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THE TIMES
There is still a little aftermath of the Gipsy Smith revival linger-
ng iu Portland. It appears that the harvest of souls, when the mat-
/"• IIR IS T M A S lias come and gone. Many who expected to bef
i t ter yras cheeked up, wag not nearly so great as expected.^ Loeal minis
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Irem em b ered
bountifully, were only scantily remembered. tera have been cheeking up the addresses o f alleged converts, as
THE TIMES is not responsible for any opinions expressed by correspondents Other- who luul reason to believe that they would lie forgotten, given, and find that among the more than 2,000 give are a large num
appearing in its columns.
had their hearts made glad. This is the way o f the world. The ber of fakes. Chinese laundries, vacant lots and vacant houses are
unexpected always happens. There were some heartburnings, no given. The whole mater savors o f a travesy on religion. It isn’t the
Entered in PuHtoflict* at Portland, O regon, us second class matter.
doubt, but on the whole the needs o f the suffering were supplied, fault of Gipsy Smith, nor of the local ministers. While TIIE TIMES
A FEARLESS EXPONENT OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE
and many a por child now firmly believes in the real existence o f does not believe in emotional religion, which is only a form of emo
Santa Claus. The “ good fellow’’ movement in Portland was largely tional insanity, it does believe in fair play and decency. The indi
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responded to, and many a man learned that “ it is more blessed to viduals who gave fictitious addresses deserve condemnation.
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give than to receive” . The Salvation Army and the Volunteers of
S A T U R D A Y . D E C E M B E R 30. 1911
America, besides a number o f charitable institutions, public and
private, did much to give happiness and com fort to many who
Andrew W. Mellon, a millionaire banker o f Pittsburg, has sued
Ki*eh man should have the right to earn his way,
bis wife, Mrs. Nora McMullen Mellon, f o r ‘ divorce. I f all the
And each should have for fair d ay’s work a fair d ay’s pay, would ljaye otherwise been forgotten.
The eusttoiu o f gift-giving at Christmas time has its uses and things charged against the woman be true, lie ought to get his di
Each man should governed be by Justice’s right
its abuses. Custom— a tyrannical master—has made it seemingly vorce. Captain George A lfred Curpliey, a gay and aebonnaire
And gain his ends by peaceful means—not dynamite.
incumbent upon most o f us to feel that we must give gifts often British army officer, is named as co-respondent. The plaintiff's at
beyond our means to many who do not in the least appreciate them. torney lias taken the unusual stand o f urging the court to prevent
These latter feel that it is but a matter o f courtesy for them to to publicity in hearing o f the evidence on the grounds that it will
likewise. Such gifts as these mean absolutely nothing, and this injure tiie public morals. The attorney intimates that the evidence
custom is not only a travesty upon the original Christmas idea, will be quite risque, since it will relate to “ kissing, fondling, em
but one that should be reformed. We have in this country well bracing car rides’ and other very naughty incidents. The decision
established the idea o f a sane and safe Fourth o f July, and there is o f tiie court is awaited with interest.
THE TIMES is earnest and outspoken. It advocates
no good reason why we should not work out a safe and sane
what it believes to be right, and that without fear or favor,
Christmas. T H E T IM E S believes that gift-giving should largely
and unencumbered by the shackles of circumstance. THE
he limited to children, and especially to the children o f the poor.
Dr. Mary Walker, she o f the man’s bifurcated garments, has
TIMES will not swerve from the path of duty, and it cannot
A simple token, and that inexpensive, would do as well between once more sprung into tiie limelight. Dr. Mary has made a scien
be purchased or compromised. THE TIMES unqualifiedly sub
elder people. It is the kindly spirit back o f the gift, not its lavish tific discovery which may not be fur off from the truth, after all.
scribes to the great principles of human liberty under the law;
cost, that makes it worthy. Perhaps society some day will do away She believes that no small percentage o f mysterious cases o f in
of equal rights in all fields of legitimate endeavor, industrial
with some o f the follies o f Cliristmastide.
sanity among men are directly traceable to the pressure o f collar
freedom and to the advancement of the great Pacific Coast.
buttons upon their cervical vertebrae. Another o f Dr. Mary’s be
TO THE EMPLOYER— THE TIMES will ever be open to
E L IM IN A T IO N OE IN SU R A N C E R ISK .
liefs is that if women would only discard skirts and envelope their
the employer of labor, that he may have, through its columns,
nether extremities in the real trousers o f men, great progrss will be
an opportunity to place the truth before the public regarding
I N SU R A N C E IS A necessary, proper and legitimate expense, made in the extermination o f tuberculosis. Perhaps, Mary, you’re
the business conditions which govern him and his environ
* and one which the business man and householder must main right on both o f these propositions.
ments. The co-operation of the employer and the employe are
tain fo r his own protection. In a growing city like Portland, the
the substantial proofs of what has made the Pacific Coast
general tendency is toward a lowering o f rates on account o f the
what it is today. Their interests are identical, are inseparable.
class A buildings being constructed. While this is true, there is an
Pahetic indeed is the downfall o f General Bernardo Reyes,
The mutual experience, foresight and confidence between the
element o f extra hazard which might well lie considered and elim the one-time great military leader o f Mexico. In his attempt to
business man and the wage-earner have made and are making
inated, if a suggestion made recently bv the Board o f Underwriters start a revolution againnst the Madero government the broken-
for success. The investments of the one coupled with the efforts
should finally be adopted. Every possible added element o f danger down man sadly says: " I called upon the army, I called upon the
of both are solid bulwarks of present prosperity and the assur
increases the rate.
people, and no one responded.” General Reyes has learned the
ances of the future. Minus these, advancement along the lines
The Board o f Underwdriters has called attention to the fact truth o f the tillage that “ Republics are ungrateful.” His devotion
of industrial and commercial progress of the Pacific Coast is
that the man who controls the city fire alarm system is only hu to the lost cause o f Diaz reminds one o f Cardinal W oolsey’s sad
impossible. Without this hearty co-operation, a continuance of
man, after all. W hile on duty he might suddenly be stricken with dened lament: "(), Cromwell, Cromwell, had I but served my God
the highest possible development of our agricultural, horticult
death, overcome by illness or perhaps be murdered. In such an with half the zeal I served my king, He would not have left me in
ural, timberal, mineral and other resources is out of the ques
event, supposing a big fire started, if the controlling brain o f the mine old age stricken and to mine enemies.”
tion, and we must retrograde and decay.
fire alarm system was incapacitated, a tremendous conflagration
TO THE EMPLOYE.—The columns of THE TIMES will
might ensue before the fire department could get its apparatus
always be open to the employe, whether he may be an inde
on the ground. The Board o f Underwriters suggests regular shifts
And now comes Jay Bowerman, one o f the attorneys in the
pendent toiler or claim affiliation with a trade organization.
o f additional help, and says that this would tend to reduce rates. Oregon Tust & Savings Bank stench, which it seems will never
THE TIMES hopes that by thus affording a medium for the
Many prominent business men take the same view, but the city get out o f the public nostrils, and charges Thomas C. Devlin, re
interchange of opinions and by untrammeled discussion of la
administration demurs, it is said, because this would entail an addi ceiver for the wrecked bank, with double dealing and with being
bor questions in its columns, that a better understanding will
tional expense o f about $1000 per annum. There might arise, at responsible for an indebtedness o f $(500,000. Mr. A. E. Clark, Mr.
be brought about between the employer of labor and the man
any moment, a contingency whereby extra help would be doubly Devlin's attorney, smilingly intimates in effect, “ wait and see” .
who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow. THE TIMES
welcome and a saving o f many times $4000 a year effected. Before W ell, we are waiting. Everybody will be glad when the Supreme
believes that by this method the rights of both will be con
the Underwriters’ idea is cast into the discard, this matter should Court finally disposes o f the matter.
served and advanced.
be very carefully considered.
In the field of labor THE TIMES will champion the prin
ciple of “ equality of opportunity,” with all that it means to
COM M M EN DIN G TH E W E ST E R N UNION.
“ OP Marse” Henry Watterson o f the LouisvilleY Courier-
independent labor and to the average good citizen. This paper
Journal. has thrown another fit. He is greatly worried lest Roose
will be the staunch and undeviating friend of all honest toilers,
H E W E S T E R N UNION T E L E G R A P H C O M P A N Y was
velt should be again made president, and recently declared: “ I f
of all unshackled, law-abiding, sincere workers; and while
recently commended by T IIE T IM E S for the change in its Roosevelt is put in the White House in 1012 we will never get him
never denying the right of workmen to organize lawfully, this
policy in prohibiting messenger bovs from engaging in the, service out again except feet first.” It is probable that T aft will be nom
paper will be the unyielding foe of lawless, proscriptive,
cl' the various sinks o f inquity in this city. T H E T IM E S again inated and elected, but if Roosevelt should be nominated he prob
monopolistic and exclusive labor organizations, because they
lias occasion to praise this corporation in that it lias placed its ban ably would be elected, and Colonel Watterson shows by his declara
are the selfish enemies of their own class, and the common dan
upon cigarette-smoking by messenger boys. It is a vile and. soul- tion that he fears he will be.
ger of the industrial world. Our position in this matter is un
destroying practice, too often leading to moral degeneracy in grow
mistakable, and will be maintained.
ing youth. The habit has not one redeeming feature and it can
THE TIMES will at all times stand for the conservation of
be
defended on no grounds whatever. No growing boy should
The chances seem to lie very bright for \be Ruef, who may be
human life and energy and character, with all their tremendous
ever use tobacco in any form. When lie arrives at the age of paroled any time now from San Quentin prison. Powerful influ
potentialities; for the preservation of the community and the
twenty-one if lie chooses to enslave himself that is his own affair, ences are at work in his behalf. Meanwhile scores o f men, not a
nation; for the protection of property; for the flag and its
but
T IIE T IM E S believes in saving the boys, if possible. The thousandth part as guilty as is Ruef, will drag out their wretched
glorious traditions; for the national life and honor with their
action o f the Western Union is a big step forward in the way o f existence behind prison bars, because no one thinks them “ worth
pregnant possibilities; for the continuance of a brave, virtuous
reform and is a good stroke o f business policy as well.
while” . It is a strange old world we live in and one in which
and patriotic citizenship, without which no nation can be either
neither ins»'*'» or equity have half their innings.
truly great or really goo'l.
An evening paper says that Agnes Thekla Fair, a Socialist
worker in Albina, lias presented a list o f 43 married men with
CONCERNING NEW Y E A R ’S RESOLU TIO NS.
The joint plan o f the city and county to give worthy men em
families, who arc in dire need, to the authorities. Some o f these,
who were trying to secure homes on the installment plan, now being ployment that they may earn something to keep away want and
ONG H AS IT been the established custom for certain persons out o f work, are in danger o f losing their homes. T H E TIM E S hunger, is a noble and worthy employment o f any surplus moneys
♦—* after having taken a retroapeetive view o f their conduct for is not surprised to learn that some o f them formerly worked in available in the strong boxes o f the city and county. Perhaps a
tIn* year about to pass, to form certain good resolutions to lie put tin1 Southern Pacific carshops. They listened to the siren call o f large amount o f the present crime wave sweeping over Pacific
into effect on New Year's Day. This idea o f trying to work a the labor agitators and went on strike some months ago. They are Coast cities is due to the fact that men, who would be honest if
reformation iu one's character suddenly is a difficult one to bring now facing the results o f their own folly, which they might have giyen a chance to work, are made desperate by need and driven to
about, and seldom succeeds. The “ resoluter" may keep up bis good loresecn. T H E T IM E S is sorry for them and all other unfortun-1 wrongdoing,
work for a month or so. but little by little lie gradually slips back ales who have not wherewithal to buy bread.
into tin- old rut. We most heartily approve the idea that anyone
There are even new wrinkles in burglary nowadays. Two men
should decide to lead a better life, because it is the better wav, but
Here-- a real human interest story. 1 lie State la x Cominis- j jn Harlem worked a safe in a five-and-ten-cent store and made a
why settle upon January I ns the only day to make a start? If
reform is good, it is good at any time and at all times. If a per sioner o f M nsbington wrote to a man regarding bis deceased hro- (.¡ml o f $1000 on Christmas Day. The light-fingered crooks used
must have lieen bis betc gloves
|o avoid leaving tell-tale finger-marks and from a conven
soil studies themselves, they will soon discover their failings and tiler’s (“stale. It certainly seems that “ 13
has it. He was born on icntlv connected wire abstracted
electricity to propel their drill,
weaknesses. With tbi knowledge they should use their common tion'.. or his hoodoo, ns American slang
then made a neat job o f the whole affair by blowing off the
sense and seek to strengthen their character. For instance, if they tli thirteenth, bought worthless stock on the thirteenth and made
find that thy are selfish, they should at once cultivate unselfishness, bis will on the thirteenth. He was always an easy mark for smooth- j s.,fe door with nitroglycerine, or “ soup,” as they term it. Pretty
which will fianlly liecome a habit. If one finds they arc smoking tongued sharpers, who seem to have bad no difficulty in getting smooth and np-t-othe-minute work. that,
too much, they should moderate their indulgence or stop entirely. | all he ever earned away from him. The decedent's brothers says
The same rule applies to liquor, the abuse o f which and not the o f the departed fritter: “ His property consists o f a number of
The commission form o f
government plan should not be al-
use does the greatest barm. Profanity is not only wicked and un valueless paper-. chiefly worthless stock certificates. His personal
piopert
y
was
bis
liest
suit
o
f
clothes,
which
went
into
the
grave,
lowed
to
die
a-hornin'.
Mayor
Rushlight, prior to his election,
moral. but useless, and is never the mark o f a true gentleman. But
11 is working clothes and bedclothes went
into the fire. He has no pledged himself to this plan, and still favors it, no doubt. I f com-
there is such a thing as profilin' swearing and that which is not.
inittees devoting their time to the consideration o f this subject, can-
Now the late llarvcv Scott was wont to sav (bat the word "damn" icnl estate o f ntiv kind."
no get together and prepare a suitable charter, why should we as
is not profane swearing, but a good old Anglo-Saxon mouth tillin.
word, whose place it would lie hard to fill as an expressive ex
When a man lias lived to the good old age o f 92 and lut a body politic be able to judge for the best interests o f our city?
plctivc. It is no more wicked to say "dam n" than to say "con amassed a fortune o f $7.000,000. $0.770.000 o f which he lias given
dcinii" which i> supposedly synonomotis, although it doesn't really to worthy causes o f charity, it is uiisual. But the strangest part of
Mr. Charles R. Anderson resides in Denver. Mrs. Anderson
mean half so much.
it all in the case o f Dr. D. K. Pearsons is the fact that on Clirist- is in Salt Lake City. yet. thanks to that modern wonder, the tele
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working reformat ion iu one's eliarncter while trying to mas Day bis health was so
extraordinarlv good for so aged a phone.
man they were able to annihilate the 7)00 miles exi-ting between
overcome serious faults one should,not overlook petty failings. One that lie expects to live a great many years yet. and is getting them, and to all intents and purposes, dine together on Christmas
o'' the
most (omnion failings is to speak slightingly of another, nxious lest bis $30,000 should prove insufficient to keep him in coni- Day. During the singular meal husband and wife kept up a lively
Would
it not U' better if one can not say something kindly o f fort. Now is the time for some o f the institutions lie has so gen- conversation, which cost only $75.
n not her. to remain m u t f’ One can often overcome enmity by such erouslv endowed, to give the kindly old man assurance that they
action and make a friend and surely in this life one
can not have
will look after him
if any emergency should arise, for they owe
All sorts o f freaks are getting pulpit jobs nowadays. The
too many frinds. Don't condemn the other fellow but just try to him that much, which is very little.
latest aspirant for theological honors is Eddie Young, one time
do him a kindness. It really doesn't hurt much.
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H we are p»ing to try to do better, let us not wait till New
T |„. mas8acre 0f defenseless people in Persia by Romans, after lightweight champion pugilist o f the Pacific Coast, who has be
icai - Day U lore we begin, but start right in now. We think
|l:l(| submitted to all the unreasonable demands made bv the come a protege o f Evangelist Billy Sunday, the slangy pulpit
♦be better »a> is to conquer one failing at a time, for lasting refor ,
0f the
White Csar show how barbaric and un- pounder \flio once twirled the hall on the diamond.
nidlioii. so far as liiiumn experience goo- to show, are not the result
.uv tLe p
, M>ldiorv. The horrible cruelties that Russia
Jack Johnson, the prizefighter, has arrived in New York with
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uddcii revolution.
I hey are rather the matter o f steady
\m -
(¡..„dish Cossacks to wreak upon the poor Jews
growth o f evolution.
v us damning enough, hut this latest outrage is even worse. No his “ golden smile” and a new English valet. He says hr isn’t broke,
Now. we hope that every reader o f N IE TIMES will have ''! countrv whirii countenances assassination is'w orthy o f recognition *" reported, and the fact that he is reported to have brought hack
IInppv New Year and a pros|H'rous one. and let us hope that
m the great family o f nations, and the blood o f murdered Jews, more money than he took away, seems to prove the assertion. If he
\ear from now we may all o f us lie lietter men than we are now, at Xrmenians and IVr-ian- is upon the head o f the Czar. It is high " » * financially “ busted, he would not scorn looking at any prize-
t b i ' close o f 11M1, . I f </ I « < Pomiui.
tune that every -elf-r,--peeting nation make a formal protest to fighting purse under $30.000. as reported.
Russia.
The speetaele of two little “ newsies” “ shooting eraps” with
The spirit o f the younger Chinese element in Portland -h ow s u
There is no danger of race suicide in the family of J. K. Irby, of cubes o f loaf sugar taken from some restaurant, properly marked for
In bave passed far lieyond the control o f the elder-. These young
taken in tow by an officer and brought before the Juvenile Court,
men, many o f them Uirn in Portland and other- o f them educated Snnnvside. near Baker. Ore. Mr. Irby is the. father of 22 vhildfen
here since early childhood, show- them to have drifted away from all living, the lutest arrival—a boy- having put in an appearance JasU gftows that the instinct to gamble starts in pretty early in Portland.
the joss and from ancestor worship, so sacred to their fathers. It week.
A novel -filiation was pre-ented last Sunday in an East Side
is the result o f environment. These young men recently decapitated
Alfred Larson, aged 22. who saved James O'Connor, aged 32, from t pulpit, when Chief o f Police Slover preached a Christmas sermon
and liaekd up u numlier o f josses, much to the horror o f those who
believe in them. T o the I after this was an act o f sacrilege; to the drowning in the Willamette River, regardless of the danger and dis-jon “ Ixive". The idea was noli» bail one, indeed, it was a good one.
former it meant nothing but the removal o f a lot o f useless junk, comfort to himself, is deserving of s Carnegie medal, and TIIE and if eitv officials would be’« ^ n softener in churches, either in the
TIMES hopes that he may get it.
j pews or the pulpits, it wooldu^ .hurt them or the public either.
it is threatened that blood will flow. T H E TIMES ho|**- not.
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