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permitted them to vote for candidates
running in other states and permitted
the Socialists of other states to vote
for the Socialist candidates running in
Oregon. Under such a plan some
states would necessarily lose represen
tation, while others would grain it.
There could be no fixed apportionment
according to population.
We now have representation fairly
proportional as to distribution of vot
ers, and does anybody seriously pro
pose that this shall be sacrificed for
party proportional representation ac
quirable only by putting all Congres
sional candidates into an enormous
Jackpot?
cheap that their loan value is below
one-sixteenth of their cost strike the
average man who has been nibbling at
single-tax bait? It is about time the
single-taxers were reversing them
selves and denying that the tax system
had anything to do with the over
building which this investigator says
prevails everywhere in Alberta.
A SPOOK BEHIND EVERY BUSH.
The Wilson Administration is so full
of suspicion in regard to every person
who does not approve its policies and
every event which raises doubt as to
their wisdom that it sees a spook be
hind every bush. A large part of the
time of the heads of departments and
of Congressional committees is spent
In investigating in other words, in
chasing these spooks. Th chase too
often ends, as did that of the scared
housewife who heard a burglar and
threw a flatiron at the cat.
A protected manufacturer no sooner
announces that the Underwood tariff
will compel him to close his factory
than Secretary Redfleld begins to in
vestigate the efficiency and modernity
of the plant, suspecting the manufac
turer of an evil design to discredit the
, great boon which the Democracy of
fers the American people. No sooner
are United States bonds sold at an un
usually low price than Secretary Mc
Adoo scents a malevolent design to de
preciate the bonds and thereby dis
credit the Owens-Glass currency bill.
President Wilson sees in the efforts of
sugar and wool men to put their case
in regard to the tariff before Congress
the work of an insidious lobby, though
it has been known to all the world
that such efforts were being made.
But when a member of the Cabinet
is caught in the act of aiding the es
cape from justice of two white slavers,
one of whom is related to a member of
the Administration, and when the Re
publicans demand inquiry into his acts,
what a change comes over the attitude
of the Democracy! Then the ardent
Investigators denounce the demand as
part of a "conspiracy of the special
interests to discredit an honest public
official" and those who call for an in
quiry in this case are described as
muckrakers.
The fear expressed by manufactur
ers of the consequences of tariff reduc
tion may be subject to some discount.
The inquiry into lobbying has helped
to clear the political atmosphere and
has given the people an insight into
the secret influences behind legisla
tion. We know that stock and bond
manipulators are not above working
such schemes as Mr. McAdoo suspects
and that gentleman certainly knows
enough of the Wall-street game to be
able to judge whether there is ground
for his suspicions.
But is there not danger of overwork
ing this conspiracy talk? And should
not an Administration which is so
ready to start an investigation of all
opposing forces and Influences be will
ing to take a dose of its own medicine
when the acts of one of its members
are questioned? Since it's a poor rule
that does not work both ways, should
not the Democracy welcome the op
portunity offered by the Republicans
to give the immaculate McReynolds a
triumphant vindication?
IEFXNrNG SOCIALISM.
From down Bandon way comes a
heated letter from a Coos County So
cialist criticising The Oregonian for
certain recent strictures on Socialism
and warmly asserting that The Orego
nian does not know or understand the
"fundamental principles of Socialism
There are Just about as many kinds
of Socialism as there are Socialists. So-
clalism is therefore whatever any So
cialist thinks it is at the time. What
he may think, or think he thinks, to
morrow may be quite another matter,
The Oregonian has studied the vari
ous Socialist platforms and sundry So
cialist text-books without much profit
or light. The things the Socialists
want are so numerous and various and
the ways of getting them so different
and so uncertain that Socialism may
well be described as the aggregation
of the unsatisfied desires of all man'
kind.
The first "fundamental principle" of
Socialism is the "overthrow of capital
ism." The capitalist is assailed as the
controlling power of all modern sys
tems of government; therefore it is
easy enough to see why in the mind
of the soap-box agitator the overthrow
of government and the overthrow of
capitalism are necessary .corollaries.
The Socialistic Jargon reeks with de
nunciations of capitalism and your
capitalist is regarded by the Socialist
as the common enemy. A capitalist is
any supporter of the present system;
and a Socialist is any opponent of the
system. '
The formal Socialism one may find
in the platforms and in the printed
works of various authorities, but the
real Socialism I3 to be heard in the
streets and in the other meeting places
of the Socialists. If Socialism is not
understood by its investigators, it is
because the Socialists themselves do
not understand it. They merely think
they do.
TWO KINDS OF PROPORTION.
An article in the New Review sup
plies material for a mild indorsement
of proportional representation by the
New York Evening Post. The New
Review writer. Dr. Schapiro, presents
the situation in the following para
graph: The recent Presidential election haa re
vealed two very significant facta: The ex
traordinary strength ahown by the Pro-
gresslve and Socialist parties at the polls
and their still more extraordinary weakness
in congress and In the State Legislatures.
i'r tne popular vote lor President Mr. Wil
son received In round numbers 6,294.000,
Mr. Roosevelt 4.120.000, Mr. Taft 3.485,000
and Mr. Debs K00.000 votes. Under a fair
system of representation they would have
elected to the House of Representatives
1ST Democrats. 121 Progressives, 102 Re
publicans and 25 Socialists. Actually the
composition of the present House Is 297
Democrats. 122 Republicans, 16 Progressives
and no Socialists. The Democratic majority
in Congress is 159. though its popular vote
fell far short of a majority bj the rather
large figure of 2.447.0O0; hence in the last
election a minority of the voters of the
country returned a large majority of the
members of Congress.
Representation in the Legislatures
can hardly be fairly compared with
the total vote of the parties for Presi
dential electors, for party regularity,
particularly among Progressives, was
not closely observed In the state elec
tions. But the comparison between
Congressional representation and party
strength is the really important phase
of the article. The Post describes the
attitude of the minority under the
two-party system as a placid accept
ance of what that party hopes is only
temporary defeat, and, when it faces
extinction, as something heroically to
be endured. But when a third party
appears in the parliamentary field, it
begins casting about for some method
of gaining as many seats in the leg-
lslatlve halls as the party strength
entitles it to have. The Post closes
its comment:
When Progressives reflect upon the fact
tnat tney nave actually only sixteen Repre
sentatlves In Congress to accept Dr. Scha-
piro s ngures wnen tney ought to have 121,
they will begin to see that there Is. perhaDs
something rather advantageous as well as
logical in proportional representation.
One thing that advocates of propor
tional representation ignore is the
status of our legislative bodies as rep
resentative not only of party but of
population.
If the proportional election plan
contemplates the creating of state
wide districts, the sought-for party
proportion cannot be obtained in Con
gress, for there are all degrees of vari
ation in party vote totals in the
several states. If all Representatives
are to be elected at large that is
from one great National district
party proportion in representation cvn
be secured, but proportional repre
sentation in respect to state or district
population must be lost.
For example, Oregon's three Rep
resentatives cannot be proportionally
distributed among four political par
ties. The only way the Oregon Social
ists could get direct party representa
tion would be under a system which
THE CONFLICT IN CHINA.
The present secession movement in
China is calculated to give sober sec
ond thought to those .who hailed the
republic with joy in the fond belief
that it had been firmly established
President Taft, knowing the Orient,
held off from recognizing the new
government, resisting the importuni
ties of those who welcome anything
which calls itself a republic, no matter
how little it may deserve the name,
President Wilson hastened to give rea
ognition, but the plaudits which greet
ed his message had hardly died down
when division came. The Taft policy,
though chilling to enthusiasm, may
prove to have been the wiser.
We hear much of the awakening o
China, but only a fraction of China
has awakened that small fraction
which has been imbued with Western
ideas by foreign education, or by con
tact with Western people or with
those who have had such contact. The
smallness of the armies which over
threw the Manchu, in "proportion to
the vast population of China, proves
that the revolution was not a general
popular uprising similar to the first
French revolution. It was the revolt
of an active, determined few against
another few which had lost its grip
The mass of the people toiled on to
earn their daily pittance, mere indif
ferent spectators, not hoping that the!
lot would be bettered, whichever fac
tion won. So it is now. The fate o
hundreds of millions hangs on th
result of battles between armies of
few thousands. The people are -ot
fighting, or we should read of em
battled hosts like those led by Timu
the Tartar, Attila or Genghis Khan
Torn by discord between the factions
of Yuan Shi Kal and Sun Tat Sen, be-
tween north and south, China is also
beset by the intrigues of foreign na
tions. While Great Britain at a forth
coming conference will endeavor
loosen China's hold on Thibet, Russia
is absorbing Mongolia and Japan
said to be backing the southern rebels
The republic is the creation of a com
paratlve handful which corresponds to
the Mexican cientlflcos or the Russian
intellectuals. This handful has begun
to quarrel, while the myriad coolies
look dully on and the greedy foreign
ers await their chance to grab the
spoils.
BRYAN'S EXAMPLE AS A SPENDER.
Secretary Bryan's determination to
supplement his small salary of $12,000
a year By lecturing is seen from a new
angle by the Nebraska State Journal,
published in his home city of Lincoln.
That paper accuses him of finding a
financial pace set in Washington and
of keeping step. It suggests that he
might have said: "Washington has
been setting too fast a pace. It has
made it embarrassing for a poor man
to hold office. I will show that in
this country a man can be a man and
a Secretary of State besides on $12,000
a year and save money," and it adds:
He could have done it. for Mrs.
Bryan is known as a good manager."
In fact, by admitting that he must
keep step and that, in order to do so,
he must spend more than his official
salary, Mr. Bryan has fallen short of
his own ideals, the ideals he recom
mended to the people. He set himself
up as the leader of the common people.
He set $1 as the limit of price for
Democratic banquets, that all might
come in. He encouraged people to re
gard him as the modern exemplar of
that dignified simplicity of life whereof
Franklin was the example in Revolu
tionary times. He led us to expect
him to show us how to reduce the high
cost of living by refusing to pay the
cost of high living.
The Journal, by implication, indicts
Mr. Bryan for snobbery in imitating
the extravagance of his wealthier
neighbors, for it says:
If Mr. Bryan had done that Cllved on his
salary) we at home, his followers, might
have done the same. We might have re
mained In our cottages despite our neigh-
oor's mansion. Our children might have
learned the self-denial of wool, notwithstand
ing their playmates wear silk. We might
have endured seeing others limousine down
town while .we sardine In a streetcar. In
short, such an example would have helped
us to live a life of our own instead of aping
our neighbors. It might have so reduced
the high cost of living, by reducing our
wants, that this Administration would be
credited with making us riotously prosperous.
Given an opportunity to frown down
snobbish aping of the imitation in
Republican official life of the man
ners of European courts, Mr. Bryan
rejects it and keeps step with the
high livers and lavish spenders around
him that is, in all respects except as
to grape Juice. He is oblivious to the
fact that he has thus fallen short, for
he calmly assumes that his course is
necessary and makes this supposed ne
cessity an excuse for his money-mak
ing side issue of lecturing. He de
scends from the pedestal of the great
commoner on which the people have
placed him.
alone counts. Usually the man in the
executive chair saw service in the
humblest phases of railroading.. As
a young graduate engineer he served
his time as rodman or Assistant engi
neer and climbed steadily upward. Or
perhaps he rose through the offices.
He is the product of years of survival
in the sieve of ability. He is a man
of perception, intuition and action.
The case of F. D. Underwood, of the
Erie lines, offers an interesting illus
tration of the initiative he must pos
sess. It is recorded that when Underwood
went to the Erie all was not bright
thereabouts. Discouragement and de
pression were everywhere. The new
official, fresh from operating triumphs
on the Baltimore & Ohio, sat down
and studied the situation. After a
year devoted mainly to this study and
investigation he had drawn his con
clusions. Improvements were needed
for development of freight traffic. But
he had to contend with a. board of di
rectors that bickered over a new win
dow pane for a flag station. It is re
lated that when he was ready to act
he went before the board with a plan
to expend $10,000,000, which is a sum
calculated to stagger even the direc
torate of a great railway company. But
Underwood didn't suggest or entreat.
He gave them the choice of making
the appropriation or accepting his
resignation in exactly five minutes.
Three minutes' time was consumed in
making the appropriation, and the ex
penditure fully justified itself, even if
the melon crop was rather meager
that season.
Strongly significant of the whole new
order of things is this new type. Con
trast him with the dominant type of
a past decade the president who was
a heavy stockholder and served but
one interest his own and that of his
stockholding associates. To him the
public was something especially de
vised for purposes of exploitation. So
long as he kept in touch with the leg
islative machinery nothing could go
very far amiss. The public had to
use his railroad as a matter of course
and Just what could be gained by any
unnecessary catering to public wants,
or any seeking of public co-operation,
was beyond the scope of his' imagina
tion. He had only the stockholders
to serve and that they were well served
gained assurance from his own heavy
blocks of stock. But he failed to
foresee that the worm would turn, and
the worm haying turned the new type
has stepped in. to serve both public
and stockholders with due regard for
the rightl and needs of each.
FARM CALL HEARD BY CITY" MEN. I SOCIALISM O.XCE MORE DEFINED
Advice la Given Those Who Desire to
Raise Cowi and Hogs.
PORTLAND, July 30. (To the Edi
tor.) If the people of Portland may
be regarded as being average folk if
Writer Telia What Intelligent Member
of Party , Advocate.
BANDON, Or., July 28. (To the Ed
itor. I noticed in a recent issue of
The Oregonian an article which is go-
other cities' populations are anything ling the rounds of the stand-pat press
like ours then there Is' hardly enough I under the heading of "Call Out the
land in the United States to give a
productive farm to everybody who
aspires to own one. There are tens
of thousands, of people in this city,
working for wages and salaries, who
figure on retiring in due course to a
nice little place in the, country, where
they can end their days beneath their
own vines and fig trees, with no boss
to tell them when to come to work,
breathing the healthful air of the coun
try. A large percentage will never
realize their hones in this regard. It
is hard to break away from the pay
roll. But then again, some will realize
their ambitions - and some will realize
disappointments.
One would be surprised, before mak
ing investigation, at the number or city
people who had their first sight of the
great world on farms. To them, pro
vided they were not made tired perma
nently of farm work by their early ex
periences. a well-managed farm is an
ideal place to spend the evening of
Militia," which is about the "last word"
from the opponents of Socialism on the
subjects treated in that article, but
which shows cross icnorance of its
ethics and teachings or unpardonable'
dishonesty. Give the writer the bene
fit of the doubt and call it ignorance.
No intelligent Socialist ever advocated
the dividing up of wealth, but the "in
defeasible rights" to own and be pro
tected in the ownership of private
property created by his efforts and the
Joint ; ownership of property created
co-operatively are tunaamentai princi
pies of the Socialist philosophy.
As for the militia, it will scarcely
be necessary when the producers of
wealth get the wealth they produce
and a just and square deal before the
courts of justice to have a militia, but
of course under the present insane sys
tem this is necessary and Socialists
believing in the "majesty of the law'
and being law-abiding, patriotic and
Twenty-five Years Ago
- ' I ta TTia .ri n cr mamtiAi. n f annltv ro en
one s life. But the well-written Btones '' 0 -v-
,. - , . , .. ,.,. k,t-i-- I titled to the protection of this body
how amateurs have taken hcd of farm und" th? laf ln. the xer,cisf their
and dairy work, and made a dellghtrui 7. .7 ' : . . , .
nvir, t f it rr,,,t h tnkfn with The confiscation advocated by (some)
r ii,.. 1 rv,,.!. Socialists is not the taking of prop
o.,m i v," 011 -fa., erty from the men that produced it
., o to and rightfully own it, but the taking
business methods of today, who can ov by legal process of laws existing
turn their attention to farming and- " tie passed or tne product 01 1011
i. from the robbers of industry and re-
The climate of the Pacific Coast is 'ns lu"
osneMaiiv invitino- th. mnn whn de- who produced it and only to be applied
sires to make a change to the farm"" "' pninium m vv cuwuoi
from the city. Much more attractive is domain in securing public utilities and
the prospect in. this state than in Min- necessary means 01 proaucuun aim uio-
nesota, Wisconsin and the Dakota.s, triDution, to wnicn me uregonian can
where the Winters are long and se- nave no sane or logical oDjecnon.
vere, and farm work during that season I As for the questions raised in tne
Is attended by real hardship. Daiance or tne article, we can iruiy
The promoter of irrigation projects say that Socialism is the dynamic force
has an especially inviting prospect to behind all real progress in this age and
offer the city man who-desires to leave can in turn ask what has the Repub-
the great centers of population and hie lican or Democratic tiovernments aone
himself to a few acres of productive for the laboring man for the last 50
land, where there is the minimum of years and what has it not done for the
hardship and chance. Drouth has no exploiters of labor? As for the Baden
terrors for the man who purchases ten Powell meeting, if any laws were brok
acres or more of land ln a region where en it was by individuals, and why were
the soil Is deep and mellow, and where the offenders not prosecuted? Come
From The Oregonian of July 31, 18S8.
Spokane Falls. July 30. A bitter tight
is in progress here between the North
ern Pacific and the Seattle, Lake Shore
& Eastern over right of way into the
latter s depot ground.
Washington, July 30. The sundry
civil bill w s before the Senate today
and Bowen offered an amendment ap
propriating $250,000 for the purpose of
investigating the -tent to which the
arid region of the United States can
be redeemed by irrigation. The amend
ment was agreed to.
Mclntyre & Heath's minstrels opened
last night at the New Park Theater.
Fanny Davenport will make her first
appearance ln this city at the -New
Park Theater in "Fedora" and La
Tosca."
The East Portland City Council met
last night. A communication was re
ceived from the Willamette Bridge
Railway Company stating that thty
are anxious to make streetcar connec
tion at -Fifth (Grand) and Holladay
avenue, but find that the intersection of
these streets is not graded.
Councilman William Fliedner has re
turned from a week's stay at the sea
coast. Messrs. Walter and R. H. Dodd, sons
of Mr. C. H. Dodd, are at present at
Venice.
to
WASTED: AN" HEIRESS.
All the dark beauties of Siam do not
tempt the genial young monarch of
that papiermache kingdom, who is
desirous of taking unto himself a wife.
Wherein the young King shows a won
derful acumen, for he has set his heart
on winning an American heiress. Word
comes from Bangkok that Vagiravudh
is pining for an American wife, and it
is probable that complexion, color of
eyes and hair, state of angularity or
rotundity, age and other minor consid
erations will not matter, provided she
is unimpaired as an heiress. There is
enough charm in that word to meet all
requirements of foreign noblemen.
Should the heiress be of attractive ap
pearance no objection would be raised,
we assume, but looks and personality
are not necessary so long as the heir
ess part of the proposition is in fee
simple, good working order and of
sufficient volume. 1
The reason our little friend Vagira
vudh no doubt his admiring subjects
call him Vag for short is so anxious
to marry an American heiress rather
than one of the big-eyed, velvety
skinned h-ouris of Siam, is found
in his ardent passion for motor
ing, we take it. In the announce
ment" of his craving for an American
heiress it is noted as a -drawing card
that he is perfectly mad about motor
ing and has garages and fancy cars all
over Siam. Blowouts or stripped def
erentials do not impede Vagiravudh,
since he has a garage every few miles
and can change machines as often as
the exigencies of a joy ride may de
mand. Paying the bills, of course, is quite
another matter, and to those who have
had experience the ambition of a mere
King to acquire an American heiress
to assist him in this (detail is alto
gether natural. So it would seem to
be up to America to provide a finan
cial Queen for this joy-riding Asiatic,
if he is to pursue his favored pastime.
Canadian census bulletins do not
confirm the current opinion that the
Canadian Northwest is becoming
American in population. Nearly three
fourths of the homesteads taken in the
three prairie provinces in the first five
months of 1911 were taken by Canadi
ans or British Immigrants. Fifty-five
per cent of the Dominion's popula
tion is of British origin, while the
French population has fallen from
30.71 to 28.51 per cent in the last few
years. The number of English in
Canada increased 1 in the last census
period 562,251; of Scotch, 800,154; of
Irish and Welsh. 73,628. Canada still
remains British in the main.
THROW OJf THE REVERSE.
We have read with Interest the in
terview a contemporary publishes
with a Portland citizen just back from
Alberta, Canada. It was only a few
months ago that the same Journal was
publishing fanciful tales of the tre
mendous prosperity brought to that
section solely by single tax. But the
last report is a different story. It does
not mention taxation, but it does tell
of late frosts, early snows, drouth,
Summer hail, poor prices for produce
and high prices for merchandise and
of thousands of men who will lose all
they have put into land and will come
back to the United States to make-a
new start.
The assertion that the emigration to
Canada was due to a tax system was,
of course, silly. Cheap land and glow
ing promises were the real causes. It
would now be just as far from the
truth to assert that the deplorable con
ditions told of were all the product of
single tax. 1
But there is one point in the inter
view that is instructive, provided any
reliance at all is to be placed on word
of Fels investigators who brought back
campaign thunder from Alberta last
Fall. It Is a common argument that
single tax will promote improvement
of property. It was asserted that it
had done so In Canada. But the Port
land single tax newspaper now permits
this to be printed in its columns:
I know a man in Calgary who owns four
new (2000 bungalows, all paid for, and he
has been unable to borrow $500 on the
whole thing. He simply could not get the
money at any price. I was told that that
condition prevails everywhere in that
country.
It was either the boom or single tax
which caused this investor to overload
himself with bungalows, but in either
event it is again demonstrated that
supply and demand are still potent
factors in this work-a-day world. An
artificial encouragement is, except in
most fortunate later circumstances,
certain to bring disaster.
Of course we understand that the
simon pure slngle-taxer wants land
and houses to be cheap. But how does
the concrete example of houses so
The New York Herald cheers
"those perturbed ones whose eyes ache
at sight of the diaphanous gown" with
news from London that "a stray win
try blast has touched that . city and
driven the bare neck into a nest of
warm furs." It consoles the perturbed
ones "with the "thought that Winter is
coming some day, and that then they
can save their sight and cease worry
ing over the vagaries of the puzzling
sex." Then have we come to the pass
where icy blasts are the only shield to
feminine modesty?
The State Insane Asylum has too
much respect for itself to receive Mult
nomah's booze and coke fiends and
other sanctuary must be found. Real
need is for a farm with restraint if
victims of the habits are worth sav
ing, which is another problem alto
gether.
Within three months two chauffeurs
in Chicago have been convicted of
murder in -running ,d.own and killing
other persons and have been sentenced
to fourteen years in prison. Such ver
dicts are a useful deterrent to speed
mania.
there is an abundance of water for his
use In a neighboring irrigating ditch.
His crops will always grow. Hail sel
dom if ever menaces his fields, his farm
work is rarely delayed by rains, his
cows never are required to wade
through mud to get to their shelter,
he will have no difficulty in growing
alfalfa for his cows and hogs. It takes
more money to get a start, because his
land and water right come very high,
But when his land is paid for, and his
water right secured, he has compara
tively. easy sailing. He may not be
very near a' city, where theaters and
picture shows entice, but after devel
oping a healthy interest in his farm
activities, he will not care for these
but will take his pleasure in seeing his
animals grow and develop. His hap
piness will be all the more certain pro
vided he is naturally in love with ani
mals.
Let the city man who is contemplat
ing the very important step of tak
ing his loved ones ln his hand and
going into the country to live, turning
his back on his city occupation, take a
good look around before making the
step. It is a good deal like burning
ones bridges behind him. Don't b
persuaded to' venture your capital in
an odd or unusual line of business.
Don't-'be led away by some proposition
to spend all your time raising squabs
for the market. Many have failed at
that, because the- market is decidedly
uncertain. Remember the Belgian hare
craze and what became of that. Don't
even spend all your capital raising
poultry, unless you have had plenty of
experience in that line. Make a sue
cess of poultry in your city back yard
before you expect to do great things
with them on the farm.
If you are going to keep a few cows,
don't invest in your stock until you
have talked with experienced men in
that line who have nothing to sell you.
Self-interest sometimes induces people
to give poor advice. Don't determine on
the kind of hogs you will use until
you have looked around and have good
reasons for choosing Durocs. Poland
Chinas, Chester Whites, Berkshires, or
whatever other brand you may-finally
decide upon. A few months ago I was
talking with a man who was starting a
aairy, and ne tout me that he was
going up the Willamette Valley look
ing for the kind of cows he wanted,
and when he say a cow that he liked
he would buy her. He did. He srot ten
cows, and they were of ten different
breeds. He had a mongrel dairy. Bet
ter .to have got all Holsteins or all
Jerseys or all Guernseys, or some
otner good Dreea. .Besides, that is a
poor way to buy cows, for ftie average
farmer, when asked to sell one of his
now, be fair and reason witn your
brains, and not follow blind prejudice
into unenviable and ridiculous posi
tions. D. W. CARPENTER.
Special Agent De Valle says that a
few Chautauqua talks from Bryan
would be a great thing for Mexican
bandits. While we hardly share the
De Valle view, we have other reasons
for approving such a plan.
THE NEW RAILWAY PRESIDENT.
There has come to the head of our
great railway systems a new type of
man. Perusal of the accepted list of
eminent railway presidents emphasizes
this point and makes it clear that the
new type has come to stay; obviously
being the product of necessity in the
face of economicreadjustment. This
new style railway chief is not an own
er. He is a hired man, a hired man
with practical ideals, heavy caliber
and multitudinous capacities. Success
of the road must be his success and
he does not always gauge it by the ex
tent of this"- year's melon-cutting, for
a vision of the horizon must be his.
It may even be necessary to have a
short closed season on melons. But
this only that a bigger series of crops
may be had later. Yolir stockholder
must not go unappeased.
Aside from increased efficiency the
new type sees the public in a light dif
ferent from the old. Admiral Vander
bilt's celebrated observation on the
desirability of committing the public
to perdition merely provides the new
president with an excellent antithesis
in his viewpoint of the people. For is
it not the public that pays the tolls
and is not that same dear public a
wonderfully human institution, subject
to likes and dislikes and an apprecia
tion of little attentions? So the new
official has come to see the public as
something to be conjured with, some
thing to be served, appeased and de
veloped. Mr. Howard Elliott has very forcibly
demonstrated the soundness and value
of this attitude during his years with
the Northern Pacific Company. He
has taken an active interest in har
monizing and stimulating community
development work. He has kept in
constant and sympathetic touch with
the public. Of course, he is a remark
ably capable operating official, mana
ger and executive, but the doubling of
the company s business under his ad
ministration is due to something more
than mere professional and business
skill.
Inheritance of the president's shoes
is no longer a matter of wealth, social
position or influence. Sheer ability
The Spanish War Veterans form a
patriotic organization, not intended to
embrace agitators and those who would
'desecrate the flag. This sort of scum
is better outside the ranks.
Growing satisfaction comes to those
who helped send the poor kiddies to
the country as succeeding reports tell
of the glorious time the youngsters are
having.
A negro gun toter was sent to the
rockpile yesterday. A number of
whites guilty of the same offense re
main to be caught and sent after him.
T. R. is said to be organizing a bri
gade for possible Mexican service. He
must hurry if he would get there ahead
of the October election.
Secretary Garrison will have to
promise to concentrate the whole army
near Portland if he would keep pace
with Secretary Daniels.
Messages telling the fate of a ship
were found in a bottle. Some tragic
tales of human; woe are to be found
in empty bottles.
Emperor Nicholas Jias Just returned
from a year of duty as a private sol
dier in his army. Did he make good?
A young St. Louis giant six and one
half feet high has joined the Army.
Too much bullet space for comfort.
Now if Mexico will make a supreme
effort she may pull herself together
and escape intervention.
Diggs and Caminettl pleaded not
guilty yesterday, but that action is a
mere technicality.
A Liverpool suffragette has been sent
up for nine months. Long time for a
hunger strike.
The East Is sweltering again. "But
what could be more delightful than
our weather?
No public-spirited citizen will ever
And a weed notice on his premises.
Yesterday's storm should be a hint
to Congress to adjourn.
FAITH AS ROADWAY TO LONG LIFE.
Correspondent Discusses Promises
Fonnd In Scriptures.
ONTARIO, Or., July 28. (To the Edi
tor.) A week or two ago The Ore
gonian had a very Interesting article
on "long life," in which was men
tioned a case ot a person living Con
slderably over 200 years. It was inti
mated that the time might come when
such cases would not be rare; that by
following the rules of our physicians,
being born of healthy parents, eating
moderately of proper food, breathing
pure air, taking plenty of exercise and
avoiding disease germs, together with
maintaining a contented mind, one
might reach an age of 200 or 300 years.
That started a train of thought. Addi
son, in his "Vision of Mirza." tells us
that originally it was proposed that
man should live 1000 years, and you
know Methuselah, came within 31 years
of reaching that limit. Again, we are
told that there was a tree of life in
the garden of Eden, and Adam was
not forbid to eat of its fruit at first.
But after he ate of the forbidden fruit
and was driven out of the garden, a
guard was placed at the tree to pre
vent men from eating the fruit and
living forever, and death was part of
the penalty for man's transgression
But when Christ came he established
a new order of things, and he, tne
"Great Physician, gave us some new
rules by which life could be prolonged.
He said: "He that keepeth my say
ings shall never see death." In his
conversation with Martha, while dis
coursing on the death of Lazarus, he
said: "He that believeth m me, though
dead, shall live, and more, he that is
already alive, if he believes in me shall
never die," implying that it Is just as
easy for him to perpetuate a lire al
ready in the body as it is to restore it
after it has passed out.
Now. how simply believing effects
such wonders is hard to understand,
but the Master asserts that It Is so.
All things are possible to him that be
lieveth." But men find it difficult so
to believe. Solomon said: "It is bet
ter to trust in the Lord than to put
confidence in men, but we find It
much easier to trust men than God. We
know how to get men to do things for
us; they will grant our requests, but,
somehow, the Lord doesn't seem to be
so ready, or probably we don't know
how to ask. James says we ask amiss
h. nv, if . and don't have faith enough.
the poorest he has. Unfortunately a " be a flne ate of
arreat manv dairvmen. hnwvr things if we could have our reasonable
th1r mislnARR u ra -a-hon ettlllni. .. . tnobe UL
RDout as uavid Harum was when sell
Alexander Begg and D. B. Murray, of
Seattle, are in the city purchasing
an extensive outnt ror a new traie
ournal, which they, with the aid of
Mr. Edmond S. Meany, have arranged
to publish.
The matter of the confirmation of the
sale of the stock of the Oregon Real
Estate Company came up yesterday. R.
Koehler, the purchaser, raised his
original bid of $200,000 to the, full
amount of the decree and costs.
amounting to about $33o,000, and the
court confirmed the sale.
Chief of Police Parrish is endeavor
ing to concoct some scheme for carry
ing out the provisions or tne ordinance
in relation to cutting thistles on
vacant lots.
The contract has been let for a two
and one-half story Queen Anne residence
to be built for Captain James Troup in
Irving's Addition to East Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bonaparte, a lead
ing lawyer of Baltimore, is expected to
visit Portland on his return from
Alaska.
Judge Deady reports his recent trip
to the Coeur d'Alenes a very interesting
one.
ing a horse.
The overcrowding of cities in this
country is not a good sign. If the
agricultural regions develop, the cities
will take care of themselves. It may
be that the fresh air trips that are now
being made for our city children, giving
tnem xneir nrst signt or country life,
will bear fruit in more ways than one.
the blind, deaf and leprous
when the Master was on earth.
W. P. LOWRY.
BARK OF DOGS AND OTHER NOISES
Lover of Animal Discovers Other An
noyances and Nuisances.
PORTLAND, July 30. (To the Edi
tor.) From the beginning, probably,
as far as any one knows, man and
It may inspire some of them, when they dog have enjoyed an agreeable as-
grow up, to leave the city's noise and sociation.
grime, and go forth Into the country,
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of July 81, 1863.
A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Portland & Milwaukee Macad
amized Road Company was held yes
terday at the United States District
Courtroom. A. G. Richardson, president
of the board of directors, made a full
report. The work done has been faith
fully and economically performed, the
steam ferry will shortly be placed at
the terminus of the road opened for
public travel. The ballasting with
stone will proceed as rapidly as pos
sible. The company have purchased an
admirable steam crushing machine. On
motion of H. W. Corbett, it was voted
that the company express its entire
satisfaction with the action of the di
rectors. The resignations of Messrs.
Richardson and G. K. Thomas were ac
cepted and A.' M. Starr, of this city,
and W. J. Bradbury, of Milwaukie, were
elected to fill the vacancies. John
Green was elected president.
We are again without intelligence by
telegraph. A storm on the plains is
Impassable. There is nothing worth
quoting in the California papers, and
as for news in Portland or Oregon,
such a notion is ridiculous.
A resolution was adopted by the City
Council last evening that the President
appoint a committee of three to sug
gest and receive devices for a cor
porate seal for the City of Portland.
A number of immigrants arrived in
this city last evening from The Dalles,
being the first party to cross the
plains this season. They are from Ohio.
wnere they can be surrounded everv
day by delightful piggies, calves and
colts, and where their bread winning
will be an everlasting and delightful
picnic. R. M. TUTTLE.
Law of Descent.
PORTLAND, July 30. (To the Edi
tor.) Please inform me how an estate
is disposed of in Oregon where there is
no will left. What portions do the
widow and children receive, respect
ively? SUBSCRIBER.
The widow is entitled to dower, or
use, during her natural life, of one-
half part of all the lands of the estate,
and inherits one-half the residue of
the personal property after debts and must be taken
Now that the dog question
is before the public it is more than
likely that all the dyspeptics and
others wearing a disagreeable disposi
tion will take a kick at him. My
experience has proved to me that dog
haters, as a class, are the sort of
persons who could sit on a Jury all
alone and disagree. After these many
years of companionship it is just now
discovered that they are both a nui
sance and menace on the farm or in
the city. Can anyone imagine a farm
without a dog? Children do more dam
age to city lawns than dogs. Snoring
in homes, hotels and ln sleeping-cars
keeps more people awake than dos
the barking of dogs. We are obliged
to tolerate these annoyances by peo
ple but let a poor little dog commit
the least offense and some heroic means
mmediately.
SON WORKS DESPITE MILLIONS
Youngr Bostonlan Started at the Bottom
In Father's Shoe Factory.
Boston Cor. New York Tribune.
With his dinner pail in hand, young
Elisha S. Converse, a Yale student and
a millionaire son of a multi-millionaire,
steps from his Beacon-street home
Into a costly automobile, drives over
to a Maiden rubber shoe . factory and
toils nine hours in a room where the
temperature is hardly ever less than
100 degrees. This happens every week
day. Young Converse is determined to
learn his father's business from top
to bottom. But instead of beginning
at the top he has begun at the bot
tom. The father is Colonel Harry E. Con
verse, of Marion.
At times young Converse has to
handle redhot heels, which he puts on
lubber shoes. He swings big shears,
loo, with which he cuts off the corners
of the heels.
costs of administration are paid. Sub- I wo must exterminate dogs because
ject to the widow's dower the real occasionally one barks during the
, , , , , . ... I H'rS U L w ll J UVL uaoo a. I n mane
estate goes in equal shares to the chll- man who 8nores In hotel or sieeDin-
dren, together with a similar division car sit up all night and give the rest
of one-half the personal property. This a chance to sleep? Dogs, like humans.
answer is given on the assumption that are not perfect and may at times do a
little damage. is mis a gooa tneory
to use to exterminate them? Should
Oregon ever pass a law to expel dogs
from the state or even cities, it would
keep more people from coming here
than they could ever hope to attract
with Its widely advertised fruit and
climate. They claim dogs are useless.
I would not take the time to argue
Suppose they are. So
the real property is not held by joint
deed to husband and wife.
Poor Substitutes for Home.
Suburban Life.
It is a sad fact, but one whlcf. can
not be disputed, that the model a city
parent has relegated the secular edu
cation of his children entirely to the that with them,
public school and their religious in- j is the feather on my wife's hat, but
struction to the church. Both of these she wants the feather and both of us
institutions are struggling to meet the want to keep our dog.
requirements forced upon them by the The smaller the town the more a
indifference of parents. There is no molehill looks like a mountain. In
institution on earth which can take New York or Chicago, where millions
the place of the good homo, and those I of people and thousands of dogs live,
children who are thrust upon strancrers I few people are ever annoyed by them.
to learn the most sacred -autles of life and ln proportion to tne population or
are defrauded of their birthright.
find
said
A Regular New Yorker.
New York Telegraph.
Eddie Dunn was trying to
Winchell Smith and couldn't.
"He's a regular New Yorker,"
Mr. Dunn.
"What's a regular New Yorker?"
somebody asked.
"A man," replied Mr. Dunn, "who
owns a fine home in this city, but
spends his Winters in Florida; his
Springs in Europe; his Summers in
Newport, and his Falls hunting in
Canada."
each few people are ever bitten and
dogs are always allowed in streetcars.
It is right and proper that dogs, like
people, should be restrained, but in
doing so their rights should ,be ob
served and as far as my money ana
Influence go I will do the best I can
to see that they are treated fair.
W. A. STOCKTON.
In 1893.
TUMWATER, Wash.. July 29. (To
the Editor.) Please let me know in
what year the first electric car was
run from Portland to Oregon City.
ERNST BARTH.
n
Ten Million
People Daily
Go Into Stores
and ask for a certain kind of
merchandise.
This means hundreds of
millions of single purchasing
transactions yearly.
Of the thousands of products
turned out by busy plants, a
very small fraction of one per
cent are known by name and
then only because of adver
tising. Is your product among; these,
Mr. Manufacturer ?
While millions are spent
every year in advertising, the
business of advertising is still
in its infancy so far as most
products and industries are
concerned.
There are hundreds of man
ufacturers who do not know
how to reach the public that
will actually buy their products.
Their ideas of advertising
possibilities are the shadow
iest. Such manufacturers and all
who are interested in creating
a demand for products nation
ally are invited to write to the
BUREAU of ADVERTISING,
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIA
TION, WORLD BUILDING,
NEW YORK.