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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING, - APRIL 11, 1920.
Christian
Lecture
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By Mary O. Ewlag, C. 8. B.
MtmMT of th Board of Lectureship tit Th
Mother Choiwh. The First Chareh of Christ,
' Scientist, Bostoa. lector delivered April 4
fas Fifth Church of Christ. Scientist, Portland.
WHEN the lawyer from among the
group, of Pharf sees , and Sadducees,
harking back to the materialistic and
mistaken seme of Judaism, asked Jtsus
(Matt. 22 :3O-40), "Maater. which is the
great commandment in the law?" our
Master replied. 'Thou arralt love the
,Lord thy God with all they heart, , and
with all they soul, and with all they
mind. This is the first and great com
mandment And the aecond la like unto
it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor aa thy
self On these two comamndments hang
all the law and the prophets." Thla ia
a profound and entirely metaphysical
teaching: a setting forth in concise and
direct fashion of the fact underlying all
manifestation of life ; a presentation of
thatruth about Ood and man, the ab
solutely necessary fundamental knowl
edge upon which, as Jesus says so
tersely, hang all the law and the
prophets.
I accept whole-heartedly the defini
tion of God which Mrs. Eddy gives in
Science and Health (p. 465) in the chap
ter "Recapitulation." I also accept un
reservedly her statement on the name
page that these seven terms which she
uses to define God, "Mind. Spirit, Soul,
Principal. Life, Truth, Love," are syn
onymous ; that is, that they so literally
and absolutely mean the same thing
that they are to be used the one in the
place of the other. In order to have any
l adequate comprehension ol tnts, you
,muet remember that Mrs. Eddy does not
I use these words In the ordinarily ac
cepted, superficial sense, but that their
t basic meaning has been ascertained and
understood and is here presented. Aa
(one begins to use these terms Inter
changeably, It gradually dawns upon his
I thought that each of them conveys" to
him, in some degree, the meaning asso
ciated with the others, and yet that all
' are necessary to gain a broad and vital
Iknowedge of the creative power a com
plete understanding of the profound sig
nificance of the word "God." When the
individual accepts this definition of God
,as a basis of thought (and this Is the
'real key to the Scriptures which Mrs.
Eddy has fitted to the willing hand),
then there follows logically and inevitably
a correct idea of the universe, including
man, as the creation of God a universe
and a man expressing power and might.
the beauty and grandeur of an infinite
intelligence which is good.
Ji ETA PHYSICS DEFISID
The great French lexicographer, La
rousse. defines metaphysial as "knowl
edge of first causes and of first prin
ciples" (connaissance des premieres et
des premiers principles), and In this
sense Christian Science is exact, accu
rate, demonstrable metaphysics. Mrs.
Eddy gave its keynote when she wrote,
"Spiritual causation is the one question
to be considered" (Science and Health,
p. 170). Today, as in all the ages of
history, the cry of men is for life, for
love, for health, for freedom from the
bondage to evil, for the coming of that
day, which St. John so wonderfully de
scribes, when "God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes ; and there shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor cry
ing" (Rev. 21:4). It is the sweet and
simple demonstrable knowledge of God
which brings to human consciousness the
dawning light of this great day. Since
we have had revealed to us some meas
ure of this knowledge, can you wonder
that we long to share with the world the
treasure that has brought peace and Joy
Into our own lives?
The truth is tender and gentle, full of
compassion and protection, but through
its very presence and existence falsity is
Inevitably uncovered and destroyed
Love is the all-powerful, animating
source of all the good we know, and by
being, -Love destroys hate ; it Is not
troys nate . it is not
,lye. for a moment of ;
ling, knowing or be- 4
possible to cpneel
Love as recogni
Ing touched by hate. So Spirit, by ex
isting, precludes the existence of mat
ter. Here again, as I have said be
fore, we are not using the word spirit
ints commonly accepted, vague, illusory,
an superficial sense, but in Its true and
fundamental meaning, as practically
Identical with substance. Our false
theories about life and Its origin have
ltd us to accept material beliefs about
11 things, and we have' named our mis
taken sense of substance, matter, and
accepted as real and inevitable its phe
romena. Having accepted a false prem
ise. It is Impossible to make any correct
or reliab'e deduction, and no it Is abso
lutely necessary to get back to the truth
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Fie si lag's tee-plere Orchestra lie Laxe'wllt be there with sleety of Jazc
aid real daaee m utile. Follow the gay throng.
INFORMAL DANCING every SCITDAY EVENING. 7:$t to 11 F. V.
Meming'i orchestra nays All Season
Vancouver Car, Fifth at Washington
ANOTHER EVENING SPOILED !
How many tunes it hap
pens that men will work all
day under the handicap of
imperfect vision and as a
consequence of eye strain go
home tired and irritable you
111 know thti rest of the story.
It is unnecessary for you to
put up. with (this. Give your
eyes proper attention.
No Ckarge for Consultatioa
STAPLES -
266 MORRISON SI
Science
1 about life itself, in order to have any
basis for right reasoning.
AG EE AT MIMION
The great mission of Christian Science
i.jto teach us to think accurately, inde
pendently, spontaneously, and to reason
honestly from the standpoint of under
standing of true causation. This abil
ity to think clearly and correctly, which
1h ours aa a God-given capacity, enables
us to understand the law of divine Prin
ciple and so to detect and uncover the
falsity of phenomena which are contrary
to divine principle ; It else arms us with
power to dispose of such phenomena in
proportion to our understanding of their
ephemeral and unreal character.
Now disease ia one of these phenomena
which lays great claim upon our dally
experience and holds the tyiman race
in bondage, and I know that I am right
In saying that health will never be
gained nor will It ever be maintained
bv any system that fails to eradicate'
disease. It is unquestionably true that
the very foundation of a!' discordant hu
man conditions lies in a nils; ken sense 1
or me source ot lire itseir. Jesus meant
this when he said. "It is the spirit that
quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing,"
and today, in the acurate and systematic
teaching of our Christian clence text
book, .we have" the explanation of the
rulj Jesus laid down and the necessary
guidance for its proper application to
our every need.
Back of all manifestation of evil lies
the false supposition, of an evil intelli
gence, of a mind opposed to Ood, and
this false supposition, utterly untrue and
inactive as it really is. Is still the only
source for that which seems to be ma
licious, destructive, hateful and hating,
and from this suppositious source spring
all the principalities and powers of ma
terialismthe tyranny and domination
of sensual and selfish alms and pur
poses. I urge upon you the persistent
refutation of this calumny of error from
the Standpoint of the utttr falsity of its
origin from the standpoint of the ab
solute, scientific knowledge of Life. In
this ijrdcesB of acknowledging Truth and
denying and correcting error we discover
that knowledge of the truth which is to
make us free, and through this educa
tional process which Christian Science
demands we are led to reject promptly
and positively the suggestions of dis
ease, or poverty and sin and fear of
death
EFFICACY OF PRATER
We accomplish this work not by beg
ging a personal God to do us an un
merited favor and certainly not by for
mula or the mechanical repetition of
statements in fine phrases, even though
these statements In themselves be true :
no. not In this way, but by the willing
ness to submit our false sense of per
sona! good to the will of Intelligence
by humble, loving, heartfelt prayer.
Jesus once said "If two of you shall
agree on earth touching any thing that
they shall ask. It shall be done for them
of my Father which is in heaven" (Matt.
18:19): but how sadly has his meaning
been perverted when it is possible for
men to believe that there is virtue in the
concerted repetition of certain phrases
at given hours, or that the so-called con
centration of thought and desire can be
used to bring about results in accord with
limited, selfish, human purposes. Much
that is purely mesmeric In its character
has been called prayer, and today one
of the greatest reasons for gratitude to
the clear teaching of Mrs. Eddy Is the
enlightenment on this very subject. The
kingdom of God can only come on earth,
as she points out, tnrougn an ennciung
and governing of man's affections by
Principle.
Christian Science has not come to
bring peace to material beliefs, but a
sword ; it has come to give us such a
sense of the majesty and might of
Principle as will endow us with the
courage to battle manfully against the
fal(?(, dornlnatlon of tne carnal mind. Our
daly and unctBng praye? should be
for that cjeanBlnK of ourselves from
secret faults, for that twenty ana vir
tue which marks the man after God's
ow i heart.
RIGHT MAKES MIGHT
Never, I believe, In all human history
wan there spread before the assembled
nations aa in an open book such an
explanation and astounding revelation
of the false nature of evil aa is presented
in the present . crisis of the world's af
fairs. Nor has there ever been such a
rallying to the standard uplifted by a
more spiritual .idea of life and govern
ment. We are living in a time of mar
velous opportunity, when, aa Mrs. Eddy
eays (Science and Health, p. 83),
DANCE
YOUR
CARES
AWAY TONIGHT AT
THE COLUMBIA BEACH
DANCE PAVILION
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The Je.vreler-0ftidan
J Between 3rd and 4ta
"Science only can explain the' incredi
ble good, and evil elements now coming
t the surface," We are involved in the
greatest struggle for liberty that hu
manity has ever known called upon to
'stand In the very front rank of -.battle
by the side of our splendid allies, to
represent a more spiritual sense of good,
of life and government, in opposing the
aggregate of the mortal belief in a power
apart from good. We are under orders.
Let us arise in the might of a right idem
and stand, each In his own place, filled
with faith and courage born of divine
Love, and with the wish and will to
sacrifice our sense of self for the good
of all. let us uphold the standard of
freedom. Right alone makes might;
there is no love without Intelligence and
no intelligence except in that infinite,
all-wise Love, that ever present divine
basis of government, to which belongs
all honor and Justice, Integrity and lib
erty.
Behold, here is the parting of the ways.
we who have named the name of
Christ that is, have acknowledged the
natr.re, the character of Truth are left
no choice In the matter ; we must walk
the straight and narrow path of loyalty
anu duty. Today we are, indeed, being
weighed in the great balance of wis
dom and Love. , May we as a nation not
be found wanting, but, on the contrary.
be found with a deep and rich and grow
ing affection for the things of the Spirit,
with the capacity and power and will to
uphold Principle in every department of
life. Do notTTorget that you "eyes have
seer, the glory of the coming of the
Lord," and that today and here.
"He onodiBf forth the trumpet that thai
never call retreat;
He is sitting oat the hearts of men before his
indtment seat:
Oh! be swift, my soul, to snswer Him; be
Jubilant, my feet!
Oar Gad is marching on."
Julia Ward Howe.
The true brotherhood of man, real
democracy these are ideas of Mind
which are to be understood and demon
strated, and for this reason Christian
Science undoubtedly affords the only
consistent and permanent solution of the
problems of labor and capital, of tem
perance and social reforms, of the equal
rights and responsibilities of men and
women, of civil, religious and racial lib
erty. The liberator is Love and Love
alone, but not a weak and erring, sensu
ous affection that selfishly condones or
ignores the claim of evil. That alone la
worthy the name of love that is iden
tified with Principle that is keen and
searching and unfailing In its detection
of wrong, and unswerving in its de
mand upon the individual to separate
himself from evil and walk uprightly.
The sacrifice of false sense, of wayward
will and lust for personal power and
glory Is demanded repeatedly by Love ;
but in reward for obedience ,to this de
mand. Love bestows the crowning re
ward of sonahip in the kingdom of God.
This is the proof of the healing effi
cacy of Christian Science, and it it ap
plicable to every detail of human experi
ence in the -life of the individual and
of the nation.
1 RIBTJTE TO LEASER
We can never show too grateful a love.
too humble an appreciation o fthe mighty
spirit and the tender compassion which j
impelled Mrs. Eddy to seek and gain
this great gift of knowledge, and to pour
it, a veritable balm, into the hearts of a
waiting world. In the beginning she had
to beg and beseech, with tears running
down her cheeks, to be permitted to help
the afflicted out of their sufferings, but
today the warm and pulsating affection
of tens of thousands of those resurrected
from sip and disease bear witness to
her magnificent achievement. We love
and reverence her for her purity and de
votlon to good, for her self-abnegation
and her generous and loving scrifice for
our welfare, for the keenness of her
vision and her intuitive grasp of the
deep things of Mind. We pay her hom
age and acknowledge her absolutely
unique place In the world's history as the
Discoverer and Founder of Christian
Science, and we heed both the spirit and
the letter of her earnest admonition,
'Follow your Leader only so far as she
follows Christ." (Message for 1901, p. 34.)
Rattlesnake Killing
Champion Has Taken
1500 Alive to Date
Baraboo. Wis.. April 10. (U. P.)
There have been champions of every
indoor and outdoor sports Since Noah
built the ark. but E. Keltel. 32. claimed
the snake-killing championship today.
Keltel specialises, in rattlesnakes
dead ones. He made it an even 1500
today. Every one of them was taken
eilve and then executed.
Keltel says he's like Wilson and
Lloyd Oeorge. "I'm altruistic." he said.
"I kill the snakes to save birds. Of
course, there's money In It. I sell the
snake oil and the skin."
Keitel says rattlesnakesare econom
ical. "They only eat twice a year once on
awakening in the spring and again on
retiring for the winter." he said.
Battlesnakes. he declared, haven't
changed much.
"They still give warning before they
strike, but it doesn't mean much." he
said. "They are quicker than birds,
mice or any other living thing."
House Bill Would
Regulate Livestock .
And Meat Packing
Washington, April 10. I. N. S.) Or
ganization of a national food commis
sion to control the meat packing and
livestock shipping industry is provided
for in a bill introduced in the house by
Representative Baer of North Dakota.
According to the terms of the bill, the
commission will consist of five persons
appointed by the president for a term
of five years and an appropriation of
$300,000 is asked for.
"The outstanding feature of the bill,"
said Representative Baer. "is the re
quirement that the interstate carriers
shall within six months after its pass
age, acquire ail the principal stockyards,
stockyard terminals and all the refrig
erator cars now owned by the big meat
packers."
Denmark Allowed
' To Occupy District
With Own Troops
. By Chrlitlaa Hasara
Specisi Cable to Th Journal and tb Chicsco
Daily News.
(Copyricht, 1920, by Chlesao Italy News Co.)
Copenhagen. April 10. At the re
quest of H. H. Hanssen. minister for
Schleswlg. the international commission
has allowed Denmark to occupy the
first aone of Schleswig with military
forces. This means that there will
be no further discussion as to the
line between the first and second
aones, hi spite of the attempt of the
Germans to have the commission' fix
the border several mllee north of the
present frontier on the ground that the
southern communities had shown Oer
man majorities in tbe plebiscite.
Readers' Opinions
Non-partisan league from two sides Portland's speed con
trol problem A farm worker's statement-Tl?high cost, taxa
tion and other timely topics discussed by journal readers.
A CRITICISM FROM HARNET
Burns, April 8. To the Editor of The
Journal. As to an editorial In The
Journal anticipating a shrinkage In the
population of Harney county. I fall to
see how you . arrive at the shrinkage,
prior to the report of the census bureau.
If there be a shrinkage, causes other
than big land holdings are responsible
for shrinkage in population ; one was
the war and the lure of the Jig cities
with their industrial enterprises and
generous wages; another, the postoffiee
department, denying even the most
limited mall facilities to the isolated
districts, thue creating an intolerable
condition. It is true that the Pacific
Livestock company holds 89,000 acres
of land in Harney county, but it is
equally true that another company owns
more land in one field here than the
Pacific Livestock company owns alto
gether. I am not defending any wrong
ful act employed in acquiring these
large holdings any more than I would
attempt to defend the rape of the nation
by 16,000. new millionaires, and . some
old ones, during the late war.
Admitting that the Pacific Livestock
company, like other similar corpora
tions, may In time past have employed
questionable methods In acquiring public
lands, no fair minded or JuBt man will
accuse anyone now connected with the
management of its affairs in Harney
county of being guilty thereof. I will
concede that the company, under the
old management, in the past has stood
for its own interest first, last and all
the time, but it has done so in the
Open and performed what it promised,
Now, joined by Mr. Hanley and other
prominent water users, it promises to
bring irrigation and development to
Harney county, and the people here are
satisfied that it will be fulfilled In good
faith.
With what Justice the Pacific Live
stock company can be blamed because
the inheritance tax from the corporation,
when its two owners died, went into
the treasury of California and none to
Oregon, can probably be answered by
the statutes of the state of Oregon.
The $25,000 appropriation has served
its good purpose the case of the state
of Oregon vb. the Pacific Livestock com
pany is settled, the withering blight of
litigation has been removed ; and let it
remain so. Give the mud a chance to
settle and Harney county a chance to
develop.
The old order has changed, yielding
to the new. I do not question the good
intentions of The Journal, but muddy
water does not make a good mirror, and
it is felt here that The Journal Is not
"Just" in keeping up this propaganda
irrespective of the sponsors therefor.
B. C. Jones. -
IN REPLY TO MR, McKERCHER
Portland, April 10. To the Editor of
The Journal I would like to answer
i Paul McKercher's article in The Journal
of April 9, headed "When Leaguers
Come." Replying to paragraph 1 : Mr.
McKercher refers to the American In
stitute of Baliking as fearing the farm
ers. He is evidently quite Ignorant of
the American Institute of Banking, aa
this organisation is composed entirely
of .bank clerks and is organised for the
purpose of educating the junior clerks
and preparing them for 'higher posi
tions. It is not an organization of the
bank owners, so to speak.
In reply to paragraph 2, referring to
Oregon state funds deposited in all pri
vate and state banks in Oregon, on
which no interest is paid, I will say that
he is very much misinformed, as there
ia not one dollar of state funds in Ore
gon deposited in any national or state
banks -which does not draw 2 per cent
Interest daily balance and is subject to
check.
In paragraph 3 he says the big bank
ers in Oregon are owners of enormous
areas of land. I do know of one Port
land man who has stock in one of the
banks and who owns several thousand
acres of land far In the Interior of Ore
gon, and I regret that I do not know
more bankers who own farms of any
size in Oregon. However, I think this
paragraph is very misleading to the
public.
In paragraph 4 he states that the
bankers of the country are thoroughly
organized through a system of credit
terminating in Wall street. I have been
in the banking business for over 20
years in Oregon and this is the: first
time I have heard of this organization.
I have attended many bankers' conven
tions and I have visited the big banks
in New York, and I am inclined to think
he is very, very much mistaken. He
may inform us where he gets this in
formation, so we can post ourselves.
He also states in this paragraph that
when the farmers organize, the bankers
consider them a menace to the United
States constitution. My good fellow !
It Is very evident that you are a radical
and know little of the banking frater
nity. In the first place, no bank in any
section- of the United States can suc
ceed unless the farmers, aa well as the
merchants, are prospering. The only
possibility of success for a bank Is that
Its customers prosper, and there Is no
other organization in the United States
that works as hard to assist Its cus
tomers as the banker.
In paragraph 6 you ask Mr. Banker
who sets the price of products which
the farmer, sells, the market of beef, etc.
I would like to find someone who could
answer these questions myself,, as cer
tainly the banker has nothing to do with
it more than the farmer or the mer
chant If he did. I think perhaps prices
would be lower, for abnormal conditions
are the one thing that bankers fear.
You ask also if the government takes
any action in this matter. That is up
to you. You are aa much a part of the
government as any one man in the' gov
ernment. Your vote counts for just aa
much. You ask about the potato grower
having anything to say about prices.
I should think at the present time, when
potatoes are quoted at S7 to' $7.50 per
hundred, that he Is perhaps not com
plaining. The Standard Oil company,
you say, is demanding 250 per cent divi
dends. I suppose bankers, merchants
and farmers are all paying tribute in
proportion to their mileage. I do not
think this is of any special benefit to
the banker. j
In paragraph s you say the farmer
has turned to the legislature and to
congress, but turned back in disappoint
ment, and you advise the business man
to "jump quick," again referring to the
American farmer as a menace to the
country and one who is bled. I should
judge from this paragraph that, while
you are a splendid writer, you are evi
dently not keeping posted on the mar
ket, and if you are, I would like to know
of some farm product, aa well as mer
chandise in any lines, that is ..cheap
these days. While you are referring to
this, you might refer to labor and
yages. It seems to me tnat ail or. tnese
things go togetner ana ope is not naeiy
to be reduced without the other, and
so far as I can see It Is a Question of
supply . and demand.
Certainly, the banks ' are not in the
profiteering class: The rates of Inter
est Have stood the same all through the
war as before and .even lower. The
batiks have handled 95 per cent of all
of the Liberty bonds sold in the United)
States, have furnished over 50 per cent
of all the . money for their friends to
buy Liberty bonds with which to run
the government, andJ with all ot their
work in this line, handling all of these
accounts, they have ; not received one
dollar In compensation in any way from
the government.
I think if you will pake as much time
in writing articles supporting our gov
ernment, our farmers, our bankers and
our merchants, as you have In tearing
down, the country wduld be much more
benefited. JJ. Carpenter.
A FARM WORKER'S DEMANDS
Portland, April 7.-fTo the Editor of
The Journal There seems to be a great
howl about the shortage of farm labor. I
am speaking about this part of the state,
as I am best acquainted with it. I read
this ad in a Portland dally a few days
ago : "Wanted Experienced farmer for
farm work ; furnish ; house and water :
good pay ; furnish your own eats." I
called the party on? the phone. He
wanted to know if could milk, how
long I had farmed, s etc He said he
must have a man h could depend on.
I wanted to know how much he would
pay a man if he came up to his test. It
was the big sum of $75 per, and be there
Sundays to do the chores. I would like
to know how a man and his family can
live on such wages. A married man got
$75 10 years ago, when living was In
reach of the working man.
Another ad read: s "Wanted Experi
enced farmer, married man ; for berries,
prune -orchard ; furnished. " I called on
the party and was told the farm was
run down and he wanted a man to fix
It up, so he could move on it some day
and make a living. 1 I inquired as to
wages and was Informed he paid the
last man $10 a month and furnished
the eats. It is bad enough to work 12
to 14 hours a day on a farm without
the .boss telling you what you shall
eat and -what he will buy for you to
eat and what he won't.
If the farmers want good experienced
men to work for them, let them pay a
living wage, furnish; some accommoda
tions and don't expect the worker to-live
in the hen house or a place boarded up and
down, with cracks between the boards.
Until experienced farm hands married
men I have reference to get living
wages and better accommodations the
farms will continue to be short of la
bo., for a married man who is a good
farmer won't go on he farm and work
long hours for such: wages as most of
the farmers are offering.
I A Married Man.
THE SINGLE TAX METHOD
Portland.-April 6.4-TO the Editor of
The Journal If the r people wish to de
stroy special privilege, prevent the
shifting of all taxes to the ultimate
consumer, compel each to justly support
government by compensation in propor
tion to benefit received, consummate a
condition of excess of jobs instead of
the present dearth of jobs and excess of
workers, raise wages to the full p.-oduct
of one's labor and reduce the cost of
living, guarantee to every man ani
woman the easy opportunity to own a
home, crush the tyranny bf landlordism,
remove necessity of -, charity ; assure to
every born and u"nbojrn child liberty and
equal opportunity and, whether mine
or thine, that it shall not be foredoomed
a slave to organized; monopoly : abolish
taxation and enthrone a social ideal
wherein involuntary? poverty shall De
forever impossible. ;If they wish pure
justice, true mercy and inexpensive gov
ernment, all these ! blessings may be
secured by taking tfte full rental value
of land for Joint aAd common benefit.
Rental value of land Is male by the
people Jointly, is -Appurtenant to the
people and not appurtenant to land,
therefore justly belongs to the people,
but has heretofore been stolen by rea
son of a legal gratft like piracy and
slavery. In proof, it the population of
Portland were to move 20 miles down
thJ river, the appurtenant rental value
v ould follow them. 1
This method Is called the single tax.
All monopoly and special privilege Is
founded on land monopoly, on which has
been erected a gigantic structure' of in
justice. The single' tax will pull the
foundation and topfile the whole struc
ture, and open such opportunity and
result in such enormous Industrial ac
tivity as was never i known. It will se
cure the blessings of liberty to our
selves and our posterity by tearing the
hand of monopoly from the heart of
civilisation and the throata of men. The
single tax will make men free. I am
for men, not vacant lots.
L. Bowerman.
THE BANNED: PEDESTRIAN
Portland. March 81. To' the Editor of
The Journal I hav read with interest
the letters in The Journal in which the
writers have eomplained about reckless
driving. I very much agree with them.
In one of those letters your answer was.
not to "become lawless. I suppose we
shall havso before long, since the city
seems to be without law. Tor every time
a pedestrian is killed the driver is sure
to go free. Look at Sorenson and Joe
Veilke. Since Meilke went free after he
killed little Viola Cummlngs a short time
ago, he was arrested again for driving
while drunk, and again he is free. Be
fore long he may have another victim.
I have watched my step while crossing
the street, and have had several narrow
escapes. The drivers seem to enjoy the
fun, for Uiey are always smiling. They
own the street, so iiwe pedestrians will
have to keep off fend stay away from
Shopping.
Another complaint is that two boys liv
ing on Sixty-seventh street own a motor
cycle, and have uset the walk for motor
ing from Forty-second avenue to Powell
Valley road since last fall, and they are
using it yet. There are several small
children playing along the street, and
their lives are In danger, especially dur
ing Saturdays anti Sundays. It's no
wonder the law neer looked into' thin.
A Reader.
HAILS THE LEAGUE
Portland, April & To the Editor of
The Journal A few lines to commend
The Journal for luii progressive tenden
cies compared to tbe Telegram and the
Oregonian. But at that, why not speed
up a little moreT j Only a short time
ago you were bewailing the fact that a
corporation In ' Portland paid excess
profit tax on over J4.50O.OO0. I also
regrvt that we have a system which
allows the milling 'interests to pile up
such profits, and tey are not the only
ones. ;
I say, all hail lo the Non-partisan
league, if we can iurb the profiteering
class, now in contiibl of all government
activities. What ff it does eliminate
a lot of teechea Whom the producers
are now keeping il) luxury T Let them
"go hang." That Ills the sentiment of
them toward the workers now, and why
not turn the tables on them, if it is pos
sible? i American.
THE RETAIL PRICE OF FISH
Portland. April $. To the Editor of
The Journal Somewhere between the
place of production and my table, some
body Is reaping a prodigious harvest
from seeds he never planted. For ex
ample, Columbia river salmon are
retailed In the Portland market at 40
cents a pound. tThe fisherman who
nulled them from1 the river was paid
I1H to 18 cents abound. Therefo.-e, if
I buy X must pay to the dealer more
than three times tie coat of the produc
tion of -this food. fj And I am taxed by
my government to help pay the cost of
propagation of the - fish. They are
hatched at government expense, are lib
erated In the river, board themselves
thereafter, require ' no housing, cost
nothing for care or maintenance. Cattle
and swine must be nurtured, housed and
cared for until butchered. Their flesh
must be cured and made fit for con
sumption; yet we buy beef for about
Half the price of salmon and the best
cured ham and bacon at as low a figure.
A fisherman tells me that the canners
finance the fishermen. They always
are In debt to the operators of :ae can
neries, and If they dare to sell their
catches to others than their creditors,
they will be put out of business.
And apparently our laws sanction the
capturing of fish I have been taxed to
propagate and selling their flesh back
to me at a price which has passed far
beyond the mere profiteering stage.
H. S. Harcourt.
SPEED FIENDS AND THE COUNCIL
Portland. March $1. To the Editor of
The Journal A mile of columns of
newspaper ruff has been published
against auto speeders the anarchists
who recognise no speed law yet a regl
merit of people have been killed and
crippled In the past two years, and the
reckless murder continues. Who is there
to say that the city t council is not to
blame for a very large percentage of this
unnecessary slaughter and maiming? It
the city council has power to control the
speed of steam, electric and street cars
to six or seven jniles an hour, why
doesn't It get busy and control automo
bile speed in the same way? Make the
penalties for violations jail sentences and
confiscation of vehiclea. Fines have no
terror for the speed Bolshevik. H. K.
DEPLORES PHOSPHATE SHIPMENT
Portland, April 7. To the Editor of
The Journal I am all In favor of build
ing up the business and prosperity of this
port. But that consideration ought not
to blind us to seeing we are penny wise
ana pound foolish in exporting phosphate
rock to Japan. It is a mistake to ex
port any of it to anybody, anywhere.
We shall in time need It all. I assume
Japan uses phosphate rock for rebuild
ing her wornout soil. In this she shows
wisdom. The more she can get for agri
cultural purposes, the more secure will
be her future. The more we sell, the
worse in the end for us. We have to
recognise that rock phosphate deposits
on this earth are very limited. As long
as 15 years ago. Professor Cyril G. Hop
kins, soil expert of the University of
Illinois and one of the best in the world,
advocated an embargo on its exportation.
His recommendation was based on a
careful estimate of available supply. To
make agriculture permanent In the
United States rather than progressively
'astrous by soil exhaustion. Professor
Hopkins believed it wise to conserve this
valuable plant food, as rock phosphate
Is, primarily for our own needs. He
knew that even today we should be
building up our exhausted soils for In
stance right here in the Willamette val
ley rather than mistakenly supposing
we are growing rich by selling the soil
builder. When the time comes that
hunger is abroad we shall not be able to
eat money, no matter how much we have
of it.
It is possible that Japan may be
buying a kind of rock phosphate not
suitable for fertilizer. Perhaps great
and Inexhaustible deposits of it have
been found since Professor Hopkins
issued his warning. In either case my
comments lose all point. But If Professor
Hopkins' premises are still sound and we
are shipping out a valuable mineral
that he had better be using ourselves,
we arp not benefiting our country at
large in the long run, even if Portland
does derive a small advantage at 'pres
ent. Thomas Kimball.
CONCERNING DR. BUCHANAN
Portland,. March 25. To the Editor
of The Journal Permit me to thank
you for the deserved laudation and esti
mation of the life and character of the
thinker, scholar and humanitarian. Dr.
George Davidson Buchanan, and to add
additional facts in his remarkable and
intelligent career.
When Henry George, America's fore
most humanitarian thinker, was invited
to Australia to solve the then serious
differences between capital and labor.
Dr. Buchanan was his host and, as a
result, his opinions underwent a radical
alteration. In a meeting at which Dr.
Buchanan presided, during "the great
strike," an anti-labor orator avowed, "I
have a right to do anything I please
with my own." Dr. Buchanan arose
and rebuked him. "It is a lie. I own
my coat, but I have no right to smother
a man with It." This concise and shat
tering reply opened a way for adjust
ment of the deadlock. The clear reason
and plain honesty of Henry Oeorge con
verted Dr. Buchanan to the single tax,
of which .he has been an ardent advo
cate. Thla, I believe, is regarded by
Mr. Buchanan as one of the most im
portant Incidents of. hie long and useful
life. It la proper that wisdom and
righteousness be revealed.
Louts Bowerman.
The quiet and home
ment has only been
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"Community Chest"
Proposed
Portland is ; seriously considering a
plan to limit all public solicitation tor
funds to - one : drive a year.
The presidents' council ot Portland's
business and civic clubs has proposed
the organisation of the "Community
Chest."
The effect of its adoption would be
to coordinate and concentrate the
financing of charitable and other insti
tutions that rely for support upon con
tributed funds.
Business men would assume directly
the supervision of their giving.
At the call of Mayor Baker, the second
of several intended meetings will be
held next Wednesday evening In the
green room of the Chamber of Com
merce. The proposed constitution and by
laws of the "Community Chest" will be
discussed and may be adopted. In at
tendance will be representative con
tributors to public funds and of the in
stitution and organizations affected.
The meeting, however, will be open toVm'Lfron Um," ,t. determine. No
all who care to attend.
The proposed constitution has been
drafted by a committee of the presidents'
dent of the Ad club, chairman ; A. C. of directors. It shall be the duty of the
Newill, president of the Oregon Civic executive committee to carefully review
league ; E. R. Wiggins, president of the and recommend for action the yearly
Kiwanis club ; City Attorney W. P. La
Roche and City Auditor George R. Funk.
Printed copies have been distributed by
the mayor among those specifically in
vited to the Wednesday evening meeting.
It reads as follows :
(I) XAME
1. The name of this organisation shall
be the Portland Community Chest.
(in ptmrosE
The object of this organization Is to
promote the- welfare of the community
of Portland. Oregon ; to solicit, collect
and otherwise raise money for patriotic,
war. charitable, philanthropic or other
benevolent purposes, and to expend, dis
tribute, disburse and otherwise handle,
Invest and dispose of the same for such
purposes : to relieve existing philan
thropic and civic enterprises from the
necessity of making separate appeals
and collections, thereby enabling benefi
ciary organizations to more effectively
carry on the work they are organized
to do.
(Ill) MEMBERSHIP
1. Membership shall be composed of
organisations, of departments of govern
ment, and of individuals. Any oraanlza-
tlon or department of government shall
be considered a member if It has ap
pointed three delegates with authority
to accept this constitution In Its behalf,
and if its duly authorised delegates do
accept this constitution In its behalf at
the meeting held for the purpose.
Organisations or departments of gov
ernment becoming members-after
must first be approved by an indorse
ment committee of the Portland Com
munity Chest to be appointed by the
president. Each organisation or 'depart
ment of government becoming a member
shall appoint" three delegates to represent
It. Wherever possible one delegate shall
be a board memWi and one other shall
be the executive head of the member
organisation or department The dele
gates so appointed shall compose the
general council of the Portland Com
munity Chest.
2. From " time to time the general
council may elect to its own member
ship, with 'all the rights and privileges
pertaining to such membership, indi
viduals who have rendered notable serv
ices to the community of Portland. At
any one time there shall not be more
than 20 active individual members of
the general council elected In this man
ner. Individuals who may be elected
officers or directors, provided ' for In
sections 4 and 0. shall be members of
the general council with all the rights
and privileges pertaining to such mem
bership. Other Individuals may become
members of the Portland Community
Chest- for specific purposes upon rules
and conditions to be laid down by the
general council.
(IV) BEKEFICIARY ORGANIZATION
1. Local charitable, philanthropic and
civic organizations which minister pri
marily to the community of Portland,
Oregon, and foreign relief agencies In
dorsed by the National Information
Bureau in New York, and patriotic
agencies may be admitted as benefi
ciaries of the Portland Community
Chest on suah terms and conditions aa
the board of directors may prescribe, at
any meeting,; upon 10 days' prior notice
mailed to each director, by three-fourths
of the votes; of directors present, and
no less than a majority.
2. Beneficiary organizations may not
withdraw from the Portland Comnunlty
Chest unless 1 notice of such intention is
filed in writing six months in advance.
.3. No beneficiary organisation, auxil
iary thereof,; nor any person In their
behalf, shall give entertainments for the
purpose of raising funds, or solicit con
tributions other than permanent endow
ments or legacies in behalf of such
organizations, without first obtaining the
approval of the board of director!.
4. Beneficiary organizations shall fur
nish to the Portland Community Chest
statistics and information which It may
require for the management of its af-
(V) BOARD! OF DIRECTORS
1. The general policies of the Portland
like distinction that abounds
attatned by efficiency of
Community Chest shall be determined by
the general council The active manas-a.
ment of its business shall be administered
oy a noard or directors composed Of
21 persons, except as provision la made
otherwise in this constitution.
2. At the first meeting of he general"
council seven (7) directors - shall, be
chosen to serve tor one year: seven (7) ;
directors to serve for two years, and
seven (7) directors to serve for three
yearn. Ai cacn annual meeting there
after seven (7) director shall be chosen
"rr ior tnree years.
(VI) OFFICERS
w1-n Jh mayor of Portland. Oregon,
shall be the honorary president. There
shall also be a president, four vice presi
dents, a treasurer and a secretary elected
Trom and by the board of directors to
serve for one year and to perform the
duties that usually pertain to their re
spective ofrices.
2. The secretary shall devote such
time to the duties of his office and shall
cv.cic nucu compensation tnerrror as
the board of director In its discretion
other officer shall receive any compensa
tion. (VII) -EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
budgets
approved by the budget oom-
imuea.
2. The executive committee shall re
view the findings of the National In-'
formation Bureau and recommend to the
board an appropriate allotment covering
urgent needs of the foreign relief and
patriotic agencies that are Indorsed by
the bureau.
i. The campaign for solicitation of
funds shall be under the direction of the
executive committee.
(Till) BUDGET COMMITTEE
1. A budget committee, composed of
seven persona, shall be elucted from and
by the members of the general council.
2. It Hhajl be the duty of the budget
committre to carefully review the yearly
budgets of local beneficiary member or-
fanlzations, and submit their approval to
he board of directors through the execu
tive committee.
(IX) APPORTIONMENT OF THE
Ft" N Dti OF THE PORTLAND
COMMCN1TY CHEST
1.. The board of directors shall adopt
annually a budget wherein, after pro
vision has been made tor the expenses
of conducting the affairs of the Chest,
the board shall make an allotment for
me use or each constituent beneficiary
organization.
'i. The board of directors may create
and maintain a reserve fund in such
amount as deemed necessary. Appropri
ations from this fund shall be made
only to meet extraordinary conditions
and ernergenciHH and upon two-thirds of
the total number of vies of the board.
3. The principal and income from all
legacies and devines to the t'hent shall
be distributed by the board of directors
in the srne manner as Income received
from other sources unless the donor
makes other specific directions.
X) OTHER COMMITTEES)
Standing committees or special com-'
mlttees slrs.ll be created at any time by
action of the general council.
(XI) ANNUAL MEETING
1. The general council shall hold an'v
annual meeting on the last Wednesday
of January of eachycar.
2. Besides the annual meeting the
general council shall meet approximately
every two months upon a date to be
fixed by the board of directors. Other
meetings shall be arranged from time
to time, as the general council or the,
board of directors determine. Upon re. i
quest of twenty (20) delegates In writing'
the president shall call a special meeting
at any time.
(Jill) OlOBUM
Delegates representing 20 per cent of '
the organization membership of the gen
eral council shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business of the
general council.
clary organizations. It may also publish
therewith extracts of annual reports
separately Issued by beieficlary organ
isations. (XIV) AMENDMENT!)
The constitution may' be amended by
a majority vote of the delegates, pro
viding that the proposed amendment
shall havp been read at a meet Inn of the
reneral council nrlor to the nxctlnB: unon
which action Is taken, and provided '
that 11 shall have been submitted in
writing to each constituted organization
at least one month before action Is taken,
Father Hits Babe;
Gets Year in Jail
Passaic. N. J.,
Oeorge Semen, of 62 Third street, here.
was fined $100 and sent to Jail for one
yar for striking his 1 -year-old baby.
His wife had htm arrested, lie quar
reled with her, and when the baby be
gan to cry he ran into the bedroom and
struck It. Semen said he had tried to
strike his wife and hit the baby instead.
at Finlexfx JAtahli&h
the highest standard
MONTGOMERY AT V FIFTH