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COMMERCE AFTER THE WAR
Economic twistings and turnings within the two, great
European powers, England and Germany, indicate that
when the present war is ended another will be begun.
Not a war -of shrapnel, bayonet and bloodshed, but a war
vf industry, ship3 and factories.
Germany has been preparing for many months. About
the time the United States senate passed the Webb bill
permitting combinations of manufacturers for export
trade word was had that the German government had
forced a combine of the boot and shoe industry of that
country. The German government had not simply re
moved obstacles in the way of combination: it had
forced the combination. Factories producing least
hnutrht out and shut down. The others
WVViiV"vwj CD
were put into a syndicate and operated as a unit.
Later we received the news that a blast furnace
syndicate in Germany had renewed articles of combina
tion for a long period, and again was heard a rumor con
cerning a large steel-works' combination. The German
government is restricting and eliminating internal com
petition on all sides. It is clear that Germany intends to
compete for the world's industry and commerce when the
war is over and that she does not intend to waste her
energy and resources competing within-herself.
' Recent press dispatches from England state that the
British ministry of reconstruction has approved of a vast
scheme for supplying all industries in Great Britain with
cheap electric power generated in great central "super
power" stations. These stations are to be 16 in number
and are to supply the whole United Kingdom. A con
trolling factor in industry is power cost. Eighty million
tons of coal are required yearly to generate the amount
of industrial power required in the kingdom. It is esti
mated that the new arrangement will give the same
amount of power with the expenditure of only twenty
five million tons of coal, which would be a saving of
nearly $500,000,000 yearly besides saving a large amount
of transportation and releasing men and tools from the
mines for work in other industries.
What of the United States in this keen competition for
the world's business after the war?
What of cur hundreds of ships being built, which, if
they continue to sail the seas after the war, must carry
American merchandise in competition with foreign mer
chandise to foreign markets?
What of our factories that must supply that mer
chandise? What of our 20,000,000 undeveloped horsepower in
Oregon and the Columbia river basin?
: The DaJf Novelette t
BE REASONABLE,
The full thoughtfulness and considerateness of the
Turks in wishing to retain control of Palestine is not. ful
ly understood, it would seem. They are made clear by
the statement of a Turkish grand vizier. It is reported
mat mis wormy gentleman has put it thus:
"The sovereignty of a neutral power of another faith
is most desirable from a Christian standpoint, as fiction
among Christian sects would otherwise lead to the great
est inconveniences."
Apparently the grand vizier believes that Syrians and
Armenians, the. leading "Christian sects" of Palestine,
would cast a unanimous vote for Turkish rule to save
them from inconvenient friction.
Judging by past demonstrations of the Turkish method
of preventing this friction and avoiding the inconven
iences referred to, however, the thoughtful observer is
iiKeiy to sei me vizier down as mistaken in rus opimons.
Almost as mistaken as the Prussian militarists are in
most of their news concerning other peoples,
An abundant crop of candidates is already assured
ana tnere seems little doubt but enough voters will be left
in the country to harvest it at the spring primary.
The groundhog must have been very much peeved
Saturday if there is any significance in the weather he-has
been handing out to us since.
; Rippling Rhymes
...
by Walt Mason J
MIDWINTER
The wind is shrieking at the do.or, the ice
is thick upon the river; I don't feel comfy
any more; all day I sit around and shiver.
The windows rattle in the blast, the snow is
heaped against hiy.hovel; I'm burning coal
so doggone fast it keeps me busy with .a
shovel. Another cold wave's on the way
the last one was a ring-tailed hummer: oh.
for a redhot August day, oh, for a sizzling
slice of summer! Too long old Boreas has
reigned, and 1 am tired of winter's rigors;
ah, can it be that I complained of trifling
things like flies and chiggers? I clean the
Hue, 1 shake the grate, I carry coal to hun
gry heaters; am I the idiotic skate who grouched because
ot harmless skeeters? Am I so shy of good horse sense
that when fair summer had her inning, I bumped my head
against the fence, and wished that winter was begin
ning? It's hard for one to realize, when this cold world
ith ice is sheeted, that once he beefed at azure skies
and kicked because the winds were heated.' Mv
translated intn frncr no dnnm Vi .Uo- T appearance-
W1 v-nai otaixe j. Stailipw , f urtune lay largely in the fact that 1
to snovei coal,, at inghtiul cost, and open up some tinhorn 'attempted to give a general perspective
TIP Pfvn motl (rata nli I o-, -,----.4. Li. V- imuw uuu iu vvm num. vvhuuui
fa. x x van cam, CAtepL WUaL supporting it with specific figures,
ajn!SGvi
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Mrs. Kajsinbaek had been poking
about the autoniobilo show all after
noon, and finally she approached Kd
lbble, manager of the iSunion car dis
play. "I want a car," she explained, "and
it seems to me that the Bunion display !
has tho best assortment of colors. Now I
if you can show me a nice one reason-'
able enough ", j
"No Bunion ear is allowed to leave j
the factory until it is perfectly reason-j
able, Madam," replied Ed Ibblo. "Now, j
how about this one a nice horizon pink :
tune-seater with a self stopper and an I
extra tire, only $12,000."
"Oh, I couldn't think of paying that ;
much," said Mrs. KaistnuacK.
"Then you mustn't think of it!" saidl
Ed Ibblo heartily. "Now here's a dan-'
dy a inidsky purple four-seater, with
detachable spark plug and German sil
ver soup heater, for only $700."
"Well, of course, that's inuoh more
reasonablcj " agreed Mrs. Katsinback,
"but seven hundred is seven hundred."
"It is, exactly," nodded Ed lbble
brightly. "Perhaps this one, then a
cigarband scarlet, two-seater with pon
gee tires only $325."
" That s tho reasonaHSest yet," con
ceded Mrs. Katsinback. "but when I
think that $323 would almost buy out
an res store 1-"
And she gave him $230 for a yellow
kiddie car tor her little boy.
BAKER GRILLED
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Hitchcock to press for the information
refused.
From tonnage the question ranged to
alleged presence of Germans in the
American army.
Senator Weeks declared he under
stood there were many such and had
received a report that an army of
ficer and an army chaplain had been
ordered home for pro-German utter
ances.
Baker said he had heard of the case
of an officer n& that if treason were
found to have been practiced there
would bo a court-martial.
M MACTii
Committee After Baker.
Washington, ieb. b. f acing an or
deal of bitter cross questioning by crit
ics of his administration, Secretary of
War Baker appeared again before the
senate military committee today.
A strong move to throw tho hearings
into executive session developed at the
outset of the hearing.
Becd and Kirby demanded that con
fidential data, which the committee
wants, should be given in secret session.
By shortly after 10 o'clock the com
mittee room was crowded, a majority
of the audience being women,
Senator Hitchcock objected to the se
cret session, saying it was only fair to
the secretary and to the public and to
tho country that Baker's answers "to
our searching questions", be spread
broadcast.
Baker supported the secret session,
declaring ' ' the misfortune of my first
if it can be termed a mis-
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damper.
goes to pay the plumber; and as I watch my wages burn
I say, "No more I'll kick at summer."
;j,
Marffittxl Garrett's
Husband a
Louis J. Simpson, of Marshfield, has virtually decided
to enter the republican race for governor and he will
cut some figure, too. Simpson is the big business man of
Coos Ray, clean and progressive, and popular with all
classes of people. No matter what happens in the rest "of
the state all alone the Oregon coast where he is best
known Simpson will be strongly and enthusiastically sup-i",;lv Zd"
ported. If nominated and elected Oregon would nave a
thoroughly energetic, wide-awake executive in the
Marshfield man.
By JANS PHUi
I J
MEETING DADDY.
Attorney General Geo. M. Brown is to be a can
didate for re-election, so it is understood. Probably he will
not be opposed and it is well that he should not be. He
has made a hard-working, conscientious official and his
unquestioned legal ability makes him valuable to the
state and the officials who depend upon him for counsel.
Oregon voters would do well to keep Mr. Brown in his
present position as long as he sees fit to occupy it, and
we have no doubt but they will."
Hindenburg says he will be in Paris by April 1, which
indicates that the camouflage handed out by Chamber
lain. Hitchcock, Wadsworth et al, in the senate, is hav
ing its logical effect.
CHAPTER CXXIX.
How I fussed over my darlings before
I sent thorn to meet Bub. Donald was
so excited he could scarcely stand still
long enough to b'6 dressed.
' ' 1 'so going to uee my daddy, muv
er! l'so going to make him tell mo a
G89ES
I LADD & BUSH, Bankers
A Government income tax officer will be at the
Court House from January 2 until January GO, 1918,
and will, to all those who wish it, explain the new
income tax law, and will furnish the necessary in
come tax blanks.
Ail single persons having an income of $1,000 or
over, and all married persons having an income of
$2,000 or over, will be required to make a report.
' ' Perhaps daddy won 't have time to
tell you a story, little sou, r.ud you
must not annoy him by Uaning him.
Just be mother's little man."
"All riyht muver, but 1 guess daddy
will do whut I want him to," ha re
plied with all tho faith of childhood.
A ft or 1 had sent them off, 1 walked
tho floor and eried my unhnppiness to
the four walls. Would the pain nover
eeuse, tho hurt never grow lessf I vis
ualized Bob when he met his boys, both
bigger than when lie lust saw them.
Children of their ages grow so fast. 1
thought of them as lunching together
iu Bob 'a room, and of him perhaps toll
ing Douald the longed for story while
tieorgie slept. It was a day ot agony
for inc.
About five o'clock Elsie and Annie
brought them homo.
"I'm going to have dinner with you
tonight," Elsie said. "The boys are
tired; let's get them to bed, and thou
we will have a nice long talk. Vou have
suffered today, Margaret, you poor
child. Your eyes show it."
"Sow tell me," 1 said when an hour
Inter Elsie and I were Bitting quietly
together ill my room.
Bob looked well. Ho seems older
some way. He had some gray hair at his
temples. 1 don't remember that he was
gray." '
"He wasu't!"'I interrupted.
" He asked after you. Seemed pleased
when I told him - you were well and
keeping up vour studios and your read-
think these should be given to the com
mittee only in executive session."
Committee members then launched in
to discussion of American shipping resources.
Weeks attempted to draw from Baker
figures as to the tonnage now at the
disposal of the war department for
troopand supply transport. Mr. Baker
did not have this information, he said,
but "can give it to the senator later,
"I understand the department has
91,000 tons," said Weeks.
' ' I think that is underestimating it,
replied Baker.
Hitchcock here interposed that his
information was that the United States
iaht and best for had on 1.400'U00 t0U8 of "hipping "
igut ana best for bu(. B.lkcr did n()t uommenti
Hitchcock, however, pressed his ques
tion regarding tonnage, asking the sec
retary what basis he had lor believ
ing the department could transport 1,-
'er It frightens me when I think of
them as great big boys with only a
woman to direct and manage them. Don
ald is a handful already, bless his lit
tle heart. He is so loving: vet he is
stubborn and wilful. I hope 1 shall be
aoio to (to what is ri.
thorn."
" Vou will dear."
"Did Bob say anything about her? "
I asked.
"-No, not a word."
"Dirt he sny how long ho was to be
in Xew York!"
"Yes, he said ho was going to leave
tonight. ' '
"Back to her. I suppose. How he
must love her to hurry back like! ENDS SIX YEARS OF
Just then Annio announced dinner! STOMACH MISERY
and we went down. We said no morel or six years I sutlered with ca
nnent Bob, but tiiked of the newsi,arrn ot" tl,e stomach, indigestion, sour
which was exciting everyone. America 1 no H;'s, headaches, and sometimes
had joined the Allies. We were at war
STUMEZE
with Germany.
"It is terrible! " Elsie declared.
"When one thinks of it everything else
sinks into insignificance. Our worries
and our plans all seem to amount to
nothing. And we haven't yet sensed it,
we hav
to our
"Thank tfod mv
to go! " I said
telt as though my stomach was being
eaten up. I decided to try STPMETZK
In two days I was feeling relieved of
my suffering. I now have a good ap
petite and can eat anything I like
without suffering in tho least. I aa,c
you who arc suffering from stomach
trouble to give this great remodv a
and be mnde well, as I have
' H.n.l T. T,.lnn 7112 r ft..
boy are too small , , Tacoma. Washington 'STU-
" Yes, that s what I said to Tom We all drufKUts
, - ' troub
ven t grasped wnat It may meani. . .
country, to us." II
.,.u . .. . ,, been.
mothers of small bovs havo much to I
be thankful for in a way. Y'et I can o'clock. I walked to the train with her,
imagine how proud I or vou would be then back home alone. She was such
did we see one of our own sous march-'a wonderful friend. She had know that
nig away to fight for, his country for I would long to know of Bob, and that
l, a !t i . ti i a
x coum uoi question acuio. one nau
500,000 men to France during 1918.
Baker said he meant there would ac
tually be at least 500,000 men in France
early this year, and 1,000,000 more dur
ing the year if shipping is available.
In response to questions by Senator
McKellar as to the supply of ar tillery iu
camps and cantonments. Baker said that
national guard battery units had been
forty per cent equipped with arms.
"It varies from 8 per cent at Camp
Bowie to 100 per cent at Canin Hi,.
cock," said Baker.
The national army artillery units am
being equipped with sufficient guna for
training purposes, ho added.
Switching to the Question of nrmv
supplies, McKellar wanted to know why
certain contracts had been kept seeret.
"My military assistants thought it
best not to divulge this information,"
said Baker, "because it mipht
campaign of sabotage. Our contracts
wore not secret. The only thing wo pre
vented was publication iu the neivsua-
yuia uj. iuo nixormaiion.
' ' Well the list was published in the
official government bulletin," comment
ed Senator Weeks, "when the fuel or
der was issued. I think that highly im
proper." Baker reiterated under questioning
that "there is not now a single soldier
in a single camp who is not adequately
supplied with sufficient clothing to kee'p
him warm."
There is some lack of woolen uniform
coats yet, Baker admitted.
Senator .New. read a letter saying-at
Fort Benjamin Harrison there " was a
large over supply of shoes but woolen
uniforms were 650 shore and with ship
ments in transit there would only be
enough for one suit per man.
W adsworth asked Baker
there was any legislation he thought
necessary to prevent hampering and de
partmental restrictions.
"It seems to mo there are too many
cheek balances for efficient work," he
said.
Baker replied after a pause that the
president, of course, had been given rein
to act as exigencies arose.
"I am not so sure that there are too
many restrictions, '.' he said. "We are
dealing with tremendous sums of money
and it needs much wisdom."
Queried by Weeks, as to his attitude
on tho proposed munitions ministry, Ba
ker thought it would be "exceedingly
unwiso" to destroy the elaborate or
ganizations built up by the several sep
arate war branches in favor of a cen
tral munitions post. ie war industriet
board, he continued, supplies a neoded
co-ordinating body.
Senator McKellar objected that the
war industries board is purely advisory
and is without legal authority to enforce
what its best judgment dictates.
Frelinghuysen asked if E. B. Stet
tinius wasn't in reality a munitions di
rector within the war department.
"He is more than that," Baker re
plied, "because he has control of many
more things than a munitions director.
"Nothing could bo more unfortunate
however," ho continued, "than to cre
ate now a central munitions director
which would infringe on the present war
branches. ' '
TWO THOUSAND
ACCiDENTSFOR MONTH
January Report of Commis
sion Shows Marked In
crease In State .
Buring the month of January of this
year 2011 accidents were reported te
tho state industrial accident commis
sion, according to a statement menar-
ed by the commission. This number is
whetherj an increase of more than 100 per cent
1. 4- I 1,.. . . ,r
over me acciuenw reported in Janu
ary of 1917. The following figures
gives a comparison of the number of
accidents reported during the month
ef January for tbe Inst four vcars:
191.3 1916 1917 1918
Total accidents 329 446 874 2011
Fatal cases 1 4 5 .13
Av per wk day 12.5 17 33 77
Children Cxy
'.-"OR. FLETCHER'S
GASTORIA
"You are made of sterner stuff than made it possible for me to sleep.
I am, Elsie. 1 would only be able to i The nxt day Donald seemed not at
see the danger, the horrors they would all well. He was a little feverish, and
have to endure." ; complained of sore throat. I called the
"I hear that a lot of them were to doctor and he said it was another at
be sent tomorrow morniug early. Of tack of bronchitis. Donald had been sub-
rnursiX ther ArA all cW nf riimnru Kel.l.AA.l
mg.iou may v sure yuusuiu ..- about,w ..T wish you wpulJ ,rv tak; h;m
ing iu my nanus, xio w. bo uiTy i mar verv iiule over horo w,iat l south for the cnlJ weatner tho a,H.tPr
see the boys. 1 thought he never would !reail in the IaKers alu, 0l.f 3sioualiy j saidi ..It wouW Jo him gt)0ll auJ it
" I' -'"-j cunor reaas me a letter troui John. lir wouldn't harm yon. You are not look-
A 'Real
llOW
should have seen him. Ho surely loves
Bob. ' '
"Yes, Klsio, and it sometimes seems
to me that we neither, Bid) nor I, had
the right to deprive the boys of a fath-
has been made one of the heads of, inn- well vmAself.
the American Ked Cross you know." would do anything to save my boy
"Yes. he is too old to be made a pain. So the very next day Delia and
soldier." (the children and'l started "for Florida.
Klsio remained with me until ten (Tomorrow In the Southland)
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