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The effective life and the
receptive life are one. No
aweep of arm that dors some
work for God but harvests
also some more of the truth of
God, and sweeps It Into the
treasury of life. Phillips
Brooks.
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OUR WATERWAYS MTBT BE IMPROVED.
JUST why the Oregonlan is so de
sirous of preventing the Im
provement of the rivers Is not
apparent. For years the people
of tha northwest have been strug
gling against all kinds of obstacles
to secure water transportation, and
now when success seems assured the
Oregonlan not only belittles the ef
forts being made to forward and ex
. pedlte the undertaking, but Is all but
openJy opposing it. While the peo
ple are seeking to pull the cork out
of the bottle the Oregonlan would
drive It in. It ia not strange that
under such circumstances "there
ehould be an antagonism in the
country against the city. The po
sition taken by the Oregonlan might
be explicable If the people here had
not had personal experience in the
effect of water competition.
Apparently the only question in
volved from the standpoint of the
Oregonlan Is transportation from
Portland to the sea. - It entirely
overlooks the fact that the producer
and consumer are vitally interested
In the rates of freight they pay. The
effect on Portland as a distributive
center is apparently of no moment.
The farmer knows the price of his
wheat is directly affected by the
freight rate and the consumer knows
the eame factor enters into every
thing he buys. They know they pay
the freight and they have the evi
dence of their own senses as to the
effect of water competition in rates.
Before the opening of the locks at
the Cascades the freight per ton on
common salt from Portland to The
Dalles was $5.20 and on grain $2.70.
After the locks were completed the
rate was and is $1.50 a ton on the
eame commodities. Was not this
reduction the direct result of a free
river, and do not the people in
Wasco and Klickitat counties know
It? The rate on the same com
modities to Umatilla, only 100 miles
beyond The Dalles, Is now $7.50 a
ton on salt and $3 per ton on grain,
with other commodities in Ilka pro
portion. This, too, notwithstanding
a substantial reduction put into ef
fect Immediately following the com
pletion of the Portage Railroad. Is
it reasonable to assume that when
the Celilo canal is finished reduc
tions In rateB to the Interior will not
follow?
From even a selfish standpoint, is
It good Judgment for this city whose
growth is dependent upon that of
the country, to oppose any plan hav
ing for its purpose the bettering of
the condition of the people not for
tunate enough to live la Portland?
AST JUNE, at a popular election
In which most of the voters of
Oregon participated, a 1'nlted
States senator for the ensuing
'six yuars from Mnrrh A. 1009, was
selected. It was a fair, square, hon
est choice of the people of Orerron.
The Republican votors In a preced
ing primary election bad selected
their ctnil idate; the Democrats se
lected theirs, and the Socialists and
Prohibitionists each had a candidate
on tlio ticket. For many years both
(lie principal parties had been de
claring for election of senators by di
rect vote of the people. No doubt
nine tenths of the people wanted
this brought about. It was rendered
possible by the primary law and by
making Statement No. 1 a vital and
active feature of that law. By this
method the people not only chose
their senator, but a clear majority of
both houses of tha legislature were
obligated by a specific, positive
pledge to elect the man so chosen.
Besides, the people by an overwhelm
ing vote enacted Statement No. 1
into a state law, thus making it ob
ligatory upon all members of the leg
islature, and doubly so upon thoso
who had subscribed to .that State
ment In ordor to be nominated and
elected.
So the whole matter should be
considered settled. There Is no rea
son, no excuse, for any member of
the legislature, or any politician, to
overturn that work, or to set aside
that result. It cannot be done by
fair means and the people of the
state, regardless of party, should re
sist the attempts that apparently
will be made to do so by foul means.
Only dishonorable, corrupt and con
temptible means are available. No
honest, decent, fair or allowable
method can possibly be devised. Any
man who attempts to overthrow this
verdict and command of the people
of Oregon will by this act announce
himself their enemy, one who will
not abide by a popular decision, vir
tually an anarchist. Such a man,
whether he be a United States sen
ator or a constable, is fit for no of
fice, for no honor, for no trust, bo
cause he shows that he neither
trusts, honors, obeys nor serves the
people.
B.tt already, five months before
the legislature will act on the sen-
atorshlp, there is devising and plot
ting, running to and fro, and various
sorts of secret and devious scheming,
to overturn the people's work, to de
feat their will, and to elect as sen
ator some tool of the trusts and
enemy of the common peoplo of Ore
gon. And in this nefarious, dis
graceful work it is rumored and
commonly believed that Chairman
Hitchcock of the Republican national
committee Is taking a hand. If this
bo shown to be true, if he Is Joining
In an effort to overthrow the will
and work of the people of this state,
It ought, logically, to cost Taft thou
sands of votes In this state. They
know what they have done, and why,
and are In no mood to be brushed
aside and trodden under foot by a
political machine that Is in alliance
with the truBts and railroads, what
ever party name it may be branded.
We do not think the unscrupulous
would-be boss politicians can re
construct a machine in Oregon that
will successfully override the people,
but if by any possibility they' should
succeed In doing so next winter at
Salem, there will be a long spell of
dreary cold weather in Oregon for
the party In whose name this Is
done.
Small Change
Good roads will pay.
How Hd to have to go to work again.
Oracon people must help themselves
mure.
Jim Hum I wis 'wept
At least
Chicago.
Ilnrit road to travel are just what
ere needed.
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Country and city ahould pull together
for good roaas.
At leant Ilarrlman doesn't
any Oregon railroads.
tear up
tend in any degree to retard the
opening of its water highways to free
navigation, no 'matter by whom that
policy is advocated, no matter by
whom supported.
RAILROAD INTERFERENCE
POLITICS.
IN
HE latest attempt of the rail
roads to control elections and
influence legislation Is not un
likely to react upon the orig
inators of the plan.
Working on the necessities of the
men, the alternative is placed before
them that if rates are not advanced
and state or government regulation
not limited, wages must be cut.
The first result appears In the or
ganization of the employes, for the
purpose of exerting their Influence
in such directions as may be found
necessary to prevent wage reduc
tions. The nu n are .not to be blamed,
but what mud be thought of those
In charge of the railroads who
oontrol their votes Is cowardly, and
but a step from ;an attempt at di
rect bribery.
It will not only result in failure
but will accentuate the necessity of
further control In the interest of the
public. When the great carriers of
tho country use their powers In this
way It is time some protection was
given to the men against such tyranny.
Whoever la elected president, there
win be a big crop of Willie bablea (tile
mil.
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Of course the monopoly railroads
would pay a .rood deul to beat Chamber
lain.
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Isn't Mr. Inman of Looking Glass
going to run lor president again, this
year?
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Keep your eye on Republican poli
ticians who are trying to disobey the
people.
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It la Bald that a popular piece for
summer resort orcnestraa la "U,
Promise Me."
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The great quadrlennlal frame of fool
ing or scaring the worklngmen has
rainy pegun.
ROOSEVELT AND HUGHES.
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NTHUSIASTIC supporters of
President Roosevelt cannot
avoid a feeling of deep disap
pointment In his reported hos
tility or opposition to Governor
Hughes. From various sources It is
learned that while the president has
Chairman Hitchcock doubtless In
dorses the Oregonlan's opinion that
Oregon people are foola.
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Willamette valley farmers ahonld
think a little at this season about what
Irrigation would do for them.
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Uncle Adlal Stevenson has again
demonstrated the Tact that he la well
liked by the Democrats of Illlnola.
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The late Senator Allison had served
nearly six full terms In the senate, be
sides tour, previously. In the house,
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Why should the farmers and working
men of Oretrnn want to vote the same
wav thu Rockefeller, Harrlman and
their like do?
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Senator Ankeny Is being Indorsed bv
many of bis fellow senators, but It Is
doubtful If this will help him any
among the people.
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The Forest drove News remarks:
'The legislature bad better look a little
out how It vote this time, as other elec
tions are bound to come."
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Every effort to beat Chamberlain Is
nn injury to iaft. Many thousand
of Oregon Republicans will resent
any attempt to undo the people's work.
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Portland wants all the rest of the
state to go dry. says the Salem Jour
nal Portland, or at least a large pro
portion of the people, want tho reel
of the state to do as It pleases.
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Now the Portland morning paper Is
so mad at the people, or so devoted to
the railroads, that It ts opposing Im
provements of the Columbia, river. But
It has always really felt that way.
President Roosevelt used to be In
favor of woman suffrage, but that w-s
when he was a good deal younger. The
other day he was "too busy to re-
TAFT AND GUARANTEED DEPOSITS
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rrona Commoner I
In his speech of acceptance Mr. Taft
puta himself squarely on record as
being opposed to guaranteed deposits.
He says: "Tha Democratic platform
recommends a tax upon national banks
and upon auoh state banks as may oomo
In, In the nature of enforced Inaurunoe
to raise a guaranty fund to pay the
depositors of any bank which falla.
The proposal la wholly Impracticable
unless It Is to be accompanied by a
ooinjilete revolution In our banking sys
tem with a supervision so close as
practically to create a government
bank. If the proposal were adopted
exactly as the Democratic platform
suggests, It would bring the wlioli
hanking system or tha country down In
ruin."
Why seek to confuse the people on a
simple proposition? We are supposes
to huvo government supervision of na
tional banks now. Supervision does not
mean a government bank: it simply
means that the national bank Inspectors
will do Junt as they are expected to do
under existing law make their ixaml'
nation of banks thorough and make
prompt and effective correction of any
Irregularities discovered. So It will bo
difficult to frighten the people by the
claim that guaranteed deposits means
thorouah supervision of banks. That's
Junt exactly what the people want.
It is absurd to say tnat guaranteea
deposits would "tiring the whole bank
Ing system of the country down to
ruin."
Wl.nt does "guaranteed denoalts'
mean? It means that the savings of
the maases shall be secured so that
when men and women deposit their
Lhard-eiirned money In banking Institu
tions, mey neeu not worry lur jour n
will be lost through the recklessness and
dlshoneaty of bank otnclala. lie luueral
government demaivds of these- banks
security for the money It deposits. As
a rulo state governments and county
governments and municipal govern
ments make similar requirements. Hut
now that It Is proposed that depositors
Kutierully shall have some such assur
mice for the safe keeping of their
wealth, we ure told by tho Republican
candidate for the presidency that the
adoption of such a plan "would bring
the whole banking system of the coun
try down to ruin.''
It is to auve the hanking business and
to save tha people's money that the
plan of guaranteed deposits Is advo
cated by Democrats. It Is strange that
Mr. Taftjuhd the big bankers for whom
he speaks cannot see that the guaran
teed deposits system is absolutely
necessary for the prevention of panics,
for tho safe keeping of tho money of
the masses and for the preservation of
the banking business In the hands of
Individuals.
Betraying the People
celve a delegation
gists.
of woman
suffra-
Falrbanks helped pull a waitress out
of the water; Tnft oa7na near to help-
as yet taken no open, active hand in TBuhak ToP
New York State politics, ne retrains a runaway team ana save a man they
from doing so not because of any ob
jection, on principle, to doing eo, but
because fie really wants Hughes to
retire and the machine to control.
through such means seek to control but realizes that even his prestige in
elections : legislatures? It Is not
the first '. ime tho necessities of the
employes have been used to prevent
remedial legislation. Even when it
had for its purpose the protection of
the lives and limbs of employes,
such aa the safety appliance acts, the
men were told the additional cost
would have to come out of their
wages and they were thu6 forced to
oppose laws designed primarily for
their safety.
No one desires to see wages cut
in any direction. .Vor is there ap
parent necessity to do so. These
questions, however, must be viewed
from a broad aspect. Kates cannot
be raised without coming out of
somebody's pocket and that some
body Is liable to make serious ob
jections. There are employes in all
lines of business, who are also paid
wages and who don't want their
wages cut.
The men In the mills and In the
forests' by the thousands were
Fortunately the editorial expression I thrown out of employment by an ad
found on this subject in the Ore-ivanee In rates. Another advance
gonlan does not represent the opin
ion of any considerable part of the
people of this city. If It did Port
land would occupy the unique if not
enviable position of being the only
city In the world on a navigable
river, opposing Its improvement. If
there is one question on which the
people of this city are a unit it Is,
would have the.same effect. The net
price the farmer receives for his
products Is fixed largely by the
freight rate. It is fair to assume he
would not view with unmixed satis
factlon"any advance that would re
duce h la returns. He buys his ma
chinery at delivered prices and ad
vance in the frelttht rates would but
that our rivers must be Improved I add to his burden. The same con-
not as the Oregonlan would hare It
from "Portland to the Sea," but
from their farthest navigable point
to the sea.
Thig work may be as the Ore
gonlan terms It, "rainbow chasing,"
but lt will be pursued until th ob
ject Is fully obtained. Nor by dcing
this are the Interests of the Kwer
river Jeapordlzed.. On the c lntrar.f
they are benefited liy the or.e
method the entire northwest lr- ud!i
?d la one common purpo, bv the
other a bitter antagonism would be
created ihat would be felt, not only
In connection with the work itse!f,
but lu the resentment that would 1"?
-aroused against this city thrcughet
tte entire inland empire over the
dIMnns exist through Industries In
every direction.
If therefore the issue should be
ceiiiB flearly defined that rates were
to be advanced In all directions and
a political question be made of It, It
1 1 apparent that the rate-payers
I would grea'ly outnumber the car
riers and those engaged in that bucl
' r.ess. It could hardly bo expected
r 1 1 the thousands of men engaged
: in the lumber Industry In this state
would voluntarily stand to tave
;helr wages reduced in order that
i rates might be raised,
i So far as the railroads In the west
are concerned, their own reports
, 5Vi there Is no occasion for the re
duction of wages, but for some rea-
adoptloa of a policy which would , ton it amongst the employes of
ubordlnate the development of thejoce rf these roadi and that one rr
entire taction to the declrea of a few cs the largest dividends of any rail
people In one city. Now, In the far
thermost Interior there is Jut u un-
qne6tlonel loyal gurpcrt for the Im
provement at the mouth of the river
a there U la Portland. Why should
ary one desire to change this mcU
raent to one ot ennilty? -
Jut what purpose la to be served
by this eositant Baggiag la not clear.
.Uegardjes ff It purpoe the work
will go oa tcdlt EiAjbe accepted as
tact ttt Berth f thU aUfe nor this
ettj win ever f aror or erprove a pol
ler tht tflreeUr or Indirectly would
road In the country, that the present
movent nt Is the most active. It
would tem that the railroads were
determine! to do everything possible
to klndie resentment. Instead of re
storisg confidence in their purpoe,
and la the proposition that their In
terests and the interests of the peo
ple generally are Identical.
The effort to thrust the railroad
employes Into politics Is wrong
morally and n mistake politically.
To take advantage of their necessi
ties and throoih them sttempt to
New York could not prevent a great
bolt from the party, in case Hughes
should be turned down. There will
be a bolt in any case, but if Hughes
is nominated it will be a bolt of
gamblers, sports of various kinds,
machine politicians, all elements of
the baser sort, while if Hughes is
defeated in the convention by a ma
chine nominee, a vast number of
honest, decenPRepublicans will vote
against that nominee, even if he be
satisfactory to Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States. The
people of New York ha shown be
fore now that they do not like presi
dential interference in the matter of
ndminating a governor; it was that,
chiefly, that gave Cleveland nearly
200,000 majority in 1882, and so
opened for him the high road to theJ
presidency.
The president's reported attitude
In this matter cannot but weaken his
prestige and the common people's
confidence In him tremendously, not
only In New York, but throughout
the country. Why, millions will ask,
is not the president satisfied with
Hughes, a man who in public office
knows nothing but his doty to the
people and devotion to his oath of
office? Why should the president,
who has preached so often and so
vigorously in favor of Just such of
ficial conduct, now desire in place of
Hughes some tool of the corrupt and
conscienceless New York Republican
machine? He may think this noces
sary party politics, but millions of
people have believed in his preach
ing, and cannot now bo led back into
the slimy gutters, even by him, if he
should attempt to do so.
The Journal has published many
columns of editorials in support and
commendation of President Roose
velt. It meant them all, and has
nothing to retract. He has been In
speech, and In many respects la ac
tion a great moral uplifting force in
this land, and his good work Is es
tablished and Its fruits are appear
ing and will appear, in spite of these
contradictions, Inconsistencies and
divergencies; but if the president op
poses Governor Hughes he will in
evitably shrink enormously as a
great national character and leader.
were dragging. Moral: If you are go
lng to have an accident, have It when
some great man Is near by.
Oregon Sidelights
People of both Kalem and Eugene are
talking of a smelter.
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Wlllamina Is like Portland finds It
necessary to have Its charter amended,
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One store In Klamath Falls has been
f'celvlng J 100 wortu of fruit a. day from
allfornla.
Sheridan people voted unanimously to
secure rluhts of way for pipeline from
Tootnle Mary spring.
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In three days 70,000 pounds of freight
were ehlpped from Newberg. The day's
record was 18 carloads.
Though many hop yards have been
i poorly tenaea, inn
-too large for tha
plowed up and others poorly tended, the
crop win pe large
Fatal or damaging automobile ac
cidents are becoming more numerous
every week, and especially on Sun
days. But there Is no use In protest
ing; a lot of people are doomed to be
killed that way.
When the biggeet railroad figure
of the world comes 1,000 miles to
Oregon to spend his vacation, other
rich eastern people should "take a
tumble."
A was killed m las kveac sear
Tuir fey.
price.
There li only one r.lght officer In
Albany, says the Herald, and he is ex
pected to cover the town and keep fire
going in the fire engine.
In three years Nyssa has grown from
a whistling station 10 a , mcuvb.
energetic little city of fine business
pretensions. The old wooden buildings
nave been discarded and are succeed
ed by good brick stores.
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A Moro man threshed 2.000 acres.
and with the possible exception of about
300 acres he has no kick to register.
Early grain Is lots better than was ex
pected. Two hundred and firty acrs
of his barley averaged 45 bushels per
sere. f .
Estacada News: Every few days
somo one parses through the country
looking for fruit land. Most of these
prospective buyers a,re wanting apple
land cither for themselves or for some
company. The land around Estacada Is
getting to be recognlrcd as especially
adaptod to apple raising, and many are
buying It for that purpose.
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Ppenklng of large cherry trees, we
believe that the largest cherry tree in
the state Is growing on the ,farm of
Hon. K. C. Hansard, two miles north of
Lebanon, says the Express-Advance
fts circumference is 8 feet 11 Inches.
It Is a black Republican, and was set
out by Mr. Hansard when he first lo
cated on the place 32 years ago.
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In three years Lincoln county's 88-
sessment has Increased by nearly 1,000
per cent savs the Mall. Last year. It
wa. 2 This vear It will be at
l at J 4,0eM00 and may rencii the $5,
ODO.oeo mark. Net year, hy patenting
certain Lan Is. It will be increased an
other jl. 000. 000, ar.d when all the landa
now held by the government are turned
ever to the settlers I.irroln county will
have an assessed valuation of at least
110.000. 000. This Is on the basis of a-,
assessment of one half.
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riatskanle Chief: Campers In the No-
From the Medford Tribune.
Machinj leadera are making a strong
effort to Induce Statement No. 1 He-
oubllcana to repudiate their pledges
sml vote niralnei Chamberlain for sen
ator on the ground that In voting for
Democrat they are 'betraying tne
uarty.
Which Is the worst, this so-called
"betrayal of party" or actual betrayal
of the people?
What Is government supposed to rep
resent, the political party or the peo
ple? Whose will Is law, the "party's'
or the people's?
What Is a political party? An or
ganization of office-seekers, financed
usually by corporations, which expect
In return special legislation to enrich
a few at the expense of the many, and
so secure an unequal distribution of
the prorits or labor. The party cnam
plnns certain principles, which reflect
public demands, and promises certain
legislation, to secure needed votes.
The political party is merely a means
to an end. an evolution of jpolltlcs to
suit the need of the hour. When par
ties fall to respond to popular demands,
they die, as the old whig party died,
and new nartles, with leaders w,ho grasp
tho wishes of the people, take tneir
places.
There is nothing sacred about a pol
itical party In a big city the organ
ization consists of ambitious office
seekers, big business interests wanting
special favors, dlvekeepers and toughs.
In the country, petty grafters take the
place of the dlvekeepers. There is al
ways a boss who waxes wealthy with
out vlsiblo means of support.
Back of the party Is always the boss,
back of the boss the corrupting corpor
ationwhat Is there sacred about a
partv? How Is it a crime for Republi
can "legislators to fulfill their pledge
to tho people by voting for a senator
the people want, and how could it be
meritorious to violate secred pledges
and wear the ninntle of dishonor to
please the corporations in the back
ground? When a political rarty is faithless to
the people from whom It obtains Its
existence, and the people find it out,
then that partv Is doomed. And if the
discredited Republican party leaders of
Oregon, led bv the foolish Fulton and
the tnundlced ' editor of the Oregonlan,
do not cease their counsel of reaction.
rHmirilatlnn and dishonor, their advo
cacy of the betrayal of the people, then
tho Republican organization in Oregon
is doomed, for the people will have none
of those who flagrantly betray them.
Looks Like Prosperity.
From American Industries.
The general aggregate of the crops
promises to be greater than ever before.
Money is plentiful and low. The result
of the elections In 18'.8 and 1900 stands
an excellent chance to be repeated in
1908.
While tho country's population has
increased 24 per cent since 1896, the
corn yield this year promises to be ?5
per cent greater than It was then, tne
wheat crop Is 40 per cent larger than it
was in tnat year, ana tne conon uuiiu.
Is 80 per cent greater than It was then,
while the aggregate value of all the
farm products In 1908, according to the
forecast made bv the secretary of agri
culture, will he J8, 000,000. 000. which Is
1U0 per cent more than that of 1896.
In the same 12 years in which the
country's inhabitants Increased 24 per
cent its circulation has grown 100 per
cent. Tho banks of New York. Chicago,
St. Louis and the rest of the money
centers seldom held more cash than
they do now.
In the fiscal yea which ended with
June 80, 1908, our sales of merchandise
to the outside world exceeded our pur
chases to the extent ot $666,000,000. It
Is a fact of profound significance, too.
that much of this Increase In exports
was in manufactured articles. This
great trade balance, the largest which
has ever been accumulated In our favor
In a single year, has equipped us with
a fund in Europe's financial centers
which we can draw on at any moment
when we need the money. For tho time
being we have more cash than we can
put to profitable use, and are lending it
to any country which pays the price.
Running Shots
Written for The Journal by Fred C.
Denton.
Ths dominant party in the Australian
state of Victoria has Introduced a bill
which provides for the taxing- by cities
ana towns or unimproved land values
exclusively if tho taxpayers so desire.
This bill must bo enacted because of
the adjoining state of New Bouth Wales
naving not only adopted such a meas
ure but almost the entire stats has
"gone single tax" under Its Drovisions.
This startllnr means of prying loose
tne iana nog from nia lnie acres will not
stop, it cannot stop, and the further it
goes the faster.
a
Harrlmnn has been working hard.
says a dispatch. So hove thousands of
Oregon farmers remote from railroads
been working hard to raise crops, that
will have to be hauled with more hard
work and hardship to the lines which
nro earning enough every year, over
and above reasonable profits, to build
hundreds of miles of new lines In Ore
gon. a a
Now comes one, the Independence
party, with loud promises and dire
threats, but Hryan goes on his way re
joicing, ror Is not an enemy In the open
better than one in the graas? Ask the
three worthy and capable Democratic
ennmnatrs Tor governor defeated In Cal
ifornia one after another bv tho treach
ery and bedevllment of the lone, solo
individual that puts up the enthusiasm
for the sustenance of the Independence
party that has the backbone of a rub
ber elastic aud the heart of a hungry
shark.
Lhiuor men mocked the people when
they asked tham for decency and re
spect for law. On the mistakes of
the liquor leagues prohibition flourished.
Many saloon men bellove that Oregon
Is doomed to the prolil column and manv
of them r-allze that it is coming be
cause of continued and Insolent viola
tion of salutary and reasonable restric
tions. Rome of the proud and haughty
trust barons should profit by the ex
perience or tne liquor men, but- they
won't.
a a "a
Tep. we have ralload government In
America. Mr. Frenchman, InRtead of gov
ernment railroads, as you havo Just or-
oereu; out aner we nave cnewed a
few more cuds embittered bv the courts
and rammed down our throats by injunc
tions plorious climate here in America
and lots more of it than in your llttlo
country, oon t you minK r
a a a
In the British parliament the house
of commons has six times passed a
bill providing for loeal taxation being
placed on land values exclusive? of Im
provements, nnd the lords have turned
It down right along. The first time
It passed by 71 votes. That was in
1902 This war it goes to the lords
by 264 majority from the commons.
All sides admit, or declnre, that it
means the dreadful single tax, the de
struction of land monopoly nnd the abo
lition of starvation as n habit among
ine masses, jib coming is only a mat
ter of a few years, or possibly months.
In England. In Oregon the blind lead
the blind away from the light.
UteREALM I
-fFEMlNNE
S
The Dance of Death.
OMB day our arandchlldren will
look back upon certain kind of
so-called amusement that In mads
to pay much money to those who
cater to a debasing public taste.
and will wonder what kind of peopU
those ware who tolerated it.
Ttiers will be pleasing paralluls drawn
then between tho enlightened conscloncs
and clean morullty of public entertuin
nienta In those days and the shocking,
demoralizing tendencies of this, our
piuseut day and generation.
For the kind or amusement that con
sists solely In seolng other human be
ings In deadly peril of their lives will
not always be considered a fit nn.i
proper spectacle, especially for children.
It will go as the bull flzhr numr ....
us bear halting; had to go. and as cock
rignung must. There will come a time
when tiis parachute jump from a mils
In tho air, the tight rons uorfoi 'inn rnA
lit a diuzy height without net or other
protection ror me performer, the mid
air auto Jump and all such performances
wlilcn cater merely to a desire to .
people In imminent peril of a Bhocklna
accident will be suppressed, and then
peopis win wonder why they were per
mitted so long.
A peculiarly yellow variety of this
sort of entertainment wus given In this
city not long ago when the Vesuvius
production was drawing enormous
crowds to Multnomah field. A particu
larly accomplished performer In tha
act of making cold chills run ud and
down ths spines of his spectators walked
over a rope stretched at a frightful
distance In the air without having' ths
slightest protection beneath him. When
he reached the middle of the .ope hs
began to tremble and shake as If In
Imminent danger of falling, and nervous
women shrieked and rose in their seats,
and those who could only by an effort
keep from screaming averted their eyes
and shut their jaws hard. He repeated
this nerve-racking performance at In
tervals, varying it by sitting on a chair
which rocked unsteadily on two legs
on the wire, and other terrifying per
formances, r
Finally he was through with hi
deadly stunt,- ind people took heart to
listen to deafening volleys of explosions
anu to see other people run hither and
thither in pretended panic. And then
the "entertainment," which doubtless
took away from the city hundreus of
dollars, was over and people might run
for a car and when they reached home
go to bed and to sleep- if they could.
And even now the billboards that
valuable means of public education are
blazoning forth the delightful entertain
ment soon, to be offered the public, when
a man poised on nothing not onlv holds
himself aloft in the air by his own
mentality, but also holds by his teeth
an automobile party, wiih an engine or
two and a few tons of ballast for good
measure.
And also how some ladles who look
death In the face for dollars, most va
liantly, shoot chutes and turn somer
saults In automobiles, dashing past each
other In midair in delightful snng froid
and coming right side up again to re
ceive your plaudits.
In smaller towns, balloon ascensions
are offering to the people who will only,
come and pay for It the charming pleas
ure of seeing a man put his life in
peril for their edification, rising some
hundred of feet In the air and trusting
to good luok, jump out with his para
chute and finally reach earth again
either alive or dead.
The municipal streetcars In Cleveland
have not paid for the first two months,
whereat there is great rejoicing through
out the house of Tlunder, for these fool
Cleveland people hope to keep a 3-cent
fare. However, no big contract -pavs
at the start. Tho contractors of the
north bank road lost hundreds of thou
sands at the start. Tom Johnson has
lost some skirmishes but no wars, and
this municipal streetcar seheme Is his
fight. He will yet come out ahead of
tho game, wherein the prayers of tha
feeders of nickels to various and manv
local transportation octopuses are with
the Jolly Tom for are they not anxious
to feed their pets less?
Civil service Is all rlirht. but nv kind
of a label does not mean the best of
goods. To draw the line at 4 5 years
and handicap a competent man over that
age 7 per cent for each year means that
a man of 4 with powers unimpaired,'
'r V, ( a lu h ovnlanaMon or some or ihi nr. . a ... . . .
-- i vj out or a possible tuu is rerusea the
recent gold outgo. .'opportunity of rendering valuable serv
ice to the city. Young men are wanted,
of course, bur some men are 45 years
young.
There is nothing In any of these shows
to attract nubile notice except the death
risk. And if there Is any particular
difference, between seeing a bull tigiit
where lomn element of skill attends tho
toreador's performance, or the ohl sports
of Rome where men had to defend their
lives against wild beasts and this mod
ern juggle with death, it Is so small as
to be mmaterlal.
It Is in eiiUcr case the chance that
the man will be killed that draws the
crowd. And If thnt Is not a brutaliz
ing, debasing, morbid curiosity which
should be eliminated from our public
entertainments, then It Is hard to read
the meaning of words.
K K K
How to Tack a Trunk.
Roosevelt and Animals.
George T. Angell in Our Dumb Animals.
What do you think, Mr. Angell, of
RooWevelts' plans to shoot animals In
Africa'
I think It a mean, cowardly and con
temptible business for a man claiming
to be a clvlllned Christian, to go out to
Africa, armed with magazine guns and
all the paraphernalia of hunting, to
shoot animals simply for the fun of
wounding snd killing them. I think he
has been and Is doing a vast injury to
the youth of our country and greatly
endangering the peae and prosperity
of our nation. It is a pity that he does
not use his great energy In trying to
reform the terrible anuses or came and
other animals on our western ranches,
where tens of thousands die In winter of
slow starvation, a fact with which he Is
perfectly familiar, having been a ranch-
Ith hest of feeling the American
people will welcome the man who gets
the lease of tho White House honestly;
hut wrath will follow any man who gets
it oy nrinerv. rraud and rorgery Pub
lish all contributions before the elec
tion, ana may the best man win.
Uenjamin R. Tillman's Birthday.
nonlamln Ryan Tillman, United States
senator from North Carolina, was born
In Edgefield county, that state, August
'i, "ii. in io ne quit scnool to Join
the Confederate army, but was stricken
with a severe lllnesf. which caused the
loss of his left eye and kept him an In
valid for several years. It was not
until 1 585 that he took an active Inter
est In politics, and then It was for the
man himself, or 'in obtaining for ani- purpose of promoting legislation look
mals transported to eastern markets ln ,r 'je establishment of state lnstl-
ime reller rrom tne sutrerings wnicn :'';,' "- 1" ",,cl"r"i ruueauon. in
o now Inflicted upon them. If he would i I he was the successful candidate
. "IB L morraiic tirnei ior governor
are now nfllctej upon
vigorously endeavor to promote a .kind
feeling among all nations toward ea. h
other what a valuableervlce he might
render In freeing the world from Its
terrible curse of enormous armies and
navies'
We most earnestly wish that there
might corns to him (as to Paul of old
some light from heaven, which might
halem valle-y have become so reckless I ren(j.r him one of the greatest benefac-
fn the use of firearms that many farm
ers have found it eescesaary to prevent
their coming on their premises at s.l
in order to trotect human lives and
stock- This is a dplorable cotidlirfon.
hrotirht about by some careless city
people who have no thcught of what
damage ir.lcht result from
tors of
races.
both the human snd animal
Need a Railroad.
From the Burns Tlntes-Herald.
Portland papers frequently refer to
rarrtfTl K . i4 mt rarrtna nlant now Helria
shootlrg and deprives them and othc: s I Prte1 In that city and ars constantly
who r.lght t e nrnt" carerut. irorn en- ; toiling stockmen of f-a stern Oregon of
'ryrf an outire in one or tne mo!t , it-, great beineflts such an establlsn
lleal camping spots in the state. ,mnt Is to Uin. as it furnishes - mar
ket for tne rmisiei procuci ngnt at
of South Carolina and was reelected in
1?9! His term as governor was sig
nalized by the passage of the dispensary
law for the control of the liquor traffic
by the state. He was ths successful
candidate arainst General Butler for
the t'nlted Ktstes senate, and was re
elected in 101 and 107.
Tamhiil Record: We Tery much re--r.t
to turn out rPrs these warm
days wT'h mii'il labor, but It loeika ss
though ws will have to for a short Urns
until ws can get power from some
other source since ths water power has
flsxlei out. Ws d not want to appar
too fle-rre ror d we intend to play the
rmbr act o4 w do ssy we hsv not
hn rrtd fairly by tr North Yarn
hill Water compar.T. Ws tt always
paid for water oeei promptly an have
peat wks f time ia helptnr to get
the stem In ton ssd received, but
HtCt compensation.
home. That's a fsct. yet It Is only a
short period during each year thst the
growers of the Interior can really place
the finished product, or really prime
beef at ths dlspooal of ths big pack
ing plant We hare facilities to teaks
beef bot hsvm't the trsnsportstlon.
To put beef In conostlon and thn flrlvel
to present shipping points mettns qtJTTJ
a loss, ss it is lmpcwsiM to get tns
antmala tn the rsllrad without shrink
age snd loss of flesh- Bsfors Interior
growers run rsllss ths foil benefit f
this pscktng plant they coast fcars a
railroad.
This Date In History.
T'ritlsh evacuated Savannah.
1,S7 First bishop appointed In Nova
Pcctia.
17l4 Poles defeated the Prussians at
battle of Wlina.
1821 Rarbadoes swept by a violent
nurrieane
14 Thaddeue Ptevens. who man
aged ths Impeachment cf President
Johnson. died in Washington, D. C.
Born In nanvllls, Vt. April 4. 17S:
1175 Wlllfafn A. Oraham. the -VMg
nominee for the vice-presidency in 11J2,
died st Pars tor a fr-rlnsa. N. T. Bora
In North Carolina), September I, 1104.
10 Cardinal John Henry Newman
died Born l$t.
1M7 PeversJ persons Billed by aa
explosion of nitroglycerin In the town
of ssex Centra, Ont
Wasted to Kow.
Hlx -I always bare Dr. Enleex When
my mother-lH8w was at death's door
be pttUed br through.
Dix Which way did b pull tee?
EGIN by making a bottom layer of
books, boxes, photographs and such
uncompromising . articles. Wedge
these In very tightly, fitting them to
gether nicely, like a mosaic.
Next spread a layer of underclothing;
arrange these neatly, those of a kind
together, being sure that every button
is in place, and the dainty ribbons ns
well that all may be in readiness nt
the iourney's end. Follow these with
! gowns, the heaviest always underneath.
Tho corners or tne natnox ana even ui
corners of the hats themselves, make
safe places for dainty neckwear, rib
bons, veils and such perishable belong-
'"ffandkerchiefs, gloves, etc., should be
packed in the tray. In their own spe
cial cases. Pictures under glass may
be carried in safety if wrapped in sev
eral thicknesses of paper and laid be
tween soft clothing. Small bric-a-brac
and vases. If stuffe.1 tightly with cotton
wool or paper, nnd wrapped In corru
gated paper will carry well, but one
should take care to place them near
the middle of the trunk, so that no Jar
ring can -bring them into contact with
the sides. . .
Last of all, to disrose of that goodly
array of boots, slippers, ties and foot
gear galore. Wrap each shoe separately
and tuck them away in odd corners and
emptv spaces at the last moment, for a
skillful packer is never satisfied until
everv crannv and crevice is filled and
she knows from experience that the con
tents of a closely packed trunk will al
ways carry better than those that have
room to move about.
Before the trunk ts closed fresh tow
els should bo spread over the things, to
protect them from dust and the rubbing
of the traye. for she who would excel In
packing must be dainty as well as deft,
and exercise both Ingenuity and com
mon sense.
K K R
The Dally Menu.
BREAKFAST
California Grapes Cereal with Cream
Scrambled Eggs Hot Toast Coffee
U'NTHEON
Creamed Palmon cm Toast Hashed Beat
Blackberries t urrant uuni
DINNER
Cracked Crab. Mayonnaise
Veal Pot Pis
Shell Beans Lettuce French uressing
Peanut PJddlng. (.ream runs
Black Coffee
n. , D...itn nheii rhlv roasted
nuts till you have one teacupful Lav
aside ons dnxen and put the rest througft
food choDDer. Out of these sift three
heaping teaspoonfuls for merlngwe Boil
ons pint of milk with two nm table
spoons CO 11 starch, adding one teaspoon
butter. Beat one whole egg ana ois
of two with a pinch or san. aoomg n
tablespoons sugar snd the chopped nuts.
Add this mixtnre to the thickened milk
fter It la slla-htlv cooled Put It in a
buttered pudding dish and baks 10 min
utes or till just lone ror imnnr"
hsvs whites of the two eggs siifr.r
beaten, two tablespo',i" sugar and the
three tsblespoors sifted nuts Ppread
over the top snd sprinkle en the It nuts
halved. Pet In the en to brown lightly
Currant Buns Prald one teacup miik.
When lukewarm add four tablespoons
sugar, four of butter or lard (melted)
ons rks eompreesed yeast, one cup of
English ewrrsnts, well waabel and
floured, snd one egg beeten. not
ml too stiff, ss the eg heirs t stiffen.
Keep warm and when light make out
Ints buns and flatten, them 4s with
the bevrl of the eand wfter tby hare
r1sea a little. Leave- plenty ef spec '
between them In ths pan. Bake In a
rod euew when they hare almost do
bled In sixe, ,