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8 , TIIEJUOKXiyG OREGOXIAy. MONDAY. AUGUST 24, 1908. TUFT'S RELIGION FOREIGN TO ISSUE Dr. Luther Dyott Criticizes Opposition by the Methodists. CHARACTER THE ESSENTIAL "Miserable and Narrow Sectarian ism or Political Chicanery" in Chnrch Attitude, Says Clergyman. EXCERPTS FROM DR. DYOTT" S SERMON. Boma of the representatives of th great Methodist Church object to -raft's TMiseible Presidency of tho United States upon tho ground that ho Is a member of the Unitarian Church. Tho objection is absurd. Mr. Taft Is a Christian. Ho la a patriot, and Is fitted to a pre eminent degree for tho office of President. . But after all. it is not a question of Mr. Taft's religious belief, as to whether he Is fit to he President. That which some of these brethren of the Methodist Church haT had to say should be emphatically repudi ated by all tho churches. I would denounce the claim of those who have objected to Mr. Taft because he Is a Unitarian. It Is either miserable and narrow sectarianism or political chicanery. The first Is con temptible. The second Is unpardon able. In welshing the various Presidential candidates their religious beliefs should not be considered, according- to Dr. Luther R. Dyott.'of the First Congrega tional Church. This was the statement he made In his sermon yesterday morn ing. In which he referred to the Meth odist opposition to Secretary Taft for President on the ground that he Is a Unitarian, as "either narrow and mis erable sectarianism or political chican ery." He said the press and the churches should unite to kill and bury such a spirit He tempered his re marks, however, with the assertion that he did not arraign the Methodist Church. , Dr. Dyott likened the Unitarian Church to a wall and the other churches to Tines bearing luscious fruit, which he said should grow up and hide the stones from view. All the churches, he said, had borrowed at least some of the religious tenets of that body. The speaker took for his text Genesis1 4:22: "Joseph Is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a ' fountain; his branches run over the wall." He said, in part: Sympathy and Tolerance. These words expressed a father s appre ciation of his child. Joseph was Jacob s farorite son. -Joseph had accomplished a great work, and Jacob was proud of him. J..-.-D had reached the end of his earthly pilgrimage and. Just before his departure for Ihe other world, or that other part or this world, he was pronouncing his paternal benediction upon his sons. With reference f Joeph he had this to say' Joseph Is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by the foun tain: his branches run over the wall." Our text Illustrates the domestic. the social, the Intellectual and th spiritual. It suggests two characteristics of lite, namely these: First, seclusion, or secrecy. and. therefore, mystery: Second, revelation of that which Is good, and therefore, the larger expression of life. Individuals, clans, tribes and nations have their walls of limitations. This Is especially true in the more formative periods. Then they grow. Then they become conscious of themselves and others. The larger expres sion of live runs over the wall of precise demarkation. It dcea not destroy boundar ies, but It grows above them and over them. This Is what we should do In our religious life. The attitude of Christianity toward the ethnlo and non-Chrlstlan religions should be sympathetic and tolerant. We may not b able to destroy the walls, but we should grow above them and over them. Our foreign missionaries should not oply know as much, as they can about Christ ianity, but they should be required to make a thorough study of the religions of the peoples to whom .they go. It Is a great thing to get the view-print of the other man. even In matters of religion. Our re ligion should not be used In energetic en deavors to tear down the walls about other religions, but let it spread the fruits of Christianity among those who would resent and resist our more destructive work. The fruit test rather than the creedal require ment Is the Important thing "By their fruits shall ye know them." Division Is Pardonable. Furthermore, our text suggests that, while denominational affiliations are permissible and. at the present stage of our religious growth and progress, even sectarian divis ions are pardonable, (possibly essential) yet nevertheless, all such things should not be magnified to proportions that obstruct and confuse. The best of each denomination should become the property of all. If a life ran produce the fruits of Christianity which are: "Lore. Joy. peace. long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self control." If these things are on the branch which runs over the wall, it Is cot a matter of Importance as to which sec tarian wall that person is behind. Creeds are man-made. Christianity Js God-given. Creeds are not as Important as Christianity. If they are at all Important. Christianity should never sacrifice Christianity. Doc trinal tests are insignificant In comparison with divine life, and righteous living. It Is not Intellectual assent to this or that theological proposition, but It Is the translation of the essential principles of Christianity Into ltfe, that counts. One may ba perfectly orthodox In his intel'ec tual assent and a rank heretic in his man ner of living. On the ether band, one may take a different view, even with reference to the Deity of the Son of God and an 11 1 produce life which' grows above the wall and beyond It, and. producing the fruita of Christianity, becomes entitled to recog nition as a Christian life. Taft Objection Absurd. For this reason we find some of the best Christians In the Unitarian Church. To the Unitarian Church all other churches are In debted for many good things. It Is cur rently reported, and credibly no doubt, that some of the representatives of the great Methodist Church object to Mr. Taft's pos sible Presidency of the United States upon the ground that he Is a member of the Unitarian Church. The objection is ab surd. A man's religious belief, or denomi national connection should have nothing whatever to do with the question, so long as his character Is above reproach, and he can measure' up to the requirements of the highest office our Nation can offer. Mr. Taft Is a Christian. He Is a states man. He Is a patriot, and is fitted to a preeminent degree for the office of Presi dent of the United States His Christianity has never before been challenged even upon a sectarian basis In his endeavors to do good. Moreover, he has been recognised and used by those who are among the most orthodox of the orthodox. The Presbyterian Church, which stands In the front ranks for all that Is good and true, used Mr. Taft a few years ago on a most Important occasion. It was the Na tional meeting of the American Tract So ciety In Washington. D C. According to the custom of this evangelical society, this meeting Is held In Washington, and every year It Invites some representative of one of the orthodox churches to deliver the an nual address. The year before, this society had met under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church. of which President Roosevelt Is a member. and President Roosevelt delivered the address. Then came the year for the Presbyterian Church and Mr. Taft delivered the address. The Presbyterian Church than which there can be no better was honored In having Mr. Taft deliver that address. Religion Not s Factor. But. after all. It Is not a question of Mr. Tsft's religious belief, as to whether he Is fit to be President. The history and platform of his ptrty, his statesmanship, his patriotism, his ability to fill the office, his training, his record, his man'lness and many other qualifications ere In the count. Therefore, that which some of those breth ren of the Methoalst Church have l.ad to say shoold emphatically be repudiated by all the churches, and by none, more than the most representative members both of the ministry and laity of tho Methodist ptscopal Church. I do not arraign the Methodist Church. Some of the best people In the world be long to that church. God forbid that I should stab the breast from which I nursed mv earlv religious life. But I would de nounce the claim of those who have ob jected to Mr. Taft because he Is a Unitar ian r, I. either miserable and narrow sec tarianism or political chicanery. The first In rnnfemntlhle. The second la unpardon able. The press of all political persuasions should, with all the churches. Kill ana Dury such a spirit as this and never hope for Its resurrection. Let men everywhere, es pecially In all the churches, grow above all prejudices, and all things small and divisive, and be like fruitful coughs by the side of springs of heavenly grace. and manly, graclousnesa and benignity, whose branches run over the wall. RESPONSIBILITY HIS THEME MES CAXXOT ESCAPE" THEIR OWN' ACTS, SAYS PASTOR. Dr. Wilson Grills Bank Presidents Who Betray Trust That Is Imposed on Them. Dr. Clarence True 'Wilson was greeted by a large congregation yesterday morn ing at Centenary Methodist Church, and the choir had prepared a pleasing pro gramme under the direction of C. E. Patterson, the new choir leader. Mrs. Haight, the soprano of Central Church of, Sa'n Francisco, was present and' sang with Tine effect "Open the Gates." Dr. W ilson spoke on the topic, "The Modern Aaron and the Golden Calf," making the application that no man can escape responsibility for the consequences of his own acts. After describing how Aaron made the golden calf and ex cused himself by saying Jhe people wanted an Image, Dr. Wilson said: Men cannot escape the responsibility of their own acts by saying they are not re sponsible. The bank president borrows the money entrusted In his charge by the hun dreds of poor people and loses this mony. and undertakes to escape responsibility by declaring he was a victim of circumstances. He took the money and invested It. and hard times, came, sweeping It away. So he savs he Is not responsible. And every such a bank president ought to be in the peni tentiary for the betrayal of his trust. Trifling with trust funds and then when they are lost declaring they were lost through circumstances cannot excuse any '"Vrie man who starts out In life with fair prospects, and becomes a drunkard, declares that society Is responsible. He says so ciety has placed a saloon on every- street and be could not help himself. While I shall not excuse the Government for not making It easy for a man to do right. I say that the man who falls la responsible. It is no credit to be honest because ft pays to be honest. We are not to compromise with evil. More evil results from compro mises of that sort than from the evils themselves. We were not placed here to drift with the tide. We are to be stalwart men and women, and walk through this world of polutlon. We cannot measure the responsi bility of our acts however small the3' may he Aaron undertook to excuse himself to Moses by saying his act was simply a small one. Columbus, who discovered America, performed a small act, yet an act of mo mentous, far-reaching consequences. LOVE POWERFUL IN LIFE CLERGYMAN DESCRIBES ITS IX- FLl'EXCE OX WORLD. Dynamic-Like, It Cheers the Heart, Quickens the Pulses and Operates for Good: 'Love as a Dynamic" was the subject of the sermon at the Taylor-Street Meth odist Church last night. Dr. Benjamin Young, the pastor, was the speaker. He has Just returned from a six weeks' vaca tion at Ocean Park, where he had been enjoying the sea breezes with bis family. Dr. Young took for his text-John 111:16. the verse beginning "God so loved the world." He said in part: Vonselousness of love is an awakening force in human life. It operates everywhere. Men tread the streets of the city witn elas tic step In such consciousness. There Is a glow of .pride on the cheek, a fire In the eye, a power in the arm, and a keenness to the Intellect when one believes this. Did you ever know a young man to go mop nr alone In the light of the full moon after he had discovered that night that his attentions were appreciated, and his reel ings reciprocated? On your Journey home ward that night some of you were so ex uberant that you could have kicked the face off the moon. Even the forests were glorious In the darkness, and the very stars seemed to be singing hymns of praise. Since that time the days have been very full, and sometimes the burden has been very heavy. There has come the trial and the loss, but the consciousness of love-in the hearts of both of 'vou has nerved you for the effort and brought glorious victory. Burdens Are Lightened. But you lonely ones; do not clutch at the heart, nor heave the sigh, for though you have been robbed of parent or of com panion you can still live, and struggle suc cessfully against large odds, living In the consciousness of love. It spurs the lad at his task, for he is thinking of home. It quickens the husband at his toll, for he Is thinking of wife. It helps the wife amid the anxieties of the home and the per plexities which arise from the care of the children, to be strong and patient. The teacher at his desk, the worker In the slum, the deaconess by the couch of the weary one, are all quickened by the con sciousness that love la being awakened and that soma will arise and pronounce them blessed. Byron's Lonely late. The absence of such means misery, and often despair. The loss of love that means that the stars have gone out and the dark. chill night envelops me In Its pall and I cry out in my despair, coming dsck to me Is the echo of my own sad cry, like some hideous bat, fanning my face In the awful night. It was this that drove Byron from his native land and make htm like a wild, reckless spirit of an alien land. "Old Mister Maraer" took Epple, the waif who had wandered In oft the wild moor of Haveloe. A ragged shawl was about her and her clothing was wet with the storm and she had ust dropped out of the lap of a dead mother. Nothing very attractive about Epple. but he took her up and did for her with his own hands, and she became the very sunshine of his life. After all, perhaps for us the best state ment, the most practical and Inspiring, is that "God so loved the world, that He gave hts only begotten .sin. that whosoever be Ueveth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Corby Resumes His Pastorate. Services In the First Universallst Church of Good Tidings, East Couch and East Eighth streets, were resumed yesterday, after having been suspended for several weeks. Rev. James D. Corby, the pastor, who underwent a severe surgical operation, has entirely re covered, and occupied the pulpit at the morning service. BIBLE LIFTS HEARTS Marvelous Record of the Influ ence of Scriptures. BLESSINGS FOR SOCIETY Dr. John Roach Straton, of Balti more, Delivers Sermon on Holy Writ at the White Temple. t-m- Thn nmrh Straton. of Baltimore, Md.. was the speaker at the White Temple yesterday in the absence of Dr. J. vs hit comb Brougher. His subject in the morn ing was, "Is There a Living God?' In this he attacked the agnostic, materialist, pantheist and evolutionist, as well as the infidel. it tout night's service Fred Butler sang for the first time In Portland the solo en-. titled "The Earth Is the Loras.' i w dedicated to him by Miss KllzaDem rat terson Sawyers. m, ..rmoti delivered to ft large audi' ence, was on the question. "Is the Bible a Revelation from Heaven?" He took a position against the higher criticism of . , . a in nnrt AS fol- tno oenptures, aim "fnw . lows: Here are some of the reasons for believ ing that the Bible Is God's supreme, suf ficient and "final revelation to the human race: . First, its own claim to be such a revela tion. Second, the quality of universality possessed by the Bible, as by no other booK In the world. Third, the wonderful quality In the Bible, which furnishes food for faith and guidance for life to all kinds and con ditions of people the world over. Attacks on the Bible. It has been sought by some to impugn the moral character of the God, pictured in the Old Testament, because of his stern commands to the Children of Israel to drive out utterly, or destroy, the idolatrous peo ples In the Promised Land. But was It Im moral for God to give such commands to the Children of Israel? Is It Immoral for the surgeon to amputate the putrid limb In order to save the life of the remainder of the body? If It Is not, then It was not Im moral for God to cut off, these Idolatrous peoples In order that his chosen nation might be saved from the pollution of con tact with them, and thereby enabled to give the true religion unpolluted to the world. , The Bible Is Slot "just like any other hook." As well say that "a telescope Is just like any other brass." It Is not. True It Is brass, but brass in a peculiar relation and shaped for a specific and unusual pur pose. The telescope Is not like any other brass, and a man who uses It In the wrong wav really abuses It. and at the same time denies himself a most uplifting and Inspir ing experience. He might be gazing with rapt vision and leaping heart upon the previously unseen glories of the midnight heavens. The critical attitude toward the Bible nrevents many a soul trom catching the visions of eternal glory. In the 18th century the great French In fidel, Voltaire, prophesied that within 100 years from the time he wrote, the Bible would be an obsolete book. He declared that it would be entirely out of circulation and that It would be found only as a curio on the shelves of antiquarians. As a strik ing commentary on this prophecy stands the fact that the house where Voltaire wrote It Is now owned and used as a storehouse by the French Blue society, and the very walls that looked down on the sneering skeptic as he penned his prophecy are now literally lined with hundreds of BlbltS. In the city of Washington. D. C. there was a most Interesting gathering some time ago. It was the centennial of the American branch of the British and Foreign Bible and Tract Society. At the meeting it was shown that during the 19th century alone one society printed and distributed 250.000.000 copies of the Scriptures. I have estimated that the w eight of that r.utnber of ' Bibles was at least 47.000 tons To transport them would require 225 locomotives drawing a train 25 miles long. If the pages of that number of Bibles were spread out upon the ground they would afford standing room for three times the present population of the earth. .Grips the Human Race. 'Why this marvelous record? "Thy word Is truth!" There Is the reason and secret of It all. The hungry hearts and needy souls of the children of men have come to this blessed Book and found In It the very bread and water of life, and it Is mon strous to suppose that a maze of myths or a cunningly devised tissue of errors, super stitions and lies could so have gripped the human race. The Bible has brought more blessings to society at large than eny other agent, through the purifying and uplifting influ ence it exerts uron the individual. "Ihe Bible is not an lrjn safe that can be opened only by some key which we are strong enough to forge and fashion, or by some combination which we are shread enough to figure out. The Bible is rather a beauti ful flower which cannot be forced open. but will open of Itself In the sunlight of faith and love, and give forth a beauty and sweetness that are divine. We need, above all things, that warmth of appreciative at mosphere and of humble aevotlon which will cause Its deeper spiritual beauties to unfold for us and to exhale the rare ' per fume which so sweetened the lives of gen erations that are gone. HOLY LAND GHARMS VISITOR DR. GEORGE IAJCCOCK DE SCRIBES TRIP TO PALESTINE. Modern Jerusalem Unattractive, but Surrounding Country Rich in Hallowed A'ssociations. The congregation at the First Pres byterian Church last night was given a treat by Dr. George Luccock, who told his personal experiences In Pales tine in place of the regular sermon. Dr. Luccock Is the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Oak Park, 111., and is supplying the pulpit of the First Church here in the absence of Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, the paator. The speaker said, in part: Whv go to Palestine? Reasons are many. A single good one Is adequate. It Is the land where the Lord lived. Brushing aside all foolish claims for peculiarly sacred nlaces. the pilgrim may stand wfth sure feet amid the actual scenes of that wonder ful life the place of His birtn. the nine that knew the charm of His childhood and winsome youth the cities and fields and shores that were graced by His marvelous ministry, the place where He tasted death for us and took away Its sting, achieving and proclaiming our certain victory. It is best lor the tourist to enter Palestine at Jaffa. A taste of as good oranges as the world grows will produce a pleasing first lmnresslon of the land. Then at the end of days of privilege In the Holy Land, one should emba-k at Halga. passing out through the wonderful fertile and historic plain of Esdraelon. thu6 bearing away a beautiful final Impression of the "land of promise. A railroad makes the journey from Jaffa to Jerusalem quite easy. Nor does the shrill whistle of the locomotive seem incongruous in the Holy Land. The scenery Is at times so Inspiring that the American traveler feels as If In the most magnmceni regions or nis own country. In viewing from a car win dow the East-Jordon country on toe way to Damascus, much the same awe and de light are experienced as In traveling through the Kocky Mountains. The alti tudes are not so great, nut trie contrasts are no less slrlKing. A ne country cumoines the fascination of the desert and the prairie and the mountains. If much desolation Is apparent, amazing possibilities are indi cated. Put an American farmer there with modern implements and backed by a good PORTLAND BUSINESS DIRECTORY WHOLESALE AGRICULTURAL LMl'LEMIvNTS. A. H. AVER1LL MACH. CU.. 320 Belmont. BIALL ft CO.. 321 Hawthorne ave. JOHN DEERE PLOW CO., E. Yamhill Sd. A. S. JACOBS CO., 168 Front. MITCH-ELL. LEWIS ft BTAVER, E Mor ft 2d. RACINE-SATTLEY CO.. 200 E. Water. SCOTT ft MUN6BLL, 821 EX Morrison. Alt X GLASS AND MIKKOBS. POVEV iJKOiS. uLASi CO., 6lh at jflanJers. ASBESTOS MATERIAL. 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MEAGHER CO.. 43 1st. CRACKERS AND CONFECTIONERY. PACIFIC CUAST BISCUIT CO. DOORS, SASH, MILL WORK. KELLY. THORSEN & CO., 62-54 Union Ave. OREGON PLANING MILLS. 18th ft Vaughn. DRY GOODS, JX1BISCHNER, MAYER ft CO.. Front ft Ash. MEIER ft FRANK COMPANY. DRUGGISTS. BLTJMATJER-FRA.NK DRUG CO. CLARKE. WOODWARD DRUG CO.. 9th ft H. ELECTRIC MACHINERY SUPPLIES. PACIFIC ELECTRIC EN 3. CO.. 218 2d WESTEKN ELECTRIC WKS., 61 8th. government and Oregon herself cannot pro duce rlclrer results The chosen land. like the chosen race. Is a composite of all the faces pf the big. wide world. Extremes of the physical world are reproduced In Palestine as the exag gerated . characteristics of the human world appear in Israel. In that Man all men are featured. In that land all lands are min iatured. There bare mountains shelter fruitful valleys, Alpine snows are neighbors to tropical sands, desert dreariness side by side with prairie fertility. The carnal ap petite of an Esau lies over against the spiritual vision of an Isaiah, the Dead Sea depressions In the character of Judas close by the Herman heights of chaxacterof Jesus. Modern Jerusalem Is not an attractive rlty. although that portion outside the walls Is being built up after the Western type. Two-thirds of the population are Impover ished, heart-broken Jews, willing lltterly the loss of the gates of Zlon. The Christian elements are so s-iturated with gross super stition and so filled with sectarian hatred that Turkish soldiers are necessary to keep them from killln-j each other while parading In religious rites. The city is under Mo hammedan control. Yet hero are many imparlshable associations. The Mount of Olives stands, Gcthsemane abides. Calvary Is there outside the gate. And the devout pilgrim has his soul flooded with thoughts of great days snd great experiences, In- Bryan Gives American Wool Black Eye If Elected, His Policy Will Drive Woolgrowers Out of Home Market, at Europe's Mercy. (A communication from Theodore Justice, of the firm of Justice, Bateman Co., wool merchants, Philadelphia, Pa., and which re cently appeared In the New York Trade Record.) IN a late Issue the Record quoted a newspaper statement from Frank S, Monnett, of Ohio, who was twice the Republican Attorney-General ot that state, and who won fame as the prose cutor of the trusts. Mr. Monnett, It was stated, had spent an hour and a half with Mr. Bryan, from whom he obtained a definite answer to carry back to the Ohio wool-producers as to Mr. Bryan's policy, it President, to destroy the wool monopoly. Mr. Monnett represented to' Mr. Bryan that the American Woolen Company monopoly and "destroyed the entire benefits supposed to Inure to the wool growers from the protective duty upon wool." In support of this statement he said that "this company had offered to buy wool from the Ohio producer. as 18 cents and 20 cents, while the company asked $65 for an all-wool suit of clothes containing less than two pounds of wool, and that owing- to this the com pany had driven the price of clothing to the consumer up 900 per cent." Mr. Bryan authorized Mr. Monnett to say that "the first thing he would do. If elected President, would be to use all the powers of the Government to break up that company's monopoly." Mr. Monnett told Mr. Bryan that "the alleged monopoly had forced the price of wool down below the free-trade basis," and he quoted in proof of this 18 cents for Ohio wool and J65 for a suit of clothes, as previously stated. If Mr. Monnett Is correctly reported. his statement reflects very email credit 1 WHOLESALE ELECTRIC AND GAS FIXTURES. BARRETT' b, 408-41 Morrison. ENGINES AND BOILERS, A. H. AVER1LL MACH. CO., 31:0 Belmont. ENGINEERS. PACIFIC ENGINEERING CO., SOD Lum. Ex FEED, GROCERIES AND PRODUCE. J. D. H ENS' ESS Y & CO.. 185 Front. LE-NSCH BROS.'. 241 Front St. THE STEPHENSON CO., 234 Front. FENCE AND WIRE WORK. E. PORT. F. ft W. WKS., 31 E. Morrison. FIRE APPARATUS. A. G. LONG, 46-47 N. 6th. FIREPLACES AND TILES, BARRETT'S." 4US-412 Morrison. FISH AND OYSTERS. CHLOPECK FISH CO., 178 Burnside. PORTLAND FISH CO.. S4 Front FOUNDERIES. CASTINGS. PACIFIC I. ft S. WKS., E. Burnside Bridge. FRUITS, EGGS, POULTRY AND MEAT8. DRYER. BULLAM ft CO., 12S Front- FRUIT AND PRODUCE. BELL ft CO., INC., 108-11S J-Tont. DAVENPORT-THOMPSON CO.. 144 Frost. W. B. GLAFKE CO.. 108 Front. MARK LEVY ft CO., 121-123 Front. M'EWDN ft KOSKEY. 129 Front. PEARSON-PAGB SO.. 131-133 Front. FURNACES' AND REGISTERS. MOORE-MEAUHER CO., 42 1st. FURNITURE. HEYWOOD BROS, ft WAKEFIELD, 148 10th. PETERS ft ROBERTS FUR. CO., Front-Davis. FURNISHING GOODS. MEIER ft FKAA'K COMPANY. GRADING AND ROCK MACHINERY. BEALL ft -CO.. 321 Hawthorne. GRAIN AND BAGS PATERSON. SMITH ft PRATT, Board of Trade Bldg. W. A. GORDON CO., Board of Trade bldg. GRAIN. FLOUR. FEED, CEREALS. ALBERS BROS. CO.. Front & Main. COLUMBIA MILLING CO., E. 2d ft Market. M'CLURE-KILTON CO., 60T McKay bldg. GRAPHOFHONES. COLTJMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.. 871 Wash. GROCERS, ALLEN ft LEWIa. 44-64 Front St. MASON-EHRMAN ft CO.. 5th and Everett. WADHAMS ft CO.. 4th and Oak. WADHAMS ft KERR BROS.. Hoyt and 4th. GROCER WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, D. C. BURNS CO.. 210 3d. GUNS AND FISHING TACKLE. H. T. HUDSON ARilS CO.. llu 3d. HARD WALL PLASTERS. THE ADAMANT CO., 433 Worcester bldg. L HARNESS AND SADDLERY. BREYMAN LEATHER CO.. 6th and Oak. JOHN CLARK SADDLERY CO., 104-106 W.FH.nM' MONIES CO.. 24 Union ave. HATS AND CAPS. TANHAUSBR HAT CO.. 63-56 Front. HAY AND MTLL FEED. W. A. GORDON CO.. Board of Trade bldg. HIDES. FURS. WOOL. KAHN BROS.. 1U1 Front. HOP MERCHANTS. BARRY L. HART. 22i) Worcester bldg. A J RAY ft SON, 334 Sherlock bldg. J.' W. SEAVEY HOP CO., 110 Sherlock bid. HYDRAULIC RAMS. COLUMBIA STEEL CO.. 148 10th. ICE CREAM AND BUTTER. SUNSET CREAMERY CO.. 281 1st. ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS. HAZELWOOD CREAM CO.. Sd ft Holt. B WETLAND ft SON, 273 Morlson. ICE, COAL AND COLD STORAGE. CRYSTAL ICE ft STORAGE CO.. 432 E. Sal. INDEPENDENT COAL ft ICE CO., 363 Stark. LIBERTY COAL ft ICE- CO, 812 Pine. ICE AND REFRIGERATING MACHINERY. Karris "icbmachi.nb wk... 174 e. water. IRON AND STEEL. PAC. HARDWARE ft S. CO.. 22d ft Nlcolal. IRON. STEEL, WAGON MATERIAL. ROBERTSON H' WARE ft Steti Co.. t Front. IRRIGATION PUMPS EQUIPMENTS. BYRON JACKSON IRON WKS., 310 Oak. KODAK PHOTO SUPPLIES. PORTLAND PHOTO SUPPLY CO.. 149 8d- seDarable from this city. experiences trough which came to him the best that he knows about God. there are many Interesting side trips to fce taken -from Jerusalem: To Bethlehem, to Hebron, to Jericho and the Dead Sea. Hut the best of the privilege lies ahead In a horseback journey northward. One must needs pass through Samaria Into Galilee. Both natural beauty and sacred association Increase nortnwaru. i ue Holy Land la the Sea of Galilee. Our rich est memory Is of a Sunday by this strangely fascinating laae. j n , with our Lord's ministry. Toward evening four of us climbed the high, mountainous bluff near Magdala, obtaining a point of vantage like Council Crest. A blue haze was rising from the water and everywhere the shadows were deepening, while upon our own spirits was falling the hush of ap proaching night. And as we sat there In the gloaming, wordless and thoughtful, over all that upon which we were then looking as well as upon the memory of every sweet experience of that never-to-be-forgotten Sunday, came a mystic, mellowing radiance from the presence of Him whom not having seen we love, who in the days of His flesh brought unappreciated heaven to these un grateful shores and who. now In the days of His spirit Is everywhere the abiding, and In that hallowed spot, the abounding Inspira tion of the reverent and entranced beholder. upon his intelligence.' In the first place, with regard to wool sold in Ohio at 18 cents, which he says was below the free-trade basis, he should know that the facts are that Ohio wool at 18 cents brought 7ft cents a pound (or 71 per cent) more than its free-trade basis. If the American Woolen Company was put out of business by Mr. Bryan, the Ohio farmer would have to sell his wool in London, where its value recent ly was 13 cents per pound. Mr. Monnett'a other statement with regard to a J65 suit is almost too ab surd to consider. Good clothing made of 18-cent Ohio wool can be bought at from $10 to $12 a suit, or $43 less than Mr. Monnett alleges. Let us see about the wool side of the question: In June, when Ohio farmers were selling Ohio wool at 18 cents, the av erage price In London for No. 60s Bot any tops (similar wool, scoured, carded and oombed), was 44 cents. As it costs 5 cents per pound' to convert clean wool into top the value in London of the clean wool must be 39 cents a pound. Such merino wool as brought 18 cents on the Ohio farm In June contains 35 per cent wool and 65 per cent grease and dirt. On a basis of 39 cents for the clean wool, the London, or free trade value of this class of Ohio fleece yielding 35 per cent clean wool is 13 cents, unwashed. The minimum cost for marketing Ohio wool In the London market is 3 cents per pound, which must be deducted from the London gross value of 13 cents per pound In order to arrive at the net. or free trade foreign value of Ohio wool, which, therefore, Is 10 cents per pound for such as Mr. Monnett says sold there for 18 cents. Thus Mr. Monnett admitB ' that the Ohio farmer has had 7 cents WHOLESALE LITHOGRAPHERS: SCHMIDT LlLhograph Co.. W ells-Fargo bldg. LEATHER. , t . CHAS. L. MASTICK ft CO., 74 Front street. LAUNCHES. RBIERSON MACHINERY CO.. 182 Morrison. LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER. THE J. M CRAKKN CO.. 231 Pice. LIVESTOCK COMMISSION. PORT. UNION STOCKY DS. 17th ft Vaughn. LOGGER BLOCKS, TOOLS. COLUMBIA STEEL CO.. 146 lutn. LUMBER. EASTERN ft WEST. LBR. CO.. N. Front at. JONES LUMBER CO., 4th ft Columbia. NORTH PAC. LBR. CO.. 306 Wells-Fargo bl. ST. JOHNS LUMBER CO.. Portland. M AIL ORDER AND SUPPLIES. FRANKLIN ft CO.. 132 Front St. MARINE HARDWARE. CHAS F. BEEBE CO., 1st and Ankeny. MACHINERY MERCHANTS. PACIFIC ENGINEERING CO.. 509 Lum. EX PORTLAND MACHINERY CO., 62 1st. fclMMERMAN-WELLS-BROWN. 2d and Ash. MEATS. FRANK L. SMITH CO.. 226-228 Alder. UNION MEAT CO.. 4th and Glisan. MILLINERY. BUTLER-SCHU'IZE CO.. oi 6th. CASE ft RE 1ST CO.. 3th and Oak. MONUMENTS. BLAESING GRANITE CO.. 267 3d. IMHOFF & MINAR, 835 E. Morrison. PORTLAND MARBLE WORKS. 268 1st. SCHAMEN-BLA1R CO., E. End Mad. Bridge. NURSERY STOCK. J. B. PILKINliTON. foot VaiahllL ORGANS, CHURCH AND PARLOR. BILERS PIANO HOlibE, Wash, ft ParK. SU. PAINTS AND OILS. FISHER, THORSEN ft CO., Front and Mor rison. KELLY. THORSEN ft CO., 62-64 Union ave. RASMUSSEN & CO., 194-196 2d. TIMMS, CRESS ft CO.. 146 1st. PAPER AND SHELF BOXES. PORTLAND PAPER BOX CO.. 208 Oak. F. C. STETTLER, luth and Gilsan sts. PAPER AND STATIONERY. BLAKE, M'FALL CO., 6872 Front. J. W. P. M'FALL, 106 Front. PHONOGRAPHS. SHERMAN, CLA1 ft Co., tu ft Morrison. PIANOS. BILBRS PIANO HoLbE, Wash, ft Park sts. REED-FRENCH PIANO CO.. 6th ft Burnside. SHERMAN, CLAY ft CO.. 6th and Morrison. PICKLES. VINEGAR. ETC. KNIGHT PACKING CO.. 474 East Alder. PLUMBING AND STEAM SUPPLIES. THB GAl'LD CO.. 9-16 Front St. M. L. KLINE, 84-86 Front. I'OKK AND PROVISIONS. SINCLAIR PROVISION CO.. 40 N. Front. POSTAL CARDS. PORTLAND POST CARD CO.. 124 6th. POULTRY, BUTTER EGGS, FRESH MEAT RUBY ft CO., 286 Couch, Commission, Hides, Pelts, Wool. SOUTHERN OREGON COM. CO., W. H. Mc- Corquodale, 85 Front. RAILS, CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES. RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO.. 72-74 1st St. ROAD STREET-MAKING MACHINERY. BEALL ft CO.. 321 Hawmorne. ROOFING MATERIAL. PARAFFINE PAINT CO., Common wealth bid. SAWMILL MACHINERY. A. H. AVERILL MACH. CO., 30 Belmont. PORTLAND IRON WKS., 14th and Norhrup. SAW MANUFACTURERS. , 6IMONDS MFG. CO., 85 1st St. SAWS, MACHINE KNIVES, ETC. E. C. ATKINS ft CO., INC., 60 1st St. SCHOOL FURNITURE, SUPPLIES. N. W. SCHOOL FURNITURE CO.. 244 3d. SEEDS AND POULTRY SUPPLIES. J. J. BUTZBK, 188 Front. PORTLAND SEED CO., Front and Yamhill. SHIRTS AND OVERALLS. H. WOLF ft SONS. 73-75 1st. SHOE STORE SUPPLIES. HERTSCHE BROS. 229 Oak. SIGNS. FOSTER ft KLE1SER, Everett and 8th. SODA WATER MANUFACTURERS. PIONEER SODA WORKS. 416 Water. per pound more for his wool than Its free trade value. This difference of 7 cents per pound Is the amount of Increase In price caused by the present wool tariff; it is also the amount of protection which the Ohio farmer realized for his wool in June. The panic decline In free trade Eng land on wool prices was greater than in the United States, 18 cents marking the maximum effect of the panic upon the Ohio farmer. As an illustration, we have in mind a cargo of Scotch wool, brought to the United States at lid Eng lish money, or 22 cents in our currency. On its arrival during the panic the pur chaser was unable to pay for it, and re shipped it to Liverpool, where it was sold at 5d or 11 cents, a decline of 50 per cent, which is a greater decline, as previously stated, than took place on similar wool here. As will be seen from this Illustration, there was a world-wide decline in wool prices. There was no failure of the tariff to elevate the American price, as Mr. Monnett claims. Now with regard to the $65 suit of clothing containing less than two pounds of wool, by reason of which, Mr. Mon nett alleges, the woolgrower is being robbed to the extent of about 900 per cent. The facts are that all-wool suits o three pieces containing not more than two pounds of clean wool must be mado of goods weighing 10 ounces to the yard. Such a suit, as I have said, made of fine wool, can be purchased at re tall in any of the markets of the United States for $12: and if made of quarter blood wool (Shropshire grade), at $10. These prices yield a fair profit to the manufacturer of cloth, also to the whole sale manufacturer of clothing and to the retailer of the latter. These would be such suits as are worn by 75 per cent of the American people. There is no other place in the world where so valuable a suit (all wool) can be bought ready-made for less money or even for the same price considering how well made and tailored such a suit Is. The fame of American ready-made clothing has spread far and wide; for instance, the French Government now has a Commissioner in the United States to examine Into and learn American methods of clothing manufacture, and this Commissioner, as before reported In your paper, has already expressed himself as convinced of the superiority and modest cost of our ready-to-wear clothing. Mr. Bryan, according to the statement, which has not been denied, has author ized Mr. Monnett to say for him that if he Is elected President he will use all the power of the Government to de stroy this "wool monopoly" this mo nopoly which sells the best ready-made clothing in the world at from $10 to $12. and which pays the American wool grower 7 cents per pound more for wool than Its free trade basts. This threat will give the people of the United States some idea as to what they may expect from Mr. Bryan in the way of interference with our domestic Indus try, for the American Woolen Company Is no more a trust than any other large corporation. The American Woolen Com pany cannot buy wool at any lower price than such competitors as tha Atlantic Mills, Pacific Mills, Arlington. Mills, of WHOLESALE STEEL BEAMS, CHANNELS, ETC. PACIFIC 1. ft S. WKS., E. Burnside Bridge. STEEL CASTINGS. COLUMBIA STEEL CO.. 146 10th. STOVES AND RANGES. LOWENBERO ft GOING CO.. 13th and Irving, TALKING MACHINES AND RECORDS. EILERS PIANO HOUSE. Wash, ft Park sts. TINPLATE SHEETIRON. PACIFIC METAL W KS.. 73 N. 2d. TRANSFER AND STORAGE. HOLM AN TRANSFER CO., 8-12 Front. OREGON AUTO-DESPATCH CO.. 13 1st s OREGON TRANSFER CO.. 134 N. 6th. TRUNKS AND BAGS. MULTNOMAH TRUNK CO.. 121 E. Water. WAGON AND TRUCK WORKS. NORTH PACIFIC WAGON WORKS. 4th and Hoyt. WALL PAPER. HENRY BBRGER CO.. 128 1st. WINES AND LIQUORS. BLUMAUER & HOCH. 108 4th. HENRY FLECKENSTEIN ft CO., 204 2d. H. VARWIG ft SON. 231 Front. WIRE AND INSULATED WIRE. JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO., 81 1st. WIRE AND IRON WORKS. PORTLAND WIRE L WKS.. 2d ft Everett. WIRE ROPE. JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO.. 91 1st. WIRE ROPE, LOGGING TOOLS. S. B. HICKS ft SONS CO.. 44 1st. WOOLENS AND TRIMMINGS. GARRATT ft YOUNG. 92 1st. FINANCIAL BONDS AND MORTGAGES. H. E. NOBLE, 312 Commercial bldg. BONDS AND STOCKS. OVERBECK ft COOKE CO.. 35 C. of Com. FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS. W J. CLEMENS, Commercial Club bldg. HENRY HEWETT ft CO., 228 Sherlock bldg. D. W. HOELBINQ ft CO.. 311 Stark. LAM BERT-WHITMDR CO.. 107 Sherlock. PETTIS-GROS8MA YER CO.. Board of Trad bldg. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE OF NEWARK. N. J., Falling bldg. MORTGAGE LOANS. WILLIAM MAC MASTER. 302 Worcester Md. STOCKS, BONDS AND GRAIN. DOW N IN G-HOPKINS CO.. 201-4 Couch Bldg. TIMBER LANDS. EMBODY ft BRADLEY CO.. 708 C. of Com. FREDERICK A. KR1BS, 328 Cham, ef Com. JAMES D. LACE Y ft CO., 829 C. of Com. RETAIL AUTOMOBILES. FRED A. BENNETT. 4U5 Aluer. CROWE-GRAHAM Motor Co.. Wash, ft 15th. COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.. 16th and Alder. OREGON MOTOR CAR CO.. 86 10th su BUILDERS' HARDWARE. TOOLS. AVEHY ft CO.. 48 3d. J. J. KADDERLY, 130 Itt. CARD ENGRAVERS. W. G- SMITH ft CO.. 3a lioor. Wash. bldg. ELECTRIC AND GAS FIXTURES. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO. 4'JO Wash. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES. SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN AND PA CIFIC STATES CONSOLIDATED, 2d and Burnsld. FLORISTS. CLARKE BROS., 2BU Morrison. MARTIN ft FORBES. 347 Washington. GROCERS AND MERCHANDISE. (.Mall Orders.i RICHET COMPANV. 112 Front. HARNESS AND SADDLERY. . WESTENGARD. 283 Front. J. C. P HOTELS. THB ESMOND HOTEL. Front and Morrison. MEAT MARKETS. BOSTON PACKING CO., 1st ft Burnside, M ft Ankeny. MONEY LOANED ON JEWELRY. PIONEER LOAN OFFICE. 13 N. 80. TAILORS AND UNIFORMS. CHARLES COOPEV ft EON. 300 Oak s- the Wanskuck Company, all of which and many more of equal or almost equal size are not in the so-called "trust. Tt there is a more serious aspect to hi threat of Mr. Bryan's, which relates to the welfare of labor. The policy which he proposes will deprive millions of work Ingmen of their bread and butter. If the panic of 1907 has thrown labor out of em ployment for a half year, because of the correcting of abuses existing among a few corporations, you can imagine whnt will happen to our industrial life In the event of Mr. Bryan's election, as he has announced his purpose to turn existing industrial conditions inside out and upside down. If a little panic was the result of a comparatively small Interference with Industrial corporations, Mr. Bryan's in terference on a large scale would outlast his term of office. There is another feature of Mr. Bryan s threat. His platform declares for free raw material. Wool is raw material from the Democratic point of view; so that with one hand removing protection from the American woolgrower, with the other he would destroy the only market in the world for American wool. The American Woolen Company is the largest single consumer in the United States, and in placing their so-called "trust-made prod ucts" on the "free list" Mr. Bryan would not only destroy this company, but would likewise destroy those other indppendent mills which are not In what Mr. Bryan calls a "trust." We know very well what would hap pen to the wool and woolen industries if Mr. Bryan carried out his threatened scheme, for we have had experience dur ing the life of the Wilson tariff act with free wool, and an ad valorem duty upon manufacturers of wool which was so small that under It the wool flocks were de stroyed and the woolen mills languished. Some California woolgrowers, and others from Texas, who were unable to sell their wool in the United States under the Wil son act, exported It to Europe, where it brought so little that the American Ship per was brought into debt and had to send money abroad to liquidate the expenses on it. Thus experience has" proved that there is no other market for American-grown wool but the American home market. These facts and many others reciting the actual experience of the trial of the free-wool experiment under the Wilson act were printed and bound in a volume by the Government, which any one de siring can obtain gratis by applying to his Senator or Representative In Con gress. This volume is called "Wool Hearings Before the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representa- tives in 1897." Every woolgrower In the 1 United States, and every other person di- "4 rectly or indirectly Interested in the wool and woolen industries, should procure a copy of this report and carefully study It, for it Is evident from the above apparent ly authorized public announcement of Mr. Monnett's interview with Mr. Bryan that the question of duty or no duty upon wool as a raw material is to be a big Issue of the 1908 Presidential campaign. It takes the farmer a whole year to grow a ifleece of wool. It is not a raw material to him; it is his finished product, as much as yarn is the finished product of the spinner, although at the same time the raw material of the cloth weaver. XHEODORE JUSTICE. i