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SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER, 2, 1915
EXALTING THE STATE DESTROYING THE HOME.
Arnold Bennett in the Saturday Evening Post:
"Then we came to a farmhouse by tho roadside. It was
empty; it was a shell and its roof was damaged. The Germans
had gutted it. They had taken away the furnithre as booty
What they intended to do with furniture out of a perfectly
mediocre farmhouse hundreds of miles front home it is difficult
to imagine. Articles which it did not suit them tq carry off
they destroyed. Wine casks of which they could not drink
the wine they stove in. And then they retreated.
"This farmhouse was somebody's home, just as your
home is yours and mine is mine. To some woman or other
every object in it was familiar; she glanced at the canister on
the mantelpiece and said to herself, 'I really must clean that
canister tomorrow.' There the house stood with holes in its
roof empty. And if there are half a million similiar tragic
houses in Europe today, as probably there are, such frequency
does not in slightest degree diminish the forlorn tragedy of
that particular house which I behold."
In that brief word picture, cleverly drawn, we have an
epitome of all history written by war. The home is the fact
upon which, more than upon any other rests the welfare of the
state. It Is impossible to conceive of a great state, a strong,
a desirable state, unless we think that within its borders the
home sentiment has been highly developed. And that senti
ment has power and diginity only in the aggregate of individ
ual home affections. There are the roots of all civilized pro
gress which the state was created to nourish.
The state would exalt itself, and many times, from motives
that will not stand the analysis' of righteousness. Currents of
ambition worthy and unworthy begin to run in conflict; pas
sions are aroused, war is invoked as the arbiter and the state
in its exaltation destroys the home from which society derives
its very vitality.
It is the spirit of Ishmael that "weaves the tragic pattern
of home 'destroying war in the warp and woof of human his
tory. It is an evil spirit that deals remorsolessly with the most
sacretl of human institutions. By it we have been foolishly
committed to the doctrine of death, darkness and destruction.
Gradually do we approach the realization that the state In ex-
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East Through California
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the
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Southern Pacific
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore.
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7 JuUui Kruttschnltt k
On the Buslnosa Pond
Mr. Julius Kruttschnltt when netted to Rive his vIoW'i
on tho business outlook ot tho notion from tho railroad
standpoint said In part:
"nuslnestt, as today orgnnliod, may bo llltonod to n
groat pond, Jn which numberless waves oro started ono
attar another by tho purchases nml sales' of tho many
Individuals nnd companies, t)m& wave spreading In all
dlrct-tlons, Grossing und iocrosslug, until their force js
spent. . ?
''Everybody appreciates what would happen If a great
bowlder llko.tho European war should suddenly bq dropped
into'tUo business nond. but not everybody nnnfoclafes tho
effect ot tho slncHonlng at activity at soma Important contor of wnvo force.
Tito effect of a reduction In tlio. purchasing power of farmers, following n
Eeaaon ot bad crops, is generally understood. Hut how about tho purchasing
power ot tho great transportation Industry? With tho steady march ot
operating expenses upon rovenucs, without corrospoudlim Increases in rail
way charges, the railways havo been driven to curtail nil oxpundlturus, and
oven stop entirely many customary purchases for extending und Improvlug
their facilities. Tho business pond I too big, and its wavo activity too com
plex, to say that this 1b tho solo cause ot tho present quiescent statu of its
surface, but it unquestionably Is a causo of tho greatest Importance. How
Important this causo will appear from tbo amount ot railway expenditures,
"Take, for example, tho year 1913. tho last for which comploto llguroa aro
available. In that year tho railroads spont 12,170,000,000 In expenson for
operation, of which $1,373,000,000 was for wnges and salaries, in .addltlou,
they spont J43C.000.000 for interest, $200,000,000 for dividends, niid 4S0,
000,000 for new tracks, locomotives nnd cars, or for additions or bettorments
to property already in exlstonco, Tho total expenditures for 1013 amounted,
therefore, to about $3,350,000,000.
"Soma details of railway purchases ot materials nnd supplies for 1913 aro
na fnllnu-a- Pnr fltnl fs,t lfinnrimtlfna fKOOAAflnA ttt liit.elfnnln u-Mdii. nml
other supplies for locomotives on tiio largest roads alone, $25,000,000: for
stationery nnu printing, ?zu,uuo,uo" . ror sintian supplies, sis.quo.uuq; for
advertising, $0,000,000; for rails, ties and othor materials for repairing nnd
maintaining track already built, $104,000,000. It should ho noted that these
statistics ot actual purchase cover only what is needed to keep tho railway
plant In the minimum ot working condition. More abundant revenues would
not only result in higher and more generous malntonauce, but In new con
struction work in tbo public Interest.
"A question deserving thouphtfnl attention Is: tf railways should bo
allowed n slight increase in charges and rollot from costly restrictions upon
details of operation, would not tho increased buying power that would bo
precipitated by tho addition to their available rovenucs agitate tbo buslcoas
poud to a dcslrablo degree ot wuvo activity T"
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win rurniiu to everyone who will uecomo n'dpos
the amount of one dollar or more, 'a handsome
Homo Savings Bank
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safes. If you are already a depositor yofl are entitled to
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Very low people can save In larfle amounts. If Voulwalt
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alation of war must destroy thnt for which tho state exists
more than for all else. Telegram.
THE WESTERN RATES DECISION.
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The Interstate Commerce Commission's decision on tho
application for higher railroad freight rates on some articles
in the territory from Minnesota to Texas and from Illinois to
Colorado shows again the crucial situation of regulation in this
country, says Colliers. The commission seems to grudge cer
tain necessary rates increases partly because wishing full
valuation figures as a basis and partly because fearing tho re
petition of financial scandals. A more constructive view ought
to be possible. This country needs more and better railroads,
bigger terminals, better facilities for handling freight at the
large centers, more branch lines, nnd so on, nnd it is not get
ting them. We will pay the price in expensive congestion and
delay when the next period of expansion conies. The United
States is not done growing, and there is no sense in railroad
regulation unless administered with an eye to that growth. To
hold back on the railroads now because of Inability to prevent
the Frisco, Rock Island, and other juggleries of a few years
back is not sound judgment. It ought to be possible to gather
facts and fix responsibility so as to prevent or punish such
crimes, but the vastly more important thing is to provide ad
equate transportation facilities. Commissioners Daniels and
Harlan made this point in, their dlsenting opinions, and It is
obvlouslj sound doctrine. Regulation of public utilities will be
not only-a failure, but also a menace unless tho future needs
of the country, rather than the immediate intcreat of thls or
that group, is made is basic principle.
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Doesn't it seem a little significant that so many railroad
men are taking their summer vacation Jn tho mountains
around Crater Lake and in the general direction of tho Natron
Klamath Falls cutoff? Perhaps some of Springfield's hopes
are not so far in the futuregas many fear.
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Dato of first publication, July 22,
1910.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON.
Established 1883
Capital and Surplus $303,000.00
Interests on Savings Accounts and Tlmo Certificates
Notice to Creditors.
Notlco Is hereby givon that thp.iw
dorslgned Vlna Mckean ha& beoniarv
pointed administratrix of tho ostato
of Jahalan T. Wltjor, deceased, by
the Probate Court of Lane County,
September 2 and 3, 1915, according to
tho following schedule, for working off
condltlonH or taking thp examination
In full. Applicant!! uliould report to
tho local tichool superintendent for in
formation, I'ltOGrtAM
Thursday! Arithmetic, Writing, Lan
Kuage, Agriculture, Spoiling.
Friday: Physiology, History, Gcog
raphy, Civics nnd lloadlng.
B. J. MOQJIH.
County School Superintendent.
We Sell The
Hamilton Watch
D, W, ROOF, Jeweler & Optician
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notlco In hereby given thnt tho un
derslgncd Una been appointed admin
istratrix of tho outnto ot Stanlslnu K.
Nool docensed. All persons having
claims ugalust said estate aro horoby
untitled to present tho flame, duly ver
ified and with tho proper vouuhers,
to tho administratrix nt tho ofllco of
Woodcock, Smith & llryson. 210 llnr
nard Jiuildlng, Kugcno. Oregon, within
six months from tho date of tho first
publication of this notice. "
Ditto of tho II rut publication of this
notice August R, 19ir.
IHCW2-NICI3 NOHU
Administratrix of thu ostato of Ktnn
ishiu IC. Nool, duqoasud.
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