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mm mi "! i ii .7-...j.' win- EDITORIAL FAGE OP THE JOURNAL THE JOURNAL AN INIlKI'KNPKNT KEWSI'll'tK C . JACK HON. hllalier PsMlehi-il eaerf eenlii leieept Munitaf) Tir nii(l nitrlilujc al 1 J 'irnl lull'1 Inf. Flfln and 1 anthill streets. ISi-Haml. r. Entered at the poe turtles at Portland r . f..r tranamlealnn throuih the nialla aa arr..u.1 clnaa matter TKITPIIONFH - MAIN TITS lli'Mi:. A rlc"! All aial-1iieiita r.a.lo.1 t.T thraa n I". fell tbe "rtor tti dep. rt men u eut. r.aal Kids of fl.-e. II iu . K..( - WATEk TRANSPORTATION THE CONTROLLING INFLUENCE OVER RATES bniall Change JthV I'.m kcr Is s.ife In discussing the tariff. ' rORICION APTrilTISI'l BI I'KrfKNTATIVK fVreeland Benjamin e. Il A'1rH'h. ""'v nnina.- Hnll.tlnv i!"-- lift. N'w Jerk; nadis !.. Huilitinir Buriarr1r.tl..n Term hr null er I.. -o a.Mreea In (ha Inlud si !- ( .0,1. .1a or Mni.o. imi.v. On year .t ,in Ore month M NPAV. Otia rear 12 v - One month -20 PAM.Y AM' fTNPAT. Ou roar 1 7 S" na month I .M w ATKft transportation, or thi I niak Portland the Rri'iit ilb-tilt'iit Every man with an Income of 500 n vpnr Is by nature a conservative. Disraeli. M SFXTAX Amu r n.VMTD. AFTER his walk, unaccomnanied by a guard, on the streets of his capital, the startled world would be pleased to know what are the feelings of Abdul Hainltl, aultau of Turkey. For 30 years he has been scarcely more than a prisoner tn his own palace. He dared not lift his hand In any for ei(tn policy for fear the powers, sit ting about his borders, would inter vene. He dared not venture tin guarded from his palace, because a mih1ct mieht cut his throat. He dared not touch his food until a ser rant had first partaken of it, because It mltrht be poisoned. We have it from Homer Davenport that the only picture of Abdul Hamld's fea ture was that drawn by the Oregon artist from memory after an au dience with the Imprisoned sultan Abdul Hamid became suKan In troubleous times, after both hla un - Cle and elder brother had perished within three months in attempts to tule Turkey. He saved his sover elgnshlp then, as he saved it the other day, by granting a constitu tion. His parliament and bis Vn etitntlon of that time, 1877. were in existence a few months, when, hav ing served their purpose, both disap peared. Their purpose then, as now, was to quiet -a revolution, and lessen the menace of Abdul Hamld's assas Blnatlon. The parliament held two cessions, one in March, and the other In December, 1871. Because the former experiment eerved him so' well, Abdul Hamid has granted the new constitution. It was that act that gave him the priv ilege of an unguarded walk in the , streets of his capital. What purpose "'it may serve In the hands of the Young Turk is problematical. It prepared bim for 30 years of abso lutism before, and may not have other effect this time. If he profits by his opportunity, and studies free government more ftnd throat cutting Joss his constitution and new priv ileges may endure. After Abdul Hamid, Its chief peril is the Young Turk's own Insanity, and the Bour bon hatred of all change, prevalent everywhere, even In Oregon. opportunity for water trans portation always tins been, and always will be. In the long run, the determinative factor In tho establishment of commercial renters Transportation, like water, flows along, tho lines of leiixt resist ance. That line In determined by the cost of movement. New York has no natural waterway across the state, so she speniis hundreds of mil Hons to secure one. Chicago has no outlt by water to the southwest, so she is spending millions of dollars to build one to a connection with tho Mississippi. It is hot that these cities and sections have not rail lines between the same points covered by the rftrftals, but the never-rndiug struggle for commercial supremacy demands the use of the most poten tlal Instruments of commerce if that supremacy is to be retained. Neither Is It necessary that the waterway should be used to such an extent that It rivals the rail carrier In the volume of business, in order to set In motion its power as a reg ulator both of rates and facilities. Potential competition Is often as ef fective as actual competition. Every one knows that the transcontinental rates to Pacific coast points are ab Folutely fixed by the ocean compe tition. It is self evident that the rate to this coast from eastern points can not exceed a rate that would make it profitable to ship by water, yet by far the larger portion of the ship ments go by rail. The rates from Portland to the sound are fixed by the possibility of a water line, and from 8an Francisco to Portland by actual competition. This principle will apply in the same way to transportation within the state when the rivers are open. It is the working of this inexorable law of transportation that must I 'I'll.- IK phi wimt no reactionary now Why Mil spiders that catch files and du no Imi in .' 'W'liuti.'i-v !.e a t wo It ill r k miui soweth. that shall P.ukiT u;imhn1 tho campaign, but It ill.l n t Inn i mum. a e perhaps .Mr Fairbanks ha lot hla Intel c.-.l In politics. a a Punishing tho Mot machine didn't ruin tho I.iv7i, el 1 1 1 e r. a a "t;ett!ug only coma by doing, says sm . 1 unrig others, aortietlraes. a 'I'll re l.i J. ist one way to atop apoon :ni; l-i r-iirlvs, that la to abolish tho l.ii ka. T1-" klnR of Spain haa quarreled with h triothi r-ln-law. Over tha baby, of urM ing renter of the northwest. It H not theoretical or vlnlonary. Willi the opening of the Cascade locks, freight rutes to Tho Dalles were more than cut in half. With th abolition of toll at the Oregon City locks, automatically the rarvs will fall. With tho opening of the Co lumbia, and not Improbably before, (now that the work is assured), rates will bo lowered. Indeed, at any time a reduction of rates to and from Interior points in the Columbia river bnsln may bo expected. Tho development of this menns of transportation Is not insisted on through any spirit of antagonism to the rail lines, but In response to th laws of. growth and commerce. Cit ies, , like individuals, must. If they would grow and expand, seize and exploit every opportunity to aid in their growth and expansion. It is not to be expected that the rail lines will view with satisfaction the intro duction of a factor In the transporta tion business that will Inevitably control rates. They do not meet water competition because tbey want to, but because they must. Can It be doubted that If the Columbia, Snake and Willamette rivers were free and open to navigation, they would be the controlling Influences In the rate situation In the northwest? Ts there nny place which has a more profound interest in this question than Port land? However much we may 'disagree on otner tniriKS. upon me one pre- A -Washington frult-ROSw-pr has dnrnlnnnt tsim nf sjifo harbors and nnste,! un t lm rollnwlritr nntloft: Cher No!. -i.lv aema to be peculating; on t lie ahmot of Debs or Chatln or Watson or itraist. a a A New York town haa voted to own Itn w-iiti-r wKjon. Isn't this a dangerous Innovation ot crazy people? a a The Wonilhurn Independent save Hiynii pxpt-ctH aoine support from th )(.. iv.-llU-i- croj. This will be news to Hrvan. a I'tthrr thw Republicans ar a little ?.--ir..! or are ir. ending to be scared. An .itfr.-to.l si-are sometimes proJucea rampaiKn funds. a a It Is very little Interest that tho coun try will dike In J. Schoolcraft Sher mjin'.H t-j.t'1-ch of acceptance. And yet he may lie president. a If Ko.-kefeller were running for rreai ft. nt on the Kepuhlioan ticket a lot of the urcsns would support him Just tho saiin- hi they !o Tail. a A S.-ilern woman tilled for a divorce partly on the around that hu did not il.aiiKt lis shirt for a month. Hut If si.e h id to wash his bhirts, didn't that s.ie l.er work. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE I.atti-ra to The Journal abonld la written on olio alilo of ilia ht only, aiul annum h,. m i'illulilt'il l.y the uinin anil a.Mreaa ot ttio urlter 'Hi naiua nlll not he u, t if the wilier alt thai It l, withheld. Ilia Journal la uot to ua y 1.t.i.m1 m liid iialuK ma n. or atMtemeiiti of rorreatiotMeiil. U'lttira atioel.l la urn. In aa brief aa -m1dI. Th.a w ho i:i their luttera loturncil when not uard auoul.t In clitaa Hii.tHNe. It Aii I euld already. It la up to the people of r-Km t'i decluro In a poult he inamier whether or not they are i.ndy to surrender up their rlht to a o. e In the lejjialMllon under Willi ll they haw to live and b Koieineil. 'I'li.i peoplo of Ormnn In en(lnient. a rule, ine liemoerallo, wia demon strated by tlmlr vnlm on the questions and billa retered to them at the late elerii iii. ami thU la another time which leipilreM non-parltNan action, evetf- If It h.o in be vlone throujeh parllan chan in I i W hile, there are candidates In v. In in 1 have more confidence than In Mr lliyan and while I believe that Mr. llian iuia hedged on home thlnRH where he should iit. yet be has always in his . .i i ... i I,...l uuu. yiujumiuun uiai mis Kovern.iient aim ,., ,,,,, .r.v declared foreleet- irranooiidrnta are notified that let (era inu ooo w. tkn of Lha aUllor, bo est down to thai limit ewiilng (-d In leua-lh muf. at the ilt. r.- Conflict of the IVojile. Hood Itlver, Or., Aug. 7. To tho Al itor of The Journal To a superf d ial observer It appears to bo a nelf-uvldeut Vie REALM - I -fFEMlflE I Its Institutions are In a transition stale. in a crisis; that an aristocracy and pi datory wealth are In control, that rei reeentatlve government with an lm ntenae patronafc-a ui appolntlnK powa navigable waterways, we Fhoiihl stand as a unit. Nature has se hr seal of approval at the Junction of the rivers as the place for the city of the northwest. To that point, by water and by rail, commerce will naturally flow, and hero will even tually bo the Rreat clearing house of the coast. ly ft Is exceedingly friendly to Mr. Harrlman. In everything that he does, or does not, he Is Just right. This may possibly explain Its sudden conversion to the theory that rivers and canals as means of transporta tion are valueless. This looks like an opinion hot from Harrlman head quarters. Or possibly the Oregonian Is Just knocking Portland and Ore gon on general principles, and out of spite against the primary law, the Initiative and referendum, Statement No. 1 and the decline and fall of the political bosses and machines. It probably thinks unnavlgable rivers and monopoly railroads or no rail roads are good enough for "the fool of the family." THE GOOD ROAD8 CONVENTION F RAILROADS AND WATERWATS. THE Pendleton Tribune says that it "cannot quite understand the apparent position of the Ore gonian that railroad transpor tation In this country has reached or 1a about to reach that state of ef ficiency where it has or will practical ly supersede transportation by water, and that the latter will be de serted for the lack of ability to com pete with the more rapid transit af forded by the railroads"; and de clares that, on the contrary, "there has been no time within the history ot the United States when there was such widespread recognition of the value of water transportation and the desirability of Improving our waterways." The Tribune perceives that "If the position taken by the Oregonian be true, then it follows that the work of constructing the canal and locks at . Celllo had better be abandoned be fore any further expense Is Incurred at that point." And It follows, aa the Tribune says, that If boats can not compete with railroads, if the whole commercial world has been mistaken all these years, then there Is no need whatever of open rivers; to Improve rivers and make canals would be a mere waste of money Quite appropriately, the Tribune aFk: "If boats cannot hold their c.wn In opposition to railroads, why should the improvement of the Co luniht'a river be carried br-yond the Inside of the bar at Its mouth''" There u!'i of course, i . n the Oreponlan's tbemi, , no i srii.w for improve ment of the Columbia above Astoria. The Per.dle'nn paper thinks that th OrpK'j.-iin's position is "directly j TOh(t BKainni ir,e mmni ri'isi interests or Portland, of the great Inland Em pire, and In direct line with the nr rnmcnt advanced by Astoria for the past SO years against the alleged wast of monay la ltnpro-rltn the Co lombia liver farther up Hi course thai to that rUy." This ts sndooM d'.y trn. and Portland commer cially, wnuM not be entitled to . amooat to asy more than Sakrn or VaBcoavajr. It the rivers are to be abaadoaed, then Portland might as well glv p It commercial protru sions. Tb Jooraal does not understand tta Orffoalaa's position either, li.oujh ft la ta fc ebsarrsd that late- EW If any meetings of any kind have been held in this city that were of more importance than the good roads meeting that will take place tomorrow. Its re suits should be of great benefit to this state. Scarcely any subject af fecting the interests of all the people is of so much importance or deserves more favorable consideration and cordial support than this. On many occasions The Journal has pointed out the great practical value of good roads, and it should not be necessary to go over the ground here again. Suffice to say that in ways easily perceived and apprehended, good roads, in any community considerably settled far more than pay their cost. They in crease the value of every acre of neighboring land, they reduce the cost of marketing crops, they en courage immigration and invest ment, they make work more profit able and life more enjoyable. All this is getting to be pretty well understood. People everywhere have awakened to this truth. The question now is not so much one of education on the Importance and value of good roads as one of ways and means, of the best method of getting them. On this question, of direct, Important Interest to every property-owner, both In the country and in the city, there will be Instruc tive and enlightening discussion at this meeting. The best thought of the best Informed men of the sta3 on this subject will be presented. and thCeS expressions ought to lu lege as evidence that manufacture of cement here was feasible. The extraordinary Increase In the ufe of cement, together with the character of the men behind this new undertaking, Is assurance that the enterprise will bo successful. The material is fast passing into many uses in -which It is supplanting wood for structural purposes. Its re sistance to fire Is one of the mar vels of its usefulness. Tests made In Rhode Island last year under the most exacting circumstances seemed to establish tho fact that It is prac tically lndestructablo In any ordin ary conflagration. It was the one material that most successfully re sisted fire and quake in the San Francisco disaster. The experiences there were such that reinforced con crete is now the most widely used of all materials In building the new Oolden Gate city. Fence posts, dams, bridges and many other things of use are made of it, and the wide va riety of utilities Into which it will ul timately pass, is unguessable. The cost of manufacture as given by government reports, ranges from 90 cents, to $1.10, though it is known that the cost at tho factories west of the liockles Is considerably above this figure, approximating, if not in some instances passing, $1.30. In Portland the cost will be greater, due to the longiaul for raw materials. Kecent statistics place tho amount of cement manufactured in this coun try at 50.000,000 barrels a year. though it is probable that In 1907 this aggregate was somewhat exceed ed. A most significant circumstance In connection with the Portland en terprise is that Portland cement was the largest item in the Imports brought into this city during the past year. An Oregonian down In California Is telling what a great vote Mr. Hearst's candidate Is going to get in Oregon This kind of talk is of the f Ilea pest variety, and should be val ued accordingly. Mr. Hearst's man will get a few votes in Oregon, no doubt, but not what might correct ly bo called many. rtes all Ki.no. No ufO to tear your paati climbing thp.iierh tho barbed-wire fen.-n until tho pears are ripe." a An eastern Oregon purer reprints the "Small i'iaine" without credit, to wiii.-h there 1m no nhieetlon. hut heads ll 'Vornt'i.l Philosophy." This phil osopher don't feed on corn not enough to count. a a A I'allns man tells The Itemlzer that "If Kiilph Williams was only out of bin way there, would be no trouble In Hi van carrying ureKon In the next elec tion. AVhat an exceedingly Influential man Mr. Willlamn must be. , a Thank the powers! Men who think It would be a disgrace -to pay less than 3S cents for a haircut win not na com pellod to do bo. There are Btlll 10 shops In Portland -where a man qan got his hair trimmed at a respectable prce. a No,, sir, Mr. Portland Journal, a Re publican cannot nor will not vote for Mr. Jtryan. Neither did any Republi can vdIh for Chamberlain for senator. Pendleton Tribune. Then tho number of Republicans Is very rapidly decreas ing. At this rata they will soon be In the minority. a a She thought sne loved the young man well enough to marry him, but her parents objected, and he urgod her to run away with him. She was pretty suro she would not do ttiat but did not want to tell him so positively, and so said she would fend him an ansnpr tho next day. Then he re ceived a nice little cantaloupe. a Riding In a covered wogan drawn by two horses with banners decorfttlng each of them declaring that A. . 1-aw- cett of Trtconia, is a candidate before the Republican primaries ior Jiouten-nnt-govornor, the aspiring politician, Mrs. Fawcett, his two daughters and his son aro traveling through Washing ton. The girls sing, tho boy declaims "T.lecoH." the wife and mother smiles and chats pleasantly, and bo everybody works but father and maybe he works too. Oregon Sidelights There will be a good many hops djut what's the use? a a Malheur county man claims ha can make tlOu an acio off his alfalfa. a a Oray Bijulrrels are doing considerable damage to young trees In Polk county. Senator Oliver nf Union county will try next winter to get another atate college, at Union. At SO cents, a little shortage In the wheat crop east of the mountains can be easily Indorsed. Some of the Tillamook county dairy men's barns are not large enough to hold the bumper hay crop. The fallacy of the effect of water competition to any point, except from "Portland to the Sea" has boon s thoroughly exposed by the Ore- read and pondered by every citizen, j gonlan that Congressman Hawley It 1b necessary to move forward lr this matter, somehow, and It Is Im portant to move unitedly, har moniously, the state and each county cooperating, and every town 'and pre cinct being rtady and willing to do its part. Tbe best brains available should formulate a law, or a code, on this subject, and th nxl legisla ture should enact it. It i high time that Oregon made a detisne advance movement in the matter of good will doubtless withdraw his bill for the acquisition of the locks at Ore gon City by the government. Now that we have two railroads down the Columbia, according to the Oregonian the locks at the Cascades should be closed and the riverturned over to the stureopticon man. Our contemporary dries admit that as a 6cejilc attraction It has pome use. Thaw has no doubt been the vic tim of various vampires, legal, ei- Some one carelessly threw away a lighted cigar or match, and 400 cords of wood were burned at Odell. a a Tho Cnndnn Times claims to have a subscriber In Hongkong, another In Cal cutta, and one In Klelballymackashna k een. a It is asserted that the average as- B,s,e.l vaiuo of land In latsop county la JD while thet of Tillamook, Just south. Is 'J3. a f A Rhea, a lteppner banker, says that Morrow 'cour.lv will prodm-e only n'e.ut ofilOo'l bushels of wheat, one flftli of last years crop B-Jt farmers are nearly oil out of debt. a a Despite the dry season, alleged crop shortage and prohibition, the July Misi r ess for Pendleton postoffiee Is 1247.59 ahevl of the business transacted by the office durtnfr-vtbe month of July, 1907. a A r,la.ioir Mont , mn-n who recently ptircha-od six vearllng Ramboullct rams from tbe C-inninebe-m Sheep & Iand enranv of Umatilla county shipped them by enprefs. pnyir.f at the ra'e of in rents per pound or 116 per head for the shipment. a I .a r;rand Chsmrr: The reports f r. m the harvest fields so fur do not indicate uiv danger cf a famine. There are u great many farmers who win have more wheat tn"t.iy than tbxy bad last year, when It ai nr heralded far an 1 near as a bumper crop placed In the hands of the executive with implied constniotlvo legislutho functions assumed by the Judiciary seotn to be a failure. it Is now up to the paoplatha com mon herd, to come forward as tbey did during colonial times and ante, helium days and correct the evils from whh-h wo suffer, or complacently to sit and submit to a condition, and omu esslou and quasi porvltude and slavery minus trie assumed right and custom of own ership and property rights of the bodies as of old of the persons actually engaged In productive and distributive inousiry. Tho conflict Is on. Tho question Is whether a pure democracy shall bo es tablished or our present plutocra.-y shall continue and our civilization per ish. The issues are made up and the clans aro gathering for the fray of the ballots which will In a degreo de lerminoi which shall prevail. Tho cham pion is nanjied of strong government. exclusive and centralized, conducted hy and for th few and rich by (lie lineal defendants of the torles of revo lutionary times, of those who built blue lights on the banks of tho i onnectl cut. and of the dlsunlonlsts that com posed the Hartford convention or . the nuiiiners or Houtn Carolina. These people are In control and pro pose to continue In control and condu.-t affairs of state In the interest of their net or class. They have presented to i no people aa their exponent of special privilege and their champion, W. H. raft, a man whoso wholn life and edu cation hus bean identified with private corporations and whose immense for tune has been accumulated by the meth ods of encroachments by prlvaLo cor porations through consolidation of tin) products of the thrift and labor of those engaged In productive and dis tributive Industry. This process dates hack to the panic or lsiw along through tile speculative periods during the Civil war, tnrougn the cre-uit strengthening art of 1867-03, the demonetization of silver in 1S7.S, tho repeal of the Hland. Allison and Sherman law In lsf3. There has not been a simple act of legisla tion nor rule of courts In the Interest of capital and accumulation of the very rich with which be has not been close ly Identified and benefited during the last half century. Wbon tho trusts and transportation interests wanted a "safe and sane" man Identified with their interests he was placed on the federal bench, whore as every working man knows who bus kept himself Informed, he served the "Inter ests" well and faithfully, which aroused the pplrit of hate and envy In the bosom of every Independent, self-respecting and well-informed man engaged In pro ductive and distributive labor. Dur ing this transition period, from tho strong centralized system of plutocratic government toward pure democracy, after Oregon bad adopted the system of direct legislation through tho initiative and referendum and the nearest possi ble approximation to electing United States senator by direct vote of the people without nn amendment to the federal constitution, and after other states had begun to Inquire and Imi tate Oregon, the 'Interests." nlufocrafs. trusts and professional politicians ( com mon enemies of mankind) began to seek for some person to combat the Ideas of purg democracy. Wall street opera tors, to doubly astntre themselves that their prospective candidates for presl- cent could be trusted, sent Mr. Tuft into Oklahoma to oppose the adoption of their constitution because they had embodied In their organic law the plan of direct legislation through the Initia tive and referendum, and prohibition of the liquor traffic, a clause which In creased the hatred of Mr. Taft for the utianoma constitution tipcuiso It was against the business interest of U..-o of bis bosom pollll.-al friends, Ilwa George H Cox of Cincinnati and Coor.ey Born of Columbus. Ohio. These questions are up for settlement find the vot-s of the peojde will indicate what public opinion is. They are not party or partisan I i.-'-stions but questions of principle, ef fecting the rights and liberties of the people, especially us of the ronimor. herd, who are engaged In productive and distributive Industry. The Initiative and roferrndum has been attacked by a rich and powerful corporation In Oregon, and will go to the United States supreme court to he Bet aside In the Interest of private cor porations, unless the people send up an unmistakable protest from Oregon at the approaching election. Jlr. Tnft Is uncompromisingly opposed to the rule of the people. The question of electing United States senators by direct vote of the people of thw states will come up In congress and In the event of Its passage Mr. Taft will oppose It and If possible veto lug I nlied Mtaies seiiutors uy uireei ynte of the people of the-states Mr Tail's party voted down by majority of nine to one the proposition to leet I unco Hiaies senators uy poi nhir vole of the states. In short, Mr Tn ft Is opposed to tbe rule of the peo pie, or to giving them a voice In the management of the government, either aliite or national There nn ba no mistake that he has no NvnmithY In common with the work lug people further than Jhnt they be driven, ir necessary, ny tne military power, ba- k to work that dividends and Interest mav be paid on stock and bonds. It Is n matter that aoes with out helnir controverted that there tin men In the I lomot-ratio party who aie not In sympathy with, and are secretly working against Mr Hryan and desire the election of Mr. Taft for the simple reason that Mr. Mryan favors the inl- tintiv-M nnd reterendum and Mr. tan opposes 11. r or mis season i iiesun iu impress on tne minus oi iriuso wnu may read this, tne importance m mm-(i-jio action, tho laying aside of ,,oriv ureiiiniri Ann in vonnit ior nine rir.le nnd sentiment of government anil general uplifting of mankind. To ac- coinpllsn Uiis reiiuires iiniruugn iiismr iTBtlon on llns for a specific purpose, weeding out the disgruntled luke-warm office-seeker. KICKer ana aisorganiao; and going to work for a sacred prlncl- plo. Of more importance i u unit om ion enters an earnest protest and re buke to that Chicago convention that entered its unmlstaknDle protest against the election of United States senators bv the votes of 'the people than Is the disposal of all the postof flees and in ternal revenue and custom house col lectors In the entire state of Oregon or any other two states. Because that Is all there Is In the campaign for the common herd after, the election Is over If there Is no change to be made In tha system and innovations ore to be made oh what we have already done within our own borders. That ts what we are sure of If Mr. Taft is elected as a par tisan on strict party lines standing e,mtnltterl as he does against these re form measures, and against reduction of the tariff. Mr. Bryan favors tariff reduction, while personally I favor oh- soluto free trade our money Issued di rect to the people without intervention of banks by the government oasea on tho sovereignty and entire property of tho government and made absolute legal tender for all debts, public and private. tc reforms have ever beon brought about by the rich or ruling class. They have alwava originnteu wmi imu " fought out' by the Industrial and mid dle class of people who are ininiiera capable of analyzing a progressive, prop osition. , . To maintain the reputation of Oregon o o nrocresslve state in the foremost column of free government It Is neces- riuudltk for Olympians. T in lo be hoped that tho returning victors from ttie Olympic jjaaiea in Loudon are possessed of a con siderable degree of modesty, and that the hlizmhs and plaudlta of a grateful people will uot no greutly flat ter them that they lose the flue sense of proportion that keeps men niodebt and suns. To have tho whole masculine portion of thu country flinging; praises at thoir ln-ads. relisting Ihein al every stop, flinging bouquets at ihoin and crowding to eeu ihein ut every step, their homo coming already promises to resemble a Dewey celebration at Its height, but when la added to this the plaudits of thr women, processions of maidens In their honor, flowers and incense and flattery of women at every turn, and. aa has been HUKesteil,. a triumphal entry Into their home city with maidens dragging their carriage. It will lake a sober common sense, that is not com mon at all, to keep them from losing their heads and fancying themselves the saviors of society. Who la grudging them their just praise? Not J. tjurely they did some thing for their country, preserved her name among the nations as a breeder of strong men, hurdy, clean. muscular. That Oregon furnished three men who made brilliant records puts her high among her sistr-r slates In these quali ties. But when it comes to asking young women lo march in processions In their honor, to draw their cairiaKes and to ci nun them with laurels, there is a sense of outrtfgod womanliness that blda agalnst It. sary to got to worg so mat us iu ..nf v, felt In the future as It has In the recent pant and present, by a thorough organization In defense of our most cherished principle dlroe legislation and tho election of the cham pion of that principle. This must be done bv a precinct and schoolhouse campaign and by conscripting every man who holds principle higher than partv. There are six candidates Tor president of the United States this year, five of them favorable to direct legis lation, against one who opposes the i.i,i.,h. r,H referendum and stands comrnlttod against It as pronouncing t "impractical, visionary and unconsti tutional." For proof of thut fapt lust turn to his campaign In Oklahoma against the adoption of their constitu tion CIUH1.IE PAVIDSON, "The Carriage Painter. Who Is Responsible? Portland, Aug. 8. To tho Editor of The Journal Vernon schoolhouse Is ,,..., ,,,.i..,i tw p-reat masses of brush and grass, the former in places higher - mun en renrn un miinoiw,, cigarette or clg-.ir stump, a match dropped or a spark of any sort Is likely to start a conflagration any minute now that tnn men roii 1 e) not extinguish until a ..i.. i,i miV.Hr hiilldinr and sevoral homes went to the bad. Whoso duty ic I in look after this? Haji a citizen got to lay off a week and be chased like a beggar from one haughty or Indifferent city official to another while tins rireirap i-inium m enn.inoni wind a temptation to de praved bovs and a menaco to the entire 1 - . . -. C3Un..l V.I 1, surrounding property oimui'i graceful condition continue for a few weeks more we will ;be likely to hear of a catastrophe, a bbrror. a holocaust, that will advertise Portland far and wide. School will be opened soon, will the rag-chewing; bunch of papsucking politicians with the proper label over the doors get a wiggle on them, or is there some graft In It for somebody? AVhat la the reason the brush and trash is not removed from the Vernon srhool block? VERNOVITE. The returning victors In the olden days of (liee. e. after the guiues held in honor of Zeus, were welcomed by women as well ns men, walked over flowers srattored by gentle liialdena, raeard choruses of praise from maiden lips. But these things were In a tlmo and an. qtfe very different from our own. ine games in loose uays uiui u. religious significance. Those were tho days of an apotheosis of physical per- toctlon, a whole-hearted. Joyous, pagan love, of life and of bodily, earthly traits. To endeavor to Import this spirit bodily, into our nineteenth century times. Is a solecism. It does not tit. It Is so plainly an Importation, a thing lugged in. that our sense of proportion and illness is upset. The maidens ana the women or (Jreei-8 had no such difficulty to meet. It wus eminently nt, proper and spon taneous, for tliem to greet their victors with songs, to dance before them In their honor, to weave them with gar lands. But however mu h you regret the passing of those Joyous days when to live was all that was asked of peo ple, to be joyous was the oxepresslon of an unstudied nature, when'siu-h sing-Ion- snd shouting were ns spontaneous as a child's, the fact remains that In our day these things would be accom panied bv a sense oi uniuness. oy a re linking thought of impropriety; would. In fact, bo unnatural, premeditated, un timely, Illogical. And If such things cannot bo done whole nearteuiy iney would better be left undone. If our shoutings and hurrahlngs lack tho beauty of whole heartedii'-ss and spon taneous Joy. they mean nothing and are better left unsaid. There should be no complaint in T'ma- llUa-" T . A Mr. Cohen will go to Heppner today and take an inventory of crop condl- Medfeird Tribune With the awajten- , -, , , v. . , n -,. lr, colTneliaiei"reH..irt.i.ii'-ii.n. KXTKKPIUSF THAT SIHH l.n UK ! pert meaicai. ami ..me,.. ... -,ril rr, ,:T nothing of the near nitip rrvmure t;.er i. EXCOl R.(.EI. It poaaibi 11 ; lea. an awakening Umatilla Wheat. From the Pendleton Tribune. "What amazes me." said TI. H Cohen the commercial editor of Tbe Portland Hons In 'be sister county. Journal, to a Tribune representative yesterday evening, "Is that there should be any growling among the farmers of Umatilla county. I have been all over Ollllam county and parts of other sec tions of eastern Oregon and found con ditions In many of them w'o re t!, r w.-ls real ground for complain'., ' b-.it as soon as I 1 ft Pendleton going -to ward Walla Walla all this changed and everything looked bright. The prospect immediately took on a different c.-J-ir and crops ail the way across Lmatil.a eounty and In the Walla Waiia country are what I call splendid. "The people in I'matlHa county who are In the dumps ahout the wheat croo. If there are any such, should be s topped In Bome wav from giving fur ther expression to their pessimism for there is not a finer country lving out of doors than this. There Is nothing at I T IS a source of F-alisfartlon to The Journal that Portland Is to hare a rreat plant for the man ufacture of Portland cement. In aaerle ot editorial article two yean ago this newspaper pointed out that Oregon was wasting millions of money In Importing Iron Germany and England thousand! of tons of cement. whll the bad within her own borders, all the materials for its ntasaf act ore. It exploited Informa tion gained from tta of material . mad at th Oregoa Agricultural col- a .,m iViot bu the miaeraMe condition of !' highway. r.veij u, anu n , , , . f. r bttr1r- them. attemnted escape into bankruptcy I xb rr.eetlrg at Portland will s:art the was entirely Justified. belt r.diirc la .rlt"ilrf to rsr "-ef!utt- O.-o',... out ' I al to nr -,- r.f rr o.le--' means ho fO Prohibition Candidate Chapln In' of '-ud'. io--i n-t.:-- 0,-0.,, out , ,, , rn"! for wiTh eirrv train com lncere and enthusiastic a 'ater; ,, rT.,n r,f ,;,(, rr;t ir.A man that he got into too de-op waier and came near drowning Reform en are prone to run to extremes. Perhapa Mr. Taft U shrewdly try ing to kill two birds with one stone, aa the saying ! S5d ,oc vacation and at the name time make Virginia a donbtful itata. ron.o to t.ulM rorr.ea rrome aur- atAntial fsz-trr-ii tn the city aclivlitles. ay th Rrt'r With ort 4ffe" srfl t r"a pend ing their lirrr.fi ak'jartrd at Hfod River It ts not (lfn-'ilt tn estimate the arp'e rmpa the fu'er. says the Glrir At the rrodet etlmt nf fur rxriea to tbe tm. tn fixe Taara. the, crntpvt wUJ reach Wea. or la th all tbe matter with their wheat It I good in quality and the vleld. con sidering the season, is real'y phenom enal 1 was struik with the evenness of It everywhere In the Ada ms-A t hrnn -Weston country. The tops of the heads look like they l.nd been shaved off a certiln distinre from the ground w-ith a grader. The strnw is sh-'rter than ustial on nrrour.t of the dry weather, but the heds are r.l right "And I Intend to eounterart In my report, so far ax I ran, the news sent hruadrast to the effect that there Is a vast amnunt of smut In the wheat this ytr. enough to materially damage Its aiue This is rot rorre-t To ba sure, tUere Is som m-:t bij t the extent of It and tb effort on the quall'y of th? wbrst Is being uaed by some of tne buyers to dimmish th prlre In order to'nflve the different r.f the 'dork' This is wholly ur.lair and the farmers axe 'rttm- onto' th rropoeltlon. "The rrfpa In Wails. Wajla r aiai of fine qiml'tv. though somewhat cut down lr, t1H. Hut sorr fields. like trot Ii Trr.stir.s. up to the high est njo'rh .me man in tf.e foothills a fw mliea from aila Walla hsa a field nf I0'1 an-Tas aihleh , u produced this vri r an avefas-a of (4 buhe! to the a-r., whlrh abonld at1fy tbe a vera man In aa iTarara Mnn I have ru!r bt atirprlad at what I have a-n when coraldarlna the re ports I hT read of the ahnrta' nf wheal ani tha injured quality of the grain. The total amunt rteej will, of cr. be tO"w thai areras; but th aa-arrerat will be lrrrrians, tie oualitr U first cUaa a-od U" price. 'tluL.' Jfc-ar Admiral Clark's Birthday. Itear Admiral Charles E. Clark, TT. S. N , retired, was born August 10, lM.t, In the town of Pradford, Vt.. and entered the United States Naval acad emy In lS'iO Puring- the closing years of the Civil war he was attached to 11' ninbnlnff ,nllM,lnn . , v. a M..V..I.. , .1. nrenared bv this recipe parueipaieu Ul ine -"''i''"3 '.:,.,' .' , ,,(, ,',.. ted In th,. Tho whole country rose spontane ously, but a few years ago, to honor Lewey: oblations were pouitd, flowers showered, praises nnt the air. Thtro was the most whole hearted rapture In that welcome that any man of modern days has aroused. And Dorore me shoutings had ceased, there was a wave nf reaction, of self consciousness, of outraged propriety that turned the whole to mockerv. The fact Is that something, call It over-olvlllzat on. culture, commercial ism what you will--something sits noon our stdrlts. In these days that re bukes the whole hesrted freedom of utterance that was natural, wholesome and proper In earlier days of the world's lristorv. Perhaps our self-eon- sriousnefl.i. our reDresslon. is too heavy a price to pay for our little advance In the arts ana sciences mm is us you think. But the fact remains that we are of our day, that the conventions hedco us In. that, we cannot throw re sponsibility to tbe ninds and be chil dren again. And ir we cannot give om selves without this feeling of restriction to such demonstrations. let us be honest mmiirh to admit If. nnd to t.e what we sra, without nffrctatton. without mock- try and without restraint. C C It For the Vegetarian Lunchron. VEGETARIAN luncheon packets, con taining biscuits, nut, fruits, etc, are the newest idea for Jaded busi ness men and business women In Lon don. These luncheon packets are being sent- nut to business establishments. Even meat eaters, It is understood, are showing a desire to give inese luncn eon packets a trial in summer, as it is believed the vegetarian luncheon keeps the blood cool and stimulates the brain, whereas meat luncheons, cause listless ness. tt It H Cold Meat Loaf. VOID warm hashes In eummer, and hav in tholr place a meat loaf that can be served cold." writes Christine Terhune Merrick In Woman's Home Companion. "Chop your remnants of steak or roast fine., mix with them one third as much col 1 boiled bam or tongue, season well, and add a couple of raw egg.-, bea'.-n liu-lit If rather dry. moisten wnn gi.-ny or sum . turn into a greased i:i"ld with plain sides, cover, set In a luiKing pan nun hot water about It. and bake for .111 hour. This loaf may also made with raw beef, but then it must cook for two hours. Let It get very cold before turning out. and slice. Veal loaf may mil even "A1 l.,iv and the bombardment of r ort Alor gan His subsequent promotions were t.. master In ISi'b, lieutenant In lrf.7. 1 leu t enan t-eommander In 1S68, com mander In 18S1, captain In 1869, and r.ar admiral in l'.02. Early In 1S9S he was ordered to the command of thu battleship Oregon Just built at San Francisco. He left Ban FTanclseo In March with Lb" battleship Oregon, and arrived with hir at Key Wes'. Fla , a distance of 14.000 miles. May ifi. lSCo. In time to take part In the naval battle of Santiago. Tr.ls cruise of the Oregon was unprecedented for speed with a battleship, nnd has taken a prominent place In navsl annals. Thia Date In History. 13 Eaj-l of Douglas killed and 'Hotpur ' taken prisoner at battle of Otter!, urn 17;.3 Edmund Randolph, first at tnrntj -gener-.l nf the United Htatea. brn In Williamsburg. Va. Died In Virginia. Feptember 18. I'll. I'll Jay Cooke, eminent Ajnarlcan financier, born in psnduskv, Ohio. Died In Philadelphia, February 1. 105 1M" -The prince of Wales visited Carlot tetnw 11. P E. I I Ml- Oeneral Lynn killed at the bat tle of Wilson's Creek. Mo. lr4 Twelve persons killed by an xr'"'rd'1n cn the steamer "Racine" In Dak Erie 1 00 Robert Kingaton pnott. ea-aov-mnr nf frViuth Carolina, died 1SP4 Genrre CI Veal United "ts'es e-enator trem Mlasorirl. died. Born De cember . 1J0. same mannnr. " he m iln point to t borne In mind Is tbe seasoning. He care ful that this is well done and ou will have a popular dish." k k r The Daily Mcnn. BREAKFAST. Fresh Plums. Cereal Cream. Minced Tongue on Toast. Cream Gravy. Coffee IXNCHEi N. Raked Tomatoes Cheese Fonda. Nut Putter Hindwlcl.es Ripe Olives. Stewed Blackberries Cookies. Tea. DINNER. Celerv Soup Cold P.onst Iteet. Horseradish. Fried Y.gg Plant l.eipjof. Mayonnaise. Apricot Puddti.g .lelly Cake. Ulack Coffee Real Canae of Factional Trembles. From the.Peaside RIsmaL Tha OreBTTilan nevr tlrea of sonld Ir.g and roasting- those wba subscribed to Statement No. 1. earing. "We told t r em what wmjld happen, and now e-e what a predicament tbey sra la." and pi on. The Oreron'an ts the euee . of four fifth of that factional trochlea of Ue Republic party ta this tat. The Spider and tho Fly. From the Phlla-delpbia Press. In the long warfare betea the 3piderand the flv. the latter has hj-1 the housealfe for Its ajUlliarV aud friend. The flies he tTr tcrerated. even fed and nurtured, while the spiders an- their webs have beao rutrtiesaly de atroyed This unremitting and unrelent ing war against It keeps the spid'r population down, while the f'is in crease and multiply bv the millions end tens of millions, almost unrrrV-d Tb spider is u1t and Ms weh is ursigbtly in the estimation of most people, but spiders hurt 110 human rreture They feed on files, which are h foes nf mar kind and they do mankind a serv ice. Fearful. Th Questioner I hr his wife la a brunette, but I thcugbt be married a blonda Tb Joker He Aid. but she ay4. 3
