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ASSERTS IDA M. TARBELL
(Authorized Interview with Ida Tar
bell, concluded from yesterday.)
The net result of President Wll
non's handling of the Mexican ques
tion to date Is not unlike the result
of his handling of the difU-ulty with
Germany. He has brought a large
number of us to a more civilized point
6t view. We are beguiling to see
Hint It is a greater and nobler thing
for this hemisphere for -us to wipe
out the suspicion and hate that all
South and Central Amerlco has had
for us, with considerable reason
consider Panama than it Is for us
to exercise our undoubted ability to
force a smaller and distracted neigh
bor to heep the peace.
President Wilson Is the first presi
dent to say in terms unmistakably
Klncere to a hostllo neighbor on this
continent: "We don't want your ter
ritory: wo don't covet your lands; we
would help yon; wo would give you
of our strength; we won't go to war
1th you unless you force It. Ho is
tho first president to say to the lead
ing South American nations: Let us
try to decide by -conference what
should be done In the case of pro
longed civil war In one of the coun
tries on this hemisphere. How few
realize the Importance of that arbi
tration conference at Niagara Kails?
Thnt. was a practical demonstration
of modern diplomacy, indicative of
the change that has come over our
attitude toward our neighbors on this
continent, and their idea of us. The
Mexicans had reason to mistrust us.
They know onr history. Nor are they
unmindful of how we have gone into
Mexico, and why. They have their
own problems to work out. They "are
jealous of their honor and their dig
nity as wo are. They are risking ev
crythlng In their struggle to straight
en out their internal affairs even
ns we risked .everything during the
Civil war. What Is it to them If cer
tain Americans lose the dollars they
have invested In Mexico? This Is
nothing compared to the issues which
are at stake and which the Mexicans
"believe have been lost because of the
internal disorders in that country;
but what would they weigh In the bal
ance were we to resort to intervention
-which lu-nimply another word for
war, with the destruction of thous
ands of Americans and Mexicans?
President-Wilson has clearly seen the
bigger stake, and he has realized that
Mexico wants a chance "and needs
sympathy and support, and he has
given It In every way that he honor
ably could. . .;.
"Truculent Pacificism."
For centuries rulers have talked of
universal peace and internationalism.
President Wilson acts universal peace
and internationalism. There are
those who sneer nt what they chooso
to call his "truculont pacificism." Is
it any more truculent for ns, a great
and powerful nation, to keep handH
off Mexico than it Is for a man to re
frain from Inflicting corporal punish
ment on his child Or was It more
truculent for us to shame C.crmany
into ceasing her 'rightfulness, than
for a a real man to withhold his fist
when he has been unintentionally In
jured In the blind passion of a street
brawl?
Presldet Wilson's handling of In
dustrial problems has had this same
forward looking quality. He has from
the beginning of his administration
shown a disposition to find out what
labor thought and wanted, and, where
possible for him, ho has been on Its
side.
Tlie Itrandeis Appointment
One of the best proofs he has given
of his desire to secure sympathetic
and .Intelligent treatment of labor and
social problems In the government
was the appointment of I,onls Bran
dels to the supreme court. It Is one
of the greatest and best things that
President Wilson has done. The su
preme court is a body of high minded-
upright men. but the majority of
them are not experienced or inter
ested In modern Industrial ideas. They
represent the prevailing conception
of ten years ago. They can hardly
be expected to be In touch with the
How social ond Industrial questions of
our times, and he has a reeling for
and a sympathy with them.
Now, by this very act of putting
Tlrnndcls on the bench of the su
preme court, especially by the oppo
sition made by the old guard to his
confirmation. Brandels and the point
of view he represents was forced into
the foreground of consciousness of
the people. They talked about Bran,
dels. And the better grew the con
test over his confirmation, the more
clearly did the people see and agree
with the reasons which prompted
President Wilson to make this seem
ingly radical promotion. This is the
real progressivlsm in a leader.
The Kiclit llonr Day
President Wilson Is absolutely right
in his attitude toward the eight hour
day. It Is a movement world wide In
Its nature, and nothing will stop It.
Like any other great invention of the
PLAN IRRIGATION
TALENT DISTRICT
FOR COMING YEAR
human mind, it has beon looked upon
askance; but It will come, because
the big majority of the labor believes.
411 n, mum 11 riKui null jusi unu uifi
niand It. Uuder proper management ,they were not going to be uble to
the eight hour day in any modern
The board of directors of the Tal
ent Irrigation District finding that
Industry Is tho most productive.
There are huudieds of Intelligent ex
periments to prove this. The long
recommend a comprehensive plan of
Irrigation for their whole district so
that It could he constructed for the
season of 1917, have worked out
hours make for Inefficiency. Thoy,.,llan umlPT vvhu.u u, 1(,a(it a- ,)art r
are tolerated only by old fashioned hMr district can procure wuter at
and out of date managers. When the
railroads declare they cannot adjust
their day on three shifts of eight
hours each they are simply saying
Ihey do not want to try modern scien
tific management, . which would
quickly enforce eight hours. It Is a
difficult problem, no doubt, but it Is
a possible one a standard day with
a standard task are for me conclus
ions in modern history.
Moreover, President Wilson was
right in asking that the possibility of
such a humiliating experience as the
country has just gono through will be
made forever impossible in the fu
ture. If the program he first pro
posed to the disputants could have
been put through It would have mark
ed a tremendous advauce In our In
dustrial life. Sooner or later. It will
be put through, and more, too. One
thing Is certain the public, labor or
capital, Is going to control our com
mon carriers. President Wilson's
handling of the recent trouble makes
that far more certain than it would
Tiave been if he had let the strike
come. What he has done Is to set us
all to thinking hard. A strike would
'simply have set us to fighting, or at
least feeling fight, and to Inventing
reasons lor bncklng our particular
side: Nothing, In the long run, is so
'disastrous to reasonable purposes of
the mind as war: and what are strikes
but war?
1 The Itoosevclt Attitude
: Yes, he's our greatest progressive
He should have been that party's can
didate last June. He would have un
derstood them which Mr. Rosevelt
did not. The convention was a tre
mendous gathering a unit from start
rto finish. : It was a nucleus for a great
and a holy crusade. Roosevelt could
have done anything. with that crowd
He-could have had that party solid
for Hughes If he hod wanted to, but
In his chagrin at the refusal of the
republican convention to nominate
him, be threw over his followers. I
think the trouble was that Roosevelt
had sincerely come to feel that he was
essential to the country's salvation.
He saw himself ns a Providence, and
when, to his surprise, the republicans
refused to take his estimate of him
self, he turned his back on tho pro
gressives. I could not believe It true.
I. still do not believe he could have
done It If he had been there and seen
and felt that wonderful hody. And
to think of his suggesting Henry
Cabot Lodge to (hem! The comedy
and tragedy of It!
Mind you, there Is much in Mr.
Roosevelt that I admire. He has done
many great things. It is a great pity
that we cannot. continue to get out of
him and Mr. Taft all that they could
give us. They both should be in con
gress. That's the place for all ex
preBldents. Why should we not have
a half dozen national congressmen
nt large? Think what an asset these
men would be now!
Hughes Ijuks Sympathy
Mr. Hughes? I have great respect
for him. He certainly gave us one
of the most, refreshing and stimulat
ing Intellectual exhibits In tho Insur
ance investigation which the country
has had In years. And he was a cour
ageous and Intelligent governor. His
years on the supreme court bench
seem to have taken him out of the
world and he has not yet found him
self. Certainly, he has not as yet
given any slum of understanding or
sympathizing with the things we call
progressivlsm. And, as far as I can
see. President Wilson is the only lead
er we have that does.
A progressive of President Wilson's
type Is big enough to see that Issue
of 1910, because of the world wide
shake up In the last three years, must
be different than those of 1912. There
is something bigger to talk about to
day than the "referendum." New Is
sues are bound to come to the front
perhaps with startling rapidity and
frequency. President Wilson can
bring to these issues his tremendous
experience. The evolution In thought
and action of the last four years may
be as nothing to that which Is to take
place In the next four. Does any
American loday see bigger, better or
more dispassionately or clearer than
President Wilson? t believe that the
progressives will see this; If they
don't. It Is a reflection on their Intel
ligence. The (imttest Victory of the War
President Wilson has proved his
fitness to lead the cause of progress
ive civilization. True, he has not yet
had time to convert the man who
cries for his pound of flesh, nor al
tered the vision of him who fails to
FEDERAL EXPERT
FOR BLIGHT DATA
once. They hnve procured a con
tractor who has agreed to finance
the matter and will deliver water to
not less than 5000 acres by March 1,
1917. ,
Tho territory to bo Irrigated In
cludes ahout 2000 acres nbovo Ash
land and lioon In the neighborhood
'of Talent. . The board of directors
have issued the following letter to
'the land owners:
To the citizens of tho Talent Irri
gation District:
lYour board of trustees, realizing
that it would he Impossible to pro
cure Irrigation for 1917 and feeling
That- the people desire progress as
rapidly as possible, sometime ago
sought to develop somo means under
which relief ceuld be furnished as
many members of the district as
possible, and at tho same time start
actual construction work along the
district plans.
We are gratified to state that wo
have interested C. E. Bade, a large
contractor, In our project and he
Is now offering to you as individuals,
a contract to meet our views of the
situation and which contract Is not
only approved by the board, Its engin
eer and attorney, but which we
recommend to all land owners. The
cnnnls under this contract are to be
constructed under plans approved by
our board and when complete will be
the first unit for our permanent dis
trict scheme. The contract provides
that the district may, upon notice,
purchase those contracts and this we
expect to do.
I The plan contemplates the diver
sion and use of such unappropriated
waters as may exist In Emigrant, Nell
and Ashland creeks. The records
show that there wlli be- sufficient
water available, to,r warrant this ex
penditure. ' .
In order to make possible the con
struction of said canals and the de
livery of water for 3 917, as stated,
it is necessary that the contracts be
executed and delivered by October 1,
19115, and we urge that you give this
your Immediate and earnest atten
tion. ED ROBINSON,
' President.
J. W, MILLNER,
O. A. MANNING.
1 These canals are to be constructed
under plans approved by the board
and each contract provides that
when the district completes its final
plans that the contracts will he
turned over to and become the
property of tho district.
in other words the units when
built will become as the district plans
mature, a part of the permanent
plans of the district.
This, Talent people believe, i real
progress and they are congratulating
themselves on having a board o! men
'who are doing things and not con
tent with Just beating time.
Mr. F. X. Meyer, who Is recognized
as the world's greatest agricultural
explorer, has just spent three days
with, Professor Relmer of the South
ern Oregon experiment station, study
ing tho blight resistant species of
pears which ore highly resistant to
pear blight, und ono of which appears
to be absolutely immune to this dis
ease. Three or these species are na-
tlve-of the wilds of China. Unfortu
nately none of these nrtj now. in the
nursery trudo and hence cannot bo
purchased 'from any nurseryman.
Since China contains many wild spe-
fcles of pears, boiho of which are very
susceptible to pear blight, It Is im
portant that these blight resistant
types bo collected by an expert who
can distinguish them from the unde
sirable types..
For this reason Professor Relmer
enlisted the aid of the department of
agriculture in collecting this mater
ial. Hence, the depurtment sent Mr.
Meyer here to study these types and
to collect samples which he is taking
with him ,lo China to assist him In
collecting this material. Arrange
ments hnve been mado whereby Mr.
Meyer will collect largo quantities of
seeds which will he sent to the ex
periment station. The experiment sta
tion will propagate this material for
the use of our 'fruit growers and nur
serymen. '
' It is interesting to note that the
local experiment station has finally
found a special which apepars to bo
entirely Immune to pear blight. This
species Is known as Pyrus ussurlensls.
having received this name because II.
occurs along the Ussuri river in Man
churia. Professor Relmer has nam
ed this the Siberian pear as it also
occurs In that country, and is able to
endure its severe climate. It thrives
In sections of Siberia where the mer
cury in the thermometers freezes
nearly every winter.
During the past spring and summer
the experiment station inoculated
trees of this Siberian pear 210 times,
on eight different dates. Not a single
case of blight developed from any of
these Inoculations. Check trees of
Bartlett, Anjou, Cornice, Bosc, French
Pear seedlings, and others, Inoculated
with tho same lots of bactoriu ut the I
same time and In the same manner
blighted to the ground.
The experiment station has found
another distinct wild Bpecles which
although- not Immune shows ' very
marked resistance to blight. This
species blights only In the very young
succulent branches, and never In
wood more than one year old. Since
this type grows wild In central China
where the climatic conditions are sim
ilar to those In this valley. It should
prove valuable here as a blight resist
ing stock." Mr. Meyer will also col
lect quantities of seeds of this type.
Mr. Meyer is admirably suited to
this work. He has spent many yours
collecting Beeds and plants for the
department of agriculture, in China,
Chinese Turkestan and Siberia. He
expects to Temnln in China for three
years on the present trip.
Mr. Meyer staled thalt he work at
the Southern Oregon Experiment Sta
tion on blight resistance Is by far the
most extensive and tho most funda
mental that Is being done anywhere
In the United Stntcs. - '
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pitonb a-xa or tuxn.
see that bloody war Is but the primi
tive expression of savage weakness
promoted by the Ignoble desire of con
quest or revenge.
Rut he has forced respect for neu
trality and he has handled his dell-
rate Mexican inheritance with tact
and wisdom. And for the Mkhnevel-
lian authority In diplomacy and the
resort to cannon in internationalism
ho has substituted the Sermon on the
Mount he has proved that though
trampled under foot by the sovereign
of all lands for 20(10 years, the (iold
en Rulo was good enough to win the
greatest victory of the greatest war.
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