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DK.ITII IX Till;: MINKS.
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cllnod rnlniii biijipoM' that
borne reason the Ilavcni
family lias boon the victim of
special punishment ' for Its sin,
'' though wo don't know ns It sinned
more than many another family.
The Into Henry 0. Ilavpmeyor, the
richest and moat noted of the family,
difld recently, when not yet very
old, of Indigestion after etitlnp; a
ThankKKlvlng dinner. lie was thank
ful, perhaps, that In point of wealth
he was not as most other men are,
but like many another noted or
jiromlnent man he overfed himself,
and In his feasting and Its eonfi''
- qnonceg recalled the text: "F)at,
drink and bo merry, for tomorrow
you die."
There was nothing guppest IpR an
especial "judgment" In this drath,
but his brother. Charles F. Have
in eyer, and his sister, Natalie, both
died of piwtol wounds, suppo-ed to
have been aelf-lnflletrd, nnnther
brother died unrfpr a Fiirceon's
knife, and another of disappoint
ment and melancholia.
Henry O. llavemeyer was the
.oad of the KURar trust, that re
fines 90 per cent of the Mifcar con
eunied In the country, and of course
controls the other JO per cent. Clans
Spreckela for a time fought the
trust and cost It many millions, but
a compromise was finally effected,
and for years llavemeyer absolute
ly dictated the price of every pound
of supar sold In the country. He
1 1 !: HOM, of death in the mines
of the roimtry presents u
ghastly record. Seventy man
tled and mutilated bodies
were the consequence of an explo
sion In a mine at Yolande, Alabama,
j .Muni!a It follows closely the hor
m I :er In the mines at MonotiHKah, West
j YiiKlnla. two weeks iiro. when more
'"I than ."ihi di-ad was (he pory record
if n milling a idont. The' record
. I'm the year "ill present a nielan
; hu!y plctiiri of bereaved homes,
xvi!ottii tnotiiers and atnerless
i iiMrer, More man l.uoo persona
annually pay the penalty of perilous
lull beneath the earth's surface In
search of hidden wealth. This year
the death llt will be multiplied to
unusual fiRiires.
So great a mortality raises the.
question of whether there is not
pros carelessness both on the part
of employer and employe, and
whether the states should not pro
vide restrictions drastic enough to
secure at least a mlntmlrlns; of the
horrors. Ixinn years of contact with
the dangers of tho mine unquestion
ably make employes careless, and
desire for Increased dividends un
doubtedly make mining corporations
callous on the subject of human life.
It Is practically established that the
cupidity for profits causes the
slaughter on our railroads of 3,000
employes annually, exclusive of the
long list of passengers sacrificed for
Mammon by the captains of Indus
try. The protests that have gone
up all over the country have ren"hed
the enrs of railroad magnates, and
there Is promise that the list of dead
iiu the rail will be largely reduced
in the future. If the slaughter In
the mines goes on unchecked, a
limit will be reached where safety
appliances and stringent legal re
strictions may give to the hapless
miner a well deserved minimum of
hazard.
period down the future. We have
seen dairy production Increase
thn-ii-fold within five years. We
have seen tho fruit output roll up
flmllar Increase during the same
period. We have seen lumber ship
ments show an even greater in
crease. ,A!I thU and much more In
the way of a growing wealth we
i. land In the midst of and realize that
leal development Is only begun.
The panorama before us Is a wide
and varied source of production,
minimizing the necessity of Importa
tion and keeping at borne and add
ing to our earthly store the crea
tions of our toil. Four im I ? I i 'n s of
gold Ij the substantial si;n of our
achievement, n snail i n d : a ' r of
what we are dnlnr,. a iinik-ii!!l'' ii(
promise of what v.c are v.t tu du.
It Is not snrprl.ilni; that yutinn Mr
Hill, president of the Cnat North-,
em railroad. sall In rortiand Sat
urday: "Tho I.w Hie northwest Is
the best portion of the United Slates
today, not only for future outlook,
but for present conditions In almost
every way." Why should we borrow
trouble over other people's financial
disturbances?
every Republican on the ticket In
every case, down to dojr-eatcher, be
cause of "principles." "historic -tendencies,"
etc., It nitfht be Interest
Ing to read In a paper that claims
this an explanation of Cortt-lyou's
method of relieving the country by
means of Interest-bearing certifi
cates. Was this in pursuance of
some Republican "principle" or
"tendency"? And If so. does that
make It right? And If wrong, must
every iceptibllcan approve of It
; nevertheless, or at the least keep
mum about it?
ELASTIC CURRENCY EXPLAINED
Since the government decided to
Issue debt certificates, credit cur
rency. "Hat" or "rag money." not
based on gold, why could It not have
done so directly to the. people, In
stead of turning the business over
to the banks, so as to'glve them a
big profit, and that when they were
$ II - ." ,0 0 0,00 0 short In their possible
Issues on government deposits?
THE 'TARIFF ON ART.
T
That start of the big fleet must
have been a grand sluht, a splendid
spectacle, a hut these ordinary
phrases can't describe It. The pres
ident only could do that, as he did
In two words, "perfectly bully."
Many things are "bully" but when
a thing Is "perfectly bully," It is
well, that's what It Is.
Wall street must be relieved now
since the president declared he
would not run again. Hut Wall
street will not be easy until It gets
a successor to Roosevelt whom It
ran keep under Its thumb.
BRYAN TnE FAVORITE.
Was enabled to do this and to amass
I; . an immense fortune, partly because
-' of the duty on sugar, which has al
ways been fixed- to suit .his infant
industry, witli no regard whatever to
V the interest of the consumers.
Havcmeyer was a bold, blunt
Jiiao. who instead of snulrmlng
. around and committing perjury by
eaylDg he did not .knpw, when un
der oath, said on one occasion to
an investigating committee that "the
tariff is the mother of trusts." And
he further remarked: "I don't care
2 cents about ethics; I reduce prices
' to prevent competition." And, the
competition eliminated, ho raised
prices again, and got back all he had
lost in killing competition, and a
good deal more along with it. llave
meyer was a monopolist, because
the government invited men to be
come monopolists, but ho was not a
cowardly dodger behind diaphanous
subterfuges, such as "protecting
' American labor." He despised men
' who did not dare to tell the truth.
The Havemeycrs are gone, but the
' trust lives, and others will make
other millions than the Havemeyers
were capable and shrewd enough to
make. The trust gorges itself con
tinually; it has a Thanksgiving
feast every day; but it never suf-
fer of indigestion or remorse, never
Undergoes a surgical operation, and
never commits suicide.
THE WAY OF A WOMAN.
T
W
1 HAT WON'T a woman do for
her child, or for a man she
loves? With some women,
love cannot be killed by any
thing whatever that an offspring or
a man may do. No wickedness, or
crime, or cruelty, can destroy it, or
even decrease or dilute it. True
HE NEW YORK WORLD la
bored in vain to try to show
that the Democrats of the
country were not favorable to
the nomination of Mr. Bryan for
president next year. Out of 76 sen
ators and representatives whom the
World interviewed, 4 4 unhesitating
ly answered that Bryan was the
only possible nominee, and most of
the others did not declare against
liim. No ilon bt the sentiment among
the "rank and file," if it could be
ascertained, would be even stronger
In favor of Bryan.
The World has been running a
map showing the territory that has
berome Republican under Bryan's
leadership. But how much territory
was regained by the Democratsun-
der the leadership of the World's
candidate, Parker, In 1904? It was
he, not Bryan, that lost Missouri,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Colo
rado.
The World also neglected to men
tion that while Bryan polled 6,3 60,
016 votes In 1S0O. Parker, the
World's Ideal candidate, polled but
5,079,041 votes in 1904. And no
body doubts that if all professed
Democrats had stayed with Bryan
he would have bofcn elected in 1S96,
and perhaps in 1900.
All this does not make it certain
that Bryan would be the strongest
nominee, nor that he would win over
much if any Republican territory;
but it does appear pretty clearly
that he is the favorite among Demo
crats, and that if beaten he is not
likely to be beaten bo badly as a can
didate acceptable to the World, run
ning on a platform to suit It, would
be.
In nearly everything it addresses
itself to, the World is a splendid
specimen of an independent Demo
cratic newspaper; It steadily and
ably upholds true Democratic prin
ciples and policies in most respects;
HERE ARE duties that do
more Immediate and visible
harm than the duty on art. w t
perhaps no other duty Is more
Intrinsically absurd. The Philadel
phia Telegraph aptly terms it an
"archaic duty." In the scheme of
"reciprocal rapine" somebody de
manded 'a duty on pi'-tures and
statuary, and in It wctvi, in recog
nition of and deference to the sacred
"principle" of the robber taiif.
This duty Is vexations, if not ma
terially and widely Injurious, as wc
as ridiculous. It is a tax that costs.
even If the cost Is not generally n
tlced, about a thousand times
, ; Mnunt S.-..M carlhif. Th" t ,,., ,,
and It "protects" nobody. Even a j rr ,,,r rll .(.,.r,in(. , ,,, ,,,
windy high tariff spellbinder would miriy, poms t tu- nutiiinc i.m rimitii...
scarcely pretend that this absurd tax ir.u kinK the mtiip i ino w ioi.- w
"protects American labor" or anyj.TX airn.'" cLXu
infant industry. rrn, r ran in innt. Hni M tin- f ,,,. m
Free trade in art would be of
Letters From the People
Streetcar Service.
P'TUund, It IS --To thP Killlor of
Irv- .b'urna! - Oi rt outi IaH ami iliffifnt
inillx IiJuhIm Iirvp Klen llivir lews U
wlX'li rcllpf nmy pained fr in th
o er-eoiiRPstrcJ condition :il"n
Hv llon. Charles N. Fowltr, Chairman
Cnninilttr on Hanking and Currency,
lloimo of ItPirrntall v, t'nltej
Himti ContrtNf.
Wo Imve now proceeded far enough
Into preient financial rrlala to get
a iiretty clear peraprrtlva of the reul
situation.
l'imt -The condition la now general,
reaching every nook and corner of the
country.
Siccmi! If tho fold certificate!, the
t'nlit'd Stale notea and silver certlfl-
iitrx, or the reaerva money now acat-
tiMi-d lironilcnM over thf land were In
tlm bank, where Ihey .ropiiiy lifliinK.
I In-1, would have hern no money panic
Mil. fall
The proof of the assertion la conclu
sive Imi mi; die lnt four montlm there
hits he. u m ui Hum the banks Into the
iminlry ilimrlcln nppi oxinia trly 1300,
oeii.utfo of currem y. l Ihli amount
approximately I J.iO.OOO.uoO wax reserve
money -that Is. Kohl cet lltlculi s, t'ltlletl
MhU'h noica and silver oTtlllcatea. If
I Ins JJ Jo.OuO.Ouu of reserve money weie
now in the hunks It would neive us a
hauls of more ihuri I I.;'i0,oo(l.0ii0 credit
or loans, untl the juesunt crlwla would
hitvti been averted. Thl result could
have been accomplished without In
creasing our, bunk rcaervea to the ex
tent of one (Ingle doll.tr, without In
ciuuslug the Inutilities of the banka of
ihp country to the extent of one single
cent.
If the banks of the country In which
tlm I'.' jo, 000,0(10 had been deposited had
been authorised, they should have
been, to create note credits an well us
bank book credlla, and they had pro
tee. ied to convert this liio.oon.ooo of
bunk credits Into hank note credits, th
banks would not have been affected In
aev degree or In any way whatever, and
the whole lotmttv would ha c been am
ply siioi,pi with currency with which
lo Iransai t all the full business.
Mow i mild this have been done?
Nimplv by authorizing each bunk to 1s-
ashiors checK payaoie to nearer.
permanent cure to which we must look.
Thla principle la followed by every civ
ilised country In the world except our
own.
The banking power of the United
mates In 1SK0 was about 15,000,000,000,
and now exceeds Jl. 000,000. 000, or an
amount equal to the entire banking
power of Uie world In 1SU0, which Mut
h'nl pluitd nt lift, US 5, 000,000. Today
the banking power of the entire world.
outside ot the I'tilinl States, la only
-'l. !;.'. 000. 000, and of this amount .'0
per cent, or moto than 14,000,000.000, a
in cashiers' checks or current credits
that Is, credit currency; und yit, wnlle
the lulled HtiOas has three sevenths
of tin bnnklsltt power of the entire
world. It lias not one single dollar of
current lmnk credit, although the other
four sevenths of the world's hanking
power lias thu stlvanluge of It, 000,000,-
000 current credits or credit currency
(in the snine basis we are entltle-1 to
have 13.000.000,000 of current credit or
credit currency.
If this pi I tu I pie were broadly adopted
In this country, its It should be, our
bank reserve ttilnht bo increused from
an average of 9 92-100 per cent to about
:u per cent, and our bunking liabilities
remuln practically the same.
On July 1, 1107, there was In the
banks approximately f 1.000,000,000 In
reserves, and In the pockets of the peo
ple and In the tills of the stores there
was approximately f 1,150,000,000. In
other words, the people were using more
gold certificates, I nlted Htatee notes ami
slher cert Ideates or reserve money by
Jit per cent than the banka held.
Scotland has a credit currency, Is
sued hv the banks, that expands and
contrails twice a year at' the rato of
tl .' J per capita, or $,'..600,000.
The same ratio would give the United
Siaies iiboiit loo. 000,000 of credit cur
retirx ; but we have not one tent of
credit currency, thouah we need It moro
than any other country In tho world.
1' iaii. e has a credit currency Issued by
the Hank of France, which Is constantly
cxintllnit or contracting throughout the
. . . . .1... . . . , -. . . . i ..
lug
It'a only on week off now.
Bet It snowed up on Bull Run.
There la no money panic In eight.
It seems to be lleney's turn to talk.
The panic had to adjourn for Christ-
mas.
There Is a
stores.
Confidence
unimpaired.
"run." all right on the
In Snnt'i Claua continue!
MOP
whii h Is a current credit that Is. a year ' the rate of $l.i3 per capita, or
i (edit that passes bv mere delivery, re- , $(57.(100.000. Tho same rate would give
f . . !,, ...., r,kPi.lAAl .....lit
ijuirn K no Indorsement. tty tni" jtroi - j tne t ttiteti Data's i ov.wv.vvv ut tiirua
i ss t ne $.'jO.0O0.O00 of bank book cred
Ms wotili hnve been converted lino
b.-tnlt note cretl'ts, and as the reserves
re ii ii-i! fur both forms of credits
should he the same, there could have
li.cn no chance whatever In the sHua
ii, ii 'l, e i.ank debt Is the pftme, the
amount of the reserve Is the same. It
liai hem o iv a matter of bookkeeping.
Tim only relief we shall now (ret lroin
the iin'M frightful conn. titration or
, ; f-il i ( lli.d n.'ts eier vipuru ii.t- ,",n
n,' ! lal world Is coming, and must come
fioni cnfTc.il current credits. Just us
it did in !V:. Kvery banking center
in tin- t 'nlted States has already adopt
ed clearing house certificates as a wav
of pcapr. Hut every clearing house
icrtith ale is a credit note and based
upon Ulennraiiy tne khhh- h-i.ihj
currency
(ierni'tny has a credit currency which
expands and contracts four times every
v "ii i nt the fate of $.M'J per capita, or
$ I :'.". ooo. oho. The same ratio would give
us $ I so.ooo.ooo of credit currency
Canada has a credit currency Issued
hv the hanks that expands and con
tinent at tho rate of $J 39 per carl'
every fall, or $: .i.noo.otm I ne same
taiio would iclx e the I'nltod dilates $ISU.
ooo.uoo of credit currency.
Nor shall we escape th" evil conse
quences of this condition, ' which will
cnipe to us In various Sri s. until we
reeo(rri!7:p two or three gtal economic
truths and lonstritci a tlnancial anil cur
rent') hvstetn upon them.
, ,!e tliM is that the plsee for our
reserves Is In our bank vaults, and not
great benefit to American artists
painters, sculptors and students
and through them to the whole peo
ple. The tax on art Is a tax, pro
ducing no revenue worth mention
ing, on education, refinement,
beauty, culture. Innocent and bene
ficial pleasure, and morality for a
taste for art Implies all these.
The excuse, ' we suppose, la that
this duty is a tax on a luxury. If
bo, It Is a luxury that ought to be
more enjoyed not only by the rich
and well-to-do, but by the common
people. Kvery home is a better
place for children if it has soma
works of art In It. and If they study
and understand them. It doesn't
take a college-bred millionaire to
appreciate and enjoy a fine picture.
The world's works of art should
have free entree to this country.
One of the most important con
tributions, to the discussion of the
financial Ills from which the country
is suffering is contained in tho an-'
nual report of 'Comptroller of the
Currency William H. Kldgely, which
was made public at Washington last
Monday. The comptroller strongly
urges the creation of a central na
tional bank of reserve and issue, and
believes that only by this plan can
the necessary elasticity be Imparted
to our currency system. That por
tion of the report dealing with the
causes of the recent panic and the
proposed remedy Is published in full
elsewhere In this issue of The Jour
nal. It will well repay careful study
by our bankers and business men.
Jove never flinches at eelf-sacrifice.
and in this a loving woman glories, but it Ingloriously falls down when
even as the martyr3 did at the stake, it comes to making a practical ap-
; Nothing on earth is so sure and
- Bteadfast, so unquenchable and un-
alterable, as the love of some women.
George Blodgett deserted his wife
and young children to follow and
spend all his money, upon a wanton
vaudeville actress. He had made a
. bad move before by going into the
saloon business. When his money
was gone, his soiled affinity wanted
to get rid of him. Weakened moral-
ly and physically, by drink and his
association with her, he became en
gaged and killed her. lie was tried,
-convicted, and sentenced to be
tanged, but the supreme court has
1 reversed the case, and he will bae
:. to, be tried again.
. Meanwhile, during the more than
20 months sinee the crime was com
mitted, Blodgett's wife has been
serving the government in a wild,
mountainous country as a rural mail
carrier, and out of her scanty wages
baa not only supported herself and
"children, but has aided in carrying
the case to the supreme court. Noj
Jabor was too .severe, no privation
Was too great for her to undergo to
ave ber husband, who had done her
the greatest of wrongs, from the
callows, and ber children from being
ttattfJ orphaned. Forgotten, or put
' aside, the desertion, the non-support,
th unfaithfulness, the grievous in
tuit, the heart -break log cruelty,, the
plication of its professions and
teaching to choosing Democratic
candidates and platforms. There
will be no reactionary movement.
SEVEN TONS OF MONEY.
F
OUR MILLION'S in gold has
been brought into Portland
within 4 0 days. It is the con
servative estimate, according to
the account, that during the period
seven tons of money has been shipped
into the city. Measured by human
effort ifc is an enprmous sum. Yet
it is but a trivial portion of the enor
mous' aggregate yet to come. It is
the advance wave In that great tide
of gold setting toward Oregon from
the sales of -our products abroad.
Many more great waves like it are
yet to arrive. It is the usufruct
from our fields, orchards and for
ests, sold and selling in distant mar
kets, bought by distant consumers
for the sustenance of life and for
ward march of world development.
This seven tons of money is but
the twenty-fifth part of the sum that
comes annually into Portland from
the state's production. It is but the
seveuth-flfth part of the state's esti
mated gross production, n is but a
small fraction" of that vast wealth
our labor and enterprise will be
sending to the world within a. brief
Representative Hobson has begun
to voice his misery, to vocally view
with alarm. We hoped that after
Hobson married, and especially after
that first baby was born, he would
forget the nation's awful and Immi
nent danger for a while, but no, In
spite of wife and baby he is afflicted
with the "yellow peril" nightmare,
and wants three navies, each bigger
than England's, right away. Else
we will soon be devoured root and
branch by the heathen Chinee and
the shintoistlc Jap. Fortunately
few people will catch Hobson's choice
of nightmares; it isn't contagious.
It will be well to pay but little at
tention to him. m
ui the Krounil now lo lie hainlletl. i cliff
r-liolll'l he ...(.eedv. As 1. Of! as the n',l
pany has hlle mlllr Mock, why can't
10 or a tloit n n'ldlt iona cars he put
on (his line nt once to hamlle the traffic
until further mp.-tns can he hail
The people alon; the Mount Scott dis
trict ate cntorprlslriK anil honest hotne
niakets. who Imve relied on the tar com
pany lo give them a service cornnien
smato to their needs. Most of them
are tl . penden t on i heir dally wages for
tne sustenance of their families, nicl
,i, iijuiK n, secure (ne nt'i"
home for their shelter. Instead of tho
continual drain of paying run.
Men and women, who have tolled hard
during the hiiia hours of the day, are
compelled to stand (luring the loni? ride
home, sandwiched In So tight that they
can hardly net their fare for the con
ductor ; hese people are certainly de
serving of hetler tre-itnient at the hands
o the rorup.iny than they are recclvins
umler present condition.
One mailer that appears to he great
ly at fault is the dispatch rvslem. One
evenltiR durlns: the month of (ictoher 1
reached the I .am el wood station tor th.
pin pose of taking a car over to the city
Just too late to catch tho car then leaving-.
1 waited, and continued lo wait
Uti1 il 10 ears passed Kolnn out before
one could he seen cominn In At last
the (coal l'or which we had tried lo pa
tiently wait appeared, but lo. It whizzed
down the line as though we had been
but pebbles alongside the track and
fairly took our hreath as It passed us.
. Rcniieman living mis sice of l.ents
nun u ouKiiiesH enk-atrement j0 meet a
party on (Irnnd avenue recently, and It
was one hour and 10 minutes from the
time that he reached his station until
he was landed on Grand avenue
I have been on the cars from three to
seven t lines a week since last snrlnii.
and ninny a time there have been from
'.in to ino packed on hoard and a party
told nie that they had known 1 L'o net'-
sons to be on board at one time.
I he great mistake that the roldents
along the line are making, according to
my judgment, is to oppose annexation to
tne city. Ihey fear hifrh taxes with
street nnd sewer improvements which
we know would be heavy while many
are exerting every effort to meet the
payments on their homes. Manv sec
tions of the city are sadly neslected In
this respect.
Were tliis section within the Jurisdic
tion of the city's authority most cer
tainly the matter of overcrowding and
speeding the overdue cars would bo
properly investigated and summarily
dealt with. If any of the officials
tioutit th" truth or any of these state
ments there are endless means by which
they can satisfy themselves.
C. K. STUART.
,.,i, ,,,i.. u the cred it currency i nnve i in itie pneKcis ano nils ei inn peopic
been advocating for the past 12 years.! The second Is that there Is not the
Tin! banks, business houses and maim- , slightest difference between bank book
facturers of undoubted standing In t he . cred: t s and bank note credits,
country should boldly and bravely do The third Is that the required re
new nit what they old In 183. bptvps should be ample; tho bank hook
An Issue of credit currency adequate, credits passing with perfect facility
to meet the requirements of trade nnd Into the bank note credits, snd both
currently reueemen in imu ' "in ( v. i, , , cm i i,n 131 v n.,,c niu ,,i-
The Increasing shortness of riavllrht
'1 also shout over.
Rivers for 5enersl Funston to swim
are scarce around (lohlfleld.
Kverybody should make th boat of
things, but especially cooks.
And even tiavld B. Hill has also been
mentioned by some poor Joker.
The merchants havi no fear of crcry.
body bavins bought them early.
No, Alphonao the clearlnc hous hat
nothing to do with tho weather.
Many a woman who never drinks
beer understands "worklnc the rowlr"
getting money from lier husband.
llarrlman "apes the dwn of a rich
era." Which Kepubllcan candidate T
A Sunday blue law Is calculated to
prevent a brown taste Monday morning.
It Is essy to understand that Inauffl.
clency of circulation causes cold feet
News Item (country exchange please
copy): Shopping la the order of the
day.
The schooner Thomas W. La w son has
been wrecked, but Thomas himself la
still on deck.
Among the fine qualities of the (Jon.
key, Mr. flryan did not ray that he was
a fleet racer.
We hope Guggenheim Is not going to
pay for the lornocratlc convention go
ing to tnver.
The go between the elephant and the
donkey will be the principal sporting
evont of next year.
After his term expires will Roosevelt
acc-pt a trust presidency at a salary
of $1,000,000 w, year?
Kx -Ambassador Aokl ssys he cannot
understand the president. A diplomat
Is not supposed to understand the truth.
I'pton Sinclair s.iya
will live on wheels,
make a living on tho
heads.
his new colony
Hut they can't
wheels In their
Every day the newspapers contain
Items that, are object lessons teach
ing the folly of hiding money. Even
a private safe 13 often broken open
and robbed, and old cans, stockings,
pillows and other receptacles are
frequently found by robbers. And
the danger of fire is always to he
reckoned on. A sound bank is the
best place for surplus money that
one does not want to invest in land,
that cannot be-destroyed, or In some
thing that will yield an income.
Hoarding by hiding Is not wise.
Subscriber Not Liable.
Cornelius. Or.. Dec. 11, 1907. To the
Kdltor of The Journal "Will you please
inform me through your paper, whether
or not n person must p'ay for a paper
mii'i 111.1 eunscripimn lias expired and
me puuiiHiitii continues to send tho
Paper? SIHStitlHKK.
I .no, ne is not obliged to pav for the
paper alter the expiration of his sub
scription unless he continues to accept
it from the postofflce or the carrier. J
Nathan 15. Scott's Hirthday.
Nathan Hay Scott. United States sen
ator from West Virginia, is a native of
Ohio, in which state he was horn De
cember 1H. 142. His education was
such as was at forded bv the district
schools at that time. Ai'ler finishing
his schooling he went to work as a clerk
In a store, where he remained until the
outbreak (if the civil war. He enlisted
in the I'nlon army and served from
1S62 to 1 865. After the war he located J
In Wheeling. West 'ireili..1. ,,.
engaged in business. JP vvlls success
ful ami in the course of time accum
ulated mi Immense fortune, piincipill y
in the class industry. His first r.,,i,ii
office was that of tiresnlt nt of tli ..1, ',
council t,f Wheeling, 10 which he was
elected in 1 8M. From ls- to he
was a siaie senator, arid from 1NM7 to
1SA9 was commissioner of Internal rev
enue. In tile latter year lie was elected
by a Republican legislature to the t"" nlt
ed States senate. Senator Scott has
been a member of the national Repub
lican committee since lssn and is re
garded as the lender of tho Kepubllcan
party in West Virginia.
Mr. J. J. Hill, in his testimony in
the lumber rate case, said there had
, , .L , . I7t2.
uefll uo UCTirase 111 uie pi ice ui up- J7S0
plies, and that the steel manufac
turers were keeping the price of
that commodity up. The tariff on
steel enables the trust to do this,
but It will buy its labor as cheaply
as it can, and so will Mr. Hill. If
the price of commodities is not fall
ing, as Mr. Hill says, why are wages
being reduced?
This Date in History.
A 709 Empress Klizabcth of Russia
born near Moscow. Died January 6
Since everybody ever calling him
self a Republican is an Idiot and a
malefactor if Tie doesn't support
United Slates congrs aimnlnl.
C(l rmiu'i" i'uoa muil.sier to Kussla
17!i5-tr Henry. Jjeitwilcr. the father of
homeopathy" in America, born in Hwlist
zeiiantl. Died at J'.iston, Pennsylvania
April 21. DSS7.
1812 Bonaparte arrived at Paris
from his Russian campaign.
JM5 Battle of Moodkee.
- .1865 -Thirtefiiuii amendment to the
constitution proclaimed.
1 SSI Violent earthquake in Sicily.
18&3 House of representatives passed
the currency bill.
The little' town of Sweet Home is tak
ing! a new lease on life. Several new
buildings have been erected- this year
and Old ones repaired. There are four
general et,ores.
Do It Riglit Now
riy John Anderson Jsyne.
Have you ever watched a busy man
ns he waded through his work?
He didn't waste time In looking af
ter the non essentials.
lie didn't fool sronnd and whine
about the immense amount of work he
had to do
He didn't call his wife up on the
telephone anil tell her he had "an aw
ful headache" and he didn't "know ho.v
he was i tor Knlns to get through with
his day's work."
lie didn't slop to Jaw the boys, growl
at the Kflls or scold the men.
Nay, nay! He sat rlRht down at his
desk, or lie lifted his hammer or plane,
an 1 Just pounded In. working with all tils
might and main, and presently the
thin was dona
Dawdlers never accomplish definite
results.
Shirkers never get to the end of the
way.
Loafers are ft thorn In the flesh, a
bone of contention and a general nuis
ance to society.
Men who make things go, go them
selves. Being irood (triers they are good
getters and the best of all getting Is
to ct the tiling done that must be
done.
if you hve a bill to pay, snd know
that you have been swindled, yet must
pav it. pay It and get It oft your mind
Delays may mean suits. Suits cost,
cost loss of temper, standing and self-
respect. As long as you delay paying
up an ugly bill, so long you will feel
uplv anil lie unanie 10 nirRi-i 11. v neu
ome It Is paid, it Is off your books,
out of your mind, and a joy song rings
in vour heart.
If you have an apolopy to make, make
It. Don't hesitate! Apologies delayed
make the hard task harder. Kvery man
makes his mistakes. If you have made
a mistake) nnd an apology will rectify
it; or. if not rectify it. make thincs
smoother, or give you another chance.
don't hesitate to apologize. A m 111
never lost anything by being a gentle
man. Sometimes you must everi apologia"
to one who lias mistreated Vou. Don't
think that because a man has mistreat
ed you that you have a right to mis
treat him. Two wrongs never main
one riirht. but an apology may rlgut I
two wrongs. Make your apology if
you must. Get the thing done, and
let that be the end ofMt.
The hardest thing for a business man,
to do is to look after yesterday's tags,
They are forever bobbing up, bnthep
lng around, and beating you out tt
vour precious time. Get today's wcrR
done today. Stay a little longer fat
the desk, if need be. Dose that train,
miss that car. Ten minutes or today
Is worth two hours of tomorrow,! -
Tags left over from yesterday aro
like mortgages and taxes, tlieyj work
all the time and increase at a terribly
rapid rate. Tags are the best.'multi
ollers In the world. Tnere was' never
any such thing as race suicide In.' the
tag family. The only way they ca i
be blotted out, finished, gotten rid of,
Is to put them out of the way today.
When the doctor comes to your house,
and you are not feellnR well, he asks
vou to toll him your symptoms. You
tell him nnd be knows Just what is
wrong with your system. If your
work Is moving sluggishly, or getting
behind, It's a sure thins; that some
things is wrong with your business.
It's your business to make things
ko, your business to get thincs so
they will mov along In the right
cmVnnel consecutively, cmtlnuously and
complaisantiy. J.I tnings aon 1 run
smoothly there Is a fault somewhere
It's your fault if there are faults in
your work. Look the facts squarely
in the face. Not only resolve that
you will, but go ahead and do it, tint
is untangle the snajis, so that when
tho same circumstance comes aroUnd
again there will ha" no possibility of
another snarl. There are bound to be
snarls in this life.' but a mi an Is un
wise, if he lets the same snarl come
again In the same place.:
Get the thing done; Tlrist's the main
thing. The work that you do is not
so much as the character that Is
wrought Wito your life because of the
way that j-oju do your work. Do to
day's work today, ami' you'll be strong
er for tomorrow.
in the spirit of the sainted Charles
Kingsley: .
Do the work that's nearest, though it's
dull the- Whiles,
Helping, when you meet them, lame
dogs o'er tho stiles;
See In every hedgerow marks of
angels' feet
Epics in each pebble, underneath your
feet 1
Running Snots
Written for The Journal by Fred C.
I teuton.
Congress has decided to do nothing
until after Christmas. Then It will de
cide to give an encore.
Hungry congressmen feasting at the
board of the Incipient ship subsidy trust
Is one of the charities of the eason.
poor fellows, they only got $7,!00 n
year, and once a year, at least, should
have n square meal.
While a number of the old politrral
guard of Oregon are hoplnu for prefer
ment at the next clectton. It would
greatly better their hopes If the direct
primary law could be knocked "galley
wast and crooked."
The amendments proposed bv the
People's Power league are not belnr;
very fully discussed as yet. The op
ponents of further power being ab
sorbed by tho people nre In hopes these
prepositions will not receive signatures
In sutricient number to place them on
the ballot ni'Nt June, and that the less
said about them Ihe better chance
their remaining out of the campaign
The signatures are coming along nil
right, .trid the peeple will place them In
action next election. Ihe recall will y
without saying for it sweeps the field
wherever submitted With proportional
representation the people are not so fa
miliar, but they know that any chang
which gives minority parties a stronge
showing in the legislature will bring to
Salem more legislative wtsdom than lias
heretofore been the rule. It will be bet
ter for the dominant party In this stat
to have a stronger minority In the leg
Islaltire. Jt will be compelled to do
something to keep In the lead. It will
also be obliged,' to place Its very best
timber on Its legislative tickets. This
will be hailed as the destroyer of party
but It will "go" with the people, who
t are less for party than the professional
politician thinks.
When Roosevelt gets to the senate
the rule of that body that new mem
bers-should keep silent will be rudely
reverses.
Federal pie In Oregon is always Insuf
ficlnnt to go around. In this cornice
tion it might be asked where our Jon
athan comes In? Has any federal pie
neen passed ny him yet ; v hen Is the
bell to ring that will call the faithful
adherents of the junior senator to the:
dispensing counter?
The masterly inactivity of the United
States attorney-general in the land
fraud cases in this state Is exciting the
admiratioh of many lndlctad people.
Where there Is no life there is nope
for them.
Federal martial law without bullpens.
deportations antl looting of miners' cab
ins is not the kind the mineowners had
a rlsnt to expect in Nevada. The re
luctance on the part of Roosevelt to
turn the regular army oyer to the mine
owners Is another blow to prosperity.
One reason why thV city council does
not meet evenings is out of regard for
the theatres of Portland. If the hon
orable council met evenings it would
hnve to hire the Forestry building to
accommodate the crowds, for no three
ringed circus or regiment of minstrels
could draw the audience, our city dads
would bring out to witness their frantic
evolutions and dervish dances when
Mftyor I,ane cracks one of his veto mes
sages on their heads.
While the revolver is held responsible
for many murders It should be credited
with having scared off several burglars
recently, even if no revolver was at
hand. The mere mention of its dread
name Is sufficient. Again, it shoull
not be forgotten that where people car
ry daggers arid knives in preference to
revolvers sudden removals of citizens
go on just the same, while policemen
are not so disturbed by any noise and
compelled to interrupt their inward re
flections to chase the survivors of san
guinary encounters. Where there la a
will there Is a way, with or without re
volvers. Revolvers ure considered by
most of the southern people of Europe
us too noisy for safety, and the stillctto
Is still a favorite with all classes.
A man must be a chump who can't
take the hint when st this time of year
his wife is unusually complimentary and
affectionate.
Some of Walter Wellman's corre
spondence arouses the t lplelon that he
Imagines that be Is manufacturing In
flating material for his airship.
It is vt undetermined among tho
newspapers whether the front name of
Senator Davis of Arkansas Is Jefferson
or Jeffries But It matters nothing;
call him Jeff.
"Eggs take a drop." says an exchange.
We don't know whether It meana that
they were smashed on the sidewalk, or
wore preparing themselves for natural
tgg-no.
The Portland Advocate, the colored
people's paper, says; "The colored citi
zens of Seattle need not get under the
Impression that In organizing our Pun
day Forum we were imitating or aping
theirs. For som of the prime movers
of our Forum never saw or beard of
such a town as Seattle, Wash."
Oregon Sidelights
A Roseburg beet weighs 22 pounds.
Madras Methodists, expect to build
next year.
Prlnevllle will have a new brick and
stone Masonic temple.
-
Drilling is progressing In the hoped
for oil well near Dufur.
Several deep wells will
around Madras this winter.
be drilled
The Baker City Herald Is waflna;
wer on hugging In round dances. No
use.
Brownsville is considering the muni
cipal ownership of Its water and light
plant.
Eugene, asserts the Register, has not
had a case of typhoid fever, due to bad
water, for over a year.
There Is a big lot of acorns this
year and there are hundreds of fat
hogs In all the country sontn or foil
Vrford.
More fruit trees have been Sold in
the vicinity of Monmouth than ever
before, and all of Polk county is talk
ing orchard. J
1
Ilopwell eorresplndence of Dayton
Optimist: Three or four days last week
were spent In hunting by 10 or more
men, but Mr. Coyote still lives.
Jefferson Review: ''If local news
don't gel more plentirui tnan 11 nas
been during the past month, we're go
ing to declare a holiday for the Review
and go visiting.
Talk: There
talk of a bluing factory being estab
lished either at this place or Salem.
ThP nromoters. It Is said, expect t
squeeze tjie blues out of the hep growers.
m m
Jacob T.ontr of Elgin, over 85 years
old, has come to Portland to undergo
an operation for a cancer under tho
left eye. The disease has rained suci
m hold that recovery is doubtful. tie
believes that he, will not survive and
so has had erected In the Elgin ceme
tery a vault costing $1,400. ,
TT. 1- .1111 !r, tl.n n'-
J'jll(t;ciie in Dun 11:111115 ii" i-i
more houses, every llilldlng really fit
to live In being occupied and some roofs
sheltering two or three families says
The Guard. Moreover, there are dally
arrivals of newcomers who are seeking
homes, and desire to remain at least
temporarily In the cify. No doubt Eu
gene's population has increased not less
than 1,000 this year.
Funny Man!
Our butcher is a funny man
Perhaps you will recall
That recently the price f meat 1
Took quite a llttlefall.
Most people saw it in the news,
And gobbled every word of It,
Buy by some singular mischance,
, Our butcher has not heard of It.
St. Louts Post-DiBpatch.
John Day News: It is estimated that
about $10,000 are sent east every month
from the John Day portion of Grant
county. This Is a heavy drain and it
is to be hoped that the merchants' as
sociation of tire county will be able to
devise a remedy. If ever a county was
stripped ,lt !s Grant, and some means
for Inducing purchasers to tradedat
home more'ought to be devised. . -
A visitor to the AUea valley feavs
of 1 It : Graded roads, gravel handy for
pl of them. Soil that cannot be beat.
Fruit in abundance, and- some apples
especially, equal tu flavor,, color and
sire to those ever produced anywhere.
Green grass everywhere. Streams
where' any one able to hold a fishing
pole can catch salmon trout. A dairy
region to suit the most chronlo pess
imist. Scenery to please the ey -of the
most refined artist. And last but not
least a people m once thrifty, kThdl
hospitable and forbearing. , " .
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