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THE OREGON DAILY -JQUNAIPORTLAND.WEpNESDAY-r'EVENINO.AUGUST U, 1912.
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THE JOURNAL
AjOxpTPESDEST NEWSPAPER. " "
C 8. JACKSO.W.
rMI mf etenloa: (except Sunday d
ay Slunk inorutittf at Tb Jeurnal Butll-
lo FUti and laoiDm ru.
pmi ih BMtdfrv at Portland. Or..
for trasuitlakNi tbruac!rfbe Ball aa second
class matter. w
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DAILY AND SUNDAY.
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SO
fa
To Tmths house there Is a sin
gle door.
Which is Experience. He teach
es best,
Who feels the hearts of all men
In his Ureas t,
i And-knows their strength or
",- weakness through his own.
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KUBI51XG IT IX
N
OT only Is the Portland 6hippor
oil flour handicappe'd In his
competition with, his Pugct
Bound rival by a penalty of a
dollar a ton on freight for the orient,
, buthfa chance shin of the .Water--.
house line,. the Oeklay, that we heard
(of the day befere yesterday, gives no
promise or outlook for further ships.
If the Portland shippers conclude
to" swallow their pride, put up with
v their" loss, and make the best of an
uncommonly bad bargain this time,
'they hare not even a pie-crust prom
ise, for another, or other, sbfcs for
succeeding mojrfhs. And the- offer
iOf the Ockley is not a clean straight
forward dependable proposition but
one made up of ifs and ands.
y Don't let us the citizens of.Port
'iand who are neither farmers, ware
housemen, nor millers cast a glance
Rtr out friends who ate so strictly
"up against It," and pass by on the
'other Side, with Me silent comment.
..Vlt'a ncne of my business." The
'fact la that those three classes
farmers, warehousemen, and millers
i 'i nrn nrrmn. of . t.to..TMrllL?I!.P n d a b 1 e
; bases for Portland's prosperity, and
' Ihave a right to demand both the
moral and practical support of their
fellow- citizens in this flsht. This
' The Journal' cannot and will not
cease enforcing until a right and
profitable way out of this, dilemma
"has been found.
It Is great news that President
Farrell. for. the Oregon-Washinjton
Railroad & Navigation company sub-
scribes' ?75, 000 towards the fund of
' 225,000 which tlie committee be
lleye will secure and establish a
steamer line from Portland to the
" OrlenVftjrili bemtter news when
' "the'eonditions are complied with by
" the 'Hill lines' subscription of a slm
, llar-aum. That being a fact then
"""citizens of Portland, directly or in-
directly Interested In the line, may
sorely be counted on for the remain
ing $75,000 subscription.
Those sums should Induce a steani-
ship ,,ine to tnstal regular sailings
from Portland to the Orient. But
the way, and the rl.jM way, is al
. wajB open for Portland people to
become whole or partial owners of
sh'ps that ran be controlled hy tliem
frrm hendquaiters hero. Then, and!
men only, win rortiaiM do mist-ess
oi me situation tor goon.
PROMT SHA-TIXG
NE of the objections, constantly' "f l llum ',0""f1 Jyn B0CurC8
urged against union labor bv 1 h HTian cognition of her claims
Its critic. Is that bv a uniform !,n mnth'rn Mongolia and Manchuria.
0
wuge the stimulus to efficiency
!n results bi'vond a verv mniicnin
Standard is removed '
' Whxt u nt ntt t i-
ry- v wavt t U v ia ,
some method of provision of a sur-!
plus profit find, which shall be d!-
Vided between ranital nnd lubnr In
wme satisfactory proportion I
- The labor department of the Hrtt-'
Ish board of trade has k n for soro."
time investigating roopu-atlvo and'
Brofit-sharlne rlans that -v
! that have
I . u . . . . . .' i
;durlng the last few years, adopted in
jgreat Uritain In various Industries
Ohe hundred have been chosen, tn
make th-: lnvrs'lKation - reasonably
complete
The London gs companies worked1
out pla-s, after one terrible str'ke 1
'ms ten or fifteen vers a?o wrier-!
joy the price of g. bring
'greed tiihlm-itf fir;-!:;
i .'Shown by the l.igcr r'i'-j
""TH7 0? rap. aro dh'.d 1
stoekho'd'Ta and the mm -
set at an
s pm'l's,
a;..! q::it;-'i-n
;),r
'"'S Tl.r
gas companies nr- !wli--.cd to be (t;i
rloncera In ..rof'.t Kl,ar:ng with their
men.
A new term !
qulry l.ns 'i . i
served f Unit
where th" hh.irhi
profits Im-pI:,s.
based In so in
h U 1 n -
U t
P"'i,
' of tl.r r !,;.lo, s ;-i
it is I'l.fj-.in t,, i,.
It.S'spccs not nn
actual figurm of profits M ceriali.
yearsbut n' nn ar . trary fu:h t ,i
1 low those profits. '
In om ai.es u pr rrnt of tloj
i full profits. In one cav.. r. r c.'nt I
In another case 2 u jr r, nt p ,0 a!
' certain sum and i pf-r cent fin ti c r.
i cesa, are mi aside for tho employes i
? Where a "reserved limit" Is grt !
the proportion of employes' bonus
' "Over the limit out of surplus profi's
varies from 5 up to iu ir e.., '
- rkvar u Ihlr.l il,. .1 ....
r :. ...... . ,,, ,,,. twlv.rr f, ,..,nr.
Utter, ana nearb' one third give from
Sttyr. percent
'Cenerslly the lH,nus fund is di
vile.1 among tho. enti, ? " to n n
Prorortlon to their earning,
. . rnr "
islniraum of one year Is stlpulatrd
in msny of these schemes Joint
comwjUffa of employ tra and em-
ploye arerovlded, where consulta
tion on matters of Interest to the
success of the business is freely car
ried on.
The avoidaace of strikes and the
assurance of" good Reeling between
employers and employe's are the mo
tives underlying all these plans.,
THE DEAD MIKADO
T
HERE cn be no question that
the dead emperor of Jajian not
only inherited but developed
the' loyalty cf his peopto.
In April. 1S63, as a boy of 16. one
year on the throne, he assembled the
court, the jobles and feudal chiefs
of old Jaan, and in their presence
swore; to the five articles, calling on
all elates, - ruler and mled fth
ore heli-rt to devote themselves to
th national JnterfBts. Then the
foxmdattoirvas iairpfsr that constt
tutior.ai government' which was vol
untarily granted by the emperor to
his people in 1RS9.
MeanwhiL the person:.! influence
of the emperor on the minis of his
subjects .grew until, as a Japanese
writer -expresses It
The soldiers who hurled themselves
flfajnsf the, wall of Fort Arthur like
human hulled as .the sailors who ilyna
mite'l tiioir own ships to blork the hos
tile fleet, wore eonsiious of rto other
thotinht than that conveyed In a sinjrle
piirao, -Pur the sake of Ms - Majesty
tlie Kmjieror." Tho thought was the
fire of the Japanere arms, and the
spirit of the Japanese nation In general.
The spirit of the progress of Japan
d tmt g-th e- wonderf nh 1 ott :y ea rs
ending with the death of Mutsuhito
has been the blending of the' learn
ing and practice, the discoveries and
inventions of the western world into
the fibre of thenational life.
.Nothing can be more' modern and
more western than the system of
general education, the ne.w. army and
navy, the now Industries and utili
ties, the studies in natural science,
the physical culture of the nation.
Nothing' can be more antique than
some of the departments of the court
that follow the usages of 2000 years.
All highly educated Japanese, for
instance, both male and female, are
and must be poets, from-the eniperor
and empress downwards.
It has been the practice of the
mikado to Issue from time to time
a poem In seventeen syllables in
which is compressed the marrow of
hls-thoughti - - ----.... . m
It was the emperor, himself who
wrote thus to his people
The lovo of Fatherland.
Whether one stand,
A soldier under arms, against the foe,
Or stay at home, a peaceful citizen.
The way of loyalty is still tho anme.-
And that "way of loyal. y," which
..demands from every good citizen a
wholehearted devotion to his xonn
try's weal, is the spirit of Old Japan.
CITtXA A XI) TDK POWERS
u
NSEKN but not unfelt the po
litical pot in Which the im
mediate' fate of China Is being
decided Is boiling hard. Rus
sia and Japan have been negotiating
for several weeks behihd the backs
of America, England, Germany and
France.
While the condition of the late
emperor was not yet serious Russia
and Japan came to an understand
ing, which was ready to be-embodied
in a treaty. Count Katsura, tho Jap
anese envoy, was instructed to re
main In Europe to seo to its conclu
sion. t So-me delay will doubtless fol
low on the eruperor-'a death, nut
the main terms are. generally under
'stood. Japan will sanction the Rus-
jAn protectorate over northern Mon-J
Igolla, where it is said that the Rus
sians will permit tho free growth
it is FiifcTKOHtou mat urnain s con
! nlvanee at these, robberies will be
'WHMJPl ,,Hvi,M ;'''
cede Thibet to her.
How much truth there Is tn these
whispered communications no one '
knows.
U !s not 1"slonr(' 'hat the hIx ,
1 nr '"r""UR' lnn0 nu"-1
dn-d mllliou. dollar loan on China,
and lining all 'their adroitness to
.'"'"rei ner to aamu loreign con
i. 1 .. A ... At a
trol
or, at least foreign oversight
over her flnanres a a condition.
This wwk th,e French premier, M.
I'olncare, Is tn St. Petersburg with
a large mission, discussing finance
un tno KU8fl,an ministry and
flnanfler- The Chinese loan Is no
dUbt consldI"',I. nd probably Rus-
sla has the promise tbat Krance will
providi? her nlare, for Hnssla has no
s-irb F'liu of avalljtl'le c-jsh In her an Increase of 1 704 mllos In the
or:i treasury. ' ; previous j par
(,'l.!n'-?e Blatrsir.cn nrr generally! I'urlng 1 !U 1 nearly 5000 convicts
fo inl to be "childlike and bland." j worked on Cieorla's roads, and the
but a match ln astuteness for any I equivalent of Il.127.s39 was spent
Kurupuan. China's well v, Islu-rs willjon this work. Of maadam road 3o
bup' fiat Yuan and his mlnlstirs, miles Of road was built, 2H5
Ri o ti.ivi avoided so many rockg nnd ' mllea were surfaced with a mixture
w 1 lr!;io(.la, will yet steer tho Chi- ! of gravel and chert, and 4u77 uvlU's
in Kliip through her pn'snit dan-!cio surfaced Hh sand end clay
i;-.m, n:-d vscapr tho foreign domlna-1 mixtures.
nou to plainly in sight. An Amerl-, This record Is iiinds ground for a
c;i n
li.r
flnaticliil adviser may yet prove
l'"Bt 'way n it.
ANN I K JAN'S
w
ITIIIN tbo last few days The
Journal and other papfrs
have published notices show
ing that the very human love
of the unknown, and therefore the
magnificent. Is not extinct. It never
Is ln fact thPni seems to be a re
current tidal wave that ahewg itself
I or .m. , , ,v
I f thls lnH"'1 there are gener-
i ? If'us--one, a search for
1 T'TT 'tr?Rth f
T'A"
Hr1. trrTTT"(TTr of-T.aiac'cIiTonTSTrv
cotne Intothu possession nf the se'k
t. The novelltta and story tellers
make frequent use of this all but
universal motive. It operate,- In
real life, and, as recently, we read
of a schooner yacht being bought or
chartered for a voyage to a secret
island In f the Pacific?. Except In
story books the hidden treasure
stays hidden. J'-
' The same impuise- works in the
breasts of several hundred good peo
ple who are, Or whose husbands or
fathers are,, or .might 1e, the lineal
'descendants of one mysterious An-
neka Jans, whoJs reputed to have
inherited a farm or homestead on
Manhattan island, of which Trinity
church. New York, is how the cen
ter. In the vain effort to prove
heirship or affinity to the original
grantee of this gold mine of a farm
thousands of hard earned dollars
feid yMrs of no tos8 valuable time
have been spent in the last two hun-
4red- years Ther el&. hardly'. state
in the union where the" voice of
these descendants of the legendary
Dutch woman has not been " heard,
and truly their sofind has gone out
to tlie end of the world. Kansas
abounds with them. Even in Oregou
there are enough to form a clan
all believing that they are, or ought
tc be,, inheritors of fabulous wealth.
Doubtless it is vatn to repeat the
advico that has been given a thou
sand times. As well chase the rain
bow and seek to handle its varied
colors, intangible, and disappearing
with the effort to reach It. There is
too much work in this world crying
to be done, to justify this vagrant
8eafCh"nef"r'l
earned wealth. ..
Let Anneka Jans stay' as the
heroine of a fairy tale to be told to
the children at bed time, when the
dustman Is coming bjt not yet come.
IMPENDING CAR SHORTAGE
A
CIRCULAR (has 'Just been is
sued by the Association of
Wostern Railways," whose head
quarters Is ih Chicago, and
over the signature of the chairman
of the associations dealing with con
ditions that will assuredly come
home to every shipper of produce in
the United States In the next three
months.
' It Is more than indicated it Is
demonstrated that a most serious
shortage .of cars must be faced at
the most critical time, that in which
the- magnificent western cxon...of.
1912 must bo moved
Without following in detail tho
figures of the clrcnlarUhe resulting
facts are these: On J.yly IS, )U2,
the surplus of carsyvailable for han
dling the crorv had been, by tho gen
eral develQprVnt of" business of the
railroads, reduced to 6S.922. If the
demand of the next three months he
only equal to the smallest number
that has been made in the previous
four years the shortage on October
25 would be B9,l cars! If the de
mand proves to be as great as in
1909 the shortage cm that day will
be 179,333 cars. The smaller flguro
would mean congestion, tho larger
would mean enormous losses both to
shippers and to tho railroads.
It is too late for the railroads to
mako any additional provision of
cars now that would' effectively cure
the situation.. They admit that the
managers could foresee the demand,
bui plead "that' the growing ex
penses of'4bo rod3 and tho falling I
u'-'i iioiiia lurouuc -me incurring or
the great expense Involved during
tfie current season. The apportion
ment of the blame will have to be
left to future ascertainment nnd ad
justment. The problem now Is to
. minimize in every possible way the
aennency.
The managers appeal to the ship
pers to help them at this Juncture.
They name three ways In which tho
public can do Its part. 1 Uy mov
ing all other freight, such as lumber,
coal and cement as rapidly as pos
sible from now on. j;--- Mr loaritnjr
and unloading cars as ijiilcklv as
tiostu ilo so ennlillnir Timet l,.a II ... nnn.
,M1,ri, KA nf rMP, . ,.,
2 Ily loading afl cars n far i
possible to their full capacity.
These
rcqui'ais are v reasonably
an if. if attended to will deprive the i
rallrortds of. solid excuses for the
magnitude of the deficiency of equip
ment which they must face.
GEoiuiiA nou nriLnp?a
T
HE biennial report on road
building in Georgia is Just now
issued. What has It of Inter
est to Oregon?
When 1S12 bepan Gorr1a had
S3,0.S'i miles of-puhllc highways
strong appeal from the Georgia pa
pers for tho passage of the state
highway commission bill, to unite
all the counties in a common plan
of highway construction.
There is nothing new under the
sun. Nineteen hundred years ago
the Romans lnvadd lirltaln. finding
a scanty population, about as far
aavancea in civilization ns our In
dian tribes. The flrtt Idea of the In
vaders was to push roads through
the wilderness roads not only to
enable tho march of the legions, but
to open up the raw country for cul
tivation, settlement and progress.
T.he lines of the main Roman
roads through ilrltaln are followed
toaay Dv ton railroads, successors
the
end
Th
con
,, i . . .i 17 . i . ' inn in iiiw.iriHiin, Mia nauuia iv ee vragon nranaia one momar.i jn criooa.
urtMi iiirougnoLl Ilio -CcntUnfS. I reengnUad by all progressives that written br Mr. Aldrleh la li hi.K I in k.i . aacn riaatl flaalll n sr mrA 1 la.
e Roman engne.rs were notl,h P" ' 1"s take the! Which racsns that by i much aa U laltna to r.r-reaert thm la th. lvi.-i
lent to follOW the Unea Of lOMt I LIS! u.i . .,1n0UMn, tf totn. too M the people afe alng plundered' Btetes senate, that-Uri f tBt
vuw i.nea oi iomi ada laws Uat uuw sumber our ttaluti I Xfcf the benefit ef the woelea truav t4 Uustst .... C, fl -MITU.
resistance. . They studied " grader
and drainage. The section of a Ro-'
man road shows that we could have
taught them nothing of the art. The
trench for the road was "dug out',
archeH sightly, from center to side
and drained. Fcr the bottom a
layer of rocks as big as oaVs head
was put in :lace. Then- followed a
layer of smaller rock ag-1arge as
one's fist. Then a layer- of brush,
laid transversely across, the rbad.
some six or eight Inches thick, gave
foundation for coarse travel, and
then a finishing covering of fine
gravel gave the lasting surface. That
brush may be Been today unrotted
in the. lapse of years. . .
Be sure those roads were not built
by contract nor was1 construction
entrusted to liap-hazard and ; uhln
structed oversight,. They were ex
p,ert and trained builders those .old
conquerors of the ancient world.
(Communlcstlons sent to The Journal
for publjcjtjoav In this department
should be wrltt-en on only .one side of
the paper, should -n6t exceeds 300 words
In length and must be' acco'rrtpanied by
the name and address of the Bender. If
the writer dors not desire to have the
name published, he should so state.)
A Vital Issue.
Portland, Or., Aug. 13. To the Editor
of The Journal It is a significant fact
that equal suffrage , has ceased to be
an abstract question, advocated by a
few cranks and agitators, but has be
!11e a yl'al." living- issue, numbering
among its adherents the best educated
women and men of the times. In fact,
no one of any prominence opposes equal
8uff rage, except for personal or senti
mental reasons.
.M WlJ frroVth of sentiment fa
vorablft to suffrage Is not caused wholly
or even largely, by the propaganda car
ried on by tho suffragists; this agita
tion and education has assisted, but the
world wide demand for representation
In Rovcrnment by the'women is but the
reflex, or result, of vast changes In the
economic structure of society.
Mrs. Francis Squire Potter of New
York, whose lecture, "Vvhen Women Go
Out to Work," wr,s tha most scholarly
and finished lecture delivered from the
Chautauqua platform, explaine1 why
there Is a rapidly growing demand
from all classes of women for the bal
lot. Her argument, briefly, was that 100 1
years ago the home was the unit of :
production. Here all of the operations
were carried on In a crude way, that
proviani me rumlly with food and i
71-r.rt.-1-W-r? TTVX i.XTV-.-- r"ilr"' 1
The" w5ST '" was'T'o rcTeo: "Td '.TrTr
and woven into cloth: candle wr '
made, the meat was cured, and numer- !
ous other nctlvltins were crtrrted on
Letters From the People
a I
under tho supervision of the housewife way considerably over a century ago, in
if not by her own labor She-was d'1'8 development, wonderful as the re
earl v nnd Hlwnvn the fr tn -.,i I suits have already been. It may be con-
KnlttliiK stockings and mittens occu-i Bldored ns BtlU ln U lnrancy- for
pled Ur f-pare moments. No tlmo to!moBt every 'eaf new U!,', 5evcl0P more
read or to study, or to do anything but wonderful tllali tho8 lhat hava Pr
JuBt toil. i coded.
The Invention of th steam engine' Tho name electricity 1 derived from
wan tho beginning of woman's freedom 11,0 roek "electron." amber, the fact
ar.d hIho thoprimary cause of all tlilslU'u ainber' when rubbed attracts light
aglte.tlon for e.r.ial suffrage The spin- Par'lclt's- BUCh mall pieces of paper,
nlng wheel and tho loom became the hiU'in bccl1 known to the ancient
factory, tlie smokehouse became the ; ar,e,eks', At , .... . .
Immense packing plant, while the wash k'lct'on was the only artificial source
tub became thosteam laundry and thelof leclrlclty employed untU Galvanl,
churn became the modern creamery ncar ,h clo8e of tne eighteenth century,
These -revolutions ln the methods of actuaUy obtained it by tha contact of
producing rood and clothing 'affected -two ni,taI wUh th lhnbfc oi fro:
women In two wv Thn. r i.i .and Volta developing Galvanl's dlscov-
die nnd wealthy classes It freed from
drudgery, ur.d cave them jnore leisure.
!t became quite common to see women
go to eohoois and colleRes. The women
of the poor, tho large body of our pop-
ulatlon called laboring people.' seeing
their work taken awnv from them bv
the factory, -vVere compelled to go to
the factory to work.
Forced by tho treed of thn fnctnrv
OW ttr til tti1r fun... t n r. . V i . A '
unu.us. t; working women are gradu- '. Pln" were Messrs. Da abard and
ally waking to u realisation of the fact ' l"loT- who apparatus for the
that they must have the ballot, since i "pre" .'"". le
the strike always loses. They notice T? ' B f.""0"
that lb. .,,ll,,u..'s club Is nearly ,! i eofhka . reputation, by exhibiting hem
wavs on th holes' side, so thev l "iV" , .gt"C """I'' to the worhl, ln
t.j .devote to club activity, charity work ,
or wbatavcr furrn of gonial service they '
rnye. round th.empelvcs opposed
?ooaed at
rvrrv turn hy Influences that, when
Influences
annlyd. iroved to bo closely allied
eiy aanea .
with the fiiotory owners. If not Identi
cally the same. , I
Here we have two serarata and alit
i r, , - r .l..,n,.. In II,. .-I. ..I... .w.
" r rre,(0 verify his hypothasls. when it oc
talh.t. nn the one J.nn.1. the e.,ar ourrf3 t0 hl lhftt by rowin, of a com.
nffftara Bsaw-tstlns. composed of col-; L . .
lego wnn-.en. i ib women and not lnfre- !
tnTtly wealthy women, who ar str)r-lboka Is Just as Important as It Is to
leg 'o realize a social ideal; on the other i povont 'the passagn of bad laws,
hand the organUvd and unorganized! Let us look ngaln at the working of
working women who have found hy t x- ' ,r:9 proposed law. Supposing, as did
perlcnco that thera Is'no sex In Indus-' Mr. Crldg and Mr. L'rdahl, that 20 per
try. Thce two factors will unite. Then rnt of those voting for tho hlKhest
I women will have taken a long step for- !
ward and upward
CHAItl.nS E. K1TCHINO.
We'll lie Represented.
Portland, nr.. Aug. 13 To tho Editor
of Tl-a Journal - As a Democrat, I re
spectfully and solemnly siiKgast to my
rartv ooclnte8 that we write ths nama
of Iun Kehaher In on our ticket for
presidential elector. '
This may cause a pain in the spasm
at first' reading, but be reasonable,
brethran. If you will not b wise. The
wls guy is tho guy who anticipates all
things, good, Pod and Indifferent, and
who Is prepared to meat thafuture,
cvtn though Mount Hood tniil take It
Into Its ltJ to bolt, straddle. or ex
pl )1e. - -
Life la unuMtaln, reverses an attri
bute nf political parties, as well as a
pcroeul iTlaaKtcr.
Some of nn ara here today and awsy
tomorrow, but you can't kill Krllaher,
nnd w don't have the dvil to thank
fur that.
II iw consoling, then, hefflta Imma
terial who U elected, rVe-i and to
know, bo n. utter wb.it Cik, that we
"... ' , ' t ri tffv (oral col
lege, what a briadnur4if conduct Is
-.ero In these Iriia Jtyil, tij put to
111 be represented lu ele.-toral Col
l
I
shame our Iti-puhllciin orphans, so that!"1"! ln doed. That Is tha only thing
they may profit by our shrewdness and I '"f worklngman to do right now.. Kill
give them mors time to scratch where1'1' legislatures snd bouas of repreaen-
It Itches moat that !
at the seat of
ti H. M.
their foresight.
Majority Rale.
Portland. Or , Aug. 1 J To the Ed
itor of Ths Journal Sir. Urdahl. reply
ing to Mr (.'ridge s letlar of August .
statrs tiiat our Initiative law does not
give ui mojoiltv rule t would say tbat
neither would the measure advocated br
Mr. Urdahl and his c!iifi Indvod.
we would ruled by much smaller
minorities than nejiow are. Tha pro
moters nf this bill must be aland-pat-tars
of tha moat pronounced type.
They assume Jhnt It Is only In vole
Ing the r.fgntlv side of any nueaflon
mai wia majoruy snouia Da allowHI to
xerclse tha.r function of ruling. fhv
laaaen lri prevent rnsnga la the.
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COMMENT AND
SMALL CnAXGB
Ifs m and tha." Lord T. R.
If everybody of a party were aulted,
poUtlrs would be a dull same.
"iiai ana wnom aomemen cant
rule arbitrarily hey try to riiln. r
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"ContrtlctlTe,, Is a treat word wttb
all pralalng- or eondemnlns politicians.
a a
Somebody didn't aufficlently keep his
eye on Pasco; an ice warehouse burned
up there. .
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All professed progressives jnuet kow
tow to the Great and Only, or become
anathema. -
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II r. Josselyn cannot exnect oeoela to
suppose that his, arguments are totally
a a
. .Younff man, the old 'map who hasn't
.a-Lhoma. and, a coinpetenceia, a very
mlscrable-ereatttre. :
a a
Military and naval maneuvers may
be of some value, but they Interest the
average titlzen very little. -. ....
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"lust perfectly lovely," says Roose
velt; from which one may know that
he is after the womon's votes.
a a
There Is a prospect that as a result
of the November election Cader Powell
will at last lose his" -fat" Job In Alaska;
but ao doubt ixe is wall fixed by this
time.
a a
There are many kinds and duplica
tions of "carnivHls,,fVjfilt an "atrate Car.
nival" is a sort proba-bly never heid
anywhere except at Port Orford, over
in Curry county.
Now will there be another protracted
trial and big expense over tho killing
In low life of a worse than Worthless
fethjw-by his dissolute trot mbuscdwiferl
l nr is no need.
Hearst's latest flop should occaslcrn
no surprise; were not he. arid his com
bination underground schemes turned
down and he not even mentioned as a
presidential possibility, at Baltimore?
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There are many-far too many boys
and young men who think it smart and
manly, to be rowdies and toughs, like
those who, Just to -show off, killed
Adam Baker and must, or should, pay a
heavy penalty for their crime.
a a
Awhile ago there W'as much criticism
of alleged professional jurojrn..but now
It l3proposed to make Jurors . profes
sional regular officials1 oaitt "pro
posed." however. Hut why tlWaed of
so many furors? Seven, flveAor even
three ought 'to serve as well In each
case as twelve. Adherence to this num
ber Is a species of silly superstition.
SEVEN FAMOUS
Electricity.
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Ke dleeevry -of -rocoa t- can t u riea has
bean 01
more use to mankind than that
of electricity, and although it was first
I mado known to science in a practical
:ry, invcniou tne xirsi gaivaaiu or voi-
talc battery
Franklin's discovery of the Identity of
lightning with the electric fire. Is one
of tho few caP,tl11 discoveries ln science,
'"r whlcn ' ara not at a11 lndebt to
chance- bt't "e of those bold and
to
happy-aketrhee of -thought-,- whleh dts-
tlnculshes minds of a superior order.
t After It was propoed to Franklin, the.
first persons who put It to the test of
in uu a iiitmuL oi unwiux uuwu iroiii
thun3er-
Li .,,
These energetic gentlemen. howeTer,
succeeded tn nmvlnar. moat aatiafactor-
n.. .i. . . , .v.
7 . . .
lerward, but before he had heard any
thing of what they had done.
Franklin was awaiting for the eree-
, I . , n (n t I, M . 1 . 1 V. I . In
" " .. ,u
candidate should, through Ignorance or
! Indifference, fall to vote on a certain
I Initiative measure. Then 43 per cent
I mlcht vote for the measure and 31 per
i cent against It Under the It w proposed
by Mr. Urdahl this vote would cefeat
the measure. Here we would have a
condition by which 81 per cent of the
voters have the power to decide ques
tions oomlng before ths people and that,
too when opposed by a vote of 19 par
cent.
If M. Urdahl can explain how this Is
majority rule he certainly must possess
a wonderful skill tn the art of explain
ing. El R. U.
Want Class-Conscious Socialists.
rortTand, Or., Aug. 12. To the Editor
ot Tha Journal The Labor Tress last
week complains about the elephant
tramping on us, and tha Jackass kicking
us. and ths bull moon wants to nib It
In on us, but Ignores the fact that
there are two candidates In ths field
who carry union cards ln their pockets
with them, and have for years, and are
of the wcrklng class. If they faal so
bad over tho animals who hava abused
us and who want to abuse us, let them
vote for th two men who are class
conscious, snd are, with them In heart
latlvea full of cjaaa conscious Social
ists, with Debs and Bldel one an angl
neor. the other a patternmokqr -both
union to the core, to guide tha coopera
tive common wealth to a triumphant
reality. Don't look to the past, only
to remember how the animals hav da
eelTed you; lock to the Joy of the future
with Socialism. HARRIET HATES.
dj iicsuate;
Antatopa. Or.. Aug 11 To the Editor
of The Journal Fresldant Taft. the
"progressive," atgncd the Payce-Aldrlch
tariff bill, snd In a sat apeach at
WInons.- said It was tlie best tariff bill
ever. He has Just vetoad the second
I compromise tariff bill, bacauss It
narad schedule K down to II ner earn
on woo tn msnuracturaai and Si
nasi i
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGOX SIDEUGHf S (
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The Newberg Enterprise lr'orranialng
for a mammoth illustrated edition.
Dalles Observer:' Approximately $tl..
000 has been apent on h& roads of the
county durlnr the past year and much
satisfactory progress. baa been made. '
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- At the special school elections held
in 10 school districts tn northern Crook
county on the union high school propo
sition the vote stood- 171 In favor of
and IS against tha proposition,
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The Toledo Leader urfes the building
of a county jail, since Lincoln county
has no Jail at all and the Toledo cala
boose, in - which county prisoners are
held. Is a horrlbj place, according to
the Leader.
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Kehalem Enterprise: Our streets pre-
jsent a-busy. eijana ttt activity at times
tnese a ays owin to me increasing num-
?K8I ,tr-8ie-..h Ji"
that blow so- freely and -a reskingly!1"15, organtzathm has not - becoras ro-
along our shores.
a
Canyon City Eagle: Eighteen rattles
and a button . is probably tha record
rattler killed In the valley sdurlngs re
cent years. The snake was killed by
Tom Carey on the lower James Small
place. If a larger rattlesnuke has been
killed in the county, such fact is not
known.
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EuB-ene Guard: 'Bulldinsr tiermlts of
JP2.000 for July, with 38 new houses
started. Is a good showing for the mldJ
summer season. As a matter of fact,
Eugene 'has averaged one. new house forltrace of pigment Is discovered or his
eacn wonting iay or tne year for four
years naBt. What is more imDOrtant.
there are never many house to rent
that are fit to live. in. ,
a a
Oregon City Courier: An old land
mark on the corner of Fourth and
Washington streets is giving way to
progression a harnlhat.isa etoodtha'9L
since Oregon City was a baby, but
which the city had ordered torn clown.
And in Its place will soon bob up an
other modern residence.
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McMlnnville Telephone Register: A
notable half hour's baling record was
made by Maurice Pettit when he fed
36 bales of vetch and oats weighing
from 170 to 180 pounds per bale, and
at another time 31 bales averaging 200
pounds were put through. Another run
of four hours averaged five tons per
hQv-r- ....
Sliver Irfike leader: There Is a good
opportunity for a man who understands
the business to make good money by
burning a brick kiln here. There Is not
a brick flue or chimney within 30 miles.
There are. a few of rough stone, but
most houses have stovepipes sticking
through the roof. There Is an abund
ance of good clay, convenient to water,
wood and sand
DISCOVERIES
man. . Jd te-li- could-hav . a.-readler . and
better access to pie regions of thunder,
than by any spire whatever.
Preparing, therefore, a very large
silk handkerchief, and two cross sticks
of a proper length on which to extend
it, he took the opportunity of the first
approaching thunderstorm. But, desir
ous of avoiding the ridicule which too
commonly attends unsuccessful experi
ments In science, he communicated his
intended experiment to nobody but his
SOU, Who assisted him ln ralstnr the
kite.
The klto being raised, a considerable
lime elapsed before there was any ap
pearance of Its being electrified. One
very promising cloud had passad over It
without anx... effect, when at length,
Just a'ne- was beginning to despair of
his contrivance, he observed some lose
uireoMa ui iu iiempau airing o stano
erect, and avoid one another Just as If
tney naa been suspended on a common
conductor. Struck with the promising
appearance, he presented his knuckle to
the key, when he instantly perceived a
very evident elactrlo spark. Othafts
irparks succeeded St short Intervals; and
when the string became wet with rain,
alet'trlo fire was collected in abundance.
The discovery. In uhort, was complete.
Dr. Franklin unhesitatingly acknowl
edged that his grand discoveries In
electricity were owing to Mr. P. Collln
son. the botanist. He says: "Mr. Col
llnson, transmitted to the Philadelphia
library, the earliest account of every
new Kuropoan Improvement In agricul
ture and the arts, and every phllosophl
cnl discovery; among which, ln 176. he ",im,'fi hns ,1'nt many a one to the en
sopt over an aocount of the new Oer- i cyclopedia as ln the case of his latest:
man experiments ln electricity, together I ' w' "and at Armageddon and w bat
wtth a glass tube, and soma, directions j lle for th Lord."
for using It, so as to repeat those ex- Armageddon or F.sdraelon (the Greek
perlments. This was tha first notice form ot th Hebrew word rendered as
I had of that curious subject, whleh I ,n Knh Blhle. meaning
afterwards prosecuted ..wlUi soma. cllllE'1 ns eown), Is the greatest plain
er.ee. being ancouraatd bv tha frlandlw!'" Tales tine.' It Is ths flold on which
reception he gava to the letter I wrote
to him."
Tomorro
-Gunpowder.
Pointed Paragraphs
A Qnew broom eweeps clean, but It
soon becomes old.
a a
No, Cordelia, blondes are not neces
sarily light sleepers.
a a
Many a man who banks en his dignity
overdraws his aocount
e a
Nowadays the chap who doeanrt look
out for No. 1 is a back number.
When a man sneers at neeeas yen
may know he la a failure.
e e
ocrme men are nomeiesw, and some i
others are home leas than they should
be.
e e
Adam bed a monnpaly aa a wrld
ruler until Eve butted In and spoiled
the game.
n a .
It's queer how suddenly some man
become total abstainers when It's their
treat
a a
A country boy's Idea of heaven Is to
wesr hls.."storo clothes'' to town and
eat a meal In a restaurant
a
On sdvantage a stutternlg woman
has over others Is that Sho has plenty
of time to think before speaking,
a a
After a girl has reached a certain
age the candles on her birthday oake
begin to shtd too much light on the
affair. .
a a
When a man grows np and fells In
love he never feels the thrills he did
when as a boy he ,.hd decided to
marry his teacher.
furthermore, the msaaae can continue
to be plundered by a tariff that Is too
high rather than take sny chance with
a duly tbat only protects a bare 43
per cant the' downtrodden and abused
manufacturers of I-awrencel Is It sny
wonder that Bon Bclllns. tha "leading
clothier," says he will stay by Taft If
It defeats htm for the senate?
Not J Suggestive of
- Lincoln ; '
From tha New York Globe, J
H. I "Anderson, tha organiser of the
new party in. Florida, arrives it tha'
same conclusion as Colonel Roosevelt
In the Harris letter. But whereas the -coloner;
required thre columns, Mr. l
Anderson needs but three lines ..to wltt
"It might as well be understood, that
there Is no-senaft iii organizing the Bull
Moose party in any of the gulf statea;
unless the negro Ms to be absolutely"
eliminated from Its management atd
deliberations."' -.- - . - -
Not a few of those who have yaited
before joining the new -party for proof
of Us genuine and fundamental progrea- ,
slvenesi will be glad of thlr oauttoruL
Th Republican party has many faults,
and is Justly subject to criticism. It la
boss infested, and sections of it have
tTv V noT ab'ov." suscioat "th.
actionary "to the degree. Jf ' excTudTn
men from membership on the ground of
color. The new party revives and would
apply la politics the Taney ante-bellum
doctrine that a negro has no rights
that white man is bound to respect.
No matter how educated, ort-rlch, or in
fluential a colored man in the southern
states may become, or ho.w filled with
seal for the progressive cause, he can
not be admitted. The committee on
credential will examine .his complexion
before looking at his papers, and if a
Deiore lootung at his papers, and if a
hair, is suspiciously curly out be wlllgo.h
' Not even the Democratic party, even
in ffie south, has ever formally declared
the negro, through the mere faot of
being a negro, was to be excluded from
the party. In fact, all over the south'
an appeal la made ln every campaign (
ia .netuLPesg Jjote 'the Democratic
ticket. Many do.en, and more and mbrd
of them are likely to do so. Among
the hew school of southern" Democrats
those who are forgetting the Civil
war there is Increased disposition to)
recognise the absurdity of the Demo-'
cratio party denying the essential
democratic) doctrine of equal privileges
to all. ' At this Juncture, when there Is
talk of a new progressive party In the
couth, it is amazing that it should re-!
veal 'itself as vehemently reactionary!
on the race question and should sub-'
stantlally adopt as its own the princi
ples of the Ku-Klux Klan.
When the Republican party was or
ganized Its leaders faced an Issue
analogous to that put forward by the'
Lily White movement ln the gulf states.
The Know Nothing party- had arisen,
which preached the exclusion of for
eigners as the Lily Whites preach the
exclusion of negroes. The Know Nbth-j
Ings were strong tn states essential to
Republican success, and streng Ws the
party ' elected to found Itself on
principle rather than on prejudice. It .
definitely refused .tp compromise Its
character . for seeming. politlQaLadvaii
age.
The negro question Is not now gravely
pressing, and William 1L Taft and
Wood row Wilson, no more than Theo
dore Roosevelt, utter no protest against
tha notorious violation of the fifteenth'
amendment; nevertheless, the negro
question so relates to fundamental Is
sues that the treatment of It Is dfl-
i nitoly Indicative of spirit. It Is most
! extraordinary thing for a new national
' Political cirennlzntlnn nratendlnir n K.
specially progressive and to be greatly
devoted to human rights, to begin Its
career by espousing tha most reaction
ary of doctrines. This doctrtffi Implies
recognition of sectionalism; It Is In
square violation of the deroocrstlo prin
ciples that Colonel Roosevelt declared
J for; In his Carnegie hall speech; It fos-
ters lawlessness by, assuming that It Is
permissible to select what parts of the
constitution are to be obeyed and what
disobeyed.
Abraham Lincoln, whose name' end
memory hav so often been Invoked
during the parturition of the new party,
was too clear ln mind and too sound
In morals to have authorised or con
sented to such stlon as that at Chicago
today and yesterday; The new progres
sive party has not made a progrtislv
start.
s What Is Armageddon?
From the Detroit News.
Colonel Roosevelt's pnrhant for coin
ing new phranes and digging up ancient
i were 'ought the derisive battles for
ine possession or defense of Palestine
and Syria. It was the scens-Of the tri
umph of Barak over Slsera, and "f
Gideon over Mldlanltas. as well as the
s
trmai defeat of Bsul by the Philistines,
land o Joelah by Pharaoh-Necho el
1 Egypt. The great contest bstween EU
Ijsh and the prophets of Baal took place
Ion Its western border. It was through
the plain that Jehu came riding to Jet
reel. , Xiie. &na,la of Anu ria and Egypt
met there. repeatedly, ana ln later times
the plain figured ln the wars of Na
poleon. Armageddon separatee the mountain
range of Galilee from those of Bamsy
Ha. It may be described as a triangle,
having' for Its base the high hills of
which Mount Otlboa la the most im
portant forming the watershed - be
tween the Jordan and the Kliboa, ex
tending north and south from Nasaxeth
to Jenln. a distance of about 16 miles.
The northern boundary la the hills of
Galilee westward from Naaareth about
12 miles to a point where the Kishon
breaks through tn a narrow pass lead-
i to the sea coast and Aceo. On the
southwest is the Carmel range, extend
ing from the sea to Jenln, about 10
miles.
The plain was allotted In Itischar In
th division among the tribes. It Is
of great fertility. X
A Good Salesman,
Lady Have you any creams for re
storing the complexion
Uurgglat (tactfully) Restoring, mlsst
Tou mean preserving.
I.ady Yes. Give me half a doses
hottles.
Always in Good Humor
AFTER A WEEK'S RUN. -From'fhe
New York World.
After a little more than a week's run
In Baltlmors, Mr. Murphy's famous col
lection of "wax figures" has closed for
tha sun me r season.
BEACH GOSSIP.
. .From the Kaftsaa City Journal,
"We rail thst glrl Vuarea "
"Whyr
"She's beam raptured six times
ready this season."
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THE HEAL REASON.
From the Detroit Free Presa.
"Po you're In Jail for taking a watch." .
"Not exactly. I'm here because I
couldn't gat away with It"
OP.KSiNAt. N'AMrg
Tromt8elinon Olube. "
Thomsa Woodrow Wilson was
the
name his parents tut him. nt.hhaai
Orevar Clevalsnd wse the orltlnsl name,
of the iaal Lemocratle preeideat,
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