The Oregon daily journal., November 03, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

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TODAY'S VERDICT
T
UIJS .. voting is c-n. The issues
have been made up, and the
verdict of the ballot box" is
awaited- The people In their
sovereignty, are determining by what
chart the republic shall "be steered
for the .next four year. ," Whatever
, shall be the decision, the choice la
tAe will of, the electorate, and the
man chosen by them should be ac-
. cepted and hailed as the president of
' all. He will be the creation of the
ballot box, and from its decree there
ia no appeal. , Its majesty must re
main undisputed for the Bake of the
multitude.
1 Once, when there was no ballot
. bqx with its popular verdict, the mul
titudes were slaves. When they be
came frY the right of the ballot
came to them. The past is a mo-
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mentous warning to tne numoie mn
, lions, now mat mey nave ine nanot.
to insist upon its preservation and
it sanctity, They should never sub
mlt to a single disregard of their ver
diet, no matter how unimportant If,
c therefore, Mr. Taft shall be chosen
hv tnrinv'a vntinr. Mr. Taft should be
accepted and hilled as our president,
If it shall be Mr. Bryan the alleg
iance of every citizen should ee, and
will be accorded Mr. Bryan. There
ia no other way to preserve free gov
ernment. : , The .Journal has urged Mr. Bryan
as the best candidate. It believes in
the man,' and believes in his policies.
It dogs not believe in the manner
of Mr. Taft's nomination. It serious
ly distrusts the inner circle at trust
magnates who are his supporters. It
believes there is peril to the republic
and peril to the people in their dom
inatlon. They have purchased gov
ernorB, senators, congressmen and
judges. Their ways and their wishes
are not the ways and wishes of the
great common herd in this country
They are in parties and use parties
without the knowledge of party
masses for the purposes of mammon.
These things are proven and con
fessed. They are a destructive in
fluence in this republic, and their
long continuance willTesult in dis
aster, v If they want Mr. Taft, and
they do, they have reasons. This is
why The Journal believes Mr. Bryan
should, in the voting today, be se
lected for the presidency.
CORRUPTED PUBLIC OPINION
THE JOURNAL has on several oc
casions alluded to "tainted
news" published in various
newspapers, and Mr Archbold's
correspondence with Representative
Sibley, read by Mr. Hearst, throws
additional light on the source and
; motive of much of this "news," and
of many editorial opinions, too.
Standard Oil and the allied trusts
not only owned congressmen and
dictated to governors, and put their
friends and tools on the bendh, but
they sought to and did control the
fiews and editorial cplumns of va
rious newspapers,- trade or special
periodicals, and magazines. Thus at
the cost of tens of thousands of dol
lars, a little trifling percentage of
the hundreds of millions of which
the trusts were robbing the public,
efforts were made to create public
sentiment in their favor, to blind the
public eye to their' robberies; and to
corrupt the public conscience, so that
the people would keep on electing
tools of the trusts to office, and so
that men in public life, ' even ith
president hlmeelf, could, point to this
manufactured and false public sen
tlment In. justification of 3erviee. of
the trusts. . T-C';.,;;: .,
, So It seems that' The Journal did
not exaggerate much when it said
the other y, "Standard Oil Slime
Over All." Apparently there, has
been no possible avenue of influence
that has escaped its corrupting alien-,
tion.. Its ohjwts have been not only1
congress and executives "and courts;
but It . has founded a superficially
great university, and given money to
other , educational institutions, and
to churches, and it, has in some de
gree corrupted even a portion of the
press of the country, in Its gigantic
business of wholesale, colossal rob
bery it needed the services of not
only congressmen and governors and
fudges, but of editors, teachers and
preachers. It has extded its bale
ful, degrading influence Into tem
ples of learning and religion as well
as into legislative halls and templed
of Justice. Mammon is its God, and
its creed is that every man has a
price for betraying his country and
Lis fellow men.
It would surely be well if this hor
rible, monster octopus should receive
today a great popular rebuke.
and if the first definite step toward
curbing its power were taken by an
outraged and indignant people. This
the election of W. J. Bryan would
accomplish. .
THE GRAtfD JURY REPORT
f
T
HE report of the last grand Jury
contains matter of rather un
usual Interest and importance
to the public. It is unique, for
such a document, we believe, In its
recommendation for the restriction
or regulation of the sale of fire
arms. The reasons presented for
such action are strong and pufficient.
The unrestricted and indiscriminate
use of firewms causes, as everybody
knows, a multitude of tragedies, a
constant succession of crimes, num
erous deaths, and great expense to
the public. Scarcely a day passes
but the newspapers tell of a murder,
a deadly assault, or death or maim
ing through some idiotic accident.!
caused by a gun in the hands of some
criminally-minded or irresponsible
person. Society ought to take meas
ures to protect Itself a"galnst the mis
chief, damage, and crimes resulting
from thtB unrestricted use of guns
Except in the hands, occasionally, of
genuine, conscientious sportsmen, or
xt officers of the law, there is rarely
any good reason for the possession
of a gun. And firearms should be
strictly forbidden to children, drunk
ards, vagabonds, and everybody but
clearly responsible persons.
It Is no doubt a Just complaint
that the grand Jury makes of too
many trivial cases being brought be
fore it, often arising ,out of some
mere personal petty spite, and to use
the law to carry out some malicious
personal grievance. It might also
be said, which is beyond the province
of the grand, Jury to say, that the
civil courts are also burdened with
too many petty cases, including un
meritorious actions for damages, in
Bome instances brought by lawyers
with nothing else to do, and who
manage thus to get occasional fees
for helping to make trouble about
matters that ought to be turned out
of court at their inception, or at least
confined to the lower courts. There
is again a clamor for two more cir
cult court Judges, which as matters
are conducted may be needed, but an
effort ought to be made to decrease
litigation, and to carry on trials far
more expeditiously. In many cases
a trial that should last but half a
day consumes several days. "The
law's delays," expensive and to lay
men exasperating, are apparent
throughout the whole procedure,
from beginning to end
THE CLEVEIiAND TRACTION'
FIGHT
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N A PRIVATE letter to a personal
friend in Portland, Mayor Tom L.
Johnson of Cleveland gives the
reasons why the municipal own
ership measure, proposing six fares
for 25 cents, "was defeated, as fol
lows: First, distribution by hostile
interests of circulars, posters and
other literature asserting that the
way to get 3-cent fares was to vote
against the ordinance, deceiving
thousands; second, the Republican
organization did its utmost to pre
vent an expected large majority for
the ordinance; third, "the extrava
gant use of money and the hostility
of the big financial Interests that
had fought the movement from the
beginning." But Mr. Johnson says
that the cause is by no means lost
yet. The Municipal Traction com
pany is still in possession of the
lines, and the private company "is
no nearer, a franchise than it, was
eight years ago, when the war be
gan. I cannot see how the city
can lose, Under-the circumstances."
Johnson admits that the vote was a
surprise to him, but he does not ac
knowledge defeat. If he should ,be
finally defeated, the Interests will at
leaBt know that they have had, "the
fight of their -lives."
It is stated that Representative
Jones of Washington, who doubtless
will be elected senator next winter.
will make his next trip to the na
tional capital in a mail car for the
purpose of informing himself at first
hand as to the manner in which the
business is conducted, and especially
as to the labor performed and the
hours occupied therein by the rail
way mail clerks. This is a com
mendable action on Mr. Jones' part,
and It Is tobe hoped he will get
some "pointers" .by which be cari in
duce the government to give these
hard-worked public employes better
salaries or shorter hours, or both.
The Oregonlan, after pointing out
that the, registration shows a Repub
lican plurality of over 60,000 in .Ore
gon, finally, estimates a plurality for
Taft of between 10.0,00 Ttnd 15,000,
that the normal' Republican plural
lty In Oregon has never been more
than abouM5,000. But what about
that majority of about 38,000 only
last June for congressmen, and
about the same for dairy and food
commissioner? The fact is that
many thousands of Oregon voters
who have been Republicans, and are
so yet, sufficiently to bo register,
have become very independent in
their voting. A large number of
them voted for Chamberlain for, sen
ator, and a good many of them are
voting today for Bryan. This they
have a perfect right to do and still
class themselves as Republicans, if
they choose, for it is not they but
the party, under intolerable leader
ship, that has gone wrong.
HEARST
M
R. HEARST says he is "proud"
of the Independence party.
He says it has made "his
tory." He says it has "sown
the seed for a rich harvest in future
achievements."
In Brooklyn, after the Rockefeller
interview, Hearst's man Hlsgen de
clared, in a speech that Rockefeller
is for Bryan, . whereby we have a
sample of Independence party
"achievement" The largeness of
vision of a man who makes such a
statement must mean a future thrill-1
Ing of the world by a party of which
he is the present proxy had. Rocke
feller could no more, be for Bryan
than the Methodist church could be
for the devil.
Bryan is a paramount menace to
the operations of such as Rockefel
ler. . His life has been a protest
against Rockefellerjsm. If there is
m&n ln tne world that the ma
raudlng interests, of which Rockefel
ler is the grand vizier, sincerely dis
trust, it is Bryan, and when Hearst's
puppet mouths the charge that Mr.
Rockefeller is for Bryan, he is an
ass.
The utterance has, however, one
value. It unmasks the Independence
party. It unmasks the present pur
pose of Mr. Hearst. Its beginning
and its end is the desire of Mr.
Hearst to chastise Mr. Bryan because
the latter did not support th Jour
nalist for the presidency four years
ago. It has hoped, but failed to. di
vide Mr. Bryan's support, first for
the Commoner's defeat,vand second
for satisfying Hearst's itching palm
with eome future chance of office.
This is the "history" the Independ
ence party has made. What other
history could it make with a political
mountebank as its backer, its Moses
and its wet nurse?
WHYvTHE NATION SHUDDERS
r
HE . country knows what King
Rockefeller's appeal for the de
feat of Bryan means. The ut
terance sent a shudder through
the people from ocean to ocean and
from lakes to gulf. Walter Well
man, , great independent newspaper
correspondent and supporter of Taft
declares that It may throw the elec
tion to Mr. Bryan. In fancied se
curity that all was well we have sud
denly learned that this great busi
ness strangling octopus that controja
life necessities, and exacts whatever
toll it will from the people, is active
ly In politics. We have suddenly
learned that the means by which It
has extorted nearly a billion dollars
of profits from the American people
in 10 years has been through its ac
tivity in politics. We have suddenly
learned that while we drifted, it has
brought within the grasp of its ten
tacles governors, attorney-generals,
Judges, senators, congressmen, the
enthroned Aldrich and great news
papers and magazines. We Tcnow
from documentary evidence penned
by the rascally Archbold himself,
that its guilty gold has been the
means of its ownership of these
guilty officials. What we do not
know is how many other officials
and agencies as yet unexposed are
bodily owned by King Rockefeller.
That is why the nation shudders
whep this king of business, feeling
himself strong enough, comes out
into the open, and "for business rea
sons'' clamors for the defeat of Mr.
Bryan.
As usual, ,both national chairmen
are claiming a sweeping victory, and
only one of them can be righ.t, and
probably neither one is. That is, in
stead of large majorities in some im
portant states, there are likely to be
only email majorities or pluralities.
The total popular vote will pretty
certainly be much closer than in any
election since 1892. There has been
an undoubted rising tTde of oppo
sition -to Republican .policies and
leaders, and in Bryan's favor, but
whether it has risen high enough to
wipe out . the great Republican ma
jorities of recent years cannot be told
untjil tomorrow. At least Bryan has
made a great fight, and one on the
right side. r
High Praise for The Journal.
From th "Northwest Skagit (Wash.)
Ailvocate.
It is a lamentable fact that the great
and growing state of Washington rJoes
not have within her borders one flrst
olass, modern dally newspaper. Oregon
has but one, The Journal of Portland,
an evening publication, which In point
of news, neatness In appearance and
editorial ability has no qqual on the
Pftclno coast The spirit of progress
does not eeem to have selted the main
agement of the Seattle daTttea, much
as they would have their, readers br
lleve to : ttn ' contrary. As for the
papers of ' Tacoma and Spokane, they
are far superior "to those of Seattle
when the field in which they are pub
lished Is taken" Into consideration. The
common belief that the Seattle, publica
tions are-nuj-sed and fed by the rail
roads does not add to' their premise or
standing;., in a commonwealth where men'
do theft own' thtnklngt -;. ....,v.-.;.
SmaUCLange
No more straw vote.
It U nobody's "walkover" today.
" . . " . .
Better vote late than, not at all.
Tomorrow w will , know about it
Taft, If elected, mar owe it to Hearst
It Is every goodcltjaen's duty to vote.
Netther candidate agreed to - make
hens lay.
:.
Either candidate fa bi enough to en
dure defeat
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.Let US all be readv tn mV tli tt
of the result
This Is th. 1..t A.. .
Hat of doubtful TtotiT
The trusts annum t h
fident of Taff. election. "
It is best to be alWuva n'nra4 n
a surprise ta the election return. .
All Of th SHO-nAA triiata Jtt-
their utmost today for Taft's election.
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v5.? tor Bryan at yet this even
ing will .count as much as If cast
earlier. t.
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The OreBronlftn ham t, m.
plurality to 10.000 or thereabouts. This
The voter who -imniiniM veV.f.n..
l'.toJl Bi7an, houW be sent to a home
for the feeble minded.
Poor Jo Letter la rr1ol in nil.
tance of $64,000 a' year and is therefore
frozen out of high society.
It Is claimed that Taft HiTmh n.
... m
gaining- ground lately. Well, the trusts'
millions may change some votes to him.
One of the newsiest-end host 1
papers in the state is the Mllwaukle
Record, lately established by James P.
Bhaw.
Oh, well, If Judee Van Zant vwl
marry any couples, somebody else Will.
Such conscientious scruples are not
very practical.
The army of federal office holders
will all yote today, almost solidly, no
doubt, for Taft. Or If some do not
they will not tell Teddy. ,
f J2S0.0OO bought 60,000 votes In
New York four years ago, the frusta are
Suite sure that with $1,000,000 or so
ley can carry the state now.
.
, A Tacoma man admitted that he had
whipped his wife over 40 times in three
years, but said In mitigation that some
times he did not whip her for a whole
month.
Sugar barrels will be used for ballot
boxes in the Ohio election. Oil barrels
would! have been rather too suggestive,
though even sugar barrels are eloquent
of tariff robbery.
' Qregn Sidelight .
Eugene Is to have a large ice and
cold storage plant.
.
A Springwater man has hauled over
mieen ions pr prunes to Ketacada.
Several new families arrived in
Springfield from the east last week with
the intention of permanently locating.
So far two of the families hare been
'unable to, rent houses.
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The work of seourinr riehta-nf-irav
for the. proposed electrTo line to Sea
side is wen unaer way and it Is hoped
will be successfully adjusted within, a
very ehort time, says the Astoria Bud
get An Estacada man saw a disabled
young wild goose by the roadside and
caught it and took It to one of the
nearby ranchers. W. ,W. Tucker, where
It is being fed preparatory to a
Thanksgiving dinner.
.
Correspondence of CoquiUe Herald:
Riverton Is now on a boom. Every
habitable building in town is now oc
cupied. Strangers are seen on our
streets every day.. Several families
have recently moved here.
- -Grants
Pass Outlook: Evidently , the
whole webfoot tribe migrated on the
same day, for the sky was filled with
untold thousands of geese and brant
Monday evening and the flight is said
to have continued all through the night
Albany In a quiet gentlemanly way Is
making them take notice, sava tha Dem
ocrat. Without the spread eagle, fourT
column head style of some cities, it is
doing things in. a progressive way that
ia going io count me most in the long
run.
At Halsey the school boys were play
ing "crack the whips" and the boy on
the end was thrown violently In th
ground, his arm striking in such a
manner as re Dreax ootn nones, which
perforated the skin and plowed Into the
iruuou.
A Gird creek stockman brought to
the Mitchell Sentinel four dozen pota-
mou ui me Kea wnson variety that
weighed 64 pounds, raised onr hla-h land
without irrigation, and this has been an
extraordinarily ary season in Wheeler
couniy.
Considerable "kick" has been made
over the county and especially around
Newberg about careless people hunting.
In several case stock has been shot
ana near newDerg last week an irre
sponsible person while hunting in the
evening shot a woman.
t
No more beautiful publication has
been issued in- Oretron than th una
Just from the press which gives most
giapmciuiy me resources, and attrac
tions of Lincoln countv. It In liml
Jointly by the commercial bodies of
Newport, roieao, Elk City, and Wald
port. Lincoln is a county of almost lim
itless natural resources.
A Mackenzie river man had killed two
deer, loaded them on his horse and was
leading the horse home along the trail
when a large cougar sprang from the
limb of a tree on the horse to get the
deer. Mr. Addington quickly brought
his trusty rifle to bear upon the bold
varmint and it .took two shots to lay
him out
'
Grants Pass correspondence: Both
deer Hfnd bear are Unusually plentiful In
the Josephine county mountains this
season. Almost every hunter that goes
into the wilds returns with a full bag
Even the novice has no difficulty in
killing the five deer that the, law al
lows. It is estimated that over 260, deer
have been killed this season in the Bear
Camp-country alone. In this district al-
oo nuoui iuu macK, orown and cinnamon
Dear nave oeen Killed. ,
Huntington Herald: Ontario is des
tirfed to become, one of the leading
cities of eastern Oregon. While in
conversation with a driller, from the
Kansas oil fields Tuesday, he said:
"Ontario has the best drilling rig and
better prospects for oil and gas than
any place I have been this sldB of the
Rockies." They have also, made" ar
rangements for a" $20,000. bridge across
Snake river. V
There Is a general feelin of confi
dence In Sumpter-and adjoining mining
districts in our mines and a belief , how
that mine owners are getting down to
real mlnipg. that we are soon to wit-
iwbb t iiww anu-permanent growth, Says
the American. . This belief 4s based on
the fact that ore shipments are holding
ftp- well and- that never beforenjtrarHhurch. His duties have caused htm to
history-have there been so many sfiow-lngs-of
r&l to JjerQund.lnf th
-THE . VALUEOF. GOOD ROADS
From the
The building of good roads fs hav
ing a' beneficial effect on the develop
ment and prosperltw of the United
States. From a ' small beginning j the
states have become gridlroned by high
ways where once there were only . a
few old-fashioned turnpikes.
IA revolutionary times there were
more trails than roads. Following, the
advice of George Washington at the be
ginning of the nineteenth century, the
statesmen of the country earnestly ad
vocated the construction or a great na
tional highway over Mountains and
plains to accommodate the people who
were flocking from the south and- east
and from foreign shores to settle in the
want
'.Congress In 180J naased laws nro-
vlding that part of the money, received
from the sale of western lands should
be devoted to the building of a much
neded highway that should extend
from Marvland to the MIssIssIddI river.
Which was then considered the extreme
western boundary or the united Stales.
The original - nlan was to make the na
tional highway 6 feet wlde similar to
Roman roads, and this road was ex
tended from Wheeling, Vs., in almost a
straight line westward through Colum
bus, Indianapolis and Terre Haute. Ind.,
to Vandalia, then the capital of Illi
nois. This first national highway un
doubtedly exerted a tremendous influ
ence In the early efforts made to settle
the new western states. .,.
Transportation via railroads ' and)
livers and canals next came into 'vogue.
The old roads were still used, but the
western farmers could not prosper as
much as they desired until the railways
finally reached them In the forties and
fifties.
Now. In addition to railways and
waterways, there are serviceable roads
in all states, but most of these can be
Improved, as is iUustrated.-by the mag
nificent state highways TtiVMassachu
setts, which was a.jApneer lnthls work.
Other-large states lso have highway
commissions, and) large appropriations
are made annually for better roads. "
The work of securing good roads must
go on for many years oaf ore the desired
results can be seoured. Bad roads are
still too numerous and are 'very costly
to each state.
According to an expert oh road bulld-
.
FOUR YEARS AGO
From the New York World.
Four years ago In the last week of
the campaign Edward H. Harriman went
to the White House at the Invitation
of President Roosevelt to confer about
the political situation in New York,
As a result of that conference Mr.
Harriman returned to this city and im
mediately raised $260,000. which was
turned over to the Republican national
committee for use In this state.
Mr. Harriman, in a subsequent letter
to Sidney Webster, declared that as a
result of the fund he raised, "at least
60,000 votes were turned in the city
of New York alone, making a difference
of 100,000 votes in the general result".
This money in the last hours of the
campaign could not-have been used for
any legitimate purpose. Mr. Harriman
did not pretend that it was used for a
legitimate purpose. On the contrary, he
took pride in the fact, that liQ.000 votes
were changed, making a difference of
100,000 votes in the result. In other
worda, Mr. Harriman boasted that his
campaign, fund purchased for the Re
publican candidates 60,000 votes that
otherwBe would have gone to the Dem
ocratic candidates.
Whether or not Mr. Roosevelt had
the slightest intention of respecting the
"moral obligation" to Hrrlman lm-1
Merckants on Guaranteed
Deposits
On February 18, 1908, a ' committee
appointed by the Merchants' association
of New York made a report in favor of
the Fowler bill then pending In con
gress. Among the provisions . of this
bill was one providing ror uie guaran
tee of deposits.
From this report the following is
taken:
"A careful study of the principle of
coinsurance of deposits, as thus estab
lished, has brought us to the conviction
that the objections advanced against it
are more superficial than real, and such
weight as they may legitimately have
is tar outoaiancea oy tne airect Dens-
fits to be derived from Its workings.
To the argument that It is unfair to
compel banks which have been better
managed, or have accumulated a larger
capital and surplus, to aia in guarantee
ing the deposits of their weaker com
petitors, it may be answered, while
freely conceding this claim, that the bill
leaves undisturbed every ' other advan
tage, such as personality, efficiency, fa
cilities, location, etc., and above all, the
great attraction of ability to pay upon
demand at all times as contrasted with
the inevitable annoyance and delay at
tendant upon the liquidation or a poor
ly managed institution 'with the aid of
tne guarantee iuna.
"The positive advantages which are
conferred upon banks and their depos
itors by the workings of the guarantee
fund are:
Prevention of bank tuns-r-the con
tagion of which often times imperils
solvent as well as insolvent msuju
tlons. Attraction of new deposits by reason
of the additional safety that ia offered.
So securing government deposits that
they may be Barely piacea witn any
bank, and may be used by it for the
support of trade and Industry; and by
Providing complete elasticity for. the
currency through the Immediate con
version of deposits Into bank notes in
seasons of expanding trade; and
through an, equally easy conversion of
the notes into deposits when trade con
tracts. "The banks derive profit from loaning
their deposits, and their losses are gen
erally due to their own errors of Judg
ment or of management It seems
therefore no more than Just that upon
them should be assessed the first cost
of insurance against those losses--espe
cially since the permanent guarantee
fund is to count as part of -their legal
reserve. While in theory a depositor
should estimate the strength of the
bank he deals with, yet in practice he
is rarely able or in a position to do so,
and moreover. In many localities the
limitations of banking faculties serious
ly restrict the opportunity for intelli
gent choice."
On -February 21, 1908 the board of di
rectors of - the Merchants' association
held a meeting at New York city . and
unanimously adopted - resolutions In
dorsing this bill, emphasizing the fact
that it contained a provision for the
guarantee., of deposits. '
Bishop Goodsell's Birthday.
Bishop Daniel A. Ooodsell of the
Methodist Episcopal church was born
in Newburg,. N. Y.. .November I, 1840,
his father being a prominent Methodist
dnlnlster of the pioneer-daya At the
age or. is tne oisnup jumeu mo kw
York conference, of which his father
was a member. For 28 years he served
some of the.- leading churches of the
conference, taking the degree of doctor
of divinity at the age of 40 at Wesleyan
university.- In 1887 he was elected edi
tor of lion's Herald, but- befqre assum
ing' the position he was made secretary
of the board of education of the Meth
odist. Episcopal church, and' served In
that capacity "until -1888, when he-was
chosen bishop by . one " of the largest
votes ever given a candidate. -During
the 20 years that have passed sinee his
election as a bishop he has -been active
In- the administrative work of the
travej not only, through, th United
States, But practically through every
cououry or. tae.ro"u.
Boston Globe
Ing in the public roads division of the
agricultural aepsriment, mere are s,
161,670 miles of publio roads in the
United States." Of this mileage statis
tics fgr the year 190 show that about
7 per cent are Improved. During the
crop-year 1906-8, 6,487,000,000 pounds
of farm products were hauled over com
mon roads from - farms to shipping
points. No figures are" Included for
forest or mlrujs products, or for the gen
eral commoorties or lire that go from
City to country.'
It Is evident that the slightest sav
ing In cost of hauling per ton would
assume striking proportions when con
sidered for the entire country. Figures
show that these great crops traveled in
wagons over tne country roaas zub,s?,
044 miles, merely in being transported
from the farm to the railroad' shipping
point
It has also) been established by thor
ough investigations that the average
cost of hauling per ton per mile is
about 26 cents; on stone roads, dry and
in good order, about 8 cents; on stone
roaas in ordinary condition, u cents;
on earth roaas containing ruts ana raua,
S9 cents: on sandy roads when wet 33
cents; on, sandy roads when dry, 64
cents.
It Is claimed that a reduction In the
cost of hauling from 26 cents to 12
cents would mean an average saving of
?ver 1250,000,000. This refers simply
0 stone roads in ordinary condition.
A saving of $250,000,000 principally
to farmers through having proper roads
is a matter of supreme Importance. AU
money saved in transportation on high
ways would mean more saving of the
profits received for products carried to
markets. In addition to these advant
ages, it is Impossible to estimate the
remarkable increased value to lands
which border good roads. This increase
in land values would offset largely the
expense of building the roads.
From every point of view the build
ing of highways on which travel is
easy is today of paramount importance,
not only to farmers and drivers of all
sorts of vehicles, but also to numerous
trades which employ thousands of men
on work that, directly er Indirectly, is
connected with transportation on high
ways. plied by this contribution of $260,000.
lie could not have ben ignorant of
the purposes to which this money
would be put. "You and I are prac
tical men, said the president In one
of his letters to Harriman. As a prac
tical' man and a practical politician Mr.
Roosevelt knew there was only one use
for $260,000 at the end of a doubtful
campaign.' '
Knowing all this, he not only encour
aged Harriman to raise the money, but
led Harriman to believe that as a re
ward he would be allowed to help
shape the railroad policy of the ad
ministration. There has been no mere sordid trans
action in American 'politics than., that
recorded In Mr. Harriman' letter to
oianey weDster and in Mr. Roosevelt s
letter to James 8. Sherman, reprinted
elsewhere on this page. What other
president ever solicited Wall street
campaign contributions for his party
either in state or nation? What other
president ever cynically permitted taint
ed money to reach up to the White
House?
If not a single scrap of evidence
existed except Mr. Roosevelt's own let
ter of defense, he would dserve to be
reDuxea ror nis snare in this scandalous
transaction. And if he were a candi
date for reelection he would deserve
io do aereatea.
South American States
i
Confederating
From El Porvenlr, a leading news
paper of Cartegena, Colombia
Never as todav has the necessity of
close bands of fraternity been felt for
their mutual protection ,by Colombia.
Venezuela, and- Ecuador, the three
daughters of the great liberator. The
thought of General Reyes, president of
Colombia,, approved by General Elroy
Alfaro, president of Ecuador, and
which will without doubt have the
sympathy of General Cipriano Castro,
president of Venezuela, fs of incalcul
able transcendency for this part of Am
erica The actual epoch presents to all the
nations of the world problems on the
exact and prompt solution of whldh de
pend liberty and autqhomy threatened
by those who believe themselves and
indeed are,, the stronger.-
The alliances which the most power
ful nations of Europe celebrate today
among themselves, assure their own
peace, which is eonverted into danger
for the weak nations, of that continent
and debilitated peoples of Asia; and
perhaps it is not venturing too jar to
say, for the weak states of Central and
South America, since has said a states
man of England, "although the Panama
oanal be opened In 15 years, still there
will, remain nations to be conquered."
The voyage of the American squad
ron to the Paclfio is received as an
exhibition of power and as a notifica
tion but little tranquillzing or In any
sense reagsurng that the United States
finds necessary the possession of the
Mexican Magdalena bav. as boldlv nrn.
claimed by the American press.
-mere is dui uiue tranquillzing In
the picture .on the horizon, when a
tins, Brazil, Chill and Uruguay increase
meir navai armaments copying the most
powerful . types of war vessels aflnnr
and enter Into a confederation, which
will be In a short time of powerful
activity.
'ine president ol Colombia has seen
the imperious necessity of unitin
Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador for
mutual support and defence and for
labor In favor of a common progress.
In union Is strength and it Is' necessary
to be strong. In The Hague conference
it Was seen that the. weak powers fig-'
ured only as minor ornaments to the
deliberations of the ntrons. Tho
sneak neither with reason nor with
Justice who have not powerful navies
to back their .words. At the present
time the powerful voice of an armed
cruiser and the eloquent explosion of a
rrupp are more vaiuame to nations
than the ablest orator of the senate
"Such Is life." say the Enallsh In th
presence of these things.-and the Eng
lish know what they say.
This Date in History.
1680 Sir Francis Drake returned
from his voyage round the world.
16Z0 The Plymouth company was Or
ganized. A " .
1783 Continental armv disbanded
and returned to their homes.
1794--Wllllam culien Brvant. nnt
born in Cummlngton, Mass. Died in
New York, June 12, 187JL
1816 General Jubal A. Early born.
Died March 2, 1894.
1824 Edward Trencbard. one of the
American commanders who suppressed
plracv in the Meauerranean, died In
Brooklyn. Born in' New Jersey in 1T84.
1862 Mutsuhito, emperor ' of Japan.
born- . , . .
1864 Federal forces, won victory at
battle of Franklin. Tenn. .
1867 Pearl. Richards Crlgie "John
Oliver - Hobbes"). aMtnor, born Jn Bos
ton. - " v
188S General Ulysses s. Grant elect
ed wesldent of the United States.
1889 Chief Justice partner or irmce
the Confederation, rt died. V Born Septem
ber 1. 1809. '-v V . ' 'I'
190J George - B. Mcuieiian eiectea
mayor of Greater New York. ..."
1906 Prince Louts of Batten berg re
ceived by President and Mrs. Roosevelt
at the White House. - ,
Two hills of notatoos dug at Myrtle
Point numbered 280 notatoes by actual
count Some of them wre as large as
marbles, and others were not
The RILALM
FLMININt
That Teacher Look. '
S'
EVERAL letters have come In bear.
in on the subject of the school
.teacher expression. . This one. be
cause It emphasizes the dally
H rutln 14 the school room, la
particularly Interesting and' it brings
out one reason fpr the Jook the lack
of government-at home and the unrelax
Ing vigilance required of a teacher.
v I taught school sixteen, years. I got
the look finally and I'll explalp some,
thing that brought it' about. It was
not entirely a dollars an ....
son: there nr nthr thin., .uui.
sist Among the primal causes of my
furrows was - the actual schoolroom
work and monitorships. Few realize
the terrible nerve pressure under which
"' teacher works; the rush with
which everything Is done; th.
crowded program and course of study;
.;.." ..v"..''"'. water color
painting with its attendant confusion
and accidents: the rritn t n..
all to make the necessary effort in
wt music; tne Bounding or gongs:
the Shuffllna- of feet: h f l. H-ifi.
etc., all of wElch keep a teacher's nerves
irung up to tne utmost pitch, to say
nothing of tha actual claaa wnrk whl&
alone forms the average person's con
ception of a teacher's duties. Each su
pervisor of a subject Is so filled with
knowledge and enthusiasm on his or her
own branch that oftlmes the directions
left for th rea-nljar - ImhIim t, ......
Out are annallln anrl a Inn vnnlH m.
quire hours of preparation in reading
and gathering of material.
, The regular teacher may be doing the
best that she can along all lines and
making an extra effort for these spe
cial branches, but her work includes a
little of everything, it seems, so It's no
wonder If the-results are thin In places.
fita wtiru you -mei so run oi en
thusiasm about havina- this or ' that
study put Info the public school course.
Instead of adding the same to the al
ready distracting multitude of isms and
ologies, physical, moral and esthetic,
try to instill the wisdom soma time
during the 18 hours that the child is
in your care. Attend the a-rada mpet-
Ings; hear the outlines of requirements;
the measures and standards- of pro
ficiency you are expected to bring vour
pupils to average, with possibly a com
petitive test with others of the same
grade In other buildings, to settle the
standing; see the actual work on dis
play there at which your heart sickens
with desire for time to have yo,urs do
as' well.
This will, perhaos. start another
wrinkle on the school ma'nm's tact
which years of this effort will deepen.
Then there are the summer schools, the
special courses offered during vacation.
yThe time for examination for certificate
araws near, witn pernaps H'Kinionai re
quirements ana another wrinkle De
gins. Wrv little control Is exercised
over children in the home any more.
They are allowed complete liberty of
language and conduct; in the public
school room is the first attempt it
obedience to direction enforced. Whilo
we would not advocate a return to tho
rigid severity of home rule an of a few
generations ago, yet some reform alonr
this line is the certain need of todny.
Better home discipline, teaching obedi
ence and respect would insure a much
more pleasant life for the teacher; and
In the formation of the citizen less su
pervision later- by Juvenile courts and
police. It is this drawing on the vital
nerve forces of the teacher given in
an effort to maintain order, without
severity that saps the energy, the -enthusiasm
and destroys all that ls youth
ful, leaving in its place a tired, nerve
wrecked woman.
So what a life to lead, with no hope
of ever saving anything for who ever
saw a grade teacher become well to
do as a result of her efforts In the
schoolroom no sum waiting and grow
ing to give the comforts of the years
ahead when an or a nervous break
down compel amhalt So no wonder to
me that grade eachers " of experience
are scarce and changing Into other work,
and It will be e until there is more
than a mete llvlrfg in a calling whose
requirements ate so great whose duties
so exhaustive and whose tenure of abil
ity to remain so short, for statistics
prove the life -of a grade teacher to be
but a few years.
Until the salary of the supervisors.
the primary teacher, tne principals ana
ometlmas the lanltor whose labors, are
none the more heavy, are better equal
ized, until the rules and regulations
unt a teacher's hands giving her more
authority, a chance to maintain proper
dignity and compel wholesome respect
to he the real master in her little king
dom instead of having to smile at Im-
Sudence and pretend not to see disorder
ecause of the resentment a reprimand
would stir up in pupil and possibly In
the parent, then will the profession be
sought by a body of earnest capable in
structors. SHIRLEY.
This Is of interest because It repre-
present condition. It does not follow
that we shall always think it wise to1
herd children of tender years, 40 in a
group, In close schoolrooms for six
nrttirn a rlav. for 12 years of their lives
and then turn them out ready to begin
to learn how to meet life. Some time,
looking back from perhaps a hundred
years, someDoay win cau n a hiujjiu
way and Inadequate to form Intelligent
hiiman- hlnva Majuiwhll It 1MIT UO
noticed that all the crafts are gaining
foothold in public school Instruction.
displacing some or tne tecnnicai book.
study: that manual training and cook
ing for both boys and girls, physical
culture, physiology, klndergartenlng,
sewing and In some cities stenography.
nd the trades, as millinery and dress
making, plumbing and steam luting,
are gaining a place in publio instruc
tion. And this brings us back where
we started: that the opportunities for
the specialist in teacning are greater
than they have ever been, and that the
girl who is thinking of studying to be
a teacher would much better prepare
herself In a special line than for grade
work; that moreover, the girl who can
have but a scanty preparation would
better stay out of the swhoolroom, for
there are other lines or' work In which
It takes lees time to prepare and In
which there is less nerve strain and less
liability of breakdown.
U II K
A Nove Salad.
SELECT a large, firm cabbage and
remove, the center, leaving only
the'Jnell of outer leaves. Chop
the heart Into fine bits, adding a few
btalks ofW-elery and part of a green
pepper. Mix with mayonnaise just be
fore serving and put back Into the cab
bage head. If preferred, the dressing
may be the usual cold"1 slaw, dressing,
made In this way: The yolks of six
eggs, a teaapoonful Of mustard, salt
one half teaispoonful, one half cup of
vinegar and a dash of cayenne pepper.
Let simmer .until thick.'
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, English Plum Pudding.
TWO cups each of flour snd bread
crumbs, one pound of beef suet,
two 'pounds each of raisins and
currants, one' pound citron, two tea- .
spoons each of cinnamon, allspice,
cloves. ' nutmeg, "mace, one cup sugar,
one cup brandy, ten eggs, one teaspoon
saleratus. - Steam from to to 12 hours.
This pudding should be made at; least
three weeks befort eating and will keep
for years. . The longer kept the better
It will be. This Is a real English Blum .
pudding. . ; T V. A f
. T k It It . -
Broiled Finnan Haddie. - .
PARBOIL the "fish," drain, wipe dry
and take pff the skin. Broil over '
a clear fira nlace on a hot nlntt.r
pour melted butter rvi the fish,"'
sprinkle with pepper and minced pars-
ley and serve wish a- garnish -of lemon
quarters. . - - ,- j. "
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