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ARMY AND NAVY INCREASE.
The Literary Digest has made a poll of the newspaper
editors of the United States on the question of the pro
posed navy and army increases. The result is interest
ing, and in many respects instructive, as the following
summary will show:
"One effect of Europe's war is to raise the question of
our preparedness in case war should come to us. The
topic is the subject of discussion in congress, in the press,
and in private conversation from coast to coast. Without
any leaning to one side or the other of the debate, we have
sought as a representative verdict the opinion of upward
general limited compulsory service in military training."
Our national defenses are adequate "for probabilities," i
says the Newport (R. I.) Daily News, but not for "possi-;
bilities," and although the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press j
believes that "if any general move for limiting armaments :
is undertaken, we will want to help such a movement," j
still it holds that "submarines and better coast defenses
seem to be a pressing need."' Moreover, this journal ad- j
vises against building any more dreadnoughts "till the
war in Europe is over and its lessons learned." - j
"BUILD NOW." !
A wise suggestion to help the unemployment situation
is made by The Manufacturers Record and it appears to
be producing practical results.
It is often observed that the gravest problems may
have the simplest solution.
The Record's slogan, which is being rapidly adopted
in many sections, is "Build Now," the idea being that all
improvements that have been planned for the near future
be carried out as soon as possible.
While this would result in immediate and immeasur
able benefit to the unemployed, its basis is not charity but
business. -
The man who builds now gets the advantage not only
of the low prices of building materials but also of the low
! price of labor.
Dealers in building materials in Cleveland, Ohio, have
oi lour nunareu editors in an pans ot the country. ve j1)nilf)imced a considel.abIe reduction in prices to all who
have asked them three definite questions-namely, vvhe-j ivin build now Buiiding trades firms in Augusta, Ga.,
t her they believe our national defenses are adequate; whe- j ,,,.., ,lni,P(1 in an advertisement of reductions from 10 to
(.her they favor a stronger standing army; and whether
they favor a stronger navy. As to our defenses, 272 say
that our defenses are inadequate, while 11!) think them in
adequate. Favoring a stronger standing army are 240 as
25 per cent.. In many cities the movement is gaining
headway.
It is an idea which should particularly apply to all mu-
niiM.il iMiKlin wnvlre Triic ia rh hnciu rvF trip PYtpnsivp
against luS opposing it. Ihe vote tor a stronger navy is; 'r ;n Npw York citv.
...w.. .
There is nothing that smacks of charity in this, noth-
even more markedly allirmative, being zHo in lavor to
10!) against.
"Because it is obvious that the region in which an
editor lives must influence his judgment in some degree,
we have classified these expressions according to the na
tural divisions of states on the Atlantic or Pacific sea
slope and states of the inland section. It will be found,
i-crhaps, that in the states having a shore exposure the
demand for a stronger army, and especially for a stronger
navy, is beyond dispute. At the same time, it will be noted
that in the interior, opinion is more evenly divided. Few
if any, of those in favor of "preparedness," it should be
remarked, show symptoms of militaristic fever. In fact,
much argument is heard from all sides against the mal
ady. The policy of President Wilson, of Secretary of War
Garrison, and of Secretary of the Navy Daniels outlines
our true course, say some editors; while others contend
that we have nothing to worry about because when this
war is over Europe won't have any more fight left in her
lor years to come
ing of socialism in it; it is simply sound business.
There is a feeling in the air that the present session of
the legislature will end like most of the others with' a
rush of appropriation bills which will send the grand total
up higher than ever. Every session begins with a great
promise of economy, and it will be noted that always a
few small appropriations are lopped off with a grand
flourish of trumpets, only to be replaced by measures car
rying a great deal more money at the finish. Everybody
is still hoping for the best, but those who are wise and
experienced in legislative matters will suspend judgment
until the final adjournment has been taken and the totatp
are footed up. '' j
A great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson, who died in
Arkansas the other dav. was a successful and popular
commercial traveler. Endowed with less horse sense, he
lor years to come. , I might have tried to become a statesman on the family rep
"lhe Philadelphia Inquirer is unqualified in its judg-j d f d gs miserably as most of the scions of
merit that our defenses are inadequate and that we need h attempted it.
a stronger army and navy; while the Boston Advertiser "-b"1"-" tt v-co j
also favors a sufficient defense strength for "a national
lit mir nf fl.itlnnnl o.iut.r" Til I a litlll'n'll rlnuQ nnf lirmpccl
,.w..vjr l.u1 ..o ' -"v in-erv twentv davs is more than some oi us
to say "how or to what extent tie army and navy s nouiu, , , , . . , -d f eyen th . nQ
I .e enlarged, but insists tiiat we want our national . hel.ctofore been imposed by law, outside of
safety to be assured and certain." Among other journals ! . t J
opinion arc the Boston Transcript and evening
Record, Lowell Courier-Citizen, Providence Journal and
Tribune, New Haven Times-Leader, Buffalo News, Syra
cuse Post-Standard, New York Herald, Times, Tribune,
Evening Mail, American, Washington Post, Star, Herald,
unci Times, Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, and Savannah News.
Many editorial observers in various sections agree
with the Buffalo Times when it recommends the upbuild
Two quarts of whiskey ' and- fifteen quarts of beer
nave oeen in
limitations
the police
Wheat is breaking price records daily, and incidentally
will break a good many persons financially if it keeps up
its present pace much longer.
The man who held the perfect record as a pump tender
on the Southern Pacific system is dead. By the way, most
Willi UlC UUlliUU Hlli:a Hin.il IV iivuimm-mw n.v ufuui.u , - , rl.inH
ing of the National Guard as the close adjunct of the regu- -x 1 h ct lm n ai 1 c,La
jar army. Thus the Waycross (Ga.) Journal-Herald says: i ,. , j ff continuing appropriations might
"We : believe in making the Na ional VT0 ! aa 5 b continued to another session. So many excep-
SSSSng llnentr Z XSj & "-already to that the tle is a mi
$avs that these combined with "an efficient militia with : IU)mu
will solve the problem of our adequate
federal pay
land force." The figure of 100,000 regulars is indorsed; . V
also by the Bristol (Va.) Herald-Courier, which adds that
"if the navy is second only to England's, it is strong;
The anti-lobby bill was killed probably lobbied to
enough." Among caustic critics of our national defenses
are the Grafton (W. Va.) Sentinel, which says that "we
liave a fourth-rate navy and a no-rate army," and the
Moundsville (W. Va.) Echo, which declares that ouv "en
tire defense department naturally needs reorganizing to
meet needs as European war makes apparent." In this'-:'
connection it is of interest to learn from the Hampton
(va.) Monitor, which argues tor an increased army ami
navy, that "Bryan's universal peace is beautiful but a
labored nothingness. We've got to look facts and human
motives straight in the face."
"Similar in tone is the warning of the Randolph (Vt.)
Herald and News, which bids us "get ready for trouble
when it comes it surely will"; and this journal advises
a "gradual increase" of our naval strength and a "more
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TRIUMPH
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JT HIS busy, progressive nation is today at
I L the dawn of a new era of commercial and
social development. The means by which
the human voice, with its slightest inflections and
indications of personality, can be carried across
the continent instantly, have been provided.
Talking by telephone from the Pacific to the At
lantic is now an accomplished fact.
The celebration of .this latest nnd greatest
triumph in the art of telephony has just taken
place. Within a short lime the public will have,
ready for it3 usn, the product of American brains,
American initiative and American scientific and
technical skill, a transcontinental telephone ser
vice, the equal of which is not even approached
in all the other nations of tho world.
It is a splendid scientific achievement of the
very highest character. The power that sends
the human voice out over the telephone is scarcely
greater than that of a breath, yet the means
have been provided by which this tiny, almost
imaginary impulse, made vip of as many as 2,000
separate vibrations a second, can be picked up by
a' delicate instrument, conserved over'a distance
of 3,400 miles, and reproduced perfectly and
instantly across the continent. The human voice
has been made to travel as fast as light, faster
than sound unaided by technical apparatus; in
deed, it rivals THOUGHT even, in the swiftness
of its flight.
The imagination can but fceuiy grasp,, much
less attempt to measure, the far-reaching signifi
cance of such a tremendous accomplishment.
One hundred million people will have for their
daily use a system bf communication that knows
no East, no West, no North, no South. Dialects,
provincialisms, sectional prejudices, must even
tually yield to the closer union, the better under
standing, the more intimate comradeship that
the human voice establishes. The neighborliness
of a whole nation is advanced by the brushing
away of the physical restraints of centuries.
This contribution to the future happiness
and prosperity of a more closely united people
has not been brought about, however, by the
overcoming of a few isolated, concrete difficulties.
Its success has depended upon the exercise of
the highest engineering and technical skill, and
the solution was found only in the cumulative
effect of improvements great and small, in tele
phone, transmitter, line, cable, switchboard, and
every other piece of apparatus or plant required
in the transmission of Speech.
In this work the experimental and research
department' of the Bell System, of which this
Company w a part, has been engaged ever since
the telephone became a commercial possibility,
less than 40 years ago. With no traditions to
follow and no experience to guide, this depart
ment, which is now directed by a staff of over
5S0 engineers and scientists, including former
professors, post graduate students, scientific in
vestigators the graduates of 140 universities
has created an entirely new art the art of tel
ephony, and has given to the people of this
country a telephone service that has no equal.
It has required vast expenditures of money
and immense concentration of effort, but these
have been justified by results of immeasurable
benefit to the public. The transcontinental tele-
phone line, 3,400 miles long, joining the Atlantic
and Pacific, is part of the Bell System of 2 1,000,
000 miles of wire connecting 9,000,000 telephone
stations, located everywhere throughout the
United States. Composing this system are the
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
and Associated Companies and connecting com
panies, giving universal service to 100,000,000
people.
Truly, This is The Triumph of Science
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
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THE LEGISLATURE S
I SIDE LIGHTS ON
Since Mias Clnrko linn become a nicm
lirr of tin1 arniiti', a new duty devolve
upon Henntov run-ell, who m already
overloaded with work n chninniin of
the committer on alcoholic traffic. Mis
Clarke is 1'hniriiinu of the committee on
horticulture, of which the ncnntor from
Mul'novnnh in a mcmlier, and it now
become a pint of hii work tu announce
tle of thin old, famous Sii;r. lea
Itocelpo an Hold annually, tn n well-
known tlrHtrnint here, becaUHO It dnrk-'
eiu tho Iniir so naturally and evenly
I that no one can tell it has been an
I nlied.
',0j Those whose lmlr Is turning Rrny, bo- j
" e i nnmlnir ruibiit ilrv MCriimrlv nnd thin
lues. o speaks (,,vn ,urprii,p awaiting them, because
the timid human , ftl,r r ,,v0 npiUpntlon the Rrny
inlibit filled ;i ihnlr vanishes nnd your locks become
f o r o li oilnitfH .lire I i,,.,.,!,.,.!. a,,,), ,1 bountiful nil
dandruff Hl,ei", cnlp Itching and fulling
hnlr stops.
limiilier door, nnd "iiv, 'So help me ...:.... c.n.- ' ...'. ' i
Albert K.hH.nl 1 II sleep or bust a , K,.f busv with Wvetl, 's HaKe
sniiro." I count more sheep t.lr.y., , , , , . b(1 d.
caloi hil' o tr a s i c; tun luuinuls ... h , , .' , . , ...
a,e tlii, nml mcrrv. and nlwnvs miike 1 w,,h ."'ir .tnrk, handsome hair
hie smile
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and prcliy semi 1 in toemiir drnwi
n ii. I then I Kin asleep. At first I
counted seven billion before I (lot re
pose, bol now, alien I reach half
million, I nenily alwnvs dure. You
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folks limy acipiiie, When 1 nm
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1 walih those muttons, soiled ! .V",r I"'""' " app- nrn,, " ,
liiit lhi itttlo, n tli'lum tliM-p; vnn la1 op
' on t'onnlliirf. romitini!. CMiutihtr until
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I DR. LEO. D.SCOTT I
d, o,, orit. D.
A Rrailunte of the I.os Angelca
t'ollepi nf Osleopalhy and I,oa
Anjjelea Medical (.'ullcgo of
Ophthulinolimy, anil spec la I
course In the t'ollejje of Osteo
pathic rhysicians and Siliceous,
iinuouuces the. opening of Ms of
fices at renins 40." and 40(1 In
the Sulem itnnk of Commerco
building, for all nonto aud
rhrouic wnrk, 1'lionc 4S0,
for Misa Llniko meetings of tiio committee.
The senate pnges of this aession are
extremely high-toned, acenrding to a
gray haired scribe, who says ho has been
at the press desk in thn upper house
for lo years. (Mi several occasions lie
has requested them to perform some lit
tle i'.er ice lint thev Minililv turn their
Rinses in the air nnd look the other way.
'lie :mys this is toe first session he has
been so treated.
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Senator I.anggutli continues his
nvoweil wirk of removing dead wood
Ifrnm the statute books, l'p to date ho
has introduced seven bills removing
j sect ions of the co,e no longer iu effect.
Henntor Garland Is probably the most
patient mnii In the senate. The rending
clerk for some unknown rensnu some
times' fails to cull the senator's name
when nyes and nays are being recorded.
Tim senator from I. inn always arises
with the announcement that "Our very
efficient reading clerk has aceoilentnlly
overlooked my name; 1 would like to
lie recorded as voting. "
-
Dan Kellaher continues to be tbe cen
ter of all senate pleasantries. Wjiilu
making a speech on the interest that
he represented and that the other nee
ntois represent, Henator Garland refcr
fer 0 himself as serving tho people of
l.iun county, Knntor Day as serving tho
people of Multnomah county and Hen
tie Kellaher an serving all tho people.
Senator Von der Holloa is without
doubt the champion newspnper reader
of the senate. No matter what measure
may ne before the body the senator iias
his piper and giving the speaker an oc
casiiinul side glunce inutilities to devour
its :nntents.
I'r Vidi'iit Thompson hits quite a task
ouch mnruinz in nnnnuncini' to tho
j senate the long list of communication
J received which lie refers to enmmittees.
The (ommittee on nlcoholic trnffie is
esMvially favored an endless chain of
telegrams, resolution! and letter being
i sent them.
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