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FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE.
PfDia ma Kentnor Co.. Bruntwlok Building,
' t25 Fifth im. New York: ISIS Paople'i
, tin Building. Clilcuro.
gubscrrptloa Terma br mall nr to any addreu
la ma urntaa ainu or Mexico.
! i DAILT.
. On year ..13.00 I na month t M
" SUNDAV.
Oaa year... 12.50 Ooa month ... .28
" , DAILT AND BUNIUT.
One year $7.50 I One month t -Oil
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Dust on thy niuntle! dust.
Bright Summer! On thy livery
of green.
A tarnish as of rust,
Pima thy late-brllllant ihwn;
And thy young glories leaf, and
bud. and flowers.
Change comcth over them with
every hour.
And suoh la August!
Oallrifrhwr.
and by land. Arrived at the inland
town they find agents prepared to
locate them, and contractors ready
to put up houses for them, The do
minion regards the Individual fam
ily as Its special charge.
Since the end of the last fiscal
year, March 81, 1911, nearly 200
000 Immigrants have arrived, di
vided about equally as to national
ity between America and Britain.
About 65 per cent of the Americana
are farmers, and 38 per cent have
settled on homesteads in the west.
About 30 per cent of the European
arrivals were farmers or farm la
borers, while 25 por cent were
classed aa general laborers and near
ly the same percentage as me
chanics.
tlons. The pulpit Joins In the
chorus of stern disapproval.
Arbitration la- world statesman'
ship, and the senate is pettifogging,
The country Is emphatically on the
Bide of the president.
STRANDED
C
AT WASHINGTON
s
ECRETARY WILSON now ad
mlts publicly that ., he author
Jzed Dr. Wiley to employ Dr.
Rusby at $1600 a year for
eighty days' service. It was for the
employment of Dr. Rusby on such
terms that Attorney General Wick
ersham plunged into fuss and fury,
and recommended to the president
that Dr. Wiley be "allowed to re-
Blgn." Is anybody now going
WITH CLARK ON THE BRIDGE
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55 ommend to the president that Secre
tary Wilson be "allowed to resign?"
It also develops that the Remsen
commission and the drug board,
whether so designed or not, have ef
fectively served the Impure food In
terests. It also develops that though the
Remsen commission authorized the
use of benzoate of soda, theVjerman
authorities condemned it, and the
EVELOPMENTS . AT Washing
ton are said to throw uncer
tainty around the plan of hav
ing the Oregon lead the naval
pageant through the Panama canal
when the gates of the great water
way are officially swung ajar. No'
laaa n. norennafrA than tViA CArratarv
of the naw is said to onnose the kr. report of the Germans to our gov-
rangement ernment is now missing.
It -would be wrong for any other ??tPT ' tbe!(Jennin
ship to have the place of honor. The liU la f W a memoran:
Oregon's claim Is based on the most destroyedJn onf.?f
conspicuous achievement in the his- i! 7L? "? J
by one of the clerks.
It is like the voucher which
showed that of $2500 appropriated
for a portrait of Justice Day, but
1MSL went to the painter whilathe
remainder was "absorbed" by some
sea. It alone is enmieh to PntlMe . -"I"""- ... lou wan miBsmg
the Oregon to the place of dlstlnc- nE" V? 11 bUt
tion, but when to it there is added !f!lU,!f"y "n-earthed: though th8
the conspicuous part she played in jirnn i. .n TT , lDe
v. j . $1700 Is still unidentified and un
punished.
Wanhlnefnn thrift mnA nr.Ai..
When the gates at Panama swing ton Z " 7". " ZJl
open to the seas, and when the In- IudlcrWwhea thej a re n ItZZ
vvi utiwvuui ba auwuicuvo ni u aoqcui- i
mea in waumg 10 pass mrougn, ine
tory of naval warfare. Her perform
ance in steaming 13,000 miles
around Cape Horn with the an
nouncement of her captaln'on arriv
al at Jupiter Inlet that' "we are
ready for immediate service" Is an"
unmatched feat in the annals of the
IIARLES LICHTMEKER. aged
18, New York, is stranded. So
are others, but none so pecul
iarly a castaway as is Llcht-
meker.
When his employer went out of
business weeks ago, Lichtmeker was
left without work and all applica
tions since have failed to provide
him with employment. His board
was overdue, and a widowed mother
without means needed money. The
boy was almost frantic.
To such, the want ads in the great
city dailies are the .constant resort,
Lichtmeker found one that, offered
$25 for bhfpd- from a healthy person
for transfuslonlnto the veins of a
typhoid fever patient In Mount
Sinai hospital.
une nunarea and r rtv persona
were there when Lichtmeker arrived
One hundred and fifty persons were
clamorous to exchange blood for
oney. Owe hundred and fifty wid
owed mothers, wives, children and
other dependents needed the poor
pittance for a pint or two of life-
blood.
And Morgan and Perkins got $5,-
000,000 for helping to organize the
steel trust, and $5,000,000 for aid
in organizing the harvester trust.
And they got Jhe $200,000,000 Ten
nessee Coal company for $29,000,-
000, without paying over a dollar In
cash.
And Charles Lichtmeker is still
stranded, and himself in a hospital.
A NEW STEEL MERGER
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old Oregon should be in the van and
hale old Captain Clark should be on j
the bridge. The Oregon and Captain
Clark are deeply enshrined In the
hearts of the American masses and
to see them at the head of this su-
MONEY WELL SPENT
T
HE BAND WAS playing in one
or Jhe Portland parks. The
space was surrounded by auto
mobiles from Which tha nnmn
perb fleef of the nations would af- pants listened to the music Thnn
ford a popular gratification beyond sands Btood, sat, or strolled under
the power of tongue or pen to de- the trees or lay on the grass In the
serine, xi woum . De- a conspicuous park.
reward for a conspicuous achieve- Stretched at full length on the
menfc In which the great ship and her ground was a workingman. His
gauani captain aia more wan an ciotnes were rough, and his skin
things else to firmly fix the eyes of brown. He was worn and spent with
- Christendom oa the -place A-merican the day'a toiL but his soul was In-
.construction, American seamanship tent on the music. . His eyes blazed
and American gunnery hold in the when the music rose In heavy cres-
naval glory of the world. cendoes, and were filled with a gen-
, Every public body in Oregon tie light when the strains grew
should make itself beard at Wash- softer and seemed to die away in
Ington. The demand from this state their own melody,
should be as thunderous as were the The chatter of voices he did not
Oregon's gunB at Santiago. Califor- hear. Nor did he see those in the
ul Is making a gallant-fight for the passing throng. All was lost to him,
Oregon, and many of the newspa- except the sweet notes and splendid
pers oi me country are aiding in tne narmony or the music, music that,
eirugsie. ii is a just cause, ana tnougn
T IS REPORTED that the Bethle
hem, Republic and Lackawanna
Steel companies are to be merged.
Messrs. Frlck and Corey may be
trusted to make the best out of such
a bargain, s
Following Mr. Morgan's precedent
doubtless the books of the new cor
poratlon will be opened with a cred
It to the vendors, representing not
only the cash values of the proper
ties but a huge sum in which an es
timate of their worth as profit earn
ing corporations will be included,
with all expenses connected with the
sale and purchase. Then the tran
sactlon will be further Morganlzed
by the addition of a comfortable
commission.
Whatever flotation is mado to ob
tain capital from the public will be
based on the aggregate of all these
figures.
But the Sherman law will be ob
served, for the transaction will
neither be in restraint of trade, nor
in pursuit of monopoly for does not
the steel corporation occupy a very
substantial portion of the steel and
Iron field?
So the new corporation will be
launched, and will be guaged by Its
ability to earn substantial dividends
on Its Inflated stock.
The common creed of capitalists
who arrange transactions of this sort
Is well shown in the address of R.
E. Strahorn, vice president of the
O.-W. R. & N. Co. at Spokane a day
or two ago. He based an appeal for
sympathy with railroads on the
ground that they could not make
more than "3 per cent for divi
dends. " 'But their stock Is watered.'
tne people say. Well, whose bus!
feet control of their machinea when f
moving through: the ' business dis- i
trict. on the busier thoroughfares
the epeed should be very light,, and
at crossings no chances on running
aown a peaestnan should be taken.
This It a rational precaution and
one that must appeal to every sane
driver. . .-.
It is s precaution that the rolice
have ample power to enforce, and is
one that they should enforce. By
requiring Its enforcement Mayor
Rushlight and the other city authori
ties can Immensely Increase publlo
respect for themselves. A few auto
drivers may object, but. the great
helpless public that trembles with
fear every time it approaches a street
crossing will applaud to the echo the
most rigid restrictions for autos on
the busier thoroughfares and con
gested crossings.
Besides, it is a good way to pre
vent automobile murders.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
HELP IT
F
ORTLAND CAN well afford to
aid the Rex-Tlgardvilie road.
One well built road is an ob
ject lesson for building others.
All along the route there is a gen
erous support of the plan. Washing
ton county .has appropriatea $3000
and there are considerable contribu
tions from other sources.
There is a mutual Interest be
tween Portland and the communities
penetrated in building this highway,
Every dollar put Into it will be an
investment that will Indirectly pay
heavy dividends. A good roa'd Is
one of the best dividend payers
known to civilization.
Many Portland citizens are con
tributing to the plan and other good
citizens should not stand back and
permit them to carry the whole load
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SMALL CHANGE - .
. .The year IM and the canal opening
will nniria mnntimm . u . " .. . 9
nVnr awu pQSBlDie,
. " ' '.''a V ';:v '.
i..YfUK15nKtAh? two eommlMlons better
Jay otl! their proposed oharters to a
When It -corneal to a onalnn ism iks
r;fl.--.;.H,ln,"""a merely cow
Aeroplanes are not narl nnm
AnyOn COUM . hav Ma4U.J ft.A
i???.1 d'PuU .1 to whether
v,ionup wai - captured. "
One might think from the number of
people aho for deer that, there was a
fools n hum"'n vlctlni of hunting
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The "Oregon system" hasn't scared
people from comlnjr to the state in
large numbers and making .heavy In
vestments. .
Considering her anteradenta
roundlng-, young- Mrs. Jack Qeraghty
aeeme to be a phenomenally sensible
young woman.
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Tha Brltfoh anvurnmant v.
rr ii. "uer mo tnuiBD or gran cap
itallsts and corporations than ours us
ually naa oeeu.
e
"Come riffht In. and ate M.h Amm
and make yourselvea at hnm Aril
sons and New Mexico and amend your
wwutuuviu iv, buu yourBeivea later.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS ,
' The labor unions of Klamath malls
will hold their Labor day picnic at
vuwm, on iu upper' .wae. -
w airier as much as
not all of them would
Letters From trie People
(Communications sent to The Journal
for publication In this department should
not exceed 300 words In length and must
De accompaniea cy the name and ad
dress of the sender.)
The Mayor's Story to Chairman
Wilcox.
Portland, Or., Aug. 21. To tha Editor
a nv - t . . " . . .
"i o juuruai. mat was a patnetio
tale told by the mayor to Chairman
Wilcox at the water board meeting the
other day. Mr. Rushlight, I know.
possesses broad sympathies, and no
doubt his hearer's feelings also were
harrowed. The account was of a poor
man who had almost completed payment
on 21 Installment lota, when the streets
were ordered paved and no money in
sight for the contractor. The Door fel
low certainly was In the tolla. Nobody
would buy his lots. Even the eon
tractor couldn't dispose of them. It
was too bad that for all thfs wait and
toil, saving and stinting there was ab
solutely nothing to show.
But did It ever occur to these svm-
pathetio gentlemen that the purchase
of these 21 lota contributed to a hard
ship upon the people of Portland t Don't
they know that the more speculation
In land the higher goes the price, and
the higher it Is held by non-users the
more of their products must users pay?
nera was a poor man who wanted to
get rich by people coming to Portland
and enhancing the value of his 31 lots.
He had no use for them. He wasn't
going to give work to others by build
ing. The lota were to be held idle un
til those who did want to build would
give up the price." But his blighting
influence reached further. Every sale
stiffening prices, how many others.
through this "Investment," did the craf
ty agent induce to get In on tha srouni
floorT
With, this instance in view, and many
others In and around Portland, it la
not hard for a sound mind to realise
the terrlflo amount of water In our
lots and acrea.
Suppose there were laws against hold
Ing land Idle that one ceuld not hold
land or lota without putting them to
good use what would be the effect on
Mothers-ln-la
other DeoDle: i
lock sone-in-law out of their own houses
because they didn't come home till after
,i Jonn Jacob and Madeline don't
act. wninea soarr, proDaDly a large
number of society people, mostly wom
en, will become more noticeably craay
than they are now.
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Most of us don't know whether Dr.
Wiley la generally right or wrong, but
the general impression Is that he la
about right in most " Instances and
should be supported.
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Ex-Senator Burrows, over In Europe,
expresses the opinion that this country
is golns; to the doers because the
are casting off machine, boss, and "In
terest" rule because he and others of
his kind were turned out of the sen
ate. , i
The Umatilla Indian agency bulldtngs
are illuminated by an acetylene gas
ui uiit aupiutea svv tumps.
. , a . "..
Rev. W. A. Elklns has resigned tha
paaioraie or me Christian church at
Cottage Grove, to take effect October 1
io accept a cnarge at ioanon.
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Albanv Herald! Tha, ' Warraii ' rVin.
structlon company has paved 81 blocks
In Albany thi year and the-work has
movea aiong without interruption.
Rev. Frank Mllnns. recantlv ttmrtmA
iiuiiiBior oi ma 'resovtriAn. pnnrrh a
Fenrtieton. will open his pastorate there
uu ine urai Bunaay in tsepiemDer.
The Dallas Lumber A Lova-ln C.n
will Install ftrefightlng apparatus and
Increase, the caDacltv nf lh intnrimr
pw uvui i.uuu.uvv leei to i.duu.uoo
. - a a : . .
Paisley Press: Tha news that nrt,
sian water la to hn had I n then a twn
valleys Is already exciting the curiosity
ui ma uuxneHieaaera. 'j'nev win annn h
fuming in Duncnes.
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Alex. Oliver of Pendleton elalms the
riucaieDerry championship, in 36 days.
In the vicinity of Meaoham and Kamela,
he picked 60 gallons. His best daV's
was nve gallons.
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Klamath Herald: Great progress is
being made by the 6trangevMagulre
company In the Improvement of the
streets of Klamath halls, and bv winter
inriB win n several ml lea or hmmthie
vomiea inorougnrares.
a a '
Merrill Record: A- lara-a nnrtv nt
iiu local people are arranging
t.i wkc a weeK in rna lava iimii ahimit
Beptember 10, under the guidance of
uncie jnariv" Merrill vim will tairm
mem into ail tne large caves'.
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Hood River News; Hharlea Orelnon
for several years assistant business
manager and associate editor of Better
ruii, lias severed his connection with
that Publication, nnri will en in U'ltmn.
ville, Cal.. to engage in business, i,
a a
Hermlston Herald: TTJrneat Kiimtiltr
has broUitht in two llmhn rut from an
apple tree. The llnibs are 44 feet long
and all this vear's growth. The wood
is well ripened. Mr. Kumbier chal
lenges any locality to beat this, whether
east or west, irrigated or non-lrrlgated.
SEVEN FAMOUS RETREATS
The. French at Toulon.
a just cause, ana tnougn spent and worn with m
should in, because thrice armed. day of -work, he Journey tn th V "U"B . "UB1;
park to hear. : "v "j"0'1 lPer? W
CPfunrim itnnnn in-ii.i 1 UU1 Ul 1U mail ADV Ona RhnnM ha
auiiui Liunuitaiiuii i ha wan mortil v a tr 1 .. . . ' I DricesT wouian't tnev com tnmhllnir
ht n nf i,.,' a. V'Z .CV JZaa .B1,uwea lo count lne el""y they down. down. down, and rents comi
pHE OREGON State Immigration ba tl ""a l.Y, . T nave DU,It UP &y tnelr own efforts, tumbling afterr
I nnmrnlinn nin n,,i,tii.. t.u . ouu mlu omce, asidft from their tnmrthlo aacxto Like so many others, neither Mr.
I eWial notice " of thrartlrle on T 110 Came to hear and revel ,n e True enough The neonle who Ru8hUght nor Mr' w,lc01' 1 am con
1 1P.. 0t rtide n music. To all of them it was vnllft. ...If. 11 "Ij,... PPJ8 Wh vlnced. realize the signlficanca of lower
vanuuian lmmigrauon oy ex- ln8DJratIon and -vladnoca ti.- "i. ' k . . uo no1 Bee any land prices. Yet it Is axlomaUo that
.r- I!. - J1 SurJay Ps "about ' J3000 for
. muum. ana now could It better spend orated. Tt atava in tha k hw much for a settler to be
m uiuauiau Buctess tje money? I. - " " uwn. i required to give but 10 years' labor
lies in securing both quantity and
quality of immigrants especially
from the British Islands and the
United States, as first and second
Cholce' of hunting grounds, then the
north of Europe people, Germans
and Scandinavians, Dutch and Danes,
Swiss, and people from the north of
France.
CAN THE SEXATE JUSTIFY
ITSELF ?
ror keeps, and dividends have to be rather than zo vears for m f.m.
earnea ana paid on it to the end Of Retaining himself the' difference would
time. The principle is always the pontrlbut9 immeasurably more to the
same. Tha nennlA mm itlvU.n. "- naican 10
,, . "" have the spending of this sum.
tne water. aa . with tn hn rn.i.nx
How is the amount of "water" hora s"9- The grocer, the baker and
determined. Rv estlmAt the candlestick maker would prosper
-Buou ut iuo reureHenT.Ativnfl i " v i ik ..- v. w. . . :
of the thre envWnmint Z less accurate, of the amount of stock 'aXZ iZ" Z"""lr lfin'"5
a. . ""v" V. WiO -Bhli.l m. a j . . ... " a.,wa .a.wv uui TT Ul rCU H.I1U
unuea States, Britain and France UB""" nuu U1 wouub ine pudiic can I watered value of the lota.
T
BKNATE HAS arHni,rnol
and arbitration treaties already
by the representatives I
signed
! The right people are sought in all have failed to receive thn rnon 06 expected to subscribe for when But there ls presented a better meth-
these countries through agencies es- of that august chamber as presented
tabliBhed by Canada there. There to it. It is not the first time that
are nine Canadian immigration dis- the- senate has declined to ratify a
..1.1. . 1L. ,"1 ..-1 .. I 1. T I , ,, . ...
inula iu iuo nnusu isianus, an un- tjenerai aroitration treaty.
the days of issue on the market ar- J!? ..... P.60.1"0, w to prevent the
rive. Who sets the figures? Th .St. iSi.. " 'i"?16: la
disclosures before the Stanley steel discharging half his force, and direct
corporation committee enable us to lnR tho6 retained to concentrate all
- ,a uaij . - i . a
der the inspection and control of an In the case of the so-calle.1 Hav form a eood ,dea- HaTe th Public ,."Kf.Ilir,a Jfl" - "!.a,,lp? 5"ect
T tiij .....)!.. .(.IA. .. . anv Infnrmntlnn In nT,nn I u wii do bu
" juii.cu Dujioo oa. ut xova n Was provided that 7C . roonah as to hold 21 lots out of
able man,
there are no less than twenty, also
In
each Dartlcular ms '. .ni.i tno Proportion the "equity they have Thera would ba then no lndueamant tn
, , , .. . r . .. . r "f"1""' 1 Knf n t-h-i- ... . . . "
DupervistMi oy a icauer 01 exceptional agreement aetming clearly the mat u men- wwu onorw Dears m.wvi v mprgya ,
qualifications. ter In dispute" and nhe scone of t0 the "tanK,ble Property"? Not lnJ??u to1 ?
o(n- tv.j. v.. . .. 1 . .BCOPe or -mairiM Thm vn.it.i. 1 m- benefits would result The home-1
uiciuuuH out on a smaller mo powers or tne
scale, are followed in all tie other should be concluded.
arbitrators,"
Tha Rflnnta
countries designated. substituted "treatv" for "ao-rv.
fTk. UJ . Ami I . I . . . 0
iuw uiu oiiioea in ine various mem," making its own advice and
uiBincis are seieciea wnence corres- consent necessary in each case.
poLdence from those centers is start- Thereupon the pending 'treaty was
cu, tmeii wnu larniers, ana inose aroppea.
iuwibbwu iu tue iarm. u;acn ais- to eliminate the possibility of
" ufusuua wun ampie sup- iroume or a similar kind in the new
plies of the best literature. treaty an express stipulation was
,1 ma . is pui me Beginning or the drawn by the negotiators for the
wora. no agents give rree lec- united States and has been -admitted
tures in every little town, and get and accepted by both Britain and
into personal contact with the au- France. It is provided that the spe
dlences. Bte: eopticon views are cial agreement, which u
used tor illustration, with plenty of every case of arbitration, shall be
uuuwcmiiuic eimea ana iiiniB. Many made on the Dart of tha TTnt
other
America. The English law de- nV i.T, Zm k. , . OB-w
manOS It. ha wouldn't h fln1 tnr Knin. ki.
All preliminary contracts ara I house; the merchant, by tha reduction.
there open to public inspection prior wou,1 havl lw rent nd taxe" t0
tO Dublin lHRiiflB nf ntnom- nm v" j iranexer 10 mo oustomers, ana all Dank
10 puDUO issues or StOClr Or bonds. Urs and all capitalists wouldn't ha ti.ra
And the directors of a new company of record to those who have had a umb
are held responsible for the verity at th ssor,e books.
and, completeness of the information. L Thl" aueston f taxaUon certainly
a c LA8COMB.
REDUCING AUTO MURDERS
ITHIN A FEW hours, ona
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Single Tax.
Portland. Or . Ails'. . T m irlf A.
Portland ' street Intersection f The Journal in answering Mr.
furnished two automobile Henry's letter published on August 16.
accidents.
A boy of five
Mr. Lasoomb asserts that taxes should
pe levied not in proportion to ability to
Prince Eugene of Savoy had been
wonderfully successful In his earlier
campaigns during the war of the Aus
trian succession. He had command of
the Imperial troops In the memorable
battle of Blenheim. Again he defeated
the French with heavy loss at Turin.
He was almost the equal in these en
gagements with the great Marlborough.
But his success against the French was
not to be continuous. Vendome. in
whose hands was placed the command
or tne rencn forces, began in a mess
ure to restore the fortunes of his coun
try. He won a brilliant victory over
Prince Eugene at Luxzara, and the lat
ter was compelled to fall back towards
the mountains of Tyrol.
With the victory of the French their
arrogance increased and with this ar
rogance the disgust and 111 will of Vic
tor Amadeus. The duke withdrew from
the camp and began to listen to over
tures from the powers in the great al
liance. Reports of the secret Intercourse
of the duke with Austrian agents
reached Louis XIV, Who sent immediate
ly orders to Vendome to secure and to
disarm the Piedmontese soldiers, who
were fighting under French standards
at Mantua.
This disarming was achieved by
treachery at San Banedetto, on the J9th
oi September. 1703. savoy retaliated by
the arrest of the French and Spanish
ambassadors, and war was declared on
October 6. The moment was ill chosen,
for Victor had barely 4000 men under
his orders. The whole of Savoy, was
Instantly overrun and most of the town
fell Into the enemy's hands In 1704 and
1705, and the French armies appeared
at last under the very walls of the
capital.
Was It a Hand Made
1 Panic y; '-
From tke Detroit News
If the American nubllo shows first
extreme bewilderment and then renews
its very general suspicion that the panlo
vi ipui waa m nana mHQH uiwii
Off for a aneolfia numose. that suspi
cion Is warranted by the circumstance
In the dlaclAMiira hafnre- the Btanle
committee, George W. Perkins exhibited
two separate and distinct individual
panica . One occurred when the com
mittee insisted that he tell how the
campaign, fund contributed by the bis
corpora ifbns was raised and distrib
uted. The other came, with a burst of
Indignation, when it was intimated that
the panic waa the result of deliberate
manipulation, when the steel trust
wanted to compel the holders of Ten-
ncsse Coal ife Iron shares as security
for loans to drop those particular hold
ings into the hands of the trust.
It was testified on the stand that
the brokerage firm which, the Morgan
men insisted must be saved from fail
ure In order , to atoo the nanlo was not
Insolvent; that In addition John W.
Gates and several other men of big
capital had offered to come to the res
cue and tholr offer was refused because
it was not needed. That in snite of
that, two eminent men of the steel trust
hurried to Washington, to make cer
tain representations to President Roose
velt and Induce him to consent to the
merging of the T, C. I. properties
with those of the steel trust regard
less of the law.
NOW comes President Thome of tha
Trust Company of America, testifying
that when the financial pinch came In
New York, Mr. Perkins came to the
office of that Trust company and asked
to see the book In order to determine
the financial condition of the concern.
and how It would stand in case of a
panic. President Thorne says that Mr.
Perkins told him that the class of se-
curl ties was good, that the business waa
all legitimate and that the Trust com
pany was all right He adds that that
very night of October 82. Mr. Perkins
gave out information to the New York
Times to the effect that the Trust
Company of America was In nrernrloua
snapp, but would be helped. The news
reached the Associated Press, but was
deemed so dangerous and ill-advised
that it was not sent out Tha mere nub.
licatlon in the Times precipitated a run
and next day the Trust comoanv of
America paid out $13,000,000. The con
oern borrowed money on its securities
and weathered the storm an Coir, hnt h
loss of public confidence was so rennral
that other banks and trust companies
went aown. President
Thorne thlnkn
tho rannrt a . .... .v.. . v- m a
C:"iCA?i"i" 0fJLls C0U8ln VJ- P-ny of America was the storm centir
-J r. or tne panic was intended to pre-
met with a severe check at Cassano, cipitate trouble on that hank in nntar
SSonl-V C'nat0' but his skillful an- toPdlvertTrouMe trl otnt? banki He
Pi!rtV' was called away to thlnKa that Perk,n. d,d not f-
Flander. and Prince Eugene so out Hciously, but Just foolishly.
r irevfctor8arTuTnr8aTht- . W' nd rouCh " '
had bLun th. J ,Frpnch e evidence tending to sustain the
the 13th ot t " f-fofi ThLPia?Kn Pcion that the panlo was the result
tween mm ,d snnos 1 17 i ,rn of """"Potion and that Perkins waa
S o, .nmerv with ?h w th6 un''tting agent of the master
Prince ir ?arlf in Li craftsmen In the background. Certain
feached th? Tl IUJa" that when men who were so
he'ir monr!nte1ex:cth
arew In awful illanrr rw. rtr..i f
The war had. however, been waoWl
with different results beyond the Alps,
where the allies were victorious In every
instance. Prince Eugene appreciating
pursued not only by the victorious
troops but also by the peasantry who,
besides attachment to their princes,
obeyed in this Instance an Instinct of
revenge against the French who had
barbarously used them.
Out of 60,000 to 60,000 men who sat
down before Turin In March, hardly
20,000 recrossed the Alps in September.
Three of the French generals lay dead
on the field; 6000 prisoners 'were
marched through the streets of the lib
erated town, and 65 French banners
graced tne main altar of the cathedral.
In the following year, Victor and Eu
gene, greatly against their ineli nAttnn
were induced by the allies to undertake
an expedition aaralnst Tnnlnn whi.u m,.
aH -previous Invasions of that province,
led to utter discomfiture, and the loss
of 10,000 combatants. An attack upon
Brlancon. equally undertaken against
the sound judgment of the Duke of
Savoy, won back Exllles, Perosa. Fene-
streiles. and, one by one, all the re
fts with which, during those wars.
,, onsuing. The war slack-
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
DODOINO THE COIXECTORS.
"If I could just eliminate,
Intimidate, annihilate
The bill collectors on mr beat I'd
soon have wealth galore."
J said that to a guy one day
who said he'd stay until I'd pay:
And so I killed him with an axe,
which left but thirty more.
ened In Italy, and the fates of Europe Ne.xt 3a'r 1 bo"Bht a pound of rice:
,nc i ut, ruiuBiiiK ice-
That cut the loe collector out and
len Dut twenty-nine.
tha enjoyment la not as great as Mr.
Henry'a. The physician apparently
contributes to the support of the gov
ernment according neither to his ability
krior to the benefit received but this is
more likely the fault of the assessors
and tax collectors than of the tax law,
Mr. Lascomb will undoubtedly show
me where I am wrong In the foregoing.
At the same time will he answer this?
If the erection of tha Multnomah Hotel
has increased the value of neighboring
property why will not the assessment
and taxation of this property at its in
creased value give the desired result T
The owner ot that land has new and ad
ditional value. Must the assessors wait
until he has put up a new and good
looking building 'before they get some
of that new value in taxes?
And finally will Mr. Lascomb cease to
let the aesthetic play a part in his ar
gument? He would not have us believe
that buildings now old and ugly under
the present system of taxation will be
replaced by new and beautiful' ones un
der the single tax. For many reasons
the residents of Rose City Park may de
sire the single tax. but aurelv not to
J ret brush and weeds off their vacant
ota There Is a city ordinance to care
for that ROBERT PIKE.
were decided in the Netherlands.
Tomorrow Charles XII of Sweden.
that ii i.A aeTOOCrat'. remembering
-"J democracy, and not "commls-
, .i V . 1 Deneflt Portland. Pref-
.ci.wtt. young is uemocratl
And then I threw my clothes away,
rtuvi mm next nay a areas or hay,
Ana men but twenty-eight were left,
with quaking down the line.
',ved on rlc9 for many moons.
mmVmt WMt democracy In the Which cut out half a dozen more ob-
charter. consequently they do not want
noxious men of gall.
preferential vniinn . k. ii Ml built a
might have a representative on tli AT,he, " and nats nl'flas,
"commission" and it : wnV.M h! And, lived In much seclusion till the
f?- fellow that work wlth bands
life began to pall.
i?-ahZ an?tn.,n V do with a sanoti- And? then a thought occurred to mar
iu commission charter." 1 1 couldn't see where I waa free
I have nothlno- inin.r - . . I For stfll I had mv
ed should clear th. w fhr."" move on when worries come?
should clear the
ownership and do away with the Jokers
that abound in every section of our
present charter.
Come, clear the way,
inais going some." I'd softlv hum.
And then I figured how to put
collectors on the blink.
then clear
the rV14 .I..ve'rot the pe t la:
ln" I've got It fast nailed to the mast:
lelrl When bill collectors swarm around I
nfir'tli!6 idead ranches from the path: A1? when last they flnJ me out
9,ur hP In the aftermath 1 hv o doubt what I'm about:
Blind creeds and kings have had their
vAflrn ond a rltlvar. nt mji " .ecu uw iu pruyuruon to aDiiuy to
years and a citizen, of middle age pay but according to privileges enjoyed,
paid, in serious Injury, the penalty Are not these mere phrases and are not
agents are supplied with automobile., first, iw ' "VA u.."""?.u OI D.emB "large on a Public thor- Lax!f "v,e on. Ptty
and wagons, and scatter literature the rr7ZrI.W r The .B?ot an;
1. PTh.c lending every British government in turn reserves de . ?
i ' "- "iwu vl luo iQtt. uiw;viui iiu uiiuiuiQBtea ownersnip or
an, who holds the
country market, fair, or shov
But tbe essence of snecM. Ho. in .n. :,7:r." .7 cmne is described as 20 to 25 miles ncofne-proaucing property. Each con
!,. , , , . . i . .u.i-6U.0iiuiig uuminions
ovr two iiiipreaaion or man wnose interests mav h nffaxtoi
an hour.
. . . l iwhj am a a tjm.ijin. i . t-r-kiTinTin.i aa au A. . .
on manthe individual work. Still the maloHtv nt th L."a.lu'.'.D tt 1"1BH. Dr city. city, the county and the state and ih.
tributes to tha funds raised by taxation
for carrying on the activities of the
ire enjoyment of each, as a property owner.
It does not and there; ! Any Immi- to destroy th busy bee- ' "je results given by the honest ex-
ine treaty, and
uciicr luuumoo DO.Ween the two UnH nnm in . , ?"" property
- - " a'uv.vo vi " v...., Uq uatui more pro-
hives of pepple who crowd the nava- P,naltr of these funds Is In proportion
ments. swarm r,vr th J-!if h h' th of the com-
- - .KAJ 1,1 I IBM! II VH 1 mi HM aa K-gnMa BV A aa
trance to the country develop ten- better conditio, 'w.a. SWH.
dencles to crime Aor
i. tectlon (not in degree but in amount) aa
wiuimuu not oniy io ine over- Portland,
r'hpaa "ot" moT enjoyment ha pays more
These people are taxes and is able to pay more. It doea
. to their destination on tto Uc&Z LwXlL2 .ftDd fhe,r Com,n8 olng. shouli not that Mr. Henry's prope 1." 'roal ".V- S a. long a
which tover the travel hoth h " . , -w fc"'UiaJr re- De at perennial peril of their lives iaia ana ine Pny"ician money out at posutlon can
i nica cover tne travel both by ocean J llgious journals of all donomina- Drlvers of autoa ahoM lz lntrMt-. Privilege is the .am-... 0lty.
"- . ..". ,.; . f"-cumy,oi person, property, etc though J . Let the
tJommission Government.
Portland, Aug. S3-To the Editor of
The Journal May I say a word about
commission government? By the way
the supporters ot commission charters
talk, you would think that Oregon had
never had anything to do with com
mission form of government and that
commission of five members would
make Portland a real paradise: but have
we not got some commission govern
ment tight here in Portland?
we have a "school board that is
commission form of government and is
it a howling suocess? .
We have a commission government in
every county in this state. We have
two county commissioners and a county
judge in this county. And we are just
pow harvesting Some of the fruits of
that commission government down at
tke Llnnton Xockplle.
' Remember that Perry M. Barker was
in the hands of a commission govern
meni wnen ms neaa was beaten to a
pulp In their dungeon. And don't for
get that we have a commission dungeon.
and a commission "jackpot" Investiga
tion, we also nave a "commission court
house thart Is about -one year behind
time. AU of the above are the fruits
of a commission form of government
and "it Is by their fruits that we shall
know 4hem."
No city has an honest city govern
ment that has Its. publlo servioe util
ities in the" hands of money getting cor-
no city will get rid of
,s the publlo service cor.
make money by "working"
charter makers make
char-
Our hODB im In k ..!.. "
Star-led to build thrwortdagala. V '
To .this event the ages ran.
,w,?Vai:''brotherh6od-make r
H. P. WAQNON.
Babies That Can Be Adopted.
Ptla?1' 0r" Au s- To the Editor
of The Journal. I would like to 'say to
those kind motherly Women who feaUed
to see baby boy for adoption tot I
found, on vlsltinsr mv iirt.il I.t
innvQOmdnth.?arltal.h0,8pUa, elh 4 babies
yhT uUM be proud to claim
as her own. There's nothing under the
sun that can repay a woman as the
love and confidence of a mi. .1.1,..
There's not a day that we haven't some
;k .T, ' cnua s love. 1 was told
that babies could be adopted out of
Good Samaritan hospital without much
rjv tona TVa 'l. i 1 a
- unuies nave many
comforts, but all babies need to be
mothered. m. a OADES.
2 merely move another time and dodge
iiv vail iv pax.
The Bathing Girl.
The bathing girl
Will soon declare
She hasn't got
A thing to wear.
And Judging by
Her garb, forsooth,
We'll all believe
She tells the truth.
Springfield Union.
Tne Wise Investor
(Cpntrlbntjd to Tha Journal by Watt Moaon.
the famou. Kaoaaa poet. Hl prow-poemt ra a
JownVl ) COlU"U 10 "
I often y gold bricks by mall; in
ract I m always Bending kale to fakers
here and fakera there, and rainbow deal--ers
everywhere. Tve blown myself for
ure, uhu orange groves on Oreen-
Oregon's Wool Product
Portland. Or.. Au. is ta ,- tri. Hand's thore, and meerschaum mina a
of The Journal. To settle a dispute moo?llBht P,ants. ginseng, and rubber
arrising out of the editorial in this phantB' Th takeT "t me in their
ovtminge paper, -xne wool Veto," will " wina ana Belgian
you please state through your paper. ?,le" ?utJ"hen .my. feUovr townsmen
what is the amount of Oregon wool I a, ' an,J aft ma 10 Invest in stock to
used by the woolen mills of th ""D Bome locfl-l enterprise. I am eon.
Also what Is the. value in dollar., anserva"v amJ wl' "Nay, nay" I or.
cents of the wool before It is manufao- L;2U' BCtmes are merely wild
iureu into ciotnr , 1 7 . 1 cannot spend my
TWO JOURNEYMEN' TAILORS. vfn Irn .. .he,p t0 mftke tM
tThe amotint of raw Oregowoni u.,a I il?.". Yur Ach.omes would yield
this year by the mills of the stat7 1 ZZJlL ? Zn mr "oul with
aaa, - . u'.vvi, fcii v, a, waiiL in a mw v y . .
naiiu uvor nana, and navar
esumatea at . 750,000 pounds. During
normal seasons . the consumnttnn .
about 4,000,000 pounds. The price this
year averages about 15 cents.
"'A Good Answer. - .'
From the Chicago Tribune. -"Why
do you women' want to. su Intn
politics, anyway?" ! , ;
"We simply , want to show that we
can't make any worse mess of lt-than
you men do." . , , ,
cease., so I'll buy lea in Hudson's bay.
and mines a .million miles away and
wireless stock and pickled snakes and
gravel pits end other fakes." I think
my. view is safe and sane, yet people
say I give them pain, and now and then
a vagrant egg breaks on my bosom or
my )eg. and now 'and then a long dead
cat comes up and hits me on the hat '
Cepyrlget, ISM, by
Georga UatUiew Adama,:
Comfit I
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