ullfp Jffnrfat $rmtt ^Express Published every Wednesday at Forest Grove. Oregon. W. C. Benfer, Editor and Publisher. V\. pliances, Monday. “The lady re­ minded me that she saw my ad in the Express,” he continued. The recent cold snap has made [ business for the plumbers, even if the rest of us must foot the bills. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1916 NOTES AND COMMENTS The care with which the peo­ ple of Forest Grove have been feeding the robins and other birds while the snow covers the ground Colonel George Harvey hurries was never smeared with such vi- indicates that these people think home from London to tell U3 that tuperationas the frenzied partisans of other than self. “ next to the kaiser,” President of the British and the French The editor of the Express is Wilson is “ the most unpopular plastered over Washington, who roundly cursed the day th at h e ' pleased at the great number of governmental head in the world.” It appears that “ there is no feel­ ever became president, but w ho; people who have congratulated ing against Americans but there held the country firmly to theI him on the excellence of the paper is a real bitterness against the wise and sane course that he had issued last week. These kind words cost nothing, but they go a present administration,” and we charted. W hat Europe thinks of the long way in cheering a man when are all expected to be very low in our minds because the policy of United States may be important, he has made an effort to make the American government does But what we think of Europe is good. Thanks, friends, not command the approval of far more important. Europe is always in a state of either hating Portland nowr produces statis- London. tics lo to Prove prove it has the lowest __ ____ _______________ . It would not be difficult ___ for us or despising us. Occasionally jucs President Wilson to be popular in a surface friendship is professed deafb rat® °f an^ *ar8e city in the London. Indeed, he could easily for the United States when our United States. And, as an ad- be more popular there than any interests happen to run parallel to ditional inducement to get people member of the British govern- the interests of some European to to come come here here to live, the Oregon- ian reports that the birth rate for ment. If he would simply let the country or we are patronizingly British foreign office dictate the permitted to do them favors; but 1915 was almoet doubled over foreign policy of the United States there is no love for us there, never 1914. ’Rah for Portland! government, the thing would be has been and probably never will The communication from J. N. done. London does not ask us to be. Nor is there any particular Hoffman, published in last week’s come into the war. It would be reason why there should be. Express, was to have been signed | satisfied to take charge of our At the present time the cause by James F. McGill before pub- diplomacy. for hatred is of infinite propor- fioation, but, through an over­ By a similar process the presi­ turns. B l u n d e r i n g European sight, that gentleman forgot to dent could win a vast popularity statesmanship has plunged civil- attach his name. He came t0 in Berlin or in Paris. ization in the greatest war of all the Express office for that pur-1 Americans who are much more history. American statesmanship pose after the article had been concerned about their social status has thus far succeeded in keeping printed. in England or in Germany or in us out of it without yielding any -------------------- Whenever the writer reads an France, than about the welfare of of our rights under international the United States are much dis­ law. The belligerents are bleed- jed,t° rial berating President Wil­ turbed because the president has ing themselves to death. Future | son f°r not declaring war on Ger- persistently put America first. generations will be burdened with many, England or some other naj Abroad they devote much of their a load of debt that already stag tlon, he is led to wonder how time to inciting foreign dissatis­ gers the human imagination. We many of these carping editors are faction with the United States are not bleeding to death. We are ready to shoulder a Krag or government. At home they abuse rich and prosperous, and we a re , op" ng“ eld and go to war or to the president and pose as the only likely to be the commanding na- send ; heir sons’ I t s easy to ^Ik people sensitive about the nation tion of the world after the Euro- war* but lt bravery t0 with” al honor. pean powers have exhausted them- stand the sneers of critics and re* But in the meantime Woodrow selves in a war brought on by mam c°o1' especially when other Wilson is president of the United third-rate diplomacy. Naturally. natlons are trying ,to embroil States. If he lives he will remain feeling runs strongly against a mer'Ca> ^ be ed' tor'ab from tbe president of the United States un­ government that thinks more York World, published on til March 4, 1917. And while he about the welfare of the United ™ls page’ *s a masterly analysis of remains president of the United States than it thinks about the j past and Present conditions, States the foreign policy of the interests of the countries that are The editor of the Express, as a United States will be directed at war. new member of the Willamette from Washington, D. C.—not In the circumstances we are un­ Valley Editorial association, de- from London or Berlin or Paris able to mingle our tears with with j sjres t0 our tears members of the To one who knows the history those of Colonel Harvey or to la- Forest Grove Commercial club of the American people, all this ment the president s unpopularity (for the courtesy shown the mem; sniveling snobbery over foreign m London. We should as soon bers of the iast Satur-' disapproval of the United States think of lamenting his unpopular- day It is these Iittle courtesios government need not be taken so ity with the Kaiser The Declar-; tj,at peop]e feej Ufo coming seriously. We went through a ation of Independence as never again- The wrjter enjoyed the similar period of foolishness in been repealed.—New York World. I ¡meeting very much and cannot 1798 when W a s h i n g t o n pro­ claimed neutrality in the war be­ The Express isn’t the largest understand how any of the mem­ In tween England and France. In paper in Oregon, but, for its age, bers could remain away. the writer’s opinion, the meet­ comparison with the abuse that it is as big as any of them. ings should be held at least four pro-British and pro - Americans ‘I came in to tell you that I heaped npon George Washington . ----------. times , a >’ear* and every member at that time, current criticism of madt? a sa,e Saturday through my should attend. President Wilson at its worst is ad ' n tbe Express said H. J. Parental Responsibility most flattering. Even Lincoln Walrath, dealer in electrical ap Fifty per cent of the girls taken into Chicago’s morals court since its opening in 1913 have been re­ turned to their homes. Similar reports come from other cities. This condition indicates a pro­ nounced change in public opinion. A Puritan tradition is in revolu­ tion. Up to this generation, virtuous parents turned their erring daugh­ ters from their doors, thus wrath- fully denying their own responsi­ MONEY WILL MAKE THIS TOWN GO G rcnlat* bility for the girls’ conduct. your currency here It will make our m erchanta Now we know th a t when a successful. It will boom the town. daughter becomes a nuisance or a IT WILL HELP YOU menace to society, the parents ( j t k pride ie a splendid thin* are usually to blame. We know that they have no right to make society responsible for their mis­ It by Reading the Home Paper and takes.—Portland News. All Is Well in America « : j A \ Money Makes the M are Go Display Patronizing Home Trade Hancock & Wiles carry Accident & Fire Insurance. t — Can I Induce You to Buy Now? Notwithstanding the advance in the Pr,cea Leather. ! have cut the price o ' my Men.s $3.75 shoes to $3.20; *4.00 shoes to $3.40; the $6.00 hightop shoes to $4.75; the J. Miller $6.00 shoes to $4.50; Women’s *3.00 gunmetal button shoes to $2.10. You will pay $6.50 for some of the above shoes in 6 months from today. 1 need the money now. TheJ. Miller shoes arc made of the finest selected calf and are made by expert shoe makers. They are the best wearing shoes or the market. Please call and see the Boys’ shoes that I am selling from $2.25 to $3.00. J have them in the English style, Button and Lace. L. A FLETCHER, Forest Grove. Ore. E. G. H O E F E R TAILOR FOR MEN SUITS MADE TO ORDER FROM $20 to $60. Perfect fit | Guarnteed. CLEANING, PRESSING AND ALTERING SOUTH MAIN STREET FOREST GROVE I There’s No Place Like Home YOUR HOME IS IN THIS TOWN If you are asked you will declare th a t you're STRONG FOR THE HOME ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS Patronize the local merchant REA D THE HOME PAPER The Express Phone is 821 GILMORE’S MARKET AND GROCERY “ Home” of Government Inspected Meats and “All Good Things to E at” Quality First is Safety First Originator of Penny Change System in Forest Grove. One Order will convince you. Phone 692, FOREST GROVE, ORE. Keep Your Money AT HOME spend it in Forest Grove, and you have a very good chance of seeing it again ; you may even handle it again. Even if you never see it again, some of your neighbors will eet it N ^ m a u l 10 bH Uil i UP F° reSt Gr a" d Washington! county! 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