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THE MORXIXG OREGOM.Q, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1914.
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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1914.
GETTING THE TRUSTS DOWN EASY.
After having thundered for many
years its denunciations of the trusts,
the Democratic party has pledged its
support to a bill which Is impotent,
which does none of the things de
manded by the Baltimore platform
and which sets at naught the recom
mendations of President Wilson. For
this we have the word of Senator
Reed, himself a Democrat. After he
bad vainly striven to put some vigor
Into the Clayton anti-trust bill, the
Senate and House conferees arranged
a. compromise which still, further
weakened it. Against this bill Mr.
Reed contended vainly with all his
energy and ability. He was supported
by all except one of the Republican
Senators and by a few Democrats, and
he was opposed by the entire Demo
cratic organization.
The Senate struck out the section
which prohibits price-cutting for the
purpose of crushing competitors. It
struck out the section prohibiting con
tracts by which dealers, buyers or les
sees of any one article must buy other
supplies from the same manufacturer.
It substituted a section applying this
prohibition only to contracts which
relate to patented articles. It refused
to make all judgments against trusts
prima facie evidence in private suits
for damages, but expressly excepted
judgments in cases heretofore decided
and judgments by consent in pending
and future cases. Persons damaged
by trust manipulation are thus de
prived of the benefit of the vast
amount of evidence obtained by the
Government in the eighty-two cases
already decided, which include the oil,
tobacco. Northern Securities, lumber
and harvester cases; also in forty-six
cases now pending and in all future
cases where the defendant confesses
his guilt. Private suits against trusts
for damages are thus rendered impos
sible by the prohibitive cost of obtain
ing evidence on which the Govern
ment has expended millions. The pro
vision as it stands is a practical grant
, of immunity to trusts from damage
claims of those they have injured.
The Senate weakened the clause
prohibiting a corporation from hold
ing the stock of another corporation
by confining this condemnation to
cases where the combination "sub
stantially lessens competition. Mr.
Reed proposed absolute prohibition
but was defeated. The Senate adopt
ed, but the conferees truck out a pro
vision that, when a court condemns a
trust, it shall "appoint receivers and
divide the trust so as to restore com
petition. The conferees also struck
out an amendment extending to six
years the statute of limitations in
suits against trusts. The Senate and
the conferees between them struck out
all penal clauses.
Though speaking as a Democrat of
a Democratic party measure, Mr.
Reed heaped scorn upon the Clayton
bill. He said:
" So far as its anti-trust features are con
cerned, this is a dough-bullet blu. The
powerful and intrenched monopolies cannot
be driven from their fortifications by that
kind of amm'unitlon. The task requires
olid shot.
This measure has been loudly heralded as
. the Clayton anti-trust bill. It should be
now known as the conferees' capitulation
bill.
The doctrine of extermination has given
place to the policy of diplomatic negotia
tions to be conducted by various boards with
the express understanding that, whatever
the result, no law violator Is to be hurt, no
truBt magnate is to be sent to jail, no rude
sheriff or marshal Is to lay his callous fine-era
on the perfumed collar of a captain of
industry.
Mr. Reed contrasted the "drastic,
fharsh and ungentle provisions" of the
Bherman law with "a new procedure
which does not contain a single crim
inal penalty for trusts not one." He
described the several commissions
which are to enforce the law as "hy
brid tribunals without power even to
enter a final decree," adding:
They can neither levy a fine, enforce a
mandate nos. send a single culprit to jail.
They can not even tax the costs.
After litigation has run its weary
course, he said "the worst fate that
the trust can suffer is that it may be
directed to stop some particular prac
tice, in which event the trust mag
mate's disappointment is palliated by
the consoling reflection that he re
tains the loot, is in no danger of the
Jail and is free to devise some new
and equally safe plan of plunder."
He thus anathematized the bill:
When the Clayton bin was first written.
It was a i-aging lion with a mouth full of
teeth. It has degenerated to a tabby cat
with soft gums, a plaintive mew and an
anemic appearance. It is a sort of legisla
tive apology to the trusts, delivered hat in
hand, and accompanied by assurances that
no discourtesy is intended.
The Senator exclaimed:
Oh! this Is a great anti-trust Congress!
Compared with the Congress that put upon
the statute books the Sherman act, we ap
pear as would a lot of wet nurses in com
parison with soldiers on the field of battle,
arms in hand. If we had the original Sher
man act before this Congress, the "trust
busters" of the present day and generation
would shy like the country horse of fifteen
years ago did at the sight of an automobile.
Well, old John Sherman and the Repub
licans of that day did pass that law. Their
little fingers were bigger than our loins.
Thelr's was the spirit of the eagle, ours that
of the barnyard fowl.
This Is what a Democrat says of the
Democratic party's pretense of put
ting in practice the fierce threats of
the Baltimore platform against the
trusts and all their devices. The
anti-trust plank stands revealed as
another barrel of molasses to thatch
flies.
THE CASE FOR CLEOPATRA.
A new life of Cleopatra, published
by G. P. Putnam's Sons, makes out
quite a plausible case for that calum
niated queen. The author of the book
Is Arthur Weigall. He decides that,
upon the whole, Cleopatra was "a very
good type of average womanhood."
If that is true we must all stop call
ing her "the serpent of the Nile" and
peak of her with more respect. Cleo
patra had questionable relations with
Julius Caesar to whom she bore a son
Later on she went through a similar
experience with Mark Antony, and
when he was disposed of she sought
to entagle Augustus Caesar. But he
escaped her wiles either because he
was too wise or too frigid to yield.
Shakespeare makes Cleopatra. describe
him as a "cold boy." But of course
she was prejudiced.
Mr. Weigall argues that even if
Cleopatra did these deeds she was no
worse than her neighbors. Most
women were a little lax in those days.
Divorces and changes of husbands
were frequent and the Queen of
Egypt had as much right to try a
number of samples as anybody else.
No doubt she had. It is only fair to
judge historical personages by the
customs of their time.
HIKLBIKT (THOS. M.) AND HFEI,
Bl'KT C. M.).
The name Hurlburt is a good one.
It is a familiar name in Portland, for
it is borne by more than one citizen
of sturdy character and excellent rec
ord. In the public mind it typifies
worth, industry, efficiency and neigh
borliness. But it has just been learned that
there is a Hurlburt of another kind.
His name is C. M. Hurlburt, which
may or may not be genuine, for the
man has used several aliases, here
and elsewhere. He has been in Port
land only a few years; but last Spring
he became a candidate for the Legis
lature in the Republican primary. He
was nominated to be the joint Repre
sentative for Multnomah and Clacka
mas counties. It is difficult to give
any reason for his political victory,
for Hurlburt (C. M.) was compara
tively unknown. The most potent
reason undoubtedly was the name
Hu?lburt.
Now it develops that Hurlburt (C.
M.) was and is wholly unworthy of
the public confidence. He lives chief
ly by his wits, and he has at least once
been in difficulties with the criminal
law. Since his nomination he has
bargained with a prospective claimant
against the state for a share of a
$3000 relief bill which he planned to
get through the Legislature. The man
is without rrjoral sense.
.ine opponent or Hurlburt (C. M.J
is Roscoe P. Hurst, a Democratic
nominee. He is an alert and capable
citizen, with a good record, and he
should by all means be elected.
But the public duty in this impor
tant matter does not end with the de
feat of Hurlburt (C. M.) and the elec
tion of Mr. Hurst.
Another Hurlburt a well-known
citizen of high character is the Re
publican candidate for Sheriff. He is
Thomas M. Hurlburt. He will make
a first-class Sheriff. He ought to be
elected. The friends of good govern
ment owe it to themselves to make
plain everywhere, and on all occa
sions, the fact that Hurlburt (C. M.)
and Hurlburt (Thos. M.) are different
Hurlburts.
SUCH A LITTLE THING!
It is observed that the supporters
of the $1500 exemption who, the other
day, where denying The Oregonian's
statement that that exemption would
increase the taxes of the poor, now
admit that it would. But the com
forting assurance is given that the in
crease would be small on each in
dividual. .Of course it would be small. The
poor man does not pay much tax any
way. But what he does pay is just
as great a burden as is the larger tax
that his moderately well-to-do neigh
bor pays. The latter would have his
taxes decreased by the amendment.
An illustration is driven by propo
nents of the measure of a Portland
widow who owns a lot taxed at $250.
Next year, if the amendment does not
carry, she will probably pay $6 in
taxes. If the amendment carries she
will probably pay $6.75. This example
is based on an estimate offered by
friends of the measure of the increase
in the tax levy to be made necessary
by the exemption. The Oregonian does
not accept the estimate as an accurate
one, but will utilize it to carry out the
illustration.
The widow with the $250 lot may
have a well-to-do neighbor, whose
property, owned in the name of him
self and wife, is assessed $2000 on the
lot and $3000 on the house. This
neighbor would get an exemption of
$3000 or $1500 each for man and wife.
The taxes of the neighbor next year
would, using the figures that were
applied to the widow's property, be
io if the exemption failed to pass.
If it did pass the taxes on his prop
erty would be $54.
Here we should have the widow
paying 75 cents more taxes under the
poor man's" measure and the well-
to-do neighbor paying $66 less. It
would require an additional burden of
7o cents on eighty-eight widows to-
pay for the relief given the well-to-do
home owner. Is there an honest own
er of $5000 worth of property in Port
land who will consent to shift even
75 cents of his taxes onto the shoul
ders of one poor widow?
SOMETHING ABOUT UNFAIRNESS.
The silly season in the Journal of
fice has for the present been supplant
ed by what may be termed the whin
ing era of the campaign. Our unhap
py neighbor complains that The Ore
gonian is "unfair" because it holds
Senator Chamberlain responsible for
the loss to Oregon of its exclusive hold
on the $10,000,000 reclamation fund.
and inquires why The Oregonian by
its silence exculpates Representative
Hawley.
Representative Ellis, with Mr. Haw-
ley's aid, made a strong fight against
repeal of the fateful section in the act,
but without success. Senator Cham
berlain did nothing nothing what-'
ever. In the Senate, a strenuous pro
test by any Senator in any matter af
fecting his constituency counts heav-
ly; in the House, under its rules, the
objections of any Representative are
easily overridden. The only chance
to defeat the bill's repeal was in the
Senate. Senator Chamberlain failed
utterly to rise to the occasion.
But a sentence or two about fair
ness. The meaning of the word is
utterly unknown in the Journal office.
It garbles the addresses of Mr.
W'ithycombe, and assails him daily for
statements he has not made.
It takes a single isolated instance of
litigation over a disputed land matter,
involving four or five claimants (now'
in the courts) and makes it the basis of
the broad charge, which it knows to be
false, that Mr. Booth acquired his
holdings by fraud.
It raises the well-laid ghost of the
assembly and falsely charges that the
wicked Republicans are in a conspir
acy to destroy the primary law.
It blames the Legislature for high
taxes, knowing that the state tax is
the smallest part of the tax burden.
It loudly commends Governor West
for his many vetoes, knowing that
most of them were without the slight
est merit and that others were in
spired solely by a desire and purpose
to punish his opponents.
It seeks to stigmatize as public ene
mies citizens of excellent record and
repute, who may offer, or may. have
ever offered, the smallest criticism of
the direct primary, and it sees in the
proper acts of every Republican can
didate, and every supporter of a Re
publican candidate, a dire purpose to
overthrow the Oregon system.
A good deal may be forgiven for
partisanship, if it is sincere, or if it
is reasonably ethical; but not much
is to be said for false pretense and
downright dishonesty, of which in the
present campaign the Portland Dem
ocratic newspaper is the leading and
practically the only exponent.
The Oregon system is not an issue
in this campaign; nor the single item
veto, nor the long-ago-settled Chinese
question, nor Mr. Booth's timberlands.
The real issues are lower taxes and
better government, on the one hand,
and the right of every man to make a
fair living on the other hand.
ANTWERP AND KCBENS.
Probably it is prudent for the Ant
werp authorities to remove their
works of art to some safer place in
case the Germans should take the
city. Conquering armies have never
been nicely conscientious about pic
tures, bronzes and tapestries. They
have usually carried off whatever it
was convenient to take. The French
have been sad sinners in this kind.
Many of the finest pieces in the
Louvre were brought there from col
lections in other countries. So if the
Germans enrich their home towns
with the spoils of the Belgian mu
seums and cathedrals they are no
worse than others.
Antwerp has taken great pains to
cart away the great Rubens picture,
"The Assumption of the Virgin,"
which is valued for sentimental as
well as artistic reasons. Rubens is
regarded as the city's son and his
works are held correspondingly pre
cious. He was not born there, but in
Westphalia. Still his father moved to
Antwerp when the lad was 10 years
old and his home was there after he
had educated himself and married.
The loss or ruin of its Rubens pic
tures would therefore leave Antwerp
inconsolable.
APPLE DAY.
October 20 is AnnlA rlt- On io
auspicious occasion Portland expects
every man, ana in particular every
woman, to do their duty. What is that
duty? Why. to buy at least one box
of apples and as many more as purse
a.uu appeute suggest.
The housewife who hnvo a hnT nf
apples on Apple day will confer a
uuuuie oeneni. xne iirst and greater
part of the good she does will accrue
to herself and her family, for she who
Secures a box of ripHninii.cx nnnloa h'jc
something better than rubies and far
preieraDie to line gold. .
In the second place she will confer
a benefit upon the grower, for . this
Fall, owiner to the closinc nf msrlrptc
by the war. it is not an easy task for
mm to dispose or nis delicious prod
uct. Of course evervbodv in lha lund
would eat Oregon apples if he under
stood what he is losing by eating any
thing else. But unhappily this knowl
edge is not so widely spread as it
ought to be. The noble patriots who
are oromotincr Arnle rlav hava nniiar.
taken to bring home the merits of
uregon s unparalleled rruit to every
person in the city on October 20. Of
course they hope and believe that the
effects of their errand missionary worlr
will not be transient.
To make pvorv pUivon nf Pnrtlnn
buy a box of apples on October 20
wouia indeed oe an enviable triumph
but it Would not nprmntifinth- raliova
a congested mai-ket. The expectation
is mat once tne buying habit is be
gun it will continue. "Perseverance"
is to De ine universal watchword. The
one who once procures a box is ever
likely to be without a supply thence
forth as long as the crop holds out.
Let everybody take part in the observ
ance of ADnle dav nnrl thus mato
glad their own hearts and the hearts
oi tne deserving growers at the same
ume.
RIGHT KIND OF CONSERVATISM.
The severest test was put upon the
Interstate Commerce Commission's fit
ness for its work, indeed, of the whole
system of public supervision of rail
roads, when that body was called upon
to pass upon the application for an
advance in railroad rates. The public
impression had been that the com
mission existed for the purpose of
"bringing the railroads to time." This
impression was fortified by the hos
tility of the railroads to the commis
sion for many years after that body
was created. The railroads gradually
became reconciled to public regulation
and finally welcomed it as a buffer
between public criticism and them
selves. They were the first to adopt
a new view of the commission as a
body intended, to do justice between
railroads and people. Their applica
tion for authority to advance rates
was an earnest of their confidence in
its readiness to be Just to them. That
action also invited proof that the com
mission had- strength to resist the
clamor of the radicals and to do Jus
tice without Tegard to policy.
" The decision .on the rate case fur
nished this proof in most satisfactory
form. The commission did not give
the railroads all that they asked and
it criticised them on some points, but
it gave them much and intimated its
readiness to approve further meas
ures for increasing railroad revenue.
It was promptly subjected to criti
cism from both extremes, being ac
cused simultaneously of being both
over-friendly and hostile to the rail
roads. Its real attitude was thus de
fined by Commissioner Clark in an ad
dress to the Association of Passenger
Agents:
The term and principles of the law and
our own sense of justice and right under
tne facts disclosed by the Investigations
are guides. in so far as we exercise our
judgment, we do it in a judicial spirit, and
having satisfied our conscience as to what
is right, just and lawful, we are free from
worry as to whether or not the decision will
be popular.
He described himself and the other
members of the commission as being
conservatives, but he described four
kinds of conservatism, one of which
"means to get in a rut and stay Uiere,"
another "nothing but laziness," an
other "nothing short of cowardice."
The commission's kind of conservatism
"means to move along with and help
the progress of the age, approaching
important and far-reaching changes
in such a way as to reach the desired
end by degrees, never losing sight of
the goal sought, but avoiding precipi
tate steps, which, if taken, will work
unnecessary destruction or do irrepar
able injury."
Mr: Clark's definition of the com
mission's aim should satisfy all except
extremists of both kinds, but con
tains no comfort for those railroad
financiers whose operationa are a fit
subject for grand jury investigations.
Here it is:
If we can bt helpful In bringing about
conditions satisfactory to the great ma
jority of their patrons, and satisfactory to
the owners of those roads that are oper
ated and capitalized upon sound business
principles and not as stock-jobDing concerns,
we shall feel that the world will be better
for our having lived, end so shall be con
tent. If in response to radical demands
the railroads were starved for lack
of sufficient capital and were to be
come run-down and inefficient, the
first to denounce them would be' these
same radicals. If the men at the other
extreme were given their way, the
movement for Government ownership
would become irresistible. The inter
est of the Nation is beet served by
permitting the railroads to earn a
fair profit on their actual capital, but
by denying them an excessive profit
on actual capital or any profit at all
on fictitious capital. That is what all
reasonable people ask. So long as the
commission is condemned by people
of both extremes of opinion, it is sure
of reasonable men's support and is
on safe ground.
Whoever it is that is to experiment
with cider by freezing it by the barrel
will find result to his disadvantage.
Down in the Blue Nose country
which is along the Maine border the
freezing results in a barrel of almost
clear Ice with about a quart of essence
of Hades in the center, one. drink of
which would stimulate a woodchuck
into trying to whip- a Boston bulldog,
except that the little animal has too
much sense to imbibe and leaves it to
the lumberjack.
The vice-chancellor of Oxford Uni
versity fears that "England and Ger
many never can be friends again."
His predecessor of 100 years ago
might have said the same thing about
England and France, which hated
each other bitterly in Napoleon's time.
But that hatred melted away in the
warm sun of commercial interest and
so will the present unpleasantness with
Germany.
There is nothing superficial about
English patriotism in this time of
peril. The aristocracy are asking no
sacrifice from the "lower classes"
which they do not make themselves.
Lord Asquith's three sons have volun
teered. At Pembroke College, Cam
bridge, two-thirds of the students have
volunteered.
Edinburgh University has dismissed
its German professors on the pretext
that they were spies. Perhaps the
real reason was that they were Ger
mans. The logical Scotch cannot un
derstand why they should shoot the
Kaiser's subjects in France and at the
same time pay them salaries in Edin
burgh. As long as there is free competition
at the public market it hardly seems
necessary to legislate against "exor
bitant prices." Every prudent person
will ask the price before he buys, and
if it is exorbitant he will go 'to some
other seller. This is a cheaper and
better regulator than an ordinance.
If, as some Iowa disciples tell us,
the "divided church" is responsible
for the European war, then surely
there must have been .perpetual peace
when all Europe belonged to one
church. But there wasn't- Wars
were just as common and fierce as
they are now.
White handkerchiefs will not be
accepted for British soldiers because
they might be seen and mistaken by
the enemy as a signal for truce or
surrender, says the British Consul
General at New York. Bosh!
This was one of Bismarck's famous
sayings: "Others may expect us to
act in politics from a sense of Justice,
but we never expect it from them."
Does this throw any .light upon cur
rent events?
Petrograd says the Germans are on
the run. Berlin says the Germans
are strategically retiring. We deduce
that they are making some sort of a
rearward movement.
Down on Front street the dealers
assert they are losing money on
bananas, which is likely, as the season
for eating the invigorating Oregon
apple is at hand..
The 925 pupils of the Ladd School
who got out in one minute and twen-
iy-nve seconds at rire drill yesterday
made a record that is comforting to
their parents.
Germans are quoted as forever hos
tile to the English, the latter say they
will never quit until the former are
whipped, but the neutral Belgian is
meeting desolation.
The Belgian commission' wants the
world's Judgment. The verdict must
be that Belgium has ripen trie trnnt hut
whether there will be a reckoning re
mains to be seen.
Mr. Rushlight has withdrawn from
the so-called recall movement. Let's
see, who's the other candidate? The
name has escaped us.
A British submarine, having sunk
another German war vessel, exchange
of subterranean courtesies i now
about even.
According to a German officer the
British are to repplve nn mATPv . Uaa
anyone heard of the British asking
ior mercy
Will the American Humane Society,
shocked by the sale of horses for war
purposes in Europe, compromise on
the mule?
If the Kaiser captures Antwerp to
use as a base for Zeppelin action, some
of Wells' aerial fiction may become
realism.
We hope there will be no serious
trouble between ball fans and the war
college during the world's series.
Anyway the rain god is relieving us
of the arduoustask of watering the
lawn every other day.
Has anyone heard of Japan volun
teering that explanation which Bryan
"decided to await" ?
The Japs have taken the Island of
Tap. Sounds like it might belong
to us.
War news is thrilling, but what's
the score?
The Belgians are making their last
stand.
Register now!
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of October -7. 18S9.
Rabelais has written an exhaustive
article on styles in dress, as they are
exemplified in Portland at this time.
He has outlined what is becoming and
proper in the changing styles, and also
tells how the town is becoming a
fashion center, as is evidenced with
the outskirts cut bias and top dress
ing to match.
General Lew Wallace has received
$45,000 for his story, "Ben Hur."
Herbert Spencer has returne-d to
London with the complete manuscript
of his autobiography. It will not be
published until after his death.
Chico Chico turned out en masse
yesterday to welcome Senator and Mrs.
Stanford. General Bidwell delivered
the address of welcome at his hame.
A salute of 21 guns was fired at
Marysville when the Senator and Mrs.
Stanford arrived.
Washington Theodore Roosevelt.
Civil Service Commissioner,' has sub
mitted his report on the investigation
of the Baltimore postoffice, and char
acterizes some periods of the adminis
tration in the past as "scandalous."
- A H. Winsley, who lives on U street
in Stephens addition, was severely in
jiyed yesterday. He was leading a
cow near the embankment when the
animal suddenly Jumped and jerked
Mr. Winsley down the bank. (
One of the most pleasing and per
manent features of The Sunday Ore
gonian will be a class of contributions
especially interesting to younger read
ers, which will be furnished by Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of
"Little Lord Fauntleroy." Her stories
for the youth and family reading will
be a regular feature, and her salu
tatory to the readers of The Oregonian
is printed today.
The Ne-v York Giants won the Na
tional Leigue pennant yesterday, de
feating Eoston in the final throes of
the race. The Giants finished with a
percentage of .851, and Boston's per
centage adorns second place, being .648.
London The general opinion here is
that little good will result from the
International American conference on
in the United States now. The Lon
don papers, however, take'fitting note
that representatives of every Ameri
can republic are meeting in Washing
ton this week.
Johnstown, Pa. There is great suf
fering among the people here as a re
sult of the flood. Typhoid deaths are
expected daily, and food and clothing
are particularly scarce. The relief
money, even if paid at once, will come
too late' for many cases.
San Francisco The Union Pacific
has gained control of the Denver,
Texas & Fort Worth Railroad, accord
ing to a report published here today.
William Neis, one of the heaviest
hopgrowers of the Willamette Valley,
employed 300 pickers this season. He
used eight dry-houses.
Percival C. Kauffman, vice-president
of the Commercial National Bank
of Vancouver, who married Miss Catha
rine Barton at Hazleton. Pa. last
month, has returned to the West with
his bride, but on their trip the bag
gage car in which their many valu
able wedding presents were carried
caught fire. The presents and almost
all of the bride's costly raiment were
lost.
It. A. BOOTH FROM BOY TO MAN
Schoolmate Tells of his Sterling; Char
acter and Useful Enterprise.
NEWPORT, Or., Oct. 6. (To the Kdi
tor.) I attended school at the Ump
qua Academy in 1867-8 at the time Rob
ert A. Booth attended the same school.
He was a member of a very prominent
pioneer family. His father, accom
panied by his family, had coma to
Oregon by ox team in 1S52 and had
taken up a donation land claim near
Grand Konde Indian reservation in
Yamhill County. In 1867 he removed to
Wilbur in Douglas County. Here Rob
ert with other members of the family
attended school at the academy.
For two years I was in the school and
Mr. Booth part of the time was in the
same class. I remember Mr. Booth as
a young man of exemplary and indus
trious habits. He always had his les
sons prepared and gave his teachers
no trouble. His lather was a minis
ter and was always In moderate cir
cumstances. Robert grew up inured
to hard work and privations. He pad
dled his own canoe and was the archi
tect of his own fortune. As he grew
to manhood he always took an active
part in the affairs of the community
where he lived and was always engaged
in some wseful employment. His rec
ord in Douglas and Josephine Counties,
where he lived for many years, is with
out a blemish.
His brother, John O. Booth, a Demo
crat, had the same high moral and
business standing that Robert had. His
history like that of his brother John
is inseparably connected with the busi
ness interests of these two counties.
From Josephine, Mr. Booth came to
Eugene and at once commenced to de
velop the timbered resources of Lane
County. At that time timber was so
abundant as to be considered almost
valueless. When the McKenzie wagon
road land was offered for sale no one
wanted to buy it, but finally Mr. Booth
with his company bought a large tract
of this timber at a low figure and in
time it grew to be very valuable and
this is the reason Mr. Booth gained his
wealth. He invested his money and
took his chances and it turned, out
well. He with his company built saw
mills, logging roads and sawed u'p and
shipped over a billion feet of lumber
fr.om Lane County and paid out for
labor over 10.0GO,000. Who can say
that Robert Booth has not been a ben
efactor to the state?
Mr. Booth's wealth has gone into
channels to help build a greater Ore
gon. Who can say as much for his
competitor? Mr. Booth is a state build
er and not a drawer down of salaries
from the public crib.
Mr. . Chamberlain has been in office
nearly all his life and has drawn in
salaries over $100,000. What has he
done with the money? He has left
nothing great to perpetuate hie mem
ory, except a name as a shrewd poli
tician is all.
FRANKLIN M. CARTER.
Cheap K-kkx Remembered 40 Years.
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonian you say that T. J.
McKean, of Hood River, does not state
the time nor place where he bought
eggs at 8 cents per dozen, therefore
you seem to discredit his statement- In
1873, in Saginaw, Mich., I bought eggs
for 7 cents per dozen, and in 1S80 or
1881. in Toledo, O., I paid 8 cents per
dozen for eggs in both instances un
der a Republican administration, solid
as a mountain. I also, at another time
in Toledo, paid 80 cents per dozen for
eggs, and the Republicans were still
in the saddle. H. 6. HARCOL'RT.
Weighing Tour Character.
Exchange.
You may be an influential citizen,
but the fact that a book agent tells
you so will not be accepted as evi
dence. Winding TJp the Clock.
Atchison Globe.
The last thing a man does at night
is wind the clock, and the first thing
he does in the morning is cuss the
clock.
HOW TO IPHOLD OREGON SYSTEM.
Loyalty to Principle of Direct Primary
Calls fur Support of Its Candidates.
PORTLAXn rnt S tTn th. F Aitnr
Some days since by way of replying
iu a aouDie-coiumn editorial in the
Journal which very unfairly classed
me as a member of "the gangsters who
are trying to annihilate the Oregon
system," I sent to that paper the fol
lowing communication for the purpose
of dispelling a few of its hallucinations,
but, being "an independent newspaper,"
it has seen tit to withhold it from its
readers. Will you therefore give it
the benefit of your circulation, that
the desperate methods of the "non
partisans" may be more fully under
stood? T. T. GEKIt.
Editor Journal: I have publicly re
marked that the only attacks being
made on the Oregon system at this
time are coming from the state ininn
cratic machine, headed by the Journal,
Governor West, Senator Chamberlain
and their followers. For having dons
so you characterize me as a 'stand
patter," a "machine man." and other
pet names, but that doesn't refute
what I said.
The Oregon system came into being
as a protest against the- miscarriages
of the convention method, under
which a few men could, and often did.
name candidates who did not repre
sent the- people, but the present sys
tem was intended to cure that defect
in the former methods. Formerly vot
ers were frequently justified in bolt
ing their nominees for the reason
given, but the Oregon system has
changed all that, so, since candidates
are all chosen by the rank and file of
their parties, there can be and there is
no dishonesty anywhere in the matter
of choosing candidates. The nominee
of any party under the Oregon sys
tem, being the honestly chosen repre
sentative of his party, is entitled to
the support of every voter who has
registered as a member of that party.
It was intended to secure the unin
fluenced voice of the common people,
so that bolting party tickets would not
be necessary, if a voter -belonged to
any pcrty. To hold one s self as under
no obligation to support the nominees
of his party chosen by the people of
that tarty is to ignore the very pur
pose of the primary law and to align
one's self with a purpose to set aside
the identical object had In view when
it was adopted. And this is what the
Journal, Governor West and their fol
lowers are doing at this very time.
I have not said that any Democrat in
the state should fail to support Dr.
Smith or Senator Chamberlain. Indeed.
I think they should all do so in order
to show their belief that under the
operation of the Oregon system each
voter gets the candidate his party
really wants.
That is what the Oregon system is
for.
So that, when I Insist that every Re
publican in Oregon should "support at
the polls Dr. Withycenrbe, Senator
Booth and all the candidates of his
party under the primary law, I do not.
as you say, advise all Republicans to
"vote the party label blindly," but
rather, to follow the purposes of tht
Oregon system faithfully "blindly," if
you prefer that word and show his
faith in the Oregon system by his
works.
I believe it is the duty of every
Democrat in the state to support Dr.
Smith and Senator Chamberlain, though
the latter withholds from the Demo
cratic party the honor of recognizing it
in his window campaign pictures, be
cause loyalty to the Oregon system,
which gives honest nominations, de
mands it, but the same standard should
be applied to Republicans, who are
under equal obligation to support Dr.
Withycombe, Senator Booth and other
candidates who were given them
through the operation of the direct
primary law, which is with us for the
declared purpose of securing the best
expression of the common people in
party matters.
I trust Dr. Smith and Senator Cham
pberlain will get the full Democratic
vote in November, for they are entitled
to that, but no more, if the Oregon sys
tem is to be of any force in Oregon or
anywhere else. T. T. GEER,
SOUTHERN OREGON NEEDS NORMAL
School Conditions Call for Reopening
of Ashland Institution.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Oct. 7. (To
the t-ditor.) I agree with you that
where a voter does not know of the
merits of a measure on the initiative
ballot he might wisely vote "no." But
is there not a danger in this advice to
the measures that have real merit?
For instance, I have in mind the
proposition of reopening the normal
school at Ashland. Any one who knows
the school conditions in- Southern Ore
gon, and I presume they are much the
same over the entire state, realizes the
need of that school.
If it were a school of higher educa
tion, in the same class with O. A. C.
or XJ. of O. or the smaller secular col
leges of the Willamette Valley, it
would not have the same appeal to our
consideration. But it is the contrary. It
is the determining factor in the stand
ing and efficiency of our grade schools.
If the friends of the institutions of
higher, learning would find that those
schools would take care of themselves
if the common schools were in the
hands of teachers who, because of
proper training for their work, in
spired the children under their care
with ambitions for advancement, I be
lieve there would be no question about
our state providing adequate normal
training facilities. That certainly has
not been done today, especially in
Southern Oregon.
The state's common .schools employ
more than 6000 teachers. Where do
they come from?
Let every friend of the common
school, the poor man's friend, the
school that, provides all the training
most of the children get, see to it that
those children are under teachers who
have been taught how to teach.
WORTH HARVEY.
LAW FOR COMPULSORY IDLENESS.
Elgbt.Hoar Amendment Deprives Par
ents of Children's Assistance.
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (To the Editor.)
The most serious objection to the
proposed universal constitutional eight
hour day amendment seems to have
been entirely overlooked: that is, its
effect on children's work in the home
and on the farm.
The amendment provides that all
employment shall be confined to nine
consecutive hours. This means that if
the boy gets up a hod of coal in the
morning before going to school, he
must not mow the lawn after school.
A girl may wash the breakfast dishes,
but if she does, she must not give any
help with the supper. A farmer's bov,
though he may be- 18 or 20 years of
age and a man in strength, may work
6nly before school or after, not ,both.
Many a farmer will be obliged to
keep his children out of school during
the Fall months in order to gather his
crops, and the emergency will be so
plain that no court will interfere with
him. One of the crying evils of the
present day is the way children are
brought up in idleness. This law pro
poses to make the idleness compulsory.
J. P. NEWELL.
Phenomenon of Speetrnm.
RAINIER, Or.. Oct, 8. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you inform me if there is
such a word as Purkinje phenomenon,
and If so, its meaning? INQUIRER
Purkinje phenomenon is the name
applied to the change in relative bright
ness of the different colors of the spec
trum. When darkened, the long wave
end becoming darker, the short wave
end brighter. The phenomenon 1b named
after J. E. Purkinje, a Bohemian physi-ologisc-
Half & Century Ago.
From The Oregonian October 11. 1S64.
mUt'ee" uillee. from the com
against CO,mmerce' has reported
, ?lnt Senate memorial to
a fr, ? nK that Portland be made
SfP ni ntry- He "runted the fate
Mr .3-i,,at.tCmpts to accomplish
.n- n ,K,ette of course, lend
ing all possible aid to Astoria, There
rmiC,',n8iderable opposition in thS
committee as to the report,
80?1?nlJnOr;"rIte,:rePOrte1 h" that
ers L ,k. r ;' ,afV!r beins held Prison-
Si t eU for 18 months, owing
to misrepresentations, had taken the
oath of allegiance to the Jeff Davis
srovernment n,l k.:.. . . ""
.7 h "ntrf anSrrReview
' -. - oisiius mat Earl a irll
fh" v.few'Vhl,e Lnited Stes carfying
the vlw of his government on the
prent state of affairs and will offer
Ms services as a means of communica
tion t the British government.
The bark Cambridge has Just brought
a canto of sugar and rice direct from
lh Sandwich Jslands. which is beinc
put on the local market by D. w Wn
Hams & Co., 110 Front street. "
vv G. Mackay Intends to open a
dancing school in this city as soon as
arrangements can be made for a suit
able halL Gentlemen may subscribe
HoteLCOUrSO ty cllUinK at Arrigonia
An earthquake was recorded at Vic-
fnwf ? 2- ? feW days aBO- DSS and
. took a arm and set up a midnight
concert. W indows and doors rattled
A second shock was recorded between
5 and 6 o clock.
The InHim..nM. r!.- - -
. i : v journal or
- m ine otrice or Dan
vorhies. of ir.ni.- 1
armUsmfeortShrerrlnS to th PurfhaTe of
hB CoPPerheads of that state.
11,?! ad forth in
.. .u -iuinunicauon of General
we'fVnd'tL Y,rh.eS and n Sent
7n following from an ex-edi-
wrJ.,tt?..r rormer,y
"The correspondence of E C Hih
ben, who assures you that 'the Democ-
waT irtVbe1 P d
7rH J openly declared as being
whfeh wm he freeine f the
which -Bill arouse another section of
,h!r C-nt7- to arms'' an1 declaring
drL V 6 Lincoln bayonets are shoul?
dhl Srr cold.-booded murder.' was in
found."'" WhCre lhOSO pape"
thlh,!? &,N;-. ComPany has offered
the steamer Julia for the moonlight
excurs,on of tne ladies of t
tian commission next Thursday.
tJ?k?K aU toeether it would seem
that the people of this community
ColHf88 ' the riches of the Upper
Columbia country than would seem
creditable. By reading the letter of
W. H. Pacawood to Samuel Colt writ
ten from Auburn. Baker County, print
ed elsewhere in The Oregonian today
onecan come to a realization of thU
Mrs. G. W. DurgTnTof Vancouver, an
nounces that on Thursday night a ball
will be given for the benefit of the
samtary commission. Tickets of IT
nn in5ludinS supper, will be 4
extrl tender)- lce "eam will cost
WAR HELPS TO CEMENT NATION
English-Horn Citizen Declares Patriot
Ism of Self and German-Born.
ASHLAND, Or.. Oct. 7. (To the- Edi-tor-
Jn respect to that explosive piece
by Hall Caine. does he think Just on his
say so that we citizens of the United
States, composed of all nations, Brit
ish and Germans especially, are' going
to jump at each other's throats and
overthrow our government by raising
internal warfare, for that is what it
would come to if the Government took
up arms for either side?
No, Mr. Cain, neither you nor the
devil himself is going to tempt us that
tar. We, are not cowards, be assured
of that, neither are we fools.
For instance. I am an Englishman;
have been in this country since '97. In
'98 I tried to join the marines to go
and fight Spain. They would not take
me because my teeth were so bad Be
fore I was allowed to be examined I
had to take out my first papers or de
clare my intention to become a citizen
of the United States. I have never
taken my second papers out. but intend
to shortly. Meantime I am as good a
citizen in thought and deed as any
American-born person, and intend to
follow the advice of our President
concerning this war. In fact we are
doing so in this little city. This war
has seemed to me to have bound us
more to each other, English and Ger
man especially, and that is in my sight
and in God's sight, I believe, as it
should be. No matter where he comes
from, as Bobbie Burns says: "A man's
a man for a that,"
26 First avenue. R. H. STANLEY.
One "Safety First" Crank.
Puck.
Prospective Father-in-law You've
got some crust to ask me for an ad
vance payment of the dowry. I think
you are a fortune-hunter. The Count
Oh, no, monsieur, I am only what you
Americans call zc "Safety Firyf crank.
Sunday Features:
t
Piano Playing
Made Simple
Twelve lessons, which will lay
the foundation of a musical edu
cation, will be given in The Sun
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day. These are the most ingenious
and effective lessons ever devised
and they are so simple that a child
can learn unaided.
Two exercises are given in each
of the 12 lessons. They are indi
cated in the customary note signs
which are familiar to all of us, yet
Greek to those who have never
studied music.
. The exercises are charted in such
a way that anyone can pick out the
lessons on the piano or organ.
Each chart indicates the white
and black keys you are to strike
and how you are to strike them.
Scores of other features include
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Full page in colors.
Latest action photos from the
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