8 , TIIEJUOKXiyG OREGOXIAy. MONDAY. AUGUST 24, 1908.
TUFT'S RELIGION
FOREIGN TO ISSUE
Dr. Luther Dyott Criticizes
Opposition by the
Methodists.
CHARACTER THE ESSENTIAL
"Miserable and Narrow Sectarian
ism or Political Chicanery" in
Chnrch Attitude, Says
Clergyman.
EXCERPTS
FROM DR. DYOTT" S
SERMON.
Boma of the representatives of th
great Methodist Church object to
-raft's TMiseible Presidency of tho
United States upon tho ground that
ho Is a member of the Unitarian
Church. Tho objection is absurd.
Mr. Taft Is a Christian. Ho la a
patriot, and Is fitted to a pre
eminent degree for tho office of
President.
. But after all. it is not a question of
Mr. Taft's religious belief, as to
whether he Is fit to he President.
That which some of these brethren
of the Methodist Church haT had to
say should be emphatically repudi
ated by all tho churches.
I would denounce the claim of
those who have objected to Mr. Taft
because he Is a Unitarian. It Is either
miserable and narrow sectarianism
or political chicanery. The first Is con
temptible. The second Is unpardon
able. In welshing the various Presidential
candidates their religious beliefs should
not be considered, according- to Dr.
Luther R. Dyott.'of the First Congrega
tional Church. This was the statement
he made In his sermon yesterday morn
ing. In which he referred to the Meth
odist opposition to Secretary Taft for
President on the ground that he Is a
Unitarian, as "either narrow and mis
erable sectarianism or political chican
ery." He said the press and the
churches should unite to kill and bury
such a spirit He tempered his re
marks, however, with the assertion that
he did not arraign the Methodist
Church. ,
Dr. Dyott likened the Unitarian
Church to a wall and the other churches
to Tines bearing luscious fruit, which
he said should grow up and hide the
stones from view. All the churches,
he said, had borrowed at least some
of the religious tenets of that body.
The speaker took for his text Genesis1
4:22: "Joseph Is a fruitful bough, a
fruitful bough by a ' fountain; his
branches run over the wall." He said,
in part:
Sympathy and Tolerance.
These words expressed a father s appre
ciation of his child. Joseph was Jacob s
farorite son. -Joseph had accomplished a
great work, and Jacob was proud of him.
J..-.-D had reached the end of his earthly
pilgrimage and. Just before his departure
for Ihe other world, or that other part or
this world, he was pronouncing his paternal
benediction upon his sons. With reference
f Joeph he had this to say' Joseph Is a
fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by the foun
tain: his branches run over the wall."
Our text Illustrates the domestic. the
social, the Intellectual and th spiritual. It
suggests two characteristics of lite, namely
these: First, seclusion, or secrecy. and.
therefore, mystery: Second, revelation of
that which Is good, and therefore, the
larger expression of life.
Individuals, clans, tribes and nations have
their walls of limitations. This Is especially
true in the more formative periods. Then
they grow. Then they become conscious of
themselves and others. The larger expres
sion of live runs over the wall of precise
demarkation. It dcea not destroy boundar
ies, but It grows above them and over them.
This Is what we should do In our religious
life. The attitude of Christianity toward
the ethnlo and non-Chrlstlan religions
should be sympathetic and tolerant. We
may not b able to destroy the walls, but
we should grow above them and over them.
Our foreign missionaries should not oply
know as much, as they can about Christ
ianity, but they should be required to make
a thorough study of the religions of the
peoples to whom .they go. It Is a great
thing to get the view-print of the other
man. even In matters of religion. Our re
ligion should not be used In energetic en
deavors to tear down the walls about other
religions, but let it spread the fruits of
Christianity among those who would resent
and resist our more destructive work. The
fruit test rather than the creedal require
ment Is the Important thing "By their
fruits shall ye know them."
Division Is Pardonable.
Furthermore, our text suggests that, while
denominational affiliations are permissible
and. at the present stage of our religious
growth and progress, even sectarian divis
ions are pardonable, (possibly essential) yet
nevertheless, all such things should not be
magnified to proportions that obstruct and
confuse. The best of each denomination
should become the property of all. If a
life ran produce the fruits of Christianity
which are: "Lore. Joy. peace. long-suffering,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness,
self control." If these things are on the
branch which runs over the wall, it Is cot
a matter of Importance as to which sec
tarian wall that person is behind. Creeds
are man-made. Christianity Js God-given.
Creeds are not as Important as Christianity.
If they are at all Important. Christianity
should never sacrifice Christianity. Doc
trinal tests are insignificant In comparison
with divine life, and righteous living.
It Is not Intellectual assent to this or
that theological proposition, but It Is the
translation of the essential principles of
Christianity Into ltfe, that counts. One
may ba perfectly orthodox In his intel'ec
tual assent and a rank heretic in his man
ner of living. On the ether band, one may
take a different view, even with reference
to the Deity of the Son of God and an 11 1
produce life which' grows above the wall
and beyond It, and. producing the fruita
of Christianity, becomes entitled to recog
nition as a Christian life.
Taft Objection Absurd.
For this reason we find some of the best
Christians In the Unitarian Church. To the
Unitarian Church all other churches are In
debted for many good things. It Is cur
rently reported, and credibly no doubt, that
some of the representatives of the great
Methodist Church object to Mr. Taft's pos
sible Presidency of the United States upon
the ground that he Is a member of the
Unitarian Church. The objection is ab
surd. A man's religious belief, or denomi
national connection should have nothing
whatever to do with the question, so long
as his character Is above reproach, and he
can measure' up to the requirements of the
highest office our Nation can offer.
Mr. Taft Is a Christian. He Is a states
man. He Is a patriot, and is fitted to a
preeminent degree for the office of Presi
dent of the United States His Christianity
has never before been challenged even upon
a sectarian basis In his endeavors to do
good. Moreover, he has been recognised
and used by those who are among the most
orthodox of the orthodox.
The Presbyterian Church, which stands
In the front ranks for all that Is good and
true, used Mr. Taft a few years ago on a
most Important occasion. It was the Na
tional meeting of the American Tract So
ciety In Washington. D C. According to the
custom of this evangelical society, this
meeting Is held In Washington, and every
year It Invites some representative of one
of the orthodox churches to deliver the an
nual address. The year before, this society
had met under the auspices of the Dutch
Reformed Church. of which President
Roosevelt Is a member. and President
Roosevelt delivered the address. Then came
the year for the Presbyterian Church and
Mr. Taft delivered the address. The
Presbyterian Church than which there can
be no better was honored In having Mr.
Taft deliver that address.
Religion Not s Factor.
But. after all. It Is not a question of
Mr. Tsft's religious belief, as to whether
he Is fit to be President. The history and
platform of his ptrty, his statesmanship,
his patriotism, his ability to fill the office,
his training, his record, his man'lness and
many other qualifications ere In the count.
Therefore, that which some of those breth
ren of the Methoalst Church have l.ad to
say shoold emphatically be repudiated by
all the churches, and by none, more than
the most representative members both of
the ministry and laity of tho Methodist
ptscopal Church.
I do not arraign the Methodist Church.
Some of the best people In the world be
long to that church. God forbid that I
should stab the breast from which I nursed
mv earlv religious life. But I would de
nounce the claim of those who have ob
jected to Mr. Taft because he Is a Unitar
ian r, I. either miserable and narrow sec
tarianism or political chicanery. The first
In rnnfemntlhle. The second la unpardon
able. The press of all political persuasions
should, with all the churches. Kill ana Dury
such a spirit as this and never hope for
Its resurrection. Let men everywhere, es
pecially In all the churches, grow above
all prejudices, and all things small and
divisive, and be like fruitful coughs by the
side of springs of heavenly grace. and
manly, graclousnesa and benignity, whose
branches run over the wall.
RESPONSIBILITY HIS THEME
MES CAXXOT ESCAPE" THEIR
OWN' ACTS, SAYS PASTOR.
Dr. Wilson Grills Bank Presidents
Who Betray Trust That Is
Imposed on Them.
Dr. Clarence True 'Wilson was greeted
by a large congregation yesterday morn
ing at Centenary Methodist Church, and
the choir had prepared a pleasing pro
gramme under the direction of C. E.
Patterson, the new choir leader. Mrs.
Haight, the soprano of Central Church
of, Sa'n Francisco, was present and' sang
with Tine effect "Open the Gates." Dr.
W ilson spoke on the topic, "The Modern
Aaron and the Golden Calf," making
the application that no man can escape
responsibility for the consequences of
his own acts. After describing how
Aaron made the golden calf and ex
cused himself by saying Jhe people
wanted an Image, Dr. Wilson said:
Men cannot escape the responsibility of
their own acts by saying they are not re
sponsible. The bank president borrows the
money entrusted In his charge by the hun
dreds of poor people and loses this mony.
and undertakes to escape responsibility by
declaring he was a victim of circumstances.
He took the money and invested It. and
hard times, came, sweeping It away. So
he savs he Is not responsible. And every such
a bank president ought to be in the peni
tentiary for the betrayal of his trust.
Trifling with trust funds and then when
they are lost declaring they were lost
through circumstances cannot excuse any
'"Vrie man who starts out In life with fair
prospects, and becomes a drunkard, declares
that society Is responsible. He says so
ciety has placed a saloon on every- street
and be could not help himself. While I
shall not excuse the Government for not
making It easy for a man to do right. I
say that the man who falls la responsible.
It is no credit to be honest because ft pays
to be honest. We are not to compromise
with evil. More evil results from compro
mises of that sort than from the evils
themselves.
We were not placed here to drift with
the tide. We are to be stalwart men and
women, and walk through this world of
polutlon. We cannot measure the responsi
bility of our acts however small the3' may
he Aaron undertook to excuse himself to
Moses by saying his act was simply a small
one. Columbus, who discovered America,
performed a small act, yet an act of mo
mentous, far-reaching consequences.
LOVE POWERFUL IN LIFE
CLERGYMAN DESCRIBES ITS IX-
FLl'EXCE OX WORLD.
Dynamic-Like, It Cheers the Heart,
Quickens the Pulses and
Operates for Good:
'Love as a Dynamic" was the subject
of the sermon at the Taylor-Street Meth
odist Church last night. Dr. Benjamin
Young, the pastor, was the speaker. He
has Just returned from a six weeks' vaca
tion at Ocean Park, where he had been
enjoying the sea breezes with bis family.
Dr. Young took for his text-John 111:16.
the verse beginning "God so loved the
world." He said in part:
Vonselousness of love is an awakening
force in human life. It operates everywhere.
Men tread the streets of the city witn elas
tic step In such consciousness. There Is a
glow of .pride on the cheek, a fire In the
eye, a power in the arm, and a keenness
to the Intellect when one believes this.
Did you ever know a young man to go mop
nr alone In the light of the full moon
after he had discovered that night that his
attentions were appreciated, and his reel
ings reciprocated? On your Journey home
ward that night some of you were so ex
uberant that you could have kicked the
face off the moon. Even the forests were
glorious In the darkness, and the very stars
seemed to be singing hymns of praise. Since
that time the days have been very full, and
sometimes the burden has been very heavy.
There has come the trial and the loss, but
the consciousness of love-in the hearts of
both of 'vou has nerved you for the effort
and brought glorious victory.
Burdens Are Lightened.
But you lonely ones; do not clutch at the
heart, nor heave the sigh, for though you
have been robbed of parent or of com
panion you can still live, and struggle suc
cessfully against large odds, living In the
consciousness of love. It spurs the lad at
his task, for he is thinking of home. It
quickens the husband at his toll, for he Is
thinking of wife. It helps the wife amid
the anxieties of the home and the per
plexities which arise from the care of the
children, to be strong and patient. The
teacher at his desk, the worker In the
slum, the deaconess by the couch of the
weary one, are all quickened by the con
sciousness that love la being awakened and
that soma will arise and pronounce them
blessed.
Byron's Lonely late.
The absence of such means misery, and
often despair. The loss of love that means
that the stars have gone out and the dark.
chill night envelops me In Its pall and I
cry out in my despair, coming dsck to me
Is the echo of my own sad cry, like some
hideous bat, fanning my face In the awful
night. It was this that drove Byron from
his native land and make htm like a wild,
reckless spirit of an alien land.
"Old Mister Maraer" took Epple, the waif
who had wandered In oft the wild moor of
Haveloe. A ragged shawl was about her
and her clothing was wet with the storm
and she had ust dropped out of the lap of
a dead mother. Nothing very attractive
about Epple. but he took her up and did for
her with his own hands, and she became
the very sunshine of his life.
After all, perhaps for us the best state
ment, the most practical and Inspiring, is
that "God so loved the world, that He gave
hts only begotten .sin. that whosoever be
Ueveth on Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life."
Corby Resumes His Pastorate.
Services In the First Universallst
Church of Good Tidings, East Couch
and East Eighth streets, were resumed
yesterday, after having been suspended
for several weeks. Rev. James D. Corby,
the pastor, who underwent a severe
surgical operation, has entirely re
covered, and occupied the pulpit at the
morning service.
BIBLE LIFTS HEARTS
Marvelous Record of the Influ
ence of Scriptures.
BLESSINGS FOR SOCIETY
Dr. John Roach Straton, of Balti
more, Delivers Sermon on Holy
Writ at the White
Temple.
t-m- Thn nmrh Straton. of Baltimore,
Md.. was the speaker at the White Temple
yesterday in the absence of Dr. J. vs hit
comb Brougher. His subject in the morn
ing was, "Is There a Living God?' In
this he attacked the agnostic, materialist,
pantheist and evolutionist, as well as the
infidel.
it tout night's service Fred Butler sang
for the first time In Portland the solo en-.
titled "The Earth Is the Loras.' i w
dedicated to him by Miss KllzaDem rat
terson Sawyers.
m, ..rmoti delivered to ft large audi'
ence, was on the question. "Is the Bible
a Revelation from Heaven?" He took a
position against the higher criticism of
. , . a in nnrt AS fol-
tno oenptures, aim "fnw .
lows:
Here are some of the reasons for believ
ing that the Bible Is God's supreme, suf
ficient and "final revelation to the human
race: .
First, its own claim to be such a revela
tion. Second, the quality of universality
possessed by the Bible, as by no other booK
In the world. Third, the wonderful quality
In the Bible, which furnishes food for faith
and guidance for life to all kinds and con
ditions of people the world over.
Attacks on the Bible.
It has been sought by some to impugn
the moral character of the God, pictured in
the Old Testament, because of his stern
commands to the Children of Israel to drive
out utterly, or destroy, the idolatrous peo
ples In the Promised Land. But was It Im
moral for God to give such commands to
the Children of Israel? Is It Immoral for
the surgeon to amputate the putrid limb In
order to save the life of the remainder of
the body? If It Is not, then It was not Im
moral for God to cut off, these Idolatrous
peoples In order that his chosen nation
might be saved from the pollution of con
tact with them, and thereby enabled to
give the true religion unpolluted to the
world. ,
The Bible Is Slot "just like any other
hook." As well say that "a telescope Is
just like any other brass." It Is not. True
It Is brass, but brass in a peculiar relation
and shaped for a specific and unusual pur
pose. The telescope Is not like any other
brass, and a man who uses It In the wrong
wav really abuses It. and at the same time
denies himself a most uplifting and Inspir
ing experience. He might be gazing with
rapt vision and leaping heart upon the
previously unseen glories of the midnight
heavens. The critical attitude toward the
Bible nrevents many a soul trom catching
the visions of eternal glory.
In the 18th century the great French In
fidel, Voltaire, prophesied that within 100
years from the time he wrote, the Bible
would be an obsolete book. He declared
that it would be entirely out of circulation
and that It would be found only as a curio
on the shelves of antiquarians. As a strik
ing commentary on this prophecy stands the
fact that the house where Voltaire wrote
It Is now owned and used as a storehouse
by the French Blue society, and the very
walls that looked down on the sneering
skeptic as he penned his prophecy are now
literally lined with hundreds of BlbltS.
In the city of Washington. D. C. there
was a most Interesting gathering some time
ago. It was the centennial of the American
branch of the British and Foreign Bible and
Tract Society. At the meeting it was shown
that during the 19th century alone one
society printed and distributed 250.000.000
copies of the Scriptures. I have estimated
that the w eight of that r.utnber of ' Bibles
was at least 47.000 tons To transport them
would require 225 locomotives drawing a
train 25 miles long. If the pages of that
number of Bibles were spread out upon the
ground they would afford standing room
for three times the present population of the
earth.
.Grips the Human Race.
'Why this marvelous record? "Thy word
Is truth!" There Is the reason and secret
of It all. The hungry hearts and needy
souls of the children of men have come to
this blessed Book and found In It the very
bread and water of life, and it Is mon
strous to suppose that a maze of myths or
a cunningly devised tissue of errors, super
stitions and lies could so have gripped the
human race.
The Bible has brought more blessings to
society at large than eny other agent,
through the purifying and uplifting influ
ence it exerts uron the individual. "Ihe
Bible is not an lrjn safe that can be opened
only by some key which we are strong
enough to forge and fashion, or by some
combination which we are shread enough
to figure out. The Bible is rather a beauti
ful flower which cannot be forced open.
but will open of Itself In the sunlight of faith
and love, and give forth a beauty and
sweetness that are divine. We need, above
all things, that warmth of appreciative at
mosphere and of humble aevotlon which
will cause Its deeper spiritual beauties to
unfold for us and to exhale the rare ' per
fume which so sweetened the lives of gen
erations that are gone.
HOLY LAND GHARMS VISITOR
DR. GEORGE IAJCCOCK DE
SCRIBES TRIP TO PALESTINE.
Modern Jerusalem Unattractive, but
Surrounding Country Rich in
Hallowed A'ssociations.
The congregation at the First Pres
byterian Church last night was given
a treat by Dr. George Luccock, who
told his personal experiences In Pales
tine in place of the regular sermon.
Dr. Luccock Is the pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Oak Park, 111.,
and is supplying the pulpit of the
First Church here in the absence of Dr.
William Hiram Foulkes, the paator. The
speaker said, in part:
Whv go to Palestine? Reasons are many.
A single good one Is adequate. It Is the
land where the Lord lived. Brushing aside
all foolish claims for peculiarly sacred
nlaces. the pilgrim may stand wfth sure
feet amid the actual scenes of that wonder
ful life the place of His birtn. the nine
that knew the charm of His childhood and
winsome youth the cities and fields and
shores that were graced by His marvelous
ministry, the place where He tasted death
for us and took away Its sting, achieving
and proclaiming our certain victory.
It is best lor the tourist to enter Palestine
at Jaffa. A taste of as good oranges as
the world grows will produce a pleasing
first lmnresslon of the land. Then at the
end of days of privilege In the Holy Land,
one should emba-k at Halga. passing out
through the wonderful fertile and historic
plain of Esdraelon. thu6 bearing away a
beautiful final Impression of the "land of
promise.
A railroad makes the journey from Jaffa
to Jerusalem quite easy. Nor does the shrill
whistle of the locomotive seem incongruous
in the Holy Land. The scenery Is at times
so Inspiring that the American traveler feels
as If In the most magnmceni regions or nis
own country. In viewing from a car win
dow the East-Jordon country on toe way
to Damascus, much the same awe and de
light are experienced as In traveling
through the Kocky Mountains. The alti
tudes are not so great, nut trie contrasts
are no less slrlKing. A ne country cumoines
the fascination of the desert and the prairie
and the mountains. If much desolation Is
apparent, amazing possibilities are indi
cated. Put an American farmer there with
modern implements and backed by a good
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The chosen land. like the chosen race.
Is a composite of all the faces pf the big.
wide world. Extremes of the physical world
are reproduced In Palestine as the exag
gerated . characteristics of the human world
appear in Israel. In that Man all men are
featured. In that land all lands are min
iatured. There bare mountains shelter
fruitful valleys, Alpine snows are neighbors
to tropical sands, desert dreariness side by
side with prairie fertility. The carnal ap
petite of an Esau lies over against the
spiritual vision of an Isaiah, the Dead Sea
depressions In the character of Judas close
by the Herman heights of chaxacterof Jesus.
Modern Jerusalem Is not an attractive
rlty. although that portion outside the walls
Is being built up after the Western type.
Two-thirds of the population are Impover
ished, heart-broken Jews, willing lltterly
the loss of the gates of Zlon. The Christian
elements are so s-iturated with gross super
stition and so filled with sectarian hatred
that Turkish soldiers are necessary to keep
them from killln-j each other while parading
In religious rites. The city is under Mo
hammedan control. Yet hero are many
imparlshable associations. The Mount of
Olives stands, Gcthsemane abides. Calvary
Is there outside the gate. And the devout
pilgrim has his soul flooded with thoughts
of great days snd great experiences, In-
Bryan Gives American Wool Black Eye
If Elected, His Policy Will Drive Woolgrowers Out of Home Market,
at Europe's Mercy.
(A communication from Theodore Justice,
of the firm of Justice, Bateman Co., wool
merchants, Philadelphia, Pa., and which re
cently appeared In the New York Trade
Record.)
IN a late Issue the Record quoted a
newspaper statement from Frank S,
Monnett, of Ohio, who was twice the
Republican Attorney-General ot that
state, and who won fame as the prose
cutor of the trusts. Mr. Monnett, It was
stated, had spent an hour and a half
with Mr. Bryan, from whom he obtained
a definite answer to carry back to the
Ohio wool-producers as to Mr. Bryan's
policy, it President, to destroy the wool
monopoly.
Mr. Monnett represented to' Mr. Bryan
that the American Woolen Company
monopoly and "destroyed the entire
benefits supposed to Inure to the wool
growers from the protective duty upon
wool." In support of this statement he
said that "this company had offered to
buy wool from the Ohio producer. as 18
cents and 20 cents, while the company
asked $65 for an all-wool suit of clothes
containing less than two pounds of
wool, and that owing- to this the com
pany had driven the price of clothing
to the consumer up 900 per cent."
Mr. Bryan authorized Mr. Monnett to
say that "the first thing he would do.
If elected President, would be to use
all the powers of the Government to
break up that company's monopoly."
Mr. Monnett told Mr. Bryan that "the
alleged monopoly had forced the price
of wool down below the free-trade
basis," and he quoted in proof of this
18 cents for Ohio wool and J65 for a
suit of clothes, as previously stated.
If Mr. Monnett Is correctly reported.
his statement reflects very email credit 1
WHOLESALE
ELECTRIC AND GAS FIXTURES.
BARRETT' b, 408-41 Morrison.
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
A. H. AVER1LL MACH. CO., 31:0 Belmont.
ENGINEERS.
PACIFIC ENGINEERING CO., SOD Lum. Ex
FEED, GROCERIES AND PRODUCE.
J. D. H ENS' ESS Y & CO.. 185 Front.
LE-NSCH BROS.'. 241 Front St.
THE STEPHENSON CO., 234 Front.
FENCE AND WIRE WORK.
E. PORT. F. ft W. WKS., 31 E. Morrison.
FIRE APPARATUS.
A. G. LONG, 46-47 N. 6th.
FIREPLACES AND TILES,
BARRETT'S." 4US-412 Morrison.
FISH AND OYSTERS.
CHLOPECK FISH CO., 178 Burnside.
PORTLAND FISH CO.. S4 Front
FOUNDERIES. CASTINGS.
PACIFIC I. ft S. WKS., E. Burnside Bridge.
FRUITS, EGGS, POULTRY AND MEAT8.
DRYER. BULLAM ft CO., 12S Front-
FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
BELL ft CO., INC., 108-11S J-Tont.
DAVENPORT-THOMPSON CO.. 144 Frost.
W. B. GLAFKE CO.. 108 Front.
MARK LEVY ft CO., 121-123 Front.
M'EWDN ft KOSKEY. 129 Front.
PEARSON-PAGB SO.. 131-133 Front.
FURNACES' AND REGISTERS.
MOORE-MEAUHER CO., 42 1st.
FURNITURE.
HEYWOOD BROS, ft WAKEFIELD, 148 10th.
PETERS ft ROBERTS FUR. CO., Front-Davis.
FURNISHING GOODS.
MEIER ft FKAA'K COMPANY.
GRADING AND ROCK MACHINERY.
BEALL ft -CO.. 321 Hawthorne.
GRAIN AND BAGS
PATERSON. SMITH ft PRATT, Board of
Trade Bldg.
W. A. GORDON CO., Board of Trade bldg.
GRAIN. FLOUR. FEED, CEREALS.
ALBERS BROS. CO.. Front & Main.
COLUMBIA MILLING CO., E. 2d ft Market.
M'CLURE-KILTON CO., 60T McKay bldg.
GRAPHOFHONES.
COLTJMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.. 871 Wash.
GROCERS,
ALLEN ft LEWIa. 44-64 Front St.
MASON-EHRMAN ft CO.. 5th and Everett.
WADHAMS ft CO.. 4th and Oak.
WADHAMS ft KERR BROS.. Hoyt and 4th.
GROCER WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
D. C. BURNS CO.. 210 3d.
GUNS AND FISHING TACKLE.
H. T. HUDSON ARilS CO.. llu 3d.
HARD WALL PLASTERS.
THE ADAMANT CO., 433 Worcester bldg.
L
HARNESS AND SADDLERY.
BREYMAN LEATHER CO.. 6th and Oak.
JOHN CLARK SADDLERY CO., 104-106
W.FH.nM' MONIES CO.. 24 Union ave.
HATS AND CAPS.
TANHAUSBR HAT CO.. 63-56 Front.
HAY AND MTLL FEED.
W. A. GORDON CO.. Board of Trade bldg.
HIDES. FURS. WOOL.
KAHN BROS.. 1U1 Front.
HOP MERCHANTS.
BARRY L. HART. 22i) Worcester bldg.
A J RAY ft SON, 334 Sherlock bldg.
J.' W. SEAVEY HOP CO., 110 Sherlock bid.
HYDRAULIC RAMS.
COLUMBIA STEEL CO.. 148 10th.
ICE CREAM AND BUTTER.
SUNSET CREAMERY CO.. 281 1st.
ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS.
HAZELWOOD CREAM CO.. Sd ft Holt.
B WETLAND ft SON, 273 Morlson.
ICE, COAL AND COLD STORAGE.
CRYSTAL ICE ft STORAGE CO.. 432 E. Sal.
INDEPENDENT COAL ft ICE CO., 363 Stark.
LIBERTY COAL ft ICE- CO, 812 Pine.
ICE AND REFRIGERATING MACHINERY.
Karris "icbmachi.nb wk... 174 e. water.
IRON AND STEEL.
PAC. HARDWARE ft S. CO.. 22d ft Nlcolal.
IRON. STEEL, WAGON MATERIAL.
ROBERTSON H' WARE ft Steti Co.. t Front.
IRRIGATION PUMPS EQUIPMENTS.
BYRON JACKSON IRON WKS., 310 Oak.
KODAK PHOTO SUPPLIES.
PORTLAND PHOTO SUPPLY CO.. 149 8d-
seDarable from this city. experiences
trough which came to him the best that
he knows about God.
there are many Interesting side trips to
fce taken -from Jerusalem: To Bethlehem,
to Hebron, to Jericho and the Dead Sea.
Hut the best of the privilege lies ahead In
a horseback journey northward. One must
needs pass through Samaria Into Galilee.
Both natural beauty and sacred association
Increase nortnwaru. i ue
Holy Land la the Sea of Galilee. Our rich
est memory Is of a Sunday by this strangely
fascinating laae. j n ,
with our Lord's ministry. Toward evening
four of us climbed the high, mountainous
bluff near Magdala, obtaining a point of
vantage like Council Crest. A blue haze
was rising from the water and everywhere
the shadows were deepening, while upon
our own spirits was falling the hush of ap
proaching night. And as we sat there In
the gloaming, wordless and thoughtful, over
all that upon which we were then looking
as well as upon the memory of every sweet
experience of that never-to-be-forgotten
Sunday, came a mystic, mellowing radiance
from the presence of Him whom not having
seen we love, who in the days of His flesh
brought unappreciated heaven to these un
grateful shores and who. now In the days of
His spirit Is everywhere the abiding, and In
that hallowed spot, the abounding Inspira
tion of the reverent and entranced beholder.
upon his intelligence.' In the first place,
with regard to wool sold in Ohio at 18
cents, which he says was below the
free-trade basis, he should know that
the facts are that Ohio wool at 18 cents
brought 7ft cents a pound (or 71 per
cent) more than its free-trade basis.
If the American Woolen Company
was put out of business by Mr. Bryan,
the Ohio farmer would have to sell his
wool in London, where its value recent
ly was 13 cents per pound.
Mr. Monnett'a other statement with
regard to a J65 suit is almost too ab
surd to consider. Good clothing made
of 18-cent Ohio wool can be bought
at from $10 to $12 a suit, or $43 less
than Mr. Monnett alleges.
Let us see about the wool side of the
question:
In June, when Ohio farmers were
selling Ohio wool at 18 cents, the av
erage price In London for No. 60s Bot
any tops (similar wool, scoured, carded
and oombed), was 44 cents. As it costs
5 cents per pound' to convert clean wool
into top the value in London of the
clean wool must be 39 cents a pound.
Such merino wool as brought 18 cents
on the Ohio farm In June contains 35
per cent wool and 65 per cent grease
and dirt. On a basis of 39 cents for
the clean wool, the London, or free
trade value of this class of Ohio fleece
yielding 35 per cent clean wool is 13
cents, unwashed.
The minimum cost for marketing Ohio
wool In the London market is 3 cents
per pound, which must be deducted from
the London gross value of 13 cents per
pound In order to arrive at the net. or
free trade foreign value of Ohio wool,
which, therefore, Is 10 cents per pound
for such as Mr. Monnett says sold there
for 18 cents. Thus Mr. Monnett admitB '
that the Ohio farmer has had 7 cents
WHOLESALE
LITHOGRAPHERS:
SCHMIDT LlLhograph Co.. W ells-Fargo bldg.
LEATHER. , t .
CHAS. L. MASTICK ft CO., 74 Front street.
LAUNCHES.
RBIERSON MACHINERY CO.. 182 Morrison.
LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER.
THE J. M CRAKKN CO.. 231 Pice.
LIVESTOCK COMMISSION.
PORT. UNION STOCKY DS. 17th ft Vaughn.
LOGGER BLOCKS, TOOLS.
COLUMBIA STEEL CO.. 146 lutn.
LUMBER.
EASTERN ft WEST. LBR. CO.. N. Front at.
JONES LUMBER CO., 4th ft Columbia.
NORTH PAC. LBR. CO.. 306 Wells-Fargo bl.
ST. JOHNS LUMBER CO.. Portland.
M AIL ORDER AND SUPPLIES.
FRANKLIN ft CO.. 132 Front St.
MARINE HARDWARE.
CHAS F. BEEBE CO., 1st and Ankeny.
MACHINERY MERCHANTS.
PACIFIC ENGINEERING CO.. 509 Lum. EX
PORTLAND MACHINERY CO., 62 1st.
fclMMERMAN-WELLS-BROWN. 2d and Ash.
MEATS.
FRANK L. SMITH CO.. 226-228 Alder.
UNION MEAT CO.. 4th and Glisan.
MILLINERY.
BUTLER-SCHU'IZE CO.. oi 6th.
CASE ft RE 1ST CO.. 3th and Oak.
MONUMENTS.
BLAESING GRANITE CO.. 267 3d.
IMHOFF & MINAR, 835 E. Morrison.
PORTLAND MARBLE WORKS. 268 1st.
SCHAMEN-BLA1R CO., E. End Mad. Bridge.
NURSERY STOCK.
J. B. PILKINliTON. foot VaiahllL
ORGANS, CHURCH AND PARLOR.
BILERS PIANO HOlibE, Wash, ft ParK. SU.
PAINTS AND OILS.
FISHER, THORSEN ft CO., Front and Mor
rison. KELLY. THORSEN ft CO., 62-64 Union ave.
RASMUSSEN & CO., 194-196 2d.
TIMMS, CRESS ft CO.. 146 1st.
PAPER AND SHELF BOXES.
PORTLAND PAPER BOX CO.. 208 Oak.
F. C. STETTLER, luth and Gilsan sts.
PAPER AND STATIONERY.
BLAKE, M'FALL CO., 6872 Front.
J. W. P. M'FALL, 106 Front.
PHONOGRAPHS.
SHERMAN, CLA1 ft Co., tu ft Morrison.
PIANOS.
BILBRS PIANO HoLbE, Wash, ft Park sts.
REED-FRENCH PIANO CO.. 6th ft Burnside.
SHERMAN, CLAY ft CO.. 6th and Morrison.
PICKLES. VINEGAR. ETC.
KNIGHT PACKING CO.. 474 East Alder.
PLUMBING AND STEAM SUPPLIES.
THB GAl'LD CO.. 9-16 Front St.
M. L. KLINE, 84-86 Front.
I'OKK AND PROVISIONS.
SINCLAIR PROVISION CO.. 40 N. Front.
POSTAL CARDS.
PORTLAND POST CARD CO.. 124 6th.
POULTRY, BUTTER EGGS, FRESH MEAT
RUBY ft CO., 286 Couch, Commission, Hides,
Pelts, Wool.
SOUTHERN OREGON COM. CO., W. H. Mc-
Corquodale, 85 Front.
RAILS, CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES.
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO.. 72-74 1st St.
ROAD STREET-MAKING MACHINERY.
BEALL ft CO.. 321 Hawmorne.
ROOFING MATERIAL.
PARAFFINE PAINT CO., Common wealth bid.
SAWMILL MACHINERY.
A. H. AVERILL MACH. CO., 30 Belmont.
PORTLAND IRON WKS., 14th and Norhrup.
SAW MANUFACTURERS. ,
6IMONDS MFG. CO., 85 1st St.
SAWS, MACHINE KNIVES, ETC.
E. C. ATKINS ft CO., INC., 60 1st St.
SCHOOL FURNITURE, SUPPLIES.
N. W. SCHOOL FURNITURE CO.. 244 3d.
SEEDS AND POULTRY SUPPLIES.
J. J. BUTZBK, 188 Front.
PORTLAND SEED CO., Front and Yamhill.
SHIRTS AND OVERALLS.
H. WOLF ft SONS. 73-75 1st.
SHOE STORE SUPPLIES.
HERTSCHE BROS. 229 Oak.
SIGNS.
FOSTER ft KLE1SER, Everett and 8th.
SODA WATER MANUFACTURERS.
PIONEER SODA WORKS. 416 Water.
per pound more for his wool than Its
free trade value.
This difference of 7 cents per pound
Is the amount of Increase In price
caused by the present wool tariff; it
is also the amount of protection which
the Ohio farmer realized for his wool in
June.
The panic decline In free trade Eng
land on wool prices was greater than
in the United States, 18 cents marking
the maximum effect of the panic upon
the Ohio farmer. As an illustration, we
have in mind a cargo of Scotch wool,
brought to the United States at lid Eng
lish money, or 22 cents in our currency.
On its arrival during the panic the pur
chaser was unable to pay for it, and re
shipped it to Liverpool, where it was
sold at 5d or 11 cents, a decline of
50 per cent, which is a greater decline,
as previously stated, than took place on
similar wool here.
As will be seen from this Illustration,
there was a world-wide decline in wool
prices. There was no failure of the tariff
to elevate the American price, as Mr.
Monnett claims.
Now with regard to the $65 suit of
clothing containing less than two pounds
of wool, by reason of which, Mr. Mon
nett alleges, the woolgrower is being
robbed to the extent of about 900 per cent.
The facts are that all-wool suits o
three pieces containing not more than
two pounds of clean wool must be mado
of goods weighing 10 ounces to the
yard. Such a suit, as I have said, made
of fine wool, can be purchased at re
tall in any of the markets of the United
States for $12: and if made of quarter
blood wool (Shropshire grade), at $10.
These prices yield a fair profit to the
manufacturer of cloth, also to the whole
sale manufacturer of clothing and to
the retailer of the latter. These would
be such suits as are worn by 75 per
cent of the American people.
There is no other place in the world
where so valuable a suit (all wool) can
be bought ready-made for less money
or even for the same price considering
how well made and tailored such a suit
Is. The fame of American ready-made
clothing has spread far and wide; for
instance, the French Government now
has a Commissioner in the United States
to examine Into and learn American
methods of clothing manufacture, and
this Commissioner, as before reported
In your paper, has already expressed
himself as convinced of the superiority
and modest cost of our ready-to-wear
clothing.
Mr. Bryan, according to the statement,
which has not been denied, has author
ized Mr. Monnett to say for him that
if he Is elected President he will use
all the power of the Government to de
stroy this "wool monopoly" this mo
nopoly which sells the best ready-made
clothing in the world at from $10 to $12.
and which pays the American wool
grower 7 cents per pound more for wool
than Its free trade basts.
This threat will give the people of the
United States some idea as to what they
may expect from Mr. Bryan in the way
of interference with our domestic Indus
try, for the American Woolen Company
Is no more a trust than any other large
corporation. The American Woolen Com
pany cannot buy wool at any lower price
than such competitors as tha Atlantic
Mills, Pacific Mills, Arlington. Mills, of
WHOLESALE
STEEL BEAMS, CHANNELS, ETC.
PACIFIC 1. ft S. WKS., E. Burnside Bridge.
STEEL CASTINGS.
COLUMBIA STEEL CO.. 146 10th.
STOVES AND RANGES.
LOWENBERO ft GOING CO.. 13th and Irving,
TALKING MACHINES AND RECORDS.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE. Wash, ft Park sts.
TINPLATE SHEETIRON.
PACIFIC METAL W KS.. 73 N. 2d.
TRANSFER AND STORAGE.
HOLM AN TRANSFER CO., 8-12 Front.
OREGON AUTO-DESPATCH CO.. 13 1st s
OREGON TRANSFER CO.. 134 N. 6th.
TRUNKS AND BAGS.
MULTNOMAH TRUNK CO.. 121 E. Water.
WAGON AND TRUCK WORKS.
NORTH PACIFIC WAGON WORKS. 4th
and Hoyt.
WALL PAPER.
HENRY BBRGER CO.. 128 1st.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
BLUMAUER & HOCH. 108 4th.
HENRY FLECKENSTEIN ft CO., 204 2d.
H. VARWIG ft SON. 231 Front.
WIRE AND INSULATED WIRE.
JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO., 81 1st.
WIRE AND IRON WORKS.
PORTLAND WIRE L WKS.. 2d ft Everett.
WIRE ROPE.
JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO.. 91 1st.
WIRE ROPE, LOGGING TOOLS.
S. B. HICKS ft SONS CO.. 44 1st.
WOOLENS AND TRIMMINGS.
GARRATT ft YOUNG. 92 1st.
FINANCIAL
BONDS AND MORTGAGES.
H. E. NOBLE, 312 Commercial bldg.
BONDS AND STOCKS.
OVERBECK ft COOKE CO.. 35 C. of Com.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS.
W J. CLEMENS, Commercial Club bldg.
HENRY HEWETT ft CO., 228 Sherlock bldg.
D. W. HOELBINQ ft CO.. 311 Stark.
LAM BERT-WHITMDR CO.. 107 Sherlock.
PETTIS-GROS8MA YER CO.. Board of Trad
bldg.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE OF NEWARK.
N. J., Falling bldg.
MORTGAGE LOANS.
WILLIAM MAC MASTER. 302 Worcester Md.
STOCKS, BONDS AND GRAIN.
DOW N IN G-HOPKINS CO.. 201-4 Couch Bldg.
TIMBER LANDS.
EMBODY ft BRADLEY CO.. 708 C. of Com.
FREDERICK A. KR1BS, 328 Cham, ef Com.
JAMES D. LACE Y ft CO., 829 C. of Com.
RETAIL
AUTOMOBILES.
FRED A. BENNETT. 4U5 Aluer.
CROWE-GRAHAM Motor Co.. Wash, ft 15th.
COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.. 16th and Alder.
OREGON MOTOR CAR CO.. 86 10th su
BUILDERS' HARDWARE. TOOLS.
AVEHY ft CO.. 48 3d.
J. J. KADDERLY, 130 Itt.
CARD ENGRAVERS.
W. G- SMITH ft CO.. 3a lioor. Wash. bldg.
ELECTRIC AND GAS FIXTURES.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO. 4'JO Wash.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN AND PA
CIFIC STATES CONSOLIDATED, 2d and
Burnsld.
FLORISTS.
CLARKE BROS., 2BU Morrison.
MARTIN ft FORBES. 347 Washington.
GROCERS AND MERCHANDISE.
(.Mall Orders.i
RICHET COMPANV. 112 Front.
HARNESS AND SADDLERY.
. WESTENGARD. 283 Front.
J. C. P
HOTELS.
THB ESMOND HOTEL. Front and Morrison.
MEAT MARKETS.
BOSTON PACKING CO., 1st ft Burnside, M
ft Ankeny.
MONEY LOANED ON JEWELRY.
PIONEER LOAN OFFICE. 13 N. 80.
TAILORS AND UNIFORMS.
CHARLES COOPEV ft EON. 300 Oak s-
the Wanskuck Company, all of which and
many more of equal or almost equal size
are not in the so-called "trust.
Tt there is a more serious aspect to
hi threat of Mr. Bryan's, which relates
to the welfare of labor. The policy which
he proposes will deprive millions of work
Ingmen of their bread and butter. If the
panic of 1907 has thrown labor out of em
ployment for a half year, because of the
correcting of abuses existing among a
few corporations, you can imagine whnt
will happen to our industrial life In the
event of Mr. Bryan's election, as he has
announced his purpose to turn existing
industrial conditions inside out and upside
down. If a little panic was the result of
a comparatively small Interference with
Industrial corporations, Mr. Bryan's in
terference on a large scale would outlast
his term of office.
There is another feature of Mr. Bryan s
threat. His platform declares for free
raw material. Wool is raw material from
the Democratic point of view; so that
with one hand removing protection from
the American woolgrower, with the other
he would destroy the only market in the
world for American wool. The American
Woolen Company is the largest single
consumer in the United States, and in
placing their so-called "trust-made prod
ucts" on the "free list" Mr. Bryan would
not only destroy this company, but would
likewise destroy those other indppendent
mills which are not In what Mr. Bryan
calls a "trust."
We know very well what would hap
pen to the wool and woolen industries if
Mr. Bryan carried out his threatened
scheme, for we have had experience dur
ing the life of the Wilson tariff act with
free wool, and an ad valorem duty upon
manufacturers of wool which was so small
that under It the wool flocks were de
stroyed and the woolen mills languished.
Some California woolgrowers, and others
from Texas, who were unable to sell their
wool in the United States under the Wil
son act, exported It to Europe, where it
brought so little that the American Ship
per was brought into debt and had to send
money abroad to liquidate the expenses
on it.
Thus experience has" proved that there
is no other market for American-grown
wool but the American home market.
These facts and many others reciting
the actual experience of the trial of the
free-wool experiment under the Wilson
act were printed and bound in a volume
by the Government, which any one de
siring can obtain gratis by applying to
his Senator or Representative In Con
gress. This volume is called "Wool
Hearings Before the Ways and Means
Committee of the House of Representa-
tives in 1897." Every woolgrower In the 1
United States, and every other person di- "4
rectly or indirectly Interested in the wool
and woolen industries, should procure a
copy of this report and carefully study It,
for it Is evident from the above apparent
ly authorized public announcement of Mr.
Monnett's interview with Mr. Bryan that
the question of duty or no duty upon wool
as a raw material is to be a big Issue of
the 1908 Presidential campaign.
It takes the farmer a whole year to
grow a ifleece of wool. It is not a raw
material to him; it is his finished product,
as much as yarn is the finished product
of the spinner, although at the same time
the raw material of the cloth weaver.
XHEODORE JUSTICE.
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