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A prize for that spent runner
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fect Unless It held some sphere
That paid for the toll and
talent
And love that are wasted
here.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A PHASE OF A BIO ISSUE.
IP IT is really necessary for the
railroads to raise rates, why
don't their presidents givo the
public, or the public's proper
representatives and servants, the in
terstate commerce, commission and
the state railroad corn missions, all
v the facts and figures in relation to
their business? Not figures repre
sentlng water, not fictitious or doc
tored figures, not bookkeeping de
: signed to disguise the truth, not
crooked representations to cover the
' trail of crooked financiering; but
the whole truth, straight and un
varnished. If they will do this, and
from these facts and figures it can
be ascertained that the railroads
need higher rates to pay them a fair
- return on their Investment, then the
people will not object to such rates.
But under any circumstances they
" will object to dividends on water,
and to the use of earnings for new
lines or the exploitations, of high
finance. The people are willing to
give the railroads a square deal
v and even the best of it, but they will
not tamely submit to increased rates
without being fully shown.
Reduction of wages should be re-
. jected as soon as suggested, unless
It be the salaries of some of the
high officials and attorneys. The
employes are paid none too imieh,
and they ought unitedly to fight
against any reduction. The people
' who "pay the freight" are willing to
" pay these men. present wages, which
in most cases are in all conscience
email enough for capable men.
Cut"" tha railroad officers will
never give the public this informa
tion, except on compulsion. They go
on the theory that these details are
none of the public's business, and it
is ju3t here that the people and the
railroads are going to have a con
tinual fight until one or the other
cries quits and gives up. The rail
road business, every part and detail
and atom of it, is the public's busi
ness. The railroad officers assume
that it is almost altogether private
business, like running a sawmill or
a livery stable. And now .is a good
time and occasion to have an en
gagement, since the war is Inevit
able, on this issue. Let shippers
throughout the country unite to
gether by millions to resist any in
crease of rates until the railroad of
ficers have made a complete, rand id.
honest disclosure of their business
in full, that is, as to investment, cost
of operation, etc., income, disburse
ments, earnings and results. The
people will have to couvince the rail
road men that the public, and the
people's servants aud agents, have a
right to know all this, all the time,
and to fix rates accordingly.
This means a war, aud the people
might as well get retoJy for it, and
prepare to fight it o;if, or else give
up and concede th;t a litt'o enter!"
or group or multimillionaires can
hold up the 85.000. Olio people of
this country and tat them in the
form of railroad freight? whatever
they choose. .
The question of Increased, freight
rates is therefore only one phas of
the broader, greater question: Shai)
.the people control the railroads of
this country, or shall the railroads
control the people. th govern nK n' .
With this movement the big lumber
manufacturers of Portland and
I'uget sound are supposed to bo In
sympathy, though they may linvt'
had no hand in bringing this In
junction suit. The coin mission con
sidered the case fully and carefully,
no doubt, and decided that the new
rate of $." is too high and the old
rate about right, and this decision
ought to stund at final. Raising
t lie rute unexpectedly worked great
harm to Willamette vnlley millmen,
it practically ruined, nome of them, It
threw thousands of people out of
employment, and paralyzed a busi
ness that had grown tip under n rate
that the niillmen had a right to sup-
pone would be permanent. The raise
was an act. of great injustice and
injury to tliem. an the commission
saw. 1'nder the law the railroad had
a right to appeal to a federal court,
but instead of doing this it has se
cured an injunction against the com
mission, forbidding it from putting
the old rate into effect, or from re
quiring the railroad to do ao, on the
6tale, tiresome, threshedotit ground
that the Interstate commerce law is
unconstitutional because It delegates
legislative powers. Even a layman
may positively assert that this Is no
longer a sufficient ground for grant
ing even a temporary injunction, and
that it ought at once to linve been
denied. As Mr. Teal was quoted as
saying in The Sunday Journal, the
courts have In numerous cases de
cided this " question, and almost al
ways, In years past, against the con
tention set up. by the railroad in
this case. HI is a settled doctrine
that the legislative power may dele
gate tho "rate-fixing power to a Com
mission, that such a law is constitu
tional, and this b-Mng the case there
Is no excuse for Issuing an injunc
tion against carrying out the com
mission's order. The object i" evi
dently to delay the result, to harass
and annoy the Willamette valley
lumbermen, and to do them as much
injury as possible and as long as
possible. Possibly, too, the railroad
has some slender, sophistical, techni
cal points, a trifle different from
other csaes. qii which it thinks there
may be a chance of getting a de
cision In its favor.
The railroads, or some of them,
seem determined to drive the people
into an irristiblo movement for
government ownership. If these rail
roads were desirous of such an out
come they could not possibly do
more to bring it about than they are
doing. Tho people certainly will not
stand for these tactics forever. This
movement on the part of the South
ern Pacific also chows that the in
junction process is abused in other
matters beside repressing working
men who seek, to maintain their
rights. Here ir Is used to prolong a
great injury inflicted on thousands
of people, on a large section of a
lining kii it would caiiso tho country
to go lleinocrHtle at the next elec
tion? If, Instead of a I?. publican,
Mr. RooHevelt had neon a Democrat
ic president, and had urgtMl before
congress those excellent measures
that he did urge ni:d that peo
ple clamored for, would congress
have dnred, ns It did, to reject
(hem? Was It not bold in its re
fusal bemuse it, was n ihero row in
the Republican parly, and that there
was therefore no opportunity for the
country to register its disapproval
at tlio ballot box?
As a matter of pure fact. Is it
not true that partisanship cuts but
little figure In the I'nlted Slates
senate? Is thft. boi'v. or nnv body
of American citizens so steepen 'n
narrowness that ii wouifi sacrifice
Ihe country for tho mere sake of
partisanship? What of the moral
and civic standard that set up such
a contention?
The influence that controls the
American sennte Is not political con
siderations. If so, why did it not
hearken to the. late petitions of
Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican
president addressing a Republican
senate? To have legislated Into ex
istence the measures he pleaded for
would have made the Republican
party unbeatable before the country,
and the senRte-knew it. But to have
done so would have sacrificed the
interests of great trust corporations
like Standard Oil. That was exact
ly what Mr. Aldrlrh and the con
trolling clique in that body did not
propose to do, and did not do. Resist
ance was offered not In tho name of
Republicanism, but in the name and
by the authority of "the interests."
That, and not partisanship, ig tho
(hart l,y which Mr. Aldrieh steers
tiie senate, aud if, in case of Mr.
Bryan's election, a conflict should
come between Hry. n and tli- anato
it will bo a struggle, not between
parties, but between the people and
tho concentrnted wealth of "the Interests."
Small Change '
Some prefer moonless evenings, any
way. Somo people need to rest by going; to
work.
INJUNCTIONS, BOYCOTTS, RIGHT
OF FREE SPEECH
Hurrah for Smlthson, Gilbert
Kelly. )
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t'OI,. MAUVKV OX THK WEST.
COLONIC GEORGE
VEV, editor, leet
teitr, publicist, am
state.
XO XEE1 TO RAISE RATES.
r
HE RAILROADS are receiving
no encouragement from any
quarter in their rate-raisin?;
movement. Almost all sorts of
business people, mar.y of whom nr..!
pretty well informed on the subject,
believe the raise under present con
ditions is not justified. Bradst reels
in its issue of week before last said-
Tho advocate's of tho !nrrf-,Fr base
their tase hugely i;p"n t!c i. 1 1 i: .1 ih.it
freight rotes ha o deer. :isp during a
serins of years, while on the Mix r Isnn.l
the rest ef hiticr and of material .-in
fuel has ailvnii'-nl. One of the Icaiur .-:
of the controversy, lcw ( r. K t'-tt ro
figures are advanced to (i no'ii -I ra I tie;
correctness of this. The a rn men ' 8
on the part of II"' re,-,. Is rmi-lsl, in
fact, mainly of assi : an s t- the nhove
effect, collided Willi st.it, Tilts th.lt
the advanced rates will make l!t:!- dif
f rence to the KMieralii v ..f s'- ij iets
.".nil practically none al all to con
samers. It Is therefore of interest lo
see how tho statist 1 s of the Intr-nO n"
C'onimt rce ('oniniisi-hn hear
nad freight rates ai-re- w iti
In nuestlm. The f.,!..wn ir.
the reports of the e imrnl.e-i' i
of attention .
t i.
ta!;
en r.,il-
tie oi y
-a froat
orthy
Keypnite
p. r i r, ii;i:t
I'Mi'i
Hate
Year ending : e
June 30 m,''.
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j This sb'e
years there
I decrease of freight rates, that In fact
j t ! ey wire hiaher ir 1 : 0 than in
Ijiiec) e,;- l?o',. n. i, that the average
'revenue p r freight train mile has
inert asod. marly e.O per cent for all
the railroads in the country. With
rueh finales as lhos' before them.
the patrons ef the
see the nieessny of
s that in
has been
the
but
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past 1 2
a slight
tr,ON'KI, GEORGE U. M. HAR-
tttrrr, littera-
and the literary
spokesman of J. Pierpont Mor
gan, has been out west, and it did
him good. He attended the Denver
convention, ;tnd the trip greatly en
larged his vision. Though his habi
tat is Wall street and vicinity, he
is not ho encrusted with the Wall
street ooze that lie cannot see and
learn new things, to him, on a west
ern trip. On his return he wrote an
enthusiastic article about the west,
urging that eastern people visit it
more and get acquainted with it bet
ter. Even on so brief a 1nnr-
ney and in the few hurried
glimpses which he had, there were
various "revelations" to Colonel
Harvey, come of which he states as
follows: j
tnac there is keener civic pride in
the west than in the east.
That th'TO Is less drunkenness nml
profanity.
That tho rrjen, though less accurately
informed, are broader minded.
Tha! refinement in nianneiK and con
versation Is marked.
That the most subtle humor Is quick
ly perceived arid appreciated.
Thai achievement is valued more
than money.
Thai tile best music is known and
ad in ired.
That the new architect urn is charm
ing and that the eilles are iieinK re
built fir permanence, with wide streets,
parks and other fine featnr-s.
Many eastern men who have been
west on more extended and pro
longed trips could have told Colonel
Harvey all this, and more, but prob
ably he would not have In lieved" it.
however many had told ' him, until
tie f-a it tor himself, hornier Judge
IHuker id another Now York man
to whom the wtBt was-an instructive
revelation. It does puch men much
gfnxl to get out west, away cut west,
and they in turn wiil do others good
by thus frankly staging their Im
pressions. Hut the, fairest and the best of
the far west as it v.-ii i be; it is
jiot very far any more these prom
inent New Yorkers did put see by
coming to Denver.- Without making
a tour of the Pacific coast states,
eastern people cannot m i more than
a fractional view of t'-e r-reat w.vt
Here, sloping in magnificent outlines
! from the Rocky mountains to the
I Pacific ocean, lbs the choices',
j grandest, most in' crest i n i; and !n
istrtictive portion of ail the west ;"
I Coiortcl Harvey will come to this
! const antl spend to'it merely rt few
1 days but fev weeks, he will have
It was the address of a near-Btand-pattcr.
Who'll be the next to die mistaken
for a deer?
"Cake can't get money," It Is said.
Thin explains It all.
Evening hayrack parties, wtth no hay
to pitch, are very n!o.
a
The. new party may be a case of the
tninrl loiiowlrig the blind.
w
Kutno old game of fool the majority
of the people all the time.
Apparently that weed-cutting oral-.
nance has been forgotten aiiam.
Horn are away up conHequence of
nominating fat men lor president.
The campalam fund Is what may be
worrying the virtuous old Oregonlan.
The less Bryan ha to do with the
New York gang the better off he will
be.
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It Is a safe bet that Hltohcock will
never publish the campaign contribu
tions. If he really feels sure of Taft'a elec
tion. Mr. llarriman can eujoy his vaca
tion rlyht well. . .
1
Candidate Sherman has visited a wild
west show tu acquuint himself with
western people.
Tim Oregonlan Is trying to break up I
a perty that It says Is dead. Likes
the smell, perhaps.
The more road. Harrlmnn pets the
bet'er; Ihe easier It will bo for the.
people to take them.
Easterners who come on a visit to
Portland in tiie summer dislike to
leave, and no wonder.
A hay pitcher may not Ret as much
money or bo as much admired as a ball
plu-her, but ho does Nome good.
At this rate, Castro will soon have
no diplomatic relations with any coun
try; perhaps this is what he wants.
Hut the farmers need not expect to
turn In wood nnd pumpkins on cam
paign contributions. Only cash ac
uepi ed.
A MeMlnnvtlle preacher has lectured
in favor of funeral reforms. Hut he
did not po so far as to advocate their
abolishment.
Charles, Instead of William Pryan, Is
now running the commoner, hut it will
be filled mostly with William's re
marks. Just tho same.
It is easy . ti uthfull to criticise and
condemn both old parties, but how does
anybody know that a new party would
not pfooii become worse? ,
A man, who wanted J 1 8,000 for two
acres taken by a new railroad was of
fered $3,500 by the company, nnd he
refusing it. a Jury of his neighbors
Elves him J1.S00, which is probably
about rlftht. A few incidents like this
mifiht lie valuable.
morning- paper that it would he a crimo
equal to murder tor anybody who is
or ever had been a Republican to vote
for Ilryan this year. No doubt the Ore
fronian would execute all such men
without trial or benefit of clerpy. If it
could: but some are likely to do so.
nevertheless.
Frank Prvcj-'s pap'r. the Ilarnev
County News, says that "no good pur-
pen,. L-uuiti tie served ty Mr. Cake
forced retirement, while a Rood deal
ef harm to the Republican cause might
eas.H- result irnm it.' Hut the Oregon
ian is howling for Cake's ejectment, be
cause be does not insist on members
"t the legislature turning liars and
traitors. what beautiful harmony.
Oregon Sidelights
C. K. 8. Wood, in the Portland I,abor
Press. afU'l- dlscusHlnif tha law of in
junctions at Kiimti loiiBth, takes up the,
lionise oi. conrempi - in tne UucK stove
ens-, uh follow!
If I U'nd a man by a contract not to
eriKaKo In his business, or If the state
by law prohibits u legitimate business,
these restrain th freedom of the In
dividual In making his living and re
strain tho freedom of th cuuununitv
In trade between themselves. Hi If
without threats or violence and appeul
liiK only to tho voluntary actions of the
people I request them- nor-to inula with
a particular party. It Is difficult for me
to .see wherein there is any restraint
in untie.
It is said that though there are no
direct threats, yet tho moral foiee of
opinion acts upon the weak and timid
,ho that they are afraid to trace whore
the boycott exists. Such reasoning
"rum iu mo or a piece wun tne public
mental attitude which wu have assumed
on so many subjects lately, that tho
free speech of tine or of hundreds Is
to ne checked, and froe, voluntary, in
dividual conduct Is to be chained by the
arm of the court because In the mind
of the court (or of some one) there Is
inn VAuliA uii trirent ! rtn that ar,rm ,(,..
oowafd may do what ha really would
liot do otherwise; a thing not proven.
never cupunio oi proor wortny or tni
name and of no value when proved; for
the man who asks protection against
public opinion ought to be laughed out
of court, Free speech and free peace
able conduct are of more Importance
than his moral weakness.
1 am eliminating anv oiientlon nf
force or threats of force, because that
puts a different complexion on the mat
ter: but as I understand this Uuck
Stove company case, there Is no sug
gestion anywhere that the boycott is 1
anything more than a peaceable pro
nouncement of opinion, and with due
deference to the exalted courts the re
straint oi trade Is Invisible to me. How
are they restrained? Who restrains
them? If the court means loss of
trade, the court, In my opinion has a
very muddled conception of the dif
ference between loss of trade" and re
straint of trade. Courts are natural
ly slow-going and ponderous bodies
In a new problem they rarely hit the
right solution. Consider all the early
decisions of the courts in regard to
railways. Some courts, indeed did, af
ter a time, hammer out the idea that
the railways were public corporations,
holding !n trust for tiie people great
puhllo highways.
But even when they used this lan
guage It meant practically nothing; they
allowed the roads to deal with passen
gers and traffic precisely as they
pleased; and the same can be snld of the
telegraph service; the doctrines of fel
low servant; assumption of risk, etc..
as applied to the great railway an;l
manufacturing: corporations in suits
against them brought by their employes.
Ihe courts took the ancient law as It
applied to some stage coach company
on tile turnpike, or to some carrier of
letters by hand, or to some apprentice
or workman for a small weaver, and
regardless of the, differences nnd the
true philosophies clupped the old plas
ter on the new hurt. So in the matter
of boycott the court, partly because
boycotts were often accompanied by
violence, but principally because boy
cotts were dellberutcly Intended to
cause a loss of trade, oanio to the con
elusion that the boycott was an unlaw
ful thing and therefore mum be ci,-
lolned. To mv mind this Is n fallacy
The courts themselves are fond of
saying that there can be no conspiracy
to do a lawnu act. rvow ir i no not line
the way 1 have been treated on a rnil
roud, or In a store, certainly I can re
fuse to deal with that store, and if I
have choice of another route I can re
fuwu to ride on that road or ship by It.
1 can ask my friend to do the same. I
can afk all my friends to do tho same.
1 can ask all my friends to ask ml
their friends to do the same. 1 cc.n
publish my grievance In (lie press, nnd
If i tell the truth there is no ground
for libel. 1 can atk other pupils la
copy unit I can pay for the copying. 1
can send out a circular and If 1 tell the
truth It is not libel. All this Is lawful.
To say that this oun be lawfully lone
by an Individual and his friends nnd
those lie can summon lo his aid, and
then to say that a party of Individuals
called a union cannot peaceably assem
ble and recite the facts and request the
public not to deul with the store, or the
road, Is to me dropping the logic of
free speech, free thought and free con
duct, and making the whole question
turn on whether there Is a money loss
or not It is like saying that the courts
wilt see to it mat no aiscussion or ac
tion, however peaceable, will be. per
mitted which entails a money loss to a
member of society. '
Since when has this been sound rea
soning? Why shouldn't firms and In
dividuals stand the consequences ef
their own acts, even though it result in
money loss? Suppose a grocer beyond
ail question gives fchort weight and om
erwiso clieuts. Suppose a factory jr
large establishment deliberately rutaln
men who sacrifice the young girls em
ployed In the establishment, or suppose
an establishment employs a certain
class of labor which it has a perfect
fight to employ? why shouuin t tnese
sets be known for whatever they may
be worth? Why shouldn't resolutions
be passed, asking the public to with
hold its approval, patronage and trade
from them? I am myself a believer in
the force of public opinion. I believe
In free speech and In not being afraid
to say what you think. 1 believe that
when we know a man's conduct Is not
to be approved "we ought to say It, and
I cannot see why an organization, be It
the Udd Fellows, the Hnptlst church or
a labor union, should not and ought not
to pass its boycott agninst a person or
business they disapprove. It is a peace
able, act and If lawful in a few, why,
not in many? And it Is an Inherent and
actual power and no one can be hurt hy
It who tr.tly deserves the approval of
public opinion. But whether they can
7h
e
REALM -FEMININE
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be hurt or not is not the question. So
far as this subject Is concerned I think
the courts onlv sit and have only Juris
dtetlniv to prritect men from force of
violence or false accusation. I thlnl
the realm of peaceable, truthful dlscu
sion must be left absolutely onen. an
if this truthful, peaceable discussion
leads to some injury to some partlciila
Individual, he must take the cons
quenees of the truth.
A Work intfman s Opinion
Joseph Reed in Portland Iibor Press.
Mr. Hryan will bo elected. Stick a
pin in that. This I believe for the fol
lowing reasons: The Held is open and
everything Indicates a struggle more
fair ihan has been known in the mem
ory of many of those now living. It
is a noticeable fact that mud slinging.
One would suppose from reading the ' large corruption funds, coercion, ru
mors of war, or of subsequent panics
and hard times have thus far not de
veloped. For these reasons the Demo
cratic party has the best chance for
tiie last do7.eti years.
Again, the union labor vote has al
ways been united when the issue was
clearly defined. That was shown in
Colorado when the issue was military
rule. I know for a fact that the work-
ingman's vote w,as 98 per cent against
militarism. t onskteruig mat tne re
spouse of labor lo the call of Mr. Gom
pers might bo far less than 9 per
cent, still labors' vote from 5.000.000
unionists is very libel y to be the bal
ance of power in the campaign. The
majority of popular vote in presidential
elections lias been from 200,000 to 500.
000. Leaving the situation as it was
for the last decade, there is every rea
son to expect that labor's vote will
number in the millions for Bryan; and
any man reeedvlng a million popular
votes, or half that much, must of ne
cessity receive the electorial vote.
It Is possible that the labor vote this
time will go more largely for Debs
than formerly, ,but the Democrats will
not be the loser on account of drawing
that many or more from the Repub
licans. In addition to that, every in
crease of the Socialistic vote will be an
argument quite as convincing as the
election of Mr. Brynn. If the result of
tin; election convinces the American
people of the justice and necessity of
giving to the Industrial class the rights
and consideration which Is their due.
their victory Is won.
After a review of the platforms, the
Democratic impresses people as being
modest, clear-cut1 presentation of
their duty as they saw it; whereas, the
Republican platform has been seriously
criticised by lis o.un friends as being
ontradlctory, boastful tnd otherwise
quite ridiculous.
S' looking at tne situation any way
that you will, If the workers and their
friends will ring true to their own in
terests and to the call of Mr. Gompers.
the end of a campaign is In sight; and
never again will men be loaded tn a
boxcar and shipped oiu of the state be
cause they were suspected nf being In
bad company.
Standard Oil Victory
Brownsville now
theatre."
lias
a "continuous
Seaside may have a box factory In the
near future.
The country nrotm
harvest bumper or p'
Brownsville will
Keno, says a correspondent, "gets
man i nee in a ureal while.
An SSOn addition wit! tie made to the
Wasco public school building.
The First National bank of Athena is
in a vi ry prosperous condition.
An addition of
made to the Km.
Hr.v crop very li
but there is const '.
1!U volumes has been
prise library.
:ht In Harney county,
lablo old hay left.
,n AUH'iia man is tito maker of a
combine which is usi .1 by many farmers
aiounu tie-re ana is proving u success.
Silver Dake Leader: Klamath Falls
papers are lnivln their e pp set bv a
Merganthab r linotype machine The
type In tidy office Is set by a printer
with a sore thumb.
railroads cannot
inert a.-., d ratej,
: rA to ci -j If fra r.L ir il o r. r, t 1 .el 1 1. t
having entirely their own wav and j f,iat a 1)OM(,st IlL.(,ssjrv nf lMs "kil.id
making no more explanations or dis-j
closures than they choose? This ' '
la still bc-fr opinion of the
iciiid bi-id' if Wail strict
dwindle into Insignificance.
wes'
wil
The people of the so called I'pper
project in ivlamath basin have had their,
patience trie, eat. and the result Is to
be a test salt askinir for tiie release of
the lands in that sect'eri from the con
tracts with the secret;! ry of the interior
for government wal- r.
The Democrat heard ere man declare
that ne never would permit Ids wife tr
ride home again on a Sunday evening
excursion train from the bay, on ac
count of the drunkenness on the train,
.a re-oilt of t.i new order of tbinus a:
Newport.
particular phase of the larger issi:e j
may pau for the present, but It wil! j
rwtir, over and over aea!n, amd so j
1I1 other phase, until the people.
la one way or another, either z"i ;
control of the railroads or intone j
MTfa of the railroads.
P.tKTY IX THK SIN ATI.
I
AX
TC W AKRA X TABLE I X J I Nr.
TIOX.
S LEGISLATION !;, ronctess con
dinted on a purely partisan ha -is?
P'K'ause the meas'ro mirh' be
urced by a Democratic prtide::,l
would a Republican Fenete reject It
n purely partisan grounds, aud for
no other reasons? Would the mer
its of the measure nurit for naught?
The Orcgonian's corteppondent at
WasLinp on saps yes. "'Measure
HrLr: THE Hill roauU bar
I rt f tor Id prent at least i
Vf raided to the decision r.frertiniriP'a(l by a iv-rnix-ratlc pre-;
thm Interstate commerce ! 'dnt and indorsed by a Democratic)
rnmBJwkn on the question -of 1am
tr rate, the Southern Palfkr has
tkfa bw ta?t. or rather invoked
tie o!l and overworked m-n of
1 -. v. ' )on. t9 prereBt the reduction
rf rate - from WlHaBvett ralley
;. ta ta Califortia from S io fJ.10.
1
j f ixty-une carloads of fruit were
' ''i'.'ped one day last week from
1 Sacramento to eastern points. This
1 i f,c(i f,n former records for
: shlpiueiits of fruit from that point,
hut denim the season tnany car
, loi'.is, often over 40, are Font east
da: " I ft? may be a hint as to
what Oregon car. do a few yoars
ii.or.ee. St vera! sections of this state
raiitp better fruit than the Sacra
mento valley does,' and can raine It
In unlimited o:ia-ntitle, and the
eastern mrkts are practically as
near.
! J'riv ns In town Saturday.
P. fays the Mitchell p. r.tlncl. and he mvs
a iry t.wi; or a t town Is all the
same to hitn Like Moses wis with the
: od wvt, h-, dre the water from t lie
nek. he can with the shekeln draw all
the whiskey he Wants In Mitchell, and
Jim looked like h- was teliin the truth.
Neither baa Mr. Taft anvthine
convention iri!d h rejected by a,defirjjU to gar ,he object of the
Republican senate. he eavs. !-.-iein f ti.
What if the masores mere trier- i was nothing In the R-publiran plat
Itorloos? - What If the people were . orra about it, but as he had read
clamoring for them? Would the 'the Democratic platform be did rnen--nte
dare to reject them? Wooldltlon the aubject. In the rnoft non
It not fear to reject them, lest by j committal way possible.
More peoil from the ast and pnuth
nr looking n.l In.julrlt.K tor ftirin land
mt otfrr Investment around and In
Uronn.'vllie now thn at any other
; cried in c:r histoiy. nr, vs th Times.
And more investments are betnff made
Than e' er bef,rre. and th citv and coun
try is receiving a steady growth.
According to th Kial. the Milton
t:Urr -rr,pbys from S to 50 men dajr
Ine the buiy rafnn. and bs an average
j a?rMl of ll.O'tv r er mrth More th&a
1 ..i e .0 thrifty Irfes re n w Krowlng
on te nursery Kf"unil Peveral new
t.ultri nm re belna bunt nd !nrs
purrpla- pinit lraillrd fe.r an Irrigation
end wHtrwork ptm.
Looks Like Common Sense.
From the W'fishlntiton Post.
It In a hoiieful Men for our rational
politics when the two dominant rnlliioal
parties obey the- public voire The se-
ret rampalcn contribution nan neen a
pmenr upon our national conscience and
the gecret agent of evil influences In
ur national elections. It has b'ien a
shame to the republicanism of our rov-
rnment. a mock upon the democracy of
our political Ideals, It nns rnteren
corruption. t rankled Independence,
tainted action in tne councils of our
real parties. Public opinion has at
ist demanded its abolition, and both
these pcrtieg have willingly obeyed
That Is the hopeful sign --that those
whowe powr ftjlome,! them, and whose
nH f -interest mlcht have prompfel them,
to accept what money and make what
promises in secret they pleasel have
even indorsed the public demand. It
proves that parties know themselves as
no lonircr superior to the people; thy
are only the agents thmtiith which the
people "exfreFs their will.
J. P. Morgan's Organ.
From the Weston Leader (Ind.)
Bryan's nomination tins frightened
the editor of Harper's Weeklv Into a
spasm, and he forthwith drools a col
umn of abuse snd vituperation. Brrsn
has made mistakes, but he is slncer
nd rifted and Ftreng To picture him.
as does Hsrrf Weekly, with coy
ote's cunnin snd s snsk's malevolence,
merely arouses contempt foT the author
of such diatrlhe. Were Hrysn a trick
ster snd demsso-u. deceitful, treach
erous anfl mHs"nnt. he wotUd nerr
hurt bn thrio nominated for the pres
idency by one of the nation s two sret
psrtles Tel with STTonomd prejudice
snd narrow srlte Hsrpsr's sst thit "s
sn egritlst tortar Jtrysn can Hv Roose
velt orid and sped-. H Is dnin
From (lie Louisville Post.
Tho first thine we nolo in the opln
ion of Judge Orosseup reversing Ju-lg
LancMs is the tor.a of contempt an 1 riis
n spect which characterizes the refer
enee of one JudKe to another. We have
all of late been tajjRtht that nnvthliiK
snort or worship Is unbecoming any on
who refers to any decision of any court
These mortals on the bench have all put
on immortality with their robes of in
fallibility, and any susrfrestlon of eritl
cism is compact with treason, socialism
and anarenv
Just when we have come into court
ready to prostrate ourselves before 1he
altar, from it proceeds a rancorous clan
por. which after a while subdues itself
into a railing contempt for a Judjre who
has the ignorance to declare that a line,
to be impressive, must bear .some pro
portion to the offense and to the power
or tne orrencter to pay.
After all. these men on the bench
must be animated by like passions, lir
norance and prejudices of the common
folk outside.
Ordinarily when a man Is arraigned in
court and pleads that he wtis Ignorant
of the law he is sternly Informed that
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Hut when the Standard Oil comnanv
shipping ell at 6 cents, says it did not
know the rate was IX cents, it Is ex
cused.
When it is shown that tariff sheet
o. 24 fixed the rate at IS cents bv
classifying petroleum nnd their nrod'-
uets according to the. Illinois classifica
tion as fifth class, and tariff sheet
named fifth class freight as calling for
ta cents. Judge (Jrossciip sava this cir
cumvention leaves the rate In a position
wnere lunges, after a full discussion.
might very reasonably disagree.
rvo one can find a ouestion about
which Judges could hot reasonably disa
gree, but this circumlocution from the
hem h will not convince any man that
tho Btnnoard Oil company managers did
not know they were getting a rebate
and did not know that their rivals to
'nter their markets would have to pav
three times the rate the Standard Oil
was paying.
The interstate commerce pel, says
Judge Orosseup, "was intended to pro
mote, not to restrain, trade."
On the contrary, it was Intended to
regulate trade, nnd to restrain such
trade ns rebates of this character pro
moted. The interstate commerce act and the
Klklns act were designed to abolish
privilege and establish Justice, but this
decision estnoitsties privilege and pro
tects a most vh Ions system of Injustice
under which competitors and consumers
were ruthlessly robbed to make a Rock
efeller holiday.
The One Who Renrtlx.
IXfiLA (JKKtOLY SMITH.- In well
ing of I'd different kinds of
husbands, dissect one wiilitv
thus:
"Dinner ready?" says the
Husband That Just Hoards Willi HI.-:
Wife, dexterously sidestepping her fond
caress mid muklng fo.- his bedroom tn
t.'ike his collar off.
A little saddened by the matter-of-fact
demeanor of the irsiwhlle Itoineo
wlfi hud vowed to her that Omar KI.un
yum was a beast because h Muh'J or
u loaf of bread jine a jag or" wine. : ee
trails utter nini along lie- hall of Iheir
bower ot bliss.
"What's the matter, darling.''' she
questions, hopeful at least rtruue mis-
hup of the ihiy has inomentar iv
eclipsed the light of romuncu In her
lord's eyes.
"Nothing." he reiolns shoitlv. Then.
suddenly us a ehurgei- scenting the bat
tle, a racehotfce sinning victory as tiie
barrier drops. Ids bend lifts, his eye
lights, and he asks. "lu 1 smell onion
soup?"
Trm worn n n ftfnnritn l,r,.a 1,
onco the ungel of his dreams, the enj
of alt his hopes, exists now only a)
minister ext ruoruinarv to tils stomach.
I'nless, to bo sure. In the course of
dressing he misses tho studs from his
clean shirt, und then she undergoes a
lightning transformation to the only
otner role in which he sees her, that of
incompetent valet.
"Huh!" he growls. "No studsinti.ls
shirt!"
The shortest way tu a man's heart is
through Ids stomach. Ik nn nxh llll of
the disillusioned. It is also the short
est Way out of a woman's love.
This is true of but few men, how
ever. Most men would rather have an
underdone steak than an overdone wife:
a half-baked potuto than a half-baked
brain.
Hut the husband that Just boards
with his wife is not of them. If his
meals are kept up to thu standard what
does he lack m life?
. ..
A Moral Fight.
MAN la the onl annua! that can
put up a moral fight, says a
writer In The circle, the only
one that can eonseinuslv with blood
tingling with the glow of purpose, seek,
to overcome an environment, and to
attain an ideal We should esteem it
not a duty, but a pr!ihgi; we slum;. I
see It not as an unjust pressure noon
us, but ns a glorious option unit v M
assert our power to prove the i:ioi.,l
mettle of our character.
There ale times In all ll es when
hop, urows dark and effort seuiri use
less, when nothing that we do seems t
count, the forced relic:, ts baffle and
cl isnca rten us, we Iia , tried so uj; i
and results tieem so Mieager and ..i.r
weary ni-.irls and oar weakened hands
lung only for rest and for freedom
from the struggle. Hut we should not
surrender, we must not give up. This
is tin' hour for new ennrage, for n.-w
drafts on our rest rye. fur :iew realize
tion that truth must coieiuer, right
must triumph and Justice must prevail.
Any coward can fight ulna inspired
by the bugle of victory. Mien the thrill
Ot purpose almost accomplished nerves
him to a lust great effort, when the
shouts and . hi ers of coi-.-r.nles brighten
his eye und strengthen his aim. hut It
takes a real man to fight on alone,
unnoted, uiiehcered. with no i nspi t a ! ioa
but the voice of Ids own soul ringing
through the darkness. There is uluavs
more gain - than we know, more nroe-
ress than Is evident, for everv effort
produces result, whether we see it or
not. Another, hour of courage, another
ilav or loyalty, mr.v bring victor-,
greater than our rosiest dream dared
to foreshadow.
If.
Toilet Helps.
MALL wisps of lialr will Ftay iti
curl much longer if. Just before
tiie hair is curled with the heated
iron, the locks are dampened with bay
rum. Tlds often provis very helpful
on damp days.
A very fine nail polish is made of
three parts of French chalk to one part
of ptilverlzi pumice stone. A very
little of the polishing powder is suffi
cient to produce a nice luster to tho
nails.
Never get the bba that little thincs
are trifling; they make Just tiie dlffer-
nre utiwufii a. woman who. is beautiful
because she is weil-groomed lookine
and a beauty whose looks are runu-d
by earelefisnoHS.
Steaming is not recommended -for
delicate skins. A better method of
cleansing is provide,; bv the annllcatlon
of alternate hot and cold cloths. This
treatment should tontinuo for ten min
utes. Never use on the face a wash
rag which is not scalded each day.
e
The Outdoor Siipier.
ERK are some recipes for refresh
ing tilings for an outdoor supper:
Lettuce sandwich. Season
mayonnaise dressing highly, and in the
middle of a lettuce leaf put a little
minced ham. well saturated with dress
ing, and place between thinly sliced
le to make go ,
H'
Thomas S. Martin's Rirtlulay.
Thomas Staples Martin, t'nlted States
senator from Virginia, was born at
Soottsvllle. Ya . July 23. 1X47. In 1S5!
his father removed to a farm locate.l
about two miles outside of Senator
Martin's native village and be still re
sides on this property. Senator Martin
attended the Virginia Military Institute
during the Civil war and when the stu
dents of this historic institution volun
teered for military service In the Con
federate army he went along. After
the close of the war Jie passed two
years ns a student at tho University of
Virginia. In 1S; he was admitted to
the bar end soon thereafter be began
the practice ef law at Scottsv'lle. He
early took an Interest in polities npl
In 1!!5 he was elected by a Democratic
legislature to th T'nlted States senate.
In
Wise Precaution.
From the Chicago Nsws.
The mrriirr w tr? inc to oos out I with tower and siirrhsnred w!ti malic
f-st the top of the fs-rn house ihrmom- nrn'rit every human h1n who hit
n'r iro Uie oia isrmr pitcb'.aa ever stotxl In t r wsv or mil rrstlflcs-
Thls Pate in History.
1857 The first SulpiciAns arrived
Canada.
175? Crown Point abandoned bv the
French on the approach of the British.
1773 The city of Oautemali laid In
ruins by an earthquake and tha erup
tion of a volcano.
1004 The New Tork State Poclety of
the Cincinnati decide! to erect a mon
ument to Alexander Hamilton.
15 Robert Alexander Schnp-iann,
composer, dlml Bom June 8, 1M0
170 Benjamin Nathan, a w-alth
Hebrew cltlsen of New York. fnHmd mii'.
dered In his home; the mystery of the
crime n'Tfr solved.
1M4 -The lrnreiist Federation flf
O-est Britain and her colonics formed
In Ionrlon.
Flnsl fitting of the peace con
ference at The Hague.
cl,vrk of ire n the pori
"Wt are you 4otr that for?"
jjried the summer boarder
"That's t seep th' prsky il-xki from
layin' hrd- 'led effs," srtwered tts
rurai pnuosopr.er.
tlon of Ms InMtlatrte ambl'ton " Bah
Let Harper's wmil and (mash-Its teh
sd1 froth at ' n mowth. It merely
am rises vs With ihe not Km that the
or-ee mr4t wsr-tt wklv b deran-
jerate4 Inte an epileptic a ptavthltuj.
Reform Moremmt,
From the Chlcsaro News.
Tha milkman nsd brn brought tu
e the error of his wave.
Thomas," he said to tils assistant.
1 am oiri(r to furnish my customers
with absolutMy pire milk after this."
"SoT" $ueri-d Tbotnaa.
"That's what," continued the milk
man. Hr-a.rer we win us distilled
(er only." -
bread. it is imposs
sandwiches until the bread Is
old. When butter is ncctssary butter
the loaf, not tho slice, cutting thin
after buttering. Cut off nil crusts. A
tasty bit to accompany these sanil-
iclies is Cottage cheese, which should
be creamy as ice cream. i'ut the pun
of bonnyclabber over a kettle of boiling
water nnd let It slay there only until
piping hot und clear. Pour Into a fine
rollander to drain, nnd when cool
enough to handle put Into a linen cloth
and squeeze out the sour milk. While
still warm mix in a howl with season
ing to taste, with butter, salt and I h h
cream to reduce It to a cream v consist
ency. Put into a mold and set on b-(.
to get cold and you have a dish fit for
a jueen
A refreshing dish for a hot evening
is made of sliced orange"., banshas nml
pineapple, thickly powdered with su
gar and kept ail dav in the refriger
ator Serve with whipped cream :-i
another dainty dish Is coffee J 1 1 - .
made with gelatin. Pmir into a iiv! 1,
and when you wish to serve it turn
out on small platter. Make a "reiM
of sliced bananas nlKiut the ! Ily and
pour whipped cream over nil
One of tiie most Inviting a." n;npa p i -ments
to a tea is a dial; of littl. ha"
so covered with pondered sugar to
loofc like snow, which is nothing -
nice cruller dough cut with a small
round cutter, boilej very ipilckiy in
boiling fat nnd rolled In powdered su
gar Handle ss little as possible.
Pond lily eiiad Take six rrlp
leaves of jrtfice and six hard-boiled
eggs, peel egs and cut lengthwls Into
eighths. pinec the strips on lettuce
leaf t.i form a lily, then grat yo!k
through strainer for heart of lilv and
put a tablespoon' ul of mayonnaise in
each.
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The Daily Mono.
DREAKFAST
Raspberrtea snd Cream with Ci rasw
Poached; Krs on TohfU
Co tree
LT'NCHKOV
Tomsto Soup. rotato Rulad
Currant Loaf. Pis'-k Cap Jm.
Bananas cd Tea.
MNNKR
Baked Halibut. CresmM New Potatoes.
Green Pepr-cr He lad
Bnecotash. Ottige Pudding.
placfc Coffe
A Big Contract.-
Merchant ril rive you a position s
rlerk to start with and psv roi wst
you are worth. Is that satisfactory? -
Applicant Oh. perfectly; hot er do
roo think the firm can afford It? Il
lustrated Bit
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