The Sunday Oregonian., November 01, 1908, SECTION TWO, Page 4, Image 16

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, TORIXAXB, XOTE5IBER 1, 19TJS.
SPECIAL ORDER
OF POLITENESS
Japanese Governor Issues a
Remarkably Curious
Mandate.
APPLIES TO FOREIGNERS
object Cantinnfd Not lo Joke,
Talk About VHItor OreM, Atk
Ag or Throw Stones
at Their Doss.
YOKOHAMA. Oct 11. Baron Pufu.
Governor of Kajiasrawa Prefecture, In
which Yokohama is situated, has for
ome unaccountable reason sen fit to
1f.ru e the following; curious orders to all
citizens, practically demanding- for fr
eianers special treatment, says a special
correspondent of The New York Tmes.
There is no country where foreigner
receive more courteous treatment than
In Japan. Much may be said of their
commercial dishonesty, but no one can
pak of their manners and treatment
of forl:ners except In the highest
praise. In this rppct they are always
polite, modest and discreet.
Stndy In Mentalities.
These orders are a study in compara
tive mentality, due to the wide K'Uf
which separates Japanese mentality
from our own.
The Governor's Instructions are as fol
lows:
XoMt should hini rvind foreigners on
the streets or hn the latter are snopping
Merchants shnu:d not overcharge when
fnrlKnn make oiirchases.
In case foreigners are rotted of or loe
anything at rstiway stations or landing
Biaces or at snopn. railway omciais or mer
chants should take trouble at once to re-
Dort fh matter to the authorities.
F"nreinrir d.irs when taken o: on
street should not he molested by utone
throwing or by chaliengtpg to fight wit a
other dogs.
Porelanera shocld be very kindly ana
courteously treated, and when they come to
the gorernment oftTIifS the suitable nun
accommodation shouid he allowed them.
Attention should be paid to the foreign
cag In vogue like that foreigners do not
uncover In ofTirei and foreign ladle do not
uncover even in oaica of ceremonle and
fr-eign couples walk together hand in nana
ln"over means head covering.
rnrimri tn attentive m the oreven-
tlon of cruelty to animals, care should be
taken not to cruelly treat animal. (The
Japanese are not cruet. One never hear of
crueltv to women or cnnun-n. i n w
practiced on animals Is more of a "Judo"
trlrk tvinn the forelea up. pu'Hng the
tongue out. and twisting It. Nothing like
the cruelty which foreigners witness in the
latln ou ii tries exists t
No Insulting remarks or Jokes should be
tnad agalns foreigners costume, manners
or conversation. No Indecent speech should
be uttered against foreigners.
Ban on Certain Words.
a.i-H . nrHa aa ketolin. akahlc. lojtn. etc.
should not be uttered In the streets, pub
lic gardens, or any other place. ( Ketojln
and akahige are contemptuous terms for
foreigners The latter literally translated
"rA. headed." Iiln Is merely the
word for different person")
foreigners' residences shou'd not b en
tered without nrst obtaining permission
from the momban or other employes.
When foreign ladles are present In a
train tram car. or In waiting rooms care
should be taken not to plat luggage, etc..
In a confused heap so as to n ake It im
possible for foreigners to sit down. (All
and mil road coaches are built
on the American plan. It is customary for
Japanese on railroads to crouch In their
natural and moat comfortable position
rather than to sit In the European fashion.
They carrv an enormous amount of per
sonal luggage, which they scatter over the
at ...
Nobody should gaie unnecessarily at for
eigners' Xace. . , ,
When entering Foreign Offices rare should
be taken not to wear muddy shoes.
It should bs remembered that foreign mis
sionaries, like Japanese prletts. are re
spected hy their countrymen.
Care should h taken not to allow chil
dren to throw nones or place any Impedi
menta or in an other way obstruct the
way where foreigners are riding blcycies,
or In any other way taking outdoor exer-
C No libellous or Insuring words should be
titterd against foreign teachers. Show
a: a lis or amusement halts should not b
allowed to display placards with above in
sulting intent.
It should not be forgotten that foreigners
most dislike the Japenese habit of splti.ng
irrespective of places. Fruit peel, tobacco
ashes, etc.. should not be thrown In trains,
etc , .
Foreigners should not be pointed at with
the finger
Careful About Smoking.
No tobacco should be smoked at places
where It Is morally forbidden, or in the
presence of foreign ladles, t Japanese smoke
everywhere, in shops. In all theaters, in
the'.f3 homes, both men and women.
When foreign ladies enter a room a seat
should be taken after tre la-lies have sat
down.
Those who are studying foreign languages
should not arcowt foreigners, when it is un
necessary, merely, for the purposo of prac
tice. tThey are an ambitious lot and will
brave anvthlng to practice Ei glish
When speaking with foreignrs only nec
essary matters should be talked about and
time should be saved. (It takes a Ing
while to get to the point with the Japanese.
anf It la often annoying when one tolls his
guide to answer 'Yes" and hears him jab
bering away in a foreign tonsue for some
33 or 2 minutes.)
visiting should be marie at times con
Ten lent to foreigners
When accosting foreigners such vulgar
words as "of should not be used f"Of Is
merelr a word for attracting attention, such
as "Say" or "Hello." and is not considered
polite.
Foreigners' ages should not be asked, ex
cept In case of absolute necessity.
When cleaning the teeth or nostrils In the
presence of foreigners handkerchiefs should
be used.
Streets should not be watered too much.
This should be confined to what Is sufficient
to lay the dust.
When meeting foreign funerals respect
shouM b paid, and derisive remarks or
insult leg wot lis should be avoided.
The idea should be eradicated from the
mind that foreigners always give money
to heggr for the mere asking. (.There Is
la beggtng In Japan than In any country.
Filial pisty and the clan system provide lor
the old and needy.)
Cautioned About Graft.
Fixed prices should be marked on staple
products at all places.
placards should be posted st those places
where foreigners freguent. showing distance,
etc.. In European languages, to noted places
In the neighborhood.
When foreigners accost Japanese the lat
ter should not avoid speaking on account
of lanorance of foreign language In such
cases attempts should be made In Japanese
to let ihs foietgttrs know what they desire.
Collars. lifts, handkerchiefs, shoes, etc..
Should be k-pt clenn.
When walking Uh- foreigners foot steps
should be taken in uniformity.
When foreigners look at tneir watches
It shouM be remembered that they ha
other pressing business to attend to.
Tha Governor has also Issued lnstmo
" t!ons concerning; Chinamen, ordering; the
People not to utter Insulting; words about
Chinamen's costume: not to sell toys of
Chinamen's heads fastened on sticks with
th quene: not to use insulting; words
when Chinarrwn worsihtp in temples; not
lo touch the Chinamen's heads; not to
cry "chanrhan, tckunama, kaltal." etc,
ga'nst China rm-n, and also to prevent,
'rlkiahamen and coolies from Insulting;
Chinamen.
Third Church Roy a Win.
The Third Presbyterian Church
boys' foothal! team yesterday defeated
Eunnystde Church by the score of 22
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VICTORY CLAIMED BY BOTH
Varyinjr Opinions Kincnalc From
Headquarters in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Oct. 31. At both Demo
cratic and Republican headquarters In
this city today statements summing; up
their respective views on the coming
election were Issued. John K. Umh, In
charge of the Democratic headquarters
heie. In the absence of Chairman Mack,
made public an estimate In which he
claimed 295 electoral votes safe for
Bryan, placed 110 votes in the doubtful
column, and admitted that 78 votes, or
six atat-a which he named, were safely
Republican. Mr. Lamb's view of the
safely Democratic states would give
the election to Bryan by 29r electoral
votes, against 18S for Mr. Taft.
William Hay ward, secretary of the
Republican National committee.
signed statement, admitted the exist
ence of only four doubtful states In
what he designated as the Western di
vision. "In my Judgment," said Mr. Hayward,
"there are but four doubtful states in
the Western division Nevada. Col
orado, Montana and Missouri. By this
I don't mean that we have no chance
in Oklahoma, but not as good a chance
as in thr four states just named. Of
hese Colorado and Montana are rea
sonably safe for Mr. Taft. The prairie
states west of the Missouri River, as
well as Wyoming. Utah and some of
the mountain states, and all of the
Pacific Coast stntes, are and have been
surely Republican since the beginning
of the campaign. There haa never been
any real doubt In the minds of any one
about Illinois. Wisconsin. Michigan,
Minnesota or Iowa. Mr. Bryan will cer
tainly lose his own slate. Personally,
I have never had any doubt of Indiana
and have not now." ,
Mr. Hayward's statement In- closing
claims New York. Ohio and West Vir
ginia, and states that the doubt ex
perienced concerning Maryland and
Kentucky is all in favor of a Republic
an victory.
In Mr. Lamb's statement the follow
ing states alone are admitted to be
safely Republican:
Maine. Massachusetts. Michigan, rsew
Hampshire. Pennsylvania and Vermont.
The following he places in the doubt
ful column:
California. Connecticut. Delaware,
Idaho, Illinois. Iowa. Minnesota, North
Dakota. Rhode Island, Utah. Washing
ton. Wisconsin and Wyoming.
CLASS COLORADO AS IX DOUBT
Both Parties Claim Mate Factions
Divide Republicans.
DENVER. Oct. 31. Colorado is prop
erly classed as doubtful In- forecasting
election results. A hot contest has been
waged betwen Republicans and Demo
crats for the five Presidential electors,
three Congressmen, state officers, four
members of the Supreme Court and the
Legislature, which will elect United
States Senator Teller's successor. It Is
not anticipated that the Prohibition
and Socialist parties, which likewise
have tickets In the field, will develop
greater strength than at previous elec
tions. A factional fight between the sup
porters and opponents of United States
Senator Simon Guggenheim is expected
to help the Democratic state and legis
lative tickets, especially in Denver.
Republican Chairman John F. Vivian
and Democratic Chairman Charles B.
Ward each claims the state for the en
tire ticket of his party by 16.000 to
20.000 plurality, but independent esti
mates Indicate that the plurality for
either Taft or Bryan is not likely to
exceed 5000. .
Republicans Claim Oklahoma.
GUTHRIE. Okla., Oct. 31. Although
Democratic State Chairman Thompson
claims that Oklahoma will go Democratic
by a majority of 40,0m and that the Demo
crats will elect a legislature that will
name United States Senator Thomas P.
Gore to succeed himself. J. H. Morris, the
Republican state chairman, said tonight:
"I am cnndent or winning both Na
tional and state tickets In Oklahoma.
The Republicans do not give out any
figures.
Nevada for Bryan by 4100.
RENO, Nev.. Oct. 31. Judge J. P.
Somers. chairman of the Democratic
state central committee, said tonight:
'Information which we have carefully
compiled enables me to state that the
Democrats will carry the state by not
less than 4100 majority for Bryan. We
predict the election of the entire state
and Congressional ticket and will not
lose a single one of the 14 counties.
Heart dsas kills 124 9 persons out of
eiery lOO.on
ENDS IN DARKNESS p ,
New York Taft Parade Over j 1 . , JV
Seven Hours in Passing. j Y isr V I :
GREATEST OME IN HISTORY 1! ?4.v. j VT'
Beginning at 10 Yesterday Morning
as Daylight Demonstration, End
ed as Torchlight Procession
Before It Finally Disbanded.
NEW YORK. Oct. 31. Darkness had
fallen tonight before the end of the giant
Republican parade which began at 10
o'clock thlfl morning filed by the review
ing stand up town and disbanded, pass
ing into history as one of the greatest
of Its kind ever held in this city. Be
ginning as a daylight demonstration in
honor of Taft and Sherman, it came to a
close as a torchlight procession. It took
seven hours and 15 minutes for the army
to pass before the reviewing stand.
Vice-Presidential Candidate Sherman
was cheered enthusiastically as he rode
near the head of the procession in a car
riage. Rear-Admiral J. B. Cohalan was
the parade marshal. Mr. Sherman was
accompanied by Secretary of State Root.
Secretary Cortelyou also marched in the
parade.
I wlh to ta-te some reasons which lead
me to believe that Mr. Bryan's election to
th Prldmuy would he followed by general
and long-continued business disaster and"
that a lor. period of stngnatlon and distress
would enue. eurh as we experienced between
1P0." and tha election of Mr. McKinley, In
1SP6.
Whatever may be the development of our
Industrial system In the future, no considera
ble product! v enterprise goes on under the
present system without the use of capital as
well as labor. I bellee that thoughtful
men, generally, realize that the effect of
labor unions In necurlng fair and steady wages
and jurt conditions for labor Is beneficial to
the whole community, the employer as well
ss the employed. It Is equally clesr that
stability, certainty and a natural, even de
velopment In law, administration and social
conditions are important for the welfare of
the whole community, employed ss well as
employers, because these are necessary to en
able Investors to forerat the future ar.d form
a reasonable Judgment as to whether if they
put their money lnlo productive enterprises
they will make a profit or will lose what they
fut In. Threats of violent changes make It
rrrposslble to form a Judgment as to the fu
ture course of business, still more, threat
of charges which present the probability of
los. check Investment, and. therefore, check
production Immediately. The essential fea
ture of all business depressions Is loss of con
fidence In the future.
Means Loss of Confidence.
I cannot doubt that the election of Mr.
Bryan would destroy the confidence necessary
to the continuance of industrial and commer
cial enterprise: and I think that his election
would Justly destroy confidence.
Any change of government from the ad
ministration of a party whose principles and
practical worklnge are well known and whose
action it Is practically easy to forecast, to a
new ft of men who belong to another party
and whose course In office Is a matter of con
jecture. In Itself tends to create doubt and
hesitancy, and the possibility of such change
always keeps many business enterprises in
suspension before every Presidential election.
The possibility of Mr. Bryan's election,
however. Involves -much more than this or
dinary doubt. He advocates a great variety
of nieamres. which would bring about an all
powerful centralized government In Washing
ton completely ds-truciive of state sovereign
ty, and it appears probable, therefore, that If
the Democratic party Is put in power with
Mr. Bryan as President he wlil be able to
try in actual administration and legislation
,dmlnlstratlon and
th
views which he has expressed.
Careful observation of the Senate leaves '
Httls ioubt that if the people of the country
were to give their approval to Mr. Bryan by
electing htm President and by supporting
him with a Democratic House, a sufficient
n umber of Senators elected a Republics ns
would yield to the pressure of the Bryan
policies backed by the force of that popular
Indorsement to give effect to almost any
measure which he might propose. Mr. Bryan
has publicly declared that he expecta this, and
I think his expectation would be Justified.
Destructive Kffects.
The substantial question before us. there
fore. Is what would be the effect upon the
productive enterprises of the country to know
that Mr. Bryan's views were to be made ef
fective by the entire, force or the National
Government.
I need not spend time over Mr. Bryan's de
votion tc the free coinage of silver. He hnj
omlttted that from hi platform this year,
because It no longer affords a popular Issue
!n the face of the logic of events which ha
disproved every prophecy upon which he
staked hie reputation for political wisdom in
M campaign of . But he has not ab
jured It
The business man ef the country will not
forget that under our laws It would stlU be
possible If Mr. Bryan were President and
a .time of stringency were to come, to com
p!etvly destroy the single gold standard by
executive act inn and to bring on a trial
n. th" -v through the enactment
t a law for the free coinage of silver,
. ?.. iiiinstftt in favor of the
ir.lt is tive and referendum. and he has
never abjured that, although he has omitted
It from his platform because he has seen
that the American people shrank from de
stroyina the system of repreyentative govern
ment under which they have grown so great
ami under which a larger measure of liberty
and Justice has been attained than under
any" other form of government the world has
known.
He has repeatedly and formally declared
himself in favor of the Government owner
ship of railroads and he stands by that
declaration.
Flays Banking Scheme.
He refrains from pressing it now because
It would not help to elect him. but he holds
to It. He does not believe In the regulation
of railroad rates or in the laws to prevent
discrimination in rates. He believe those
laws to be futile and sure to fail of effect.
He would like to see the National Govern
ment become the owner of all the great
railroads of he country and an executive of
ficer, under his direction as President, con
trolling their operations with the enormous
horde of Federal officers necessary for their
administration and with the tremendous
power over every state that such a control
would give to him. killed politician as he is.
He proposes In his latest platform a hank
deposit guarantee scheme under which all
the National banks of the country shall guar
antee the payment of the deposits of all the
other National banks.
For the use of persons In parts of ths
country whtre savings banks are not ac
cessible the Republican party proposes to
establish postal saving banks through which
the Government will take charge of their
savings and keep them securely. Mr. Bryan's
scheme does not touch this class of people
or provide for the safety of thio kind of de
posit. It relates to the business banks,
througn which the business people of the
country transact their business. A bank
deposit Is in effect a loan of money by the
depositor to the bank, to be repaid at such
time and In such amounts as the depositor
Indicates by drawing checks against the bank.
We now have a free banking system under
which any group of men who can rale $25,000
can Mart a bank and invite deposits; that
Is. can ask people to lend them their money
to be repaid in the way I have described.
As matters stand now, ordinarily no man
nnCeriBking to start a bank will get any de
w''l set burir,e?s peo-
al to lend
him their money, unless he Is
.wou .emulation In - the
community. Business people will not in
trust their money to unknown or unfavorably
known adventurers. A a result our banking
Is as a rule honest and conservative and the
losses by depositors are exceedingly small.
Affords No PrototioD.
If, however, Mr. Bryan's scheme were to
be adopted, any set of . scoundrels who could
raise $'. could start a bank and could
hrpw.w mmv on the Ted it of the entire
banking capital of ths United States; for the
0(.u;v,. ,. v-.d u tnat It made no dif
ference to them whether the men who asked
for their depoelts were incompetent or reck
less speculators or dlshonst rogues, because
If their deposit!" were lost in speculation or
stoien. nevertheless the other banks of the
country would pay them. Furthermore, the
busir.et of banking is conducted under wide
ly different conditions in different parts of
the country. Bank money can be loaned at
12 per cent in Oklahoma: In New York. Bos
ton and Philadelphia 4 per cent is a good
rate. Some bankers are content to g-et only
4 per cent with the good security that can
always be "had with a low rate of interest,
while other hankers prefer to take the chance
of a very high rate of in t eras t together with
the risks that always accompany high rates
of interest. Under Mr. Bryan's scheme the
conservative, cautious, safe banker who is
content with 4 per cent would have to bear
the risks incurred by the 12 per cent banker,
while the latter would take the 12 per cent
profit, if all went well. Under Mr. Bryan's
scheme the sound, conservative bankers of
the country would have no control whatever
over the tlsks which would thus be Imposed
upon them. The burden of thee risks would
not be imposed upon the stockholders of the
banks alone, but upHn the great body of the
depositors and borrowers from hanks tins
men who are engaged in conducting the le
gitimate business of the country: for under
the competition of our free banking eystem,
ths margin of banking profit is ordinarily
very narrow, and any burden imposed upon
the banks comes ultimately out of the de
positors in reduced interest paid to them for
their deposits, and out of the business men
who borrow money from the banks in the in
creased rate charged against them for" loans.
This scheme would require all the sound
banks of the country and all the legitimate
business transacted through them to In
dorse, out of sight and unseen, all the
future obligations that may be contracted
by an Indefinite number of unknown per
sona. r
Radical View on Rates.
Mr. Bryan In his Lincoln speech of Oc
tober 12 attacked Governor Hughes for
vetoing the 2-cent fare bill In the State of
New York, and held up that veto as a
reason why the Republican party should
not be continued In power.
He knew, as the whole country knows,
that when Governor Hughes vetoed that
bill he procured the passage by the Legis
lature of New York'of a bill providing for
a Public Service Commission charged with
the duty of Inquiring into the reasonable
ness of railroad rates, what rates would en
able the railroad companies to pay their
expenses, maintain their roads and rolling
stocks and still make a reasonable profit;
and to regulate rates in accordance with
the facts ascertained; and he knew that
the ground of the veto of the 2-?ent fare
bill was that the bill was passed by the
Legislature of New York without any in
quiry whatever into such facta, but as a
purely arbitrary act of power fixing the
rate without any reference to the question
whether it would amount to confiscation of
railroad property or not. Mr. Bryan's dis
approval of Governor Hughes' course,
therefore, was an approval of a practice
under which the people wno travel upon
the railroads of the United States shall
fix their own fares by legislative enact
ment In accordance with what they wish
to pav, without ascertaining or caring
whether the fare so paid will furnish a rea
sonable return to the' railroad to enable it
to pay its labor, buy its materials and re
turn any profit whatever to the capital In
vested. Mr Bryan proposes in his latest plat
form that all articles entering Into com
petition with trust-controlled products shall
be placed upon the free list.
Fallacy of Free Trade.
Examine this for a moment. The great
evil of trusts lies in their driving out of
business their smaller competitors. and
after thee are driven out. putting up
prices. Th,e driving out of business is prac
tically always done by unfair and oppres
sive miani. Indeed, it can be done In no
other wav except in cases where the trust
controls he whole raw material of manu
facture, for wherever the raw material of
manufacture can be obtained and compe
tition has a fair chance, the moment prices
are nut up compe Ulc-n Increases and ths
trust control decreases. The Republican
plan of dealing wHh trusts is to go after
all the big concerns which ars driving out
rompetiflon by unfair practices, to compel
them to stop and to punish them if they
do not stop, so as to give the smaller com
petitors a fair chance. The whole railroad
rebate system, for which so many punish
ments have been inflicted within the last
few years. Is an illustration of one of the
unfair methods by which big concerns have
been driving smaller concerns out of busi
ness. The essential idea of this method of
dealing with trusts Is to give the little
concern a fair chance against ths big con
cern. Mr. Bryan's plan is that as soon as ft is
discovered that soma manufacturing con
cern has gol what he calls control of some
article, the article shall be put on ths free
list, taking off all protection whatever and
ruining both the trust and all its competi
tors at the same time; for. as a general
rule; American manufacturers cannot pay
American wages and compete in our mar
kets with European manufacturers paying
European wages, without some protection.
The necessary effect of siwrh a proceeding
would be to close the American manufac
tories, throw the American workmen out of
employment aad compel our people to make
all their purchases of he particular article
concerned in Europe. This would not mere
ly be ruinous to the competing American
manufacturer as well as to the trust, but
would be most disastrous In Its effect upon
mercantile .trade.
Blow to Business.
T shall not argue the qoestlon of pro
tection and free trade here, out I suppose
that the most earnest believers In the ulti
mate advantage of free trade would nat dis
pute that the Immediate effect of with
drawing protection would be to close a
great multitude of American manufactories,
turn ths workmen employed In them Into
tha street and render the capital Invested
In them valueless. It is with that Immed
iate effect upon the business of the country
that I am dealing now. and that would b
the effect of Mr. Bryan's election.
Mr. Bryan's platform proposes that any
manufacturing or trading corporation en
gaged In Interstate commerce and all the
large ones are engaged in interstate com
merce shall be required to take out a Fed
eral license before it shall ne permitted
to control as much as 25 per cent of the
products In which It deals, and that these
licenses shall require all ths concerns which
hold them to sell to all purchasers In all
parts of the country on the same terms
after making due allowance for cost of
transportation. All ths leading concerns
making or dealing In any of the tens of
thousands of particular kinds of articles
made and sold In this country are to be
subject to this limitation.
I will not dwell upon how the facts are
to be determined for the purpose of en
forcing such a provision. That must neces
sarily be by some executive officer in
Wsshlngton, for manifestly It would be im
possible that the courts should perform
such an enormous task relating to all the
great business of the country. I will not
dwell upon the tremendous centralization
of power In Washington which would be
Involved In this; but I point to the fact,
that such a proposal would destroy the
right of private contract on the part of
the great producers and merchants of the
country, and would Impose upon all busi
ness the same limitations which are prop
erly imposed upon common carriers in the
performance -st thefr public duty of trans
portation, fcr which they have ; waived
franchises from the public. Under such a
provision no great man uf acturer or mer
chant could make prices to his customers
to suit the conditions and requirements of
his trade. No matter how Important it
might be for him to reduce his stock: no
matter how great might be the necessity
of making sales to raise money for the
continuance of his business; no matter how
important it might be for him to keep his
workmen employed, he could not shave
prices for the purpose of securing an ad
vantageous contract below tne prices at
which he had sold to somebody else in some
other state.
Would Choke Business.
Manifestly to enforce this. It would be
necessary that merchants and manufactur
er should file schedules of their prices
and then be subject to prosecution if they
sold at any different prices. There Is no
manufacturer or merchant who will not
recognize the Impossibility of conducting
the business of the country under any such
system.
Now, I ask you to consider the effect
upon the business of the country by put
ting In control at Washington- a man who
has the will and the power to do all these
things.
What manufacturer will have the confi
dence to risk money in the purchase of raw
material and of machinery, and payment of
wages for manufacture if a majority of
the people put into power a party which
believes in withdrawing all protection from
manufactured articles and In putting all
such articles as some executive officer in
Washington is moved to declare under trust
control upon the free list, so that at any
moment the product of manufacture may
be subjected to unrestricted foreign com
petition ?
What merchant will have confidence to
risk money in the purchase of stocks of
goods from foreign or from American pro
ducers if - some executive officer In Wash
ington is liable at any moment to destroy
their value by th removal of the duty un
der, which they were purchased and has
power to prevent their owner from selling
them according to the needs of his busi
ness to such customers as he can find and
at such prices as he can get?
Who la to put money Into the extension
and equipment of railroads necessary for
the conduct of the business of tha country
If we put Into power In Washington a party
whose all-powerful leader In the Presi
dent's chair proposes to take the property
over Into the hands of the Government at
the Government's own valuation and is
In favor of limiting the rates to be charged
for Its use by perfectly arbitrary legisla
tion adopted without any regard whatever
to the cost of transacting the business or
to the rates necessary to produoe a profit?
Risk too Grist.
Who Is to have confidence to put his
money Into the banking business when it
is to be subject not merely to the risks
involved in the Judgment and integrity of
the men whom he selects to manage
it, but to be made a guaranty for the credit
of all the unknown men who may find it
useful for their schemes of speculatl6n or
dishonesty to go through ths forms of
taking out a charter under ths free bank
ing system?
What confidence would there be In any
business under a government with the will
and the power to destroy ths gold standard
and Inaugurate the free coinage of silver,
and threatening the destruction of our old
and well -considered methods of represen
tative legislation by the adoption of the
unknown and untried system of the Initi
ative and referendum?
Nor ars these specftc proposals In them
selves the only causes for the destruction
of confidence which would be found In tlw
election of Mr. Bryan. The character and
quality of the man Indicated by them is
such that no one can tell what new patent
remedy he may seise upon at any time to
meet the political exigencies of the mo
ment, or do away with conditions which
cause dissatisfaction amona any part of
his followers.
The business world distrusts a man of
that temperament and justly distrusts him.
for he can do infinite harm. The news of
his election would bring doubt and dis
trust to tha mind of every man having
money to invest In American enterprises.
It would pnavent all new enterprises. It
would reduce ths activity of all existing
enterprises. Lack of confidencs. contrac
tion, business depression, business failures,
the stopping of interest and dividends re
duction in the expense of salaries and
wtges. more and still more workmen out of
employment, reduced purchasing power of
th DeoDle and a reduced market for firm
and factory prolucts all these In necessary
succession would be th inevi table result
of endowing this dangerous apostle of half
ttUthS, Wttn tne iremenuoui power vl iim
National Government to rule and to ruin.
Control of Courts.
But the courts!
Would not the courts set a limit upon
Mr Bryan's Interference with the conduct
of business? Cannot the business men of
the countrv rely upon the courts to pro
beet them In their constitutional rights?
To that I answer, first, that very Ilttl
capital will be invested upon the under
standing that it will b lost unless the in
vestor defeats th National Government In
litigation. Investments already made may
seek to protect themselves by litigation, but
investments not yet made will never be
made at all on those terms.
I answer in tne secona piace, mn inu
possibility. Indeed the probability, or Mr.
Bryan's control of the courts presents the
est serious aanger wnicn wouiu lonww m
election. He has already given us sviaence
hv his miblie utterances that he would. If
he could, re-constltute th courts In such
a way that they should answer to the de
mands Of what, n awms to oe puonc opin
ion If elected President he will have an
opportunity to re-constitute the Supreme
Coart of the United States, which stands
as the great and indispensable bulwark of
constitutional right. When th next Presi
H.nr in irMusurated four of the present
Justices of the Supreme Court will have
passed the age ox retirement, uno win ne
76, a second 75, a third 71 and a fourth
70 years of age. Before the next Presi
dential term is finished a fifth will lack
a few days of being 72 and a sixth will be
in ht 7 nth vear. It Is practically certain
that the President elected In November will
have the appointment of a large propor
tion Of th memoem oi me wuu w mi tne
v..npiM which will occur, and it is highly
probable that he will have th appointment
of a majority of the members of the court.
What protection would constitutional rights
have from the court constituted by Mr.
BT?rcall as a witness upon this question
Samuel Gompers. On the 12th of this
month he published an open letter, ad
dressed to "Men of Labor. Lovers of .Human
Liberty." In which he said: ,
"The farts are that tne Judiciary, to- I
duced by corporations and trusts and pro
tected by the Republican party is, step by
step, destroying' government by laws and !
substituting therefor a government by
Judges, who determine what, in their opln- :
Ion. Is wrong; what. In their opinion, is
evidence; who. In their opinion. Is gullt.
and what. In their opinion, the punishment
shall be- U is sought to make of tha
Judges Irresponsible despots, and by con
trolling thorn, using this despotlifm In th
Interest of corporate power."
The letter then d?crlhed an unucressfui
appeal to the Republican party, and pre
ceeded to say:
"Labor's representative then went to tne
Democratic party That party made labor s
coatentlon Its own. It pledged Ita
dates for every office to those remedies
which labor had already submitted to Con
gress. The standard bearer of th Demo
cratic party. Mr. William J. Bryan, en
tered fully Into th essence of this struggl
and declared that the real Issue in this
campaign Is: 'Shalt the people rule?'
"The Republican party and Its candidate
stands for upholding and further extending
Into our country a despotic governmsat
vested in the judiciary.
"The Democratic party and Its candi
date stands for government by law vested
In th people."
Mr Gompers is Mr. Bryan's chief ally In
thU campaign. The circular was issued in
Mr. Bryan's interest for the purpose of at
tracting to him the labor vote, imisss tt is
denied, and it has not been denied, this is
to be taken as an authentic statement ot
Mr. Bryan's attitude towards the courts.
Refuses to raas BUI.
The particular occasion of these decla
rations was the refusal of Congress to pass
a bill which withdrew from the courts th
right to restrsin by injunction any boycott
whether secondary or otherwise, however
arbitrary, destructive and unjustifiable as
might be. by means of a provision limiting
Injunctions to th protection of propertr
rights, and enacting that:
No right carry on busi
ness of anv particular kind, or at any par
ticular place, or at all. shall be construed,
held, considered or treated as property, or
as constituting a property right."
It Is too plain for argument and Is th
law that the manufacturer's right to use
his machinery, th merchant's right to sell
hts goods, every msn's Tight to us his
propertv and carry on his business is a
property right which constitutes the chief
value of property, and that the legislation
thus demanded, to withdraw this right of
property from the protection of the lss
would be class legislation of th most dan
gerous and offensive character. To tnl
according to Mr. GomperJ, Mr. Bryan ana
the Democratic party have assented.
But the declaration of the circular go
berond the occasion which calls them forth,
and set forth the true attitude of Mr.
Brvan and his Democracy toward th
court. In their view It Is not the Consti
tution as Interpreted by the courts; It is
not the rules of law and th exintlna
statutes as Interpreted by the courts; but it
is the will of th people at the moment,
expressed In som other way than ihrougu,
the courts, which is to govern: and for tha
court?, to render their decisions and Issue
and enforce their decrees m accordance
with their opinion as to what the provisions
of the Constitution and the .laws are, is
despotism, unless that opinion agrees witn
the present wish of what Mr. Bryan ann
Mr. Gompers choose to call the people, as
interpreted by them.
Blow to Americanism.
This means the destruction of our ju
dicial system. It means a subservient
Venesueian judiciary In place of an Inde
pendent American Judiciary. It means th
sweeping away of all the protection thai
American constitutions have thrown about
the rights of property, the fruits of en
terprise and the liberty of the Individual.
It means that If Mr. Bryan has the oppor
tunity to reconstitute the Supreme Court
he will make It the instrument of its own
destruction and an accomplice In the sur
render of that great judicial safeguard
against the momentary influences of popu
lar excitement, which has been the chief
element In the security, the stabilit and
the progress of th American Republic.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Leroy H. Smith and wife to Beatrice
Uienler-Fteier. S. M, of N. E.
of K. E. "t N. W. 4 of Sec
30, T. 2 N.. R. 1 W
Fred A.' Chamberlain and wife to J.
V. oeLano. lot 6, block 7, Mt. Ta
bor Villa Annex
E11L. G. Hughes and wife to Geare
O. Reynolds, lot 7, block 2. Irving
ton 8 A Brown and wife to W. B. Dun
moor. lot 3, block 4, Termlnua Add.
to Alblna
Louis Goldsmith and wife to Christina
Becker, lots 3 and 4, block 18.
Goldsmith's Add
Rose City Cemetery Association to Ar
thur U Lynch, lot 2o, block 42, sec
tion "D." raid cemetery
Gforge D. Barton and wife to Jennie
Vlcken , lot 10. block 3, Ideal lew
Title Guarantee Trust Co. to Beacon
Investment Co.. lots 4, B, 6. 9 and
10, block- 17; lots 13 to 1, block
18- lots 11 to 14. block 19: lots 4,
S and 6. block 20. Rossmere ...
C H Plggott to Union Guarantee As
sociation, lot 10. Linn Park: lots 17
and 18. subdivision "L," In Patton
tract; lots 20 and 21, block 41,
Tremont
Title Guarantee & Truet Co. to H. T.
Eetabrook. lots 11. 12, 19. 20 and
21. block 29. Berkeley
vVllllum G. Thompson and wife to
John B. Winalow and wife, east OCX
6o feet of lot i: 10x0 feet off south
east corner of lot . block 3 oai Ti
tan's subdivision of East Portland
8 C. Priestley and wife to Matilda
Dunn, lot 8. bloci It. Foxchase
Multnomah" Cemetery Co. to Noah
Robertson et a!., northwest V ot
lot 4. block "B." "id cemetery..
J. a. McKlnley and wife to Frank
Merrill, lots 1. 2. 3. tract 1. sub
division or tract 1. Northern Hill
Pewr'lCnoi0 and wife to Warner A
"oss. lots 1. 7. 8, block .2. Al-
Portland investors Co.. Inc., trustee
to Mav Petty, 20 acres of the Ernest
and Elisabeth Glese donation land
Mary'. Owen to Susanne klingsporn.
lots 23 to 2D and north 10 feet of
lot 22. block 44. Peninsular Ad
dition No. 4 '-,,',',''
D. Alexander and wife to Wlllam
G. Gosslln. et nl.. north H of
southeast of southwest of sec
tion HI. township 2 north, range 1
west 'J ''.''
O. O Hall and wife to Frank N.
Leahy, lot 23. block A. Holladay
Park Addition ;
Frederick Dehurda to lctor Land
Company, lots II. 12. block 5.. Pen
Insular No. 4 Addition
T. K. Abbott and wife to Drtvld P.
Bradley, et al.. land beginning at
southwest corner of lot 14. block
7. Paradise Springs Tract
T S. MiDanlel and wife to Bertha
A Hebard. lot T. block 2. Stratford
Sydney Addition .
B. Glldner and wife to Wlllard N.
Jones, lota 1. 2. and south n of lota
T, 8. block 9, St. John
Thomas H. Kendlg and wife to Chas.
TV. Johnson, north H of lot 20.
block 1. Smith's subdivision and
.trillion .
1
400
1,380
BOO
T.500
80
ITS
8.400
1
7M
2.180
228
30 ,
BOO
1
2.500
1.000
400
1,200
10
1,220
4.0
10
12S
"Kate Green to J. W. Otrllbee. west
-. . .. iz auction 20.
township 1 south, range 2 east, ex
cept 10 acres In northwest corner. .
Joseph Reiner and wife to F. B.
Henrv, lots 2. 3. block' 2; lots 1.
2. 3. '4, 5. . block, 3 Kegner'a Ad
dition to Gresham
John Rometevh and wife to Max As
mus et al.. lot 7, block "N," In M.
Patton tract
Arleta Land Co. to J. Polonsky, lots 1
and 2. block 3, Elberta
W A Coxe and wife to X. L. and
Caroline Swartx. lot 23. block 1,
Maplewood Add
Irvington Investment Co. to Jennie
M Brown, lot 13 and south 10 feet
of' lot 14, block 32. Irvington
Multnomah Cemetery Co. to F. D.
Hamrlck. lot 18. block "E," said
cemetery
W B. Rust and wife to Max H.
Ohm, lots 1 and 2, block 21, Arbor
Lodge Add
A F Fuchs to H. W. Budd. lots 3
and 4, block 18. lna Park Add
F B Rutherford and wife to H. E.
Noble, east 12S feet of lot 4. block
8. Third Electric Add
John Frant and wife to Fred Luschrr,
S W. 14 of Sec. 23. T. 1 N-. R. 8 E.
Moore Investment Co. to John R.
Lawpaush et al.. lou 15 and 18.
block 28. Vernon ..................
Are A. Verteeg and wife to F. M.
Versteeg. lot 14. block 30, Vv cod
Charles C.' Smith and wife to Georgs
IV. Proctor, lot 3. block , w 11
son's Add ".'
J o. Goitra and wife to A. B. Hooa.
land beginning at southwest corner
of lot 7. block 73. Stephens Add..
J O. Goitra and wife to Edward Man
'nlng Ward, land beginning at south
west corner of lot 7, block i3,
Stephens' Add
6fO
600
500
1,200
480
600
1.880
2,000
900
10
10
1.900
S.ono
Total --48M
LaWTEHS ABSTRACT TRUST X
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