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PORTLAND OREGON,
; WEDNESDAYf""JUNE t JJ905. t
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THE. -OREGON DAILY
' " ' ' AM
C S. JACKSON
PubliaW mr; mabr (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning at
:t. - - r-F. ;; ' :i attests. PertlandV Ch-erav- --.
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GET RID OF THE CRAFT CURSE.
RAFT-is the. rank curse-'of American official Jife
national, state and municipal paAicularljy the
i.ft.r with man like Roosevelt at the head
r ornational affairs, graft Has no doubt greatly, decreased
J-and, become less profitable.., ' Some larg-e- grafters re
i even in-jail, and others are perhaps on the road there.
In some states, including Oregon," grafting is not such an
I offensive burden,as ithailbceniThe
t ir thfcjjrincipal one in Oregon, since a Democratic ad--rninistfation
turned a search-light on thebig land Jrauds
, ,-.' that had been going on under official noses for nearly 40
years and it will not be many years till the state
printer's graft will bi.CMtjcsffcnln- ;itjrth t grafter
- have thriven merrily ever since' municipal affairs were
mostly settled :in the old Oro Finb saloQn,Jromj a-third
! to half a century ago; and a great; many old-tirrlers, nd
' many newer .citizens, cannot . yet understand that, graft
V ihg is not properly' and necessarily the; main feature :of
, and reason for municipal government. 'But .there has
' been an awakening-, and grafting in the city's affairs will
be "gradually exjejcminated." That is, it will if the "people
; Insist upon it strongly and constantly
Mrr"Daliy mple-, wht
ir
vise Mayor Dunne about municipal ownership of street
railways in Chicago, said thajt although public ownership
iwas.a success in his home city it would 'not be 'so in
." Chicago unless grafting could be eliminated.- But why
cannot an American city free itself from grafting in the
public service as well as a Scotch or 'a German or a
wiss ityf -Grafting muit be made
citieSjJfjtheirjeopIe are ever la have reasonable taxci
and a fair return for the money expended in public af
fairs and Improvements. ' The time is passing when men
will seek and get 'office for grafting
grafting"-whatever " among his subordinates. "Public
morality is undoubtedly improving, along with a higher
degree of intelligence among the common people in re
gard to public affairs, and it cart be reasonably hoped that
the time is approaching when an American as well as a
British or German city can take over and operate it pub
J. lie utilities without fear of being "stolen blind" by men
elected and paid to serve the people.
. 'Grafting in office is essentially treason,' and musTbe
.. so regarded in the future. .-"No punishment, is too severe.
tor it. ine graiter is notning less tnan a traitor., uratt
ljisjhe great national curse, and must be done away with
if'this nation is to be trulv resoected
to respect jtself.IJunt out the grafters and show them
'' - ". no mercy. - t : . - . :' ' '-'"
TWO YOUTHS AND A
w iuu.iu m fan wilt aic
u. J IL1ZIYa iL
llVMt tkt,V
the -crown prince .and heir
.i throne of the. German, empire, who wa; married last
."-weekend "the young king' of Spain, who is helping to
' educate himself byyisiting differentEuropeancoune
nries.fT-r'-;y:'.""- ...:'. ; ' .. , .: i - . . V; .. ;
" xThere jfs ,wide-spread impression, that is not dis-
pefled by any number of denials, that the -German !ert
pcrorliTnoi lflcely ' tolivie" taiTol Jage, tbatlie has an in
herited ailment that will cut his life short as it did his
. father's, and though Ms may net bt thr rnr1 ymtTtmngh
-"William U "may live : many - years yet, the new bride
. . w groom is now ready, as nearly as a youth like him can be,
toassume the burdens of rulership if Tate should throw
- IrTCm upon him. He i reputed to be a young man of
MideraWepugnacttjr atidindependenre-ofcharacter
-'"a chip of the old block" who will-try to stand for
' the divine rights of royalty as he has been taught, and
yet if he should live to be. an old man he will doubtless
learn much, and may very likely moderate his views on
:Z this subject, for the trend, f thought and action in Ger
many is toward democracy, or a mild
l of. socialism. The Germans are a
progressive people, and whileJhey
. future desire to throw off the burden of monarchy, they
' are pretty sure to maintain in most essentfals a really,
democratic form of government, and to rule rather than
'be ruled by their royal house. - -
' .he young Spanish kingnow only 20 years old.'lf he
' 'lives out the Scriptural allotment of time, may witness
great, changes in ancient Andalusia. He appears to be
'an ingenuous youth, honestly, seeking to learn, and not
', above being friendly and social with the common ped
pie; and if he grows in wisdomwith timeTTie may De the
p......t pnn.tr fnr irntxA ihxt hai orgunied the Snanish
throne for 'many generations. Perhaps his career -as
kiflgwtil-dependrtOsoe-tefiron'lhewife whonTne
may choose or who may be chosen for him, for it often
' happens that the queen consort is "the power behind the
throne.
At any rate, even the republican and
that is inclined to sneer at royalty, must acknowledge
- that these two young men, if they shall live long.jnay be
potent factors in the world's current history, and if t'hey
' truly learn as they accumulate age may be influential in
. leaving their countries and the world somewhat better
than they found them. ...1
1 ) Over in St. Petersburg or vicinity is another possible
figure of note in the future, a babe but a few months old,
...as yet all unconscious of the heavy burdens which his
hereditary position may thrust iiporf himmJuf trie future
. of Russia assumes now a chaotic appearance, and it
; seems an .eyen chance that when he
K : Big Eastern Oregon County.
, From the Eoho News, -
y .In a few bHef word w wnnt to aay
'" to our friend and correspondents, which
""fara nisny. In fact too numerous to' pay
' "'-ttfntlort to 'peMonaJlr, that old Uma
. till county la "It," aha la a hummer, the
-i"-wldt broe deet-nd ton irest-cOuhly-In
the etato 'of Oregon. She could put
'Union. 'Morrow and OH Ham counties
.;' in her. f ur baa with aaae. She can drink
"Tlns'-wsters' t thr Umatilla and Colum
bia, and eoukl dlanat the tanre without
wvar having a elnila spaaraodla oontrao
. v- tion of the lUium or descending colon.
' JTmatllla countr la the empire county
' of the Uta, wlttTouf any Kalaer Bill
. VIlHam to 'rule. Hhe la the chief and
' nl together the liveliest, she la the pebbla
'. . on the beach, the bloeaom on th peach,
1 aha la ona af the old yaller heh'a chlrk
, i cna, ah.la cock of tha walk and demo
. , crat of tha world, aha la a coyote and
thla la bee year., to bowl. - leer our
gentle volca, pardner!
! . Umatilla .county la bounded on the
art& by-ttve art irtnta of Waahlnaton,
on the nit y the treat - and ejrrand
' ', Orand Ronde valloy, on the aoulh by
' - Grant county, and on the went by th
. county f Morrow; a fair danthter,
which will crow and a row after the
fashion of her mamma until It will com
para favorably, but not compete. On th
' ": north lira the reai ColumMa. which
will be turned upon th rieeert plains at
an early date,' -and by the efforts of
"' ' :aOiU vcoaaty'k citUen .succeed In
m DJE-EJL N IXK.N IN JEWS RAEiB
; PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.-
state printing gi'afl-
enough
from Glasgow tu ad- went ofthfricrtitui j. This can be dcme-by" expend
odious in American
title it
purposes, or when a
vate corporations,
abroad, or be able
BABE, .
iinri. ii ,f nri.. . .- . 1 , . i , .
irZZJn ...... Wri use tobmTd extensions or new lines into regions that
mmtrv J -
are rich in natural
- apparent to the
merit that only a
it has developed,
Where railroadi
EVERYBODY
N'
pressed or
Lewis and
and limited phase
very intelligent and regarded as connoisseurs. It is evident that they did not
may not in the near
satisfy the sight
democratic world,
grows up there will J
maklns; tha tipper Columbia valley an
empire to be' envied by a kins;.
. As we said In the beitlnninr. Umatilla
county la. a whopper, a hot tamale. aome
pumpklna. We are on the map to stay,
we are growing1 greater, both In popu
latlo;v and wealth, wa have aontethlng to
give to those who may dealra to become
one of ti,-btit-tlontni1X7US-tj(p"don't
rile us, don't treae ua gingerly; we .are
kind and gentle,' 1, docile, broad-hatted
and of a watchful eye,' but don't turn
on a coyote fight, don't mix as.
The handsomest
women, the bravest
X mcj;
Fortunes are made -from one old hen.
Our grain tha-beat that ran b founV
Our fruit exrele the country round.. -
With lands galore, for all' who will.'
We ask you come. Join and till!
Want-and care wa never know.
The poor man here will have a show..,
Men WthHcgJIeeded.
From theJCorvallla T'lmea.
It was a man with a hoe. Th sun
shone warm. "With Infinite ,pat1rnc and
considerable flow of 'perspiration ha was
applying th hoe- lp an effort to clear
away.the weeda and grass In the atreet
nest the sidewalk. Jt all looked good
to . paseershy and they remarked that
the example ought to b followed. "What
If everybody In-.town would do the name
hlngT' they remarked they pasd
on. In a little while hy such mean
what a transformation could be worked
la the appearance of things' , .
JOURNAL
iNO. V. CAROCL.
Tbe Journal Bufldinf, Fifth and Yamhill
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be no-regaf seafof-.autocratic powerfor this infant to fill,
llc'inayet be nominally a czar, but it certainly is doubt
ful if lie will be much more than a caar in nam- He will
have a'n immense amount to learh; .buwill he be per
tnitted to learn it? . . 7 ""' r. . .
v RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE.;! -
IT MAY BE worth the . space 'to reprint and the
'"- while Jo-re-read the language -ofthe Willamette
. Valley DevelopmenFleague, as formalfy expressed
In 4 resolution adopted 4y that body at Independence, as
follows: .... . '.. - --' '. ... rr,,'
, , We believe that railway corporations are creatures. '
of the state, possessing valuable franchises "which "
" have -come-firorh: the people,-as well, as vast grants--wf
public" lands always becoming more valuable ly
; action of congress, and that they owe a duty to the
people which they have not fully performed,
- A duty to the stte of Oregon is incumbent upon
.them, which grow but of their. pqcupancyioXitsUer-
', ritory under, priceless' franchises bestowed and . in
alienable and Such duty can only'be performed to
the people of the state ty assumption on the part '
, of the companies of their full share in the develop-.;
ing a portion pf their earnings within tne state, m ..
"the. construction of such new lines and extensions.as
i-will rKtHnly-rneet the fieeds ofThe people, but as-
- sisfintheJeveiopment of -the latenf resources of
this commonwealth, to the end that acting together
- .this state may advance to that status in population"
and-tnaterial -wealth -which its ; greatrcsotrrces-en
The first fact stated as fbebelief of the league is one
that is being more and better understood and appreciated
bvthe people, and everrby many far-sighted and pro
but are rather and .necessarily public
institutions, which for convenience sake the people per
mit private corporationi to operate! but the -owners of
these practically public concerns must operate them in
accordance with the people's needs and demands, or
else the people will take the business into their own
hands, though they do .not wish to do..soJf .the railroad
people will treat the public fairlyt ' - -
The rest of therstatement quoted Is also, importantly
true." The ' railroads that have -traversed Oregon and
made a great deal ofjnoney here for New -York mag
nates, or at least have acquired properties of vast value
now, have not on the whole treated this state right, have
not aided in its development" as -they shouldthough
some of the managers sent here have done what they
could iVlhis direction. The'time is nearly over iri Ore
gon when a .New York "railway magnate can "hold up"
this state as bas been done, can chargeall the traffic
will bear," divert traffic to unnatural terminals, and re-
resources and awaiting the'develop-
railroad can bring about. - The railroadl
men, will have to help develop Oregon more thamhey
have dpnCj.'.ot. the people, of Orgon-rwilL make times
very interesting .if not so TeryTileasant fprrthe New
York railroad-owners. The Lewiston incident so far as
is -only one of like onfs that will occur.
are urrenttr--needed they must b
built, they must be built along natural rgjitesand-freight
rates-tm therrrmusrerea"sonable. The people are just
beginning to find out that they are bigger than the rail
roads, after all. - -. -- -
PLEASED WITH THE FAIR.
O VISITORS have been more thoroughly im
are giving heartier praise to the
, Clark exposition, than the - Cali-
fornians. " The promotion committee forms a body of
picked representative men who have done much in the
line -of exploitation themselves and therefore majr be
set. their? .expectations too high when they came here
The exposition has been advertised as a fair and an m.
plification of the state fair idea is doubtless what most of
them expected. - As a mattet-f fact what they found
was a genuine exposition, which,- in the xharacter of the
buildings erected, compare favorably, on the scale pro
jected, with other great expositions1 and -in the matter
of natural attractions surpasses them all. While it is
compactly built and the buildings are not'scattered all
over creation therejs neverthe1essojnucb-to-see and
interest that it cannot be skimmed over in V day. The
government building alone contains material enough . to
and "m'eeYHhe Cravings, flf the mind Tflf
several days in succession and even then it would De Jclt
with regret. And this is only one of many features that
interest and instruct
The Californians came in at : a very opportunejti.me .and
the praises which they will sing on their return home,
and none know the gentle art so well, will bear rich fruit
in the immediate future.1 -
The matter of providing special entertainment adapted
to the "occasion and the day at the fair grounds on Sun
day should receive immediate attention. That should
be' one of the great days for then more people are at
leisure thaft at any other time and they arflooking for
such entertainment as. the cityr. suburbs or the fair may
afford. -A simple band concert does not fill the full
measure of expectation. Therefore the program should
be strengthened an any way it reasonably can.- :
. Ftlst Prophets. ,'-.1.
From th Echo New.
Th man who has been predicting a
dry year all-4hl aprlng has gone to his
hole, until another opoprtunlty; it will
not work thla. year. The man who knew
thefrult jron.. was a, ''goner"- Is -dead.
Tha man who told the newepmera that
tha Umatilla river would be as dry as
a powder-horn by the first of June was
eeen , crossing tha river , last evening
with a, big spring wagon and hla rert
on tlte" dnshbosrd. Of course, he Is a
liar.- Christ was a prophet, and the only
recognlzed.one ,tbat. wehave jnj . ac
count of; all othera may carry their
evil predictions to til devil, who Is the
only ona who will lend a listening ear.
Good times, big crops, lots of frulU
plenty, of work at good wages, . that, is
the outlook here. ' . t
tr
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The Man, Not Party.
From th -Athena Preaa.
The time has come
he time has come whenja
W'n Ook not. ,a .th-""?-""
as
tlaan candidate for municipal .'office
sa ona to which la due support because
of party affiliations. The source of
th strength of tha candidate for, mu
nicipal offlc hereafter ' lies In hi
qualifications as,, a business man ' and
hla Integrity to " conduct the offltfe-to
which he aspires. Because a city) I
oreswhelmlngly Kepublloan or rjemo
cratlo Is. no. reason, why . a candidal
put before tha people . by machine
manipulation of th dominant party
should receive . their support almply
because he la the sartlaaa sanCHflat.
SMALL CHANGE
i "People want the man tjd not the
potltlra," sagely remarks the Clatskanle
Chief. .
There will be plenty of grub and bed
rooms In Portland all summer at moder
ate prices. (
- The Californians always' know and like
a good -thing when they see It) and so
are In love with Oregofw-i-j-;
To th 'averago layman there Is a
lot of hurabuggery about some .of th
law's processes in ' trials.
Nearly all Salem la her ' today, ot
course, and everybody Is glad to welcome
th good peopl of taeapUalcltfof
And still explanations bt the Portland
election keep -appearing, - but they -ar
all pretty, much Ilka aome aamples thai
The. Journal has published.
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The Chinese exclusion law may Injure
trad, to some extent, but th United
States cannot afford' to repeal the law
and let In millions of Chinese laborers.
It may develop Into a, close and Inter
esting race ' between ' George ' B. Cortel
yqii and PauX Morton as to which one
can hold the greater number- of offices
and draw down the larger, salaries In a
given time...- : ,
A arule Jit -may b bt t
public school teachers -to be and remain
single., yet th rule should In practice
be subject to exceptions. Some mart-led
women ar doubtless, among the beat of
teachers. And"1f flrat-claa" 'teacher
chooses thns to support herself, shouldn't
she have that privilege and , the children
the benefit of her services? "-' "-
Now there is, or soon to be. aocordtng
To TJaTtImoreloperar"ln oyster ' trust,
and. they are calling on the people of
Maryland to stand up tall, straight and
brave In opposition "to - th - threatened.
octunus tnat wouia rrawp in ureruy
clutch the Chesapeake beds of the suc
culent bivalve. And the rest or tne
country aayeth amen. .Let no trust get
lta fins on th Maryland oyster. -
The Buffs lo-Times of Jun 7, under
thw head. "Th Ministers Active," said:
The Kev.r .Dr.-Hunter m the coura of
an address at the meeting of ministers
yesterday saldr- If the Republican party
is to -be - dominated by th aam . In-fluences-at14h
top as.-at. present - we
will have' to continue to fight vie In
Buffalo, We need Somebody for mayor,
men for police commissioners and for th
other offices, .who will nfort th
laws.' " r Somehow JJhls ,has .:, quit a
familiar sound. " . -
"It Is airemendoua gain," Says the
Plilladolphla ledger, "to get rid of the
gang and o plaee-lt -wUar U can t rob
the city with lta Jobbing contracta and
deala -nd chicanery; But there Is a
greater gain and beneHt from the over
turn Which PMlall)HHang aie Just
ginning to recognise and estimate i at the
full value. Ths-voters of this city wiu
be able at the next and at all following
elections held within the city confine to
caat: their votes and hav thera count.
n-.i. oii ain-oiv be something new under
the sun In Philadelphia. - Wa .have been.
a long time getting to ima
out here In tha wide-awake west.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baker county bright.
Prospects In
than for 10 years,
Frost did less damsg to fruit in Har.
ney county than was thought th usual
outcoms. v .' . ... -
ArTlone woman- has a three-legged
Chicken that is an object of Interest in
that burg. -: " "'' ..r--r---
The Moro hpera house has dlaappeared
and the lumber will be used In construc
tion of bulldlngs ln Kent ,
Dayton wishes to extend and improve
lta water system, and for that purpose
is asking for bids on-water bonds to th
amount of 13,000 par value.
Dayton Her'sld: Thers Is not an aver
age crop of fruit this season, but small
fruits and cherries that hav already
ripened are of fine quality. Rain has
damaged some-varletles et cherries by
eracklng them open. , ;
"Roseburg Review: Fortland Repuh
iH Tn.tire Lionel Web
rr Ho le'th man Charrt
str f of governor. He Is'the man cnam
berlain defeated for attbrney-genrl
several years ago. when every-other Re
publican on the state ticket was elected.
An eastern-man who married an Al
bany woman three months ago has Just
retumed-east t Join his ther wlf and
two children, having been sent for upon
learning the situation. Both partle
were experiencing their .third marrlaga
Springfield News: Anhonest Lan
county farmer whose potato, patch la on
a sld hill told us the other day that
h kicked into a potato hill a few day
ago and eleven bushels rolled out and
down the-hlllalde before- h-could get
the hole plugged up again.
-Ion Proclalmer; For a tlm It was
feared that th hail storm last week
had damaged some of the wheat, "but
even those who were hardest hit now
say that th storm was a benefit to their
growing wheat, as that which wes bat
tered down threw up strong and thrifty
suckers. ' , ' '
Tha Jef ferson-uncll declined to pro
vide for an election to voie on ponaing
the totjn for Improvements, asrHieat44
to do by a mass meeting, ami the Re-
view complains in no uncertain terms til
this non-actton of the council, which It
aava will cause Jefferson to stand stll)
for another year. '
Day's Creek Correspondence Canyon
vllle Echo: W wish to- correct an item
pttblinhcd "In st week - wherein - It Twas
stated that Miss MVt- Deltach .and
George Jackson snerfaM Sunday School
at Perdue schoolhouse last Sunday. I
should have been Mary Dltsch "and
Qcorgo Zackary.
Th McMlnnvlllo Telephone-Register
thinks that Portland makes a serious
mistake in taking her visitor out to
view tha acenle attractions of th Co
valuable and attractrva agricultural
lands In the 'valley. Immigrant -da not
Invest In "scenic attractions."
Tillamook Headlight: N. HsnsonVlhas
about 35 acres of land and Is' milking
14 cows a'nd two strippers, from which
he took In April 15.462 pounds of milk
to th Tillamook creamery, which netted
SSlt.SO pounds of butter fat. His check
for April was I1SK4T for the 1s rows.
with th addition of butter smi mk4
for hls-.atnllv. t fe did not buy,sny
t. ,ne,ows, lur that wa raised
EDWARD BOK AT
DSE RANGE
From the, Chicago Tribune.
--fammered-hy.lhaeprlng winds to thi
brown and flam of a freshwater aallor.
nose., mouth and chin large; each an
outward sign of enterprlss and decision,
dark blue eyes and brown hair, a smooth
and angular face, broken by lines whloh
deeply cut the1 cheek, gaunt as a hard
riding cavalryman, alert, energetic, res
olute, Edward Bok is not th man I
thought ha was. Another . mental pic
ture had gone to pleoea.
Editor of. a woman'a magaslne!
The -title Jla sffemlnlte. ' -Salary
25.000 . a year! That sounds . Ilka
business. Bok Is business. Likewise
h is Imagination. His Is the atory of
romance rather than of hard reality.
It Is more often found in books than -In
actual life. A rattling good novel could
be -built on ok. At a quaint ltttl
Dutchman In a ' Strang land clothes
Dutch, language Dutch, and nothing
Netherlandish. At 4t rich, living on a
fin estate, and wedded to his employ
er's daughter. . - i
I earn to Philadelphia to talk with
Bok.. Women-had talked with him, but
few men, lis. is one of the masters of a
great commercial undertaking. Then
there was the reticent but remarkable
Individuality behind him Cyrua Her
man Katsahmar Curtis, a Main Yankee;
who haa given tha world many lessons
lomaniln tha publishing -baalneaSi Curtis ped
died newspapers In Portland. Then he
printed calling oarda- for hlr playmates.
The . process of evolution 'did the rest.
-Curtis1- has violated many respected
traditions. He can double the selling
prlc of his product and thus Increase
his customer, and prosperity. . This
principle he has established, lie d
cUnea -to dlstrttHtte sample copies ;
stead he pajrahe newspaperstoglvt 1
him publicity. .He Is opposed to th
folly of fre things; demanding pay, ha
la willing .to give it.' Cash en the spot
Is th baals of all his bargains h gets
me niacnnnr
He inendi monev hv fh ttanenl K
f aaw one of his offlc boys cutting old
envelopes In two for scratch paper. H
la advertising today In' nearly every Im
portant newspaper In the country, not
withstanding the fact that ha haa more
of other men's advertising than he can
print Jn either of his publications. s
I cam to ask Bok about It and to maks
several other Inquiries. Bok la really
an extraordinary personality; so Is Cy
ru Curtis.- - - - . . '
"The ladles Home Journal." t said,
"was started tS yeara ago. Three hundred
thousand dollars was spent in one cam
paign for advertising. How much, money
have-yon -paid to advertise It and the
Saturday Evening Post."
"At least $1,000.080,." Edward" Bok" re-plledt-
"The magaslnes have received
their share,- but the large part of th
money has gone to dally newspapers. W
want to impress the man and woman
each rnornlngw li enjh eyft thrf ak f a at "
"Ana you continue to advertise?"
"Tea. although w are refusing adver
tising matter for each;more la offered
to us than wa can print At this time w
are addressing ourselves In the news
papers to advertise themselves to men
who make things. W are advertising
tor advertising when we have no present
need for It. But w are working for
the future and are 'creating business,
. . ... . . , , - ALi.k wilt
WhtahJBjWtMWW
eome tu us mftef awhile.
: "W want to mak manufacturers
think and then to remember. That la
ur purpose. By and by when these
makers of things decide to advertise w
want them instinctively to Xiomo to us.
Tha rnoney we are spending now Is sn
lnvefftfnent - against - the -future,-and 1
aureae-be-profitabl All-that-w bav
to -do is to wait." -
"How much do you charge for a page
advertisement in th Ladies1 Horn
Journal ?" -
"Four thousand dollars, or" 15 a line
The rat is $ a line when the space 1s
small. ' . The price in Itself la a good
advertisement for us. It Is talked about,
and that 1b what we want. Tha mari
who pays It Is not ashamed to .tryls
friends what he is' doing; nor does ha
hesitate to inform his competitors. It Is
a sign of his own prosperity. Bo the
price helps us In mor ways than one."
"You have Increased the price of th
Ladles' Hryn Journal from 25 cents to
60 cents af year, and then to 1. Re
cently the retail price at hews stands
ha.s been advanced -from JO to 15 cents
a. copy. What haa been' your experi
ence?" - '"W got to-a point-where the Ladles'
Home-Journal- was coathig . ijs mor
than w received for tt. -The advertis
ers, therefore, had to pay the differ
ence, whatever It was, as well aa to
profits Wa rnsi'g nn nm linesliiient. Tin
burden was on then), which was wrong,
and th principle, as a matter of busi
ness, waa bad. When we fixed the prlc
at 10 cents the Rise of the Journal was
SS-Tages: now it contains from 72 to St
pages. Labor Is 18 per cent higher. The
salaries of artists and engravers' have
Increased from 50 to 150 per cent. 14
earlier days I paid Charles Dana Gib
son $35 for a picture; now, In excep
tional cases, I pay him $1,000. 1 Short
stories which , cost from $200 to $25
have Increased In price fourfold. So wa
raised th prlc df the Journal, spent
more money, and Instead of losing Sub
scribers we actually gained them."
"Over and over again, on tests mad
for th purpose, wa have found the pub
lic to b Immediately responsive to
money expended to Improve our publica
tions. - That Is a trade fact that ought
tp e pressed upon the notice of every
manufacturer. No matter what Is made,
If It Is tha best to be obtained, the pub
lic, will buy and pay for it. But no man
should ever stand still. Keep on Im
proving; if you don't, competition will
overtake and destroy you."
. lth nothlng but an Idea, Mis-Curtis
lft n Ta . creat,d properties worth
. th ... raurnr.
In the rough how muchr
. 'We hav been too" busy to- think
about the money va-rue of what has been
created. Neither publication is for sale
I can't Bay how much they are worth,
hut $6,000,000 would be little enough for
them.y , ., - . . ; .-" -
,"Does writing pay?'' , , ...... , .
"Tea; a few men ar living by their
writing alone and ar making money
meri Jlke Richard Harding Davis. That
waa not so a few yeara ago. Then au
thors hadother and neceasary. sources
of revenue. Lonfcfetldw. Lowell nd men
of .theif rank didn't live by wrlftng.
One 1t;waa thqught If a atory was
printed as a sertal-r-that Is. in a magnf ft
from month to month that Its sales
would- be lessened as a boofc. However,
that mistake, haa been put away long
sine -with others. Nowadays a writer
has four ways to make money. He sells
his story for serial publication and gets
a big prlerfoT"t."T Their hr-ha li-put
Into a book and receives a royalty on
very copy sold. Next . he gives read
ings from the story or h lecture.
Finally he work his plot Into a play."
"What Is th highest price you ever
paid for a story or n article?" -f
V hav paia ss.niw ror siories. iwr.
Cleveland receives $1,000 apiece for hla
articles. He. Howell, Benjamin Harrt-
4 son, iioptwson annus. u senator
Bvertdg have been' our- high' paid
contributors." , ,
-Then
tecratle Dutchmen
for a long time
Th great grandfather
Of Edward waa ehlef admiral of Hol
land's nary, and tils grsndfather 1 was
cnier justice of Ilollsnd's suprm court.
His father waa a minister -to William
1 11.. whose daughter. Wlluelmtna, la now
queen of th Netherlands. But th Boks
lost their money, and WUIlam,- th min
ister, cam to America with his wlf
snd two hoys. Edward Bok left school
when a lad and went to .work. - I asked
about' his first employment. -
"Ws were extremely poor," he said,
"and I used to gather wood In tha vacant
lots for our fire. I helped my mother
wash . dishes' and do other household
duties. But th first money I earned
was In selling water. Persons tn New
fork than, went to Coney Island in street
cars which ran through Brooklyn. 1
carried a buck ef 1c water' on my arm
and when the ears stopped I sold it to
th passengers for a penny a glass. Thsn
I put a lemon In my bucket and got I
cents a, gUss.i-added, a little mre
sugar and lemon Juic and raised th-t
prlc to cent. That la wher I learned
that the publlo will always pay the
beat price for the beat thing. I sold
more 8 -cent lemonad than l-cnt water
and mad mora-money. - ...
"In winter when no on went to Coney
Island, . 1. carried - a newspaper rout
on Saturdays-and worked in a bakery,
cleaning windows, waiting pn th coun
ter and. running errands, for $0 cents a
week. When I was 11 years old I left
school - forever,- golngto" the "Western
Union Telegraph - company as an offlc
boy. . At night I studied stenography,
t got lwt JUnry-Ward Deeeher'a !hreh
and Into one of hla literary societies.
Ws printed a llttl paper for the society,
and IHookJt;up and developed it Into
the Brooklyn Magaslne. My brother
helped me. W published Mr. Becher
sermons In full,. and then made arrange,
ments. for tha sermons', of Dr. Talraags.
Curiously- enough.' som of the best
wrtters-oetheday became our cohtribu
tors. . .. . . - , - .
"1 was IS years old, and In th mean
time. had been employed by th telegraph
company as a stenographer. A man con
spicuous in 'the Stahdafd OH company
named 11 -Buy 'flUr magaslne mr ..-niJicondliioneV' if we alb had the Bpectal--
son. and, as it waa not profitable. w
sold It. This man told m that-maga-s1na
and oil could be carried along on
th same trad principles that th
methods employed to produce a gallon of
refined oil Would print and sen a slngl
copy of a magaslne. I 'told him If that
was-hle-bellef. -he-would lose a.
money." ,.; ... J::r ,rr .
"Did her " - u-VV--'.
- "H did. - I left th telegraph company
and want to Henry Holt A Co., .the pub
lishers, also as a stenographer.- Heaven
alone knows what els I did in my ewn
time - I started a syndicate and sop
piled newspapers with high class 'mat
ters of Interest to the ferasl Sex.' ob
taining what I called 40 article by 40
famous women. Som L of the women
were foreigner. I kept out of cookery
and needlework'.' No roan should at
tempt to meddle with"' such things. I
might say tnat f. am tn tamer oi m
woman's- page tn the uewspaTWs, but 1
am not proud of the relationship. I
was fond of the baby, but ! detest It
now that lt.has grown tip. ,
- "From Holt'a." Mr. Bok said, "I went
to Char lea 8crlbners Sons, -with whom
I remained until I was mjptoyed by
Mr, Curtis."::, , . . -v :
. "At $10,000 a year, it Is saldT'
"Anrway I got my price.. I became
advertising manager at Bcrlbner'a and
I a.rruBiui Qiimii '".. - '
on -ef the(r magasinea. . v nua mus
employed. I wa persuaded to come to
Philadelphia and the Ladles' Home Jour
nal." r
"You said you wanted to" succeed in
the first place because of your mother?"
. i'That 1 so. 8ha-hd been the wife
of a wealthy man and through his mis
fortune, which was In no wsy dishon
orable, she was reduced to poverty.
I wanted to mak money and send her
back to Holland, her home where she
could live in th manner to which she
had been accustomed.
"When a boy J learned the secret of
success, as I have told yeu work. Ilk
th devil. To this I now add. and for
th delight of it. Toung men tn. this es
tablishment com to, m and each on
asks: ". What ar my chancesr ,And I
reply: Tott are making your Inquiry at
th wrong place. It's up to you and
not to me. Make yourself Invaluable and
your future will care for Itself.' "
You ar married?"
"Yes; my wife is MfTCurtlsdattghter,
We were married seven years after I
took th editorship of the Journal. W
have two bovs on of them an Jnfant
and live at Merlon,, a few miles out of
Philadelphia. In a hous of our own
wnicn. v v . - -
As I passed ot of Mr. BokV of flee
T .w a little whtte card pn th wall.
Printed on lrwffs tills t'H halptst.
,a b-rolc Dhlloaophy: "Something dif
ficult Is simply Bomethlng to over
come." . '
'LEWIS AND -CLARK
En rout up'th Missouri river from
Fort Mandan, near the site of Bismarck,
North Dakota. Theparty Is now Bear
ing tha Rocky mountains.
Jun 14 This " morning -on of-ths
men was sent to Captain Clark with an
account of th dlcovry of th falls,
and after employing the rest In preserv
ing th meat which had been killed yes
terday. Captain Lewis proceeded to ex
amine tha rapids above From the falls
hs directed his course southwest up th
riverr after passing one continued rapid
and three small caacadee, each three ot
four feet high, h reached at th dl
tance of flv miles, a second fall. Th
river Is about 400 yards wide. From
the southern. shore It extends obliquely
upward about 150 yards, -and then forms
an acute angle downward nearly to th
commencement of four small Islands
close to th northern efder. -"From tbe
perpendicular pitch to these Islands, a
distance of more than1 10O- yards, -th
watrglida down a eloping rock with a
velocity almost equal to that of Its fall.
Above this fall the river bends suddenly
to-rhe northwardr while Tlewlnar thla
place Captain Lewis hesrd a loud roar
above him. .and crossing the point of a
hill for a few hundred yards, he saw
one of tha mop t . beautiful objects tn
nature: the whole Missouri la suddenly
stopped by on shelving rock, which,
without a single niche and with an
edge -as straight arid." regular as.lt
formed by .art, stretches Itself from one
side of the river to the Other for at
least a quarter of a mile ' Over thla It
precipitates itself in n-ven uninter
rupted sheet to th perpendicular depth
Of 50 feet, whence, dashing against th
rocky bottom. It rushes rspldly down,
tearing behind tt-Sr-snrs y- ef -the purest
foam across th river. -
pnly Good for Fightin. .j
'Front th Chicago-Tribune'
Japanese soldiers, it Is said, do not
keep step, and have no mora style about
them, when on th march, than a herd
of buffalo..- In fact, all they bp Dear to
n goon ior aa imuwi is to s'
DISCRIMINATION AND
T-MXNWACTORIE!
1
Webster"CIy"iIowa) Telegram Jb' the
" ;"".: - New York Herald.
; r. T. Campbell, former state rgllroad "
commtssloner.has JUed wllhthe iaUr
state commerce committee of th senate
ai extended argument In favor Of vi
talising .th interstate commerce com
mission by giving it power to adjust
railroad ratea and enforce lta orders,
subject to appeal to th fcourts. ' Mr. ,
Cmmpbsll discusses' th' freight' rat
question . from: a national and f low
point of view. He names asveral facto
ries which, h declares, have been driven-
out' of this-state by unfair railroad
rateSi He-refer to lh closing of "
ilt packing-houses, and says: .
.-"One. by on hav valuable manufac
turing industries been.tforqeilfroniug.
to seek locations where rates ar mora
favorable 11 Is a partial list of plants
that hav gon from us: Header works,
from Qrlnnell. te Chicago: Baker barbel,
wire factory, from Des Moines", to Chi
cago; Palmer wagon factory, from Mar
shalltown to .Chicago; -oil - mlUs at
Boon,, to Kansas City; -wheal soraper"
works, from. Mount Pleasant; etarch
plant, from . Dea Molnea and Ottumwa;
oatmeal mills, from Iowa City; ell mills
and other Industrie, from Iowa -City;
greet lumber mills,- f rem- Chicagor Ot
turn wa Cutlery and Johnson Ruffler com
pany; TBIout City stov works; Barbed
wire factories. Cedar Falls.. Marahall
town'and Drlrthein '
-r"Add td Ihls catalogue of lost Indus
tries with their thousands of employes,'
a. list f silent factories to the number
of nearly 100, reported by the last een
sus, -And you have discovered . why
Iowrs population "has fallen off since
th cenue..of 1900. That census of -1S06
shows Tt Idle faotories In Iowa,
with-eoaprtatTOf-$t.23,$obrth m
phaslse th testimony of western. Job-,
bers of Sioux City -and lumbermen of
Des Moines that there Is a 'peaceful
acquiescence' , tn thl. !! 'ft , Pftff"t
favors these witnesses enjoy, wa woeht
probably think so, too.
"While thl testimony was being;
given before your committee, a former
member of th Iowa railroad commis
sion was in consultation with tit lum
bermen over the dlscrlmlnatlln of $30
a car in lumber rates front- the PsClflu
coast to St. Paul by which Minnesota'
lumber merchants are enabled to under,
sell Iowa dealers and are flooding th
northern'- half of - our' state with .' tn
product ,of. St. Paul yard." -'
T itrr Campbell "asserted" that railroad
rate - hav been advanced materially,"
Instead of ; reduced, as Stated -by the
railroad "magnates. . Hs shows that -not
only hav the Incomes of railroads In
creased enormously, but that the' rates
on th prod,uct-of the producers of the
Miuntrv have remained hlsh.
wiiii tn
.t 0f hauling frelg
decreased. ; On 'this subject Mr. Campbell-say:
- -' -' - '
"President J. J. Hill,' In bis argument
bfore-your-ommltte,-boaated of th
great things don by: th rallwaya In
reducing- rite from- centa a ton
mile on an average In 1$8I to thre.
ouarters of 1 cent a ton, a mil. In
JS0I-4. But he neglected to explain fur
ther that the cost ef moving a ton of.
fj-elghthas been reduced IH-mills e ton
ft mite, snd much of it la moved at 3
mills and even less; and that t present
rates are moro extortionate than, at any.
time in the hlstory.of raiiroaaing.v
"He omitted to inform your commit- ;
t-that-the-law -average , ia -caused
largely by low ratea on mineral, coal,
salt. Ice, Iron and other similar articles
of shipment and on export-rates, wher
the lowest rata Is reached and larg
shippers benefited and trusts and com
bines built up.- but on the great bulk
of the commerce of the. country rates
are robbery today.
"As affecting th "producers .of ' th
great west, we cell attention to th in
crease sine 1S8? of minimum rates of
carloads by which the western staples.
wheat, oats, corn and flour, have been
raised from 20,000" pounds to f 34,000
pounds, and pork products from -20.00
pounds to 26,000 pounds, together, wlthv
similar advancea on hundreda of other
articles of shipment. In addition to this
a very large advance has also been
wrought ' by change of classification,
from a, lower ta s. hlgher.clasaln. many
instancea advancing the cost of. the
hsul some 20. per cent." '
Th theory of the railroads that only
rate expert are capable ot making rate
la declared by Mr. Campbell ridiculous,
for th reason that every one know
that the financial heads of th roads and
not th traffic managers maks tlte rates.
The threat Vif the railroads ThHtem
ployes will be thrown dil of work IF"
the proposed scheme Is carried out of
giving the commission power Is scoffed
at by tha former railroad commissioner,
who Bhowa-that thB same threata wer
made In Iowa whetre 40 percentrTeduc
tlon In rates was made In that state
Reports of th state commission show
that th number of employe Increased
instead of diminished. .r
Hymn Before the Tower.
(With apologies to Kipling.)
Th town Is futf of anger,
The tower IS filled with wrath,
The plutocs in their harness- :
. - Go' up against our path; '
Ere yet they loose their Jerrys -
To tamo us up to date.
Jeholakln f the thunders.
. Save us from such a fat.T "
From plutoc sheets 'and error,
. - And roaaU that know no stop,
And scoop a holy rterror.
At Juat t wo cent per cop.
. O, y th Lord's sppolnted, - v
r Make calm thy Shadow's quake
At the hands of progress pointed
. To th Octopuses wake. '.
, Even now their hirelings gather,
.Even pn" they face th fray,
Aa thou did hlp our -fathers,
Help thou thyself today;
Fulfilled of signs and wonders,'
These forty yeara mad clear, -
Jeholakln pf the thunders, x u tl.
Doc Osier's coming here , ,
L Chineao Telephones." : ;
From the -Japan (Kobe) Chronicle.
The latest enterprise In Amoy 1 that
of th Japanese Telephone company,
which Is reported to h progressing .well .
with It enterprise., The poles ar all
up, strong and 'durable-looking, s
though, says a correspondent, the
rumor that th rtctortoua Japanese were
going to annex thla province of Fuklen
at th close of - the, war war a thing,
likely to be realised., and th company
wer looking to long years" .of service.
The wlree tootJiavebeen placed Jn po
sition, and-a most fascinating horn
look thejr.hsve -about theme They wind
theli 'way through village along quiet
roads, and up tha rising ground, .a
though this Island had been their horn
for centuries. Certain " klnas of ma-'
ehlnery ar still wanting to nble th
company to begin) work, but when these
have arrived th whole will be la br
J feet working order, '
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