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PORTLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 191.
DENTING PLAIN TACTS.
Several weeks ago Mr. R. Clark, of
Medford, sent a letter to The Ore'
gonlan in which he asked certain
questions as to the taxation system In
British Columbia a syBtem often
falsely referred to by the single tax
protagonists of Oregon as "single tax"
and often falsely, likened to the plan
proposed in the graduated single tax
amendment.
The questions were answered by
The Oregonian and the answers were
derived from copies of the several acts
In force in British Columbia and from
other official data forwarded by the
Provincial Surveyor of Taxes and In'
spector of Revenue of British Colum
bia. By his communication Mr. Clark
revealed himself as one Interested In
the subject of single tax. Shortly
after his name appeared he received
the following characteristic letter
from the paid bureau of the Fels Fund
Commission:
PORTLAND. Or.. Sept. 17.
R. Clark, Medford, Or. Dear Sir: The
Oregonian attempts to answer your queries
of the 14th with more than Its usual in
stallment of truth. It, - however, cannot
tell the truth and will not let any one else
do so.
The poll tax was abolished In Oregon at
the last state election by the people, and
not before. The so-called abolition of the
poll tax In 1907 by the Legislature merely
changed the name from state to road poll
tax. The County of Multnomah would have
levied a poll tax In 1911 had It not been
for the action of the people.
In British Columbia no personal property
taxes are collected by state or city. An
Income tax and a tax on store stocks are
levied; also a poll tax by the state. The
last two are to be abolished this coming
session of Parliament, and the minimum
of the Income tax increased, so as to let
out any worklngman. It will probably be
on Incomes over $2000 Instead of $1200; and
It may be higher. The Oregon amendment
would establish in one measure what Brit
ish Columbia has, and will have within a
few montha in several statutes. It wIU
nnw .nv oonntv to tax improvements and
personal property. If it wishes, upon popular
vote. There is no resemblance between the
limp, halt and blind measures oi tne m
Commission and the British Columbia plan.
Al.r K K- 11 II. unmix.,
Assistant Secretary.
Several of the statements in the
foresrolna- letter ought to arouse aa
miration for the nerve of the writer
as well as resentment among the in
telligent voters of the state. There
was nothing in Mr. Clark's letter to in
dicate that his Intelligence Is below
the ordinary, yet the letter seems to
assume as much. It is a theory ap
parently held by the single taxers
that the voters of Oregon are pro-
foundly ignorant as to laws they have
themselves adopted as well as to me
most ordinary terms of taxation.
A notable illustration is the state
ment that "The so-called abolition of
the poll tax in 1907 by the Legislature
merely changed -the name from state
to road poll tax." Anybody who will
consult section 6326 of Lord's Oregon
Laws will find that it establishes a
"road poll tax" and that it was adopted
In 1903. or four years prior to the
"state poll tax" repeal of 1907. The
road poll tax authorized road super
visors to collect in each district a road
tax of IS from each resident, with
certain exceptions.
The poll tax repeal of 1907 found
on page 409 of the Laws of that year
repeals sections S041 and 3142 of Bel
linger and Cotton's Code. These sec
tions related solely to a state poll tax
of $1 per head. The authorized stat
utes of Oregon show that the state
ment that the repeal was merely a
change of name Is wholly untrue
Another illustration is the assertion
that British Columbia collects no per
sonal property taxes, but levies a tax
on store stocks. Store stocks are per
sonal property. The statement contra
dicts itself.
Moreover, British Columbia does
collect taxes on personal property
other than store stocks. In a letter to
The Oregonian dated October 11, 1911,
the Surveyor of Taxes and Inspector
of Revenue for British Columbia says:
The government does, however, collect a
personal property tax and an Income tax
from every person in the province, whether
he resides within a municipality or outside
the municipality In an unorganised district
In a subsequent letter, dated Octo
ber 2, 1912, he states: "No amend
ment to the Municipal act affecting
the question of exemptions was passed
at the last session." In other words
the tax exemptions are the same now
as they were when he wrote in Octo
ber, 1911. The section of the British
Columbia law governing the matter
follows:
All real and personal property and Income
of every person in the province, and the
real and personal property within the
province of persons not resident within the
province, shall be litble to taxation, subject
to the exemptions and provisions herein
after mentioned and contained.
The British Columbia personal
property exemptions are liberal. The
exemptions include household effects;
farm livestock, machinery and ve
hicles up to the value of $1000; money
in bank, mortgages and certain other
credits.
A wide range of personal property is
thus left unexempted on which direct
taxes are levied by the state even
though the property be In so-called
single tax municipalities.
The writer of the letter to Mr. Clark
seems to be able to forecast what the
next session of the British Columbia
Parliament will do better than the
head tax official of that province. The
latter In his later letter to The Ore
gonian states:
I also send you a copy of the last special
Tax Commissioners' report. Some of the
recommendations therein will probably be
adopted by legislation at next session of
the legislature, which meets about Jan
uarr 13. 1913.
I have not yet received my final instruc
tion regarding the drafting of a sew act
to embo ly some of the amendments, but I
will let ycu know what takes place as soon
as I know.
It is Just possible that the exemption -of
improvements may be one of the new de
partures. In British Columbia the party in
oower is responsible for legislation!
Laws on fundamental issues are
drafted by executive or administrative
officers who are members of the par-
tv in Dower. The "government, or
the party in power, then stands back
of those measures. Mr. Crldge, J30-a-week
press agent for an Oregon or
ganization, it seems, is able to tell def
initely what a neighboring, country
proposes to do in tax legislation,
whereas the official of that country,
whose duty It is to draft the bill, can
not now give Its provisions.
Moreover, the report of the Special
Tax Commissioners' Report does not
indicate that exemptions of incomes
of more than J2000, as forecasted by
the Oregon prophet, are even likely to
be considered. The report discloses
that the present exemption does not
apply to incomes greater than siuuu,
instead of 11200, and that tne recom
mendatlon is that this exemption be
raised to 11500, not S2000.
The Oregonian does not look upon
the tax system now in force in, or any
that mav hereafter be . adopted by,
British Columbia, as a suitable guide
for Oregon tax legislation. The sys
tem of government Is diferent, Brit
ish Columbia has sources of revenue
which must always be unknown or
negligible in Oregon. Among these
are a Dominion subsidy, receipts from
the sale of lands, a share in the head
tax on Chinese immigration, an output
tax on coal and coke and taxes on
other minerals. The chief value of
the comoarison la In showing the fu
tillty of relying on statements Issued
by the Graduated Single Tax League
of Oregon. .
MR. BOURNE'S AFTER-THOUGHTS.
The newly - Invented reasons for
Jonathan Bourne's second campaign
for re-election may be substantially
summarized in the following:
(1) The press by suppression and
misrepresentation prevented the facts
about his service at Washington from
reaching the people: and
(2) A sDontaneous demand from
15,000 citizens requesting that he Ig
nore the verdict of the people in April
and appeal to the people In Septem
ber: and
(3) Gross violation of the corrupt
practices act by his successful com
petitor, Mr. Selling.
The ready answers are:
(1) The attitude of the Oregon
press was precisely the same in April
and rjreviouslv as in October. Mr.
Bourne understood and accepted the
situation then. He announced1 that he
would make no campaign and put the
people on trial ("not I.") Now he de
mands that the people rectify his own
mistake, not theirs: and
(2) The norisinir of the people 'was
artificially stimulated by an army of
paid solicitors who Intercepted pass
ers-by with appeals to sign the Bourne
petitions. They boldly said that they
were paid from 3 to 5 cents per name,
and they frankly asked the public to
help them earn a livelihood; and
(3) Mr. Selling did not violate the
corrupt practices act. The many let
ters he sent out prior to his becoming
a candidate were a Dona ride invita
tion for an expression from the people,
If the replies had been on the whole
unfavorable, he would not have en
tered the race. They were favorable
and he became a candidate.
FOUR STRAW TOTES.
Rarely do straw votes. In one place,
in one day, spread sunshine so Impar
tially over all parties as those recorded
at Corvallls. Four honest, independent
canvasses were made, on the same
street of the town, at different times.
we are informed by the Corvallls Re
publican, and revealed the gratifying
Indication that the voters of that city
are practically unanimous for every
Presidential candidate.
George Denman first passed the hat
and got the following result:
Taft 162, Chafln 2, Wilson 0, Roose
velt 0. Debs 0.
Then Bob Johnson tried It and pro
duced these statistics:
Wilson 93, Debs 3, Taft 0, Roosevelt
0, Chafln 0. -
Next Dr. Haniord employed tne
scheme and proved that the. Bull
Moose was rampaging in Corvallls In
this wise:
Roosevelt 13, Wilson 1, Taft 0,
Chafln 0, Debs 0.
As there was still some dissatisfac
tion, Henry Price went out on the
same street and found the wind blow
ing as Indicated below:
Debs 9, Wilson 1, Roosevelt 1, Tart
0, Chafln 0.
Regardless of the seemingly contra
dictory results obtained by the several
tellers In Corvallls, iwe still have the
same faith we always had in straw
voting. It may not be as accurate
a forecaster as astrology, palm
istry, dreams or betting odds, yet it Is
something more and better. It Is the
only National pastime which every
one can enjoy between the closing of
the baseball and the opening of the
football season. Moreover It is a sport
that should be preserved and encour
aged as Corvallis. citizens are doing,
for what other game is there in which
the man who plays it always wins, yet
still retains his interest?
HOW TO SECURE AX OPEN RIVER.
By permanent organization and sys
tematic work, such as that for which
arrangements were made at the. Lew-
iston convention, the cities of the Co
lumbia and Snake River basins may
hope to secure continuous improve
ment of those waterways. - They
should be able to command the united
support of the Oregon, Washington
and Idaho delegations in Congress.
These six Senators and ten Represent
atives, pulling together for the same
end, can accomplish much.
Best results can be obtained by
working on an agreed programme.
The convention was wise in putting
first the completion of the Celilo
Canal. Next In order should come re
moval of the rapids above the canal,
simultaneously with dredging of the
channel or blasting of rocks above the
rapids. This work accomplished, the
time should be ripe for a system of
dams and locks in the rapids, which
spot the river from the Big Bend to
the mouth of the Spokane River and
thence to the boundary. Our own in
land cities should work" In co-operation
with those of British Columbia,
that the Columbia may be made what
it is capable of becoming a great In
ternational waterway, navigable with
out interruption from its source to its
mouth. .
The strongest argument in favor of
appropriations for this work will be
the fact that we are making the great
est possible use of the channel we now
have. If, when asking for money, our
delegation In Congress were to be met
with the statement that the Open
River Company's steamers had been
withdrawn for lack of patronage,
their ingenuity -would be taxed for a
satisfactory explanation. Every effort,
therefore, should be made to keep
these boats in operation. We should i
also prepare for the adequate use of
the improved channel by ensuring that
the water terminals along the river
shall be kept free from railroad owner
ship and control, and that proper
railroad connections be made with
these terminals'
. LUCKY DOG.
PORTLAND. Or., (To the Editor.) I see
that The Oregonian asks for a simple and
easy way of voting on the laws and amend
ments. I give you my Idea of how to vote
and have no worry.
First On everything that calls for money,
1 vote "No." ,
Next If I find TJ'Ren Co., Dan Kella
her or the Peoples' Power League want a
law passed, I vote -No." But it they are
ODDOseri to one. I vote "Tee."
I'll bet you 30 cents I am as near right
as any voter will get In this business. i
worked over the amendments for a whole
week and was about to oommit murder on
my poor dog because he has such aa easy
time no votlna. no taxnavinr and no rent
to pay. When he dies, he's dead, but when
I die I am not sura what becomes oi mo.
Don't It? A. SCHMIDT.
f 595 E. Ankeny Street.
The Oregonian declines to take the
bet. In backing his conclusion to vote
contrary to the advice of Mr. TJ'Ren,
Mr. TTRen's associates and Dan Kel-
laher with 30 cents, Mr. Schmidt is
offering a wager on a pretty sure
thing. It may be admitted that TJ'Ren
& Co. and Dan Kellaher might some
time support & good measure or op
pose a bad one. We would not guar
antee their attitude always to be a
reversed guidepost. But as a rule it
Is generally unwise to follow the lead
of professional law tinkerers or self
seeking politlclans.-
Some sound philosophy may also be
read between, the lines of our German
friend's reference to the lucky dog.
Most of us would vote "No" on death
because of doubt as to the hereafter.
It Is a good rule to apply to initiative
measures. When in doubt vote "NO."
ORANGE AND STATE PRINTING.
The Salem Grange found that it had
been utterly misled as to -tiie state
printing bill, hurried , through the
1911 Legislature and containing nu
merous Jokers, and it withdrew its
support of the bill and of the supple
mental initiative measure. The
Grange made a careful investigation
and among other things reported as
follows: -
As the inquiry has proceeded your com
mittee has become deeply impressed with
the magnitude and the Intricacy of the busi
ness of the State Printer and we do not be
lieve that adequate compensation would be
found for the cost and Inconvenience to the
state If the Initiative system provided by
Senate bill No. 76 or the Initiative measure
should prove undesirable and hastily and un
wisely installed. We adhere to the grange
principle of flat salaries for public offi
cers, with state ownership of the printing
plant in- this-case, but we do not otherwise
approve of Senate bill No. .75.
We find that Salem Grange No. 17 In
dorsed the Initiative petition "placing the
State Printer on a flat salary," while un
der" a misapprehension, and after an inves
tigation extending over eight weeks, believe
that members of the order and the public
generally were.unaware of the other Import
ant provisions of Senate blU No. 75 to be
come effective also.
Therefore, your executive committee rec
ommends that Salem Grange No. 17 recede
from Its former position and recall such
encouragement as has been given by us
to the initiative measure. Its Importance
demands that the fullest investigation be
given it in connection with Senate bill No.
75. We suggest to all patrons of husbandry
that no prejudice or preconceived opinion
for or against shall be permitted to Inter
fere with the due and intelligent examina
tion of all Its provisions and their probable
and possible results.
This is an adequate reply to the
charge by Political and Printing Ex
pert Harris that The Oregonian had
not- correctly represented the Salem
Grange's attitude. The Grange repu
diates the bill except as to the princi
ples of flat salary and state ownership.
It recalls Its former indorsement. It
withdraws Its encouragement of the
Initiative bill. It wholly traverses its
former action. The effect of the
Grange's positive and pointed stand
Is to condemn the whole scheme and
leave it without Grange sanction or
countenance. -
Besides calling attention to Mr. Har
ris' readiness further to sacrifice him.
self on the altar of public duty, as ex
pressed euphemistically in his letter,
there appears to be nothing further to
say Just now on the printing subject,
except to add that the present agita
tion against the State Printing Office,
on the ground of extravagance, in view
of the comparatively moderate sums
now paid to the printer, has a purely
selfish and personal Inspiration.
AN ANTI-NAGGING SOCIETY.
Thirty-four New York couples, fresh
from Bermuda- honeymoons, have
banded together with the sole purpose
to eliminate nagging from their
wedded life. They term it the anti
nag society and have sworn to abide
together in peace and harmony.
While devised and organized in a
spirit of holiday gaiety, the organiza
tion Is one of serlus Importance, and
if its purpose is adhered to will have
a considerable bearing upon the lives
of the couples who have taken its
vows. It will hardly be disputed that
most of the Ills of wedded life arise
from nagging. Nagging has led more
couples to the divorce courts, and
more Individuals to misery and ruin,
than all the other marital deficiencies
combined, It Is safe to assume. It is
the great fertile cause of unhappiness
and domestic strife. Born of ill-humor
and permitted to rove unsuppressed, It
quickly eats its way into the heart of
conjugal happiness and leaves only the
mildewed core of discord, dissension
and discontent. Where It has not
wrecked the domestic ship, it has at
least rendered life unpleasant and
unprofitable.
Recognizing the danger, and keep
ing clear of the reefs of Nag, the New
York couples should enjoy happiness
and success unlimited and unre
strained. When the demon of ill-
humor abides within one of these
households, he will not be welcomed.
Rather he be ignored. How, then,
may they come to grief? Since nag
ging and quarreling and vituperation
are shut out, there can remain only
tenderness and affection. The whole
world would do well to apply for mem
bership in this pretty little society that
has grown out of a festive Bermuda
honeymoon. '
BRYAN TAKES ALL THE CREDIT.
In reviewing the work of the Demo
cratic House in the Commoner, Bryan
shows a fixed determination to ignore
any part which the Republicans had in
that which he commends. He takes to
the Democracy all the credit for sub
mission of the amendment providing
for direct election of Senators, though
the measure had almost passed the
Senate at the . preceding session
through the efforts of Senator Borah
and other Republicans. He slurs over
the attempt of the House to insert in
the Constitution a provision depriving
the Federal Government of control
over Senatorial elections, which the
Senate forced the House to abandon.
He cites the former occasions on
which direct election amendments
passed Democratic Houses, and does
not mention the frequent adoption of
such amendments . by Republican
Houses. " 1
Bryan gives Speaker Clark credit for
originating the policy of schedule re
vision of the tariff, which is the most
effective means yet proposed for
bringing about genuine reduction by
breaking up the combination of the
protected interests. This policy was
proposed by. President Taft in 1910
and was promptly seized upon by both
Democrats-and insurgents, who tried
to make it their own. If ever a man's
policy was stolen by his opponents,
Taft's was on that occasion.
As to publicity of campaign ex
penses, Bryan glories in the achieve
ments of the House, forgetting en
tirely that the limitation of the amount
of a candidate's expenses In running
for Senate and House was Inserted in
the bill by the" Republican Senate.
A man can easily make a good case
for his party by assuming that good
work Is theirs alone. As to the meas
ures mentioned, there was practical
unity of. sentiment between the two
parties, and what was accomplished
was the Joint work of both. We give
the Democrats full credit for their part
in the beneficial legislation passed, but
we insist that they must share the
credit with the Republican Senators
and the Republican President, without
whose aid it could not have become
law.
MAKING CENTRAL OREGON.
Under the caption, "Encouragi
ring
Agriculture." Editor ' Davey, of the
Harnev Countv News, elves Mr. Wil
liam Hanley, of Burns, great credit for
accomplishing much in the back
the farm" movement Mr. Hanley
one of Oregon's most prominent and
most valuable citizens. He never for
a moment overlooks the fact that
belongs to Oregon, no matter where
he is or with whom he is taimng. ne
nevpr- crows wearv in telling the ad
vantages Oregon has to offer the
home-maker who wishes to keep close
to the soil. Mr. Hanley believes mere
la no other Dlace on earth where
man short In finances and long on
Industry can do so well as he can In
Central Oregon, particularly in the
great Harney country with still bet
ter opportunities for the man of large
means.
Mr. Hanley also believes that the
state owes it to the people of the in
terior to establish more experiment
atarinna thA battia sort as the one he
was mainly Instrumental in having es
tablished in his own county, near
Burns. He believes that no money
in hA mnt to better advantage than
that expended by- the state, the Gov
ernment and tne county in snuwms
at these stations what is Dest iittea
for the soil of that locality and the
best method of producing it.
To the high schools Mr. Hanley be
l,Q1Tn. 11-1. ahftll lrl look for more teach
in. iinnir n tn-icnltural lines, to the end
that when the student leaves the high
school he be well equipped to take up
practical farming good larming us
.,ol inline. seedlne and harvesting.
In that way Mr. Hanley thinks we will
not only keep our farmers' sons ana
arhtAra nn thA farms. DUt Will ai-
. mQnvr frnm trA r-ities tO take UP
11 a l. L. luanj ... -
the safest, sanest and most Deneiiciai
.allinir Irnnsn.
o
-fcjr,- TTaniAv hfui made a name for
himself as a man of big ideas ana nig
deeds. He is almost as wen Known in
New York as he is in Oregon. His
lihnn r,avA borne much fruit in tne
way of bringing in new settlers, for
now a railway is building tnrougn me
inmrinr rt the state. No doubt, Mal
heur, Harney, Crook, Lake and Kla
math counties will In the near future
receive such an inpourlng or capital
and people as Mr. Hanley and the oth--
ih mniAiiiM nf those sections have
longingly looked for these many years.
t noiTi. tn fnrhld child labor,
J.H lllut,uot"6 -
t-ti- A.t.irv- trusts, allowing unre
stricted immigration, and maintaining
an exorbitantly protective uum,
-Dweo-,,.!. Trnf?rAsslves are proposing
... i ... .i nr t V, n
treat tne symptoms maiwiu v.
disease. Child labor is a symptom ui
T.nwtvi nf exeat comoratlons un
der the shelter of exorbitant protec
tion and or tne innux ot tuiii
i.ui. Bianimrna oi waKea iliiu
ofA inwprftd. It is well
v. tn lBiHKiate directly against
child labor, but a far more effective
and lasting means of doing away with
thn causes described.
The pretended Progressive policy is as
contradictory in mis as in iuojij v.
respects. "
t oil ..niAclrahlA foreien aristocrats
had been rejected by the immigration
Officials, as Prince Ludovic -ignateiu
d' Aragon may be, several American
heiresses would have escaped unhappy
marriages and less American millions
would have been squandered by Euro
pean rakes
Tho buyer .upon whom a crafty
dealer unloads rotten fruit must take
It back and roar. The louder the roar
o uriii tia nut into the
tne muio J ..... , -
swindling dealer. There Is too much
good fruit to allow imposition uiiu
anybody.
Robert Harper's J300 melon crop
from one acre, near Junction City, Is
one more demonstration of what in
tcnalvA farming will do on the rich
soil of the Willamette Valley.
The Governor's suggestion for the
annual scrubbing day will with profit
ii.,H thA cnttine- of thistles by the
roadside and all the weeds on the
farm. -
Hiram Johnson's understudy says
i ir-- is nniv for the noor.-in which
event It certainly behooves the poor
man . to behave and avoid ganows or
chair.
u,,rar of ft Tjubllc chauffeur at
s.i. t.qIta follow similar crimes at
Spokane and Portland, and may be the
work of a maniac witn a mission.
vr- that the Bullv Creek project
t iii..i,r tn 0-n anrl Irrierate 40.000 acres
of the best land In Malheur County is
almost too good to peiieve.
What will become of the fruit ped-
,no- and shoe shining industries when
the Greek heeds the homeward call?
tion of a discarded Senator can be
measured only by the cash register.
m. mnnliiv nf "Biff Jack" in New
vnrir Saturday shows what witnesses
in the Rosenthal case may expect.
t 4B Via,- nn the fan's susnense to
wait until tomorrow for the first game
of the world series.
"Swiping the loot" seems to be a
serious offense In. the eyes of a grand
Jury. - .
BOURNE'S REJECTION OF PRIMARY
- Bourne Poor Loser.
Newberg Graphic. '
- Bourne has been making great claims
to prominence as the father of the
"Oregon system," yet he proves to be a
poor loser when, the votes under the
"system" are against him, and. like a
spoiled child, says the other fellow
"dldn t play fair."
Poor Quality of Man Shown,
Grants Pass Observer.
The proposal to put up Mr. Bourne as
a fourth candidate, though he was
fairly and squarely condemned by the
voters at the primary election, last
April, should not be encouraged. It Is
a poor quality of man who refuses the
verdict of the people and seeks to force
himself upon them whether or not.
What Does Be Take 1 Tie Forf
Yaquina Bay News. .
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Is in the field
as an Independent candidate for United
States Senator. This places the astute
champion of the direct primary nominat
ing law and Statement No. 1, who was
defeated In the primary election and
turned down at the Salem Bull Moose
convention. In a decidedly delicate and
unenviable position. We wonder what
Jonathan takes the voters of Oregon
for, anyway?
Written Before the Fall.
Sheridan Sun.
Senator Bourne is proving himself
possessed of more owl sense than some
of his fool friends. They still Insist
the Senator repudiate the majority-will
principle of politics and announce him
self an Independent candidate for United
States Senator. The Senator would be
tickled to doalh to do so, but that
-would plaoe himself in the category
with the great chief Teddy, and two
big liars in the Teddy party in Oregon,
he fears, may sour the stomach of the
few Mooses and cause a worse political
upheaval than a dose of ipecac before
breakfast.
- . Blow at Oregon System.
Tillamook Headlight,
As soon as Bourne lost out In the
Bull Moose convention, he would not
abide by the primary election and the
will of the people, nor the Bull Moose
convention, nor the Oregon system, for
he Is going to make the race anyway.
These are the facts, and aB Ben Selling
strictly compiled with the Oregon sys
tern and was the choice of the people
In the primary election, if any one is
entitled to the Republican vote it must
be Ben Selling. If not, then the Oregon
system Is nothing but a shuttlecock in
the hands of political bosses and dis
gruntled office seekers to fool the
people. -
ONE ISSUES PLAINLY EXPRESSED.
No Room for Doubt as to Meaning
Equal Suffrage Amendment. .
PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) As an about-to-be enfranchised
citizen, I am deeply interested in The
Oregonlan's careful study of the con
stitutional amendments now pending
In Oregon. As many of them are am
biguous In title and meaning, I wish
to call attention by contrast to the
title and text of Amendment 1, which
reads as follows:
Equal suffrage amendment 'extending the
elective franchise to women:.
Section 2 of article II of the constitution
of the State of Oregon shall be ajid hereby
la amended to read as follows:
Section 2. In all elections not otherwise
provided for by this constitution, every clt
Izen of the United States, of the age of 21
years and upwards, who shall have resided
In the state during the six months Immed
iately preceding such election, and every
person of foreign birth of the age of 21
years and upwards, who shall have resided
in this state during the six months imme
diately preceding such election, and shall
nave declared . his Intention to become
cltssen of the United States one year pre
ceding such election, conformably to the
laws of the United States on the subject
of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote
at all elections authorized by law. "
In addition to the petition, guaran
teeing the submission of the proposed
amendment, we are pleased to report
the following resolution, passed by
both Houses of the late Legislative
Assembly which is most significant:
Resolved by the Senate, the House con
curring, That we have carefully considered
the equal suffrage amendment, as submitted
by initiative petition to the present legal
voters of the state, for- their adoption or
rejection and can see no reasonable objec
tion to adoption; and we cordially recom
mend its ratification at the November elec
tion of 1912.
The reader will please take notice
that this action of the Oregon Legis
lature, advising the ratification of an
equal suffrage amendment Is the first
ever passed by any Legislative Assem
bly in the United States.
Women have learned through long
years of defeat, the necessary study
of terse and explicit verbiage. No
voter, as It seems to us, Is capable of
misconstruing our meaning, but all are
respectfully urged to note the fact that
our proposed amendment is an exact
replica of the constitution, as it now
stands, except that sex and color are
to be made to conform with the word
lng of the Constitution of the United
States. . -
' ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY,
President of the State Equal Suffrage
Association.
WORKERS FOR PIN MONEY FEW.
Investigators Find Tbat Most Girls Are
Self-Dependent or Aids to Family.
PORTLAND,, Oct. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) In an editorial paragraph today.
commending the merits of the efforts
of the Consumers' League to establish
a mini-mum wage scale for women, The
Oregonian expresses some apprehen
sion lest the number of young women
who work to earn "pin money" should
imperil this movement for the better
ment of the condition of women wage-
earners. Our Investigation here in
Portland, as well as similar ones else
where, tends to show that most girls
who work do so because . they must
support themselves or those dependent
on them, and that today tne percent
age of women who work for pin money,
s., that they may spend more money
on dress, is quite insignificant.
Of the several hundred women wage-
earners I have Interviewed during the
past three months, there have been
scarcely any who are not either en
tirely self-dependent or contributing
lareelv to the support of tneir famines.
This conclusion is borne out by the
Federal Women and Child Wage-Earners
in the United States investigation,
and by those made in New York, Chi
cago and Massachusetts. In Milwau
kee, likewise, the report at hand say
ing that out of 1189 girls interviewed,
1078 were living with parents or near
relatives; "875 of these contribute their
entire earnings to the family income
and 203 pay board at home This board
Is usually most of the earnings, the
girls saving only enough for carfare
and a small sum for clothes and amuse
ments. Six irirls constitute the entire
sum of the popularly supposed majo
rity, who work for pin money and con
tribute nothing to the family support."
The areneral result of all careful in
vestigations here and elsewhere is that
very few girls work wno ao not nave
to; on the contrary, hundreds who must
support themselves or help tneir
parents are receiving from prosperous
business concerns tor ten aours di
ham labor each day a wage which Is
not within 30 per cent of their actual
minimum cost of food, housing and
clothing (to say nothing of recrea
tion) necessary for their continued ex
istence as efficient workers. The pres
ence of such a condition would seem
to call on all forces that respect wom
anly health end virtue to urge mini
mum wage legislation tor women
workers.
CAROLINE J. txLdSASUW,
Director Minimum Wage Survey.
MR. HARRIS ON VKIVTINa LAW.
Not Seeking New Job but Could Do
Thlnea If He Had It.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 8. (To the Editor.)
Certainly I did not intend to say Tha
Oregonian had spent money to defeat
the printing law. I think It is quite
clear in the course of my communica
tion in The Oregonian Thursday that
I used the- second person "you" merely
to give the illustration- more of a per
sonal application in order, If possible,
to increase its emphasis.
Readers of The Oregonlan's com
ments will doubtless be impressed by
your want of better grounds in your
opening remarks upon which to set
aside my position. Why in the name
of decency cannot The Oregonian ad
here to truth and fairness upon '.his
subjeot? You say the Salem Grange
"urges that the Initiative measure be
beaten." It does not. It withdrew
its former indorsement, but as your
own columns recorded the committee's
report, it said in these words:
We suggest to all Patrons of Husbandry
that no prejudice or preconceived opinion for
or against shall be permitted to Interfere
with the due and Intelligent examination
of all its (the proposed law's) provisions, etc.
The local Salem Grange withdrew Its
former indorsement of this measure
but reasserted its favor for state own
ership and flat salary. The Multno
mah District Pomona Orange, comprls
lng all the local Granges of Multno
mah County, after wide publication of
the action of Salem Grange, sends a
contribution of money to aid tne ria
alary law. But The Oregonian will
not tell this in glaring headlines.
Your summary of my interest in this
affair Is, I take it, usual and to oe ex
Elected. This Is the reward The Ore
gonlan assists in holding before men
It knows to be doing their level best
to nerform their every moral duty to
the state. Say my Judgment Is bad If
you will; oppose the pending law on
its merits If you think it bad; but In
the name of decency don't, for the want
of better argument. Join in heaping
odium upon others merely because tney
do not see their duty as you would
have them see It.
To Infer, in order to Impugn my mo
tives. that I am slated to be secretary
of the Printing Board, is, if anything, a
compliment to my efforts, whicn 1 ap
predate, I assure you. Though I never
did and never shall solicit public
preferment, if my services are so rec
ognzed as to bring preferment to me
I shall endeavor never to give even
The Oreeonlan honest grounds for re
grets. While I have never spoken and
never shall SDeak to be secretary of
the State Printing Board under the
proposed law, if so honored I promise
you I will put to shame the present
state printer's protestations ot patriot
ism to the taxpayers of Oregon, and
will also demonstrate the absurdity
of the charges of evil design on the
nort of the Printers' Union. If I am
ever made secretary I will soon show
you why certain discretion, against
which you and the state printer now
rail so loudly and hypocritically, was
placed, to say the least, witn soma
bodv.
You profess to fear the proposed law
will admit abuses. Rank ones now ex
ist under the present law. Its only
changes from the days It smelled to
hell are farcical purely so. In corrupt
hands Its old abuses would bloom forth
again. Can this be the basis of ltB
support In any quarter? Were Its for
mer benefits confined to the state
Drinter?
The Oregonian, respected by many
as an appreciative and reliable medium
of public advice and Instruction, who
should be this minute standing at least
for the motive of my every act in this
atruKKle. nrefers Instead, ror some rea
son I cannot understand, to say IMam
"AB-itatini?- around for a better Job."
Appointed without solicitation and
specifically Instructed by the Governor
who appointed me to expoue ana "p
pose all abuses i corrected costly ones
that others felt compelled to wink at;
saved hundreds of dollars to the state
not heretofore saved more than my
salary In cash and twice as mucn more
In early prospect, even uiousa no
further change should be made In the
law; winning words of appreciation
from vou In your non-polltlcal inter
vals; but now simply "agitating around
for a better Job."
In conclusion. I appeal to Tne ore
gonlan for an investigation of facts
bearing on tnis mooted suDject. it win
take some valuable space, but the dis
closures will be interesting. It will
have significant bearing upon every
endeavor to preserve the present state
printing law. R. A. hakhis,
Btate i-nnting .expert.
SOME THORNS OF MARRIED LIFE
Our Double Moral Standard Onuses
Shirking of Matrimony.
PORTLAND. Oct. 6. (To the Editor.)
I have been much Interested in the
different letters from "old maids." Poor
Jenet certainly called out a discussion
that has been both Interesting and, l
hone, profitable, and The Oregonian s
editorial October 4 was excellent. As
there seemed to be no "old marriea
woman"" giving her views on the sub
lent. I am sendlnK you this.
As long as we have a double standard
of morals, so long will we have women
shirking marriage and cnua-Dearing.
I write as one with long experience. 3
loved and married young. I am now a
woman oast middle lire. My cniiaren
are grown and in homes of their own.
I was brought up in the old-fashioned
way, did not believe In divorce, and
have been a good, dutiful wife. Now, in
my declining years, I find myself alone.
I sit at home alone evenings. I attend
church alone. I sit down to my meals.
many of them alone. Where Is the
man? Out exercising the divine privl
lege of the maler-many nights all
nlarht. Am I a nagging wife, that 1
have caused this? I think not. When
he shows up the next nlgnt, ne iinas
his dinner on the table. Not a ques
tion as to where he spent his night or
as to whom he was witn.
Do I advise other women to come to
this? Not at all. One of the greatest
blessings we have is our divorce courts,
if only we make use of them before we
get old.
Yes, the one signing herself "That's
Me" is right- There are thousands of
married women, who would be out of It
if they could. A nappy marriage is
certainly the way God made us all to
live. But It can never be while the
woman stands alone to raise the family
and the man makes her feel, that she
should lick the dust from the shoes he
wears, because she is getting her clotheB
and board. M. a. J.
MOOSE BRAND IS EYED ASKANCE
La Follette Man Declares Against Re
publicans Who Accept Indorsement.
PORTLAND. Oct 5. (To the Editor.)
We cannot agree with Chairman
Moores that those Taft Republicans
who have accepted Bull Moose nomlna
tions "have not forfeited tneir rignt to
Republican-support." We think they
have.
In the primary I was an ardent sup
porter of Walter H. Evans, but since
he has accepted the Bull Moose nomi
nation he has proved that he does not
stand on principle but is anything to
get votes. I and my many friends who
were supporters of La Follette In the
primary will do all we can to defeat
him and so will so down the whole line
and try and defeat every so-called Re
publican and Democrat who has accept
ed a Bull Moose nomination. Neither
will we suDDort any man lor otnee
elected by La Follette votes who went
to Chicago and voted for the Chief Bull
Moose. No person tainted with Bull
Mooselsm can have our support.
All true La Follette supporters, who
believe In the principles he advocates
and stands for will so cast their bal
lots that their votes will count most
to bury avery vestige of the Bull Moose
in a hole so deep that It can never "ie
the light of day. FRANK P. BAUM.
BACHELOR GIRLS ARE DEFENDED
All Not Fitted for Wedded State, U
Suggested.
PORTLAND, Oct. t. (To the Editor.)
In defense of "That's Me,1' who re- '
ceived such a grilling from the pen
of "One Who Knows" In The Oregonian
yesterday, will say that ihe happy,
idolized wife was not at ail sparing
in her denunciation of this thoughtless
little coquette.
If the married lady's youth has been
so far above reproach and her holy al
liance so broadening in its effect, I
am astonished that she should be so
harsh with one of her own sex.
Verily, In many people's minds there
still dwells the old traditions and be
liefs of their remote, ancestors when
they stoned the erring women. And
this, too, in the enlightened 2tfth cen
tury. Rather iwould we expect that she, a
type - ot noble womanhood, would be
first to go down into the shadows and
show her erring sister the way out.
Instead of doing the superb tiling she
forgets herself long enough to flay
the other unmercifully. "The men con
demned her even stronger than the
women," she writes exultlngly, and we
can almost hear the shrieks of the
rabid "holier-than-thous:" "Crucif
her, the Vui.t-ir'
Granted that this little woman had
broken every vow in the decalogue, are
we in this enlightened age emulating
the life of Christ whom we profess to
follow? "O. W. K." Is so savagely bit
ter toward the little woman who has so
many admirers that one would nat
urally be led to think that possibly
"O. W. K.'s" Idolizing spouse had
stepped from the narrow path and
found a pleasant companion In this lit
tle bachelor-maid.
Those lily-white men she mentioned
as ready to attack a woman are not
deserving the name of men.
"O. W. K." still clings to the belief
that the sole mission of humanity is
to produce offspring, regardless of un
fitness. No sensible person will deny the fact
that perfect mating and children of a
love union are nature's divine plan. But
does she think every woman is fit to
be a mother, or every old derelict of a
man good enough to be a father?
. "O. W. K.," pause and think before
you taunt this woman because she has
not met her mate. She evidently has
not found the man she considers as
being worthy to be the father of her
children.
Let us. on the contrary, congratulate
her on her good sense on not choosing
any old rake and inflicting on society
unfit children.
Happy little married woman, if you
are of perfect health and mentality, If
the husband you choose is a splendid,
clean, true being, then I congratulate
you on being thus blessed.
But do not be too harsh with those
of your own sex Bimply because they
chose to do differently from you. The
woman who Is despicable to you may
have another mission in life.
HUMANITARIAN.
JUDGE MURPHY TAKEN TO TASK,
Writer Contradicts on Opinions and
. Statement of Facts.
PORTLAND, Oct. 3. (To the Editor.)
In a letter to The Sunday Oregonian
on the "Home Rule" question In Ulster,
James Hennessey Murphy asks, "Does
not Joe Devlin, one of the ablest lieu
tenants of Redmond, occupy his seat In
Parliament by reason of Protestant
votes?" The answer is. Yes Joe Dev
lin does not occupy his seat in Par
liament by reason of Protestant votes.
Joseph Devlin, the member of West
Belfast, represents that portion of the
city radiating from the Falls road, the
center of the Roman Catholic quarter.
In view of the fact that the sight of
a Protestant on the Falls road usually
necessitates a hurry-up call for the
ambulance, it is hardly reasonable to
suppose that Joseph Devlin received
many Protestant votes. The Roman
Catholic vote is the controlling factor
in the West Belfast constituency, and
it Is by reason of this vote alone that
Joe Devlin occupies his seat in the
British Parliament.
A writer In the August number of the
Fortnightly Review thus expresses
very clearly the feeling the Ulster
Protestants have for Mr. Devlin and
his colleagues:
Listening sometimes to Mr. Redmond's
plausibility, a unionist may feel as Cicero
said he felt when listening to Catellne
almost deceived, but five minutes of Mr.
Devlin's fervid or Mr. Dillon's frigid twa-
slon brings back all one's doubts and fears
redoubled, and explains the dour determina
tion of the Ulster Protestants never to be
under the heel of either one or the other
as long as they possess the means of self
defense. Ulster Is determined to fight home
rule by force of arms, and there Is
every likelihood that It will win out In
spite of Mr. Murphy's "conservative"
statement regarding the ability of the
"Tipperary Tigers" to clean out the
whole bunch of Ulster covenanters. If
the "Tipperary Tigers" are In any way
related to the Kilkenny cats the proba
bilities are they will eat each other
up before coming In contact with the
Belfast Protestants. H. H. H.
PRIDE IN BEAUX IS SHALLOWNESS
Right Man Comes to Girl Who Learns
to Be Real Helpmate.
LE BAM, Wash., Oct 4. (To the Ed
itor.) I don't think I was ever so dis
gusted as I was with the letter written
by "That's Me." I can scarcely believe
it was a woman who wrote It certain
ly not one of any common Judgment. I
think It must have been one of our lit
tle girls with big hats and small brains
who can think of nothing Dut "leliers.
Surely no woman of mature age pould
write such a shallow letter. Perhaps
she does have a dozen beaux, but when
It comes to the altar, will they go with
her?
I am Binele myself, but nevertheless
I think It is very silly and unladylike
for any one to talk so. If it isn't a
woman's place to love, respect and make
a home for a man, pray tell me whose
it is? I don't believe In mere children
marryiner: but when a girl learns to
cook, sew, bake and be a helpmate, in
stead of an ornament, I don't think she
will be signing herself "That's Me and
writiae such letters, for by that time
the man will have come and she will be
ready to settle down and be a house
keeper, wife and mother.
If "That's Me" will Just run along
and learn to keep house like our grand
mothers did and forget her many suit
ors till she learns, she will find some
one that will be more man a mero )
man. MAKUAitux.
Uniform School Clothes.
PORTLAND. Oct. 6. (To the Editor.)
I have been interested in a discussion
which has arisen in one or tne local
periodicals in regard to the much-needed
reform in the dressing of school
girls.
It seems to me that all such discus
sions lead to but one end, and the soon
er arrived at the better, viz a uniform
school suit.
We read that some or tne otner large
ina tn solving: the matter of school
clothes in this way. Why not Portland?
It would certainly lessen tne strain on
manv an economical mother whose
daughter Is trying to follow the stand
ard of fashions and follies set by some
one better-to-be. This is only one oi
the advantages of a uniform.
In mv Intercourse with other mothers
in my locality I find that I am not the
nniv one to whom the annual anxiety
about school clothes has become a bur
den. I think a general discussion of
this question in the newspapers arm in
the mothers' clubs would be to advan
tage. MRS. L. T.
Proof of an Old Family.
Judge.
Miss Yellowleaf Yes, ours is a very
old family. You know, we came over
in the Mayflower.
Miss Caustlque inaeeoi Ana uia
yOU ei nave a pleasant vuyasef