TIIH OXITGON DAILY JOUrtNAL, PORTLAND. OMGON. !
FRIDAY, JULY 21.
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TiiE OREGON JOUBNAL reeerres the rilht
. to veiert tdmdiil cany which it'
objectionable. It aiee-win -it pnnt sir
cop7 that to any way simolataa raadiac "u
ter or that cannot readily b recoenixed M
adfeRlsin.
"RrRSrRIPTION" RATES
By Carrier City and Conntry
nin.r vn arrxTiAT
One vatic. . . , ..6 .15lOae month .. ...$ .85
DAXLT SUiJDA .
One nek .....$ .lOlOna week ...... 3 .OS
One atonta . .451
BX MAIU BATES PATABLB IX ADVAXCB
Ona yaw ...... 8.00
,8Ja months .... 4.25
Three months. ..f 2.
Ona month....:.
DAILY
f Without Sunday)
UDAI
Onl i
Ona year 36.001
, Pis auaths .... 8 15
Three months... 1.75
Ooa month .... .601
One w . . . . .,.83.00
Six asontns,, ... x.w
Tars stent... J.08
WEEKXT -. 1
' ( tery Wednesday)
fna tux . . . i .100
WEEKXY ARB
SCKDAT
One 7ear tS.BO
Kit maatlM .... .60
. .. Thai rates sooty only in the Wast.
j, Rates ta Eastern points furnished oa appB
" ration. Make remittances by Money Order.
: Express Order or Dmft. . If your postoffioe is
. not money -order ff ice. 1- r 2 -cant stamps
- will a ao-eptao. : atasa su retaitiaseae pay
- able tax Tne Josraa. ftihtiining (Jompany
-.PorOenC, Oregon. ' . '
TEIraONB Mais Till. All depart-
1 stents reached y . this jHunber.'
A In say youth I thousfet of wxitln a
a tare on mankind 1 bat now ta my ase I
uuns 1 suoum write an apolocy lor tnem.
lorace vsipoie.
IN REVOLT
A GREAT disillusionment is tak-f-
tatt fplace in America.
. J Tha mm is en the rampage. The
Interpretation placed on the 1920
election returns by congress and
Mr. Harding is being shot full of
holes.1 A political revolt, surpassed
only 1 by" the Democratic split of
160 and the Republican split of
li 12, is in progress. . !
tit is a direct revolt against the
policies, congressional and admin
istrative that, have come out f
Washington since' March 4, 1921.
It is entirely within the Republican
iParty. - ,
1 1 It broke first In todiana, with the
defeat' of Senator New, President
Harding's Intimate friend and ad
ministration candidate for senator.
Pinchot followed. Then came
Brookhart, an extreme progressive.
In Iowa. Then Krazier, Non-par-tlsan
league Republican, burst into
tlie field jn Kortli Dakota with a
decisive s defeat ; of McCunxber,
another administration candidate,
for United State senator.
! On the top . of this heap of
Congressman Jefferis. one of
the ablest- Republicans in the
house, administration candidate
for senator, beaten overwhelm
ingly In Nebraska for the, Republi
can nomination by Robert Howell,
former Bull Mooser and now an
out-and-out' opponent of several
Harding policies. ' , ' "' '
-4' The Nebraska result is even more
pronounced thari any that has gone
before It. Though there were three
progressive Republicans in the race
agalnst-JeX eria, Jthe old guard can
didate, the respective places of the
two leading candidates in the .in
completed count are 33.658 for
Howell and 21.697 for Jeff erls
For every. old guard vote in Ne
braska (here .were more than three
progressive yotesv The combined
vote of the three progressives In a
partial . tabulation r was 69.8S0
. against an old guard vote of 21.691.
It Is not difficult to find the
cause. Wilson was a progressive
president. - The legislation of his
time was the greatest record oT
progressive legislation In the po
litical history of the country. It was
fought tooth and nail. Inch by Inch,
by -all the conservative forces of
the. ceunjxy, led by Wall Street. -1
f Bt it 'was lost sight of In the
angry protest of the people against
war . taxes and general after-the-war.
reaction. In 'the selection -of
1920. "The unprecedented defeat of
"VVilsonlsm in that year was inter
preted by Republican " leaders, " In
cluding Mr. Harding himself, as a
desire by the people for a return
to the old order pf high tariffs, con
ventionism and other "reactionary
policies In vogue in the congress
and the White House for 25 years
ending in the great progressiva re
volt of 1912.
Under: that , InterpretaUon, we
find Mr. Harding and his cabinet
advocating a return to the conven
tion i system and : abandonment of
the direct primary. We find con
gress preparing a tariff bill beside
which the Payne-Aldrlch law Was
a Sunday school tract, so far as m
erdinate extortions against the con.
sumers were concerned. - We find
the president "and congress de
nouncing tha farm bloc , and ad
vocating a ship ' subsidy. We find
the administration paying out mil
lions to- the- ' railroads and t taking
sides against the wage-earners
whenever Industrial disputes
knocked at the doors of Washing
ton. v ; t -
-Rarely In American political his
tory has there been such a pro
nounced revolt against an Admin
istration ' bo .early in : Its existence.
Rarely has the ranki and file of a
political party turned its back" on
Its own congress and president with
such overwhelming sentiment sad
n such utter defiance of policies at
Washington.
It This is an era of human ' erup
tions. The whole world is as
restless as the billows of the ocean.
Social, economic and political con
ditions everywhere are volatile and
volcanic." ..I -f V; ,f. ' '
C The tides and waves set in motion
in 1914 are still heaving and surg
ing, with no apparent possibility of
soon reaching equilibrium. Nowhere
is the sweep; of the currents more
eruptive and extraordinary than In
the political situation In our own
United States. ." .
IS PORTLAND INCOMPETENT)?
rpHE Portland city, council has
X declared unanimously and em
phatically against the absorption
of the dock commission by the Port
of Portland commission.
The Portland ' terminals, which
cost mere than i $10,000,000, were
bought and bald for by Portlanders.
These' terminals are admired and
commended for their effectiveness
by shipping men trom every part
of the world -Having built the
terminals wisely," can Portland
brains not manage a and expand
them wisely? Could the Oregon
legislature or V any 'commission
named by it have done "better?
Instead of exercising fewer func
tlons In a local self-government, has
not a point been ; reached where
Portland should exercise more au
thority over its affairs? - What par
ticular thing has the; state, through
the legislature arid i the governor,
ever done in governing Portland
better than Portland, could have
done it. herself , . - , .
- Has the state's regulation of the
public jrfllitles in Portland been any
better than-JPprtland could have
dene It t Is the Oregon legislature
particularly scientific, omniscient
and conspicuously honest body, that
all things, eyen in the Internal af
fairs of a great municipal corpora
tion like Portland, should be looked
after by it?
Ten million dollars' worth of
terminals is a considerable prop-?
erty. Why sign a deed of trust
turnlng-that property over to a
body working under the authority
of the Oregon legislature? Why
not lef the people who paid for that
property in tax money continue to
hold-it and control it?
The action of the city council in
resisting the overthrow of the dock
commission should be made 'unani
mous by thr people of Portland.
If we cannot-manage our terminals
we :would better turn .; over our
police and fire departments' And
traffic problems and street cleaning
and legislative authority to the ten
der mercies and wild orgies of the
Oregon legislature. ,
To generate half a million horse
power at Umatilla rapids would be
worth more to the state than to add
JIOO.OOO acres to Oregon's area, says
the Condon Globe-Timea Onithe
same basis the generation of 21-
ooo.ooo - horsepower, the potential
resources of the Columbia basin.
would be at least; equivalent to
about five times the farmed area
in Oregon today.
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
THE railroads, which have been
so lonsL in the. hosnital. auf t Br
ing, of course, from government
operation, should be able to stand
nourishment very soon. They have
received most , skillful treatment
and indications point to their
rapid recovery.
" For instance, they got a tidy little
sum . from . the government not so
long ago to cover expenses. That
transaction noticeably aided the
heart action, as the doctors say.
Then they were for a longtime per
mitted to, keep rates at war levels.
wnicn rates, people wno were
forced to travel and to ship goods,
of course, had to Tay. The hisjh
rates kept the pulse from Jumping
the track. ' ; -
The roads are permitted to con
tinue advantageous operating
agreements with foreign ship lines,
which ship- lines are, of course,
competing with the ships that we
may subsidise. All those conces
sions, it Is said, have kept the pa
tient from passing to the Great
Beyond, but failed to restore it to
normal. ' -
So it is decided that an operation
must be performed on wages. Two
have taken place, i The result has
been more millions stacked high In
the sick room. But even a third
operation is necessary, so another
slice is ordered at the wage end of
the system. That will add more
millions for doctor bills.
: After , the -wages art 'jammed
down to the lowest levels, rates will
be reduced to a certain point Then
there will be more travel and more
freight carried, and, ? undoubtedly,
the volume of business will be so
much tregter that the profits will
be Increased. But to provide against
a relapse, wages have been cut. -the
wage earners won't- share In the
probable Increase In profits, and it
is entirely likely that the poor old
roads will finally recover. ; .
However, there : Is stilt " another
operation that may yet be neces
sary.. The roads may, not be able
to hide alt the profits and a fool
commission : will want to
again i
lower rates to the:public, but thatnegotUte the modern dances.
can be provided against by finding
a necessity for more capital, issuing
another few million shares of stock,
and making the sums on. which the
public must .payinterest and profits
very much larger than at present.
Undoubtedly the roads will then be
rated .among the healthiest of the
healthy , and will be able to enjoy
normalcy as healthy roads should.
? There Is only one unexplain&ble
thing about the malady; George I".
Baker, one of the biggest railroad
security, holders in the country and
director in several systems, has been
able, ' even during the Illness, to
give $1,500,000 a week to charity.
A MUZZLED ARMT?
CECRETART " WEEKS says that
- army officers cannot criticize
the policy of the war department
nor of the administration. In ease
of such criticism the officer would
be reprimanded according to the
severity of his criticism, the sec
retary says, and notations be made
on his record. On the other hand.
officers are - encouraged to; make
public speeches favorable to .the
policy of the department. Xn other
words, the officers are to tell the
public what an excellent admin
istration they are under, but not
of any maladministration. - To do
the latter they must suffer the per
sonal" sacrifice of resigning.
unaouDtecay mere snouia be a
certain loyalty to the head of the
war' department, but how far is
that loyalty to go? If there is mal
administration should an officer not
be able to say so in case there is
no redress within the department?
Is the army the secretary's personal
army or the president's 'personal
army, or is it the publics army?
In the case of a private employer
the employe would go, to the em
ployer and tell him of any trouble
In the .firm; A soldlea would go to
the .temporary head of the depart
ment, but if the head refused to
act, he. it would seem, would have
the opportunity to telf 'his employ
ers the. publie--or at least public
representatives in congress-- that
the public business wias hot prop
erly handled nd irhy ?.' - :.
It seems that the non-speech rul
ing is a permanent policy , of the
department. It holds good under
all secretaries. But such1 ruling.
If carried far enough, could easily
make the army a ,'Prlssiahized,,
army, and the personal organiza
tion of the administration. .' It waa
never Intended as such. It is a pub
lic organization presided ' over
temporarily by the war secretary
and the president. But it is not
necessarily their paid publicity
agent. ; ' ' r .:
A California man tod the .doctor
he wanted a girl. It was; finally
agreed that if it turned out to' be a
boy the doctor would . get - no fee,
but if a girl he was to have a double
fee. It proved to J be twins girls.
They were undoubtedly; wrth.' the
Quadruple fee -the happy -dad had
to pay.
SAMUEL VAUCLAIN;
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r? IS no accident - that i Samuel
Matiws iVaucIain ' who is In
Portland today. Is 'one -of the big
men of American lndustryv
In 1873 he began '::&s an appren
tice of .the Baldwin ' locomotive
works without pay. I Six years later
he was' made a foreman at $8.40
a week, and on this wage he ac
cumulated enough to marry and
establish a home.'
He is now, and for. many years
has been, president of ' the great
Baldwin works, which normally
has 18,000 men on its payroll, which
during the war turned out seven
ti '24 locomotives every 24 hours.
and whlch completed onermammoth
locomotive of entirely new type In
20 days. 1
But rauclaln is more than presi
dent of the Baldwin .company. His
proudest boast is that tor 10 years,
he has been a workingmam He is a
labor. Jeaderof such stiff-backed
type that he allows no shop com
mittees and no time clocks - "that
add to Overhead and exasperate
wjjjrkingmen." He is self-reliant
himself and expects self-reliance of
those under him. Nothing ever dis
turbs a poise which is entirely free
of pose. Around hi plant he is
a figure- of ceaseless but unhurried
motion. He gives: no orders. He
says, fit you would regulate labor,
first regulate yourself labor is
handled too much
His idea of setting an example
Is to get down to the works at
7 o'clock in the morning Then he
knows, without aid of mechanical
devices, who is on the Job and who
Isn't. , ..; , ... . : :-(
A' palrv of overalls is always a
better credential than an embossed
card for anyone who. Wants to see
Samuel Vauclain. They say that
the surest way ' to start: a fight in
the works is to knock the "boss." t
It is. evident that the president of
the Baldwin , locomotive . works ; is
also the manager and superintend
ent But. most, cf all, he is tha
personal . salesman of his - high
priced product. He figures that
there are in the whole world about
3000 locomotive "prospects." He
went' to Russia when f "laws de
signed. ;to abolish poverty v had
turned the .whole? country . Into a
poorhouse." "but he sold locomo
tives. He went to Mexico when its
government was most; chaotic, but
he sold locomotives.
This is enough to show that Mr,
Vauclain Is one of the men who
account for the Invincible America
we have today. . ; ;
The doctor who said humanity is
becoming weak because people
don'f walk enough hasn't watched
the way our Portlanders of all asres
NOT PROTECJriQN
BUT MONOPOLY .
This the Objective of the Tariff-Making
Bloc In Congress, as Charged
By . a Manufacturer of Cutlery;
-- Who Declares Actual Keeds of :
. , Industries) Enormously Out
run in Rstes Provided in ,
- the Bill ; ea Ftamed A
-s Tabin of ' Comparisons -
ki7i With Bates Under the ;
- i ; Payne-AIdrich BUI. i
By Robert Nl Kaster" "
, The writer of this article desires first
of all that his readers should know that
he Is a manufacturer. He owns and op
erates a large pocket-knife factory at
Camillua, N. Y in which his firm has
invested over half a million dollars. It
may interest them further to know that
this factory, "thout the -aid of the out
rageous Fordney-MeCumber tariff
rates, is running full time, with the
same number of employes It had be
fore the war, ana we expect to be able,
to continue to do so regardless of the
outcome of the tariff. 4
The writer wants also to go oh rec
ord as saying that neither he nor sev
eral other manufacturers In his in
dustry want the extreme rates of duty
proposed In the Fordney-McCumber
bill. We areata favor of protecting
the American industry, but we do not
need or ask the. government to give us
a monopoly. -r-., . ; .
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In discussineT the cutlery scheduleJi
in the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill,
which are covered in paragraphs S$4,
855. 357. and 358, it is advisable first
to expose the hoax which Senator Mo
Cumber recently tried, to put -over on
the American public when hestaged
the famous drama at Washington a
few days ego before the senate, entitled
"The Profiteering Importer." The ob
vious intention to deceive the public is
clearly Shown by the manner in which
Senator McCumber presented this com
edy. In the first place, when he gave the
cost of the table knife, shears, scissors,
raxor, carving set and jackknife, which
his experts bo carefully selected, he
purposely gave the invoice cost abroad
and neglected to add the present duty,
the Inland and ocean freight, insurance
and other expenses ; so that his mar
gins between cost and selling price
are absolutely false and mean nothing.
. In the second place. In order to prove
that the importer was profiteering he
gave the impression that - the importer
was buying the goods at one price and
selling them at retail at another, indi
cating that he was in some instances
making as high a, profit as 2000 perl
cent. The facts are that the importers
sell to jobbers, and they in turn seU
to retailers, who in turn sell to con
sumers. and the profit is naturally dis
tributed, along the line.
la the third place. Senator McCum-J
toer nexiected to rive tne very inter
sting information as . to tha .factory
cost of the comparative American ar
ticle and its retail selling price,
a a a
Now if we have spent a little time
on this obvious hoax, it Is merely to
show to what extreme - measures the
Republican senators have been driven
to justify the outrageous taxes which
they are proposing to levy on ' the
American people in the sacred name of
rotection. ,
une writer presents in taoie rorm a
graphic expose of just what the per
centage of the rates of duty on pocket
knives, scissors,- hair clippers, nail clip
pers, pruning: and sheep shears and
razors approved : by ' the senate are,
together with a comparison of the
Underwood and Fayne-Aldrich rates
- Underwood
gereicn Fordney.. Payne- Present
Ces McC amber Aidrieh Iraty
tHwra. - Per cenl Per CenL Per Cent
$ .40 110 40 85
.45 J 88 1-8 . 83
.SO 200 14a 85
1.00 194 100 5
1.25 165 88 85
1.60 210 . 120 55 -
2.00 170 -100 55
l- 3.SO 14' 88 55
t 8.0 130 106 55
4.00 140 100 55
' 6.00 12i 88 ir 65
6.00 110 80 53
T.00 . 135 74 55
. 8.00 125 70 65
10.00 . 110 4 55-
SCISSORS, HAIR CUPPERS. NAIT, CUP-
fj.tt, rHUil.MJ AU BHEEP EHXAKS
. I . .Underwood
Foretell Fordney- Payne- Present
Cost McCumber . Aid rich ' Duty
Dosen., . Percent. Par Cent. Per Cent.
8 .40'. 165 B2i . .80
.60 141 . i 45 '80
SO 445' 08 80
.80 845 J8 SO
1.00 285 ! m 30
1.50 205 ; 49 80
2.00 163 1 62 Vs 80
2.50 141 i 67 30
S.OO 125 50 30
4.00 105 44 80
RAZORS
. t 17fcjei wuod
Forsign Fordney- Payne- Present
Cost McCumber Aldricb. ' Intr
"Dosen. Percent. Per Cent. Per Cent
$ .60 850 85 85
? .80 600 . 85 S3
.80 450 85 83
"1.00 410 107 85
1.20 860 05 ' 65
1.40 807 83 65
1.60 820 110 63
2.00 270 107 63
2.40 -"235 05 65
2.80 210 86 65
' 8.00 220 ,95 65
8.60 183 SO 55
1 4.00 210 88 65
, 6.00 180 71 ."-v 85
. 8.00 160 S3 65
i It may be well to remember in this
connection that ths Payne-Aldrlch bill
waa - publicly branded .as the - highest
tariff bill enacted. -but it would seem
that the framers of that bill were ama
teurs and did not know their business,
as the duties enacted by .them are in
most eases less .than one-quarter . ef
the .rordney-MeCumber rates. .
As a matter of fact. It will be of
Interest to the consumer o learn just
what , these rates will be. " With ref
erence to pocket knives, it will-simply
mean that the American boy will no
longer be able to buy a knife for 6
cents. He will, moreover, not be able
to. buy a: good knife . for 10 cents, li
cents, 20 cents or 25 cents. The cheap
est knife that be will be able to buy
Will: be an Inferior one-blade, steel
lined, stag or. rosewood handled knife
for 85 cents to 40 cents. In short, the
Republican senators are going to take
the pennies right out of the pocket of
every American bey from the age of
to is. .
- As to scissors, the best scissors made
have always been imported from Ger
many. The American scissors indus
try was a creation of the war only,
and - the American " housewife . during
the war had to put up with poor scis
sors at profiteering prices, and only
fines the war has she been able to
get a good quality scissors that would
cut - at a reasonable price- from. 30
cents to 50 "cents. The duty., however.
adopted on scissors is 30 cents to 40
cents per -.scissors, so it Is obvious that
if the American housewife wants to
buy good scissors after the enactment
ef the tariff she will have to par from
75 cents to tor them again. Cheap
eastiron scissors have also been barred
out for the benefit ef one concern,
which actually exports a good propor
tion of its product to South America
and elsewhere. : ;
Cm certain grades of razors ft-can
be noted from the table that the Re
publican senators In their wisdom have
decided that a duty of 410 per cent Is
necessary to protect the American man
ufacturer. Any Industry- which requires
any such terrific duty or tax to enable
It to live does not deserve to exist in
any country, because it Is "not on the
proper economic foundation. . This duty
will have the effect of making the con.
sumer pay monopoly prices for Inferior j
merchandise, ; as the English and Ger
man straight razors have always been
known for their superior quality.
Although the imports of table cut
lery for the whole year of 1921 were
only $249,183 under the present Under
wood law. while the exports for the
same year ; were $1448.575. ; prohibitive
duties three and four times as high as
the present rates have been placed on
all kinds of table cutlery, including
table, butchers, carving, cooks', kitch
en,., cheese and similar knives. In or
der that tha American table cutlery
manufacturers may levy a -tax on the
American people from monopoly prices,
despite the fact that they export a good
proportion of their product . a
The safety "razor manufacturers, not
satisfied with their export " trade all
over the world and their 17-year pat
ent-monopoly profits, .have procured
duties which will bar effective compe
tition from abroad, ; It Is an Interesting
thing in that connection to know that
only since the war and the renewal
of trade relations with Germany have
two leading manufacturers reduced the
price -of their razors vfrom $5 to the
more reasonable figure" of $1. Undoubt
edly the new rates Will help these
concerns to get back to the old $5 price
again. . ; - ' -.
. . ' .
In view of the strenuous efforts that
the farm bloc is making to get protec
tion on agricultural products, it Is an
Interesting sidelight to know Just what
the pound of flesh consists of that the
manufacturers are insisting on in re
turn for this protection The senate
has taken two articles which are used
almost exclusively by farmers off the
free list, vis., pruning and sheep shears,
and made them dutiable under para
graph 355 at rates which range from
105 per cent to 446 per cent, j We won
der just what the farmer will say when
he haa- to buyr an inferior pruning or
Sheep shears; at three or four times the
present price.
During the war the American manu
fscturers took advantage of their mon
opoly position to get what the traffic
would bear on hair clippers, and the
cheapest price at which hair clippers
could be bought during the period from
1917 to 1919 was $2.50 per pair. ' Even
the flapper who bobs her hair today
we think will object to paying these
prices when, as a result of the stimulus
of foreign competition, she can now get
a splendid Imported clipper for 79 cents
to 61.35. .
Clippers, it may be noted, were in
the basket clause in the Underwood bill
at "20 per cent, and are now dutiable
at rates ranging from 105 per cent to
200 per cent. It is interesting to know
mat in the past clippers have been ex
ported from this country in large quan
tities to south America.
In their zeal to exclude German cut
lery from the United States the Repub
lican senators have placed an embargo
likewise ' on all cutlery imported from
our former allies England and France
so that the American consumer will
no longer be able to buy his good
French kitchen knife and his fine qual
ity English carver. This fact was ad
mitted oa the floor of the senate within
the last few days by the Republican
senators leading the fight on the cut
lery schedules. ,
e e a
All the above rates have been adopt
ed in the face of the fact that German
prices have been stead ilv advancing.
and despite the - fact that testimony
has been presented .in the form of a
sworn statement, by a reputable Ameri
can manufacturer and importer' that
on - and after September 1. 1922, a
German law provides that all cutlery
exported from Germany to the United
States is to be billed out in dollars
and cents at fixed prices from! 29 per
cent to 40 per cent above pre-war -gold
prices. This very action disposes at
one stroke of all the drivel about the
cheapness of German cutlery, due to
the low value of the greatly depreciated
German marks. j
. . If the reader of this article does not
want to pay high prices for-his raaorn,
his scissors, his hair clippers, in fact,
tor every kind and sort of table and
pocket cutlery he should write a let
ter to his senator or congressman at
once, protesting against the iniquitous
rates adopted by the senate as outlined
above. -,:
Letters From the People
fCommnnieations sent to The Journal for
publication in this department ihouid be writ
tenr oa only ona aide of the paper, should not
exceed- 300 words in length and must be
simed by the writter, .whose mafl sddraas in
full must accompany the contribution. . . j
AN OPINION ON BOBBED HAIR
Portland, ' July f 7.- To the Editor of
The Journal A woman who bobs her
hair portrays the masculine trait. No
woman has any more right to bob
her hair than a man has to wear his
hair long. By nature, a woman should
wear her hair long. It is given to her
for a covering; as a matter of fact. It
is her glory. In It. she has her fem
inine dignity and respect. If a man
should wear his hair long, he would
no doubt be looked upon as being a
ioou xnen, wnat about the ; woman
who wears her hair short? About the
same.' For a woman, to be shorn of
her long hair is to be shorn of her
glory, respect and feminine degnity.
Short or bobbed hair is masculine;
long narr is temmme.
Paul Brinkmen Jr.
:CALLS IT ACT OF-REVENGE
Zake. July 17. To the Editor of The
journal An , Old Testament text says
"An eye ror-an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth '7 but tha sovereign state of Ore-
gon takes three lives for one. The
hanging of Klrby and Ratille was an
act of revenge and not of justice. The
presence of the son and brother of the
late Til Taylor at the execution proves
my assertion. Eaul . Hlnner.
DON'T KNOW PUBLIC SENTIMENT
:rcTxom. the La Grande Observer, 'f -Railroad
officials are unfamiliar
with public sentiment if they continue
io ? rest in the belief that they can
make , the - people believe the shopmen
are. striking against their government.
More men joined the strikers yester
day and it Is plain to those who try
to keep anything like abreast of public
a.. , 1 . . h. . . i . , . .. .. 7
-uwi wis sirtas JUST. zaiTiy
started.
It Is a most regrettable thins- that
It; cannot be settled, but Jt is doubtful
If it ever will be settled along the lines
now ' laid but v With a labor board
apparently acting as attorney ' for; the
railroad companies, with every act
seerrungly directed at destroying 1 the
railroad workers', organizations, with
the taking of rights and principles
which labor has striven for 30 years
to gain, the Evening Observer' sees
little hope o a settlement along these
linear 'sv;.vv-;--:-.:
Not a man working for the railroads,
even though now unaffected by pres
ent rulings, can feel safe for the fu
ture. For this reaeon - the striking
shopmen not only have the sympathy
of all railroad workers, they not only
have the financial assistance of men
In raUroad work, but sooner-or later
all ran organizations wilt come to the
understanding that if the shopmen lose
this strike and organised labor is
bestan other men, in other -departments
will soon feel the knife, and
this nation will be back to the old
days when labor had no. standing and
the wealth of the country dealt -with
It as It saw fit.
Public sentiment is with the railroad
shopman, and all. the claims to ' the i
contrary, from the White House down
to the smallest official of the railroad
operating forces, will, not -change It
C0M1VIENT AND
" SMALL CHANGE
Excuses ire especially hard to make
because they are usually so far
fetched. .
Cleveland has restored the 5 -cent
carfare. - But- even that can't make
us envy the Clevelander. j . -
Ot course the Beavers are losing, but
there has to be one team in the league
that the others can beat at will.
?- - " e , , -. v -- :r
Coal mine and oU field strikes will
hasten the day when science will give
us heat and light from the atmosj&ere.
We pity the child who must be
whipped In publio places because of
the shortcomings of Its training at
home. t - , -
Washington. D. CL, is walling at a
shortage -of husbands. But the girls
report they are all right, what there are
of them, and there are enough of them
such,as they are. , . ,
A 70-year old man who still competes
successfully with younger men and
of ttimes shows them how to play the
game has a perfect right to resent the
'old man appellaUon. - -
jgQR LESS PERSONAL: ;
Random Observations About Town
- Mra J. J. Emmons and Mrs. Milton
Wilcox and son. both; ;from Eugene,
are staying at the Imperial while In
the city for a short visit.
e a a - '"
.t William Hayward, wett known -physical
director of the University of Ore
gon, is visiting In Portland for a short
time, staying at the Imperial.
. a . "' '
Mr. and: Mrs, T. G. Montgomery of
Baker are registered at the Imperial
while Mr. "Montgomery attends the
bankers convention, - :
. . e e -
F. . W. Kern of These Rivers, Wla,
is at the Oregon, visiting his son. Dr.
IS. S. Kern of Pendleton. - Dr. Kern
is accompanied by Mrs. Kerfu,
e
Mr. and Mra Antohe Vey Jr. ef
Pendleton are at the . Imperial.; Mr.
Veys father Is one of the pioneer sheep
growers of Umatilla county.
a a
W. H. Clifford of Kept, one of the
well known citizens of that town, is
registered at the ; Imperial for a few
days, . ; ,
e a a '
O. K. Olson of Redmond is attend
ing to business matters In the sclty
for a few days, registered at the
Imperial. . --
,- ,. a -.a a
John S. Orth, one of Medford's .prom
inent citizens, is at the Imperial wafts
transacting business in the city tor
a short tune.
a a
C W. Randall of Warm Springs is
registered at the Imperial while visit
ing in Portland for a short time,
a a a
F. N.' Toung of Corvallls Is transact
ing business in the city for a few days,
registered at the Oregon,
.a e e - . . .
t J. T. Logan and son of Medford are
registered at the Imperial while Mr.
Logan attends to business matter.
. ; - - a a a . I. ;-...;
Herbert W. XiOmbard of Eugene is
a prominent guest for a short time,
registered at the Imperial.
a a a .
H. P. Atell and family of Moro are
at the Imperial while In the city for
a few days.
a a a
J. T. Logan of Medford is at the
Imperial for a short .Portland .- visit.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL' MAN :
By Fred
In this Installment Robert M. Veateh ef
Cottacs Grare finishes the story of his es.
reer as honwleis hot reaoureaial boy. student.
educator, lesislato? and man of bssinass, in
ail of which capacities he was eonspiaaons I
suceessful.i' a well as in n extraorainary
dassestlc wseityv ?
"Mr "brothers Isaac M-" H. C. and
Sylvester came to Oregon in 1851,
said Robert M. Veateh of. Cottage
Grova "I was the sixteenth' and
youngest child of my; .father's first
wife. and waa not born "until 1843, so
1 was too young to strike out for my
self when shey came to . Oregon. My
mother . died five years oeiose my
brothers struck out for Oregon.
waited until 1854f before I left home.
and became my own master. My
brother Lafayette, three of my sisters,
my sister-in-law and myself started
for Oregon in 1863; I lef t The wagon
train at Austin, .Nev..1 to go to Califor
nia, while: the rest of the family head
ed north to Join my brothers here at
bUSi VIV.,is,'' :
i 'When- I ": reached Feather river I
was broke, save' for a 10-cent shin
blaster which X was saving for seed. X
camned near - the - cabin of a settler
named Cochrane. He pronounced it
Cowhorn. He tavited me to stop with
him. I refused. He urged me. so I
said. 'I have only 10 cents, and I never
buy anything i I can't:, pay for and
what's more, your wifewouldn't want
me in the house. I am alive wtut gray
backs'." "He said. Take your clothes
off and - lay '-them on a -large anthill.
Ta ke a good swim In the river. In a
few houra yo. can wear your clothes
again. X put my clothes . upon a big
anthill; and when I Went to get them
a few hours later the ants had eaten
every" grayb&cfe ' and . everything that
would become a grayback.'
,-t e e...;
"Jimmy Patterson and I took a con
tract to make fence rails for Cochrane.
He paid us 1 cent per-rail. We felled
taU tamaracks that, split easily and
we Split an average of 1000 if rails a
day. That meant$,ydy wages for
each of ua We worked IS days. Coch
rane had no money but he gave us a
fat ; yoke of steers and several cows
ir payment for. our work, We drove
them to Red Bluff, iwbere we sold the
yoke of oxen for. $176 and- got a good
price for the cows. When we divided
our receipts we had $130 apiece, which
meant that our chopping had netted ua
315 a day apiece. - I had been working
in Iowa for fiSeenta a day, so that
looked like a fortune tome,, - (
'.r.'-;.i'-;-''-"''' e .
decided to visit my folks In Ore
gon, so I drove sp to cottage urove.
I reached here in March, 1861. When
X left the Sacramento valley, the wild
flowers were in bloom .and California
looked like the Garden of Eden. When
I got to Cottage Grove X hit rain and
mad. My brother' H. C-asked tne how
I liked Oregon. I said, 'if you owned
the whole 1 Willamette -a valley and
deeded It to -me, X would deed it sight
back again,. If this Is Oregon, you
are welcome to Jt. . That waa 58 years
ago. and I am still here. X started to
school, for; X was 19 years old and X
realized I needed an education. X put
in two years in a country school. Then
X went to Columbia university, at Eu
gene, a "Pinky Hlnderson was presi
dent Hia brother Dickr of Eugene was
congressman. Then I went to Willam
ette university. .. Professor Powell was
an abolitionist and an unreconstructed
Yankee. He wanted me to become a
Republican and a Methodist, and he
tried to tell me the Bible said negroes
were Just as good as X was. X told him
maybe ha was no- better than a negro,
but I knew mighty well X Was a heap
better, and If he figured he wasn't any
better X didn't want to associate with
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Jt Is usually a mistaken idea that a
person may safely crowd all the recrea
tion of a year into two weeks of vaca
tion. Crane American.
, a e e
- What will become of our young
people 7 -.wails an Ohio editor. We
suppose they'll grow old - and worry
about the young people, too. Lebanon
Express, . .
- .
Edison sleeps only four hours a night.
Perhaps this is due -to remorse - for
having invented the night-playing mu
sic box which keeps half the world
awakeWacksonvilie Post.
-. . .- . ; e e ..
The radio shows a very nice distinc
tion, xi wui transmit good music but
draws the line on jazz. It musical in
strument would thus T discriminate,
what a relief it would be to suffering
humanity. Molalla Pioneer.- . , ,
;--.'".:- e . e e f
The brewery that made Milwaukee
famous is now turning out chocolates
by the ton and helping the candy- in
dustry maintain its' position of fifth
place In the Industries benefited by
prohibition. Coquule Valley Sentinel
. ' E. H. Hansen and family of Che
mawa are spending' a few days in ths
city, with their headquarters at the
ImperlaL
. ' ' ... a. a a '
C. F. Edwards, senator from - the
24th district, is in Portland from
Tillamook for a tew days. While here
he Is registered at the Imperial. 4
a a a
D. W. Eyre, vice president of the
United States National bank of Salem,
is staying at the Imperial while at
tending the convention.
.. a a a . ...
- Mlss Genevieve Gwynne of Pendleton
is a guest at the Portland while spend
ing a few days in the city.
. a ;
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Jester of Grants
Pass are staying at the Portland dur
ing a few days' visit In the city.
' ' . a a . v
T. J. Scroggins. one of La Grande's
business men, is at the Imperial while
in the city for a short visit.
e a a
A. N. Parker of Enterprise is trans
acting business In the city,1 registered
at the Imperial.
. a a a
E. C. Glttings" of Elgin is at the
Imperial while in Portland for a short
time. . i
- W. M. Pollman of Baker is at the
Imperial, to be in the city during the
bankers' convention. ? .'
, . " - .
" Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pease of Jeffer
son are visiting in the city for a day
or so, staying at the Imperial.
a a a
William Foss, business man of La
Pine, 1 at the Imperial while in the
city on a business trip. .
a .a a 1
- Glen O. Howard of Crescent Is trans
acting business in Portland for a Xsw
days, registered at the Imperial.
a - e ..: -
, John Doumlt, a prominent merchant
at Cathlaraet,' Is at the Oregon while
transacting- business in the city.
. - v.. a a a
Mr. and Mra. G. E, Butterwood of
Umatilla are at' the Oregon tor a
short visit -"
fa e. a
E- B. Lockhart of 'Jefferson is a
Portland visitor, staying at the Oregon.
Lockley
htm nor take a diploma from a college
that believed that 'way; so I quit them
cold and went to the college , of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at
orvaiua. wnich is now Oregon Ae-rl
cultural college. Professor Flnley was
president and Professor Emory was
a teacher there. The graduates in 1870,
besides myself, were J. p. Currin and
Alice Biddies Alice later 'married W.
w. Aioreland. A year or so aro I re
eelved a letter front Professor Emory
telling me of the death of Alice Bid
die Moreland.- lie aaid he had signed
her diploma, performed her marriage
ceremony ana preached her funeral
sermon.
"After I graduated st Corvallls
Started, the Eugene academy. J. C.
Arnold and, I were the joint proprie
tors. -j.no next ; year 1 resigned and
came to Cottage Grove," where I. taught
six years. Shortly after coming- here.
In 1872, Just 60 years ago, X married
Suphrina Currin. I was elected school
director and appointed road supervisor.
4eAi sngr stautus iuu. i :
e e-' ''
I ran for the lower . house that
same year and was defeated by seven
votes. The election being so close
caused me to look the matter up. Here
is what I discovered. Ben Holladay
wanted to control the Oregon legisla.
ture, so he picked out the men he
wanted to elect I was not one of
them. He ran a special train from
Roeeburg to Portland on election day.
tie nao 40 men aboard ana unlimited
boos and smokes. . He had a trusted
lieutenant In charge of the 40 men. He
voteC them at Roseburg, Oakland,
Drain, Cottage Grove, Eugene, Junc
tion City,, and so on 'down the line to
jporuano. George fay, the election
judge at Creswell, refused to allow
them to vote, but Creswell was the
only place where they did not vote.
Holladay dealt In votes and voters as
openiy as a stocaratser sens nogs to tne
butcher.' : He - raid the leerislatora - in
large bills $100 and $500. They would
go to the Lsdd Bush bank at Salem
to get them changed. - Holladay bought
enough members to have them vote all
the land grants and other rights of the
Gaston road to his road. Thank God,
we have a better system, her In Ore
gon now.
"In 1882 I was elected to the lower
hoese. - In 1884 - X waa reelected. In
1888 j ' was elected to the senate and
was reelected in 18 8 S. I . served four
years as register t the Roseburg land
office. I resigned when McKinley
was, elected, for I didn't want anything
to do -with Mark Hanna and his gang.
V -M e - a , ; ,lvi
In ltS7 i bought the Cottage Grove
flour mill and did well with It I
served as mayor-of Cottage Grove a
number of term. . - - ?
- - - - --: i a ' ) - - - . - i -i;
fWhat:was tha most difficult thing
I ever did? It was to be-a mother as
well as a. father to my boy JoRn, now
assistant United States' attorney . at
Portland. - His mother died when he
was a baby. ' I had been a stepson. . I
did ; not t want - my children to go
through what I had. X did not hire
a housekeeper. I fed and bathed and
dressed ray vbabyv and took care of
Henry H- and Ermine Edith, my other
two children. - Believe tne. it waa some
job to take care of a baby. .No one
knows . the work involved in being a
mother and taking care of babies until
he has tackled the job. 24 hours a day,
month is and month) out,- till the baby
is" grown, d' -..;;,- r i-. rvj.-
"I have retired now. and X spend
most of my time in reading and trying
to- keep track of history - in the mak
ing." - -v-.-'-'.
Tiae Oregon' (tmtry
Northwest Uappeniaca im Briat Fotnl toy the
Bear Beeder. ; , ,....,-.....
. OREGON .' -James
- M. Brown,- the last survivor
of the Union lodge during the early
eays ana prior to tne-wivu war, is now
spending his time in a SHverton hos
pital..'.., a vj i" - ' '
It Is reported that work will start
within a few days en the new armory
St, Medford. for which Medford and
Jackson county recently appropriated
$40,000. . ,- -
Thirty-eight ears " of Wssoo county
cherries were shipped to the Eastern
markets this, year, in addition to the
considerable tonnage handled in The
Dalies by the canneries, -
D. G. Abel, for several years janitor
at the men's gymnasium at ' Oregon
Agricultural college, dropped dead from .
spoplexy a few days ago while. talk
ing to his fellow workers.
Workmen engaged on road werk be
tween The Dalle and Dufur have un
covered a petrified oak tree. It will
be allowed to stand where it is, as an
object of interest to tourists.
Sheriff Nelson." Thursday, arrested
George Brown and confiscated a 40
gallon copper still and 250 gallons of
mash In a gulch a short distance back
of Stanley Acres, near Seaside. .
Paving of the Section of the Seaside
highway' between Miles Crossing and
the east end of the Warrenton cutoff
is being rushed and should be com
pleted within the next two weeks.
Robert S perry was instantly killed
and his cousin Wayne S perry of lone.
senousiy mjurea, wnen an auiomopue
in which they were riding went oft the
Willow Creek highway near Heppner.
Reports from the Urapqua . forest
show the district to be unusually dear
from fires this year, only one small
blaze being reported, which was read- :
ily extinguished and no damage done.
Work of grading and surfacing the
Dead Man's pass to Kamela section of
the Old Oregon Trail will be -begun
soon by Carson A Nyberg of Spokane,
who were given the contract last week.
Because of the damage resulting, to
macadam roads from tne open cutout .
on automobiles, Herbert Nunn, state
highway engineer, will apply to the
next legislature for laws to cure this
evil. :- -k -,; -'
W. T. Wright "hanker and buslnese
man of Roseburg. dropped dead on a
street in Los Angeles a few days ago.
Wright crossed . the plains with his
parents in 1852. and had spent his en
tire life in Douglas county.
WASHINGTON
A 182,000 paving job was provided by
the Yakima city commissioners last
week when they passed an ordinance
for the paving of Third street ?
One of the worst fires in many years
occurred in Palouse last Wednesday,
when several frame and brick buildings
were destroyed, the loss running .Into
the thousands of dollars. - .
B. J. Taylor, born at Salem, Or., In
1855, and who made his home in that
city until a few years ago, died at
Spokane last week following an oper
ation for kidney trouble.
State Senator T. D. Rockwell, recent
ly appointed a member of the state
tax commission, is dead at Seattle fol
lowing an operation for intestinal
trouble. He was 58 years old., -,
More than 2000 supporters of Sena
tor Polndexter gathered at the Frye
hotel in Seattle Monday night and r
ganized the Polndexter Senatorial club,
L. It Stedman being elected president
Suffering from a fractured - skull,
three broken ribs and a broken arm
and leg. Rev. Charles H. Davis of Yak
ima is dead at Ellensburg as the result
of an automobile accident July 4. ,,
Fred D. Stewart of Seattle has ac
cepted the appointment from the state
department or agriculture to do aairy
inspector for the Central Washlagton
district succeeding O. C. Van Houten.
resigned. (
His foot crushed last week when he
slipped in getting off a street car, Clar
ence Jones. Insurance mn. Is in a
critical condition In a Walla Walla
hospital. Two amputations have been
necessary.. .
. The .-state of Washington haa just
received an inheritance tax check from
the - John L. Roberta, estate. Pierce
county, for $14.029.23. ' The total of
the 'Roberta : commur ltv estate was
$873,208.44. . ?
Reelection of 'Senator Miles Poln
dexter and Supreme Court Justices
Mackintosh, ' Fullertoni parker and
Hovey is opposed by resolutions adopt
ed in Seattle last week by the Wash
ington state federation of labor.
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, head of
the veterans' bureau, announces the
selection of 400 acres on. the west end -
of American' lake as the site for the
new United States veterans' hospital.
Work will begin within the next three
months.
- IDAHO '
Potato growers in the vicinity of
Burley, Idaho, have formed an associ
ation and filed articles of incorpora
tion. On Thursday at Fayette Mr. and
Mrs.- A. S. Luther celebrated their
66th wedding anniversary and the 85tb -birthday
of Mrs. Luther.
Figure compiled by Oregon Short
line officials show that about 10.000
carloads of farm produce were shipped
from the Nam pa section between July 1
X, 1921, and July X, 1922.
Veterans of Foreign . Wars in Idaho
will be given half far rates to attend
the encampment to be held In Seattle
August 14 to 19. Government employes ,
will be granted leaves of absence. - !
W. V. Harris f New Plymouth is
ttiiwtffisnlAiia Iva Hti a fh-Mntral Man. &
result of a fractured skull received
in .a fall from his horse during the
progress of a race at Garden .Valley.
What is said to be the largest bull
association- in the " world was organ
ised at Idaho Falls .Friday night by
212 farmers of Bonneville county. Ar
rangements were made to purchase 24
registered bulls to serve 822 cows. .
Twenty Years Ago
From .The Journal of July 21, 103
James Mulveyney, a fireman em-
(ployed at-the east side power house of
the City & suburban sauway com
pany, is ,the first victim of the extra
warm; weather.- -He collapsed in the
basement where he was working,, wss
taken ! to the Good Samaritan Jios-
pital, and died shprtly afterward. ;
Washington Mrs. Maggie ' Mitchell
Heltabold, daughter ef Senator Mitch
ell of Oregon, was married in this city
this morning to Francis Hoyt Griffin,
a JJev York lawyer..,
a a e - -
The Planing mill strike is a thing ef
the. past Some of the beat mechanics
have applied for their old positions
and will go back to work at once. - The
men have been fighting for a nine
hour ; day, and have not abandoned
the hope that the mill some day, will
grant their demands, s.-p.'r-r;:-
. ..,-.-.., - ,:, .,.., a .-. '-- f,. . -
James J. Montague, dramatio critic
of the Oregon! an, has accepted a po-
altion on the New Tork Journal, and
will leave August X. ., ; t.- . ,
Seaside Charles Stahl of Portland. -
a brother-in-law of Police Officer Jack
Roberts. - ventured too' far out into the
surf today and waa carried out to sea.
Nace Grant a companion, made a gal
lant but unsuccessful, attempt to save
him.. . .. -''.;';.,, , ' .
' i' '." - , -
Rufus Maliory-calls attention to the
fact that the Lewis and Clarke centen
nial is not local to Portland, but em
braces the entire Paciflq coast ;
Wool Is selling today In Portland at
10 to. HVs cents, a pound. -Oregon's
wool clip 4hla- year is estimated at 19.- '
600.000 pounds. a ;
Rome Governor Taft bade farewell
to the pope this morning. His Holiness
congratulated Governoa Taft. on the
'success of your labors here."