THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, Wl.D:;i:3DAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, VAZ.
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CHARLES R. MERRICK
THE! sudden passing of Post
master Charles B. Merrick will
be a shock to his thousands of
friends In Portland, in Oregon
and in his former eastern home.
Few men were held in such uni
versal esteem by acquaintances and
friends. Few men had a gentler or
more genial personality. Few men
went so directly and so quickly at
,the first meeting into the hearts of
those he met.
No man was more zealous In his
devotion to the public welfare of
i Portland and the state. It was
'while attending a development meet
ing for the furthering of Oregon in
. terests and Oregon life that he was
, called yonder. Ho died as he lived,
fighting in (lie ranks for a greater
Oregon and a greater Portland.
Ills passing is a distinct loss to
the social and business life of Ore
gon. It removes a man who was
most devoted in the struggle for a
Tortland lieautlful and a Portland
practical. It takes away a leader
whose evenings and daylight hours
were spent in an endeavor to Impress
Portlanders with the importance of
iputting Portland's house in order.
The passing of few men would bring
to so many a senso of distinct per
sonal and public loss.
The example of Charles B. Mer
,Wc in his many public activities,
is one for Portlanders to emulate.
More Merricks, more men of the
type of the man we all mourn,
would bring great strength, great
progress and great prestige to Port
land. The Journal joins thousands in
the deepest regret at his passing.
THE POOR MAN'S DOLLAR
W onr.RO w WILSON'S policy
of refusing Wall street
money for bis campaign is
beautifully vindicated In the
many half dollars and dollars sent
.Jte Journal liy men of-, slender
means. Candidates who Insist that
contributions by the generalissimos
of finance are necessary to win a
campaign aie mistaken.
The dollar from a calloused hand
IS clean money, u is not given with
the expectation that it will come
back many fold in especial favors
' from government.
As Governor Wilson said in his
letter of acceptance, the national
government should be bo conducted
hat ellthe people will be taken Into
the partnership. All the people will
never be taken Into the partnership
ro long as presidents are elected by
huge campaign contributions by
tariff beneficiaries and brigadiers
of crooked business.
Half a dozen trust magnates sent
.to Jail would do more to straighten
out crooked business than all other
Influences combined. No president
who is elected on huge contribu
tions from the trusts dares send a
"TifusT magnate to Jail. It never has
been done and it never will be done.
The president whose campaign is
financed by Wall street is compro
mised. His hands are tied. The
mandarins of privilege have strings
on him. They have strings on the
White House. Pitch a president is
- prevented from sending trust mag
nates to jail through fear of the dis
. closures that would follow.
Woodrow Wilson Is right. The
poor man's dollar Is better money
with which to finance a presidential
campaign than is Thomas F. Ryan's
money.
NOVEL
8TKEETCAKS
THE latest novelty In New York
streetcars Is the low-swung.
Fteploss. douMc-decker. For
three nontlis the single decked
steplcss has been seen on Broadway
on Its experimental run. So highly
Is it approved that... l.'O cars of
that typo have been ordered.
But (he double decked car is the
latest suggestion for Improved, Iraf
fle in the crowded street, where
trailers are Impossible. The first
one that has arrived from tho build
ers in Philadelphia', is to run be
tween the Battery and Fifty-ninth
street, on the most crowded section
of Broadway. The conductor sits at
a desk ln-the middle of the car and
receives and exchanges money. Pas
sengers enter, pay 4 heir fares, and
move, either to the stairways lead
ing to the upper deck, or to the low-'-er
floor to find a seat. There are
no crotis seats except at the ends of
the lower flcior.
On the upper deck seats are ar
1 ranged bak to, back longitudinally.
The upper deck Is enclosed by win
dows, removable in hot weulher.
The seating capacity of the car, ex-
elusive of strap-hangers, .Is 88.
There is seven feet, six Inches space
from floor to ceiling below, and
more than six- feejt on . the upper
deck.' '. ',. .' '
High power, automatically work
ing, brakes are provided, the great
est j)ower coming Into play with the
heaviest load.. Doors open and close
on pressure of a lever by the con
ductor's foot, while the heating and
ventilating systems are of the latest
pattern. " ' '.:':r" '-. '
THE EUGEXE ATROCITY
T
IIE Tflir murders are duplicated
in the 'Eugene atrocity. It is
the Barbara Holtzman horror s
repeated. , i
There has been no conviction of ;
the slayer of the Hills. There has j
leen no apprehension of the fiend
who destroyed the Holtzman child.
Will there be a capture of the un
ppeakable" " degenerate who killed
Mildred Green at Eugene?
The mind is staggered by these
repeated atrocities. It resents the
belief that society Is so permeated
with half-men-half-brutes who are
ready to take a life for satisfying a
beastly passion. vet here are re
peated Instances of a crime more ap
palling than any other on the crim
inal calendar. It raises the ques
tion if, for self protection, eorlety
must not take measures to prevent
degenerates and criminals from re
producing their kind.
Is there to be a rapture of the
Eugene fiend? Or, like the slayer
of the Hills and the destroyer of
Barbara Holtzman, is he to go un
apprehended? What tends more to Increase the
number of these appalling occur
rences than docs the failure to dis
cover the perpetrator? What does
more to nerve a .fiend for his crime
than repented and constant failures
to apprehend? What does more to
multiply Hill atrocities, Holtzman
atrocities and this latest atrocity at
Eugene than the woeful Hat of slay
ers who escape the criminal catch
ers? What is the world coming to, any-
way? At Eugene, this Innocent child
of twelve repeated her prayers with
her father and retired for the night,
full of expectancy, hope and pur-1
pose for the morrow.
She never awoke. The cruel
hand of infamy cut her off in the
midnight.
Can we not have detectives who
can detect? Can we not have po
licemen who will police?
GENERAL BOOTH
THE friend, adviser, and helper
of the poor, the afflicted, the
weak in body and mind, the
Binful and the down-and-out.
whose long life had been devoted to
their service, has passed from thift
world, though his spiritual pres
ence, the pervading influence of bis
life work, grows and will grow, the
brighter as the years pass.
It Is impossible to lay a finger
on any one secret or uie sirengm or tnat an International conference
General Booth save as he found It j should be called to discuss many
In the gospel that he taught, in the:mattorg for (nG security of life and
Savior that he proclaimed. He badprorK,r(y n(- soa
presented himself on the altar of his j It waB felt jhat the ,)Gst rcgnltJJ
Lord in his early
days. In His
strengm tne great, ano me long ;
drawn and patient works, of life i
were accomplished. j
Rut the secret of organization of,
this lifelong crusade was peculiarly I
his own. Other men, other minis-
ters, were content to preach to con-1
gregations to one church, bringing
to alvntlon as thev boned the indi-
wiiuiii nuiii. iu "unaiii niwiii lu.ii rules are neeoea lor navigation,
process was too Blow, and reached n - Better equipment of ships la
not down to the very bottom and required. C Better construction or
dregs of society, and there were ships Is possible, and, D The ef
sotils by the thousands to beifiHpncv of crews can bn rreatlv
snatched from the burning. How
could one man, with his equally in
spired wife, how could they make
themselves -ffecUvoly fU? Not l
one spasm, but in tne enlisting oc and also for creating and adhering
others ln their associated and con-1 to .routes of ocean travel, will be
Unued work. Thus the great idea considered. As to equipment. A
of the Salvation Army took shape constant wireless watch on passen
and permanent form. It. grew, It Ror Khi;,8 vm be made a general reg
pervaded the whole earth. But It j Nation. A complete chain of wire
has withstood through these long epH roast Htatlons will be Installed,
years all perversions, all seductions. ' with communication to all ocean-
William Booth, eeneral ha3 been.
thn central fl.ru re for all- his or-
the central figure lor all his or-
dors have been faithfully and unhes-
itatingly followed the essence of
!hls discipline has been army obedl-; mucA i,v the conference without full i r'?de. him a comfortable living The
i ir,i-. nf "eu ii) uie toini n net. wunout lull , it)0rlng man haa to us his brains and
jence and the Inspiration p,f the gen- discussion. Sufficient provision of his hands also, to be a successful me
;eral has reached his humblest fol- j lifeboats or rafts will be demanded I chnnic Kugene V. Debs has been a
i lower.
i His retrospect, as he (mme In his
i turn to enter the dark river, cannot
'have been other than of proud; hu
millty. He was one of the vary few
'who could quote without r waver
I the great words of St. Paul,
I "The time of my departure is at
hand. I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith. Henceforth there Is
laid up for me a crown of. righteous-
: ness."
A PRESIDENTIAL BU NDER
T
HERE seems every reason to be-1
lleve that tho president has
blundered in the appointment;
of a successor to Judge Han-',
ford.
The. new appointee Is a corpora-1
tlon lawyer. Ho 1s counsel for a
great trunk railroad, and for other,
powerful corporations. He was a1
witness for proving the good charac- j
,ter of Judge Hanford In the congres- 'or any other pictures, we might as
jsional investigation. ;W(,n have the fight. Would Port-
I A corporation practice does not land be willing to appear before the
i necessarily unfit an attorney for the , world as the scene of a prize fight?
'bench. But Undoes raise a surmise. The -picture, houses are the the
of Ineligibility.'"' It causes fho pub-'aires of the poor. They are the re
lic to suspect unfitness. It. fills the creation and rest places of the cb.il
publlc with sufspicrion. of a narrowed i dren who do not know the bright
viewpoint In the appointee.
It is an unhappy time for
such
S,.?- I'?--!
ford resigned under fire. Archbald
Is' under impeachment. A federal
Judge in Georgia is accused. The
air Is thick,wlth. alleged taint oalhe
federal bench," It is bad for the
bench and bad for national Institu
tions.." v ", , ."' .
The senate should probe the Ilan
ford succession. If the president has
blundered, the senate should take
measures to remedy it. "
The ben'ch must-be kept clean. .
The country must be saved .from
Judges who are not of Judicial stapj
ure and not of Judicial mold.
TnE SCHWERIN CHARGE
M'
R. SCHWERIN charges that
thero were unnecessary red
tape customs exactions in the
handling of shipments from
the orient through Portland. lie
pays the lack, of accommodations
handicapped oriental business. He
sa"P"T,'eq"yirtiTHentrBo"ln'flexIM were
not made at other ports, and that
ti,e effect, was to drive business from
Portland.
Collector Malcolm enters a gen
eral nd specific denial. He asserts
,that othor or(g m not PXl)e(nte 0rt
ental shipments any more than was
dona at Portland. He says the de
partmental regulations that ho, fol
lowed were strictly followed else
where. Which Is correct? It is the word
of Mr, Schwerin against the word of
Collector Malcolm. There is no par
ticular motive for Mr. Schwerin to
misstate the case.
It. Is not a matter to forget. Port
land should know the exact facts.
It Is a case in which the exact facts
should be ascertained and disclosed.
They may bear very presslngly on
the oriental situation.
Even Mr. Schwerin may be partly
right. Collector Malcolm might be
unconsciously mistaken. Other col
lectors, having a due regard for the
welfare of their ports, may have
been wisely flexible In the interpret
ing of their instructions.
It is a matter that the Portland
Chamber of Commerce should inves-
itlgate. The inquiry should bo by an
expert.
A probing
can harm nobody.
More probing and more delving by
the chamber would help light up
many uncertain situations.
If Mr. Schwerin has told us truth,
or part truth, we want to know it.
If bo has told us either, we ought
to know It.
The fact remains that shipments
from the
orient, tnrougn roruana j
have disappeared. That much of '
what Mr. Schwerin says is true. It !
1b our business to know how much
else of what he says Is true?
OCEAX SAFETY
D
ANGERS from collision at sea
are discussed In a recent ar
ticle In the Independent.
A joint resolution lv con-
cress three days after the Titanic
disaster expressed the conviction
would follow from such a
confer-'
PnCp rathor than from the action of
any one parllamentarv bodv.
0n July 30 tnore fo!lowerl the
findings of the British commission
presided oyer by Lord Mersey, it
ia found that the lessons to be drawn
f,om tho Alexander resolution as
i uU on from t.ha llntmi rnmmlndnn
i,n ,w ,. a. i
"""" ... v.on,o. flr-Wun ,
raised.
The Titanic was navigated at un
questionably too high speed. New
international rules era that enhjoct.
,i,in. rt.u -h-.n. !
. , V "T
j ,.r M.an li llghta should bo made ob-
Ugatory. Is actively debater! by the
.,,.1 horitlen and will net ho Hotor. '
universallvthat ehall. gfvs each per- a 'mi yo, ftnd 0 .yo" menn t0
. . ... , v, ' tell your companions tiiat because he
son carried on shipboard a fiance for dors not happen to think as the Bull
life. Efficient watertight"Bllbdlvis-' Moose, or "Cod Knows" Taft, or W11
ioa into various compartments, both i B0,1 P"1"11 (thank God he docs , not,
t ransverse and longitudinal Is e-1 ZlttZ nn 'o"f 111 l
mantieri. I ndottiitetiiy the confer
ence win lean to improvements In
i,nth
tnn
bulkhead and hull construe
Much can ami will be dono to
improve the conditions of labor at
pen. It will be made better paid
and proportionately more effective.
All the foregoing makes up a sad
commentary on the bent of human
nature to let things go, to bo con
tent wllh things as they are, and to
avoid radical and coaly Innovations,
even when human life is at stake on
the largest scale.
THE I KJHT PICTURES
Vf there Is no regulation to pre
vent display of fight pictures In
Portland, there ought to be.
If we have the Johnson-Flvnn
lights and upholstery of the rich
playhouses. They ar9 the resorts
fom, which poverty is pot , barred
and to which the great maesei go in
battalions, regiments and brigades.
Is It not tremendously important, is
it not a sociological necessity that
only elevating and educative enter
tainment should be given at these
show places. -
, When so many other cities have
barred ; fight pictures; it will be
strange for Portland," one of -the
greatest home .. cities ' la . the
world, not to doso. TJ would-be
strange for this beautiful Portland
to harbor In "one ofritsT show "places",
the pictured reproduction of a fight,
a fight that could not take place
here because the laws of Oregon
forbid. '
Letters From tte People
(Communications sent to The Journal
for publication In this department
should ba written on only one side or
the paper, should not exceed 300 worda
In length and must be accompanied by
the name and address or the sender.- it
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Loan Shark and Other Evils.
Portland, Or.. Aug. 19. To the Editor
of The Journal Anyone who has had
the misfortune to fall a victim to "loan
sharks" knows that the grand Jury in
vestigation to Portland last spring was
a humbug all the way through. In bo
far as the Investigation wns meant to
bring about changes that would protect
those who are employed by the, city of
Portland? It was a farce.
Whenever conditions become no nad
that they must be Investigated, those
whom the taxpayers have elected to en
act Just ordinances, hasten to evade the
responsibility by putting matters Into
the hands of grand Juries, a proceeding
that has usually only one feature an
additional expense to taxpayers.
Is It reusonable to suppose that many
who are employed by the city of Port
land love the loan sharks so well that
tliey borrow money on what they have
coming from the city simply as nn ex
cuse to give away a great portion of
their meager wages? If It Is not reason
able to suppose such a thing, and we
are forced to acknowledge that those
who borrow money on their wages arc
compelled to do so In order to live
until their remittances have arrived
after a long Journey, wfllch Is the more
unjust the city's slow way of doing
business or the loan shark s unreason
able rates of Interest? Which Is the
better, to die of starvation waiting for
$50, or to accept $30, or even $10, and
he able to live for the present? Those
who know least of a subject usually are
moat ready with a positive opinion, and
what I have said here will probably be
regarded as eheer nonsense by many,
but If this letter were not too long
already I would relate an Incident in
my own experience that would clearly
show how unjust and unbusinesslike
some of the city's methods are. The
problem is quite simple, but our coun
cilmen are unable to solve It.
To relieve the situation City Auditor
Barbour and some of his strenuous (!)
coworkers have received due laudation
th,.v -favor" a semi-monthly
payment of city employes. Indeed, it
Is strange how many things we 'favor"
when we come to tninK or n; anu wnc
such notables as H. II. Barbour an .
others of a somewhat Flmllar caliber
"favor" something It ought to help
some.
If a lot of red tape were cut out.
many who are forced to deal with the
people of Portland through the city hall
would be saved many Inconvenience.
A RKRSCKIUKR,
To the Defense of Debs.
Portland, Or., Aug. 20. To the I-Mltor
of The Journal "Union Man," who cen
sures EtiKene V. Debs In Sunday's Jour
nal, seeing to be a very narrow minded
union man. Debs Is not coming here
nB an organizer of labor unions, any
more than Theodore Roosevelt or Presi
dent Taft or Woodrow Wliaun, wwe
they Invited to speak. He comes as a
presidential candidate of the Socialist
party, whose committee has dated him
here on September 2. Mr. Debs has been
a union man many years and Joined his
first local In 1975, according to Allen
C. Benson In Pearson's Magazine. Ho
organized the Brotherhood of Railway
Brakcmen, the Brotherhood of Railway
Carmen, the Order of Railway Tele-
graphers and the Switchmen's Mutual
Aid association. I presume tliese rail
w organizations are affiliated
way orRanizattons are arr.liiated with
the A. U. of I. Pebs has filled nil the
offices In the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen. When he began organis
ing for the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, says Benson, "there were only
60 lodges and the order was J6000 In
debt. Within a few months he had
added 22G lodges and wiped out all of
the debt and put a balance Into the
treasury." Dobs also organized the
'American Railway union:
Kvery union man who. hae any idea
that Debs is not a fit man to speak to
union labor on Labor day should refad
Allen O, Benson's bloirraphy of Debs
and what he has don for labor all hla
life and Is still doing. Do you suppose
Taft, Wilson or "Me" would be of the
"caliber" to talk to Hihorlng men's
unions? They never have soiled thdr
hands with the oil can. the coal shovel
or anv other thing that means useful
hard lal'or- Taft has held some office
aii his life, ditto, "Me.- Wilson's
Place as an educator has never led him
tl) to11 wlth his hands. His brain has
the laboring class?
Ills political enemies love him (thev
suv bo), wiiere he lives. I quote from
John Mitchell: "I submit tiiat ho
I should not be judged by his mlstak.-s,
hut by the good he has done." Union
men, you should read up on Debs' life
atet'"Work, then perhaps you will know
of what "caliber" he Is. Socialists do
not judge a man by his religion or tho
church he belongs to, but by his char
acter and work. SOCIALIST.
No Quarter.
- Portland, Aug. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal There are apparently quite
a number of ways by which to promote
"the advance of civilization" that eo
many sentimentalists are talking about;
but out of them all, there, is only, one
sure and certain way. Some people. In
their infantile ignorance of the fact that
a dog can only produco a dog, seem to
think that leniency towards convicted
criminals Is the means by which ths
much , desired end can best be accom
plished, while many are equally per
suaded that an enforced respect for the
law and for the lives and property of
others "is Infinitely better. The utter
lawlessness of ths present time here in
Oregon, calls loudly for a Draco In
place 'of ft Wells. W'by Is It that tho
state of Oregon Is In a more demor
alized condition now than ever before
In Its history? Because the thus,
thieves nnd ruffians of every descrip
tion " (who can only reproduce their
Ju;, Kliur.-to
kind), have perfect faith that the rl-
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE '
' Bummer and the moon cams back.
Colonel Wattcrson Is nearly . happy
again. -
:
Portland has no occasion to love-
Schwerin. . - - - - ' -
Hurrah for Chrlstofferpon: may he
never raitr r '
Movinar picture rooms ire better Places
than saloons. .
. e .
Consolidation and 'eo-oneratlon icav
be overdone.
Is Portland to become, or remain, a
shut-outjtown? t
Don't believe most feeoole are very
bad; they're not.
Itev. Mr.' Mr. Rrotijrher knows the beet
place for a vacation.
It tike more than a few August
showers to ruin Oregon crops.
Oroco deserves peace, of the most
complete and permanent kind.
What! can't a new town be wild and
wooly If It wants to? It seems net.
Few people do as much, or as well
as they might, and really work no hard,
er.
Borne sheriffs and mayors doubtless
regard the governor as a malapropos
butter-In.
Last month Portland had the Elks.
September 11 it will Klve the Bull Moos
ers the right of way.
A doctor who never asked a fee Is to
have n era vestone. But there endure
an Infinitely better If Invisible monu
ment to his memory.
La Follette whacks all three parties,
platforms and candidates though Roose
velt especially; but he persists In pro
fessing to he a Republican. But if he
Is. aro Taft and Roopovelt Republicans?
V. P. .Tlmmr Rherman has been noti
fied. Tills fossilized standpatter should
not be forscotten. If the Republican
ticket phould win, he might be prenl
dent. That one fiict should bury that
ticket "a thousand fathoms deep."
SEVEN ODD SECTS
Quietism.
Quletlsm, In the broadest sense, 1s
the doctrine which declares that man's
highest perfection consists in a sort of
physical self-annihilation and a con
sequent absorption of the soul Into the
Divine. Essence even during the present
life. In the strictest acceptance of the
term Quietism is the doctrine put forth
and defended In the seventeenth cen
tury by Mollnos and Petruccl. Out of
their teaching dedoped the less radical
form known s Femlquletism, whose
principal advocates were Fenelon and
Madame Ouyon.
Tho Hesychasts. or Quletlsts of
Mount Athos In the fourteenth cen
tury, seem to have been fanatics of on
extreme type. They Imagined that, by
a process of profound contemplation,
tliey could discern Internally the light
the Divine Presence the glory of
'e very same which was disclosed
to the Apostles on the Mount of Trans
figuration. Hence they were also called
Thaboritcs. The soul of which this
privilege was vouchsafed had no need
to practise any of the eternal acts or
rites of religion.
The theory of abstract contempla
tion which the extraordinary fruits sup
posed to bo derived from It. traveled In
due course in the west and there gave,
birth to tho far-famed school of the
Mystics fif which there were various
ramifications.
The earliest exponent of the system
In France was John Scot us Erigena, the
contemporary and friend of Charles the
Bald. Krigena Incurred the censures
of the Holy See; but the result of Ills
teachings was permanent. The Mystics
as some style them, attended a position
of high renown and Influence at Paris
toward the close of the twelfth century.
Here two of the ablest expositors of
learning of the middle age, Hugh and
Richard of St. Victor, Initiated crowds
of ardent disciples Into the mysteries
of the via Interna and of pure love that
marvelous quality by which the soul,
sublimed and et heriallzed, ascends into
the very present, chunibor of the king
of kings. The path thus traced was
trodden by many who were to take rank
prime cause of the present state of af
fairs, will furnish them a loophole
through which to escape their Just de
serts. Things have come to such a pass
that there is In the air a -feeling that
unless they Improve very shortly a re
turn to the old time necktlo parties will
ba ta.lu.a into cotiBidoraUoa. But for
the said "parties," arranged and con
ducted by the vigilance committees of
the past, even the questionable state of
civilization under which we are living
today would have been Impossible, and
the ruffians who flocked from all parts
of the earth would be holding full sway.
The very people who are talking so
loudly and, as they Imagine, wisely,
about brotherly love, etc., would take
an entirely different stand If one of
their own dear ones chance to be tho
victim of murder or outrage. Any wo
man possessed of any womanly feeling
whose baby had been ruthlessly slain, as
babies have been only recently, or any
man bereft by like moffns of the wife
Of his heart, would naturally and prop
erly demand that tho law. even In its
most drastic form, be put into effect
Voters of Oregon, pen to It that at tho
coming election, capital punishment for
convicted murderers remains on tho
statutes, lest worse befall; sr, if men,
that are men, aro forced to take the law
into their own hands because tho law
itself has failed them, be very sure that
adequate punislhment will be meted out
thovo'iirhlv and well, the governor and
bin militia to the contrary notwlth
lng. A. B. B.
The Tariff.
Astoria, Oh, Aug. 20. To the Editor
of The Journal According to Wall
street statistic American tourists have
spent In Europe over $800,000,000 the
past year. These tourists are largely
of the Idle rich, who have become doK
lar lords through special privileges le
galized by the trust fostering protec
tive tariff. This vast sum would buy,
build and fortify the Panama canal and
leave enough to. hvti'ld and equip six
dreadnoughts. It woulrt bulld and equip
a standard gauge transcontinental rail
way. It would give every state In tho
union $12,000,000 for permanent roads.
It amounts to about half jthe entire rev
enues of the federal government. Yet,
all these trust made American dollars'
are spent in foreign lands, among for
eigners who likewise enjoy the low
prices at which American trust made,
goods are sold abroad. What kind of a
fool should a man be called Who will ar
gue that ft protective tariff keeps our
money at home? NELSON PETERSON.
Why Crime Increases.
North Portland, Or., Aug. 20. To the
Editor of The Journal A few evenings
ago in your paper was a piece headed
"Chief of Police Alarmed at the Increase
of Crime; Half the Force Ordered to
Reptfrt In Plain Clothes." 8ur, ctime
NEWS IN BRIEF
' PRECOX SIDELIGHTS
Baker Democrat: The dry farmers; of
Baker county will be In the running
thlg fall when they turn their grain into
market. Theirs la a crop that Is a
wonder this year.
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-Dnfur-Dispatch. Quoting from files
bf August 13, 1897 The top price for
steers at Portland Is 12.75: -h"" 9Vi
mutton, $2.25. Practically- nil the -wool
In the country has been sold, 10 cents
being the average price, '.""'T
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Hlllsbora Argus: Contractor 'Wil
liam Foster expecU to have the court
house annex building completed some
time during September, and at the lat
est by October 1. He la now having the
face' brick and terra cotta laid, and
the exterior walls, will present a beau
tiful external. .
Joseph Herald; A score or more of
our people drove over to Sled Springs,
$5 miles north of here, within the last
week and brought home more huckle
berries than a mule could haul on a
level floor. That Is the greatest huckle
berry belt on earth..
Eugene Guard: New , arrivals In
western Oregon are wondering If ' the
weather every summer Is like that
which has prevailed here this summer.
For their Information we will state
that between Jdne 15 and September 15
there Is seldom anv rain, and Irrigation
would be a godsend.
'
Sheridan Sun: Next year will be one
of Sheridan's beat: then will follow
the fruit year, in which many hundreds
of acres of orchards will first coma into
bearing and the fruit Industry will con
tinue to develoo from then on until
Yamhill and Polk counties will be the
fruit and nut centers of Oregon.
Toledo Leader: The big cable for the
Mutual Telephone company has been
put In place under the bay Just above
Newport. The cable Is 2000 feet long
nnd weighs 5500 pounds. Tt will put
Waldport, Yachats, Alsea and the entire
southern end In touch with the whole
of the northern end of the county.
Eugene Guard: Thirteen years aeo
ttits month, most of the wheat In the
Willamette valley was ruined by Just
such a rain sfl this one. The ruin fell
almost continuously for over a week
Just before threshing time, causing
much of the grain to sprout In the
shock. It Is only onee in a long time
that such conditions exist here.
eventually as the most perfect masters
of spiritual science, among whom were
the venerated names of Thomas a'Kemp
1m. St. Bonavonture, John Tattler, of
Strasburg, Gerson and St. Vincent Fer
r'ter. 1
A revival of the Quietists took place
In Spain about the year 1675 when
Michel de Mollnos, a priest of the
diocese of Saragossa, published the
treaties called "The Spiritual Guide."
His leading principle, like that of his
multifarious predecessors, was that of
habitual abstraction of the mind from
sensible objects with a view to gain, by
passive contemplation not only a pro
found realization of God's presence, but
so perfect a communion w ith . Him as
to end In absorption into his essence.
Persons of the highest distinction
Cardinals, Inquisitors, nay even Pope
Innocent himself were suspected oY
sharing these dangerous opinions. Mo
linos was arrested and imprisoned, and
In due time the Inquisition condemned
08 propositions from bis sentence which
wag confirmed by a Papal bull lu Aug
ust 16S7. Having undergone public pen
ance, Mollnos was admitted to absolu
tion, after which, in merciful consider
ation ef his submission and repentance,
ha was consigned for the rest of
his days, to the dungeons of tho Holy
office. Here he died In November, 1692.
The principles of Quietism had be
come so deeply rooted that they were
not to be soon dislodged whether by the
terrors of the Inquisition or by the well
merited denunciations of the Vatican.
The system wns Irresistibly fascinating
to minds of a certain order. Among
those who weig dazzled by It was the
celebrated Jeanifa Marie De la Motte
Guyon, whose ardent propagation of her
mystic theology In the court circles of
France, where Fenelon, Madame de
Malntenon and other Important person
ages were greatly Influenced, gave rise
to bitter controversion and agitations.
In the end Madame (iuyon was silenced
and irrfprlaoucd and Felenon was sub
jected to humiliating papal censures.
Tomorrow Bablsts.
Is on the Increase and it Is not to he
wondered at. Crime will likely Increase
now that criminals have nothing to
fear. It Is due to two things:
First The very unwise policy of
Governor West in commuting and pa
roling criminals Instead of letting them
got Umir Just diatru a. prescribed by
law.
Second The Journal's pet measure In
having an ordinance panned disarming
all reputable citizens, so that thugs and
ruffians have nothing now to fear.
They've always gone armed' and always
will and if caught red handed the pa
role system gives them a chance to go
and do likewise again, so they have
nothing to fear, even though caught.
W. J. Garrison's letter from McMlnn
vllle In last night's paper has the right
tone and covers the matter thoroughly
and If the voters will only vote as they
should we'll have less crime or at least
have less criminals. Try petting a
dog when he kills your sheep, and see
If It stops him. W. J. JOHNSON. '
Teddy As a Progressive.
Portland, Aug. 20, 1912. To the Edi
tor of .The Journal Mr. Roosevelt states
he has taken the best of Mr. Bryan's
and Mr. La Follette's progresslveness
for his own platform. When I was a
boy I once read in a book, "It is. not
what cometh from the mouth, but'from
the heart, that defiles." Another pas
sage was, ''Ye rannot serve two mas
ters." When Roosevelt comes before the
people In this campaign I hop? he may
look at his audience for this sign. This
has been Mr; Bryan's success in three
defeats for the presidency, that the peo
ple know he was sincere. I remember
my first introduction. After one glance
of Mr. Bryan's eyes I felt I was not
so big as I hac. thought myself before.
Tho sacrifice he made at Baltimore will
carry him through history as one of the
greatest of men who loved his country
greater than the presidency.
Had Mr. Roosevelt, when he saw the
people wold have no third term, thrown
his Influence to Da Follette or Cum
mins, we should now have a true progres
sive In either party, but his egotism and
hatred of La Follette made hlnvshow his
true character. L. C. UNGER
May Turn tho Candidate's Head.
From the Knickerbocker Presa.
Governor Dig saya Governor Wilson's
acceptance speech Is scholarly and In
dicates that Mr. Wilson has a clear
grasp of publlo questions. Such high
pralsa from so eminent an authority
upon statesmftnsihp may turn Governor
Wilson's head.
A Prodigy.
From tho Cincinnati Enqijlrer.
Qabs -Has Jones, a good "memory?
Stsve Should say he has Why, he
can name yon the last six vies presi
dents of "the T7ntt! state. '
Tke Moral Aspects
of Protection
,' By, Rabbi Rudolph I. Coffee, lh.D
.:.;;:;V' r, Pittsburg, Pa. I
in ths approaching presidential cam
palgn, the chief toplo under discussion
will be ths-tariff question.. Many pert
sons will discuss the material advant
ages and disadvantages of the tariff!
we shall confine ourselves wholly to the
moral aspects o i tariff for protection!
The argument for a protective tariff,
on s certain commodity is to enable thf
producer-to compete successfully wltl
foreign Importers. Thusr thousands of
laborers obtain work, and the mill sup
ply finds a ready market. On analysis
the argument breaks down. It Is unjust
Our government promises equal rlghtfj
to all, yet here the privileges of a smal
minority of capitalists receive speclaJ
consideration.' As their dividends lnj
crease, and the cost of living soaravJthd
unless the labor union can strike suc
cessfully. 1
This asking for special privilege from
the government la absolutely unjustlfl
able. Many commodities are produced
more successfully abroad than here
and the putting on of a tariff merely
means that the price is so much bighe
for the genuine article, and almost Sil
high for some inferior Amerlcan-inad
article. Some few stockholders ard
helped and 90,000,00-0 people find thel
clothing and grocery bills higher than
ever, If it be replied that thousand.
of Workmen are set to work in busd
factories, we agree, but at starvation
wages. Men who are willing to taktl
all they can through the government
aid, give 'as little us they can to pa
their help. The tariff on steel sen
dividends soaring up, and made man
Pennsylvania millionaires, but the arm
of day laborers continued to recelvd
$1.A5 each day after 12 hours Inhuman
toll, and seven days every week. Howl
the protective tariff does not benefi
working pcople Is seen In the late Mas
sachusetts strike. Wages which nq
man could live on properly were paid b
capitalists, who always had money tt
donate to charitable societies, but nom
to pay a living wage to hard worker!
laborers. The protective tariff puts fl
business on a false basis. The duty ma!
be raised or, lowered by legislation
therefore a sense of insecurity pervaded
the business. Nature puts a child on hid
feet as soon as he can stand, but thlt
protective tariff, originally Intended trl
start and protect an Infant Industry
has never been relinquished, though thlfl
Infant is now well nigh en to a cen
tury old.
Protection reverses the law of free
dom and progress, therefore It cannot bJ
Just. Formerly, religion was the sw
preme concern of the state. Either yot
agreed or suffered martyrdom. Outs
forefathers fought for liberty of con
science, and now we worship and pray
as we choose. Likewise, political free
dom was denied the masses, who were.
not thought wise enough to know thelii
own needs. Our ancestors successfully!
attacked the classes, and today every
citizen shares the privileges of govern-i
ment. Again, Industrial slavery ruled
the world for centuries, but riow, that
the Civil war has ended this doctrine
the south finds greater prosperity thar.
ever before. Freedom of the presa, of
the person, every form of freedom haf
been won for mankind. There merely
remains the freedom of commerce, tq
purchase wherever one wishes without
restrictions of an arbitrary kind. A
all other forms of freedom have eotnc
to mankind, so will this In due time
The constitution prohibit a tariff be
tween states, next let us prohibit one
between this and a sister nation.
Protection la opposed to the spirit ofj
true religion. Moses and Jesus both!
emphasized the lesson of brotherly love.
Our country practises that law, as Cubs
the Philippines, and the "open door" InJ
China will testify. America Is mindful
of tho words of the prophet. "Have we
not one Father, did not the same God
create us?" We sent our publlo school
teachers to Instruct the Filipinos, fur-;
nlshed them With expert officials Xo
prepare them for future citizenship,
hut when they send to our shores the
very articles our missionaries have
taught them to produce, America raises
a high tariff wall to exclude them. Wfe
show our lack of brotherly love by llm-l
lting the entrance to our shores free of
duty of merely 150,000,000 olgars.
mere fraction of the' whole output, and
not enough to satisfy the needs of
America for a single week.
The message, of the twentieth century
Is peace. Wo have our Hague tribunal
to avert war, and preach that the law
of brother love is not only national but
also International. We show our love of
the heather! by offering him our Bible,
and then play the hypocrite by denying
his products fair competition In our;
markets. We send our college profes
sors and ambassadors to bear the olive
branch of friendship to Europe, and
then impose an unreasonable tariff oh
imported necessities, even wnen Amer
lea cannot produce them.
The protective tariff lives a false
hood. It permits American producers to
charge higher prices In America thai
in Europe, though freight be added, foil
the very same article. An America
watch, purchased in England anb?
brought back here free of duty (for
American wares come In free) sells at
a lower figure than tho regular mar
ket price. This Is possible because the
American tariff 1s built on false stand
ards, not on the natural value of supply
and demand. The making of tariff rates
has always been accompanied by unholy
scandals. Selfish greed dictates many
of the rates, not disinterested and loyal.
patriotism.
From the moral point of view, the
protective tariff violates every canon of
Justice. But, wo are forever told, It
starts the wheels of Industry and pro
motes progress. This Is but seeming
progress, not the healthy growth of
sound, vigorous manhood. When a fac
tory enters a new locality, ln'arlably the
charity society follows soon after to
repair the damage done. In part, by the
mill and Its system. The capitalists
will support tho charity organization
out of their dividends. If these mills
paid a living wage to the employes,
there would be no need of charity. Let
all industries have fair play, but we
should not subsidize a few owners at
the expense of the entire American n.
tlpn.
Pointed Paragraphs
Modern young men court In haste and
repent at leisure.
About the only thing father gets on
his birthday is a lemon. (
Better a pavement made of good In
tentions than no pavement at all.
Some girls are given away in mar
riage and some throw themselves away.
It takes more than a fur-llned over
coat to protect a would-be actor from
the frost.
If a man's backbone Is weak he wilb
never occupy a front seat in ths hall
of fame. .' .
'
A man has no use for a woman who
attempt to oonvlnce him that fcajia'
wrong ana succeeds in doing n. "