East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-18

Krieg." (such a Bright, Merry War;
Ii shows a poor mother gone mad
laughing over the hunger wasted body
OF her little son while in the back
ground lie two bullet ridden corpses
OF old men. Another Raemaeker car
toon Is called "waar zou Vader Lag
gin" which means where Does
Father Lie" The picture shows a
countless host OF little children with
questioning faces looking through a
forest OF rude crosses marking sol
diers graves. The picture illustrates
the unhappiness that exists back OF
the casualty lists The cartoon Isl
overdrawn only in that It assumes
each soldier is given a grave, whereas
reports from the field show no such
consideration is given the dead
There Is no time for grave digging and
the bodies are burned or buried in
trenches.
II the real horrors Of the war could
be thoroughly depicted the picture
would be too horrible for endurance
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There are certain interests in this
state that would like 10 see munich
pally owned public util-
becoming ities placed under the
Too Greedy. supervision of the state
utility commission and
they are engaging in some publicity
work 10 that end.
They will bear watching. When
pubic service corporations think they
can put over any such scheme as tina,
they are getting bold indeed. The
purpose IN municipal plants, such as
water plants or light plants, is to
provide service at the lowest possible
rates to the consumers. The only
possible reason for wanting them
under the state commission must con-
sist IN desire 10 force cities and
towns TO charge more so as not to
compete so effectively with private
corporations carrying watered stock
and excessive overhead charges.
II the public service corporations Of
Oregon can make headway with such
a proposal it will next be in order for
the transeontinental railroads to de-
mand That the Panama canal rates
be regulated by commission so thar
the water freight rate will never be
lower than the raA rate.
The fact that times may be tenn
porarily depressed is no reason why
the halter Of corporate fuedalism
should be fastened more tightly upon
the country.
When the New York board Of edu-
cation made a ruling to the effect
motherhood was
Motherhood Wins. not a sufficient
ground for grant
ing a leave OF absence to a teacher in
the schools of that city very wide
spread protest arose over the whole
country II Is now interesting to note
that the ruling has been changed.
Commissioner Finley. of New York
has taken a different view OF the mat
ter and as his word is law the former
ruling will be reversed.
1T is difficult to conceive" says
DR.. Finley, how a reasonable, un'
wilful absence, dEe TO natural un-
avoidabse cause could be construed
as neglect OF duty; and it is difficult
to understand why an absence fol
the most creditable social reason
should be 10 treated.
"As a commissioner, l would give
every possible aid in my power 30 pro
mote devotion to duty, Jealous ser
vice and efficiency on the part OF th'
teachers Of the state, TO prevent ne
glect Of duty and insufffciency and &c
eliminate Incompetence. But am o.
the clear opinion. which am obliget
to follow. that these ends snd purpos-
es will not be served by selecting, ol
seeming TO select. for stigma or re-
proach, such reason for temporary
absence frem school duty as is Of
fered in this case, or inferring oi
seeming TO infer inefficiency from th'
mere fact of Enotherhesd."
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