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HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS.
TOO MANY CURVES AND SIDINGS
President Wilson's "single track
mind" seems to take hirn around
many abrupt curves. For instance,
he once spoke of this country as be
ing "too proud to fight," a rather
unfortunate expression which called
forth a good deal of criticism at the
time, aa calculated to give other na
tions a misleading impression regard
ing Americans and their willingness
to defend themselves and insist on
their1 rights. In his address at Oma
ha recently, however, the president
gave a revised interpretation ot his
previous remark by saying, "There
is as mucu ngiit in America as m
any nation of the forld."
One need not differ with the presi
dent over either of these expressions
to 'bring out the point that Mr. Wil
son is singularly prone to change his
oosition and wobble about in an ef
fort to keep on the popular side. This
has been so with numerous questions
of legislation and national policy,
conspicuous examples being furnished
in his change of front with respect
to the national preparedness, hut curi
ously contradictory attitude toward
Mexico, and his more recent surren
der to the demands of the railway
brotherhood. His foreign policy with
respect"to the. European war nlso has
shown the fame tendency ot vacilla
tioii'nnd indecision, for in various
instances he has said things which
obviously he did not mean and which.
therefore, necessitated revision or
backdown. And even though his in
tentions may be of the best, the Amer
ican people have viewed this "fumb
ling" in national affairs with grow
ing distrust, coupled with apprehen
sion that these frequent shifts and
changes by the president may some
time lead to a serious crisis.
A "single track" mind may, be a
good thing in a public leader, pro
vided it follows a definite and' fixed
course aproved by public sentiment
and opinion. The people like to know
'where they are headed for what is
the real objective of national plans
and policies. .When, however, they
"arc wlted about by switt changes and
' sudden alterations, of course, it leaves
them in donJit as to the skill and
ability of their pilot to bring them
to any desired destination. And Pres
ident Wilson is just that kind of a
' pilot he is so very ready to take a
'curve or siding that the public has
become convinced it is time to find a
more safe and reliable man to take
charge of the natianal train.
WHY HUGHES WILL WIN.
In- explaining why the state of
New York is going to give its elector
al vote to the Hughes ticket at the
coming election. Senator Wadsworth.
of the Empire state, also furnishes
. the real reason why Republican pros
pects throughout the country are so
promising. "Xew York," he says,
"has lnt ronfiiVnee in President Wil
son. It is convinced the Democratic
party cannot efficiently and economi
cally administer the government of
" the United States, and that it can
not properly protect the business and
commercial interests of the United
States against foreign invasion after
the war is over."
This, in the opinion of the New
York senator, is the calm conviction
of majority of the voters of his
own state, and apparently it is also
the conviction of a large majority of
the voters in most of the other states.
They have noted the blunders, the in
decision, the wobbling vacillations of
the Dnrnorratis administration, and
they also have noted the fact that
even the Democratic leaders constant
ly are engaged in disagreements and
disputes over matters of policy and
practice. That any good at all should
arm ont of such a condition of con
tention and dissension is a matter of
surprise, and that ultimate failure
prrhaps even disaster should result
seems only Batnral to expect.
Feeling this way about it. the in-
tellimmt thinking voters everywhere
are showing an inclination to apply
the rule of "safety first" by dismiss
ing the Democrats from further con
wil nf national affairs and again
placing the latter in charge of a Re
publican administration. tne voi
ers, in other words, "wok a ehance"
with the Democrats f'r one term ot
administration, but the results have
been unsatisfactory and the people
are now ready for another change.
MAY SOLVE PAPER PROBLEM.
It ia claimed that a Wisconsin mam
has perfected a process for extracting
printer's ink from paper, thereby
making is possible to again use waste
paper in the manufacture of fresh
white print paper. The new process
is said to be already in use at one of
the larger Fox river valley mills and
is giving satisfactory results. A slight
loss of material is noted in the pro
cess of manufacture, but it is claimed
this amounts to not over ten pc:
cent. And the new invention is' re
garded as of considerable value to the
paper trade, as it will help to solve
the problem of increasing supplies of
pulp stock, necessary in the manufac
tnre of white print paper.
For years the effort has been con
tinued to find a way to utilize used
paper in the manufacture of fresh
paper. Every process heretofore tried,
however, has either been a failure,
or too expensive for adoption by man
ufacturers. The manufacture of
"black print" has even been suggest
ed, which would require the use of
white ink, but the trade and the pub
lic never took kindly to this idea.
And so for years waste print paper
has been converted into cheaper
grades of wrapping, cardboard and
building papers, simply because the
stain of ink could not be eradicated.
If the new process is as successful
as is claimed, the problem of paper
stock will be greatly reduced. A con
siderable portion of the paper used
for newspapers and other publications
becomes, again available, and the sup
ply of waste paper can, be further
eliminated with a little effort. And as
the demand for print paper is con
stantly increasing, it is reasonable to
suppose the manufacturers will make
good use of this new invention, with
advantage to themselves and benefit
to consumers. The latter now face a
hard problem in the matter of high
prices for print paper, the latter cost
ing fully twice as much as a few years
ago. By utilizing old paper in the
manufacture of new stock, it may be
possible to supply publishers at prices
which will not be a burden to the lat
ter. And the public will be the real
painer, for present high prices for
print are causing many publishers-to
reduce the size of their publications,
or to increase their prices for adver
tising and subscriptions.
UTILIZING WASTE TANBARK.
A method for using waste hemlock
tnnbark to partially replace expen
sive rag stock in the manufacture of
felt roofing has been developed at
the forest products laboratory and ifc
now being used commercially by co
operating mills, according to an an
nouncement made by the forest ser
vice. It is stated that, in these mills,
from 20 to 30 per cent of the rags is
being replaced by waste bark and
that the quality of the finished pro
duct is equal to that manufactured
solely from rugs. Members of the
forest service who have been con
ducting the experiments say that the
utilization of the bark will make it
possible to effect a considerable sav
ing in the manufacture of felt roof
ing. According to the census of 100!),
over 608.000 tons of hemlock bark
were produced each year in the Uni
ted States. After the tannin is ex
tracted this bark is used for fuel pur
poses, for which it is said to have a
value of 00 cents per ton.
The extent of the savings rendered
possible bv the new methods is point-,
ed out by the act that the roofing
mills of the United States have a to
tat estimated annnal production of
237,000 tons of finished roofing of all
kinds, equal to about 11,300.000
"squares.". Bv a "square" of roof
ing is meant 100 square feet. The
utilization of the waste bark in this
industry should enable the mills to
reduce their manufacturing costs ap
preciably.
In addition to the use of the bark
for roofing, papers made at the for
est products laboratory on the basis
of 80 per cent of waste tnnbark have
been successfully printed on a com
mercial twelve-color wallpaper print
ing machine, and give promise of
being entirely satisfactory. Other
paper of the same make-up has been
made into fibre conduits by a com
mercial manufacturer.
Other possible uses of waste bark
which suggest themselves are the use
of bark mixed with ground wood for
the production of wall board, or with
sulphite screenings in the manufac
ture of car liners. Studies already
made at the forest products labora
tory indicate that it may be possible
to use waste hemlock and oak tanbark
in making sheathing paper, carpet
liners, bottle wrappers, deadening
felt and the like.
No man in Polk county is better
fitted for the office of County Treas
urer than is Allen V. R. Snyder, the
Republican candidate. Mr. Snyder
long residence in this part of Oregon
gives him a wide acquaintance among
the pePle of Polk county in fact 11
is doubtful if there is any section of
tjhe county in which bis bust)iy
....tmn have, not made him
jtknown to all citizens as a man of
sterling character and one quanneu
-Mo rrv nut the duties of the
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office to which he aspires. Mr. bny
der is a life-long republican, has serv
ed six successive years as assisiuiu,
chief clerk of the house of represen
tatives at Salem, and is the Dallas
representative of the Oregon i ire Be
lief association. His election next
month will insure the office being
handled in the same efficient manner
u tl,o nrescnt incumbent, J1 red J.
Holman, has managed it for the past
two years.
President Wilson plans to address
an audience of newly naturalized cit
izens at Chicago on October 10. He
is still waiting, however, for nn in
vitation to address a meeting of the
German-American alliance.
4 r?rmnn scientist claims to have
discovered a way to recharge storage
holtprios hv exnosure to sunlight. And
regardless of any war sympathies the
whnln wor d wi 1 hope tins ciaimeu
discovery will prove workable.
PnncovoN. ia to make his final cam
paign speech in New York, just be-
fnr the election occurs. Alia n is
safe to say it will be a "sizzler."
OTHERS' OPINIONS
Boys on the Farm.
How to keep the boy on the farm
is a problem that has been vexing the
ingenuity of social philosophers' for
several years but nothing has done so
much toward the real solution of the
problem as the club movement.
Giving the boy some sort of inter
esting and profitable employment,
some personal ownership and respon
sibility, making him feel that he is ot
some value and importance on the
farm, will make him contented on the
farm, if he is by nature intended for
that sort of life.
If he is not, it will soon be appar
ent, and the sooner the better,' for a
misfit is one of the common tragedies
of the world. :
The most logical factor in the solu
tion of the problem of keeping the
boys on1 the farm is first to keep the
girl there. Where the girls are there
will be the boys also.
If the girls, for the want of so
ciety and some means of earning a
little money with which to pay their
own way, all go to the city, and take
up stenography and the like, the boys
will follow them.
The first important step in the so
lution of this question is to provide
ways and means whereby the girls
will be made more useful, indepen
dent and contented in the farm home-
If yon would only have one of
these four things in your farm home
heat, light, sewage disposal or run
ning water which would you choose f
Farm women living in various parts
of one state have chosen running
water. A professor of that state's
college of agriculture, sent these wo
men a questionaire on farm-house
building, which contained this ques
tion. " The result of the replies received
gave running water the place of first
importance in the home; sewage dis
posal, second; heat, third; and light
fourth. All of these housewives
agreed that any one of these improve'
ments is well worth the money which
it costs.
The preference for running water
gives an idea of how much it means
to a women when she enters the
kitchen, dairy, or bathroom and finds
water available. Exchange.
A MAN IN DALLAS
It was Franklin who said that a good
proportion was an ounce of knowledge
with a pound of energy. It was bet
ter he thought, than a pound of know
ledge with an ounce of energy. In a
dynamic age energy is king. It is
the men and women who do things
who count. To him who accomplishes
much, much can be forgiven. One suc
cessful man has said that to be suc
cessful a man must make his decisions
rapidly and be right half of the time.
Walter L. Tooze, Jr.. is still a
young man. He came to Dallas eight
years ago at boy just out of eollesre
and just in his 'teens. He was a
Republican and evervone knew it. He
who nn heard it for if Wolti was in
town his voice could be heard. When
the Grand Old Party called. Walter
always answered. He had no prarti
when it was necessary to help win for
the principles which he believed made
for a better city, connty. state and
eonntry. He tin' no family, for the
time being, and Mrs. Tooze beUevesj
. ... ...ii., Wn't a family during
election times. But in between he did
find time to do some "'
work in his law practice. With the
exception of the district attorney he
has during the past four years ap
peared in more criminal cases than
any other lawyer m i"
He was one of the organizers of the
Dallas Commercial club. Through his
positions as corrcsiondcnt at different
times for The Oregon Journal and
The Oregonian Dallas and Polk coun
ty has received mucn spa
state's news, wane cuinm.. --
., Junior WuS
lianas miium i-.uuijiij -
instrumental, Dallas people say, m
. . n..u,io
bringing vne annurv m u".
Because he was on me ,ou
i mi..l, V Rnrtnn of Ohio SPoke
lor i iicuuuio j... -
in Dallas Monday night, the only
speaking place in the state in the
present tour, tie is iuu oi jni om--..
things. It comes from energy and be
ing on the job.
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WHAT DALLAS NEEDS
What Dallas most needs, above ev
ery other economic question, to ad
vance her upon the way of growth
and prosperity is the development of
her rich and valuable resources.
The city is happily situated set as
a pearl in the surrounding foothills,
near to fuel and the purest of water.
On the hills, the best lands for fmits,
are many fine orchards.
Though these great advantages are
(utilized, the vast timber resources
west of Dallas are untouched. Mil
lions of dollars that are here lie dor
mant because there is not a sawmill
at the old site in the northwest part
of the city. No better site for a mill
could be found, and the timber trib
utary to it embraces many thousands
of acres of good timber lands.
A mill so placed would mean a
great growth to the city and a sure
source of prosperity. It is one of the
first things that Dallas needs.
We have abundant railroad1 facil
ities to carry all the products of many
mills to markets. If we had this mill
in operation it could get its logs from
the stump to the mill on a down
grade from many thousands of acres
and make lumber cheaper than any
mill in the valley.
No other single business or enter
prise would help Dallas as such a
ventivre would. Prosperity would
come to its promoters. And1 further,
the cry for good hard surfaced roads
should never cease until, like the
spokes from a hub, a good road shall
radiate in every direction from Dal
las. Let them reach out first to our
resources and the important places
in the county and in the direction of
our markets until Dallas shall be the
center and hub of a great radius that
embraces the whole county.
These things are now what Dallas
most needs. B. H. McCALLON.
THERE SHOULD BE NO AC-
TION UNDER PRESSURE.
UNDER DICTATION.
"W have one priceless trass-
ure in this country, and that is
the reign of good judgment after
4- publio discussion. In ths long
history of the people, victory
after victory has been won over
tyranny and force. We have a
free press, we have a free form
of public discussion, to the end
thst there may be a general un-
derstanding of our activities and
a general appreciation of whst is
necessary to the improvement of
fr our conditions. We may disagree
about this measure or thst, but
we havs confidence in the pub-
lie judgment in the long run.
Hence there is one thing which
we must always maintain, and
that is thst there shall be no
action on ths psrt of our elected
T representatives, taken under ,
pressure, under dictation. We
must know whst the facts ars
snd what justice requires." Mr.
Hughes in His Speech at Port-
land, Maine. j.
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NO ONE WAS AFRAID OF
HAITI.
"
Haiti did not behave as badly
to us as Mexico behaved; but Mr.
Wilson Intervened, fought the
Haltlens, shedding their blood
aud the blood of our troops, took
possession and now bas our arm-
ed forces In control of Haiti and
directing Its government His
course of action In Haiti can be
defended only If his course of ac-
tioD in Mexico la nnnn.lli.
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condemned; for such action was '
far more needed in Mexico than
tn Haiti. But there was a duTer-
ence in tbe two cases: andto Mr.
ilson it was a vital difference.
Haiti was weaker than Mexico.
No one nn. afraid of Haiti.-
From tbe Speech of Colonel
Roosevelt Delivered at Lewistoo, i
Main . ia Behalf of Charles K. !
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