THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7. 1917.,
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; W wished nothing for oaraelTea that
we were not ready to demand for all
mankind fair dealing, juetlce. the free
dom to lire and be at fa? afalnat
organized wrong. -Woodrow Wilson?
WI1V A -SENATE?
IIE dozen filibuatcrers are not
the only culprits.
The senate of the United
States is itself partly respon
sible for the filibuster by which a
dozen senators prevented that body
from taking its place beside the
president in a time of great nation
al peril.
. The senate should not be be
deviled by archaic rules whicn.
make a filibuster possible. It
should net obstinately cling to the
mischievous rule under which the
time for a vote cannot be fixed ex- j
cept by unanimous consent, and i
Under which a vote may be delayed .
so long as any senator desires to
speak.
I The twin evils of unlimited de
bate .and unanimous consent have
' often made the senate ridiculous.
Not infrequently a heavy majority
fooea 'rlnelvAl f r nnea 1 e o? cli 4- v hn
uaa i uvDucu jn,aa istiDuwAvu is vs.
was. prevented from doing so by
. long-winded speeches about noth
ing.! It was a substitution of lungs
' for common sense and gabble for
reason. It is repudiation of "ma
jority rule and acceptance of mi
nority rule.
Seven-eighths of the senators de-
sired to pass the armed neutrality
bill j but were powerless to act.
-. Unanimous consent for a vote could
not be obtained. As President Wil
son 'said, "In the midst of a crisis
of extraordinary peril when only
" definite and decided action can
make the nation safe or shield it
from war itself, action was impos
sible." Why have a senate if in a great
crisis, it cannot , function? Why
maintain the body and give it
nower if. when action by it is most
. needed a dozen obstructionists
can block action T
, The senate makes ita own rules.
It 13 given by the constitution full
power over Its organization. The
' rules that guide it are its own delib
erate choice.
If the Benate maintains such
Idiotic regulations, it cannot escape
responsibility for last Sunday's hu-
palliating performance. ' I
-, i If It permits an eighthof the)
senate to boss the senate,' ft must ;
acknowledge that it helped carry ,
the word to the kajser that a co-
ordinate branch of the government
is not beside the president Jn a
time of great national peril.
After all, the filibustered, In
spite of their indefensible act, may
have rendered the country. a serv-
JCtf4T?e5: MTe Ug.the ,power'and they are taking it. a good long
IV iiaiUUDtQi uuuva uaiiuuai tuu- j
tempt. The senate itself is partly
responsible in tolerating a rule
ivhlch, makes filibuster possible.
Perhaps the practice will now be
made impossible.
THE DOOMED SALOON
. m OOKTNQ askance out over the
I "bone dry" desert that sur-
' rounds It, the California legis
, lature is turning the evil eye
upon John Barleycorn and his co
conspirators, whiskey, gin, brandy 1
and the open saloon,
v A bill, in the senate, would abol
ish the saloon and prevent the sale
or manufacture within the state of
whiskey,, gin, brandy and those se
'ductlve concoctions known as cock
. tails. .,.. ..: ' . . , ,
- -The Measure would have been
considered the ultimate of foolish
ness by Californlans a short time
ago. " , It "would have , been called
fanatical, confiscatory, r ad leal,
long haired and a few other, choice
names. But now it Is the storm
center between the conservative
element opposed to prohibition' and
the radical liquor 'men who scoff
at all regulation.
; The measure puts stringent reg
ulations about the- sale-or use of
Itquor, It prohibits the open1 sa
loon. , It permits the sale' of wine
and beer in sealed packages in ho
tels from i noon to ' midnight, but
with meals only. : It prohibits the
U nf wblsker. ' rln. bran fly anitlvunk avii niiurt.. j.
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cocktaila. It permits tie "family
liquor store" where vine and beer
mar be purchased In bulk, bat pro
bibits drinking on the premises. -
The bill has provoked the ener
getic hostility of the! retail liquor
dealers, but is said to,have the sup
port of the hop meri, wine grape
growers and hotel men.
Obviously,:' the. omens have been
read in California, and this meas
ure Is an effort to present the state
from becoming bone-dry- territory.
The firing on Sumter was scarce
ly less electrical In its effects upon
the country than has been the fili
buster which' prevented the. senate
from taking its stand in support
of President Wilson.
AND YET
!
T
HEORETICALLY,! a car of
Lake county produce should
go from Lakeview by power
of gravity to Portland.! Yet
all Lake county produce is dragged
over the 7000-foot .summit of the
Sierra Nevadas and ia sold in San
Francisco, f j
In order to ship a car of potatoes
to Portland, Lakeview dealers are
compelled to ' buy an excursion
ticket . with positive j instructions
printed across the top, "see Cali
fornia first," and then start them
on an 1100-mile journey across
two high mountain ranges before
the shipment , can reach Portland.
This, in effect, is the statement
of a Lakeview merchant in reply
to a trade circular sent; out by Port
land dealers. : j
Why is it so? Who knows?
Nature was good o Portland.
This city is-at the foot of a down
grade on which, theoretically at
least, loaded cars will run by grav
ity for distances of hundreds of
miles from points wtyich are the
supply places and assembling spots
for every kind of product.
Geography has glvjen no isuch
favorable location to apy other city
In. the wide world. Even the Cas
cade mountains are divided by a
great gateway, the only one of Ita
kind along the Pacific slope,
through which products may pass
on a downhill grade and without
the costly lift over mountain sum-
mita.-
Not content with making it down
hill from all this empire of produc
tion all the way to Portland, na
ture planned great water courses fit
for navigation and capable of carry
ing more cheaply than, in any other
way the vast output of field, forest,
mine, mill and pasture land.
No city in the world can point
to such a map and on! It designate
so - many natural advantages for
highly developed commerce with
Vie hinterland. It is ias if nature
had, worked out a mighty scheme
of mountains, forests hills, low-
nds. plateaus and valleys and so
tilted them as to make a Portland
that would be the center and dis
tributing point
And yet, and yet ;J
The dog wagon is scheduled to
start on its sad mission at any mo-,
ment now, according! to the an
nouncement of the president of the
Humane society. It will operate In
the daytime, but the police patrol
will still be on duty to gather in
those gay dogs who continue to stay
out nights.
THE YOUNGER GENERATION
S
HALL we say that J. N. Teal Is
a visionary because he hopes
"to see the Columbia river
serve some other purpose than
beinsr nlctured in railroad Dosters
and user2 for tourists to look at?"
,Thesa are worthy uses, no doubt.
but not exactly what we may sup
pose the Columbia to have been
created for. .
Mr. Tea-1 told the Brotherhood
of the First Congregational church
that it is the yOung men of the city,
if anybody, who will wake us from
our commercial stupor and make
the great river truly valuable as
a carrier of trade. The older gen
eration have done their part. They
have earned rest from their labors
rest.
Portland will continue to bring
up the rear of the pj-.ocession as
long as it depends for leadership
upon these venerable relics. Let us
erect statues to them-and decorate
them with titles of honor, but let
us choose for leaders men who have
the youth and energy
atead of holding back.
to lead In-
When the time comes to vote on
the bulk elevator bonds, the ques
tion with the Portland Voter will be
whether the desire is for Portland
to have a fair chance against Pnget
sound In the handling of the wheat
of the Inland Empire. .
OUT BONO;
I
T WOULD be interesting to learn
Just what the New york author
ities think they have accom
plished by keeping Margaret
Sanger in Jail for thirty days. Cer
tainly they have not disgraced her
or damaged her influence. On the
contrary; they have made' her a
more considerable personage than
'she was, and Advertised her propa
ganda. ? j
Margaret Sanger was Jailed, as
the reader remembers, for teaching
poor Women how harmlessly to
limit the number of thjslr children.
Large families born to poverty and
wretchedness are a distinct evil in,
tne Blums.; Mrs. Sanger con for a a
) benefit- noon society v heintn 1
1 "f ""t out
the authorities, governed by foolish J
tradition Tiimlsh her for, her et 1
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forts. - -
On her release from lail Tues-1
day Mrs. Sanger was received by I
a throng otthe poor women whose
gratitude she had earned by her
mlnistrations. They demonstrated j
1 aoaw I
,V . lu , V v.,
could, - We imagine their humble
welcome to the outer world pleased I
Mrs. Sanger quite as much as the
presence of the wealthy and influ-
entlal women who were also at the
jail doors to receive her. The lat-
ter gave Mrs. Sanger a testimonial
breakfast to show their apprecia
tion of her work and their sense of
the wrong she had suffered.
; The New York authorities prob
ably realize by this time that they
can not suppress the idea of fam
ily limitation by persecuting Mrs.
Sanger, but one hardly expects that
any such consideration will keep
them from repeating their folly.
The ancient notion that those
who propose new ideas must be pun- I
ished dies hard. It dies a little
harder in New York than in other
parts of the United States.
Mrs. Sanger will probably be
Jailed again and again before she
conquers that full liberty of teach
ing for which she struggles, but her
propaganda will not be suppressed.
The information which she seeks to
spread is already perfectly familiar
among the comfortable classes in
the, United States. Mrs. Sanger
niouco w 6ivo u l'""
oi me same Knowledge.
'The American public may rest
assured that Japan knows fully well
where her true interests lie," Is the
statement of the Japanese premier,
in discussing the German scheme
ror allying Mexico ana japan witn
Germany against the United States.
Nothing but expressions of sincere
. ? . . .
rnenasmp ever come from oiiiciai
circles in Japan respecting America.
The usual hysterics over fears of
what rlarkllng designs Japan may
nave upon America are always with-
uui ivuuuituuu. I
A DEMOCRATIC BLUNDER
TTMATHW MARTTM nf Virnia
ENATOR MARTIN of Virginia
s
uas ueeu ma.ua uemocrau;
floor leader of the new senate,
It is a blunder. It Is an
injustice to President Wilson.
Senator Martin is a non-progres-
Slve. He is a near reactionary. He
is not a forward-looking statesman.
Hla sympathies are with the past.
The late vote of the people was
for a new epoch in America. Sen-
ator Martin is not In harmonv with
t9l Z 4 , 1 harmony with
that vote. His thoughts are more
in consonance with the thought of
XTar orA enlitt n 4 An
His thoughts do not surge in unl-
son With the mind of the great free
West, which overturned precedents
and walked rough shod over po-1 course, for some downtown lighting.
lltical traditions in order to an-' BUCjl court bouse or office bulld
uucai traaiuonB in oraer to ap- , where the distributing cost s
prove the forward policies of Wood'
row Wilson.
Senator Walsh of Montana was
a fitter man for the position. He
Is of the West, by the West and
fnrthftWftst. Hfi th-rnmr.niirr.
that reversed Republican plural
ities and united the Californias,
the Washingtons, the Utahs and
the Nebraskas under the Wilson
leadership.
It was due him for the service
he had rendered and due Woodrow
mi1ftn . tk. ),. W.. .u.
ted him to do that Senator Walsh
should have been made leader of
the majority.
The senate Democrats have
made the president's task more dif
f icult. They have taken a step that
will make It necesaarv at timps fnr coul& be given this nohie woman, it mice merely to max victory ror an
wiii m&Ke ii necessary at times I or 1 . . .h ntk.r nation nr win n k
the president to apply the spur and
the force of public opinion in drlv-
ing through the senate those for-
warrl TtflHriP .that tio la orfitn in
wara policies -that lie IS certain to
demand and for Which the Repub-
llcan farmers and Republican
workers of the West so numerously
voted last Nowmhw uaiy
VOiea last INOVemDer.
Warning is given that people who
mar public buildings and lamn Posts
w t-4vir,, m,t.k. t . ,
by striking matches are to be dealt
Witn by tne police. But. With ClOth-
ing so high that' a poor man cannot
afford to scratch matches on his
trousers, what is to be done?
THE PRESIDENT'S OMEN
H"
ISTORY tella us .of an occa
sion when the founders and
the fathers Of this nation had
hn rnri!n -lnn.
tn rnBtTrlt
earnestly to fashion in enduring
Words a document embodying the
high principles of human liber-
tv and 'eanal instla nnon which
thl-rtinn wL I! P tT
WIS nation was to Stand or fall. It
was a serious and a sober time to
test the -fiber of men. There wmi.
diyrTtt nnlnlnna then
divergent opinions then, as there
aiways Will pe When men gather fo
discuss grave , questions affecting
the destinies of natlnna nnrl th
n . Zil7lZ
lives of mem The very elements
seemed to take note Of the , mo-
mentonsness of the discussion by
it ..,..
rocking the convention hall with a
lasniug, storm, uui as tne debate
drew to Ita close and the assembled
nati-iAta mt.aA t .M, ,
. . ..7 .. . "tf
natures to the (Constitution of the
United States the-, afternoon sun
broke from behind the storm rtnnda
ia .v. ..j.
w e, wu,. . mo i"" -
ance of its goodr-omened promise.
Monday the storm clouds were
gathered over Washington. The
f . . - z . ,
blasts swept the streets and rocked
tne buildings as tney did independ-
ence' ball one hundred and f ortv
.M l:hvA nniiAn.
tional honor-and defense confront -
ed the leaders f . the nation, as on
I . .. . .
j presiaeni ; 01 tne unuca
States stood out before the nation
t take no anew the burdens and
' .
the responsibilities of a great people
at peace, - bat surrounded by the
close - lapping flames ef war. And,
as he stood uncovered while taking
his solemn ; oath, the ancient sym-
bol again broke through the scud -
inns' Rrm-m 1 mi A a ' in warm t h a
,Tn 7,
scene below, portentous of the f u-
ture that is toi come to us. It is a '
good omen to light the heart of the j
present, as it cheered the founders
of tire nation In those other peril- J
ous days.
Letters From the People
fCommunleatkna aent to The Journal fo.
publication in tbU department ahoold be writ
ten oir nnljr one hide of tbe paper, abonld aot
exceed 300 worda ia lengtb and mnat be ac
companied br tbe same eLd addreaa of tbe
under, if tbe writer does not dea're to have
the name pobUxbed te boa Id no etata.
Denies Lighting Figures.
Portland. March 5. To the Editor
of The Journal In an evident effort j
to cormbat the effect of Commissioner
Daly's effort to install an electric
light plant in Portland, owned .and op-
erated by the city, the Portland Rail
way. Light & Power company, in its
little pamphlet that it throws around
among its patrons, gives some figures.
which it undertakes to vouch for, as
to the cost of living and the cost to
consumers of Its product electric
"Juice."
After Quoting one set of figures, pre
pared by the United States government
regarding cost of living having in
creased 72 per cent since 1900, It says:
Another at of flsmrea.
prepared
h-r th Purina nu A Eiactria com Dan i
.of San Francisco .shows that for the
wMtwn division, the orice of electric '
light, during this same period, has de
creased an average of 86.7 per cent. In
other words, the electric light that cost
you ai lu a i u u nuw uusia uu uui
cents."
Then follows a threat that the street
car fare will soon be raised, perhaps,
n account of the increased cost or ma-
nave 'the c'OMUmer, read between the
uneB an implication that a municipal
light plant, by cutting into the com-1
or,. .TT.rn.. .n.v ot.n iiin to mik
-"'TTT. Tr.. nM: i
-a-v
Now, in addition to the fact that
the company's franchise prevents it
of B cents
th.V.rr. t this :
rile a. nr threat of the monoDOly. one
is, of course, that the statement is ao-
.nii,.i. nni. mn fmr am Pnrtlinrl is
rAnm1 a. nv rnninimer can read-
V prove by comparing his old light
. ct m0M ncent date. In- i
deedt the statement Is so wide of the i
fact as to be absolutely ridiculous and
unworthy of thought even by a cor-
ESL .VXZTV- -".T".
posal The water plant proves that
Portland can conduct a business of this
tyMj.ud as the electricity
""rwi thSd ot
what it costs to bring In the water.
and with, only a fraction of the operar-
In and repair expense, and a consum-
. u a much j p lUm
7u kh th.r. i. n th
more reason why the light investment
nnnM v. a hAtttr Investment than th I
water system.
.vi. -nmnnv thtnv i it n
wln lt- fi,nt acainst a municipal llglit
plant by wielding a bludgeon? Of .
some downtown nanunr. i
practically nil, the company may be
. m.Ita mls-mm mil-Y flhnvi T W an
o.i.w "
claimed, but that Is not the Impression
they seek to convey by their state-
t t a ,. v thina- in th
way of argument against the city plant
tha ftomDanv can Droduce. we might
fi well make the vote unanimous for
the municipal system.
CITIZEN.
The Tribute to Miss "Willard.
Hood River, Or., March B.-Jo the
Editor of The Journal The White
Ribboners of Oregon are certainly to
be congratulated that their wishes have
been fulfilled In some special manner,
Among we gooa laws pwsea ia mi
early part of the legislative session
was the enactment of a Francis E.
Willard ' day. to be observed in the
Dublic schools In the state. This day
is to be tbe fourth- Friday of October,
One other state In the Union (Missou-
ri) has also one day set apart for sucn
an observance. " No greater tribute
nrBt WOman to be Immortalized In
statuary hall at Washington was
Frances E. Willard, recognised
tnrougnout tne lengm ana D re a in 01
our land aa the Queen of an women. rt
j9 something to know that we belong
to an organization which has enclreled
the globe with the white ribbon, the
emMem of pumy and truth lt l8
,,t.- our httr1f
aeainst the Kreatest toe of our borne.
the church and society, and we need
U the forces at our command to co -
operate with us in the accomplishment
r; .in., w look to
t mutant dav ether states fall
1 ing into, line in- this well deserved
tribute of honor and respect.
JULIA A. HUNT.
Municipal Light and Power.
Portland, March 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Coming to a more suc
cinct demonstration "Of what I have pre-
vlousiy WTiwen, concerning a munic-
ipally owned light and power plant,
with an available E000 horse power of
efficiency. In contrast . to wnat the two
I Privately owned companies are handing
nnt . it m now take the annual
income of the present light and power
companies as found by multiplying
their last quarterly statements on file
by r. " Allows: Portland Railway,
Light & Power company, stationary mo-
tors, J739.S00; commercial tnd lncan-
"11' lighting, .1250,960; residence
lighting. 614.12; street, rire depart-
mentf publlo buildings llghtlngv S20S.-
012; total. $1,807,464. Northwestern
Electrio company, stationary motors,
incandescent street lighting,
".000; house lighting. z4,57i; city
ughUng. J16; total. $597,404. A totU
for the two of $2,404,868.
The city owned 5000xhorse power has
(capability 01 coing raucn more tnan
on tnlr tWl, businesa, and a reason-
I able price therefor on actual capitallza-
I tlon would result in income as follow:
I Take all the city's . public lighting at
6ne half the prices paid tne Portland
Railway. Light & Power coWany.
$125,480; for 1000 more lights needed,
$25,600. It can compete and Justly
I claim one third the business in all the
. other utmties named above and. charge
lone third their present' rate therefor.
I One third of the above, except the city
to $718,000 and one third that
as fair rental Is $139,333, making a to-
m. income of $$90,818. areitif the
I system costs $1,700,000 as claimed by
I Mr. Daly the Interest cost win be $85.-
000. t Coupled : with the city's Instru-
I mentalities In collections 'through the
1 water office, maintenance, upkeep and
1 overhead expense - should not exceed
$75,000 more, which will leave some
$280,000 to the good.
J 1 am fully satisfied $lC9.Cfl Applied
from the power proposed by the Daly
program ia sufficient to equip us for a
full realization of 5000 hone power, ror
the various use to which it can be ep-
plied or to the full limit of Its produo-
tion, and that the $200,000 he calls for
? T -j.
vert to the capitaiizaUon of the Port-
: land Railway. Light & power company
'and the Northwestern Electric as com-
Pred tb city owned proposal and
the Tacoma piaBt doing. duty and
owned by its citizens. '
i the letter preceding this, I stated
SoViorVerVuld V?-
predate $200,000 of rental instead of
one cent per. kilowatt hour as printed.
CHARLES P. CHURCH.
From a Good Friend. .
Portland, Feb. 87.To the Editor of
The Journal With a feeling; of pro
found respect and gratitude for tbe
good it is always doing. I want to say
a few words for our good paper. The
Journal. For eight years it has arrived
every night at my door. It seems like
a good friend and a part of my home,
and the reason I like it so welL It Is
Lalways on the square. It is the poor
man's friend, and I thank God we have
one good, clean, honest paper in our
city, not given over to the interests
some of the others serve, but always
extending a helpina- hand to every
needy one, always looking for the bet
terment of city and state affairs. I
would like to eee It In every home.
It does me good to read of the graft
It exposes.
I could say more In Its favor, but
I want a few words on another sub
ject, I wonder if the women voters in
this city are going to let things go
on as they are now, or will there be
a nousecieaning In June? Let's rote
for and try to get some rood men Into
Mice ontVJvare ,With e
iT one gooa man. and that is Mr.
Daly. Let's get some more like, him
and have a little different work In our
city affairs. Let's get some men who
will fight for a good, clean city.
MRS. L. GREG OR.
Thinks Neutrals Should Yield.
Castlerock, Wash., March 8. To
txie Editor of The Journal Pleas i-
low to y that I believe Mr. Bry-
views on the rights of American
"I""to JjZi .b?Usereni "P8:
or ships that are carrying contraband
of war. are the identical views of thre-
rourths of the American people today
I refer to his views as set forth In
the Semi-Weekly Journal of March 2
under the caption, "Bryan Intends to
Oppose War to Last Ditch.
. " tuiecu wjih mm
"" vc mccura wim
him on this subject. This government
ned OOt forbid its Citizens to go on
8Ucb s-hlpsj. but it should give them to
understand that If they go they go at
lu" own ns.
Those nations have chosen to settle
.weir q urere nces c ,y n rut. rorca. The
traliywhicn m,wewm keent
of their way (notwithstanding they
wi" .Yu"lrucl puduo mjiway some
w. JJ'-
k the knockout blow? '
Can this government be expected to
f,!"? ,"fen wh" hoU
"ntly0Tal-k" between the firing
lines? Should this government under-
take to protect his property when it
consists of a cargo of contraband of
, "3 "la.nQ Clear wnY tney
fight it out, show no partiality, re-
maln neutral to the letter, and hold
U oeuigerents accountable for any
" --
J. B. THOMPSON.
Wpuld Yield to Belligerents.
Albany, Or.Marcb. 8. To the Ed-
, rrr. . T..l T . t .
" "TXTlT . .M'uer
i. fTi ', rj f "
asking the United States to avenge
th. of bis relaUvea, victims of
ao coma. oaa as me case surely
r courso now accomplished.
never to be recalled, yet lt could have
been avoided. Thoughtless careless-
ness on the part of the unforunate
parties was to blame. They failed to
need the admonition eet before them
and ventured on a journey of the kind
knowing that their pathway was filled
with danger, hence hanging their lives
wii iiutHui " hujuiz e way,
which deed now Interests millions of
people, bringing grief and sorrow to
many, while on the other hand it seems
appreciated by the entente powers,
which are continuously trying to draw
our beloved nation Into the conflict.
What win tne destination be? Are
we goinr to give way to the great sao-
example set fey our dear mothers, who
thus far guided our steps in a path
of safety. Now are we going to sus-
yaaa uio wv 10 iurcs our-
Beives upon thin, dangerous ice; or. in
other words, will we venture our livss
out upon the highway to pass where
there is a continuous battle In action
by a band cf notorious outlaws? Oh,
no: th rood mother will hid hr .h!lrl
tay home till she knows the danger
Is over.
, While different countries are at war,
neutral should only venthre through
danr cones at their own nk
H. T. RIDDBRS.
Wants a War Referendum.
Portland, March 6. To the Editor of
The Journal The writer recently heard
of a new party which differs from that
of the pro-British patriots and also
from that of the pro-German pacifists
n is called the Dro-American nartv
its pledge, or platform, Is worthy or
wide publicity and reads something
Uke this
"Believinr that ororress has never
been made except through the courage
.n tr. f -,in.
that lt. has always been the policy of
corrupt politicians to place all power
ln one man's hands and then control
that man; that it is better to follow
the llaht than the leader, who mar
turn from the light we, pro-American
citizens of these United States, cher-
ishlng with our patriotism a love for
all humanity, stand on record as up-
holding and willing to defend with our
lives the principles of liberty, equality
and Justice on which this government
u founded. And we further believe
that, according-to those principles, war
should be declared, except in case of
invasion, only by a referendum of the
people."
SARAH HINDS WILDER.
Tax Increase Questioned.
Canyonvllle. Or., March 2. To the
Editor of The Journal I am under
the Impression that at the last, elec
tion a measure was passed to limit
Increase of taxation ln Oregon to C
per cent each year, yesterday, on
fceipt of my tax notice, lt shows an
Increase of 75 per cent over last year.
This is ruinous, and I would be glad
If you will" show me how to secure
Some relief in tbe situation. Tour
stand for Justice and equity prompts
me to appeal to you for advice ln
tbe matter, SUBSCRIBER.
.(The initiative measure adopted
last rail relates to tax levies only:
an individual assessment might bear
a disproportionate ratio. Further
more., a tax statement rendered now
for 191$ taxes now due. would be
based on an assessment made last
March . and , hence , unaffected ln any
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PFRTINFNT r.OMMFNT AMH NFWS IN BRIEF Rao-Tad anrl RWtl I I
t n i w ; aw ar mm mmm w lew m w mm m w nw - - - - - 9 - ' w wma
SMALL C1IA5GE j 1 OREGON SIDELIGHTS .. I Stones From Everywhere
. "If this be treason, make the most
of lCT "Sure; I will." says Oermany.
One reason why the backyard gar
den has not long since put tee high
cost to rout is because It is right on
the huckster's route.
The, fox that tTiaoklisted the grapes
wain t really knocking on their ria
vor. The grapes were shy on prote.a
and calories, that's ail. I
0 . . I
EDeaklnr of bone dry. acknowledr-1
ment is due a wise man of the eastern I
seaboard who has observed that mtst
among the most fertile.
The filibuster is a good servant but
a bad master, as one might say. Yet,
a good servant who could, and who on
occasion would and did, become a bad
master would get tired mighty quick.
One of the many bunks that have
practically disappeared before the ad-
I"C9.?I " -1SIJ' ,?1.lol2J2v ll
always a delusion: ofttimes
snare. Perhaps its substitutes are no
better than It was, however.
Here is a table of food values pre
pared by the department or agricui
ture at Washington: Rice, 88.09 per
cent, wheat 82.54. rye 82.79, oats 74.02
maize 82.97, potatoes 23.24, fat beef ,
46.03. lean beef 26.83. And now. ain't
you ashamed of yourself?
One Is moved to wonder why Mr.
William Philip Simmi, in his descrip
tion of scenes in the abandone.1
trenches along the Ancre doesn't once
mention Dante and the well known In
ferno in that connection, until one re
members that Dante had only his im
agination to go by. and of course that
baa its limits.
COOPERATION
From the Fhlladelphla Erasing Ledger.
The chairman of the special commls-
slon appointed -by Governor Whitman
of New Tork to investigate the high
cost of living, in an address before the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, said that so far the
results of their work had shown that
competitive methods among farmers
must give way to cooperative methods.
and he suggested that the m a ch -despised
middleman Is the one to coop
erate with the farmers. If this is to be
the burden of the commission's report
to Governor Whitman, it offers little
comfort to those who have been ex
pecting a way out from the present
conditions.
There is no question that coopera
tion among farmers, if properly con
ducted, would Bolve the question, not
only so far as the farmers themselves
are concerned, but also for the con
sumers. But scientific cooperation to
be supremely successful must be pre
ceded by scientific farming, and when
the nation becomes as wide awake to
the necessity for the highest develop
ment of science in this form of pre
paredness as it has in the matter of
military preparedness, then .and not
until then can we expect to place the
cost of living on a proper basis.
In no other country in the world has
mm
cooperation among farmers been
brought to such perfection as in Den
mark. This has been accomplished In
very recent years, and in the evolution
the middleman, who previously ob
tained as high as 120 per cent profit.
has disappeared entirely. What has
been accomplished In Denmark is pos
sible to a degree In each of our sep
arate states. The Danish farmers do
not only cooperate In the manufacture
of butter and cheese through coopera
tive creameries, but they also cooper
ate in the marketing of their products
and in the purchasing of farm Imple
ments and supplies of every kind. They
get the profits both coming and going
HOW TO BE
TCJUR FEET NO. 1. You cannot
build up a healthy, well-poised body on
a pair of weak feet! If one's feet
break down health is pretty sure to
follow suit. This applies particularly
to women, for weak foot and Its final
stage, flat foot. Is much more common
to them than it is among men. Weak
foot Is believed by many to b purely
a local condition In the arch of the
foot, while, as a matter of fact, lt Is
due to a general weakening of the leg
muscles that support the arch. Boys,
because they indulge more than girls
in vigorous exercise, are protected la
proportionate degree from this com
mon malady. 1
Girls and women also have great
er habit of toeing out whether walking
or standing, a position which places a
great strain upon the arches of the
foot. As weak feet are gradually con
verted Into flat feet by faulty standing
and walking posture it is well to know
how to correct the habit of toeing out.
A persistent determination to toe in,
Indian fashion, and daily exercise of
the leg muscles by rising upon the toes
Z0 to 40 times night and morning will
do much to prevent flat foot. As an
aid to the toeing--in habit, draw two
way by the measure passed last No
vember. Lincoln in 1017.
IVom the New RepnbUe.
When Abraham Lincoln advised his
fellow countrymen to study the Inci
dents of the war, not as wrongs to be
rvenged but as philosophy to learn
wisdom frdm. he was preaching pre
cisely what -he practised. His speeches
will be searched in vain for a single
sentence which attacked the southern
ers with harsh, bitter or Intemperate
word& He not only felt kindly towards
them, but ln thinking about them he
was scrupulously considerate and fair.
Because they bad by their own aggres
sive acts brought this war' on and be
cause they were fighting for the per
petuity of legalized human bondage,
he was not tempted either to outlaw
them or condemn them to punishment.
He foresaw the futility of drawing op
an Indictment against a people with
the intention of making them suffer
for their transgressions. Mr. Lincoln
was, consequently, sharply criticized
for vacillation and hesitation, for al
lowing his policy to be dictated by ex
pediency and for uls refusal to cut all
political knots with the sword of a
moral Imperative. But he knew better
than hie critics. They were condemn
ing him for his most .salutary quality.
He was only seeking to grasp the situ
ation as a whole, to keep all of its
complicated aspects in his mind at the
same time, and to arrange them In the
order of their relative importance. Sur
rounded as be was by the pafeslons
and obsessions of a desperate war. be
never budged from his ordinary prac
tice -of patiently waiting until he pos
sessed all the available facts and then
of applying to them the searchlight of
cool, disinterested and purposed think
ing. ' ' . - j
PERSONAL MENTION
; :
Naval Officer at' Portland.
II. C.:Frazer, U. S. N.. an officer of
the torpedoboat ' Goldsborough, the
new training ship . for the 'Oregon
Naval Militia, is a guest at the port
land. ; ( - - -
Mrv and Mrs. K. H. UcCornlck " of
Gooding, Idaho, are at the Portland. -Frank
J. Miller- of -fialeix member
t r - -
The Rosebur News' Idea of riotous
luxury in these days. Is a hog eating
spuds or onions. '0
The Canyon City Eagle reports that
there has not been a prisoner In the
Grant county Jail since last November.
"Of course Joseph." says the 'Her
ald, -Is certain to get a Carnegie 11-
"EK? 'aJXZa
v
As soon ss legal requirements are
Mmniit ik 1 nrir win 7h com
rnenced on a bridge across the John
4y river at the mouth of Cottonwood
canyon two Howe trues spans of
ISO and 120 feet. The elevation will
be seven feet higher than the bridge
that was washed away, t
In addition to using all produce nec
easary for the county farm of Lane
county the ' past two months, the su
Derintendent. B. F. Russell, sold pro
duce to the value of $402.62. The cost
of ODeratlnr the farm for the two
months was 1511.08. The average num
ber of inmates was 23.
Bee culture note In Board man Bulle
tin: "Several farmers of the project
exrect to engage in the bee buainess
this spring. Bees will find pasture
along the Columbia and from the blue
eagebrush. end desert flowers of which
there are 37 varieties. Some of the
plant sweet clover ior
their bees. Dendine- growth of alfalfa."
As a result of tie recent snow storm
the people of Roseburg experienced
thA firat rubber famine in many years.
There was not apair of rubbers to be
purchased in Roseburg on a certain
day named by the Review, notwitn
standlcg that the merchants pur
chased the usual amount of the prod
uct last fall.
FOR FARMERS
and are therefore able to sell at a low
figure.
There are today in Denmark more
than 1200 creameries conducted on tbe
cooperative plan, the managers of
which dispose of the products, thus
saving the farmers tlmo in going to
market. Each of these creamerleshas
about 160 members, owning about 960
cows. The plants were constructed at
a cost of about $7500 each and the
money wes borrowed from the local
farm loan bank. In addition, they have
cooperative slaughter houses, with a
membership of 4800 and 600 branches.
Before the advent of cooperation Den
mark exported (00,000 eggs yearly;
no- the exports amount to 430,000.000.
England is its principal market for
butter, cheese and eggs, so that the
matter of transportation is Just as seri
ous as in this country.
If the numerous oommlslsona that
have been appointed all over the coun
try to Inquire into the causes of the
high coat of living find, as tbe New
York commission has, that coopera
tion among farmers will solve the mat
ter, and If they expect to get anywhere
further than mere recommendations
they must enlist the aid of federal and
state governments in the work. If our
navy department can enlist the un
selfish services of the best scientific
brains In the country to advise In the
matter of naval preparedness, surely
here is a field where the best talent
that can be secured can do a lasting
service. Each year the cost of farm
produce Is getting higher and higher
for the consumer, with no remedy in
sight If the solution of the difficulty
Is scientific cooperation among farm
era where they can' reap good profits
and can afford to sell at low figures.
it is up to our statesmen to take the
matter up In a vigorous manner. The
establishment of the farm loan banks,
with their necessary combinations of
farming associations as a clientele,
should be a good basis on which to
make a start.
HEALTHY grWJS:
parallel chalk lines about three fourths
the length of one foot apart and prac
tice walking on them until tbe babK of
toeing straight practically becomes sec
ond nature.
Few people really know how to
stand. The majority have been taught
and lncorrtly so, that the right way
Is with the heels together and the toes
out. If this has been drilled Into your
children, hasten to correct it. The
proper position i with the heels apart,
toes straight forward the sides of the
feet forming two, sides of a square.
This the correct posture Is much
like the jnllltary attitude "at rest.
Placing the feet ln this position as
sures stability, poise and a proper dis
tribution of the weight of the body
upon the structure of the feet.
Because of the Importance of the
distribution of the body's weight upon
the structures of the feet, those who
stand a great deal should avoid dis
torted positions, such as resting the
weight on the sides of the feet or on
one foot, with the body sagging to one
side. At al times keep the body's
weight evenly distributed on both feet.
Tomorrow Tour Feet (No. 2.)
of ih state publlo service commission.
Is It the Imperial.
H. J. Schulderman, state corporation
commissioner, is at the Multnomah.
J. Wood ts registered at the Perkins
from Stanfleld.
F. K. Veness. Wlnlock. Wash., log
ging man. is at the Oregon.
Dr. and Mra D. D. Young are Me
Mlnnvllle visitors at the Imperial.
G. W. Overmeyer of Aberdeen. Wash.,
is at the Cornelius. s
Mrs. C. A. Mackenzie of Winnipeg is
a guest at the Multnomah.
O. A. Lelter Is sn arrival from Oak
land, Cal., at the Washington.
Rev. John L. Kmmett of Hubbard Is
a guest at the Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Taylor are
Prlnevllle visitors at the Oregon.
O. A. Grham is registered at the
Perkins from Clatskanle. ,
Mrs. H. L. Hopkins and Mrs. A. S
Bennett of The Dalles ar guests at
the Portland.
Ross W. 'Smith of Vancouver B C.
is at the Imperial.
Mra O. U Baker of McMlnnvlIle Is
at the Washlnaton.
Joseph P. Smith is a Bend arrival at
the Carlton,
F. J. Berger of Eugene Is at the
ranjc u. Bramwell. Grants Pass
sugar manufacturer, is at the Imperial.
O. R. Sloane of Condon is at the
Perkins.
M. R. Poineroy la an Astoria arrival
at the Cornelius.
K. A. Green of Fort Stevens is st
toe canton.
Mrs. Fred W. Selee of Salem ia
guest at th- Portland.
Mrs. Fred L. Dodge of Ashland Is t
roe aauimoman.
Mr. aad Mra C. W. McCracken of
i-Biuiewn are guests at the Perkins.
J. W. Silrmena is a Klamath Falls
manor ai roe imperial. -
sir. ana Mrs. Robert Johnston of
Woodstock are at the Portland.
M. Graham of Pomeroy, Wash, la at
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Miller ef Walla
"Jta are mi tne alultnomah. ,
; Appreciation.
'.- Tram tbe Oracge roet. ' .
Ld (In motor car) This . controls
the. brake. , It is put. on very quickly
in case 01 an emergency.
Co-E4 Oh. I see: somethtesi like
a jumono, .
Passing the White Feather.
IN Great Britain they are all on the
warpath for "slackers." the touni
men who could go to the front If they
would, but prefer to stay away. They
cawed tnem cowards at first, until
someone with a facile mind replied
that he feared be Would not have the
courage to stay at home and live ao-
ccrding to his paclflstlc ideas. That,
ssys the Literary Dlgeet. seemed to
take some of the sting out of'the verbal
lashings given to tbe slackers. So now
they have a new plan; they pin on the
white feather.
It is a bad thing to get the white
feather; nothing that can be said goes
as deeply as the plnnmg of that bade-a
of cravenhood upon the lapel. Yet
sometimes enthusiastic feather pinners
are liable to go wrong. Enthusiasm
can be carried to fanaticism with little
trouble.
The' Milwaukee Free Press tells a
very human tsle of how a girl made
the error of her life In pinning the '
feather on a supposed slacker at the
watering place, Brighton:
Francis William Sankey 11m pel
down the beach and sat down alone oa
the sand. Dressed in "civvies," with
out even a badge to show he had of
fered himself . to fight, Sankey looked
the part of the slacker. At least that's
how he looked from where Miss Some
body sat,
"Cxcuse me a moment." said the girl
to hsr circle of war invalids. "I'm go
ing to decorate the gentleman." .
She scurried up to the bathing ma
chine and took a white feather out of
her hat. Then she walked over to
Sankey.
You look rather nice."' said Miss
Somebody, "but you'd look better ln
khaki." With that she stuck the whit
feather in his lapel.
Sankey rose painfully to bis feet.
Tbe crowd gave lilm a roar, the girl
laughed derisively, and the Tommies
backed her up.
I was tongue tied." said Sankey
later. "I didn't know what to do.
Every time I opened my mouth they
only roared louder. At last 1 asked
them to give me a chance. They did.
and you should have seen them melt
away. The white feather girl disap
peared first, but she didn't apologise.
That's what makes me sore."
And yet here . Is the man's record a .
series of services which might be a
source of pride to any man. Gunner
ln the Royal Field artillery, he fought
at La Basnee, Givenchy, "Plug
Street," Festubert, Ypres, three times;
Iteuve Chapel le, Dlckebuagh. Kemtnel
and Hill Sixty. And ln addition to
all that, he had been sent back to
England, wounded, four times. We
learn moreover: After his twenty-second
trip to the operating table tbe
army discharged him on pension.
"I volunteered on the third day of
the war," said the gunner. "In a few
weeks I was ln France. I was shot
in the left hand and knee at La Bas
see, hit in the back by a piece of shrap
nel at Kemmel, gassed and hit In the
forehead by shrapnel, and shot In the
hip at Ypres, and also knocked over
twice by 'Jack Johnsons' at Ypres. The
last time I lay for dead 24 hours,
bleeding from the back of my head and
my left arm. Four times they sent
me home and after lt all I get the
white feather from a girl who won't
even make munitions."
Sankey's left hand la useless and he
limps from his hip wounds. At the
base of bis skull there's a silver plate,
arid In various parts of his patched up .
body 114 stitches have been taken. 'One
doctor told him he couldn't be killed,
and Sankey, on a penslbn of $$.21 a
week, believes It.
A Judge Who Had a Heart.
Two middle-aged men faced Magis
trate Pennock in the Germantown po
lice station. They were the type of
men who make their living collecting
rubblfh and Junk. They had bean ar
rested for violation of a city ordinance
against scattering paper over the
street, while "scavenging" the contents
of waste paper boxes and baskets, says
the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. The
magistrate ended the case quickly with
a laconic, "Five dollars fine and
costs." That meant $7.(0 from each
defendant. One of the defendants,
with a look of resigned misery on hie
face, fished out $15 and handed it to
the clerk. Then he grasped the arm .
of the co-defendant and started to lead
him from the courtroom. The co-defendant
walked like a person uncer
tain of his way. and he held bis free
arm extended as if feeling for obstruc-
tions.
"One of those men Is bUnd. cried
Magistrate Pennock sharply. "Here,
you two men come back here. I have
never fined a blind men yet. and t
wont begin now. Here, clerk, give
that blind man his money back."
John Brady, clerk, obeyed, and there
were happy expressions on the fares
of tte defendants as they left the
courtroom.
The men were Albert Lawrence, and
B. T. Lawrence, brothers. B. T. Law
rence has been blind for many years
and hla brother has stuck by bun 1
ms exrueuon.
William Penn and Hampton Moore,
f "I am Mt FMflv A lmmm - ' -
Kraleioiie and ItIihc r-p.a-1 uat oomea out mi
mOoa." Itepraaeatattre J. llamptoa
The late lamented William Penn was.
more aevout tnan other men.
As several ancient chronicles attt
And many Pennsylvanlans still re
semble late lamented Bill.
But Hampton Moore is different front
the rest. T7
When Hampton has a word to say 14
He-never tries to make bis tongue
behave.
But entertains his en ton rare with.
feats of verbal sabotage.
And William Penn turns over ln his
grave.
When I wss porfer In a bar Chow sweet
tnose recollections sref)
And while I manicured the floors and
groomed the faithful cuspidor
I argued with the patrons, one by,
ona
X never stood dismayed and durrfb wbenj
WJi'VflBllUi WVUaUXS V W1US $
Bat filled the gaps with curses, here .
ana mere;
And after several oaths profane ny
stalled Ideas would start again.
And that, dear friends, was how t
learned to swear. . -
Oh. JTsmpton Moore. J. Hampton'
Moore, ' his argument Is pretty
poor
Whose phrases turn to cinders where
they fall. .
A case that insecurely clings to
"damnables' and kindred thing
Is hardwortb the waste of word
B. W. "VT. (n Chicago Post. ;
TJncIe Jeff 'fcnow Sayst
Mebby we don't need no war, and '
mebby we won't ketch no war; but by
tbe great Jehoeophat, if we git started .
I beve we'll make grease spots vf
some mighty Mghfalutln' notion some'
folks has about the miasiorr of Uncle ;
Sara on arth. Providence may t a
little nearsighted st times and pl-k on
the wrong-feller to lead, but lf,wa
must set up a peace party. on earth lt'a .
Just possible we'll have to lick some
pretty big nation 'fore it gits tbe a-
tion to help out on the lorrollir;.
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