The Oregon daily journal., January 24, 1912, Page 6, Image 6

r J S THE OREGON . DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND; WEDNESDAY , EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1912.
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hm, Titth and Yamhill atraote, Portiaea. Or,
and poultry ' producer on the 'coast
There, the average chloken (arm-, is
about five acres of land, sustaining
600 to 8000 bens. There are ranch
es with as many as 80,000 chickens
at on time- on each
In 1910. the acres ' shinned : from
Entered at tha anetnfrli-a at Portland. Or., , aba .r ..
for tranemlaeloa through the aails as ond i-umiuiua nuraoerea auiau,
!. i,iw, . 1 and In 1900 the poultry amounted to
120,018 dozen. The eggs used for
hatching amount: to 250,000 dozen
a year. ,.
The ftate of California - produced
In 1910 35,758,075 dozen, of which
TRl.EPRnvvR i Mali, ri7R- Home. A-SOM.
- All departments , reached -teaee number.
Jfii ue operator what eeparoneni u !"
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nature for poultry production.
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Let no ne imagine that h.
ha no influence. Whoever
may, be, and wherever he may
te placed, the man who thinks
becomes a lig-ht and a power.
Social problems.
THEIR TEARS
A'
WANTED A MAN
N , extremely interesting contri
bution to current political dis
cussion is the letter of Mr.
Bryan, made public today,
It deals with the Wilson-Harvey-
Watterson episode. , It says that,
with Wilson moving forward and
Harvey going in an opposite direction
in political thought, a break was in'-'
lt was. It says that
HE office of district attorney is
olvotal in tha issue of what evuabie; and
kind of town Portland is to be. lt was not Colonel Harvey, but Wood-
It is the clearing house of the row wijson nimseu, m&v maae me
law as related to crime.
j It Is the office; that prosecutes
graft. , Properly conducted - it can
drive grafting officials out of Port
land.;; It o:an be a more effective
agency than all other influences com
bined, for fumigating Portland.
One term of a good district attor
ney would make the office feared
and respected. It would send the
crooks to. cover. It would disperse
the lawbreakers,? It would straight-
iNew Jersey governor a presidential
possibility; and that is true. The
letter is a striking indorsement" of
Wcodrow Wilson by Mr. Bryan.
The utterance is com-iended to the
Oregonlan and other Taf t support
ers who were plunged into such deep
sorrow over what they described as
the, affront to Mr. Bryan in tho
cocked-hat letter. It will help them
to be comforted. The great personal
suffering they felt over the welfare
dertake to" Interest. "and' amuse , the
people,' x. iir iiyr''if'ij-
; The University -of' Minnesota is
one of those that combines the func
tions of a university with the ' state
agricultural -college -' 1 t, j "'-' X
As agricultural college and experi
ment station the . development of
that work through the demonstration
train, the carrying of farm teach
ing to the farm or its neighbor
hood, the traveling cow, and hog,
and chickens, the methods of stock
feeding, of tree pruning, and the
like are most logical and admirable.
; Tba broad . distinction between
their work; and that now proposed
by Dr. Vincent is quite plain. v The
instructors with the demonstration
train are dealing with a personally
interested class, whose attendance at
the demonstrations ,' betokens some
knowledge, some experience on
which the more advanced Instruction
of the demonstration train can be
built up and they can and do obtain
their best teaching In this way. But
the general teaching now suggested
makes no Individual appeal. It has
a patent medicine suggestion, where
instruction in all the arts and
sciences can be1 put up ' In tabloid
form and generally swallowed, be
quickly digested, and as quickly for
gotten. , -
The methods, no less ' than the
scope of the university and the agri
cultufal college are radically dis
tinct. . o
could hope it might be under eur de
fective banking IvwiJ'-iM v'f.U
J; So there is balm, in Oilead, and
the nation can afford to wait a little
still for i business . extension to re-
S COMMENT ?ANDiNEVS INiBRIEF
SMALL CHANGE.
sume.
Probably Itrvan 4a rathai, rHAvfna tha
situation. , :n' y;.,-,w-
Considering present price,: any 1 1 Nobodv iaema'; tV -ha" 3wrVini ."vWk
hen shows remarkable restraint - In frsaceln pontics. '' ; f , ?
merely cackling ; after ."she ; lays- an xtit ail; it takes tba Manchus a long
egg. An exchange remarks that she "mp to move out A&y-t.i--l
WOUW be fully Justified In giving a ? Now, ; -erhara. Mor-e wilt ; et weili
uaua concert. '...?., ' ,.-.(; , v '. 1 "uu.iH'"sB imppoqoa, yr.t..
o ruicauy to yvw woni o oisappoincea,
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baker' is soon to have a city directory
or noma compilation. , , v :
county im rabbits were killed,
' Two Grants pass men have leased, at
EuBne, ground for a large, cement tile
A Grants Pass fOundrvman Is fierurloc
on a contract with Gold Hill for a clus
ter ugnt-r unMa,--.":.. . -,vv
The Marahflald volunteer fire denart
men( has elected Can Keating chief and
.loin 4jawnorne BBBigtani, cmei. , v
Milton's Ice plant with , capacity-of
13 tons per 24 hours, is In operation.
Walla Walla is the principal market
lor , tno . jco ; ,y . "..v.;" -a
The Klamath Herald says i "Carnegie
library looks likely and a ' federal
building my come with It." The) Her.
aid suggests looating both on the same
The Orearon City Courier has changed
hands., W. -Shewman, , for several
years editor and publisher, has sold to
M. C. Brown and Allen E. Frost, for
merly editor and foreman, respectively,
j '-'.f, ('..',.. .'d' :
J. H. Wilson, expert accountant and
lawyer-of Corvallts. la going over the
books,; accounts and records of the of
ficers of Clatsop county. Ha has already
exported the books of Lincoln county
ror ivn , : , ',
flotd Raaeb Hlnher The naeVlner house
expects to reoelve a band of fst porkers
from up the coast-this week;' Tha town
win celebrate the occasion appropriate
ly by feasting on spare ribs, which will
be a' treat-to all. . .
Medford Mail-Ttibune: The Washing'
ton school cleared $79 on the "White
Man's God" entertainment. This has
been turned over to Superintendent Col
lins and any child needing dooks or
shoes will ba furnished.
Yamhill Record: A Newbertr Drorihet
thinks that city will have 5000 popula
tion In two years and 80.000 In ten
years. That would be outgrowlna; the
loosest skinned dud you aver saw arrow.
but Newberg has the growing habit. ;
fi a e
Gold Hill News:' Trarmer Hammcrslv
has been employed b the forestry ser
vice and the state game commission to
rid Crater National park of wolves. He
is on a salary and will also participate
In bounties offered by. stockmen adja
cent to the park.
The Medford Mall-Trthiina la renrn.
duclng Items from the Medford Mall of
19 years ago. On January Z0, 1893. A.
6. Bllton took over the Southern Oregon
Mall, and changed Its name. Th first
batch of reprinted items Included a Tom
show ad. and a story of a man bitten
on the leg by a mule.
Be calm; be calm.
in eruption on Manhattan island. It
is only the flutter, of the 400 over
the ' arrival of th; juke with 67
trunks, 40 bags - and servants to
match. r
Don't get scared: in th war of tha
ooioneis noooay win be killed.
At least. Governor Wilson has) not
yet puDiiciy caned anytoay an infamous
uar.
What!
A Prrrlani1.AiHfllra ateamahln
A Washington correspondent as- line this year, at last. . May it stick, and
ati ras h ' fiakf ' 13 varan e .TnMiVrt I si I ft V w
a Ml rnV WQ) ' VU CSj d aU IT nitia JB aVVS t
Taft. 8uch brotherly love has not
been seen since the days of the Sia
mese twinfc-i'V' .'.';.!..?. - ::''
A NATIONAL FIGHT
A
V a,a.OU I Y- A 1
en out the grafters. It would make ol Drya waB iru,y
the law resneeted. It would not all Bnt- they can now hrusb away
fhe forces of good government in crocodile tears and be calm
motion. It would cleanse and nurify Instead of being aggrieved, Mr,
tmcleanlinMs It wnnldmaka tha Bryan is delighted with Woodrow
rll-v what It might in he and what Wilson. If they really love Mr.
the law declares jit. shall be. ; ,
; The office is the strategic force
-upon which hlnges the sovereignty !
!or the impotency of -the law. No of
fice is more Important. No office is
more essential. . No, office is more i
fundamental to clean government.
Portlanders ought to reflect deen-
3y upon what, this "office- means to
them. They ought to , salvage it
Bryan as deeply as they profess, the
way is now open for them also to
approve Governor Wilson.
BOOKREADERS' TASTES
r
F it be true that a man is known
by the company he keeps it is no
less true that he is known by the
books that hel selects to read.
While this is trna of thai IndlvMn.
.They ought to fill it with a oompo- ai, the general, or the class, choice of
tent, iney ougnt xo vitalize wun books reveals the trend of thought,
a Man. : Tney ougnt to -reaeem it the. habit of the muUitude. and so
with a real prosecutor. By electing i becomes a fair amide to the unward
a fit man, they ought to restore it or downward progress of the people,
to, Its constitutional function. They Irt tj,e laat number of the "Fort
ought to make it stand for some- nightly . Review" a writer named
thing. K , ... v ,. ;-..- s .. Blathwayt gives results of a thorough
j A bad. prosecutor. Is! worse than study on these lines. He has gone to
laone. He can stand In with the graft- publishers, to booksellers, and to 11
ers.! He can fail to vigorously pros- brarians for Information, and has
ecute those caught at grafting. He aone much Inquiring from represent
can take 'money from them, for; let- atlve people. ' 1
lng them off easy;". He can levy trib- while his researchM wra, rhifiv
, vte on the crooks by being easy. In
prosecuting them, 'f 1 ' ,
' r The office presents uncounted 'op
1 portunities for a dishonest Incumbent
to be crooked.' It ought either to be
filled by, a 'man of integrity or be
'abolished jaltogether and the salary
, be saved. '''"
The-present spectacle of six can-
didates for the office 86 days before
the primaries is a, powerful reason
for Portland to be concerned about
) : the district attorneyship.
I
THE FAILED. ROSD ISSUE ;
T is regrettable that the Jackson
county. bond issue for roads has
been held, unconstitutional. The
. higher court determines that the
- road bond amendment is not self act-
- Ing, and; that .further legislation - is
' necessary5 to make it effective.
As quickly as possible, the requi
site measure should be enacted Into
- law. Here was a county that voted
, 11,500,000 for road building. It was
'-.by choice of the people in a vote of
more thafi four to one that the plan
was adopted. Such a people, when
"they want , to help themselves by a
system of good roads, ought not to
te restrained by the law from, do-
ing SO. . .
If Jackson county wants to spend
heavy" sums for road Improvement,
Linn county, Multnomah county or
any other county ought not to stand
In the way. There ought to be com
plete local self-government In such a
V matter, and every county have the
right. to determine for Itself how
touch Jn bonds It Bhould vote for road
' building. .-. "
Following the lead of Jackson,
'"Josephine county was preparing for
"' a half million bond issue for road
.." bOiMlng;' and several other counties
were considering the Issue of securi
ties. In greater or Jess amounts for
the same' purpose. There is no doubt
' i that If the decteion of the court had
been otherwise, road building would
baye, made such strides in the state
: as never before. . Nor 1b there doubt
, that, . with legislation making the
road bond amendment effective,
; plana for highway improvement In
many .counties will again be taken
tip-where If must now be temporar
ily laid down by reason of the decls-
' A.blll. to cure the, defect in the
process should be. passed as soon as
... there Is opportunity to do so.
in London they seem to be so repre
sentative In conclusion as to be a
reasonably safe guide.
Publishers , have - told him that
they have long ceased to trust their
Own Judgment as to the probable suc
cess of a new book. To foretell what
the public wants the publisher must
divine the attitude of that vast mass
of readers who go their own way,
uninfluenced by traditions, u'ngov
erned by criticism, murt simplify his
own mind to a level of sentimental
ity and naivete which nothing but
long experience, and a trained Imagi
nation can reach. Who would im
agine that the most popular book
of the day is a sentimental tale with
a semi-rellglous motive, called "The
Rosary"? Yet over 400,000 copies
have been quickly sold
BEAUTIFUL young woman of
25, widely esteemed for her
womanly qualities, is dead at
Newport. She was killed with
a revolver in an unknown hand, and
under mysterious circumstances.
It is merely one Instance ir. the
day's news. It is part explanation
of why the forces are gathering for
a national warfare against the pistol.
There is war against it in Goorgla.
It is under attack in New York. It
is being fiercely assailed in Ohio.
Chicago is a storm center In tlie bat
tle that is beginning to be waged all
along the line against concealed fire
arms.
All the Chicago newspapers are
fighting In the campaign in Illinois.
Alderman Murray of the C hicago city
council la one of the leaders. He Is
promoting an endless chain system
in securing country-wido legislation
to put the revolver under the ban.
He says; "I haven't worked the plan
out in detail. A resolution to be
passed by the Chicago council will di
rect .the city clerk to send to Chicago
suburbs a copy of the Chicago ordi
nance, with the request that each
pass a similar 'law. The next "step
will be to address appeals to all the
cities of Illnois.
"The exact method of reaching
other states will have to b figured
out. It will probably be best to ad
dress the mayor of the largest city
in each state, asking that he launch
a similar movement In his common
wealth. .
It is ' thus proposed by city ordi
nance, by state laws and later by
federal statutes to stop the terror
ism and slaughter caused by gun-
toting.
Only two classes of people find use
for pistols the crooks, and the men
who are afraid to go about unarmed.
It is not yet too late for some of I alone by men.
the Portland candidates to exchange
their district attorney . booms for
something useful. '
Uncle Ike Stephenson can keen his
seat, but his sort of man . won t Ret
ii again soon. 1 . , i '
The woman who desDises matrlmon
ana domesticity would better be
ony
left
Letters From tKe People
: (Commnnleatlona eant to The Journal tor pan
liratlon la this deartnnt should not exceed
BOO worde to length and moat be accompanied
by roe name and addreaa ox the eenaer.)
The Alaska Steamship Question.
Portland, Or., Jab. 20. To the Editor
of the Journal It waa 69 'years ago
yesterday that I landed In San Diego, a
green and beardless boy. At that time
alt tha ice used in the coast cities of
California came from Sitka, then a port
of the Muscovite empire, but now
portion of the United tates, thanks to
the foresight of William H. Seward.
The Russian-American Commercial com
pany that had a monoply of the Ice
trade at that time, had the bark Cyowe,
commanded by Captain William- H.
Kentiel, afterwards principal police
man at the Southern Pacific ferries, and
the ship Zenobia, commanded by Cap
tain Nicholas P. Esillng; both of them
are many years dead.
The purchase of Alaska, at $7,500,000
at that time, branded and abused as a
fearful waste of the public money, has
A Philadelphia bride received presents
amounting to many millions, few ' of
wntcn the aonors rtaiiy earned.
e .
O. we'll probably have to take Cuba.
sooner or later since we have gone Into
we poncing Dusinese in that region.
Shouldn't there be a law for nerma.
nently and liberally Denslonlnar such In
dustrious patriots as Ormsby McHargT
. . .. a a
Aiayre, alter an, a war would be a
good thing, If thereby the country
wouia get ria or an apparent surplus
of colonels.
a a
The river men are good fellows, of
course, but the thousands of people who
need to cross the bridges are mostly
worthy, also. ,
-
When a brlde-Just-to-be added an em
phatic "not" to the "I do" of the cere
mony, the word made a big difference
at least temporarily, to the bridegroom.
Stxi there's no danger of Colonel Guf
' being nominated for president. Is
ere? Bv the way. mightn't he do for
vice president? He's very rich, we believe.
a e
Full fertile level lands mavhe. tielr
harvest great of fruit and grain: but
not their wide expanse for me; I'll make
-- home on wide-stretched plain. My
choice of home shall be mid hills and
slopes, unreft of emerald trees, through
which flow story-telling rills, where
wayward -wanton In the breeze. The
long since been repaid by her output I broad, flat plain its corn may yield, but
not held In wide-flung field, a aolaoe for
inn . eye ana mina.
A BANKER'S DIAGNOSIS
D
BALING with the alleged fact
that capital is deaf at this time
to all suggestions that plan
business extension. Mr. Frank
A. Vanderlln. nresident of the Na-
inis public tlonal City bank of New York", ad
seems to lag a whole generation be- I dresses to his countrymen a serious
hind the cultivated taste of the day, warning.
Mrf Blathwayt arrives at some! He has no fault to find with any
general conclusions. He finds mem
oirs and biographies still popular
in society, which loves gossip. The-
attempt at "proper control" over
corporate aggregations. But ho ar
gues that "tho theory of control ren-
of precious metals, to say nothing of
her rich fisheries and her imparalleled
wealth of (standing timber. If all of
Seward's! life had been one continuous
failure, lis purchase of Alaska would
have stamped him as the most far
seeing of all our public men; and he
goes down to history dividing honors
with Benton, of Missouri, as the best
friend the great west has ever had, to
the present hour.
I came to Portland In 1870. Alaska
had been purchased four years previous
and we had a monthly mail service,
performed by a small steamer of about
600 tons, called the George S. Wright
afterwards lost at Cap Caution with
all on board. Then her place waa filled
by a trifle larger vessel called the
Gusale Telfair, a reconstructed English
blockade, runner Called the Gertrude.
captured at the mouth of Bavarian har
bor. After she was wrecked, a larger
steamer called the California, now re-
chrlatened the Eureka, waa put on the
Una under command of that magnlfl
oent old, sailor. Captain Charles Thome.
After the line passed out of the hands
of Ben. Holladay and went Into control
of Henry Vtlland, a larger vessel galled
me Anoon, was put on me rout, ene
must have been . about 1700 or 1800
tons burden and carried the engine.
of the old steamer Bonora that earned
millions for the Paotflo Mall company
on the Panama route. The Ancon was
in command of Captain James Carroll,
aa fine a sailor as ever broke a biscuit
and as true a friend as I ever had.
I have gron thus far, "around Robin
Hood's barn,"' to- show the fact that
up to the outbreak of tha Klondike dis
coveries, Portland had the Alaska trade.
and all of It that was worth having.
If a man lived in San Francisco and
wanted to go to Sitka or Wrangel he
had to come to Portland to catch the
steamer.
There Is no earthly reason why Port
land should not have a big share of
that trade, right here and now. All
her merchants have to do Is to afford
liberal credits to the Alaska merchants.
in order to give them .time to pay up
what tbey owe In Tacoma, Seattle and
tha other vound cities. I do not know
anything about Mr. Dodge's steamers.
but I think It would be better to raise
a certain sum of money as a subsidy
for three years, say $25,000 the first
SEVEN FAMOUS DWARFS
"General Tom Thumb."
A Four Hunclrecl
ainmion m
lan
The most Interesting dwarf born In
the United States was Charles Sher
wood Stratton, who came to be known
as "General Tom Thumb." His dlmlnu
tlve stature, . his exceptional Intelli
gence, his marriage to another dwarf of
about his same size, are facta well re
membered through' their having been ex.
hlbited together for many years by P.
T. Barnum, the show man.
'Tom Thumb" was born at Bridge
port, 'Fairfield county, Conn., on Janu
ary 4, 1888. He was the son of Sher
wood E. and Cynthia Thompson Strat
ton, and a descendant of Thomas Strat
ton of Concord, Mass., who settled in
Stratford about 1717. His parents were
not undersized, nor Is it noted that any
of his ancestors were dwarfs.
At the age of 4 "Tom Thumb" was
taken by his mother to New Tork to be
exhibited st Baraum's Museum, and at
that time was less than S feet in height.
and weighed less than It pounds. But
he was perfectly formed and was In
perfect health. As he grew older his
height Increased to 40 inches and at the
time of his death he weighed 70 pounds.
He was extensively advertised by his
managers as "General Tom Thumb"- and
was first shown to the public on
Thanksgiving day, 1842. He was ex
hibited In New Tork and elsewhere in
the United States for two years with
great success, the weekly salary of the
Infant prodigy being at first $8 and his
traveling expenses, and at the end of
two years $50.
On January 18, 1844, "Tom Thumb"
accompanied his parents and Mr. Bar
num to . England, where he was thrice
received at Buckingham palace by Queen
Viotorla. From London the party pro
ceeded to Paris, where the proceeds of
the first day's exhibition amounted to
6500 francs. He was three times re
ceived at the French court, and on a
special parade day, In his tiny carriage,
by royal permission, occupied a place
reserved for the court and dlplomatlo
corps.
After a tour through France, Bel
glum was visited, and at the court of
that country "Tom Thumb" received ad
dltional favors. In February, 1847, the
party returned to the United States,
through which an extended tour waa
made, and through Cuba as well. In
1857 "Tom Thumb" revisited England,
and later made several tours on the
continent.
On February 10, 188S, he waa married
at Grace church, New York city, to
Lavlnla Warren, anotheK dwarf, whom
Barnum had been exhibiting; her els
ter, Minnie, and "Commodore" Nutt, also
pigmies, acting as bridesmaid and
groomsman.
Miss Warren was even shorter than
her husband, and excited almost a
much Interest during the tours they
made together in Europe and in this
country.
Tom Thumb was an excellent bust
ness manager, and with part of the
handsome fortune he accumulated, built
a house in Middleborough, Mass., his
wife's birthplace. There he died, July
16. 1883. He was burled In Mountain
Grove cemetery, Bridgeport, a marble
monument, surmounted by a full length
statue, marking the spot.
His wife, Mercy Lavlnla Bumpus. as
sumed the nam of Warren, under Bar
num's management She was born Octo
ber 81, 1841, and was a descendant of
a Frenchman named Bonpasse, who set
tled In Massachusetts In early colonial
flays. Two years after her husband's
death she was married to Count Prlmo
Magrl, an Italian dwarf, with whom she
gave exhibitions, both in this country
and Europe. In later years, like her
first husband, her height Increased to
40 inches and her weight to 60 pounds.
Tomorrow Wy brand Lolkes.
E4UGS IS EGGS
TH. net profit from the eggs laid
by a hen at Cornell university
in'i year was 15.06,?' Oh the
period, she laid 257 eggs. Her
record has been beaten by a hen at
the Oregon -" Agricultural ; college,
which, laid 262 eggs-K V', ,-
Tho 'reputed; average numW of
rggs for tho country' la placed at TO
per hon. ' The average profit per hen
at Petaluma, California, Is 11 net
Vr 'year. " . - i ... . .
Fetaluma is ,ln Sonoma county,
and Sonoma county Is the banner egg
ology is read no longer, publisher resented by an effort to break uo big I irlT: tTL
ana librarian telling the same tale. I business and punish as criminals
The taste of women has greatly j their organizers, and to enforce old
changed. The educated woman of fashioned, competitive Industrial war-
today is rather more serious in her
reading than men of the same class
Of novels they prefer to those of ac
tion tales of sociological purpose.
There remains the reading worker
or artisan. His tastes, too, differ
widely from those of his, kin thirty
years ago. Then he was '; "fiercely
atheistic or mllltantly orthodox."
He read the controversial literature
of the day, Hugh Miller and Darwin,
Spencer and Huxley, and was deeply
Interested In the duel of faith with
science, That has passed, and So
cialism today dictates the reading of
the worker on social questions and
aims at changing the facts of the
world rather than its beliefs; - -
If he strives to understand it is
that . he may qualify himself to act
TRAVELING UNIVERSITIES
I
F the agricultural college and ex
periment station " Is to have a
monopoly in carrying its teach
ing directly to the people it will
not be with the consent of Dr. Vin
cent the new head of the University
of Minnesota. v, .
His plan is to put the teaching
staff of all departments of the uni
versity on wheels and , to carry a
good sized tent along, si' if
He proposes to arrange chatau
qua circuits in his state, of, say, half
a dozen towns each,' big and little,
and to move from one to the other,
so that each place may have a week's
instruction. '.'.feJsi'..lVV." i '
He deBlres to have taught ai each
point tho principles of agriculture,
engineering; - poHttcUl' science, ', econ
omics, history, and languages. He
desires'- to call those- courses "Uni
versity weeks." ; He suggests that
the lectures be given in the day,
and in the evenings that the univer
sity Shakespearean society, the glee
clubs, and. the orchestra should un-
fare Is untenable.
There is fully stated what is
known as the Wall street view.
How have present conditions
arisen? First, he says, from the
growth of wealth which has made
available practically unlimited sup
plies of capital. Second, from the
extension of transportation which has
made one business community con
tinent broad. These two forces have
made possibe the '"economies of
large-scale business- as absolutely
compelling forces."
Is not this putting the cart before
the horse? The accumulations of
capital have made possible big busi
ness? Douhtless, but where was the
source of the accumulations? . That
is what the Investigators of the uteel
trust, the beef trust, the harvester
trust, and the Interstate commerce
commission have been finding out.
Is it the growth of the transporta
tion business of the cohntry that has
made or is making the nation into a
single business community? Whence
then came the capital for this gigan
tic work, how was it stored, how ma
nipulated, and how made to fructify
in the process? To whose profit did
this manipulation enure?
The people were not satisfied to
leave these methods of capitalistic
increase either to the blind operation
of so-called economic laws, or to the
clever devices of ambitious men. So
anti-trust legislation was passed.
and set in motion, and so the people
have a grim satisfaction in seeing
the struggles of men, not all
place the Portland merchants In a posi
tion to dictate terms, something like
this:
1. Two tripe each month, to Sitka and
Juneau.
2. Steamers to be of at least 1600
tons and capable of a schedule of
12th miles per hour and an extreme
speed of 14 knots in an emergency.
2. Passenger service to be In. three
classes, first and second cabin, and
steerage.
4. A separata steamer to make month
ly trips and carrying explosives and
tain enough of these attributes of good
cltizenshlp-to make the effort for their
reclamation doubly worth while. Why
don't the police practice a little Chris
tianity? .Why wouldn't It be expedi
ent to go to each known Harry Dean
and say: "Here, my good fellow, we
would, like to help you. We prefer to
see you become a good, self-respecting,
law abiding citizen rather than to ba
watching you for fear you'll go wrong
again and arresting you every, time you
appear, on the street, it you will ao
your part we will see to it that you find
work. It's up to you; will you accept
our offer?
I believe that 90 per cent or more
Tanglefoot
By Milea
Overholt
combustibles not allowed on passenger wnM a-larilv Ho o. Verv few men nra.
Ships. I far to steal for a living. K
But, I believe that a steamship line And about running them out of town,
to Alaska IS DOund to OOme and notlnn.-,t T.nrd! Wu aver a worae method
only that but that It will have "come conceived by the brain of man? Where
to stay."
to stay."
THOMAS B. MERRY.
A Plea for the Ex-Convict.
Portland, Or., Jan. 21. TO the? Editor
of The Journal I had Intended to ad
dress this communication to the chief
of police in this city, but upon second
thought decided that it might jesultMn
some action Deing taken to aid our
own (Oregon) ex-convlct If published
in our most widely circulated dally pa
per, The Journal. Here is the letter:
I would respectfully ask. What good
did It do to arrest Harry Dean? It Is
admitted that the policemen who, ar
rested him knew of no . crime or any
wrong or even suspicious conduct on
bis part.
will, he go? What will he do? Why.
this is exactly aa bad as putting a pre
mium on criminality! Every community
; chasing him away and nowhere a hand-
extended In human sympathy.
( F. GEORGE FLOWER.
For the Working Girls.
Portland. Jan. 19. To, the
ltor of The Journal I agree
Mrs. Baldwin - In condemning-
11c dance halls. Also believe
Ed
with pub-there
should be some place or places - of
amusement for young girls. I suggest
a club where working gins sucn as
waitresses .and department store clerks
are not barred. As a rule in general
Is that the way to reform speaking; of these employes (waitresses
men who have committed .violations of mostly) are. barred from all private
the law and have Paid the penalty ciup . aanoes, -ana wieir meager sai-
therefor? And, about his 1 being in the
north end, why not? Would you ex
pect a penniless ex-convlct to go to
Portland Heights? He went where he
was more certain of human kindness
and sympathy and material aid- ,Just
as nearly all men of his mental and
spiritual attainments would do under
the same conditions. - I can see where
Dean and his kind are fearfully and
terribly wronged. The state -. should
have a home for these discharged
homeless- and 'friendless men where
ariea will not permit of many theatres.
I think that a nice, social club would
be very appropriate.' - Or, for instance,
a home where sucn gins could nave a
parlor and ballroom and could give so
cial dances, say once or twice a month.
Where all members should pay 60 cent
or a dollar a month dues to keep th
place up. : And then let them invlta
their friends. ' A worthy matron would
be essential to oversee all their dances
and other sociables that they may see
pfcrW INC .a
fit
I
think that this plan would Veep
whom are "criminally minded." . to
ge( from under those designedly re
pressive laws. . -
Yet even Mr. Vanderllp recognizes
that, "The consumptive demand of
the nation is nearly up to normal.
Nowhere is there overproduction or
undue expansion. , Our banking and
credit position la as sound as we
they could' go.'-and where they would
be treated like men. (ken work tn rfnlmanv girls from the' cafes and clt falls
Of i at. good wages until they proved them-I that many frequent to find an evening's
pri.i . tiioi, vua, aiabie -amtwia sia
them in finding employment with some
ractory, snop or witn som farmer (ac
cording to each. one's preference, cull.
ing. etc) v It has been proven In . New
York state and in Chicago that mors
than 90 per cent of the ex-convicts be-,
corns good, hard working, law abiding
and highly self-respecting citizens when I
given the chance. . It means an appeal to I
tneir mannooa ana honor, and the rec
ord shows that most of them still re-
pleasure. - This plan would 'give girls
who are strangers, a chance of making
pleasant , vnd desirable acquaintances
among ' e r.selves . as well as young
men whi,'- friends. H:y. ; v ": '- -y
As to the i room , rent for each girl
who lives In the home, a medium rate
should ' be charged and then each girl
has a chance of doing better for her
self. Let the ''hlghetups" stay out and
make it solely a working girls' club.,
, JV1KH. HbiLiL,lM3 JS, PAUL,
THE INCOMPETENT BATH TUB.
Mebbe you live in a noisy flat and
Imagine your troubles are plenty;
Mebbe your room's ear a sqaulllng cat,
ur pernaps eigmeen or- twenty.
Mebbe your troubles are as high as Mt.
nooa, ana you've lost every wl
lied friend.
Don't kick; just think of a bathing tub
iwu ieei ioo snort on one end.
Mebbe your kitchen's too small to use;
yuu neei cne noinioea ouznnnra:
In the hallway you have to remove your
shock, ana crawl into pea on all
- tours. : -! . .
Mebbe your neighbors are noisy and
; mean; cheer up, William, be a
good snort ' '
For worse than ell these is a bathing
. tub a foot and a half, too sort,
Mebbe the wolf hangs 'round your door
tin you give nim a kick in the
slats: ' . f
Mebbe your cook Will work no more
till you kill 'bout six of your
:' f! brats: w n ' vS.
Mebbe your landlord bother you; for-
get it, my henpecked friend;
Think of the rented bathing tub a foot
- too snort on one ena.
Mebbe ybu've tried on a collar- too
i j j small and labored from night till
Mebee your cornfed shoes would pall as
you put 'em on with a horn.
Mebbe you think you have seen soma
y-'i woes, but, take It from me, you're
'?;v. - wrong,
Unless you ve endeavored to take a
. , bath in a tub that is four feet
' :'' 1"' '-;J ' '"'''' " -" -
.V " . .. 1 . '" 11 1 ' 1 " i -,;.-ir'-'---
AI wsiy in-: Qom lltimor, , ,
On one occasion' Governor ."Dick"
Oglesby went down to Jollet to inspect
the stat prison; and In one of the cells
he found a very ugly man. '"How did
you get in here?" asked Oglesby. VAb
ductlon," was the reply, "I tried to "run
off with a girl and t.iey caught me."
"I'll pardon you as soon, .as I set back
to Springfield," said the Vrovernor. "1 -don't
see how you could expect "to gel
a wife In any other wav "
From the Philadelphia North American, -rt, ;
i So fervent had become tha worship of
th great god success lnr this country, t
so - erroneous had , becom the, concept
of what really constitutes suocess, that, -' '.'
the , $400,000,000 In the, pockets of An- ;,,5
drewv:0'negle,',:lwhaaole. gods'are
dollar- a.nd himself, exulted- that very .
oanny Scot to extremely high place ,n'vT,
public estimation. o--m v-'v: ' '-v"
?;.Wa. do not think that we exaggerate ,t:'-l
when ws say that, for nearly 20 years v
Carnegie's utterances have been accept- v
ed.as gospel by tha majority of Amerl- v?,
can. business men-,. He hai mad sof ;,
much money that ail men not mentally '-C
tall enough to look over' the 'milled rim ;'i
of th dollar and -ae tomorrow rever
nc 'him a -authority of the 'highest..''
And the mass of the people unquestlon-.' i
ably look upon the lavish giver of Car- ,'
negle medals and .Carnegie pensions and "
Carnegie libraries as a great educator 1
and a great philanthropist , JvSV
This being the case, whenever Corns- "
rio gives oath bound testimony regard
ing matters of Importance ".within, his
knowledge It becomes a legitimate and
natural subject for; debate and criti
cism. For years Carnegls has been the
one alien who has persisted in offering
advice to the American peopl about
their cholo of presidents and their dutv
in the formulation of national laws and
tneir international relations. And al
ways that advlos has been hearkened td
respectfully.
True, there has been growing a per
ceptible feeling that Andrew Carnearis
Is naught but a supreme egotist with a
passion for self-advertisement: a sue.
oess In sordldness attained first by th
use of his solitary trace of genius his
faculty of detecting subordinates of Tine
energy and efficiency and binding them
to nis advancement by making them his .
partners and finally achieving his dol-"
lar triumph by being a. trifl shrewder
in trickery than the other masters of ,
predatory wealth in the manipulation of
an lndusty which Is one of the funda
mental necessities of our civilization.
Notwithstanding these growing
doubts of thrf greatness of Carnegie.
the general est! math of the Ironmaster
has continued that here Is a man whose
word as a witness In a federal Investi
gation of a question of national mo
ment hinging upon the conduct of tha
industry to which Carnegie's whole ac
tive Ufa was devoted, should carry au
thoritative weight second to no other.
Therefore the country watched the
evidence of Andrew Carnegie when he
was examined by the Stanley commit
tee In Washington. And what was the
result? - He made no statements of fact
worth any Intelligent citizen's consider-.
atlon. He gave no expression of opin
ion .regarding broad economic questions
worth tho pondering of a high school
boy. On the contrary, he was continu
ously uncandld, shifty and evasive when
he -was not engaged In loutish buffoon
ery. -
The device of the Rockefellers and
Harrimans andlArmours when forced to
th witness stand always had been, to
"forget" Let the virtue of orlglnallty
be conceded to Carnegie. His evasion
of each embarrassing question was the
declaration that he "never knew." If
his statements are to be accepted as
true, he is the most superlative Ignor
amus ever engaged in big or little
American business.
Andrew Carnegie, who by g-rac of the
tariff was enabled to sell out to the
steel trust for $420,000,000, testified at
Washington that he did not know what
th Dlngley bill was. r r i f
Andrew - Carnegie solemnly asserted
that he did not know and never had
been Informed by his counsel, Mr. Knox, -that
the Sherman antitrust law applied
to anything' but railroads.
Andrew Carnegie vaguely remembered
giving heavy campaign contributions in
1900 to the organized opposition to re
tention of the Philippines; but he In-,
slsted that It did not mean opposition
to McKlnley the only explanation that
Is Imaginably consistent with Carnegie
veracity being the supposition that he
never heard what was Bryan' 1200
"paramount Issue."
Mr. Carnegie asserted positively that
he never promised to pay to his partners
their share of the $2,000,000 option for
feited by Frlck and Moore when they
failed to effect the combination later
accomplished by Morgan. And when
confronted by his own letter making
that promise, his only answer waa that
perhaps, after all, ha had promised
them, but he never paid them.
And there followed this Illuminating
passage tn the proceedings:
Mr. Garner, counsel to the committee,
then picked up a memorandum, read It 1
to Mr. Carnegie, and asked:
Would it be advisable for congress
to enact such a law as I have Just read
to you?"
"Such a law would, be ridiculous,"
promptly responded Mr. Carnegie.
"Well," replied Mr. Garner, "what I
have Just read is th first section of
the Sherman anti-trust law that has
been on the statute books slnoe 1890."
Mr. Carnegie looked aheeplsh, every
body else laughed.
As for Mr. Carnegie's entire oonduot,
we think that the opinion of honorable -and
Intelligent Americans Is thus fairly
expressed by Congressman Murdook:
"Carnegie by his manner nas oirenaea
this national sense, and there would be
no act that would meet with so general
popular applause a one that would fol
low a motion In congress to take the -t.nirA
ftt Skltao bv the scruff of the neck
and land blm fairly and squarely, with
out the grin, before the bar of con
gress." '.-.'.
It ler not always easy to define humor,
particularly the Scotch variety, but the
American people as a whole are pretty
certain that paying Interest , on! three
times the actual value of the Carnegie
properties taken over by-.the steel trust '
is not highly titillating. The Jester
should be made to laugh but out of the
other side of his mouth, What we need""""
Is fewer libraries and more Justice. -
Know It All
(Contributed to Tha Journal br Walt Maaon.
tbe famous Kenaaa poet.- Ills proae-ponms ere a
reaular feature ot tnia column In Tbe Dull
Journal.) . -
Few men are fond of Major Gall. He
is theman who knows It all. His voice
Ih blustering and loud, and when he
gets Into a crowd, he deftly wields his
tireless Jaw, and what he reys Is final
law. If you should say the weather's
warm,' the major then will rantt and
storm, and say It's cold as all get. out.
and put - your, arguments to 'rout if
vou concerning books . discourse, the-
major rises, fierce and hoarse; and push
es language through his race, ana snows-
you that you are on your oase. it ,
you refer to works of art, he then up
sets your apple cart, and proves your
criticisms weak-"-you have no right to
think or speak. No odds what subject may
come 1 Up -a Grecian- urn .'or setter pup,
Roman bronze or- riutarcn s "Lives."
the groundhog or a case of hives, a ser
mon or a quilting bee, the' major, with
his snickersnee, which is another nam
for tongue, hews down .opponents old
and young. And so men shy at Major
Gall, that grand old sport who knows
It all. , , '
ropjrinht. ion, by A jfw
George Matthew Adams. fwiSLtik' I4s)ffk
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