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EDITORIAL FAGE OP THE JOURNAL
THE JOURNAL
AN INIlKI'KNPKNT KEWSI'll'tK
C . JACK HON.
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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
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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.
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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.
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perhaps .Mr Fairbanks ha lot hla
Intel c.-.l In politics.
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Punishing tho Mot machine didn't
ruin tho I.iv7i, el 1 1 1 e r.
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"t;ett!ug only coma by doing, says
sm . 1 unrig others, aortietlraes.
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'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.
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A New York town haa voted to own
Itn w-iiti-r wKjon. Isn't this a dangerous
Innovation ot crazy people?
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The Wonilhurn Independent save
Hiynii pxpt-ctH aoine support from th
)(.. iv.-llU-i- croj. This will be news
to Hrvan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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. ,
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Malheur county man claims ha can
make tlOu an acio off his alfalfa.
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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.
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Tho Cnndnn Times claims to have a
subscriber In Hongkong, another In Cal
cutta, and one In Klelballymackashna
k een.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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