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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1917.
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chu setts, who has" declared war on:
Republican Leader Mann on - ac
count of Mr. " Mann's iapposed
leanings toward the central pow
ers. It is expressed in the upper
chamber by Senator Lodge and
men of his type.
The same atmosphere of hostil
ity to Germany is reflected in many
powerful newspapers ' of the east.
They are openly -and pronouncedly
on the side of the ... entente tot
ernments and ' are consistently ad
vocating; a course of unneutrallty
in their behalf. With this spirit
widely prevalent throughout the
eastern section of the united
States, a tone of pronounced con
demnation of the central powers
will be projected upon congress
and the country. , .
A final dangerous circumstance
in the situation is the possibility
that at any time an overt act may
be committed by German naval
commanders in the submarine
campaign. There might be an
other Lusitanla tragedy. In such
an eventuatlon. it would be dif
ficult for the president and. con
gress to stem the torrent of hos
tile sentiment that would sweep
over the country. That sentiment
would be borne upon every breeze
and every wind and would be dif
ficult to resist.
Meanwhile, " we have
OREGON'S HANDICAPPED LUMBER INDUSTRY
T
- Ota, teach ma bow to find Jot In aorrow,
strength In weakness, and light In dark eat
dajra; bow to bar buffeting and acorn; bow
to' Wtleoma death, and to paaa throngh it
Into tba aphere of Ufa, and thia not ft ma
oulr, bat for the whole world that groana
and traratla In pain; and till yon can do
tUla, r?cak not to ma of a better revelation
than tUe Bible. H. W.Beecber..
THE BREAK WITH GERMANY
I
N THE diplomatic break with
Germany, it is the good fortune
Of the American people that
Woddrow Wilson is president
of the United States.
t' There is no political campaign
now, and conditions can be viewed
dispassionately. Aside from a
comparative few, the American
people do not want war. The loud
demand during the political cam-
jMugn-ior aeeas, not woras, was
avowed by thousands of citizens
I who, now that we are on the verge
of conflict, do not want. their sons
sent to the European trenches. The
attacks on President Wilson for
his policy of peace, forbearance
and- toleration were mainly for
.political purposes.
' In .the present intensified situ
ation, there will be no hasty action
' by : the chief magistrate. There
will be no recklessness, no swash
buckling, no braggadocio. There
will be .nothing but cool, calm, deliberate-action,
based noon the
i rights and wrongs of eventuations
as they may occur.
.This is realized by the Ameri
can people. It is realized by Ger
"' many, and that realization is a
, tremendous asset for ultimate
- Germany wants no war with the
United .States. She has all the
enemies now that she is able to
cope with. Her- powers are strained
to the utmost. - It is in the des
peration of a dreadful conflict In
HE state of Oregon has within Its borders one-fifth of the standing
timber In the United States, or 545 billion board feet. It has
over 100 billion more board feet than the states of 'Washington
and Idaho combined. Its timbered area is approximately 25 mil
lion acres. Every thousand feet of ; lumber cut brings into r the state
on an average about $14. Of this amount about f 11.20 is paid out for
labor, supplies, taxes etc Roughly speaking, it is estimated it takes
two .men one day to produce one thousand feet of lumber.
! In 1913, in Washington, wage-earners engaged in the Industry were
43,749; in Oregon 15,066. The wages paid in 'Washington were $34,
942T,000; in Oregon 310.172,000. ,
i The value of the lumber products produced in Washington was
389,155,000; in Oregon ?30,200,00p. That is, during that one year
Washington's gross income from lumber was 350,000,000 more than
Oregon's. : - '
With Oregon, as early in the field as Washington in cargo ship
ments, and first with eastern rail connections, is it not pertinent to in
quire why, with the larger body of standing timber, has Oregon lagged
behind in production?
i Is "it : not really important; to know whether extrinsic causes " con
tributed to this condition, or whether there is something inherently
wrong which permeates the whole body politic and of which this result
is I merely a symptom? -As there Is no mystery about this business the
causes ought to be ascertained with reasonable accuracy
The bulness men of Portland are directly interested in an industry
which In a neighboring state employs 43,749 men and brings in nearly
$90,000,000 a year as against 15,066 men and $30,200,000 a year In
Oregon. To put it another way,, if for the past ten years the industry
in this state had been three. times as great as it has, who' could measure
the Influence or the effect it would have had upon the general business
and growth of the state?
In order to understand the situation a few statistics are necessary.
In 1906 from points west of Ellensburg only, on the lines of the
passed I Northern Pacific, the shipments by rail to points east thereof were 72,-
safely through 30 months of the ox canoaas oi inmoer ana BmnBis. , iae Buipuiems
shadows and complications of the Pnts on one line only and west of Ellensburg. At that time there were
war. There is a broader expert- two rail gateways leading out of Oregon, one to the east through Hunt-
ence in the White House and a mgton, me otner to me soumtnrougn Asmana. eome ureggn mmuei
vote of confidence by the people moved east from Portland via the Northern Pacific. In 1906, 19,270
to comfort and strengthen the ! cars or lumDer ana smngies movea inrougn uunimgxon. inis mciuaeu
TlilOt Whose SteerSmanShiP DSlS l uiiimeuis Mum t obuiubwu. auo oamo jcoi wuTuiub
kept US OUt Of the perils Of the j luruueu akuihw was uwweeu uvv ua ouuu wiuauB.
vasty and turbulent maelstrom 1 When one reflects on the total volume of lumber business originat-
now beating with intensified fury lng west of the uascaae mountains, is it not apparent mat tms was
upon the shores of America. the principal factor which gave western wasrungton, Seattle, xacoma
In this there 1s hope, comfort ana other cities in tnat territory tne impetus tnat maniiestea itseii so
and promise. Our part as citizens struungiy auring tnat penoa ana nas oeen maintamea to a very great
is that calm collectedness which J degree since 7 However, is 06 was not an unusual year in proaucuon
clings to reason and walks in the as the following statistics from 1909 to 1916, both years inclusive.
ways of Justice, humanity and loy- show. As yet we have not available oincial statistics lor tne year
1916, but tne estimate tor that year is rename:
LUMBER SAWED IN FEET BOARD MEASURE.
Oregon. ' "Washington.
1909 1,898,995 M... 3,862,9r6 M.
1910 ; 2,084,000
1911 ...1,803,000
1912 1,916,000
1913 2,098.000
191fr , 1,817,8,75
1915 , ..1,690,000
1918 ..1,935,000
Reduced to carloads of 25 thousand feet, in 1916 Oregon and
They are agreed that from the Washington produced 252.000 carloads of lumber, of which Oregon
nolnt of view of education the bill! produced 77,400 carloads and Washington 174,600 carloads.
wojBia.oe a nmarance not a netp. i a number of causes produced this result, -the principal ones being
Professor William I. Cheney or lack of rail facilities and discriminatory rates.
The more aggressive roads of the north, eariy In their career pushed
put branches into the lumber 'producing sections. It Is also true that
Washington has had, and now has more transcontinental lines directly
serving its territory than has Oregon. This is probably the most im
portant single cause producing the result, and here, as in other cases
It la fnnnri hat dpvclntmiBnt nnrl hnsinpsa follow traTiRTwrtntlrvn Tn
training teaches them blind obedi- Qre tne fallure to follow this policy, as has been repeatedly pointed
and settlement of the state in other directions.
James J. Hill is the man to whom the credit is due for really start
ing the lumber industry in the northwest. He, and he alone, is re
sponsible for rates that enabled lumber to move to eastern markets.
Early in 1S93 the Great Northern was completed to the Sound, and
simultaneously with its completion a lumber rate of forty cents per
hundred was named to St. Paul, and fifty cents per hundred to Chi
cago. The Northern Pacific followed suit. This rate was blanketed to
all points on the west side of the mountains, the smallest mill even if
it was 100 or 150 miles farther than Seattle, or some other city, had
exactly the same rates to all points when territory taking a thirty or
thirty-five cent basis was reached.
The tabulation shows the result in production and In tonnage of
this policy, and the growth of Seattle and other places in Washington
demonstrates the influence of this business In other directions. .The
rate situation at the same time from Oregon terriory was as follows:
To Omaha from Portland, via the Uniom Pacific system no farther, if
so far as St. Paul from Tacoma the rate was fifty cents per hundred,
1 Letters From the Peopto
alty to the unstained flag of the
Republic.
EDUCATION AND DRILL
M
ANY of our leading educa-
tlonal men have been heard !
by the congressional com- i
mittee in opposition to the
bill for universal military training.
M..J 4.097,000 M.
M. 4,004,000 M.
M 4,009,000 M.
M ....4,592,000 M.
M..... 3,946.189 M.
M .3,950,000 M.
M :4,365,000 M.
CoatninnteatiDna aent to Tba Journal for
nvtUcatlon In tbla department abonld be writ
ten on m!r cm aide of tfce paper, abonla not
xred 300 words in lea tA and moat m
ecoipanled br tba name end addraaa of tb
et-or.' It the writer doea not d?tre to bare
tbe name published be abould ao atate-j
Denounces Slilltary .Talning..
Portland. : Jan. 8 l-To tb Editor of
The Journal A lengthy nd able edi
torial ? favoring inllltArr-' training, ap
peared In recant j1bsh of, the Ore
gonlan. but the editor la fortified en
tirely by quoting a neuroloslet w4o at
firms that muscular activity properly
directed. i has much to do wKh devel
opment of the brain, This Is undeni
ably true but the Qraniaa wanders
far Afield when it affirms that mm
tary . training- is the proper directing
of , muscular aotivKy. - In quoting; one
lone nerve specialist, ? it. looks as
thoug-h the Oregwnlan were clutebing
at a straw in a desperate effort to en
list physicists in its behalf.
I have some literature of the Amer
ican Union. Against Militaram, wherein
physical training experts, from Har
vard uirfversrity down, condemn mili
tary training because of the harm It
inflicts physically quoting Physical
Director Dr. C. E. Ehlnger: "That mil
itary training does not give the beat
.physical training is evidenced by
fact that for years our military sclioois
at West Point and Annapolis h&ve em
ployed Instructors In physical train
ing to overcome the disastrous results
of the practice of the manual of arms
and other military drills, .
Agreeing wltfo this are 17 college
and university presidents, with 80 rec
ognized leaders in education, child wel
fare, social welfare and child study un
reservedly condemning military train
ing because of its destructive- psychol
ogy. To quote Dr. Aked: "Make a
man a master of an art and he thinks
of his. art, is proud of his art, wants
to exercise his art. The capable sur
geon, the successful writer, ought to
exercise their . art; but teach the boy
the use of weapons, and he will wait
for the day to come wtaen he can use
weapons as he. thinks legitimately.
Military training for boys means mili
tary desires for men and military
policies for nations and war for the
world." And Dr. Fischer, of the Y. M.
C. A. and military training commis
sioner of New York, says: "In the
camps of England It takes a year to
get the men in condition. England's
experience indicates that the big prob
lem is not train 1 nig- In military tactics
or drill, but condltionng the men,"
Well conditioned men cannot graduate
from half paid toil In factories, due to
bad nutriment, and coruseqaently can
not develop their full mentality.
Militarism, like all vice, can be
checked by substituting a moral equiv
alent. The problem being one of so
cial welfare, poverty must be elimi
nated through a cooperative common
wealth, and once Che capable people
now urging militarism urge coopera
tion, militarism will vanish for lack
of supporters, for this is the moral
WHATJS OUR GIFT TO THE WORLD?
By Edmund Vance Cooke ": ;. ;
Rag Ta - and Bottail
EVERY day of the year there an evergreen tree
With its 'gift of life for you and for me.
And what are we giving
To pay for this living?
Are we giving a smile and a word of cheer,
Or giving a scowl and a rancorous sneer?
" Are we wearing a rosebud and strumming a song
On the strings of our hearts as we travel along?
" Are; we laying our brick with the workers' guild,
Of hurling that brick at the ones who build? -Are
we giving a thought to the toilsome task
Are we giving an Answer to those who ask?
What is the Gift, we are giving the world?
What's on our flag with its colors unfurled?
-Which is the field where our gauntlets are hurled?
- What, is our Gift to the World?
Every night of our lives there is some stocking hung
Which bids us remember the world is young.
And how are we heeding
, Its open-mouthed pleading?
It isn't the Gift we are giving Our Own,
For that is a gift to Ourselves alone.
It isn't the gift to the ones we love,
To the ones we cherish all others above.
. Such gifts in the balance weigh jtfver an ounce,
But the gift to the foe is the oAe which counts. ,
Do we give him a chance to become a friend,
Or borrow" his hate on the hate we lend?
What is the Gift we are giving tbe World?
Our brows may-be laureled, our plumes may be curled,
Our days may be gilded, our nights may be pearled,
" But what is our Gift to the World? -
very day that we dine there is some table spread,
Whose fare is but water and bitterest bread.
And what is the little
We pay for our victual?
Not enough, not enough is the charity dole
Which suffices the stomach and empties the soul?
Not enough, not enough are the fatuous laws
Which solace, the soreness, while leaving the cause.
Not enough, not enough is the festival cheer
Bringing good will to men for one day in the year.
But if, the year through, we might struggle to give
Instead of to get ah,-well, THEN we might live!
So whalt is the Gift we are giving the World?
Are we giving it breath where our fellows are swirled
In Its smoke and its choke, where we next may be burled?
Say, what IS our Gift to the World?
Copyright, 1914, by Edmund Vance Cooke
Stones - From Everywhere
"MILLENNIAL!"
From tba Detroit Newa.
The most oacenatory term found
anywhere, with which to characterise
the president's address to the senate,
is "millennial." This formal, actual
proposal of a transcendental dreamer
for the Instant practical establishment
by force of the millennium . . .;"
"fantastic illusions"; "Utopian"; 'a.
rainbow's pot of gold"; "beautiful
but impracticable" these are someof
the 'Judgments passed on tffn speech;
but of them all. "millennial" is sup
posed to be most crushing.
the University of Pennsylvania
brought out the flat opposition be
tween military training and edu
catioOin words like these: "Edu
cation teaches individuals to think
and act for themselves. Military
Let it be immediately admitted
substitute for this form of civic vice. I the proposal is millennial! That should
LOUIS HONSTEIN. be its highest recommendation, and
. . I would be if the term "millennium"
A Foe to Labor Unions. waB not Saiin into disrepute. We
Portland. Jan. 25. To the Editor of fcave a way In America of giving
The Journal I would like to say a hady reputations to perfectly good
few words to tne person wno signea as i words. The millennium, as commonly
goes in thought or act beyond his
orders. "Theirs not to make deply,
theirs not to reason why."
'Military training," said Pro
fessor Cheney, "is directly contrary
to the spirit of college education."
Professor John Dewey, our great-
pnr educational thinker and writer.
Avoidance Of Conflict. It is realized Uphnao wnrto iava nrnfnimdlv Infln-
by the world, which Is assured in enced tbe schools of the whole
advance by its knowledge of the worldt Bayg tnat mliitary training
motives of the man in the Whfte ti MnrT. m
to uii vvitj vuuw ua j a, w w,ta
nouse, mat justice ana reason win all BOUnd education.
u"lM Poncies principles upon More than that Professor John
a..klaL ft 1 2 11 A. 1 '
wuitu America win act. rw,r- v,a miiu.n rl1,(nr
makes a complete break with the
historic American tradition in edu
cation. It is an abrupt departure
f rnm fho nflfa harhnr wfiora Wash.
ington, Franklin and Lincoln led ine . Yiyias 10
us and an embarkation on an un-
But few branches were built into the timbered section. Ten cents
which she is struggling with her tried sea. Where the voyage would per nundred on Sreen lumber equals $3.30 per thousand feet, so by
back to the wall that she has en
tered upon the frantic alternative
of submarine f rightfulness. The
fact that she has resorted to such
an expedient,, an expedient in
ed, Who Shall 8ay? WOUld mill- J uuichjuw no ms iuuujsuj euwuii6cu IU me UflB BUlie T.3
tary training lead us on, as it has iernwi)r weBt Ui luo ver- oisungmsaea irom tne ouier.
nth, -,, in tho wth But it is not in rates alone, hes the Industry in Oregon been handi-
cappeu. lue car suypiy ta uiusi liuyurutut lactur nas always Deen
better in Washington than in Oregon.
In 1898 lumbering commenced in a small way in the Willamette
valley and gradually grew in volume. When the merger of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific was brought about in 1901 joint through
to military despotism? What rea
son is there to imagine that we
u. challenges the resent- could escape the universal destiny?
:uioui 01 we wuoie neutrw wona, profeSsor William L. Cheney,
is alone, proof of the desperate whft ln Mstorinn. v
character of her situation. j tQere l3 no historical ground for ratea on cent basis to Omaha were applfcsd to the Willamette
t: ve juoiijr wnuemn oer policy, i assertion that large armies are! ya"Jr 4t nau oaouw rawa as ruruana 10 oaii juase territory ana
We challenge her abandonment of
the rules of civilized warfare. Bu
we-are forced to acknowledge that
the-eiibmarlne is the only weapon
at her command, that Is the one
neceasarv to defend the llnitea I "3L "vi"'
Stated. He atalces hia fip.ientific ren- I luw i" Irwin Bfaivui uuijr.
utation on the statement that "the ine wiiiainette valley, our neaviest timbered section, has never
nnited States has never been led naa J01nl ana tnrougn rates on lumber or Its products, except from
v,ir an invaiini, The I o1" or two points, to any point north of Portland, or east thereof exceot
hope she has of extricating her-jBame ls true of England since the over the Union Paciflo system. This condition also obtains generally
sou, ana ia ner una aoanaon- nniie-t whioh hnntionad wn respect, to au uregon muis on me line or tne O-W. R. & N. com-
a thousand years ago. t pany. In other words, a large number of Oregon mills are barred by
tne rates iromr selling in territory ervea Dy tne northern lines. On
With slight amendments, the! tn otner nana tne gateways au swing tne otner way for the Washing-
house has passed the senate bill ton mills so tney enter union Pacific territory on equal terms with
for recall of school directors. Oregon products.
We, ar therefore inevitably lied Exnerienca in Oreeon Is that the In 1904 the rates were advanced from the Willamette vallev to
to the conclusion that Germany's recall is seldom resorted to, and California closing nearly every mill and ruining many operators. Later
course is aicxatea oy a aesperate that it Is a handy .weapon to the rates were restored. In 1907 rates to Denver and all points east
situation and that It is not :taken "have behind the door" as Presir thereof from all North Pacific territory, and from the Willamette val-
with any desire for conflict with 1 dent Wilson phrased It. Since ley to California as well, were advanced. A great rate fight followed
America, m. any Bucn view, it is i we have it reaijj for all other aud when the smoke of battle cleared away, the rates -were fixed at
to be expected that Germany will, officials, we Bhould have it avail- forty-five cents to St. Paul, over the northern roads, fifty-five cents
ment of International law by in
discriminate use of the submarine
Is the step she would be expected
to take under the inexorable hu
man rule of self defense.
so far as she can, aside from her
submarine warfare, use every pos
slble means of avoiding war with
America.
'' These are the influences that in
the present crisis make for avoid
ance-of the supreme step. On the
; other hand, there are counter pos
' slbllltles that make , the situation
' v as uncertain as a powder house
V In. which children play with
: .matches'C" '-
, ' r In 1 the. late campaign the ' presi
dent r waV; widely assailed for . hi
efforts to keep America in peace.
Those attacks have left their im
. press 'upon a wide- section of tho
American1 people, even to some
able for school director. It is
a ' convenient device in the case
of directors with long terms.
WHY WONDER?
r
to Chicago via tall roads and fifty cents to Omaha.
After a long and bitter contest tne rates to California were fixed
at a. slightly higher basis than they had been, .and were recently re
adjusted. In a word, the rates from Washington, over roads serving
that estate, have been, more generally blanketed, and have been gener
ally lower, than have, the rates from Oregon over the roads serving
this state
JThe effect of this condition is necessarily reflected In general busi
ness, and has seriously retarded the development of the state. With
S. IT any wonder that -some men
.cannot get money in time to
pay their taxes when due? -
?: Is. there j anybody in Oregon the opening up of the various lumber uroduclnic sections in this state
that finds -it-, easy and simple to j which have heretofore been without rail connections, such as Tilla
pay taxes? r '' Jmbok, Coos Bay and many others In the Coast range and Cascade
y-ine increase from taxes within mountains, the importance to the whole state of the m-oduction of
a lew years nas been 400 per cent, these sections being: enabled to reach consuming markets on terms o:
ana.it is a struggle for every man J equality with competitors is apparent.
to meet the growing demands. . The most cursory Investigation discloses the Interest of the state
What wonder that here and I and city in this subject. . The struggle of an Industry to sedure an
there ' are men Who cannot ret I entrance lntr 'markets "'Birnlrl ,irk t InnVail ' tvn as maralv o lnnnA
, extent' upon the president himself. money to pay, the day taxes are J oyer some particular rate. It has far deeper significance. It involves
In eastern America,. there is,an I duet'
a right, in which the state is profoundly interested the right of Its
Sympathizer." for he has offered an
affront to the laboring man, that all
good mechanics are union men, which
is far from true. Portland has never
seen a real strike since I have known
it, which Is SO years. If It had, there
would be, no sympathisers for such
work. The union would be all rlght
if the heads knew when to stop. This
they do not. If the men get 7 a
day, after a short time the heads de
mand thev ask for IS or 19 for the
same hours and work, or they will call
a general walkout. Some of the peo
ple In Portland should have been in
Cripple Creek, Colo., in June, 190.
They would know what a real strike
was,, when their dear ones were killed
through such a piece of foolishness.
Cripple Creek was a closed town. The
governor was forced to call out the
military. The men were shot, and so
were many women and children, for
they were all. unreasonable. When
there ls a strike on in such a place
the union men are like wild Indiana
am one who would like to see every
union wiped out, for in the end.it only
brings suffering and hardship. Hun
dreds of the Cripple Creek men are
today homeless and working for the
smallest of wages. Go back to the
time when the union was first started.
How many can truthfully tell why It
was started? Not to benefit the labor
ing man. The originator saw -how he
could live In luxury and give orders If
he could Just get tne men to join ana
pay yearly dues. He showed to these
men what he would do for them how
much better they could do if they
would just join in with him and stand
by him. Tho unions will try to deny
this, for (few like to have the real
truth known.
I am glad B. C Ball took the stsnd
he did in all the strikes at his plant.
for if Portland is ever made a closed
town, or the best plants closed shops,
there win be civil war, as" there was at
Cripple Creek, until the whole city
would be ruined. Borne people do not
know when they are well off and to
let good enough alone. Most of the
unions are always looking to .see where
they can call a strike, some place or
another. ONE WHO HAS SEEN.
used, simply means the time when
mankind, aotlng upon its best con
science and experience, will rectify
what is wrong and rectif table in social
practice. For the present it means
mankind squaring its action with its
knowJedge. Now, if that seems an Im.
practical thing to do. If it is transcend'
ental. If it is crazy, then there ls no
use in ever discussing the possibility
of progress for this Is Just what
progress consists in.
If to be "millennial" or progressive
ls so reprehensible In a proposal, how
ls it to be escaped? Unless the present
order ls satisfactory enough to be
maintained Just as it is which no one
will contend--h only possible pro
gram is progress; and progress re
quires proposals; " and proposals al
ways entrench on the region of the
millennium. No one contends that so
cial injustice ought to continue. No
one now Justifies war even the philo
sophic defenders of war are dumb
before the horrors which their philoso
phy has wrought. If these thiiwrs are
wrong, they have got to go; and the
way they are to be gotten rid of is by
mankind leaving them behind as it
Journeys . on toward the millennial
order.
perhaps the largest Item of ml
understanding regarding the millen
nium of social peace and Justice is
due to the thought that the millen
nium Just "comes." Like the wind, it
is supposed that it bloweth where it
listeth and we cannot control the force
thereof nor the direction. But that is
wrong; the mlllenium ls made.
That indeed is basio in every theory
of progress, that man makes his own
conditions. "Man's inhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn.'
Nations make war. These regrettable
things are specimens of man's social
handicraft he makes them
Now It Is not at all lllusionary to
suppose that If man can make war,
ho can also make peace. If &e can
make a cathedral that will last for
1000 years, and a government that
will last' for 500 years, he can also
make a peace that will last as long.
So far he hasn't made a peace that
has endured a scant 60 years.
Men have been taught that war was
something like the seasons or the cir
culation qf the blood inherent in na
ture. It ls only now that this fallacy
ls being exposed War isn't wished on
men; men make war. They can as
teadily unmake war; they can as
readily construct an enduring peace.
The millennium, on the human side at
least, ls to be man-built.
As President Wilson intimates, gov
ernments can hasten the millennium
of peaoei, because governments have
been able to hold It back. Governments
have done more to teach the people the
"necessity" of war than is generally
recognized. Through state churches
and schools, through army discipline
and control of social opinion, govern
ments have delayed the coming of the
millennium Into the minds of the peo
ple. With a change of front, govern
ments could remake the face of the
world In a decade. And tbe people
would hail it. No people has ever yet
risen against a government for doing
tho noble, and sacrificial thing for the
sake of a world vision.
Where the president's speech pinches
is that Its practice would Involve
giving up all anti-millennial factor,
past and present. It would mean re
settling the affairs of the world ac
cording to the highest standard of hu
man morality, and then starting out
anew. It would mean the giving up of
all that has been wrongfully taken
duritrg past centuries, the resignation
Of all usurped power. It would mean
a vote of all the peoples as to what
national unities tney would seek, such
ss would content their natural aspira
tions and rights for a century or more
to come for this is Involved In JJtbej
consent of the governed.'' a doctrine!
which has not obtained in eastern Eu-j
rope and Asia. j
i
Millennial? Of course. But how;
else is the reign of peace to come?
The road thereto ls narrow, but how
else can the world get there? For
once In the history of human though!;
the 'head of a government has given
voice to what the spiritual forces of
tbe world have been trying to make
clear, that the peace of righteousness,
which is the only peace that endures,
must be founded on righteousness.
And this 'Involves a tremendous house
cleaning throughout ' the world . a
house-cleaning that will require more
courage than 'ever war called for.
tTo thia cnlama all raadrra of Tfca loarnai -
J invited te contribute oprplcal matter 4s
tory. interna or tn oblloaouhiral ohaarTartoa
f1r atrlkin qaotatlont, from any aonree. Com
trlbutloos of ncapOonal merit wlU be pel "
" . wwri apprawai.j i ; - ;
The Horses Christmas Tree. '
"PHE Saturday afternoon before -A
Christmas, while Postof fice crquars
KM crowded with horses, wagons.
teamsters, and the hundreds who came
to look at the tree and see the horses
eat their Christmas dinner of . oats,.
corn, apples, and carrot, a gentleman, .
evidently a stranger in tho city, writes
the editor of Our tKimb Animals,'
wedging his wsy in toward the foun
tain, said to: us: "What is the idea?"
We replied, "A little something for
the horses, but a great deal more for
the thousands of human beings who
see it and will hear about it. The
horses doubtless do not know what it
means, but Its educational and moral
value is very great. It ls the spirit .
of kindness that this object-lesson is
teaching that is the significant thing
about it. Everyone here who is help
lng is enlarging his own kindness, and
multitudes are having thefr attention
called to the claims of eveiv animal
life for kind and generous treatment."
"1 see," he caid; and with a face.
kindling with a gracious smile not to
be forgotten, he moved away.
It was interesting to watch the
crowd. Even while the tiee was being
trimmed teamsters passing, having
read what th tree was for, looked
over toward those at work, bowed and
took off their hats. Hoys, by the
score, gathered, asking (juesttons, and
quickly caught tho meaning. and
seemed as pleased as if the tree had
been for them.
Who can tell the" kindly impulses
quickened by that tree in many a hu
man heart? Who can know the friend
ly tap of teamsters on their horseV
necks that night as they put them up.
saying, "Well, old fellow, they remem
bered us, didn't they? Tou had your
treat, and we had , our coffee. I'm
going to be kinder to you than ever
before."
Unless beneath what might be aeWi
as only sentiment, we recognize this
deeper meaning of he Horses' Chrlfct
mas Tree, It may well seem an idle
and profitless thing to have done. Our
heartiest thanks to the generous friend
who, with a few of bis associates,
mad 8 it possible.
overwhelming sentiment that,, fa- U Should such men have piled on (producers to enter markets on fair terms with competitors: a right
- me ames. - wra 'cityi tuera oeimqueni tax aavertlslng I that is essential to the development of the Industry. . As a result lareelv
Is - a ; hotbed t anti-Germanism, f charges that In many instances are l of the nolicr of tha ast this stat tiaa been nrodnpin? less than .ma
in that city, many small German l larger than th entire amount of I half the Quantity of lumber nrodneed in Washington, the dlfferenr in
irauesinen. were compenea o go meir taxes T Tnus, in the- Coos I money running' into- millions, and in employment into thousands of
out of business on account of the I county scandal,' the advertising I men ' . -.
anti-German sentiment. . This feel- charge on. lots taxed at five cents! But few reallza tha msrnitude this Industry Will attain in the next
ing finds expression, frequently on j each, was 1 , lot, : and " the ad- j few years It is certain If given a fair opportunity its growth in the
tne jioor or congress oy sacn;men Yrtlalng charge on lota that sold 1 near future will be Yerr rapid and Its Effect upon the prosperity of the
-"e""- vvwAuoa- i m vsu was s Wb i Siaia UO. OI UU CltWTeTT marKea.. . : : ,v :VJ 4 c-v v
The High Cost of Amusement
Hillsdale, Or., Jan. 31. To the Edi
tor of . The Journal There is a great
deal said of late about high cost of
living. I presume there Is no one
thing the definite cause. There ls
one which to my mind figures greatly,
that is seldom' spoken of. What ls our
money being spent for? How many
thousands ofi dollars does any given
picture play fake from our city? Some
will say, "It Is so instructive." If
it ls knowledge we are after, let us
go to our publlo libraries and get an
ancient history. It will cost nothing.
Or pick up the Bible and read tbe last
part of the Book of Jeremiah. Tou
will there get a description of the fall
of Babylon. Turn to the second chap
ter of St. John. There, from the pen
of the inspired writer, you can read of
Christ's "first miracle, In all its loveli
ness and simplicity not a cold, for
mal affair. If It is entertainment we
are looking for, it surely was the
wrong piace to go. mere nas been si
lime wnen people were entertainea try
the burning .of women supposed to. be
witches, but In this enlightened age
we surely cannot enjoy watching hu
man . beings beheaded, their lives
crushed out and their bodies mangle 1
and torn. We have gone almost des
perately insane hunting for entertain
ment. If the money spent for meat
in the city of Portland and that paid
out for entertainment and amusement
were laid in the balance well, I will
leave that to the reader. I haven't the 1 rtnr mun is at the Orecon.
statistics. A JOTJKNAli READER. J. M, Kemp of Grants Pass ls at the
Portland.
J. S. Barton Is registered at the Mult-
PERSONAL MENTION
Leader of Volunteers Here.
Colonel and Mrs. Walter Duncan,
regimental commanders of the Volun
teers of America on the Paciflo coast,
are Portland visitors. They are mak
ing their annual tour of inspection of
volunteer work In the cities of the
northwest. They will conduct special
services tonight at 8 o'clock at the
Portland mission hall. Colonel and Mrs.
Duncan maks their headquarters In
San Francisco.
To Serve in Aaval Hospital.
Dr. J. I Manion has left for Wash
ington, D. C, to serve In the United
States hospital there. For the past
three years he has been attached to
the marine corps recruiting office In
this -city.
Superintendent Withrow Visitor.
Ire. I Withrow, superintendent, of
the Columbia timber camp, at Goble,
was a Portland visitor, Saturday.
-
Editor Sam Clark Here.
Sam H. Clark of Bismarck. N. D
publisher of the well known maga
zine, "Jim Jam Jems," ls a guest at
the Multnomah.
-
C. Stevens is a Cattby visitor at the
Cornelius.
E. J. Profitt of Coeur d'AJene, Idaho,
is at the Multnomah.
Irvirtg Charter is a Clatekanle ar
rival at the Perkins.
The Dallas basketball team is at the
Perkins, -T
M. T. CConnell, Winlock. Wash., log-
Wants News of Son..
San Francisco, Feb. 1. To the Edl-jnomah from Coquille.
tor of The Journal I am trying to lo
cate my long absent son. John Blrner, I
age 25, native ef Germany. I. last, heard
of him as working in Portland about a
year ago. Would you kindly publish
this notice in your paper, as X learn It
has large circulation in Oregon and
Jay H. Upton, Prineville attorney.
Is at the Imperial with Mrs. Upton.
v Charles W. Ersklne of Bend is at
the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Brunker are Grants
Pass visitors at Vhe Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Potter of Mill
Washington, and greatly oblige an City are guests at the Oregon.
anxious mother who longs to hear from ' D. V. Fendell is a Newberg arrival
her son. MRS. CHRISTINA BIRNER, A the Multnomah. , ; , ,
10O Market st, San Francisco. CaL 4F.W. Patty grove, a son of one of
the founders r of Portkurd, is at the
Portland. He sails from San Francisco.
A. L. Smith ls registered at the Per
kins from Buxton.
D. J. Cooper of The Dalles ls at the
Imperial.
J. E. Dorman of Salt Lake ls at the
Oregon.
William McGregor ls a Eugene ar
rival at the Portland.
Frank C. Carey of The Dalles is at
the Perkins.
W. P. Chrlstensen is registered at
the Cornelius from Stevenson, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Thomas of Med
ford are guata at the Imperial.
The TJnsmoking Collegian.
From tba Spokane Spokeaman Beriaw.
The 13 smoking students of McMinn
ville college have given way to the
will of the majority, and the Lady
Nicotine no longer enjoys coeduca
tional privileges in the Oregon institu
tion. This, it is reported, was accom
plished without resort to drastic meas
ures. Each of the dozen undergradu
ates whose addiction to tobacco threat
ened to develop into a blot, or at least
La smoxe ring, on tne 'scutcheon "nas
sworn orr ana is oacic m scnooi, tne
dispatches relate. Had they not yield
ed they would have been dismissed, on
the principle that where there ls
smohe there must be fire. v
The McMinavllle reform brings up
the question of where the writers of
college stories (and their illustrators)
would be if the smokeless campus were
the rule and - not the exception. It
probably is true that many college
men detest tobaceo, just ss it probably
is true that many college women can
not abide fudge, yet the pipe less and
fudgeless student is inconceivable to
anyone whose ideas of academic rou
tine have been derived from the
stories and pictures alleged to repre
sent real conditions. What the song
calls "the golden base of ' student
days" has been made a light blue haze
by the assiduous flctionists.
- uoueges nave already reacned - a
stage where the rollicking phrases of
their drinking songs are largely fig'
ures of Speech. Is the pip to follow
the bow: Into the dusty repository of
wings pssir ...
Curry County Is Proud of Iabcl.
Word comes from Mountain precinct,
says the Gold Beach Reporter, that,
while riding up the hill from her
home to the county road a few days
ago. Miss Mabel Mock saw and killed
a big wildcat. Her horse saw it first,
and looking down the hill, Mabel .saw
It. Dismounting, she took the dog'and
went after it, ran it in behind a tree
and killed It. She had no gun, either;
-futtfr Ka Im T .aa .. II., . . ...
too. Pretty good for a sirl: hut that
is the kind of girls Curry county has
not the kind that scream at a mouse,
Arwl lis U'.. Tl..t an 1 ,.!..
Ordinary concerts have grown rather ,
stale in 'Middleton, where everybody
sings, or thinks he can.
So a novelty was arranged, in which
each performer was to appear In a
fancy dress and sing a suitable sofig.
The first items went off very well. al-.
though when Miss ''An tike came on in"
a simple, girlish gown and sang "For
ever and Forever," the audience got
nervous and thought she meant to do
so.
Then, says the New York Mall, the
village crier appeared In a sailor rig
and declaimed "Asleep in the Deep,", in
s; voice high pitched and cracked.
"Who is her' "What character does
he represent?" were the questions the
Then came the usual voice from the
rear of the hall, saying: '
"Why, he's Sing Bad, the Sailor."
Always Liable to the Recall.
"Bliggins goes around asking o
much-advice that he never accomplish
es anything.
Yes," replied the man whose mind
lingers in the past, not enough initia
tive and too much referendum."
Wisdom Not of This World.
Jed McAllister of Pilot Hock was
In Portland recently and tells this.
story on himself:
"I once was afflicted- with a pile
of junk and a Washington hajid prcis
in a little town which to prevent iden
tification I will t-all Jlnxvllle. OY.
It was a Jinx town for me, all right.
Had a regular weekly paper, you un
derstand. Was about starved out. A
Methodist preacher came along filled
with a desire to show the public press
how to head in, and I let him show
for xoo cash end a note for 1700. it
was like robbing a baby, but I fig
ured that the $400 would be handy
and the rest didn't matter, anyhow. '
"WelL I '.went off on a prospectus
after a silver mine with a gold supple
ment, which is still to be issued - f
the undersigned, and left the preacher
confident that the Lord would' pro
vide In answer to earnest prayer.
"About three months afterward I
wandered back again and found that
preacher-editor gazook rolling in pros
perity. About S50 timber locations
had been filed In a burned over tract
of second growth hill couxvtry around
that town, and that preacher was run
ning a mint publishing the ads re-
quired by the land laws, at from $1
to $11 each, and a bunch of Jays be
ing brought down on the train by a
Portland locator every other day till
forbidden. '
I never' let on to that preacher
that I doubted the efficacy of prayer,
even when 1 found out that his wife's
sister's brother was the locator and
a half uncle was an official' in tbe
United States land, office."
MelnAVith the Hkj.
The efficiency expert to whom the
world was turned over for tuning 'up
got after the clouds the first thing,
says the New York Evening Post.
"Have that silver llntag ripped out!"
he directed, peremptorily. "Don't you
know somebody has to pay for It? No
wonder the cost of living is hlghf" -
Certain optimists raised a hue and.
cry, but only to discover, to their
profound chagrin that, owing to the
war and one thing and. another, their
rade was no longer what It had been.
Today'.
So here hath been dawning
Another Mae day:
Think, wilt thou let It - -
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Out of eternity : ,
This new day Is born;.
Into eternity.
At night will return. .
Beioid it aforetime
No eye ever did;
So soon it forever - . , .
, From all eyes hlds.j ; ' "
Here: hatto been dawnir.ar .
Another blue day; : -
Think, wilt thou let it - . -. '
, Slip useless away?
Thomas Caiiylsv
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
. The : more I ' read about why hens
don't lay In cold weather the more I
don't know about it. VPear to me th
reason It don't, rain in dry weather and
don't snow lit hot.wea.ther is ths same
as regardin hens not layin' In the win
ter 'taint natchwi and never wua, - -
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