TH E TIM ES
THE TIMES
A N ABSU RD PRO PH ECY.
" T H E wisdom of some o f the latter-day prophets is amazing, for
*■ we learn that Elder Charles Thomas, o f Nevada, la., announces |
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that he is “ looking forward to the time when people shall lie taken
TH E TIM ES
not responsible for any opinions e xpressed by correspondents "P bodily from the earth and transported directly into Heaven with-
; out death.” This preacher is a Seventh-Day Adventist. Should his
appearing in its columns.
prophecy ever come true, it w ill cut out all funeral expenses, bust I
Entered in Postoffice at Portland, Oregon,
ond-class matter.
the coffin manufacturers, throw undertakers out o f business, deprive
A PEAKLESS E XPO NENT OP IN D U S T R IA L PEACE
medical students o f “ subjects,” and raise hot generally. Cemeteries
will he abolished and crematoriums will never have occasion to light
SUBSCRIPTION RATES— $2.50 per year, in advance.
their fires. The absurd assumption of such men is ludierouse, yet
AD VE R TIS IN G RATES made known upon application.
tin- yare given lull credence by their followers. There are two things I
; in this world that are inevitable-—taxes and death. These art“ part
S A T U R D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 17, 1912.
o f the fate o f man.
Each man should have the right to earn his way,
A frugal German woman, Mrs. Hannah Krueger, o f Chicago, I
And each should have for fair d a y ’s work a fair d a y ’s pay, admits that she has raised three children on an income o f sfilO a week
Eaeli man should governed be by Justice’s right
1 and has deposited $2 a week fo r six years and a half with a building
And gain his ends by peaceful means— not dynamite.
mid loan association. Such a gute Hausfrau deserves the highest
1 praise, ami we believe her children w ill do her honor.
It is touching to read that Massalah, the blind chief o f the K a l-{
ispell Indians, has plead fo r a teacher in order that his tribesmen’s
children may gain an education. It is gratifyin g to discover that :
Uncle Sam will grant his wish. How different from the old days!
when the great hook o f Nature sufficed for all the knowledge the red i
mun required.
TH E TIM ES is earnest and outspoken.
It advocates
Abe Ruef, the erstwhile “ curly boss” of San Francisco, “ doing | »
what it believes to be right, and that without fear or favor,
tim e” for his past crookedness, has a spark ot nobility in his make
and unencumbered by the shackles o f circumstance. TH E
up— the regard he has for his aged and bed-ridden mother. She has
TIM ES will not swerve from the path o f duty, and it cannot
been kept in ignorance o f his evil ways, believing he has been travel
be purchased or compromised. TH E TIM E S unqualifiedly sub
ing abroad. Such lies as these, for so tender a purpose, are not re
scribes to the great principles of human liberty under the law;
corded ; or. if they are, the Recording A ngel drops the sympathetic
o f equal rights in all fields of legitimate endeavor, industrial
tear, which blots them out forever.
freedom and to the advancement o f the great Pacific Coast.
Some o f the straight-laced people, particularly the Prohibition
TO TH E E M P L O Y E R — TH E T IM E S will ever be open to
ists, will sadly shake their headj because the item o f wines at the
the employer of labor, that he may have, through its columns,
opening of the Multomah Hotel cost ijill.OOO. What o f it? Whose
an opportunity to place the truth before the public regarding
business is it? Those who bought it spent their own money, as they
the business conditions which govern him and his environ
had the right to do, and there were no disgraceful scenes resulting,
ments. The co-operation of the employer and the employe are
either. Notwithstanding, a few narrow-minded cranks may see fit
the substantial proofs o f what has made the Pacific Coast
to “ butt in ’ ’ and with a “ holier-than-thou” spirit criticize functions
what it is today. Their interests are identical, are inseparable.
with which they have no concern.
The mutual experience, foresight and confidence between the
business man and the wage-earner have made and are making
A P L E A FOR SCHOOL CH ILD REN .
fo r success. The investments o f the one coupled with the efforts
T " 1 HE C IIIL D R E N 'o f today are the future citizens of the city and
o f both are solid bulwarks o f present prosperity and the assur
*• State. They are an asset o f tremendous value. They have rights
ances of the future. Minus these, advancement along the lines
— the right to shout, to play, to enjoy life— as Nature intended. Thus
of industrial and commercial progress o f the Pacific Coast is
they develop sound minds and sound bodies. Are the pupils in all
impossible. Without this hearty co-operation, a continuance of
the Portland schools allowed the exercise o f their birthright? SOME
the highest possible development o f our agricultural, horticult
OK TH E M A R E NOT. They are marched from the fetid air o f the
ural, timberal, mineral and other resources is out o f the ques
school room to the basement, given a few meaningless calisthenics
tion, and we must retrograde and decay.
and then marched back. This is their rest (? ) period. They are fo r U ;
TO TH E E M P L O Y E .— The columns of TH E TIM E S w ill
bidden to speak aloud. I f we were the boys and girls in these schools
always be open to the employe, whether he may be an inde
we would yell, if only in protest. The abominable school system
pendent toiler or claim affiliation with a trade organization.
maintained in Portland is not going to stand much longer. The old
TH E TIM ES hopes that by thus affording a medium fo r the
and antiquated fossils who control it— School Board, School Superin
interchange of opinions and by untrammeled discussion o f la
tendent and all— w ill one day find their bones bleaching on the
bor questions in its columns, that a better understanding will
shores o f forgetfulness.
be brought about between the employer o f labor and the man
TH E TIM E S isn’t afraid to say just what it thinks. It believes
Photo« by American Prsss Association.
who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow. TH E TIM E S
that the parents o f this city ought to speak through the polls. They
believes that by this method the rights of both w ill be con
IA G A K A b is been the scent o f many tragedies, but s f few If any
ought to elect men fitted fo r the place who w ill treat our children
served and advanced.
more thrilling than that enacted there when the tee bridge which
fa irly and not as though they were little convicts in a chain gang.
spanned the river below the falls went to pieces and carried three
In the field of labor TH E TIM E S w ill champion the prin
Kick out the old fossils; get in new men with some ideas; men in
sightseers to death ln tha Whirlpool rapids. The day was bright, and
ciple of “ equality of opportunity,’ ’ with all that it means to
whom the qualities o f justice and right are not atrophied and dried among tha crowds which watchtd tha acena from placet of aafaty waa the
independent labor and to the average good citizen. This paper
up.
photographer who made the extraordinary plcturss from which eur Illustra
w ill be the staunch and undeviating friend of all honest toilers,
Let the boys and girls run at recess untrammeled. Let them tions art reproducad. Tha two lonely flguree Indicated by the arrews were
o f all unshackled, law-abiding, sincere workers; and while
shout and laugh and fill their lungs with good air. They are entitled Eldrldge Stanton and bla w lfa e f Toronto, and tha two vlawa show thaaa as
never denying the right of workmen to organize lawfully, this
to
it. Since “ the system” says nay, kick “ the system” out and its tha Ice floes on which they were Imprisoned moved slowly te daatractloa In the
paper w ill be the unyielding foe o f lawless, proscriptive,
grinding maelstrom of the great whirlpool. Mr. Stanton had an opportunity
originators.
to save himself as the floe drifted under a bridge from which would he ree-
monopolistic and exclusive labor organizations, because they
Bennington, Vt., has 20 wortten to one man. The women them cuera bad let down a ropa which ha caught and vainly tried to fasten about
are the selfish enemies of their own class, and the common dan
selves are seeking to change disproportionate ratio, and have op hla wlfa. The third victim, Burrell Heacock o f Cleveland, caught an another
ger o f the industrial world. Our position in this matter is un
pealed to the Pacific Coast fo r husbands. Come West, g ir ls ; for w e ’ve Ice cake, succeeded ln grasping a ropa thrown to him, but could not kaep bln
mistakable, and w ill be maintained.
got a fine lot o f men at present running wild, but if once broken to hold upon it and fall back Into the river.
TH E TIM E S w ill at all times stand fo r the conservation of
double harness, would prove docile and tractable.
human life and energy and character, with all their tremendous
Three fives in a dice game at Fresno last Saturday settled the
potentialities; fo r the preservation o f the community and the
fate of Lizzie Shorton. Two prospective bridegrooms threw the
nation; for the protection o f property; for the flag and its
“ bones” for her hand and Ernest Legler won. Peter Dermer, the
glorious traditions; for the national life and honor with their
other man, was a game loser. When Fortune declined to smile on
pregnant possibilities; for the continuance o f a brave, virtuous
him, he burned up his marriage license and gave Legler a clear field.
and patriotic citizenship, without which no nation can be either
truly p e a t or really good.
GOVERNOR W E S T COMMENDED.
O VERN O R W EST has been at times criticised by TH E TIM ES
particularly in his policy regarding criminals who should
SIGNS OF T H E TIM ES.
“ stretch hemp,” but we arc always as glad to content as to condemn.
HERE was recently held in this eity a meeting of Socialists, at Last week the Governor addressed the Central Labor Council. He
tended, as we understand, by many women who desire to see the unhesitatingly condemned it for sending out its infamous letter to
right o f equal suffrage extended to their sex. We are further in the governors o f other states, giving Portland and Oregon a dastardly
formed that while thus assembled, our respected Portland women stab in the hack. Every remark o f the Governor was sensible, just
were inexpressibly shocked at the tone permeating the meeting. and true. TH E TIM ES gives him unstinted praise for doing exactly
Draped upon the walls were American flags, o f which these patriotic the right thing at the right time and in the right place. He covered
women were proud, glad that they were the daughters o f the grand the same grounds that the press in general covered in criticism of the
est and most progressive nation on earth. But. as they listened, infamous and lying document. The result was that the Central La
hoping to gain inspiration, if not co-operation from the Socialists, bor Council agreed to name a committee o f ten to confer with Gov
who promise so fairly hut who speak so damnahjy, the refined in ernor West as to the most effective manner to counteract the evil
stincts o f these women met with a shock. They learned how trai done. This is better than nothing, but it seems much like loeking the
torous were these same Socialists. They felt the insult to the well- stable after the horse is stolen.
beloved national colors amid such utterly incongruous surroundings.
They heard, through red Socialists songs, issued out o f red mouths,
A COOL T H IE F.
that the red banner o f Socialism was to he kept waving, and that
HE United States Bakery, at 24 North Seventh street, was the
the flag for which their fathers had hied was to take second place.
scene of a singular occurrence one night last week. During the
The lesson will not he forgotten.
night a thief entered. He appropriated several cans o f salmon and
The damnable blot o f Socialism as expounded by the frothy sardines. He also made away with an alarm clock. This thief evi-
street-corner speakers (orators they are not) is the most disgrace lently desired to make some sort o f payment in appreciation of the
ful and dangerous cult o f the age in this country. It is composed favors he received, or rather took, for he left a religious book—
o f a horde o f malcontents, the riffraff of society, the mob, the canaille, “ Sovereign Grace, or How to Be a Christian.” by Dwight L. Moody.
who respect neither the laws o f God nor man. They openly preach He was evidently unable to apply its principles himself, but might
defiance to law. to organized goverment and order, to religion, to have hoped that others would he. This fellow was evidently in no
everything that makes for good. They seek to tear down anil offer particular hurry, for he built a fire in a small stove, made himself
nothing in exchange.
several cups of cocoa, and, having dined sumptuously on pics and
T H E TIM E S does not deny that there are many public abuses,
cakes, made himself a bed, spent the night in comforting rest and de- I
hut it does not believe in appealing to the basest o f the passions of parted “ in the cold, gray dawn o f the morning after.”
Can you |
men to rectify them. The United States is a young nation as yet,
heat it?
compared to the other great nations o f the world. It has great
problems to work out, and will solve them, one at a time, if given
the opportunity. We admit that the administration o f law is often
and that I felt more and more that
A GLIMPSE OF WAR.
We were to be beaten?
in error; that many guilty men escape and that many innocent men
I would have wept, but I had too
suffer, hut that is woven into the history of all nations. At tho rh, 8en„ . ion, of . Y«ung French
much to do in firing and ln watching
same time, our country has made wonderful progress. The trusts are
Soldier at Sedan,
the lines o f helmets.
w rong; a high protective tariff is wrong, making the rich man richer
We could ape the lines and linos of
It Is that a soldier gets full of an
and tin“ poor man poorer. Net. we believe in the American people, helmets
a hud slum to set“ those
excitedness. You do things and you
and consider that they will And a way out of all difficulties. But this helmet spikes
scarcely know that you do them or
tak es lime.
We are trying out the experiment of a free republic.! And I cauuot remember when It was why.
The Socialist would tear down ami offers nothing tangible to build ,,int there crept through our ranks
It was early that day that my com
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the feeling that those helmets were rade was killed. And he Jumped up
Remarkable Photographs of
Niagara Ice Bridge Tragedy
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Steeplejack’s Parachute Leap
From Liberty Statue
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" P H is true that an undue proportion o f our national wealth is een- ‘T ° " ly ln tTT ;’r “ *• h"!
terod into a few hands hut such a condition will not forever con- wore . urrounde<l , gl)ppol* tt eMn0
tinue. Eventually all this wealth will find its way hack to the peo from tlu. „ ,unj <lf flrtnK nnlln| from
pit*, to whom it belongs. I In* veil between Socialism ami auareht go
ny directions,
is so thin that the two are destined to merge Organized labor, de- > it ts at such a time that one feels of
generated as is has in these latti r days; Socialism, of the American a helplessness And the noise— did 1
brand; Independent Workers of the W orld (who never work except tell yon of the noise? There were stn-
w ith tiieir m onths fanning class against classL are the result o f the *■* »»«ms and crashes of volley tiring,
ferment o f modern conditions. They will all pass away, perhaps in and then there would be juat one great
one
,, i,jirht as soon as tIn* masses of the American people see ami realize 1 roaring,
n'.iring m
u great thundering, that
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deafened you and In which you could
tin “ enormity o f their teachmgs.
hen \\ ill »lau the era of sanity aot
^ goHnU from , nother
ami good sense, and the red flag, mo defiantly floating now. w ill be
Thm
.moke, smoke, erery.
come the gory shroud which will ein iron all t hese dements. I er-
»nil tho ground would tremble
haps it may he neeessary to go through a baptism o f blood to attain when tho cavalry made charge.
1 would tell you all that l remem
come the gory shroud which will environ all these elements. I’er
The majesty o f the law will in the end reign supreme and all these ber o f most interest. But Is It inter*
liaeordant e le m e n ts will he blasted into the dust of forget fulness, hut «tin g to tell you thst shells burst and
\m eriea w ill rise supreme above it all, for its people love liberty.
,h* t our r,,n,l!, thinned and closed uo
twice—so, so! And ho fell flat on his
faci“. 1 turned him over, and my cap
tain said: “ No time for that. You are
a young soldier or you would know
there Is no time for that.” —Robert
Sbackleton In Harper's Weekly.
justice.
Justice claims what Is due. polity
what Is seemly. Justice weighs and de-
ctdes. polity surveys and orders; Jus
tic* refers to the Individual, polity to
the community —Goethe.
A Hint Thst Hs Should Brat I t
Stay late tat 11:48 p m.i—The light ts
going out.
Miss W eary—Are you going to let tl
beat you ? - Livwtoo Transcript
Photo by American Press Association
M
O VINO picture spectators will have thrills when they see the films
presenting the Jump of Frederick I,aw from the torch o f the statu,
o f Liberty, upborne by bis parachute Th* leap was made expressly
for the purposes of the cinematograph men. Yet, as Law Is a stee
plejack, It is conceivable that he might tnakt some practical use of a para
chute ln his hazardous calliug. The on* used at Bedloe’s Island was of special
design and light material. It did not arrest hts fall for the first hundred feet,
and. though it spread out, as our Illustration shows, in time to s a v . his life,
he struck the ground. 2*5 feet below his Jumping point, with enough force to
bruise himself somewhat. It Is safe to predict that, despite the success of
Law's experiment, other visitors to the torch tin which young people have a
habit of getting married) will still descend by walking down the lnterier of
Mice Liberty and taking the elevator from bar feet to the ground.