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uUiwCs.WJWTtmMWr. t ,1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAW PORTLAND. OREGON SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1520. 1, 0 r r if- r. A WDEPENDKNT EWBFAPE ft, ft. UtUoH KkUr f Ba calm, b eoofWJen, b eweartal as o anio vthera mm yoo would U unto yoo. I I'ubliihad titr; wi itr and Bandar wnum at Tb Journal HuildiM. Mroadwas asd Xtn bill it reel. Portland. Urecoe. loterad at lb pue iodic at Portland. Oregon, for tranaalaaioa throes U ataila a aacood claia aaatter. TtlF.PHOS ES Mam T U. AutomaUa Boo-ai. lli 4ner.maeita MaLl h tiMM OUBm, tmWjJTirDvSKTIilS'o -ifePBlsKSTA ri v id Benjamin kroloor Wo.. BrnnawVk Bulldln. 22 rtflh inot, Mt Tori; Ww Malton HuUdini. Crririao. iUE OBK;6N JoCHNaL trrw tn riant t Mtori mrivmrLU in loot wblCB It tectloaabl It alM wiD. mot print any copy that in any war almulaUf reading matter or .that eanoot raadiljr reosnis edrer. Uelnf. SttbscWtlo!. tUfiW By Carrier. 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MATKIIALISM UBER ALLKS MR. 1IAHDING Is down on Ideals and idealism, lie never fails to lilt the head of anyone who suggests that American progress and achieve ment are due to Impulses higher than the surging struggle for trade, terri tory and material advancement. He explicitly denies that America went to war for anything except to "maintain American rights," and he bees the task fulfilled when Ger many Is beaten. The only obligation he sees Is the restoration of "nor malcy." ; H Is the same Harding who. In a speech in the senate in 13-16. tore from the American revolutionary fathers any thought of idealism. "In dependen -c. was not the inspiration of the war of the revolution. Nation ality was not the impelling force back of the war of the revolution." Mr. Harding declared. To him the revolution arose merely from a prievsnre over taxation. It was a rrw over a tea tax. He said the "American republic never gave a thought to the 'coqsent of the gov erned.' " Supplementing this, he declared Mmelf opposed to ever parting with the Philippines, because It would change the (American policy of hold: ing onto things and because there In a "rovrnat ! to the world of civiliza tion." Where and how that covenant Is expressed he did not explain. He significantly stated that "for an expansion of commerce and trade I fancy that the possession of these rich inlands will be very mucii lo our ad vantage." He would hold the Philippines, also, because it would aid In "spreading our boasted American civilization th'oughout the world." Only a day or two before that he had voted with the undiluted vvels in the senate gainst an amendn cnt t prevent the , American saloon from going Into th3 Philippines. Apparently he believed that the aloon was part of this boasted Americaa civilization which should be spread into that part of the. world. Is It any wonder that Senator Borah, after the nomination, remarked that "Senator Harding Is an ultra Conervatlve( and everybody knows he Is not satisfactory to me?" Or that Senator Kenyon, another progressive nepuhlican colleague, said in a statement that he was "disap pointed thai the Republicans failed to nominate a progressive for presi dent?" Or that Senator Lenroot. another member of the progressive Republi can group, said, "I frankly regret the choice of the convention, as I believe a man who lias been allied with the liberal win. of the party should have oeen selected T A short time ago it seemed incon elvable thatahe Republicans would renominate a reactionary. Yet here n Harding, the essence of reaction Imploring, paogrcssives to vote for him, and telling them he wants to "go back to normal." Can you -beat it? Tb Portland Chamber of Com merce it planning a friend-making excursion to th towns of .Eastern Oregon .during .tb third week of October." The reaults of the recent journey conducted by th Chamber to . Klamath " FtUs, Ashland, Med ford and Roseburg warrants the ac live - heada of .. Portland Institutions in sjJinning. partlofpatlon. t But If the forthcoming excursion results in the appointment of committeea to help solve "' local problems en countered, as was done In the case of the Southern Oregon journey, let there also be a "punch 'era up" com mittee to see that the other com mittees actually serve the purposes of their appointment. SEEKING THE SQUARE DEAL, ftyHY are farmers organizing T" W asked one of the visiting farm bureau 'ommission. "For a square deal," approximates the answer offered him by the master of the state grange. "From whom?" the questioner per sisted. "From speculative middlemen," was the prompt reply. The brief dialogue embodies much, if not all, of the genius of the modern farmer organization that in two-fold form is sweeping the country. The Tarmcr organizes politically In the hope of securing a square deal. The result is the Non-partisan league. The farmer organizes economically, again in the hope of securing a square deal. The result is cooperative mar keting. The two forms of farmer organiza tlon are diametrically opposed. The Non-partisan league has obtained no foothold where cooperative marketing is thoroughly established. Cooperative marketing is the anti dote for the Non-partisan league in Oregon, and it Is more than an anti dole. It ifrthe permanent solution of agricultural development and success in Oregon. No less important a relation docs it bear to the agriculture of the nation Between the farmer and the con sumer there is a certain profit mar gin. Between the consumer and the producer stands the middleman. The farmer's share of the profit margin is that which exists between him and the middleman. If "the middleman and be is a r.cces sary factor In modern distribution exacts but a service profit the farmer will receive his fair share. If the middleman, as has happened too often, exact a speculative pro'fit, the margin between him and the farmer Is short, but is long between him and the consumer. In the latter in stance neither the producer nor the consumer gets a square deal, and the speculative middleman has himself to thank for the retaliatory impulse that Is organizing both the Non-partisan league as a political remedy and co operative marketing as an economic solution. Business organization and consumer organization, if far-sighted, will side witli cooperative marketing. The only ones left out in the cold by co operative marketing are such middle men, profiteers, and they ought to be. What doe. the farmer mean when he spca-. of a square deal? First of all he has in mind a fair reward for his labor and a stable market for his product. Bt t back of these he visions ability to pay his debts When they fall due. a credit standing at his bank, social standing among his neighbors, a comfortable home, good buildings and equipment, opportunity to take advantage of improved production methods, education for his children, all the desirable comforts and some of the luxuries of life. If he has been haunted by mort gage, been hopelessly uncertain as to profit or even a cost-paying market for his products, been denied oppor tunity for himself and his family and made to feel that every agency with which he deals is seeking to exploit him, his resentment and his yearning for better things cause him to turn eagerly to the allevlant whicii may offer first. Fortunately, cooperative marketing, by, whicii Is meant organization or producers to sell their products at cost of production plus a reasonable profit, arrived in Oregon first. In the end. it will be found that coopex;tive marketing intends to reach past the middleman only In instances where speculative agencies have denio to the farmer what he regards as a square deal. Cooperative marketing relates itself to the quality and quantity of pro duction as it studies the relation of supply and demand. It has much to do with making living conditions on the farm not only tolerable but at tractive. Oregon -is going to have cooperative marketing or the Non-partisan league. he former is infinitely preferable. It has Just been reliably reported hat the minister aald to the bride of five minutes, "It is a most sol emn thing to be married." and that her instant reply was, "Yes, it cer- I tamiy ia. but it is much more sol emn not to be." TELL THE PUBLIC INwuiuIt0ThST0N.K tT park oclals. I without the authority of law are inCr'n,.Prilat car toll oT' $7 50 fo va ?hriVMewaC7- ?1 compete, In the interest of the monopoly T ..JU park Wlatlon can, 'foP , freest Use" of the park, by the luhul The present manipulation ot naonal park. In the Interest of politicly, r!d monodies will hardly encuragA leans to "Sea America First." mr - - vi wg parK ( ana tha tnnnormi v . .V aV. ?r Prk officials ""7 mat mey nav Sd all ntihlUItu ... of their own proDaranda ----- r"ii(uiaa, Nhat is written above is Dart f a letter addressed to The Journal by Eoos M. Mills of Longs Peak. CniA Mr. Mills Was one Of tho' active in strumentalities in the establishment of the Uocky Mountain National nark His name has appeared as author of aome or ine most diverting and inti nyitc Etudiea of wild life and nature in the Rocky mountains. In other material, part of it pre pared in form for anticipated publica tion, Me.. Mills charges the National Park service with admitting "politici ans and profiteering" to the national parks. He Insists that monopolistic concessions' granted by the service re turn only bad service and over charges. He avers that hotels within national parks are exposed to the wrecking influence of transportation agencies Jbat are given exclusive con cessions to carry visitors through the parks. What has the National Park service to return in answer to these .most serious charges? What haa Stephen T. Mather, director of 4he National Park service, to say? It is known that the National Park service has in dulged deeply in' propaganda, much of it exceedingly informative, and all of it calculated to interest the American people in visiting their national play grounds. As to the more intimate features of park administration less is known. But one local instance exists to throw light on the general policy of national park administration. The director of the park service' has adopted a most arbitrary and coercive policy in resspect to the hotel conces sionaire at Crater Lake. He has criti cised the inn and its keeper and has made use of expressions which gener ally would be calculated to keep people away from Crater Lake. Then he has blamed both the innkeeper and Portland's unresponsiveness be cause of the falling away in tourist travel to Crater Lake. But in this instance, while it was recognized that the assertions of the national park director were characterized less by tact than abluptness, there was little disposition to condemn him, because the accommodations at Crater Lake are not what they thould be and Portland has not substantially en couraged the owner of the inn "in providing better facilities. Enos A. Mills is in a position to speak with authority about our Na tional Park service. Stephen T.1 Mather should be prepared .to answer his charges with even greater authority. Which one is right? Clarke county, Washington, is to harvest 9,000,000 pounds of prunes this year if the rains hold off. And they wilj be the finest and most luscious prunes; produced anywhere in the world, unless it be on the red hills of the Willamette valley. IS HE SO IGNORANT? ((TP ' 1 dan; WE "wish our i 5-year-old ghters to sit in the school with 30-year-old Japanese students: if we wish a court of foreign nations to decide how and when the Japanese shall enter tlifl United States, then we should vote for the man who will put into effect the League of Nations." Robert N. Stanfield is reported as having used . the above words in a speech at Albina. Mr. Stanfield is a candidate for United States senator. If he made the statement as quoted above, he is unfit for that office or any office. The statement is stupidly false. Speaking of the League covenant here is what ex-President Taft says: The exclusion of Immigration and tariff and other Internal anJ domestic questions is secured by the followlnc: if the dispute between the parties Is claimed by ono of them and is found by the council to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the jurisdiction of that rartv. the council shall so report and shall make no recommendation as to its settlement If anytl' nR ia clearly settled In Inter national law, tt is that except where a nation limits its rights by treaty, it mav Impose WHATKVKR CONDITION IT CHOOSES UPON THK ADMISSION OF PKRSONS OH THINGS INTO ITS TERRITORY. Mr. Taft is a foremost American authority on international law. Mr. Stanfield is a sheep raiser. Mr. Taft sayj one thijig. Mr. Stanfield says another. Mr. Stanfield should either repudiate the statement attributed to him or the state committee call bi n In and explain that he should drop all discussion of the League ot Na tions until lue can do so without display of monumental ignorance and slupidity. A Tortlander was overheard to say, "I'm in such a hurry I don't have time to think," and the' wise answer of a man more experienced than he, was, "If you stop to think you won't have to hurry." THE PORT IN PORTLAND PORTLAND is urged to "think ships, plan ships and use ships." Portland is following the admonition. A new port consciousness reveals itself in Portland's protest against the intolerable act of the shipping board In creatln- a Northwest district with Seattle as headquarters. A new loyally to port affairs ap pears In thecnlarged business given multiplying ship lines. A new sense of reward is felt in the announcement that the commerce of the Oregon district is growing faster than that of any other customs district in Ihe United States and that tne export and import commerce or Portland this year will reach tf not exceed $100,000,000. A new recognition of the vain port facilities is discoverable in fh fact that Portland during, the past 10 years uas made more srom-M. in port development than in all the pre vious umory or we city, and has in that timj authorized an expenditure of fiO.500,000 for docks, piers, bunk ers, grain elevators and other water rail terminal facilities, while Seattle Km.. ...IL a. una auuioruea an investment for similar purposes of 18.000.000. . A new breadth of view is shown in the growing support of The -petition by North Portland industrial heads for the improvement of North Port land harbor and in tbe cooperation Portland gives Vancouver ia Ibe 30- foot channe project which our neigh bor on the Columbia has submitted to the United States engineer corps. A new urge of improvement may be discerned in what is known as the flO.OOO.COO Swan island port project, which, whether the acflon of the voters is negative because of the pro ject's doubtful features or affirma tive because of the appeal to munici pal pride in the idea of transforming into productive port utilities a great waste area In the heart of the city, indicates clearly that what has been done In the past is not accepted as a complete port program. A new thrill of the prestige and the profits from trade with the world permeates Portland. This city has caught a glimpse of her destiny. The "Jay County Citizen" is pub lished In Portland Indiana. BUT, BOYS, GET THE MONEY!" Br Carl Smith, W.Mngton SUK Correspondent ot Tb Journal Washington, Sept. 11. The senatorial campaign fund inquiry, whatever else It has done, has developed certain facts that are significant and which are be yond dispute, as they are part of the admitted testimony. Chairman Hays and Treasurer Upham of the Republican national committee testify that In the last days of August they had already Collected more than Jl.000.000. Chairman White and Treasurer Marsh of the Democratic national committee counted the cash at the same time and found they had received about $61,000. Hays and Upham estimated they will need $3,079,000 for the national cam paign alone, that is, for Harding and Coolidge, and that $4,500,000 would be a proper estimate for the completed budget. The Democratic managers estimated between $1,200,000 and $2)00,000 as suffi cient for their purposes. The testimony disclosed that while Hays and Upham have been talking j about limiting contributions to $1000. they have actually accepted numerous larger amounts, several of $5000 and one at least of $9000. The testimony disclosed that there are a number of Republican iorganiza tions outside the national committee and the senatorial and congressional com mittees actively digging for gold, such as the National Young Men's Repub lican league, the Southern Protective Tariff association, the American Defense society, the Republican Publicity asso ciation and the Committee of American Business Men, with additional schemes like the Barnes booV on the side. These are all established facts from the testi mony, entirely outside the charges which are made that the Republicans have a dual money-raisinf? campaign in prog ress, with a secret collection agency. It is also admitted that the "boys" who are being exhorted to "get the money" under the official seal of the national committee have been getting tt on a plan that would, if completed, bring in more than $8.000.ooo. It has further been shown that while Chairman Hays was giving out interviews about limit ing contributions to J1000 and keeping the entire fund to $3,000,000, men in the inside offices of Treasurer Upham were preparing plans for $5000 contributions and an $8,000,000 total from the larger cities alone. Upham Fays these plans were never adopted. His assistants evi dently believed in preparedness and did not have much confidence in the public statements of the national chairman. The Barnes book list is an interesting exhibit in itself. It purports to be pub lished" by the Albany Journal, of which .William Barnes, the discredited New York boss, who once sued Theodore Roosevelt for libel, is the publisher. It is called "Republicanism in 1920." with indorsements by Warren ('. Harding and other well-known contributors. The most interesting part is the list of those who gave $1000 or more to assist its publication and distribution, among whom are these: .lohn D. Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller Jr.. and at least two other noted "oilers." Harry F. Sin clair and Walter C. Teagle. president of Standard Oil of New Jersey ; Henry A. Iu Pont, powder magnate; Ambrose Monell, head of the nickel trust : Per cival S. Hill of the American Tobacco company ; C. M. Warner, president of the Warner Sugar company: J. Ieonard Replogle. steel magnate : Jacob Rup pert, millionaire brewer; L. F. Ixiree. president Delaware & Hudson railroad: K. J. Berwind, insurance ; Dwlght W. Morrow, big banker ; Chauncey M. De pew. New York Central, and John McK. Bowman, millionaire hotel owner. Letters From the People- . (CoRimunicatlnni test to Tbe Journal for publication in tbia department ahoaM be written en only ona aide of the paper, vhonld not exceed 300 words in lenctb and rnuat be avned by LB wnur, wboa nail addieaa m full onut accom pany the contribution. J AN ABE LINCOLN REPUBLICAN WHO IS FOR COX Portland. Sept. 10. To the Kditor of The Journal What Is the matter with the Republican party? the old guard. I mean. It has come to the point that the American voters want to be very careful and cast their votes hext No vember in the right direction. Vote for Jimmy Cox, as he is one of the most progressive candidates for the presi dency of the United States for the Democratic party that has been nom inated in years. He has got the pep and the punch, and is the only candi date that has ever come right out plain and told the people of some of the ras cality of the. Republican party. Jimmy Is not saying anything about that old guard party that isn't right Just let the people think once of the timber lands that some Republican senators of the. old guard, I mean accumulated through fraud. Senator Sawyer and Senator Isaac Stephenson of Marinette, Wis., were two of them. Senator Saw yer bought one 40-acre tract in Wis consin, for a blind, and then cut off eight- miles square of government tim ber land, and others did likewise. Teddy said when he left the Republican party that all he left them for was that they did not have any laws to do anything with. They certainly had laws for Wall Street, and if the people elect Harding, the old guard nominee, he will destroy the government reserve banks and the farm loan act and many other good things that President Wilson has done for the people. Consider the eight-hour day and the high wages the workers are paid. Everyone has plenty of money and all are buying autos. Why. it's w-onderful the prosperity the people have had. Don't look backwards; look forward. If the people elect Harding, they will bo back to Ularic Hanna doctrines. I have been a Republican 62 years, and I am ashamed to tell it. There is nothing but deception in guard Republicans since time. the old L.incoln'1 J. L. FOR COX, THK PROGRESSIVE Vancouver. Wash., Sept. 8. To the Editor of The Journal 1 want to ex press my admiration for James M. Cox, the greatest progressive governor Ohio has yet produced. Hts record shows he has caused more progressive legislation in the six years of his administration than any three other governors in Ohio's history. 1 incline to thtnk that what he has done for Ohio he will do for the na tion, for the reason stated above, together w-ith his firm stand on the League of Nations. 1 cannot understand how any Ameri can can support a puppet candidate such as Harditas, who. as kicked out of every primary 1 see by today's papers that Harding has dropped off the front porvh, Kvery speech he makes off the porch will lose him votes. He lost thousands when he refused to debate the League of Nalions j with Cox at the Ohio state fair a few i days ago. Harding is a beaten man, and has been since the day Cox made his acceptance speech. I don't believe Hard- I ing will get a state west of the Missis- i sippi river. Washington is for Cox by J from 20.000 to 30,000. 1 have put Oregon in the doubtful column for the time be ing, but think there will be no doubt where Oregon stands after Cox passes through. Cox is one of the most won derful speakers that ever faced an audi ence, and he knows what he Is talking about. Haltiing doesn't want any of his game. He gy8 Cox is slinging mud. He and his little band of cheap senators didn't holler when they Jumped a sick man on his back, but when it comes to a man on his trail he calls it mudsUng ing. I think Harding is sick -f his Job. , . . , . . , The less Harding says about the League of Nations, a separate peace with tier many or the Hague tribunal the fewer votes lie will lose. Better keep him on the porch. My slogan Is: "Cox and Prosperity Harding and Hard Times" G. W. Louden. A CAMPAIGN SLOGAN Fert Stevens. Aug. 3n. To the Kditor of The Journal I would like to suceest a slogan ' for the coming election : "Harding and Hardship: Cox and Con tentment." Tbe Republicans had the country 40 years. The result was booze. Rockefeller. Morgan, Carnegie, panics every few years, the Homestead strike, the Spanish American war's embalmed meat scandal, and a few other things that did not look nice to the public. True, we did get In the world war under the Democrats, but If the Republicans had been in power we would have had war with Mexico as well, to protect the millionaires' oil wells and other property. We have had prosperity, prohibition and general good wages, so let us give the Democrats another four years. Voter. Curious Bits of Information fr the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places Surrounded by weeds and underbrush, a squat and weather beaten cottage of four rooms stands almost forgotten near the heart of St. Joseph, Mo., and within two blocks of two trolley lines. The house was once occupied by Jesse James, the famous Missouri bandit. A sign on the front door of the cottage informs the casual passerby that for the modest sum of 15 cents the visitor may see the room in which the chief of bandits was shot to death by "Bob" Ford the morn ing of April 3. 1882, as he was hanging a picture. The bullet hole in the wall of the room and the place where the blood stains are said to have been are pointed out to the curious. A score or more years ago a visit to St. Joseph was not considered complete without a Jaunt to the home of Jesse James. But times have changed and visitors are rare- So far as maintaining the -place for Us historical name, it is a failure. Olden Oregon Little Red Schoolhouse In Early Nothing to Brag About 70s Sylvester C. Simpson, state superin tendent of schools, in his annual re port to the legislature of 1S74 thus sum marized the condition of the public school buildings: "The schoolhouses are in ferior, in construction and in provisions for the comfort of their Inmates, to the barns of some cf the farmers who live near them and it is no uncommon thing to find the schoolhouse built upon the most barren and unsightly spot in the neighborhood. Some of our schoolhouses are so dilapidated and befouled with ob scene pictures and words that they are hardly fit for decent people to enter." THE OLD PORCH CHAIR uuprrtcnt. 1020, br Tb COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE The earth down Southern California way is getting a bit nervous again. One may buy a peck bles for an American peck of troubles. of Russian ru dollar also a The G. O. P.. we take it from the news, put on a regular wartime "drive," with quotas, 'n everything. The extreme penalty is none too ex treme for tpeeders. There should be a jait at the end of their road, too. Salem t considering the proposition of renting rooms to state officials. How would it be for the officials to fix themselves up cosy little offices in the state hospital or the prison? MORE OR LESS PERSONAL v 11 Random Observations About Town Mr. and Mrs, R. N. Ilenkle of Tilla mook are guests at the Hotel Portland. Tillamook is the contented, prosperous coast city w hose reputation has been Im pressed upon many summer motorists whp have paid tribute to the gasoline tank at the rate of 60 cents a gallon. When Tillamook's usual gasoline supply runs out dealers are forced to haul in their supplies by motor truck over a 50 mile course, and thus have a perfectly good excuse for elevating the cost to the consumer, it Is said. T. W. Norcress. acting chief engineer of the forest service, spent Tuesday in t, .i 1 . ....I.; Ttl.i.i. ' ....... i t ri anti ctiiisuiiin4 i -ini i it i i ' i , c- v i i; (cl, and Di;trlct Enrlnet.r P. . Dater as to forest road projects In Ore gon. Noreress spent Monday at Hood River attending, the meeting celebrating the extension of the Columbia river highway, and left Tuesday night for Cal ifornia to make some field investiga tions. There will be little road con struction by the forest service next year because mowt of the money available was spent this year, declares Noreress. Noreress came to Portland from Mis OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley (Some earnest obserTationa on labor and capi tal are offered today by Mr 1nekley. who proprxmea of a day when capital hU do lotuter r.nrr nor lahor withhold, hnt tbe anarin- of profit ahall incite to cooperaUoti and th mu tual rfnJerini of Justice. ) Labor day ! Did you ever stop to think of the significance of the day? Occasionally I see In a newspaper, in an account of an accident, that the man Injured was "a common laborer." The expression always offends me. Why Is a man who labors any more common than a banker or a preacher or a teacher? As a matter ef fact, were It not for the men who labor w e should haves no bank ers or preachers or teachers. The worker is the producer, the one who feeds us all. Whether the worker is farmer, logger, sailor, railroad man, me chanic, or whatever his Job may be, he it is who Is helping to feed, to clothe and to house us all- How long would civil ization endure If the workers ceased to produce what we eat and wear? What about capital? What good would your millions do you if they wouldn't buy the results of labor? Capital la merely ac cumulated labor. Money represents your, or someone's, toll and sweat Money and brains and labor are the triumvirate that helps to maintain our civilization, but the keystone of this' arch is labor. Capital i of value only when in um. You may know where a sunken .h in is located that has millions of tr-.aanre, aboard, but unless you can re cover the bullion It is of no more value than slag. In the past we have bowed down to the captains of Industry and iinar the praises of the men of great wealth, forgetting that their wealth waa created by labor, ana mat laoor ana production are the really worth while things. When two brothers in England a little mora than a century ago tried to form a labor union so that farm workers should get seven shillings a week in place of six for 14 hours' work a day, they were arrested, tried and transport ed in chains to Australia as felons for conspiring against capital. In those days property wss esteemed of greater value than life. But times have changed, and today labor Is realising that It has rights as well as capital. Commenting on the fact that in the United States I per cent of the people own over 60 per cent of the property. Arthur E. Holt says the stage is set for a new economic WIT &CY5. mm. Pre Pnbltahlnc Co. (The New ana World) NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS Woodburn's population is of a perma nent character people with homes. The census figures wef not inflated with the names of floaters, here today and gone tomorrow. Woodburn Independent. m a The seasons come and go, but interest in the Round-Up never seems, to wane. The startling advance beat sales this year offer new testimony to the draw ing quallttes of the show. Pendleton East Oregonian. If the union of nations that Harding says he wants were now in existence and a Democratic president had been identi fied ' with Its organisation. Harding would be against it and for a leas ue of nations Article X and all. Weston Leader. soula, Mont. Time does not permit htm to go over any of the Oregon forest road projects, he Said. a L. E. Chartrand. who has been ranger on the Wenatchee national forest with headquarters at Cashmlre, Wash., ar rived at the forest service Thursday on his way to Eugene, where he wilt take over the work of C. W. Boyce, liaison officer for the forest service air patrol. Boyce has asked to be transferred to an eastern forest. Chartrand attended the aviation training school, at March field last February and Is well versed in aeronautics. He will familiarize him self with the patrol operaUon before the close of the season, so as to be able to take full charge next pprtng. a a a At the Portland hotel are Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Walker and daughter. Jane, and Mrs. T. R. Coffin, all of Boise, Idaho. ' a Marion Jack, member of the fish and game commission, prominent In Repub lican politics in Umatilla county, passed through Portland the first of the wee,k on his way home from Eugene, where he went on business. struggle. 'The shift from small owner ship production to high powered produc tion In factories." he says, "has left ownership and control very largely In the hands of a few men. The reorganiza tion of afnodern industry along lines which will give a larger participation In ownership and control to all who are Involved in Its processes is as certain to come as was the political reorganiza tion of 300 years ago or the freeing of the slaves in 1861." a a a Read that over again carefully. Arthur $Iolt Is not the only man who has the vision of the day when workmen shall be partners in the work In which they are engaged and not something lo be bought in th lowest market and thrown on ths scrap heap when they cannot keep up with the strenuous pace set by the strongest and most skillful. When the workers are partners and share in the profits of the enterprise to which they are contributing their labor." their skill and their loyalty, then they will voluntarily wipe out the deadlines of production now maintained by manv labor unions, and the good workers will not then have to soldier on the Job or work at decreased speed to avoid ex ceeding the output of the least efficient. It will be to their Interest to do their work as efficienUy and In as workman like a manner as possible, for the better the quality 'and the greater the quantity of output the greater wll be their share Of the profits. a a Just as the day Is coming when no millionaire wUl dare to die and tie up his hoard for the sole benefit of his own family, so the day Is coming when no capitalist will think of .regarding his workmen as mere machinery. Let us suppose a man cam to Portland B0 or more years ago. The growth of the city, by increasing the value of his holdings, makes him a millionaire. Then, when he dies, he owes tt to the public, whose coming to Portland has made him wealthy, to return some of the values they made for him. The day Is coming when a man who Is so supremely selfish as not to raallze his obligations to the public wUl have his memory execeated if he dies and makes no bequests fof the public good. We must think In a Wrger wav of our obligations to our ellow men or we are obstacles to public! prog ress. The Oregon Country Northwest Happening. In Brief form for th Buajr Header. OREGON NOTES A. B. Eberhsrdt of Lima, Ohio, hnnr been Jeoted general secretary of ths Eur. ,e Y. M. C. A. .Dr. George K. Houck hss announced Ct h will he a candidate for mavor of Roecburg at the next general elec tion. AU fuggle hops In the vicinity of Ml. Ansel have, been picked imj Muled and pickers are going into the cluster yards. TM first car load of this year's apple crop to be pnekert at Shrrirtrtn trrn shipped. The apples were of the Craven, stein variety. 9 A special premium list has been got ten ovt for the poultry department of the C.aekamas county fair, lo be held at Canby September 20. Because the city of Rosehurg refuse to pay the local water and lieht com pany for water and light furnished the city hall the comrany is threatening lo bring suit. Suit has been filed In the circuit court of Klamath county o restrain the county court and slate hldhway commlsson from constructing the Klamath Falls Merrill road. As n result of the completion of th hichway bftneen Hood lllvcr and Mosier watiTinelon grower of The Dalles are marketing melons direct to Hood River merchants by motor truck. Robert 1,. Burkhart of Albnnv claims ihe champion cow of the world In Jean Marigold of St. Mr, a Jersey, 15 years old. which during last year pro duced 666 .", pound of hullcrfal and lO.SL'S pounds of milk. The automobile dealer' ansrvclntlon of Hood River is starling a innxemont to erect a testimonial arch or haft at some point on the Columbia river high way In honor of S Id-naon. chairman of the state, highway cominlsson. George R. Wilbur of Ihe Hood River Anti-Asiatic association i-as that a hill S drastic as the one proposed In ('nit fornla to prohibit alien ownership r leasing of land I being drafted f.n hi' mission to the lid Onsen legislature WASHINGTON Several hundred sawmill operator t Washington and OreRon hae refined to reduce wuges or relurn u i lie lO-hour day. A special election wifl be held Satur day to vote on the consolidation of the Bucodii school district with four atlj.i cent districts. Mrs. Esther Sundouist Bower "of Walla Walla has been appoint,". t In strnctor of the violin at Whlimun con servatory of music. Aetnal const ruction work has stnr'ed on ihe new armory building at W .ill.i Walla. It is planned to cjinpUte iho basement tills year. Frank M . Rothrook of Spokane ba purchased the interest of Harry L. Dav in the Dav A: Knthrock comnsnv, for a ' reputed consideration of $200,000. The Farmer-Labor party. Non-partisan ! lesgue and Committee of Forty-eight will hold a Lewis county convention Septem ber !4 to nominate a full county ticket. Premature explosion of a shell wHInn i n gun will tie the reaao'i asicned f r the accident which caused the le-'h of, three Oregon guardsmen nt "nmp Lewi-. Preliminary steps are being taken lo consolidate the city of Seattle and King count v into one Government. Tie mat ter will be submitted to the lit.'l legis lature. Despite the fulling off of Walla Wal'a in the census, the registration at the) opening of the high school a X.Vi This was 2.r0 more than on the epMiing day last year. The l'uget Sound conference of th; Methodist Kpiscopal church Is in session at Olvmpla. with more than !0 per cut of the tolal ministerial membership In attendance. ' IDAHO A petition is being circulated bv col ored residents of Pocntello asking fur financial aid in building a church The prune crop In the Boise valley this year s the laruest In history 'd Is exceptionally good all ver rtci.tli western Idaho. Work has been started on new build ings on the state fa-tr grounds for the exclusive uae of prize winners amonc Ihe members of tho boys' and girls' cluls In Idaho. An injunction has been served on Ihe trustees to restrain them from proceeling further In the matter of the new hirli school at Glenns Ferry. The case wl'l bo beard by Judge Knsign at Gooding. September 13. j Uncle Jeff Snow Says: KorTimder was s-tellin' thst party of young folks can have lots f fun with a jrsto all day and not go over 10 nwla with it. His folks'. "eme company. Sundry did. and hardly burned half a gallon of pus. by having two double jinted blowouts Tbe folks et lunch by the side of tl"1 road and enjoyed Ihe company till come dusk. Sol was driver and done the hard work of flain' bis re volvin" junk wagon so 'a It could limp home even then "l'ansios for Thoughts" of an Income, of a Score of Thou. Per Annum. This Is a fnlry story of faets about flowers. In 1Vi2 K. J. Hteele of Port land had a pansy bed four ff-et In diameter in his garden. He pride fully noted that the "flowers with the faces" grew belter than anywhere else (tribute to .Portland soil and climate). He grew more the next year. Then he found that his p.uislei were not the best stock and that high grade seed was costly. So lie sold .3S wortk of his plnnts and bought eeed. The next year he hold 2" worth, lie really hrfdn't cardeti room. so he borrowed Uie use or s couple of blocks of his neighbor. Thru he taught In the city schools for a liv ing and ralse.l pansiCM for recrea tion. To bis rurprise he discovered himself po-.-Micd of Hi.tioii plants. Fearing that be wax "stiK k." be of fered them "11 to a local seed house for $100, and the offer was declined. Castinit about for anotb'-r expedient, he adopted the darln plan of ship ping plants in baskets direct to ex press ateiit" In l-pokane. Walla Walla and other Northwest towns to be sold by them or local merchants on h comrnis'lon basis. R. B. Cobb, a box manufacturer, gave him 30 days' credit on the &0 boxes he re rjuired for the shipments', and the expreys company trave him a special ly low rate. The plants sold. In stead of $10n, Mr. Steele received J48S. Ilepeat orders came. He launched Into the pansy business. Now he deals with dealers In every state of the Union, several Canadian provinces, 'on the' upper reaches of the Yukon. In Australia, New Zea land. Hawaii. Mexico and Ihe West Indies. The. St. Ixruls and Washing ton, I- C botanical gardens receive supplies from him. Tbe department of agriculture sends Its scouts to In terview him, He has found that with encouragement oY favorable local conditions he can breed better varie ties of pansiea than he can buy In the form of expensive Eastern seed. He grows 18 varieties. One of his latest originations is a quaint wall flower red pansy, named for his daughter. "Mademoiselle Irene." The pansy bed four feet In di ameter has grown to five acres over on th east side, In Portland, another garden down neai the mouth of the Columbia, and athlrd up the Wil lamette riverelgnor nine acres al together, which, wnen you stop to think of It is some pansy bed ! Th first year's business of grew to 113.000 last year, and will approach $20,000 this year. Mr. Steele gets a lot of fun out of .life, and every bright faced pansy Is to htm a friend. '