The Oregon daily journal., December 28, 1906, Page 4, Image 4

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER t3. ' 1CS3.
GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE PAUPERS,
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; Mr. J. G..rhelp-Stoki, who a Roa
Paator, a jrouns; Jewea. born Id Ruasln,
4 llttad haraaJf froiD fe of drudgery
at tba cifansaJr'a baach'by bar geniua
4-aa a writer, and devoted her time to
" the bettering of the rondltlona of the
. T Por on tne eaat aide of New York, and
' haa oontlnved to do ao even after her
t naniase to a man of wealth whoaa ftelj
' ,.'of endeavor la the aame, haa wriltrn a
j forceful article upon "Economic Jua-
tlce." In It he flrea a broadside at the
pe,uperlem of wealth, which she terms
' as much a burden apon the eommunltr
; i aa the pauperism of the unfortunate,
t" nd an active menace. - She eays:
" "I do not beller that It Is possible
V to amaaa honeatly what la' now called
i arcat fortune, althouh tne people
1 who amaaa It may not be -consoluua of
f anything dishonest In their-methods.
- ; "No, those who buy land cheap and
'i hold It for an Increase In valuti are not
i exempt. Land la neceaaary to life. No
, : bn haa the rlsht to hold It when by
ao dplgr ha. keepa it away from other
who need It A man haa a perfect right
te aa. large a portion of If a he himself
; needs to live or labor upon, but no more,
f - mic-ht Wealth. "
' "No one "hse a rlht to wealth he
j does noxhlnf to earn, unleaa It la clven
fclm freely and wlUlncly by one who
i baa earned It. .Every adult should ren
J der- in aervlce to the community an
3 aoulvaleat of the amount of wealth he
takes out of the community.- ...
.? "Thoae who work usefully -with their
i brains are as truly producers aa thoaa
y who work with their handa. There are
' sreat captain of Industry who coord 1-
SmiTH SET 81
300 YEARS AGO
(Anniversary of Departure of
Three Shlpe With First Col-'-'
onfstt to America.
FIRST TOUCHED LAND .
' AT OLD POINT COMFORT
Etormjr Voyage of Four Month Fol
.' lowed Buffeted About , Engliih
Coast for Six Week Before Lot
faf Sight of Land.. '
' ' , Metres! ftpertaf fterTrt.)
Norfolk, Va.. Der. 28. On th lth
' Bay of December, 200 years ago, there
f et atl from Blaokwall, England, under
th command of Captain Newport, thre
veasels. tb Godspeed, the Hunan Con
stant and the tMacovery, th largest not
(exceeding J 00 ton burden. Thl little
fleet and It 105 passengers waa de
stined to mark the .beginning of th
most Important poch In the history- of
' th world. Th eoramenoement of their
voyage waa inauspicious and Ita prog
res unhappy. By reason of contrary
Winds they were buffeted about on tha
treat ocean-.for six weeks befor losing
ight of the English coast.
It waa after many mora weary weeks
f travel ere they aw land, the eoeet
f Virginia, on the t(h day of April,4
ji7. ana, to tne point rirst aignted thny
gave th nam Cap Henry, and the
eaftl place, where they dropped an
chor they railed TVMnfort," which Is
th Old rolnt Comfort of today, ... Jo
Sose Pastor Stoke.'
Panper Three.
1 "Captain of Industry."
"Gentleman at Leisure."
"Object of Publlo Charity.'
' Pauper Bioh.
There la pauperism to no mean
extent In thla country. I have
la mind particularly th pauper
ised rich. A pauper la on who,
either from Inability or from
unwillingness to support him
self, i supported at the expense
or the community. The real
pauper Is he who can, but is
unwllllnir to, eupport himself,
thus throwing; he burden of his
support deliberately upon the' d
community. Rosa Pastor Btokea.
nate labor, such 'as the presidents of
railroad systems, who receive large aal
arlea for their work. They are of the
workers. They render valuable aervlce
and receive compenaation for It. They
ar uaef ul men.
Parasite cf th OivUlsaUom.
. 'There are, however, men who llv
without rendering aervlce, on dividends
and other forma of 'unearned incre
ment.' They are useless members of
society; and not only uselesa, but para
sitic; they are a plague upon the human
family.
' "There are many stockholders who
work and receive wages or aalarlea; of
beauty of tha scene about them greatly
affected them, and John Smith, one of
their numbfr, waa led tb utter this
sentiment: "Wlthm," says ho. 'Is a
country tha w may have the pre
rogative over the most pleasant places
known. Heaven and earth never agreed
better to frame a place for man' habi
tation, were it Inhabited by Industrious
people. Her ar plains, hills, valleys,
rivers and brooks, all compaaaed with
fruitful and. delightsome land."
rounded Jamestown.
After resting at "Comfort"' for several
days and f eaatlng upon the oysters
which they gathered from the waters
and the strawberries snd other early
fruit which they gathered frot the
land, they proceeded up the mighty river
which they called the-James, and land
ed. May . 13, 107, upon the Island of
Jameetown, where, as Smith again says,
wa chosen a very fit place for the
erecting of a great tlty1." In thl Smith
was mistaken, a later yearn proved
the disadvantage of the location, and
the settlement never became much more
than a village.
Thus iwii founded ' Jamestown, tiie
first English settlement In the new
world; the birthplace of the American
republic and th beginning of the land
of th freehand the home of the brave.
It wa a emall commencement, but, con
sidered from the point of outgrowing
results, it wss one or tne most porten
tlous event in all- Matfrry, for hud th
Jamestown settlement, failed In Its In
ciplency th pilgrim had never landed
at Plymouth Rock, th Dutch had never
left their shores and th United State
of America might never have heeft.
Only Ivy Tower Left.
' Nothing now remain of the nomn
and pride of th once heroic village but
the Ivy-covered tower of the old church
and a. few resurrected ruins, yet what'
nallowed aaaoclatlons cling like th Ivy
about th crumbling ruin of th old
church tower! , 1 ... ,
How appropriate then, and how fm
portent t a.11 the peopt of th nation
andth world. I th great International
celebration to b held on the shores of
Hampton Roads, opposite the Old point
Comfort of Pmlth's day, beginning April
i, ist, m commemoration or the
founding ef Jamestown. Tne Jamas-
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course. In ao far as they a're producer
they are useful and necessary members
of society; but in their capacly a divi
dend taker merely they are parasites,
as the' dividend they receive bear no
relation to and come to them utterly
regardless of any service they may ren
der.. 'Until the workers of the world a a
whole receive the valua of the product
of their toll, and ouch a thing aa 'un
earned increment' is wiped oft the face
of all lands, we can have neither a
civilisation worth the name nor any far
reaching justice- between men and men.
Men can be neither highly civilized nor
deeply just when they take selfish ad
vantage of the necessities of other men,
They Ton aTot tTor plmrT
"whether he calls himself a 'captain
of Industry,. a 'gentleman of leisure,'
or 'an object of public charity,' that
man who-Is. willing to live in idleness
upoq tha labor of othera, and unaahamed
eata his bread In tne sweat of another
nu.'i, brow, la a pauper.
"One of tha branches of the T. M. C
A. In New York maintains a class wher
young men ar taught now to make
'wise' investments. If the- spirit of the
Master they profess tb follow actuated
tha prime movers of the association
they would have a cUm In Investments
along different lines. They would teach
these young men to know how dividends
are produced, under what . ctondltlona,
and at what great unwilling sacrifice
on the part of the workers.
"Unless we stand for complete eco
nomic Justice, we do not atand for lue
tic In it entirety," - .
town Trl-Centennlal will mark the prog
ress of tha world from remot antiquity
to the present day,, and wll) be-th most
educational exposition even held;
PINCH0T CHAMPIONS
CHEROKEE RESERVE
(ioersal RnecUl Rer-lee.)
Washington, Dec. -2. Glfford Pln
ehot, chief of th forestry service,, has
approved a rough draft of a report to
the secretary of agriculture relating "to
the 4,000.000 acre of land In Indian
Territory, withdrawal of which for for
est renerve purposes . brought about
criticism of the senate committee.
Tho report will be, a defense of the
withdrawal of the land, which 1 lo
cated In the Choctaw and : Cherokee
rations, and will show, first, that the
proposed forestry reserve wa naked
for primarily by the Indian them
selves; second, that the maintenance- of
a forest on th proposed srea will fur
nish a much-needed eontlnuous-jiupply
of timber and wood for local use, and
alao prevent the dlsaatrous floods along
a thousand tnlles of th fled river In
Teaaa, Alkanaas and Louisiana, ' whet
Immense sums ar now expended for
levees; third, that the reserve would
not take up all th residue of land after
allotment to the Indian.
DEFENDANT CLAIMS IT
, IS A GAMBLING DEBT
(Rperii! DlaMtrh to The Jonreal I
Pendleton, Or., Deo. J W. F. Mat
lock ha filed a suit In circuit eourt
sgalnst J. Sheurman to recover 1400
alleged to be due- on a check delivered
to the plaintiff, payment on which waa
stopped by the defendant " befor It
could be cashed. It Is said that th
check wa delivered December II. and It
waa drawn on tha First National bank
of Pendlet6n
Sheurman' reason ' for - refusing to
pay tha check la that he claims to have
lost the amount. 1400, In a gambling
gam at th Hotel Pendleton, and that
being a gambling debt U la not a lefal
A generous payment plan
people in PortlandAnd yl?.nityto..own one bt these modern and guaranteed
iranges.v Because these ranges have been on Ihe" market and given satisfaction'
and stood the test for sixty years has been sufficient to convince and prove their
; superiority. Their construction the many scientific features which combine for
perfect results irh cooking. and baking and for economy of fuel; these are what
have 'made the Buck's stoves and ranges so famous, known by young and old
To all intending purchasers of a modern range or stove our liberal 'offer will
prove convincing.
Buck's
Wood
and '
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Heaters-
ROOSEVELT EVENS
WITH HARRIMAN
Response to Magnate's Roast Is
..1 Campaign to Dissolve Hi.
' Merger.- . .
INTERSTATE COMMERCE '
COMMISSION IS SET ON
Hgrrimin Not Only Sneered it, and
Denounced President but Turned
Down O. O. P. Fat-Fryer and Sup
ported Heartt. " ' .
" (Jnnraal llneeUl Rerrle. I "
Nw Tork, liec. i. A peclal to th
World from Washington says:
Criticism of President Roosevelt on
th part of B. H. Marrlman is said to
be in a measure responsible for th In
vestigation to b begun by th Inter
stt eommorc commission in now
York next month, which. It I believed,
will lead to th dissolution of th Har-
rlman merger.
Bom month ago Harrlman obtained
control of th Illinois Central and the
Chicago A Alton railroads, which, in
connection with the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific, gav him parallel Una
from new yorn to'tsan TBncisco. cur
ing the late congreasional campaign
Harrlman wa not even lukewarm In
auDDort of the Republican ticket and
supported th - Hearst ticket In New
Tork. Harrimsn. wtny 1 by no means
an admirer of Roosevelt, not only de
clined to contflbut to th Republican
campaign fund, but went to a member
of th Republican congressional com
mute and told that official exactly
what he thought of th president.
Harrlman. stated tnat Roosevelt was a
firebrand, that he waa Irresponsible, and
that his administration of th of no of
president wa responsible for much of
the trouble experienced by tn Dullness
world. "
Thla member, of ' th congressional
committee lost no time going to the
Whit -House to Inform th president
what Harrlman had said.
The president aald: "All light; I will
attend to thla matter."
..Shortly after this Incident th Inter
state commerce commission ordered an
Investigation of th Harrlman merger,
and It 1 declared by tne administration
that all the power at Ita command will
be exerted to bring about th dissolution
01 in merger. ,
QUARflELS WITH WIFE
,, DRINKS ACID DIES
(Honrtai DIstMteb t Tfte JeeraaLI .
Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. f Joe Bush,
on Bloomlngcamp'a ranch near Bly,
committed suicide, yesterday by drink'
ing carbolic acid. '-,',
He nuarrelcd with bis wife Wedne
day. They separated, she going to jth
Iiouae or neiftnuor. iriiinnv, ana ni
tn th niv hotel, which h left' ear I v in
th morning. Returning, hi wif re
fused to see nim, sne going witn Mr.
and Mm. Griffith Into a fley to feed
oma rattle. He grew despondent and
wrote letter In which he said h wa
going on "th long trail." He than
drank th scid and died. '
. Coroner Martin has gone to' investi
gate. Bush wa buried yesterday. -
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and early to rise, make on healthy,
happy and wlae especially If you take
Heroine before retiring. A positive
cur for Consttpstlon. Dyspepsia and
all llv,' complaints. Mrs. ft, Co
lumbia, Tenn., writes: "I glwsya keep
a sup, 1. of yonr Herbln on hand.' Am
ao nleaaed with th relief It rive In
constipation snd all liver complaints
that weeda een t expres my apprecia
tion." For sal by sll druggists.
tlfflatrur1 v 1
your credit
I IS 0000 I
On These Liberal :
Tefms of Payment We -Continue
Our Offer to
Install in Any Home -
that during the present year has
C0MPLETE;J1005E-FUBm5MER5
CALIFORNIA SPUDS
All Users Must Pay Tribute to
, Japanese Master of High
, Finance. ;
KJNYA SHIMA WHERE HE
, " GETS HIS OWN PRICE
Controls Nearly All Potato Growing
in Stats and Reat la Easy-Shipping
Increases Supply but v Does
Not Lower Prices. x
(J4raal Roselal Serrlee.t
Lo Angelos, Dec 28. The people of
all California ar today paying tribute
to a shrewd -llttl Japan, Klnya
Bhlma of Stockton. H has-cornered
the potato market and hold the situa
tion in th hollow of his hand. He will
bs virtual dictator of prices until next
eaaon. Ha and Japanese companle he
control stand to sell th crop . for
11.000,000 nd Shlma rlll himself dean
up 1250.000. . H' ;t
This IS th explanation of th high
figures paid for ' potatoes for three
month paat and explain why they are
now rttgherr"- r
8hlma, who I well known to Japan
s throughout th tt. lx year ago
tarted on a small seal a a potato
grower In the Sacramento valley. He
worked until he and his companle con
trolled practically all th potato land
in th valley.' Lat year h thought th
time wa rip for a "corner" and ' he
tried it, but failed, Somewhere there
were ten of thousanda of. sack of
"spuds"- he had not known about, and
when he shoved up pries he found
tne stocks coming out or warehouses.
Hi corner wa brokest' .
Thla year he got control of stilt
tnor territory. . When ih -crop wa
gathered the Americans freely marketed
their product, getting th usual price.
Bhlma was quietly purchasing all th
took that came hi way and about th
nly potatoea left were tho railed by
Chinese. '.
Merchant have -ordered, many car
load lots from Wisconsin. Minnesota,
Idaho and Oregon. Th heavy freight
rate keep up price and there 1 th
risk of loss by frost and delay. Freight
from any part of th po'ltf wietltlnfm
amount to Ti cant per 100 pounds.
That does not re 1 lev th situation,
Ther will be no lower potato prices
until next year crop mfcUires, and ven
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BOY ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT WHILFHUNTING
' rSnedsl Dlspstek Tk Jnarssl.t
Dallas, Or., Deo. Is. Ulenn Slefarth,
th. lt-yer eld sow f Oeorg 81
farth. wa shot today whll hunting
near hi horn between Dallas and Falls
City. With his brother. Chester, aged
It, he wss enjoying hi holiday vaca
tion from Dallas college. Whll cross
ing a stream on a log Olenn'a shotgun
was accidentally discharged, th con
tent striking full in th breast snd
abdomen. A gold watch fortunately de
flected the heaviest portion of th
charge. Th boy rosy rcovr, though
hi condition Is orltlcal. . , -
MISS W0HLF0RD READ
.. ' HER OWN OBITUARY
tSpeHirl tllafrk The Jeerset.t
Forest Orove, Or., Dec. 21 Despite
th fact thatoh people in thl snd her
own vicinity and the newspaper had
her dead by suicide, funeral preached
and interment In Wilkes cemetery,
Blanche Wohlford stilt lives and enjoys
tn mountain air. a nappy milkmaid of
the old Nehalem.
She Is probably the first and only
girl iri Oregon to read her own ohltluary
Snd letter of eondnlenr to her psrsnt.
And th joke of th whol melodrama
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The Store That
ew
In
Outfitting
165 and 167 First Street, South of Horrbon
A Small Cash
Will fix you out' in anything that
men or boys, women or girls wear.
-: t-Also a complete line
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ClockSo
Vases- EtCs
r (iasli Clearing:
3isSiSePrices
i$iaWeek
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You'll hardly miss the money, and
- have what
1
that tka elrl never mad th leaat
iutctdsl threats But ' th entire affair
I th .sutcom .or a ravivai meeting
held by Cass Oarrlgus, on fit th- foot
washing faith, and which Miss Wohl
ford s t tended. B he was greatly Inter'
ested In the meotlng and became very
enthuslsatlc, and bsft mysterious actions
led her friends to bellev ah had ac
tually gone to th. otner woria; nnc
th enatlonI report.' p. .
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JOSEPHJIACCABEES ;
. ELECT OFFICERS
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(Spertal fltptcar4Tk JoaraaL) ". ...
Joseph. Or.. Deo. tt Th following
officer hav been lected tor Joseph
SPECIAL
For Tomorrow
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Pedestals in the solid oak,
weathered finish, three feet high,
twelve-inch top and base. - These '
4llgularly-foT$2.25.Speciat-"
iwr iuiiiui row vuiy .
$1.25
only to each customer. " No :
telephone or C O. D. orders
- taken for this special .".
Monarch
Gas
Heaters
Paves the Way
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York
Payment and
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you want -
OWrlTtRMSj
lodge, L. O. T. M., for th ansulng
year; P. C, Mrs. Minnie Hayes; I C,
Mrs. Janle Smith: U C. Mrs. Edith.-.
Jennlng; R. K., Mr. K. J. HeuckF.1-
K, Mrs. Kargaret McCully; chaplain, .
Mr. Mary-Reel; aergeant, Mrs. Allc
Kernan; M. A., Mra, Minnie Fleener;
sentinel, Mrs. Katie Bowman; plckt,
Mra.-Ila Conley.
K. O. T. M. officers hav been elected i
a follows:, r. It. Bmith, C; O. R. Lay, '
U C; r. T. MrCully. R. K. O F. Con
ley, chaplain; sergnant. WeMon. Mitch
ell; M. at A.. Will . Lay; flrt M. O..
Harry Carpenter; second M. O., Jo
Lay; sentinel, Herman Mitchell; picket,
J. W. Hay. .
Vher sew saaay Was ASa t tils is ,
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