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,'r ' THE OREGON SUNDAY '. JOURNAL', PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING,1 JANUARY 12. 1908. ; v.. - 13 GRAFT VERSUS PUBLIC GOOD , : m .hi ii I , , Ocvcnth Article by W Jr. Strain, ,jHl5SC3- V ! our. ui ; wuuuua viuuuiv, ; '' H nJrt Strain'' IN THE preceding articles of - hla -series,- I have endeavored to asso 'elate the underlying principles of our Indirect American system of government with Its results.. . .' y ' Persistent evils are not creatures tt " Chance. When "commercial pirate and i political '. vampires fatten and multiply .', yettr after year, and decade after decade, . overthrowing moral majorities and ele . vatlng conspirators against the people ', to public position of power and trust, there, can be no escape from the con elusion that they sprlngfrom the In herent nature of the political system ' under which they flourish. , i . - it la not my purpose to enter Into a 1 y discussion of the tariff question. " But 1 desire to use It t illustrate by-concrete examples that we do not and can not understand or control those public ques- , tions, wtncn are rar removea rrom us. i so well as those which are near us, and ' can not, therefore, protect ourselves . against abuses arising at distant seats l et government without modifying our lrfeTystsm. . , , ,K,. . ir This Incapacity to grasp remote ques tions I the foundation principle upon which Jefferson based his political phU- 'oaophy. ..- .. . . . v Centralisation of government gathers ip the power of the many and commits ll to me tew.- Jk. centralization, wiiiun a county carrlea administration of law to the county -aeat; within a state, to the state capital; within the, nation, to Washington city. :,... . ' Local administration, under the very , 'eyes of the people. Is understood by nil , of as. . We all know the tax lories of .lour own school district, city and coun ty. No--flagrant abuse of political power can escape our knowledge In local affairs. f But where government Is so central ' ised as to be carried beyond our per sonal observation, popular Ignorance In creases progressively, t ' There is scarcely tine chance In a -thousand, gentle reader, that you and I can distinguish one tariff bill from an other. Tet wp divide ourselves into fac tional armlos of fanaticism, known aa political parties, and fight furiously over wnat we can principles. lb Is our boaat that we scratch our tlekets-'-hr-local affairs, bqt vote the presidential ticket straight out of de votion to duty. ' Submits Test. - As proof that we are deluded vision aries, I submit a test I have before trie the tariff rates of 188S,of 1890, of ll7. and bf 1893-4 aa proposed by the ways ana means committee or congress. A list of 10 important articles of Amer ican production or consumption, so iected from one of these. schedules, fol owe. Can you name JtTxCan you ever determine whether It is Democrat it or Jtepublican, without consulting statla Ica? 1- Alcohol, 10 per cent ad valorem. 2 Orsln bags, 2 centa per pound. 8 Blankets, value not over 20 cents, UK cents and 20 per cent ad valorem. 4 Cloth) n sr. ready made cotton, SO per cent ad valorem. ( Copper, manufactures of, 41 per tent ad valorem, 2 Coffee, free of duty. J J Drugs, crude, free of duty. 4 . 8 Eggs, 6 -cents per dosan. f t Glassware, plain and cut, 0 per cent ad valorem. ; 10 Hldea, raw. salted, dried, pickled, free af duty. 1 If we cannot name this Mil from Its rates, and. tell whether it is Demo cratic or Republican, we know nothing about the details of the tariff Ques tion. If we know nothing about It, a pro lific brood of voracious trust magnates Will use it to rob us. rut these two facts together:- i ' 1 The duty on tobacco UW) Is is follows: , , .: ' f '' '": ' '. a) Cigar wrappers I ', not stemmed, tt per pound. r " (b) Cigar wrappers if stemmed, 12.80 per pound. , '. v 4 . (c) All other stemmed tobacco lea, to cents per pound. (d) All other menufactused ' tobacco not ,t,mnni1 fiS nanta rer nound t ,.(e) Cigars and clgarettea, $4.10. per pound and 2 per ceru so vniorum.- S In 12S0 five tobacco firms, having real Broperty worth $400,000. were in. corporated In New Jersey for $2o,000. 000. Thla stork was sold at $(3 to SI SO per share. After sddlng only a few millions or additional assets, buds quent reorganisations brought the pros ent organisation up to $600,000,000, , . l'hia atoal of $491,000,000 with 'per petual dividends upon ft was made on an inveatment orsome $5,000,000. . Successful. Inflations -like this rest upon two conditions, . vis.:-1 Combina tion (Trust;. . z ttxceaaive larm, au- ties. .- - There .figures were quoted from Everybody's magailne by ex-Mayor Dunne of Chicago. . Look at this: ' Iron and steel idus- try, Quoted from United States offi cial statistics: - 1 .Value of manufactures in 1(00 t S0t.tC8.t7l Exports per annum at present about .. 12B.000.upO S Rate of duty. 4$ per cent 4 United States Steel corporation, a trust, owns or controls the entire industry. 8 United States Steel corporation was made by consolidation of basis of which Is extortion and popular ifrnoranoe. it trembles and sways and rumbles like the tottering buildings ot a mighty city in the throes of an earth quake. ,.. , It Is due to this course that national elections disturb business. This Is why reform breeds apparent dlaaster. The mere expoaure of truat methods without disturbing the primary causes which Sustain them, -wee the causa of the recent panlo with its tumble of stock values, with losses aggregating billions of dollars. . We can destroy the trusts only at our own perIL, ..-,.' Question of Zaunnaity, ; ' The same' coilosaJ structure' towers above the heads of us all. Immunity from prosecution and excessive tariff duties are pillars which support it. e tween these, our glaat captains 'of In dustry stand, like Hampson of old, able and willing If need be to bring down upon the heads ef their captors thla appalling temple of privilege. It requires but little prophetlo vision to see in this 'condition a premonitlpn. of a commercial despotism at. once op pressive and enduring. v For each little neighborhood has Its petty graft, and muat worship at the shrine of plutocracy's Idol, - .. . It is wool here, sugar yonder, some thing elae over .thsre, so that no com munity can escape its sinister snare. I Tbeae things are ao far away from us, being centralised at .Washington, that we cannot understand their, de tails. Tney are supported, moreover, by circumstances which cannot be es caped. . . There are different standards of liv ing. The American workman oocuDles a higher plane, socially, than the Aaiatlo and he muet be protected against the importation of the oriental and hla prod ucts. . Furthermore., the Democratic, nertr. the historic enemy of the tariff graft, shamefully abused its last opportunity. It produced a tariff bill, the Wilson bill, aa amended by the senate, which left the prlnolple of excessive . pro tection untouched: and which mix piled that principle with greater dis crimination than the McKlnley bill or me Aiaricn bul, YE OLDE, ; TRIED AND RELIABLE o The west, for example, will not soon rglvethe Democratic oarty for Disc ing wool on the free list, while protect lng.the manufactures of wool to the There is no escape, however, from point of trust-breeding proportions. Stock. (a) Federal Steel Co.....t lt.T4S.200 b.) Am. Kteei wire uo.. so.ooo.ooo c) Natl. Tube Co. ...... 80.000.000 d ) Natl. Steel Co. ..... . 88,000,090 e) Am. Tin Plate Co 44.225,000 f) Am. Steel Hoop Co... 23.000,000 g) Am. Sheet Steel Co... 49,000,009 Total ; $ 487,070,200 t Capital of V. S. Steel ooi-DOratlon 21.100.000.000 7 Increaae of capital by iruai i... sdz.siy.Boo These flrures mean that the cost of production in America is so near equal to tne cost abroad mat iizo.ooo.ooo worth of steel and Iron manufactures out Of a total product of $800,000,000 to ssq.ouo.uoo can pe aom away rrom home in competition with the whole world. They Itean Big Fronts. They mean that a profit of 45 per cent 'upon home consumption can be made by the truat beyond that made upon, its exports. They mean that the United ' States Steel trust can charge American customers 45 per cent more than it can charge foreigners, and. hav Ing no competition at home, it does practice enormous extortion. in otner words. It can rob tne Ameri can people of 45 per cent of the $600,- uvu.vuu to inoo.ouu.ooo worm or iron and steel consumed by them at home. annually. Tms is now it can pay aiviaenas on $662,2t,800 of water In its stock. Not. only tobacco and Iron: but coal. oil, copper, sugar, leather, gas, paper, lead, rubber, , meat and nearly every thing which supply our necessities are controlled by trusts in which the eco nomic law or competition is absent. The difference between what trusts can and do sell these products for at home, and abroad makes a stupendous aggregate, and this great sum is capi talized by the trusts. Stocks are Is sued by them against thla ability to rob the American people. Such issues run into--many billions of dollars, every share of which la supported more or less by excessive tariff rates. .When reformers turn the light of truth upon a huge financial structure, such as this, resting upon privilege, the "MAR REFORM" IN TEMPERANCE I centralisation Of certain political pow ers, the power te levy tariff duties in eluded, . For we must ha a nation, en dowed with al( the functions necessary to g.ve It sovereignty and to afford the cltlsehs of every state the benefit of free trade and lntercourae with all the olhei1 states: Centralisation of Itself Is no menace. Eoonomlo law demands it within proper spheres. Several Examples. Notice, for instance, the plan of crea tion as exemplified In our own beings. The mechanism of the human body, with its thousands of related units and parts, acting in obedience to a eon trolling intelligence within Itself and of itself, presents a system of govern ment which illustrates this point. Organisms derive their facility of ac tion and their beauty of form from a symmetrical, harmonious relationship of their parts. 8uch relationships Im part simplicity and strength to govera memj as well as to animal bodies. Our American system of government possesses a very nice balance of powers as between the states and the nation, and between a state and the subdivis ions within it. But owing to obstructions and indi rect application of power, it lacks obe dience to the people's will, and thla in vites the presence of an official cabal who employ the nation's prodigious in dustrial energy to enrich the trusts with their appended plutocratic trappings. This condition cannot do overoomo until such time aa the Instrumentali ties of our government shall be made obedient to a mature puduo win in pos enxlAn of reliable information. In the next and concluding article ot this aeries I will discuss a centralism tlon of government responsible to the people. KUBELIK GIVEN HEARTY RECEPTION I : i : :, AIMVork Gnaranlccd 10 Years '(Established 10 Years) Known the , world pvcr. ; )The pnly dentists in Portland having the -world-renowned painless system for doing dental work. OUR UP-TO- ' DATE SYSTEM SAVES .US TIME AND YOU MONEY. This is the secret why we give the best work for the LOWEST PRICES letfo EXTRACTED ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN, BY OUR NEW AND WONDERFUL DISCOVERY SILVER FILLING . GOLD FILLING . $8 AND SU COLD CROWNS S5.M FULL SET OF TEETH . AH Work Guaranteed for . 10 Years Teei Restored to Their Former Usefulness and Beauty 1 H ti iC J iCT r Made to Fit and to Restore the' Natural Jr",LllI 0IL C00JU Contour asd Pacini Express! on Wehave a speciayst in charge of each department. Best artificial teeth-makers, best crown and bridge workmen and best gold-fillers in the world. We are the first in point of perfection and durability of work in the dental business of Portland. . - CROWN A1ND BRIDGE WORK .A SPECIALITY By Urs. Ida Wallace Unrnh. We . have had ' all sorts of "ner.rM things, such as "near silk." and the like,; that deceive no one as to their character: We now, in "the temperance worjd hate a "bear reform" . society. The luster of near silk woutd perhaps deceive the uninitiated by Its shimmer, but the experienced woman could de tect the deception by the touch of her dainty linger tips. So, though .some reformers in the "Tea, I took up the parlor carpet and pui nown sawausi ana put a Deer par rel in the corner. I had soup and crackers every day when I had money to buy them, but I failed to keep him.' apprentice day might take this ne movement for what Ub sponsors declare It to be, yet to the maa or woman that has been in the battls Ions- enousrh to neve we Slightest, acquaintance wun the methods of "our friends the enemy" Vthere la not the slishtest darte-er of de- iCTjstlon. It Is, however, interesting to noie ine paipaoiy anti-rum' claims that Its friends mt'" for it. T-v have had the effrontery to send a rommunl cation to the national organ of the w. C T. U. explaining in. detail the tem perance features of the movement. lu this communication tev say: y , Their Side of it. C "These -istlons are the result of a great many years of study t.. we haw glven to' the problem of how to compel they obedience to the law on the part Of the saloon trad" a problem that society has been unable, up to the pres ent time to solve. We believe that the principles that we law down if enacted Into law would make It more nrofitabla for a saloonkeeper to obey the low than bv Tiuiniv 1W .... - A The features that thev snpclnllv mm mono ara ui 4icsnses now outstanain, shall remain In forca" unlasa ranralln by! a majority of the voters, that they be made transferable as any property, that the license shall in no caaa Bn m. cessive, that a penalty, to be assessed aaalnst the minor over 18 vear voara who represents himself to be of age. These features and some others of line cnaracter tney eiairo can not fall to solve' tne vexea question of the sa- loon. They, however, fail to say , that jit li tha saloonkeepers- side of this vexed question that these provisions are ! Intended to solve. That this effort ot the saloonkeepers to regulate them 'salves follows clone upon prohibition sentiment . and legislation both as to itlme and locality takes away much of "the artificial luster of this "near re- 'orn,, movement. stoses Honest Appearance. The effort? to cOraDOl obedience to aw follows so close upon a pressure n that direction uDon the part of Deo- le- that It loses much appearance of lonest reform lafaot It has been atent to the student of the saloon from he standpoint of the home that the niy method that win result in any aa- Tee In the satisfactory solution of the aloon problem will bi the elimination Xthe'lnstltuUon in Its entirety. If jy.other, Institution is part bad and .art good the good Citizen, uses hla nnuence to have the bad features ellm. ' nft tH Ktt l frhAA I. that tm vhnl. y bad" and has no redeeming qualities jave perhaps vhe opportunity for the I'lupneiors to maxe money ior inem elves, then the good cltlsch works for .ts destruction. ... t - , . ...... -m 1 If the frteuds of the saloon can bring forward one single good thing that the 1 tan' for I. have not yet heard (t their doinr so. It is true that they re fond of telling us that It provides a j.omeliKe placa for the -men. When I .ear this claim I am always reminded f the woman whose, husband drank; A rlend one, day asked her If she was Tying 'to win him away from the habit ho poor woman said that she had done V ,best' Upon the friend asking if she '""tit? MaJe her home attractive and omlike, she answered: . i ; Destroyer of All Oood. . The real student of the saloon prob lem known that It la tha iwwm of drink. 'that is dispensed in the saloon to pro duce an unoontroiaDie appetite ror it self, that we muat ever keep before us. Instead of the saloon being a "poor mans nub," it is th thing that de stroys the man's appetite for the clean ness of .the home and its purity. And that this does not necessarily include drinking to beastliness. That drunk enness Is not the only menace of the saloon. The W. C. T. U. lias hold al ways that license, high or low, was wrong, not only as a moral question but as an economic - one as well, and that the higher the license the greater the danger. This 1st the conclusion that the temperance student must Inevitably reach..' x Mothers' Meeting of Central ...0. T. V. The mothers meeting of the central union was under tho charge of Mrs. Margaret Houston, who Dresented ai very helpful program.. Mrs. Houston is a practical mother and could illustrate ner points with a family of well-reared dren, consequently her teaching ies with peculiar force. I was In terested in the communication of "Club woman" in last Sunday's Journal on the subject or the single standard of mor als. This earnest woman would find a very congenial atmosphere In the W. C. T. U. Here is an organization that for SO years has steadily taught this prin ciple of a "White Life for Two." The doors of the white ribbon homes are as rigidly shut against the man who has violated the law of chastity as the woman that has crossed the line that dl vldees purity from Impurity. Indeed I am noticing, that recognizing that the wo man is more frequently sinned against than sinning, that our women are not only holding out a helping hand to the woman that wants to retrieve the past, but are watching for the woman that can be persuaded to accept' help. The daughters In the white ribbon homes are taught that they have not only the rignt to demand that the man to whom they give their handa in marriage shoulfl be as clean, every whit, as these men expect the wife to be. but that it is their duty to the world to stand for a sincrle standard of. morals in so ciety. The young woman holds the key to this problem as far as woman is con cerned. It Is the younf woman that holds the maglo portals, of nocletjr In her dainty fingers today. She opens to whom she will and at the nod of her graceful head the portals will be rigidly Closed asainst such am do not 1 meet the conditions she demands. 1 We welcome every (voice that la raised for this reform. We realise that lmDortant as tne temperance reform is that yet tne purity question m us various rami fications Is a far larger one. "S -e'Ni: ' General Officers' , Meeting. By a I. W. Kubellk was again granted a warm reception yesterday afternoon at the Helllg when he played In a return con cert. By request he had changed his program to Include the Binding concerto which he has been playing with s much success this year. It Is an In teresting concerto by an Interesting composer, Christian Skjdlng, the Nor wegian. The concerto shows an' originality of conception and a breadth of com prehension, and was played with un derstanding. The vigorous style of the first movement, the melodious, digni fied rhythm and elegaic nature of the second and the captivating jlg-llke theme of tha third movement were In terestingly interpreted. The concerto has been heard once before here, whei Waldemar Lind mastered the work, but it is comparatively little known. The second group included a beauti ful Beethoven "Romance," with that composer's characteristically simple melody; 8atnt-8nens' "Havanaise," with ' Its Spanish dance meas ures, and a Wlenlawskl polonaise, which, like all that old violinist's music, has Just the right swing for the vio lin and shows off Its possibilities. In response to an encore he played a Nea politan serenade by Scamberti which was delightful. His concluding number was Hubay s "Scene de la csarda, " which gave an Interesting glimpse of gypsy life. As an encore he ' played the Hubay "Zephys," which never falls to win the audience with Its Incomparable dainti ness. Mile, Berths Roy, the pianists, was forced to give up her work for today because the Illness which Incapacitated her Thursday evening had grown. Miss Ada Mv Tuttle of this city appeared In her Mace on the program and played I forcefully and well. Her first number was a prelude by Rachmanlnov, and her Second the "Revolutionary" etude In C minor of Choplr., with a Chopin preiuae as encore, rter worn was well received. Herr Ludwig Schwab again established himself as one of the most artlstto and satisfying aocompanlsts ever heard in Portland. 291'2 Morrison St., Cor. Fifth ii 0pp. Ueler & Frank's, Posfollice and New Corbel! -BE SURE YOU ARE In Ine RIGHT PLACE Hours : 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. Sundays : 8:30 A. M. to 12:30 P. M. dDOJUB- CLEARANCE SALE Continues to demonstrate the advisability of your supplying your year's wants in the line of Ladies' Wearing Apparel ' here, and now, by offering values that are emphatically the very best in Portland. BEST BECAUSE Prices Are Lowest BEST BECAUSE Qualities Are Dependable BEST BECAUSE Style and Varieties Are the Largest on the Coast Coats 60 inches long, loose, fitted and semi-fitted ker sey Coats; $20, $22.60,. and $25 values, Stt I'M: Clearance Sale Extra Special JACKET In velvet, caracul, crushed velvet, broadcloth, covert and kersey, mili tary, fitted and semi-fitted styles. .Values up to $32.60, See window display. 1 Mi kuk -j iiii i?v its A Th ::;;.:. f ! - f"V. . fc- , B . Kil l eH J a & ! w Suits Your unte stricted , choice v of any suit, cos tume or gown in this house marked $50 or, less, Monday, On Saturday the general officers of the state W. C. T. U. hold a meeting iq pmn ior-tne tuiure wora pt tns or: aanizaiion.- vin jaonaay, at s p. m., there will be a conference of) the var ious temperance societies tJ consider matters of common interest. In the neaaquarters or tne w. C T. U., 60S Goodnough. building. Representatives of all temperance societies will be wel comed at this - Urns and are urged to Wmi,f'-..i; s",;;-:! rf ... .- . . .7 Next Wednesday at the regular meet ing of the central union thura will hm drill after the business meeting. - This Is the regular monthly bunlnoits mHno and It la desired that every member of the union will be, present If possible, as , there Is business of .Importance to come before the society. The parlia mentary drill wUl be about S:39 to 1:16, LABOR LEADERS ASK CHANGE3 IN BILLS (United Preas Leaaed Wire.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 11. Cham pions of the labor cause In the house of representatives today made a fight on the floor to have a clause Inserted in the new codification penal law pro viding that labor lenders cannot be pun ished under the old "Kuklux" Btatute on , the ground of conspiracy to injure cltlsens enjoying their constitutional rights. Representatives Smith, of Missouri, and Hughes, of New Jersey, who intro duced amendments with this end ih :. view, demanded that congress grant la- i which It has been hounded by injunc tions.' - ,r Representative Shirley, Kentucky, a member of the committee that framed the new law, opposed the amendments. various amendments to bills affecting the cause Of labor were defeated today vf iuuui 4 votes an tne average. INDIAN DROUTH IS BROKEN BY RAINS , (TJolted Pris Laaaad Wirs4 ' Lahore, India, Jan. 11. The drouth which has prevailed hera for the 'past six months, has been broken by copious rains throughout tha Punjab. . and tha threatened reoetitlon of an acnte ata.ta, xt famine which naa caused such ter rible mortality la recent years has thus been averted. . ....:.-:..", -"., Attanil i RnsAnthnl'c mil ' rli,MA, sale lot :iae shoa bargains,' , -. . hi l l V vA or 100 Skirts to select from in Panama, voiles and some fan cy mixtures. $25 arid $27.50 values, Stainless Black Stockings, Regular 75c values at 11.75 Ladies' Silk Plated Hose ckings, 25c Children's Suits A few. Tailored Suits for misses in fancy mixtures; ail wool, $15 dJ nr values. . . . -v4sD Golf Gloves Regular 65c values. .. .25 Waists Waists in net, silk, linen, wool and lingerie Values up to $10, . $2.95 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL o FIFTD AND ALDER STS U. OF 0. TRY0UTS IN : DEBATE AND ORATORY (Special . Plipatch te.The 7onraat) ITntveraitr of Oreron. Eunnc. yn. 11. The preliminary tryout for the la- tercolleglats oratorical eon teat. , which was to have been held yesterday .after noon, was dispensed with, as there were only six candidates. The final tryout will be -held Jaduary II, and one of these six will be cnoaea at that time to at Monmouth, renrenent tha IT., of O. March . The six are Ms Moselle PrescoTt, '0; Jesse A. Dart worar, -us; tx jk. uaviea, "io; Clarence Whealdon, ll and Harold Rounds, '10. - The preUmlnary '-tryout for repre sentatives at the. interstate debates will be held today. Seventeen men will try, for places on the' teams and from these eight -will" be chosen. The final tryout will occur Jauuarx 21 and x men Will be selected for tlie ', one Of which will remain at K-igtria ' I the other will 'hat at nr t . ' t or Moscow airalnt tK n-n'i i- ties at those eiM". Tne' S'ii-j' t if "i debates will be "J-inane Inni'i-' .. ' One I'ara from irjch t"ivtr r ' take1 ti r.-t- jttve mi ! i .$ v.. t