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If a man can write a bet
ter book, preach a better ser
mon, or make a better mouse
trap, thau his neighbor,
though he builds his house In
the woods, the world will
make a beaten path to his
door. Emerson.
THE RAILROADS' LATEST MOVE
turally adds to the wonder of what
may not posnIMy be law In our na
tlonal comts.
In his opinion In the Standard Oil
raso, Judge GrottHrnp laid l tchr tin
the fart thnt the wit mm HoRMrtl uh
claimed Ignorance of the fact that
the 1 8-ccnt rate wns the real rate
and that ho bolleved the t'-eent rate
to he. the only rate, nil of which 1h
InterestlnK when It Is nutoiioiiH and
common knowledpt that many an In
dividual has been sentenced In
courts for offenses committed In tit
ter iRnorance of the fact that It was
a violation of law.
We all respect oiif courts and
honor them, but after all, the Judges
are mere men, and men are only
mortal. Incidents of the past do not
encourage the view that the oil cor
poration will be severely deult with
by our courts, and suggest that a
changp In the type of man who Is to
appoint federal judges for a period
hereafter could do no possible harm,
and might do a great deal of good.
How plausible such a change aeems,
when It Is remembered that some of
the hnrshest criticisms concerning
the national courts have been ut
tered by some of the most exalted
jurists and most distinguished legal
lights In the country.
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T HAS been announced officially
that the railroads will acquiesce
in the decisions made by the In
terstate commerce commission in
the eastern lumber rate cases but
will contest the order made In the
- Willamette valley case. The grounds
on. which they are appealing to the
courts show this case to be frought
with the gravest consequences to all
shippers. If this appeal was based
on a question of a rate, it would be
... simply a local matter governed by
local conditions. But when a direct
.attack Is made on the law creating
the- commission and Its powers, it
becomes a matter of general con
cern. In bringing this case the railroads
are assuming that having satisfied
all the other lumber interests in the
northwest, they will cease to take
any active interest in the valley case,
leaving those concerned to bear the
brunt of a fight, that if won by the
railroads will again place not only
the lumber industry but every other
industry so far as freight rates are
- concerned, at their mercy. There is
no use in blinking at the facts. The
railroads resent and will contest to
the bitter end any control. Sol
omon himself could not satisfy them.
No human being or no number of
tipman beings can ever convince the
average railroad man that any con
trol other than their own is safe,
sane or reasonable.
Professing a belief in control and
regulation, they hate the very
thought of it. No law was ever in
troduced or will ever be introduced
- in "aBXTeglsIatl ve tody for this pur
pose that their agents will not try to
. defeat or to make innocuous. No ef
fective law was ever passed or will
be passed which they will not seek
through the courts to destroy.
So here, the forum created by law
to pass upon the question having de
cided it, they now seek to destroy
that tribunal. They seek in thfe,
suit to have the act to regulate com
merce, the Hepburn act, declared
unconstitutional. If they succeed,
all control will be gone the work
of years lost. Public ownership will
Ultimately follow, but in the mean
time what protection would the
Shippers have? The difference in
the rate on common rough lumber
from valley points to San Francisco
Is not the real issue. In their mil
lions of revenue the difference
jiever would be felt. They care
nothing for that. But if in a suit In
which the great mass of shippers
have, no direct interest they can
wipe out all laws of control or reg
ulation they will have gained what
they have been striving for, and this
is the real meanlpg of the suit
brought against the commission on
the order made in the valley case.
A SOX OF OKEGOV.
presslonlst have opposed popular
ilghtH. They have disputed, as now
In Oregon they do dispute, the ca
pacity and the right of the multitude
to help govern. They deny the right
of the multitude to elect a senator.
They deny the right of the multitude
to participate In legislation. They
deny the right of tha people to con
trol congress and the president.
They do it In Persia, they do it in
Oregon, and they do it everywhere.
Such is reaction, and such reactionaries.
HKFW.UIXO TDK ISSUE.
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fax.
N'E of the probable nominees
for supreme Judge In the
state of Washington, Is Judge
Stephen J. Chadwlck of Col
Judge Chad wick Is an Oregon
product, and remarkably eligible for
the position. He spent most of his
boyhood at Salem, where his father
the late Governor Chadwlck, was
secretary of state and subsequently
governor of Oregon, the executive
office falling to him through the ele
vatlon of Governor Grover to the
I'nited States senatorshlp. His wife
was Miss Plummer of Portland,
whose Bister Is Mrs. Claud Gatch of
Salem.
In -his -youth Judge Chadwlck, on
account of his amiability and intel
ligence was widely popular, a con
dition, tbat has followed binj into
his maturity. Though a Democrat,
he has served several terms as su
perior Judge in a district over
whelmingly Republican. In the two
latest instances, his standing with
the people was such that he was
elected Without opposition. He has
very high repute In his state as a
Jurist, and is entitled to It, because
it was won on merit. Some of the
railroad rate cases, involving the
question of the powers of the Wash
ington railroad commission were
heard by him, and his decisions were
characterized by profundity and
strength. '
Under the Washington primary
law the Judiciary Is made strictly
non-partisan, as It should be every
where. The name of the candidate
for the bench goes on the ballot
without mark to distinguish party
affiliation. By reason of his stand
ing as a Jurist, as well as wide ac
quaintance and high personal qual
ities. Judge Chadwlck Is within the
possibilities of a supreme judge
ship, a position that he would both
honor and adorn.
HE Seattle Times savs that "it
was a preposterous proposition
to fine a company $29,000,000
for the violation of a law that
under competition Involved only
about $6,000 of business." And the
appellate court thought It a "pre
posterous proposition" to punish the
Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey for the crime of the Standard Oil
company of Indiana. Both these
conclusions are "preposterous"
evasions and disingenuous dodging
of the real merits of the matter.
Everybody knows, as Judge Land Is
did, that the subsidiary company
whs only a blind under cover of
which to cfemmit crime more suc
cessfully, and that It was not the
"$6,00-0 of business," but tens of
millions of dollars worth of criminal
business, for which Judge Landis
sought to punish the great octopus.
Though Judges on the bench may
think it necessary In conformity to
legal forms and notions and techni
calities and absurdities to distort
and ohscure the real matter at. Is
sue, no such obligation rests on the
editors of the country. They are
fre to tell the truth and talk com
mon sense, and most of them seem
to be doing so. j
Small Change
Tomorrow Taft will find It out.
Indiana begins to reel Ilka
state again.
pivotal
I h trusts have simply "got to be'
niiiinj icii wun i an.
An Irish - A merloan
to beat anywhere.
Is a hard man
Last week tn the midsummer month
mime n a goou one.
Nobody will read that speech more
caieuuuy mail uryan.
Have a little sympathy for Mr. Taft
no leony una a nara jod ,on nana.
How would publicity of rontrlhiit1r.il.
In the ca.se of church collections work?
ir the Republican party la "tn the
morgue," shouldn't Its sins be forgiven T
Brvftn hfU mad rnnaMarahU m n n w
but nobody haa called for his money
uni a.
Free rural delivery has also raised
non with the Pretending Percy poll
tlclans.
It will be curious If Mr. Taft says
anything; about the record of that last
congress.
A woman has named her twin rinva
iaii una uryan. jsow that was a
square deal.
Probably Anthonv Comstook and Car
rle Nation would not have liked Evs
uress. either.
PerhaDS Chalrmnn Ttttrh-cicV mould
better have prolonged his western trip
If It was nosslhle. iind rlo-hr nd
best, and you fulled, try again If not,
try something else.
The practice of fencing In great
tracts of government land suitable
for grazing, throughout the west,
went on for many rears, and was
winked at by the government,
though unlawful. It did no great
harm In many cases, years ago. for
(here was but little demand for the
land, but times and conditions have
changed. Much of the lands fenced
up has been found to io arable and
productive, numerous people want
It for homos, and besides we have a
president who believes in enforcing
the laws; so that men and com
panies that have great tracts of land
Illegally under fence cannot reason
ably complain If they are prosecuted
and punished. They have had am
ple notice of the change in the gov
ernment's policy, and if they still
have lands unlawfully fenced they
only are, to blame if they suffer due
penalties.
REACTIONARIES.
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WHAT WILI, IT AMOCXT TO?
X OREGON reactionaries are at
work. In the nation, they are in
full career of activity. All over
the world, the spirit of reaction
that, though overwhelmed, never
sleeps. Is alert. In Persia, reaction
aries and reaction are shedding tons
of human blood. It is the old story
of the desire of one man to rule over
others, or of a few to rule the many.
It began in the beginning of the
world, and has since continued. It
will not cease until the world is
rolled up as a scroll.
In Persia, Shah All is an austere
and unscrupulous ruler. At the psy
chological moment, he abolished the
liberal constitution, and obliterated
his parliament. The late entente
between sovereigns of England and
Russia at lieval was his opportunity
to restore the autocracy, tor it tied
England's hand in the Persian em- i
plre. With Russian Cossacks
back him, he went forth
Mr. Williams, Oregon member of
the national Republican committee,
is reported as saying that there will
be little money to spend In Oregon
this fall, as the national committee
will have but small funds, and Ore
gon Is considered a safe Republican
state, anyway. .One trouble with
Oregon at Washintrton is that it is
too "safe." H it were a close and
doubtful state, it could command
more attention from the party in
power. As to the national commit
tee not having plenty of funds, a lit
tle later, a good many politicians
will "wink the other eye."
Senator Piatt says he Intends to llvo
20 years yet. Hut u few years makes
no difference to the devil.
Plenty of me-A can he found who will
run for president on the Independent
ticket If ail expenses are paid.
There seems to be no great excite
ment over the nomination for vice-
president Dy the Independent party.
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How can mere man be expected to
amount to much at this season, when
the summer girl is abroad everywhere
in an ner giorvr
Not being a corporation John P. may
be permitted to contribute what he
pleases and he Is probably In the hu
mor to do so now.
Still. Taft won't strain the O. O. P.
elephant nearly fts much as either of
several other seekers for the nominal
tlon would have done.
I m
That cynical definition of vacation
Is revived every summer spending; mon
ey that you can't afford, to go where
you can't enjoy yourself.
BETTER AMERICA INSPIRED THAN
AMERICA SOBER
Prof. Hugo Munsterberg In the August
MeClure's.
What would result If prohibition
should really prohibit, and the Inhibi
tions which a mild use of beer and wine
promise to the brain really be loat?
The psychological outcome would be
twofold: certain effects of alcohol
which sorve civilization would be lost;
and, on ttie other hand, much more
harmful substitutions would set In.
To begin with: the nation would lose Its
chief nioaiiH of rooreatlon after work.
We know today too well that physical
exerclae and sport Is not real rout for
the exhausted liruln-cells.
Not losa Important would be the loss
on the emotional side. Kmotlonal de
sire for a life In beauty would yield to
the triviality of usefulness. Puritanism
has held back the real American spirit
of artistic creation In fine arts and
music and drama; prohibition without
substitutes would crush still more the
esthetic spirit In the brain of man and
would maKa beauty still more tho do
main of women. Her more responsive
physiological constitution does not need
ttie artificial paralysis or the inhibiting
centers. A national life without the ar
tificial Inhtbtlons of the restraining cen
ters becomes for the larwe masses a
matter of mere practical calculation and
righteous dullness. Truly the German.
the Frenchman, the Italian who enjoys
his glass of light wine and then wanders
Joyful and elated to the masterpieces of
the opera, serves humanity better than
the New Englander, Who drinks his Ice
water and sits satisfied at tha vaude
ville sjiow, world-far from real art. Bet
ter America Inspired than America
sober.
The evils which are connected with
the drinking habit are gigantic; thou
sands of lives and many more thousands
if boiiMeiioldai are. the. vlottma verv
year; disease and poverty and crTWW
grow up where alcpnol drenches ttie
soil.
Hut In this undeniable fact really a
proof of the wisdom of prohibition?
Tliu railroads of the United Ktates In
jured lust year more than 100,000 per
sons and put out 7,000 hopeful lives;
does any sane man argue that we ought
to abolish . railroads? The stock ex
change hall brought In the last year
economic misery to uncounted homes
but even at the height of the panlo no
one wanted to ueetrop the market ror
Industrial stocks. How much crime and
disaster and disease and ruin have come
into the Uvea of American youth through
women, and yet who doubts that women
are the blessing of the whole national
life? To say that certain evils come
from a certain source suggests only to
fools the hasty annihilation of the
source before studying whether greater
evils might not result from Ita destruc
tion, and without asking whether the
evils might not be reduced, and the
good from the same source remain un
touched and untampered with. Even If
a hollow tooth aches, the modern den
tist does not think of pulling It; that
would bo the remedy of the clumsy vil
lage barber.
REALM -FEMININE
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THE CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE
How would It do for the Republican
managers. Just to show their good faith,
to call On Secretary Cortelyou to pub-
nun an anoui ine l'jui campaign con
tributlons?
That neighbor prisoner of Thaw's
who protested against the latter being
auowea to play on musical Instruments
seems to have been cut out for a crim
inal lawyer; he declared he would not
submit to cruel and unusual punish
ment.
From the Dallas Itemlzer.
Mr. liryan was the unquestionable
choice of the people, and the politicians.
who would dearly liked to have seen
some more pliant man nominated, had
to give way, albeit they did not do bo
in a very graceful manner. i;vtn old
New York, who has heretofore con
sidered herself the whole stiow ahd ran
things in previous conventions about as
she liked, had to go back and Bit down
and keep quiet. It Is a great thing for
American uollttcs when one man by hia
own personality, made o by his strict
adherence to principle, loyalty to the
peoples Interests and honesty of pur
pose, cftn so dominate a convention, as
did 5m r. Bryan at Denver, and compel
everything to be as he wanted it. fc.ven
though not on the ground, there was not
a move made without he was consulted.
His wish was law, even to every word
ing of the platform. Why? Thin has
been asked by the correspondents of
many of the great papers represented at
Denver. Why was It that the old !me
politicians laid down their hands -without
even atleutt'tluK to play ttiein and I
like a band of sheep waited for the
loader to make the first move? It was
not because of any personal reverence,
respect or love they have for Mr. Bryan,
because many of them have nothing but
hatred In their hearts for him, and some
of them know that the reforms he
stands for will prevent their fleecing
of the people ns 'Heretofore. Why, then,
this meek and lowly attitude? Simply
because they were wise enough to read
the handwriting on the wall, and wished
to swim with the great reform wave
which they saw about o be launched
Into Impetuous motion, carrying all be
fore It In the race for new and better
modes of government. The people of
the United States had demonstrated In
no uncertain manner that although twice
defeated they still desired Hryan as
their presidential savior. Thev believe.
and rightly, that with him In the chair
reforms will be Instituted that have
only been promised bv the opposition.
They believe in tils honesty. Integrity
and-iforce of character, and think thac
at last the triumph awaits him. for
which he has so long and faithfully
worKea.
The Power of Iho Gang.
HAT prlod of mental distress
that every mother goes through
when her boy gets to the "gang
age" Is perhaps the most trying
time that eho will ever know.
It seems the fulfillment of the solemn
and momentous fears that surged over
her heart when sho bent above his lit
tle bed when ho was a baby, so pure
Hnd so Innocent. She can not but
think that It is the climax uf all those
fears for his future when he shows
that loyulty to tho gang that castlnir
overboard, apparently, of home stric
tures, und that striking out for himself
In the matter of choosing companions
that he evidences at some sliiBo'of bis
boyhood.
It comes sooner to some boys than
others, for the more adventurous will
become enamored of the gang idea at
six, and some more cautious or morn
carfeully guarded will not strike off
the fetters until about 12 or 14 years
of a.g. 13ut whenever It comes it Is a
terror to the careful mother. She can
not know all the gang. They would
not let her Into their secreta. They
have gotten hold of her boy and she
fears what they will do with hlui.
it Is only In the hope of hIhiwIhj
somo mother that the hltuatlon is not
so terrible as she thinks that these
few suggestions are given.
Letters From the People
The collision on Fourth street
might have occurred wherever one
. - if
car track crosses uninnei, ua n.
serves as a reminder that the South
ern Pacific is still running Its trains
along Fourth street and is manifest
ing no haste in transferring its traf
fic across the river, as it has been
nromislne for years to do. It is due
to make the change November 1, but
it won't, nor perhaps will It do so
for yoars to come.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Is to
be applauded for his determin
ation to push the prosecution
of Standard Oil, but the ques
tion is, what will It amount to? In
the final denoueim nt is the corpora
tion not almost certain to be a victor
and the government be vanauisbed?
The trend of decisions has for many pines were brought Into -he rrac-J-ears
been such as to exalt property I tlonary camp In the hands of yfllinc
rights whenever th y came in se- j soldiery. Their heads and limbs
rlous conflict wi;t, th- rights of I WPrP broken, their boards plucked
men. The use of the injunction for and they were smeared with blood
ending men to prl.-, without the Malik, the great nationalist preach-
McKlnley's Sudden Change.
"The Interpreter." in the American
Magazine.
The late Mr. McKlnley was nominated
on a platform advocating the single
gold standard, although he was a bl
meialist ttlth a record of favoring the
fr.-n coinage of silver. 1'p to the very
moment when the committee on reso-
. , , I lutlons submitted Its report he protest-
O': , .i. .1 r, It, nr
on an or
If., i ; . ! !.! ery earnestly over tne tele-
rand of renress.inn and renrtion Ho 1 ! from 'anti.n. and (fave his rrlenos
is momentarily the best world's ex-'
- right of trial by Jury was the trl
" umph of property over persons, and
usage mightily in rnr,f'i with the
best conception of human rights.
". The late arrcft or Mr. (iompors
because he print d In l, is paper the
name of the Buck Stovo company
as hostile to union labor, and his
coming trial for that ac as an of
fense against the !.!: d Status, has
the appearance to a layman as law
Ft rained to thp extremity in behalf
of the Buck Store corporation. Ti.ej
tarrest and coming trial of John
to hellee that a declaration ror ine
-Int!.- standard would be dangerous.
ample Of a reationarv resistance to His spokesman. Oeneral (Irosveirar, told
, , ,-v . I., ..1 v who would listen to hlni that
popular rule. And what a spectacle' ! t, w . moan ti,e lots of Ohio. Kven
The most horrible atrocities have! V-tk Hat.t.a was not sure of the wis-
'.loir, or tne pnnrv nut w n-n wie p-uip-
been committed. hour eminent di ,,. ;r.rs of the com standard made their
p..!'it Mr Mrklnley accepted the nomi
nation with groat cheerfulness Now,
ro our. with mui h t rains In his head
ever fc.ild or thought Mr. M-K!nley was
dishonest Probst. Iv he reckoned that
it would be pdvlsable to let the major
I'v In the convention have their way
:.hout a question of relative unlmpor
t Hire so long as they were sound on
er, wag strangled before the e es of I the one vital point of nominating the
,. ,, , . ,,' , , best available Kernih'ilcan for the pres-
a!l the prisoners. hen half dead . j f if.nry
the cord around his Deck was loos
Oregon Sidelights
OH experts are at work near Clats
kanie.
The Ttoseburg News has a new lyno-
type maenine.
Fine opening for a milk condenser in
Stayton, says the Mall.
One morning last week over 200 ho-
tioeg landed in Koseburg from trains,
but by noon, says tho News, most of
the gang had been served with floaters
and were upon their way to distant
fields.
Don't bo a chump and leave Echo
looking for the Garden of Eden, savs
the Register. It is not here, but you
can make one here for yourself If you
want to buckle In and tickle the ground
with a hoe.
Several of the prominent Butter creek
farmers and stockmen are contemplat
ing boring for atesian water. It looks
as though there Is a good show for an
artesian belt in that section If they
would only go deep enough'.
Fifty thousand dollars worth of new
residences are now actually under con
struction In Albany, says tho Herald.
Never In all Albany's history has the
city experienced such a remarkable
growth in Its residence section, as well
as its business portion.
A Sllverton man who has spent two
yiears in Harney county says that '.he
way that county Is developing Is phe
nomenal. The great areas of pasture
are being divided into farms which pro
duce a good stand of wheat, making
the value of products far exceed that
realized by stock raising alone. In two
years the farm areas have increased at
least ten times.
Cherries three inches In circumference
and 40 of them to the pound is what
farmers near Albany can do in the trav
of raising Late Poke cherries, says the
Meraia. vv. j. urown. residing a mile-
ana a quarter rrnm town in Hen'on
countv. brought a limb from n iAtollnlia
cherry tree Into the office which, though
It was but two and three-eighths inches
long, bore 40 cherries.
ned. His flesh was harked with
Mnnt knives, and his body was
thrown to the dogs.
Such is the spirit of reaction in
Persia In the I'nited States the
manifestation is different, hut the
principle the same. Here, reaction
resists free rule by free people It
v.ant a few of the swollen wealthy
tn control government. It wants
the rountrv tn revolve around and
t.- ruled tv Wall street It wants
Mitchell for merely putting a motion
la a labor assembly as an Invasion of Standard oil to go un whipped of
'tae rlarhta of corporations Is a cae justice, and all the other trusts to
of court proceedlni that may b t be free to violate law w ithout pun
goo4 law. but hlrh oblou'y im- i lf-hmert. It want Rooseveltlsm
preaaea the common herd aa un-crnrted axd Roosevelt dlscred-
crual. tf Dot eatraor J 'nary. The 1 Ited It wants reaction against pros
OIlie M. Jame' Birthday.
' 'ongressnmn Oilie M. Jamu of the
rirt Kentucky district, who will he
a prominent part In the conduct of Mr.
Tfrvan s ramj.nlri for the president
tbts fill. t.p In Crittenden coun
ty. Ken'u.-ky. Ju'v ?T. 1 B 7 1 . and was
edur-at in the eom-noTi and academic
choois He stiiilei law under his
fatter. 1. H Jaioos, and was admitted
to the bar in lkM In the celebrated
contest f-r gover-o-- of Kentuokv the
vounp' r .Tsmee vqs one of the attor
neys for Governor (V-ehel Ir li and
It -"'4 be was n degat to the T Vmrt
rn'ir national one-itton and st tie
reoert t 'er.ver -onerMon M name wa
mentl- red In coi.nert ton w'th ti.e vle
prMe; lal nomination. Ar. ggresiv
-if pnrtf of Mr Rrvn. be hs lad tl
r-orfleVnce of hts chief who a yar aci
f reolcted that Mr Jimi would he the
lenler of the I""mo-ratlr party of t'e
-nutjtry tn 10 rearp
Hlllsboro Arg-us- The effect of the
building of an electric line through this
ounty to Hlllsboro Is stimulating nrlces menu
of land all along the line Iast wek
Mrs. J. N Patterson, who owned 10
acres near Beaverton. sold the tract to
a new-comer for $;.CO0. The tract was
not much Improved, but was under
cultivation There is r.o better soil
than in Washington county.
Ut enanr-tation by the snpteme
mart Of the doctrine that If even a
alr.gte afcera of tock of a corpora
tion t.t14 JHitalde of the border
rr a aute. the atateraanot proceed
atilut It uader elate aulh&rlt, &-
ecutloni. reaction against an awak
ened public conscience, reaction
apalnst all the good there has been
In the Roosevelt administration.
From the day of the flrat kinf to
thia boar, Lt reactionary and re-
A large steel light hntm twlnir
placed In position on rpe .mpre;l.
New Zealand. w f!rt --ected In th
yard cf Its builder at Thames. New
Zealand At the different partu wre
made they wera rot tretber uwll the
atnirtor loomed ! feet ahov the
fmutirt It win then taken down ar"!
the plate and framework cumber!
for shipment.
It having been claimed that a Tarn
hill county cherry tree ! feet ten
inches In diameter is the largest evur
in this state, the Forest Grove Timet
says: "Now, Yamhill. that's going
ome. nui you nouia nave tei it grow a
while longer. The cherry tree cut last
May In front of Professor Marsh's home
on Pacific avenue measured seven feet
and six Inches, 1? feet from the ground
Why. that Yamhill cherry tree was only
a sapling."
f'orvallis Times: A man a in town
a day or two ago who has four sons
that ne wants to educate at the college
Arter a two nays "MTn ror a house
he had been unable to find a house, and
at lajt accounts was aimost driven m
the conclusion that he would have to
go elsewhere to educate his boys Tl
publio move for the erection iof more
dwellings only comes In the ntck rf
Irne. One man who started a nw
house the other day had seven aprllca- i
tlo- to r'tit It before the foundation
was finished
McMinnvllle Telephone - Rg-,tr
Yamhill county won the ration s pr!
on bef aad dairy caUie at M-o. 1
e-rnd to none on goats hp and
nogs, colds tn state prlia for the
firest appiet: Is at the bead of the
procession In the produrllin rf wal
nuts: Is award the sta'e pn cm
cherries; has tb wrld biggest rrure
orchard: ialrr. atoca and true rm
as i4 aa the beat, raa beat the ante
record on poultry; tarns out the finest
frp and commoa brtek, the finest
unBr mill autslda ef Portlaad La m
state.
Bryan and Waea.
Portland, July 21. To the Editor of
The Journal I note on the editorial
page of the Oregonlan an article en
titled "Bryan and Wages." If you will
grant the apace In your paper I will
answer the (luustlou, from a union view.
I will say "No," as Mr. Bryan has noth
ing to do In raising the wages of work
ing men directly. But Indirectly yes.
Because the principles he advocates
would have a very strong tendency to
regulate the evils that are oppressing
the industrial classes, viz.: Trusts, mo
nopolies, hard times, Injunctions, court
rulings as under the present adminis
tration, with a deficiency of $60,000,000,
In monev besides tho issuing or fiau
000,000 of bonds. Now mind this is the
result of those promises In the cam
paign of 1896, when the poor working
man was to have a lull dinner pan,
an honeHt dollar and plenty of work
And winding- up with h money panic
on the eve of a presidential campaign.
Who knows where this panic would
have ended had not the government
rushed to Wall street with the millions
of the peoples monev to save Wall
street monev jugglers? And why? A
name as we had Inst tan. wnen tne
flankers could tell us we had no rigiit
to ask for our money above 10 was the
government nowerless to act? In 1896
we were told bv the financiers of New-
York that all we needed was confidence
and the gold standard.
This is. I hupdoso tho sound money
cur good Republican friends and Wall
street financiers promised us when they
were afraid or our national nonor in
1S96. The gold thev salt we would have
lias finally developed into a piece of
white or vellow paper with any old
lame slimed to it. Well, It's better
than nothing and so are Republican
promises. Wo wago earners have the
satisfaction of knowing that the Repub
licans are swallowing their own medi
cine like little men out here and I sup
pose they are back there, for I note
through the papers that the banks are
still going broke. If they are not. give
them gentle doses at a time until they
are put to sleep. And worst of all, we
are now asked to support Mr. Taft, who
Is pledged to continue and not distvirb
the machinery put In motion by Mr.
Roosevelt, who fought against every
good reform favorable to the working
man. Think of it, workingmcn, the
father of Injunctions bv court against
the union men an l backed by the hlx
stick, Roosevelt, who thinks the union
men are undesirable citizens. Have you
forgotten this?
Hurrah for Rrvan' he promised us
gold and silver In 1SS6 and if he ..bad
been elected wo would have both now.
Hence plenty of work and a demand for
men which would force good wages
Rut not so long as both houses are Re
publican. So I for one will vote for
Bryan. It cvnnot be made worse than
It Is now as we are all Idle Hnd only
with hard rustling get enough to eat
So long as tho government allows the
large twinks to dictate our monetary
policy, so long will there be uncertainty
and timidity. Hence no work nor better
wages with present system or govern
and are to be condoned when the suc
cess Is moderate and applauded when
the success Is great.
"The methods by which the Standard
Oil people and those engaged In the
other great combinations of which I
have spoken above have achieved great
fortunes can only be justified by tho ad
vocacy of a system of morality which
would also justify every form of crim
inality on the part of a labor union,
every form pf violence, corruption nnd
fraud, from murder to bribery and ballot-box
stuffing tn politics."
There Is nothing in Mr. Roosevelt's
platform which seems to distress "the
Standard OH people and those engaged
in the other great combinations of which
I have spoken." Indeed, H. H. Rogers
returns to the city to declare that he is
an optimist, and Edward E. Hrrlman Is
so weM satisfied with Mr. Roosevelt as
a reactionary that he Is engineering a
combination to increase rrelght rates.
The Standard OH fine of I29.0OO.OO0 has
not been paid and Harrlman has not
answered the questions asked 17 months
ago by the Interstate commerce com
mission. If there are any malefactors of great
wealth who are dissatisfied -with tho
new Roosevelt principles we have yet to
hear of them. Wall street is practically
a unit In sharing Mr. Roosevelt's en
thusiasm over a platform that smothers
so many of Mr. Roosevelt's professed
policies.
In the first place it Is absolutely
necessary that a boy should have com
panions, both those of his own age and
those a few years older, both those of
his own social stutus and those, of
other ranks of life. For a boy has got
to go out Into the world and meet men.
He must take his place among tliem
and bo of them, and just so surely
as he fails to meet the requirements
of his age anil his time he will be
shut out from the bust things of life.
Would you have your boy an out
sider? Would you huvo lilm humiliated
bv rinding out that the world or men
does not take him In, that his eccen
tricities, or his piiKglslinesH, or his
snobbishness In fact, his) lack of that
fine principle of democracy which
means so much to the world - shuts
him out from the companions)! lp of
the best men? Then make no mistake
at this acute formative period uf bis
life.
Do not let him grow up thinking he
Is of better or different clay from tho
rest of the boys. Io not let lilm im
agine that because his liotlns are well
made and ho never lacks shoes, and ho
wears an overcoat when It Is cold and
flannels when it is hot that lie is
thereby made a little better and finer
thau the Widow O'Urady's hoy, who
lacks all these. It is this silly fear
of contagion that keeps many a good
boy troni his birthright of democratic
friendship among the public school
boys of his time. It Is Homewhat tli
mother's fault if her boy grows up
with an apparent veneer of polish
which merely covers deceptive na
ture. Far better, if he has this dispo
sition to cheat or lie, out of things,
that he should have tho rough and
ready training of the gang given him.
For. tho inner heart of a boy is made
of good Etuff. It does not love dishon
esty or sneaklness or deception.
If a boy is not of ail animals the
most honest and square, the- acquaint
ance with boys h9JL UttlsJed me. And it
Is almost sure that if- the carefully
reared boy finds something to admire
In an older boy It is not merely be
cause tie smokes anil swears. It is
because he has found In him a sense
of right for right's sake, a sturdiness
that Is not afraid to stand up for
what H .believes. In short, a moral
muscle that redeems the accidents of
his rearing.
ClMRLfcS 1 HE3IRRY.
Is Mr. Roosevelt a Reactionary?
From the New York World.
Mr. Roosevelt In his speeches Is
still a firm believer in the doctrine of
curbing wealth and chastising malefax
tdrs. Mr. Roosevelt In his platforms
Is willing to meet the reactionaries on
common ground.
In his adress at the unveiling of the
I nderhlll monument the president reit
crated some of his well-known views
In the following familiar language
"When a private or corporate fortune
of vast slxe is turned to a business use
which Jeopardises the welfare of all the
ema-11 men, then In the interest of every
body. In the Interest of true individual
ism, the collective and common power
r.r the community must be exercised to
oontrol and reg-ulate for the common
good this business use of vast wealth;
and wt.'ls dolns; this we must make It
evident that we frown upon envy and
mailoe eiartly as we frown upon arro-
Fnoe and oppression.
Yet only a few days before Mr Roose
v'H had taken oTlon to congratulate
snstor Hopkins on the platform adopt
ed at Chicago and express his gratifica
tion with the work of the committee on
resolutions.
That rlatfirm aays nothing abont the
restriction of swollen fortunes It says
nothlr.g about an Income tan It Bay"
nothirjg about an Inheritance tax. It
lays nothing about publicity of cam
paign fundi It rays nothing about en
forrlna tha criminal clause rf the anti
trust law It Kays nothing sbont send
tnr the one reertrrnsth! man to Js.iL
In his mM ef January 21 Mr
RAoeerelt msda a tremendous fuss oyer
bis belated dleoryery of tha principle
of eommnn horrat 7 :
"We 4a net eubacrtbe t the eyvlcaj
belief tbat elahopeaty and unfair dav.
leg are eeeatial niunH
Maxims o'f Xamrch eht Esiw
FOURTH DYNASTY.
From the Saturday Evening Post.
The Rooster that crows In the Morning
shrinks down on his Perch at the
Night.
Boast not of thy courage, my Brother,
for Some one may turn out the Light.
My Son. at your ease you may Borrow,
ana once in a while vou may Lend.
But when you are asked for the Pay
ment, i-ay ir you value a Friend.
He who is fording the River laughs not
at the Roar of the Fall.
The Wise yield In peace to a Woman,
ana i-oois try tneir strength with the
Squall.
Laugh, If you want to be Welcomed.
Weep, if you want to be guved.
Enter my dwelling. Old Fellow, but
please leave your Troubles outside
Lend to your friend of your Shekels; go
oui una get nim a vote.
But, If you value Contentment, algrj not
your iame to a Note.
The Rain has come down on a Sudden
and draggled the overbold Hen.
If you would gain Merit, my Sister,
avoid ye the gaze of the Men.
The Jackass may dress as a Lion, but
look how it runs at a Roar!
Because He rides by In an Auto, la cause
to suspect Him the more.
Who puts on the Dress you admire, and
seeKs your advice in a Flan?
Take heed to thy Freedom, O Brother,
for bhe is In love with a Man.
Accept of his friendship when offered,
but let thy Acceptance be cool.
The strength of the Wise Is In Silence,
a-nd Speech Is the Death of a Fool.
Two things may no Man be forgiven If
that at his Ioor they be laid:
Forgetting a date with a Woman, and
leaving a Card Debt unpaid.
What, then, if She greet you with
Laughter, and straightway begin to be
Red
Remember that she Is a Woman, and
therefore a little bit Mad.
This Date In History.
1661 Schenectady purchased from
the Indians.
lSf Forcea f William III defeated
by adherents of James II at Kllle-
crankle.
1 7 fi Kngllsh took TIconderogA from
the French.
!?! The departmene and secretary
of "Foreign Affairs'' crested by act of
rongresa. but changed to the department
and secretary of state soon after.
ib4 The American squadron be ran
the siege of Tripoli.
1 2 llhert btuart. American por
trait painter, died In Boston. Born In
NartagansetL R I. December S. 17JS.
If 5 The cholera mails Its arreax-
snce In the Massachusetts stale prison
at Cbarlestown.
Territory of Alaska organised
1 The American troops alrancad
on Yuaivi. Porto Rico.
1 o T Edmund W. Pettua. fnlted
Ptates senator from Alamaba, died.
Bom July . UJ1.
New Dlarorery of Deposit.
Just when It wu thought that tha
phosphate and ruano deposits of tha
South Pacific Islands had been exhaust
ed, dlx-overtea wore made on the Ger
man island of ,Niuf and the British
leland. ef Bsnabe, which are rleldfna
tone ef prepared pbopkate a
l.ftoe
year.
You have missed the thought of the
gang If you think that the reason a
new boy in tho neighborhood lias to
fight is because the gang Is made up
of brutes thirsting for gore. That is
not it at all. The ganir wants t11 know
whether the new bo has the real stuff
in him that will stand up to an equal
amount of mu.-sclu and not whimper or
back down. They want to find out his
moral fibre, and this is their quick and
rather brutal way of doinc it.
Hut perhaps the gang has really
some bad boys In It, you say, and these
will get hold of my boy and teach htm
things that I do not want him to
Know. Yes, that also is possible, and
there Is no harder thought for a
mother. But to condemn the whole
ennir Idea because of that possibility
is also wrong. It Is not claimed that
the gang should be entirely without
supervinion .
There are several ways In which this
can be managed without offending tho
boys. For instance, tho father of nnn
of" the boys may plan a day's outing
and take the gang out for a picnic.
A supper around the camp fire, and a
chance to sing songs and tell stories,
will soon show a man which boy is ot
to be trusted. That boy should be
eliminated, and It would be well to ap
prise other parents at once, that they
may cooperate. He may chance to be
the wealthiest boy, or the boy who
holds a good deal of Influence over the
other boys, but if the boys themselves
are told simply that he Is not desirable
as an acquaintance, and told so by one
whosw judgment thev respect, tncy will
see the logic of dropping him.
The gang may be temporarily dis
banded and then reorganieed. The,
boy's parents themselves may be told,
even at the risk of a neighborhood
row, nnd told lust why, without minc
ing matters. There are waj s of doing
these things.
But the craving for companionship,
the sex loyalty that boys possess, the
admiration they have for what Is
strong and straight, will go a long
way In their education. The gang will
not hurt, tf it is made up of respecta
ble boys, nearly so much as the mother
of the only son Imagines. A boy's
moral nature can not be continually
propped. It needs to encounter some
testing, and that is what the gang
does for him.
?
TheOnIy Nutural Way.
ACCORDING to the advice of Pappy
In Mrs. Harris' story. "Love tn
the Valley." "I don't keer how
eddicated or refined a woman air, the
best way to court her air the old way,
aecordln' to nature. They must be
took "against their wills That's the
excuse thev make to themselves lor
beln' took at all. Lord, sir! I could
tell the authors of this country more
about women In a minute than ary one
of 'em have ever put in a book. I git
out of patience when one of their
heroes pokes along after the gal as If
he was tryln' to sneak up and fling
salt on a bird's tall. If he'd Jost step
up In the third chapter, ketch a firm
holt and kiss her tell she quit r'arln'
the thing would be done. And Bhe'd be
ready for the weddin' ring. I hain't
eayln'. mind you. that every woman
kin be courted that way some of 'em
air mighty narrer-minded about takln'
what they really want but I'm savin',
for choice every one of 'em would
rather be courted that way. Because
It's the onlv perltte s.nd at the same
time natural way to relieve her of the.
reanonslht llty Xfanv a woman would
be rlad to be took who wouldn't feel
modest or dcnt about glvin' herself
away to a man '
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The Dally Menu.
Iced Cantaloupes. Scrambled Egga
Hot Rolls Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Dried Beef and Oreen Peppers, Cream
Oravy.
Hsratoga Potatoes Roiled R Ire.
Junket. Soon re Cake. Tea.
DINNER.
Veal Broth. FH1 Chicken
Fpagheitl with Cbeesa. Sliced Tomatoes.
Lettuce French Dressing
Peaches and Cream. Wafers.
Bbvrk Coffee.
The new anlTereltr established by tha
legislature at Alberta, Canada, irrnai
the Saekatchewan river from Fd moo
ton, will be eaeeee la September.
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