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It ta Idle talk of reducing; governmental
expense if the nation baa to be armed to
the teeth, and rastarmie and narie will
be necemary if the concerted plan of inter
national peace fails.
i -i (iorernot James .M. Co.
WHEN CRASH COMES
ON TUB eve of the election, one fact
stands .out assured: Within 13
months -after, tomorrow, if Mr, Hardh
ing is ; elected with his absolute re
jection", of the league, a great multi
tude of men and women will be idle
and walking the streets of our Amer
ican cities. "y
It is;today an open secret that, hav
ing humbled themselves to the United
States as they never did to. any nation
beforjs, having" seen the American sen
ate attempt interference tn British do
mestic affairs' as no. nation ever before
dared meddle with another nation's
affairs, Hritish statesmenhurt to the
quick, have practically concluded a
trade agreement whereby the; British
isles will look lo Canada, Australia,
India and the Argentine for their. 1921
wheat supply to the, practical exclu
sion of the farmers of the United
State:'..", We. have, alread been given
one, bitter lesson as to what this will
mean"" to America in lower; wheat
prices, although so-called wheat ex
perts, blind moles as ther are, still
prate of '"English Manipulating inter
ests" and -claim that. "England must
crs have already received ii as n,oth
'"ihg compared to what mut inevita-
bly come when later In order a sell
their crops they will be forced to dump
'their wheat on markets that will not,
under any condition, assimilate them.
Where will wheat prices g$ 'then? ;
'.The cotton pJanters: of he South
are 'setting fire to their gins in an
endeavor to. force up the price; What
they need, poor devils, are leaders to
tell them to take their country into
the 'League of vNaiipijs : and make the
" nalions already in thai league under
stand that we are their, friend and not
i their enemy ard an outlaw; nation.
With the United States, out, the
member nations; of the league natur
ally look to each other and cooperate
wan eacn otner in sympatny and sup-
. port. . Under America's aloofness, Eng
land has 'increased India's cotton out-
fut .25 per cent, r nd the new cotton
' manufacturing district "there is In pro
cess or evolution, with England wrn
' ing elsewhere than to America for her
supplies'. Egypt is rapidly developing
her oo '.ton production, With the war
tended, the cotton fields; of East Africa,
under British , adors,! , are ' again in-
s - The' trend of things "away 'from
I rrTrlUI a LllTll - III IH1MI.LIIIII. .-. 1'
America, thus noted in two, lines radl
vcally affecting our welfare would be
.tremendously" stimu'lated br Harding's
' election. There would be an ugly
mood' in ' all league nations,' should
Harding make a separate peace-with
Germany and hip foolish proposal for
a concert of nations, which, as every
,-n.ofi those nations fully knows
would be a contemptible insult to the
combined Intelligence of the world's
nations.. :
Over Cu per cent of the raw tin, 93
X t cnt of the crude rubber. 80 per
ci-rx r,f Mhc nickel ores, 90 per cent
' laa copra,' 60 per cent of the raw
ik, in fact hundreds of raw materi
t ........ . . 1
;.: wDici go to keep tne wneeis or
v our giant factories turning, aro liable
to be cut off from our use should the
league nations turn, as they are likely
to do, end put the issue up to us
'..come into the league i or do. without
r our raw materials.- . -
, Keep this always in mind: It Is not
so much the yalue of these- imports
- that counts; it is the ultimate .use to
. V
which the manufactured products is i
turned and the employment that comes
to armies of: American: pica and
women through the processes of their
manufacture into finished product,
The Leagua of Nations )s neither a
defunct nor- a moribund organization.
H Is the h'ugest aggregation of power
this world has ever known. . It driws
its executives from the -bes. rralas
of the world's leading nations. They
are men who have at their finger ends
full knowledge" of the rajw products
of the earth and what percentage, of
these raw products intere. Into the
commercial life of each ittdividaal na
tlon. " Knowing all this, let each voter
answer this query on the pvay to tha
polls tomorrow: Can thj League of
Nations, controlling 75 pel cent of the
raw products of 'the earth, afford to
permit any nation outsid the league
to become more powerful lhan the
league Itself? I
Holding these raw products and con
trolling most of the world's markets,
the league's Interests will be antag
onistic to "the interests or the nation
outside and that outside nation's com
merce and industry mus suffer tre
mendously in consequence. Where
then, -will American f lumbermen,
American wheat farmerp, American
millers 'and American industrials find
their markets? How can they then
give employment to the ptjesent quotas
of American labor? What must ulti
mately) ensue irom the Harding plan
but a crash, in American! production,
industry and commerce?! J
Will our business mere and others
d(j their own thinking or jwill theyet
ft be done for them byj ward poli
ticians whose only thought is the
offices?
The municipal paving plant, ac
cording; to the report otj A. I. Bar
bur, has saved he city 150,000 with
in 12 months, or one ha f the -initial
cost of f the plant, Mr. liarbur has
done excellent work as a commis
sioner. ? " .! ;;-t ' "... i
NOT ONE
HAS there been one to attack the
record of, Clov crnor Cox as gover
nor of Ohio during thty campaign?
Have you heard onj word in c'riticism
of his administration o"t thd affairs
of 'the state of Ohio? f
NOT BACKWARD
D
EFEAT of the three-mill tax meas
ure on thi city ballot would be
calamitous for Portland Limitation
of-the city finances to the eight-mill
levy .would have the same effect on
Portland as the removal of part of
her industries,) part of her residents
and part of her business houses.
Defeat of the measure wilmean fire
stations closed. , ... '
It .will mean "firemen 'discharged. .
lt; will mean policemen discharged.
It will mean '30 per cent less paving
maintenance. t
If will mean parks undeveloped.
It will mean lunctean streets. ' ' ;
"It will meanj unlightcdi streets.'
Portland cannot afford ,o" turn her
face. backward She cannot afford to
return - to the I Portland I of the early
days. She cannot afford, to be a city
of crimes and fires. She" cannot af
ford to 'become a city jof pestilence
and Jagged streets.
On" an avef age, the tlnited . States
has engaged in a major war every
23 years. If we elect Harding
and break down the League of Na- I
tions, another war would naturally
come in about 20 years.' On account
of thei state cf the world, it may
come much sooner. If you vote for
Harding, how! can yfu. look your son
in the ' face later when he is called
under the draft act to go into that
war? j Can you . afford to- sentence
him to battle? ' '
DR.
LOVEJOY
l M'ARTHUR is a, reactionary,
iVX His record is a reactionary rec
ord. It is a record of support fori the
corporations and big interests". .
Mr. McArthur does not claim . to be
anything else; than a reactionary. He
Is probably conscientious in his view
point. Rut is that a reason for him
to be supported by people of pro
gressive Ideas and convictions? '
It is not. Mrs. Lovejoy represents
thj other vieW'point. She is conspicu
ous as a forward looking citizen. She
Is nationally and . Internationally
known as a leader and author by big
men and women who j are watching
the contest In Oregon with deep In
terest. ' . I .
She Is supported ior election by
some of the bst group's of our citi-
zenry No candidate fori congress ever
had a backing more compact, more
devoted and more' lojat -One of the
greatest campaigns, ever made In be
half of any local candidate has been
made in her support.
She reflects the Ideals that Oregon
should present in congress.
Harding and war,
or Cox and
peace which will you
you rather leave your
have? Would
chlldrenln a
war ridden t world or
a peaceful
world? I .
THE CITIZEN'S DUTY .
By Rabbi Stephen. S. Wise.
TN OKDER that America may now re-
1 deem its ! promise t the hope of
the- world it , becomes (necessary for
Americans to rise above' the spirit of
WUliam Curtis once said; may become
a ruthless despotism .in a republic.
This is no time to place the consider
ation of party first. This Is the time
In American history place country
above party and to remember that
America is to be first, 'but not alone,
first and not last in th& nobleness and
the magnanimities of world serviceias
she was great In the generosities and
nobleness o( war. " ' .' ' I
. (Prom bis rpeech. supporting Cox
and Roosevelt at Syracuse, New York,
October 19, 1920.) ' . 4
Are, you going to vote tomorrow
for your on, brother or husband to
be kept out of war through the
League of Nations, or are you going
to vote for Harding? '
PQINDEXTER'S PLEDGE
POINDEXTER'S pledge in his Port
land address Saturday night, that
Harding would not enter the League
of Nations) was an echo from Spring
field, Ohio, where Harding the same
afternoon declared, "J will enter no
league that hasn't tlod in it." '
Harding's new excuse for rejectioi
is that the word "God" does not ap
pear in the covenant.- He ignores, or
does not comprehend, the' fact that
the whole covenant is an effort
to, apply Jesus Christ's appeal for
peace on earth. Poindexter's' pledge
that Harding would reject the league
was based on his own insistence that
to enter would be a "supreme sacri
fice." ( - ;
It ' is no wonder that many t pro
league Republicans came out of tlfe
Poindexter. meeting and threw faw4y
their Harding' buttons. Every Repub -lican
.who wants, war endedJ must rea
lize by this time that he is being
fooled. - ; ' '
-Harding Is against the -league, ani
that Is all there is to ii. . Crowds of
anli-lcaguo people gather about, him
and applaud him for his stand against
the league.. He finds it popular with
a, lot of . people, and he Is becoming
bolder in his opposition. Ho has be
come so positive In his opposition
that he is flouting his no-league senti
ments in the faccsof the ; Taf t-Root
group. ' - ' i '
There Is no more 1 chance for a
league of nations under Harding than
for the millennium' under an Apache
Indian: Poindexter publicly , pledged
him against it " under the shadows
of the church steeples . and office
buildings-of Portland. I T
Hiram Johnson pledges Harding
against it in every speech he makes.
Borah pledges Harding against it at
every . public meeting that he ad
dresses. : With Harding, Hiram, Poin
dexter. Borah, Brandegee and the
other irreconcilables fully agreed, and
all denouncing the league, no pro
league Republican who uses his intel
ligence can have the faintest hope .of
getting a league under Harding. , V
Harding couldn't go into, the league
if he would, because Hiram, Borah
and the other senators wouldn't let
him. They are in the senate, and
they have the power to force him to
do their bidding.
And he Wouldn't go Into the league
If he could, because he- hates it, be
cause he Is running on his no-leagrie
speeches, and he would, if elected,
properly claim that his election was
the people's verdict not to go into
the league. ' , .(
So far as America is concerned the
League of Nations will be damned and
doomed if Harding Is elected.'
The bolt of the 60 leading Illinois
Republicans" toj Cox is; example of
what is taking place all over, the
country pn the eve "f election. The
visible shift to Governor Cdx Is more
remarkable : than, anything , of the
kind seen in recent presidential elec
tions. WILL THET?
WILL workingmen, vote for "dol-lar-a-day't
Harding?
-Will soldiermcn.vote for "no-bonus"
Harding?
Will Irishmen vote for "no-help"
Harding? ; . " ! . ' '
Will farmermen vote for "dollar-
whear Harding . '.
Will mothers of men vote for "more
war" Harding? ; ,,
: Are you -going tomorrow to vote
to sentence your child to serve In
the next war, or for Cox,, the League
of Nations and permanent peace?
IN DISGUISE
POINDEXTER, also from the state of
Washington, came into Oregon to
oppose 'Chamberlain.
Commcrcif 1 and Industrial Portland
ought to begin to "smell a mouse." Is
it because Chamberlain is a powerful
senator ' with influence and prestige,
that first .Piles and then Poindexter
came 'down from Washington to try
to get hira out of Ihe way? .Since
commercial and industrial Interests up
at Seattle want Chamberlain out of
the senate, It would seem to br sound
policy for commercial and industrial
Interests in Portland to want htn
to remain in the senate.
Is" it not of some' significance to
Portland business men hat Poindex
ter is the man who Introduced and
pushed the short hsul bill in the
senate, and lacked but a vote or two
of getting It through? .
Flowers came up from California to
fluht Chamberlain. When Chamber-
Iain beat the plan of . the California
Oregon Power company to harness
Klamath lake for its especial benefit,
he incurred the hostility of that rich
San Francisco corporation. But Cham
berlain saved, Klaraalh lake to Ore
gon, and In doing so got preferential
rights, for returned service men on the
20.000 acres of land that San Fran.
Cisco corporations would have sub
merged.'---- : -i , ---'' ! '
Because h wouldn't let Swift A Co.
tell him how to vote on the Kenyon
biiy Chamberalin has also Incurred
the hostility of that mighty corpora
tion. , '; - "- v
These opponents do not fight Cham
berlain In the open. 1 1 is done by
stealth. They are all doing It under
the mask of New Zealand butter, Chi
nese eggs and the like, a The cam
paign is a bogus campaign. The call
to the Republican voter for a senate
majority is their call.: It is the parade
or Swift & Co., the California-Oregon
IJoweri company and others, In f dis
guise. ! - . . ' - i.
GEORGE L. BAKER
AMID the conflicting conditions of
the time, what mayor could
have done better?
The Journal has not agreed with ail J
tne official acts of Mayor 3aker, but
he served in a periou of abnormality.
Muchof his term was in war time.
There . was a flu epidemic. Few
knew, for instance, that ia the latter
time, when ni 'sts were too ' few to
care for the stricken. Mayor. Baker,
in overalls, mopped the floors and did
other work of the kind in The Audi
torium when it was' in use i. as a
hospital.
Mr.. Baker has not been a one-track
maVor. He has been a part of every
Ofvement for social uplift and eco
nomic adjustment. War. is now being
m&de on him because he stood in the
way of those who want capital to be
empowered to enter a residential dis--trict
and build stables, sawmills or
any other kiac". of building under the
eaves of some family's home. '
No man has tried harder to serve
all the people with fidelity.. Novof
ficlal has been, more devoted to the
city's interests and to everything that
would help the city.- , " ' .
. If you beat that kind of man for
reelection, what encouragement is
there for men 'i try to be devoted of
ficials? - f ' - j
.HARDING AIDED
PLOT AGAINST
WILSON
Rabbi Wise Denounces Malignant
Cabal x,Actlve ' at Paris During
Peace Conference Conspiracy
to Destroy Wilson by. Kill
ing the Covenant. . f , ' '
From the Kew Tork Erenins Post.
. Senator Warren G, Harding, Republi
can canaiadie x.or president, waa a mem
ber tot the Republican senatorial cabal
that sougrht to undermine President Wil
son s peace negotiations at Paris
through a series of newspaper articles
in " a Paris newspaper that vilified the
president and exalted the Republican
senators, according to Rabbi Stephen 'S.
Wise, who is now campaigning' for Cox
and Roosevelt. ;
While the president was negotiating
with European powers at Paris, Dr.
Wise charges, a series of newspaper
articles "written by Judsoh C. Welliver
was published in the Echo de Paris and
also in Le Matin. . . ;
Their purport was that .any ultimate
negotiations with the United States
would havj! to be made with Repub
lican senators and with Kepubiican
members of the senate's- fOreign- rela
tions committee ; that the. president
was negligible; that he had passed
from power and that only the Repub
lican majority in the -senate had the
power to pass on a treaty.
This manufactured sentiment, accord
ing to Dr. Wise, discredited the presi
dent and British and French rep
resentatives at Versailles to such an
extent that . they were " all at ; sea
In their negotiations jwith Mr.- Wil
son. Finally, so bitter, both per
sonally and politically, did the articles
become that Premier Clemenceau was
compelled to stop their publication. In
large measure, Dr. Wise says, the
president's loss of prestige in Europe
resulted from Judson Wellive'r's ar
ticles, and not from his conduct of the
negotiations..
e
Judson C. Welliver is now Senator
Harding's press agent, a member of his
official party, and one of the . Republi
can nominee's "intellectual bodyguard,
Dr. ' wise comments, and he asks the
direct question of Harding and, Henry'
Cabot Lodge, "Who paid the tolls for
Welliver's articles, and who furnished
their inspiration?"
Furthermore, Dr. Wise, who left for
Europe One day after the president's de
parture for Paris, says that his talks
witn government leaaers in bngiana ana
France convinced him that Henry Cabot
Lodge and his cabal had made it clear
to, the nations Wilson would have to
treat with that they could consider him
and his negotiations as negligible.
So obvious were Welliver's articles that
a prominent American citizen stopped
Dr. .Wise on the streets of Paris, . and
asked "Who is this Welliver?"
"At the most critical time In the his
tory . of the United States, and while
our president was negotiating with fori
elgn powers on foreign soil. Republican
leaders.- for - purely .partisan reasons,
were attacking and vilifying the presi
dent of the United States, with the sole
aim of discrediting Wilson and beating
the Democratic party," said Dr. Wise.
Ail this was long -before ' there was
any specific discussion of the League of
Nations, according to ur. wise, woo
claims that the Republican senators and
leaders of what he terms a "conspiracy,'
believing the president would make a
soft peace, were ready to impeach
him on that -ground. Dr. wise claims ne.
had heard the term , "impeachment"
used. It was only when" the president
disappointed . them and made a "stern
peace"; with Germany that they seized
upon the League of Nations issue!
"The Republican Conspiracy and con
spiracy it was, for 'men can conspire
without physically coming together was
directed -not against the treaty nor
against the covenant of the league, but
against Wilson and against the -Democratic
party. The league covenant was
a pretext on which to hang at one and
the same time the indictment and the
condemnation of the president and all
hia works. .
."For my, part." I believe that the con
spiracy goes even deeper than' has been
indicated. The real conspiracy on the
part of certain groups.; abetted and fur
thered by , Lodge and hi kind, was to
continue the old world status of war and
armaments and the infinite wrongs and
hurts which war and preparedness for
war make inevitable.
"I was In France and England during
the beginning of the peace negotiations,
and I feel I have the right to say to
my fellow-Americans , that the peace
conference would never have been suf
fered to remain , in session by the em
bittered peoples of Europe unless they
had somehow hoped ind-velleved that
under the leadership of President Wil
son .and with the moral support' of
America there would come out of the
peace conference an instrument of peace
that would ' be real and abiding and
saving.
,"The peoples of w Europe Acclaimed
President Wilson as the representative
I ..... v -.."'.," , . '-. " ' -
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, i f I :;..Zv5 iM
l?effi? ' t&piTU-itio Iublishin Co., (Th Kew York Worl. J
" i .. " . i '- . . . . .. . ' "' -7 r-
and mighty spokesman of the American
promise to create a league or associa
tion of nations which , would make the
recurrence of. the unspeakable years of
1914-18 impossible. Nothing save that
hope kept England's boys and France's
men on the firing line during the last
savage onrush of the Prussian hosts
from March to June, 1918. j ,
.' ';
"In order that . America may now re
deem its promise to ; the hope j of the
world it becomes necessary for Ameri
cans to rise above the spirit of parti
sanship, that ' spirit which, . as George
William Curtis once said, may become
a ruthless despotism in a republic. This
is no time to place the consideration of
party first. -This is the time in Ameri
can history to ; place country; above
party and -to remember that America is
to be first but not alone, first and not
last in the nobleness and the magnani
mities of world service as she was great
in the generosities and the nobleness of
war." W, -
Letters From; the People';
f Commtinicstiona sent to The Journal - for
publication in this department should be written
on only one side of the paper; should not exceed
3O0 -words in length, end1 mnst be signed by the
writer, whose mail .address in full must accom
pany the contribution. 1 I
DOUBTFUL ABOUT PORT - AGREE
' ; - -" ' MENT ,
Portland, Oct. 30.'r-To .the Editor of
The Journal By an eleventh hour pro
posal, members of the Tort of Portland
commission have, in ;a written agree,
ment. agreed to the suggestions made Sy
the Taxpayers' league, other organiza
tions and individuals to change: their
minds on, the proposed Svan Island proj
ect ta be voted - on at the election , on
November 2.- Why this change "of heart
at this, late ,date? I certainly think the
members ;of the Port of Portland and the
committee , of . 35 , should have , di
gested and, through a thorough examina
tion, have seen the danger of this meas
ure and should not have waited until the
last moment and until the very vigorous
protests made by organizations and in
dividuals forced them: to an elimlnaljpn
of. the worst features of the measurer ;
The Port of Pcrtland commiBsionera
now agree to eliminate the objectionable
parts of this measure. This agreement
is binding on only those that have signed
this cgreement. and therefore, I believe
the measure shoiuld be defeated. ; Why
encumber the state with laws that are
objectionable? Why not wait and have
the proper measure prepared, an then
put-it up to the voters, even if a special
election Bhould have to be held? .Why
allow the danger of this objectionable
measure to become a law with a change
that the legislature refuse to change the
law after the people have passed upon
it? There are other reasons, perhaps
remote, but still there is real danger in
allowing this measure to become a law.
I thinlk. therefore, the safest plan
would be to defeat this measure and that
at the opportune-time a proper measure
should be, prepared and put, lip to the
voters, who will back it without a pos
sible doubt, as they have in times DasL
and give the port any amount of money
neeaea nor legitimate purposes; !
L. J. Goldsmith, i
CHAMBERLAIN AND THE SOLDIER
. - ' BOYS .
Dallas, Oct. 28. To the Editor of The
Journal T am a Republican, and I hear
Republicans ask what Senator Cham
berlain has done except be a good fellow
since betng in I the. senate. I will .tell
of one thing. My son enlisted in L com
pany in May. 1916 and went to France.
He was transferred to a. combat division
at the front, anidj while there was severe
ly wounded, having all of the muscles
of the back part- of the thigh shot away.
He was finally sent, to the Walter Reed
general hospital at Washington, D. C
A dallas woman, who was- temporarily
employed in Washington, called on him
and found he-had not received any pay
for six months and that there were many
things hie wanted but Could not get for
want of moneys The I woman 'called at.
the departments and could get no satis
faction. - She went to Senator Chamber
lain and told Mm of the boy. i It was !
in the evening, ; but the senator called
for a man to see him, and, of! course,
the man. passed the buck. But Cham
berlain kept up the chase until . no one
could pass the buck any more, and that
man was told by the senator to have
the money for the soldier In full by s the
next day. and said .he would call at the
hospital to see about it The money was
paid.! When I think of the activity and
efficiency of Senator Chamberlain in be
half of our boys I think it is my duty
to vote for him; and I, shall take pleas
ure in doing so. - J . E. C Day.
THE JOURNAL'S FORUM
Portland. ' pet 81. To the Editor of
The Journal The single, tax campaign
is closed, and we wish to express our
appreciation of -The Journal for running
a page free to the public on all questions.
Other papers published some of our let
ters. - but The Journal stands alone
among the rest as a newspaper' that
published everything we sent It whether
it agreed withi our policy or not. One
or our letters was not published by the
Oresoaiaa, , even alter the editor had
IN HONOR BOUND
1920. br The
COMMENT AND,
SMALL CHANGE
I Have you planted your rose jslip yet?
To the Swift belongs the Argentine
beef. ; , . . -
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The onion growers association must
be a strong organization.
;-"
Opening the new highway to Astoria
gives Oregon's path of progrqsa much
added .mileage. : i
.Wet pavements, to repeat a too often
stated fact, are poor surfaces for speed
ing automobiles. ' - ,
The navy has assured PorUand harbor
greater recognition. Reversing Hub
bard s thought, we might eayti Build a
better port than your neighbor and
the world will send its ships i to your
wharves.
i
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Gordon G. Griffin, motion picture man
of Los Angeles, who is in Portland
merely "on a .vacation, ! registered
Friday at the Portland hoteti , ''There
really isn't, any great' Hindrance to
Portland becoming a real motion picture
producing center," he ' declared. Then,
in the next moment, he disclaimed any
idea of organizing any company here.
What I mean , is that" you ,ivave the
scenery a very vital "thing in , pictures,
and your climate, while a. bit "misty' at
times,- on- the average is . as good
as that of any other city. Motiou pic
tures went to Los Angeles perhaps for
the. same reason rubber Is made in
Akron and automobiles in Detroit Just
because someone started the business in
one city, all the copy-cats followed close
on his heels and located in that identical
spot, probably so they could watch the
other fellow. It would nor surprise me
to see. Portland a real motion picture
A SQUARE -LOOK AT ARTICLE X
Final Appeal for a Just Reading of the pause That Is,
the Soul of the Covenant
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'' By Herbert Powell Lee
"Beware of evil v:ces," munAles the
oracular Mr. Coolidge. And net is joined
by a chorus of solemn warning against
and . ibitter " denunciation of i Article X.
Let us take a fair and square look at
Article X, which . follows : .; ; i '
"The members of the League under
take i to respect and preserve, as' agamst
ekterinal aggression the territorial integ
rity and existing political Independence
of all members .of the League,, In case
of any .such aggression or in case of any
threat or danger of such aggression the
council shall .advise upon the means by
which this .obligation shall be fulfilled."
This simply means that no strong na
tion shall conquer or rob a weak na-'
tion! It would have t prevented 'the
partition of Poland, the : : rape of
Alsace-Lorraine and the other conquests
that made the German people-able and
anxious to strike for worltr -conquest. It
would have prevented the conquest of
Ireland by Englandy "It does, not pre
vent; the United States from j going to
war , in . behalf of . Irish independence,
providing It does not 'annex Ireland. It
does not create a. super-government, be
cause -war cannot be declared by the
League except by unanimous consent ,
Article X is "Thou shalt not steal"
andi'Thou shalt do no murder" written
effectively Into international j law. To
cut 'Article X out of the covenant would
be to take from the policeman his club
and his pistol ; it would mean interna
tional anarchy. He who opposes, Article
X either believes in stealing and murder,
or' he believes that no force bhould be
used to prevent them i -,! v
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But, we are told. Article X would em
broil; us in. wars that do not concern us.
This I is an appeal to selfishness and
ignorance. ' As the world stands today
there can be no great war that does not
promised to publish some letters from
us and had Invited -the public to writ
letters on all the treasures, i The Ore
gonian stands alone as the only paper
that did not publish any letters from
us. - - ' - -' - J. R. Hermann.
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HAD HUGHES FRAMED JT
Portland. Oct 22. To the , Editor of
The Journal It is astounding the way
the Republican leaders and papers are
striving to; bolster up their . candidate
against Wilson and the League of Na
tions. ' If Hughes, had been elected In
19161 and had gone over to Paris and
brought back a treaty and a: league of
nations covenant, the exact verbatim re
plica of the one Wilson brought back.
Lodge. Penrose. Smoot and the others
would have been falling over one another
to see who could indorse it first and
with, the most noise, and without any
Frees Publishing Co. (The Kew York WorM.J
NEWS IN BRIEF
S1DELIGH
I-' There' was never within the memory
of pioneer settlers better grass on the
hills in Wheeler county at this time of
year, nor there was never a better fall
for seeding. Fossil Journal. .
Early : in September we considered
every day's rain as god as a gold mine
to the dairymen or this valley, wince
October 1, though, every day s down
pour has done as much damage as a
hailstorm just before harvest 4n a wheat
growing section. Coqunle - Sentinel.
The success attained" by' farmers in
the west end of this county constituios
an unanswerable argument for the rlap-
lamation of arid lands in trre .Wi-a
There is much more land awaiting wat
and the people of the Western slates
should never stop until this development
has been brought about. Pendleton East
pregonian.
producing .center some day In the not
too far -distant future." v
H.-JV Rahlves of Oakland, official of
the Standard Oil company. Friday com
pleted a survey of five vessels being con
structed here by the jStandifer. Ship
building corporation for hla company.
At the Multnomah hotel Mr. Rahlves de
clared that "war or -no war, Portland
always knew how to build ships, and
she hasn't forgotten now."
; Robert N. McNulty of Los Angeles ar
rived and registered Friday at the Port--
land hotel. Fpr fear that "inhabitants
of the Northwest" might forget that Lbs
Angeles harbors motion- picture "studios,
he brought a number of photographs
along. The genial Jawn O'Brien, jhief
clerk, pored for hours over the Interest
ing documents. They were photographs
of employes , of the Mack Sennett or
ganization. '
concern us. For every great war threat
ens the balance of power. And once the
balance f ppwer ia destroyed, the
unltea states will be forced to fighti
against overwhelming odds to 'maintain
its independence. This would mean such
a, preparedness, such 'a militarism as the
world has never yet seen. Hence Article
X is "a stitch in time" to "save nine,"
"an. ounce of prevention", to prevent "a
pound of cure," a little backfire to stay
a desolating conflagration.. It is simply
applied common sense.
A ' -Article
X' would have prevented the
world .war. The principles of Article X
alone saved the world from German ton
quest, and the United 'States from a
desolating htilitary preparedness against
a victorious Germany vastly stronger
than .ourselves. v ;
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Who oppose Article X? Every Mex
ican Interventionist, because Article "X
stands In their way; every pro-German
who. wants Germany to have a chance
to. break the treaty of Versailles; every
pacifist who tried to hold tie bad: from
war with- Germany ; every Republican
politician who thinks the paramount Is
sue is the success of his party; every
demagogue who is trying to: capitalize
thv ignorance of the less educated;- por
tion of the community.
' ,- 1 .- -".i. '"'.-. -T : -ii '''
Tlie shot fired at Lexington was heard
round the-world, for there is not. an Im
portant nation : that does not enjoy
greater freedom today as a result of the
American Revolution. The Monroe doc
trine guaranteed freedom to the Western
Hemisphere. The Emancipation Procla
mation guaranteed freedom to all races.
Thai battle of Manila Bay guaranteed
freedom to the Philippines. And the
ratification of Article X by America, will
guarantee freedom to the whole wWld!
He who would be true to America's
highest destiny must vote for Article X
and James Middleton Cox, 1
reservations, either. -j'y-
It the league could have been put to
a direct vote of the people soon after It
was brought back .by Wilson it would
have been, adopted 10 to one..,
There is only one way to get ratifica
tion, and that is, to elect -Governor ox
and a Democratic senate, for Senator
Harding has said 'repeatedly that he is
against the treaty and the League of
Nations. - . .
As 43 nations have joined the league
it must have about the right ring to It.
Those nations are just as Jealous of their
own governments and their -freedom as
we are of ours. "-Daniel Xunemaker.
.." A BTG DEAL -
' Krtmi the Kan-as ("Iff Journal
Why the mob? Is the whole country
Interested . in this horse trader --
"It isn't a horse trade." Two farmers
are swapping tractors." - .
, The Oregon Country '
Namaweat flappenlnc In Brief Form for the
" lluny Header
. ! . , " OREGON NOTrs
.h-Crte ' Mob- poured on the last
three miles of the sn mil. i,.i.T... !
Coos county., "" ""'' .
Plains to ; Oregon in ilgSS. is dead mt
lrlnevUlc, -aged $4, . ;
The ' rOJUs-l fiatiAan Wm..li ' - a
Ok ouarimiu 1 v nr rr ..a l at..
?i nll??lle',ln Polk county, ia now
all planked and open to tratfic. .
A contrartlnir ramnunv k. -
ganized at Hood River to build a number
of new homes which will be placed on
the market.
Women law students at the University
v,t viKun nave wrirflti cmv unt u- j ...
tlon Kapna Beta, 1 a law fraternity-,
for ji charter. fm
Joseph Lane Meek, a son of -llvn iln.
,neer, Joe Meek., born in Waghincton
county in i!55 i, reported dead at
Cralgmont Idaho.
The Universitv of Orecnn Tin!r;!i
company will float a 176.0iki hnnH w .'
i j-.ui-.ui? iw a new Duiwing to house
the school of musie. . . u
a .t -i . . . .. - . " -
The management' of the? East Oregon
Lumber company at Enterprise has an-
nuaiiceu a iu per cent reduction of
wages, effective at once,. . . J
The 'coast district
been organized at Mapleton with weven
granges in the western end if Lane -county-
and one in Douglas couniy.
Joseph Vey, prominent fthecp -man o f -
f mnieion, naa : Dougnt six setctions of -mountain
heD ranee near l a f!rnH. .
Mr. Vey owns 10.600 head of sheep.-
The Blue Mountain sawmill -near Wes-
ton has shut down for the season.. In
the mill yard there are 800.000 feet of
lumber and a large quantity. of slab
wood. ... T
Hundreds of men from Hlie ' lumber
camps in Washington whlnh l,v ni l
lown -are paslng through iHugene tilt-.
"( w uuuiitcm W1T1VI miu vail-
fornia. i -
'Attorney General Vari Winkle hasp
provl as to lecalitv the nroccedlne".
relative to a bond issue of S'iOO.dOa, bv ,
the "Eagle Point irrigation district of
Jackson county. .-..'
- j Washington; , .
, The Puyallup1 night soriool now lias an
enrollment of parly 200.-
Clarkston Is agitating the eitlenslon of
it cily limits to take In 1000 additional'
lx.pulation. - ! .
Walter! Reid, -i a gei 3D, I r,cccnlly-'dl-'
vorced. committed suicide iat ticattlo by
shooting : himself. ' .
,Tho Itoyal levpopIni rompHuy has
begun work qii Us mining claims .'ZS
milei north of Leaven worlli. .
The school board ' at ; Yakima has
A . n stliul n nni .a af ..l..l e"A
half' pints of milk daily to the schools. -
The state has purchased $4.onO worth
of bonds recently issued by the! Burbank
ifrlcrt i irin .liullr-t 4n U7.ill 7.,1lA .ni,'tv
A recent raid bv prohibition tit fleers
at EllnHburg yielded 1622 gallons of.
wine, jilfi gallons of mash and nine pris
oners. - v i '.'
t ' tr Tl.-, rm 1,1,1 n-, r, m1 w , I.' I 1. . - ,
beein removed by postal Inveslrgators.
The charges against him have not been
divulged, r
The, school election held at To Elf to
approve a 7l,i mill tax to carry the
schools through the year carried by a
2 to 1 vote.
The body of Mrs. Eli Campbell, ased
R8. was- found with neck and bark
broken lying by the roadside near Idaho'
Falls. It is thought she was struck by,
an automobile. - .i f ,
' to encourage hle;h ' school " students
from" Southeastern Idaho to-, enter the
"university, 10Q ' undergraduates from
that section are perfecting an organiza
tion for a campaign. - ,
owned, by ioys and girls' vocational
clubs, have" been shipped from Twin"
Kails to .Spokane to be entered in Mhe
Western-Livestock show. , f
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The annual county farm bureau meet
ing will be held In JLewlston Novcm
ber 6. . v.' , '":. ',4
,Tht Copper King Mining company has
levied an assessment of half a cent ; a
share. - w. '
i Eleven carloads of prunes have been
shipped from Emmet t. - They . brought ,
over 1760 a carload. -
frrirntv: -ijttf1 ." mir-iird rattlA
brought an average -of at a re
cent sale held at Filer. -
i A gymnasium class for business and
professional men is being -organized at
the Idaho. Falls high school.
1 One' million dollars worth of grain
is said to have been destroyed or dam-
ageia in lewia couiuy inruujn mu uau
weather. - . . . " '
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Olden Oregon ,
Taxes In the Earliest Days Might He
.Paid With. Wheat.
1 Wheal was legal tender in, the early
days. It was received In paympnt of ;
Uxcs. and the legislature of 1813 passed,
an act designating depots at which those
paying taxes in wheat might deposit "
These depots were . at Fort George In
Clatsop .county ; Cowllts Farm ot Fort
Vancouver. - Llnnton ; at the store of F.
W. Pettygrove. In Portland ;. at the mllf"
of either McLoughlin or the Island
Milling company.'ln Clackamas county ;
. .. . , m v. ii ,.n.. ..
&i IIJO Tl.v.u n- n v . .,.-v ...... .., - - -
pany or Hudson's Bay company, at
Champoeg, and at a place in Yamhill
county designated by the collector. The
depositor was given a receipt stating!
the' amount which should be placed to
the credit of the treasurer of the county
or territory.
.. Unde Jeff Snow Says:
The real big grafters lives off the
strict party vt' 11 s lht Independent -voter
who scratches his or he ticket,
that he politicians and place- huoters
ana prumcci 3.
They don't like him a ilttie, bir.-,.They
like her still less. When people ' passe
up party ahd vote fer the U. Is.! A." and
their own homes and children they make
It mighty hard ecratchin' fer schner of
all klndK When they don't, ifs iiard
scratchln' fer the common herd. . ',
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What the City o Portland
Paid for Things in 19U
aqd What Tt Pays Now '
A story of the high cost of living
Is contained in the figures complled
by the Portland city adminUtration,
comparing the coils of 114 and !S20.
The' item that ls not at least 100
per cent more than It was six years
ago would, doubtless; be considered a
bargain. Here4s a sample llat
Article. ( , 1914
renent. Md 2-0
Rsnd. yard
Orarel, ard '
Trmhed rock, - rard . ' 10
RcnteninfS, rd ...... 1.00
Inm!er, . per U JO OO
ruel oil, bbt 1
ha'a-duat. load 2.1
ton ........ i ,. . 17. "O
- 6.24
t .1.05
, l.OS
-' A 1.71
l.SS
. .ai.oo
.2S .se
S4.00
C5.00
44.o
14.00
.28
, 5
. J oo
laU, t .......(. 2S 00
rtraA, ton .". 24-'M'
Straw, ton' . . . .". . ..... .a.oo
;aolis. gallon . . -..-m
I'ajjer,- filet, eaw .. L- '
Taper towels, caa ...... ?'. .
Paper, lb !.
Pipe, rant Iron,-ton .. . J0.')O j
Pipe. salt. iron. 1 10 ft , . , 1 t. 8 9 !
92.7
34.10
Cement sand, gravel, crushed rock
and screenings will run up a bill Ink
Ix figures of municipal expense In
years when ' sewer construction and
paving are being pressed.
Hy. oats and bran are consumed
largely by the horses in the street
cleaning and fire bureaus. jCssollne
is a necessary element in! self-propelled
fire vehicles and In the numer
ous machines which enable city fa
cials and employes to reach -their
various points of duty. ,