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1 "J ... . ..r -77:5 - - li-"id v.. ID 'it! K 1 1 itiNU Miln 7!7H: Home, A-t'-'l-i.snnt tenchr." ? '!" numl'fr. . .,.. .l-n.--tti..-;.t T"" "- i-i.'-xti 4 Koalnor Co., Bnuw'r BMM.Int. i."r!f:h UTew.e. New Tort; 1218 Feople 1.0 rn'M'tit t'Mmm. " Tprnm by mail or to u d(iri !ii tiie lotted State" or Mexico. DAILY. . , One year tS.OO I Ore month...;...- fsrjJPAT. - . 0;i xrnr,.... ..ttW ' On' wvwith.. .. -3 D.UI.Y ANt PINPAY. On Tear T.0 I On month.'.. Hoi r shocking must thy sum- mnnm ba. O! death! To him that-is at ease in his possessions; : Wh hunting on long years of pleasures hare. Is quite . uafurnls'd for that world to come! ", Blair ' ' GUILTY THE strike of the textile work ers at Lawrence ended yester day. It results In an average increase of 20 t per cent in wages. -. ' .-- . ; . ". .; It continued .'for l'days..It cost the mill owners a million dollars, and the workers $1,850,000, ! : It disclosed that textile workers were receiving an averate wage of 9 a week for men .-.nd $6 for wo men. It revealed that most of the workers are of the pauper labor of Europe, and " that the mill owners are establishing a system of pauper labor In America. ' It exposed the melancholy fact that there is a pau per funeral among the workers every other day. : ;' '" "-' . It showed that the textile workers have been Jiving at Lawrence under Intolerable life conditions. Because of beggars' wages, they were, for economy's sake, compelled to lire in crowded and saualid quarters, ji dark basements and filthy tene ments. Half a dozen families dwelt together in habitations barely roomy enough for one. There was no clean liness, no privacy, no earthly chance for decent life conditions. It was a condition closely bordering on hu man slavery, and in the extent and character of Its pauperism, a na tional scandal. But Lawrence has been a revela tion. 1 The textile Industry Is one of the Industries most highly protect ed by the tariff.- . Its mill owners are rich almost beyoml the dreams of avarice. AH of its corporations pay enormous dividends and have swollen surpluses of undivided profits. '. - , :; ' But It was not the tariff that sal vaged . the Lawrence workers. It was not the American tariff, loudly touted as In the Interest of American labor,., that redeemed. them from .an impossible wage. Their , rescue was not the. tariff, but the strike. ; and the merciless exposure by the United Press V; of l the " inhuman conditions among the textile workers. , After these 6 V days at Lawrence, let the truth be told. The tariff does not protect American labor . It protects American' ".' mill, owners. They confess it now In the granting of a twenty per cent wage increase to 300,000 workers. They. have pleaded guilty. v. ;niE,pAncELs tost THE legislative committee of the national grange is anxious that i on the coming March 18 farm- I era over the ( United States should " write," -witbT'one' accord, to their congressmen in Washington, that, they deslfe, and expect to have, R real parcels , post; to be provided . during this current session , of con press. r It seems that the house Commit tee on postoffices 'and post roads Is Intending to add riders, that are half, way measures, to the annual postornce appropriation .bill. , They propose to carry parcels for twelve cents per pound, the same rate as cow! charged ; to foreign countries, snd,' fifty .per,; cent more th an was charged, in 1874. They propose to charge twenty-five cents' for eleven pounds on the rural routes or twice what it should be. Finally the- pro pose an expensive, commission1 of congressmen, which Is to be ordered to report on the desirability and feasibility of a parcels post in 1914. In and about that committee room in Washington, D C, three elements may be noticed. Most effectivebut iuubi, jjeea, are me exuress com panies fighting: Tor dear life. ""They; know that since 'the people have de termined that the express monopoly must be killed, and that the parcels post'agency of the government shall he Installed as a more effective sub stitute, their life must be a short - one. !;-;'' , '.;. .. ' . Then there are divers represent atives of commission and distribut ing houses in the great business cen- - tors who fear ''the- bringing closer of producer and consumer. Lastly there are : the congress men, lew of vWbom desiro immedi ate action. Possibly another com- clKsion might be engineered, to col- f I'H t, miier imormauoa ana study as una. . inai last expression, "de EirabiHty and feasibility of a par rels post" lela iheat out of the b.-"f The - people-vs-declararl'. , tli rough a thousand representatives in public meetings, in granges, and ! in the press that they desire the par cels post, In the face of the experi ence of every other civilized nation it U toQ late f-r'the'feasible" plea ; to work. Etfil that suggested com- try for it. ; Will the producers and co for it? :T'. answer shrml.l he. and can he, made very rlaia to the congressmen, March IS is the day to write. A rOOLISH ULTIMATUM "-hie r J is bef J' asking HE rortlaad rairway company before the Portland council, a franchise. An official of the corporation is quoted as saying: "We cannot accept the franchise with that provision" (a provision giving the city authority to regulate fares on stub ends! "because we havja already arranged to float bonds for the line extensions under consideration,- and we have told the bond dealers that the same rate provisions that govern all our franchises will . prevail in the pro posed one." Who is legislating1 as to franchises for the city of Portlandthe coun cil, or the street railway officials? By what authority did this trac tion " official arrange beforehand to "float bonds for the lines," telling the bond- dealers that "the' same rat provisions that govern all our franchises will prevail In the pro posed one?" ' " : ' ; A public utility should know Its place-, and keep it.- A public util ity should not tell bond dealers be forehand what the rn?lslma are to b In a proposed franchise from the city. " A public utility -should not as sume that its will, not the council's will, must be done. A public utility should never consider itself the chiof authority, and the city hall and those in it merely the side show to Its business. . , ',-A'" . -i '. The most preclq.ua thing a city has Is the franchises it . parts with to those who occupy city streets. The life, the health, the wealth and, the welfare of a city are closely Inter woven with the conditions on Its thoroughfares. . In the bestowal of franchises there should be deep con cern and a grave consideration as to the public's rights. , .There should ; be justice, and a fair regard for I the rights of the public utility. It should not be un justly assailed, any more than an in dividual should be unjustly assailed. Bat no official of a public utility should deliver an ultimatum to city authorities, , declaring beforehand that bond dealers have been told that -the provisions of a franchise the council is to grant are to be the same as provisions in other fran chises. It Is ah unwarrantable as sumption and an Inexcusable blun der. ' ' i ' The government of' the city must continue to be at the city hall. ITALY AND TLTUCfiY A' NOTHER battle Is reported, wherein, according to the bul letin from Rome, 1000 turks and," Arabs nave been ' killed, J and some 100 Italians have been killed and wounded. The repetition of the. old . stories comes, that . the desperate valor of : the Turks and their Arabian allies can make no head, against-the machine guns and rifles of the Italians. They rush on the" fortifications to die in heaps. Considering that , the Turka. can get no recruits or reserves by land or water the number in the drilled regiments must be falling very short. Apart Irom them the Arabs , power is limited to a war of outposts, of sudden attacks on fortified positions, where occasional successes will not bring any results. ' The Italians were reported, some months ago to have begun trans porting to. the Trlpolltan coast .rail road material, to commence building along the coast line and into the interior. " This is the French meth od in Algeria ' and - Tunis, and. though slow Is certain in the end. A London correspondent ' with the Turkish forces foretells that the Arabs will fill up wells and bo make invasion of ; the hinterland impos sible. A vain hope. Each of those wells of the oases can be fortified and held against any forces of the desert who would only hold on to the attack as long as the scanty sup plies ; of water they brought with them could supply men, horses arid Camels. v'..:;A '. Both sides being bold, well armed, and"; anxious to fight, the decision must go to the army that is best provisioned and . equipped, and can therefore hold out to fight the long-est.:-'?;'r:::'':''rv:-',v,:f ; From : now : on every brave man killed Is a useless and most regret table loss of life. Surely it is time that the Turks should admit the in tervention of powers friendly both to them and to their antagonists. ; THE REALLY WARLIICJEJ T' HE Journal is opposed to mill- .tariam. It dislikes warlike men.- It I has a contempt for martial -display.: It loathes war. It loves peace. Mt fights for arbitration and world peace. All this, its readers well know. ItB rec ord on this subject btands out clear and complete. , ' , . . CV B. Ellis, a contributor, is also for "peace. But he differs with Tho Journal concerning; Baden-Powell and the Boy Scouts.: He points out that in 1908, 1 aden-Powell pub lished a book entitled "Scouting for Boys," in which he - minutely de scribed how to aim to k.il men. i In' Portland, ' in 1912, Baden- Powell said: "Military training en ters Into no part of the Boy Scout movement. It is, Just what' we do not wgnt.We da' not want the bora fo'Lecbuie partof 'the machine. We it,, H . r.:rt!..-r i .! '.: :':.o. a d. i . ul fof's a', c ..t t'. ; i :y irr.ers the virtues cf t':.e f. v .1 r.ovc recp'e tnir.lt. teat it t ' e a merit tendin to i:,;:'Tr::;ni. is r- . V.7 the TV 0 ' very, opposite They are tno scouts c: reaco. JUEtl j as the explorers and rioneors. TL are placed on their honor to lanct rTiM prcA Turn cvrw Ay n.r I ...... V " ij , , VICfcJj though It is a kindness no greater than to help an old woman across a busy street crossing." , The boys are taught handicrafts, or at least are urged to learn them. In the past two years In England, 184,000 have passed the examina tions which show them qualified to take up the artisan's work. 7 r So far as militarism is concerned, the Boy Scouts are nothing. . It is the four dreadnaughts a year urged by Mr. Roosevelt when he was presi dent. It is the great naval and mili tary appropriations grown to- four times their former amounts In a few years, it is the scuttling by the United States Benate of the peace treaties, that constitute real mili tarism. If against these, warlike ac tivities the ' opponents of the Boy Scouts would direct their f ulmina tlohSr they would help render a real service. . ,? -, :r; :v:': THE CALL OF THE WILD' W OMAN'S desire for the al lurements of city life is one of the chief reasons for the decreasing population ? on Wisconsin farms, says Dean Russell of the, Wisconsin college of agricuj ture.. He adds, that .the cityward drift , is ' Intensified -Jby the i hard work women are required to do on farms. - " It has been the habit since Eden to ascribe faults to women. .'How ever, It Is probably true that Dean Russell Is correct in his contention that women have a " fair share , In abetting the urban jrnovement. . - ; It is a fact ;, that many a farm mother pleads with he,r boys and girls to Btay on the farm. She knows the safety and security of the old homestead, and in virtue of her mother instinct she urges her sons and daughters to beware of the city. But r there . . arS other r mothers. 1 They do not know that the city pre-i sents. a forbidding social aspect. They do not know that' the social lines' are closely dr6n, that there are ranks and levels' and that there is not in the , average clt7. the' ap proachable and hospitable atmos phere that makes the country . so,! homelike: '-V-'; J'..';, j They do not know about the flats, j the , skimped door yards, the tele phone bills, the. laundry .bills, the fuel bills, the grocer's bills,, the wa ter bills, the gas bills, the butcher's 1 bills, the plumber's bills, the land lord's bills and the scores of other bills that must all be paid at the month's end. , '-- All she knows Is about the lights, the music that floats into the streets, the theatres, and the mulitudes of people flitting through the lights and shadows.. In the fancy, It all consti tutes a lure to which she listens, all j unconscious that, In comparison with the golden sunshine- and the great outdoors of the - country. It : Is all tinsel and glitter. . . ' ; . But Dean Russell's utterance points 4 moral." The way to people the farms is to give the farmers and the farmers' 'wives a chance. Boys will stay on the farms If the farms are "shown , to be profitable. ' The girls will stay on the farms if their lives are not all drudgery. Teach the boys to -read in the soil, the plants, the growing grain and the trees the 'beautiful story of na ture, and how each can be turned to . greatest profit, and the great outdoors has a new lure." Fill the land with good roads, good schools, rural libraries and an attractive so cial atmosphere, and the lure of, the city will, swiftly Jose its power to charm youth away from the call of the wild. - , - ' In Washington yesterday, Sen ator La Toilette pointed out that when Mr. Roosevelt became presi dent the capitalization of the trusts was J3, 000,784, 000, and that it was $31,000,672,000. when Mr. Roosevelt retired from the presidency. ; The senator may not realise it; but he Is rapidly nearlng that spot In which is gathered a distinguished company of other mollycoddles, weaklings, liars scoundrels, undoers of duty and, jackases,;;'', ' "r- ft? wM "I would like to see 50 congress- women in the house and 25 women senators in" the upper branch," ex claimed our Amidon, W, A. Walter, Arthur, Abe, in a moment of enthu siasm yesterday No dqubt. ... .7, ; A California boy of 22 has taken a wife of 63. When loves young dream of bliss is less consuming, it Is to be hoped that he will never taunther with having robbed the baseball team; It is reported that Canada has 400,000 more women than men. Why, look further for explanation of why there Is a back-to-the-land movement to Canada from the United States? , 1 f The' president expects tho tariff to be the main issue. According to the news , forecasts, some other things will be mentioned when La Follette gels' into North Dakota. A Kansas man has secured an in junction to prevent his" wife from beating hm. It takes no, dizzy stretch of the iiwftginatloa to con-templateth!B,jQript.creatlonflew-ing on his own buttons, mending his a .1 r- uro f. r 1-3 tL3 . :r; t: i ' "".at 3 who d -. '. 3 that it th:ir...-j says its . i a g'rl cf l a rC.aLvi- An just nttsburc Letters Fron tlic People (Ci'min'iiilriitU.in ti-nt to Tbe JonrnsJ for rub- Uratluo lu tUU urparClirut should Dot Hrwa $.) words lu lfigto tuil must t o.maieJ by th iid end adiirex c( to MQUr.) Suppressloa vs. Free Speech. Portland, Or., JJarcU 12. To the Ed itor of Thai Journal I heartily gre with it. C. It. In this evening's Journal. Let us join In a violent attack on all who flare to advocate doctrine with wht5f we disagree. Begin by tearing up the Declaration of Independence, for that tayn: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by-their Creator with certain Inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are Insti tuted among mea,: deriving their Just powers from the consent of the gov erned; that, whenever any form of gov ernment becomes destructive of those ends, it isthe right of the people to alter or to abolish It, and to Institute a 'new government, '.laying Its founda tions on such .principles, and organising its powers la such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness." " - Remove the clauses In - the constitu tion which provide that "congress shall make no law abridging th freedom of speech or of the press." ' "Nor shall any person, be "deprived of life, liberty or property without due process f laW." - T V -r T-J T Let us rise in our righteous wrath and murder a few of then Socialists, In M. C. H.'s own words.11 they are "rabble.". 'ngnoranV ''rovers," "Idlers, "worthless loaTerB, and are "not Amer icans." They therefor have no rights that good law-abiding citizens need re spect. That was the way the abolition ist forefathers of M. C. R. were treated by those who disagreed with them. In Illinois, Elijah Lovejby's printing; of fice 'was destroyed by a mob and he was dragged to death at the end. of a rope, for the crime of attacking chattel slav ery. In Boston, Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison were attacked by mobs of ,ell dressed citizens .who didn't . believe In freedom "Ivt speech? when, it went contrary to their "ova opinions. v - ::'('-' -l'-'.-Yes, form an association int Portland and also throughout the nation to dis cuss the question, of socialism, and get your politicians and your pillars of so ciety to lecture and debate otv the sub ject That ts, tf you can most of them know too much to get on the. same platform and there try to defend capi talism against som horrid Socialist Tou see some of the blind "old party" voters might accidentally find out what socialism really is, and then .' there would be the mischief to pay. Go ahead and work up th publicity -no one will be better , pleased than the Socialists. All they ask is that every c It I sen look carefully Into ;the principles and pro gram of their party. That la why, they sell reading matter at theln meeting and at their, halls. ; Did you ever see books or pamphlets dealing with eco nomic subjects on sale at .Republican or Democratic meetings? Do you know what socialism is? Or did you get some big ignoramus to teli you? W. M. Secretary Knox's Problem.'.'" Portland, Or., March M.- To the Edi tor of The Journal lThe peace mission which Secretary of State Knox is advo cating In the Latin .American countries to the south ot ifs seems opportune, and; Is engrossing the world's attention; a ehaotlo condition in a busy con and semlproaperous republics would be in adequate considering the approach of the canal's completion, and the return of a; cycle of prosperity. ,' Central America, and the con of the Carrl bean seem the - cynosura of the great Itinerary, In that the floating of a loan daring the present stringent spell would make Nicaragua and Hon duras the great centers of Central America, agog with business action. In 1909 the total foreign commerce of the Central American countries amounted to $60,000,000, about one half of whloh was with. the United States; during a progressive era the returns should be correspondingly ' large. " . ; , Barring, the Republio of Colombia, the clock chimes welcome for th executive of peace, an uncouth spirit having mani fested itself ovar a secession of Pan ama, from Colombia, which " republic claims an Indemnity, which Is, least to say, pure buncombe. The Panama re public was granted. the United States government, for canal purposes, in per petuity, by a treaty- ratified by the United States 'senate February 26, 1904. As this treaty has not been abrogated It must be congruent In all Us phases. The suave and smiling attitude after all should conquer. JAMES M. CASSIDT. : '"' Militarism. ,-. ' ,.',"'' ' ; Portland, March 12.-j-To th Editor of The Journal I aote.-tne 'Human Par rot' is abroad again', ''This time, the noise is :.f or ,; V8" hut and cry" . against Socialism nd the I, Vf, W. movements. I am not a follower of Marx,, tor am I interested In the L W, W. movement But I am aware that enlightened peo ple ' are beginning to see the fallacy Cf 'militarism. Let us ' hark- back the time when , the Children of Israel were 'trying to "break away from .their yoke of bondage, Upon their heels came Pharaoh's soldiers, that the yoke should again he placed - upon 1 their - hell lets necks. But the ignorance of their loader of the wind and tides In that season, brought . disaster upon that military movement and saved those ancient W.'b In their radicalism. When wr.read Mose.8' story of it and thlnlt it the Word of God, we- say. A-raen, and are glad It happened so,;'. -A i.-.. . Again, on the scene of another" World tragedy, came the , Roman . soldiers. When, the first "great. Socialist' was. be ing put to death, upon the .'Most it was the soldier who wova for hinv, the- crown or morns, ana piercea nis (quiver lng flesh ': with Jagged , Instruments, amid leers arid' scoinng, T j -""vM;"- It was militarism that mad posNlbla such tragedies as the maesacren of Lucknow and Cawnpore. in India., Mili tarism has ail but annihilated the only trua heirs 01 aipcumi great natural rcsourcas-tlie American Indian. Mlll tarlsm has made, '.th. rivers of th earth to run -rea wiin numan diooct. v , Som there are who are enlightened enough to see the Identical principle at work in a battle between national armlet and that predominate In a com mon school brawi. s , . . ,; It Is significant of. the world's re forme, that the most Insistent 1nstl" gators , wre "hoodlums."; Tho tramp Jew wltli his r'hoodlum" followers, wnjre considered as such. For Jusus drew his followers from th very dregs of society. ' Wo must expect to ba shocked occa sionally, ana ny Well meant people Tor-Tn -TiittiTTTn -ana Tennfd are too timid and vulnera.hle to risk facing the I The T -".k.c:&lj are f. :: 3 "1 .V.I.t" I every cay. I Certain "r-ear" eTi-rti nw't kucp t'e price of j-otacooa covvn. What a mu;!i mere tr !-'n M world It would be without Ulvuive I-hs. It will take considerable t!me yet to rid The senate of all Its old l.ourbort fossils. Recent ' arrivals from the east trav eled from winter Into spring, and doubt less liked the change. O. well, nobody could expect so many "leading woman suffraglbts to avoid having some internal rows. Ah extreme egotist Is likely to Imag ine that th call by a few for his ser vices was a call by nearly everybody. Carl " Snyder, "The main business of the huge crowd of Judges In the United States is literally that of defeating Jus tice by Incredible delay." : . - . The government's ". dissolution of Standard Oil Is said to have enhanced the valu of the stock to the extent of 260,UOO.O0O. None of this benefits peo ple working for from J to 10 a week. 1 Some wise people are studying how to frame a cat law. When the late Judge "VVhalley wanted, a dog law, he framed one In six words, as sufficient as 600: "Dogs are hereby deolared per sonal property" ; . . .,, "It the American Idea stands for any thing, it is equality of opportunity for ail alike" Oregonian. But the Ore gonlan always supports the party that hag crucified that idea afresh constantly for the past ft years. No rain, no clouds, for montha on end; the earth grew sere and gray and dead. Crops shrunk, on which all lives de pend, and - people prayed in anxious dread. At last, O late, but yet at last, great sea-born clouds swept o'er the land; down poured the rain, the drouth la past; now prayers are praise 'twas God's command. And this in wlnterl No, .not here, in rain-blessed, emerald Oregon, - atate ' Where throughout " the varying year, His blessings always tall upon. .; - , v j , . . ' SEVEN FAMOUS SEA FIGHTS The Battle of Th closing years of the eighteenth century and the opening of th nine teenth was the most splendid period In th annals of the British navy. How destroyed the French tleet in the Atlantic on the "glorious first of June; 1784; Nelson died In the midst of his greatest victory off Capo Tra falgar on October 51, 1805. " Th pirlt oiHha period wa per sonified In Its greatest sailor. Nelson's battles were fought In grim earnest and the last great tattle In the days of the sail was also th final, episode in the struggle of republican and im perial France to snatch 'from Jingland even for a while th command of the sea. , . ? t: I "?Z: , Napoleon was as busy' with plans for moving hisfleets on the sea as he moved hia army corps on land, bo as to elude, mislead and outmaneuver the English squadrons, and suddenly bring a concentrated French f orct of over whelming' ) strength , Into th narrow fleas. - j :.- -1 ' -;: Th constantly repeated representa tions of bis naval officers had rorced Napoleon, - much against his ; will, to believe that, his descent upon Bngland would be impracticable unless aocured by tht preeenc of bis fleet In spite of th general voice of those who knew the1! condition of th French nary, he determined to act with his fleet on the same principles as he would hav acted with his army. A glgantlo combination. of various squadrons was to be effected and a fleet great enough to destroy all hop of opposition to sweep the chan nel. --'" For this purpose tht IS ships of th lin at Bret under Admiral Ganthe aume, tht squadron at Rochefort, Under Latouche-Trevllle, were to unite. Tht last mentioned admiral was intrusted with tht, command. -Sailing up the coast . of France, he was to liberate from their blockade tht squadrons of Rochefdrt '; and j Brest, and wlt ." their combined facts , appear befor Bou logne. But Latouche-Trtvill died and Napoleon Intrusted his plans to Vllle neauve. Those plans, all of them tr- ranged without regard to tht bd con dition of the French ships, or to the uncertainty Of th. weather, were, fre quently changed. .-f..-:- ,,TS5 Frenoh fleet maneuvered about the coast 'for torn tlm and tat into the broad expanse of the Atlantic, and, finally; becoming separated from the other tauadrons, they were compeuea to return to Europe alon from Mar tinique, Tht -Frtnoh ''naval com scorn of the popuiact, by voicing an un usual truth. '." ".' When Hudson Maxim advocatea tha wholesale manufacture of the most ter rible death dealing implement of de tnwinn. in tht columns of our-Sun day papers, there Is no ''hue and-cry" against tnt tmra cumcuuiHn war fare," Yet the only ust possibW to put thent to, is. spilling human blood. Granting that the Socialists and L "W. W.'s art generally wrong In their passionat outbursts, they , tell ut lorao niM truths, which Wa may cleave to. after time ' hat clothed them in the garb of refinement But tnenj no -nu-man parrot" will . recognizt in it tho same goods. - " -' ' - - - V-ftS System a Subterfuge. ' ; Portland, Or., March J4.tro th Ed itor of Th Journal So frequently of late I see the open discussion of the singl tax, question and tht land and other , tax: Questions,,, that X am, i con strained, to say a word or two on , the subject Has It ever occurred to tht pubilo tnat apropos' the, fax question that K'mlghKDe proveo inat in tax system as: it exists today is a subter fuge system 7.,' -"'. : " 1 .Is It not possible, that we may dis cover that-on: the tax . and tariff issues, , etc. v are ttlll away back in the last Century? Ploughing with oxen and . with, crooked stlclc for a plough? ;'...' k .'.'.:; f !'-.: v ' The taxes wWeh ar levied to support tht government should he gained from th 'circulation of the government's own money-through its own banks. This son'ret'of support, would aleo supply the private American banker sound reli able credit with the government banks ot each state which should be able to own our bonds Instead of private lndl vldualt, at Is the case today. Not only this, lt would be .ab to build roads away out ' Into the remote farming dis trict ond reclaim vast tracts that now mut wait until graft and fraud and publicity have been satisfied by every attempt to Improve th country. ; Get government money that TSpre ssnta value--not debts ;or pawni Get banks that are American and protect American interests, not tha Rothchllds, " , ; . . . ;. .. .. . MRS. CARLE Y. Walter Evans for District Attorney. Portland, March 13. To the Editor of The Journal Tha clnns nt citizens that ilfhlre a kooJ tovmiiuieiit, the impartial administration of the laws, and tho . a piv Yfii:n bui:-".'.r Jf at A!: in::--' t.il. A huDdi lit U i ; y !;e l.. r, ;. A;;.l 1. The A, O. U. W. 1.hH' at P.tker Ins JitPt InKuitfd 10 new men hers, as tiie result of a special mcmteraliip tarn paign. A site for the- proposed J20,0n( amnl gamacton and cyauiUe plant at Gold Kill has been ewureJ .provisionally, at a nominal figure. Albanv Democrat: II. H. ITUleiary of Brownsville, reports Rood ptosptcta of IS blwks btjins paved there this year, a blr area for a place the size of Crown vllle, as a starter. , . r Eugene Register: C. S. Frank will let the contract at once for the building of a iarifs concrete warehouse in the rear of the Jinn villa store, and tlte old wood en one will be destroyed. ; ; . . , Hermiston Herald: Hundreds of acres are beinir set to fruit trees this spring. In a few years from now Hermiston will have as wide a reputation for Us fruit as Hood River now has. -" Rural rout No. 'Z, out, of Medford, which covers a large territory lying within a triangle formed by Medrord, Central Po'nt and Jacksonville, will be .tit in service Wav I. The route covers 24f4 mile. . ; ; - . - Hlllsboro Arus: Tho usual talk of the Argus reporter running for office Is again making Its rounds. For once and for alL.Jha Is not to run. and can't be Induced to run, under any circum stancesand he U not like one gentle man In the far esst. who swor lie would not and yet runs. :-srr: , r --r-7 Salem Journal: The weather yester day was almost perfect for the time of year and Salem people took advantage of It and were out en maaae enjoying themselves. The sky was perfectly clear all - day and the warm rays pf the sun made It very pleasant for every body The Btreetcars were loaded all day with people going to the various suburbs, where they indulged in the lux ury of gathering wild flowers. Trafalgar. mander was ordered to appear before Brest to liberate Bantheaume and ap pear in th channel. 'He had 85 vessels at his command. Back again in pursuit of him Nelson sailed, but presuming that he would 'return to the Mediter ranean Instead of to Ferrol, he again missed hint.1: . - Finally, Napoleon became indignant at his .111 fated admiral. At a hint of disgrace the susceptible Frenchman made UP his mind at any risk to fight Nelson was off Cadis with a powerful fleet, numbering about S3 warships and a number of frigates. Th French ad miral had 27 ship at his command. As Nelson advanced slowly against his enemy, the famous signal floated from hit mast, ."England expects every man to 'do hit duty." It was not long be fore Nelson was able to crush Vlllt neauvo's lint with the- Victory, causing frightful destruction, and at other British Ships came up by degrees they relieved the leading ships from . tht prttsure of their foes, and completed the ruin already begun. At aoout 1 o'clock, on tho- morning of tht Hat of October, Nelson met his death wound, but not before ha knew that his fleet had won a great sea fight Pierced through and through, the French fleet was soou a collection ot scattered wrecks. Only 1KWP oat ot (3 es caped. -.. ' . . : : Trafalgar broke the naval power of Napoleon, and freed England fiom all fear of Invasion, and gave her the un disputed empire of the eea. ' Yev there were only half hearted rejoicings at horns. Tht loss of Nelson seemed a dear price to pay tven for such a vic tory. v j-. , ..-' ' Some 28,000 men wert killed and wounded in the victorious fleet : Of the losses of tht allies it is dUflcult to glvt an estimate. JDvery ship that was closely engaged suffered severely, and hundreds of wounded went down In several -of those that sank in the storm following tht battle, Tht news samt to England Just after something like a panlo had been caused by th tidings of tht surrender of a whole Austrian, army at Vim.1" It reached Napoleon In tht midst of his triumphs, to warn him that hi power was bounded by the seas that cashed th shores of th continent . Weil did Meredith say that in his last great fight Nelson "drove the Smoke of Trafalgar to darken tht blazt at AusterllU" ' Tomorrow ' Tht Constitutes and Guerriere. ' vigorous prosecutlorl of all law break ing, wiu una an opportunity to expreas their sentiments in tht coming tleo Mon.. i.v ...'.,. : ;'..;.; ;y; :...;X::.: Walter II. Evans stands as one of the Cleanest and most fearless men i who havt ever consented to run for tha no. sttionof district attorney. In private and publlo life ht Is abovt reproach. In his record as a federal nrnnM-nt-np not slnglt instance can ba pointed out, where he has granted any, special prjvueBi 10 anyone, in an of his work as a nrosocutor. ha hnn virnn,,i fought to convict the violators of tho iaw, ana m success in all his prosecu tions stamps him as the most logical candidate for the effica of iHntrirt ae. torney. . . . Thos who have had oeeislon to meet Mr.' Evans know him to be a lawye of tho highest order, a fair, vigorous and impartial man." Let those who desiro th s impartial .administration of the laws, without . fear and with . privilege to none, aid In putting a man of this typ into office. , In politics, Mr. Evans has In no way identified himself with either faction of the Republican party, and therefore has no political favor to grant anyone. To those who desire the office of district attorney to be an of fice of vigorous work and activ prose cution, conducted by a most able, clean and upright man, they can well afford to give their vote to Waiter II. Evans. Republican candidate for district attor ney. ' W. C. DONALD. Out of the Mouths of Babes. Alma, aged 4, had often observed her mamma, when taking nasty medicine, shiver andav: "Utrh!" ftr .n. Ing it One day she did not make tht usual., exclamation, and Alma said: "Mamma, you forgot to make a face out loud.":;3 VVr--v'.-j;i'.:. v; ' , v- .;:':., "Why. Nettie." said a mother t ft. email daughter, who had been left in cnarge or tn liui brother, "what . Is baby crying for?" . . "1 don't know," answered Nettle, "un less it's 'causa ha can't think of any thing else to do." "A gossiping woban makes m tirod," observed small Donald. , "What's a gossiping woman?" asked his twin brother. "One who tells everything she knowa," expliilnfd .pouald. "ilumina..il-.n.t every lime we misbehave she runs and tells papa." ' i ! to i I l,,v t 1 c i tr r U . ,s on ;d e i- l.i ln a nu-n-ivre to congress rresi.lent J Taft Edv.M'j that ral: roads i-l.ou'J b prohibited from owning or controlling !ps passing through the canal. The objection to such ownership or control is, of course, that the railroads would be in a position to restrain or destroy compe tition through the "canal, ,by operating steamship line at a loss during bucIi competition, and then to raise rates on their lines after competition had disap peared. A stearjshlp line supported by railroad, and ploying exclusive traffic arrangements, has a great advantage over line dependent entirely upon its own operations for Its profits. The rail- road-owned line may be operated at a , lois, and may yet be very valuable to a railroad as a destroyer of competition. The suggestion has been mada that the steamship rates through the canal should be placed upder the jurisdiction of tht Interstate commerce commission. "' It is probable; however, that this sug gestion will be found to have little mer it. The condition- surrounding rallroai operation are quite different from those surrounding the operation of steamship . lines. On the water many kinds Of service can be offered, both as to speed and accommodations, and it would be found difficult, if not Impossible, to regulate rates between such lines so a to give them al) a nuare deal. How would healthy competition be secured and ruinous competition be prevented?; Th simplest and surest preventlvt of monopoly In canal transportation is to prohibit the railroads from owning or controlling the steamships using, the canal Then the steamship buslne will be open to all comers, on an even baU, and the canal will be what it was In tended to be, an open road connecting tht oceans. i As to coastwise commerce, which is carried on Bolely In American ships, it should bt fret from canal tolls. Foreign ships cannot engage in such Commerce, and there 1b no good reason why Amer can ships, should bt taxed while going from one American pdrt to another. No tax is laid by the United States upon any shipping using tho internal water ways of the country, although more money has been spent upon Improving these waterway than in tht building of the Panama canal. It 1b no discrim ination against any 'other nation to ex- empt - American shipping In tha coast- wist business, for no other natron 'can : engagt in It No other nation baa ever suggested that tht United States has not a perfect right to pass its own coast wUe'shJpplng through the canal fret of tolls. Tanglefoot ByMUS Overholt ' OTHER HUSBANDS. Other husbands never wait until th styles are out of date 1 Before they buy their wives the clothes that all wives hanker for.. Other husband don't come home with grouches big aa Peter s dome, And rail about tno dinner, then go tut . and slam tht door. Other husbands kiss their wlvts and tell 'em daily all their lives That they art Just the sweetest things that ever cam to town. Other husbands never stray far from the trail that leads away To greener fields and .pastures nw, nor tver wear a frown. Other husbands earn much cash with which to buy the best of hash; They always bring a box of sweet when thty come home at nlxht' Other husbands never squeal about th scarceness of th meal: Their wives are ever good and true and always in tht. right Other husbands never hlrk. Although . V. ... . ,K.l. -tA.l Their minds are ever on their wlv. liv limner nun. ww Other husband, one and all, will al ways come ai wme can. Other husbands don't talk back; when wlfla talks, they're dumb. Other husbands art tht stuff. They never try to roroe a diuiii They always answer wlfl with a glad - . inn jvj yu. ruu, - - - - - : Other husbands! 'Ray for them I Wt do nut xietsu to piny &ur -uvii For they art "other husbands, know - Ing not of vice and. tint . , Pointed Paragraphs It's dlffloult for a dootor to curt a diseased Imagination. . - . v" Lives of some men oft remind ttt to ask; "what's tht ubs?" ' ;, ,w ,,':v;,:';., ,..;':.;.,:. ?J,;:1 , Just put yourself in your enemy's place and you will stop abusing him, J : .;' ; Many aSnarrled man. feels tht Jaws of death art preferable to tht Jaws of Ufa, - - : ' v "Vy -I., --!.;,..!;!. .;!,-'. It mUBt be disappointing to'th pB slmlst when hd falls to get tht worst if it ... A fussy wife says tht ntxt most an noying thing to a man in tht houtt is a fly. ' It take a woman who doetn't know how to do a thing to do it better' than a man who knows all about It, Of course tht brid doetn't marry tht best man at her wedding, but ahe should try to make tha best of tht man she marries. Subduing Sorrow. (Contrlbnted to Th Joumul bt Wlt Mnwin, the fnnioui KtiMi poet III proM-pnem ant regular (eatar of tbls eolumo la The billy Journal.). v , I had a cruel sorrow that festered In my heart I talked about it always, In drawing room and mart, until tha peo ple, wearied, by all my doleful yawps, requested me to vanish and tell- it to the cops. And then I tried to drown It In rich imported ale; my sorrow etlil was huskey when I wokt up in 'Jail. I sung about, my Borrow som dlrgts sad and weird,' until the briny teardrops were dripping from my beard, and no one offered tolace, and none would ym pathlze, and no one brought' a wringer to dry my weeping eyes. And then one winter morning I ceased to sigh and sob, and donned a donim Jumper and went and got a Job. I worked along with other who bent their : brawny- backs; I delved and picked and shoveled, and hewed things with an axe; and lo, that sorrow vanished and left- my- aoul at rest, no teardrops stained the hang downs that floated on my chest! And folks who used to dodge me- would come and shake my hand, and nay I was the bone and the sinew of the land! Most things I have forgotten, but this much I do know: The man who makes a business of leading 'round a woe, with chain and collar on it, will walk a lone ly road, and folks will shrink and shud der When passing hla flboda, . CnfTrlRll, tnn. bt Uvorifti HutLbew Adams.