THE OREGON V DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,; TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 711. : 1911.?
THE JOURNAL
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To do two things at nee la to
do neither. Publtus Sjnrua.
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DOLLAR FOB DOLLAR
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PROPOSITION AT Washington
Is for the federal government
to appropriate $25,000,000 for
assistance in building roads In
- 'the various states. If there is money
-f or---feuildlng dreadnaughts, there
ought to be money for roads. Rural
transportation Is as Important aa
cluster. .. ..' f ' .-I--, '
.Bat' the plan proposes distribu
tion of the, sum according to popula
tion. A far better way would be, up
to a certain limit,1 to give each state
a dollar tor every dollar It approprl
'-ates for road building.
' - No act- would have more efficacy
In .furthering road Improvement.
The federal appropriation would be
help from an unexpected quarter. It
would be encouragement In an unex
., pected way. It would be a stimulus
. that would at once put every state
. fn motion, and the fruits would be
. rery great.
' A nation is great In proportion to
the 'strength and prosperity of all
,!ts social units. If those units are
weak, or ! handicapped,, or clumsy,
and Ineffective In their methods, the
.'nation 1b correspondingly weakened
The fundamental purpose of govern
; ment Is the. common defense and
the general welfare of all Its people.
In the present status, an approprla.
tion of money, on a dollar for dollar
basis to the state would be of enor
mous consequence In furthering the
social and economic conditio of the
. people of the United States.
The - federal ; government already
maintains a costly ureaa for dls-
' semination of knowledge about good
roads. . The trouble, with the. plan is
that roads cannot be built of printed
bulletins, but require cold cash and
lots of it While the people need In
strnction, they need dollars a ' great
. deal more, and. the federal govern
- ment ; has at Its , disposal an abun
dance of the "dollars,
i . The nation Is spending $400,000,
OOfr at Panama for the benefit of
ocean transportation. . why ot
spend a small sum'olffSrifan?
Rortatlon?
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TUB PICNIC REVOLVER
Y ALL MEANS, It was proper
for the picnickers in Macleay
Park Sunday to be well armed
It would be bad form, to say
nothing of the peril, for a picnicker
to venture out to Macleay Park on a
Sunday without a pistol in his hip
pocket. . A Sunday' suit. without re
volver trimmings and ammunition to
- match, especially 6n a picnic, would
oe wretchedly thoughtless.
Besides, think of the danger of
SO men out by themselves so far
away from the police, and without a
! weapon. What If a man-eatlne rah
;; bit should come along and attack
the party? , What if ,a lone Jan.
should slip out from the, underbrush
and shanghai them all, carrying them
off to a life of chains and slavery?
What if. a bloodthirsty chipmunk
should swoop down on the unarmed
picnickers, scattering death and des
olation? .. But the Macleay picnickers took
no chances. Firearms enough were
taken along to get a man, and he
was "got." Automatic pistols and
self-cocking revolvers were In the
mlxup, and when a policeman ar
rived, search was going on for a rope
.with which to have a lynching bee.
J ' V Of course, one man was killed and
X v : ' another shot. There will be another
I grave and perhaps another costly
p r trial. Another homicide Is added to
,i :' -Portland's long list, already reeking
with murders.
i; But that's nothing. It is merely
;i 4 ; our way.
g y Has It occurred to anybody that a
V:,' law restricting sale of revolvers
i ir ; would often save a life or, :s a life
f; T ; worth Baving?
consider'' when preparing to send
Arthur, Augustus or Albert to a dis
tant Institution.
In many a home of modest means
the family scrimps and scrapes to save
enough money to glv 10 eons the ad
vantages of r. college training.
Those who plan best for the fa
ture of youth keep ever before their
minds t' dignity of labor and the
superiority of the things that lie at
our doorsteps. It was Woodrow Wll.
son, then president of Princeton, that
said a year or two ago that, "We, in
the main tent, lon't know what is
going on in tho side shvws of our
educational circuses." He referred
thus bitterly to the social fads and
demoralizing customs that have clus
tered around some of the big eastern
universities, customs that tend more
to demoralization than to real edu
cation.
, It Is doubtful if there Is virtue in
sending our jrouth to. schools afar,
when we have excellent institutions
in our own commonwealth. The
diamonds and champagne of "exclu
sive" Institutions only give the boy
the taste for more. The young folk
are too often made ashamed of the
work of their fathers. .
The savings of years are expended.
and a boy often spoiled for.anythlng
but a "fresh package of cigarettes."
SECRETARY
OLCOTT'fl
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SIGGES.
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ECRETARY OLCOTT says that.
by shortening the processes, a
saving of 25 per cent can be se
cured In the administration of
the corporation tax law. The fault
is not In the men, but in the law. It
requires the keeping of two sets of
books, one In the-secretary's office,
and the other In the office of the
treasurer, neither set being complete.
The result Is endless confusion, In
creased cost, for the state, and poor
service for patrons of the depart
ment.
It is refreshing to find an official
bent on cutting away red tape, re
ducing employes and rounding a sys
tem of official proeedtrrfr-into sim
plicity. The Instance Is an excep
tion, rather than the rule.
Aldrich said he could cut .down
the cost of federal administration In
this country $300,OOC',000 a year.
The $180,000 a year saved by the
Democratic house In mere rilsmli
of useless "employes Is example of
how it could be done. The reduction
by Mr. Hitchcock-of about $9,000,-
000 In the annual cost of the post-
office department Is another object
lesson.
Antiquated forms, roundabout
processes and clumsy methods are
everywhere in the public service,
national, state and municipal. The
usual effort Is not to simplify, but
to add more and more red tape so
more Jobs will be created with more
patronage for department chiefs to
dispense. t '
The public business should be
done as private business Is done.
The shortened methods proposed by
Secretary Olcott are worthy of at-
use they are business
like. The next legislature should
pass the legislation necessary to ap
ply them, t
A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
still on the sliver basis because there
is not enough, gold to go around.'
The figures scarcely afford expla
nation for ' the present high prices
and attendant high cost of .iving In
the United States. . 1
REFRIGERATED AIR
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conscience It has no patience' with J'i
battles of the creeds, and believes
that, in education, in religion and Jn
cltuenship all denominations are fol
lowing the light as they see it
HEN THE big hotel compan
ies of Chicago and, New York
undertook, to build hotels of
ultra-mode, they did not
stop to count the cost . They consid
ered not only 'artistic beauty, sym
metry and proportion, but the phy
sical comfort of the guests. The re
sult was the evolution of a system
whereby these Immense hostelrles
are cooled by air that passes over a
field of ice. On the hottest days
when the mercury is climbing to its
dizziest (heightB, the rooms of these !
hotels are as cool and comfortable
as on the first days of spring.
Not only is the air refrigerated.
but it Is also filtered. And when it
is Inhaled into the lungs of the
guest, It is pure air, free from all
contagion, germs or noxious disease.
In these Ice-cooled hostelrTcs, no
heat deaths occurred during the late
thermal 'vave. Those who could pay
the price and dwelt amid their splen
did appointments' 'were saved from
the torture of a merciless sun..
The 225 young and old that per
ished in Chicago and the 158 In New
York who succumbed to tho terrific
heat were from another level In life.
They were dwellers in the tenements
and other places of the lowly where
there weie not the well filled coffers
from which to pay for Ice-cooled and
fumigated air.
Olive Schrelner, ; the ' authoress.
sayB the childless woman Is a para
site. ' mere are times and places
where Olive could make that remark;
and have occasion to regret it
The president of the Ladies' Tailor
association has decreed that the hob
ble skirt must go. Still, It Is better
not to cheer up until we know what
is to come. v .' "
Caruso reports that his throat
trouble has cost him $140,000, so
far. Still, It. isn't a bad kind of
throat to have,
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v. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF ;
; , BHAXL CHANGS) ' I . OREGON SIDELIGHTS I
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rial for puWlcatlon. in this department ?' bankers are therpurkiy reliable.
and muBt be accompanied by the name large number ef people profess to
laronB or me eenaer. J ;w mo proume meanins: or every tert.
pnrnse and word In the Bible, but the
least Klllman did not kill man.
Perhaps nobody ean be toe good but
pome people can easily make To great
Manv nsnrtla h&va. annaan l
President Taft, but that Controller bay
...uug na loinior &apeu(.
The Rneechea in the senate ant innatlv
mere waste of tlma inil.kraathf h
(Vill ...
a e
What are. the Vwentaat wnHil !
asked. "Mother," "wife." "dauKhter."
"Fut sweetheart first", iuneiti 1
young; man,, . , s . ,
Jack Johnson ham a. Yiitr knn1r ,nm.
ing; he waa not mentioned In the
newa column while in London as much
aa- jsck ua.ym iiammond. . .
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In notlnr the fief that anm hanlraM
art raecafs, or reckless. It should not
be forarotten that the great majority
T
BUT
HERE IS A- remarkable tele-
phono girl in Springfield. The
remarkable thing about her is
her remarkable recollection of
Bright Prospects in Grant County.
Prairie City,' Or., July 7. To the Edi
tor of The Jouraal.--ThIs part of Ore
gon Is little heard of through Its papers,
but Grant county holds .the distinction
of having, at one time, held the bal
ance of power in state elections in Ore
gon, during- the early days of placer
mining. Following the decadence of
placer mining the residents settled down
to raising stock and watted patiently
for the steel rails tc put her once more
in touch with the "outside."
The rails came about a year ago,
when the Sumpter Valley railroad fin
ished its line to this point &nd the long
delayed awakening has come.
People are now taking up the big
ranches and making them over into
Hmall farms, and Intensive farming and
fruitgrowing will make the John Day
valley one of the richest of the state.
Generous rains. In the right time, with
ample water for Irrigation to supple
ment nature's moisture, insures our
crops, and failure Is unknown. This
certain telephone conversation, and Beason naB tbcn one ot tho est or
hor snlnrwIIH fflo , .ill""" " uumper tr,,H ro asaureu.
v "javaiiAiu uiuroa ui nil
other telephone conversations In
which Mr. Hines participated.
There was testimony before the
senate committee that Mr. Hines told
Governor Deneen, by phone, that
Taft and Aldrich wanted Lorimer for
senator, that Hines would be down to
Springfield with all the necessary
moifey, and that the lobby must stop
at nothing In electing Lorimer.
Mr. Hines denied the conversation.
The maiden of the telephone also de
nies It She recollects what was said
perfectly, although it happened more
than a year ago. She has a distinct
recollection that nothing of the kind
was said.
Her memory of things tallies ex-
actly with Mr. Hines' memory. . But
she cannot remember a singlt; thing
that was ever said by Mr. Hines in
uj uiuer leiepnone conversation. I
It Is truly a remarkable bit of
The apple crop promises to be espe
cially lino this Reason, and the valley
will he in the bis shows this fall to
lrt the world know what It can do.
Orcharding has been a .side issue for
years, the surplus going to feed the
hogs, for the reason that it could not
be shipped out, but It Is different now
that we have the railroad to help us.
Tho Oregon Development league Is a
big factor in the advertising of all sec
tions, and in doing grand work. Port
land will be the greatest gainer from
the settlement of the interior, and can
well afford to keep the good work up.
PRAIRIE CITY COMMERCIAL CLUB,
W. MUTH, Assistant Secretary.
trouble is that no two of them agree.
A man who never asks an overtaken
vRiwurui aiong a, country road to ride,
though traveling in an -unlnartft unA
roomy vehicle. Is a mean specimen of
UUUIO.U1LJT, .
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About this time every summer there
are threats against the owners t lots
Iv. wun wee" and rubbish,' but
uwiMK uiucn is ever none, about it
Here Is a chance for a practical reform
a
The ages-old system of punishment
of criminals. Itself folly worse than a
ci iiue. uaa passed or is passing away
forever, snlte of foe-lea and toi-tinn.
aries who always pull back when any
thing progressive is attempted or pro-
yuocu.
a
Out of the vlirormia . muenlAa
blood, but -of the brawn and brain, of
iiuiiiuiib 01- nam wonting, poorly paid
men, comes the billionaire's mighty gain.
Yea, out of the travail and soiling and
hurt, out of the stress and pain, of
women and children, helpless and weak,
comes the millionaire magnate's gain.
To church and college the millionaire
gives, and millions for pleasure he
spends; he sails summer seas, he hob
nobs with kings; to him the world
lowly bends. But the men. the women
and children toil on, their life problem
meet making ends; early aged, they
BimunBiy bijju wun reiier wnen uoa
me
. Lorimer and' Lumtjcr .
By Mark Sullivan in Collier's
Injured "' about to be expelled from the senate,
- a . . , . Ithe champion who led the fight in his
. Comblainta of Insufficient flreiee- s . . i v.
iiioriuea ai xue i8Jies.'--' t .. .. w; 1 ; wcu-mwi ihu vwwh
t a, , , - 1 in .Washington will say rreeiy that
xounir ladies or la oranfle raised Ttaiiv XMim,-m
more than UOA on tea dv for a. bath. I - .
house at Rlvarairla nnrlr " : seal ror Him,"-, It this alone Snouia not .
a luuiBiti. nuiiey next year, no ougnt
Clatsnn. oountV tlmhermen have rtntt- I dafnatr1 hv v 1 rannri nf tha flnfllno-a
ai. ,k; Yv:. .. u".Si I T T.r -1 - " v -.....,...-
u ,,,, .i, .(.yuim-10 the omhlt nt tha Tai lea-is
lature which Investigated pertain facts
ment of an additional fire warden.
1
Id not '
to be
legis-
Astoria, has com rile ted all nrotla.
tlons for the purchase of a comblna-
kindly
death angel sends.
In connection with -Mr Bailey's historr
15760 - , w" rr committee was dominated by Bailey's
. i . .iioiiua auu tn ii completely exupor ,
' The farmers of southern and south- ated him.. The official, lane-uaare of the
eastern Wasco county are to. have a twenty-first charge, and of the com- -bridge
across the : Deschutes river at mittee's exoneration '.of Senator Bailer
waupin, wnicn win give tnem a (urecxinn i - -, , -...
route to The Palles, , . v; ""'" given in iuii-
a , wi7.Hrn vnarge xs as rouowai
Imorovement and beautifies tion nnetvl "Tliat during hia tarm , of nfflcn aa
atlMnu 1. . n Mn J. I 1 I - - : T .UJ ' ' , ... .
uiHoiynoc (UUUUO tQUJUIIV UUUtfU OUtlCa IflnAlOF. V f ha 1 aalfl .1 V
sidewalks, water main extension to the i Rat ffchV harl larae 1Aa1 eu.....i...
cemetery and the grading and grassing with and for th. Ki
of the courthouse square? w'", I"l,f5. l Ary Jium-e5 com"
. ;, I " V yi , sasvr. wUli UUUII XI. B.II30y PT
sonally. ? wherein and whereby, nn
phone company is making arrangements cunt of his close connection with-the
to cable its wires under the Mount Hood Standard Oil company and other large -railroad
at the 14 points where the financial
wires cross the track. Ballev waji hiA tn iiiJnnu. a-'i.i
r . n . . . wvmtHM Ut-IUIIKlllU ID ina HH 1(1 t 1 m V
the Blue Bell! caught over a thousand J'ufnb,er rnpany, v or John U. Klrby. ?
pounds or rish Jast Monday. They also "'"4 " receivea a xee . or
sighted a school of whales about six two hundred and twenty-five thousand "
miles off the Seal Rocks. 0226,000) dollars, and an alleged Inter- !
est in the Bald enmnnnv Ati mllllAH v
Now that further street work la to Mti.ooo nnot ,h.t u .
be done, members of the. Ladles' Civic T-- Z.ZL- '""""1r:
club of Pendleton are striving to have ."T", " 1-.. V. r na .Lln,B?
the electric light and telephone wires if""1 interests so embarrass said J. W.
Blaeed underground in the business- sec- Bailey, as to render him totally unfit
on. - for and Ineligible to the office of United
I Statea aanntnr fmm TAva
Eugene Register: Fli'man fihinn. who "w '
resides at 292 West Seventh ' street. - . .. . ' i.
brought the Register a bunch of Royal W V vL. T ..'K represented
Ann cherries Friday, a total of 100 Jonn IL K'rby and the Kirby Lumber ; i
cherries sticking to a seven-bich space company of Texas as attorney in mat
on a limb, -v ters Involving millions of dollars of
Dronertv anil mnno.r. a (.1 '
Metollus Central Oregonlan: Thi wi. m.V k'.Z TrA.-" .,r; J; : i7.
a i . . . . . .. . . I -, . ' i'u uviiuet'iiuii wiLii ii ih mi l
ler nan oeen lumea into ine mains nlol it,,,iu j . " .
about the city and is now being piped " ,nd wf " nl " account of
into tne nouses in tne business section. ".' . mo eiaiiuara uwi
The new Hotel Metollus was the . first company.
building into which the water was "(b) That Senator Ballov la nut ttia
PlP&- ' owner of any of the stock of the Kirhv
. . . .. . I Lumber company and never dnl nv
rorx unorn i noune: itonari juc- i ,j - .. - ,
-ri.m .. m . i i i t auu hwk or securities exepnt atian -
i uiiitviMT-y win buuu iiiixivv n uuBinens la , , . . . -
trip to his old home in Wyoming, where Bmo ,n ror the ac
ne win ao missionary worn among nis l --"""'vuauuu ui niu ivirpy jumDer com-
old friends for Curry county its ell
mate and resources, so different from
Wyoming as tn be -unbelievable, he
rears, with all hig eloquence.
SEVEN AMERICAN FORTUNES
John D. Rockefeller.
EAR STATESMEN at Washing
ton insist that there should be
report from the tariff com
mission before any steD be
taken for revision of the schedules.
Meantime, George W. Burton, of
the Los Angeles Times, has been
sent to Europe as special agent of
the tariff commission,' officially au
thorized to collect Information to he
used as a basis for recommendations
for revision of the tariff. Supposed
ly, he is making an Impartial inves-
No 1 More Domestic Servants.
From. the Seattle Post-Intelllgeneer.
Something in the nature of a social
revolution Is now on in Chicago. Mrs.
Raymond Robins has started a revolt
among the domestic servants of that
city, which is likely to have far-reaching
consequences. There 1st a general
movement among hem to throw off,
for a starter, the designation of "do
mestic servant," or "maid," and to de
mand that they shall be known as "con-
i, . , i . . . .
rocunecung Dy a remarKaDie girl. tractlng housekeepers." Another step
But it remains a fact that the legis- which some have taken is to Insist on
lature of Illinois was corrupted and ! oln t0 work by the hour "r day. y,in
Lorimer elected.
THE TRADE COMMISSION
T
HE TRADE commission hill in
troduced by Senator Newlands
proposes a tribunal for Inter
state trade similar to the com
merce commission for interstate car
riers. The Trade commission is given no
power to fix prices. It affects only
lnter-state corporationt whose, an
nual business exceeds $5,000,000.
It requires. the filing of statements
as to capitalization, finances and op
eration, and requires all corporations
aflected to register with the com
in their own homes and being as free
from tho social supervision of those for
whom they worlras the shop worker or
the scrub woman is.
Suburban Oak Park has already sub
mitted to the system gracefully and
generally, and Mrs. Robins Is quoted as
declaring that this plan is the "real
solution of the servant problem, If we
are to have our households conducted on
a comfortablo and sensible basis."
But is .lt? If factory workers are ! equal sum.
entitled to an eight-hour day, are -not
the contracting housekeepers T If they
are successful in their present revolt,
will not the eight-hour day come, Speed
ily? There are a very much greater
number of families employing but one
girl to aid in the housework than there
are employing more, and It is. In such
families that the servant problem is the
most acute. With the eight-hour day
the mistress of the house will have to
During this month John D. Rocke
feller will be 72 years old. He Is today
reckoned the richest man tn the world.
Just how much of the world's goods this
twentieth century Croesus possesses Is
not known to himself, for his money is
Invested in so many and such varied en
terprises, that it Is with great diffi
culty that he is able to keep track of it
Like so many of the multimillionaires
of America, Rockefeller. Was born in
New York slate, but when fit was still
a boy his family settled in Cleveland.
It was ih this city that he was first
employed In the grocery business, at the
small salary of $3 a week. He early
demonstrated his commercial acumen,
for In less than two years from his busi
ness start he was cashier and book
keeper in the grocery store, and a very
short time .afterwards, having accumu
lated $1000, and being able to borrow a
like amount, with a partner, he engaged
in the produce commission business.
Then came his first great oportunity
the discovery of oil at Tltusville, Pa.
With an additional partner the firm
started la the refining of petroleum.
Into, this business Mr.' Rockefeller was
able to place $4000, and his partner an
Within a year the advance
pany pending a settlement of Us af
fairs.
(c) That Senator T?nlW 4a a hi.
ime tne attorney, of record of th
mmy juumDer company In the receiver
ship 'proceedings now pending In the
uniieu eiaies court for the southern
uisinct or Texas.
"(d) That Senator Bailey never ret-
resented the said Kirby or the Kirby
""mow company oerora mnv nr tha
uiuczji oi f ennsyivania, iaxe snore ana imrimenis or the government, and that
a dozen of the other big railroad compa- neither the said Kirby nor the Kirby
nies of the country. , Lumber company were Interested In any
ins liociceieuer income is so large- "imr oi legislation a uring the ex
that John D.' could, out of it buy con- Mtence of the relation of the attorney
trol of one great system, like the Union and client between Senator Bailey and
I'acizic, every year and never touch a -roy or saia company.
"() That said emDlovmant of Rfl Iff
day is the most colossal in the world. ?a,1y Bald Kirby and said Kirby
It Is more than twloe as large as that umo," company aid not grow out of
of all the crowned neads of Burone com- possessea oy senator
nis omciai capacity as a
senator from Texas."
Tanglefoot
By Miles
' i. Overholt
THE SALEM LIAR.
tlgatlon of wages, standards and coBt lof 'ra,lroad rebate8 refusal to allow
mission. The 'Commission may at either dispense with a maid altogether
any time cancel the registration of
corporations for Improper financial
organization, oppressive or unfair
methods of competition, acceptance
COLLEGE . SIDELIGHTS
1
HE SNOBBISHNESS toler
ated at so many of our more
pretentious schools, where
everything under heaven is
taught but good manners, good Eng-
r. jisn ana work with the hands, is nau-
seaung.
: t "Result, a generation of swagger-
ting, sort-palmed, basket tall, pink
? tea ana nriage wuist specialists
; , parasites rather than producers
mere seems to be lacking in the
r bchool faculties the disposition to
Five rnphaslg to the idea that lion-
est tollxin whatever sphere is hon
orable or useful and that it Is gen
tle ' manners that make the " world
.'.tetterr.,-',..;
',' ;These are the words of F, D. pobnrn,
' (secretary of the- Kansas state- board
r of ncrlfalriire. and though they are
: Mtter, there are douht less Institu
tion andybung men that cannot es
cape the Charge. :They we at least
words that; parents may profitably
of living and other facts bearing on
the economic question of tariff for
the guidance of the commission.
In actual fact, weird as it may
seem, this so-called expert, traveling
at governemnt expense. Is writing
special articles to the Times, advis
ing readers to stand pat. He de
clares that the demand far tariff re
vision is a fad and that American
merchants who are shouting for
lower duties in order to get the cost
of living reduced should stop mak
ing so much noise until they learn
what they are talking about.
If all the special Investigators of
the commission are like this one,
what chance is there for recom
mendations of a revision that would
revise?
access to records, or non-compliance
with any judicial decree rendered
under the Sherman act.
The commission may, In extreme
cases for such offense, debar the of
fending corporation from, engaging
or do a large share of the work herself.
Household work Is so arranged that It
carnot be successfully performed within
the limits of eight consecutive hours.
The principal probably the only meals
taken at home by the wage earners of
the family come before and after the
eight-hour period, for most wage earn
ers and salaried people work at least
eight hours a day and are. away from
home - more than nine hours dally.
The 'Chicago mistresses and .maids
will have to settle it between them; but
there Is a fair chance that the result
in interstate commerce, and It may I win be th lar"e elimination of the do
require correction of over capitaliza
tion.
GOLD
r
HERE is tvlde discussion as to
the influence of the gold sup
ply on the prosperity of the
world, and Its effect on the
price and purchasing power of
money. Two active schools of scien
tists are each- advancing arguments
in defense of its position.
One school maintains that the in
creasing gold supply cheapens money
and reduces its purchasing power by
reducing the amount of goods It will
buy. The other claims It will en
hance the .value of money, solidify
the finances of the world and . tend
to increase prosperity.
Regardless of the merits of either
school, there Is a basic fact thatj
will interest the observer. The
natural Increase In .population and
wealth of the, world makes it Impera
tive that the amount of gold should
increase about three per cent every
year. With erold as the standard of
value, the Increase In production and
natural wealth calls for this three
per cent increase in -order to hold a
safe balance.'''.
At present, the Increase In the suni
ply of 'gold Is about five per cent,
and all tho ; great gold camps are
working to capacity. , Also Mexico.
India, China and other countries are
THE BOMB OR THE BABY
T
HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Is mak
ing a grand struggle to get Ice
for the babies of the poor. The
collections up to July 6 were
only $873.60, and this, in the face
of the Immense power and circula
tion of the Tribune.
The heat wave reached its apex in
Chicago on the Fourth of July and
little children and babies shrivelled
up and died for want of the coolness
an ice pacfiS would bring. Yet on
the streets outside, not only in Chi
cago, but throughout the length of
the land, we were burning money
for flrewroks and gaudy display.
Surely patriotism is a Joke when
applied to the expenditure of money
and energy in pyrotechnics, when the
babies of the poor, the source of our
continued greatness, are tortured to
death and allowed to expire of suf
focation for the lack of a few cents
worth of Ice.
mestle servant In households of modest
means, a greater share of the work be
ing done by the hour, through the de
velopment of household "specialists,
who will serve a considerable number
of different people at different hours In
the day, and a larger dependence upon
caterers to furnish the family meal
A Massachusetts Judge has decided
that a man has a right to get drunk
on his birthday. There is no ques
tion but the decision will have a far
reaching effect In Increasing the
number cf birthdays.
A Washington, D. C, young wdmati
has inherited 12,000,000. She can
have a baron or a marquis sure, and
might get. a duke, If she will allow
tha news to filter through to Europe.
The Journal does not agree with
writers who complain of Catholic in
terest in education. Ths newspaper
still thinks that this. is. a nation of
religious liberty and that every bo
cial unit has a rfgbt to worship ac
cording to the dictates of his own
An Editor's Paradise.
From Collier's Weekly.
Fountain Inn is a town in South Car
ollna. The editor of the Tribune of that
address says he would rather have his
present position than to write editorials
for a metropolitan dally, one of his rea
sons being that in the great city he
would know a few of the boys around
the office, be on speaking terms with
the patrolman on his block (possibly),
have a nodding acquaintance with his
next door neighbor (perhaps), and know
his Janitor, while 99 out of every 100 faces
he passed In the street would be un
known. He would hunger for the open
country and board walks, for .fields of
clover, wheat and barley, and he would
miss the cackle of tha hens. In Foun
tain Inn he knows all the first names,
hardships and triumphs, virtues and
faults; he can sit up with neighbors
when they- are sick, and they will take
notice when It U his turn to die. The
town is without rich or poor, without
saloons or gambling dens; the people
like the churches,, and the children are
deemed fortunate In their school
to the refinery amounted to $120,000 and
by 1866 the business had Increased to so
great ah extent lhal Mr. Rockefeller
sold ont all his other interests and de
voted his entire attention to the oil
business, constructing the famous Stand
ard Oil works at Cleveland, Ohio.
New Tork offices were shortly after.
wards established, and In less than 10
years the famous Standard Oil company,
with a. capitalization of $1,000,000, was
started. The business grew to such
enormous proportions that in 1872 the
company increased Its capitalization to
$2,600,000, and 10 years later the Stand
ard Oil trust was formed with a capital
of $70,000,000, and In a few years this
gigantic octopus absorbed nearly all the
oil refining companies In the United
States. .
In addition to his oil property, Mr.
Rockefeller owns extensive tracts of
land In several states, Iron mines, a
number of vessels plying on the great
lakes, close to 10,000 grocery stores In
different parts of the country, so much
of the New Tork Central railroad that
he could take absolute control and turn
the Vanderbllta out tomorrow, and huge
blned. It is 86 times as great as that
of the king of England, and five times
as great as .that of the czar of Russia,
the richest ruler of any nation.
A recent calculator notes that the
Rockefeller Income Is at least $2.05 a
second, $123.66 4-6 a minute, $7420.08 an
hour, 1178,082.08 a day, $1,249,674.66 a
week, and $66,000,000 a year. With
every tick of the clock there drops into
the Rockefeller strong box more than $2,
Resistless, like a Niagara, money
pours towards John D. Rockefeller. Did
he not provide outlets for it, it would
overwhelm him. His greatest difficulty
seems to be to find channels into Which
to turn the money flood.
If the dally Income were paid to Mr.
Rockefeller in $20 gold pieces they
would number a little more than 8900.
These, piled one on top of the other,
eacn one tentn or an inch in thickness, "it waa rtnwn tn uvmm. .
would reach 74 feot two inches into the na, where I proved to my own satisfaction
r., , . lnat varm'nt have reasoning powers."
. .... uany pue oi saw the Salem Liar. "I was hiking
across tne aesert prospecting when I ln-
pounds, or m0re than five times his own terupted a fight between a rattlesnake
"h!V!.,!U5r rar.oa -very and a tarantula. The snake had se-
.i,,7,.. .I x'snir- cured a half Nelson on the tarantula and
vV.u...j u. in, nucKcieuer was Just about to choke It to death
- v '.
Income, and he didn't exaggerate much
in saying this.
In spite of the fact that Rockefeller's
charities have been enormous, his pile
aoes not seem to diminish. Upwards of
$150,000,000 has already been distributed
by Mr. Rockefeller to the general educa
tional board, the Chicago university, the
Kuan Medical college, and to research
work, Institutions, and religious work of
every description.
John D. Rockefeller Is one of the de
scendants of- Johann Peter' Rockefeller,
who was born In Germany In 1R2 and
emigrated to America with his wife. He
Is the oldest son of William A. Rocke-
teuer, wno was born in 1821
(Tomorrow J. Pierpont Morgan.)
That Was AIL
Sharply spoke the conductor: .
"Madam, you'll have to take that bull
dog into the baggage ear."
Mildly spoke the sweet faced matron:
"Pardon me, but I am lame; I shall
have to ask you to take him there."
Casually spoke the bulldog, in a low,
deep voice: ..:
"Gr-r-r-r-r-rl Ow-wowl"
"Then silence like a cataplasm de
scended to meliorate tha contusions ef
ululatlon.. . i h..--(.. -.:, ....
'.; The Latest Improvement, ,;
fi'i-' From the , New Tork CaJL'h.: v
.. Agent There Is tha motor ear you
want - Tou never-have-to .crawl under
It . to put it right. 'i , t .
Customer Tou don'tt
Agent If' the slightest thing gels
Wrong With the mechanism the oar ln-
Condemns the Smokers.
Washington Dispatch In Seattle Post
Intelllgencer. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, ths govern
ment's pure food and drug expert, has
Joined the non-smokers of America,
whose object la to discourage smoking
in public.
"I predict that within 12 years
smoking and chewing tobacco In public
will have become obsolete," said Wiley.
"A -man has a perfect right to drink,
chew or dip snuff in his private sanc
torium,' he said, "but he has not the
shadow of a right to Inflict his un
wholesome, amoki and vile breath on
the community at large,
"There should be a strictly enrorcea
law prohibiting smoking and chewing
in public places or on cars wnere otner
persons are Obliged to oe.
Enforcement or a strict law against
expectoration In the public streets has
done away with one nuisance. The
same thlngvwill happen in regard to
smoking if we can get a proper law on
the statute books. People will rot
moke where It will Inconvenience oth
ers if they realise that It will cost them
$5 per puff.
"College students, a brand of animals
not noted for their daintiness or re
gard for the feelings of others', will
crawl under a grandstand to take . a
pull from the bottle that curses. Even
these fellows will not drink openly,
The same thing will come to pass as
regards tobacco within the next few
years." : '
;..; Th,e Spider's Job.
f From the Ladies' Home Journal. .
When Mark Twain, in his early" day,
was editor of a Missouri paper, a super
stitious subscriber wrote to him saying
that he had found a spider In his paper
and asking him whether it was sign of
good luck or bad. The humorist wrote
this answer and printed Its r
"Old Subscriber: Finding a snider In
your paper! wag neither good luck' nor
bad luck for you. The spider was mere
ly looking over our paper to see which
merchant is not advertising, so that he
can go to that store, spin his web across,
the door and lead a Ufa of undisturbed
Fertilizing Elements Ih City Sewage.
From the New Tork Bun.
The question of conserving the fertil
izing elements In city sewage will soon
be vital in our country. The sewage of
nearly all American cities la piped into
rivers or lakos and carried out Into the
sea, where It is irretrievably Jost. Sew
age Is especially rich in phosphorus,
which is positively essentfal to animal
and vegetable life. The anual loss due
to the present disposition of it in our
cities is, according to A. R. Whltson of
the University of Wisconsin, equal to
two pounds of phosphoric oxide" an acre
for the entire crop area of ths United
States. In other words, we are wasting
in this manner the equivalent of 1,200,
000 tons of phosphorio rock; and as far
as can now bs estimated, there remain
to be mined only Bg.000,000 tons of
high grade phosphoric rock in the three
southern states . producing It . Fortu
nately there are still large undeveloped
resources In the far .west. The nhoa-
phorus of sewago can be saved either
by using sewage direct or by extracting
irom iv ine xeriuuy it contains. Many
may say this Is impossible. The answer
is that it has been done for ages. The
means used by China, Japan and India
to save tne. source of fertility which
we send out to the sea, may be crude.
but they are effective The conserva
tion' of this element has been - partly
aoivca in irancn ana tuuy. AS coun
tries become densely peopled necessity
will compel them carefully to save and
utillae.. every, source of fertility at their
command. China and Japan have done
this, and therein lies the secret of their
success In supporting a dense population
for many ages i without A Impoverishing
the SOiL':i;..;;:;.,,';lK.'';;.,.'!Jv
when I stepped into the fray and killed
the rattler. Why, the poor tarantula's
tongue was hanging out a foot.
"It was two years after that," he con
tinued, "when I was again traveling
across the desert at about the same lo
cality. I went to the water holes and
discovered that all were dry. For 24
hours 1 hunted for water In vain. Final
ly I gave up. I was so thirsty my
tongue was" as black as a lobbyist's rep
utation. I lay down to die, and then I
went to sleep. .
"Pretty soon I felt something wig
gling across my hand. I awoke with a
start to see a tarantula tugging at my
thumb. Then I looked again and rubbed
my eyes, for there in the sand had been
traced the words: QO noRTH 60
yaRdS waTer.'
"I lost no time in going, belleva
and there I found a spring of ice cold
water. Wall, I quenched my thirst. mnA
then I happened to think of the taran- J
tula that had saved my life. I hurried Vl
back to extend It my thanks, and I waar I
sure grieved to find that the boor lmwT I
vthlng was dead from a broken neck. t I
naa Kinea useu trying to trace an ex
clamation point after the word Waterl"
. Peaceful.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Are you troubled much armm C
by the race problem T' askod ti,.
who was seeing Kentucky. . .
"wen, no sun. Ah can's sav that
we ah," replied Colonel p(nn.,.n
"Why, sOh, as a mattuh of fAt
?onymrthsrea lyn5,n' ". lMt
s Roastin' Ears ; I
(Contributed to The Journal by Walt u..
tha famooa Kansas xt. HI. paaL . ,
jriVi.) coiumn in "Ky
Soon we'll all be gay and happy as
bay steers Soon we'll wln i-v
fbrlny, flowing tears! If we've sorrows
l. " . "in permeate
each bosom, for the season Is at hand
for roastln' ears!. For ths fancv
Frenohy dishes I have Jeers, and the- '
Waldorf bill of rare to me appears like ' .
a thing, that's out of fashion, for I havS
a perfect passion for .the good old unA-assuming-
roastln' ears! Oh. mv V
bid .farewell to griefs and feWrT an a l
rnrwhny;tuw.s. ' Vk
wikt,-- wumi ii.b corn is on the table "
and we all feel fit and ahi- .J . V."0. 1
about a ton of roastln Vw..i.7.i
.-.. . m . - ' . , . .ULIJIIIK
Their First Election, -'!:.-!'
' . ' From Judge. ?",;,:';' -'. i;
Didn't irglve you a thrill to realize
that you .Were ,xercislng the glorious
privilege- of ths' franchise?" i. : , r."
res, wasn't, .it Just lovelyT: .;.Tou
know Tom is on the ticket, and I lust
had to giggle when I put that kiss after
AnM l w. 0ld,er" "a the seers!
And my Joy's too great to utter when
I spread a wad f butt., ..L iL
grant and the temntinv .:T
Qh .the bards, will greet thirrhapZdV .'
wftH Jeers and they'irsn.,ab;uapfh0
. rSLpw? u' Vears. but there's noth
ing more inspiring than h !L".r.
all desiring,, nothing noblor than th :
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