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EMTOMAL KlGE OP TUB JOURNAL " Klfellgl aZzj 5 if f J THE JOURNAL AN IKPKI'ENDKNT NKWHPArlCR. J Ai'kSON . . . . PoMIhr I'liMI-tnil rery erenlriff (except gunilaTl and .t- Suii'lny inomlna; at Tt.a Journal BulM tint, fifth and Yamhill atracta, I'erliaml. Or. , Kniri .' ( the ioat,,ff. at Portland. Or. for fru umi, m tlinugb tba mail aa arcvnd -laa n.A 1 1 . r 1H i:l'M"lf MAIN JITS IIOMK. A .ttl A 1 'I '( 1 1 :j"-.i riarhed l-T theaa uu n t.ora. T-l! Hi' ...-.ti r ll'- -leiHirl inent i-u want, 'a. I KI.U- H'iM; Kaal 83 Kdlll'H'.V . i:il I'lSINU KKIMiKSITNTATIVR -- r.1 tl.-nl.Miilr S.e-Il A.lT.Ttlaln Agrn.-T. Hnniml.k 1 1 i II .1 '. ..c Hfih airnnf. Ne Y.-rk IikC.h II..) it HnlMlng. Chicago. hut... rlrTl. n Tim ma t.r iiihII or to any a'ldrrat In 11. a l iiU.d btli-a. Ciemda or Mril.-o: IUII.V. One ' far f.Voo ' On month I .V SI'MIAY. Oua rear I'm month $ .2. PAII.Y AND Sl'SPAY. Ona rear $7 .''0 i Onn month $ .M Wisdom In the principle thing: therefore pt wisdom; and with all thy gettinK, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embraro her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. Solomon. t - REPrftLICAX HANK AXp XOT WOKKYIXdJ. FILE AN INTERMIX A HI-E lot of stuff has been published, chiefly In the Portland morning news paper, to the effect that some how the people of Oregon have been duped, fooled, swindled, betrayed, In the matter of politics within the Btate, and are likely to be further humbugged and defrauded next win ter by the election of Chamberlain to the senate. It is assumed that because Oregon has been Republican Jt always should and must remain Republican; that it should do so regardless of what the Republican party is or does or Is likely to do; that a majority of the people of this state are to adhere to the mere name, without a single intelligent thought as to what the name repre sents, or whether it represents any thing except spoils and plunder; that no voter has a right to change his politics, even temporarily or aa to a single candidate, under any circum stances; that all voters who do so are "geese," "frogs," fools, suckers; that the mere party name, "Repti.b lican," is more important than the character and capability of candi dates, the nature of public service, the welfare of the people, and all other considerations; and that be cause some Republicans have chosen to vote on a very few occasions for a candidate not of their party they have made asses of themselves, have exhibited egregious folly, are as un fit for citizenship and the right of suffrage as insane people or idiots. Because a large number of vot ers who are ordinarily Republicans, have thoughtfully, intelligently, con scientiously and patriotically chosen to vote for a Democrat or two on certain occasions, doing so as not only a privilege enjoyed by every j voter but in their estimation a duty to their state, for the purpose of se curing the best results to the people, this croaking newspaper and its echoes charge them first with idiocy snd next with treason. It berates them as unfit for citizenship, both mentally and morally. And along 'with these ridiculous diatribes run constantly the false and totally un founded assertions that the results shown by the elections were some how obtained by fraud, by perjury, by ballot box et tiffing. At the very worst there was not one tenth the fraudulent voting that was habitual ly and systematically engaged in formerly by the leaders and their henchmen of this only party, and wnion was always abetted and ap proved by this Jaundiced railer at tens of thousands of honest and de cent men. And ludicrous in tts ab surdity is the reiterated wail that the few Democrats of Oregon though their number seems to be Increasing lately, and no wonder- without an organization, without any a.-tive leadership, without any convention or concertatlon of effort, without any money that these few Democrats, one out of four voters, somehow tricked, deceived, swin dled and hornswaggled the great Republican party of Oregon with its 40,ii00 majority, every man of them free to do as he pl-ased at the polls. Never before in our history, prob ably, was so absurd, basorpps, un reasonable ;tri'i pitifully bellyaching a- plea put f 1 1 n h. This Por'jaivl organ of machines, ly res intislt'l to them, the people not ti a machine, a boss, and tln corporations This they have don ami row the orgMn of everything that rrakes tor the Injury and en s!.Hr:;unt of the people, the news paper that derides and defames and hates the pei'i'ie, is striving with ltn utmost power t overthrow that law that result Tie party plea Is weak, vapid, ir relevant. The people of Oregon chost between two men, each prop erly, lawfully and fairly presented as a candidate and the Republicans who aided In that choice did so for reasons entirely sufficient to them selves. Tiny knew what they were about, and so did every member of the legislature who pledged him self to vote for the people's choice. Whence comes this howl against the election by the legislature of the people's choice? Not fnm the peo ple themselves. Not from the Re publicans who preferred Chamber lain to Cake. Not from the rank and file not a whimper. Not one Re publican voter in 100 Is complain ing In the least at the prospect of the election of Chamberlain. Not one In ten would voice any opposition to this result, since the election. No, the uproar is all made by a few anti people organs, headed by the Ore gonian, and by a few discredited, un faithful, . untrustworthy and down- and-out machine politicians. It is only these who are dissatisfied, who are seeking most strenuously to re store' old conditions and methods; the great mass of Republicans are not worrying over the result In the least. THE ILLINOIS RACE WAR. MOST deplorable phase of the Illinois race war Is the de struction of life and property of the innocent with the guilty. In the burning of homes in the negro quarter at Springfield, the savings of a life time by amiable and honorable colored people were doubtless swept away. Children were there, and helpless women, that fell victims to the irrational fury of the mob. There is no hand to restore to them the homes that are gone. The color of the skin was the test on which they were assailed, and it is not a safe guide. Red blood may flow and a white heart beat beneath a black or a brown ex terior. It was a black regiment that was resistless and dauntless at San Juan Hill. For the guilty villain whose dev ilish erime brought on the war at Springfield, there Is no compassion. There is no adequate atonement that he can make. There is no pun ishment drastic enough to fit his of fense. Yet it would have been so much better for that punishment to have been meted out by a court of justice after an orderly trial before the Inevitable jury, that is the proudest of all boasts in the Amer ican system. That would have saved the members of the mob from them selves. It would have saved the blood of innocent victims. It would have saved the future consciousness of guilty participation in murder, death and wholesale destruction of the property of poverty. It would have saved the militiamen of the tate from an awful alternative. It would have saved Springfield from a night of horror, and the con tumely that night brought. It is for such reasons that th orderly and self-contained people of Oregon are wont to leave to the courts and the laVv the administration of justice and punishments. - Kollotto. As Mr. Bryan well says, the Republican party, as at present constituted and controlled. Is utterly Impotent to reform Itself. Ami It acknowledges no necessity for doing better, because It construes every success at the polls to be a complete Indorsement of all it has done or fulled to do. Of coiiiht'. If the people really like and desire a eun! inuuiiee of the pol 1 cles of Aid rich, Elkl is. Cannon, rvne, and that type of public men; if they reallv wish Rockefeller and Morgan and the (treat combined In terests to control the government. why they should vote the Republican ticket and so approve of things as they have been and are; but they should not In the same breath np platid the "Koiitievelt policies," or carry on the pretense that this Is any longer "a government of, for and by the people." We are sincerely confident that it would be a good thing, to discipline the Republican party a little, even if its hidden and undlsrover.ible 'general principles" are all right. If the Democrats got Into power they would be even bigger fouls than they are charged with being if they did not do a little better, for fear of los ing their Jobs, also, if for r.o better reason; and if the Republicans should regain the ascendency they would not forget for a while their chastisement and the reason there for. To change parties occasionally - and the record of the past 12 years affords reasons enough for a change shows politicians that the people, are awake, alert, watchful of thei interests. It is In fact the only way for the people to protect them selves from various predatory, vain pirish gangs. Small Change I-et all pull for prosperity. Aro the peopl fit to rula -Humbug.' ' Make tho mvt of whal'i left of iiini- Kiigon and Medford are ettlng ex amplus. a ' W'ii Tins Fang says he never Bald It Curious. Well, a rood many are building now, In i'urtluml, Hope springs eternal in the Oomo crntlo breast. flood afternoon, Mr. Harrlman; bet ter "build now." ' a If Harry Thaw iroea broke Interest In him will bo lost. The Democratic platform Is doubtless also unconstitutional. SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF ATLANTIC CABLE Old Abdul Hamld 'Humbug, buncombe." also mutters Hot n million John W. Oates. with all his tunnoy, cun t win In Texas. a What do th Incumbents of the fed oral offices think of the scheme? a a Some grnphophona political talk sounds as if It came through a hat. Rut tho newspapers didn't get Stfvonscs Into tholr news columns. the OVERDRAFTS OX THE SOIL. w NOW REALLY, WOULD IT' w bosses, cor plunder- f r : that, and is i :, : sf If cea.' i- i, mary law. w ' brings )': .-, i masses, to iv. terly lost Statement X" i hates holy : 1 people the t i: that they hae , -electing their f-na'- r havinr. senatorFr ip hm rupted and rople-rr,;r; tnre. Heretofore ser.a rprentd the? p : to, W th people did n Corporations oirn rot ators today, and them to rob u;s. corruption and has always been '''e of changing it '" ;ittark the prl : aus- that law er home to the ' --. w ho had ut T: -. p per hate the- kir.g of evil ( ,v;--. it Hi v ? the r.d the means d".ir-i o . '.r,s:ad of Eht In a cor '!r,g legltiv hare not lid not bv ; elect them, of the eo- OULD IT be such a terrible thing for the country if most of the leading Republican senators those from New- England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Cali fornia and West Virginia, and Gug genheim of Colorado, Du Pont of Delaware, Hemenway of Indiana, Long of Kansas, Hiirrows of Mich igan, Carter of Montana, lians brough of North Dakota, should be turned out of the senate, and men like Cummins and Borah, Repub licans, and Folk and Chamberlain, Democrat should be chosen to fKl th?Ir places0 Would the country suffer a great calamity !fv Republican members i.f the house wlo agree wfli and s'-and by these senator: should be ret!r d. and a very different type, say half Republicans and hScf I 'ernocra's, should be elected In trVr stead? Now, really, wjemd it .llll TJt "J . W .11. I k' I I, .I" Mran party In chttfcres? and in d-1- ' partmentp cf the government f jr the past 12 years before us, might it not be well for the country, as Mr Bryan fays, to turn a lot of the lead ers "T tnfli party out irtn 'nc :.-derm-SB to fast awhl" Of oi;.-.-: ., that would be very d isncree? t ' , thse politic tans, who hare found arf the service of special In-eres's verv i ,,(.. pleasant ana perhaps ier;. pro; ,i-i ( jjg j. j abl. but might if no )..- a good (thing for the masses of private citl-j Wh-n zens? HEAT vields in some if not all Willamette valley conn ties are below what was ex Tiected. Instead of the 3 0 or 40 bushels or other vears, the average in a few districts is 1 fl per acre. It is Impossible to continue to draw money out of the bank forever and never put any In. It Is lmpos sible to take hay out of the barn al ways without replenishing the sup ply. It is eqdally impossible to draw from the soil forever without giving something In return. The fertility in 'the land is the same as the. money in the bank. It has been scientifically demonstrated, and can be demon strated again at any time, that a ton of wheat taken off the farm, takes away $7 worth of fertility from the soil. If that fertility is not put back the account, becomes overdrawn, and nature's bank ceases longer to pay on demand. It is the constant pre sentation of drafts on the account that has brought on the 15-bushel yk-dd. It is not the fault of the land but the fault of the farmer. If the land be treated as we treat the banks, it will go hack rb its old fer tility. The wheat yield of Great Britain by constant cropping was reduced at one time to eight bushels By modem farming it has been raised to an average of 30. In Hol land the average has been raised to 40. In the T'nlted States where once we grew 3 0 and 4 0 bushels with ease, we are down to 12. We shall go lower unless we give the sou a square deal. In Oregon, wo are to have mag nlficent opportunity to do so. The new packing houses will soon offer a great market for livestock, a market that It will tax the northwest to ade quately supply. It Is a business that made farmers of the middle west comparatively rich. Along with It are the continued heavy demands at perennially good prices for Oregon dairy products. Both industries are soil builders. They put Into the bank all and more money than they draw out. They increase the soil's fertility Instead of exhausting it. This ir-acie yield on Willamette valley farms is a striking warning to their owners, a wordless but nn eloquent warning pronounced by na ture here!f. It is the notice from nature's bank that the act'ount is overdrawn. If the Rnvernor enn't got Harrlman to build roii ils In Oregon, nobody can. a a No doubt Vr. O'Brien would like i Ik Job of railroad building 1n Oregon. rolltlcs Is warming up over In Wash InRton, Oregon has a little on hand, too a a Brother Charlev wants to go to the senate. liat a nig sacK he must have a a In Kansas the people are Raying of. If not to, one of their senators: So long V"s' Sankcy. the Rospel hymn writer and sincer. was a man of immense power In the world. a a Are Rroat numbers of voters going to no Foared Into voting against their In cllnatlons? a a Perhaps Mr. Harrlman could be In duced to come down and attend that Hill railroad celebration. a a If a man wants to find the pen and ink at home, lot htm tell Ills wife he wants to write her a check. a a A good many Democrats will welcome Mr. I'arkor more cordially than they would have done four years ago. a a Before accusing somebody of theft, be carcrul that you nave not 10m or nils laid the missed articles yourself. a a A MarshfleUl man was not shot for a duck, but ho swallowed shot along with a duck and so came neaj dying. He was probably hungry. Of course, entire elimination of a city council will be a very tempting prop osition for the charter revisionists who have been watching recent councils. Oregon Sidelights Pallas work. Is doing much Improvement yield In the Klamath The alfalfa basin is good. Dallas has no night watchman, and its jail Is empty. a a Junction City has organized a Boost club with 50 members. A Wood river vailey ranch of acres sold for about J60.000. 960 New York, Aug. 17. Today Is a no. table one In the history of submarine telegraphy. Just 60 yearn ago, on Au gust 17, 18Cs, the first cable message wus sent across the Atlantic. The mes sage was of 80 words, from Queen Vic toria to President. Iluchanan. It took P7 minute to triAisinlt. Today soma 23,000.000 words are sent by cable be tween America and Kurope each year uiid the various lines have a capacity of 100,000,000 words. But It was the little message sent 60 years ago today that afTordud tho first tangible proof that one of the greatest attempts of man In the Meld of science had suc ceeded. When a little company of men. under the leadership of Cyrus W. Field, began to organise for the numose of br nt- Ing the old world and the new within speaking distance by means of a pro tected thread of wire across the At lantic, they were hooted at as madmen. Capitalists who Invested their money In the scheme were thought bv their friends to have become bereft of rea son Few Imagined the foat possible. The first stop In the program was to he the laying of a cable across the Oulf of St. I.awrence. from Cape Bay Cove to Cape North. The flrst trial was disastrous, because of a furious storm, but In the following year the cable was succewsfully laid. Newfoundland was to become the western terminus. Tho work of laying the cable between New foundland and Ireland was then begun. The first attempt was a failure. After 300 miles of wire had been spun out the cable broke. A second and a third attempt were made and finally, on Au gust S, 1SBK, the eastern end of the cable was laid in Trinity bay, New foundland. Twelve days later the fa mous messages were sent and received between Queen Victoria and President Buchanan. But the scheme was not yet destined to bear the fruits of victory. Soon after the Initial message had been sent and the press of the world had sounded loud prnlses In honor of the triumph, the cable was again severed and the work of years was undone. In St5 an other unsuccessful attempt was made to lay a cable, and a year later the first operative cable was completed. In I860 the French Atlantic cable was completed, this being the first subma rine line to stretch actually from, the shore of America to the shore of Eu rope. The landing of the American end of the French cable was made at Dux bury, Mass.. and was the occasion for a great celebration. On Boston com nmn 100 guns were fired, and the na tional colors or France and the united States were displayed on all the public hutirllnas. Within the brief span of the 60 years the world ha hunt more than znn.ooo miles of submarine cables, sufficient to glrdlelie globe eight times. Besides the-' 1200,000.000 investment In cables there is a fleet of 42 cable steamers kept constantly In service. And .besides the entiles already In operation, several others are In various Stages or con struction. F.very effort la being made to annihilate the distance between dlf ferent parts of the world and unite, by cables, or by "wireless," countries sepa rated by vast oodles of water. The re suits In the business world are huge. The cable service of most direct Im portance to the general public Is that of transmitting the reports of crops and general commercial conditions o widely separated nations. Tbis service is intimately tied, up witn a most in teresting compilation of these reports, a system which enables the exporter In New York. Seattle or Oalveston, and the dealers In Chicago, Minneapolis and other cities to govern their business by world-wide conditions. In the early days It cost $100 to pend a message across t the Atlantic The cable companies made a charge of Jft a word, and tho minimum amount or words to be transmitted was fixed at 20. Recent developments In cable making and operating, combined with healthy competition between cable com panies, have proved instrumental In bringing down the cable tolls. Big businesses use the cables eagerly and vast sums of money are annually ex pended by hoards of trade, exporting houses and newspapers In obtaining In formation from foreign countries. By means of "duplexing" the copper wire coated with gutta percha a pro cess Invented and perfected by Pr. Alexander Mulrhead the efficiency of the cable service has been doubled. This device enables messages to be sent si multaneously from both ends of the wire. The leading cable companies al ready have "duplexed," or are "duplex ing" their cables In order to get the fullest benefit from this Invention. REALM 4 tfemhiniI w W and the Children. HILB mothers und fat hern! pondering over the questlil to tho occupation or bus! that the newly graduated or daughter la to take un 1 thm summer vacation la over, a buJ 1 irt n. . V. , . .... 1 "Jr m oroer, which la ml this try to make up to the chll the thing that you missed. Robert, for instance, la much llkl mother. His tastes, character, l ana desires lie much along the Ines as those upon which her chat is founded. Ami thox h..i,.. I along the lines of literary work o mo, ,,, ,-inueii oi literature. The ml knows that she would have been al deeply and has the gift of lmpaJ It, A It ...... 1 ... uu, "j i- nium jiuve oecn . for a well brought up girl to thli "" uu"ii inn mage and sol laugni sruooi, ana men married. I here Is the boy. lie Is not to hiam.l ins tastes ami anilities lie along "'"" mica. wiHi ne nas nis mol riiiiiiionai temperament and her nc-nn ui tvvw I or me nrr nr i b i uese are ine tningf, that are niJ to him. and to smother which wll quire the -best nart of M Ufa til Is his father's only son and his fl warns nim to learn the hardware ness. Now look at It saneH- VI,l,.h i. ter, that he should be a s-ood notnil vnry poor narnware merchant, to mo diiicb nmi oaianres Ann lha ,a ui a Dtininess lire will always eif miiim b, wno win lie down at with the weight of chilled steel mm ifnn rise to confront a nrl dreary routine of plows, kegs and! and steam shovels? In other worl it nis tire he has to live nr nml eiB8." LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE An- a meat many American voters j so a:' raid of a few big "groups" that ' t!i v don't dare to vote as they ! woui,i like to do? If so, then they are no longer free nien. They are in bondage to fear, the fear of masters. They have not the co-urage to be- i Occasionally, It must he admitted, 1 and not to t lie count ry 's credit either. i Ftate militia very much needed. la'.- ly -at Springfield. 111. ave t.' , r. better if It had Mtp.n quicker, but the seem to have done pretty it was would ' tien inti ho :i. IK n 1st .;(.! cunt of the recent y azatr.as. which ap-J i : i rdaj 's Journal, wag v M;P Gertrude Metcalf. isr: of the organization. It is immaterial to the people at large whether the majority in con gress la Republican or lmcrra: ic. It is Terr material whether that ma jority serve the people or their op-i pressors Therf Is little in !-mo- iian joins a mob. going ! forth in I, urn atd kill, be must not con,; lair, down by society. f he finds himself shot t il'.et flri d t-y organized fiv hirn richt. Hy build ine now men not only take sdvantago of low prices of ma- rrptlc history for 50 ypr to rom-: ttrial ar d labor, hut help to revive mend It. hut the thicg. important to , prospf rity. whkh is a patriotic duty. h don Is to gt rid of thes fa! the p0ie. But thf -people of Ore-1 representative and tearh the R-i Mr Van Oavo i cut with,an goo. Republican a- well aa IVmo- j pehlicn party a lon, and the othr b-1f-k. ln'endH to ware timid craU decided that thry would rhooj j only y to do that Is to elm eitBr j rotem Into a urr&der cX tteir pt tttir U3ri ftn4 tr Uem Clrct- Democrats or RrpabUcaoi Jii La UUcal freedom. A Hood River Early Harvest apple measures 13 Inches around. a a People of Mist are generally repair ing and Improving their buildings. a a A Black Republican cherry twig near Estacacla. 2 feet ajid 6 lncnes long, had on il 130 fine cherries. a a A famllv living near Waltervllle on the Makcnzie has killed 12 cougars since March, three of them In one day. a a Twenty men have liep.n emnloved dnr Ins- the summer at the Corvallfs brick yard, and when the season in finished ioU.uuu DricK win ne me output. a a A South Dakota man who recently came to wopuburn sola his UaKota place of 480 acres. Including ull stock. utensils, rumiture, fcLc.,jor a a The sound of tho hammer Is heard in Hillsboro, from early morn until evening time. A great many new res idences are going up. ana many new comers are settling in our rnldst, says io Argus. Port Orford Tribune: The beeches near ttie mouth of Koguo river re richer In blaeksand, gold and plat inum metals than anywhere else on the coast, and It seems that capitalists would first try to develop the cutlery teel manufacture in such a place. rather than where the sand has but lit tle of these rich metals. a a I-ast Sunday J. S. Macomhiir of Dal las plucked from his lemon tree a fully matured lemon much larger in size than Is generally sold in the Mores. There are 31 smaller ones 0:1 the tree not yet fully developed. The tree Is grown In a tub and kept la tli house in the winter, but grows out of doors during the warm weather. It is pro lific and thrifty In eery respect, a a The Ontario Oil A- Gas company will soon commence operations near that ctty, says the Democrat. There Is no ques tion but that the ga that flows from the 411 wellg In Ontario which is found here at a depth of 150 to 20o'fet Is petroleum gis, and the formation en countered In boring these wells Indi cates that our citv is in" the heart of the laruest oil field that has ever been developed. J. DonaJda-'n of Tillamook county uses fnur milking machines t.i milk his TS cows. H" tells the Herald that some old' cows held back their milk at first, but they soon got used to the ma chine, and with the voung conn there never was any trouble That the milk ing machines did the work andMhat it made a wond rful diff rone,- in the work of the ranch. It was much mere cleanly and sanitary. It relieved the family fmm work around the barns, an. allowed a rancher and his family to enloy life the same as any one Irr any other line of bufiners. a a Several years aim a man bought M1 aerea. or lanil near latskanle aays the I'btef. wt.ich had been logged off long rs ago when timber was plenty and -heap. It w. r-itomary then to Wve from !x to e'.grt feet of the stump rin eun ng k tree, ana as a result thai land w ovrred with these rem nants cf the fn-mer forest. supiosed to b rood for rethtig William How atson put in n small ahingle mill along about the first cT March of this year and t--n cutting the cedar stump Into shmglf and up to th prtsent time, over 1 "i 1.0 n hare ben turned jt The oal tr of the h1r,gie is Mid ' be better Wan ordinary owing to the tooehne the tree at the biitt and ot-er jur!t1e of exf-:ene. There U noHk-h niarrhantaHe timber In th r-fTMini- titTr to keep tfc mill go- Philosophy of Socialism. Portland, Aug. 15. To the Editor of The Journal Society Is mado up f two elasses a laboring class and a leisure class, a producing class and a non produclng class. The simple denial of this statement of classes does not re fute the facts or change the truth thereof. The distinction between these preda tory wealth and wage-earning classes Is not a lino of demai katlon over which none mnv nasS. for there Is continually a migration of the people passing back and forth, mostly forth. across this line, as the gamble of successes and re verses for wealth continues. Modern Invention and discoveries coupling tho machine with the powers of nature, has enabled mnnkind to dis regard, In part, the Uible Injunction which declares "In the sweat of thv brow shalt thou eat bread," as he is able to produce comparatively without effort, and his normal power of con sumption does not compare with his power of production. This In a logical and practical sense would Insure both labor and leisure for every one, with equal opportunity for all, and at the same time furnish sus tenance In abundance lor tne enure nu- man family. Now If we are able, through rontinuea production, to produce beyond our nor mal ability to consume, there must necessarily arise a surplus of products. tnrougn tne employment 01 an in. -n- plo. Wither wo must nave a correspond ing period of leisure for all. or there nwist he a class that consumes and does not produce, with a corresponding class that produces more than tliev consume. That the foregoing Illustration truly describes our social condition of pro duction and consumption challenges con tradiction. Now, one more statement to close the contention, viz.. that which applies to one nation applies to all nations, as all have tho same classes; nonce mo 101 eign market is merely a matter of ex change of products and the question of production and consumption remains un o li ft n 5 ci The continual drift across the line from thei side of predatory wealth to the producing class, with the exceptional lonesome few returning, ever swells the producing power of the nations, and contlnuallv diminishes the consuming power of the non-producing class. Here in lies the crisis toward which all the world Is fast traveling and without po etical agitation will In Its own good tlmo precipitate a social revolution through Its natural course. Could the migration or transition ne changed from the producing to the non producing class, proportionately to the Increased power of production, then might the profit system survive and one class continue to always remain lu slavery. .... ,,. I The resultant raiture inrnugn me -mlnishlng few to consume the products of the ever increasing producing class, whose wages cannot repurchase thctr production at tho demanded profit, forces a lack of empVovment and forme the problem of the age This unemployed problem Is the key to the new system, which demands pro Inn fnr use and not for profit, with a corresponding amount of labor and leisure for all. We ara. bv following the lines of least resistance, drifting steadily toward the goal of cooperation. Not because w'r do Fire It, nr because it Is better, but be r.nticA rf nnr Inn bilitv to oppose tho r-n.ii- nr oolal evolution, we take the course of least resistance let It land us where It will. .... ... Ever slajre Jacob peeled the sticks that marked the coming herd of Iaban's cattle, bv which means his share was increased and Lahan's correspondingly diminished, the profit system has per mitted the intellectually siron 10 oe. ru. iha Intellectiiallv weak, and by means of cunningly devised schemes ap proprlate his rightful goods and pro ducts. , ... In more ancient times oerore m in vention of gunpowder, when pnysicai strength counted for all. th" ptiyslcayy weak were disappropriated hy their more powerful neighbor, of their good, chattels, wives, etc. For protection against usurpation from this source. governments were formed, with tatutes and ordinances framed for general protection which were enforced by police and military power. Trtii was society protected. The present (lav parallel Is found In the scheming and eorruption practiced by the unscrupulous, cunning and alert, on their more honest and les runnltiK neighbor, which has engsgod the "big stick" unuccesf ully for the past eight years. The remedv or present relief He not In the impossible, the enforcement of law hut In the removal of the cause. the profit system, and thereby overcome the effect. This would modernize our social relations to parallel of our me chanical age and retor to society a proper eouulbrlitm Thl Is our logical defense and th1 only possible mode left for the con tinued habitation of the earth. The oft aasrted claim that this will destroy Incentive. nJ cause odetjr to deteriorate. Is like ail other spook tht have h Hunted the social change of all are, if Incentive ronalst In the run nine craftiness of Jacob for th getting of fllecltlmate gain, rather than forthe betterment of vcl"tr, let u endeavor to find something other than lnoectlr for our parpoae la lif. Tbe fact of thl matter Jt. that the freateet tncentla- of feumaa effort in Gurxig - goon rmutwr uoaB with a system that stimulates fraud and deceit, the human family would long since have destroyed Itself, where thfc contrary Is self evident; and we have advanced toward the tjlvine continually. All changes have begun with the lower strata of society and through this class. In the present as in the past ages, will enine the new. These men and women have been hated and despised. from Mosos In Midan through Christ on the cross, to our modern heroes, who hnve bv tMlr Indomitable will dragged society from its fossilized moorings to the new civili zation. Iet us forget that while majorities rule, minorities revolutionize. C. V. BARZE. Organized Labor and the Charter. Portland, Aug. 15. To the Editor of The Journal Your editorial In the Is sue of August 14 on the revision of the present city charter Is most timely, and in my opinion Is the best mode of pro cedure at thlN time. The present char ter has served Its purpose for a small city, but with our phenomenal growth during the past nve years It has ne come obsolete In some Important par tieulars. The conflict of authority be tween the different branches of the city government leaves a chance for litigation, if any one is so disposed, that retards the growth of the city and causes many Inconveniences that, could ho dispensed with. Our laws on such important subjects as water, fire pro toctlon, lights and bridges are ambig uous, to say the leuat, and should be made plain enough to place the respon siliillty where It belongs. The Galveston commission plan was tne result or tho need of Immediate ac tien mi many Important matters after the disastrous flood, when the people realized mat tne centralizing of author It v whs their only hope of maintaining t lie city's commercial supremacy. While I have heard many arguments In Its favor, I am in accord with the sent! nient expressed by The Journal that, wiui our present city charter amended we could get along for somo time vet especially as we have the Initiative and referendum laws to protect us from the different machine politicians that might come Into power. The various labor unions of the city have been working aiong tnose lines ror the past six months and today they are practically unanimous In doing their share to have the city governed In a manner that shall be a boost to us on the jputslde. " he city work should be TBone at home and mechanics who are property owners should at least not be subjected to the) Ignominy of soelng the work they are so capable of doing going to an eastern firm that can afford to compete wiin local nrms ny employing unorgan ized labor on starvation wages. Iet us have for our new slogan, "Portland first, last and all the time." Organized labor Is closer together at present than has been In many years and we In Then here is the uirlr From her babyhood she has lovl neip mother put things right il inline. mile iikos simple, nnmely loves to try to cook and mess al in ine Kitcnen. to Iron smooth. H smelling, dainty clothes, likes to company and got the dinner hrnll It is mother's desire that she shonl nave these hard things to do. H can arrord to pay for her oducatlol It Is decided that she will go to a II ing scnooi as ir education werel finished In this world and theil win be nttea to teach in a girls' nary. Jane does not dare to frustrate! nign nopes for her, and sha dufl tries to be Interested In Frencj algehraio formulae, and the technic or literary erudition. In reality her father's own practical home-l luture, and would be quite happy "hro not expected to know any lnnguago than the one that hasl her native tongue: would ho oulte If she might only be left alone an.I with her mother and help her met! stockings and lay away the llnl sweet-scented piles, and nlav will nany, witnout snouiaering any II responsibilities. mil inat would ne throw nn a1 good education, her mother thlnkJ so poor Jane stifles her feellngl perhaps goes off to be "finished I such an aching heart that her pill scarcely largo enough to absorb al tears at night. it tend to do all in our power to make Portland what nature Intended It to be Gods country. MAURICE J. KELI.T. R1 Rear Admiral Schroeder'g Birthday. Hear Admiral Beaton Schroeder, who commands the fourth division of the Atlanflc battleship fleet on Its present trip around the world, was born in Washington, D. C, August 17 1K4. He was graduated from the naval academy at Annapolis In 1S68 and reacned the grade of lieutenant in ISTi. In 1 S 7 1 , while attached to the Pacific squadron, he took part In Admiral Joh 1 Hodgers' expedition against the Koreans. In 1 ; 9 he was one of inose in charge of the removal of the obelisk from Egypt to New York, where it was placed lh Cen tral Park. In 1SS8 he was executive officer of the battleship Massachusetts pickle Is a special delicacy, parti It is not only the parents whose are sufficient to enable them tl tholr daughter the extra touches! influence her. Often It is the girls who have ambitions to "do thing." One Is preparing to teach I In an academy. One la going to stenograpny ana take a position father's office. One Is planning come a doctor, another a nurse. are you going to do?" they ask I and she, poor child, hnsn t the ci to assert berseir and say I m gol Rtav at home and beln mnthpr 1 I is' the burden of her heart' longlrl sne forthwith tries to reconcile it to a life of school teaching or color painting or to learning bul metnofis. which really are dusl ashes to her woman nature. And by this method- which wel admit Is all too common we succl having our kitchen work done! woman who would Ilka to ho an our schools taught by girls who 1 like to Do doing the cooking, our ness letters written by women very souls cry out for fresh air a blue sky, and the delights of a ci life. We, got our natural born f: huo the milplts and our ethical nl phers on the farms, and our poil mud tne bank counters. We are so afraid of not glvb children a chance, that we install their being what they are not ntt Just to satisfy our own Ideas ofl ress. We are afraid of what peoil say If we let our boy take hil verslty education out onto a farm. We are afraid we are not I our best for them unless we star orr on our own preconceived r tame and nonors. But If we had real courage arl ainaness we would look Into hearts and Drayerfullv consider! their Creator has out Into them! snouia not ne afraid to let thl wnatever tney can he best, and le worn out tneir lives along the least resistance- not for us, bl them. I It will take some shanlng. son! appointments, some hart! knocks, J tney Degin to make their work I but If we are to do our best foil we must let tnem take the knock- their own road. not along tf imiurai paiim uiai we nave maprl ior mom. regaraiess or tneir o cnnations. K K It Oood Things From Tomato! IPE Tomato Tickles. Select s large, red tomatoes (not toe .ay them In brine (saturate) tlon of salt and water) fjr ti then wipe, put Into a Jar with! spire, cloves, peppercorns and cinnamon and small button onh sliced onions, In alternate layers inatoes. srlce and onion, having of spiie on top. Cover with colJ tnegAr and seal. 1 ney win ready for ue for two month snd was advanced tnree numbers for his conduct In the Spanish war. From 1900 to 1903 Captain Schroeder was frovernor of the Island of Ouam and ater was stationed at Washington as chief Intelligence office. -.. Thl Iat In History. 17S0 Americans defeated British and Torle at battle of Musgrove Mills. 175 David Crockett, the hero of the Alamo, born Died March 6, 1S3S. 107 British army Invested Copenha gen. 1817 Andrew Pleken. American gen ersl of the revolution, died In Pendle ton, f. C. Bom In Paxton, Pa... Feptem ber 1. 173i. 1 S3 British parliament passed the dissenters' marriage act. US The first t'nlted States explor ing expedition sailed, under Commander Wilkes. 1M fieneral Resrney took peaceable possession of Santa Fe, Mexico, 160 Jose l fcn Martin the "Wash ington of South America," died. Born February !S. 177. Xo Long Smart, From the Woodbum Independent Rj M-tmwnwr near, iiior or tne Pen dleton Trlhvne, 1 now oppod to State ment No. 1. H I smother disappointed on. Th people understand hi ailment but they o not understand why urh men. o dead rw s of holding white of flea), hax-om 4 emblt tered through re pef ed dUaaTvotntment that tney attack rherlehed right of th people A smart poll t -t in the old co t reri t ion da y mllod wh defeated, for ncntoatton. Now they kill themeelre off Hy anuir enlstng ftatement No. L They r longer isiut nice with baked beans. Old-Fashioned Preserve. Tak pounds ripe tomatoes, flv pounds a bag containing two large tabl.j ground ginger and cook till quit.l Allow one lemon, sliced to evervj can of preserve It can be cook"! the tomato or Uced Into the caJ Is being filled. J Butter to Serve With Moats the ripe tomato ar cooked, l put them through the colanderk move the eeds. Have ready ait, amount of sour apple sauce, well i, add It to the tomatoe. weeten se and let It boll until the mixture! to thicken. B careful thst It dfl burn. Put either In Jelly gl?l can. Thl Is very rood erveH meats. m m m The Ially Mmo. BREAKFAST. Ciaura Melon. Minced Sheen' Tongue, Cr Gravy. N Hot Tot. Coffe. I LfNCHEON I Xut Batter Psndwlrhe. J.rdlar Feche nd Cream. Oak, f DINNER. I Clam Chowder f Cold Rnat Beef. Horeerade Fllc-ed Beet Cucnmhore Tapiotm Custard Banana Black Coffee, Nertlco Reformer will orerh L tormioologle. "Rebate" 1 y vulgarism and will be replaced t eeaiaion-- -Theft" I like IM I In refereewe to enal mtnniercH atlon ard rbl b ur-llaeie H animated tra,nj-Hon For ara' I e-e OmtKsp BtBloa In tb t OU cava. 1
