THE TIMES
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TIMES
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a t 212 F ir s t S tre e t, P o rtla n d , O regon. P h o n e s: M ain 5 6 3 7 ; A-2686.
T U E T IM E S is n ot responsible fo r an y opinions expreosed by co rre sp o n d e n ts
a p p e a rin g in its colum ns.
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A D V E R T IS IN G R A T E S m ado know n upon a p p lic a tio n .
Saturday, April ti, 1912.
THE GRAYS HARBOR STRIKE.
It seems that the people of the Grays Ilarhor country are really
coming to their own from the way they handled the strike at Ho-
i|Uiam and Aberdeen and other towns in that district. If all strikes
were handled in this manner the number would be materially de
creased. At any rate this action shows that the people can put
out the idler, anarchist and red Hag advocator when they are really
in earnest and marks a new epoch in the handling of the I. W. \V.
nuisance which like many other twentieth century pests will in
time develop a remedy. Necessity is the mother of invention and
whenever a nuisance grows unbearable there is generally a remedy
invented. Jn the above ease the credit is not due any particular
genius, but to every public-spirited and liberty-loving citizen who
participated in the undertaking.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
The coming primary election is an event of vast importance to
all, the capitalist and laboring man alike, but its importance is not
appreciated by the masses in the fullest sense of the word. It is a
day when good or had men are to he chosen to fill positions of trust;
offices that require men of brains who are fearless and fair;
who will treat all the people alike and grant no special favors, in
fact they should be the choicest product of the Nation. Therefore
every man who is qualified by law to vote should put forth his
best efforts to nominate the man who will fill the place to the best
advantage and aim for the betterment of the people instead of the
fattening of his poeketbook.
April 19th will he the day to determine the character of officers
nominated for the ensuing term and it is the duty of every law-
alnding and liberty-loving American citizen to see that clean, straight
forward and honest men are elected. While The Times has no
particular choice for the office of sheriff, there is one candidate, W.
II. Fitzgerald that should by all means not he elected. If he is
elected sheriff every walking delegate would receive a deputyship
at his hands and employers would have no chance to operate their
business or receive protection. The lower element would have full
possession of the city and citizens would be harassed on all sides
by robbers and thieves who would flock here from other places to
take advantage of his administration.
Comments of the Oregon Press
(O rego n D a ily J o u r n a l, P o rtla n d .)
R A IL W A Y C O M M IS S IO N E R S E E K S R E
E L E C T IO N ; H A S A F IN E RECO R D .
C a n d id a te P e rfo rm s S p len d id S erv ice in
S h a p in g P o lic y o f C om m ission.—
H e a v y S a v in g to P eo p le H as
R esu lted .
F ew m en c a n d id a te s fo r office can p o in t
to a reco rd o f acco m p lish m en t th a t is so
p u n c tu a te d w ith th in g s w o rth w h ile as
C lyde B. A itch iso n , w ho is b efo re th e R e
p u b lic a n v o te rs f o r re n o m in a tio n f o r th e
office o f ra ilro a d com m issioner, w h ere he
h a s se rv e d sin ce th e office w as created .
H is p a r t in sh a p in g th e policy o f th e
com m ission a n d in fu sin g a life -g iv in g in
te r p re ta tio n in to th e ra ilro a d com m ission
a c t is p o in te d to b y h is frie n d s a s o f high
v a lu e to th e s ta te . T h e law has been m ade
effe ctiv e b ecau se o f th e fa irn e s s an d good
ju d g m e n t o f th e m en com posing th e com
m ission. F ro m th e b eg in n in g M r. A itch iso n
h a s b een th e o n ly la w y e r m em ber, an d
fo r th is reaso n he h a s had a p a rtic u la rly
in flu e n tia l p a r t in w o rk in g out th e p ro b
lem s o f ju s t d e a lin g b etw een th e people on
one h a n d a n d th e ra ilro a d s on th e o th er.
E conom ic S a v in g to P eople.
O regon is one, a n d p ro b a b ly th e only
one o f th e s ta te s w ith sim ila r ra ilro a d
com m ission law s w h ere no o rd e r o f its
com m ission h as b een se t asid e b y a n y
co u rt.
W h ile h u n d re d s o f co m p lain ts
h av e b een in v e s tig a te d ev ery y e a r and
n um erous o rd ers m ad e, m uch o f th e im
p o r ta n t w o rk h as b een u n d e rta k e n on
th e c o m m issio n ’s ow n m otion, w ith o u t
w a itin g fo r th e filin g o f co m p lain ts. T he
re su lt h as b een a n enorm ous s a v in g to
tho people in r a te s a n d c o n s ta n t b e t
te rm e n t o f se rv ice, w ith l i t t le fric tio n an d
no b a c k w a rd step s.
T he suprem o c o u rt o f O reg o n , in an
o p in io n re n d e re d D ecem b er 26, 1911, sa id :
“ T he in fre q u e n c y o f ap p e a ls fro m o r
d e rs o f th e com m ission in d ic a te s t h a t th e
com m issioners, se le c te d b y th e peo p le o f
th is s t a te to see t h a t th e r ig h ts o f th e
p u b lic in m a tte r s o f tr a n s p o r ta tio n a re
p ro p e rly p ro te c te d , h a v e p e rfo rm e d th a t
d u ty f a ir ly a n d f a i t h f u l l y .”
(119 P a c .
R ep. 730.)
T h a t th e s e re s u lts h a v e been accom
p lish e d w ith f a irn e s s to th e c a r r ie rs is
ev id en ced b y th e 40 p e r c e n t in c re a se in
( P o r tla n d O reg o n ian .)
R A IL R O A D C O M M IS S IO N S W O R K
GOOD.
W ork o f th e O regon R a ilro a d C om m is
sion, a s rev iew ed in its an n u h l re p o rt,
show's i t to h a v e h ad a c o rre c t co n cep tio n
o f it s d u tie s. T h e tru e fu n c tio n o f such a
b o d y is to b rin g a b o u t e q u ita b le re la tio n s
b etw een th e ra ilro a d s a n d th e ir p a tro n s.
T h a t th is fu n c tio n h as been w ell fu lfilled
is p ro v ed b y th e re a d in e ss w ith w’hich th e
sh ip p e r a n d p a sse n g e r h av e a p p e a le d to th e
C om m ission an d th e rea d in e ss w ith w hich
th e ra ilro a d s h a v e com plied w ith its o r
d ers. A m ore co n v in cin g p ro o f, th a t in
i t s effo rts to do ju s tic e to th e p a tro n s of
th e ra ilro a d s , th e C om m ission has n o t done
in ju s tic e to th e ra ilro a d s, is th e f a c t t h a t
d u rin g th e five y e a rs of th o C o m m issio n ’s
e x iste n c e ra ilro a d c o n s tru c tio n in O regon
h a s b een m oro a c tiv e th a n d u rin g th e p r e
ced in g se v e n te e n y e a rs. T he ra ilro a d com
p a n ie s a n d sh ip p e rs a lik e h a v e fo u n d b u t
few o ccasions to a p p e a l to th e c o u rts fro m
th e C o m m issio n ’s o rd ers.
In v e s to rs in
ra ilro a d se c u ritie s h a v e becom e satisfied
t h a t th e C om m ission w ill n o t use its powrer
to red u ce r a te s to a p o in t w h ere th e ir in
v e s tm e n t w ill becom e u n p ro fitab le.
T h a t th e C om m ission has, w ith so lit t le
litig a tio n , b ro u g h t a b o u t re d u c tio n s in
f re ig h t, p a sse n g e r a n d ex p ress r a te s a g g re
g a tin g $750,000 a y e a r is ev id en ce t h a t i t
is w a tc h fu l f o r th e in te r e s ts o f th e p u b lic.
T h a t its o rd e rs h a v e m et w ith su ch c h e e r
fu l co m p lian ce is ev id en ce t h a t th e r a i l
ro a d s reco g n ize th e s u b s ta n tia l ju s tic e o f
th e C o m m issio n ’s a c tio n a n d a r e re a d y
to rem ove a n y in e q u itie s in th e ir ta riffs
w'hich m ay su rv iv e fro m e a rlie r tim es,
w hen p io n eer c o n d itio n s ju stifie d h ig h e r
ra te s.
I n s te a d o f b e in g sim p ly th o ch am p io n o f
th e p u b lic in a w a r w ith th e ra ilro a d s, as
a re th e C om m issions in some s ta te s , w h ere
r a te s h a v e b een red u ced to th e p o in t w h ere
p ro fit h as d isa p p e a re d a n d c o n stru c tio n
ceased , th e O regon R a ilro a d Com m ission
h as becom e r a th e r a b o ard o f c o n c ilia tio n
a n d a d ju s tm e n t b etw een sh ip p e r an d c a r
rie r. I t h as th u s v in d ic a te d its u se fu ln e ss
a n d becom e a m ean s o f a tt r a c t i n g s e ttle r s
w ith o u t s c a rin g a w a y ra ilro a d in v e s to rs ,
a n d o f a t t r a c t i n g ra ilro a d in v e s to rs w ith
o u t s c a rin g awra y se ttle rs . I t s s tro n g e s t
reco m m en d atio n is t h a t it h as sim u lta n e
o u sly won th e confidence o f b o th elem en ts
w hose in te r e s ts o ccasio n ally conflict.
A certain candidate for nomination at the primaries for Congress,
who eaters to the union vote, which he refers to as the “ plain
people,” forgetting that, there are plenty of workers not of the
hide-bound union stripe who are as plain as they make them, has taken
up a new degree to advertise his candidacy. He is sending out among
his other literature and cards, the picture of his baby. It bears the
statement: “ No I am not running for Congress hut dad is.” This
is a new wrinkle -bringing babies into polities. Well, perhaps it
is well that this particular baby should begin now taking his primary
course in the political school, if he is to emulate the example of his
saintly (t) dad.
Of all the irresponsible, no-account aggregations of men that
ever infested the face of the earth the worst is the I. W. W.’s (loin-
posed of the failures of life, the flotsam and jetsam from Europe they
make dire threats against men, cities, and governments. My a
reign of anarchy they have nothing to lose, and untiling would
delight them more. The most of them are foreign horn, and similar
conduct at home would land them for life in prison, with rulers
devoid of 1912 ideas of prison reform. The worst of it is the moral
support they receive from certain visionary Americans.
It seems that the most excitement at the present time, aside from
some of the prominent strikes is the lights the Unions, 1. \V. W.’s. ami
Socialists are having among themselves. Almost every day a dis
patch comes from some part of the country telling of one organiza
tion denouncing or lighting the other. A dispatch from Lowell, Mass.,
dated April 1st states:
“ Determined campaigns to wrest from the I. W. \V. the control
of the 20,000 cotton operatives out on strike were started here today
hy the American Federation id' Labor and the United Textile Work
e r s of America. Each organization has established headquarters here
and the tight promises to he a hitter one."
The governor of Arizona is a better advertiser, or has a better
press agent than Governor West, lie spent a night in a felon's
cell, to receive the prison atmosphere and make reforms.
That Socialism is not a success is shown hy the recent defeat of
the party in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is not the first city to have Social
ist rulers, but perhaps the largest to adopt this “ ism.”
The beef trust and sugar trust eases and the acquittal of the
leaders thereof, is only another illustration that a jury will not
convict a pretty woman or a millionaire, if they can gel around it.
As long as the snn is shining and the days are spring, the
prospect of a coal strike does not alarm. Uut east, where they have
no wood and the gas pipes are frozen, it terrorizes.
m ouse In th e house ts a sign o f happi
ness. good om ens a re presaged by w hat
CH ef Among Tham In Japan la tha a re considered th e p leasant cries of j
crow s In th e m orning, w hile th e so
F e a r of tha Fox.
C hief nnm ne .tapnnest- anim al siiper- called unpleasant notes forecast death
etltlniiM Is th e fe ar of tIn* fox, which and o th er dire disasters. If a spider
falls from th e celling In the m orning
Is believed to have auperiinlurnl |«nv
he brings pleasure, hut If nt night It
er. Shrines called “ ln a rl Jlu ah a," in Is thought reverses will follow. To
w hich th e fox Is enshrined a s a dotty, ace a centipede at night m eans happt- !
a re num berless. T he nam e of tho de ness. I’earsou'a Weekly.
ity w ritten In Chinese c h a ra c te rs atcnl-
tles fox. and from tills It cam e to he
N ash W as Lucky.
generally accepted th a t tile Kod was
“ W h at a re you sm iling about?" ask ,
realty a fox
Its n a tu ra l cunning la ed Noah.
“ I w as Just th inking," replied Ja-
g reatly en larg ed upon, and It ts be
tte re d to he capable o f m isleading and pheth. "how lucky It w as we could go
deceiving hum an beings, w hich causes ahead and build th is ark w ithout w a it
ing for nn a p propriation from con 1
m any to pray to placate th e fox god.
r r v s s " — W ashington s t a r
T h e badger ts tho next m ost dreaded
an im al In th e su p erstitio u s mind. It
N ot on tho Lovol.
Is believed to h a r e pow er to annoy
"H ow can m ountain clim bers tie be
people. Its p a rtic u la r h a b it being a lieved?"
tra n sfo rm a tio n Into a B uddhist priest,
"W h y not?"
in w hich d isguise it Is guilty of various
‘■now can such a th in g aa m ountain
d eceptions and Im positions The cry
clim bing tie on th e level?” — B altim ore
Ing o f w easels nnd th e baying of dogs Am erican
a re considered evil om ens, and such
Inslgnlflcant happenings send s shud
T he m an who cannot forgive any
m ortal th in g Is a grvea band In Ufa.—
dor over th e tiellevers.
On th e other hand, a light colored R I. Stevenson.
INIMAL SUPERSTITIONS.
Dr. W. I. C0TTEL
Candidate for
State Dairy and Food
Commissioner
At the request of his many
friends throughout the state as
well as the city of Portland, Dr.
Cottel has consented to become
a candidate for the office of state
dairy and food commissioner. He
is well known to the general pub.
lie as ex-city councilman, mem
ber of tlie state legislature, is an
expert chemist, physician and
business man. He lias a reputa
tion of being honest and loyal to
all power invested in his hands
and has a record to be proud of by
any honest and trustworthy citi
zen.
l)r. Cottel has had long and va
ried experience along the line of
testing milk and other foods, hav
ing made a special study of tu
bercular infections so common to
milk and other food products pro
duced under unsanitary condi.
tions. He has followed the drug
business successfully in Portland
for many years and is not seek
ing the office merely for the re
muneration attached thereto, but
rather as a specialist advocating
purity of milk and other foods.
Dr. Cottel states that 98 per
cent of milk and other food-stuffs
now infected with tubercular
germs can be detected by scienti
fic and systematic research, at a
very slight expense if conducted
under the direction of a practical
man well versed along these lines.
CLYDE B. AITCHISON
Republican Candidate for Re-nomination
Railroad Commissioner
Second District
ra il m ileage d u rin g th e sam e p erio d , an d
by th e e x p e n d itu re o f m ore m o n ey f o r r a i l
road e x te n sio n s an d b e tte r m e n ts th a n in
th e w hole p rev io u s h is to ry o f th e sta te .
R e su lts A tta in e d .
A m ong th e th o ro u g h in v e s tig a tio n s flint
h av e been m ade w ith im p o rta n t re su lts
beneficial to th e p u b lic, a re : T he re v isio n
d o w n w ard o f th e class r a te s fo r f re ig h t
b etw een all p o in ts on th e O.-W. R. & N.
an d S o u th ern Pacific lin es in O reg o n ; su b
s ta n tia l re d u c tio n s in th e E a s te r n O regon
g ra in r a te s ; su b s titu tio n o f a 3-cen t f o r a
• 4 cent p a ssen g er f a r e on th e A s to ria k
C olum bia R iv er, C o rv allis & E a s te rn a n d
the S h an ik o an d C ondon b ra n c h e s o f th e
O.-W. R. A N.; m a rk ed re d u c tio n s in th e
m erch an d ise an d g e n e ra l sp ecial ex p re ss
ra te s o f th e W ells F a rg o a n d P acific E x
press com pan ies; e x te n sio n o f th e B iggs
local p a ssen g er tr a in to P e n d le to n ; th e
vigorous p ro secu tio n o f th e co n ip lu in t of
tIn* O regon w oolgrow ers as to t h e ir e a s t
ern ra te s, b e fo re th e I n te r s ta te C om m erce
C om m ission; b e tte rm e n t o f se rv ic e c o n d i
tio n s g e n e ra lly ; e s ta b lis h m e n t o f n u m e r
ous s ta tio n s an d ag en cies, an d s a fe g u a rd s
fo r th e p ro te c tio n o f life an d lim b ; in v e s
tig a tio n o f th e p h y sical v a lu e o f a ll th e
ra ilro a d s in th e sta te .
Mr. A itch iso n is one o f th e th r e e m en
who d r a fte d th e o rig in a l ra ilro a d co m
m ission a ct.
* *
H as S p ecial T ra in in g .
P re v io u s to th a t, in 1905 a n d 1906. he
w as clerk of th e s ta te ta x com m ission,
th is w ork le a d in g n a tu r a lly in to c o n s id
e ra tio n o f r a te problem s.
H e w as a p
p o in ted a m em b er o f th e r a ilro a d com
m ission upon its c re a tio n , F e b r u a r y 18,
1907, a n d in 1908 w as ele c te d f o r th e fu ll
term of fo u r y e a rs b y th e v o te rs o f th e
old Second co n g ressio n al d is tr ic t, fro m
w hich d is tric t he now seek s a n o th e r elec
tion. H o becam e c h a irm a n o f th e com m is
sion on J a n u a r y 1, 1911, nnd h as held th a t
position since.
M r. A itchiso n h as b een fo r tw o y e a rs
ch airm an o f im p o rta n t co m m ittees o f th e
N a tio n a l A sso ciatio n of R a ilro a d C om m is
sioners. L ast y e a r he w as c h a irm a n o f a
co m m ittee to co n sid er am en d m e n ts to th e
in te r s ta te com m erce a c t a n d th is y e a r he is
x ch airm an o f th e co m m ittee on r a ilw a y s e rv
ice accom m odations.
T he ra ilro a d com m ission calls fo r a
m an w ith sp ecial tr a in in g , a sp e c ia list,
and the frie n d s o f A itch iso n a re u rg in g
his ex p erien ce an d re su lts acco m p lish ed
th e last five y e a rs a s th e s tro n g fe a t-
. ures o f his cam p aig n fo r re-electio n .
(O reg o n M ist, S t. H elen s.)
E V E R Y D U T Y F U L F IL L E D .
O ne o f th e im p o rta n t offices to b e filled
a t th e com ing electio n is t h a t of R a ilro a d
C om m issioner. T h e m an w ho fills th is p o si
tio n a c c e p ta b ly to th e people h a s a t r e
m endous jo b on h is h an d s, as th is Com
m ission h as c o n tro l o f th e re g u la tio n o f all
f re ig h t a n d p a sse n g e r traffic on th e r a i l
ro ad s o f th e s ta te , an d , u n d e r th e law
passed b y th e la s t le g isla tu re , all s tr e e t
c a r co m p an ies, telep h o n e a n d te le g ra p h
co m p an ies— in f a c t, all p u b lic u ti l i ty c o r
p o ra tio n s w ill b e u n d e r co n tro l o f th e
R a ilro a d C om m ission. I t is a m o st re sp o n
sib le p o sitio n . T he m en w ho h av e b een
se rv in g on th is Com m ission d u rin g th e
p a s t term h a v e fu lfilled e v e ry d u ty im
posed upon th em w ith c re d it to th em se lv e s
a n d a d v a n ta g e to th e people. I n e v e ry
case th a t h as been ta k e n fro m th em to th e
c o u rts th e y h a v e b een su sta in e d . A m ong
th e c a n d id a te s fo r th is p o sitio n , M r. C. B.
A itch iso n . th e p re s e n t c h a irm a n , is a s k in g
fo r re n o m in a tio n , nnd fro m a very c a re fu l
s u rv e y o f th e field i t is q u ite a p p a re n t
t h a t no m ista k e w ill b e m ade in re -e le c t
in g M r. A itch iso n . H e h as h ad th e e x
p e rie n c e an d m ade g ood; he is c a p a b le an d
h o n est, fe a rle ss an d fa ir.
T h erefo re, no
reaso n fo r a ch an g e.
(C a n b y I r r ig a to r.)
C A PA B LE A N D TRU STW O RTH Y .
M r. C. B. A itch iso n h as been la rg e ly in
s tru m e n ta l in m ak in g o u r ra ilw a y com
m ission a po w er fo r good— a n d y e t a v e
hicle o f fa irn e s s to all. H e w as a p p o in te d
w hen th e law c re a tin g th e com m ission w as
first passed, a n d h as held office ev e r since,
an d it w as he w ho g o t th e a ffa irs o f th e
b o d y in sm ooth, w o rk in g order.
H e h as been as f a i r to th e tra n s p o rta
tio n co m p an ies as to th e p u b lic, fo r all
o f h is d ecisio n s h a v e been fo u n d ed on
e q u ity an d im p a r tia lity . As a stu d e n t o f
r a ilw a y a ffa irs, a n d th e ir re la tio n to th e
b o d y p o litic, he is n o t su rp assed b y an y
y o u n g m an in th e c o u n try .
J u s t now i t w ould be a serio u s e rro r to
d e f e a t him , f o r soon th e p o w ers o f th e
com m ission w ill b e g re a tly e n la rg e d , and
M r. A itc h is o n ’s k n o w led g e an d ju d g m e n t
w ill be o f s till g r e a te r b en efit to th e
people.
H e is a stro n g , v irile , clean y o u n g m an.
(Continued on Page 3.)
Capt. C. P. Stayton
Pioneer Railroad Man,
Candidate for
State Railway
Commissioner
('apt. ('. P. Stayton, candidate
for the office of State railway Com
missioner is well known to the
general public throughout the
state as an honest, truthful and
straightforward worker for the
best interests of the people. Capt.
Stayton claims to he exceptionally
well fitted for the office through
long experience in railroading as
well as political circles, having be
come a proficient railway locomo
tive engineer in his younger «.¡ays
and enjoys a very successful ca
reer along his line. Capt. Stay-
ton is a practical steamboat man.
having own« I and run steamboats
tip an down the Columbia River
for a number of years and is thor
oughly familiar with the handling
of all kinds of freight and pas
senger traffic. If elected. Capt
Stayton promises at all times to
keep the interests of the people at
heart and ever work to their best
ends. He stands for a good, square
clean administration and solicits
your support to accomplish these
ends. His slogan which is a good
one is “ Strict enforcement of law.
square deal to all. no interest to
serve hut the people.”
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