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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER .19, 1011.
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die our foes
Save that It seems even duller
- duller than repose:
Come when it will we snatch
the life of life
When lost what reeks It by
aisease or stnre? ayron.
WISE ACTION
T
HERB was wisdom in the act of
the people's charter committee
last night in determining to
remove the preferential system
rfrom the body of the charter and
.'submit It and the eliminating pri
mary on equal terms as alternative
.propositions. It is a manifestation
" of the same sane purpose that has
1 generally marked the deliberations
of that committee.
. The objections voiced against in
eertlon of preferential voting in the
body of the charter were not neces
sarlly objections to the preferential
system. They were rather objections
to complicating the charter with pro
visions that are almost wholly new
and to a considerable degree 'revo
lutionary.
What Is Immediately desired In
Portland Is to get a good commis
sion charter passed. The preferen
tlal system Is not well understood
and there will be some difficulty In
fully explaining it. It eliminates the
direct primary and provides for the
nomination and election of candi
dates at the same time. It will meet
with tome opposition by old and
tried friends of the direct primary,
and that would have made some
votes against the commission char
ter.
The changed plan of the commit
tee provides against the risk of los
ing votes for the charter on such an
account The proposed charter as
-Dow planned will get the votes both
.of direct primary and preferential
people. The Issue of preferential and
direct primary will be settled strict
ly on Its merits, and the question of
adopting a charter proper be tested
out strictly on its merits.
A next move to vitalize the whole
movement Is for the two charter
committees to manage to get togeth
er. Union ought not to be difficult
Commission government is commis
sion government, and on ' the pre
sumption that all the gentlemen on
both committees favor pure commis
sion government an agreement ought
to be as easy as it would be effective
In giving the citizens of Portland
that which they are demanding.
AN EXPERT OX AMERICAN
SHIPPING
foreign rnrta every man Is a trade
drummer for his own home." .
- It needs no .words to point this
moral to citizens of Portland at this
moment. Stimulation of home owned
steamship lines has for Its motive
force the maintenance of the natur
al advantages of a sea port against
the artificial control of land trans
portation roads.
WHY NOT?
A'
DVOCATE8 of Guggenheim
conservation now tell us that
the coal in Alaska Is of little
value. They say the Bering
river coal can only be marketed as
briquets.
Then why all this turmoil? Why
this hint that if the government
doesn't open Alaska on the Guggen
heim plan a republic composed of
tltlon not only in his own i country,
but in the case of -is wheat, corn and
cotton in competition with every
farmer In the world, for the price of
his product Is fixed In foreign
markets. -
Every working man in Oregon and
every working man In the country
has to stake his wage and his toll
against the. competition of almost
every other worklngman in the coun
try, for every employer is selecting
his help in the open market and buy
ing it at the lowest figures obtain
able, quality always considered.
Every telephone operative, every
bank clerk, every elevator operative.
every blacksmith, every farm labor
er, every cab driver, every logger,
every miner, every mill operative
every mercantile clerk, every stoclr
man, every artisan of every kind and
every toiler of every kind Is in open
and keen competition with all oth-
the Pacific states might be formed?
If there are no rewards for the i
miner in Alaska, why have tho Gug- Vpt ABh , nf fl,ftQfl 00
genhelms spent $20,000,000 In en- rate, ' Rnd coectlTe, are ' f
trenching themselves In the terrl-1 mnct nf thotr ,,ta no ' Mna , .
7 1 .MZ 'I.?0 fZLl i ket in which the processes and ln.pl
IJCUUg ilCIU, TV LA . UiU LUU VI Uf,
genhelms spend $1, 600, 000 on Con-
sham's official recommendation to
the president that ''triVUey: be
allowed to resign f .'!- - -
Wide as Is the repute of Milwau
kee on account of Its reform 'gov
ernment, the Incident has not served
to dim its fame as a producer of
certain brands of beer.
Kansas people are described by a
newspaper headline as afraid of
volcano. Probably it Is only a stray
standpat politician in eruption.
Mr. Taft may not know In which
direction the tariff question is going.
dui ne Knows it is on the move.
The president Is to deliver 200
speeches. If Togo, the silent one,
were only here now!
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
THE students of the University of
California listened, the other
day, to a remarkable address
by Robert Dollar, the father of
the Dollar line of steamships.
Mr. Dollar sketched the history of
the American marine, from the high
water mark of 1861 to the present
time, when there is less than 800,
000 tonnage of American ships en
gaged in foreign trade.
He assigned three causes: 1 The
Civil war. 2 -The change from
wooden to steel ships. 3 Restric
tive laws and with these he groups
the high cost of ship building labor
In this- country.
Condensing his remarks on re
strictive legislation these laws and
regulations ,are given. Laws for
measurement of American ships re
quire about 30 per cent higher meas
urement than demanded by other na
tion! Thus our ships have to pay
80 per cent more for wharfage, dry
dockage, pilotage, and all other
Charges that are assessed on a ton
nage basis. Next, in the engine room
department Americans are required
to carry many more high-priced men
than the ships of any other nation
ality. Saying that he could have
gone on indefinitely with such re
strictions ne added that Lloyds is
sued a rule two years ago compelling
an additional premium of 1 per cent
on insurance of American vessels.
For remedies It Is suggested
by Mr. Dollar that laws should per
mit Americans to buy ships any
where as cheaply as their competi
tors. And, second, that they be al
lowed to operate them as cheaply.
As facts he states that the smallest
steamer that he has, one of GOO tons,
costs $78 a day to operate under the
American flag, while the largest, one
of $000 tons, under the British flag,
Costs but $83.30 per day. In each
case fuel and insurance are excluded.
, It is claimed by. him that Ameri
can ship owners can regain their for
mer.preBtlge on the ocean If the two
Changes in legislation that he advo
cates are made.
Meanwhile he urges strongly the
ownership of vessels in their home
ports In these words, "A ship owner
will do everything he can to get a
cargo to and from his home port, so
that be can there attend to the re
pairs of his vessel, to outfitting and
buying.. . . Officers and crew
Ml want tp get to their home port,
where their families live So that In
troller bay, the terminal for the
Bering river fields?
Capital knows a good thing when
it sees it. When it spend3 a dollar
It expects several In return. All
these ululatlons by the Guggenhelms
press against conserving the re
sources of Alaska for the people,
and all these hints at open secession
have significance. Mining engin
eers have been swarming through
Alaska for years, and this spending
of millions, these bitter assaults on
Plnchot, these hyena howls against
conservation, these anathemas hurled
by those who want Alaska for
the few at those who want Alas
ka for the many, all mean that the
barons of mineral Industry and their
understrappers know the value of
Alaska and are determined to gather
In its rewards If they can.
If, as Guggenheim conservation
ists say, the coal in Alaska is worth
less, why keep up the turmoil? Why
not drop the subject? Why not con
sent to conservation and let the gov
ernment open Alaska at once on a
basis of cheap coal.
nients of original manufacture, are
non-competitive, and the price fixed
by gentleman's agreement or 'actual
combine.
Mr. Taft made the blunder when
he started out on his 1909, tour in
first Indorsing Aldrlch and then de
claring "the Payne-Aldrich tariff the
best ever enacted." Is not his In
sistence that we must expect that
Big Business must bt allowed to "get
along without competition" a more
serious blunder than any he has yet
made?
He has declared for a socialism In
which the captains of Big Business
instead of the state are to be guard'
lans of the multitude.
Letters From the People
A NATIONAL CRIME
THE FIRST WAVE
C
A'
N organization is proposed In
Portland for a struggle against
social vice, physical contaml
nation and the evils that sur
round youth and destroy homes. Its
preliminary meeting was held at the
Young Men's Christian Association
last night,
Revelations to have stirred Port
land to Its foundations were made by
physicians and others. A long list
of cases of physical contamination of
girls as young as 13, and, boys even
younger, that have appeared in the
Juvenile court, was put In evidence
HEAP colonist rates went into
force four days ago, and.
according to the advices from. by Judge Gatens, disclosing condi-
rauroaa centers in tne east, tlon that are shocking. The harm
a flood may be expected In j that is falling ' on the innocent
Oregon within the next thirty ' through the fault of the zulltv was
days. What preparations have been set forth by eminent Portland nhvsl-
made for its reception? The first clans, whose earnest protest, born of
wave will probably strike eastern ! their professional knowledge of the
Oregon, where the news of the great situation, constituted disclosures. al
emplre in cheap lands and in irii- most beyond belief.
gated lands, will show results In Ninety per cent of the oparatlons
carload after carload of Immigrants I performed on wives In the case of
from the middle and northern i one notable surgeon was announced
States. as due to the Dhvalcal contamination
How will they be welcomed? They ; of husbands.
are not pioneers, and will seek nec- The need of Instruction in sex hy-
essary Information for their start in j glene In the home and schools, and
new life, a new country, among the appalling consequences that re
conditions strange to them, first i suit from lack of it were enunciated
from those who have preceded them, i by men who were not sensationalists,
It Is much to be wished that more but calm, practical Portland doctors
SMALL CHANGE,, ,.
If we can't set beer, there'll be plenty
water.
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It seems two can play at the game of
siaie wiping.
The Mexicans seem to do their cam
palming principally wlth guns.
Portions of the summer girl have re
tired irom view tin next summer.
Mexico seems to need a Dies, after
au; one witn nis you in renewed. .
The old atvle nartlsan anellblnrier will
oe less in evidence next year tnan aver.
a
Good and evil, thousrh thev may not
associate Intimately, are always near
neighbors.
Can the Wehrman or the Hill mur
derer ever have a night's good sleep?
ii seems unpossioie.
The. mora common thousht-orayer Is
to be delivered from the conseauenoea
or yielding- to temptation.
Oregonlans are or should fee oroud of
sam Li. Bimpaon poems, one or mem
on the battleship Oregon!
Many physicians' and undertakers
thrive on the Faclflo coast but statls
tics show It to he tha healthiest portion
oi tne united states.
If the weather man ' were really re
sponsible for the weather, there are
mes when even In this favored climate
he might need a bodyguard.
There are occasional anella in Oregon
when It would be found difficult to con
vict a man of a serious crime on ac
count of swearlnr a little at the weather.
With five times as many births as
deaths and a death rate of only 4 per
1000 per annum. Linn county aeema not
to be urgently In need of advice from
health faddists.
e
The Florida Shakers Who killed a sis
ter who was hopelessly ill and suffer
ing- from tuberculosis did her a kind
ness, and what they thought a duty, but
it would hardly do to allow this to be
come a general practice. v
progress had been made In creat
ing experimental farms, and In the
locating In each county of expert
advisers for both the newcomers and
for those already there. But the
who have daily evidences In their
professional life of the ravages to
physical organization due to ignor
ance. Prom the same men came pro
test against the prudery that ob-
information heretofore gathered of .tains with parents and the public In
the results of diverse crops and new 'speaking of such matters, matters
farming Industries in eastern Ore-I they asserted that are vital to social
gon is of decided value, and should : and home welfare
be popularized In every possible way. The proposed organization should
The local development leagues i have the good will of every citizen.
and commercial clubs already estab- j It approaches a field of usefulness
Ushed have a great opportunity. I that has been almost unoccupied. It
They will meet these Immigrants on Is a national crime that the Subject
the threshold of their arrival and j has been bo long neglected.
will be able to provide them with
honest and disinterested advice as
to values and possibilities of lands
offered to them. The Oregon Devel- i
opment league, having its head-!
quarters at the Portland Commercial i
club, will, doubtless, see to It that !
full supplies of reliable literature I wh,cn tne dead premier followed so
about all districts in the state are j ruthlessly had three main objects,
THE DEATH OF STOLYPIN
ITH the death of Stolypin, re
ported yesterday afternoon,
the tragedy of Russia enters
another phase. The policy
W
in the hands of the local leagues.
A certain proportion of the new-
first, the strengthening of the auto
cracy by the suppression with an Iron
comers will not be satisfied to lo- I Dan1 of every movement of the edu
cate In the district where they land
first. There should be suppression
of all local Jealousies and a general
cated classes whence he foresaw dan
ger to the Image of gold with feet of
clay. Second, the Russifying, as he
desire to upbuild and not to depre- j called it, of the nationalities who yet
elate other regions which may be ! neIa t0 any individuality, to any pos-
more attractive to them than those smi'lty 0f survival of national tradi-
where these people first land. All
for Oregon should be the watchword
of Its citizens.
A MOMENTOUS UTTERANCE
E can get along without
competition." Such was
a momentous declaration
by President Taft in an
address at Detroit yesterday. ---
His statement was: "We can get
along without competition; we can
get along without monopoly, and the
business men of this country must
square themselves with that neces
sity. Either that or we must pro
ceed to state socialism and invest the
government with power to run every
business."
It is a proclamation that Is noth
ing, If not striking. It is Insistence
that , we must turn our backs on the
hope of competition. In effect, it
Is open and frank confession that
the huge industrial combine which
manages by a "reasonable" manipu
lation to eliminate competition is a
legitimate and to-be-expected way of
doing business, and that the business
men of the country must not look
for anything else.
Meantime, almost every business
establishment in Portland is In the
midst of a keen and constant com
petition. Almost every business man
In Oregon has a competitor whose
prices and whose efforts In pushing
his business must be met. . " '
Every farmer ,in Oregon and every
farmer in America is In the midst
of a constant competition, a compe-
tlons of freedom. Third, the exten
sion of local, or rather of district,
organization of identical type to all
outlying parts of the huge empire.
This, It will be noticed, involved the
brutal extinction of the ancient
rights of Finland, although the czar,
as grand duke of Finland, had sworn
to their preservation.
The dead man has paid for his
policy With his life. It remains to
be seen where and hrw soon the czar
will find another agent as devoted,
as able, and gifted with such Indom
itable courage.
There is no doubt that the Jews in
Russia have every reason to fear a
terrible outbreak of anti-Semite fury,
for Bograf is said to have been an
"orthodox Jew." The story of his
life will never be known to its depth.
Whether he was a secret police agent
in fact, or If he was a revolutionist
in soul who wore the mask of a se
cret agent to gain access to his vic
tim these questions will, In all
probability, never be solved. He will
disappear In the darkness of a Rus
sian prison and be heard or Been no
more.
The delay In getting returns from
the prohibition election must move
the governor of Maine to say to the
other governors-wbat .the gentleman
In South Carolina said to the gen
tleman In North Carolina.
The president has given the coun
try a grateful acknowledgement .of
the services of Dr. Wlley What
about Attorney General Wlcker-
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themselves. The other recognises the
ngnt or a Tew specially-favored to con
trol the affair of the many. Tha first
mentioned Is modern Democracy, and the
other is modern Republicanism when ap
plied to politics. We have outlived the
king age. Our educational advantages
are going to develop a generation of
men and women who cannot be forced
to live beneath their privileges.
I freely admit that Mr. La Foletta
and his associates have done much to
educate the people, but the work done
by these reformers is but a drop in a
bucket compared with tha-t dona br
W. J. Bryan and his associates. No man,
living or dead, has done more to exalt
the true principles of government than
Mr. Bryan, and no man living deserves
greater consideration from the .American
people. He stands as far above anv
of the Taft-Roosevelt crowd In pofnt
of statesmanship as the mountain does
to tne molehill. Mr. Roosevelt aeeinr the
Influence of Mr. Bryan for good among
me people, made a feeble attempt to
appropriate some of his policies, but
the farce is now being exposed.
I supported Mr. Bryan in 1896 becauRs
I knew that he was right on the money
question, I supported him In 1900 be
cause he was right on the question of
imperialism, I supported him in 1908
because he was right on the Questions
of injunctions and bank-guarantee, and
I want to support him again in lilz
because I believe him to be the most
popular and the most capable man on
the American continent and one who
deserves more than he will ever receive
In this life.
If the people who are making so much
noise about trusts snd big Interests are
really In earnest, they should prove
tneir ralth by their works, which means
that there should be one united effort
to make Mr. Bryan our next president.
Let those who are married to the Re
publican party, right or wrong, con
tinue to hip, hip hurrah for Roosevelt
and Taft if it makes them feel good,
but all truly American Democrats should
be doing something for the good of our
common country. "
STEPHEN JEWELL.
(Communipatione atnt to The 'Journal for pub
f ,n ,n'1 department ahould not axceed
k k lenftn and mnat ba accompanied
"i nam ana aaareaa oi in aenacr.)
Stands for Brya
Grants Pass, Sept 14. To the Editor
of The Journal Your paper of yester
day contains a cartoon which, to my
mind, does not correctly nresent the
situation. Tour cartoonist makes it ap
pear that the trusts were gleeful In 1909
and fearful in 1911. while the attitude
of the people is the reverse. He. also
attributes this great change to the work
of the Republican Insurgents.
now, i claim to be a tolerably i1ob
observer of political movements, and if
me crusts are in much worse condition
today than they were two years aaro.
I fall to see it. Our Insurgent friends
may be able to get a few wholesome
promises into the next Republican plat
form, but they will, not be able to name
the next Republican candidate for pres
ident. The big Interests will attend
to that part of the work Just as they
have been doing for 40 years, and our
Insurgent friends will meekly fall Into
line as usual. The people of this nation
111 never come into their own Ood-
glven rights until the Republican party
is put into the background.
There are two fundamental nrincinlas
of government that have been at wrfr
for 6000 years. One of these recognises
me ngnt and the capability of the teo- Rmmt da T.lala la the national sons'
pie, when properly educated, to govern ("Writer of France. He gave to that
nation its immortal "Marseillaise,"
which has stirred tha innermost soul of
the French nation for more than a cen
tury. Four days after France had de
clared war against Austria and Prussia,
in 1792, a banquet was given by the
mayor of Strasbourg to a company of
volunteers about to Join the army. En
thusiasm ran high and many intensely
patriotic speeches were made. ' One of
the guests was De Lisle, who was then
32 years of age and a captain of engi
neers.
De Lisle at this time enjoyed quite a
reputation as a writer of verse, aome of
which had been set to stirring music.
The mayor. In the course of the even
ing, suggested to the captain that he
write a war song for the soldiers who
were about to proceed to tha front.
With his heart aflame with love for
his country he was enthusiastlo at the
suggestion.
Upon arriving at home at a late hour
he began work at both words and music.
He seemed Inspired, and both verse and
melody grew rapidly into perfection.
The words were entirely original, and in
a measure the music, although he bad
borrowed his Idea from an oratorio of
"Esther," which had unconsciously fit
ted itself to the rhythm and swing of
the verses.
He named the song, upon its com
pletion, "The War Chant of the Army
of the Rhine." He sang it for the vol
unteers and they were delighted with
its spirit. Copies were printed and dis
tributed all over Alsace. It was long
afterward before it reached Paris.
On June 25, 1792, a banquet was giveu
at Marseilles in honor of a company of
volunteers that had been raised by the
city council Upon urgent request. In
the midst of the enthusiasm attendant
upon the enlistment, a man arose and
sang the song composed and written
by L Lisle. The excitement was tre
mendous and the following day one of
the newspapers of Marseilles printed
the words and gave it the title of "The
War Chant of the Armies of the Fron
tier." When the Marseilles troops
marched to Paris to Join their division,
they took with them copies of the song
and sang it along the way. They en
tered Paris July 12. 1792, singing with
splendid effect their-war chant. It be
came popular at once and waa sung
everywhere. When the Tuillerlea was
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
The people of (Jaston are taking-steps
toward Incorporating their, town.1'
A' suit atiEcho to test the new herd
law In the Irrigation districts resulted
In a decision upholding the law.
The uptown telegraph office in Un
ion, in charge of Miss Helen Bldler is
now ready for business in the office of
the Central railroad.
"For' Sherman county, It should be
remembered," aaya the .Grass Valley
Journal, "that 8.17 inches of rain in
one week is not so bad."
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The vacancy in the prlncipalshlp of
in weston ouoiio ana msrn scnoois nu
been filled by the election of Joel Davis
at a salary or si.o per monin.
Tha - McMlnnvllle police department
now boasts up-to-date uniforms. The
uniforms were purchased with a fund
subscribed by merchants of the city.
.
The Presbyterian Ladles' Aid society
at Wallowa, working in competing sec
tions, haa raised a final fund of $183.40
to apply on the church debt, extinguish
ing, ih, With $180 to spare.
Falls City News: Falls City, with
out half trying, has beaten the entire
county in the exhibition of garden and
orchard produots at Dallas. Falls City
is all right, all the time, In everything.
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The Dalles Chronicle: A plan for a
frayer meeting revival will be tried at
he Christian ohurch. Leotures on the
life of Christ are soheduled, one for
every Thursday evening. The series Is
of 10 weeks' duration.
Gold Hill News: C. Coooack baa corn
10 feet tall in his garden. He brought
tha seed from Axiiona. where it is
known ae an early Variety. Each stalk
bears two ears. Mr. Coppack will have
roasting ears a-plenty, and the sur
plus will be dried Cor winter use.
Milton Eagle: R. B. Frailer, and
Mm n. W Thomas have Durchased in
etruments valued at $160 to be used by
them in the Columbia college orchestra.
Professor W. A. Bacon, who will dlreot
tha orchestra tbla year, savs it will
be bigger and better than ever before..
Aatona ' jCcn tennial
Funds
From the Astoria Budget
Just what sum of money the Cen-'
tennlal committee wll have in Its hands
after paying all the outstanding claims
la not yet known and probably will v
not be for a week or tea days. v That
there Will be a residue of several thou
sand dollars appears, however, to be
the general opinion and the question ;
of what sail be dona with It is being
discussed. Some months ago the com-
mlttee set aside In the neighborhood of
$16,000 to be used In the erection of a
monument to the memory of the late
John Jacob Astor' and at that time tha
majority of the committee was in favor
Of having the IironoSAri mnnumAnt' Mn.
slst of a shaft of marble or granite x
erected at the city park. Since that"
time, considerable Opposition to that
plan has developed and some of the
committeemen have changed their minds
regarding it.- In lieu of that plan, two
others have been suggested and either
one, if followed, would probably prove
satisfactory to the great majority of
the people. One la taerect a aubstantial
building onthe city's property, at tho
corner of Ninth and Qnane streets, a
structure that could be used as an
auditorium in which to hold oonventipna
or other publio .meetings, and the other
is to expend the money in beautifying
the city park and la purchasing adjoin
ing property so as to extend the park
to Young's bay.
Tanglefoot B' Mag
Overhoh
HE SMOKED CIGARETTES.
SEVEN NATIONAL SONG WRITERS
Rouget De Lisle.
Teachers' Pension Fund.
To the Editor of The Journal Will
you kindly give Information concerning
the proposed teachers' pension fund,
as follows:
What part of the county school fund
Is to be placed in the pension fund?
How much is to be contributed to same
by tha teachers of the district? When
and on what condition will teachers be
entitled to draw therefrom? Will the
city superintendents be entitled to par
ticipate in the distribution of this fund
the same as if they were teachers?
A READER OF THE JOURNAL.
One per cent of the sum received in
school district JNt. 1 from taxes levied
by the county court for school pur
poses will be placed annually to the
benefit of the newly formed teachers'
retirement fund association. This is
provided by state law. The law further
provides how the association may be
organised, after 800 teachers have sig
nified their assent in writing, provided
a majority Of the teachers in the dis
trict approve the plan laid out
More than 800 teachers have signed
for the association, and a plan has been
formulated under which teachers will
pay Into the fund $1 pr month for
10 months each year for the first 10
years, i per montn the second 10
years, and $3 per month the third 10
years. No benefits are provided until
the teacher has taught 20 years or has
paid $500 into the fund. A Sliding Rp.nl.
has been arranged whereby teachers of
long experience may start paying larger
sums into the fund than bexinners are
permitted to pay, thus equalizing the
difference In years.
Teachers will be entitled to draw from
the fund after having taught 20 years
if then incapacitated. They draw a
certain percentage, based upon the
amount they have paid in. After reach
ing 80 years, teachers are to be en
titled to retire voluntarily with full
benefits of the pension fund, amounting
to a $600 per year annuity.
Teachers who resign from the service
before 80 yeara, if they, have h
certain number of years at work, will
be allowed to draw back abnnt Viol
of what they have paid in. If w.
out of the service before the 20 years.
nicy wm us enwuea to araw ba.rlt nil
they have paid in. wl
The law provides that the vnri ...
era shall be construed to lncliwi.
intendents, supervisors and princlnala
as well as, Instructors. """Pais,
xnis is a general outline nt th.
The details are being worked out bv
the retirement fund association, whlnh
will soon submit them to a ger-l
meeting of the teachers and file artlciaia
of incorporation. aruciaa
Careless Drivers Who Impede Traffic.
i-unmuu, ur pepi. is To the Editor
of The Journal How many hunrtr.-
of the patrons on Portland street cars
have one particular "driver" sDottJ
stormed on August 10. the mob sang it
in their mad seal. Paris was not con
tent with Its second name, end chrls
tened it "The Marseillaise," in honor of
tho place from which It bad come. "The
Marseillaise" was the song of the
French republic, the song .of liberty and
revolution, and has been the national
song of France ever since.
During the first empire and the re
storation the song was prohibited; but
when the revolution of July swept
ovw Paris, "Ths Marseillaise" was re
vived and was on the Hps of all the
people.
De Lisle was only a moderate repub
lican, and was no doubt unfavorably
affected by the use made of his song
when the revolutionary spirit pervaded
the land. He was thrown into Drleon,
but the oounter revolution set him at
liberty. He was offered a pension later
by the French government, but refused
It. He died at Cholsy on the 26th of
June, 183$. He wrote a few other songs
of the same character, none of which
attained any degree of popularity. He
also produced a play or two and some
translations. His chief literary monu
ment is a slender and rather rare little
volume entitled, "Essays in Verse and
Prose." This contains "The Marseil
lalne," a prose tale of the sentimental
kind called "Adelaide et Monville," and
a collection oi occasional poems of va
rious styles and dates, from which the
author's poetic faculty can be fairly
Judged.
Oddly enough poor Dietrich, tha may
or Strasbourg, was compelled to walk
to the scaffold, accompanied by the
strains of the song he had Indirectly
helped Into being, and De Lisle in prison
could hear the Parisian mob marching I
back and forth before Its walls singing
his Immortal composition. Many great
men of France who had helped to make
"The Marseillaise" live In history were
conducted to their doom by its inspir
ing strains.
At Cholsy-le-RoI, where De Lisle died,
a fine statue to his memory was erected
in 1892, the centenary of the birth of
"La Marseillaise." The national song
of. the French nation may be regarded
as the world's universal hymn of liber
ty, for It has been sung everywhere
and is doubtless destined to ba
Willie Maglll was a good little boy
But he smoked cigarettes. -
And he was his parents' most worship
ful jov
But he smoked clraratteta.
He never would lie, steal or borrow a
dime:
He attended the school and was aiwajra
on time,
And he never committed a serloue erlme
save to smoke elvarettea.
As the years sped along Willis sped
along too'
But he smoked cirarettee.
And what he was told to do Willie would
ao.
But he smoked elMrettes).
But people would say as they saw bAm
"He's a'bright little fellow, but look at
his i ye;
It is easy to see he is crafty and sly.
or he smokes cigarettes."
And they said all the time: "He la
sure to go wrong.
For he smokes cigarettes. "
And that was the text of their regular
song:
He smoked cigarettes.
And as he grew older he stuok to tne
vice,
But in everything els be was morally
' nice.
Still tho people insisted be ourht te
think twice
Ere he smoked oigarettea. ,
They said he would never amount to a
thing,
For he smoked cigarettes.
They said be would die from a bullet's
snarp sting.
For he smoked oigarettea.
They said he would probably hold up a
train.
Or steal from a orlppla Ma crutches
and cane.
Or rob his poor father for all of his
pain.
For he smoked cigarettes.
But Willie today owns a railroad or two.
And he smokes cigarettes.
He's the boss of a bank and has others
in view.
Still he smokes cigarettes.
There may be no moral to this sort of
tale.
But it shows that occasionally prophets
may fall.
And a man may have vices and still
dodge the Jail.
While he smokes cigarettes.
greatest of all
deathless songs.
mankind's legacy of
Tomorrow Max Schneckenburger.
whom they expect to see get all that is
his due at any moment because ne de
liberately disregards common sense by.
continuing in a straight ahead course
crossing curbs or other dan
gerous points with a ear approaching
only a few yards distant?
Whether said car is on a down grade
with slippery tracks or what the con
ditlons are makes no difference to some
"near" drivers. If you chance to see
Ms wise countenance under these clr
cumstances it will be beaming with f
happy smile over being able te throw
a scare Into the motormah and half
hundred paaseners, a part of whom are
Jammed toward the front end of the
car like so much bay in a baler wun
the business end of the baler In ao-
Hon.
The writer has one particular case
in mind: A cross eyed, seml-idlot of a
driver (?) for the Pacific Laundry com
pany, who seems to delight in catching
a car on one of the curves on a down
grade trip and in hurrying to cross un
necessarily, ahead of the car, forcing al
most a sudden stop at times by the
motorman to avoid a crash. This par
ticular offender is the limit for pure
Impudence, and sooner or later a story
regarding him will be quite different
Thone who invite and hunt trouble are
invariably accommodated.
If the truth could assert Itself most
collisions between various venloljes ana
street cars would no doubt'be assessed
against the vehicle driver, Judging by
close observations and not through any
prejudice.
"One of them," whose letter appeared
in Sunday's Journal, may be a driver
who respects other people's rights, con
sequently knows when a wrong is a
wrong, but unfortunately he is in s
class soldom heard about
.Why is it the employers do not ascer
tain the merits and demerits of drivers
the same as other employes and use
safer men to handle horses or other
means of conveyance?
F. B. riNLBT.
Brooms.
Bt Johns, Or., gept 16. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Noticing the ad
vance In brooms, I would suggest to
housekeepers the advisability of using
a broom made by the Chinese or Japa
nese. They are lar superior to the home
manufactured broom, being much thick
er, softer and sweep with a velvety
touch. They retain the dust to a con
siderable extent, not raiding it as pur
own brooms do. They are remarkably
light, being made with a bamboo handle,
and their cost,, which is the beauty of
It, la only 20 cents. I ha v. i,.. a.
for two months and the velvety aoft-
than ay other kind of broom for sweep
tng carpets and matting and I never In
tend to be without my Chinese manu
factured broom. .,
Some might have a sentiment against
using a roreign made broom, but with
the steady advance of prices along all
lines, one's sentiments are apt to go
glimmering. . MRS. BLANK.
Central Oregon's Need.
Vanora, Crook Co., Or., Sept IS. To
-the Editor of The Journal I, as a cen
tral Oregon citizen, desire to thank you
for a recent editorial bt yours about
central Oregon, as you portrayed things
in their proper light I own 186 aores of
land here, lying along tha Desohutes
river one and a half miles, which la
fine fruit land on the Oregon Trunk
railroad and adjoiniag a new townslte
surrounded by non-producing fruit
country, but I am not financially able
to develop It unless I can aell off some
for I have enough land If developed to
make a fortune for at least two fami
lies. So the only thing we need Is
moneyed men for development, for
whils we oan prosper, the railroads and
towns and oltisa' tributary will also
prosper. v JOHN T. DIZNEV.
Treasury Looks Like a Jail.
From the Boston Advertiser.
They are still Improving. the treasury
building, at which laborers have been
now at work for several y,ears, but tho
end seems now in eight, for the final "i
touches .are being made apparent. They
the are beginning to put heavy iron bars on
the windows, and especially the windows
on the lower stories. The doors, to,
have been heavily barred. All this is
the new order and la making a consider
able change in the appearance of the
great classic struoture. "It looks like a
Jail now," is comment often heard from
those passing by the building, and
noting the architectural innovations.
It seems to be the design of the au
thorities to make the treasury building
a fortified palacs, although nobody has
ever heard of a raid by a mob on the
treasury of the United States. Appar
ently the authorities are not going to
take any chance at any time, though
trouble may be most remote. The build- ,
lng is most thoroughly guarded In other
respects within and without. At night
watchmen, armed, are alwaya walking
to and fro on the exterior, and they are
aa many and as frequent on the Inside.
Watchmen, heavily armed and very
alert, are also on guard In the daytime,
but only inside.
Price of Apples In Portland.
Portland, Sept. 16. To the Editor of
the Journal Why are apples so high
In Portland? California is not con
sidered an apple country, yet I bought
fine apples lit San Francisco at Just one
half what they sell for here. When I
came to Portland I could buy In 'one
day's train ride from here, fine apples,
your choice in an orchard, at 10 cents
per bushel, yet at same time they sold
here three apples for 10 oents. Again I
ask why? U.S. WRiailT.
Our Policemen.
From the Hlllsboro Independent.
A Portland preaoher says that if po
licemen will not Suppress via tlisy
should be fired. Rounds easy, but Por
land had an experience a few years atfn
in trying to fire a bunch of plain olitthsa
policemen and after the oeurte got
through the policemen ware back on the
Job with a fat wad of back pay the oily
was forced to give thorn,
The Coke Recall.
From the Oregon City Courier.
The recall movement, which started
out with a lot of noise to pull Judge
Coke In some weeks ago, has lost its
noise and interest, and It la said the
petition will never be 'filed. Unlike
Waahlnaton. Oregon lans use some Judg
ment, and here's betting you that when
a recall recalls in this stats, there will
be good reasons for its doing so. in
Oregon the recall Is something besides
plaything.
Mre. Socratef
Breaking It (Jcntly.
From ths National Monthly.
Simpkina always was sofMisnHstl,
This is what h wroUi ,
"Dsar Mrs. Jones Your IiusIimhiI dsn.
not come Jioms today hemline his lmtll
lng suit was wasnso swsy,
Pi B. Poor jns was Itislili (ha
a a. M . ,
fCfentrlnutrd to Tha Journal by Walt llaaon.
tha faiouua kanaaa pt. ills proaa poena a re a
rasiilar feature of tbls column la Xbt Dally
Journal.) '
Methlnks it Is a burning shame the
way this admirable dame haa suffered
soorn and Jeers. "She was a ahrew," the
wrltors say, and so her fame, until this
day, has traveled down the years. Her
husband used to loaf around the drug
store and the village pound and work
his Jaws and bawls ha boomed the ref
erendum fake and made hU hearers'
Innards ache by boosting the recall.
Whfle she packed ooal and kindling in,
he exerolaed his tireless phln and talked
a dark blue streak; he thought she had
ne .right to knock If he came boms and
set ths clock and wound U onoe a week,
rolks say he was profoundly wise, but
I rtould never sympathise with wise boys
of that brand t I most admire the sport
who 'kssps ths larder groaning 'neath
It neap of, fctddsr, raw and canned.
P'tiUl fall, the Sitge who makes his wife,
dt'Kg out a dark snd bitter life, who lets
ir do the clini ti, while hs Inans on the
VIllMse Pump and keeps his Jawbones (
(ui, the Jump until the wolkjn roars. . .r
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