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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" .UONOAV KVKNINC, February 14. 1Pll!, .. CHARLES H. FISHEB, Editor and Manager. P0BLISHED EVEKY EVENING EXCEPT 8UNDAT, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BARNES, President CHAS. H. FISHEB, Vico-l'resident DORA C. ANDRESEN, Sec. a nil Treas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES TKilT hv carrier, tier Tear 15.00 Tor month. Diily by mail, per year 3.00 Per month. .45c .35c FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH KEPOBT EASTEEN BEPEESENTATIVES New York Chicago Wr4-Liwii-WUliams Special Agency Harry R. I'iBher Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porh. If the carrier does not do this, misses yon, or neglects getting the papar to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, us this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 81. A MATTER OF OPINION E. L. Keen, general manager of the United Press, with headquarters in London, and William Phillip Simms, manager of the Paris bureau of the United Press, are both in Washington, and Saturday gave to the readers of such papers as use the United Press service, of which the Capital Journal is one, their ideas of the mutual misun derstanding of the United States and Europe as to the position and opinions of the others. Keen points out that England believes this country is j staying out of the war for the sole purpose of making money by supplying the necessities of the allies, and open ly classes all Americans as "Dollar Chasers." Simms says the French have the same opinion of us, only being more tactful they only shrug their shoulders without making the open charge. It is difficult to find any reason for our friends across the water having this opinion of us, for they should un derstand that the United States has no reason for getting into the war on either side, and if it had, those reasons would perhaps force it to take a hand against the allies as well as Germany, to go to war with both. If England does not want this country to make money out of the war she can easily prevent it by refusing to buy our materials, and France could do the same thing. Both these countries can thank their stars that this country is in position to sell them materials and they would consider it a cause for war, a violation of neutrality should we refuse to sell to them, yet they object to our getting a profit out of the business. According to the writers named, both England and France think we should get in the row just for the fun of the thing. Fortunately the president and those in charge of the affairs of government are not humorists to the extent of finding anything to laugh at in the situation. Both Keen and Simms have been away so long that they are not in touch with the sentiment in this country. This is shown in their statement as to our position to ward the warring countries. They say Americans think the allies want to quit, and are surprised to learn that they are determined to fight to the end, and that end com plete victory over all their enemies. That is where both gentlemen are mistaken. The average American realizes that this is a war to a finish, and that it will not end until one side or the other is exhausted and at the end of all its resources. That is why all steps toward bringing about peace are looked upon as futile and foolish. Neither side can first offer to consent to peace, and unless one consents first the other naturally can't follow. America understands this thoroughly, and the fact that Mr. Keen and Mr. Simms do not, gives rise to the thought that they may also be mistaken as to the feeling in England and France toward us. Colonel Roosevelt rages at President Wilson about al most everything he has (lone and all that he has not done. The Colonel poses as the one infallible person who is al ways right and never makes a mistake. Will he kindly take a few days off and explain why he was so rabid in forcing Taft onto the republican party as the one and only man in America worthy of filling the place made vacant by the expiration of his own term, ami why, if this is true, he now repudiates him and says he was not the right man for the place. The Colonel was either wrong in forcing his nomination or wrong now in be littling him. The infallible one shows that for once at least he was wrong. Why would not Roosevelt and Bryan make an ideal combination for the republicans? One is all the other is not and thus would make a self-adjusting balance of af fairs. Each is a perennial candidate for the presidency, one a winner once, and the other a continuous losor. One is for peace at any price and the other for war on the same terms. The temple of Janus might be permanently closed so far as this country is concerned if these two could be elected on the same ticket. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1S68 CAPITAL ... - - $300,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Depesit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT LET US REJOICE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS Tunnel number 4 on the Willamette Pacific Railroad is nearing completion, it being the last of the nine on the road unfinished. When this is completed it will be but a short time until trains will be running between Eugene and Marsh field, and Southwestern Oregon will no longer be depend ent on the sea for communication with the world. It was expected trains would be running this month, but the unusually severe weather delayed the work and it will be March before the last rail is laid. Eugene and Marsh field are both planning big celebrations, the latter making three days of it. It is of much more, than passing im portance to Salem this opening of another Oregon seaport through which she may send her products out to the world and receive from it such things as she needs. Salem should join in the celebration heartily, sending a goodly delegation to Eugene to take part there, and then on to Marshfield. This is an opportunity the Cherrians should not overlook and the Commercial club can do no nicer or better thing than send a big delegation down to the new shipping point. We all rejoice in our neighbors get ting in touch with us and why not show how much we appreciate the fact? Salem should send a delegation, of not less than one hundred, and the more the better. CALL THE BUGS TO THE COLORS OPEN FORUM )C)C3CijCSfS56)Cl(C)CSjC)fi5C'ts5'!' ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE TRUE PROPHET According to a Chicago physician the typhoid vaccine treatment consists of four injections given at five day intervals. The first one is light containing in round num bers and not by actual count 500,000,000 bacteria. The second dose is doubled containing 1,000,000,000 of the bugs, and the third treatment contains a like number. The fourth and knock out dose for the disease is again doubled, 2,000,000,000 of the bugs being squirted under the patient's epidermis. The full complement it will be seen contains 4.500,000.000 enemies of the typhoid germs and it does seem that they ought to be able to lick all of! them caught loafing around in a fellow's system, it tney adopted the modern mode of warfare and dug trenches, put up barbed wire entanglements and threw hand granades, what a ruction they would create in a fellow's running gears. Portland is a cheerful village. Saturday the sun shone according to the Oregonian, for ten hours and l: minutes, and everybody was smiling. As an offset to six weeks of snow, sleet and discomfort, a community that can forget its troubles in ten hours of sunshine is optimistic and cheerful enough to win out over any and all conditions and setbacks. To the Editor: In a speech of 1WI he naiil, "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me mi. I makes me tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of t'.ie war corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high pi ice will follow, anil the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reijjn by working on the prejudices of the people until all the wealth is ay Ki'CKHted into a tew hands and the re public is destroyed." He also said in his first regular mes sage to congress, December, lHtil, that, "Labor is prior to .mil independent of capital. Capital is only the fruits of labor nnd could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration." He reiterates in an .tddress to the Rcpublicim Workingmen 's association, of New York, March 21, IS(i4, the same language. And on other occasions no repeatedly maintained that "The ef fort to place capital on .in eipial foot ing with or above labor means the re turn of despotism." During this period of preparedness agitation, and since "The money pow er '' has entrenched behind this feder al reserve blinking system which has literally "Aggregated .ill the wealth of tae nation into a few hands," it is well for us, the common people, to pause on this l-th day of February and consid er what Abraham Lincoln has said about this present capitalistic .unl econ omic system. There can be no better way of honoring this good man's life than by heeding his warnings and act ing on his advice. This is the most critical period of our national existence since tiie civil war, and our country ') Needs every man's unselfish devo tion .is Jingoosts say. (lod knows we ueed every man's unselfish devotion; at least we need their nits. What Lincoln feared most was that the money power would corrupt the "High places"; while at the same time playing us against each other by working on our prejudices. He being of plain folks, realized the stupidity of the people and coutiiiu illy warned us of our worst enemies; a few of which are: Hacinl prejudices, religious preju dices, national prejudices (patriotism), class prejudices. No, not class prejudic es, for to him there was only one real class in all the world, the working class. And to prove his international scope of vision will ipiote from .mother speech, "Let the workers beware of prejudices working divisions ami hostilities among themselves, for the strongest bonds of human sympathy, outside the family re lations, should be one uniting all work ing people of all nations and kindreds and tongues. '- We who believe, in socialism hold Lin coln in high esteem, and with him we infinitum that, the in in who does not want all that he earns is a fool, and that the man who wants more than lie produces is dishonest. The method of procedure as given in the quotation be low is worthy of every honest man's consideration. He s.iys, " I uasmiicli as most good things are produced by labor it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labor produced them, but it has so happened in all the ages of the world that some have labor ed and otners without labor have en joyed a gve.it proportion of the fruits. This is wrong and should not continue. To secure to each worker the whole produce of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government." In fact no government is good that does not "Secure to cadi worker the whole social product of his labor," or "As nearly as possible," nnd .ilso an opportunity to labor. These things, the capitalists. "The money powers" of this country and all other countries will not stand for. They have established "Capital on an e(iial footing ami above labor." That is they tun he money e.irn, or rather, they have us believing it earns. Honest money can only be a medium of exchange, nnd in that form is as necessary as flour and bacon anil beans to our daily life. Hut when the law? i 11 f our government reinforce the as j sumption that monev of itself has an Oh, "Money to Loan" is a common sign: it everywhere iV;,r1,,i,'lt J'ow''r-,hat is, '"i"!"'-a',"! ... J T '. ., . ; ital stock an, I watered stock and bonds greets these eyes of mine. In twenty stairways, m this; and securities and houses, lands .md i- 4L t JAN'S ability to shorten I V 11 the minutes between JL il milestones marks the progress of civilization. WESTERN UNION Day Letters and Night Letters eliminate the miles and put extra hours in every business day. Full particular! at any Western Union Office. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. (lod is not mocked for whatsoever .1 man soweth that shall he also reap." Kvery gun and every sword we make makes the birth pangs of the New World hist that much more 1'iiin fill. Aih.iiiy and other towns. The girls gu c a benefit last fall ut the Oregon but tomorrow evening will put on the entire program. Tile moving picture reels will show camp fire girls lit ISe- lleineuiher lsiiotil. If we had iiad allago lake, Maine, giving an idea of Seattle complains to the inter-state commerce com mission that the railroads charge $5.60 more for tickets east from Seattle via San Francisco, than they do from Portland. As $5.60 is the fare from Seattle to Portland why should not the railroads make the charge? or failing, be compelled to do so? The Oregonian thinks the protest of little Salvador against the treaty with Nicaragua will receive little at tention from President Wilson, simply because she is little. Has not our big contemporary become a trifle mixed on the presidents? Is it not Roosevelt of whom it is thinking. RippHngRlu)TRQS MONEY TO LOAN greater fighting cquipiucut then our cause would hue been just that much hinder to win, because it was mostly all bet raved into the hands of the enemy bv president Ituchannn, and repeats itself. And am onlv restrained from still further disagreeable compar isons, because the leading republicans, the most progressive republicans, are iiiiitiv times worse. .v'nat the eastern people are doing for iiieir girls 111 the way ot camping out. Fancy dancing, group singing and so los will be included in the tirocrain .A history; .Mrs. O. H. Gingrich is guardian of tlnf1 camp anil is (trilling the girls. Those who will take pnrt in the program are Amelia Uabeock. Alice McCMIan, lid dys Hcynohls, Florence Shafer, Ferrol i.iiiaugh, thelma Lnbaugh, Rutn Men- Annabelle lie who supports this military pre-, delsohn. Edna Ackermau paredness and those otner underlying! Golden and lsabelle George. economic causes that so surely niakej i for "despotism." he who supports these j NEW BOOKS AT PUBLIC LIBRARY things, either by voice or ballot or si- lent consent, is traitor to all humanitv,! is traitor to that true freedom which j ennett, The Old Adam; Kosher, wis ordained and established by the T,"" House of Happiness; Chester, The blood of our fathers. Enemy; Coulter, Co-operation Among So let us. in all sincerity, again with Farmers; Cyclopedia of American Clov Liucnlii, "liosolvo, that this tuition j eminent, ed. by A. C. McLaughlin and shall, under God, have a new birth of A. 1!. Hart; Esenwein, Writing the fredom, and that government of the; I'hotnplny; Famol, Beltane the Smith; people, by the people, and for the j Hall, Educational Problems; Kreisler, people, shall not pcrisn from the earth.") Pour Weeks in the Trenches; Martin, pnrba T. .T. SHU'LEU. Campfire Girls to Entertain Tomorrow The Chinig Chinik camp fire girls will give u vaudeville and moving pic ture show at the Opera house tomorrow evening and are planning to give it at Selinn; Monroe. Cyclopedia of Educa tion; Woman's Who's Who in America. Juvenile Bacon, Operas Every Child Should Know; liiicou, Pictures Every Child Should Know; Doubleday, .Birds That Every Child Should Know; Fry er, The Mary Frances Cook Book; Gor don, Bird Children; Mabie, Heroine That. Every Child Should Know; Seton, Wild Animals at Home.. Try Capital Journal Want Ads. einnll tmcn tVia nlioovf ill lonrmd i-o Vmnmnir rlnwn TViDvo'o i dustnes have an earning power of them vvv.xm .vfew.v. jo A.ll&niS " ,(,h,.s t ,,,,,' i 0 V i 1 11 1 . 1 V 011,1 a b- money to loan to the merchant prince soiuteiy. "it means the return of aes- when bad collections have made him wince. , "l-,,,,, Z'Z !T ,,'r. There's monev to loan to the farmer bold, i ,,v ii maintain it- who owns wide acres of fertile mold. There's money to loan to most any skate who has abundance of real estate, or hogs or cattle, or bonds or stocks, to b6 security plunk, or a dollar s who need it most! tiiX'S' A uo up ft. ask the gent you will find up there, to lend you a buck to relieve despair. You will hit . the walk, when he throws you down, so hard you'll rattle the drowsy town. There's money to loan if you're cutting ice, there's money to loan if you have the price, but not a rouble or yen or buck if peradventure you're out of luck. f' -a or caiuc, or uunus or su ' I for the rocks. But not a V .-.v? ,-?f :jA ghost, to lend to people fv. y A Go up those stairs, whe THE EYES OF LINCOLN By Walt Mason I Sad eyes, that were patient and tender, sad eyes, that ! were steadfast and true, and warm with the unchanging splendor of courage no ills could subdue' Eyes dark with : the dread of the morrow, and woe for the day that was gone, the sleepless companions of sorrow, the watchers , that witnessed the dawn. Eyes tired from the clamor and 1 goading, and dim from the stress of the years, and hol lowed by pain and foreboding, and strained by repression of tears. Sad eyes that were wearied and blighted, by . visions of sieges and wars, now watch o'er a country ' united fr.om the luminous slopes of the stars! I'otism. Because labor, in anv I self, and create a suriilns eoual to t h sum total in interest that is forever be ing compounded on all these tiiines and I that is the least demand the capitalists j will make. Lincoln clearlv saw these truths anil being courageous, he, like Moses, the piohpets and Jesus, and Mar., rolled up his sleeves and layed the ax to the mult nt' thi titl'itriinl mm,.,.- a,.m. Whd'e the "Loan" Sign thus beastly economic system that en thrones Mammon and deturones God. It has made a few absolute rulers of the world, .md of labor is made the goat who carries the load of the world. Yes indeed, he was n true prophet in warning us of "A crisis approaching that unnerves him." And if this crisis is not "approaching" let us ask yon why Woodrow Wilson anil the capital ists behind him want such n vnst army and luvyf Be not deceived, it's not the Germans or Austrinns, English or Jap anese that they want this lighting ma chine for, for in the president's recent Manhattan speech he snvs that we Am- rienns were in no danger tioni anv quarter whatever. The truth is, the social point of view' n.is nlready taken possession of the; people of the nation, the same as in I Germany, and Wilson and Lansing, the armament trust, and the money trust, are not one whit better than Kaiser William nnd the crown prince, the Im perial Chancellor Von llethnun Hull weg. the Krnpp Armament company nnd the ret of the corrupt capitalists. The truth is they determine to de fend toeir hold on an illgotten world: and straightway, like all the greatest scoundrels of the ages, they fortify themselves behind patriotism and preju dices. It is written, "He not deceixed, REGULARITY in saving money is what puts some men ahead of others who may be earning more but spending carelessly. Open a bank account with us and adopt the plan of systematic saving. United States National Bank Member of National Reserve Bank, Salem, Oregon fc ....... .i 5 5i All the better class of dealers uncon sciously recommend Snowflake Sodas because for so long they have been the standard of cracker goodness. . T " PACIFIC COAST 10c and 25c SSfV. VJ BISCUIT package! V-;.lk. comdavv -uo in bulk r QT.MUU Oregon Always Watch Tiis Ad Changes Often tMMHt ,MMM t Strictly correct weight, square Jcal and highest prices fr all kinds of X t ' " Mber' MJe' "d 1 W Ir pound for old up. t Hig 'toa; ' 811 "'" swonJ !"a incubators. All kinds corrugate X ;rou, fr both t00fs nnd t"Wig. Roofing paper and second hand linoleum. H. Steinback Junk'Co. X The House of Half a Million Bargains. X 302 Xrth Comm M. pi0Bf 803