IE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND,;; FRIDAY EVENING, MAY" 17. 1912,
THE JOURNAL
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I PAILY.
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' fin war IT fn 1 On? wwntii. ...... "
Wealth In the irrnsn
is deflth.
bi.t life ditfus.it.
"t'As pul son h.-jils. In Just propor
V portion i'sM;
In heaps, like ambergris, a stink
It 11".
. But well rli.xpprs !, Is Incense to
"the skies.
Pope.
xot ny hirect primary
THAT Judge Archbald offered tq
Teconslder one of his court de
cisions If Captain. Kay would
, - recommend to the Erie railroad
-that It sellcertaln Culm coal proper-
' ' ties, was amazing testiroany at
Washington yesterday. Captain
May's testimony was corroborated by
: . Vlc President Brownell of the Erie,
" who said 'Judge Archbald came to
. the Erie offices and was closeted for
a time with Captain" May.
' Nq more damaging, testimony has
over been uttered against sn Amer
ican Jurist It is difficult to see how
more damaging testimony could be
uttered against any Jurist. To offer
to change his own decision on condl
jtlon that a ralload would soil a prop
' i erty on which this Judge expected to
make a .profit, li almost the limit In
' the prostitution of the Judicial of-
' flee. ; ; .'
'Yet Judge Archbald now holds a
position in one of the most Import
' 1'ant Judicial bodies In the world. He
,- was n6t elevated to the position by
ths direct' primary. He is In no
M Beuse the' product of the dlcect pri
: nary. He is no proof that the tllrect
primary is a f.-Jlure.
He was made a Judge of the com
' rnerce court by the president of the
jUn!ted States. :. ,.
. If the nomination ef Lafferty
. ' " tj
. proves the breakdown of the direct
; primary, the appointment of Arch
; bald proves' the Breakdown of the
'I presidency. .
THE PASSING SHOW
f BNATQB BOURNE is against a
single six year term for the
V 1 president. So is Senator Bris-
' . ? tow. i. i - .
; Senator Cunimlns favors it, and
so i does Senator O' Gorman. Sena
tor Clapp-thinks one four year term
the best..
The present struggle for added
terms py the only two living men
who have occupied the White House,
is extremely demoralizing to the Re
publican party. Thousands of Taft
. 'Republicans aro . becoming deeply
t . embittered against Roosevelt. Thou
' sands of Roosevelt Republicans re
" sent the attacks on Roosevelt by
Taft.
' ; The arraignment of Roosevelt by
1 Taft Is an arraignment of a Repub-
Hean administration: The arralgn
. xnent of Talt by Roosevelt Is an ar
raignment of a Republican adminis
tration, and for-both, the nation Is
the audience,,
Jefferson insisted, in his support
of a single long term, that it would
bridle the ambition of a president
for other terms, and spare the coun
.'. try the-fume and fury of frequently
, rerurrlng elections. The passing
show, with, its , contesting delega-
' tlOns, its bitterness, its passion and
- It lack of dignity, confirms the fore-
''tlght of Jefferson.
. Almost every day In every year
' accentuates the sagacity of Jefjef-
eon, as ho looked down the decades
, and foresaw the course upon which
the newly launched nation could be
; most safely charted.
STILL THEY COME
a:
NOTHER trust is arraigned, in
a Buit to issue Injunctions
.against the Aluminum Com-
AJ n ia.uy ui rtuiin;a, ineu oy me
.government in the United States
- court at, Pittsburg.
. v ' Less in the public eye than 'tho
eteel trust, Standard Oil, and tobac
(co, yet the aluminum company had
1' a. special. field of its own since the
" practical monopoly of manufacture
- and sale and the control of the
known ' sources of "production'. 'in
America of the raw ir atrial of a
much Improved and'viry desirable
product, gave every opportunity for
. a successful trust.
Aluminum was no new discovery.
" Its first public use In England was
- for trinket and, badges which were
placed on sale at or shortly after t'he
first, exposition of 1851. . But tho
manufacture, under the costly chem
leal process then known, had no com
mercial attractions When the
young1 American ichemlstv.Charios Ml
; H2V Kf aditaj of Oberlin college
a ppllcat Ion Jot ileettolysja to th3 ex
traction of aluminum, ( especially
from 'baUitlte,'.fi& .solvid a problem
wMchiJsad def!o4 eotne o? the great
, st chemists of the age. . The new
: procaaa-wtis hrst put. tfdoituierclal
uso at Kensington.' Penhsylvahia,
and the application jftW.tria.ny aidjBut, on trivial pretexts, how many
varied. It 1 ;-chiefly; nsed ' as, am aK mothers son's are' led to the slaugh-
loy of other metals and serves ' in a
w k"e ranga of vIndostrt -usPS, from
the mauufaftturo: of' cheap' Je.welryi
;
and kitchen utensils, to the alurai
num bronze castings In heavy
machinery.
Such an opportunity for monopo
lizing growing Industry, when
new applications were opening, was.
Of course, too good to bo losC, and
the aluminum company of America
moved along tlio well 'known track
towards complete and permanent!
control,
How this offender will fare In the
crudble of prosecution rpmalns to
The preparations for tho
suit have TVon very Quietly conduct -
ed. The ownershln of orixnal pat-
ents ave the company a leaal mo-
nojioly until their expiration in 1909.
Thereafter the government alleys
that the monopoly has been extend-
d bv unlawful means. ,
IS A IDLUKM.AX AN OX ?
T
WO of the throe members of a
council committee refiiBe to re
port for passage tho ordinance
giving two rest days to Port-.
lajid policemen. If their de
cision becomes the decision of tho
council next Wednesday, each po
liceman will have fifteen days'rest
out of 3 65, and no more.
Why give a mere policeman any
rest? Though all the councilmen
and all the gentlemen at tho city hall
enjoy their Sundays, why should a
policeman have such a privilege? '
Most of us give our work horses
and work mules a rest over Sunday.
In general we think we profit by do
ing so.
But then, what's a man, compared
with a mule?
Dut we are told that. It would
tost the rich city of Portland $20,-
000 a year to give our policemen two
rest days in a month. Shades of Shy
lock! How could we afford it? In
fact, if we should sacrifice so much.
to- our policemen, wp could not be
so liberal In the bestowal of public
franchises.
Besides, how foolish we- should
be, anyway, to treat our policemen
as anything hut oxen?
THE DANISH KIXG
I
F the place of any king were
a
reasonable object of envy it
might well be that of King Fred
erick VIII of Denmark, who lived
deservedly honored, and has died
universally regretted not only by
nis people, but by nis many kinsfolk I
ana menus among me royalties oi
Europe.
His virtues were those of a high
ly cultivated and studious man, of
simple habits of life and thoroughly
democratic tastes, of one who, born
to high estate, accepted thejrespon
siDinpes tnat cam to nim as a trust
to be administered for the benefit of.
nis people, ills influence, not bis
power, was leffectlve In raising the
standard or ure in the Danish na-,
tlon, doveloplng those arts and t nose ;
industries wnicn the peninsula of
Denmark has made famous in the
world at large.
The simplicity of the life of the .
royal family for many years has
been no less a habit than a virtue.
They mixed freely with their peo-!
pie, were special patrons of the arts, :
and, to apply the familiar proverb,
nothing human was foreign to them,
They needed no guards or escorts :
in trvp streets or Copenhagen, for
tnere was none to wish them harm. !
ine royai iamny was out a slight
charge on the resources of the na-
tion, and many an American mil-'
lipnalre would style them poor. t la it too much to say that such an
But they had sufficient to maintain one must have the power of attrac
the decorous and moderate state tion and a reservoir of common
which they inherited, without either sense?
vulgar ostentation or tho need to
practice an unseemly economy.
All that ls-known of the new king, i
Christian X, gives promise of a roy
al life on the same lines that his
father followed. The loyalty that -
greets nis accession is unieigned and
deerj.
"
TOMORROW i
T
OMORROW is peace day. It is
to bo observed throughout, the j
T. I. i ni . , . . -
J.nited States. Such a day has
Ai- k i j V
already been celebrated by sev-
eral Christian countries. There is
effort to make world-wide' one day
for appeals and prayers for univer
sal peace.
Why not? We boast that wo are
civilized. We poiattiLthef ict. that
this is the twentieth century of the
Christian era. y
War Is murder, a slaughter, not
of one, but of thousands. It Is files
and ranks of living men mowed
down by machine guns and bursting
slieljs.
'o ought to prove our boasts of
civilization. We ought to prove
that we differ from, the primitive
man. We ought .to 6how one an
other, nnd nations ought to show
one another, that the humane feel
ing has developed in the heart "of
mankind.
Once, men slaughtered their fel
lows and ate their victims, but how
mucn, lr any, worse was that than
the; manufacture of great guns and j
dreadnaughts with which to kill? '
Aristotle doubted the propriety of !
considering a slave, as a man. Rut ,
how much, if any, worse was that !
lhan the hurrying of men to a bat-j
tie line to slay and be slain, over a 1
natisaal., dispute- Invonihg a few J
thousand dollars. In such a war.
what are men but -worse than' slaves
to sordid money J
Under the Roman law of the Re
public, a father might slay bis child, )
and the state made no remonstrance,
because it was, under the statute and
Custom, none of4he state's affair.
ter in "wax. by edict of ;the state it
Praised be tha. name of peace.
- I - .
- i Sweet as the songs-of birds and bftl
. lowed as the music of choirs should
be peace -day.
WHAT'S THE 1TSE
T
HKstate grange opposes con-
solldat'on of the 'Agricultural
college and state university. It
recommends that "the two
schools be retained as separate In
! stitutlons."
I n aavises that the worn or encn
i r'e defined definitely by an initiative
1 P'vlng tho work of tho pure scl
; enees, liberal arts and schools of law
medicine to the university, and
the work of r.ppllod sciences in their
! relation to the Industries to tho ng
"cultural college." it , proposes
that tney bo taken entirely out of
polities In tho matter-of appropria
tions by placing them upon a frac
tlonsl nilllane basis ns the regular
means of their support."
The decision of the grange Is
sound.
It results from an exhaust
lvo Investigation by a special com
mittee named for the purpose a year
ago. me committee went into every
phase" of tho subject, considered a
mass of statistics, and Its findings
were the guide for the action of the
grange.
The recommendation is ample
proof that no initiative measure for
consolidation should bo submitted
without full and complete investl
gation. In the case of tho grange,
such an Investigation led to a defi
nlte and pronounced decision against
consolidation. In tho case of all
others who Investigate Impartially,
the same conclusions : gainst, consol
idatlon will be reached.
In view of the evidence, It would
be a mistake to go to tinkering,
especially to so revolutionary an ex
tent as placing the whole system of
higher education on wheels. Includ
ing the abandonment of costly btliltf
lngs and plants at ono or both in
stitutions to form a joined establish
ment. It would set back higher educa
tion ten years. It might cripple In
dustrial and agricultural educa
tion for all time. It would plunge
Oregon Into the most bitter eduoa-
tional controversy any state has ever
seen.
What's tho use of embarking on
an uncharted sea of educational ex
periment at this time,' when all the
authoritative Investigations to date
are against Jt?
A WOMEN'S HOME
I
T may be hoped that there will be
adoption of the . recommendation
of the social service committee of
the Episcopal"church to the dio-
icesan convention, that the church
people should establish a lodging
house In the city for women and
girls.
The committee dwelt on the ur-
gent need for such a home, whose
doors may be always open. A refuge
of that nature to be of the best use
'to tho greatest number must have
neither the name nor the form of a
charity. It must be inviting to the
young women, either visitor or ln-
tending resident, who Insists on
maintaining both independence and
self respect. Its accommodations
must be neat and attractive, and its
charges low enough to appeal to a
scantily filled purse.
. The lady in charge will need to
have special gifts. The name of
House-Mother, suggests the idea of
welcome and of invitine confidence
The committee suggests' that there
are many places within the city
where a man may secure -.clean" and
proper lodgings Tor" a nominal con
sideration, but that there, is no such
place where a needy girl may be
thus accommodated,
ijtA-i ,i ,
But "clean and
ui u I I ij i:ni ir lit, iiiji. I'm v iin
complete idea of the usefulness that
may well be sought.
One function filled by the Y. M.
C. A. of registering demands and op-
tUlllLICO IUI eillflLM infill J ,U1 t!I3
, . t It. u ...
first importance to those who -will
, . ,,, ,
tu " ,
ocviuu,' tu ino nun vuiuui o tlx a
strange citCi
The money needed for the begin
ning of the enterprise is no alarming
sum. It is well within the powers
of. the community to which the re
port of the committee was addressed.
It will be to the credit, both of the
Episcopal church and of the city of
Tortland, if early stepa be taken to
convert a hope into a.reality.
( AN.VDI.
.IMMIGRATION
ETURNS of immigration into
Canada for the fiscal year end
ing March 3t last show tota
arrivals of 3 54,237. Of these
133,710 were from the United States.
For th previous year Immigration
from the. Uflited States showed- a
total of" 121,451.
Increase for March 19J2 was sev-
en per cent over
the figures for
March, 1911.
Tho very great majority of the
other immigrants were from the
United Kingdom, and of these EnE-
land . and Scotland furnished the
greater number. ", - .
Merel -god -r'rtnTfnMrihe'best
energies of the -Northwest Develon-
ment leaeue must be elven to twn oh.
Hacks first th nrnnninp- nt th iv
to Alberta from the middle Btates of
this union, and, seconds to securing
our proportion of the northern Eu
ropean immitration, of similar
standard to. that now landing on .tho
docks at Montreal.
Canada - has shown th-3 vay, by
sending responsible and well quali
fied agents to take up residence in
the towns and , markets'.' where the
emigrating farmers ot England, Scot-
land, Norway, Sweden,' Holland, or
Denmark are to be met. -
They are taking cara of the dead,
bodies resultant from forest fires In
Skagit county, Washington. Sena
tor Chamberlain may regard with
satisfaction his efforts In securing in
the senate an Increase from $200,-
000 to $1,000,000 for- forest patrol.
Who put the powder In the auto
mobile that exploded and killed a
man at Colfax, Washington? Tho
widow and three fatherless children
would like to know.
Letters From tlie People
Articles and quinKtlons tor this page
should be written on only one Hide of
the fciaper nml bp uucorapmilpd by th
writer's name. Tho nama Will not be
published, hut in deiilred as an Indi
cation of good faith.
Oregon Wools.
MIlwBukle, Or., May 15. To the Edi
tor of The Journal President Taft ac
cuses' Teddy of being a flatterer and
that lio nates such ntuff. There are
millions of people besides the president
who reel the same way. We had BUino-
tliliiK of the same kind dealt out to the
public of Oregon by the chairman of the
Progressive Business Men's club at a
luncheon held In this city on the third.
This Kentleman stated In his address
that the wools grown In the Wllamette
valley b.T the world.- It Is an infallible
rule that a commercial prbduct will
brlnir Its market value. With your per
mission, ns an old wool manufacturer,
would like -space to offer a few solid.
hard facts on this woolgrowingT Ques
tion.
The wools from this valley are sold
In Boston and are there classified as
No. l, 2 and S, cross-breds and coarse
comblntr. The best part of the fleece
of the No. 1 grade usually will make a
No. 26 yarn, while the great bulk of
t is used for low numbers, such as 12s,
14s, 16s, etei for carpet warps.
When a manufacturer makes a pur
chase of wool he seeks the kind that
will give the greatest length In yards
from one pound. 'The shrinkage in
scouring and strength, of the flher are
considered also.
We have in the trade what Is called
universal weight (12 hi grains avoir
chifriols), to determine the quality of a
yarn. We measure off a given number
of yards, which, to bo correct, " must
weigh neither more nor less than 12 Mi
grains.
To explain how or why we use this
weight would take up too much space.
As already stated, the best part of a
fierce of No. 1 valley will make a 36
yarn (36 yards). The highest quotation
of this wool In the Boston market Is 47
cents per pound, while the Australian
cross-bred combing Is 72 cents.
It is aft old saylnuf that comparisons
aro odious, but often we can profit by
them. If accepted in a proper spirit.
Oregon needs a general waking up In its Kingdom. Ho prophesied from about
woolgrowlng tyaustry. We find by the 7B0 t0 -26 . :. C. llosea's wlfo was faith
Boston Commercial Bulletin In its an- lesa t0 njm an(j wj,en she fled his houB
nual reuort of the wool production of i, v,.j rod ppm her from th Derson
the United States- that Oregon Is credited
with io.SOO.OOO pounds, ana. mo snrin-
age in si-punng is ruuy bo per ceni.
This leaves 6,7CO,000 pounds of clean
wool. . .
I find. In the report sent me by Mr.
neraham, the American consul at Brad-
ford. ISngland. that the county or Lin
colnshire produced last year something
over 10,250,000 pounds, and tne mal
mum shrinkage q this was 25 per cent,
leaving 7,687,6Q0 pounds of clean wool.
These sheep average 9 pounds when
shorn. Bear 'in mind .those sheep are
washed before shearing.
There is a great opportunity here. In
Oregon for the development of wool-
Fiftu'i n r. i Tina iriui me aira wi. uui- .
colnslure is not muon over zuuu square
. . I
miles and produces fully 1.500,000
pounds of clsan wool, more than Oregon
wini us ",v
BAMUtLi riiAiuun.
Recall of Juages.
Portland, Or.. May 15. To the Editor
or The Journal in a receni eiici un-
cerning tho recall of judges, John Mur-
phy shws great fear that the minority
will suffer from legislative aois or "i
malorltv. The purpose ot this letter
woula nave oeen clearer u mr. muiuj
i 1 .i At.tln.tlv whth,i- hm. believed
r n rrtmmcnt or
a c Femocriii lone T where" the majority
rules -Is lt reasonable to . suppose, as
v., tho ronni
would recall a satisfactory Judge sim-
Ply at the behest of scheming politic-
ians? If the politicians are complete
rulers
nhv hother to KlVa tn
ne.onle the franchise at all 7 If tne
people are fitted for self-government.
then whv allow them to select a juage
but deny the right, after opportunity to
observe his behavior on the bench, to
decide whether or not he should be re
tained? Do you. Mr. Voter, believe you
are competent to decide in a recall elec
tion whether a judge is a aesiraDie one;
If not, how were you competent to vote
for him In the beginning, or, in fact, for
any other official?
.Why should a Just judge oojeci to
the recall? Is not tho scamp who wemt
lnt3 office before the people knew his
real character the one who would dis
like the recall? Enemies of the recall
of Judges suggest that fear of it might
prevent an honest, upright judge rrom
doing what he considered right. Is this
plausible? Would such a man be easily
Influenced? When sale rrom rocan, is
not a weak or dishonest Judge likely to
accede to the wisheB of capitalists or
politicians and bo do the majority an
injustice?
As to the objection that "in tne recall
of Judges we are simply groping in the
dark, for something ..that Is unprece
dented," how has. any human progress
In the oast ever been made except by
people trying something new? Is prog
ress now to cease Decause inrougu
stupid 'and cowardly fear we dare .not
risk Some mistake? Let fcs use Judg
ment and discretion in our experi
ments, and If we do make mistakes cor
rect them as soon as possible and profit
by the experience. W. M.
Taft and the Friar Land.
Portland, May 14. To the Editor of
The Journal We noticed that the Ore
gonlttn this morning was feeling a lit
tle sad because of the religious question
that has been injected into Mr. Taft's
political fight. Well, who is to blame
but Mr. Taft himself? Let us examine
it a little; soon after the war in the
Phllippnes, we, tho United States, made
Spain a present of $20,000,000, Just be
cause we felt sorry for the poor old
cuss because he could not put up a fight
worth noticing. Then comes the pope
of Rome claiming, a large sum as pay
ment for the so-called, friar. Jnnda.-Xb.n
-Mr. Taff-war'aemr over to. the Philip
pine islands, as chairman of S commis
sion to investigate. the claim Of the
church, and after making thorough In
vestigation, came back, and' reported that,
the Catholic church did not own, and
never did own. the land so claimed. The
report wa signed by Mr. Taft as chair
man of the .committee, but that did not
satisfy the pope,. so Mr., Taft was sent
as an emissary to Romejland by the way
he was said to be the first-emissary
ever sent' from this country to ,' the
pope. And what did Mr. Taft do? Let
me tell you If you don't know. H
agreed to give the pope 18. 000. 000, sub
ject to the will of the congress of the
United Htates, and the Republican con
gress and presMnrtt'Wer-"w.lllln" NoW
what was that 18,000,000 forT Accord-
COMMENT AND
:v'; SMALL CnANGE.
Davenport no word wilt do.
hay down; th Colonel's amuck.
Horn owner art not I. W. W.'i.
All tho stranded actor want la a
show.
Sorlnr fever bug Is abroad in tho
vchool.
Unenay Is tho head that wears tho
crown In Mexico.
Oregon strawberries are a real luxury
at 36 cents per box. '
The Shrlners have been much la evi
dence during tho week.
GossiD never Interests a woman if
she has heard it before.
A girl wouldn't mind having red hair
If it wasn't for th color.
The chD with an open faced smile Is
always sure of a welcome.
When tho delegates all get together at
the Chicago convention, they will make.
a Mexican revolution look JlK su cents.
The 1012 forest fires 'have already
claimed several Uvea in Washington.
What will be tho toll paid to careless
ness at the end of the season?
A lady writer says a kiss on tho fore
head denotes reverence. Perhaps she
is right, but the average girl doesn't
care for that brand of reverence.
Charles WaDnenstein. Seattle's ex-
chlef of police. Is now earning a liveli
hood and securing- mucn neeaea exercise
In the vegetable cellar -of tho Walla
Walla pen. -
The state of Washington Bend's two
a Taft delegation ana a Koosevell dele
gation to Chicago. Whv did she not
also send a La Follette delegation and
dark horse delegation?
The State Grange proposes an intelli
gent solution of the problem of higher
education. A mlllage tax, th segrega
tion of tho university and agricultural
college courses into their proper fields
nnd tho taking of the appropriations of
both" out of legislative politics Is a con
structive plan.
SEVEN PROPHETS OF THE BIBLE
nosea.
Hosea'ls the first of the minor proph
ets who flourished in the , kingdom of
Israel under 'Jeroboam II. and his suc
cessors. In his prophecies, wnicn con
sist of fourteen chapters, he represents
the relation or Israel to jenovan as mat
of a wife to her husband, and Its apos-
BV . t,e faithfulness of tho wife.
Hosea was tho ejon of Beer! and was...
.11 ui. iife a snblect of the Northern
to wnom 8r,e had given herself. Hosea
j,ew nothing of her character at the
tini0 0f their marriage; on tho contrary.
lt was manifest to him only afterward.
as if through a special Intervention of
i nr tr rve to the nronhet as
a SymDOi of Israel's Unfaithfulness to
the Lord.
Other views derived from tne book or
Hpsea for instance, that of Ewald, that
the prophet was obliged to retire to Ju-
dah on account of Jhe Increasing hos
tility toward him, and tnat ne mere
wrote nis book, or that he belonged to
the caste of priests, lack support, as do
... .,,.,. ,h nrnnht fnund
,n the )ater Jewuh and the Christian
ITtLUlllUllEf
. ,. Ha,,.. ronhecles show
,, . ,lm, -,v,. th.
of Israe, whlch reacned the
.onith of l( nower under Jeroboam II
. ,0, 1n ... ... .. tn dAflln In
" r n Tf,... .A-.,1-..,A Vila r.rinhn. mn-
tw-itv rftr the death of Jeroboam If..
tn r,er0j that marked tho decline of
fh -VfirthBrn Klnsdom.
The authenticity of Hosea's prophecies
, evidenced by their eminently indl-
vlduallstic . and subjective character,
mslnfalns f hroniyhout. Va.
Unit to Mr. Taffs own report, the pope
had no claim whatever ""this country
or the Philippine islands. We don t
blame the pope, but personally I do
blame Mr. Taft more than any other one
man, Because ne ow wiai T
did not owe the pope anything: and
nuuv:u i iiui.niui
matter, because he knew all about it.
and never has to : this day made the
slightest objection to it.
R. R. BRATTON.
Regulation of Corporations.
Troy. Ohio, May 12. To tho Editor of
Tho Journal-! think .there is but one
way to defeat the purposes of Social
ism, or any jiart. of them, and at the
same time secure for a laborer's wages
or Ealary the full value of his" products,
iesa a proper compensation to capital
Invested In various Industries employing
labor: The creation, of a federal corpo
ration denartment and enactment of
such corporation -laws as will require:
First That all million dollar corpo
rations, companies, firms or individuals
engaged in interstate manufacturing;
transportation, commerce or communi
cation, be compelled to Incorporate such
business under federal laws and that
state laws be left such authority s
now exists only over smaller corpora
tions. Second That federal chartered cor
porations be prohibited from earning
(above actual expenses) for bond Inter
ests, stock dividends and surplus ac
count an aggregate annual sum exceed
ing 8 or 10 per cent of their assessed
taxable property values for tho year
next preceding -such payment. - .
Third That investment In stocks or
bonds in other corporations should only,
contribute to the interest, dividend and
surplus funds the net amount earned
by them, less their share of taxes or
losses. - ..- ssi
Fourth That such corporations be re
quired to furnish tho corporation de
partment regular reports, or- as re
quired, and that government auditors
pne examiners be allowed to Inspect all
books, accounts and reports' at, any
time,- . - r
. This may not offset the demand for
"government ownership of all" means
of productlo'n, transportation and .communication,"-but
from a labor view
point it would com nearer securing
laborer their - Just dues .tliaxr any thTng
yet tried. .-' ". "-'-.,;. ....
The ,BoolalitV demand for .th initia
tive, the referendum,, th recall and
equal suffrage will be won. much sooner
perhaps than their adherent expect If
all . party lines were disregarded.
DANIEL. C M'MATH.
. Against the Consolidation.' ;"V
Portland,-May rt.To the EdKo",of
The (JouroalUnlea 'the youny ieopl
oC our state patronixe ,Kwi higher
schools ot learning, j It Is useless to
spend our money to keep them up. '.i '
However, we - want our chUdra to
have as; good a chasce fO' prepare fir
their life work as those of other states,1
and we do "not feet that' we should let
other states spend their money 09 our
lIEWS; IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHT ', w
Pour bbywtngii, a, eom plats initfoor
gymnasium and circular swing for the
city park at Bakar ar teeing Installed t
. .- - -, ...:. i
. Bonds for th "south sld" school
building "at Corvallla have boon voted
in the sum of 116.000. The building la
to be ready by September IS,
. ..
Canyon CltV EaRle: From -the amount
of wator has gone down Canyon creek
th last few weeks wo would, say that
(he Pacific ocean must be getting pretty
Well filled up. , , i 1
Baker Democrat: Rev. K. C. Btan
nard of McMlnhvlllo has accepted the
call of the First Ilaptiat uhufch in this
city, succeeding Rev. D. O. Dunkin, He
win begin his pastorate the first wunuay
In June.
Stanfleld Standard: Another carload
of choice dairy cows will be received at
HUnfiold by Mayor Kyle In a few days.
It is a good work nnd the way they are
being purchased Indicates that the farm
ers are alive to the importance of tho
cow. '
-
Union Republican: , The people of
Cove are talking up the 191 2 cherry
show, and from present indications it
will be the best ever held in that place.
The present outlook for a cherry crop
bus probably never been excelled In this
valley.
Lakevlew Examiner: I. A. Carriker
says there is money in wheat, even at
11.26 per hundred. His wheat last sea
son was a poor yield, only 19 bushels
to the acre, and still, over Hnd above
all expenses, including wages, he cleared
26 cents per bushel.
Heppner Gaxette-Times: E. M. Bhutt
landed at the Alfalfa farm on Tues
day evening with a herd or young itoi
steln cattle with which he is stocking
the ranch. These cattU are reportod to
be of high breeding- and win rorm tne
foundation of a fine herd of Holstelns.
Port Orford Tribune: A report has
reached us that the extensive black sand
Slant at Gold Beach has not only closed
own but has failed. This has so fur
been the fate of every such attempt on
a large scale, and yet the assays show
high values In gold and platinum. It
will require a man to solve the problem
who is both scientific and practical, and
he will appear some day In place of the
scientific dreamers and schemers wno
have failed In the past.
rious additions, however, seem to have
crept Into the original text.
The book of Hosea always occupies
the first place among the twelve of the
minor prophets, most probably on ac
count o its length. Jn point of time
Amos preceded it. In the first part he
relates how he wedded aomer, daughter
of Dedelalm, with incidents of their
married life and that of their children.
The second psrt of the book Is the prac
tical and deta'led part of the first.
In the first section Hosea speaks al
most exclusively of religious and moral
corruption. "The princes, and especially
the priests, are "chiefly responsible for
this, and it is on them that the -punishment
will principally fall." In the last
section it 13 felt that the final catastro
Dhe Is closj at hand; and, nevertheless,
once again love remains victorious. The
book ends with a touching exhortation
to- the people to turn to Ood, who - on
his part promises the most tempting
blessings. An eplphonema reminds at
last every one that the good and the
wicked shall receive the retribution each
as merited.
Of none of the prophets ha the his
tory been so much in dispute as in the
case of Hisea. The Jewish historians
credit him with being a citizen of the
Northern Kingdom of Israel, while, ac
cording to Christian tradition he was a
native of Beelmoth, and, according to
Jerome th9 prophet, was a native of
Bethshemesh. No one has been able to
fix the date of his death and his burial.
The Jewish tradition says that he died
In Babylov and t'ut his body, having
been carried by a Camel to 6afed 1n
upper Galilee, was buried there, but
these stories are " by some wrltevs,
thought to be historically worthless.
. Tomorow Exeklel.
children. Accordingly we must .- keep
up our own schools.
The question then is: Would the com
bining of the two schools make either
more attractive to our student young
people. I say that an agricultural stu
dent does not want to mix. up with a
Greek, Latin or French student. They
don't mix. A fellow studying pigs arid
calves don't want around him a fellow
studying amo, nor agapo and talking
In the language of the courts of Eu- j
rope. Likewise one of these classical
boys doesn't .care to hear the hens
cackling, the donkey braying, nor the
Rigs squealing. And they won't.
Therefore, even though crippled for
lack of necessary funds, let us 'keep up
both schools separately.
JERRY E. BRONAUGH.
A Matter of Argument.
Portland, May 16. To the Editor of
The Journal Did both the Democratic
and Republican parties fulfill that part
of their platform pledges In 1908, in
which they declared for publicity of
campaign contributions, one before and
one after election? ..
And was one a complete as the other
(this In reference' to any contributions
that either" might have failed to pub
lish)? B. J. LOCKWOOD.
This Lady Has a McGuffey. "
. Ellensburg, Wash., May 14. To the
Editor of "The Journal--I see In the last
Journal that Mrs. J. J. Beard wants; to
know H any 0 the readers of The Jour
nal has McGuffey's Second Reader. I
have one that 1 have had over 80 years.
: MRS. A. M. PEASE.
Bible 144 Years OId.
Jacksonvllle, Or., May 14. To the Ed
itor of The- Journal I have in my pos
session a German Biblo published In
1768, being 144 years old. . .
CHRIS ULRICH.
To Control Sale of "Plumage.
From Our Dumb Animals.
,The United States department of agri
culture "is authority for the statement
that, an Investigation of the" traffic In
plumage ordered by' Seuertary Wllsofl'
was completed last November. The re
sult shows that from Los Angeles and
Ban Francisco Jo Chlcago-th trade- In
bird "plumage for millinery Durnosea was
very limited apart from Chicago, where.
aigrettes were Deing soia.ln large num
bers. Preparations have r been made
looking to the more stringent -enforce
njent of the law restricting the plum
age trade. - -
As New York city is th receiving and
distributing point for practically all the
plumage .brought In from foreign coun-J
tries, tne Bnea law, prohibiting sale and
possession in New York of much of the
plumage npw 'used for millinery pur
poses Is One of the fhostlmportant mea
sures relating to plumage ever proposed
for adoption in the United States. , As
New Jersey has adopted a similar, law,
it will not b possible-to evade th New
York law by transferring th business
to Jersey, City or other points adjacent
to New York city.
Electrified Farms-.,
For many year tli citi6 and larger
towns of , this country have beeq elec
trified, meaning; that they hav enjoyed
an abundance of elactrlo.. energy for
llifht and. power; As; a, result nearly
every wheel that turns la. th" pity,
from th largest factory to-the street
railway and the tiny motors used about
th various stores and small factories,
are run by electric power. Now these
electric lines, emulating tho trolly'and
the telephone,, are stealing out into the
country, and tho farmer are adopting
electric power to take the place of
situ ine,, miu nurses.
To ascertain the economlo value of
elestrlclty as upplied to farm work, a
corps 0f engineers from' the General
Electric company recently vlsjted a
number of the most Important farms
which have been electrified and made
some exhaustive tests. Borne of the
most Important tests were mado at th
farm of William Btroop. five miles from
Dayton. Ohio. The Btroop farm com
prises 178 acres, devoted to stock farm
ing and the raising of grain and faddvr.
Three electric motors are used, two
pf which ore small and ' devoted to
yumying, ana me largo 15 horsepower
motor being mounted on a truck and
used to drive all kinds or farm machin
ery, 'Other test were made on a farm
at Chaiy, N. Y., .where a numbur of
electric. motors are used.
A digest: Of some Of thn ,nrlnrl,
data collected follows:
Forty bushels of corn and cob were
ground In one hour with a 15 horsepow
er motor atv total cost of 4 cents a
bushel, including labor at 16 cents an
hour and Interest and depreciation on
the Investment. The actual power cost
was less than 2 cents a bushel, electri
cal energy being purchased at 6 cents a
kilowatt hour.
A six roll shredder and husker pro
duccd nearly two tons on hour at a to
tal cost of 12.85 a ton. of which only
27 cents was the actual cost for run
ning the 15 horsepower motor, the rest
belrg for labor, depreciation, etc.
A 20 horsepower motor threshed 145
bushels of barley In one hour at a cost
of only 0.005 cent a bushel for electrical
energy consumed.
Forty one and a half bushels of
shelled corn were ground In one hour
for a total cost of 0.0248 eent a bushel,
of which 0.0116 cent was for power.
Three washers full of soiled clothing
wore washed In 67 minute for 4 Si
cents, Including labor, etc
iuu wjuare ieei or. iioor sunac lor
cents.
The horse groomer cleaned seven
horses In an hour at a total Cost of a
cents per horse, Including- help, etc.
The cream separator handled 1800
pounds of milk an hour at a -total cost
of 0.028 cent per Wo; tho actual cost
for current to operate tbe 1V horse
power motor being but 0.0019 cent per
100 pounds.
Nearly 100 pounds of butter were
churned, washed and worked In 82 min
utes at a cost of but 0.244 cent, Includ
ing labor, etc.
Seven hundred and fifty pounds of
sausage were ground- in one hour at a
cost of 10 cents a hundred for labor
and power, etc The cost of energy con
sumed to grind 100 pounds was but
0.022 cent.
Tanglefoot ByMUe(5:
Overholt
THE CONSUMER.
When bicycles were all the go,
I didn't have the price
To purchase one, and bales of wo
Chilled mo like home-made Ice.
And then when autos took the road.
Though 1 Was long in years,
I walked, the while- my neighbor rodo
And handed out his Jeers.
Then came the limousine, betide.
And still I had no cash;
I couldn't even buy a ride
To cut a Sunday dash.
And when tho airship was a craze,
I still was shy the mon;
I cursed adtiut the high-cost days,
.And hoped and wished for one.
And then one day a geezer
Who was riding on a wheel,
Knocked me down Just as. a teaser
Till he made me yell1 and Kqueal.
Next day an auto hit me
And caved in a dozen slats;
Yes it Btepped upon and bit me
Like a herd of fighting cats.
Then an airship fell and crushed me
With a dull and sickening thud;
Yea, it scrambled, hashed and mushed
me . a
And lt mixed me with the mud.
Which only goes to prove once more, -And,
grab It from me, it's no rumor.
That the guy on the top (as you've heard
before)
Bears down on the helpless consumer.
Pointed Paragraphs
'Men and women who are odd might
get even byjnarrying.
Don't get your colors mixed when you
set out to paint the town.
a wuina.li can uu mucn w ongmen
her homeif hubby will pay the gas
bills.
Ever meet one of those good men
who suggest the top line In a copy book?
A man Isn't In love with a woman
unless she has the power to make him
miserable. ,
Many a dear girl remains in the spin
ster class because men are looking for
something cheaper.
.
A woman's mind la continually run
ning to .clothes. If she isn't talking
through .her hat she's laughing In her
sleeve.
Look yourself over carefully, and If
you find you are devoting too much
time to criticizing the affairs of your
neighbors, cut lt out.
The Glad Toiler
(Contributed to TH Journal br Walt Mason,
tba famons Kantaa poet. Hl pKje-pofm r '
regular fcatur of this culuiuu in Tb Dallr
Journal.)
The man whpj.eally likes to labor,
whate'er the tool that he employs the
hammer, trowel, pert or saber will find
this life retxlete with Joys. But sorrow
looms upt"grTm and bulky, to him who
holds that toil is wooj. whose head is ,
sore, whose face is sulky, whose feet
are twelve; degre.es belowi The willing
worker doesn't langUlflM among the wall
ing unemployed; his cottage' doesn't :
reek with anguish, hls.Jarde.r ..knows no...
IIUJUJJB VUiU, X lllllill U- 1IJCIJI l WOBII :
my surrey which got all muddy in a S
ditch; he gave up all his time to worry '
u Br yjcwnvui iuv iui 1 11:11. . no vuuHieftr,
away like some pipe organ denouncing.""
this and roasting that, and throwing -
things at J. Pierp Morgan and every '
other plutocrat. And so I fired him
through the transom when he- had loafed
f 00. half a day, and hired Jim Brings to
wash my hansom, and rid. Its shining if
wheels of clay. , With , noble ire he
never .bristled,, his soul with , sorrow
wasn't' sour; he merely rustled round '
and whistled and cleaned the blamed rig t
in an hour. And old Jim Briggs Is al-,
ways busy, for men Who. want-, useful j
liand' Just chase him round till they ar
dizzy,, ana nana mm com to beat th 1
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