THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1812.
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feblr that pmi Jn the night,
' . ' and speak each other in
parsing, .
' Only a signal shown and a ais-
tant voice in the darkness:,
80 on the ocean of life wo paes
and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice, then
v darkness again, and a el
' lence. '
, ' ' Longfellow.
CAN WE AFFORD IT?
G AN Portland afford to have the
. independent boats bf the Open
? River. Transportation lines
,- : withdrawn? '
" , Can the communities along the Co
lumbia river afford it?
Can Lewiston, The Dalles and the
many other points to which the in
dependent boats have brought lower
rates, afford It?
. Can the great Columbia river basin
afford to have the news go broad
cast that, It will not give sufficient
tonnage to sustain a line of inde
pendent and competing boats? n
' What kind of news is it to go
abroad that a competing transporta
tion line through a splendid region
, muBt be withdrawn, because suf
ficient patronage will not be given
to allow it to exist? .
" Portland spent $125,000 to secure
tfle'- Elks' convention for one week.
Nobody questions the advisability of
the investment,
-U-f. Portland, spent $45,000 for Rose
Festival- week. Nobody questions
th, advisability of that investment.
t Portland spenda. thousands cf dol
liri for various conventions, mainly
f( r : advertising purposes. Nobody
dfcubts the wisdom of tfiat pojlcy.
Portland spendB tens of thousands
8 mually In circulating advertising
if erature through the vast. Nobody
q leetions the wisdom of that plan.
Is it then, not an absurdity that a
b iat line which hag brought friends,
? ayproTrriattonr,-' improvementB " and"
prestige to the Columbia river
; afoul d not be sustained?
iWIth the open' river line wlth-
' djfawa, what arguments will repre
sentatives at Washington have for
pishing the 'claims for appropria
' tin for the Improvement of the up
per ; Columbia? When a cpngres
cftmal committee,, having such ap-
' pjopriatlons under consideration
: aiks for a showing as to the traffic
e the upiiefc river, what answer can
tljen be made?
, - ;There Is a portage roaa at Celllo.
ith the open river line withdrawn,
hew can the state legislature ba in
voiced, to appropriate money for
- ufalntaining the portage road for the
nfxt two years?
lit cannot be done, and for two
Tfara the portage road, which is the
connecting link between the upper
aid lower river boats will be par
a yied. That will be notice to the
n ilroads, that for two years to come
Z competing boat lines can be op--e
ated on the upper Columbia.
ta What will the railroads do then
kt raise rates to the old figures?
VI hat wlll shippers of the Columbia
rfyer basin do then, for the lower
rtes the open river line has brought
-iCan Portland afford It?
tCan.the people of the Columbia
'ti'ver basin afford it?
AUSTRALIAN HARVESTERS
WHEAT growers in eastern Ore
gon might like to know of a
harvester recently invented
by -H. V, McKay of Mel
bourne, Australia, and manufactured
-there on a large scale.
The machine is very simple In con
1 struction. it is operated by one man
Wlth four horses. It cuts the heads
i off the grain in passing through a
iCOmb, They fall into an elevator,
which carries them Into the thresh
,Jng drum, thence the grain passes
linto a riddle and then to a winnow-
lng fan
It then enters a revolving
jsteel cylinder which carries it over wield Is enormous,
'nine feet of slotted surface before it ! The Idea is opposed bitterly by Mr.
'escapes- Thus the broken grain and j Debs and the Socialist party, and
jamall seeds are separated from the : strongly by Governor Vllsou and the
plump wheat, which is delivered inti) ' framers of the platform on which
large grain box. Thence it is j he is running.
acked as the slide door is opened Let us see. The foundation of the
.by a lever in the operator's hand, I interstate commerce commission was
,and the sacked grain is deposited, j that the railroads of the country
ready to be earriedto the warehouse, i were in absolute control and owijer
- jThef American consul says in-, bis ! ship of public monopolies of public
et report ; from Newcastle, Australia,! utilities. Railroads are, lu essence
" tht J50Q, machines were exported to j highroads, the property of the com
iBpllth America last year, and that the! munity. These roads were handed
veqtpr Is now In St. Petersburg 'over by the people to the corpora
J arranging for its sale for use fn the :tions, with overwhelming posslbili
Steppe provinces. Our friends, the ties of profit making, bet ;ause only
? harvester trust, have, it Is commonly by that corporate construction and
known, a very large trade, both in 'operation could facilities or passage
j South America and in Russia. The and transportation between places In
' Australian inventor claims for his this country be provided in exchange
. harvester and thresher a saving of . for that cession of public rights.
: '7f per cent over the cost In those! Tho interstate commerce commis
5 Cduntrte Of cutting and threshing by ! Bion was an agency established by
i existing machines. In Russia par-! the people to provide two things,
tlcalarly, it is said, that much loss.j These were that the people should be
delay, and annoyance Is now experi- supported in their full rights to pas
meed Jn gettinr the thresher and Its sage and transportation, on just and
crowd to the farmer' home. reasonable payment, and that the
Jtrltt)-lnteTe8tTB g to Observe corpor atlonr should "be" 8e'cure4Tra
the results in those countries where
the old and. the new harvesting sys
tem! meet, each with a fair field and
no favor.
WHICH WOULD REGULATE?
A
T St. Louis, Mr. Roosevelt said
Woodrow Wilson offers no
remedy for control of trusts.
i refused campaign contributions from
WU street so he can Jail krust mag-
mmes woo violate me criminal sec
Itlon of the Sherman law. It is the
La Follette plan and the Bryan plan.
It is because of Wihon's plaff of
dealing with the trusts that The
Journal Is asking fos the clean dol
lars and half dollars of plain Ameri
cans for Woodrow Wilson's cam
paign. It is the plan to keep crooked
business from having stringB on the
White House.
It is a plan to Jail a trust magnate
every! time he tries to monopolize a
market or fix a price. It Is the
plan the trusts do not want.
It is Mr. Roosevelt who has no
fit plan. He advocates the George
W. Perkins plan of legalizing the
trusts and regulating thom by a com
mission. It is the plan proposed by
Judge Gary of the steel trust and fa
vorod by the harvester trust, the conl
trust, the paper trust, the lead truBt,
the fuel trust, t ho beef trust, the
sugar trust, the coffee 1 trust, the
twine truBt, , the needle trust, the
bread trust, the furniture trust, the
thread trust, the coffin trust, and all
the other trusts.
It Is a plan for the trusts to regu
late the government rather than for
the government to regulate the
truets. Else why are the trusts all
for it?
Even If Mr. Roosevelt should be
elected no congress would authorize
his plan. He couldn't get a congress
in four years to do It, if ever. His
election would absolutely paralyze
every effort at trust regulation, for
he opposes the Sherman law and
won't enforce it.
With Mr. Roosevelt's election there
would be four years of nonregula
tlon of the trusts and there would be
demand at the end of his term for
his election to a fourth term in or
der that he might carry cn his trust
plan.
GOOD ROADS CONGRESS
r
N Atlantic City, N. J., the Ameri
can Road Congress Is to be held
between September 30 and Octo
ber 5. The enthusiasm that has
been roused In the agitation for good
roads in every state In the Union will
then culminate In one great blaze of
oratory and resolutions.
"The whole subject is so big," says
the secretary, Mr. Pennypacker, "that
It will be treated in sections at this
congress." Good roads gospel is to
bo preached from the legislative, ad
ministrative, financial and educa
tional sides.
The texts will be these: It is es
timated by the good roads experts
that if 20 per cent or thereabouts
of the roads of the country were
thoroughly improved, at least $250,-
000,000 would be saved In the an
nual cost of hauling only. That
means that 50,000 miles of road
would be improved, at a cost of
$5000 a mile. In five years at this
rate 250,000 miles would be Im
proved, and then the 20 per cent of
improved roads would be realized.
At the present time little over 8
per cent of the public highways are
said to be of the improved type.
Again, another set of facts is that
there are more than 23,000,000 farm
horses and mules in the United
States, valued at $2,700,000,000,
that there are 1,500,000 horse-drawn 1
vehicles, valued at $83,000,000, and
more than 450,000 automobiles,
valued at about , $500,000,000. De
preciation caused to these various
classes of property amually by bad
roads is estimated at 5 per cent, or
$164,000,000. Is not that great sum
worth saving, as an addition to the
extra cost of hauling?
The office of the congress Is to
condense and solidify the good ronds
impulse In every state into one irre
sistible movement-
A FEW PLAIN U'OltDH
M'
R. ROOSEVELT advocates, and
may be expected to easineer
if the power falls into his
hands, the early Institution of
a public commission to regulate
trusts and big business gfiiorally on
similar lines to those followed by the
Interstate commerce commission. '
In that intention be lias the fol
lowing of Mr. Perkins. Judge t'.ary,
Mr. McCormlck. and their like, itnd
i the power and influence he and they
Just and reasonable return of profit
on the money they had provided to
create these facilities. u
The public ownership of tire utili
ties which they entrusted to the cor
porations to develop underlaid the
entire proposition.
. Monopolies were involved, and as
sented to on terms stated by and for
the public; ,
How about the. Roosevelt propo
sition? By gradual encroachments
and extensions private business in
many directions, has grown to a point
unforeseen, based on no public priv
ileges or utilities, and its growth has
not been predicated on and does not
Involve, of necessity, any monopoly
at all. Such advancements and en
croachments have how expanded to a
point where monopoly has been cre
ated, without any public grant or ces
sion, and for the private benefit sole
ly of thQ astute men who have thus
trespassed on public rights of free
Industry and commerce.
The predominance of these actual
or possible monopolies presses hard
ly In many directions. Struggling
competitors are ruined, are driven
out of business, or are absorbed by
these huge aggregations of capital
and Influence. National interests
are in conflict with the private gen
tlemen's agreements of the combi
nations dominating both home and
foreign markets. The worker is at
the mercy of a power too great to
fight, too wealthy to ignore.
Are the people, the community,
now to "regulate," to confirm, to
regularize the position of these tres
passers on both public and private
rights? That is what the Roosevelt,
Perkins, Gary, proposition of a pub
lic commission involves. And with
It goes the voluntary grant by the
public of the right, through their
own commission, to. a "Just and rea
sonable" return, on whatever capital
these tresspassing trusts have chosen
to invest In these fields of their own
selection. Is this proposition fair,
right find just?
Is It logical In the light of facts?
WHY WE KILL
THREE men fought a gun duel
in Idaho Tuesday, because of
difference over where certain
horses Were to range.
Every day we read of men killing
each other because, In business or
industry they refuse to do what
somebody else wants them to do.
The McNamaras blew up 21 people
in a building because the Los Angeles
Times followed a course objectiona
ble to them.
What can we expect when the en
forcement or non-enforcement of
law becomes a mere matter of of
ficial caprice? What can we expect
when a law Is not a law, except as
an official sees fit to regard it as
a law and enforce It? What can we
expect when, from the White
House down to the constable's office,
government is by officials and not
by law?
The whole trend of the times, Is
disrespect for the sovereignly of law,
and in widespread public encourage
ment or every man to take the law
in his own hands.
That Is why we go armed. It Is
why wo kill. It Is one of the chief
reasons why "the system" of barri
caded and capitalized vice, with Its
backing of influential hlpher-ups, Is
able to flourish In every city.
It is because almost every official
arrogates to himself the powers of
the state, the people, the legislature,
the courts and the constitution.
IX THE DAY'S NEWS
THE United States government
has begun a vice crusade in
Chicago and the forces of the
immigration bureau and the
department of justice have joined
in the work of cleansing the city of
the foreign element in disorderly re
sorts. Under an act of congress re
quiring the registration of all alien
women In resorts who have not been
In the country more than three years
the government officials will plan to
make many" raids and arrest keepers
of resorts.
- Searching along the trail of police
blackmail that led upto the murder
of the gambler. Herman Rosenthal
in New York city, District Attorney
Whitman now reports a form of so
cial evil from which colossal graft
is yielded. This blackmail, was ob
tained from a dozen disreputable
houses, each of which, paid from
$1500 to $2000 a month for police
protection to the Inspectors In whose
districts they are situated.
Thes houses were expensively fur
nished and decorated. Only the pro
prietor ant) a few servants lived Jn
thom. Callers were shown a list of
names of pirls who could be called
upon to come to the house when
wanted. Opposite the- names of these
girls were their apes and the district
attorney's lists show that '.the ages
of those girls range anywhere from
1 5 to 1 K years.
Such is "the system." It Is money
for the rent takers, money for the
immunity giver, money for "influen
tial citizens," money for higher-up
profit sharers, money, money, money.
WHY NOT?
IT is expected that the Broadway
bridge will be completed about
January 1.
Will the streets leading to it
be In condition for uso when the
bridge is opened? Or as in the case
of the new Harriman bridge, will
they be in a state of total unprepar
edness? The Investment in the Broadway
viaduct will be above $1,500,000.
As far as use by the public is con
cerned, will" It, on account of unfit
WKP&S!iJ??jyM?lIJlBiLllltlla
Investment for weeks and months
after completion of the structure?
Why not this once have a public
example of official efficiency?
In quoting and eulogizing Solomon
when . preaching against the social
evil, Dr. Brougher may have a'dded
somewhat to' bis high repute as a
pulpit humorist. The size of Solo
mon's harem Is a matter of Bible
record, and though he is reputed the
wisest man, he said in bis old age,
"All is vanity, and' vexation of
spirit." . ' -
Letters From tKer People
(Communications sent to The Journal
for publication in this department
should be written on only on side of
the paper, should not xcd 00 words
lu length and must be accompanied by
the name and address of the sender. If
the writer does notdestrt to have the
name published, he should so state.)
Woman Suffrage.
Portland, Or., fiept. 2. To the Editor
of The 'Journal. -As one of yout sub
scribers may I ask you and the reading
public what you thought of ths editorial
in Sunday's Oregonlan entitled "The
Eternal Feminine In Polltlcer At this
moment when the air la so full of vital
questions should a leading newspaper
have given: so much space to quite so
muoh drivel? The Oregonlan evidently
has no opinion of the intelligence of Its
readers, for it took about 1600 words to
try to express Just one idea. In college
an article of its nature would have been
termed by the .profeasot. as .'.'padded"
and dropped Into the waste basket. What
particular thought did the writer wish
to convey? If Dr. Chapman (no doubt
the author) had published the fact that
he believed in votes for women no one
could have objected to his expressing
his opinion. The right Is his but, has
he a right to Inflict an Intelligent pub
lic to the extent he did In yesterday's
Issue? If the equal suffragists feel that
they gain anything by the support of
such a man they are, mistaken. As an
onlooker 1 feel their attention should
hs drawn to the fact that every time
their cause is championed by this so
ciallstlo editorial writer of our morning
dally, or the second rate lawyers who
lately have rallied to their support, or
the reverend gentleman, who In a recent
Progressive rally, spoke of himself hs
an "Anarchist from' birth," their cause
is weakened.
The serious minded men of our state
realize more than0 ever that, on account
of this alliance the vote should be kept
out of the hands of the followers of
these dangerous promulgatlves of so
cialism it should be limited, not
augmented.
Do not the thinking women of Oregon
realize that this element Is not helping
them win tho vote for pure Jove of their
cause? If the vole Is won In Novem
ber these same will cry, "We helped
you win now we expect your loyal sup
port." In What? In bringing about a
state of life founded upon Socialism. A
government upturned, dissolved, anarchy.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Consistency.
St. Johns, Or.. Aug. 30. To the Edi
tor of The Journal, Consistency! No
fight pictures, but a plenty of the
Pendleton Round-up! Isn't it awful
that Pendleton Round-up? Isn't it
horrible, bloody, savage and ropetlant?
Tes, and Irresistible See the bull-dog-glng;
see the bucking; see that man
wrestling with a steer, We throws
him, turns his head sheer over, grHbs
him by the nose with his teeth, and
holds him. Selectable sight, isn't it?
Look at tho roping. Hteers, fine,
sleek creatures, lassoed, Jerked, snapped
high In th air by the practiced hand
of the cowboy, landing, unconscious
with the breath knocked out of them.
Isn't It grand! Isn't it edifying! (Isn't
It barbarous!)
An innocent steer, a toy in the hands
of man, a mouse in the paws of a
kitten! Not one steer, nor two steers,
nor 10 steers, but 20 or more steer.
buffeted, beaten, dragged till life it
self is almost spent, paying the penalty
of man's amusement.
Who can sny they enjoy It! Who can
say the wild horse enjoys his act in
the drama? Who caft say any of the
horses or animals enjoy their part in
the Pendleton Round-up?
Yet we oil go Hi Bee It! All flock
to see the Pendleton Hound-iip at the
moving picture shows.
And they relegate the fight pictures!
Why? Two men standing before you
In a ring- Fine of limb, strong of
muscle, lithe aTnd expert in the line
they have chosen. Well matched, equal
ly qualified and fighting because they
love to fight, mutually giving and re
ceiving the blows. No ong is drawn
Into it ugainst hi will. No one Is
getting hurt but the two Inside the
ring, and if they chance to receive some
injury they can quit.
The Pendleton Round-up the fight
pictures. Weigh them in the balance
MRS. H.
Mr. Merrick's Example.
Portland, Or., Sept. 5. To the Editor
of The Journal Written, Indelibly on
the sands of ttma is the forceful and
Inspiring message which has been left
to us by ihe passing of Postmaster Mer
rick. Like a passing glimpse some do
nut see or hear at all; others will think
deeply. Some will Judge differently,
but truly, tho words, "a success, " can
be written above his name, although
probably not so much In Caesar's coin,
but In the wealth of example he left
to posterity.
Think of a man In a strange city with
a few dollars rising in the span of
seven years to a high position of honor
and responsibility. Home willsay, "he
had a pull," but 1 choose to say a will,
perseverance and a high ideal truly,
the things that make success.
Now for a moment let us turn to the
ever evident street corner orator and
tlie cruwd that generally cheers him.
J.ook Into their minds and motives. Do
you find men of wills, of perseverance
and high resolves? My view Is In the
negative. It appears all get and no
give.
It may seem contradictory to say
give what you have and then receive,
but give first. Be unselfish. Many
who knew hi generosity and kindness
Will recognize that Mr. Merrick ac
quired 10s sucuess through giving the
best hp had in kindness, encouragement
and unselfish service to his fellow ma,n,
having faith In its manifold rewards.
May those who listen to speakers and
authors who prate on "our rights" and
"the art of getting something for noth
ing" please read tire biography of this
man. For of such men Is. the realiza
tion of good government.
EDWARD P. FRANSEN.
Muzzling the Dogs.
Portland. Or., Sept. l.--To the Editor
of The Journal I fully agree with ev
erything Harriet Oxer says In her Ut
ter about the muszllpg of dogs. 1 have
lived here for 23 yeara and have never
seen a mad dog or heard of a case of
rabies, except from some seeker after
notoriety who wishes to get up a fresh
scarce. Evidently tha season was dull
and this hydrophobia scare was better
than nothing. It, added to the muasling
ordinance, has at least helped to sell a
good many muzzles end of course the
proverb holds good, "You scratch my
back and I'll scratch yours."
t"-trare- paid fm a-dog - lteen - T0r
20 years, but shall not do so thla year,
COMMENT AND
...-.V. SMALL CHANGB
Oh. well, it has been worse in other
places. ... J "
.
Always hope for something better
hut work, too. .
People who go by the moon may not
be so foolish after all, .
Get ready to yell; the boss Bull
Moose .la hiking bttherward
'Maybe the Lord thought Oregon' was
becoming a little too prosperous.
c e " e - '
At least, nobody died of heat in Ore
gon, as some did In the middle west
t ," . '
My, what a crabbed lot of people
those home-coming vacationers are,
,
The more some people are punished
for their sins the wickeder they become,-
:.v. -.- -:- - -v--.- "
,
Man says that ir Taft can keep en
tirely mum urjtll election day he will
vote for him.
It aeems that the worst type of mur
derer Is seldom caught. The Humphreys
are an exception.
They may be wrong, but a great
many people don't believe in you, nor
believe you, Teddy.
Now thre will be 10,000 explana
tions. of the reasons why the election
went on It did In Vermont.
WW
' The weather bureau man has an eay
Job when' state fair week comes, yet
it must be disagreeable even to him.
-.
No, Mr. end Mrs. and Misses , New
comers. It never happened before, and
nrnKnhfv wnn't In un ecru ia 1 1 f .i 1 1 r n
again such a wet summer.
The greatest workers for Debs are
T -1 If .. T T . J .s ..!,..,. 1 1 . . .
J. I , iniM Hn.il, J-'. ivui.ivri truer nuu
other- great absorbers of wealtp created
v. . . ...if
It is not the easiest thing In the
world to look deceitfully cheerful when
one feels glum ana despondent. Yt
some People make u pretty good stag
ger at it.
t I '.HI 1 1,1 mm in L iif, ill v ia. nainaa ldiiii-
I.J urnim" mai tile iR,rii ,H.itn v-aiiiw in
direct answer t his prayers urging
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Impossible to prove positively that he
Is wrong.
SEVEN MEN
' Jonaa
Among the greatest of the world's
phllanthrbpigts, Jonas Hanway Is u
noted figure. During the years of his
activity every big enterprise for the
assistance of the poor or the relief of
humanity found him at the helm ready
to render any assistance necessary. He
wss?orn (n Portsmouth. England, In
171 2ir His father died when Jonas was
quite young, and at 17 lie was sent to
Lisbon to be apprenticed to a merchant,
where his close attention to business,
his punctuality and his strict honor and
Integrity, gained for him the rospect
and esteem of all who knew him.
Hnnway showod remarkable business
acumen and advanced himself rapidly
until ho was taken Into the firm and
was finally made a partner In an Eng
lish mercantile bouse at St. Petersburg
engaged in the Caspian. ..trade, then lu
Its infancy. He enlarged the business
to such an extent, introducing many
Innovations, that he soon found himself
a wealthy man.
In 1760 he returned to his native
country and resolved to dV.ti the rest
of his life to deeds of active benevo
lence. One of the first public Improve
ments to whleh he devoted himself was
that of-the highways of the metropolis.
In 1769 he established the Marine so
ciety, an institution which has proved
of much national advantage.
He next started tin improving and
establishing of important public Institu
tions In London. From an early period
he took an active interest in the Found
ling hospital. The Magdalen hospital
was established In a great measure
through his exertions. But his most
laborious and persevering efforts were
In behalf of the children of the parish
poor. The misery and "neglect amid
which these children grew up and the
mortality which prevailed among them
was frightful. Alone' and unassisted he
first ascertained, by personal Inquiry,
the extent of the evil, and, after doing
so, he brought about many reforms and
Improvements.
Hamway went about from work
house to workhouse In the morning,
f I get no benefit from It. I would
suggest that Instead we should raise
i fund for thp exposure of ouacks and
Khariainmi who are ektnc out of the
publla enough and trying to make ua
believe they are earning mcir oaitwirn.
By the way, why does not the Oregon
Unmans aiiriptv lipll) US DTOteCt OUT
dogs? I haven't heard a word from it
so tar. j. l. u.
The Public Library.
Portland, Or., Aug. SI To the Editor
of" The Journal. Kvltfentty tha 'library
authorities have a remarkable method
of trying out tlie popularity of a book.
If they are unfavorably impressed by
the author or his subject, his works are
taken off the shelves and embalmed in
the basement. Visitors who daily search
for these volumes, are unaware that tho
authorities have a burial ground under
tho building for unpopular works, and
leave under the impression that these
volumes are circulating through some
ubstation. Naturally, for this reason.
these works are not openly In demand.
Treatment of this kind would grow
mould on Shakespeare's volumes. Dur
ing tho lost three years 1 have been
able to secure four or five volumes of
Ingersoll's works; this In 4he face of
the fact that I visited the library on
the average of onco a week. As soon as
a book was returned It was apparently
withdrawn from circulation. So our
eminent librarian on truthfully say that
there is little demand for these booKs.
Subject any classic to thsa restrictions
and I wager the demand would be re
duced 'JO per cent. And in the mean
time the shelves are burdened with
countless multiples of works which
everybody admires and -nobody reads.
. UJUUHUBI A. 1.IUIAS.
The crowded .condition of the pres
ent library building Is probably the suf
ficient answer to this complaint
Education and Crime.
Ler.ts. Or., Sept. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal In The Journal of Au
gust ? ft writer referring to an editorial
of July 29, entitled "Increasing Sui
cide," quoted statistics to ahow that
suicide Increases with tho advance of
civilization and that our advance in
civilization Is or ought to be due to
our advance ii education.
About one year ago there appeared
an editorial in The Journal, referring
to the Increase of crime throughout
the country. It was said that the
only solution waa along the line of a
more thorough education of our young
people; In other words, that increased
education decreases crime.
Now, I take Issue on this question'
We need only to look at violations of
law In high plaoee. We sea it In our
federal, state and municipal courts. It
crops out in congress and In our state
tigrlstUriiS,twysrstrylTirtmport.
ant cases have very little respect for
NEWS IN .BRIEF,
OREGON SIDELIGHTS . . I
A radish 21 V, Inches long by II inches
In circumference has been exhibited at
Raker by Henry Stevens, who owns a
ranch on Button creek,
,- '
Roseburg'a rainfall last month was
48-100 of an inch, which Is lQrlou
of an inch above the average for Au
gust for the preoedinr t years. -
Fossil Journal!' An unusually large
3 umber of drummers have been in town
urlng the week, reaping their harvest,
which comea on Immediately after that
of the farmer, and when the ens has
a good Harvest, the other nas,
.': . e
Astoria Budget: Falmberg tc Mattson
are pouring concrete Into the moulds
for the foundation of ths new Scandi
navian-American Dana tmnuing on
Twelfth and Duana streets. Several
of tho piers have heen completed.
Burns Times-Herald; As 7 the young
orchards develop It will only be a mat
ter of a short time when we will raise
an the rruit needed ror horns consumD
tlon land, the peddler from other localU
ties win oe a tiling oi tne past.
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Roseburg Review; Whitcomb Fields,
one of the new owners of the Parrott
farm, 1) miles east of this city, is pre
paring . to begin plowing on an exten
sive scale, using a gang ot seven plows
pulled by a traction engine operated
by kerosene instead of steam,
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Nehalem Enterprise: James Redda
way Br. has demonstrated that be. can
get rid of more rotten. wood than any
other man In this valley, He burned
a rotten log six feet In diameter and
fully 100 feet 'In length during the
past two' weeks, besides the stump, with
the exception of ,,w roots.
Independence Monitor: A new build
ing 60x100 Is being ereoted at the cor
ner of the three hop ranches of H.
Hlrechberg. Herat Brothers, and Mr.
Wolf, High Ruffum and sons are get
ting the building In abape for the fall
dancing at the nop yards. It will un
doubtedly be a busy spot during; the
whole of the hop picking season.
Estacada Progress: Those Eatacadana
who are in the mountains now picking
haselnuts and huckleberries find the up
lands rather wild, but not to the extent
referred to by an Oregon City resident,
who claims to have encountered five
'timber wolvea near the Ogle mill. The
brutes chased him oacK to me pack
train and were iinally driven off fcy a
rifle.
OF ACTION
Han way.
and from One member of parliament to
another in the afternoon, for day after
day, and for year after year enduring
every rebuff, answering every objection,
and after nearly 10 years' labor he ob
tained r.n act, at his sole expense, di
recting that all parish infants belong
ing to the parishes within the bills of
mortality should not be nursed In the
work houses, but be sent to nurse a
certain number of miles out of town
until they were fl years old. The poor
people called this the "act for keeping
poor children alive" and the registers
which followed showed that thousands
of lives had been preserved through (he
Judicious interference of this good and
sensible man.
One of the first acta for the protec
tion of chimney sweepers' boys was ob
tained . XhrougU his influence. . When
ever there was a fire or a disaster of
any character which carried poverty In
Its wuko, Hanway was the man to start
the relief fund, and hs had become so
widely known hs a Judicious philanthro
pist that he found little difficulty to
enlist the assistance of his fellow citi
zens, Notwithstanding his familiarity with
misery of all shapes, he was onb of tho
most cheerful beings, and, but for his
cheerfulness, he could never, with so
delicate a frame, have got' through so
vast an amount of self imposed work.
Hanway was a mon of strict honor,
truthfulness and Integrity, and every
word he said might be relied upon.
When he found his powers falling he
prepared for death with as much cheer
fulness as he would have prepared him
self for a Journey into the country. He
sent around and paid all his tradesmen,
took leave of his friends, arranged his
affairs, had his person neatly disposed
of, and parted with life serenely and
peacefully in his seventy-fourth year.
Having no relatives, his property was
divided among sundry orphans and poor
persons whom he had befriended during
his lifetime.
Tomorrow James Watt.
the law; in fact, they care nothing for
it, if they can win the case without
going to the penitentiary. We see a
stream of criminals on the road to the
penitentiary, and thousands mora who
have not been apprehended. Presum
ably they were educated and knew bet
ter, but they took chances on tha lax
ity of those whoso business it Is to
apprehend criminals and punish them.
Among tho Inducements always held
out by our colleges are good positions,
big pay and no work. Parents urge
their children to go to college that they
may make a living without having to
work aa the father and mother have
worked. "Higher education" produces
Idleness. Idleness produces crime.
Crime produces suicide. There la no
question about the two last proposi
tions, anyway. Tho vice commission's
report shows that vice flourishes in
the aristocratic part of our city.
The habitues and patrons of the red
light district are not illlterata, by any
means. If reports are true' intelli
gence and education ln our penitentlao
ies are higher, compared with the num
ber of Inmates, than they are outside,
compared with ..the population. These
facts, If they are facts, are not fa
vorable to The Journal's statement that
crime and vice w(l decrease through
a higher standard of education.
I admire Governor West and appre.
elate hls efforts to enforce ti law
and dean up the olty. Then, If he
had the power to remove the breeding
places of crime, something would be
accomplished.1 R. A. a.
New Transit Line Welcomed.
Portland, Bept.l.-To tha Editor of
The Journal The citizens living on
Kllllngsworth avunue on thfe east side,
and all living north of that, teel pleased
to know there Is another atreatger com
pany to push business in Portland. anJ
they expect to get a petition asking
this company (o build a line on Iftl
Ungsworth avenua If tne present com
pany does itot extend its line from
Union avenue eastward. We have to
come out on the Alberta cars, which
8T6 so crowded most of the time that
the business people for weeks at a time
do not get seatg,
But we, feel that with competition
there la a territory worth looking after
and that aoon.
There la a large territory north of
Kllllngsworth which will be benefited
also, and it la looking for this line.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Steam Roller, ...
From Meggendorfer Blaetter.
"Hss poigwlts not bean admitted to
the Q club?"
"No, he- waa too unpopular. He got
thirteen Vae 'tW Wdthers were "only
eleven members precnf ,
Tkc Festering of the
Sluing ;.;,7 . ...
From tha Chicago Tribune.
. Of aaven murderera electrocuted in '
one day In Sing Sing recently, six were
Immigrants. Thero may be no mitiga
tion for murder. Nevertheless there'
was an infinite pathos in the legal kill
ing of those encompassed aliens who
want to the electric chair mumbling
prayers in a foreign tongue. ,'
They left their country, crossed conti
nents and oceans in search ot the new
world and Its new opportunities, .They
found tho city alum and-the electrto
chair.; ', ';.:v .v,,'.,-':-
Had these six Immigrants made their
ways to the rural communities of the
United States tvery likely they would '
have been alive today, well started on
th road to good citizenship and useful,
manhood.' ' '.
For their stay id the slums responsi
bility must rest chiefly with ;th Arner-.
loan people. From the moment an im-v
migrant is discharged by the Immigra
tion authorities at the porf of entry ha
la left to Bis own resources. The United
States government , does npt think it
necessary to give the newly arrived for
eigner the slightest Information con
cerning the country to Which hs has
oome.
The foreign banker and the foreign
employment agent are the only guides
and preceptors of the hosts of immi
grants. These private bankers and. em
ployment agents, . immigrants them
aelvea, but craftier than their fellows,,
guide tha newly arrived into paths and
occupations which will, yield them great
est revenue.
. The foreign employment agent ln the
alum always deliberately seeka to keep
the immigrant ln the city. Ha will find
him odd Jobs about the city, or which
tend to bring him to the city at frequent
Intervals. These jobs are of ahort du
ration and every time the employment
agent finds a new Job for the .Immi
grant there is a fee in it for him.
In Chicago alone there are some 300
private foreign banks. They come un
der no supervision, neither state, fed
eral nor city. They are not even re
quired to have a license. '
Any one can hang out a shingle call
ing himself banker, and If he can get
the money he can get away with it.
Hundreds of such smalt bankers ab
scond yearly and rob thousands of help
less aliens of their hard earned savings,
Theke bankers and employment
agents, In order to keep the immigrants
In their own hands, prejudice tha imml
granta against the country and every
thing American. They are the greatest
foe to Americanization of the foreign
masses. They warn the Immigrant
against "American humbug," while they .
themselvea are humbugging him merci
lessly. It la to the advantage of these pirate
bankers and employment agents In the
large cltlea to keep the immigrant from
knowing anything about the vast oppor
tunities which lie beyond the city slum.
But it la not to tlie advantage of good
citizenship.
The United' States government should
not only keep watch over the business
methods employed by these bankers and
employment agents, but it should elao
look Into the sort of Information and
guidance they give to the newly arrived'
alien. ' " ' ' '
Why, indeed, ahould not the govern
ment establish Information bureaus to
enlighten the Immigrant concerning the
land and the opportunities which lie be
yond the alums and tenements of the
cities'?
General Booth's Great Idea,
from the New York American.
To the eommander-ln-chlef of the Sal
vation army la due the modern applica
tion of the military Ideal to worka of
social helpfulness. General Booth or
ganized an army not to destroy men's
Uvea, but to save them.
The Idea is not new. It was the Idea
of St. Francis, of St. Hernard, of Igna
tius Loyola. Civilization through half
a thousand yearn made great gains by
the regimentation of men in. the spirit
of military discipline and obedience. But
the idea had fallen Into desuetude In the
nineteenth century. Religion had suf
fered an ovcr-emphasls of individualism.
The devotion of men was bent too much
upon a salvation that looked only to
another world.
Qfenera) Rooth revived the Idea of a
militant religion that massed men ln
solid phalanx to wrestle with the actual
conditions of this tough world. He la
pot to be blamed for the crudity of hla
conceptions or the Imperfection of his
achievements.
He mide history. He cast a great
Idea Into the welter of the modern world.
It grew beyona the limits of his Imagination-
It has taken root ln a thou
sand places beyond the narrow boundar
ies of hla sect.
At the Consumer's Expense.
From the Sacramento Bee.
Ftjur years ago the Republican na
tional plttform went farther than ever
before In "tf'T8fvotl9trrt(rtn' manufse-"
turlng lntereata. It called for a tariff
not only for "protection," but also so
to be framed to insure "a reasonable
profit," . ,'
This year the platform omits the
demands for "a reasonable profit." But
Taft, In his zeal for "big business," now
personally renews, for himself and the
organization, the party platform pledge
of four years ago.
The guarantee of "a reasonable prof
it" virtually promises a monopoly of
the American market, through prohibi
tive duties. In the case of "hot-house"
Industries, and this roust be done at tha
expense of the consumer, if at all.
The Reason.
By Dr. Sox.
Governor West got old Bill North
And thty started out together.
They sent back ea?t to find "Wlint t'ell
Is the matter with the weather."
The wind blew hard up from tha south
And then It blew capricious.
They found the cause .of so much vice
Is that people ar so vicious.
Pointed Paragraphs
Anyway, a rolling atone Is a smooth
proposition.
Marriage may . be a- tie, but it' Is
seldom tongue tied.
A Rood man is one who Is willing to
admit that he isn't.
It isn't advisable to pick a quarrel
even when it's ripe,
a
Some men make a specialty of start
ing a scrap between others.
A thing isn't necessarily overdone
Just because it la done over.
Tha nlceat thing about marriage Is
the courtship that precedes it.
.
A woman always looks before she.
leaps if there Is a looking glass handy,
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What a lovely old world this la for a
girl Jht first Jims .The. fajls JttJqve aaL
what a sadness, it is when slit falls out
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