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In another column Mr. B. E. Pres
ton, asks for certain statistics which
v rfTet we are unable to supply.
Wt know of oo Oo-vernment figures
that .tell the total amount of wealth
produced In thU country conal deling
wealth to be cot only the product of
muacle but of brain aa well. More
over, we do not believe that Mr. Free-
ton could make any food use of the
Harare If ho had them.
It would not be possible, without
going into a very exhaustive Inquiry.
to ascertain whether the laborer In
question. If robbed at ail. M robbed
by his employer or by those from
whom he purchased his necessities, or
by both, through freed of pro flu.
It might be found that the em
ployer made no profit from the labor
of this workman. Yet that would not
prove that the workman had not been
grievously deprived by the merchant
from whom he purchased hla chll
dren's shoes. 'or could the Inquiry
consistently atop at that point. Per
haps the merchant made only a fair
profit, but the Jobber, or the manu
facturer, made an excessive one.
Taking up another phase of the
rase. Mr. Preston ralcht have some
difficulty In determining- whether. In
the event someone had made an un
Just profit, the workman In the New
England shoe factory cr the laborer
at $10 per month In whose case he
la Interested, was the more grievously
"deprived of hla necessities."
The Justice of the laborer's com
pensation Is not wholly fixe
by the number of dollars he receive.
nor by the profit hla employer makes
from his services. The purchasing
power of the wa.ce la a highly impor
tant factor. The things that Influ
ence the cost of the necessity and
hance Influence the purchasing power
rt the dollar are numberless. So,
a-ln. to take up Mr. Preston's little
Journey Into economics:
Having reached the New England
shoe factory he might find that
greed of profits had not deprived any
one of a Juat wage so far along the
line. But still he would be uncertain.
The owner of the steer that supplied
the hide, the railroad that hauled the
hide to market, the farmer who sold
hay to the stockman and on back
ward and among remote agencies that
contributed to the cost of the shoes
might be found one or several
"greedy of profits."
The family tree of the shoe, traced
throngs Its spreading and ramifying
branches, would not establish the case
of the Pacific Coast laborer. The
family history of the laborer's soup
meat, of his scanty furniture, of hla
fuel, of hla overalls, of his other ne
cessities, must be probed.
Really. Mr. Preston had better give
up farther attempt to solve the prob
lem unless he can afford to throw up
hla preesnt Job and devote his whole
time to the Inquiry.
mors iro-rirrAxc"B: ADnri
TNa Oregonlan reprints today a let
ter from the President of the National
Republican Progressive League. Jona
than Bourne, addressed to the "Re
publican voters of Oregon," advising
them of his successful efforts to
place the Presidential preference pri
mary In a high place among other
monuments of the Oregon system and
felicitating himself on the spread of
the popular Presidential primary to
other states. The voters Republican
voters are advised to write to Mr.
Williams, National committeeman,
asking him to unce the primary meth
od on the National committee with a
view of Its extension to all the states.
The letter from the president of the
National Progressive League has been
printed In various Oregon newspa
pers; but we regret to learn that the
advice of the distinguished head of
the National Progressive Republican
League has fallen on stony ground;
for National Committeeman Williams
informs The Oregonlan that he has
received not a single letter from any
cltixen on the subject.
Possibly the Republicans of Oregon
are reluctant to act on the urgent In
vitation of Mr. Bourne, though his
counsel Is given not as a Senator, but
from the exalted eminence of the
presidency of the National Republican
Progressive League his own, nobody
else's league. Thus It would appear
that the league president counsels Re
publicans as a Republican, which Is
Interesting, if not Important. Though
to be sure the Bourne definition of a
progressive Republican Is of a Repub
lican who will not support the Repub
lican nominee unless It Is La Follette
tor Bourne perhaps).
But there are others besides
Bourne who will advise National Com
mitteeman Williams to do Just what
Senator Bourne asks him to do.
Among them Is The Oregonlan.
The Republican National Committee
ought not to stand In the way of any
fair and full expression by the voters
of any state of their preference for
President and Vice-President. If the
Republicans of any state are for Taft,
their delegation to the National con
vention should vote for Taft; If for
La Follette. they should vote for La
"Toilette. There should be no hocus
pocus or flim-flam about It. The ma
jority should rule and the Presidential
preference primary plainly Intends
that It should rule.
Not only Mlaeoutiana. but citizens
of all other states, will be shown what
Oregon produces at the Land Show at
Chicago. Many of them should be
4rawa te Oregon and other North
western States by this display of the
fertility of our virgin soil, especially
hould they be attracted at a time
when the Eastern States are complaln
luf of decreased yield per acre. But
1 Oregon will expect those who come
here to do better by her soil than they
have done In other states to conserve
Its fertility by modern methods of
farming, instead of exhausting It.
rrsHcro Koonn.i txro the rack.
Mr. Norman E. Mack la near the
seat of hostilities and may be pre
sumed to know a thing or two about
the political situation in New York.
But If he does, he successfully con
ceals his real knowledge by giving out
for publication stuff like his recent
Interview wherein he said that
"Roosevelt Is now an avowed candi
date for the Republican nomination.
If Mr. Roosevelt has made an
avowal of that kind It has escaped
the notice of all observers except the
astute Mr. Mack. Tet Mr. Mack, as
National Democratic Committeeman
for New Tork. may be able to see
things others cannot see. Evidently
he does see things others never see
and never will.
Mr. Roosevelt's only recent authen
tic avowal about the Presidency Is
his letter to the Pittsburg editor
wherein he discouraged any move
ment to secure his nomlnstlon and
Insisted that "every friend do everything-
In his power to prevent any
movement looking toward any agita
tion or movement for my nomina
tion." "No friend of mine will take
Dart In such a movement." further
said Colonel Roosevelt.
A letter In the Identical language of
the Pittsburg letter, or In very slml-
lar language. Is said to have been re-
ceived recently by an editor in Wash
ington State.
Mr. Mack's fanciee grow from hla
desires A Roosevelt boom under
Mack auspices will get no farther
than the famous second-electlve-term
crusade of 190S under other
auspices
nus ixn crt for more.
The taxpayer will squirm when he
reads the Mayor's budget. But what
Is he going to do about It? The pub
lic, which pays the taxes. Insists on a
higher plane of living for the city. The
cost of living to the average family Is
60 per cent higher than It was ten
years sgo. The ranuiy cannot gei
along with less than it has. It Is the
age of the silk, hat and the automo
bile, the Paris gown and the theater,
the dress suit for all the bovs and the
JJ-per-hour music teacher for all the
girls. Somebody has to pay. In the
family It la the wage-earner; In the
city It Is the taxpayer.
The annual budget for Portland ag
gregates 2. 420, 725 somewhat more
than last year, but not so much as
next year's is likely to be. It is a
large sum, too large. But the respon
sibility does not rest primarily with
the Mayor or the City Council. It Is
with the public, which "rill not be
content with less and Insists on more
and more and will Insist on more and
more till the day of reckoning.
The budget represents, besides the
necessaries, the fads and frills and
fancies of up-to-date municipal ad'
ministration. There are not bridges
enough, and we vote bonds for more;
there are too many private docks, and
we vote bonds for municipal docks;
the old schoolhouses are not sightly or
convenient, and we build of stone and
brick; the three R's are too primitive.
and we add trades schools, sowing,
singing, art. cooking and a hundred
other novelties to the overweighted
curriculum; the old Courthouse Is an
tiquated and cramped, so we tear it
down and build a new one; the the
aters are not large or numerous or
handsome enough, and we set out to
ret an auditorium. Ths streets are
dusty and muddy, and we pave them
and then pay IJOO.000 annually to
keep them clean and In repair.
These things are not all chargeable
to the city's budget. Indeed, but they
are the things which the taxpayer In
one form or another of tax pays for.
Besides, we must have more police.
more Bremen, more Drass-mounted
(Ire apparatus, more nice-looking fl re
houses, more employes at high sal
aries, and more and more of a hun
red other things, some indispensable.
others not. but all costly.
Thus taxes go up with our scale of
living. We are not willing to practice
self-denial and keep them down.
lXSOX FROM FtTTAXXCT TAIXET.
The Oregonlan la indebted to the
Gazette-Times, of Corvallls, for th'
outline of an address delivered in that
Ity last week by Mr. W. H. Paulha
mus. of Sumner. Wash, In which are
Iven some truths that should cause
many communities to listen and heed.
Adverting to the efforts being made
by various sections to secure manu
facturing plants through the giving of
bonuses. In some cases equaling the
payroll of the promised factory for a
year or more, perhaps also the dona
tion of a valuable site, Mr. Paulhamus
made the terse statements that i
should remember that we are living in
an agricultural country par excel
lence; that our attention should be
turned to Intensive farming and co-op
eration In marketing the products.
He cited the case of the Puyallup
Valley. In Washington, aa an example
of what can be done by Intelligent
team work. That Is what co-opcra-
Won really is. There the Puyallup A
Sumner Fruitgrowers Association has
o perfected Its organization as to em
brace practically all of the growers In
that section, the membership now be
ing ove- 00. This association hi
been conducted so skillfully and so
successfully that the amount paid to
the transportation companies for
freight on the shipment of the mem
bers products amounts to 1100 per
acre per annum. The association,
says Mr. Paulhamus, "handles all the
fruit of the members, grades the fruit,
ships the fresh fruit that will stand
shipping and for which there Is, a mar.
ket. and cans all the remainder. All
aprlea. pears, plums, etc., that fall
from the trees are used, and the fruit
grower gets all the profit."
The organization has been In exist
ence but a few years, but the Increase
in the fruit shipments of the valley
have gone from S0O0 crates per year
to 372.000 crates, and shipments are
still Increasing. These are Indeed
startling figures, figures that should
cause every fruit-producing section In
the Northwest to ponder. Yet the fur-
ther fact Is given that in the mean
time the price has gone from the for
mer average of 75 rents per crate to
S1.S0 per crate. Forty carloads of
raspberries were sold this year at
11.7$ per crate. Surely such figures,
given by a gentleman as marked for
his conservatism as he Is for his intel
ligence, should awaken our fruit
growers, particularly In this favored
Willamette Valley, to Immediate ac
tion. We all know what the applegrowers
hare accomplished by united action.
It Is a certainty that If we were mar-
keting our apples now as we were
twenty-live yearg ago the Oregon
apple would have no standing in the
markets of the world. We would still
be packing them In barrels, with the
best specimens on top, each grower
trying to get his neighbor's customers
by underselling him, and the prices
would stay somewhere about 12 per
barrel In place of f 1 a box.
But our agriculturists have over
looked the fact that organisation, co
operation and intelligent leadership
are Just aa Important In marketing our
other products as In marketing our
apples. However, it is hoped the state
ments made by Mr. Paulhamus will
be the means of causing an awaken
ing all over this Western country, to
the end that we may emerge from the
old. every-man-for-hlmself-an,d-tho-devll-take-the-hlndmost
system to
twentieth-century methods; that we
may forget the stagecoach days and
remember that we are living In an age
of Big Business.
The agricultural business dwarfs all
others; then why should It not be han
dled as Intelligently as the other great
Industries? Mr. Paulhamus and a few
other such leaders will assist mightily
In bringing about systematic efforts
to that end.
POT BUOTS BT CONVICTS.
When the parole and pardon policy
of our emotional Governor goes
wrong and he becomes the target for
criticism. It Is but human nature
I just weak human nature for him to
I attempt to shield himself by suppress-
Ing news of the misdeeds of his honor
men. But how about the good citi
zens among whom these truant honor
men have been turned loose T Have
they not a right to be shielded from
the bullet and bludgeons of the hon
or men? Has It come to the pass
that one of the Incidents of life In
and around Oregon's capital Is to have
roving convicts take pot shots at one
In the dark? Such Incidents are thrill
ing, but most of us would rather be
spared the thrills
If the Oovernor must persist In his
sentimental policy of managing con
victs he should be frank enough to
confess his occasional errors of Judg
ment In releasing the wrong men. such
as Sam uroger. "consiaerea one oi
the most desperate among the honor
men at the School for Feeble-MInded,"
as the news reports describe him.
While this would be mortifying to the
Governor, it would give the citizens
warning to look out for men in am
bush. The citizens might Indeed
catch one of the fugitives occasionally
and put him back where he should
be.
The visit of Gipsy 8mlth has made
these dnys for searching the heart.
Let the Governor search his heart and
commune with his conscience. It
may tell him that the only right course
for him to pursue when one of his
honor men goes wrong is to proclaim
the fact and give unoffending cltl-
cena a chance for their Uvea
ME.MAL IIHALJMO.
In its November number the Amer
ican Journal of Clinical Medicine re
prints with ardent approbation one
of Mr. Brisbane's editorials upon the
art and science of medicine. This de
liverance of the distinguished essay
ist was published originally In the
Chicago American and was in reply
to Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who had at
tacked with her usual vim and vigor
the entire profession of medicine and
11 its orthodox practitioners. The
uninitiated observer might wonder at
the spectacle of two editors as emi
nent as Mr. Brisbane and Ella Wheel
er Wilcox hurling Inky thunderbolts
st each other on the same page of
the newspaper to which they both
contribute, but In the Hearst periodi
cals wonders are too common to ex
cite much comment.
As a rule Ella Wheeler Wilcox
poetry Is better than her prose and
her silence is preferable to either, but
on this occasion she was uncommonly
Wllcoxy, If one may coin a milder
synonym for smy. Regarding sur
gery, she said that "probably not
more than one operation In a hunded
Is an Imperative necessity." Old
school practitioners will fall more and
more into the background, she pre
dicted, and "mental and nature heal
ers will Increase." According to her
opinion, "In 100 years thought will
be the acknowledged power used by
all reputable physicians to cure and
heal humanity."
It often escapes ths notice of en
thusiasts like Mrs. Wilcox that all
reputable physicians" rely upon
thought now as an acknowledged
power to cure and heal humanity.
When a certain young man asked Sir
Joshua Reynolds what he mixed his
points with the artist replied "With
brains." He meant that he used
thought as an acknowledged power
to make good pictures. The doctor
who falls to mix his medicines with
brains will certainly come to grief In
these times, whatever may have been
his fortune in other days.
But very likely the kind of
thought" which Mrs. Wlloox believes
In is not the kind which one common
ly associates with brains. Far other
wise. The "thought" which, accord
ing to her prediction. Is to heal the
world In the dawning centuries Is of
the variety which the medicine man
of the Skowhegan Indians relies upon
In his Incantations. It Is one-half su
perstition and the other half impos
ture. It is Interwoven with ritualistic
dances, the pouring of oil. the laying,
on of consecrated hands and a hun
dred other ceremonies designed to
comfort the simple. While there Is
some value in modern systems of
mental healing, thought therapeutics
and so on. Just as there -was some
value In the Incantations of the medi
cine men of the Potawatomlea, it Is
none the less true that they are all
more or less Intimately allied to
Itchcraft. They walk so near the
edge of that dangerous precipice that
It needs only a gentle push to send
them over.
Hence, even If thought healing with
Its congeners were much more valu
able than It is, sensible people would
be chary of encouraging It. There
are drugs whose curative properties
are extremely potent, but at the same
time they are bo dangerous that phy
sicians dislike to administer them.
Arsenic Is such a drug. Morphine Is
another. In our opinion the power of
the mind over the body la a remedial
agent which ought to be treated like
arsenic and morphine. Valuable In
Its place and under proper precau
tions It Is so liable to abuse and so
full of hlddan perils that laymen
should beware of trying to apply It
without wise medical advice.
We do not agree with Mr. Bris
bane's dictum that "modern mental
healers can cure any disease you
haven't got" and no others. They can
cure a great many real maladies. Just
as arsenic will relieve some serious
bodily troubles, but the dangers con
nected with the application of
thought In Mrs. Wilcox" sense of it
to therapeutic uses are so grave that
upon the whole they seem fairly to
outbalance the benefits. It Is unfor
tunate that this agency should ever
have been spoken of as "thought-"
In reality It la a sort of emotional ex
citement which seems to be more or
less capable of transmission from one
person to another. Some have mis
takenly called It "will power," but it
has nothing to do with volition.
In Its original and savage form the
art of medicine consisted entirely of
"mental healing." The medicine man
never dreamed of administering
drugs. He relied entirely upon . in
cantations, prayer and the like. With
the development of civilization the
use of these agencies has declined and
physicians have come to rely more
and more upon material means. This
is r rallel with the development of
civilization In other directions. A lit
tle reflection will convince anybody
that in the last few centuries our re
Uanoe upon all sorts of occult powers
has declined while we trust more and
roots to material Inventions informed
with Intelligent thought. We do not
believe that mental healing Is des
tined to supplant material agencies In
the next hundred years or In ten
thousand years. On the contrary the
progress of evolution teaches us that
occult devices of all sorts will be
abandoned and that scientific pro
cesses will be substituted for them.
Emotion will be used therapeutically
In its proper place, but it will be un
der scientific control.
No doubt speculations of this sort
about the medicine of the future are
pretty nearly superfluous. The great
est triumphs of science have been In
the direction of preventing disease.
not curing It, and this process will go
on until such a thing as a sick man
will be seldom heard of. More effec
tive than either "thought" or drugs
for the elimination of disease from
the world Is the betterment of the
social conditions which entail disease.
Tammany Is not friendly to Wood
row Wilson, which may or may not be
surprising. But Tammany Is not the
wholo Democratic party In New York.
There is Hearst. Doubtless Hearst
ought to be for whomsoever or what
soever Tammany 1s against. But he
is not. The New York American re
cently had this:
ta New Jersey ths aetbaek to Oorernor
Wlleon waa due In rmrt. parhapa. to the
faot that ha la a fudden convert to pro
areaalre policies advanced by othera for
many yaara without hla axpreaaed sympathy
or publlo aid. In aome quarters he has
ralaed doubta. whloh tlma may remove, of
hla entire alncerity, and In othera fears that
ha la unsafe.
The Wilson boom Is having rough
sledding In the extreme East where
the votes are.
The Puget Sound country Is af
flicted with a storm and flood such as
that which has put the Seattle water
system out of oommlsslon frequently,
In fact, nature may be said to have
a fixed programme for the third week
in November. Heavy snow in the
mountains la followed by a Chinook
with a warm, heavy rain. As the
melted snow and the rain water both
try to crowd into the rivers at the
same time and as there is barely room
for one of them, some of the water la
crowded over the banks. The evil may
be aggravated by the gradual stripping
of the timber from the mountains.
Professor Woodman's remarks upon
sugar as an article of diet ought to
Interest temperance reformers. He
says that It Is the most available
source of energy we have, and It is so
rapidly assimilated by -the body that
It acts as a positive stimulant. Why
not give sugar to cure the craving for
drink? Men who do not use liquor
are said to be fond of sweets as a rule.
Sugar provides the same heat-generating
element as whisky and does It
harmlessly.
Mrs. Hetty Green, of Wall street, is
perennially young. Age cannot wither
her nor dollar-grabbing stale.' Sua
cessful financiers are apt to live to a
good old age, but not so apt as philos
ophers and preachers. Mental work
ers outlive men who use their muscles
severely. The best preventive of pre
mature senility Is Judicious Idleness
alternating with the work you like.
An Invalid who loves his daily Job will
last longer than an athlete who hates
it.
It is sad that the exquisite Dr. Ly
man should not be allowed to gratify
his luxurious tastes in his cell nor en
Joy the Improving society of his fellow-prisoners.
But Dr. Lyman has
shown such hypnotic power over other
men and such facility in breaking
from restraint that he can hardly
wonder at the caution of his guar
dians. It Is really a tribute to his
wonderful powers, hence a compliment
which should please the doctor.
When floods cut off Puget Sound
from the East by way of the railroads
across the Cascade Mountains, it Is
very convenient to have the North
Bank road through the Portland gate
way open. It is always open, floods
or no floods. It is even better than a
water-level route, for, though it fol
lows the water route through the
mountains. It Is far enough above the
water to be out of danger of floods.
In calling a meeting and Inviting
the public to attend . tomorrow night
to discuss corporal punishment, the
School Board la catering to whimsical
protest. Every parent knows school
children should be whipped other
people's children, of course.
One thousand signed the pledges at
Gipsy Smith's Sunday meeting and
the "collections totaled $1000. In the
old days salvation was said to be free,
but now a better brand deserves the
slight cost-
Does It speak well for civilization
that the first outward signs of It evi
denced by Ishl, "the uncontamlnated
man. are ruty-one pounus oi rai ana I
the clsrarette habit? I
Those bachelors up in Lake County
think they are yearning for wives
when it is cooks they need.
Now that the hold-up season has
begun, there will be demand for dol
lar watches.
Somebody la due to be trussed. Re
lations are ruptured between Russia
and Persia
Once more people must pass
through Portland to get anywhere.
The undertaker Is a long way ahead ,
of the stork In France J
SENATOR BOtTRXCS ADVICE.
Wants Republicans te Write 'to Na
tional Committeeman Williams.
Jonathan Bourne as president of the
National Republican Progressive
League, has audressed the following
letter to the Republicans of Oregon:
"In the Spring of 1910 I proposed, and
at the following November election the
voters of the state enacted a Presi
dential preference law permitting the
voters in direct primaries to express
their choice. for party oandidates for
President and Vlce-Presldent-
"Thls law has since been enacted In
Wisconsin. North Dakota. Nebraska
and New Jersey, and will certainly be
enacted In other states at the next
session of their legislatures. Thus it
is hoped the steamroller method of
nominating candidates will be de
stroyed and the voters given opportu
nity to say whom they desire as party
"However, until such laws have been
However, until such laws have been
generally enacted. It is desirable that
this feature of the Oregon system do
established by custom in other states.
With this end In view L as president
of the National Progressive Republi
can League, recently addressed a letter
to eaoh member of the Republican Na
tional Committee asking him, at the
meeting to be held In Washington in
December, to support a resolution urg
lnr all state committees, wherever
nratlcabla. to order Presidential prl
marles held. To this letter I have had
numerous responses but thus far none
from the Ore iron member or tne com
mlttee, Hon. Ralph Williams of Dallas.
"Mr. Williams, as member ot tne na
tlonal Committee from Oregon, Is I
servant of the oarty and not Its master.
It Is his duty to carry out the wishes
of the members of the party so far as
he can ascertain them. I believe that
an overwhelming majority of Oregon
Republicans believe In the Oregon
avatem and earnestly desire Its ex
tension to other states.
"Therefore, I respectfully suggest that
Republicans throughout the state write
Mr. Williams, expressing their desire
that as a member of the National torn
mlttee he urge the adoption of the
Oregon plan. of Presidential preference
vote In all states where possible. Yours
truly. "JONATHAN BOURSE."
GOVERNOR CASTS PALL ON
CLUB
Democrat Desooien Wear a Plea
Sherman Law's Repeal.
for
PORTLAND, Nov. 10. (To the Edi
tor. I was nresent at the Jackson
Club Friday evening and heard Gover
nor West "explain" his Democracy and
tell how his appointment of Republi
cans to offioe had helped build up the
Democratic party and tear aown mo
Republican party, all of which was
very interesting. His advocacy of Gov
ernment ownership of all public utili
ties as well as industrial trusts being
nenr Democratic doctrine was not ap
plauded .except by the slngle-tax-ITRen-Crldge-McAllister-Soclallst
con
tingent which has little Influence and
which merely seeks to break up the
n.mocrat a as well as KepuDiicen
parties for the purpose of building
im the Socialist Darty. where their
avmoathles really are and under which
banner they will enlist Just as soon
as the Socialist party nas a cnanoe o
win.
The Governor's plea tor tne repeal
of the Sherman anti-trust act fell like
a pall over the club. Shades of Andrew
Jackson I A Governor, elected as a
n.nnnni. advocatlnir the repeal of
law because It has not been en
forced by the opposition party! For
n ari everv Democratlo National
platform has Insisted on the enforce
ment of the Sherman anti-trust act.
W. J. Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Judson
Harmon. Champ Clark, Joseph Folk
and every Democrat of National
fame Insists on the strict en
forcement of the anti-trust law to
break up the trusts, restore competi
tion, disseminate the wealth of the
Nation and bring contentment to the
masses through reduced cost of living.
But Oovernor West Is on the side of
the "masses" with J. P. Morgan, Rocke
feller. Perkins, the Havemeyers, the
Guggenhelms, the Aldrlches, and wants
the Sherman anti-trust act repealed.
What a spectacle West would make
at the Democratlo National convention,
arguing with Bryan. Harmon and Wil
son for the insertion of a plank asking
for the repeal of the anti-trust actl
Should we repeal the law in Oregon
against murder because our Governor
disregards his oath of office and will
not enforce It?
FRANK T. BERRY,
4 North Sixth street
NO GAMBLING TO BE PERMITTED
Multnomah Hotel Company Defends
Purposes of Down-Town Clnb.
PORTLAND, Nov. 18. (To the Edi
tor.) The Multnomah Hotel manage
ment feels that an Injustice has been
done It by the numerous news items
appearing that the Down Town Club
was being formed and that Its main
ohiant and purpose would be gambling
and that this club had leased quarters
In the Multnomah Hotel Dunamg.
The managers of the Multnomah
Hotel have lived in roruana own,
years some of them being pioneers.
The general public knows that gam
bling would not be allowed In any hotel
whi,-, thpv conduct, but a good many
people who are not acquainted with
tnem migni moi
be nermltted In the hotel and keep
away from It accordingly.
The Down Town Club has been
formed and has Becured an option on
nmrMri in the new Multnomah. These
quarters will be elegantly finished and
furnished for tnis ciuo. iuo purpuoo
and objects of the club have been rep
resented to the Multnoman manage
ment ji belns: that of club life and
club comforts for Us membership. The
gentlemen who compose tnls oiud are
well and favorably known In the city
and the writer is positive that gambling
la farthest from their thoughts. in
any event, gambling will not be al
lowed In the Multnomah Hotel, and I
believe has never been oontempiatea
by the members of this club.
MULTNOMAH. HUlLL tuiirAiHi,
By Philip Qevurtx, President.
CAR MARKINGS PVZZI.B VISITOR.
Callfornlan Lauds Numbered Route Sys
tem Employed by San Diego Company.
PORTLAND, Nov. 17, To the Edi
tor) I am a stranger In your beautiful
city, having Just come irom Ban Diego.
I was here some 30 years ago and am
greatly surprised at the change. I
cannot say I like the climate as well as
our own, but, as an old saying goes. It
will do with an onion. Your street cars
are much bigger and different from
ours, but the way they are maraed is
bad.
Now. our cars are simply numbered.
There Is a lantern on each right-hand
on the deck. These lanterns are num-
herea l, z. . accurumg ij mo ruuto iuo
cars run on. They are lighted nights.
1 nere is
card on all street corners
which tells the passenger where they
run. Each route is so numbered and
the car Is numbered to match. The
company publishes a leaflet which con
tains the full Information and the con
ductors will give you one if you ask
prettily.
Here how different! You want to
take a car for Sellwood; you wait for
a car; It is night; you see a car coming
by getting in the track and waiting
until It is almost on to you; you are
able to see that the sign says "Brook
lyn;" you get back on the sidewalk and
swear. Now, If cars were marked our
way you could tell what car It was as
far as you could see it. nut wnat is
the use of talking? If you can stand
it. I ou. I am colng home tonight
SAN D1EGAN.
FARMEH COVETS FEIN ADVANTAGES
Educational and Amusement Plans
Turn Thoughts to Bank. robbery.
MMINNVTT.T.E. Or, Nov. 19. (To the
Editor.) The advantages offered and
Inducements still being formulated by
state officials and others to people to
become Inmates of our state prison are
becoming so attractive that a number of
us here In Yamhill County begin to
doubt the wisdom of plodding along at
our usual vocations, as 'producers and
taxpayers. We have about decided to
try and break Into the penitentiary for
a few years that we may embrace the
educational advantages and opportuni
ties for advancement as suggested by
Superintendent Alderman and associ
ates in the article headed "No Educa
tion, No Parole Plan" in The Oregonlan,
November 17, provided the same is
adopted.
We have been too busy of late years
In cultivating and improving our farms
to devote much time to some of the
studies enumerated and have about de
cided on taking a course in Mr. James'
Institution, provided we can rent our
farms out to some of the graduates In
the agricultural course from there.
It would, of course, be somewhat of
an experiment with us at first and be
fore enrolling we would want "Os." to
agree to let us oft occasionally for a
week In Portland or for all time If we
do not like the place, and If In order to
stop opposition to the school here, we
should have to ship out a trunkful or
two of old stiffs, would ask that he
agree to us having a shorter term, pro
vided we do not care for the full course.
We also strictly draw the color-lino
and If there are any black ones In there
would ask that they be turned loose.
We would expect to be punished with
the up-to-date magazines and a
graphophone with the latest records
until such a time as we become pro
ficient on the piano or get so interested
in Shakespeare that we do not care for
music.
Another matter of Importance, too,
we notice that the school Is to be kept
up by volunteer work. We are afraid
of that plan and would suggest that a
measure be brought before the next
session of the Legislature to reimburse
instructors for services already 'per
formed and also to appropriate moijey
for future support with the understand
ing that a high salaried corps ot teach
ers are to be permanently employed.
We have about concluded to hold up
a train or crack a bank first, and if we
make a successful haul and get away
of course we shall not need to fit our
selves for employment In the future
with a course at the James Institution.
But should we fail the state will look
after our comfort and educate us at the
expense of the ones whose money we
failed to get In the hold-up. What bet
ter Inducement could be offered than
this, for us to try our hand?
YAMHILLER.
ARB OLD IDOLS CAST ASIDE?
Mr. Klsaen Thinks Mr. UTlen Is Now
Repudiating His Political Gods.
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Last evening I listened very at
tentively to W. 8. U'Ren's address on
the "Oregon System." The speaker
was Introduced by the Rev. Mr. Eliot,
of the Unitarian Church, as a resident
of Oregon City, Oregon State and as the
"father" of the Oregon system. But
most of the time Mr. L"Ren argued
against the "system."
He spoke In favor of the short ballot.
and of appointing publlo officials rather
than electing them, whlcn would result
in getting better men Into office. He
urged the advisability of fixing full
responsibility on a few men, and then
giving them power sufficient to enable
them to render good ana emcieni serv
ice. This plan is to be highly com
mended, for Is it not manifestly far
better to have a few certain indivi
duals, rather than the people, held
responsible for the conduct of public
officers? But Is this in Harmony wnn
the Oregon system?
Mr. U'Ren said that the "best" men
should be elected to the Legislature. I
most heartily agree with him. But does
he for one moment thinK that the
best" men will be sont to the Legisla
ture under the Oregon system? No
never.
When the speaker asked for ques
tions I asked him If the initiative and
referendum would be needed when the
best" men were sent to the Legisla
ture. He answered that they would be
needed, but only rarely. Illustrating, he
said: "It's a good thing for a man
to have a weapon In his house, though
he may not need it once In 40 years."
But where there Is no danger for
there would not be any with the "best"
men in tne legislature wnai is wie
need of weapons?
At the beginning or his talK Mr.
TJPRen argued for "responsibility and
power, but if he would have the Ini
tiative and referendum hanging over
the heads of the Legislators like an
ax. the resun wouia do irresponsi
bility, and an utter lack or power.
When the time does come in Ore
gon wnen tne nigneai ijp oi man
hood. Intellectually as well as morally.
Is sent to the Legislature, the "Oreson
system will be no more, out Oerore
men of that cnaracter ana caiiDer
meet at Salem. It will be necessary for
Oregon to wake up to the realization
that republican form of government Is
far superior to the radical form now
in vogue. GUSTAV BLAINE NISSEN.
CITIZEN WOULD PROBE THE CASE
Mr. Preston Would Dlacover Wbether
Contentment In Poverty la Juatlfled. .
PORTLAND, Or.. Nov. lo.(To the
Editor.) I was much Interested In an
editorial in The Oregonlan November
14 entitled "Contentment in Poverty."
I also saw the statement In another
newspaper that "of 850,000 adult males
employed In the leading Industries In
Massachusetts In 1908" (and I don't
suppose conditions have Improved any
since then) "one-third received less
than 1460 a year." That is a fraction
over $8.84 per wk. So this Aberdeen
sawmill hand Is not the only case, but
his name Is legion. Now, there are
no doubt many men today who are ac
counted wealthy, who practiced Just
as rigid economy as that spoken of
by this man, in order to get their start.
But It Is impossible for all men to ac
quire wealth, even though they were
endowed with the same business ability.
So that If a man looks at the matter
In a sensible manner perhaps he would
sooner rorego nis cnance oi Bi""B
wealthy and have some butter spread
on his bread occasionally and change
off the soup bone lor sometning wun
a little substantial meat on It after
cooking.
However, It seems that this condi
tion Is not one of choice with this man,
but is forced upon him by circum
stances over which he has no control.
Now, I should like to ask a question
or two, and hope The Oreponian will
in a spirit of fairness print both this
letter and the answers to the questions.
1. Does labor produce all wealth?
2 Does the Labor Commissioner at
Washington, D. C, print or give out
in statlstlces the total amount of
wealth produced in this country in
a given time, or period?
3. Does the Labor Commissioner
oHtr'a out In statistics the total number
of men engaged In the production of
wealth spoken or in question z I
What I should like to know Is the
average amount of wealth produced per
month, per man. In order to make com
parisons between this man's J40 per
month received as wages and amount
of wealth produced by him per month.
Anyone could tell, then, whether he
was being deprived of his necessities
by greed of profits or not
B. E. PRESTON,
401 West Park Street.
Nitts on Power of Prayer
By Olaf Gunatvelt.
(With apologies to Dean Collins.)
Nesoius Nitts, of Punklndorf Station,
Whose death, when it comes, will hang
crepe on the Nation
And ruin the plug trust beyond rep
aration And fill all the Insects with Joy and
elation.
Bit out of his chew slab the regular
ration
And spat on the 'roach and began this
relation:
I 'members one Fall when the mist was
so thick
It made even the oldest of webfooters
sick.
It hindered the harvest of hops and
pertaters
And busted the skins of the prunes and
termaters.
The mossbacks was kicking and cuss
ing becoss
Their Fall hatch of nits was a teetotal
loss.
Then, one day, there pranced Into
Punklndorf Station
A party that fired us with hopes of
salvation
Our hearts that was dripping and
drenched was uplifted
Becoss the man said he was that away
gifted
His wish brought the sunshine and till
he should call
On the Lord to permit It no rain
wouldn't fall.
Well, we made no bones 'bout It but
'lowed to this party
Who said he was Welsh though his
name was McArty: '
Make yourself right to hum ' here In
Punklndorf Station,
We'll treat youl like you was a rich old
relation.
We'll give you for breakfust our doubl
yolked eggs
And for dinner our chicks with the
yallerest legs.
But the prayer sharp said no, he was
called for to go
Down south where there warn't no
rainfall or snow.
He was sorry he said, he loved Punkln
dorf Station
'Twas the homelikest spot in the hull
of creation.
But a voice in his ln'ards was pulling
and warning;
He could tarry no more, he must leave
in the morning.
It was then that SI Perkins, our Sheriff,
took holt.
And I tell ye old SI was no manner of
dolt;
Said he to this party whose name was
McArty,
"You're needed right here and you stays
here, my hearty.
Leastways till the Fall chores are over
and done
You, stays and you prays for the shine
of the sun.
Til put you In Jail so tWa voioe that
you say
Is pulling and hauling cant pull you
away.
Jest so you won't loaf on the Job, but
take pains.
You eats when It shines and you
starves when It rains."
Well, the sunshlhe chap bluffed and
blew up quite a lot.
But SI had a mind that was mulish
and sot.
I don't Jest recall what sum Punkln
dorf Station
Paid out for Mao's keep on that Joyous
occasion.
How often he eat I now quite disrera
ember. But when Si let him out sometime 'long
in December
I shore recollect he was thin as a
shadder;
And mad as a hornet he was, only
madder.
OLAF GUNSTVEIT.
Portland, November 19.
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
Bloodhounds have never
prit down, and for that
run a oul
reason my
curiosity has never been satisfied. If
bloodhounds should actualy catch the
man they are chasing, would they eat
him, or would they sit on him, and hold
him down until the Sheriff came up?
No one person In a thousand can be
come familiar with another without
showing impudence.
A woman with sis
chddren was a
The oldest and
paeenger on a train.
worst one was about nine, and all were
crying. The woman was plainly losing
her temper, and had slapped several of
them. The train boy approached her
with an armful of books. "Madam," he
said, "wouldn't you like a good novel
with which to pass away your idle
timeT" The woman looked at him In
dignantly, and said: "If you don't go
on away from here, I'll slap you."
No wonder a man worries; he has so
much to worry about. There are the
foolish things he does; he worries about
these almost as much as he worries
about the wise things he has neglected
to do.
Don't get into a narrow rut. There
is a broad road where traveling is eas
ier, and where you can do more for
yourself and others.
What has become of the old-fashioned
patent right man who used to come
round to sell "territory," and who had
trouble in getting his victim's wife to
sign the deed?
A country town Is compelled to fight
for everything It has, and then fight to
keep It.
When yon were little, do you remem
ber you wanted something for your
very own? And don't yqu feel that way,
occasionally, now that you are grown?
After a man and his wife fuss about
so much, people lose Interest In the
quarrel.
WHAT DELEGATE'S OATH MEANS
3Ir. U'Ren Tells How Far He Should
Go in Supporting; Presidential Choice.
OREGON CITY, Nov. 20. (To the
Tviitnr. As to tho obligation of a
delegate elected under the Presidential
primary law, I fully agree with Presi
dent Selling and other members of the
People's Power League who drew and
presented that bill to the people. A
delegate Is In honor bound by his elec
tion and oath of office to aid the nomi
nation of the candidate for his party
nomination who receives the highest
number of votes at the primary elec
tion. He is In honor bound to continue
this support in the convention so long
as that candidate is in the race for the
nomination.
Under the proportional representa
tion plan every faction equal to one
tenth of the party will be fairly repre
sented by delegates of Its own choice
and election. Thus the voice of the
progressives and standpatters will be
fairly heard In preparing the platform
on which the party candidate must go
before the people. The primary pur
pose asd theory In the election of dele
gates and representatives to any con
vention or legislature is that the mem
bers are to represent constituents. This
law will certainly secure that result in
the election of delegates, and the au
thors believe It Is altogether likely
that the delegates so chosen will also
fairly represent the different sections
of the state. W. S. tTREN.