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'HE OREGON' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 6. 1012.
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1 Shall I ask th brave soldier who
'fights by my aid
In th cause of mankind, if ur
Creed agreef
Shall X ive up the friend I have
rallied and tried.
If h kneel 'not befora the aaraa
. altar with meT
:: V. . v. Moore,
THE FEDERAL MACHINE .
TffpTpiffTJT TAFT'fl Intft rftrpm-
mendatlon that all local fed
oral officeholders be, placed
under civil Ben-Ice la applauded
by the - press ;of rthe country. - The
plan wonltf add to the classified lists
more than 120 collectors of customs,
80 United States marshals, the Inter
nal revenue collectors, the Immigra
tion commissioners, and the thou
sands of postmasters In every city,
Tillage and hamlet la the country.
. The federal -brigades have long
manned the -political fortresses of
congressmen and senators in their re
spectlve districts. They have llke
, -wise been.' the power by which the
White House sou ght to enforce, its
will. ' They hare been a huge polit
ical machine In which each federal
official was the personal warrior and
the handy, man of the powers and
. persons, at Washington.. ' '-
The country is seeking to smash
all political .machines. There is no
reason why it should hot smash the
federal machine. There Is no reason
why it should not take from the
president the patronage that has frequently-
been the means 'of his own
, renomlnatlon or the power by which
"" he named hli successor.- - - -f
, Nobody . knows - bow- many times
the federal officeholders of the
South have in reality named the
president of the .United States, No
. body-knows - how-many- times rtbe
' White House has been regulated, not
, by the power of , the people, but by
1 ' the power of. patronage, t Nobody
; knows how, many times,, for better
or for. worse,, the White House has
. .' used the. power of patronage to force
" .congressmen and senators ' to obey
the will of the executive' and thereby
- enabled the;, administrative to en
craach upon the constitutional rights
of the legislative branch, ...
It will be a sound policy to appoint
' postmasters for business .reasons
rather than for political reasons. It
. tit rationalism to name federal offlce
- Jiolden . oa jnerlt . rather.lhaa - as a
reward for political service.
SPEED MANIACS
. , t ,
v I. LATIMER, aged 75, was
knocked down 'and badly
;
u vuo vul u'f .imra uu
; Washington,
It is a familiar story. ' The reck
lessness of motorists Is even greater
than' that of some of the madder
' auto. drivers. . They go at a trigger
brained speed that makes their pas
sage a constant menace to pedes
trians. -
' It is an abuse that-the police ought
to stop. One of the large functions
of the patrolmen Is to maintain order
and make , human life safe In the
streets. It is one of the duties for
' rhlch the taxpayers pay police sal-
r! arles.
' When a cyclist sails through the
' streets at a maniacal speed, he
' should' he seized and fined or be sent
' to the rockplle. There Is a sobering
..process about a fine or rockplle to
- quickly cure the criminal habit of
speeding on crowded streets.
f ..X The mayor of the city should
take cognizance of the doings of mo
torcyclists and have the police de
partment stop the riot of reckless
, riding with which they are monopo
lising the streets and Invading the
rights of the general public. Teach
a few of them, to make little rocks
out of big ones, and the nuisance
' will cease.
'. A MYSTERY SOLVED
MURDER .mystery that has
baffled the police of two con-
, tinents since last August has
just been solved in New York.
The secret. was successfully unlocked
by the finger print system, and under
circumstances so impressive that the
suspect has confessed. - In addition
to the admission of guilt, the mur
derer, at 23, in his confession makes
publlo the fact that he has led a
criminal life since he was 12 years
of age.ri:::r. v-iv - 'o' ,
The prisoner is James Lowrle,
otherwise known as Jimmy Johnson.
The crime which he has confessed
was ' committed at Leeds, England,
on; the 29th; of last August. The
only clue was the finder print whteh
the police copied and sent, broadcast
. over two;contlnents.: ;( , -i.; ;K
- Lowrle was ' arrested at the home
o f his brother ' in , Brooklya. . ; The
cnmparisoQ fithe ; finger prints of
the prisoners' hand with ihe lmpres
fifns' from" 'Leeds established the
Identity of the murderer so "complete
ly that the confession followed,? Low
rle insists that he shot his victim in
Ft ' '!cnro and. explains' that, 'In
I?
Mb flight irom England to 'America
he was assisted by 'the - crooks of
London.' .
The case. la a new triumph f or the
finger. ijrint-systemTand added as
surance that we. have made a step
forward In the power to catch crim
inals. Now, If we can. only induce
all our crook catchers to actually try
to catch the crooks. .
A CRUEL COMMERCE
RITINO la yesterday's Jour
nal, Roscoe P. Hurst says
"There are loan sharks In
this - town who have ' had
poor washerwomen paying tnem
three dollars per week for .years, to
pay a loan of possibly $25. Details
which I am not for the present at
liberty to, dlvulgo, came under my
personal observation during the past
month. Bad though it Is, It Is not
a beginning of what actually exists
here. Household furniture is mort
gaged, and then begins a lifetime of
installment payments. Ten chances
to one when the sufferer dies, the
shark will have the audacity to pre
sent his claim against the estate.
, It is not creditable to Portland that
no effort has ever been mule to safe
guard those whom the pinch of pov
erty makes , the victims of loan
sharks. Perhaps it is because we are
still a new city, and the distresses of
the poor" hut little known.
But thore is abundant proof 6f
the need of an organization to com
pete with the loan sharks in making
small loans to the needy. The Jew
ish charities of New York conduct
such an activity, and the losses are
described as negligible. E!mlra, New
York, has a loan ooclety, financed by
private Individuals, and with a city
official as a member of its board of
directors. It has operated with much
success.
The Legal Aid Society of Chicago
Is a similar organization, and it re
cently rescued from the clutches of
loan sharks, a woman from whom, in
fifteen yean, was extorted $500 on
a loan of only $25. The same or
ganisation recently rescued from the
tolls of the Chicago sharks, a man
who borrowed $15 m bis salary ten
years ago, end h.s slnco paid $2153
In bonuses and lnter-ost on the loan.
He still Jwed the $15 when the so
ciety came to his assistance, paid off
his debt and placed him li. a paying
position In the railroad oervlce. -
In many cities, there are similar
societies, primarily organized on a
basis of. benevolence ' but . actually
conduct- on a basis of business, and
rendering splendid aid to the needy
with a comparatively small percent
age of losses. ,
"In New York there are 20,000
men and women In the tolls, of some
300 salary loan and chattel mort
gage sharks, and the money lenders
are making at least two and a half
times their capital every year In this
cruel commerce," says a recent ar
ticle In World's Work. ; Twenty, per
cent of the civil service employe in
that city have borrowed from the
sharks at one time or another and
the interest they paid varied from
40 to 60 per cent, The borrowers
ranged in grade from clerks on $900
a year to assistant' corporation coun
sels and aldermen. : x i :
One man in slx-fyears paid $4000
to the sharks and still - owes them
4700. He has been compelled to
forfeit real estate on which he had
paid $4000. He was able to give
from memory the names and ad
dresses of more than 20 sharks with
whom he had done business. All of
these transactions grew out of a sin
gle loan of only $135 in 1906.
,The story of the loan shark busi
ness In every large city would make
hook of tears. Every large city
has wealthy men who could render
humanity a splendid service by
financing a society to perform the
function of the Chicago Legal Aid
society, and so regulate its conduct
as to suffer little or no loss in the
process. It is a benevolent business
or a business of benevolence of ex
alted conception, and it would seem
that there should be men In Port
land ready to undertake the activ
ity. What significance has a sky
scraper, when under. Its shadows the
loan sharks ply their cruel trade?
What, of 'the wealthy churchmen,
when under the shadow of the stee
ples, a borrowing poverty is strug
gling under a burden of extortion T
CRAZY TJL8TERMEN
I
F the Ulstermen of the grand
Orange lodge of Ireland had set
their souls on passing the home
rule bill they could not. have done
better work than when on December
20 they published their manifesto.
So mad were they that the power
of writing decent English left them.
After enlarging with a full pen on
the horrible, misdeeds of the Liberal
government in "robbing the house
of lords of Its effective voice in leg
islation," and suppressing any thor
ough criticism of their measures In
the house of commons, the agony is
piled up in one astounding, declara
tion. They the ' Liberal ; govern
ment are "becoming more and
more the slaves of the agents of Eng
land's enemies In the American Na
tionalist M. P:'s. . Probably
largely dependent upon the Support
of American Fenians!
They finish by announcing that
"the passing of ; a , home rule bill
would be to them not the foundation
of a new constitution, but the end of
all government in Ireland." The cli
max comes in the call to theirAmem
ber to see . that their organization
is in a condition for effective action,
and to. unite .all. bodies-of inl6nlsta
as have been and may be hereafter
formed tor the like purpose.' '.'
The custom of the stolid English-
is to r let steam blow off In.
words, hut to come down heavily on
acts. It is Just as well that these
Orangemen ? show their- hands now.
They .will find themselves out and
Injured If they play over again the
game that Paris saw In 1871 of the
Commune against France. " But the
chances are that' the mountain
labor will bring forth a mouse.
They have tied themselves up with
$he Unionist party. , That . party
stands for a tariff, for the restora
tion of legislative privileges .to th
bouse of lords. And for the retrac
ing of the path of the nation on eco-
nomlo and social reform, biased, by
Lloyd-George In the last three years.
Should the unlikely happen and
the government be outvoted In the
house of commons that general elec
tion which is the English referen
dum will follow. Then, we shall see
what we shall see.
OREGON BOYS AND GIRLS
T
HERE is splendid merit In the
movement for holding school
fairs in all the Oregon counties.
Behind the plan are the bank
ers of Oregon, the extension depart
ment of the Agricultural college, the
Portland Commercial Club, the state
superintendent of publlo instruction.
the Oregon agricultural college and
many prominent citizens.
It Is a backing sufficiently emi
nent to assure success. No organ
ization so potential has assembled
behind any other scheme to accentu
ate utilization, of the land. There Is
already assurance from all the coun
ties but one that school fairs will
be held either Independently or In
conjunction with the county fairs,
Promote your agricultural Inter
ests," said James J. Hill at Astoria
last summer, "and your cities will
take care of themselves." The ut
terance is the gospel the new move
ment Is golq to spread In Oregon.
The effort will be to interest the
boy and girl In the growing of ag
ricultural products. The plan Is
much the same as that of the boy
corn growers In the South. The lat
ter have shown how the yield of
corn can be doubled or more, and
within a short time have actually
pointed the way to a general in
crease in the corn yield of their dis
tricts. .It Is now sought to have Oregon
boys and girls" grow better wheat,
better corn, better frlut and better
vegetables and excel in the general
science of farming and the art of
nomemaklng. The Incentive will be
competitive prises, for which the
youngsters will strive. It Is the
same agenoy that has made the boy
corn growers nationally known, and
made the winners the guests of the
president and other mighty men for
a week at the national capital.
We all love to do the things that
we do well. When the boys and
girls of Oregon, In their tender years,
are taught all the splendid and In
teresting secrets of the soil, theyJ
will love the soil, and grow up to
spend their allotted years on the
land.
It is a sane way to people the
land. It is the land that must make
the commonwealth great, . .. . s ......
It is a way to guarantee men
against being unemployed.
LOGGED -OFF LANDS
T
HE Southwestern Washington
Logged-Off Lands association
has a long name, but perhaps
It is Justified when it succeeds
in urging the Weyerhaeuser people
to dispose of their logged-off lands
at prices to be agreed on between
the owners and the development
league.
President Coffman asserts that by
taxing the property heavily it was
proved to the owners that to hold
the lands longer for a rise In prices
was unprofitable. The appeal to
the pocket succeeded In getting these
lands on the market at reasonable
prices when all other Influences
failed. i
What is taxing heavi.ly? If it
means that the assessor raised the
assessment of the logged-off lands
to the full valuation ascertained by
comparative prices of similar lands
at the time the assessment was made
his example may be commended to
Oregon assessors.
Bearing in mind recent experiences
in clearing such lands by charplttlng,
and by the use of modern explosives.
It seems that $10 an acre to the set
tler Is not an unreasonable price,
provided payments are spread over
time sufficient for the buyer to put
the lands to farming and dairying
uses.
As example of "Boating culchah,"
we have the advertisement of a Bos
ton book store. It contains the fol
lowing attractive offers: "John L.
Sullivan, pugilist, autograph letter
igned, 1893, price 75 cents. Charles
W. Elliott, president Harvard uni
versity, autograph letter signed,
1873, price 60 cents."
Taft is for the peace treaties. . The
colonel is against them. Taft de
tends the supreme court. 'The colo
nel assails It ' The colonel's chief
ambition seems to be to uphold the
Taft administration, t This and his
cherished - desire "to avoid :- publicity
and lead a quiet, reserved life are his
conspicuous traits. ". " ,
"Drawing revolvers, the two ban
dits commanded themanclerkto
throw up ' theiriraTraaTThen the
clerks were securely bound, and the
bandits proceeded to 'rifle the mail
sacks." So runs the' account ot yes-'
terdayf s tralnrobberyJit.is a-dull
day when the revolver doesn't get
In its work..', 1 L.:. .......
In Albany there was a bargain sale
of millinery. - While she examined
th bargain bats, Srlady laid her own
skTDiece on the - counter; ; It was
picked up by a clerk and sold to an
other' bargain hunter, 'who, with it
in a paper bag was about to leave
the establishment when the mistake
was discovered. k't well that ends
intwell, doubtless thinks the clerk, in
contemplation of
'what might hare
been.'
(Communications aant to Tb Journal foe pal
llratlon In this department abould not aieard
800 words In Intigtp and mnit Da immMBlaa
or tea aim ana aaareaa of ua Mnoar.i
Here's the Answer, Argus.
Portland. Jan. S. To tha Editor of
The Journal "Arsrua" wrltaa from
Myrtla Point, Cooa county, aaklnr soma
auaatlona about ainsla tax, and - tnan
condemns alnsrle tax aa vlcloua befora
ha rata an anawar. That's hardly fair
to hlmaelf. Ha aaka bow alnsla tax
would affect farmer and dairymen, If
It would not materially reduce tha
value of their land, and offer this Il
lustration:
For Instance, here la a man that
owna a farm which he could aell today
for $5000, or he could rent It out for
1300 a year. Tha taxes at present are
about 1100. To keen un fancea. etc.,
about 160 a year. Net Income 1160. If
tha single tax came la force, would not
hla taxes ba about doubled, or ba about
I200T Fenoee. repairs, etc., i&o: net in
come S0. Consequently tne earning
power would be reduced to one third,
and consequently the value of tha farm
(I mean the price he could set for tha
farm) be reduced to one third, an actual
loaa to him of about $8300."
Arms ia sneaking of an improved
farm, I suppose. ' Tha asaaaament fig
ures of Cooa county for 1910 show
that the average assessed value of
tillable" land was $56.29 an acre, and
the average assessment of "non-till
able" land was $10.87 an acre. Tha fig-
urea ahow, also, that the avers ra as
sessment of farmers' Improvements and
peraonal property was $62.94 an acre;
ao that the average assessment over
the whole county of an acre of Im
proved land, with tha Improvements,
livestock and Implements was $108.2$.
Than an average $5000 Coos county
farm, wa may aay, haa 41 acrea of Im
proved land, assessed at $66.29 an
acre, total $22(7; 64.65 acres of un
cleared land aaaesaed $10.37 an acre,
total $663; and house, barns, livestock
and lmplementa at $62.94 an acre, total
IZ1T0, making a total atmeasment ox
$6000 on a farm of 96.65 acres.
Right next to thla Improved farm Is
tract of tha same else, owned by a
speculator and with no Improvements,
assessed at $10.87 aa acre, or a total
of $990. So tha farmer la assessed
$4010 on the products of hla labor and
$990 on the value given to blcr land by
rthe Industrial community. - We think
that Is unfair to the farmer. We would
not tax him on What he haa dona to
Improve his farm.
Argus says tha tax on the $5000 farm
la $100; so the tax rata la 20 mills,
Then tha speculator's tax on 96.65
acres, assessed at $990, la $19.80. The
farmer la taxed $19.80 on the community-made
value of hla land, and . Is
then aoaked $80.20 on tha product of
his Own labor. Is that fair to the
farmer 7
In 1910 "non-tillable" lands In Coos
county were assessed $7,986,898; "till
able" lands, $1,066,(44; farm Improve
ments and personal property, $1,021,.
200; total, $10,073,742. A 20-mlll tax
rate will raise $20r,'475 from that
amount of property Now exempt all
Improvement and personal property
and sea tha result Argue guaaaea that
atngle tax would about double the tax
on tha farmer. Let's sea.
We propoae to raise from community.
made land value as much money a la
now raised by taxing everything. Tba
average alngle tax assessment of Cooa
county "tillable" - landa In 1910 would
have been $10.17 an acre, instead of
$65.29 aa acre, and the total would
have been $200,187 Instead of $1,066,-
644; and the farmers' improvements
and personal property would not have
been . taxed. - - - -
In 1910, then, tha single tax assess
ment for country land In Coos oounty
would have been $7,986,89$ on "non
tillable" lands. Just as it waa in 1910
under tha present system; on "tillable'
lands $200,187; total, $8,186,085. To
raise $201,476 on that amount of prop
erty we must have a tax rate of 24.612
mill. That doe not mean a doubled
tax or tax rate.
Tha $6000 farm would be assessed
$990, and the tax would b $24.37 in
seed of $100, The farmer would save
$76.63 in taxes. - The owner of the 95.(5
unimproved acres next tb the $5000
farm would pay $24.37 in taxes Instead
of $19.80. Eaoh would ba assessed the
same and pay the same tax.
Can Argus figure how that would
reduce the value of the farmer's $5000
farm And does he think it fair to
condemn a thing befora ha understands
ltt W. O. EGGLE3TON.
Portland As a Port.
Portland, Jan. 4. To tha Editor of
The Journal I read with a good deal
of interest, the editorial in last night's
Journal In -which tha writer compares
the port of Portland with that of Lon
don, but the writer failed to mention
the fact that tha most of this .tonnage
never enters London proper, but docks
far down towards the rnouth of the
Thames, the cargoes being mostly
lightered onto barges and towed up to
the heart of London, whilst passengers
for the various ocean line have to take
train from London to the dockst and
believe me, it is quite a long; ride, .Now
Portland to aver ba considered a a
seaport will- have to follow tba ex
ample of London and make uee of the
opportunities offered her at the mouth
of the Columbia rlve with Its depth
of water and great breadth of anohot
age where the great freight carriers, of
the future will have ample room to
dock. Tha big boats of the future never
Will make the long, tortuous trip to
Portland; even If they got that far
there Is no room for a big boat to
maneuver, The Bear and Beaver even
now have trouble . in moving between
bridges and they are only small boats.
If, as, the writer says, the products of
the interior if placed on cars will al
most roll themselves into Portland.
why not let them continue rolling Until
they reach the mouth of tha Columbia
river to load onto the waiting boats, in
stead of taking a day's time, - not. to
mention tha heavy expense,, to bring tba
boats to Portland. By all mean "ham
mer away everlastingly t for tha Im
provement of waterway and water
terminals," but awake to th fact that
Portland never can be tba center of tha
water terminals. The people of Port
land will soon come to realise that
Portland has not arid never will have
a -deep water harbor in her midst, and
that to remain on the maritime map
they will have to. peach out to tb mouth
of tha Columbia river for a deep water
harbor. - . , T. R. N.
' High Praise for The jTouraaL ;
Portland.' Jan. 3. To th Publisher of
Tha Journal Great - thank, are due to
you and your staff from th readers -of
Th Journal for your seal and suoceaa in
giving ua such a vary high class, trust
worthy and -Ins true thre- paper- In erery
Una' that makes for modern progress.
Whether in politics,' sociology, religion,
science or economies, wa know that what
wa are reading gives uir the best and
latest products of the human Intellect
and, action; Apart from th devout and
Letters From tLc People
I COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
I , SMALL CHANQB. .VI '" OREGON SIDELIGHTS
" If s early la the morning yet In Ora-
' v
Soma Januarv bllla are Ilka Bill Taft
Dig. :,' . . .1 : -
Tennessee Coal Iron ean't be for
gotten. .. ,
a a
Looks Ilka tha colonel was "playing
Soma people seam to have rone wild
over uia wuat ess.
Oueas how many times the nolle de
partment wtii oa reiormea tnia year.
Now Mra. Woodcock mar ba in doubt
wnetoer to wore zor Tait or Kosenreit
..... n - .
Beverldire and Borah mlsht ba a win
ning ucicefc or jporan ana xieveriage..
, a e '. ,
Henrv El Reed seems to ba a near-
single taxer, exoept as a candidate for
Office.
.-', ,-,v..-.
What' tha use of a delay penalty in
a publlo building contraotT Was one
ever collected T "
The Weyerhaeuser comnajiv Is to
place many . thousands of , aouthwast
Washington lossed off land on the mar
ket . at low prices in consequence of
Increasingly high taxes lmpoaad through
tha Influence of tha Southwestern Wash
ington Development league. That la the
way to compel great holders of Idle
lands to sell them, and so allow the
country to develop. ,
Who la It whom all talk about and
many primed to rave and shout T Will
ha cat in? Will ha atav outT The
Colonel. Who is it that Ms fearful
strong, and packs a club a half mile
long, who never In hla Ufa waa wrong?
The Colonel. What live man 'has been
S resident, and In affairs made many a
ent, and earth and heaven almost rent?
Tha Colonel. Who may be nrealdent
again, and give all malefactors pain
and yet might try to ba in valnT The
Colonel.
SEVEN SACRED BOOKS
The Tripitaka ot
Buddhism Is the name of a religion
which formerly prevailed through a
large part of India, and is now pro
fessed by the Inhabitants of Ceylon,
Slam, Burmah, Tibet part of China and
Japan. Like Confucianism, it dates
back about five centuries before Christ
and arose out of tha philosophical and
ethical teachings of Slddharth Gau
tama, a son of tha Raja In Kspllavasta
and chief of the tribe of th Bakyas.
Tha chief source of our at present
available information regarding the Ufo
of Buddha are: 1. The "Manual of
Buddhism." published 18(0. by Rev. R.
Spence Hardy, compiled from various
Sinhalese" sources. 2. Tba translation
Into English in 1858 of a "Pall" work
called by its translator "Mallallngara
Woutto" of unknown author and data,
as wall aa various others.
Tha worship differs somewhat be
tween the northern and southern Budd
hist The books named represent the
southern Buddhists, whoSe sacred books
are In Pall, while tb northern Budd
lsts sacred books are in Sanskrit. The
former are much more reliable and
complete, th latter being inflated to a
great length by absurd and miraculous
legends, the kernel of fact at the cen
ter of which agrees In the main with
tb aooounta found in the former.
Tne teaowngs or uuaanisra are mat
everything corporeal Is material, and
therefor impermanent, for it oontaina
within Itself the germs of dissolution.
So ion as man is bound up by bodily
existence with the material world he is
liable to sorrow, decay and death. Bo
long as he allows unholy desire to re
main within him there will be unsatis
fied longings, . useless weariness and
care.
Th foundations of its creed have
been - eamraed- up In-th very- ancient
formula probably Invented by its found
er, which is called tba "Four Great
Truths.1 These are: 1. That misery
always accompanies existence. I. That
aU modes of existeno result from pas
sion or desire, 8. That there 1 no es
cape from existence except by destruc
tion of desire. 4. That this may be ao
oompllsbed by following the fourfold
sincere study of the Bible, there is pot
a greater civilising and helpful force
than the high class modern newspaper,
and Portland 1 indeed fortunate -In pos
sessing both th paper and th men be
hind it ,To those readers of Th Jour
nal who are interested in the growth of
th city who have permanent homes
here and rising families I would suggest
that they preserve the editorial page of
The Journal day by day and have it
bound in a yearly volume. Such would)
make a moat convenient epitome ot the
city's history and progress in every field
of human, endeavor; 1912 will surely
exhibit greater advances in civic govern
ment over preceding years, yet now in
teresting and Instructive would It be for
the student" in 191$ to turn- over tn
pages of history of th present year.
How will th city attorney of 1918 com
pare with the present Incumbent, or tha
mayor of that time with the ex-incumbent
of last year? Will both these of
fices and many another ba than vision
of th past 7 KOBT. E. BRAT.
Penniless Man. -TVMlanA
fir.. Jan. 4. -To the Editor
of Th Journal Allow m my first ep-
pearano before the public m tn news
paper. In an editorial tonight, under
th heading, "An Abwurdity," you nu
merat four reoant suicides, and then
quote some statistics showing the' Im
mense wealth produced In only four ac
tivities. You state, "It is absurd that
in such a wilderness ef annually cre
ated riches men should be penniless,"
and sum up by saying "It means Ithat
our statesmanship has failed." .
I would like to direct your attention
to the following clipping taken from
tha "Small Change" column in th same
Issue, and ask if it would not ba well
to lay mor stress on this phase of the
question T :- ..';';:;.-'
"But many men now moneyless and
begging for a cheap Job would have
been independent if they had Imitated
tha ant and the baa In the good old
summer ' time." ; !' ' t-
Bear in mind tb following, which Is
also dipped from th "Small Chang"
oolutnn in tonlrhf s lssu:
"Th manufacturer of discontent ben
efits neither himself nor any on else
a a rul." ; ? GEO. M. STRONG.
Why, Is a Hen?
Tygii Valley, ! Or.," Ja n. 1. To the
Editor of The Journal Will you please
answer this. question in The Journal?
A squirrel is on a tree on the opposite
side 20 rods away is a man. They both
move at the same time. Whan th man
move round to the starting place, has
ha son round tb squlrrelT 5
.'OUV C. 8TAKELT.
.Public Markets. 'Vv..;-.;?
Ashland. Or. Jan. 8 To th Editor of
Th Journal I am filling my date book
.of .18 ML. with., the .. bright and , helpful
item gleaned from your valued paper.
Among th best yet Is that Mayor Hen
derson of Astoria favors publlo markets
aa a means of cQm bating the high cost
of living. Why didn't soma one think
of that before? "May hi trib in
crease." ,. Mas. m a cook.
Bend is about to undertak' the en
forcement .of a ourrew ordinance.
'Recommendation for a publlo market
na been made by a commute m u
oity council or Mearora.
'.v -. ;- .,,''''.-"
The members of th church orches
tra of Grants Pas are about to com
bine In an orchestra club. ;
' Elmer Johnson ha resigned as busi
ness . manager of tne Kiamam ''
Pioneer Press. L. A. , Reynold. book-
Keeper, ..succeeds him,
T.lnn Mimt kiillt IS brldreB In 1911.
ana joinea witn uirwn raunij, ;u
other. Linn's expense was almost $25,
urarifnrA Maii.Trlbtf ne: City Engi
neer Arnsplger-has filed his annual re
port with the city oouncll showing an
expenditure of (bbv.vuv ior iua yw,
wim. v.iin xAvrMnondenoe Bend
ttuii.tint. W4ta (nnr haa lust received
an imported Russian wolf hound, with
wnicn ne nopea v awiiuiu.
otea nereaDouts.
v.t..M. Tnm,aat ' Tiurlnr tha past
year there have bean ereoiea in si.
oada 26 new. residences. Nearly all are
modern and up-to-date in an rMPj
KW. 1. .ailntafauf alt ahOllt 324.000,
Business improvement were estimated
at (8UQ.
t.. . .
Paisley Praaa: The town council i
a,
evidently determined to put a atop to
rowdyism on uia puono .!
tha ordinances recently passed they have
m trim lnnlnsr Of tne
roughneck) Is over and law. and order
nave ooma to tne oat.
aik nanuwrit- The Albany Com
mercial club has taken up the matter
ef th new postomce dui am.
uslnr Its best efforts to have the bid
fn tha. hnlMlna. SB nlBJlnad accepted. IT
being none too large for tha business
nere, a now eiwiinnou,
the Buddhists.
way to Nirvana. These four stages are
called "The Patha"
Tha word "Buddha" mean . "Tba
Wise" or 'The Enlightened," and Is the
sacred name ot its founder, Siddhart.
This Indian "sage," filled with m deep
compassion for his race, left bis fa
ther's court and lived for years in soil
uda, till ba had penetrated tha mysteries
of Ufa. and became tb Buddha. He
then began to teach hi new faith in
onnosltlon to tha Brahman Ism. com
mencing at Benares.
Tha prominent doctrine of the religion
is that "Nirvana," or an absolute release
from existence, is the chief good. Ac
cording to it pain can oeaa only
through Nirvana; and in order to at
tain Nirvana the 'desire and passions
must be suppressed, the most extreme
self-renunciation practiced, and its roi
lowers must as far as possible, forget
their own personality. In order to at
tain Nirvana the conditions already
named must be practiced.
The five fundamental precept of th
Buddhist moral coda are not to kill,
not to a teal, not to commit adultery, not
to lie and not to give way to drunken
ness. Tha. virtues already named, if
rigidly practiced, are said to "conduct
a man to the other shore," Tb Budd
hist virtue of charity is universal in Ita
application, extending to all creature,
and demanding sometime th greatest
self-denial and sacnrice.
- There la a lagend that Buddha, In one
of his a tares of existence, gave himself
up to be devoured by a famishing lion
ass which wa unable to suckle her
young ones. There are other virtues.
less Important, Indeed, than th six car
dinal ones, but still binding on be
lievers.
The determination of the canon of
tba Buddhist scriptures as we now pos
sess them was the work of three suc
cessive council, and wa finished two
centuries at least before Christ. Tha
marvelous extent to which this belief
haa taken hold sit people in tha Orient
la shown in the number of adherents,
whloh are said to aomprlse about a third
of the human race.
Next week Seven Men of Integrity.
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overboil
POETICAL-LIKE.
i srwutbUVm
License No. 41144.
Like an ice cream cone on a red-hot
day,
Or a glass of lemonade;
Like a cooling quaff from a fountain's
pray - .
In an elm tree's grateful Shade.
Like a tall church splr to a wayward
soul, ;
- Though mute, it Seams to speak;
Like a tall light house where the break-
er roll, A.rti v..: x.
St Helen rear her pak. :
Whene'er I write a'veree like that 1
gotta doff my hairy bat and pat. myself
upon th back and say. "Old top, you're
on the track." It seems to me I write
too wall to spend my time cooped In a
oell where common peopl. pass me by,
and draw a salary as high, or, mebbe,
mor than ' I ' pull down, lor writing
tuff about the town, while X reach out
and grab a tome and build a nifty little
pome about the mountains, vales and
hills and human Joys and Christmas
bllla It vary plainly may be seen that
I should writ for a magaslna
Where' the King of Winter boards his
wealth. -
And tha gilst'nlng snow banks rise;
Where tha white flakes fall with silence,
stealth, - . .
From forbidding, frowning tkle
Where tha sUvry streamlet flUs Its
bank
For it Journey to th sea,
St Helens In th quean row ranks;
Wellget 'ef rank; suits ma
'y;M : 'Om Toting, vi " y ' ''
From tb Chicago. Tribune.
Judge Caverly of the municipal court
ha Imposed a fine of $100 and oosts
on a young man found carrying a load
ed revolver. He also announces that ha
will keep this up. .;:. ...
It Is te be hoped he wilt Any man
who carries a deadly weapon, without
a vary special and sound reason for It,
1. presumably, a man who needs tha
oorreotlv had of th law. There 1 sel
dom any xeus-for gun Carrying, and
th evil Is a costly on to, this . com-
mutU.'Vv'-'vi'.V';
4. There Is but one way t break th cus
tom, and .that 1 by strict enforcement
and draatlo punishment V The latter is
up to the magistrates, and Judge Cav
erly has -set a good example, .
' Next, perhaps, will b pensions for
all the "Colonels" of th countrymil
lion of them. , . '
XLe Skeleton Explana-
.:.tton
From the New Tork World. s
"I never, directly or indirectly, In
any way. hap or form, asked Mr. Har
rlman r anybody else to contribute a
dollar to aid my eleotlon Theodore
Roosvlt to George R. Sheldon. ' .
. Jun $9, 1904, ' Theodora Roosevelt
president of th United States and can
didate for president ' of V the United
State, wrote from th Whit House to
"My dar Mr. Harrlman":
"As soon as you com home X shall
want to sea you. Tha fight will doubt
less b-.,hottban,-'--''rv:-,:v:::ryvi-r-'i::-ta; . -
September 10, Edward H. Harrlman
wrote from New York to "Dear .Mr.
Roosevelt"! ; , v -r--:'
"I am now retting' matters that ao
cumulated during my absence r some
what cleared up, and .If you think It
desirable will' go to see you at any
time, cither now or later.- '
October 10, Mr. Roosevelt wrote t
"My dear Mr. j Harrlman": ' -v
"In view of the trouble over the stat
ticket tn New Tork. I should much Uk
to have a few words with you. Do you
think you can com down ber within
a few. days and take either lunch or
dinner- with met"' .. , . ';,.. '
i Ootober 14,. Mr. Roosevelt wrote te
"Mr dar Mrs Harrlman": v
"A suggestion haa com to m In a
roundabout way that, you do not think
it wis to come on to aea me in tnes
closing weeks of the campaign, but that
a vivwaa wvaM Wi . .! uauijajBi,' wu,
I you are reluctant to rafua Inasmuch
aa I have asked you. Now, my dear
air, you . ana I are practical men, ana
you are on th around and know the
conditions better than I do. If you
think there Is any danger of your visit
to me oauslng trouble, or If you think
ther 1 nothing special I need . to be
Informed' about or no matter on which
I could 81 ve aid, why, of course, give
up the visit for the time being, and
then a few weeks hence, before I writ
my message, I shall get you to com
aown - to disoura . certain government
matter not connected with the . cam
paign. - With great regards.'
Mr. Harrlman went to Washington
about October 20 and discussed th sit
uation with Mr. Roosevelt. Tie re
turned-to New York, raised $260,000 in
Wall street, and said in his letter to
Sidney Webster that "the checks were
given to Treasurer Bliss, who took
them to Chairman Cortelyou." Accord
ing to Mr. Harrlman, "This amount en
abled th New York state committee to
continue Its work, with the result that
at least '60,000 votes were turned In the
city of New York alone maklna- a dif
ference of 100,000' vote in th general
result."
All this took clace seven years aaro.
George K. Sheldon, who succeeded Cor
nelius N. Bliss as treasurer of th Re
publican national committee, now
wruea a letter to Mr. Roosevelt say
ing that thla money waa raised by Mr.
Harrlman at th request of Mr. Bllas
and turned over to th chairman of tha
state committee,- - Mr. Roosevelt write -a
letter to Mr. Sheldon, aaylng that he
did not aak Mr. Harrlman to raise thla
money, but that Mr. Harrlman asked
him to Induoe th national committee
to contribute aome of ita funds for
th campaign expenses of Mr. Hlgglns.
in as interview following th publica
tion of the correspondence) Mr. Sheldon
explain that "Colonel Roosevelt asked
ma to write the letter and I did so."
Among; all th . denial and oounter-
aenisis certain facts are undisputed;
l. That Mr. Harrlman want to tha
White House at the urgent invitation
ox president Roosevelt
3. That he returned to New York at
ones and, raised an additional campaign
luno or saso.uuo in wall atreet.
3. That this, money waa used to de
bauch the electorate and that It turned
60,ooo votes in New York city -alone.
The Harrtman-Roosevelt-Sheldon con
troversy thus reduces ltaelf to th
question of whether these votes were
bought for Roosevelt or for Hlgglns.
or were aimpiy purchased for th gen
eral good ot th Republican tloket aa a
whole.
As a candidate for president in 1913.
Mr. Roosevelt naturally appreciates the
necessity of explaining away his part
in mis soanaaiou Harrlman transac
tion. Unfortunately, the mor h ex
plains the mor he leave to explain.
He has waited until Mr. Haniman is
dead, until Mr. Bliss is dead, until Mr.
Webster 1 dead, until Mr. Hlgglns is
dead; but. the record still lives.
Applauds The Journal. '
Prom th Nawberg Enterprise,
Tha Oregon Journal has tackled three
tasks of s-enerous dimensions: The es
tablishment of a direct line of steamers
between Portland and Alaska: the
erection of a 8800.000 office building
and the reduction of local rents for busi
ness property to a figure which will
permit tenants .to receive a decent re
turn on their expenditure of time,
mosey, industry and enterprise. '
The great financial gain which would
coma to Portland from a connecting line
of steamer with Alaska ports Is so evi
dent that It is surprising that this has.
not been already accomplished. It is
said that Portland has more wealthy
men to the acre than has any other city
of Its sis In the country, and it would
appear that they would readily seise up
on an oportunlty for Investment which
offers Such possibilities as does a close
connection- by steamship With tb great
region to the north of ua.
In respect to rents In Portland thr
1 a prospect of relief, la degree, at
least through th extension of th busi
ness dlstriot by the erection of many
new bulldinga Already may be seen a
number of vacant stores in the heart of
town whr the former tenants have
been able to secure good locations else
where at reduced rentals. It Is said
that one cigar dealer pays $8400 a year
for a corner 14 feet square. This is 6
per cent interest on a lot of money.
Tbat The jouxnai is carrying forward
now the erection of a splendid office
struoture on a high priced corner lot of
Portland la evidence that during th
10 years' exlatenc of th paper it has
achieved financial success far beyond
the usual In newspaper publishing, and
it also illustrate th confidence The
Journal people have in the near future
)f the chief city of th northwest. ,
Safety
roontrtboted to The Journal by Walt Maaaau
Che fsaoos Kansas poet. His prose-poems are a
fuiar nature oi mis eoiuma la sue paiiy
'ourntl.) , mmmL ; - "
' I harnessed up my old bay plug, and
said: "He beats a motor car; you do
not bear blna go 'chug-chug or scatter
noises near and far, I have no use for
a - machln that's louder than a thun
derstorm, and use up raw gasoline,
which Is but death In fluid form. My
horse will gently haul his load and bring -m
safely to my home; I have no fear
that. he'll eaplod and with hla frag
ments strw : th doma He'll calmly
bear- his little yoke and spring a gentle
horse's smile, and not produca a lot fft
smoke that you can smell for half a .
mil. My Rood old Dobbin I can trust
he'll' take th road till he'll expire; and
not an engtn wilt h iroatror come horns "
with a ruined tire." I climbed into my'
ancient shay to take a drive to other
scenes; old Dobbin , bucked and whaled
away and kicked the rig to smithereens,:
OopyrlgM.' ISll, y . , A -.
Maewss MatUMnr jLdasw. T LllJ f iaTfaj