8. ' . " '"i '. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, " JANUARY - 8, 1912'.'
THE JOURNAL
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JACKSON.. .....
trade 1 aJ f fancy rilicitiitei'' and I the Utie show, he "g oiea home and tries to
... 4 Je-
A stated by an exchange, a fool
world's supply ot sugar demands, ,, -1 produce a better one.". It la the rlral-
Meanwhlle cere In America daring ries that' the exhibitions excite that
"ibitoM J the same period, sugar .was. driven bring results. ' It. la the rivalries of
phii.fc-rf ,.. mm., int.irw me price or st.v per nunarea lire mat nave proaucea. tne one "" " u,uu -" iwu, co-
8adr m.Tnin t Th Jv pounds to 17.60,- according to recent thousand foot ocean liner, produced', pecially on New Year a eve
lor. rtfik and Yamhill etrt. BarUaaS. -or. I , . . . . . . . . , ' i u. .1
1 lenuuiuny oeiore me nouse sugar ine perieciea locomotive, proaucea
plete. It In time for the election of
Lorlmer's successor In 1 1918,.; . .;
otrl at Ik patnfflr It Portlasd. Or.,
'or traMmlMloa tfcrouxa tbe mails M secena
) natter.
XKI.Rrnoif ES ' Mala T1TI Rom. A-S051.
All department . reached T tbeae numtr.
TII lb operator -what department yen waul.
Benjamin Keotoor Co., Bmnewlck Bnlldtnf. pOUndS?
J25 KJftb imnr. New York; 1218 People's
BnlWllna. Chicago. .
jtai,' ebrrlptlon Twmi br Ball or to any adareea
S fn (be Lotted State or Mexico.
'1 - DAILY.
' On air.,, ....iS.no I Oim Booth I -BO
1 . SUNPAT.
, On aaar. .S3.M 1 On month t .25
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
- - Oii year. ...... .I7.SO I One montb 4 .SB
Blame, where you must, be can
did where you can,
And be eac. critic the Good-natured
Man.
Goldsmith.
THE SILVER THAW
trust investigating committee. the telephone and telegraph and pro-
Whp an explain why Britain pays, duced all the highest forma and pro-
witn grumbung 4.25 per 112 cesses in the present world civinza-
pounda of sugar while we in Amer- tion.
ica are charged 17760 for 100 1 In this world, most men are anx
ious to outdo other men. Every fat
stock shOT is a new stimulus In the
THE CALL promotion of Oregon's "agricultural
Intni-eats .' and' If w "nrn'mota On
EVEN years ago, Mrs. Minnie Lgon's agricultural interests," Port-
oaiwuian-otevens was seuing land w,u takd C8re of herself.
riDDons over tne counter in
Fitzwilllara's store In Bloom-
iagton, ill. Mr. Stevens' 7as also a
clerk there. The girl knew in her f w RITINQ In Saturday's Jour-
heart that she could sing. People In hl nal, George M. Strong dis-
Bloomlngton said that her voice was VV putes the contention in this
not even ordinary newspaper that incompetent
5
THE PENNILESS MAN
There are times when there- in
rare sweetness in that familiar song,
"The Good Old Summer Time.' . ;
It Isn't the street car alone . that
is off Its trolley.. So la the weather
man.--.:--v.. '.Vvr.;' ;
Letters From ttc People:
fORTLAND la in the grip of an-
" L other silver thaw, with the ex
I perience of five years ago du
. .'; plicated In many particulars.
.We are told .that a sliver, thaw ..la
a freak; condition, and so it seems to
be. It Is initiated, by upper air cur-
, rents warm enough to produce rain,
. with an atmosphere at the earth's
'. surface harely cold enough to freeze.
It appeara to be a mongrel brand of
ot weather, beyond the regulation of
.weather men and disconcerting to
all weather' prophets, including the
oldest inhabitant. - )
.We all shiver, no so much from
our own temperatures as from read
. ing of the extreme cold that, grips
the rest of the country. Winnipeg,
, for Instance, has a temperature of 80
below, a condition Bo frosty that it
would seem to -freeze up the tele
graph wires to carry the news. Other
spots are scarcely less Icy.
At St, Louis the 'mercury is 14
- below, at Hannibal 32 below, and all
' records for 20 years aro broken along
the Ohio river. :. Boston is two below
. and fierce tempests are whipping the
entire New England coast.
North Wisconsin points are 38 to
45 below, Bismarck, N. D., 30 below,
' Charles City, Iowa, 40 below, and
Devils Lake, N. D., 30 below. Du
luth is 34 below, Huron, S. D., 34
' below, St. Paul 36 below and Omaha
16 below. , . . '
La Porte, Ind., is 25 below, which
breaks all records, and Atlanta, Oa.,
is 22 above! San Antonio, ordinarily
- one of the hotteBt-place tn the-ran
try, is shiwerlng under 18 above.
Deaths; repp- ted -from the cold are
fire In Texas, five In Chicago, two in
Wisconsin, three in Indiana, two In
Michigan, eight in-New York and
two in St. Louis, y ': " ,
Portland 1b not a 'halcyon dream
of summer,- but we haven't yet had
to wrap the thermometer in a blan
ket to keep it from freezing. ,
IS IT THE MIDDLEMAN?
She sang In the Mothodist church statesmanship is partly responsible
choir and she sang at funerals or for widespread poverty.
-tS anywhere else that the opportunity The Journal pointed out that In
presented itself. She loved to sing; only four lines, the people of this
she had a supreme confidence in her- country create twenty-eight billions
self. She determined to go abroad of wealth in a single year.-' They
and study, despite the Jeers of her are the single items of mineral pro
Bloomlngton neighbors. She went duetion, railroad earnings, manufac
She obtained an audience with the tu res and farm products, and they
great Jean de Reszke. He advised her aggregate a sum four-fifths the en
to return to selling ribbons in Bloom- tire national wealth of Russia, and
ington. He firmly refused to con- equal to the combined national
aider her as a pupil. wealth ot Italy, Switzerland, Bel-
She, went to others. Everywhere I glum, and Portugal
she received the same verdict. ' Her The Journal insisted and repeats
place was in Bloomlngton. She had that special privileges through leg-
no voice. But, Mrs. Saltzman-Stev- lslatlon by Incompetent statesmen
ens was undismayed. "I can sing," enable a favored few fo absorb an
she said, "and I will sing." undue portion of this huge wealth
Her money gave out. She went to to the detriment of the many. The
work as a servant. Meantime, all paper added that the process con
her spare hours were spent haunting tributes to the number of penniless
the studio of 4he great de ReBzke. men and adds to the list of suicides.
Finally ale got on his nerves. One all of which, by implication, Mr.
day he gave her a lesson to be rid Strong denies.
of her. At the conclusion of the les- The Journal admits that a percent
son, the great man again told her age of the penniless men would be
that her voice was impossible. "How- penniless if every act of government
ever," continued de Reszke, "there was completely equitable. But It re-
ii i something in your voice that In-1 peats that our statesmanship Is In
terests me. I believe. I'll give yon competent, that it has provided
another lesson." false and uniust distribution and Is
That was the beginning of the a principal cause of poverty
starlit trail that Minnie Saltzman- Tn proof. The Journal cites these
Stevens has followed br.lliantly. Two facts: The United States possesses
and a half years ago Bhe sang first one-fourth the visible supply of gold
In grand opera at Covent Garden, and silver In the world. Our bank
London in "Die Walkure." Since deposits, state and national, aggre
then, she has gone from one triumph Late sixteen ' billion dollars. Our
to another. Recently she sang the! bank assets exceed twenty-three bll
role of "3runbllde at the Auditor!- n0n dollars. No other nation ap-
um In. Chicago.. It was her Ameri-lproaches these figures
can debut as a prima donna. And, I . But nearly one-half the Individ
two special cars attached to the Al- nal deposits and bank assets of the
ton Limited nrougnt her Blooming- nation is in only three states New
1-ton friends -to ..Chicago. ..for that lYnrkrMassachusetta--and Pennsyl
night 8. opera. , . . vanla. Forty-eight states create the
Mme. Saltzman-Stevens Is the -ex- wealth but three Btates have almost
cepuon inai proves me ruie, i ne half the money.
fle Keszses are usually right. And, I how did the three states get o
in all the world, there is no greater iftP a share? They are the special
tragedy han that of the would-be beneficiaries of, the tariff . They are
artlBt following a false hope. There tb home of the trusts. Unjust laws
are many wno near . tnj can tnat and non-enforced laws passed- and
lured Mrs. Stevens; there are few administered by 'an Incompetent
huuwot u im .jwpuuuai cuuiago etatosmansnip nave enaoiea mem 10
teat maae ner rise so remamabie; absorb an unfair share of the wealth
there are still fewer under whose
I HERE is a gentleman named
Alfred L. Webb who has been a
provider of food, or steward,
for circuses for 26 years. Now,
and for some time past, 1200 peo
ple are ted by him daily. The Wash
ington Post, desirous ot finding if
the high prices of food In the family
were: natural: or. ... artificial caused
this Mr. Webb to be interviewed.
His testimony is that although he
feels the pressure of high prices in
his own family, as do we all, yet, he
'says, that in feeding 1200 people of
th circus.it. only costs him 1 cent a
meal for a man more now than it
did 14 years ago.
But In buying food he goes direct
to, the produtier, buys in large quan
tities, is his own warehouseman, and
pays cash. Arid, as important, he
does his own distributing, and ships
directly to the point of consump
tion. Evetr Mr: Webb was caught once.
- Being in New York at the begin
ning of tne iiot Reason, the circus
people needed lemons. He bought
on one day lemons at $5 a box. The
next day the price jumped to 314 a
box. Some man, feeling the heat,
foresaw the demand for lemons and
cornered the market. This extra $9
a box "was grasped by the man who
; produced nothing; but speculated on
Other folks' need Ifor the necessities
of life. An extra type of middleman
was he.
HUGAK PRICES
IN, England the wholesale price of
sugar has risen during the last
year from $2.18 per hundred
weight, (112 pounds) to $4.25
that is, 'nearly 2 cents a pound.
- Germany usually furnishes three
fourths of Britain's needs. This last
year Germany has faced a deficiency
of two million tons in her sugar crop
and consequently has had no surplus
for export. But Rustsia has a large
quantity available. In the debate In
the house of commons in the first
week of December last.
courage and persistency there lurks
that slender thread of flame, the
"divine spark."
It is a brilliant thing that Mme.
Saltzman-Stevens has done. Hers Is
a rare record. It is a spectacle that
the world loves to applaud.
HOME RULE FOR INDIA
H'
WORTH WHILE
r
OME rule for India has been
" practically accomplished by
the stroke of a pen. Parlia
ments and legislatures and as
semblies and conventions are dis
puting about It the world over, ques
tioning if the principle is wise, doubt-
Ine- if the neonle are rine for It. fore-
HE annual livestock show at the casting all kinds of difficulties In
union shock xaras renders a administration if It be adopted,
high public service. It is en- Meanwhile the "benevolent despot
deavor to promote stock rals- i.m that rules three hundred and
ing in Oregon. A need in Oregon millions in the great Indian pe
ls to complete the work of driving nlnsula has decreed home rule
the razor-backed hog, and the long- nrinces and neoDle aDDlaud. and the
eared steer Into the discard, and to fact la accomplished,
substitute breed animals in, all lines Although the promulgation was
and on every farm. Another need Is reserved to be made by the king
to bring every Oregon husbandman emperor at the Delhi Dilrbar, yet the
to a realization of the profits deriv- details of the great scheme devised
able from a fancy product, and, of by Lord Morley, have been carefully
me general aivioenas inciaeni to a wrouaht out by the nresent vicerov.
well conducted livestock business. T.mvl Hardine nnd his Tndlan conn.
To help achieve this, is the func-Ln. and: of course, navu been an-
tlon and all the function, of .the an- pr0ved by the present Liberal gov
nual fat stock how. This aim estab- ernment of England. '
lishes It as a public affair, an 1 as de- Each great province will receive
serving material public support in practical autonomy. Its government
the way of county aid for Drlze
t - TV 1 A A ISU IS J W UUV11 V V
money. K IAntfnnt ovmnr hut where-
Portland cannot rise to an ulti- L the native8 of that Drovince will
mate greatness by merely inflating hft renrnaented. Several changes in
rentals and swapping town lots.. Its boundaries have been arranged, hav
way to supremacy is not by exacting ,ng ln vlew ancient divisions and
boom prices for city blocks. If it hiBtnrlc nationalities. Over all In-
would mount to Its full possibilities, L,,. ihn vlcernv In council will he.
It must develop Its back 'country. I ,
w inn nun. oia L7A c uiu. .-,jm, du vj l iniu k.
sternly practical a genius as -nthnritv. in th siirem council
James J. Hill said in Oregon, "pro- atlve. ,.e aireadv reriresented. and
mote your agricultural interest, and that element will receive further de
your cities will take care of them- innmpnt
SelVeS." I rpi,,. mnUm n.la .
His utterance is the gospel of fh o-rnwth nf .a nnrnhnr f rnit
growth, the gospel of thrift, and the nationalities, each of which will have
gospel of how to provide against lt8 own ldeai, eaca populated enough
poverty and unemployment In Port- and wWe enough in area to lead to
a coue oi growin as - nit-tMttlc.in national life. '
;that If the rules of the sugar con-
land. It
sound as truth and as everlasting
as the hills. And the fat stock show
is a direct and intelligent effort to
promote the "agricultural interests"
of the state.
Oregon must not be allowed to be
come a oiiA-rrnn ntnto Wa'hovA a
it was staged , present madness about fruit growing,
ibut all our fruits In 1910 brought
ventlon,. which binds 13 European i t,o t..,.
powers, were relaxed, Russia couldjilon dollars and In 1911 th L
-eendto England 300.000 tons In ex- t Orcharding
cess of the 200.000 tons provided in ! a 8plendla lnduBtry, but th, J n
the convention.. and was ready to flo; which it can be successfully pursued
so. But this permission was refused. 1 18 limited '
and free.trade England h sufferingl We must hammer on evWyJBae
-fcT lackMhe.300 000 Whirls of agricunurai endeavorrandthwe
SrLw f L th . conl11 ?.rbab,J 18 not on 80 ful1 of Possibilities S
rll iCr:elt "d " is a line ior which
, ' , ; ..T 7"r ' ' u wegon Is especially suited. Every
acre in the state is adapted to the
industry, and the climate especially
favorable.
: There ia no agency so effective in
promoting the, Industry as the fat
stock Show. When a stockman once
lays his eyes on -a fancy . animal ia
; policy, i
i ' The convention bears a strong
family resemblance to the steel trust
' .doings, and to the performances of
. the Chicago meat packers. There is
no SWman law to curb. ' the' "18
European powers." They restrain
The watchword of disturbance,
India for the Indiana, has received
thoughtful and effective fulfilment
' The announcement at the Durbar
by the lips of the king-emporor him
self was most enthusiastically re
ceived. In no other way, could It
have been so instantly and so widely
published. ,
Mr, Morgan's grotesque simile oc
curs to one's mind. Sometimes "un
scrambling, egga" la both possible
and practical. Here la the greatest
instance, and on the widest scale that
this decade, at least, can be expected
to show.- ;' ' : ' -,. : .
With Its famous Bull Run; Port
land la one ot the best watered cities
ln the world, and if the grand Jnry
investigations , of - the police- and
others keep up, R will be one ot the
beat ventilated. ' ' '
The Loriraer investigation has been
resumed. It would be a good plan
to hurry It up a little so aa to com-
(Com mould tlona a tit to The Journal for pal
llratlon la tbl department aboald not axcaad
800 worda tn Innctb and moat b (ceotapaaitd
Mj tne nam ana aaaraat um mmu.),
"Wha4t Can the Poor Man Do7
Portland, Or.. Jan. J.To the Editor
of The Journal Now that the excite
ment and bard feeling- engendered by
Congreasirian La f forty' little episode in
Washington, D. C, ' has aubnided, and
we can discuss the subject in a calm
and unimpasstoned manner,- X would like
to ask the question, - "What can the
poor man dot"
Being a bachelor of IS and lonely,
I can understand the position of the
fontleman much . better than . can. the
tald old . fathers of larsre families or
the young bloods who - are. surfeited
with feminine attentions. V I have prac
tically grown up In Portland, hut here
tofore my ambitions, clroumetancea and
employment have been such aa to con
vince me that marriage was impracti
cable, but now, When all these things
have changed and I eah tee the advisa
bility amd necessltyof getting married.
I find my acquaintance with eligible
ladlea so limited that I am unable to
make a choice. -I
have read carefully the ' aage ad
vice of Darra More and Cynthia Gray,
and all the other eminent writers on
the subject, but the utter foolishness
of their plans is very apparent to
man whose position Is suoh as to make
him interested. One advises that he go
to church, join the young people s soci
ety and thus, get acquainted with the
gentle sex, and another that he attend
the balls of the social set he wishes to
connect himself with. The first ad
vice might bo all right for a man who
Is used to such things, but wouldn't It
be just a little bit hypocritical In a
man otherwise situated T And how
would be act at a ball, being a vary
poor dancer, with no inclination to
learn T In either case be would feel
so much out of place that, he could
make very little headway.- It does not
seem to me that It Is necessary to be
able to lead a prayer meeting or Join
the dizzy whirl in order to make a
good buaband and father.
Several of my friends, knowing- my
desire, have volunteered t introduce
me to eligible ladles, but in all cases
their judgment and mine were so wide
ly divergent that I have given up the
hope that anyone else could pick me
out a satisfactory wife. I have hesi
tated to advertise for fear I would lose
respect for any lady who would answer
such an ad., as I have none for those
who advertise themselves.
There Is no doubt that there are
many ladles .who., would it.. satisfactory
-I see them on the streets daily but
how am I to meet thera? There Is a
law against speaking to a strange lady
on the street and it Is at least uncon
ventional. Besides, it takes nerve.
which a modest man doesn't always
have with him. I am a quiet, unas
suming, home-loving man, and would
as soon consider Jumping Into the river
as to live the remainder of my life as
a single man. yet tbe task cf making
the selection is appalling. Most of the
ladles of my age who have the charac
teristics of a good wife have been taken
long ago, and their husbands are ln such
good health that it is useless to wait
and the widows come and go so quick
ly that there - is but little chance of
catching' one of them.
Some say that I am too particular, i
but that Is hardly the case, and surely
it is better to be a little particular
than to take one I knew would bo un
satisfactory, and thus act as an ad
vance agent for the divorce court. The
requisites of a happy home are too- Im
portant to be accepted haphazard, but
there are times when a ' man sees a
lady-f who impresses him - with ' the
thought that , she is the only one, and
I say that in such a case he is justi
fied ln engaging . her ln conversation,
writing her a letter, or adopting any
plan short of using force to win her
hand that is, of course, if he has the
nerve, and no political aspirations that
may be wrecked -In case the fair one
should blab. LL, B. I.
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I : COMMENT, AND NEWS IN BRIEF 1 1 rA,ToW Wortt - I
-y;y::- shaxx cbangb. : ; i y?: v orecjox .sddelights I ' ' ' i ' i ' i i i V I ."Vs
iih l0"9 Brjrn can'' uite say . no.
- -' t.i:--..y-- :'ai'.-: !..' v''J-.y m! ..
LSZ1 K"velt Is feelinr bultyt n.
: ' ""in laiaeq iddui so mucn.
'SUderlv natnnlAwtiA 1 a.-,,nv. m
;2 a snowstorm, should remember
u inoy were once Doys and girls. ,
-t ,-.JV.i. '-.,.,!:,. ,y , -. ..,,.
No aDDreclabla hnnn
about iwo-thlrds of the census statis
tics were out out except to a, lot of
easy Job clerks, . ' . - I
There euaht to ha no im rtlkaa, aaaJsWlffa
Istratlon of th. f r.n.mT.-iV. .."i"
button of so jpure and wholesome a
mm-- as juiu Kun water. -
When The Journal i.ifina
pure milk and meat crusade, the morn
"1i00"tePc:rary onlv - ridiculed and
SOOired: Its belated nhnnra nt iltltnl.
and tone is gratifying.
IS this to b th thlt-d ak ntirth
secutlve winter In this part of Oregon
with considerable - enow and freealng
weatherT Some people are- saying our
winter climate is ohanglng, but such a
conclusion Is not yet Justified. M any
rate, it will be a long time before win
ters here are aa aevxrn tfi.v Kaw
east. . ....
The Creswell Dramatic oomnanv has
given a aeooad performance at Cottage
rr v :V.:e ny--
The Elks of Eugene will In a few
days install the furnishings of their new
Bend'e postal receipts In the last half
01 ivii snowea a gam or fsot over. tne
- Euerena Guard: : Enrena Is a hla town.
Judged by Its newspapers and that is
tne way a great many persons size up
Lakeview Rxamlneri. ; The PraaKvtaa.
Ian congregation have secured a very
favorable - location for . the new ' church
which they, hope to build in the near
suture, - . , , -y
Enterprise Record Chieftain:' A. V.
Foley sold 60,000 pounds of timothy seed
Saturday, for 11 cents a pound. He had
already sold 40 004 pounds at 1Q cents
mis season. , , .
Bend Bulletin: Across the river from
Bend.- on Aubrev Helchts. two ' lvnz
cats were shot by A. T. Shlreraan. They
were treed by Mrs, tsnireman s aog ana
with " a- 22-rlf le he- b rough them down.
una pelts are worth each about as.
SEVEN MEN OF INTEGRITY
Edmund Burke.
"It la our business to oaxefulv eultl.
vate in our minds, to rear to the most
perfect vigor and maturity, every sort
of generosity and honest feeling that
belongs to our nature. . To hrin t
dispositions that are lovely in private
life Into the service-and conduct of the
commonwealth, so to be patriots as not
10 xorget ws are gentlemen. Public life
is a situation of power and energy; he
trespasses upon his duty who aleena
upon his watch, as well as he that goes
over to the enemy.'! . ; ; ,
The Quotation is from a rrh h
Edmund Ilurke. the great English states
man, literary writer , and recognized as
ona or tne greatest examples of integ
rity among tne prominent men In Brit
ish pontics of any age.
Burke was born ln Dublin In 1780
and was a contemporary with Pitt and
Vox In early life he was delicate and
being unable to take active exercise,
read much. It was the recollection of
this circumstance which caused his
brother Richard to remark, at the close
of. one of Edmund's great orations In
the commons:
I have .been wondering how Ned
contrived to monopolize all the talent of
the family, but I remember that when
we were at play he was at work."
It was the great degree of integrity
that Burke possessed that drew him,
during the American Revolution, to the
side of the colonists, and led him to say
in his famous speech before the British
parliament:
So then America is to have no repre
sentation at all. They are 'our chil
dren,' but when children- ask for bread,
we are not to give a stone. - When these
children of ours wish to assimilate with
their parents and to reflect with a true
filial resemblance) the beauteous coun
tenance Tf British liberty, are we -to
turn to them the shameful parts of .our
constitution?" v""
Among the great men of the world
few have been the subject of higher
panegyric than Burke, and, on the whole.
few have better deserved praise. No
public man was ever more pure ln his
politics and more pure in his life, and
few have been as noble minded. He
possessed Indefatigable Industry. There
was- no subject that he could not mas
ter, and none which,, having mastered,
he oould not expound with unparalleled
rionness of language. -."
Ona of his chief characteristics was
his Intractability. He was unsulted for.
party politics, and drifted from all his
connections, , breaking up slowly all
party , ties, -and even ties of friendship,
till he reached at last almost a state
of political isolation, t
At the same time it must not be for
gotten how great an Influence he, .half
philosopher, half politician, exercised on
the counsels of the state; many of his
views on politics and publio - economy
were anticipations of science, as many
or bis previsions of the course of events
were prophecies. , ' f
One of the best examples of Burke's
stern t adherence to duty - Is when he
broke ; with his friend and admirer.
Charles James Fox, over a question of
politics ln .connection with the French
revolution. 'ox had been taunttne his
friend With his 'Inconsistency, to which
Burks replied in tones of self-repression.
Burke complained of the attack
upon him and reviewed the Fox charges.
He enumerated the points upon which
they bad disagreed and remarked that
such disagreements had never broken
their friendship. But! whatever the risk
oi cimuiy, ana nowever miter tne lo
of friendship, he would never cea
from the warning to flee from the
French constitution. .
"But there Is no loss of friends.'! said
Fox, In an eager undertone. "Yes," cried'
Burke, "there is a loss of friends. VI
know the penalty-of my conduct. I
have done my duty at the price of my
friend our friendship Is at an end." .
Fox arose, but was so overcome that
for some moments lie could not speak
At lenarth. his eves streamlne with
tearsand -ISST C ""broken " voice,' he"
piorea tne breach or tne zo, years
friendship on a political question. Burke
felt this loss as deeply, but he was so
Imbued with the spirit of Justice and
Integrity, that nothing could swerve him
frlm his duty, friends or no friends,
party or no party, popularity or unpop
ularity, right made might in every fight
undertaken by this grand Irish statesman.
Tomorrow--Dr. Thomas Arnold,.
'The Biblical Argument.
Boring, Or., Jan. 3. To the Editor of
The Journal Moses Rein thinks that
Christianity is founded upon the ruins
ef heathenism. The gentleman Is mis
taken ln his conclusions, as well as
his facts. The birth, the resurrection
of Jesus, the Savior, long before pre
dicted, were fulfilled, and Jesus made
an atonement for the sins of the world.
Christ said: All things must be ful
filled which were written ln the law.
aind in the prophets and in the. Psalms
concerning me," St. Luke xztv:44. To
the law and to the testimony, truth is
its own defender. "Unto us a son Is
given, and hid name shall be called
the great God, the everlasting Father."
Isaiah ix:6. "The Lord God will come
with a strong hand, his reward is with
him, and his work before him," Isaiah
xl:10. "Messiah shall be cut off, bnt
not for himself; and the people shall
destroy the City and the sanctuary;
and he shall cause the" sacrifice to
cease," Daniel lx:2-27. . "Though thy
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow," Isaiah 1:18. "Thou
hast brought me no money, neither hast
thou honored me with thy sacrifices;
but thou has made me to serve with
thy sins." Isaiah xllil:24. "He was
wounded for our transgressions. The
Lord hath laid on him the Iniquity ot
us all. When thou Shalt make his soul
an offering for sin, he, God, shall see
his seed, he shall see the travail of
his soul, and shall be satisfied,, be
cause he poured out his soul into death.
and he was numbered with the trans
gressors; and - he - bare j the sines of
many, and made Intercession for" the
transgressors," Isaiah Hit. "Thy dead
men shall live, together with my dead
body shall they arise," - Isaiah xxvl:lS.
Paul said: "Feed the -church , of God,
which he hath, purchased with his own
blood,"- Acts xx:28. "For as much then
as the children are partakers of flesh
and blood, he, also himself took part
of the same; that through death he
might destroy htm who had tbe power
of death, that Is, the devil," Hebrews
11:14. 'Xk, I come- fo do thy will, O
God," Psalms xl:7.. "Thou wilt not suf
fer thy holy one to see corruption."
Psalms xvl:10. "The Lord said to my
Lord, sit thou at .ivy nsh. hand until
make, thy enemies thy . footstool."
Psalms -ex t-4.-- - ' 1 v-
(MRS.) MAY GILTNEB,
Views of Vetera of 61.
kernes ' TtraU '. Tan K Vi V,f
tor of The Jdurnal X believe The Jour
nal Is ln favor of a square deal 'to all,
and there Is such a howl about the bill
betere congress In regard to Increase of
pensions for . the remnant of the once
greatest1 army of modern times, whose
fighting record; to save this country
and make It one of the foremost nations
of the, world is equalled by few and
surpassed by none. When we enlisted
ln 1861 we were paid $13 in greenbacks.
worth 40 cents on the dollar, and if we
got a ration of hard tack and "sow
belly" once a day we were in luck. Two
fence rails for a bed was a luxury, en
joyed by only a few. Now some of us
that have passed the age or 76 receive
$20 per month. As we are nearly all
poor men with wives', It does not go
far for our support, ana it' is not tne
true cause of the large amount of money
the government pays for pensions. The
Grand. Army., gets but a, smau snare
comparison to what Is paid to the re
tired soldiers or tne present ume, wmcn
can be easily proved if you have a mind
to investigate. The privates of the army
now receive $16 in coin, three square
meals a day, . that are equal to any
boarding house, a spring bed to sleep
on, bath tubs, library, billiard tables, an
Increase of pay for marksmanship and
reenlistment, double time for service In
the islands. After so years or tnis serv
ice they retire with three-fourths pay
and allowances. I fun personally ac
quainted with men, young men In com
parison to the Q. A. R., who are re
ceiving monthly from $45 to $67.60, and
one man, a' band master, gets $90. Now,
I am not blaming these men for receiv
ing this. The government promised It
to them, and It Is their due. But .com
pare their service to the country with
that of the soldiers of 1861. We are ask
ing for $1 a day less than the smallest
amount paid to any retired soldier and
barely enough to, keep our old wives
and ourselves now that we are too old
to make a living for ourselves.
Now; Mr. Editor, if the congress of
the United States thinks this Is a square
deal to all. It is a different country from
what we thought we were fighting to
save for the American people.' . ' 'j
- J. S. BIRDS ALL,
First Sergeant Company 3, First Oregon.
Water Transportation.
Portland, Or.. Jan. 6.-TO ths. Editor
of The Journal In my humble opinion.
The Journal's editorial of Wednesday.
January 8, 1812, entitled, ""Remember
London." Is ,a telling ohe; in fact, the
best and most Impressive one on the sub
ject Of water route advantages", and Port
land opportunities tnat i nave aeciu n b
a subject that should be kept contin
uously before the people, and with It
some of the unsatisraciory iacis, sucn
as a comparative statement of the deep
sea tonnage from the sound (say cov
erlng a month or six months), and an
occasional statement of the actual cost
of coaling a ship at Tacoma and Port
land. ' i
The exact truth may destroy their
(the Portland public's) dream of excel
lence, but It awakens ' them, and will
do more good than harm. ' .. .,
The subject -of your editorial s one
that -every inhabitant of Portland Is
Indirectly interested in financially, and
I do not think Teal estate holders ap
preciate It Transportation is the foun
dation of every large city, and an open
river and modern dock facilities spell
cheap transportation. - ,( t' , '," ' 1 K-
Why not make your' great contribu
tion to a "Greater Portland" be the
championship of water transportation T
If stuck to, ln and out of season, it is
a surs winner. : 8. M. MBARS.
women and children from whom the
money had been stolen suffered for
food and clothing or ate' the bread of
charity. The time may come when the
violent dealing of the wicked shall re
turn upon bis own pate.
WILLIAM H. WHEELER.
Famine Stalks Through China.
New Haven, Conn- 'an. 1. To the
Editor of The Journal. The writer has
spent the greater part of three years In
the midst of famlhes to X3blna.--While
viewing the scenes of distress Incident
to such calamities. It Is frequent for
foreigners engaged . In relief ( work to
find themselves unable to proceed, such
as, the conditions which force the med
ical novice from the operating table, are
prohibitive of the performance of any
useful service. With; such conditions
as these on a large s-ale owing to the
unprecedented Yangtse river floods of
last season, and Intensified by the war
of which they are a prime cause, the at
tention of all la to be directed to the op
portunity for practical assistance pre
sented by them.
Five hundred thousand families, or 8.
500,000 individuals are face to face with
actual starvation ln one of the . world's
most fertile spots. To tide them over
until May, S3.SOO.000 at least Is. required
by the General Famine Relief committee
of China, led by American missionaries.
To convey the funds contributed to the
scenes of distress, the treasuries of
mission boards, the American Red Cross
and banks with branches In China stand
ready. - The permanence- ot the value of
assistance being rendered the Chinese,
will be ensured by. the supervision of
conservation schemes under'' the Chi
nese, due to our Red Cross initiative,
which shall prove a ttiodel for the re
clamation work facing the coming, re
gime in China. The Paciflo slope ever
responsive to Calls from the -.Orient
stands ln a strategic position 'with re
lation to the famine, and shall not,, we
may be sure, falj to prove it. is In line
with the present situation..
;,.;..: '. ... C B. PARSONS.
' ' 7 f From Collldr's Weekly. .'
.- A certain country town has 2600 pop-' -v
ulatlon, is not the county seat, ! more ,
than 40 miles from the nearest city, and v,
depends almost entirely upon the neigh-
boring farms for its prosperity,. In ap
pearance this town differs llttl from -'
thousand others of its class, except that
the "three 'garages- are a surprise,- and
the lawns and houses might be remem- ;:
bered as neater and more trim than or
dlnary. , . .. .r t,y , , '
. rASk a question and It leads you far.
You notice, perhaps, that the press of
the countryi newspaper- Is run 4y aa 4 -
electric motor. ' The power and light
plant Is the property of the town and
pays a revenue of $S00 a -month into
the. publio treasury, -
The- heating plant for downtown
stores also. Is owned by the people. 1 It
utilizes the waste steam from the power
plant and cuts the merchant's fuel bill - -In
half. A country physician's son, who '
in this little town now is completing a
$80,000 hospital for general practice.
has credit for the sugestlon that the ' '
steam be connected with the water sys
tem, so that if the water pipes ever be- t
oome infected they may be sterilised
With live steam. J , -.
To this municipal light. - Water, and
heating plant Is attached a nrlvate lea
factory which" sella pure Ice made from
sterilized water at 46 cents a hundred
pounds. ..A wholesale ice cream factor
buying . real country cream . to sell
again zor so cents a gallon uses the
cold salt water from the loe plant
Helpful cooperation la found In ether,
fields. . ..-..'., v
Uncle John Mowder. e farmer .'now
comfortably rich and with spare. Ume
to Improve his "form" In horseshoe
quoits, .uses his little fortune as a pri
vate, remedial loan fund for townspeo
ple who long to own a home; and the
woman who makes quilts for the coun
tryside, the boy who runs the peanut
stand, a clerk In a general store, and a
tinner's helper are respected property
owners. . The town- boasts that every
laborer who has lived In the place five
years owns a home, and that Uncle John
never has lost a dollar on many risky
securities. .,." , - ..;..... ,
Women's club, meetings have time fnw
Keata and Browning and the servant
prouiem never neeus to be discussed. In
tbe neighborhood there are a numbee.
of the Amlsh sect whose daughters, as
a matter of religious prinolple. win do
the housework and mtnd the baby for
10 cents an hour or $3 a week or less
never more. .
At one end of town is a cublio nlav-
ground, which ln winter Is flooded for'sj
skating rink. For a city man who re
members the country town as it used to'.'
be, a visit to such a community aa this
Is atlmulating education.
The place, by the way, is Babetha,
Kan. . ,'
Tanglefoot
By Miles .
Overhol-
THE RAINBOW'S ENDS.
X - haven't time ' to
labor for a paltry
' weekly wage.
Hard work and m
tai . exercise la
telling on my age.
I spend hit time ln
larger
seeking
fields a
coin in
chunks.
PLooklng for a half -
a dollar that is
worth 2000 plunks
The latitude's un
limited and the
wealth comes roll-
Ing; in : . .
"At least "" It will
, whene'er I find,
the proper piece
'of -tln. ' i"
Why, even Lincoln
f ennies of a cer
aln sort of brand
Are worth a little
fortune.' If I get
enough on hand.
When easy jobs are offered me, I simply ..
- turn 'em down;- : "
No salary .hf big enough to drive me
- from the town. ,
For I'm looking- for a dollar that was
cornea tn thirty tnree,
With the proper markings: on tt, worth
.. euuu oones to me,
.'- -
might "work a dozen years or more and
merely dodge the Jail.
And undermine my system, nor pile up
. a hit of kale;
But should I find a gold piece eelned
in' 1828.
would grab a modest fortune that -would
pay me for the wait.
Folk mar argue that Tm lazn that my
. system Is to shirk;
They might say I hunt the ralnboWf
tnat i want to doage the world
Tlsn't true I'm always busy, and some . '
Aav T'll fail '.tn 4nA
When I find the only coin that's left of
me mint or -az.
Pointed Paragraphs'
The Wrecked Seaside Bank. ';
Seaside. Or., Jan. . To the lEdltor
of The Journal I want to- congratu
late The Journal - for the way It has
shown up and commented upon - the
looting of the bank and people of Sea
side, the shielding of the king thief i by
those - who shared In his plunder and
those whose duty it was to -put him in
the penitentiary where he be!ongsvand
the division, under forms of law, of
the little that was left, among those
Who did not earn nor deserve It, while
Walters Opposed to Tipping1.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
New York waiters, recently organised
into an "International Hotel Workers'
Union,", have been holding a mass meet
ing on the subject of the tip. To their
credit, they are all against It
What they-tfant is-a regular salary
With a. commission on the sale of eat
ables and drinkables. A similar plan Is
ln operation in many mercantile houses,
especially department stores,, and it in
sures extra, pay. for extra - energy and
cleverness. , ,
An Increase of 5 per cent in- prices,
the waiters assert would even up things
under the new regime for .the proprie
tors.';1 Thus, as usual, it is the publio
that pays. But a public that now tips
to (the extent of 10 r 20 per cent would
easily reconcile itself . to an advance of
S per cent, in view of the various con
comitant advantages. ,
' .r One View,"
When I see Another fellow,
As I -march along the way, - .
Picking fruit' that's nice and mellow,
In an easy sort of way, - . ...
I don't start ln howling madly
That the world Is on the bum, .
Or stop at praying sadly, " -
For the lord te give me some.
I just start to digging harder.
In the rocks along the road.
Hoping that my scanty larder,
Will be filled out of the lode, : w :i
And although I do not strike It
Rich as I g on my way, t ,
Within my soul I like it '
When another makes things pay.
in. fieasants.
And many a man lives the simple life
because he' has to.
... . e ,.'.
The world ewes every nan a ehanoe
to earn an honest living;
, '.'-.-'"' e . e " ...."!
A -woman Is always proud ef her hus
bandduring the honeymoon.
e .',.' -.- , T
. Few bachelors are as gray as they
want women to think they are.
, ':.''. - e - e fe ; .-
When a straight man strays Into
orooked paths he is apt to go lame. -.
' .:. . - v ..-.:.(
A man can acquire an awful grouch
If his breakfast doesn't suit his fanoy.
!- ' " : 1 - . ..... ... .-, , '
After ia man gets In" had he-Is soon
forgotten and he ought to be glad of It
-- ,-' '-- V
The worst that your neighbor does
often seems better than the best you
can do. '
'When a girl throws a man over he is
apt to .light on his knees in front of
another girl. -
The only way a man can get the best -
of a woman in an argument Is to turn
on a Une of baby talk. -
JacK of All TraJ es
(Contributed to The Journal by Walt Mnaon,
tbe famoue Kanau poet. Ilia prosa-poems art a
regular feature of this eoluma la Toe Daily
JouruaJ.) :'?' ' '"' 'iu-.'.- :.':':":..'.
One day we see him painting houses
or nailing shingles on the roof; next day
he's . seen dehorning cowses or . herding
turkeys on the hoof. A handy man, we
always hire him when trifling Jobs, are
to be' done; but people do not oft desire
him , for work that costs a bunch of .
mon. i. He'll paint a fence or clean a .
furnace- or . shake the rugs and sweep
the floors; he'll do his duty where the
churn 1st and tackle 40 other chores. For
willingness' he Is a, dandy; he flies
round on speedy feet. A man, you'd
think, so - mighty , handy, should have -a
shack on Easy street And yet he's
always on his uppers, his toll's so light."
ly reimbursed; while neighbors eat their.'
gorgeous suppers he has to feed on
welnerwurst. ,,To learn one trade and
learn It fully, to master every small :
detail, that is the plan -that makes Ilfo ;
bully, and brings Jn BO kinds of kale.
repyright. 1011. by--'' f0k Jftt
George JUattbevir Mm. M2att)jUVat
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