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hla best nd leaves the rest, so
lo not worry. A. K. Wlnship.
UXDl'K TTSTIAN
T
HERB SEEMS to be undue fuss
and fuBttan over the appoint
ment of committees at Salem.
The legislative committee has
Veased.to be the finality of legtsja-
- tlor jthat It once was In Oregon. It
ihas but a fraction oil the importance
-f that' formerly attached to it. The
nestlon of who Is or who Is hot to
, he on committees Is not of vast con-
sbfuenceN
$ ,' The old game of killing good bills
- V smothering them to death In com-
mittee Is becoming more and more
sj Impotent In Oregon.,. It worked per
fectly for a long time, .but the days
of that plan are numbered. If "the
Interests" or other sinister influ
ences are expecting 4o strangle good
w ' hills to death by skulduggery in the
"3 committees at this session, they are
"j; likely to be fooled. If, the leglsla-
' ture rejects". bills that ought to he
passed, the people will pass , them
v over; the legislative refusal , later.
"Four of theigreatest .measures now
yin effect were thus passed after re
jection by the legislature. What has
been done before will, If occasion
requires, be done again.
Na matter w
-compose
them, the committees
should be
,. matched by each
chamber. Nor
af should either body be very largely
, 'Influenced by committee reports.
i : The better way is to Introduce few
Mils and thereby have ample time
for full discussion ort te-floor.. To
permit a tyranny over It "by undue
respect for committee reports Is for
r.a representative body, to surrender
Its independence and self-respect.
Kach jnemher will be answerable t6
.his constituents when he goes home,
nnd he wetlld lietter suffer no mere
committee to think and act for him
try proxy. , . .
-r '" Tn any event unless there f somn
f Tlan for legislative Skulduggery In
committee there Is no reason for so
v much heat and hysterics over cont-
j mittee assignments. And so far, thin
v legislature ; gives : token of earnest
mood, and hones"t purpose.
FOODS AN1 HEALTH
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NE MAY readily believe' with
R. A. Maynard, a health lec
turer, that over-eating causes
a vast amount of disease and
' .. . A. ffrfir niiinhpr nf nivnmtnra AnaiUa
ft W " ' 'J v HIIUI V U I 1 1 1 111,
H , He says, bread and meat are nn-
lvcalthy If eaten in too large quanti-
. ties. One might perhaps drink too
much pure water. But an enthusl-
. ast' along one line, especially one
who gains a livelihood by explolta
. . tion of his pet ideas, is prone to he
extreme. Certain truths are msg-
. nifJed and others minimized, to his
., :M6lpn. '"Starchy food," -says, Mr.
" Marnard, "anything made from the
. ""grain potatoes, rice, . hubbard
squash, dried peas ' and beans, art'
'the curse of humanity" that is,
5. "wheff eaten at every meal and In
!X large quantities." And "only one
"starch should be eaten at a meal, and
r never iore than twice a da.y." Thai
is, It one eats bread at a meal, ho
mnst not eat potatoes also.
We are not disponed to dispute Hip
lecturer; but while it is Important
to choose a healthful diet as far as
possible, it may not be well for peo
ple to be constantly worrying about
what they eat' and whether they arn
taking a grain or two of Ktarch too
much. Few could regulate their
daily diet to suit exactly the dietary
experts; and if. they, could, there
Wmill ltd HHIa flnm t.i rl.. on,. .
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. me ioou reioi niers nave none
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Ing a potato as a deadly enemy, the
lowly bean as a dangerous weapon,
or n loaf of bread as a deceptive in
strument of death?
A CIMXGK
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CK.N'OWLEOGINO Ins election
Wednesday as the new United
States senator from California,
John D. Works said: "I ac-
, Cfpt the offlve absolutely indepen
T -dent of any domination by any man
.;;or corporation. There are certain
Important ' 'fundamental
principles
' that affect everyone l rliis country, j
.4$ Among, (heso are lec.i!fm of United I
Statcj seuators by direct vote of the
' people, connervation of natural re-j
sources, elimination of bos rule,'
restoration .of government to th.ppeo-'j
pie, and direct, legislation' Including
( the' initiative, referendum and re-'
vail. . !
' Thw r strange utterances by a
v nwly elected senuldr from Califor
,V, jnt. ' Under goveninient dictated hv
"Trr-. . f pf Vrne
1 aoimelv ladpehdnt of domination I
!by any man-'or corporation." They,goi 1st planning to construct on theja long time, for there w&s recently
did not declare for "direct election basis of a county'unlt. I opened In Copenhagen a spacious five
; of: United States senator, and for In the past 60 years, Oregon peo-Btory structure costing $250,00,0,
restoration oi government to ,tne
treomo. ; . j answer universally tor
cthw pf;.enat6r--ty-- the. Southeraf
j, ; ' " ,
. Pacific and for government by the
tsjomnern racuic. .
' v;;The changers" the. product of the
' recttpri
vSpeech of actfptan.ce is the. knell of
- jr - "r .v- ... v.
political, (foam for Senator Perkins
.ho 'Jias- -beenaator' for ; many
j years by the grace of railroad gOv
lernnient.iu' the Golden State.'
Oregon frequently resounds with
1 Every few days, orators foresee ills
that are to overtake ns. The changed
"7; "l vaiiiuMiia
explains why.
NO PLACE FOI..'1OLITI04
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HERE IS printed statement that
Mr. Bowerman will "attack ioatlfquate roads. Two million dol
Bourne" and play a "big game I ,arB ,s "great nuin to lose, and some
of polities'' in the legislature. I body has it to pay. It comes out of
The Journal gives Mr. Bowerman
credit for better Judgment. The leg
islature Is not the place to "play
politics." At large expense, men
are sent there to engage in creative
and conscientious endeavor for the
welfare of the state.
Nor is the legislature in the slight
est degree related to Mr. Bourne or
concerned with Mr. Bourne. Mr.
Bourne hes nothing to do with the
legislature, nor the legislature any
thing to do with Mr. Bourne,
uelfher Mr. Bourne nor env .other
man H an Issue in the lfcllature.
The issue and the only Issue there, Is
the great commonwealth of Oregon
and all ltr people, and ft Is an Issue
bigger than a thousand or ten thou
sand Mr. Bournes or any other ten
thousand citizens.
The session, will have no time nnd
probably no patience with any man
or men In the body or out. of It who
attempt auy game of, partisan or
petty politics; Back of the session
Is the electorate of Oregon with ref
erendum and recall in hand. Be
cause of too many past political
games In tliei legislature and past
partisan flapdoodle at sessions the
people tooK the power of reversal
and recall Into their own keeping,
and wise legislators will keep the
fact in mind.
In any event, it Is unbelievable
that by any long distance process
Mr. Bowerman 'will' attempt the far
cry of holding up Mr. Bourne as an
Issue at Salem.-' Ills killjoy experi
ence of that sort in the late cam
paign would seem to he enough.
THE .TARIFF COMMISSION RILL
A
PERMANENT tariff commis
sion seeniB probable. Its cre
ation would ... be one of the
most Important civil events In
the country's history. It could, In
a few years, practically "take the
tariff out of politics," and place It
on. a scientific basis.
the bill for such a commission
was introduced by Senator Beveridge
more than three years ago, and it
was referred to the finance eommlt
te, that is, to Senator Aldrlch, where
It has since slept. Early in this ses
sion Senator Beveridge made pointed
if polite inquiries of Senator Aldrlch
as to a report. Mr. Aldrlch said the
committee had not yet had time to
investigate, but on incisive prodding
promised that It would be considered
"before the end of the session."
Beveridge replied . that at the end
of the session would not do. and he
plainly notified the Rhode Island
senator that the bill would he passed.
He may be mistaken; Aldrlch is on
guard for the protected interests till!
March 4, i
The prosent tariff commission is
only temporary, and is doing pre
liminary work, which will be useful
both to a permanent commission and
to congress; but a permanent, non
partisan, non-"lnteresf commission
Ib what the country demands.
THE MILLER RESOLUTION
T
''E MILLER joint. resolution for
direct election of senator has
passed the Oregon senate. To
make It effective, scrupulous
care is necessary In its preparation
and p'respntatlon to congress.
Of the 29 states that have passed
similar resolutions, it is said that 12
will be thrown out on the gronnd
that the legislatures did not apply
J0 congress
Of four other states"!
that adopted resolutions
there is
doubt as to whether . their action
will be resultful, as their applica-!
tlnns do not seem to 1 on fllo at
Washington. .
Thus of the entire 29 there is
a probability that on account of Ir
regularities but 13 will meet the
congressional test. The Oregon res
olution fhonhl be so handled as to
meet the minutest requirement of
tlie senatorial formula.
It Is possible, however, that a
constitutional amendment for direct
election will yet he secured, not by
action of tho states, but by a revo
lutionary change in the character of
I the senate. The leaven of chang? is
area(y worklng
SOMEHOTW IVIUW I'AV
A
PERFECT macadam road un
der tho system of construction
proposed iri Oregon would cost
abutting property 17 cents an
acre. The benefit that, would result
is estimated at $Mlper 'acre.
Such ls the belief ' of 3. A. perry."
ex-secretary of .th Washington Good;
Roads aSBOciatJori'KftWiis. that
1,er,en,!t! - WashgtotfuhdertOoU the
construction of iig'state rokds: Ore-'
' -
. pie hava ; epen.t nough effort and
f money 'oft'the road, to have', had a
reasonably good: Kyitem of macad-
6uUu. ,(i,iOU vi .iowu-
jams. Unless there Is a change from
the old Dlam we shall ro on sDendlne
itlme and money" without getting the
roads. :i The 'prliclples we have ap.
plied io'lroad tmaklpg would. If em
ployed la lt,(bankrupt;the best' bus
iness Jn the -world? After, 60 years
,of ideep dhst Jft .surhmer and Bticky
nttid In winter,' are-we not ready for
a change?
Perhaps' our present roads. are as
good as In' some, states.; ..Perhaps
they are as good or a little better
than the roads over which -grandpa
used to haul . products to market.
i perhaps we could worry along with
t.m .,,,, Rn . .
will It pay?
We Know that Oregon is losing
$2. 000. 000 every year on account of
somebody's pocket In money that
would otherwise be saved.
Ave are fold that about 17 cents
an acre is what, under the proposed
Oregon plan, a perfect ( macadam
road would cost. We., know that'ln
that plan Oregon Is avoiding the
mistakes that Washington made.
Had we not better go ahead and
make the change? Is there anybody
In Oregon that wants bad roads?
CONVICT LABOR
T
HAT STATE convicts should all
be kept regularly at work is a
proposition with which every
body will agree. Humane con
siderations alone would require con
victs to labor. As a matter of pol
icy, without reference to any profit
to be gained, they ought to work'.
In Idleness they would be far more'
troublesome. From either a physic
al, hygienic, mental or moral point
of view idleness would be harmful
to the cgnvlcts themselves,
The problem not yet satisfactor
ily settled in many states is the na
ture of their employment. To wbat
work should they be assigned? This
has been answered in different
states In various . ways, never, per
haps, with entire satisfaction, but
on the whole progress toward a so
lution of the problem has been made.
In Oregon, for. many ' years, roost
of the convicts have been employed
In a penitentiary foundry, their labor
being sold at a;very low price to a
stove manufacturing company. This
may have been , the best available
plan for the past,., but It la unsatis
factory In two respects. One objec
tion is that theconvl.ct labor comes
Into competition with free labor.
Another is t hat: f he-; state is getting
only a fraction ojt what the convict's
labor Is worth,:, The convicts having
forfited theif labor for a period to
the state, which lifts . been put to
much trouble and expense on their
account, the state should get the
proceeds of their labor.
Now It is, proposed to use convict
labor to build good roads. The
state needs the roads; they will be
extremely valuable. At that work,
If the plan can be carried out with
out too great expense, the convicts
could earn what would he equivalent
to a great amount of money for the
state. The plan is to a deeree ex?
perimental, but those who
have'!
Kiven much attention to the subject
insists that it is practicable, and it
Is probably advisable for Oregon to
make the trial.' Anything that prom-
tee. Improvement of the roads b
ortu trying. j
THK REFKREXWM JfST OXCE;nut 'r11 American citizens, poor or
MORE
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Ul'.I.ON HAS the admitted dig- :
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linctlon of having originated
and set working what is right
ly named the referendum.
Imitation being the Blncerest flat
try our state modestly bows assent
when her ideas are adopted, her
methods followed, from ocean to
ocean, from the lakes to the gulf
But lest the referendum be !
iii ti , ,x , !
wounded In the house of its friends
U is well, when the Oregon leglsla
ture has begun its session, to look
back to the essence lof the far reach
ing reform that It has effected, and
will effect if rightly used.
It. is an appeal taken' from the
lower court, the legislature, to the
higher court, the people. This
higher court differs, however, from
others in that Jlie' lower, court, the
legislature, has from the higher
court; the people, derived its being
nnd received Its mission
But the essential fact remains
that the referendum is an appeal.
Whether or not an appeal be neces
sary is determined simply bv the
meed or satisfaction that the people i u"n', "wing to the darin,g and the
accord to the actions of their rep-' av.Hrl1,e t lf, Jw individuals and the
resenlatives the legislature ' 1 'rlmlnf1 Indifference of the people's
TT , , 1 H dl,,rt- - , savants in not safeguarding the In
The only real criticism made, the j terests and rights of the wealth-creat-world
over, on the Oregon ballot of j ln ftnrt consuming masses, with a
November 8, was that, the tools, be-il0.Zun ,nen a?tl,,R ln Ull,sn and to
ing new the people were too readvlf controIllnK ft once the great lifo
' 1 , I'P'5 were 100 rpaoy; Insurance companies, - several of the
to use them for small purposes. The; most powerful metropolitan hsnk
legislature can neip greatly in the
cure; first, by straining through Its
own net. and refusing admission to
the statute book of Oregon, of lticas-1
tires for trivial or nnworthv ends: i
secolid, by so plainlv seeking the i ',,,,tl2r ,conta,no'' 'h .following editorial
public good, and to the nubile sal- w ch A8 n of most truthful and.
r . I'uuiic sat-. suggetivof.a,nujnber of recent Jpuma-
isfaction inthejaws tliey pass that'iistic utterances on, the overshadowing
recourse to the referendum 'may be ' menace to the prosperity of the whol
needless or disapproved. (people through the arrogant assump-
if 1
Some 40 years ago directors of the
Atiianaeum in Cot)n1lBireh .bmfnoaA
members of the first women's club 5
Just formed there, the loan of books
t Ili&ji'onica.iiaid ihtyoukl ha v h n
Athanaeuhi of thejr own "some day
I tr ir l lli rt m v n n n.n.. 1 J 1... .j. t . ,
except on special invitation Thev
kentthPir word ihnJI lol!
" " l ' if f i. 11 i JJ iv 1 1 IP ill
j Ut py- thev women of Denmark.
j Known as tne ..." women's castle,"
i'and containing a library of 62,0.00
volumes, .rrau zanie, wno made
the principal . dedicatory address,
was one ot those who started the
movement, and Is' 90 years old. ghe'
has lived not only to see the "Frau
enberg," but . to ; see eight women
members of the Copenhagen council.
The observance of "Common
wealth pay" begins at the state unl
verslty today and continues over to
morrow, - Speakers and personages
of note will be In attendance, , and
subjects bearing on thewelfare and
life of Oregon" Will be' discussed.
The plan has been employed effect
ively by the universities of Wiscon
sin and Illinois. The effort Is to
direct the thought of students and
citizens to great-problems whose so
lution may be helpful to the devel
opment of the commonwealth,
Common Sense a Fine Remedy.
Potrlantl, Or., Jan. 12. To the Editor
or of The Journal Having . read many
articles in regard to health cfc In your
paper, apd wishing: to make a few sug
gestions on hat subject, I will say,
Impure milk Is only one cause of dls
ease and I bellleve If people In the
dairy business were obliged to protect
their cows irom the elements and give
them warm, dry stabloa ' during the
rainy season, there, would be very little
tuberculosis. Kxposuru to cold In un
sauitary sumoitmllnKB mid poor food,
are tuo'causes of tuberculosis In man or
btast. Ininglno horsos or cattle stand
ing In a cold rln, their coats and bodies
Wet and a cold east wind blowing on
them and with no shelter. It Is worse
than dry cold.
One of the, greatest sources of dis
ease Is unsanitary basements. There
should bT Inspectors appointed to go
through them three or four times a
year. I think we would all be more
oureful what wag kept In our basements
if that was the case. lgs,' cats, and
van chickens, and mnny other things
are,. Kept mere and any onepaaaing
when n basement window or door Is
open can tell that disease germs at
least are housed there. Another bad
thing for baby is the go-cart. The lit
tle, tender body Is Jogge(d and jostled
by every little obstruction on the walk.
These carts are not easy, or comfortable
and in! ghteven can s pHratysis: 1
have often wondered at mothers let
ting tlie blinding, sun ' shine in lielr
babies' fyes In a way that would have
been Intolerable to their Own. A little
common Sense with ptruity of nourishing
food and there would be less mothers
mourning the loss of their little ones.
Yours for health, MRS. M. J.
Copartnership Between Capital md
the People.
By Lincoln C. dimming In Baltimore
Amerlcnn.
The. man who suggests the fairest,
squarest copartnership, between capital,
so-called, and the people will find his
prescription in demand In the United
States.
Regardless of any political, lines,
Woodrow W'llHon hits thu" nall'on the
head, attrt suggests: fundamentals of
audi a firm, of national economics:
"It will not do to exploit the public."
"It will not do to make, the working
man n mere Instrument Instead of a
partner." "It will not do to dominate
nwrkets -and prices."
What then will do? The people of
the United States have given legal no
tice, thru they will not stand for these
conditions longer. They have served
long and patiently, and as long as they
Intend to. In the minor part. They have
learned the business and seek to ob
tain a fnlr partnership In the prosper
ity (to which they have contributed) of
the nation. They have tried to live on
the small pittance allowed them, and
have waited patiently to be invited
lnt0 t,ie Private office," They want
to examine the Inventory, and have a
word to say about the valuations, and
a determining voice In the distribution
of the dividends. They well know that
l?'y rV ?wn th.ft g"1p5
SSt'iy'TSlK thlt K.
md "skim milk"). They Insist upon the
i square flcal, not alone for themselves.
rich, employer or laborer, and will as
... i rt-riai an rum mumgm socialism, or
'''Khway rpbberlsm of any and all com-
blnatlons hostile to these Incarnate
principles of justice, and any further
exploitation of conditions which divert
the ruu rruitlon of their common In
heritance of equal opportunity, consti
tutionally guaranteed them.
The great prosperity of the country
speaks for Itself and for them; and. as
one of our greatest of presidents has
said, there is as great or greater prom
ise in the future, but the people them
,TV'" 'fl n? ,CPC1 ,a ttl( shyness in
t''6 dividends thereof coming their wav
Hru, ,n the present and the future am
to secure for themselves and I heir fire.
sides a more oiual disbursement, which
they firmly believe Is the epitome of
Justice.
The members of this proposed na
tional copartnership are, in fact, broth
ers, and should become interdependent
reciprocating parts of the grent ma
chine of human progress, oiled by the
frlctlonless lubricants of equality and
justice. This machine will build' up,
and not tear down! The capacity of Its
product Is incalculable, and this firm
will own the "good will of the busi
ness.
The Morgaiilzntioii of .nierica.
From the Twentieth Century Magazine.
At litst some of the great metropol
itan journals are becoming alarmed at
tho evident mastership of America's nill-
the great railways of the countrw. thn
enslavement and spoliation of the mil
lions Is an easy matter So lornr an th
1 mnsterai or inrtimtif 014.4. ni.n i . . , .
entrenched in all the ramifications of
government. The New York World r-
ijtiiiB qi vvnn ntreet interests:
jnTocham
(railroads "In Lhelr effort t !..., 4...
"nu 1 1 P -m..-.. J ...... . . . .
freight rales, The concentration of fl-
1 ijh(k:iuj iiow.T an - me uannn or t' feW
.men is bearing, us natural results.
r-IWrnwtnmmTr-TnrTimr
and the Morganluation of tlie Hfe insur
ance .business produces beautiful sym
metry of notion.1 With Morgan owner
ship Of the Equitable and Morgan dom
ination of the other big life Insurance
Letters From the People .
COMMENT AND
SMALL-CHANGE
Beveridge la likely to come back.
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The more enow, the more wheat
' .
Now for a 30 foot channel to the eea.
I Sunshine and Snow eeem to be hav
ing a game.
'the lorimer whitewash didn't work
at expected.
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Oh, it lent such terrible winter
weather, after all.
i
Everywhere the standstlllere are fall
ing down and out. - v.
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Mr. Selllng'e term s governor was
the shortest on record.
Now the" sheepmen want a tax
on
dogs except shepherd dogs.
Nearly everybody wants a law for
this, that or the other thing. .
Possibly Astoria expected Us request
for $100,000 to be cut down a. little.
Women seem to be worse nhout reg
istering, when granted suffrage, than
men.
President Selling and Speaker Rusk
are busy wun a job conducive to gray
hairs.
The onlv time liorrrowers can get
big prices Is when they have no hops
to sen. .
. . . . '
Of course, the tariff should also be
raised on mohair; every goat raiser Will
tell you bo. . N
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tPkl f .V. I Bit
probability, the fender question - will
not tie settled. , ,
' ,
An 'Ifidlana man writes to know
what is the most interesting object In
Oregon. The llalles Observer informs
him that It is W. JJ- U.'Ken.
Governor Harmon was probably th
only governor recently inaugurated who
did not consider It necessary to deliver
an inaugural, message.
Those steam power trains are still
running ort 'Fourth street, and water
mains are occasionally bursting, caus
ing thousunds of dollars' worth of dam
age.
Oregon cities are not as big as they
wanted to be. nor even as they thought
they were, but they show a large
growth, and have no reason, not to be
cheerful and confident.
Many residents who like to sleep late
Sunday morning will he In sympathy
with Councilman Annand'S antl-nolso
ordinaii. But Bome would want to
amend the hour from 8 a; m. to 10 or 12.
'
The famous-Ton family of Chicago,
which numbers 'over 500 members, has
joined forces In a cooperative store to
reduce the cost of living. This .may be'
a hint to the Smith.- Brown and Jones
families.
SEVEN LITERARY PRISONERS
Hugo
The annals of the literati in prison
present no better exalnple than !s tur
nlsJied in Hugo Grotius, tho Du;h pub
licist, who had' been sentenced by his
government for life, but escaped by an
Ingelous method, assisted by his wife
and a maid servant. '
Grotius was an .able statesman, and
one of the most extensively learned
among the Hollanders of his day. He
was a profound , theologian, a dlstlh-'
gulshed scholar,; ai acute philosopher, a
Judicious historian and a splendid Jur
ist. Is it; any wonder that a man ao
endowed should sooner or later find him
self in trouble in the restless period in
which he lived. 1583-1645? . .
When GrjHus was only a little more
than :t0 years old. with. iJarneveldt and
Ledenburg, two other . whose names
form a considerable part of Holland
history, he , entered actively into theo
logical strifes that had a-political sig
nificance as , well. They were subse
'tufhtly arrested, Barneveldt was be
headed, and Grotius was sentenced to
Imprisonment for life In the castle of
Loevenstein;
In spite of the fact that the command
ant of the fortress made the prisoner's
situation as hateful as ho could make
It, yet Mme. Grotius was allowed access
to her husband, and was privileged to
cook for him.
Thus shut up In a prison, and debarred
from physical exercise, which his ro
buat body demanded, Grotius procured
a huge top which be employed himself l
in whipping several hours a day.
But his friends had not forgotten him.
Some of the most learned men of the
country were allowed t: corre.xpondVlth
him, and the celebrated Orientalist, Er
penlus, sent him, fiorn time to time, a
large chest of books. From these books
lie still further added to his titore of
knowledge, and to employ his active
brain he began making translations of
some of the most important of them. He
made a masterly rhymed translation of
companies, Morganized transportation
has no difficulty in maintaining per
fect harmony,
"If Morganlzed railroads want to sell
their bonds, wha't in more logical than
that Morganized buuks and Morganlztjl
life Insurance companies should procuie
tho money by underwriting and buying
and passing on tlie securities to the pub
lic? It Is like passing dollar bills from
one hand to the other, and Infinitely
more profitable. The profits'are secured
the more easily because policy-holder
and depositor and the nameless small In
vestor constantly furnish tho funds used
in the Morganizatlou process.
"But on the other hand, if Mr. Morgan
Is permitted to raise railroad frel-mt
rates so that Mr. Morgan may guaran
tee that life Insurance company in
vestments are more pound, obvlonnly
policy-holders themselves will be paying
the higher . freight rates, for the kind
of people that pay freight rates' are' the
kind of people who take out life insur
ance policies. After he pays his lifo
Insurance premium to Morganized in
surance, the policy-holder then pays
higher freight rates to Morganized rail
roafilng lh order to make his life in
surance more secure, thus facilitating
the glorious process of Morganlzlng In
dustry, transportation nnd the daily bus
iness of living and dying."
Keeping Resolutions.
, From the Christian Register.
The late Professor James, in his ad
mirable text book of psychology, urges
the necessity of breaking bad habits and
forming! good ones by action, and not by
mpty resolves to act. "Seiz.j the first
possible, opportunity," he advises "to
act on every resolution you make, yand
on every emotional prompting you "may
experience In the 'direction of the hab
its you aspire to gain. It is not In the
moment of their' forming, 'but in the
moment of their- producing motor : ef
fects, that rcsolvei and aspirations com
municate the riW 'set'"1 to the brain."
"Abrupt acquisition of the new. habit,"
he further declares. "Is thebest way, if
there be a real possibility of carrying
It out." Thls nnsHlhtllfv. we nknnM -uAii
for preliminary expenditure of precious
energy In proclaiming one's intentions,
In further conpsol on this matter 'of
forming new habits,, the same writer
sya.in somewhat technical 'phrase, that
NEWS IN BRIEF'
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
CorvallU may get a truck factory.
Merrill will have a $25,0fl0 national!", '
bank. j IS
.' r '.:' " i
Medford Method late may buifd a $25.
000 church. , .
Grain looking exceedingly, well In
Benton county. . ,
. - ,
A Sam'a valley man keeps a dozen
hunting hound.
Clatskanle Commercial club is' active
and enthusiastic.
Postal receipts of Burns increased 27
t cent for 1910. ' '
per
Vale Orlano published a big," fine bpT
clal New Year, number,
Moral conditions of Burns have Im
proved steadily, reports the News.
Joseph council has passed a stringent
anti-vagrant and bootlegging ordinance.
Oil well near Bandoh is now down
more than 900 feet: prospects encour
aging. . -
A lost Hiver. Klamath county, man Is
frolng into tue chicken business on a
arge scale: has 700 already and will
import 1000 more In the spring.
Iet's raise a joyful paean of praise,
exclaims the Pendleton Live Wire. The
American Express company will spend
no less than $300 In real money in Im
proving its palatial skyscraper of an
office building.
. Lakevlew Examiner: Despite the
rather cold weather and the rough trav
eling at this .season of the year, appli
cations are coming- in steadily1 at the
local land office, and the officials are
kept busy taking care of thorn. Many
letters of Inquiry ore also being re
ceived from nil over the country.
Gold Beach is In a thrlvlnar condition.
reports the Globe, and Its population has
been swelled by some gooa ramines.
The Curry County bank, one now gen
err. I merchandise store, a blacksmith
shop, a sawmill with a door and sash
factory in connection, and a large plant
for saving the values from the beach
sands the Only one of Its kind in ex
istence are ooine of tho business enter
prises that have been launched here
during the last year. A $3000 school-house-
and several residences will be
built this year.
Mvrtle Enterprise: A Roseburg firm
is advertising Rock Springs coal for
sale. It Is a ridiculously unfair propo
sition that Roseburg should be com
pelled to use'ooal hauled over a thou
sand miles and pay freight on tt when
millions of tons of coal almost as good
as that of Rock Springs underlie Coos
county, within less than 60 miles of
Roseburg, and that town Is only one
of hundreds that could and would use
Coos county coal If the rails were laid
over which to haul It. And coal Is
onlv one of the magnificent resources
of southern Oregon waiting for a means
of exchange
Grotius.
the "Theban Brothers" of Euripides in
to Dutch, and in legal sentence he com
pleted an "Introduction to the Juris
prudence of Holland," a work which,
as soon as published, became thence
forward a text book and an oracle In
the law courts and the high schools of
tho country. , 1
Not forgetting theology, he composed,
for the .use of the humbler classes, a
work on the proofs of Christianity in
easy and familiar rhyme, and later
completed "a masterly commentary oft
tho four evangelists. And thus nearly
two years wore away,, Grotius spinning
his top for exercise, and soothing his
active and prolific brain with almost In
cessant literary work.
But Grotius rose superior to his doom
and took' captivity cafitlve. Through the
suggestion of his devoted wife, a plan
was devised whereby he should make
his escape. In the trunk f books that
came to and from his prison a means
for this escape was found. At first
the trunk was carefully searched, but
as It was found to contain only He
brew, Greek and t.atln folios, this vig
ilance finally ceased. By curling him
self very closely, Grotius found that he
could just lie In the trunk with the
cover closed. Very secretly he' many
times rehearsed the scheme.
When the day came for the trunk to
be returned with the books previously
sent, for a new Invoice, it was Grotius
himself who occupied it, and It was ac
companied by his maid, with the key In
her possession as usual. Thus he es
caped, and Ills absence was not dis
covered for some time. Mme. Grotius
was hld prisoner as an accomplice, but
s!e was finally released. Grotius fled
to Franc?, and from there to various
European countries. He pined, however,
for his native land, and as he had gained
permission to return, he : started for
home. But enroute, he died at Rostock,
in the 2d year of his age.
Tomorrow Charles I.
"it Is not simply particular lines of
discharge, that seem to be grooved out
by habit in the brain." And still fur
ther: "As a final practical maxim,
relative to these habits of the will, we
may, then, offer something like this:
Keep the faculty of effort alive in
you by a little gratuitous exercise every
day. That is, be systematically ascetic
or heroic. In little unnecessary points,
do every day or two something for no
other reason than that you would rather
not do It, so that, when the hour of
dire need draws nigh, it may find you
not unnerved and untrained to stand
the test." .
Good Koads,
From the Corvallls Gazette-Times.
Many Issues of public, importance are
to be considered by the coming legisla
ture, but none Is more vitally relat
ed to the Interests of' the people of this
county, or to the. general development
of the state than the matter of good
roads. The . necessity for good roads
In Oregon Is.at last realized.'" The de
mand fur them was voiced at the polls
In the. November election.' The con
stitutional bar to good roads building
which heretofore existed was forever
lifted as a result of that, election.
The Good Roadar convention, com
posed of men from: every part of Ore
gon who have studied the state's needs,
meeting ln Portland, decided that the
five measures which were prepared for
submission to - tho -legislature, will, if
adopted, furnish a method for perma
nent highway construction. v
Neither the need for permanent roads,
nor -th demand for them should be for
gotten by the legislature in their con
sideration of these five measures; by
virtue of the fact that, in the appoint
ment of a stata highway board and 1 a
highway 'commissioner the factor of
personal Contact .with the situation is
obtained: Thi bill should be "consid
ered first of all as most important, but
the bills contemplating the use Of con
vict labor mi the roads.v the division
of the burden of road building between
the state and the counties, and the
bonding act , which makes it
iort.a.i4..xouatjuta)ladga, Ju' anadltoi
gee money for road building should not
be forgotten. Let the legislature" at
least Bee to it that their onoortunltw tn
provldo Oregon, with the development
influence of permanently constructed
highways is neither wasted nor lost'
TANGLEFOOT
By M.1 OWrWt ;
HIS TENDER FKELINGS.
"A line or two .
. I'll write to vou." ' .
what, the geezer said to her.
i like your. ntyie,
1 like your smile, "v
And funny feelings in me stir."
She sald: "You bet
' .1 much regret
That you were forced to ' raise
the
question. y . t ' 1 ,
Tho feelings, sir,
That in vou stir ,
Must be a caaa of indigestion."
one cui mm as ne passes ny; '
. And seel the poor man staggers!" J
"What, she? Bhe wouldn't hurt a fly.
un, yes, her eyes shot daggers,"
- Bank Deposit Guaranty Law. -
No ' recent decision of the-! supreme
wun ui ing umieu niau'H is moil im
portant than that handed down Tues
day fixing the constitutionality of th
bank deposit guaranty acts of Oklaho
ma. Kansas ana Nehru sua, I no econom
io value of the finding Is almost lm
measurable, as it naves the wav for
in ovp l l-n nnprnnr aa-a, a a. rrnr sirniraT no
uii(iuikaii civi iiiea- ifub oiiiiHtitiy
restricted to the banking business.
With the constitutionality of the
guaranty pian estaousiiea. nothing re
(.... 4 4 ... 4 4. .4 .. . 4
ever aerects may irom time to time De
velop in the details of a scheme that
appears stable ln principle.
"When a Democratic legislature in th
young state of Oklahoma took the ln
illative In establishing the bank deposit
guaranty plan as now In operation in
tins ana otner western states it was
made the object of ridicule, not only
by the opposite political party In thi
and other states.' but by the national
banking interests everywhere. Partio
uiany severe were tne strictures eman
atiug from Wall street, where flnanolal
wlseheads are wont -to take affront at
any suggestion or rotorm in panning
and money matters that does not find
its origin lit that financial holy of
holies.
xne UKianoman nas-recently nuotod a
Wall street . financial publication's ad
mission tnat. alter naving neen in op
cration three years, tho deposit guaranty
law naa oeen so successrui as to pre
vent loss to anv depositors having funds
in state banks operating under tne sys
tein and had caused many national
banks to surrender their charters and
become state banks. While thus ad
mining that the law had exactly th
effect Intended hv its enactment, the
l'ew Yora puDiieauon nevertneiess cap
twusiy criticised the law ln peevish gen
erant es. intimating wiai. u was cruua
and aerectivo, tnougn neglecting to spe
clfy the alleaed lame features. It nt
the same time took occasion to intlmat
mat it would tie tie nan or wisuoin
for the national bankers to evolve ana
put in operation some system offering
protection to depositors to prevent flight
of their denosits to banks conducted
under the guaranty plan.
The supreme court decision; Just hand
ed:.'down establishes a principle tha
snouia not be lost sient or mat tne
banker Is hold responsible, for funds
which be horrows from depositors Just
as he holds responsible those who bor
row money from, ills bank.
Aji Alaska Government Railroad.
From Collier's Weekly.
The Wisconsin Republicans, always to
tho front Jn political progress, last fall
published a platform, in which thev
said:
"The attempt of nrlvatn mononolv to
reatea for tne time Deing tnrougiv in
efforts of a few courageous officials
msn an examme wortny or emulation m
every department and rank of the publio
service. Falllns to secure the coal field
4. . 1 - - M 0 . . ....... 1 1
terests win exploit tnem tnrouan a
monopoly or transportation, "j ne titi
to tne coal rieiiis or Aiasxa snouiu ne
. . ...... - - . -..---
i .i ' . , n laoea .Irwlnr nrilnA, t-curiiltitlnii
The situation of Alaska is exceptional.
Transportation is the basis of control.
It Is the key to this vast territory of
treasure, as exceptional conditions in
Panama -reaulred the government of th
r i .1 in . i ,A , n , . A 1 1
roan ort the Isthmus in order to protect
tions lu Alaska require tliat the federal
government should construct, own. and
ship lines necessary to tne opening up
of tha Alaskan coal fields and other
natural resources."
The Democrats will have, to how
whether they have gained any instinct
for government. If they have, they will
follow tne nint oi tne Wisconsin pro-
atlcn by a stroke of statesmanship.
The Voice of Massachuaett.
From the Boston Post
In the aftermath of the official elec
tion returns in tnta state one zact snines
KfMKanrl arA mn crarni 1 vol v 11-1 n i a
that the neoole of Massachusetts want
direct nominations.
pontative. the Question was submitted
as called ror dv Detrtion under tne new
law. In every one of them the direct
nomination eji'tcn was approved by
slrniilv overwhelming majorities, mora
than five to cno in most Instances. Th
total vote for the plan was 33,465 and
against it only 4772 decisive enough
in NHI NIV KVlII I IIH III I IH I. 1 11 it II FM.1 1 Mil III )
ponent of the system.
i ,ifnriv run iimimn ui iiiih I'liiiiiniif tm
flntcs rcr ornce. 'rney aesire to mime
more ot tnem -man tney ao. or man tne
. . , ..,11. M t . -
inK to ao it neiore ioiik. us tney are
r.oinc it in New namnsnire. ne nowis
. m 41 . I i . i . i . i
Dieted, mean that the voters cannot be
trustea. out mat convention can. ar
growing less effective every yoar.
(Contributed to The Journal by Wilt Mtwn,
tb famous Kaoiai pw.. t.. proM-iHeini ar a
regnlir feature of ibU column lu Tlie Uullr
Lorntl). - ,
The Laird of Sklbo. noble soul, be
lieves the world Is in a hole while
Lwar drums throb and cannon crash, and
so ha gives a wad 'of cash, .to end the
reign of blood and woe, and. give tha
Whit Winged Dove a, show. ' Ha dug
ten million from his shoe, and sprung
it. with a howdydo. Far be it from
eraBS-fed bard to sav thimra critical ne
iiara,. about a princely gift like this,
designed to further human bliss. But
where- will all this money got And
will the White Dove have a showT Me-
thlnks I see the liiEhbrnWn niA.-t ftiwl
make long speeches and repeat; I see
th Joifg-halred, four-eyed sports libUI
feongresses of divers sorts; they'll fll
reports that no one heeds, they'll writ
long t books that ; no one reads, they .11
iuniiAt hero nn.l Uihbrif Miann
lute' and paw tho alr, and write peace
anthems,, full of, tlirllls, whllo he of
BKioo roots in bins.: - Methlnks thnt
wiini rrw niHr, ana eurin no
lost the battlefear. rtwill bp because men
ward files; 'twill be the harvest of th
years. This boon will haye no branded.
Mat; no bkiuo cost mark on Its side.
OnprrlKht. 1910, 'j.
vaorro Unttbi'tr Ailarnf.
Carnegie 8 Gift