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THE OREGON SUNDAY '. JOURNAL', PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING,1 JANUARY 12. 1908. ; v.. -
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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.
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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.
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Coats
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$22.60,. and $25
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In velvet, caracul, crushed velvet,
broadcloth, covert and kersey, mili
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.Values up to $32.60,
See window display.
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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
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o
FIFTD AND
ALDER STS
U. OF 0. TRY0UTS IN
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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
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