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THK OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST .21. U21. V Offfion'sjoiiHm 'A tyDgPEytENT SEWBPAPEB C 8. JACKSON......,,... . .PubttaoeT , ( B calm. be confident, be cheerful and o sow ptnrra ea yrm would h.y thrm do unto yon-1 J'llhil; Mt .1- .rut Aiiiwla. - momma I t Tb Journal buildinc. Broadway and laa- S .. tn" rtreet. Portland, Orecow. Loured at th. nMlfu Portland- OreaOO, , for traoemiauoB through the auib a second -ti mum. lj-J-Kt'HON ta liaia 7173, Automatic 660-51. All d-wartmmta reached br the numbers. fcATlOXAI. ADVERTISING BEPBE8ENTA- TIVB Benjamin Kcotaor Co., Bronawe buildinc 225 Fifth arenue. New Tork; "00 Mailer. tmiMinc, Chlcaro. 1 " VACIkK' rntHT u VPHI.KI.-NTATIVE W. B. Baranerr Co. Examiner buildinc. 8aB Fren- eiaeo; Title Insurance buUdins. Loa Ae; Port-IntelHaeneeT building. Brattle. 'iiiK OBKUON JOUH.VAL. reeereea the rwht to ; reject adTcrtnicc eopy which it deems oo - jectiooable. It also win not print any copy ' that ta anr way simulates reedins matter of 'that annat eeadfhr be recocnued sa adTcr- tiitt. ' - ''' ' ' SCB8CBIPTION BATES By Carrier. City and Country niiTT atari KfTUTlAT Ona week...... .15 I One month..... .OS , lYAii.T : i acNDAT Ona week t .10 I One week. ......$ 0S One month . .45 I bX KAIL. All, BATES PATABIJ5 E ADVAKCX DAILY ASD BUSUAI ARE FARMERS FAIRUY FINANCED ? No. .1 5 J, i he said. and forget to see the merits of talent at. home, where perhaps much better quality exists.' We ought to use It and find a glamor of a foreign name.' - How regrettably .true that state ment la. How sadly real is the fact that we are blinded, by the reputa ti By a Farmer's Wife- , - rpHE LONG, lucid" article entitled- "Are Farmers i arriy tinanwii p- A. pearing in The Sunday Journal of August T. left its author, no doubt. J few woria beaters in the way of com- under the Impression that he had made the wnoie situation so ciear I petluon. .We've got them somewhere plain that he had said the last, word.; But. alas!,there is ever a in obcurltjL willed out; by Uu and the woman in this case happens to be the Wile f a farmer. As many,, no doubt, failed to read the' article of F. S- Slater, a bank cashier of Union. OrI quote the following, a few of his assertions: .. ' "in matters, financial, the farmer is a child." "He has heard of the federal reserve bank, and In his misconception of that Institution he thinks Uon of importations. How strange it a place to borrow money." "The farmer is learn In ga little bit- ; TMijt j, that we should kneel in exclu farmer is extravagant and does not save." " I sive worship or men whose names -1 Mr. Slater implies that the farmer misrepresents and uses deception, we CAn scarcely pronounce. 'Here are for, instead of . doing so and so, "he often uses the. borrowed money for I - few. -Beethoven, - Mendelssohn. building purposes or for .living expenses.", He i. continues: we brought the farmer up to the present." "He is having.the best of help, so far as precept and example can show him." . "Educated men are taking a hand-with him," etc - - ...-'V.-.-. '""'' " , Isn't it most surprising and appalling that such remarks should ema nate from ! a man occunvinar the position he does,, where - he, from his HANDING AND ; i WILSON o : Sana, of the President's- Personality jrorms Eiowiy in tna ; rrencn i-od-, scioosncsa. but Wilson I Still a, J ; . Vivid Entity A Faris Joarnal rrc Dracussee Wilson's Present-V ( , Occnpations and Quotes ' ; ' ' . Him With Strik . . ing Effect. . - ... . COMAENT- AND NEWS IN -BRIEF SXULL CHANGE Pig iron-1 doubtlees what makes the steel trust so aUfired hoggiAh. . - - President' Harding Is four years elder than his stepmother. Guess hf won't IllUe Waxrea around vary much. Verdi." Lisxt, Paderewskl. Kubelilc The list shuts out not only Ameri cans, but everything savoring of the Anglo-Saxon a' fact -which enlarges the scope of Phllpitt'a statement and makes it applicable to the whole . (Coaaotidated Freaa Aandatiaa) Frenchmen have - not yet got a" very clear notion of President Harding's per sonality. Through many years they gradually built up a more or less leg endary Wilson portrait, which was some what retouched and corrected when they had a chance to see the subject at close .range 'at the Paris peace confer ence.' There .is still much talk . about Mr. Wilson in the European press polit ical personalities do not drop out of sight so quickly in 'foreign countries as at home. An example is Oemenceau, On year.. 18.00 bis months, .... .zs DAILY - . (Without Sunday) 1 One year 58.00 Six njontha..... 5.25 Three monthe... 1.75 1 One nonth. .... .60 ; , WEEKI.T (gtery Wednesday) One year. .... .$1.00 i Kit months,.... .50 ;. , Theae ratal apply anly Tbree moDtha. . . 52.23 On Booth. . . . . .75 SUNDAY. ' (Only) ' ! i Ona year. . .... 58.00 Si? month. .... 1.75 Three Btootbe... 1.U0 WEEgtT ASD 8CNDAT Ona year.. ....55.50 in the West. heights and vantage points, might get a clearer and right view of the entire J English-speaking race. It is doubt t i. i. a .. tut., ci o tar mis-Vi Vi eivfnr nimselll fni f ts Bvamva l.vtnan kin .miii I hs.rdiv mentioned now In France - ex an invitaUon from his farming community, not to "get off." as he puts iU the name of a single prominent co-1 Tim sW XoTe10 Sh9cou! as but to get out msteaa? - , - . I Caillaux was.- - There has been so mucn wrirten leumg or. nunurcus oi iiv"u -mcdbut to me cnsuon. wugur, wuuw i o irii.. v..nt. i. ..tiM. losses sustained by the producers and of their being compelled to sell their J the veriest tyro in music can speak jably Improved since he. left the White rjroducts. of whatever kind, at prices much less than It cost to produce, ana i in apparent familiarity of foreign I House," writes the weekly Crl De Paris. what has been one producer's experience has been general throughout the j composers. , . entire country. However, people as a mass do not ye seem xo lutei-esi. i Sur'ely; in America there are not themselves or understand just wherfe all the fault lies and, like Mr. Slater. J lacklnsr 8ubjecta fit to inspire musical when they go to market and stiU have to pay tne exorDiianiiy nigu themes. Our land is the broadest thev blame the farmer for It alL If all consumers would only intetesx d mo.t beautiful tnder the sun. tv....w.. .nfluni n stutv trti frmr' conditions and expenses for 1 t in. - vt ani land more. He Is . . . . , -i- n tk. nrrA tr ta.ke I I mysteries of the maVuulc aaiuvi. vJwc', vx" nw-v - , avtiuw uiuiv iuwukij uiui ww. wa Bataa to Eaatera tminta fnratebed M appUes- tlon. Make remittances by Money Order. Express Order or Draft. If four postoffiee is not a Money Order office. 1 or . 2-cent stamps will he accepted. - Make all remittances payable to TV Jiwmtl, roroano. Oregon. he hasnt any other race: In this endless range "He is still forbidden, however, to work. But he reads . much, or, ' rather, Mrs. Wilson reads metaphysical books to -him, for which his taste has increased since his illness. "He likes Bergson's philosophy more also delving into the beyond. ' which is fashionable thing to do now. in America as -well as Europe. But this curiosity about happenings In ' the other world does not prevent him from taking an interest in the things of this earth. He keeps track of the political questions of the moment A faithful secretary- sums New' York has a burrlar tl Tears old. Longevity probably doe to the fact that he has burgled Just enough to keep hlm- seu aaie .tn prison au ine rest , ox tot una - . .. ... " e e . '.. . , 1 It must set old Von Tirol ts crazy to think of. the grief he might have caused America if onlv these- rum shine had been 4oing business - during the World war. - - . -, . v . . i , ; vs, -e-- e Why make so much- fuss about the open door" when there are the back door, the side door and the cellar door? a .... ...a. . . '.v. . k. t . w . AWU lit. B . U& UH MM UIO door. . . . One automobile Is sold every minute, it Is said. - This, equaling: a certain cele brated birthrate. Is unfortunately far in excess of the mortality rate among speed uenaa . - . , -! . - . . . - - If the disarmament conference Is suc cessful it will males all the fire and life Insurance companies in the world look like a punched nickel superimposed upon pnony quarter. Consider the "movie mansion. Exte riorly It Is always Imposing, to be sure, but isterior views are ant to show stnsrle rooms you could set the entire nuiiainc down Inside of and drive the owner's limousine around it after that. Ra&jt the deril you. James 4:7. aod ha will flea from EVERY MAN'S CAUSE forced: becauseDrices are established for him and not by him; the privilege yet, as every other business has of saying, "This article has of emotions are potential sonatas cost me so much to produce and I must have so much for it" -then follow 8Tanjer than .those of Beethoven, the product from producer to consumer, it wouldn't be very long till all marches more soul-stirring, than consumers as well as producers would be anxious for legislation to ellmi- those of Mendelssohn, melodies sweet- nate many middlemen, gamblers aid profiteers In food products, as con- er xhtM. those of Verdi, harmonies up world news for him 'every day. Nat sumers are quite as much victims or.tnese speculators as axe iu Surely the consumer cannot want the producer to continue selliheat a loss till the entire country becomes bankrupt on account of it. . t ..i,. th,t arminv t n ttnainess and ithat farmers realize it is ,uab w j w . v ....i.o - . . a mighty unprofitable one at present I quote an authenUc statement: "One-third of the entire wealth of the United States Is vested in the agri cultural business, and" one-half of jthis entire wealth is produced by the agricultural class.": ; Doesn't that sound as if the' farmers and producers had been doing their full share? Yet, with all this production, the wealth and profit rightly belonging to the j produce! are' not his; instead, a large percentage of the producers one put bf every six, by-good authority , are bankrupt, and. as Mr. Slater, says, have been trying to borrow plead ing and begging for help being k such 'straitened conditions' that they had to use the borrowed money, if tney got u. "ior even, wring expenses, i -lajoTHINQ is more pitiful than to The net incomes orsivooo.ooo or more eacn per year oij uws a X1 read a story in! the flesh of a our country help to explain where some of the profits have centered. It human being whose life has been lost is a matter which all should help j to right, for. It was the war. with, its to opiates. The sunken eyes, the terrible effects, selfishness, greed and polluted politics, tnat nas causea i 8an0w cheek, the twitching nerves, the grief and trouble, and not the poor farmer, as Mr. Slater imagines. j rte a story of disaster, of ship- Now, Instead, of all this egotism) on his part, and insteaa or. criticismg wrecked h0peB abandoned ex ana blaming the' poor farmer for all that's wrong, trying to lay bare a" J istence, shocking in its tolL From his childish frailties, shortcomings ana ignorance, now mucn pbw, mvm hlgll and from low the slimy grip timely and fitting had Mr. Slater given a full explanation of Just why, for J ot fanga drags its prey on down to more tremendous than tnose or Wagner. rhapsodies --more . tantalix- ingly exquisite than those of Liszt. .Yet, somewhere in America.. a Philpltt says, are geniuses who could ! touch these themes into everlasting musical life. How' humiliating it Is to know that all this talent must die unheard simply because it- is walled out by the glamor of foreign names. MORE DERELICTS? . w'i - SIDELIGHTS u . i Preeident Hardinr says the task ahead for the - United States ts to reform the world. Our tax system might turn one trick. Blue Mountain Eagle. The Oreron Editorial association- will meet next year in Corvallia. The cotleare town is a good convention city ana we editors there are not the only good people Jn that city, by a Jugtul. Aurora uoaerver. .... When It comas to m showdown,' Forest Grove has a host of men and wroraea that are right on the Job when It comes to putting over some valuable piece of work for the community ; and city Forest Grove Nw Tiroes. -.. - - 'a.. That party at 'Hubbard who- wants a young, man to teach school ana coscn bsnohell. basketball and football as well brinr 20 pupils nine miles to scnoot and deliver them safely home . again very evening, doesn't want much tor a nickeL Banks Herald, .7 .... : . "t L a" - . . -. The fire in the Pioneer district should prove an Impressive lesson as to the care that should bs- used with fire this dry weather, - The fire, which -probably started from c a discarded match or cigarette stab, in 'less than three hours hat anreiad over a mile of farm and wood land, causing the loss of one. home and considerable, other property. That the loss was not sreater is dne to tha for- runata nature of the land burned over and the valiant work of the fire fighters. Polk County itemiser. . , The OreporT Country Kortaweat Haraxniasa ts Brief Fens for the . 4 Busy Reader. . -. : MORE OR LESS ; PERSONAL Random Observations ; About Town WOULD be a crime for .the 01 .h,t nnrnnw trie federal. reserve bank was created, and tell WUVUI slU V a. u S- , .mm .1, if it wm lust one narticular class that might borrow, because tney couki hopes of peoples to be dashed to always manage some way to nave a 101 ot mwcjr iu rnv,rsA hV inWtinn.nf fal. in. I oallfi "financially embarrassed," or li u was imenueo. to protect au sues into -the .disarmament confer-1 ness interests. Anyway, since he didndo so, we are glad Indeed to-know -j.ru. rtbat "educated men are taking us py the hand." In the colossal war bills they are When farmers, like all others, are paying their run snare ana more w now paying and must continue pay.-(taxes to help defray the government expenses, mere is no rcasuu uj ; inglfor generaUons, the American shouldn't be protected and receive tne same courtesy irom . ... .. .... I . v....m l.nnn.m. am Slntr ahoulfln't aret people are getting a glimpse or tne 1 reserve Dana as au umcr uibiumoivvuvu, - frightful cost of .waft They must the big idea that his class should have tne enure say ana control ot utu rlenv themselves Treasures because on Institution: and we know that all banners noia no sucn opinions . of the late confllctr. They must con-1 To parrot about farmers owning automomies, tneir eiiravapmce, tribute a part of every day's income and comparing their business ability witn tnat 01 city ousinesa men, even to help pay a war debt. A part of j were his statement true, only shows very poor taste and lack of Judgment on his part. The I Ford which most farmers own costs no more man a .am and waeon. and the gas. though it costs four or five times what it should. Is quite as cheap as the cost j of grain that has to be raised to feed to the horses, besides being obtained: so much more easuy, wim iesa u work and worry. Then, the difference in speed between the Ford and the horses would entitle the farmer toj an occasional joyride and permit him to be on the road about as often as anyone else. xt, s:iat..i- nomniainsabecause the farmer Is slow ana asieep; yet, wnen every day's work Is devoted to war taxes.. It will long continue so, and by that token there is a universal realization of the fearful cost and a general and powerful desire for an end of conflict. We have learned something else The; last effort to end war through the League of Nations was destroyed, I he begins to wake pp and wants to travel the same pace as Mr. Slater. nn fai oa im.Hi-a wan' rnnp.Arnaii. hvl .1 onmntolna it that. also. ' ' " so far as America was' concerned, by the 1 injection ' of false, issues.. The pro-Germans wanted America kept out i of the agreement, because they thought that course ..would be of value to Germany. The cause of the Irish republic was thrown into it as a thrust at British leadership. Worst of , all.', an election campaign was near and politics, ruthless, destruc tive politics, was injected. th latter com nlains at that. also. So .far: as extravagance goes, I farmine community. Though. I am have seen ho such display- among my a farmer's wife at present, I have also been the wife of a, banker, and have been real town folks, too, and really know a lot more about them and their "business metnoas - man i no tooui country folks; and while I wouldn't want, to say anything disparaging or uncomplimentary about the town folks' "business methods." I know enough to convince me that there is no occasion for any speciaiooasung aoout em ciency or superiority. Neither liave-I seen any undue extravagance among the country, folks. I have, seen no farmers' wives prancing up to bank ...i.u Hnow. with hands out to borrow money. 'that were sporting woman in America should be for it, and every citizen should work for it. Every prejudice tending to obstruct or hamper it should be laid . aside. The hatred of pro-Germans , for England should be kept out of the discussions. The British , delegates will hold in their hands much that will mean success or failure of the conference. They and the American delegates, in close and wise coopera tion; can almost assure a favorable outcome.', r.-,'-' ; N : In the discussions, most delicate situations will arise. In such situa tions the American and British dele gations. If not, suspicious- of each other, If not driven apart by preju diced . cliques and factions, in their own countries, can-, acting together, be the solving and .healing influence. They can make or unmake the con ference. They can work out the far eastern problem. -"-.--. v 1 ' The weal of a world full of people " hinges on the outcome.! Prejudices, politics and whims cast by outsiders or by unfit appointments, of delegates - into this coming parliament of man. would be a crime against the mil lions through whose bleeding bands and feet the cruel nails of war have been loo often .driven. helplessness and despicable im morality Into the lowest of the dives. A promising and loved youth lost to opiates Is a terrible thing. 'A girl is worse. Theirs are lives given over to unspeakable horrors. Today drugs are among the most persistent menaces in American life. And the peril is being momentarily increased. In 1818, 12,304 ounces of morphine - was manufactured . and shipped from New York. In 1911 the amount was increased to 33,698 ounces. In the first nine .months of 1920 the amount was 61.175 ounces,' or a total of 81,666 ounces, if the rate was , maintained for , the year. The increase-in-the amount of mor phine ' manufactured ' and . shipped from New York In . two years then was 662. per cejit. .'In 1918 the. cocaine manufactured and shipped amounted to 43,521 ounces. The following year, showed a decrease of 38,446 . ounces. But in : the first nine months of 1920 the total skyrocketed to 8f, 043 ounces, or 108,056 for the year, an increase of 181 per cent in 12 months. And the drugs manufac tured in New York are only a part of the' total for the country. Supposedly the narcotics are man ufactured for legitimate demand-in this and other countries. But is the tremendous Increase in the demand solely for legitimate uses, or Is it oc casioned by the . increasing number of human derelicts on whom ' the grip of the drug habit has been fastened? - T' ' " Many narcotics shipped to foreign way back to the United States through secret -channels and for Illegitimate use. Much of the domestic supply ' is used by fiends. The menace Is becoming so great that It calls for a much closer' urally, a full report of the doings of the League of Nations Is not omitted. and M. Vivian! is at present the French man that he likes most. "When . he learned of his successor's plans for a . disarmament conference he warmly, approved the Idea, but since he has lost none ot his sense of optimistic humor as a result of his Illness and his troubles, be said to a senator who called on him: - "Only prospering businesses have competitors. Inasmuch as Harding now trying to start an establishment to rival the one I founded, the League of Nations can't be doing so badly as Its enemies make out. Unless,' he added. Harding also is only a poor dreaming Idealist, full of illusions.' "Mr. Wilson Is also giving much at tention to the Irish question. He has followed all the proceedings with the greatest Interest and has never tired of repeating " TJoyd George win quickly . perceive that he is on the wrong track. He will be forced to grant Ireland her liberty.' "Indeed, as early as the Paris con ference. Mr. Wilson had tried to bring the Irish question up, but without suc cess. When .the Sarre matter was ar ranged at one of : the meetings,- Lloyd George exclaimed : " We are making the Sarre the hap piest country In the world. No military service, very low taxes ; the mark Is sub stituted for the mark, which Is worth nothing ; it is splendid ! The Sarre will be the paradise of . Europe.' " -Why,' Mr. Wilson Interrupted, 'don't you do the same for Ireland?" - "Oemenceau growled, Orlando took on an air very much detached from the things of this world, and Lloyd George quickly changed the subject," The Crl De Paris goes on to say: "While history is still gathering Mr. Wilson's humorous - sallies. h. is mute about Harding's quips. Doesn't. -Mr. Harding eei e?wThs-4f-true, would be surprising. There Is, always a sense of humor in every American, ready to burst out at the opportune time. We mentioned this to an, American con frere the eyier day,-who replied: ."'President' Harding Is waiting for the Washington, conference, to come out as a humorist. You may be sure that at that time his jokes will be heard on this side of the Atlantic'" Through' tremendous production and, by underselling, other nations Germany is fast setting back to where she was before the war. from an economic stand point. . according to Dr. Guy Strohra of Portland, who has returned from a trip abroad. ' He left Portland in May and. visited France, Germany and Aus tria, attending clinics and observing generally.- There is no. need for anyone to worry much - over the surrering ot the Germans," he said. "They are well fed and fast getting back the trade they lost during the war. . American tourists will pay Germany's war debt in a few years if - the tourists keep blowing In their money as at present. It makes one sick tos go through Northern France and see the devastation, and contrast It with untouched Germany." Dr. Strohm found among Germans a bitter feeling toward the French, and he pre dicts that in a few years there will be a war of revenge.- The old saying that "charity should begin at home was im pressed upon Dr. Strohm, who said : "In Vienna they take everything . that the relief boards give and then turn around and penalize visiting Americans by de frauding and overcharging them "In everything. In Russia the people insult the Red Cross workers and then steal what they want from the Red Cross stores." Dr. Strohm got back home Just as the open season for deer began, and Immediately left for a hunt in the wilds of Douglas county. .. a ' George Broadwell of Bend Is regis tered at the Perkins. , i. P. Church of Denver, who spends his winters in Southern California, is touring the Northwest and . while In Portland is stopping at the Multnomah. From Portland he will go to the Cana dian Rockies., returning to Portland to . .ti. . i spend a wees or more m. saw inp wii of Portland. ... v - nn Wnhjn-ta nf TnlAfla. Lincoln coun ty, is spending a few days In Portland He reports good progress Is being made on the Improvement of the Corvallls- Newport highway. - ' ' . . a . e . W. B. - Barratt. state highway com missioner, who with his family has been sojourning the past few weeks, at Sea side, where cool breezes blow. was. In Portland Saturday for a snort time. I ' - -. . " - a ' a, a - L. M. Curl, one of Albany's prominent citizens, was in Portland Saturday on a business trip. - v " . . - e ' A. B. Campbell, manager of the Mult nomah, has returned from a brief va cation trip to. Crater lake, Effle M. Snider and Edna L. Snider of La Grande are In Portland on visit- - . a a a - W. M. Bail of Corvallia Is ' registered at the" Multnomah. - a . E. O. Nelll of.Heppner Is registered at the Imperial. Joe HInkle. the I Hermlston, is in The highway between The Dalfes and v Deschutes rlrer was opened for travel Saturday. i " Consignments of wheat from the In- ' tertor -have begun arriving at the As toria port terminals. - ' Fred W.' Holmes of Albany ' has "Just completed r the threshing- on - his farm of 160 acres of grain yielding over 004 bushels.- - . Seventy-five Chinese pheasants were received at Bend Thursday from the state game warden tor release in Dee- -chutes county. - Georee Flainr: formerly ot the Condoa Globe-Times, has purchased the Prine- viiie Central, Oregonlan and is now In full charge. v . The C. M.' Speck orchard of tS acres near Med ford has passed Into the hands . or M. M. Morris and Sam A Thornuley of Los Angeles, for. a consideration of 640.0001 . Coos connty has Just received a check for 110.150.9! from the government. hich practically completes ita payment to the . county for taxes on O. A C lands. , . . - . Two rock crushers and a force of 26 men are employed in getting out . rock-from the Lee Rowell quarry, at Sheridan for use oa the Willamlna--Sherldan highway. ' Marie and Priscellia O'Suilivan. . aged 10 and II years, daughters of Mike O'Sulllvan. were drowned a few days age when crossing the -John Day river near' their home In Sherman county. . All the 1921 wool brought Into Bend, as well as that - which was held over from last year, has been sold. Recent sales aggregate 162,000 pounds at prices ranging from 14 to .17 cents. a All '- records - of tourist travel were shattered at Salem Friday night -when iu machines were registered at the free camping grounds. The automobiles represented practically every state in the ynlon. By arrangements made with. an east n implement company members of the Linn county farm bureau will here after be enabled to purchase farm Im plements at wholesale plus per cent for distribution costs. - While retumlnr to Bandon from Rogue River Saturday night in a email ' automobile. Joe and .Mike stankavnen were attacked by., a huge panther, the animal Jumping on the hood but failing to get a . lootnoia oerore tne ooys peeded up and got away. . irrigation, expert town. of OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley r a dtamnna anon Enreneaa affairs ia their I largest dimensions by a fintrband observer is Mr. Lockley's present offering. Its aaaia theme t. . i irm .itntiB iii la.llm eoBuaaca that-akall oi worthy- af- -spirit iahlch America went inta the World war. The cause of disarmament, should 1 knjnm. nwni, Virh lewels. costly furs, silk socks rolled at knee, dainty be spared from such things. . It I ilttl -jiDDers with French heels, latest coiffure, manicured and polished makes no difference who proposes it I tc t have seen no farmer that Isn't almost continually garbed In j the cause is exalted, the end pre- overaiism0re often begrimed and soiled than otherwise from daylight clous to mankind.;, Every man and! H11 jarv nn silk shirts with diamond scarf pins, and'no freshly creased trousers without spot or wrinkle. ". : - whjr i the extravagance? . I have seen but few homes in the country that even present the appearance of any modern convenience or comfort, Lountrla find tbeIr ! ion nalaUal mansions with maroie stairs, eoua copper r revety petty idea that might hamper! hapdware nlate glass and mahogany. The picture and example the farmer Ji uuiu w ". "'"" I v.a v.j r tr)w Is a world rone mad witn over-greecr tor sui, " v.-. pation and extravagance running riot, and himself the victim. . ' :, , . xfftw. since Mr. Slater is so well posted and so full of good Ideas, I would suggest that he give us a real, demonstration In farming. Just to show ua I y of the uUlmate destlnaUon sleepy ones how to. do it, and if he can neat tne ooara ot imur, u gamblers and their manipulating of markets.; we want hinj to show us how It is done. We make only one restriction ne must wr u Uon with the bank, so he won't have any bank to run to, either? It Is a great opportunity for him to become world renowned, to show how much smarter he is than all the rest of us. If he is not willing to do this, we would advise him to refrain from so much talk till he knows what he Is talking about, for I don't believe he is any smarter, or any more irrwENTY -SEVEN persons were than -my husband or the husbands or otner iarmem wives, or could do a bit differently or oetter man we arc uuua v. tlons. . " '' . ' . .. ' .' Of course, I don't mean to hurtMr. Slater's feelings, necause a reaiiaw what a hard time he is having, too. , I Just want to tea him mat everytnmg is going to be different, and lots better, pretty soon; so n ne wants to "get ofr when we dp he had better be more careful about making so many Insinuations and unjust comments about us. as we are pretty choice and particular about the company we keep. ; - .. -.- v -.'.- of the drags we manufacture if our manhood and womanhood are to be saved from the clutches of the living death. , : ';, " THE KNOXVTLLE MOB UUDGE TUCKER TN DECLINING appointment to the supreme bench, : Judge 'Robert Tucker says. In his letter to dovernor Olcott; ' i- ' Upon reflection, It seems to me that whatever qualifications I now have for . judicial work fit me better for the trial bench than for appellate work.- and that. for a time, at any rate, I can do greater i public' service where I am. . It is a -worthy expression, "credit able- alike . to, Judge Tucker and to the! people who elevated him to the " circuit bench. ' When most men are scrambling for higher; positions, re ' gardless of their, qualifications, here Lis a case where a public servant de ; liberately decides that he can render - better 'Nserylce 'In' the lowers trial . court "than in the higher appellate H I field. Having so decided, he casts aside - the proffered higher position and remains .in. the- place where he assumes that he can render better service. , In spite of Judge Tncker's conclusions, the quality of mind and conscience that he has shown in de clining the proffered honor will lead most laymen, "if not lawyers, to be lieve' that.' it he had "accepted, he would " have rendered equal; service and have reflected credit upon him self and his constituency as a justice of. the Oregon supreme court, Meanwhile it will be a great day in mis republic If a time ever comes when every man in public life is mo tived, not by the thought of what the pay Is or,-the honors are,: but by the ' consideration . ; of what I are my qualifications and where and how can i render tne puduc tne Dest service? ---,' "" 61000 bail, pending a! hearing.. Be cause of the latter, he- went to the home of the child, slashed her throat with ;a knife and, with an axe. chopped up the - other members ef the family, most of : whom will die. What an argument for stemizauon of such types of criminals! ' ; . f -. wounded by the sheriff and dep uties when -a mob attempted to take a colored man from the jail at Knox- ville, Tenn. 4 ?Have you thought of the heart burnings : and " sullen defiance ; and anger and passions that .will follow at Knoxville? Twenty-seven fami lies and their relatives and friends will incorrectly feel tha, the law has been used' to outrage them. w They and & further -big contingent in the community will cast reason aside -and Insist that a colored rascal who as saulted a white girl is given prefer ence by the authorities, and that will be the basis of an .angry spilt in the community. . - - The fires of passion may smoulder, but they will be deep. If some of the Letters From the People - f Communications ssv to Tha ' Journal for publication ia this departSMSt aheald bo written on only one side of the paper: should act aiceed S00 words ia lencth, and moat be named by tha writer, whose mail address is foil mast aeeoav panya the contribution. 1 . SENTENCE ON SUSPICION A Few Satirical Remarks Addressed to Capital Punishment Advocates. Portland. Aug. 19. To the Editor of The Journal I am sure you will agree with me that it is quite Urn for the anti -capital punishment people to make apology - to the legislature and voters who were Instrumental In . reinstating capital punishment in Oregon. To be sure.' the "bloody band" has not accom plished all that was promised for it in the way of eliminating "Crime. The pres ent situation might be stated in this paraphrase of an old nursery rhyme : r' X dinar s doHar. v . , ' . . Wtaa soma and eotef.' t . :. - Tour pardon we implore; Where ones ws counted murders three We bow bars quite a score. But while capital punishment has not wholly eliminated murder. I feel sure that some ' amendments to ' the present law might accomplish that end. May-1 suggest for the consideration of the sup porters of hanging that the law might be changed to allow the court to pronounce a death -sentence upon suspicion? This would do away with the large expense of court proceedings and result In at least ."getting" someone when a murder is. committed. To be sure, a conviction could scarcely be secured on less frail evidence than that on which Pender, for Instance, was sentenced to death, and would have paid the. penalty had we not at that time had a man In the governor's chair -who had made, a study of the teachings of the Nazarene and who was brave-enough to face the storm of criti cism which was aroused at the commut ing of the sentence. . Charles A. Robertson, long time resi dent of Portland, who has Just returned after several "years spent In Europe, feels that Americans do not realize the rVai ait ii at Ion In EuroDe. In speaking of the crushing burden of debt under wtiiK tha Via tl ona on the Other side of -the' Atlantic are staggering,, he said "Either America entered into the war for humanitarian - reasons or she ad aonie ulterior motive, political or eco nomic - If - it was for-, humanitarian reasons, arid we are certainly proud to believe It was. then. there was In. view the plight of millions of people who were threatened with military defeat by a tyrannical power, with the loss or aw or part of -their homelands, their inde pendence, their art treasures accumu lated for 'ages, their Individual happi ness, even- their nationality and their narticular nationalistic ideals. The de cision was taken by us to go to their aid with all the resources at our com' mand. and in most commendable co operation with the entente. In which the spirit ot financial and human sacrifice knew no bounds, the war was. won. ass "No sooner had the armistice, been signed than there began . to loom up before the various chiefs of exchequer of tha members of the entente the ap- naiiine- debt thev were owing to Amer ica. The financial center of the world had moved across -the Atlantic as well as tha bulk of the world's Industrial nower: England, staggering from her human losses, overwhelmed with grief for the loss of millions of her sturdiest sons, emerged from the struggle to find that .America was preparing . not -only the greatest war fleet In th world but also the greatest mercantile fleet ever launched upon the seas. The foundation of the British empire had been maritime commerce. And now not only. was she to face a powerful rival but. What was lust as alarm mg. the purchasing power of her former great markets was almost exnansted. She had extended so much credit to her allies who now were al most - financially helpless and . who hardly 'knew how to avoid an Internal economic couaDse which threatened ,. to be more serious In, Its awful conse quences than the hopeless ravaging ot actual war-athat she herself was- ren dered . almost . helpless . to adjust - the pressing domestic problems confronting her. . Unemployment, strikes, political discontent, annoying, and . expensive reserves In the world Into our treas uries, but after all that Is accomplished, What then? . While seeking a .great ex tension of our world trade we are plan ning new tariffs against our neighbors. In "order to keep from going absolutely to the wall, most of the European na tions have been-forced to raise their tariff barriers against our manufactured products, but la most cases to an extent no greater than we already have against them. They look to us for an inter change ot commerce as one of the hopes of their economic recovery, and failing In this they must do what they can to get. the crumbs of the world's trade In order to exist at alL . .. - a - "In the face of these: conditions., how a-ill It ever be possible, for -our former allies to pay the principal of their debts, or even the Interest? ' I firmly believe that -If We press them, 'even for the Interest, we shall cause as much alarm and human misery among. our already weakened and hardly. - convalescent friends as they experienced from the terrors ' of the war Itself. And if we went to war for humanitarian, purposes, how can we permit- ourselves to be enriched by their misfortunes before they have got strong enough to walk alone after their terrible struggle? - ."We constantly speak of international justice, of self-determination of peoples. and the prevention of future wars.- but are we going to subscribe to the political program of any nation that thinks to reserve such benefits "only for the vic tors?- Will peace ever come to us while we have revenge "In our hearts? Shall we stoop so far as to kick our former enemies after they are down,- and stand by and see 'them, shackled and bound into Indefinite slavery? I hope such la not the spirit of America, and never will be. And are we going to play to local and ofttirnes " misguided sentiment for political purpos, and cloud - our . international issues while pandering for political favor? Yes. of course. to soms extent, for that Is an element hard to avoid. WASHINGTON -Vancouver taxnarers are factrfg a 20 mill levy for the coming year, the high est in the history of the city. The town of Yacolt In Clarke county la one of the few towns in Washington without indebtedness. - Walla Walla county has a real prop- ertv equalized valuation of $27,222,693. according to figures for the 1921 assess ment rolls. Twelve officers. at Camo Lewis have been ordered to report on or before Sep- . tember 12 to the field artillery school at Camp Knox,' Ky. -. , . Prunes have br-runr to move In the Yakima valley. There is about half a crop and the fruit is bringing 75 to S5 " cents a box to. growers. Mount Adams has been scaled for the first time from the eastern side by a party of Canadians with Messrs. Coursen and Barnes of Portland. ' The Pacific Telephone Telegraph company during the past few months has expended 660.000 for-betterments in the telephone system in Chehalia . - - Roy C. Llle of Seattle has assumed the duties of federal prohibitMon director for the state of Washington, displacing Don- . aid A McDonald, who resigned March K - Farm products to be shipped from Yakima will reach a total of 45.000 car loads, according to W. L. Stelnweg, prea- ' tdent of the Yakima First National bank. Fishermen are boarding the wrecked steamer -Canadian Exporter, which - is stranded on -a spit off Willapa harbor, and are looting her of everything mova ble. ; - r . ' during ' a recent electrical storm - at Walla Walla- Mrs. J. A -Harris waa knocked unconscious by lightning when the bolt struck near her home. She win recover. ... With practically a fuh crew operations . were resumed last week on a cooper ative basis by the Fords Prairie Coal company, one or the -concerns affected by the recent miners' strike- Eight of the 12 girls who recently es caped from the Washington State train- . Ing school for girls at Grand Hound have been' captured. The girls declare they were mistreated by 'attendants st the Institution. Church heads and prelates Of all the Pacific coast states will meet In Seattle September 8 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the consecration of the Right Rev. Edward J. O'Dea, bishop of the diocese of Seattle. L. .H. Darwin, state sunervlsor of fish eries, states that a million, egga will be hatched-soon and a million fry reared to the usual liberating age in a new style trough which he believes will revo lutionize the hatchery industry. "Today ' America - Is feeding 400.000 starving children In Vienna. I do not believe any Americaa can visit ienna without - being moved with pity, and without acquiring a deep admiration for the wonderful personal discipline under terrible misfortune and threatened starvation of the people of that city: We as Americans have no quarrel -with them as people. Their government led them into trouble as a result of Intricate and age-long, political Intrigue. And now we are going into Russia to extend our aid. , How thankful we should be - I might suggest just nere mat mere i discontent, annoying, ana ,pen "r . - used to be a very popular standard book 1 mandates, general international com p 11- j that we of all nations, are able to do With 6.000.000 unemployed, as re- lorted.bSecreof;Ijabor etima dUSf thre wm be threats and vows of vengeance as the funeral called, as I recall. "Greenleaf on Evi dence." whose perusal by attorneys ana grand Juries might furnish some slight protection to the person under suspicion. If the above amenoment snouia not furnish a sufficient deterrent, a further change could be made to include the families of the suspects. If we are to make a partial return to barbarism it is as well to go the whole way. - - Ada Wallace Unruh. ' to say nothing of other-millions- only partially at work, that robust old campaign slogan of . 1920,- A full dinner pail for everybody,4 "begins to take Its place with other political jack-o-lanterns. j BOGEY OF FOREIGN NAMES . After serving a term for indecent advances to a young girL Charles Hoffer of Petaluma, CaL. on parole, made: similar proposals to another child, for which he was at liberty on rpHE. question. Why does .America not occupy a high place in the world of music ? waa answered re cently by ; Ernest Philpltt, president of the National Sheet Music Dealers association." y C-.-; - - -:-"v. c "Americans can write: music . just as well as any other people, but they are too ' easily worked tut toy the parties are seen along the way to the burying ground. Mob action, wheth er it succeeds or fails, always leaves its ugly sequel.; No. community, can afford to be the scene of it. Not in a decade can . any . community, recover from the demoralizing effects of mob violence upon the , public mind and morals.'; -.vVV'--'v ly'V 'i . This thought should pervade" every court of justice.' high or low:'4 Kin the mob spirit by speedy- trials,' sim plified procedure and elimination of quibbling follies, to the end that the public may have full confidence In the sincerity and effectiveness of the Judicial system.' " - : WITH ALL DUE RESPECT 1 One notable result of prohibition en forcement is the way it has increased popular respect for the law or supply andt demand. ' ; ' Uncle" Jeff Snow Says This helpin of the farmer by lettln the bis financiers help' thelrselves to the federal reserve with . a few. ' thousand millions or sich a matter, ain't gittin' money to said farmer f er no 6 per cent It's, like Benjey Half acre in the Lodl country in Calif orny, who give a tramp a watermelon to take to a camp of em a mile away. H got there with a smile and a. stummlckache, .but .'no oat'ard and visible signs of any watermelon whatsoever." - ".. . ' ca tions, with a . gradually increasing trade balance against her. all . poured in upon her and threatened further dis aster..' a a . bThe plight of the other members of the entente was equally bad. Every- where in Europe one encountered hope lessness and unbapplness in every form. How to solve ' the after-war problems was the principal subject of deliberation of all European ministries, ' Cabinet after cabinet . f eU in rapid succession. falling to solve the Unsolvable. And during those days of suffering and sus pense America's great' trade balance went on growing larger and larger. The various trade Journals of the United States were . publishing' with seeming satisfaction the comparative figures, showing how America was gaining. But unfavorable trade balances, formidable debts, bolltlcal discontent and the in creasing obstacle of some of the. severe and unworkable .terms of the treaty of Versailles began, to send - foreign ex changes downward, and the purchasing power of America's principal customers was -cut off with a iuddenness that caused us to begin to investigate. There was Just so much in the great pot of world cornmerce for us. . We might in vent a great device for sapping, it pry. for turning the srnall- remaining gold j IDAHO Forty-five carloads . of potatoes were . shipped Saturday to eastern markets from Canyon county. Freight rates on nlr lead from Braw ler. Idaho, to the Atlantic seaboard have been reduced from $23 to $16.60 a ton. According' to a report lust Issued bv the : federal- agricultural statistician. Idaho' will have an apple crop this year of 1.6S5.000 bushels. .. Continued heat in the dry farm sec tions of Idaho is affecting vegetation adversely and the range is drying rap- laiy.in many localities, - The -election held by the Murtaush Low. Lift irrigation district to vote upon- tne issuing or ece-v.uw dodos carried with only two dissenting votes. Petitions are' In circulation xJn Boise to recast Mayor Eugene B. Sherman. elected last spring. Violation - of the' terms of the Black law is charged. - Roland R. Mason. Idaho Falls Insur ance man who mysteriously disappeared ' some time ago. has been ' found In a Denver hotel, suffering from a nervous breakdown. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dewey of Salt Lake are lodged in ; Jail at Rupert, charged with theft Of - two suitcases, two guns and other articles from the -Higgtns hotel at Minidoka. these marvelous things. ."But we ' have some friends - who fought with us and tor us who are too proud to ask us ror help, out wno cer tainly need it They have their disabled veterans to take care of. even 10 to 20 times as many as we have, to say nothing about the innumerable war orphans. To a great extent it is found difficult to give their ex-soldiers em ployment, with resulting anguish to the people and . to the governments. Any postponement or funding of that terrible obligation will relieve an awful burden and anxiety on their part. As to 'its entire cancellation, possibly this would result as an excellent Investment for us ultimately, although It Is a matter that win demand our best thought and consideration.. Under no circumstances ought we nastily to wipe off the debts ot any nation that would thereafter con tinue a policy pf international disturb ance by petty . attempts to . satisfy f a spirit of revenge and Intrigue In Inter national affairs. In order not to make such a mistake, America must Interest herself enough la world affairs to know intimately what is going on. and not isolate herself rwben the wbolesomeness of her. unselfish spirit can do so tauch to revive and reestablish a discouraged world. ... V J '-'--j '.:. ' ;- The Journal First ; ' "' In Quality FeatuiVs The .Thornton Burgess Bedtime Story has a real thrill for the little folks. There are stories and sto ries, but few that possess the real merjt of the Burgees talesK And they. appear exclusively every weekday In The Journal. j , ; . The newest notes of fashion are chronicled In The Journal on the woman's page. Through an ar rangement .with Vogue, a drawing of gown, dress, frock or hat. with descriptive text, is - published every weekday. This feature com bines quality with practicality in dress. ' " - . - Then , there is the selection of inimitable comic strips that ap pear otaly In The Journal in its field. Headed by George Me Manus "Briijglng "Up Father.", the list includes "Kragy- Kat," "Little Jimmy.": "Able the Agent." "Jerry on the Job" and "Us. Boys." On the serious side Is the Edi torial Digest of opinion one cur rent' subjects, which gives the reader at a. glance the gist of the nation's views. This is a valuable editorial page feature. - -