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THE OREGON DAILY JOUBNAL, PORTLAND, FR I DAY - EVENING, - JULY 24, 1903. v EDITORIcXL COcTkfcTWENTcylND TIMELY TOPICS : THE ORjEQON DAILY JOURNAL , i C:a JACKSON' Jfoutmaf t TARIFF INEQUALITY AROUND; THE CORRIDORS JOURNAL PUBLISHING B COMPANY. Proprietors. Address t THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill St., Portland, Or, CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Ei-.tered t tV rostofllce of Portland. Oregon, fur trunaml: :ion through tha mafia a aecond-clu j mat er. Postage for Binfile cor'r' : -r n 10- or 12-pag POP1. 1 cent; IS to 21 pages, 1 cents; over 28 pace, 3 cents. rnunPHONnsi minlnM Offlrp f)j .fon. Main 600: Columbia, 705. Edltorla' Rooma Or"tcon Main 100. SUBSCRIPTION RATES) Tarma by Mall. All steel rails uaed by Western roada at the present time In conatruptlon of exten sions or in betterment of way ara Imported. Thla applies to all road west of tha Mis aourl River.. NevertholeM, upon every pound of these rails a duty Is paid. Thla duty, does not benefit the protected manufacturer of the Atlantic or Middle Weat states. They cannot aell ateel rails In the West, even with the protection of an Import duty. Therefore, by logical deduction, the conclusion Js forced that the protective tariff aa. at present provided for by the schedules la a heavy burden upon the people of tha Weat, at least In so far aa steel rails are concerned. So sound a Republican aa Senator J, P. Dolllver of Iowa, In an Interview with The Journal last week, asserted that these statements are true, and he was speaking from the standpoint of a Republican. He did not draw fom the situation the exact conclu sion herein reached. But, he did state the basic facts upon which foundation The Journal constructs an argument that It believe cannot be overthrown by the most adroit builder of syllogisms. In spite of such obvious truths, the manager of the Republican party announoa to "Do you know," said Horace A, Duke, a 1 Still their friendly feellnra did not srevent 'prominent member of the Portland Cigar- them from warmneaa hn th tnoii nt their makers' Union, "that Portland baa very few vessels came Into question. One daywhen parks which are suitable for picnics, "or they were unusually agitated they made a' other public gathering T' Well, auch is the bet of 10 porffida sterling that his would be case, notwithstanding the many remarks the first vessel to touch at Queenstown. ' The made about how fortunate the. city is git- bet. was to' bo paid at the great gun. factory uated In thla respect . ' , ' V' 1 ; of Cunnlngham'a brother In Dublin.' But " - i - T w . v V4lf IITVU v V" looking diligently for some location In which I it. Curmlngham died at ,aea.r Hollnshed to hold a Labor Day celebration which will soon followed him, while McWhlr, his ship probably resemble a picnio more than any. I and every man on board of it went down in thing else, and no appropriate grounds for a gale off the coast of Africa," tnis purpose can be round. There are plenty I , :, .a a . . . .... w .w. i . twiicmiui t now. in run Dinar in our . l i .. . . . ... . . . .. . . . .. . i . am. I ft .. . .... J .l , W . . 1 ... . 1 . . . ' me wona mai mey win noi max any raaicai alterations in me tarirc scneauiea. iney i w wvreu wuu uiict uiiuorutuiu r pan oi toe country," stated H, C. Ganitold hint at a slight revision of the tariff "by Its friends." and add by force of habit that it and cannot, therefore, be taken Into consld-a well-to-do farmer residing, near Parr Tertni by Carrier. The Dally Journal, oi.e year $5..) The Dally Journal, nix months J.0 The Dally Journal, three months 1.30 The Daily Journal, by the weak 10 The Dally Journal, by mall, one year..$U The Dally Journal, by mall, six months. 2.JS The Dally Journal, by mall, three months 1.31 The Dally Journal by mall, one month. .80 The Semi Weekly Journal. The Beml-Weekly Journal, eight to twelve pages each Issue, all the news and full market rt ports, one year $1.50. Remittances should be made by drafts, postal notes. The Vtekly Journal. The Weekly Journal 100 columns of read ing each Issue, Illustrated, full market r porta, one year, $1.00. orders and small express amounts are acceptable In one and two-cent postage stamps. THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 111, Portland. Oregon. Fight your own battles. Hoe your own row. Ask no favors of anyone, and you'll Succeed a thousand times better than one who Is always beseeching some one's in fluence and patronage. No one will ever help you aa you will help yourself, because no one will be ao heartily intereated in your affairs. The first step will not be such a long one, perhaps, but can ing your way up the mountain you make each one lead to another, and stand firm while you chop out another. Men who have made fortune re not thosewho have had $3,000 given them, but boys who have started fair with a well-earned dollar or two. Nashville American. THE TAXPAYERS - LEAGUE. -v Long-before the present Investigation Into the affairs of the county was commenced tha Taxpayers' League repeatedly called at tentlon to the abuaes existing and urged, that they be remedied. More than a, year ago tho league petitioned the "County Court to . appoint an expert to examine the books and records of the several departments of the . county government, and in that petition many specific cases of malfeasance were set forth. Particular stress was laid upon the Importance of frequent and thorough ex amination Qt the methods pursued in the - eotiduct of the business of the county. The results of the expert Investigation now In - progress have more than Justified this suggestion. The recommendation of the Taxpayers' League has been proved to be eminently wise,' and had its warnings been heeded earlier, much of the waste and mis management from which the county has suf fered Would have been avoided. The people of this city and county have had no more watchful guardian of their - interests than . the Taxpayers' League, and it deserves an even greater degree of public confidence than it has received. Its mem tors hip Includes the most prominent and respected business men and professional men of the community, and they have given gen ero'usly of theh- time, effort and money to promote the public welfare and to prevent the waste and misuse of public funds. The organisation is non-partisan,, and among Its members are men of both the leading polit leal parties. Its prime object is to secure a businesslike conduct of the affairs of the city and county. With this object every in telligent and honest citizen should be in hearty sympathy. The people owe a debt of gratitude to the Taxpayers' League and Its effort for the betterment of Portland and Multnomah County deserve most cordial support. 1 BUILD THE PORTAGE ROAD. Let It be understood, once for all, that the State of Oregon will build the portage road, build It In spite of the opposition of siny corporation or other Interest. In short, that the State of Oregon proposes to "fly with her own wlng-s" and open the lordly Co lumbia to the freest navigation possible. The O. R. & N. Company had better accept the --Inevitable -and -alt rather -thatv eb--struct the building of the portage road. That corporation, managed in New York, cannot hope to be more powerful In Oregon than the people of Oregon themselves, who are not lacking in self-reliance, nor In in dependence and sclf-Koverning powers. Build the portage road! Build It in spite of money klns:s, railroad tyn, corporation hirelings nnd all of the imps of the flesh and th devil. Those having the authority to build It should proceed according to the will of tho people of Oregon, as expressed by Oft of the Lf'KiS'iatuio, Tq do less would be to be fnlno to a trust; false to th" pr-ople of the Oregon country; false to tho opportunity to free a great water hlghw.-.y and ror-.ove the barriers to freer trade and n better, grander Oregon. Build the portjgo road! Let no inna cr co:por;iti:;i escape who raises their hand against it! Let It be un derstood In no uncertain way that all sueh lire doomed to slaus-htei: If they stand in the way Of the people will and the public Interest. BUILD THE PORTAGE ROAD! cure In tha knowledge that even If detected they can easily buy immunity from punish ment by negotiating with the police for the rt-turn of the stolen goods. Nothing could afford more direct encour agement to crime than such an understand ing between criminals and the police. It was precisely such a condition that existed In Minneapolis during the regime of the notor ious "Doc" Ames, and which was both the cause and the result of the corrupt 'on in the Police Department of that city. When the detectives become mere middlemen between criminals and their victims, the temptation to "grraft is ever , present. There are evidences that Portland's police and detectives have come to regard them selves as merely agents for the recovery of stolen property and not as emissaries of the law, charged with the duty of bringing criminals to Justice. The sooner they awake to this duty the better for the public. It Is far better that thieves should be arrested, convicted and punished than that their vic tims should regain the property of which they have been robbed, for the punishment of crime is its surest preventive. If the Csar refuses to take that Klshlneff protest out of his postofflce box, It will have to go to the dead-letter office. The suggestions of the Oregon editors as to how to advertise the Lewis and Clark Fair will be of great valut to the publicity com mittee. Advertising an Exposition Is a big undertaking and the gentlemen of the com mittee cannot be expected to do all of the. spreading of Information The committee Is obliged to restrict the use of the funds for advertising purposes and feiust depend to a large extent upon the newspapers of Oregon Fd 'make the enterprise known to the public. would be calamitous were that tariff to be "tinkered by Ha enemies." Why the Weat should uphold the existing tariff policy of the Republican party passes understanding. What benefit the West receives from It cannot be shown and never has been shown. Steel rails ara not the only Illustration that could be offered, for there are numberless Instances whereby the people of the trans-Misslsslppt region that constitutes the great Western Empire are compelled to bear an industrial burden that is oppressive in the extreme. - - Iron and coal are manufacturing constituents that the West has! not yet discovered In quantities and closely enough contiguous to warrant the development of its own iron and steel Industries. Such discoveries will go far toward forcing a mora desirable status than now exists. ' How It Would Operate. Let it be presumed that Iron and steel were to be found at some point convenient or accessible to roads now operating or that could be built. It would be better were they to be discovered within the United States, better for the United states. But. in the absence of such deposits in our own country, probably It would be next best were they found across the line in British Columbia, close enough to the boundary line and far enough west, to offer essentials to the evolution of plant that could supply tha demands for many of the products of the Iron and steel manufacturer. It is claimed that such deposits have been located and will be developed in the Crow's Nest region. In the event that this proves to be true, then it certainly will result In forcing upon the attention of the national legislators the issue as to the West's rights with relation to the tariff. It may be said, not facetiously, but in all sincerity, that the protective tariff has not been handled during past years since war exigencies passed away with strict observance of the Just demands of the common people. The schedules have been arranged primarily for the conservation of the Interests of the manufacturers. Gigantic concerns nowadays make iron and steel and their products upon an Industrial basis that permits them to undersell the world. Out in the great field of competition of nation with nation, our manufacturers annually record signal victories that add lustre to our name ind constitute brilliant accomplishment worthy the pen of the epic writer. - Yet, altered not from the form In which it gained a hold upon the dominant politi cal party of the nation, still supported by 'the same arguments that we heard when "Infant industries" was the cry, the American people continue to pay their tribute and bless the extortionate hand that comes around with the law's sanction to force from them that same tribute. And, too, the men who foster this system of unjust extortion are hailed as national saviors and their names are held In slightly less of reverence than is the name of the Man of Gethsemane. Why W Import Ralls in th Weat. V As to why we import steel rails in the Weat, the reason Is obvious distance from the Eastern factories that causes too high freight rates to permit the Eastern makers to compete with foreign makers, in spite of the Import duty that rests against the foreign rail seller. "This continent is too wide to make it possible for our steel rail manufacturers to compete against the foreigner," said Senator Dolllver to The Journal Interviewer. "Carry ing charges are necessarily too high. I see no manner whereby this condition may be obviated." This being true, will Senator Dolllver, he of trenchant pen and eloquent tongue, he of influence Jn Congress, he from the state that has promulgated "the Iowa idea" of the tariff, .will he get out upon the broad plane of American patriotism and honesty, where he belongs by reason of his Intellect and generous nature, and advocate such changes as will cure the crying evil of Injustice herein set forth? In only one way can the Republican party Justify to the West continuance of the duty on steel rails by cutting out a very wide slice of the continent from, the center and narrowing the country to such limits as would permit railroad charges low enough to bring steel rails out here to the West. '"T" ' ' " ! Certain difficulties difficulties that attach to finite limitations will prevent him and his Republican confreres from accomplishing this result. And there appears to be no other plan feasible whereby the Inequalities can be corrected. It is only one of the Instances of flagrant Injustice wrought by our existing tariff schedules. It is only one more case of a statesman of repute stating facts that convict bim of unsound economies which he is unwilling to make right. "We must not tinker with the tariff at the beginning of a Presidential campaign," say Dolllver and his party associates. Rather, let us of the West continue to pay a pro tective duty on products that we could not buy from our own manufacturer by any plan other than to pay more than we need for the goods. - . Those Crow's Neat Possibilities. In View of these obvious truths, let it be hoped that the reported deposits in the Crow's Nest country will prove to be extensive enough to warrant nigh development; and, as a Corrollary to that proposition, let such tariff arrangements be made as- Will secure entrance of the manufactured stuff therefrom without the absurd imposition of a duty that does no one in all the world any good. Coal now comes In free. Let steel rails come In free. If the transportation condi tions and the extent of the country preclude profitable shipping of steel rails from the East to the West even with an lmpqrt duty Imposed on the foreign product, then will not those same conditions prevent the Western manufactured goods from going East and competing with goods made there? And, this axiomatic truth once stated, does It not ap pear to have been "passed up" to the political fellows now running things to do some thing? And, in finale, if they do not do something, and do It soon, to relieve present burdens, will the people continue their strange worship of Republican Idols? There is one feature of current economic thought that brings comfort to the honest citizen a protest arises that is rapidly spreading to the very limits of the country, a protest that will compel action some day.' People are growing restless under the' absurdi ties of the existing tariff. They are seeing the point They are no longer fooled by epecious argument. , They are acquiring Missourian characteristics, they have to be shown, and the servants of favored factors of goods are finding It more and fnore diffl cuTtlo"pTclfythTMroVho"vofesV ' " By wailing Just a little longer, a change will be witnessed. What the Democracy f ration. I v. D.. who caaaed through itv "It atrikes, me that If one of the enterprts-I day. Ing streetcar companies would purchaa a "While It Is too early yet to make a definite few acres, of land on a car line) near the city prediction as to tha yield, there is every In- and convert It Into plcnlo grounds It would dicatlon that the crops are flrst-clnsr. tt a very profitable investment Hundreds Grain and In fact all vegetation was In- ! of visitor would flock out thera almost every jured to some extent by a nrolonred Art day of the week. . , itU last month, but conloua ahowera eavnti . I weeks ago saved the farmers "from what 'There is one thing I have always noticed I would have been an almost total loss. When about Kansas," remarked H. A. Tucker, of left my horn labor was acaroe. but the St. Louis, Mo., yesterday, "la that no matter usual Influx of farm hands was arriving and how much trouble ahe experiences, she Is 1 1 do not anticipate any difficulty as regards ever smiling. The people of that state seem I harvesting and threshing. Thousands, of to recover quicker from a calamity than any acres of golden grain are now being reaped other place In the United States. And an- and within a few months th farmer of the other thing that' noticeable about the com- Northwest will be enjoying the fruit of their . monwealth 1 that her. crops do not all fall labor." ' the same season; when the corn goes fluey. I' Mr. Gam bold I on the Pacific Coast' on the wheat crop la a record-breaker, and business and may decide to Invest when oat are poor, hay 1 th best ever. I -Ana when a person Is a true Kansan once, be "It the Umatilla County farmer fall lb or sue is a ninaan tor eternity. raise wneai waist nign ne reels as II nis crou "I once owned several sliver mines In Colo rado," said H. A. De Mell, of. Dresden- j is going to be a failure." P. H. Death, Weston Mountain road supervisor, mad the above statement In answer to the ques- Catanla-New York, " now visiting Portland, tion: "and they paid me good money. , It was In "Are Umatilla crops a failure thla sea the early '70s, while Colorado was still onr ' territory, and things around the silver camps "I believe the wheat yield .this harvest," were booming. I would come out from New continued Mr. Beathe, "will be an averag1 York and spend a few weeks around my rne. It may not be as big au last year, but mines, then returning to Gotham to prepare I cannot see' where the farmers have any for my annual trip to Europe. But there kick coming. The trouble with them is that came a time when the Legislature of the they take a gloomy view of everything and Sliver State passed a law requiring all mine- t' always failure with them until the grain owners to be on their claims on January 1. I ld and the money on deposit and then or said-property could be Jumped. Colorado they figure up that their lot is not A hard mountalnweather Is quite chilly In the dead It looks." of winter, and so I decided to stay away. As I said at first I formerly owned several "As soon aa the big government reservoir silver mines." I completed," said William Melcser, of . Theonlx, Arls.. "settlers will' begin to flock "The most fatal bet or rather a wager that lr to pur territory. The basin will cost iu seemed to carry fatalities" with it, that I the neighborhood of $3,000,000, and it will b ever heard of was made in Portland ih the three years yet before It Is finished. Tha fall of 1894," said an old-time sea-faring man only drawback to Arizona for years hay been lust night. "The four-masted General the lack of water. With Irrigation the land Roberts and the three-masted Ktrkhill were will be Just a productive and tlch s that of then in port under charters for Queenstown. the once arid region of Utah or Washington, A third vessel, the Highland Home,' Mc- "Already the guarantee of settlers for 200. Whir master, was also here bound for 000 acres of-land has been given, and I pre Afrlca. The chief officers of the two vessels diet that within the nexft three years home first named were Hollnshed and Cunning- seekers will be speaking of Arizona as they ham, two Irishmen who were on the most now refer to the Washtucna country in friendly terms with the Scotch captain. Washington." HUMOR OF THE DAY. The old earth stops to envy, , The trees bend down, to see And the glow-worm brings his lantern When Alicia klsafes me. The rougish star are twinkling, The soft wind'a blowing free, And the love light glows and brightens. When Alica kisses me. I've thought it over closely, And I'm sure as sure can be That she's had a lot of practice From the way she kisses me. New York Sun. "I am kinder sorry you are engaged to sister. . "Why?" "Well, now you make love to her in plain view, but before It was a great deal more fun to watch you through the keyhole." Life. Edltor--You wish a position as proof reader? Applicant Yes sir. Editor Do you understand the require ments of that responsible position? Applicant Perfectly, sir. Whenever you Twelve thousand persons were arested in Glasgow last year for using Improper lan- years ago predated, and what the Republican party persistently denominated tom foolery, will become tne orthodox 'economy of the nation. It is not unreasonable to expect that then the Republican orators will go upon the platforms and allege the new order as due to Republican brain and patriotism. The truth will be that those right things will have been forced from that party only by the people taking them by the throat and choking them Into submission. J. E. L. 'em on me "and I'll never say a word.- York Weekly. DUTY OF THE DETEC TIVES. 7 "It Is the province of the police and the ' detective to' detect crime and to bring the criminals to Justice. Tho recovery ofprop erty that ban been stolen la but a minor duty, and should by no meana be the chief object of their efforts. When thieves understand that, 1f, caught they can escape the penalty of their crime by the surrender of their ' booty, they quickly lose all respect for the - law. They, pursue their nefarious trade se- guage. This Is not surprising In view of the fact that the telephone has come Into gen eral use In Glasgow. That detective' who asserted that "the thieves are his friends" Is apparently pursu ing trie wrong occupation. A. guardian of the law who makes , lawbreakers his in timates and friends is not apt to be vigilant In bringing them- to justice. DEATH NOTE OF THE MOSQUITO. J. H. Thomas; leader of the National Cornet Band of New Brunswick, N. J, an nounces he has discovered the musical note that will cause the fall of the mosquito. Friday evening the band was rehearsing a difficult composition In A minor, In which there was a sold of eight bars of the first alto horn, played by Fred Nixon, The highest note in Nixon's part in the composition was A above the staff. "After" several attempts Nixon succeeded in reaching the note A, which, on an alto horn, produces 960 vibrations per second," said Thomas. "He made it with great force. I had noticed five mosquitos sitting on the ceiling, but the instant he reached A every mosquito dropped into the horn. Being curious to know the cause of this sudden fall from the celling, I secured a powerful microscope and found that both the auditory and optic nerves were completely paralyzed, showing, if they Had lived, they would have been blind as well as deaf. Judging from this, I think there is no doubt that the muflical note that Is fatal to the mosquito Is note A above the staff produced on an alto horn In the hands of an amateur. y "I intend to experiment runner witn tne naas norn. From rough calculations I think that an ordinary amateur band ought to be able to kill all the mosquitos in the Newark parks in three days." Detroit Journal, "It is sad," murmured the musing the orizer, "to think that ,as a great statesman once said, 'every man has his price." "Yes," admitted the intensely practical worker, "and it is a sad fact that half the time he can't get It" Tid-Bits. . Gertrude Uncle, what would you advise me to do to find a husband? Uncle Gayboy Let the husbands alone, A DAILY PAPER 8T0RY. Issue of Sunday, June 21. TO RENT A FIRST-CLASS ROOM WITH board. For single gentleman. 21 Win field street, i ' ' TO RENT TO A SINGLE GENTLEMAN, a good room with board in private family. 23 Wlnfleld street Issue of Sunday, June 28. WANTED A GOOD E-FLAT CORHTET, Must be In first-class condition. Address, with terms, William Tooter, 21 Wlnfleld street. Issue of Sunday, July 5.. WANTED rA GOOD BREECH-LOADING shot-gun; also enough powder and shot for one good load. Will pay well for right kind of gun. John Wilde. 23 Wlnfleld street. Issue of Sunday, July 12. Deaths. yrOOTER, WILLIAM DIED OF A SE- vere attack of buckshot on the lungs, su perlnduced by cornet playing. Funeral Wednesday. Issue of Thursday, July 18. . TO RENT A FIRST-CLASS ROOM WITH board for single gentleman. 21 Wlnfleld street. Brooklyn Eagle, mal any TnlfltBlies1n-theaperrJOTtrTiiftmeWOULO MAKE THECOURT3""BTTLL7 my dear. News. Go for a. single man. Chicago The eagerness with which the Oregonlan comes to the defense of incompetent county officials leads to the hope that they can all find employment on that paper when their terms expire. . In his "Outre Mer" Paul Bourget declared that "life never goe entlrely 'dull to the American, because whenever he cannot strike any other way to put In, his time he can always get away with a few years trying to find-out who his grandfather waa." To which Mark Twain replied: "1 reckon the Frenchman's got his little stand by for a dull time, tod, because when all other Interests fall he can turn in and see if he can't find out who his father was." . - ' Fussy Passenger-r-Why does you company insist that passengers must purchase tickets before entering the train ? Are they afraid that if we pay money to you, that you will steal it? Conductor (with dignfty) Certainly not They. are afraid the train may run off the track before 1 can get around. New York Weekly. Two secrets only woman hath; concerning these she's sage; One-half her -life she hides her loves the other half her pge. " U Detroit Free Press. V I X Sheriff Storey says he has had only seven hours of sleep since the Jallbreak. Never mind he mad up for It beforehand. When Samuel W. Pennypacker, the Governor of Pennsylvania, was a yourigPbUa delphla lawyer, a friend met him one day going down Chestnut street with a number of big law books under each arm. "Hello," said the friend, pointing to the books, "I thought you carried all that stuff la your head." "So I do," returned young Pennypacker. "These are for the Judges." It la said by the Electrician that low ten sion electrical currents, say under 120 volt, are mora deadly than those having 10 times the .voltage. Dr.. Berttelll and Prof. Prevost liav made the remarkable discovery that high, tension current are Capable of restor ing the action of a heart that haa been ar rested by a low tension -current. ' ' Vvi ,(1 tii'ti'vv;-? New MORE POWERFUL. Before the Iowa State Bar Association Justice J. D. Brewer advocated an extension ralher than the restriction of the exercise by federal courts of the power of Injunction. 'Government by Injunction," he said, "hai been made the subject of easy denunciation. So far from removing or restricting this power there neVer. was a time when its full and vigorous exercise was worth more to the nation than It Is today. "As the population become more dens and as business interests grow and crowd each other the restraining power of a court of equity Is of far rreater Importance than the punishing power of a court of criminal law. I am aware that the labor organisa tions are especially sensitive and think the Injunction is used against them and to. their prejudice. But tbey will come to see thcA 'I " there Is no thought of disturbing them In; the peaceful exercise of their right Interests, but pniy to prevent wrong and violence." , . ., - I rl IDCT AM IBI1UU1M M ' President Loubefs visit to London recalls the Irish people's claim to regard him a one of themselves.' Loubet they hold, la which Is quite common In the south of Ire land, and that ..ihe president's ancestor ; hailed from Ireland they entertain not thr slightest doubt. France swarms 'with - thL descendants of Jrlsh rebel from Elisabeth's time down to the days of Napoleon, and the Irian do not forget that President MacMahoni was descended from a Hibernian Jacobite -' family. Thus Ireland claims .ta have pro-V :: vided two, presidents of Franc within' 29' ' years. London Chronicle., .h :. : .---v .-j