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THE - OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY HORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1919.
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HYPHEN OPPOSITION
IT IS true, as President Wilson
charges, that, outside the congress,
the main "opposition to the treaty
comes from the same; forces that
favored Germany in the war."
it is what was to have been
expected. Germany does not want
America to ratify the treaty. With
America out of it the league's pwer
to enforce the terms of peace that
Germany unwillingly accepted would
be greatly lessened. Many of the
requirements Germany is to meet
under the treaty might, with America
out of it, be eventually escaped.
?jo Germany does not want America
to ratify. The same forces that were
with Germany before and during
the war are naturally witn Germany
in her present desire to beat ratifi
cation in the American' senate. What
else could be expected?
Besides, Germany is not admitted
to the league. The treaty makes her
an outlaw rktion. It is perfectly
natural tor her to be rejoiced at the
hope of having America also become
an outlaw nation. A League of
Nations with all important countries
except Germany and America in its
membership would be highly grati
fying to German junkers. It would
add highly to the respectability of
the German status, and be heartening
to the German military party in its
effort .to become dominant again
in the affairs of Germany. What is
more natural among those in America
who favored Germany in" the war
than to now support the German
desire for the league to be weakened
by the absence of America, and
for the German position to be
strengthened by America also becom
ing an outlaw nation?
Then there is the circumstance
that if America does not ratify the
treaty, she will have to seek a sep
arate peace with Germany. Senator
Knox declared in the senate that
the terms given Germany are "harsh
and cruel"' and ought to be made
less severe. That was a declaration
highly pleasing to the German gov
ernment. It is the exact thing the
German negotiators said at Paris.
It is a sentiment highly pleasing to
those in America who favored Ger
many before and during the war.
If we do not ratify the treaty,
and, hat in hand, go humbly begging
the German government for a
separate peace, a great shout will
arise in this country for the terms
to be made easier. It will be led
by Senator Knox and his friends.
It will be cuckooed by all those in
America who are for Germany first
and for the United States after
ward. Our 50,000 -dead on French and
Flemish ' fields will be forgotten. Our
cripples and our blinded boys will
be betrayed. The tears of American
mothers, wives and sisters will be
.insulted. The things that were won
in . bloody A'rgonne will be thrown
away.
Can America, China, like, play the
part of impotency and weakness,
after all these sacrifices?
We can sympathize with the fish
erman who saw great schools of sil
versides playing about off the mouth
of the Columbia river and then, 'just
as. they had their seines, gill nets and
other tackle ready, the fickle fishes
turned and headed for the open sea.
It was a trick worthy of the silver
dollar, which likewise seems to have
an antipathy to being netted.
HOW MANY SHIPS?
WHILE Portland argues for the
creation by the government
of a channel to the sea 35
feet at zero and with a mini
mum width of 600 feet, business
getting enterprise for the port may
not well be laid aside. The appoint
ment of a port traffic manani-r has
been held over long in abeyance
by the port commission. The es
tablishment of foreign trade connec
tions and the placing of trade repre
sentatives Is of vital concern. The
encouragement of industries that will
furnish cargo and bring in raw
materials is a task for the entire
-city.
' Yesterday we were privileged to
plead scarcity of ships as an excuse
for low tonnage In and out of the
Columbia. The war was on then,,
and it was sufficient explanation for
the inactivity In the port. But to
day it Is different The work of
the transport ships is almost done.
More and .more of them are released
for commercial service.
And when we knock at Washington
for a 35-foot channel, we shall be
asked about the tonnage in and out
on a 30-foot channel. The signifi
cant query to us will be as to the
number of ships in and out now.
If Portland Is wise, not a day
or a minute of time, or an ounce
of energy will be tost in making
adequate port business and ample
port statistics.
It Is an ill wind that blows nobody
good. Portland's "lava rain" made
good business for the auto washers,
judging by the appearance of the
parked vehicles.
AT ONLY THIRTEEN
WHAT is it when two Portland
girls of only 13 turn out to
be expert shoplifters?
They confess that they have
committed robberies in 12 stores.
Though just entering the'r teens,
they have been operating with the
abandon of hardened and experienced
criminals.
It is scarcely possible that children
at such an age drifted through
natural processes into such a career.
There must have been something out
of the ordinary that suggested to
their minds the bold and hazardous
enterprise in which they engaged. It
seems hardly possible that the mind
of either girl could have conceived,
at such an age, the bold scheme of
entering stores, hazarding the keen
surveillance of those on guard and,
time aftei time, walking out of the
establishment with loot in their pos
session. Which of the two suggested the
plan to the other, and what and
where were the conversations in
which their schemes were perfected?
What influences were around them
that they turned from the Innocence
and guilelessness of real child life
to the ways of criminality? How
many other children of 13 in Port
land have their minds filled with
the disorders and diseases of ways
forbidden?
In how many Portland homes are
the hearthstone fires not burning
and the children scattered about the
streets in the evening and night
hours?
It is not difficult for parents to
know all that is in the minds of
their children. Between them there
should be a companionship in which j
better things should be in' the child
minds than thoughts of robbing
stores.
In the case of these youthful shop
lifters there is opportunity for the
authorities to learn a great deal of
value about Portland's juvenile world.
For success in their campaign to
secure Oregon's quota of War Sav
ings certificates, the Elks confident
ly anticipate that at least 5000 citi
zens of the state will wish to become
members of the "limit club." Mem
bership requires an investment of
$1000, maturity value, in the govern
ment's thrift securities. There un
doubtedly are several times the de
sired number in the state eager to
make an investment at once so pa
triotic and profitableT
OREGON'S HISTORIC ROAD
NO LONGER is toll collected at
the gates of the Harlow road.
This pioneer pathway across the
Cascade mountains is now the
property of the state of Oregon, hav
ing been dedicated to the gener?l
public for the purpose of its con
version as a base for the Mount Hood
! loop highway.
In late September, a company
of immigrants under the captaincy
of Samuel K. Barlow, arrived at The
Dalles en route to the Willamette
valley. They found many other im
migrants already encamped here.
Only two boats were running dovvu
to the Cascade rapids. Captain Bar
low, a typical pioneer, self-reliant
and impatient of a delay which meant
an unexpected consumption of sup
plies while waiting for the boat
passage, determined to find another
route. He was told that there was
an old Indian trail which led arounl
the southern slope of Mount Hood.
He said:
God never made a mountain without
making a way for a man to go over.
If man exercised a proper amount of
energy and perseverence.
After considerable hardship the
company reached the summit of the
range but it was growing late in
the, season and there was Imminent
danger of being imprisoned by the
snow. Wagons were left behind,
and with necessary articles on horses
and oxen, the company pushed on
toward the Oregon settlements. Still
greater hardships were encountered
on the western slope of the moun
tains. But finally a pack train with
flour and other provisions from Ore
gon City came to their relief and
all reached the Willamette. The
ovuij ui una vcutuiu acruss me
mountains is one of the most thrill
ing in the annals of Oregon.
During the winter of his arrival
Captain Barlow obtained from the
territorial legislature a charter to
open a road across the mountains.
As soon as snow disappeared in the
spring he took 40 men and opened
a road from the Clackamas valley to
the point where the wagons were
left.
For two years Captain Barlow per
sonally collected toll. In 1846, ac
cording to his report, "145 wagons,
1559 head of horses, mules and horned
.
cattle and one drove of sheep" passed
through, the toll gate.
From 1848 to 1862 the road was
leased by Barlow to various opera
tors who did nothing but collect toll,
neglecting to keep the road in repair
to such an extent that it became
almost' Impassable.
In 1862 the Mount Hood Wagon
Road company was organized to take
over the road and reconstruct it. The
enterprise was a failure and two
years later a new company called
the Cascade Road & Bridge company,
was incorporated. This organization
made some improvements in the road,
which in 1882 was deeded to the
Mount Hood & Barlow Road company.
Later the road passed to the owner
ship of the late Henry Wemme, who,
dying, bequeathed it to his attorney,
George W. Joseph.
In furthering the life desire of
Wemme for a modern highway from
Portland to Mount Hood, Mr. Joseph
has deeded the road to the state,
free of cost.
It will be recalled that one of the
first measures submitted to Oregon
voters several years ago under the
initiative law was a proposition to
purchase the Barlow road and abolish
tolls. ... was defeated by a small
majority.
It has been well said that the con
struction of the Barlow road con
tributed more towards the prosper
ity of the Willamette valley and the
state of Oregon than any other
achievement prior to the building of
the railways.
As a part of the Mount Hood loop
highway its mission for good will
continue.
The sale of an 8800-ton steel
steamer built on private account by
the Northwest Steel company is good
tidings. The efficient work of the
company has helped create a market
for its product. As aid to it and
other home yards, all Portland may
well urge a transcontinental steel
rate that will give local shipbuilding
a chance to survive. Why not have
Portland-owned ships to carry steel
at living rates?
ADELINA PATTI
ADELINA PATTI is dead.
To the present world this an
nouncement does not mean very
much, but to those in whose
memory lingers the notes of "Home,
Sweet Home" as sung by Patti in her
prime, 40 years or more ago, it
brings the information that one
of the great singers of earth has gone
to join the celestial choir.
For many years Patti had been liv
ing behind the curtain of publicity
and only occasional glimpses of her
have been had, just enough to remind
of her past triumphs In opera and on
the concert stage.
Like many other great artists she
lived long enough to see many years
pass after she had reached the zenith
of success, bringing with them the
ever deepening shadow of a world's
forgetfulness.
Born of an Italian father and a
Spanish mother. Madame Patti was in
a sense an American. In New York
were spent the years of early child
hood and it was there she made her
first public appearance at the age of
seven. Chiefly under American man
agement she sang her way to world
fame and financial independence.
"Empires dissolve and peoples dis
appear. Song passes not away."
Lloyd George definitely charges
that the British strike with 600.000
workers out is the work of radicals
who arc exploiting organized work
ingmen in furtherance of Bolshevist
ideas. He has always been British
labor's most influential friend. It is
difficult not to believe his statement.
If what he says is true. Great Britain
is rocked to her foundation by sinis
ter forces. What a world we have
now!
KEEP IT AT VANCOUVER
IT IS planned at the general land
office of the United States to merge
the Vancouver land office into, and
unite it with the Seattle land of
fice. The proposed action is ill advised."
There is six times as much vacant
land in the Vancouver district as there
is under the jurisdiction of the Seattle
office. It lies in Klickitat and Skama
nia counties, east of Vancouver.
Homesteaders who proposed to file on
these lands would, were the proposed
action carried out, have to pass
through Vancouver and then journey
hundreds of miles to Seattle and re
turn in order to make their entries.
It would be an expense, a loss of time
and an inconvenience to men who, in
the very nature of things, should not
be subjected to unnecessary outlay in
entering upon the long, arduous and
tedious business of making a home
and bringing wild land under profita
ble production.
We ought to encourage men to go on
raw lands and make them productive.
We should make it as easy, as con
venient and as inexpensive as possible
for them to do so. The proposed
merging of the Vancouver land office
into the Seattle office would have ex
actly the opposite effect. If there is
to be a merging of the two offices,
it is the Vancouver office, with six
times as much vacant land as the Se
attle district, that should be main
tained. This reason is emphasized by
the fact that the Vancouver lands are
mostly pasture and agricultural while
the lands in the Seattle district, be
sides being but one sixth in area, are
rough and mountainous.
A final and conclusive objection to
the proposed action is that the Van
couver office is in commodious quar-
I lers iu the Vancouver federal building.
iThe rooms were built and fitted up
especially for the office. At Seattle,
the office is in rented quarters, where
Uhe cost is large and where the en
larged quarters required for the
merged office would result in an an
nual cost largely Increased.
From every standpoint, if the gov
ernment Is to make any change, it is
the Vancouver office that should, for
conclusive reasons, be continued.
Little children, unfortunate in the
misfortunes of their parents, but as
yet unsullied by sordid life, recently
spent the night behind the bars of
the city Jail. They sat on the seat of
the common miscreant next morning,
and here they fell under the eye of
the Judge. He looked upon them
with pity. The sins of their mothers
had been visited upon them. Be
cause the mothers upon arrest could
rfot give ball, the children were con
fined with- them. The order of the
judge was just. He said that here
after no children may be brought
into the city jail. That decision
alone relieved the sorry scene of its
similitude to the days of barbarous
Jail practice, when entire families
were imprisoned for debt.
For the republic
T
HE news dispatches relate that
music was used as a quieting
and pacifying influence on the
mob in one of the cities in the
steel strike. Nor was it amiss or
ineffective. The great diapason of
nature is one of the charms of coun
try life. The tinkling bells, the note
of the .whipporwill and a hundred
other sounds of the countryside on
a summer evening are nature's prep
aration for repose.
The endearments of home and
country are taught in the folk songs.
The home fires were kept flaming
in the late struggle by the war songs.
Abundant music helps give heart
and soul to a nation. German unity
and solidarity were infinitely pro
moted .by German symphonies and
melodies. A singing people are a
buoyant and hopeful people. You
can sense the joyous mood that music
brings at luncheons where singing
is featured by some of the Portland
business men's clubs.
Under the softening spell of har
mony, hearts come into unison and
souls are attuned to a gentler pur
pose. The strolling high school boys
in their street songs spread the spirit
of effervescence. The mother with
her lullaby, the maid who hums a
melody -at her work, the whistle of
the deliveryman in the street are
the cheery omens of lives at peace.
And when, through the open win
dows of the village church, the con
gregational singing bursts forth in
fervent thanksgiving the distant lis
tener feels in his heart that all's well.
The more we put music into our
ffbmes and communities and country
and minds, the better for the re
public. Moonshine whiskey, of which four
drinks would kill, was seized in a po
lice raid in San Prancisco. Chem
ical analysis showed it to be a deadly
mixture of lysol, a derivitive of car
bolic acid, gasoline, wood alcohol,
fusel oil, saffron and water. It was
not whiskey at all, but was to have
been sold in adjoining states as first
class bootleg. The man who drinks
promiscuous booze nowadays takes
his life in his hands.
A WAR ON THE PACIFIC
W
EAK, though potentially strong,
China, with its record of a
civilization running back in an
unbroken stream through the
centuries, has for years been de
spoiled by the robber barons of the
West. Powerless by reason of her
unwieldiness she has been forced
to submit to the violation of her
sovereignty, the seizure of her reve
nues and the exploitation and ad
ministration of her territories by
aliens.
Thus it has been and will continue
to be until there
s an agreement
among nations to lay aside their
rival and conflicting ambitions and
unite to aid the great constructive
forces of the Chinese empire in
achieving unity and strength and
national independence.
Such an agreement has been made
"... . .
possible tnrougn trie proposed League
of Nations.
It is inconceivable that when such
an instrument Is at hand it will be
rejected and a nation so capable of
being one of the dominant ones of
the world replunged into an anarchy
and disorder which will reach be
yond its borders and overwhelm the
earth in another great war.
China has been described as the
greatest undeveloped market of the
world. Her fertile soil, her great de
posits of coal and Iron, her reser
voirs of raw materials, her dense
population, her vast areas, her long
stretch of sea coast, and her rivers
navigable for miles on miles into
the rich interior excite the cupidity
of a commercial world which has
been able to impose its will through
the internal weakness of the Chinese
government and lack of centralized
power. Dissension has often fur
nished a pretext for a foreign power
to base its demand for concessions
and spheres of influence.
Today China is a disorganized
group of warring provinces. In
addition to the selfish ambitions of
Individual leaders there is a general
division , of north and south. The
former Is conservative and militar
istic, the latter is tinctured with
liberalism and government by the
civil authorities.
Finances are in confusion and the
foreign owed debt ever growing
larger.
The story of Japanese aggressions,
culminating inline Shantung incident,
is a long one. Ilerfn and in the
special interests of oher nations Is
the seed of future wah) If the League
of Nations is not to become a reality.
Only through the Letgue of Nations
is to be realized the tope of saving
China from its own Weakness and
preventing it from j becoming a
menace to the peace 4 the world.
Those steel bars in lie city Jail at
Visalia, Cal., will lok strange to
Banker Nichols, sentinced to five
days as an automobileepeeder. But
then, whose is the fsult? It was
Banker Nichols that sieede"d, and in
Visalia all speeders properly look
alike to blind goddess if Justice.
NEW IDEXS OF
OLD EARTH
Man Is Now Storming the Citadel of
the Mighty Aom.
From the Philadelphia Hblic Ledger.
Sir Oliver Lodge, wlpse researches
alike in psychic and phyacal phenomena
have made his name a lousehold word
in both hemispheres, ias put before
British scientists assemjled for the
James Watt centenary akew reading of
the amazing truths thatare coming to
light regarding the prop)rtlea of mat
ter and the power of atchiio energy.
The world we inhabit, ice thought to
be the symbol of all th is solid and
stable, is now considered the very pat
tern of a perpetual mottoi machine. Our
bodies that are the tangble tenements
of our spirits are loose issociatlons of
particles as volatile as the vibrations
of light and heat and soujd. What is it
that stands fast nowadajl and what is j
it that cannot be moved", Our notions ,
of solidity were all upset is soon as the j
X-ray began to see thrtUgh walls of ;
wood or metal or flesh. J j
In a universe that is Itself an ag
glomeration of electrons of which it
would take hundreds to mke an atom, j
mere are startling pociDiiiues oi
changes in the form of batter which
seem far less futile and ibsurd. The
chemists are showing us cchstantly that
the former hard-and-fast divisions be
tween the elements are boken fences.
The old terminology furnlhes conven
ient names ; but the naaes are be
stowed on shifting sands a the shores
of the infinite expanse of he ocean of
truth.
The atom was long regaded as the
smallest subdivision of mater ; and as
it was such a very little febw, nobody
thought it could do much 'or good or
for evil.. We now recognle the tre
mendous potency of malijnant and
benignant bacteria : but evi so great
a foe of disease as Florence Nightingale
never believed in them. Themicroscope
has taught us to consider win profound
respect the ways of creature so small
that the ant would be a npnster be
side them.
And now Sir Oliver Lodes bids us
believe that an ounce of mattu contains
sufficient latent energy to rtse to the
mountain tops the battleship the Ger
mans scuttled. We do not yet know
how to release that energy1 but the
wonders promised even by te present
status of radioactivity point the way.
Savants are chary of saying that any
thing is impossible. They see how
often the dire predictions of !ailure in
the past had to give way hfore the
accomplishment.
Verily, the men of the futire, with
these terrible new forces in thr hands,
are called upon to use them WBely and
well for the good of all their fellows.
It was the dream of the tcnturies
brought true when men learnel to fly,
and almost the first thing tfty have
done with their wings is to mtke war
hideously upon one another. Ye shall
not deserve to eat of the Tree ofKnowl
edge unless, when our eyes areopened,
we do better with what we knew than
we have ever done.
Letters From the People
f Communications sent to The Jousal for
publication in this dor-artment should bewritten
on only me side of the paper, should nolexceed
M) word! in length, and must be aignedby the
w riter, whose mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution. J
America's Repute in the Eat
Milwaukie, Sept. 25. To the Edibr of
The Journal In the course of a foceful
address at the First Presbyterian ciirch
last Sunday evening Rev. E. T. -lien,
a missionary, recently back from Prsia,
where, during the war, he was ennged
in relief work, declared that in th far
east the name of America stands tp in
tegrity, charity, manliness and coii&ge,
for protection of the helpless and op
pressed, and for justice to small natona.
America, he says, occupies a plael in
the esteem of the people of that settion
of the globe such as has never -teen
vouchsafed to any other nation ince
time began.
As he spoke of what America iad
done to alleviate the sufferings of comt-
less millions of innocent victims ofthe
war, 1 was thrilled. I was glad tha to
America had been given the role ofthe
Good Samaritan, and proud that she
had played her part so well.
And then I thought of thoEe who ire
going up and down in the land, crijng
alouii that our president has betra'ed
us, that he had foisted upon us an in
famous document that will rob us of tur
sovereignty, and that he has connied
with designing foreign diplomats to pi
tanprle us in European politics. "t
The whole world waits with batd
breath for America to say, by the -jet
of ratification, that she stands readyjto
do her part in establishing peace tfid
guaranteeing the right of ail peoples to
"life, liberty and the pursuit of hapti
ness." And yet certain senators, to sere
selfish and partisan purposes, seek to
ignore the altruistic motives with whlh
we -announced our belated entry into- te
war. to isolate us from the rest of tie
world, and to disavow our obligation
as champions of the right of humaniV.
I, like these senators, am for "Ameriia
first." I am also for my family firt.
But do I love my family less because I
accept certain obligations toward ijy
neighbors, and because I recognize thvt
the welfare of my family is largely De
pendent on the welfare of the coa
munity? Shall America break faith with thae
who died, and with those who live bit
scarcely dare to hope, just to saUefy tie
seirish aims and petty political arnbitiots
of a rabid and noisy minority? Gd
forbid. W. E. STONE.
Has Faith for the Future
Portland. Sept. 26. To the Editor f
The Journal When I see the itite,
bright eyed children at play. lisUn io
their questions and hear their ansvee,
my hope rises. I have faith inj tie
future. I believe they will play; tie
game of life fairly and without h4id
cap. I do not believe they will allow
any single class of men to fix the itite
or the necessaries or lire ; neither Rill
they allow the products of labor td
sold four or five times, each time i a
profit, and charged to the consumer.
They will cooperate in production
distribution and compete only in
excellence of their work. T. K.
100 Per Cent Profit
Kmm the Forhee Maeazine.
The figures revealing the quan tiles
of life's necessitiaai which are, bA,m
INDIAN
By Florence
TJHAT splendid ways these russet days
" We roam and roam together:
Leaving behind the heavy, blind
Turmoil of town, with lightsome mind
Through wood and dale we seek the trail
Of scarlet autumn weather.
The zigzag fence, the common-sense
Of the squirrel's witty chir;
The vanishing tread of the wood leaves dead;
The torch of the maple beckoning red
By hill and hollow as we follow
The falling chestnut burr.
On upland higher, a fringe of fire.
The sumacs take the breeze.
Clematis white is winged for flight.
Fox grapes wait for the touch of night;
Apples drop from the orchard's top
And the frost creeps under the trees.
Perhaps more slow we choose to go
Than they who walk alone,
While on the wold the ruined gold
Rustles a music manifold;
But onward yet our feet are set
For a charmed place our own.
So, pacing faster, we watch the aster
Its frosted purples fling
By wayside wall, and over all
The woodbine weave its Indian shawl:
Then by the stile in kingly file
Our goldenrods upspring.
Cathedral shades the solemn glades
Draw down on our returning;
Frosty and chill each lonely hill
But Love, light-footed, leads us still
Where down the road to His abode,
The orange west is burning.
From "The Far Country."
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
With Eugene Y T. M. C A. campaico as a
text, Mr. Lockley enlarge upon the present un
usual need for the sanity and the gerrice that
characterize such effort an the "Y" is constanUj
putting forth. The opportunity and the cor
resiKinding duty of the hour are put before the
public in strongest terms. )
Dr. E. H. Pence of Portland, Dr. A. C.
Dixon, formerly pastor of the Metropoli
tan Tabernaclo of London, England, but
now with the Los Angeles Bible insti
tute ; R. A. Booth of Eugene and my
self spoke a few days ago, at a ban
quent at the Hotel Osborne in Eugene,
at which plans were laid to raise $30,000
for the carrying on of the y. M. C. A.
work at Eugene.
Before the war the raising of money
for altruistic purposes was a hard and
laborious job, but the Liberty loan
drives, the Red Cross drives, the war
work drives and a host of similar cam
paigns have taught the people to give.
When a city like Eugene has money to
raise for the Y. M. C. A. or for any
other form of civic benefit, the question
is not. "Can Eugene afford to do it?"
but "Can Eugene afford not to do it?"
More and more we have begun to real
ize that a community is not a collec
tion of buildings that the buildings and
the houses are merely incidental. Un
less the houses are homes and unless
tho buildings are occupied by men and
women interested in the growth of their
city, the city will always lack a some
thing for lack of a better term, let us
call it the community eplrlt that makes
for growth.
There was a day when a community
was looked upon by many of its citi
zens as a mere fishpond, from which
they could catch fish. That day has
gone by. The responsibility of a citi
zen to his fellows has been brought
home during the past five years and
tho welfare of each Member is ien
to be the concern of all. No architect
or builder selects poorly made brick to
ba used in a building. He tests the
bricks to see if they can meet the
strain. You cannot build a community
with poor human bricks. Men who are
unwilling to meet their obligations as
citizens, men who live on the city and
not for it. are not suitable bricks for
community building. The past few
years have proved the testing time for
all of us. Some have proved as true
as steel, like a Damascus blade, whiie
others have proved to be of pot metal.
There was a day when property was
held above manhoods. That day has
passed. The day is coming, if it is not
already here, when no rich man will
dam tn die without recognition of what
the community has done for him. No;
man has a right to make millions of
money from a community and then de
part leaving his millions of money to
be fought over by his heirs. Today,
when a man has accumulated great
wealth, we ask, "How much has he
cost the community? Has he added to
the common welfare, or become rich at
tho expense of producers?"
hoarded in cold storage, etc., suggest
very strongly that powerful Interests
have been rigging the market and arti
ficially boosting prices shamefully.
Sometimes excessive profits can be
wrung from the public at too high a
cost and at too great risk. Profits
extorted from the public during the last
six netmths have in many cases been
absolutely unjustified and there will be
a jshout of approval from Maine to Cali
fornia if the legal authorities can con
vict and throw into jails gangs of prof
iteers who have seized upon the war as
a means to eat, like hogs, into the vitals
of the public. The difference between
the cost of raw materials and such fin
ished products as shoes, suits and,cloth
ing, meat and cotton goods, strikes the
layman as beyond all reason. Recent
reports from Washington stated that
the difference between tne price cnargea j
by the packers for meat and the price j
charged consumers averaged 100 peri
cent. It would be Illuminating to learn j
in detail Just what share of, say, a $15 I
pair of shoes, goes to the eller or the
hide, to the tanner, to the manufacturer
and to'the shoe merchant. At some point
the profit must be disgraceful. Thor
ough investigation will probably dis
close that there Is more profiteering
and greater room for saving in the dis
tribution than in the manufacture of
necessities.
Have You the Sixth Sense?
Proa the San Francisco Call
Dr. William J. Long, the naturalist,
has Introduced a new word Into the
language In his recent book, "How Ani
mals Talk." He borrows the word from
the South African natives, who recognize
in man and animal alike a sixth sense,
which they believe is a compound or
all the other senses acting harmoniously,
and which they call "chumfo." This
"chumfo' warns one of impending dan
ger, accounts for many instinctive acts,
makes one start up out of a sound
sleep, every nerve alert, and so on, over
a large number of cases. In animals
"chumfo" is more highly developed than
in man, but Hhe more alive physically
and mentally man may be, the more
orobable ia bis "chumfo" to operate. '
SUMMER
Wilkinson
The ethics of accumulation Is a most
Interesting and vital subject. "How
much can a man rightfully collect from
society?" Inquires W. J. Bryan; and
then he answers his own question by
saying :
"Not more than he honestly earns.
If he collects more than he earns he
collects what someone else has earned
something to which he is not entitled.
Kow much can a man honestly earn?
Not more than fairly measures the value
of the service that he. renders to society.
One cannot earn money without giving
an equivelent service in return. That
each individual member of society Is
entitled to draw from thf common store
in proportion as he contributes to the
common welfare, is the most funda
mental of economic laws. He suffers
injustice if he is denied this. He does
injustice if he secures more."
The, day has come when we must In
sist on better living conditions for the
producers. The day is coming, if It is
no', already here, when profit sharing
will be universal and when flesh and
blood, energy, enthusiasm and ability.
will weigh as much in the scales as
money.
No wonder Eugene wants to reopen
tho Y. M. C. A for such Institutions
are character formers. The leaders of
tomorrow must have clear eyes, steady
hands, right purposes and altruistic
ideals. The boys of today who are to
be the leaders of tomorrow must be
taught to use their powers in construe- I
tive endeavor rather than for destructive
purposes. They must be builders and
producers, not "preyers." The war has
crystallized the sentiment that man is
worth more than property. The test of
the future is not to be, "How much
money did he make?" but "How did
he make it and what is he doing with
it?"
Today, when agitators and radicals
paid with funds raised in Germany or
Russia are preaching class hatred and
distrust, we must see that the citizens
of today and tomorrow are well grounded
in Americanism so that they will form
a bulwark against the seething sea of
unrest and the waves of industrial dis
content. We must replace the doctrine
' of "How much I can get." with "How
much I can give and how I can best
serve my fellow men" ; for, after all.
lifr is not a cup to be drained but a
measure to be filled.
e
If you throw a huge stone Into a pond
thu waters are agitated for a long time
after the stone has sunk from sight.
but in time tney win once moie Deconie
tranquil. Germany's attempt to force
her kultur upon the world was like a
hi.ge stone thrown Into a pond, and the
waters are still ag-itated. and will be for
some time to come. The sacrifices of
blood and treasure made by America
will not be lost and our children, let us
hope, will help to make a better, saner,
juster world for future generations.
1 he Heart of Man
By Bert Huffman
Circling stare
Aud golden noon;
Dawning melting
Into noon;
Blooming fields
In million hues;
Fragrant rains
And honey-dews!
Hummer's mu.ic
Ererywhere
Only In the Heart of Man
Hatred and Despair!
Silrer lifers
Flowing down;
Snowy crent
On mountain crown;
Fragrant winds
To bless the earth;
Wondrous oice
Thrilled with Mirth!
IOTe and Leuguter
Everywhere
Only Id the Heart of Man
Haired and despair!
In the forest
Wild and deep
Bird and beast
In silence sle!;
Weary wing
And cruel claw
Hearken, yet.
To Nature s lawl
Ah, but Man!
A fiend untamed
Heart and mind
With Oreed inflamed 1
Peaoe and Love
In nest and lair
Only in Man's bitter Heart
Hatred and Despair!
Calgary. July 27, 1819.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
When I was a kid down In the
Ozarks a swell feller from Boston give
me and my little brother a dime apiece
to go fishin' with him. We'd of been
willin to of give two bita each to him,
lnsttd, and dug and toted the bait if he
had stood out Xer that. The way some
of our big statesmen plays the Hun
game in buckin' the League of Na
tions don't look like they're hired with
much money. Some of 'em works fer
nothln and boards tnelrselves and pays
their own hall rent, they're jist that all
fired eager to go fishin' fer another big
war and a long string of small one. ,
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happening to ril form for tb
Busy Reader.
OREGON NOTES
The Livestock Loan company haa
been orKanized at Ontario with a capi
talization of 150.000.
A MS rattlesnake with eight rattles
was killed in the middle of Willamette
Btwet,Jn E"Sen by Edwin Zlniker, a
schoolboy.
Judge Harry H. Belt of Polk county
has donm-d overalls and Is at work la
the orchards trying to save the bix
prune crop.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed two
large wheat stacks belonging to Chll-t-cte
& Smith at Klamath Falls. The
less was $1500.
E. B. Fitts of the O. A. C. extension
service will be official judge of dairy
cattle at the provincial exposition at
New Westminster.
Reports received at the offices of the
Oregon public service commission Indi
cate that the car shortage ultuatlon la
becoming more acute.
Thieves broke into the gnritge of
William Koss at La Fine Friday night
and made their escape vith more than
$1000 worth of goods.
By a unanimous vote the Ontario
Commercial club has Indorsed the work
of the State Chamber of Commerce and
pledged Its support to that body.
Growth In the school of music at
Oregon Agricultural college has neces
sitated the purchase of 14 new pianos,
which will be used for students' prac
tice. Construction work on the new unit of
the Eugene Fruitgrowers' association
plant Is almost complete and the build
ing will soon hf ready for use. The
building cost $6000.
Net losses of nearly $100,000 in a
recent fire has resulted in the Pine
Tree Lumber company at Bend going
Into voluntary bankruptcy. Assets anil
liabilities of the company are about
equal.
Because he wouldn't open the Cas
cade Locks telephone) exchange after
hours. Postmaster Henderson was at
tacked and beaten by George Moyer,
fo.r which Moyer paid a fine of $10 and
costs.
LleutenantB Roeder, RIdenour, Webb,
Batten and Ooldsborough of the gov-,
ernment forest service at Eugene have
entered for the transcontinental flight
to be made between San Francisco and
New York city October 8.
WASHINGTON
Enrollment at the Yakima schools has
reached 3229. higher by 191 than any
previous enrollment.
O. H. Kohler, a sheep man of Ellens
burg, has bought 100 acres of wheat
land near Toppenish for $23,000.
A let has been purchased at Hoqulam
on which to erect a $14,000 home for
Hoqulam post, American Legion.
An Issue of $120,000 worth of Wen
atchee sewer bonda was sold Friday to
Ferris & Hardgrove of Spokane at 9&.
L. H. Hubbard, cashier of the Citi
zens' bank of Tenlno. will leavu October
1 on a visit to France, Spain and Swit
zerland. The total taxable valuo of all property
In Penl d'Orelile county is S6.26l.298,
an Increase of about $250,000 over that
of last year.
Officials of the Yakima state fair will
go before the next legislature for an
appropriation of $100,0ou for permanent
improvements.
The public service) commission hJi de
nied a petitii i of the Wenatchee Gas A
Electric company for an increase of
rates on electric current
Apple shipments at the rate of oni
train of to cars day are now rolling
out of Wenatchee. From 6 to 10 cents a
box is being paid for picking.
Ticoma wholesale grocers have asked
the government to release 000,000 pounds
of sugar held In Camp Lewis ware
houses to relieve the sugar shortage.
George Hill, employed at the Centralis
Iron works was seriously injured Friday
when a sledge wleliied by a fellow
worker, slipped and struck hlrn on the
head.
Two quarts of home-made whiskey, a
still made from a five gallon milk can
and a quantity of mash wrre found by
officers In the county stockade at Be
attle. Nightly carousals among the
prisoners led to the discovery.
- IDAHO
Orin Boyer at Ontario has a large
crew at work to handle and pack 30,000
boxes of apples.
Owing to an unusually large number
of oruVr.-?. the sawmill at Priest river Is
now working 24 hours a day.
According to Probation Officer John
R. Aull. there are approximately Km
cases of truancy in the Twin Falls
schools.
Seven lodging camps, employing be
tween BOO hii(1 70(i men. arfl being pner
ated by the Humblrd Lumber company
of Sandpoint.
Albert Peters, employed by the King
Iron works at Sandpoint, was Ktruck by
a falling Ur-rrick Friday and so badly
injured that he may not live.
John Florlan, 7-year-old son of W. J.
Floilan of Nampa, wan Instantly killed
when he slipped while trying to board it
tractor driven by Elmer Glvens.
The lloola and Interstate-Callahati
mines In the Burko district, which havo
been closed down by a strike aince July
15, will commence operations next week.
It is said that a skeleton recently dis
covered on an inland in Snake river can
yon is that of a man named Harklerousl,
who disappeared from Buhl three years
ago.
The Twin Kalis highway district Is to
n-ceive from the federal Rovernment a
carlo8d of T N T, the most powerful ex
plosive developed during the war, fur
use In highway construction.
GENERAL
It is thought by the war department
that American troops will be retained in
Siberia until January, 1920, If not longer.
Two long-distance seaplane flights are
.lunrrnd for -rlv next vear bv trie navy.
one to Brazil and another to the Philip
pines. John S. Washburn, president of the
big Washburn flouring mills at Minne
apolis, died suddenly Thursday night,
aged 61 years.
After October 30 tho Chinese mari
time, customs will not pass a cargo un
less it is accompanied, by Invoices and
other document.
A Pacific coast trading schooner was
wrecked in the ice off Cap Serge, Si
beria. September 16. The crew reached
the shore In safaty.
By buying stocks of tobacco from tho
American army aud selling It for
French consumption, the French minis
try of finance is making 800 ier cent.
At San Francisco Friday, 25 gallons of
moonshine whiskey was ized. an ana.1
ysta ehowing Kasolln". wood alcohol, fu
sel oil, Jysol. saffron and water.
The entire milling plant of the Platte
Valiey .Milling company at OoUie-nburg.
Neb. , was burned Thursday night. The
fire also consumed 85,000 buahela of
wheat.
Oregon Being Advertised
In Illinois
Writing to the publisher of The
Journal from Princeton, 111., 11. U,
Bailey, proprietor uf tho Bureau
County Republican, says:
"I wish to thank you. for the book
of beautiful view of the Columbia
river highway and scenes adjacent
to Portland. This book ia of partic
ular interest to me. haying viewed
this wonderful acenery.
"In addition to the persona! ob
servations on my trip which-w have
already published and which will be
published for a few weeks in the
future, we are running considerable
matter about .he Northwest. Among
these will be articles about the
Peninsula Industrial district, which
has lx cri forwarded to "us lv Mr.
Aya, the industrial agent. We win
also publish special articles about
the Columbia highway, Crater lajse
txA other subjects that w)H b of.
it tsiect." '