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.V 10 THE OREGON DMLY. : JOURNAL. . PORTLAND. FRIDAY. MAY 25. 1917. ' AM INDEPENDENT NEW8PAPEB C S. JACKSON robllaber JPabtlabed ttt dir, afternoon and morning except Bund y afternoon) at The Journal Biilldinc. Broadway and Yamhill atreete. Cortland, Or. Catered at tha poatofflce at Portland. Or., for . trananuaioo tnroucti tna mtiii a aecona elaee matter. TELEPHONES Main 717?; Home. A-6061. All department reached by tlieae number. ,. Tell Lb operator what department you want. rOREION ADVERTISING REPRESENT ATI VE :: ' Benjamin It Kent nor Co.. Brunawlck Bid. 225 rifth Ave.. New York. 1218 People'. Bide., Chicago. SubM-rlptlfni terma by mall or to any addreaa in lua UBitea btatea or Mexico: ,, DAILY (MORNING OR AFTERNOON) One year $5.00 On moetn-. ......$ .50 SUNDAY. One year 2.50 I One month. , . .. , .9 .23 PAILY (MORNINO OR AFTERNOON) AND On year $7.50 One month $ .66 B not afraid of repetition no one can afford to neglect It, nor doe any one know lb force tbat Ilea In It. Napoleon. THE GREAT PEACE LEAGUE A" HIS MONUMENT BOUT one billion and a quar ter of people are now sym pathetically cooperating to put down German aggression Most of them are actively fighting. Borne, like the populations of Bra- ill and China, stand on the verge of war but have not yet taken the decisive plunge. The two big fed ! erations, th Teutonic and that of . the allies, Include four-fifths of ' the population of the globe. ; j Their cooperation is a good deal ' more than mere formality. The nations in either federation are lending one another food and money, supplying men and muni , tions where they are most needed, - exchanging counsels and helping .one another forms plana of ag gression and defense. The people of the United States take it as a matter of course that their government should ask ad vice from England and France and give advice In return. All this sadly interferes with our old-fashioned ideas of "sovereign indepen- . dence," but it helps wonderfully to win the war and that Is what we all want. Independent sovereignty Is Bpeoier from the past which rapidly thinning in the wind events. Today there is no such thing on earth as a really "inde pendent" country. All rely more or less on their neighbors for sup port. Most of them lean heavily on the rest. Modern society has . .become such that an isolated indi .vidual finds it difficult to survive. It is only by the help of his neigh hors that he copes with the de- Btructive forces of the world. The same is coming true of na tions. The Isolated nation today sees but a sorry prospect ahead. It Is a trying time for neutrals and "don't cares." The old motto of mankind was "every fellow for himself and the devil take the hindmost." The devil has taken the hindmost and those who have '. thus far escaped his clutches have resolved to unite for defense against him. The great league which the United States has already joinei Is a veritable league . to enforce , peace, after peace is once gained. It is quite likely that the peacs of the, world will be maintained hereafter by the same nations who are now fighting for it. a is of TS public men have much to do with the moods and movements of a community. Public men are deterrents or they are stimulants. They kill progress, or they lead it. Their leadership is either blight or buoyancy. Death calls up a public career In retrospect. The influence of Harry Lane's career on his time was of great value. He was no time server, no drifter, no Inanity. With him a public position was a public trust, not a private snap. While he waa in public place, there were no Inside favors or preferments for personal friends or groups of personal friends. ro him, in office, all looked alike, save that the weak and lowly had his deep and abiding sympathy. Wherever he served, he was the foe of inefficiency and graft, the hater of special privUege. In every public capacity, his thought was for the reform and betterment of things. As superintendent of the asylum, his first public position, he tore away ancient an 1 long har bored follies and Instituted enlightened processes. He uprooted unintelligent- practices and reared sane and sound methods on their ruins. As mayor of Portland, he was quick to sense the harmonious rela tion between powerful figures and the vice ring. With equal celerity, be comprehended the inside hold that big institutions maintained in the city and out of which they profited at the expense of the public and the masses. He was as quick to realize the illegitimate traffic in public con tracts. In gambling and the ruinous effect which invisible government was. working in the city. Fearless and free, as courageous as he was honest, Mayor Lane, with these abuses one visualized was instantly in action, and it was an action from which no friend, no groups of friends er other human power could stay -his hand. With him, it was a fight with public wrong, and a fight without compromise, a fight to the death. The effect of his conflicts with Invisible government is beheld in Portland today. He opened the closed eyes of the public to what was going on. He threw the searchlight of a pitiless publicity on abuses and practices of whose existence the people had not dreamed. Wher ever he found wrong in the municipal structure, he smote it and-ex posed it. Without a LaneTPortland might still be in the mire of those rotten times. His work of reform in the chief city of the state was heard of in rural and remote Oregon, and exercised factorship in the great conflict for redeeming and reclaiming the commonwealth from the. vicious and corrupt influences of the old politics and politicians. Information that a great conflict was going on to reform its chief city was of psychological value in stimulating reform in the state's public life; for with knowledge that they had an ally waging war at the fountain head of corruption, the reform forces in the country were encouraged to arm for state-wide struggle. The Lane mayoralty was thus a support and aid to the .Chamberlains and the Wests In their leadership for good government and protection of the public. Lane saved to the people many a public right and a deal of public property that was gradually slipping into the hands of private Interests. He turned the mood and movements of the community into new plans and purposes. He organized and captained forces for assaulting the citadels of plunderbunds and for squaring government with the ideals of con science and honesty. His two administrations as mayor stand out in Portland annals. They were not inane administrations. They were not, as many admin istrations have been, forgotten because they stood for nothing. Other mayors came and passed unproclaimed and unobserved because un worthy of comment. There would have been a third mayoralty for Harry Lane, had he desired it. The people were ready to elect him and many an appeal fell upon his ears for renewal of his candidacy. But he was worn and spent with the incessant, unflagging resistance and assaults of en trenched privilege. He was weary with it all, just as he became wearied and lay down and died amid the pressing responsibilities of the sena- torship. He refused the proffered distinction and retired to that pri vacy of endeavor to which many a public man often turns with keen delight. Times and events offered Harry Lane as senator no such opportu nity as came to him as mayor. That he carried into the upper branch of congress the. same inate honesty and fearless conviction that dis tinguished his public life on lower levels, we all know from his inde pendence of action and from his votes on the momentous Issues of armed neutrality and a state of war. It was Ms alone to pass judgment according to his conscience on those great questions. It was his alone, under his oath, to decide on those tremendous alternatives because it was his alone to assume re sponsibility for his action. Harry Lane chose his course, and proof of how tremendously he viewed the Issue is in the fact that he paid for his choice with his life. He acted as he believed and acted in, the face of an overwhelming opposition. A country or a people could not ask him to do more. A country or a people cannot in honor ask any man to violate his conscience or be dishonest with his convictions. For that 'reason, Senator Lane in the slings and arrows of a partisan and persecutlnc press encountered an injustice that he did not deserve and it was an injustice that, in the stress of the time, was followed by a nervous breakdown from which there was : no deliverance. It is a good thing for communities to have Lanes in Dublic Hf Straddle-bug politicians who lay low and follow the drift are of no value. It is men with ideals, and spirit; and purpose and honestv that mane a real career ana mat leave a lasting impress upon th-i civic life, That impress is Senator Lanes monument and It is" a nobler monu ment than can be raised in bronze or marble. even if particular localities appear to suffer temporary- injustice. In the course of - time every locality will get its rightful share of road improvement. This is the goal to which we all look forward. Until we reach it some neighbor hoods must be satisfied to wait pa tiently for their turn Better is it, far better, to complete the pav ing of a trunk line crossing the entire state than to fritter away re sources upon broken patches of road which begin nowhere and leal to nothing. Fragmentary improvements are seldom kept in repair. They de teriorate rapidly and by the time fresh improvements can be added the original work is ready to be done all over again. System is what we must have In ur road work If we ever expect to get the results we desire. And systematic improvement implies finishing one job before another is begun. Letters From the People rComtnnnlratlona aent to The Journal for miMlcatinn In th1 rienartment atxrald be writ ten on on It one aid of tbe paper, should not eirMMl SnA worria In leneth and mult be ae rompaniad by to nam and addreaa of tha aender. If tbe writer doea not deetre t aae the name publlahed be snouia ao ataie.-i The Present Crisis. Wnnrfhiirn. Or.. May 24. To the Editor of The Journal The present ,nfliM wblrh threatens the very life $f liberty and human rights, is the umbitlon. or tne imperial uuuun" rnmont. composed of the kaiser and his staff. This ambition of the kaiser to conquer has been in preparation for over 40 years; and that such a design inoluHed the western continent is m- riuhitAbl. Tha motive of the United 8tates in entering the great conflict is luetlfied bv the deeds of ferocity perpetrated on the high seas against human life and property. If tha high &eas belong to Germany, then her right tn net hnundariea is no violation on her nart then all others are trespass era who sail on those waters; but If che does not possess this right, then she Is encroaching on our rlgnts ana liberty; any encroachment on our rlchta w consider an invasion that justified entering the conflict to pro tect those rights. Property rights, whether our own or others, are not material but there are rights which concern the United States and othe-- allied forces in me conuici which rise supremely above property rights, and those are human rlgnts i.nd human liberty. It is not alone that we wish this liberty for th American people, but we feel that in preserving this liberty we now en joy. It will be an assurance that our German brother will De Diessea witn the same liberty and freedom, and In the future he will say that it was a good exchange servitude lor liberty. The ferocity or the kaiser ana nis taff are token of the extreme meas- res by which they hope to be able to conquer and rule the world. L.. w. uuisa. For the Two Platoon. Portland, May 23. To the Editor of The Journal I want to say a word In favor 'of the two-platoon system. Wo are supposed to be living in mod ern, democratic civilization, to upbuild he standard of the American nome. Now tho single platoon system is a istrrace to the American family, by making normal home life impossible. Will people harden their hearts and shut their eyes to justice? Let us ot measure everything by dollars and ents. A laboring man with a family has a heavy load to bear these war times, with, prices sky high. Let us not for- et tarn golden rule entirely, nut vote for the two platoon and release these families from their presoat restric tions. Let all voters vote Justice to themselves and their neighbors. T, H. PITTS. lately forbidden to use them, and no exception or exemption is made. Older acts, (Sections 2148 and 2149. Lord's Oregon Laws) Include tobacco with cigarettes in provisions fixing 18 years as the age under which sale to minors was forbidden without consent of parent or guardian, and forbidding use by.jsuch minors In any public place. The raise repre sentation of a minor as to his age would be no defense for the mer chant. 1 On Telephone Interchange. Portland, May 21. To the Editor of The Journals-May X have a few words among, your "Letters from the, People" on one of the most import ant measures to be voted on at tha coming city election the interchange of telephones? Of the thousand and more persons with whom I have discussed this is sue only four were opposed to tne measure's passing, and two of those had been scared Into cold feet by the buncombe or misleading. If you prefer editorial in the Oregonlan on this subject. The -other two actually felt it to' be their duty to protect tbe interests of one of the mightiest trusts in these United States as though the lawyers couldn't be found who could do that, and as though there were not thousands of people Sow In Portland who know and have experienced that good profit-making, one-party-line, unlimited residence phone, service is possible at $1.50 per month. - And if this phona Interchange measure passes good phone service at $1.50 will be a possibility, all of this disguised advertising to the contrary notwithstanding. The Home phone cannot raise its rates under its franchise, which runs for many years yet after you and I are dead. And the Pacific people will have to lower their rates to hold their business. If they don't it will be like Los An geles, where they passed the Inter change, an 1 now 85 per cent of all the phones are automatics. The opposition are quoting "The public will have to pay." Be surr. of this the public know that they have already paid during the years since the phone rates were raised, and they are now entitled to a re bate. T. C. LEWIS. PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF II Rag Tag and SoDtail SMALL CHANGE Le hop pole est mart! Viva le bean pole! The EeneVal now in supreme com mand lu Oregon is General Kaans. Rain every night, with daily mati nee; no postponement on account of the weather. By the wav. there is no talk what soever , of tin soldiers In these mettle testing times. Beyond the Alps lies Italy, while on the north side of the Alps lies at least one war news bureau. Well, goodbye. Mr. Beals. Sorry to ee you go. Your successor may give us still worse weather. Tou can refer to It as the Iris If you want to. but it seems more patriotic at this time to call It by its good old vernacular name. Those who are planting potatoes for the first time will do well to observe the rule that they should be planted witn tneir jackets on. The term "Liberty Loan" signifies also that you are at liberty to buy as many bonds as you want to, or only one If that's all you can possibly find me money ror. Let some statistician figure how many dogs are the equivalent of one sheep, in respect of "keep." And then let the man who lives where sheep are feasible kill at least one cur, and ac cumulate at least one sheep in place of him. An electric mechanism has been In vented which, when attached to any doot lock, records the number of times the door has been locked and unlocked. From which it seems pretty evident that somebody has Invented a noise less latchkey. OREGON SIDELIGHTS The outlying towns around .Baker, the Herald says, contributed to the Y. M. C. A. war fund. The Douglas county library at Rose- burg was enriched last Tuesday wnu donations or bv volumes, ii w tains more than TOO. "A frerght train composed of 82 cars arm flv enrfnes was an intercoms Stories. From Everywhere (To thla eolnmo all readara of Tha Jonrnal are tnrtted to- contribute original matter la atorjr. Is vara or In pbUoaoyblcal obaarTatloe er atriklng quotations from any source. Coa trlbttUoaa of except tonal merit wlU be paid for, at tbe editor's appralaal.j Why Men Become Atheists. A CERTAIN renowned movie star re tards the too-free use of "dou- . , . . . , j, .i . i r an vm t Wdnesday 1 RoVeburTRevTew. '1 ble." by motion Picture star, as a is one ol the longest trains iu i . iw ciim. run through this division," "I remember," said he, "a conversa- The Hood Riter'Glacler believes that tlon between a Oermati comedian and offleera of the law 3D0UIQ- ma.o Written for the I'nlted Preaa hy Frank B. Wilson, of tbe Federal Farm Ixan Bureau. United Statea Treaanry Department. Portland has clean government. It is government without scandal. It is government without graft. It .is government of the kind that I other v and less fortunate cities are Beeking. But we are asked that It be abandoned for a form of gov ernment that was never without scandal, never without corruption, and that by its very character tempted weait men into wrong doing. alent. The liquor men reply that this huge quantity of food is not entirely wasted since some of the refuse can be fed to cattle. But when we remember the economic loss caused by drink we are obliged to decide that it more than bal ances any remnant of stock feed there may be in distillery refuse. The evil outweighs the shadowy good many, times over. As to health and efficiency, they are prime requisites for fighting men and strong drink impairs both. It was once fashionable for phy sicians to make a pretense that al cohol was helpful in some medical emergencies, but that day is past. There is now no competent physi cian in the world who teaches that alcohol is anything but a nuisance in medicine, particularly in the treatment of wartime casualties. A GOOD COMMITTEE 0' ,F MANY highly serviceablo committees and leagues r or ganized to help in the war, few have a more intelligent purpose than the committee head ed by Professor Irving Fisher of Tale. It seeks to stop the liquor busi ' ness "during the war and for war ' reasons." With prohibition as a peace measure this committee is ixot concerned. It confines its ef- ' forta to the exigencies of war. -.4 x'roxessor jrving f isner is an aMe man of world-wide reputation In the field of economics and soci ology. His opinion and example on the subject of wartime prohibi tion are therefore valuable and the .reasons he assigns for his position will be read with respect. He says r there are "three big reasons for prohibition as a war measure, each vital and serious." The three rea sons pertain to food, efficiency and health. . So far as food Is concerned the liquor business wastes 11,000,000 uciure many montns. If this in true we have already played a de cisive part in the war. The Ger man minister or state who said contemptuously that our interven tion would not amount to a feath er s weight may have missed the mark somewhat. The mastery of the seas is the keenest issue of tne war just now. The purchase of a fifty-dollar Liberty bond from the savings of a worker may mean more in spirit than the purchase of $11,000,000 worth of those bonds by J. Ogden Armour. It Is not the amount, but what the investment means to the purchaser that counts. tsuy a Liberty bond. The high est hopes of kaiserism and world militarism are that you will not Duy. i-urcnases of bonds by Amer icana win nasten the coming of peace ana a wariess world. A HARD ROAD 0' A WANING TERROR F OR whatever cause, the sub marine terror is not so for midable now as it seemed week or two ago. The de struction of shipping has notably declined and the world breathes more freely. It is interesting, to observe that submarine piracy de clined simultaneously with the" ar rival of the United States fleet on the scene of activities in the North Sea. The fleet was not very large but it was extremely well equipped and manned. The sailors behind the guns were incomparable for courage and mettle. It may be that those few ves sels, arriving In the nick of time, actually changed the-fortunes of REGON has a long, hard pull uueaa umore we reach the goal of good roads toward wnicn we all cast longing eyes. The bond issue will not bring them immediately even if the vote goes in its favor. But the bonds will start the mill and if we keep it going afterward tho gnat win an De ground some day. if we do not make a beginning on good roads we shall never get lu lu enu- ii is quite possible to imagine better ways to begin than by a bond issue. But those hett ways are mere figments of the imagination while the bond issue is a sure and practical start, it is war. for had the destruction of Brilnnlrnr e-nriA lihMil al Ira fcfo-Kact Joavvea etire44yoxitj eauiY.rtoEaglaa must ayq succumbed. the first foot forwarri rn i vn.. w" " . .. e can not sympathize with inose sincere objectors who con tend tnat lateral roads should be improved before the trunk lines are surfaced. Whatever indlvidn als may think of it, the fact It undername that trunk lines am immensely more important to the Pudiic as a whole than laterals We can not pave all our roadg in one year nor in ten years. Tha work must be done gradually and a start must be made somewhere. Evidently it is fair to make the start -where it will bring the great- i . a a Stale Bread. Portland, May 17. To the Editor of The Journal This talk about stale bread is the baker's fault. They bake more in one day than the driver can get rid of. Consequently, they bring Into the grocery baskets full of bread that the grocer knows he doesn't need. He doesn't object, because tomorrow he will say, "Take away that stale bread and leave fresh." I know this so. for In my vicinity I see the driver fill up the case today and empty it tomorrow. The grocer knows pretty nearly how much bread he needs, but he is not asked how much he needs today, nor does he care, for he knows the driver will exchange It for fresh bread. I think It strange that the bakers will try to make the people eat stale bread to accommodate them. As well might the milkmen say, "Tou must use the sour milk," or the butcher. Yes, this meat Is stale, but you must eat it," and so on with the fish man and others. I am paying for fresh bread and I want --it fresh and must have it. no matter whether It Incon veniences the baker or not. DAD, From a Bond Opponent. Bcotts Mills. Or., May 14. To the Editor of The Journal I feel it my duty to say a fw words about this bond Issue to be voted on June 4. want to say first that I am strictly opposed to it, as here in thla part of the state, If we want any road we must build it gratis. Some road dis tricts levy a special tax and then build some good road in their district and I thlnk It no more than right to let them all do the came. I fail to see the justice In making- districts build their own good roads and then force them to help some other part ot the state to build us roads. There Is plenty of road taxes col lected now to build good roads through all the settled country if properly used, but it Is squandered In great salaries to officials and others, who do nothing to earn the money, though they how for more money to grab. No; get some honest men in office, or stop the paying or taxes almost en tirely. Let every taxpayer work his road tax near home. We will then have some -roads. This Is the way they do In other states.- Th money is not paid anywhere to be swiped, and then we have some-roads. Where I live the roads are now, and have been since last fall. Impassable. Heavy taxes are collected every year an,d no work done on the roads. Pay your road tax. and then if you want any road, why. Just make it gratis. And then they want you to vote 16,000,000 bonds to build auto roads somewhere, when the farmer can't get to town with a little cream or to buy his gro ceries. A. W. STEELE. Tobacco to Minors. Plainview. Or., May SI. To the Ed itor of The Journal Please publish the new lew relative to selling to bacco to all boys under 21 years cf age. Will an order from parents do? If a minor declares he is 21, will that relieve the merchant selling? O. E. HOLDREDGE. The anti-cigarette act of 1917 is too long for reproduction In these Resists Foreign Labor Proposal. Weiser, Idaho, May 21. To the Edi tor of The Journal Having lived In agricultural districts 40 years and la bored In and traveled through eight Pacific coast states in the past 10 years, I have good reason to say that the article by T. J. McGinnis, May 11. "A Farmer on Farm Help," is every word true. I have never been a tramp, never r6de on a railroad without pay ing fare, never was discharged but once and that was by a strikebreaker that was acting as a foreman on a ranch. Three years ago this country was flooded with idle laborers. Our statesmen are preaching economy. If cninese or any otner foreigners are shipped in they will have to be fed. The syndicate owned press advocates the desire of railroads, monopolies. etc., for the very purpose of keeping from paying fair wages for labor. Think of a section hand with a fam ily living on $1.75 to $2 a day, at pres ent prices. Give every man wages in proportion to the prices of all farm products and all other lines of Labor. Let every city and town in the United States see that every able man, rich or poor, do some useful work. Let city, town and county officers treat all that refuse as vagrants, and there will be an abund ance of labor to do all the work in the United States until it is a proved fact that there Is actual need to ship in for elgn labor. There are thousands of lawyers, real estate men, middlemen, and drummers that could do a more useful work during the war period. I believe The Journal stands for Jus tice to all, and is using its force that the masses may have their rights and their interests defended, and I hope it will keep its eagle eye open and will oppose witn all its rorce, any move that may be made to ever brinfr labor any nearer pauperism than it has al ready been brought. Labor, without which there is no civilisation, luxury or comfort why should it be under paid, frowned upon or disrespected? E. S. HERRINGTON. effort to apprehend some of the motor ists who have been despoiling bloom ing fruit trees, nor should visitors be allowed to ruin the wild flowering shrubs that beautify mid-Columbia road eides. The Dallas Observer's Oakdale cor respondent reports as follows. "There is a small striped bird here that is doing gTeat damage to the cherry and nr.nA i,ionm Thev bite them off by the stem, fumble them in their bealcs a rhort time and let them fall under the tree. As many as five or six will wck on a tree at the same time. The ground Is covered so thick under the tree with the fallen blossoms in some places that it can be seen quite a distance. Patriotism of the original American is shown by this notice in the Pendle ton East Oregonlan: "The congrega tion of the Tutuilla Indian church will obfcerve Decoration day. May 30. Memorial eervlces will be held at the cemetery in the morning, a big dinner will be given by the social committee of the C E. at noon and there will be a patriotic program at the church in the afternoon. There will also ba games at the old church. The public is invited." THE LIBERTY LOAN OF 1917 2. Our National Credit Assets Behind the Loan. a man who was nireu dy tne same company to double the more difficult stunts. M " 'How much do you get for doing the things I'm supposed to do but don't because I can t?" inquired th former. "Three bucks a day," replied the double. "Three bucks a day for riding through brick walls and Jumping off skyscrapers?' echoed the comedian. " Yeslr.' answered the other In matter-of-fact tone. "The comedian raised his eyes to the senith and gasped without a sug gestion of irreverence In his tone - 'Dere las no God!'" The Vealing Question Toncalla. Or., May 21. To the Ed itor of The Journal Mrs. C. C. Brown 's quoted as advocating a closed sea son for veal. Being a farmer and sometime shipper of such to the-Port land market, permit me to explain, a has been explained before, that the grower . of beef cattle does not kill veal, nor does the dairyman grow beef. A dairyman must dispose of his sur plus calves that is, those that he has neither pasture nor feed for in some way. The cheapest method Is to slaughter them when dropped, but rather than that, he usually worrit them through six or eight weeks and then sells them for veal, increasing, rather than decreasing, the meat sup ply. A dairyman on 50 acres of land with 12 cows, cannot grow beef. H cattle are not Deer stock. He mus keep his heifer calves, as far as h can get feed for them, to renew hi herd. Some dairymen of this section kept some Jersey steers to beef age. They were taken to Portland by W. v?, Edwards of Drain. He was offered 4tt cents per ptfUnd for them, whll at the same time beef cattle sold for 8 cent3. Do you think they will try that again? If those who fondly imaeine bee producing is so easy want to try i with dairy stock, no doubt they can Bet all the day-old steer calves given them that they may grow large beef. Otherwise they had better let the farmer alone and trust that he will always do his duty in the future, as In the past, in war as in peace. Give him land, credit and markets and the country's welfare Is in safe hands But they boycotted the eggs. We sold our liens. How do they like the egg prices 'row? MRS J. H. KRUSE. Protests as a Nonunionist. Portland. May 21. To the Editor of The Journal Why are union men given preference over those without a card at the Vancouver reserve work. where several hundred houses are being- built for military purposes? All classes were promised work last week, but today only union men were received, is tms a rree democratic rovernment, or is it for a special privilege class? The orant smitn company has the handling of this work on a percent age basis. It is understood, but does this relieve the government from all responsibility of how this work shall be conducted and whether we shall be free and equal and unhampered by gang rule? J. A. CHAPMAN. , PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Catt at Portland. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suf frage association and the International Woman surrrage ai nance, is registered at the Portland hotel. Williams Gets Appointment. Merrltt Williams, son of H. M. Wil Hams of Ilwaco, Wash., is at the Mult nomah notel wiere toe received a tel Mr. Wllaon haa bere undertaken In behalf of tha Liberty loan a. similar office to that m-bleb be ao efficiently performed in me in ternet of the Federal Farm Loan aystem. Tbe rtlcle aublolned la the aecond In a sertea ot fire appearing daily In thla space. Uncle Sam glanced at his trial bal ance April 1, 1917. and gleaned the fol lowing brief statement of his condition: Assets, $200,000,000,000 plus. Liabilities, $1,023,357,250. In other words, the total material wealth of the United States was in ex cess of $200,000,000,000, aome esti mates placing it as high as $225,000. 000,000. The last official total was In 1912. when the figure was $187,000.- 000,000. On April 1. 1917, our national debt was slightly over $1,000,000,000. Uncle Sam's debts, as compared with his assets, were about as 1 is to 220. But the smile that decorated Uncle Sam's face was not Inspired entirely by the statement of his comparative debits and credits. He looked at the rerord of national income and saw that the total was $40,000,000,000 a vp.r. or 40 times his debts. He took out his pencil and made some comparl sons. He found that his nationnl in come had Increased more than 33 per cent In the last seven years, and more than 115 per cent in the last 17 years Continuing further with the inven tory, the old gentleman turned to the r.aee devoted to foreign trade and dis covered that this Item ror iaie amount H to between $7,000,000,000 and $8,000.- 000,000, or more than double that or the previous year. He peered over at the page where Is recorded the distri bution of the world's gold supply and discovered that he possessed nearly $3,000,000,000 of gold, or one-third of the world's total. He discovered that there were on deposit in banks and trust companies of his realm approxi mately $25,000,000,000, and that there was borrowed from the banks and trust companies for commercial purposes about $18,000,000,00ffi. In. addition to keeping a gt)od set of books on his own business. Uncle also kept books on the affairs of his neigh bors. He made some interesting com parisons and discovered that the mate rial wealth of the United States was greater tjhan that of any other two na tions onlearth. He found that it was as preat as the total combined wealth of Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy. It was more than double that of England, four times that of France and eight times that of Italy. His rotes indicated that at the beginning Hay, There! Habit is a hard taskmaster, observes the Pendleton East Oregonlan Weak ly Bulldogger. After getting up early In the morning for 1 yearB and throw ing hay Into the manger for his cay-uses, Rev. J. M. Corneliaon, who re cently sold his teem and bought a Ford, awoke from a trance the other morning to find himself carrying a forkful of hay to his garages Casey. Somewhere the bands are playing. Somewhere the people shout. There's Joy today In Bingville. Where Oasev once struck out. There's Joy today In Bingville Where there was once but woe. Te welkins ring! and let us sing Of Casey at the hoe. One mighty man was Casey In doughty days gone by He'd knock the ball before his fall Across the asure sky We knelt and prayed for Casey When home runs he begat. A demigod was Casey. Old Casey at the bat. His days are far from number'! j He hath not passed his, prime. Behold! today he's matin hay With zeal and sest sublime. -Z The ball field's now a garden Where beans and spudlets grow. Heave yo, brave band! Now lend a hand With Casey at the hoe. He's digging In the trenche. Where cabbages will sprout. And try they may. to their dismay They cannot strike htm out. In hist'ry's brightest pages His noble deeds will glow. Renewing fame, he wins the game, Our Casey at the hoe! Chicago Herald. of the war the total material wealth of Germany was $S5, 000, 000. 000 and that of Great Britain $80,000,000,000. Verily, this giant of the west, contem plating these figures for the first time really became conscious of his greatness. Then Uncle Sam began to Investigate the debit accounts of his neighbors. He ' found that since the beginning of the war August 1. 1914 Great Britain had borrowed in excess of $19,000,000. 000, which, added to the national debt j previously .existing, made a total in debtedness in excess of $25,000,000,000; and which, by the end of 1917, would approach $30,000,000,000. He discovered that since 1914 France had borrowed approximately $11,000. 000,000; that Germany had borrowed $14,000,000,000. which, added to its previous debt of $1.-00,000,000, made a new total, including accrued Interest, of approximately $16,000,000,000. He noted that since 1914 Russia had borrowed about $8,000,000,000; that Austria had borrowed in excess -of $6,000,000,000; Italy $2,500,000,000, and Hungary almost $2,000,000,000. He computed that by the end of 1917 Great Britain would have practically one-third of her national wealth mort-rnu-ed that Franca would have) easily one-fourth, and that Germany. the t box is opened, take that twenty-four; chief of the central powers, soon would j thep reach in agin and grab out six have approximately one-fourth of its and-twenty more. That'll do. pervidin" assets mortgaged. you can't nohow do no better; but be He noted that Germany alone pays the total wnat it may, you stiu win Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Ring a song of war loans pocket' full of rocks! Four-nd-twenty dol lars In- your money box! When the an annual Interest charge of approxi mately $832,000,000 be some debtor. This librty of our n ain't a-goin' to keep Itself; it's ever- Then Uncle 8-.m realised that to date , wJth ,f Th( kal8er.. ,n hi8 count ing house, and don't you never- doubt it. And so? what will you have a world with liberty, or "thout it? he bad borrowed less than ona-two. hundredth of his assets; that to go Into debt to the extent bis European neighbor "have borrowed would require borrowing' to the extent of nearly $50, 000,000,000. This volume of money would enable him to conduct five years of warfare with an annual expenditar-i equal to that which Great Britain, is now making'. So, In spite of the fact that the Lib erty Loan multirHes the national debt by seven; in spy of the fact that it Is the largest loan ever offered in the world's history', a comparison of the proposed debt with our resources com pels tho conclusion that sucn a volume of borrowing, under present conditions. will hardly impair, to the slightest de gree, the nation's credit and the sue- I cessful consummation of this loan will not require anything like the financial strain that most European nations al- ready have successfully undergope. Tomorrow Some of the principal ef- ', fects of the floating of the Liberty . Loan. HOW TO BE HEALTHY Copyrle-bt, 191T. by J. Keelej. DIPHTHERIA In view of present day knowledge diphtheria, a disease that is the scourge of childhood, should be wiped out and held in leash "as small pox has been. In the. battle against diphtheria there days there is antitox in a weapon that has proved as effect ive against the disease as vaccination has against smallpox. In the days be fore antitoxin was known one out or three children who had dlpththena died, but now. If antitoxin Is used on the first or second day of the disease, 98 out of very 100 children recover. If a child complains of sore throat, especially during cold, wet weather, when bodily resistance Is below par. do not delay In calling a physician to make an examination. mi T, can decide at that time whether the . ,:.kh,,i, onrt whether case is one i " , . A antitoxin ehould be administered If the physician says antltox n should be used. . that it J. . aone 7"??Zl for It may save the child s life. The sooner diphtheria is attended to the mom certain 18 a cure. more ruuu , . . thrnat acute disease oi and is extremely dangerous The germs which cause tne aiseaso nui ""'r I sore spot where they grow but hey n si ui uu"-" weakens the heart As diphtheria is very eontaglqus, children are apt to catch it from a playmate who is Just beginning to come down with it. Most frequently it Is spread by carelessness in cough ing and spitting-, but children may also pet It from spoons and cups or glasses I hat have not been cleansel thorough ly in l:oillnK water after being used by an ailing person. For thl reason it is imperative that mothers warn chil dren against the common habit of put ting in their mouths candy or pencils that have been In the mouths of other persons. Be careful to protect your children from diphtheria and be equally careful to keep other children from catching It if yours are sick with it. The sick child should be placed in a room, alone. All unnecessary furniture should be removed. The room, if possible, should be on the top floo.r of the house, where It can best be aired and sunned out Gaily. No person not actually engaged In caflng for the sick child should be allowed to enter the room. All dishes used in the sickroom should b thor oughly boiled after use. All soiled clothes should be soaked for an hour in a tub containing one pound of car bolic acid and five gallons of water, and then thoroughly washed. By doing these things you protect not only your own but other people's children. Tomorrow: Sprains and Strains. est- sooa tq Uia greatest amabexlto cigarette &4 .minor rs absoV Annapolis. jvimama i araduat4)f i jjii juajt-Airsv F- whatstoae-oll.Pea- cram telling him of his appointment to the United States Naval academy atllstered at the Washington. Broadway high school In Seattle spent vr at McMinnvllle and two vear. at the University of Washington. Sri- .noolntment came through Sen ator Jones of Washington. W IL Mahan or Aston i Perkins. . . the R, S. cnurcn oi . MDtnj!mNugent of CenterriUe. Wash.. 18 h' SK ot Baker is at the ImAeK&1Rlchardson of Burns, Or.. Is atBiheEImEssron- and Otto Melnig of ct.ndv' are registered at the Cornelius. SHLpike of Spokane Is at the Carl- t0Mr and Mrs. H. Phellps of Hoqulam. Wash., are at the Washington. P? K. Ooddard of Pendleton is at thC.IJ.rSSur of Dufur. Or., is at the 4PRobrt O. Gray of Salem is at the Multnomah. L. A. Newell of Madras, Or., is at th. Drearon. George Pogue of The Dalle Is at the Cartton. ' Mrs. H. C. Calhoun and Mrs. M. Dav- lenporl of Toppenlsh, Wash., ars reg- dleton are registered at the Cornelius. James W. Hall of Winslow, Wash., is at the Portland. W. H. Carson of Raymond, Wash., is at. the Perkins. Ethel C. Brown of Baker is at the Oregan. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Thompson of Kalama, Wash., are registered at the Imperial. W. D. Walker of Antelope, Or., is at tho Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor of San Francisco are at the Carlton. A. K. Hulbert of Aberdeen Is at the Portland. W. O. Thomas 6f Richmond. Or., is at the Perkins. Mrs. Pauline Aulen and Miss Blanche Barrett of Dallas. Or., are at the Ore gon. Wilson E. Peery of Dayton, Or Is at the Imperial. R. E. Boyce of Baker is at the Cornelius. J. A. Grant of Taeoma is at the) Carlton. E. B. Nettleton of Wheeler, Or., !s at the Portland. - Carl Johanson of Astoria Is at the Perkins. Lawrence Olds of Cloverdale is at the Oregon. C. K. Marshall ct Hood, filver Is at Uxe-Xfecttii, i , WITH AMERICAN FLEET AT SEA BY GOUVERNEUR MORRIS This celebrated writer re cently was permitted to visit an American fleet "somewhere near Amer ica." His Impressions, set forth in delightful style, will be published in THE SUNDAY .JOURNAL, TROUBLE IN THE BALKANS BY FRANK H. SIMONDS Simonds' war article for next Sunday shifts from the west front to the Bal kans, where the writer point? out existing dan gers'. His explanations make clear the big task that confronts the army commanded by General Sarrail and shows what the allies can expect from this quarter. - Other features of equal quality will supplement the news and depart mental reviews in THE SUNDAY. JOURNAL NEXT SUNDAY, Five Cents the Copy Everywhere. 1