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i VAC.E FOUR DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915. EIGHT PAGES' AM IMjKI'KNDKNT NEWSPAPER. I'atilhitjfd Il!y and 8tml Wrrkly at 1'en lli'ln. Oruun. by Iht AHT OUi..uMA. lllii.lhUI.NQ CO. Bntorrd it the nnntofflr it IVodlttoo, firNriin. u rciiod c iu mall milter. ttIiuBt 1 Official County I'aper. Member Inlted I'rwn Association. OS 8AI.K IN OTHKK TITIK9. lnMTlal Hi. (el News bland. I'ortland, UrocuB. brntmaa Nri On, Port land, Oregon. ON K1I.B AT Chicago Rurvau, Ioj Snrlty RutMlng. Ua.lilnpt.m. I C, Ilureaa 501, Kour ttoalb alnwl, N. W. sciisrmiTioN rates (IN ADVASCK) llly, on year, bj mail IX 00 llly, all mootha. by mall 2 Ml lally, three motha. by mall 125 one monlb. by mall f lally, one year, by rarrlr 7 SO llly, ail month, by earner J.7 lally, three month, by carrier 1M lll. one Booth, by carrier 6 Heml WreklT. one year by mall 1 to Pwml eealy. all monlha. by mall 75 eat Weekly, four mootba, by mall... .60 prevent the power of the fed-1 Is it possible the liner Den- i i r l- - I , BAl.llOA IV PANAMA 151. At Inst I reach the summit! . . . Ilaa the glare Reft me of sight, or are my sense dated? ... Can yon dim vast be water? . . . Saints be praised! An ocean! lo. an ocean, bask- in there! Flash forth tbe swords, and let the bugle blare! Call uu my soldiers troops half fever-erased Tor r.ever white man on this wonder gaxed; Now, comrades, doff each casque, and kneel In prayer: For, by my faith, our day's work Fame In this tone Makes us Immortal. thall trumpet me Jn golden notes wherever fame is blown: So, from the peak, in plumed humility. The priceless Jewel of this sapphire sea lYoudly I lay before Espana's throne. By Lloyd Mifflin in tne April Scribner. er.il bureaucracy from becom injr stronger. It is an appeal to the party that has been tne historic champion of a strong central government to forsake its time honored doctrine. Root does not want a strong government at Washington because he fears such a government will con trol big business too firmly and rule the country in behalf of the people. He prefers an enfeebled central administra tion so that big business may be the master not the mastered. The Union League which in the days of the civil war upheld the north and the cause of a strong federal government ac quiesces in the views of the New York senator and gives him the same sort of a gold medal it once bestowed upon Lincoln. The democratic party which in the past has always been known as the champion of state rights is under the pres ent administration the advocate of a more powerful central government The plain pur pose of President Wilson is to have the government of the! nation administered from; Washington not from New York city. This is an era in which peo ple should do some thinking. Those who follow the old names without question may wake up to find they have been travelling in the opposite direction from what they intended. ver was plugged by a subma rine? ine slogan tor good roads boosters should be "United we stand; divided we fall That one steamer may have trouble holding the Umatilla county family; speak early for a ticket. 9- The bad roads tax is far worse than the good roads tax if you stop to think about it, The west end towns are all anxious for a place in the sun and they wont let you forget it. La Grande had a forkless dinner; after that they can ex pect to get knifed. Get in the band wagon ; it is big enough for all. CURRENT THINKING THE SUREST WAY. TO DUCE TAXES. RE- OME people shudder over proposed road work; be cause of fear of higher taxes. For such people here are a few facts wortn consider ing. The amount paid by the people of this county each year to railroads in freight charges vastly exceeds all our state, county, city and school taxes combined. The state and county levy in Umatilla county this year is eight mills and the assessment is $49,000,000. The state and county levy will produce a revenue of $392,000 in round figures. The wheat crop of Umatilla county is usually estimated at 5,000,000 bushels and the freight to Portland is eight and a fourth cents. Such a charge nets a total of $412,500 per an num. In other words the trans portation tax on wheat alone is greater than the state and county tax imposed in Umatilla county. It is true throughout the na tion that the transportation tax exceeds all other taxes whatsoever. The census bu reau statistics show that for the year 1902 the total revenue receipts of the federal govern ment, the states, territories, counties, cities and all other minor civil divisions totalled $1,791,895,522, whereas the freight charges made by all the railroads at that time to talled $1,922,703,890. So it may be seen the railroad charges exceeded all United States taxes combined to the extent of $130,808,374 in one year. Now then, if we wish to re duce taxes how can we work 'more effectively than by re ducing freight costs? It is the heaviest tax of all. If by con necting up the various por tions of this county with the open river we can reduce the a i 1 11 cram rate DV nan ana omer freight charges in proportion is it not sound business to do so? This is a subject for our "hard headed businessmen" to ponder over. YOU CAN'T TELL BY THE NAME. OU can't tell anything by a name and this fact is well shown by the action of the Union League once a natriotic onranization in be stowing a medal on Elihu Root who made a Epeech in which he set forth that the duty of the republican party is to re store confidence in business and fight to the last ditch Againts increased government al regulation of business and AMERICA'S STRONG SITION. PO- HE activity in the New l ork stock market is not likely based on any the ory of early peace because there is little in the situation at present to justify any belief in a speedy end of the war. A more reasonable view to take is that the stock market is strengthened by the splendid condition of American finance and the knowledge that our business conditions are sound. The following extract from the Henry Clews review for March 20 is of interest: The most striking, also the most assuring, fact in the out look is the remarkably strong financial position of the United States. Our fiscal affairs are thoroughly mobilized upon a war basis. Nearly all the em ergency currency issued in the form of Aldrich-Vreeland notes or clearing house certificates has been retired. Our banking system is exceptionally strong; and the Federal Reserve sys tem, with minor exceptions, is working very satisfactorily. Our gold supply is simply en ormous, reaching about $1, 800,000,000, which is vastly more than necessary for our requirements. There is conse quently no need of our import ing gold, although foreign ex change rates favor such an in flux. Our merchandise exports are upon an enormous scale, and promise to so continue for months to come. As imports are declining, the trade bal ance in our favor is steadily ris ing. To some extent, the void in imports is being filled by a return to securities; but much of the balance remains on this side in the form of foreign credits which are steadily growing in importance and vol ume. New York for the time being is the chief open market in the world, and all, or nearly all, of the belligerents have es tablished large credits in this market to be used chiefly for the purchase of munitions of war. Until the war ends, a con tingency unhappily not yet in sight, this situation will prob ably be maintained. The war is still the dominating influence in our financial affairs, and the United States is the only coun try thus far receiving any off setting advantage whatever from the staggering waste of life and property now devast ating Europe. Spring has ar rived and the struggle will now be waged with renewed bit terness and vigor; no end be ing in sight at this writing, ex cept such as must develop from exhaustion or breakdown. OI K MAHKET ABKOAI). It is cheering to note that our bus iness ubroad has grown so great thut the balance of trade is again In our favor. We have a market that com manas tne attention of customers, aiany or them find now that they must deal with us or go without Holding the balance of trade Is I wonderful advantage and spells pros perity with a big "P." Tne trade balance is best shown by the figures of the last three months. Our customers have bought irom us fii,S3,0OO more than we have bought from them. The fig urea are of tremendous Importance, and is sustained for a period of 1! months would reach the enormous to tal of $1,645,932,000, What new opportunities are offer ed our merchants, farmers and man uracturers. How many new custom ers are now enjoying the bargains available in our markets. Condition may have forced Europeans to make their purchases here, but fair trade and honest ' measure will hold many of them long after the war is over. While the belligerents are busy at their work of desolation and murder. our men of enterprise and progress have the world to feed, clothe and shelter. They can place Yankee goods Yankee inventions. Yankee food pro ducts, Yankee machinery on the counters wherever business is done. Here b Uncle Sam's finest oppor tunity to show how much his wares are needed in the homes of Europe Even Great Britain's "paper block ade'' cannot spoil it, for there Is a vast amount of trade other than that with Germany. Boston Post. XOTRS FltKFZi:; 11AM) STKIKKS (Belfast, Maine, dlftpntch to the N,'ew York Herald.) The Christmas spirit of Hi-lfiust, about which much has been sung, said and whistler, died In agony of chilblains here late this ufternoon. A north went sule blew through from the Peary summer home Jnut aftei noontime and after It had kissed the town about twice cayenne pepper turned lukewarm on the grocers' shelves. Belfast can take a Joke, but today's breeie might be mention ed as sufficient. About three weeks ago the town council, which was at the time a!t ting in a steam heated room and had n thnnrht of winter hardships, de cided that It would be well to have all of the usual Christmas township revnirv nnd In addition to have the Belfast band, which hasn't gummed a selection In years, play in the stee- nu nt h I'nitarlan church. Money was appropriated to send the skyward on Christmas day. Thi mnrnlni it was cold, at noon it wn, frlnhtful. and at 2:S0 this aft w ird'loa were frostbitten and cigar butts exploded to the consterna tion of science. Th. Heifaat band, which will rlay ih. iiehtwt Drovocation. stumbled up the stairs of the Unitarian steeple at 3 o'clock and at 3:45 were still try. ing to blow a tune for music through the ice In their brass ear rw.r Finally Alf Chender. who is the best French horn player in his mii,- hne none, blew out a and a 'half of ice. which knocked out t rvinxlev Hoppman s effectually cut off all hope of piccolo variations, even though a in. Aa the band descended .!,. r.i.i I'nitarlan church that It is to De band guage never pound ed out teeth and of piccolo thaw set the stairs heard lan- hoped It will become hardened to. THK I.1IK IXliltKMKNTS, M. KInsev. In ht Sun column, suggests S uaiumuic the following life-ingredients: and salt on me the taste; as good "Put some pepper mtio mustard to suit It wouldn't be good if all were strife. Worry and scurry and waste and haste. Got to flavor it now and then With days of bubble and light and glee; And that's the way we are better men Than ever we thought we were go ing to be " JAPAN'S EXPLANAI1UN IS NOT SATISFAtlUKi WASHINGTON, March 25. It Is understood that Japanese Amoasoa dor China has assured the state de partment that Japan's position in the negotiations with China in no way violates the "open door" policy. The explanations are said not to have been satisfactory in view of the apprener.- slona expressed here. Getting the Auto Ready Soon be spring again soon time for those long pleasant spins over the roads. Time to have the auto looked over. Time to see whether anything is need ed. Time to decide whether you want a new car. And an excellent season to read the advertising in The East Oregonian to see what the auto men have to say. No use of spending good money with out the surety of getting a full mcn eys worth and that means buying with knowledge. HOW W. P. FRYE AND TWO OTHER PRINZ EITEL VICTIMS WERE SUNK At this time of the year the wool buyers always become dubious as to whether they can pay anything at all for wool. Some people in Italia seem awful anxious to maka de fight; or else they are great bluffers. 1 . .-. J niiiiMak, .JLrit'Axz - .""1- --iz,--i, 'v. i 1 ' -1 fjr'"---" tr 'jr i 1 f -rf 1 mm j" T jr-""" "' " -"i'--"tj ' f taSw!w,.. nwwrw .,...,...., X!r1 SVa AA A - - v-rj?? ci I? i, . - - WxiW Wm7:l vV. 2 v Nm i.iK.iSiJ' These are actual photographs of the sinking of three victims of the Prlnz Eltel Frlederlch. They were ob tained from one of the prisoner on the German warship, now held at New port News, They are: The French ship Jacobscn, sunk tff Chili Jan. 28, shown In top photo , The British ship Mary Ada Scott, sunk off Chill Feb. IS (shown In middle picture.) The American ship William P. Frye, sunk off Chill Feb, 27 (In low- er photo,) The Print Eltel Sank them In all eleven ships, and from them she ob tained coal enough to continue on her career till her machinery gave way and she had to put Into Newport News, The valua of the cargoes and ships was very high. 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