THE1 OREGON .DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND,, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917,
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On adamant our wrongs we all engra,e.
But writs our benefits upon tbe Wave.
King.
MONEY On MEN?
all, and Invested the sum In war
bonds. .rThey were too old to do
much else to belpy they said, but
they wanted to do what they
could.
They were following the flag-
They were "doing their bit." They
were being Americana.
One of the proposed council
manic charters gives the mayor the
veto1 power over the, council, and
then gives the council the veto
power over the mayor by providing
that the august body may "re
move" the mayor for cause. What
would be a more glaring example
of "cause" than the executive veto
of some pet measure. Would it
not be better to still permit the
people to be the sole custodians of
the recall?
THE RIGGIX CONFESSION
T
the new conditions . created by . the
war. Some lines of business are
bound to be disrupted, but In
others, quickened by the . strange
conditions that enthrall the world,
those affected may find compensation.
Now that mother's day has come
arfh gone, would it not be a good
thing to 'cheer ' the old man up a
little and have a "father's day?"
Besides it is getting close to vaca
tion time.
THE ROOSEVELT DIVISION
P
URGING popular subscriptions
to the Liberty loan, Secre
tary" McAdoo said In an ad
dress at Chicago ThursUay:
Prompt financial assistance io the
, allied governments may enable the
allied forces to gain a decisive vic
tory before American soldiers may
nave time to he sent to Europe.
. Modern warB are not fought with
clubs, spears, swords and battle
axes. Instead of these Inexpensive
weapons, huge guns, costly ma
chines and highly expensive' pro
jectiles are used. i
A single torpedo costs seven or
eight thousand dollars. The fir
ing of a huge shell is often; at a
cost of several hundred dollars.
The life of one of the huge i guns
that it requires months to make is
' limited to a comparatively, few
discharges. In one of the recent
offensives on the western front,
4,000.000 shella'were fired by the
British forces within 24 hours,
i The cost of modern warfare is
Inconceivable. Battle Is an i orgy
of expenditure. The final-outcome
Is a question of which side has the
biggest war chest. The nations
whose finances are first .to col
lapse will be compelled to sue for
peace.
There is no higher authority on
finance as related to governments
than Secretary McAdoo has proved
himself to be. He says "prompt
financial assistance to the allied
governments may enable the allied
forces to gain a decisive victory !
before American soldiers may have
time to be sent to Europe." :
- What higher incentive could
there be to the American people
to subscribe to the Liberty loan?
,If our money will enable the allies
to win the war without sacrifico
of . our men, what an appeal ther-3
iis'to us to pour out our money?
' ' The Liberty bonds are in de
nominations as low as $50. As an
investment they are as secure as
. Gibraltar. They are backed by an
: , the property, by the good faith
and by all the wealth of the United
States. They draw three and one
' half per cent interest, against the
two per cent interest on postal
1 savings deposits.
Fighting money for the allies
is dreaded by kaiserlsm. An over
. whelming popular subscription to
' the Liberty loan in America would
i be a more discouraging fact for the
i kaiser than was the defeat of
Prussianism at the Marne.
Fifty dollar Liberty bonds, and
Liberty bonds of other denomina-
i tlons, bought from the savings of
i workers, joined with the subscrip
tions of ' high and low in every
! city, village and hamlet and on
every farm, would hurry the com
j. ing of peace and be a tremendous
factor in ridding the world of
' kalserlBm and future war.
In the words of Secretary Mc
Adoo it might "enable the allied
"'..forces to gain a decisive victory
before American soldiera may have
time to be sent to Europe."
HE Riggin confession is a dra
matic contribution to passing
events.
It is elaborate In the re
cital of detail. It recounts enough
alleged acts by the confessor from
which there would seem to be op
portunity to assemble corroborative
evidence, if Rlggin's story Is true.
Riggin's father believes his son
is telling the truth. This is in
itself strongly corroborative indica
tion. If a father under such cir
cumstances believes the statement
and so announces, the public will
be similarly inclined.
It is not unnatural for Riggin
to confess. With a murder on his
mind, a- murder for which others
are paying the penalty, even the
worst man has promptings that are
difficult to restrain. There is the
constant dread of exposure, the
never-absent realization that some
accusing finger will yet point out
his crime to the world.
i
Riggin was extremely nervous
when he was being prepared for the
departure for Hillsboro. -He un
doubtedly had visions of an ex
posure awaiting him on his arrival
In Washington county. His ner
vousness may have been the out
ward expression of a fear that at
last his crime had been discovered
and disclosures were about to come.
Capital . punishment was abol
ished in one of the states because
an innocent man wrongly con
demned was barely saved from the
gallows by a timely confession of
the guilty party. An innocent man
was -recently released from a
Pennsylvania prison after confine
ment for more than 20 years on a
false charge of murder.
If Riggin committed the Booth
murder in Yamhill county, the two
persons who are serving life sen
tences in the Oregon penitentiary
are falsely imprisoned. The whole
situation is full of dramatic possi-biltes.
E. N. Wheeler, who is also run
ning for mayor, says that if Mr.
Daly had laid more large water
maias he would not have saved so
much money in the water depart
ment. Which argument will not
go far with the voters who have
got all the water they wanted at
reduction of twenty-six per cent
in water rates.
RESIDENT WILSON has de
clined to send the proposed
Roosevelt volunteer division
to France. Explaining his
course, the president says:
The responsibility for the success
ful conduct of our part la this great
war rests upon me. I could not es
cape If I would. -1 am too much
Interested in the cause we are fight
ing for to be Interested In anything
but success. a
The Issues Involved are too im
mense for me to take into considera
tion anything whatever except the
beat, most effective, most Immediate
means of military action.
There seems no other course the
country could ask the president to
pursue. His is the sole responsl
bility. He must shoulder the con
sequences of failure, if failure
should come.
War is a grim business. The
experts, the president says, on both
sides of the Atlantic have advised
him against the Roosevelt plan. It
would be inviting mistakes and
ruin for the president to turn from
experts who have seen war as it
is and know war as it is, to accept
the guidance of uninformed men
It Is to have the benefit of their
knowledge that we maintain mill
tary colleges and train men for
the especial business of war.
The Roosevelt proposal has been
given far more attention in con
gress and the country than it de
served. It occupied time that
should have been given weightier
matters. It consumed the time of
congress when it was more a mat
ter to be determined by the mili
tary establishment that the country
maintains tor the sole purpose of
deciding purely military questions
and solving purely military proh
lems.
It Is difficult to see wherein
Senator Hiram Johnson's dramatic
assertion in the senate that Col
Roosevelt "only wants a chance to
die for his country" has sound
basis in fact or in figure. It
dying is all anybody wants to do
there is nothing to hinder one from
crossing over to France and Emit
ing the forces of the kaiser.
With th matter decisively set
tled by the president and settled on
a basis of the highest and best
trained leadership for American
soldiers sent to France, the fuss
over the Roosevelt proposal will
now pass on and congress will turn
its attention to matters of weghtier
moment.
Letters From the People
to pay the inflated price, no matter
how unreasonable and unjust. And
as by far the larger percentage or
consumers be Ion a: to this class, it 13
rOosaaannlMttaaio er-o Imrnil tar I only lust that they be protected in
publication in this department snookl be writ- the -necessaries of life from the un-
tn oaly on aids of tba paper, should not scrupulous, unpatriotic speculators,
exceed 800 words ia length and must be se- t " , ' " 1 rt i n th. maximum
eompaaiad by tbe Ima and address of the congre ss asc ert ain. Uo maxim lum
coder. If the wrlt does not desire to bare cost of production, transportation eno
the name publiabed ue sbould so- state.
distribution and - with such data in
hand proceed to fix a maximum and
a minimum' price on an food staples.
This may be socialistic, but we au
Statement by a Machinist.
Portland. Mar 17. To the Editor of
I belona- to otae great family and the
pal of May,, some statement, made fedeX SIH. StntVrSS
oy j. nomas Mcuusxer in regara to 1 the stronc to cease.
wages paid the metal trades mechanics I Tbe Journal has been doing a good
cf Portland, San Francisco and Seattle,
also his criticism of United States Im
migration Inspector Bonham. We have
hoped that someone would deny some
of the statements of this gentleman. He
made the statement that Mr. Bonham
got most of his information from the
unions.
work in keeping this matter before
the public, but it should not cease
until the work is accomplished and
all dan iter of future speculation in
food staples is eliminated by act of
congress. G. S. MARTIN.
An Offer in Aid of Portland.
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
TnJarA Mov 1 fi Trt ho PMItnr tit
This is not true, as all m- T, !,:. T no-n cHvino- rnn-
ployers had an invitation to help clear Slderable attentlon and thought lately
up uu uuuli. j u ui . ....- to tna expression that has been quoted
owners were one rfalf a, patriotic as morft or , u t few about
they would have people think thej are i9 the matter with Portland."
they would certainly have helped the T hav been reading all the articles
inspector to get this information. Why lhat came to my attentlon on this
knock Mr. Bonham when making such cubJect iately, and was particularly
statements as fie has in his article, imnressod with two articles in the Sun-
Mr. McCusker makes the statement day oregonian, one signed by "A Port
that ' in San Francisco there is a work- iander.. and one by Max Hauser. and
ing agreement with the unions whirh ftn artlch. ln The Sunday Journal
runs until September 15 next and the sisnea Dy s e. Holcomb, an I think
scale for machinists is $3.50 per day,, :Qey are ajj good.
Judging) from what I have been able
to gutner about the rate situation from
the inland empire to Portland, Astoria
and sound points. I have come to the
conclusion that Portland by its I oca
and the employers advanced the wages
recently to $3.75." He also says that
the American Can company was forced
to pay 14. oO per day as it was not
covered in this agreement.
As we happen to have a eopy orltlori .Mh in iiitm mil th, ft that
the said agreement, we would like to ,t ha a Dractically water level haul
give the public the fourth article of
this agreement, and if there is any
doubt in the mind of anyone we win
from the inland empire down, is en
titled to a better rate than any of its
competitors, not oply because it would
Flat feet, to be sure, will be as goou
an alibi aa ever, but cold feet are
no good now. v
-The man who says. -Let 'er rain,"
is encountering not the slightest oppo
sition on the part of the weather bu
reau. And' so it seems there s an operation
for fixing a goat so it has only one
good leg to lump with. But what's
really needed is an operation zor leav
ing a ben only one leg to scratch with.
Mr. Osklson, the well known writer
on finance and economics, says: "Our
pockets are going to know we are in
the war." And is there, then, after
all, something our pockets don t al
ready know 7
The inventor of the world's best
machine gun offers his country its
use without royalties. Which also
leads up to the happy thought that
its use in Europe also may in the near
future be without royalties.
There are food" gamblers and food
gamblers. For Instance, there is the
gambler who gambles that he can give
his stomach work enough for three or
four stomachs and yet have a stomach
when he gets old and really needs one.
A man named FaUone, ln South Da
kota, claims the discovery of a rust
proof wheat. But his name is a great
er discovery. Imagine what an ad
vertiser could Jo wfth it as the name
of something no matter what mads
to sell!
Painting air machines In gaudy col
ors and grotesque patterns is a form
of German f rightfulness which will
only serve some such purpose as to
remind some antiquarian that there
was a time when such devices were a
part of China s military system
Building- operations will not be slow
in Baker this year, the Democrat, says.
A number of fine homes will be under
construction.
Rag Tag and Bobtail
St
ones from everywhere
11 this eotunan an readers of Tba Jsemal
srs urnied to contribute urlglnal matter
story, is verae or In pbllosuvuical ubservatia
or striatal Quotations, trtss sue auar. (
inouuona of exceptional merit wlU be paid tor,
-. 1 1 . i
The 8umpter American feelingly re-4 editor s appraiaai.
For a Song.
LIEUTENANT II AN LIN
was reading a report at his eeak
when he was disturbed by a coramo-
Thirty-foot flagpoles are to be Hon at the door. Looking ln that di-
raised in the immediate future onliection, says the New York Evening
Post Magazine, he aaw a big negro be
marks: "One question that we seem I
to have with us always is the pastur
ing of horses and cattle on the streets. ' TOLICE
-iney are one uung tnat xaus to mix
very weu with gardening.'
Court street. Pendleton, at every inter.
section rrom Mam to Vincent, mags
will be flown from the too of all soles
day and night. Spotlights will be ln-
stalled, that the flags may be seen at
night. .
Practically every Weston garden is
being utilised in the food preparedness
campaign. Among those especially ac
tive in the work, according to ColonM
Clark Wood, who is strangely silent
regarding his own gardening achieve
ments, is A. W. Luhdell. who has six
or seven tracts to his credit. Arother
is W. B. Smithj pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. South, "who
has become preacher militant with the
hoe to the extent St putting in four
separate gardens. 'r .
A new feat in freight carrying has
been accomplished in the hauling of
an entire - thresher on an auto truck
from Pendleton to Weston. "The trip,''
says the East Oregonian. wts under
taken through the refusal of the O-W.
ft. & N. to furnish a freight car for
ransporting the thresher, the com
pany having sent out orders to agents
to provide cars only for wheat and flour
shipments. The auto truck proved the
solution. No trouble of any kind was
experienced on the trip."
give 1100 to any person who will prove benefit Portland as a shipping and
we are not correct. The fourth sec- trading port, but because it would give
tlon-of the agreement reads as fol- ;o the producers of the injarfd empire
jows; x no resolution wmcn jorms in a cheaper. freight rate, which would
V a S3 1 y Vi ten n a-nkctm An f fm esv -Tea aseaeil ... -
7r. , J ' y " tad to the value of all their products,
it deals with the wage scale, shall ap- It Beems to me that the Q.w. r. a
piy io me macnimsi crart oniy, ior a K interests are standing ln with Se
period extending to October 4, 1915. -tti -.h,.fl
when the minimum wage of that craft on loeal products for the advantage it
shal be raised to 13 76 per day and L., on tha ,on. naui on tho tonnage
buiiuuuQ uii ill tyrtciuucr 4 , 1 i t t u 1 j
and after which the minimum wage cf
it receives at Seattle; and this, rif
course, is to the detriment of all pro-
that crafty shall be S4 per day during aucer8 of the lrilana emplre
the life of this agreement.1
This shows that Mr. McCusker is
careless In statement. What he says
I believe the time is ripe for coming
out fair and square with the O-W. R.
& N. interests, end giving them-to un-
v. jx iuo in,. 1. v.o.ii LUiuioui. fi,rMani1 tnat nil ao. thAtr hcob tin
as recently this company raised its this, combination and give Portland
300 machinists to $4.50 per day. Over
1000 machinists In San Francisco are
- .Women are fc&v replace men on
V, the Chicago elevated lines, as rap
ltdly aa men now. in the service are
enlisted ln the army, after which
, it will be a pleasure to give up
your nickel, not a pain.
AMERICANS
D
the
, OWN In Mexico some llttla
time ago a handful of colored
troopers followed Lieutenant
Adair through the valley of
Bnaaow wnen the word to
charge was given. At different
times and on different fields of
action colored men have followed
'the stars and strlpea faithfully
.valiantly and well.
- There hag been much talk of
the 'Liberty loan." But compara
"ttyely little of the talk has had a
a . a s-r-. . .
meuuuo tone. me Dangers say
Jhat Portland people are talking a
lot, and haying little.
t- Saturday an aged, colored man
BUSINESS AND WAI
T
Prom tba Philadelphia Ledger (May 14.)
That the food speculators, food cor-
nerers and food gamblers who are gath
ering ln the legislative lobbies at
Washington are, in effect, allied with
the kaiser, unpatriotic and disloyal, is
the charge made by Assistant Secre
tary Vrooman of the department of ag
riculture. They have come, Mr. Vroo
man says, to defeat the president s
food-control bills. Their appearance
is a signal of the need expressed by
Herbert C. Hoover, that the able, pa
triotic men representing the majority
of each branch of the food trade be
called to Washington and clothed with
the necessary powers to "force the
small minority of skunks that exist in
every trade." If they are Intent upon
preserving the extraordinary conditions
that during the last year have permit
ted the buying of wheat from the farm
ers at $1.30 a bushel and selling it to
the public at $5.26 a bushel, and upon
blocking measures that will cut out the
undue risks under which unregulated
business now suffers while normalising
profits and distribution, then they de
serve the name of traitors. Their por
tlon will be swift and sure.
a m
The rreat dan re r is that the cupidity
few. His figures on Seattle are alBo po'rt. especially with the idea of and greed of the few will so inflame the
iVX eVV a 'cra,,u river boat lines from the inland em-
1-nttiJ RiJSr-mUfc." Franc,,scl Pire to Portland to eonnect with the
Seattle. Blacksmiths are receiving $4 faTeign and eastern coast, line of
per day and up. in San Francisco, and gteamers , .
MS,ir?i4R t0Jrl PCr da,Vn SetUe- I think we have come to the parting
Machinists are receiving from e . ,,. iir- -i
$4.50 to $5 per day in Seattle. ,i- ,7- J r
VVe know wat we are talking about, wU1 be aure to achieTe re8Ults desired.
w, J kI,.Twi.V 1. v . ,r we enouia give up the Jdea of epend
nhow. Why shouldn t we know what i.. . .
. v, . . . . , Ti "ul in "iic j tor puoiic aocKS.
the wages are. as the most of tha ,i,,tif. t , .v. .
the rate it is entitled to, Portland will
jtriTT1,d1at,1v ln,ti,iir,tii d nut In
receiving ,.ou ana up. aii automooiie effect the means of bringing the O-W.
hour day for a year. What can Port
land show for that industry?
If any one doubts that the machin-
R. & N. to terms by water competi
tion. I believe that If the O-W. B. A
N. will not give Portland the rates she
deserves, the Port of Portland should
V? K P?rtl5Pd re ftt,n l?8 th.an immediately arrange to acquire enough
they are in San I-rancisco and Seattle fcteamers to put on a coast to coast
rL60,"13. be ?le-fSed at Sny Um" Wne of ships that will take care of all
i.uw .LL a.u "su'h ouiiie ui me lhe freiffht offered. I believe that
firms of Portland start machinists at Portland should unite in supporting
r,.CJ;t PeLU'f 8fm at 47 c1 the $3,000,000 subsidy bill, giving the
per hour. Some at the present time pnr pnrti.n . . . ..v
rlw SL?41 per hour and a dlze a line of steamers, either local or
ir I ro reign, mat tney think will benefit
"THE SMALL MINORITY OF SKUNKS"?
mechanics employed ln the metal L.i-u. ..i.. ,m . t. .i. " .
trades in Portland are union men?
He also states that "there seems to
be an influence at work to knock Port
land." We do not know whom he re
fers to, but we also know that this is
true. The people that are knocking
Portland; are the employers themselves.
They would like to blame it on some-
vantage of Seattle and San Francisco
t the expense of the producers and
manufacturers of the entire northwest
that are naturally tributary to Port
land.
I do not believe ln the Port of Port
land going into the ship building game,
but I do believe they should have the
It Is announced by several large
employers of women In eastern
factories that the girls are going
" " r ' uc i authority to Dulid or buy ships which-
bftop in particular where the policy tnC .on "
of the company seem, to be to sink Fwouid much pVeferto have boat,
the concern mto debt it begins to look built under triv.. in..r,. k, ( !
like there is a method to their mad- h. nnm .n n...,. v... .w.'
ness. We were informed by a stock- Portland fTr tne inures, T of the Port
Mi T ho j tA a com-1 pr Portland; and as an evidence of
t'o-.u uiti u - per cent
country that by national, state and
municipal legislation the needs of busi
ness in an extraordinary time will be
cursorily or drastically dealt with. It
is not primarily a question of punitive
measures. The economic law of sup
ply and demand works with great vio
lence in the circumstances of serious
want all over the world. The world is
inevitably engaged ln works of destruc
tion. Producers are menaced by the
destroying effects of such works. Em
ployers do not know how many of their
men will be drafted, or whether the
government will decide that their par
ticular business is needed ln the pub
lic war Interest, and that its labor and
supplies should be assured. As busi
ness at-its several stages is rst uncon
trolled, commitments must be made
too soon, supplies far in advance of
present needs must be piled up, risks
and ha sards multiply enormously.
Prices and costs advance by leaps.
to wear overalls during working dividend for many vears and that th fTl . "a."" V -1W the lntrst
hours. Little by little man is be- SuVS nrwransybye!nag9runda;haatloShse suscripUoofTpecenrf
Ing robbed of his last marks of om sTentlernen, let's get together ;tal to any well financed ship build-
distinctlon.
LET US REASON
and all pull for Portland
will stop fighting one
ana aii pun togeiner we
tainly can make a grand
IMES .appear brighter for the
lumber manufacturer. That
Inscrutable thing called "the
market" is "jumping and all
the Jumps are upward.
During the period of the war,
many feel, the manufacturing pros
perity that will certainly obtain
east of the Mississippi will create
new demands for western lumber.
And that Bays nothing of the
purely local demand for lumber
that will be created by wooden
ship construction. After the war.
sentiment is verging toward the
unanimous, that there will, ln ad
dition to such domestio market as
continues, be a large export busi
ness for fir.
The only problem Is cars. This,
It is said, will be met not by the
slow processes of building new
equipment, but by increased effi
ciency in operation. Wasteful pas
senger schedules will be reduced,
longer divisions maintained, and a
general speeding up of freight
trains encouraged. A few years
ago, Louis, now Justice Brandeis,
publicly said that a million dollars
or some such large sum per day,
could be saved by the railroads
through economies ln operation.
Apparently, there was something
in this statement.
Turning from lumber," perhaps
Portland's chief economic reliance,
to agriculture, of almost equal im
portance to the city, the future
abounds in bright hopes. Wheat
for some time must stay above
the dollar mark. There is a de
creasing supply of food animals.
everything in fact the farmer has
to sell, finds now and must so long
as the producers are engaged in
the maelstrom of war, continue to
find an advantageous cash market.
What . better time than to In
augurate a new campaign of "back
to the farm?" Viewed from- a
purely selfish standpoint Portland
could well afford for the next few
years to capitalize the prevailing
financial advantages of farm life.
in a campaign for more rural resi
dents in Oregon.
So, out of a situation that other
wise may well be depressing, Is to
be drawn this, cheer that those
who are not called into the active
service of their country, need not
suffer in an economic . way it
T
HD more we study the six
if we I iner rilant that will a oiaa tn hniin .hin.
uiuiucr i ior tne fort or Portland at a cost
cer- not to exceed 10 per cent profit over
Buucwa rnit. nr nn tn, finmo ho, . ,v.
botit'.,-Can5,be rna ,Wtth h0I?r to hnte'Mt now contracting to build
ootn siaes. jan n ranciseo employers I xhips for the national
million dollar road bond prop- art making money." Some of the shops
osition the less reason we see
for opposing it. As the mat
ter looks to us the farmers have
much to gain. The bonds will be
paid mostly by automobile licenses.
cf Portland are doing everything pos
s'ble to keep harmony, and they are
making money. The unions are not
doing' anything to hinder the prog
ress of the shipyards of this citv
There is a dispute on with the Willam-
H. H. NEWHALL,
President East Side Bank.
In the Matter of "Overruling."
Dundee, Or.. May 18. To the Editor
of The Journal In studying house
bill No. 3P2 the question has como up,
ITaa cnnrTMS nthnrltv to
. . ..... J h.uvw...wm..O UVOUa, I y , . . . I - -v
And the benefits to tha arricul- ntat COU,d ba set" the aec,sion of the supreme court in
auq we ueneiiw 10 ine agrlCUl- tied if Mr. Ball would agree to sit the Oreeon and California i.n
down and talk with the union men. case? Please answer through the
The unions of Portland are here to columns of your paper. VOTER.
w- !JnL,'U? anxlou ,to remain House bill 80$ is the Bean bill. In
here. They will do everything nossl- no..n. v,- -v,.k i , 7
v- o- e.i. " ?.f?n' decision of the supreme court. Tbe
tural sections will be beyond estl
mate.
Naturally many roads will be '
left ln bad condition, but almost
every section of the state will at
least have some length of good
road. This is a benefit not hjJ' " raided triea to make aear that
any means to be despised, since it thi Tranent h T payrng all will con?re8a had acted out oC nrmony
oe weii. we nave just as much love . , V , , --".
for enr Muntrr anvnn. ,1.. k in the latest decision in the grant
certainly must have a wage that will land cas th 8UPrera court declared
meet tne rapidly increasing cost of uiis m phasing tne tnam-
living. berlain-Ferris act had carried out the
We will agree with the gentleman Judgment or tho court and acted in
!n regard to the government favorinc complete harmony with its decision.
Portland with some of tha conrrarra In a decision in the Utah case.
and we will do everything in our power handed down March 19 last, the su-
u!frl 1qewhre Natnra.lv if viii , eu euccess, Dut we 1
USea eisewnere. PnaiUraiiy It Will know th s-overnmnnt rlno- n,o States -e-overnment lands nurh n. th
De an indirect Benefit to Multno- employes well paid, and whenever the grant Jands referred to tn the Bean
mah county to connect ud the rood employers W1U PIav ratr tney can fig- bill cannot De taxed. House bill 302.
v e win . ao an in our ppwer to get I to have voters in Oregon "overrule'
men here. We know we can do it. an act of congress, and "overi-uin" "i
But when we ask men to come here we decision of the United States supreme
waui it uuucrsiooa iney win De given I court.
B.s gwu a wags ana treatment as they
get at other points. E. H. MISNER.
Representative of Machinists.
costs but little:
There is another point to bear
In mind If we' wish to see the gen
uine merits of the bond bill. Mult
nomah county expects to get no
direct benefit whatever from the
bonds. All the money Is to be
WHY DUST IS DANGEROUS. !
Many people are fully aware that dust
acta as a modern dirigible for the car
rying of-disease germs. But lew reg
ognlze that dust in itself is a decided
menace, and that at least 10 per cent of
all workers labor under conditions more
or less detrimental to heaitn ana me.
on account of atmospheric pollution.
commonly called "dust." Dust, in ad
dition to germs, may contain ny sol
ids that scratch and tear our lungs
and the respiratory tracts, as well as
other substances that may poison and
produce disease in the erjrstem.
Delve into the dust of everyday life.
and you will be stunned by the variety
and character of your findings. An
analysis of "dust" collected ln a vacu
um cleaner from the book shelves
used r visitors to a public library re
vealed the following: Bits of hair,
green wool, white wool, cotton fibers,
wings from dead flies grains of sand,
wood paper, string, celluloid, pieces
of finger nails, metallic particles and
bits of leather. Imagine filing your
lungs with such a collection! In addi
tion, colon bacilli also were found ln
this dust in ouantities, probably con
veyed to the shelves and books oy
soiled fingers. If these germs sur
vived, however, there Is a possiDinty
that the germs that produce typhoid,
cholera, diphtheria ana tuberculosis
might also be depositea in sucn oust
roaas sne nas Dunt at her own
cost with a state system, but other
wise the entire usufruct of the
bond Issue will go to other coun
ties
At the same time Multnomah
county pays 40 per cent of the
vehicle tax for the entire state
It also pays 40 per cent of the
quarter mill road tax. We must
be pretty skeptical, therefore, not
to admit that . Portland and its
neignDors nave Deen - iairly un
selfish in promoting the bond issue
Multnomah county bears a heavy
share of the burden and receives
only indirect benefits. All the di
rect benefits go to other counties.
nnrl hfn wffn rtrnw- thlr navlne-a
from : a,- Portland bank $800 in ( they jkU but adjust themselves -to
The Food Speculator.
irreewater, rr.. May 18. To. th
Editor of The Journal I notir. ihn standing.
the campaign for government food asked to, be permitted to-lead an army
control seems to be slacking. This is againsi-ine Kaiser-on we Dattie fields
He nas on more than one
Says "Silver Gray" in Error,
Albany, Or., May 17. To the Editor
of The Journal Kindly permit me to
point out to "Silver Gray" of Pendleton
that he is laboring under a mlsunder
Theodore Roosevelt has not
no time to cease urging congress to
do something toward food control
and the elimination of speculators.
The question is not yet solved. The
very fact that food prices have been
declining the past few days is the
strongest kind of evidence that the
high prices were not Justified. The
food products have not been In
creased, neither are cron nmrr-,a
We think the principal obstacle any better than they were a few
In the way of the bond bill is sua- oav as-
picion. Many fear that somebody f-?d i!-?:
has an axe to grind. flhey cannot continued urging by the cohsumam
believe that anybody is working I would cause congress to enact legls-
for the bonds out of pure public I iation to eliminate tne speculator in
anlrir And vet there is such a ,ood Pducts, and. knowing full well
spirit. Ana yei mere is sucn a j that once arlven out ot thelr BtTOTig.
thng as public spirit. There are
men who are willing to work hard
hold, they would have difficulty ln
getting back, they have hastened to
rwao-nn with. a nnn. I act, to hold further speculation in
'""f .0 - I V.V e- h Mm holne fennln- K.
A f- noiv..1v Ton'. 1 wla,v
a good plan to give them a chance?
Rid. Man's Troubles. .
rrom the LoolsvUle Ooarter-JournaJ.
Tbe rich man has his troubles. He
has to pay for keeping his automobile
tank and nla recalcitrant eon full, and
whenever either of 'em causes trouble
ho must pay tba damages. .-
with falling prices the agitation for
government . control will cease, after
which they' can again ply their nefari
ous game.
Much too long already has the con-
sumer p.ald tribute to the unscrupu
lous speculator, ana ma time nas
I come when we can safely dispense
with his service. Tbe average con
sumer must buy his food from day
to day, and for this reason is forced
of Europe.
occasion made that .point very plain in
his writings and interviews. He says
he does not ask nor expect to head the
volunteer army; that all he asks is
that he be rermlted to raise a volun
teer army, with the approval of the
government; that the war department
then appoint one of its able generals
to head the expedition, and that he
(Roosevelt) be permitted to ro with
them
I feel pure that when "Silver Gray"
substantiates this statement he will
continue to approve of Mr. Roosevelt.
J. Ia. uorLds.
Admonishes the Clergy.
Portland, May 17. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice ln the papers
that our local clergymen are requested
to preach on the "Buy a Home project.
The impropriety of using the pulpit
in the interest of a purely business
project is most apparent, and is gen
erally condemned. M. CLARK.
Dual Conservation.
From tbe Pittsburg Post.
The sale of fireworks to celebrate
the Fourth is to be prohibited to save
the powder for use against the enemy.
Also it may sve some good trigger
One-man power must change this
chaotic situation on which speculators
and gamblers thrive. Already it is an
nounced at Washington that what win
amount virtually to a purchasing
agenoy for all Christendom eontrol of
every dollar of the billions to be loaned
td the allies, and of the added billions
which they will spend in this country
Is to be established under at committee
of four or five, with large executive
powers devolving on its chairman.
These men will control the industries
and the markets. They will call in
from every branch of trade and manu
factures the able and dependable men,
who will, in Mr. Hoover's sense, forge
themselves into links with which the
contemplated chain will protect pro
ducers, legitimate distributors and consumers.
That chain will prevent speculation
and manipulation in handling of food
products that are the prime necessity
of the nations at war. A minimum
price to the farmer for his products,
warranting him to plant and hardest
in extraordinary measure, will be need
ful. The steps of distribution will; be
guarded, eliminating waste and specu
lation ln its processes. Tbe coal mlns
will be visited, as they have already
been visited, and reasonable 'prices for
fuel, which Is the next great pubMc
need ln a war crisis, will be exacted.
The Pennsylvania operators will have
to explain why they dare not sell to
the navy bituminous coal above 92.9 j
a ton at the mines when they are mak
ing their civilian- customers pay at the
mines $6. $7 and even more a ton for
the same coaL The government in its
prompt and executive action will de
pend more upon the findings of the
federal trade commission with respect
to proper eosts of coal production than
upon the interested testimony of op
erators who have ruthlessly gouged
the public, And so on through the list.
But when the win all minority of
skunks shall have been extinguished
in their noisomeness, tbe great task
of building a new national and lnt
national economy a bridge of busi
ness living across the chaos and burn
ing marl of war must be prosecuted
with all conceivable dispatch.
. HOW TO BE HEALTHY iaWSJ:
and live. Tuberculosis might lurk In
such a source, as it is caused by a
germ able to resist the sterilizing in
fluences of drying, yet more emphasis
is now being laid on infection3from
Immediate contact, from fresh. Tnoiat
sputum or that conveyed ln milk or
other food.
In the industrial w'orld in particular
dust must be reckoned with as a dan
ger factor. Insoluble, lnorganlo dusts
dusts wnlch Include metals in a fine
state of division, silica, coal, marble,
etc. frequently are responsible for
Potter's asthma, grinder's phthisis and
slderosls among metal polishers. Oth
er dusts represent soluble Inorganic
Impurities, which are readily absorbed
after being swallowed, and may result
ln a poisoning of the system. Still a
third class which endangers the health
of workers' in various trades is what
are known as organ is dusts. Dust of
this class contains such widely vary
ing materials as "sawdust, furs, skins,
feathers, broom and straw, grains and
flour. Jute, Tax. hemp, cotton, wool,
carpet dust, street sweepings, tobacco
box dust, hides and leathers, felts,
rags, paper and horsehair." Among
the many diseases likely te be pro
duced by dusts of this class is flax
dresser's disease, a kind of pneumonia
caused by the inhalation of particles of
flax.
Tomorrow Germs.
ing pushed tn through the door by Of
ficer Murphy. The negro's head was
bleeding.
"Well, what have you been up teT '
said the lieutenant, severely.
"Ah ain' done nothin'," replied the
wa-'
you wouldn't be in that state, and you
wouldn't have been run in."
"Urino t r- At. .1.1 A
. . v. v.n., ai. OV.l.
nary thing. Naw, sun."
"Well, you must have said some
thing, then."
"Ah ain' say nothin', and,. Ah ain'
done nothin. Ah was Jus' walk In
'long peaceful, suh, singin' Ireland
Mua' Be Heb'n For My Mothuh Come
From Dab,' wnen 'long come somethln
oil uu llin B1UU Ut3 IIB.IU. V lieu X UUUB
wake up. dis hyah offlsuh he done got
me, yo' honuh, suh.' "
Come All Ye Gallant Duckaroos.
This move to organize a reserve cav
alry unit may sound a bit like berse
play but the Pendleton East Orego
nian's Weakly B,ulldogger Indorses it
nevertheless, saying: "Moreover," we
wish to say that nobody can advance :
the alibi 'that he hasn't a boras. Sam
Thompson has authorised us to say
that Long Tom, Angel, Hotfoot, Light
foot and all the other Round-Up
horses are at the disposal of the cav- j
alrymen and that he will grant appll- j
cations for mounts in the order re- j
ceived. With horses like those for i
mounts, we could even organise an
aviation corps." '
The Ltstenless Listener.
It is a favorite theory that an orator
can add to his effectiveness by sing
ling out some Individual ln his audi
ence and speaking directly to him. But
the theory is all wrong. State Highway j
Commissioner Adams says. He proves
it thus: !
"The other day up in Polk county
when making a road bond speech I l
noticed one man In th audience on t
whom I was to all sppearances mak- 'i
Ing no impression. . He seemed atten- :
tlve but I could not observe any ex- .
ijriun ui eiiner approval or disap
proval. I fancied once that I caught
a gleam of interest when I remarked
that the bond bill would not increase
taxes; but he soon relapsed into his
impassive look. i
"There flashed Into my mind the old
advice of the school book and I talked
as though I were talking toJUm alone.
I couldn't feaze him. His face con
tinued vacant of all expreaslon.
"After I had finished the chairman
called for a rising vote of expression
on the bond bill. Greatly to my sur
prise the man I had been talking to
got up when the affirmative vote was '
requested. .
"Who Is her' I asked the chairman.
"Why, that is Jim Jones. He's as i
deaf as a post." f
The Ilooky's Reply.
Among the many books which may
well be written when the 'war is over.
"The Trials of an Army Instructor" !
uuin io mono guoa reading, says ma ;
Christian Science Monitor. A story of
one such trial Is being told in the I
north of Englsnd. He was a musketry
Instructor and had spent a patient :
hour with a squad of recruits, explain
Ing all about a rifle. He had lm- j
pressed upon them the names of all 1
the .parts and their uses, the magazine,
the bolt, the stock, the barrel, and mo
on. Then, flashing around on a re
cruit, he asked him how many cart
ridges he had in his rifle, Quick as
thought came the reply: "Seven la f
tin can and one up f spout."
PERSONAL MENTION
Sirs. Ox man at Imperial.
Mr V. C. Oxman. wife of the cat
tleman of Durkee, Or., who testified
for the government in the San Fran
cisco bomb plot case, is registered at
the Imperial. Mr. Oxman is expected
to arrive today from San Franeisco.
H, L. Gill of Wood burn is at the
Washington. ...
George Tucker or wewoerg is ai m
Portland, .
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. aaessenoacn ox
Freeport, UU are regisierea ai in
Nortonla. . ...
R. C. Hlllman of culver is at ins
Perkins. .
M B. Welcome and James nniayson
of Astoria are at the Multnomah.
A. K. Richardson of Burns is at the
Imperial. .
Thad Robinson of "Bacoma is at the
Oregon. .
Mr. and Mrs. Le K-oy ox Aicaoy, ur,
are at the Cornelius.
F. J. Lozo of San Francisco- is at
the " Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hurley of Forest
Grove are at the Washington.
B. H. Cone of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Is
registered at the Nortonla.
H. T. Price of Dundee. Or., is at the
Portland.
B. V. Loughlln of The Dalles Is at
the Perkins.
G. C Heater of Pasadena is at the
Multnomah.
Mrs. A. 3. Splawn of North Yakima
is at the Imperial.
Charles E, Dsyjs of Grass Valley,
Or., is at the Oregon.
C A. Cook of Clarkston, Wash-, Is
at the Cornelius.
Q. D. Henshaw and H. P. Holmes of
Klickitat. Or- are registered at the
Cornelius, it
1 Mr. and Mrs. Max U. Dlllsy of. Cor.
What Show Has a Quail Got?
H. W. Tlcknor, cashier of the Glen
dale State bank. Is a firm believer that
the Just will be taken care of and pro
vided for, says the Glendale News.
Last Saturday forenoon a quail flew
against the plate glass window of the
bank and dropped to the sidewalk,
dead. Mr. Tlcknor was Just t Waking
about a quail dinner, so he went out
side, gathered in the gift from "some
where," took It home and had quail on
toast, thus cutting the H. C. of L,
The quail escaped the talons of a
hawk, only to fall Into the clutches of
a banker. We are sure it was a. hawk,
and not the Lord) that sent the snail
against the window. Had it been tbe
ioTo, he would have sent it to some
poor printer, and not a banker.
Mast Know Everything.
The editor sat in his sanctum.
Regarding, with sad, earnest eyes.
The huge pile of "Questions" his read
ers Had sent, with demands for replies
"Why, these," said the weary quill
driver.
"Would fill up a moderate book;
I'll publish the whole lot together.
And let people see how they look."
that
say
wrote
f rom-
that sweet
seme-
allis are registered at the Nortonla.
E. Jacques of Lewis ton, Idaho, Is at
the Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. C W. Gross of Wal
lace, Idaho, are at the Portland. '
W. E. Leach of Lexington, Or, is at
the Perkins.
M. II. Kapple of Eeppner, Or, Is at
the Multnomah.
R. L. Schee of Ftinerllle Is at the
Imperial.
Edward Murphy of Taoolt, Wash., is
at the Oregon.
John Samson of Astoria Is at the
Carlotn.
P. Bartlett of San Franc! soo Is at
the Carleton.
Mr. and, Mrs. Dovehin of Tacoma are
registered at the Nortonla.
P. C. Stevens of Bridal Veil Is at the
Washington.
R. B. Walsh of Salem is at the Port
land. Hanson Hughes of Hepprfer. Or, Is
at the Perkins.
J. O. Dusten ef Coos Bay Is at the
Multnomah.
Mrs. J. W. Daly of Baker, Or, Is at
the Imperial.
lateral HJnmtlon."
From the Houston Post.
Society is "doing its bit" In the way
of conserving textiles. Some of the
beautiful and dainty garments are
properly called "creations," because
tbey are apparently made out of noth
ing much.
HsaM Boiled.
Ftobj Judge.
"Do you see that strong, healthy
looking man over there T
"I was Just admiring his phyenqne."
"The doctors gave htm up years
are." .
Tea surprise me."
STesr they found -out they couldn't
get anything out of him,"
"Who was it
ditty
Beginning, 'I
where:
"Pray tell tne some certain speclfls
For changing the color of halrl"
"What Is the name of the author
' Of 'No, we'll never go home'?
"Did Shakespeare write 'Down in a '
Coal Mlr.e'?"
"Who was the third pope of Romef
"Do north polar fishes have f eat hers T"
"Was Wat Tyler quartered or hungf
"Where was the first man created?"
"Who was it invented the bungT
"Do buffalo ever eat sauerkraut?"
"Where ran I get some snarls'
horns T"
"Which of the muses is oldest?"
.ruj T3A -r.oA . . novo .ftniaW
11U tfuiioy, . , . v w v . .
"What was the air Nero fiddled?"
"Do apple trees ever yield pearls?"
"How many boils did poor Job have?"
."What will cure squinting in girls?".
man pre-
Tit
"Why don't my young
poser
"What is the matter with Hannah?"
"Why don't I turn out my toes?"
"Tell me where Moeee wss beriedT"
"Did Noah take fleas in the srkTr ;
"What was Eve's middle initial?"
"Why is it that hens de not barkf" r
i
1 like," said the editor, smiling, 1
"I like these good people who seek:
For knowledge, and I like to give Hi
I'll answer their questions next
week." Tlt-Bits.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Frank Coulter used to be a preacher,
but reformed hlsself. I remember
dowm to Selma, Californy, he got. in
toad attendln' Sunday baseball : games.
Ha ntius liked baseball, beln' an Amer
ican citizen, and jesso bis congregation
didn't know nuthln' about It he couldn't
see no barm tn attendln' a match en
Sunday. So he jest looked through a
big knothole in his barn next to the
diamond, and one time got so enthssed
that he busted the board offer the
Joists sad hollered. The -result was
the Lord called him te another pnlpu
'way up ln another part et the state, - '
fingers. - .