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THE GERMAN TERMS
; -IIE Germans know now that they
lost the war.
The terms of peace made
"( known to them at Paris yester
J ay . win- permit of no misunder
standing as to which is victor 'and
which vanquished. ,:,s--- - i
The severity f of lhe terms makes
it clear that; the victors insist that
th4 "German : surrender was not the
consequence - of diplomatic compro
mise but of a military decision.
The victors could have asked no
'"i-s. There Iwill be those who will
ay they should have asked more.
Germany chose the time, the place
i: nd . the weapons. The combat had
1 een long, planned. She struck
Trance without reasoa or warning.
he" invaded Belgium without excuse.
The war was Germany's war. The
rad and crippled are the product of
.icrmanys decision. Germany played
he game, and lost. It is hers to
: ay the penalties, and those penalties
! save been named in the peace terms
V the world assembled in judgment.
Alsace-Lorraine restored to France;
tOlen territory ceded to . Belgium,
Denmark- and Poland; international-
3tlon of the Saar basin; renuncla-
ijn of air territorial and political
rights outside of Europe; German
nny.; reduced to 400,000; conscrip-
m In Germany abolished ; destruo-
:ia qf Rhine forts; reduction of
ivy to sixTbatllesblps, six cruisers,
: : torpedo boats and no submarines;
Germany? to have 100 unarmed sea
I-' aoes ; .-: cession of t large part of
the' German merchant fleet to the
victors; acceptance of the allies de
roaadifor the trial of the ex-kaiser;
recognition by Germany of the inde
pendence . of Poland. and'Czecho-Slo-v
ak la j permanent internationalization
of- Danzig these are tremendous re
quirements. ) They do not even in
clude t the -final indemnity, the in
i'ial payment of which is 15,000,
:A0OOV;i' . -
but it was Germany that attacked,
rse kindled the - fire ; she sparked
j the "powder magaxtne, i
' In.the terms, that territory that was
really Germany's has been left to
l:tr. Fate, was kind in that. It was
h er-food fortune' that ; In the settle
mental a. news order ot high moral
rrlnciples ; was 4 substituted -for the
(icrman formula. Chance has served
I er well la; that she surrendered to
j?st nations Instead of to nations
impelled by the German doctrine that
i lightT makes right.
If her estate under the peace
t erms is , low,. Germany can. comfort
I crself with the thought of how
i '.uch lower it would, be If the
victors hd -been made-Jn-Germftny
: jitlons..
The war has not been fought by
the alllus. In vain. The victory Is to
be made secure. The German terms
-r J the League of Nations are' the
i eetings of the victors to those who
; . i under the crosses in France and
rianders. :
! Yesterday, less than half the quota
f ' the Twelfth federal reserve dis
trict was subscribed, though Oregon,
a member of that district, went over
. e top - last Saturday. Oregon's
itrlotism is not merely, flag waving
triotlsm. - It is the patriotism that
rvea both . with men and dollars.
; MAKE THE MARKETS
;!IB efforts of,- the Ad club ; and
of the Progressive Business Men's
' club to secure- a large and' com
' . prehensive display of- Oregon
"Muds 1 for Hose -Festival weekde
rve :thd united support boih of
3 manufacturer and tberretailer.
Portland during that lime will play
-1 - to ' thousandsof people coming
: n all .sections of the nation. Those
3 visit the ; city on that occasion
- the great part are .business men
1 men of affairs, those who com
- 3 the pleasure of the journey , with
; demands of business, a Then ihere
ha annual convention, of the Pa
" j ; Coast Advertising Men- those
3 are engaged In selling raerchan-
It would not be bad business
Portland and Oregon to put" the
iucts " t "this 'section-" out cn
massed display while such visitors
are here to see and learn.' '
Oregon needs , the factory, and the
mill. It needs the payroll and the
employment for those who are here
and those who are coming. The wider
the market . that may be ; builded ; for
Oregon products the more the pro
ducers will have to put out to serve
the demand. : The more people out
side of Oregon who - can be .shown
the things produced here ''the better
it will be for Oregon. It Is not a
question of "the P manufacturer and
the , business man alone, l it ' has to
do with the growth and prosperity
of the state as a whole. The de
velopment of a market for Oregon
products Is the development of Oregon.
Though Oregon is over the secre
tary of .he treasury Is calling upon
Oregonians to oversubscribe. It is a
pleasing distinction for the govern
ment thus to show Its faith In the
commonwealth of goad works. Buy
more bonds.
PRISON NEXT
WHAT good will the stolen money
do them the young men who
robbed the Washougsl bank?
What good would it have
done them, even If they had eluded
pursuit, since, .uncaptured, every
shadow at a street corner, would
have been a fancied pursuer, every
rustling wind along the roadside a
detective, every sleeping hour full of
dreams of captivity?
One is a murderer, lie barely es
caped lynching. A ' quick trial, a
broken career and the penitentiary
are to be his.
Another is in jail. He has seen
more hardship since that morning
when they sped out of tn bank
than he lias seen , in all his life;
and the worst is yet to come.
The third Is .-wounded, outlawed,
with every man's hand against him,
and will probably be in jail when
this is read.
Their enterprise was a dismal
failure, and they all know it now.
Like the kaiser they played and
lost, as all who dream of power or
gain by use of force, must lose.
Orlando came v back. It was the
sensible thing to do. It Is better to
be a part of the new order than a
part of the old. , Italy would lose
much and gain . nothing by persisting
in her break at Paris. ,
A BUSINESS MAN S ADVICE
VICTOR H. BECKMAN Is a business
man. He was the founder of the
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac
turers association, out of which
grew the present organization of
lumbermen that r has done so much
to put the timber and lumber busi
ness on a sound basis. ' Because Mr.
Beckman has been successful in
teaching -his own line the benefits
of cooperation -and team work what
he has to say about the building of
wooden ships, and their use after
construction, Is of more than passing
interest to the people of Portland.
Mr. Beckman contends that wooden
ships ought to the built by Pacific
coast builders and used for carrying
Pacific coast products ' around by
water to Eastern markets. He con
tends that the livestock; grown here
should be handled by . Pacific coast
packing houses and shipped by water
to the ultimate , consumer. There is
no good sense, he argues, In shipping
live cattle or hogs to the middle
western packing houses and whip
ping part of the finished product
back here. He would have the wheat
grown in the Northwest milled here
on the coast. Cheap ; water rates
would put v Pacific coast products
into Eastern markets on a competi
tive basis, he argues. But he goes
further than that, if the shipbuilder,
the shipper and the producers would
get together and work out a coopera
tive program each branch would find
it possible to work for the advance
ment of the other. . -. ' -
Mr. Beckman's suggestions are wor
thy of consideration, i Competition
may he the me of trade, but coopera
tion Js the tonio that makes it grow.
For the summer, there should be
work for all in Oregon. . The farm
ers are calling for help. The road
contracts awarded this 1 week will
utilize . many men. The pinch may
be next autumn, when the service
men are all back and many outdoor
activities close down, i
A NEW LAW
"K
ART time schools' are some
thing new in Oregon. ... Other
sections ui me nation nave
ftad them in the oast but not
until now has this state awakened
to the fact that cart of Its bova and
girls are harnessed fast to industry
while their school days are passing
tnem by. j v
When the : coming! school year
opens there will ha wart time schools
in those school: districts where .15
children between the ages of 14 and
iSSyeara reside -t and whol art em
ployed. . The law Is " mandatory and
says ithat its purpose Ha to provide
an education to employed children,
either supplemental to tthe, work in
which they may be Engaged, in com
plement, of their : general education,
or-which will promote their civio'or
vocational , intelligence: , . V
The law'says that "all children be
tween the ages of 16 and 18 years
must be in school or ltrailv
ployed." ,:;lf employed they must at
tend the part, time schools not'less
than five .hours a week, or 180 hour
per year,' unless, they have alraady
acquired the ordinary, branches - of
learning taught" In the 5 first "eight
j'esrs of t"p puMio schocla or usltgs
they are attending an evening school.
It is . also provided ' that where the
number of hours a . chlLiTmay labor
is fixed - by state or - federal statute
the hours of attendance upon , a part
time school - shall - b -counted as a
part of the number s of hours em
ployed. Parent, guardian or employer
who does not ; cooperate with the
school - authorities l to see that i the
law is operative in those cases where
it should be administered ar made
subject to the penalties provided by
the statute. - -
, It - Is something new for Oregon
to begin to legislate to secure and
enforce the educational I advantages
which we have always considered as
the endowment right of the children
of tha state. It shows that times are
changing, that new j conditions are
arising, that the 'wrong conditions of
the congested East are, beginning to
encroach upon, the freedom, of the
West. It is a statute passed in the
Interest of the future economio wel
fare of the individual 'particularly
and of the state generally.
The launching today of the City of
Eureka at the Columbia River ship
yards is a marvel in ship construc
tion. The keel was laid 27 M days
ago, and in 37H days from that time
the vessel will be ready for, the trial
tripi This new record, by which all
other known records are broken,
evidences the effectiveness of the
company and the efficiency ' of the
workers.
a ' BUT
IN CHINA and America, President
Wilson is being criticized for what
the Paris conference gave Japan.
In Japan, President Wilson is
being criticized for not giving more
to Japan.
On its editorial page, the Oregonian
blames President Wilson for what
was given Japan, while on Its news
pages under scare heads, it prints
Japanese attacks on him for not
giving more to Japan. Among the
epithets so quoted from - Japanese
newspapers are hypocrite" and
despot" and "transformed kaiser"
and "man vflth the voice of an angel
but with deeds of the devil."
The attacks of one side are reply
to attacks from the other. Attacks
from Japan because she did not get
enough and attacks from China on
the coptention that Japan got too
much, mean that the Paris confer
ence pjiayed no favorites. The men
there hewed to the line.- Their de
cisions are as nearly Just as H is
humanly possible to make them.
There are -. small minds in every
country tha do not comprehend the
vastness and the complexities at
Paris. They do not realize that the
rules and practices of peace confer
ences through centuries are being
shattered or overturned, f They do not
remember that the principles of past
settlements were morafly bankrupt
and that the settlements at Paris
are on a basis of fundamental Jus
tice.
So they assail President Wilson be
cause each thing done was not done"
another way. There could be no
higher proof of the president's Im
partiality, Nor that he Is the pre
mier of the world. Nor that under
his leadership a new and golden age
of justice- is fruiting on the earth.
It Is to the glory of America that
he"wentxto Paris. It Js providential
for civilization and the welfare of
the world that he lives, and is in
position to serve, at such a time and
in such a way.
'Today we are far short of our
quota in every state save Oregon."
These are the words of John U.
Calkins, chairman of the war loan
organization of the Twelfth federal
reserve district, published throughout
tne msirici yesterday, it was, m
one respect, very good reading for
the Oregon" peope.
BECAUSE THEY THINK
IN THE Victory loan, Oregon was
again unusual.
She, la the third state to report
uer quota iiuea. u is almost cer
tain that She is the first to fill her
quota by popular subscription.
This susuined position of headshio
by Oregon Is not an ordinary but
an extraordinary fact. For example,
.vn. a a, . .... .
wuiiB vrcgoas quota in me victory
loan is now ancient history, there
are states in which the quota is pot
half raised. There ? are states In
which the full quota never will be
raised. Treasury officials have little
or no hope that the full amount of
the loan will be subscribed. Yester
day, with the drive nearly three
weeks old, subscriptions totaled
scarcely more than half the quota.
All this makes Oregon splendid
by comparison. It recalls again that
the Oregon citkzen body took stens
by concerted action some years ago
to purge the state of political abuses
and public corruption. -; i
Politicians were debauching legist
latnrea, and helping freebooters steal
public lands. Votes' were bought
and polling placet overrun - with
ward heelers and partisan brigands,
who bribed and bludgeoned. .
In one . election ,the late George
H. WUUam. a- prominent Portland
citizen,' stood all day in line t in an
effort to vote, but through the
manipulation of "ward strikers was
prevented, from depositing big ballot.
How the people at, last, wearied of
goings on, rose .in their might and
adopted the " Oregon : system through
which they ; purged public affairs t
the notorioua w rottenness, is well
known history. The crocess created
a body of thinking citizens, and citi
zens who think love their, country.
It Is the hlglTcharacter of the citl
zenshi?t manifesti then, that ac-1
counts for Oregon's wonderful record
in Liberty and Victory loans.. "
And . back of it all . is the fact
that.- almost contemporaneous with
the beginnings' of white settlement in
Oregon educational institutions like
Willamette - university ; ; and Pacific
university began the great : work' of
training, men and women in thought.
devotion and. high purpose. ".' t -
When you. teach the individual
bow to t think; you then and there
make a good citizen. 1
THE DRIVE OF
THE SEAPORTS
All Racing for the Conquest of the
Wide World's Trade
By Ward A. Irvine ,J '
Every American seaport of impor
tance expects a greater future on Ui
ocean and la foreign lands. '
Every American city, is -dressing to
take its part in reconstructing Europe
and in the renaissance of . the wide
world. ; '-
Every American seaport is erecting
terminals and fostering extensive har
bor development.
American ports are fUine their fangs
for the struggle for the business of the
world, ... '
Portland must prepare for the fight
for a, r place in the sun of the world's
carrying trade.
These tidUiES are brought to foruana
by Claude MoCoUoch, fresh from v a two
months' tour of the country. : in ' which
he visited San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Houston, Galveston. New Orleans, Wash-.
ington. New York, Chicago and other
important centers. Mr. McColIoch made
extensive studies of industrial, com
mercial and shipping conditions, includ
ing harbor and other development.
Everywhere, Just as in Portland," Mr.
McColIoch began, "there is a looking for
ward to a new and greater future for
this country on the ocean and in foreign
lands. Exporting and importing com
panies, some capitalised at millions,, are
being rapidly formed in the eastern
trade centers. These companies have
for their purpose not only participation
In . the reconstruction . of Europe, J but
playing a part tn the expected trade ren
aissance of the wide world. . Ko one
seems to .doubt that this country will for
the next generation be a leader In for
eign - commerce, a foreign commerce
quite likely carried In American owned
and operated bottoms. , f- i
That the seaports of the United States,
hearing the call to trade, are waving
aside the old. and worn for new and en
larged facilities is the statement of Mr,
McCOlloch. The revolution of trade will
demand greater terminal space, better
harbors, and expedited means of
handling freight. j
"San Francisco, with its already mag
nificently developed, state owned water
front, is contemplating the installation of
new and larger loading and unloading
devices, it being suggested by some that
the poUcy of state control should give
way to one of purely local management
in order that a more intensive port de
velopment scheme can be aggressively
advanced," Mr. McColIoch explained.
'Los Angeles is projecting the imme
diate expenditure of the unexpended part
of the ten millions which the city pledged
for port development in 190$. This un
expended money totals $4,500,000. ;
"Along the Gulf "of Mexico, at the
great - ports of Galveston and Nsw- Or.
leans, literally . million -are being i laid
out in amplification of existing facili
ties, 'either under government or local
expense or at their joint Instance, whUe
newer and more ambitious harbors like
Houston, appear determined to. get on
deep .water If It involves their whole
credit.
"On the Atlantic coast, the great old
harbors seem equally to sense the thrill
of new things and are preparing to make
lavish expenditure to meet the already
Increased .and increasing demands ex
pected of their port f acuities."
' -.. '
What is the lesson for Portland?
"That it is to be a swift race, that we
In Portland cannot too adequately pre
pare for the commerce which we are at
the same time trying to divert to our
port, that we are starting, in the race
greatly handicapped by trade connec.
tlons already made in competitive cities,
that we must shake off now and for all
time our inland lethargy or forever be
lost in the shuffle."
What type of ocean borne commerce
makes the great port cities, and what is
to be encouraged here?
That type which brings the raw ma
terials to port for refinement or manu
facture in some form, before either ex
port or further Importation. The tribu
tary .crude oil of Xjos Angeles and the
Gulf ports brought to the water's: edge
te be refined and thereafter to be trans
shipped means industries, pay rolls and
population for the port benefited! The
raw sugar of Cuba brought to Texas
for refinement end thence for trans,
shipment, means wealth, people, and
cities at the point of manufacture.
"But the cotton passed through the
port of Galveston every year outbound
to England . and the continent means
support for a Population of less than
50,000 people. Or the great banana ship,
ments lute New Orleans for Immedl.
ate transshipment without manufacture
In any form, mea but little te that
city." - , i
j- Mr. McColIoch stresses the importance
of manufacturing in Portland. Port fa.
ciUties alone cannot make a -thriving
commercial center. Portland must de
velop her back country, manufacture
raw material here and have facilities
for shipment. He declares i
"One comes back with the Impression
that we should reexamine ear own trib.
utary raw resources. Have we not min
erals in our hills and beneath our soils
that the world needs In refined ' form,
which can be brought in bum to our
water's edge, worked up. thence put into
boats and sent across the: sea? , One la
Impressed that Los Angeles is on the
right track when she talk about bring
ing together the unexploited Iron ore of
Southern California and Alaska's coal,
the point of meeting, of course, and pro
duction of the steel to be at Los - An
geles : that Houston Is on the right
track when she talks about bringing the
raw rubber of the tropics te her own
shores to be manufactured instead of
permitting the raw .resources to logi
cally flow Inland hundred of mUes to
such points as Akron, Ohio, there to be
made into the automobile tires of Amer
ica that San Francisco is headed in the
Tight direcUon when she secures from
the Sherwln-WiUiams Paint company a
statement that It will substitute for, its
present' purely distributing agency, lan
Independent manufacturing unit Ae be
InstaUed at Baa Francisco for the supply
of the Pacific coast and Oriental trade."
Population for our own market, ex
ploitation of natural resources for ex.
ports and optimism for driving power
are other assets needea by Portland tn
vieing for world trade Mr. McColIoch.
believes. ' . ; ; .
, -population In our peek country to
furnish an Immediate market for the
Imported article that eemee to our port
In the crude or raw form, more intensive
exploitation of our own natural resources
aa aoasis lor export, nouia noi oe ion
sight of In our eagerness to butld op a
tranaeonttnental-transpaeifle - connection
which will at best . but make . of Port,
land a rort.cf t-.-.tcJ-.iment. Evn
after she gets shipping,- Portland will
only grow great as she becomes some
thing-more than a mere conduit pipe for
the inflow and outflow of good harvest
ed or manufactured: elsewhere. She
must stop the goods and work on them
in transit. Only payrolls mean popula
tion and population means wealth.
"Incidentally, Portland has room for
more optimists. .Xn Ban Yranciseo and
Los Angeles they, don't say that their
steel. shipbuUding can only survive by
continued government- subvention. They
say, we made ships before the War in
successful competition with the East,
we outdid the East in shipbuilding dur
ing the war and. by Harry. -we are go
ing to make ships in competition with
the. world. If need be, now that the war
is over
Letters From the People
f CommoateatfafM MBt te The Journal for
publication In Ihu oaptrUMat baaM b wrHtB
on only pa i4a of tit ftp!, boli sot exeecd
300 word, m bssth, end ut " iSB4 by the
writer, wbeae mu sedreM Ul fuU SMWt sceom.
pmoy tb eostribttUcn. j r , -
Reseats Bond Discounting .
Portland.-May 5. To the Editor of The
Journal If a man does noi come through
he is a slacker. Up to this last drive if
yon would go to each one and see how!
many bonds they had lert irora tne nrst,
second, third and fourth loans. I am
aure that half are sold to the money
market, A poor man has to give his
hard .earned money and then sell at a
discount. I can point out where a bond
was sold for 935 last winter. The own
er's family bad the flu. He bad bought
home end on money he borrowed he paid
8 per cent, and then let his wife and
children go looking like beggars. There
is no one, to come to your door ana say,
Have you a dollar o buy a meal?" Ko :
they will' take your last dollar. Some of
these people should go and see how some
poor people have to live. I think they
would have another think coming. I
have seen people that could no more buy
a' Liberty bond than they could swim the
Pacific ocean, for they had to spend it
before they got it.- Now my way. is.
Why not make these people that buy
your bend at a discount buy all the
bonds they need?. But no. they could not
make enough money. Or if you go to
them to sell your bond, why pot pay you
full value for It? Why are they selling
at: a. discount? Is dot the great big
United State back of It? I think it a
shame to Issue those bonds and then see
them pold at a discount I think there
is something wrong some place. It is all
just Uke this free trade, high protective
tariff, and those two things have a past.
Now we come along with democracy, and
before long it, too, will be a thing of the
past ' J. GENEVRO.
Soldiers' Beneficiaries
Prineville. May 2. To the Editor of
The Journal Please state whether sol
diers of the late war were compelled to
make allotment and insurance to wives
that they were not living 'with or sup
porting (although not divorced). Or
could they name the beneficiary tn the
Insurance policy? C. W. WILSON.
(It Is mandatory to mka an allotment to
wives. The aoldier, however, hat the privilege
of filing claim of exemption in case he doe
not want his wife to benefit. This claim is for
warded to Washington, where it is adjudsed.
Valid reason must be shown for exemption. In
soma cases even a diroreed wife has received
the allotment. - As to insurance, a soldier can
name any one relative in the permitted class as
his beneficiary.
Trotzky and Lenin
Uklah, May 4. To the Editor of The
Journal I would like to know if Trots
ky was ever in the United States ; also if
Trotsky and Lenin are the same per
son. -V S. K. H.
t Trotzky baa been ia tha United States. He
was a newspaper writer. Lenin ia the bead of
the Bolshevik miwe is Russia. Trotsky la eat
of the ministers ia that regime.
- The Army of Occupation
Portlands May i-To the Editor of
The JournalPlease fell me which units
of our American army of occupation will
be Jtcpt in Germany after peace is
Sigrfed. . ' . ANXIOUS ONE.
l-It is impossible to say. No announcement
by the war department haa been made. The mat
te! ef brinsins home the army of occupation, ia
the nature of the case, mnst depend entirely upon
events soch aa the pacification of Europe and
the establishing ef peace cuarantees that will
take tiie place ot the present armed forces of
the allies. -
f The Speeder
Portland, May Sv-Te the Editor of
The Journal Auto speeders will con
tinue to speed as long as the judge lm7
poses a paltry fine which the speeder
can go out and boast of to-his friends.
If the court would put on a stiff fine
for the first offense and double it for
succeeding offenses the habit woiUd
become unpopular. M. L. McMlNN.
Suggestions as to Teachers
Portland. May 6. To the Editor of
The Journal.-? In a Portland evening
newspaper of May 5 a writer over the
signature "A -Teacher" complains be
cause for 20 years she has been a poorly
paid teacher, not able to afford such
luxuries as silk hose, expensive Jewelry
and theatre boxes. She speaks of this
being a free country. This being the
case, why does she not change her ec
cu pat Ion for a more remunerative one?
The main argument of those , who
favor the raise of teachers salaries Is
the high cost of living. The present
high prices have not extended back over
the 20 years of thl teacher experi
ence. Some teachers have recently had
a raiaa. New they modestly ask for
another SO per cent The school author!
ties seem to be worried for fear there
wUI not be enough competent teachers
to go around. Allow me to suggest that
if they do not get enough out of 931
applications for city position, they take
down the . "normal" bars and allow a
few' good ones to eome from ether states,
I am -a worklngman and . a taxpayer,
and I have children In school. I am
Interested In tie welfare, of the public
schooL But I believe that teachers as
good, or in some cases better, can be
obtained without any etra burden en
the already overburdened taxpayers.
' TAXPAYER.
The Teacners Salary flaise
Portland. May To the Editor of
The Journal Anent the contemplated
teachers' salary raise t "The laborer Is
worthy of his hire, says the Bible.
Everyone, teachers -included, . should
have a decent, living wage, and accord.
ing to the present standard it looks as
though some ere not getting the neces
sary standard, while others are amply
provided for ; at least, e it seems to roe.
Twenty-four hundred dollars teem - to
be a pretty good salary for 10 months
work, ?Q per cent of that, let US see. Is
$720. or. under the raise." a total of
$3120, while 30 per -cent of $900 Is only
$270, or a foul of only ? U70, which
looks as though he who runs might read.
If it takes $3120 to support one teacher
and Ms family, of course. In the name
of goodness, how does one expect an
other to live, en an equality, for only
$1170? For is net one equally a good
as the'others?
Tn s.Viy. wnrri. Jl VBU BOt think, or
1 rather. Is it not a feet, that air ehould
'1 - a. t t .. -,
oe on an equai obi: n oi. --
suredly eosu en Just se much a the
other to raise and educate his or her
family on anything like equal terms.
Jt is the simplest thing m the-world
for the power that be to pass an equit
able law, regardless of power or influ
ence, but It seems a though, if some
have little influence, they generally
get the lion's share. Why not start all
on one salary, - then raise all eo much
every year, regardless of grade or school,
for a certain number ef years, until ai.
have reached a certain maximum grade?
Then ail wou,4 l.ve Bomethiny to look
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE , j
Well, what do you think of the peace
terms? . . .
. "Letts Defeat Bolshevik!," reads ft
headline. Yes, "let's' to be sure.
We are still unconvinced that the
Oempsey.Willard bout ia beyond the
press aent stage.-V ' :vv - : ' -
The Walt Street Journal suggests
that you try the freedom of the seeds
on your own backyard. - j
Petrified, so to speak t "The Republi
can Party Is Turning to Wood." Head
line (n a- m. contemporary.
Oliver Wendell Holmes says an invalid
can ret drunk on a beefsteak. Get what
satisfaction you can out of this , cir-
A contemporary wheeses that early to
pea ana early 10 rise mane a man.
healthy, wealthy and an Interminable
bore on the subject.
The Everett Herald Is unkind enough
to remark that sovleUsm. ousted from
Munich and Budapest, etlll finds refuge
Jimmy Montague remarks that 1 the
government migm mane a inue aaaeq
profit- by putting lunch counters and
Pullman berths in the telephone boeths.
When the airplane shall have been
perfected to the stage where .flying Is
more sate inn raK n m rsviiroao train
we shall be among the first to , Seek
safety in IllKht, t
MEN AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE
OREGON COUNTRY
By Fred
lisbinc that busy inititation. the industrial Y.
M. J. A. JSr. 1 XX-a if J irmCV am mmtwmt -
worker whs has dona much for employe asd
amployen ef the Northwest.
John A. Goodell, who has been a
resident of Portland for the past trine
years, is leaving tomorrow with hi
family for Houston. Texas. Hie work
there will be to organise the industrial
work of the Y M. C. A. In the petroleum
districts of Texas, "Oklahoma ; and
Louisiana. !
"I believe," said Mr. Godell. "the next
10 years is destined to see as great a
revolution in transportation through the
Introduction of oil as occurred through
the Introduction of steam. For example,
when the Mauretania was converted
from a . coal burner to an ell - burner
her crew of Hi firemen was replaced
with 27 men. The use of oil in motor
ships is going to accomplish wonders In
the lessened cost of transporting freight
"I am leaving Portland with great re
gret, because both my wife and myself
love Portland. X hall from Iowa. I was
born there, October 7, 1379. I went to
Kansas when I was two years old, stay
ing there until I was 19. - X worked
for a white In the lumber country In
Wisconsin, and later worked as railway
mall clerk. In January, J910, I came
to Spokane as Northwest industrial sec
retary of the Y. M. C. A. My field In
cluded Oregon, Washington. Idaho and
Western Montana. In 1912 the head
quarters of this work was moved to
Portland. X have been here ever since.
"I had the pleasure of organising the
first industrial Y.. M. C. A. In a saw
mill town west of the Mississippi river,
at Doty, Wash. There are about 800
people in that town. 250 of whom work
in the sawmill. W. D. Mersereau of
Portland put up half of the required
sum to Inaugurate the work nd the
workers put up the other half. , Thie
work was opened on August T, 19IL
When Mr.. Mersereau. died he left
provision in his will to continue this 60
50 arrangement so the men would have
the benefit of the Industrial work of
our organisation. t
"The first Industrial work of the Y.
M. C. A, In logging camps was also in
troduced on. the Pacific coast In June.
1911, at Firdale, Wash In the camps
of the Sunset Timber company. The
president of the company, It. H, Burn
side, has recently moved with his family
to Portland, One of the pleasant fea
tures of the work is 'that wherever the
Industrial work Is Introduced it at once
helps to establish mutual understanding
and Increased good will between the em
ployer and the employe. It has helped
greatly in wiping out the feeling of hos
tility often existing between capital and
labor. - ; -
e e
"George M. Cornwell of Portland, sec-,
retary of the Pacific Logging congress,
Introduced a feature in 1911 which has
proved very helpful to promote better
understanding, . It was ft welfare dinner
at which the superintendents and man
agers of the logging companies, the in
dustrial secretary of the Y. M. C, A, and
the employes get together and discus
their problems. - This welfare dinner ha
NORWAY'S POST-WAR CRISIS
By Bassett Dlgby
fiaeejal Correfpendsnee ef Tbe JonraaJ asd The
CUicaao Daily News.
' Christianla , Norway." One hear
American residents declare that fellow
cltlsen pf Norse desoent in our middle
west would do their parents' motherland
great service : and not, Incidentally. - be
the losers themselves were they tactfully
to investigate conditions In Norway and
see what could be made of them. -.'
Norway has reached the peak of her
prosperity.' Now every day she Is be
coming less wealthy. Ships do not make
the money they did. nor will they make
the money they do. Money Is not stay
ing in the nation's pocket It is going
abroad, chiefly t& America end England.
In guttering cascades, to pay ; for the
food of exports. And as these goods cost
far more than before the war and-as
sudden prosperity has greatly increased
the demand for foreign luxuries, the cas
cade are Jikely before the lapse of many
months to have taken out ef the country
again pretty well alt the shipping profits
that came In. v j
forward to each year In the way of a
promotion, which tend to efficiency.
X am perfectly willing to raise the
lower, salaried teachers until they get
somewhat on a par with the higher sal
aried ones, but I am r.ot willing to rive
all, under existing circumstance, ft flat
raise, for the present difference Is too
glaring. CITIZEN AND TAXPAYER.
Olden Oregon
Applegate Trail First to Connect Wii
lamette and: Umpqua Valleys. ,
"The first roed ftcroa the Caiapoela
mountain , connecting the Willamette
valley with the Umpqua valley was the
Applegate trail. It wa made In Wl
by a party ted by Levi Scott. - The trail
began at a point near Cottage Grove
and led across the mountains via stream
known as Lee creek. - Thief creek and
Elk creek, and thence southward. .;
The Feet Remains :
rtow te Hewten Ppst .... ,
- No matter what one thinks about gov
ernment ownership or wires, postmaster
General Burleson's striking statement
"that in 25 years the ' government could
buy the wire companies out of the profits
and economies of the business com
mands putlic attention and re?; ct, .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Three things,"" remarks the Salem
Capital Journal, "the world cannot have
too much of t Wheat, meat and peace.
And we raise them alt In America."
The Weston brickyard, the Leader re
ports. Is now In active operation, with
about 15 men on the payroll and with a
market for the entire season's product.
-V..1-- e e . . . . -r
Bend Elks, authorised by the city coun
cil, are taking a census of the town to
show they are entitled to a dispensation
for the organising of a lodge ot their
7n-
It Is announced, the Times says, that
Beaverton's main street from the South
ern Pacific depot to ihe starch factory
will be paved 'even fefore the highway
get here." . . i
The first brush fire of the season en
dangering property Is reported by the
Budget as occurring Monday near the
city park, at Astoria. No actual dam
age was done but a, warning is Implied.
Ity. but will ever be found ready with
won. anil firtinn tn aulit net only her.
self but ay other community In the
acquisition of good roads." Js the pledge
neartuy regteterep. oy inm ownoan oim
The East Oregonian modestly .boasts
that it '"is carry."; more social news
than does the 'Chicago Dairy News,
which claims to be tha greatest Journal
In the city by the Great LaVtef.-" Thm
city papers are pot so much." the Last
uregoman says in conctueiuii.
Lockley
been continued ever since at the annual
meeting of the logging congress. Many
changes have been brought about in
Industrial work by the wsr. This dis
trict has been reorganized. V. 8. Dun
can will be the industrial secretary for
Oregon and Idaho. Bob Jensen has
been appointed industrial secretary for
Washington. , Charles Puehler, whose
headquarters will be at Portland, will
be coast secretary.
.
"On the creation of the spruce produc
tion division of the army, somewhere
between 25,000 and $0,000 men were sent
into the strip of woods 20 miles wide
extending along the coast from Belling
ham to Marshfield. A committee : on
war Industries was at once created and
Y. M. C. A. activities were started at
a many of the 294 separate ; locations
where the -men were camped as we
possible. I was coast secretary. Tom
J. Davis, a. wide awake young attorney
from Butte, Mont, was put in charge
of organising the activities of the Y,
M. C. A. for the spruce production ; d
vision. He had 3 secretaries under
him, and he put the job over with 100
per cent efficiency. Professor N.; F,
Coleman of Reed college was In -charge
of the educational work- for the coast.
He appointed Leroy Jackson to have
direct supervision of the work, and
under his direction democracy, elube and
educational classes were soon popular
features wherever the Industrial secre
taries were located.
"Since I have been in Portland I have
had part in some very interesting work.
In 191? X went to Louisiana as state
director of the war work drive. We
hoped to raise $126,000, but raised 1127,
000. j On the recent war work drive I
was sent to Pennsylvania to raise money
among the Industries. Pennsylvania s
quota was $20,000,000. X secured over
$7,600,000 from the Industries : alone.
Since the first of the year X have spent
a month In the work In Maine, a month
In Texas and the rest' of the ' time in
California. and Oregon. In my new work
X will deal 'with states rather than with
communities, and my work will take
me all over the country, so that I hope
to be back in good old Portland quite,
often. - . . " -V' '
"XT . 8. Duncan, who will be industrial
secretary for Oregon and Washington,
will have his quarters here In Portland.
He has recently returned from 'Y' work
overseas. He was formerly engaged tn
this type- of , work with . the railroad
men." ' ' i
,, 3. "ie e --e ":- '.i '-'..j '
Some of - the strongest men In the
West are on the advisory committee of
the industrial work ef the Y. M. C. A.
In the Northwest Among the men on
this committee best known in Portland,
are; K. A- Booth of Eugene, E. S. Col
lins of Portland, . whose logging camps
are at Ostrander, Wash.; V. E, Weyer
haeuser of St Paul, Minn. Thorp Bab
cock of Hoquiam. Wash, R. G. Burn
side of Portland, whose Interest : are
In the Willapa country Tiear Raymond;
K. M. Hart of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; A.
W. Laird of Potlatch, Idaho ; A, J. Mor
ley of Aberdeen, Wash, V. H. Rosen
berry of Rose Lake, Idaho, and Hunt
ington Taylor of Coeur d'Alene.. u
When this war money has gone Nor
way will again find herself much in the
same position as .before, but with much
more expensive tastes than formerly,
and a. deep disinclination To accept, as
a matter ef course, the frugality which
her poverty of natural resources ren.
dered Inevitable. -
What will happen then I leave to a
competent 'political economist to deter
mine. ''!-'""
; Too much stress should not be laid on
the tourist income potentialities, . It is
felt, probably with Justice, that post,
war' poverty will practically exterminate
the . harvest from German and British
tourists. The Danish tourist's lure is
likely to he France, though he and the
Swede on vacation could be attracted in
considerable numbers if a great deal of
money Is spent on the erection of hotels.
The hotel shortage now is so acute that
It 1 only with the utmost difficulty that
traveling business men can be accom
modated. . '' ""
(Coeyrisbt, ISIS, by OWeaaw Pally News Co.)
furious. Bits of Information for
r the Curious
Gleaaed
From
ft cut
Curl ens FJaees
it Ko flowing 1 a curious sort of eulogy,
written by an Englishman on the death
of Lord Hatherton (1363). the initial
and final letter ef each line, it will be
noted, being the same : .
Hard wa hie final fight with ghastly
death. "
He bravely yielded his expiring breath
As, in the senate fighUng freedom's
plea, - ,
And boundless a his wisdom as the
ass.---- - ...::...'.-
The public welfare seeking to direct,
. The weak and vndef snded to protect
i His steady course In noble life from
Pirth '
Has shown hi public and his private
worth.
Evincing mipd both lofty and sedate,
- Endowment great and fitted for the
state, - - - I , -Receiving
high : end ; low- with open
door, - -
Rich in his bounty to the rude and
poor. .. . ' -
The crown reposed In him the highest
trust, . ' - '
To show the world that he was wise
end Just.
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere'
, ' 'Tough .
AN 1 OFFICER Just returned , from
TV. nim la ealtlnv tVilm .... -
the New York Evening post:
'Wnere." be asked of ft nerro soldier
of one of the New York draft regiments.
ota you come from r
"From N'Yawk. sub. From ds San
Ju-an Hill district"
"San Juan HIIL eh! Thafe rather a
tough section of the city. Isn't It?"
"Tough 1 Man. dat district's so tough
dat de cana'y buhds sings bass."
She's My Girl
I t t s letter
, TestanUr,
That she (She's m; girt)
An' it aaid
rnat she )ust beard '
That I was ht tbe hospital, ,
- - - An' both - "
Mr arms ware shot off.
An she (fihe's S9F firl) .
An' she said
- She was prostrated .
An' thai she'd
Take ear of ma.
When I cot back, ' ,
, Ae it TO aJcssd
- Helen.
' An she's mt girt.
An' I atn t
In the hoeplUI.
An' botli sty arms
Are en. .
But she '
Can take care of me
. When I set bark.
An' besides,
I'll show her
. That any arms
Ain't abet elf
- When I
- Get home.
' ':"0.,A. C." la 8Un and Stripes.
Uncle ' Jef r gnow Says :
Next time Jedge Peter catches one
of them there Portland young swells
speedin through the Corners at the
rate of 17 mile sn hour he swears he's
a-goin to set 'em up fer six months In
the county Jail and no fine allowed.
The last one he fined $100 laughed in his
face and axed htm. "Whif. .
somebody else pays It?" And his rich
ura yaJD IK. :
The News in Paragraph?
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
GENERAL.
Occupation of Msnlch by Noskevs gov
ernment troops caused a loss of 1060
men, .
An edict against anarchists wss port
ed in Buenos Aires Tuesday by the
Twenty-three women nurses, eight of
whom were from Spokane, arrived in
New York Tuesday from France.
A first contingent of. 1000 troops vol-
unteerlng to relieve the army now in
France sailed for Europe Wednesday.
Nearly 1000 members of the Siberian
expeditionary forces arrived st Van
couver, B. C. Tuesday from Vladivos
tok.. Mayor Hanson of Seattle denle pub
lished stories quoting him as advocating
public hangings of the .1. W. W. and
anarchists.
General Milan Stefanlk, Csecho-Slovak
minister of war was killed Tues
day by a fall from an airplane near
Wajnor, Hungary. ,
Enlistments reported since February
28. when voluntary recruiting was re
sumed, total 23.837. of whom 6017 asked
for duty in France.
The total estimated strength of the
American army on April 29. not Includ
ing marines, wns 1.778,907, of whom
1,083,829 are In Europe.
David F. Meiklejohn. trail blaser of "l
the West, one of the first residents of 1
Butte, and known in pioneer .days u an
Indian fighter, is dead at Los Angeles,
aged 71. - ,r.,v v
T1e anti-American campaign m the .
Japanese press continues with renewed
force. 1 "Hypocrite," "despot," "trans
formsd kaiser," are among the epithet -,
applied to President Wilson. ('
NORTHWEST NOTES .
Although -the Newberg banks guaran
teed the Victory loan, the voluntary
subscriptions nave far overrun the quota.
Seattle' municipal rail wjiy " employes 3
are demanding an eight-hour .day and
time and one-half for overtime. --
Seattle housewives have ISO applica
tions on file with the federal employ
ment bureau for housemaids and domes
tics. The freese of last Saturday night
killed fully 80 per cent of Cove's cherry
crop. Other fruits were not seriously
damaged.
Estimates of the many funds avail-
able for the building of roads in Clarke
county this year, bring the total up to
over $500,000.
More than J00 men were provided with
work at The Dalles last month, accord
ing to the' report of the soldiers' and
sailors' employment bureau.
Approximately $10,000 will be ex
pended by the city of Prineville this
year for the improvement of practically
every street within it boundaries.
Dally passenger and freight service,
with the exception of Sunday trains,
has been Installed on the Southern Pa
cif lo line between Klamath Falls and
Kirk. -
Lieutenant-Colonel IL W, Bull and li
ethers of the spruce production divis
ion have been cited by Genera) Brloe P.
Disque - for the distinguished service
medal. v
Owinr to a dispute over range mat
ters, Charley White was shot end killed
by Neil McMeeken near Grange villa,
Idaho,- Tuesday. The two men were
ranchers.
Fred Matthews, aged 4, a pioneer of
Aberdeen, Wash., died Tuesday night
Hi estate, valued at $50,000. is left by
will to a niece who nursed hira durlng
his Illness,
With the capital stock Increased from
$56,000 to $100,000, the Hoed River Apple
Vinegar company will increase Its ca
pacity this fall, enabling it to handle all
the cull apples of the valley.
Ordered out of a coal mine at mack
Diamond. Wash., because of a danger
ous runway, Nicholas Tares and Mack
Alff, miners, failed to respond in time,
were eaught In the cave -in of the run
way and wire crushed to death;
Beaverton residents have urged the
county court of Washington county to
accept the offer of tho state highway ,
commission to lend the count $lO,noo
to grade the Canyon road from the
Multnomah county line to tbe Beaverton
highway.
War Stamps Take Care
' Of "FooJish Money"
(Start ef scMevenwnt in the eeeusju'a
tlorn ef War aavtnss Stamp, sent to 'Xh
. Jeernet and aft4 ptiblkeaUen. wu
; be awarded Thrift Staap.
Yon work not for money but for
what your wages will buy.
The more you make your wages
buy, the more you actually . gain
from your work
Therefore, spend wisely think be
fore you spend you'll get more for
your wages and have more money
left for future wise spending.
Wise spending attends to present
needs but look ahead to future
needs.
The wise spender get full value
every time for every dollar spent
for goods, .comfort, service, recrea
tion, advancement.
Thrift Stamps and . War . Savings
Stamps help to hold foolish money
for later wise spending. .
Thrift Stamps and lSlt War Car
Ings Stamps now on sale at usual
agencies.
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