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FORCE AGAINST FORCE
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?i ORDINARY , strikes the use of
troops If not defensible.
, It is a power that can be abused.
It has been, abused many time.
It encourages;;: the ; hdadVi of great
: estabUshments to . tyrannlM ' over
their; employes. With an army to
sad " them,- mill owners and mine
iwners are more autocratic and more
uncompromising and more exacting
. In Jhelr dealing; with workers.
But the threatened coal strike ' is
aot- an ordinary . strike. The' coai
lupply of the world is low. England.
' before the war,' was a great coal
exporting nation. Its stocks went to
Bouth America, Franee,: bpaln and
Italy. But the ferment among British
eoal miners has greatly checked pro-,
, iuctlon. Unrest and agitation have ;
10 seethed among the workers and
. the output of the mines Is so cat i
-that very little coal is available for
ixport. v . . . '";'. .
The increased price of British coal
las greatly handicapped the ' indus
tries ; of France ' and Italy. Coal in
ttaly : sells at 1100 a ton, and is
scarcely Obtainable at that. Many
industries there are Idle and thou-
lands of workers out of employment.
The coal situation further disturbs
conditions already desperate in both
Italy and France. - f
- in America the industries depend
largely t Upon receipts of. coal taken
llrectly from the mine, which means
that eoal is consumed almost as fast
ts it Is produced. Stoppage at pro-
luction means, that many industries
nust cease operations, throwing thou
lands of workers Into Idleness. No
tody; knows the extent of the suf-
ferlng; that would result from a
ihortage of coal for heating pur-
soses.. . .. , . . . .
The public has a right to use of
this coal. The coal deposits In the
larth were put there for the use and
tenefit of the people of the earth,
iny action that deprives the people
. f aocesa to or use of the coal is a
Notation of natural law, of moral
; law and ought to be a violation of
itatute law.
. This ,1s ' not a strike In a factory
- that makes . pianos, . or Jewelry, or
" iutomohiles, neither of which Is es
, lential to , human survrvaL ; A strike
to such, plants Is largely a private
Ilspute - between - employer and em
ploye." Neither Is comparable to a
itrlke to: Cut off . the fuel supply of
l nation, a v fuel supply which is a
right as inherent in a people as to
lave air aiid tvaler.
No group of men or groups of men
1 lave a right-to ; stand between the
puhllo and the use of the fuel that
aature 1 stored np Vto support life.
those who own the mines and those
vho work Ihe niines are temporary
tgents and. no matter what their per-
lonal squabbles - may be, : they have
so right to say to the people, f You
ihalt have no coal to heat i your
aomes and drive your Industries.
- It is probable tha the mine owners
save been unfair in the present nego
Uatlons. They have been unfair and
tyrannical many, a time in the past.
rhey have always imported : pauper
tehor with, which to beat down wages,
But tt is rto: their oredtt; now , that
the mine owners,' offered to submit
the dispute to ' arbitration, as : shg-
restcd ny President Wilson, and - to
the discredit of the miners that they
refused, arbitration. 15
Thus; the miners chose force. They
announced that. they. would stop coal
production. - It was a . decision to
nake war. sot only on the mine own
trs but upon the American people.
There can be but ope answer; and
ihe government Is preparing to make
- it The miners chose forces and the
jovernment, which is In duty bound
- to- protect the people bi their Go6
clven right loafnelsiippjy will
reply with foree. If the strike threat
ts carried out, the government win
take over the - mines "and operate
them. v It will: use troops to protect
Emers who remain at work. It wm
. regulate the price of ,oaI and pre
fect pronteerlng. -
H is a deplorable step to take, but
X is a necessary and completely just!
5.1. 1 a course.- , .
, TL9 leadership ' of the mine work-
er is s brainless leadership. Inves
tigation would show that it is dis
approved by real unions, that union
ism; from which- thousands of sym
pathizers tnd friends are beta; alien
ated by the madcap course so per
sistently pursued by some leaders
aad others, who have lost alt sens
of . proportion and gone wild with
ideas Imported from Europe. !
We "already have 1 a '. temporary
League of Nations as a legacy from
th war. It r functioned In Paris
yesterday, when Germany was or
dered to .lira up to tha armlstic
agreements," Germany has been
and Is likely to always be, disregard
tag !- her; pledges; yesterday's de
mands by the supreme council . on
Germany to keep her engagement
is example of what the real league
would bar ( Th truth is that Ger
many will' never behave unless there
Is a league to make her behave.
WHY NOT TRY?
WHY could, ot Portland interest
, the Spreokels people in a sugar
refinery In this cityt ' .
f OTfc, why could not the inde
pendent . Hawaiian cane growers be
Induced to. cooperate In locating a
factory' in Portland T -
H ; costs ' 19 -cents , per " hundred to
bring sugar from San Francisco to
Portland, A first effect of a Portland
refinery; would be to save this 19
cents t to ' somebody, r for the raw
sugar could be delivered at Portland
from the plantations about as cheaply
as to San Francisco. ' v . . . ' r
The sugar cane of Hawaii - is di
vided 'up among three parties; 'One
is a small refinery operated by Inde-
pendent growers : on the ! island, the
other is Spreokels as an Independent
and there is a third vhoMing;Thei
two latter interests have headjiuiar
ters ln San Francisco. s i j
The refinery In , Hawaii Is a smalt
concern. It Is Insisted by people who
ought to know that the Hawaiian in
terests might be induced to establish
a complete, factory-Jn Portland.- -
On the .other' hand, the Spreckels
people have., the natural desire com
mon to large organizations to extend
their operations. A branch refinery
established . by them In .. Portland
would be no more than the' usual
step which large and growing insti
tutions take. The tendency of big
organizations now Is to enlarge their
fields of activity, as we see through
the many branch plants which Mid
dle West and Eastern Industrial con
cerns are Installing on the Pacific
Coast. S
When we recall the benefits to
people and trade of large payrolls as
revealed in wartime shipbuilding, how
can we be otherwise than stimulated
to work for. the establishment of
every possible payroll industry here!
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For theT&rtland street cleaners,
hay that cost irTto 1918 costs 34
now, oats has jumped from $28 to
$60, "straw haswgona up from $7
to $12, gasoline from 9 cents to 22
cents, coal from $$.60 .to $12.60,
and other necessary supplies In pro
portion. Though the total street
cleaning district Is now 4S2 miles
against $73 in 111$, the allowance
Is $14,000 less than then, and the
number of men, which was 225 In
1913, Is now 151, reduction of the
number with necessary Impairment
of service having been compelled
by higher wages. There Is no ques
tion but this growing, -city' needs
money,' as proposed under the In
creased levy, for keeping the streets
clean.
POLITICAL JUDGES
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HE public i will doubtless wait
with some little .anticipation for
the Multnomah County Bar as
sociation to say whether it be
lieves In, and isVilllng to indorse the
idea of a non-partisan judiciary. What
the lawyers $f the county think of
the plan, will be of More than usual
nterest to the laymen.' "-V " j
The proposed Initiative measure
which Has been drafted and laid
before the organized membership of
Multnomah county's legal . profession
taay differ In detail, though it is
the same in general Intent and
purpose, from that 'Other and unfor
tunate 'bill submitted to the voters In
1914 and by them rejected by a
negative majority of 82,940 votes, f
; This newspaper believed then, si
It does now, that the people of
Oregon favor a non-political Judlciaryi
But the bill of 1914, like old dog
Tray, fell Into bad company that
year and suffered accordingly. ; It
was technical in its terms and not
readily . understood : by the common
alty, was opposed, actively and vigor
ously by the . practical politicians
of the state,; both on and off the
bench, and was left to its fate bi
ita friends. t More than that, it came
up for consideration at atime when
the ballot was jammed -. with - pro
posed constitutional amendments and
initiative -J measures, some of (hem
patently undesirable, others of doubt
ful .import and some of them clearly
unwise.. : The result was that a
worried and bewildered electorate
rejected all of the 10 measures and
all - but three of the 19 amendments
submitted for their verdict, undoubt
edly following the oft given advice.
-when in doubt vote no." v '
That political .belief, should be a
quallfylngVactor for judicial service
is difficult Pa. contend and impossible
to sustain. What a Judge may believe
about the tariff, of equal suffrage.
national prohibition or the League, of
Nations does not affect his uuallfica
tion, or his lack of ability, to preside
over a murder trial, to , construe 1 a
contraet , or, to administer the' law
of equity. A. Judge is a good judge
when. he possesses the Judicial tem
perament, if honest, unbiased and up
right, knows - the law construes and
administers It " with - even handed
justice and equity. That Is the real
test, not his politics, his religion' or
lack ?of It, bis lodge affiliations or
his : ancestors.'. Practldal politics and
practical politicians may : contend
otherwise; but practical politics and
practical politicians , ought to. have
no r band upon or, influence ever
the courts of justice. ' , .
"j. Three crosstown surface earlinas
In New York city have been replaced
with omnibus- service, and i a? news
dispatch says they are "carrying tha
crowds and making better time than
the , street ears did. The- surface
lines ceased Operation under orders
from the court on the request of the
receiver. and : Mayor Hylan hastily
brought In buses from Connecticut.
New Jersey and other localities, and,
almost overnight, began the omni
bus service, . Mayorv Hylan declares
that If the companies will, turn the
city owned but privately; operated
r. subways over . tov the; city he . will
operate them In connection ; with
bus lines and abandon all the sur
face car service. v..
4 " SHIPS, -
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3 THE old four-masted sailing ship
to be again seen in the ports of
the world and to be 'again a fac
tor in the trade of nations t L..B.
Smith, who was the local represen
tative of. the war trade board during
the v world conflict, expresses his
conviction that the winds of heaven
still afford the cheapest of au
motive power In spite of the per
fecting of Vthe" appliances of steam
and eleotrlo ' propulsion." He fore
sees the development . of a sailing
trade from the Columbia which will
carry our lumber and grain and
bring back' to us such products as
are adapted to the reoilrements of
.our Industries. - ' - '' i.'y ": -The
suggestion merits . considera
tion." Trade is purely a matter of
economy. Time In transportation is
a factor governed by the speed with
which the - cargo must be moved.
Perishable and high value, low bulk,
commodities must go swiftly.
Bulkier cargoes, such as lumber,
grain ore, copra and the like,- can
be -handled in leisurely and Inez-
pensive fashion.
But whether It be sailing vessels,
motor schooners or the last word
in steel steamships, Portland 6hould
and must for port welfare keep
steadily before it projects of-home
owned ship lines. These are matters
in which time is, indeed, the essence.
A marriage ceremony at Chicago
was Interrupted when a party ; of
men entered, the roon, seized the
groom and carried him away. The
Intruders were Community Service
workers, who bad - been Informed
that the. prospective husband was
Infected with tuberculosis.:"
MUSIC .-,-!
P
ORTLAND does not hesitate to
pay the expense of publio school
education or the maintenance of
The Auditorium. "Congregations
believe in the value of spiritual re
turn from the investment in churches..
Organized methods are constantly in
use to quicken the civio life of. the
community. It Is all counted worth
while simply because of the dividends
received from the strengthened
growth of human character. The ben
efits are not counted as less be
cause they are intangible.
Among" the things without which
men cannot live well is music We
should be a soul starved race if with
out harmony:, and symphony. The
finer essence, the inspiration of ex
istence, would be lacking. It voices
every sentiment.
For such reasons the recurrent ap
peals of the Portland Symphony or
chestra and of the opera association
gain in dignity. Both have prepared
worthy programs which are before
the puhlio. They represent the apex
hi' locals musical achievement, both
vocal , and instrumental.
Encouragement by Portland ef
the livestock industry means more
meat packing here, and more meat
packing means more meat for ex
port, more tanneries, more leather,
shoe, belting, saddle and trunk fac
tories, glove factories, woolen mills
and plants for handling numerous
and Important by-products. 'It
means more people, more homes,
more payrolls and more money In
circulation. These . thoughts, should
be in the minds of Portland people
when the salesmen. In the livestock
pavilion drive enter, their places of
business for sale of shares of stock.
The investment will be a dividend
payer regardless of whether or not
there are ever any cash returns on
the shares. 'In time, the buyers
will - point .with- pride t the fact
that they are shareholder in the
big seven-acre pavilion.
JUDGE LOVETT
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J
UDGE ROBERT S. LOVETT occu
pies a position ' of power with
the Union Pacific railroad system
and of leadership in the railroad
world. He is a lawyer as well as
a '' transportation authority;: His
advice is valued and his counsel fol
lowed. He can set large forces in
motion for the execution1 of his
plans. .
Such authority has Its ? eoneomi
tant t)f ; responsibility. - No doubt
that sense of responsibility bring
Judge Lovett on his present tour
of. the lines , and, to Portland. While
he Is here it Is fitting that he
should learn of the 'hopes of Port
land and .the Oregon country
traversed by. the lines of, the Union
Pacific. V .lJ;.,4.
C Portland hopes for the day when
the OAV. R.-6 K. as a unit of the
Union - Pacific will . be a decisive
factor In establishing off shore ship
service from this port. The Northern
lines with, which the O-W. R. A N. is
presumed .to. compete . have done
much. to. build ihe port of Seattle
by; putting; millions of . dollars Into
terminals and docks and In establish
ing steamship' connections.
Once f it might ; have been urged
that channel conditions a. the mouth
of the Columbia . precluded such- &
service ta the ports of the Columbii.
But that time r has foiwerpassed.
NO port of the country has a better
harbor ' entrance. Nowhere else Is
there more dependable provision to
maintain and improve the channel.
The government and the ' ports of
the " Columbia are committed to' a
constantly expanding program of. im
provement. ." '
When the Interstate commerce com
mission orders that - the water grade
of the Columbia be recognized by
a' new adjustment of Northwest rates,
U will be Important the Union
Paeif lo to " have foreseen a greater
flow of commerce and trade through
the ports of the Columbia and ' to
have anticipated it by providing faoll
ities as proof of loyalty.
TREATY LINEUP
CRYSTALLIZING ,
Py Carl Smith, Washlncton Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal.
Washington, Oct. IL In spite of re
cent developments which ' Imperil the
peacetreaty. and which cause some of
the friends of the Lea sue of Nations to
anticipate the final failure of ratifica
tion. Senator McNary beUeves the treaty
will go through, carrvlnc reservatloas
adopted by the foreign relations .com'
mlttee, or similar thereto. ' t
The junior Oregon senator has been
In the thick ot the League controversy
almost from the beginning, and one of
the most active members in the innum
erable conferences which have been
going on since the extra session began.
His view of the present situation has
added Interest because of his activities
in the "mild reservation' rroup," which
for weeks , has been seeking a basis of
agreement. V
Occupying the position that reserva
tions are not necessary, but unless made
ever-drastic will do no harm. Senator
McNary frankly says the reservation
program as now framed goes farther
than he likes, auid yet he has hopes of
a "toning down" in some . particulars.
Tet be is prepared to support them be
cause on this line only, he holds, can
the treaty be ratified, and ,he Insists
that the treaty is not emasculated, as
some contend. .
To bungling leadership of the ad
ministration forces by Senator Hitch
cock and his associates Senator MeNary
ascribes the failure to form a winning
combination between the genuine friends
of the treaty on both sides ot the cham
ber. A few weeks ago, he asserts, It
would have' been possible to unite the
Democratic forces, with a few excep
tions,, with a sufficient number of Repub
licans to Insure the success of the treaty
with much mUder reservations than can
now be secured. . '
In those summer days of negotiation, it
Is stated. Senator Hitchcock was several
times approached .and invited to dls
cuss reservations upon which agreement
might be reached, v The Nebraska sena
tor declined , to discuss reservations,
however, maintaining that the first job
was the defeat of the. textual amend
mSnts. After that, he said, reservations
would be discussed if it became nec
essary to do so.
Meanwhile events were marching on.
Conferences on the Republican side con
tinued, and sentiment began to crystal.
Use in definite directions. . The mild res
ervation Republicans became committed
on certain points, and others who were.
incunN w blajiu - mui uiwn vegan w
lean more and -more on Lodge Lodge
improved this opportunity, and confer
ences continued until the Republicans
were practically united on reservaUoas
which they wUI support.
At the same time the sentiment
against textual amendment of the
treaty increased. While Borah, Fall,
Johnson and other "bitter enders" con
tinued to talk for the amendments, their
cause became more and more a for
lorn hope.: At the same time reservation
sentiment was growing, strengthened by
announcement of the position ot several
Democxats that they would support res
ervatlona fuUy as drastic aaLodge was
proposing..
Thomas of Colorado, Shields of Ten
nessee. Smith of Georgia, and Walsh- ot
Massachusetts came .definitely Into the
reservation! at ranks. Another Democrat,
Reed of Missouri, was a bitter oppon
ent of the League from the beginning,
and another. Gore -of Oklahoma, was
recognised to be willing to assist in the
Lodge program, whenever he was needed.
Even if no other Democrat supported
reservations, a- supposition by no means
eertanv the outright vote against- any
reservations was reduced to L , seven
less wan a majority or me senate.
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Included among the majority support
ing the reservations are not less than
If uncompromising foes of the treaty.
who are expected, with possibly one or
two exceptions, to vote against It even
though the .treaty is "reaervated", to
death. This Is one of the peculiar
features of the situation,' for it may
readily happen that these "hard boiled"
enemies of the , treaty win .be joined
bye the , uncompromising friends of the
treaty: as it is written. - In rejecting it
after drastio reservations are added. '
Vlt does- not follow, however, that the
reservations adopted to the senate com
mittee on foreign affairs will go -through
Just as the committee prepared -them.
There is going to be. a real fight on the
floor, and more than a chance that some
of them will be modified or- defeated.
It musTbe remembered that the commit
tee was packed by Lodge when it was
organised at the beginning of the session.
It has an absolute majority, of treaty
haters, and does not repijeseat the sen
ate. -. yj'v-ir; 4i:'A;
On this v committee, -in - addition "to
Lodge, are Borah. . Johnson IU. Mc
Cormlck, Brandegee. Knox, Moses. New
and Harding, ae out of 17 members, whe
want te do an possible damage, to the
treaty. : Borah, Johnson, Fall, McCor
mlck, Braadegee, Knox aad Mosee are
among those counted as "bitter enders.
.:. - . - , . .. -.
Senator Hitchcock does not say that
reservations wfll aot be considered en
h)s part. In the committee he and other
friends ef the treaty have offered drafts
of reservations as substitutes tor - the
majority texts, and it is assumed that
he will offer them again in the senate.
If the voting la the senate is done upon
the .merits of , the proposals, and re-
suits In mofllfytlng the harehness of the
committee reservations, that may offer a
wy-ut of what now, stanas ss put
sling and dangerous siuauon.
Letters. From' the People
n.aMrfa.H.MM a. ' m- TS JBtaal " fat
pubiicUios in ttaki dapsctsMSt sboeld ba writua
an ools cam sua of. UW papw. uoamm mat
SOS oda ht leecth, aad atast ba aiawad by tha
wittn. whota anaU addraa-M loU aawa aeaSB-
paajr tha coBtribotios. 1
picketing !' Portland
Portland. Oct SOvTo 'the'- SditOT of
Te JeumaO I have accidentally learned
that mere is now oeing conaucieu vv
llttcal propaganda in Portland Calculat
ed to keep labor and" capital at swords
points, During the past month or so
some pickeUng in front of atores has
been conducted, to the annoyance. :, no
doubt, of business men within. - TO make
Dditical caoltal out or this . Ptcaeung,
and to create hostility, a certain class
has been spreading the story, that the
last legislature enacted e lew legalising
picketing of the sort recently .conducted
here No law was passea oy ine asi
legislature .J authorising :f picketing, and
there . 4s no such - law .on our statute
booka. The legislature did pass a bin
rBfet"g it lawful for working men and
women to organise and to do m concert
the same thing an Individual could law
fully do it acUng alone. Capital has al
ways enjoyed : this privilege. 4 The law
passed - by the last legislature does not
prevent persons from peacefully per
suading other persons away from unfair
blacesv : There never t has been a time
when any person cud not nave ine per
sonal right to ask others not to go to this
or that store, or. to this or .that business
man.-. -'-,7. ,. H-r, - .. ..
About two years ago there was trou
ble in Portland over picketing, and an
attempt was made to fasten an unconsu-
tuuonal .ordinance, on the people. The
attempt was not made tn good faith, and
it failed, as it should.
The city has the constitutional. right
now, as it has had in the past, to pass
an ordinance . preventing ' the abuse of
streets and: sidewalks. Street were
dedicated for publio purposes, and the
city authorities nave the right to see to
It that they, are used solely for such
purposes, and no law has been passed to
the contrary. . :..--.- '.
Personally, I am .opposed to radical.
agitating, irritating methods in public
matters, and this statement applies to
the Illegal actions or profiteering meth
ods of the millionaire Bolshevik! as well
as to the penniless Bolsbeviki. There is j
a. middle ground on which all fair
minded people could meet if they would.
Chapter - 4 was enacted to nnd a
method whereby conservative workers
could place a check upon the radical
agitator and thereby prevent friction be
tween employer and employe The act
may fall of its purpose, as many others
have done, due to a lack of the principles
of fairness being planted In the right in
dividuals or due to sinister motives of
the actor a -
I am not discussing the merits or de
merits of the present picketing. for-I
know nothing about it,, but am , simply
stating conditions as to the law so far
as legislative acts are concerned.
: D. C LEWIS.
An Inventor Chides Portlanders
Portland. Oct 21 To the Editor of
The Journal In a short editorial on
October 27, I find the following state
ments in The Journal: "Industries want
also a welcome. They are entitled to
it. Portland's present temper is to ex
tend that welcome practically- and cor
dially." s .
-. Not so it can be noUced. ! returned
nearly three years ago from a some
what extended visit to Southern Califor
nia, bringing, with me over a dosen good
Inventions things that are: needed but
no money with which to exploit them.
Having lived here since 1882, I thought
it would be easy to- get them-started
here. I tried dlllgenUy for two years
but could not get help to start even
one of them, although willing to assign
half Interest Z even offered to give
free all of one which is badly needed.
Then I advertised for Inventions to
promote. X received 10 smswers all
good, useful things. I than advertised
for capital. X received one answer, but
nothing cams of that If X had im
proved inside real estate I could borrow
40 per cent of a greatly reduced valua
tion, but my real estate, $100,000, went as
a result of the panic ef 189J, to swell the
wealth of multimillionaire money loan
era and my health went with It.
: Other promoters report the same in
difference. One is' going East -soon
to arrange for the manufacture
of some splendid devices Portland in
ventions that can be and should be
made in Portland. All promoters say,
"No use trying to start anything new
in Portland.' I am planning to go
back to Southern California where I
know there is plenty ef money and ea-
terprise. to exploit good, inventions, ho
matter where they originate. Inventors
are - notoriously "hard up,, and many
have poor health hence they invent and
their inventions are Just ' as good. So
ciety should have the benefit and might
have it If money boarders realised
their duty te society, whence they de
rive their wealth. O. V; MONROE.
The Mind Malignant
T Washongal, r Wash., Oct 2-to the
Editor of The Journal Whether It Is
true or false that "a woman medium
lured Kitchener to his death." as re
cently stated by a writer in The Journal.
ins assertion is well worth considering,
as is also the inference that the recent
Serious illness of President Wilson,
Samuel Gompers and Colonel House may
be due to mental suggestions from per
sons -whose interests are opposed by
them, w nether it oe Bolshevist or
Intrenched privilege that causes it I
am sure the future will disclose the
fact more often, that certain evil - ln-
tenttoned .people have it in their power
to cause sickness in those against whom
their practices are' directed, and might
influence them to pursue a line of eon
duct that would result In Injury. These
evU .intentioned people, with that power,
are not all foreigners, and we may
well , look for the future to disclose
them Intimately associated with the ad
ministration of our . own government
The vindictive and undoubtedly ground
less attacks on the ; president - by cer
tain senators show mortal malice, ' bat
in . these . days; they don't- strike with
daggers-but by hireling hypnotists, who
play the part -of the "black magicians
ot the middle ages. Right minded people
will' have te inform themselves en these
matters, as safety ' depends upon it
To ignore such things as if they; were
fancy of the mentally deranged is Idiocy
in taese says,. . , K .; ; a farmer. ;
'--V. Portland' Streetear rare - i
:- Portland, Oct 28 To the Editor of
The Journal I see by the -paper that
President Griffith , says he .cannot pay
his men the raise that they: want with
out getting the t-cent . fare from the
public. ' I saw and counted 171 fares
rang up between St.. Johns and the
Broadway .bridge Saturday afternoon.
If Seattle can make streetcars pay,-why
cant this town make them pay on the
s-cent fare? Selfishness is the only rea
son and nothing else.
" When anyone tries to get a municipal
line here. Mr. Griffith tumbles over
himself to stop It . . . MAT.
Beautiful Things From Oregon Woods
- - Presa tha Aataria Bodsat
: When C. R,' Nichols, weD known As
tcrta blacksmith. Is not shoeing horses
for residents of this and other parts of
Clatsop county,. he Is uuuzlng his time
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGS
The local Crime win fa umnkrl
tidal in its proportions. - -
What's th nu nf YtM..t.. 1
there's so much real work to dot
-
Jt fttur han im .Mb. mIi
be picking them. No. not picketing.
The live Ones mav ha HimanAA hmm
to make a. success of the livestock show.
In the case ef eoaL tha law of mnl
and demand seems to have encountered
a peremptory demand for a supply. '
These food Brlf - drltna r uv
gnosts always - away over yonder in
some, outer man's town. . .
. V. :
It mast have been a "seeond-atarV
man who was operating the Urge still
uncovereo. xuesaay oy tne poucs. ; Vi
. . . w w
At the Present nrlce ef em if tii
don't count your chickens before theVra
naicaea cnances are you u never count
wi aui. --.--- j , -
The ex-kaiaer la aald tn atlll t
ing -under the delustlon that he Is a
ruler ordained by divine power. He
Is evidently a hopeless case.
They keen a suerd about the Prince
of Wales to prevent him from being
kissed. Wonder if the prince Is really
favorable to such an arrangement
. w
It. seems that there ts some subtle
suggestion of a wheeso In the bare state
ment that Mrs. Catt is president of the
National Equal Suffrage association.
; .' . - ; S a
A dhne invested in a visit to the food
show will not be in vain, for he most
be a very slow, person indeed who can
not accumulate more than 19 cents'
worth of food value In samples at such
an exhibit
SUGAR AS A PROSPERITY METIER
Prom the Philadelphia Evening Ledger
The consumption of sugar is a meas-
ure of prosperity. Little of it is used'
in the Industrially backward countries,
for the people have not money enough
to pay for it
Consequently the necessity of restor
ing sugar rations Indicates that the peo
ple of this country are so prosperous
that they have money . enough to buy
more sugar than is available for them.
Each family may not get what It wishes
but it wiU get enough to sweeten its
tea and coffee, with some 'for use in
calces and pies and -preserves.
One of the reasons for regulaung the
consumption of sugar lies In the falling
off in production on account of the war.
The difference between last year's total
sugar crop and the crop or 1114 is
about 6,000.000,000 pounds, or mors than
all the sugar produced . In the whole
world in 18C5. But the chief reason
is that we have cultivated a taste for
sugar and have the money to pay for it
There Is likely to be a scarcity until
normal production is resumed through
the cultivation of the sugar beet in Ger
many and Russia. We have come to re
gard sugar aa a necessity ; but as a mat
ter of fact, it ia a luxury avanaoie,
as indicated In the first paragraph of
this article, only to those who have
money to buy if
The natives of India have to get along
with very little of it because they are
poor. In the year before the war, when
consumption was normal,, the Italians
were rich enough .to buy only 10.46
pounds per capita, while the English
consumed 89.(9 pounds. The Spaniards
used 15.91 pounds per capita, and the
clUsens of the United States 83.38 pounda
In Germany 73.95 pounds were consumed
and in Turkey only 20.38 pounds Ana
In Denmark It took 93.48 pounds per
capita to supply the demand. The
total world production in that year
war just a Uttle short of 42.000.000,000
pounds, or about Z5 pounce per capita
for the total world population of 1,700,-
000,000 human beings.
The available supply this year is about
5.000.000,000 pounds less than in 1914,
and this deficit is 800,000.000 pounds
greater than the total world produc
tion In 1865. By 1883 that production
bad doubled. It had doubled ajratn
when 1900 was reached and it had
dcubled once more In 1910.
The period between 1900 and 1910 was
one of the most prosperous ot which
there is any . record. Wealth '-was" in
creasing rapidly In all civilised coun
tries. The wages- of working-men were
being raised. Work was available dur
ing the period as a whole for all who
were willing to do it Money was plenti
ful.' and when men bad money they
bought sugar for sweetening their food.
They spent their earnings zor articles
making cedar chests for blushing brides
elect and other members of the fair sex.
The fine chest upon which Nichols
Is now spending his spars time is note
worthy, not merely from the fact that
it is a cedar chest but because tne uu
of the chest is a clever and skillful piece
of work.
The body of the chest is of sap ma
hogany and Port Orford white and red
cedar, made of strips or tnese wooas.
Practically the entire top of th 1 lid
through Ingenious work has been mads
Into a large waving American nag. Tne
red stripes are strips of red cedar whQe
whits cedar is used for the white stripes.
The field for the 48 stars is of ed ce
dar and each of the stars is made ef
white cedar. Th whole flag Is set into
ear mahogany. Even the breaks in the
folds ot the waving flag ar of wood.
, Olden Oregon
Wage and Labor Situation I
e Ore-
gon country in is
The winter of 1848 was a mUd one, ac
cording to th story told by William
Barlow. "It was as fin a winter as 1
have ever seen In Oregon, I hired a
man and went to work on a place I had
traded for. We could work every day in
our shlrfsleevea - If it rained at all, tt
rained at night Wages were very low.
Could get a man for little more than his
board. No money In th country; so had
to take his pay in truck and turnover,
as we catted tt Most ot the business
was done by aad through merchants, of
whom there were four in Oregon City.
In the Logging Camps
By Mary Hester Force
ieevd ef tha as te the taaaaneka,
Httraar of mm ia the ptaaa:
Onah aaS fan the eteate tatts '
: eatsQ of the f raah tore vises.
Boat ef tha baas fa lbs sas-seeat traw. ,
. SemasMa of emaml la tha knob;
CaU at the Jay from the shaded wa,
- aaasw of suts is the task. '- , ,
Gay wtaa-fHofca m the khriktaJoka. .
Patehaa f tad hi tha alaah; '
Wenaerful bine where the sky above timmsa.
Stiippiag the sraao tike a seta, -
tyasd Whaop-ee! Strang the feaaat fraa.
Oamaa the aaaa tram taflf
DroDphis ef ehatae te the waeda
Dou tissKp-uasv u the eou.
CaMa Kavd hi tba aslitada. -
Batktvawa trail to tha door;
Table apaaad with tha daily hnad,
. Clattsr ef feat as (he Cooc
tQrtrrf krlcfet tha Siooa at idght.
Bosky tha fir fa Ha gleaat; -Soft
lap-lsp m the meunuia rap '
Ot ua aaiiey-esauaea straaaa, . v
- - ' - -a
The awW whe-arM. aa awla wiU da,
As if to soaatioa tha y i
Of saea whe taat when the Heat ate
. Aad labor the Brelong day, . ::
PorUaod. October 20. ,
Mb
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Exnerlentla donat means "Dont be
caught without apple storage 'room next I
year.'' sapienUy Mmarks the Hood River
News.
' -Portland.- remarks the Independent VTh .AUen-IIendrtcksen.. Canning eem
i. fA.in Um fnrtm law. I Pajiy has purchased a site at Rainier
and we violate no confidance in hinting I
that Hillsboro might follow the exam- Work has begun on the buildings for
pie and be better off." , , the state fish hatchery on ; the Kd
. ,.,.-. Pickle place, east of Union. -.
; Summing up the seasorv the Kugene Death Is announced of Orlando RIed
Guard concludes : ln a popularity con- at Cottage Grove. Mr. Wee crossed
test in Oregon this fall the weather the plains in . 1851 and settled at Oak
clerk would win hands down.-' He has land. - i. - 1 ,
.'feiiiwhotts'b -The 130.000 fund for the Eugene T;
fi .v." .1 v. " tocus M M. C A has been raised and the In-
has nothing to kick about .; f . ,tstuUon wiU at once resume, its fane .
Banks amblUona ' as listed x by the Uottu. : -;t;r (
Herald : 5 "Incorporation, electric lights, Inspection of the O. -A. C mints ry in-,
water,, sidewalks and new fsmiljlee in structlon is being made this week, by
town-la good year's work In Banks. Colonel Ralph B. Lister, United State
Let s make It a good Job. and we will If infantry. ;- .x . ' - , .
everybody will boost Jolntns; and at- Business men 'of North Bend will
tending the Commercial club helps, donate a site and give financial assist-
, , - ,'2" ance to ajmodern hotel of .SO to . 100 ,
fA conUnuous raterlasttng JMw; rooms in tS city. v i i
n?h' it thiTths THlppnerOa- --ode Ettsabeth Lsmml. 1-year-old
?iKi-H- what Oscar PSdwards daughter of John Lamml of Aslorta. as
hJlKuhhwn. Stn choked to death whe piece ot peanut
spent at SUets bay. This was Just a lit- ocgeo in ner windpipe. ,..v., , f ,
tie bit too much for Mr. Edwards, so he No coal can be had tn Rainier and '
has come back to Eastern Oregon to dry wood is a scarce artiele, labor being so
out for a while." ; ; - busily . employed ? that the outUng ot
a 'a. wood hao been neglected. ---
Editor Currey of the VkleJBnrlse - p-ndTeton Oolf club1 has corn
has bee- touring Malheur eoy, and pjetwl a land oea, wneP.Djr th, be-
rura.1 element
au wnf.jM rvVvlnity of the links and club hou.
word, s thousands of dollars, 'M U'hXfll'&tFi
tk. RMinMit f tim firmm. Good 1 "is Ji crop or ho.ps at a cents a
'ltuftli. C, A. McLaughlin of 'the same
.aA mA lm i visit nhlv I
K,t tha tnnlc.a Af lo-1
dtaeusaed' were the or-1
ganlzatlon of the county rarm oureau, i
better roads and more irrigation.". '
i . . . . a .. , kul, t... NtniL.
:r, -- - - 7 , ,
uues oi sugar were oaea ana .H I
manaea so mucn augar vum uifor. the wintering of stock in , case
and beet growers extended their acre-1 heavy snows cover the grass on the
age and aid weir nest to suppiy wnav i
the world wanted.
" . . a .
We have become so accustomed to
sugar that we regard it as a necessity
without which it would be a nardsbip to I
liva" It is exactly as necessary as thel
trouey car and the telephone and the 1
iuiMk iih f I
Our ancestors, however, got along
without all these things. Sugar, as a
matter of fact was once used chiefly
f uicuiwx " J-"
nmuTUj mm ut,u mm tMm. um
during our CivU war In the fourteenth put, frult by fro.t Kt m car
N;tury sugar sold in Scotland for one fods.
shllUng and nine pencea pound, which ; BlannIn- t 0D,rate" a Imu.
was ar least two aayr wages xer tne
average worxingman.. ine equimuv vi
this today wouie oe aoout siu. dui we
aro paying only 11 cents a pound,
tt was not uniu ine mifoaucuun ui
tea and coffee Into Surooe that sugar
began -to be used commonly. . Since that
time its consumption has spread rapiaiy,
asblsted by the increasing prosperity of
the working people.
- -
sugar was maos at first exwusjveiy
of the Juices ot sugar cane, which orlgi-
Bated In India, was Introduced from
tliers Into China, or the east ana intoi Aberdeen city authorities are nnish
Persia, on the west From Persia the lng the work of paving contracts entered
ftnanuh and vnrtuaueaa discoverers car-1 Into this year, the total of which is
riA it a tha Bsaderia laianas ana thence
1 . - . .
to ' San Domingo. When oboe Intro- The cornerstone ef th new $80,000 St
duced into the West Indies It spread .5.' UVv IEd
through all the Islands and to both w XTf .uiS?' J,fa
American continents.
And now Cuba produces mors cans
sugar,, than any other country, and her at the Hotel Colfax Wednesday
yield ,is approached only by that of morning of heart trouble v
Java. , 4 At the next session of the naturalise-
Beet sugar as an article ef commerce tion court tn Vancouver these will, be -dates
only from the beginning of the 23 candidates to become Americana.-Of
last ' century. That there waa sugar in this number eight are from .enemy coun-
ths beet root was discovered by a Ger
man Dhyaldst In 1747. but nothing came
of it until the Napoleonic wars cut short
the supply of cane sugar avaUable ln
Europe. Then, in the search for a
substitute, another German took the
processes invented more than' half a
century earlier and produced beet sugar,
just as German Inventors during the
recent war devised all sorts of substi
tutes for articles which they could not
ge on account Of the blockade.
When peace came cane sugar displaced
the more expenslvs beet root product
and tt was not until 1830 that the
processes were cheapened so that beats
could compete with cane in a free market
Now about one half the sugar consumed
is mads from beets, and as the demand
increases .this proportion Is likely to
be changed until as much beet as cane
sugar is made every year.
Curious Bits of Informatfoa.
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
That Louis XVII, the famous Dauphin
of France, son of Louis XVI and Marl
Antoinette, escaped from hi. inhuman
keepers in the Temple of Paris, and
cam to New York city in 1798, where
he founded a family under the ; name
of Leroy, is a story believed by many
in Greenwich village, according to th
New York Herald. According to th story
the boy, about 10 or 11 years old,' came
on a sailing vessel la 00m pan y with an
aged abbe, and a distinguished soldierly
man, believed to be Count Axel Ferssn,
to whom his mother had Intrusted htm.
It was said that a sickly, dumb; child
was substituted for the prince. Th new
prisoner wh never spoke Vrheu ad
dressed. died In the Temple ane 8,
179$, and was burled In St Marguerite
cemetery.
When the founder of the Lsroy family
died his body was placed In a vault In
Old St Johns burial ground. The vault
was surmounted by a dolphin carved in
stone. Some say the coffin.' bore th
fleur-de-lis of France, and -evidence of
metal flowers having been engraved on
the coffin were seen by some, as well
as the ons name Louts. It is pointed
out that Lsroy .was the only name on
the monument's exterior.
Leroy was reputed te bewealthy, and
a street near the burying ground was
named after: him. He moved In New
York society, and married a New York
girl. , ' : v . .
' Thafs What They All Say
. " rVsia tha OIreland Haw Laadef 1
In an Infant school the teacher chose
the miracle of the water being turned
Into win as the subject of the usual
Blbl lesson.' v- ' t '-
In tolling the story ' she occasionally
asked a few question. One - of : them
wast- ''-iC - 'K. ,i --.
-When the new wine was brought to
the governor of the feast what did he
sayf - - ; ,"
t a tittle girl, remembering what sh
had heard, probably , On some festive
occasion, called outs '
. "Here's luckr , . : .
Fannedi'-oS
Piem the FHIadetoel senht Ladear. -Th
Marietta Ohio Catbolio priest
who, because be had played with th
Cincinnati team when K wen ths cham
pionship la 1SCS. vowed he wouldn't wit
ness a world series till the Reds were
contenders, didn't see a game after all
He set aside money to take tn the series
and then decided that his church needed
the money more than he did. - Inclina
tion hasn't a chance at bat when Con
science is pitching. , .
1 '
1 ; The, Oregori Country
NorUmeat Happaoinca tar Brtaf gem lot the
- . .r near Uaasaav . ' .
' 1 V 11 111 1 1 1 1 11 ' , 1 1 1 .
, ' - ; " OREOON NOTES :
rrt.t 6Mvf? sy
; tern for Bend.
tor a cannery te coat S60.000.
OenlS.
, Dr. R. It Curl, nioneer dentist ef A1-
oany, sustamea sroxen -riDs sna omer
serious Injuries when he was run down
r m.u .wiuiuwui in (Ml viur luwoij
The Oreron Petroleum comnanv.' can
Italiied at 1 12.000. has been 1 1ssued a
charter by the state for the purpose .
oz r respecting xor oil tn tne uaoomo
seotU
itlon. 'i.vA,.; -v.. ' v' v- S -.t::'i
KC and 4 barney county stoexmen
have accumulated large stores of hay
open ranga s , , t ; , ,
The O. A. C poultry department has
shipped two pens of pullets to be en-
urad In the internatTonal egg laying
contest to start at Storra Conn., No-
vemoer i, , ana; conunus tor a year.
Olln B. Spauldlng, who recently ra-
turnea rrera service m STanoe, v isit
Hood Rtver Wednesday for Salem to
Eh.6rVh
ffi'' ,ho Wer wned at Athol.
, '
l TVASHINaTON f
. , . w ...
nMfmi woodrsrd If the threatened coal.
atrike is called.
The Snokane A International ranroad
I B building a new and modern depot at
i urand junction. "-
I wa.Ha. w.n. h. aaa t f tiaa -mttLA
I a bonus of 3200 each to all school teach
i srs wno oompists tne scnoot year. .
j Three steel steamers, with a total ton
I nage of 38.100. :, were launched by as
i many, snipyaros in tseatue mis wees.-
fhs Yakima city commission has
taken stens to prohibit the organise
tion of a policemen's union in that city.
I9KAIUWI . .. .. !
I .vv-.
JSiW"" .7 r?1"
triea . o
- Mrs. J. H. Pohl, wife of s weir known -
farmer, te in a cnenaue noepitai eut
ferlng from dangerous Injuries result-,
ing from a runaway of an old 'family,
horse. - ''
- A municipal theatre Is being built In ?
Bates by the Oregon Lumber company
employes, who are doing ths construc
tion work, th company furnishing th
lumber. - j
' A small cannery was opened at Battle
ground, near r Vancouver, on - June 7.
It employed 17 persons snd.has put op
88 tons of fruit besides making cider
from tO tons of apples.
IDAHO ';' '""
Enrollment. In the Caldwell high school
has reaehed nearly 600 Students.
Ths federal government has 1 estab
lished a -branch internal revenue office
at Lewiston. .
The tax roll for the Nampa and Merid
ian district this year Is 8201.t05.0t, dis
tributed among about 8600 taxpayers, -The
annual report ef the officers of
Lewiston chapter of the American Bed :.
Cross , shows a total membership of
87(3. .. , ; ' V . .
Th Westcort Sale .company, with a
capital ef 850,0O -has filed articles ef
incorporation and will do business at
CaldweiL ;
The Guaranty State bank of Marcus
has opened ' business with a capital of
810,000 end surplus and undivided prof
its, 31700. ' . -.; v ...
A bond issue ef f 10,000 has been au
thorised by th city council of Rupert,
to be used in the extension of the city
sewer system..-, .vi.Vi.f.f;. .
Th Church ef Latter Day Saints has
purchased eight lots at -Jerome, -upon
which a tabernacle wiU be built during
the next year. ; ' u-, .
While shoveling eoal In ths ' firebox,
Reese Thomas of Lewiston suffered a
broken leg and bad body bruises when
a hot water heater exptuded. , . -
John Love, aged 46, was found dead
In the road near Welser. II had svi ,
dently fallen from a loaded wagon, th
wheels passing ever his body.,
William O. Phalon, deputy state game
warden, and John P., Phalon, his brother,
are under arrest at Randpolnt charged
with shooting ducks before sunrise.
- :" general ; : ; : ' : '
King Albert of Belrfurnpald homer
to th memory of Oeorg Washington by
visiting . Mount Vernon Wednesday. -
'Richard Henry Little, a Chicago news
paper correspondent, ' was - severely . :
wounded tn th fighting near Petrogred.
Three hundred war brides ef American
soldiers still r remain in Prance, Two .
hundred wUt embark within -the next lb
days.-. v - - ..- . . . - .-;.;.v.;-;;
Mor than 60 New' Terk periodicals
affected by the strike and lockout of
printers have arranged for publlcaUoa
In ether eiuea - -
The steel strike was ended at Ham
mond. Ind., Wednesday, when- 1500
workers entered the gates for the first
time since July It :
- The Belgtan ministry'' has given Its as- '
proval to a Ust of 11 0 Oerman soldiers
and civilians who will be prosecuted ea .
charges of cruelty committed during the .
Additional funds for enforcing wartime
prohibition and combating the blgh cost
or living win do raaee avanaciie wnen
President Wilson signs the deficiency ap
propriation bilL .' , .
Approximately 1.000.000 American vet
erans of the world war will be repre
sented at th first national convention of
the American Legion in Minneapolis, be
ginning November 1L U ,
V Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
'A woman can spend three hours
dresstn and' then most cause a' auto
wreck, husUln the family to church. I've
got two women to my family and our
buzs-wagon Is Inclined to th beeves
when crowded too fast? It don't pay to
brag that you b'long to 10 other frater
nities and they can't git nothin' new
onto you, when. you're tn the anteroon
a-wattin' fer your leventb 'nrtlatloa,
ptace sola a number of bales at If
1