THE TIMES
Francisco has helped a great deal, for the Aberdeen bunch of off
scourings are anxious to reach the Bay City. At this distance THE
TIMES is unable to see how they will better their condition, for
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when San Francisco makes up her mind she doesn’t want such
of humanity (as she ¡«’bound to do.) they will find a strangle Design 967, by Glenn L. Saxton, A rchitect. M inneapolis, M inn.
THE TIMES is not responsible for any opinions expressed by correspondents dregs
hold put upon them that will prove effectual, or else we have made
appearing in its columns.
a great mistake in our opinion.
E ntered in postoffice at Portland, Oregon, it« second-class m atter.
A FEARLESS EXPONENT OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE
''('hick’’ Houghton, a notorious character, whose home was in
Portland, the degenerate of respectable parents, twice paroled, has
SUBSCRIPTION RATIOS—$2.50 per year, in advance.
been captured and returned to the penitentiary, at the request of his
ADVERTISING RATES made known upon application.
own father. It seems that he has not a single vestige of honor left
Saturday, January 27, 1912.
in his make-up, if lie ever had any. His last parole was brought
about
by tin- request of his father. How did he repay this act of
Each man should have the right to earn his way,
parental
a most unworthy son? By robbing bis father,
And each should have for fair day’s work a fair day’s pay, who is old love and towards
blind, of $400 and then getting away. Public sym
Each man should governed he hy Justice’s right
pathy will rest with the old father, who, in his declining years is
And gain his ends hy peaceful means—not dynamite.
entitled to the filial love and tenderness of his son. but who is in
stead bitterly disappointed. The case presents a singular psycho
logical question.
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Portland lias long been known as a city of homes and hoine-
Iowners, but the developments of social conditions in the last few
would indicate that a largely-increasing number of families
THE TIMES is earnest and outspoken. It advocates years
are
becoming
and even among this class there are interest
what it believes to be right, and that without fear or favor, ing changes to renters,
lie
noted.
Leases of dwellings and even fiats tire
and unencumbered by the shackles of circumstance. THE becoming less popular than they
were, and families are seeking
TIMES will not swerve from the path of duty, and it cannot tin1 comforts of apartment houses once
more
more, especially during
be purchased or compromised. THE TIMES unqualifiedly sub the winter months. Heads of families feel and relieved
of the annoyance
scribes to the great principles of human liberty under the law;
buying fuel, for one thing, and escape the expense of telephones,
of equal rights in all fields of legitimate endeavor, industrial of
for these are supplied. Then again, they are always sure of a supply
freedom and to the advancement of the great Pacific Coast.
of hot water. Janitors keep the halls clean, and, above all. the
TO THE EMPLOYER—THE TIMES will ever be open to total cost of keeping up an apartment, everything considered, is
the employer of labor, that he may have, through its columns, below that of running a house. Even at that, the prices charged
an opportunity to place the truth before the public regarding for apartments are really more than they should be. Owners of the
the business conditions which govern him and his environ buildings naturally deny this, but with an ever-increasing number of
ments. The co-operation of the employer and the employe are apartment houses it follows as an inescapable logical conclusion,
the substantial proofs of what has made the Pacific Coast that prices must come down. Any landlord who holds out against
what it is today. Their interests are identical, are inseparable. this idea, will find in time that his tenants are bound to seek quarters
The mutual,experience, foresight and confidence between the elsewhere and at a lesser price, for some landlords will be wise enough
business man and the wage-earner have made and are making to rest content with a 6-per eent investment, instead of demanding
for success. The investments of the one coupled with the efforts a 15-per cent return.
of both are solid bulwarks of present prosperity and the assur
A marriage ceremony recently performed at Vancouver. Wash.,
ances of the future. Minus these, advancement along the lines
of industrial and commercial progress of the Pacific Coast is in whispers, is something new in the matrimonial game. The offi-
impossible. Without this hearty co-operation, a continuance of i iating minister recently lost the use of his vaeol chords so he could
the highest possible development of our agricultural, horticult only speak in whispers. This didn’t balk the bridegroom a whit
ural, timberal, mineral and other resources is out of the ques for he instantly accommodated himself to the conditions mid did his
part in whispers. So did the bride. She will have plenty of op
tion, and we must retrograde and decay.
TO THE EMPLOYE.—The columns of THE TIMES will portunity to talk right out loud in the future, and no doubt, will do
always be open to the employe, whether he may be an inde so. The girl wanted a quiet wedding, and she certainly had it.
pendent toiler or claim affiliation with a trade organization.
Admiral George Dewey recently declared: “ The United States
THE TIMES hopes that by thus affording a medium for the
interchange of opinions and by untrammeled discussion of la should build four new battleships this year to keep up the efficiency
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
bor questions in its columns, that a better understanding will of the fleet. I am for peace, but peace with four more battleships
be brought about between the employer of labor and the man as an assurance that it will be maintained. It is always possible that
This plan has been duplicated once or twice in some of the largest cities
who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow. THE TIMES there may be some quarreling among nations as to just how peace In the United States, and it is admired by every one. The -size- of the cottage
feet wide and twenty-eight feet deep over the main part. There
believes that by this method the rights of both will be con ought to be brought about. Such things even happen at peace ban is Is a twenty-six
under the entire bouse. First story nine feet, second story
quets.” (Referring, doubtless to the famous New York peace dinner eight full feet. basement
served and advanced.
Cost, exclusive of heating and plumbing. $2.000.
In the field of labor THE TIMES will champion the prin which Roosevelt declined to attend). While it is wise to call a halt,
would suggest finishing this house in birch, Washington fir or south
ciple of “ equality of opportunity,” with all that it means to occasionally upon wasteful expenditure of the public moneys, it is ern We
pine Second story is pine to paint.
independent labor and to the average good citizen. This paper equally wise that the United Staes Navy should be made efficient as Upon
receipt of $1 the publisher of this paper will supply a copy of Saxton's
will be the staunch and undeviating friend of all honest toilers, that of any other first class power and that that efficiency should book of plans
entitled "American Dwellings.” The book contains 254 new and
of all unshackled, law-abiding, sincere workers; and while be constantly maintained. This country could then always dictate np to date designs
of cottages, bungalows and residences costing from $1,000
never denying the right of workmen to organize lawfully, this a peace policy to other nations, for its naval strength would be suffi to $6.000.
paper will be the unyielding foe > of lawless, proscriptive, cient to support any line of peace policy it might sec fit to declare.
monopolistic and exclusive labor organizations, because they It is an established maxim of international comity that that nation
are the selfish enemies of their own class, and the ¿ommon dan which is always prepared for war generally has permanent peace*
ger of the industrial world. Our position in this matter is un Dewey is right.
mistakable, and will be maintained.
THE TIMES will at all times stand for the conservation of
It is little wonder that Canada is inducing so many men to Design 968, by Glenn L. Saxton, A rchitect, M inneapolis, M in n .
human life and energy and character, with all their tremendous settle upon the public lands of the Dominion. The Canadian Gov
potentialities; for the preservation of the community and the ernment is pursuing the most liberal system ever yet put into prac
nation; for the protection of property; for the flag and its tice. which will account for the big immigration last year—400.000.
glorious traditions; for the national life and honor with their Here are some of the inducing causes: (Landseekers’ rates going and
pregnant possibilities; for the continuance of a brave, virtuous coming inland at a cent a mile; opportunity to take up an additional
and patriotic citizenship, without which no nation can be either 100 acres to the original homestead of 100 acres at $4 an acre to be
truly great or really good.
paid for in ten years. The Government is so liberal, and fosters its
newcomers so fairly that it certainly will not be many years before
all the lands of Canada shall become the homes of a free and pros
THE QUESTION OF SUICIDE.
perous people. It is little wonder that fully 50 per cent of the set
tlors come from the region west of the Great Lakes. This is partly
K I j F - I iKSTKUCTION, as an abstract question, is one of more than due to the fact that there remains very little desirable land on this
SK
passing interest, for it is a quest ion that i ever with us. Is
of the international boundary line and because what little is
sue ide ever a justifiable net .’ Is fbe person, who lakes bis own life side
left
is
granted settlers upon nearly so favorable terms as that
a coward or a hero? There are some who justify the taking of one’s off. red not
b\
the
sister country. “ The Ladv of the Snows.”
own life in eases of painful and incurable afflictions, like cancer, for
example. In eases of business reverses, where a limn, anxious to pay
every debt hut who lias failed, after an earnest light againsl unfor-
luitos circumstances there are not wanting those who would justify
self extermination. Il is hard to pass judgment. These are matters W om en Will Not
Be
that every person will settle for themselves, anyway When a climax
has been reached, it may require more courage to live than it does
to die, even by one’s own hand. If a person under such conditions
Identified
commits suicide rather than face conditions to come as they forsee
them, they should not be set down as cowards. There is a growing
With Indus
belief that in order to deliberately take one’s own life one is insane
when they commit the act ami of course if this is true, they arc
in no wise responsible. The ancient« highly regarded the memory
try Forever
of those who terminated their own existence, and set it down as a
laudable deed, but the general trend of modern opinion is diametric
ally opposite, and the unfortunate is set dqwn ns a coward or at least
By M r». JOHN HAYS H A M
as a person of weak mind.
M OND Wife o f Am erica's
Self murder is abhorred by the Hindus and theosophists. copy
Special A m bassador to
ing after them. The Hindus believe that any person who purposely
the Coronation
stills their own life principle suffer excruciating anguish therefor
beyond the grave. If a (’hinainan desires to do an enemy a wrong
HE uncertainty about
from which he can never recover, he commits suicide upon that per
America’s future adds
son 's doorstep. Instead of seeking his enemy's life’ he takes his own.
fascination
to the inter
This is a curious view for the Occidental mind. Under the Mutichu
est which many women |
regime, if an undesirable official was desired to be gotten rid of, he
was written a polite note and presented with a silken rope, con
are manifesting in many phases of
veying the intimation that he had better end bis life by self strangu
public affairs. We do not know
lation. which many have done. L ick of space forbids going into the
what is going to happen to us, but
matter at very great length. We have been led to express our
thoughts by some recent census figures to which our attention lias
we are resolved to be a POTENT
been directed
FACTOR in the determination of
Considered generally, we are inclined to the opinion that any
our
future. Women have vivid
person who commits suicide from a morbid, melancholy or low-
imagination and idealism, and the
spirited reason, does so because they exaggerate conditions. If they
would imbue their souls with the cheerful philosophy that no matter
present state of our civilization,
how hopeless affairs may appear today twenty four hours may tiring
with all its possibilities, holds so
about a change for the better.
much of allurement that it is dif
To refer again to recent suicides, -particularly as touching the
I’aeitie Coast, we find that San Francisco, among cities of more than
ficult nowadays to find a woman
100,000, leads all other Pacific Coast cities, with a ratio of 44.2;
so
Concerned with her home that
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
Oakland. Cal with .42.4 ; Seattle. 42 4; Los Angeles, 40; Portland.
she takes n o interest in public af Here FIRST
Ore., 24 4; Spokane. 24.7. California, as a whole, leads all states,
is
a
style
of
a
modest
borne
that
has
all the requirements of a much
n il. By A m erican P re ss A ssociation
fairs. On the other hand, though, larger plan There is a piazza across the entire
with a ratio of 20 per 100,000. The lowest rate was in Maryland
front. Size twenty-six feet
10 4. The foregoing figures are for 1010.
wide and twenty -eight feet deep over the main part. Basement under the en
there are NINE MILLION WOMEN ENGAGED IN INDUS tire
bouse First story nine feet, second story eight feet Cost, exclusive of
outside the home. Marriage, the rearing of children and heating
and plumbing. $3.000.
The city of Aberdeen. Wash., has apparently sol visi the prob TRIES
The
finish for the first story is in red <>ak. birch or Washington fir. Flniah
DEVELOPMENT
OF
HOMES
ARE
STILL
VERY
POPULAR
lem of how to bold the I W W 's in cheek Their speakers have
of
the
second
story U pine to paint. The floors throughout either red oak.
agreed to obey the ordinance recently passed by the city council in and vitally important occupations.
birch or maple.
regard to street speaking, which restricts them to a certain district
young women, while more sophisticated on the surface, are Upon receipt of $1 the publisher of this paper will supply a copy of Saxton's
Even such speeches as they do make are very tame and harmless still Our
book of plans enltiled "American Dwellings.” The book contains 254 new and
as
susceptible
to the advances of the “little winged god” as were op
affairs. Hut it was not rounciltnanie action entirely that has re the heroines of Jane
to date deaisns of cottages, bungalows and residences coating from $l,U 0 n
Austen's day*, who had no more important ob ta *6.000
lieved Aberdeen of the incubus of this reprehensible and worthless
horde of lazy and good-for-nothing lubbers The situation in San ject in life than to secure a husband.
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