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ATTACKS; FROM THE REAR
RESIDENT WILSON is mighty In his statement to tha, coal oper
ators and manufacturers. The country will applaud; his conclu
sions to the echo. The things he said are what the people of
America were waiting to hear said.
The Journal has condemned the activities of I. Wl W.-lsm and
classified those activities as attacks from the rear In aid of the kaiser.
But there Is a more sinister peril than I. W. W. activities. That pefil
is made by mightier men. They are the men who plan to make great
fortunes out of this war, The president described them. Declaring
that the war must not be made the vehicle for big profits, he said:
Tour patriotism Is of tbe same self-denying stuff as the patriotism o
of war, business must go on very
much as usual.
Letters From the People
Communication sent .to The Journal for
publication la thla department should be writ
tea on only one aide of the paper, shoe Id not
exceed 800 words la length and moat be ac
companied by the name aud adores of the
sender. If the writer doe not desire to hare
the nam published he should so state.
the crisis.
How da von reconcile thla statement
with your oft-repeated assertion that
I America is in this war solely to make
the world safe for democracy? Do you
He makes tha case un- I mean to convey the impression that
America would have been content to
Ws muit knit together in this work as
one man. We must be willing to abridge
owaelres of our superfluities for the supply
Of otberi' necessities. John Wlnthrop.
POBTIiAND'S PART
The Motive of Our War
Dallas. Or.. July IO.-T0 the Editor
of The Journal Commenting; on the
1 ubmarlna situation. I notice in to
... . . . . . I Mlo-hr'a va"kts irnii mm xr mrt I T l"i vl Sa 11V
All T a si vimvA tinaaV . Af nmflta an1 rvs. TMftTiim in THA MA.7T1 A II ATI - 1 b VVBi jwu om.j - -
w. ww, va v avfe uw vv v v -. . v"-a - , , r . . . a --4
tanr Pntriotim leave, nrofits out of the oueatlon. In these days "The kaiser could have kept America
Ot our supreme trial, when w are sending hundreds of thousands of our P i w,L,Dy, ."f '"V
youngr men across the seas to serve a grreat cause, no true man wno stays it nM .
k.hi. -,,..1, k. .,,.1.1. tam h- . l.hnr win ir himaxif can powers and underestimate) 01
h 1. .An.llv .ir. t rr,V. ,, nr that labor No true natriot will American resources mat. uruusui
permit himself to take toll of their heroism in money or seek to grow ricii
by the shedding of th-jir blood. When they are giving their lives will he not
at least give his money?
This Is exactly what the American people think. The president has
translated their thoughts into cleai expression,
answarflltlA vttan Vv a arirla-
I . hear it insisted that more than a Just price. more than a price that will u f Europe's democracy if only the
sustain our Industries, must be paid; that it is necessary to pay very liberal jet us , iToner It seems to
aim unusuai iiruiui 10 Biimuiaie prouueuon; mat numiiiB oni pecuniary re- me lf w r.aiiv honest In out
varus wui uu rtwarua paia xn money, not in uie rncro. iiDcraiiui) ox mo .iiitnj . mn.Mv it
wono. .1 take it, tor ;rapiea uiai tnose wno argue tnus ao not stop 10 tnmK will not d0 to u? We would have
wutiL mm. uieaiis. do txipjr mew uiai you must ce paju, must oe Dnoeo. to I xn xiliinr i i .......i anAc
make your contribution, a contribution that costs you neither a drop of bloo't f tator as lone as the kaiser confined
nor a tear, when the -vhole world Is in travail? hi- effort- t d.nu-tion of Eurooean
dm mejr 111ra.11 Liitn. vuu win cxtici t price, unvo a DarKain wiin ihq men i Homft.M-v
wno are enaunng tne agonies 01 mis war on me oattletieia, in tne trencnes 1 jt lm true we are fighting for de
amiast me lursinj uaner 01 tne sea or witn tne oereavea women ana 1 mocracy not only for our own de-
pimui ennarea oeiore you win come iorwara ana ao your autyi mocracvi. but for th.t of other ooun-
l his Is appeal from tne head of the nation. It is the protest of the 1 tries and it is well to let the worio
nrfisiflpnf nr1 fhrnnpli tha nroclrlont iha nrnfut r a I know how we feel about It. But, While
" w v.voi. yji. mo ic.cu. 1 ,Ki ,j i 1,1.. -
people against excess war profits. If the people could make their mlt that we have enterecPthis conflict
voices heard at the White House, the mighty volume of their approval on general principles that we are
would vie with the roar of the artillerv on the hattla front helping other nations thrash tiermany
Though the cost of mining coal increased but 50 cents per ton dur- ""li," V'r u
ing ism, me mine owners nave aammea tnat tney advanced the price lis tlm to ceaee thi talk that we aro
S3. 50 and 1 4 above the cost Of production. They further admittedJ warring against no one but the kaiser,
that they had put up the price because they had determined to get "alii"" Ie' " nluvndet.od rioul
tne traffic would bear" and had determined also to make up during
me war, ior lean years in the past decade
W
to lick not only that pugnacious
worthy, but all who hold with him
We should also make it clear that
ALTER PARKER of New
- Orleans is coming to Port
land. He has been for years
manager of the Association
- of Commerce at New Orleans, and
has made an enviabl record in
that capacity. He has been appoint
ed head of the inland waterways
division of the department of com
merce, and his errand In Portland
s,wl.ll be to arouse the Interest of
producers, shippers and commer
cial enterprises in the larger use
of the navigable streams, bringins
Into coordination the efforts of
those who can and will use the
rivers of the country.
Mr. Parker's activity is a part
of the program of national defense.
The railroads admit that they are
.unable to carry all the traffic of
the country. The head of one of
the greatest systems in America
recently said in a public statement
'that after the roads had exerted
' 5 themselves to 100 per cent of their
efficiency there would still be 15,
t5 or perhaps 30 per cent of th
traffic that they would be unable
tojmove.
' 'CThts forehand knowledge that
taerejwili be a shortage of trans
portation has caused tha govern
ment.' to urge that railroad trans
portation be supplemented to the
utmost by larger use of the Inland
waterways.
The "war department has ap
proved the plan and the depart
It ia to such men. nnrl tn oteAl manufartnron tiHv. .n... America has neither forgotten nor for
.a - A v.., .av. - ;. 7 . 77 given the sinking of the Lusltania, and
tou lui iCCi mow ouiu uie uie war as low as ana U other lesser crimes, and that we hold
tne wneat gammers described in Herbert Hoover's letter to the presi- to the old-fashioned notion that pun
aent and to all others who Insist on getting rich out of the war that isament for the murder or innocen
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
KAiAl.l. CUAAliK
Ject. salaries, high aod low, have es
caped. '- . ' -. ,
Mr. English la rlgnt inerw is n
reasoa that can be advanced wny sal
aries should not be taxed the same as
any other source of Income. Any man
or woman drawing a salary of, say.
1100 a month and up, is Detter aoie to
stand a small tax on that salary than
most of the men engaged in small
business enterprises or the small
farmer.
I never have been able to under
stand how salaries escaped when the
federal Income tax law was enacted.
But they said it wa "unconstitutional"
to tax salaries. Consequently, the
farmer or business man who has an
income of $4000 a year has to dig up
for the federal government, while tne
political favorite of some senator or
congressman holding a federal job at
Trom 13000 a year up, clothes himself
in glad rags, takes his three squares a
day, "works" eight hours and has Sat
urday afternoon off, and pays no tax
on his Income. But then, we can't tax
salaries. It's "unconstitutional. Its
only "constitutional" to tax farmers
and business men who have to work 16
hours a day for 30 days In the month
to make one page of their account book
balance uo with the other.
What a neat sum would result ir
every publlo offlclai in the United
States municipal, county, state and
national receiving a salary of $1200 a
year and over, were assessed, say one
per cent on $1200, 2 per cent on $2000,
S per cent on $3000 and 5 per cent on
everv $1000 above $3000 per annum
And why not? Who has been so well
off during the depression of the past
four or five years as the man in
public office with a good, fat, sure
thing salary?
Why, I might name some gentlemen
in very recent years who have been
on' the state s payroll to the tune or
$5000 per annum who could not be
found on the Job more than 10 work
ing days in a month, to say nothing of
ou,,u, J"" Fred B. Pltner In Leslie's
iia.m umtr. uru.winK uow u iuu nuy Thro, months' tr-lnlnc in France
sura siovu a year .rum n. .aie where we know war to lt8 Uuim.te
wno were 111, anounaoie to do pre.- possibilities, will save the lives of
enf at their offices for about 11 more Amerlcln Midlers than three
rnonrna in tne year aunng a term 01 yeara, tralnlng at home.
sever, jors. dui meir saiarea ThAt 1- whv the American trooDS
sioppeu unm ueatn. men J. imnn -.-..-h, ,hA h.nd to
talnly been doing a lot of things to
i'anuuo v ilia.
"Food Prices Better,"- a headline an
nounces. Well, most of us didn't
know they had been sick.
The selection oX a woman for the
presiuency of the N. E. A. leaves one
more man available lor null tar v a.i-
vice.
Christmas dinner 'dates for 1S17. it
is believed, will not be announced by
Kuropean war lords until the afternoon.
or .December 24.
How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck lf a woodchuck would chuck
wood on something about the sua of
a municipally controlled woodpile?
One. would haruly think that a. Chi
cago mayor with such a name as
Thompson would have a fit every time
anybody eays anything about ucksg
L11U Wl .1 1 0-tl
Ordinarily when the man in tha
middle is cussed by the men at the
ends it Is a very good sign he is about
right. We shall still have to deny the
German chancellor any comfort on that
score. However.
s
u en era! riindenbunrs Idea of an
army is that it is so me thine with
which to smash the enemy, instead of
something with which to produce
political effects for home consumption
But it seems the old warrior ba had
to come down to that.
An esteemed exchange hopes con
gress will never attack bard cider, "the
rarmer a tavonte oeverace. riut now
many farmers of one's acquaintance
does one find in possession of a store
or. ciaer, or even a miu to mate it 7
And how few of the few who do make
cider ever make applejack of itr
OREGON SUifcUUGUTS
a new lia-htina- system for Pendle
ton and the removal of electric pole3
and wires from Main street are im
provements contemplated.
Th FVhn Nwi boasts of a rhubarb
plant in the garden of I Wells that
has a leaf that measures 2 feet inches
one way and 2 feet i inches tne other,
although, of course. It isn't the leaf
that counts, in rhubarb.
The editor of the Fossil Journal,
who has been reading a good deal
about Deoole economizing oy using
corn meal instead of wheat flour, re
marks that there would be no economy
in that In Wheeler county, wnere
wheat flour is cheaper tnan corn meai.
s
The Boy Scouts' bean patch in the
outskirts of Koseburg. which was
about to be submarined by the weeds.
owinir to the fact that most ol tne
planters nad gone to worn on unm in
th vicinity, haa been taken over by
the chivalrous business men of the
city, who are hoeing it, and having
lots or run in tne process.
"For many years," says the Pendle
ton lEast Oregonlan, "the press of Ore
son has been extremely friendly in giv
Ing publicity to the Kound-L"p and to
other Pendleton affairs; while the pul-
Ushers are here for their convention
starting Friday morning, our people
will have opportunity to show ap
preciation for past favors.
C. C. Nelson, a Washington county
road supervisor, complains that camp
ers are stealing cord wood scattered
alonir his lines of road for firing- the
roller emine. sometimes a much as a
rcord being used uo in one Place in a
single day. These tourists also prac
tice target shooting, with the glass
Insulators on telephone lines
target.
Raj? Tag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
(T thla eolnmn all renters mt Tha Inn rami ,
ar lavtte4 to contribute original matter la ,
story, la vers or In ptitluoiblcl otisrya Uoa-
or sulk lag quotations, from say source. - Cos- '
Kiuuiwu 01 ii.-epiuMiai merit will be paid far,
at toe edltor'a appraisal. J
Smelling Over the Telephone
AYOUNO lady took down the re
ceiver, eats the Klectncal tixDtl-
menter, and discovered that tbe tele
phone was in use. "1 just put on a pan
of beans for dinner," she heard one
woman complacently informing another.
b"h hung up th receiver and waited.
Three time ah waited, and then, ex
asperated, she broke into the conversa
tion.
"Madam, X smell your beans burn
ing." ahe announced crisply. A horri
fied scream greeted the remark, and
the young lady was able to put In her
call.
TRAINING OUR "SAMMIES" IN FRANCE
' From the Front
The hobo knocked at the back door
and the lady of the house appeared,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"iady," he said, "I was at the
front "
"You poor man!" ahe said. "One of
war's victims! Walt till 1 get you
come food, and you shall tell me your,
story. You were in the trenches, you"
say?"
"Not in the trenches. I was at the
front "
"Don't try to talk with your mouth
full. Take your time. What deed of
heroism did you do at the front?"
"Why, I knocked. But I couldn't
make nobody hear, so I come around to
the back.-'
President Wilson's protest Is addressed.
they were dropped from the payroll.
But I knew a farmer whose team
ran away and broke his lesr. Ills "sal-
women and children comes better late ary" stoDDed at once. Thev soaked
tnan never.
the training camp. To,save lives, tor
three month, at least, they will re
main in the camps. During that time
we may hear very little of them. e
l uiui fiuu ai viiv liusviiai aim 11 iwr i . ., a . u v. , , vhtit
v. om ucia auu tueir oxiuicumaie ocean rates tne president says: If we are avenging none of the everything he raised that year and "-' ,Vn, rw on4" They
Let us turn for a moment to the ship, owners of the United States and wrongs perpetrated against our own the next to pay the bill. And his ?,Y rf ft LlnJ VmfI' r.ttlnc
the other ocean carriers whose example they have followed, and ask them It people; if we are fighting for nothing taxes went right on Just as if noth- for th. wfto? toome For it
they realize what obstacles, what almost Insuperable obstacles, they have more than the mere Ideal of world de- ing had ever happened. -mm t J?i 7,, nJ
bean nuttlnsr in thn u-ov nf Vi .nr....f.,i .....i . k . ! .. i 7. . . is still to come, ucrinuiy IS Still a
. ... - - .. . j va. v"w o u a uiu.i;i.kjitni 1 1 1 i r 1 1 -mvmr nv Tnn i .uvi OA:r. 1. 1 1 cu ... ub u a. Bull Kiir r n a r m . a rt s i.va in n n i - r-u i r i &
ocean freiirht ratps thpv hav hom .v.tin7 n-v, v.... m. . 2 .. . . . . long way from being beaten, ana atne
hh frieht h.rW;. Tn T oVrTvl . uv"8 "",U"B lnaM "'Z eimpossote we cant. iax eaianes. wm not be aten thia year. There
aojiuro. i w wMiiuuw wui im. a Decause 11 ISn t COnSlltUllona'. It IS ..m ,,., f fip-htintr fnr cut mn
All lhnin OI...1..1.. . ... ... . I innr an t K9lsr knt hunrla nff nnr I . v. . , . n . I J "
i"o ouiiuiaa ui tumiueite are unconscious allies or kalserdom 1 " . " . . . . . . . , a'" "u" "ui u"u yei- to do next year,
Their extortiorm Arlvanr-A nrlro. anA if . . , wn country ana aevotea nis energies 8onal rights." Of course we can pass
u xCI lur avciase tamuies to the destrucuon or democracies in a law nermittine: or comDelllnK the Th. i-f. tn these tmlnlntr camns Is
w eut.i.s. im ucaiej uureBi. among tne people and notning can do Europe, ir preservation or democracy sheriff to pour out 1600 gallons of an very simple and very complex. It is
more to undermine the nation's strength In the conflict than bODular ls aU we ar fl"htinS for. we should old man's wine and watch it gurgle the complex simplicity of the life in
Aim we susu lorum, i me rront line reproaucea wiin mo
preme court, the eat possible difference. The men will
Smith to make a I live In barracks instead of dugouts.
more to undermine mo nation s strength In the conflict than bODular 13 au wo ar I1KnunK Ior- we snouia old man's wine and
unrest. It is unrest and dissatisfaction In Germany that the world Tnelva SeoSur J
hopes may overthrow Prussianism and end the war. now. J. C. liATTKR. riSM of OrUm. si
Compared with the service these Jackals of commerce are rendprlnsr
wiiuam 11, tne reeDie du. traitorous I. W. W, activities, led in some in
stances Dy secret uerman aeents. are an nothing a a n-
' Ul IUO 1 T 1 T I II. A
nation with which we are at war the commercial extortioners are sin- th, T appear a communTcaUorfrTm
The Grain Elevator Site
Portland. July 11. To the Editor of next winter.
The Dawdling Camera
Praising America's growth. James J.
which a grenadier must work. More mil said:
than a few unfortunates whose Americas growth almost robs th
thoughts have not coordinated quite Tin Can story of its hyperbole.
rapidly enough ar now trying to do "A tenderfoot visiting th boom tows
work in munition factories with one I of Tin Can aald to the mayor:
hand. Yet the French soldiers becom " 'Why don't you get out literature
such expert grenadiers that not lnfre- about this locality? Why don't you
quently they can return a grenade to get out booklets, Illustrated with off 1-
the German trenches before it has time c'al photographs? Is it possible you
to explode. haven't had the town photographed?"
Our men Who ar picked out for fatranger,' said tne mayor,Tln Can
grenadiers will be trained unceasingly progresses so gosh almighty fast that
for hours a day aa long as they remain tnere ain t no camera qulca enough
in ine camp, ana tne practice win eon- -
tlnna U V a f faf IVinw err. 1 1 Vi f TViH t
Every morning they will be marched T00 Fisherman
out n squads to the training ground. Thirty yeara ago a man could hunt and
Tkav nrlll nrai.a. n 1 1 lha mnmlno an1 I IlSl at Will.
or climb most any hill:
But nowadays they're making laws, if
after luncheon go back at It again un
til dark. Prizes will be offered for ef
ficiency. Everything possible will b
done to bring them to the highest point
of expertness. For they are the men
who will lead, when the troops go over
the parapet for the first attack on the
German lines.
you should crave a trout.
It isn't bait, but license, you would
nave to see about.
Sometimes one has to wonder why all
these laws are made.
And who's responsible for them. Per
haps they help out trade.
bottle of currant wine to cheer her up That is one difference, and a highly
a little when rheumatic pains com on I Important one, in so far as comfort is
next winter. I concerned. There will be the uivnter-
But cut the talk on taxing salaries rupted ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta of the machine i hand fighting comes in. and it ls the Tt"s take awav the n
of public officials. It's "unconstitu- guns in practice, the short, high bark I work of the grenadiers, seconded y et u, agajn bo free.
. a OKaiuai yci auntu llULB. I J L in lieiu Buua, SU1U LUV .1 - - J ivw
Perhaps the hardest thlnr to learn Does th fish magnat whom w know
is to clear the enemv's trenches after stand in to much extent?
a foothold bets been gained In a por- I Are the men who make the laws th
tlon of it. This ls where the hand-to- one" wnom fl naa aeni:
noxious laws;
ISter and Ominous, because powerful and unscruoulous. anrl heranco "Taxraver" on the selection of the Dro- tional.
tney seem to have control of BO manv men in coneress whern thra a Psed grain elevator site, which In my uoni tne puoik ornciais maice, and of the big guns, nut tnere win not db
outenoken defense of their erpprlv rn'ritaw.tir.r.a ' 13 judgment ls not well considered. His enforce, the laws? Well. I guess yes! the long whine and deep explosion of
iii l greedy ContfitiOns. imperative that public bodies like the "O Death, where is thy sting!" the arriving shell, with Its cjoud. of
jNotning wui give the people more confidence in the war than th dock commission ahouid take th two- a. M. DALRYMPLE. earth, and thick black mok and fly-
president's protest. It is Climax to the rlntrln rlfifiln inM.-m a,., Die into their confidence and take onlv The writer is evidently under a in Diecea of jagged steeL Thla dlf-
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uaniets mat oniv reasonablA nrlcpa -will Via naM ,.n. . tne pudiic interest into consiaerauon """"fi" oucnivu wuvcau.ug icuira. ierenc is even mom uuiwmmi.
navv and to the fparlMs rr,rt nt fmAlZi . . In all their acts, but to advise the pub- Income taxaUon. Those whose in- tie point of view of comfort.
navy, ana lO tne learieSS report Of the federal trade romm ut nn .r ... ...... j comen from Rft an or nthulia .
Which abusea of the railroads and coal operators were exposed erybody to come in and tell It what to ceed the minimum prescribed, now pay Thus are disposed of the most lm-
v .1 . 1 m. -wv I 1 m - s av m a i i . 1 .1 1 AaAsi r mm net taTsMtn tha tra In
. tr tney nave sen respect; the president's indictment will send bViv do at every step would result in hope- leuerai x, ana ims minimum is to "- ;r. .n w n
Inr tn th , thr,c Z " i.s ...W1" 8ed 8kulk- less confusion. The railroad compan- lowered In th. new legislation for ing camp and the front The . men will
. -rwa ,D UCC11 ouatrucuns necessary war hn a few vn aco thev were war purposes. There ls no state in- then begin to learn tne aiiierences
luedsuiws. 11 ougnt. to snow nem tnat they are mere tools of the foes acquiring large tracts for their term- come tax. It is true.l
v AiiiBiuxv.auu attaching .tne. government from yie rear. lnals In North Portland were compelled
r . . . . 1 m i, r nmrAjtinn T r irmmn T n a m.rt.p
the grenade bearers. They must ad
vance from embrasure' to embrasure 10
yards ahead of them Into the next sec
tion of trench and drive the enemy
dugouts. As they move forward, they
must clear the dugouts, throwing gren
ades down the steep stairs, often 20 to I
30 yards underground, then descending
World. Some $ars ago,' fibre from
flax grown neaR.Salem was ex
hibited before IrisV . and Belgian
experts gathered In Betslum and it
was declared by them be the
equal of the best Belgian Vjduct
Plre from Berlin to Bagdad thcM ?!
are the forces that The Journal dock there are many elements in the describing th weloome given
The matter of raw materlaiwas
ment of commerce and the council long ago settled. Findings to that.
Of national defense are pushing it. effect are confirmed by investiga-
The chief of engineers of the Hons made by the committee of
army has urged construction of which H. B. Miller and Dr. Pierce
barges to be requisitioned for mov- are members, and by flax experi
lag the heavier traffic ments at the state prison and else-
The department of commerce I where.
has advised, that every kind of craft The market is assured for the
that can" be pressed Into service finished product. Mr. Starling is
be made ready for moving prod- the president and general manager
nets. of a linen mill in New York state,
The Oregon public service com- and he has demand for far moro
mission has issued a statement in than his output, and at prices that
which it gives warning that with are very satisfactory to the manu-
the beginning of the crop move- facturer. On the surface of things,
ment, the car shortage will become there would seem to v be nothing
more acute. Locomotives, cars and to stand in the way of a success-
other railroad equipment muBt be ful linen Industry In Oregon. There
supplied Russia and. other of the ! no other place In the United
allies in order to ef fectuallze oper- States where the raw material can
ations on the European battlo- be so successfully produced. In
fronts. The whole sUuation ls the very nature of things, the spot
filled with expert opinion and for linen manufacture should be
knowledge that there must be sup- at the home of the raw material,
plemental transportation of every
kind It America is to attain her do the high officials of the Port-
highest efficiency in prosecuting land Railway, Light & Power com-
the war,. ' pany know to what extent Council
All this will be emphasized when Crest cars run overloaded these
Mr. Parker reaches Portland. The summer evenings? Do they know
secretary of commerce has al- that human beings are packed In
ready appealed to commercial Hke sardines in a box or steers In
bodies throughout the country to a cattle car? Do they know that
become interested in this field of In these overloaded cars there are
war endeavor. It ls assumed the factors of an awful accident at
that - the Portland Chamber of any time? If they do know all
Commerce will ( have thoroughly this, it is time for the city authort
familiarited itself with conditions ties to investigate and remedy con-
and be ready for full cooperation dltions,
by the time of Mr. Parker's ar-
wonld ay brought ns Into the war.
it was primarily a war of de
fense and it Is because we are In
it and cannot get out that It is
aiso a war or liberation. And. It
is probably the thought of most
Kneeling Children
From the Seattle Post-IntPllleencrr
The news dispatches from Paris.
the
twecn war as it ls and war as it should
be. One of the first things trey will
learn will be that 99 out of every 1000
hand-to-hand combats are fought at
distances -varying from 10 to 40 yards
from one's opponent.
They will be taught this when men
are picked out from every company and
problem, we imagine, that "Taxpayer" American soldiers, had one brief par-
Personal contact with th Problem hetrf
would upset many theories. v7ho read-tt and perhaps caused many
Tha Oiitrffpet .An that trta fa f 1 rrvO A I ax A i e-r wltK tan Tm .. t
V JU001'",,W" vasv a , a vu, l cjCs) tV Ui.s) vr v . X 44 tlin Otl- I , a t. t ..
companies donate a site is hardly Ple statement of a fact was a tribute ?Tn y""
worthy of discussion, for railroads are of praise more sincere than the
Under French instructors, privates,
corporals and sergeants, the champion
grenadiers of tne trench army, our
men will put In hours every day, stand
ing with their toes to a line, learning
to throw hand grenades with a long.
stralght-axmed. overhand swing, be
ginning near the ground behind, like
... .lil ... thmvtni. t r t i a nlaifa
m"lcanB J!!- , fur" and ending with a carV through Uk
a golf stroke. Some of the best
carried by. They were orphans from ;!r. , Kn . Vi.s -
Tbimw" la rirht in nmtMtlnr i..tit,.tinn in , ,tv,K.i a greuaue uuh w wu.v.u .-
against paying such outrageous prices I Th Stars and Strines! Protector som"
aa were exacted from the dock com- of th weak! What finer tribute Aftor they have learned the art of
mission for water front property a could be given that starry emblem throwing with unloaded grenades, they
few years ago but how can he prevent than the simple obeisance of those will take up practice with "live" gren-
it when he Insists on selecting a site children. Who saw in it the emblem of ados. Hand grenades explode at van
"in close proximity re the city V Why hone and hanoiness? What a con- ous intervals arter tne cap is set orr,
should the owner of remoter sites be traat with tn. kaiser's battl fiar. some of them very soon, others after a
barred? It seems hard to rid our- with H vulture-like eagle and itsfew seconds. It Is a ticklish business
selves of our village conceptions. We iron cross. The flar of the Hohen- to detonate a hand grenade, make that
a . . I nun viaiiiiiug tun, .tt- j ti-- iico.uj iBuuiia ui niufin aiiu . iuirii taiva, I
uicih-aub mai in aemocratlzlng pressed on every side to meet demands toM briefly of the natural lmoulse of
the . peoples and nations, and in of very description. Railroads fre- childish hearts, free from guile, to ra
the overthrow of ahqnlntlam I fluently ask for subsidies, but seldom vere the emblem of their deliverance.
... vnoat . . .v.?. i ' ,we Uive any. And why should they do- This was the paragraph which must
.. . " v'"i"6 ouiuiiiiea peace, nat a dock ait when they get the have appealed to every mother In
iciiov lira; ourselves ana our poster- trarno anywayT eucn a plan might this great country
ity Of a'rrenetitJon of , I easily Involve us in a factional contro- I "The Americans
tnat Ar-atrtrmrA in. . . i c ojr nuu . i . i iii uavuo. x ua vuiMiu i priseu to a ii uiriuer oi cniiaren
or.7 Jl'T,f"i- v , coniuo5 ould be wary of accepting any auch kDeei m th. street aa the flag was
iwiaiiumg iua woria to tran- I douceurs irom a railroad company.
qumty rorever.
,
President Wilson seems to have
settled the dispute o'r: the kind
of ships, and has fetited the
wheels in full motion- bya order
authorizing the shipping board to
expend the full T750,000,0o0ot
the appropriation in the snWv, r locally provincial In our idea as Knera. streaming from Zwpellns and pong swing arl lamd It in the enemy
construction of nPr1 .h.n to where Portland ls. and are obsessed battle planes which rain death on lines 40 yards away wnne one i count-
- - ajaaafw VU
by one, we shall put behind the
I embarrassments and . difficulties
that are naturally incident to great
enterprises.
THE ABUSED RAIROADS
W
rival.
THE DETERMINING FORCES
?: If there Is really a shortage of
wood in Portland, It should be
known while there is yet time ti
increase the supply. If the exor
bitant prices now prevailing are
ito Increase, ' tho - fact should be-
0'
N THIS page, J. C. Hayter, a
valued correspondent of Dal
las, questions the accuracy of
The Journal's statement that
"the kaiser could have kept Amer
ica out of war by any reasonable
i
come known, now while there is course-
Pro bably no 4 wo people would
agree as to the exact cause of our
entrance Into the war. But The
Eopportunlty to deal with the situ
E . ... mm
ation Derore winter- is upon us.
IMayor Baker is justified In
thavlng conditions fully lnvestl- Journal thinks that destruction o
igated. A shortage of wood and American property and the killing
twar -Dnces tot wood In OreKon UJL Anuaa uuueuB uy lao jtai-
' ' I . . . -
fwhere one fifth of the timber of sers suomannes orougnt on this
Hhe country stands, is almost In- war- -
A state of war" existed and it
was the recognition of that "state
of war" by congress after the pres
Ident had recited wrongs Inflicted
on America by the kaiser that put
conceivable.
IS OREGON
l HE announcement that J. Sid
;t ney Starling will establish a us into" the conflict.
linen mill in Portland ought The ruthlei4sness of the attack3
tO DS true. on us. the rftalizaHnn that thev
-2 A linen mill is an Industry long would grow more violent and de
. over due. In Oregon. As. far back structlve, and. jnost probably a
fas .1876, fibre from Oregon grown final realitation that we Bhould
jriaxwaa declared by experts - at later have' to Oght the kaiser alone
the Philadelphia Centennial expo-1 tn case he realized his purpose o?H
sition to bt tae equal or any in the Europe belted with, a Prussian em
ORD comes from manv
quarters that the railroads
feel badly treated by the
Interstate commerce com
mission. The denial of their pe
tition for a 15 per cent raise of
freight rates strikes them as a
hardship. "Without it how are they
going to get capital for Improve
ments which are badly needed?
We do not know how they are
going to get the money, unless they
manage the trick as It ls done In
other kinds of business. We have
not heard of a great many Indus
trial undertakings that are licensed
openly to assess the public when
ever they need to make Improve
ments. What the railroads want Is to
tax the public for their new tracks,
terminals and rolling stockt When
all these desirable blessings have
been perfected they will be cap
italized and made the basis for
dividends,
; Since the courts have decided
time and again that the railroads
are entitled to a fair profit on
their "capital," this would mean
another raise In .rates. And the
long suffering public would be
made to pay interest on its own
gift to the . carriers. But this
would be nothing new. It has hap
pened oft before.
with tha idea that Portland s Interests J children in their schools, must be an i"K flv- You can raak( th experi-
-quire tnat public improvements be emblem of terror to those bereaved menl yourseir very easily.
lvted in our own door yard. It was boys and girls, while "the Stars and Take two two and one LalT pound
thV .spirit that enabled oertaln inter- stripes is an emblem of love and sue- weights, one In each hand, and etri!;e
eat -S "nut over" th lorattns- of th .v.. . . i,. . , them together, holding them in frent
site Vf the east side municipal dock, that th starry banner said. In the of 'ou- Then t'nrow one of them 40
which vs been so universally critl- words of the Naxarene: "Suffer the yards, using the long swine, starting
cited. ij'w people realize that the I it. n- -,nrr. ultn n mnn fiom the ground behind, uo this with
a stop naii'n, ana yuu win ki an lum
of five quickness and accuracy with
wnoie oi r. -nana aoes not lie between forbid them not. for of such Is the !
tne Broad y and the Hawthorne kingdom of heaven,"
bridges, or thV? both the geographical Thar la a lesson In patriotism to
and the popular n centers of Portland be learned from those French orphans
already lie north nd east of the steel who knelt when the Stars and Stripes
Driage. bo rar as t"ir present so-caiied 1 passed by. If the children of a for
business center ls concerned, all of our ign land can pay It such homage
Doastea sKyscrapors .couia De wipeo tntn 0Ur attitude should always
out in a great city without attract- oft that of loving respect. U
iils "'y .Hum Ulan paou attention, i thrills a little, too, tnat our soldiers
Permit a man to roam at will on land
or on the sea:
Allow the man who hasn't work to
take his line and pole.
"a I FT. . . W 1 .It....... V. . . . . . .
back along the trench or down into the I without rn iitin, " " " --
E. A, Barns.
Uncle Jeff flnow Says:
It may be good practice for the
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JOURNAL
into the pitchy darkness to send their I troops before they go to Franc to
grenades searching Into every corner work on the I. W. W. slackers. Undo
of the dugout, not to leave an effective Sam will make It Interesting; for 'cm
enemy behind them. I I b'lleve, mighty pronto. Howsome-
If over In one corner of the practice ever, we need to git rid of the slacker
trench system at the training camp food speculator and the slacker land
one sees oo or 80 yards cf trenches I speculator at tn sam time.
overhung by a cloud of yellowish
white amoke, one knows that there the
grnadirs ar practicing clearing the
trenches, and after our men have been
a few weeks in France one will ae
that cloud constantly over some sec
tion of the practice trenches.
But this is not all the grenadiers
have to learn. They hare to learn to
creep at night through the intricacies
of their own barbedwire, making "their
way, belly to the ground, within reach-
ing distance of the enemy lines and.
lying at full length, drop their gren
ades on th Germane. Thia ia their
part In a surprise attack by night to
feel out th enemy lines.
Th grenadiers are of first lmpcr
tanc In modem Infantry work. Tl ey
are the leaders In both attack and de
fense. There are a tliouiand other
things for tne troops to learn. The
art of setting up barbed wire entangle
ments, of repairing them by night and
cutting the enemy's wir at night is
not learned in an hour, nor ls .th work
of the machine gun crews. Then, too.
there is th organisation of a con
quered position to hold acralnst a co .in
ter attack; the organization of shell
holes into a trench system; the dlev
ging and preparation of trenches and
communication trenches; the holding
of a line of shell holes, where no
trenches can be dug. Every least lteti
must be studied, worked over and prac
ticed to the last detail of Its smallest
intricacy for weeks and months In th
training camps before our men go to
the front, unless we want to sacrifice
thousands of our bravest man use
lessly.
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HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Oopyrtgbt, 11T.
PACKAGE CEREAL. COSTS. The
prices of cereals, by the package, vary
from 12 to 20 cents. v nen. nowever,
cost is reckoned according to the
th
It ia too early to predict the future should be so warmly welcomed and food value contained in each package
Dusiness center or t-ortiand.- it is said that our beloved flag should be it varies to a mucn wiuer aesree.
that the congestion in the present I . - .lo-n .t hnn. irnui-t, A package of rolled oats contains
terminal grounds on the wet side is ef July orators doubtless paid many calories (food units) and costs
already being considered by tfe? rail- gipw ing tributes to the flag on Inde- 12 cents, or .0006 of a cent per cal-
ruau lurapames as a serious proviem. pendence day. Citizens everywhere one.
The certainly are not anxious td be wUh bared heads and with loving - A package of rice contains 1590 cal-
namperea oy a grain elevator in tat respect did It reverence, but perhaps ones and costs i .
Immediate locality. To place the grain n0wher on this war-torn globe was cent per calorie.
elevator farther down the river would4 tnfr. a more beautiful tribute than A package of cracked wheat contains
rnrrv it iannfr a wn v rrnm tm abicvi . . . i 1 -.v. i a v :. rjiiunei iu ,-a.m v , v
rf . j ..u.u aaV i tr,sr -K l ven uj uruiiuuru tniiureu i - , , .
chaira in the) offices of th grain Yr Paris .tooo9 of a cent per calorie. f
' Yesterday was a good day's work
for .Portland. The awarding, of
contracts . for construction in local
yards ol 20 ships for the French
government is a transaction extra
ordinary. It is a most encourag
ing omen to the effect that In spite
handlers, but how would It In any way
adversely affect the general interests
of the port?
"Taxpayer" says the public should
"no longer brook the paying of ridic
ulously exoessive prices for dock and
elevator sites." Well said, and eas
11 y said
PERSONAL MENTION
A Dackaare of shredded wheat con
tains 1661 calories and costs 15 oents,
or .00010 per calorie.
A package of cornflakes contains
1CS0 calories and costs 12 cents, or
.OOtll per calorie.
A package of purrea rice contains
Washington Teachers Attend
Miss Anna A. Coffin of the Seattle
Rut w m tnM h. eitv sohoots and Miss Viletta Guthrie ?n2 calories and costs IE cents, making
dock commission was offered one site I f Malaga 'high schools. Washington, the price per calorie .00021 of a cent,
where municipal dock No. 1 rmw I are at the Imperial during the X. E. A. a package of puffed wheat contains
only 690 calories and costs 15 cents.
making the actual cost per caiort
.ocuzs or a cent.
Oatmeal heads the list as the cheap
est of all the cereals for the food value
obtained, even when th cost of long
cooking ls reckoned. In buying pufred
wheat on ls paying largely for tho
moat or preparation.
iNol only in oatmeal twice as cheap
as puffed rice but It is twice as high
In tody-building material thus ren
dering it unnecessary to supply, in the
met. a large amount or other body-
l.uiidlng foods of a mor expensive
vai iety, such as meat, fish, eggs and
fcwl.
In any family where the cost of food ,
Is a serious problem and where th elm
Is to contain a healthful diet out of a
vary small expenditure oatmeal or
rolled oats should b relied upon to
furnish one of th mainstays of the
daily menu.
TomorrowHealth and Wealth.
fused it aa excessive, and when they Exhibit Bxpert In City the department in the customs build-
instituted condemnation proceedings a I Mr- Winnie Mraaen ox naiiaa. tn lng. Mr. uoie, navmg seen i years
jury gave the owner SS10 000 The charga of the Wwtlotiltural exhibit of government service in purchasing
court declared tnat tne question of room oi mo w-.pa'' supplies, wus"- - - . ,
water front revenue was not pertinent Xr. Panama canal, while under construe
to the (case, and all that the paper. M A.tfg a.. - "" cmPanI1 Mr-
said.
and that the Chamber of Com
Canadian '.'lsitoVav Arrive
Canadian visitors In rWcity Include
R. B. Bean of Spokan is regitrd j
merce said, and that the home owner Canadian visitors in nte-city inciuae at lh Imperial.
and the taxpayer said, didn't lower the E. M. Prouty oi Vancouver. vt. v.. nr. Anderson of Hecnner ls at the
verdict a dollar. Possibly "Taxpayer" E. MacCallum of Kingston Ontario,
has a Plan that Will enable the dock and M. U. w lseman oi mnwwa. vjn-
commission to escape the clutches of
the waterfront hogs "nearer rn" with
out going down the river. If so, I im
agine that the .commission would
gladly give him tne job.
ANOTHER TAXPAYER.
tarlo. . "
Will Make Portland His Xlne
Oregon.
William Carlyle, a sawmill owner of
Onalaska, Waslu. ls at the Imperial.
John w.. Parker Is a recent arnvaa
Harry M. Westfall ls an -rival ln th elty from Roseburg
from Alaska to take over a purchk Ing
acencr of a can manuracturtng trn
earn. He is a guest of the ImprW
and will make Portland his permanen '
home.
Federal Official Here
K. C. Dole, government purchasing
On, the Taxing of Salaries
Balem, Or... July 11. Tothe Editor
ef Th Journal -The letter of J. c.
English in today' Journal Is interest
ing. While his idea isn't entirely new, agent for the Alaskan railroad, is a
ft ls a matter of surprise that In all guest at tbe Multnomah. He Is bare
the talk about raising revenue, and all to authorise a possible change in the
tha legislation enacted . upon the aub supervision of th Portland branch of
O. W. B keels of Newberg is at the
Perkins.
Dan P. Smyth of 8attl I la the
city. .
Dr. Tyler Smith of Sheridan is a
iciest at th. Imperial.
O. Hill, lumberman of Cottage
Grire lit registered at the Imperial.
0.'. Keller of Syracuse, N. Y., is
at th Nortonia.' . - - .
- H. Morris ana wife are registered
h - 1 - r
at th Washington from Lewlston,
Idaho.
Captain George May of Astoria is
at tbe Imperial.
W. Falrchlld of Seattle la at the
Oregon.
. D. Hill of Bridal Veil ls a guest
at" the Nortonia.
Ellxabeth M. Winter of Whiterock,
Nevada, Is at the Washington.
J. &. Magladry of Eugene ls at the
Imperial.
B. J. Goldsmith of New York Is a
visitor" In th city.
Jamea Kyle of stanfield la at the
imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Nugent of Centralis,
nun., are guests or tne uregolm
R. F. Hanley of Astoria is at the
reruns. ,
1m L. Holt of Pasco, Wash, la stay
ing at tne aauimoman.
Paul Bosorta la at the Perklna from
Wasco.
Miss AFoataaa ef San Francisco ls
an arrival m tne city. :. - .. .
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