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1 ( THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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EVERY publio mail is in peril. It
: was Mr. Roosevelt yesterday,
It may be President; Taft to
morrow." It may be Woodrow
!Wilsoa tno day after. - - ;.
' Yet the scorn Of the American peo
ple Is on .all violence. ' They resent
last night's attempt on the life of
Mr. Roosevelt. 1 They are shocked
and - humiliated , beyond the pow
er of " expression at , the wanton
act of the. demented wretch who at
tempted government by the pistol.
They are, la the last analysis, a peo
ple of fairness, justice, peace and eo
; brlety, . '"'
. There is nothing In Mr. Roosevelt's
- career to torn the armed land of any
man to an attempt upon his life.
.. There hag been much in his public Ufa
to, admire. - It he has been uncon
ventional and . different, he has , by
these tokens been a factor in disturb
ing an old a$4, discredited order. If
- he leads a third party, he Is, at least,
leading a party of protest In which
many good men are seeking better
ment of social andconomtccondj-
We may prove that he has faults,
but bis most bitter opponent must
recognize that he is not without vir
tue. His preachments during his
presidency exercised a "strong " lnflu
' noa ia awakening I national public
consclenca, Hia conservation, recla.
tnatlon and , Panama canal policies
were Hrst rank statesmanship that
entitle him to great commendation,
and national respect, - '
- In any-event, the attempt on his
life ia deplored and unreservedly con-
d enuied.1.-: w arwsnt . ow "publia" men
to be free tQ go and come among the
masses without the fear of personal
harm. We watt the simple, open
free conditions of Auld Lang Syne
..wheuL a jprealdeni abroad In the land
was as safe aa the humblest citizens
THE NAVAL REVIEW
iH"E Atlantic fleet of 12 war
ships 'is under review by the
president today In New. York
: harbdr. -It Is the greatest ex
hibition of naval, strength ever seen
In American , waters. The pageant
presents a line of assembled guns,
eteel, machinery and armor, 12 miles J
la length.
' Tet its prestige Is dimmed by tie
great review two weeks ago of
France's hew aerial navy. It was. a
j great assemblage of 72 huge military
aeroplanes! which, at an altitude of
E 00 feet, passed la review and gave
" a sight of the world 'b first armada of
the air.
! , Al a spectacle, It was an occasion
Is much yet 'hat is Imperfect in the
aeroplane, but there remains tha fact
that It has been called into existence
t in duv a aay, ana, that me genius -of
rman wtli Bevere contenrunin it has
reached a far more perfected status.
The military efficiency of the aero
plane has been conclusively -demonstrated.
From it. destructive bombs
can be dropped to the decks of war
ships With precision. Its great use
in scouting has been satisfactorily
demonstrated. Against its attacks, a
;gun capable of Uttlng air craft at
an 'elevation of 5000 feet has been
j.i-.j . . . . . .
women auu BucucBBiuiiy lesieu.
Yet the review of the Fr nch ar
mada of the air c'ivides attention
with the great spectacle today at
New "York. A new power in modern
warfare has been called into being,
a power that in rrestige may yet dis
pute with steel armor and gigantic
guns In the conflicts of the world.
A NEW EPOCH
,;THE feeling grows that which-
,," I - ever nartv wins. thA nnii
1 - - ilium on mo ueiguuuriug cities maue
will be to disturb business Up picnics for the gala day.
h. of" ? 88 , pos8lb,e-" Bays m these days of mechanical plow
Henry Clews the veteran New York ing. with autos to drag the strings
, banker on this page.
There Is a practical certainty that
Wilson will be elected, but the mills
are running full blast. Mr. Taft is
hopelessly beaten, but orders at the
factories are over running the capac
ity to produce. Roosevelt's defeat is
foreordained, but business is not dis
turbed, 1
. , There Ib everywhere an unbounded
confidence Jn the justice and powers
Of the Baltimore nominee. There is
a greater faith in his leadership than
has been accorded any statesman
since Lincoln.
3Though only two years in political
life,' Wilson has made a tremendous
impression on his countrymen, in
no brief a time, no man in American
history , has achieved so much in
drawing to himself so wide and deep
ii uv m inn lowers ana purpose.
( Legitimate business. knows that it
hs nothlng-to ear from him-... il
legitimate business accepts hlra , as
inevitable, and Is prepared to let him
take all the people Into the govern
mental partnership and peaceably
abide the consequences.
UndoubtodlyJ the country is on
the threshold of a new political
epoch. Wilson conetructiveness and
Wilson purity in politics have passed
from a mere party movement Into a
great people'B movement Even boss
government In New York state was
beaten, and the free and open Demo
cratic convention of a week ago was
the first of Its kind In a generation.
, The day for which La FolletU has
been struggling and for which Bryan
has been struggling seems nearing
the dawn. ' .'.
FOUR REASON'S
r
HERE Is no way to anticipate
what an armed lunatic may do.
No lunatic should be allowed to
go armed. That Is why the re
volver should be annihilated.
It was with a revolver that Lin
coln was shot. It was with a revol
ver that Garfield was shot It was
with a revolver, that McKlnley was
Bhot. It was with a revolver that an
attempt was made last night on the
life of Mr. Roosevelt.
If there were no other reasons,
here are four that are all sufficient
to put the pistol under the ban. Its
sole and only use is for killing. Its
chief ubo is in killing human beings.
It killed McKlnley, It killed Gar
field. It killed Lincoln. The un
timely death of three presidents of
the United States, killed by men of
diseased minds, who, after brooding,
found the revolver an easy way and
an invitation to carry out a silly bal-
ucinatlon, is ample In itself to con
vince any public that so .long as re
volvers are manufactured and unre
strictedly sold, any public man or
any private citizen or any defenseless
woman mayr at any,, time, ha shot by
a junauc, a ireaa, or an assassin.
Every instance In which any good
ever came out of the sale of a pis
tol 1b buried ten .thousand fathoms
deep under the blood: of victims and
the sorrow, the tears and the grief
of those it has mercilessly and cruel
ly, bereaved.
Legislatures from ocean to ocean
and from lakes to gulf should act.
Congress should act. Sale of the
tools of death and sorrow should be
placed under the strictest scrutiny.
The manufacture should be restrict
ed, and we should begin to look forward-
to- a time - when- the revolver
factories will be devoted to the man
ufacture of pruning books and the
other instruments of peace.
No less eminent an authority than
General Leonard Wood Is heartily in
Bympathy-Bith.lhe movement against
the pistol. He wants it banished
from the army, saying that the revol
ver kills more good horses than bad
men.
DESERVED RECOGNITION
W-
ITH a single exception all
the members of - a newly
formed, club-for ihe-electioa
of Judge Munly are Repub
licans.
A career of thirty years In Port
land entitles Judge Munly to such
recognition. It has been a career
of blameless private and public life.
It has been a career of purposeful
private and public effort and the ad
vocacy of public progress.
If there were no other reason, the
part jplayed by Judge Mualy In be
half of the Broadway bridge entitles
him to heavy support, regardless of
party. When others faltered under
the relentless, opposition of a small
group who opposed the Broad
way bridge, Judge Munly never hesi
tated, never surrendered, never
stoppeS f fghlingT "fUg " timer his ef
fort and his best resources were un-
ceasingly- devoted to the struggle;
and in the hour of final realization
of the benefits of the greajt structure,
100,000 people on the east side, as
well as all the people of Portland,
owe Judge Munly lasting com
mendation for his work.
As a congressman Judge Munly
would reflect credit on Portland, In
the same way that his whole life has
reflected credit upon himself and his
friends.
AN ILLINOIS PLOW -MATCH
F
OR thlrty-Bix years an annual
old fashioned plow-match has
been held at Wheatland, Illi
nois. This year there were ten
thousand people present. They came
in new fashioned autos, and old
fashioned buggies and wagons. It
is said that every farm in a radius
of twenty miles was deserted for the
day. The ladies of a Wheatland as-
crowd of 8000. The townspeople
.i -iu,..
of plows, and where a sulky plow is
seen on every other farm, It Is re
freshing to know that ten thousand
spectators will flock to the field of
honor of competing men and teamB.
The glory has not departed of the
straight eye, the smoothly turned
and exact furrow, of the Well trained
team of active horses, the practice of
the ancient art which looks so
easy and In its perfection ia so rare.
The actual match is a beautiful
sight on a sunny day. The wide
field, with each "land" occupied by
its contesting plowman and his
team man and horses working in
perfect harmony, where one alse
step of horse or man, one momentary
relaxation of the fixed eye and the
steady hand,, sends hope alimmerlng.
EMJ:9nt?stanLlsJLho..xhampioa)f
his dlstrkt. His friends and back
ers watch eagerly from the crowds
that line the field, 4
Nothing is "wanting in the compe'-i
tition, save the element of headlong
speed with Its attendant perils.
For the sixth time William Fair-
weather of Wheatland has Just car
ried off the title of Champion Plow
man of the, world.
, There is underlying sense In such
contests, at this time. Farm areas
are being cut. The' two hundred
acre farmer Is giving place to the
twenty or forty acre man- For com
plete success on the little farm all
farming operations must be perfectly
done. And of these, good plowing is
the first necessity..;
Moreover, here ,; li ; oot more
healthy meeting of the neighborhood
folka provided, to. add Interest for
the farmer and his boy.
SENATOR WORKS STATEMENT
D
ECLARINO that President Taft
is a reactionary, United, States
Senator Works of California,
Republican progressive, has Is
sued a statement, in which ha calls
upon the Republican progressives of
the country to. support Woodrow Wll
ion. rH says! Tr.
Woodrow Wilson is a real , and ain-
oera progressi va, H has proved ; It by
his couree and conduct as a publlo or
fleer ana as a candidate. He le run
nine on a sane, progressive platform
Tna best service progressive Republi
pans can render their party is to vote
ror Wilson.
Senator Works is a progressive Of
thfi La Follette type. . He refuses to
support Mr. Taft. He refuses to Bup
port Mr. Roosevelt.
Like La Follette, he holds that the
Roosevelt movement has misdirect
ed and demoralized the real progres'
slve sentiment within the Republican
party. Like La Follette, he holds
that real Republican prOgreBstvlsm
has been thrown back for a period
of years by the Roosevelt tactics and
that Parkins," Munsey, Dan Hanni,
Bill Flynn, Tim Woodruff, and Gary
recognize5 It as a way to kill Republi
can progressivlsm, which Is one of
the several secrets of why they sup
port the third party movement.
There ia no . doubt that three
fourths of the masses qf the former
Republican party were real progrea
slves. There Is no doubt that many
of them who have left the Republi
can parly and joined Roosevelt's
party have done so in a sincere ef
fort to help the country.
But Senator Works says they are
wrong. Senator La Follette, the
pioneer Republican progressive, Bays
they are wrong. Governor Hadley
says they are wrong. Governor De
neen says they are wrong. !
Senator Works unhesitatingly de
clares that they can best serve the
Republican party and the country by
supporting Woodrow Wilson. If at
ChIcago,-Mr,- Roosevelt-had -aecer
ed the offer of Taft delegates to
nominate a compromise progressive
candidate, It would have been differ
ent.
That would have put another as
pect on affairs. The Republican
party would have been intact instead
of ripped open. It would have been
a militant political army instead of
a remnant. irwouiarmveT)eefl a"
powerful organization with compact
ranks Instead of a decimated, dlsor-
gaplzed and leaderless mass, already
hopelessly beaten before the cam
paign began.
Senator Works is right. Woodrow
Wilson is a constructive statesman
of the Lincoln type who offers more
of hope and progress than any presl
dentlal candidate In a generation.
EQUITABLE BILLS
MERIT of the harmony road
A
bilia le that they require city
property as well as farm prop
erty, to aid In road building,
gas companies, electric light compan
ies, banks and other great establish
ments to help bear the burden.
A hindrance to road building in
the past has been that the cost falls
almost exclusively on the farmers.
With the cost thus almost doubled
by levying on only about half the
property, it was natural that progress
should be Blow. With -the burden
made lighter on farm property by re
quiring city property to pay a share,
the cost per capita would be lowered
and more roads would be built.
The harmony bills also require
those who are. to settle in Oregon
during the next 25 years as well as
those now here to help bear the cost.
Since the newcomers will use the
roads, why should they not pay their
Bhare of the cost of building?
No plan more equitable was ever
offered the people of the state. No
legislation ever proposed was more
carefully prepared.
The billB ought to pass. To support
them, vote numbers 340, 344, 342,
346, 336 and 338 on the ballot.
HELP THE HORSES
HERE are some horses left who
do much work in this city,
though" ne might doubt it who
counts twenty autos and auto
trucks to one iihfortunate quadruped
crossing the bridges. The hard sur
faced Btreets ifevite the autos .but
they spell misery for the animal.
What is more pitiful than to see
a horse slip, stagger, plunge, and
fall, seeking vainly for foothold, on
tho surface, where to its normal
smoothness there has been added a
coating of, oil from the string of pass
ing autos.
Tho poor beast has no chance, his
driver can give him no aid, and he
Is lucky, If to the snatched" and drag
ging reins the whip does not add! its
useless urging.
In showing mercy to. the horses
the city fathers are only discharging
a4uty-that 4 ommon-te vwrr frfttt
xen. .and which nineteen out of twen
ty of us fully recognize.
; All ofvus reap; the benefit of tho
bard streets,, and If tlere Is money
needed to regularly sand the surface I
In decent consideration for the
horses, whatever is needful sbould
be cheerfully met. This' is no ques
tion' of politics, Hg or little, bu of
simple humanity.
Letters From the People
. (Communication aant
PDbllratioa In tbla d
Bt to Th Journal for
department abould bt
id ( tba pai., abould
written on r,l on aide
not tlteed W worda la icnrtb and aiuat be
acwmpaniea or im earn and addreaa at tba
ender. It tba writer duee not daelra to tare
me aama pguiieoea, Da abould aa elate.
Where tho Responsibility Rest.
.Glendala, Or Oot.i HA-To the Edl
tor of The Journal On November I
next by the Initiative and referendum.
very elector In tha itatfc of Oreson Is
jorqea w renaer a juroJr'a verdlot on
Which Will rest all. the) reimonalbllltv
Of a judgment for the taking ot human
Ufa. If the elector, votas against the
repeal ef the capital ttbnlehmant law
" " via ior me repeal or aaia
law, be thereby sanctions and assumes
the tm measura. of ,MsponeibIMr -of
. ...... . .
every iegai execution within the state
aurina me time that the capital pun
lshraent law remains in foroa.
Through the right of franchise, the
ecwr-ia--rorea to-asimr-thr resnon
slblllty of a free moral agent, whether
ho will or not, without the possibility
of -h!ftinr" his ;re8ponslbilitrte- tht
governor who eigne the death" warrant,
the Judge who pronounces eentence, the
jury wnicn convicts, the hangmaa ,who
springs the trap or the attorney who
proseoutea. ...There, is no way. Mr. Elec
tor, ror you , to evade the Issue you
have, under the initiative and referen
dum, beoome the employer, with all
tlw employer's responstbUlty, and gov
ernor, juage, jury, prosecuting attorney
and hangman are but employes hired by
you to perform the service; as directed
by you at the ballot box, and on the
snouiaers or the elector win rest the
responsibility of the combined aote ef
your official employes whom you have
hired to send your fellow beings to the
gaiiows.
If you wm glance down the pages of
history you will. find the record of the
execution of - many Innocent persona
where the innocent hava. suffered for
the guilty ;'and as long as we execute,
we will ba taking the. Uvea of the Inno
cent for , line- crimes' of tha guilty, as
man haa always been and probably al
ways will be prone to err, and every
eleator who votes against the repeal or
falls to vote on the bill for the repeal
of the capital punishment law will be
morally responsible for the taking ot
every Innocent life that is sacrificed in
the enforcement of the death penalty.
Under the old system, the responsi
bility did not rest on the individual
elector, who had nothing directly to-do
with the enactment or enforcement of
law, but under the present regime ft is
Impossible for any elector to escape the
responilblllty for the effect of the law
which he helps to place on the statute
books of the state. Failure to vote
against is equivalent to" vOtihg for.
Never before were the electors of Ore
gon compelled to solve such a vital
question a the repeal of the capital
punishment law, and when the 'ballots
cast on . November E are counted we
may be able to flash the news from the
Pacific to tha Atlantlo that Oregon haa
taken one mora step toward civilisation
by repealing her most barbaric law,
capital punishment F. C. LADD.
Tax System for Oregon.
Portland, Or.. Oct. 14, 1912. To the
Editor of the The Journal H. H. Fuller
is an eminent British financier and
oounsel who is employed by large In
vestors to report on assessments, titles
and industrial enterprises. He is no
hired agitator, soap box orator or boost
er for the single tax. In "Financial
America" for September 26 he Is quoted
as having declared that ha "looks upon
tha stngle- tax plarr In operation In the
province of Alberta as approaching the
ideal method of taxation."
He Is further quoted as saytng "that
capital is being literally taxed out of
Great Britain, with the result that In
vestors are bringing their money to the
western provinces of Canada."
Some of our Portland business ana
professional men should study this qucs
tion a little more and listen to profes
sional leg-pullers a good deal less than
they do. Any method of taxation that
attract capital, manufacturing 'en
terprises, homemakers and farmers 1
What is wanted lb Oregon badly.
The methods used to tax capital out
of Great Britain bear a striking resem
blance to our taxation methods in Ore
gon. "Wanay not-drlva It out as yet,
but we soon will be doing so if nearby
states and commonwealths continue to
attract it from all parts of the world
and we continue to kick it m the solar
plexus every time it does anything we
want it to do.
r-caltrtrriilBallows its -cities " and
counties at special elections to take all
taxea from Improvements and personal
property tb ere, will some strong In
ducements offered there within a few
months for capital seeking Industrial ln
vestments, as well as home-bullder
seeking opportunities, to not Only pass
up Oregon, but to leave it. The oppor
tunlty now before the people of Ore
gon to lead off with a rational -system
of taxation that shall break up our
great idle tracts of speculative holdings
and cordially receive upbullders and
homebullders of all kinds, will not come
again. The men who have land they
want to dispose of on reasonable terms,
with the advantage of millions of dot
lara' worth of free advertising and a
rush of people, should look ahead and
get behind the measure on the ballot
numbered "364 X Yes." If Oregon
waits until she Is forced into the pro
cession by economic necessity pressing
on every side the man. noiciing vast
tracts of idle- land is apt to find him
self In a position where he. cannot let
go to advantage. The wise man in
859 sold his slaves. The foolish man
bought more.
ALFRED D. CRIDGK.
In Reply to Mr. L. Strong.
Bay City, Or.. Oct. 12. To the Editor
of The Journal I notice in Tho Jour
nal of October 10 some glaring res
tatements made by L. Strong. He says
Canada 'tins no single tax. Large por
tions of British Columbia and Alberta
have no taxes on personal property or
Improvements, the same thing we are
trying to get by amendment, No. 364,
in Oregon. Call It what you, like, it
takes t,he tax off labor Just the same
n both places. "What harm m telling
the truth?" He says, "Why argue the
graduated single tax. will not harm the
small land owner, when th bill has
two Jokers In It that are Intended to
lead to confiscation." If that be true,
why does ha not point them out? Again,
'What caused th revolutionary wart"
An arbitrary tax, unjust and oppressive
on the poor, the same as we have today,
which compels the small home owner
to pay 80 per cent of Its value, the mid
dle class 60 per cent,, the fin residence
30 per cent, and th "speculative values
20 per cent. If the abolition of a sys;
tern which robs the poor for th benefit
of big business is a-'Fels monstrosity,"
then God bless the monstrosity and
hasten its advent. He says amendment
864 robs one class of cltisens for the
heaeflL.oI,anotbej:.
think. Mr., simm
positively knows better. It will pre
vent the agents or big business from
robbing the littl fellow with the pres
ent system, ,
Again, he 'says amendment No. 822 Is
the safety, valv by vihlch "V" could
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANCfl
Perish tha thousht that Ormsby Mo.
Ifara; would do or attempt anything
crooked or even in tha letfbt degree uu-
tuiicai in pontics.
. England's Panama canal reply 'wlll
be delayed intll aom time.'' earn
jl1el,lJr n
.Headline In'th
yaoitOloUly lfl
e mornlnr csoer. . ilow
aeflnltt,-- . . j - i "
e aj.....j -.
What Wilson wrots in MM, or what
Roosevelt wrote when he was cow
boy, doesn't cut any figure. 'It Is what
they say and think and do Row that Is
important - .
v . " i.v!V-:!-V..;v-'V,
. There are many good ways for well-to-do
and philanthropic people to spend
money; one of them Is to aid that very
commendable If humble institution, the
Plsgab Horns. ..v;.. .v:'
1 Ona straw vote, according to a report,
favored Taft. .But it was taken at a
bridge whist party. Very likely the
same result would be obtained in a
golf club voter
Tha express companies :. will be
"ruined" if their incoma Is reduced
about 6 per centtheir lawyers , say,
O. not they would onlv'have to dls-
Jorge soma water to make very ,blf
lvidands yet , , ' .
r-T-. -r v-.'---' T"7"
he supposed that Mr. Harrlman. In ao.
pealing to A- P.-Morgan -f or-funds at
Frealdent; Roosevelt's alleged 'demand,
was "acting In our common interest."
No doubt. Who tha "our" were can be
readily if but roughly Imagined.
a a
Tha reception to b a-lvein to Mn
Duniway on her 78th birthday, will be
a great contrast to sorrtq of her re
ceptions 80 or 40 yeara ngo, when shf
pioneered 'tK woman's suffrage cause
in Oregon, and her supporters and sym
pathizers wera comparatively few and
far between,, '
SEVEN FAMOUS LAWGIVERS
Mohammed.
Mohammed, the founder tof Islam.
first appears in the full light of his
tory wun nis flight to Medina in A. D.
122. While hs is usually looked unon
as tha prophet of the Islamites and the
author of the Koran, it was through the
religious prestige which Mohammed
enjoyed that led directly to his being
irequentiy called In as adviser and
Judge.
In Medina, where he resided, compli
cations and quarrels wera abundant
and an authority to stand over both
parties was much needed. Mohammed
mot this need In the manner wnlch was
most acceptable to the AraJaav- In prin
ciple It was the same kind of Judicial
and publld Influence as had been pos
sessed by the old Kahlns. but Us
strength was much greater.
It is impossible to understand the
history of Mohammed until one has.
mastered the fact of hia Immense spir
itual ascendency over the Arabs. It was
not long before he was able to demand
as of right that which in the first In
stance had been a voluntary tribute.
"Bvenr-dlspute which ya have with
one another ye shall bring before God
and Mohammed," so runs the text In
the original constitution for Medina, set
up in the first years after the flight;
and jn the Koran as a rebuke Is given
ta.-thoa wha centinua t- ak the ad
ministration of Justice at the hands of
false gods.
Mohammed thus laid the foundation
of his position in a mannes, precisely
similar to that which Moses is said to
hava followed, aa told la Exodus; and
Just as the Torah grew out of the de
cisions ot Moses, go did th Sunna out
of Mohammed. ,
It was perhaps In Judicial and legis
lative activity which he .continued
quietly to carry oh to the very end of
his life that his vocation chiefly lay. At
all events bis work In his direction wss
then pass all needed legislation. Mr.
Strong underestimates the worklngmen
of Oregon. That is simply a scheme ef
fectually to kill the Initiative minority
rule. According to the book sent out
by the secretary of state, amendment
822 reads: "To require a majority vote
of all electora voting at any election to
aaopt COIlBlllUUUIltll uuieiiuuiema ,uu
pass initiative measures, and a majority
Vote only of electors voting thereon
to reject measures referred to the peo
ple." The above amendment was sub
mitted by what Is called "The Majority
Rule league." What a misnomer! So
far as anyone knows, twa men consti
tute the league one W. B. Glafke, a
1 commission merchant, and one II. H.
Urddhl, salesman for a big land specu
lation company In Portlands
It Is hard to pry loose th big busi
ness octopus, and even the small end
of th' tenadr' refuses "taiat:-go-with
out a desperate struggle, but the time i
fast approaching -when the common peo
ple, will, pry .loose .all.lhft parasites that
have been exploiting them. Howling
"confiscation" will not avail.
W. B. FLAGG.
And Still They Come.
Portland. Or.. Oct. 12. 1912. To th
Editor of The Journal Seeing the pic
ture in th evenlne- Journal of the aun-
"flower measuring nine feet, I wish to
let you know that I have one In my
back yard measuring 11 feet and four
measuring over nine feet.
MISS LEON A METER,
109 East Twelfth Street.
More Big Sunflowers.
Wilsonvllle, Or., Oct. 12. To the Edi
tor -of The Journal Having read In Th
Journal about large sunflowers grown
In Oregon, I can go one better. Not only
On but a great many on my premises
measure 12 feet high and 20 Inches
across. S. H. HARRIS. .,
Wilson and Trade Expansion.
From New York American.
It Is said that two-thirds of th half
thousand business men who heard Qov"
trhor Wilson's speech before the Omaha
Commercial club last Saturday came to
protest, but remained to applaud. The
speaker converted the mans of his Re
publican hearers . into" enthusiastic
champions of trade expansion, through
dommercial reciprocity, and tho revival
of the American merchant marine.
There ran through Governor Wilson's
.Omaha speech the thrill of that proph
ecy which was voiced so memorably
by President McKlnley in hi admoni
tion to th American people on the day
of his assassination.
Mr. McKlnley said at Buffalo on. that
September day, 1901:
"We have a vast and Intricate busi
ness, bunt up through years or toil
and struggle, in which every part of
the country has had its stake which
will not permit either of neglect or of
undue selfishness. No narrow, sordid
policy will Subserve It. The greatest
skill and , wisdom , on th . part of the
manufacturers and producers will be
required to hold and Increase It.
"Our capacity to produce has devel
oped so enormously and our products
have so multiplied, thati the problem of
mora..markota .jqulrear.Mirgant . and
immediate. . . . Only a broad "and
enlightened policy will keep what wc
have.. No other policy will' get more.
' " " .
"W must inot repose in fancied se-
Aurlty.ou tba assumption that. we can
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
: In view of the approaching Trl-County
fair, pi-operty owners of. Condon are to
make an extra effort to clean up their
premises, . .
Union rtepubllcani The painters are
nutting the finishing touches on the
Weabyterlan church, and tha , building
look good. i ,
....-,,..,,. ...-.-,,..-
r Silver Lake Leader: H.. Tingling cut
S3 tons of hay on 17 acres of aagebrush
land on his ranch at Arrow, which had
volunteered. How much would he have
cut If the ground had been properly
cultivated and seeded7 , , . . i
. '
Newport Signal: Joseph Swearlngen
has demonstrated that Peppermint otl
can be auccessfullv raised. Land is be-
lng cleared on fiouth Beach for 20 acres
of cranberries. Celery Is a demonstrated
success. Wa are just 'at tba beginning
of development hers.' t ; -, , l "
Exnerta. accordlnar to the Grants Pass
Courier, pronounce tha coal in Squaw
Basin. 40 miles west of Grants Pass, of
excellent coking quality. ;.;Th Courier
says: "Tha Importance of this to south-
em Oregon, which only need coke to
start Its smelters, can hardly .be ap-
prsclated," . . . i
" " (u .
1 Athens,-Presst-Aa -Australian- friend
ing of two gold ;nuggets on : placer
round, wen Known to tna Atnena pastor, i-, rmmrt,r,MiM . ZlVr.k "Al "
n fact, he has rested under tha treeI..rMP)",lw tha 'railroads thm-"r
where one of the nuggets was found,
on numerous onoaalnna. Tha nuaaeta
each weighed approximately l pounds.
Bend Bulletin: Four brick bulldln
A A ci t Inor In' i Vi ak a ! a n tA lnae R
000. are ntartnir completion In Band.
and will be ready-for tenants by the
first of November, or probably earlier,
These are the First National Bank, 120,
000; E. A. Bather's., 21R.000; O'Donnell
Brothers, 16500 Hudson-Cos building,
$3800.- - ' : .
extremely beneficial, if only because h
was th creator of law and Justice,
where previously there had been noth-
Ing but violence, self-help or at beat
yoluntary arrangement. . . .-.
The contents of Mohammed's legisla-
tlon, if it may be called by such a
nam. marked a distinct advantfe apon
what had tieen the previous use and
wont in Arabia. In particular he made
it his special care to set a fence around
the rights of property and to protect
and raise th place of woman In mar-
rjage. Blood revenge he retained indeed,
but completely altered its character by
reserving to hlmaelf . th right ot per-
mlttlng it; in other words, th right of
rapltal sentence. It need not b said
that in many ways he availed himself
of that which already existed whether in
the form of Arab usage or of Jewish
law; he followed tha latter in particular
in his laws relating to marriage.
Mohammed had a varied career. His
flight In 622 was the turning point in
ius career, rrcviouaiy tie naa oeen ae-
Mifcj . j ' i
his career. Previously he had been de
now h bacam Judge, Uwglver and ruler
DUlBtSU M.9 B, I11CLUII1CUI. UU I UUUBlUr. UU.
of Medina. It" ha been said that he
gave to his people as much religion as
he thought they could take car of,
Judging by his knowledge of them and
of Ms own tendencies, while he is crltl
olaad as bing at tlrTfts' dweaUfu! a4
cunning, 'he Is also credited with being
amiable, faithful toward his friends
and tender toward his family.
Take Mohammed all in all, th his
tory of humanity has seen few mor
earnest .and sincere "prophets," using
th word "prophet" In the true sens
ot on Irresistibly impelled by an inner
power to admonish and to teach, and to
utter austere and sublime truths, the
full Import of which is often unknown
tolrtrnBelf.
Tomorrow Lycurgus.
forever sell everything and buy little
or nothing. . . .
"THE PERIOD OF EXCLUSIVE-
NESS IS PAST. THE EXPANSION OF
OUR TRADE AND COMMERCE IS
THE PRESSING PROBLEM. Commer-
cial wars are unprofitable. A policy of I
good win and friendly trade relations
will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity
treaties are ln harmony with the spirit
of the times; measures of retaliation
are not.
"We must encourage our merchant
matine. We must have mors Ships.
They must be under th American flag!
built and manned and owned Jy
Americans.
- There is no sentence of this unforget
table farewell deliverance of a great Re
publican president that was not paral
leled by the Democratic presidential can-!
dioat at Omaha on Saturday;
But Mr. McKlnley did not have his
party i behind him. - ..i ..
v- Thrar A wv rirmM fin 4ha-Mhae tianil
that-TGovernor wnson speSksTnof "onl
ror a united Democracy, but also for
that new and Improved commercial in
telligence of the country which broke
info repentant Republican eheera at
Omaha, and which is above all party
names.
Odd Tales Vouched for
by Oregon Newspapers
A Kid Without a Team, -
From the Sheridan Sun.
Harry Elliot lives near the top of a
hill on Red Prairie. Th other day he
was hauling sheaf grain for storage ln
his hay mow, and with the load nicely
poised at the open door he removed the
team from the wagon that they might
eat tne succulent roaaer while he heaved
the sheaves Into the loft. Finally
a heavier forkful called for-greats en
ergy that caused the wagon to move.
"Whoa Dick! Stop Mike!" yelled Harry
as ha .tried to recover his equillbrum and
reach the, lines at the standard. The
lines were not there, neither were Mi
chael and Richard, but the loaded wagon
was gathering momentum at every
squawk of the flying geese and making
a bee line to the bottom of the hill and
the placid stream where little fishes
swim.
Harry at last realized that he was
maroonca on a runaway load of bundles,
out tne ioaa spea on over stumps andlPiay ;
frightened billy goats and tore its way
through three wire fences, and aa Harry
began to pray the Wagon tongue struck
a tree trunk on the creek bank, elovated
the load In mid air and deposited Harry
f.0 feet -astraddle of a fir limb on tha
farther bank, where hs was later found
ln a daxed condition singing lullaby
songs. . ,
Hattlesnak files natural Beith.
Prinevlll Review; C, C. Hyda was
fiv.u ,1. wi m tawi uve rauie-
snake fori a few days this week, one of
tho utiles having been captured on th.
aeserx ana orougnt to town In a, baklnc
frt and brought to town In" a baking
der can "Keyes" put the snak.
. small box with a glass front, and
on.!!t.hlblt,on.,n the cigar .tor,
powne
In a
J..' ". Li.,..' c Kar
the snake became tired of Ufa and curled
up.aaa..ieu.ll. i,ni is in. first aiatban-
tic case on rooord when a rattlesnake
died a natural death. , ,
Old Froverb Gone AVrone. 1
sword of Armageddon,
; ae-w avaeawuw p Ki, UIBUWV aValttM UiO
Tnc Activity of
B
usinc3
Henry Clews' Letter.
New York, Qct. 11, 1912. This har
vest has surpassed all records, and sum
brilliant results as were indicated lit
Wednesday' government report cannok
D .. trth '.ttmniatt;. .ff.
" rther stimulating effect
upon business. The results compared
wun 4iit yur n u ronowi:
- ; - .. 1912. , 1911.
wheat, bus..,, 720,000,000 ' 830,000,000
Corn, bus.. , .3,016,000,000 2,631,OOO.OOi
Oats, bus...... 1,417,000,000 -922,000 000
Rye. bus..:. . , 85,000,000 . 83.OOQ.ooo
Barley, bus., , 224,000.000 ' 160,0ou!ooo
Potatoes, bus,4 401,000,000 ,292,000,000
Hay.tons., . 72,426,000 , 65,000,00 J'
Not only are these crops the largest
on record, but In mnt .Uu :Wh, ia '
highly Important, quality is exceptional,
i c4d ' " t" weP.U0 -
TtrinaiA ' "
,;"trl'!!i c"f t,?n" nH. "tlsfao-
n Steadily increasing. There is no .
abatement In the pressure ' of trafflo
upon the railroads, which are certain'
to make much more satisfactory reports,
gjf,,. an(1 , h.n Vv,, tn. Vhi
fh" monrh! .?P-Vy lp ttQ ,0'
"t.h" n December I. Tha
only complaints now emanating from
imu.u wroiea an tnosa relating to th.
I congest! orr-ofiraffio-aTir-Kax iiimiw-
s 'r,i ' th 1 lattep B ' inconveaieno
jor wi, oh ihlDOflI,g . anrnmttnnikm w,5 .
I Blve"-T -ia-soma respects all. traff la
I reooras are Deinar broken ' and nnt aln
tha panic of 1907 have, conditions been
0 atiifactorv to rft!in-tfi m ni srtsai si m
. 1 thay Ara todav.-- ' . u
No better evidene Af hu-iinaiH ativi ! I
cn found than tha tremendous dt
mana ior iron and art ci...nt im
dloatlons point to the largest produc
tion of pig iron and steel ingots on rec'
ord during tha calendar year of UlJ..
Th country is now producing at ,th
rat of over $0,000,000 tons per an.
yum, and even should ther be some
falling off in production, as ia usual
during December, to output will b
beyond all precedent. Steel prices hav
been steadily advancing and producer
ara oommonly naylnr a-ond. nr&mtuma
'f Prompt delivery. , Th independent
I proaucers ar even mor aggressive 4a
J tha direction of advancing prices than
tn "rat steel, corporation, which has
5en ,oniewhat alow in this respot.Ia
ct thr Is no little criticism among
stockholders at th fact that tha mana-
srers of som of the steel producing eon.
csrn j1 allowed themselves to b.
oom fllltA P with low prloed ordrs
t tlm whii they mlghtaslly hav
obtained better prices for their product,
Nrtnles, th steel trade is enjoy,
mg its full shar of activity; and, If
fJfflt" nv been on moderate scale,
lBat -n" certainly been benflcial-e
ot"er Industries, besides being an Im-
P"n factor In increasing the voiujn
v, uruera.
In th textii trades business is also
active. Liberal orders have been placed
for many fabrics, and th lower prio
Of cotton haa served to place that branch "
of our textile Industry upon a much
firmer foundation than xia0d .i
months ago. a still
v.,.. V i .r . vw,T"v"a
proof of Duslnefii activity i- fonnii i
I ft e , .. a
."?'r"rs!i w,n.10h ,ast wesk howd
em inureas OI ii per. cant ov,r !
year; this Increase being well distri
buted among all our leading business -cities.
In the money market a somewhat bet.
nlen,fca11 V?d f wrthErrimnvr:
pinch jaround January l. The situation,
however, is not free of doubt. Gold
Imports from Europe hav been delayed
by the Balkan situation; and th possi
bility of stringency has induced our
government to express Its willingness
to give whatever relief may be nee
ary. It seems quit certain that th
government will use every-legitimate
effort to counteract stringency. '
Fortunately hom politic ia attracV
Ing less and less attention, Th outm -come
of th campaign becomes morWH
and more evident, and th rsUu wW,;'
probably be fully discount. in mZL.Zr
iLI'f'd "hocks nterven. t th
V. ' ln ('ue"t,on r ob-
,Lu PnalltlM which hav
-.u.PtIgn' ut th 'eel
li 'I?,!' Prty w?ns
a
........ mm gtvomivi.
I Pointed Paragraph j
Lov and reason ar seldom chums. '
arftS" rtV"81'"14 ftch!n
It is essler for a young lawyer to gat
practic than" paying cases. -
" - a - - - -
Laugh and a woman laughs with van:
weep and her nose gets red. , JLJ,;
H' srav situation where thr I
n ior ..in unaertaker.
".C
It take a truly
great man to
COS.
viulb viuar pegpie mat he is
great
Occasionally , a young man Is so fast
that It is impossible for him to get to
the front.
a
There will always be nlentr of ham'
work to do and plenty of people who
are easy to work. J
"i buiiibi wruers say. a man m
T , ! .
quires wisdom through marriage, it 1
no wonder the late Mr. Solomon had
wisaom o inrow at jne birds.
Alwayj in Good H
umor
Mrs. Shortlev was discussing th it-
est xasnions wun a young lady caller.
'Did you say your husband w rnnrf
of these clinging gowns, Mae?"
"Yes; he likes one to cling to m for
about three years."
Patient I wish to consult you with
regard to my utter loss of memory.
Doctor Ah, yes! Why er-,ln cases
of this nature I always require my fee
in advance.
Kid I want to ask you a question.
SUter's Beau What is it?
Kid When you were a little bov and
fellers called on your sister, did they
ever giv you a
nickel to go ,out and
Warning to tne
Voters of Oregon
Th proposed amendment to tha stat
constitution which will appear, on th
official ballot in November as "Noa.,
808-9." if At carries, will take away from .
nnnl' the 'right -to govern fhm. .
.elves in taxation matters and return:-
"" ,-.ii,lotiira and nr,l. ,-,, Zl i :
to th lhialrrl nd ;
Pt. IBhS.'r? uKSJ-
law 'Cl.Z .t.: ",v""U4eB
K rti believes the peool. .hintS
rul. ad who believes unequal taxatlOH
w " " ZT'' C
tb ret comDeUnt?1
lnt.leCln at th Son. t0P" - 1
upon such thin, at the poH ? Wyv f
iaHvyy - Ma
that the eh'n should ,
hav ' th Hght to pa.i iupon taxation . V
measure eirsctlv, "f ,
"' pr.-
C- . JACKSON.
i rortland, Bept,40, 1912.
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