THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1900.
SCHEME TO MAKE
INSURANCE CHEAP
Annual Division of Surplus Is
Proposed by Committee
of States.
WOULD ENFORCE ECONOMY
Host of "Wisconsin Father of BUI
Which Would Automatically Re
duce the Rates and
Stop Speculation.
ST. PAUI Aug. 24. Millions will be
held iu reserve for the policy-holders
of life Insurance companies and the
cost of insurance will be materially
lowered if a bill approved by the in
surance commissioners at their ses
sion today meets with the approval of
the various Legislatures next Winter.
The bill, which requires an annual
apportionment and accounting- of sur
plus of life Insurance companies, it is
maintained by many of the commis
sioners, strikes at the root of all the
evil of the life insurance companies by
holding their officers accountable for
the enormous surplus funds accumu
lated under the deferred dividend con
tracts, under which nearly all of the
large companies operate.
Host Ijeads the Movement.
The matter of apportionment of the
surplus was brought before the com
mittee In a report printed by Zeno
M. Host. Insurance Commissioner of
Wisconsin, on "annual accounting and
distribution of surplus of life Insur
anco companies." Associated with him
on the commission which has this sub.
Ject under consideration are Henry K.
Frcwitt, Insurance Commissioner of
Kentucky; Thomas Drake, Superinten
dent of Insurance, District of Colum
bia, and B. F. Carroll, Auditor of the
State of Iowa,
Some animated discussion followed
the introduction of the bill by Mr. Host,
which was deemed too radical for most
of the commissioners present. After
some substantial changes, however, the
bill requiring an accounting and dis
tribution of surplus was adopted.
Will Force Economy.
It is thought that this bill, if passed
by all of the states, will do more
toward securing the economical man
agement of Insurance companies than
anything else. The commissioners be
lieve that the competition which exists
among the companies will make them
eager to show a larger credit of divi
dends to the policy-holders than their
competitors. This will result, it is de
clared, in a- substantial decrease in the
expenso of management and will also
prevent the management from using
the accumulated surplus for specula
tion or for private emoluments, such
iw the recent investigations by the
Armstrong committee revealed.
Divide Surplus Annually.
The bill provides that "every life
insurance company conducted on the
mutual plan or in which policy-holders
are entitled to share in the profits or
surplus shall make an annual appor
tionment and accounting of divisible,
surplus to each policy-holder beginning
on or before the second policy year, or
on all participating policies hereafter
Issued, and each such policy-holder
shall be entitled to and be credited
with or paid in a manner provided such
a portion of the entire divisible sur
plus as has been contributed thereto
by his policy."
Under the terms of the bill these
dividends are to be carried as credits
and shall, in the event of the death of
the Insured, be payable with the policy.
Another Important feature of the bill
Is a clause providing for a contin
gency reserve fund on a sliding Bcale
of percentages such as has recently
been enacted by the New York Legis
lature. Misrepresentation Not Allowed.
The report of the committee on misrep
resentations, including the draft of a bill,
was approved. The draft, as presented
today. Included the following important
section.
No life insurance corporation, officer, direc
tor or agent shall Issue or circulate any esti
mate, lUustratlom. circular or statement la
any part misrepresenting- the terms of any
policy Issued by It or the benefits- or ad
vantages promised, or the dividends or shares
of surplus to be received thereon; nor shall
any company use any- title of policy or class
of policies mis represent Ins the true nature
thereof.
MORTON HOME FROM EUROPE
Finds France Favors Home Insur
ance Talks With Bryan.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24. President
Paul Morton, .of the Equitable Life As
surance Society, was a passenger on
the steamship Lucania. which arrived
here tonight from Liverpool. Mr. Mor
ton returns from a six weeks stay in
Paris, where he investigated the
French insurance laws and sought to
determine the effect of the recent agi
tation in this country over Insurance
matters on the French public.
He said tonight that he bad found
the French insurance laws a little par
tial to home companies, but not
markedly so, and that foreign compa
nies were given a fair chance to do
business.
While in London Mr. Morton attend
ed the Fourth of July celebration, at
which Mr. Bryan delivered an address.
In conversation with Mr. Morton on the
occasion Mr. Bryan said that he was
' glad that the American public at least
recognized him as a conservative.
IDLERS HEEDLESS OF CRY
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they have not the first qualification. Liv
ing Is easy this kind of weather, and
most of them have a little money in their
pockets and are too Independent to work."
"But what will these men do in the
Winter when they are out of funds and
work Is scarce?" was asked.
"Oh, some of them will stay around
town, earning a few cents when they can
and depending on charity for the rest.
The greater number, however, will be
crowded out into the logging camps,
where they1 will have to do genuine hard
work. They do not think of this now
when work is plentiful and wages high.
Last year men who had idled the Summer
away came to us begging for employment
In the logging camps. They were willing
to sleep on the floor or anything just to
get shelter and food."
Even at the high wages now offered
there is not an employment agency in
town that could not place scores of men
every day if they were available. Patting
aside entirely the heavy demand for men
to be sent elsewhere, are are opportuni
ties on all hands here In the city.
Causes of Ijabor. Shortage.
There are three causes for the shortage
of laborers in Portland. First of all is
the large number of men who show no
Inclination to work. ' If all of those who
are here would go to work there would
be no complaint. Then there Is the heavy
demand from other parts of the state.
Not only have hundreds of workmen been
brought to Oregon from the East, but
more have gone from Portland into other
counties than during any previous season.
Besides there, there Is the increased ac
tivity in Portland.
The local situation this season Is with
out a parallel, even among the busiest
years of the past; Never before was there
so much building here, employing hun
dreds of men. Scores of carpenters have
been attracted to Portland by the wages
of 3.50 offered here. Even with the aug
mented numbers, however, the demand Is
fully up to the Bupply, and many con
tractors need more carpenters than they
can get. The scarcity in carpenters has
not been sufficient to handicap building
operations seriously.
The greatest shortage has been in un
skilled labor. There has been an unusu
ally large amount of street railway con
struction throughout the city this season,
which is one of the causes. Another Is
the large amount of street Improvement.
Many more street contracts are under
way than at any previous period In the
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Representative Burton L. French, of
Idaho, who is on Gompers black
list.
history of the city, and still more already
proviaed for. .
"The street improvements and the ex
tensions of the water and sewer systems
have given employment to hundreds of
men this year," said Joseph Paquet. of
the firm of Paquet. Gleblsch & Joplln.
"Like other contracting firms, we have
found a shortage of labor. We have been
compelled to employ only one gang in
laying our water-pipe contract, although
it was our desire to work two gangs. One
of the greatest troubles has been with
men constantly quitting work. On the
average, not more than one-fifth of the
men who go to work on a Job will remain
more than a month."
This complaint is echoed from every
side. Many men will work just long
enough to lay aside a few dollars and
will then remain Idle as long as the money
lasts. In the meantime there are thou
sands of reliable workmen who have per
manent employment at high wages, as
suring prosperity to this class of people
throughout the coming Winter. These
men the ones who are really anxious to
work are the ones employers are anxious
to find, but are hard to get because all of
them are now busy.
MAY START FOR POLE SOON
Wellman Repairing Airship, and
Hopes to Avoid Delay.
LONDON, Aug. 24. Walter Wellman,
leader of the Wellman-Chicago Record
Herald Arctic expedition, telegraphed
fgrom Spitzbergen, August 14. via Ham
merfest, Norway, today that the comple
tion of the balloon has been greatly de
layed, owing to the magnitude of the
work. Many minor defects have been
discovered in the mechanical parts of the
airship, and these are being- repaired as
fast as possible. The motors work ex
cellently, and the balloon part of the air
ship Is in good condition.
Mr. Wellman says it will still be possi
ble, weather permitting, to get away to
wards the Pole during the first week of
September. The buildings erected will
provide a valuable plant for next year's
operations, If a start Is not made this
year.
British Doctors Coming to Coast.
TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 24. The British
Medical Association concluded its annual
meeting this evening. About 100 of the
delegates will go to the Pacific Coast.
TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 24. The various
sections of the British Medical Associa
tion were busy today, but owing to op
pressive heat, the attendance was light.
Among those on whom the honorary de
gree of doctor ol laws was conferred was
W. J. Mayo, Maryland, president of the
American Medical Association. In -the
obstetric section, the lecture' of Dr. Barlow,-
of Edinburgh, Scotland, was one of
the most interesting. At the physiology
department, Dr. Victor Horsley spoke on
the nervous system. T. D. Crothers, of
Maryland, , superintendent of Walnut
Lodge Hospital, Hartford, Conn., deliv
ered an address on the Insanity of in
ebriety. Shaw Kills Financial Rumor.
WASHINGTON," Aug., 24. When asked
about the rumor that he was about to
purchase Government bond01, the fours of
1907, Secretary Shaw said today:
"Evidently somebody is trying to de
ceive the thoughtless. Every man with a
lick of financial sense recognizes that
occasion for relief does1 not exist. If
subsequent- conditions demand action, I
will act in such a way asvi deem best
at the time, but all rumors will be base
less. There will be no reports and no ad
vance information.
Lane Ready for Business.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-By next Tues
day, when - the new railroad rate bill
will become effective, it is expected that
practically all the members of the Inter
state Commerce Commission will be in
Washington. Commissioner Franklin K.
Lane, of California, arrived today and
shortly afterward was in his office at the
Commission's building. He has been a
member of the Commission for six weeks
or more, and has been attending to some
of the work of the Commission on the
Pacific Coast.
Whole Block Burns in New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Nearly an en
tire block front of business buildings in
West Fourth street between Mercer and
Greene streets was partially burned to
night, causing damage to a dozen firms
exceeding $250,000.
GUERRERA'S ARMY
WELL PROVIDED
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vana Province, 21 miles southwest of
Havana City, a detachment of rural
guards today encountered a band of
Insurgents. Of the latter two were
killed, their comrades dispersing.
CAN EASILY TAKE CAPITAL
Guerrera's Army Well Armed and
Far Superior In Numbers.
HAVANA, Aug. 24 SpeclaL) The
Publishers" Press correspondent arrived
at San Juan de Martinez at a late hour
on a Government train. The last of
Guerrera's insurgents had left that place
at 11 o'clock this morning. By inquiries
of many citizens. It was learned that
Guerrera's force numbers between 1500
and 2000 men, nearly all well armed with
rifles and machetes.
Guerrera, seemingly, is plentifully sup
plied with funds. He refused to touch
J6000 of city funds In San Juan de Mar
tinez, ordering, instead, that it be sent
to Pinar del Rio for safe-keeping In the
Government depository. Arms among the
insurgents are so numerous that In sev
eral cases1 weapons of the prisoners taken
were returned to them without, of course,
ammunition.
' The Government, apparently, is una
ware of Guerrera's strength and has
withdrawn 300 troops from Pinar del Rio.
This leaves only 600 recruits for the de
fense of that city and makes Its capture
a matter of comparative ease to the In
surgents. ATTACK ON PROVINCIAL CITY
Fate of Revolt Depends on Guer
rera's Expected Move.
HAVANA. Aug. 24. All eyes in Cuba,
are turned toward the provincial capital
of Pinar del Rio, for upon the ability of
Pino Guerrera to capture that city de
pends, It is believed here, the outcome
of the insurrection. The occupancy by
the insurgents of the towns southwest
ward of Pinar del Rio is considered to
be only preliminary to a movement on
Pinar del Rio. A serious question Is
whether the population of the captured
towns and that of the thickly settled and
marvelously rich Vuelta Abajo tobacco
region surrounding them will Join Guer
rera's forces. If they do, the insurgent
leader will approach Pinar del Rio in
overwhelming force. The outcome de
pends upon the loyalty or disloyalty of
the people. It is undeniable that Guerrera
Is gathering hundreds of veterans and
others under his leadership, and it is im
possible to estimate the sincerity of the
people in Pinar del Rio, who have been
looked upon as likely to support the gov
ernment. A detachment of 250 Cuban artillerymen
from Havana has reached Pinar del Rio,
where it will co-operate with the rural
Ijuards and volunteers. These artillery
men, however, can only act as infantry,
as they have not been trained to use field
guns. A hospital corps and other details
are following the artillerymen to Pinar
del Rio in readiness for what is expected
to be a short find decisive campaign.
A special correspondent at Pinar del
Rio reports that Pino Guerrera, with 5000
men, Is waiting for the arrival of more
troops before attacking the city. Two
thousand more rebels are marching to
join him, and when they arrive, he will
attack the city from all sides. Guerrera
is in full possession of San Luis and San
Juan. He has not disturbed these mu
nicipalities and permitted 80 rural guards
to march out of the latter place.
The correspondent talked with Guerrera,
who says he will march on Havana after
taking Pinar del Rio.
TOO MANY GENERALS FOR JOBS
Army Officers Criticise Present Ar
rangement of Divisions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The report of
Major-General Greely, commanding the
Department of the Pacific, criticizing the
present arrangement of divisions and de
partments of the Army, has caused con
siderable discussion in the War Depart
ment, and officers are wondering what
will be the effect when Congress takes
up the subject again. It is said that the
report emphasizes the point several times
made, that with six Major-Generals of
the line and 15 Brigadier-Generals of the
line there Is great difficulty In finding
places for them commensurate with their
rank.
One reason for creating four divisions
was to give places for Major-Generals,
the departments being commanded . by
Brigadiers. General Greely makes It ap
pear that there is no necessity for such
dual commands, as the departments now
report direct to the War Department and
the division commanders do not know
what Is done. It Is also said that extra
staff officers are required who might well
be dispensed with should, the old de
partment methods be resumed.
Under present conditions there are two
Major-Generals stationed at Governor's
Island. There is a Major-General and a
Brigadier-General at San Francisco,
Naturally it seems the duties are not
such as to require two general officers at
one place, with a full set of officers, such
as are attached to every division and
every department.
TCRN TO AMERICA FOR HELP
Loyal Cubans Hope Uncle Sam Will
Restore Peace.
HAVANA. Aug. 24. In this hour of the
government's uncertainty many eyes are
turned instinctively to the United States,
not in the expectation of armed interven
tion, which the better informed realize
would, except in the doubtful contingency
that the American Interests were Jeopard
ized, be quite Impossible, but with the
hope that the good offices of her big
neighbor may, through suggestion or in
fluence, be used to restore tranquillity in
the republic. The part that the United
States played in bringing about an end
of hostilities in the Far East, and more
recently in the happy termination of the
squabble between Guatemala and San Sal
vador, has made a lasting impression
upon the Cuban mind. The large Amer
ican commercial Interests in the island
are expected to exert a strong moral force
In support of law and order.
It is officially stated this (Friday) morn
ing that the government will pay $2 a day
to volunteers.
Senator Mora i Campos Marqueti has
joined the revolutionists.
LIBERALS TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
Will Not 'Act Unless Independence
Is Threatened, Says Leader.
HAVANA, Aug. 24. In an Interview to
day Alfredo Zaas, vice-president of the
Senate and leader of the Liberal ' party,
said: . -
"The Liberals will take no action or
'make any official statement with regard
to the present revolt unless the Independ
ence of Cuba should be menaced by ac
tions of the revolutionists or the govern
ment which would be likely to bring out
side Interference."
Senator Zayas admits that it Is true
the majority of the Insurgents are Liber
als, but claims that there are also Mod
erates and Nunestas among the Insur
gents. Liberals, he said, always had been
opposed to resorting to arms, and did not
countenance the present method of pro
test against the manner of holding the
last elections.
Reports from the country districts say
that the people generally have been In
fluenced by the Liberal leaders and are
Inclined to be distrustful of the motives
of President Palma's government. There
fore they readily sympathize with the
cause of the Insurgents. In the cities
there ki much more approach to genlune
patriotism, but the government's offer of
2 pay per day for all recruits does not
meet with more than slow reponse. Many
men are interested in the crisis as on
lookers, but a genuine, general desire to
fight for the government is lacking.
Six hundred troops started this after
noon by train from Pinar del Rio for San
Juan de Martinez. '
GOMEZ DENIES CONSPIRACY
Never Knew of Revolt or Would
Acknowledge It.
HAVANA, Aug. 24. Considerable
sympathy is developing in Havana for
General Gomez, who is commonly be
lieved to be too broad-minded a patriot
to mix himself up iu revolutionary
schemes. Gomez, in an interview with
the correspondent of the Associated
Press in the city jail, said:
"I declare that I have never had any
knowledge of this unfortunate conflict
and that. If I had conspired against
Representative Wesley I Jones, of
Washington, who Is on Gompers'
blacklist.
President Palma's administration, I
have more than sufficient pride to
boldly admit It now. You may assure
the people of the United Staes that I
have not conspired to disturb the peace
and prosperity of the country."
RUMORED FIGHT AT SAN JUAN
Roosevelt's Battle-Ground Scene of
Battle With Insurgents.
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 24. It is report
ed here today that an encounter has
taken place near San Juan Hill be
tween government forces under Lieu
tenant Azcuy and insurgents, with the
tide in favor of the latter.
Many people, are said- to be disap
pearing at Guanajay, who are believed
to be Joining the insurgents. Cubans
here are uneasy over the resignation
of Secretary of State O'Farrill, fearing
it will aid the Insurgents.
Efforts are being made to trace an
Ajperlcan woman here in whose rooms
in the Hotel Lea, at Havana, the plot
to assassinate President Palma is said
to have been hatched.
INSURGENT BAND SCATTERED
Rural Guards Win First Encounter
in. Santa Clara.
HAVANA, Aug. 24. The first en
counter in Santa Clara Province oc
curred this morning. A detachment of
rural guards attacked an insurgent
band commanded by Manuel Gonzalez
between Santo Domingo and Colon.
The Insurgents were scattered and
Borne of their arms and ammunition
were captured.
PARTY OF RECRUITS ROUTED
Ambushed by Insurgents With Deadly
Effect Near Gulnes.
HAVANA, Aug. 24. Colonel Jose Es
trampes, with 45 recruits from Havana,
was fired upon by 80 Insurgents am
bushed behind a wall near Gulnes. The
recruits were routed and three of them
were killed and six wlunded.
Japan Will Send Agent to Trial.
" WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Through the
Japanese Embassy at this capital, the
Japanese Government Is making a thor
ough investigation Into the details of the
incident which resulted in the killing" of
several Japanese poachers on St. Paul
Island of the Prtbyloff group and the
capture of 12 other Japanese who subse
quently were taken to Valdez, Alaska, to
answer before the United States Court
there for raiding the fur-bearing seals
on the Prlbyloff Islands. In a day or
two one of the secretaries of the Em
bassy will depart for Alaska to be pres
ent. If possible, at the trial of the 12
poachers. No disposition Is manifested
on the part of the Japanese Government
to make trouble over the Incident, but It
naturally desires to ascertain the facts
relating to it.
Strong Guard at Pinar del Rio.
PINAR ? DEL RIO, Aug. 24. Affairs in
this city are quiet tonight. Groups of
six civilian municipal guards are posted
at the city entrances. The forces avail
able for the defense of the city number
200 mounted guard, 200 new rural guards,
200 new police and 200 municipal guards.
Veterans Offer Aid to Palma.
SANTIAGO, Cuba, Aug. 24. Complete
tranquillity prevails in this province. Vet
erans of the war for Independence are or
ganizing in some of the towns and offer
ing their services to the government-
Mexicans Suffer for Sedition.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 24. The War De
partment has ordered the" Imprisonment
for one year of Commanders and officials
of the geographical and exploitation com
mission who sent a message of condol
ence to Colonel Martin Guzeman, recently
sentenced to eight years' imprisonment
for abuse of authority. The War Depart
ment regards .the message as seditious
and weakening to military discipline.
Strike Averted in Lancashire.
MANCHESTER, England. Aug. 24. The
threatened strike of Ironmolders in the
engineering trade of Manchester and
Southeast Lancashire has been averted.
A Bricklayer for President
Are you following Russell around the world in his intimate
studies of typical governments ?
There was slavery actual human slavery in Australia six
years ago; there'is none now. There was domination by land
owners equal to that of our trusts and railroads that, too, is
passing. . '
Who has done this ? They who toil with their hands
carpenters, printers, bricklayers. Men "inexperienced and unfit,"
but with asense of right and'fair play, unhampered by "interests."
Revolution? Yes, but of the gentlest. Practical for
America? Maybe.
September Everybody's. A fact-story, no less fascinating
for being true.. Get it.
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15 cents
The molders, who had demanded an Im
mediate advance of 50 cents per week.
have accepted an advance of 25 cents now
with a promise of an additional advance
later.
THE WHY OF SOCIALISM
It Gives More Than a Passing Hope
to Many Minds.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 23. (To the
Editor.) I see by Monday's Oregontan
that Rev. Clarence True Wilson, D. D.,
has been telling his congregation and the
public what he doesn't know -about So
cialism. From the outline of the address
it Is plainly evident that the reverend
gentleman knows but little of Socialism
or was making a studied effort to please
his congregation by repeating the popu
lar objections and fallacies In regard to
It. He names as the principal weakness
of Socialism Its aim to Improve the con
dition of the Nation, without uplifting the
Individual. I would like to ask him what
warrant he has for this assertion.
It is to give the individual an oppor
tunity to develop the best -there is in
him that Socialism seeks to destroy the
present economic despotism which com
pels the great majority of individuals to
give all their time and attention to gain
ing a material existence. Which would
do the most for the Individual a system
that would guarantee employment with
full compensation therefor, or the pres
ent competitive cut-throat system which
sets men warring against each other for
the chance to work for a living? Could
anything be worse for the average indi
vidual than the present system? On the
one hand the employer seeking to get
labor at a price that will enable him to
make a greater profit, and on the other
the laborer seeking by organization and
otherwise to compel the employer to give
him more pay and less work and take
the Incompetent worker along with it.
As a result on the one hand we have
the trust magnate and Industrial despot,
and on the other the tramp and indiffer
ent workman with one in eight of the
population below the poverty line. I ask
could any system give worse results?
Dr. Wilson says that Sociassnm opposes
the personal proprietorship of land and
denies any special right to the means
of life and enjoyment. It does. To quote
from the book from which Dr. Wilson Is
supposed to draw his inspiration: "The
earth was given to man for a home."
Not a man or set of men, but man. It
may be safely said that whoever owns
the land owns the people and dominates
the government, for those who do not
have any proprietary Interest in the land
must of necessity meet the terms of those
who do, and become. In consequence,
servants and slaves of the owners. What
practical difference Is there between the
tenant farmer who places one-half the
crop in the crib for the owner for the
privilege of working the land and the
ancient serf who was given so many days
In the year to work for himself on con
sideration that he work the remainder
of the time for his master; or the renter
who hands over his surplus earnings each
month for the privilege of living in a
house and the old-time slave who was
given all these things and had his sur
plus earnings taken directly as a prop
erty right? It is useless to cite the few
cases of the tenant and the renter them
selves getting to be owners. For the
great majority the thing is an impossi
bility, and wage slavery for life Is a fixed
fact. Yes, Socialism is opposed to spe
cial privilege, and would make it an lm
poslblllty for anyone to get something
for nothing, or to enjoy an unearned in
come. Men of Dr. Wilson's calling, in defense
of the present system, often quote the
Bible as saying "The laborer Is worthy of
his hire." Socialism Is agreed. The
laborer is worthy of his hire. Just that
and no 'more. If he produce a certain
amount of wealth he is entitled to that
amount, be it much or little, and must
give value received for what he gets. Un
der present conditions the honest worker
must hand 'over four-fifths of what he
produces for the privilege of working,
and, in addition, carry the burden of
the dishonest worker and shirk. Which
would be best for the individual?
Again Dr. Wilson Bays: "The weakness
of Socialism is its danger to freedom.
Man must be free." He objects to hit
ting a straw man as being unmanly
sport, but when he speaks of the awful
possibility of some unscrupulous combina
tion gaining control of the government
he sets up a straw- man and then pro
ceeds to knock the stuffing out of him.
If he had read even the primary books
on Socialism he would know that the
system provides an effectual remedy
against such conditions as he names, and
provides, conditions for free speech and
free press, unhampered by the fear of
losing the chance to work for a living, as
at present. If he contends that we have
free speech and a free press now, I
would recommend he read such books as
Hunter's "Poverty" and Sinclair's
"Jungle," and I will wager that he
can count on the fingers of one hand the
men in his own acquaintance who are in
position to speak or write their honest
convictions without danger of material
loss or social unpopularity. I will fur
ther wager that he himself dare not say
things other than Is pleasing to those
that pay his salary, except in a general
way that Is not personal and will not
give offense.
Dr. Wilson Is dangerously near So
cialism himself when he says: "I am
opposed to the government attempting to
do for men what the best interest of the
individual requires him to do for him
self. ... The idea that law should
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'And that's why EVERYBODY'S pays
protect him in his Individual exertion
amid conditions of absolute freedom from
interference, while he could work out
with brain and brawn his destiny." This
is Just what Socialism proposes to do.
It proposes a condition of affairs where
in It will be Impossible for- one
man to oppress another, or hinder him
In bringing out the best there is in him
of either brain or brawn, or to deny
him full honor and credit for his work.
Dependence on another for the opportun
ity to toll makes a man a servile, cring
ing slave, and destroys Individuality,
while to make men economically free, yet
dependent on their own efforts, will be
to bring out and encourage the Individual
to do the very best there is in him. It
is a mistake that man needs the incen
tive of the chance to rob his fellow man
in order to bring out his best qualities.
No great work or deed that counted for
the uplift of humanity was ever done for
sordid gain, nor ever will be.
Postmasters Elect Officers.
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 24. At the final
session of the convention of the Na
tional Association of Postmasters of the
Bshond and Third class, William Noble
was elected president. The convention
will meet In Washington next year.
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city: H. O. Krauff. Philadelphia; L. Adln,
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Wooas eioht
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a,
If to hare been using
the ordinary 16 cent cereals
hecansie PUlabftrr'a Best Break-
i fast Food YltO costs 20 cents,
just figure with us for, a motneot
, and see where the true economy
I Hear PntsbBrVi Yltos? contains
pounds of the "White Heart
wneat, ana woeu easily ana
prepared makes 12 Pounds
food a package of tbo
kind usually contains about
and costs ro 15 cents or
X
W pound. 'TilUbury"iisname thatreallr
means something the
wheat food line.
good la summer
Never
grocer.
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your . 2S
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derd, Kelso; A. L. Sjoberg, Union Hill, N.
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Grand. Or.; John D. Daly, Boise. Ida.; R.
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sons, city; I. C. Hale, H. C. McCoy, Detroit.
Or.; C. E. Feernley. C. White, city; C. E.
Freeland. Salem; C. E. Slaughter. H. Fldle.
Colton; C H. Mielley, Comas; S. E. Butts.
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Smith. Kalama; T. E. Rice. H. D. Slager,
Falls City, W. J. Wilson. Woodburn; W.
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Hill; J. F. Cabel. Eureka. Cal.; B. 8. Pat
tee, H. L. Pattee. Mrs. J. B. Menden'nall,
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Seasher; C. Wethersell, M. Wethersell, Car
son; A. H. Hunt, Salem; C. B. Brownland.
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Houlton; I. G. Knight. Hood River: W. p.
Byer, Brownsville; J. Baxter. Hutlope; R.
Hekley, Per Ell. Wash.; J. H. Relitts and
son; J. R. Hanna. Hood River; F. M. Gard
iner and wife. Chicago; Emma Meier, Os
trander; G. P. Mall and wife, McMlnnvllle;
Mrs. K. T. Gleason. Kalama. J. S. Otis an&
wife, Pleasant Home; H. Halstead, Oak
land; J. O. Bldenell. H. H. Getty, Forest
Grove; Mrs. Malm, Rainier; J. H. laascsoa
and wife, city; J. H. Wise. Morrill; A. L.
Mills. Hubbard; Ed Kontx. Mrs. H. Dorker.
son. Hood River; E. J. Reese and son. Belle
ville; P. S. Summers, Kalama: O. L. Byer
ly; D. Malkle, Washungal; Mrs. P. B. Will
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European plan. Rates,, 75 cents to 2:dV
per day. Free 'bus. '
money
timfts as f
you use
Brays
!
Best Breakfast
rooa
yrros
100
two
of the
quicxiy
of delicious
ordinary cooked
X of a pound.
about 17 cents a
world ever in the
A food equally
or In winter-
stickj or
jar
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