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PORTLAND. OREGON.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER .15, .1805.
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THE OREGON DAILY
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Publiehed every evening ( except Sunday
'.the: newer and. greater Oregon.
INCOMPARABLY the, best report ever presented to
the chamber of commerce on a practical subject
is that submitted; yesterday by its transportation
committee. "It is not alone that it is "full of meat," for
it abounds in that substance, but it goes deep into mat
ters' of intimate concern to all the people of the state
and gives forth its facts with such a wealth of detail
that stamps it at once as- authoritative.. The tone and
spirit of it is something to delight the heart of every
- patriotic-O regowian. Iccxhibiti Jn l most . remarkable
way the new spirit that is, to make of the state one of
the greatest in the whole sisterhood. It demonstrates
that people who are best informed 'and heavily interested
in the material welfare of Oregon are a unit in" proclaim
ing their pride in the state as a whole and their un
shakable faith in the glorious future which is now
opening up for it with such dazzling promise.
" But the most striking part of the performance irnot
the claims put forward but-the demonstrations made.
There is something being done- everywhere, - Large
parts of the state, which have hitherto lain dormant,
which have been forced to rely upon unaided pioneer
effort, which have unavailingly demonstrated their
natural richness, are now being rapidly-brought into
rail connection with the outside world. Indeed so fast
is everything moving in the line of development that it
is not an easy matter to keep track of them. " On every
hand are noted new railroad projects, not the paper rail
roads that used to delight our hearts to ultimately de
stroy our hopes, but tangible building, utterly regard
less, of cost and 'obstacles. Workrwlth which" five" years
" ago we should have been satisfied . had we known it
would have-been realised in 10 years .to come, is now
afoot with a certainty of its grandest realization in one
and twpyears. t I n one year, there , will , be remarkable
changes .land improvements; in two years lh fact of
ratnre will be practically changed, We have reached
that day in our. history when the railroads are moving
along the line': of; least resistance, when they: are 'not
only developing new) territory, -hiU are taking up old
projects along lines which nature Itself originally in
dicated and which must be followed to achieve the
greatest results in the most expeditious and economical
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This , period having come, there is nothing-left for
Portland and. Oregon to wish for. They have (he loca
tion and the resources to do the rest, provided of course
they rise to a full appreciation of the conditions and do
what must naturally be .expected .of them. .We now have
the cards in our own hands the only
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to play them to the best advantage.
of the big performance just ahead of us and let us
make no mistake that the contract' is a heavy one.
United effort is needed all along the line and if we
all do our part there can be no possible doubt of the
fortunate outcome. - , .''. ' , , ' ' -
-THE FREE-SEED FAKE.
THIRTY OR MORE seed firms have sent a pe
" tition to President Roosevelt asking him to take
by members of congress, and while they have a personal
interest in doing so, we think their request ought to be"
heeded, and that the free-seed 'nonsense ought to be
cut out.' It is a small form of graft, really useful in
these days to nobody, and a source of about the smallest
sort of corruption imaginable. - " '.. .. .
The Original intent of the free-seed law was good; it
was to put into the hands of farmers throughout the
country who would make good use of them and experi
ment with them new varieties of seeds, and so to propa
gate more prolific or higher grades of various foods and
fibre plants. This was a worthy and even a noble pur
pose, but in practice the free distribution of seeds has
degenerated into about the measliest graft with which
the. public, service is afflicted. . The Indianapolis Star
correctly and temperately sizes up this -vegetable vam
pire thus: -,:'.....
"There is a general' grab for seeds annually indulged
in by thousands of persons who are at best mere ama
teurs and who have no idea whatsoever of continuing
the propagation of the seeds they have received. They
simply resort to this way of getting for nothing a few
vegetable or flower seeds for their own selfish ends.
It is riot a business proposition with them at all and
every package that goes into such hands is a loss to
the government and a tax on all the rest of the people,
with no benefit of any kind to offset the expense and
no agricultural progress to show for it It is doubtful
if more than a very minute percentage of all the seed
distributed every year finds its way into the hands of
any real cultivators who produce from it, for them
selves or for the community in which they live, results
of permanent value. In short, the free seed distribution
has become a "fake" and i a. species of petty graft. If
congress had had the courage of its convictions it would
long ago have-put a stop to the business. To cheap
john congressmen whose only way of currying favor
J
, LEWIS ; AND CLARK
. At Fort 'Clataop. ' ' .
December 15 Captain Clark, with 14
men. set out in three canoes, and, hav-
. Ing, rowed for three miles up the river,
turned up a large creek from the right,
and after, going three mllee farther
landed about the height of tidewater.
The men were then dispatched In am all
parties to bring In the elk, each man -returning
with a quarter of the animal.
In bringing the third and last load
nearly half of the men missed their way
and did not-return until after night;
five of them, indeed, were not able to
find their way at all. It had been cloudy
all day, at night began to rain, and as
we had -no cover were obliged to sit up
the greater part of the night for ar
moon aa wo lay down the rain would
come under u and compel us to rlne.
It was, indeed, a -most uncomfortable
situation,. .
Prosperity la South America. '
From the St Loots Post-Dispatch.
Buenos Ayrea, the capital of the Ar
gentine Republic, has just passed the
1 .000.000 mark in population. It Is ths
fourteenth city In the world in inhabi
tants, and la by far the largest city ou
the western hemisphere, outside of New
York. Chicago and Philadelphia. Fifteen
years ago Rio de Janeiro was ahead of it
Now the Braslllan city Is far behind.
Thirty, years ago Buenos Ayres was ax
reeded In population by St Louis, Bos
ton and Baltimore.- It is far In front
of the In (ted Slates towns today.- It
Is growing as fast as Chicago, . and
faster than Berlin.
Argentina has an" are almost aa great
as all ths United Slates east of the Mis
siaaippt. although Its population is a tit
tie less Jlhaav ,ooo,00. or email or than i
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER v
; PUBLISHED . BY JOURNAL' PUBLISHING CO.
and every 8 on day morning.
streets, Portland, Oregon
at
squish seed the
ol transcendent
gressmen ought
stand that for one
ing out of thu
it is undoubtedly a nuisance.
fr ONE REASON WHY IT COSTS SO MUCH.
while it calmly
of the country-to
oartment issued
their value to the
On the other
just what it was
government pays
Congress knows
difference: Session
formality is gone
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ine country, us
the government
paid.. That feature
the railroad rates
the parcels post
the service to the
question remaining more widely extended. Gone after in this Way the
.i,;it .a ...,.:,.. I service would be vastly improved at no greater cost to
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the government
This is our part
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tisanship, having
Pennsylvania's. It exports more corn
.than the United States. Before maay
year paas, on account of our owa home
demand, Argentina . will surpass ths
United States in exportation of food
products in the aggregate. For the first
half of 1906 Its total exports were 1176,
00.000, or several times as much -as
these of the United States in propor
tion to population.
Two' Wdding Tour for Millionaire.
J- From the Denver Post
' Max Flelechmann, the young million
aire of Cincinnati, who is to wed Miss
Aberlock of that city December 20, will
take two - wedding trips, including a
cruise in the Caribbean sen and South
American waters in his own yacht, and
a longer and more extensive erulee in
the Arctic ocean In the famous Nor
wegian, vessel, ths Laura. ' Mr. Flelech
mann planned his Arctlg trip some time
ego, and Intended to go on it alone, but
hie fiancee expressed a desire to accom
pany him, so he changed his plans snd
will, in deference to her wishes, make
the southern trip first When the winter
months have been consumed the couple
will return to this country and aall
for Norway, ths starting .point of ths
second trip. ,. , , .
Job for Seth Bullock.'
From 'the Baltimore News.
. Captain Seth Bullock .of Deadwood,
whose regiment of rough riders waa one
of the pictureeque- feature of the- last
Inaugural parade, has been nomlnstsd
by President Roosevelt to the office
of United Utatea marshal In South Da
kota. They are having a senatorial
contest out in South Dakota, and It was
planned by the two candidates that the
aiarahalshlp would be used by one or
the other in furthering his campaigns.
Then the president . etepped In snd
named Bullock. Bullock's appointment
has - precipitated a lively mw in the
JOURNAL
no. r. oamoix
Th Journal Building, Filth and Yamhill
with their constituents is to send them illustrated docu
ments, the Congressional Record or a few packages of
maintenance of this system may seem
importance; but trie majority oi con
to - have intelligence enough to under
person who would criticize the root
abuse there would be a hundred or
thousand who would applaud" it. To most congressmen
THTTTOSTOKKICK DEPARTM ENTrcontinues
1 to fall short financially, with its oldtime regu
v larity. On the strength of it some eastern phil
anthropists are denouncing the -rural mail delivery as
about the most senseless and expensive fad that has
lately been invented. Not directly feeling the benefit
of it. New England necessarily denounces the. plan
enjoys as its right the taxing of the rest
support' its infant industries which
have grown large enough to compete with all the manu
facturers of the world, to maintain its own represent
atives in congress and likewise to contribute liberally in
every national campaign to whatever party otters it
immunity. ,:
The rural mail delivery has already demonstrated its
value to the-people. - When it was first put in force
and was allowed to develop along natural lines it. was
beyond comparison the greatest boon which the gov
ernment had conferred upon rural settlements in a gen
eration. But it was found to interfere with the bust
ness"of the express" companies-and-stralghtwaythede
an order prohibiting the carriers from
distributing anything bat mail matter, thus reducing
public they serve, say 50 per cent
hand the cost of carrying the mails is
20 years ago. The charges which the
the railroads are outrageously high,
it, everyone knows it, but it makes no
after session the same . old blank
through with precisely the same re
suit. We talk about the cost of the service and then
every Organ of every railroad in. the country straightway
points out the immense value of the 'postal service to
I A 1 1 1 . . 1 ' L t-
vaiue is unucniauie out tne price wnicn
pays js entirely beyond what should be
of the case should be gone into,
very materially reduced, and then
should be instituted so that the value of
general public would be that much
and the people. But until it is taken
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up in thisway there will be deficits that could just
as well be avoided.-- ' . - - .
COMMITTEE OF FORTY.
COMMITTEE of Forty valiant Republicans.are
; going to reorganize the parjy and carry Oregon,
sure, next time.- These brave soldiers of par
buried, shallowly, their hatchets and
hidden, temporarily, their razors, declare, that they will
vote for any and every Republican, good, bad or indif-
getting a nomination. ' -
This reads bravely, but it is. folly, jThey are only
Forty.:'; - ' . ' .
There ate. a "few Democrats yet in Oregon, and. it
may possibly happen that the 60,000 or so Republican
voters bf Oregon wilt think for themselves when they
vote next spring, both at the primaries and in the elec
tion and will aim to choose the best men regardless of
Frank Baker and the valiant Forty.
Evidently the people of . Oregon have been doing
quite a good deal of independent thinking and voting
during the past few years, and they are likely to do more.
Mr. Baker nobody else carried Oregon for Roosevelt
by over 40,000 majority; and yet we see here men
classed politically as Democrats in the. positions of gov
ernor, sheriff of Multnomah county, district attorney for
the Fifth judicial district, United States senator.
The latter was accidental, or incidental, it is true, due
to the election of. governor Chamberlain; but what we
are .intimating here is that the people of this state are
not to be led any more by any Committee of Forty, nor
even one of Four Hundred.
The people are learning that political nomenclature
doesn't amount to much. , . 1
Think this over: What's 'the "difference between
Theodore Roosevelt (Rep.) and John M. Gearin (Dem.)
If we didn't put these political signs after their names
you couldn't tell them apartas .to,. their public pur
poses and aims. .
-The people are breaking away from ' parties, from po
litical organizations and they are acting wisely. The
Forty is trying to regalvanize Bourbonism, to recon
struct a machine that has already been" smashed into
smithereens.
This committee can name no candidates; if it tries to
do so they will be buried by the votes of independent
thinking people. ;
South Dakota delegation, and the fight
will be carried to the state. Captain
Bullock, who Is at present superintend
ent of the Black Hills forest reserve,
has arrived hero, and he la receiving the
congratulations of his friends... v
"Uncle Joe" on Canvas.
From the Philadelphia Free.
" "Uncle Joe" Cannon has had his por
trait painted by Henry Waltman, a New
York artist- It represents the speaker
standing with his arms folded and his
ususl look of magisterial dignity. The
portrait has just been finished snd was
exhibited to some . of the speaker's
friends yesterday.
Waltman has painted several foreign
notabilities, Including - Major Ames of
the Horse Guards, who has the reputa
tion of being the handsomest man snd
having the finest figure in the British
One of the frlenda who saw ths sneak-
ers portrait said:
"Well, 'Uncle Joe I see you have the
painter of the beauty class for your
artist"
"Uncle Joe" grinned and wagged his
head.
"I fooled him this time." ha said.
What -the Shell Did to It.
From the Chics to Tribune.
What an eight-Inch armor piercing
shell, fired at a distance of 1.600 yards,
will do to ths side of an armored
crulssr, protected by a five-inch armor
plate on a -protective' deck nearly three
Inches thick, wss demonstrated by a
test at the naval proving grounds at In
dian Head, Maryland, recently. The
shell pierced the five-Inch plate, went
through the I Inclined protective deck,
and burled Maelf In the coal bunker.
Tne teet was made In the presence of
the board of construction of the navy
department said officers of the bureaus
of ordnance, steam engineering, equip-
ment, and construction and repair
SMALL CHANGE
Don't overlook the poor." -
"Ho prayeth Jat" you know the
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Tennyson wrote some, good and some
loppy thins, and anions them, one or
tne otner, wee tnle: For the hair
.truth la ever the blackest of lies."
Mr. Gearin will lose no time In doing
auty. ,.
Borne of those bis ereftere who have
retlaned are like the man about to be
hanged ha said be was resigned. '
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Any railroad regulation bill with the
Rlklne brand might as well be consigned
to the dust heap without examination.
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Every man is religious or patriotic
If you allow him to define religion and
patriotism.
And yet and yet "December's (near
ly) nas pleasant as May,"
Togo will receive a warm welcome la
America; he may be sure of that
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Why In the - world don't the news
editors give Castro big spaoe on the
first page under the largest headlines?
be baa. been heard from again.
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The Chicago university football team"
has decided not to pome to Oregon-
afraid of CorVailis, undoubtedly.
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Only 10 days yet till stocking-hang-
lng-up time.
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The grafting microbe has even in.
rested the newspaper offices of Seattle.
This shows more clearly than anything
that has occurred tne horrible moral
atmosphere over there. Grafting 1 ex
pected among politicians; and all sorts
of other men, even up to preachers, go
wrong sometimes and somewhat in
tneir pursuit or tne aimignty oouari
but when reporters combine to graft
and blackmail wall, the city of their
residence seems hopeless. ,
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What Grand Duke Boris seems to need
more than anything else Is to get into
close contact with a bomb. -
According to his pictures Kick Long-
worth starts out with one big advantage;
be la bald. -
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' Chaos in Russia also fn the Republi
can party in Oregon.
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The trouble with college football la,
It has degenerated from a healthy sport
Into a corrupted profession. ...
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The senate will discover, ere a year
passes, that among the few Democrats
rt remote Oregon there la a worthy,
fit man for senator, even though ha be
a Democrat
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Don't overlook those Salvation Army
pots. ;,,.-.,.
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Suppose foe every, nickel, dim, auar-
terf or half you spend 1n a saloon, yon
put an equal amount In the- Salvation
Volunteer army pots. -,
Money - makes the mare- go the de
velopment-animal.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Benton county is great on poultry.
New shingle mill In Brownsville. ,
Albany Democrat: About 20 boys eon
tlnus to sell sandwiches and fruit at
the depot noons, helping in a material1
way in the support of the families
they belong to. Not so many sell at
the afternoon train. Superintendent
Hayes reports permission granted , to
three or four of the boys who sell
sandwiches, who return to school after
ward. Four or five boys who do not
attend school sell, and what cigarette
smoking there is by thera! r
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Quite wintry weather In eastern Ore
gonbut everybody up there is happy,
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Wasoo News: The condition of the
streets In Wasco Is something fierce.
By reason of 'the improvements going
on last summer the streets couM not-be
economically oiled, but this sxcuse will
pot exist next summer, and the matter
ahould be attended to. Clean streets
are as Important as a factor in the de
velopment of a city as water worka and
sewers, and oil has been proved to be
both economical and effective.
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Astoria papers excited about city elec
tion. Keep kool.
Moro Observer: Governor Chamber
lain has appointed a Democrat of
course, to the supreme oourt bench In
Oregon.- Well, what you going to do
about It? That a what the Republicans
elected him lor don t ltT
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- Resolving for harmony doesn't make
it . ...
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Poor, old. racked, perturbed Russia
it looks like anarchy for a while, . .
Gold Hill's Girls' band will give a
Christmas mask ball. What joy for
some!
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Peter Bass has been mads a cltlsen of
the United States in Baker City, but he
needn't get sassy on that account
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Wallowa News: Some lady teacher
came on Friday's stage on her way to
Freeseout to take charge of the school
Mr, Burleigh was teaching until sum-
monedhome by. news of hla father's
death. We did not learn her name.
Hope she won't freest out up there.
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A white Christmas Inthe Willamette
valley would not hurt .
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East Oregonlan: Ip-nots-we-non-ml.
mother of Umaplne, subchlef of the
Umatlllaa, died yesterday on the reser
vation, after having been ill but a
short time. The dead woman was ' 71
ysars of age at the time of her death,
and waa widely known. Her son, Uma
plne, Is one of the most influential ami
rsspsctsd Indiana on the reservation.
Snow
ing. -
In eaetern Oregon la a bless-
Echo people are enthuelaatlo over the
prospects of securing government irri
gation in addition to the many private
projects now under way In that dis
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Hood River apples bring 29 cents a
piece In New Tors. - -.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
By H. D. Jenklna, D. D.
Topic: "Preparation for the Meeslah."
Malachl 111:1-11.
Golden text: "I send my messenger,
and he shall prepare the way before
me." MaL lll:li
Besponslve reading: Psalm 10 J.
- XBtrodaotloB.
Malachl Is the laat of that long line
of prophets through whose wisdom Snd
faithfulness Israel was made to differ
from all surrounding nations. Although
we do not know the exact year or years
in which he spake, we know that it was
after the restoration. of the temple (Ch.
111.10), but before the close of the refor
mation period inaugurated by Nenemlah,
From the life of .the people the first
flush -of -enthusiasm had died out, The
restoration of the state was a more
serious business than some of them had
dreamed. .To build cltlesio plant vine
yards, to re-establlab ruined industries,
required years of hard work. ' The hills
of Judab did not clothe themselves with
vineyards. The plains o the Jordan
did not produoe, of their own volition,
bountiful harvests. Even as upon the
exodus from Egypt there were grum
blero who thought only of the "leeks
and onions" left behind them (Nu
11:5), so among those who had returned
to Jerusalem from Babylon there were
some who said bitterly that there was
nothing gained by sacrificing their es
tablished homes (Ch. 111:14). They kept
up the decent forms of religion, but
aubstltuted poor and cheap sacrifices
for the perfect onea required by the law
(Ch. 1:11). They had sought to bettor
their fortunes, It would seem, by put
ting away or neglecting the wives who
shared with them the hardships of the
return (Ch. 11:14), and had Intermarried
with those ungodly races about ' them
which had done all that was possible
to prevent the rebuilding of the city
(Ch. Ii:!l). .
In every great tidal wave of reform
some such elements, not native to It
are picked up and carried along with It
After the flret pilgrim and puritan
colonies were planted In New England,
emigration from the old world became
the "fad." Hundreds, if not thousands.
of persons crossed the Atlantio who
expected to find not simply adventure
but wealth "beyond the dreams of ava
rice" In this new world. - Many of the
things laid to the fathera of New Eng
land are really due to this claas who
sought to reap the advantages of the
movement without ever having sympa
thised with the deeply religious spirit
in wnicn it originated. .
The men against whom Malachl
preached were making a farce of the
restoration. The state needed a new
kind of man more than new walls. The
prophet spoke with no hesitating voloe
in denouncing the evils of his day. ' But
through all the confusion the star of
hope shone.
. The tessoa.
Vers 1. The man whose faith lava
hold upon God is never submerged. To
him the darkeet nlaht la but the nresam
or another day. ood Is the basis of all
optimism (Eph. 11:11). The promise
conveyed through these words of. Mal
achl was the Inspiration of the devout
In Israel for the long years of delay
wnicn intervened. There - may have
been "soma Immediate event" such as
the sudden return of Nenemlah from
lis vlalt 1U pylWrrwnTcne(ooTaTT
prototype of a larger fulfillment- But
the Jews always regarded this word as
the 'distinct promise of a Messiah, to
be heralded by a forerunner of distin
guished piety and forceful nersonallty.
So John understood it (John 1:13). So
Jesua Interpreted it (Matt xi:14).
Verse t. But they know little of
God s methods of redemption who do not
know that "the day of his coming"
must be aocompanled by certain terrors.
In its first stages the kingdom of
heaven may come "without observation
(Luke xvtl:t0), but its real, and com
plete advent is as the birth of a man.
accompanied by su (Taring. Jesus
scribed it as the unsheathing of a aword
(Matt x:I4). Tou cannot save a stste
by mere disinfection. It requires fire
to purify silver. It requires tumultuous
scouring to "full" a garment It is aa
true in the state aa in religion that
"Without aheddtng of blood is no remis
sion of sin" (Heb. lx:tl).
Verse S. The work of the Messlsh
shall not be that of developing an
American Beauty from a wild rose by
a gentle culture. It will carry with
It certain destructive processes, as ' In
the caae of him who smelts silver or
"fulls" a web of cloth.
Verse 4. But the final result Is peace.
Reformations are not effected by spring
sephyrs, but by cyclones. It may cost
ths lives of 10,000 men to make a nation
"independent", and (00,000 -to make it
"free." ,..
Verse ' 5. Those who profess to be
deep students of . ths Old Testament
might do well to regard carefully thla
verse'. At a period when Greece was
developing art to an extent never els
Where or at other times equaled, but
groping blindly after the feeblest ray of
moral truth; when Rome was develop
ing that system of arms which was to
make her the dominant power of the
known world, this obscure prophet of
Palestine wss .laying down -the funda
mental principles of right living which
today constitute the basis of , law
throughout the civilised .world. " His
labor was not to produce beautiful
forms or effective weapons, but princi
ples of conduct fit for all ages. He de
nounces superstition. Impurity.. perjury,
greed, oppression of ths weak and In
justice toward the foreigner. If that
be a 'low" conception of morals, it is
at Isast higher than Greece or Rome
ever gave us.
' Verse (. Nor does Malachl preach
these moral duties as new discoveries
of the "psychologist" Thsy are as old
as the first. code of the nation. Those
principles are required not.by the dis
covery of new utilitarian results, but
because they correspond to the moral
character of the unchanging God.
Verse 7. Malachl assumes that these
principles were well known. He finds
no literature st his peoplejn which they
are not exniDitea as lunoanjenuu.
primal. Indisputable.
Verse I. . He does not plaoe the sup
port of . divine ordinances first but
he does not forget It Religion csnnot
be maintained "In theal." It Is "not a
theory but a condition." W4 must re
member, however, that out of the "tithes
and offerings" not only the temple but
the whole theocratle state waa sup
ported. No other revnue was provided
for the government. To auppress these
waa to paralyse church and state. The
stste was God's as immediately as the
church.
Veree 10. It was doubtless true that
the royal provision of Cyrus for rebuild
ing Jerusalem was Insufficient Bu"
bad ths people performed their part
there would have been no lack. There
was but llttls money In those days, and
but little yst In ths fsr orient :; Trade
was conducted largely by means of bar
ter, and revenues were collected la kind.
The temple waa surrounded by great
chambers for the storing of tithes and
offerings, as the temple was, under the
thiocraov, "the palace Jf ths king' A,
A liberal -people would flhd the Ood of
israsi -a responsive uoov use proyuoi
does not deny that the people are as yet
a poor people, but the sufficiency which
ha anticipates is the divine uiessing
UDOn human fMalltv.
Verse 11. Every nation suffers at
times from accidents which It cannot
foresee, and which, if foreseen, could
only be In a measure, prevented by bu
man instrumentalities. Boast aa we
may our Invention and our "control
natural forces, mr hitherto unknown
worm or an unexpected frost will de
stroy millions uDon millions oi treas
ure. It la said that ths world in its
bsst harvest never reaped more than
food sufflcisnt to last It 11 months. Bo-
fore each, annual Ingathering the etock
of food Is sxhaustsd within a 0 days'
limit' Many of us can remember when
ths Colorado beeUe made its first ap
pearance in the states. The husband
man waa simply powerless before that
insignificant creature. Man never qe
llvered his fields from it God "reduced
it: and that which, so far as man could
see, waa bound to utterly destroy one
of the world's principal sources or rood.
disappeared as mysteriously ss it ns
come. From time to time God reminds
men how utterly they are 1n his hands
Whsn the Almighty would block one of
our locomotives, he does it wltn a snow.
flake, slmoly multiplying its number
God eould annihilate the wheat harveal
of the world by letting looae the Insect
and fungoid snemtes which are preset)
In every field but held In mysterious
restraint
Verse 11. Worldly proaperlty Is not
a gauge of spiritual worth: but ai
nils the upright nation is prospered.
It is sin, it is vice, which Impoverishes
a people. The people of the United
States consume in intoxicating liquors
every year more than they save in 60.
It coats any nation 1 1.000.000 a day to
carry on war. It coata more to build
modern steel gun than to build a church
and to firs a dosen rounds from that
gun burna up as much money as' would
tot a- high school. What goes into a
single ship of war would endow a uni
versity td bless a state for untold years
When true religion takes the place of
our imitation of It, poverty and all its
Ills will disappear. Malachl waa right
when he told the people of Judaea that
any nation which would keep the law of
God would be the admiration and the
envy of the surrounding world.
LETTERS FROM
PEOPLE
THE
Xkunr f ot Work U Vortlaad.
Portland, Deo. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal Portland Is a great elty;
tner is no doubt about it In a very
few years it will be a much greater
city, there la no doubt in ths mind of
the average Portlander aa to the truth
of that atatemest
Thera la plenty of work In Portland;
watch the heavily -loaded wagons eon
stantly going on any of the- bualness
streets. See the crowds of well dressed
men (and women, too,) continually go
ing . in and out ' of the banks during
business hours.' stop in front of any
business bouse and take a 'look inside
and it is a veritable beehive of activity,
Go along the riverfront and the ves
sels are coming and gqing, discharg
ing and taking on fresh cargoes, han
dling goods, the aggregate value of
eourse of a year; visit the sawmills and
there ia the same push -and buss and
hustle, men, hundreds of them, working
as though their Uvea depended on their
Accomplishing a certain amount of work
in a certain number of minutes..
Go anywhere in the elty and men are
building; hundreds are engaged at it
contractors, carpenters., hammer and
saw men, masons, bricklayers, lathers,
shlnglers; the "noise of their occupation
making muale or a nerve distracting
racket according to the viewpoint of
ths hearer.- t . , .
Not the least busy places In thla bean
tlful elty are the newspaper offices.
Everybody' In a hurry and the nearer
press time the greater the hurry. Edl
tor, manager, press room men, clerks.
stenographers, all are puahlng, crowd
Ing work Is the order of tha day. .
. And the clerks, thousands of them
everywhere, bookkeepers, assistants,
stsnographers,'dry goods clerks, grocery
clerks, drug clerks and ao on ad lnfini
turn, their number runs into the thou
sands. Yes, there Is plenty of work in
Portland but It is not sasy to get
The writer, a man In the prime of
life, sound in body and - mind with
fair education, with 14 years' experience
as bookkeeper, one year being 'manager
of a religious publication society, has
SDent a month In this city looking for
any kind of honorabls work. 'First I
advertised; no response. Next I tried a
house to house canvass "No help want.
ed," everywhere I turned. Then we tried
the employment offices, "Not much show
in the city; can ship you to Idaho aa a
common laborer!" To get on to the
city work you must have one year's
residence to your credit - This Is a good
thing In protecting the resident In giv
ing him the preference over the floater.
The B. M. p. H. says: "Yes, we have
frequent applications for bookkeepers
and clerks of all kinds. You deposit
12 with us and you ars entitled to oar
aaslstance in procuring you a situation;
when we place you, you must agree to
give us 10 per cent of your first two
months' esrnlngs." This looked a good
deal like a "holdup," especially .whea
you can count all of your dollars on your
fingers, but finally, on our friend Mr.
T. (who represented the B. M. C. H. )
asfeelng to refund the It If no position
was secured In one week's time, we made
the deposit and waited for results. The
week has long since gone by and we
are still waiting. But we -were not con
tent to alt Idly down while waiting for
our friend Mr. - T. to find the much
needed work. We visited the employ
ment secretary of the X. M. C. A. While
not a member of tha association, we
have kl ways looked upon It as a grand
Institution, operating on a broad scale
for the purpose of preventing young
men from wandering . off Into by' and
forbidden paths. From a spiritual stand
point ,JteeeniStQ be mpreofa3re?
vehtlve" than a "curative." but thla Is
not the -question under consideration; It
Is a grand Institution, any way, but
we were somswhat surprised when the
secretary Informed Us ''We are confin
ing our employment work to our own
members exclusively. You can corns In
as a member by paying the regular fee
and then we will try to assist you." Now
that sounds very nice, and Is all right
from the Y. M. C. A. atandpoint, but
what Is a man to do who has a family
to support rent to pay, and only 15 tn
tb world T I assure you. the man look
ing for work feels that things ars out
of joint whsnin ths midst of a great
and rich city, ha 'is told that he must
do something that Is utterly- impossible
for him to accomplish before a profeesed
Christian organisation can help him to
get htmeot work. t '.;'. --
We went to Jh largest employment
office In the city (at least he is the
largest advertiser. He hsd one- posi
tion that we knew wo eould satisfacto
rily fill; the salary was not large ISO
per month but It was better than noth
ing. ' We asked about ths commission,
PRAYED FOR AID IN
BUYING TROUSERS
VAIM kYt laTAes 1 ai
e-ww va a ITUIlISi
A aksptlo csnnot well avoid wonder
tnr why. If Ood furnished the. clothes
he could not furnish trousers that were
not too long," said the Outlook, edited
by Dr. Lyman Abbott, In aa attack It
haa made upon the evangelists. Torrey
end Alsxandsr, successors to Moody and
Bankey, who arrived In New Tork from
Europe thla week and will hold revival
meetlnga in Madison Square garden.
The remark mmm vnH nmnna .
following Incident told by Mr. Alexan
der and quoted by the Outlook from a
book written by George T. Davis upon
the work of the evangelists:
"I prayed the Lord that He would
help me choose a good suit of clothes
and Isttd me to the right pattern. . 1 was
asking Him to take the lead In the least
11 ft 1 A rlotn 1 1 a nv Avrv.Ma- lt - T
had never done before.
"We went through tha rolls of cloth,
and, of course, my eye settled on the
best roll In ths lot I inquired las price.
The tailor said, 'A suit in - that cloth
would be 140.' I aaid. Then It's no use
- -"We went along, and each piece of
cloth seemed to be unsuitable, and fl-
nu7 ine man ronraa o mo ana saia,
'You liked that first piece better than
any, didn't your I said, 'Yes.' 'Well,'
he said, there wss a man came In here
and had a suit made of that cloth,. but
it didn't quite fit -him, and he was not
pleased with it It is a new : suit
never been worn.-, If it should fit you,
I will let you have it for tit.'
"We tried It on and It fitted me ex
actly, with the exception that the trou
sers had to be shortened a little; so I
had tl left for tlas and collars. Thus
I learned a lesson that I have never for-
temporal things as well as for things
spiritual." - . -i-v - -' , .-,
The Outlook's remarks hav stirred
the friends of the evangelists, who have
been holding ' remarkable meetings In
Australia and England, with what per
manent ethical effect tha Outlook seems
to question. . One of these friends. F. H..
Revel!, the publisher, said yesterday:
I do not wish to appear to engage in
a controversy . with Dr. Abbott but I
want to say that the Outlook and Mr.
Torrey represent two extremes la po
sition among the., church people of
America. - Dr. Torrey Is extremely con-
servatlve and tha Outlook is extremely
liberal, one cannot preach the word to
all people with the same illustrations.
One cannot conduct a great propaganda.
for all elassss of people with an Interro
gation mark. I have no doubt the mis
sion that will be conducted here will be
successful.". - .... . i
Will He Attempt Poetry?
From the Chteae-o Evening Poet '
Everybody must have been dlsap-.
TMilntajl that Mr. Roosevelt's letter ta
Mr. Clemens was in pros. Up to this
time verse is about the only thing under
me iud ine prvsiueat is iwi uvwn iv -
bav tried. . : ... , -.
IE! Wt thought of the wife and chU-
dren at home, and ths grocery bill al
ready twice tnat amount, looxea at our
employment agent and, while be may
have .been boneat and might have re
funded the money, we oonfesa our fear
nf it .nil waJked aadLv ivtr. . We ar
1 stUl loo kill aLlo.-Korkaid..wul.gli
accept anyming nonoraoue, cirricai, mu--
1U UE. JHKU1M1, v. ... .... ?V. w. .
A (mat Bay tot M Srraad. ,
La Grande, Or.. Dec: II To the Edi
tor of Tha Jouranl The coming of Dr.
Broua-har to La Grande will be long re
membered. The occasion for. his visit .
was to deliver his great lecture ia the
Central church under the auspices of
the churches or tne -city; , xne lecture is
the first In a series of rive attractions
arranged for this winter. The day was
the -coldest of th season, but great In
terest prevailed.
At 11 o'clock our honored guest, ac-
eomoanied by a- group of city pastors.
visited the city High school. Superin
tendent J. M. Martin, who bad visited
th Tempi and heard Dr. Brougher In.
his own pulpit haa a eieen appreciation
of the doctor's merit ao he assembled
tne nign scnooi pupua. . r wr v miiiuir,
the doctor spoke in a most thrilling and
Inspiring manner on education of body...
mind and soul. Th address scintillated
and sparkled, abounding in forceful, il
lustration and brilliant thought It will
live in tha minds of the young people of
.Itw mm Ana nf iiraauln t n t mrmmt
wm. -j - - --w .
At I p. m. the Baptist church waa
filled with an expectant audience. Dr.
Brougher entered and gave us a most
persuasive and uplifting gospel sermon.
For one hour he spoke on "Doing tne
Impossible," The audience waa held In
raDt attention and felt Itself mightily ,
moved by the power of the holy spirit
through the word and was encouraged
to attempt greater things for God and
aznact s-reater thlnss from. God.
The speaker impresses one tnat ne is
man with a message for the worldj
and that he believes himself linked In
separably1, with the Infinite One, who.
must b shaken from: his throne and
shorn of his - power - before his' cause '
can languish or his messengers be de
feated. 6'- . .- ', -
But Dn. Brougher appeared as a mas-
ter of assemblies til the lecture at the
Central church at I p. m. Before a
great audience he spoke with entrancing
mm. fn, . nnt tinur -ana -'S t hair . nn
Home. Bweet Home; -or, how to B
mor were blended 1 with -- profound .
thought The sublime and the ridicu
lous were In close relation. Laughter ...
. 1 , .t- Tl n b. w-
ana ierv nowva lugevuvr. Hum mw
man andr the measage were mighty.
mw ......hi- t- aiUnlMlInn
TTnlveraAl viralae wns 1 exnressed.. And
the doctor waa beseiged for a return
trip one year henee or sooner, wnes
urn (oiuiua , uw Hii . ii
come him. W. H. GIBSON,
. Pastor First Baptist church.
vTw B1U Students.
Jefferson, Deo. 18. TO the Editor
of The Journal One of the most amus
ing things I ever heard occurred In
Portland the other da v. aa recorded by
Th Journal. . '
A man named George Gottlieb had -
been arrested for wsnderlng around the
north end saloons. He waa very filthy
and when Uken before Acting Judge
Young refused to be sworn. He gave
as a reason: "I am a Christian, ana l ,
rafuse to swear. I am willing to tes
tify, but not to take an oath, for th
Bible says "swear not at an."' Deputy -City.
Attorney Flttgerald looked St the
man and then said: "You r a prstty i
Christian. Do you remember that the
Bible also says, 'cleanliness is next, to
Godliness?" - . -
. a In tat ttart A th. nikla -
the City sttomey. found thla language
I am unable to say. it reminds me a
good deal - of what a ' judge ono. said
to a poor fallow who complained to
said ths judge." do not be discouraged.
There's as good fish In the sea as ever
were caught Th,Blble says, 'A faint
heart never wow a fair lass.'"
r By th way, has City Attorney Flta
gerald ever read th Work nf John
Wesley t . fcOU-U '