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Bv PRESIDENT OREGON.
(The Man Who Has Stabilized the Government of Mesieo)
1.-The World War Has UnQuestonay Taught Us That the Age of Brute
Force Has Vanished for All TmMan Greatest Conquests in the
= Future Will BE In the Realms Of Work and Science."

whsn dealing WITH this matter Of
srmaments. however. three impor-
tant points call for careful consider
Atom: - ....'.
IN i tho rslstisn between the
nssA Of disarmament and tho
present moral Standard Of msnItind
wAst h shssld and must bs II the
efsssts 81: the conference arc to be
successfully :.. ..
o. = Ne msthed chosen, % far
a. W know II frca the scanty In
fogmation which has bess winch
saSsd 10. ths world; The shortest cut
- The .sehievsansnt Of the noble end
;fnSyiswf .-'S' - ~'.,r- ....r..
own tho Representatives Of
tlsoss peoples who have been, invited
70 ttcuss this subject set the In
tecssts. 81 mankind shove those Of
their respective csuntriesf -
Touching the first point. It II clear
that the correlats Of the suppress
sion Of brute force II the attainment
by true morality Of its real value
ana influence. its dictates therefore
should be accepted a. final in de-
timing the rights o., all individuais
~ well ~ of al nations. The exact
definition Of such rights cannot.
however. b reached until they have
been granted to all men. irrespective
Of race, color. language, and r.
Iisien. and until Il Ii recognized that
al the nations which constitute the
human RAGS are entitled to them ID
EQUAL measure. Therefore, in order
that disarmament. when realised,
should not become another failure,
II II to be hoped that the moral level
of each Of the peoples Of the pres.
ent generation, will prove sufficient
lyfhish to recognize and to respect
the r1ghts OF the others and to limit
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tc.pyr.shs. 1883. ~ H.yds. Talbot.
f'bl''atk;.ss s.l sssht s.! !. ss' DATED

tCspy!isht. 1889. ~ Hayds. T.lsst.
KinsdsG Hsssrvsd0 .
LONDON. Jan. 20.
kETF for no other reason than
that everywhere in the world
people are beginning to real
lie that no one nationj can be any
longer self-sufficient. am convinced
that we have turned the corner Of
worldwide business depression and
are once again on the upgrade
Thus viscountess Rhondda, Brit
aims foremost woman OF trade,
answered the question have been
asking business experts in Europe.
She received me today in her pri-
vate Office In Victoria street. where
she directs the great commercial
enterprises Of which she 10 the active
head. E; 49,.
In financial circles here 1t IL said
she II on the directorates Of up
wards Of fifty important industrial
corporations, including the Anglo
Argentine Coal Company. Ltd. Cam
brian Galleries, Ltd. Globe Shipping
Company, Ltd. and the South Wales
Printing & Publishing Company.
Ltd. ...-.,.
! As chairman Of the sanatosen
Company she has built up a world
trade for. a proprietary remedy. In
the city" they tell you she is a
vital factor in British business.
Her long fight to establish her
right to q seat in the House Of Lords
has kept her in the lime-light. In
Whitehall there is little disposition
to deride her claims.
OUTLOOK BETTER. SIZE SAYS.
Lady Rhondda has a way Of ac-
complaining what she sets out to
do. One day. II the prophets are
right, the King in opening Parlia-
ment will have to say, My Lords
and Ny Lady"
Having interviewed Hetty Green
and other American business
women, was astonished to discover
that Lady Rhondda Is quite femi-
nine, motherly person. Gentle Of
voice and kindly eyed. she greeted
me with gracious hospitality.
There are many other signs Of
q trade revival" she continued.
Conditions generally are more Ia
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By LADY RHONDDA--
(In an Talbot the Fasaous III s$g
British ViscoMuess Dscusss World Trade) f.. ;I y
See Grounds for Optimism in the Gradual Development ola Changing
Public Opinion the World OvrMutua Confidence is the Corner
Stone Of Successful Trading" ..Auu-- ~ II

vorabie to business than at any time
since 1914, Y',. a.
II hold to the opinion that not
only British. but world trade. can
not hope to be restored TO pre.war
levels until the European problem
IL solved. There must be Q return
Of economic stability In all the, Eu-
ropean countries before the rest Of
the world can work back TO general
prosperity. But I see grounds for
optimism In the gradual develop
ment Of changing public opinion
the world overs world .apprecia-
ton of the interdependence Of, all
nations. tr ~ -
''Out Of such international gath
erings as the Washington confer
ence. for instance, there must come
a substantial gain in this direction.
The newspapers have carried the
work of that conference to every
corner Of the globe. Aside from any
practical good that may have been
accomplished by way of real disarm-
ament, at least another proof that
we are tnseparably linked by COM
mon interests has been abundantly
presented to all thoughtful. persons.
CONFIDENCE IN TRADE.
els it too much to hope that the
one Indispensable factor Of business
prosperity-internat confidence
or trust-may not soon be reborn?
Every business man knows that mu-
. tual confidence Is the cornerstone
of successful trading. When 1t Is
absent business is impossible.
Let confidence be. restored-and
deserved-and the franc, the lire,
the mark and the ruble will surely
work back to par.
"A remission by the British gov
eminent of the debts owing to her
by European governments would I'M
doubtedly go a long way toward es-
tablishing confidence"
As to any desirability Of cancel
Iation by the United States Of Great
Britain's debt. she merely said, "One
does not discuss that"
But returning to the heartening
signs Of improvement in business
conditions" she continued, 'consid-
er the effect Of these Washington
proposals on world trade. Unques-
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.yNIvERsAL disarmament. CON

.ryNIvERSAL disarmament. CON
sidered hitherto only - an
~ IDEAL to. the attainment Of
which, many grsas man heys do
voted all their, efforts. has now D.
como an urgent necessity. NO
innssr, to be postponsd. for The stn'
pis reason that modern armies and
the cost Of their equipment oonstt-
tuts tho heaviest burden under
watch mankind now stasssra That
part Of the community which scon-
,sists Of men who: work and pro
!duce n daily, losing strength. vast
ans. its energies aAd e1haustine ~
patience, because Of the undue a.
cess In the nurnhsr Of consunsrs
whose sntirs activities are dsvotsd
70 destruction In all ~, forms.
These, conditions have produced tar
reaching perturbations which. II
not speedily remedied. win Inevitably
cad TO . fearful catastrophe.
SESSION WAS COSTLY. &.
The only lesson, and this . vsry
costly ono. which the world var has
Internationally taught US. - thst
the age. Of brute force has vanished
for all time. that mans greatest
conauests in the future win BE-
erected IN the realms Of work and
science. and that II II indispensable
to expend In these fields that vast
mental and physical energy which
b now being souandered in the
training Of armies and the produc-
ton Of arnnaments. Hence there h.
no one who does not wholeheartediy
support tn. idea Of disarmament.
which means the reduction Of mill
tary forces to the number which II
requisite and adequate to insure In
ternal order and to, maintain
domestic peace At home. '.-', 80,
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its demands to the assertion Of Its
own
In connection with the second
point, It L. worth noting that = con-
siderable number Of nations have not
been. included in the invitation to
participate In q conference which u
dealing with such momentous issues
and y frausht with far-reaehins
consequences to the entire human
race. For II should not DO forgot
ten that besides disarmament or
Limitation Of armaments. other top
les will be discussed which involve
radical innovations In the domain Of
international law. This circum-
stance lands color to the conjecture
that the delegates assembled 70
tackle these all-important problems
do not intend to restrict their means
Of action to marc argument and
suasion when confronted with the
task Of prevailing upon the ooun-
tries excluded from the conference
70 accept their decision.
BACK TO HUMANITY.
Az regards the third point. which
20 deeply affects the welfare Of man.
kind. feel disposed to believe, and
trust that am wrong, that the
furtherancs of the interests Of the
individual countries now represented
at Washington win occupy the fore
most place In the arrangements now
under discussion. Furthermote. II
the problem il carefully scrutinised
in Its philosophical as well a. its
historical bearings. there ID room for
doubt whether. even though dis
armament or a limitation Of arrna-
ments be attained. the moral aims
SO earnestly desired will also be
reached, because we are mistaken II
we ascribe to ornaments the misfor.
tunes which have had their origin
In the evil instincts Of men. ~
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fad, or at best momentary reac'
ton against the appalling ruin OF
the great war. Such, however. Is
not my Interpretation Of the phe-
nomenon. It Is my belief that man
kind In the manifestation Of God,
and that accordingly the true nature
Of man is love and peace. The self;
ish motives of some races. who try
to promote their own interests Mt
an unfair cost to the interests Of
others. cause strife and war between
peoples. But such q state Is clearly
an abnormal and transitional one,
which owes its existence to the devil
ish element yet lurking In mans in
stincts. Mans true nature being
peaceful. II Ii only natural that he
should seek permanent happiness In
q world Of harmony. BY sttsmpting
to drive out the, evil element In him
self. In the present universal seal
and effort for peace. therefore. I sec
mans true instincts ut work grimly
determined forever to dispose Of war
and to establish permanent harmony
among mankind
We must not. however. ian into
the faIlacy Of confounding the IDEAL
and the real. and fanoy present
world conditions promise perfect fu-
ture peaos. Even - the roots Of
pfuci1sd weeds sprout again In the
spring and prevent the growth Of
flowers, at any moment the satanic
element of human nsturewhtch
was recently msrcilessiy debated BY
the peace-loving nature Of man
may raise its head anew and lad
the world again into ruin and chaos
Il n With the consciousness Of this
human fraiity that the scheme Of
the League Of Nations has bssu
launched to avert possible future
war;, and that the snlightsnsd part
Of the world continues to ponder
upon the best way to bring about
genuine and lasting peace. Who oap
assurs us, therefore, that the a.
cendancy Of mans peaceful nature.
which has just begun through snor>
nous sacrifices. may not again col.
lapse II nations continue to embrace
their former ego-centric world visw7
CAUSE OF WARS. .'-.
Reflection reveals the fact that
the cause Of past wars has always
been some inequality of the condi,
tons of living among different
peoples. Before the Great War.
the Powers of Europe seriously
endeavored to adjust this Unequal
ity. All attempts nrvv, hele .. wei'
doomed ~ iiulury 80 GU,r uni e..
the clou,led wo.iI ,Lsals VI Ilp
nations concerned and Of their fail.
urs to perceive the sisnificancs Of
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tionabiy tho increase Of unsmpley-
ment In all countries u bat q tenn
pcrary injury to the few for the
lasting benefit Of al. The world has
been spending upwards Of three
fourths Of IT, total resources IN
building and maintaining enginssiof
destruction. II does not take an eco
nomic expert to realize that any linn
itatson Of SUCH expenditure must
work for good. -,
IL SUSPECT ExPERrs." T.
"As for . world conference II
business men. a. contracted With
politicians. to solve the wogjd.s esq
Fl nomfc problem-I think it Is am a.
cellent idea. with reservations. J, u
II suspect experts. 80
Tt has always been the 'polfecy
Of the British Government to put N
amateur at the head Of the governs.
mental departments. Experts nd.
wise him. to be SUR. out the execu-
tive himself IL always an an,atslr,
because we believe the amateur. has
q broader. more human viewpoint
than the expert. And 30, as regards
Q world conference Of business men
economic experts its, success
would be better assured II It met as
an advisory body under the guild
ance Of politicians. h.,
Frequently purely governmental
troubles are not reflected in bust
ness conditions-there being q dis
tinct differences between the eco
nomic stability Of q government and
its people. ..a.. 80 .... w.
But here. a. I sec It, IL tho re,
sponsibility Of every government in
the world-politicaiiy to establish .
world amity which will be the
foundation Of a restoration Of world
confidence. An advisory committee
Of business men, worldwide in
scope, would undoubtedly be OF. In
estimable service to such a con-
ference Of politicians. But am
skepticaI of its power to function
successfully in any other capacity.
I'm any event, and whatever tina
means taken, economic recovery II
bound to be slow. But Their. -
every reason for confidence In the
worlds sure return to economic
health" ~,
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By DIR. w. H. BALL OU---
"A (WeHKnoyn Writer Scientific SubjectO
Beak 1000 Eggs ncludn Shells Into Huge Receptacle and ALL OF
the Contents win BE Found Required to Make Man. From His Toe
~ mafc I'm Wie NrnnT ecmAw NJ 4 tah t $.Y2@ f
nails to His Brain Tissue. >

ficisnt fats. to make a fiftsen-pound
candle-ynors light on the subject
He has twenty-five pounds and ten
ounces OF carbon. sufficient to pro-
duce $3.50 lead pencils. He has
enough iron to make q spike suffi-
cisntly strong to bear his weight
hanging. 80
: Assuming. OF course, that our
unit man is healthy and normal, he
contains fifty-four ounces OF phos-
phorus. a deadly poison which would
DO for SOC. 900 matches or enable 500
men to commit suicide. Strange
that II you imbibed Just a. little Of
this same phosphorus by swallowing
1t your demise would take place then
and there. 80 =.
You can manufacture certain pol
sons within your system which
would kill you II taken from the
bottle. and also you do manufacture
poisons which kill you anyway 1t
is a question right now IL death Is
not really,a form of internal suicide.
by manufacture Of hostile poisons
within. The ptomaine from decayed
food IL not nearly nor SO often fatal
as some Of these other poisons pro-
duced by chemical combinations
within. So always keep q book Of
antidotes within reach.
WHY GIRLS ARE SWEET"
We say Of girl, How sweet she
is.p Well, yes; just as sweet chem
ically a. a man. Our man unit-and
the girl-contain the equivalent Of
exactly sixty Jumps Of sugar. such rs
you put in coffee. We hear or read
much about the evil or eating
sweets. candy or sugar, which from
a chemical standpoint Is all rot.
even to the fairy tale about sugar
causing Bright's disease. diabetes,
etc. These, we know from recent
Investigations, are caused by spe-
cies OF minute animal parasites.
And we know that eating sugar
10 absolutely necessary to the sys-
tenn, but are in doubt about imbib-
ing sugar in liquids. as It then goes
direct to the kidneys without any
predigestion like other solid foods.
Perhaps sugar in drinks may be
very dangerous, We shall soon
know. when the analyzers get
through upsetting things.
Sugar IL the sole muscle builder,
chemistry finds. and hence those
essential sixty Jumps are in your
system. manufactured right within
you by natural methods. The ath-
lete knows that a few Jumps Of
sugar will add many foot pounds to
his muscular ability. When your
muscles cramp 1t shows q deficiency
Of sugar within. Help out the sugar
planters now and then.
SALT AN ESSENTIAL.
And then. our man unit has TWEEN.
ty good-sized spoohfuls Of salt within
him. So those native tribes which
the explorers tell US do not eat salt
get It just the same.
Carl Lumholtz. the explorer. told
mo recently that IN Borneo he
found that the coast tribes all ate
salt and the interior tribes mono.
Martin johnson told me practically
the same, thing. Neither explorer
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lasting peace. No matter how many
international treaties we may make,
no matter how powerful and
flourishing the peace movements
among the masses may be. no peace
win come 20 long as nations do not
seek purer ends. and remove the
material inequalities under which
some Of them labor. For the
assumption that the races of the
globe must submit contentedly to
siaring inequality. merely because
fortune has caused them to dwell
In different environments and TO
have different histories, can no
longer be maintained when the
world has become unit. and all
nations have bean made close neigh
bors by the progress Of science. 10
enforce the old idea would be 10
uphold the blaekSst despotism. So
long - such injustice remaihe un,
challenged. the peoples who Nare
trying to escape their letters WI
defy any agreement, or treaty, Oh
other artificial scheme to hold them
In subjugation. and viii sooner or
later provoke . bloody conflict.
ainosrs promoters Of peace must
therefore first Of all open their eyes
TO this fundamental cause Of war.
There ars at lsast three condi.
lions requisite for the sstabiish.
meet Of genuine peace. The first H.
to make all nations clearly realize
that they have no right to force IN.
ethsr people to commit national. Or
raaiA suicide. The second condition
70 - make them recognize; the
fundamental truth that nstions Ana
rsoes - not offer In thsir d<sifs
to live spd dsveiep. The third k-ro
val peoples ? Just di,trtpvtien
Of, the wprid's. resources and. tie
ssoessitiss Of ufs- An unyestrplnea
sxsrciss of tbs posssssive imppls,
gives riss 70 injustice smopg peo
pies. and the exclusive pursuit Of
sslfintsrsst uenscea the survtvG
Of civilization. Remembering this,
each nation should cultivate . sense
Of international tustica. and "a
dsavor. BY removing all ohstpctss
TO create harmony In tn, world,
harmony based upon mutusi uh,
dsrstapdins and sympathy, ne
golden age Of humanity VIII uuly
be realised only whom the more
powerful nations Of the globe ,siys
up their traditional notion Of thtit
own superiority and agree TO re
spsct the contnon welfare ss~ 'ralf
plnsss Of mank nj They 20 ,ls
49,. n, '',..' ~ l;" q, -.
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rs Have Come.
A few Evenings after that he
sauntered up to a large Frame
Building to look at a couple Of Boys
who had promised to make 13s Ring
side.
A Cannon was planted at the main
Chute and the Street was filled
with Department Store Employees
Disguised as Doughboys.
Nothing doing.
The Governor had called out the
Militia in order to prevent a Blot
being put upon the Fair Name Of
the Commonwealth.
GAME WAS COLD.
With the Selling -Platers turned
out to Pasture. the Brace-Box and
the Pinch.wheel lying In the Base
ment at Central Station and the
Pugs going back to the Foundry
and all the Street Lamps being
taken in at Midnight, no wonder
Steve was hard pushed to find In
nocent Amusement.
He started to hang around a
Brokers Office but II was no Fun
to bet on q Turn-Up when you
couldn't watch the Shuttle. Be-
sides. the Game was Cold and
was being fiercely denounced by
the Press.
For a Time he kept warm in .
Bowling Alley. Drive a Man into
a Corner and soad him to Despera-
ton and he will go 90 far a. TO
Bowl. provided he lives in q Dutch
Neighborhood.
One Evening he went down TO
soc the walhallas 60 against the
schwabens. but the Place was
Dark.
The Authorities had intsrfered.
It seemed that the Manufacture
Of Bowling Balls involved the De-
struction Of the Hardwood Forests,
while the Game itself ovsrtaxsd
certain Important Muscles ending
with ''alis," at the same time
encouraging Profanity and the use
OF scent Cigars.
Steve had one Standby iska %
him He could prop himself W ON
the Bleachers with . bag Of lubri-
Gated Popcorn between his Knees
and huri insulting Rsmarks at
Babe Ruth, Alexander and EDDIE
Collins.
When he crawied up IN the
6o-Cent Seats he found the same
old Bunch that used to answer
Roll Call At the Pool Room. the
Boxing Club. and the Betting Ring.
The Law had made them Decent
Citizens, but It hadn't made them
any essier to look At.
stsve ionsed for The Ponies and
the good old Prelims bsswssn the
Pork and Beansrs. with Blood drip
ping from the Ropes. but when he
picked up the Pink Sporting PaGs
In the Morning. all hs could find
was that the eacrsd Heart Academy
had wrested the Baskst-Ban Trophy
away from the West Division High
School.
Base Ban 10 only Near-sport -
one who has whanged the Wis., Ilrss
that mark up the Odds. steve went
to II because there was nothing
else on the Cards.
One Day he found every entrance
to Park guarded by . Blue Bury
and the Crowds being turned sway.
The Health Department h-d put
In . Knock on the Game. on the
Ground that the Ball, after being
handled by various Players and
passed from one to the other, car
ried with It dangerous Microbes.
The Officials insisted that, after
every Play. the Ball should b
treated with an Antiseptic or else
that each Player should have an
Individual Ball and allow no one
else 10 touch IL. E" "' o.
The Society Tor The Protection OF
the Young had put up a Howl be-
cause the Game diverted the Atten-
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l.
W we thought he was. nor what
women think he IL. For that
matter, a man and woman are
one and the same thing from the
chemical standpoint, and the seq Of
the human being cuts no Ice what.
/ ever. The chemists of the world
look upon anything. organic or In
organic. as just something made up
of many something's. A prattling
infant means no more to them than
q morse chestnut. except as the com
positions differ.
III you will let them vivisect you
alive, they will soon tell you the
component parts Of the soul. which
they win surely capture and an
: alyze as it leaves the body. In
answer to the question from their
standpoint, what is mani" here Is
: their latest dictum: is,
Break 1000 eggs, including
shells, into . hugo receptacle, and
al Of the contents win be found re-
quired TO mako . man Tor woman)
p from his tOenails to the most deli
cate tissues Of his BRAIN"
: EAT EQUIVALENT OF MAN.
4. II, then. you eat three eggs daily.
IN less than one year you will have
consumed an entire human body.
or at least, what q human being con-
sists Of chemically. But the chem
list does not deduce from this that
one should eat eggs. Not at all.
He deduces that since the egg and
you are one and the same thing.
chemically, you should eat such
things az eggs are formed Of. so that
you will be constantly reproducing
your structure, as 1t were.
One would think that in eating
an egg you would get all these es-
sentials in one fell swoop. Not at
Ill. You merely get the result Of
the combination Of chemical prop
critics, Just as you would II you
ate a whole man."
An egg. Of course. is good eat
ing. II you like It, which I do not,
~ II is likely to contain many dis
ease germs. From the chemical
standpoint It Is better for you to
eat such things as an egg and you
are made OF and let them combine
naturally in constantly rebuilding
your structure. Here follows what
the chemists find a man land con-
sequentiy an egg) Is made Of. some
Of which you know you imbibe in
your system. and some others con-
corning which we did not know I'M
til the analysts got through in
vestigating:
MANS ODD MAKEUP.
ef The ideal unit Of weight for q
man is $50 pounds, so you had best
keep trimmed up or down to that.
This unit constitutionally possesses
$500 cublt feet Of gases, 90 We know
now why Senator Borah or Colonel
Bryan can talk twenty-four hours on
a stretch to defeat a bill or get It
off his chest, to say nothing Of why
an auditorium filled with women II
COMPOUNDED acoustically by them all
talking at once.
These gases comprise oxygen.
hydrogen and nitrogen, worth by
meter for illuminating purposes.
say $3.50. Also. one unit has suf-