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! Take rather than give the
';' tone of the company you are
In. Chesterfield. "
LET US HELP ONE -ANOTHER,
RIGHT AT HOME
AN REGON PEOPLE owe one an-
f , 1 other the neighborly, obllga-
1 tlon of, mutual aid, support,
business patronage, practical
encouragement. Patriotism, cMc
loyalty, like charity, "begins at
home."
:i . One dollar given to help a suffer
ing family, woman or child, in your
home city, . In your ward, In your
, precinct. Is worth $80 sent off to
India or Africa. .You can know what
that dollar oes; yon can see results.
Besides, your" first duty IS to your
neighbor, literally.
The 'rule holds true In: business.
The dollar yon spend with a home
manufacturer, farmer, or merchant
procures you Just As much . as the
' dollar sent away, and It does more;
It helps that neighbor to succeed, td
expand, to invest more capital, to
5 employ more labor, to buy more
goods, and thus to help you, In turn.
;' Oregon people have failed to ap
preciate and act upon this Important
principle as much as they should. If
every citizen of Oregon would as far
as possible 'buy only Oregon prod
ucts,, of whatever kind, 'we would
, soon see a better market f6r every
thing produced from the soil, more,
and larger manufactories, larger
business for our merchants, a far
.'..greater demand for labor, and thrm.
Bands of new homes of prosperous
laboring people of all kinds in a
word, greatly Increased development
and prosperity on 8.11 hands..
UW Mio.w kill. M JUtO Vfc
in Oregon to buy only Oregon
products, to patronize exclusively
Oregon industries, to help in every
. way your business neighbor? The
benefits of such a policy and practice
. would not accrue to any class, or to
a few, but to all; they would pass all
f around the circle, helping everybody.
This is an old subject; The Jour
nal has often discussed it; but it
hones. that repeated arguments and
appeals will not pass entirely un
heeded, will not be altogether in
vain. Help one another; and the
; nearer home, always, the better.
ORIENTAL TRAFFIC VIA PACIFIC
PORT-
THE transcontinental railroads
I nave in compliance witn law
fllpfl with ' th Intfiratata rnm.
merce commission tariffs, or
schedules of rates, effective yester
day, November. 1, that apply their
domestic rates from interior points
to the Pacific coast as their propor
tions, of the through rates via these
roads on trans-Pacific shipments. It
is asserted by the railroad officials,
and by the Railroad Age Gazette,
that these compulsory schedules,
filed in advance, .and that cannot be
changed without 30 days' notice-,
: will make thethrough rates bo high
that henceforth little or no trans-
Pacific business will be carried to
Pacific coast ports ' by these rail
roads. It is claimed that the sub
sidized Japanese steamship lines will
get i'U the business to- the exclusion
of lines maintained by or in connec
tion with these transcontinental rail
roads. .Titos Is an important matter to
Portland, and to other Pacific ports.
We can never tell exactly how much
truth or merit there is in railroad
representations, unless enlightened
Xy extraneous eviaence.- But there
poems to be ground in this instance ;
for the railroad men's complaint.
That ' the. transcontinental railroads
are going entirely and permanently
,cmt of trans-Pacific business Jm this
account- we do not believe; there
ocpearg to be an element of "hiiiff
in, it; yet the ae should be careful
ly investigated and reported en by
K a ' .,n m toelnn . Tfrt . i. , .....
Commissioner Late - la especially
wrll qualified. . - " "--
The Canadian Pacific, tke'Rall-inal-Ape
C.'a.ette says.will publish
it'.is to if e Orient only 70 pr 75
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THE HAND THAT HOLDS 'THE
NATION'S HEART
T
O WHAT point in the social and
economic life of the nation does
the corrupting Influence of
Standard Oil penetrate? New
tell-tale letters read Saturday mgh
In New York are amazing in their
disclosures. Dally newspapers were
shown to ' be subsidized. So was a
farm magazine, with a wide circula
tion. So were public speakers. So
was a college professor. The list of
hesslanized tools is so long that It is
amazing that the pulpit was not In
cluded. s j
Worst of all, a letter from a on
gressiSati of the United States pro
posed to Archbold that a literary
bureau be established for the pur
pose of manufacturing, sentiment fa
vorable to Standard Oil. When to
this is added the confessed fact that
this gigantic strangler of enterprise
owns governors of states, owns at-toTney-generals,
owns Judges of
courts, owns congressmen, owns
United States senators, and owns
bodily the man who sits on a throne
per cent of 1t domestic rates to the
coast; the C. Mf & St. P. will make
concurring or even, lower rates.
a Domestic rates to Pacific coast
points are low, because subject to
potential "water competition, and
rates, to the Orient via . the trans
continental railroads and the Pacific
ocean must meet approximately the
rates made to and from New York
via the Suez canal. Prior to the
passage of the Hepburn law the
through rates on Oriental traffic
were often even less than the domes
tie rates to this coast, thus enabling
the railroads to operate steamship
lines in connection, the profit being
mainly on the long wates carriage
across the Pacific, Now, tinder this
law, and the requlredpublicatitio or
land rates, the business is declining,
and the railroads say must be given
up entirely. I "
Without agreeing off-hand to 'all
the " representations of the railroad
people, 4t seems certain that there is
a good deal of truth ,I them, and
that ther hould be such a modi
fication of the Hepburn law, or stich
a different construction of It, as
would allow the railroads to make
as low rates to the Orient via Pacific
ports as they please." We certainly
have nothing to lose, and may have
mucho gain by such a change.
ELECTRIC RAILROADS
T
HE' history of the electric road
Is the history of progress.
Wherever these lines go, den:
sity of population goes with
them. They are city builders, town
builders, and community builders.
They are an artery over which traf
fic seeci3 to flow more swiftly and
rural population seems brought Into
closer iQuch with the heart of . in
dustry and commerce. The pulse
beat of business in the commercial
center, the electric lines seem to tick
off more actively to the rural com
munity or the distant town. The
consequence is that settlement along
these lines follows swiftly in the
wake of the engineers and construc
tion gangs of electric roads.
The trend of civilization Is dis
tinctively towards convenience and
facility of movement and transporta
tion. The modern homeseeker
wants a location where he can feel
the heart throb of the commercial
mart, and buys a farm where the
electric line, with its celerity of
movements makes it possible. There
follows a subdivision of farms Into
smallen areas with a consequent In
crease In products, population, 'and
state prosperity. This has been the
record wherever such lines hare
been built, with the result that the
east is t&st becoming a net work
with every community pierced and
threaded by electric lines. These
roads are to be an instrumentality
for the expansion and denslflcation
of Oregon, a fact that makes gratify
ing the announcement that the Ore
gon electric is. to expend $000,000 in
extensions of its Willamette valley
lines next year. It is the more grat
ifying for the reason that the com
pany's new Investments of the same
kind in the state have proven profit
able enough to induce the. new out
lay. : ,
LET THE WORKIXGMEN VOTE
k . ; .
T
HE jsuggestlon"Qf county clerk
Fields that employers of con
siderable numbers of working-
men give them a half holiday or
at least let them off at 3 o'clock, to
morrow, so that they will have tipe
to vote,, is one that should be ac
cepted and adopted. As has been
Btated in The Journal, the popula
tion, of many precincts has greatly
increased since they were formed, so
that the number of voters in several
of them runs from 800 up to-over
600. And in most, cases these pre'
cincts are largely Inhabited by work-
ingmen who have to travel -a consid
erable distance from their places of
labor to the polling places. If these
men are kept at work till or, even
5 o'clock, a large proportion of them
will not be able to vote. This would
be" doing them a great injustice, for
they as much' as any other voters
should be assured of an opportunity
to cast their ballots as they see fit.
The Journal v therefore earnestly
hopes and urges Jhat all employers
will adopt Mr, Fields' suggestion,
and give their employes ample time
to cast their ballots. ,
and controls every ct of the United
States senate, what an appalling sit
uation is presented! Does the king
or oil with his satellites actually
hold the heart of the nation in the
hollow of his hand and control Its
pulsations according to his own wiuT
Remembering all "this confessed
ownership and control' of vital Insti
tutions in our pliblic life, what does
It mean when the king of this cor
ruptlng Incubus comes out in an ap
peal, pleading for the defeat bf
Bryan? For what do Rockefeller
and his satellites spend millions of
uuuarb in oraer o control puotic
officials in the highest places, and
for control of newspapers and other
means of agencies , of public senti
ment? For what does he desire the
defeat of Mr. Bryan?
Is not Standard Oil's desire for
the defeat of Bryan the exact reason
why every citizen, who loves the re
public and hopes to restore It fr6m
the clutches of King Rockefeller
should desire Mr. Bryan's election?
'EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE"
I
J A SPEECH the other day, Mr.
Taft said: "I sometimes think
that we fall to appreciate what
governing means. It doesfcnot
mean oratory. It does not mean the
power of debate. It does not mean
the advancement of plausible the
ories, but it mtfans the power of ef
ficient performance."
Very well, t Now what kind of "ef
ficient performance?" . "Efficient
performance" for whom? For the
trusts? For predatory plutocrats?
For Standard Oil? For Harrlman,
Morgan, Rockefeller, Gu'ggenhelm
and Cromwell?
Mr. Taft was careful to avoid the
rock in his road that "efficient
performance" was for these not for
the masses of people. Not a word
now about "swollen fortunes" or
"malefactors of great wealth." They
are all, to the very last one, for
Taft.
They, also, are very much In fa
vor of the "efficient performance"
of the Republican party during lbe
past 12 years evea 40 years.
It was no credit to Mr. Taft to
praise the Republicanism of Penn
sylvania, as he did Saturday.
Judged either as to motives of ac
tion or results, the Republicanism of
Pennsylvania is not something, on
the whole, that a great, broad-minded
or ..conscientious statesman can
reasonably point to with pride. It is
the Republicanism of the highest
possible tariff, of the trusts, of Quay
and PenrO-8, 6f a notoriously stuffed
and otherwise corrupted ballot, of
governors and judges ruled by
Standard OH. of an $11,000,000
graft in building a capitol, and of
everything evil in political life.
t
Of course the Rockefellers are for
Mr. Taft. The pretense that they
were not has been the rawest cam
paign dodge ever worked .In this
country. It amounted to nothing,
for nobody believed it. Standard Oil
as a rajatter of course stands with all
the other trusts and monopolies, and
none of the .rest even pretend to be
for Bryan.
There will, be many disappointed
and some disgruntled people tomor
row night or Wednesday morning,
but most of them will soon get
over, it.
That Standard Oil .and the other
trusts are supporting Bryan is about
the most senseless campaign canard
ever invented.
The central point Is about this:
must the peo(ple give up, absolute
ly, entirely and perpetually to the
trusts?
Put a little less sugar in it; the
sugar'' trust must be protected and
Taft must be elected.
Taft expects many sweet votes in
consideration of his defense of the
robber sugar trust.
The argument is over; torrforrow
the people will render their verdict.
Vote early, and as conscience and
Judgment dictate.
Estimates of chairmen are seldom
safe to bet on. .
Albert R. Ledoux's Birthday.
Albert Reld Ledoux, a noted mining
engineer and metallurgist and a former
president of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers, was born November
2, 1852, in Newport. Ky. After grad
uating from the Columbia School of
Mines he studied for several years In
ungen, in ne returned to" fne
United States and became state chemist
and member or tnc state board of health
of North Carolina. Since I860 he has
been engaged in practice as a consult
ing engineer and metallurgist and ha
figured an, expert fn many noted
case in chemistry and engineering. For
two year he was employed In an ad
visory panaoitjr by the New Tork elec
trical subway commission.
Is -It a Death-Bed Repentance?
From ta Public.
Mr. Tafnand President Rooeveltare
afta
displaying .at thi' late hour in the
presidential campaign, a lively interest
in or'g'aniedr-'labor. It 1 aomewhat in
the nature of 'death-bed repentance," a
relifelou rvlvaiit would say. Very
difficult i th preent solicitude of
these anxious jgentlemen. for organized
labor-i-very. yfiry different; oh, so- dif
ferentfrom their eoldhes and uncon
cern when th Republican national con'
ventlon. at' Chlcago; - which - Presiaenf
Roosevelt controlle,d- r and Mr Taft
therefore carried.-, backed tin Mr. vVrJ
Cleave in telling the representatives of
organised iaor to "go to lenver where
they, belonged." t - '- - , '
imajl Chang r
Vote, somehow. ' ' - r -Try
to vot for the peopl. : '
Th main issu' la: People vs. Truata.
.
Xt iay and evening- for "rallies.'
. Somewhat of change would ,3o s
Should etarvinr men be allowed to
voter .. -
After tomorrow let us have peaoe and
prosperity. -
Let' look and work for the best who
ever are elected.
A nartv chairman leami to think that
he Is a hired deceiver.
Mr. Taft ha entirely surrendered to
the prefatory protected. Interests.
Of course canny Andy Carnegie is for
Taft; look at hie billion.
It Is nearly all over, but the shout
ing, at least back east. '
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The Standard Oil crowd for Bryan
wouldn't that Jar you7
Only a klnr. emperor or dictator can
-
aictate to you now you must vote.
If you could have , registered, and
dlda't, go off In the woods.
Whan vnu huv anvtMnc. ask If H
was made in uregon; tajte noming emu.
"The melancholy day have come.1
but no day need be melancholy in Ore
gon. . .
Oarrnlnua old Mr. Rockefeller really
Imagine that he Is a great favorite in
tnis country.
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Vnta and holn swell that arreat Re
publican majority In Oregon or. other
wise, as you piease. . ,
Them have hop no renorts of bet
that Taft would carry Oregon by 62,000,
or 43,001), or even za.uuu.
Drea-nn can stand even four more
year of the reign of the trusts, and
prosper in spue or mem.
Mr. Hearst' attemol to help Taft
ought, logically, to help Bryan. Amer
leans rjeneve in iair piay, noi hi ,
sassinatlon. " , .
I W 9
Kaiser Wilhelfn' automobile ran
nnr a ginmin. That a notninR our em-
4eror Is trying to run over 85,000,000
people au at once.
Rtnn ! you tieorile of Oreiton. on
vnnr nrJmarv law. ine initiative anu
referendum and election-pfsenator by
the people. The'Repirolican tmsfip ana
politicians, all along the lin&r'are
against these measures. The gang, from
top to DOtlom, IS linea tip agtumti iiicui,
ana you. 0
With all bis tetter-wrltlng and Big
Stick swinging ami rorcmg qi nominal
tions and bulldozing the American peo-
ple President Kooseveit nas never ex
nlalned that "Desr Harrlman" letter,
nnr arYtv hn sent "BhortwetKht Jimmy'
Sherman out among thetrusts ana In
Wall street to collect 260,,O0O to buy
vote.
i Oregon SicLcKglits
a new eitv, hall U being bull In
Haines. ' V
The Huntington Heralds concedes
Bill' election. -
Many carloads of apple are being
shipped from Mosler.
A new large nursery will soon be
established near Milton.
No screen In "near beer" house,
says the mayor of Pendleton.
Fifteen carload of potatoes will be
shipped from "l ne t;ove, union county,
Polk county with Its rock crusher ha
been doing mucn gooa roaa .worn.
A tract of nearly 4,000 acre In the
northeast part of Umatilla county was
old for aDout z,uuu.
Almost $110 per acre 1 the price
niM for nuartHr section of high-grade
wheat land adjoining the town of
Athena. "
.
Sheriff Beattle of Clackamas county
has been sued for 12,000 by a woman
for attaching onions. She naturally sup
poses she has a strong case.
La Grande Star: A straw vote wa
taken at the Grand Ronde Lumber
company's store in Perry and the result
was as ioiiows: xryau if. .
The Iakevlew Examiner says that last
week after its regular edition of nearly
2,000 copies was run off, it had to put
the forms back on the press and print
another extra l.ovu copies.
IlHines Record: Large quantities of
grain come in dally from the flat east
of town, where until the past year or
so, land was considered suuaDie oniy
for the production of sage brusti. k
t. .
The children of a Hood River county
man were chased by a cougar while
they were driving a cow to the spring
for water. The cpugar became fright
ened, at the cow 1,1 supposed, and
ran off into the brush.
Hood River News-Letter: Producers
of fme fruit throughout the north
west and particularly those f Oregon,
fullv annreciate the heln they are re
ceiving from Portland merchants, who
give up their show windows lor a ais
playof these products.
'
Never before in the history of Astoria
has the sentiment In favor sof a cltlaens'
or nonpacjlUan oontrol of the .municipal
affairs bid so gtronr as It is at the
presentrtlme, says the Budget. Thl 1
a good sign. Cut out the politics.
Woodburn Independent: The farmer
generally feel good. They had good
crops, with everything but the pota
toes, which are a little short on ac
count of unusually early frosts, and
prices have been good. They also re
ceive a fair price for their cream and
high prices for butter and ecg.
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A Wallowa business man lays that
building operations there are progress
ing rapidly, many havlag already been.
started and rapidly neanng completion.
Still other are contemplated. - The oast
few months have seen more development
than year of the past. At Enterprise
things are no less active. Many large
real estate transfers have been made of
late. .
R. O. Andru- sold a wagonldTKfl of
wheat from the Madras section at The
Dalles, last Week, says the Pioneer, and
was informed at the warehouse, where
he disposed of the grain, that it was
the bent wheat they had seen this, sea
son. The wheat graded No.'l and Mr.
Andnis was paid 8 cents per bushel for
it. After the warehouse had bought the
wheat a number of people were called
In to ee the "Madras wheat"
Arlington Record; ' What glorious
weather owe are having! Really, we
ought to sacrifice an extra turkey
Thanksgiving la appreciation of th de
lightful climate with whlch we are
blessed! Especially should we be proud
and thankful for, 'the. almost Ideal
weather of the "fall and winter month.
The coldest morning- of - laat, winter
was- otily able to' coax the merqtiry
down ti i above and we .had ut,one
snow of shout two Inches during the
season. The resident of Arlington Is
a slave neither to the . Iceman aor
coal dealer., ......
1 THIS FAMILY DISCUSSES POLITICS7"
Letters In New York World, I
To the Editor of n th New Tork
World: My father (who has voted the
Republican ticket sine th organisation
of th party), my tore brother , and
myself (all of whom have voted th
Republican ticket ' sine wB turned
twenty-one) have been discussing the
campaign. " Laat night we made, our de
cision, and It la that we shall vote for
Bryan, for the following reasons:
1. The Republican party ha been
in power twelve year and ha forced
upon th country an Iniquitous tariff
(the oause of all our. trust trouble).
and now only because of public clamor
it promise a "revision." .
2. Republican administration have
constantly been more and more was te
rm or the public fund.
S. Because every trust Jn the coun
try Is arrayed on the side of th Re
publican party. Why?.,
4. Because wa are tired of Sneaker
Cannon overruling th will of th peo
ple who elect What they intend to b
neir representatives to congress.
6. Because - the resident,- after Is
suing a, loud warning to all hi office
holder to keep out of politic during
the campaign, la the principal ana
worst violator or ma own ruie.
6. Because the president wa not
honest In hi answer to Mr. Bryan.
7 Because the, president has cre
ated or attempted to create a crown
prince.
8. . Because we believe W guarantee
of bank deposits.
. Because of the hypocritical atti
tude of the Republican platform on
publiolty of campaign contribution.
THOMAS W. EN0ICOTT.
New Tork, September 80.
Plundering Under Tariff. "
To tha Editor of Th World No so
phistry can convince ma that our tariff
Is less than robbery. A parent cannot
jeach one of hi children to steal with
out demoralising his family. A gov
ernment cannot throw Its protecting
arm around a band of robber without
Letters From tile People
Letter te Th Joorntl should b writtea e
on lde ef th paper only, ind thou Id b
toropanted by tbe name nd ddre ot the
writer. Th nam will not b nd If tb
writer k tbt U be withheld. Tb JoorMl
to not to be Understood Indorsing th vlwj
nr itatemenU of correspondent!. Letter bouia
be made a brief poaalbl. Tboee who w ill
their letter returned when not Bed should In
dus Correspondent are notified that letter ex
ceeding SOO word In length mar. t be dlj
cretioo ot tt editor, b cut down to that limit.
j, Taft Approves Crime. J
Forest Grove, f Or. Oct. 29-To the
Editor of The Journal We were fully
convinced a very short time ago that
Mr. Taft would b elected president
of the United States, but since reading
his speech at Terre Haute. Ind., In
reply to the one delivered by Mr. Bryan
condemning the Big .Four railway for
attempting to intimidate its employes
hy Informing them "If Bryan Is elected
the wages will be reduced; if Taft 1
elected they will be Increaeed." Mr.
Taft declared In that speech that thl
was a legitimate busines propositions
if this is Republican doctrine there
ha been a vast chang In party prin
ciples within thefist decade; le
than that lenrh--"of rime has paajed
since the Re1ubltcan legislature in the
stata ofOregon made th very thing
a crim and attached a heavy penalty.
If what war considered a crime eight
year ago Is now considered a legiti
mate busines transaction, there must
be a sad change of principles in th
party. . .
Section 1905 of Bellinger & Cotton'
code provides that any person or cor
poration that directly or inaireciiy in
flicts or threatens Injury, damage, harm
n inns nr in anr manner practice In
timidation upon his employes, in order
to induce any employe to register or to
fall to register,, or to vote for or
airain&t any particular candidate or
nronositlon. "or within 90 days of
general election post or exhibits any
handbill or -placard containing any
threat, notice or information that if
any particular candidate or ticket Is
elected or defeated work In his place
or establishment will cease In whole or
In part, his establishment, be Closed up
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shall be snilltv of a misdemeanor.
If this was a crime in 1901 and
"legitimate business" in 1908, Who
made It so ahd why? There must be
noma cause for this change of prin
ciple, and the voters of the state of
Oregon have a right to know why the
change Is made, as they have always
believed In free and untrammeled elec
tions. Thla Conduct does not rise to
the dignity of bribery, for when , a
man's vote is purchased he receive
some reward and part willingly with
his principles, but In this case he is
absolutely coerced to do that which is
absolutely against his principles. Can
mis do conmaerea a iree country wnen
over z.uuu.uuo voters can oe mtimi
dated in the free u of the ballot, un
der fhe name of "legitimate business"?
And this man, If elected to th presi
dency, will have the appointment of
rour reti era i judges oeiore ni term oi
offices expires and It 1 reasonable to
suppose that he will choose men for
those positions whose idea of right
ami wrong correspond to nis own.
May each voter think of this 'before
casting his ballot on November U.
W, M. LAN0LET.
Gives Advice to Album.
Portland, Or., Oct. 31. To tha Editor
of The Journal Would you kindly allow
me space enough In your paper to call
the attention of the Alblna Puh elub to
the fact that if thev would k!nrilv nut
uuw tanning- aouui widening bo many
streets In that neighborhood and keop
the only good street they ave got clean,
miy -wuuw.ra aoing somstning . wortn
talking abotit? The reason I mention
this Is that the Portland Railway Lisrht
A Power company 1 msklng a dumping
ground out oi uiiingworin avenue Dy
sweeping out its cars and then Into the
street, i nav noticed aevmral morn
ing lately where cars have hnnn awant
out every little distance, and I- think
tnat is against the law. Now Mr. Nolta
and some of tha rest of that pushmlub,
see If you can stop this practice. It
you cannot, oon t give them a larger
auu muor hhubl iw use iot a anmp.
How Much Would He Give? !
Portland, Oct. 80. To the Editor of
The Journal If tTnlted State Senator
Elklns will glva . $10,000,000 for a moth
eaten title In a country only a, little
larger than the . state of Oregon and
containing only .about 88,000,000 peo
ple, how much would he give for a title
In thl great 'country under the Taf t-Roosevelt-ShermanLongworth-Mnnaatv.
forblds-dynasty? 1 . . ,
, A vote for Bryan is a vote to place
manhood" above shoe buckles, knee
breeches and, powdered "wigs.
i' ,v-; r. B. MYERS.
An Impressive Contrasts i :
a From tbe New Tork World.
The World la In recetnt nf tha foil aw.
Ing letter, which unnueallonnliM -re
flects the opinion of a great many hon-
CBI JEVQJUtlt.CiIIS. ? - ,
TJover, Del.. Oct. 20. To the Editor
of th World As ure a th Lord mad
little apple. I and many other will
change our vote to Mi. Bryan unless
the Republican national committee pub
lishes it contributions prior to election
day, as the Democratic , committee ha
done, -It give us a , aens of Sham
whewpemocrata ak Us why w do not
publish i our contributions like honest
people. . i l A REPUBUCAN."
.Can anybody advance a legitimate rea
son why the Republican national com
mittee should not make Its campaign
contributions .public before election, the
eartie a the Democratic committee "is
dojng? . , - n.
. Mr. Sheldon is going to make the Re
pnbllrah contributions and- expenditure
public after election, in accordanca. with
breeding a nation of thieve. So there 1
a moral a well as eoonomlo issue. Are
your nreachers (as usual) on the side o
the heaviest artillery? Are your col
lege president hypnotised bv endow,
ments? Even our national acrobat, the
mental and moral curiosity in the
White;- House, 1 silent a a clam on
this moat Important question, although
he may work - himself Into a f rensy
when sTime humble citizen differs from
mm about the habits of birds op beasts.
wr. Br;an s election means war again
the tariff,, against high cost of Itvlni
nd " government extravagance. Mr,
Taft a. election mean that the plunder
ing ha just begun, : for every faint
promise or tariff reform ha been
wrung from him by tbe exigencies of
me campaign. - v x. YAUUHN,
Selma, Ala., October 8. . -
Poor Men Pay the Tariff.'
To the Editor of The World In -this
campaign too much attention' has been
given to personalities and non-essen
tlals. It has seemed to b the actlv
purpose of th Republican party to di
vert th attention of . the people from
me. xorceiui issue or ine campaiKn.
Among these th tariff I : the most
prominent. Let us take some -of the
commonest thing of everyday wear
ana we can men appreciate ina Duraen
of th existing tariff: , ;
The Bhnt. you wear cava a. tariff tax
of 60 per cent of its value.
The hat you wear pay a tariff tax
or bo per cent oi it value ana m ad
dition to thl 44 cent Der pound.
Th coat you wear pay a tariff tax
dltion to this SB cent ner pound. ,
ui io uii i: rti L ui luB vmub. snn ill u
: i ne trouser you wear pay a tariri
tax or u ner cent or vaniH ana in in
dltion to this 81 cent ner Dound.
The shoe you wear pay a tariff tax
of 25 per cent of value.
compare .tma ouraen .witn the tariri
on the luxuries and you have an object-lesson..
The men who produce th
wealth are the burden-Bearer of the
nation and.-oo not Know it.
Southern Fines, N. C. October 8.
, V. 1..,,,, XT-w Va.1t V..,, -a ia Tir-
Rldder. On one side Is Democratic pub
licity DOtn oeiore ana arter election
on tha other side is Republican pub
licit onlv after election.
What do the Republicans fear? Is it
not a. fact that publicity before election
would prove that the principal' contri
bution to the . Republican campaign
fund are derived- from Wall etreet, the
protected manufacturer, railroad presi
dents, national Dana ornoiais, trust man
agers and all the elements' of privilege,
Drotection and Plutocracy?
If there la any other good reason for;
Republican silence and secrecy, neither
Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr. Taft, Mr. Hitchcock
nor Mr. Sheldon ha ventured to de
clare It. ' ' 'it;""
Who Paid the Bill?
New Tork, Oct 8. The fact that An
drew Carnegie has .contributed 120,000
to the campaign fund of th Republi
can national committee wa announced
today by State Chairman Woodruff.
Associated Press dispatch, -
Twenty thousand dollars that is but a
little dab
Andrew Carnegie ha glvenlMr. Taft
jut th pront or an hour or his tarm
- vrahhlfl nnttkr:'. .... - ,
Just a sample of his luclous tariff
graft.
Twenty thousand families go hungry
for a day
To help the "Laird o' Sklbo" work his
win:
But amidst our toll and sweating
there no danger we re forgetting
That those who died at Homestead
paid the bill.
Twenty thousand dollars there's a red-
orown, airty stain
On the money that can never be
erased.
Ti the blood of honest toller hed by
greedy trust oespouers
Who at vantage points their Pinker-
ton nan piacea.
Just the pront of oppression wrought
by those wno bad possession
Of the power held by kings ta save
or kiu:
But the 'third day of November let the
toilers wen remember
That those who died at Homestald
paid the bill.
Th martyred dead at Homestead
green th grass , above their
grave
Green the memory of how the mar
tyr died.
And again we see the battle; hear the
rlnes crashing rattle.
See the blood of workers flow in
crimson tide. -
Ay, upon that contribution a the taln
or destitution
Hungry children, hopeless widows
wan and ill
Woe and want the worker pinching
gold the tariff baron cllnchina-
And those who died at Homestead
paia tne bin.
v Th Steelworker.
Who Got the $40,000,000?
From the New Tork World.
Shermansville, Pa,, Oct 20 To tha
Editor of the World - When 'will
Mr. Tart, and Mr. Roosevelt answer
the important question now in the
minds of every thinking American
Who got the 140,000,000?', I it a case
of the man With the ieavy voice
screaming "Btop tniel!" while his
friend are going through the pockets
6f th crowd? It looks strange to see
a man with a "gold brick for sale
being chief adviser to the intended vic
tim, as in the case of Mr. Cromwell.' -
.How many trust magnates have Mr.
Taft and Mr. Roosevelt put to any in
convenience ( nave tne people Deen
able to get any of the products of the
trusts at a lower prlc. since they have
been prosecuting the trusts by proclama
tion? Are tne common laborers richer
today than they wer seven years ago?
This Bate in History.
1802 Columbus entered the harbor
which he called Porto Bello.
1TST nuke of Kent father of Queen
Vlotoria,.born. Died 1820.
1796 -James K. Polk, eleventh presi
dent of the United States, born in North
Carolina. Died In Nashville, Tenn., June
10, 199.
1B87 Jjora irarrar -Jtiercneii, -jcngnsn
statesman, born. Died March 1, 1899..
1862 Fire destroyed a larad section
of th city of Sacramento, Cal. - -1861
General Hunter superseded John
C. Fremont in command of-the Western
department of the army.
1880 James A. Garfield of Ohiff
elected-President of the United 8tates.
1898 Steamer City "of Alexandria
from Havana for New York, burned at
Sea: 30 lives lost. '
1903 New Irish land act went Into,
operation. - -
Straw Votes.
;-. From th Public.
Th anti-Bryan pacer are maklnt
valiant efforts to show by straw vote
that Mr. Taft will lust creeb through. ,
We should euppose that Mr. Taft would i
not feel quite comfortable with -these
timid assurances.: What possible cheer
for him can there be ."In, straw vote
estimate that ,-New ' York, which went
for Roosevelt by 176,000, .will go for
Taft by 10,0001 that Iowa, which went
for Roosevelt by 268,000. will go for
Taft bv 80,000! that Kansas, which went
for Roosevelt by 128,000, will go for
Tft by 6,000; and that Ohio and Indi
ana, whicn went rorKooeveit cy zbb.-
ooo ana m.wuu. respectively, ar couDt-
fulf .. The estimate Indicate a land-
llrle inward Rrvan. and landslide el
dom tod o near the brink.' ,
wnrd vh been received bv the La
Grande Observer that work In the Vale
11 field I progressing o satisfactorily
that it win l oniy a snort. time until
the field Is developed lnro en of the
ares-teat oil - producing fields - in the
country, . '
3Xe.REALM
FEMININE,
v onie
f W HAT Is
lA council
YV whaft
'IT-; is dem
Women in Saloons.
HAT I , the matter with nnr
ncilment Can they not see
th pirft of th times
demandlns-T rA n,.. , ..,
know what th ethical sense 6f
th mass of the people insist 1 right
and. proper? Have they not sen
enough of the result f "ladles' en
trance" and the back rooma of saloons
connected with brothel to know What
the safety of their own families and
that of the ret of the people demands!
W women did not have a vot in plao-
ieiman wh, rs represenUng the
CltV in the rniinn ..hurv.u- i.... ....
ireipendously Interested In their actions
V,7ru .iu -"oons. ana w are not
forgetting those who come out squarely
ilTC9ncK. and order' 8uch- influence
the knitter 1 in tlra b" folt ln
miLi" ,stonlhing If th men who ar
?ik?h? !n portions of trust and repon
sibillty are beaind the' time In the inat
ter of publlo aentiment. If they eannot
fh!.whi' the re.t of the Pople see, that
there Is an entire change of front on
the part of; tha publlo in regard to the
whole question of temperance. -A few
years ago the curbing of tha liquor bua
WM tno dream of the Idealist or
th fantastic hone nf tha nrrlont ufnrix.
?&-N2w 11 the Insistent demand of
the-public No such astonishing ohang
of sentiment ha grown up in tha course
c-f a few years on ny other question
before the American people.
It I the conviction vn nt t Vl S ItYtViM
men v themselves, that if the saloon is
to be' allowed to remain at all ln detent
communities it must divorce itself from
Indecency and from the corruption of
youth. Nor less, does th corruption
of womanhood com under this am
head. Th human ro can no longer
tolerate th corruption of the fountain
head of th race, womanhood. From th
physiological standpoint the common
sense standpoint, the moral and the spir
itual view points, the source of llf
must ba protected from defilement.
Whatever destroys womanliness de
stroy the race. In tha hnrlf time
and in the moat vital way. And to per
mit wpman in saloons, in tne little aid
rooms of saloons,- in drinking rooms
ppenlnar on alley, or where mtsleadinff
signs may be placed to enanara ignorant
girls,, la opening the way to the demor
alisation of womanhood. We hav come
to the place' where wa can afford to
draw the line harpl and ay to th
saloon "you shall nor overstep." This
much ia perfectly evident and la known
to ail sensible, decent people. We shall
o iiirtner in time, ana tne saloon will
e outlawed as a public nuisance, a cre
ator of evil conditions, a breeder of dis
ease and vie, an enemy to law and a
traitor to government
Then; we ahall think men as well
worth protecting as women. Then we
shall see that evil appetite can ba ed
ucated out of the race, instead of be
ing. catered to. Then we shall reason
that the Broventlha of crime, the nro-
With almshouse, penal institution, and
in large measure or insane ssyram and
charitable institutions which hav to
take ur th burden of sunnortlnH- drunk
ards' children by eliminating the saloon
which make most of: tha -misery - and
crime of the world will be only common
sens legislation, and necessary to th
further progress of th race.
But at least, now and here, common
sense and decency are demanding that
woman hall be protected by special leg
islation In this regard as well a ir th
matter of her hour of labor as a wage
earner. '
Women ar necessary In the "scheme
Of thing", and no man, however degrad
ed ne may ne, nur insists tnat woman
shall be better than ba " If women are
about all that keeps men decent as It
Is, shall we permit the lowering of the
standard? Can we afford It even, by so
much as a hair's breadth?
we have seen that a righteous public
sentiment can shut the doors on lrule-
cenoy; can drive the scarlet woman but
of a position where vice ha been Shel
tered ana protectea ror a score or years.
Are we going on now to raise another
host of that kind to take their place?
Shall our daughters and our council
men's daughter be enticed Into eating
houses that are side room of saloons
.1 . I . . 1. , V. .. , l . . 1 . I A .
bsucuerv and from that pans on to a
life of the outcast?
Our councllmen who oppose the. leg
islation that would protect womanhood
are making this possible.
ss at
Value of Raw Apples.
MANT person fancy that raw ap
ples ar lndigesttbl,j and only
endurable In the early morning.
Doubtless the old adage, that fruit Is
gold in th morning, silver in th mid
dle of the day and lead at night I to
ome extent answerable for this (to
my way of thinking) erroneou Im
pression. ( ' "
Dietitians tell . os that ripe, raw ap
ples contain more phosphates ln propor
tion to their bulk than any other article
of food, fish not excepted. A recent
writer on this- point ooiuiy qeciare mat
in this lies the secret of healthful lon
gevity. They correct biliousness and
act fas a sedative upon th racked
nerfes And allay insomnia. '
"Eat uncooxea apple constantly, ai
hougb, of cour, in moderation, and
drink distilled water only, and -years -
will be added to your life, while the
evidence of age will be long in com
ing." This argument Is based oft th sup
position that, as age' advances, the de-
foslts of mineral matter In the system
ncrease. and that aging 1 little more
than a gradual process of ossification.
Fhosnhoric add contains the least
amount of earth salts, and, for that rea
son, is probably tne nearest approach
to the elixir of life known to th scien
tific world. -
If vnu want to live lonsr. to retain
your youth at the same time and to in
nrena vnnr hrafn tissue, eat rjlenty of
apples, drink only pure water, llva in
the open air a mucn as possible, ana
take plenty of exercise.
n at it .
The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
ADDles. Cereal with cream.
Broiled finnan haddies. , Graham gems.
coffee. .
LTTNCHEON.
Deviled crab in the shell. Celery salad.
Cream cheese and wafer. Chocolate,
Baked apple, with nut stuffing. Cream
.. . . 1U1UI.
''" DINNER.
PUrea of bean. Rib roaat of bef.
Yorkshire ouddltig.
Egg plant with bechamel sauce. Baked
onions.
Cabbage salad.
Cracker and ralstn pudding. Black
-coffea .
r-oruaninre puao nt. an lnTanania
ccompanlment to tha old roast beef of
Merrt England, and worth knowing...
Make a batter In the proportion of 1
g, 1 cup of flour, I teaspoon rui or
kin powder and eup of milk, VI
teaanonnf ul of - salt. ' Pour into well
greased dripping pan and elevat the
roast of beef over the dripping nan by
means OX lopg sfsr put oru" ",
pan. ' As in puaaing rise to nti in
dripping pan tha Julc. f rom th roast .
penetrates It The only objection to this
means of coeklng the roast Is that extra,
gravy must be made. It 1 well to hav
a cupful of beef extract with hot water
with which to bast th roaat. i, ,
: Eggplant .in-- Bechamel Sauce. Peel ,
and cut tb eggplant Into dice, place lit
alted water forgone hour, -drain, - then i
cook until tenl8r but.not soft' Chop
finely 1 a medMunvslsed, Onion (and cook
until delicately i colored 'In tro table
pobns of butter, blend In off ahd one
half tablespoons of flour; add gradually
one pirvt orwell-aeasoned stock, stir un
til smooth and dreamy, season with pp.
per and salt, strain , over the prepared
eggplant, cook gently for 10 ntnutesaml
sprinkle; With chopped, parsley befor "
serving.!? - - . v . . ,. V'
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