THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST CD, 1315.
THE JOURNAL
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J en Bul!JliircjtlcKt. f
I aubaerliitten term by raid! or to any addrew
fa taa (Jolted Slain or Metlro.
DAu-y.
JiOiite.V. $. or month I .60
.5 ,- . ... - cTtvrviv '
J j One year.
J One rear.
$2.50 I one month. . . .
DAILY AND Sl'NnAY.
,..JJia x On nionti....
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It
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No man Is more unhappy t.ian
the one who, 1b never In adver
sity; the -(arVgtcfrt affliction In
-life Is never to(.be, afflicted.-
Anon,
ASSASSINATING IS
M
K. SCIJWKRIN testified before
a commltfce at Washington
that free tolls for American
amt would not benefit the consumer.
' Mr. Schwerin is raanager of
eteamship company that In connecfive Ul8 8tate tho bcnofit of hls vlow
lion with the Panama railroad was
uuw in cumneuuon wnn American The tnreat to vote against all
transcontinental railroads. Hut thoii.nia reaetlnn rsnaerl l.v:th irrent.
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anwmaiBjmcTce coni.misBion 01-
flclally reported that Mr. Schwerln's
ateamship line was firRt subsidized
nd then bought by an American
iranuconunenuu rauroau lor tne
purpose of strangling competition, - .Bllt we have them before us, and 4 (J",1'lI'i -arborn, president of the
, ipi,. itotnt,. Anmnirivna , v,i i , ,, . , , , . Amerlrttii - Hawaiian Steamship com
The Interstate commerce commis- we should meet the situation. patrl- vany, eal(, yeBtcrday that the prohibi
tion 8 sweeping indictment of Mr. , otlcally and iptcUlgcuUy, .W.fi ali-Jtett BSinst raiiroad-owhed veaseis
t5chwerin8 company should tfirow the (owe it to the-atate to each other and probably tend to benefit his line,
and motives for the edification of ( and patience to the public interest. Mt. however, that the prohibition waa
Fbrtlanders. It is an enisode that; Wa olinnl,! nni .Hi.fl.tdn nculnoi niliro 1 v unrensonable. and said that his
Bhould help show them why tho
eteamship business from Portland to
the orient Ms. been strangled.
--Mr. Schwerin s late open attack on
the Columbia river and Portland, is
sample of the stealthy and under
handed assaults that havii been go
ing on all the time. While wo have
.6lept, the knife has been regularly
and scientifically inserted under
commercial Portland's fifth rib by
the Schwerlns and other a?tive rivals
and enemies of the Columbia.
" They have extracted ajot of our
business They have slandered our
port. They have assassinajfid the
Portland-Asiatio line.
Is it not time for Portland to
fight back?
Is Portland's business j
and BbJpplng world too important for I
defense? -" !
THE
FUT-fcRE OF WIRELCSh"
HATEVBTR has been done teltion, numbering her armies by thc!Blon has explained how the former
this time to show the po.,si-1 hundred thousands, presses hardest on competition by the Pacific Mail was
oniueByoi wireless 13 but,
cnW P'y1? m aeyeiop-jin
jraents In .Immediate prospect. Mar
coni's chief engineer in America,
- Frederick Minturn Samrais, de
scribes, in "Popular Mechanics" for
September the complete plans.
He dealaitlLlhii cost of .ibe,
tern aa contrasted with the compara-1
ijye cost 01 sui.manno cables. Ca-;
m i01 auuu mot-b 01 ocean cosi .
- Jrorn $7,000,000 to $10,000,000. A1
-J.? 1 aTl,
-000, has to be TtPpt inconstant readi-.;
w aau,. iu reapuusc ,o a a-
mand to locate a break or make re-;
, j)8,irs.. jne cost, or a pair of wive-:lur
- lean Ktatinns to do the Kimn wnrk ia
t "."""
Ut JCOO.000. To keep the cable in
repair a business of $:,0t,000 is re-
rtn1rft Tu-n nr font nf 1 1 -i t c,,..
.'-. "l " oum .
i"!" lvr,!2? rei,aira 01 l1il-T--ira'a.niakealieir -labor, unions I
less. io minion words, at Cents;
j wwru, hiu ue neeueu 10 cover
. 1 THiHaffnn fr lhtr r- 1 1 1 1 llnlf tbm.A
ih!'". . :
. wofua ai iian rate uy wirciesB is ex-
pected to yield enough to pay the,sC,ool or the new. old fashioned un-
- depreciation charge and 33 per cent .n nirn, or Socialists or syndicalists
on Ihe investment. , ,, ti,..,t. fi,. .
f - 1 01 every snaae, tne y are as one 111
-r -. A few weeks ago announcement' this that lh war af
' .'was made by the BriUsfi postmaster - cst to themsclre.. thru will -c..l.
general In the house of 'commons of!
"the undertaking by t tt; UiriiKli gov--.'
ernment of five great wirelesu Ka
, tions, which, with the aid. or one to
"""p'eT'PrQvided b'y the Australian com-"
iponwealth, should connect the great
' divisions of the IiriMsh home and
(Colonial empire in
one
lOIKl.
-Mr. 1
; lRnmmiK iiiflicru-H 1 h:,t ml
other
first-,
'class high power stations
1 o be '
' erected l or a
coniliUMYia! wi'vice I y
.IthlB country which will l.e coim,.cie(l
fwlth the British stations, and eo en
'' compass the earth. The emu home
''Station is tu be e-smMi.-dhMl j,t Jh;!
'. mar, New Jersey, on ;,mi acre-H .
, quired tiiere for i!ie purpose', whence
. messagc-h will Uo luub'-iit-d for the
; Capal zone, a nl 1 ! to l l;i u ii ia
one great b'.ni.
IN THE. JVS XEWN
Bf
ORK than 5;,"
. 1 0 1 1
ny 1
'Has
' Nt
will l
Hit Fisli
to-
spent hy Airs. S;
and Xfrs. Co-:i
bilt for a bull
night and a coslun.e !,
Ville show in the Va ..-.!
iiinl vaudc
iii 1 1 1 ii r
:jn .the cliffs, next
Flvo hundred f;;irst.;
the, resplendent aiu
talnment.
1'rid;
nitjit.
ill share in
ces-1 1 entcr-
. , A Russian band and to orches
traa will make continiioiis music,
an8 ;thfcre will 'be a marvelous elee
tricP display on tb? lawn, it." win
be one 'of the gran dot t' affairs in
Newport history,.
Five bodies n,ave been recovered
from the ruins.of'.a house which wus
j ' " ,e .mcks Murray of
the Gordon Highlanders, afl:-r shool-
- Ipg and killing his two children and
founding Wa wife. Two. of thn bod-
lea artt thofte of the Murray i liildren. -
Uua IdcuLneu. Ajiotmr charred
by 'Captain ITieks Mu
corpse is thought to bo Murray, who
shot himself after his .desperate,. on:
slaught of his family. A note "was
I found in' which Murray 'declared that
1 he was a, bankrupt, and that , the
a . deliverance from jiov-
: erty or Mniseli and those dependent
, I upon him. . ; 1 ! . ' ' '
j , There In '' ft. ' arran pa ' 'In h Armnn v- In
every day's news.
WHATflK "OWE"
UU over yjregon tnere are men
woo tnreateo-to -vote no on..au;rWiir not work even 'If they could
measures tnut are to appear on
the November ballot.
iney ougnt not to do it. Many or
i mo measures are, excellent, ami
should be carried. Others are not, I
j and should be beaten
But all should not be indisrrimi-
.yinately defeated on the mere pretext
itha; too many are proposod. It Is
j not just to the state -or juBt to the
electorate to blindly vote against
Imeumires regardless of whether thoy
i are good or bal.
What is wanted is the electorate's
I honest judgment as to each measure.
TllO collective llldsrment. of rill (lie'lhn mnrroa nf thv rtnnncttlnn in fr
voters h;is .llinofit linivprsnllv nrnven
lo bo B01ind an,j 6afe. jt , hlf;h)y
,dPBlrtt,,je that the horjest judgment
, ... ' - - ' ' ! , . . x v v.
I measures. It is' every honest, citi-
a 1 vali'u rlntv ir atiwltr .mh mAicura afilit
as expressed at the ballot box.
5"
.nuiubcr J)roi)0sed. .Too many .are of-
fered. It is a greater number .ban.
was ever contemplated as likely to
be presented. It' is a larger number
i,0 0)i k
iivuivuvwwivii(.aa u)UiUkij
pubic wroii'gs and public abuses if
. ,' ,
we are unWHng to ddvoto any of
0ur effort or time to public welfare,
LABOR. UNIONS AND PEACE
T
IIK greatest sufferer from war is I
the wage earner. On him the 1,1 "J"' i1l""' m the belief that eventual
i i tit , .1: I ly conditions Would change so that a
burden fails f.fSt-frpm .the 1)m; to , orlnt rouJ be8 made to paVi
srppaRC tu tnc wureis 01 in-j
dustry which is the first sefiticl on the i
opening of, warfare., While Italy I
' , , - , , if, I
mourned the loss ot hundreds of hr r ;
conscript soldiers in the Turkish war,
the reoorts trave 50.000 ns thrown nut !
nf i Mil,n Tl,. i
same j
story came from Piedmont, from '
Rome, and Naples loss nf employ-
ment, depletion of the savings banks.
postal and private, and the stoppage j
of all possible industries save those i
involving the daily lives of the people.
Hut modern war, which brings into
the field entire classes of the nomila-
the instructed worker, on htm who is
all senses a civilized man, whose la !
bor sustains his family in comfort, J
and furnishes them with many of the
amenities of life. He knows and real-j
izcs the lull extent of Ins risks in lilc, ;
111 limb, in health, and in estate, and '
4rHow wha-t t-hls ff eiibef-HMJftnd-8Jde nartners of utirh tnerpjrtn
means to tlnjse dear to him. The!
glamor of war, its glitter, color, and.
excitement have . no attractions far
him
No lon" as in thc d:,-vs of thc
'a,..1leon,c Wars. ,s the wage earner
a (tlf1,5i ani unt,1Mg,t sff(.rrr He I
,as icarneJ to ,est anJ trv tho cans(,s .
which he is called out to f,ht, 1
i : u: t , I
aiiu niieiiiKcnuy to ri;:,un (lurcon.
Hence comes the appeal to organized
kll,or.1)e it , Germany, i ru.ee,
i . . t- ,
iiaiv. UllL'lan4l. Aniern-:i
fir pviii in
a Jand o peacc. ln the four coun.;thc bureau shows much impatience in
ae-'tr,es first named their mil call reach- !
, .... .
cs into the miliion.s, and is ever Krow-
j - . - r Let them belong to the obi I
peace ami ensue it.
IS WOHK PLKXTII I L?
ORK -of fi Bdrt is plentiful
now and here, says Mr.
Baker - of the employment
bureau of the Y. M. C. A.
That mtaus that there is ample cm-
ployment for skilled and efficient la-I
' "-'ku k-very mg city, ana
certainly m Portland. Hut that tin-
BhiiiiHi workers are at a discount nr.u-
and ever. J
The catchword of the idle pran'has '
been tjiat the world owes-jrtm a 11 v-1
ins. lie takes that to Justify him
in living at other men's expense, fori
never yet. eave in the tropic, and ,
only on fruit, could a nwn enjoy it
; living
idiiif
n-;,h. , 1
iiinjuL ,-wine uiic uit oilier iro- 1
W
ami jin.iiiif; iui 11. i' very nnvim(,r.i
me liinetion 01 the unskilled and d--H-iHory
worker grows less. On every
f;:iin.. in every orchard and dairy, in
tin' forest, on tho river and the coast.
1:1 the mine and uuarrv the d:iv nf
,, ., , ,. ," " !
t ie mat-nine ;ind its niiernrnr lc- r.r,
... Tl, . ,1.,,.. V f ,1 , .. . ,- ..! 11 1131 murk IU us UWU Oi
ls The place of the expert solitary i f,-., ,1,.. r. t .
worker ot the last generation has
diedjiown to lliaf of the tender of a
machine. 'Without the
knowledge there is naught
rippfV-d
, ,
him but to drop into the gulf of the
unskilled.
Vet the plain and evident remedy
we are loth to'follow. "Enter 'em
young," said the huntsman of his
days -a saying of universal appliea-
tlom Do we "enter 'em young"?
Far from it. Ninety-t'breev per cent
of our children have their training
limited to that" of the public school
Even of the remainder the teaching
of tho high school falls to serve as
apprenticeship to actual life work
small percentage graduate. The
rest Jump at the flret chance to work
through the errand, boy or cash girl
route. Why can't we take a'lesson
from, our i German friends, - and
cheW,out the whole business of the
schools, primary.-, graded and f high
, schools, aa a preparation for actual,
'effective,' and efficient work? From
'"the kinderc-nrten in ihm mnnnnl and
the technical school should be one
unbroken course.
Prom the. ranks of unskilled and
desultory 'labor th . hobo and. tha
vagrant are .recruited those who
who take up a permanent Job only to
!drnn it nri nnnn an tht neaA nf th
, m0,tuont f00d. drinli and tobacco.
are in hand
This over abundant, unskilled la
bor is a weight that hanes, tha-heavl-
eHt on Uie trained Bn(1 Industrious
'worker.
Mn:TAFT O.V-TRIAL
A
KAD1AXT light is shed on the
the Panama situation by a
news article last week In the
Ntiw York Time. It discloses
nn,l ,Uw. uh ttir U n.
, Bre' for the president to veto the
: Panama nfeasure.
( , IH. II n J.1 Ul li&UlCB y VlUIUVUblJ
in the statements. So does Mr. Dear-
...1 11. t. i M..nAnA
of holding a close relation with the
trunk
railroads. The article fol-
low's:
Now York banker who nr Interest-
p in railroad and .fitamshiDCornjian
and at loast one Independent ship
Vi'iw authority, are objectlnsf sttjpngly
lo tlie amendment to the Panama canal
hill barrltiK nhlpu 'of lines controlled
hv h rniimndR
r - . - - -
7,Tp"7nwa,m,ni,r T 8 .1
ifk- Mull and uny other line operated
in the Interest. of a railroad on equal
l'tcrnm.
A hanker. who enjoyed the confidence
nf the "late E. II. Harrlman character
iwd the proposed legislation aa "thor
oughly un-American." The Southern
Parll'ic hna carried the Pacific Mall at
and r'srtly from reasons of patriotism,
Ml- Ilar,''niikn- H was said yesterday,
,a fla"r? offer Kfof uth!
J'acifin Mail from the Japanese, but had
refused It rather than see another flag
over one of tho few remaining American
1I,IPS- Vlcfl President Schwerin of tho
Milil testified hat the antl-rall
r,)Aj provision would mean thA al r,f
the Pacific Mail ships for whatever they
would bring.
President Taft is on trial. The
clamor for the veto is solely from
those who bave been able In the past
to strangle, ocean competition with
the transcontinental railroads,
Tho interstate commprco mmmii.
kHied off by the roads at first
through subsidy and -later bv actual
purchase of the line by the American
railroad. It is Mr. Schwerin who is
disclosed in the Times article, as
chief spokesman for a presidential
veto. It is the associates, backers
as Schwerin represents that are
pressing a veto.
-A-Burxcnder to them by-4&r-Taft
'j means that the canal wag not built
r the people of the Utaited States
bu-tor the benefit of the railroads
of tho I'nited States.
MOVING
PICTURE
-4
SHOWS
N
OT only Mr. Edison but the NTa
liuiial Iiurcau of Education set
great educational possibilities
.. .in. moving picture shows. -But
the bulletin it has just issued.
,
I crtain conclusions are arrived at
v. hich admit that th
c moving picture
theatre has come to stay and is fast
growing in numbers and in moral in
flucnce. The mechanical part has im
mcnscly. improved, far faster indeed
than the educational value of the ex
hibition. The .bureau adds that the
audiences go to be amused,, npt in-
Mrilctcd. it holds that, especially in
l.snmller iMV-T,.s the piibli.c.motid.n.. pic
; hire theatre is still doing more harm
than gou;
1 No mention is made of the riffid
censorship now Rcnerally exercised
over the moral influence of the films.
'nr i; ll(,tir t-.it-..n ,tw.
,,h;,t in ,i,;s ae -,.if ,c u,.,
...... ... u.j ,11 1.1, LI, 1
1 iiu-b, i i 1 c (lcmumi aijeauy exists tor a
. 1 . 1 .. 1 , , . e
consi.lcrable part of the exhibitions to
be mven up to scenes of foreign trav
el, and 10 bistoncal pictures of much
nil. rest.
I be t'a. t is that now and always the
chief ;-niicnl nf iIia mm-inn
lht.atro ,, m-t)l, (1emand for h
:,m,,.,nr T. ,.t;. -I.
... v ... . ... v. ci (-1V1 l lk IllJ IUU1 C
gues .
icrc to be instructed than its
hers would He induced to listen
i to )jo,id oratory or good books. The
j public demands decency and morality
: and insists 011 a positive turn for
pond, and a distinct absence of evil in
the plays shown. For thi
me piays stioyvn. l or this every citv.
. "-'ii
, reri' li-,w,, ,i-i,.i.-, l,,.l. n t
j advantages of the moving picture
sllOW IS that it sne:,Wt nr ifclf ,,', V,.
' ..-.v..
I""' impromptu r unexpected seer
1 Hum, am, uc suumiitca rcj com
plete censorship m advance. And this
should be the invariable rule.
SUN YAT SEN TO THE FRONT
T
HE sudden explosion in Chinese
affairs told in yesterday's dis
patches is as important as it
is unexpected. I,f ever there
were a case of swapping horses while
crossing the stream it is here and
now. . The judicial murder of the twp
generals by Yuan's men, and his at
iuit u 4.-t.. th.WrtH-fB"4be-vie
president, I4 Yuan Hung, are but the
sparks that set fire to the powder.
For weeks, yes, for morUhs it .has
been plain that Yuan Shi Kai has not
been making any progress towards
the final arrangement of the six na
tions $300,000,000 loani mall sums,
by1 way,, of advance loans have been
made available, but no real way has
been won by -Yuan. '.
He had three requisites for his im
mediate policy. ' F if st came the ' big
loan.' Without that the hordes of idle
solditry had to liTFon 'vWthout'their
pay, and plundered-the peqple mean
while. ; .Thenihaf my had ; to,: be
brought down lo a manageable force.
Here, th inner - history will : dis
close .rivalry between the- northern
army first raised by Yuan, and the
southern or revolutionary .army,
raised by Dr. Sun Ya't Set and his al
lies. It may turn out the best thing
for China that Sun Yst Sen's army
was not sent home and it may serve
for the salvation of republican China.
The last main point of policy "for
Yuan was auch settlement with the
present bond holders of othe) na
tions as should leave the republic free
to levy taxes as was found essential.
No real progress in any, much less I
n all, these important matters has
been announced.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen's previous life has
been made up of adventure. He never
undertook a more darinir olan than
when he started just now for Peking,
where Yuan is shut up in his oalace.
but has abundant agents free for as
sassination if not for war. He may
at last forfeit for his country the life
that has been pledged to her for so
many years. He may once again ver-
fy the saying, boldness, boldness, for
ever boldness.
Letters From tlie People
(CommunteatlorMi sent to Tha Journal ! ner. Wealth and commerce were con
r publication - In thia iirtmi.t H.n,n..i t5i.' r..u-..... vTw
for
should be written i only o7 side of
lie pupnr, snouia not exceed 800 words
n length and must be accompanied I by
tne name and address of the sender. If
the writer does not desire to have the
name published, he should so state.)
Get On and Ride.
Salem, Or.. Aug. 17. To the Editor
or ihe Journal. I would like to ask
- -. - " - ' . . ...... n ... n 1 , , v 1 1 )iaLiivai
your readers a few pertinent questions, affairs as a group under their new cou
through your "People's Column." and ! ditions. Their first leader at "Mllkv
e 11 iney are alive to the Issues ot
tne aay.
Listen, did you ever have occasion to
iake exception to the quality of our
most used and necessary commodity.
the little postage stamp? "No." you
say; and you have no reason to, because
they never rise In price, are always "of
uniform quality and you get your mon
ey's worth of Work out of them. The
reason of this 1b that they are printed,
handled, gummed, delivered and con
trolled by the government. "But," you
say, "the government is losing money
on the postage stamp business, therefore
government ownership Is financially
N. O., because we could not stand the
l'Q0. It It wera'ty vogue In all the in
dustries." Now, where is the loss in
the postal service? You say in the
transportation of mall. Correct; but
Who controls the facilities for hauling
the mall? You will find every time
that it is a private corporation, doing 1
that public service work; which should
be Uncle Sam's job. You say "But why
pay the railroads so much?" Dear read
er, you, have nothing to do with such
things; It would be wrong for you to
have a say ln matters of such Import
anee. xor x surry w say wiai mat
m t . . . ... .
.w.V".t..v ....i. i vy , ,
of our congress, which is
mo8Uxof.Jbo
why play directly back Into their own
hands, with the public's good money.
The only cure for this outrageous sys
tem Is a government controlled by the
people, and tnts you will not have until
you learn the Intelligent use of your
ballot, ylj; , "Socialism in thenar
" m V ' a : ,,V .'""."
and village, and any member will gladly
furnish you information about their
pmiiurin. iiicir aiusan ,a. universal
Brotherhood," and if you are Intelligent,
get on and ride.
HAL B. HOS9.
Thinks Single Tax Inequitable.
Portland, Or., Aug. 10. To the Editor
of The Journal. I note in your paper
of the 18th Instant that Mrs. L. C. P.
says to vote for single tax and that her
main reason Is that the rich men are
opposed to It. Such an absurd reason
is not debatable.
I have been considering this single
tax proposition more or less for some
time, and.jthe mora I consider the mat
ter the more I am opposed to it. I
am not a rich man either. I have a
monthly salary and live In a rented
house; I dot however, own a vacant lot
upon which I may build a residence pro
vided my savings are not all used in
payinraxerAr-pres
merely nominal. A large handsome resi
dence, has been built to one side of mo
worth probably $15,000; lately several
more very costly residences have gone
up on the other side of me. I should
like to ask Mrs. I.. C." P. If it would be
right for me tp pay as much tax on my
vacant lot as my next (loor neighbor
on his lot and handsome residence. If
my lot were assessed the same as my
noxt door neighbor's, I think that. Mrs.
L. C. I'. could get one lot at least very
cheap next year at a tax sale, Ia It not
right that the man with the handsome
residence should pay something for tho
protection (police protection, fire pro
tection, etc), which a vacant lot does
not require? The poor man who is pay
ing for a lot on the installment plan
bettor think twice beforo he votes in
favor of single tux.
I notice that In a very comfortable
residence section of the city, namely In
the vicinity of Best Fifteenth and Yam
hill, very attractive apartment houses
have been constructed. What I am get
ting at is this, that as these expensive
buildings are constructed ln a commun
lty, the so-cajed rental value of the
land increases. There is room on each
of the other three corners of East Fif
teenth and Yamhill for apartment
bouses similar to the one that has been
built on the northwest CPrher;,also there
1b room for others ln the immediate vi
cinity. Does Mrs. L. C. P. think that
all, the property in the vicinity of the
above apartment house should be taxed
in proportion to the earning capacity of
the lot on" the northwest corner of East
Fifteenth and Yamhill? On the other
hand should not the apartment house
pay more taxes than the' Immediately
adjacent lots which have only tteeir mod
est dwellings? As I said before 1 oan
not see anything In single tax for me.
NUMBSKULL.
A Pitiful Case.
Portland, Or,, Aug. 18. -To the" Editor
of The Journal What is life, and who
are we that live It? How shall we solve
these problems which all teachers and
friends fail to solve for Us? I have a
girl 12 years old, who was stricken two
years ago with that dreaded disease, tn
ranTTte -paaTys18. Wins' acrpple'. buC
can walk a little with the aid Of
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Almost always true; no losses without
Bums. -, -.'.. . , !.
- Som herlffs are sitting up and no-
nviiig ilia Kuvernor, - j . .
,,,. . . . , " r7
T. R.'s talk on the tarlft li "sUla,
"i uniiruiiianie. -,
;,; 'r', ' '':'; -
People on outing jret HttU sympathy
from loos who oouldn'l go, - . - r
Bo far spda fior sack hava not fallen
below the cost ot the sicks.
What the people dclar trisy want
shoiiW-bever be unconstitutional.
-. ...., ,
Chairman H!Hs'.jold machins, stand
pat advisers won't benefit him much. '
.
Meteorology, has been having a thun
der of a time this summer In Oregon.
, .
Doss ana-body know why vulgar Chi
cago is the American center of fashion
and style In women's "ppirelt -
Coionel Ooethals deserves high mili
tary promotion ami honor, even If some
h a views upon the use of the era.t
canal are wrong.
xrJLhv J" nthln small about that
New York police graftrif a lieutenant.
Beeker, has grafted near half a million,
how much have the higher-ups grafted?
SEVEN ODD SECTS
The Dukfiobors.
The pukhobors were 'first heard of
In the latter half of the eighteenth cen
lury In Russia where they attracted at
tention by their rejection of the church,
the prleHthood. and the sacraments.
They--trrelatTired the "equality "and the
brotherhood of man. The czar and all
his officials, as well ns the priests and
tho metropolitans, were regarded as
usurping a power to which they had no
moral right.
The doctrine of the sect condemned
war and taxation,, as well as the courts
nd all - police regulation s. They ""In
terpreted the Bible In a mvsrlrul man.
' T t .n h 1" "n l!
.... ,, . 7 I . 0 "
; w as considered to be thp only tfood life.
After much persecution In the-reitrn
of Alexander I (1801-25), they were al
lowed to come together from all parts
of ItuBsia und form a clan. Their place
of settlement wus "Milky Waters," near
the sea of Axov. Here they had to face
the problem ot arranging their practical
I avers w as a former non-commissioned
officer named Knnoustln. a man of anil
lty and force of character. He managed
the sect-dans with remarkable success;
but he taught that he was a reincarna
tion of Christ; and that his divine au
thority would descend to his heirs and
suece.ors.
Kapoustln established the communi
ty of property, and maintained that
system for many years; but ultimately
he terminated It in a manner which
left him and his family in control of
large communal estates. His Immediate
sut'cossors, his son and grandson, sup
ported by un oligarchy of 30 elders,
grossly inisbfhavtil and appear to have
terrorized their opponents bv a seriaa
of secret assassinations carried on un
der the maxim: "Whoso denies his God
shall perish by the sword.''
In 1 h 4 1-44, the Uussian eovernment.
after a prolonged investigation Into these
crimes, banished tho sect to the Cau-
crutches. I have tried every Catholic
school in the city and out, but no ad
mittance to a crippled child. I tried
St. Kliznbeth school, an Episcopal lnsti-
. . " t 11, 1 1 1 1 -.in ui iiaiiu, a uiicj
ttit nn id mil... rv, in i.i.
rom,)lt from civillzaUon; They refused
t( tallu a ehlld so young in their school.
-rie-lf -Hrey-rwid on ty be educated. Kr
ery child should have a chance of edu
cation. Doubtless the public school will
also refuse admittance to a crippled
child. It Kcems, however, that there
should bo schools for unfortunate chil-
Hrn lli.ui ur.at-uta ..lh 1 1 a ...!lv la
fn-:An KraneMr;,t mMst hna offered to
teach my child provided she cannot en-
u BchQul "wUh th children,
Th , no , tne numan vocabu.
lary that could express my gratitude
fur this kind office, but It seems an
imposition to accept kindness from a
minister who has s" little -spare time.
Most nil n inters' lives are sacrificed to
others. If nnyone who reads this hap
pens to know of a school where crippled
children are allowed to attend, please
phone Bell wood 2015. M. E. OADES.
"42 Brooklyn street.
Lincoln's Advice.
Oregon City. Or.. Aug. 16 To tho
Editor of "Tho Journal---In connection i
with the present discussion regarding
tho necessity for a Portland owned
oriental line It mSy be- pertinent to
quote the following "Lincoln story"
whicn went the rounds of the papers
at the time of the Lindoln centennial.
At the tirtic the Merrimack was de
strovlnc tho federal fleet ln Hampton
(tied. M thi.t time, so the story goes, a
ll-tUou - of prominent New Yoik fl
nancinrs, went to Washington to inter
view tho president. Their spokesman
whs a man named Williams who ad
dressed Mr. Lincoln as follows: "Mr.
President, the Merrimack Is destroying
the wooden vessels of the Union fleet;
New York .unprotected will soon be at
its mercy. The delegation which ap
pears before you In their own right own
property in New York amounting to
many millions of dollars, but we repre
sent property valued at many times that
nmouiit. In fact, I might say we rep
resent the business interests apd wealth
of the nation. We appear before you at
this tunc rot to request, but to demand
thnt yiiu build and equip at once a great
Ironclad fit to cepp with the Merrimack
and send it to defend New York."
Lincoln gazed a moment as though
awe struck, then rising said:
"Gentlemen, if I were as rich as you
f?.y you arc, and as wise as you
think you tire, and as scared
as I see you are,, I would build
such n warfhlp, egulp it, and
present H tn the government." . 'burn
ing on his lied, lu left the room.
If we are ns rich as we say we are
and as wise as we think we are and
as scared as wo have reason to be, we
will build a fleet, equip it find start it
in the. oriental trade. READER.
Those Prize Fight Pictures.
Portland, Or,, Aug. 19; To the Editor
of The Journal Permit me space to
express my appreciation of the attitude
of the better element In this city In
openly protesting as they have done
agslnst 'the rilsrdnylnjr --of - -the Flynn-
Johnson prizefight pictures. - .
Long ago the city council should have
passed an ordinance to the effect that
prizefight pictures wore not- te be
shown, and our Civic federations have
been woefully delinquent ln pot having
this done. I am sure that if "from the
church of thlg'city such a request had
been made, the council would have been
pleased to comply. .
There is no argument whatever about
the' right or wrong of fight pictures. As
evidence of their toiug wrong, a glance
PVU.wtui.iULhar- elXks iu.v Un ival
the Jact that tho majority of cities In
this country liaye refused permission
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
'.V it'."- ' 'Y 1 mwwm9M 1, ,r , t
An X-ray Brparatua andveUctrto lab
oratory navft Dean instaiiea at tho lioiy
,; ...:.. . ''
Tha Dayton Tribune says a logan
berry three Inches in circumference and
two Inches In length was grown on the
rrorni oroiners' larm rive roues aoutn
Of Dayton. w ,
The ToU TCouaty " Itemlief5 peels,
next spring, a great demand from all
over the county for tha oiling of coun
ty roads," and advises the county" court
In Its nxt levy to provids lor aucb a
contingency.- -, ''.,
JoseDh Herald: Mora sratn. nattla.
horses, sheep and hogs will be shipped
from here this fall than ever before In
th history of the county. No wonder
our people are feeling jubilant over tne
good times wa are aura to aava. - .
iThs' Dallea Optlmlsti : On Jefferson
street between Sec0nd and Third streets
the oity Jnstalled 180 fee, Of "chain the
first of tha week, whloh will aupply
the lack Of hitchlnar costs lonar needed
and demanded by tha visiting farmers.
Astorlan. reDroduelnar from th Inane
of August 17, 1882; The members of the
Hattle Moore Comla Opera company
arrived on today's steamer and" appear
mis evening in the opera or "Olivette,"
In which they made such a sensation In
San Prahclsoo and other places.
casus. Her they lived 'quiet and In
dustrious Uvea till the death of L. V.
Kalmlkova, who had succeeded to power
.on the death of her husband, Peter, the
great-grandson of Kapoustln. This
woman had sho wn 'fa vor to a y dun g
man, Peter Vorigln. who belonged to
the ruling family, and whom she prob
ably Intended to appoint as her suc
cessor. Upon her death strife broke
out ln the aeet The majority acknow
lodged Peter Verigln as leader, but an
Influential minority refused to do so.
Tne Russian authorities in 1887, ban
ished Verlgin to Archangel for five
years and at the end of that time sent
him to Siberia. In exile Verigln became
acquainted with Leo Tolstoy's teach
ings, and recognizing In them much that
corresponded to the original Dukhobor
doctrines, ha advised his follower to
rename themselves the "Christian Com
munity of Universal Brotherhood."
In W the loyal Verigln Dukhobors
were allowed to migrate to Canada and,
haying secured from th Canadian gov
ernment a pledge that they should be
exempt from all forms of conscription,
about 7000 of them arrived there ln 1899,
Verigln being still In exile, and they
being unwilling or unable without him
to decide on what lines the new life
should be arranged, great confusion
arose leading ultimately to a strange
pilgrimage which Bet out to meet Ver.
lgin when the news of his release from
Siberia waa at last received.
The Dukhobors are remarkably honest.
sober, temperate, and frugal, and they
are generally industrious, well-mannered,
self-respecting, and hospitable to
strangers. Their differences with the
Canadian government have all pivoted
on the question of Verigln's leadership,
and have been Increased by the extra,
ordinary, duplicity 'and mendacity which
thoy never scruple to practice ln order
to screen their leader from responsi
bility for the consequences of actions
they take at his prompting.
Tomorrow Quietism.
for these pictures to be shown, and
those cities that do permit them have
refused to allow children, and ln some
cases women, to bo present. Portland
has done nothing.
- And who got-s to these pictures? The
cigar store ornament who hangs over
the colinter of a cigar store six consecu
tive hours a- day -with nothing to do
but to talk sport and swap yarns; the
lower classes of men and children whose
home training has not been the best.
Whom" do these pictures offend? The
entire respectable element of every com
munity. When a man attempts to reap a har
vest of dimes by degenerating the minds
of children, h- has sunk about as far
down the scale morally as he can go!
MRS. R. C. CLELLAN.
Kind Words for The Journal.
Sandy. Or., Aug. 18. To the Editor
of Tha Journal Your absolute Justice
and fairness in all questions pertaining
to the educational and moral Interest
of the people, makes your paper sought
after and a household necessity by all
people who are seeking the welfare of
mankind. Your paper In its short epace
of tlmo haa done more and accomplished
more in the Interests of Portland and
and ihe state at -Urge than - elf - eherl
sources combined. And now as I look at
the picture in today's Journal of your
magnificent new home, X feel as do all
other Journal readers, like congratulat-tng-ytra
om the complete success of your
enterprise. No mere words that I could
utter could do Justice to your high am
bition and enterprise. We cannot value
ti-blhiy t-be-Nrat-(nal -Importance
of our daily paper, whose aim It Is to do
good. The awakening of public con-
BC?0UsnS8 'bTi--ftirTli6rar"lssuei"ahd"rnost
of our progress is due to the dally paper
which has the Interest of the people at
heart. Long life and success to you
A. SUBSCRIBER.
. The narrow Verdict.
Hood River, Or., Aug. 1!). To the Edi
tor of The Journal. In yesterday's
Sunday Journal I read your editorial on
the Darrow verdict, and I am pleased at
your wisdom and fairness.- r It Is so
hard nowdats, ln court, or out of court,
to get a fair, full and just opinion!
owing to the fact that courts and juries
are so tied up in technicalities. They
know It hut can't help themselves, It
seems. When West ran for governor
1 foolishly voted for the other fellow.
Now I see we have got the right man in
the right place, A governor who gov
erns. J. M. BLOSSOM.
Spray With Vitriol.
Falls City, Mg. 17. To 'the Editor
of The Journal H. 10. A. asks for a
preventative . to keep tomato blossoms
from falling off. I had the same
trouble last season and a neighbor told
me to spray well with absolution of vit.
riol, not too strong. I did so and. the
tomatoes began setting n right iwiv
The trouble is caused by an almost In.
visible mite that works on the Joint.
. MRS,vS. H.
Unconsciously a Socialist. '
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
-A man may be a Bocialist and not
be aware of it. Or ms may be aware
of it, and yet deny he is," realizing that
to avoid it would sdversely affect his
purpose. He could be. a Socialist and
denounce BocltHlsm, for the very same
reason. Under any such delusion, or
Insincerity or , obesslon, If brllllan,
reckless, or capable ot a temporary
belief in his own Inebriation of lan
guage, he could powerfully inspire to
follow him a band of men and women
some influenced by bigh ' hopes and
others rung by the rage of frustrated
ambitions. Any of. .these Suppositions
wi&aoeeunt- Xor-41ia-anlt-ooiimw-tif
Mr. Roosevelt and for his disavowal
of Socialism himself, -
Good Old Days in
, . Railroading
An article In the September Ameri
can Magazine show how rate reguia-
tlon . and - modern Improvements diava
brought prosperity to the railroads.
Following is an Interesting extraot)
''Jim liill came along one day and
taught the railroad world, that It was
more economical to , haul full Cars in
anllil itrnln loads. .Mt. was aa simnle as.
muklrjg an egg stand on end, but it
opened a new. epoch in railroad earn--
lngs. 'Oeorgs H. Daniels promuigaiea
the truth that courtesy IS art asset, nd
railway servants are today as uniformly
obliging as they used to be not so. ii.
H. Harrlman devised a new styis of
organisation. The Pennsylvania Incul
cated system in Its magnificent school.
Countless men In the operating and on-
trucuun aeparimenio jeafuuu new wja
of doing things. '
"The whole conglomeration Is ntw.
Why, I can remmher when the engine
said, "Whoof-whoof-whoof,' and the
baggage car picked up the passenger car
In three jerks, one for each link ln the
coupling chsin. Those were the days -when
on changed cars five times be
tween New York and Chlcago--it was
ortgtnaiiy lg times Between New torn
and Buffalo and Mr. Pullman's clumsy
contrivances Were considered palatial.
Those were th tfovys when cut rat
ticket brokers how long since you
have seen a ticket broker's office ?
lined the curb. In those days, Con
ductor Simmons, tha funny one, utl to
come down the aisle saying, 'Pass,
please, show me your pass,' and pretend
to fall dead If any one offered him .a ,
real ticket. That was not so very far
thlssija of the strap rail system when
mew used to pick up the rail behind the
train and run ahead, to tack It down
again.
"In the Interim some of the brightest
men In the United States have been
studying the railroad business. They
have been studying the coat of service
till- they almost know the answer to
some of the simplest questions! They
have been studying rails and cars and
locomotives and boilers and brakes and
bridges and couplers and cement and
accounting and advertising and audit
ing.: . -"Try
to remember back SO years, or
20 years, or even 10. Every shipper
had a rebate and every traveler a pass.
The shipper who did not lPxe his pub
lished rate went to the general agent
and had new one made. Then he
went round the corner and got the rival
agent to cut It. The biggest shipper
of, all not only exacted a rebate from
the railroads for all that he or it
shipped, but also extorted from the rail
roads the same amount for everything
shipped by competitors. 'Hauling for
less than the cost of axle grease,' was
a common expression if not a common
practice.
"As for the passenger department, It
waa 8 chronic supplement. Every poll
was a comic supplement. Every poli
Every country editor had a sheaf of an
nuals. Every shipper cop Id have all he
wanted for himself, his family and hia
wife's relations simply for the asking.
And of the cash fares, it used to be
said that what stuck to the ceiling be
longed to the company when tho con
ductor tossed for it or that a conductor
ought to be able to save more than his
salary again a common expression if
not a common practice. It was as
sumed on one hand that the passenger
business never would pay Us cost the
New Haven used to be pointed out s
about the only road thnt had a profit
able passenger business and on tha
other, so long ns it cost nothing to
carry one more passenger, since tli"
train was running anyhow, that branch
of the service came in handy to culti
vate good fellowship and make frlm-ls
for the road. A pass was cheaper than
a cigar."
No Confidence in t'ongw
From the Philadelphia' Record
- -BrlderrHy- nrr -twrltf -rasTgfT bill Is"
ever going to bo aeceptahfe Ho Presi
dent Taft unless it - conforms ln Its
provisions with the' Judgment of a
body of his own selection and ex
traneous to congress. Tha tariff
commission Is not to be an nld to
the representatives of the people. Tint
it Is to control their aotion. It is to
bo assumed that the 400 farmers, manu
facturers, lawyers and business men
who constitute the sermte and house
of representatives nre Ineariahla of ar-
l.rlvlng at intelligent conclusions; that
they haye access to no .sources of in-.
formation, and know nothing of the con
ditions under which American Industries
are conducted; that their Judgment, If
it is not in accord with the Judgment of
those whom the president chooses to
make his advisers, is necessarily based
on misinformation. In short, congress
Is assumed by the president to be In
capable of dealing with the problems of
- 1".
No Help for Him.
From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The emlrMsnt -specialist loaned back
In his chair.
"What you need, my friend," he said,
"is broadening of- vision. You should
read more. You should read the opinion
of lending writers on the current events
of the world. "Your mind is stngnated
The -petty happenings of the tittle sphere
in which you move have dulled your
mentality. I advise you to read the
newspapers and become familiar with
daily happenings. May I ask your busi
ness :
The patient sadly smiled.
"lm an exchange editor." he renlled
and drifted away.
His Last Residence.
From Tit-Bits."
Lawyer (to witness) Now.'then. Mr
Murphy, give us your last residence
Murphy Faith, sor. I dunno. but im
be the clmltcry, Oi'm thinkln'!
Pointed Paragraphs
Bad luck is commonly the result of
bad judgment.
Anyway, the Vise man Is loss
fool than the average.
of a
If there is a black sheep-in yoifr fam
ily keep it dark.
,
It's easier for love to find the way
than it Is for n to pay the way. .
A ragtime philosopher says. that lem
ons are only fit to hand to people.
Many a man performs his work as
though he thought he was doing, the
boss a favor.
.
Therms something morally" wrong with
the woman who thinks that every man
leads a double life,
Any man who Isn't thankful for what
he gets has occasion to be thankful f0t.
what he doesn't get.
--- ,"
Every time a man makes a bluff at
paying attention to a woman she be
gins to look for something in him to
reform'.":' 1 ..
" The average mother believes that it
wml-imTwwble'tCT-1cPcp---r,fp- oa
ou ot the prusidential chair if the peo
plo' properly appreciated him.
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