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ROOSEVELT'S ' RESPONSI
COLONEL
B1LITY.
"Suppose." says a voluble -ntemT
porary. commenting on the fluent
Maternent by persons and journals not
vrtlv friendly to uoionei
tntt the Progressive party 1. altogeth
er a Roosevelt party; "suppose Colonel
Roosevelt should die or quit. How
foolish to assume that the forces be
hind this great uprising rot e people
irould abandon the effor' S'!
control of the government to the Peo
pie. Lincoln was assassinated, but
fhe Republican party did not d ef nor
did freedom perish rrom i
Likely enough, likely enough. But
if Colonel Roosevelt were to suspend
his political activities, and refuse the
crown once more, wherej-ou Id the
new Progressive party staiid? What
direction would it take? What would
. , .v.. iHorlMS army that
Mcome ui . - ,
ivQilv and enthusiasticallj fol
lows the flag of its general wherever
3 ...... i. .h ern?
he commanas in, .. .
I Colonel Roosevelt Pvented',f
nomination of a Progressive
at Chicago. He had it in his power to
.r.inir elements anu
compose tic . ... .
i. .v. jiM.H nartv under the lean
nnue nic ui"1 i - XJ
nrotrressive. He
could not rise to the height that re-
tj him mv act of self-renun
ciation. He could have named the
candidate, as Bryan did at tsaiumoro,
x v. have framed the plat
form, as Bryan did. But he preferred
to take all or nothing, and to sacrifice
all others bur himself. He was willing
. to retard and stop wholly the Invinci
ble sweep, and to delay or defeat the
rrfaJr, triumph, of the Progressive
movement within the Republican par
ty, solely because it did not mean a
personal victory for him.
That is all. Colonel Roosevelt is
solely responsible for the revolt from
h. Rsnuhlican party. If happily he
might see the light and withdraw, or
go to Africa or anywhere, or decline a
nomination that means nothing but
ultimate defeat, the progressive party
would Immediately dissolve into its in
dividual units, and they would return
to the Republican party, and carry to
completion the remarkable work so
well done and so nearly successful
until the unfortunate Presidential
Roosevelt campaign Intervened.
WILSON'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE.
To one whose ears have rung for
years with the impassioned demands
of Democratic orators mat we an.nc
down the robber tariff and take away
fi-nm h manufacturer every dollar
f ninnder he extorts from the peo
ple. Woodrow Wilson's plan of tariff
revision, as explainer! in nis sycem
f acceptance, seems a weak, innocu
ous remedy. Though he accuses the
Republicans of having built up the
tariff to establish monopoly and fos
ter special privilege, he would not
compel these interests immediately to
stop grafting on the people. By no
means; so sudden a change would dis
turb business. He would withdraw
the tariff stimulant gradually, a lit
tle every year, as the drunkard's daily
allowance of whisky is reduced until
he becomes sober. To compel the
"robber barons" to make full restitu
tion at once would be too great a
shock to them: therefore, the process
must be spread over a term of years.
Wilson suggests that we begin the
work of revision with those "sched
ules which have been most obviously
used to kill competition and to raise
prices." then root out every item
which gives opportunity for monop
oly until special favors are absolutely
withdrawn. Having done this by a
gradual process, he would last of all
begin to think about revenue. The
implication is that, while he was root
ing out protection, he would make the
revenue derived from the tariff a
mere secondary consideration. That
method holds out fine prospect that
a Democratic administration would
end with its customary deficit. It is
quite the Democratic excuse, too, for
ever since Cleveland thundered against
the surplus the Democracy lias al
ways felt uncomfortable unless it
spent more than the National income.
In his speech of acceptance Wilson
laid down only general principles. His
words must, therefore, be construed in
the light of his former utterances and
of the meaning given them by men
who have talked with him. Represen
tative Redfleld returned to Washing
ton after an interview with Wilson
"especially delighted because reform
in tariff schedules was urged upon so
slow and considerate a basis that busi
ness men would view the changes with
confidence and not with unnecessary
panic and alarm." He found Wilson
completely in accord with his own
tariff views. Mr. Redfield told the
New York Times what he suggested
to Wilson on tariff revision and the
Times then interviewed Wilson and
learned from him that the two "agreed
perfectly." Redfleld suggested down
ward revision "in gradual stages, not
in sudden Jumps." Where a duty was
60 per cent and should be 20 per
cent he would reduce it 5 per cent
yearly, until the 20 per cent basis was
reached. Under this plan a "tariff
fcaron"vwhose graft was 30 per cent
would lose it at the rate of one-eixth
each year for six years, while the
poor fellow whose graft was only 5
per cent would lose it all the first
year. The more the baron grafted the
longer he would be allowed to graft;
the less he grafted the sooner his
graft would be entirely cut off. Such
temporising with what Democrats
have never ceased to characterize as
flagrant wrong, such prolongation of
the process of revision, may arouse
the choler of Watterson. whose zeal
fer drastic tariff reforms will be
quickened by his animus against Wil
son. Watch for an eruption in the
vicinity of Louisville.
The tariff is the one issue, over-
shadowing all others, with which Wil
son dealt in his speech of acceptance,
therefore it calls for most comment
The speech is a scholarly discussion
of the general principles which should
guide the next Administration. The
general purposes to be sought are well
stated from the Democratic stanapoini.
Second onlv in importance to the tar
iff is the question of the trusts, which
is closely interwoven with tne tariii.
Wilson Joins in the cnorus or cnu
clsm of the Sherman law that comes
both from the trusts and their ene
mles. He says the law's general terms
are ineffectual; that it has "roarea
like any sucking dove." If it is so
inpfTorriial. nvhv did the trusts roar
with nain when it was enforced? Why
doe a new spirit animate influential
men of business, to Wilson's gratifica
tion? These results of its enforce
mpnr nrove that the law has been
most effectual.
For definite Information as to the
means by which Wilson would deal
with the trusts we must turn to the
Democratic platform, for he merely
savs that supplementary ic
needed to revive competition and for
hld the nrartices that killed It. The
platform says:
TV- fflvnr h declaration by law of th
conditions upon which corporation ahall be
permitted to engage In interstate trmqo. . -it
i nmnin that the Government shall
exercise the powers reserved to It, but we
Insist that Federal remedlea for the regu
lation of Interstate commerce and tor the
nreventinn of Drlvate monopoly anau
be
added to and not substituted for
remedies.
atate
By comparison with the measures
recommended by Taft. tne uemocrat
lc remedy appears ineffectual because
it Insists on state action as the prime
factor, to which Federal laws should
be supplementary- "aft has proposed
Federal incorporation as the Iirst es
sential. The Democrats not only nam
at this, but they are unwilling to com
promise on Federal license of state
corporations. They are most vehe
ment in denouncing trusts, but most
unwilling to adopt the most effective
means of dealing with them.
There is practical agreement be
tween Wilson and Taft as to the end
soueht, but the old state rights doc
trine, to which the Democrats cung
with superstitious tenacity, is an in
superable obstacle to their attaining
that end. They stand at one extreme m
this respect; Roosevelt stands at the
other with his desire to enlarge the
Federal power by occupation of the
twilight zone. Taft stands between,
advocating full and effective exercise
of the Federal power without unduly
enlarging it but without relying upon
the states to deal with essentially Fed
eral problems.
MAKING EASY MONEY AT SALEM.
One Allison, a malefactor of vicious
type but Ingenious mind and skillful
hands, being incarcerated in the state
nrlson at Salem, busied himself at
such moments as he could escape the
scrutiny of the guards with' the manu
facture of a kit of burglar tools.
When he achieved his freedom
through the expiration of his sentence
or. otherwise the newspaper record
does not say how he smuggled out
the precious implements of his. trade.
intending, of course, to use them. But
he got impatient arid took the more
speedy process of holding up a man
In Salem and was soon back in tne
penitentiary, burglar tools and all.
The other day at Salem a convict
named Lewis, a "trusty" through the
trrace of Governor West, passed a
counterfeit coin on a storekeeper.
That functionary, upon discovering
the deception, notified the police, and
the trail led to the state's prison
where a convict named Stanley was
found to have made out of vagrant
materials a counterfeiter's plant and
to be actually engaged, within the
prison walls, in turning out bogus
money. The horrified officials confis
cated the outfit and are quite angry
with Stanley and Lewis.
We are not disposed to point out
the moral, for we are not sure what
it is. We really don't know whether
it would have been better for Gover
nor West to parole Stanley and let
him pursue his nefarious calling out
side of prison, or keep him there,
where there is some chance of dis
covery when his criminal instincts
impel him to activity. As to Allison,
doubtless it is better that he stay
where he is. But how long will he
stay under the present indulgent re
gime of the forgiving Governor?
SOCIALISM AND SINGLE TAX.
We think Mr. C. W. Barzee too mod
est in disclaiming, as will be noted in
a letter he has written to The Orego
nlan, any right to the title "socialist
ingle tax leader." Mr. Barzee was
given the honorable mention to which
he objects largely because of his local
activity as both socialist and single
taxer. Moreover, the complete title
was chosen because all socialist lead
ers are not single taxers. We have
particularly In mind as a representa
tive of the latter class one of the best
known socialists, nationally, that we
have in America. Victor Berger, Rep
resentative in Congress from Wiscon
sin, in a speech delivered in the House,
June 14, 1911, repudiated single tax.
Speaking of the revolution he feared
might take place as the outgrowth of
present industrial conditions, Mr. Ber
ger said (Congressional Record, Vol.
47. p. 2073):
Various remedies have been proposed.
Single tax. more silver dollars, greenbacks.
nd a dozen other remeaics nave Deen ot
tered. But since none of these does away
with the deadly effects of competition, and
with the effect of the machine on the work,
man. I must dismiss them as insufficient.
This la particularly the case with the single
,u. -hlch would, simplr for a time sharpen
competition and tbua increase the misery
of the working class.
When a National socialist leader
like Representative Berger rejects sin
gle tax, the mantle or leaaersmp
among those socialists who approve it
is quite likely to fail on tne lesser try
in the party.
We are unable to read single tax
into the socialist party plank which
Mr. Barzee quotes. The plank declares
for the "collective ownership of land
wherever practicable." The single
taxers would stop Just short of col
lective ownership. The plank also ap
proves the "appropriation by taxation
of the annual rental of all land held
for speculation or exploitation." Sin
gle tax makes no distinction between
lands held for speculation or exploita
tion and lands devoted to legitimate
uses. The annual rental value of the
land occupied by the skyscraper would
be all, or nearly all, taken under sin
gle tax along with the annual rental
value of land held out of use.
The graduated tax reatures oi tne
ingle tax amendment proposed in Ore
gon do not, moreover, apply solely to
specalators. The graduated tax would
be collected from the big landowner
who put his holdings to profitable use
If of value exceeding $10,000 in one
county. On the other hand, the grad-'
uated tax would not apply to the spec
ulator who had lands or natural re-
sources scattered throughout the state
in values of less than $10,000 In each
county.. An exploiter might own
$340,000 worth of vacant, unused land
In Oregon, hold it at prohibitive prices
and pay nothing under the graduated
tax schedule. Yet an enterprising citi
zen who owned $340,000 worth of land
in one county and put It to a use prof.
itable to himself and the community
would pay $8350 annually in graduated
taxes. We think, that a socialist who
approves his party's platform ought to
have difficulty in conscientiously sup
porting a measure that would favor
one land speculator against another,
and in some Instances Impose a burden
on the land improver that Is not to be
imposed on an exploiter holding land
of equal value.
For the reasons given we respect
fully insist that Mr. Barzee is a so
clalist single tax leader and regretfully
assert that he is an unwise leader also.
. SOME REMARKS ON SINCERITY.
The Oregonlan is not disposed to en
ter Into any formal discussion with the
skeptical Mr. Bordeaux as to its sin
cerity; but It nevertheless resists an
inclination to consign his letter to the
overflowing waste basket, and prints it
as the revealment of one ardent Demo
cratic mind. For Mr. Bordeaux per
mits us to know that he -is for Champ
Clark and the houn' dawg, and agin-
very much agin Bryan. Moreover,
as a Democrat and a faithful, if not
admiring, reader of The Oregonlan,
he has no use for Roosevelt, and is in
clined to resort to bad language,
whenever he sees the Colonel's name
in print, which is quite often.
Too often, indeed. That is the crux
of our indignant correspondent's com
plaint. He cannot pick up a news
paper but he finds the name, or
deeds, or sayings of Roosevelt staring
him in the face. He figures that
about one-quarter of The Oregonian's
space Is given up to Roosevelt and he
thinks it time to call a halt or stop
his paper.
We beg to assure our choleric friend
that the Roosevelt activities and the
everlasting Roosevelt exploitation are
matters quite beyond our control. If
we had our way. Colonel Roosevelt
would hie him to some vast wilderness,
where the contiguous shades would
absorb him for evermore or at least
until after November. But he insists
on staying and breaking out in a 'new
place every day and causing the gasp
ing and protesting newspaper editors
to put him on the first page, and the
admiring public to wonder what he
will do next. Suppress him? You
might as well try to suppress the sea
sons, or Niagara, or Old Faithful
geyser.
Yet Roosevelt complains in his
speeches about the conspiracy of the
newspapers to Ignore him. The New
York World made a brief summary of
the Roosevelt items that appeared one
day in the New York papers, and it
found that the Colonel had more ar
ticles, and more actual space, two
times over, than all other Presidential
candidates combined.
Certainly we are sincere. Does Mr.
Bordeaux think a person or a Journal,
chased by day and haunted at night
by a big Bull Moose, can be anything
but sincere?
OMISSIONS.
You may look in vain through the
Roosevelt confession of faith and you
will find no confession that Involves
a Roosevelt explanation of his position
on the following live issues:
The third-term precedent and the
Roosevelt personal contract with the
people not again to become a candidate
for the Presidency.
The fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution of
the United .States emancipating the
negro, making him a citizen and giv
ing him equal rights.
Presidential preference primary
laws for white men only.
The Roosevelt conspiracy to take
over the Republican candidates for
elector and to deprive Republicans of
an opportunity in many states even to
vote for their own candidates.
The bogus Roosevelt contests before
the late Republican National Conven
tion.
The deal with McHarg and the
Southern delegations.
The source of the Roosevelt cam
paign' funds. .
The Roosevelt partnership with
George W. Perkins, the steel trust and
the harvester trust.
The Roosevelt alliance with Boss
Flinn and every other boss who will
take the Roosevelt oath of allegiance.
The Roosevelt breach with. La Fol-
lette after an express invitation to La
Follette to enter the Presidential race.
The one-man domination of the Na
tional Progressive Convention and the
preceding state conventions.
The Roosevelt plan to bludgeon all
progressives and all progressive can
didates in the various states, however
distinguished their position, however
conspicuous their service to the cause,
ara however active they may have
heretofore been in promoting the po
litical interests of Colonel Roosevelt,
unless they shall leave the Republican
party and Join with him in the effort
to destroy it.
The former Roosevelt sayings on
woman suffrage. Initiative, judicial re
call and the like.
The seven and one-half years of
successful effort as President to avoid
action on the tariff.
Specific indorsement of Canadian
reciprocity in 1910 and repudiation of
the same reciprocity in 1912.
Others might be mentioned; but
these are sufficient to indicate where
Colonel Roosevelt was, and where he
Is, or says he Is, today.
NEW YORK'S POLICE SCANDAL.
New York's latest and greatest po
lice scandal will serve to open fully
the eyes of the country to the unusual
possibilities of a partnership in any
great city between police authorities
and denizens of the underworld. In
municipal politics the police depart
ment has always been the vulnerable
point in administration and hence de
nunciation of police inactivities against
crime and charges of corruption have
frequently not been proved.
But here is a case where the evi
dence of a corrupt partnership of far-
reaching proportions is incontrovert
ible. Here, too, is shown the partner
ship of police and criminals in its
flower. Not even the Black Hand or
the Comorra seem to have methods
more drastic or more abandoned than
those of New York's police "system."
The taking of millions of corrupt trib
ute came to a climax in the murder
of a man who threatened to kill the
goose that was laying the golden eggs.
Every bit of e'ldence goes to show
that this murder w.as inspired by po
lice officials, and carried out under
supervision of corrupt police officers,
and that the police permitted the as
sassins to escape.
Here is a summary of the important
facts in .the significant murder of
Herman Rosenthal, a New York gam
bier. At 2 P. M. on the night of July
16 he was summoned from a cafe in
a brilliantly-lighted section of the city
and shot down by four thugs who
leaped into a big gray automobile and
were whirled away. The police in the
vicinity were slow in responding. They
reported in the wrong number of the
auto. It developed that the victim.
earlier in the night, had appeared be
fore the District Attorney and given
evidence showing that Police Lieuten
ant Charles Becker had been receiv
ing large sums from gamblers and
other vicious classes of New Y one
underworld. Rosenthal is accredited
with the boast that he would put Lieu
tenant Becker in prison for ten years
even if he had to take the same dose
himself.
Suspicion that Rosenthal was a vie
tim of a corrupt police circle was
clinched when Jack Rose, gambler and
accomDllce in the murder, confessed
The sum of $2,400,000 per year is the
sum paid for police protection by New
York's wrongdoers, according to
Rose's figures. Later, when it became
apparent that police protection could
benefit them no longer, other denizen
of the world that preys added facts
and figures to the Rose confession,
The net of evidence was drawn so
tightly about Lieutenant Becker that
he was indicted in connection with the
Rosenthal murder and placed under
arrest.
' Now that the charges that there was
a partnership have been pretty well
established, a general cleaning up of
the department is well under way. It
is likely that the guilty will be fer
reted out and punished. Such
"system" cannot flourish in any Amer
ican community, once the facts are
proved.
The huge sums paid in tribute to the
police point to the Immense profit
reaped by crime and lawlessness. They
but emphasize the possibilities for
profitable co-operation between crlm
inals and those who are paid by the
CANADA FEELS HER OATS.
Prosperity and the deference with
which her statesmen are treated in
England are inflating Canada's na
tional consciousness until she is be
coming positively bumptious. Having
given surprising proof of this national
state of mind by rejecting reciprocity
with the United States, she is now as
serting herself in the affairs of the
British Empire. To the suggestion
that Canada contribute a few dread
noughts to the British navy, Premier
Borden replies that Canada will not
assume a share In the burdens of the
empire unless she has a voice in the
imperial government. Canada follows
this up by instigating a protest against
the Panama Canal bill from the
mother country, because Canadian
shipping would be hard hit by the ex
emption from tolls of American coast
wise ships.
Canada's interest in the empire is
partly sentimental, partly mercenary.
The Dominion has little but sentimen
tal Interest in the probable conse
quences of war between the mother
country and Germany. Direct attack
by Germany on Canada is not likely
and the Dominion!. would suffer little.
compared with England, by interrup
tlon of trade relations. In the event of
German success at sea. The United
States could be trusted to prevent Ger
man annexation of any part of Can
ada, and thus Canada is secure,
whether the old country or Germany
rules the waves.
Before Canada will do much for
Britain, Britain must do something for
Canada, in the opinion of Mr. Borden
She 'is most vociferous in her protests
against the canal bill, accusing the
United States of tearing up the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty, and will not allow
the home government to relax its ef
forts to Impose upon the United States
the Canadian view of the meaning of
that document. Canada regards the
preferential tariff as a one-sided bar
gain and would like to have her farm
products given preference over those
of other countries In British ports.
British appeals for aid in naval ex
pansion have but served to swell Can
ada's sense of importance and have
brought decidedly nearer the day of
imperial federation.
Almost every President who has
ever ruled Hayti has died by violence
or In exile, but there is always a good
supply of candidates. Did it ever oc
cur to our anti-imperialist brethren to
speculate how long a time would
elapse after we declared the Philip
pines indepedent before they would
sink to the semi-barbarous condition
of Hayti ?
Auditor Barbur apparently does not
fall in with the generally accepted
idea that the chief function of a pub
lic official Is tranquilly to accept
abuse. He stamped his official disap
proval on the coat collar of one bel
ligerent City Hall visitor.
Rosenthal was murdered for
"squealing," but his murderers are
now falling over themselves in their
anxiety to "squeal" also. That is not
surprising, for a grafter is almost in
variably a coward. ,
Many rich Eastern people, who pine
for the native grandeur, the spacious
ness, of the West, are likely to follow
the example of Mrs. Harrfman in es
tablishing a Summer home in this
section.
The spectacle of dogs drinking at
the bubbling fountain is not edifying,
though the pampered animals are
much cleaner than many individuals
who enjoy the benefit of the sparkling
water.
Dissolution of the Second Battalion
Is an easy and quick way out of the
trouble. In event of war, however,
the mutineers will undoubtedly be
quick to volunteer.
,An apple diet, said a lecturer in Chi
cago, will make a woman's complexion
beautiful. He is right, and consump
tion of the Oregon apple will add lus
ter and brilliance.
Fish rabies Is the latest. By all
means don't start a movement to have
muzzles supplied. The reluctance of
fish to -bite is already too noticeable.
Although Mrs. Taft and Roosevelt
traveled on the same train, it is not
likely that the ex-President called on
the President's wife.
A Philadelphia chef has been ar
rested for cruelty to a lobster. Co
quettish young women will do well to
take warning.
A man of 72 seeking marriage with
a woman one-third his age would bet
ter first take out "hornswoggle" in
surance, i "i
Chicago traction employes have sent
an ultimatum on the end of a live
wire.
MODERN TRUST IS HERE TO STAY.
Cut-throat Competition Gone With the
Crude Implements of Other Days.
Itor.) In vjew of the fact that the
Democrats hold so much hope an
promise in their platform, it is well to
note the findings of the Democrat!
members of the committee appointed
to investigate the machinations of the
steel trust. To advance their theory
at the present time, that the duty o
the Government is to destroy the trust:
of this country is to invite their polit
leal suicide as a party. -
A modern well-conducted trust is, in
the opinion of the writer, a govern
mental idea of commercialism put into
actual realization. Much fault is foun
with the fact" that J. P. Morgan has,
through manipulation, secured partial
control of some $3,000,000,000. The sum
is so staggering, the interests so vast,
that- to gay that individual action can
long exist when the consequence
Individual action are so momentous, is
ridiculous.
Amongst so much wealth, with th
interweaving of so many enterprises
and the perfecting of so many agencies,
Morgan has long ago lost his Identity,
Call it socialistic, if you like, but th
modem trust has come to stayt It is
finished product of the 20th centur
and to attempt to re-establish cutthroa
competition is to take a step backward,
Dissolution, destruction in the case of
a corporation, means retrogression,
Cutthroat competition (for there can
be no other kind under modern condi
tions) must go along with the hand
scythe, the "ole apple bar'l," the hand
press, and the hand churn. They are
all products of a past day and must
make way for a new, condition. The
same law that governed the passing of
the hand seythe also governed tne com
ing of the trust. If one was tiresome,
slow in its results, the other is neces
sary in perfecting invention, establish
lng system, creating harmonious re
suits. Society must learn to adjust it
self to this militant change and give to
it its earnest consideration. The mod
ern trust spells par excellence of pro
ductlon, manufacture, system, dlstribu
tion.
To segregate the carrying agencie
of the steel interests from the interests
themselves would mean the shattering
of a cog in the wheel of commercial
progress. The railroads controlled by
the trusts hold the same relation to
the steel interests as the delivery
wagons of a department store hold to
the store itself. Why is the advocate
of regulative control of a trust any
more socialistic than the advocates of
our modern department store? The
centralization of vast industries under
one governing body spells elimination
of waste, nerfection of manufacture,
itrictly sanitary agencies controlling
them and better worKing conaiuuu.
As the steel trust committee says, the
searchlight of publicity is the greatest
governing agency of the corporation
known. When Roosevelt allowed the
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company to be
absorbed by the steel trust, he merely
recognized the force of human progress
which is governed by evolution. His
action differed not one whit from the
actions of Galileo, Gutenberg, juiion
HurerMis in their efforts to aid
human progress. If Hargrave's lnven-
Hnr, anhatituterl factorv work for lam
ily activity, just so does the trust idea
show the futility of individual action.
Th wtt "riaermr-.tlnn of the trusts IS
a foolish cry and legislative action
alone Is the remedy.
Tk. InTOr-Ino- of BOCiOlOKTical COndl
Hons of the employes of the trusts and
other incident evils are the .fearful
costs that humanity yearly pays as lta
tolls for the use of its weapon, evolu
tion. Every century of great progress
has been stamped wltn teartui
Perhaps the coming generation win
reap the benefits or our au.t.-.
CH.ArtljU'O Jit. uv"""""
. 448 Larrabee street.
SOCIALIST PLANK ON TAXATION
Mr. Baraee Thlnka It Permlta Him to
' Support Fela- Measure.
BAD-pr ivn ri- Aiitr fl. (To the
I UUl 1V-' v.., r ' " -
iit, pDnvAntiirA vnn miRht bear
rjuuvi . .
i.i. ... .... . n.ti th heinar ramoalKn
W1LII U3 J a- ' -' . 4
year, with nostrums ana .iii"'
politics galore. The McuurB-uuumiu-i-.
. , i .nmnl.ntH unon Ail trust
DUSa Hi Ulrica iji.,...v-..- i ' "
in The Oregonlan, misrepi oeou.
as "leader or. socialist- biiijsio t.i..
We wish to prove a aeniat oi in ..
11UI1.
t-j . , - .iaQ- thft mint from the
r irbi, ici no -
labor creation of values, unaer
i 1. la n.iaaniftn T 1 1 1 1 M
in II, aa ii io v - - -
L-, i 1 1 .. ..mradn Kiisa nafl cer-
UUr ciutiaiiak
tainly conclusively answereo. tne maitci
of value as related to human energy In
creation. The fictitious value men
tioned by Jrtr. McClure does not enter
into tne consiuei anvii - - 1
mi t.. j Awe.a n,inor- BriSPS 1 1 14111 m
1 IlC 1111.1 lllin ' n
. 1 thnt which Mr. Mc
corieu. '"'"S " " i, u.
Clure intended to say anu wu..
gument afterward proved out. Had
Comrade Buse corrected the statement
to read as it Implied, no difference
..m v. fniinrl m value under this
" v.. .ith.r ! or fictitious.
Mr. McClure gave only the reason
a .waa 4 mo rT T7H I11PH. WII1UII IB
LCI I ti o-i-n-o - , .
. i T,riiciniitAriiv. How ttiey
are created is another thing altogether.
man ni-rHMniL. iiiLuiiiii-""
r ij kn-ra aoiri -values 0.1 ts v.i tu t,-
d because of human necessity.
. .. , . Kw- human neces-
I values mo tiwivC -j -
:lty." He then would nave stated what
, later attempted to prove, rvr m-
. . nil. haa n n value be-
stance. ne " " i
cause there is superabundance for all
without price." uoes , ZZ
that air has no value to him? Does he
.u- .irf a trn in. "A nerson
perishing on the desert, though he had
. ftctlHnna value
t ho wftairn tiiivuoj, -
, .01 T-aiatinn to human
money na " - .
necessities) of an Astor, would he not
. 1 IX M n liirr AT Wil Tflr ! UUOB lliai
add to the intrinsic value of water to
human need? We advise
read "Value, Price and Profit, reierrea
by Comrade iiuse, anu B.
I11S WWII , ,
rhymes well illustrate such logic
-s,aH n-MA MOLDBr UUUOD
Now to our Bociaimt oni6-..
ersnip. jjci- .- -- .,
Collective Ownership. Working Pro-
. . t . A?A vc.11 rn BPfi inn a.
gramme ouv"a' - , . ,-
for demai oi ieaueieHiF,
..1- mu .Anar.tlva nwnprsnlD Oi
land wherever practicable, and In cases
where it is not praciiuio
. .. . A . 1 .v.- annual rent-
priation oy ,
1 value or an ia.nu -
on or exploitation.
. , .pinrat nn la land cr
11 tnis tin' ij " " .
, . t Kut -fnllnwinhT the Diat-
singie tn-A, 1 aiu -
form of the party in supporting graf
ted land tax in uresuu. j""
n.rtv nlatform previous to 1912 did
not carry this section. T,iT,I-I,
WiIMt Man" on Recall of Derfulon.
PORTLAND, Aug. 9. (To the Edl-
x mi .aa ramntA whftn Mr.
(or. "X llliC v a. a, nwt,
Roosevelt believed Senator Root to be
"the wisest man in pudhc me. mr.
Roosevelt at the time was a large
figure in public life.
Against Mr. rlooseven a coniesaiun
oi.v," t niace thA following from a
. -i4-aa rtn thA RllhleCt Of 1 11 -
recent, on"1 - - .. .. . ,, .
dicial decision and public feelings by
Senator Root:
sovereign people which declares that
. i..il..hli .latitat anil
all men nave termu - :
imposes upon itself the great Impersonal
rules or conduct nuiou j ....
. .i th.,, v-lvhtm. and at the
preservation -
same time declares that it will disregard
those rules whenever, in any particular caae.
is the wisn ot a majurnr 01 n "ii
tO OO SO, Mt.uilBii. ,
diction to the fundamental principles of
our
Government as n. ib i""01"1" m wn-
eelve.
U It aDanOOnS swumwi; mi iwuuo-
tlon
of I
Of a Justice wnicn IS iuob HMUunma,
right In the i weak which the strong
. -- T rl .T, thai vlt, I
are pounu w i i- --
truth taught by religion and reaJised in the
hard experience of mankind and which has
Inspired every constitution America has
produced and every great declaration for
hum
tan ireeaom sinne iuaub -nm m i.ic
. . i. . . .,.,ii. a nW ti Hl.tr,,.,
truth
II tn.L UIUJ1BU "- -' . ...
own impulses and passions and to es
iah for its own control the restraining
auiding Influence of declared principles
Its
tab!
and
of
action.. J. H., M. .
Ear AL RIGHTS A!D THE FAMILY
Antl-Soffraglat Fe-ara for Safety of
Social Structure.
PORTLAND. Aug., 9. (To the Ed
PORTLAND, Aug. 9. (To the Ed
itor.) With all this agitation going
on in favor of woman's suffrage one
frequently wonders If its propagan
dists really understand the direction
in which they are trying to lead hu
man society.
Do the suffragists know that they
are helping to break up the family by
attempting to give woman political
equality and advocating (as many of
them do) economic equality at the
same time? What do they propose to
give us in place of that tried and
tested institution to conserve racial
health, efficiency and morality? The
effect of granting women the ballot
will be wid9spread and profound, and
its probable results ought to give
pause to all thinking persons who un
derstand on how delicately balanced
a basis our whole social structure
rests. It wouldn't take much to throw
it over if certain laboriously acquired
institutions and moral inhibltious be
come unsettled. Social stability and
welfare depend upon the continuance
of certain institutions, of which the
family is one of the most precious. It
has given us most of the things in
life that make for physical and moral
health. Vet it must be evident that
the entrance of women into politics
and economic pursuits in short, that
whole movement for what is termed
"woman's emancipation" tends, by
furnishing women a multiplicity of new
interests and activities, to disinte
grate our family and domestic ideals
upon which so much of the good in
life depends.
Judging by the Immaturity, the cock
sureness and vast pretensions that
characterize much of the agitation for
women's suffrage, it is pretty clear
that Its proponents are animated more
by the zeal of the propagandist than
by the deep sense of responsibility of
the great religious missionary of con
structive statesman.
ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM,
255 Nineteenth street, N.
WHAT ONE DEMOCRAT THINKS
Too Much Roosevelt, Snya Hei and the
Papers Are to Blaine.
POMEROY. Wash., Aug. 6. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonlan Is a news
paper, I admit, and yours is a full
fledged party paper, I am sure; yet at
times I question Its sincerity. You
would seem to favor Mr. Taft and you
never favor Democrats, for you always
fail to give them credit for things you
know to be their due. But why do
you continue to advertiso Teddy, the
mountebank? Are you really for him
and wish to help him and his hypocrisy
along by this free advertising?
I remember seeing in "Brains" some
three years ago that he and the Emper
or of Germany were the two greatest
advertisers who ever lived, because
they got so much of It free, and ques
tion your sincerity because you never
fail to fill about one-quarter of your
paper with what he says, what his
bunch are saying and doing, and what
he and they are going to -do. 1 ques
tion your sincerity, I say, because you
are too wise in the ways of the world
and the opposition of the people not to
know that you are making more and
more of them agree with him by eter
nally discussing him and his vagaries.
Not all of your readers agree with you
politically, and many, like myself, being
Democrats who think for tnemseives,
do not give you credit when you fail
to give credit to the accepted ecno oi
representatives of our party in Con
gress. Had Murphy Immediately voted the
New York delegation for Wilson after
Bryan's Janus-faced play, Wilson would
not have been the nominee or Bryan
would have been shown up clearly, as
I think him to be, a hypocrite of the
Talleyrand type. Sometimes these so
called leaders gain by opposition, even
from as well written a paper as yours.
To be sure, you can see that he loses
nothlnir bv so much advertising. And
with The Oregonlan over there and our
double - headed Spokesman - Review -Chronicle
numplng more hot air Into
the Bull Moose over nere, ne ana tney
will get the benefit.
However. I am in no way trying to
tell you what to do In the conduct of
The Oregonlan. I must do as all others
do. read it and say a few blue words
because and then remember that the
Bull Moose have plenty of money and
have very smooth and cunning ways to
get results.
If you know anything or pontics you
will not damn the Democrats. You will
find praise for Clark and expect and
get the half-brother aid from these for
Taft. But, are you sincere? Then be
honest with it to the Democrats and
quit advertising the Morgan-Perkins
candidates.
JAMES A. BORDEAUX.
Open Trial for Officers.
PORTLAND, Aug. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) As one who has always been
proud of the achievements of our Ore
gon National Guard I have taken quite
an interest in the controversy between
them and the regular Army officers.
believe a great injustice would be
done these boys to disgrace them in
the manner proposed. Why not give
them a fair trial and have no secret
sessions? Throw the doors wide open.
the nubile pays the bills and should
be permitted to hear and to see that
Justice is done. The stand taken by
Spanish War Veterans is the right
thing. Let's give our own a square
deal, right or wrong.
J. M. GELLERT.
Meat Bill of Three Natlona.
Indianapolis News. .
Americans are now consuming 185
pounds of meat annually per capita;
the people of Great Britain, who rank
next in the meat-eating scale, get
along with 115 pounds, while those of
the Netherlands exist on s pounas.
"Star Spangled Banner." "
PORTLAND, Aug. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) On a recent trip to Victoria I
had an argument with an Englishman
as to what was the American anthem.
Please answer, go that 1 can send it
-to him. w.
A Conceaaion at Home.
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Dashaway Your husband com
plains that you never allow hlra to ex
ercise his own Judgment.
Mrs. Henpeckie Nonsensei i- let mm
sew on his own buttons.
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Half a Century Aga
From The Oregonlan of August t, 1862.
The British Colonist complains bit
terly against certain despotic acts of
the Governor of Vancouver Island, in
which It is alleged that he has as
sumed high-handed and absolute power,
putting at defiance statute law and all
local regulations enacted by the previously-supposed
highest authorities of
the land.
Philadelphia, Aug. 1. It is proposed
by Governors of states to commence
drafting after the middle of the pres
ent month, if the required number of
troops be not secured by volunteering.
A slight sprinkle" of rainfall last
evening, laying the dust somewhat and
reviving the parched appearance of the
vegetable kingdom.
Proposals will he received until the
10th Inst, for grading and improving
the Seminary biock in this city.
We are requested to announce that
the Franklin Market, corner of Front
and Taylor streets, will be opened. for
the accommodation of customers on
Monday next.
There Is still a chance for about ten
or a dozen more who desire to enlist
In Uncle Sam's service In Captain
Spencer's company.
We have been requested to announce
that Miss Belle Divine will take a
benefit at the theater on Monday night.
THE GAGE OF THE SEA.
New York Evening Sun.
I.
have bandied a bonst of our
We
prowess.
We have flung down the gage of the
sea.
From the coasts of the East to the
gates of the West
Our pennons have flaunted free:
With the pride of our wondrous treas
ure. With the zeal of our youthful hour
We have monsured our strength with
the ocean kings,
We have scoffed at their pomp of
power.
The banner of Stars, unrended,
Has flown thro' the storm and the
wrack.
It has shown thro' the smoke when the
battle broke.
It has followed the simoon's track
Yet. dream not that days of glory.
The deeds that our fathers wrought.
Can carry the boast of an unarmed host
And fight the fights to be fought.
IT.
Not thus did the "Id sea-rulers
Who fashioned the laws of the main,
Not thus did the Kings of the ancient
time,
Not thus wrought the builders of
Spain.
The stanch old burghers of Holland,
In the days when she swept the wave.
Tied her broom at the head of a thou
sand masts
And ten thousand hearts of the brave.
Look now to the proud sea Islands
At the gate of the Northern seas
Lo! cltiej of ships with glistening lips
Speak stern command on the breeie.
And the Teuton giant yonder
Think you he dreams, In his hold,
Of a phantom peace when war shall
cease
And the weak shall keep from the
bold?
Ill
No! not In the plaint of the sluggard.
And not In the miser's plea.
May be found the shield of a mighty
race
Set down by the coaBts of the sea.
When the winds shall burst upon us
Writh the hall of the fire-ringed guns
We shall look In vain to the deeds of
our sires
And the strength of our unarmed
sons.
Set down by the seas of half the world
We shall turn to the sea our ken,
And out of her breast from the East
and the West
Shall come strange armed men:
The boast we made, in our hour of
pride.
Shall crumble beneath their hate
And our fame of the sea, that we held
In fee.
Shall be blown on the winds of Fate!
JOHN JEROME ROONEY.
New York, July 31.
THE FIREBLG AND THE EAST WIXU
"No, I'll not burn my slash this spring,"
the mossback logger said,
"I'll trust to God and luck again;
Expense is what I dread."
"It's time to hit the trail again,"
The careless camper said.
And left his little fire ablaze
Within its leafy bed.
I'll light another cigarette,"
The idle loafer said.
And chucked his old snips in the brush
One end still glowing red.
"Let's punch the screen out of th
stack,"
The donkey fireman- said.
And so he did, and all the sparks
Sailed blithely overhead.
"Come on, we'll dump our ashes now,"
The railroad trainmen said.
The train soon fanned them far and
wide.
As on its way it sped.
"Good time to fire my slashing no-,"
The thrifty rancher said,
And touched it off without a thought
Of how far it might spread.
"I think I'll blow an hour or two,"
The restless east wind said.
Then like it so he changod his mind
And blew a week instead.
"Millions in lives and timber lost,"
The newspapers next said.
What made those fires all start at
once?
We wondered as we read.
"It wasn't us. It was that wind."
The fools in chorus said.
So they're alive and loose this year
We hope the wind is dead.
E. I". Allen.
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