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CAMPAIGNS AVD PROSPERITY.
Business is proving that politics is
' but a fly on the wheel of prosperity.
. For generations politicians have vain
ly Imagined that they stopped, started
and turned the wheel. The air is un
usually full of their vociferations this
year, but the wheal persists in turning
without regard to them.
Time was when, for months preced.
lng a Presidential election, the pace
at which the wheels of industry moved
was slackened while the Nation an
lously awaited its own verdict between
' the parties. Fear of the success of
one party or another was the reason
; or the pretext for mills to shut down
; or go on half-time. After ejection the
:' success of the opposite party was the
- signal for announcements that these
mills would run full blast. The poll
ticlans had us all "locoed" to such an
extent that we were almost prepared
to credit them with power to suspend
. the precession of the equinoxes.
. But In this year of most strenuous
politics a power which has been lg'
nored in the calculations of the poll
ticlans is making itself felt to a degree
. which cannot be gainsaid. Old Mother
Nature has Joined her efforts to those
of the producers, who are a very dif
ferent class from the politicians, to
pour forth abundance on us. She has
set the wfceel of prosperity whirling
in spite of all woeful predictions and
has given us convincing proof that the
politician is but the fly on the wheel
With crops worth $1,000,000,000
, more than those of last year, the
S farmers are paying mortgages, buying
automobiles, making improvements
and heaping orders on the desks of the
1 merchants. The manufacturer, trem-
f bling at the prospect of tariff revision,
runs his mill full time to supply the
f goods with which to fill these orders
J and thus has prosperity forced upon
him. The railroad president's waitings
- over reduced rates and Increased
wages are silenced by an insistent de
. mand for more cars in which to haul
i the crops to market. He basses pros
perity along by t ordering cars, rails
X and locomotives, setting the manufac
turers of all these- articles to work
. without respite. Only In Wall street
v Is a lodge of sorrow In session over
'prevalent depression, for the people
I are too busy producing to have time
j or money for speculation and are in
! the humor to squeeze out of stocks
... . 1 1 . .t.t.
i me water wnicn ioraa ma cuiw
' terial for speculation.
Never again will the political spell-
1 binder be able to scare us with the
threatened penalty of adversity for
' any attacas we may matte on mat
i which they hold sacred. Mother Na
3 ture has robbed them of one of their
1 favorite campaign arguments.
j THE BATTLE Or ANTTETAM.
I After defeating Pope In the second
battle of Bull Run no doubt Lee's
' real wish was to attack and capture
Washington. But for the moment Mc
Lellan had put this out of the ques
tion by his skilful arrangement of
f the defenses of the capital. Lee there.
5 fore postponed his purpose and turned
1 un thn Potomac, moving toward Har-
per"s Ferry where there was a strong
Union rorce under an mcapaoie com-
mander, Colonel Dixon. S. Miles. The
Confederate commander had now un
dertaken a series of maneuvers by
which he hoped to cut off Washington
from the north and west and thus
render It an easy prey la spite of Its
elaborate defenses. Of course his
: first object was to capture the Balti
more & Ohio Railroad, which con
nected the National capital with the
West. In the main his plan was one
which he might reasonably expect to
t succeed. On every occasion hitherto
Lee had so completely . outgeneraled
one Federal commander after another
1 that they seemed to be mere play
things In his hands. Not one of them
could make a decent pretense of
' strategy In competition , with him
Moreover, he was assisted by a num
ber of exceedingly active and able
subordinates eager to execute his or
ders promptly while the federals were
j divided in council and dilatory in the
i field.
But Lee's Justifiable contempt for
his opponents led him to commit a
serious blunder in this movement, He
not only divided his army Into two
" main bodies but one of these bodies
, be broke up into three detachments.
: With an energetic antagonist before
! him this would have meant destruc
; tion. It is a prime rule of warfare
-. that an army invading hostile terri-
' tory must be kept in compact order.
iLee scattered his forces with aston-
rishing recklessness. Even McClellan
with all his disposition to dally and
ponder saw an opportunity In Lee's
disposition of nis troops ana set out
; from Washington hoping to destroy
his subordinates one aner tne otner
before they could unite again. But
it was one thing for McClellan to plan
and a very different thing for him to
execute. With his usual philosophical
deliberation he lingered by the way
j and allowed Lee to concentrate his di
visions without suffering for his rash
mess In dispersing them. Naturally
: the first step in the Confederate pro
- gramme was to capture Harper's
Ferry, a strong post at the mouth of
the Shenandoah.
The town was a station . on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and it con
tained a garrison of 13,000 men be
sides Incredible quantities of stores.
McClellan ordered sufficient troops
forward to protect the post, but the
commander. Colonel Miles, felKlnto a
panic as the enemy advanced and sur
rendered without any adequate ex
cuse. This victory greatly encouraged
the Confederates, while It made the
North dread lest another of the long
series of federal disasters was in
store when the two armies should
meeit. As McClellan advanced Lee
took up a strong position on the
west, side of, JVntietaro Creek, which
flows Into the Potomac a little to the
north of Harper's Ferry. His forces
extended along the base of a triangle
whose, two sides were the Potomac
and Antietam Creek. Their position
was well protected by ridges and the
possession of Harper's Ferry secured
their retreat in case of misfortune.
McClellan, whan he finally appeared,
took up a position on the east bank
of the Antietam Creek.
This was on September -H, As
usual his plan of attack was excellent.
He intended to begin by sending a
strong division against the Confed
erate left, on the Antietam. This
would naturally compel Lee to weaken
his right and when that had been
brought about McClellan intended to
fall upon him )n force. Nothing
could have been more Judicious in
imagination, and under a commander
who could act as well as think it
would have resulted in a decisive Fed
eral victory, for McClellan outnum
bered his foe and his troops were
fullv as brave as their antagonists
But Instead of attacking on the 18th
ha waited until the 17th and in the
meantime Lee received strong rein
forcements. Following his customary
course McClellan allowed his golden
opportunity to escape. It was noon.
on September 17 before he was fully
ready to give the command for the
onset. Even then the chances were
heavily in his favor had he been well
obeyed, but his lack of decision pro
duced its natural fruit of dilatoriness
in hi subordinates. Burnslde, upon
whom he depended to attack Lee's
left, did not get Into action much be
fore t o'clock and at a critical point
he was met by General A. P. Hill, who,
drove him back to Antietam Creek.
Hill's arrival on the scene may "re.
mind one of Blucher's timely approach
at Waterloo. The latter event turned
Napoleon's probable victory Into ruin
ous defeat. Hill did not cause Mc
Clellan to be defeated at Antietam
but he prevented the Federal ad
vantage from being very decisive,
After a hard day both armies were
willing to cease fighting and rest. Mc
Clellan intended, so he says, to renew
the action some time or other, but
not on the morning of the 18th, since
he wished to give his troops ample
leisure for refreshment and rest. Lee,
however, saved him the trouble of
more fighting Just then. As night be
gan to. fall on the 18th he withdrew
his troops without molestation from
the accommodating Federal com
mander and wended his way to the
south with all his booty.
By stretching language a little, An
tietam may be called a Union victory,
but It was dearly bought with the
death of IS, 000 men. Still Lee's plan
to isolate Washington was effectually
blocked, and the North had the satis
faction of finding that he was not
quite Invincible.
KELLAHER'S FLEDGE.
The Oregonian gives Mr. Dan Kel
laher the benefit of a second publlca.
tlon of the following paragraph from
a statement furnished by him as to his
position as a Republican candidate for
Presidential Elector:
I have always believed in the government
of the people, and should a majority of the
voter of Oregon at tne comma election
express themselves as being in lavor i
William Howard Taft as President, I will, as
Presidential elector, carry out their wishes
by voting for him; and, furthermore, I win
not. as seme others have done In Roose
velt's case, undertake by doubl dealing or
subterfuge to deprive Taft of any support
he may have.
It is due to Mr. Kellaher and to
The Oregonian to say that the fore
going statement 'was not available
when yesterday's criticism of Mr. Kel
laher for his failure or refusal to offer
any explanation was written. It is
proper also to call attention to the
extraordinary condition Kellaher
makes, that if a "majority" of the
Oregon voters shall have voted for
Taft ne will deem It an instruction
and act accordingly. A "majority"
may be difficult, or impossible, to
achieve, in view bf the fact that there
are five candidates for the Presidency
and five distinct electoral tickets. Tet
possibly Kellaher was merely con
fused, for he distinctly declares else
where that he will, in case he Is chosen
a Presidential elector, vote with the
majority of the electors, whether for
Taft or Roosevelt.
If Mr. Kellaher means that he will
vote for Taft If the state goes for Taft,
or for Roosevelt If the state goes for
Roosevelt, it would appear that he has
pledged himself fairly to obey the
people's will. Tet we think he ought
to run on one ticket or the other.
WTDE-OPEN BLUE 6KY.
The proposition to creat another commis
sion, another state official on S3000 a year
salary and $43,000 for the first two years
for exDenses does not look good to us. This
department Is Ilk Insurance commissioner.
a mere clerk maae into a stat orticiai wun
suite of offices and a fore of clerks to
serve the Insurance companies. Every im
portant clerkship In the state can De ex
panded into a commissioner, with offices,
clerks, bookkeepers, stenographer and rec
ords, and the people who do business have
to pay for It all. baiem capital journal.
This is the Blue Sky law proposed
under the initiative, and called "Blue
Sky," doubtless, because it is as com
prehensive as all outdoors. It is os
tensibly aimed at the wildcat corpo
ration and the fake promoter; but It
Is aimed with equal directness at the
state treasury. There may ' be some
doubt about the bullseye being hit In
the former case; but there Is no doubt
at all about the latter. "If It's a deer,
I hope I hit It; If It's a calf, I hope I
don't."
The corporations, we are told, are to
Day the expense, through fees. We
hope so. But the state pays anyway.
Tet the vital objection to this meas
ure, and others like it, is that it has
no place on the ballot It does not
belong to legislation enacted under the
reserve powers oi tne people, it
hould go to the Legislature. We yet
have a Legislature.
DOING SOMETHING WORTH WHILE.
According to the Medford Mall-
Tribune, Mr. Enoch R. Smith, on his
little four-acre brush farm, situated
near Gold Hill, Jackson County, Is do
ing something worth while. Let it be
understood that to do anything really
worth while one must do something
of benefit to humanity and the world
at large. To do some great deed for
personal benefit or aggrandizement is
worth while only In a selfish sense.
Wheat straw six feet in length, 65 to 100
pringlng from one current kernel, with
heads averaging six Inches, presaging a
leld of at least lou busneis to tne acre, is
nosslbllltv for Southern Oregon that has
n exclusively demonstrated by Enoch M.
Smith upon his little brushland farm Just
west of Gold Hill.
From this' short paragraph It seems
that Mr. Smith has succeeded In pro-
uclng a quality of wheat that will
give a yield heretofore unprecedented.
So large is the amount given per acre
that it . may, in operations on a com
mercial scale, have to be discounted
omewhat; but there seems no doubt
about the accomplishment of a great
purpose by this brushland farmer, and
great should be his reward.
Someone has said, in suDstance, i
that the man who makes two blades of
grass grow where one grew before is
conferring a blessing upon humanity.
And It is true that anyone adding to
the world's production adds to the
world's happiness. If any man could
but discover some means of adding
one grain of wheat to each wheat
head grown, or but one grain of corn
to each ear produced, or but one po
tato to each hill raised, he would con
fer a greater blessing upon humanity
than the builder of many cities or the
discoverer of a second Comstock gold
ledge.
It seems strange that so few under
take plant breeding. Most men who
plant seeds seem satisfied to go on
year after year simply planting and
harvesting with no thought as to the
why or -wherefore of reproduction,
beyond the idea that they must nave
good seed. Tet more than likely each
of these planters would exercise Judg
ment and discretion in breeding live
stock. Beyond a few homely facts
about planting pumpkins and water
melons contiguous, or the mixing of
citrons and -cantaloupe, and a few
other simple truths of that kind, they
know nothing about the close rela
tionship of plants, the pollination of
blossoms or the fundamental princi
ples of reproduction and crossing of
varieties. '
One does ngt have to be a scientist
to create -new varieties in plant lift.
Perhaps Mr. Smith will tell you that
ha learned all he knows as he went
along. Certainly Luther BurbanU, the
most successful plant grower of our
times, was not a scientist when he be
gan as a boy to Increase the yield and
better the quality of plant products.
These simple . truths ought to be
brought - home particularly to the
young men" who attend our agricul
tural colleges. These students are
given all of the scientific training
necessary to start them off at once on
the .road to doing-something worth
while for themselves and their fellow
men by increasing the yield or quality
of some of. our staple products and by
creating some new fruit, vegetable or
cereal. Let these young men study
the evolution of the tomato. Let them
learn how it came about that the little
Jerusalem cherry of sixty or seventy
years ago, then cultivated and grown
as a house plant for decorative pur-'
coses, has come to De one or our
Chief vegetables. The field is large,
the workers few, the competition neg.
lielble: but few occupations offer
more satisfaction or better profits
than study of plant life.
SUPPRESSING ROOSEVELT NEWS.
All readers of the newspapers hava
noticed the expert and unfeeling man
ner in which they unite in their re
fusal to permit mention of Colonel
Roosevelt's name, or otherwise note
his numerous and persistent activities
Colonel Roosevelt has himself eom
mented upon the conspiracy of silence
formed by the press of the country,
An illustration of its noticeable com
pleteness might be cited in the issue
of The Oregonian, Thursday, Septem
ber 12, the- day following his visit to
Portland, when a total of twenty-one
columns three entire pages was
used in reporting the event. Steno
graphic accounts of the two Roose
velt speeches and all the obtainable
Incidents of an Interesting and notable
day were faithfully given. A para-
rraDh from Colonef Roosevelt s Ad
Club address Is herewith reproduced,
as a preliminary to Us significant
sequel:
I now must permit myself the pleasure of
reading to you a telegram I Just received
from New York In reference to an inci
dent that occurred vesterday .in regard to the
election recently held In Maine, because the
Progressive of Maine won out m tna tie
publican primaries and nominated their man
for Governor. It was a state election and
thev were voting purely on state Issues.
received thi telegram; "Yesterday Presi
dent Taft telegraphed Haines, the uov-
ernor-eleot of Maine, as follows: 1 con
gratulate you on redeeming Maine. It Is f
notable and algnlflcant victory.' " That ii
the end of the quotation. This morning
Haines come out with this statement, that
he 1 for Roosevelt and the .progressive
cause, i thought I would maxe mention or
the fact, so that it would o given
widest publicity.
Colonel Roosevelt had made sub
stantially the same statement on the
previous day at Tacoma. It will be
observed that the Colonel does not
enlighten the public as to the source
of his message; but he Is most anxious
that the fact of Governor-Elect Haines'
apostasy be given out, and therefore
he makes sure by announcing it him
self. If anyone can find in any Roose
velt newspaper or any other an au
thentic statement from Mr. Haines
that ha Is supporting Roosevelt, The
Oregonian will gladly reprint It. Mean
while,, scrutiny of the Eastern news
papers discloses a variety of telegrams
from Waterville, Me., defining Mr
Haines altitude. The New Tork Times'
dispatch Is a sample of the others:
Waterville. Me.. Sept. 11. "I shall not
attempt to exert any influence for on fac
tion or the other." said Governor-elect Wil
liam T. Haines today, when shown dis
patches from Tacoma, Wash., to th effect
that Colonel Roosevelt had aald that Mr.
Haines had come out for the progressive
NatlonaP ticket. "I have never yet Indi
cated whether I shall auDDOrt Mr. Roose
velt or Mr. Taft In the coming contest. I have
had the support of both factions In my
contest for the Governorship, and I feel
under creat obligations to what I call both
wings of the Republican party. They will
have to fight It out without me."
If Mr. Haines has been furnishing
one kind of information to Colonel
Roosevelt and another to the public
we shall be glad to expose Haines by
publication of the full text of the
Roosevelt telegram, If the Colonel will
kindly send It along.
I'N'IFYINO RVRAI EFFORT.
. There is sound common sense in the
project of the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce to unite the clubs and con
gresses which are trying in their vari
ous ways to improve the conditions
of rural life. The purposes of these
organizations are so closely allied that
they might all be discussed at a single
gathering, while audiences would be
larger, delegates more numerous and
enthusiastic and, upon the whole, more
good would be accomplished. There
is always a loss when effort Is dis
united. There has been no conflict
between the different congresses, but
the fact of their meeting at different
times and places shows that they are
not as thoroughly harmonized as
might be desired. .They would prob
ably be more effective as departments
of one large organization with a com
mon leadership to co-ordinate effort
and arrange the discussions with a
view to unity of thought and purpose.
The problems of country life become
more Important every day. They are
so intimately related to the welfare of
the human race that only the most
short-sighted of our public men try
to belittle them. The cost of living,
the stability of the family, the de
fense of the country questions of this
kind all run back to the land for their
final solution.
Together with the project of com
bining the ' various congresses which
deal with rural life, another might be
considered. There has been a great
deal of discussion lately about ways
to increase the production of food.
This is highly desirable and It should
continue. But it Is well to remember
at the same time that large quantities
of food which are currently produced
go to waate for want of markets. Po
tatoes, fruit, vegetables lie upon the
ground and decay because it is im
practicable for the farmers to sell
them. The cost of transportation and
marketing exceeds the price they
would bring. This state of things is
one which should be inquired into
and if any - remedy exists it ought
to be applied. As long as a farmer
cannot sell what he already raises it
Is difficult to persuade him to raise
more of the same kind, though he may
turn to something else. The problem
of marketing runs parallel with that
of production. They cannot be severed
CONFUSED PROGRESSIVE ETHICS.
The muddled political ethics which
have led Kellaher to the conclusion
that he may consistently remain on
the electoral ticket of the Republloa
party, which has nominated Taft, at
though a declaration appears after
Kellaher's name that he Is a Progres.
slve, and therefore not a Republican
and that he is for Roosevelt, there
fore not for Taft, are characteristic
of tha so-called Progressive party,
These ethics had their inspiration from
the leader of that party and have been
adopted by his followers in their ef
forts to retain their status as Repub
licans wherever they control the par.
ty, although, they bolt wherever they
do not control.
Roosevelt sought the nomination of
the Republican party, although n
knew that, had he succeeded, the
party would still have included Barnes,
Penrose and Guggenheim, and that
Barnes would still have controlled the
party In New. Tork, Guggenheim In
Colorado, The presence of these men
In the party and their control of their
state organizations did not awaken his
conscience to the innate depravity o
the party while he had hope of secur.
ing the nomination. Only after he
had been rejected did he become con
vlnced that a party which was partly
controlled by such men was no place
for him. The moral awakening
which he experienced bears a close re
semblance to. the fox's discovery that
the grapes were sour.
So with his cry of fraud and theft.
In his estimation there was no moral
baseness In cooking up bogus contests
for 164 seats In the Republican con
ventlon for the purpose of deluding
voters at the primaries into the belief
that his nomination was assured. The
admission that these contests were
without merit, which was plainly made
by his own supporters on the National
oommittee when they Joined with the
Taft men in a unanimous vote to seat
the Taft delegates, did not, to his
mind, bar him from crying fraud
when the other contests were decided
In Taft's favor. Borne peculiar kink
in his moral make-up prompted him
to denounce as crooks those who, to
his discomfiture, took the fruits of
their alleged crookedness, but pre
vented him from seeing that the instl.
tution of numerous bogus contests for
the purpose of gaining a strategic ad
vantage an advantage, too, which he
had actually gained, though it fell
short of his purpose was equally
crooked. He exercised the right to
play all the time-dishonored tricks of
the political game, but he assumes a
virtue superior to all such tricks and
denounces as crooks any opponents
who play them.
When the leader's distinction be
tween right and wrong is thus con
fused, we need not marvel that such
men as Kellaher become -equally con
fused. A party which professes to be
the product of a great moral uplift
should adopt methods in harmony
with its professions,, for the sincerity
of those professions "will be Judged by
the character of its methods. When
Its political practices betray such
moral obliquity as is apparent in the
bringing of fraudulent contests at Chi
cago and in Kellaher's attempt to re
main on the Republican ticket while
proclaiming himself a Progressive;
fear is aroused that, if the party
should gain control of the Govern
ment, like moral obliquity would mar
its administrative and legislative acts
and, instead of an uplift, we enouia
have something else.
If anybody Is willing to lend China
$50,000,000 why should she not be per
mitted to borrow it? As far as one
can discern, the question lies between
the borrower and lender and nobody
else Is concerned. Still "the six pow
ers" are so apprehensive "lest the
money should not be wisely spent
that they forbid the loan. Some Eng.
lish bankers were willing to advance
it, but they have not been permitted
What a boon it would be to small in
vestors to have their interests tnus
watchfully guarded.
The prospectors in the Arctic who
found coal in their search for gold
may have no cause for regret. Coal
does not make men rich as quickly as
gold, but it makes more stable for
tunes. The coyness of Rodgers about ac
ceptlng a Bull Moose nomination for
Congress implies doubts of the new
Darty'a success, which doubtless will
be considered near-treason at Oyster
Bay.
If Orozco has really been captured
by American troops In Texas, he might
earn a few dollars for the rebel cause
on the vaudeville stage, if he can se
cure bail while awaiting trial.
Poor old China cannot borrow
money unless sne lets tne powers
show her how to spend it. Yet tha
Chinese financier is the shrewdest
mortal known.
Engagement of $750,000 of Euro
pean money to finance American
crops sounds numorous. - r ar more
than that would not move tne sacKS.
If the Colonel's book is not soon
recovered, the only way to save the
situation may be for some loyal Bull
Mooser to commit hara-kiri.
The man who gets a lemon will not
fare so badly, Judging by the latest,
market quotations.
Bryan distinguishes between nomi
nation and election in denouncing a
third term.
The rural uplift will be more rapid
and general if all the upllfters will
lift together.
These Mexican border crises have a
habit of going up In thin air over night.
Discharge of Joe Singer Indicates
trouble In the political family.
Coast League magnates need more
scouts as well as players,
SINGLE TAX AND THE FARMERS
Subject Gone Into by Writer In Re-ply
to Crldsje Aranmenta.
MEDFORD. Dr., Sept. 14. -(To the
Editor.) I m accused by A- D, Cridge
of discussing the single tax philosophy
and not single tax. To discuss the phil
osophy of single tax is to discuss the
basis upon which single tax rests, and
I can readily see why Mr. Cridge would
like to divorce single tax from its
basis when he talks to the voters.
Its basis is that tha public as a whole
is entitled to whatever the publi
creates. Reasoning; from this basis, al
single taxerg arrive at one lotrical con
elusion, and that conclusion is what Mr.
Cridge wishes to evade.
We charge that the basis is untrue
and that the public as a whole Is not
entitled to what it creates, neither has
it a right to appropriate those value
to a public use.
For Instance, Mr. Cridge, if you should
find a beautiful stone on the beach and
you were the only man in th world it
would have no value. But today if you
will pollh It up at a cost of 50 cent
and have it mounted into a scarf pin
at a cost of $2.50 it now become worth
J 100, let us say. We ask who put that
$97 value in there? The public did
it. Should the publlo then take It?
But you ak us to read the bill, which
we have done several times, and unde:
article I we read: "The people of any
county may at any time by a county
law assess and tax personal property
and improvements, on. in and under
land in their county, but except as sucn
property may be assessed and taxed
by and under such county laws the
same is exempt from taxation in ure
gon."
Right here we strike the snag. Thi
relieves all personal property and im
provements which today is a very large
portion of the tax-producing value of
Oregon and must therefore Increase
the amount upon whatever is left as a
revenue producer for the state.
The theory of the single taxer is tnai
th increased burden on land will wipe
out the present fictitious value in land
and will cause the present land shark
to let go of .his large holdings at a
streatlv reduced Drice.
But. Mr. Cridge. wnat nappens to tne
price of the land of the small farmer at
the same time? It must go down in
the same proportion and his $10,000
value may now become $5000. He may
then increase his holdings under tnis
graduated tax up to $10,000, which will
make more land to him, and tnis lana
Is now relieved from any Increased
taxes. This will make a rapidly de
creasing series. v
Ae-ain, if the land of the present land
monopolist from, whom you expect to
raise so much taxes by your graduated
method, should follow the law of self-
preservation, as you say he would, ana
should sell all hiB land off to small
holders of say $10,000 or less, you have
then reduced all lands to a common
tax-paying level. Then where does your
small farmer come in? He comes in
Just where every Socialist says he will
with such a governmental rjuraan
that land values are gone and the vision
of the original single taxer becomes a
reality
This Is no man of straw it is Tne
real Joker in the deck. The colored
Kentleman. If you rjlease.
You. Mr. Cridge. are virtually an
emDlove of Mr. Fels. He Is furnishing
a portion of the funds to carry on the
campaign in Oregon and Missouri. iav
iner made his millions, he must be con
sidered too smart a man not to know
what he Is working for, and you snould
get in closer touch with your boss.
in tne woria s worn oi iviaruu. si,
Mr. Fels said: "Ultimately those whose
Dresence gives value to land will own
that value up to to 20 shillings on the
Dound In England and to luu cents on
the dollar in the United States." Mr.
Farmer, what have you got left? Let
Missouri do it. c vvniaivjxv.
ROOSEVELT WOULD RULE OR RUIN
Colonel Pictured as Tyrant Ws Fol
.. Iowa Selfish Ambitions.
AURORA. Sent. 17. (To the Editor.)
-Roosevelt has received more honors
than any other American, yet he is not
satisfied. Ha knows of no motive but
his own interests; that is power to rule
or ruin. He Is trying to ruin tne re
publican party because he cannot rule
it. His only god is an ambition equal
ing that of a dictator. He changes his
views with a rapidity of scenes in a
drama. The whole Nation will tremble
when they know hi designs and the
way he will want to put them into ex
ecution (with his big stick). He pre
sents such a medley of contradictions.
what can you think of a man of that
character as the chief executive of this
Republic? Does it not snow mat ne
lu both a traitor and a tyrant to the
Republican party, and the country at
large? lie has maae up nis minu, x
think, to either rule or ruin this great
republican Nation. He has no more
Idea of keeping his word and giving a
square deal to all than he had when he
xaid that "under no conditions will I
accept another nomination for Presi
dent." When Senator la f-oueiie De
came a candidate for President, partly
through Roosevelt s advice, he came
to tha conclusion that would ruin Senr
ator La Follette by declaring that he
fRoosevelt) was the only man out of
90,000,000 of people to run tnis country.
Look at hi last Administration wun
PinehoL the millionaire that never
earned a dollar ' by the sweat of his
brow, sending ' forest rangers to col
leges to be educated at the expense or
the taxpayers under the pretense of
taking care of the Government reserves.
This continued until President Taft's
Administration stopped them from
bleeding the treasury of the Lnlted
States. If Roosevelt be electea, ne win
have this millionaire Pinchot in the
forestry service again and he will pinch
all the Government land, leaving noth
ing for the actual settler.
"I am the only man to run and I shall
rule or ruin this country," is his atti
tude. All that oppose him are unde-
irable citizens the same as woyer.
Haywood and Pettibone.
JAMES FAKK1EK,
A CHANCE FOR "YOUNG OLD MAID."
DeIre Expreed By Bachelor To Meet
Some Such Person.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 16. (To the
Editor.) In The Oregonian today you
print a letter from a "Young Old Maid."
It surprises me to find that a woman
who expresses such common sense
ideas has to use such a cognomen. I
ave been looking for her for a long
time, but the problem which has al
ways confronted me was where to look
nd how to meet her.
She must not think that the reason
so many old maids are to be found, is
because men prefer tne wninwina
woman. No. The real man as a ruie
oes not care for the "whirlwind' wo
man, as a wife or helpmate. He only
seeks her company for a "good time,"
ut when it comes to homettuilcung,
such women as ' young old maid are
the kind sought. For my part a whirl
wind woman would never stand a
chance, but to meet such a woman as
your correspondent has been my aim,
although not my good fortune. They
seldom use the "personal" columns of
the press.
She is tired of her "jot. l am aiso
tired of mine, but I'll stick to it unless
find such a person as your "ioung
Old Maid." YOUNG OLD MAN.
Working for Mother' Pension Law.
PORTLAND. Sept, 17. (To the Edi
tor.) I noticed a splendid appeal In
The Oregonian Sunday by Mrs. A. E.
Clark for a mothers' pension law. It
gives me pleasure to state that the
Oregon Congress of Mothers has a com
mittee at work preparing a measure to
be presented to the next Legislature,
hlch provides for a widows pension
fund. " MRS. C. W. H AY HURST,
170 Baflt Thirty-eighth street.
MAKING THE MOST OF GOOD LAXD.
Oregon' Need Said to Be Intelligent
Tlllins; of SolL
PORTLAND, Sept 16. tTo the Edt
tor.) The cost of living is regulated
solely by the law of supply and de
mand. This Js not a new statement,
neither is it a remarkable one. My
purpose is to make an application di
rect In Its bearing on Oregon and the
Pacific Northwest,
The increase in population in the
United States during the decade end
ing In 1910 was 21 per cent. Wheat,
the most important of all food prod
ucts, showed an increase of 9 per cent
between 1900 end 1904. Since then the
increase hip not been noticeable. For
the past ten years the corn crop has
shown an increase of about a per cent
In other words, while population has
shown an increase, production has not.
I want to impress upon th minds
of land owners, large and small, the
value of dairy products, beef, cattle,
hogs, horses and sheep, and of poultry-raising.
Moisture insures good pas
turage - and hay. Green food counts
largely In the production of milk; beef,
pork, mutton and poultry products. If
Oregon had no other resource, these
alone, would make it one of the
wealthiest states in the Union.
Throughout Eastern Oregon, where
wheat has been the largest revenue
producer for years, crop shortage led
to the. establishment of dairy seMB,
hog ranches and poultry yards. Note
the result: From cream ehecks, re
ceipts from meat buyers and commls
sion men, landowners are able to pur
chase and pay cash for supplies need
ed for the home and farm. When a
good grain yield is had, they are that
much to the good. The milch cows and
hogs and chickens have more than
paid the living expenses, and the pro
ceeds of the grain crop are largely
profit.
It was my good fortune to travel
for a time with a demonstration train
of the Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company. This agrlcul
tural college on wheels has done much
to encourage diversified farming, and
has led to the establishment of many
dairy ranches. It has been Instru
mental in inducing farmers to raise
hogs, beef cattle, sheep, draft horses
and poultry. The railroad company
also employs an agriculturist, who de
votes nis time to aiaing tne larra
owner with suggestions. The stock ex
pert of this company employs himself
in telling how to select the best breeds
and how to care for them in order to
get the best results. This is what is
needed on the land. The demonstra
tion train and the agriculturist and
the stockman of the O.-W. R. fc JN.
are doing a needed work. They are
first aid to the man who is wining to
be helped and Is desirous of meeting
with success.
We are regaled almost dally with
the statement from some celebrity that
what Oregon needs is more men on
the land. A greater and more pressing
necessity is for the men now on the
land to learn how to aet better re
turns. It is within the limit of safe
conservatism to say that not 26 per
cent of the land now under cultiva
tion In Oregon is yielding the return it
should and will under correct till
age. This is a new country, mvery xarm
Is or should b an experiment station.
The problems of dry farming, farming
with irrigation, or farming as they
do in the rain states, are as far from
being satisfactorily solved as they
were a century ago. it is unaeniaDiy
true that better yields are had, but
these are far from being commensurate
with soil capacity.
I have no argument to mane in op
position to the statement that Oregon
needs more men on the land. It needs
men who will get from the land the
toll It will pay intelligent cultivation.
Let us get the right men. While mak
ing the invitation general, it will be
well to impart the advice that Ore
gon soil Is productive when brains are
used as a leading tactor in preparing
the soil, caring for the product and in
making intelligent disposition of it.
The Willamette Valley alone will
take care of more people than at pres
ent comprise the population of the
state. If Oregon consisted of this val
ley alone. It would make of Portland
one of the great cities of the Republic,
and other cities would prosper. Con
sider the great area of Oregon. There
is enough land now under cultivation
in this state. If properly tilled by the
owners, to supply the needs of teeming
millions.
firei-on's destiny loes not oepena
upon the number of men who succeed
to the ownership of a tract of land
within its confines. It is, however,
largely dependent on the use to which
the land is put.
In plain words, there is possiDii-
ity of loss In certain types of farming
There is assured, success aiong otnor
lines. The right combination of man
and land ar essential to success.
Orperon needs men on Its land, inere
should be some means of landing on
rh men who are failures, however, and
of keeping such from acquiring title
to a farm that will pay big dividends
along line I have mentioned, and in
general farm and orchard products.
JUil. OIU-LX JUliJUO,
COLONEIS SPEECH DISSECTED.
Man of Mathematle Torn Reduce Ad
dress to Figure.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 16. (To the
Editor.) I submit herewith an analy
sis of Roosevelt's speech at the Gypsy
Smith auditorium on September 11:
Words.
1. Comparing self to Lincoln ........ 489
3. ApoIobv for assuming leadership of
new pany -
Threats to oust Bull Mooser untrue
to hi "platform" 63
Bid for ex-Confederate and Ci. A. R.
5. Accueinn both old partlel of being
boss-ridden J-J
6. Defending self from Archbold attack 0J9
. Warning not to expoc-i wo mu-n irum
his promises ana ocibiim hki"
nreachfns discontent
721
770
8. Statement of "his" principles; spe
cific grounns lor ;n ...
Analysis of No. 8.
(Reasons for seeking votes for self.)
1. "Because oi tne enemies we nave
made."
2. "Because of the principles ror
which we stand":
(a) Woman surrrage.
(b) Help farmers by abolishing mid
dlemen.
(c) Maintain "living" wags for la
boring man.
(d) Establish eignt-nour worKing
day.
(e) Abolish cniw laoor.
(f) One day's rest in seven.
(g) Safeguarding dangerous machin.
ry.
(h) WorKlngmen s compensation, law.
(1) "All similar types of legislation."
Probably lack of time or worry over
the lost book prevented him from ad
vocating the muzzling of dogs. And,
bv the way, I find nothing in his speech
about the tariff. H. B. A.
This Bachelor Tired of HI Lot.
KELSO, Wash., Sept. 16. (To the
Editor.) I read with much Interest and
compassion an article in today's Ore
gonian signed "A young-old maid who
doesn't like her Job." That the-"double
standard of morality" is In a large
measure responsible for the increasing
army of "old maids" Is no doubt true,
but there are other reasons. The fear
of poverty deters many a good woman
from marrying an equally good man,
and then, again, the pranks of "luck
or fate" are responsible for the ex
istence of many old maids and old
bachelors, too, 1 am fully convinced
that there Is a host of desirable men
who would gladly relieve her of her
disagreeable Job, but as she pathetically
remarks, "How are we to find her?" The
one who can answer this question can,
perhaps, quickly vanish one old maid
and one old bachelor. That would help
some. I am a young-old bachelor who
doesn't like his Job. BACHELOR.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of September IS, 1861.
The grand lodge of Masons con
vened at Salem on Monday last. The
following grand officers w.ere Installed:
W. W. Fowler, M. W. grand master:
J. McCraken, R. W. deputy grand
master; 8. F. Chadwlck, R. W. senior
grand warden; R. Wilcox, R. W. Junior
grand . warden; A. M. Bolt, grand
treasurer; W. 8.- Caldwell, grand sec
retary. Recent frosts have destroyed a large
quantitv of the vegetables, corn, etc.
of the Willamette In Marion, Polk and
Yamhill eounltles.
Legislative proceedings,- Senate Mr.
Fltzhugh introduced a bill to prevent
the. immigration of negroes and mulat
toes into the state.
Fortress Monroe, Sept. 8. Jeff
Davis has appointed September 28 as
a day of fasting and prayer, inviting
the people of the Confederacy to as
semble and render praise to God for
the triumphs at Richmond and
Manassas.
Cincinnati. Sept. 9. Information re
ceived of the movements of the rebel
army in Kentucky is full of Indica
tions that it is their purpose to invaae
Ohio.
City Council A petition from Rev.
Bishop Scott, owner of a block on
Washington street, praying for the re- .
vision - of established grade, was re
ceived. A resolution instructing the
street commissioner to construct &
plank culvert on Washington street at
the intersection of Fifth was laid on
the table.
Dennlson's Opera-House was fined
again last night. Irwin and Collins
are full of Jokes.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
large chunk of excellent elk meat,
shot on Tillamook Head by Messrs.
W. J. Myers and James Brownell, who
have Just returned from Clatsop
Plains.
POLITICS OBSTRUCT THE MAILS.
Complaint Made of Tired Wayfarer
Wlo Haunt Man Boxes.
PORTLAND. Or.. Sept. 11. (To the
Editor.) I am wondering what fasci
nation a Government mail box has for
so many of our street loiterers. Last
Wednesday afternoon -1 left my East
Side home, carrying with me a letter
which I Intended mailing on the West
Side. As I neared Third and Oak
streets I decided to post the letter
there; but three stalwart men were
using the receptacle as a support, com
pletely obstructing the opening that Is
used for dropping mall. Their conver
sation was loud, so I concluded not to
interrupt their Roosevelt exhortations.
I crossed to the east side of the street
and walked to Stark. The same condi
tions existed there. Not yet discour
aged I wended my way up Third to
Washington, and here more men. I
continued up to Morrison street. Only
two men were at this box. One's arm
enclroled it partially, Jn a loving fash
ion, and apparently the other man's
back needed scratching. They, too, were
on the political warpath. Thoroughly
disgusted by this time I proceeded di
rectly to the postoff ice and there mailed
my letter peacefully, for at that par
ticular place Uncle Sam allows no
blockading of publio conveniences. One
aets tired, eventually, of begging par
dons when posting their letters, there
fore, I suggest that wanaermg pedes
trians anxious to discuss politics look
for auPDOrt from their various parties,
and not from our public mall boxes.
MRS. JESS C BW
453 E. Burnslde St.
RIDE TO EUROPE I 013 PAX
Vedrlne Says 200-MHe-An-Hour Aero
plane Is Early Probability.
New York Times.
Jules Vedrlnes, the French aviator
who won the James Gordon- Bennett
aviation cup at Chicago recently, mak
ing a record of 105 miles an hour over
tho course, sauoa tor navro on me
French liner France with his trophy.
Before sailing he said that the speed
limit for aeroplanes had not nearly
been reached and that he had a ma
chine which could travel 125 miles an
hour.
When asked as to the possibilities or
crossing the Atlantic in an aeroplane,
Vedrlnes said: "Within a year we will
have machines that will fly 200 miles
an hour, which' will enable aviators to
cross the Atlantio from Cape Ushant to
New York between dawn and twilight
of one day in the Summer. I am con
fident that this can be don and that
In the near future there will be reg
ular express aeroplane trips from New
York to Paris during the Summer. Of
course it would be a much longer Jour
ney in th Winter, as the aviators
Trould have to steer a long way south
to avoid the storms and the severe oold
weather which prevails at that season
of the year." j
WOMEN AITPf OTED BT - "ORATORS"
Soap-Box Meeting Overran Reserved
Pnrk Block, I Complaint. .
PORTLAND, Sept. 16 (To the Ed
itor.) I hava come to the conclusion
that the only way to get anything In
this world is to kick. So I want to
register mine right now. I want to
ask if the park pollcetnen have any au
thority to enforce the rules of the
parks. We have a very charming park
at Third and Main, which is the resting
spot of those who live in the neighbor
hood. We are much disturbed each Sunday
by some would-be orator trying to
straighten out the tangles of the world,
and yesterday they moved their "ros
trum" up inside the upper part which
is reserved for women and children and
their escorts. The place and the' seats
were overrun with all sorts and con
ditions of men. We were forced to
listen to their noise or leave. I do not
blame the policemen, for I fear they are
helpless, but Is there no redress for the
women? Why cannot these folks talk
In their hall, and let those who want to
hear them go there, and let the rest of
us have some peace?
LONG-SUFFERING VICTIM.
OPEXIAG FOR "OLD MAID,"
A Bachelor Monrn Inability to Meet
Marriageable Young Women.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 16. (To the
Editor.) The "Young Old Maid" in this
morning's Oregonian portrays a condi
tion that is getting to be one of the
greatest disintegrating Influences on
our family life. The remedy, too, may
lie closer to her own hand than she.
knows. I am her male counterpart,
the young "Old Bachelor." As long as
I have lived in Portland I have never
made the acquaintance or a marriage
able young woman, and there are many
more like me, in every large city, young
men who 'would be. only too, glad to
meet "nice" girls, but who, neverthe
less, possibly find their intercourse
with the fair sex limited to an occa
sional exchange of light banter with a
caBhier or waitress In a restaurant.
Let the "Young Old Maid" use her
woman's wit to have a public chaperon
or some similar plan established, and
possibly she will benefit herself and .
her sisters. I know she will be a bene
factress to many a young man. As It
is, we have no chance. Yours very sin
cerely. V. P. ENGLISH.
Living In the Glorlou Present.
Pittsburg Post.
"If you work like this." said the sage
of Smitheld street to an associate, "you
will break yourself down and never
live to be old." "I don't care to live
to be old," was the response. "It takes
up too much valuable time."