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4 TE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1908. RAPS FISH1EELS Mr, Rosenberg Replies to Up- . . River Gear. HE DEFENDS GILLNET MEN Declares That Wherever Stationary Appliances Are Used, Including: Columbia River,-the Fish Sup ply Is on the Decline. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 'Jo. (To the Editor.) As The Orexonian evidently Intends to keep the lead among the newspapers of this state In si vine special attention to views and measures advanced for the saving of our Columbia fisheries, now rapidly being destroyed by over-fish in, I wish to empha size again that there Is no fight between lower and upper river fishermen or cannery- The tight Is against a system of fishing and aeainst sear which has been abolished .in every palmon stream in California, Ore gon, Washington. Alaska and Canada. . The hue and cry raised against Astoria people or ajrainst the gillnetters as the men who are the only ones Interested in stopping limning In the narrows of the Upper Colum bia. Is simply raised for the purpose of ob scuring the issue. That same trick has been played again and again upon the legis lature, and somehow it always worked. Encouraged by this success, the up-river flahwher! monopolists, when they found that leading citizens of the state were Interested in presenting to the direct vote of the peo ple the measure to clo?e fishing In the nar rows of the I'dpit Columbia, launched the counter measure to practically stop fishing In the lower river. This in the hope of so confusing the voters that they will say: "A plague on both your houses." and defeat both measures. Then the ft ih wheels In the narrows could continue fur another few years to catch about every salmon that reaches the tanner Columbia. Leading citizens from all parts of th state aro the sponsors of the bill stopping fishing In the narrows of the Columbia. And these men accepted these duties because jit Is re n rally known that the nsh wheels are the main cause of the destruction of our salmon. Who Supports Rival Bill" The bill against lower river fishing is not fathered by any one on the petition sheets. Of late. Mr. SeufCrt. of The Dalies, the maa owning the most destructive wheels in the river, has commenced to champion it. Now, Mr. Reufferfs bill In the first section Is prohibiting night fishing in all channels In the Columbia and In all channels in the waters of the state generally, where licensed vessels navigate. That of course means that owners of flshwheels and fish trans, which are stationary gear and not permitted to operate in channels because if so permitted they would absolutely prevent navigation could Ash day and night, while the 4nnfl gtlnt.t fishermen of the Columbia and another 14)00 gilnet fishermen of other rivers of the state, If thin law passed, would have to quit our waters for gllnetttng is only com mercially profitable if carried on nights, for then the fish cannot se the webbing of the glllnet and are caught by being gllled. It la true that during a certain oart of cur seasons, the water on account of freshets. Is muddy and then glllnets also fish during the daytime. But. the main gillnet fishing is carried on nlchts. Glllnets drift back and forth with the tide, are In a channel one moment, on a sandbar the next. To exclude them from channels therefore means their absolute exclusion from our rivers. Gill nets on an average fish only six hours out of every 24 that i.i. during slack tides, Kishwheels and fle lit raps, which are station ary appliances, are built more or less upon the principle " of a cattle corral the fl.?h strike the fences called leads and are led. into the pot. These stationary appliances fish continuously) day and night, as, long as. the fish are running. Where the glllnet method of fishing only is permitted, the fish are holding their own or are on the Increase. Where stationary appliances are used, like traps and wheels; the fish are steadily on the decline. " Stop Fishing Above Tidewater. Sunday closing laws and other closed sea-' ions have proved everywhere absolutely abortive, where fishing was permitted in the narrows of the rivers either by stationary or any other kind of gear. Where all fish ing was stopped at head of tide and station ary gear abolished, there was Immediate im provement. It is true that United States Fish Com mlssionery Bowers, for reasons best known to himself, but which are opposed by facts generally known about our fisheries, has seen fit to oppose the closing of the Upper Co lumbia, where it Is so narrow that the fish wheels have a monopoly on nearly every fish coming along. lie also tried his utmost to persuade the representatives of The Fish ermen, of which J was one. last December at Washington. D. C, not to push the case for the closing of the Wood and Nushacak rivers, Alaska cases identical In every point with the Upper Columbia closing measure But Mr. Bower's opposition simply strength ened our determination to light for the preservation of our Alaskan salmon, for fish ing in these narrow rivers with tracts and glllnnts was rapMIy killing off an Industry which gave employment to million of capi tal and a large number of workers. We succeeded In so interesting Oscar S. Strauss. Secretary of Commvrc-e and Labor, who has Jurisdiction over the Bureau of Fisheries, that thnuirh he snnounced at the opening of the hearing, that on account of stress of business ho could only open the hearing and then turn the chairmanship over to the solicitor of the department, he continuously presided for two days until the close of the hearing. We also succeeded in Interesting Presi dent Roosevelt, who then ordered the clos ing of Wood and Nushagak rivers to all fishing, because these were narrow rivers emptying into an estuary like our Colum bia for 'JO miles from the mouth of the river. Stich men alf-o as Senators Knut Nelson. 1M"9. Fulton and the Alaskan Delegate, f'a'e. aided us. Likewise, president Jordan, of Stanford University, whole a special brief to Secretary Strauss, urging the closing of the Wood and Nushagak rivers and the abo lliion of fishing with stationary gear gen erally in Alaskan streams. Tills was be cause wher the streams are narrow, sta tionary tear doe not permit a sufficient number of salmon to get to the spawning grounds. Mr. Bowers was proved wrong as to Alas kan fisheries. He Is wrong as to the neces sity and advisability of stopping fishing in the narrows of the Columbia. The peo ple by their votes next June will prove that ha is wrong. Wheels Are Destructive. There Is absolute oroof that the flsh wheels of the Upper Columbia have of late years had an almost absolute monopoly on palmon reaching them. The State of Wash ington, not getting any fish, has closed its four hatcheries in the Upper Columbia and Or-gon Is following suit. Where only three or four years ago these hatcheries got as high a 20.00 male and frmale salmon, only a few hundred are now caught and the natual spawning grounds are also empty of suawn. As stated before, slllnets fish only six hours out of every 24. Also, :n ter cent of the gillnets on the Columbia fish in the Lower Columbia from Harrington Point down lo the ocean, a distance of 18 miles. Th width of the river in this region Is from fctur and one-half to six mi Irs. Gill nets likewise to operate properly, as a rule. ' are about two days out of every seven In the tanning tanks, then on the net racks to be dried and repaired, iiillnets catch only average-slsed ttwh. Fiwhwheels catch every thing that comes along, big and small fish, even killing the small salmon on their return to the ocean. Fish wheels- fish unceasingly clay and night. s long as any fish are run ning, because their imuroved mechanism and ingenious location gives them this ad vantage. CI 11 net fishermen have always stood for vekty or other closed- seasons, if they were sure that the. fish had the least chance to escape toe gear In Jhe narrows of the upper part of our rivers In sufficient numbers to supply our hatcheries and natural spawn ing grounds. But now. as far as the Colum bia is concerned, they wish first the question settled which had to be first wottled in every other river before any good could come, via.: where our rivers become narrow, that no fishing by any one except with hook and line should be permitted. Seaside Has a Guesstlng-Bco. SEASIDE, Or., Jan. 25. tTo the Edi- tor.) Having plenty of idle time on their hands, lome of the arithmeticians of this "burg" spend their leisure in discussing and solving problems. Here is one that stumps us and naturally we appeal to The Oregonian: If it takes 15 plain-clothes men and 42 patrolmen to miss a man who is committing a burglary, how many officers will it take to discover a clue that a child can And? A question, not mathematical, is: If a detective is suspected of having a clue in his possession and is found with the goods on him. should he be fined for having stolen goods in his possession, or acquitted on the ground that sqme body "rung it in" on him? We do not wish to "butt in" as regards Portland's municipal affairs, but we are "stuck. TOM CRAWFORD. ERROR OF PROHIBITIONISTS 1$. in Regarding Intemperance as a Cause, Says Writer. WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 20. (To' the Editor. Permit me to compliment .The Oregonian on Its excellent and timely re marks, on the temperance organisation of the employes of the Northwestern Rail toad. Undoubtedly the number- of those "sign ing the- pledge" la greatly exaggerated and many of those who signed do not seriously contemplate to really abstain, and many of those who do honestly intend to abstain will after a while fail back into the old habit. Nevertheless, it cannot be doubted that some good will be accomplished and that a. number of men will, if not become voluntary abstainers, at least very moder ate drinkers. Unquestionably this move ment will accomplish much mora for tha cause of temperance than prohibition by law, because it actually grows out of tha Industrial and economic conditions of our time. To a great extent it proves that temperance la a question of civilisation and not of legislation. There was a time, and not eo very long ago, when men were glorified for being able to drink the other fellow under the table. Today such a performance would create nothing but disgust. It is wonderful how the habits and customs of the people have gradually Improved and how sobriety and decent conduct have become the un written law of society, without any other punishment but ostracism from society and employment.' This unwritten law enforces Itself without the aid of policemen, con stables, judges or prisonci, while all our written temperance laws, no matter how drastic they are, have shown themselves to be unenforcable. In fact, the more drastic and severe they are, the less can they be enforced. The reason Is plain enough. The on written law of civilization coincides with human nature and the necessities of social conditions, hut our written temperance laws do not. Man naturally obeys the laws of social and economic necessity, but he re bels against useless coercion through laws enacted by a casual majority. Modem civ ilization rigidly demands sobriety, but not abstinence. Modern society has no use for the drunkard, but. cares not what a man eats and drinks so long as bis conduct is unobjectionable. It can be truthfully said that our prohib itory lawe have greatly hampered civiliza tion In its temperance work. It Is a fact susceptible of proof, that wherever prohibi tory laws have been enacted and attempts made to enforce them, drunkenness has in creased. The "blind tiger" has taken the place of the saloon, the bottle that at the glass, whisky the place of beer. An at mosphere of private and official corruption, dishonesty and hypocrisy arose, and de moralization In politics and administration of the law followed. No Buch .evils can result from the temperance work of pro gressing civilisation. It enforces Its own laws slowly, but with resistless power, and with no other results but Improvement of moral and material conditions. It is a great pity that civilization cannot be left alone to do Its great temperance work, unhindered and unmolested by Imprudent and zellotlc legislation. Whether human nature demands alcoholic stimulants or not, mankind has used them for thousands of years and has progressed In knowledge, morals, culture and refine ment steadily and all the time. It is ri diculous to believe that a habit thousands of years old can be eradicated by legislation. The power of the law Is -very limited. especially under democratic forms of gov ernment. Much more powerful than legisla tion are social conditions. if our zealous temperance people would use one-tenth of the time which they use for advocating and enforcing prohibition, for the purpose of bettering the living conditions of the poor, they would do a thousand times more for true temperance as they -do now. There Is one great fundamental error In the theories of Prohibitionists, the confounding of cause and effect. If they would only for awhile cease to look at intemperance merely as a cause, if they would instead look at It as an effect and make honest and serious attempts to find the cause, it would not be long before they .would detect their errors and find a more fruitful field of. activity to advance the cause of temperance than that of prohibitive legislation. WM. NORTH, Social Science Club. Washington, D. C. Two Kinds of Immunity. PORTLAND. Jan. 26. (To the Editor.) During our Civil War a youthful Con federate spy was raptured, in Tennessee, who promptly swallowed the tissue leaf which had on It important data. He was at once tried by court-marshal and con demned to be executed, but was offered Immunity if he would divulge the in formation he possessed concerning the movements of Bragg' s army. Th is he scorned to do and was shot, leaving messages of tondemesa for his sisters and mother. Of the Union soldiers who wit nessed the scene, not one but shed tears, saying the young man was a hero, and. he was. Any mother might be proud of such a son. This, not the only case of the kind during our dreadful war, is cited by way of contrast with the man who, being caught in crime, turns staters evidence against his companiona in the deed. Such procedure may sometimes be necessary to the exposure of criminal conspiracy, but the fellow who finding in the end himself smoked 'out, slips the noose to the neck of his brother that he may save his own, is not particularly to be admired. Somehow, people of healthy sentiment even respect honor among thieves. C. a CLTXB. Parcel Post and Tom Richardson. PORTLAND. Jan. 25. (To' the Editor.) ttef erring to the recent address of Tom Richardson, manager of the Commercial Club, this city. concerning the exten sion of the parcels post. t wish say in answer that according to the same areument. it would still be better If there were no railroads or telegraphs, as they bring Chicago and IScw York to three and four days' time of the West, which wagon roads would not do, and so give too many facilities to the people to order and receive promptly, what is needed. - This re minds one of a cVrtaln'-country store which had opposed the improving of the county rond, for the reason that during the Winter the farmers could m.t go to town and had to buy their supplies from said store PIN HEAD. NEARLY DROWNS IN WINE Drunken Workman Saturated by now From Barrel, i PARIS. Jan. 8. (Special.) A -worX-lnKman In this city lias been within an ace of meeting his death in the manner attributed to that famous Duke of Clar ence, who is said to have selected as his mode of exit from this world drowning in a butt of wine. The work man was fond of the juice of the Scrape, and when he had contrived to make his way into a well-stocked cel lar In tUe Belleville quarter -of Paris, he applied his mouth to the tapir of a huge barrel, and kept on swallowing; until he fell down on the floor. But the wine went on flowing; from the barrel, and the man bwararso sat urated that he was with difficulty aroused from his torpor, but. being unable to get on his legs, cried out in terror for help. He was led in a pitiable condition to the police station, and his offer to work for the owner of the barrel until he had niadrt up for the loss thus sus tained having been relented with con tempt, he is now in durance vile await ing trial. GRANTS PASS -WRITER BLAMES EDITOR PUTNAM. Says Criticism of Non-Indictment of Barnura Was Violent and Cn justified. GRANTS PASS, Or.. Jan. 24. (To the Editor.) Residents of other States, when they have read the sensational and mis leading press reports that have been sent out from Medford, the fierce criticisms of many of the newspapers of the State and the walling yet bellicose resolutions of the Press Club and the Ad Men's Association of Portland, will be- led to believe that the liberty of the press Is a thing- of the past In Oregon, since Editor Putnam, of the Medford Tribune, was convicted In the Cir cuit Court and fined by Judee Hanna fqr criminal libel. And all this stigma, on the standing of a State, the classing of the people of Rogue River Valley as ruffians and the traducing of Judge H. K. Hanna, has been brought about by the vanity of a young reporter from Portland, who, being put In as editor of a small dally paper at Medford, assumed to dictate in all things, from minor local matters to bow the courts should be conducted. That Judge Hanna would abuse his au thority as Circuit Judge and attempt to m utile the press Is not believed at all by those who have known him In the 22 years that he has presided over the Circuit Court for the First District.. In all his rulings and la his Instructions to Juries. Judge Hanna has shown himself to be Just and conscientious and thoroughly posted on the law. and his decisions have all been held to be eminently fair and In no Instance oppressive on the rights of even the most humble and friendless person. With the Oregon laws on libel as liberal to the news papers as they are, and the certainty that the Supreme Court would reverse his deci sion. It is not to be presumed that he would knowingly commit the act of which he Is accused by the Medford editor. That he was lenient to the defendant. Putnam, and did not manifest vlndlctlveness, as asserted by the latter, is shown by the light punish ment he imposed only J l.v and no im prisonment. The statutes of this State pro vide for both fine and Imprisonment at the discretion of the court, for criminal libel, with the minimum fine placed at $100. The grand Jury that found the Indictment against Editor Putnam was composed of seven of the leading citizens of Jackson County, two of them being business men of Medford. two of Ashland, one of Jackson ville and the other two well-known farmers of that county. The two grand jurymen from Medford personally -knew Mr. Putnam and the animus of his charges and voted for his indictment so It is reported, the verdict being unlmous. The trial jury that found him guilty of erimina' libel was com posed of 12 men, all of g iod standing In their respective communities In Jackson County. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney C. I Reames was known to have no personal Interest or prejudice in the Reddy-Bamum-Putnam controversy and prosecuted the case against the ofTetvdlng editor as re quired by the statutes of Oregon, which says "That the prosecuting attorney shall enrorce me provisions of this act, whether the injured party desires to prosecute or not." This section of the statutes is also mandatory upon the Judge for it says: "That It hereby Is made the dutv of th Judge of each Judicial district to read this section or the statutes to the grand Jury at each session of the court." That .the charges made by the young edi tor of being persecuted is not believed here, where both sides of the case are known, is proven by the fact that of the 18 news papers published in Southern Oregon, only the Medford Tribune, edited by the defend ant, has censured the Court. All the other editors, as well as the leading attorneys and citizens of Southern Oregon, commend me action or tne court and agree that the verdict Is just and fully deserved and that It is a most salutory check upon the yel low Journal .methods of the Medford Tribune. The unusual feature connected with this now famous case of alleged press-gagging for It has been heralded all over the coun try by Oregon papers and tha Associated Press Is that the defendant, himself, should be the correspondent to supply the Portland papers with the reports of the Reddy-Bamum fracas and of his comments thereon and jf his arrest and conviction. Having an elastic conscience, he so colored his reports from both Medford and Jack sonville, for he used both date lines, that the public has been lef to believe that he was In the right and that he Is being per secuted. A parallel case of the public Passing adverse Judgment on the action of a court would no doubt have occurred had Abe Ruef sent out the press reports from" Sah Francisco concerning his misdeeds pnrf arrest. That astute politician would have led the world to believe that he and his crowd were being persecuted, and thst Judge Dunne was a tyrant and Mr. Heney a merciless, unscrupulous prosecutor. Had the Portland papers had an unbiased ac count of this Jackson County affair, there would have been no uproar about the tyr anny of Judge Hanna and the undue rigor of the Oregon libel laws. The causes that led up to the closing of the dictatorial career of the young Medford editor are many. The first was an effort on the part of Dr.l Reddy and others to purchase the Medford & Jacksonville Rail road, of which W. S. Barnum is owner. A disagreement took place between Dr. Reddy and Mr. Barnum over the sale and over an application that Mr. Barnum had made to the City Council of Medford to move his depot. Dr. Reddy being Mayor of Medford. A street fracas between the two was the sequence, and this gave occasion to the cartoons In the papers of an ax not being a deadly- weupon. Dr. Keddy's remarks be coming too pointed to suit Mr. Barnum, and accepting a dare, the latter climbed down from his locomotive, on which he -was split ting wood, with an ax In his hand.- At that the doctor fled precipitately across the street. The railroad man had but two steps to make to reach the curb, but there he stopped, the deep mud in the street de terring him from further pursuit, and tossed his ax at the fleeing man, it landing in the middle of the street as the doctor was emerging on the other side. Charges were preferred before the grand Jury, then In session st Jacksonville, accus ing Mr Barnum with assault and with using a deadly weapon. The grand jury examined all the witnesses of whjch they had knowledge, who had seen the fracas, among them being Mr. Putnam, editor of the Medford Tribune. A full and fair hear ing was given, the case occupying three days, when the grand jury arrived at the conclusion that the alleged murderous assault was merely a street fracas with no Intent on the part of the defendant to do bodily harm, and returned not a true bill. To this action on the part of the grand Jury. Editor Putnam took exception, and he fiercely criticised the grand Jury and the deputy prosecuting attorney. For this, the grand Jury, which was yet In session, promptly Indicted the young editor for crim inal libel. ' His trial took place within a few days. In the Circuit Court. Judge Hanna allowed Mr. Putnam everv advan tage permitted by law in the trial, and In his charge to the trial Jury the Judge was extremely fair and Impartial. In his defense Mr. Putnam was allowed to testify in his own behalf, and stated thst he wit nessed the fracas between Dr. Reddy and Mr. Barnum and that it was murderous and an outrage and that In his opinion the grand Jury was wrong in finding not a true bill in the matter. He then sought to in troduce other witnesses, whom he claimed were eye-witnesses to the fracas, notwith standing that be had stated in his paper that there were but two persons present at the time of the trouble between Dr. Reddy and Mr. Barnum. and he proposed to try out the Reddy-Bamum case before the trial Jury In bis own case as a Justification of his accusation of corruption of the grand jury. This Judge Hanna refused to admit, his ruling oeing that a trial of the Reddy- Barnum case before the trial Jury in the T..taA., m . uiumii vnorj vtiuu nut m any way bud-. stantiate the charge of corruption against the grand -jury, for at most It would only indicate that the members of the grand Jury were mistaken if the trial Jury failed to agree with them. If Mr. Putnam had of fered any evidence tending to show that the grand jury acted from, corrupt or venal motives !n any particular. Judge Hanna an nounced that he would gladly permit it to be shown. But he could not under the law admit evidence before the trial jury that was not before the grand jury. Other witneese-s were examined. Including Oswald West, state railroad commissioner, who saw the row between Dr. Reddy and Mr. Bar num. F1e of the grand jurors also were witnesses in the Putnam trial, and they eacn testtnea that they investigated the matter fully and fairly and in their best Judgment returned not a true -bill. The real purpose of all this uproar over the Putnam affair is to influence the Legis lature at the ncit session to repeal the libel law. or to so modify it that grafUngdomi neerlng newspapers can- publish anything regardless of truth or motive Involved,. Thls class of newspapers are hoping for the return of the days like when certain black mail sheets of Portland and others of their tvpe over the State levied tribute right and left. "While hiding their motives under the plea of the defense of the liberty of the press, these newspaper buccaneers are en listing the sympathy and co-operation of many honorable editors and others, and it not checked in their scheme they will carry their measure through the Legisla ture, and then every prominent man or measure will be at the mercy of any black mailing sheet that chooses to attack. CHARL.ES MESERVB. This letter does not touch the question at issue, namely. Why was the finding of a grand jury declared conclusive and indisputable by the court which was try ing Putnam for his alleged libelous criticism of the grand Jury's action and why was lie forbidden to introduce testi mony bearing; on the nature of the as sault for which the grand Jury declined to Indict Barnum? Without entering the dispute over the nature of the assault, it may be said that the laws do not give this conclusive authority to a grand jury, which Judge Hanna assigned tto the grand Jury that declined to .Indict Barnum. AMERICA IS LIKE ROME Mr. Andrews Finds Basis for His torical Comparison. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 24. (To the Editor.) I was much struck with the comparison in one of The Oregonlan'a late editorials of Tvre and Carthage with our own nation. This was with regard to the objective point In their growth, or aa the French say, the motif. Carthage's purpose wae that of the ma terial, with but little regard to the ideal or definitive rights of ita citizenship. It elng more nearly an aristocracy than a apublic. Is there a tendency in iaat ai rectlon In the American republic? Some think so, and there is some evidence that way, but America is after all grounded on tha moral and legal basis, which, after all. Is based fundamentally on the principles of the Christian religion, which was the main if not the sole factor in the civilizing of our Anglo-Saxon and othef European an cestors. There is now evident a process of curbing the extreme tendencies of commercialism. Roosevelt's popularity could never have ob-. tained Its success if the heart of the Na tion, had not, . at base, been sound. ' The Oregonlan's comparison raises many aerious questions. Included among them are: What measures, are necessary to stem the currents which weaken the nationality? It Is apparent that our troubles come largely 'from a too sudden accumulation of great wealth In either Individuals or associations. Complicated -with -it are certain forms of legal procedure and Institution, which we have In a measure outgrown. But there is not yet either the stimulus or leadership to bring about the necessary changes. Of course this will take time. As between Home and Carthage, the American republic more nearly resembles Rome. The latter, though based on the material as were nearly all nations at that period still had certain Ideals, some of which were the product of her own loca tion and circumstances, and others which she had carried over frojn Greece and through Greece from further east, and wWch prevailed during her prime. This country today is experiencing some tendency of absorption of mental Ideals from other nations, and it must be confessed by those who study history, and the effect of religious, political and other ideals upon the social as well as physical welfare of the people, that much of thla Intellectual food we are taking over is not only absurd, but dangerous. Much of It has a tendency to draw the people or certain classes away from the practical and natural, and so un fit them to cope with the facts and needs of life. We are both mental and physical and both must be developed In their places, or we are weakened both Individually and nationally. Those Individuals or nations who give the supremacy to the mental and spir itual generally, prevail over the commer cial ones In the struggle for development or empire, provided they do not neglect the physical stamina as the basis of their life and development. Faddlsm and artifice are at present tending to "go to seed" In all kinds of "loop the loop" and other tran scendental nonsense. M. T. ANDREWS, TREATING 'HABIT, TO GO Work of Catliollc Church Societies Is Warmly Indorsed. PORTLAND. Jan. 25. (To the Editor.) Though at this late hour it may seem but an afterthought, yet I would voice my in dorsement and hearty approval of the movement Inaugurated in the Cathnlio n. cletles to abolish the treating 'habit, which is Deyona aoum one ot tne most prolific evils attending; the saloon business. It Is painful to contemplate so great an evil frrowinr out of the finest ln.tinr.ts manhood. The spirit of liospitalltv nnrt friendly intercourse the desire to dis charge social obligations, which prompts a man to return a courtesy, as he may regard a treat. To eliminate this practice, so dis astrous to many, will free men from what has been regarded as an obligation due from man to man. . Not seldom have outsiders huri . stigma of stinginess and discourtesy cast upon a man, merely because he had never been known to treat at the bar. in some places, if a marrlre, or a birth or death t f 1 anow occurs In a man's house hold, he is expected to go to a saloon and treat the crowd. How beautiful that the advent of a child Into the world should be heralded by a drunken mob. made so by the treats passed round on account of its coming into existence! Is It any wonder that children 2.7,1. otV? ,hOUm With the great bodv nr fatten. re "forced by the many others that wlli Join them set against It. we may all n.,',".. J""".. tMa moBt PWnlclouY aid .2Eee. habit Wl" "e.wept out of MARY OSBORN DOUTHET. Moser and His "Record." PORTLAND. Jan. 25. (To the IMItnr Some weeks ago. In an ' eSltorial m yow kTTh.t I hndCntaUy. referred . ng tftat I had been for free silver I a.n rSiin th,te tan& ? while SnSS a misapprehension as to the facts, and know ing your desire to deal fairly with "verVone office, and that you would not wilfully mis state my record, nor mislead the public; 1 re pectfuUy ask that you publish this state ment by me of the actual facts. i,. nver in l"y nte was for freo stiver. I have , jmpported every Republican candidate for President since before I was oll enough to vote. In 190 I was one of the first to take the stump for McKlnley. and sound money, and made many Bpeecbes during the campaign In bo,h Oregon and Washington. The files of The Oregonian will verify this statement. I have been criticised because in the last 10 years I have voted for a few Democrat How many Republicans of this city can stand forth and truthfully say they have never done eo? Everyone familiar with local po litical history knows that they are very, very few. When one faction won at the primaries the other was always flirting with the Demo crats, and several times' fused and nominated a citizen' or so-called non-partisan ticket. If you read out of the party every Republican w'ho ha ever voted for one or more Demo crats you will have no Republican party left in Multnomah County. Since the direct primary law has been In effect I have at tarh election loyally supported the straight Republican ticket, and addressed perhaps as many meetings in support thereof as any Republican can In the county. And I venture to say that not 1 per cent of the Republicans of thi county have any clearer Republican record than I have. I have also been accused of being In a dal with the Democrats, or with Mr. Man ning. I desire to say in conclusion, that this is ansoxuteiy nntrue. if elected to the ef- fic of District Attorney, for which I am b ranillrlnl wtt1isi- Vfr- Uonnl n a candidate, neither Mr. Mann in ar nor anv other Democrat will have the slightest claim upon me or the office. . And I promise, upon my honor, that every deputy In the office will be a Republican. - GUS. C. MOSER. O'Brien Will Mart Buckley. J. P. CTBrierf. general manager for the Harriraan lines in .this territory, left Portland last night fn his private car for Grants Pass, where he will meet Gen eral Superintendent Buckley, of the Ore gon lines, and accompany him north on a trip of Inspection of the Southern Pa cific line In the state. Mr.. Buckley la returning from a trip to San Francisco. Inspect Rosenthal's shoe store win dows and get busy. RISER CALENDARS BAXF PRICE. Original photos. 28 Alder at. SCORES SIBBILTH PLAN 1VRITEK DISCUSSES A XEW MEANS TO RAISE KETEXCE. Constitutional Amendment by In itiative Proposed by Oregon Re form Association Is Unfair.' VERKOXIA. Or.. Jan. 24. (To the Editor. This letter is addressed to the Oregon Tax Reform Association, of Portland. Or. Some tune ago I received a copy of the proposed amendment to the state consti tution, requesting me to circulate and se cure signatures to the same. But. in notic ing a few of the names at the heading of this petition and being slightly acquainted by reputation with the Individuals named, I at once looked with suspicion upon the proposed amendment, and by reading be tween the lines I fully satisfied myself that no real good could come to the people . through such a source. It was stated in your circular letter 'that quite a number of the voters of this slate do not clearly understand that the real purpose of this amendment Is a step in the direction of relieving taxation from all in dustry." Now. it is quite possible that there are some that do not understand this, and I for one, can see no step in that di rection. But. on the other hand. I can clearly see where It will enrich the manu facturers ot Oregon at the expense of in dustry. As the men, capitalist, who own these factories never do produce a dollar's worth of labor themselves, they will get the full benefit of the non-taxable property, set their own price upon their manufactured article, and will reap a golden harvest from this amendment to our constitution. I also not In the fifth paragraph of your communi cation that as "railroad corporations, tele graph and telephone companies, electric nlants and street railways have secured enormously valuable franchises which, are land values, ana nave capiianzea meae franchises' for multiplied millions of dol lars, they have almost wholly escaped tax ation. Thus the State of Oregon has been driven to extremities in seeking revenue for the support of government and public utilities and conveniences. Every Increase In taxation has been an increase of burden upon labor and nroducta of labor." I will accept this as fact but not as argument, as It has no bearing on the point at Issue. It is the fault or our Assessors ssia tne Rord of Equalization, and not the fault of our pystem. Under your system we would be exactly under tne same obnoxious - state i of affairs. Therefore I would consider this as misleading and a motive on your par ! to beguile the eye of the ublic to side track them from the real point at issue. I also note in your letter where you state "that the tax win oe sngntiy neavier upon speculative holdings." Why do you speak of the tax upon this property as being slight ly heavier, when you know full well that if the burden of taxation is d laced upon the land values, it would naturally dis courage the sale of land and practically put the timber-owners of Westr.rn Oregon out of business? I wish you to tf.ke into consideration the holdings of these timber men. Tha land, while being held by the Government, brought the state no revenue whatever. Until taken up bv the settlers tinder the Homestead and timber acta the holdings referred to in the majority of cases were found to be impracticable and in some cases impossible to make homes, and in its crude condition it becomes impossible to properly develop the resources of this land. Now comes the speculator looking for an Investment. He offers the claim-holder a marketable price for his claim and the set tler is generally glad to dispose of his land and put the money into other holdings. The result is that several large tracts of land fell in the hands of the speculator In this way. Now. are we as citiaens of Oregon going to sacrifice our honor by putting forth such a measure that will over-burden these timber-owners, for the sole purpose of en riching another class f caoltalista I say no, never 1 let us be men not mice. Iet us not go to the polls with both eyes bandaged, and vote for a measure that will defile our glorious constitution- which we have all prospered under for the last half century. It Is also stated in yur letter that news paper criticism of the proposed exemption of manufacturing plants is based on misin formation, as the amount of taxes derived from this source is comoaratlvely small. I would like to- ask any well-informed man what the present valuation is of the build ings, machinery and appurtenances thereto used for the manufacturing in the State of Oregon? And let the public Judge for them selves as to whether it is a trilling matter to raise funds to carry on our state and municipal governments. My interpretation of this would be to ex empt from taxation all sawmills, shingle mil Is. box factories, woolen mills, paper mills,-foundries, machine shops, creameries, flour mills, sugar factories, stove works, and many other plants too numerous to men tion I fully understand that your real motive for setting forth the petition named is not so much to induce new enterprises to be established in Oregon as it is to re lieve the present established factories from this "trifling" burden of taxation factories that pay on full valuation. I believe thia to be the most fair aystem of taxation ever established on the globe I care not whether it be the Henrv George, George Henry or the J. Gould system that you are advocating. I am arguing the point as it comes before us in the wording of your petition, a petition that is wrong, and conflicts with itself. Inasmuch as you endeavor to set forth that your svstem will relieve all taxation upon Industry and place it principally upon land values, define the word "industry" if you please and see where you stand. Lnd of itself hps no value without the aid of Industry It takes both industry and labor to develop thla land, so as to make it pro duce l-and combined with Industry is the source of all wealth, and we should not tax one without taxing the other. There fore tilling the soli is an Industry, which, under your svstem would place upon it the burden of taxation by taking It from an other class of industry. This would naturally discourage the purchase of land in the country for the building up of bomes that would be seir-suppoii.tiB- A laboring man who builds a home in the city, consisting only of a house and lot is always tumniu w . . corporation in order to maintain himself and xamiiy. As to unused lands, held for speculation or any otner purjjv. i tern we are receiving what our Assessor deems a full valuation iax. out mind that If these lands are overburdened with taxation, as under your system they certainly would be. In the majority of cases the owners would find slow sale tor this . . A ... at.ri would refuse to nay Therefore, the county in which these lands are situated would be compelled to dispose oi mem nn5" " . - . .1 TiaMrriniiB trnriL &S Uwould eventually put the second man in the same position a vn. ,, Government has contracts with the railroad 11 thsU lanrl fnr n. ntlnulated companies io bii - ' price snd thesa 'r'c',.,lrLJaJ'1!;. not eniorce meso vji.' . officer, in Oregon whose duty It Is to enter . . ihMi nnnniii and it neees- a compiaini asfiiv ...... sarv take it to the United States Supreme t w thia matter we would be no ouri- r:i 7 nr svstem of tax netter oa uy Tn tma Une would ation. i uui a., p, w appear to me as thoueh you were begging For something to. say in supnort ot your """w'ish to call attention to the fact that all over Oregon many largo inn. ui ... are being subdivided Into small tarms. an lnaucemeni - v-- w -- eneaEe in agricultural pursuit. An immense rStiotrom the Middle West and the eastern portion -----. ,h. tinuauy commg i v, j ---- sort of development that the State is most i AEAn tims mm nil farm In neea oi at v,- products are high, and this class of people 8 As to the manufacturing plants, the State of Oregon is noi buuwhis w as transportation is at such a slump that it Is impossible for factories that are al ready established to get their product to market. Your argumom. w.-v a.uu..v niri tiay better wages for labor if t.tt, tfljraJion is absolutely absurd Being a laboring man for a good many vears and having worked In the machine j ;H- n Tit 1 n ri T thin 1r Fnops ana sw1i,,,. ' ; that I know something of the nature of the men by wnom wa I wish to say to the laboring man f n i. i. o hnva atf a tmnt matin hv ures'in iuki mo - - the Tax Reform Association, Is misleading and is J? t,.l V.rfw rr-J'Z .ng-eong ox coula pa niuiD uui ...aw. " do they get immensely rich from the profits . . i .,hll. von aro ho.rp.lv mn.1 fn r OI your lauui , - " - . " a living? As for exempting the tools of the workingman, I would only be too glad to see a measure of this kind. But how tne iramer ui " u-vvnv to think of inserting this in their measure is no mystery i mw, - iw" mciw is an election to be held in June! We as farmers and tillers of the soil are we realise how these estimable persons are from taxation all our personal property and gather us under one arm, as a hen gather- j eth her brood under her wing. We also realise the joker when we peep around th J corner ana see a big. fat ouncn or manu facturing capitalists under the other arm. Oh! what a glorious thing It is to be born Jn a free country, where a man is not com pelled to use his common reasoning facul ties when he has none! I sincerely hope that when any man or set of men sets about to change a thing of so vital Importance as our State constitution, that they should at least endeavor to harmonise it with our Federal constitution, which is founded on the principal of "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." Now, you will wonder what "old muh roqm this Is who has sprung up here in the 'brush, trying to write something for publication. Well. I am just an old rancher, and when you people run ut of something to do. you may come out and help me saw wood for a few days, and I will convince you In a very short time that our present system of taxation places no premium -on inaoience on my rancn. I will give you plenty to eat, all the' cider and big red apples you want, good accommodation, and also make you think of something else be sides changing the State constitution. I am for taxation upon all wealth. E. E. NICKERSON. SOLAR PLEXUS FOR SALOON Correspondent Describes the "Xew Prohibition" Movement. CANBY. Or.. Jan. 28. (To the Editor.) The recent agitation in Portland concern Ins; the matter ot women viltlncr liquor saloons, and the editorial tn last Wednes day'a Oregonian. entitled "Women and Saloons," are, from some points of view, almost startling. They are surely alarming- to tn liquor dealers as being; one more blow from the giant Prohibition sledgehammer. If this movement. In Its legislative ramifications, shall spread to any great extent or take on very large proportions, it may come to be known as the new prohibition. The above-mentioned editorial was somewhat too brief to be satisfactory either to the Prohibitionists or to the liquor element. Some reason should have been given why "the ordinary drinking place" Is so much worse for women than for men. Furthermore, why is it not true that the man, as well as the "woman, who finds the saloon attractive, is already ruined In all essentials." the final climax being "a mere detail?" The expressions Quoted amark nf that double standard of morality which has been discarded by the noblest manhood and womanhood of our countrv as belnsr degrading and demoralizing, entailing mannoia sorrow and decreasing self respect. If "a woman who finds ih. saloon attractive is already ruined in ail essentials," It can be said with equal truthfulness that the more attractive tha saloon becomes to a man. and the more frequently he Indulges In Its allurements, the nearer that man is to the brink of utter ruin. Whenever a woman is ruined In a saloon, at least one man is ruined at the same time. . As for "an ordinance forblddinr women to visit saloons," we are told by some that Prohibition does not prohibit. How woma it be possible to enforce such a. prohibitory ordinance any more success fully than the laws prohibiting the liquor trainc itseir? will Prohibition prohibit more effectively In the case of women, than In the case of saloonkeepers In gen eral? And as for the continuance of those practices which have created the present nostuity to saloons, they are bound to continue as long as intoxicating Honors and kindred poisonous stimulants and narcotics are handed out and consumed by our people. True enough, many Ilauordealers are scheming with desperate eagerness to abolish some of the pernicious practices of saloon-life, but why in the name of reason were they not In earnest about such a reform years ago? Why did they wait until they wre scared Into it? The circumstances connected with the incep tion ot tnis proposed reform are such that it seems highly Improbable that its motive goes deeper than a sense of alarmed self- interest. It may be true that the more reckless class of liquor sellers "trlve tha saloon Its evil reputation," btit neither they nor their colleagues are responsible for the evil essence of the saloon. The saloon Is Ipso facto an evil institution; ana, . as tne editorial says, our people win not always tolerate It. 'No saloon which women visit can fail to be a hot-bed of indecency." Too true! And no saloon can fall to be the breeding- ground of vice and crime, be It visited by men, women or children. All persons who visit the saloon and. participate in its peculiar life and activities, are in the process of dropping "to the level of Its worst habitues." On every ground, the law should do Its utmost to abolish the saloon. MRS. PEARL I WEBER. PILES GETS GOOD ADVICE Jfot What He Was Looking for Ex actly, However. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 26. The representatives of the Alaska-Tukon-Paclflc Exposition and the other members -of the Wash ington Congressional delegation have been enjoying a joke at the expense of Senator Piles. When the repre sentatives of the Exposition reached Washington during the holiday recess they saw the various members of the Congressional delegation, and proposed that a joint meeting be held to de "Open All the Time" ABSOLUTE SAFETY OFFERED DEPOSITORS No interest' paid on commercial accounts or daily balances. 4r INTEREST Paid on Term Savings Accounts By the old gold- and tested -tried German-American Bank Corner Sixth and Atder Sts Opposite Oregonlasu termine upon a plan of pressing the pending Mil appropriating upwards of a million dollars for Government build ings and a Government exhibit at Seat tle. Senator Piles, who introduced the bill in the Senate, would not consent to such a meeting. "We must not meet." he said, "until I can have a talk with Representative Tawney, chairman of the House committee on appropriations. Me has promised to give me good, straight advice on this matter, and un til I know what he recommends. I do not think it wise for our delegation to take any action." Out of deference to the Senator's wishes the meeting was postponed. The conference with Tawney was put off from tine to time, until just a few days ago. when Senator Piles chanced to catch him with a few leisure moments. "Now. Mr. Tawney," said the Senator, "I wish you would tell me frankly what our delegation should do to get our bill through as early as possible. Representatives of the Exposition are here and want to help, but I advised them to do nothing until I had a talk with you. Now what do you advise?" "Don't ask for much money that's all," said Tawney. RECORD CROP OF ORANGES Estimated Output Will Reach Enor mous Sam of 30,000 Carloads. 6 AN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Jan. 26. The orange harvest of (California la now In full season and. in quantity and quality promises to break all records. The fruit exchanges of the state estimate that the total output of oranges alone will reach the enormous sum of 30,000 carloads, about 9,000.000 boxes, and 1,380.000,000 oranges. The harvest will last continu ally until next Fourth of July. Lester Herrick & Herrick Certified Public Accountants Office Wells Parse Building. . Othe Offices San Francisco.... .Merchants Exchange Seattle Alaska Building Los Angeles Union Trust Building New Tork SO Broad Street Chicago 189 La Salle Street WHEN TRAVELLING be prepared for any emer gency. Take along loan's ifiiflietit It's a penetrating, antiseptic remedy for Toothache, Neu ralgia, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Insect . Bites and Rusty Nail Scratches. . frlc; 25c, 60c, anil $1.00. Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. VI ''in 1 -nf nn mm d 1 m 11 1 ivf i f ' KIDNEY-CURE TEA W. J. VAN DAMME. It will cure all cases (including chronic) of kidney and liver diseases. 1 sell my kidney cure (Just a tea. no medicine) on the condition of "No cure,' money refunded." Call at office and read testimonials of per sons cured by the use of this tea. A trial will convince any sufferer. Put up In tiOc and $1.10 bottles. 1S5 Morrison street, near bridge, next tn Pap's coffee house. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. rOBTLAJJD RT UOBT POWER CO. - CAKS USAVE. Ticket Office and Waitlng-Room, First and Alder titrssts FOB Oregon City 1:00. 6:23, T:00. T:S5. 8-10 s:45. K:aO. t:65. 10:B0, 11:05. 11:40 A M.: 12:15. 12:50. 1:25. 2:00. 2:35, 8:10. 8:45 4:20. 4:55, 5:30, 6:05. 6:40. 7:15. 7:50. 8:25. 9:00. 10:00. 11:00. 12:00 P. U. Gresham. Borinc. Eagle Creek, Esta eada. Cazadero, lairview and Xroutdata 73o, v:3o. 11:30 A. M.; 1:0. 8:40. 8:44. t:18 P. M. ' rOH VANCOUVER. Ticket office and waiting-room Second and Washington streets. A. M. 6:15V 6:00. T:35. 8:00, 8:35, 8:10, :50. 10:30, 11:10, 11:50. P. M. 12:30. 1:10. 1:10, 1:30. 3:10. 8:50. 4:30. 5:10, bjbO. 6:30. 7:05, 7:40. 8:15, 8:25, 10:35t. 11:45. On Third Monday in Every Month the Ist Car Leaves ut 7:05 P. M. Daily. except Sunday. Daily except Monday San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co. Only direct steamers to San Francisco. Only ocean steamers sailing by daylight. From Ainsworth Dock. Portland. 4 P. M. : 8. S. COSTA RICA. Jan. 80., etc. 8. 8. HENATOlt, eb. 5. 17, 28. etc. From Spear-street Whart, San Francisco. 11 A. M. St. S. SENATOR, Jan. 31. Feb. 12, 24. etc. S. 6. COSTA Kit' A. l'eb. 6, 18. etc. JAS. H. DEWSON, Agent. Ainsworth Dock. Mala 268. CANADIAN PACIFIC EMPRESS JUNE OF THE A1XANTIC. The Empresses sail from Quebec to Liverpool; two (lays on the majestic St. lyawrenco and less than four days at sea- fast and luxurious. Write (or Summer salllnsr lists, rates and Infor mation. K- JOHNSON. P. A., 142 Third St., Portland. Or. North Pacific S. S. Co's. Steamship Koanoke and Geo. W. Elder tiail lor .eureka, ban .Francisco and Los Angeles direct every Thursday at 8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third St., near Alder. Both phone, M. 1314. H. Young, Agent COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port land every Wednesday at 8 P. M. from Oak tieet dock, for NortH Bend, AlwraUUeid nod Coos Bay points. Freight received till 4 P. j on day of sailing, passenger fare, first class, $10; second-class, ST, including berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington street, or Oak-street dock. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Ptenroer Pomona for alem. Independence. Albany and Corvallls, leaves Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 6:45 A. M- earner Oregonia for Salem and way land ings, leaves Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 6:45 A. If. UUKGON CITI TRANSPORTATION CO Office and Dock Foot Taylor Street. Phone: Ualn 40: 223i- mas WTW-;