The Oregon daily journal., December 04, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

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and of skill : but neither ot
them ever learns his mas
ter's trade. Colton.
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A GREAT OREGON INDUSTRY
MrVHB FRUIT Industry of Oregon
I , Is making satisfactory progress.
I But It is as yet only-In Its in
fantile period.'' The' limits of
Its possibilities are practically bound
less. Oregon can be the' best and
'greatest fruit state In the union;
Nothing less than this should be the
goal of enthusiastic fruit growers.
Many and a rapidly increasing
number of fruit growers are deserv
ing of unstinted commendation
even. though acting chiefly in their
own Interest-r-for the reformatory,
progressive work they hare done and
are doing. Many have acted not al
together, or even chiefly from self
Interest, either, but have broadly and
nil si 11ir m rr aA In flAm k on aca
self-Bacrlficlngly, for the expansion
and elevation of this splendid Indus
4ry. Their work ought to be recog
nized and . appreciated In their sev
eral communities and' in the state at
'large. O"'",, v"'
,It Is largely such men that conv
prise the State Horticultural assocla
"tion. They are doing a noble work
and should meet with universal en
couragement and support. It Is due
to this society that the war on fruit
carried on. And in various ways it
has earned vastly more than the
stat has contributed to its support.
The state should still extend, its aid
to the association and appropriate
what it needs for carrying on its
work, that will be, as it has been, of
immense benefit to the state.
Oregon has already gained a very
favorable reputation far and wide as
a fruit state or rather two or three
localities have gained such a reputa
tion as to some species of fruit but
this is only a beginning, a starter.
This reputation can and should be
Improved, extended, and made to ap
ply to all parts of the state and to
more varieties. This can be done.
The foundations for immense produc
tion and large and appreciated mar
kets have been well laid.
Keep up the good work. Help
this Industry to expand and advance
until it becomes of mammoth pro
portions. To this end stand by the
Horticultural association, by local
associations, by capable fruit In
spectors, by all diilgeni, progressive
and conscientious growers. Few peo
ple even yet realize what ran be ac
complished in Oregon along this line.
COCNTRV LIFE
w
1 HETHER OR not It Is prac
tical for farmers to concen
trate and cooperate for their
mutual interest is & question
the Country Life Commission la care
fully Btudying. Members of the or
ganization probed deeply into past
and present organizations, studying
Interestedly the causes of past fail
ures and present successes. They
studied every phase of the Hood
River apple growers' union and were
Impressed with its effectiveness.
They asked numerous speakers yes
terday the direct question If it ap
peared possible that a wide organiza
tion of farmers, for the purpose of
marketing, and distributing products
of the farm, could be made effective.
They were told usually that In other
than a local way a general system of
concentration, is probably impracti
cable. That was the opinion of W.
K. Newell of the state board of hor
ticulture and of several other speak
ers, all-farmers, . The failure of the
prune associations and the collapse
of-hopgrowers unions were cited.
Id general, however, the opinion ap
peared to. be that local organizations,
confined originally to a single ship
ping point, but perhaps ' affiliated
with similar local unions in other lo
calities, t-ould be made effective, The
report of the commission is very
.likely to embody findings andj after
tlc rr pn?:tfl tiplniim'wf the whole
; is scared an iatjulate-d the
result will be watched with inter
est. The farmer is at a disadvantage
In an attempt at concentration. If
he could organize into effective co
operation all the handicaps of coun
try life would be quickly removed.
His wagon carries to the market
place that which the world feeds on.
He Is essential to human existence.
Sixty millions of the people of the
country are absolutely dependent
upon him and his family for food and
clothing. To get his products cheap
ly and to sell him what they have
at the highest price is the will of all
the rest. Compactness of organiza
tion and expertness in the affairs of
business is what he has to face. They
beat hira out in legislation because
they know how. As a speaker put
it before the Country Life Com
mission: We import much tin plate.
The salmon packers and meat pack
ers require great quantities. So
does the farmer. The salmon pack
ers and meat packers get 99 per cent
of the diity back on what they ex
port, as tinned goods, while the
farmers get none back, though ex
porting his wheat and having Its
price fixed in a competitive foreign
market. Because his interests-have
not been well represented at "Wash
ington the farmer gets the worst of
it.
Ultimately education, as suggested
by Presideht"Kerr of the state col
lege, seems one prime factor for his
deliverance. It is a transformation
that no commission can suddenly
work. It will take years. The men
on the farm must grapple with both
economic and commercial problems.
Sharpened wits and stores of Infor
mation must be their tools. With
these Invoked more concentration
among them will be possible. Then
the bright iboys who are leaving the
farm for the clty: wlU remain in the
country. -It is the'loes of these boys
that in part accounts for the low ebb
of, country life. The farms are being-worked
by old men, was the
statement of a farmer before the
commission yesterday, and it is part
ly true. Sharpened brains and en
lightened handicraft on the farm, in
dependence in political action and a
studied- devotion to the uplift of
country life will bring great good to
the country. They will be aided if
they undertake the movement by the
forces set in motion by the Country
Life Commission.
BENEFITED PROPERTY SHOULD
PAY
j"ll
HE MAYOR and those who agree
with him that the cost of lay
ing new water mains should be
paid by adjacent property,-: that
chiefly benefited, are clearly right.
As The Journal long ago argued,
neither the water consumers nor the
taxpayers 'of the city as, a whole
shouldbe required to pay for an
improvement that manifestly bene
fits principally a limited section of
the. city and a comparatively few
land owners.
There is no more reason for tax
ing the water consumers, who are
practically all the people of the city,
to pay for water mains laid in new
districts than for taxing them for
new sewers. Indeed, there Is far
less excuse for doing so, for suf
ficient sewerage conduces to the gen
eral health and wellbeing of the
city and everybody is to some extent
benefited by It, whereas a new wa
ter main in a sparsely settled sub
urb or addition is of no appreciable
benefit to anybody but the land own
ers, of that district. It greatly en
hances the value of their property, it
creates much value where there was
little or none before, for it makes
such property salable for residence
purposes, and this value accrues al
most solely to these land owners. '.
Distributing mains and mainten
ance are a different matter; ouce the
mains are 'in others than the land
owners begin to get some benefit,
but as to the main pipes the prop
erty whose falue Is greatly Increased
by them ought to pay for them.
This seems so clearly a correct prop
osition that It should need no elab
orate argument in its support.
THE OREGON CONSERVATION
COMMISSION'S REPORT
T
HE REPORT of the Oregon Con
servation Commission appoint
ed by the governor constitutes
a book of 124 pages and is one
of the most valuable publications
habout the state's natural resources
ever issued. It pays especial atten
tion to and treats exhaustively of
Oregon's waterways, presenting the
subject so completely and clearly
that the publication will be of great
value to the authorities and all es
pecially interested in this very im
portant matter. The rivers and har
bors of Oregon are fully described,
as well as the work hitherto done" in
Improving them, and what is yet
necessary to be done. It shows
among other things that Oregon has
appropriated, including the unused
$300,000 for the Oregon City locks,
about $740,000 in aid of open rivers,
besides $270,000 for these locks
originally, or over $1,000,000, and
(that the Port .of Portland has ex
pended, Including the cost of the
drydock and interest on bonds, $2,
473)561, figures that should make
antapressionJupon congress.
The report next takes up the con
servation and uses' of water re
sources, with reference to irrigation,
power for mechanical purposes, nav
igation and mlnlDg, presenUngthis
momentous subject in a'manner that
should arouse the earnest attention
ot very member of -the legislature
and ot all other prominent or In
fluential citizens. ,
The report discusses the lament
able situation of the state with re
spect to Its water laws, or lack there
of, showing the urgent need of some
very carefully, considered legislation
on this subject. The water laws ot
Canada, Italy, Spain and Several of
our states are summarized, thus fur
nishing the legislator with ideas
from which he can work intelligent
ly; and a summary of what is needed
is presented. No more important
and difficult problem will dome be
fore the next legislature, but because
it is difficult is no reason for longer
neglecting it.
Land reclamation by irrigation is
also thoroughly considered and sev
eral amendments to the Carey law
are advised. The great' timber re
sources of Oregon receive due no
tice, also the fishing industry, and
urgently needed identical laws for
Oregon and Washington are recom
mended. The book contains several
maps of interest and Is embellished
with many fine engravings of Ore
gon scenes.
This conservation movement grew
out of the. work of the national rec
lamation and the forestry services,
but more directly out of the activity
of the Inland Waterways Commis
sion. It was finally decided upon
by the president when in Septem
ber, 1907, he with many governors
attended the deep waterway conven
tion at Memphis. A year ago many
governors of the states met with the
rivers and harbors congress at Wash
ington to discuss these subjects, and
devise means of cooperation, and
again last May at the invitation of
the president, when It was fully and
formally launched. Each' governor
was requested and authorized to ap
point a conservation commission,
which Governor Chamberlain did,
and this report is the result. .
This is a grandly Important move
ment, and the probable resultant
benefits will be beyond computation.
As a people we have gone on for gen
erations wasting, squandering, neg
lecting, abusing and throwing or giv
ing away , our immense natural
gifts, as in the case of timber, or net
conserving and using them, as in the
case of streams, and It certainly was
high time for the nation and all its
states, acting In unison, to take this
great subject up and begin to act
wisely, prudently and for the bene
fit of the masses of people, not only
of thiB generation but of future gen
erations. And that this is at last
being done Is due largely to Presi
dent Roosevelt and constitutes an
other large debt of gratitude and es
teem owed to him by the nation that
is and the nation that is to be
through generations and centuries
Lto come.
Mr. Harriman in a rather cynical
and arrogant speech in New York
said one thing at least that is true
enough, that two great evils for a
country are idle money, and idle la
borers., And when one is idle the
others are. But it is to be remem
bered that tt ie never the working
men who are responsible for either
idle money or idle men except as a
strike may occasionally contribute
thereto while a few men like Mr.
Harriman can easily send hundreds
of millions of money into retirement
and throw hundreds of thousands of
men out of employment. It is in
fact, quite generally believed that a
few very powerful men financially
did this very thing last year, from
purely selfish and the opposite of
patriotic motives. Such men sure
ly owe a great duty to the country in
consequence of their wealth and
power, but Mr, Harriman may not
see or be willing to acknowledge
this.
' It is no very unusual thing for a
man to become totally unconscious
of his acts from liquor, and yet be
able to walk and talk so that an ob
server would consider him but
slightly Inebriated. In such a con
dition a man may talk quite ration
ally and may go to his home or lodg
ing place, or to other places, Just as
he would when sober, and yet re
member nothing whatever of his
talk or movements. But in such a
condition a man does not plan or,
except in the pursuit of a purpose al
ready formed, commit a murder or
other crime. In this statj of un
consciousness a man does only what
he la accustomed to do, or what he
had theretofore planned to do, or at
least had It in his mind to do.
The Dalles Observer says: "Who
will be the next United States sena
tor from Oregon? It will not be
Chamberlain, and it now looks very
much like a cleanscut Fulton vic
tory. The Wilcox Interview In
Washington sounded the death knell
to Chamberlain's senatorial ambi
tions." . Indeed! And what magic
power is there in an opinion, or an
expressed desire, of Mr. Wilcox, qver
members of the legislature who have
bound themselves- to do ,a certain
thing compelling them to make liars
and traitors of themselves by doing
the opposite thing? Possibly ths
senatorship is not to be so easily
bought as it has been in the past. ;
According to the St. Louis Post
Dispatch, the initiative and referen
dum amendment to the constitution
of Missouri has carried by a majority
of 30,942 votesr- When the amend
ment becomes effective the people
may, under its initiative feature, pro
pose to the general assembly meas
ures for enactment into Jaws. Un
der the referendum clause he peo
plemay require enactments of the
general assembly tabs submitted to
a vote of the -people for ratifica
tion. ; Instead of any state that has
thus moved in the ."direction '-of di
rect legislation and government by
the people taking any backward
step, other states are following Ore
gon, the pioneer . In this reform
movement.
President Woodrow Wilson in
recent address at Toledo, Ohio, said:
The large corporations have got into
the habit of paying- to b let alone and
Into the more serious one of paying to
be helpad, and every campaign they pour
into the coffers of tht party which is
most likely to foster a high protective
tariff their money, expecting- the first
money to come back from that' tariff
Will be theirs. There was a time when
a high protective tarirr was junuuea
and when it was worth while to try
the experiment, but we have passed
that stage. There is 'never a legitimate
argument for a protective tariff except
for the benefit of the nation and not
for. the benefit of a special few.
The Dalles Optimist, the only pa
per in Oregon that comes out boldly
and unequivocally in favor of the
violation of their Statement No. 1
pledge by legislators, says: "The
country papers which want to get
Into the band wagon of the victors
can still do so by coming out for the
defeat of Chamberlain. It is not
too late." Yes, it is too lat&. Rather
it Is too early. Or better still, the
time never was, much less ever will
be, when more than a very few
"country" or other papers have ad-,
vised or will advise Buch an act of
perfidy and dishonor.
A More Radical Senate
From the New York World.
The Iowa legislature answers the
question "Shall the people rule? by
electing to the United Btates senate, as
the successor of the late Senator Alli
son, Governor Albert Bfe Cummins, lead
er of the reform wing Jbt the Iowa Re
publicans. Governor Cummins is pledged
to advanced tariff revision and corpora
tion regulation,, and lila election Js a di
rect response to popular progressive
sentiment.-
The people of Kansas gave their an
swer before the question was asked,
when in the August primaries they sub
stituted Joseph L. Brlstow for Chester I.
Long.
If the Oregon Republican legislature
keeps its pledges and obeys the popular
mandate Governor QeorRe k. Chamber
lain, twice elected Democratic reformer,
will succeed Republican Senator Fulton.
In both Dakotas the present senatorial
Incumbents . have been repudiated for
men of more radical . views. Senator
Kittridge. leader of the South Dakota
stalwart. Republicans, will be succeeded
by Governor Crawford, leader of the prp
gressives. In North Dakota, Senator
Hansbrough is to be retired to private
life.
In Missouri, where the reactionary
Democratic forces beat the progressives
by nominating .Senator Stone over Gov
ernor Folk, there are premonitions of a
revolt which threatens' to deprive Stone
of the fruits of victory. Although Folk
was personally defeated in. the primaries
he carried the legislature. - Kolk legisla
tors outnumber Stone legislators nearly
two to one, and indioations of frauds
and tricks under the Imperfect primary
law point to an investigation, in wmcn
event a. better representatire of - the
state's sentiment than Stone may possl
bly be elected.'
Hemenway of Indiana will in all like
lihood be succeeded by John W. Kern, a
radical Democrat, and yoraker's succes
sor In Ohio will not be. an attorney for
the Standard Oil company. '
Thug even the United States senate.
the legislative body further removed
from popular control, constitutionally
created and traditionally regarded as the
bulwark of conservatism, promptly re
sponds to the popular will. The notable
gains of the progressive elements of the
west, not only in senatorial primaries,
but through state legislatures without
dlrec.t mandate, are convincing proof of
popular rule in this country.
Senator Fulton's Mistake.
From the Sclo News.
Senator Fulton either does not under
stand the political temper of the peo
ple or uregor. or nis egotism is obscur
ing nis vision. An orriclal who at
tempts to set aside the will of the
people is sure to come to grief In the
end. The 51 pledged Oregon legisla
tors are honorable men. They are close
ly in touch with the people whose votes
elected them. They know, too, .that the
electorate of Oregon would not coun
tenance for a minute the violation of
the pledge which made their election
possible. Senator Fulton, knowing these
facts, says, in effect, that these pledged
members are without honor; that their
fealty to party and the bosses is greater
than manhood and honorable citizenship.
The senator has yet to learn that Ore
gon Is peopled by citizens who are ac
tuated by highly honorable motives and
not by a gang of dirty little politicians
whose purpose In life is to serve the
bosses.
Joseph Leiter's Birthday.
Joseph Leiter, capitalist and mine
owner, was born in Chicago, December
4, 1S6S, the son of Levi Z. Leiter, the
millionaire Chicago merchant, who died
in 1904. The younger Leiter was edu
cated at Harvard university, where he
graduated in 1891. After he left coir
lege he acted as an agent for his father
in some of the latter's commercial en
terprises. In the autumn Of- 189? he
came into public prominence in an en
deavor to corner- the wheat market.
He bought wheat on the Chicago board
of trade to such an extent as to make
him, at the beginning of 1898, the larg
est individual holder of wheat in the
history of the grain trade. His deal
collapsed, however, and the consequence
was that the Leiter fortune was denletn-1
by several millions of dollars. The late
Lady Curson, whose husband was the
British viceroy in India, aras a sister
of Mr. Leiter and another of his sis
ters la the countess of Suffolk.
This Date in History.
l82-FIrst meeting of the rrovIncral
legislature of Pennsylvania.
1746 Genoa surrendered to the Aui-
trlans. . 1 '-
1798 Luigl Galvani, discoverer of
Galvanism, -died. Born September 8.
1737. , k
1833 The American Anti-Stavery so
ciety was organized in Philadelphia.
1839 The Whig national convention
at Harrisburg nominated WlMani H!i, ' . """P0"1' X out of em
Harris for president. , ; loyment. nought a position through
1869 'Province of Queensland, Aus-
tralla, established. !..-. ,
1890 King Kalakaua of Hawaii land-
ed at S.an Francisco. 1 . 7.
1907 Secretary .Taft visited the Em
peror Nicholas at t. , Petersburg., . .
A- KlameJh eAimty manflarma- to
have killed Wild geese at two sli'o'.. :
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Roads. ' ' '
Oood roads. -
Good roads pay. y
. ' 'V;
Build good roalja.
Towns need good roads.
Th country, needs good roads.
"The
roads.
tat should ' help build good
Just three -weeks tin rhritma
EVery COmmunltv ahmiM mn4 mnno
liberally for grood roada.
Bryan la dead, saya Mr. Hearst's ca
pers. How's Hisgen?
Mr. Archbold mavm rshto r ,).-
ing. Surely tp Standard Oil.
Oregon doesn't need nv ImitrunMnn
or advice from Mr. Hitchcock.
Now evervhodv ran An a Hm if, tln
fight the "great white plague,"
Uhcle Joe seems .ta Intimate thai ha
is willing to be revised a little.
-
Another need of Oregon a few
prompt convictions and hangings.
Mme. Calve advises drls to mar nr.
Most of them need no such advice.
By sending Brother Charles to the
senate Ohio would handicap President
Taft.
Mn Kern may go to Washington, but
he won't be invited to live la the White
House.
The play. "Miss Innocence." must be
a great farce, with Anna Held playing
me uue roie.
A new burlesaue Is entitled. "The
Follies of 1908." Mr. Bryan might like
to Insert a scene.
The oil business certainly was "haz
ardous" to any one who would not sur
render to the trust.
So It was only an $11 ring that Mfss
Elklns got. No wonder the Elklnaes
were mad about it.
It miirht not to surprise anyone to
read 6f "titer tovtr and mouth disease dur
ing the football season.
Don't desnisn the members of the
Termers' ITnlift commission: they may
-know a mtis eometning udoui irmin.
The- next legislature cannot afford to
-spend any time playing politics or
wrangling over the senatorship. It has j
very Important business to attend to. '
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Really Believe It After While.
Ashland, Or., Deo. 2. To the Editor
of The Jeurnal-I read somewhere a
short time ago a statement, claiming
to be set forth by a professor of science
that the success that almost always
followed the preachsrs of the Billy"
.Sunday type was almost wholly due to
the continued reiteration of any asser
tion that they saw fit to make from
the pulpit.
The human mtrid being most of the
time in a receptive mood, would soon
get to seeing things in the same light
as the speakers, regardless , of their
merit. Now the object of this commun
ication Is not to discuss the merits of
religion of any kind, but to ask If !lt
may not be a fact that the professor Is
right in his theory. And will it not
work In other as well as religious mat
ters? ' It certainly seems so, consider
ing that so many letters are being pub
lished by the Oregonlan wherein the
writers take sides with the editor in
trying to corrupt the legislature of Ore
gon, and more especially the Statement
No. 1 men. I cannot believe that the
writers are wholly responsible, but have
by continued reading that perjury was
not perjury and that black was always
white, when it happened to serve the
ends of a scheming scoundrel, come to
believe in what they - advocate while
the instigator of this "pfbus lie" sits
back and chuckles over the ease with
which he is throttling the rights of the
people
How proud we Oregonlans were when
we realized that within our borders two
thirds of the voters were ready to lay
aside party lines and prejudices and de
mand that the legislator for whom we
east our voto must pledge himself to
do our bidding. But if every promise Is
not lived up to. it la the duty of every
man that . desires to be called by his
neighbor a good citizen and even a de
cent man, to sign a petition to Invoke
the referendum and recall every black
leg that will allow his personal politics
or any other Incentive to make of him
a perjurer.' I notice by a news item
that the little village Of 8t. Johns has
"fired" one of its employes, even though
he was a councilman. And why should
not the state .do likewise If her. instruc
tions are not obeyed? . f
Everybody should read "Just a Plain
Answer" in tha editorial columns pf the
Morning Oregonlan . for November 26
The Oregonlan says not ft man that
voted to have Governor Chamberlain
sent to the United States senate meant
whiA he said, i but merely voted- that
way. to defeat Cake, -."intending and ex
pecting (after having taken the pledge)
that the legislature would choose some
one else." Now If this Isn't farcical, I
don't know the meaning of the term
But still, a good many people read these
statements and believe them to 'be real
"messages from the spirit world. The
danger to the people lies not in whether
ChaiViberlaln or Fulton or whoever It
might fall Upon, be elected, but in the
fact, that If this arrogant presumption
should bear fruit, it would bring the
enemies of ths people Just one step
nearer their ultimate-designs, the nulli
fication of tha principle of the initia
tive and referendum.
Just one other thought before I close.
I read from the last column of the
same paper, in an extract taken from
the Washingt6n (D. C.) Post, these
words, "Csn they transfer to another
body (speaking of the legislature) even
if It be .the people, the right to choose
a senator?" JOB LINSKY.
fiays Workingmen Robbed.
Portland, Dec. 2. To tho ' Editor of
Tha Journal Now that our city Is about
to open a free employment bureau I
wish to bring before- your readers and
the public In general what I consider
one of the greatest bunko and Kraft
schemes now .existing In our beautiful
("lty-he employment agencies. To Il
lustrate the manner- in which these
grafters operate. I will cite the expe
rience of a young engineer friend of
mine, who temporarily being out of em-
one of these agencies.
--He was assured by the proprietor of
this agency that hs would secure him
position as engineer in a logging camp
at a salary of 8J.60 per da" and fur
thermors that tho position was en all
winter's. Job. Bo upon this sssurano
ths msn bought ihe- nnnUlon. for which
he paid 84.50 and moyed his fami that I
NEWS IN BRIEF
OKJEGOX SIDELIGIIXS.
Turkeys were only IS cents a pound
at frinevm on xnanicsgiving.
The attendance on - Salem's public
schools la 190$; 83" mora than a year
Property owners of The Dalles seem
determined to do BOine paving. It -will
pay. .
The Canyonvillo district has 160
school children, as against 1ZS last
year. .
Walla Walla valley poultry raisers
have formed an incorporated associa
tion at Milton, i
. v a
Women of Astoria are organising an
athletic club. Husbands and young
men take notice.
An orchard near Albany produced
about 8000 boxes, or five carloads, of
apples this year.
A lot of big horses were sold at
North Powder to Portland buyers at
an average price of 1200 a head. ;
Mllwaukle Is to have an overall fac
tory, and the Record hopes that every
body wiu gee a pair ana go iu cuura
There was never before so fine a
prospect for a big wheat crop at this
time or the year in Morrow county as
now. , "
There is more building on a large
scale assured for Eugene next year
than ever before In the history of the
city, say the Guard.
The farmers all along Willow creek
are harvesting their crop of honey
these days, and the quality is of the
best. Says the lone frociaimer.
Thar, la almlttedlv as much drlnklne
as ever in this county, says the Tilla
mook Herald. The only airierence is
it is now mirehased by the bottle or
jug instead or Dy me glass.
Mavnr Ttndsrers in comnany with the
oltv'a ena-lnenr. Perrott. will visit all the
T (-'?.,, H..rlnV tl.o
winter and secure their views on the
question of street improvement.
-
UnM Trlhnna: Neither the fabled
skies of Arcadia, the amethyst hues of
Italy or the aniarantnine unis oi uu
fnrnla. anrna-qs the snlendor of the heav
ens that arch the Rogue River valley in
this most deligtitful Reason or me year.
The nnnnrtftv sun showers the multi
colored hills with gold; a delicate touch
of winter has painted In brilliance the
fast falling leaves, and yellow and crim
son and the dark of the evergreen inin-
ele in tangled prolusion aiong river
bed and hill slopes; the russet sum
mer brown of the fields is changing
as if by magic into a tender green; the
stubble of grain fields is losing Itself
in long, straight black furrows.
same day" to this logging camp. I did
not mention that this agent also rep
resented that the company would fur
nish a free house, water and wood. Af
ter an afternoon's trip on the boat and
a seven mile walk back to this camp he
arrived at the logging camp and was
shown the house, or barn, that was to
be his future home, a pile of wet slab
wood and a small stream about one half
mile away, whera he was told there was
plenty of .water for every one. Tho
foreman then told htm to be prepared
for work the next morning. So follow
ing instructions, he went to work load
ing logs upon cars ana rinisnea the
day, supposing his time for the day
was $2.50. After supper the timekeeper
came around and told him he had pay
coming for four hours, for that day's
work, as the loader engineer did not
receive pay unless the "donkey" engines
were pulling logs from the woods. But
they expected steam kept up and logs
loaded on the cars for nothing. This
Is only one case in 10,000 where men
with families as well as without have
been deceived and robbed. Why not let
our city run these agencies una do away
with these grafting robbers and set up
ourselves as an example? Others will
follow. E. M.
Finrli Insane, He Says.
Salem, Or., Dec. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal In your paper of Novem
ber 80 an article appeared entitled "The
Mystery of a Murder." The writer
claimed that James Finch Is wane and
souna ana outfnc io tie aenit with as
such and promptly. I know Mr. Finch's
history for the last 16 years, and ho
has led a wild and reckless life. Whis
key has wrecked his brain and he 1
now a paretic in the first stapes. Ills
hallucinations were active before he
committed that horrlblo deed, those
voices nounaed him and compelled him
to commit it and at that moment he
didn't know what he did, and to the
aay ne mes ne never will be able to
remember anything about it.
I claim that James Finch has sof ton
ing of the brain, and for' humanity's
sake he ought to be sent to the nn.
lum. The lifetime of this disease Is
from one to five years. The majority
of paretics die In about three years.
When you say that It was deliberate
wilful, malicious murder, I can't see how
i can agree wnn your theory of the
crime. James Finch knew not what he
did.
tie is a aangerous insane person
and the guards that are taking care of
him now want to always be on their
guard, for the tlma will come when he
will lay them low if he can secure a
club or a weapon to down them. The
last time I talked to him his speech
and walk was impaired and in my Judg
ment he showed considerable symptoms
of a paretic. Ho has fixed delusions
of persecution. Also, he has exalted
ideas about himself.' At present Mr
Finch Is rather cunning and keeps his
delusions himself, but I know enough
about him to know whereof I talk
JOSEPH KING.
Restrict Sale of Pistols.
Portland, Dec. 2.-To the Editor of
The Journal Pistols (or rei'olvers) at
not made for hunting purposes. A pistol
caused the death of Abraham Lincoln,
one did the same to President Garfield,
another caused tha death of President
McKlnley. Tour turn may eome next
They are simply destroyers of human
life. In addition to your remarks or
recommendations, make every little sec
ond hand Joint in Portland take out a
heavy license to handle them, at least
ISO per annum. All the little pawn
shops and ' second hand stores have
thousands for sale at present. Any
hobo with a quarter, can. .get a pistol
in Portland and is then ready for the
warpath. - COMMON SENSE.
Expounding the Constitution.
Gearhart, Nov. 80. To the Editor of
Tho Journal The expounding oft the
constitution o'f late, by sages old and
young, called for the liberating of great
quantities of potential energy, but the
disciples so far have failed to make' a
right angle out of an obtuse or "acute
one ' But i their creed to foster self-
sustaining motives they hav rolled into
the limelight, where a silent public be
holds it sv-hetter Image of the hydra
that tries to coerce honest people to re
pudiate the WlShcr of the ma aw.-
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The REALM
riLMININt
ChrlKtmaa Hlvlnrr : '
I
T IS a Bad thing when a child wakes
on Christmas . morning and finds
nothing unusual . waiting1 for' him,
When outside, thero Is a stir of
merriment .and bustle of prepar
ation, when joy is to tha air, when peo
ple bearing many parcels tied with red
ribbons. and stems of holly and mlstls
toa hasten along every street, and yet
it. all passes, by tha littla wistful, long-
!f.n?:,lwen chlld!8h faith and ere
dulity break down at last and th mZi
uZriltnt .?,re" t;aaburdenedh?baby
ClauV ' ere 1 real,y y 'Santa
"We have organised charities," "exclaims-
some business man, "and wo are
Fhl ft? ,much afford to
them to take caro of such cases."
Jiri! y ,w ,mva organized societies,
and sometimes it seems as though the
demands upon tho ordinary man of af
fairs or, woman with her own family
to look after Kra tnn manwa.
at least, and reaching such widely di
ferent fields, that surely every part
of the city is covered. But this U a
plea for the unorganized kind of char
ity, the old-fashioned neighborly, un
official kind; the kind that does not
act through boards of directors and
secretaries and records and card sys
tems; -the kind that comes from the
heart and goes to the heart; the kind
of which no record la ever kept, savo by
the recording an eel who sta rtuwn in
an imperishable ledger, those few real
ly good things that a weak community
occasionally accomplishes.
I believe heartily in the jmanntatari
forms of charitable societies in the
city. I believe in the Visiting Nurse
association, and the Children's home.
and the Baby home, and the Crlttenton
Home; in the Flower mission, in the
Neighborhood house, in the People's in
stitute: in the cut I ds and aid aoctetlea
and relief societies of the various
churches. I am proud of them and
of the splendid work they have ac
complished in their many years of use
fulness. , But there is another kind of brother
ly kindness that I believe in, "too, and
mat is me Kina tnat noDoay out, the
recipient ever knows of. The sort of
which. nobody speaks: the sort that Is
unrewarded, save by a look of gladness
or a tear which starts unbidden at un
expected mercies.
Ana it is a great pity tor a man or
a woman to go through life dealing
kindness ' only through societies, and
never knowing that joy ofservlce
which comes from dnlnir a lawleaalv
kind act: something whleh goes by the
op'pr'Ohrlous name of "spasmodic" or
"emotional" or "indiscriminate" charity.
The original charities need generous
help, of course, but it is the same kind
of support that we give to rose festi
vals or merchants' fairs or hortiouW
turnl associations. It is One of the
give-and-take propositions that we
merely consider our part of a common
duty.
And It Iras not at all the same flavor
as a surreptitious kindness done to on
who is not looking far it, and In a
way which makes impossible any re
turn. Po you not remembor the story of
the humming top? In this story, you
remember, the rich old man who had
lived according to his own rigid rules,
came to the gate of heaven when his
earthly tasks were done, and asked
admittance. St Peter was aoout to
turn him away when there came a lit
tle dirty, ragged boy, holding his own
precious possession. In a moment of
spasmodic charity the rich old man
had given the poor child a humming
ton. It was all that he had to his'
credit, but It gained him admission.
There Is no time like the blessen
Clfrlstmas season for opening the purse
strings and the heart strings and Jet
ting that well trained, carefully con
sidered charity, out. No time like this
for going out of one's way to sea that
(he boy has his humming top and the
little girl her doll. No time like thir,
for leaving a box of rrocerles upon the
back porch of tho struggling washer
woman. No time lie this for find
ing out tho state of health of the Jan
itor's family and the condition of the
news boy's wardrobe. No time like
this for forgetting the extraordinary
intrinsic value which attaches to dol
lars and dimes, and finding out what
other uses they have, in the way of
bringing happiness to- those who have
no sort of claim upon one.
Is there' any little child In your
block who will look with tear-dlmmod
eyes upon the Christmas morn at a
limp, empty stocking? If not In your
block, how about the next Work, or the
one next to that? Does your little boy
know of a child who goes to school
who Is cold and ragged? Has he told
you of such a one and expressed the
determination to give him a 'hrlstmas
present, and have you Idly laughed and
said, "Oh. very well," without taking .
tho trouble-to find out ab,out If? In
deed, these cases do not have to be
sought for so very hard. A few min
utes' ttme will put you in possession
of the knowledge. A littla walk, not
far away from your own comfortable
residence will bring you to the house
where want and tho pinching of pov
erty ore known. It Is very near the
Christmas time. Don't write a check
to the associated charities and let it
go. at that. Remember, "these things
ye ought to have done, and not left the
other undone."
Shall there be a sorrowful child In
Portland on Christmas morning, who.
because of our preoccupation believes
"there ain't really any Santa Claus"?
8
Hint on BreakfiMts.
Q
UICK cooking does not lnsuro a di
gestible cereal In spite of claims
o the contrary. Long cooking; in
a double boiler will Improve any
of the grains served at the breakfast
table no matter what has been Its prep-'
aration for market. Three quarters of
an hour is little enough time to allow.
Put the cereal into the correct propor
tion of water In ,the top of the boiler,
cover and let its starch cook thorough
ly; the grains will then separate and
a nutty rlavor will be developed. Change
the cereal often unless the family favor
one kind exclusively ; even then it may
beadvlsable to have a variety. Oatmeal
la served too exclusively and often dis
agrees where some wheat preparation
would be acceptable.
Place two or three spoonfuls of the
cereal on a plate and in the center an
apple cored and cooked-through, but not
enough to break-in pieces;-drop a few
seeded and Cooked raisins on top. Sen t
with sugar and cream. , ,
Beat -the white of an egjr until stiff
and dry, then turn into a small buttered
dish or ramekin, and drop the unbroken
yolk into the center. , Place In the oven
just long enough to sot the white, which
will also cook the yolk sufficiently.
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Littln Helps. '
A GREEN pepper cut in rings or
minced is a tasty addition -to al
most" any vegetable salad.
An onion sliced and left for a few
hours in a freshly pointed- -room will
absorb tho unpleasant odor of turpen
tine and leave very mue trace or iu
own. .
To remove wine ot fruit stains,
sprinkle salt-upon tho spot, and pour
boiling water through to prevent the
stain from spreading. If the stain Is
fresh, or If the f ahrie - Is white, you
may plunge It into boiling milk. ..
Apples and Tapioca,
P'
EEL five or six apples, core without
suviriin, tna snn ai nil tk.i - , .
with surar and cinnamon and on
top of esch place ''smalt piece of butter '
Place apples In baking dish and vi '
around them half run nf taniim., i . i
cup of sugar. Cover apples with waur .
snd bake sturlf-, , t , i
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