The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 29, 1909, Page 44, Image 44

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when we stoop than than
when we j soar. .; Words
COUNCIL CREST PARK
, rEW STEPS that Portland could
take would serve her bo well
I , as the acquirement and con-
version of the Council Crest
tract Into a public park. - The plan
Is recognized as wise and is advo
cated by many prominent Portland
era. It. is in harmony with the move
ments in cities throughout; tbe coun
try, i The civic side of urban life
has come to be everywhere regarded
as an .- important factor. It v Is
phase that was ' neglected In the
earlier days of city building, and a
costly blunder that is being repaired
now at immense outlay. The
younger city of Portland has oppor
tunity to avoid the error by acquir
ing Important park property before
prices , rise to figures bordering on
the. impossible.' That it is wisdom
to acquire sites before values reach
their ultimate is a proposition" that
is out of the question to controvert.
The Council.. CreBt . property, by
any rational method of valuation is
easily within the city's reach.' tt
.was assessed in 1908 at $38,500. In
1909 it was assessed at $46,000. j
Even under the terms of its lease
its reasonable value is not greatly'
in excess of the valuations for (his
year's assessment. The taxable value
should be of large weight in fixing
the market value. The - assessed
value is a figure that Is perfectly
fair for a Jury to consider in any
condemnation proceedings, for , ac
quiring property for public purposes.
The custom of giving one-valuation
for purposes -of taxation and fixing
a value half a dozen times as -great
when the city is buying needs dis
couragement, and a fitting place to
begin is in arriving at values for
some of the proposed park sites.
Council Crest comprises 27 acres
of which 14 acres is under lease for
20 years The city should purchase
it now, subject to the terms of the
lease if a satisfactory and reason
able accommodation cannot' be
reached with the tenants. The un
leased portion could be Improved
and the leased portion would pay
the Interest on the Investment until
the lease expires. The way is open,
for the city to make , a beginning,
and terms can be had on a less cost
ly basis than at any postponement.
The city ought to own it and some
day will own it. If one administra
tion does not secure It another will.
The main question is whether the
purchase wlll .be made: at lower
prices now or at higher prices later,
and It is a question that ought not
to be difficult for men of moderate
intelligence to decide as to which a
the better.
Council' Crest as a park would be
lomething of which no other city in
the world could boast It pre
tents one of the most beautiful pan
oramic views ever beheld by human
ye. , It reveals Portland to the
stranger in all of her splendor and
beauty. It is a sight that leaves an
Impression that is never paralleled
nr obliterated.- It is a' park site !
that any other metropolitan city in
the world would acquire and de
velop in the twinkling of an eye. . i
slant, patriotic and unselfish efforts,
He is a wealthy man who does not
need an official, salary., "He Is not
In any sense a politician. , He is an
enthusiast but In' one of ; the best
and most, practical causes fori the
benefit of the people ever engaged
in by s forceful and patriot! leader.
t. One need not I necessarily . , agree
with Mr. ; Pincbot.-ln every detail to
agree vwltfr-hjm.. entirely and .heartily
in his cause. ;And - he stands and
works for conservation and develop'
ment not only 3of forest but of all
our national resources, and does so
for the Incalculable benefit' of the
mllllonsof Americans of today.; and
the hundreds of millions who shall
succeed. them..", "' ' , ' " "
People ought to be earnestly in
terested "In this great " subject, and
ir what this leader In : conservation
and development work has ' to say,
and he should receive a cordial wel
come in Portland.
T
LEADER OP A GREAT CAVSE
MR. GIFFORD PINCHOT, chief
forester . of the forestry bu
reau i of the federal' depart
ment of agriculture, will be
In Portland today and , tomorrow,
and will .deliver an address tomor
row evening at the Unitarian church,
which : should be filled with Inter
ested people on that occasion. The
man and his subject deserve a far
larger auditorium. - -
. The country owes . much to Mr.
Pinchot. V; As a young man . he per
ceived as no one else had done, the
need, both, for tbis and future gen
erations of forest preservation;; He
took up this propaganda,-and .'dW
voted his time and talents to it, and
fortunately found - in - President
Roosevelt a man and a chief execft
tlve who agreed ." with him and en
thusiastically, supported' hto, in his
work, v m ''.-cJi'r ----"rs"S::::i
Even if some believe that the res
et vallon ;. of forest areas has been
overdoneall thoughtful people must
nmre that It was a great, an ex
f.i "?ly Important and an urgently
ih--.-.'.-wry work that Mr. Pinchot un-V-
f k, and that has been carried
c.fiy throusahis able, coa-
; a Q- P- ':
HERE IS a new agency in the
world's processes. There : are
men to whom a strange signal
comes out of . th . air. This
signal is phrased in the mystic inlt
ials "C. Q. D,". They are the Ian
guage of the wireless telegraph, and
when they fall on the trained ear of
the wireless operator on sea or on
land they tell him that a ship is la
distress. They are the signal call
for help dotted -and dashed through
the ether from tbe deck of a sink
ing ship.';,-., yVt-' '' ,;
Wireless has brought with it a
new form of hero. Incidents of in
trepidity by wireless . operators are
numerously reported. Brave oper
ators have gone down, with the
sinking ship, , remaining at their
posts in the effort to save other
lives until the waters opened and en
gulfed them with their doomed ves
sels. In no instanco reported does
the courage of man stand out more
perfectly than in the case of George
E. Eccles, who went down with the
ill fated Ohio on the Alaskan coast
at 1 o'clock Friday morning. , i
The story . of Eccles' bravery as
told by a brother operator with
whom , he had been conversing be
fere the Ohio struck is a thrilling,
if pathetic, narrative of . courage,
C. Q. .D." came out of the ether to
this operator. He answered quick
ly, and. from the doomed ship came
tbe tidings, "Ohio struck a rock
Steamer sinking. . Send aid imme
diately, or everybody will be lost."
The steamers Humboldt and Ru
pert happened to be near, and, by
wireless, they called Eccles and
asked the latitude of the sinking
ship. The latitude was quickly
elven and both steamers went to
the rescue. iThen came another
distress message from Eccles: "Ohio
sinking : fast. Cannot hold out.
Passengers being taken off in small
boats. Captain and crew will stick
tfe. the last." A reply was flashed
back by the hurrying rescue steam
ers.' ' --. ' '
. Then came ; a message from Ec
cles that was never finished. The
ability of the crippled Ohio to float
was less than the brave operator's
intrepidity: "Passengers all oft and
adrift in small boats. Captain and
crew going off in the last boat.
Waiting for me now good-bye."
But Eccles remained at his post
too long. He did not reach the
captain's boat that waited, and went
with his ship to the bottom.
Laurel wreaths have been . placed
on the .brows or neroes. ineir
deeds have been pictured In poem,
painting and song. From Arnojd
von Wlnkelrled down to the brave
locomotive engineer who, by forfeit
of his own. life, saved a tralnload of
passengers the other day, men have
been praised for their Intrepidity.
But among them all not one was
more worthy of the world's applause
than the man who flashed out
"C. Q. D." from the hapless Ohio.
. ' .--fa . - "
known it Is not strange that many gregate very large amounts on mg to many, Portland acquaintances
homeseekera of some means are go- armies and navies. Many people are j to know that Mr, Turner's articles
Ing Into the Rocrue river valley to asking if this enormous expenditure I are classed by tbe magazine as aim'
get jruit land. When a man in a Is profitable, or; necessary; why, in jilar in character and equaling in im
yery. few years can get $1000 an the case of our own country tbe peo-J portance the famous revelations by
acre, a year off a piece of land, with pie should be taxed to tne extent or i ueorge Kennan to years ago of con
easy work most of tha : year, it is I $240,000,000 a year lor an army ana anions in KusBian prisons
natural that many, people should a navy that there Is-so little use for.
seek the locality where this can bejand that, except for mere Bhow, may
done.
But other large sections of Ore
gon are nearly as good, when once
understood and put to i their . best
use. It may be apples rather than
pears, or it may be some other fruit,
or a diversity of fruits, but beyond
question large parts of the Willam
ette valley,7 and of the coast region
never be really needed.
Perhaps the total expenditure of"vHAT
1
"FRUITS . "
FRUITS ' have"" become
plentiful and in case of some
of them cheap, and are trans
ported long distances,' has un
doubtedly been of great benefit to
mankind. - Old people can remem-
the so-called civilized countries of
the world on , armies ami navies
amounts to - four billion dollars, an
amount that would dig. a hundred
Important canals, bnild a i hundred
railroads, irrigate millions of acres I ber when an orange, cost as, much as
of .arid land, build thousands of j half ; a dozen of some .kinds of this
also, can be made very valuable and school houses and in these and other fruit do now, - and the same la to
profitable Jf devoted, in part at j ways help millions, of people to getlsome .extent true, of some other
least, to careful fruit culture. 5 homes and live better. These bll-lklnds of ; tropical fruits. While
tltons would convert vast desert areas! there. has,been complaint, probably
EXERCISE AXD REST v , r.nta farme and gardens, would sub-J well founded, against the rates
stltute . school children for coyotes I charged for transporting California
rofessor MUKNSTERBERG and lackrabbits. would 1 build and I and southern fruits to eastern and
Of Harvard comes into promi-j maintain hundreds of, hospitals for northern cities, the" refrigerator fruit
,8ent notice again by Issuing an people, who, fall; - by -the wayside, Icar has been a great benefaction to
argument against "the Ameri-lwould establish many technological! millions of people. The tropical or
can erase for exercise." He says Institutes where Door but ambitious semi-tropical fruits are not so - val
that most of our ills are Imaginary, youths could start on useful careers, uable to the human system as the
and that for such as may exist or land might serve to abolish crushing I solider fruits of the temperate zone,
those that are imagined, -exercise Is child labor, and sweatshops where yet they are undoubted-aids Jo : dl-
no remedy, rather the reverse. Even lives represented in the "Song of thejgestion, comfort and health
In moderation ; exercise - Is I'need? Shirt" are yet a' literal reality. ff J Of the temperate zone fruits there
less," in excess it is "a sin against it Is true that civilization is4 not! has been in - generation a great
science ana reason." Tbe Harvara yet sufficiently1 advanced to admit growth in use and .appreciation,
psychologist says the only sources of the abolishment of armies and I Though of some kinds the produc
er pnysicai restoratlen and mental navies. . Tbe rulers and politicians tlon per capita may be less, they are
relaxation are rest," sleep, fresh air of all countries will maintain them used in more forms, and are more
and good nourishment, and that if foe. an Indefinite period yet, because widely distributed, 'especially in
in this country "millions of people the people permit and sustain them cities. The driers and evaporators
are running wildly to catch a ball, in this pollcyj yet there. is a grow- have .worked, on so" great a scale
lifting weights in fullest persplra- ing sentiment In this and other coun- that their products are in almost
tlon, trotting with gasping breath, j triea that the armies and A navies every home. ? " Fruit 'r-i that formerly
and doing a hundred other useless I have become entirely too heavy a I went to waste is now preserved for
stunts" in the, name of "health," It burden, and that greater and more I use when the fruit season is gone
is all because senseless fashion and concerted efforts should be. made to And because of the multiplied mar-
quack teaching have made them the decrease rather than Increase these I ket, fruit raising has become an lm
slaves of "exercise. V They might as I implements of government andtmense and profitable industry, and
well be slaves of drugs, liquor and lighten this burden' upon civlliza- its culture, instead of being carried
It s all ridiculous and tlon
tobacco.
silly. . v..'
.We are tha more Inclined to agree
in part with the learned professor
because he advises: "Take a walk
In the country for pure enjoyment of
nature, but don't call it 'exercise.'
You need beauty, you need variety,
but you don't need 'exercise of any
PROTECTION AND LABOR
T
on in a haphazard manner has be
come almost an exact science ; and
one of the most attractive of occu
patlons. " ' ' :
This Industry should grow into
very great proportions I in this part
It
HERE ARE probably two sides
to the bitter and deadly con
test at Schoenville, Pa., as of the country, and especially in this
there are in all such conflicts. I state. It Is large and important al
is true that no organization of ready, but should become manytold
t- A. m . 1 1 1 aL. - A. XI I a .: a
as large. . "mere, wiu . oe
increasing . demand for ' good fruit.
It' is not only palatable to ajost peo
ple, but is healthful, as we-jcarcely
need telling by the doctors. Peo
ple generally have " discovered this,
and when what is good for their
kind or In any degree." He means, men ought forcibly to prevent other
we suppose, that in ordinary and men from working when and wUere
necessary activities people get all the they can and will, yet one can read-
exercise that they need; that under-illy believe that these striking work-
taken as a stunt, a tasK, or a rem-1 ingmen have been the victims of in-
edy, -or indulged in excessively as a justice. Tbe employer in this in
sport, It is harmful rather than ben- stance, the Pressed Steel Car com
eflolal. . pany, Is one of the highly protected! stomachs is, also pleasurable to their
. Professor Muensterberg is a Ger- corporations. Its profits are doubt-J taste, they , will buy of it, liberally.
man dogmatist, for whose set opln- less very large. It has been shown I And there is no danger of most kinds
Ions some allowance must be made, I that the employes of the United of fruit becoming so plentiful as to
and there Is a golden mean between States Steel, corporation earn for it I render its culture unprofitable. The
his theory and that of those who ad-ln net profits more than double their world needs all the fruit that Is
Vocate a great amount of "exercise."! wages; that is, for every dollar an j likely to" be raised, and is wiping to
People differ; no hard and fast rule average workman was paid he I pay for It. '
can be laid down for everybody; learned. two dollars of net profits for
while ft good deal of exercise might the corporation. And the steel man
be beneficial to one person, another ufacturers, through protection,-sell
might, be better-off to follow the! their product to the people at very
doctor's prescription of rest and I high prices, and become multi-mil
sleep. For the average person, llonairea, bu"t do not divide any of
both prescriptions, in due modera-I these great profits with the work-
AN ANTI-NOISE CONVENTION
tlon, are good.
men, the 'men who. In
CONVENTION ; consisting of
three persons " representing
four countries -was recently
held, in London,, and nptwlth-
connection standing the small number of. dele-
not to entertain noisy guests, and
various anti-noise ' measures have;
been devised. V
- Most of all this, it correct, is im
practicable In large American cities.
We are a noise making people, and i
many of us seem to enjoy .it.. Yet
there Is much needless noise of va
rious kinds, t and it is annoying to j
many, and no doubt has a tendency
to . lessen . the average longevity of ,
urban Inhabitants.
- Gradually something will . be ac
complished in reducing noises, both
The RE.ALM
FEMININE.
m Woman's Inferiority.
UMEN are Inferior to men.
?, Women hav not produced
; a single composer of note.
If they want a good cook
nicy gpi a man. , .
Al for women aoientlatB. it la hnttpr
that they ; occupy themselves wltb'
science than with fashions.
w
la .
.- jTr ,. -rmrTitlv I . " a, mu-maiwr bo unnatural
of the needless and the apparently i who evep forbllde blm femal- ave tQ
unavoidable , Kina. tne iormer
through laws and expression of pub
Ho sentiment, the latter tbrougn in
ventions and improved7- means of
operating cars," machinery, etc. It
should not take very long to'con-
em-prea beraelf In muaicT Jriut wher
are their Beethovena. their WaKnera.
their Verdia, their Bvahme? r .
What brutal alava nwnnr of anv Hm
forbade women to beautify . canvas t
Jet where are your Kapnaela, your
Leonardos, your Rubenses? .
Has woman been forbidden to rarva-
moia or arawi
., - tv.t it U I w oraw r. lei wnere is ner ruiCK
Vince railroad authorities that It u.s, her Mlchaelangelo, her Cellini? Dld
nnt naoeasnrv for their moving- lo-l you ever hear of a woman architect?
comotlves to emit a series of nerve tea-he'B g'1
thrilling . shrieks every few yards, not front man that you have learned
i. .),,., in Ka near how ? cre 'or your offspring in 111
and we may hope tnai . me near. n how tA .milM h.m in."h.i,i,a
future the at. present noisy street- iw no discovered the laws of domes Uo
car. will ; become" comparaUvely bS. eternallr
noiseless.
Evidences A accumulate that Mr.
Harrlman is a very - ill man, ana
that his malady Ib of the incurable
kind, though there may be a slight
chance for his recovery, wniie ne.
haa been the subject of much se-
uinnea in your ears. - xt would seem
reasonable that at least in this sphere)
woman should have reachad a hta-h
standard of perfection. And the sctual
result? If I want a really good dinner
I must have recourse to a chef.
The forea-olna- atatamenta maAm v
Dr. Metchlnltoff, the great Russian phy
sician, In regard to the Inferiority of
women are so manifestly unfair that
they fall far short of producing the
vere criticism, some of Jit JTdj . tXTSlttS:
served, much ian also be expressea tlon that women have never produced
in admiration of.his wonderful.ca- fr. and ru.t. a. men.
Went back for hla tiimiilM tn h. mm
When the develonmant tit . wnman
still In an embryonic state.
a ne come down to later times he
.a ftM :tiln". ."y8"n,s noticeable that he
reer," auu mj wui., v..- -- wenv oaca ior nil
him to get well if he could.
There is no longer any doubt that I would Jiava had difficulty in finding
China Is to have an ; awakening.
Bwana Tumbo Is to go there.
Sctool Gar Jens
men who could measure up to many of
the old standards. On the other band
he could now find women composers
of note, sculptors, Inventors and even
scientists, for a woman ,h,rH in- thai
discovery or raaium.
i The following article from tha Christ
ian Science Monitor gives some Ideas
nn wnmsniv aa-Arv t aa r j..ij.ji
One of the most beneflcent branches practical standpoint: x
of the American Civic association work I The old argument that woman la
IS that for. the 'MUUmI J Ar'n tJVtlZZl
garaens. i dcouoi luutun " - v- i
Philadelphia and Washington have pro
duced excellent results, and from many
other Quarters lnaulrles have been re-1
celved by Miss Mary MarshaU Butlor,
chairman of the association a scnooi
r. woman ueetnoven is met by
writer in Ha mar' a Duur in an amtia-
ing way. Bhe reminds the gentlemen
tnat women have ail their Uvea had to
give their , souls to the great question.
What shall we hav far Jlniupf mnA
garden department, aa to the manner of J household ' employed originality and
beginning and continuing this work. genius that great men have given to
In a report concerning tne wora, aiiss I wirier tnings. ,
Butler said: u. 11 true tnat woman Has always
school garden movement at tba present Jg- ioyr..fcghLiJ.n J! -S"
tlm. 1. for trained teacher . In.truc ."t0 ."ppr"lai;
tlon to this end Is carried on to some amount of their time .and energy i.
extent In normal schools and agrlcul- given to tha old womanly occupations.
him t .niu... TTnAi tha ananinas of NO b'usinaaa man la vr,,4 , h .u.
the International ChUdren's School Farm I o.u,eh10'(11 tasks that still devolve upon
league, the New - York university or- n r " " " , r ; !" w man.
fered a Summer school course la caol U"?0cr?1?0 S"0?
aardenlna. Henry G. Parsons conducted I
the class which, Jast year, consisted Of this necessity. What man expects to
-pupilB.-';-'r----t-'-1 ' lookout for his own clothlngtha
-The league has appealed to tba public mending and freshening A man usual
fot 10.(M0 td arouse a general interest a aome woman to attend to aU this
In -children's gardens, to assist tn estab- 'or him. :Tha buai nes woman has to,
k.i i " . i with a0 for herself. What business man '"
" ena or his long day la expected --
,. uo,f wim xna ainner aisnes; let
I
with the high tariff
profits possible. '
Labor gets . no protection. It
must find emnlovment in a free I
pendabie authorities, snq denied I trade market. The corporations buy
ny rew u any, tnat impure milk it as cheaply as possible, and some-
causes tne aeatn of tens of thou- time, imrjort it. emnlovina- large
SLAUGHTER OF BABIES
T IS asserted by the most de-
make these gates, one of .them, from New York,
reports that it' was-"a". decided suc
cess." it was an anti-noise conven
tlon, and the American t delegate
learned something about :: the' ftntl-
noise crusade abroad, especially in
German 'cities. There screaming
sands of little children annually in numbers of foreign laborers who are whistles, harsh bells and Bhrieking
large American cities. As to this willing to work for very low wages. I neddlers are not tolerated, and even
the scientists and . doctors are prac- Air this is no sufficient excuse for barking dogs, crowing cocks and late
ucaiiy agreed. Especially m the criminal violence, on the Dart : of evenine Dianos are largely , bup-
summer the infants die off like striking worklnamen. but it should nresaed. Hotelkeeners are induced
rues in new r oric, unicago ana be noticed and kent in mind by Dub-
otner cities, ana tne doctors say tnat uc men and by all who have any in
impure or diseased milk causes more Ifiuence In lawmaking and in form
of these deaths than all other causes h&s public opinion, with a view to
combined., mthy milk, if, coming remedying Buck InJusUces as far as
from perfectly healthy cows, Is a J possible.
conveyor or death to innumerable
lishlng gardens , in connection with I
schools until . boards . of education are 1
convinced of their value, to establish I
special gardens for children who are!
mentally or physically weak or deficient
and to maintain a bureau or tnrorma-
tion.1 ' '---'
'A Garden School association has been
formed among ecnooi principals - ana v . 8ay, fc woman who has for. 20 years
teachers of New Tork and suggestions J had charge of the work of a large num-
nave oeen maae to iunu a aauuiuu oi- wrw men ana women In a Dubllshina-
many women returning to the home at
night take a hand in these household
tasks. Harper's Basaar says: 'Ever
Since Eva In a mnm.nt nt hnui.,.
iglnaltty gave Adam the ; anple tha
I woria has been looking to women to
ranlsatlon. Philadelphia and washing
ton schools are maintained under their
educational departments The Falrview
garden school of Tonkers, baa received
such favorable recognition, not only
from the local school authorities, but
from visitors Interested In this work,
that arrangements have been mads to
house: .'Men do not know what work
'" If .' man has worked hard and
jieapuy ror ronr or five hours he
thinks It is a da v.. Tha wnmn
flag. Here is an expert estimate of
average men and women doing work
along the same lines.
' Hinaurancethla haa h.n
man's long task through the centuries.
purchase tha property used for theno- r her burden bearing she has left
school garden and hold It for the pur-1 ''"f ? rcise his. Pegasus,
nnan." - . 1 10 develop above tha level wher' com-
' . ' 1 . ..,: iiwipiac ouuea seem to hold human
" ' ' ,A t.,,7' I wnere ver she Is, a woman
.With between 20 and 20 billion feet I finds some one to do the humble tasks
of fine timber within its borders, uiior, ana ie neia unwomanly if she neg
th. ..miiiin, iniaraata nt I lects these in her oursult at tha iitui
notia-las bounty should multiply rapidly I "f ) commanded for being so b-
in the next few
Roaeburg Review.
years, . remarks the
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
Tne Benefit of Labor Uaions By ThaoJors Roovelt
PROHTS IN PEARS
R'
OGUB RIVER Bartlett pears are
selling at from about $3.25 a
box in Chicago to over $4 a box
in New York and Boston. This
price gives a yield of . around $2000
a car. The average cost, to grow.
pack and ship a box of ; pears Is
stated to be about 60 cents, and the
cost for freight to Chicago and com
mission is about 76 cents, a box, so
that at $3.25 a box the net price to
tbe grower is nearly $2 a box, and in
the, case of those sold in New York
and Boston at over $4 It is consider
ably more than this. In the case of
a recent shipment the orchard
yielded at the rate of 600 boxes per
acre, and the net return to . . the
grower was therefore $1140, per
acre, some orcnaras, says tne Mea-
ford Tribune, will . do better than
this. It mentions an orchard 6t 7
acres that will yield 10 carloads,
which at the Chicago price received
last week would net $1520 an acre.
Another orchard, may net $1800, or
if the price advances as . expected
$2000" aa acre. Several other" va
rieties of pears In that : region -will
yield nearly as much as the Bartlett.
Presumably -these ' orchards men
tioned are among the best, and' man;
otKeTTwill yield lower returns, but
any of them will doubtless be very
profitable to the grower. In a re
gion throughout which, soli and cli
mate are about tbe same, it seems to
be principally a question '.of right ef
fort on the grower's, part to get a
profit from pear orchards of . from
$1000 to $1500 per acre, at pres
ent prices.' ' ..''; ..- .
These facts becoming . widelj
babies, and that clean milk from
tubercular cows is also deadly is al-1
most equally certain. At least it
may be safely asserted that it is ex
ceedingly dangerous.
surety no gooa citnen wouia iau
THE MNCOJjN PEXNY
G"
ET A PENNYa Lincoln penny.
Keep it. Leave it to your
Shild. Tell him, or her, to
keep it; to. transmit it to her
to approve all possible efforts that child, with like instruction. - "
can be made to stop this destruction! la -a thousand years from now.
of babies, this slaughter of the In-1 when you have been nearly that long that they hav aecured to them the full
nftcents. Few men. in anv sir ft r in an ael or otherwise that nenny est liberty of thought and action. But
(From a speech before tba labor un
ions at Electric park, Chicago, Septem
ber 3, 1900.)
We must beware of any attempt to
make hatred In any form the Ibaais of
any action. ' Most emphatically each of
us needs to stand up ror nis rignts;
all " men and ' all groups of men are
bonnd to retain their self-respect, and
demanding the same respect from others
to see that they are not "Injured, and
country have done a better act for I may be valuable.
humanity than Mr. Straus, who es- Now a Lincoln penny buys stick
tabllshed depots for sterilized milk ot candy.: We saw a sweet little
In. New York, and furnished great girl ; spend one cheerfully-? for. a
numbers of the poorer people with I mouthful of manufactured sugar. ,
absolutely onre milk at cost. He But: wait;., she will be a mother
not "only saved thousands of babies after awhile; a grandmother, too;
directly, but his work was an, ex- then, when sorrows come, pains, dls-
amnle and an inspiration. Now asters, calamities, she , can look at
every city is t wreatllng ; with the that Lincoln penny and 7 f lnd ; com
Droblem of pure milk, and the work fort, consolation, sustenance.
must go -on until this object Is ob- Oa the face .0 a little piece of
talned. : - x ; I money that In commerce Is only a
Evil microbes Have an aTflnTtyTfor pennX' that will not "buy even a loaf
milk, although when pure it is a of bread or a pound of anything to
natural and the best tood for young eat, nothing but a stick of candy for
children. Every friend of little a little girl, she will see the home
childhood, every lover of infantile llest, - grandest .honestest ; face God
beauty and innocence, every one who ever- put into this planet!- t
would save these little darlings of ? Look at It on the penny. Truth,
millions of households, should Join Love. Charity. Ability. Sacrifice.
aa far aa oossible in the crusade for Sublime patriotism, ah tnis is on
pure milk.-. ' v - your Lincoln, penny,
BUBDEX OF AR5UES AND NAVIES . Beginning toappear.with the Oc
tober-number tne American mag-
HIS London Financial Review I azlne -is to publish a series of ar-
publlshes figures showing that tides entitled ''Barbarous . Mexico."
nine of the principal nations Great Importance is given the ar-
are spending at present and I tides by the editors of the magazine I misrhty men of their lands was in the
to feed fat a grudge against otners,
while It may or may not harm them, is
sure in the. long run to do infinite harm
to the man himself.
The more a healthy American sees of
one's fellow-Americans tne . greater
grows his conviction that our chief trou
bles come from mutual misunderstand
ing, from failure to appreciate one an
other's point of view. In -other words,
the great 1 need I fellow reeling, sym
pathy, brotherhood; and all this natural
ly. comes by assoclatlon.ii' lt is, there
tore.' of vital importance that there
should be such association. ; : The most
serious disadvantage to city life is the
tendency of each man to keep isolated la
hla nwn little Set. and to look urmn tha
v'asf majority of Ills fellow-cltliens In
differently, mo that he soon . cornea to
forget ' that they have the same red
blood, the same love and hate, the same
likes and dislikes, the same desires for
aood. and the same perpetual tendency.
ever needing to be checked and correct
ed, to lapse from good-to vlL If only
our people, can be thrown together,
where they act on a -common ground
with, tha. same motives and have the
same objects, we need not have much
fear of their falling to acquire a general
respect for one another, and with such
resDect there must, finally 'come, fair
play foralL . 1 -
The first time 1 ever labored . along
side of and was' thrown into intimate
companionship with . men who 1. were
the expenditures are constantly in
eresBing tbe following amounts an
nually on -armies and navies: Great
Britain - $317,000,000; Germany,
$258,000,000; Russia, $263,000,000;
France, $210,000,000; Italy, $82.
000,000; Austria,, $74,000,000;
Japan, $48,000,000; Hungary, $42,
000,000; United States, $240.00O,t
000; total, $2,535,000,000. V These
are round numbers and only approx
imate There are many other coun
tries that spend less but in the ag-
aa throwing new light on conditions
in the Mexican republic, and in the
prospectus much, praise is given the
author of the articles..1' He was two
years in gatherfng the material, hav
ing made two trips of several months
each In studying the country, people
and conditions. ' A feature Is that
the author is John Kenneth Turner,
who was fori two years on ':; the rep
ortorlal staff, of The , Journal, the
latter part "of- the Jtime serving as
Bporting editor. It will" be Interest-
cattle country of the northwest I Boon
grew to have an Immense- liking and re
spect for my associates, and as I knew
them, and did not know similar workers
in other parts of the country, It seemed
to me that the ranch owner was a great
deal better ..than any eastern business
man, and. that the cow-puncher Stood on
a corresponds galytude comparedwitll
any of his brethren in the ease
Well, after "a little while I was thrown
Into - close relations with the farmers,
and it didjiot takalong before I .made
up my mind that they really formed tbe
backbone of the . land.- Then, because
of certain 'circumstances), , I was thrown
Into intimate contact with railroad men,
sorbed in hla nurnnaoa that h. i,nniua
nothing else. It Ta, in this, whole ab
sorption in his ideas that man's gen-
u in, reai-nea us riower, woman a
bt?n Tittered away In a thousand
littla deeds that reaulreri inatrh .m.
pathy. inspiration, indeed, to persist In
unselfishly through long years. It Is
significant- that Mrs. Browning, who
reacnea so man a daveinnman nt hn,h
pomicai and intellectual powers, spent
and -gradually came to tne conclusion 1 " mj m n uor aione witn
that these railroad men were about the P" fna ner ""ouKhts.
' m ksir itvlAnii tViarA :. , wars ;. nvwhorA I -
around. Then in the coursa of some Trials of a Country Parson
official work. I was thrown into close! By Rev. Robert J. Riirdetta
contact with carpenters, blacksmiths,! rThe parson of a country church waa
and men in the building trades that 1st lying in hla bed: three months' arreara
skilled mechanics of a high order and) of salary was pillowing his bead; hbi
it was not long before 1 .had them onjeouch was strewn . with tradesmen's
the same pedestal with, tne otnera. By 1 0111s tnat pricked his sides like thorns.
that time it began to dawn upon me I and nearly all life's common Ills were
that tne difference was not in tne men, igoaoing mm with thorns. The deacon
but in my point or view, and tnat if any 1 sat beside him, as the momenta tlrkart
man is thrown into contact with any I away, and bent his head to catch tha
large ooay ot . nis reiiow citisens it isiworas Tils pastor had to sav; V
likely to be the man's own fault if he ' "If I never shall arise from this hard
does not grow to feel for them a hearty bed on which I He, if my warfare J
regard, and moreover, grow to under- accomplished and It's time for me to
stand that on the great questions that die,, take a message to .the sexton, be
lie at the root of human well-being he fore I pass away; tell him tires era
ana ,tney reel auae. ' iror December and open doors for Mav.
Our prime need as , nation is that I Tell him when he lava the notice nnnn
every American should understand and J the pulpit's height to ahove them 'neath
work with his fellow-cltlions, getting I the cushion, far out of reao.h anl mtrht
into touch with them mo that by actual And when he hears the preacher's voice
contact he may learn that fundamentally in whispers soft expire, that is the time
he .and they have tha same Interests,! to slam tbe doors .and rattle at tha
neegs ana aspirations ur course, on-1 nra. And tell the other deacons too
ferent sections of the community have! all through the bus? week, to han'th.i-
different needs. The graveat Questions boots uo in tbe sun to hatch a. flnnia
mat are Detore us, tne questions tnat squeak; with steel-shod canes to prod
are" for all time, affect us all alike. I the man who comes to aleen n ti,n-
But there are. separate needs which af-land use the boys who laugh in church
iw. !' riuujjb 01 iuen juat aa
there are separate needs which affect
each individual man. It is Just as un
spent
:h her
to mop the vestry floor. There's an. ;
other, too, the woman who talks tha
sermon throus-h: tali hr T vin nn minj.
wise to forget the ona fact aa' lt la to! her buss my , hearing hours are-' few-
forget the other. The specialisation of
our modern industrial life Its high de
velopment and complex character meant
ion ner to nang ner mouth up some
Sunday for a minute, and listen to a
text, at leaat, without a whisper In It
a corresponding specialisation in needs I And tell the. board of trustees not to
ana ihuu. Tiiiie wo saouia. o long weep with bitter tears, for I can't be
as wa can safely do so, give each indl- any deader now than they have been for
vidua!-, the largest possible liberty a years. And tell half my congregation
liberty which necessarily includes inltla- I'm glad salvation's free, for that's the
tlve and responsibility, yet we must not only chance for them between the desk
hesitate to Interfere whenever it is and me. And farewell to the choir
clearly seen that harm comes from ea- how the name my memory racks. Tf
cessive Individualism. We cannot afford they could get up their voices as ther
t9 be empirical one way or the other. - do their backs why the stars would
In the country districts the surround- hear their muslo and the welkin would
Bl . 1 usuauy 1 rejoice, while the happy" congregation
f-
work out his own fate by-himself to
the best advantage. , In our cities, or
where 'men congregate' In masses, it is
often necessary to work In combination-
that is, through associations; and
here it Is" that we sea the great good
conferred by labor organisations, by
trade unions. Of course. If managed
unwisely,- the very ; power of, such a
union or. organisation makes it capable
of doing much harm,, but on-the whole,
it would be hard to estimate the good
these, organisations ' have done in the
fast, and still harder, to estimate the
good they, can do In the future, If
handled f Ith resolution, forethoua-ht,
honesty and sanity.
could aot hear a single voice. But tell
them I forgive them, and oh, tell them
I said I wanted them to sing for me
when you're sure that I am dead!",.
His voice was faint and .hoarser," but
It gave a laughing break, a kind of
gurgling chuckle, like a minister mlaht
make." And the deacon he rose aiwiy,
and sternly he looked" down upon the
parson's twinkling eyes with a porten
tous frown, and he stiffly said 'good
morning," as he went off in his ire, for
the deacon was the leader of that ami
able choir. .
Wallowa Presbyterians will build a
church this fall