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PoMMied awy aranlng (attest sj
; iy Snaaay totoratnir. t Th imnl sU4-
taf, Fith and Tanttfll etit. fortlaa. Oe.
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CntarM at tba poatofflre at fiertlaa, t-,
tnnmlmUm through tM Mailt aMen4-Hai
telepbokb m aim nra.
-in 6Mitaata war-fcti hr Me aamtM. VaB
theeaarata th trota re waat.
It won't io to aay that naarlf all of
central and southeastern Oregon H
a deeert, oot worth scrapping over,"
tor we all know better. It will hotf
do to say that labor, and money
cannot be obtained. We know this
lent so, either. We are going to
get something done, soma of those
promises fulfilled, or there will be
attempts of one kind or another
made that will compel Mr. Harrl-
clsm entirely Ignores, , and yet that
was the bone of contention in all the
roawdN anvaariarKe asraiwaNf ativs i ERSn1 attention.-' We demand more
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, The more we know, the bet
ter we forgive; whoe'er feels
deeply, feels for all who lire,
Ala&am de StaeL
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
HE KJCCENTLT elected city of-
floors enter npon their terms
today. The changes are few
and probably not of ranch slg-
ratlroads, more transportation facili
ties and the opening tip of the rail
road lands to sale and settlement.
Mr. Harrtman may smile scorn
fully at these demands, believing
that he is all-powerful and the peo
ple powerless, but times are chang
ing; this will not be so much longer.
AN UNMATCHED ASSET.
aaaaw.
HE PEOPLE of Portland and
Oregon lire in the midst of an
empire of whose possibilities
, they hare but faint conception,
Favored conditions crowd: around
them on every hand. In one in
dustry alone they have an asset of
Incomputable value. It !s an asset
matched nowhere else. This is in
ev.en ice to cool the lukewarm water,
nor suitable food, nor trips to the
country, nor anything to relieve the proceedings, so far as coast cities
torments of the summer heat. And (were concerned.
in the long, severe winters these.
people that are sweltering and Governor Cummins of Iowa thinks
stifling now . are shivering and President Roosevelt Is the pnly man
freezing. To most of us the greater who can. as president carrv ont Mb
.What Is Prosperity. ;Mr. Taft?.
Why Should It End Now in This Country t Is th Country Exhausted 7 '
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By Arthur Brisbane.
nart" of Biimmoi. I. . urht th. nollHM Wnnt m. .1' I "r- mlx WB0 may-ae 'prssiaeni 01
-"v. , . . uu, yma ua aa sironEi thi. nttA o..... - . ,,11
wmier scarcely ir at all uncomfort- m iwiz as in 19087 ; And If Roose-imlnd and a poor record, tells ths world
able; few there are whom poverty velt is the only man Jn America fit I tnat prosperity in America "muet ex-
plncheB severely: the ererrreen hills for president muitn't . v eheck." He wArhs his fellow
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are In sight, the country lies near at there for lifer , And when he dies peTth. VrolUZZTZ"
uBoa, m pui air irom mountain wnai win me country do?' Perhans MnniMlr.
and sea sweeps In continually, plenty Archie or Kermlt will be old annnrh I . lt Mr. 'Taft were the only man talk
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aDOUnaa and anfforlno- frnm rtlnmt I men. .' . . , " " "vuwoi
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w. iuc otiusi iiecBBirieB ui m. .. I mora t M. T.'.iv in
ib almost unknown. Should you not.
even if poor, be cheerful and
thankfuir
Remember that nobody gets every
thing he would like to have in this
life. Those whom you think have
everything that heart could desire
are not yet satisfied; they still want
more, or something else; they may
be as discontented as you are. Or,
Either Orchard told . lot' of lleshh m fashion,
A . L ! ' jb ' 1 TVa w.a.M W...
iu luase nimseir out a greater crim
inal than 'he Js, If possible, or else
some other witnesses are lying In
order to prove him a liar, The Jury!
wm nave to, decide whether It can
believe any of them, and to what
extent. -.ff ,;"'
They warn business men of trouble. .
They warn worklngmen of smaller
wares.
Why
We ahould like, flrat of all. to ask Mr.
They Breach disaster and hard times.
This is the week when the great!
Taft and the rest what they oall "pros
perity." i
It they talk about the prosperity of
the man who makes millions without
working- we are willing- to admit that
there mar be a check to such pros
perity, and we hope that there win be.
If they talk about the prosperity of
the few based on watered stock, mo
Does Mr; Taft or anybody else see in
America any indication of lack of pros
perity cased upon i&ck of though
ooya ana gins in our
Are not the shins from EuroD brlnr.
ing- thousands upon thousands of good
workers to add jto those already here?
This country is great farm; this coun
try needs human telngs to work It. as
the ordinary farm needs horses. Would
a farmer mm tnat prosperity - were
threatened if he saw, splendid worklns
machines coming- Inby the thousands
and the tens of thousands. SDlendld
crops upon the fields, and an- army of
intelligent boys and glrla preparing for
the work of direction, and production in
the future?- . '
There la no reaaoh for Mr Tuft n
others like him to talk about a check
in prosperity. -
If that check In Prosperity shall
oome it will be the work not of natural
conditions, not or trie American people,
or of the crops, or of Providenoe, but
Small ;Cliangel
.FIBS Waatha 1a ,"''
July brldaa. ar all mil v. ' .
.SJJ mt the giant "crackers" sad vV 1
,'',., e 5 . .fTjiJ, iTN
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ck of thoughtful I iu?o JfJ ,d QWi srsrybody, to tt1
public seTst-,j0Ljbrej .
portion to himself. A ,.;',
s.l ' '; ;. ' ,".;vk;tv
J-?orAn- ;J,ed at Balam Friday, '
had a gun and used it , . .... :.., ,, ff
But Some fnnla anit thai., omw
parted only by death... -: .
-,NTiVl CI7 fr harrest help will re
sound through the land. ,
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iXn ble-bodied, Idle man la ths Conn
try should get-no favors.
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.;.th.ud,vI'c,.,nUI grinding eut
sltogethsr too Isrge grists. ' V ,
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or or. ins crops, or 01 rroviaenoe, Dut goma nanni. n-k ....a
the work of the men behind Taft thst with??aPhr.A "Id.ili0K P'Oded
would like -to see him president. - wun free bread, beer and beds. . .,, ; v
If ws do not cultivate more acres In..' '. v ' ',
If not. instead of looking, up with Declaration la read In 100.000 places. noWiei id i ufe-rneVes-itV e hope
ana tne liberty .belli ring out and n.nt oheVk. will, -wto that kftd of
be only four new members, or fiver1"1 h"banr ,n c
7
! tncladlng Baker, who had been a
member but a short time. ; May we
not hope, as we are sure all good
- eltlxene do that the council for the
next two years, old members as well
; as sew, will work more in harmony
. with the mayor and the executive
board than the outgoing council did?
The people Indorsed the mayor, and
', we believe that nobody doubts hit
unselfish.' non-partisan purpose to
. give the people the best adminlstra
tlon possible. : To succeed In serving
the people well, he needs the coop
eration -and cordial support of the
council. The councilmen are not
elected to thwart and harass the
mayor because he happens to differ
rj - from a majority of , them on some
, fl. - views of natlohal Dolitlcs. and since
he has been reelected and his course
thereby approved by the people, his
recommendations and vetoes ought
to be treated j with respectful con
sideration, hot In the one case Ig
nored or In the other overridden, as
has been too much the ca.se in the
past. ' ' ' '
.-The Journal believes now, as it
did during the campaign, that there
ahonld be no party, politics In con-
t
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mate and foods contrive to produce
the best specimens obtainable,
Standard bred animals introduced
Into Oregon do not, as happens in
many states and countries, lose their
breed characteristics. If anything,
the dominant - traits or characteris
tic of breed become here more pro
nounced. A Percheron horse be
comes a better Percheron, a Belgian
a more pronounced Belgian. The
condition Is one that the expert
stockman knows to be of extraor
dinary value for his purposes. Here
the production of a draft horse
weighing a ton is -accomplished with
the greatest ease. A 2-year-old colt,
exhibited recently at the Corvallls
livestock show, weighed 1,697 and
another of the same age 1.610
pounds. Three yearling colts at the
same time and place weighed above
1,200 pounds each. Under selection
of breed and accommodation of
ration, draft horses, beef cattle and
mutton sheep can be grown that can
scarcely , be duplicated elsewhere.
The equable climate and the all-year-
round green foods are primal agents
In this growth. Prom birth to ma
turity there Is no stoppage of growth
envy, look down on those vast mul
tltudes below you in point of com
fort-making circumstances, and in
Very shame cease complaining of
your lot.
Your hearts, in this bounteous,
beauteous land, In this . city where
necessaries and ordinary comforts
are so easily obtained and so almost
universally enjoyed, should be over
flowing daily with thankfulness
not mixed with the prldeful thought The liquor dealers are wise
that you are better than these less they have concluded to go out
fortunate people or are the pets of politics as an organisation,
Tonne imarlca nv. I prosperity.
r ourtn is the great day Of a great I understand by prosperity. By pros-
i . i DsniT in, nnn nnriTsnn n nrv nr
country,
The Rockefeller, horse may be led
to . the Chicago Judicial watering
trough, but to. make him drink,
otherwise testify and tell all be
knows, is another matter.
perity the people understand plenty of
food, plenty of work, good pay for
gooa service, good ecnoois, nospiuus,
parks, a fair reward for honest Industry
in snort, rich results rrom intelligent
development of a rich country.
, Is there any reason on the top of
tne earth why the United States should
fall to be more and more prosperous as
times so by?
We require many millions of bushels
oi potatoes ana wneat anacorn ana oats
part or our prosperity, is inert
Providence on account" of any par
ticular merits of yours above theirs,
but that chano or choice has cast
your lines of life in flleasantef .places
than those of so many of your feJlow
mortals who go groping, stumbling
and staggering through this mysteri
ous "yale of tears.'.
if
of
The rest
of the people won't stand for their
dictation In public affairs.
No private concern would allow
its business to get months behind
and great numbers of people to be
kept waiting as Uncle Sam' does at
the Roseburg land office.
anything- to indicate a falling off In the
fotato crop? Have we sTot throughout
his country millions upon millions of
acres or iana waiting only to oe culti
vated T Is not more than half of the
land, even around the big cities, un
cultivated T
The country needs Iron and steel and
coal and gold and silver and copper. Is
there any sign of exhausting that kind
of wealth? Are not the mines un
developed undoubtedly far richer than-
those already worked? Can we see any
end to tne nation s resources, or any
NEED.OP A PARCELS POST.
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ductmg the city's business. The two If account of w?ather ,tm"' n!
' -things are Incongruous and Incom
patible. Where partisan politics Is
the mainspring ot;.effJ(!lal action.
- there cannot be good, efficient, faith-
fur service of the people. This the
mayor understands, and he acfs'upon
Cannot the coun-
There should
'be for the most part harmony, not
contention; concord, not antagon
ism; friendliness, not animosity; all
working together for the interests of
the whole people..
that knowledge.
oilmen do the same?
OREGON AND HARRIMAN.
the consequence Is animals of un
usual size and strong breed traits.
And much - the same peculiarly
favorable conditions, especially with
reference to draft horses, are true
of eastern Oregon, where,, though
smaller than in western Oregon,
there is produced ' the cleanest
limbed, best-hoofed and most power
ful and enduring-framed horse In
the world. In the belief of experts
there Is not the slightest doubt that,
by reason of her peculiarly favored
conditions, Oregon' can build tip an
animal Industry that will make her
as famous In heavy animals as is
f HE REPORT of the transports- Kentucky for speed thoroughbreds.
tlon committee of the develop- lbe ract 18 a powerful reason for a
ment convention at Cottage Portland livestock show. Her en-
Grove last week Is a strong, couragement of an Industry, In which
CCH INCIDENTS as that of the
Adams Express company di
viding up 124,000,0OU among
4ts stockholders Is likely to
aid the movement for a parcels post,
as It should. Congress would have
passed a parcels post lar long ago
except for the influence of the ex
press companies, which, along with
other corporations, many members
of congress serve, rather than the
people at large. The creation of a
parcels post system should not be
the only step taken to curb the rapa
city of the express companies, but
the interstate commerce commission,
having authority to do so, should
Investigate the charges of these com
panies, and reduce them when exor
bitant, as they are in a great many
If not nearly all cases. The Wall
Street Journal mentions a case of
the transmission of $473,500 in gold!
from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Seattle,
by mall,, the postage amounting to
1 4 80, because the charge of the ex
press company would have amounted
Letters From
People
Appreciates The Journal's Stand.
perity. from the point of view of our
metallic or agricultural wealth?
The prosperity of the nation demands
plenty of intelligence and plenty of
muscle and willingness to work. The
kind of prosperity that this nation has
enjoyed and that it win continue to en-
ls tne prosperity or good wornman-
p combined with Drains. Just as
Joy is the p
snip comoin
much as we need wealth from the fields
and the mines we need wealth that
oomes from the human brain.
This kind of wealth the public schools
are pouring out every year. The schools
that are closing now have been de-
Albany, June 28. To the -Editor of nltlaana ranabla of doina- the thlnklne-
ine journal I know that In your last and the planning and tne developing.
editorial encouraging the new endow-
this country It is not because we lack 1 Probably Judge Frarer regards 'tuei'fcn
men or money or intelligence, . put oe-1 remepost as. unconstitutional, ; si
uuubs me raiiroaas mat uacn up aucn
men as Taft stand as a barrier between) Peonle wha wajit a n.,ut lk
the farmer and tha rnnaumar and kn tHijT-u"' 7 .! ?' Foe.rta.OC
the farm.r from an honast return. .''"' wrcu in iae oountry,
If mines are not as thoroughly de.
T.uli America needs no encourage.
ment to maka a Invf ut nnlaa n. ku.
Fourth. .
a
Ananias would be blackballed at a
taxdodg-ers club these days as too fool"
iah-honast. y
Nobody In Oregon Is going to become
excitedly wrathy at the umbrella trust
this time of year.
a ' ;
Still tha ineraaaa tt Vn,M4 I. . -1.
clearings continues the greatest of any
city In the country.
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The Portland Rnaa lrtaata will k.
heard of and talked about throughout
the country yearly hereafter,
Thi la the season for pitching Into
the coal trust. Next winter - the Ice
trust will come In for notice.
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It Is said tha Jininma ara a-i-adn.ll
increasing in slse. They would better,
unless they want to become jnearly all
head.
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Looks like a (0,000,000 wheat crop
in the Pacific northwest, and a big price
for that. Who pities the wheat farmer
now? ,
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thftra I Tf vhut lraana fin tn Anllm 1. rn.1
L tnoUBan!" of business I cago this fall fhe farmers east of the
cnances for the man able to sclae upon mountains can tour all Europe In auto-
,i,r" . ii nana lor mooiiea u mey cnoose.
millions Of KOOd mechanln. lahnnn I
1, 1 1 1 ,1 j V lmi.., , -. . . m
kinds. wuramen oi III It , ,bout Umtt to h.,r fr0 pr0.
It is nonsensical to predict an end of 11.,,? L ,J taia,, JuaJfe in2lr
osperity, a check In our growth. "n . " J. RKki,1Llr' Jh,v f
lam
veloped as they should be; if iron, steel,
copper and the other metals are pro
duced insufficiently, that Is not the
fault of the American people. It is the
fault of the trusts steel trust, smelter
trust, etc. and of the railroads.
The people of the' United States
should not listen patiently to talk of
bard times coming from Taft and others
wno represent tne men tnat nave accu
mulated tile hundreds and the thouaanda
Of millions.
There is absolutely nothing to Indi
cate hard times in the United States.
unless lt be fright that comes from
revelations of dishonesty at the top of
government and at the top of finance.
The American oitiaan la atlll a rnrul
Intelligent workman, thinker and planner.
The American soil la aa rlrh aa avar
The American mines have not begun to
deliver up their wealth. The world
needs our products and Is willing to pay
for them. We need them at hnm ni
shall be able to buv them from one an
other If the trusts and the trust owners
wm jioi aieai too mucn rrom us.
There is no reason whatever tn talk
about hard times: there is no reason
hy any man should be afraid tn nut
his money into business, to develop his
Ideas, to do his part toward building up
the country.
We haven t one half enoua-h fartnrlaa-
wo iieeu luuuounaa or new larms:
prosperity, a check In our growth,
me country was never mora nnu.
perou", never had a brighter future be-
ium it, nnu tnera is aosoiuteiy nothing I
to prevent the continuation of good
nmee except tne aisnnnesty of monopo
lists that nut ihkma.lv.. ,kA.. Ik.
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WS.
may expect
professor.
a brown roasting by
ment fund for Albany college you were
not moved, by any favoritism or prefer
ence for Albany college, and so I can
not write to thank you for the favor you
aid this Institution by that editorial.
But this and another editorial which we
remember gratefully cause us to be very
glad that The Journal takes such an In
terest In institutions like our own that
do not have either the support or en
couragement of the entire state. The
inenas or tnis college have very much
appreciated the support of The Journal
in this matter, aa well aa in many other
matters referring to the Institutions
that work to the betterment of the cltl
senshlp of the state. 2
H. M. CROOKS,
President of Albany College.
The Pure Food L
aw
presentation of facts very Important
to Oregon. WllhMr.-Harrlman, who
! the main object of criticism, give
tue consideration to the facts set
fortht Or will he contemptuously
ignore them, and continue to treat
the people of thlsi Btate as If their
main purpose Jn life was to work
for him, and Oregon as if it were
no more entitled to consideration
than a patch of the Sahara desert?
; The report of this committee sets
.forth Oregon's grievances clearly and
sucn extraordinary success is pos
sible, will be bread cast upon the
waters to return to Portland in after
days.
FORTUNATE PEOPLE.
OBODT, IN such a state as Ore
gon, or such a city as Port
land, having tolerable health
and the necessaries of life.
ought to be a grumbler, a com-
I plainer. We do not mean that no
places the blame for its lack of de-0ne'Bn01I.W criticise anything or any-
yelopment where It belongs. It body or, that people should be com
points straight to Mr. Harrlman and Petely satisfied and contented with
says: "Thou art the man." But it everything and not strive for better
resorts to no weakening invective tbings, but"pefions"who have the
: and indulges in no pyrotechnic abuse meanB of enjoying . life pretty well.
to Sl.bsO. Many similar cases of
all sorts of merchandise might be
cited. All other progresslfe nations
have long had a parcels , post, be
cause no other national legislature
allows such corporations to make or
defeat laws to suit themselves, re
gardless of the Interests of the peo
ple. It la time the people through
out the country got busy In Instruct
ing their representatives In congress
to uiienu io inis pusmess.
What Is a Democrat?" '
Astorin. June 28 To the Editor of
The Journal The Oregonlan seems to
be very exuberant In their verbosity as
to the meanlna- of -What la rkim-
cratT" This la vnrv anallv an...H
vlss.: A political office in Portland and
Salem which the Republicans have
failed to conquer. p. w. M.
SHIFTING THE ISSUE.
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of corporations or railroads in gen
era!. It shows that Oregon has not
only been just, imt generous to Mr.
JJarrlman's railroads; that the peo-
far better than millions In our own
country and hundreds of millions In
the world, ought to keep their own
comparatively favorable lot In mind.
; jile .of Oregon have been exceedingly an( be cheerful and thankful. In
patient, until patience has ceased to stead of en vying the few who have
lie. a "Virtue; that while Mr. Harrl
man has been "milking" Oregon of
many millions to aid him in his
financial exploits he has done as
JIttle as possible for Oregon, and has
- repeatedly broken promises that he
has made. In a word, while Oregon
as been exceedingly good to him,
Jias treated Oregon shamefully
t with great Injustice and injury.
: $ we ask no revenge or reprisals.
A i want to go on treating his roads
not , only i Justly but liberally. We
want to enact no - harsh laws nor
exert any annoying control. "We, want
to be friendly to the 'railroads and
give them 5ood opportunities, to
make reasonable profits and as far
a 3 may be have a free hand.
Jlut we want more, railroads, prom
ised , raiIroad97rtbehane Jor j de
velopment that "lonly more "raUrdadB
will give. - We are folng to get them,
or make Mr. llarrlman trouble, vThis
U lils territory, south of thi Colum
bia. Ho claims it, and holds lt-LWa
lopkU ilia for thega needed roads.
more of life's luxuries and apparent
blessings than yourselves, Instead of
pitying yourselves because you are
not rich and able to do all you would
like to do, consider the far greater
number who are worse off than you
are, who have less of life comforts,
who live In Inescapable and dire
poverty, to whom life is a constant
and heavy burden, a read through a
gloomy, noisome and monotonous
morass, wherein no flowers grow,
whereon the sun never shines.
Think of the multitudes -of the
miserably poor in the great cities
during the heated term Just begin
ning, crowded in little, sun-scorched
tenements, in the heart of the "great
city where the air stifles if it does
not scorch, where work by day Js
killing and the rest in the night Is
unrefreshlng. where toil is torture
and ; idleness a torment; think of
those helpless millions who can af
ford none of the means of relief
which the poorest of you can enjoy
to, omei extentr-wjio cannot, afford
HE Spokane Spokesman-Review
Quoting an Instance of low
water rates to Portland from
Ohio mentioned by The Journal
complains that The Journal "does
not see that testimony of this sort
goes to prove the Justice of Spo
kane's contention," and. continues:
If merchandise can be shipped by
rail from an interior state Ilk Ohio to
the Atlantic seaport, rehandled there
and rue on a ship and thence be car
nea by water around Cape Horn to
Portland at rates which are fcne alf
the transcontinental terminal rates,
wnat stronger proof coiild be presented
that the Spokane ratei frojir Chicago
and Missouri river polntsNtfe excessiver
It is amalng that the men who man
aged Portland's light against the inland
empire before the Interstate commerce
commission were so stupid as to pile no
racts like these thinking they were ar
guments against epoitane and the In
land empire, when, as a matter of fact,
tney were powerful arguments against
the existing high and extortionate rates
from the east to the inland empire.
It looks to us as if It Is the Spo
kane paper that "does not see," for
whatever the railroad attorneys may
have been attempting to show, or
refute, Portland hast made no at-i
tempt to deny that rates from Chi
cago and . Missouri river points to
Spokane are too high. Nor has Port
landmade any "fight against the
inland empire" in its efforts to get
lower rates, If that is what It is after,
Portland . Is perfectly willing and
would be glad to see these rates re
duced, bat what It contends for is
the differential to which its position
as a seaport entitles lt. 'This aues-
Women's Work.
From the Pacific Outlook.
Notwithstanding the increasing diver
sity of employments for women, do-
iiieouc service still remains the most
important by far of the occupations in
r,11, they are ens-aged. Of the 4.
833,630 women in continental United
States reported as engaged in gainful
occupations at the time of the twelfth
census, 1,124,383, or almost one fourth
of the total number, were returned as
servants. It may seem surprising that
the next most Important occupation for
women la that of farm laborer, and that
the number of women reported as fol
lowing this occupation was 456.405 or
almost half a million. The signifi
cance of the figures will be better un
topd If lt Is pointed out that 442,006 or
9,8 Der cent Of thaaa hnal. r -. l.
- -. ........ .aim , .
borers were reported from the southern
states, and that 361.804 or 79.J per cent
Of the total number were of the negro
race. Moreover, lt appears that 277,
727. or 60.9 ner runt nf tha tnt.i .
ber. were members of the farmara- ram.
Hies, representing the wlvaa and
up daughters assisting in the work on
the home farms. Next to these two
leading occupations come four occupa
tions not far apart in numerical Im
portance, though Widely rilfferant In
character. They are the occupations
of dressmaker, laundress, teacher and
farmer. The largest of these occupa
tions that of dressmaker emnloved
8.144 women and the amallaat that
of farmer employed 307,706. Of teach
eSo.h,:er6 were s",206; of laundresses,
328.935. l,
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(Copyright. 1907, by Amerlctn-JoiirDal-Eiamioe-)
The pure foqd law is the best thing
which has "happened' In many years.
Yet. because it has "injured business'
for a time there is talk of letting
become lax In application.
For the first time in my life, since
the passage of the pure food law, I have
tasted real maple sugar syrup. The
taste was a revelation.
Heretofore, melted brown sugar, such
as Is sold at a few cents a pound
country stores, has formed the larger
part or maple sugar laDeiea "pure,
from various farms of "Honest New
England ' dealers.
There was nothing poisonous in tbe
sugar, but tne question naturally arises
why should we pay a fancy price for u
label when we could buy the brown
sugar and melt lt for our own tables
at one tenth the cost?
If the maple sugar Industry cannot
thrive save by fraudulent methods It
had better be abandoned, and some other
line of business pursued.
A man of my acquaintance traveling
in the west found a tnxiving inaustry in
a certain fine white gravel, which was
shipped to large flour mills of the land.
Most of the cheap brands of wheat
flour are composed of a goodly per cent
of this gravel.
No doubt the gravel "industry" has
surrered by tne pure rooa law.
In France the people have arisen In
an- -organised effort to have pure wines.
There is the most remarkable strike
on record in that country at the present
time.
The vlnegrowers of France, believing
that the adulteration or tneir wines has
been a blow to their best interests, are
demanding a stringent pure wine law,
and the municipal authorities of their
The Play
Oregon SiJcligkts
V
"Chuck the moss." santentloualv
slangily, says the Astorian.
towns are refusing to act in every pub-
ntlli such a law is enacted.
oi
Tl
threatened.
But the French vlnegrower has. mora
perception of what means ultimate pros
perity ror a oountry man tne American
citltens who talk of the Injury to busi
ness through the pure -food law.
As well talk of the injury to the hu
man system, which gives up drugs and
stimulants, and depends upon Nature's
laws for ultimate health.
Long ago a wise man. said, "Honesty
Is the best policy."
And that applies to honest foods and
drinks, as well as to other matters.
Today In History.
1764 William Conyngham, Lord
Plunket, who prosecuted Robert Emmet,
bom. Died 1854.
1806 Coal first mined in the United
States, at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.
list d"-Klng Louis of Holland abdi
cated. 1S21 Spain agreed to sell Florida to
tbe United States.
The opposition naturally comes from
the adulterators whose "industry" Is
Do We Worry Too Mnch?
From the Pacific Outlook.
Captain Tanaka. who hna mHa
for himself as aide to General Rnrnn
xamemoto Kurokl whila tmirlnr tha
United States, was asked what he thinks
of America and his irrelevant answer
was:
"Your women have too much nowart"
This was followed by a brief dialogue,
quoted by Richard Barry in a recent
Issue of the New York Times:
"Do you not believe, then, that wn
men should have liberty?"
"yes, llDerty; not power."
"Do you think lt would be hat far tnr
the country if the women wnra in
evidence?''''
"Not less in evidence; less in power."
"Yon mean socially or politically r
"In every way. They have too much
power. Men can t do rood work whan
they have to be worrying about women
all the time."
This purely oriental view is, of
course, natural to the subject of the
mikado, but it is noteworthy,. In passing,
that the Japanese nation has eonlad
more from the "men who can't do good
work" than from any other tiannla in
the world. But If it had not been for American war.)
tne wurrrinK auvui wuntun an xne i
time
1813 Last fatal duel fourfct In Eng
land.
1861 Steel guns first manufactured
ai irenton, iew Jersey. n,n
1874 Charley Ross Abducted from
his father's home at German town, Penn
sylvania.
1890 Statue of Thomas A. Hendricks
unvened at Indianapolis.
ism steamer uity of Chicago
wreckeo on tne Irish coast, near Cork.
i rne couth Carolina liquor dls
penaary law took effect.
189ar-Dr. R. W. Buchanan, wlfe-mur-
niprer, -electrocuted at tjing Bing, New
York .
1886 Harriet Beecher Stowe, author
of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," died. Born
June 14, 1812. "-r "
lens uattie of El Caney (Seanlsh-
The pronounced feature of tha Baker
production of "Oliver Twist" at the
inira street house yesterday was Wil
liam Harris' Interpretation of the char
acter of Bill sikes. It was a personal
triumph for Mr. Harris, his portrayal
of this nether-world London .character
which has been attempted by so many
of the leading actors.
T k V.. l
, vu many years since this
famous Dickens fiction has been seen
upon tha stage of Portland, and tha
approaching engagement of Miss Nance
O Nlll in this. aMttr ii. .. . .
.a -..i. t . : aiefa i LB revival
UUUUi mrftMn ST Tf .... Jt l- ... I atakata-. 4 a-.a.-l S . .a aVa.il . ..IJ
aa'.i i. ZZ uuj in it Alias I bivuiiu iniiuiicrii insji iwai uu vuiu
? wi'i " !,rpretl,0n' ef the character them ths same neighborhood last
that ZniV warays 0id theatre spring-cleaning tip 110.000.
tfons. ' the play P011 her emo- W. S. Ollliam of Walla Walla, 71
xirab
A steamer will suDDlant the ataaa be.
tween Klamath Falls and Keno.
a a
A Salem person advertised for a lost
umbrella; money wasted, of course. ,
A
Capitalists are preparing to develop a
rich copper deposit near CanyonvlUe, In
Douglas countyT
Astoria, peepla are moving Ao get a
good automobile road all the. way be
tween that city and Portland. ,
a a
It Is said that over at Newport ths
cottages are already tilled, and that It)
Is impossible to lease one anywhere for
the summer.
a a
A Wyoming man bought 8,000 head ot:
A V 1 . .
.. . "".""f ins play has been
hill k.7"1," ?Zr Wood"or.nwho
has the part of Nuiimt an -.m- ' " "
the remarkable chn'.;r.""'' VY"?er-
VihlZ JKSMtaMnetlM " thi. city
Pauper-. "TtM,.n t J&J&IV
c2,nr.;tKd?l Plor Uttft Mi
per ilft.th part of Oliver in the
Baker offering. .They are supported bv
several member of th Bale? com-
pany.
Both performances yesterday wera
witnessed by lara-a a,.5iar,l. ' -w?5
were thoroughly satisfied. In many in
stances women bestowed the most sin
cere approval of the efforUof the pe
formers with tears. p
t(p.y Produced under the dlrec
tion of Miss Woodthorna. wiin v.. J...
ol80?,? iel tl'tted with her efforts.
xiiu uoea very errective work in
5..P2rtraya of N"cv Sikea Little
vaara nA vlaiaaf rVkrvallla th
house of 'which cltv he bulit 60 years
ago. ; He had not been there before for
60 years. Mr. Ollliam was tha flrat
sheriff of Polk county and a noted In-
aian-iignter.
'...
Residents of. Albany are great meat
eaters, says the Herald. Every day
more than two and a half tons of meaL
oostlng over $600, are consumed by tha
6,000 inhabitants of the city and In a
week it Is estimated nearly 16 tons of
meat are devoured.
a
A little Sherman county boy struck out
through a grain field the other morning
and when found and returned to his
home his mama asked htm where he was
froing, to which he replied: "I was go
ng to Mt, Hood." H was going in ths
right direction and taking the shortest
route.
Miss Cooper is seen to exoeilSt advan- L en
tage in the boy part of Oliver. factory
Leo Llndhard does orobahiv tha k.. weren t a
wora or his career as Fagen. His make
up, as waa that of vr- u "
Slkes, was unusually rfectlve" "
There was oulta an anth. ..!....
cepOon to ROT Barnard h ..Jr. .-i
on the Baker stage yesterday after an
fcbiena ' J L.A h the Part of
..Aim J. ",'..UOT " "tiecuveiy.
--- , - ' t.v uv me Dili at
the Baker for tha ant Ira ..v t. .
v!!?ly f,l,lubu Production and one
mil ua aura to piease aurlnr the
week. At Its conclusion th. .J?5
k. .t- .7 - "r ""I
A Seashore Band. '
Have you listened to a band
Play on the shore?
There npon a covered stand
'Mid ocean's roar
They will mangle song and dance
I To a degree
That you think you'd Ilka to
Felo de set
Andante, a little slow,
Thev commence.
Then some .bars adagio
With tone intense!
Piccolo takes up the air,
iukccuienie,
aagr.r i
tflWlTS-
saJd that when a condensed milk
was rirst proposed that there
thousand cows around Alhan
to turnisn mu xor a iactory. a can
vass revealed the fact that about four
times as many as that can be seeared
now and twice as many later, says the
Democrat.
a
Astoria Budget: The farmers of ths
Nehalem valley are entitled to a great
deal of credit for the steps they are
taaing to improve the breed of thai
norses ana cattle. There is no reai
wnyvJiatsop county snouid not Within 11
the next few years attain the name ct
being the greatest stockralslng district 1
of the state. I
a a ' . '
Scio News: There Is no doubt but Solo
some day will be made to grow and
flourish In spits of our lethergy. Yet
we can materially hasten the day If ws
show a disposition to meet Madam
Progress half war. Located as we are.
In the very best dairy section of ths
state, and adlacant to the largest anit
I best timber belt there Is In Oregon, w
are simply idly wasting our time and
opportunity by waiting, Micawber like,
for something to turn up.
i" perhaps the United. States might I
ave ruled the orient and indeed all
tne nations or. tne eartn. inis thought
is temporarily distressing, but lt will
not have the -effect of subordinating
ill o jimeriuan wonian,
A Definition.'
' From the Bohemian.
Introspection - consists - of looking at
yourself from a purely Impersonal point
of view and picking out your faults
if you have any. - Ton must be sure,
also, that your astral .color matches
that of yoor friends, oe is at least har
moniously ... contrasted; otherwise the
continuity of your self-analysis will go
all to smash, you know, and splatter
" wn iwprr. i. nor saw an astral
Pat of a Prince Albert.
From the Ronton HeraM
When Commander, Peary went on his
first trip In search 'of the pole he won
the gratitude of an Esquimau by pre
senting him with an ancient PrincrAl-
oen coat ana an extensively creased
sombrero. Years afterward, when again
Jn the north. ' the explorer received a
ceremonial visit from a native, and. to
his surprise, set eyes once mors on the
discarded vestments.
. On the occasion of ths commander's
latest dash for the pole the aborigines
took him aside, and, pointed to rude
mausoleum. By Its side stood tha dis
used sledge. Its Six doara hail tiaan
strangled to make an annronHata .
neraj, :On the pile of stones lay whet
F,SJ' ,of xcour". mrt hare Its share,
Piu lente. s '
' rT22!$?tf t00' w,u hav tlo1' fling,
Fortissimo,
Now together with a swing,
Bravlsslmo!
aash Oie cymbals, bang the drum
Con fragore.
Every instrument has some
Of the glory!
In a smashing, fiendish row
All is over,
And the leader make his bow.
Quite in clover! '
Yes, of every summer 111
With which we're cursed,
This completely fills the bill "
'TIS far the worst! -
La Touche Hancock.
Birds' Queer PllghC
From the Columhua nianatni, '
A fluttering In tha flna laaln.
the kitchen stove attracted
tion of Mrs. J. Edward, Sims th other
UlVt eatJa
When Mr. 8lma cama in ha ... .
" miMuiMo, ana mucn to nls sur
prise found in th stove pipe, only a
few fet from th gas flam, a red
headed woodpecker. How th bird got
Into that predicament cannot b x
plalned. but he must hav . entered at
the chimney Jop and worked his way
downward. Perhaps h was lasy -anil
was looking for a fiol to build his nest
.... w.iuuuv uiiiiiiiB vnt.ini IM WOOd.
His bright -cost of rd. whit and black
was subdud to a sooty brown, and In
outward appearances he resembled the
"An
East Sid Bank for
Sid People."
East
Not What You Earn
But what you save Is th im
portant consideration.
Many young men who are earn
In 160 a month are carrvinr aav..
inas accounts and saving more i
money than those who are earn-
ing two and thre times thjs
amount. , .
- Every person should sav"a ,
part or his earnings. If you can
" save no more than 1 e ach "month, '
save something ,-
7 We invite savings accounts of"
tl and up from men, women and,
children of all walks of , life,
whether they live In Portland or
4 per cent and afford the safest'
fosslble place for keeping your ;
unds. - ;.. . . . ,;5
It
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Commercial Savings Bank
George ; W, Bates. President
f. , uirret,, .. ... .Cashier
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