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THE JOURNAL ' AM IKDBPKMDBNT SBWSPAPKB. ' 5; If. laekaoar.. .FabllaDar IMUned r aranlng nept Saaaar) y Boa4ar stoning, et Th Joaraa) Bolld lug. nru aaa XidUU atraata. Porltaaa. Or. fcatmd at be poctofflc at rprtlaoo. Or., for tranaailaclaa tbrooca tha Balls aa aawod-eUaa .',." TKUEPBONB WAI1 HT8. AJ Jeeartnaata mrtiad br (hi sBbar. tll the operator th aapartawnt J"" west, rOEBlOM AOVtBTISINO REPREBSKTATITB 'iwalanS lUsJanln Spe1al iaVartlalns AftfT. i Brsaawlrk Balldlng, 828 rifth aTanoe, haw ' Xorks Trtbsae Building. Cbicasa. ! rtnHna Tarma hr mad to say ao'draae ! itu Ooltaa State. Canada af Maxfco. DAILY. On ra........t3 no iom HUM) AT ON MU ...I .M ino I ia amenY.......! J5 DaILT AMD URUAI, z 2 OM rear........T.B0 1 On rooetta.. ...'... " Let another" man upraise thee, and not thy Own mouth. Solomon. ' MORAL OBLIGATION. k RESIDENT MOORS of the failed bank does his 'duty, keeps a moral obligation. In offering to turn In his private fortune If necessary to Insure full payment of the depositors. And we think his Y ' eonoiuons are reasonaoie, or at least only such as almost any man would stipulate for. If there had been any Intent to rob the depositors, the case would hare been worse against him. Neglect to avoid v dangerous risks with their money was a fault that should be atoned for with his private fortune, if necessary, but bankrupts proceedings and criminal prosec Congress will bare at , least;; tlx Into it, at least to the extent of see- months In which to do this-good J lng whether the laws are enforced work before the campaign begins. I or not. If the Republican party is honest and Our neighbor state of Washington in earnest about revising the tariff, has a new antl-clgarette law that why not go Into the campaign ft year will go into effect next month, but hence with the rood lob: done. In- that it will ston unlawful use of stend of with a platform promise them Is not expected. The Spokane that it will or declaration that it Spokesman-Review says ought to be done, some time? Per- It is a foregone conclusion that the formance Is better than promise. The, time to do ft right thin4s at the first opportunity. PANIC-MAKINO A HARD BUSI-i NESS. S devotee of the coffin-nail, aa It la popu larly known, that concoction of 16 per cant old waste paper, 85 per cent old fashioned, unadulterated malodorous neaa, will not rive up shortening hi own life and making- the Uvea of every bodr within smelling ranee miserable simply because a law haa been placed on the atatute books. Local tobacconists report that cigarette fiends are already INCH STANDARD OIL was fine so heavily by Judge, Land la, haying In a supply larre enough to run Mr. Rockefeller has Joined the them many months after the law goes pessimists. He says money can Into effect and are planning to send emissaries toCoeur d'Alene and other nearby points outside the state to buy supplies after the law haa begun to be enforced. We have an , antl-clgarette law here, and so far aa we remember be borrowed only with difficulty and at' a high rate of interest, and that there Is ft growing want of "confi dence." As soon as ft man like Rockefeller begins to talk of a lack of confidence, we may be sure that one arrest for smoking and perhaps his schemes for plundering the pub- two or three for selling the nasty lie lire not running Quite as smoothly little things as we view them aa he desires. The peopH are be- have been made. The only virtue ginning somehow to succeed In blocks In a cigarette, remarks the Spokane Ing or checking his game; then he paper, Is Its tendency to kill the begins to cry "lack of confidence," user, but In the meanwhile he "goes and to talk and work so as to pre- through life puffing like a steam clpltate a panlo rather than submit engine, rolling pills as Industriously to the doctrine of ft "square deal." I as a thresher in a harvest field, yel The president showed that he had low-italnlng the forefinger as though a clear apprehension of these men's paint had been smeared on with a motives when In his Provincetown brush, and causing the air to reek speech he said: as though the lid had carelessly been It -way all be that the government's I left off of hades and the air had determination, in which, gentlemen. H been further contaminated bv balnr 1t . -aaaraa aa A afc Mpfajn mala. 4-Wra f nut wealth haa been re- lurtcu "ugn an onion gamou, an .ivi. .,i. h. I aaafAtlda hnttltna vnrVi a llmttnra-ar . nous wm nov urmi uaca au munr ..... tJt .... nf havffiir ......d -fAr mr . .vl, ' - . . " v - -- - es i ibvwi j nuu m siu uua am iu. 10. the depositors. Ithaaa men to oomblne to bring about ... . aa much financial atrea. aa they poasl- Anl " " em w mT. t.i i Atm.-Att h 1 nArhana tn mnat nonn1 vat thV lng MfMoore's example la lusuffl-L,,,, thrrty tMm . muft member tnat t0 tne Bmoker, dent and not well founded. He.was Mreraal of that policy so that they . t,;,,,,,,,, ftT1r TTa vflfl lrnfawn a nhrAwd.I' Tf ntnpVn am rnfnir tinwn In Wall II sail fj Sit AAf if 4m KaWafaMajft VlAV SffAFA tVTl I " , , v . 7 m ,7. . j . that they are not deleterious to ble of managing quite large affairs, much inflated with water and wlnd,L 1Ml n mm th. . mw.Amn A e -vaa . , a jta M I . . , . . . i aavwaKeit aWWVTV baa a u M. U as aucn, aeposuors aepenaeu on aa or oecauie mej are me budjoci oi trusted him,, many of them perhaps high finance gambling. There has more than Mr. Moore or anyone else, been no loss of property, nor any He says he made nothing out of the real depreciation of property that bank, and stands to be a loser, but had not been overvalued for specula- this Is not the point at all; as vice- tlve put-poses. There Is also plenty president and director, relied upon of circulating medium In the coun by depositors, he owed it to them to try, nearly $30 per capita, and most see that their money was not un- of it is In circulation and at work 1 1& : . T ATT T? ri ATI ATVQ utCr'M I all branohes of the government: The I a chansre to nnbllo ownership. ' "Be-j country has not had president since I sides, the corporation having a foot Andrew Jackson, who 'was as fear- hold, and franchises running through less of these evil forces as Roosevelt. la long period of years, it Is scarcely The country ought to be profoundly I worth while to urge or lengthily dlB- thankful for him, with all hla faults! cuss publlo ownership now. But we Jackson had some, too and hope think that the next generation will and pray for ft successor who will be more courageous and wiser, and olub," aa alleged political organisation P.Viiri,,,if' P would receive a etlpu. v. . ., ... v. I v... ,. .HH-Mtm.4 1!?d. um ob month aa a pension. ! not do in any respect a weaaiing. : I win iooe upon private) owaenuiy v iiuijpv.. w uyj was in renuty a part of what af .A.f. , n-nnln twice the roa- giauon. Btrango aa u may appwr, nt nma pia in. ui ir rot any reason, that costs the people twice tne i rea , i oratn,fatton u oompOMd of rallway Ke was discharged i a-few years before' Hv Thomas UoCusker. - I amount balnaf mora than rtonhu th. m.. MMti. Kn-n In tha I v insurance in any reaular lnwaf.noa -oLTmI .7Jni.Hn Vtvlad 'the forapny nd " tn mployesfluained of SeatUe an organisation styled tne long enough with the ooropany. whloh 'Railroad Man's TWenueia wsniurjiwas practically ' the balance of his THE HARNEY VALLEY NEWS, ,pI, haT. yet" !r.?PMieLfa7y vPP6',,M:'5 W to the fact that "The Portland Journal, - the ,w o( ,uch , bc PRIMARY LAW AND PARTY enable and necessary value of the Lmployi. They bittnrd.nounca what nhaV.f: ' AGAIN. ' . , , I service as too great a folly to be en- they term "railroad grafters and 'sp- By this means the railroad would ac It of seriously, clal Interests," who, thsy claim, are rob-1 P""11 nnareas pi inousands of ol- vi ' v. I lar without interest, and the reaaon for to be educated bln r,lro1" nd IndlraoUy the retaining it would ho doubt present 1 private owner ship a narfleaa and foolish burden. been active In demanding fair treat ment from the railroads and incidentally s vvt pui up BUcn a, now! aooui . . k,.. fraud that It was abandoned. excuse dally organ .of Democracy la Oregon, is pursuing a bold and dar ing course with the intention of de ceiving a portion of the Republican voters of the State and weaning them away from their natural political allegiance."' The News Is one of few ultra partisan papers that "view with employes. I self so strongly that a srood The special Interests no doubt are the coma always be found for discharging public utility involves minmen and other shipper, who have nds oSant of M.rTh.K aia not worn, nowever, as tne Ban- Fran- HARRIMAN AND CENTRAL OREGON. P erable confidence, would be alarm" The Journal's fight for the abandoned, the Prlnevllle Review maintenance; lQ ftll Its Integrity, and says: REDICTINO that a certain rail- rnaf. nrntant nil whlfth the DeO- win noinnia. iiniaaa in ma nnininn oiinat nla nn there had d aced consld- the railroads their Jut due was every- ting them to resulate his wages owl x I thin Im . k. . tf-ii . . . I.. C i . ... . . 1 i . . for all Its purposes, Including the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people, of the primary law. While not It's an old game, this railroad gams, but the same old bluff will Invariably work when made by the man who has tha moat money at his command. For daring central Oregon we are sorry, but there endeavoring to prevent them from bot tling up the country in their own In-1 There Is an unwritten law that no teresta. Listen to soma of the argu- railroad employe should enaags In any ment: business outside of bis profession, . iiwiu wii an auv m iruiui enner actively, wnicn is rignt, or otner- the railroad company its slightest por-j wise which Is Wrong, lie object of on or just aue -as 11 sucn a tmns i course is to eep the employe ae- wers posstDie, unless in tne opinion oil pendent on the railroad, thereby permit- tne rwiroaas ineir jut aue was every- ting them to regulate his wages owing thing In sight "or that falls to accord I to Els age and necessities. If he should jnera every right bestowed upon our lbs so fortunate as to havs monoy to industry, opens up system of robbing invest after paying living expenses, the employe of his Just dues and Is a which Is vary doubtful, he might be- tnira a(wnn s wormy and deserving I ooms independent ana get away rrom class of tollers." . I them, or. be In a position to demand ' I more wages, hence they take evJalherly They also pay their respects to the Interest In his affalra. For thiSrataon mlllmen In tne followln lansuaa-a! II aa thev ara alava. anil ara noFiaVt- "If It were possible to state in post-1 flowing with, love for their employer,. .1 tlve terms, or to secure the real facts I consequently the letter above referred: kiiu iiKurti iiiuwini ma actual sums I iu. 11 wrmen dt tne mDioyes. wnicn openly to attack that law, ftnd espe- U use In trying' to hide the facts. ' money Pld each year by the rail- Is extremely doubtful was forced upon v . .A " .J Vr hr. v, r.nt: tn.. to ro- J" 'nto. .th organised them in order to hold their positions, - Ua . IIH. ekl. aillAi Vf S llai fl these papers, speaking for ft number ' Mt. bu. .nJ tne oth,r ' wllI of ambitious politicians, are meaning I quit before he doss. Then he'll quit He would rather expend a half million to keep another man out than to add another half million and built into central Oregon. Was ever there another auch a case of perversity? It Is doubt ful If the railroad magnate would allow even a horse road constructed from the Columbia to Crooked river. This is bitter, but scarcely an rrang of robber statesmen, mostly known land should be so treated by the public n the state of Washington as manu- Listen again: "Inasmuch as the em- racturing end mlllmen, the amount and trying to undermine and In effect destroy this law, and bring about a return to former political conditions in this state. Hence they cry that The Journal Is trying to seduce Republican voters from "their natural political allegiance." The Journal Is not trying to do this at all, unless It follows as a nat- ploys Is most seriously injured by hos tile legislation, we have Just cause to nyone In doubt for a moment as complain." It Is Just possible that this They I is true, ror uks our gooa friend John tu would astonish the world. to the origin of the foregolngT cooperate with thwir employe itlng hostile leglslatlonf How significant this Is. "Should rail ay em clover coonerata with thulr am. ployes in combating hostile leglsla-1 revenue. lion r aay further: "Should rallway employers who will no doubt pay his line by inerata with thxlr amnlnvaa in onm. I advancing tne rnce or oil. tne Dating nostlle legislation T' railroads when they are not permitted to rob the public may reduce salaries to make up way employer cooperate with their em- I what (hey so happily term their loss of Sure they should! The world Is full of shlnlna- aiamnlM of tha am. I- Again: ployes fighting adverse legislation, while money from the "The means applied to extort m the earnings of the railroads sat Idly by, Indifferent as roads Is too often hidden from ths pub- exaggeratlon. The people of Klam- nral and Incidental consequence of atht ra1!' lJn"f Rr ,Ml,n fhViublfc'SFn'd they are to have a railroad to San Francisco. Any region whose trade can be diverted to San Francisco Mr. Harrlman may allow to have a to the result This Is so msnlfeetly lto view. what It does advocate, namely: Gov ernment by the people, to the great est extent possible, rather than by arnlftgs of the rall- The reprehensible practice of hts to protest, not to e public mind on so flimsy a cretext. be wholly unconcerned while their What the feelinara of thn nrvnr alavaa Dockets are being picked." Isn't this are who have been forced to father this rotT The railway lawyer who Inspired overlooked m very lin iment He for- absurd that even the railroad attorney being "broughtup" can be suppressed who drafted It must have felt ashamed by the arm of employes exercising create a prejudice in I their legitimate rights to protest, not to contemptible trick we can only guesa. I the foregoing If It should so happen that the em- Dortant tolnt In his arcun got to mention that the reprehensible gang of self-seeking and non-rep- and innocent thing of Joy. And there resentative politicians; the making ... of thn nanniA a intArnara ntramnnntl iiviit ui uoctors wuo win y ..T" ,Z.,'.",Z J. 7. I central Oregon, lest It might be thev are not deleterious to l" lu" am iuu m . .4 tJ fll Drougui into connection wuu fori ployes whose names appear in the or- practice of "buying of f" any weak legls ganlsatlon really believe that If hostile lator who could be tempted by the rall- "H.ui.u uiaj o u. i.g-uiation were headed off they would road lobbyists to become a traitor to railroad, but all the great region Of fare better, then they are to be pitied. the public whom he wka elected tq rep- nui 11 la lncreaiDje mat tney believe reaoni, waa vanilla uiuuoy iui iinuuumni Is overwhelmingly the other way. OREGON COAL FIELDS. A' local elections the selection of the better, truer men, regardless of their politics. This is The Journal's politi cal platform, and If approval of It I by voters leads them out of the Re- land, must wait on Indefinitely, year their employe had t , , . ... prior to the agitation f after year. Is It possible that this fatton, but thev aid noi man can keep that region of some 8i7w"V" f? .Stf , anything of the kind, as the railroads have rtad ample opportunity to put into eriect latr good Intentions towards hev so desired. for railroad reau- not do so, and It Is of the country by private capital, there in, rnhhlne- the nubile of their Just dues and forcing them to take action for self proteouon. 50,000 gquare miles from having a GREAT need of Oregon is coal, publican party, then it Is that party rauroaa ror .noiner feneration or OfflMallv ataMatlPoll-r n.nn ..J rrv T .l ,v. I. Qecaaor has no coal except in Coos The Journal asks no Republican Mnntv. wfiarA larra mtnaa kavauM 1 . M ki. .. l AMM V. . i,.iiHH.. o " iu itan uia uaiu. umwa us uviioin, l j . J. r . 1 i , . j . ... i r- .111, . , , . .. f I --- i.-j That la thM ara tnm, mml "c',u ul un nrimnii loraing It over his I mleu Iu,u wunnau. 1 - been worked successfully for manyjon indubitable facts presented, that ,ana- lnal lneT re lne mon Inferiors, and when I ssy inferior 1 them on this point, and that Is the rca- m- uncertain, r or a year or two im n "iy m point or position and not w2 .". " " erally I of Intellect. "Relief, If It comes, must be secured delay waa due to "hostile legislation. It is a question if a single employe of any railroad would say that he la sansriea wun tne treatment he Is re ceiving, ann ten tne truth In doing so. jn me ottier nana, every employs of a rauroaa, rrom theji'ffhest to the lowest. 19 a. nmvv, wiiemer ne Knows it or not, fiurposes, money that should nave gone nto the pockets of the army of men make it possioie ror tnem to exist and thrive. He forgot also to mention the fact that out or tne "corruption fund" maintained dv tne ranroaas mn- n assert that the Hons are being spent annuany to rre- tton." vent rival roaas irom entering meir territory and to prevent the opening up Ta ihaI. ..Im -nulnaa rMlni1n1a Hops are the meanest crop In the and stands In awe of his master each and business laws have both been vlo- sareiy mvesiea. e cannot mrow i8 possioie mat Mr. KOCKerener years. But it is known thatathereTit is hest for the nonla renersiiy the blame neon Cashier Morris. Mr. and a few other rich men could solar other laro-a cnsl dnnnafta nnt. .. vim.tf a . y -.v. I grower may get a good, big price Lytle- either knew about and sano- withdraw and stop the circulation of ably in Tillamook county. These, it Uoters to see and consider the truth. and make Qult lot of money' nd who haveVeVin'emp'ov"' ran" tlnnnil thMA Investments, or he mnnn aa in mum an snnranlahls la nraanma will ha nnona n I ... ...l. i - , . then for Several years his yards may road for any length of time lose the TV. . ..7 ii.!: .. . " V. . : onous .mu., iu mai- - ' . ...... Independence and, as I said before. b- should have known. He held him-1 stringency. In revenge, for the gov- after the railroad is completed to ters political; then to act Intelligent- BcarcelT PftT the eipense of caring come slaves doing their master's bid self out to the depositors as their ernmenfs action in prosecuting high Tillamook. A large and consider- iy, honestly, and If they think clr- 'or nd P,ck,n- 80 " 60 won" SeFres'pw'loher ?rTse by peaoeful methods through the ballot anl concert oi action peiween mum ho supply the cash and those wno rur- nlsh the physical force to keep It in motion." O. fudge! and likewise, noun: Where do the railroads obtain the cash and what Is the source? Right .-r--- - ' - " o i - . .BV i..yi- i,, uuuCTllJ. bvuu ii uiej I.U111B. clr-I - i Fnu-rf Biwci oinerwise tnav won in lnaa . protector and was not. They had finance lawbreakers, but a country- ably prospected field also lie. In oumstances demand. Independently, der that a lot of growers are threat- their portion J;"-u;j X'oyei mom? to doSSch f" right to look upon hjm as a safe wide panic cannot be so easily pro- Morrow county, only a few miles And In the elucidation of matters en,n to plow up tnelr Ta1 11 on the mlllmen anf ail who are opposed tn raiioada and who so y"8"f tower of strength, a guaranty of duced by them as It could a few from Heppner. but there is no im- nolltlcal The Journal occasionally ma7 be bMt to do B0- and yet Wt Vtn. SSfiFtto &nt"en "f -thrrarSTSr K safety; he turned out to, be a reed years ago. As the Philadelphia mediate prospect of a railroad being takes oocaslon to point out the hy ithat.had no strength In the time of North American says! built to it. Indications of coal in pocrlsy of ihe pretensesland the evils storm. He is under a moral obllga- America has outgrown . Wall street commerolal quantities and of value of the practices of thoroughly or :tion to the depositors that he oannot J" ' l m'?!"itoff !l? 't0ckT!!; hav oeen found in various other ganlzed political parties one, hav- escape. hana nit rear hons may be awav thor. the fact that if there were no rascally ... No amninira or nr ...u... Dublla there would be no cash on which UP again. One can never tell ft year drafted the letter 7 sn suggestsd It io exert the aforesaid physical force. ahead. !;-- TAPT AND THE TARIFF. inability of Harrt- Parta of th "tate ?n Jackson coun-lingrtha same strength and opportunl- " " BR,a ina? 8 Pone to sumpeds ths ty, near Scott's Mills in Marion coun- ties, being ordinarily Just about like to be blamed for aPlog if NTEREST IN Secretary Taft's Columbus speech was discounted by foreknowledge of about what he was going to say. It -was largely devoted to the tariff, and bis I change panics without failures. Is the solution of the man and Rockefeller nation by their deliberate slaughter of ty, in Malheur county, and elsewhere another. security Quotation and ther is nn .ann tn Any - v should do this, and he should be new system of flnancs and a new .. . , t I ' . . ' .rrniail tn aaraninr nr trvinr to cods of commerce are oomlng Into being. """'"i""' wouiu suow tnese urai political allegiance." We sup- - " Th. aamhlara trlokat.ra and anuhla. and Other DrOBDflCtS to ba TrT Tftl- n.a ihl. maona fhat a man ahm.M OSCape. ThlS IS all right, DUt 11 tnO dealers, great and small, fall to see the uable. always adhere nndar all eircum- Prisoner understanas mat an unsuc The brokers and bankers, whq , i4 . J... .v. v.- ,,, I cessful attempt to escape Involves JLUII IS B IllHtLer Ol UUU11C interest I amuvro, i iuo doiuo jjoii; uid iuuoi I certain punisnmeut tuereiur, ue It 1. said that ft prisoner Is H&V it aeserves at the hands of ths public. for of all tha xnnt.mnl.l. l J . , . , - . V. . L - A V I . . . . . . ' . tuat 11 is to uo vxyecieu mai uo i "imni ot employes Dy as it emanated from th? fe "tile bra n nd 50th ih fallro5fl Rn(,i ,he Jpl0,ra of the railroad lawyer T who i ?. pa d would go bgfflng. There la an old say to prostitute their powers to tKetrl-' .ut kl5in.'l.tll,fL0??,t. IV this, is the worst a railroad, The railroads, finding that the mlll men hav pledged a certain amount ot money -to resist the advance in lumber rates ana Knowing that thev are up against a hard fight, lit which a Judge and Jury may take a hand, find H neces sary to create a prejudice in the mind oi tne pudiio ravorabie to their inter ests, and knowing that no argument wouia h f truth. still ara blinded by Ions- habit of aa- - I . I . , . m . ..I ji i . mm - - . -. - , . . . . . . . .. PMt n, u , r.f m mm lann imnnrTHiirA. i :nn I minea vnn n o l it n l ii lie wu a ildduuuchd ai position vil U& BUOjeCt nag long r"'"" .- y-v.. r . - J ' " nn1it nn n onmnUIn If fhat nnalah. eBI)' and Knowing tni wn r ii jf. toipel. cannot comprehend that an old benefit everybody. If It could be 21 he must remain a Republican till ut&t not to complain iimat pumsn advanoed by themselves " ' -""lara is dead. Only a few brtad-mfnril I . , . . Hflvs nlalnlr ennnrh that ha la a ,.. " 71 none; u wouia pay tne SI . tariff revisionist, but he is laborious- leaders-men who are financiers in fact ,lse,t neavny to get several large owes a natural auegiaoc to ma Buv ly careful to explain that he is still I weu M nams grasp the truth that coai mines into operation, inis can- ernmont, umesa it uowmei so uau oaaic conuiuona in mis country are 1 not he Anna, hut mlrht not .nma-ltnat nn rninkfl It snouia De over- I a. . a i . I a t 1 a . 1 a. a 1 can on that question. He advocates The aches and pain, of Wall street inro 08 aone 10 encouraa ana na9- inrown 07 B rvol"JOB. 0" ler a tariff based on the "differential" merely the birth-pains of the new ten Prospecting and development? Is no such thing as 'natural party . I A m IV. .VI r . T fhat K.M Int. If are anv ment is Inflicted, providing It Is notJ effect, resort to the contemptible sub- "cruel or unusual." He took his chance of this punishment. But It should not be administered revengefully. between the cost of foreign and re1ina Among the many things that Port- "allegiance.1 Public and Corporate Prosecutions. From the Wall Street Journal Aug. 14. terfuge of placing their employes In the position of the sufferers by reason of ths adverse legislation. While It Is by no means a new trick, still It will not work so well as tho use they put their employes to during the time that Tom LiAwson was doing things to the Eauit able Life Insurance company. At that time every employe of the Harrlman system as It sppears that great and good public benefactor was inadvertent- y mixed up In th affair was obliged la ths prosecution of corporations for I to make a statement as to' what life If that were true, it American nrodnctlon. but if he reallv aeveiopment of the south and iana 18 loosing out ror ana trying wouia do b ons-pariy government, means that, a great many Republl- weBt haB relieved the country from to bring about, nothing is more im- with no chance of change or reform, th, purpose of enforolng obedience to '"r'1M ha was carrying and the name I tt, . . . . I nsiM.f . V IVI. I . ,VI I n..nAlii.ll I nl.m.. Iranlln lt,M I "4 ' J. " ". " cans will not believe that he Is H"uciai uonaage to wan street, or "" " autmng can j " T.ni tannriant tht hi raiT "urea- Those wno were so fortunate as The News .cares a great deal about body of public opinion be kept In mind Dffe tlr proxC rtX? of a-, mu T 1 rrtv- T M TtZeTV factor ltl th ISSUe. wh.rha fhd(r .vrr.nttthla.si ara wtiU "Bound" on the "sacred" principle of at leaBt tho west aQd south, all the be done protection, for in many cases where conatry but Its northeast corner, are ft high duty is now , provided for. beginning to "take a tumble" and THE JACKSONIAN PRESIDENT there Is no such differential. We refuse to play Wall street's game, can produce cheaper than the for- A11 the country except Wall street elgners, and undersell them in their own countries. Mr. Taft gives some plausible rea sons for not revising the tariff next year because It Is a presidential elec tion year, but consider how long the country must wait, for this admitted ly necessary change. The new presi dent will not be Inaugurated' till March 4, 1909, and the next con gress, without a special session, will , not meet till December of that year Then this great work, we may ex pect. will drag along through the first half of 1910 with no result, for every change In every schedule will ba fought on the floor of both houses by numerous representatives of the protected interests. If the. Republi cans are in a majority they will point t to the election as proof that the peo ,plo are satisfied with existing condl " tlons. Perhaps nothing will be done except to appoint another tariff com- mission to report the next year. "Then it will be the year preceding a presi dential campaign, as now, and the Bame)' reasons for not revising the tariff till after another election will be as good ar now. .,S,VV We dd -not predict that this will bo tho course of events, but It seems v probable, If tho jtarlff needs e -vision,'-as Mr.tTaft, aays it does. If the people teed It.' if K la tho rtght nd necessary thing to do, the time; t fo U 'ia jstxt .trla.ter or: ibrln , Is all right. Let it have its monthly fits; the country will not continue to go into sympathetic spasms. T CIGARETTES. I HE PRESIDENT'S Provincetown address gave no satisfaction to the "Interests" and trusts, and renewed, If any further renewal were possible, the people's confidence In him. He has done some mys terious things, but not many people can doubt his sincerity and fixity The general publlo wants to see. above i"..7J i" ....... I .11 f.l. 1 " '" nai cares a great aeai aoout tne peo- '-".-. f"t & Vre two pie; to the News they are a secondary mistakes that help to detach public con- j . .i.n t-A Im i,. I riaenca in prosecutions or tnis Kina. un ind minor consideration. Ana in tne mistak is that in which the technical people's interest The Journal Insists vioiaMos . oi r law iV""' reat ths difficulty in getting is dountrui whether unbt- T IS NOT always easy to arrive at the fact from reading alleged of Purpose after reading that speech, "statistics." They are in some 7116 people believe in him, and would cases contradictory; figures are be RlaI to reelect him, but if he is made to He. Or at least deductions not to he prevailed upon to become from them are not always correct. a candidate, the Republican party We read of the rapid advance of pro- w)11 be forced, probably, to nominate hibitlon, for Instance, that the pro- th man he prefers, If he chooses to hlbltlon area Is growing and the exercise a controlling Influence over number of saloons In a large part the convention of the country decreasing; and then tnat tne primary law ne. tuny ana in However gr i.., . - ... Bviueiiut;, ii pint buu loner luaiuwuieu, nuu mi Insidious attacks on It exposed and resisted. What effect this will have on parties we do not Inquire, for we do not care. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OP TELE PHONES. H R. E. T. JOHNSON, In a com municatlon to The Journal, very pertinently suggests that the failure of the Oregon Trust & Savings bank, showing up It is supposed that his choice is the price of Home Telephone securi- we read that more spirituous liquors Secretary ot War Taft, who Is ad- ties, Is a pointer toward the ftdvan and beer are consumed than ever mltted on all hands to be a large tages of municipal ownership. If a before. The first fact Is apparent; man otherwise as well as physically, telephone company, or any- other the second. Is well authenticated; and a good man, but he Is not Roose- publlo service corporation, Is' to pay what is the explanation? velt, nor 1b he much like Roosevelt, dividends on more than double "the So with the cigarette. We have He is a different' type of man in im- actual cash invested in Its plant, why recently read what purported to be portant particulars. He seems to be couldn't or shouldn't the city, the statistical figures showing that more a kind cf a medium character be- people, take hold of this public serv- clgarettes were manufactured and sold than ever before, and yet It is claimed and seems to be true that In many parts of the country lgar- ettes are not used so generally. and extensively as formerly. In many states their sale to minors Is abso lutely prohibited, and they are re garded as a mischievous nuisance by i Urge .proportion, of society, yet It is said theff manufacture and sale ara , growing. How It this? The aaU-clgaraUft ;' aoclety." ihouid loot tween those of McKinley and Roose velt. Would he better or live up to Roosevelt's Instructions? Or would he react toward the McKinley Style of statesmanship? r . But" the president's speech was "greatI fit- was Just what was needed. The country needs Just now a president who cannot be scared by tho fellows who threaten a; panic every time their plundering prlvl leges are threatened or crltlclsedTor they cannot successfully dictate to. Ice and do it at halt, the charge that the private corporation can, after selling Its securities, Including both bonds and stock, for less than 60 cents on the dollar? We confess that we see no good reason why ft city should not own its telephone system as well as Its water system, and be able to operate it at much less cost to tho people than tho pri vate corporations charge, except that private ownership is ft custom, ftnd the people are timid about making ased public opinion will sustain pen alties Upon what Is. incidentally and technically rather than essentially wrong. Prosecutions which depend upon suoh points easily seem to be political, rather than animated by ths Judicial spirit seeking to enforce law. Another thing which weakens the pub lic confidence as a source of support In the prosecution of corporations is the apparently fixed purpose to secure con victions st all hazards. The tendency of officers of justice to feel bound to secure convictions as a means of main taining their places in office has at tained a strength in some quarters There are numerous other cases In which the railroads have demonstrated their great regard for their employes. When the late C. P. Huntington was struck with ths philanthropic Idea of establishing a pension fund ' for super annuated employes he sent out certain documents for their lgnatures. The documents In question provided that eseh employe should contribute a por tion of his salary each month, which was to be retained by the company, such the golden gg, and while It la true that the public has besn the goose with a big O. and has been yielding the golden egg for many years, the time Is coming when the goose win navs ner iniuni and if those in chares of railron could but foresee this, and instead of antagonlslnr the publlo, cooperate with them In the upbuilding of the country, then and not till then will the agitation for hostile legislation cense. . The letter goes on as follows: "Railway employes have been. anl are, driven hear to industrial bank ruptcy in this state (Washington) by vlolous legislation, to a great extant the outcome of their own Indifference and neglect." Shade of Mount Tacofnat What drivel Is this. Once more: "it is painfully true that rallway em ployes, by their lnaotlon and failure to stand fearlessly in defense of their rights, have encouraged the organisa tion Of legislative boodllng, which is permitted to continue to exist and hreaten the destruction of much goo it nronertv and the means of giving thou-' samjs good employment." Through all , this you will observe a lalntlve note pleading for the proteo lon of ths railroad from the "boodllng lubllo." Doubtless the legislative oodlors referred to. which continues to exist, are the railroad commissions of the different states. Their activity cer- talnlv hnriea no arood tn tha Arhltrarv rules of ths railroads, who will resortSpf to any measure to arive tnem existence. DUt it is a slon that they have eomo that the people will take regulation of railroads. It is to be sincerely hoped that the 'Twentieth CentMr?' club' will find no adherents IfTPOrtlarid or In Oregon, as tlid gentlemen who Organised that insti tution havs left themselves onen to so much ridicule and censure that it wouM be a pity to have the railroad men here make a sorry spectacle of themselves. wno win resortspr lve them outjBsFr I foregone catfafii- I time tqjjfwy, and I ke a liund in ths I which makes it easyfor the innooent to traIl)8 a - dyi running Splendidly for be found guilty. . where such practices DUghess promotion, and those who are Albany Is Bound to Grow. From ths Albany Democrat. If everybody would get In and talk Albany, and keep It up, t wouldn't be long before things would be humming here. We are the best situated for a big Inland city of any town in the val ley. We already have a splendid Start In transportation faculties, . with 26 trains a day, running splendidly for rule, no corporation Is safe, no matter What its recora oi respsct jot w, These two motives are dangerous ele ments In governmental activity tha seizure of some incidental violation of law where no essential disregard was present, and. the purpose to make an accusation equal to conviction, regard less of ths defense that may be offered. i i i - 1 -' - - This Date In History. 15rt0 -The reformation established by Scots parliament 1880 ftatue ox Aicmm. 1854-Turenne relieved Arras, be sieged by the Spaniards. - 1689 Iroquois Indians captured Mon treal. . . . 1759 Prussians aereatea us kus slans at batUs of Zorndorff. . j ', 1770 Thomas- Ohatterton found dead in his garret In London. 181ft -Bank of Canada commenced op- AM.lAna In UfintrMl. 1828 Jehudl Ashmuri, American tnisrJ slonary Who savea tne coiony oi Li beria, died In Boston. Born 1794. ' . 1R30 Revolution in Brussels. ' 1S4 Louis Bonaparte, ei-klng of Holland, died. - ... ; 1P90 United Btatcs cruiser Baltimore sailed for Sweden with ths body ot Srlcsson. . . . 11(00 Bresci, ths assassin of King Humbert, sentenced to Imprisonment for life, -- ' ; MSOft Mafcy killed and injured bv plosion of ft bomb in the residence of the HusslcvB premier, Stolypla. : .: at tha trains RDDreciate what a large number come ri on them to secure the superior advantages of ths Albany stores. We have th biggest chair fac tory in -Oregon, with dally shipments that surprise the person who learns of the business at the company: a prune f acker doing tha biggest business in he state; a first-class flour mill, a big iron works, ana anotner one to oe es t&bllfthari soon: a condensed milk fan tory under way: a fine sawmill ready to start in a few days; two ice works, a soda factory, ths rjrospeot of a big can nery, two butter-factories and other in- suocess of her municipal trust-busting experiment. It will give the place a much advertising as the Lewis and Clark fair did, and will do her every bit as much good as the exposition did. dustrlea, good . schools; plenty of churches with able pastors, more ce ment walks than any city of Its else in Dmamm. Vint ra.M,nrtji, r1I.Vnf"liB. fine sewerage system, pure water, good lights and a splendid class of citizens, with a good society. All these things are a good starter for ft big city and a prosperous one. .Portland Experiments. From ths . F6dlton . East Oregonian. Portland, Oregon, is the first city In the United States to pass an avowedly anti-trust law one which reflects the pint which the national anti-trust law la sUDOOsed to express. It is an esnari. ment which will be watched with as -mifeh Interest as ths famous ''Galves-H ton experiment,-. . wnicn . gavs t the world a new formula for municipal gov ernnhent, and which is now being imi tate by several progressive cities, not ably Vpes Moines, Iowa. t ; IX Portland makea even ft measurable "An East Side Bank for East Side Peopls.", . GOOD BANKING SERVICE COMBINED WITH ABSOLUTE SAFETY IS WHAT EVERTONffi DESIRES The Commercial Savings KJT0TT A2TD WTXtXAKft AVB. Cfln furnish both and accepts da .posits large and smalt with equal i . . Buraiauiy. ow AVxaras saxx agcovkti George W. 3. B. BIrraL Bates..., ..President. Cashier ';m em