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TEDS MORNING OREGftiajfr, TTJESDAT, AUGUST 8, 1905. 9 DOLLAR W 0 Fi S H 1 P IKING COOLIES Judge Dill on Money Mania as It Affects the Life of Americans. HIS ADVICE TO LAWYERS Says That Attorneys Should Allow Xo Corporation to Put Collars Around Their Necks, Re gardless of Temptations. By A. A. G. "It's the lust for the easy dollar, the .Money mania that Is playing1 hob with us. It Is killing more people than all our other epidemics combined and Is making us a race of coolies." I was prepared to sit up and take not ice when Judge James B. Dill talked and It was fortunate, for from the time he started off like that until the inter view was over. It kept my wits hopping to follow him. He talks rapidly and thinks about three laps ahead of his high pressure speed powers as a con versationalist. Say! It was great; just to sit and lis ten to him, occasionally answering a pertinent question, but mostly Just listen ing to the talk of the man and watch ing the play of his features. I can imagine the experience of having a crack sprinter take a plug runner by the hand and go 100 yards In 10 seconds flat, drag ging the plug along with him. Inter viewing James B. Dill Is something like that. He says more good things in a given length of time than any man I have ever talked to. "This rough and tumble for the al mighty dollar," he went on. "is doing the worst to our Inherent American disposition toward individuality and in dependence. To my notion these two qualities are the most admirable assets of Americanism but unless we pull up short and turn an 'about face' they will soon disappear as average characteris tics. "For example take my profession, that of the law. Our law schools are full of young men with the one consuming desire, to get their degrees and then swing enough influence to get easy berths as corporation lawyers with comfortable salaries. They are begging somebody to put collars around their necks and tie them up to the money tree. There they want to lie on their backs and take their milk through rubber tubes. They l'se sight of the chance that some day the tube might burst or become clogged. That happens often and then the fellow who has been sucking the tube finds that he has a paunch but no legs or arms to speak of; no calves, no biceps, no shoul der, only belly-fat. He can't get out and run, or lift, or dig for a living. He can't take a bucket and go after his own milk he's been taking it through a tube too long and he can't roll far on his belly. Against Annual Retainers. "The lawyer who accopts an annual retainer or a monthly salary from a corporation permits the corporation to put a collar about his neck and begins to take milk through a tube. "This 1b not the rough and tumble of the money mania: It is the insidious paresis form. The fellows on "Wall street and the high financiers everywhere have the vio lent form. The former Is the natural consequence of the latter. We are all money crazy only some of us don't swing our arms and rave. "The effect of this is that some of the victims pile up stacks of wealth and bo come money kings and queens, mad as Iear, and the others, the vast majority, become their serfs. They do so willingly, too. They beg for the collar. "This Is particularity true In that neck of the woods which lies between the Susquehannah and Long Island Sound. Down there an unwholesome and un natural aristocracy is being built up. There we have the prince and potentate of wealth and he is the maddest of all. He wraps himself in a mantle of money and plants himself on a hill, saying: 'This Is my hill, the rest of you keep off, I am holler than thou.' "These princes and potentates are play ing the game at a cost which Is appall ing. They are poisoned by their own success. A friend of mine who is worth $15,000,000 has reached the point where he can eat nothing but crackers and tea. There are many others like him. One of our greatest financiers drinks a quart of champagne before breakfast every morning and three or four more during the day. A great statesman who is also a millionaire does practically the same . thing. They have reached that point where they can't play the game without It. They .must have powerful stimulants to keep alive and so they give chattel mortgages on their brains and bodies. View of Money Maniacs. "The money maniacs who constitute this alleged aristocracy are bringing .up children who are no good. They really get no enjoyment out of life, they can't even eat a square meal and they don't know what a happy home looks like. Yet with them ever before us as 'horri ble examples' the rest of us are just as much money mad as they. "We have the hankering for the collar, and spend our energies trying for 'pull enough to get a salary so that we can take our milk through a tube. I would say to every young lawyer, if it is ab solutely necessary that you take a salary to start with, do so, but for the sake of your future and the future of Amer icanism, Just as soon as you possibly can. get away from it and dig for your self. Get corporation cases if you can but take them by the piece and don't bind yourself by annual retainers. "Iv'e been helping myself since I was S years old. My father was a poor preacher who went away to war and died with a bullet through his heart at Mur physboro. I know all about the tempta tion to look for the end of a milk tube, but I've never In the long years that I've been a lawyer taken an annual re tainer, this notwithstanding the fact that most of my cases have been corpora tion cases. I have never placed myself In a position where any man could write or wire me: 'Meet me today at 11, with the Insulting added line, 'without fail. "I may bo forced to come to It, but I'm likely to answer: I will meet you tomorrow at 11 and have my milk tube taken away lnstanter. "My views are my own and I am in the minority down our way, but I believe that the spirit of American independence will assert itself before long. Our pen dulum always swings to extremes and some things which have happened lately convince me that the limit has almost been reached. Of Ultimate Destiny. "I have enough spirit of the optimist in my make-up to have faith in the ultimate destiny of this country. So I don't believe that the money-mania is an in sradlcable disease. In fact, I believe a cure is possible, but we must get a new stand ard of business morality. It is right and brooer ta nay aaoasx. Ex all means. let's make all we can, but let's not trade off everything we've got for It. "After -a competence Is reached great wealth doesn't mean very much. My friend with the crackers and tea stomach does'nt think so, but he's In the game and has got to stay. "Combinations of capital are not of themselves so bad, but when a lot of bad men get to running the combination then the policeman ought to step In. "There's no such thing as bad money. It's all good. It's when good money gets into he hands of bad men that we have the devil to pay. "The man, who in his business life shields himself under the fact that heJs but one of an aggregation, a member of a syndicate, an officer of a corporation, a director of a trust, is dangerous". The fellow who takes as his code of morals, as I have heard publicly announced by many of them, that certain things were done because thej were not forbidden by the statutes, that one Is undermining the foundations of the state and of so ciety. . "Any man who sets the only metes and bounds of right and wrong within the en actments of the Legislature and their Interpretation by the courts, has for his God, his religion, his conscience and his guide, a movable standard, which can move in only one direction down ward. Such men as they are the ex treme results of the money-mania. They are the grafters, the bank-wreckers thieves all of them. "Not all very rich men are bad, not by a long shot. I'm speaking of a type which we all know. It is with the hope that they may be able to sit into this game of high finance even with a small stack of chips that too many of our young men are directing their energies. They have the mania and are willing to take the collar of these princes and po tentates, thinking that sometime by some chance always chance they may be able to break into this aristocracy of money and wrap the mantle of money about them. Making Race of Coolies. "Dollar worship is making us a race of coolies. Coolie lawyers, coolie preachers, coone merchants, coolie railway mag nates, coolie millionaires, all money slaves. "I'm far from being a croaking raven: I have too much fun to be that and then so far I've never had a collar around my neck: but we've got to understand that this money-getting epidemic has become so virulent that it's time, to think of quar antines and cures. "My remedy is the education of our young people in the direction of inde pendence and Americanism. Teach them that It is not manly or womanly to wear a collar even though it means a fat an nual retainer or a salary. Of course this does not apply to a great many directly but Indirectly it reaches all. Through the medium of religion or politics It reaches everybody. Be independent. "I'd rather live in a $5 a week boarding house and be 'able to own myself than to live In the best club in town and be a coolie." It should be known by everybody that James B. Dill is Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey. He is one of the most distinguished lawyers in the country and is said to have re ceived the largest fee ever paid an Amer ican attorney, J1.OCO.000 for conducting the negotiations which resulted in the formation of the United States Steel Company. Recently he left one of the most lucrative law practices in New York to become a State Judge In New Jersey, where ho lives, at a salary of $3000. In June last he exploded a whole magazine full of dynamite In the form of an address which ho delivered to the graduating class of Oberlln College. His subject was "Back to Beginnings," and It was one of the most severe ar raignments of graft, public and private dishonesty ever made In this country. Judge Dill 1b sincere in his views so nearly as it is possible to know. He has for years refused to accept annual retainers from the Standard OH, United States Steel and other great trusts. Ho Is a most democratic gentleman and a delightful companion. He is at the Portland with his family to see the Fair and the Northwest coun try generally. He's having a great time so he says' and certainly looks it. His favorite recreation is to out to the Ex position and loaf around the fruit ex hibits and talk to the fruitralsers. He says he came out here to sidle up to men and touch some genuine Americans The most fun he has had so far Is to He on the grass at the Fair grounds, un der the shade of the fir trees and eat ap ples which the fruit exhibit men give him. Judge Dill thinks that's perfect ly giddy. PEOPLE TO ADVISE LEAPS FROM BIG BRIDGE Unknown Passenger on Street-Car Commits Suicide by Drowning. NEW YORK, Aug. 7. In sight of hun dreds of elevated and surface car pas sengers on the Brooklyn bridge, a well, dressed man whose identity is unknown leaped from a surface car bound for Brooklyn this afternoon and. running to tho center of the bridge, hesitated a sec ond and then leaped through the railing to the river below. The man's body was seen to turn three times in the air and then struck the water head foremost. The car upon which the man was rid ing was stopped as soon as he left it and the motorman and a number of pas sengers gave chase, but reached -the edge of the bridge only in time to witness the plunge. Policemen In a rowboat searched in vain for the body. Admen's Icngue Gathering. The Portland Ad. Men's League held an interesting session in the tower room of the Chamber of Commerce building last night, in the course of which short talks on advertising methods were In dulged in by several of the members. Purpose of Czar in 'Calling National Assembly. EQUAL VOICE WITH COUNCIL The Latin American Scientific Con gress was opened at Rio de Janeiro on Sunday by the President of Brazil. Question of Peace Will Not Be Sub mitted to Popular Body Prin ciple of Autocracy Will Still Be Maintained. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7. The pre vious intimation that the project for a National Assembly is being conducted in a spirit of liberality and broad-mind-erness at the sessions at Peterhoff was confirmed today in an interview with a Russian statesman who Is taking part in the deliberations and who is familiar with the evolution of the Assembly Idea elnce the Issuance of the Imperial rescript March 3. Asked If It were true that the project was undergoing wide changes in the present conferences, he replied that the popular impression as to the extent of the alterations made both by the Council of Ministers and the political committee was exaggerated. The main lines of the Bou llgan project remained unbroken because they conformed to the indications laid down in the rescript and manifesto of March 3. "The first ba?e on which the new pro ject rests," said the official, replying to a question as to the lines along which the principles of the project were drawn, "is a legacy from history." National representation . In Russia Is nothing new, for the Emperors In times past often sum moned persons familiar with local con ditions to discuss national affairs. It is the Imperial will that this condition should be given permanency and estab lished in the form of a Council composed of two elements the first of men from the service of the State appointed by the Gevernment, namely, the present Council of the Empire, and the second of worthy local representatives' elected by the peo ple. Both elements are Intended to be on an equal footing; "The second base Is the consultative character of the participation of repre sentatives of the people in the solving of national problems, the Emperor's wish being to provide a deliberative and not a legislative body." Asked whether the questions of peace or war would be submitted to the 'pro posed Assembly, the official replied: "While the aim Is to give the repre sentatives of the people equal powers with the Council of the Empire, there Is no Idea of giving them greater power. In an autocratic country It Is impossible to think of giving subjects the right of deciding such all-Important questions, but the absolute monarch can address himself to any subject for counsel thereon and he certainly could to a chosen body. This was done in 1SS1, when the Council of State was called Into consultation regard ing the war with Turkey." It Is now a practical certainty that an imperial manifesto summoning together the representatives of the people will be issued on Saturday, the birthday of Grand Duke Alexis Nlkolalevitch, heir to the Russian throne, thereby coming at a most opportune time, as the first news of the peace negotiations, cither good or ill. will have been received by then. AGREES ON ELECTION PLANS Council of Mministcrs Putting Last Touches on National Assembly Call. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 7. The mem bers of the Council of Ministers having under consideration the matter of a na tional assembly had a long and exciting session at Peterhof today, at the close of which it was announced that the vexed problem of elections for the new as sembly and the naturo of suffrage had been finally and definitely settled and that the session tomorrow, which will have to consider the questions of only minor Importance relative to the organiza tion of the body. It was hoped would be the last. The member? asked to be excused from commenting on the events of the last ses sion or tomorrow, saying they had pledged their personal honor to the Em peror not to divulge the nature of the proceedings before the termination of the deliberations. They intimated, however, that no sweep ing changes had been made and that the manifesto to be Issued would take the form of a "gramma," an imperial pro nunclamonto of appeal couched in par ticularly solemn wording and employed In ancient times for the convocation of the Zemsky Sobor and would be pro claimed not from Moscow, but Peterhof USED PIANOS BEING SOLD THIS WEEK Numerous Standard Makes, as Good as New, at Vir tually Half Price. 8 Elegant Pianos on Easiest of Payments, or Will Rent Them to Responsible Parties. A Midsummer Offering at Eiler Piano House That Will Be Taken Advantage of by Scores of Homes. We have now on sale a number of ; used pianos, every one of which Is to be disposed of within the next three days, j We have large shipments of regular cat- ; alogue. as well as special art styles, of ! Chlckerings, Webers and Klmballs and 1 otaer pianos on tne way, ana require every available inch of floor space to in clude these instruments In our down town World's Fair exhibit. some of these used pianos are exactly like new. Many come to us In part pay- ment for the new Pianola Piano. In many of our most cultured homes the Pianola Piano Is replacing the ordinary or silent pianos, and this biing3 us In exchange many fine pianos that have seen but little use. Every one of these Instruments Is now offered at prices which we are sure will dispose of them within the next few days. Prices named are for cash, but any , Instrument will .be sold on easiest of I monthly payments for the additional slm- i pie Interest. Here is a beautiful Chlckcring upright in exquisite colonial case, used less than , a year. $352.00 (110.00 monthly, if desired) ' buys It j A fine mottled walnut Knabe. practical ly new. Price 52SO.0O (paid 19.00 monthly.) Beautiful large-size elegant mahogany case Lester, the JSOO.00 style, now 5t5.0O. (Pay JS.C0 monthly.) "Very fancy oak case Fischer upright, sells regularly for $355, now J1S2.50. (Pay $7.00 a month.) Another Fischer, dark case. $112. (J5.0O a month.) Largest-size fancy mahogany Emerson. Sells usually for J37o.Co: nrice J1S7.50. fPav 57.00 a month.) t Largest fancy walnut carved case Schil ler upright, almost new, $i6.00. Pay 57.00 monthly.) Very pretty mottled walnut, largest size Hardman upright, excellent condition throughout. Price $150.00 (same terms.) Very largest oak case, fancy carved, Ludwlg upright, exactly as new, JLS3.C0. (Same terms.) Very fine, nearly new. mottled mahog any Estey upright, J200.00. (Same terms.) Largest size, fancy mahogany, Conover upright, exactly as new, $212. (Same terms.) A very elaborate Conover Pompadour Grand, or as now called. Conover "Sym phonic" (7) Grand said to be a $1500 piano. Our price to close out, $345.00. (Payments of $10.00 a month.) A beautiful Milton, to close out nnw 1 J1S7.C0. (J6.CO a month.) A nne mahogany Hale upright, $118.00. (Same terras.) A large-size mahogany Singer upright. $140.00. (Same terms.) A largest-size fancy oak case. Kohler & Co.. upright, $135.00. (Same terms.) Left on sale a very fancy brand-new Hackley upright, $13.00. (Same terms.) A Stedman upright piano, surely worth $100.00. We will close It out for $45.00. (Pay $3.00 a month.) Another upright, price $SS. A Stelnway uoright, in very good order, $1.C0. (Pay $8.00 a month.) A very fancy mahocanv. larsre sls Vose & Sons, equal to new, $176.00. (Pay J o.w a momnj Harrington mottled walnut case, splen did order. $11S. (Pay $5.00 a month.) Please bear In mind that EUers Piano Houso guarantees every Instrument ex actly as represented, and If not found exactly so, money will be cheerfully re funded. We will ship any of these pianos subject to examination and trial to any part of the States of Oregon. Washington, Idaho, or California, upon receipt of deposit, to show good faith equal to one-tenth of the sale price of the Instrument. In ordering please mention second choice. We have also a large number of very fine organs for homes and churches that we are closing out at Just about half price, on payments of $2, $3 or $5 month ly. Send for list or call and see them. Another Inducement: Any of these In struments will be taken back at Eilers Piano Houso toward payment of any new high-grade piano, and we will allow the full amount paid to date of return at any time within two years from date of pur chase. Hundreds of homes yearn for a piano to enliven the hours spent indoors, but not caring to Invest In a new piano, thsy have been compelled to forego the pleas ure thpy would seek. Hero Is the oppor tunity for these homes to be supplied with a reliable musical Instrument at virtually half price and on terms of payment hard ly equal to ordinary rent. Call Immediately, or telephone or write EILERS PIANO HOUSE. RENTAL DE PARTMENT. 351 Washington street. Port land. Or. MIDSEASON PECIAL SALE GLACIER REFRIGERATORS RED RIOT, REIGNS IX REVAIi Workmen's Parade With Red Flogs Dispersed by Cossacks. REVAL, Russia, Aug. ".(Special.) Great disorder reigns In this city as a result of yesterday's labor disturbances, when a parade of worklngmen was dis persed by the police and Cossacks and many persons were seriously wounded. The authorities ara adopting vigorous methods to prevent further trouble, as a renewal of the disturbances Is -feared. Yesterday the worklngmen were given permission by the Governor of the city to hold a meeting, their pledge being- ac cepted that they would not parado and would not allow outsiders to attend and addrera the meeting. Agitators were In atteadancc, however, and In their speeches so Inflamed the worklngmen against the Chief of Police by harrowing tales of the maltreatment of political prisoners that the worklngmen decided to parade to show their contempt for the authorities. The procession was formed with the women and children In the lead. Their presence was expected to prevent the Cossacks from charging the procession from the front. The red flags of the anarchists were In many hands. As the procession got under way the police attempted to disperse It. The pa raders met the police with a shower of stones, and continued on their way. Sol diers were rushed to the scene. Many of the worklngmen had revolvers, which they used to repel the Cossacks, who used their lead-tipped whips and unmer cifully beat the marchers over the heads and shoulders. The charge dispersed the marchers. No record was kept of the wounded, who numbered scores. Many Strike Leaders Arrested. LODZ. Poland. Aug. 7. 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