THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1919.
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la no trifle. Michael Angelo.
A WEEK'S DELAY
IN HIS after dinner conversation
with senators on the League of
Nations' the president made one
' particularly shrewd observation.
He eald that if a week's delay had
intervened in August, 1914, when war
hung In the balance the hostile na
tions would have kept the peace.
They would have discovered that
the quarrel between Austria and
Serbia was "justiciable," and, taking
all the perils into account, wouM
nave chosen the safer and better
sway. But there was no international
machinery to call a half on the
war offices. The raving militarists
carried everything before them and
the world was deluged with blood
And all for want, not of a horse
, shoe nail exactly but of something
almost as commonplace. A little time
for reflection, a few days in which
to count the cost of war, would
have saved the situation. So the
president belieyes and the best minds
of the world agree 'with him.
He was arguing with the senators
in' behalf of the League of Nations,
which is nothing more than an ap
paratus to secure delay, time for
reflection and wise counsel when the
war "ssplrit runs high. The senators
objected that the league "would not
prevent war." "Certainly," replied
he president In substance. "We do
not expect it to. We do not expect
it to prevent war absolutely and al
, ways. But we do expect it to prevent
some wars by securing an interval
for thinking thinajs over."
It would prevent the furious mili
tarists from overriding prudence and
common sense. It would oblige them
to submit their case to an unpre
Judleed tribunal. Above all it would
ensure publicity. Publicity is the
deadly foe of the war demons.
Give the massej of the people an
opportunity to express themselves
on the question of war or no war
nd the peace of the world is fairly
.; secure. And that is what publicity
Implies.. It opens the way for the
masses to speak their will. "When
you are angry." said the old man to
his sturdy young son, "stop and
count a hundred." The son followed
his father's counsel and passed
through life without a quarrel or a
lawsuit
The league covenant requires na
tions to stop and count a hundred, or,
perhaps, a thousand, before they
plunge Into the bloody fray. The
chances are that long before they
finish counting they will cool off and
feel willing to settle their differences
V peaceably.
- It is impossible fully to believe in
the sincerity of senators who ob-
. Ject to this wholesome provision. It
- is impossible to believe that civilized
men like Lodge and Knox honestly
prefer blind and passionate haste to
reflection and common sense in set
tling ; international quarrels. Their
Objections do not ring true. Their
arguments sound hollow.
Their evasive maneuvers at tha
president's dinner betray some se
" cret purpose of which they are
ashamed or which hpy do not dare
to announce openly. What is the
real ground of their objections to
- a League of Nations?
t Ace they conspiring to invade and
conquer Mexico? The league would
call a halt on any such project. Do
they dream of overrunning the whole
western hemisphere and subjecting
it to wholesale exploitation? The
League of Nations would stay their
hands. They do not dare to expose
their true objections to the light of
day.
"The time has gone by when we
have no interest in our neighbors;
we are no longer isolated; we should
have an organization of all nations
where men would sit and judge
. grievances on their merits rather
than fly to war without cause," was
the i sound statement of City Com
missioner Barb ur In, proposing that
the city council of Portland should
go on record in favor of a League
of 'Nations. But the action was post
poned on the ground that the council
might appear as trying to dictate to
congress, , Why not let congress
A know what publio sentiment is?
What Is congress .for but, as repre
sentatives of the people, to carry out
the instructions - of the people?
PORTLAND INVITED
THE activity at Walla Walla In
behalf of steamboat and barege
lines for ; the Columbia would
soon be manifest in all the coun
try along the routo if Portland-would
make it clear that an aggressive ef
fort, was to be made to successfully
use the river.
With a definite and purposeful an
nouncement that this city would op
erate modern craft on a dependable
schedule, pocketing losses, if neces
sary, until the enterprise could be
brought to a paying basis, all the
tributary territory in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho would enthusiastic
ally respond.
The development of the motor truck
has given the proposal a feasibility
that it never1 had before. Improve
ment of roads is a further aid. The
modern truck has brought fields and
cities that were formerly far away,
in close proximity to the river. De
vices for transfer of loads have enor
mously minimized the former handi
caps to such a traffic.
These things, along with modern
ized river craft, have made far more
feasible an enterprise that formerly
might have been impossible. They
have recently been put into use on
the eastern and southern waterways
of America with exceptional success.
There is every reason to expect that
former failure on the Columbia, as
a result of new things now could
be transformed into a profitable busi
ness. It is one way for Portland to hold
her own against ever increasing rail
rates, unfavorable interstate com
merce decisions and the long time
discriminations of the railroads. In
the plan, Portland has an argument
that rival cities cannot answer. The
power of waterways to carry product
at the lowest rates has been proven
all over the -world, and everywhere
rivers are being deepened and canals
dug.
With river lines once established
and in full swing, the flow of Inland
Empire products down the Columbia
instead of over the Cascade moun
tains would follow, not merely on
the river but by rail. The moun
tain routes could not stand up
against the new competition, and
routing of the heavy traffic along
water grades would be forced. This
alone is reason for this port, re
gardless of expenditure, to put the
river, one of nature's mightiest
arteries of commerce, into full and
ever increasing use.
The reorganized Port ef Portland
commission has the authority, has
the means, has everything necessary
to apply the plan. And it has the
opportunity to justify the action of
the legislature in reorganizing the
body.
Things look a little out of joint
when a woman has to be arrested for
kidnaping her own children, as Mrs.
Williams of Roseburg was the other
day. Left destitute by her husband,
she was obliged by a court order
t: part with her two little girls, who
were sent to live in different fami
lies. The mother kidnaped them and
was arrested for it. The law might
have been wiser if it had discovered
some way 'to assist the children
without bereaving the mother. It
would unquestionably have been
more humane.
ARMENIA'S TRAGEDY
DESPITE all their sufferings at
the hands of the Hun, the war
victims of Belgium and North
ern France are now busily en
gaged in the work of reconstruction,
and can at least look forward to
some sort of harvest during the
coming summer.
But the Turk is even more thor
ough than the Hun in his work of
destruction. The trail of the bar
barous Turk, wherever it has led
throughout the r.ncient lands made
familiar to us through Bible-lore,
has left utter ruin, desolation and
starvation, both present and pros
pective. Not content with wholesale
massacre and every manner of in
dividual atrocity, the Turks destroyed
every agricultural implement, killed
all stock and food animals, looted
their victims of all their possessions,
and burned all cities and villages
to the ground.
The survivors of this three-year
orgy of massacre are on the verge
of sj.arvat'on. They are emaciated
from privation, clad in wretched
rags. They are dazed from their
horrible experiences. They are kept
alive only by the daily ladle of soup
or stew from the relief kitchens,
and are without the first essential
for reconstruction work.
The plan of the American commit
tee for relief in the Near East, in
addition to clothing and. feeding these
pitiable war victims, is to provide
them with agricultural implements,
seed for. sowing, and domestic ani
mals from which herds and flocks
may be bred.
Portland's quota of the national
530,000,000 fund sought, to be raised
fs $73,200, and the Armenian relief
drive will begin next Monday. All
those who have warm clothing,
wholesome food and a shelter over
their heads, will doubtless be eager
tc give generously out of their com
parative riches, whea the drive
workers call.
The. Port of Los Angeles is a bid
der for- ocean commerce, and is pre
paring for it. The port is building
8000 feet of bulkheads in the inner
harbor tot contain dredglngs that will
reclaim ftore thaa 100 acres suitable
f . . . -. . , .
for industrial sites. It Is also build
ing a seawall " in the outer harbor.
vvhich"vill: reclataj; 120 acres of new
land which is expected to make room
for the rapidly growing fishing In
dustry, of Southern California. The
federal government is dredging a
channel 200 feet wide, 4000 feet long
and 30 feet deep, together wjth a
maneuvering basin 450 by 700 feet
The main channel of the harbor is
being widened from 500 to 1000 feet.
In 1909 Los Angeles adopted a mu
nicipal harbor improvement program
for the expenditure of $10,000,000 in
10 years.
ITS PLAIN' DUTY
Bbruritt ii adjourns, congress
ought to provide funds for con
tinuing the federal employment
In a single day recently 5400 men
passed throug! the doors of the
Portland office, seeking positions.
With that caravan of men tramping
the highways in quest of employ
ment it is beyond belief that Con
gress will not realize the importance
and need of providing every facility
by which jobs and men may bo
brought together.
The federal service in Portland
has found places for thousands of
returned fighters. It has been a
clearing house of places and men by
which the highest purpose has been
served.
The federal system is superior in
that there are parts of the country
at times when men are wanted while
in other parts it is jobs that are
sought With the central office at
Washington in intimate touch with
the employment situation in every
part of the country, the minimum of
unemployment can be maintained and
a true equilibrium,, be secured.
There is no higher service that a
government can render, than to
maintain a system by which men,
rendered idle by the shifting currents
of industry, may be given the fullest
chance to obtain work. Thoughts
about such things are of infinitely
higher value and of far more prac
tical benefit than the long winded
speeches in congress in opposition
to a program of peace and good will
on earth. 0 i
If nothing else will move congress
to do its duty toward the unem
ployed the great mass of men from
the army and navy who are bound
in large part to be forced into
temporary idleness, should be an ap
peal that members of the body can
not resist.
It is an appeal which every or
ganization in America should hurl at
the doors of congress.
It is a happy incident that one
of President Wilson's first acts after
his return to America was to express
the desire that the legislative branch
would do everything possible to give
relief to the unemployment situation.
Benton county seems to lead the
van in organizing farm bureaus.
Other counties may be somewhat be
hind it but they will quickly catch
up. The rapid sale of tractors in
Benton indicates a progressive spirit
among the farmers. Once get bureaus
organized and at work and we shall
see progress in settling the market
problem, which is the real problem
of farm life.
FIGHTING FOR THE FARMERS
THE determination of Vancouver
to join in the fight of the farm
ers for water grade grain rates
instead of over mountain grain
rates, is announced.
As the head of deep sea navigation
on the Columbia, Vancouver's inter
ests are not with Puget Sound. Van
couver's whole future is intimately
bound up in the Columbia. The rate
structure that favors Puget Sound at
the expense of Columbia river ports
discriminates against Vancouver.
The interests of the Vancouver
back country suffer from the domi
nation by Puget Sound of the rate
scheme of the Northwest. All the
country, from Vancouver to Pasco
and beyond, suffers from the same
cause. The profits of the people
are lessened and their prosperity is
held back by rates based on the
water grade cost of haul plus the
added charge necessary to haul traf
fic over high mountains.
Vancouver oughtjiot only to join
the inland farmers in the fight for
lower rates, as she has done, but it
is greatly to her. future to become a
propagandist and promoter of the
Columbia route, both river and rail.
She ought, in and out of season, to
spread through Eastern Washington
the gospel of the economy of a
transportation that rolls down gradu
ally descending slopes to tidewater
instead of a transportation that in
cludes the dragging of heavy traffic
up steeps, around devious and dan
gerous passes and amid winter snows
and snow slides. Some day, when
there is a 30 foot channel, as there
will be to Vancouver, that port will
realize the soundness of the advice
herein offered.
The whole interest of Vancouver
is the Columbia river. Vancouver's
future depends upon the Columbia
river. Its larger growth rests wholly
on the larger Importance and larger
use it can help give the Columbia
river.
NEMESIS
THERE is an old belief in the
world that Nemesis pursues the
man who abuses power to wrong
the humble. From ; the Even
ing Post we cite an incident that con
firms the" belief, ,L v ' i jl
When the Prussian " Baron ; von
der Lanken was civil 'governor of
Belgium our-, minister" Brand Whit
lock appealed to him to save the' life
of Edith ; Caveil. He refused to in
tervene, j After m the armistice was
signed the baron's fortunes waned
He felt the pinch of 'I hunger in hi
own : baroniaf stomach and begged
Mr. Hoover for food. Mr. Hoover,
remembering Edith CavelL told him
"to go to hell."
The baron is now in Holland,
where bread is none too plentiful for
distinguished foreigners. They have
to stand in line and wait long hour
for their daily portion.1 The baron
has to stand in cue with the rest,
some of them not very well washed.
He has claimed special considera
tion on the ground of his being "a
distinguished foreigner," but he does
not get any. Nemesis has overtaken
him. With his fate before our eyes
and the fate of so many other
unjust and cruel men now brought
low, it is wonderful that any man
should dare to be Inhuman to his
fellow man.
A bill passed by both houses at
Salem pensions Multnomah county
employes who have served 25 years.
But why hang 25 years to a publio
job? How much better to have a
higher vision and seek endeavor in
which one's talents and work will
count for more than 25 years in a
small public Job? Why kill your
initiative by remaining so long in a
place where good service yields no
better reward than a hand to rnouth
existence?
BOIES PENROSE
THE UNFIT
His Record Read to Republican Rank
and File by Pinchot.
Philadelphia,' Feb. 2$. In an open let
ter to Republican representative a in
con Kress. Glfford Pinchot again utters
the warning that grave danger threat
ens the party if Senator Penrose, "the
Republican old man of the sea," is per
mitted to become chairman of the
finance committee of the senate. Pin
chot's letter follows :
"On January 25. I addressed an open
lctte rto Senator Penrose, urging him to
withdraw as' candidate for chairman of
the finance committee. As I was care
ful to explain. I did not call attention
to his peculiar unfitness for this post
because of personal animosity, but be
cause a grave danger threatened he
party and must be met. Beyond a burst
of unimportant, but characteristic,
abuse. Senator Penrose mado no reply,
and continued hia campaign for the
chairmanship.
"On February 6, I addressed to the
Republicans who will sit in the next
senate a second open letter, in which I
pointed out that in 1920 not only the
presidency, but the Republican major
ity In both hoarse and sena'te will be at
stake. Slnco that letter was written and
published, the Republicans in the sen
ate have made a long stride in the right
direction. They have wiped out the in
terlocking system of committee chair
manships which permitted a small group
of senators to dominate the party and
dictate legislation. This action was im
mediately recognised as designed to re
duce the power of the office for which
Senator Penrose is a candidate.
'
"What are his qualifications for the,
post ho seeks?
"1. Officially, at least, he is a Repub
lican. From the standpoint of party
affiliation, therefore, he would be avail
able. "2. He has been a member of the sen
ate for 22 years. He has, therefore, had
a long and wide experience in national
legislation.
"3. He has been the leader of the Re
publican organization in Pennsylvania
for 15 years, and as such has been in in
timate contact with expert party man
agement. "What are his" disqualifications? His
apparent qualifications will show them
by dissection.
"1. What brand of Republican is Sen
ator Penrose? In 1912 he conspired
against the vast majority o.f the Repub
lican voters to prevent the nomination
of Theodore Roosevelt, knowing when
he did so that he was sacrificing the
victory of his party to his own personal
ends. The Republican party sat in Judg
ment on his offense. The trial lasted
from June to November. Of all the
states represented on the Republican
side of the next senate only two, Ver
mont and Utah, voted to acquit.
"2. Senator Penrose has been a mem
ber of the senate for 22 years. During
that time, while he has made himself
tho most consistent and conspicuous
servant of special privilege, and oppo
nent of the common welfare In our na
tional life, there is, so far as I have been
able to learn, not a single piece of con
structive legislation which bears the
Penrose name.
"3. Senator Penrose has been the leader
of the Republican organixation in Penn
sylvania for 15 years. When it fell to
him, upon the death of Quay, it was,
perhaps, the strongest in any -state.
"The first campaign after the death of
Quay, when Theodore Roosevelt carried
the state by more than half a million
votes, marked the high tide of Republican
power in Pennsylvania.
"From that time the ebb began. By
1910 the results of the Penrose leader
ship were plain. In that year Senator
Penrose named John K. Tener as his can
didate for governor. The opposition
was divided between two Democrats,
Berry and Grim. It took the vote of
South Philadelphia, under Republican
leaders opposed to Penrose, but support
ing Tener, to elect, by a small plurality,
the Penrose candidate. An undivided
opposition would have defeated him with
exuse. Two years later, in the presiden
tial primaries of 1912, the Penrose or
ganization was simply overwhelmed.
a
"In 1914, Senator Penrose became a
candidate to suceed himself. Again the
opposition was divided. Senator Penrose
was elected, but ho lacked- 72,280 votes
of a majority, and ran far behind the
candidate for governor, who received a
majority of 66,158 votes. He is a minor
ity senator.
"The Penrose Republican vote in 1914
fell below the 1916 Hughes Republican
vote in Pennsylvania by 204,000. In 1916
the Democrats gave President Wilson
22M48 more votes In Pennsylvania than
the Republicans gave Senator Penrose
two years before.
"The facts appear-o show :
"That, as a Republican, Senator Pen
rose sacrificed his party to his individ
ual ambition, and is willing to do it
again. '
"That as a senator, he has been the
consistent servant f special privilege
and open enemy of the square deal.
"That, under his leadership, in a rock
ribbed Republican state, the Republican
vote has steadily dwindled away.
"Neither as a Republican, nor as a
senator, nor as ' a political leader, has
Senator Penrose the" sUghtest claim,
save seniority alone, to any position of
leadership.- . -.- -, .
, , . -
"The Only strength of the Penrose case
lies in th proposition that Republicans
mast get together to defeat the Drmo
! craU. . That proposition Is sound, but it
does not apply to Senator Penrose. The
sorest way to discord lie l Iefr
whom the rank and tils distrust. . The
ostrich policy Is never good politics In
America. '! . - ' '' ,
"Penrose supporters hall ms ana.,
upon Democratic inefficiency and ex
travagance as a Sign of statesmanship
and a title to leadership. But can loyal
Republicans accept as their leader the
conspirator chiefly responsible for the
1-. -r ..-. lwmnr-mtlc waste
VArowmv .i.l. j
and extravagance which he is now at
tempting to capitalize J
.xyi. am to .miM ina n voters are
opposed to giving power and leadership
to senator Penrose. na 111 n"3
this Republican sentiment, he is chosen
and hurt comes to the party because of
it. every state, county, district, town
ship, ward, division and precinct com
mittee, every Republican club and party
organization, every Republican in office
and every Republican voter, will feel
hurt, and there will be a heavy bill to
Pay. . . a
"I realize that you cannot take part
in the senate caucus which will decide
this question. But you are responsible
for the condition of the Republican par
ty in your district, and for its success,
which has been your own. Every argu
ment against the .party is an argument
against you. But what Is more, you are
bound in honor to your constituents To
see to it, so far as in you lies, that the
party takes no harm."
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pany the contribution.)
The Federal Employe's Work Day
Portland, Feb. 26. To the Kditor of
The Journal Knowing, as you must, the
undoubted tendency of all labor toward
a six-hour day, it is. to say te least,
rather surprising to note the almost bit
ter attitude which" you have taken re
garding the working hours of federal
employes. It would seem to any fair
minded person that a Journal of your
reputation should consider the condition
of federal employes as a whole, instead
of singling out a few instances of tho
apparent privilege which the federal
employe enjoys because of the seven
hour day. Had you a real desire to bo
fair, you would have investigated -some
of the flagrant injustices which are rife
in tho federal service and which have
made It not only desirable but necessary
that federal employes organise in order
to improve their condition. In your
eagerness to eulogize the late Senator
Borland you cite as one of his most
commendable acts, while in congress, his
attempt to increase the hours of work
of federal employes to eight, whereas,
as a matter of fact, it is well known that
Senator Borland was an enemy to all
labor and was defeated for reelection on
that basis. The federal employe does
not desire "privilege" for himself -any
more than he desires It for others, but
he does desire fair play, and he believes
he can get it through organization and
cooperative effort.
HARRIET T. CIIRRVIX.
Borland was defeated because he wobbled
on war measures, as waa generally stated in the
press at the time. Why should federal employes
in the departments at Washington., which were
the employes at which Borland's measures were
directed, have a seven hour day when most other
emplyoea are working nine, ten and even twelve
hours, and practically none in private employ
fewer than eiaht hours f 1
Oh, Boo Hoo, Boo Hoo!
Portland, Feb. 27 To the Kditor of
The Journal I wonder if "ye editor"
has in his literary studies , ever met
with that classical story of the senti
mental maiden lady who once upon a
time, sitting on the bank of a stream,
soliloquized as follows: "If ever I should
get married, and should have some chil
dren, and they should come down to this
river and fall In, nd should drown oh,
dear ! Boo, hoo, boo. hoo !"
I was reminded of that a few days
ago by an article In the livening Tele
gram urging the great need of havinsr
a .lieutenants governor for Oregon. The
pitiful soliloquy was something like
this: "If Governor Withycombe should
die. and Ben Olcott should become gov
ernor, and Senator Chamberlain should
resign, and the then Governor Olcott
should appoint Oswald West as United
States senator oh, boo hoo, boo hoo !
what would become of the state?"
The evening paper in question has
done some very small things from time
to time, but this is about the smallest
yet. That a city paper which regards
itself seriously should plead for an
overturning of laws that have proved
perfectly satisfactory, merely to vent
personal ppleen, about caps the climax
of smallness. Aside from this, while I
have not always approved all that our
governor has done, I remembef that he
Is our governor, and has, as such, a
claim upon our respect. I have had
some political experience, covering a
longer period than most women like to
acknowledge, but this is the very first
time I have ever known a paper of an
official's own party to besin the pre
liminaries of burial before the death of
such official, and am correspondingly
chocked.
So far as I know, our governor has
years before him. Is it possible that
the people of Oregon, can be influenced
by such "gush"?
ADAH WALLACE UNXiUH.
Unemployment and Farming
Portland, Feb. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal Evidently Q. F. Williams
of Salem Is opposed to appropriating
money for the relief of the unemployed.
He tells them they should go to farm
ing. When a man Is out of a job and
hasn't money enough to buy a hoe. how
in the name of common sense is he to
farm? I have seen green men go on a
farm and put the collar on a horse
upside down and feed the hogs threshed
straw and sow pumpkin seeds in a wheat
field. Without knowledge of the busi
ness one will make a failure. Many who
understand the business fail. Suppose
someone would tell one of the unem
ployed who has no money he would be
given free rent of a farm for a year,
how could the mai take It without
money enough to buy groceries for a
week? Many don't seem to realize' the
position the jobless are in. What they
need is Immediate return for their labor,
consequently they will have to work for
wages. If a man feels he would like
to farm firBt let him secure a position
on a farm until he becomes acquainted
with the business,
I can't 'see how Mr: Williams or
anybody else can oppose making good
roads they are convenient for the farm
er and everybody else. It is not abso
lutely necessary that the 'state should
provide work the year around. We all
know there Is a period of unemployment
during the winter months.
The state should provide for this emer
gency. It is true that roads cannot bs
graded to good advantage during the
rainy season, but there is work con
nected that can be done ; rock crushing
and digging out stumps and so on.
There is going to be more work next
summer than men to work. Since the
war ended thousands have left this
coast. There is no real reason why
Oregon should not give every idle man
a job. E. A. LIN SCOTT.
Thie People With the President
Portland, Feb. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal -The jealous politicians,
who are finding fault with Wilson and
the Leagus of Cations, are only cutting
their noses off to spite their faces, for,
as the League of Nations Is a permanent
thtng. there is coming a time when
these- politicians might be Invited, ap
pointed or elacted to attend the league
tOMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Twas "4 o'clock' for the state legis
lature. . a a
Sol Princess Pat weds a "commoner."
Standing "pat," as It were, on her rep
utation. -.
Japan threatens forcible action -against
China, according to the dispatches. Why
not a little jlu jitsut
As they say in vaudeville, "Wish the
weather would get married. Then we
might have a little son."
Sergeant Dan Sargent has arrived at
his home in La Grande from France.
Something In some names.
.
The news says that the Bolshevik! are
going to fight on all fronts. And they'll
stick a knife in the back, too. If they
get half a chance.
O. A. O. doubtless means all right in
opening a school for brides, but practi
cal experience in the kitchen is what is
going to count in the long run,,
Violators of the law- who plead In their
own defense that they are law-abiding
citizens when sober, may expect to be
sentenced to durance until July 1 at
least.
x JOURNAL" MAN AT HOME
By Fred
ntorit tribute to natriotic newspaper pub.
lisbers in general and -to certain specified enea
in particular are paid by Mr. Lockley today.
He also retell tha tale of Ueone Banders, colored
doughboy and super-optimist, whoa exampla la
quite fit to make moat people aweer off oa
grouching f orevermore. 1
If there is a better, more loyal, more
disinterested or harder working bunch
of men than the newspapermen of Ore
gon, I don't know where to find them.
I doubt if anyone in Oregon knows
more of the newspapermen of the state
than I do. Not to get, but to give, seems
to be their motto. They have given un
stintedly of their time, their money and
their space to help win the war and to
forward every worthy cause. Pick up any
Oregon pa'per and measure the space giv
en to war drives of every kind ; you will
find it runs into hundreds of columns.
Liberty loans. War Savings Stamps, Y.
M. C. A. drives, the United War Work
drive, Armenian relief. Red Cross, 'food
will win the war." and so on down the
line the newspapermen of the state
have given unstintedly of their space.
And space in their papers is their stock
Is trade, their source of revenue.
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Take The Journal as an example of
a city dally. The cost for typewriting,
composition, proof reading, stereotyp
ing and printing, plus tho cost of white
paper and the overhead expense, make
the cost approximately 1 cent a word for
every, word that appears in the paper. If
the editor or reporter can cut 10 un
necessary words out of an article, he
saves 10 cents for the paper. Yet The
Journal has printed thousands of columns
about the government s activities, wntcn
required wide publicity to be successful.
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The proprietor of The Journal has
given more time to war work and to pro
moting the sale of War Savings Stamps
than he has to running his paper.
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Take, for example, the Gazette-Times
of Corvallis. C. E. Ingalls. one of the
proprietors, is county chairman for Ben
ton county for the Victory loan. N. R.
Moore, another of the owners and editor,
is county- chairman for Benton county
for War Savings Stamps, and Mr. Spring
er, the remaining partner. Is working
overtime so that his two partners may
devote their time to working and writ
ing and talking Liberty loans and War
Savings Stamps.
Take, as another example, the East
Oregonian of 'Pendleton. Lee D. Drake,
one of the owners, is chairman of the
W. S. S. for Umatilla county and is
putting in the same intelligent effort
and the same hard work he did to make
the Round-Up so successful.
Did you ever notice that whenever
anyone in a community wants to pro
mote any enterprise, the editor is the
first man he seeks out. so that his plan
may see the light of day? Wherever you
find a live paper, you will find a live
town. If there was" ever a day when the
papers were parasites living on graft
and blackmail, that day has gone by,
and today the Oregon editors , are the
leaders in their communities and are
lifters, not leanera. The next 'time you
are tempted to spend money on some
fly-by-night advertising scheme, just re
sist the blandishments of the transient
and plausible solicitor and remember
that the better you patronize your home
paper, the better it can work to build
up and make prosperous the town you
live in, the community to which you
should be loyal, the one you are mak
ing your living In.
Whenever I get hold of the Dalles
Chronicle, I turn at once to a column
conference, only that they work in op
position to it, and such politicians as
Blanchard of New Mexico, who claims
that "the United States has no repre
sentative at the peace table, as pro
vided by law,"- Is talking through his
hat, for President Wilson is commander
in chief of the navy and army and
also president. He has a legal right
and it is his duty to visit the war zone
any time he should see fit, and to bring
about peace by any means he can.
President Wilson has done a lot of
things that no other president ever
did because the occasion demanded It.
and- has made someunwrltten laws yet
to be written. The League of Nations
is something new to be tried out. Some
have objected to it because some of the
representatives are Ignorant, like that
of tho Russians, but that only gives the
enlightened nations a splendid oppor
tunity to educate such Ignorant rep
resentatives. The people of the United
States are behind President Wilson In
everything he has done so far.
A. J. CLARK.
"Farmer" Replies to "Toiler"
Huisboro. Feb. 22. To the Editor of
The Journal "A Toiler" answers my
recent letter addressed to radicals and
attacks the farmer's guaranteed price
of $2.20 for wheat. As I am a member
of the majority class of American farm
ers whoi raise no wheat. I can say that
I, too, am very sorry that the kaiser's
hankering to boss the earth has brought
on such a state of ajfalrs. Last season
when the call for more wheat became
so insistent I did, however, sow a few
acres to spring wheat. It being a rain
less summer, the yield was such that I
sold Just enough to pay for the seed
and threshing expenses and the rest
went to a flock of moulting bens. I am
now buying wheat for laying hens that
are barely producing enough to pay for
their feed. I would have been better off
If I had never plowed the land at all
end let the cows pasture on the weeds
and volunteer oats that sprang up from
the crop on the preceding season. Nor
do I envy the regular growers who have
spread themselves in their efforts to pro
duce big crops of war wheat. They have
met with heavy and unusual expenses
en every hand and the regular rotation,
which is the basis of good farming, has
been upset In a manner that will event
ually nullify every cent of profit. Take
notice, too, that the farmers have not
cashed In yet en the coming wheat crop,
and here is one man's guess that a way
will be found to keep them out of most
of the promised bonus, even though by
the operation another billion dollars
may be added to the national mortgage.
But this correspondence had Its origin
In - the matter of impractical - thought
that is running amuck In the earth. X
will say briefly that John Spjfso, one
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A dance was given" at Prairie City
last Friday night, celebrating the com
pletion of the fine hall to be used as
an opera house and dance hall.
John Day, the" Baker Herald's corre
spondent writes, has an excellent school
this winter, and the teachers have ail
been offered the, same positions for the
next year. a
Coquille Is to see a gjfeater advance In
civic Improvements thaA in any previous
year, the Sentinel says. If -the program
recently outlined by the Commercial club
is carried out. -
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With the view of increasing the capac
ity of the city electric power plant, lo
cated near Walterville. the Eugene
water board will construct a cement
flume to replace the wooden flume built
In 1910 and which, .moreover, is showing
signs of decay. ...
In the Interest of domiciliary Inde
pendence the Baker Herald admonishes
thus: "It Is fine to have an automobile,
and the young people enjoy them most.
But. Just a little advice : Get a home
first. And this Is not eald to knock the
auto dealers, either."
Lockley.
written by "Buck:" His stories make
no pretense at being sermons, yet every
one of them leaves a good taste in your
mouth and helps to restore your faith
In humanity. "Buck" is Buck to his
many friends, but he signs his checks
Alvtn L. Bucklin. He is a believer in
and dispenser of optimism and good
cheer. I recently read a story of his
entitled "Happiness." The following
day I made a half hour talk -to the blind
at the old Falling school. Some 0 the
students were putting cane bottoms in
chairs. Others were making hammocks.
When they had taken off their work
aprons and gathered in the assembly
room, I took for my text "Buck's" article
oh happiness. '
Here is Buck's story as he got It
from Walter A. Wood of Redmond, Or.
Read It yourself and decide which class
you belong to those who live to get, or
those who live to give, and who, in the
giving and the serving of others, get
real joy and satisfaction out of life:
"The day will never dawn again for
Oeorge Sanders of New Orleans, negro
patient in U. S. Base hospital No. 511.
George Sanders, American doughboy,
fearless and unafraid, stopped a Ger
man shell. Exploding, it wrecked his
eyes. He is a hopeless case. Eyesight
will never come back. Night time and
day time are the same to him now. He
will live forever in darkest night. But
the gloom that covers his eyes has not
spread to his spirit. Nevermore can he
see the happy faces of -his friends. 'But,'
says George .Sanders, 'I can hear the
songs of birds and smell the-fragrance of
flowers.'
"This hopeless blind boy with the un
daunted spirit of happiness worried
about the condition of other men in the
big hospital. He wanted to cheer them.
He constantly referred to them as 'poor
fellows.' He forgot that he was In
worse condition than any of them so far
as physical defects were concerned. So
he asked the nurses If he could go from
ward to ward and sing lor the poor fel
lows. They needed cheering, he urged.
George has a rich baritone voice and he
knows hundreds of popular songs. The
nurses consented and this big black war
rior, ' who could never see the-big world
again, went from room to room In a
wheel chair, flooding the hospital with
melody and happiness. Men on hospital
cots forgot to groan. Men who had not
smiled in weeks smiled now. Many a.
man rose and blessed George Sanders,
blind doughboy, doomed to : pass his
hours In eternal night.
"And .finally the men in the hospital
marveled at this man. eyes gone, who al
ways smiled and sang - and was cheer
ful. And one - day a crowd of them,
asked him why It was that, despite bis
affliction, he could maintain such good
spirits. 'Now that your eyes are gone.
how does It feel?' they asked. And thje
big black doughboy from New Orleans
smiled and said, 'Dey done took man
eyes away from me. but dat ain't- so
bad. Dey cain't take mah feelin's. Ab
solutely dey cain't. And Ah sho' feels
fine.' ,
"The story Is significant of the Amer
ican spirit. It .shames some people we
know who everlastingly lament their lot
and say the world Is a mighty hard place
in which to get by. But George Sanders
In his blindness Bang to cheer other men.
and he figured that this world is the
best one he knows anything about, and
he is going through life with a song and
a smile. Reverently we take off our
hat to George Sanders, negro doughboy
who, though blind, sings In happiness to
help 'poor fellows' who are wounded.
time high priest of socialism, recently
renounced the party because, as he said.
"I discovered -that an ounce of exper
ience Is worth a ton of theory." Dis
coveries of this sort are open to all
seekers, and men like Spargo are rare.
Your ordinary radical seeing, see not;
and hearing,, they hear not, neither do
they understand. A FARMER.
Speaks for Malheur Squatters
Portland, Feb. 22. To, the t'dltor of
The Journal I read most of the letters
from the people and want to say that
F. O. Johnson's letter of February 20
on Malheur lake Is the most reasonable
one to my mind I have read. But he
only told half that can be said. I was
on this lake last November, and I never
saw as much hay (a coarse wild grade)
in stacks in my life. There are thou
sands of tons put up to winter the stock
of tlje squatters on this unsurveyed
body of land (the lake bottom). The
people have squatted on and held this
land for 25 to 35 years in hopes that
some day they might acquire title to it.
How can anyone see any justice in try
ing to deprive any man or worn an of
his borne, lifter he has. spent over one
third of hii or her life on that which Is
a home to them ? Furthermore, the turn
ing of the lake, which the government
map shows comprises a little over three
townships, over to the United States
government Is just what the big land
grabbers want. Anyone with half an
eye can see that If they only would take
time to think. The lake bottom Is so
level If a canal was cut through It and
several dams put in any amount of
water could be held In the ditch and
would be for sublrrigation. Give these
squatters a just recompense for their
right to their claim and I will wager
that very few of them will refuse or
regret that the Pacific Livestock and
Land company cattle have the whole
lake for grazing. t
R. L. CAMPBELL.
Olden Oregon
Territory Had an Accidental Gov
ernor for 60 Days in 1850. -
The unique distinction of having been
governor of Oregon Territory for 60
days belongs to Kintzig Prjtchett of
Michigan. He was appointed territorial
secretary by President Polk and served
la that capacity when the territory was
organized, and so served until Governor
Lane resigned. - when he became gov
ernor until John P. Gaines, who had
been appointed the , successor of Lane,
arrived in Oregon and took office. Au
gust IS, 1850.
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere.
A. llanly Spoiled Babbit
117HILE out motoring, the party de-
elded to have a meal tn the open,
says Everybody's. One of them went
into the village store to get the provi
sions necessary for a Welsh rabbit.
. "I want a pound of cheese and Urge
square crackers for a Welsh rabbit." he
told the proprietor. ,
"I have the cheese, sir," replied the
shopkeeper, "but I ain't got no large
crackers, llow would some small ones
dor .. .
"Sorry, but they won't do." was the
answer. "We must have larr ones for
the rabbit."
"Well, you know best, fC course," re
plied the shopkeeper grimly, "But that
there rabbit of yours seems a mighty
faddy eater for an animal 1"
A Mother's Joy
My boy is coming home, the dread of war la
past!
My boy is mining hack' Ilia ship has sailed
at lat. .
I sing now all the day; my heart is filled with
joy;
For he is coming ba-k my own, my soldier
boy!
I think of him by -day; 1 see him in my dreams.
I see his ship a sail beneath the bright moon a
beam.
And etery twinkling star that glistens in the
night 1
Shines down open my boy, who'g oointng from
tha fight
I gave my boy for freedom; t gara him for tba
riatit.
and God has kept him eafa in all tha awful
right.
And now. he's coming bark from -e'er tha aaa
oflblue.
Ha writes, "O mother, dear, I'm' coming bank
to you." ' w
O sea, dear sea, take rare; your load la very
dear.
We loe our soldier boys; we're waiting for
them here. v
And evermore I'U lore you, O blue and bound
ing sea,
If you will only bring my soldier bark ta ma I
Lola Wilms Osbors.
CulTer, Or.
UncIeJeff Snow Says:
It's all very well to flgger that the
Huns should pay fer the wars they
started ; but they can't do that and keep
up their thousands of landlords and a
standln' army to hold the -lords onto the
backs of the workers. If the Huns Is
'lowed by the allies to dump the lords
and take over the land God Almighty
made fer men to work on and git alt
they worked fer, then mebby they could
pay fer the war in time.
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
GENERAL
Twelve transports are en route to New
York with 14.680 troops.
Below sero temperatures are reported
from a wide range of territory in the
Middle West. -
Smelter men at Salt Lake. City are
striking In protest against the recent
cut in wages of 75 cents a day.
Secretary Daniels Informs the sen
ate that increased expenditures of the
navy department due to the war amount
ed to 81.691.970.884.
A new credit of 815.000.000 to SerWa
was authorized Wednesday bv the
treasury department, making JiT.OOU,
000 so far loaned to Serbia.
President Wilson has elsned the Sln
nott bill revesting title in the federal
government to 93,000 aacres of the Coos
Bay wagon road land grant in Oregon.
Loss of the big seaplane No. 84U5,
with three enslens of. the naval reserve
and two machinists," off the Virginia r
coast, is announced by tne navy depart
ment. ..v.
' Labor loaders oppose1 repeat of "the"
daylight saving law on the ground that '
it-saves life, prevents, loss from fatisue ;
and reduces the number of Industrial
accidents, i - .
Governors of 15 Btates and mayors
of 82 cities have accepted the Invitation
to the White House conference next
Monday for discussion of business and 1
labor problems.
NORTHWEST NOTES
The First bank of rilot Ilock has in
creased its capital stock from $25,000
to 830,000.
Harold English, son nt Lee Engllsli.
Is the fourth Tenlno, Wash., boy re
ported killed in France.
New rifles have been delivered by the
government - for - Company G, Third
Washington Infantry, at Centralla.
Frank Hinkhouse, a wealthy German
farmer, has been found guilty at Hpo--kane
of violating the espionage act.
Full development of storage plans for
the Yakima irrigation project will fur
nish water for 450,000 acres of land.
The citizens of Molalla have donated
a site of 32 acres adjoining the town to
a company that will erect a pottery
factory.
Emll Karhu of Seattle has confessed
to killing hlB wife with a razor. The
woman was found dead Wednesday
morning.
IL Harper, a Jitney driver of Che
halis, charged with having 88 pints of
liquor in his possession, waa fined $200
and costs.
Camps-are being established on Elk
creek in Douglas county preparatory to
beginning work on the new Pacific high
way cutoff.
Because of the action of the legisla
ture in placing a tax on gasoline, Eu
gene dealers have raised the price 1
cent a gallon.
At a meeting ofv Daughters ef the
American Revolution In Tacoma Wednes
day a resolution favoring the League
of Nations was defeated.
- The county agricultural council at
Chehalls has discontinued the organisa
tion as a council and reorganised as
the Lewis county farm bureau.
Phi Delta fraternity at Whitman col
lege devoted last Sunday afternoon ta
memorial services in honor of Its mem- '
bers who gave their lives In France.
Mount Adams and some surrounding
territory will- constitute the Yakima
National park, according to a memorial
passed by the house and sent to the
senate. .
A lAttor from Austin ' Twkman ?
Hood River says he has been placed in
the Third army- of occupation and ex
pects to remain overseas for many
months.
County Agent George A. Nelson of
South ' Bend, Wash., has secured the
services of a government specialist who
will assist in organizlog cow testing as
sociations throughout the county.
Pendleton has one of the finest mu
sical organizations In the Northwest In
the persons of R. W. Fletcher, his wife
and children, all native Pendletonlans.
Mr. Fletcher Is also circulation manager
of the East Oregonian.
Put "Leyy Stamps on Only
. (Kew Certificates
(Storlea ef achievement fas tha aoenmnla
tlon of War Barings (Stamps, sent to Tba
Journal and aeeepted 'or publication, -wlU
be awarded s Thrift Hump.)
.
Purchasers of 1919 War Savings
Stamps: should not place them on
1918 , folders. .. technically known as
War Havings Certificates. If the
1918 certificate has blank spaces just
put the certificate away without fill
ing It with 1918 Stamps.
The same Thrift Stamps and Thrift
Cards are used this year and when
the Thrift Card holding 18 stamps
Is filled it will be exchanged for the
1918 War Savings Stamp on payment
of the additional cents which rep
resent the difference between the
price of the War Savings Stamp and
4, the value ofUieJ6 Thrift -Stamps.
Thrift Stamps and. 119 War Sav
ings Stamps now on sale at usual
agencies. "i