THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 7, 1908.
13
WEST PAY!
HIGH WAGES
Government Statistics Show
That Horace Greeley Was
Eight , men He Gave His
Famous . Advice - to the
,Young Men.
' t (Ciilud Press" Ltsed Wire.) ' - ""'
Washington, May 7. When Horace
Greeley eald "Go ! west, young man,"
he' probably did not have at hi disposal
the statistics to prove the soundness of
his advice, The frontier west has dis
appeared, and a new. west has been
born, nevertheless It would appear that
It holds out greater Inducements to the
wage earner of today than any other
section of the United States.
. - The western .man or woman who Is
employed in a manufacturing establish
ment receives a much greater compensa
tion than his fellow workmen, elsewhere,
According to a statement issued today
by the cer.sus bureau. The average per
week throughout the west ts $13.65, as
gainst $10.63 In ' the i central north
fitates, fl0.lt In the north Atlantic, $8.33
rrthe south central and 47.31 in the
:; " couth Atlantic,
..Ten dollars la the average weekly
wage throughout the country. Some
trades average double this amount dia
mond cutters earn $21.68 per week and.
on the other hand, the ignorant, illiter
ate workers In the turpentine Industry,
those who gather the crude gum, re
ceive only an average of f23 a week.
Workers in the cottonseed on and cako
Industry receive on an average only $6.64
Both .of these" last two elasee" are
largely, employed in-Nthe- sou thi- and
their poor compensation emphasises the
jact that the southern workjntsn re
ceives less than his brother craftsman
Aiywhere else in the country. The cen
sus 4urau explains the low average in a
measure by directing attention to the
comparatively recent development of the
factory system and the large proportion
f women) and children and negroes em
ployed. Women Earn lien.
' In all statistics which the bureau has
compiled. Including 123,708 establish
ments and 3,297. 819 wage earners, it is
fhown that women earn far less than
men.
In the cotton mills female operatives
rnake $6.03 a week, dn shoe factories
they earn $7.60. As evidence of the ex
tent to which women earn their own
livelihood, out of the 8,000,000 odd em
ployees, 688,599. or 17.8 per cent were of
the gentler sex. However, women drew
only ll per cent of the total wage list,
or S3.ti3S.4Sl, as against $29,240,287
earned by the men.
Statistics of child labor are startling.
Out of the total of employes 90.167, or
t.7 per cent were' children, receiving
$313,0U per ' week. Thus the average
child worker received only $3.46 a week
as contrasted with the man's average
earnings of $11.16 and the woman's of
$617. In cotton mills children earn only
33.21 per week, on an average; in to
bacco factories the earnings were still
lower, the average being only $3 a week
while In pickle factories the average
was only $1.84 a week. '
Worth Pays Mora,
!i Tn" connection with the cotton in
dustry, the census office makes an in
The Rose may blossom for
England,
The Lily for France un
fold, Ireland honors the Sham
rock, Scotland the Thistle
bold.
But the shield of the
Great Republic-"
The glory xf the West
Shall bear the bloom of
The Tasseled Corn;
The Sun's supreme be-,
quest!
teresting comparison of the earnings in
the north and those in the aouth. By
confining ' the comparison, to establish
ments engaged in the manufacture of
print cloths, it eliminates to a consider
able extent the differences between the
character ef the Industry in the two
sections and thus presents a fair basis
to measure differences in earnings. -.
This comparison shows that the av
crape 'earnings of - men -were in -New
England $8.62, in the south $5.14, - for
nmi thA nvitrtni was in New Enx-
land $7.83, in the south $3.77, while for
children the average in NewEngland
was $4.4 and in the south $2.73.
For all classss of cotton operatives
the avert go weekly earnings in the
nprth were $7.62. as contrasted with but
$4.1fc In the south- ; , .
one or tne mosi sinning couuiuiuu
inferred from the census report on this
subject la that the figures indicate that
the . differences in average earnings
between large and small establishment
re sirgm- in moire ciuimu.tiub
than 10 wage earners, the average wage
was less than $9.83. while those em
ploying 6C0 wage earners or more, it
was tiu.zi.
CiDIDITIS MB
BY VARSITY STUDENTS
Offices of President and Sec
retary Will Be Hotly
Contested For.
Special Dtupstcb to The Jourail.)
University of Oregon, Eugene, May 7.
-A student body meeting took the
place of the regular assembly yesterday
morning and candldatea were nomi
nated tor student offices for 1909. The
election will occur next Wednesday at
the assembly hour and spirited contests
sre anticipated for the offices of presi
dent and secretary of the student body
and places on the executive committee.
The other offices will ba filled without
opposition unless new candidates appear
before the election. Both Bond and
Tawrveend, the candidates for the presi
dency, are prominent In university af
fairs, both being members of the de
bating teams of the past two years. The
offices and candldatea are as follows:
BtaAsmt Body.
President -Jesse H. Bond, Florence;
Thomas R. Townsend, Roseburg.
Vice-President. J. La Roy Wood,
Nome, Alaska.
Secretary NIeta Harding, Oregon
City; Frances Nelson, Albany.
Members Athletic Council (three)
Paul W. Reld, Portland; Fred C. Moul
len, Modesto, California; Walter E. Mc
Intyre, Aahland; William H. Wood. As
toria; Ralph M. DodVm, Baker City.
Members at Large, Executive Commit
tee (two) Charles Mac C. Snow, Port
land: Ormond R. Bean, Salem; Harvard
C Moore. Portland.
Oregon Weekly Staff.
Editor-in-Chief Earl Kllpatrlck. La
Grande. -
Associate Editors Harriet Lane,
Portland.
Business Manager Dean T. Goodman,
Pendleton.
Assistant Business Manager Frits
Dean, Grants Pass.
Oregon Monthly Btaff.
Editor-in-Chief Ruth Hansen, Fort-
,aAdssoclate Editors NIeta Bartlett,
Eugene; Jennie Lilly, Portland; Alfred
Powers, Parkplace; Gerald Eastham,
Oswego.
Business Manager William M. Cake,
Portland.
Asaistant Business Manager Cecil J.
Espy, Oysterville. Washington.
Some of the opponents of legislation
by- the people are letting up on abusing
U'Ren long enough to consider the
propositions on the ballot, It Is dawn
ing on the editorial mind fin even dark
est' Oregon that what the people will
say will go. -
For Breakfast,
Made by Post urn. Cereal Co.. Ltd.. Battle Crek, Mlchisran. U. S. A.)
SIX -PRISONERS
FROLl MALHEUR
Court Cleans UjLarge Num
ber of Criminal Cases at
. Becent Term.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal. -
Ontario, Or May"7viCJrcuit court for
Malheur county - adjourned 'yesterday,
Shej-lff Odell left with the six prisoners
who -were sentenced; at this term for
Salem yesterday, accompanied by sour
guards. ' '
The following criminal cases war
disposed of at this term:
r Lorlng Qruell, charged with the lar
ceny of 21 colts, continued for the term
and the defendant admitted to ball.-' .
Bam. Yarber, charged with crimlnil
assault, pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to two years in the penitentiary
by Judge Davis. ;:
Louis Jones, larceny of a cow, jury
returned a verdict of guilty and defend
ant sentenced-to one year In the peni
tentiary. . ;
Fred Wheatlv. larceny of three head
of geldings, defendant pleaded guilty
and sentenced to four years. Wheatly
Is the man who escaped from a train at
Payette last fall while being brought
from Pendleton to this county for trial.
Henry Share, larceny of a horse and
saddle, pleaded guilty 'and sentenced to
one year In the pen.
Rube Gray ai:d Henry Reed, larceny
of five colts, pleaded guilty and each
sentenced to one year. -
PEETTY WOMAN IS
v CHARGED WITH THEFT
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San" Francisco, May 7. A pretty
roung woman, who the police say la
rene Duff of Boise,- Idaho. Is in the
custody of the police today on a charge
made oy Arthur lister or jsewton.
Iowa, that she robbed him of $120 in
Golden Gate Dark Tuesdav afternoon.
The girl was wandering about the
lobby of the St. Francis hotel when
her movements attracted-the attention
of Detective William TrollT After he
had engaged her In conversation Lis
ter, who is a guest of the hotel, rushed
up to the couple and announced that
Miss Duff had picked his pockets in
the park. No formal charge will be
made against tne woman at present.
The police are investigating her record.
one is very styusniy .dressed.
RAILB0AD EMPLOYES
DEMAND PROTECTION
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Olympla, Wash.. May 7. Spokane
lodge No. 807, Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, has forwarded a letter to the
railroad commission commending It for
Its earnest efforts and achievements In
enforcing the laws regarding roadbeds,
safety appliances, etc.- In Its letter the
lodge says In part:
"The B. of It. T. does not desire to
see any individual or corporation perse
cuted, but it does demand the enact-
?ient and enforcement of Just laws. The
ime has come when public service cor
porations must be regulated bv law, and
especially the railroads. In order to di
minish the appalling destruction and
maiming of humanity. Nearly all the
laws- which tho railroad organizations
have advocated, and will advocate, con
cern the great public as well as them
selves and It Is time -for the public to
show more interest and become better
acquainted with railroad conditions."
I (PSfi i6ti ill
Postum -CeTr-- f)
JAPAN'S DIPLOMATIC. GAME
t 1 ' ' BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. -
' (Copyright, X908r by Frederic JVHaakln.)
Toklo," Aprir Japan Is playing a diplomatic game with - definite
purpose In view to become the leader of Asia, to dominate the richest
and most , populous continent on the globe, and to become a world power
, in. fact as well as In the courteous acknowledgment f of diplomatists.
The Japanese nation is still under control of the same men who brought
It out from the yellow monochrome of Asiatic heathenism and made It
one of the firat-class nations. This fact must not be lost sight of, for
It means that men wise enough and able enough to . accomplish , that
great feat In 40 years are too Wise and too able to be wasting their, en
ergy in a purposeless pursuit. ,
The two wars fought by Japan In the
last 14 years had the same ultimate ob
ject In view the securing of a foot
hold on the mainland of Asia. If Japan
IS cabined, cribbed and confined within
the narrow limits of its island home it
will never be a great power. The Jap
anese know that. But If. like England,
It can . make that islahd home a basis
from which It can control large portions
of the outside world, then it can hope
to become in the Paclflo what England
10 1U UIO AtlUIlUC,
As a result of the war with China,
Japan wrested from the Chinese the
predominant influence In Korea and
seized an important piece . of Chinese
territory, the Liao Tung peninsula,
lhe powers forced Japan to retrocedo
this tract. Time went on and Russian
Influence in Korea became menacing,
Russia obtained a lease on Port Ar
thur, on the same peninsula which Japan
had once held, and Russian aggression
threatened China. Again Japan went to
war, ostensibly to free Korea, to main
tain the "open door" In Manchuria and
to save China from the Russians. '
Japs Annexed Korea;
The real result of jrhe war was thai
Japan practically annexed Korea, that
Japan has followed the Russian initia
tive In Manchuria with more than Rus
sian aggressiveness, and that it is now
Japan which threatens the Chinese em-
?lre. All of these events, stretching
h rough a period of 16 or 17 years,
serve to point out the course Japan Is
Sursulng, looking always to Japanese
ominatlon of Asia. -Japan
has not been signally success
ful in the world of diplomacy. The
victories It won on field and sea In tho
war with Russia were not reflected in
the negotiations at Portsmouth. Its
success iro forming the alliance wltn
England and the nuheq.uent ententes
with France and Russia were due in
large part to the desire of the European
parties to the contracts. That Japan
made a fatal error in diplomacy when it
raised the question concerning the San
Francisco school Incident is every
where admitted, for it was the begin
ning: of the end of America's purely
sentimental regard for Japan. Within
the last few weeks Japan so bungled tho
quarrel with China regarding the gun
smuggling ship Tntsu Maru that China
was enabled to call the attention of the
world to the fact that Its stronger
neighbor was taking advantnge of Chi
nese weakness to force acceptance of
Japanese demands without a hearing.
Whatever advantage Janan has ku inert
In its struggle for supremacy has been
the result of war. or of some other na
tion's eld. But these facts do not pre
vent the Japanese diplomatists frnm
pushing forward In their 'own peculiar
way. The story of the strangulation of
Korean Independence by tho Japanese
has been told to the world. That Japan
Is determined to use Its domination of
Korea for Its own purposes and ns a
base for further aggression on the main
land of Asia la clearly Indicated by the
trend of events.
Protestant Missionaries.
Korea Just now is the most fruitful
field of endeavor for Protestant mis
sionaries in the world. American mis
sion boards are Mending scares of men
and women into the country and they
are meeting with a measure of success
unprecedented In the history of modern
missions. The Japanese attitude toward
these missions Is that of suspicion. At
Liiiti
v U wffl . dffleuj to -s ' '
home . they welcome the missionaries
for the gifts of education they bring.
But the Japanese know that the Amer
ican mllnTirr It always a. oartlsan
nt tha nennln amnnar whom he lives and
. - ... , , . ' ' 1 I 1 pkln m
woras. inui- me, miaaiuuaiy ia-u''
la nrn-nhlneae. In J a Dan ne is Dro-jap-
anese and in Korea he is pre-Korean,
Prince Ito. resmeni-generat in n.orea,
actual head of the Korean government
and real head of the Japanese govern-
mnnt.-waa aalrarl what he thought about
the American missionaries in Korea. He
picked up a match and placed it at arm's
lanrth'fNtm him on the table. Then he
Ltook two other matches and placed them
near tne eage ot tne taoie iu paraum
lines, pointing toward tne urai inaivu.
Tht first match reDresents the better
ment ef the condition -of the common
people of Korea," said .he. "These two
parallel matches are the missionaries
and myself. We are both working for
th hetterment of the Korean people,
they along religious lines and I along
political and economic lines. 'As long as
these lines are parallel there will be
no conflict But- if the missionaries
turn aside ever so slightly to interfere
in politics, tnen the time will come
when our paths will cross," continued
Prince Ito, moving the two matcnes in
illustration, "waen tnat time comes
the elder statesman-flicked the mission
ary match from the table with his
finger-nail. s
Manchuria Different Story.
But' the world powers have signified
their acqulesence ia the Japanese occu
pation of Korea and perhaps there can
ha nn nbiectlon to tho Jaoancae metfl-
ods there from a diplomatic point of
view. Manchuria, however, is another
story. The Russians occupied mis i.mn
ma nrnvlnm lust after the Boxer trou
hi a Alelifc vears ae-o. They continually
promised to get out. but refused to goJ
Until U1U .laUttliCBW OIUI mum
from the southern and richest portion
of the' territory. The Japanese took pos
session and announced that tho "open
door" policy was In force and that all
nations mignt come in and trade. Japan
controlled the South Manchurian rail
road, and, of course, would keep enough
tenslblyturnlng over civil, authority to
tne Chinese government.
nAtwH hatiinrilTifr thlat "nnpn dnnr."
Amercun trade in 1-iancnurlif fell off
and all merchants other than Japanese
have since labored under great dlsad
vantaaes. Japanese merchandise Is
shipped Into Manchuria In cases marked
"Military supplies for Japanese govern
ment." Thia means that they come In
nractlnallv free of freight and entirely
free of customs duty, while other.- na
tions must pay heavy freight charges to
the Japanese) railroad, and also must
my the tariff duties.
This device of labeling all kinds of
goods "military supplies," and tnus
avoiding the customs laws, cannot be
done without the sanction of the Jap
anese government Inspectors, even- If
the aovernment is Innocent of com
plicity.' CnjriDlnlnts have been made.
but the evi stlh goes on, according to
the reports of the traders of all na
tionalities who are concerned In the
Ufanchurian trade. These methods In
Manchuria are causing protests to flow
lino the roreign orrices or every rcuro
Dean canltal. and also to the state do-
partment at Washington. What Ine
outcome will be remains to be seen.
Klksdo After Chin.
From the Japanese point of view.
Manchuria is but the thin edge of the
wedge which Japan Is Inserting In the
ch or Dessert
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hody of the Chinese empire. From their
coljm of vantage at the north they hope
to flood China with Japanese goods,
Japanese books and Japanese ldcald,
not to mention Japanese guns for revo
lutionists. For this reason they are
Interposing objections to the extension
of the Chinese railway to Fakumen,
a Chinese city, because It might Inter
fere with Japanese railroad business.
For this reason they are floodfng China
with teachers and spies whose business
It is to try to teach the Chinese that
Japan is the equal of any nation on
earth and that if China will only fol
low Its lead, the despised white bar
barians will be driven from Asia.
However, Japan is not putting all
Its eggs In one basket, and If the Chi
nese will not succumb to methods of
this kind they may be forced to suc
cumb bv war. Japan, falling In diplo
macy will always fall back on war as
Its best asset. Just now It is almost
bankrupt, but nevertheless its army
and navy are being made ready ' for
trouble and If trouble comes In China
then Japan is there on the ground and
China cannot defend itself.
There . are two methods by which
nations maintain great military estab
lishments. One Is that of the rich na
tion which can afford the expenditure
and which keeps up a great army and
navy to defend its possessions and its
trade. The other Is that of the poorer
nations which cannot afford the lux
ury, but which hope by occaslbnal wars
to muke vanquished nations pay tho
hill in the form of Indemnities or terri
tory. Japan ohtalned a huge indemnity
from China, and while It was thwarted
In Its purpose to extract a great sum
Tke delicious, "toasty-flar
1 iv . n 1
vour; the crisp,
made of Wkite
tke touck of kuman hand, hav
sent
'way up in the hearts of
the American people.
They are an inspiration to the
poet; a delight to the epicure; a
hreakf ast "starter" of appetizing,
allurement, and altogether the
daintiest toasted flakes yet made
from Corn !
m "The Taste Lingers"
dure the broiling days of
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. : You need a " New Pert ee-?
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It is an ideal
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from Russia, It obtained possession of;
Korea and Manchuria. It is not at all
unlikely that Japan, contemplating a
war with China, considers it a foregono
conclusion that China, and net Japan,
must foot the bill, for Its own dem
olition. CHICAGOAN EOBBED "
WHILE SEEING FLEET
(United Press Leased Wlft.) J .
San Francisco. May 7.J. H. Eaton,
a wealthy Chicago manufacturer,- 1
thought to be dying today as the re
suit of an attack made on him by three
thugs, who felled their victim, kicked
him ir. the mouth, stole his diamonds
worth $800 and $365 in money, and left;
htm lying unconscious on a street cor
ner. . ..
Eaton, who had come to San Fran
cisco for a rest and to see the fleet.
was walking along Market street on nis
way to his sleeping apartments late
last night when the trio of footpads at
tacked mm at mntn street, ahw m ,
had been knocked down and kicked until
senseless, the robbers snats-d a 1500 :
diamond from his finger anl M00 dia
mond stud from his shirt vVV. . They,
then took all the money In 1 ew'hes,'
tSG5. and left Eaton lylniV the
sidewalk. Eaton was found Wn cltl-,,
sen, who notified the police. J It Is
feared that his skull was fracti. Hi
condition Is considered serious. ::.
cracKimg xiaKes
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