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(MOUSING OE AFTERNOON) Om 7ar SVOu I Una month 9 VJ SUNDAY Ona yoar f2.B I One month $ -29 DAIX.X (MOB.N1NO OR A IT lb, ttii uun ) ausw lUnDAx Ooa year $7.60 t Ot month I T Ona year $7.60 t Ooa month 9 -88 Democracy has proved hire to be a sfe social order safe for the property of Indi viduals, Mfe for tlie finer arm of llvlnir, aafa for diffused public fcapploesa and well being. Charlea W. Eliot. HEROIC KIiAMAXH FALLS I HERE is a BplenSM example of public spirit In the work of Kl-imath Falls In connection with the Strahora railroad. , I That little city Invested $500,- 000 In the road. It is a prodigal ' support of .the enterprise. The people provided the funds for build ting 20 miles of the line, besides r much other money and property for terminals, rights-of-way and i other requirement for encouraging I the con.Jtructlon of the road. ' The effort put fortb. by a com- paratively small number of people ther,e to accomplish such a wonder- . ful result has been heroic In the i blghest degree. It Is a remarkable display of purpose, enterprise and I self help. A most pleasing feature is that this tremendous effort by the peo ' J pie of Klamath Falls has been made to tie themselves up more 1 A . i connections Portland. Their pall have been such, as I to naturally bind them to Callfor- nia. A carload of potatoes or ether local products to be deliv- red In Portland had to make a s long ex-rursion southward through Northern California to Weed and f thence northward to this city. It I was a round about process that made business with Portland diffl i cult and discouraging, v ' Th Strahorn railroad offered f deliverance and the Klamath Falls I people acted. They enlisted for a treat railroad drive. Their ef I fectiveness and the spirit are re Taled in the figures of their con Itiibutlons, and they are figures to reflect the highest credit upon a tfar larger community. t The beginning of construction on ajthe Strahorn line is to be cele . brated at Klamath Falls July 3 and 4. There is to be an excur sion from Portland, and Portland era ought to go and study the spirit of Klamath Falls. It will be opportunity to stand on a dis tant border and get the viewpoint of remote Oregon. And it will be a chance for Portland to catch Uve spirit of push that, applied , here, would write progress and prosperity above the portals of Portland. HE long existing car Bhortage, the fear of a breakdown In trans portation and the necessity of sending railroad equipment to Europe, have stirred the federal government to appeal for In creased use of waterways. In the Congressional Record Is a communication by Secretary Red- field urging Increased development of the waterways and "their in creased utilization. The same action is urged by a newly formed com mittee under the Counsel of National Defense. The plan has the ap proval of the war department, the commerce department and the ship ping board, and so far as they can, these auxiliaries of the government will cooperate in the work. The communication points out that the railways are overwhelmed by thopresent traffic. There Is now a shortage of 150,000 cars. The lumberjmanufacturers of the country are asking for 88,000 carB they cannot get. Seventeen thousand automobiles were recently standing on vacant lots in one city in Michigan because there were no cars to carry them to market. Other thousands of automobiles were sent all the way from Detroit to the Pacific coast under their own power be cause the railroads could not supply cars to haul them. At one mm m Louisiana, s5,uuv,uoo leet of lumber is piled up awaiting cars to carry it to market. These announcements were re cently made on the floor of the United States senate by a Louisiana senator. He further stated that the shortage was 110,000 cars Feb ruary 1 and 125,000 March 1. With the vast increase of acreage that has been planted, the harvest of perishable food will soon begin all over this country, and this food Btuff must be moved quickly to be available. Secretary Radfleld's communication says that it is of pressing Importance that all possible use be made of all interior waterways, canals, rivers and lakes. It adds that this "must be done as quickly as possible if we are to escape serious congestion." The communication continues: There Is more than sufficient business for both railways and waterways for many months to come. Wherever, therefore, throughout the country a barge or a boat, or a scow, a lighter, or a motor boat can be made to take the place of a railroad car. It ought to be done. Such arrangements as aro practical should be made along all our great waterways to develop promptly methods for using the water as a means of transportation. This is the time to get Idle barges and scows Into use, to repair old barges, to build new ones and to take advantage of a patriotic duty of water transit in every practi cal way. The highest expert fv thon'ty is quoted by Secretary Redfield In his communication. That authority is the chief of engineers of the United States army, who not only urges the repair of old steamboats and the building of new, but advises the construction of Ibarges. Speaking of barge building, he says: Fortunately these boats are of comparatively simple construction, and can be rapidly built if all boat yards are fully utilized for this purpose. In fact, these barges could be built at Innumerable points alone; the streams ana launched without accumulation of expensive machinery or plant, as It is prac ticality a Question of supplying the relatively simple materials and the labor required in actual construction of the boats. Tonnage capacity can doubtless D created by such barge construction much mora rapidly than by car construction. Every toe of freight carried by water Is a ton of freight that the over-burdened railroads will be saved from carrying. Every carload carried by water means the releasing of a car for tise In some field where there is no inland waterway. Use of water transportation 13 thus the organizing, strengthening and coordinating of transportation and the bringing of tvery resource Into action for moving the country's products and merchandise. Secretary Redfield continues: Cities and towns on waterways ought in their own interests to take steps to encourage water transit and to extemporize, if needs be, means for bring ing it quickly into service. Public bodies like chambers of commerce and boards of trade should also take the matter up actively where conditions malre it possible to do so and give their support to the men who endeavor to develop transportation by water on a temporary or permanent basis. It is encuraglng to note the proposed formation of companies to conduct trans portation on the Mississippi river. Such organizations today do a patriotic and most helpful service. They should be helped forward wherever thov may d started in ever;- reasonable way. This is a war appeal. It is a call to the country to bring every resource into action for moving fuel, breadstuffs and products for the creation of which every section of population is straining every nerve. There is prediction that there will be a fuel shortage all over the country unless transportation is strengthened. There is Insistence that the war cannot be won without cars and ships to move munitions, foods and the colossal volume of materials required in the prosecution of tne war: Secretary Redfield adds: The president of one of our leading railroads recently said: "The rail roads of ths United States operated as one system are carrying more freight than ever before in the hirtory of the country, but when they have carrlrrt traffic up to 100 per cent of their capacity, there still remains 15 25 per haps 30 per cent of traffic w! ich it is impossible for them to carry at all. Portland and Oregon responded nobly to the appeal for the pur chase of Liberty bonds. And to the call for help for the Red 'Cross. What about the war appeal for supplemented transportation? stand a good deal of Imposition but It is possible that there are limits to their patience. The person who started the stampede in a street car by calling out that the draw of the steel bridge was open, will know better next time. The injuries to those sent to the hospitals and the knocks and bruises sustained by others must weigh heavily upon his or her conscience. Unhappily there are other thoughtless ones who can be depended upon to sound equally foolish alarms on other occasions with deadly re sults. The foolkiller long ago gave up his important assignment in life as a hopeless business. Letters From the People rCommuoTleatlona aent to The Journal for publication In thl department ahonkl be writ ten on only ona aide of the paper, aboold not exceed 900 words In lenath and must be ac companied by the name and addreaa or tne sender. If the writer doea not dealre to bare the name publlabed he ahouid so atate.J A Mother's Appeal to Her Son Portland. June .1. To the Editor of Tho Journal Kindly tell me what the penalty would be for a boy under l1 years who would Join the infantry and who would have to swear that he was 18 Tears old. ,IIe is a good boy and honest and truthful (except as to hl3 age), and that was for patriotic rea congress, the congressman whose -rote on a food measure U bant to their win ought to 'be, retired In Ignominy and disgrace at th very next lection. Right and wrong motives ar work ing in embarrassing confusion these day on the floors of congress. Self ish Interests are posing as the defend er of the most sacred constitutional rights. Dishonest speculators In the necessities of life are prating of ' dan gerous powers" vested In the presi dent. If necessary food regulation i defeated, such defeat will be In the in terest of the enemy and a gang of food Koeculators. No decided step in the line of progress was ever undertaken that this bugaboo of constitutional limitation did not plant itself across the road. Kvery advance step has been made over the shatered remains of somebody's ideas as to the limits of the constitution. That is tna only way we have gone forward. The general feeling of rress and peo ple Is that it la safer to trust the presi dent with vast powers in a great na tional crisis powers which he may not be compelled fully to employ rather than to. trust such powers In the hands of the food barons. The pending measure Is less a food control bill than a bill to control present food controllers. PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHAXGK All writers of patriotic vers are patriots, but. thank heaven, all pa triots are not writers of patriotic verse. a Whatever may befall his dynasty. William 11 of German) s personal fame is secure as the man tn&t made Uott lamous. a Well, you needn t worry about tht lawn any more. All you ve got to do is lyelram from watering it aud U will mow Hot If. a Your lied Cross bond la printed In invisible Ink on imperceptible paper. out it draws intertbt. payable every nunute, and eternally. But Why "Stuart" If Klna- C.nnrm changes tne name of hit royal nouao .' In its day Stuart was as odious as Hohejizollern is now. He that gkveth to the poor soldier or other victim of war lendeth to the Lord and wouldn't have his money tuTck if it were tendered him. No report yet on our army's marching until further Farms Are Developing From the Eugene Iteetpter No one who Is at all observant can fail in hvp noticed the largely in creased use of better farm machinery lij Western Oregon this year. It is a common slRht on the streets of Eu gene almost any day to see many new and Improved machines being hauled out behind w aeons and bucKlcs, and sons, as his brother, 22. had Joined the new order of things is Illustrated and he said he was as large as he. I. his mother, am alone,' and am nearly distracted over his Joining, as, at his ago, I do not think it best for many reasons. He would come home if I w-ould tell him how I feel, for my sake. as he is very considerate of me, and 1 want space for my letter and an an swer if you can spare it me. A WJRHIBH MOTHER. The Franco-Frusslan War Portland, June 21. To the Editor of The Journal Please Inform me through The Journal which nation was the aggressor in the war between France and Prussia in 1870, and after the war did either nation sanction plurality of marriage? A READER. Neither nation waa blameless, but Pismarck actually provoked the con flict. There is nothing to indicate that such a report as plural marriape was ever thought of in either nation. Dr. Karl Armgaartl Graves Portland. June 25. To the Editor of The Journal Can you tail me of the whereabouts of Dr. Karl Armgaard Graves, lately of the German secret strvice and author of "The Secrets of the Hohenzollerns" and "The German War Office"? Has he written any thing lately? J. T. THOMPSON. Whn ho was last in the news he had lust been arrested by agents of the United States department of Jus tice on a charge of conspiracy against the United States. OKEGON SIDELIGHTS Rag Tag and Bobtail song what's liody" Hons? notice. thin the matter with "John Brown s4 with sour apple tree varia- What has become of that beautiful Spanish heiress whosi woes once got money from Ilubes tn America? I- the heartless censor deleting her tear- stained letters; m Ever hear about those treasures laid up where moth and rust do not corrupt nor thieves break through and steal? Well, your Red Cross money that's what It is. and that's where you'll find It next time you see It- Material is being placed on the ground as rapidly as possible for the Do liai i is bur 8 thec factory and creamery building. It is estimated by the Review that about 60 touring cars are now passing through Rosebure daily over the Pa cific highway. This is la addition lo all the local traffic. Arthur Kullerton of Lincoln. Neb. who Is visiting his father at Kugene. is quoted In the Uuard as saying thai Oregon crops look much better than Nebraska crops, lie says corn la twit high about Eunene. ' For all those people In the effete east, next to Liberty bonds and a Rel i row subscription, the best Investment to be found, the Ores ham Outlook is pleased to Inform them, is a summer vacation ticket to Oregon, Up to last Saturday the colored peo ple of Pendleton had contributed l3 to the lied Cross fund. Of this sum the African Protective Progressors lodge gave 7 and the Tendleton Literary so ciety ,5, the East Oreonlaa reports. "l"n Ion's stock snow," avayn the Scrut. "has received more favorable comment from tho press throughout the st:te than any similar event dur ing the past year, which all goes to ward boosting Union and the tirarrt Hondo valley's famous blooded stock." The splendid weather of the past week or more Is bringing the tourists to Tillamook and the different resorts In that sector. The Herald says the resort season promises to be a good one this year and advises that Tllla niook should have a camping place for uto tourists. sacrifice made temporarily is made permanently." In other words, there can be no such thing as a sacrifice made only today and to morrow but which will surely end the day after tomorrow. If wo once begin it we must keep it up forever. The third proposition is that it is foolish and wicked to give up an ounce of present com fort for the sake of a ton of com fort in the future. It is difficult to read any piece of current anti-war literature with out finding some or all three of these queer notions neatly folded up In its leaves. The answer seem.3 obvious. The American people have consented to some important sacrifices of personal liberty. They did so because they believed it was necessary in order to carry on "the war. But they do not intend that the president or any other public serv- Heinrlch Eggs, a Swiss, have Just j ant shall be a permanent dictator. been made citizens by the SAn I When the crisis is over they intend Francisco court. Now if the two ! to recover every item of liberty would come to Portland and go 1 they have let eo. Wo have faith William Butter, an Austrian, and with a sad smile. Almost unani mously the! final verdict has been "poor fools." If one loves marigolds, if he is enamored of green peas or golf or fishing, if lie can wrap himself up In postage stamps or forget the world with a kpdak, If he likes poetry or mathe matics, he has an asylum. To be sure we must all do our duty. But one can not be doing his duty day and night. Thre must be moments off for the most strenuous. And then comes in the beneficent hqfcby, the smiling, silly, saving hobby, and redeems tho day. To ' the truly wise the half hour h has with his hobby some time between sunrise and midnight makes the rest of the day golden, or at least gilds over its lead. Rome at the Liberty Bell From the Philadelphia leder (June IK). We shall welcome here on Wednes day the representatives of Italy, whose sons for more than 20 centuries have set their breasts against the Influx of barbarism and defended with their lives the Institutions of civilization. Words cannot describe the history of Italy. The record runs with the ages, back to the mists of time, when Brutus overthrew the Tarqulns. and Horatius held the bridge, and the ghosts of Can nae sailed with Sclpion to Zama, and Marlus drove the Clmbrl beck, and Caesar launched his triremes for the campaign In Britain, and Constantine, under the shadow of a Christian flag, leaped Into glory. Aye, Italy has no history, for her history Is the world's. That now the heirs of Imperial Rome should link that era of triumphant government to the new era of freedom by paying homage to the hallowed relic that first rang out our declara tion of independence, about to become the guiding principle of all human gov ernment, is In itself a historic occasion of supreme importance. Wo have grown accustomed to participation In Immortal events In Philadelphia, but the edge of our enthusiasm will not be dulled in our Jubilant Teceptton of Italy's representatives on Wednesday. In many instances by the slKht of farm mnchinerv beine hauled out Of town bch?cd automobiles. The very la.ree increase in cultivated crops this year is maao piain u me number of cultivators of the typical corn-belt type that are being bought. The recent farm survey conducted for the department of agriculture showed very large increases in the corn acro age of Lane county and a phenomenal increase In the bean acreage. These crops call loudly for better machinery. and it Is evident that the call is being heeded. It Is needless to say that this growth In Cultivated crops will have an important effect on the agri cultural development of the valley In the future. Another notable increase is In the number of farm tractors In use. A year or two a?o a tractor was an un usual eight in Western Oregon, but now it is nothing uncommon to see sev eral in use in the course of a few hours' ride. The farm tractor is com ing into larger use all over the world, and it is not unreasonable to predict that In the next few years the ealeo of farm tractors will equal. If not exceed, the sales of automobiles. The agricultural development of the Willamette valley wit:. In the past few years has been nothing short of mar velous, and the time la not far distant when the oft-spoken prediction, "the agricultural paradise of the United States" will be realized. This devel opment la one of the reasoi. i why Western Oregon Is now entering upon a period of the soundest prosperity In its history. WE JOIN THE BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY Stories From crywLi 8. Into partnership with the Ham Brothers, It ought to wallop the high cost of living. -4 THE DISSATISFIED NE can not read current peri odical literature a great deal without learning that many anxious people forbode dis aster to democracy from the war. To their minds it is not "a war to make democracy safe," but one which wiH root out every vestige that a man can obey loyally as a soldier for the common good to day and resume his full indepen dence tomorrow. And we are con fident that it pays heavily often times to forego a present comfort for the sake of greater good in the future. The truth is that the American people are acting in this war on the same principles as every pru dent man applies to his private affairs. A person is not neces sarily plunged Into hopeless pov- The Red tross drive in Port land nas enaea. i ne results are marvelous. Not only in Portland but throughout Oregon, the giving has been unrestricted and whole- uearieu. xae exaitea purpose to which the groat gift of Oregon and uer cnier cuy is aecicated is a noble testimonial to Iter people. Every citizen can point with pride to the state and Its beautiful per formance. No drive of any kind in the history of Oregon has been better captained or more splen didly carried out. A FOOD GEM of freedom from the world. Tn prove their case they point to ; erty because he doea not buy every what is actually takine Dlace t t thing he happens to want at the T i " the United States and other "free" countries like France and England, i "ReVhold tho rrnerui of Jl I racy even among ourselves," they cry. "We are obliged to register .for the draft whether we like it or not By and by thousands will be pnscrip'ted without any regard to their wishes and ' made to fight. l'-W can no longer say In publlo -.what we think, especially if we happen to think differently from the majority. The government! seises part of our property to pay ! for a war to which we are op-: moment when he wants it. If the American air fleet of ,'100,000 airplanes, planned by the ! war department, ever begins to j swoop and circle above the Ger man lines the kaiser will begin to j conclude that the Great American Eagle flies with his own wings. A HOBBY H APPY is the individual who has a hobby. The mind which dwells always on the big world and Its troubles grows poeeo. inis is tne burden of their somber. It Is overpowered with Bong. Surely, to believe them, the sense of its own helplessness, liberty is dying if not dead. No doubt there is a thread of pur If we take ; the trouble to an- j pose running through the mazes of alyze their plea we find three i history, but it Is obBcure and often -propositions wrapped np in it. The j lost. He who does nothing else ilrsr Is that "nobody should be compelled by the government to , do anything that he doesn't want tta do." -- The second is that "every but look for It soon goes crazy or wishes he were dead. The great philosophers , have watched.: the world and itsrways 4' - ' " "s - ' - z: -' v-V-"jt..:---- n HE food speculators have their own newspapers and maga zineB which look after their interests. une or tnese or gans, commenting on the food sit uation, has this to say: All food products will be in demand this year and at prices never dreamed or uy wio oia operators, so long as Americans have the means to pay. Just so long will they have what they want to at. The reader will notice that this gem ig addressed to "operators." which means speculators. It Is not a message to honest trades men who perform the public serv ice of passing food from producer to consumer but to gamblers bv the wayside who rob both. It in a hugie call to the robber horde to grab all they can while the grabbing ia good. It is also well to notice the slur it contains on the good sense of the Amerrean people. The Implica tion Is that the people will tamely submit to their fate and spend their last penny to stave off the wolf rather than take measures to trap' and ; kill him. We shalL see what they will Co. vAmericanswill No Ttme to Lose From the TVtrolt Newa. Congress shbuld be shamed by the way in whlcbf the country is criticis ing Its dilatory handling of the food bills. From coast to coast, with-a unanimity based on the nation's neces sity, the press Is urging action. Labor, clear-elghted because It .s thoroughly conversant not only with European condltlonss and the struggle over there for a more economical dlstribu tlon of national anrt international re sources, but also because its purse is tnxed more and more heavily for those things which make life possible food. shelter, clothing is urging the na tional legislature to act, and act quickly. The farmers say that they will be satisfied If they-are guaranteed a sufficient income from their prod uce. What, then who, then, keeps congress from acting? Mr. Hoover haus said, and common sense dictates that he Is right, that i delay of a few weeks will give specu lators time to buy the crops which are now beginning to mature. The state of our cold-storage warehouses, as Indicated in government reports. seems to show that those who can see profits more clearly than patriot- Ism have already done what they could to grab up butter and eggs, to hold until a shortage declares Itself. Is congress, in its regard for the so- called rights of private business, go ing to penalize the patriotic American to line the pockets of the unpa trlotlc? The food situation, the coal situs tlon, call for immediate action. Will congress get busy at once, or must the country wait for the passage of the revenue bill, final action on the pork-barrel rivers and harbors bill and every other measure that has come up? By that time, of course, a food bill, uraless Us provisions are confiscatory, will be of about as much use this year as a statute prohibiting eating on Memorial- day; while If we don t get It, a good many who did eat on Memorial aay tnis year win be denouncing tneir representatives on May SO, 1918, for their failure to take the speculative tax off foodstuffss. German Estimate of the V Vmm the Detroit Newi-TrihUM Anyone who is at ell familiar with German newspaper methods knows that they work on a system by which coming events cast their shadows be fore. The curtailment of the U-boat successes was presaged by the charac teristic warning that the German pub lic must not expect the list of victims to continue very large, for In the nature of the came the totals would have to decrease as the Atlantic was swept of Its commerce. However, the fact that 2600 ship arrivals are the week's average at British ports is a ltttle bit of news that the German pub lic does not receive. Thus, when so important a publica tion as the Berlin Tageblf.tt contains a warning from the pen of Captain Perslus, warning the German public not to put too Vow an estimate on the significance of the United States' en try Into the war, it is a sign that the imperial government expects a little more from us than mere "bluff. The only hop Captain Perslus holds out of the United States not being a decisive factor in the war is the pos sibility of Germany whipping the al lies before American help can arrive. But even here he qualifies and urges his people not to be surprised if Amer ica arrives quickly on the scene, for. says he, "American enterprise, elas ticity and energy liavo been known to make the impossible possible." This ought to be a lesson for those amongst us who persistently paint us as a helpless, confused mass of well- meaning but undisciplined people who can never accomplish anything that counts. If in any country in the world they possess the facts for an exact estimate of other countries' abil ities, it is in Germany; and Germany is not at all disposed at this time to underestimate our power or our dispo sition to uso it. Taunts and Jeers did very well to soften the news of our entry Into the war, but other Journalis tic tactics are now necessary to pre pare the German people for what our entry may mean to their cause. It may be said that anything which enables the German public to obtain an adequate grasp of the world situation will be in the naturo of a boost for peace. For it is altogether likely that From the IVtrn Globe I WMth the lKSjan. Q of the executive order that will create the export con trol board, the United States will have ready to its hand a war weapon of groat force. While the espionage bill was before congress public atten"o i was so large ly centered upon its censorship fea tures that ths embargo provisions re ceived little notice outside of Wash ington. What ths law does in effect Is to put Into the hands of our government a power of trade bargaining which can to a large degree control the war pol icies of the neutral world, obliging them, as the price of receiving our products, to align themselves squarely with us and the allies and against Germany. The economic side of the war Is bet ter understood ttian it was In 1914. We see Germany, now practically hope less of securing a decisive victory on the field, trying to delay the military issue until her submarines can sink so much shipping that the allies' sources of suppdy art; choted ar.U they can no longer prosecute the war On the other hand, e know the allies' efforts to reduco Germany to submis sion by limiting her food and war materials. A neutral nation, without violating Its technical neutrality, caji assist Ger many and hinder the allies in three ways." It can send into Germany food and other necessities, either its own products or its imports from other na tions, and can receive Germaji exports. It can refuse to supply its products to the allies. It can hold back Its raer. chant shipping from the service of the allies. Ail these some neutrals have done. Citizens of Holland, Switzerland and the Scandinavian states, bordering Ger many or separated only by the German Baltio have, from the war's beginning, taken advantage of their position in side the British blockade to carry on a profitable German trade. More than this, persons In those nations have re lieved the German food and materi als shortage by forwarding Imports from the United States. A few neutral?, where German influ ence was dominant, have refused to Great Britain the products she needed. prerernng tne tjerman market; or. when actual transportation to Germany was impossible, allowing German agents to buy and hold them. And one or two, notably Holland, have yielded to German pressure and in come cases withheld their merchant ships from al lied ports. the best of their abilities. But no great l.ave been the allies' economic needs that they could not press the re taliatory measures to the point of en dangering their own sources of supply Now, with the United States In the war. armed with the embargo power, ther is a different situation. For ths Unite States, the great exporter of ths basic necessities, is tn a uniaus noaltlon to ward the neutral world. The first article to corns under the embargo provision will be coal. Of our coal exports, themselves a' small Dart of our production, ths greater part still go to our neighbors north and south, as before the war. But the wars changes have not been inconsiderable. bouth America, taking less than 3 per cent of out soft coal exports in the fiscal year 1913, took nearly 10 per cent In 1916. Kurope in the same peri od increased her share from I to 1 3 Tor cent. Brazil wanted 234,000 tons In 1913. 679.000 In 1916; Argentina took 7 SO. 000 tons Instead of 29,000. Norway and Sweden, which had none of our coal in the earlier yar, together had 111.000 tons In 1915 and 293,000 In 1916 They buy ths coal from us, paying the i;reat cost of Oceania freights, because they must have the coal for their in dustries and evidently cannot get it from Great Britain. With wheat and wheat flour the In crease of demands or the European neutrals, shut off from their pre-war sources. Is even more marked. As long as ws can furnish our product to a hungry world we are glad to do o, but our Interests and those of our allies must first be served. Against this economic warfare Great Britain and her allies have fought to Now we can say, perhaps, to Sweden, that If she wants more American coal sho must deny her metalllo ores to Germany and permit their purchase by England- Or Holland, If sh need American wheat, must guarantee that neither it nor her own products will cross the German frontier. More, if her ships are to carry away American cargoes, those ships must not ba de nied clearance to allied ports. Actively we shall not Interfere with neutral trade. We do not go to them asking favors; they come to us. and what w demand of them is no mor than war's Just quid pro quo as war is fought today. Compliance with American demands it is true, may make the path of Euro pean neutrality yet harder and draw still other nations into the war. The ring of Germany's enemies may be made complete; the economic ring, the throttling ring; of blockade, will Inev itably be so. By the embargo no less than by our men, our money and our ships shall we hasten the wax's end and autocracy's defeat. Ta tbla rolnma all readera of Tba Jonraat are laeiied ta ruatlrlbata or 1 real natte Is, tory. In veraa or Is paUaaovalcal obaarraitos or atrlklns quotation. Irvai a or aourr. Cn UrltwttaD of excttkBal awrlt U1 a sals tea i toe etuior aiirali. J In the Making of tho Army Men THERE'S Sergeant Jim McCafferty And Captain Donuhuf. 'i iiejf make, ua man :i and ice ths mark lu gallant Company w. And the suns ttiey run upon my souL And this is the way c ao: Forty miles a day on luann and hay ,, In the regular army, oh! Old Song. The Infantry drill rcs'uUtions say: "Talcum powder or a few shavings of soap plat id in the ai.,a btiuie a long march, prevent ui v f , i t " The rookies, writes W. S. Storms, First company, K. o. T. C, Presidio, tn the Ban Francisco Call, are prone to take some of the army instructions too literally, as In the cast; of a cer tain young man tn the western canton ment of the reserve officers' camp, at ths Presidio. He placed soap in his shoes, but dm not si up at a few shav ingsho put in plenty. Imagine ths surprise of the rear fiio when, after atxuit an hour's Mrt-nuous hiking, hiiva 11 bubbles of "ivory' began to ooa a from his shoe tops and then from his puttees with each step, as his psdsj extremities churned ths saponaceous maaa into a delicious foam. He seemed to be wadlriK in creajn puffs. It afforded much amusement to ths younger men of th First company Saturday when tne captain repri manded 'Dad'- Brunton. the principal of one of the larKcst dish schools la southern California, because there still remaint-d a lVw molecules of lu.t in hi r:fie barrel. TUc nnn inspection of rifles is of t-roai Important'. r.acri rifle must b? thoroughly cleaned, oiled and polished not a parti le of ruat or dirt of any description must re main, either inside or out The men endeavor to comply with ths letter of the rule, but In their haste every thing here is done in haste some thing is likely to be overlooked by ths student soldier, but not by ths In specting officer, believe me. Hers all men are on a parity. Edu cators of countrywide renown, ths college student and the clerk fresh from the office or merchandising es tablishment stand elbow to elbow all arn atudents now, under CnMe. Sam. The socially hlKh and the socially low are equally subject to praise or to rep rimand 'I'ad" lirunton undoubtedly exer cises a healthy Influence over ths older as well an the vouncer men In th coins, anl that's why the bovs have civn him tie affectionate tills of "Dad." D. A. Brunton hi rrlnc:pai of the (trance l.lKfi school, one of tua most efficient educational institutions of ('allfnrnia. "I went through high school In a year and a half." said Mr. Brunton." "and through college In two years and a half, but that now seems like hild's play compared wltn the Intensive training to which we are being sub jected at the I'residlo The technical, theoretical an,l ps ch'lo leal s well as practical phas a of army life are being ta'ight the students uniullan ously We are KeUlnif a three years course in three mouths. The greater part of the men are bearing up w)S,l under the unusual strain on their physical and mental capacity. The rudlr.ier.ts of military training Lavs been covered pretty well, and we are now getting Into the more advanced work of real military tactlea." HOW TO BE HEALTHY CoprrllH. 1S1T 7 J. Keeiej HYGIENE OF GOITER. Goiter Is a J goiter disease of the thyroid gland, which Is situated in the front of the nock. This gland is Important to the nourishment and nervous stability of the whole body and brain. Babies born with imperfect glands cannot grow up unless thyroid from an animal is given them. Not all enlarged glands givs bad symptoms, but when they do occur they are in varying degrees, according to the Individual case. The cause of the disease Is not known, and. there fore, there is no known medicinal cure. Surgical operation la successful in some cases. In advanced stages Of thyroid dlseas, known as exophthal mic goiter, the eyeballs bulge out, there is derangement of the nervous system, anud sometimes the mind is affected. Any marked enlargement of the thy roid gland and any undue nervousness or disturbance In nutrition should have the German people themselves have a ,11 prompt attention of a physician, higher opinion of the honor of ths j Simple caes of enlarged thyroid other common peoples of the world in sometimes clear up when a person their treatment of a foe than William changes his place of abode. Two nurses went to work In a certain part of New Jersey. They did not know each other before going there, and they came from different parts of ths country. After they had held their positions for a while each of them developed an en larged thyroid gland or a beginning of of Hohenrollem has. He must disap pear. But the German people must go on. And peace as roon as possible is a necessity for their going on. Uncle Sam's Marksmen From tho Boston Qkbe Soldiers under ths American flag haven't yet had an opportunity to show their skill in marksmanship to the kaiser's troops, but company L of the Twelfth infantry of ths New Tork National Guard is so proud of the prowess of its sharp-shooters that it has Issued a challenge backed hy $10,000, to a contest between a squad from the company and a similar squad picked from any single New York National Guard company, and includ ing men of any military grade, at a distance of 600 yards or under. The GermaTis will get their demonstration later on. Both were obliged, for this rea?on, to give up their positions and seek employment in another state. Both of them Immediately recovered from the trouble. One of them, re gretting having- given up a good posi tion, decided to go back again, where upon she quickly developed beginning goiter again. The disease Is sard to b especially prevalent in certain geographic areas in this country, in cartain parts of Washintrton stte. in the Dskotas and In the region of the great lakes. The foll'iwlrg rules of hygiene are beneficial In this condition: Avoid all excitement or irritation. Get an abund ance of rest and fresh air. Eat and drink nothing that Irritates the nerv ous eystem. Do not use tobacco. Eat very little meat. ir rona or meat, take a little beef, mutton or breast of chicken or fresh fish ones or twice a week, or at most three times s week. Drink a great deal of milk or eat things that are prepared with milk. Cream and buttermilk are especially rood. Avoid any kind of meat broths. Eat an abundance of cooked fruits and cooked vegetables or very rips raw fruits- Eat eggs, bread, butter, toast, rice and cereal. Irink plenty of good water, or. If this Is not avail able, boil thn drinking water for 20 minutes, or drink distilled water. Tomorrow: What to Do for Neuritis Martin of San Mateo, J. U Black of Oakland, H. Sampson of Del Monte, A. R. Tager, E. Holland and Edward Traube of San Francisco. Timber Owner Visit City Peter Counacher, owner of large tim ber .holdings and sawmill interests st Yacolt. Wash.. Is visiting In the city. Mrs. Counacher and son being with him. The party is registered at the Multnomah. Would Rather Trust Wilson From tba Lns Anaelo Exiw-esa. In so far as the fight on the admin istration's food control bill Is based on a sincore areaa oi autocratic powers. it will have to be dealt with, namely. by weicrtt or argument, to the dere that this fight is engineered by food pirates, let tnese agencies be uncov ered, fully exposed for what they actu ally are and scourged relentlessly un til their power is broken and forever destroyed. Ths market manipulator and fool gambler, ths conscienceless speculator who sequesters food supplies to create a fictitious shortage whlls children suffer end poor, overwrought mothers struggle to par robber prices for com mon nscessltlss must be hunted down and out. "'- ' If these speculators have s lobbj in Very Regrettable From the Columtxj (Ohio) Jmirna!. The kaiser seems to be rather fixed In his opinions, and we suppose when it's all over he 11 think, provided th? esteemed French conclude to leave him in full possession of all his fac ulties, that the explanation of the general result Is that God has mado another of His unfortunate mistakes. PERSONAL MENTION Golfists Flocking Here Golf is the chief attraction in the city at present, and new arrivals are coming every day to talcs part in the Waverlej- Country club tournament. Among the latest g-uests at ths Mult nomah are ths following., who are hars from California for ths tournament: EL J Captain R. P. Wheak of the Unitd States signal corps at San Francisco is at the Imperial. C. B. Reed of Canton. Ill . Is at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bentley and daughter. Katherine. are registered at the Portland from San Francisco. J. M. Atty. owner of lare r.il estate holdings in Portland and a fre quent visitor here, is registered at the , j-rancjsco Perkins. His home Is in Mcllinnviale.. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Snow and daugh ter are at the Oregon from Long Beach, CaJ. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Ufford are st the Cornelius from Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. 1 M. Cass of Wood burn are st the Washington. Ev W. Schiffer Is registered at ths Oregon from Pendleton. Paul E. Spring Is a Perkins guest from I4an Diego. Mr. and Mrs. A. TV. Walker are at i ths Imperial from Msdford. airs. Cochrane of Winnipeg enairs. Downing of Brandon. B. C ars visit ing together at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. M. Voorsanger and N B. Anderson sre registered at ths Portland from San Francisco. Otto Hoffman and Mrs. Hoffman from Cape Horn. Or., are at ths Wash ington. Mr. ana Mrs. m. si. .Morrison are registered at ths Cornelius from Salem. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Groges of Ever ett, Wash., are at ths Portland. Mrs. O. L. Cameron and children are guests st ths Oregon while hers from Spokans. Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Camp of Monroe, Wash., are at the Multnomah. j. Li. Mccully from summer laif Or.. Is at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Wood and Bar Wood are at the Cornelius from San J. F. Vaughn, G. C. Jones and O. V. SThute mak a He'ppner party at the Imperial. T Gallop of Victoria, B. C Is at the Portland. Miss Josephine B. Carson Is a guest at the Oregon from Seattle. William Armstrong is reglstsrsd at the Perkins from Everett. lll5i Grace Miller and Miss F. W Bingham are at ths Cornelius from Astoria. Mr. and Mrs. B. XX Sanrmls au-s at the Multnomah , from Ban Fran els oo. Tho War, In Two Paragraphs We have had many utterance os, the war. says the person who conducts a column entitled "Tho Worlds Win dow" in the Vancouver IB. C i World, but I award the palm to a letter from a little ljndon itirl. loliy Jenkins it Is so "different." "The war was atarted by tha r mans because they love us. and want to make us cultures. They sink all our ships to cut off our German Snu nagea and other articles of war. I wish I was a munition, they earn uch a lot of money. My father is In the army. Ha wear a steel helmet to kill the Germans in Mr. Asqulth was prime minister, but he could not bc- Huse he was past his prime, so Mr. I.loyd George 6ald. Til bs prime min ister at Westminster," so ha moved into all the hotels. He is going to in the war this year end wants to )irro every body's money Mr. Win- tan Churthill was going to win It, so n ftad a -iaval division, only ha aid t, o he went in ths army as his salvation. "The battle of the Mams was on ths pictures, and the battle of ths Anchor. Kather says there was good general hip but I could not see the ship nor the anchor. Charlie Chaplin was not In them because he does not think fighting Is funny. When ws havs won all the Germans. pace will be ds- clared. and all the In turned Oermans turned out, so they ran do business as ual, which Is what our soldiers ars fighting for. That is all I know about the war, only sweeta are dear and ws fetch our own coal, and we only gat meat once a wee on KunJaya same as we always did We aro going to bs vegetarians when the Ixmdon county council let us have some land. Hoping to find you the same as it leaves roe at present." Peace Terms What aro ws fighting for. you aakT Sometimes I wonder how Even the very gentlest heart (Thoush may God bless all gentle hearts:) Can a-sk that question now. In Fielrl im there were gentl hearts Knew neither hats nor fear. Now rnsny leep till Judgment day. A troubled sleep till Judgment day. tor bloody is their cier: But there are blacker wears than crape. And harder beds than craves: Why, Death's a friend In Belgium now; Ti e dead aro free, in Belgium now The llvlriir are all slaves. Km you and I sit talking hers The children in the street Are playing games we used to plsy. As gayly as ws uM to play; I hear their running feet. Do you suppose; In Belgium now That any children play? Thers is a horror In their breasts, A brooding fierceneas In their brsasts. That burns their youth awsy. What ars we fighting for, you asfcT Whit ars our terms of peace? Let Mm. who turned ths land to waste; Iet him. who turned the seas to blood; L- him. who turned kind hearts to hate: Ask them upon his knees! James Weber I Inn In th Chicago Herald. Uncle Jeff Snow Sartf I see where a feller In Hoathern Ore eon was left a title, and I4S.000 a ysar to keep it In good condition. It do beat the dickens how fellers gits money left 'era that don't know how to use it- If ths Lord had picksd rrvs out fer a winner that way I sure would be able to show Him results with the money, but I don't know as I would have any uss for ths Utl end could show mighty . tittle results for that . v -