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THE JOURNAL
AS IV DEPENDENT NKWSPArKlt.
I'BtilUher
I'uMtiked arery morning (i-t 8timljt ml
erary Sunday morului at Tb J..urnl Build
ing, flf tb and Yamhill itrrrta. 1'urtlaml. or.
KnbTefJ at the paUfn?e at Portland, nr.. for
traiiarnlMloD. tarousa tha uiaili neooi.d cl
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FOREIGN ADVEItTISISO IIEI'KESENTATI VK
Vreelanrt-neujiimln RtI! Ailri-rtlslur Atw I
irnnwl- Mulliltnar. linn mue.
l"ork: 100T-08 Dojce Hulldlur. rhli-nM.
nnd warehouses, and the great
freight warehouses are monument!)
to tills man's conception, industry
anil enterjuiso. They determine what
size of a inun Jim Hill Is. And the
man nmt li i m works thrill the people
with admiration for him, and mnku
certain the cordial welcome and gon
cioua support of the Hill Hues by
tho people of Oregon and Washing
ton.
Hero h to Jim 11111 and his
ma.v lila shadow never grow less a
big brained man, a worker of wonders
New and miracles and a plain man or tne
milt.
fliiharriptloa Terma b mull or to nr t.ltlreM
la tbs United Stitm, Canada or Mt-ifco.
PAILY.
One ytmr $6.00 I Ona rrnnth I -SO
. 0 Bl'XPAY. '
Ad ;nr $2 r.0 On . month t .23
J DAILT AND Bl'NnAV.
On year $7.R0 I One month I .US
people a democrat of aemocrats
who believes In a square dealt
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
You're not quite ready to
" -start, ou say:
If you hope to win
The time to be starting Is
now today '
Don't dally; begin I
No man has ever been ready
as yet,
Nof ever will be;
Ton may fall ere you reach
whero your hopes are
try It and see.
S. E. Klser.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
vTI9a day paramount. It awakens
Ithe best Impulses In the human
heart. It revitalizes that spirit
which gave the world Its first
successful experiment in self-government.
The mind cannot be fixed
on . the transcendent incident of the
group of patriotic men who deliberat
, cd all night of July S and then signed
the famous pronunclamento on July
, 4, 1776, without belngrebaptlsed In
the transcendent spirit of self
' , sacrifice that swayed the public mind
at the time. We are made better by
contemplation of lofty example, and
made worse by dwelling with the un
worthy, "''I know not what course,
. others may take, but aa for me, give
me liberty, or give me death," was
the sentiment expressed by the liery
- Patrick Henry, and It was a reflee
..... tlon of the sentiment that ran
j through and permeated the colonial
mind.
, The signers of the Declaration
.knew fOt. how Boon their immortal
act of the morning of July 4 would
cause them to be hanged as traitors.
Every chance In the world was
against them. They were but a
handful and the half of their citi
zenship was torles. Their act meant
war, and they were literally without
the resources of war. Their antag
onist was the most powerful military
nation in the world, a fact that made
the Issue of their step the most
- desperate known to human annals.
. Yet they signed. It was the crown
ing act in a mighty cause. It was
an act to thrill and vibrate in the
. American heart forever. It is the
most transcendent act of human
ourage ever handed down to a peo-
, pie.- It is an act whose Immortal
motives of pure love of freedom af-
fords a principle for every boy and
every girl to square every act in life
with, and by It to fashion a perfected
manhood and womanhood. To think
of It and contemplate it, is to fill
. heart and mind with an inspiration
, for the nobler, sweeter and loftier
things in life, and to awaken desire
to Quadrate conduct with the acts
of those whose names July 4 made
; Immortal. If we keep the American
mind well attuned to the magnificent
harmony of that transcendent day, I
our national moorings will be for
ever in safe anchorage, and our
citizenship thrilled with perpetual
uplift
HE $100,000 asked for to use
In building more boats for the
upper Columbia river is nearly
raised, is as good as raised,
showing that Portland people re
spond pretty well When "shown."
This Is a very good thing for them
to do. but It really Is only a be
ginning of things they need to do
of investments that they ought to
make, for Portland's benefit. In
most cases the money will bring fair
direct, specific returns; but in cases
where it does not the indirect bene
fits will be ample reward. And that
many who do not give or invest will
share In the benefits must not be
considered at all; If everybody held
back on that account little would
ever be accomplished.
Means ef river transportation for
the wheat of the region adjacent to
the upper Columbia river will be a
great help, but railroads Into the
interior must also be built. With
more roads to bring the produce of
fat region to the river, and boats
to transportIt cheaply to Portland,
those products would greatly In
crease, the people up there would be
come more numerous and would
have more money to spend for mer
chandise, and the business of Port
land would become much larger.
It is in sweh ways that a city forces
healthy, irresistible growth upon
itself by reaching out into the In
terior, into distant localities in all
directions and helping them to de
velop and help themselves. Port
land has never done enough of thi3.
Apparently it is going to do more
of it. The subscription for mora
boats on the Columbia Is an excel
lent beginning. Anyhow, it's going
some, and we Portlanders should
"keep a-goin' " In similar directions
at all. times, and. if we do, there will
be a city here of 300,000 people and
a state of 900,000 by the time of
the 1910 census!
years to learn what the Persians
have as yet scarcely begun to learn
about self-government. The shah
seems to have meant well in trying
to establish some degree of popular
government, but he was short
sight! id not foreseeing Its failure
It may be that the fact of the Per
sian's Incapacity Jor government
does not Justify a despotism; it cer
tainly does not Justify a cruel, op
pressive despotism; but in such a
country there seems no middle
ground between autocracy and
anarchy.
Russia and England are supposed
to divide Persian control between
them, but in this conflict it seems,
naturally, to be Russia that is chiefly
backing the shah, the capital, Te
heran, being within Russia's rather
than England's "sphere of in
fluence." England will only Inter
fere when Russia manifests a dis
position to gain and exert more than
its share of power; England neyer
forgets that beyond Persia lies In
dia. But within wide limits the
shah, like the sultan, will be per
mitted to have his own way. With
his misrule of the people neither
Russia nor England is concerned.
and heard a spellbinder every day,
The expenditure of a great campaign
fund is deemed necessary merely be
cause it has become a habit, and like
many other habits It is for the most
part a bad one.
There are some benefits of big
campaign funds; printers, paper
dealers, musicians and some other
classes of business people and labor
ers get some of them; spending them
puts money in circulation," and so
the custom is popular; but there is
no other good reason for collecting
and spending great , amounts of
money in a campaign.
TOO MANY REVOLVERS.
MR.
TAFT ON GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP.
S
H
BETTER TIMES IN SIGHT.
0
TITIS NAME LEADS THE REST
w
HEN the question is asked:
"Who is the greatest rail
road man of the day?" nine
persons out of ten answer
James J. Hill." He is not a Wall
street man In any cense of the term,
. yet his word Is as powerful "in the
Street" as It Is In Minnesota and the
northwest. He lg not a speculator,
but a builder, a develoj'er In the true
. sense of the term. Though he !s
: connected with some of the greatest
roads in America, his name Is never
linked with thone who have made the
; exploitation of railroads almost a
Stench in the nostrils of the people.
; lie is as welcome at the White House
as tre Is on the farm. He Is as much
at home at a farmers' picnic as h'?
is at a meeting of the magnates of
finance.
; Jim Hill knows every foot and fea
ture of his properties; knows many
N JULY 1. the midyear day,
nearly $200,000,000 was dis
tributed to stockholders in
railroads and other large cor
porations, and this vast volume of
money turned loose, it is predicted,
will result In a great" business re
vival, and in bringing about a full
renewal of confidence, Industrial
activity and prosperity. This la no
doubt to a large extent true. While
the larger part of this immense
amount of money will fall back Into
the same hands that disburse it
the Harrimans, Goulds, Rockefellers,
Morgans, Ryans, and other like high
financiers a considerable fraction of
it will find its way into diversified
industrial channels, and will help
much to start the second half of the
year off well.
July 1 was also known as "re
employment day." The railroads put
a great number of men to work,
which of Itself will go far to over
come the last vestiges of depression,
and is besides an exceedingly en
couraging sign of better and in fact
good times. For more than half a
year the railroads have been e.nplry
ing as little labor as possmie; every
where they stopped work as far as
they could, and threw tens of thou
sands of men out of employment,
thus in large part contributing to
and prolonging the "hard times."
What tho railroads have done In re
employment will be done by other
great Industrial concerns; besides,.
the harvest is Just coming on. and
except for Ihe political bugbear the
country would soon be in normal
business shape again.
All that is necessary for good
times Is for the people generally to
R. TAFT is quoted as saying
that he is opposed to govern
ment' ownership of railroads.
for the following reasons:
"First, because existing government
railways are not managed either with
the efficiency or economy of private
ly managed roads, and the rates
charged are not as low and therefore
not as beneficial to the public. Sec
ond, because it would involve an ex
penditure of twelve billion dollars to
acquire interstate railways and the
creation of an enormous national
debt. Third, because It would place
In the hands of a reckless executive
a power of control over business and
politics that . the Imagination Can
hardly conceive and would expose
our popular Institutions to danger."
As to the first objection, Mr. Taft
seems not to have been fully in
formed. At least a portion of the
government-owned ' roftds in Ger
many, France and Australia, appear
to be run more efficiently and with
much less risk to 'life and property
than the privately owned roads in
this country, and in many cases the
rates are lower.
Second, the expenditure of $12,
000,000,004) would be Imaginary
rather than real. The roads would
be acquired through bond Issues, and
would pay operating expenses and
Interest, and provide a sinking fund
The expense of operation and main
tenance might be -more than now
but there would be no enormous
dividend "melons" to cut, nor hun
dreds of millions to be appropriated
by high financiers for gambling pur
poses and private expenditures.
The third objection seems a good
one, but don't the railroads, and al
lied corporations to a very large ex
tent own and fun the government
now? Under government ownership
might not the people be more careful
In the selection of their high of
ficials? And is there any real danger
of the country having a "reckless
executive" that they could not trust?
Government ownership of railroads
Is to be avoided providing such gov
ernment regulation and control can
be secured and maintained as will
put these really public affairs on a
proper basis, and make the people's
interest paramount to that of the
railroad magnates. If this Is found
to be Impossible, then government
ownership will become an inevltabla
recourse.
DMB MEN arrested for drunken
ness and disorderly conduct,
while armed with revolvers,
were let off the other aSt with
fines of $2 each, and their guns
were returned to them. The Journal
hopes the time will soon come when
magistrates and others in authority
will take a more serious view of the
danger and evil of the promiscuous
carrying of revolvers. Not a day
passes but the news columns relatb
murders, or murderous assaults by
irresponsible people with revolvers
Jealous husbands, "love"-crazed
youths, men of all sorts in all stages
of drunkenness, hobos, and thought
less 'boys. Such cases run into the
thousands in this country - in the
course of a year, and in not one
case In a thousand Is a revolver any
protection or does it serve any use
ful purpose."
The revolvers found on hobos,
drunken men, boys, and irresponsi
ble people generally, should be taken
from them as a partial penalty. In
not one case in 100 is a revolver
carried for any good purpose. I
may be allowable for a man to have
a revolver out in the woods, Dut he
has no proper use for one m a town
And even in the country It is the
means of many sad tragedies, and
little If any good.
It would be well for the country
It the ow-nership or possession of one
of these implements of mischief and
crime were permitted only by special
license, and -.If the manufacture and
sale of pocket guns .were rigidly re
stricted. -
WOMEN'S VIEWS OF NO-LICENSE
V ...
A ' Sermon for Today
.
Freedom.
Brush
To this essay Was awarded by Collier's the first priie of $100 In the
baioon in Our Town" contest. It was selected by Collier's out of 3.000
manuscripts euhmltted: From week to week that paper will publish other
articles of equal. brevity dealing with the saloon from every view-point
The women have been .conreg-atinf
WHY A CAMPAIGN FUND 7
EXEMPTION OF CHURCH
PROPERTY.
A'
Of what use Is a campaign fund any
way? Taft hae the ears of all the peo
ple throueh the press, ami Brother
".Charlie" c&n advance the railroad fare
without Inconvenience. As for Bryan.
he is already in the phonographs, and
an occasional lecture here and there on
his j trip will pay the hotel bills. De
troit News.
THIS IS SAID facetiously, but
looking at the matter seriously,
I what is the need of a great
campaign fund, on either side?
If there should be no special litera
ture, no hired speeches and-music,
no efforts costing money, would not
cheer up, get and hold on to a ; resun uo "uu.u
large stock of confidence, and go ! rmt voters cast their ballots quite
ahead with work and business. It ! as Intelligently!
is pessimists and cowards who give
designing panic makers their oppor
tunity. ..
PERSIA. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
Nowadays nearly all voters read
the newspapers, and know pretty well
what is going on. And such as do
SSUMING that the exemption of
church property that actually
used for church buildings and
other - church purposes is
proper and just, yet the principle
and policy should be subject tcrmodl
flcation and limitation. Because it
is right to exempt a church build'ng
and the ground it actually occupies,
It such site Is more suitable and
valuable for a church than for busi
ness purposes, it does not follow that
It la right to exempt ground, though
a church building Is retainW there
on, that has grown very valuable for
other purposes, and whose value Is
increasing rapidly.
The only way to remedy this
epecles of tax-dodging is to fix an
arbitrary maximum amount of ex
emptlon for the ground occupio-1 by
churches say $10,000. This would
work no injustice on - the smaller
and poorer churches, for in most
cases the value of their church lots
would not exceed this amount, but
it would compel the older and
richer churches, occupying very valu
able lots not only for use but for
speculation, for gain, to pay Uxes
In proportion to the Increasing value
of the land occupied.
One church has a building worth
$5,000 on a lot worth $5,000, and
gets a proper exemption of the whole
$10,000. Another church has a
building worth $5,000, more or less,
on a lot worth $50,000, or $10'),
000, when a $5,00.0 or $10,000 site
would answer its strictly church pur
poses Just as well, but it refuses to
change, and tc sell or otherwise im
prove the valuable lot because it is
increasing in value rapidly, and so
gets an exemption of five or 10
times as much as the other church.
This Is an injustice, and the only
way to approximate a square deal Is
to exempt church ground only to a
certain amount. Beyond that it
shoujld pay taxes on the value of the
land.
unuauallv of lata in nr
k. vmi &w 14 k w aa
New York town, and a ?u nnA with
xo worda, has turned the ordinary clat
tery-spattery thought bubbling Into
etream. She said: "Last month ended
our nrst no-license year.. What of it?'
It may be worth noting that no wo
man. In tha dlaouitfllnn nini1ar.rl ha.
unuKtw uu airainac anv mnn m firAniiiA
inuaa-ringea opinion In the matter.
fernapa this feminine lone-thinking
vinci in iiflflir tha r ran tnnrtMaf- tui v.
vo ui 1.110 now oraer.
lfte. lineman's wife, who has lived In
many places, emitted ih first rmiminri
opinion: "We had the best saloons In
the state, I think Where else would a
sniooimeener-tiomffr aa ' did Mr. Kern.
and tell me my boy was there too much?
ia roinor my nusDand would stop In
n n iiuuce iikb mat man to te nndln
Domes aDout the houBe, as I do now,
X ne next OAear wnrri patiia rrnm
farm four miles In the hills. ' Only
"ironi leeiinir and lone- thmnrht rmil.l
have pulled the quiet woman out to
say: ''I -will come down aj-id work dav
and night, any way I cam on my knees
in the street If need be, to hold the
town dry. rou know why. It s been a
new Kind or year for us the first pros
pering one in 10. Xes, there's more
hard . cider drunk sometimes too much
and every one knows how It was last
Fourth. But the habit Is broken the
habit of running to town, with all Its
paltry excuses, deserted work and mis
erable night hours of waiting, keeping
us all poor, sick and sour. Oh! It's
been a MKd year, up our way a new
kind of year for us.'
"Best of all, I think, and my girls
think so, too," said Mrs. Van Ness, "Is
the feeling the clean feeling as one
walks the town. No more dodging round
to avoid Hanson's and the other cor
ners. Ihey may be drinking Just be
hind the walls, but the streets are ours
now anyway, and the place somehow
has a different feel to me clearer.
prouder and my girls notice It, too."
"Those that want it will gt It." said
the lineman s wife. Mrs. Hurd s Ben
nle was carried home helDless Satur
day night."
"And the mother takes It cheerfully,"
broke in Mrs. Hurd's neighbor. " 'What's
a spree now end then?' says Mrs. Hurd.
'It's the dribble-dribble, so manv a dav
and Increasing every year, that breaks
the hearts. Eennie's all right; It will
be a long time before he'll want to be
so sick again. A man's got to blow off
every so often, somehow) and we can
take that -and laugh. But It's the com
ing with four drinks In every nlght that
eata the vitals out of a home and then
eats the home. And that's the saloon
every time. I've lived them both, and
I'm for the spree.' "
80 the talk has run. But for the
most part the women have become un
wontedly cautious and thoughtful, know-
ncr as never nerore that the problem is
l little more than half theirs. The sud
den change In our little clvlo machine
caught some fingers,, even crushed and
crippled In rare places. - Some line
dreams have gone up and out Ilka our
By Henry F. Cope.
"The truth shall mak. v All fVaa m .
John v!U:tV - "
REEDOM is one of the costliest
uiings to gain and the wfost dlffi
cult to preserve.- We do well to
hold fast to the traditions and
the ideals of a free people. There
oan be no fullness of life where liberty
la unknown. But cften our Ideals nf
IF
yard-engtne smoke: and we could wish freedom seem to conflict with our ohll.
that many of our last years brave pre- .,. , ntu our ODU"
dictions and promises had been less " " . " --.
oudly voiced. .n un. uow SBn one De Tree and yet
Wn know that drink Is belnc sold, aa I bo bound hv th lia nt a...
In rear rooms at the lower hotel, by one , .' t7 " " . . ' """""
druggist, strangely at the harness shop, " "Joy absolute liberty
and at a farm a mile out We know that wlirn he must constantly oonsidcr du-
the drinkers will drink, our old liars ties to other lives?
will go on lying, our consumptives are Th ut. 1. v.- .
bound to .cough: But youth! youth re- restriction, wl h "uZ wlln. otn,S
mains to us! Tenth fs the field the C'"T,Voniih Jw" "1 codos f
hope of all temperance. Somehow. In odM- w e inav hZl izL D0 ror,mBl
youV th. drinkvrs leerned. to drink. In thV forSt""
fa
ht
path was well graded and nearly re- . " '
spectable. and the others were going w ',v-l,r nl aw of tho right and
that way. until the body and mind ad- WnB, .rrW'i. ,ri V" t
justed themselves to the new conditions ftbsen?iof all Ji.,!, V1? ,J? U
and another habit climbed to the drlv- .f." etel nn 7- uU llf9
er's seat and laid life-long hand upon Jei !"&w"2 H?!!
in the country who ?hmply th' cPacty. within us. to
of going each night lh,?.8 our0.Tn way . to wU1 what
neighbor's Torch nd wu'' i l: 'rAtn80pportHun,.tlr .fout
nothing to give or p lnJ0, "fd J""1. conduct the results
MgXrs" moved: leav- uf U.L'1L goosing.
Ing the house empty, he still went to tn ""fZ r S nrst tning
the porch. After the house burned he i1, mr dm' J1 h' llngs to ua
would go and sit on the wall. a"?n?"A .fJl k."wJr 'r.ra u-
I Hnhlt and nnnreaninn tn n.i,. 1. -1
We had good saloons, if one may so giah but still It' Is there. In every man
readily, but through repeated sicknesses, """l Vd tdndard. of 0n lila ,U
nains. mental and physical disgusts. .u.pfian.d"d" M001,'pa nJ rig
r . - . - . . .l.I Bill IJIUBV BLltlMIdrilH norm r I f 1 1 M un..
seir-aenunciaiions. Kent on oecause ins
use the words. The keepers and their
families were our friends and neighbors,
But they were too many, they grew In
sidiously upon us. They took the best
corners; they interpenetrated and
lutched the town. Their hold was In
reusing upon all the forces of our lives,
Is this divine possibility of saying ha
will or ha will not Your will la ii
one of the eternal teata la what ara w
with our wills? '
doing
Much
exercise of choice.
mom imwocn possioie courses and wa
power constantly involves tha
Wa elect every mo-
dui worst ui an, mey sioua open mere always elect on the around nf nm
uo, ouu " juuw. -- Kuoa. cnoosing mat wnich seems to ua
schools of habit, with no entrance re- to offer the greatest good. Our ideas
qulrements and minimum fees sane- of srood inav Tin nnnr. .
tloned by us. apparently. I we may elect the goodof the lust, of
& rt w . -. . r. ... 1 , a,. . . n ry n,. . 1. m i. . . -
vT I I' ,W nr ii -v v I iicn, we may cnoose death, but we
iiui iii ncii. uj wii9 mnvuino mat cnonifl lr rion n a. ir mamm rw,
the grAss quantity of alcoholics con- Ai tho nowern ni1 th. int.iii'nu n.
Buinou m wio uummuiiiiy irms aim veiop tne choice of freedom lnvolva
quarries and all Is greatly diminished; widening considerations. We choo.a
!".. mo goim in me ngni or ex per ence: we-
j k. V .!. .. .r . m I J'T M, or seir alone but
bhu umii uiuun. iiiuio iim, - I"" uu..iui or society, nrst or Home, then of fr ends
tell us that's better for them. Some and neighbors, until the vision wldena
have shown considerable periods of so-' to embrace a world and Its oblhratlons
brlety. The wives generally, with Mrs. we choose on the ground of the good
Hurd. prefer the ' spree career. Va- of all. .
nety. even in pusillanimity is wortn The choice on the ground of the rood
something, wara ciaer nas oeen in in- or all Involves the rejection often of
. "r . .,......, " v.. ...,UH...iUi mm wnicn woma seem the highest good
tourist son sent to his disgruntled and on the ground of my own Individual
dyspeptic father a full hogshead of considerations. Because higher motives
saved some of them a:
our younor men with
(and our girls are. of course, equally hs no loss sit freedom; it Is Ua hlsheat
involved with too much mother-filing gam. " It U freedom from the dom" on
aim uiuuu, ly Diican lui UI1IIH9, wnu I OI Ills iOWer fielr TtSlhg
were going to the bar because the man of the higher life of all
ahead wentto these we turn and find So freedom becomes not an external
such a-years record of advancement, condition, but an internal function nd
and sooini good-living;, or Increased process by which In constantly makln
town pride and athletic success and and carrying our the choices of that
right marrying, that for these alone we which seems good I learn to know tha
louj, mi uio lo-wiir, o "ne, iu ku mgnest goon and rorm the habits of
uunii ,11 iii7 mil iv nccj um "UIUUU CnilOS n- and Willing ThJir Out- nf rr, r
tuhl ahmallt in n 1 1 Invn I . . 1 . , . . r . .
run nogsneaa ot considerations. Because higher motives
the stomach pump enter in I freely choose to be bound by
sifter this. But to them, to deprive myself to be governed,
n habits forming controlled bv the lives of others. This
from reestabllshment In our town.
must advance rather than farther re
cede, and so if any one contemplates
building In the near future, why not
take advantage of these low prices
and "build now?"
The Lumberman lays it down as
a safe rule to buy at prices thai rep
resent only the cost of production,
and continues: "Soon the railroads
and other" heavy consumers must
come Into the market and the instant
they do prices are going to advance
10 to 25 per cent, and the Indtrirlnal
who delayed' building in the hope
of securing even better terms is go
ing to be left."
Building In Portland has kept up
and Is pretty well keeping up with
the demand, but has not exceeded it
and as this city is sure to grow
rapidly, and the demand to become
greater, t,his would lnaeed eem the
"psychological time" for even much
more building than is taking place,
The cost of building next year will
very likely be from 10 to -5 per
cent more. So "build now."
A Poem for Today
The Landing of the Pilgrims.
By Felicia, llernana.
Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans
(Liverpool. England, September 25, 1794
U TVA1aJk Vi r. Ill 1C4EI ..U.
. . ff. - ' ' ,, ' I cause I submit myself wUllnsrlr to tha
bratefl for ner many poems of religion obligation of the good of all.
ana sentiment, ene win not a great . out or license freedom never tnni
consciousness of a wnrld Af mnrl nKU.
Rations, a consciousness discoverable
only through the exercise of this free
dom, I rise Into the greater itvlrtg.
Evidently this freedom Is something
quite different from license. When tho
exercise of the right to do as I will
leads me to will to do that which Is
eternally right I voluntarily place many
bound about my doing. 1 acknowledge
the laws of duties to others of tha
rights of others. I am trulv free be-
ls
A GOOD TIIE TO BUILD.
A
CIRCULAR sent out through
the country is entitled, "Build
Now." It purparts to eman
ate from the new "Prosperity
Society," and may be prompted by
t.ot will gain no correct information lumbermen or dealers in builders'
T
by what they learn In consequence of
i the expenditure of campaign funds.
HE SHAH OF PERSIA mty not ! partisan campaign literature and
be a fit ruler of any people, 'speeches are not intended to tell the
but It le even more certain that truth and enlighten people, but to
bt Iherpeople along the lines of his the people of Persia are totaKy distort the truth and delude people,
road and the needs of the country uEf!t for self-government, even more So their effect, if they have any, is
tributary. He has the reputation FO, if possible, than the conglomerate i detrimental rather than beneficial,
universally of "toting fair" with hU j Russian. . We know that the gov-! There are ways in which a great
Etofkholders,- and in consequence I eminent of Russia is a horrible in- campaign fund can be made eome-
trey stand by bim. He Is a fighter
but atair one. Being a flrst-c.as
iaixerii Vecpa la tonch with public
t jilnioa. A bl brainy man, his en
tire time for many years has bec
piTen to the transportation business
and the development of the country
through which his lines run.
Suca Hr the character of the man
hone Interest are now so cloaely
i.:.:..J with ours. la many respects
the cornrletion of the "North Bank
r ;, r rr.eaas more to Portland au1
t Or g oa thia we bow reallu.
; : gri-at railroad, great la eoowp
t" a and trat la constrnctloo; the
t ? r! ' across the Colsrabia end
c V'i"atr.u:e; the great fcarvc
Justice, a disgrace to civilization, vet j what effective. Using it as "boodle.1
it may truthfully ptead that it wou'.d
cot 4a at all to turn the government
over to the people, to any such ex
tent as Is done In this country, or
In England, France or even Germany.
The people of these and other
European onntrtes are considerably
educated, politically, and capable of
reasoning and self-restraint. Those
of Russia, that is, the masses, are
still "half savage and half child."
And the people of Persia are even
more so. To all practical pnrpoeee
tbr'y are still living In the tenth cen
tury, and to graft twentieth ceetory
tirnitation tpon them is an fmpot
siti!ity. It tock England f thousand
-.-.' '
in nne form or another, may in
fluence many votes. But assuming
that Toters are not to be influenced
by mercenary motives, that votes are
not in any way to be bought, there
appears to be no need of a large
campaign fund.
The people all know Taft and
Bryan, know them quite as well
althout the expenditure of a dollar
between now and election as they
would with the expenditure of $1,
000,000. They also know as well
etrat the "Issues' are though their
Ideas on this subject may he vague
as tbey would If they bad $40
worth of campaign literature to read
supplies, but even If so, it seems to
be very good advice. Not for years
has the price of building material
and labor been so low. Lumbermen
complain of a dull market, the sup
ply of labor still exceeds the demand,
nearly all materials are comparative
ly cheap unless, like the plumbers'
fixtures, they are controlled by a
trust and building sites in cities
and suburban tracts are lower than
they ere likely to be again; hence,
why not "build now?"
The American Lumberman, whote
name indicates its mission and
which speaks from an IntcresteJ
point of view, yet that is a Terr re
liable and trustworthy publication,
says that, this is the "psychological
moment" for buildlsg. In a certain
city, where conditions are much the
same as in other cities, the Lumber
man says that a 'saving can be made
of 28 1-2 per cent la labor and
material, and frorb $5 to $ a per
thousand on lumber, as con. pa red
with a year ago. It Is certain that
prices of lumber, materials and labor
But, relteroteB the Portland
mouthpiece of reactlonism, . the will
of the people does not prevail now
The people didn't want Chamberlain
at all. To suppose so Is absurd. Be
sides, the "will of the people"
Itself absurd, a humbug, a delusion
Let us retreat back to the good old
ways when the people had nothing
to say, when a few politicians said
and did all, when senatorshlps and
other offices were bought and sold
when all official life was a veritable
cesspool of corruption. This Is the
Oregonlan'o plea. ' "
i
If the new chief of the army
engineers, Colonel William M. Mar
shall, shall be as good a friend and
supporter of Improved harbors and
open rivers, and especially of the
Columbia river, as General Macken
Ie, the retiring chief engineer, has
been, the people of Oregon will have
no reason to complain. Colonel T,
W. Symons, who was stationed here
for a while 15 or 20 years ago, was
an aspirant for General Mackenzie's
place, but there will be no grent or
general regret here that he did not
get it.
That J. J. Hill is as big or a big-
ger man in the railroad world than
E. H. Harrlman, and was able de-splte-the
lstter's utmost opposition to
force his way down the Columbia and
Into Portland, is an exceedingly val
uable fact to Portland. Eventually
this Wall street dog-in-the-manger
autocrat will be forced to let loose
some more.
poet, but the thought of her many pieces
ought to become the possession of our
children, and this Is especially true of
the poem below.
The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock bound coast.
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed.
And the heavy night hung dark
The hills and waters o er.
When a band of exiles mooredathelr
bark
On the wild New England shore.
Not as the conqueror comes,
They, the true hearted, came;
Not with tne roll of the stirring drums,
Ana tne trumpet mat sings of rame.
ig come.
In fear-
Not as the flyln
In silence and
They shook the depths of the desert
gloom
With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Amidst the storm they sang.
And the stars heard, and the sea;-
And the sounding aisles of the dim
woods rang
To the anthem of the freel
The ocean eaela soared
From his nest by the white waves
foam:
And the rocking pines of the forest
roared
This was their welcome hornet
iere were men with hoary hair
Amidst that pilgrim band;
Why had they come to wither there.
Away from their childhoods land 7
There was woman's fearless eye.
L.it oy ner deep love s truth:
There wa. manhood's brow serenely
nign.
And the fiery heart of youth.
What sought they thus afarT
Bright lewels or tne miner
The wealth of seas the. spoils of wart
, lie; dvuuv m iuib biu uinr
Ay, call It holy ground,
The soil where first they trod:
They have left unstained what there
tney rouna
Freedom to worship Ood!
-5.uii.hti: 111,11 ana slavery lie that way.
Where none know any obligations tha
few strong force the manv weaker ones
to do their will. Wrhere freedom reign
the Imperative of the highest good' ;is
gradually It dawns on all. compels each
one to will to serve the good of all to
sink the lusts of the lower for the good
of the higher.
The light of truth gives this liberty
to all. As men come to see themselves
in the light of the glorious life, as mora
than dust, as truly divine, come to see
their fellows as of this same family
they catch with Joy the vision of the
possibility of doing great things, of giv
ing thlr lives awav for ideal emls of
so living as to lead all to the hlghet
rood; they enter Into the freedomn of
the truth, the freedom to will and do
the best we know.
Mr. L. M. Da via seems to hare
been trying to give a modern exem
pllflcation of the wondrous wise man
of our town who Jumped Into a bram
ble bush and scratched out both his
eyes, and then perceiving t&e conse
quences repeated the Jump with
gratifying results. -s
The Equitable Life Insurance com
pany will build a 6 2 -story building la
New York, the plana for which. It Is
said, alone cost $250,00. Oregon
policy-holders will help erect this
great building, but will get nothing
oat pf Jt - . 1
Pledges Should Be Kept.
From the Tacoma Ledger.
The reported movement In Oregon to
hava members of the legislature break
falta with the voters and elect some
body else than Governor Ohamberlatrt
United States senator will probably not
succeed. It should not succeed. Much
a Republicans fl sllke the idea of a Re
publican legislature sending a tkemocrat
o vv asnington city, tne members of the
legislature who took a pledge to support
ror l niiea mates aenaior wnoever re
ceived the popular vote are not likely
to nreag it. to advocate a violation
f the pledge Is to advocate dishonor.
This Is not In support of the Ore.on
system, under whlca a legislature con
trolled by one party may be railed
non to vote for I nlted States senator
Jor a man of another party. It Is said
ft! eupport of keeping pledges. The
candidate that took the pledge known
s Statement No. 1 In Oreaon went be
fore the people and sought their vote.
on tha strength of that pledge, among
oiner issuea inn ranaiasiea aid not
have to sign tha statement. They did It.,
knowlnr the possible consequences. It
wtll iMt W without tnharraa.ment to
gn to Salem, organise a strongly Re
publican lectslaturo, then tura In and
elect lh ara hen ft in senator. But let than
keep tbetr pledges.
Some Unemployed.
They do not care far jobs 'mid Kansas
wnr;
Beneath an ardent run such tabor Irks;
And then they think toere may be some
thing neat
And easy for them at the campaign
. work a
Indians poll , gtaa .
JnuU.We'd All Ia.--"If
the world aa on Id eont to aa and
rlgM ,riow. ht would yoa do?" .
- vtnai vat-Taaoy aJaa wouie da. I
fTiewd."
v hat la th.tT" . - w
Sentence Sennona
By Henry T. Cope.
Faith In Ood is best evidenced by fel
lowship with men.
Too m,my measure their means by
their meanness.
Trouble that mlsrht break ua tn-ir k
made to make us.
The hardest seats In the world ara
those on Easy street.
Nagging people are always praying for
peace In glory.
Worms of the dust make poor leaders
of men to the divine.
Social sympathy Is tha
many theological barriers.
solvent of
The world Is not lifted to virtue hy
picturing It as wholly vicious.
Tou cannot have harmonv wtitii..
yourself without conflict without.
No preacher ever eau.ht man wtw.
fishing for compliments.
Formalities ara the anbatltnt w4k
which the tmntr heart trie, ta mb ...
for faith, "
mm
Prayer Is measured br it. untnHnn
rather than by the information it aends
to heaven.
It Is not the Rlhlft In mn, nnnl ...
the Bible In your practice that will mil,.
you better.
Pome men think thev have nut nf th.
old mSn wherr they have only put oa
the old woman.
Is Here to Stay.
From the Prlneville Review.
Onlv those who hava the welfare of
the Republican party aa a prty at
heart are the ones who object to tha
Statement No. 1 method of doing busi
ness. Now that the compulsory law has
been enacted by the people. Republi
cans will be more careful hereafter or
their party Is threatened with seques
tration to that niche In ancient h's
t"ry ivhlch Is at present occupied hy
the whig corpse. It Is true that In this
Instance tatement No. 1 finds strong
favor with tha Democratic voter, who
naturally wants t sea rris party repre
sented. In atata tfJr Jml i,
lwva be ao pleasant to taste. But a
lair ana impartial view of tha .irueti.
convinces one mora and mora thiin
Dnwmtni io. i u nere to stay, no mat
ter which party la Injurad by Its oper
ation, for It la a godsend to tha minor
ity and thrives on the misfortunes of
the majority, thus acting aa a brake.
How to Keep Cool.
From the Chicago Examiner.
Pon't get excited.
Ion't worry.
.J?"' ortnk beer or any alec hollo
- Ugh detain weight
CelrrT. .
lrlnk plenty of water.
Fst.,frita and vegetable.
Fat little meat.
.A t he frly. -- i
. Be tewiperata In vlllttttaf.
ard
Td colier for be:p."