THE ' OREGOM DAILY " JOURNAL. PORTLAND,. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 1911
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Amartea aaaa aothlng for fcaraei' bat what
aba baa a right to ak for bnmanlrr Itaclf.
1 , WOO DHOW WILSON.
Minioaa for dafenae. ot not a rent for
trlbete. CHABLB8 0. PINCKNKY.
, Tba 'man who consecrates bta boon by
Tljorona affort and an boneat aim. at onea
ha draw tba atlng- of Ufa and death; ba
walks wltb nature; and bar patba ara
peaca. Young.
decided that bis death was dne to I and good feeling are a fit Inter-
the carelessness and negligence of
the driver of the truck. The
widow has already been beaten
out of $1850 of what the original
Jury said was a Inst verdict be
cause the supreme court Insisted
that the truck was not described
by Mrs. White's complaint as care
lessly "or" negligently driven in
stead of carelessly "and" negli
gently driven.
Six months should have been
sufficient time in which to have
settled this simple case. A day
will come when hair-splitting" rjaib-
bles will not be permitted to stand
so long in the way of justice. An
Indignant people will put an end
to such follies.
A sample of public opinion of
the "and or or" case appears In
the comment of the Detroit, Mlchl
igan, News on this page That pa
per says the "and or or" decision
cost the widow White less than it
cost the supreme court of Oregon
in the latter's loss of respect In
the public mind.
ONLY THREE OPPOSE
THE ALLIES' REPLY
NLY three members of the
I 1 Multnomah delegation oppose
II the plan of abandoning the
publication of delinquent tax
lists. They are Representatives
Kubll and Burton and Senator
Huston.
It cost $30,600 in the past four
years to publish the delinquent
tax lists in Multnomah county. It
was a sum sufficient to have given
delinquent taxpayers mailed notice
of their arrearages for more than
100 years.
Except in the rarest Instances, signed
there is never a delinquent tax
payer who is
ruptlon of the grinding routine of
endeavor. In many ways, the fes
tival is a. highly desirable feature
in Portland life.
But if it is to retrograde In In
terest and attractiveness, it Is not
worth perpetuation. Unless made
better and better, or at least un
less by diversion the interest In it
can be preserved, It Is a waste of
money to continue it.
It is well worth financing. But
the; financing should not all be
done by the same : old few who
have borne the burden year after
year. It is not a. private endeavor
but a public enterprise. The har
den of it belongs in part to big
estates and large realty owners
who have not done their part In
the past In underwriting It.
The proposal to finance the fes
tival by a tax that will fall equally
upon all is sound policy.
The dairymen of Oregon through
Senator Hawley and other mem
bers of the legislature will resist
Governor Wlthycombe's demand
for a reduction of the authority,
work -and support of the dairy and
food commissioner. There have
long been efforts by secret inter
eats to get the dairy and food reg
ulations out ot the way. Commis
sioner Mickel's fidelity to his oath
and his duties has not been agree
able to them. The dairymen are
right in resisting. ?
Americans 'for continuation ; of the
war is one. Inculcation of the
war spirit In America la another.
TLo movement Is teaching the
people to bo content "with little.
little food, little parks and scraps
of music, little gleams of Justice
In the courts, little pretences ' of
welfare legislation at the state cap
itals, little charities, little dabs of
sentimental salve for their wrongs.
The less the people demand the
more there will be for the Imper
ialists when he day" comes.
Exploitation is the word of the
hour. America would be another
Rome if the imperialists should
have -their way.
Letters From the Peopta
rComnranlnttona ml . tn Tba Journal for
publication In tbla drpartmrnt abonld ba -writ"
tan on only ona aida of tha paper, tboald sot
excead 300 words la Iraftb and mnat b ae
compaaiaa or ua name ana aaaroa "
sender. If the writer flow not dealra to bar
tLe name published ha abould ao at ate.
'DianiMlnn la th. rmtMt of all reformer!.
! ratlonaHaee-ererythlna- It tovebe. It rob
prtceinlea of all fale aanctltr and throwa them
lack on tbclr reaaoral-Uaeaa. If I bey have no
refcacnablaneaa. It rauileaKly croabea tnem out
of exlatenca and aett nt tta own eoucluilooa la
their atead." WooCrow YS llaon.
"Beware of Force."
AND ON EARTH PEACE
S
f f f ITHIN a period of 4 8 hours,
lAl 61 bishops, clergymen and
YY laymen conspicuous in re
ligious thought In America,
a public protest against
what they call the premature end-
not perfectly well i ing of the war.
aware of his arrearages. He is all They say "the clamor for the
fjpHE allies in the note printed too painfully informed on the sub- ending of the conflict without in--I
today In the United States, ject. It is on his mind day and ' curing the vindication of truth,
.- - lve a glimpse at the terms night. A two cent postage stamp justice and honor ia not to seek
on wmcn tney would mane 0n a notice through the mail is ; peace, but to sow disaster." They
peace. They describe these terms all that Is required to give him add:
in general language as follows: fUn warning. Officials of experi-
The restoration of Belgium, of Ser- ence sav this is the most effective
bla and of Montenegro and the In- method.
The delinquent list in The Jour-
demnitles which are due them; the
evacuation of the Invaded territories
of France, of Russia and of Kou
manla, with Just reparation; the reor
ganization of Europe guaranteed by a
stable, regime and founded as much
: Upon respect of natlonaltlea and full
security and liberty (of) economic de
velopment which all nations, great
; of small, possess as upon territorial
I conventions and international agree-
nal last year occupied five pages
of fine type. It was not alphabet
ical. It was the lot or block
rather than the owner's name that
was made prominent. It might
take hours of close study for a
delinquent to discover reference
Thents suitable to guarantee territorial to his property in the published
and maritime frontiers against unjus- iat. It la ab6urd for Mr. Kubll
titled attacks; the restitution of prov- , iPoHltnr to claim
inces or territories wrested jn the " " 1 . ItL i,!i
cast from the allies bv W. or that it is a better method than to
against the will of their populations; send a notice by mail
the liberation of Italians, of Slavs, of Publication of delinquent lists In
from foreia-n domination: tha nn. U" newspapers or In one paper
franchlsement of populations subject In Portland Is nothing but a monu
to the bloody tyranny of tha Turks; mental newspaper graft. In four
in expulsion irom Europe or the
Ottoman atnfilra urKI-h ho, rl I years
Itself , so radically alien to western mall notices to delinquents more
i civilisation. than a century.
' i These are stern terms. They are TrT go to Salem and talk about
ho departure from the terms laid economy while standing for such
! down in the allies' reply to the n mexcusaDie tmraen upon tax
i German peace proposals in which Payers is not consistency
; the demand was for "reparation,
) restitution and future guarantees.
They include a demand for the
restoration of Alsace-Lorraine and
the expulsion of the Turk from
; Europe. They seem to embody the
opening of the Dardanelles, which
probably reflects the Russian de
mand.
Because It Is so easy to lose
sight of these essential principles, we
the undersigned view with some con
cern the organized and deliberate ef
fort now being made so to stampede
Christian sentiment as to create a
public opinion blindly favorable to
stopping hostilities without adequate
consideration of the issues which the
war involves. We are Christians and,
as such, deem that truth and right
eousness are to be maintained Invio
late, even at the sacrifice of physjeal
life. We are citizens of the United
States and, aa such, are conscious of
the solemn responsibilities of a
Christian citizenship.
The protest Is a demand for the
war to be continued until Germany
Is beaten. It assails the "ravage
of Belgium and the enslavement of
her people'-and the "massacre of a
million Armenians," ana the "deso
lation of Serbia and Poland," and
the "destruction of life through
There is no rejection by the
allies of the peace proposals. The
way Is studiously left open for
; negotiations. But the severity of
the demands, the sweeping extent
of, the claims, constitute terms
i that are a practical bar for the
; present to any Immediate peace
i conference.
I protest against filling the
senate with men and women whom
somebody wants to reward." said
Senator Garland of Linn in the
senate at Salem. It was a good
protest to make. It was a deserved
objection to the long-time clerk
hire scandal that has been per
petuated at legislative sessions in
spite of protests.
THAW
S
UICIDE is a frightful step
But there are those who can
not be prevented from saying
that Harry Thaw did the first
The conditions would niece of useful work yesterday
! be so humiliating to the central that he ever undertook.
powers, and the central powers He has never been of any use
wm be so guided in their estimate to himself or others. His life has
of things by the present military been a grand quest for notoriety
map, tnat an actual conference for diversified by spectacular crime
I the purpose of negotiations is still And for theseoutstanding services
a dim and shadowy prospect.
The; alertness of the Portland
docks commission with reference
to the movement for bulk handling
of grain was expressed in Its reso
lution yesterday. Since the move- come from those who do work. He
ment comes from the farmers, and never had a useful Idea In his
since It seems certain of accelera- head - but he has perverted the
tion, tnere seems nothing tor Port- ideas of a whole generation of
the world has paid him a liberal
salary, far more than most honest
men and . decent citizens get for
their reward.
He never did a stroke of work
in his life but he draws a big in
Portland, Jan. 9. To tha Editor of
The Journal I am much interested in
ycur editorial entitled "Bewara of
Force," in The Sunday Journal of Jan
uary 7.
If Is plain to see that tha reason you
hava encountered distinct opposition to
mediation In the shipyard strike, from
some of the employers of Portland, Is
because these radical employers f
whom there are .enough in Portland to
make trouble for us all If they don't
keep the Golden Rule In mind when
settling labor disputes never yet have
allowed "themselves to believe that all
people are bom equal, and that the
common people, to which class I am
proud to belong, should have an even
break and not be forced to 'take what
is given them, and shut up.
Labor leaders have found that using
force in times of strikes that Is, in
the way of destruction of property and
human lives ia entirely wrong and
never to their lasting advantage. Cap
ltal, which we always think of as led
by educated men, should know this.
and shall know It, If these radical em
ployers who are for force are allowed
to go ahead and use force in the settle
ment of labor troubles their way, with
out regard to the ideas of their em
ployes, this feeling of unrest among
working people of tha united States la
sure to grow.
Our president has proved to us that
serious misunderstandings can ba set
tled by brains, and that it is not neces
sary to resort to force, no matter how
great the question may be. If the em
ployer would keep tha Golden Rule in
mind and not be so anxious to overreach
it in settling labor disputes, this feeling
of unrest among the working people
would surely be greatly lessened. One
thing la sure, and that Is that force
will never accomplish it.
Let us hope that the present ship
yard troubles will aoon be a thing of
the past, and it surely looks now as
though they will. Qreat credit Is sure
ly due The Journal, and also Mr.
Bowles of the Northwest Steel com
pany, for the present bright outlook.
W. B. BUNIT.
This balng true. It would seem that!
a great aeai of the reaponaibllltjr-rests
upon the shoulders of tha International
organizer.' This gentleman Is paid out
of tha funds of tha national organi
sation a salary of perhaps 9 or more
par aay and expenses, and bis salary
goea on regardless of .whether tha
strike Is a success or a failure: there
for. ha haa nothing to loaa In either
event. If . he wins, h4 becomes 4 big
man In the union; if he loses, shifts
tha blame to local conditions.
Now, if tha laboring man composing
tha union would elect tha heads of
their organization with tha under
standing that where a dispute arose
between employer and employ, and
tba international organiser is called to
make an Investigation with a view of
determining whether or not a strike
should be called, a thorough investi
gation ba made of all conditiona and
that every effort ba made to concil
iate before the strike is called, and
that no strike should ba called unleasH
there is junple Justification, which
must be borne out not only by the
opinion of the organizer but by the
facta in the case aa may be decided
lupon after tha strike Is over, whether
nucceaa or ran lire; ana in tne event
that ha should lose the strike by rea
son of unjust demands or precipitating
same without consideration, then and
in that event he should be deposed and
from the time that the strike has been
called his pay should be held in abey
ance to be paid to him in the event
that he Is successful and the strike
has been Justified, but in the event
that the strike is a failure and that
consequent Investigation shows that It
was not Justified, then hla pay to be
rorreited along with his position in
th union. In this event I feel reason
ably certain that the men responsible
ror tha calling of a strike would be
very careful before they would lead
men into trouble of this kind. It is a
well known fact that when a govern
ment puts a "general in charge of an
army and ha makes a wrong move and
sacrifices his men in a useless battle,
he is at once court martialed and de
posed, as no explanations can justify
his acts. The result is that army of
ficers are very careful in picking out
their methods of attack before at
tempting to lead fheir men and it
seems to me thatthe two positions ara
parallel and I offer this suggestion for
the consideration of union men and
men contemplating Joining the union,
as it Is in their own hands to protect
themselves by action of this kind.
ALLAN MAC DONALD.
PERTINENT COMMENT; AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
-th w.y demnd drained" thla
?ulHTy of U hra tacks? These
leak- accusers can t seem to locate
any of them.
rD".m.5rtu",n11 nUl bonum- will get
In aa little of its work on I Larry Thaw
Vvr hPPenel In all lta lone and
lofty career.
Coffeo and doughnuts ara all very
wen .or iotas who ara used to nothing
better If as good, but how long will
taaiea accustomed to food last on em
aa a steady picket diet?
aa aa
"Let me write a nation's peaca notes.
?o. car not who makes Ua war
blurfs. seems, by paraphrase, to ex
press with fair accuracy tha status as
lo lwo or Europe s leading industries
at this moment.
a a
Minnesota lumberlaeka ara demand
ing clean nightshirts. Now isn't that
taking two step at a time? When
did they get the nightshirts In the
xirst place?
Whenever there ia trouble in Mexico
the result becomes partly a question
of the extent to which wither armv
can rely upon the other as a source
of recruits. Just at present. Villa
seems to have it on Carranza.
Sh
In tho view of Infinite Wisdom it
may be as bad to refuse to stop a war
as it is to etart one In the first place.
out infinite Wisdom's way is not tc
step lrrsnd settle such things; It lets
iooi man settle them to suit himself.
a
A contributor hands tha New York
Bun a sort of jingle baaed on the idea
of teaching people to repeat tha
alphabet backwards. Tha Society for
tne Dirruslon of Perfectly Useless
Knowledge will please alt up and. take
uuu.a.
. a a
"Governor Mllliken ia a revolution
ary ; he Is clanninr to maJca Maina a
prohibition state," says tha Philadel
phia Evening Ledger. Well, dlsregard-
ng tne sarcasm utterly, lr tne tning
s to b done a man with a name Ilka
Mllliken is the man to tackle It.
In Reply to Tommy Tucker.
Gresham, Or., Jan. 9. To the Editor
nt The Journal I can not understand
the sinking of the Lusitania and Of how a workinman or a farmer such
other merchant ships, and the aa the writer m The Journal signing
"starvation of Jews and Syrians in IMeH Tommy Tucker claims to be.
the Holy Land." and the "attempt , u trylg t0 ,et. Lt him put himself
to array Moslems against Chris- : in the place of tha workingman down
tians in a 'holy war,'" and the town. What wages could ha get at
intimidation of small nations and !!h,p?ulnf,p,"!." "
work as a common laborer or a helper.
the violation of international agree
ments." The protest concludes:
In the presence of these pending
and aa yet unsettled issues we feel
Question Concerning I. Y. Y.
Portland, Jan. 10. To the Editor
of The Journal Scanners of new spa
per headlines have lately grown, per
force, familiar with the letters I. W.
W., and to all good lovers of law
and order these Innocent capitals are
growing to have a sinister signifi
cance.
But In the light of tha late Klbcrt
Hubbard's saying, "When a person
isn't up on a thing he's usually down
on it, wou.an-t it be wen to give ua
something a bit more definite to base
our opinions on?
Tou see, a good many of us are so
busy upholding this system of law
and order and honest proflta that we
hava no time for reading other than
the newspapers, and must therefore
hold you responsible for the degree
or our enlightenment.
To begin with:
1 How old and how large an or
ganlzatlon hava the I. W. W.? Have
they a formal organization, with con
stitution, by-laws, officers, etc?
z What are the alms and purposes
oi ua organisation as stated by
themselves, and by what meana do
they hope to attain those ends? How
do Jhey differ in these things from
i ne American f ederation .or Labor?
a Do they preach violence, and
have they practiced It?
4 What is this sabotage of which
we hear In connection with the I
W. W.?
S Has the movement a eotrnter
part in other countries?
MABEL RUNDALL.
I am sure he would not receive over 3
a day, and possibly less. Now deduct
rent, carfare, groceries, milk, light.
impelled to warn our brethren against water and clothes, and eay nothing of
those who cry "peace, peace," when the numerous other bills, and he would
there is no peace, a a a gad is our find h wasnot getting rich.
lot If wa have, forgotten how to die If ha knew a way that ha could get
ror a holy cause. The memory ; provisions cheaper, wouia ne not try
of all saints and martyrs cries out
against such backsliding of mankind.
Announcing the birth of Jesus to
the sheiJtierds of Bethlehem, the
angels proclaimed, "Glory to Gad
In the highest, and on earth peace,
good will tdward men."
As a measure of economy, we
are told from Salem that the joint
ways and means committee will
abolish the board of higher cur
ricula. The board's cost for the
past two years waa $333. It has
saved tens of thousands of dollars
to get them that way?
The man that draws $5 to $7 per dsy
has not learned his trade in a day but
is a skilled laborer who has spent
years learning Just how to do that
work. He Is trained with eye and hand
and it would be impossible for him to
work from 5 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Life la bard enough at the best for
those who hava to work at hard la
bor, and if they can shorten their
hours and increase their pay, why not?
I am a farmer and gardener, but I
hava spent a few years of my life
working at tha different trades, lika
railroading, mining, construction, etc
and I can aay that tha unions ara what
make life bearable. In many Instances
it would be almost Impossible for men
to exist unless they held together and
in eliminating duplication of courses
at the two big state educational demanded what they want. I have been
institutions. It has eliminated the
strife between them, a strife that
is rampant in several other states
where there is no auch board! To
abolish that board would be harm
ful to the Institutions and costly
to the taxpayers.
land to do but prepare to accom
modate them.
AND OR OR?
nN THE reversal of the "and or
I ; or case the Oregon , supreme
t court taxed a cost bill of $350
agalnBt Mrs. White, widow of
the traffic policeman run over and
killed by an auto truck while in
the performance of his duty, at a
rortiana street intersection.
The -case is now nearly two
years oML- It was filed In Febru
ary, 1915. 1$ was first tried be
fore Judge McGinn in June, 1915
It was reversed in the supreme
courts IrC; the. spring of 1916, and
remanded for a new trial. It was
: ear d a second time in Judge Mc
C inn's- court and a verdict of
SOOO for the widow returned Oc
tober 6. 1916.
The1 two i years' .delay alone in
tills case is- a disgracMo the courts.
The new appeal at the rate of prog
ress In the past will mean another
year of f postponement. With a
T 3 5 0 cost , bill" for reversal and a
young men. There are tnose wno
will insist that the greatest bless
ing such a person can confer upon
the world Is to leave It.
It is difficult to establish that
they are wrong.
Senator Smith of Coos said on
the floor of the senate that at
the last session a stenographer
employed by the president of the
senate was used "to take care of
the baby while the senator and
wife attended a ball." He said he
noticed the stenographer was paid
for an extra day, and that if it was
for taking care of the baby the
service was doubtless worth the
price. But the' instance is merely
an episode In a long continued in
stitution of clerk hire nonsense.
FINANCING THIS FESTIVAL
T
HE Rose Festival ought to be
well supported or it ought to
be abandoned.
It la a highly fit annual
function, it is a way to accentu
ate the attractiveness of Portland.
?iuctiOtt in tne ytroact from the j It Is a meana of cultivating the
riinax iovu m u uuq atiseqse or beauty among the people,
ha second trial. ' the Widow's a-1 It baa alrAri-- v.
; ;wance, not including her attor- feet in stimulating the adornment
:y fee has already shrunk 11850. of Portland door yards-and beau
Mrs. . White 'was either entitled tlfytng Portland homes. - There
' o relief, or she was not. : Her bus- ought to be something more in life
" and was killed while he was sery- than wwlc3 Gala s occasions like
nr the public, . Two Juries have, J the roaethow with its hospitality
PASSING AWAY
F
EOPLE often live in the heart
of great events without know
ing it. The forest is invisi
ble for the trees, the town
for the houses. So the world Is
transformed before our eyes and
we see nothing of it. The Euro
pean war has set loose great trans
forming forces In the United
States. The old- ideals of nimni.
uy, liberty and Justice are gnawed
at by giant enemies. Imperialism.
the dominance of money, the hun
ger to exploit the masses at home
and abroad, the rage to conauer
ana enslave weaker peoples, are all
at work.
The country la running over with
surplus money. The person who
happens to read thla may not have
a great deal but that doM nnt
alter the situation. There are
tnose wno have. Never in the
world before was there so much
money "seeking an outlet" as now
In the United States. It has been
piling up in mountainous heaps
ever since the war began and it
piles up still. -, Its being In heaps
and not evenly distributed is what
makes it dangerous. -
This money is like the flood of
a big river dammed. - The higher
it rises the more tremendous its
current when it finally . breaks
thrpugh,;.ia?iSv .x?:
, It is organizing for the break in
a score of ways. Demand by tome
in large unorganized camps where dis
ease and death lurked on every hand,
where the only regret the company
had was that It took a few minutes
time to carry out the "dead onea."
"Sick and dead men and men with
small wages can not buy our farm
products. Wa want the worklngmen
to have big wages and short hours so
they can buy our farm produce, and
have time to eat it.
A well trained man will do mora
work and do it batter from S to S -than
he will from 5 to 8. A man that talks
aa Tommy Tucker does and who haa
bean on a farm for 22 years is not In a
position to speak for the workingman
downtown, and I am sure lr ne wouni
take a year off and atroll around aoma
he would not be ao sure of what "is
an outrage on our fair state of Ore
gon" and what should and should noi
"ba tolerated in free America."
ARTHUR J. WAS HAM.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
With the new rear, tha Lake County
Examiner starts on tha thlrtr-alghth
year of Its existence.
A number of vouna- mu of Mad-
ford, tha Sun reports, ara laying PUns
for enlisting in the navy, ona of the
drawbacks being securing the consent
of paranta.
Since December 1 n. larra number
of families have moved to 8umpter.
with tha result that tha schooFwUl
now have the largest enrollment tn a
number or years, tne American aay.
Increasing business makea It neces
sary for saveral Baker buatnass bouui
to add additional warehouse capacity,
and buildings for that purpose will ba
erectaa mt coming year, tna Democrat
says.
"Many robins." say a tba Standard.
"have appeared around Stanflald. Old
settlers here aay this is a aura agn
of an early spring. Whether or not
this is true remains to be aeen. but
the weather is like balmy spring to
day. Tha sun is shining and the snow
is nearly all gone."
Thie new streetcar with its metro
politan appearance and modern make
up." aays the Albany Democrat, "gets
right down to business In fact, it
sot down so low that it knocked the
blocks off the concrete semaphore
blocks, and also scraped the track at
nlarM ma that (t hu hiutn necessary
for a man to go over tha road and
lower soma places.
a
Elijah Davidson, whose ebaaa aftar
a wounded bear about 40 years ago re
sulted in tha discovery or the Joseph
ine cave, showed up recently at Grants
Pass, bringing in his catch of fur for
the first portion of the trapping Sea
son. The interesting part of Mr. Da
vidson's catch, the Courier aays. were
nine bear skins, he having taken two
black, two brown and five cinnamon
bears during the winter. Ha also had
six bobcats and one coyote. He traps
on the slopes of Grayback and along
tha upper branches of Williams creek.
Raj? Tag and Bottail
Stories From Everywhere
GEORGE EARLE CHAMBERLAIN
Proposes a Check on Strikes.
Portland, Jan. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal As one of the many com
mon laborers, I have been an observer
of the struggle between so-called' cap
ital and labor. This struggle has been
going on for years and tha Indications
are that it will continue for years un
less soma different method of hand
ling tha grievances between employer
and employe is brought forth. I have
a suggestion to make which X believe
if carried out would eliminate not less
than 75 per cent of tha strikes.
It is well known that the local union
rarely bandies a strike of any magnl
tude without conferring with the na
tional or International organiser at
some headquarters in eastern cities.
These gentlemen coma out here and
look over tha altuation and If in their
Judgment a strike Is necessary they
immediately set about building up
their organisation for tha purpose of
making aemanaa upon tna employer.
Whether Just or unjust we will leave
to tba public, but It times out of 190
where tha International organiser Is
called upon a strike follows; and his
tory baa shown that a majority of
strikes hava tailed and the poor devil
or a worklnar man. who baa bean
ground batwsen ",tha .upper and lower
millstones, loses his. Job. perhapa his
home which Tra has been cavlnc for.
and bis wife may,, be called upon to
take In washing toJ-PPort. the family.
Bulk Grain at Astoria.
From the Astoria Budget.
Astoria's opportunity to become lead
ing grain shipping port of the nortb
west Is close at hand and right now
is the time when the preliminary ar
rangements should be made with the
growers and shippers. At the confer
ence of growers and dealers held at
the state agricultural college a few
days ago, the decision was reached
almost unanimously that the sacks
should ba discarded and all future
shipments e made in bulk. The as
sertion was also made that shipowners
will send their vessels to the port
where the Quickest dispatch can be
had. In these two things lis Astoria'
chance.
The Port of Astoria has already pro
vlded a bulk grain elevator which ex
perts say Is one of the best equipped
to be found at any point on the coast.
That means tha port Is right now in
position to enter Into contracts with
the growers and shippers for handling
tne trarnc. Again, with Astoria's post
tlon close to the sea and with an en
trance to the" harbor so deep that ves
aels can enter or depart at any time
or tha day or night, there Is not an
other port on tha Paciflo coast from
which auch quick dispatch can be giv
en. In addition to this Astoria is near
er to tha Panama canal and to all
points In the orient by two days' sail
ing time than is any of her rival cities.
With all these advantages, there Is
certainly no reason why this port
should not ba tha cheapest on the coast
from which to ship wheat and other
cereals to the markets of the world
Shipowners know this. Shippers and
growers know it. Then why not enter
Into -negotiations with them at -once
and have this harbor selected as the
ona from which' tha business will be
done? - In the meantime -there is one
thing that must be attended to and that
is to provide an adequate pilotage serv
ice. This can be dona by taking it
out of the hands of a private or semi
private corporation and placing it un
der tha direct supervison of tha state.
as it was a xew years ago. A power
pilot schooner should ba provided by
the state to be kept outside at all
times with pi lota on board. The reg
ular legal rates should ba charged for
the service and a portion of tha gross
receipts set aside for tha maintenance
of tho schooner. When thst is dona
we will have a good pilot service and
not before.
From Tba Nation'! W-ibrotton Curi eapondence.
The author of the proposed legic.a
tlon to make every American a pre
sumptive soldier is In some respects the
most striking figure in the senate today.
There are others far more intellectual.
And several who are better speakers.
Judged by the usual standards; and
certainly no one would place him, with
his diminuendo chin. In the front
rank for distinction of appearance
but there Is an aggressive suggestion
In the blunt nose, and a shrewdness
In the eyes peering at the world
through a pair of well-polished
glasses, that redeem the face from
anything like comruonplaceness. It
you did not know who and what ho
is, you would probably set him down
for a business man who had made his
way up by his own efforts, from In
considerable beginnings to a position
of responsibility; and his manner of
address would tend to confirm this
estimate.
When, however, you have broached
topic that genuinely interests him.
you will discover tna. ne naa a
fund of Information and philos
ophy auch aa few men In ordi
nary business life attain; ana
will venture that ha can tell ycu
more, and with greater ascuracy, of
what the rank and file or tha peopis
in his part of the country ara thinking
on the leadiner issues of the day than
almost any other man in congress. For
Qeorge Earie Chamteriam is so sue
cessful a "mixer" wltb all classes in
the community that ha has coma to
know pretty nearly everybody In tha
state of Oregon, and is so great a fa
vorite among them that they elect him
to any important oxnee wnicn is wan
lnr for an occupant, sometimes wun
out his signifying a desire for It, and
oulte regardless of the fact that they
are, for the most part. Republicans,
while ha is by ancestry. Inclination.
and habit, a Democrat, ana a working
politician.
Tha first thing any Oregonian will
tell you. If you ask him for an ex
Dlanatlon of this phenomenon. Is that
Chamberlain is honest; and Oregon has
had enough experience with dishonesty
In public office to appreciate charac
ter above many more shining qualities.
Then, too, he has courage. Physically,
he had to prove it in the early days
of his law practice by pounding the
bullying spirit out of an adversary a
good deal bigger than himself; moral
ly, be has demonstrated his mettle by
refusing to oppose a Republican meas
ure because It is Republican, if it ap
peals to his common-sense or patriot
ism. He is quite capable of stepping
outside of his party lines, as Cushman
Davis, of Minnesota, did twenty-odd
years ago, to align himself with a
president of adverse politics. Never
theless, he waa sarong enough Demo
crat to plunge into the several Bryan
campaigns with apparent enthusiasm,
swallowing the free-silver heresy bod
ily, with tha rest of tha nostrums .he
Peerless Leader carried in stock. All
this seems the stranger when we re
member that It was in a banking en
terprise that Chamberlain made bis
first great impression upon the peo
ple of Oregon, and laid the foundation
of his reputation aa a square-dealer.
A native of Mississippi, whose fam
ily had been impoverished by the Civil
war. he drifted in 1876 into Oregon aa
a state that offered more opportuni
ties than soma others to a young man
who had Just finished his law course,
and whose worldly means were sadly
incommensurate with nis energy.
Taking up teaching as a temporary
pot-boiler, he attracted sufficient at
tention among his neighbors to obtain
a clerical position in ona of the county
offices, which ha held till be had made
tha personal acquaintance of every
man, woman and child ror scores or
miles around and aaved enough money
to feel Justified in banging out his
shingle for himself. With his early
earnings at the bar be bought a little
stock in a local bank, where, partly be
cai.se he showed business gumption,
and partly because he knew so many
people, ha was made a director. Ha
was outweighed on the board by the
advocates of a less conservative pol
icy than he favored, and with the next !
advent of hard times the bank closed
Its doors.
a a
At once all his acquaintances who
had become depositors because at
tracted by his name grew clamorous
with their reproaches. Although ho
was not only blameless for the failure,
but had tried his best to dissuade the
management from its fatal course, ha
resolved not to let these unfortunates
suffer for their too enthusiastic faith
In blm; ao ha assumed personally the
payment of what the bank had owed
them when it went to pieces, amount
ing In all to about $30,000. It took
1 him 20 years or mora to do this, for
ba added interest to srincipal; but
long before the last dollar had be-n
paid ba was so firmly fixed In the
confidence of the people all over the
state that no public honor in their
gift was regarded as too good for blm.
Again and again. In his campaigns for
tha legislature, for prosecuting attor
ney and for governor, ha was trium
phantly elected, though tha Repub
licans carried everything else. When
Oregon adopted tha plan of holding a
popular primary for tha nomination
of senators, as a possible guide to tie
legislature In making Its choice, no
body else had any chance after Cham
berlain waa mentioned, and the legis
lature, In spite of vigorous efforts to
Induce ' it to disregard tha popular
preference, sent him to Washington
wltb flying colors.
a a
Chamberlain Is a man of resolution,
who does his work not surreptitiously,
but with so little display that ba has
the senate half-committed to his views
before the general public ara fully
aware that he Is alive to what la go
ing on. Among those who are most
familiar with his methods it will be a
matter of real surprise if ba fails to
bring congress into line for his univer
sal preparation scheme, possibly mod
ified in a few unessential details, but
substantially as be framed It.
tTe tbla eslnma all r. m.
re laylud ta eoatr MM orlaiMl n attar ta
lory, ta vcrae or la wbHoaoDSieal aearrattoe
TCT.-.k-.. qaotatioe. fruaa eay aosrea.
Owitrtbst.Ha of ricplfontl awrtt will be sU
tot. at tha aditar-a appraiaaLJ (J
The Technique of the Trough.
THE doctor's wife had advertised
for a girl to do housework and
waa showing an applicant over the.
house. She had been vary liberal In .
her promises of privileges and It
looked as though tha two were gains
to com, to an agreement, when tha
girl suddenly asked f
"Do you do your own atretehln'f
"Do we do our own what asked tha
puxzlad mistress.
8tretchln7 repeated tha girt. -Do
you put all tha food on tha table and
stretch for It, or do I have to shuffle
It around T"
Where Everybody's a Hayseed.
On tha first approach to a Rouman
ian village ona Is startled by tha
largest haystack that tha. American
will probably aver hava seen. Rod
upon rod this monster stretches upon -tha
horlson. Tha explanation, aaya tha
Christian Herald, la a almple ona. Hay
is one of the largest articles of pro
duction In Roumanla, Landed propri
etors and peasants, one and all, raise it
and depend on it for their support.
When, however, a peasant feels griev
ances Intolerable, it la a matter of no
great diflfculty to set set tha proprie
tor's hay afire and no peasant in tha
district would think of assisting in tha
detection of the incendiary. 6o the law
permits the proprietor to fores all tba
peasants in a district to place their
hay with hla. a record of tha weight
of each man's contribution being kept
by both sides. In the event of fire
and it now behooves both sUas ta
guard against this alKoontrlbutora
suffer in proportion.
Reus Mit the Germs.
The class had a lesson on dlseasa
germs. The teacher had faithfully de
veloped and explained that disease
germs enter the body in the water wa
drink, the food we eat, tha air wa
breathe, and through open wounds.
"Now, Tom, how can w prevent
germs from entering the body?"
"Don't eat or drink." prescribed Tom.
"Keep your mouth and nosa shut. Lay
In bed."
The Elder Brother Outdone.
An Oklahoma Sunday school teacher
had given a lesson on tha Prodigal Bon
and wished to test the attention tba
class had paid to hla teachings.
"Now. children," he said, "wbo.was
sorry the Prodigal had returned No
one replied, but all aeemed lost in
thought. Finally, tha most forward
youngster in tba class ventured, "Tha
fatted calf."
Uncle Jeff Snow 6ayst
A feller was tellln" us down to the
Corners t'other day that It looked to
him 'sir we spend a heap of money on
charity that'd ba better spent fer Jus
tice. He 'lowed it cost less to pay a
wldder with five little kids to tend to
'em than it did to put her in a laun
dry to work and the kids tn a orphan
'sylum. He had a lot of flggers, too,
and he could reel 'em off bettern a
politician. I 'low that mebby he was
right. I hava knowed people to buck
and shy at common sense for fear it
would cost tco much, and then find
out that it cost less.
The Morning Journal.
Ftwb the Woodborn IodepeadeDt.
Tba morning edition of tha Oregon
Journal Is steadily improving. Its mar
ket reports ara reliable and not tha
result of Influence, and its telegraphic
service is lata and not edited to fit
tha editorial columns. Tha Morning
Journal Is Increasing in circulation In
thla section, and especially among tha
farmers. , .- -
A Great Thing.
IVom the Kaniaa City Star. '
This boy scout movement Is a great
thing to teach, tha boys patriotism."
. I suppose It Is, but It makes It
awful hard to find a boy that's got
time to split kindling wood for , bis
raotber. : .... . : .-
As Others See the 'And or Or Case
:::'"roa tb4 Detroit Kewa.
"The "widow of a policeman in Port
land, Ore, sued to recover damages
'OW TO BE HEALTHY
Why Your Btonaach Aches.
Cbpyrlght, 1017. by J. Kealcy.
Stomach ache Is a symptom, usually
of Indigestion. Plain hunger can give
a aensation approaching stomaoh ache.
On the other hand, if persistent ana
severe, it may be a sign of appendi
citis, gall stone, colic, ulcer of the
stomach, or even cancer, although
there are many cases of cancer In
which there Ls no pain.
Persistent, recurrent stomach ache
that doea not yield to almple remedies,
such as the correction df diet, shoulj
be carefully Investigated by a stom
ach specialist.
The stomach rebels-against the irri
tation of undigested food. Be careful
In your eating habits. Chew your food
thoroughly. Avoid bolting it.
When a atoma'ch" ache follows a
heavy meal or the eating of some a
riein of food which is under suspicion
(as in ptomaln poisoning after eatln
Of fis'h foods or sea rooas or aouot
ful oualltv). and where it is fairly
certain that the stomach ache ls due
to indigestion, the sooner the stomacn
ls emptied the better.
This may be done by the copious
drinking of warm water, or. if one
baa the apparatus or can easily reach
a doctor, tha quickest cure ls to have
tba contents of the stomach, the un
digested food and toxic poisonous mat
ter, taken right out of the system with
a tuba.
Some people are able to Indues vom
Itlnr very easily by putting the fla
ger down the throat or tickling the
throat wltb a feather. This ls the
shortest way of emptying the stom
ach. Caujnon, of course, must be used.
In some Inflammatory conditiona.
and especially when there. has been
some irritant poison of soma kind, too
violent action or the stomach ouId
be objectionable, and the stomach
should be relieved of the irritating
contents by gentler means.
a
One danger In connection with se
vere stomach pains is the too fre
quent use of opiates and narcotics,
which mask tha true condition of the
stomach or bowels so that the real
trouble may progress to a serious de
gree before it is discovered.
For example, in appendicitis, gan
grene may develop without any se
vere symptoms of warning the patient
or pQvyslcUn. There are conditions of
diarrhoea, colic and other disturb
ances where the bowel has been
emptied Snd there Is an undue spasm
of the intestines, where mild ano
dynes may be permissible, but thla
is a matter for medical Judgment in
the particular case.
The danger of dosing too freely tn
stomach ache ls comparable to tak
ing drugs when your head aches. Tou
may be covering up the true cause of
tne pain, so that your doctor will be
unable to remove the cause. In mas
toiditis, for example, when the patient
la loaded down with opiates and the
pain masked, the abcess goes on until
it is often too late to relieve it.
Pain ls a warning sign and we must
not oe too hasty in coveting It up.
The painful symptoms of appendi
citis can be partially relieved by code
ine and other opiates and all this time
a gangrenous appendix la menacing
ue ilia ox ut patient.
Tomorrow: Sore Throat.
for the death of her husband under the
wheels of a truck which ran him dowp
aa ha was directing traffic The fatal
ity occurred two years ago. The suit
came to trial after a year and a half
of quibbling and technical stalling. A
Jury gave a -'Verdict' for $?00. the
maximum under the law. An appeal
waa ' taken by the company on the
ground that In formal pleadings ; Jt
was denied thst the policeman "care
lessly r and negligently - turned " his
back' upon the oncoming track Instead
of "carelessly or negligently." On
this claim. th sspreme court set aside
the verdict.. and a second ttal brought
the widow I W0 less the cost of
"and" in the place 'of "or."
v It coats the courts of Oregon far
mora than that, however. Resaect for
tha majesty of Uw and the fairness of
legal - Justice was - Impaired la the
ml naa of everyone hearing of tba mat
ter. . -t in juet such , solemn follies is
bred a disrespect of government, a
cynical suspicion of some courts. .
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