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I t vr ftwinlnv ' f ..r-nt Kandlirl and
cent increase, (Oregon stands eighth.
I with fourteen behind hcY of the pro
gressives. In the arrangement of
states by value of products In 1909
Oregon v ranks thirty-third,' being
credited "With f 9 3.005,00. The num.
ber of her wage earners is given as
28,7-50, and the value added tp her
nroaucts liv manufacture as -143.
'W 453,000, Itt both number of , wage
t.-h thy oiHTiof inbn dfnu-tiwnt ym pgrncra and Added, value by fnanu-
, RfiioM advrktisino k1'"!, lfactore Oregon ranks thirty-fifth:
MWh'SE; TNiw Torirt i nopirt I -iPuTithe per cent of Increase In
H'lt, Ftfllt end Tmntyllt life. portlHiwl, r.
l' . h'uIm-HI at the pnumffk sr Porlllud. r.,
. tf rW trannniliiilcM Uvnufb th ,motl " ;
THE , OREGON DAILY JOyRNAL. PORTLAND. ' TUESDAY
11,11,1,. s
now talks 'with
EVENING, APRIL t, -19 lV
Jtiillrtttir., Chlearo.
j, fi-rinn-li.ttoa Trroa by. mall r W J Mr,
; ill Ui tutUil Statrn or Maxleo.
One ...,; 45.00 J. On jnouth.
PDNDAY.
One year.,. ..,.2.50 1 One Unfmtti.
", DAILY AND srN'ruT.
i- One yttti, ; . . .,. .$T.RO t One mnnlh.
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Smooth runs the water, when the
. brook 4s deep:
And In hla tslmple show he har-
. ' bora treason.
The fox barks not, when he
; J.,-: would steal the lamb.
;?. , Shakespeare.
number of wage earners between
1899 and 1909 Is 98.8. The Increase
In the value of her manufactured
products has risen In that period by
154.2 per cent, being exceeded In the
union by only six states.
THE LIQUOK BUSINESS
0'
A'
IlKD FLAG FRITT
X Iloquiam and Aberdeen there
is object lesson In what the I.
VT. V. agitator brings about.
The great third party to the
' - labor war, there,, which 1s the public,
'.has wearied of red flags and Inflam
matory proceedings, and yesterday
J '. took a vigorous hand in the garnet
Citizens, armed with shotguns, were
sworn'-- in aa . special' deputies, and
, ' . went about the business of restoring
..order.' -Presumably on the advice of
- f citizens- the- milt- owners advanced
wages ten per cent,, and the armed
citizenry forced those who would not
work; to . leave' town, including the
1 I. W. WV leaders. - Instead Of . being a
service to the worklngmen. the agl-
1 f tatprs were a "barm, for the foreign
j laborers ; whom' they counseled . are,
l by thev terms announced -by the
i armed I't Itlsenry, . discriminated
F 40 prosecutions for violations
of the Sunday law. In Portland
last year, only one defendant
was a member of the Retail
I Liquor Dealers' association, and. be-
j cause of fcls conviction, he was ex-
peueu irom xne organization.
The association declares that it
favors the enforcement of all laws,
and that its members want officials
elected who will impartially apply the
laws. Its president declares that Its
members will remain out of politics,
except to fight prohibition.
This Is an attitude by the more
respectable liquor dealers that wilf
command the respect of the public.
It Is an apparent effort, by them to
reform the traffic .from within.
No course could be taken that will
do more to disarm Jbe prohibition
movement. No policy can do m6re
to allay the bitter and growing hos
tility to the liquor traffic. .
Jt Is the deadfalls and .the break
ing of the law by deadfalls that sup
ply the opposition to the traffic with
Its most effective arguments. Every
drunken - minor makes many . votes
and increased sentiment against the
traffic, because it waa the violation
of law by somebody that made the
boy drunk. . '
Every drunken man who Is seen
on the street makes more votes and
more sentiment, for the public in
sists -that ealoonlsts shduld not per
mit drinkers to stand at the bar and
fill themselves with whiskey beyond
a reasonable limit.
No group of men can do more to
purge the traffio of Its lawlessness
than can the liquor dealers them-'
selves. They know the crooks of
the business. They know who Is
not living np to the law. They know
schools. Yet TOi the -whole period
th'e attendance has been all but per
fect, averaging over 99 per cent.
The superintendent closes thus, "Ex-
pulsions nave disappeared from o'nr
schools. 2 Suspensions Tare . reduced
to a; minimum. ' The . so-alled ' bad
boy has "practically1 ceased to bea
prooiem or our city scnoois."
Iiard that he,
Scotch accent. The Incident Is not
sd 'particularly temarkabje, as most
men, sixuck ny, a streetcar, talk in
another and often an unchristianllte
language. . , 1 , ' .
THE rOHT COMMISSION
T
against to the extent that tle prefer-
? ence In employment will be given
1 American laborers.. ' ;
t The Impressive fact la the sequel,
Is that the real public in this country
v knows but one , flag, and that flag
'Is the start rnd stripes, that flag has
behind It the traditions of 123 years
"of American liberty.: It has back
of It, the' history and the pride of
j four, generations of freemen. , It
stands for a sovereignty of the citl-
sen as J contrasted ? with the sover
I elgnty of the autocrat. .
The American , people lore that
. - Bm"" th men xehn tntr thn tlniinr.hnL
rmcm lor a rea nag ana iu threat of :v - " , r r,r "
No body of men Is In better, posl-
i revolution. : They have a feeling that
j-mea who Insist, on carrying' a red
!Gag should go Into some other coun
try to fliunt It, leaving the free soil
t of a free-country as the undivided
I home of a beautiful banner .that has
I done more; than all the flags of all
. nations to spread. the gospel of. bu
sman freedom throughout the world.
l This is ho place here for red
mouths or; red flags. Men who like
red flags better than the stars and
stripes of freedom should emigrate,
f .They can go, to Mexico,' where they
can get a revolution while they wait.
AN UXLOOKED FOR FIND
T
HE sporting page of the Sunday
paper has, we fear, been too
often passed without; even a
glance'. by the ladles of the W.
JC" T. U. 'and other votaries of the
rgod Temperance. They little knew
the possible finds that ..they have
overlooked.
" For Instance, yesterdayj Walter
McCredle, the .leader, guide, philos
lOpber and friend of the Portland
, baseball champjqns, wrote from
( Ranta Maria. He'struck a high note
In telling that "the .Infusion of col
lege blood Into the playing ranks
:has lifted the standard from the
plane of the rough and the tough to
.the level of (he finest 'people in the
nation." , But again, "my team this
3'eaf, I am overjoyed- to Eay, will
i stand for every high ideal in Bport
.Out 'of mdi-e than , twenty athletes
. on the staff only two evon sip an oc
casional drop, of liquor, and both of
these are so high up on the aqua ve
hicle that It Will i take an extension
ladder to perjnit descent."
Can' the ladles ask any more of
the , Portland baseball team? Will
' It not be. the least that they can do
tlon to stop the lawlessness and
drive the crooks out of the business
than are the members of the re
tail association. No body of men
can do more to help themEelres than
can the. members of this association
by Joining with the moral forces of
the community juid, electing a dis
trict attorney, a sheriff, and other
offlelals who will faithfully and Im
partially apply the law.
- Law abiding saloon . men have
nothing to fear and everything to
gain by' the election of law abiding
officials. The agitation fo? urohibi-
HERE can be no over statement
of the value to Portland of the
port commission and its work
' The cdngress of the United
States Is fast passing to a policy
of rendering most aid to. thbse har
bors and waterways in which . the
communities interested take meas
tires of self 'help It was unquestion
ably the aid extended by the state
of Oregon that Induced the federal
government to take up the Oregon
City locks. It la unquestionably the
work of the. citizens of:-Portland
through the port commission that
, tit . . .
uua imau causea ine . reaerai gov
ernment to extend .aid for the Co
lumbia channel. It is the activity by
the citizens of Portland In self help
that Impresses congress with the
conviction that the project is worthy
of assistance. ; . v ,
. There Is scarcely a limit ' to the
service the commission has been and
will continue to be to Portland, the
state and the northwest. , There Is
no way to misunderstand the value
of the work, that has already been
accomplished. - v ',
Eight feet has .been added to the
minimum depth ;Of the channel.
Where vessels of only the lighter
draught, could come before, 95 per
cent of the ships afloat can now pass
up the river to Portland.
Portland's welfare, Portland's
strength, Portland's power tq care
for and supply Income to a swiftly
growing population Is closely depen
dent on the utilization of" the water
ways that a generous nature placed
at her doors. These "waterways are
the means for lowering transporta
tion rates, for controlling the flow
of products, and for -building here a
commerce that no competitor can
take away. They are the firm rock
on which Portland can build a struc
ture of material activity against
which no rival can dispute. .
To the Increased eight feet of
depth already secured, another five
can be added, says the commission,
and It ought to know. A'thirty-foot
channel in, the river would mean a
seaport here that doubting Thomases
at home and detractors abroad could
not asperse. '' v v
It will mean more. It will mean
that Portland will become the cen
ter and headquarters; of a gloat syn-
Portland, owned In Portland, oper
ated from Portland," and registered
in Portland. That we have not such
a system already la due to the fact
that 7 Portland men who, have the
money prefer to discounMiotes, buy
bonds, collect Interest and speculate
In town lots. Some day, there will
be in Portland, men who see the
enormous strategy of Portland's po
sition, who will realize what a great
system of steamboats and steam-
-Hr?l Calvin White's announcement
that married 'men live the longest Is
encouraging to the Benedicts, but
how "about some wires who' felt en
couraged all along "by .the thought
that the old man seemed to be fall
ing?. : -
Europeans complain that the ar
erage American" does, "not- ' take
enough interest .In .their -old ruins.
J. Pierpont ; Morgan is paying ; good
prices f or a lot of them. , , . :
One of the differences between a
La Follette progressive and a Roose
velt progressive Is the fact that Col
onel Roosevelt-' says the steel trust
is a gooa trust.
Carnegie says the time is coming
when it will be a disgrace to die rich
Considering how some ' get their
money, it 'Is already a disgrace In
some cases to live rich. ;
Why don't -the exponentsof revo
lution and the red flag, go orer to
China where they have "direct ac
tion" everyday and all the time? ;
There are other candidates who
could also withdraw.
Letters From tiie People.
; COMMENT AND. NEVS 1 IN BRIEF
Stealing ( From CliiUren 1
SMALL CHANGP.
v.- -- V . .. .TTTT. .. L J ' - r- .1.' .
No .other country would tolerate so
inmo explosions. ,- ), : '
Look On this nlcturn invarta: anil thm
va mm (.ameron, or n 'outs.
Some Dlar iMml llUthanl vnrlr tit
vuuse wiiw aun t eer ior m fame. .
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Already Republican factions are yell
Inir, "fraud." "faroe." and "outran at
In StorloH manv nennlA win tin mantra
three xteus at a time. .In ral llf nn.
body do8 .BO.-..-r-r.-- .; '.',,' , ' '' '. - .,.,.. ,
Probablr. nobo1' tri
the jurors Who. tried the tvanf nnlrnri
believe they werr not guilty.
w.'b seems 'to be not to work them-,
elvea nor allow anybody else to work.
Candidates for the . leeialaturn-- nil
promise economy bwt don't therefore
Buppoue that the legislature will , be
economical. , ..
JaklnB only needed or "itidlelonii llr
lalatlve appropriations Is Importunt. but
a more JSst and rational lystom of taxa
tion Is more so. - .
-v ' ' -
Women are natural ei-.onomlt av
Mrs.. Hutton. Some husbands will not
agree to - thle, or at least will lnaiit
that there are exceptions. .';
Policemen are moatlv a-ood fellowe.
no doubt, but la there any greod reaaon
why they should have a monthly vaca
tion on pay any more than peopl who
work harder for leas pay?
" OREGON SIDELIGHTS ,
' The oltlieni of Banks are agitating
for fire protection. , ,- -. t .
The O.-W. K. A' N. company will pave
Ita depot ground at Iiafcer and other-
wiae Deautiiy ana aaorn ine preruiaoe,
' Kugene Regliterr : George Swan and
Tamuy nave recently arrivea irom
KallapeU, Mon, Mr. Swan naja quite a
number of people ere coming from that
place this eprlng. t n
BaJem etateaman: toulalnna straw,
berrlea. will aoon be on sale In many
Oregon cliiee; but the doslr for tbein
win not oe aa great ai'ior. ins tarse.
luacloua native fruit which will make
Its appearand a " couple ' of . months
Cor vail Is Oaaette Tlmoi; . Cbrvallli
will celebrate the Fourth. Not only
bration, .the 2d 'and 8d belnr devoted
to a stock show. Not less than llboo
will be spent. One of the features la
to ba great barbecue. if- ; v y ; .
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Hittsboro Argus : i , While taxes are
hlirh this ; year, collections have Otit
etrlpped any year m the history o Wash
ington county. More' money was paid
In under the three per cent, rebate rul.
ing than, ever beore, the total collec
tion. In round numbers,, being $36B.0(K).
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Albany ' Democrat! City TKeasurer
Cualck has been notified that the Con
tinental Commercial Truat & Savings
company of Chicago ho accepted the
terms and conditions 'of Albany's $75.
000 refunding bonds, and the bonds will
be Issued as soon as possible. This will
work a Baying of $750 a year, besides
the big premium received. -, - t v
(Ommnnlrttoni irnr' to Thi Journil for Dnh-
ncttion in tun acpartmant unouia not mwh
HoOworda In leneth aad mutt ba arcomoaDlcd
oj taw oama una iaor.ii or toe aenaer.j
f Iva m OQoiiraa la nvnAf n V. X 4 .ffl.
tw Tt ZnVt i.;iiM , ships would mean, io themselves and
that It must stand for reform. andL ,J ...j
law enforcement or encounter- some
thing infinitely worse.
LOS ANGELES TRUANTS
A
MOST effective agency for
cutting -off' the stream of Ju
venile delinquency aft'" the
source has ntfw been operating
In .Loa Angeles since 1905. Com
pulsory education has been the laV
since July 1, 1903. The first en
forcers of the law wre the police
who failed, During that year the
Juvenile court was established., In
1905-6 56 cases of truancy were
taken before the Juvenile court Judge
out of an enrollment of 37,877 pu
pils. In 1905. the first truant . court
opened Its doors. Jn 1911-12 the
enrollment In the Los Angeles
schools Is 60.000, there are seven
truant schools operating, and not
a single case of truancy In the Ju
venile court for the year.
Persistent truancy Is followed-
but not punished by transference
to the nearest truant school, all of
which are in the outskirts of the
to show their appreciation ola hish clty- No rercln or force is ever
Ideal and of Its unexampled fulfil-i eraploye'1 ln the transference of pn
roent If thiiy engage a whole block TP113- '-tW are assigned by' the su-
s i i - i mrlntcnrtfint. Thov nro tnlit Ihn t,.-
ision to the game? i sent'there, and they go of their '"r,....:" C": ZZ.."0:1'""
to Portland and who will underwrite
a transportation fleet that will place
this city In a position where It will
be without a rival on the Pacific
coast.
The port commission is hastening
that day.'
A
MOTOR OCEAN LINERS
WEEK or two ago accounts ap
peared of the first motor ocean
liner to be seen In the Thames.
In the1 short accojint . then
glren it was stated that the ship in
Question was but the pioneer of a
numerous fleet. The prediction was
soon fulfilled.
The "Solandia" was built ln .Co
penhagen for the East Asiatic coro
pany, and left early in March for he.r
first voyage to Slam. . The Londbn
Times printed a full account of her
and of her sister ships.
These are 370 feet long and hare
a beam; of .53 feet. They-are not
merely- cargo boats but have accom
modation fqr about 20 passengers.
comfortably quartered ln a deck
house forward of the engineers.
The main engines, built-like the
vessels, by Burmelster and .Wain of
Copenhagen, consist of two sets of,
four cycle Diesel mdtorsj "each with
Champ Clark, a Progressive, Too.
Portland, March 81. To the Editor of
The Journal Champ Clark, candidate
for the Democratic nomination for the
presidency, is a pioneer progressive, and.
his friends respectfully request that you
give space to his record as a progrea
slve as stated ln his own words.
The following waa written March
IMS. to Ollson Gardner of Washington
"Dear Mr. Gardner In reply to your
letter I win say:
"I voted for the Initiative and refer
endum in Missouri when the constitu
tional amendment was submitted. That
ought to be proof enough on the eub
Ject If you will examine Into my rec
ord In the legislature and ln congress
you will find that I was . getting
progressive legislation passed before
Borne of those progressives were beard
from. .
''I Introduced, reported and secured
the passage in the legislature of Mis
Bourt of one of the first anti-trust laws
ever passed1 by any state legislature ln
America. That law has been tested ln
all the courts, and nobody has ever been
able to pick a flaw In It Hundreds of
thousands of dollars - have been col
lected In fines under It, and three or
tour Dig trusts nave been, driven out .of
Missouri.
"I Introduced and secured the pas
sage of the Australian ballot law.
voted for the corrupt practice act while
I was ln the legislature. I had one of
my friends Introduce the parole bill.
My activity In having the primary
Introduced ln my district and constantly
agitating the subject at last secured
general primary law ln Missouri'
'Ai minority leader I led the fight to
overthrow the house machine and liber
alize the rules. I also Jed the fight
against the Payne tariff : bill, which
attracted the attention of the whole
country and gave us the house ln 1910,
Miave advocated And voted for every
progressive measure Introduced Into the
house In the last 19 years. All these
things are matters of record. . There Is
nothing ln my career that I have to ex
plain away ar apologize for.'".
Progressive Republicans In congress
followed Clark's leadership as willingly
as did the Democratic minority when
these two foroes combined and fought
the standpat Republican organization,
and they have always paid tribute to
Clark's fairness and praised him for
keeping every pledge made them.
Clark. Is in a position to get aa many
or more Republican votes as any Demo
cratic candidate can get. Hearst Is
climbing Into the Democratic- band
wagon and la supporting Clark., It
goes without saying that Clark can
command every Democratic vote. Where
can the Democratic party find a strong,
er candidate than Clark, the harmon
iaerT AW. CAU THORN.
procession
PLACING THE STATES
H
A VINO. In mind recent state
ments, published far and wide,
maligning the fair fame of
I : lOregon, fts a.nroducintr. n nrn.
' gmsslve, and an encouraging state
v from , the point of view of the pro
ducer, the wage-earner and the raan
"vufacturer the following figures are
enlightening. They come to us from
the bureau of the census, from the
. t:e(?artment ot commerce and labor,
and weTe drawn by the chief statls
Hcian for manufacture froman ad
vance bulletin how in the press. ,
- Over three fifths of the total value
of manufactured - products for the
; United
' states.
New York, , Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Massnchusetts, Ohio, New Jersey and
Michigan. .ThoyIdqpfaffUcally the
tame rank la value of products, num
ber of wage earners, and value added
by manufacture,; We-pass them by
Air the other states-are, graded.
' Arranged iu percentages of increase
la vhIuo of products between 1899
f and 1909 Oregon stands eighth- At
ranfed In percentage, of increase in
av-r:iio iinmbor of "wage earners bo-lmn-lh99
arjd"1909. among thosa
i ,,! -ahlch range above-Co per
- 4 i ,
own free will. . ' - -
The teachers are all men, chosen
with great care, Usually 'thoyare
athletes, and always fitted, in tem
perament, for dealing with the boy
who is out of harmony with the ac
cepted order. , The classes do not ex
ceed 15 and each teacher is expected
to be in touch wlth:"efich individual
boy, and wih, his home surround
ings. . . :
Teachers have great latitude In
the course of teaching in which no
grades are maintained. The manual
training room is of the first Import
ance. There are taught carpentry,
cabinet, making, lathing, bicycle re
pairing, wrought iron workV brass
and cooner work, nrintine-. '" and
States come ' from seven imanv nthnr klndn nf ilmnU moian.
neesueas io say tnese are leal work.- v ;
Every 10 flays. or two weeks the
boys have a good outing, go fishing,
or swimming or the' like. The de
partmnt rewards good conduct nx&i
BII..AH An t'liA iillrA mm - - : ' -" "
s-ugBD . uu ,ug UiAt? OB Ittr ' MB &.
Bolved problem In arithmetic.
, These facts are drawn from a pa
per, preparedcently by Ernest J.
Lickley. ; aupertntenden t of compul
soiy education for ULos. Angeles, In
response to a ' general, demand for
Information. . I 1 V '
For seven years t one but persist
ent .truants have lxia sent to these
140 revolutions per minute' , A small
compressed air englpe is used in
starting the main engines.. Revers
ing from full speed ahead to full
speed astern can be accomplished ln
less than twenty seconds. The en
gines have given no, trouble, and
the engine room is cool, and com
fortable. ' : ,
Four more oil burning steamships
of no less size are approaching com
pletion at Copenhagen and on the
Clyde, besides two cargo boats. The
great economy over steamships is ln
the Space occupied by engines and
by fuel. As this is fully demon
strated the number of the motor
driven oeeanships will, rapidly mul
tiply. - ; . ;;;; T r """
For- coast wise traffic consider
able development In mfitor driven
vessels is going on in yards on the
Other side of the Atlantic. Ohe of
our consuls reports on fourteen now
being constructed or one company.
They range In size from ISO to 360
tons. The. saving in capacity over
steam' vessels varies from 40 tons
to 70 tons. 1 '; ";..;
Next-Sunday is the day for. the
new bonnet, and all ofcus are in J
flutter already. ; ,
Pleased With Portland
' Portland March 81. To the Editor of
The Journal I am visitor ln your
city, having taken advantage of .the
colonist rates.- My old home is ln St
Paul,' where we have always claimed to
have the best that Is going in the mat
ter of municipal affairs. We think
that we have a good street car line, a
fine city hall and flouring mills which
are the wpnder of the world. TheHBtrecta
ln Minneapolis are always pointed out
with a measure or pride by the local
citizen as being clean and represent.
tlve of the .highest type of municipal
management, but I believe that Port
land can beat SV Paul and Minneapolis
In this regard. I am surprised at the
clean appearance of your streets and par
ticularly your street cars.- We do not
have as clean cars nor do our carmen
treat passengers with such uniform
courtesy. I noted one day, slnoe I have
been here, a street I car man step offj
his car and help woman passengers
with a baby, get on the 'car. What at
tracted my attention was that he got
off the car although occupying his. po
sition In the "pay as you enter" type
and took the baby ln bis own arms and
carried It aboard. Buch. an Incident
would never be noted In EC Paul.. At
least I never heard of It
Another thing which attracted nfy
attention was the ride from Portland to
St Johns for 6 cents. Such a long
ride from Portland for a nlokel, I ber
Ueve Is not to be found In anv other
1 city In the country. . It is certainly
pleasing to the stranger to find such ex
cellent public utility companies as are
to be found In Portland, and I am
tempted on that fecount to remain with
you. The brilliancy of our illumina
tion ln the streets is another feature
that is alluring to the stranger. In ad
dition to this I understand you , have
very cheap light, and power. Your new
rate Is quite a bit cheaper than the rats
ln St Paul and we have always con
tended that we bad aa cheap Tate as
anyone. A. P. FUCMLVd.
"'Wants 'to Be Shown.
Ashland, Or, March 7. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I am a reader of
Thi Journal, and I am greatly ' inter
ested In th single tax letten that are
published ln The Journal. ; And "flrit
let me say. I believe that what-i heat
for the inelorlty of the people ( best
for tb.kt' But tlie Timgle tax advocates
make claim I (being from Missouri)
can't understand. Now, Dr.-.,Kgglei-
ton s explanation or v. gpence. mas
The dispatches report that1 an In'
SEVEN FAMOUS TRAITORS
.Ilenrt De Bourbon,
Hv sandlnir a check for relief of the.
children of Lawrence i strikers, Josepli
Fell plainly showed how the manufan-
ttirers who bowl fqrVprotetiTTve tariff .
are morally -irulity of -the -moit con--!
teniptlble form ,cf embeizlement The
letter-. .follower cr,:,;:iv'.; f i4W-;-,..A;V'.i.
mtradeiphia, March isij.
Mrs. ' Ida Hecor, Treasurer; ClUldren's
Committee,. Lawrence-' BtTlka, .care
. nenjamin Fletcher, ,.1I0J Aroh St.,
I'Mladslphla: ; t , , -
Uenr Madam Enclosed , -find check
for i!50 to be used' in giving relief to.
the - . child Victims of the exlsUng sys-
tern from Lawrenoe, Mass. - 5
. In- lendlnir' this X wish It distinctly
tmdoratood Ahat it ls not a. philan
thropic gift to the sufferers. .It- Is :.w.
par paymtnt of a debt due those chll--
clren from all who ore upholding ex- r .
latldg eoolal wrong-. - Blnce. I am not
on of these, this eheclj most be con
sidered a gift to .those wnose dlshon
ored obllgatlotv It Is,,, to a slight de- , ,
gree, M(juldntln. . "r ; , ; " .
Strict Justice, requires that if w can
not at once . abolish legalised wrone. "
then when Immediate relief is needo-ij .
for victims of legalised ': robbery, tin
uphdlders of" the Iniquity should be ,
to pay me dhi. -ojui unrortunate-
ly that Is not'posslbla. There Is no way tX
r; i
No - great leader; was . caused more
anxiety by , reason of the traitor than
Napoleon Bonaparte. The period of
the French revolution was' Just ripe
for all sorts of Impostors, and adven
turers to Join with the ranks of the
people1 and' their leaders for personal
liberty..-During the early part of the
great struggle It was difficult to die
tingulsh the friend from ' the enemy
so that a watchful eye was always
necessary. Napoleon waa Judged, an
excellent reader of character and one
less skilled In this way would nave
been submerged through the.-, traitors
whom he had unconsciously drawn, to
his aid. .--,.'
One of the many French traitors who
met his death at the order ot Napoleon,
wasv Loula . Antolne Henri de Bourbon,
Duke D'Enghlen, who was born at Chans
tilly, France, on August 2, 1772, and was
executed on March 21, 1804. The young
Henri da Bourbon . was trained to be a
soldier by his grandfather, one of the
fantnna vil11.f,aut l..it.p, . TTai.A&L th
Prince do Conde. - r - - j
The Duke and Duchess da Bourbon
Were not congenial. The duchess was
exceedingly eccentric, end rarely showed
any affection for her son. Nearly all
his life he lived with his father's fam
ily, and he had the deepest admiration
for "his grandfather.
The Conde family was exiled la 1789
and till 1801 the Duke d'Enghlen com
manded the forces of his grandfather.
His mother never saw him again 'after
the. exile of the family, and he rarely
wrote her or saw any message. .She
pretended to feel this unftllal neglect,
but subsequent events went to prove
that she had.no strong love for her son.
When the army of Conde was :41b-
banded in 1801, the Duke d'Enghlen Was
accepted as a husbffnd for the Princess
Charlotte, a niece of Cardtnal .de Rohan.
They resided at' Ettenhelm, In Badeiu
For three years the young nobleman oc
cupied himself In the duties of his es
tate and made little Journeys of pleas
ure. - -In all this time ; Napoleon wai
watching htm, through spies-, r vv
' Then 400 gendarmes were suddenly or
dered to surround his chatau, take pos-
eesfiion pf all bis ' pipers, , and carry
the duke a prisoner to Strasbourg. Ha
waa suspected' of a conspiracy, against
Napoleon. ... . -.
This was on March 14, 1804. March
80 he was taken to Paris and con
fined in the old royal : prison at VI n
cennes. f That same day he .was tried
l)y cbiirt - martial and not one charge
was really proved against him. tit spite
St this fact, he waa condemned to. die
as a. traitor the next morning. The
duke bore himself with fine pride and
courage. He had only a few hours to
prepare for his fate, but ne accomplished
nu task ana was ready at 4 o clock on
the morning of the twenty-first to go
calmly to his death, A grave had been
prepared and Into this, his poor body
had been thrown. - -
The Prince de Conde, his father, was
In - England. . and he wrote his wife
full letter of this terrible affair, ,and
the loss of their son. Her answer seemed
to prove what waa universally believed.
that her mind was unsettled. She said:
"Why do all bis family (the Conde)
think of nothing but the 'glories Of this
,worldT And why do they forget the
glory of heaven la acquired by renuncia
tion ln all things, by the moat profound
humility,: by forgiveness of .Injuries and
even , by the love of our enemies?"
This waa, all she ever said in regard
to her son's fate. 6he herself ' pre
tended to have eco'me a4' -admirer of
Napoleon. All the world was shocked
M this Action oflha emperoiv When
the restoration came, the young duke's
body was taken from the trailer's grave
and reverently burled In the chapel of
the castle at Vlncenpes. , . j
Tomorrow Lord William Russell. -
agree with me, being necessary for alt
expensesstate, county, etc Now $48
Is 15 mills on 83200. Correct. But to
raise 848 on 81400 (the necessary
amount of tax to . raise) Mr. Spence
would have to pay nearly 84.3 mills.
Now, Dr. Eggleston.' or any other
single tax advocate, why should single
tax reduce Mr. Spence'i tax from 148
under the present system, to 888.48 un
der single taxT Talk-is cheap, but It
takes 848 to pay 848 taxes . at leaBt I
never oould - pay $48 taxes with $83.48
and save $15.GS. If I could, count MR
among the" single -taxers, " for I would
have saved about $75 this year. SHOW
ME. . E. S,
ter of the Btate grange. In brief, is as
follows: Assessed Value of property In
HHi Wi J82.0O, Oi that amount of
diatia streetrir tpnolf'- a no I"P"y - naa to pay 8 taxes. Bald
uid.ni Birwt,icar- sirucit ; a man soJ amount, i ihjv. .... m v.ri..i.. -,it
, .VMWJ, ff AAA
Single Tax and Banks. -Portland,
Or., April 1, To the Editor
of The Journal When the Oregonlan
says "the single taxer would exempt
every bank and every other great finan
cial Institution'' It tries to create the
Impression that banks will pay no tax
on the value of the lots occupied by
them ln their business, and that banks
will pay no single tax, ou, lots they hold
for speotilfttton.-.,;,.'. '';?.-,;' r.' .- .;
The First State bank -of Mllwaukle
paid for 1910 a tax of $7.95 on the one
lot It owns and $307.40 'on lta building
and personal property. Under single
tax it would have paid $13.72 -tax on
the lot and nothing on Us building and
personal property. Under; single tax a
tax of $301.63 would have been taken
off the business, of the bank. HOW would
that Injure the farmers and other busi
ness mefl who do business with the bank
and really pay the tax on the .business?
Another bank ln Clackamas . county
Was more a lot speculator than a busi
ness Institution In 191. For Its busi
ness it usea one lot, but It. owned $20
lots! 1 so .319 lots were held by It for
speculation, tts 820 lots -were assessed
$15,8461 building and personal property,
$1670; total, tlT.815- ' - -,'v;?.
Assume that the lot used for Its busi
ness was assessed $600: It was not that
much, but give the Oregonlan- the bene
fit ln the calculation. Now separate the
bank as a business Institution from the
bank aa a speculator. The 1910 assess
ment on one lot and building and per-,
sonat property would have been 852.2 7,
while -the single tax for 1910 on the lot
would have been $88.88, v The 1910 tax
on 819 speculative lots, on an assess-
ment of 816,146 would have -) been
$461.77, while the single tax on the same
assessment 'of .speculative lots would
have been- $1010.82. As a business institu
tion the bank would., have paid $28.91
less under single tax- On Its epeoula
tlve "business" It would ' have paid
$968.65 more under single tax, , ; -;,: ;
Perhaps theTtregoHlan can snow how
tax on - business help business. II It
can, why .doesn't- itT ' v . ,"-'
, v-,': w. O. EOOUDSTON.
X: . ; Not Indorsed by Orange, ';
?' Portland, Or.- April 1-TO the- Editor
Of The'Jpurnal It seems to me an item,
in your last Thursday's Issue deserves
more notice than.lt seems to be receiv
ing. It was the resolutions of -Russell
ville "grange -calling -attention to rths
fact that A, It. I.ea was claiming to
have ' - been : (indorsed - "by, f grangers
-throughout the state, when as a matter
of fact he not only has not been thus
Indorsed, but the, grange does not In
dorse candidates or even allow partisan
politics to be talked in the grange
meetlnga.'':'.-,':v ; irt. ?.' . .. :.)"?':.
'Most well (nforftiod-pebple know this
well founded principle of the order, but
Lea and his political advisers seam not
tOc'i'A'j great" 'effort Is being made, to
give out the- Impression that Mr, Lea is
the only candidate standing Tor that
office who la competent to fill It Mr.
" " , ' . - V
Mlckle Is sneeringly. spoken , of as an
upstart of a farmer. I happen to know
that Mr, Mlckle is a successful dairy
man, who conducts' his business on
business principles, and he is Just as
well qualified as anyone else. Much of
the work will be done by deputies any
way,: end I think I could ptck Mr. Lea's
chief deputy out of Mr. Baileys office
if I tried to forecast, although Mr. Lea,
says ha does not know whether Mr.
Bailey la supporting him or not. Won
der if he knows Mr. Bailey's chief dep
uty la running around over the state
working for himT , ' GRANGER.
by which we tab compel donations fro
upholders of landlordism, of private an
propriatton of publlo earnings, of tariff;
robbery, of private controlfof public
highways, and of otbr privileges. We
are helpless ; to enforce . payment, even'
from the American Woolen company, al
though .it -can be proven that thjs eor '
poratlon has robbed these poor children
by embezzling; a fund entrusted to, It
for their benefit by, the American peo
ple '
The beonla -have levtad a burdensome -iv
tariff tax on themselves and turned theVl
prooeeaa over ln trust to the American f
Woolen company to be used in paying '
high wages to employes, Xhe people
Were Induoed to do this by the representations-
of the ..American , Woolen
company and similar concerns, that this '
trust would be - faithfully carried out.
But the corporation-has used the money
instead for excessive dividends, , 61m- -iiar
acts of . legal embezzlement are be
ing committed by other .protected im-V
-. w
ployers.
upholders of robbery make the false
claim that there is no way by which the
worker may be .assured Juat, treatment.,,
They claim to know no cure for povj
erty and offer this voluntary Ignorance
as an excuse for continuing It The ex-
euse is not valid.'" Thirty-two years ago
Henry George showed' ln "Progress and
Poverty" how. poverty can be abolished.
His. arguments have never been dls.
proved In spite pf numberless attempts ".'
10 OO SO. . '. .... U:. .::.. ... -v
The amount of the enclosed '.check
I. have charged. In ray ledger against
the American Woolen company and .
other supporters , of legalized, robbery.
I advance it In par J payment pf a, debt
they Owe. without consulting them, be
cause tftetr child creditoi-B are In dis
tress through their reluctance to settlers
I doubt whether they will recognise the -
obligation; in spite of Its manifest Jus
tice, since it la not legally nforcible.
Consequently If It must be considered a
charitable lft let it be fully under
Stood that the real recipients of this
charity are yiot poor children of Law
rence, but the stockholders ' of the
American Woolen company and other
upholders of existing wrongs. X am,
dear madam, faithfully,
JOSEPH FEX8.
Tanglefoot B'
Overholt
- TWO MAIDENS, -;Tr;r yL
I saw a fifty-dollar lid upon a slx-bltJ?'
maid'. .' t . . : . -.:.
Bhe wore a gorgeous summer frock; I
heard the swish of-ellk;
Heivhalr was plied lh bales and eoils
- a lovely auburn shade:
Her-cheeks were slightly tinted and
her teeth were white aa milk.
' . : -heard
bee at - a counter scolding.
growling at -the clerk;.
I htfard her scream in anger when the
, coachman failed., to come;.
X saw ber snub woman who, It seems-
. must sometimes work; .
I saw her strike a beggar who .was .
lame and deaf and dumb.
I
1",
Why Borne Men Are Jfot Boosters.
- Portland, Or., April 1, To the Editor
of The Journal. Critics of business men
for lacking boosting proclivities should
keR4 In mind that newcomerertngr
competition as wen as markets. Were
our merchants' competition covered up
as Is -Mr. Josselyn's and other franchise
holders, no doubt their publlo spirit.
Would , be as keen. -Prohibit, further in
crease .of licenses and plumbers would
"come across" on the jump, Geo. what
a snap! Simply topnoteh prices and elt
ugnu a wist once ror every newcomes,
wun every improved bulldlngv method,
a dozen more yankes! , But not the
plumbers! The permits would be In
the hands of speculators, who, to In
crease value of. allrt. would Jioid . some
Idle. So we ' wouldn't have the - brass
te ask plumbers this war Invite them
and shut the -door, in their face; '
; All cHy builders efeeuld be impressed '
n pecuuar trait of publje.mlnd:
We all see the higher these speculative
permits become the more must every
Tom, Dick and Harry of us payj that
.the increasing-value comes, not 'from
any activity of holders, but from density
of population backed up by city granted
privileges; we also see that a tax on
privllepea would place loafers to. work;
reduce permit, prices to-real plumbers
and thus relieve the public
But ws see all this simply because It
Is new. Had We grown up with It the
facts wouldn't -poke out at vs. Ac
customed to looklno- unon both ' niiimh.
tng material and plumbing permits as !
weaun .Because botn have exchantre
value,i we should faU to nisUnguiah be-
iween.weaun ana privilege. Just as we
now riaiciwousiy stumoie over-thA nr.
pose of the single tax.-That proposition
is .strikingly similar to taxlne-
plumWng permits. ; Land value and per
mit 'Values both result ' from public
granted privileges; Just keep In mind
that the single tax Is a tax on privilege,
not on production, , ' B. T. S.
saw a timid maiden . dressed
- clothes made by herself:-
. Eha wore a, hat the bargain klad; she
had no extra hair. ' . -Her
face was not made pretty by the
creams from off the shelf;' -No
penctllngs ' were 'on -her- brow,
though she. was passing fair.
I heard her at the counter, speaking
! kindly to a child;
I heard her soothe the petulant; she
'- never lost her smile;
When patrons' fussed and scolded, she
'f waa ever meek and mild;
I saw her help a beggafv and I liked
her grace and style.
I son loafing on e, corner waiting for a
-: chance to' see .' '
The maid upon wbose heart, I think,
I'll try to make a mash, - .-
The sweet-Voiced girl who clerks you
"' say would be the one for mel
Ah, no, you lobster; guess again;- you
see I need the cash.
0
Pointed Pararaplia
Iv
a , flee. , -i
- j
dolnir
" When It comes to the scratch
has Jumped. - -
' :,'
(- Three is a orowd when one Is
all the buying. .
" A clutton 1st a man who eats as much
as a small boy, wants..,., .
Keeping a husband In hot water is a
poor way to preserve him.
V Happy Dy,
Mr. William Bayard Hale in the April
World Work characterizes very amus
ingly the mannerisms and foibles of our
prominent publlo ; speakers, who - are
again about, to take the stump In a
presidential campaign. -To Mr.. Bryan,
he gives the palm for'audlblness. - v
i" JT f Bryan .has never spojten-lh
building? toe big for him to nu with his
voice; the whole of out-of-doors seems
not too big, for It -is the experience, of
thousands who have . listened, td;' hint
In the open .that the only., ad vantage
gained by pressing toward the sneaicnr's
stand Was that something could be seen
of the epeaker. - One night' out in In.
dlana during the last week of the 1900
campaign,- when Mr. Bryan Was making
the concluding speech of the day in-the
county fair grounds of one of the ooanty
seats, I paced what I conolurfed to be
a half "mile from the speaker's : stand
without " passing 'beyond the sone In
Which his every w6rd wa nerfeotiv
ear.: -fca ' g-' ,JV4-,S f 4 : ft
That- was, -If I recollect ariirht hla
seventeenth speech that, day, h " ',
-(Coatrlbated to Tbe JaarnU by Walt Masoo, .
til titmou Kaawis poet.. - His proaa-potpfs are. a
reculur featurt ef tills teluna la Tkt Pilly
Journal. ) : , .- ,
, "The baseball season soon Will open
and Joys for. which we've long - beert
gropin' win ds our own once more;
If -we havacaree ws soon will lose em;
the good old game will soothe each
bosom, and heal the head that's sore
When we assemble on- the bleacher
we'll soon forget the tiresome creatures
who fuss in politics; forget their rant
ing- ana weir poBing, ne scnemes and
plots- that ; they're- discussing, forgfcf
their Cheap John tricks. The grand old C
game must be suspended each year until
the . winter's ended, and while Its off J
the - map, we all jret; sour - and cross -and
rusty, and fill the air with language
gusty, and stand ! around and scrap.
Then Idle things gala out attention,
pipe dreams too numerous to mention,
and we are in a . trance; We think,-to
betur our condition, that we ' mnt -
boostsome polltlolan to porap and cir- '
cumstance. But; all such things . go
uaiiynuuvuiK wiwn unci , we near vtS
umpire shooting his' Jarynx at the mob;
then grief and worry are forgotten, and
polities' seem stale - and ' rotten, end
care must Jump its Job. rt'a wt.. ' '
far to seek the bleachers ' than share 1.
with patriotic creatures a biBr lonir I
ios; Jl
win-
campaign souse"; it's better far to
a punnant man to elect a- bran-rtew
ropyrlBh.
Washington's White House
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