, end it should make a Change to a perfect ballot system the Immediate concern of every citizen and states man. E. L. M'CLURE. How Oregon W'as Saved. Portland. Nov. 12, To the Kdltor of The Journal Someone has said all history is a fib. All the same, It raises our enthusiasm if we believe it. and since th women and men who make history haven't the time to write it, I propose showing to an ardent posterity how Oregon Sras saved In the last dreadful sirocco we have Just emerged from. It was about 8 o'clock in the eve- . , . . - . . , l'TwW re ,on "-J7 Z..'. van," lr Z' v''-rle "c" fu ' Apostolic hyphens, saw the elephant ""ddn,yKBlnk hl! kneea- urn 0Ter on his back and let out a deep sigh tuat troubled the atmosphere. "Glddap.': shrieked Neuhausen. "Git up, git up," roared Ralph. "Gee-tup" soothingly urged McNary. But the ele- prant heeded not. His $ars flopped a aciorous sniver ana quiver attuned to a California rutoericordia. his eyes seemed to roll in prayer. Ralph tele phoned the symptom to Dr. Wlthy- cembe, who Immediately wired George W. Perkins for a tank of fresh wind, but a noted editor with leonine hair, who while in the middle of a leonine editorial had Just penned the words "the glorious heterogeneosity of stable-bred oratory and the blessed hlggedly-plg 1 gledly of the Republican holy grail,1 ,"V hearing of the elcphantlno catastrophe ruahed to the scene and, addressing Ralph, Charley and Tom, spake: "Gentlemen, without the heroism of a woman we would not be here; it was a woman who showed us how to suck the nipple of a milk bottle and guided our paths through our infantile ad- verslties that once again return to us Fuh county and her two little Digs. Thus It came about that tha i.nnn, or a disconsolate state was saved through the squeal of two little pigs aTi that h.ranfu. ihrnnri, orations the coat-of-arms of the Re publican party of Oregon will be a beautiful goddess of eloquence stand ing between two little pigs. The great Republican party then is personified In a woman. Within her soft and lovely mould are the brains and strategy of the Republican party of Oregon. Congratulations to the Re publican bucks. . You cannot fall of victory in the future so long as your party is patterned after a woman's mind and a woman's leadership. All hall to the women, and three big cheers for the two little pigs! J. HENNESST MURPHY. Taxing the Monitions Makers. Charles F. gpeare in Qevtew of Reviews. There has been-less objection to tha tax on munition profits than to any other feature of the new revenue bill. This Is considered Just, a proper ex pedient, and it Is temporary. The lax expires a year after the European war e-d . whether this means after peace f tai,Ms as a1 arrtArl tea ttA ala.. ffW . 1V17. " .1 " ""n11 evidenced by the prociatnation of the president of the L'nlted States declaring such war to ,,ft. ended." The income estimated from tbi tax Is $71,000,000 for the year ... t,. n 1917 v. n--i- i or7n. r 'h. measnr- sr. manufacturers of gunpowder or other explosives except blasting powder and dynamite, of cartridges, projectiles, . -...n- or tornedoea. includlna- hran- I -at e rtraarma. lncimii-. -iti I arrn, cannon, machine guns, . rifles. ajjfl bayonets. in the first classification the tax Is 8 per cent of gross receipts up to 11 ooe.GOO and S rer cent of arroaa re Iccinta in excess of that figure. With 1 firurmi and associated manufaetur- era, it is 2 per cent on 1250,000 of gross receipts, S per cent to $250,000, 4 per cent to $500,000, and 5 per rent in excess of $1,000,800. There la also metallic - copper. per cent to II.- PERTINENT COMMENT MALL CHANGS Thanksgiving dinner prospects are j calculated to give additional Impetus to tae movement back to tne I arm. With eastern blwfa manifesting disposition to migrate westward, spe cial inducements should be held ont to our dear old friend the whippoorwlll. And meanwhile, nobody has said a word about what tha famlllaa of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Wilson went tnrousn, inemsei,ves get oir easy. f The haunting refrain that comes J oftenest In these days te the Oregon 1 armor or aeaier who stiii nas a spua crop unharvested or unhoused Is "And the next day It rained." Honalrler tha soldier bova: for in stance, those of Minnesota, who voted as they would if they had never been soldier boys at aa, thus proving them selves Just good average American cit izens and showing how bad a gueaser a jingo can be. South Dakota's remarkable new law. designed to give the people a chance to see presidential candidates, aJso gives presidential candidates a chance to see the people. Ana tnat s a aigni that might do the cAididates good. if. having eyes, they can see. If Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana, first lady congressman of the land, would avoid giving a chivalrous nation a pain, she will refrain from wearing, while on the floor of the house, a lcrge black hat with a bunch of eno mous plumes or mgn trajectory sue mg up xrom it. From the Boston Globe, Xoveaaber S. I What an amazing electionl Predic tions baffled. Theories smashed. A great nation standing 'stock still with fascinated eyes fixed on a row of cold figures figures big with destiny. Across a continent, from ocean to ocean, millions or minis at tension- pitch of expectancy; In front of the newspaper bulletin boards in cities; at town halls; at the village poetof- fice; at the crossroads grocery iron little fishing port on the Maine coast to watering tank railroad station 'on the great plains all il scenes . which multiply variety until the imagination can take in no more. Here in Boston, with people waiting out on hilltops under the stars for the flash of signal beams, memory leaps back 4000 years to the beacon fires which sped the news of Troy's fall to the Greeks across the Aegean sea. Klectlon-Tuesday's sun goes down on these myriad humans in front of bul letin boards. By midnight the deci sion Is awarded Hushes but not by the Globe. The crowd melts; goer home to bed. But tbe doubt asserts itself In the Wednesday morning's sua It grows. By mldforenoon behold the crowds back again at bulletin boards. All day the fortunes waver. Another sun goes down on doubt. Whence comes this doubt, this amaz ing postponement of decision? Geo graphically, it comes from west of the Mississippi. Westward the course of decision takes its way. Since 1884, the last time we had to go to bed without knowing who was elected, the Trans Mississlpplan states have more than doubled their electoral rotes. Political power has taken Horace Greeley's ad vice with a vengeance, gone west and grown up with the country. " In the seesaw decision the far west has borne the east up into the air. As late as 1S96 the belfry on city hail in New York was the pivot of presidential elections. In two decades tbe center of gravity Jias shifted out beyond Chicago. President Wilson has to walk from Passamaquoddy bay be yond the Allegtienies before he can get a state to shake hands with him. From Ohio he must cross wheat lands and the Father of Waters before he comes to another electoral welcome. Tet the candidate who has to rest his decision with the south and the far west runs neck and neck with the can didate who carries the great populous 000,000 of receipts from sale, 2 per cent to $10,000,000, and S per cent in excess of that amount. The bill pro vides that should the net profit from the sale or disposition of the articles Included in this section of the act be less than 10 per cent, no tax will te levied. For the year ended June 80, 1918, the exports of explosives from this country were valued at $467,081.0011. Deliveries of firearms, which had been very unsatisfactory until a month or so ago, were small and of a value of only $18,065,000. Over 700,000,0(10 pounds of copper had been shipped, representing a money vaiue 01 iia,- 491,000. To have reanzea its Dest results, the munitions profit taJt should have been imposed a year ear lier. A similar tax Is now in opera tion In Canada. Denmark. Sweden. France. Germany, Great Britain and Italy. The Judge's Secret. From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Ever hear of BoonvUle. Mo.? Prob ably not. You will not find It listed among the "cities of 6000 or more," because' there are not that many peo ple living there. And yet one of the leading lawyers of the south, and a former member of the state supreme court of Missouri was born, lived all his life and died in the same house in Boonvllle. He was Judge William Muir Wil liams and he found Boonvllle large enough for his one "ambition to be a good lawyer. Fame came ' to him and lawyers from all parts of Mis souri and even from otner states climbed the wooden stairs leading to his office door, seeking his advice on important cases. He came to be pre-eminently a lawyers' lawyer. Time after time political honors were offered him, but ,he declined. Finally be accepted a place on the supreme bench of his state, but later resigned and refused to accept the renomlna tion tendered him. He desired only to be a good lawyer, and he came to be recognized as such throughout several states. For all this he found Boonvllle big enough. He would have found an even smaller town big enough, for his ambition had to do with himself. He knew the great secret that genu ine success does not depend so much upon circumstances or opportunity as it does upon the man himself. Many great men have come from small towns. Every hamlet in the land is a potential Nazareth. But It is only the rare man who realizes the great truth which was Judge Williams' se cret. A young man does not need to go to the big city to achieve the highest success. Indeed, if he be lieves that his success depends prin cipally upon something outside him self he becomes like the foolish Child who sets out to find the prize at the end of the rainbow. Suecess eludes him, though he seek her over the en tire world. But she makes a track to the door of the man who makes the most of himself, though he hide away In the depths of a wilderness. . Brutal. t rrom the Peoria Trsoaerlpt. - A Chicago man complains be can not -support, his wife o $20 e. week when she buys perfume at $S a bottle and stockings at If a pair. -The brats! THIS PRODIGIOUS ELECTION AND NEWS IN-BRIEF ailllam .county, the Condon Ttmes Ulss T W"a "T 1 - M - a ".VPfij-.ii 'i,",,V.Ti Vr h Bjasea J.o"uw. as much more ltu Seaside's volunteer lir Prtmnt -o-rOv. In nurrhuaisauto hose i has truck and to raise tbe ul,Sy ij giving a. series of pubilp entertain- ments. . !' With the advent of spring, more f-i . --'j-r irtwIi;7.' JoaeDh than ever before la the town s f. . - . . J , history, the Herald says. . . . a .V. Analysing a pomon at u SesUtsiy:- -?Th1elnH y.e'uu fhi. yr. Mr. UfSr bmself. Mr. is for uugnes ana siu is or Editor NutUng of the Albany Demo erat testifies: The most difficult time in tne ear to gei out a paver i uurmj the vrecelpt ef election returns, when there is a tremendous strain on the nerves. The city cwneU ofntlnirtori, the abla property within the city limits. large -portion of which wiU be used' to improve me ir"VT'a "Did you ever in your ltf inquires the Baker Democrat, "see so much grain coming Irtto Baker as at the present time? Not a day passes but what four and six horse teams pulllnK as high as three wagons arrive In town with grain for the local warehouses and for direct shipment states of New England, the east and most of the middle west. Picture the consternation of the Crand Panjandrums of Tammany . and Wall street I On the evening of th first day, secure in the knowledge that New York and Illinois had gone for Hughes, they flashed their result: "Hughes elected": then waited for Dead man's Gulch and Bonanza Ranch to climb into the New York band wa gon. By another sunset that band wagon has crossed the continent; the decision has leaped from Hell Gate to Golden Gate. a Sudden Interest tn strange transcon tinental voters. Whose brown hands are these depositing ballots In New Mexico? Dusky Mexican-Americana helping settle the destinies of the na tion. . Sudden desire to know what are the large cities of North Dakota, There aren't any. We find ourselves sub missively awaiting the judgment of the Yon Yonsons and Ole Olsens of the great northwest. It theU innings. Thus the physical geography of the election. Even more amazing is its mental geography. It Is not the out come of a battle of physical conflict which is awaited by these huge throngs at the bulletin boards. They are abiding the issue of a mental conflict the mind of a nation at con flict with Itself. Passion and excite ment are tinged with scientific In terest. Not blows, but figures, will decide. It is the knowledge that thone I figures will be true which prevents , the passion coming to, blows. A na- j iiun naa cloacu ii urau, ui iin iirnu- ship, on figures and by those figures it Will abide. . So the sun goes down, and come. i up. and goeg down again, until watchers begin to feel a sense as of something tremendous happening something which they do not yet understand, but fe"l to be fraught with infinite pos- ! sibllities of good or 111. Old dykes are I down; democracy is at flood tide. Old v... n-v . ... . i. i . mar'ofTVublio'opinon- Vf owing' white hot iSto new Forms. New forces ara irnnt new fallha Hjtilllnn. r.f minas are vmrating witn the same ideas, xne air nums witn events un born. The Old World fights. The New World votes. We stand at one of civilisation s crossroads. In the dead of night there is a sound as of the trampling of many feet. Democracy is marching on. Where the Fight Was Won By Ottamer Hamete. (With Apologies to Arthur Chiptnta.) Out where the handclasp's a little stronger. Out where the smile dwells a little longer That's where the fight was won. Out where they do not believe in knocking. But where It Is not considered shocking To set the old boat of Wall street rock ing That's where the fight was won. Where they bare the sham in the blat ant lingo Of cash-box statesmen and dollar Jingo That's where the fight was won. Where they gauge at par the Colonel's bellows, Where the mind turns straight, the quick heart mellows To one who leads in strife for his fel lows That's where the fight was won. Where they piaoe the man above the dollar And spurn the touch of a boss' collar That's where the fight was won. Where forward thoughts don't set them blinking. Where the laws with human rights are I linking. Where they don't ask others to do their thinking That's where the fight was won, Out where the mothers of man are voters. Where they don't rely on thugs and floatirs That's where the fight was won. Where they flout appeals of bare ne gation. Where they toady not to wealth nor station. But all demand the good of the nation That's where the fight was won. President Eliot and the Colonel. From tba New York Bvenlns Pott Nov. 4. President Eliot never did show a proper spirit in accepting correction from bis moat distinguished pupil, and we are afraid that he is now too old to learn. The colonel had taken pains to point out that Dr. Eliot's Atlantic article In favor of WUson was about the basest thing that could be written, but. undeterred by this adrftmnltien, the ex-president ef Har vard; tn an address in Faneull ball yesterday, had the effrontery te de clare that President Wilson's conduct since the sinking of tbe Marina proved him to be "a courageous, high minded, resolute man." And Dr. Eliot went on to contrast the president's prudent restraint with "the bluster lng swagger In which some of his most conspicuous opponents Indulge." In view of ' the wigging which he will surely get from the most- con - spicuous of those blustering opponents It looks as If President Eliot would need eourage and resolution ef his own. However, he has displayed them on occasion, even In the face of the furlbund colonel. Wbea the latter was president of the United States, and implored Dr. . Eliot to replace 00 the Harvard crew a man who had been put off it for cheating end lying, be got a rebuke from feis old Instruc tor which was so stinging and ; un answerable that he took - It lying down. . But tandardg of honor and of courage have a queer way of differ lag. Raj Tag and BoVtail Stories From Everywhere JT,Jlh.!?'0," "sdere of The Jaernal to aootribate orlnnal ..ttta . T, in ers, or la vbUomublrsJ .aWnatlt.a. atrial... : VT" S?". "?', "rit ui fee paid " la attor a atipratasl.l She'd Have in itr4 Gn.. r" "aTO 10 lnve Some, TJlsS had the misfortune to set la way of an automobile driven by cnm.n tj. .. " " . w,. immrfl,., " I . police station, where his aasutlant was . t-.v,,, - mtt uv i-u in 1 11 m I , . " "J Deing- neia. And as soon aa Jon.i ni thcro' ChlcaN.wT S. woman started in to Impress him with the fact that the blame for tha acci dent was all his. iou know, Mr. Jones," she said. ,uu iiiuhi imvo ueeu .aiKing very carelessly. I am a very careful driver i hava Den a car tor years." -you've got nothing on me, ma'am." r 1 years:" Now If This Had Been Charlie! A vagrant gust of wind frustrated a daring attempt of E. O. Stackpole, serving a life term for murder com mitted in Lob Ancoles in 190, to es cape from San Quontln, says The San Francisco Chronicle. HtackDole. svha has been employed as caretaker aiound the off leers' headuuarters. ae- cured a key to the quarters of Captain of the Guard Charles Gulliver. Watch ing his opportunity, Stackpole slipped unobserved into the officer's room, donned his uniform and proceeded to 'make up" as Captain Gulliver. He manufactured a t.iuatacho out of mat tress shoddy and appropriating one of tbe officer's cigars, tilted It at tha proper angle and walked without dif ficulty past the guards to the gate of the outer wall. Just as the gate swung open and freedom was within easy reach, a gust of wind swept the mus tache from the prisoner's face. Guard Thomas Pachcco hv the mustache drop and captured Htackpole, who sur rendered without resistance. A Delicate Instrument, Two men were In the dining car or dering breakfast, says the New York Times. The first one said to the welter: "George, you may brlnr me two fried eggs, some broiled Virginia hum, , a pot of coffee, and some rolls." "Yussa." The other snld: "You may bring me the tame," "Yassa." The aecond man then called after tha waiter and remarked: "Just eliminate the egca." "Yeasa." In a moment the waiter came back. "Scue me, 1oes, but Jest what did you all say erbont dem ales?" "I said Just ellmln.ito the ci." "Yassa." And he hurried aguln to the tiny kitchen. In another moment he enme back or.ee more, loaned confidentially and penHently over the t:Me, and said: ''We had a bad ucvldi-nl Jeat afo' we , lejve de depot dia myrnln'. bona an' de linilnator done cot bested off. right at de handle. Will you taUe 'em fried ! SJmc Uia h re,nn.rn?" , What's tlio Vko of Wishing? i i ney w ere amin on inwi in n resi- nnrant according to 'the Wisconsin State Journal. "Von ee" he explainer! nn he showed i cr uic wifliiuunp, juu rit'ia nnr, we must both m.ko ,i wish end "-,: h ' If"? ? 'isi. -- - or her wish granted.' "But I don't know what to wish for," Ehe protested! "Oh. you can think of somtthlng," he said. "No, I can't." she replied; "I can't think of anything I want very much." "Well. I'll wish for you," ha ex claimed. "Will you, really?" she suited. "Yes." "Well. then, there's no ue fooling with the old wishbone." she, Inter rupted, witli a clad smile; "you can have me." Mixed Drinks. "Yes," he nald, "we must cut iown and economiio. I've brought home a sample bottle of very cheap claret, which I think I shall have to drink in tbe future." "Good!" she responded. "And 1 have made a pint of furniture polish from an old recipe, ever so cheaply. It was a few days afterward that -the breese arose. "How was I to know." he stormed, "that you'd put your furniture polleh Into a wine bottle T Great wonder I'm not poisoned!" "And how was I to know I was polishing the table with your old claret V she fired back. "Anyhow, It answered very well, and when you drank the furniture polish you seld It was a very good mine for tba price!" II ee Haw! One of the most famous cases re ported in the Missouri law reports is that of Lyman vs. Dale, known as tbe "Celebrated Mule Case." It seems that Dale's hired hand, Parker, after a day's work supplying weter to a clover huller, was passing through the city of Springfield riding one mule and loading another. He met Lyman Just opposite a pile of brjeks In tbe street, capped by a red lantern. The mule being led became frightened ' at the bricks and lantern and Jump ing aslda broke a wheel out ef . Ly man's buggy. This laid the foundation of the ease, Lyman sued Dale for a damage of f S, charging him with "negligence in handling a wild and onruly mule." The case was first tried In a Justlcs of tbe pssce court at Springfield, Mo and was appealed to tho circuit court. From there It was taken to the court ef appeals, which court, failing to agree, sent it to the supreme court of tbe state. Thla cout held that Lyman could not recover damages unless he proved that the mule was ."wild and unruly." Judge Henry Lamm said that, while the amount Involved In tbe caae was small, the value ef the case was- great for the sake of the doctrine and also because It Involved tho "honor of the Missouri mule.?-'-. ' A Kansas City Antique. An old fence, the rails or which. were hewn 80 or 76 years ago, still Is standing In Kansas City, says Capper's ! Weekly. The relic-is on the five-acre 1 "town farm" of William. Tanner, ownet , ol the Tenner hotel.. It was there when the land was bought for $10 an acre. The rails are of oak, walnut and hickory. The fence Is about 400 feet long end stands in the rear ol the eld-fashioned farmhouse and neas a modern garage. :-;-,,, Uncle Jeff Snow Says :. Mandy Smith Is dead sure she Voted for the right man ever time, even If she Is In a minority here and -there, according to the 'lection returns.' Borne of us feel that way, ; too. A hen that can lay eggs In eold weather has-nsvei been perfected to the point of knockin the egg trust out jeC v. 4 ;