THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1919.
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WAITIXC O.N THE SENATE
PRACTICALLY the whole task Of
bringing the country back to nor
mal conditions of life and industry
waits on the decision of the sen
v ate with regard to the terms of
.. !. the peace. Woodrow Wilson.
- The words are from the president's
statement read to the members ol the
senate foreign relations committee at
-the White House yesterday. They
. are gravely, tremendously.; true.
J We are at war. Though the can-
pon are .not booming, we shall be'Ht
jvar with Germany until the peace
, ; treaty Is signed. The treaty cannot
.-. be signed until the senate - ratifies.
I I Everything Is waiting on theisen
I ate. Nothing can go back to normal
I Imtil it acts. War psycho!og?per-
Jades the country as truly a' If the
fcuns were thundering over K6-Man's
.Land, and will continue to pervade
j,t : until", the treaty is ratified and
signed.
Not only America, but the, whole
world Is waiting on th.s Ametlcan
I senate. ' Nations are waiting to find
! Jbut if the proposed pej.ce terms are
J Jo be the actual peace terms. Noth-
,"1 ing can be permanent until the un-
certainty Is removed. Production
i cannot proceed anywhere to full car
J pacity until it is definitely deter-
- ; mined that the war period has passed
j and a peace period come.
,' 1 Lack of production Is one of the
causes of high prices. Surplus, stocks
' are exhausted. .The ' factories have
H been making war, supplies. They
. J have been manufacturing war shoes,
J and thereby have limited the surplus
I of peace shoes. It enables the manu-
v J facturers to exact extreme prices for
.'. J footvlear.
J' It Is the same with clothing, the
j 'same with cotton goods, the same
jtvith woolens, the same with almost
livery manufactured product- Not in
America alone, but everywhere the
! condition prevails.
, High prices are world wide. They
I can never go back to normal until
I full production is ' resumed. Every
- thing waits on the American senate.
J America seethes with unrest. In
the midst of the highest wage period
I In the country's history, there are so
J many, strikes for higher wages that
. 'nobody attempts to keep track of
them. Industry groans under the de--'.
mands, and workers groan under the
. "eost of necessaries. It is a situation
fraught with direst peril.
- Observers are alarmed at the p'ros
' XjPect- How long can the strained sit
uation go on without an explosion?
When will the pyramiding reach a
: points where collapse must come?
' -IWltti" a large group preaching revolu
,tloi and - propaganding for revolu
. "tion with millions surging with un
"f est, and with the whole world in
economic and social convulsions, how
Important is action that will 'steady
; America and bring her national life
! back to the normal as quickly as pos-
sible. -
Evecjthing hinges tnd waits cn the
I senate. The 'people are held In un--Jxertainty
while it tinkers with the
- ; treaty. If it changes in the slightest
I the i text of- the instrument, German
, consent will have to be secured.
IfYench consent will have to be se
cured. British consent will have to
, J be" secured. The consent of aU the
signatory powers will have to be se
cured And each will want modifica
tions of its own.
; ' Or when three nations ratify, and
the ; senate , doesn't, America will be
left to make a separate -peace with
; Germany.' It will be as if the armia
i Hce had Just been signed. All of the
' i past negotiations will have to be re-
peated. - 1
The uncertainty will go on Indef
initely. The unrest will grow. Noth
ling will be normal. Still technically
at war for an extended period, the
J war psychology will- remain with us.
J In such an event, only a miracle can
gave us from disaster.
m l. might be a panic, with all vthe
XSuf fering and distress that a" panic
3peans,
XT, Itmight be a succession ostriies
Jnd lockouts,-beside .whictl th; pres
ent unparalleled period "is" of little 1m
- jyortance. , , '" 1. 1 , ' ! .
-" t It might be revolution; tnd soch .a'
struggle as! this great: country has
never seen. - -
, Everything waits on the senate. It
atone can bring actual peace. It caa
by the single act of ratifying the
treaty do more than all other influ
ences combined to hasten ue day
when tha country will settle back
into normal life.
Learn to pronounce vScheveneren
It 1 said to be the new Jiom of tha
Diamond club.: It aspires to be the
diamond tcapit&li of vth vrorloU It
vrouia .lift the tiara from the reluo
tantj brow ; tt - Antwe'rp. - Before the
war Antwerp, had' 200 diamond cut
tins shops, land employed 23,000 men
In the- various phase of the diamond
industry. Buyers AndVeellers from
all oref tKe world met ' there, ww
tovxeptin the diamond trade ia Ani
werptcnlef . reconstruction prob
lem. .4 The diamond is one artiel t
merchandise which' Germany - Will
scarcely seek to apply the prejudicial
brand, "Made In Oermany.'t;
IN ONLY EIGHT MONTHS
IT cost the Portland school district
but 243 for City Superintendent
Alderman to attend the N. E. A.
convention at New York city in
the school year of iMfr-17. He' drew
1291.70 on leaving, and 0a his return
paid 43 back into the school fund.
Director ' Plummet attended V, the
same ..contention, and his entire ex
penditure was only 1300 against thd
1514 spent -by Director Thomas on
his ; recent trip-'o the N -E. A.
convention at Milwaukee, Wis.
,On his trip to Pittsburg last No
vember, -Director Thomas, before
leaving Portland, drewt $400, and re
turned nothing.
.The school fund has been called
on for heavy increase in traveling
expenses the past year. r It 'was
drawn upon for 13000 against 1700
the year before, and 11600 the, year
before that. j or the IJOOO, Director
Thomas alone drew $914 and within
a period of eight' months.
District . Attorney:' Evans thinks
these expenditures -are unlawful.
They are not permitted br the courts
Of Nebraska, The courts there ho.d
that the process leads to "flagrant
abuses," and ; even Director ! Thomas
could scarcely deny that it seems
like an abuse when in eight months
his traveling .expenses " drawn frcm
the publio school fund mount to a
round $914 with not the scratch of
a pen in explanation of where the
money went and what it was spent
for.
Nor is this $914 the main thought:
The real , issue 3 is the far higher
question of all . publio. funds and, the
manner of their expenditure in
Portland.
A lot of fine boys died in France
for America. Let tha financial
operations by publio servants in
every branch of government in this
country be . worthy of their ' martyr
dom. Word comes from Denver that the
Colorado State Board of Health has
ordered the seizure and destruction
of ten, tons-of fish which has been
kept in storage there for so long
that it had begun to spoil notwith
standing the refrigeration. . It be
longed to the National Independent
Fisheries Company oi Seattle, and
was probably halibut taken off the
Oregon coast. It has been kept in
storage, so ; the Denver manager of
the company explained, because
there was no market for it, which
probably meant at the price asked
by the company.
THE DEARTH OF TEACHERS
LINN COUNTY is 60 teachers short.
Unless an unexpected supply is
obtained, 1000 pupils, mostly in
rural communities, will be com
pelled to attend school in districts
other than their own.
Oregon Is 'not the only place where
the same status is presented. The
shortage Is general. There is a scar
city of . teachers North, South, East
and West.
-Other walks have lured many a
teacher. The reflection that teaching
is a great service and an exalted call
ing is attractive. But it does not buy
bread and butter. Contemplation by
a teacher of the good her work does
this generation and ..the next, Is self
satisfying, -but it doesn't buy cloth
ing and footwear.
Other callings have come to pro
vide a better living, at least "in com
munities where teachers' pay has not
kept pace with the" m.ounting cot of
survival. Hence the almost universal
complaint of a dearth of teachers..
The teachers are at other work.
Don't touch an electrie light fix
ture while standing: in water in the
bath tub, because the water and the
plumbing make a direct connection
with the earth and an electric shock
is Inevitable. Nor should anyone
while handling electrical devices
toucha piece of metal by which a
circuit ' can' be completed with the
ground.
IT DEPENDS
JUDGE GATENS ha enunciated a
hew-principle and precedent In
the law of; divorce. A wife, he
holds, who is compelled by her
husband to live with her mother-in-law
Is entitled ipso facto to a decree
of divorce, j The "jurist, aside from
being an apparent expert on the sub
ject of. mothers-in-law, contends that
any man who cannot maintain a home
of his own, separate and apart from
paternal and maternal ties and direc
tion. Is not the possessor of "much
6punK." : ; , ;
- Judging sfrom the columns of hu
morous publications, reak or "alleged,
the Portland Jurist has some founda
tion, for hls theories. . It .seems
mighty? difficult .for a fond : mother,
who has bossed a budding groom
from the cradle 1j the altar, and be
sides, In all probability having bossed
the sire from the altar to the cradle
and beyond, to relinquish hey: juris
diction and not attempt to extenJ it
There are many wh o will , agree
with the judge that the mother-in-law
1 Is a mighty handy source of
information when it ccnes to the
administration - of castor oil, pare
goric and those other homely; rem
edies " which cause us to ' forget the
Joys : '.of ' early childhood, ; but , a
dangerous? bunch of - dynamite j to
have habitually "about the , house.
Then there are .. others who may
have different ideas. After all it
depends upon the mother-in-law.
; When effort was made to open the
Central Market lr Paris the other
day, rioting' broke out over . tha at
tempt of a ; Tlgilance committee to
prevent hotels from getting ; food
supplies at the stalls. The populace
wanted all the sunplles distrfbuted
among" th famishing people. ' In the
melee," shops , were looted and stalls
ransacked bf the mob. Farmers
who -could save their vegetables and
dairy and poultry products placed
them In storage for safe keeping.
The liighUiving cost is everywhere.
THE iAJL'S THE PLACE
ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER
has ; Issued an appeal to his
fair price committees for co-
operation In sending to Jail
those "unconscientious profiteers" in
the necessities of life ' who may
come under their notice and juris
diction. In explaining why he wants
the publio bas tiles to entertain such
gentry1 as their guests for varying
periods Mr. 'Palmer says that In his
opinion "a prison sentence is very,
very much mere effective than a
fine." - i
Whil it probably would be a
bit of an imposition upon the mere
thugsr : highwaymen, petty thieves
and other malefactors of high and
low degree to force the association
of profiteers upon them, they would
probably accept the circumstance as
an added slap of fate' and try to
make the best of it as seasoned
jailbirds usually do.
Fines have but little effect upon
profiteers swollen with pelf as their
pockets are. They pungle up, charge
it off against', incidental expenses,
and then go out and boost the mar
ket a little bit more. But jail is
different. 'Most profiteers are emi
nently .respectable members of
society. They do not live In Slab
town and their automobiles purrlike
priie . winning kittens as they bask
in the sunshine before exclusive
clubs. They are tailored, barbered,
manicured and bulbous from epicurean
fare. Their cheeks ara smooth from
much massaging and their Lands
soft from noncontact with the hard
things of life. Only their,-brains are
callous, "careless of human suffering,
of hunger, privation arid "want.
They breed criminals, , and, since
like begets like, why not see that
like herds with like. It would be
justice, and, as Attorney General
Palmer says, it would be very, very
much more-effective than a fine.
A snake professor says the age
of a rattlesnake is not determined
by the number of rattles on Its tail.
Under normal conditions, he says,
a rattler sheds its skin three C times
a year, uncovering a rattle each
time. He adds that rattles are not
lnf rfequently lost by wear and tear.
Then there is a human rattlesnake
which has no rattles at all.
WAST PORTLAND CONNECTION'S
ASKING for better facilities for
doing business with Portland,
-Thomas T. Kohout of Eastern
Malheur county, In Portland
Buyers' Week, urged the State Cham
ber of Commerce to aid in getting
better transportation for that section.
There s a near c -iplre of country
out in that region that is naturally
Portland territory. But much of it
is tethered to other trade centers by
unfavorable railroad building and
unfavorable railroad operation. There
is for examr'V one train -a day over
the line, operated by the Short, Line,
which runs down$he Malheur can
yon from ;. Ontario . to Crane. That
train leaves Ontario for Crane 20
minutes or half an hour before the
night train from Portland arrives at
Ontario. V
That train is the chief supply trans
portation - for all the Malheur canyon
country, including Burns and v the
most of Harney county.
People in that country, Just as in
the case of Mr. Kohout, want to , do
business with Portland because Port
land is a highly; favorable Jobbing
center., But transportation facilities
tie them to Idaho and other outsids
territory, - ( -A
highly Important problem for
Portland Is to smooth , out these
wrinkles. There, for Instance, are
Klamath Falls and Lake View 'With a
great . territory 1 and .many resources
around each, anxious to do business
with Portland, but giving , 95 per cent
of their trade", to Nevada and Califor
nia because of the manner in which
railroad heads have built lines and
are operating trains.
. When you compare the railroad
maps of Washington - and California
with Oregon, and thereby see how,
by railroad geography and railroad
rates; slice after slice of Oregon ter
ritory Is diverted to other states, it is
impossible nofMo - realize the rank
discrimination that ( has been prac
ticed against this state. '
Before congress is a bill to divide
tha year into 13 months f 28 jjays
each,the J thirteenth month ;r to be
sandwiched, in - between March and,
April, and. to be known as Liberty.
If -It becomes a law, it will be" a
help to- those who-want to' forget
their birthday. , But what , of 13
months rent ?
PREHISTORIC OREGON
HISTORY, .they tell us, repeats
itself. That - is - a theory. Now
como along some geologists who
have been delving Into the
bowels of the earth near The Dalles
td -prove the theory to be a fact.
Oregon,, they tells us, was bone
dry in prehistoric times, some. 2,000,
000 years ago. - .
They f have found the relics of a
three-toed horse,, an, animal usually
supposed to go with extreme wetness
rather than withi a condition where
the Irdn hand of total abstinence
has steadied the brain."; But nestling
close beside the dobbin of our pre
historic sires they also discovered the
remains of an antedeluyian camel.
It .. was evidently not much larger
than the jack rabbit of the present
wd days, probably because of its
bone dry surroundings. But it
possessed a many chambered
stomach, that boon for which so
many"used to yearn in those days
of yore. ,
The discoveries are in line with
those made years ago in the John
Day country by the late Thomas
Condon, Oregon's famed geologist.
The remains- of the pre-historie
horse described by him indicated an
animal of very small size. There
is little In the geological story of
Oregon- that Professor Condon 1 did
not read and describe.
Doctors Disagree
on Many Points
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff ..Cor
respondent of The Journal.
Washington. Aug; 20. The extremest
opposition to the League of Nations has
suffered another setback -from this care
fully prepared 'letter of Charles E.
Hughes to Senator Hale, wherein Mr.
Hughes says "there is a plain need for
a League of Nations", and that "there is
an immediate exigency to be considered."
The three foremost Republican authori
ties by common consent are -William H.
Taft. Charles E. Hughes' and Elihu Root.
Two of them have Jed -the party as Its
nominee for president, and the third, as
senator and secretary of state, and his
attainments as a lawyer ranks with them
as one of the highest adviser of his
party.
"
Mr. Taft' urges the adoption of the
covenant as it is. and says as a senator
he would unhesitatingly vote for it. He
has framed certain-' "interpretations as
a basis for possible compromise to
hasten ratification. Mr. Hughe thinks
certain "clarifications" are needed, and
has just put them into form. An exam
ination of his four - points shows that
they are practically the same aa four
of Mr. Taft'S suggestions, and the point
to which Hughes desires to go is less
extreme than the point which Mr; Taft
has fixed as the outside limit he would
be willing to concede.
Mr. Root goes beyond the other two in
his proposed "reservations," because
some of the things he has proposed,
such as unqualified withdrawal at the
end of two years and exclusion of Ar
ticle X, are admitted to be outright
amendments, which could only be effec
tive if expressly ratified by' all the
other members of the league. But Mr.
Root is still separated by a wide chasm
from the Borahs and Hiram ..Johnsons,
-for he says:
"There is in the covenant a great deal
of high value that the world ought" not
to lose." The question with Taft is how
much may be conceded without weaken
ing the league and without serious delay
to ratification. The position of Hughes
appears - to-be much .the same, except
Lthat Hughes deems it necessary to make
ciaruicauons, no uunsus xiuajr w
arranged without- serious consequences
to the league Root, whose latest ex
pression calls for the omission of Article
10, is somewhat (weakened in that posi
tion because he at' first approved it, and
shifted- his stand after conferences with
Lodge and other senate Republicans who
have all along been "cooking up" what
they could to embarrass the president.
Every Republican in the. senate de
clares he will vote for some reservation
or interpretation, though a number .of
them would be willing to accept the
treaty as it stands, and will vote for it
without patches if they have that Issue
presented to them. One Democrat Reed,
who is ' bitterly hostile to Wilson, will
vote at every opportunity to kill the
treaty and to load It with any sott-of
amendment. Another Democrat, Gore,
is known to be against the treaty and
for damaging amendments, but Gore
has been known to vote for measures
he opposed, and it is not certain that he
will be a "bitter ender."
Another Democrat," Thomas, says he
rhas not fully made up his mind, and
one or two others may vote Tor certain
reservations. The shades of opinion are
so at variance that with possibilities of
compromise always In view, the-puzzle
is about as complete as it can be made.
One thing is certain the outright
friends of the treaty have over one third
of the votes, and can deadlock the situ
ation by refusing to ratify if the opposi
tion should at last attach unacceptable
amendments. .
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Ordinarily the country at large is lit
thv interested In Whether any particular
member of congress is well informed or
not, or whether be habitually makes
positive but Incorrect and. absurd state
m ents. : However, the chairman of the
ways and means committee, the com
mittee which prepares tariff and reve
nue bills, becomes a subject of; interest
when he gives the house 'Information"
that is misinformation, and builds up
a reputation for: inaccuracy among his
colleagues, - such as the present chair
man, Joseph W. Ftordney of Michigan,
now possesses. Nowhere is there a
greater need for patient investigation
and strict accuracy than In the . work
of the ways and means committee. Mr.
Fordney recently gave the house' an ex
hibition on the subject of the reclama
tion law. He was a member of con
gress when that law was passed, and
has been ever since. He compressed a
remarkable lot of misinformation into a
short space when he said:
"The law provided that no projects
should be begun until there was money
In the fund to complete that project.
Money was placed in that fund very
rapidly, and soon it was known that
there were $20,000,000 in that fund. Mr.
Glfford Pinchot was at that time chief
of the bureau of forestry, and through
the secretary of the Interior, and, I be
lieve, chief of geological survey, a corps
of engineers, 200 in number, Were set to
work. The - first- thing' that comrreas
"knew 'about the matter there had been
32 projects begun, at an estimated cost
of J 4 1,000,000, or an average of 11,500,000
to each project.- That fund became ex
hausted." :,'. -e
"The facts are " '
The reclamation law contained no
provision - that ; projects should not be
KUrted tihtil there was money in the
fund to complete them. Money was not
placed In the fund rapidly. It came so
slowly that in 1910 congress authorized
$20,000,000 in bonds to help out, Glfford
Pinchot nover had anything to do with
it- '
Twenty-si project,' not 32. were be
gun and two subsequently abandoned,
leaving 24. '
Naturally, there were members of th
house present who were, better informed
than Fordney. and one or two of them
attempted to correct him. He defended
his statements with a great deal of as
sertion. MondeU of Wyoming, the Re
publican leader, corrected him as - to
what the reclamation law contained, and
Fordney retorted t '
That is the language in the law. and
I will bet yon dollar to doughnut. I
helped to make it, and that is the law."
MondeU thereupon, repeated his state
ment that there was no such provision
in the law, V '--;-V '. "-"
: ''Before the gentleman discusses the
reclamation service he ought to brush
up a 'little on hi facta," commented
MondeU "The gentleman is a
little bit mistaken about Mr. .Pinchot
having had anything to do with th rec
lamation service. Whatever happened
under the service, Mr. Pinchot la neither
subject, to blame or entitled to any
credit except that he favored th law, I
believe."
So far as the average Eastern con
gressman is concerned, he might well
be muddled by this controversy between
two distinguished Republicans, one
chairman of ways and means, the other
the floor leader. If they took the trou
ble to look up the matter, they learned
that Mondell was right.
This la not atr-Isolated instance with
Fordney. He is never more positive and
combative than when he la a mil from
the facts. , He is an interesting exhibit
of standpaC leadership, the bead of a
committee - who is expected to inform
the country about V JLU& of it reve.
nuee and to frn. evenu and tariff
laws. On the senate side. Boise Pen
rose- head the corresponding commit
tee on finance. Fordney and Penrose
will in due time supply the country with
"facts' concerning these subjects.
Letters From the Pe6pie
f Communications Mrit to Ths Jetirnal fat pub
lication in this department sboukt be written en
only one side of the paper, should not exceed
300 words in length, and must be aimed by the
writer, whose mail address in lull nut aceora
paay the eoatrlbation. )
Prohis anu Bush Leaguers
Portland, Au 8 To th Editor of
The Journal I have read letter of late
in The Journal from radical prohibition
ists. Their main issue seems to be,
"Does liquor dg one any good?" Cer
tainly. Beer and wine do en good.
used to a certain extent. A great num
ber or men of different professions and
trades, men that know their business.
like beer and wines. Why cut these men
out of their wants? - Jf we understand
an art, profession or trade thoroughly,
do we want a radical prohl who knows
neither, to teU us what to drink,, just
because we like beer or wine? "Do you
suppose these very same men will have
any love for these radical prohis? I
should Bay not There will always be
an unrest. Who ever heard of boot
leggers in Oregon until it went dry?
1 really believe this dry law has turned
out more crooks and criminals than
heretofore. Why not have government
controlled liquor stores?
Laws can be made so strict as to curb
all drunkenness, etc It's the personal
liberty miss. ' If we have missed it
this long we will ' keep on .missing it.
There will always be an unrest, take
it from roe." It seems to be the prohis
who are the" money-mad people., The
liquor interests used to be the backbone
of a bush league, in baseball. There
seem to be no bush leaguers in Oregon
now. I can't see that the prohl has
loosened up with a nickel to promote
baseball leagues..- .
I do not want saloons back again, but
1 do know from experience that it was
their money that kept baseball going in
the small towns. You can't induce a
man to eat ice cream, peanuts and candy
and drink soda water if he wants a. good
Kiass oi. oeer or wine.
alex j; Mcdonald.
Booze and Circulating Honey
Athena, Aug. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal Mr. Linacott keeps mak
lng discoveries 'all the time. He ha
discovered, now, a gfiod reason why
there ought to be saloons ail over the
land. The last man who gave me a
reason said 1 "It puts money in circula
tion," and of course the 'answer came
so sudden, and was such a stunner, it
nearly knocked me down. I had never
dreamed, up to that time, that 'saloons
-put - money in circulation. Wei, after
mature thought and investigation I con
cluded that they do put money in circu
lation. I went to the poorhouses, th
prisons, the slums and 'th brothel and
made inquiries. I asked ' beggars - and
waifs, and 'shoeless children. X asked
widows and orphans and broken men.
and they all told me th sam thing
that saloons put money, in circulation-
i Now comes Mr. : Lmscott, ' with hta
really good reason : why he wants the
saloon "that the people want : to buy
what they have to sell. . How plausible.
There wouldn't be anyone Selling, devil
dope would ttee unless they could
find someone to buy it. But of course
that would apply to all kinds of dope
morphine, opium, and the like while the
dear, good Samaritan behind the bar is
vending one kind of elixir of life, give
him full rein, because it 1 hi dear,
constitutional right to sell anything he
likes. The people would not buy it unless-they
wanted it.
But, Mr. Llnscott ha com too late.
What a shame it is that he did not pro
mulgate hi great discovery before that
potent deluded minority took the thing
so drastically In hand!
Let us hope Mr. Linscott will make
some more discoveries. He hasn't found
out. for one thing, that publio health,
public morals and ' the common good of
all are in some way connected with the
liquor question ; the people rule, and,
though majorities are not always right,
that morals are generally, the result of
evolution.
"The mills i- God grind slowly, yet
they grind exceeding email."
F. B. WOOD,
High : Ground, and Low
Portland, Aug. 13. To the Editor of
the Journal Tour editorial on "High
Ground and Low" is highly Interesting
and very pointed. Perhaps Dr. Sommer
of the school board will keep to high
ground until the ave the $514 spentj
V... TN3haamm rm.nM.nM am V. I . T , 1
doctor keeps, turning down high bids' in
favor of low , bids we may confidently
expect Director Thomas' tour to net us
F.cmething ; perhaps it may . eventually
cover the - cost of that- second hand
automobile that Dr. Sommer sold the
school district during a previous term in
office. Here's hoping, the doctor keeps
to, high ground.
-, t . ROBERT G. DUNCAN.
j - Democratic and Economical
; Portland, Aug. 1L To the Editor of
The Journal Among, the great post
war problems 'confronting us today Is
tfa.t of how to "help best our returned
men In making their "stake in life." In
dividual governments of various state
ha V devised ample plans and are mak
ing laudable efforts to help - our men
to start life anew. .
" The; rasa -who art t br benefited by
these undertakings : are 'composed ' of
COMMENT AND1
SMALL CHANGE
" Don't blow out the gas. -
e e e
Most of us ear-riding mortal have
reason to believe that an l-cent fare
will be, unfair.
East coast resort managers complain
because there are no more sea serpent
sensations. There's a reason. '-
...... a...
' If a man Is getting along now on cof
fee and a roll for breakfast,- how is he
going to retrench any further?
Now that the vacationist are coming
back from the beaches, a lot of people
will .have to get on the house-hunting
Job.'.1
Wh can remember when the waitress
used to stack up piles of two or three
kind of bread as part and parcel of a
regular 25 cent meal?
f- : ,f . y - -? - .e-r -
Isn't it about time that som dirigible
or other or some airplane or something
made a trans-something flight or started
on a journey 'round the world?
... Mj : ...
Twenty 'million American women Will
soon be voting and if It take tbenv a
long, to Vote as it does to do a lot -of
things, we'll soon be needing some more
hours of daylight on election day.
., - p.
The man who has a week's vacation
and tries to crowd into it everything
that goes with a month's outixig is
going to find himself more tired when he
gets through than when he started.
Chicago, suffering from the drouth,
find rA.ina ta ha ..a?t.i.a
Michigan hasn't yet gone dry. It may
aa Jin ia consiaer mat tne
heat and drouth would probably be more
noUceable'in Portland too, were it not
for the river.
V IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
"OF THE JOURNAL MAN
' By Fred Lockley
tCoatinnJac the recital ot Kinney Miller' a ex
periences aa Y. M. ('. A. secretary in Italy
during the war, Mr, LacUe erinft te Journal
readers a itid aent ot the Italian attitude
toward America, toward democracy and toward
the ateeraries that would hare thrown Italy
almost any bribe to hare purchased her neu
trality -in the great war. )
"My Introduction to Italy." said Kin
ney 13. Miller of Salem. Or., "was unique,
t reached Ferrara, which was to be my
headquarters, on July 4, 1918. Italy
wanted to show in some fitting way its
feeling of friendship for the United
States, and so, . under the auspices of
the army officers and the civic authori
ties, a wonderful all-day celebration
was held on our natal day. .Several
pther T. M. C. A. secretaries came with
me from Bologna. We wer guests ot
honor of the city. We were feted and
banqueted and th public hall 'was
crowded to the doors with enthusiastic
admirers of America. There were at
least 3000 people in the hall. After the
reception that night my fellow Y. M. C.
A. secretaries departed for Bologna and
left me, 4000 miles from home and the
only American In the city.
T wa furnished an Interpreter," a
man named Armnone. He had lived , in
Philadelphia 17 ears 'and spoke Eng
lish as well as he spoke his native
tongue. Since it was a case of speak
ing Italian or not talking at all,. I was
soon speaking Italian fluently. I . was
at Ferrara until June 1, at which time
I was promoted and sent to Rome. . 1
arrived there June 3, the day President
Wilson reached Rome. " The ovation
President Wilso received in the Eternal
City was something marvelous. I have
never seen such enthusiasm in all my
life. Italy has always worshipped Amer
ica, They loved "Wilson's democratic
Utterances, for the Italians are demo
cratic to the coreA T
-j. . e . e ..... .
T Spent four months at Rome,' or
ganizing physical activities. We put
on a aeries of group games such as tugs-.
of-war and relay-races. We also "put
on line games arid circle game. The
Italian soldiers enjoyed playing tag and
playing swat. They love, games -with
lots of action and fun. In spite-of the
hardships and privations of war, the
Italians are full of -humor. Their own
great recreational game Is" "Boccle.
They pronounce It "BotcheJ. It 1 some
thing like bowling. They also have a
good knowledge of soccer football.
e e e' ' ''V':
"With th close of the war pur secre
taries ithere were anxious to '. g6 borne.
I waf given my release, but One Of the
other secretaries ras so anxious to re
turn, on account of sickness in his fam
ily, that I-gave him my turn, and stayed.
three classes'. The first and most for
tunate are those who could take their
vacant chair - at the family table ; the
second are .those who, upon .their ar
rival, stepped In their pre-war position,
and the third are those who either fickle
fortune or some other cause allotted, to
common .toil. The first are taken'.care
of. , Th latter two classe, t- whose
wages are continually competing' with
th Wgh cot of living, are more or less
dlssaUsf led. .They earn but can't save.
, 'To -prevent this misfortune, jtepresen
tatlve Sweet of Iowa appealed to con
gress by introducing his "free insurance
bill." It is desirous that the gentlemen
in Washington realize that a soldier's
insurance is practically the only asset
in his possession. Not to help him to
uphold it now would be depriving many
a one of bis only reliance in old age.
In myi opinion, Mr. Sweet's plan is
most sane and widely beneficent. It Is
democratic in principle and - economic
In application. r
JULIUS SEVOATEICS. .
Says High Land Is. the Cause .
Albany, AiTg.1 11. To the , Editor of
Th Journal My father cam to Iowa
from New York in 1845. . He bought land
from the United States government at
$L25 an acre. He sold pork at $4 a
hundred pound for many years, and
made -money. We heard no complaint
about the high cost of living. Some
complaint was made about - the coot of
some special articles. Cotton ciotna were
called high priced. But people lived
well and had more leisure than lately.
Now the selling price of that same land
with no buildings on it or other Im
provement except being "broken" as
Blowing the land thV first Uim.wm
called Is $150 an acre. Hog are $23 a
hundred pounds. - Who Is making the
moat on investment and hi labor one
who paid $1.25. an acre for land and
sold pork at $4 a hundred pound, or on
who nay 1150 an acre ior xnai same
land and sell hog for $2$ a hundred 1
nounds? Or take another illustration.
Wages are $1 a day and the selling price
of land la $1.2 an acreIn another state
wages are $1, a day. but the selling
nrfce of land is $150 an acre and: the land
no more productive and condition no
more favorable. In which atate would
the cost of living be tho-higher? It
seems to me that the primary cause of
the high cost of living 1 the high sell
ing price of land. ! - .
yit,i.i am w. Uliiiait-U
Attack From a New Angle
miT.hA a .Attar. It.- Ta the Kdltrr of
The Journal There is an overload of
men and women writing and talking on
ii. A,,a matA 4a1 t-MVtnaf rnetfrtn but
suuai ........... - . i
an underload of those emphasising thei
fact that unless spiritual reouiiaing pro
ceeds, likewise these other will go for
nnahinv ill A m fi n tllaartration of the
"pirit or the tunes,: Dr. J. Fort Newton,
an English preacher, called the attention
NEWS IN BRIEF:
j OREGON SIDELIGHTS' -
''Wanted'-Someone with a high finance
vision, who can figure how Orant county
can get money enough to patch up It
T0 mile of road." says th Blue Moun
tain . Eagle. ';.
' e: a
According to the Blue Mountain Eagle
there was a little frost on th pumpkin
blossoms this week. It is a mighty poor
August that does not have at least one or
two good froeta. - -v-
... '...". ..T'...iJv s -;" '---'.;.,',
- fiend t a flyless town, r nearly so,
according to this, from th Press i
It la almost mid-August and th fes
tive fly seems to be small In ' number.
They find; small feeding since the city
council has been on the clean up job;
."...'- e ,v e L
'With all living and expenses jnearly
double. Orant county." says the Canyon
Cit)rEagle, "has been able to limp along
on the same Old tax levy. xne same
amount of money is used now to run
the county that was used before the big
raise happened along. Thi Is on thing
to be thankful for In this world of fun
trouble."
e e e - "
"How fin it will be," remark th Mtv
Minnville News-Register, "When, the
main road are all paved. Then atten
tion will be given to other road and the
farmers will enjoy coming to the ounty
seat to do their trading ana our city cou
ain in "uteri on 'er" and pay us a
visit. . There arebetter days ahead of
US."
. : e, e e
Loganberry item, in the McMInnvtlle
News-Reporter of August -1 : "John
H. McNary. the well known - Salem
lawyer, while here last week reported
that from-1 his loganberry crop this
year he had netted $375 per acre. He
said that others were going to enlarge
their acreage.".
taking on the duties of entertainment
director, storekeeper and business sec
retary, . , i
e e " e .
T had the good fortune to be able
to make a 200 mile trip through the dev
astated - district of Italy. I walked
through the old Italian trenches, went
up into the Alps where I saw the won
derful engineering works and the for
tifications built in the face of enemy
fire; I traveled through town after
town whose buildings had been reduced
to a mass of crumbled masonry. Italy,
to my mind,-is just as deserving of help
a is Belgium.' - They helped put over
the final push. They have suffered
heavily in the destruction of their cities,
their property and their national wealth,
and they are deeply in debt.
: e . e
"Although Italy, during the first part
Of the war. was ostensibly neutral, yet
th Austrian, fearing ah might side
with the allies, had to keep a large num
ber of troops along the Italian border.
This, of course, helped th allies by
keeping these men out of action. Until
th early part of 1915, Russia, as you
remember suffered disastrous defeats.
England was getting her magnificent
army together. Poor France wa bear
ing the brunt ot the burden. It looked
as If Germany wa irresistible. At the
darkest hour. Italy stepped into the
lignt and thus drew to her own bor
ders a large number of troop that were
being used against Russia., Italy en
tered the war on the Bid of the allies
in spite of the bribes and threats of'
Germans working through an organiza
tion in Italy favorable to Austria. Ger
many even went so far as to promise
Italy to recover for hr Nice, Corsica,
Tunis and Malta, places Which had been
wrested from Italy by France. Austria,
fearing Italy would "aide- with the allies.
promised relinquishment of the greater
part of Trent! no, as welt as the adjust
ment of the eastern frontierv with other
valuabl concessions. Austria also prom
ised to proclaim Trieste a free city, a
well a to withdraw Austrian troop
from Albania and to acknowledge the
sovereignty of Italy In Volona, Aa a
last resort, she promised to surrender
some of the Islands of the Dalmatian
archipelago. If Italy had stayed out of
the war she would have saved th live
of hundred of thousands of her sol
diers; she would have seen no devasta
tion ; she would have been given terri
tory which she had long sought. But
Italy believed Germany wa wrong and
that the allies war right, o Italy re
fused tne easy way and took the path
Qt duty. For all time to come we must
remember this to Italy Credit. I have
come back from .Italy with a t rem en
dous admiration for the Italian people.'
of his audience to the covenant of the
League of Nations, which he branded aa
the godless covenant," in the, following
woras : ;
"There 1 no even In an Indirect or
elusive way, the slightest recognition of
the -existence of religion in the world, or
to the fact of a divine being. It Is aston
ishing. It is extraordinary, that such a
document, which w hope and pray may
be a Magna Charta of a new order of
society, doe not recognise th existence
of the spiritual force which mak possl
ble its success, if that success 1 to be
realized."
And Is it not amazing that In what
people consider so important a docu
ment no acknowledgment Is made of an
all-powerful creator? It proves plainly
tnat Cloa naa not been considered in the
matter t -Therefor, and also on th tes
timony of his sacred word, we may know
that the "peace" which men ar so anx
iously awaiting today will bo as short
lived as the framers of the covenant.
Our leading men anticipate this and be
come conscious of the fact that In the
present order of things man is powerless
to prevent the recurrence of war and
Other evils. Tim will prove.
In the meantime, let v those few, those
very few, who consider the cross of
Christ "not something merely to cling
to, out sometning to tak up," take sides
with the underload and fulfill. Ezeklel
SS nril. CHARLES STRIKWERDA-
Curious-Bits of Information
For the Curious : ? !
Gleaned From Curious Places
Pumpernickel Is the rye bread used
by th Westphalian peasant, which in
some other parts of Germany is re
garded as a great delicacy. The loaves
are sometime $0 pound in weight. The
name is said to have originated in. th
saying of a French cavalry, soldier, who
rejected th bread with disgust, saying
it was only "Bon pour Nicholas" that
is, fit or good for NlolsOlaa, his horse.
Olden Oregon
The Beginning of th Livestock In
dustry In the Northwest, -
The first domestic animal brought io
Oregon were 60 bog Introduced by the
As tor Fur company. They wer bought
in th Sandwich island and shipped on
the Tonquln. The Hudson Bay company
later .brought hogs, aheep and cattle,
which Increased fast, but it wa not
until 1837 that any considerable cattle
were available. In that 'year Ewlng
Toung drove a herd from California.
They , were "'Spanish" cattle and mad
much trouble for the settlers, r Many
of them became wild. In the early 40's
tho American immigration from ' the
Mississippi valley began bringing better
breed both of cattle and sheep. ;
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Ueiietlt
ot Journal Readers
OREGON NOTES
T RnilU flO-aa: CO nrnrnlnanf
rtsfident of Wnnd) turn Aitt MAntifi.
morning.
Twenty-five veteran eoldiurs, sailor
fi!1 ar,na have organized a post of
aiem will celebrate Labor day with
oarade. nlrl fu-hir., .i ku-KAA... .,i
a
ot
tic program and athletic contests.
Citizens of The Dalles are enjovimr
mill n a. rfrlA- la'ltH T .l.nl. n a n . 1VM...AA Th
ait
Cook of th Webfoot Aircraft company!
4 on hundred and fifty employes of tho
Milton Creek Logging company near J-U.
Helens are on strike for a uniform wage
scale. -
Jor nt fir., fin vat Viit a.. n
Lral .points in the. Blue mountains. Men
-w ueiug rusneu irom i-.a uranOQ to
fight the flames,
'Astoria is raising a fund of $4000 for
tlta Mt.rrainm.nt a , a, a a'Iaaaa . 1
crews of the Pacific fleet during their
stay in that city. "
Last week at Astoria only 140 men
registered at the government employ
ment office for work, while 891 jobs
were listed with the bureau. -
Tn anasntln- "-.-. . t a.i i i -
...Uavv.ivu va U1C Bt I1UU1 f-'HllUI CIl VI
Lane county for physical defects will
""w ieaiurn m tne woxk or pnysicai
supervision of the pupils this year.
RAtwaan 1 AA onw 1TS w-aa,--. -. fuktl-.
the forest fireti which are rK.n in the
.'.ri 4M-jrvt!iizie cpuniry. 'i ne noutii lorK.
.9 so uww sptvau over t5uuv acres.
belonging to Philip Gibbons was dos-
uujrtsu near aiinon u iew nays ago by
a A m lit aaaIaaSa, aaJ f i ' 9 .. I
, Alto nrilll.il 1VI-
lowed.
ValA a-m. ttal1iiv aaa,iaa i.a..a c Ar
new setUers in sight and look for an
exen larger number next spring an the
result of the new Warmsprines irrigation
Jam-a Pnnnnllv aa fl-.J tai -
....-ji.j wot, linen f ivv anu
costs at Astoria for violating the game
iw. vunnouy naa previously lnrormed
on three other men who had deer meat
u men puHsesBion.
TTOTUI T?VA- A.An,lAA -AAA I. - 1
undertaken to organize a chapter of
the American Legion are disappointed
because of lack of interest shown by
soldier of the county.
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks,
in session at Albany Sunday afternoon,
went on record in favor of the Plumb
Dlan Of trlnartlt- rnntrnt nt t-
systems of the country. ,
Mrs. Charl- TT. C ra ,tn., nr..M.
of the Oregon State Federation of
Women' Clubs, t think it inadvisable
to call a special session of the legisla
ture for ratification of the woman suf
frage amendment.
Search of th
Ll M. Brummett of Astoria, who waii
killed in an automobile accident at
Salem last Friday, revealed a purse
containinsr 1488 in m n v ho,M.. u
quantity of valuable Jewelry. Her
relatives have pot been located.
WASHINGTON,
News Is received from Seattle that the
battleship Oregon is expected to leave
that- port next Monday for the Golden
Gate.
The prune festival to be put on by the
prunarlans and orune erowera will ha
'held In Vancouver September IS to 20
inclusive. .
Illness which followed the drinking of
liquor last Saturday resulted Sunday In
the death of Charjea Dahlln, aged 45,
of Seattle.
Hugh Hannan. employed at the East
ern mill in Centralis, last three flneern
last Saturday as the result of an acci
dent at the plant'
The city council of Vancouver hasa
passed a resolution requesting the gov
ernment to release all food supplies
held in storage in Clarke county.
Plana have been been formulated bv
prune growers of Clarke county for the
construction at Vancouver of a drying
and packing plant t cost $50,000.
: For confiscating 175 plnts of ! liquor :
and retaining It for his own use, James'
A. Donovan, a policeman of Spokane,
has been convicted of ' grand larceny.
New 1 received that Lonnle Ed-
wards of Montesano, sentenced to 11
years in prison . for stealing a smalL
quantity of wine In Belgium, will soon
be pardoned. ,
A power combine, nine mules, 3j0
acre of standing grain and 80 ac ro
of grain just threshed, owned by Holds -Conover,
were burned near Waltuburtr
last Saturday.
Frank C. Morse of T aroma has been
appointed deportation agent to carry out
the provisions of the appropriation act
for the deportation of alien and non
resident insane.
On a bid of $3.60 a ton for nut to
$4.60 for lump, the Salzer Valley Coal
company has been awarded a contract
by the Lewis county commisnioners for
furnishing coal to the courthouse the :
coming year. . .
. .
GENERAL
Four thousand stevedores in Sun
Francisco are asking for $1 an hour and
$1.50 for overtime. . . !
More than $5,000,000 has been invented ,
by Japanese recently In copper and irpn
Dronerties in Chile. '
Three men were probably fatally shot !
in a holdup at a roadhouse near Ana
conda Monday night.
King Victor Emmanuel ha conferred
on General Pershing the grand cross of
the military order of Savoy, the highest -Italian
military honor.
Former Emperor William, who ha
been living in Amerongen since his ar- - -
rival in Holland, has purchased th es
tate and house of Dprn, near Utrecht.
The nw wireless station to be erected
at Croix d'Hins, near Bordeaux, will be
one f the most powerful In the world,
and will have a sending radius of 12.5UO
mllea
A iflo-bed memorial ward has lust
been presented to the Child Jesus hos
pital in Warsaw as a permanent con
tribution by the -American people to the
educational and health, welfare of free
Poland.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says : J
Bustln the , high cost of llvln' 1 a .
hard task to put on congress right In
th middle of summer. Our statesmen -would
a heap rutber git to some high-
toned summer hotel and cuss the pres
ident far not doin' the job by hUself.
It - would be easy enough but f er tho
many friends the statesmen has pro-
flteerin while the. profiteerin" is good.
To bust the meat trust, copper trust,
teel trust, flour trust, leather trust,
and all the reat would saw off campaign
contribution most prodidjus. Some
thin mus$ be done to pertend to be a
doin of omethin".
Man Who Saves Is Asset to
the Community,
' Stories of achievement In the accnmnla"
tion of War Serines Sumps, sent to Tha
Journal and accepted for publication, will
be awarded a Thrift Stamp. 1
The man who saves enriches the
fund by which all industry is carried
on. '
114 thrift makes . him a' stay
agamst bad times or stoppage of in
dustry.' HI thrift make him a steadying
force among hi fellows. '
HI thrift ripen his Judgment and
seasons hi wisdom for the general
welfare.
. His thrift qualifies him for the
ranks of those who conduct public
affairs.
Hi thrift enlarge the mean for
making this a better world.
Investment in Thrift Stamps and
War Saving Stamps Is the suret
and best way of saving for the
greatest good of himself and the
nation. . - - '
Thrift SUmpe and War Serin.
Stamps iw en sale at -u.utl starict's. .
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