The Oregon daily journal., February 21, 1917, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. ; PORT LAND. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. ' .1917. '
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ATt INDEPEKrCNT KIWPtFKR
B. JACKSON...
THE LENROOT PROTEST
LREADY there is a protest from Washington over tbe passage
by itie legislature of the Bean bill. The protesyant me rang
ing Republican member of tbe house committee on public lands.
His protest Is voiced In the following news dispatch to yeater-
Feb. 20. Congressman Lenroot of Wteconsln, ranking
.obltobed ever r. afterooes is roornlpa
4aieent Stltiffav ftrnmni at Tha JttnrDl'
BuiwU. Mroajwap ! XaatbUi street, day's Journal.
Partial Or. J W..Wn.
..Blared at th nnatnfftoa at Portland Or. for ' Tteniihl le n- nf lh nublif. lands committee and probable leader of that party
. traiuiolnion Uwajs the mUa aa cotxl j nPIt house toiay declared that any action by the Oregon legislature di-
'M v recting that the Oregon and California grant lands be placed on the state
VEt.EPHONKS Mala 7178; Horn. A-fl04l tax rolls would be-1jrnost unfortunate for the state of Oregon, la that It is
All dapartiDCDta reacbea br these nnmbcra. in rnntrnvcnHAn nSifotinn bv eonzress."
1 ell. flu sverator whal departuest ? o t lf tha Unremo court through any technicality, should not uphold the
Chamberlain law revesting title in. the government and the matter comes
waafc
4 C REIGN ADVEETWINO pgPRKSRSTATIVIC haek to congress to settle, I for one-would be less disposed to be liberal
V Penjumls A Kentnor Co., Braoawtck Bids, to the state If the legislature takes that position, he said. I will, in that
- f?. rLV hW Xorfc' " Peopl,' event, favor recouplrg the government for the loss It has suffered on leas
. .. , r,. ,?.'.? j : liberal terms than we have heretofore dealt with the state of Oregon. I am
Tyeriptlm terms by mall r lo any addre tsorry the legislature should take such a view of the matter, for Oregon will
is tba UblUa Statu or Mel-o: b)S fh iogPr by jt.
M..Uf UORli n - iLSSBNOO!s The effect of the Bean legislation on congress is obvious. It is a
j" fcUKDA moDlh' ' direct attack on congress in its action in passing the Chamberlain-
rt'i 2. so i One month $ 2" Ferris law. Thus, the Bean bill says:
, AJLY tUOBNlNO on AKTERjJOON) ANP Whereas, tho supreme court of the United States holds that the complete
. VY ' . ... and absolute title to the lands granted by the acts aforesaid passed to
; ar..,.....T.Wl I One sxmin. . .... . f . nroft A, Palirnrnk RllrnaH rnmrmnv and further holdlne that there
were no conditions Imposed In sthe granting act upon which a rorieiture or
the grants could be predicated:
Whereas, notwithstanding the PKCTSION OP THE SUPREME COURT OK
THK UNITKD STATES. THE CONGRESS HAS PASSED AN' ACT DECLAR
ING THE T1TI-E TO THE UNSOLD PORTION OF SAID GRANTED LANDS
TO BE REVESTED IN THE UNITED STATES, etc, etc.
That is to say, in language almost as plain as it can be written,
the Oregon legislature through passage of the Bean bill holds that
congress had no right to &eq.rp"ibe title to the unsold portion of said
granted lands to be revested&iJUie United States."
That is to say, the Oregon legislature through passage of the Bean
bill has proclaimed that congress was wrong in attempting to take over
tbe title to the excess proceeds, and should not have attempted to
do so.
It will be an unexpected note for vroDgress to hear from Oregon.
In taking over the excess proceeds, congress gave half of them to Ore
1 gon Irrigation, Oregon poads and Oregon schools. The effect of the
Bean bill is an expressed insistence by the Oregon legislature that tho
excess proceeds of the rant lands should not have been given by con
gress, half to the federal government and half to Oregon irrigation,
r 1 i i. ,1 V, 1 1 , A11 . - A . 11 J
iuuuh auu ci uuuis, uui xii iq iue ruin udu.
Congressman Lenroot, who is likely to be the Republican leader of
the next house, , and who is ranking Republican member of the very
committee that would deal with the grant lands should an adverse
decision by the supreme court invalidate the Chamberlain act, perfectly
not for justice. But the graft i to j one of the laws passed by the Decro
tm An ajnt in i, aih-a it legislatures of the south during recon-
. strucUon Bays, when they pent thT
uu uuuig, lb UUBoiUiS,
Formerly If a person was, for
tho moment, too poor 'to pay bis!
taxes the ravens descended ' upon
him and devoured him at once.
This was cruel, of course, but it
had the merit of frankness. There
was no sneaking whine of hypoc
risy about the cannibal feast. The
victim received no mercy and his
destroyers did- not pretend to
show any.
Under the modified form of the
tax graft, with" a hollow pretense
of mercy, the prey is allowed to
exist for thirty days before he Is
dispatched. It he does not pay
up within that interval he is
handed over to the executioners
as before. Of course nobody lets
his taxes become delinquent it he
can pay them. ' Is it to punish tho
poor man for his poverty that
graft-hunting newspapers are al
lowed to pick his bones?
tlm Bassinr laws to compel their
members to wear shoes while attend
ing the legislature, laws that whites
and blacks should marry, etc
It seems to me that states are ss
badly In need of a new form of govern
ment as our cities. Why not devise a
commission form of government for
the sUts. of half a doren competent
men at the beads of various depart
ments, something like the commission
plan in uso In the cities T Make the
salary large enough to attract men of
ability and make the tenure of office
long enough so that experience will
count. As it is, we have banker,
farmers sjid business men who, while
they may be successful in their own
line, do not know the first principles
of government. They give their first
and best efforts to their own business
and give what little time Is absolutely
necessary to tbe 'business of the estate.
J. N.
nn!
tea on only one slda ot me paper, anouiu wii
xcecd aoo worda la lanstb ana mui,ix ic
ecropunled by tba naia and adnrena or nt
coder. If the writer doea not desire tapjDae
tbe name published ha abould so ataie. 1
Hcoff not at the natural defwta of any
which ara. not in rlielr powT Iq amend.
Jt la cruel to boat a cripple with ule own
crutchea. Fuller.
OVER Till: MOON
T
I1B Oregon cow has jumped
sneaking. The ' statement is understands the meaning of , the Bean legislation when he says:
SI. JJAiunn 1 ;ivr.3 illAI J-unuilJA. 1 tv 11,1, J IN THAT J-J V li,2N rA V UK
nf steers from the Recouping the government for the loss it has suffered
,r of ,Q rn on less liberal terms than we have hitherto dealt with
intry soia at .ou the state of Oregon, i am sorry the legislature should
T f 1 ha ri ittor r n rti n a harlr t - n tr a oaf T r rr a WOTTT T HI?
,W1 uaeil up V! me iiiamc Hw iess DISPQSl'TD TO EE LIBERAL TO THE STATE IF THE LEGLS
lations on beef. lature takes that position, i will in that event favor
- - Two loads
Prineville country
. per hundred pounds in tho North take such a view of the matter, FOR OREGON will be the
Portland yards Monday. This was usk it,
the-highest open market transac- It was not very long ago that public bodies, granges, business or-
tlon for dteers ever obtained on ganizations, chambers of commerce, city councils, county boards, school
Ibe Pacific coast. Show stuff has boards and people all over Oregon were petitioning congress to give
- Sold higher than this, but for such to Oregon a larepart of the excess proceeds from sale of the grant
Offerings a premium is always paid lands. That was while the Chamberlain-Ferris bill was pending In
oy packers to advertise the Indus- congress. At the end of that strenuous campaign, extending over a
try. penoa oi several montns, a campaign in which state societies In Port
For one carload of steers sold In land wrote asking congressmen from other states to support the Chara
the yards Monday the average berlaln bill, congress finally passed the Chamberlain-Ferris act giving
value of tho animal was slightly , Oregon half the excess proceeds from sale of the grant lands.
better than $112. I AT such a campaign by Oregon people, the Bean bill appearing
- Qn the same day North Portland as the voice of the Oregon legislature will make extraordinary reading
livestock traders were startled by ior congress, ir, by the decision of the supreme court, the grant lands
the sale of hogs in carload lots at suouia again De thrown into the hands of congress, the Bean bill will
figures as high as $12.60 per bun- conrront me members or the Oregon delegation at every step. When
dred pounds. This, too, is a rec- they ask for liberal treatment for Oregon, the Bean bill will be pointed
ord price and eclipses all previous to as the spoken expression of the legislature against giving the lands
figures. A carload of these bogs to Oregon irrigation, roads and schools and in favor of giving them to
.1 nno I n.klnli mAono thf f9 I mn n
llverttKcu mu ijuiiuud, n uii.u uiauo
that the average value of each ani-j No better stroke was ever made In a legislature In behalf of a
' mal was a fraction better than $25. railroad company. If railroad lawyers did not actually frame the bill,
). Again, recent sales of lambs in it has to be confessed that they could not, with all their asumen, have
the stockyards have been made at iasnionea u to more completely serve the interests of their enrolover
; 13 per hundred pounds, still an-j The more the effect of the Bean legislation is studied, the more it
'other record-breaking price for the surpasses tne mianight resolution" of the 1915 legislature in infamy.
Pacific coast trade. ; ana UP lo lts me, tne midnight resolution" was the most extraor
There are various reasons for dinary action ever taken by any legislature in any state.
these advancing prices in the live- " ""
Ftock market. First of all is the wild enthusiasm everywhere. It
fact that Biipplies in the United was indeed a Kiplingesque adven--States
have decreased In late years. , ture which none but a born hero
Then again prosperity is so pro-' would have undertaken,
noune'ed in the east that the public I What Funston might have
'there is figuratively buying its achieved had .events opened a path
head off, which means advancing to his legitimate ambition no
jrices. Europe has been a per- body can say. Happily the United
"eistent buyer of pork and pork Staeshas been free from the curse
products in America. In fact, the of waj since peace was concluded
Atlantic coast trade some time ago witnSpain and our soldiers have
threw up its hands because it could heen able to plan campaigns and
not supply the demand. Then win battles only on the innocent
began for the first time in the his- fields of Imagination. Military
tory of the Pacific coast hog Indus- senius may have been stifled In
try the sale of pork products direct this way, perhaps, but the country
to Europe.
has thrlveniand the welfare of the
people has been exalted.
Ben Bingham got $85 of state
money as clerk to his father, who j The Coos Bay wagon road grant
was absent from Salem throughout has been put by federal court de
the session. When the legislature cisions in the same category with
isln session, much public money is the railroad grant lands. Con
free money. i gress will undoubtedly have to
- make disposition of them under
GENERAL FUXSTOX. j suggestion of the federal supreme
court when a decision is reached
Letters From the People
Difference lletween Trueves.
Portland. Or., Feb. 13. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I would like to
ask through The Journal if any of Its
many readers can explain to me tbe
difference between a horse thief and
an automobile thief. ' A horse thlf
who steals a horso worth from $60 to
Sieo. If caught stands about onvi
chan- In a thousand of escaping tht
Commanlcatlona aett to The Journal tor J penitentiary, and the strong arm of
Miration in thl department ahculd 1 writ- tne aw generally gets him there in
quick, time while an automobile tbler
who steals a oar worth fl&OO gets a
lecture from the ludge or perhaps
10 days Jail sentence. Is it considered
G
ENERAL FUNSTON lived an by that trlDunal. The
unusually interesting and
the late legislature on the Bean bill
TtSS!??0?10'1" the rence that if that
one. His death at 51 years UnA vv v
' ' of age from arterial disease was as
premature as it was unexpected by
". his intimates. It seems to indicate
that army men are not exempt
. ( vy 41. tavai7a vi luiuuio Alio
which wreak such havoo among tb
' ? masses of the people.
" i General Funston's rise to high
military command is all ths more
Interesting because he was not
case it would have protested
against restoration of the excess
proceeds to the public.
HOW TO END IT?
A'
XTEMPT was made to pay Sen
ator Bingham's son $85 of
state money for alleged serv
ices as clerV in Vita fatViai-
educated in the military academy from January 9 to 25 at the late
at West Point. He was a Univers- legislative session. Senator Blng-
, Ity of Kansas graduate and re- ham was not at the session. He
celved his first military command waa ln New York buying horses
irum iub Buvervior 01 vnai state. f0T use jn the war
But he had enjoyed plenty of! Senator Binsrham's nn waJ
j previous experience both In war on the state payroll by Senator
- and In those hardy adventures of Moser, president of the senate. In
peace which require as much energy a letter to Secretary Olcott, Presl-
f and vigor as active campaigning, dent Moser wrote:
or more. As a botanical explorer; As a courtesy to Senator X. H.
he saw all there was of excitement Bingham and Ma constituents, I be-
- ' and risk: in Alaskan life. He even l1eve he should be allowed, "by the
ri hit r Tn , the entlre , $?v?&
t length of the Yukon in a canoe. gus c. moser. President!
;. This sort of experience admlrablvj It was as president of the sen
; uuallfled him for those romantic ate and in his official capacity that
exploits ln Cuba and the Philip-' Senator Moser made the re'auest
service of any kind ln the legis
lature, was paid $185. The amount
was not large as legislative trans
actions go, but in principle it
amounted to a great deal. It was
the people's money.
Through his power as president
of the senate, Senator Moser al
lowed his stenographer $10 a day
or $410 for the session. Many of
the best stenographers in private
employ do not receive $100
month and multitudes of them ren
der excellent service for $50, or a
little more than $2 per day. The
pay of a legislator is $3 per day
and mileage.
These are small matters. But
they are a test of men. Public
officials who are false to the public
Interest in small thing3 which w
know about create distrust of their
acts in large things of public char
acter. These abuses of the clerkship
privilege are sample of the line
of action Into which the legislator
has fallen. It has been the prac
tice so long that some men look
upon it as legitimate, and yet it
is evil, vicious and demoralizing.
Legislators who stand by and make
no protest against such abuses may
naturally be expected to vote for
such monstrosities as the Bean bill
and against such measures aa the
bill to abolish the delinquent ad
vertising graft
How to put an end to such
things isji problem to which the
people of Oregon will sooner or
later address themselves.
The Innocent "Delinquent."
Portland, Feb. 16. To the Editor of
The Journal I have noted with a
great deal of interest your splendid
fight against the present method of ad
vertising delinquent taxes in the news
papers. X tblnk every DUSiness mn
will agree with me that a notice oy
postal card would be altogether more
efficient than a publication ln any
newspaper.
One of the prominent dailies of this
city has used the argument that tax
payers will the more readily pay tneir
taxes to save exposure If they know
publication will follow delinquency. I
think this statement is erroneous.
In one of the delinquent tax lists
published recently I notice that I was
listed 12 or 15 times aa delinquent for
certain properties. As a matter of
fact, in every case this property naa
been deeded, and in some cases several
years ago, but the purchasers of the
property have simply been negligent
in recording their deeds. This un
doubtedly happens in many cases.
I think The Journal has the approval
of a large majority of the taxpayers of
Oregon in Its endeavor to bring about
this amendment to the present tax
law.
If it is a mark of dishonor to appear
On the delinquent list, then certainly
an injustice has been done in similar
cases to that taxpayer who has paid
all his tax and yet appears in the de
linquent list through no fault or nis
own.
Yesterday a prominent taxpayer,
with a substantial bank account, was
notified over the phone by a neighbor
that a tax was delinquent and pub
lished. The party was humiliated. A
postal would have caved expense to
taxpayer and county.
H.G. THOMPSON.
Mainly About Public Schools.
Denxer. Or.. Feb. 12. To the Editor
of The Journal I have been reading
the letters In the Semi-Weekly Journal
about the tax publication graft with
great interest, as I am one that has
been hit with It twice, and I want to
say that the voters should watch the
legislators who vote to perpetuate that
graft and all other grafts and remem
ber them at the polls next election.
I also want to say a few words in
regard to our school system. I un
derstand that the legislature has
passed a minimum eight months'
school term, but have not seen where
they have made any arrangements for
paying for the extra time. If it has
to be paid by extra taxes on each dis
trict it will take some people s places
an ay from them, for they can hardly
meet their taxes now. To illustrate
In my school district we have a 17. 5
mills county tax, a 10 mills special
school tax and a 10 mills special road
tax 37.5 mills in all and we have
only six months school and can only
pay 145 a month for a. teacher, and
half of the repairs and work on the
school house -and grounds has to be
done by volunteer work or go undone.
Also, by putting the money Into the
clerk's hands and the spending of it
into the directors' it is direct cause of
graft, because they all want to get
some of it back in return for the taxes
they pay. Or else the clerk may de
camp with the funds, as one did in an
adjoining district a few weeks ago.
Why can't we have a scnool law like
the one in Maryland? There, as I un
derstand it, each district in the etate
has nine months' school and each
school district is allowed tho same
amount of money for each teacher that
is required. It is all paid from a state
school fund and each county clerk
cashes the warrants for the teachers'
salaries and other expenses, the board
of trustees in the district having noth
ing to do, but O. K. the bills and see
that the school Is carried on properly.
Our public schools are supposed to
be a derrsjeratic institution, to give all
classes tne same chance for an educa
tion, but when run on the Oregon plan
the system Is far from being demo
cratic, as It is not only a hardship on
the children in a poor district but also
on the taxpayer. For why should the
taxpayers of one district be compelled
to pay twice as much as tbe tax pay
ers in another district? If the school
a state Institution It should be
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
a Joke if a young man 18 years of age
steal a machine? It appears to me
that there must be two classes ot
thieves the bad thief and the respect
able thief. It seems to me it is about
time these young thieves were given
to understand the Joke part of it had
been eliminated; otherwise it wjll
never be stopped. It seema to me it
a boy is too young for a prison sen
tence he should be put to work good
and hard until lie had earned enough
mcney to pay ba k for all damage to
the car. This perhaps would start the
boy to thinking, and no doubt thinK
twice, before launching out upon an
other joke expedition.
1 do not own a machine myself, but
If I did own one and It were stolen
or an attempt made to steal It and I
should happen upon the scene, I thin it
it would bo a very strong inducement
to take the law rnto my own hand.
as too many miscarriages in law breed
a disrespect for it. E. F. MANN.
Ths 1117 session of the Orexon leg
islature will so down in history and
nobody knows how far down!
Difference between a war lord and a
censor? One makes others do the dy
ing, and the other makes others do the
lying.
It is said American airplane manu
facturers can turn out 3U0 machines
a wek if called upon. Hear thatf
Spruce up!
a
The submarine has not yet been in
vented that will sink the various mer
chantmen who are responsible for the
well known high cost.
a
It must have done Mr. Gerard a
world of good to find himself on;e
more where he could get all the cheese
with holes in it that he wanted to eat.
The Danish "West Indies may set
themselves caJld the Yankee West 1 n-
diert. for some are calling them that.
without Halting leave or auinorny.
Hut under whichever name. -If there
should be wax, they come to us la ths
nick of time.
"Of course many people will , think
that the only bills passed were the bad
rUis." remarks the l.a ur&noe vo
server. Possibly; but at all events tbe
bad bills were the only bills that a
good many of Oregon's most energetic
citizens seemed to get tienina.
AH that Abraham Lincoln undertook
to do at the beginning of what became
the Civil war was to enforce the laws
of the United States. The ljuisuig
Gresorv nroDosal to enforce interna
Uonal law is in essence the same thin?.
In either case, the shoe Is on tbe other
fellow s foot.
The Semi-monthly Pay Bill.
Drain, Or., Feb. 15. To the Editor
of The Journal Being- a wage earner
I am always interested In anything for
the good of the working han. There
fore, I feel it my duty to express my
opinion on the one good bill for the
laboring man, and that is the one com
pelling corporations to pay employes
twice a month. I noticed In yester
day's Journal that the bill has been
killed or Indefinitely postponed. It Is
- OREGON SLUKI4GUTS j
Th rxmiuinl nrnmlui that SXten-
sive building will b the order In Wak-
or with ths coining or spring.
War platform of the Vsls i.nter
prlset nve are with you, Mr. Wilson;
but to be right frank with you, roost
ot us want tu slsy at horns with you.
The Canyon City Eagle s Fox Valley
correspondent writes: "The winner
a as been very oeautiiui tor some
in ths valley and the blackbirds hve
put Iq their appearance, thinking, no
doubt, that Spring will soon be here,
but the ground is still covered with
now and the sleighing is fine."
Weather report In the Iikeview Ex
aminer of February 1&: "The weather
In Lakevlew for the past week has
been generally clear with a slight storm
Munday. ince men it nas nenrnu i
and ths days have reminded one f
spring."
The Kugene Guard contributes this
to the winter symposium on weather:
"H. A Foster, a former resident or
Eurene, writes the Guard from Manis
tee, Mich.: "If you have some real
ovnn watattiar khin noma here St
once.' On the reverse side of the card
is a picture of what appears to Wj a
laxe pier covered with a mountain ot
Ice."
tv,,.. rrnni of U were harvested
thle-jear at Uikevlew." the Kxamlner
says. and it would have been posttib.o
to secure a fourth had the headgates
ln the - reservoir been closed esriy
enough. When ths cold snap started
v,. riiri not think It would
last long and consequently did not shut
tu Th first croo of ice w.is
about 17 inches thick and the other two
about IS. This is the best ice for a
number of years.'
i "
Rag Tag and Boltail
Stories trom Everywksrs
ITo thi column Mil rarfwM Yfe intivr.tl
r lQTltrd la mntrlhula arlslnat matlarla '
u-rj. in cr lr )t vhlloiiopEtcal eUerT-tk.il
7"JLr rlku.jr qaoutlnn. frvra nr murce. Coe-
.wuunua. OI nc.pth.nn I merit will M
lo. at lb eaiur apiraUel.j
Iridic, You Mizht Try This,
TWO ladles on tho other side of ths
border, kttjs Ijndou Tit-Bits, were
holding a tair)i.1 i-onfab on "ths
troubles of life, and huabands ln par-
"I dinna wonder at hoi no pulr wives
having to help ihrutael vcm out of their
husband's trouatr pockets," remarked
the one.
"I canna say I like thr-m underhand
ways inyscl'," responded tho second
matron. "I jlst turn ma man's breeches
tfoonslde up and help mnscr off the
carpet.'
THE STATE'S RIGHT TO EXPERIMENT
. V
From U.S New Republic.
Shall Oregon permit Us women to
be employed at a wage of less than
J8.64 r'-'' week? This Is the issue
argued before the supreme court a
few days ago; and upon Its constitu
tionality decision will have shortly to
be made. Upon that decision will de
pend the fate of similar legislation
ln 11 other states of the union. No
one at all concerned with the study
of industrial problems but must hope
anxiously that the weapon of social
progress involved in this legislation,
the right of the states to validate or
to invalidate hypotheses by experi
ment, will not be stricken from our
hands. To that end the National Con
sumers' league under the trained di
rection of Miss Josephine Goldmark
has compiled In the brief presented to
the court what la practically a
graphic survey of the evidence for
such legislation. The value of the
method originally used ln the now
classlo rase of Muller v. Oregon has
never received so admirable a justifi
cation as in this comprenensive study.
So convincing a body of demonstrated
experience has rarely been collected as
the basis for judicial Inquiry.
No fair minded observer can doubt
a. dnlorhl smd whollv unwarranted
action to mv notion. The bill was. as w.i on xue economic iu v in
I understand it, sponsored by most of a convincing case for a minimum
our southern Oreeon reoresentatives. wage for women is made out. Begin-
but it seems that It has all been ln ning, hlstoricaly, as a tentative ef-
vain. I think, and I am sure most all irt in a smau Ausiranan community,
laboring men are with me. that when It may now be said to command the
a man does a day's work he is entitled legislative assent of a great part or
to his pay. It Is sometimes a long Hie civilized world. No community
time between pay days under the pres- that has adopted it has ever found
ent system. It is not only too long It necessary to doubt its original wis-
to wait, but the employer has the use dom. On the contrary, the amazing
and Interest on vour hard earned cash thing Is the rapidity of its progres-
during this time. Such large corpora- slve extension. It is bound up, of
tions as the Bell Telephone company
pay twice a month and I challenge
anyone to come through with a plausi
ble excuse or reason why others can
not do the same.
course, with tne fundamental move
ment of modern civilization, the at
tempt to create a minimum standard
of life below which no worker shall
fall. It Is from experience that this
Let the laborlns- man remember these movement has been born. The bad
little slams against us and when eleo effect of low wages on public health
Hon day rolls around vote for men who is now a commonplace or vital sta
will not kill a bill that slves the right tlstlcs. But that effect is only a
to receive our money semi-monthly at point on the circumference of a vl
least. clous circle. It Is low w;ei that are
I am no I. W. W. or Socialist, neither responsible for a decline in public
am I a union man; nevertheless, I be- morals. It Is low wages that prevent
The legislature refused to sub
J mit to the people a proposition to
1 nave a legislative session but once
in four years, and instead, sub
mitted a proposal to double the
pay ot members and increase the
length ot the session. How inter
eating I
' pines which hay given him a place
In historr.
' The Twentieth Kansas regiment
t of volunteers, ot which Governor
and naturally the "courtesy" was
extended.
The attempt was frustrated by
Senator Dimick. After President
IWdy appointed Funston colonel , Moser had approved the $85 allow
n the Spanish war, was ordered to ance for Ben Bingham, Dimick
t be Philippines. The wild cam-
' palgns that followed Interested and
thrilled the country. His capture
. of Agulaaldo received fully, as
. juuch attention in the press and
V tbe public schools as it deserved.
His - crossing of the Rio. Grande
, with detachment on feamboo rafts
in "the face of the "enemy aroused
moved to have Bingham's name
stricken from the roll and the mo
tion was adopted unanimously by
tne senate.
As an additional clerk to absent
senator Bingham, Walter Griffin
of Eugene was put on the senate
payroll and as clerk to a senator
who was not present and did no
PICKING THE BOXES"
A'
la
financed by the whole state and not by
each district separately.
I would like to hear from other peo
ple on this, one of the most vital ques
tions of the nation
lleve ln our getting our just dues.
JUST A WORKING MAN.
Chides fclr. McLarty.
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 18. To the
Editor of The Journal I would like to
answer Mr. McLarty's article of Feb
ruary 16. By his statement he went
through a training camp where they
take raw recruits and make
(rained soldiers out of them ln
60 days. I have followed this
war ln i,urope and notice they
give their men at least six months'
training before sending them to the
firing line. Even at that they only
consider them feed for machine guns.
It seema by Mr. McLarty's state
ment he becamo very efficient ln a
very short time, even ln diversified
maneuvers. He believes that under
compulsion, at a call for immediate ac
tioh. such is the intelligence of our
average citizen, that we could turn out
the finished product in 60 days, as the
larger percentage of our people are fa
miliar with firearms. The fact is
the elevation of the national standard
of life and thus split the community
into those two nations which, as Dis
raeli argued half a century ago, may
well prove the fundamental danger ln
an hour cf crisis.
In the case of women these evils
are particularly , acute. No standard
of women's wages seems to exist.
The law of supply and demand, as It
Is naively conceived, simply fails to
operate. A chance that is as blind aa
it Is cruel will establish every degree
of different wages not merely in the
same trade, but also in the same lo-
The Hardest Man to Caricature.
The lnobt difficult person to carica
ture I ever knew, says V. A. Hogrrs, in
Cartoons Magazine, was the late Thom
as B. Keod. Behind a fare guiltless of
lines, childlike In Its bland absence ot
expression, waa a mind r.-h i i oatlrle
humor, to which he could give full vent
without the least change ot countenance
beyond opening hn mouth.
On day 1 was altt.ng in his room at
the caplud trying to gel a portrait of
lum on my tsket -h pad. I told him 1
wua having adiffu uit Job. lie chuckled
and began a long discourse on what his
enemies had a'lii about him; every
epithet they liud applied to him; every
thing they had six-used him of. lie
must have gore on in this vein for 2p
minutes, and 1 wondered an 1 worked
why in tho world he should be telling"
me all that.
Flnnllv I. a A4.1yl " I. . . . .
circumstanced. Isor is this an. .even thing no entmy of mine has been bane
when we know the rate of pay we enounh to nay of me: No man as yet
have no knowledge as to Its relatftm ),as ever accused me of looking like tho
to actual earnings. The time that Is portrait that John Sargent painted ot
lost from Industrial and personal me." i
causes seasonal unemployment, ill- Mr. Reed's eyes wtr the only fea
health and the like will nullify con- ture that revealed the man in the
elusions that have sometimes borne a slightest degree, but the lids " envel
tinge of undemonstrated optimism. : oped them that It was only when you
Moreover, the lack of these standards ! were very close, to hlrn lh.it ynu (-ould
has resulted In what Is simply a see how thty flashed and sparkled.
"forced sale of value" ln no wise I
related either to the service rendered 1 Her Turn,
or lo the market-price of labor. Fair Smith got married. The evening of
competition begins 'only at the base ; h8 nr8t pay day. a the Topeka
line of minimum health and comfort 'Journal, ho gavo his bride 114 of the
It is simply idle to talk of "freedom $15 salary and kept 1 rr himself.
of contract until a basis or equiva- ullt lhft second payday Smith gave
lent bargaining power has been estab- 1 hi bride $1 and kept himself.
cality ss to different shops similarly
lished. Such a basis, It is clear, can
result only from the construction of
a definite minimum relation between
wages and the cost of necessary liv
ing. So much in positive proof the brief
offers. But H also performs a task
that is of almost equal service, even
If it Is negative ln character. No
cause has more greatly suffered than
that of the minimum wage for women
by the loose bandying about of hy
potheses which are never brought to
the touchstone or laouiaiea expen
Why, John!" she cried. In injured
tones, "how on erlh d.. you think I
can manage for a whole week on a
paltry 17"
"Uarned if I know:-' ho anxwered; "I
had a rotten time mbe!f last week.
It's your turn now."
I'a Gets a Bawling, Out.
Ia was the aaine when he was a boy.
One afternoon he chopped a lot of
kindling, and when lie carried It Into
the house grandma said to him: "My.
marl boy I have!" Then pa
what
. . . m & a .1 mmniinrA(1 ra t-u I n w t n r...A..l It.
nns in is 1 San 1 m Tn nsm ri men. saiiu j ts in wovu. ill
it is performed with a thoroughness filled the box ; he put an arrnf ul at egch
bevond all praise, we are conunueiiy -"- . - . . ' 1 w
told, for example, that comparison be- laua t-lI1n. ln h frt wrt'
tween the wages of men and women bV Telegram. For a time It looked as
in.egiUmateSbecau.. the earnings of " n
women are not In fact necessity-earn- w mucta hs hid brpdghf In. she
ings but simply pin money, the pleas- Mld. WeU w got into my
ant trifle for dress and amusement. v T rn.,,-. ,,. ,,,,, , . ,..'
The argument is entirely fallacious. ; OI1 who want(I to he) hl.
"Of the 75 to 80 per cent of working mamma," That evening grandma
women who live at home," says the grandpa how good their son had 1
brief, "an overwhelming proportion and, while they bragged on him a great
contribute practically all their wages deal. It was not more than he cared to
sod
told
been.
either to supplement he family in
come, or to support families in wmch
there Is no msle wage earner"; and
the evidence quoted makes the In
duction a conservative estimate. The
argument that Increased wages are
paid for by Increased pTlces Is shown
to be one of those half-truths of
which the mlsing part Is more Im
portant than the present. Again and
again establishments with a higher
proportionate cost of labor have high
er profits than establishments with
lower labor costs. It la very striking,
for example, that the result of the
first five months of adjustment to
the Oregon statute ln retail stores
should have been "a marked increase
ln wages and a ris In cost of only
three mills to the dollar." Wages and
prices simply bear no constant or ul
timate relation to each other; and
any argument based upon that as
sumption is in direct conflict with
overwhelming testimony.
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Copyrlfbt. 1017,
bj 3. ICccley.
CHEAP FOODS ARE HEALTHY.
Most of the cheaper foods sold ln ths
grocery store, butcher shop, or public
market are far more healthful than
the average of the rich and expensive
foods. An exception to the general de
sirability of the cheaper foods occurs
that not 2 Per cent of' our young boys f course when 'as are ol.d ch?aj
tha , inir.in. h. nrm, tnH9 .v., merely because they are adulterated.
i-..,i diseased, or sre unmarketable for
Th. nnU thnr vim m,.r i ihi, some objectionable cause. Rich, fat
country are those who are looking for meats and highly concentrated food
big army and navy 'contracts, and let are apt to overdo the system. They
George do the fighting. But George are usually lacking in the bulk neces-
is on a strike until 1920. sary to normal ingestion, o- iv.
I hope Mr. McLarty nor anyone else reason one is api vo "
will thinlr T urn tnn nrm.rl t n o-h f I to make UP for their GrIICiency in DU1J&.
fnr T m m nnL il w T Aimvv The result Is 10 ovenoaa me irneia
with foods of high fuel value and to
place a heavy strain upon the digestive
organs.
w
Overeatina- and insufficient physical
exercise are among primary ontribut-
tion. This man, who enlisted for the ins causes of the prevalence or organic
Bpaniah -American war. spoke about diseases, dlsesses of tne heart, liver.
hundreds of boys telling him: "Kill kldnevs and circulatory system, which
one for me. Jack." And if Jack had shows a rapidly lncreasmg mortality
known what he was going into he
would have been seen on the bank
Calls Conscription 1'njnst,
Alice, Or., Feb. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal In reply to a writer in
The Journal from Bend. Or., on Jan
uary 4, I am square against' conscrip-
rate ln the United States. Many of 'he
high priced foods do not contain the
fibrous matter essential to a healthy
action of the bowels. Coarse and raw
foods are always to be had, and they
are usually cheaper than the conven
tional sort, concentrated cooked rooos.
The following fa a Hat of foods In
an ascending order of cost per 1.000
calories of food value, the cheapest
foods, when their food value and cost
are both taken Into consideration,
heading the list and those that
are dearest coming at ins ena:
Glucose. cornmeal. wheat flour,
oatmeal, cane sugar, salt pork,
rice, wheat bread, oleomargarine,
bear, peas, potatoes, buttermilk,
cheese, beef stew, ham, mutton chops,
beef, eggs, oysters. Oysters, for ex
ample, are about 60 times as expensive
as the cheaper foods, such as flour, for
the same food value. Of course, this
does not take Into account the cost of
cooking, preparing and serving.
Tomorrow Why Cheap Foods Are
Healthy. (Second Article.)
hoar. When they commenced talklnar
about other things, he said: "I am go
ing to bring in a lot of kindling every
evening. I don't mind bringing It in a
bit, and If you all will let me. I'll get
up and build the fires of a morning."
The next day. and tbe next, and so on.
ne aion 1 get in any wood or kindling.
He made a good hand for that one day,
and for that one day only. When he
tells the children about how much Work
ha did when a boy, he Is thinking of
that day.
whenhrbr.Tart"eT 1 Vve'tXS PERSONAL MENTION
wiui ima ui uvjri 1 11 a. 1 nave ueen on
I Vi r f Iiln7 lina n r rl thaif Kav Hi. o wi.m
ia not a fit nlace for a voting hnv to I Bar City Resident Mere.
ho 1 don't holleve. in aIwavu nnnaHni V W. Heron of San Francisco, sn
I am strictly in favor of the pro-1 f,,r war. ir w wnnM nrr.ar fnr ffiriai of the Fidelity Mutual L.ife
posed law for legitimising illegitimate something good and use the money Insurance company of Philadelphia, is
T NEARLY a dollar an Inch.
the seven-page story .of peo
ple who haven't the money to
pay their taxes appeared a
second time in yesterday's Oregon-
Ian.
Though another taxpaying time
will be here in a few days, the
hard-pressed delinquent! of last
year are having added to taxes they
-owe, newspaper charges that are
often greater than the amount of
their taxes. Financially, the de
linquent is hors du combat, and
the harpies are picking his bones.
The tax printing graft is sb de
spicably mean, that we should have
predicted, before the event, that
even a Moser-boased legislature
would have cnt it out for shame If
children, for thie man ia more to blame
In most cases than the woman and
should be held accountable for his
deeds. I am absolutely against a
double standard ot morals.
Your editorial, "Medieval School Bal
lot," ln the Semi-Weekly Journal of
January SO, hits the spot, as In fact,
all your editorials do. Keep the good
work up.
Like "Babe," spoken of in The Jour
nal's Rag Tag column, "I am not an
Oregonian. I am a Journal."
GEORGE A. MELVIN.
Favors State Commission plan.
Albany, Or., Feb. -19. To the Editor
of The Journal The following selec
tions show that Oregon is not the
only stats atflloted with a "freak" leg
islature. They are not extreme types
of Mils on which these legislators
fritter away their tuns. Mors radical
ones often appear.
Minnesota To fores lumberjacks to
bathe, and furnish tubs ln lumoer
camps.. . . .
Wisconsin To prohibit normal and
university instructors from smoking
cigarettes.
Texas To compel churchgoers to
leave their firearms outside
Colorado To provide that bulls out
wslkl At night shall wear tail lights,
- Theforegoing serve to Illustrate the
fctad of lnteTUgance that makes up ths
average stats legislature. It reminds
- .-v r - -.- v ' - - .
and other values that have been de- a Portland visitor.
stroyed by war for sick and accident .... .. p.." .
benefits and old age pensions, the Athletic Director Arrives.
vlinln iwnnla wnnl1 ha Rnf It 7 I HucO Bezdfik. StbletiO director a
Jacks , way of doing it, there la no the University of Oregon, ia at the
one benefited, only the capital 1st, who imperial, arriving
Is always stirring up trouble and never university basketball team, which Is
fights any. Just poor people are the to play in Seattle Thursday.
ones that have to butcher one another. p..ki:.l u.-
From what Jack said, he saw a I "m" " ; .1 11
j j xiayes, oa.n wu aiwiuij, wi
Italist and newspaper publisher, is al
pretty rough time, but If that Is his
choice he ought not to kick about the
other fellow. W. F. TATE.
Would Ban Certain Candies.
Portland Feb. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal Now, while there Is so
much agitation going on in respect to
the Multnomah.
WW
Tobacconist Visits Portland.
Morgan A. Ounst of fcan Francisco.
a member of the firm of M. A. Gunst
Co., tobacconists, is a rornana vis-
maklng laws prohibiting men who have I ltor- . - .
reached the ass of reason from smok- I r l. Benjamin is a Eugene visitor
Ins and drlnkln. why not start st the - the Carlton.
beginning and protect ths children. urs. j. o. Megler of Brookfleld.
with whom thess habit-forming temp-' wash., is a guest at the Portland,
tatlons are only ln ths making, to the j. C. Carter and L. L. Noonchaster
extent of enacting a law forbidding are Bums arrivals at ths Nortonia.
ins manufacture ox some ox irje cneap, I pr. 1. inagaxi or iOKyo is an over
vile, highly colored candy that Is on j teas visitor at the Cornelius.
ins marKet, wnten is just as harmrul Charles Allen is registered at tne
to a ch!ld, if not more so, as cigar, perkin from The Oalles
ettes and liquor to a maiv and which The Vancouver llo key club Is quar
ts made In its various forms and tered at the Multnomah.
shapes with the view to attracting and I Jay T. Vpton, Prinevilje attorney, ia
luring Innocent little children, who 1 at the Imperial.
take into consideration only looks and I O. C. Fenlsyson, Raymond. Was a.,
buy the' candy because, of Its form- I box manufacturer,! at the Oregon,
tlon and bright colors? I Mr- and lira W. C MoCuston of
Mart IHEJ7;J3KRGES - I Bend are guests at tne Washington. -
J. O. Richardson of Salem, deputy
state corporation commissioner. Is at
tho Multnomah.
William Perry Is registered at the
Perkins from Gaston.
Georpe It. Wilbur, member of the
ptate senate from Hood River, Is at
the Nortonia with Mrs. Wilbur.
J. C. Allen Is a Halnler visitor st
the Cornelius.
V. K. Veness. Winlock, Wash., log
ging man, la at the Oregon.
George T. Baldwin of Klamath Falla
member of ths state aenate and for.
mer president of the State Hardware
Dealers' association. Is at ths Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Duncan are Iron",
side arrivals at the Perkins.
P. 8. . Peterson la registered from
Everett. Wash., at the Washington.
K. W. Crockett of Chapman la at the
Carlton.
O. M. Roberts, agent for the O-W. R
& N- company at Astoria, Is at the
Multnomah.
George B. Knudson Is a Carlton ar
rival at the Nortonia,
Charles If. Hodgkln is a Salem Vis
itor at the Perkins.
G. M. Burrow of Rldgefleld, Wasfe
is at the Cornelius.
Hans Pederson, Seattle contractor.
Is at the Oregon.
R. N. Stanfield of Stanfleld, speaker
of the house. Is st the imperial.
J. V. Miller sitd Miss Margaret Mil
ler of Butte are guests at ths Port
land.
Frank 11 Howe Is a Wheeler vis
Itor at the, Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. George Millies ef
MJUlcan are at tn Imperial,
O. P. Julian U register at the
foruana rrom uusen Rock; Wasn.
Egg Is K(rgs.
Mr. Endman. ln a -restaurant, was
npeaklng- very confidentially to a
triend.
"You see that man Just leaving?'' he
naid. "Well, he has just eaten over a
hundred eggs. If you doubt me, sit
the waiter.'
Ills friend turnej to the waiter. Aft
er slipping him a quarter, he ai-iti:
Would you mind telling me what that
man's order waa 7"
"He had shad roe, sir," was the reply.
The Plain Little lady's Gift.
A little homespun lady timidly
oj.ened the door of the Kerbian relief
committee ln New York, says Cappern
Weekly. "I wish to send three flannel
nightgowns to Serbia," she quietly ar
nounced. "How shall I do It?" It was
a buay morning for the secretary of
the committee, but she turned from
ler work and answered the question l.i
detail. As she was finishing, the vis
itor placed In her hand, a crisp bit of
paper. The secretary forgot to breathe
when she examined It. It was a $100
blll. Later In tha morning the secre
taries of two other relief committees
were called upon by a little homesoun
lady to explain the process of sending
three flannel nightgowns to the strick
en peoples they were organized to help.
in eacn instance tne interview termin
ated exactly as the first at each place
he left a 11000 bill.
An Incautious Burglar.
A man who Is given to dolnr "odd.
Jobs" about his house was very proud
of a bit of painting he had accomplished.
About midnight following ths com.
pletion of the outside of the house he
was awakened by a noise. Creeping to
the window, he looked out, and, to nis
horror, saw a burglar climbing up a
ladder to the second-story window.
lOk out there: ' yelled the house
holder to the burglar. "Look out for
the paint!"
The Red Fox's Plaint-
She rightly wears the products of the
worm,
But not so lifelike that It makes one
sairlrm.
She weaves the wool, her body's warmth
to seep.
But does not ape a dead or dying sheep.
Across her back she flings my helpless
hide.
My tall my poor limp paws swing off
one side;
My piteous head bangs lifeless down
the other;
The muff upon her lap was once my
brother.
On Second svenue I met my wife.
Sad trophy of the trapper's skill and
nil 1 1 c
Her 1na!dy,(Pet through hideous death
Its living look so ven my glass eyes
wept.
Madam, ear pelts are yours by human
laws
In woman's kindness spars our bead
and raw a!
Treat us like sheep and worms; no
hideous mocks.
fox.
Hatsta A. C. Plu'mmer, in .Seattle Post-
Intelligencer. , ; ;-
Vncle Jeff Snow Says: ,
l noticed that r-lien ome ot these big?
timber crabbers psys their tat e they
do It under prole!, but when a llttls
rancher ..pays his'n be comes through
under a mortgage, or a note at ths
bank, and don't hire no lawyers to fight
ths case.