Morning Oregonian., January 08, 1912, Page 6, Image 6

TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1912.
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n-HER'S ALASKA POLICY INDORSED.
New testimony to the correctness of
every statement of fact made, every
step taken and the policy recommend
ed by Secretary Fisher In relation to
the Controller Bay and Alaska coal
controversy is borne by W. D. Hulbert
In the first of a series of articles in
the Outlook, which he is writing as
the result of a study of Alaskan con
ditions on the ground. This testimony
is the more valuable because Colonel
Roosevelt In the Outlook was one of
the nrst to back up Gifford Plnchot'a
fhirrn that the elimination of Con-
' troller Bay from the Chugach National
forest and the Ryan filings were in the
I ., , ,.f mnnnnnlv rtf that alleged
harbor, of the Bering River coal lield
and tne railroad route thereto.
Mr. Hulbert corroborates, either
directly or by implication, the state
ments of Mr. Fisher. His own state
ments go far to prove that Mr. Plnchot
was misled by prejudice into false con-
elusions on a subject of which he was
' ignorant, and that Mr. Plnchot misled
Colonel Roosevelt. That Mr. Plnchot
, himself found, after personal inquiry
on the ground, that he had been mis
led can be read between the lines of
his recent article in the Saturday
Evening Post, and he is not likely to
' dispute further the conclusions
reached by Mr. Fisher as to the facts,
though he makes a desperate effort to
save his face.
What sort of a harbnr Controller
i Bay is Mr. Hulbert Implies in this de-
i scriptlon of how passengers reach Ka-
1 talla, on the bay:
If the era la rouich your ateamer makea
no attempt to land you. but carries you on
' to rorrtova. If It ia calm ahe creepa In aa
' e.ose to the town aa sue darva and drora
anchor, and presently a large gasoline
launch cornea out and takes you adhere.
He explains that Cordova is on an
arm of Prince William Sound, 120
miles distant by sea.
Mr. Hulbert confirms what Mr.
. Fisher has said about the broken
character of the coal veins in the Ber
ing River field, which greatly Increases
- the risk and cost of mining and Im
pairs the selling value of the coal. He
also calls attention, like Mr. Fisher, to
. the competition of fuel oil which
Alaska coal will meet on the Paciric
Coast. He says that these facts must
rnkn Into consideration in deter
mining the value of the coal land for
le.ii-lng.
After telilng of the efforts of the
Cunningham claimants to get title to
conl land under Impractical, defective
laws, nml of the manner In which they
were thwarted by the withdrawal of
the entire coal area, he places the
blame for the present tie-up of Alaska
where it belongs on Congress, saying:
For the last fire yeara Trealdent Rooae
relt. Prealdent Taft and mnnr othera hava
been urging that the Innda should be leaeed.
If their aish.s and advice had been fol
lowed, the coal of Alaska wcuNI now be in
the markets, whether the oremtore wera
m.k!na money or not. That they have not
" hn toPowed la due to the opposition of
men In and out of toncreae who have pre
ferred sometimes conscientiously. aome
timte not lo keep the coal locked up rather
than to permit the establishment of the new
ivti,m Anl ao. a?i.-r all three yeara of
trouole. we are back again. Just about where
we were in tha beginning, la It a thins to
be iroud of?
Not one m an In all Alaska has ever yet
bvn given full title to a siruM piece of co.il
land, or has even succeeded In making any
positive arrangement with the internment
for the use of It and the mining of the coal.
A few have gone ahead an.l done a HUIe.
mining tr local requirements without any
o-ich arrangement, but they have had to do
it at their pent. Is It right that such a
condition ehould exist?
The tie-up of the coal fields caused
total suspension of railroad con
struction and wearied the people of
Jordova into arranging the "Cordova
roal party" for the purpose of calling
' attention to their wron rs. What those
wrongs are and what the people of
Alaska desire Mr. Hulbert tells In this
paragraph:
To theae people not the claimants, re
member, but the peop.a of thla portion of
Alaska the opening of tea roal flel-la tirans
not merely the money to be made oil of
. Illng coal. Th" hope It will mean also
the erecti.tn of smelt-re and the but. ding of
railways, and that the railway. In turn, will
mean the opening of aew aectlona of coun
try that may te rich In gold and copper and
per.'-.apa in farming lamia In short. th.-
hop It will mean bus.nsea activity and
prosperity In a very large region that la
B.Mr almost dead. That la vhtt they desire,
rather than the peraonal gam of any In
dividual c.alrrant or group of claimants;
.-n.l soma of them are growing grn while
th wa.t for it. and eorr.e are reaching tha
hour when they ran wait no mora for
anything
The hearty Indorsement by the Sew
ard people of Mr. Klsner"s policy of
' leasing coal land. building a Govern
ment rM'ra.l and opening a Govern
ment coal mine is quoted, and in con
t iu;;;on Mr. Hulbert asks:
la It r "t ahoit time for something con-siru,-'!e
Has not the t!-ne arrived for ua
la ins'st that In the coming months Con
gresa shall, by a well'thouKht-out leasing
Vlaa. ' lh peT'!e of A .isna to develop
In- resources ar. ;ind them In a way that
t"All be for their own good and for tn
go .1 of th- Nation?
Most tertulrily the time has come.
. A'.l psrties 'o the controversy are
:asroerl on the leasing system the Ad.
mir.lstrmtlon. the conservationists, the
I "emoerats, the Insurgents, the Invest-
era in Alaska cpal and railroads, the
Alaskans themselves all except a
remnant In Congress which has per
.slstently obstructed all reform in the
land laws and which should be pushed
out of the way.
GOVERNOR AND Jl IM.KS.
'. The Oregon City Courier Is in a
savsge mood because a Circuit Court
Judge a townsman of the newspaper
upon recommendation of a soft
hearted Jury, saw fit to parole a foul
hearted scoundrel who had debauched
- several young girls. "Justice must be
tiiklrg a vacation In this state, and
Provi.iem e mtt.-t al. be off duty."
setya the Oregon City paper. But the
Courier is not disposed to point a
moral In this sorrowful case for the
eneill OK uuicniur nrai, lur itl Unas (
jnuch fault because The Oregonian
! has shamlv criticised the Governor for
his prison policy and "has not de-
jnanded that this Judge be removed."
t . . . "Has The- Oregonian de
' nounced any of the dozens of paroles
that Portland Judges have been turn
ing out In the last six months?
I The Oregonian has not demanded
' . . . w j A I
that anv Judge be removed, and It
has not suggested the recall or im
peachment or removal of Governor
West. But It has seen and it has said
that the parole system was being
grossly abused, and it has thought the
responsibility for the frequent pa
roles of felons and petty criminals
ri-sted chiefly with a mischievous sen
timentalism and mistaken sympathy.
supported by the growing public in-
difference to strict law-enforcement,
. . . . lnn- rA,
and by the numerous new laws for
parole of convicts, indeterminate ten-
tences and the like. Governor West
has rone farther a great deal far-
ther. He has established at the
state prison an "honor" system all
his own, and he has released convicts
I in bunches nnd swarms. He has re
I pealed the law for capital punishment.
I He has himself made the law. The
Judges have, we believe, merely inter
preted the law, though they might
and should have been in many in
stances far more rigorous within the
law.
What becomes of law and society
if the chief executive of a common
I wealth shall set aside the one and
make it easier for the wrongdoers who
war upon the other? Should The
Oregonian and the law-loving and
law-observing public hold anyone less
than a Governor accountable If a Gov
ernor says the things and does th
things Oregon's Governor says and
does ?
Tire case or jrnci hook.
William C. Hook was In 1899 ap
pointed by President MeKinley to be
United States District Judge for Kan
sas. He filled the position with such
great impartiality. discretion and
learning that he was. in 1903. promot
ed by President Roosevelt to be Judge
of the Circuit Court for the Eighth
Judicial District. He has been called
upon to pass on some momentous i
cases. He concurred in tne decision
of the Circuit Court of Appeals for
the Eighth District dissolving the
Standard Oil Company, and he wrote
a dissenting opinion In the Union Pacific-Southern
Pacific merger case,
wherein the court saJd that there was
no unlawful merger. It must have
been a lawful merger, though Judge
Hook did not think so.
But the Oregon Railroad Commis
sion, which ought to know a great
deal about the Harrlman merger,
from close observation and frequent
contact, thinks Judge Hook a leetle
too friendly to the railroads, and bases
Its objections to his elevation to the
United States Supreme Court on the
fact that he has already passed on
certain questions in which many
Btates are Interested.
These questions are not clearly ex
plained by the Commission in Its
telegram of protest to the President.
But it is known that the basis of the
general outcry from various railroad
commissions against Judge Hook Is
that he rendered a decision restrain
ing Oklahoma from putting in force
its 2-cent-per-mlle passenger rate law
on the ground that it was unreason
able. Is the Oregon Commission prepared
to maintain that a 2-cent fare Is rea
sonable? If so, why does it not ob
ject to participation by Supreme
Justice Hughes In any railroad rate
cases, since Hughes as Governor of
New Tork vetoed a 2-cent rate bill?
The railroad commissions are exer
cising a mean species of recall on
Judge Hook. The Oregonian cares
nothing at all about his promotion to
the supreme bench: but it Is moved
to inquire what the Oregon State Rail
road Commission would do If the
question of a 2-cent fare were put up
to that body, and the re-election of its
members depended on its decision?
RF1MF.PIES FOR HIGH PRICKS.
Reduction in the cost of living is to
be effected mainly by the application
to distribution of those new methods
of economy and efficiency of which
we learn so much In connection with
production. This truth is enforced by
the communication of C. 1Z. Whistler
In The Oregonian, Sunday. Eo long
as CO per cent of the retail price
of farm products is absorbed by the
men through whose hands those prod
ucts pnss on their way from the farm
to the dinner table, the workings of
the natural law by which high prices
in any Industry stimulate production
until the equilibrium with other In
dustries Is restored will be nullified.
If the farmer now received. 72 per
cent of the retail price of his prod
ucts, as he did twenty years ago, the
bock-to-t he-farm movement would be
given such momentum that the cor
rect ratio between producers and con
sumers of food would soon be restored
and prices would have a margin with-
In which they could fall without mi
lng farming so unremuneratlve as to . America with English domestic serv
cause a back-to-the-town movement. I ants, French, German, Swiss and Ital
Wasteful methods of distribution I lan writers, and with the Imitation of
cause much of the abandonment of
the farm for the city by eo large a
proportion of the population. But
there are other causes. The comforts
and conveniences of life are enjoyed
in American cities to a greater de
gree than in the cities of Europe, but
American country life Is far behind
that of' Europe in these respects.
What Improvement there has been in
the lsst generation has come through
the cities reaching out Into the coun
try with their convenience. They
have extended railroads and trolley
lines, telephone lines and rural free
delivery into the country', but the
country hivs'done little or nothing to
meet these conveniences half way. In
order to reach a farm, the city man
must stl'.l splash through mud. plow
through dust or bump over corduroy.
When the owner of a tract of sub
urban land decides to put It on the
market, he first lays water and sewer
pipes, grades and paves streets. When
the owner of a 160-acre farm offers
It for sale, he offers It in the same
old half-cultivated condition, with the
same old mud roads and tumble-down
buildings as of yore. He would sell It
far more readily at a much higher
rrice if he would follow the example
of his city brother, and Join the good
roads movement, plat his farm In
-40-acre tracts, dig a well on each
tract and build a good branch road J
through it.
Tens of 'thousands of wealthy resi
dents of European cities have coun
try homes, where they spend half the
year. If the American farmer and
storekeeper would aid in making
country life attractive, many thou
sands of American city dwellers would
do the same. They, would Improve
I agriculture, enhance the price of land
Increase the business of the country
storekeeper and make life more en
lovable all around.
The first step In remedying; high
prices is to bring producer and con
sumer toa-ether and crowd out the
middleman, who bears the price paid
n.n,1(.Ar Q n I ViiilTa the rtrlce
to the producer and bulls the price
paid by the consumer. The next step
Is for the producer to tempt the city
man into the country by increasing
the attractions of country life,
NATCRE'S WAT.
Nature seems to be taking a strong
hand in the settlement of the race
nroblem as between negroes and
i whites In this country. In her usual
4 WIa nanna nltlAIlt rMt HP
J Inexorable manner, without rest or
! haste, the great Universal Mother
' proceeds along "her established policy
j that decrees the survival of the lit
' test, and without deigning to promise
anything, her method being strictly
that of performance, and behold, tne
steady decimation of the. black race
In America! It ia noted by the sta
tistlclan that the increase of the white
population as a whole has, for thirty
years, been nearly double that of the
black, while in the South Itself, dur
ing the same period, the negro popu
lation has slowly but steadily declined
until, according to the last census. It
Is even there less than 30 per cent
of the total.
The figures in this compilation
stand out boldly. They show a pop
ulation of twenty and one-half mil
lion whites to eight and three-quar
ters million blacks. Further com
parison shows that the ratio of white
Increase In every state or tne so-cauea
black belt during the decade cov
ered much exceeded the ratio of the
negro increase. In Alabama, for ex
ample, the ratio was twenty-three to
ten, and In Texas thirty-two to eleven,
being fairly Indicative of the gain
made by the white over the negro
population throughout the old South.
With these facts and figures as a
basis of settlement it is clear that
nature will. without undue strain
upon individual effort, or the wicked
perversion of politics, work out this
perplexing proDiem in ner own aurc
way and In her own gooa time.
Scourged by and at length purged of
our National sin, which began in the
abhorrent African slave trade of our
Colonial era and ended with the im
mortal emancipation proclamation of
President Lincoln, it remains for us to
await Nature's slow processes, where
by the final Issue called the "race
question" ehnll be settled. It is - ell
to learn in this connection that
neither killing an abnormal male spec
imen of the race now and then, nor
political persecution, nor social os
tracism of the entire body "will hasten
the solution of this problem.
These things merely reveal the ut
ter Inability of the white race to has
ten the solution of the question, while
in the slow but steady process of elim
ination of its chief factor the fe
cundity of the negro race Nature,
with whom a thousand years are as
yesterday. Is working out its solution.
war on nrrrxo bix;ins.
War on tipping by the Commercial
Travelers' National League holds out
hope that the pernicious practice may
be extirpated from American life. Only
by concerted action of so strong an
organization, whose members are the
principal patrons of the lines of busi
ness in which tipping is most preva
lent, can the evil be successfully com
batted. An Individual is powerless to
make headway against so firmly es
tablished an abuse. Refusal to tip
would bring upon him neglect and
abuse Intolerable. Xow that the trav
eling salesmen have begun a system
atic campaign, others may safely take
courage to Join in the war.
Tipping is a poisonous exotic trans
planted from countries ruled by mon
archs and aristocrats. It is peculiarly
un-Amcrlcan, for it is a practical de
nial of the principle that all men are
born free and equal. Mr. Dowe calls
it "the old-time fashion of gifts from
the rich patron to the poor servant,"
but It is worse than that. Under a
government where the mass of the
people was impoverished for the en
richment of the King and his Barons,
they were reduced to such a state of
servility and mendicancy that, when
their oppressors passed through the
streets, they would shout "largess."
The King or Baron "would scatter
handfuls of small coins among them
and enjoy the spectacle of the poor
wretches scrambling for the money in
the gutter. The robbers thus returned
to the robbed, as charity, a fraction of
the spoils. They did so with a lordly
condescension and became Inflated
with the thought of their own gener
osity and superiority to "the com
mon herd." In the same spirit the
lord rewarded with a gift every little
personal service rendered by a mem
ber of "the lower classes." In that
same spirit the custom survives In
Europe to this day.
This custom, under the name of
tipping, has been transplanted to
European customs by our self-elected
social leaders. True Americans, who
consider the exaction of this tribute
alike an Imposition on the giver and
an offense to the manhood of the re
cipient have been forced In self-defense
to fall In with the custom and
thus to pay twice for what they buy
at hotel or restaurant or on a railroad
train. The rapacity of the European
lzed menials has grown with what it
fed on and with the ostentatious
squandering of their wealth by the
new-rich. The old American Idea
of the buying and selling of personal
service, as of commodities, between
two men who hold up their heads In
equal pride as free men has faded
avway. Its place has been taken by
the Insolence which calls a "cheap
skate" or "tightwad" the man who
refuses to pay blackmail.
In the European noblemen's bouses
the servants are at least allowed to
keep the price of their humiliation,
but In the hotels and restaurants,
which are run , on purely business
principles, the proprietors have been
quick to appropriate this lucrative
source of profit and even compel their
employes to pay for their Jobs. This
practice also has been transplanted to
America and has been reduced to a
more exact science by American busi
ness genius. The waiters earnings
are finally reduced to no larger sum
than he would have received as wages
had he never exacted tips. The Pull
man car porter is paid a merely nom
inal wage, and the traveling public,
completely at his mercy for necessary
service, must maUfc up the deficit.
Recipients of tips are at last realiz
ing that their employers are using
them as collectors of tribute, and that
they endure the odium without get
ting their fair share of the pelf. There
fore, revolt has broken out among
the tipped as well as among the tip
pers. A demand has arisen among
them for better wages "without tips
and' for better working conditions.
There Is irony in the fact that the men
who became the means of Introduc
ing the vicious custom are now its
worst victims.
INDIVIDUALISM AND MXTALISM.
A strange confusion as to the mean
ing of terms was betrayed by the com
munication of Mr. Barzee on social
ism, published in The Oregonian a few
days ago. He assumed individualism to
mean the isolated action of a single
individual and socialism to include any
collective or co-operative action of a
number of individuals.
The extreme Individualist adheres to
the theory that that government gov
erns best which governs least. He
would restrict the government to pro
tection of the nation against foreign
enemies and protection of the person
and property of each citizen against
any other citizen. He holds that every
thing else should be left to individual
action and that the performance by
government national, state or munic
ipal of any function which can be
performed by the individual is social
ism. He does not regard as socialism
the voluntary association of a number
of Individuals in a partnership or cor
poration, which Mr. Barzee assumes
to be socialism.
Extreme individualism Is as Imprac
tical In actual life as are most theo
ries and "we have arrived at a com
promise between it and socialism.
Thus we have found it more conven
ient to have mails carried, road? and
streets made, bridges built, rivers and
harbors improved by some govern
mental body, though the theoretical
individualist "would call this socialism.
The smaller the governmental unit
concerned, the further we have gone
In the direction of socialism. Thus
cities undertake to supply water and
electricity and sometimes gas and
telephones. As a general rule the
larger the governmental unit the less
efficient it is in performing functions
which In a purely individualist state
would be left to private enterprise.
The extreme individualist would re
move all tariff restrictions and leave
the free play of competition to pre
vent monopoly and produce efficiency
in production. He regards the pro
tective principle as leading inevitably
to socialism, holding that it breeds
monopoly, the only deliverance from
which is Government ownership of
the monopoly or socialism. He would
remove all restrictions on private en
terprise and grant no favors to any,
trusting to natural law to work out
an equitable result.
The Oregonian Is as unwilling to
uphold the extreme theory of individ
ualism as It is to uphold socialism,
but it believes that we have strayed
too far from the individualist ideal
and that the remedy for our present
ills lies In a swing backward from
the Socialist extreme. But that does
not mean a return to hand produc
tion. Nor does use of modern meth
ods of production mean socialism, so
long as those methods are applied by
private enterprise.
Lakevlew is to be congratulated on
the advent of the Nevada, California
& Oregon Railroad, but the rest of
Oregon will feel -more cause for Joy
when the railroads extending from
the north reach Lakevlew and re
annex It commercially to Oregon. Ore
gonlans cannot view with complacency
the alliance of any part of the state
commercially -with Nevada or Califor
r.ia. One great merit of the present
era of railroad-building in this state
Is that all parts of Oregon will be
come bound together by business as
well as political interests.
Two of the greatest merits of the
National reserve plan are that It can
not be controlled by Wall Btreet and
that it diverts from stock speculation
In Wall street to legitimate business
channels large sums which now accu
mulate In New Tork banks.
Discovery that Douglas fir oil can
be used encourages the hope that as
meat packers find a use for the whole
hog, lumbermen may find a use for
the whole tree from the needles to the
roots.
Teaching children the meaning and
proper use of old words would be a
more appropriate occupation for the
schools than Invention of new words
such as "he'er," "him'er" or "hlB-er."
- A dispatch from Oyster Bay yester
day said that "when the Colonel "was
not wielding an ax he was giving di
rections." which is mere persiflage to
those who know the Colonel.
If this silver thaw had any certainty
of regularity it would be a great at
traction for Winter visitors, for Port
land has monopoly of climatic and
physicaJ conditions necessary.
A former minister, now 78, Is taking
the short poultry course at CorvaJlIs,
and the duty is up to Professor Dry
den to show him the Wyandottes have
the "yallowest lalga." r
According to the New Tork Board
o Health a man can dodge Internal
trouble If he limits himself to three
drinks a day. But la the size of them
to fit the man?
X?e.ft K.lni. shls to rWB 1 1 TtirlffA TToolc
If he should be appointed to the Fed
eral supreme oencn. tne otate rail
road Commissions are trying to head
him off.
Judging by many recent newspaper
changes, but a few of the old guard
will be left to keep alive traditions
of the great days when Oregon was
young.
Ores-on weather must have felt Quite
homelike to the Canadian excursion
ists when they were caught in the sil
ver thaw blockade on the railroad.
Could Old Mount Hood talk, its
opinion of this silver thaw would
parallel Noah's on ordinary high
water.
Developments In dynamiting do not
have such startling effect now that the
novelty of the horror has lost Its raw
edges.
The smooth-shod horse and man do
some wonderful gyrations In preserv
ing equilibrium.
Ella Flags; Toung"e new personal
pronoun Is 'ex rath'tr cork'er.
PRESS A.D BIG AXMAL EDITION
Xorthwesc Newapapera Prelaw The Ore
sroailsui'a New Tear's Features.
This year's number. Issued New
Year's day, tells in an admirable way
the developrrent of the city and state
in recent years. Catholic Sentinel,
Portland.
Opportunities Are Illustrated.
The annual number of The Morn
ing Oregonian is a voluminous affair
and gives much space to the advant
ages and opportunities in this state
and especially in this corner of the
state. resham Outlook.
I'kotographlc Evidence of Greatness.
The Oregonlan's Annual edition for
1912 is a pictorial review of Portland's
progress that Is photographic evidence
of the greatness of Portland and its
leading daily newspaper. Cathlamet
Sun.
Wide Circulation Is Predicted.
The Oregonian's special New Year's
issue. 1912, is elaborate as usual. It
contains 74 seven column pages, that
are tilled with information largely con
cerning the Northwest. The edition
will have wide circulation at home and
abroad. Grants Pass Observer.
llluatretlona Convince of Growth.
Portland's progress and more parti
cularly the transformation of the busi
ness district, were effectively shown
by means of a succession of full page
engravings, a method much more
convincing than mamr pages of words
and figures. HUlsboro Independent.
Msusterpleee of Hewapaper Art.
The New Year's Oregoa'-rn is a
masterpiece of newspaper art. It
has 74 pages ft' 11 of matter of interest
to its many readers throughout the
state and Nation. It Is not only a
credit to Portland, but to the entire
newspaper profession as well. Rose
burg News.
Potent Influence on Imnlgratloa.
The Portland Oregonian Issued its
usual Annual, replete with data and
statistics, elaborately illustrated, alto
gether a most potent Influence to at
tract immigration from the EaBt, a
newspaper alike creditable to the pub
lishers and the state. Medford Mall
Tribune.
Valuable Publicity Aarent.
The experience of SO years of well
organized effort was back of the pub
lication, and as an agent of publicity
to tell prospective settlers of the pos
sibilities of our wonderful resources
yet undeveloped, the Annual is of in
estimable value to the state. Forest
Grove News-Times.
Filled the Bill.
The Oregonian's Annual number, a
resume of the Northwest and the Ore
gon country, with a splendid pictorial
story of Portland's growth and pros
perity, received many encomiums in this
city. It filled the bill. Portland has
broken into the city class and The Ore
gonian proves It to the world. HiUs
boro Argus..
Revelation to Home C Itlaens.
By looking over the pages of the An
nual New Year Oregonian one may
come to realize the greatness of the
resources of the State of Oregon. Es
pecially may the stranger, or even the
resident of Portland,' himself, be able
to get comprehensive knowledge of the
Rose City from the large and handsome
engravings of the city's business and
residence portions. Hood River
Glacier.
Tremendous Growth Shown.
Oregon has every reason to expect
a great influx of settlers the coming
year and with them a great Influx of
capital. The tremendous growth of
Portland as shown by Monday's Orego
nian, the great era of railroad build
ing, the almost astounoing amuum ui
development work now going on over
the state, the steady advance of fruit
growing, tbe revival of mining every
thing points to renewed, interests In
this great undeveloped empire. Ash
land Record.
SPECIAL EDITIONS CREDITABLE.
Several Jlewspitpers Make Fine Show
ings Year's Day.
If the smaller cities of Oregon are to
be Judged by their newspapers and
that is a very good rule Eugene is on
the map In a striking manner, for the
New Year issue of the Eugene Guard
is a production that treads close to
metropolitan efforts. There are 72
pages in nine sections and In them is
all that can be said concerning the
newest center of railway activity. But
all the eggs are not in the railway
basket. Agriculture, specialized and
diversified, is given much space; timber
resources are told in an entertaining
way and illustrated; horticulture and
poultry, large items of Lane County
profits, have been given attention; the
City of Eugene and the smaller towns
are exploited In the iiistory of the
year's progress; the educational ad
vantages are well covered in fact, if
there is anything lacking to lure the
Easterner to this Oregon city of homes,
its absence Is not noticed in a critical
review of the contents of this Guard.
The New Tear issue of the Salem
Statesman appeared December 31 in
four sections, part on calendered paper,
the better to bring out the many hand
some Ulustrations that complement the
letter press. In this number, Mr. Hend
ricks follows his custom of exploiting
the Capital City anl incomparable
Marlon County, with its wonderful re
sources of home-building. Naturally,
the state institutions get much men
tion, but not more than their Impor
tance warrants. Electrical progress,
exemplified in the building of trolley
lines and its Important bearing on the
diffusion of crops, will, perforce, strike
the intending settler :n a convincing
manner. The New Tear Statesman is
an excellent paper to send Eastward.
e e
Four sections devoted to news, Med
ford, orchard and Jackson County, com
prise the S3 pages of the Medford
Mall-Tribune Civic improvements are
matter of pride, but the noteworthy
points of a first-class annual are con
tained In the "orchard" section, ex
ploiting the industry that is making
that section world-famous.
a
Profusely gory in the emblem of the
rising sun on its title .page, the Oregon i
News of January 1 is a remarkable
number and the man who can read it
is similarly distinguished, for the Ore
gon News is the Japanese weekly paper
of Portland. Tbe number at hand is
Illustrated Just enough to embellish
the literary effect.
W. G. Gllstrap, for many years edi
tor of the Eugene Morning Register,
bade adieu to Journalism in the excel
lent New Year's number of that paper,
which contains many articles on the
city and Lane ounty of great merit.
Frank Jenkins 'took editorial charge of
the paper on that day and with youth
and ability as equipment will make it
at least as powerful as has bis prede
cessor. a a a
The annual review of the Boise
Statesman was combined with the reg
ular Issue of the last day of the year,
making 4 pages. In one section is
a record of progress of the Idaho cap
ital In business lines, and aaother tells
of what the state has done in agricul
ture and kindred lines and in mining.
There has been wonderful development
in Idaho during 1911 and the pioneer
paper has a capital way of telling ail
about lu
Half a Century Ago
From Tha Oregonian, January 8. 1862.
Our dispatches state that General
Pope, on the 18th of December. In
Missouri, thrust himself in between
the encampments of the rebel Gen
erals, Johnson and Price, in the south
western part of the state. Johnson
was at Chicapoo with a force of 2200;
Price at Osceola with 8000 troops. Cut
oft from connection with the larger
body, Johnson's men started on a race
for Rose Hill, leaving all their bag
gage, arms and ammunition as spoil
for the Unionists. But our General
Pope was not satisfied with what he
had captured and sending on ten com
panies of cavalry and a section of ar
tillery after the fugitives. followed
with the main body of his army to
Johnson, In Bates County, whose west
ern boundary is the Kansas Hue. The
rebels dissolved as the pursuit waxed
hot, scattering like the frrrgments of
a smashed vase. Halting there. Gen
eral Pope started off a body of cavalry
southeasterly toward Osceola, where
Price is said to have lain in camp with
8000 troops. These proceeded to with
in 15 miles of Osceola, where they
seem to have halted, but not before
they had captured 300 prisoners, many
horses and much baggage.
On the ZOth of December, Colonel
Jeff C. Davis and Major Marshall came
suddenly on the rebels at Warrensburg
and utterly routed them, capturing
three Colonels, 17 Captains, 1300 men
and equipage to match. Our loss was
but two killed and eight wounded.
Again, there is the handsome affair
In which Captain Ord, late of Vancou
ver, now a Brigadier-General, recently
figured on the Potomac On the 22d
of December he started out, probably
from near the chain bridge, for there
be was stationed with a brigade of
Pennsylvania troops, on a foraging
expedition, taking "with him a regi
ment and battery. As they neared
Dralnsville, which Is some 13 miles
northwest of the chain brlidge, they
were attacked by the enemy from an
ambush. Ord put his battery in order
and gave the enemy a touch of its
quality. General McCall, who had fol
lowed Ord not far off with troops
enough to support him in case of at
tack, came up speedily and after an
hour's engagement the rebels retreated
southward toward Fairfax. Our folks
picked up the wounded, a large quan
tity of arms and' clothing that In their
flight they left behind them and Gen
eral Ord at v o'clock P. M. was home
again with B0 wagon loads of forage
and having killed some 150 of the en
emy. It Is a fact beyond controversy that
there is serious difficulty between the
planters and the poor whites in the
South. In Virginia, Alabama and
Louisiana measures have been taken
greatly to circumscribe the right of
suffrage, so as to give all political
power to the planters. The poor
whites are alarmed at the efforts to
subvert republicanism Institutions and
in addition to this, the planters and
people generally are trembling for fear
the negroes will rise and massacre
them.
Opponents Really an Aid.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (To the Editor.)
I was glad to see, by lae Oregonian
this morning, that the men and women
of the six enfranchised Pacific Coast
States who are planning to extend their
successful work for the enfranchise
ment of women into other states where
equal suffrage amendments are in
progress or pending, are to be assisted
by their real co-workers of the Eastern
alphabetical society known as "The
Association Opposed to the Further
Extension of the Elective Franchise to
Women." This is the same association
which sent the names of 600 society
women of Boston, with their protest, to
Editor Blethen, of the Seattle Times,
while the equal suffrage amendment
was pending in Washington, only to get
the names and money for the adver
tisement returned by the gallant editor,
who thought the people of the new and
vigorous West were able to take care
of their own elections. Let the good
work go on.
"ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAT.
RearlNterlna; of Farm Names.
EUGENE. Or., Jan. 3. (To the Ed
itor.) Please inform me how and upon
the payment of how much money can
I secure by registration, and certifi
cate for the same,- the name or title
by which I wish my farm to be known
henceforth. In Io-ra the County Re
corder, on receipt of tl, records the
name, and for a fee of $2 the applicant
receives a certificate of registration,
good against all claimants to his farm
title the county over.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Clerk of the County Court in
the county in which the farm is lo
cated records the name and issues cer
tificates for a fee of- $1. The certifi
cate gives the holder exclusive right to
the name within the state.
To Our Advertisers
Both Present w Prospective
We want you to know a few things about The Morn
ing Oregonian. A few things that are of vital interest to
you who are spending your money for advertising in our
columns. And to you who contemplate spending some.
The Oregonian has a much greater HOME CIRCU
LATION than any other Portland newspaper. This
means much to you.
The woman of the house controls over 80 per cent of
the expenditures of the household. It is of vital importance
to the advertiser to place his advertising where it will have
the greatest circulation IN THE HOMES.
The Oregonian pays advertisers. It is a home paper.
Many of Portland's largest business houses have adver
tised in The Oregonian regularly ever since the day they
started in business.
The Moming Oregonian is recognized as one of the
12 strongest advertising mediums in the entire United
States. Advertising has built The Oregonian. The Ore
gonian has in turn built up the business of a' great many
BIG business houses.
The Oregonian is read every moming in nearly every
Portland home. It covers the Portland territory as no
other paper covers it It also reaches the people living in
the near-by towns who do their buying jn Portland.
If you have news to tell the people, use the advertising
columns of The Oregonian. It will bring you returns you
never dreamed possible. Ask some of the advertisers who
have been using its columns for the past 20, 30 and 40
years. We will tell you who they are if youdon't already
know.
Abbreviated Speech
By Dean Collina.
Now Ella Flagg Toung, of tbe schools
of Chicago,
Invents a new plan, bidding each
pedagogue go
And trim down his grammar, that peo
ple may read
And speak with an acceleration of
bpeed;
Reducing expression to capsule doseB
Till a few syllables, a whole phrasing
encloses.
"He or she." "his or her." "him or her,"
in a glimmer,
Shrink down to mere "he'er," or
"his'er" or "him'er."
Skidoo to the rolling expressions Mil
tonic: The need of the age is a language
Laconic;
And "he'er" and "his'er" are but the
thin edge
In our crude English speech, of an en
tering wedge;
And soon we c.nn reel a w'hole para
graph off
In a couple of vowels followed up by
a cough;
Superfluous sounds shall at length
disappear
From the speech we are daily ac
customed to hear.
Oh, gimme the hope to live on till
the year"
When you never meet with a person,
but "he'er"
Will speak "his'er" mind in such terms
stenographic
That make conversation well-nigh
telepathic.
The eye of the Talkative Bore shall
grow dimmer;
Abbreviate speech shall be fatal to
"him'er,"
For less than three seconds will finish
a chat
That uster take hours: Whatcha know
about that?
Portland. January 7, 1912.
Socialism In Germany.
SEASIDE. Or.. Jan. fe. (To the Ed
itor.) Is Socialism, as understood by
the Social Democrats of Germany, who
cast 3.000,000 of the 9.000,000 votes for
the lower house of Parliament at the
election In 1907, the same as Socialism
as advocated in the United States? Are
their ultimate aims the same? Also
what are the voting qualifications and
about the percentage of plural votes
cast tn excess of those voting?
W. E. BURKE.
Socialism, in its ultimate aims. Is
practically the same In Germany as In
the United States, if not wholly so.
Purely German issues have a bearing
on the party progress, however. Re
cently there have been serious dissen
sions between the orthodox Socialists
and a more liberal branch of the party
which has compromised certain Issues
to gain a temporary advantage. In
voting for members of the lower house,
or Reichstag, every citizen 25 years of
age or over has one vote In the state
in which he resides. The three-class
voting system, to which the corre
spondent evidently refers. Is a Prus
sian state institution which we do not
understand applies to elections through
out the empire.
The numerical strength of the Ger
man Social Democracy, Including;
women. Is given at 720,038. Associated
with It are certain choral and athletlo
societies with a membership of 120,000,
and also the trade unions, which have
a membership of 1.800,000. At the last
election it received 3,226,000 votes out
of 64,000,000 inhabitants.
riallcarrteiw as IJquor Agent
MIST Or., Jan. 6. (To tbe Editor.).
The Oregonian failed to answer a ques
tion I asked as it was meant: Has a
fn'ted States mallcarrier a right to
carry intoxicating liquors into a dry
precinct and deliver such liquors to
customers or individuals? It Is a well
known precept of law that such liquors
are not permissible In the mails, but
the question is, has a mallcarrier any
right to carry and deliver such com
modities in dry precincts on his own
account or as an agent for others?
SUBSCRIBER.
Neither into a dry nor wet precinct
at any time, either on or off duty,
has a mailcarrier the right to deliver
intoxicating liquors.
Application for Patents.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 5. (To the
Editor.) Can you tell me whom to
aDDly to and how to obtain a patent?
v A SUBSCRIBER.
Write to Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. C.