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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,-PORTLAND. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917.
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WEIGHING THE SEQUEL
NE reads of the-contemplated
I 1 naval offensive against the
V kaiser's submarine base with
mingled misgiving and hope
It Is a case where "I dare not waits
upon I would." From one point of
lew it is nothing less than fool
hardy to risk the combined British
and American fleets in an action
? where they may both be sent to
the bottom.. Is it not better to
keep the battleships safe in bar
bor?
On the other hand, of what use
is a battleship safe in harbor? If
it must not be risked in battle it
is like tbe Cavalry boots with paper
soles famous in . the old story.
They were lovely to look at.
He either dreads his fate too much
or his desert Is small, who fears to
" put It to the touch and win or lose
A ft all.
And yet it is only now and then
that any Cortes is bold enough to
burn his Bhips behind him and
- march on to victory or ruin. The
... wisest generals have commonly
T'kept a way or retreat open. It
Is fascinating to stake all on one
throw of the dice, but it may also
. ; vq prodigal. We suppose our
rtaval commanders who urge
mammoth combined British and
American maritime offensive
'' against the submarine bases, have
counted the cost. They have
probably some plan In mind by
' -which the seas could still be con-
- trolled If the Germans should be
, victorious, as the Turks were at
Gallipoll.
i- It must be remembered too,
that the Galllpoli expedition only
:. failed by a hair's breadth. At one
moment the British had the vic
tory in their grasp. It was lost
;,ronly by egregious blundering.
We may take it for granted
. that there would be no blundering
. ;" In an attack on the, submarine
bases. The moment has been
reached In this war when blunders
are too costly to be permitted. A
combined land and sea expedition
' , against the pirate fastnesses might
;'end the war. The prize is glit-
terlng. We do not wonder that It
' tempts our brave seamen.
A long time ago the city coun
cil decreed by ordinance that
'grills, restaurants and saloons
; r should not maintain closed boxes
or underground booths in connec-
tion with their establishments. If
- this ordinance, or one like it,
were made to apply Jo the warrens
A- tunneled under thes tong castles
, ltt Chinatown, It would be much
'"more easy for the police to ferret
out the gunmen who have been
" terrorizing the city in recent
,. . months.
A COSTLY FOLLY
T
I HE Portland school district is
to pay $800 attorney fees in
the Alexander case.
This was a long-drawn-out
.; hearing of testimony relative to
whether a teacher should be trans-
"f erred from one position to an
other. It was a part of the ordi
nary administrative processes of
y the .Portland school system.
- -v- Eight hundred dollars for legal
. .'counsel In a single Instance of
. school administration is its own
, proof of absurdity in methods of
. j things. For lawyers and trials
'and hearings and long lists of wit
nesses and the multitudinous and
bitter wrangles to figure In such
f-a .proceeding and for the legal
services alone to cost the taznar-
ers$800 are nonsense, folly and
.absurdity personified.
Perhaps it was all according to
law. Perhaps. But what of such
' a law? The Alexander case was
a matter that should have been
qulotly settled by the school board
in ; an afternoon. In any other
- . sphere In life than a public en
' terprise. it would have been dis
j posed of In such a period with jus
tice to: the parties, without distrac
tion and demoralization . and with-
: out a dollar of cost.
. We talk about the increase of
"taxes and the advance in. the cost
of government. ' What else ; Is to
be expected?
The school board should not
have to employ lawyers to help
run the schools and to settle dif
ferences between itself and the
teachers. If It Is compelled under
the system to have lawyers, the
aw should provide that the dis
trict attorney and his assistants act
as counsel. If the law does not
so' provide, It should be made to
so provide.
California Is to have "standard
ized bread" as soon as the food
control bill is passed which will
possess the novel quality of im
proving with age. Coming gener
ations will probably Bee the Cali
fornia hosts of the future serving
slices of 1917 bread side by side
with, their vintage wines to espe
cially favored guests.
PORTLAND AND FUEL
T
HERE is no occasion for ex
tortion to bo practiced upon
the feel buyers of Portland.'
Oregon has one fifth the
standing timber of the United
States. The forests are at the
doors of Portland. A company
with an inexhaustible coal supply
In its mines offers the city the
privilege of commandeering its
coal body on the city's own terms.
The federal trade commission
offers to aid thecity and the state
in a fuel investigation. Mayor
Baker and Governor Withycombo
are reported to be favorable to an
acceptance of the offer. Mayor
Baker has already appointed a spe
cial fuel investigator and he is
probing conditions, -supplies of
fuel, availability of transportation
and other '' facts bearing on the
situation.
All this Is not a plan to drive
fuel dealers out of business. It
is, in its nature, rather a fuel
drive for Portland. Prices are
now beyond the reach of poor
people. We know from the testi
mony of coal operators themselves
that there has been but a slight
Increase in the cost of mining coal,
and that the present almost ex
tortionate figures are speculative.
Mine owners In the east recently
admitted that they had advanced
prices several dollars a ton In or
der to make up during the war for
lean yeans they had experienced
In the past decade. It was a gen
tlemanly acknowledgment that
they are capitalizing the war aa
a means of enriching themselves.
This kind of thing should be
resisted. Not only the thousands
of poor families but all families
in Portland should be protected
against It. The cost of living is
high enough without having war
prices for fuel In a place where
raw- material for fuel Is in most
lavish abundance.
Portland's fuel Investigator can
trace the cost and supply of fuel
from the consumer back to the
Bource of supply and discover how
to lop off excessive and unneces
sary profits. He can, If the avail
able wood supply Is short, stimu
late processes by which the short
age ' can be converted into an
abundance. His activity As so big
and the clientel he represents so
Important that his endeavors will
everywhere meet with respect and
cooperation.
If the city administration goes
forward with its fuel drive for
Portland, it . will render a patri
otic and highly important service.
Freezing families are not as like
ly, as those with well warmed
homes, to be wholehearted and
loyal In support of the government
in its great crisis.
The United States attorney for
Kansas, after due Investigation,
has discovered that the Teutonic
court plaster peddlers who stirred
up so much excitement in that
commonwealth aro not the fellows
who put the germ In German.
MEN AND MONEY
T
HE newspapers and United
States senators who oppose
Income taxes and the taxation
of war profits have a great
deal to say about "Incentive." If
the government taxes incomes se
verely it will destroy the "incen
tive" to save and thus prevent ex
tension of necessary industries. If
the government taxes war profits
It will destroy the "Incentive" to
manufacture shells and armor
plate, and so on.
Tbe point. Is that some peoplo
say big business will not work
without an "incentive" and the
only Incentive worth considering
Is big profits. In other words,
money will secede from the war
unless It is permitted to wax .fat
on war profits. This Is the gist
of Professor Sellgman's argument
against income and profits taxes.
It is an argument which one may
read; daily in the New York Even
ing Post and other papers deeply
interested in money.
Unless money is allowed to bleed
I the country during the war wlU it
sulk to its gilded tent and do
nothing? That It will we are told
over and over again in the blandest
language by money's retainers. The
ultimatum which money might pos
slbly issue to the United States
government is very bland and dip
lomatic but very positive. "Come
to our terms or we withdraw from
the war. That is the last word of
the big financiers, if we are to
believe some . of their spokesmen.
Big money as a slacker does not
look very attractive to the observ
ing American citizen. The govern
ment .has supplied an "incentive'
t ' '
for the slacker In human form. It
says tohim, "Do your part in the
war or suffer' two years' imprison
ment and a (en thousand dollar
fine." Why not supply an incen
tive of the same kind to money?
Would it be right to drive living
men into the ranks on pain of fine
and imprisonment and allow -money
to dictate its own terms?
All will unite to praise Mayor
Baker for his zealous desire to end
the tong war among the Chinese.
It is scandalous that those almond
eyed orientals should be permitted
to kill one another without the
due forms of law. They are not
permitted to wage wars in China.
Why then in the United States?
A THEATRE DE LUXE
A
NEW precedent has been es
tablished in Portland motion
picture theatres. The Liber
ty, recently opened at an ex
pense Involving $100,000 is not
only up to date, but ahead of the
time. It is an achievement notable
in- behalf of the motion picture art.
v In point of beauty - and in per
fection of appointments, the Liber
ty eclipses the Strand and the Ri
alto theatres in New York theatres
where admission is fifty cents. And
yet, the Liberty, a theatre de luxe
in every, particular, asks only fif
teen cents admission. It is worth
that small sum Just to see and ad
mire the theatre, to say' nothing of
the fine photoplay shown here,
and the excellent music.
In the entrance promenade
magnificent fountain gives prom
ise of the surpassing beauty in or
namentation and garniture within.
On the mezzanine floor, a hand
somely equipped rest room awaits
milady's pleasure. Where once
were old fashioned boxes, where
patrons were seen but could see
not, trelllsed walls, entangled
Greenery, hanging baskets and
vivid flowers,-' hold forth amid
subtly blended lights.
Cool water splashes over repro
ductions of Multnomah and Bridal
Veil falls, at either side of the
film stage, add further realism to
the beautiful limning of these
twin sisters of the Columbia high
way. The decorations, the work
of Percival Collins, are eloquent
testimony to his artistry.
It is a truly ambitious contribu
tion that Jensen & Von Herberg,
lessees of the Liberty, have mado
to Portland's progress. That so
handsome and expensive a setting
should be maintained by these en
terprising men for .he display of
photoplays at- fitt-in cents per per
son is Indicative of a great confi
dence in our Rose City.
Very 'probably the chief differ
ence between the Yoncalla society
vroman recently arrested for using
profane language during a heated
discussion with a "neighbor and a
lot of her sisters is that she had
the courage of her convictions and
expressed herself audibly.
CUT THEIR SALARIES IF
A
NEW commissioner at the
city hall complains that many
civil service employes are not
active and alert, that they
are more or less discourteous to
the public, and that, feeling se
cure In their positions, they do not
bestir themselves to render a max
imum of good service.
There is a modicum of truth in
the complaint, in all probability.
There Is credible statement that
most of the civil service employes
at the national capital are notori
ous as time killers.
This is one of the defects of the
civil service system. The human
atom when assured of its job Is
prone to become indifferent. It
thinks Itself an aritsocracy of em
ployment. Many civil service em
ployes are not of this snobbery
olcencept, but many others are.
The trouble is that to abandon
civil service would be to restore
the boss system, and that is not
to be considered. It would be to
fly to evils that we know all too
well.
But this does not mean that the
civil service employes can always
loaf on the job or bQ uncivil to
the public. A sound civil service
commission can do a great deal to
exact real service, and that is the
only kind of service public offi
cials should be satisfied with.
If civil service employes do not
do their work efficiently, and if
they do not regard their positions
not as a private snap but a public
trust, their salaries should be cut
to fit the service they render.
A Portland woman has lost
suit filed against Andy Weinber
ger, former constable, for a reward
of 100 claimed because she
brought about the arrest of her
affinity. The court probably de
cided: that the affinity was not
worth tbat much money.
A WHEAT ROAD
I
F MERIT is to decide the order
in which the forest roads are to
be constructed under the co
operative plan entered into by
the state and federal government,
tne rim roaa to be taken up
should be the Flora-Enterprise
road in Wallowa county.
: From a state development stand
pdint'lt Is the most important pro
ject in the entire cooperative plan
for the next, three years and fur
ther; it is the only one of the for
est roads which can be' completed
within the money set aside for: it.
130000. As one of the ; federal
engineers .said, it Is a road which
when finished will bring a feeling
of satisfaction that yon - have ac
complished something.
For years Wallowa county has
been practically a terra incognita
to the remainder of the state. The
only road between Flora and En
terprise is a crooked, rough and
steep one. Over this the people
have hauled their produce and sup
plies. Through lack of proper
transportation this section of the
state has been retarded In its
growth. When built, the road will'
bring a big belt of "country under
wheat production.
There is no section of Oregon
where state- and federal aid can
be applied with more beneficial
results than, on this project.
Letters From the People
f Oommnnlca tlona aent to Tba Journal tor
publication la tfala department aboold be writ
ten oa only one aid of. the paper, ebocld aot
exceed SOU worda in length aad moat be ac
companied by tbe name and addreaa. of tba
eender. If the writer does not dealre to bare
tbe bum published he abocld so state.
Information Concerning I. W. W.
bswezo. Or.. July 18. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Accept my thanks
for the Information In the Monday
paper concerning- the personnel of the
I. W. W. Aa a woman voter, l am
greatly puzzled over the Blsbee sit
uation, why were 1200 X. W. w. men
and women "rounded up" and "beaten
up" and shipped out of Blsbee in box
cars? If they have broken, the law.
why were they not tried and sen
tenced? Are not the men Who carried
arms and drove out the I. W. W. law
breakers? Until I read the Monday evening- pa
per I thought the I. W. W. must be
bandits, but it seems they era mostly
working people. Will you kindly tell
row why they are called I. W. W. and
exactly what is their organisation, aa
such?
I should also like to understand the
protective association" that had conv
mand of the city of Blsbee. It seems
they ran the telephone and telegraph
offices to suit theraselevs, and partly
the railroad. Who were these men;
and where did they get their firearms
and authority?
To a mere woman it seems a avtrange
protection" to arm some men to hound
others about the country. Is not this
liable to render the .lives and property
of innocent people unsafe?
A WOMAN VOTER.
In an editorial entitled "Sheriffs
and Mobs" much that is asked In the
foregoing was answered In Thursday's
Journal. In editorial articles on pre
ceding-days the rest of the informa
tion sought was set forth.
Cost of Water Through Hose
Portland, July 19. To the Editor
of The Journal A newspaper item
claims a shortage of between S0O0 and
4000 users of water through the hose
tMsi year. This Is not large, consider
ing the method used In taxing the
users.
Believing that my case is that of
great many others, I know that '.
cannot afford to pay $3, when the un
certainty of the weather is taken into
consideration. I did this lost year,
and didn't use the "hose half a dosen
.times. One man told me that on his
metered service he paid 10 centa
month for hosing.
Every thing has gone up in price.
and the consumer must economize
somewhere. He naturally turns to
those things he can well dispense with
and the hose tax is one of them.
There Is no shortage of Bull Run
water on account of the war, and there
Is no reason that the water bureau
cannot make a different rating propo
sition and help us out. Return to the
old method of charging a dollar per
month. I would rather pay $4 and use
the hose, weather permitting, than to
pay 3 and coll up the hose, weather
demanding. It's too much of a gamble.
and tnat against the law.
J. it. IS
Portland, July 18. To the Editor of
The Journal I read In the dally papers
that sprinkling permits are S000 to
4000 short this year as compared with
former seasons. The same complaint
wan published last summer, but I have,
not read an explanation therefor; yet.
if inquiry be made, the cause will be
readily ascertained. Prior to 1916
these permits cost $1 per month, and
the user could have them for as few
or many months as desired. But Mr.
Daly changed the ruJe and required
water usors to take water for the
whole year or not at all, paying there
for S per lot. Both last year and
this the rainy season extended until
late in the spring, and water for lawns
or gardens was not needed until well
along In June, so scores of household
ers have decided to run the chances of
early rains rather than ( pay for the
use oi water ior i montns in order
to enjoy Its benefits for three or four.
If the former monthly rates were re
stored It is likely that several thou
sand householders would come through
for at least three months' service, Mr.
Daly desired to Install meters, that
consumers mignt pay only for the
amount of water used, and now the
users decline to pay for nine months'
service they do not need or want.
H. a HARCOURT.
Kultur and Politics
From tbe Chicago BereJd
The "crisis" in German politics af
fords the world a chance to contem
plate the political side of that "kul
tur" which once had the unblushing
effrontery to assert Its infinite supe
riority to the rest or the world and
Its right to dominate it my reason
thereof.
What a spectacle! A people still In
the leading-strings, really yearning for
peace but without the power to make
it effective by political action! A na
tional assembly with complete liberty
or.aeoate but with small power of de
cislon! Demands for what would be
regarded in free countries as the mer
est crumbs of political reform equal
ity and a genuine measure of parlia
mentary government! A bureaucratic
and militaristic administration, largely
moved by imperial and dynastic con
siderations, planning still to. retain
power and quiet agitation by compro
mises -that mean little in this age of
political advancement!
We have Just seen what is termed
by courtesy and by a mistaken asso
ciation a parliamentary crisis result
ing in what? The majority in the
retchstag has agitated enough to get
rid of a chancellor it rather wished to
keep and to get a new chancellor as
to whose views It knows nothing, but
whose, character of Prussian bureau
crat Is highly suggestive. It has won
a famous victory, with Indications that
the victors have lost. .
Just now the central figures are not
the deputies but the commanding per
sonages In the militaristic and bu
reaucralto world. There Is the crown
prince, always to be provided with an
opportunity to appear In the forefront
of affairs and "convince the people that
he possesses vast strength and r de
cision of character. There is Hinden
burg, head of the military machine,
whose affection for peace on nO an
nexation and no Indemnity terms
doubtless equals his fondness for real
parliamentary government. There Is
tne kaiser, a natural born ally of the
militarists and pan-GermaBlsts, natu
rally sedulous for his dynasty and di
vine right. There is the bureaucrat.
the new chancellor, fairly sure to serve
his masters. -
As tor the deputies and the great
mass of the people, they remain num
bly observant, uttering their cries for
peace and waiting to see what comes
of them. And this Is- that "kultur" we
heard so much about: this is that free
dom which was said to be practically
equal to anythingnJoyed in this coun
try; this is that regime which the in
credible presumption of Prussia
thought a fit frame for the rest of the
world! As he contemplates affairs In
Berlin now, every citizen of evsry al
lied nation has a real right to feel
that superiority of citizenship which
s his by right of the democratic gov
ernment under which he lives.
The War's Length
From the PhUadelphla Brenlog tedger
The workaday habits of peace, of
course, run In such deeply cut channels
In men's minds that it Is next to Impos
sible for them to go. along without a
faith of some kind In the day of de
livery from war's dislocations. Busi
ness, with its contracts and plans for
the future, involving so much pre
cision at forecast. Is not to be lightly
told to throw all Us preconceptions
of the . future into the discard. A
group of " Philadelphia business men
were asked the other day to write on
separate pieces of paper their pre
dictions, concealing the papers till all
had set down a date. Tbe results were
surprisingly uniform. Noras guessed
the date of peace earlier than April 1,
1918, and none guessed It later than
June 15. 1918.
Americans, with their love of aulck
action, have never conceived a war as
lasting thing. In 1861 both sides
went into the field In the firm be
lief that all would be over after one
battle. So confident wer the con
federates of this that sifter the first
battle of Bull Run. when they had
ceased the union army back to Wash
ington, whole companies, and In some
cases regiments, of the victors took
it ror granted that the war was over.
disbanded and started for horn, with
out waiting for orders.
As important as any other Integra
tion of effort is the mobilization of
public sentiment, and, as short, catchy
pnraaea "slogans are most easily
remembered and passed on. they play
an enormous part in binding a nation's
millions or minds into one determined
purpose. Quite as famous as Kitchen
ers "The war will last three years"
was Asqulth's great formula, usually
given in the abbreviated form as "We
shall never sheathe the sword until."
Uls formula was rather too long for
a slogan, but nevertheless multitudes
of Englishmen memorized It and arc
able to repeat it. As It did much to
mobilize British opinion, it is wortr.
while to quote this historic excerpt
from the former premier's Guildhall
speech:
"We shall never sheaths the sword
until Belgium recovers In full measure
all, and more than all. that she has
sacrificed, until France is adequately
secured against the menace of ag
gression, until the rights of the small
er nationalities of fcurope are placed
upon an unassailable foundation and
until the military domination of Prus
sia is wholly and finally destroyed."
This was repeated by orators all
over the British empire. A Toronto
newspaper still prints It every day as
its leading editorial. In the schools
the teachers caught the muslo of this
magnificent sentence and taught it to
the children. It ranks with another
great one "The world must be made
safe for democracy."
Ready for Airplanes
Prom tbe St. Paal Dtepetrfc
Spokane has made an announcement,
and, while it seems largely for adver
tising purposes, it may contain a germ
for the future, and therefore Spokane
is entitled to the benefit thereof. It
is a brief notice, as follows:
"The selection and assignment of
regular landing stations for airplanes
of all kinds in Spokane will be one of
the first duties of the new city plan
ning commission. Spokane will be
one of the first cities in the United
States to lay out and maintain regular
landlng stations for passenger, freight
ana postal airplanes."
That man would have been hooted
who, when the first motor car made
its appearance, predicted the millions
of. cars now whizzing over the coun
try. Perhaps there is more that is
practical and foresighted than fan
taatla in Spokane's preparation for the
reign of the airplane. We make his
tory rapidly these days. The end of
the war may bring on the air era with
out warning, and in that case Spo
kane will be ready. And landing
places in urban centers for airplanes
are not located In the twinkling of an
eye.
The Disappearing Wooden Car
From the Spokane Spokesman-Re -rtew
it urn to give travelers a snug
feeling of safety to come across a gov
ernment report which shows that In
1916 only three wooden passenger cars
were built In the United States. To be
sure, there still is a very fair chance
that the passenger is riding in a wooden
car, because more than 89,000 of them
are In service in the United States,
but the feeling of security must never
theless be present, for it is self-evident
that the end of the old coach that re
solved Itself into splinters In a col
llsion, and subsequently caught fire, is
close at hand.
The substitution of the steel passen
ger car for the wooden one was accom
pllshed single-handed by the safety
first movement. Safety is the one and
only motive of the steel car. If costs
more to build and more to haul, and
offers the railroads little or no corre
sponding return in revenue. It does
however, cut down appreciably the
probable casualty list from accidents
and In this manner may affect favor
ably railroad finances.
Impetus was given steel car con
struction by the unprecedented rail
road prosperity of 1916, when large
net earnings made extra expenditures
easy. In 1916, 2218 wooden cars were
retired from service.
That the current year will continue
1916's record is indicated by the fact
that at the beginning of the year only
iv woouen coacnes were under con
structlon.
PERSONAL MENTION
Hawaiian Tourists Visit
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Holmes and two
sons of Hllo, Hawaii, are at the Mult
nomah. They are making a tour of the
country and are going east from here.
Mr. and Mra E. G. Allen, also of Kilo.
are staying at tne Cornelius.
Lewiston Publisher In City
E. L. Alford and family, and his
mother, Mrs. George F. Alford, all of
Lewiston. idano, are at the Multnomah.
Mr. Alford is owner of the Lewiston
Tribune.
Washington Officials Here
' Members of the public service com'
mission of the state of Washington are
In the city to confer with local grain
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
The touring of Europe has been re
sumed by Americans gentlemen who
will devote their time to making new
ruins Instead of rubbering at(old ones.
In f ram in a- his oninion In the O. A
C. grant land tax matter. Mr. Kearful
found himself unnecessarily trouoiea
about many things. a
Old John Brown was aa bad a
guesser in his liberation scneme as
Kaiser Wilhelm in his conquest
schema But one guessed In the cause
of freedom, the other In that of slav
ery. Hero versus Uun.
It la noticeable that those Papers
which allese that "the French Insist
on calling the American soldiers "Ted
dies " were ardent supporters o me
Bull Moose in the days when mere
was a Bull Moose.
A new word has appeared "allo
cate," with, Us derivatives. It means,
merely, "to distribute; to allot, or as
sign or piace. - Ann so, as you reaa
the army organization news, don't you
let It bother you any mora
Hen nr TX Thoreau. whose centenary
has 1uat bean celebrated, rot little
recognition ana still less money ior
his Uterarv work. But tnen ns never
did any such work as Is being done la
thtM riivi end tou couldn't get a
r mum out or bis stuix in a inousana
years.
"An we tauo-ht 'em to resseck the
British soldier," Kipling has a Tommy
say. in one or his verses, wow wnige
the United States Is out In tta gen
eral Interest of democracy, the full
meaning of thatquoted line is acci
dentally a grim purpose In the mind of
every Sammy in the ranks with ref
erence to the sneering Prussian, with
a few other sentiments and emotions
to be thrown In for good measure.
BELGIUM THE WORLD'S OBJECT LESSON
, rrom tbe Cbtcaso Poet (Jnlr 14) I
The sufferings of Belgium will not
have, been in vain If they serve to help
the ' World understand the spirit of
Germany.
Belgium is the interpretation of
Berlin.
When Von Bethmann-Hollweg Is va
poring in generalities; when the phil
osophers and theologians and litter
ateurs of Germany are engaged in elo
quent apologetics look at Belgium.
When kindly, sentimental souls ask
you to believe that Prusslanlsm has
been vilified and abiNed; that kaiser
ism 4s less blsjck than it is painted;
that Wilhelm II Is. after all, a decent
human being with a little different
viewpoint on life from that of the
rest of ua look at Belgium.
When they try to persuade you that
Germany has done nothing that other
nations have not done or would not do.
and that there Is no moral issue in
this war, no real, vital thing like hu
man liberty concerned In It look at
Belgium. "
Belgium Is the everlasting confuta
tion of all defenders of Germany and
of the pale blooded, academic tribe
that looks upon all tns belligerents as
equally guilty, equally selfish, equally
lacking In Ideals or principles.
History does not record any paral
lei to the deliberate, scientific, ef
ficlent, merciless exploitation of Bel
glum and the Belgians. The more you
study It the more Impressed you are
with Its cold blooded diabolism. There
are atrocities related in the Bryce re
port that might be excused as the
product of passion or Intoxication. The
prolonged atrocity of bleeding Belgium
has no excuse. We venture to say
should the kaiser survive the war that
the story of Belgium, seen In Its per
spective, will make him throughout
the world the most despised and hated
man of modern times.
With the advantages of "kultur."
Nero might have been such another
as he.
There is filed in our state depart
ment a dlspassionatte review of the
policy of the German authorities in
their exploitation of Belgium, Its mar
shaled facts are ample Justification
for all we have written.
Immediately after the wrongful and
bloody occupation of Belgium the Ger
mans put into effect what is known in
Berlin as the "Rathenau plan." This
Is a detailed plan devised by Dr. W.
Rathenau In the'.first month of the
war for the economic as well as the
military conquest of all occupied ter
ritories. It contemplated the attach
ment of economic commissions to the
military goVernmenrs established In
such subjugated zones and tbe sys
tematic exploitation of the wealth.
tools and resources.
In the "official bulletin of laws and
regulations for the occupied territory
HOW TO BE
HINTS FOR HOME ECONOMIES
To obtain the most nourishment value
with limited fundsT let a large per
centage of ths diet consist ot. nonper-
lshable goods, such as cereais, oriea
fruits and dried vegetables. Use meats
sparingly, as also fresh and canned
fruits and vegetables.
A pound of dried lima beans for 80
cents contains 1690 food units, where
as a pound of fresh lima beans for
26 cents contains only .260 food units
that is. you would have to buy over
six times as much of the fresh to get
the same value as of the dried.
A pound of dried apricots coating 85
cents contains 1260 food units, where
as a pound of fresh apricots costing
an equal amount In season, contains
only 240 food units. Tou axe getting
over five times as much for your
money when you buy the dried.
A pound of rlc costs only 15 cents
and contains 160 food units, whereas
you would have to purchase over 16
pounds of potatoes at 10 cents a pound
(out of season) to obtain equal nour
ishing value.
When (here are children In the fam
ily who must be supplied with the
best and therefor most expensive
grade of milk, enough of that kind can
bs purchased for their table use, but
for the rest of the family a supply
from a cheaper grade may be pur
chased and pasteurized. It is squally
useful In cooking. Condensed milk
may also be used for cooking. Cheap
men In regard to th regulation of
grain hay and oat standards. In the
party are P. J. Sweeney of Tacoma, J.
J. Geeham of Tacoma, A. A. Lewis of
Olympia and James Cumlngham of Se
attla They ar registered at the Mult
nomah. C. H. Hamilton, government ship
building man of Seattle, Is in the city
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Russell of
Athens, Or., ars registered at the
Cornelius. Mr. Russell Is th superin
tendent of schools at Athena
Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Londern and
party from New York ar In th city
Thaad Sweek. mayor of Tualatin,
Or. Is at th Perkins.
S M. Fechheimer, a prominent
banker of New Tork, is In Portland
for a short tlms.
rsv. and Mrs. O. D. Wolf of Batt.
Mont., ar Washington guests.
Mrs. M. Brlggs. Mrs. L. Meysrstsln,
M. J. Gets and louls Gets, all of
San Francisco, ar at th Multnomah.
They have Just returned to Portland
on their way boms, aftsr . having
passed through here gOlnx north a
short time ago. ; ' .,-
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AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Toledo Leader feels sure the
Willamette valley folks would appre
ciate tne line cool evenings at -roieao.
e e
"Probably the greatest competition."
says the Telephone Register, "la de
veloped between neighbors striving for
the first ripe home-grown tomato with
out hot-house appliances. Who leads
In McMinnvllle?"
Burbank. the Salem Journal avers.
Is put in the shade by a Salem man in
the person of Professor W. I. Staler of
the Capital Business college, who Is
now raising topless potatoes. He has
several hills of the curiosities In his
garden, which have absolutely no top.
and. wondering if they were growing.
ne a ua: into tne mus. lie xouna smaii
potatoes forming.
Woodburn seems to be leading off
with a sort of enterprise of which lit
tle has been heard of late years. The
Independent says: "Progressive Wood-
burn citizens have taken up the plat,
of the Independent to publish a souve
nir regarding the city and the sur
rounding country with such a deter
mined boosting spirit tnat present in
dlcationa point to an advertising cam
pal go far exceeding the greatest hopes
or those starting the project."
This friendly tip to the farmer Is
passed out by tne Burns rimes-ner
aid: "The Times-Herald learns that
some of our farmers and hay raisers
have not kept in touch with conditions
and have contracted some of their
products too cheap. There seems a
shortage of crops in adjoining coun
ties and therefore we are in a position
to receive better price. Don't let some
blr concern trunk tney are aoing you
a friendly act by buying some of your
hay or stock for a price that Is far too
low. Better ret posted.
of Belgium" for the period from Aug
ust. 1914, to October. 1916, there are
recorded more than 120 orders decree
ing the making of inventories, the
suppression of manufacture, sale and
purchase, the seizure of products, tools
and raw materials.
One after another the Industries of
Belgium were immobilised and raided
products, machinery, tools were car
ried Into Germany. Even Important
parts of the railroad equipment, mo
tor and rolling stock were impounded
In many Instances the stripping of
Belgian factories was made the duty
ot German firms wno were the com
petltors of the Belgian industries af
fected. This was true In the glass in
dustry and In the silk Industry, among
others.
While this organized, card Indexed
robbery was in progress Germany wm
taxing Belgium directly 40.000.000
francs per month, or 88.000.000. After
taking $192,000,000 out of the country
In taxes, she raised the rate to 60,
000,000 francs Ter month.
To this direct taxation she has
added the indirect tax of compelling
the Belgians to accept the depreciated
German mark at the rate of 1 franc
26 centimes, while refusing herself to
accept the mark in payment of taxes.
The margin of profit on this bit of
dishonesty must be enormous.
From the treasuries of the Banque
Nationale and the Solcete Generals,
two big Belgian banks, the German
authorities took a cash reserve of
4?0,000,000 marks and carried the.
money to Berlin. Some sort of prom
Iso was made to repay this two years
after the end of the war at the aver
age rate of exchange at that time.
The Belgian bankers put little faith
in the promise.
In, order to prevent any recovery
from the bleeding, however slight, the
authorities forbade the organisation of
technical schools in- which Belgian
workers could maintain their skill and
perfect themselves for the work of
reconstruction. They forbade the lo
cal communities to give the unem
ployed publlo work. They made it an
offense to offer relief to the unem
ployed. And having thus destroyed all
chance for any Belgian to work in
Belgium, they charged all idle Belgians
with laziness and carried them forcibly
into slavery.
So we say when you feel yourself
getting weary of the war or Inclined
to listen to proposals for compromise
or in the humor to think the enemy
may not be such a bad lot after all
look at Belgium.
Belgium is the spirit of Germany at
work.
Belgium is the world's object lesson.
What Germany has done In Belgium
she would do In Illinois if she could.
HEALTHY
Copyright. ItlT.
by J. Keele.
substitutes for milk for the adults in
a family group ar soups mad from
dried beans, peas and lentils.
Butter Is valuable to children be
cause of its growth -promoting quali
ties, but for the grown-ups in tbe
family oleomargarine has equal food
values. Is less expensive and is pala
table. There are still cheaper fats
available for cooking purposes, such
as those tried out from beef and from
salt pork, lard substitutes made from
vegetable oils, and liquid fats.
Cottonseed oil Is a valuable substl
tuts for' olive oil for table use, being
much cheaper and of equal food value.
a
Bananas are a cheap fresh fruit
and the cheapest among them, those
with a little black coming into tb
skin in the process of ripening are
usually the most healthful. The ordi
nary yellow banana is not fully ripe
when eaten and is correspondingly
hard to digest. Besidos the use of the
banana raw. It may be used many
ways as a cooked food.
For the- saving of eggs, oatmeal Is
valuable for making cookies. Mac
aronl and cheese may be ouhstltuted
for meat, salt fish or fresh.
Tea and coffee contain no nourish
Ing value except for ths milk,- and
sugar we put with them and furnish
two items that may be eliminated
from the dietary with a substantial
economy.
Next' Monday Maintaining Food
Values.
Misses Mary Lynch. Margaret Lynaa
and Irene O. Grady are Imperial gueets
from St. Louis, Mo.
J. B. Protzman of Cottage Grove,
(Jr.. is at th Portland.
Mrs. John D. Porter and daughter
Jan ar in th city from Spokane,
and ar staying at th Multnomah.
Mark Cameron and A. J. Eastman
of Hood River, are at ths Imperial.
John H, Kllberg of Stanfleld, Or. Is
at the Perkins.
Mrs. M. C Durnell Is registered at
, Mr. and Mrs- G. W. Barry ar Cor
nelius guests from Tacoma.
A. U. MUler is a Hood River guest
at th Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Banscher Is at
ths Imperial from Seattle.
Mrs. H. S. Mitchell of Wanna, Or,
Mrs. jo. At. jjanxs ana sirs. Hi. u. Banks
of Springfield, UL. and G. F. Mitchell
of Wauna, ar at th Portland.
Mrs. Reld and Mrs. Fuller of Sher
man. Wyo ar at th Washington.
F. B. Saunders of Th Dallas Is at
lb Perkins.
t Jam Sniper is at the Imperial from
Tb Dalles. . - .-. .
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ones rrom
ErsrywUre
fTo title eolama an readers et The Jesraat V
are larlted to eeetrlbete ertaiaal siattar Is
storr. la verse or la aaltaaopfcical etaat tattoa m
or atiiklag qaotaUona. frost a or aoaree. Ooa-
tnbatlooa or excepuuoei agent wiu se sais i, t.
at Ua edltec'a appraisal.
A 100 Per Cent Court Record , -
MANX a valuable Idea had the lats
Samuel Dickson, whose reputation -
as a lawyer was national. When his son. 'U
Arthur, now rising to legai lame, we
ready to begla the practice oi iaw( -says
"Glrard," In the Philadelphia
Ledger, Pater Dickson sent him up it
Lancaster, ' 'i
"wanted mm to nave a tasxs
good country law office," as he put It. f
At that time Lancaster had one ot the- f
most celebrated law firms la Pennsyl
vania J. Hay Brown, now ehief Jus- .
tics of our supreme court, and wunam
Uhler Hensel, ex-attortey general.
After a considerable lapse or time,
Mr. Dickson met Hensel In Palladel
phla and asked him how his son was
doing. -
"Up to now he has mads a perfect
record " anivertd Governor PattlSttn'S
brilliant attorney general.
"I'm delighted to hear tnat." said
Dickson, senior, "but bow did he do :
itr
Well." replied the Lancaster law-
yer. "your son has been oonrinea
strictly to two large kinds of cases.
First, the sort that Is Impossible for -
anybody to win. sad, second, the sort
that it is impossible ror anybody to
lose. His record lneacU is 100 per
cent."
"A Cussed Little Squirt"
Rear Admiral Charles B. (Oregon)
Clark tells the following anecdote la ,
his reminiscences, In Hearst's Maga
zine: "During the last few months of the "
war the men accepted by the recruit
ing officers, or those for whom tbe
government paid bounties, were often -physically
weak or too aged to be
serviceable. One day a draft of men
came on board the Osslpes to fill va
cancies, and our captain, recognizing
one of them, exclaimed: 'Well, if
there isn't old Paul Jones I How could
they have allowed him to leave the
naval asylum? Why, I remember his
being called "old Paul Jones" when I
was a midshipman!' -
"As some occupation had to be pro
vlded for this ancient mariner, Mr.
Howell made him captain of the star
board watch of the afterguard, a posi
tion which gave him little to do, ut
plenty of opportunity to bo In vl-
donee. He used to toddle about the
deck at all hours with a paint-swab
and bucket, cursing for the benefit of
the officer-of-the-deck all the lazy
lubbers who had been assigned to him,
and whose work he was obliged to do.
If you offered to send for ths lazy
lubbers.' he promptly objected, swear
ing he would rather do all ths work ,
himself than have to Instruct such
haymakers. There was always a most
piratical expression In his bleared old
eyes as he made tnese complaints,
which showed he particularly enjoyed
breaking the regulations about pro
fanity la the presence of authority.
"I once tried to stem the tide or
complaint by asking him If he had ever
seen Admiral Farragut In any of his
cruises.
" 'Seen him? he sneered, contemptu
ously. 'Knowed h4m when he was a
cussed little squirt of a midshipman,
dependen' on me and other smart top
men to steer Mm straight!" and with ' '
this tribute to Farragut s early abil
ities, our conversation ended."
One Really Needs Lots of Teeth
A well known society woman of Los
Angeles, according to the Los Angeles
Times Magazine, tells this good short
story about herself: "Neuritis is th
latest bugbear to the modern up-to-date
physician, and when you suffer
from it he immediately orders all your
teeth extracted or at least as many
as he dares. My physician compelled
me to have six taken out. My den
tist's office Is on the sixth floor of a
downtown building, but after my teeth
were gone I couldn't say sixth, but
thickth. This sounded absurd, coming
from a grown woman of ray weight
and dignity, and I suspected the grins
of my fellow-passengers In tbe eleva
tor. Tbe next day I told the elevator
boy to let me off at the seventh floor.
and this I did every day, walking down
to the sixth. The boy noted my Strang
conduct, and undoubtedly thought m
crazy:"
The Boy on Hot Beds
A pupil in ths public schools of Los
Angeles county, writing a language
lesson in argumentation, produced this,
says ths "Blue Bulletin" of tbe Cali
fornia state board of education:
"Ths sunlight is necessary for plant
because If It does not get sunlight it
will not grow, if it gets too much water
and no sunlight It may become wiltery.
If thsr is to much sun on the' flower
It may wither to. But it neads a ser
taln amount of water to. There ar
some plants that will grow without
water. But they get more ox I gen from
th sunlight, such as the cat Is, and
other desent plants."
The same child, when asked to writs
a description of the making of a hot-
bed, produced this:
"How to make a hot bed is very
easy. Ther ar a good many - ways
of making a hot bed You cantake
an Iron to bed or if you have a par -of
wool blankets or a hot water bottle. "
or If th. roof Is hot you can get hot
before going to bed. Or if you hapen
to have an warm bed pardner. or by i,
laying still in the same spot. If you -are
very warm natured you are In
luck on cold nights."
A Wartime- Mother Goose
Bryan O'Lyn, his wife and his wife's
mother, .
They all went over a bridge together. w
The bridge blew up and they all fell In.
"Them German spies don It," said
Bryan O'Lyn.
Little Miss Mufft
Sat on a tuffet JiJ.i
Eating whit bread on day.
But Herbert C. Hoover I 4
Did sharply reprove her, j
And frightened Miss Muffet sway.
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll It and pat it as small as can be. -And
charge as mucsr now as you one
did for three.
"Who-comes hereV "A grenadier."
"What do you want?" "A glass ef
beer."
But the barkeeper, fearing a legal ,
storm,
Said: 'Not to you in that unlfcrmf
8 von Grundy
Spied on Monday,
Shadowed Tuesday,
Pinched on Wednesday.
Tried on Thursday, "
Convicted Friday,
Sentenced Saturday,
Jailed on Sunday, -So
there was an end of S. von Grundy.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Uncle Jeff Snow Bays: .
Hon. Henry Kisket, who -make a
livln' In Portland by his wits, when '
h can git by that way, haS bean tall- .
In' his wife's folk up th forks of
th creek that In th elty.th wis
people buys their ic in the winter :
time and their wood in the summer
time even If . they hSv to beat the .
landlord outer ths rent and mov-In
order to pay cash to th 1c and wood
, trusts.-, ",;-: -j-t i