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THE DOLLARS AND CENTS OP
ROM such information as we
' "not be verr difficult to set
'both on the Columbia and
. interested should help themselves. -
riiltT -cannot but.Win. Iflhe
it The producers ot tn inland em
; .- pirt will (ret together and, a
V - 5 people of The.Dalles did by t
stand
theirs,
J l.ow rates, but, will make money. , fio stretch of river in
this country offers more fruitful returns, both in Volume
C of traffic and rates, than does the upper Columbia: river
' '. ' route. .The most cursory examination of the' rate sheet
. ' will show the possibilities in this direction, . vve'wiU take
. v if f. for illustration three points on the Columbia river-r-The
'a Dalles, 88 miles from Portland, where they enjoy river
f ,'. competition, Arlington, 54. miles -beyond, or 142 miles
. i ironi, Portland, and Umatilla pgr mdet.irom.Th e Dalles.
.,. j ot .joy-miiea irom rortiana, tne
p t - V present , without - river - competition.
taken' are those easiest bandied and.
Let the figures speak for. themselves.rThe rate given, is
, thai 'by the'earf load, the less than
p generally? twice, the car load rate
given, are. by the ton: x,';:::v-i,,vv
wvr'rriv.'.-'; - Canned
Sugar,' Goods.
The" Dalles , $1:50
J Arlington - 3:30
S a.oo $ 3oo
800
8.00
UmatUla ... ,7,50
10. ao
.
10. ao
;If these figure do not furnish incentive enoughfor the
tannets and merchants of eastern
,ton to get together and do something,
n6t-know"what wuL.'C" ; 'v""'"'" r, " 'V
On, down freight the differences
r Portland on some of the. staples
tne rates are a loiiows:
" ' WootT V
The Dalles ......... 7.00 '
Arlington , . 14.40 ; v , -
Umatilla i. 14,40 ,
The ta t about fmishing a work
regulate the ) rate question. - It can
' charges over the portage road will
no one need worry." The key is in
pie to umocK toe ooor. - it tney win
blame can rest only on themselves.
I ' Away up in the Wallowa country,
, , boundary of which flows, the Snake irivcr, -the steamer
i Mountain Gem has just made a successful trial trip and
- will grve that section of country an outlet by -river to
-Lewiston, or on down the river to Portland. If on the
' awift running Snake, river they can and do build and op
erato boat; surely on the lower Snafce and Columbia
- there ought to be those that will do. likewise;. "We ire
' urging action now for the reason that the portage rail
'.way WiH, soon-be finished,, and if. the. producers wftnt the
relief it w'lll furnish they must organize and build' boats
sor guarantee freight nd business id those who will op
; crate them.: fcastera Oregon ought
"controlled by-her-own people and
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, CpNSOLlDAWONS AND NEWSPAPERS, .
OLLOWING CLOSELY upob the' alarming
. rumor that the . Standard ' Oil crowd had am
bitions to' control at least 75,ooo mile of mil way
. In this country, comes the preliminary report of the
interstate commerce commission showing that in 1004
that body had been able to iind but 309,000 mile of op
, erating roads, with subsidiary lines of minor importance.
The groat income of 11' the1 roads reported on by the
interstate commerce commission was $1,966,633,831, and
. the railway companies received as income from invest
ments in the securities of railway and other corporations,
the additional sum of. $100,786,684, bringing aggregate
funds collected by railway interests up to morethan
3,bftoKroyT6y the fiscareaT7964. , .
f - One .clique o financiers, dominated by ' less than
; dozen men. is credited with aspiring to the absolute con
trot of one-third of this stupendous business. The trans
, portation fate of a third of the nation may soon repose jn
. the.hands of John D. Rockefeller and H. If. Rogers.
"This prospect is forced upon the nation at a time when
. ? Standard Oil methods, beef' trust policies, refrigerator
VOTE
' la Montana an. . Initiative and refer
; endum conatitutlooal amendment will be
-rot ad upon by -the peopl of ths stata.
1 Both houae hav voud unanimously to
V submit a constitutional amendment.
. . Thrwe jrws aeo a atat oaventtoM
V' ef bath the toadlat partlea refdsed te
; proivta auch an ' amendment, but their
'-: aetloa wi'mws d by tha queatlonlna
' of oaad Males by Mrsanlsed labor and the
' tlllnr of petition- -with tha leaislatura.
; The heuee, by practically unanimous
. vote, paaaed a. bm for aubmlttlna tb
amendment and in the annate there was
' mere tbaa a majority for the measure,
but the neceeaary two thirds was lack
. 1 ing-, -awing' to the uapladgnd bold-over
enatora.
',- When the next state conventions were
held, thoee of last rear, the party
manacers of both the leadlna . iert!es
realised that, they could no longer
thwart the people' will as to ths estab
lishment of the referendum system, and
promlaea were there rt re msde. Thus
both the party machines were brought
into Una. The Republicans have a ma
jority In ' both hoqsea, and for . weeks
there baa been a contest within the
party as whether the platform pledge
hall be carried out' Beveral times the
lS wa-TeJoted7but bill after bill
has been brought In. the last of which
passed both houaes unaolmoualr, .
Montana will be the fifth atata where
- the people ' will have voted to take to
- themselves a veto power and . direct
. Initiative. The states are South Da
. fcota, Utah. Oregon. Illinois and Mon
tana. Nevada has a people's veto and
'the last legislators voted te submit 'a
Fonatiiatlonai amendment for the direct
' Initiative. jTwew legislatures- must act
'favorably ea.aa amendment before the
people can get at It and It remains to
be seen what . the' Republicans of Ke-
'Tede will do, tber having wresled the
, Jlesplslature from the Democrats. "
-. V'i in Utah two Republican legislatures
" - eoastitDtnnal . amendment for final
,.. ..''power la the people. ,'
' . ' . In. rtllnols the Republican leglelatore
i .-. " ' j has refused - to carry out the people's
Instruction to submit a constitutional
T amendment. .
l LJ, From the Detroit Free Press.
' ." The aertmisness of the moral situation
-"Phnadelphl "-Mradeqaaterr eiempll-
fl4 by the desperate remedy to which
1 the nghtHBlnded people) of that ancient
: city have resorted for aid la their dls-
.Vesa.Thejr-are praying for "the elvlaj
f: PUBLISHED . BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING, CO.'
OPriCliC PAPER OF THE CITY. OF PORTLAND
AN OPEN RIVER
car manipulation
being held ua to
can gather it should
this crowd does
Jboats in operation
Snake river. Those
Self reliance and loy
by their boats as the
they will not only set
Is the public in
railway magnates
elate rates, true
need, and that any
tablish rates, by
two latter, points, at
V-The -commodities
most generally used.
We cannot too
car load rate being
br ;more. The rates
,-.
; Lime & Fence
as important that,
Nils.: Cement. Wire.
bad legislation
$2.00 $3.00 fUjDO
carry out the' laws.
8.00
3,40 8.00
-4.6o-L5.oo
Heretofore, it
9.00.
of representation
after the election
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Oregon and Washing
we confess we do
at the approaching
are not so great. To
from the same points
to be elected; 10,
,r ,
Live Stock
divided into classes
Grain
i. 50
2.90
! 3.00 '
Cr Load.
three and one class
38.00
of five each. The
that will,: if used.
do no mote.. .TJie
be' low. As to this
the" handj of the peo;
importance to this
simply a question
not -do. so, then tne
v
whether or not
along the eastern
the city,, some
can be nominated
any circumstances,
with qualified and
to have its own line.
eood results. One
operated in her in-
... . , -.
order; that the test
work, done, rather
plan, but what we
poor people, those
haps covered . with
encouraged to do
and more deserving
the children Of the
couraged, for their
a hygenic point pf
need ' improving
hot ihe people,
ive in ..cheap
to improve-' and
count, and the city
if such children
with others, they
betterment of the city and of those In
authority." ' This appeal la bound to
excite much sympathy : for the forces
of righteousness. Instead of addressing
-petitions to the realrbova, they should
organise ror an onslaught la which pal'
lota, instead of words, shall be the
weapons and the hope of . victory can
be reduced to actual achievements. What
the good people of Philadelphia should
do Is vote more and vote differently.
tbzv a troocna.
7 From the Joseph Herald. ;,
The steamer Mountain Oem made her
maiden trip to Eureka last Friday. The
Oem is of light draught, with powerful
engines, and did not have any. difficulty
in making Eureka end passing the rap
ids without the use of lines. This
proves conclusively that the navigation
of the Bnake la practicable, and gives
Wallowa county another, outlet The
steamer left Eureka loaded with mining
machinery to be delivered at lewieton.
With the opening of the portage road.
Mar It, Wallowa county will, have wa
ter transportation te Portland.- This
means a whole lot to the sheepmen
alone, as we understand, that a rate tof
SIS per ton will be made from Eureka
to salem) whereas by -shipping -via Elgin
the rate la In the neighborhood of tit
per ton. As It is down grade to Eu
reka, the ranchers of ths valley will
find cheap transportation! and a ready
market for their various products at
Lewiston, -
It seems to, us that ths pull of water
transportation) to Lewiuton and Portland-will
compel the U R. at N. to build
Into the valley or lose a great portion of
traffic from this . section.
Mew Oeeapatloa for Women. '.
1 ' ',' From World's Work.
Fine opportunities) for women teaaher
of motoring will follow as a result of
ladles (taking to motoring. It wlU be a
pleasant and well-paid occupation, and
there Is not the sltghteat reason why
any clever young -.woman with 'good
nerves, commonaenr.snd solid health
should not,fit herself la six months. .
are aveapise far
From the Toklo Nippon.
The war In pi'ogress Is certainly a ca
lamity, but it is perfeeUy clear that Its
cessation. If prematurely obtained, would
omr-hswwmeey
return for a war of revenge, reace flow
can only give bar a respite, which she
may Uke advantage of In reorganising
and rebuilding her araajr and navy,
JNO. P. CAtftOU.
The' Journal feuilding, Fifth end YatnhJS
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and countless other trust workings are
public view. : The nation knows that
not hesitate to kill opposition by means,
lawful or illegal Every controlling la so. far enacted
to restrain-their high-handed system jDf . finance hasbeen
evaded where possible", and often openly violated until an
outraged oublie rose in wrath. ' ' t :.''. . " ' ' .'.:
1 mood to listen to the argument of
that they alone should be left to reg
to the laws of competition and public
effort on the part of the public to es
law or through public commissions' will
inflict wrong upon themf ' , ; . ' . . . ; , j
There is constantly' increasing evidence that St is not
::'.'. THE NEED OP GOOD COUNCILMBN.
A-S IS-USUAT.T,Y THK CASE at ,a' city election.
- the great interest centers in the mayor and every
" other feature is so far subordinated to this that
it is given but little attention.'' r ' ' . . " ' 4
forcibly or insistently call the attention
of the people of this city to the fact that the council it
the sole and exclusive legislative body and o far as leg
islation is concerned is supreme. Furthermore, it isijust
good legislation should be enacted, and
defeated as it is to have an executive-to
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has been the rule to allow the matter
in the council to go by default and then
was over to criticise everyone but one's
, . ........ .. .. . .
sett tor pur own aeiauii. "
For the information of the public we would state, that
city election there are Si councilmen
being one from, each ward, and five
councilmen at large. . At the first regular meeting of'the
council after election the councilmen at ' large . will be
by the easting .of lots, one elast of
of two members, and the ward coun
cilmen shall be divided by casting of lots into two classes
councilmen in the first class will bold
their office for two years and thote of the second class
for foqt years, and thereafter councilmen will be elected
every two years to fill the vacancies, a -r:.
Under the circumstances, there is no office of more
city than that of councilman and it is
for the. people themselves to settle
they will have councilmen representing
corporation, or tome boss.'1 v -
They can be nominated by the direct primary or they
independently, by petition, but .under
the matter , of . filling these offices
honest men, who shall make the city s
interest param.ount.iS ot the greatest importance.. .
DO NT OVERLOOK THESE CHILDREN.
HE POLICY of offering priiea to school children
who- make the best showing of "premises around
their dwellings ie a wise one, and should bring
suggestion, however, might-be in
ahould be the amount and quality of
than the appearance bfth grounds
when the inspection ia nude. We presume such is the
mean to suggest is that "children of
who have neyer. done anything to
beautify or im Drove 'the aooearance of their nremises.
leaving them heretoore in a state of ugliness and per
filthy rubbish, should be Specially
their part in the work of civic improve
ment and city beautification. It will be more creditable.
of reward, to clean up such premises,
and make thesn decent and tidy if not very ornamental
inappearancc, than to additionally' improve and adorn
premises already m fairly good shape. Not only should
poorer people be thus especially en
own and their parents' take, but from
view it is such premises that most
and " beautifying. ' ' Therefore' let
particularly the children, who
houses and 4 in ., neighborhoods not
the most desirable, ' be overlooked ' They '. need
spruce up on their own ac
needs the work dona by them.' And
will do this, even if the premises they
work on do not make a very fine showing, in comparison
should be encouraged and rewarded.
-From the Bast Orsgonlas.' '
- Now - that eastern Oregon has ' been
helped by the state in the ooaatructtoA
of the portage road,, let eastern Oregon
help herself by building- her own boat
lines ror the upper river.
The same indomitable spirit which
organised and carried to completion the
Open River association can organiae the
rarmers ana txild line of farmers'
boats to handle the ltet crop of wheat.
nay amy xruic or tne inland Empire,.
Small capital can reach this task. It
will not require a large capitalisation to
start a line -of boats between Lewlaton
and the portage. The farmers along the
river can do thin, Aside from reducing
freight rates on products grown In the
inland Empire, such a op-operatlve boat
line would yield a handsome profit If
rsiiroaas can mass sot per cent profit
from Lewlaton to Portland, en the actual
eoat of transporting, freight, surely the
eo-operatlve line of boats can reduce
rates 40t . per cent and then make 1 to
per oent profit for the promoters of such
an enterprise. -. ' i,
et aw .- ' 1
'from the .Baltimore America. v.
CharietBange yen were kindergar
ten. , ..... . ;
William the Conqueror, we scarcely
rvapeci yov... t : - -
Agamemnon,' what did you do, any
way t - , -
Alexander, did you lick anybody '
' Napoleon, what was It they arrested
you forT'
Funeton let's 'see! '. Where did we
bear that name .,.,
Kitchener, your last nam sounds fa
miliar.. Bobs Bahadur, yours was some skir
mish In India, wasn't lit .-
Grant yo were merely going soma "
Wellington, you had some alight
trouble at Waterloo, we believe. '
Washington, dtdn't you once run short
of home comforts at a place called Val
ley Forget " i .
Xerxes, what was It you were cured
OfT ., ' e
Oaribsldt oh. yea! Borne new brand
of macaroni, probably!"
Von Moltke, some folks used to think
you knew something about tactics.
Oyama..you have given jus an educa
tion in what real war la. , ,
We rroveL
.'Portland la lucky In belng-faf tm la
the northwestern portion of the country
When Cfe'stro Invades the United States
he will scarcely get out this far- .
Small Change 1
( Revivals of all aorta. ' , ' . ' .s'
.Looks like' referendum. "''V ;';' ,
Too many doggoned canines, V-. ' ,
" .Fine dhanoe now to get good. . .
; The blessed rain Is doing great good.
' Prospects for a great year "brite and
1 Didn't 'Castro ever hear of that "Big
" Shouldn't there be a . Con grass of
rainorsT (.,-. , ;- ;;.:
The old "free trade" goafs won't work
ad well hereafter. . .
'Portland heeds a man In his prime In
a very . respect for mayor.... . '1
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Casslnt will hold out for war as long
asRusala oaa remit his salary.
The taming movements of the Russian
armies are all toward the north.
: If the big companies won't build need
ed raUroeda In Oregon, others must v,-"
1 Now. Castro, before yon get. too gay
listen to a few serious remarks by Tour
uncie samoei. .
Perhaps Oyama'a sueeesa is pattly ex
plained by the fact that hla wife was
educated at Vassarv v, r.r-r, .
' President Castro lg evidently looking
for more trouble, and be la not like a
man wfio can't find It, .
, Next summer's sun will' shine en a
much cleaner as well aa a, much larger
Portland than ever before. . .
- Even nature appears to be working
In behalf of the Japs; aha has thrown
them up a new Island out ot the sea. ,-
Has '. Captain M sac bam discovered
that he doesn't knew as much about
'sea, power", as be thought be djdt -
The Russian government will have the
Lena left anyway, when the war la over,
though she Is aald to be la a, atate of
deshabille. -..?. :
According 'to the registration books.
most of Portland's voters are Repablic
ana, but a good many of them are likely
to vote crooked in June.
Twenty, million eggs were received In
New York one day last week.- causing
the cold storage trust to anathematise
the unreliable American hen. . . .
A revolution of Chicago dreasinakesi
baa broken out and arbitration by the
Hague tribunal or anybody or anything
else la of course out of the question. .
Alton B. Parker la to address a Jeffer
son day meeting In New York. Parker,
A, B, Parker, AHon S. Parker Oh, yes.
he ran for president down south last fall.
The new treasurer of the United
States, 'who must sign all bank bills. Is
named Treat 'It would be, a treat for
some of ua to get possession of a few
of hla autographs. ,
Within two days two Chlcag-o .work-
in gmen with families committed suicide
because . ot the persecution - of loan
sharks, who' literally ' honnded 'them to
death, after they had paid In usury two
or three times the original loans. EttbeY
ehloroforra or a whipping poet ia tar
too good for such -sharks." -.
Oregon Stdeliglits
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Deschutes valley continues te settle
up rapidly.,.. , ; 1 , . " .
eiesJawsBB) .- 9
Albany is afflicted with many ceuuiv
art parties.- , '.;;,.,.. -;
A seoopd boat will be put on Lower
Klamath, tok. '. '
A fJUtoY'nUfl "Mint DOU ft UMBltsmlUl
snop ana s smiooa. . : , ;
The Roeeburg Plalndealer will goon
have a fine new borne.
Inigatlonl and trannportatlon. la the
cry in Klaniath county. . J lk : '
Josephine county has waked up on
the good, roads question. . - , , - . .
Leianfl la growing, and hopes some
day to rival Granta Pass. .; --y
m - 'l, .
The business 'of ths Jefferson cream
ery is rapidly Increasing.
A compear is confidently boring for
artesian water near Silver Lake. .
Eohe claims to be the greatest lrriga
tlon center on the PaolOo coast ,
"Better transportation facilities" ,
the loud cry all up the west aide.
A Mr. Straw Is buying mules'
Grant county. They, might ; prefer
Mr. Hay. ' , v - '
Union county ' haa long been noted
for boreee, but Is raising better ones
than ever. ,,i . -. -. t . -,-
' The Olandale News is getting par
ticular; It wants shooting on the streets
at nlg,ht stopped.
Roeeburg Plalndealett Farm traaa-
fers are being reported dally. The bome-
seekers are coming. .; . -.
Some eld apple trvMa in and around
Toledo are Infected with woolly aphlsr!
Cut, 'era down and burn 'em up.
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Lake la another county out of debt
Getting out of debt is becoming fash
ionable among Oregon counties, . . ,
Sllves Lake -Central Oregonlan: ' The
renort comes from Bummer Lake that a
cougar killed a run grown; nprse near tne
Ltoyd Hunter puce one day tnis wees.
Three Umatilla Indians have gone to
Washington to look" out for their peo
ple's Interests, One' of them is named
No-Bhlrt. but' while In the capital be
will not live up to hla name. - ; -
The 'sugar beet mduatry It Increasing
In the Echo district. The company bad
It acre in on the farm ef Charlie Lisle
last year, but will put In It acres this
year. Another man will put In a large
tract.-' .-..'! ,-'. - .
Two Condon' boys, like many others
before them, concluded they did not want
go to school any more, and Friday
started out to tramp-their way Into the
great world. ..One of thetn. weakened-and
tne next oar returnee noma penitent, tne
other did not show up till Monday, and
they have concluded to go to school a
while yet notwithstanding they are feel.
Ing aneomrnrUbie along the lines where
Iks tough switch struck. -
Letters From tke
-People V;
Arehee Fteee Vandalism
Portland, ' March It To the Editor
of The Journal In answer to a com
munication in your Issue ot the list
mat., under heading "Arrest of Boy
Angers jratnerarv - -
Inasmuch as this arUcle, as wall aa a
namoer ex otffere previous to thla one,
having appeared in the Oree-onian and
also your dally papers relative to young.
ooy destroying property in Cannon a
addition ta east Portland, situated at
Archer' Place on the Mt Scott electric
line, , the aforesaid article having been
Inspired by Mr. J. C. Clock and la his
evident desire to break Into "newspaper
notoriety. ..: .; .
The writer deems It only Justice to
himself that he abould make a state.
ment of facts appertaining to the main
inoiueat, peering on tnis trespass marge
ptacee against a numner or young noys
residing In the Archer Place district',
. The property which Mr. Clock terms a
"shack" consists of a two-story,, eight-
room-house, windmill and-tank house,
located on lota 14, It and It, t, T and
s of Cannon s addition to eaat. Port
land and valued at Il.tOt. ' -'
trtee platting -tea said aaaitloa last
November, the house, tank housej wind
mill and barn were painted and put In
orst class condition. Tne novae
painted both inside and out and ready
for occupancy, the bald Iota enclosed
ithr a fence and trespass notice
posted on ths house. 1
After the writer returned from a trip
to California In February hd found that
a crowd of boys ia that district had
broken all of the glass out of the win.
dews and doors, and had also broken
the window aaah la the rear ot the
house, entered and oamaged the Interior,
Thay-sJso ..entered -the tank house,, der
stroyed the 'pump and demollsh4 the
windmill. . ' - , -. !
After making a thorough - investiga
tion I-found the parties who did the
damage; " J C Clock's son, with a num
ber of other boys, waa Implicated in the
destruction of thla property, twi dam
age - cannot be replaced short of ITS
or tltt. . " "v." .
Immediately upon ascertaining these
facts, the writer called upon J. C Clock
and apprised .him of the facta, aa he
had been notified that they exiated, but
owing to the hot-headed way In 'which
J. C Clock received me and realising
that t could get no Justice at hla hands.
In my endeavor to lay before htm the
facta aa to the destruction of the prop
erty, I resolved to take the next course,
which was the only one open te me. and
present the matter to the courts in or
der that I might be able to ascertain
who is legally responsible for this dam
age. ,' - 1
. This course would not have been pur
sued had Mr. Clock shown the same
disposition In his endeavor to right the
wrong as he haa Id these- articles ia
breaking Into newspaper notoriety. V
The parents of the rest of the chil
dren In the district, who are accused of
complicity in the case, with the excep
tion ot Mr. Clock, have , shown an hon
orable desire to have been fair In their
endeavors to assist la righting a .wrong.
. Mr. Clock ia his article ,of the tlst
Inst, states that these are trumped up
charges. The writer is aomewhat averse
to trying legal cases through the news
papers, but- Inasmuch, ra. Mr, Clock
snakes the statement ..that this damage
haa been committed by -a. gang of beys
from Lenta. It appears to the writer that
thla will hardly be accepted by the pub
lic without appearing In Justice Seton'a
court next Friday afternoon at 1:10
o'clock to give authenticity to his -statement
thus es ponging the odium from
his son aa well as other boya residing
in ths district of Arc-er Place.
I think that Mr. Clock would have
ah own a much different spirit in this
transaction should this' damage have
been te hla own property Instead of that
of the writer's. That I intend to lay
the burden of the damage at the deor
of those that are responsible Mr. Clock'
may rest assured, and I will take such
action as I deem necessary to have such
Information .established to enable me to
the damages. -
,; , EDWARD F. .CANNON.
Opposed to AO tadspendeaa SersasJa.
Albany," March 11.- To the Edttor-of
The Journal I am a regular reader of
The Journal and I feel that I want to
express to you the feeling of the tax
payers on this normal school question."
I express the feelings of hundreds of our
taxpayers. Tou have, been talking In
?our paper about, one good school, but
can tell you that the only thing we,
aa taxpayers want la a normal depart
ment attached te our state schools at
Eugene and Corral lis, and only such
pupils admitted to that department who
Intend making teachers of themselves,
not the wsy it Is now. that every little
snip of a girl can get a atate diploma
and teach for pin money without any
thought-of the responsible position she
holds, nor care for the training of the
chlWrea, only so she gets through and
gets her money. The taxpayers are
burdened to death and tor years the
average farmer cannot lay up anything
tor old age or sickness. It is tax, tax.
tax.- As for Monmouth being. the
mother normal, as waa expressed in your
columns a few days ago, people - who
know all about that school only sneered.
It haa been the normal only because It
bss had -nearly . all the state' money,
where the others. Drain and Ashland,
have had nothing In comparison. They
could have swung Just as - high with
the same money, for they had Just as
good material. Only a few- years ago
110.000 . was ; given - Monmouth , for a
new wing to the building, while Drain
people were bonded and -had. to pay
for their own buildings, s. Thla is a well
known fact -' -"-
- The day haa come when the taxpayers
on the farms are in open, reoeuion at
the vrotten proposition of any normal
school being kept up only as' a depart
ment of the already established stats
schools, and that only as- another de
partment bf those schools, not to - be
made a receptacle Of the publio money.
Only as they are now conducted, .aid
the politician and the paper tbat is not
afraid to Uks this stand against all of
the normals will be the ones ths tax
payers will support These' burdened
farmers wll show whether they control
votes or 'not Both . Drain and Mon
mouth have, years, ago, taken In the
district school children and the-publio
money of the same and the more, they
get the more they ask for,' - Tou may
think this Is blow, but I tell you the
thing waxes hot and hotter and the man
that stsnda out sgalnst ths wishes of the
people la this thing will be marked. .
' - A" TAX PA IH.
SeeiaUsaa and Re Alsne. : ; ,' '
Portland. March - 11 To the Edi
tor of The Journal Will The Journal
permit, apace to- the following sent to
the Telegram In answer to Its quest loo-lag-aa
to socialism and Its brotherhood
on ltth Inst, snd met refusal? Social-
lam may-be defined as the ultimate evo
lution of a true democracy of brother
hood and fellowship, wherein every man
Will be "a law unto himself," hla will
being that of the mass. A possibility
ef man's growth ef Intelligence Into
knowledge - of - greater perception.- fte
claJIara's many phases la In the percep
tion. Just as tho waya ot its attainment
are from its understanding. Tale is as
It'bas been with all questions of settle
ment, no different no worse. That In
the course of Ha evolution there should
be some disturbance and Irritation re
sulting front Its agitation and discus
sion, need not surprise, nor heat or tem
per from clash of minds of different
opinion though It has not reached the
pitch of some 'brotherly" questions, nor
wilt Tnis does not set tgainst its gen
oral tendency toward a universal broth
erhood In the Wad: It Is not an actuality
yet only in transition. Peace la ao less
true, fought out So with socialism In
precept and nrinclole of fullest brother,
hood and fellowship m love. This Is the
desire and work of fulfillment, of, so
cialist. Let the word 'go forth in the
spirit of "Thy will be done on eartn aa
it Is in heaven " and ita blessings win
be with us. Amen. And aa man rises
ia the ssale of civilisation he leaves be
hind him the animals, the brute, gthe
beast and grows and grows Into ths
purity and refinement of the virtues.
All power be his In thla. . And aa evil
ia not or evolution, but destruction, so,
too, WlU It pass away. Hastened be its
day. How bright then the world wilt
crow, how beautiful life be: even aa the
time ef the bridegroom. Let its prayer
be heard. P. B to above: May ' It not
be asked In all sincerity If It la possible
that mkn In the Individual haa so poor
aad mesa an opinion .of himself in the
ins that he believes and tainxs 10 is
state of manhood clear and beyond an
reach ofhlsr Hopeless and helpless.
Indeed, are they that do. -
' ' ' . .
j -"ysinpisjssaa' by ". ' . "v" '.
Boring. Of.. March It To the Editor
of The Joersal A little boy came to
me the other day and asked me- this
toonderoual Question: "Say. Mr. Banny,
wbat'a away beyond the stars and all
the other planets r -The answer I gave
without looking up. .. "Why. heaven.
suppose." "Tea, x know, out away on
the other aide of heaves r Thla almost
knocked mw-off-the eraeket baeaimi n
I looked un mighty quick, tnen, ror
the lad bad me stumped for sure, how
ever. I didn't propose to go down on
account of a lltle chap like that so
said: "Well there is simply nothing
but air space, that's all." All thla time
the boy looked me square In the eye.
"Air anaeer' '
"Yea, nothings that's all!" I exclaimed.
"Oh. but that can't be!" . - v
"What do you meanr',1 aaid. '
fWelL Just this, space can't go
forever, that'a all. and It'a got to atop
somewhere.
"What makes you think sor I asked.
'T know It that'a alt" -
Now. I would ask The Journal and Its
readers If they can account ror or ex
plain why a small boy would ask such
a far-away question. The boy wouldn't
tell me why or give any reasons.
'.", JOHN SAHMI,
"- " '
' Portland. March It To the . Editor
of The .Journal All credit must
given to Mr. Arthur Langgutb on hla
"IXura With the Fences." Many others
think the same, but what would be
come of our lawns and gardens if
would do away with them, there are so
many -"chicken rancbee" around Lincoln
Park, and .the owners or tne same ex
pect their, neighbors to put up a fence
If they don t want ineir garuena ruinea.
So peace loving people muet build forts
or stockades around their homes to keep
out of scraps. I should, think it would
be the duty of the city omoers to atop
such nuisances or. If there, jg no law to
stop It the sou sell ought to Bee that one
la enacted, and see that , H la enforced
by the , proper .auiDonues. -
HKINXT
Portland. March s L Te the Editor of
the Journal First marriage in EsUoada
last week. Daily Journal. March It.
My records shew that I -performed the
marriage ceremony wnerein - into hoi
frtcht and Mary Pseske, now living In
Portland, were made husband and wife
at the home of the bride's mother la
Estacada, en the 4th day of May. Itti,
(REV.) LEVI JOHNSON.
'i e 1 t
laaoa fob a ra 9rrxr. -
From "The Shameful Misuse of Wealth."
. by Cleveland Moffett in Success
Magaalne.-
t.ttt 'ffer- a aahls eaat is
only .a. fair price. Jn fact It la a very
low price for a coat of fins sable." As
witness this talk that I bad the other
dav with New Tories leading furrier:
"Can yon show me a good seoie 00a ir-
Inquired...-
ir "Russian sable t he asxeo.
'Tea." said I. "something especially
fine sav about M.tto." ., - . . .
He smiled, "We haven't anything
made un that I would 'call aa pee tally
fine. We have a rather short eoat of
rather light akina, moderate quality.
that will cost Ilt,tt0.- 1 ,t ...
"Ten thousand dollars" I exclaimed.
"Then what would a good eoat costr
He continued to smile and produced
number of fine skins the real "Im
perial sable, very dark with sliver lights
playing through the soft fur. And he
showed mo the price marks, 46t a skin.
about Sit a square inch. . ,..
-This ia ths best Siberian sable." he
went on. "A eoat of moderate length.
say tt Inches, requires to skins, and"
- "Sixty times five hundred and fifty,1
I murmured. -'.-
"Thirty-three thousand dollars, which
Includes the eoat of making."
"A'nd a longer eoatr I gasped. "
"One reaching to a lady's ankles would
require, say it skins, that Is fti.Ott,"
he replied, rather matter-of-faet
"And you sell costs at such prices f
I continued In amassment -'---M:
"We sell thla kind of sable aa fast aa
We can get It The best skins are very
scarce." - . '
"And a muffr I aaked meekly, "Juet a
muff r -
"Five skins," aald ' t.-t..r There
la one In the ahow case." , , ' ,
- "And a boat A little boar -' " .-.;..'
Four skins at least that la 11100." V
Here then evidently I erred not on the
side ef txsggeratlon but of understate
ment; j put down tst.teo ss the maxi
mum yearly, sum that a few New 'York
women spend on dress. Including every
thing, whereas nearly. f MOO may be
spent simply for a fur coat with a boa
and muff I. ' ' ' " .. - ,
! exono TO Bl
"Nothing can be more Void of founda
tion han to assert that Old, age neces
sarily disqualifies a man for the great
affairs of the world. As well might It
be sfOrmed thst the pilot Is totally use
less and unengaged In the business ef
the ship, because, while the rest of ths
crew are more actively employed la
their respective departments, he sits
quietly at the helm, snd directs It mo
tions. . . -
"If In the,' great scenes 6f business,
an old man cannot perform a part, whloh
requires the force and energy of .vigor.
our years, he can act . however In a
nobler and more Important character Ji
la not by exertlona of eorporeei strength
snd activity that the momentous affairs
of state sre settled: It Is by ooel de
liberation, by prudent counsel, quatltlea
which are. so, far from being Impaired,
that they are usually strengthened by
Increase ef years. Ctctre Its tt B. Ct
ThatiJcctarust
K-yReport;:-;:,!
Charles Russell" la New York American. .
Garfield's report says: . '
That Six packing companies Armour
Co, Swift A Co,, Morris Co,
Cudahy Co,, the National Packing ...
company, the , SchwarsschUd A Suls- 1
berger company frequently 'designated '
In the trade as the "Big Six" slaugh-
tered in the year I.Sfl.m head of cat
tie of a tout Indicated slaughter In the .
United States of u see has bead ' or .
.about 41 per cent tv. .-.'.:'-.-
-. The facta are: ". . , .
Nobody knows how many cattle were
slaughtered In the United State's in
im. There are no statistics to show
It Mr. Oarfleld s ."Indicated slaughter", V
la a mere guess.- - -
The six Arms named are only a amall .:
part of the real beef trust Thus the .
corporation of "8wlf t A Co,'; .la not the -reel
Bwlft Arm most actively engaged in .
the beef trust; the corporation of "A r -;
mour Co." is only one ef Sfty names ;
under which the real Armour activities
are conducted; "Morria A Co." have a '
score of aliases;, the "National Paoklng '
uumian; is stumers maaa ror nerarious 1,
operations by Other corporations. Mr.
Oarfleld takes-no account of theaa. He
has- reeegnlsed only a few -of the dis
guises, opt the men behind the diagulsea.
To give an Illustration: The firm ef
John P.. Squires A Sons and North A Co..
in Boston, continue to be heavy buyers
and packers of cattle and hogs. They
figure in Mr. Oarfleld s caloulatlona as
outaidv of the trust; their operations
are Included. In the tl per cent, cattle -not
slaugh tered by the trust But both
houses sre owned ' absolutely, by the
Swift interests not the "Swift' A Co."
of Mr. Garfield's report but the Swift
that Is ensased In managing the trust
These are anlytwo of many, houses in;
different parts of the oountry that .have
a similar ownership among the trust
managers. As a mater of fact,1 the real
trust of which- Mr, Garfield seems to be
wholly Ignorant, slaughtered about l
per cent of the cattle slaughtered in. '
this country In not. That la apparent :
from the faet that the - trust owns nr
controls all the considerable slaughter
ing plants in the country, except a few
that have local trade. It does not own
these plants under trust names, but the
ownership ia none the -less complete,
The report says:
That the true average net profit for"
three companies Armour. Swift and
Sohwarssehlid A .Sulsberger for the II
months ended June tt, lsol, aa anown
by their actual bookkeeping records, was
It cents a head (cattler,-not -Including..:
Incidental profile mentioned below..
The facts are: . . .
Thla la the naekera' assertion pre
pared' for public consumption, and fro-
quently given out by-trust attorneys
and. champions. You will, find H In nu ¬
merous statements to the press made -
by Mr. Louis Swift (see Cblcsgo Trio-"
una, March, 1104). It is undoubtedly,
true that th, profits of the trust , Sre
much XTeaUer oa the "incidentals" (by
which- Mr. Oarnald mesns by-products)
thsn they re en dressed beef. But the
estimate on dressed beef Is wholly mis--
leading. . The cents profit refers only
te dressed beef as ahlpped -and sold.
It does not include meats products thst '
are net classed aa the dressed beer or ;
oommeroe, such is the tonguesthe cheek
t tails, necks and so 00 It entirely
excludes these wit, the distinctive by
products guchr aa grease, fertilisers and 1
hides. Counting the ea products that
the, report .igooree, the real proOt-on
each stees slaugh tared is, jpn the aver
age, tt. and -this does not include any
thing- but the-meat In the carcass.
The report says:
That the changes In- ths margin be- .
tween the prices of cattle and' the prices
of beef are in themselves no Indication .
whatever of the changes in the profits
of the beef business.- - t. ,',,:
The facta are: r-'.--" wa.
This may mean anything) What Mr.:
Garfield probably wished to convey wsa
the idea tbat if the truat forces down
ths prices of cattld on the hoof and
forces up the price of beef to the con
sumer that does not Indicate that the .
trust makes any additional profit - The
reasoning seems a trifle obscure, -but I :
aiirmss Mr Mtiirrr fl'fl w ffj'1" ,n"
mystery and Mr. Garfield did not IbTnaT
tt worth while to ask about It . In otner
lines of business, if the price of the
raw material be diminished It par cent
and the price of the -product be en
hanced It per cent the .manufacturer .
makes an additional profit It may be
different in the beef business, but it In
bard to see why, unless the, trust gave
away Ita enhanced profits to- the ,
M. C. A. r v ' -"-'.)
The report deals with nothing but
beef and cattle, the palpable Intention
being to create the : Impreaslon thst
'Beef Trust" means , nothing ; put -tne
beef business. ... . . - ,
me recta are: - - - . v . - . -'-
The grin of the truat is -Just ss ab
solute In the hog and pork industry ss
In cattle and beef.... No. report can be of
the slightest value that does not Include
all the producta controlled by the
trust The profits from hogs are eun-' .
nlngly excluded from Mr. Garfield's cal
oulatlona. I wish some one would tsll
me why. - -- " s 1 .
- 1 ' . . .. . .
iewis and Clark
' March SI. Soon after their departure
brother ef the Borgne, with other In
dians, came to the fort. ' The weather
was fine, but In the evening, we had te .
first rain that has fallen during the
winter. ', .- r- - - - . '- .
Between me and the untrammeled sweet
Of the unbounded outer deep
Stretchea a atrip of land thlt hide
The toss and turmoil of the tides. .
My fancy often bears me far ,- :
Beyond the dunaa and beach -end bs
Until a happy isle I gain
Upon the bosom ef the main, ! :. -
There Ilea, in klndredl-'twist me - v-.
And God's unplumbed eternity, ( ,...'
little strip of life whereo'er
My dreams sre seaward wont to soar :
And is It strange, all perils past," .
That by them I seem home at last .
'nto the bourne of long release y .
The vlsloned port of final peace! - . .-,
Cllntem Bool lard, in the Outlook.
aysTaTTT TtyaTS OF TCtrOaTPXTOI lU.
: From the Detroit Tribune. .';
Twenty tons of gold have' been Bra
s' need by the Klondike proper, the dis
trict within a radius ef to miles of Daw.
son, sines January 1 of this year.
In other words, the output of the Klon-
Ike elnos the first of this rear la
It.ltv.ttt. Jhe.toyaltyouected. on the
gold by the Canadian government for
te year is !lt,2tt. The banner rear
In the ramp was list,' when the output -was
placed at-lit.tot.tot. Since that
the rreem .of the richest -claims haa been'
taken' and lower grade areas art being
worse.-, -. j , , . .
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