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EDITOEIAIj BSGE OP THE (JOURNAL 1 f THE JOURNAL ft a. JaOKSO. l'ut.lWt.r Tor hMM ir lrv .iel Heads? rars Huo.t.j m..rnlu e l"l J.u'"l mil h. rif:h sud Y.b.1.111 Hlwu. r.ftl.u.1 ' rnltrxl at ths k U.rM-s ! IVrtl.i.il "' h.M,li. fhriiti ft. mall S'I1 tT TKLKNIONr -MAIM T,Tl HMK Art. All S..irtiiiatti rsarlird Ir -" Tall lbs eparst.- tha -IriMrt.. KUI (U.1. offlca. 111444. E"t Hi. will be beltt-r. A prnaldentlat cam paign year Immediately following a violent j.antc roil Id not ha a high tide year of primjierlt) . Whoever U elmled we Will Ht htHfT times. whatever the Intlnildatotn say. Hut theno opeelal, labored articles boar (In. . uriiiarks of the. politician Thev nr.- siisploluiiitly scant cf tl t a I ! s . f f.p.-i-fl- farts rind figures Their ob )i cl U I.) niHk readers suppotiM pros p. In cuiiiInK back In n groat high flow. regard'oss of what tha f.icls rOKICICN AhVKHTISIMJ IIICI-fl M M A!! K , flIi VrvUlid-tenanitn B,..-Hi A (1 M l.li.s Hrom.l -.-1 .i n . m Ml York; 1mi7 4m II. yr Hu! 1.1: V Mo fnl.c let Kin Tvrin f'".M w 1,1 ' .to lilt LLlIrd 8tte. Cs.nila 'All V ru r' is "" n'-"i PI'VI'.W On ihi I'.' m-' "' TAILY aM MM'AV fm year IT .V (' n -I'lh ! ) 'c r 1 1! ii a f I 'df! imrrhuc ii.- i in! ; 1'inl The language of en-lte- ment Is st best but pictur esque merely. You .nust !' calm before you ran utter oracles. Henry Thoreau. the. people of the Pa nto pretty prosper titlr of conditions In What hurts ohm part of :(,. .nintry greatly must be f It in n:t i mi.ro or Ie, but wo out ; ! . re !. ss affected by tho depreg- -'..ii than tli' people (if the e.ist. I").!.' n pi'.'n: number of working ! - i mi nm ftIM out of em plo qient. ! Ut:il'Vor the tlmrn, t!il Is tho best j p i, r t of the country to be In. i MR. taft s rritiors i.h;k I1 R. TAFT made Rome epeoches In Ohio Saturday. Among other things he said: "l.'n der the Dlngley bill of 1S97 wo went ahead to a prosperity never bffore known In this country or In " ' the world." What are the lnfer- nce8 to be drawn from this remark? Two: First, Mr. Taft approves in the main the Dlngley law; perond. he would have hla hearers and readers believe that the unprecedented pros perity was a result of the Dlngley .law. The two things, Dlngley law and prosperity, arfc coupled right to gether, so that this 'conclusion Is In evitable. Then It follows that Mr. Taft, desiring prosperity of course, must be friendly to the Dingley law. and not In favor of much tariff re vision. It Is well that this main Is sue Is thus sharply defined and made clear. Bryan says the Dlngley law Is a robber of the people and the mother of trusts; Taft says, Infer ential, that It caused prosperity. On that issue let the people vote. But Mr. Taft goes oo to admit that this wonderful prosperity was rude ly interrupted by a panic, by hard times, by ruin to many and distress to millions. If the Dlngley law .caused all the prosperity, why in all fairness and reason not say that It also caused the panic? Everything good Mr. Taft claims for his party and its administrations; but if any thing evil happens, he disowns and repudiates it. This is none the less unreasonable and absurd because Mr. Taft instead of some sophomore said it. The people can't see it. Mr. Taft proceeds to say that cap ital has become frightened and we have had a halt in prosperity, there fore the success of the Democratic party would create doubt in the fu ture in the minds of the people. So he wants the people to trust the par ty under whose administration a great panic has been pulled off, and some 1,500,000 working men were thrown out of employment for many months. This Is curioi&flogic for a great statesman. Thepeople will doubt Bryan and the Democrats, he says. But haven't they plenty of reason In the events of the past year If party has anything to do with it to doubt the Republicans? The crash did not come during a campaign or a presidential election yejf, but a year before that, so the bogy of Democratic success could have had nothing to do with it. If these things are to be laid to one party or the other, surely it was the Republican and not the Democratic party that is responsible for the past year's record. Could the Democratic party if iu power do any worse? Isn't it Mr. Taft s party that the people, looking at their fresh, raw stripes and sores, have reason to "doubt." If Mr. Taft had said that probably the ascendency of one party or thei other did not have much to do with 1 It, that such accidents were likely to befall the best regulated party, and argued that the Republican par ty had considerable on the credit side of the ledger and that the panic was only a piece of 1'1-timcd b.vi ' luck, he would have been more rea sonable if not more convincing ; . but ! first to credit the Dlngley tariff with ! prosperity and then to argue that 'he party that could not have had ani thing whatever to do with bringing! on the panic should be distrust. d be- cause of its consequences, Is to try to fly upon wings of two manif"Ft ab- ' araities. air. iari may r.e a g"2ii executive officer, nut as a nasoner in the field of party politics he is certainly a grotesque failure. the nature of things that these ath letic victories appeal to humanity more. They are more dramatic, spectacular, and apparent; they are before our eyes and In our hearing and are exciting, as the stuJont's, the philosopher's, the Inventor's or even the statesman's triumphs are not. Monro the world's champion wiestler or runner or Jumper will win more applause than the man who discovers a new planet or a cure for a hitherto Incurable disease. Hut victories won In uthletlc on- terH are worthy of plaudits. Phys ical strength, hardihood and prowess are no mean attainments. It must bo r iRht or It would not bs so pure ly natural to admire and npplaud the superior athlete So all the country '..inn In vociferous welcome to these in. n of superior physical skill and I y ml II "a in lino i omand in pmuc- uiar ireis prouu oi mom aim win make their homo coming a notable event. Small Change Tti Drm Molnaa plan looka food many. to In Pptambr and tha Out Aufruat; oyster. Thx utata fair bafflns In two weeks; ret ren.lv. a Rood deal of summer A FITTING REPLY TO AN INTIMIDATOR I1KV.W AM) ItoOSKVKI.T pouch :s. T UK PKCTACI.K of Mr. Bryan posing as tho exponent of Roosevelt Ian policies and the natural heir to the sup port of Roosevelt's admirers Is amus ing,'' says the other Portland dally newspaper. Amusement Is a good and necessary thing, and If our neighbor Is at last amused at any Lhint It Is to be congratulated. Or dinarily a consideration of prosy facts In tl.r political world Is not o.i eulated particularly to amuse, but If it does, all the better. Mr. Bryan does not pose as the exponent and heir of the Roosevel tian policies, because as to most of these poiu ies that have made Roose velt ko popular among the people, Bryan was urging them years igo, before Roosevelt ever' adopted them. Bryan has advocated . some things that Roosevelt ha9 not converted Into his policies, but as to the major part of these famous policies, as the people take them to be, they have been Bryan policies since before the time that Roosevelt became presi dent. So perhaps the "amusing." Imagining that Bryan Is posing, o by pretending to Imagine so Bryan stands and for years has stood, for almost all the Roosevelt policies which the people approve and which congress and the Republl can convention scornfully rejected; hence It Is quite true that Bryan ran be depended on to carry out these Roosevelt policies as far as possible. Besides, he has a few additional pol icies of similar character that Roose velt had not taken up yet, but It is to be hoped will, and more success fully, If he should be elected presi dent again In 1912 Such organized worklngmen as read the morning paper are told that If a very large proportion of union labor voters should be Induced to vote for Bryan "It would deeply Injure, and for a thnn would prac tically ruin the cause of or ganized or unionized labor." And they are warned that their go ing pretty solidly for Bryan would not be tolerated; that they would not be tolerated; that they would be asserting too much power of government. Organized working men are very well ns voters as long as they vote solidly as the combines of capitalists tell them to vote, but If they exercise their own free choice and It happens to be for the other candidate, then they are going en tirely too far and ther organizations must be destroyed. And perhaps they will be put on an equality with tho "niggers" down south. Thv must understand that though they are voters, tholr votes are not real ly Intended to be their own. Therr.ll yet, y(.u tirf. Tha horrent of etraw votes will also h heavy In a month or two. t'nntron- friends may never be able Bny to lilm: "Ha heats tha Dutch. "What do the people . want?" naks the Seattle F I. Well, tlirtt's a Ion story. The colontat rates will noon ba In ef fect. Write to everybody you know ImrW enxt. . Her.Mor Fulton ain't tryln' to do nntliln at all. nohow. aya Brother Ceer. wUo baa been known to (?uess wrong; In ."ontferti MeraM, Tuft IS ' 1 a straw vote taken by tne paa- on a train. Bays Iiryan received 16 votes. e Albany votes and The Republican party having guaranteed permanent prosperity, and there having occurred a tremen dous parile and prolonged depres sion after 10 years of Republican feature of the case is supplied by Ldrnini3tratlon. "should it not abdl CHARTER REVISION. I F WE apprehend correctly the temper of the people of Port land there is general de mand for such sweeping changes In our form of city government as would be Involved In the adoption of the Des Moines plan. Undoubted ly there are some points In which the present charter can be amend ed with advantage, but the idea that it Is. wholly responsible for all that is unsatisfactory in .the administra tion of our municipal affairs Is ab surd. In a large number of cases the blame lies at he door of the men who have been chosen to con duct the city's business. An apt illustration is afforded by the council. If that body were to devote its attention to the prompt transaction of Its legitimate business instead of playing peanut politics and indulging In unseemly bickering and disgraceful aberrations, there would not be a t'the of the prqs ent complaints from Indignant tax payers who ari compelled to spend weary hours In dangling -about the oi't'y hall and in urging officials to do their duty. The plain remedy for many exist ing ftbu.-e Is to elect better men to otfi'-o. Klimtnate politics from cityj affairs and insist that the city's busi- j !;. ss 1m conducted In a businesslike! Hi Kjcift from every official the same Tan h fill., conscientious, Indus t:1(.;is hit. iligent service that would !e rcjiiired in any private employ ment. Do this and there will be lit tle need of radical changes in our citv charter. rate? Should it not acknowledge that It either could not or would not keep Its word to the people? For observe, it not only promised perpetual prosperity while it was in power, but asserted that Its adminis tration w-aa the cause, the very source, of all prosperity. It seems to need a rest and repentance. If anyone seriously proposes that Statement No. 1 members of the legislature should resign, so as to allow the voters of their respective districts to determine anew whether or n'ojt that pledge Is to be observed at the forthcoming session, why would It not be an equally good plan for those legislators who did not subscribe to the statement to resign also? Perhaps their constit uents would now prefer to be repre sented by men pledged to elect the people's choice, for senator. Mr. Bourne will be senator quite a while yet. Hii Senator Bon.'u Sufficient reaoh? A Mnte exehanire savs that If the Ore conlan keeps on misrepresenting Bryan he will oarry Oregon by BJ.000. Tint this might not ao to bet on. The PeVidleton Tribune saya "there will be no friction among the lenders during tha coming- campaign.' Now that Is a real nice piece of news. Racehorse owners would not let the racea be run while Governor Hughee was on the grround, to show their spite, but ho will let them see him run, all right. . But why on earth or any other place should a man elected to a position re sign before he begins his (lut)cH so t tint the people caji choose again, when they havM not manifested any deslro that he should do so? This Is what the Pendle ton Tribune Is urging. It never has been done; there Is no good reason or ercuso for Its being done. the. proposi tion Is either ludicrously silly or else as everybody knows It Is a last des perate recourse of the machine poli ticians. Mr. Illtcfhcock thinks the Republicans can carry some congressional districts In the s.iitjilt would be a goo,i thing If they could, and if the Democrats could carry a lot of districts now rep resented bv Republicans In the north. The country would be the better for suh a change. The Iialles Optimist advocates the moving of the stato fair to Torfland and holding It hereafter on the Country club's grounds. But wouldn't that Jar Salem? Oregon Sidelights Vale boasts of five new babies In one week. Aurora Item: Everybody Is out black berrvlng. The capndtv of the Corvmllts lumber mill will be doubled. In the Benton countv fair one family will exhibit 250 articles. Melon growers of The Dalles and vi cinity have formed a Union. Corvallls Is suffering 1 famine. Isn't that curious. Teg table Two Dalles peaches measured Inches each In circumference. 11H RITl'KN OF THE VICTORS. I POLITICIANS NEWS. kROSPERITT reports, now begin- D I and simultaneously in Repub - II can newspapers, appear on examination to be a little Ftralned, forced, and bear evidence of having been In part inrented or concoctf-d It la BO doubt true that times a--better than they were last Januar er March, or perhaps last May, but la tha atern part of the country and to a le extent in the eastern IIK WORLD cheerfully and sin cerely applauds worthy euc c( fs. and the nearer home It strikes the heartier is the ap plause. Hence the Cnited States is now enthusiastically' cheering Hayes, Smithson, Gi'bert and Kelly, Ameri cans who w n notable victories in the recent Marathon games in Lon don. l!aes did not win, but Amer- Blsmarok anil Emperor William. Octave Morbeau In American Magazine. The relations between William and his mother, the empress Fred. -rick, be came, at last, so bitter that William placed spies about her even In the bed room of his Invalid father. Through one of trftoso 'sides William learned of the existence of a Journal which his father had kept fur some vears. Frederick had a taste for writ ing, and the fact that there' was cold ness between him an. I his son led Wil liam to fear that Ms se "!"- t Journal might contain soiik; criticism of his con duct. Tho empress, however, was clever enough to conceal th diary h( fore her husbands death. r.lui'.mg tho surveil lance -of her 6n, f t:.- senfvthe papers to her'jnother, iiueon Victoria, or to hAr brother, then priu-.-e of Wi'.lo:---I don't remember which. Hardiv had t is father drawn his last breath when William. oer the dend body, performed nis first official act. Jt was to l'-m;nd et his widowed mother the journal, which he termed a memorial. The empress feigned Ignorance. Wil liam Insisted, lie spoke as muster, giv ing his mother the order to obey. She persisted In 'declaring that stio knew nothing of the papfis "Well," he ciiii ma nded, p-.irpl .iwrath. "you will remain under rest until you have obeyed me'" BIsir.ark. O'rlving at r-e.-Ua-u hours after this, f.uind U p.ilae. rounded by squa-lM-na of art:.-.-.! airy. The' empcre-r. wvoni -e f c -1 exalted, told tl,.- nd . ' an- .-'l-.r In had met the d'- !- . :-:i of Ms mother. And she ne. d not ep-M pMv or con sideration until she has obeyed me.'" he d'drfred "Yo,, ur.'.h rstand that, Mr Chancellor? I'M 11 she has obeyed me.'" The pupil had K"'.r much too far. BIsir.ark "aw at or . e that the buffoon ery continue.! inle.o' tnxr the w'.ole of William's relen. Later in lif. he eald. he ti s. .1 to v r d' r o 'y !;. k. pt from laughing In his t-'-v. reign's face. What ie d1 was to r'-oo'.ve Wil liam's r.ews wi;h d. I o-rentiai silence and later, w re n ri.e e-i.p.-ri r w as ca n-er. Fifteen thousand dollars was raised In Condon for a new Sisters' school. A new shingle m!1 with a capacity of 35.000 a day Is being erected In Clats kanle. One family near Bumpter number not stated picked 93 gallons of black berries. Raising mulberry trees and silkworms may become another Willamette valley Industry. enactment of legislation not desired by the gentlemen who are so conspicuous In their support of Taft and Sherman Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie. Harrl man, Sohiff? Do these men ever make a mistake when they select candidates? Which s most IlKelv to tie misieu. meae One cougar has killed a dozen colts men who say that Taft Is all right, that V, MllUon rnrM-Via nhm.n Ti.,l onlIhA IS S C'lllB' T Vlll I V, HI iur away east his wj.Se attends to ajl his of ficial duties. The Estacada News has been trans formed Into the Estac.ala Progress, and will progress. animals In and about othe,r domestic Pine mountain. A Baker girl has announced to her girl friends that she will be nt home for conversation from 5 to 7 In the evening. No use for anybody else to try to use the phone then. Two TVoodburn boys aged 15 and 15. while eating stolen watermelons, used a rifle to shoot ioyt windows f,nl tap the bell of the Fchoolhouse. They spent tho night in the calaboose, and tl.eir relatives paid a fine of T end costs each and 1 0 for damages to the school house. Cheao enough for letting the kids have a gun. to still w ne . Picking blackberries can h made as profitable as hop plcning if tne i with I vould only tune it tip. says Tho se sr- i vat Star. Thousands of gitlons ; wst.j annually and the ;n,-s -i 1n i two I creaslnir each. year. Th.-v ar. 'ir .milv ; Mir- ! growing wild all over the Fr-r.. n Hrai- cav- j' rie section. The evergreen. I v Jh l- . ; i for canning and especially for 1i!l.i. One firm here Is shipping over a ton ecicli day. While a Newberg hov with mo com panions was driving along a r.xid. tciis the Graphic, a female ban Ht sprar.x from the fence corner and eraspe, the team by the bits stopp.-u t'o-m and de nial. .1. d In a tirade of ohj.- what r- ,ev the bovs had lef te ih.-v c M -: However, they nrdero-l her of s e ulsapp eared In the hrosh as -; 'K- 8 the oume, vowing all forts cf vt:g .nee rn her scared victims. Former Congressman Robert Baker has sent a hj-p reply to the uetlon from the New Yaik Leather lleltln compuny that Industrial Interests sup port the Tart-Sherman ticket to the end V restoring business activity. Mr. llmker, always an ardent Bryan man. Is now the prosldent of the Austin Itotary Knglne fompaiiy. This comoimv rec1v1 m lMr frnm the New York Leather lleltlng company offering Republican campaign cnrdu to i'o posted in industrial i-stabllilunnnta oenrniK inn promise or "rull time" oti the strength of Republican vlotory. Tho method of campaigning for Republican votes through tho corDorat lona la re lented by Jlr. Raker, who asks why the factories are not on full time now, tn a uepuuiieon administration. the correenondence Is self-exnlana. tory. The letter received by the Austin notary engine company was ns rouaws: ew ioik, juiy jz, ios. trentie- inen we have tacked this notice upon tho walls of our factories la lirookUn and Mew York: . " 'Relieving that the election of Taft and Sherman moans a safe and progres sive Dusiness administration tne clay following their election wo shall Btart i ins ihujii on run lime ana Keep go lug " If you believe with us that bv re- !lelnff any uncertainty as to what the wuge earner can expect In the event of electing: men wno will secure the busl ness prosperity of this country, we should glad to have you follow "our example. As members of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, the American Hardware Manufacturers association. the. American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers' association, the National Credit Men's association, the Manufac turers Association of New York, tha New York Board of Trade and Trans location, and other commercial bodies, f you will kindly fill In and return to :s the enclosed card, we will supply you with a 'full time and keep going" ard. such as we have posted, and notify all these associations of your hormou- us attitude. "Regardless of politics, once the man ufacturers of this country Join univers ally In this movement depression will cease. ' Lend us your help and post the card Full time and keep going.' ' i ours verv trulv, NEW YORK LEATHER BELTING COMPANY." Baker's Reply. This Is the renlv sent bv . President Robert Baker of the Austin Rotsrj Kn glne company: Ajentlemen W e have yours or July 22, offering us copies of cards posted In your factories. "Permit ug to say we do not under stand. Why have you stopped your fac tories? Why Is the 'Full Time ami ,Kep folng plan not now In operation.' Htiy has there been any shutting down by ou und tho other members of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, the American Hardware Manufacturers' association, and the numerous other similar associations to which you sa on belong? Iid you not assure us that McKlnley would insure a 'full dinner pall' to all who desired to work? Was not this assurance renewed when your several bodies indorsed Roosevelt and Fairbanks? Then what has emptied the dinner pail of millions of men who are willing to worKT wnar greater reli ance can be placed on this assurance than on the others? If you wore falie prophets before, how do we know you wll! not be again? "But whv the closed factories? why the Idle mills? why the unused freight enrs? Why the maintenance of high prices In the face of falling demand? Where Is tho 'abounding,' 'marvelous,' 'wonderful,' 'unparalleled,' 'widespread' prosperity? Haven't we got a Repub lican administration? Uaiep't we got a Republican senate andhouse of repre sentatives? Haven't w'e had them hnin terruntedlv for 12 years? Haven't the HeniihlloajiH made the laws, state ns i in this movement. depression well as nattoTval. and haven't they been j cease. Who are they to sell to? How charged with ptiefr enforcement? Then ran the masses buy when their savings what is the matter? If the laws are .ie- ! are gone? With wages reduced, how feetlve. why haven't they heon altered? are thev to pay monopoly , prices and If defective now, were they not e. )ually ; Vet live? How are you going to bring defective eight and four years ago. . prosperity to the toller without de- when you assured us. 'all is wen, ana . stroylng monopoly and special priv ileges? tjSing tne rorcepump wont alter conditions, the people want some thing more than wind. Why not prick tho monopoly bubble, let out some of the wind and water, bring the neces saries of life within the purchasing and best president the country ever had? power of the people. Tho crop of mil lionaires may not grow, out an equit able distribution of the wealth pro duced according to the part that each has contributed to Its production will bring happiness to -millions and In sure a natural tbereforo lasting in stead of tho forcepump' prosperity you propose. "Let us clip the talons of monopoly, uproot special privilege, and economic conditions will Improve so mghtlly that all will be able to enjoy the comforts of life and none will have, tn toll such long hours that life becomes a bur- d "Finally, firmly believing In the fun damental democracy of American In stitutions we have no more right to toirVha oM to ?,cte,owr employes should vote, lions, Carnegie its much; while Rocke feller U credited with a billion; a few thousand others having from one to a hundred millions each. These seem to have had their 'full time and keep going cards In operation, while they are gen erally credited with having In Ootober November Inst gathered In nearly every thing in Urge way In the shape of bunks, trust companies, industrial and railroad combinations, which had so far BMOuimd ithem. In fact the hulk of tho pt-opbi have been bet a lively pace to pay (ho Incruasln" prices for the necessaries of life these slid a few others control. "Rut what has happened to the masses, whom you and other boosters of McKlnley and Roosevelt assured were to nhare In the prosperity? With u total estimated wealth of some $110, 000,000,000 the nor capita tables' work out all right, there should bo enough to go round, for that's equal to about 7,6o0 per family. Hut who has It? How many of 'the millions of tollers have a 10th of that sum free and clear'.' How oomes It that the bulk of the peo ple are shy their proportion of this enormous wealth? Have they been lazy, thriftless, or Improvident, during these 12 yeans? If laxy, then who cre ated the wealth? Has the average farmer. mechanic. salesman. clerk, teacher, or laborer, squandeied their portion In riotous living? Hid they spend It for automobiles, steam yachts, or even for diamonds? If not, what baa become of It? Why haven't they got It, how did they lose It? What has bocn the unseen subtle, but apparently all-powerful force that bus taken It from them? Why have matters become so aonalllnr In America that the so- called effete countries of F.uropo have felt impelled to take orncial cogni zance of the deplorable conditions In which so many .of our toners are com pelled to live. The Italian government tas a result or me snocKing reports that reached It) having sent u commis sion to investigate. Most revolting conditions were shown to exist. Whole, families were found crowded Into one onH tnrt-rnom nnttrtments. while not only tho women, but little children not much more than babies, were found working in filthy, unhygenlo quarters, helping to eke out a scanty llvfng for the family. Overcrowding was shown to be the rule not the exception. In one case seven adults and seven chil dren were 'living' In a dark, middle room, and a large, bare rear room. 'The dally press also tells us that since October, thousands of entire fam ilies have been out of work, as a re sult, they have used up all their sav ings, not tneir proportion .,wu a above but a paltry 160, all they had been able to save during tho years or boasted prosperity. The president of the Association for improving me on- dltlon of the Poor, R. F. Cutting, says cannot remember such a condition exlstin before. Not even In 1S33 and ln!4 did tho depression persist so long! While, according to Senator Foraker. on July 1. 2.000 skilled workers are out of employment here In Cincinnati.' Pre sumably the number of the unskilled was greater yet. These Illustrations of 'unparelled prosperity have neon duplicated all over the country, no . ttoii has escaped the blight. There has been a tremendous exodu.1 of thoe who could not find employment. 500,000 more having emigrated to Europe than have Immigrated here. A Remedy Soggested. "Why the depression, why the blight? This 'marvelous' prosperity seems to have been wonderfully efficacious In keeping the toilers poor. This unprece dented prosperity seems to haa been monopolized by a few. They have gone on piling up millions, but the lardors of the workers It seems have accumu lated nothing, so that they now face starvation as their reward for the part they took In producing widespread prosperity. The bottom has dropped out of their "'full dinner pail.' "Again wo ask why? You say, re gardless of politics, once the manufac turers of this country Join universally will Ike BXALM FEMININE, N' The Art of Malting H4dy: OW that the summer vacation is over and families are gathered together at home again, the pre vailing Industry among mothers Is that of making up the fall clothing. 8o many garments to be made for so many people menus a good deal of work, and It Is well to plan a little be fore hand that It may be accomplished us easily as possible. It Is curious that so few women who have the sewing to do make definite pro vision for It. No other work requires more thought, lor a moment's mistake In cutting may wreck u gown, and to he obllgfd to lay down the work every few moments to do something else Is most annoying. There is a nervous hurry In volved in home dressmaking that too often sets the nerves on edge, so that little pin pricks of annovaiica hrnm real troubles. Much of this can be avoided If tha sewer will muku certain preparations for her work. She needs first of all definite place to work so that valuable time win not ne wasted picking things up and moving them about to accommo date other Industries. If a whole room can be spared for the sewing so much the -Defter. If not, the lightest part of a room may bo used, where the sewing machine can be used to advantage. A cutting and basting table Is a necessity und costs little. It should be low enough so that the worker can sit at her basting. Smullcr tables or a broad win dow seat may be utilized to spread out parts in matching and piecing. Cush ions with an abundance of pins and needles of various alzes should be at hand. Chalk, both white and colored, Is a necessity. The tailors use a white or gray chalk which is thin and flat and Inakea a sharp line. When a paper pattern is opened It is a good luea to take a soft pencil and write upon each piece Its place In the finished garment. Mark sleeve patterns "lop sleepe" or "bottom sleeve." Des ignate pieces of the blouse, "front." "bock," and so on. Mark skirt gores In their respective numbers so that no mis take can be made In putting them to gether. A chalk mark to correspond on the wrong sldo of each length of cloth as cut will help to prevent mistakes. It really takes Ultlo time, to do this mark ing, and then the rest la plain bailing When much sewing is dono at home the patterns accumulate and It is some times a problem to know how to keep them. Ono woman has found It expe dient to save magazine rolls, as thev come each month, cut them In two and rolling the patterns up slip them into these covers. Kadi cover Is then marked In blue pencil with tho name of the pat tern. Another plan Is to tack tapes across tho closet door of the sewing-room, and upon these to pin the patterns so thnt a glance will tell where tho one is tht Is wanted. It Is worth remembering how many steps a clothes lino or strong tape stretched across one end of the roonf may Have. Upon this may bo hung different garments In the "half way stage, when pleats are pinned in ready for basting, for Instance, or the long seams of a house gown basted but not sewed. To lay the garment down upon a chatr or table often results In the pulling of threads and undoing some of tha work. The clothes line will be found a great time and patience saver. leave well enough alone "Why the depression, we ask? Haven't wo had seven years of Roosevelt, who. according to Republican orators and as sistant Republican as well as Repub lican newspapers, is me greatest, wisest Haven't we bad 12 years of stand- r.atlsm ' with Hanna. Aldrlch and Can- Wrhile the cttv treasurer of Medford Is' non sitting on the brakes to prevent the farmer who radical? is told that Taft Is a Some Queries. "Where Is the 'abounding' prosperity? Wealth has certainly increased enor mously, or. at least, prices hhv ., ..' .v.. .' ....riMm.Q Th fnr- than they nave to coerce us tunes of the few have, became gigantic! -bounded out or sigru. jirBe. v." are told, has three hundred or so mll- Yrvnrs trulv. AI'STIN' RnTARY ENGINE CO., "By ROBERT BAKER. President." v- itrvan institution engaged in engineering and The ew ltrjan. ,RnJ 8Urvevlng ;n Texas. He laid out From the New York orld. tnp f)rKt r,ian f the city of El Paso y ha unfair not to re.;uK n i .r: anil in iouj who buih-jwi iu i... the moderation of language, the ap parent candor of tone, the directness and suavity of statement and the clear- ; fie I ness of argument which dlstlnKuisn mis er-; ., mhflr rprent addresses oi .wi. n .-. - fi-.-m the often frenzied rhetoric or l-is earlier productions. i ne Hut larv commission establishing the boun dary between New Mexico, Indian Ter ritory und Texas. At the beginning of the Civil war he became first lieuten ant of the 18th United States infantry , and In 1S63 he reached the grade of captain. During the war he made a inmarkable record by never being ab- 1 v, . .(.,!.. A nrbodv can deny that nis speec, , ,, , i,.,.-, or from sickness. A f- at Des Moines J'ienia tcr war he participated In most of tho It was. in fact, the most eifectlve and . ,,,,nfltrts wftM ttlo rndians and he com-so-indesf speech the man Jeer made. .r, ln,of1 tpP troop's at the battle of Much that be says Is quit' t-e- ; s)m nu,;0, Dakota. September 9. itopd disproof or denial Y e rem 1 1 , , y -i; oneral Mills is ono of the j other public utterance oT his T w Men i w-,.nthi,,st of tho retired army officers ! that might be said. The Times laid his fortune comes from his inven- These" testimonials to the changed ;,lv pf.ius. Among his Inventions the tore of Mr. Bryan's utterances refer to . m,,st notable Is the Mills cartridge belt. recent address at l es .w mr . n . now- used bv the armies of nearly all led of the tartrr. in mis. hs '" ' rVillzed countries h of acceptance,' the leratton oom- C.i'.t his he t s h o w ) in- et w-.t'. was a way much m re 't : time rffioaeiou cut do II tile 1 uspo n U her n "I know hor Bismarck "SI ' o rse was sere i i sappre . ai T ; e' e oueht. of proceeding r o,j si r rd a : tie s i -i, e sly Wnv not. rather. :.eo'ne of the empress? p.tr.H ees ? ma)eM." said tie good has prl.le T ..rr.., ar rest she can brave r.-it, accepting It a-s a sort of- martyrdom: but th inonev. Ins to- be published regularly ; jeans believe t-hat he ought to hitve m,,nPT- "'-r- " -" " Ii.rther re laid tactful st: th propp-tle reor-- Men t at ion After nn Astc-ln fel;ow ri.n r blbed . ci.sl.lerablv l at r". -h.i , and hr.ireu' h.o insist -1 -jpon . -i.nd upon taking a nan v!,i .. ;. recep ;ng the attentions of c " artist, tells the Astorlar. Iiro h would wake up ho wo.'-l 1i.--t i;av;:--' Another rap a'al hi, and haircut, and pn' 1 e-o -chat he wss supposo. to 1 ave ro tween naps and par'ig f r haircuts n? passed rr -jpt uf noon. ira- .unit. of which wore first me..d,.i ; by the World. Ml Bryan bis .1 -r.e much to convince the country that le his outgrown some of the rrors of voutii and Inexperience . .,i,tiei luder who has a serious e-sage to convey to Ms oourtrvtnen words gives m r- m s .1 e 1 i- ..-ItO tn M n i. - , . ,.v.i v.1 to his cause ny '-iuiiiii'k mi tn th language of soberness And ave - ..,.T ! Ftri-t.eth 1 f ' oosrV. t , inr-,i wisdom. Mr. Bryan's power as an time t agitator l admitted : ; -on ave for Be- 1 -cag' ary the after- ItMe beginning higher role. He mnkes a ( red- thls year in a much won, and regard him as a victor. The other throe are Oregon men and t!. s'li'V ar.d city have been brought i-.'.i h.iao:ab notice by their feats hh'"Ki Ti.a' three men from so dis-tar;- and Frarsely populated a state fhouid lave won victories against ,v.h!ei from all the world Is some-th!-,g for Oreon and Portland to be proud of and to rejoice In. New York west, the depression, as compared J r!;y gave t:,.- winners a treinen wltli soma yeari past, "till frsist. d anr"r'ive welcorre on their nd rrprlty U returninc" ilow'y , arrival there, ard other cities will aad a It wr, doubtfuHy. c.. the farre -ir, ;t Wjii remain for Tl Journal regrets that this f j V rt'.and to r.t'do them all. o. tut it tnrtli ought AO b told, j Ylctoii en 6n athletic field are JvJb1v rrrttIo.a la tch mat-' sot the rratt victoris to be won Xt-t are Bot ta be commended.1 r life, to b sure, yet they are not trn -rh H is i""!! to be optimistic. ' ' , be der ,-d. U perhaps ap- It Jeurtal U. ' Tfciari are not pU'ad trlnrufhs cf muscle too much, rpon Eng land. "Is it renllv to., rhon.er t Fir The kaiser becomt-f appi aje-.i. lis tened to Bismar. k s our.sel The ar rest of the empress wns rerr oved. The officers lo t'.,.,r ctvlrv lsk t- c-.sr-ters. and William Cloned h xt'ert.on to the d. fa'ls of ,- father' of. s. -,ir. i which he w!l d to he rr.ost fas' !!; ' i Silver Plating. As zinc great'v aids the redueflon of silver in a jlat'nr bath steel art) -le ; should f:rt l-e ' r.iM plate I Instead rf I eoppor Ida 'e v" f .re th silver is cp-' pllc). This alo makes the silver -ie- . po"lt ajpear whiter j M 4 m tey jTCTtw fcn4l4cd t cUad too ilLtle. tat It IB teJffiijS t? At tra n'iprfrr sale of 1 vrr Tjnndon, on April I i. a t"tal of tt S tons , seaoD he baa bad cut f rrn th. of ivory in orr"ei rnr sale, compris ing IT tens Zanzifar. Kombay. Mozara b ri sod" Piam: ?H tons tVes-j l ost A Trican., J H tons Abysslntsn. tl tons csrr'afe." ' In - '"ion U ere -"er of fernt for sale s. to aeshorw taih, H too boars' tmtks, 1 ton rhinoceros" boms' prrvrtf will fee J D Porter of Fr.o,ka-. a r;i rail road b-il o'er f. r 11' H":. ho trav4 from Tli- I"fli!es to PYln-r.: rd b y "1. ai, i over the rr. o- n'a ir. ii Yi ford. tlls the Tribune that there will t-e a line into crtral rr- T- re fo irces are such as to rr?k ;- s )n j nv f.err.rdousty A-1 o'e ' i will t ever (io f-e cour.rrT 1utl - .,v. !-d thrr ue'i a ve.-j r: h se-ticn w hjth otiir (.Wilis a ra'lroi.l to mk tbst ceuntn- one of the finest spots in the northwest ' Toitr yir arc a man t-Jtv( "?H 3..r' vn" a hill tisr "1 - r, f'r t!i h i a.-r. re';tt the ( h f Tt - T.rat iss fir timber w 1 it-f 1 ff the .If I f,1" Ut l' yrn f,i f, o fr maple nd alJer M ieft standi-g This me yt-o cords of fir wood which he mi. ra- ai1i I r"r co-d f-orn ir.1 tbra is e-.o.igh timber I f t yet to ctit f'o-7! Ss to It. no cords rrora. After deducting th rri of egt;r,r hanf-i: v w,I t a mor" t n r-a.4 for his ls- t,y tn .-a ' .f wood, and when rlw Ma wortJj rrora Ui t This Date In History. j5j; Tonstall. Plshop of nurham. printed the first wont or, arnnm. uc in Engisnd. H2 Delaware was granted to Wll- llnm Penn by the duke of York. 1 ;S1 - Washington and Roohambeau . j-ai,,,! n Philadelphia. IMS' James Adams Ektn. m-n t.e- came quartermaster-ren-l cf the I errnv born in Pittsburg. Dud In lxuis- vlll Marcn 7i. it-i. 11,21 ;alusl.a w. in ror many r.ara a representative In congress from Pennsylvania and for a time speaker of t h house, bom tn Ashford. Con Died at Glcnm-ood. Pa. March ai. PO? 1S49 Convention met l Monterey. California, to frame a state contltu- t'l1 Frsrk 1t. billiard oharrep'.on. die-" at Progresn, W1-o 1 a i . 7 The A'ii"-K convention, deftrlng the aphre r.' inflnenc. of th two poa-ers In the far tt, signed at St. Petertburg J U4 Pz. acre.. A, ta. Anwn Mills nirthtlay. Prlra(JI--Oerra: Anon fill. V. P was r-om rn h lam- ,n lwiti co'in ni . Arrtit Jl lf2 b;,t sr- his yn-jtl li T' w rrwi"!? eaJet at the military seaKjemjr at Wewt Point is lilt, ana after leasts f tfca4 Growth of Socialism. Ernnt Poole, in American Magailne. When a political party has won the support of 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 of people through out th" rlvlllied world, it Is time that its po nt of view. Its alms and Its .inthols be studied. The Socialist parties of Europe are r.oa- m.norlty powers. At present they hate ?2 men In the British bouse of commons, 54 in the French chamber of de,utUs. and 43 in the German relch stHg. In the other national bodies; Aus tria, ST. Italy. 2S Norway. 17; Sweden, IS: Finland. SO ; Denmark. S4; Belgium, ?0; and to the Russian second douma tl.ey sent over to) men. Their actual vote In all countries Is already 10,000, 001 Is the same growth to take place In America? Shall we see socialist rep resentatives In congress as In the hone of commons Their recant growth seems pointing that way. In thev cast or.lv about 2.000 votas; 1n 1900 It had swrlled to ever 100,000; in 10J It rose to 2j?.7I; In 1904 It reached nesrlv 45o,oon; In the last four rear tha num ber of dues-paylrg members has more than doubled ae-afn. and u seems not Improbable tbst their vote will be close to a million this fall. In the preparations for the woman who Is to do the sewing, even if that, one is to be yourself, do not forget the foot rest. If a hassock is not at hand, a starch box covered with a piece of old carpet will bo appreciated. If tho floor Is bare for the better convenience In sweeping up scraps and threads, donot forget to place a small rag or fur rug under tne seamstress' chair, for sitting so long working with nervous haste al-' ways Induces cold feet. And as cold hands are uncomfortable as well as de pressing to the system, have some way of warming the newlng-room, even when there Is sunshine enough out of doors to keep the person who is moving about comfortable without a fire. The comfort of the sewing woman means better success In the sewing, even looking nt It In the most mercen ary way, while from the standpoint of humanity these things count for much. In the same list of desirables for the sewing woman one is constrained to mention that delicatessen meals, gath ered up In a hurry, because it Is sew ing week, are rarely the kind that the woman who is doing the sewing craves. For the mistress of the home It may not matter much, for It is only for a week; but remember that when the seamstress Is through with your sew ing she will be going right on with somebody else To live continually on delicatessen potato salad, cold bread and tea mav not mean much for a few days, but it must be quite wearisome as a prolonged diet. It requires only a little forethought to have a nourish ing soup simmering along on the kitchen stove or over a tdngle gas or coal oil burner. The cost Is little and the re sults are large. In the hay box a stew may be put In In the morning and It will bo ready for the 6 o'clock dinner. Raked beans are not to be despised for the emergency lunch eon and can be had easily by thinking about It beforehand. It is well to re member that it is the quick things, the things that require little preparation, that the seamstress Is likely to be liv ing on when she Is at home, lacking tho time and energy to prepare foods that require slow cooking. It Is well to or der a little extra milk for the sewing week, ao thnt she may have a glassful once in a whtlo between times. These little acts of thoughtfulness on the part of one who engages the sewing woman will be much appreciated. And don't forget to have the machine thoroughly cleaned and oiled, tape meas ure, cotton, sharp scissors, penknife, tracing wheel. linings, brftld, tapew. hooks and eyes, and all the absolutely necessary things within reach, so that no time may b wasted having to run down town for essentials that have been overlooked. . , K Kitchen Silence. SAI,T added to starch Is responsible for the gloss on linen when It Is Ironed. For baking dishes, bowls. custard cups and the like, the HtHe brown German ware dishes sre cleanly snd pretty; they are creamy white Inside. If you will use machine oil or cylin der oil on the pas stove and range It is a simple matter to keep them bright and clean. Keep a rag saturated with the oil In a convenient place and rub off the stoves after each meal. Man Times Saved. According to official figures, antitox in distributed free by the state of I"nnsylvanla from October. l0fc, to the close cf lst year sared tha lives of :.: out of I.UI diphtheria ratlents to whom It was applied. Mad. rrora the 'Waahlnirtia Post. A clergyman rently. berims insane a a result of bmodm over a Jit he thought h told bot somebody, toa narer hir ( a poilUcUa bain stricken that ww ' 1 You will have less trouble In clean ing the coffee pot If you put th ground coffee into a small cheesecloth bag Salt hags can be used for tha purpose. Tea can be made In the same manner arid a tea strainer need not be used. The Dally Menu. BREAKFAST. Cassava Melon. Minced Liver on Toast Water Cress Hot Toast. Coffee. LUNCHEOK. Scalloped Salmon. Waldorf Salad. MufTI na Honey. Cocoa. ' DINNER. Xoodla Sbup. boiled Lf of Motion, Caper Patica Yoanf Turnips. Croamed ' Baked Tomato s. Egf and Cele.rr Salad. Mayonnatsa. Deep Apple Fla with Cream. Caeeaa, CoSts, J
