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THE ORKUON DAILY JOURNAL.' P ORTLAKD. TUESDAY, JUNE S. 1820. odge in :' .Rhetoriical REPUBL CANS ARE HAILED AS PARTY SAVIOR OF IIATIOH Coliseum, Chicago, June 8. Ct.eted States Senator Henry- Cabot )dge, delivering the Republican keynote speech at the national con vention today, 'pledged hla partjr to Americanism and NatlonaMsm- de - nounced the policy of International Ism, and urged" his followers to tarn their attention to the solution of domestic problems. He spoke as follows: V We are met here to take the first, the most decisive step In the political cam paign which- is to determine- the party , control of this great government for the next four years. It: is a solemn moment, , fraught with vast possibilities of either' good or evil. Well worth our while It is Just here "upon this bank and shoal of time, to passe mr- -an-Instant while we glance swiftly upon : the scene In which we are to fight our battle. Behind us Ilea the greatest war of history, now for the most aart fallen silent, together with all the hideous advances of science ia methods of tak ing human life, which, battened upon it, halted and quiescent. ' : The tempest haa subsided, but the ocean still heaves and rolls with cresting waves, while the dead seas of the storm, which has passed, crash sullenly against the shores that shelter and sustain the vast fabric which we are went to call our civilisation. We find ourselves eas ing upon the problems and trials which the huge convulsion has left to as and with which w must cop and cope suc cessfully tf we are to rebuild and again move onward. The ruined . towns, the broken industries, the desolated farms are there before oar eyes wherever the battles were fought. Countless little mounds mark the resting? places of the dead in the fields and on tha hillsides torn and gashed by shot and shell. Sig nals of mournlnir throughout the world tell us of the irreparable losses of all nations, which have swept away such an appalling portion of the youth of every land, those In whom were garnered up -the hopes and strength of the future. The splendor of the achievement of eur soldiers, and sailors, their dauntless courage and unshrinking s service will always remain one of the proudest mem ories in the history of the- republic. - But the dead return not and theehadow of the (treat sorrow for those forever gone will never be lifted from the hearts of the people who ; sent them forth to battle. The material side of war results Is. like the spiritual, ever with us. We feel in daily life the grinding pressure : ot the vast debts and heaped up lues which have been piled upon our shoul ders and npon those of posterity. Great empires have been swept from the earth. : ancient monarchies have crumbled in an hour and , long established governments ' have ' tottered, fallen and passed away like a watch in the night. TICTIM& OF THB WIS All these things stare us in tha face, pierce our attention and arrest - Or thoughts. But this Is not all and what remains, "perhaps more than anything .else, makes incredibly difficult the im mense task which lies before us, one not to be escaped but which will (it rain gov- em merits and people to the top of their bent if aught that makes life worth liv ing is to survive. The wrecked towns, . the shattered forts, the effaced villages, the sinking ships were not the only vic tims of the storm of war. Other things, the impalpable possessions of the mind and heart, have in like fashion been wounded and crippled. . , In v the shock of war, through long : years of bitter conflict, moral restraints were loosened and all the habits, all the eonventions, all the customs of life, . which more even-Hhan law hold society together, were swept aside. One pas sion, one purpose to save the. country. ; to save civilisation, to preserve" freedom -r-rose supreme. It could not be other wise! There could be in that hour but one question asked of men and women : "Are you loyal to your country and her cause, ready to work and to sacrifice and if need be to die for them 7" If that single, demand was rightly answered nothing else mattered in those days of stress and anguish.. No one inquired runner. .-.. t. ,i .,. ... - So the war ended and victory came: the great adventure was over and men and women came back to find the old . ways dull, the old life tame, the old re straints burdensome and they themselves possessed by a longing for excitement : and a hunger for change unknown be ' fore. One sees the result in the rest leanness which is everywhere : in the . mere trifles of life, In dress, in amuse ments, in pleasure seeking, in the greed for money and the recklessness of ex penditure and, what is infinitely more serious, la the discontent with all forms ot government or control and In the readiness and eagerness to destroy even the, fundamental principles of a free and orderly civilization without which law and order, organised society,' the possi bilities of progress and the chance for happiness cannot exist, f DEMOCRATS ATTACKED " This state of mind born of the war la the gravest obstacle in the essential - work of restoring a shattered world and making the great victory a blessine to mankind. ..In order to Vucceed at all we must understand this mental and moral condition. , We must allow for it- We must be very patient. We must steady our nerves. We must be tolerant and above all, open minded. - We must call on our common t ye rise and self restraint. The complex problem eannot be evaded and it must be dealt with in such a way as to preserve the foundations of society and enable us, those once secured, to advance steadily, never hurriedly, but always In order, toward every reform, every improvement, every form of true progress which will help mankind. .It-is' a gigantic task for any government or any party. No party and no govern ment can succeed unless they face it bravely, looking facts always in the face and determined to do their best never promising what they cannot perform and evee yielding to the facile temptations et monetary success. One of our great political parties has failed to meet nay, is in a considerable measure .responsible f or, , the perilous - condition of the hour. Thenly other organized political force strong enough to grapple with the encircling dangers Is the? He publican party. If that too - falls and breaks down, ' the Russian des cent into-barbarism will begin to draw near. Such an end Is inconceivable with the American people, but they must rea. llze the peril and drive it back into the darkness whence it comes.' We, keepers of the Republican faith, must therefore succeed. We must iw know defeat when the great responsibility,-cornea to .our hands. To the service of 1860 we must add a like service in 1920. No larger victory at any time could be- won by any ilitical party. We must both earn and deserve it. We did not fall in the Civil war. We shall not, must not fail now. U'lLSOX HELD TO BLAME In order to render our country 1 the service wnicn we aestre to render and which we can accomplish in large meas ure. at least, if we undertake it with all - our ability and in a disinterested public spirit, we must have the opportunity for F'-rvic. mat opportunity can only come through our being entrusted by the peo ple with both the legislative and the evecutive authority. To this end. Mr. Wilson and his dynasty,- his heirs and assigns, or anybody that Is his, anybody vt ho with bent Knee lias served his pur poses, must be driven from all control, irom all influence upon the government cf the United States. They must be driven from ofJice and power not be cuf they are Democrats, but becguse 1r Wiison s'.an53 for a theory of 'ad- ministration nf government which is. sot Ameriear Hi mtbtuiM, t lis constant if Indirect assaults upon the constitution and upon all the traditions of free government, strik at ts very afe of the American BTtncrplea ' opo wMcs er government has always rested. The return of be Democrats to power with Mr. Wilson or one of his disciples still the leader and master of a . great party, which before his advent possessed both traditions and principles, wouid -be sx lomr step in the direction of autocracy for whtch Mr. Wilson yearns and a heavy blow t the eenUrraancs of free representative gov ernment a we hav. always coacelved and venerated it. - . OLD PATH8 FOESAKE5 Tba peril Inseparable from Mr. Wilson and his system goes far beyond all party - divisions, for it involves the fundamentl question of. whether the-government of the United States nfta.iv do m government of laws and not of men, whether it shall be a free representative government or that of a dictatorship resting on a plebis cite carried by repellent methods. Mr. Wilson and the autocracy he represents, and all 'which those who believe in bis doctrines and share his spirit represent, must be put aside and conclusively ex cluded from any future control. Bear this well In mind throughout the cam paign, for It Is the first condition of our ability to enter upon the path which will carry us forward: to true progress and to wiser lawav vi It Is the path of Washington, of Lin coln and of Roosevelt from which Mr. Wilson has sought to drag ua Ws ean only regain it by once and for all con demning the man and his associates who have thus endeavored to turn, us from the right road into tha dark and devious ways which with all nations lead to destruction. We therefore make our appeal for support to all who love America, to all, whatever party name they happen to near, who are. true t the faith of the fathers, to join with us In this great work of redemption. The defeat of the present administration and all it means transcends in importance every other question and all immediate and dominant issues are bound up with it. Without that defeat every chance of the right settlement of tha mighty questions before us, so sorely needed now and not later, will depart. - . ... FIRST DUTT AS AMERICANS '- Tha ground thus cleared, it is ourtflrsPJ duty as Americans vo reenuiuusn cer tain essential principles which have been both shaken and invaded shaken by the shock of war." invaded by those who had their own selfish purposes to servo even in the hour ;of the country's danger. The earliest beliefs of men reveal the trust of mankind in order, as the di vine conqueror of chaos and eternal night. A famous poet tells us that "order is Heaven's first law" and his tory repeats the same injunction. ' All the civilisation ever built up and treas ured by mankind haa rested upon the establishment of law and order, law and order, the supports of true liberty, the firm foundations- of prosperity and progress, have always ruled in the United States and have been, very dear to the hearts of the American people. They must never be weakened or im paired unless we are ready to see all that we have carefully built up go down In ruin and men forced once more into the straggle against chaos, followed by the slow and toilsome climb out of the darkness of anarchy to the height of, freedom and accomplishment. To main tain law and order and a stable govern ment whsre justice rules and the rights of all men, high and low. rich and poor. Shall be protected, we most have a gov ernment of the people, duly ehoeen by the people, and never must there be parr mitted any government by a single man or by a group of men or by an organ ized minority. ! -Tyranny luxka In them all and true freedom withers when they ascend the throne. There must be but one law in this country and that" is the law framed by the men chosen by the -people themselves to make the laws. Tha chief magistrate must understand that It s his duty not only to enforce but to abide by the laws, the laws made by the representatives of the people, and when those laws are 'once . made they must be obeyed until the people see fit to change them. The will of tha people, expressed in lawful manner through the government of -the United States, must be supreme, for the government of the United States can neither suffer revolt not submit to any question of its au thority on: the part of any man or any group of men or any minority of tha people. : '- - i : - ' - ATTIR EFFECTS OT WAR t When free government fails, autocracy and revolution and the downfall of civ ilisation as we have known it are at hand. Progress will cease and tha de cline to lower stagaa of development will have begun. - True progress must rest upon and proceed from the sound prin ciples which sustain-a.11 free government I and to such progress the Republican par ty always has been committed. Loyalty to the United States and obedience to tha people's laws are the corner atones of the republic and 'should be sustained and upheld by every man and woman in every corner of our great land. Keep these principles sacred and untouched and all the rest will follow. T Let ma turn first to the economic conditions, so profoundly distorted and confused by the war,: which affect our I7,, o 2 ?i ' ,?f? and upon which our material prosperity j and all the benefits, both mental and moral, which flow from it when honestly acquired, so largely depend. Already a beginning haa been made by a Repub lican congress, working under all the difficulties and. opposition imposed : by a : hostile executive. Many vital eco nomic measures and especially protec tive tariff legislation to guard our in dustries are impossible with a Demo cratic free trader of Socialistic procliv ities In the White House. To accom plish such measures as we must have, as we intend to have, a Republican president, in sympathy with a Republi can house and senate. Great reductions in expenditures have ' been effected but webave been met with resistance in some departments-and also by habits of waste backed by maladministration, by sacri fice -of efficiency to political purposes, never , so recklessly indulged in before and in certain cases by an incompetency w nnTTioua uiai 11 cannot oe OUS to nature but must be the result of art. Tet Respite all these fettering conditions an amount of work has been done which in days of peace would have been con sidered remarkable, but now passes al most. .; annoticea because great events have so crowded on each other's heels In the years of world war that the comprehension and appreciation oleg- isue accumpusnroents are well- nigh lost. Let me give a few examples of what haa been accomplished. BILLS PASSED BY CONGRESS The estimates have been reduced over a, billion, dollars. The oil-leasing and water -power bills, two measures, of large effect and high importance, which have been halting and stumbling for many years In the incapable hands of muvrauc majority, passed both nouses but the president has vetoed the water power bUl. We hays passed the vocational - rehabilitation act for the benefit of wounded soldiers and several tw uispoaiuon 01 war material, very necessary to our finances.... We have amended and improved the federal reserve and the farmers' loan acts. We have cared for the soldiers of the Civil war, straitened m their old age through the rise in r prices, by an increase in ?ir iPfnon The civil service re tirement' law. a lnnr.ilif.i . ... Justice to faithful servants of the govt .Z hT.e ben obl'Ki to restore the i'fndJ.nvr..to , footing, a vork as difficult as it was necessary Y J" met is by two most irnpoVf? wii efl,llrea; the rmy and navy pay tt'ff "? law for th reorganisation " "y wn a peace basis. -Two of the most important act of any wriod v,. - o.uiioiung uie Duaget. a erea.t cial .administration . aA w our latest achievements. The faudeet bill was vetoed by the president at tht terfered with his power of anrintit,. ftnl vamiml - - ' v....... The list of benettcial laws. paed under adverse circumstances Tni Pk t rcumstances. might be Plea to Return Republican Partyi ii LEADER SOUNDS United Stales Senator largely extended did" not ttme forbid But these are enough to show the far reaching results- of i the labors of 1,his congTesa, ' whose tiraa la but little more than half spent. Some, of the master minds of tha Democratic party are now chirruping away like incessant little birds that "the Republicans have done nothing." I should be glad, omitting the two years of war when both parties' worked together, to put tba recorded ac complishment of the five years of com plete Democratic control beside that ol our 18 months hampered by an inimical administration. Let me assure you that we -do not- fear- tha comparison. - .Wei have ' made a' remarkable : begin ning.: but we -are fully conscious that it is only a beginning. ilUch has been done, much more remains to do and we pledge ourselves to exert all our energies to deal with what ia still undone. The wreck and confusion of a great war. In business, finance and all economic con ditions,, cannot be cleared away and fully readjusted in a year and a half nor Indeed In twice that time. Recon struction, must be steady and energetic but it also demands care if it is to be of lasting value, Tbe rise of prices, the high cost of ,lhrine which reach daily into every home. Is the most pressing as it la tha most difficult and most es sential problem which confronts . us. Some of the sources ot this trouble can be reached by legislation.- although sot all. but everything that can be effected by law should be done at once., ;. ntFlTIOJT HEID ETI1 . Profiteering, the charging of extor tionate and unjustified prices, which Is stupid as wall as unlawful, are. subject now to ample punitive laws. Those laws should be enforced, others If necessary added, and the offenders both great and Small should be pursued and punished, not in tha headlines of newspapers after the manner of tha present attorney gen eral, but quietly,' thoroughly and effi ciently. In the courts of tbe United States. Something- more in . this direc tion van be accomplished by the proper regulation of cold storage, and a bill for that purpose has passed both houses and is now in conference, l . . Another deep-seated cause' of the rise of prices,- more effective in its results although leas obvious than profiteering, is the abnormal increase per capita of the circulating medium. This has dou bled sine tn war began ana ti in tne space of a few years the amount of the mo Profound effect in atimulating and adVancins nrices. Durins the wjir rrrflt. have been enormously inflated and there have been ' large- additions -to the cur rency through the Federal Reserve banks. Here it is possible to check the advance of prices by Jaw. We can pro vide for the control Cof credits in such manner as to give preference to the most essential products. We : are also able to- reduce -tbe amount of the circulating medium tn the form of Fed-: eral Reserve -bank notes, the authority; navmg oeen given aurmg tne war to in crease the issue of these notes from two billions to four billions, it should be one of the first acts of congress to deal with this essential - point and it would have a marked effect In reducing prices by steadying them aad bringing them down to a lower and more normal level. REMEDY LIES I JT PRODUCTION The most potent remedy of all against advances - in - the high cost of living, however, lies in production, which can not be reached directly by statutea. If production begins to fall and fall off. tha cost of everything will be advanced by the simple foroa of scarcity which inevitably drives prices upward. The most essential remedy for bleb costs is to keep up and increased production and particularly snouior every- eriort be made to advance the productivity of the farms. - Just how much tbe government can do In this direction ia uncertain, but it can aid: and support and if anything can oe a one it must not be omittea or overlooked. At the same Urns it must not be forgotten 'that there is a vast difference between the powers of the na tional government In -time of war and those which it possesses in time of peace. - The normal limitations of times of peace restrict very much, the powers of the general government and ia help ing to increase the productivity of the farms, which must be done through gov ernment action,! the Republican party promises to use every power in this di rection, whether within the state or fed eral jurisdiction. I have touched upon this matter of prices and the high cost of living be cause it is altogether the most import ant domestic question now before the. country and one to which the Republican party should address Itself without de lay in every direction where help is pos sible. There are, of coursa, as I bave said, ' many other important economic questions to be dealt with, as speedily, as may be, but the time allotted to me makes it impossible to touch upon them aiL..-- .'. -.v ,.- , RAILROAD ACT PRAISED r ' i There la, however, one measure which' cannot be passed over, a suigle great law which has been enacted and which in any period would be sufficient to dis tinguish a congress as one of high ac complishment. This Is the railroad act. For six months able committees In both houses, committees where no party line was drawn, tolled day after day trpon this most intricate of problems. There was much serious debate In both senate and hou?e and then the Nil, eigned by the president, became law. ' Js'o doubt time and experience will show that im. ,rkttAM-lA,,a iM ft. V.A MIOPIA Kl, in the -main it is a remarkable piece of ; -'.:.;. " ' I ' . '. y: 1 - ' " . N i 1 .". - , 1 '- v . ; ' t .'j ' V & v ' ' i ' I U rA''h -' - 4 J ti ' ' ' i - f, jr y . ... . . . - :-: ' . . 4 i - V t ? k V, a n - f r- I ..a f T y ' , I - '-A:. ;' M f 1 . x I l 1 ' i . 1 ': i f i CX - ' ' 4 - 1 ' Vv ill G. O. P. KEYNOTE , A , J ' ! f I i J )5ph.i5.-!j':v:-:?-x-:..:r Henry Cabot . Ixxlge legislation and in general principles is entirely sound, and : nothing could be more unfair, than to criticize the pres ent owners contending with the legacy of. mismanagement, waste and confu sion bequeathed by ths government when it returned the roads only three months ago. t The railroad law possesses - also .an importance wholly distinct from its provisions, which have been framed with extreme care.' This act' declares a national policy and,' so far as any law can do it, establishes that policy as a rule of action. The policy embodied in the bill concedes at tbe outset that it Is of course Impossible to return to the old system or lack of system in the management Of railroads. They must henceforth be under thorough gov ernment supervision and also ths gov ernment must have over them a large measure of control. The transportation system of the country can no - longer be suffered- to continue without such supervision and " control. But -the policy also represents the principle that the government must not assume - ths ownership of the railroads. Their operation and : management must be left ia private ownership. Ths phrase "government ownership" means not only that the government shall own ths rail roads but also, It is to be feared, that those who run tha railroads shall own the government. . f . MEXICAN PROBLEM " General - government ownership under our political system would inevitably bring -about the mastery of ths govern ment : by those who operate - the ma chinery of - transportation or of any other industries which come into gov- ' ! . . mi 1 v. . . 11 general public, for whom all industries exist, would disappear under this scheme ; and nothing would be left to the people I except tbe duty or paying taxes to sup port the roads. ' That is a very perilous position for a representative democracy. Our government must not be dominated by any one man or any class or any selected body of men , who represent a part of the people and not the whole people. Moreover, in the United States, government ownership " wherever ap plied to an Industry, whether It involves transportation or- telegraphic and tele phone communication or shipbuilding or manufacturing, is a very:: Inefficient and wasteful system, badly managed and certain to be intolerably burdensome to the taxpayers. . This point It ris not: necessary-to argue because the country' through ths demands of war turned the : railroads, over to the government and we have had the painful privilege of observing the performance which fol lowed. The government - management which ensued . was Inefficient,; the rail roads were wretchedly .conducted and money was spent - ana wasted with a prodigality which nothing can defend. During the time in' which the govern-; ment undertook to manage, the railroads they sustained, despite a generous In crease in freight rates, , a Toss of . over $1,000,000 a day, and the total payments out of the treasury-to support ths rail roads have reached the -enormous sum: of $ 1.750,000,000. . There was -universal dissatisfaction with v .the government management and it was a just dissatis faction. . The ' experiment failed : and should not be renewed. is From domestic affairs, which 'I have only touched upon briefly, let ' us turn to. foreign - questions, to our relations with the world of other nations. Look first at one of ths most ; pressing im portance Just beyond our own borders. Look at Mexico. For seven years the United States bas bean pursuing under "the direction of the president a' policy of -"watchful : waiting. ' APOLOOT' STILL DTTE '- ' The president saw fit' to intervene in Mexico. As a matter - of fact he made war . upon Mexico, for In -the taking of Vera Crux we lost . some 120 men in killed and wounded and several hundred unregarded.- Incidental -Mexicans were also either wounded or killed In the conflict. Ws went there to ' exact an apology for. ths treatment of some of our ; sailors at Tampico, .The - apology has never been given -but General Huerta was driven from power, which was ths president's real purpose, and Mexico then fell into a state of anarchy which, growing constantly Worse, has continued to : this day. - t The president saw fit to recognise Carranza. who was chosen by a military Junta, as political chief. He thus furnished an essential support to the Carrapaa government and. what has been -our reward? Over 600 Americans, have been murdered In Mex ico,' some under circumstances of great brutality. For these murders no repara tion has been made. Decorated by, end less futile and useless notes they have gone on unchecked. To have been an American citizen m i Mexico added - to a man'a danger. : The words "I am an American . citizen.? Instead of being a protection, as they ought to be. In every corner of the world, were an absolute peril to .anyone who was entitled te that high . distinction. Mexico teemed with German plots. The Mexican gov ernment, largely tha- offspring f Mr, Wilson's recognition, did not support us in the-war but gave aid so far as It was possible to the cause of our ene mies. -Yet -we still continued to. support Carranxa. His government sent agents into this country to foment industrial trouble and to bring on strikes. They allied themselves with the Bolshevist and anarchist elements. Nothing was. done bv the United States. - Carranxa insultec the American government In every pos- Ribie way and stui notning was done We fell so low that when an America r wa seised by one of the many band? of brigands and nheld for ransom all that the government of tha ! United States would do was to offer to! be the channel for conveying - the ranaom of their citizens to the highwayman who naa seized mem. Tne mere statement kAma - in,M4tihla . tin I , I inl . accordance with the facts In some cases, SUU nothing waa done and we watched ! and waitea. naturally we lost our In f fluence in Mexico and what was far ( more important we lost the respect of J the Mexican people by the manner in t which - we submitted to every sort of i insult and outrage. f - I2TKED OF A FIRM HAND ; ' Wa .have watched and waited long enough. It Is time that this condition, disgraceful to us and ruinous to Mex ico, should cease. We need a firm hand at the helm. ; We need a man who will think not - only of the rights of the . United Btates but of the welfare Of Mex ico. -The Mexican , people would not re sent tha influence or intervention of the ' United States If It would only help to bring them peace under a president of j their own choosing.- The great mass of i the - Mexican people wish to work and .earh money. They long to be able to ; sleep in peace and not to be subject to pillage and outrage. Thousands of them look to us for help. IM the Mexicans , choose aa their president some strong and upright man who ia friendly to the , United States and determined to ' es tablish order and then Jet the United '.States give him a real and cordial sup port and so strengthen and uphold biro that he will be able to exterminate the : bandits and put aa end to the unoeasing ' civil war which has well nigh com. pletely ruined one of the finest and most -. valuable countries on the face of tba .earth. We must watch and watt no 1 longer. We must have a man who has ia policy and who Will act. Nothing can iever be accomplished under the. Wilson : administration or any administration in ' sympathy with it. Their maerablja-record ' of hopeless failure in Mexico has been . unbroken for seven years. JThe time has 'come to put an end to this Mexican sit- uatlonr, which is a shams to the. United States and a disgrace to our civilisation. . If wa are to take part in pacifying -and helping the world, let us begin hers at home in Mexico. - If we assert and pro tect the Monroe doctrine against, Europe, - as we must for our own safety, ws must also accept and fulfill the duties and .responsibilities which that, doctrine im poses. , - ; - -The president' has been unable or un willing to do anything for Mexico, where civil war haa raged for years, where anarchy exists ana where the people are suffering. But he thinks it our duty to take - a mandate for Armeniai. whieh would involve our sending an army There for an indefinite time and which would cost Including tha army and civil ex penditures 275 millions for the first year. WSBti -.-N.a. .. .S - - Si8llllgS& ! NATURAL CONDITIONS, good marketlngacilitles. the r r-lsfe - steady improyement in tb quality of the' animal population. M j "ft J f "n injfcrM1lown in the agrl- yCN " ' T' " ' Progress 'in the livestock industry 'that.' ' tr7 ,"rr'" "i f-' ' '"'' ' " ' usures Greater Oregon. ? I 'J jd r- 1 ' frSS - roim-AWD. ..OJaoewT - J 'V.TT . j v.'-"""". ,' f j($S S to Power DEMOCRATS HELD ALLEGED MISRULE besides entangling us in all the quarrels and . intrigues of Asia Minor and the surrounding countries. Mexico lies at our-doors. . . - - It la a primary duty for us to deal with it ' under the Monro doctrine, but nothing has been dene and yet we are asked to take a mandate for Armenia. The American people have a deep sym pathy for Armenia. They have already given over $40,000,000 for the relief of those starving and suffering people, a brave and gallant people who deserve assistance, and who -have established a government ' We are anxious to help Armenia in all reasonable waya and no doubt shall do so, but to take a mandate to control, protect and govern that coun try would involve our sending our sons and brothers to serve and aacrslice their lives in Armenia for an indefinite time. This is a mandate which we In the sen ate of the United States think should not be undertaken. It is -a plan to get u involved in the responsibilities of the league of Nations and all . the wars in which it may be engaged, without our being a member of the league. To such a -proposition . tha only answer is a plain refusal. On the other hand what the president has neglected-- like con dition among : an unfortunate people at our very doora we musf take up and by a wise and firm policy restore Mexico to the position which she ought to oc cupy and thereby help nd. relieve her people and so benefit ttje world and ex ten J the reign of peace. As the great war In Europe : pushed Mexico into the background 'and turned tha thoughts of all away from it. so there Is at this moment another -great ) Question of our relations to tne civilized we rid which' overshadows every other. When the" armistice, with. Germany was signed the course to be persued -was clear. It was urged by Republican sen ators before the armistice and Imme diately afterwards. - That course was to make the peace with Germany at once and then take, up for reasonable conaid- (Ooneladad on Following Ptr.) RESPONSIBLE FDR -Livestock Oregon's Second Greatest Industry THE SALE OF LIVESTOCK for meat purposes last year brouabt 145.000,000 to Oregon Stock men- figure which places livestock second in the important industries of the State. Five years ago the' total sales amounted to approximately 3 6,000,000. This increase of 19,000,000 in five years readily indicates the important- progress that U being: made in the industry. . - - ' . OREGON IS NATURALLY ADAPTED to the raising of all classes of livestock on a large scale. - Our mildwinters make it possible for animals to thrive in" the open during the coldest months of . the year. The extensive prairies east of the. Cascades - abound in nutritious grasses and grains, and particularly valuable are the million of acres of land in National forest Reserves where sheep can be graced L for a nominal fee. THE LIVESTOCK POPULATION in the State la 19t9 (valued at 103,826,000) was estimated as follows: Cattle. 296.000;. SWine, 762,000- Sheep, t, 820,000 dairy cows, 113,600; horses. 94,000 mules,. 7000f goats, 170.00O. . A steadily increasing number of these animals are. registered, pedigreed' stock," for the Oregon farmer : Has learned that "scrub animals" are a poor investment . ! ;r r; ,3. -; " . ...--v -:'-S? , ' AGRICULTURAL FAIRS AND . LIVESTOCK SHOWS, of which there are already twenty scheduled for this year, and , the i well-organized boys' and girls': Livestock Clubs throughout the ..State, are big factors in the increasing quality of the herds. They deserve' great credit for the work.they are accomplishing. - . . - - ... . . . , .. THE PORTLAND' UNION STOCK YARDS arethe biggest and best equipped stockyards in - the Northwest. They provide a free, open trading place, where any man who Jus animals to sell, can offer and 'sell them in the open market,, or employ another to sell thee for him. This service has been of great help to the stock-raiser in mar keting his animals, approximately 'one-third of Oregon's livestock being sold through the Portland Union Stock .Yards. Shipmentl ae also received from all points in the Northwest, and some from as far djstani as Southern Cal ifornia, r - -' ,-- - - ( PERHAPS iTHE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT of the ysar In, the liyestock industry of the Pacific Northwest, is the Reorganization of the Pacific Jnternational Livestock Ex position, and the erection of their permanent buildings at North .Portland. These buildings, - costing approximately 300,000. wre made possible by donations from banks, farmers, and public-spirited citizens of tb Northwest.' . Meal Tickets $S.50 for $5.00 .Roast Beef ... .20c Roast Veal I . . . 20c . Stewed Beef vl K , . 20c Hamburger SCk. . .20c Strawberry Short i Cake . 25c - Chkken Pie . . . .20c Veal Stew. . . . f . . . 20c - Baked-Beans . . 10c , Fih. ...20c and. 25c i Pastries ..-5c-20c Coffee, Tea . t . . . 5c : . :.. Salads . . . j 5f to 15c ; 2 eggs, any style, 20c " Vegetab leg .,U-. -5c i ! THREE PLACES . Tvrhi at Broadway and Washington Street j One at Pdrk and Alder Streets, Cornelius Hotel 1 Meal Tickets $5.50 for $5.00 Good at Any of the Stores Plenty for fTwcnty No Charge for Bread Wm Mph9 and Bake Everything Wt Use MOST TALKED OF 'AND BEST THOUGHT OF EATING FLACES IN THE CITY WE SERVlt THE BEST AND SELL FOR LESS j PROFIT SHARING f - Otrr place at Broadway and Washington St. i being enlarged. Seating capacity 300 people. - COFFEE CUP CAFETERIA CO. ARTHtTB H. JOHNSTON, President - i i - ' Good at Any of the lrcs 1,500,000 SERVED V.YulI "THERE'S A REASON" .-v . - . s -". a 1 I I'- r. 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