THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND.-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1916.
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-WOODUUW WILBUN.
Millions for defetue. bat not a font for
tribute. CHARLES C. I'INCKNEY.
A peace la of tba Datura of a conqtwat;
tor then both partlee aobly ar aubdued.
eodealUier parly ioaer. Bbakeapeare.
T1IE PEACE PROPOSALS
Iris
r IS yet to be discovered whether
the German proposal for peace
seriously made.
That will be disclosed by the
character of the German terms and
German attitude In case the allies
consent to engage In negotiations.
In the terma offered, Germany can
make peace at this time impossible.
.The proposals may be made for
their effect upon the world, and
particularly upon German popula
tlon. There is political strength
for; the Hbhenzollern dynasty In
convincing the people at home that
the responsibility for continuation
of the war Is on the allies and that
accordingly it is a war of defense,
There could easily be such a mo
tive behfner the proposals. If so,
the terms to be submitted will be
of such character that the entente
governments will not accept
; But Germany probably wants
peace. If there was a Hohenzol
iern ambition to dominate the con
tinent, it was snuffed out at the
battle of the Marne. That historic
turn' in the tide of the conflict
wrecked the entire program of the
kaiser and confined the war to
Us present status of an approxi
mate draw. The western lines can
not be broken. They are an im
passable barrier against which guns
and men In their present propor
tions are impotent.
-'After the Marae, and particu
larly after Verdun, Germany can
scarcely have hope for a trium
phant emergence for the Hohenzol
lerns from the conflict. The strug
gle'; thereafter must have been a
dogged and stubborn purpose to
defend the fronts and bold on to
the bitter end.
.To reach terms of peace now
Wlli.be difficult. On neither side
are' the military or economic re
sources near exhaustion. No gov
ernment will accept peace on the
terms proposed by its enemy. No
people on either side has the
slightest Idea that its cause is lost.
Every government and every dip
lomat knows that it must in agree
ing to peace be able to justify Itself
With its . people as to the terms.
Odt of the great sacrifices made by
very people concerned to make
this Justification will be a gigan
tic task.
To what extent the entente pow
ers: still-have hopes of carrying out
their purpose to crush the German
military power, there is no way of
knowing. Military events on the
eastern front recently have not con
tributed to their satisfaction or
strengthened their confidence. Both
in: Great Britain and in France
there are new cabinet moves for
conducting the war. To what ex
tent these upheavals have been
the result of domestic crisis, there
is no way to tell.
Outwardly, the British demands,
the : French demands, the Italian
demands and the Russian demands
have been for a prosecution of the
conflict to the bitter end.
;If the .proposals come to negotia
tion, everybody will want peace on
his own terms. That was the
trouble before the war, - It is a
conflict v begun before ( diplomacy
was exhausted. Jt. waa to far as
the peoples concerned Teally know,
war about nothing. Dynasties:
chancelleries and cabinets, in the
sacrifices of blood : and treasure
they will have to account for, will
face the tremendous alternative of
showing terms of peace that will be
at least; partial recompense, m
these final -reckonings, there is poa-J
Biblllty.; for . thrones - to .topple -and
dynasties H to' crumble, i j Ruling
honsei In Europe, never faced a
mora i formidable . problem or. one
fraught with, more threatening pos-
alblUties..'Tv -V. -
; To this "extent. th conflict lias
c eased to be government's war
or a - diplomat' war." In the days
cf its close, . there must be by
those who mad It, aa accounting
.0 the . people who hare fought- It.
The United State engineer gay
that Hood River would be In far
better position in forwarding Its
movement for suitable docks if the
plan were placed under the author-
ty of a locally organized port com
mission. It is. the obvious method
and is employed by every city that
undertakes port ; projects. Port-
and'C'Port of Portland commis
sion la an example and Astoria's is
another, and there are others.
A GREAT IkfEDICAIi SCHOOL
P
ORTLAND may, just as well as
not, have one of the famous
medical schools of the world.
Moderate liberality on the
part of our citizens whq are able
to give would accomplish the idea.
This city Is destined to become a
great' center of population. It is
already a conspicuous educational
center. Our admirable system of
public schools headed by Reed col
lege, ranks among the best in that'
field.
Our medical school also enjoys
an enviable reputation. Competent
authorities say it is one of the
most promising in the country. Its
work is up to date and thorough.
But it labors under some disad
vantages.
Its site is not the best in the
world. The proposed building spot
on Terwilllger boulevard would suit
Its needs far better. At that place
there would also be room for a
creditable county hospital. Mult
nomah county has nothing to be
proud of in its present hospital.
building. The management no
doubt accomplishes wonders con
sidering what they have to work
with, but poor patients should be
better accommodated.
It would be a marked advantage
to the medical school to be situated
near the county hospital since this
would give the students plentiful
clinical experience. Everything, in
fact, points to the desirability of a
new location for both the medical
school and the hospital. Following
the change both institutions would
start upon a period of immensely
Increased usefulness.
But this project means money.
No great school can be built up
without liberal expenditures. We
understand that some funds are
available from an appropriation
made by the last legislature. But
more would be needed, much more.
And for this indispensable sum we
must look to the generosity of
Portland's men of property.
Some of these men are already
noted' for their gifts to public In
stitutions. Some havo never given
anything. It la time for the latter
to begin. The- habit of giving is
like any other virtuous habit, hard
to forn?" at first, but delightful,
once It is established. We urge
our wealthy citizens to learn some
thing of the Joys of liberality by
endowing the medical school with
an ample fund.
The peace proposals afforded the
Chicago wheat pit an excellent pre
text on which to do big gambling.
It is on rumbrs, reports, canards
and surmises that the prices of a
great American staple are largely
fixed. That a purpose is expressed
In congress to investigate the pro
cesses of the pit is not surprising,
THE PROGRESSIVE TIDE
P
OLITICAL sages interpret the
last election aa a "great up
rising of democracy." To their
minds it is a good deal like
the popular leap to power which
carried Andrew Jackson into the
presidency and kept him there in
spite of the bitter hatred of the
money kings of his day. They prog
nostlcate that we are going to have
more democracy instead of less be-
ffjte the tide turns. A widespread
return to the fundamental princi
ples of Americanism is looked for,
Wise politicians are beginning to
trim their sails for the expected
cyclone of progressivism. We do
not hear of any of the new arrivals
in congress lining up with the old
guard. Far from it. They are all
making the most of such remnants
or full bolts of democracy as they
can find In their records and an
nounclng their loyalty to the pop
ular cause.
No doubt Mr. Common People
will have an Innings for the next
four years. The politicians are
also studying with some apprehen
sion .a number of ominous phenom
ena which peeped forth In the elec
tion, ominous to them, we mean.
but not to anybody else. It has
long been foretold by prophets that
the growth of real popular - rule
would overthrow omr-v two-party
system of politics and plunge us
into the European method-which
admits a dozen or more small
groups.
Those who make a graven image
c-f two big national parties and fall
down to worship it -arerterrifled at
the outlook, for -real popular rule
is certainly coming. But there are
a great many intelligent students
of politics Who think half, a dozen
or even a. score of small' groups.
facn standing, ior a definite idea,
would be better for us. ;
At" any rate the party fetish Is
losing its charm. The Journal has
been urging readers to fix their
minds on North Dakota for a long
time. No state offers & more in
teresting political situation; , The
people bave broken completely wltli
their; party cods and . set out on a
progTamTfor-their own welfare. ' Or
egon has long given us an example
of contempt for mere party, and
now we see' the same thing in Cal
ifornia, Wisconsin and many other
states."''
It may not be a great while be
fore citizens -habitually vote their
ideas instead of their party.
What blessing it would be to
millions to live in a world once
more in peace! All over earth
there is fervent hope that the Ger
man proposals may nave for their
sequel a restoration of tranquility
to mankind.
WHEN" PEACE COMES
W
ITU the signing of a treaty
of peace, an exodusof
aliens from the United
States will begin.
A million two hundred thousand
steerage tickets have already been
sold, according to the estimate of
steamship companies. Four months
ago, the figures were placed at
1,000,000. During the interim, the
activity at the steamship offices has
continued, and 200,000 passages
have been added to the estimated
total.
Thousands of Hungarians, Slavs,
Poles, Austrians, Lithuanians, Bo
hemians, Germans and others
among the laboring classes of the
United States have paid small de
posits on their passage and have
money in the bank so they can
start for Europe the day peace is
declared and travel made safe.
Frederick Howe, commissioner
of immigration, predicts that the
United States will become an "emi
grant" nation after the war. He la
closely in touch with the situation,
and he concludes that, instead of a
stream of aliens coming into this
country from Europe, there will be
an exodus of aliens from America
to Europe.
He says there is a large class of
alien farm workers who came here
to acquire land but found big hold
ings in the hands of speculators
and so controlled otherwise as to
be out of their reach. They will
take their savings back to their old
homes to buy farms there.
Agents of foreign governments
are said to be fostering movements
for return of aliens to Europe. It
is believed that, to atone for the
losses of young men killed and in
capacitated by war, many of the
belligerent nations will pass enact
ments to curtail emigration.
A variety of other reasons wilHwjth any idea of easy money this
take many aliens back to the land
of their birth. A patriotic desire
to be of service in restoring a de
vastated fatherland will be a com
manding influence. A desire to go
to the aid of parents whose other
sons have been killed or incapaci
tated will appeal to many. Curi
osity, affection, patriotism and a
variety of other motives are incen
tives that will hurry aliens by
thousands back to the land of
broken homes and burled millions.
In the colossal task of rebuild
ing a continent, they will all be
needed.
We are told in the news columns
that a bill in the next legislature
will propose to take the care of
the state house and the publica
tion of the Blue Book out of the
hands Of Secretary Olcott. Is It
because Secretary Olcott's manage
ment of these thinga has been ef
ficient? THE FOOD EMBARGO
s
IGXS are fairly plentiful that
the farmers would not rejoice
In the proposed embargo on
wheat. It would naturally be
used by the gamblers to cut down
prices in the primary markets. That
is, It would cut down prices paid
to the farmers. But It is doubtful
whether it would reduce the cost
of living a single penny.
Wheat and Its products are not
furnished to consumers by the
farmers. That exchange Is made
by the middlemen who have a full
monopoly of it and fix prices to
suit themselves. Until this monop
oly Is broken it is difficult to see
how an embargo could affect the
cost of bread, middlings or any
other wheat product. The middle
men would still hold the consumer
in their clutches. '
It is a significant feature of the
embargo agitation that some of its
principal promoters are the same
people who wished last year to
stop the export of war supplies.
To charge that appropriations
for rivers and harbors are "pork"
Is an excellent service,; to the rail
roads. It helps kill river and har
bor improvements.
TWO BIG SINNERS
N ITEM in the , day's news
rather : appears to dispose of
.the rumors that Mr. Daniels
and ' Mr. i McAdoo are going-
to resign from their secretaryships.
Mr. "Daniels Is making plans for a
year ahead. Mr.-McAdoo says in
plain : terms that he proposes to
stay where he Is. No doubt the
president will .enjoy the benefits of
their cooperation throughout his
new.'termy . " y '
Mr. Daniels has been abused
mores, virulently than : any other
man in? public life except perhapa
Mr. Bryan, and with less cause.
His reforms in the navy have nil
been for the public" good and ; the
strengthening of the service. yBut
they Jmplnged" somewhat painfully
nponttbe privileged,, official- class.
So. Mr,, Daniels .became loo vile for
decent -comment. ' t . - . -
Mr. McAdoo has offended the
financial pirates beyond pardon. by
compelling them to obey the laws
of the country. Under former ad
ministration they had been en
couraged to believe that men with
miny million were above the law.
Hence it sat painfully upon them
to bend their haughty necka and
submit like common cltiaena. Per-
naps secretary McAdoo is natea
by the Wall street freebooters even
worse than Secretary Daniel is by
the naval exquisites. But the plain
people have great reason to be
grateful to both of them.
It is a satisfaction to learn that
President Wilson will not yield to
gilded clamor but means to keep
both these capable and valiant sec
retaries in his cabinet. Their work
is .not yet done. There are plenty
more retreat, like the Biggs Na
tional bank which need cleaning
out, and plenty more naval sybar
ites and Incompetents for Mr. Dan
tela.to spur into useful activity.
Letters From the People
(Ommanteatlnna acnt to Tat Journal for
publication In thl department thonld ba writ
ten on only one aide of tbe paper, fboold not
exceed 800 words In length, and moat ba ac
companied by the name and addreaa of tba
Bender. If tba writer doea not ditotra t hava
the name published he shonld ao snata.
"Dlscnsston Is the srestent of all reformers.
It raHonallaea eTerytLlBs; It touches. It rob
orlorinlea of all false H-oetltT and Ibrowa tharo
beck on their reasonabl-oasa. If they hare no
Ttaronsbleneea. It ruthlessly crushes them out
of existence and sets up Ha own conclusions la
their stead." Wuodrow wusoa.
Cost of Egg Production,
Portland. DaC . To the, Editor of
The, Journal Wnlle eo much Is being
Bald about eggs, I must add my line.
W were Jn the poultry business five
years and I know what I am talking
about. To say that "there Is a fortune
In the chicken business" is very true.
Many fortunes have gone into the busi
ness, but fewthere are coming- out of
It. Those who knowingly a ell a lot
of those useless "supplies," and the
parasites who spend their time writing
about "How to Succeed" are the ones
getting money out of the chicken busi
ness. Hens do not naturally lay In the
winter. They must be sclenUftcaUly
cared for to do so. Rarely a hen
lays an egg two days out of three. If
she does, you see her picture In the
paper. It takes study and real work
to produce winter eggs. A man would
have to cars for at least 300 hens to
make a living wags. Anyone who
thinks a real fresh egg Is not worth
6 cents this time of the year should
have to care for those hens one week.
To pay less than 50 cents per dossn
Is to Impose upon and accept charity
from the one who cares for the
chickens. I mean that the producer
should receive the money, too, not the
middleman.
When we are able to do so we are
miner into tha business strain not
time, but In order to have steady em
ployment and an honest living.
Eggs put In water glass In the
months of spring will keep perfectly
through the next winter. I never had
a stale one. I never bought a dozen
storage eggs that I did not have to
throw away at least one of them.
Most of them are unfit for food and
I shall always boycott them
If more housewives would only try
to buy of the producers they would
be helping very much. A little ad
vertisement will bring a nearby farm
er to your door, or some worthy pro
ducer would appreciate your order by
parcel post.
But It Is the charge and deliver
habit that keeps up all these surplus
grocers and commission houses. The
jmbllo market Is better than stale
supplies, even though it does seem
to be governed by some unreasonable
rules. There is plenty of most every
thing to eat. That which goes to
waste because the commission men
would rather keep up prices than
over stock, would feed this city a
good while. So let all try to be rea
sonable. Fresh eggs were the most
unreasonable to boycott. Boyootters
should always boycott the stale eggs
and try to help those country people
who earn a living they seldom get.
Why not boycott the clothiers? They
are far more unreasonable than the
feeders. Then, too, there is more food
value m a nickel egg than in any
nickel's worth of meats.
A WAGE EARNING CONSUMER.
Mrs. Harriman on Labor's Rights.
Portland, Dec. 10. To the Editor
of The Journal In the matter of .the
O-W. It. & N. employes in the machine
ehop In Alblna who are on strike, it
i to me so plain that the company
In the wrong that It seems the much
lauded might of publio opinion as a
lactor In settling Industrial disputes
I tce.lv e a severe setback In that there
has been no reinstatement of th'eso
men.
The stand of the officials jof the
company, I am pleased to be able to
point out. is not the attitude of the
virtual head of. the company. Mrs.
Florence J. Harriman, who was one of
the commission on industrial relations
appointed by President Wilson, and
whose opinion on this matter is made
publio In the report signed by herself
It reads, on page il: "instead or
interfering with the commendable
work of trades unions, these recom
mendations are Intended to strengthen
unionism at its weakest point" And
the report advocates as a solution of
Industrial disputes an industrial com
mission composed of representatives
of both organised employers and or
ganised employes, who ar in reality
to be employment agents under federal
control; and to prevent the abuse of
political preversion of the union ' by
ambitious unionists seeking politic!
office. -this commission is to be taken
out of the field of politics, .as the
reDreeentatlves of organised labor are
to be paid for their services from
the funds of their unions alone,, thus
making the business agents of the
unions the officials of the Industrial
commission backed by the' authority
of the federal government, a commis
sion to exist in each .state or large.
Industrial center, with national need.
Quarters.
Another quotation from page 1S3 Is
singularly appropriate: "It Is not a
solution. of the contest to claim that
these outbreaks are caused solely by
agitators and have no foundation In
conditions that need remedying, such
a solution, carried to its limit, means
the suppression of free speech, fr;j
press, and free assembly, whkh can
bo accomplished only by military
power. - There are unbridled agitators
on both aides, and it la only when-' the
two 'sides are brought together that
mere unfounded agitation can be ex-
pected to give way to deliberations on
remedies for recognized evils." -
And Mrs. Harriman recognises that
labor Is discriminated against In the
political game, on page 201 "One of
the principal reasons that laborers and
labor ergmnisers are denied their- con
stitutional rights, ' is , that taxpayers
fail to provide officials competent and
willing to protect-the rights both of.
capital' and labor. ' This would ba
changed - if. the political subdivisions
were made liable InJ damages. Laws
designed to regulate deputy sheriffs
or the police force cannot be made ef-1
fective under our system oi local gov
eminent, without liability of taxpay
ers for violation.
But the basic principle of unionism
is recognised on page 112: "We believe
that collective bargaining and Jetnt
agreements are preferable to Individ
ual bargaining, and tbe publio should
support the unions in the snort to se
cure collective agreements."
With this indorsement by the. head
of the Harriman system, local officials
should have no difficulty In falling
la line with the officials of other rail
roads who recognize the anions and
make agreements with them.
LOUIS HONBTEIN,
"The Inevitable West,"
Waldo, Or.. Dec. .-To the Editor
of The JournalThe three greatest
men in the world today are William
Jennings Bryan. Woodrow Wilson and
Champ Clark. Contrast these men
with the leading lights of Europe
their attitude toward each other and
their position for good In the welfare
of their fellowman. It is true Mr.
Bryan was defeated three times as a
Dresldentlal candidate: for similar rea
sons Christ was crucified and Caesar
was murdered. Though Mr. Bryan
waa rejected, he had the honor and
pleasure of selecting the man who has
carried out his srreat speech delivered
at the Democratic convention In Chl-
ratrn in 18SS. and which marked him
at once as one of the great men of
the United States. In that speech Mr.
Bryan warned Wall street against the
Inevitable west; and he has lived to
see accomplished all that he had In
mind at that time, and even better
than if he had been elected president
in anv one of his campaigns. Here
are his masterful words, uttered at
tbe Chicago convention:
"We say to you that you have made
the definition of a business man too
limited In Its application. The man
who Is employed for wages is as much
a business man as is his employer; the
attorney in a country town is as much
a business man as the corporation
counsel In a great metropolis; the mer
chant at the cross-roads store is as
much a business man as the merchant
of New York; the farmer who goes
forth in the morning and toils all day
who begins In the spring and tolls
all summer and who, by the appli
cation of brain and muscle to the nat
ural resources of the country creates
wealth, is as much, a business man as
the man who goes upon the board of
trade and bets upon the price of grain;
the miners who go down a thousand
feet into the earth, or climb two thou
sand feet upon the cliffs and bring
forth from their nldlng place the pre
cious metals to her poured into the
channels of trade are as much busi
ness men as the few financial mag
nates who, in a back room, corner the
money of the world. We come . to
speak for this broader class of business
men.
"Ah, my friends, we say not one
word against those who live upon the
Atlantic coast, but the hardy pioneers
who have braved all the dangers of
the wilderness, who have made the
desert to blossom as the rose the pio
neers away out there (pointing to the
west), who rear their children near
to nature s heart, where they can
mingle their voices with th voices
of the birds out there where they
have erected school houses for the ed
ucation of their young, churches where
thev praise their Creator, and ceme
teries where rest the ashes of their
dead these people, we say, are as
deserving of the consideration of our
party as any people In this country
It is for these that we speak. We
do not come as aggressors. Our war
is not a war of conquest; we are fight
ing in the defense of our homes, our
families and our posterity. We have
petitioned, and our petitions have been
scorned; we have entreated and our
entreaties have been disregarded; we
have begged, and they have mocked
when our calamity came. - We beg no
longer; we entreat no more; we pe
tition no more. We defy them."
W. J. WIMER.
On the Oregon System's Future.
Portland, Or., Dec. 12. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I was interesteJ
to read in last Sunday's Journal the
article regarding the farmers' move
ment In North Dakota. It stated that
the farmers there have organized for
the purpose of demanding state Insur
ance and rural credits, a state owned
and operated packing house and state
owned cold storage plants and ware-
bouses.
For one, I hope to see Oregon fol
low North Dakota's example. A few
years ago Oregon waa the most pro
gressive state in the union. The far
mers' grange of this state and Mr.
U'Ren did great work In those days.
They undoubtedly blazed the trail for
the direct election of United States
senators when they gave us Statement
No. 1. They gave Oregon a direct pri
mary law with a corrupt practices act,
which were used as examples by near
ly every other state In the union. They
gave this state the initiative and ref
erendum and the recall. Tnese sev
eral laws came to be known as the
Oregon system."
Many other states, including North
Dakota, have adopted "the Oregon sys
tem." Now North Dakota forges
ahead and demands substantive laws.
With the Oregon system of procedure
at her command. North. Dakota will be
able to procure the enactments her
people desire, if not through her leg
islature, then through Initiative meas
ures at the ballot box. North Dakota
Is undoubtedly one of the most pro
gressive states In the nation. At the
first presidential preference primary
held in the country, which occurred in
North Dakota, March 11. 1912. the Re
publican delegates from that state
were instructed for Robert M. La Toi
lette. Taftand Roosevelt were both on
th ballot, and the country expected
one or the Other to win, but North Da
kota showed her genuine progressiv
ism by turning them both down for La
Follette.
I believe that Oregon will swiryg
back into-the progressive column and
again set a few examples for other
states -to go by. We of this state
have been ridiculed and a named as
the political experiment station of the
country, and as being so visionary
that "capital' would be frightened
away, etc-As a result, there was a
reaction of conservatism after Oregon
got her progressive laws of procedure,
and she has never received a single
progressive- substantive law. We have
the tools with which to make progres
sive laws, but we have never used
those tools for' that purpose. We are
in the position of a man who might
spend years constructing a grist mill
and then He down to die without ever
turning out a pound of grist." I be
lieve that tTRen will "come back
along with the farmers' grange, and
that Oregon will progress and pros
per." . A. W. LAFFERTT.
A -Wilson Critic Criticised.
Kirby, Or., Dec. J. To tbe Editor of
The Journal I saw an article Jn the
Telegram of December 4 or S, written
.by Mrs.- Addle Johnson of Wallowa, In
whicn she says she is sending Ber'lit
tle mite to help buy a lovtng-cup for
Mrs. HanlCy for the good work she
did for -Mr. Hughes, and at the same
time she . take , the opportunity to
score the Republicans who read Demo
cratic newspapers and voted for Wil
son, whom she calls a coward an!
traitor and says he trailed the Ameri
can flag In 'the dust, v, . V
Now, as fares her sending her little
mite to help buy Mrs. Hanley a loving-
PERf INENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
If wars wan aettled like election.
now would be a mighty good time to
taae a straw vote in ins trencnes.
When we get the 2 H -cent coin we
can quit talking about the 8 -cent
street car fare and go to talking about
the 2 la-cent street car tare.
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Ambassador Gerard's offer of the
mayoralty nomination in New Tork
might turn his thoughts to compari
sons that would make his present Job
look like a snap.
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Metropolitan dallies, which are al
ways pointing with pride at their own
achievements, may as well admit that
the country press has scooped them
again this year on the Santa Claua
stuff.
But If it should be peace instead of
still sterner war, Lloyd-George needn't
reel loousn. it win tatce Digger men
to make the right kind of a peace
than it ever, did to make any kind
of a war.
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When European war correspondents
report the displaying of such signs
as "Old Swords Wanted for Plow
share Making," "Bring in Your Old
Spear and Receive a Bright, New
Pruning Hook In Exchange, and tha
like, then you will begin to believe
there's something In this peace talk,
won't you? But not till then? No? .
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The Boston Qlobe scrutinizes a dis
patch from Jewett City, Conn, con
cerning a chest recently exhumed
there containing records relating to
the batle of Bunker Hill, "written and
signed by one Joseph Warren." "One"
Joseph Warren, indeed! The leading
spirit of the Revolution, until killed at
Bunker Hill! Whence, however, his
"records" must have been what the
esteemed news editor calls "advance
matter."
A RATIONAL BASIS OF PEACE
rrom the San rranctaco Chronicle. Daeember 10.
All the belligerent nations of Europe
are weary of the war. In some cases
the fact has escaped the suppression
of tbe censor and become openly re
vealed, but the strictest supervision of
the governments has not been able to
prevent a leakage of the truth In ail
the other Instances. Even Germany,
flushed with pride at her great victory
in Roumanla, is not so certain of
ultimate success as not to wish that
the conflict might be ended by other
means than those of the sword.
But this war weariness Is also ac
companied by a palsy of the imagina
tion. This greatest of all the human
upheavals in history, which, we were
told, would push out the national Into
the International horizon, be the birth
of a new literature, a new art, a new
philosophy, and even a new religion,
which was to revolutionize political
ideals, annihilate secret diplomacy,
and in every other way remold the
thoughts of men, has not yet produced
even the suspicion of any changes in
those conceptions which were the fun
damental causes of the war.
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In nothing else Is the poverty of
the European Imagination so strik
ingly exemplified as In its utter Ina
bility to get outside the age-old ruts
when thinking about the terms of
peace. The war lords In this matter
are no further advanced than were the
first of warriors contemplating tha
probable defeat of their enemies.
They are still thinking ii terms of
barbarlo reprisals and primitive in
demnity. To them peace Is merely a
question of how much territory they
ought to demand, or how much they
are prepared to give away. And be
yond that peace, which to them Is but
the laying down of the sword, they
see, and are even making ready for,
a form of commercial warfare, based.
not upon those sound economic prin
ciples which, take rivalry or competl
tion Into account, but upon a primitive
policy.
In the other words, the leaders of
Europe are not yet educated up to a
belief in peace for its own sweet sake.
All that they are prepared to consider
is the particular peace which is to
end this particular war.
No wonder they mistake the mean
ing of America's mammoth petition,
They 6ee in it nothing more than a
policy which may affect their interests
and wholly miss its grand purpose
which looks beyond the present con
flict, beyond Europe, and reaches out
for the concord of all humanity and
for all time.
Europe's war lords are not thinking
In terms of universal and permanent
peace. Their horizon la no more dis
tant than such a patching up process
as will settle the present difficulty.
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But who has any faith in such a
peace? What can it be more than
Mars merely marking time, or taking
a rest preparatory to fashioning new
cup, I have' no oDjection not in ine
least. But when she calls President"
Wilson a traitor and a coward, right
there I draw the line.
What would be the condition in this
country now, if we had been in war.
with a scarcity of food all -over the
world? The conditions would simply
be deplorable, to say the least. Every
man, woman and child in the united
States should feel thankful that we
have been kept out of war, Instead of
sneering at the man who has kept us
out of It. I believe, as much as I be
lieve I am alive, that President Wilson
has the rood of this nation at heart.
and is doing his best to better condi
tions for tbe people, both high and
low, rich and poor. I hope before an
other election Mrs. Jonnson win reaa
a few uemocratic newspapers, or m
least some Progressive Republican pa
pers, and perhaps her opinions might
change "a little mite."
JOHf B. GRIFFIN
Censures tlie Censors.
Portland. Or.. Dec. 11. To the Ed
itor of The Journal We are supposed
to be under the protecting wings of
a censorship In hls city fOr the pur
pose of first testing and confirming
the moral tone of any or all t he
article or moving picture presentations
made here. This board Is composed of
men and women supposed to be capable
of a fair Judgment in such matters. I
should, therefore, like to propound this
question to each and all of them: Why
is it that in almost every one of the
three, four and five act movies, sup
posed to be thrillers and leading pieces,
often craftily advertised as of a sala
cious character vaguely hinted at. there
runs a program of attempted criminal
assault? '
In the view of our censors. Is there
any moral deduction to be drawn for
staging this particular 'Crime? Will
it produce any exalted and ennobling
Influence in the mind of any man,
woman or child who is a witness of
this brutalltyt Is there any virtuous or
deterrent oualltv in tha suggestion
calculated to make saints of sinners?
Or. has rape seed become so indig
enous in our movie garden that it can
not be .destroyed, without bringing
ruin on the exhibitors, which placates
the censors from doing their full
duty? If yes or no, let the censors
give their reasons why this pernicious
diabolism is permitted.
I hone these questions wllJL.be Tut,
pointedly, : persistently and pertina
ciously, by word of mouth,, by letter,
and. phone, to each one of these cen
sors,' If they are not on their- Job,
tell them where to go to see these
representations, Quote "Vice Is a
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The North Powder News claims that
more travelers stop at North Powder
than at any other town of Us siie on
the line. .
Sloan P.. Shutt. formerly a news
paper publisher in Oregon, writes the
editor of the Josepji Herald that the
several members of the family except
ing his sonHoward are now at Phoe
nix. Ariz., where they, expect to remain.
"Wonderful examples of bravery are
reported from Europe, but what about
the editor at Bend, who has Just started
a dally paper with white Vaper up to
nearly 10 cents a pound T" Is what E-dl-tor
Nutting of the Albany Democrat
would like to know. , .
The city of Enterprise has gone Into
the wood business, having begun the
sale of fuel at the new city park unoer
regulations made by the council for the
double purpose of clearing the grounds
anil nurmll 1 1 n or than needing fuel to
ret It readily. Nothing but dead or
alien Umber is sold; price IV a load
at the park, the purchaser to do nls
own hauling. ,
The Prairie City 'commercial dub
has been reorganized. C 8. Rice Is
president; Jake Paulus, vice president,
Qeorge H. Flagg, secretary and M
DurkhelTner. Irtmsnrnr Tha main Ob
jective of the Commercial club this
season will be tha rand roads move
ment, and especially the promotion of
the state highway through Prairie City.
"A peculiar cofnefdence," says the
Laiceview Examiner, "has come up in
the books of Treasurer R. A. Hawkins.
Sheriff gnider ha turned over to Mr.
Hawkins the aum of $7,777.77 for
school district No. 7. This is the Lake
view school district. This amount is
to be divided four-sevenths for general
purposes and three-sevenths to pay off
me interest on the Donas.-'
weapons, and even devising new ex
cuses for warfare?
Wherever there Is the victor, there
also will be the vanquished waiting
only for the time when he may again
bring his warlike strength to the trial.
They are biektrlng about territory
as though mere change In the map
will make any great difference to the
millions who must go on tolling In
the factories or tilling the aoll, no
matter in which capital are minted tha
few small coins which they will re
ceive for their weekly wage.
They are talking in terms of In
demnity, as though uny of the bellig
erents could furnish very substantial
sums.
And all the time that thev are think
ing to get something out of tha other
fellow, they are forgetting that thay
can get Infinitely more for them
selves and by themselves out of nature
if only they would not waste her
bounty on arms and armaments, and
not limit their production by taking
many of th. best years of the lives of
the best workers from useful employ
ment in the factory or on the farm.
and giving them to the worse than
useless occupation of manufacturing
and learning to manipulate the Imple
ments of wealth destruction.
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Listen to their idle prattle, and, for
example, to Mr. Aaqulth, who is no
worse and no better than the rest:
"We shall never sheathe the sword,
which we have not lightly drawn
until the military domination of Prus
sia la wholly and finally destroyed."
And how easy It is to picture his
counterpart in Germany saying: "We
shall never sheathe the sword, whicn
we have not lightly drawn until
the naval domination of England is
wholly and finally destroyed."
Poor purblind bats, who cannot sea
that permanent peace is an impossi
bility if either military or naval dom
ination remain.
Blind because they cannot see that
by disarmament, naval and military,
the belligerent could make a saving
greater than the gain of the greatest
indemnity, and because enduring for
all time. The biggest Indemnity that
was ever paid is a trifle compared
with the sum to be represented by
tha yearly charges for tha mainte
nance of navies and armies oonsldered
as interest payment. And above such
direct saving of money and material
Is the positive gain which would come
from the greater production due to
more workers and fewer soldiers.
If Europe could think In terms of
economics, of trade, commerce, finance
and production, to say nothing of
thinking in terms of humanity, she
would be less concerned with tha de-
tails or territorial changes tnan with
the means of mutual agreement among
the belligerents upon the subject of
disarmament.
It is the only basts for an enduring
peaee all else will prove only a
menacing makeshift.
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monster of so foiil a mien' to them,
and let us wake them up.
In the meantime. rtv ua tha names
of this board of censorship.
CHARLES P. CHURCH.
r. Burgess to Mr, Brown.
Portland, Or., Dec. 11. To the Kdl
tor of The Journal. M. E. Brown of
Baker takes exception to my state-
liiouiB vu oooze question. Amnnic
other thlnge he says: "Any law that
Interferes with the personal liberty of
the individual is a menace." I would
impress very strongly upon Mr.
Brown's mind that personal liberty is
limited by the righte and desires of
others. It isn't personal liberty to
plant a saloon In town and then. plant
boys In the cemetery. It Isn't personal
liberty for a man to bit the free
lunch counter while his wife hits the
bread line. I would ask Mr. Itrown If
the little lives that come Into the
world have any vested right? Are
they not entitled to ba born sober,
with sound mind and body, rather than
defective because of the alcoholism of
their parents? Aa to my teetotaler's
brain. I wish to inform Mr. Brown
that I have handled booxe in all man -
ners, shapes and forms all over V.da
world for over 30 years, and I have
seen the victims of personal liberty.
Laws are made to protect against
those who t'ilr.k that personal liberty
give them authority to interfere with
the rights of others. H. L. BURGESS.
Burglary Made Easy.
Portland, Dec. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal It Is not surprising that
so many burglaries are committed In
Portland, when one stops to think of
how easy householders make It for the
gentlemen of "predatory Instincts" to
ply their trade of thievery. For some
time past I have had exceptional op.
portunltles of observing how careless
householders are in the matter of pro
tecting themselves against the burglar.
In many eases J foand rear doors un
locked, and in some instances, actually
open, during the absence of the peo
ple of the house. In other cases win
dows were raised with nothing to pre
vent entry except possibly a fly screen.
If householders would be more care
ful In locking their homes before leav
ing them, I am sure the number of
burglaries would be greatly dimin
ished, as it is the opportunity that oft
makes the thief; PRECAUTION.
Moat Mkelr Hot ; V 1
- - rrom the iMlavtlle Cmrler-JoorBaI, V
It is announced that the prlee ef
shoe leather will not ' be Increased.
Sounds too .good to be true, and very
-probably It isn't true. ' ,
Rag Tag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
Te tela eoluiaa all readers af Tae Jnnii
are isaited ta ceatrUwte erlclnal matter -la
aiory, la tana or is tiMloaoe'blcal ebaervailoa
r aiming qiMMattvna, iron aar aoarea,
Otatrlbatlona ef aiaapttoaal aorit will be ptij
tar, at tha editor's aioraieal.)
BanU Class Little Girl.
VIRGINIA SCHODE. 'It, years old.
flew down the hall at polios
headquarters,' her golden hair tossed
in a yellow sheen about her dancing
eyes. She came to a sudden and ad
miring halt at the door, says the De
troit News, and fixed her eyes on the
tall figure of Ferdinand Kaiser, in
formation officer.
"Hello," said Virginia.
"Hello," stammered the big officer,
surprised. "Who are your
"I'm Virginia. said the young lady,
slipping pink fingers Into the big
hand of the policeman. "My mamma' a
down there."
"Down there. meant the Informa
tion lureau. where the mother was
seeking to locate a relative.
"Have, you seen any reindeer?",
asked Kaiser. "They should be around
before long. Christmas is coming,
you know."
Deerr questioned Virginia. -Oh,
yes. We have them at home."
"At ' home?" rasped Kaiser. "Oh
you mean pictures.'
"No; deer," insisted Virginia.
"Where Is your homer"
"Alaska," said Virginia, calmly.
The policeman stared.
"You live in Alaska? That whera
Santa Claus comes from."
"Yes." said the baby. "I saw him
this morning. I saw some huskies,
too."
"She means dogs." explained her
mother, who approached. "It Is Vir
ginias first trip to the states. She
was born near Fairbanks and hef
baby carriage was a sled with a dozen
huskies to pull It. She knows all
about reindeer but she never heard of
Santa Claus until this month. Bhe
didn't have a lot of things children
here have. She had to live on con
densed milk and she had to sleeD
when the sun was shining. It shines
all night sometimes, you know."
The Alaska baby was holding court
with half of Detroit police officials
on all fours, weighing her down with
unlimited pennies and viewing with
unconcealed Jealouny her preference
for Kaiser. And the mother told of
Virginia's wolf-dog playmates and tha
Esquimaux that gave her walrus teeth
and strange furs.
And when ahe loft, the front steps
of police headquarters looked like a
group poiiing for an official picture,
with Virginia looking back and throw
ing kisses with both hands.
1 i,-t.- i.n m. . ... ,.
;Lery Man 11,8 Uak
Jolm l'nge and ye editor or KMn-
oala last Krldiiy brought Into town two
baskets well filled with trout, tlie larg
est fish measuring 17 Inches', having
been caught in the 'Clackamas below
Kivor Mill, says the Estacada News.
This catch proves conclusively that the
successful angling of trout is not as
aclctitlflo a matter as is generally
claimed.
The Itube (ilobe Trotter.
Sometime In the seventies, when tha
only method of viewing Columbia river
scenery was from the deck of a stem
boat, a party of European tourists em
barked on tbe Wide West for a trip to
The Dalles. The steamer left her
Portland dock st 6 a. m., and soon
after several Indies appended on deck
with guide books and field glassen. Am
they neared Vancouver, Mount Hood
came into view In all its beagty. The
slpht brought forth exclamations of
delight and wonder from the ladies,
who could not Imagine whaSnountaln
it could be. A Portland lady slttiifg
near volunteered the Information that
they were looking at Mount Hood.
An Icy staro from ilio tourists waa
tbe only notice given the speaker. Tlien
a gentleman, evidently one of tha pnrty.
approached and was greeted its Count
13 . He was appealed to for Informa
tion about the mountain, but wan aa
badly puzzled es the ladles, but waa
sura Duke L would know, as ha waa
thoroughly posted.
The count left the deck, returning
In a few minutes with the duke, who
was "so plensed thru they had called
him, but would have to consult his
guide book to be sure."
While he studied the book tha
, morning sun shot Ms beams sfcroas
;tnB heavens, and the old mountain
Munliod a rosy pink as the tourists
Kiize.l in admiration. Finally the duke
spoke: "1 did not suppose It possible,
but tliln rarlfiod atmosphere enables
one to see long distances. There Is
ino other mountain like it in the world,
" vu will n-adlly see by studying its
; contour. It Is Mount Shasta."
i The Portland lady wan silent. Tha
otlx-r pasnengers were dumb. Mount
Hood was still blushing, but the de
cision of royalty was unchallenged.
D. M. C.
Freddie Had Smelt 'Em.
Tlie teacher's last question was
mennt to be a scientific poser.
"What Is that which pervades sll
space," she said, "which no wall or
door or other substance ean shut out?"
No one had an answer ready but
Freddy Sharps.
"The smelj of onions, miss," he said
promptly.
Nothing ' Can Stop It.
The district trustee was addressing
a school In Ohio.
"Children," said he, "I want to talk
to you for a few moments about one
of the most wonderful, one of tda
most Important organs In the whole
world. What is it that throbs away,
beats away, never stopping, neve
ceasing, whether you wake or sleep,
nl; at or day, week in and week out,
,T OBth ,n month out, year in and
year out, without any volition on youi
part, hidden away in the depths, aa it
were, unseen by you, throbbing, throb
blng, throbbing, rhythmically all youi
lire longr
Durirtg the pauss for oratorical ef
fect a small voice wee beard:
"I know It's the gas meter."
Disposing of the Remain".
"Ylstlddy mawnln'," said the nero,
quoted In the Saturday Evening Post,
"I goes ovuh to dem munitions wuhka
end I tells de man in da little office at
de gate in de big high wall outside dst
I'se done come to git one ob dem fo'-'
dollab-a-day jobs of Man. He say
'All right.' and den he gli out a booh
and he axes me whut in, mar name?
I tells him whUt Is man nome; and
den he say "Whar do you want de re
mains seatr And I look him in de eya
and I say: 'Boss, don't you pestub
yo'self 'bout de remains, 'ca'se I'se
arwlM'take 'em wlf me right now."
Uncle Jeff Snow Sayst
John Barleycorn seems to be git
tin a awful wallopln' for so tough s
cuss. First thing we know Unole. Bam
will heft bis boots on the eld. chap,
too."" Looks like John B. win hsve te
emigrate to MSr. tess'a , -be "Teforma
and sobers up. ' Down tt the .Corner
they won't sell -no more hair oil, tn
the hopeless look, on some of the bl4
fellers would start tears) to .the eyea
of a Sunday , school teacher. 6om.
of , the old boyar eeshuly air learnla'
to drink hot ltfnonade. ,