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TURN OS THE LIGHT THE Pacific Northwest; which lived close to the producing end of the spruce production division, will be' more than normally in terested in the outcome of the con gressional inquiry into the operations of that organization. During the time it was in operation here we vere taught to believe, and did so believe, that, war time conditions and demands considered, the spruce service was doing a wonderful work. Now it is charged that there was waste and inefficiency loose methods and other things and conditions mixed up in the administration of the work which were not to its advantage or reputation. There have been a lot of charges 'made against the spruce production division. They were whispered, more or less out loud, during the time it was in. active operation here. Tb,ere was lots of jealousy, many dis gruntled men moping because they could sot do just what they wanted to-do, 'lots of turmoil, as there al ways has been and always will be when strange forces come Into domi nation , to sweep local men aside.. But it will .not hurt to have a thorough investigation of the spruce production work It ought "to be a real investigation and a fair one, as .it undoubtedly will be, with Congressman Frear at the head of the committee. It ought to go to the bottom of things and spread the insides out to the light of the jsun. It ought to show all - sides; those who cooperated with the gov ernment and those who .attempted by their criticism and hostility to hamper the government. It ought to bring, out the operating conditions under which the division and its men tn the field performed their work. " The committee ought to paint the whole picture showing not only the bad points,' and there are un doubtedly some, but. the good ones 80. that the public and congress may make up their minds. If wrong has been done discover it" and punish the fraud. If there has been no wrong and no fraud then let's get the whole business over, give thj credit for the achievements of the division to those meriting the praise, and forget the whole matter. Meanwhile, we won the war. Seventy-five cents a' pound is what a Portlander paid for Oregon grown cherries In New York. Ten and a fourth Is the price at. which the Salem Fruit union Bold 24 car ' loads, and it was the general high price for Oregon cherries this season, except a lot sold by the Hood River Applegrowers' association at 16. The farmers do the growing, the con sumer does the paying,, and thrifty , gentlemen somewhere in the circle .. get the velvet. i , 'i ; TOO MUCH SPEED NIGHT after night the victims of 'automobile accidents pass through the surgeries of the hos pitals. Day after' day the morgue and : the undertaking establishments . care for the dead. Night and day, night and day without end or dim inution, carelessness, recklessness and speed mania hold . the wheel Am the streets, on the highways, everywhere ; that automobiles go. V Careful drivers are not safe from the 6peed fiend hurtling around corn ers, taking chances, risking his life v "and i the lives of those he meets. ' Day. by day the courts grind out irretr grist of paltry fines, whie . do no good. They are but the price of the strange intoxication bred of the lurching road and the frightened ' landscape racing - to the rear and safety. They fit in well with claring headlights, upward climbing speed " ometers and recklessness. They are .the : price the speedsters -.' pay, and V forget, in. their next p.iad flight. - : When a man takes a club and breaks the bones, f his neighbor, - he Is put in jail... -When he takes his automobile and clutters up the fctrcets and "h'ghways with wreck- ' age, the hospitals with broken -hu-Vrnan'ity and .the morgues "with the dead, he is fined a few dollars and turned loose" to do it all over again. There is something wrong with the situation. ' It is dangerous and the remedy is not adequate. - It ought to" be changed. Ever since one man began to work for another, there-has been discus sion of what the wage should be. That la .to, say t the veryj problem now uppermost In every country Is older than history itself.. Does the thousands of years of struggle over it show that mankind Is Incompe tent? No; merely that he la still greedy. The ' golden rule if uni versally applied, would solve it in a week. . v " N. WHAT ABOUT IT? OT only with the Atlantic coast. l but with the world, the Pacific Ml coast can successfully compete . in shipbuilding, was the state ment at San Francisco of Director of Operations Rosseter of the shipping board. Climatic conditions are so preatly to thje advantage of the Pacific coast district that they more than offset whatever disadvantages there are. More wages can be paid on this coast if necessary to both unskilled and skilled workers than are paid any where else and ihe yards here still be able to compete with the world, provided there are cordial relations and cooperation between employer and employes. Another advantage lies in the fact that we produce our own foodstuffs. We export them. Our distantcom petitors buy them from us, paying the freight and middlemen's profits, which is largely ft differential that counterbalances our larger wage or any extra cost of securing raw ma terials. . - In Europe there, is physical deteri oration. It will take a generation for nations there to physically re cover from the effects of diminished sustenance and 16st man power dur ing the war. There, too, workers are demanding a wage standard like our own, and the government's party to the League of Nations have covenan ted to make the advance. Mr. Rosseter is high authority. There Is one great woodship plant in Portland lhat won nationwide renown as a producer during the war. There are great steel plants with comple ments for unexcelled service. What about it? THE GOLDEN RULE LT' HERE la a great deal of fruit going to waste in Eugene. for want of users," says the Euv gene Guard. It adds: There are families who cannot afford to buy fruit, and who would-be glad to have it. -Let us brijuj the two together. Tne Eugene cnamber of commerce has a committee which endeavors to put families in touch with the waste fruit. Persons who have more than they can use, are asked to telephone their names to the committee, stat ing whether they can pick tlfe fruit or deliver it. If the grower cannot deliver or pick it, the' committee uses its means for saving the waste by in forming families how the fruit , may be obtained. Here is the golden rule In action. It is the spirit of helpfulness in full operation. The wasted things would be luxury in many a home, ine tons and tons of fruit that annually go to waste would be cheer and sustenance In many a household now stranger to such things. A little effort, a wee bit of do. unto others as you' would they should do unto you is saving waste and jendering true service at Eugene. The incident is reminder of the de fects in our system ot distribution. For more than a century we have been indifferent as to the routes and processes by which products reach from the field and orchard to the ultimate consumer. Our indifference caused the system to become inco herent, bungling and ineffective. That is ode factor in the high cost of liv'ng. It As one of the weakest of all weaknesses in our national life. If all the people would think for one month as they are thinking on the subject at Eugene, one great Ameri can problem would be speedily solved. It is belter to help give succor and sustenance to households than to conquer a city. N Along with her brand new second husband,' she took 12 cats with her on their honeymoon. In the divorce proceedings that have since come to pass, he says that trouble began when he objected to 12 cats trailing along on the bridal tour. She says he was jealous of the cats, and also of her first husband, on whose grave she places flowers. One man against 13 cats on a bridal tour must have been a hilarious honeymoon! USE THE WATER TIE Pacific Coast "Shipbuilders Traffic association ia complain ing to . the railroad - administra- tion about the high cost of freight on ship steel from the- At lantic to the Pacific coast. It is such a rate, the officials of the associa--tion have told the authorities at Washington, both those of the rail road administration and of the? ship ping board, that the builders cannot compete with Eastern yards and pay the price asked for transportation. The rate from Atlantic to Pacific coast points is $1.25. per hundred weight. At this rate it costs $0,000 to haul the steel , used in the nson structlon of one 8800 ton vessel from the point of purchase to "the point of delivery at the Pacific coast yards. . ' i-?. . :.- - Why pay this .rate? Particularly why should men who are building boats tofc sail on thej ocean not turn to the gcean. to aid them in ; their difficulty. ' There are now no ; es tablished water rates on steeL But, so . traffic -men tell, the normal . and usual maner o, fixing the ratio be tween transportatiqn cost by rail and that by water is to make the' watery rale 80 per . cent of the rail charge. 1 - ' . 1 .Pacific" coast shipbuilders could ship their steel . by water; then, at $1 per ; hundredweight as v against fi.25 per hundredweight by raiL They would save 23 cents ,. fev - every 100 pounds of steel they used.- . The water would save them $44,000 in the transportation of the material for one 8800 ton boat. I ' The shipping board has allocated 20 carriers to the Pacific coast. Whether they stay in permanent serv ice here depends . upon the cargoes they "are given. Here, then, is a place where the shipbuilders of the; coast can help in keeping these ships, which they . themselves have builded, in service, and at the sametlme save money for themselves. ' But there Is, more to It than the mere transportation of ship steel. It is another, Illustration of what water' transportation means to the business men of the Pacific coast, and par- i tlcularly of Portland, If they would turn to It. bndef the Wtlo upon which the rail and water rates are based Portland business men- would save 20 per cept of their . freight bills whenever they tould ship from; Atlantic coast points by water instead of by rail. Portland must turn to the Water to build herself upon a solid founda tion. Why is it so difficult to turn j when the turning means money to fthose who turn? , Does anybody thlnlc William Ho henzollern, ex-kaiser, has no value? If so, they have overlooked the show business. A movie producer has of fered $1,000,000 for the privilege of filming him. , IN THE SKY WHAT Is next to happen lu the air? Encouraged by the over Atlantic flights of the R-34, the British admiralty is preparing to build a huge dirigible 1100 feet long with a capacity of 10,000,000 oubic feet of gas and having af'.ying radius sufficient to carry her two thirds of the way around the earth. It will carry k load of 200,000 pounds, and, witn, fair weather con ditions should be able to fly from England to Australia without a stop. It is designed to carry six small fighting airplanes . as a protection against heavier-than-air machines. It is possible that a landing platform for these machines may be provided on top of the envelope of the huge ship. From this landing place Jhe airplanes could descend to the earth and return with things needed, to their station on the top of the dir igible. - The American navy is hurrying preparation for the construction, of two dirigibles of larger dimensions than the British R-34. A great deal of data has already been , assembled, Including information Incident to the verseas voyage of the R-34. What 6Tthe air navies If there is. ever another war? That the county Jails are becom ing depopulated - since prohibition went into ef feet is a report from Massachusetts. he charge is that prohibition is a restriction of per sonal liberty. Bfat here , is a case that under prohibition many have personal liberty that did not have it before the prohibition exodus from the Jails began. It is the same every where. FINDING ITSELF TIE Willamette valley as an r.nple producer is predicted as a future development. stiuug tu who wciici is jriu- fessor C. I. Lewis, for. 'many years one of the department heads of the agricultural college and one of the best informed fruit men in America. It has "taken all these years to find varieties adapted to Willamette Valley soil and climate. It is a settled fact that -no district is suited to all varieties. At the most, any given region does its best in buttwo or three.-' The Ortley, the Winter Banana and Grimes Golden are named as varie ties that reach their finest produc tion in the Willamette Valley. Qrt- leys, for example, begin bearing at five years. An orchard near Corval- lis is now yielding its fifth and heaviest crop at 10 years. One of the biggest prices obtained on ''Ore gon apples last year was $2.75 per box for a carload of Winter Bananas grown near McMinnville. Ortleys in an orchard now 10 years old near Corvallis, are i turning off their fifth and heaviest crop. One reason for the hundreds of failures in apple orcharding 'in the Willamette region has been the at tempt to grow varieties foe which the soil and climate were not suited. The New York burglar who was caught -and put Into jail after having answered a decoy advertisement in a aily paper. In all probability does not take much stock In the truth of the adage that it pays to, advertise. MORE HALIBUT PEOPLE down Marshfield way have discovered that they are in the halibut zone. So have the halibut fishers employed by the Alaska Packing company. For some little time the fishing schooners of that concern have, been dipping into the waters off . Newport for enormous catches.; low they have gone farther south to' work along a1- similar bant: reaching 20- m'les or more," off shore, from the Cali fornia1 line to some distance -north of JCoos; Bay.? The existence of the banks . oft Coos VBay ? andi .to i tbJe southward ? was announced : in gov ernment reports some years ago, but they have received 'less publicity than the now well jknown Newport bank. ' For long time salmon has been king ot the Pacific Coast fishing industry.-;-It is yet, but.it is beginning to appear that, the old ocean, along our; shores has Its' white meat for our tables in the same abundance as its red. In air probability there are other banks as yet - undiscovered where the schools - of - the undersea roam their pastures ' undisturbed. There may be a new and a big industry swimming In the offing. There are. many , benefits we yet may glean from the waters at our feet. HOW A PROGRAM PETERED OUT Bv-Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor respondent of The Journal. Washington, Aug. 13. Many members of the, house, and particularly the Re publican leaders who arranged for an adjournment through the month of August, were much distressed by the president's-request that they stay in ses sion and attend to public business, t These were the same leaders who were expressing regret that the president did not call an extra session much earlier than he did, because of their alHfrged anxiety to pass "reconstruction legisla tion. Floor Leader Mondell an4 othejrs r.aa, inemseives inierviewea on me neeu of having cdngress in session, and an nounced that they had a "broad pro gram" ready as soon as the president would let them get at it. I This "broad program" dwindled to the passage of a bill repealing the tax on ice cream, another to increase' the duty on glassware, and the waterpow,er bill. Then Jim Mann, who is still the leader of greatest authority, told them -they had done enough for the present and ought to go home until November. . . Some of the more sagacious heads scented- danger in a long adjournment, and after much conferring it was lim ited to a month. Supposing that every thing was fixed, members began secur ing leaves of absence "on account ot important business," and a large number were already on trains speeding home ward when the president reminded them that the cost of Irving is high and that something may need soon to be done: in the railroad situation. Already the house Republicans were torn with dissension . over the blunder ing : of their leaders, and their temper has not been improved by the presi dent's suggestion. They did not dare adjourn In , the face of the president's request, and many of them feel that their leaders ase heading them for a political wilderness. One of the bills which it was proposed to let rest on the calendar was the land settlement bill for returning soldiers, thus making sure that all the soldiers wouio ne in iaci returnea Deiore any effort was made to provide the legista-lne tion which they have been led to expect. The railroad question, . the shipping problem, the cost of living and the re duction of 'burdensome taxes," which were shouted about as urgent problems when the president was being asked to call an extra session, were all to be placed on the shelf while the membersu enjoyed a midsummer siesta. Only the myriad of "investigations" were to go on f ull blast, with Republican national committee publicity men taking notes and grinding out stories cf their "dis coveries.": .Now the entire program is spoiled, the wayfarers are recalled from the beaches and the mountains, and the president is "in bad" with them all. The house committee which has been appointed to once more investigate the shipping board has asked for a lawyer to assist it, and the request has been granted. The visible result of this prob ably will be a bill for J10.000 or $15,000 by the lawyer who ia given the job; . Champ Clark, the Democratic leader, wanted to know why a lawyer was necessary, when all the members of)the committee are themselves lawyers. Rep resentative Walsh of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee, explained that they want the lawyer to help them construe contracts and "legal docu- ments," and do not expect him to take!ani are the cause of extortion should n Vienil Iva rha avQ mma ttnn nf wUnaoaaa - . a hand in the examination of witnesses. Clark ventured a guess that the law yer fortunate enough to be chosen will receive about, SIS. 000, since that ia the fashionable amount for investigating lawyers, and suggested that while econo my talk is going around, it mfght be well to save even $15,000. . 1 Walsh retorted that the Democrats had set the precedent, probably referring to the employment of Sherman, Whipple by the "leak investigation" committee of the last congress. "I do not care who established it," Clark responded. "The committee does not have to follow precedents. I think some ef those precedents are very bad." The house adopted the resolution pro viding the lawyer, by a vote of 105' to 43, a division being demanded by As well (Dem.) of Louisiana. V Officials of the United States housing corporation, scored in a report made to the house by Lang ley (Rep.) of .Ken tucky, bave asked for a hearing before a senate committee to present their side of the case. Their statement is that out of $100,000,000 given them for indus trial housing they will return $73,000,000 to the treasury. Created just when: the German drive was threatening worst and when the country was straining o its greatest effort to expand industry for the War, 'the money did not become available until late in July, 1918, and by the date of the armistice 97 building projects were under, way. Then, from a problem of getting the most possible done in the shortest possible time,; the situation changed to reducing to the lowest possible point. Work was stopped on 70 projects and continued .on 27. be cause It was believed that a greater salvage could be realized by completing them than by abandonment. I ' j ' 5 The .house committee took exception to considerable increases In salary pro vided for a number of the housing ' cor poration officials since ' the armistice. The reply made to this is that during wartime high class men took the direct ing jobs at what were to them nominal salaries, and that when peace came these men wanted to go back to private work at something' like' the salaries they were able to command. . Their services could not be 'spared, it asserted, because millions might have been lost by releasing men who Were familiar with the work and filling their places with new employes at the lower salaries. So a percentage of the better qualified men were induced to stay for a time by giving them enough to meet the present scale of living. The League and the 'Question of Race Survival I from the Hood, River News t jA; No man or woman who has s the power to think Internationally to over look, selfish interest itr seeking the broader aspects for the benefit of lha human race can allow mere politica to have any weigh-in arriving at a decis1 Jon-for or against TtEe league covenant, a eubmlted to the senate by President Wilson. The war Just concluded has been so disastrous to tha whit race that the Question is no longer one, of any awup of nations, but of the race as a whole. Another such war asthat which has raged during the past four and a half years. . and history yflll tell our grandchildren that it -ooiooided with the downfall , of the white 'race and the supremacy of the colored nations. That is why every man or woman who be lieves that the" white race Is destined to lead should not review j the league covenant from the viewpoint of Re publican or a Democrat. ' i Any international legislation Viat will provide an j opportunity for I embittered nations to overcome the first dictates bf passion which invariably jin the past nave c&ueu iuriw"oi will provide for the friendly counsel of other nations between governments, that ara eontemoiating recounw . wb. must be welcome oy au who sessed of the finer reelings or nuraan beings as opposite to the brute instinct which have held way for all too long a period. X.' "Letters From the People f Communications sent o Tb Journal ' for publication in thia department should be written on only one aide ol, the paper, should not ticetd 300 words in length, and must be signed br tae writer, whose mall addrea in full must acsom pasy the contribution. 1 , . ; Arraigns the Prohiibtiod'ist " . Gmta Pasa, Aug. 5. To the Editor ot The Journal As an anti-prohi, I would like to call attention, to a few things I have noticed since Oregon has gone dry. Several years ago the Mate voted out the saloon; and in the going of the saloon, which a good many wets approved, came a permit system, and we were permitted to send money out of the state and secure a supply of liquor as allowed under he law. This did not satisfy the drys. so they went orte step farther and took away our permit, and now it looks as though for a time the whole country might go dry. The people, though, are. peculiar, and just as soon as they discover that the rabid drys have duped them through too drasUc a law, they will turn and permit man to have in his home wines, beers and other liquors, but never again will the saloon- come r back which was to every extent responsible for the abuse of liquor. In this state a good many people are now making their own beers and wines. As a rule, these are very poor stuff and doctors inform me that in time their use will be responsible for a large increase of kidney and -liver diseases on account of Improper fermen tations. The people who brew and who make their own wines are breaking the law. Most of our best citizens are ever ready to purchase a case or two of good liquor from a bootlegger if the price is right and the chance of getting caught is not great.; They, too, break the laws, and their friends who cheerfully sit in on the case and help drink it up are lawbreakers also. All of this breaking of the laws doea, not sit well on the shoulders of the average anti-prohi and it makes hir disgruntled within him self, as he is not at heart a law-breaker in fact, is as a rule a very good and Riihstantial citizen, and in tim h -will man jjkely make up hia mlnd to set his head to working and find a way to do away with the selfish prohi, who just at present feels himself quite su perior to the average wet. The prohi as a rule is a dyspeptic, ' a natural! grouch, and the world in general holds little joy for him, and if you carefully watch him in his own home you will note that hedoesm't stand any too well 'with his own children. They fear him, 'and he has not their entire confidence. The average small man is a rabid prohi. He seems to have been the best subject for the highly paid prohis to work on. Just at present we have with us the profiteering , prohi. He is not, though, a prohi at heart, but greed places him on the side of the selfish prohl. He feels that when the wets win out the saloon will come back and perhaps in jure his soda and candy stand or moving 'picture show. Bat that's a fallacy. Saloon days are over, and rightly so, and as soon as these chVps realise this, they will vote- for return of liquors for home consumption only. 'H. D. WH1TSON. Profiteering Portland, Ang. 12.' To the Editor of The Journal. It is time that the "gov ernment took a hand in the reduction of food costs, and those that havn hAn be severely punished. They don't care for the welfare of the nation, norwho sinks. The states are waking up. andTand our other allies, that won the war. U is high time, for the people won't stand it much longer. The air is full of mutterings and complaints. Just look at home, here, for instance. It makes no dif ference how good the crops are. nor how much feed there is; milk and butter keep on the - raise. Those who are always harping about the value of milk for health why don't they see to it that it is put on the market cheaper, so that those in need of it may benefit by it. Take, for instance, again, wheat and grains. Australia has about three crops of grain waiting for consumers. Why is it that America does not purchase there and bring down the cost of bread foods? We are glad enough to getytheir trade for our goods, but the most essential, being foodstuffs, we don't seem to get it here. It should be ' purchased by the government and pyt on the market, and thus cut out the profiteers. At the convention of the dairymen, or milk trust, in this city, it was remarked that one would die if he could not have milk. How about the native Americans and almost every aborigine? Where does the milk oome in wUi them, who were the sturdiest and longest lived of races? Of course, the infants got their mothers' milk, which is natural. ' But nowadays it Is too much like animals to suckle babies, in thousands of in stances, and of course they would need milk and should .have the "milk of human kindness" as well. ' . WOHKINGMAN. - Biblical References , Powers, Aug. . To the Editor of The Journal In reply, to your editorial .head line query in today's Journal, Where Are We Headed?" I would suggest you hunt up your Bible and read the first 15 verses of chapter 59 of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, and you. will see these times, and then the first six verses of James, chapter 6, and you will see the outcome. - CONSTANT READER. It Is Absolutely Governmental Orenco. Mbf. 8. To the Editor of The Journal Is tne soldiers' and sailors' war risk insurance a private concern under government supervision ; or is it strictly United States government insurance? ALBERT COUPE.' . Declares Japanese Menace Portland. 'Aug.- 11 j To tfie Kdltor of The Journal :-A question confronts this country today, so grave' that the na tionalisation of railroadtkrtbe-hlgh cost of living, the I. W. W. and the Soviets are matters of minor Importance in com parison. It is the question of the United States remaining a white man's country or becoming a large edition of the Sand wilch lelende practically Japanese, and American In um only. According to Senator -PheJan in the Sacramento Bee there were but. 2$ children, born of Japanese parents In California in 1908. During ' the past year Japanese births COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE We have scarcely got through abus ing the censors, until we shall have to open up on the census. -5. ;,.-.-.-. ..;..' -f-r . And the theatre managers might come bfclc at young Mr. Astor with a cooper ative housing scheme if they had been in. the theatre business as long as the Astors have been in the rent business. . - '- .The Chinese, it seems, used the finger print method of identification IS cen turies ago. But it took the modern Oc cidentals to ring in all the changes of noveUzation, dramatisation and picturix ation. . . tF?f bunch who know that they- are i e.nd ,n their faces it1 IL1 11 must be said that the Borah outfit can find the maxi mum number of places to balk and .emit their bray all ovVr Vio . r-. ; Difference) Iwhvwn Ttin vn . princely has-beens, when he drops out h55.r1u!t drP out while the others are stuT hoping that their former subjects are as big fools as former subjects have proved themselves to be hitherto, with a mighty few exceptions. ,' . The war. it Is reported, has left Lon don with a great shortage of . skilled bellnnirers. which, no rimiht -win hrlncr forth from those who like to sleep late vii ounuayn me declaration that war is not always without its advantages. The custom of throwing an old shoe after a bride is quite misapplied when it is done by her companions for luck. According to the spirit of the ceremony, which is of very ancient origin. It should be dona by the parent or guard ian of the bride as indicating a renunci ation of all authority over ber. ' . IMPRESSIONS AND 'OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN v ss , ,. - p v, -, ; By Fred Lockley . ' . Pomerojr Barton, lieutenant of Lord North clifc, the British newspaper magnate, ia quoted by Mr. Lockley for Journal readers in a fervent appeal for lasting understandlns between Britons and Americans, in Tiew of the treat part they must play in the affairs of. the world. Mr. Barton outlines a 171(00 for an exchange of Tiaitora, the satis being man of understanding and men of affairs, for the purpose of promot ing sympathy and cooperation through personal contact. 1 At Vista House on Crown Point, Poms roy Burton and I, a few days ago, looked out upon the wonderful panorama of the Coltfmbia river. He was greatly Inter ested in the early, history of Oregon. I told him of how in the old days the immigrants had ; left their oxen and wagons at The Dalles and had come down the Columbia -to Fort Vancouver on log rafts, in Indian canoes, or in the bateaux of the Hudson's Bay com dany. Mr. Burton is Lord Northcliffe's right hand man, and helps formulate the pol icy of the London Daily Mali. e "No, I am not an Englishman," Mr. Burton said, T was born in Ohio, " not far from the Pennsylvania line. I have been on the Continent 12 years, but I have not lost my - American viewpoint nor my love of America, Lord North cliff e certainly -understands the news paper game. He is a wonderful, -asset to England. He is aggressive am has the courage of his convictions. When he believes a thing is wrong he doesn't stop until the wrong is righted. We sent 350,000 copies of the Mail each day to our soldiers in France. That of itself Is some task, particularly In view of the shortage of labor, the shortage of paper and the ''handicaps we had to overcome during the war. ,- "There is glory and credit enough for all of us in the winning of the war. I want to see Great Britain and the United States become firmer friends" as 'a result of the war. forjhe future peace of the world depends, upon the United States and Great Britain being partners. No enduring peace can be possible without-their- friendship and team work. If anything should happen to disturb the feeling of confidence and good will be tween these two countries it would be a d-Ticult task to reestablish the world's equilibrium. We speak the same lan guage, we have the same traditions and the same code of honor, and both of our countries are the leading exponents of the principles for which the vf was fought and won. Both of them have at heart the highest of national ideals, and both are. striving for . the general betterment of mankind. I think you will agree with me that these two nations are the' richest, the most progressive and the most productive nations in the worJJ. It was their combined brains, resources and efforts, with the valor of the French. it is now uo to the United States and Great Britain to win for the civilized world a lasting peace. . '.. "We must have united action to pre vent aggression and. assure peace. totalled 4920. In one northern county 17 Japanese children were bom and but 88 white children. During the last month one-third of the children -born in Los Angeles county outside the, incorporated cities were of Japanese descent. If the present relative birthrates continue, there will be ; 150,0aaJapanese chfidrea born irul939 and. but 40,000 white chlWe ren. , In 1949 the state will be predominantly- Japanese. A few generations more and the entire country will share that fate, thanks to the enormous breed ing capacity of that race and our own stupid- Indifference., What boots it to have just won a war over another branch of our own race "over there," if we lose our own land, the birthright of our children, to the yellow hordes tomorrow? All immigration of Japanese must be stopped Immediately, Vfcecially of "picr ture-brides." v But that alone will- not stop us from national extinction, since we already have tens of thousands of these uncannily fruitful Japanese wo men with us (whoto give them Uielr due do not waste their maternal in stinct upon lapdogs and their time in gadding , about Jn "society"). The only remedy Tor the situation is deportation of all Japanese. It is better to have the courage' now than to-lose the power to morrow.)' We need not fear Japan -today, or even the loss, of its goodwill. We lost the latter years ago. when we first ob jected to- unrestricted immigration. Wherever that pushing race settles-it preempt field, after field of endeavor (whereof the capitalists of Seattle, Sa cramento and Los Angeles can sing a mournful tune). It gets control ot the best, land and spreads oyer the country like a plague of locust. The "Yellow Peril" no longer a prophecy or an empty phrase: It ha become a serious reality. The time for the white race to secure it continuity has arrived. The Mongolian must be kept out of all lands favorable to white settlement- including the entire two America and the Siberia of enormous' potentiality. . .. - Ia view of the California birth statis tic the silence of our press is simply suicidal and invites the curses of our descendant on our beads for failing to act while there was still time to act. PAUL W. EVERSOU Soldier Educational Act r Portland.' Aug. lOTo the Editor of The Journal Please print for the bene fit -of myself and others who may not be certain the time allowed for taking advantage of the benefits of the soldiers' educational aid act.-, - - . - OLD VET. The art. does not contain any limitation upon the-time in which its benefits are available. J ' NEWS IN BRIEF . OREGON SIDELIGHTS' . Materials are now assembled for work on the Grass .-Valley school addition, estimated scost ot which is -$l.U0O, ac cordmir .to -the Moro Observer. ... : - y :v: '.' . . V :r " The city of lleppner and the Heppner Light & Water company, it Is reported by the Gazette-Times, have made a deal for the transfer of the water plant to the city' at $23,000.. - - : -v ' . "' .. : At a recent meeting of the member ship of the 1rst Congregational church of Forest; Grove it was unanimously de cided -to rebuild th church structure just as quickly as the work can be ac complished.'" . . - "The 'ol swimmin? hole down by the Pudding river has been a popular place during the hot days,', says the Aurora Observer. "It is Datronlzed' by, young and old by the proletariat, the bour geoisie ana aristocrat . a uk. i.me is feet of earthy the 'ol' swlmmin' tiole makes all men equal." ' - ThelElks barbecue at Klamath Falls Friday night is to be . prepared for 3000 banqueters, who will be at liberty to consume, if 'they can. "4500 pounds of meat, u0 pounds of beans, 100 gallojis of salsa and over 1000 loaves of French bread.1' M. R. Keer of Salinas, Cal is to officiate .as- chief caterer. .Thoughtful suggesUonvolunteered by the Madras Pioneer ;Tf understand the Woman's club of -Madras is inter ested in civic improvement. A sugges tion to them : Why- not arrange for a rest room where out-of-town, women can brush the dust off and do the regu la.tinn lookinar rlass formations, as well as sit comfortably for a few minutes or so while the rest of the family la tin ishing that game of solo with the boys.' Whether ir is a league, of nations or some a similar plan matters not, but it must be put into operation as quickly as. possible so that industrial .conditions may be stabilised and normal productlo: resumed. I look with dread to the fu ture unless action of this kind Is taken at the earliest possible moment.' Until such action is ' taken the rates of ex change cannot - be righted nor trade resumed , on healthy , lines,, hor general conditions, of prosperity established throughout the world. . "Three thousand . miles of water stretches between these two great Eng lish speaking nations. Not very many of the 150,000,000 people who intmbjt tne United States and Great Britain have ever crossed the Atlantic. The reason the British do not understand the Amer icans as well as they should is very largely a geographic reason. The same is true of the people of the United States. mlsunQerstaiding the' attitude of Great Britain. American and British soldiers who have fought together in the great war know each othen They understand each other.- They respect each other,. And so it will be in business wherever close contact is established. . , '. : have-been in -Great Britain for 13 years, and the more. I see of the English the more I respect them. There should be a better -understanding between these two nations, for upon them rests a heavy responsibility in connection with the shaping of the world's 'work in the near future. We need a systematic plan for extending mutual knowledge and under standing'. '.Personally, I believe -there should be established, under govern ment auspices, . withr the collaboration of the various chambers of commerce, a bureau to organize a systematic ex change of visitors, TEr -small groups of people -representing- tne various indus tries and phases of life in the two coun tries.- The cost would be trivial. The results would -be of : permanent value If the government does not see its way clear to do this I believe the United States Chamber of Commesce should do everything in its power to put this plan into execution. A most excellent step has been made through the initiative ot the United States. Chamber of Commerce in having a body of influential business men from leading Industrial nations of Europe come over as guests of the or gsmlcatlon. We need a more thorough understanding of Europe's needs and the relationship of those needs to the future American prosperity. "This country .is loaning millions of dollars to many or the newer and smaller nations, .and . we should invite repre sentatives of these, nations to visit our country. We in turn should visit theirs. ' "I believe this country should promote some plan of -.disseminating information whien. would foster, the plan of getting acaualnted internationally, for with mu tual understanding will come mutual trust and the wiping out of racial anti pathies and sectional jealousies." Curious Bits of Information For the Curious - Gleaned From Curious Places Among the fossils recently discovered by the United States geological survey are remarkably well .preserved impres sions or casts of leaves of several extinct varieties of ash, oak, beech and hickory which were found with three present-day species, in states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Youth's Com pan Ion. Although the leaves themselves were rotted "and gone, here and there some were, burled In soft clay by sediment in such a manner as to leave perfectly preserved impressions. The nuts, on the other hand, neither decayed nor petrified, but fell into pools; f .water, which is one of the best preservatives in nature, and sooner or later wer also buried under silt " and clay. Owing to their hard shells, those that fell into places favorable to their , preservation are to day in excellent condition, although slightly flattened-by the long soaking and the gentle pressure of the clay. The deposit in which .'the leaves and nuts were found is -not' less than a million years eld. Olden OregoiT Flraf Telegraph Line in the State Came to a Very Sad End.. . - . The first -telegraph . line in Oregon was between Portland and . Corvallis. Financially and technically, it was a failure. The wires broke down. Animals and men got entangled In them and run aways and accidents became so frequent that farmers were compelled to make common cause endstrip the wire from the pole, Coil of it were - seen for years on fence stakes and in out-of-the-way places. . . Loganberries' .. front the Salem Capital Journal E. C. Plank of ,OTet Liberty was paid $1987 for hi loganberries grown this season on his four acre tract, Frank Chapman-, . formerly ; manager , of the Salem Commeclal club.V marketed fi tons an. acre from his tract a few miles north of the city. Jf he had sold on the open . market. - his receipts - woo hi have been $990-an . acre -and he ha about 15 acres. However," like many growers Mr. Chapman was contracted and did not get the markef price. : . The News in 'Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for Benefit v of Journal Readers OREGON NOTES In a collision between a motorcycle ' and motor truck at Eugene Monday, T. A. Anderson was badly injured. The county court of Umatilla county has granted an Increase In salaries of iu a month La. all county employes. The. annual teislhera' institute for Douglas county w4ll be held In Hose- burg the first three days in October. . Sixteen cars of livestock were shipped from Prinevllle in one day recently over the new city railroad, all detvHned for Portland. The F. A. Garetson mill near Cottage Grove was destroyed by fire 8undny evening. The loss is $l0,0u0, . with no insurance... Merrill F. Hanvilie, discharged prin cipal of an Astoria school, pleadtni guilty to assault and battery and was fined $50 and costs. Lieutenant Lewis Bond, son' of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Bond, has returned to , Eugene after more than a year's serv ice in France. A San Francisco manufacturing com pany has submitted to the Coos county sawmills an order for 60.000 feet of myrtle lumber. The Bartlett pear shipments are now at their height in Jackson county, an average ot ia cars daily being shipped out of Medford. - J Salem is oonstderlng the proposition of installing a municipal electric llpht ing system. It in thought-the cost will not exceed $225,000. " The Coos Canning company at Marsh field ha placed an agent in the field to sign farmers to the extent of 00 acres of berry planting. . The purse-seining craft St. Nicholas was raided at Aatorla Monday and the police secured 60 gallons of wine and -several bottles of whiskey. Taving of the Taciflc highway be tween Eugene and Springfield lias-been completed. The highway has been closed since the middle of July.- Paclfk) highway between Cottage tJrove and Saginaw has been closed because linking up part of the old road -with the new makes it impossible to keep a road opened. , George Allen, who was killed in a logging accident at Mill City last Fri day,, was the third brother to meet vio lent death within the past year in the logging industry. . The Chapllnh springs addition to Pendleton's water supply Is furnishing 1,100.000 gallons of cold, pure water 'ev ery 14 hours. This la 35 per cent mors than was estimated, Everett Chamberlain, one of the three sons of Mrs. Ida Chamberlain of Leba non who offered their services to the government at the beginning of the war, returned home Sunday evening. , The Peerless Coal company and . th Rosseau Coal company, both mines within seven miles of Medford, are plac ing their coal on the market at $10" per ton delivered and $7 at the mines. Miss Jane Lindsay, instructor in Eng lish in the West IJnn hlfih school, will eetabllsh a home for working women in Oregon City, where she will glva work ers Nan opportunity f preparing their own meals. , - "WASHINGTON .Grain fires in Walla Walla county this year have ' been more numerous than ever before, the loss amounting to fully $110,000. The Luther Dehydrator company, with plants throughout Washington, an nounces that It is In the market for 1000 tons of apples. This year's catch of sockets salmon on Puget Sound is falling off and will be but approximately 25 per cent of the pack put up four years ago. F. L. JCoster, president of the Cali fornia Barrel company, is in Vancouver preparing to start work on the erection of the company's plant in that city. Sylvester U. Scritsmler, a well known timber cruiser, whose home Is in Port--land, was killed last Saturday while fighting a forest fire near LAvenwortji. Despite the dry season. It Is believed the yield of wheal in Walla Walla county will be 3..00.000 bunhels. The normal yield is about 4,500,000 bushels. Walter Tounigv'and Edson Rich, two pioneers of Moasyrock. are building a new cannery north of that place on the Harmony road that will handle six tons daiiy.i The Southwest Wanhingtdn fair will open its gates at Ohehalts Monday morn ing. Manager Walker announces that the exhibits will be better than ever before. ',-.;'. 1 The Baker-McAuley fruit ranch of 40 acres near Harwood in Yakima county was sold this week fr $21,000. The new owner expects the crap this year to pay for the place. Labor unions are warned that' the State Federation of Labor will lose lt charter in the American Federation ir the unions persist in voting on the form ation of one big union. Thoma Calvert, aged 99, who drove an ox team across the country 6 years ago" died at Cheney Monday. lie had 10 children, all of whom are living, in addition to their mother. A charier has been received by the Smfth-Reynolds chapter of the Ameri can Legion at Vancouver and .steps to ward complete organisation will be taken at a meeting Friday night. GENERAL The destroyer Mary! no was launched at San Francisco Monday. The estate of the late Patrick Cudahy, the Milwaukee packer, is appraised at $1,900,000- , , . Five thousand army "les will be sent from San Dlepo to the Philippines on. the transport Dix. . One hundred and fifty cars of surplus army food products are 011 the way o San Francisco to be sold to consumers. Colorado business men ha Purchad the Mabel mine near Anchorage. Alaska, for $100,000. The mine is a gold quarts property. - . , . According to a new directory Juat ia sMied the city of Honolulu has a popu'a iton of 2?l0. The estimate for the-entire territory is 231,000. Adolph Kilva, aged 10, was shot and killed at San Franc! Monday by an ? I. ... ..r-.r.r, while he and som playmates were throwing rocks at cmcaens. . A middle-aged woman, supposed to be a nurse named Anna Goodman, fell r leaped to ber death from the top of the 16-story Chancellor hotel in San Fran cisco Monday. Fifteen leaders Of a conspiracy to cause a mutiny m the Chihuahua city federal garrison last week and to de f. ,-itv nver fo Villa, were exe cuted following the discovery of the plot. . Uficle Jeff Snow Says; it ttieaa here trnvmen -price fixers itnn't t and in with the profiteer and. raise the prices on us while they're' a-fixin' or 'em, 1 recaon -wo sit ihrnnnk , harl winter comin' on 'thout gitUn' as-lean as our old histories told us the Revolutionary patriots done at Valley iroee. Investln War Savings Stamps ; Be Really Independent JHUjrim of eiempnt In the lorawi Utinn ot. War Bsng Hump, wit to The Journal and a't'd 'or ,ub.icatkn, will be awarded a Thrilt 8Uunp.) Without money, one is necessarily at other people's mercy. There is no escaping that proposition. Obviously, then, the ordinarily common-sensible person ought , to have the "gumption" to start In, as early hi -life as possible, to put pen nies and dimes together and create a little capital. The little capital thus created will mean independence perhaps the niot precious and worth while thing In life Thrift SUmiw and 1IJ War Sstlne) SUmpi now on sale at iuua! eiu.-ics.