JgfflB XQgfflffa :0XmiAX, FRroAAOTAXX TV 1905.
ROBBER BY CHOICE
Hurefous Hold-Up-Was Not
in Need.
HAS HEARTBROKEN- MOTHER
Young Culprit Came West In Search
of Adventure, and -Was Devoted
, to Dime Novels Held on
Serious Charges.
BISTORT OF OTCTE DBUMMOMJ..
Born at Prowes, Colo., 19 years &go;
lived op farm with his mother, until
he ran away to satisfy his adventure
some spirit. Drifted "West and roamed
about through Idaho with cowboys until
about two months ago, when he came
to Portland.
Life In Portland.
He roomed at the "Wticn Haiti House,
Front and Madlron, where he was re
garded as a. good boy, until his capture,
after a pistol duel Wednesday night, on
the Madison-street bridec.
Victims and Booty.
J. M. Lownsdale, held up and robbed
Monday sight of watch and chain.
W. T. Smadley, held up Saturday
night, and robbed of (3.
Ah Sine, held up Tuesday morning,
but nothing taken.
Attempted to hold up and rob L. D.
Keyxer, Wednesday, but was captured. "
Total booty from fohr victims was $5
and a watch and chain.
"I am -well, except that my heart is
broken. Tou were the life of me."
Such was the ending of a tear-stained
letter, written to the- young bandit;
Ottle Drummond, by his mother. It
was postmarked Prowers, Colo., and was
taken from the boy by the police after
he had been captured late "Wednesday
night on the Siadlson-etreet bridge. In
an attempt to hold up. and rob L. D.
Keyrer, the youthful criminal met a
man -more than a match for him and'
suffered arrest.
More of Druramond's career wns
learned yesterday from his own Hps
ana otner sources. -Regarding his past
he would say but little. The letter from
his mother, however, revealed the lo
cation of his home. It was a plea for
the wanderer to return.
She implored her son to tell her the
truth regarding his statements in a
letter to her. He evidently told her he
was married. In her reply she asked
him to inform her how much it would
coot for him and his wife to return to
her. It 1b not believed hero that he is
married, as he seems too young, having
never been shaved yet. When closely
auestioned concerning this matter, he
refused to make a statement.
Police Suspected Another.
Uke many another series of hold-ups.
the finals was a profound surprise. The
police had believed a certain ex-convict
guilty of all the highway robberies
sow admittedly perpetrated by Drum
mond, and had. laid plans to capture
him.
Drummond had a very slipshod meth
od of operating. He seldom secured
enough to warrant the effort The total
money taken was J5, from W. T. Smad
ley Saturday night. At that time the
bandit was not thorough in his work
and overlooked $20 the victim carried
in a hip-pocket. The watch and chain
taken from J. SL Lownsdale was all the
Jewelry he got. His third victim was
a Chinese gardener, who had a little
money in his stocking, which was not
discovered, and the fourth attempt
proved Ms Waterloo.
When arraigned before Municipal Judge
Hogue, charged with assault with intent
commit robber-. Drummond waived
examination and was held to the grand
Jury.- Bonds were set at S5000. He la now
lodged in the County Jail.
Sitting in his cell. Drummond i6 devot
ing many hours to meditation. He ap
parently does not realize the enormity of
his crime.
All visitors are greeted with a genial
imlle. and on hearing the gentle voice
of Drummond It is hard to -Imagine him
the desperate thug who would bave killed
Kerzer if he had been possessed of a
modern gun.
Drummond states that he lived with his
mother near Prowers, Colo. There, he
says, he spent some time in school and a
great deal on the farm where they re
sided. From Prowers he traveled West,
stopping for a while in Idaho. He would
not dlvulce the names of the Idaho
cities he visited. He came to Portland
two months ago and has done no work.
When asked about his family he said
simply:
"I have no desire to pull them Into
this mess, and as far as my younger
days are concerned. I will not discuss
them, because I prefer to remember
them as I knew them."
When brought to the police station
Wednesday night Drummond was wear
ing a watch and chain which he had
taken from Mr. Lownsdale, Monday
night. What possessed him to go into
such business is the occasion for much
conjecture among the police.
He Is certainly not bad-looking, and
rem his speech and letters found on
him he comes of a good family and has
ben afforded every kind of advantage
tt make a man of himself. One letter
from his mother saluted him:
T. mother's dear child." The letter
stated that his mother was grateful for
his kind suggestion, but she would let
nothing go to "hell. She would sell the
rsjtch Jer'VBdO and -send him 51090. JFrom
t"a text the letter there Is ostensibly
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much concern at hotae as to whether or
not Drummond Is married.
"Are you married or are you joking?"
wrote his mother, and later she said In
the letter, "Of course. If you are really
married and not coming, borne, why I
will not stay here alone. I shall remove
to Lamar. " Write and tell me what It
would cost for you and your wife to
come here. I am well except that my
heart Is broken. Tou were the life of
me. Goodnight to mother's good boy."
The above substantiates the assump
tion that Drummond has shattered the
hopes of an Indulgent mother. Aside
from bis gentility, he is of the braggado
cio sort and at times casts sneering
glances at his captors.
It Is not thought that he started holding
people up for plunder or because he was
in need, but because he wished to be
come famous as "Ottle, the Boy Terror
of the West." While he will not admit
it, the police think that much of his
time has been given to dime-novel trash.
He will undoubtedly have a number of
years In which he will find ample time
to reconsider. Two charges will be placed
against him. It Is said, highway robbery
and attempt to commit murder.
HNAL CUE CONTEST.
Billiard Enthusiasts Interested In
Multnomah Club 'Contest Tonight.
S. L. Banks, winner of the second set
of billiard finals played at the M. A. A.
C. Wednesday night, will meet C. W. Zel
Ier. winner of the first set. tonight. The
match was to have occurred last night.
Unusual Interest Is manifest among
the clubmen over this last match, and It
1$ expected that a great crowd of cue
enthusiasts will be present to witness the
finals.
Pool lists will close tomorrow night at
12 o'clock. To date there are but 18 en
tries. The date of the first game of the
pool tournament has not been set.
NEW JOCKEY CLUB'S PLANS.
Corrigan Says Dates Will Be Allotted
in February.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 26. Edward
Corrigan, president of the American
Jockey Club, the new turf organization
formed at a meeting of racetrack owners
In Hot Springs last night. Is In Memphis.
Speaking of the, new organization, Mr.
Corrigan said:
"The next meeting will be held in Hot
Snrincs Fehruarv 4. The reDresentatlves
of each track will meet annually for the
mirnnsi of allbttlnc: raclner dates. There
will be a committee of three prominent
turfmen to act as a board or appeals,
before whom all protests as to dates can
w roforrpri. and its decision Will be final."
Corrigan said dates were allotted the
new track at New Orleans, which will
be known as the New Orleans Jockey
Club. Racing will begin mere in eo-ruary-
Honors Divided at Ascot.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26. Favorites
and outsiders divided honors equally
at Ascot today, each taking three
races of a very ordinary card. Flea,
Arabo and Sweet Kitty Bellairs were
fancied by the form players and were
successful, while Itlceful at 12 to 1.
Bessie Welfley at 15 to 1 and Edln-
borough at 5 to 1 furnished the sur
prises. Weather clear, track fast.
Summary:
Steeplechase, short course Flea
won, Grafter second, Declmo third.
Time. 3:05.
Seven furlongs Kiceful won, Will
iam F. second, Leda third. Time, 1:29.
Mile and an eighth Arabo won, Wa
tercure second, Ralph Young third.
Time, 1:53 i4.
Seven furlongs Bessie Welfley won.
Metlakutla second, Bandillo third.
Time, 1:28
Fh'e and a half furlongs Sweet
Kitty Bellairs won. Kitty Roark sec
ond, JIAnera third. Time, 1:08.
Six furlongs Edlnborough won, Dod
Anderson second, St. Winifred third.
Time, 1:14 VS.
Go Down All fn a Row.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. Three
favorites went down In a row today.
Weather clear, track sloppy. Sum
mary: Three furlongs I'm Joe won, Sy
phon Girl second. Roman Gold third.
Time. 0:37 VJ.
Five furlongs Emma Reubold won.
Tellowstone second, Alta G. third.
Time, 1:0.
Six furlongs Prestano won. Black
thorn second, Pachua third. Time,
1:18.
Mile and 50 yards War Times won,
Barney Dreyfus second, Mr. Farnum
third. Time. 1:49 ?i.
Futurity courses Piatt won, Edro
dun second, Bob Ragon third. Time,
1:14.
One mile Royal Red won, Eatoy
LIsto second, Th Volt third. Time,
1:49.
Basket-Bail Teams to Meet.
An exciting time Is billed for tonight
on the Y. M. C. A. "gym" floor, when
the association's first team will play the
"Agrics" from Corvallts in a game of
basketball. This promises to be one of
the best games of the season, since both
teams are comprised of fast and strong
players.
The Tigers, the T. M. C. A. crack sec
ond team, will also play a game with
the Oregon City boys on the Jbcal floor.
This, too, should be an Interesting
contest.
ATTRACTIVE WINDOW SIGNS.
Official Lewis and Clark Emblem Re
produced in Colors.
Perhaps the handsomest design
which has yet been Issued for adver
tising the Lewis and Clark Fair Is the
opalescent window-sign which is now
seen displayed in many of the promi
nent show windows of the city. The
official emblem of the Lewis and Clark
Fair is reproduced In seven colors.
making up a beautiful design which
resembles an oil painting. The sign is
transparent, and it is only the work
of a few minutes to attach It to any
show window, where It attracts imme
diate attention from all passers-by.
Lewis and Clark, the explorers, are
shown facing the Pacific and the set
ting sun, while between them, point
ing the way, is the figure of Columbia,
draped In the National colors, which
are faithfully reproduced.
The design Is Indorsed by the Lewis
and Clark Fair, and it is believed that
a widespread display of these emblems
will do more than anything else to at
tract the attention of the tourists and
visitors to the aprpoachlng Exposition.
This way of advertising the Lewis and
Clark Exposition was the idea of Al
bert Hess, of the Evening Telegram,
and he has already roceived the first
installment of these ' pictures, which
are being manufactured for him fn the
East. He has already placed pictures
in the windows of moat of the leading
banks and mercantile institutions of
Portland. Inquiries are already com
ing in to him in regard to these signs
from all parts of the state.
Escaped Subject Brought Back.
F. McDanlels, who escaped from the
City Jail here last May. was recaptured
In Salem yesterday on telegraphic in
structions from the local police. He was
brought to this city last nirht by Chief
of Police Cornelius, of Salem, and Detec
tive Hartman. of the Portland depart
ment. The prisoner had been charged
with burglary on complaint of Mrs. Hay-
den. He was held to the grand jury by
Municipal Judge Hogue. and his bonds
set at 31ftX Fifteen minutes later he s- I
caped from a partly completed celL Into I
whlck be mut placed "ky aaUtake. I
-TD-fiEKGH- MI. HOOD
Company Incorporates to
- Build Car-Line.
WILL OPEN NEW DISTRICT
New Road Would Have the Effect of
Reducing Transportation-Time to
Wash'ougal and Camas
Twe Hours.
"The long-talked -of project, the con
struction of a railroad line from Portland
to the base of Mount Hood, has at last
assumed definite shape. A company has
been formed to carry forward this enter
prise, and the persons Interested say that
active; work will be commenced soon.
The corporation which proposes to build
the line Is the Portland, Sandy & Mount
Hood Railway Company. The promoters,
Seneca Smith, A. L. Stone, Napoleon Da
vis, A. W. Lambert. George L. Story and
Guy G. Willis, filed articles of Incorpora
tion In the County Clerk's .office yester
day. The capital stock Is $10,000 and the
right Is reserved to Increase the amount
of the capital stock from time to time, as
the corporation shall deem expedient.
The company proposes to engage in the
construction and operation of a railroad
for carrying freight and passengers, the
cars tp be propelled by electricity, gaso
line or some other power. The road is to
extend from Portland by the most feasi
ble route to some point on the Columbia
River, at or near the mouth of the Sandy
River. Another line Is to extend from a
point on the main line and run by the
most feasible route to or near the summit
of the Cascade range of mountains at or
near the base of the snowpeak called
Mount Hood.
Ferry Across Columbia.
The company Is authorized to take
measures to condemn rights of way, and
secure station and depot grounds; to ac
quire cars and machinery and receive
subsidies; also to operate a ferry across
the Columbia River at or near the mouth
of the Sandy River, and to build boats
and wharves. The value of the stock Is
per share.
Seneca Smith, one of the incorporators,
states that the company will be organized
Immediately and surveyors placed In the
field. It Is the purpose to build the road
to the mouth of the Sandy River and
take up the Mount Hood scheme later on.
The ferry to be operated across the Co
lumbia River, near the mouth of the
Sandy River, will connect with Washou
gal. and also make Camas accessible.
It will open up a prune-ralslng and fruit
section, while Camas, having water
power, is a desirable manufacturing
point. WashougaL and Camas are now
reached from Portland by river steamers.
The new railroad line will bring both
places within two hours closer transport
ation time with Portland. At the depot
at the mouth of the Sandy River, upper
Columbia River steamers can be connect
ed with. Electric power will probably be
used for the railroad.
ASKS BALM FOR BURN.
Denti6t Sues Street-Car Company for
$17,500 Damages.
Dr. L. M. Davis, a dentist, thinks a
severe burn ,on bis knee by ail electric
trolley wire has caused him to suffer dam
ages to the extent ot $17,500, and he
brought suit against the City & Suburban
Railway Company to recover that amount.
The case was. tried before. Judge Sears
yesterday and was taken under advise
ment. The accident occurred several months
ago at the Intersection of Third and Wash
ington streets. The wire had broken from
its fastenings and was dangling. Dr. Da
vis was crossing the street when the wire
came In contact with his knee. He felt
the shock painfully at the moment, but
did not suffer much Inconvenience from
it for a time. He was able to proceed
to his home in Alblna without assistance.
He testified that subsequently the sore
caused by the burn became very trouble
some, and he was unable. In consequence,
to attend to the duties of his profession
for a long time, and has not fully recov
ered yet- X-ray photographs showing the
wound were exhibited in evidence.
The company waived the right of a Jury
thlaL It is admitted that Dr. Davis was
Injured, but contends that the Injury Is
not of a serious nature and that the effects
will not be permanent- The court Is to
assess whatever damages In Its judgment
Dr -Davis may be entitled to. C. W. Mil
ler and M. L. Pipes argued the case for
the defendant, and Rufus Mallory for the
railway company.
SUES FOR $20,000 DAMAGES.
Charles Ochs Says Collapse of Build
ing Permanently Disabled Him.
Charles Ochs, who was Injured by a
building collapsing and falling in upon
him on June 9. 1904. yesterday filed suit
In the State Circuit Court against the
Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Com
pany, the owners of the property, for
120.000 damages. Ochs was engaged In lay
ing pipes In the building, which waa in
tended for a drykiln. He alleges that the
building was Insecurely constructed, or It
would not have tumbled In. The timber,
lumber and debris, he avers, came down
upon him. Thereby his shoulder was bro
ken, his chest Injured, his skull frac
tured and his back sprained, bruised and
Injured. Ochs asserts he has been per
manently Injured, and disfigured and is
unable to work.
Suit Against Insurance Company.
Mabel M. Rosendale, whose husband.
Otto M. Rosendale. was burned to death
In a hotel In Kalama on August 25, 1901,
has sued The Fidelity & Casualty Com
pany of New York to recover J10.000 on
an accident insurance policy. The policy
provides that should such Injury be re
ceived by Otto M. Rosendale within 13
months from the date of the policy In
consequence of the burning of a building
which should result In his death within
90 days to pay to the beneficiary J10,000.
The company has neglected and refused
to pay, it is said. The fire started In a
room In which Rosendale was sleeping,
and It Is supposed he caused It in some
manner. Mrs. Rosendale several weeks
ago sued to recover life insurance.
Plaintiff Gets Rent Money.
Justice Reld rendered a decision yester
day In favor ot the plaintiff In the case
of Minnie Anderson vs. A. T. Thompson
and Minnie Thompson. This suit, which
was tried recently, was brought to re
cover $60. claimed to be due the plaintiff
as rent for the lodging-house situated at
512 Savler street. After hearing and con
sidering tho evidence Justice Reld
awarded Judgment to the plaintiff for the
amount asked.
Legal Jottings.
For services performed in making con
tracts for the appearance of lecturers and
entertainers. William Lee Greenleaf has
sued F. W. Blanchard and W. A. Venter
In the -State Circuit Court to recover $3SL
The princlpale place of business of the
defendants Is In Los Angeles. Greenleaf
recites In his complaint that he had a.
contract with Blanchard and Venter to
carry on a lyceunr bureau, from which he
was to receive 15-per cent of the fees re
ceived by the lecturers and entertainers.
He avers he su not been p&& asd" that
tbere 1s $31 comipg to him.
Joseph E. Cronan has filed an attach
ment suit against the Western Mill &
Supply Company, In the State Circuit
Court, to recover $3163 on a .note.
J. N. Pearcy, attorney. Is sick-"at his
home, 459 Seventh .street- It Is expected
that he will be able to be out wltkin a few
days.
GOSPEL OF SOCIALISM.'
It Is Set Forth in Full in This Com
munication. HEPPNKR, Jan. 38. To the Editor.)
On the editorial page ot your paper dated
Jan. 12 appears quite a lengthy article
written In response to a few questions
asked by C. W. Saunders upon socialism;
and you also made a general attack upon
its principles.
Knowing the Influence that a paper has
upon a community with the circulation ot
the Oregonlan and Deleaving that you do
not thoroughly understand the principles ot
socialism I take the liberty to write you a
few remarks upon your criticism
You are right by sarins that socialism
would mean a change in the entire struc
ture of society; and well that It. might.
WhyJ .Because society has throught the
present Industrial system grown Into two
distinct classes, vlt; The poor, laboring, or
producing class, and the rich. Idle, or non
producing class. And as both are fast ap
proaching the extremes they are therefore
both In an unhealthy -state and threaten
tho extinction of the race. Whatvls wanted
Is a more uniformity In mans social rela
tions. The aim is not to bring down the
tipper or nonproduclng class from the
tipper end of the teter beard and place
them on a level with those on the other
end. who are degrading themselves In many
ways In thlr mad effort to rise; oh no. That
would break the teter board In two. No we
do not want to do as you say, "bring all
on a common level ot poverty." But we
do want to raise the lower end of the
board giving to all equal access to the nat
ural resources of the earth: "by Instituting
a syetem ot cooperation Jn attaining ' the
means of livelihood for that ot competition
where energy will be exerted In behalf of
the wellfare of the people and not for mere
selfish gain. No. we will sot attempt to
pull down the upper class from their perch.
We will simply relieve the discouraged pro
ducing class of their exeeSilvr burden, and"
the upper class "win come qown with Its
own Weight.
Tou say that "It is the nature of property
to be unequal." If such be the case then.
the means of obtaining an excessive amount
of property .must also be natural; and It is
principally obtained through the following
channels: .,rofit Interest and rent or in
other words recelrlng something without
returning an equlvolent. The thinking peo
ple ot the world are refusing to be any
longer hoodwinked by such expressions as
the above sentence. According to your
statement, then It Is Gods will that & few
should own all the means which makes llfo
possible: and exploit the many who are
dependent upon them. It was quite easy
to make the black chattel slave believe that
It waa Gods will that he labor all the days
of his life for his master, until he was told
different; then he began to reason. And It
was not until recently that the producing
class of the world begun to realize Us sit
uation and begun to reason. Tou seem to
think that under socialism a man would
be under complete enslavement to the state.
How absurd. Why, at the last state elec
tion I can count scores ot men who applied
for a government Job and failed on account
of there not beifig enough jobs to go around.
Why, they almost ran over themselves in
their mad rush to enslave themselves to the
state. Why didn't they be content with a
Job from an Individual where as you say
"they would have some choice," and not
rush headlong into complete slavery. Why,
they say some even bought their Jobs. I
-hardly believe that I am much different
from most men, but I do believe that I
would sooner have the whole people as
my paymaster than one Individual; because
I would be looked upon as a man and not
a machine; because my labor would be
looked upon as elevating and not degrading:
because! would come nearer getting the
full product of my toll. What we want Is
a government Job for all. Don't forget that
under socialism that the people Is the gov
ernment and If they felt themselves en
slaved that they could quickly cut their
chains.
Tou say "man Is capable of civilization
because he can produce wealth." Then one
would Infer from that, that If one could
not produce wealth he could sot be ofvll
lzed. Then woe be unto civilization; for
those who administer our industrial af
fairs are a nonproduclng class. They ac
cumulate wealth by extracting wealth from
those who are dependent upon them, but as
a general thing do not produce any them
selves. But what you probably mean. Is
that one cannot be civilized unlerbe has
the opportunity to rise above his fellow
men which he cannot do unless he profits
by another's labor; and create wealth upon
wealth or capital If you please. I deny
that the opportunities to create capital has
a tendency to civilize any one; but on the
other hand Is degrading. Because it has a
tendency to place the dollar above the man.
Because it has a tendency to make one look
upon men women and children as pieces of
machinery, whereby they obtain profits.
Their soul discards God for mammons sake.
Under socialism by having an oppertunlty
to labor whenever you pleased, and receiv
ing the full product thereof, you would
have wealth In abundance: but only wealth
ot one's own production. Extreme riches as
well as extreme poverty Is an unhealthy
state of society. In a country where you
find millionaires you will always find pau
pers. Its as Buskin saya that "One mans
fortune is another mans misfortune." Tou
may not-belleve this but It's true. If I were
rich It would be because some other men
are poor. Because It all were rich there
would be no one dependent on me, conse
quently I could not exploit their labor: an I
If I couM not eat my riches I would have
to labor or starve. Therefore I cannot wish
mystlf a millionaire Without wishing at the
same time that some other men were poor;
for if I should bring the Golden Rule Into
play and wish for all others the same as
I, It can be plainly seen that I would not
be benefitted any. So you see that the
Golden Rule will continue to be rejected
and trampled upon as long as this com
petition system lasts or until we can In
duce all men to "earn their bread by the
sweat ot their face." Or in other words until
we establish a system of cooperation In at
taining" the means of livelihood.
Tou say that "slavery such as the negros
were subject to would be a beattltude com
pared to the conditions under socialism."
What about the conditions now of the wage
worker, and the would be wage worker
that has failed to find a market for his
labor; don't you think that his condition
has grown to be as bad as that of the
chattle slave? Just suppose that Uncle
Sam would say to some larg manufacturing
firm.. "Here you may take those men whomo
you have working for you and their fam
ilies as your own property, but must not
permit the women and children to work;
and you must provide them with good food,
clothing and shelter, and give the children
a liberal education." Do you suppose for
one moment the firm would accept the gift?
No they could see at a glance that It would
be much better for them financially to
pay the men a small wage and let them
pay their own doctor bills and look after
the health and happiness of their own
families.
Tou say "the Idea la to make the able
and willing work to support the enefnclent
and worthless." Why. what a set of fools
we would be. after getting the laws Into
the hand of the people, to make laws to
enslave ourselves again. The socialists
motto Is "He that is able and will not work, -shall
not eat" Socialism will not as you
say "make" one work. It will simply give
opportunities to those who who to work.
The hours ot labor will be shortened so that
all could have a Job.
Tou say "ft runs so violently against
the principles of human nature." Then yon
will uphold those tew who have gathered
unto themselves the larger percent of the
wealth ot the land, upon the ground that
the acquisition of wealth Is human na
ture. Then why cannot you uphold those
on the same ground that would have It back,
by establishing a system of cooperation
whereby fritxlng out those, who have con
trol of the industrial affairs, as they have
crowded other firms to the wall? If we are
drifting along in accord with human nature.
Why make laws governing our nature? Is It
not because man is tempted to drift from
human to Inhuman nature; and we must
have laws to hold him In subjection? The
trouble is. our laws are and always have
been principally made by those who we
would bold In subjection, and of course,
made capable of allowing them to satisfy
their greed for gain. "Might" has come to
take the place of "right." And It is ac
cepted because It is mistaken for "human
nature."
There is no doubt but what we have got
ten & onto the wrong road; and the
socialist has- -ordered a hault and repents
for bis wrpng dolnr- He says lets notgo
back and start 'over but lets keep the dis
tance that we have so- slowly" gained, and ,
strike boMly out and get Into h right j
30 Years
Of unquestioned ascendency.
30 Years
Of steady improvement in
. , . quality. ;v .
30 Years
Of
And
This is the record of the
Remington
Typewriter
road. The road qt civilization and hu
manity: where there will be no stumbling
blocks to greatly retard civilizations' on
ward march. He sees that Gda and nature
has been sidetracked; that so long as one
mans Interest Is contrary to anothers.
roalace. jealousy, hatred and even murder
will continue, and the brotherhood of man
can never be realized. He sees In the co
operative commonwealth a new life; a
paradise: a heaven on earth: And he has
spread the tidings to all the nations on
earth. If you listen you can hear him
exclaim: "Workers of the world unite; you
have nothing to lose but your chains; you
have a world to gain." v
Tours very truly.
A. S. AKERS.
This Is Mere Badinage. .
GRANTS PASS. Or., Jan. 20. (To the
Editor.) I am a subucrlber to The Ore
gonlan and always Interested In Its edi
torials and though a socialist and classed
as an Ignorant foreigner with spelling
atrocious. I wish for once to break Into
you 5 columns.
"Men and the Man" Is my excuse. Tour
argument la that In the socialist state there
would be no superior men, for the "state"
would not reward them with exceptional
wealth. Then you tell the story of the
young man who made, a million on a silver
mine by suggesting Improved methods.
"Here was a superior man" because of dol
lars, and your argument leads to the In
ference that we cannot have superior men
without rewarding them with a superior
number of dollars. Let us sec In a recent
number .of ths Century Magazine is an ar
ticle on the purification of city water reser
voirs whereby typhoid fever germs are de
stroyed, thus preventing such epidemics as
afflicted Cornell University. And the man
who discovered this la employed by the
"United States" In the Department of Agri
culture, and he got no "million," merely a
professor's salary. Will you say he was
not a superior man? His only reward Is the
ocnsclousness of having lifted humanity one
step towards light.
To come nearer home: Here Is Luther
Burbank Improving potatoes, plums and
cacti. He gets no million, only the reward
that he Is bettering humanity, the sweetest
of all. Then there Is Dewey. Does The
Oregonlan mean to say that when he
sailed Into Manila harbor all his thoughts
were centered on the percentage of money
the Navy Department would pay him for
each Spanish ship put out of action?
Take Theodore Roosevelt. He once worked
on a cattle ranch; now he must have done
better work there than In the White House,
for In the former he was working tor him
self and expecting superior rewards, while
In the present position he Is working for the
"state" on a totally Inadequate salary,
therefore double the salary, and he will
work twice as hard for the people.
Will The Oregonlan point out the fallacy
of this argument: Superior men will not
work for the "state" without superior mone
tary rewards. Oregonlan. The United States
pays Its Senators $5000 & year. Charles
Sweeny Is running for the Senate In the
State of Washington, but la expending In
"friendly banquets" and incidentals more
than a Senator's salary. Charles Sweeny
Is a Republican, and therefore a "superior
man." But superior men will not work for
nothing. Therefore Charles Sweeny pro
poses to work tor something. And since the
people do not pay him. the G. N. and N. P.
Railroads must. Q. E. D.
A little further down In that editorial It
reads: "Amusements, If any, paid for and
directed by the state how would they suit
the great variety of popular taste?" Once
upon a time a state called "Oregon" ap-
proprlated several hundred thousands of dol
lars towards an amusement known as "The
Lewis and Clark Fair." They also roped In
the United States to the extent of a mil
lion: but it Is going to be a dismal failure
for It is paid tor and directed by the state.
It The OTegonlan will reconcile Its New
Tear's edition with the above quoted para
graph there Is one "Ignorant foreign" that
will drop his lower Jaw and stand in open
mouthed astonishment at the feat.
Don't worry, Oregonlan. If you are a "su
perior man" you will be only too glad to
prove It even under and by direction of a
socialist "state."
Socallsm Is coming, not because ot plat
forms or men, but because this earth and
the men on it are ruled by natural law the
law of evolution. Man came from a tad
pole, and all the shouting Methodist of a
universe could not have kept man In the
tadpole atage. Evolution spells collectiv
ism, socialism. Even in your own little cos
mos you can see It- Franklin printed his
paper by1 hand and wheeled it In a bar
row: The Oregonlan uses tSe collectivity of
hundreds.
The red flag of sociaI!m, symbolical of
the faet that all men's blood.. U red. rich
or poor, superior or inferior, -black or white,
will soon have universal doalnlos, if for ao
constant increase in sales.
Still Qr owing
other reason than that the average social
ist Is a fanatic Fanaticism will go far; It
settled the bleak New England coast, took
the head ot Charles I "by due process ot
law." mad Britain pay the price In South
Africa, and last, but not least, was the
foundation stone of the great Republican
party. MARCUS W. ROBBINS.
More Socialistic Argument.
MAR3HFIELD. Or., Jan. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan of January 11 In
your reply to C. W. Saunders you paint some
direful and horrid looking pictures, which
really need have no existence save in your
own imagination.
When you say, "but In its results It would
mean a change in the entire structure ot
society," we admit that. And we ask. Is
there not room In our present form of so
ciety for a great change to the betterment
ot conditions for humanity at large? When
you say that It would mean "the virtual abo
lition of private property, complete destruc
tion of Initiative on the part of the Indi
vidual man." we must conclude that you en
tirely misunderstand the real Intent and
meaning of socialism. We will admit that
a person would not be allowed to hold a
thousand times more private property than
he could by any possibility need, while
thousands of other persons were suffering
for the want of that property.
Tou say 'it would set the state over every
man as his master." Well, how different Is
It now? Who among tho common people can
say that he Is above the state? The man
today who Imagines he owns his home, let
him try to live a few years without paying
his taxes and see what the state would do
to him. There Is no reason why a person
could not own a home under socialism Just
as much as he does now; and there Is no
reason why he could hot make an exchange
of his home with others, and take a home
somew.here else when both parties were suit
ed, the same as they do now. But this privi
lege would bo taken away from the man.
the privilege to own, through vested right,
a hundred or a thousand homes and a cor
responding number of people have to be de
pendent upon his, whims whether they would
have homes or not: and the conditions he
may choose to Impose If they are housed
at all. If he should cease all effort simply
because those privileges were taken away
from him his absence from the business
world would be no great loss to humanity.
His standard as a man would be low and
selfish.
This proposition cannot be set aside: The
poor, if allowed a free access to the face
of thi earth could live, in their own way.
without the rich, but the rich could not be
rich without the poor; therefore, the rich
are more dependent upon the poor to main
tain their positions In wealth than the poor
are for any advantages the rich may be
stow upon them. The poor are ready and
willing to work so ad to produce the where
with to supply their necessities; and who
will claim that they would not work for
the same purpose under socialism? It Is not
the effective labor of the rich which makes
them rich, but their faculty ot getting the
product of other people's labor Into their
possession.
Tou make one statement which looks to
me as being absurd when you say, "The
socialistic state would soon absorb the bulk
ot individual property, and there would be
no way ot renewing it." When we see
the facts before us that 19 out of every 20
persons who work today do not consider
making money as their first object, but
they do It as a means of supplying the ne
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cessities ot life, and why they would not
do the same thing under socialism I fall to
see. The one whose main object to .labor
Is simply to make money and accumulate
wealth, which, when simmered down to Its
true essence, means to get Into his posses-,
slon that which he has never rendered any
equivalent for, and never expects to, might
be somewhat disconcerted at the teachings
of socialism; which draws the lines of pos
session down to the equivalent rendered.
And he might feel that hii, great abilities
had been hampered; but the others might
feel that one had been taken out ot the.r
way so their abilities might have a chance.
Tou say: "But the socialist doen't think
It out," The socialist Is the one who does
think It out. Our Revolutionary fathers
thought the matter out when they saw
danger ahead to their liberties, and acted
upon that thought; the abolitionists thought
the matter of slavery out, only to receive
the condemnation of the world as being
noisy visionary cranks. The socialists sea
a mass of humanity down In the abyss of
proverty, with every avenue for their escape
barred. The socialists see that the earth
produces In abundance for all, but through
the cunning and avarice of a few thousand
persons the great mass are made to suffer
for the merest necessities of life. The past
portends to them what the future la liable
to bring forth. To them socialism presents
a solution that will avert that which Is
liable to culminate in a repetition of past
disasters. They see these questions coming
up prominently before the people Are there
not wrongs Ahlch need to be righted? Are
we as a nation making any effort to cor
rect the great Inequality which Is so rapid
ly separating the people Into two different
classes, with dfrectly opposite Interests? Are
they not. on the one aide, receiving more
than properly belongs to them, while1 the
other side has to receive correspondingly
all humanity alike, and born heir to earth s
privileges; and the earth Is ready to pro
duce in abundance for all.
The abolitionists, prior to the rebellIonr
proclaimed to the Inert and sleeping people
that there was danger ahead, and cried
"beware." but the multitude heeded them
not. Facts are facts, though ever so much
Ignored! And this tact Is forcing Itself upon
multitudes of persons that opportunity- la
slowly slipping away from the people to
do anything else than to offer their labor -
lO an mreauy uunucu uuue uuiua.l.
where only the most efficient are wanted,
and where, there Is left a large volume- of
people whose very "Sixes are Jeopardized at
times of financial depression, xnese people.
If not soon considered, and some provisions
made for them, will take it upon themselves
to do the considering In their own- way;
and should they be aa regardless of the wel
fare of others as the others are of then,
and their' welfare. It would be simply-- a
case of history repeating Itself. Tou may
say there Is no danger, but we say there;
Is. THUaiAS iiUC&lUK.
Woodmen Give Entertainment.
Woodmen of the World from all over
the city gathered last evening: In the hall
of Alblna Camp, In Hill's building, on
RuBsell street- A fraternal address waa
Slivered by J. P. Kavenaugh, and a "mu
sical enieriaiiuuciii. naj fiiicu. tut
meeting was in line or tne series tnat are
to secure 1000 new mempers.
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