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PORTLAND. FRIDAY. AIOIST 30, 1912.
OLD FASHIONED nEW8 OF OCE ASD
CRIME.
Since the publication of the vico
commission's report brought Portland
face to face with its sins The. Oregon
Ian has been favored by its readers
with a number of projects for ex
tirpating vice and crime. One writer
" tells us that if there were no poverty
there would be no such resorts In ex
istence as are described only too
vividly in the famous report. "Poverty
;is the root of vice and crime." this
gentleman declares. Another puts his
' faith in a sort of passport system. He
views with alarm the liberty we all
possess in America of going about as
. we like without giving an account of
; ourselves to the police. He has visited
Portland many times in the course of
the last twenty years, he relates, and
'the police have never once asked him
'who he was or where he came from.
If everybody were compelled to keep
in touch with the- police, tell them
where he is bound when he sets out
' on a Journey, report himself when he
reaches his destination and reveal
what business he is upon, our corres
pondent believes that much of our
present trouble with the wicked would
be evaded. Perhaps it would. And
yet we do not find that the police are
always active in putting out of the
way the bad men with whom they are
perfectly familiar. The vice commis
sion's report speaks ominously of cer
tain -women buying' immunity from
officials who know only too well what
their business is and. how they con
duct it.
When the officers of the law have
: learned to deal promptly and
efficiently with the criminals whom
they already recognize without labels
' It will be time enough to think about
. requiring everybody to arm himself
with a passport and submit to an in
quisition when he wishes to leave
' home. From one point of view there
. is something exquisitely absurd in the
idea of putting the whole 'decent part
of the community to the extremity of
inconvenience in order to help the
police do their duty. Then there is
the theory that if we could pay every-
body high wages and so abolish
poverty, crime and vice would go
along with It to extinction. This
sounds aJluring until one remembers
that many rich people are as vicious
as the poor. Millionaires like Thaw
commit crimes as readily, often, as
the most miserable hobo and the par
ticular wickedness which we call "the
social evil" is rampant in many a
circle both polite and opulent. The
vice commission speaks of guests who
rent rooms at $2 an hour in some of
the hotels which the report describes.
Persons who can thus Indulge them
selves are not suffering from poverty.
Nor Is it poverty which drives the
highly capable managers of some of
these dens to pursue their business.
The report specifies several who have
amassed .large fortunes with invest
ments in land and bank accounts
which are enviable indeed.
No doubt poverty drives many a
poor girl to sell her virtue. That is
one of the world's tragedies, one of the
preventable miseries for which society
should hide its head In shame. This
particular part of the social evil would
certainly be alleviated by paying bet
ter wages. So might another part of it
The dens which the commission de
scribes are in many cases frequented
by workingmen, young men who have
no families or homes. Frequently they
would have both homes and families
If their wages allowed, and thus the
vicious resorts would lose a fraction of
their patronage, but a considerable
fraction would still remain. There Is
something in the problem of vice and
crime which neither of these projects
touches. Atthe risk of seeming old
fashioned we shall mention two con
siderations which to our way of think
ing are fundamentally important. In
the first place, we believe that the
popular estimation of life's values is
fatally wrong. We have been placing
emphasis upon material possessions
and material pleasures until a creed
has been built up which noios mat
there Is nothing else worth winning or
hovinir Th nrimltive virtues are de
cried. Self-denial, duty, sacrifice for
' home, friends, country no civilization
can be kept from decay without devo
tion to these saving ideals. It never
has been done and we do not believe
it ever can be. .It will hardly be de
nied that these concepts have been
growing vague to the modern city.
The craze for money has driven them
out of the field.
But this kind of talk may strike the
reader as far-fetched and we will not
push the point farther Just now. The
other consideration we have in mind is
the progressive decay of the feeling of
responsibility. Americans must con
fess to their sorrow that their institu
tions have encouraged this In many
ways. The checks and balances to
which we have fondly trusted in Gov
ernment have enabled the shifty offi
cial to shirk his duty without incur
ring direct blame. It has usually been
possible for him to unload the burden
of responsibility on somebody else
who in turn slips away from it. From
this laxity in official matters we have
passed on to the effective denial of re
sponsibility for personal conduct. The
murderer must not be punished be
cause society bred him up to crime.
The thief steals not because of the de
pravity of his heart, but because soci
ety did not give him a fair chance in
life. And so it goes down the whole
scale of misdeeds. Nobody is to blame
and nobody must be punished. Shall
society commit suicide because it has
failed in Its duty to some individuals?
The toleration of vice and crime Is
virtual suicide for the body politic.
While we enforce the great lesson of
social responsibility, would it not be
well to keep in mind that the individ
...i ha- his own- Dart in the battle
and if he proves a coward or a traitor j
r
he must ' bear the . consequences, no
matter how Incompetently tne cam
naicn .nav have been planned by the
v.nF9 1
We cannot hoD for much better
ment in the conditions we all deplore
until we contrive to hold every public
official clearly and definitely responsi
ble for certain fixed duties, i nose au
rise mnt he his and nobody else's
There must be no way for him to shift
nr Avnrie them, and when he fails to
do them there must be an unimpeded
way to punish him. But official jre
snonsibilltv Is not enough. Its neces-
Mrv correlative is individual responsi.
bility. Society cannot exist unless the
Individual is held answerable for what
he does. " It may be cruel. In some
rases it mav be unjust. But it must
he Hone nr the world will revert to
barbarism. The reversion is pretty
well begun in Portland and a good
many other cities, hut nappny we are
not so far on the way but that we can
return if we will. "Speak tne divine
will and it is done."
PLAYING THE GAME.
Some one who describes himself as a
Progressive sends the following to The
OTegonian with the suggestion that it
rtpsirvM comment:
The "Progressive party platform contains
a pianK indorsing tne airrtfc imhuij
In view of the fact that those most prom-
tion partiolpated in the nomination of the
various tickets chosen at the primary elec
tion held last April. It would appear a trifle
Inconsistent on the part of these men to be
planning the nominat!6n of an assembly
. i . i -i. . nnnn ha ramdi.
or cdovc nuuu w i
dates whom they helped to nominate at that
election.
The, rls-ht to holt may b freely con-
nAA tn -v- fantinn or stoud not sat
isfied with the nominee of any party,
if they bolt openly ana witnoui resor
.otinn - gnninn'. Rut whether con
ceded or not. It will be done. We are
m.iov, Henncert: to encourage the men
o-nn are not satisfied with Mr. Taft to
organize a third party for the third-
term candidate. It is tne.oniy correct
and honest course.
The trnnhie la that many sun
Mnnsers do not know where they are
at Thv wrnii tn bolt, and to stick.
They can't. Roosevelt will not per
mit it. Propriety win not justuy n.
How can any man be a Republican
and a supporter of a party expressly
organized to defeat and supersede the
Republican party?
after a while the Bull Moosers will
fcnw' a nrimarv of their own. They
are proceeding in accordance with the
primary law for the present. They
see now the great virtue of a conven
tion or assembly. Formerly they were
much anguished about it. But never
mind. Do not stop the game. Let
them stand at Armageaaon ana oai
tle for themselves. .
THE ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN MONEY.
breast of the financing-of his last cam
paign, his Chicago aeciarauon ur
M-.ViKtinn in this eamnalcn Is
an insult to public Intelligence. Senator
La Follette.
a waot tftnnt-mrerav rfllres over the
contribution to the Republican cam
paign fund of 1904 of the sum of
$100,000 by John D. Archbold for
standard Oil Company. Mr.
Roosevelt denies vehemently, indig
nantly, and almost profanely that he
knew anything - about the tainted
offering at the time, ana proauces
letters, written a short week before
v.A 1001 alantinn showing that he
directed Chairman Cortelyou to re
turn the money, if there was sucn a
contribution.
vc- -Don-nee and Mr. Archbold say
the money. was solicited by Cornelius'
N. Bliss, treasurer of tne itepuDiican
..ittee end that Mr. Roosevelt,
then President, knew all about It, for
Bliss told them he did, and otner cir
cumstances Justified that conclusion.
But Penrose and Archbold are now
members of the great Ananias Club,
.-d the averae-e citizen must decide
for himself, if he can, what are the
facts. . ..
r uhnt nhnnt the other contribu
tor,., in 1904 hv other trusts? The
New Tork World gives the following
list:
ti to RA whl-h Chief Judge
ine rcrmii. .3. -
Cullen said involved larceny from the New
Tork Life; and $50,000 each from two other
insurance companies.
-.- stai Trust fund sworn to by Perkins
and Counsel Lindabury.
The Philadelpnia tuna m
Stotesbury. a partner of "the Morgan in
terests that are so friendly."
The Beef Trust iuno. ooasieu m
mour.
Harriman's $260.000 or. as ex-Governor
Odell remembers It. $240.000 raised with
the understanding that Frank Black was
to be Senator and Mr. Depew an Ambassa
dor, and that Harriman was to be consulted
bout railway recommendations.
.oee ere nnw dead issues nearly.
But the Roosevelt campaign fund of
iai ic not Tt la observable that Mr.
Roosevelt has said not one word in
reply to Mr. La Follette, ana mere is
1'i.i.t tnot ciisnlrion as to where
the great Roosevelt primary campaign
fund of 1912 came trom.
Why does not Roosevelt answer
La Follette?
FAKED FIGURES.
Anybody can take selected assump
tions, rely on a number or iaise
nf his own choosing and
reach the conclusion he desires on the
subject of single tax or any other is
sue. But of what value has such a
course? It has absolutely none ex
cept wherein it may deceive tne un
wary. Mr. ITRen does a mue worn
of
hi. n-der- In rnmmline a letter to
The Oregonian which Is printed to
day. -
Mr. ITRen attempts to snow
the Corbett and Failing estates and
w -a -Peclrhelmer would pay in
graduated taxes if the single tax con-
.iitntinnal amendment should . be
adopted. His computations are based
on an incomplete recora. o
d values of their
land holdings in Multnomah county
and palculates tnereirom now mutu
each would pay. Yet these so-called
land values would be reduced thou
sands of dollars under a single tax
valuation because improvements "In
and under" the land -which now are
included as real estate values wouia ue
excluded from the assessed valuation
under single tax. Mr. ITRen's figures
on the amount or graauateu
Id nav under single
tax therefore are and must be too
high. Consequently his estimates ou
what certain small home owners
would pay are too low. -
The Oregonian has repeatedly called
attention to the fact that the tax rolls
do not disclose tne vaiue 01 au im
provements "in. on and under the
land." Yet such improvements must
all be excluded from taxation under
the operation of single tax. ine tax
rolls do. show the value of improve
ments "on" the land. The value or
imnrovements "In and unaer tne
land Is not segregated. Mr. ITRen's
argument, being Dasea on wntii jib
discovered In the tax rolls, is there
fore valueless.
Of course the Oregon City lawgiver
knows this. The Fels Fund, which he
represents In Oregon, admits in its
Clackamas county compilation of tax
comparisons' that in order to obtain
its figures as to what each person
would pay under single tax it was
necessary to use assumptions as : to
the value of improvements in ana
under" the land and also to employ
an expert to ""estimate" the value of
public service franchises and rights-of-way.
Thus we have as a single tax
campaign document a maze of figunss
computed on a combination of tax roll
values, selected assumptions and the
report of a Fels-paid expert. And the
results, like the conclusions given In
Mr. ITRen's letter, are recklessly pre
sented as definite and reliable.
It may be a pleasant pastime to
make bricks without straw, but it Is
bound to be an unprofitable one unless
somebody be swindled with the bricks.
We doubt that the .Fels Fund brigade
la making useless bricks Just for the
mere fun of dabbling in mud. The
Oregonian therefore again warns the
voters that any figures purporting to
show the amount Of taxes the land
owners of Oregon would pay Tinder
the operations of single tax are In
definite, unreliable and meaningless
and are known to be so by the men
who prepare them.
THE DUTY OF SUPPRESSION.
The Oregonian is charged by the
Pendleton East Oregonian with hav
ing "killed the Eastern, Oregon
normal school- by its misrepresenta
tions." It makes this surprising
statement as a preliminary to another
falsehood that "The Oregonian is
showing Its antipathy to the Eastern
Oregon hospital by playing up unfair
stories purporting to show the poor
innatinn of the branch hospital at
Pendleton. If upon The Oregonian
must be imposed the responsibility of
killing" the Weston Normal school.
we assume that this paper may be
fairly entitled to the credit for having
created the Eastern Oregon hospital
and made possible Its location at
Pendleton. For both measures were
determined by the sovereign people
under the initiative. The Oregonian
had vigorously protested against leg
islative log-rolling over the normal
schools, and the Legislature and the
people took the same view. The
nree-onian suDDorted the proposal for
an Insane asylum In Eastern Oregon,
and the people took the same view..
Of course It makes no difference to
The Oregonian where any insane asy
lum is located, though It may to the
patients. It would be disposed to
consider their comfort and welfare
-etvie- than the rip.olrea and sentiments
Of any neighborhood or community
which had its own purposes in secur
ing a stater Institution for itself. If
nth era have oblected to the Pendle
ton site. The Oregonian has not. Yet
it has not thought that its duty to
Pendleton or the state required It to
suppress the opinions of men, like Dr.
Hall, who ought to know. Suppression
is of course the ienaieion papers
Idea of newspaper ethics and policy.
It is not The Oregonian's.
CRAZY PEOPLE.
The crazy woman who had prepared
tn vnifn President Taft at Columbus
suffered from a double delusion. She
fancied herself his wife and it was
borne in upon her that she was to
n,,nieh him for anmethine. With the
characteristic Incoherence of the In
sane she did not seem to know what
fault he wan eiilltv of. but whatever
it might have been she was appointed
to mete out punishment to him. No
doubt the authorities will put the
poor creature under proper restraint
and rjerhaps' ' bring her to a more
healthful state of mind.
Insane delusions are apt to De
ridiculous when they are not frightful
to those who witness them. A visitor
at an asylum once fell Into conversa
tion with a respectable-looking man
7hn eeemed also to belon? outside. He
talked rationally on many different
topics and finally began to discuss tne
peculiarities of some or tne inmates.
There that old slmDleton yonder,"
he remarked, pointing to a venerable
lunatic, "look at him well, for he be
llovoa Via la Nanoleon." "How do you
know he is not Napoleon?" Inquired
the visitor. "I know it easily enougn,
his interlocutor replied. "I know
everything. The fact of the matter is
am God."
Much effort has been expended In
mnHern trials to draw a clear line of
demarcation between the sane and in
sane. Some experts cut the knot by
declaring that everybody is at least
partially out of his head. No doubt
there are moments -when any man
may lose his self-control and act like
maniac but that Is something very
different from actual .Insanity. The
wildest of us In our most rrantic
moments know right from wrong and
understand nerfectlv well that if we
commit a crime we ought to suffer for
This is the real practical test he-
tween mental health and disease.
When the machinery of the brain has
been so impaired that a person
actually confuses right and wrong it
a imhist to hold him accountable for
what he does, but it is not wrong to
restrain him.
Insanity is not always violent, it
often as mild as a May day and as
cunning as the Adversary until the
riirht moment comes for an outburst-
Then of course there are storms.
Very likely the poor woman who tried
to attack he President was perrecuy
ha-miesa to all sDDearance un to the
instant when she showed what she
was seeking to do.
USPKEPAREDNESS INVITES WAR.
Under extreme pressure from both
within and without Its own ranks, the
Democratic party has grudgingly con
sented to the addition of one battle
ship to the Navy, when the presenta
tion of our present position among na
val powers requires atr least two new
first-class ships yearly.- ir tne .Demo
crats should gain the Presidency and
control of both Senate and House at
the election, they would remain in ab
solute control of the ' executive and
probably of the Senate for the next
four years. The pressure wnicn
started a concession at the session Just
closed would be "withdrawn and the
forces which sought to prevent addi
tion to our naval strength, or even
construction of new ships to take the
places of those which have become
outdated, would have full sway. The
prospect that the Democrats would
build even one battleship yearly is
therefore gloomy.
This attitude of the Democratic par
ty toward the Navy Is no mere tran
sient condition, due to a desire to make
a good showing of economy on the eve
of an election, it is nxea nrmiy oy
the basic principles of the party. . As
Captain Mahan well expresses the dif
ference between the two parties in a
letter to the New York Times:
In our Federal system we have two great
historical divisions of thought: That which
sees first the Nation, and' that whlott sees
first the state lines. - --
In its devotion to the idea of state
sovereignty the Democratic party
seeks tn dwarf the National nower.
views with Jealous eye every act which
will enhance that power, tience i
nnnnsittnn tn enlargement of the Nav
its attempt to weaken the cavalry arm
of the Army and its determination
cut the Philippines adrift. The Civil
War compelled the Democrats reluct--ntlv
tn admit that the Union la Indis
soluble, but in speaking and thinking
of this Nation as a union or sovereign
states, they still place the empnasis 01
the soverign states, while the Republi
cans emnhastze the. union.
The Democratic party is no more
enamored of peace and of all measures
which contribute to" the preservation
of peace than is the Republican party,
hut tn Its nnnnnltlon to keeDina the
Nation well prepared for war, the De
mocracy closes Its eyes to racts wnicn
are obvious to other nations, jrrepar
edneas for war and letting other na
tions know we are ready are the best
preservers of peace. By being pre
pared. France and Britain on the one
hand and Germany on the other were
ennhled to warn each Other not to
make war. and a peaceful adjustment
or the Moroccan aispute was me re
sult. Had' Spain in 1898 been as
Ktrone- aa she was In the days of her
splendor, instead of being weak and
decadent, we should proDaniy nave
hesitated long to attack her. Had
rhinn nosseaeed b. modern army and
navy, Japan would not have attempted
to drive her out of corea. uniy is.ru
ger's Ignorance of British military
power and British determination to
iiu it hrnmrht on the Boer war. Rus
sia's corruption and over-confidence
caused her to be unprepared in man
nh,i-ia'and thus to invite JaDanese at
tact. 'Had Turkey now possessed the
army and the efficiency of Solyman,
Italy would not have been so quicic to
Invade Tripoli.
The Senate is really responsible for
the carnage in Nicaragua ana tor tne
necessity of sending United States
marines tn that country to protect
Americans and their property. Had
the Senate ratified the Nlcaraguan
financial treaty. American collectors
nrn,iid have taken charsre or tne isica
raguan custom houses, the revolution
lets -ci-niild have been unaDie to yiu
cure the sinews of war and would in
aii nrnhahiHtv have preserved peace.
Frightened by tne Dogey or tne muuoy
the Senate nitreonholed the
treaty and the loss of thousands of
lives Is the consequence, wun Amen
cans in charge of the custom houses
isrica-ae-iia would have been as peace
ful and prosperous as we nave mut
banco jjumiuB".
nn-ai Rnnth". funeral was an In
ternational function. The magnates
of the world did nomage to nis mem
ory and the peoples Joined to revere
him. When he began his work he
was reviled and persecuted. His
office'rs were jailed for preaching the
. s the nnor. Rut he went on
doing good, not for the sake of money
and renown, but Decause ne iovcu u
fellow men. He sought first the
Kingdom of God ana nis ngnieous
ness and everything else that the
itmM craven was added unto him.
Few men .have lived more usefully or
died in greater honor.
The nniitlcal mortality in the
TTnitod States Senate has been fearful
to contemplate for the last year or
two. Senator ferKins la tne last w
succumb to the scourge. He assigns
"oo-e and Infirmity'- as the cause of
his retirement but no doubt he means
this as a euphemistic designation ot
the prevalent disease. . More rapidly
in the Senate than in most other
places "the old order changeth giving
place to new." wnat was reputed iu
be the most stable of legislative
bodies proves to be one of the most
fluid. ,
The City Council would lose nothing
by reconsidering its demand upon the
vice commission to disclose all sources
of information. Much that it dis
covered would have remained in the
dark but for promises of secrecy. The
commissioners are bound in honor to
keep faith with those who aided them
and the chances are that they will do
so. The city officials know from the
report exactly what conditions are
around us. There is nothing to hin
der them from doing their duty if
they -wish.
There have been many such cases
as that of the So" Francisco broker
and the chorus girl, but In most of
them the broker puts nrs loss down
to experience and vows never again
to dally with wine and such women.
Even, if Ehrlich recovers hla $5000
notes, he will have furnished J5000
worth of amusement; if he should be
required to pay them, he will receive
scant sympathy.
Wilson tells the farmers an easier
means should be provided for secur
ing money from banks. Yet all the
farmer in need has to do is to show
the banker his ability to repay a loan.
The country bank is anxious to do
business, but the bulk of its funds Is
money deposited by farmers, whose
interests the banker must safeguard.
Wilson Is talking for votes.
The Portland money in search of
an owner, recalls that famous $30,000
which was to have been used to buy a
Montana Senatorshlp, but which no
man dared claim after it had fallen
into the hands of the state. It finally
enriched the state school fund. Per
haps the $400 held by Cameron may
meet a like fate.
m'-..-i awaip naam m act "OL A 1 f rt TT1 A 111
X aillLCU II-V"GJ Dccuio w "
all auarters In New York as that
. . . . . ...(... mi,.
which nas tne oaor ui unuvinj.
Sailors' Snug Harbor is Just as snug,
whatever kind of money supports it.
In defying the suffragettes. Premier
Borden shows more courage than dis
cretion. When he has undergone ex
periences similar to those of Asqulth,
he may change his tune.
These eugenic baby shows have the
appearance of a united effort, to put
Dan McAllen out of business in his
favorite occupation.
An unfeeling " public has little sor
row for the "sport" who loses a thous
and dollars' worth of diamonds while
Joyriding.
Enlisted men are to receive three
months' back pay. Absence of the
canteen will make the event notice
able. -
Marines are policemen, not soldiers,
which explains why they can go Into
Nicaragua, while the latter cannot.
Uniforming California's insane will
open a new lead in vaudeville. .
MUT t'HEV' CITES THE TAX ROLLS
Oregon city Lawgiver Uses Incomplete
Record to Support Single Tax.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Aug. 28.Xo
the Editor.) The increase or decrease
of taxes that would result to each in
dividual taxDayer in Portland, If the
graduated specific tax and exemption
amendment should be adopted with
complete exemption of personal prop
erty and Improvements, can be com-
of
Multnomah County and the statistics
of
puoiic service corporations in iiio ui
flee of the State Railroad Commission
of
at- saiem. la-uns ine year iiu
sessed value, separately, of lots, per
sonal property, and of improvement!
tor every taxpayer ui rui uanu. '
1 11 C i" C13 X' U11U VUIIUI0OVU,
the records of Multnomah County
searcnea zor au inoae wno wou.u l& j
the graduated tax, and computed the
of the 1910 assessment. A regular gen
eral levy of 22 mills on all the land
and rrancnise values, in addition- to
graduated tax. would have raised prac
.-t c .i tn 1 (11 (1 All na.BAtiol nronprtff
aiocu ill aiv. nil . ...... . c - i
and improvements would be free from
taxes on the aDove basis.
rr. i1 .. I. . . . l...l1ln ..Inl.a arA
TIT T3 ITankhalmap -nrill An fftr nraO.tir.Hl
examples of the operation of the grad-
uaLeo lax ana genci ! icvj wi
etis ana railings Decauae m i"
ter of buiteings and improvements
of the arrest landlords of Portland
Their proportions of assessed value
of
buildings to land values are among the
1. 1 v. TV, f-nm 94 tn 9
cents of improvement values for each
dollar of land values on the assessment
roil. Mr. r ecnneimer is a tair eiuiuii
A 9 K i arn-ai rnla -flmoncr thft SrreRt
landlords or forunno. nis nuiiiuv-
ment values are aoout cents n mo
dollar of his land values on the assess
ment roll. He is one of the low ones.
but comparatively few or tnose w
V, a ,fA a half million fldllftrft' WOTth
land are assessed for more than $50,000
worth of improvements.
Cni. 101ft hs ITnill-s- -nil Horbett &S
.-cement ra 1 937 9Rn far land values
for improvement values, $479,200; there
was some personal property aiso. -m
to. ltH,4 nn thorn was S53.177.39
Exempting the personal property and
improvements, tne srauusiou ia v...
. . . . . i..
tnam e siwnAm nr , nn in rill va.111 nwu i
amount to $56,287, to which, add th
i.,,ii. law n r i-a K(i: h i nn ine va u
e ih. land at 22U mills, would make
their tntnl tav .99. 890.87. which is twice
what they actually paid.
The graduated tax on tne owhcis
tv, riArKl aetata nn thn 1910 aSSOSS-
ment for $2,634,800 of land value would
have been $77,179; to tnis aoa
for the regular levy of 22 mills on the
land value, and the Corbett estate
would have paid a total tax oi ii.
450.87. The actual tax levy on thi
Corbett estate for 1910, on land, build
norannnl nrnnertv was $74.
lllgO ftUU L .J . . . . ... t - 1
im whixh la Sfil. 973.17 less . than
tho'lr'tftx would -have been under the
proposed amendment.
T3,!t nn tha usual nA.Slff Or VE UADI
land and lot assessments In Multnomah
" ..... it m ,.rn rn Kflv t nn i i 1 1 v . vj i
hnMlnirs BTK IVOrth S5.000.fl00
On that basis the ground rent would be
onnnnft - iroai an that it is Clear that
the tenants pay enough to cover all the
graduated and regular ib-ws iiu uiu.
leave the owners a net grouna rent oi
more than $163,000. That is a much
larger income for the heirs without any
labor of their own than any equai num-
i M .1 J tAt.nt ..an mdlca hV 1 ft hf)!.
OCT OL L11C1I j
The same thing applies to all the great
landlords In proportion 10 mo
W. B. Fechheimer's 1910 assessment
was $475,000 for land value, tor ouuu-
lngs $22,900. and mere was sumo uici
1 A.rlr Ula t V 1AVV WaS $11.
DUIlal ji i u ".' .j 1 - - ' ,
190.74, but the graduated tax and the
general levy or avi
values would nave Deen
rr i .Aiinwini, AYomnlAs show fairly
what the effect would be on the small
borne owners and men of moderate
means:
Charles E. Maklnster was asseuoeu
$500 for his lot and $700 for his home
, i. win tux In 1910 was $26.40
and his tax under the proposed amend-
.... s i n r UL .11 nArannOI
ment would De '"' " f"'"-"""
j nnf nvampn ta PKPIllTlt M6
prutiei ly auu J"'i" v
had $1.40 of improvements for every
dollar of land vaiue.
Oliver E. Leet was assessed $250 for
his lot and $550 for his home on the
lot. His tax was $17.60. but under the
proposed amendment would have been
a- t i !. j t on sMinp.(t for his
fO.oo. lie nau - - - ,
home for every dollar of his land value.
Morris Marks was assessea i"
his lot and $2400 for his home on the
lot. His tax in 1910 was ii.
under the proposed amendment his tax
would have been $126. He had more
i , r ots..Rnii value for his
home for every dollar of the assessed
lot value. .
mv.- .ainrH. show beyond aues-
tion that the poor man's house and fur
niture is a very mucli larger prvpu. iw..
of his total assessment than the rich
mon-a hnlldines and personal property
are of his total assessment. The pro
portion for tne poor man io.iib
: , : nt. tn to an nf ImDrovements
and personal property for each dollar
of land vaiue. xueio i H" .
trast between this and the Fechhelmer
, cents, or even the coroeit ana ramus
,A . Th. mnm VA U&D e LUIS 1UUU
3 CeiUB. Alio - - ' r .
11 ,h. nrnnortiOn of building
tllO BiHAUDi r - -
.- nrnnp.rtv assessment as a
general rule, until the class of pure
speculators is reacnea wimuui.
. at ail
I am still unable to see on what
ground The Oregonian Dases us w
lon that the graduated tax amendment
a rich mans measure.
WILLIAM S. U REN.
Grade of Rock Chute.
T..-x- miv Anir 29. i To the
Editor.) In looking through The Ore
gonian I noticed a iimpia yuconu..
mathematics which was incorrectly
answered.-
The question wao ii...
Salmon, Wash., asking the per cent of
j . ' ,ir z-hnto with 100 feet
eraue un a. . ...... .
of elevation which terminates at a
oolnt 100 feet distant, in your icu ,
v.t tha i1 In one foot Is
yOU BWIB ina.
1.41 feet making nearly a 71 per cent
erade This would appear auouiu. i
. , . fth o-rndA of anv
erammar school as they would plainly
, 1 1 1 fa.t in nna
see that a rise ui -i--" .. --
foot would be a 141 per cent grade.
. iA r ih. rVintp would be 100
per cent as correctly contended by
one of the White oaunun ui-...
1 L. A. a.-
n,v. nnaannnant YiB.3 Stated the
case inversely. The rise is one foot in
I 41 feet of length not a rise of 1.41
feet in one foot of length. The chute Is
tne Bjiiuiuouuov ----- mr . .
..la.ia th base and "side of which
... i ...ha.n.a nr a riarnr-aiiKieu
are each 100 feet long. The chute
would be 141 Teet long ana wu w
at the rate or aDout j. ieei u cauu
inn t..t nf length. The grade is there
fore nearly 71 per cent.
Pan-American Union.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 28. (To
the Editor.) When was tne Bureau or
South American Kepuoncs stanea:
. . . i i . 1 T Tnhn Rnrratt
What IS Its oujeun i ow...a
a Eastern or a raciuo ma.ni
F. W. Ia.
mi.. Tntafnatinnal Union of American
Republics was established at WaBhlng
. ..naar the recommendation of the
Pan-American Conference of 1890. Its
purpose is to maintain closer relations
of friendship and commerce between
the American repuDlic. jonn Barrett
was born in Vermont and was educated
in tho TTast. but was ensealed in news
paper work on the Pacific Coast for
a number of years.
I'ENDLETO " ASYLUM DEFENDED.
Criticisms of Institution Arouse Suspi
cions of Mr. Nottingham
PORTLAND, Aug. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) Recently I read a number of
articles in the dally papers, which ap
pear to have originated in Salem,
concerning the Eastern Oregon Asy
lum, its location, its grounds, its
water supply, etc. I personally in
spected all of the available sites In
Eastern Oregon before the site was
selected and I then approved and now
approve most heartily of the site
chosen near Pendleton. In my opinion
It Is by long odds the most suitable,
desirable and economical location east
of the mountains.
As a member of the legislature I op
posed the purchase of farm lands to
be used in connection with this asylum.
The state has a very large tract of fer
tile bottom land adjoining the building
site and so situated that it can be cul
tivated with economy. It, in my opin
ion Is all the land required for legit
imate purposes. The question of buy
ing more farm land came before the
last legislature and was referred to
a special committee which reported
against the purchase of the lands. Be
fore the asylum was located the State
Board secured options upon a great
amount of available lands. These op
tions were for such length of time
that they did not expire until after the
legislature adjourned, the purpose be
ing to tie up the land before the asy
lum was located so that owners could
not advance the price.
I do not think it is profitable for
the state to operate In the farming
business. It means a lot ot additional
employes who secure and hold their
Jobs through political activity and I
do not believe the state has any more
right to engage in a general farming
business than it has to enter into any
other line of commercial activity. This
land Is situated where cheap alfalfa
hay is readily available from the ir
rigated lands on Butter Creek and the
Umatilla River. It would be just as
reasonable to expect a liveryman in
Pendleton to own a farm adjoining
Pendleton to grow feed on as to ex
pect the state to own a lot of high
priced land for the same purpose. For
the same reason that the liveryman
finds it cheaper to buy his hay the
state will find it cheaper to buy its hay
and provender.
The great difficulty is that certain
officers want to have a lot of flunkies
and day laborers around them to wait
on them. They work to Increase the
land holdings of the state institutions,
thereby increasing opportunity to em
ploy laborers and increase their own
importance from a political standpoint
There is one little tract on the asy
lum grounds In Eastern Oregon which
has been rented for several years to
market gardeners and has produced
an annual income of approximately
$300 per acre from garden stuff. There
are about 10 acres of the state's land
in orchard which has produced about
seven car loads per annum of men-
chantable apples which have sold at
an aggregate figure or rrom Z4uu to
$3000. I mention these facts to show
that on the 150 or more acres of bot
tom land there the state san produce
ail necessary supplies in quantities far
beyond its requirements except cneap
nroducts. such as reed ror livestock
which can be bought cheaper than the
state can raise them. Moreover, the
ground is near to the business center
and railroad depots in rencieion,
that it will not require a large amount,
of livestock to haul the. of fleers and
employes of the asylum to town, as it
does at the Salem institutions. I feel
that the many articles originating at
Salem which are derogatory to the
Ponnlotnn Institution should, as a mat
ter of good taste, be discontinued.
DiTrlnir the 32 years 1 representee iviun
nomah County in the state legislature
I gained considerable insight into the
affairs or a puDiic nature ai onrem.
feel that the institutions there are not
so economically or scientifically man
aged and that Salem is justified In
throwing stones at the Pendleton insti
tution, Many people here in Portland
foal that some of these articles are in
spired by some of the state officers or
residents or Haiem lntereuieu. in ina.i-tainine-
all of the institutions there,
The fact that the entire managing
hnnrn Is made up or baiem men nav
,.iiv Pimpi some of us who have
never had the privilege of residing
permanently in Salem to look wun
some degree of suspicion into the
many things which have been said
concerning tnis new ihbuiuuuh "wn
hainir com-Dleted at Pendleton.
From the marty statements contained
in these articles prophesying that the
institution would be a failure that
hygienic conditions would be bad; that
expenses wouia db ihr". .
might naturally infer that Salem is
the modern home of the propneis.
Th state Board has seen fit to con
struct a $20,000 concrete and steel cow
v..,.- at th Salem asylum ana w
. . . , v. . . to Rftrl fapt fnr
stretcn out a nen iiiu ----- -
the accommodation or tnose purs-u
chickens to supply eggs preu..mu.j
tT. tha cnlnvment of such men as
Humphries from Benton County, and
Webb from tnis county. "
.ja.pr. who nave receiver ti
anw Murine- the present administra
tion I have not made any estimate
of the relative cost of feeding these
fellows on eggs produced by the thor
oughbred chickens as comparer
what it would cost to keep them on
ordinary rations. It is passing strange
-a. ha cottar of cost at Pendleton is
receiving so much interest at the hands
of certain Salem people, but that we
hear nothing about this extravagance
at the Salem institutions.
Let us be fair ana not .
kill off the Pendleton institution by
a lot of guess work and prophesies be.
fore it is started. As to fertility of
the soil and nygiemc "'"'
are good. I think the water there
preferable to that at Salem, and hea th
statistics make Pendleton out a better
place to live in than Salem. A rall
ILa switch is built 'right into the
grounds . h. xirovided for
-j a thA nranc i o-aj.uui "--
everytn.ng " I I,,mirai
the well being, newm ...-
care of the P".' NOTTINGHAM.
Four Oriental Views on Women.
Edinburgh Review.
n.i. . t ..-i. eava- "Thouffh a woman
Alio M.aiai-i a -. --
i.-....., aavnn children, do not
u aa uwwo .r w , ,
trust her." and -A woman s iueue .
only three inches long, yet it can kill a
man six feet high."
TI Ikt.aaa aaVH " 1 " H t P Tl fiTOddeSS-
X 1113 Vyllillcoo -'
like daughters are not equal to one son
with a limp." and "A young wife should
In her house out a snauow ui an
echo." ' ,
The Indian remarks: "A woman s
..... Has at the back of her
neck (or heel)" i. e., she is wise when
it is too late; and "iie is a aownrignt
fool who acts according to his wife's
advice."
The Turk contemptuously exclaimed:
imr V..I la lnna hut har wit is
VT tslua-U D aia. - - ct - .. .
short." Shows his lack of confidence in
her integrity Dy declaring: ine aog is
faithful, woman never," and expresses
hi
of
..-nan tfllrfna- an IntaraRt In nnv-
nuiuvu - - -
thi
HinS UBJuuu lavta " 1' " " " J j...(a.
With her hands full of dough she Is
ml)
ixed up Wltn tinierxeres wun; me
business of a man."
Divorce and Remarrlaare.
MEHAMA, Or., Aug. 27. (To the Edi-
. rl..aa (nfnrtii n-iA if nnvnna 1 1 1 c t
shortly after getting a divorce can go
over into Washington and get married.
Do the parties have to stay over there
till their six montns are up or can tney
come back just as soon as they get
married? A READER.
The marriage would be void in either
case. Persons divorcea in uregon can
not legally marry in Washington be
fore the expiration of six months.
Half a Century Ags
From The Oregonian ot August 30, 1912.
" Washington, Aug. 21. A New York
civilian who left Richmond on the 13th
says at that time troops were pouring
out of the city on the Vermont rail
roads. All the troops around Richmond
were in motion towards the north.
New York. Aug. 23. The Phila
delphia Press says General Pope has
fallen back across the Rappahannock
and made that stream a line of de
fense. The enemy is in great force on
the south bank. He has made several
Ineffectual eltorts to cross and turn
our left flank, at the same time
making demonstrations on our center.
Fighting of a desultory character has
been going on for several days. The
enemy have been repulsed at all points
by our batteries. -
St. Paul, Aug. 20. The Indians of
Meeker County, exasperated at the
non-reception of money from the Gov
ernment, attacked the whites in the
town of Alton and killed a number
of persons, men and women. . The
Indians at the -Lower Sioux agency
have been threatening venpeeance for
some time. An outbreak finally oc
curred and the greater number of
whites in the vicinity were massacred.
Forty-five men sent against them fell
into an ambuscade after crossing the
river near the agency. The greater
number were killed: only 17 returned
to the fort. The state scouts estimate
the number of whites already killed
at 500. The civilized Indians exceeded
their savage brethren in their atroci
ties. It is perhaps not generally known
that the City of Portland, which con
tains a population of about 4000 souls,
is the commercial metropolis of the
fine and growing State of Oregon; is
the principal shipping and outfitting
point for all the vast gold-bearing
region east and north: Is the largest
and most wealthy city north of San
Francisco and the second .city on the
Pacific Coast: is constantly thronged
with thousands from every nation,
kindred and tribe on the earth: con
tains near 50 saloons, dramshops and
groceries, besides numerous other
public places where the vicious habits
and depraved appetites of Immoral
characters receive additional stimu
lants and encouragement: and with all
this the City of Portland has no
regular city police except one City
Marshal and his deputy and three spe
cial or private watchmen. .
WHY REVIVE ANCIEXT CUSTOMS!
Albany Man Displeased by Pretty Cere
monies on Mt. Spokane.
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 26. (To the Ed
itor.) I notice in The Oregonian that
at the peak of Mt. Spokane, Miss Motie
was christened "Princess Spokane." the
title being conferred by Governor Hay:
that "every subject present doffed the
hat and bent, the knee and the state's
Chief Executive was the first to pay
homaee and kiss the hand of Spokane's
new Princess."
The Governor, acting in his official
capacity In conferring this new dlK
nlty upon the young lady, said; "By
the authority and power In me vested
as Executive of the state of Washing
ton. I hereby christen thee Princess
Spokane." sprinkling a few drops of
water upon the young woman. His ac
tion, which came as a complete sur
prise, it Is said, met with a cheer. May
or Hindley and all those present paid
homage to the Princess and one of her
subjects, a mountain trapper, presented
her with an ermine skin.
If the spirits of our Revolutionary
forefathers looked over the battlements
of Heaven and witnessed this ceremony
would they not be likely to have asked
themselves to what purpose did we
fight against a monarchical government
on the American continent it Its people,
after 100 years of Republican rule, and
the benefits of the reign Qf a few peo
ple, are to continue to ape the old and
rotten customs of the British royalty?
What Is our republicanism worth if
our children are to witness every year
the evident longings of certain classes
for the return of these old customs, in
dicative of the enslavement of the com
mon people and the creation of priv
ileged classes?
How long would ft take the persons
who are said to have bowed the knee
and doffed the hat to Miss Motie as
"Princess Spokane" to do the same to
some invading conqueror who might
land at Washington's state Capitol? Is
our republicanism a mere veneer over
laying an innate system ready to break
out in favor of a monarchy at any con
venient occasion? If not, from whence
is this tendency to ape those old cere
monies on every possible occasion?
It may be true that the Governor of
Washington was authorized and vested
with power under the constitution of
the state of Washington to create the
office of "Princess of Spokane," but I
doubt it. Are those old ceremonies of
the rotten monarchies of the past so
much more dignified and beautiful than
our own as to warrant the people of
this country to adopt tnem in prud
ence?
J. P. H.
Peril In Being Candid.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Perkins Is a candid man. isn't he?
Yes, he hasn't a friend in the world.
S U NDA Y
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Child Slaves A close-range
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Open-Air Theaters A letter
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A Great Catcher His name is
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Finish of Melodrama A record
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show.
A Girl Ruler She is to be
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