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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER . 13, 1D12.
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of power,
And all that beauty, all that
, -wealth e'er" gave.
Await alike the Inevitable hour:
The patha of glory lead but to
the crave.
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THE HAMBURG-AMERICAN
T
HE representative of the Ham
burg. American should find
much lh Portland to encourage
bis great company to make this
port a terminus of its line.
'No city on' the coast has bo enor
mous a back Country. . Pew cities in
the world are the natural gateway
tar so extraordinary an interior.
; iThe Hamburg-American knows the
value of inland waterways. The map
o the waterways of Portland: is sub
I mitted In the evidence as exhibit A.
For distance of 1400) miles Into
the interior, the Columbia is either
,. navigable or can be made navigable.
Within a comparatively short time,
" boaU andL barges will come down the
Columbia to Portland from a point
400 tnIleabeyond the Canadian line,
T;the commerce, wilj be added
boats from the Snake in Idaho, and
2 boats from the Willamette in West
$ em Oregon.-
; jThe Hamburg - American realizes
far beyond what Western America
realizes, the effect such a waterway
' system will have on future transpor
tation on the . Pacific slope. That
I great company knows how continent
al Europe Is dragnetted by canals
J and dredged rivers that assemble
cargoes for one of the greatest shlp
'J ping enterprises in the world. The
name forces for t the building up of
j an enormous interior commerce are
present at Portland, and destiny,
which always works out in time, will
I soon bring these forces Into factor
I ship In the great trade activities of
the .Northwest, with, Portland as the
center, headauarters and clearing
depot 'No other city on' the Pacific
coast possesses these fundamental in-
; fluenCes for the creation of a great
2 ocean commerce, " 't
3 s As exhibit B, The JotlrnaJ submits
J to! the representative of the - Ham-
burg-American the map of the moun
I tain ranges of the Pacific slope. It
will be noted from this map that in
I all the distance between the Can
I adlan and Mexican v border lines,
$ there is bnt a single water grade
passvand that pass-ia-the.olumbla
gorged Except through this single
pasa, products east of the Cascade
and the Sierra ranges must be hauled
ovet high mountains in order to
' reach the seaboard. There Is a climb
I tha railroads must make in reach
ing all other Pacific ports, of 3500
f pr more, to 10,000 feet. Momen-
jarily. the carrying of heavy freights
lover these high mountain passes
I proceeds, but the law of gravity can
I not always be defied. For a time,
raUroads will use half a dozen loco-
? botlves to haul trains to Puget
Sound that can be hauled downhill
I to Portland with one, but the prac-
cannot long endure. Nature
assert Itself. The Inexorable
I laws of cost of haul will compel
Just as sure as death.
Woods, their kinds, properties, and
values. , Arithmetic, two hours
week. Drawing, six, hours d week.
Towards the end of the course, civ
ics, business law, and industrial his
tory are taught. .' . " ' '
In large machine shops the foun
dry apprentices are formed into spe
cial classes fof, instruction ia foua
dry work. - - '''.. :'C - ')
In pome great concerns all the ap
prentices are taught together during
the first year, and ; then specialize
during the following throo years of
the apprenticeship term. ; .
These methods of. early and con
tinued instruction of the vounj
workman disclose the secret of the
marvelous advance of .Germany dur
ing years past in Industries of every
kind. The purpose of the nation is
expressed by the Prussian minister
of industry and commerce in these
words:
The compulsory Industrial eontlnua
tlpn school should aim at the vocation
al "education"-of ' the young people be
tween fourteen and eighteen years of
age, to promote that education and to
irmn wiern- 10 o(ion) yaiunpie citizens
and respected men.
and visit the stock his pet topics of lsh nature was unchanged,
talk being agriculture, local Indus- Nothing Is bo, unreasoning as hlso.
tries, an the village school. v .: : " finance. As soon, as the Berlin
" Enthusiastic soldier as he Is, and j treaty was signed, stocks went up in
organizer of the splendid army which 1 all. thd European capitals, and stayed
is his masterpiece, yet his real, hlj'up permanently.' Being" asked the
personal taste and ambltKwL,is the reason, this was the answer; Trance
development of a strong Bulgaria, is still recovering from 1871 and
through freedom, Jaw, (education, In- will not flght. a Austria ? and Italy
austries, , agriculture, international J had no money and Could not borrow.
trade, and free universal training.
The ne capita!, Sofia, which every
visitor describes In1uperiatlves,.with
paxks, gardens libraries, hospitals,
and school, Ferdinand has fathered
In whole and in detail. ' '
The test of his tweatr-ftve.. years'
work has come aMast. The world
knows how he and bis men have
passed through the fiery furnace of
war. Wellington s saying mustbe
ever with him. Next to a defeat
nothing is so sad as a victory.
VAILTX SCHOOL BOOKS
A SINGLE TERM
I
! tlce
f will
N HIS address Saturday night, Im
portant testimony was given by
President Taft respecting n sec
ond presidential term.
He advocates a single term of si
years.- Her says the last year of a
term is given over by subordi
nates of the president In efforts to
secure a reelection.
This Is authenticated testimony
It is an honest statement from actual
experience.' , It Is backed up by the
known tendencies of human nature
We really know then that in the
first term of a president, there are
three years of serving the. country
and one year of effort, both by the
president and by federal office hold
ers, all down the line for a reelection,
This forces upon us the irresistible
conclusion that by- the opportunity
for reelection, one fourth of the time
In. the public service is wasted, and
that but three fourths of a first term
is devoted to the public welfare.
Bills respecting-a single term are
now pending In congress,' and at
tempts will doubtless be made to
submit an amendment to the stato
legislatures.
The late effort to elect Mr. Roose
velt to a third terra will have In
fluence in furthering the agitation.
Doubtless it had something to do
with the strong stand President Taft
has taken.
Possibly the movement may aid
Mr. Roosevelt in his ambition tobe
a third term president It Once the
country should be seized with the
notion that it was legislation merely
to shut out Mr.- Roosevelt, there
might be a great reaction that would
turn him. hundreds of thousands of
votes.
But President Taft's testimony is
a sufficient reason for the proposed
reform. Av lengthened term and a
single term was Jefferson's idea, and
Jefferson had a prophetic vision. He
saw as no other man of his time
saw.
A single term would end the waste
and thimble rigging In the last year
of Hrst termrad give-us patr ietie
service. It would also remove the
fear of third and fourth terms, and
translate a well established tradition
Into fact.
A lengthened term would lengthen
the period between presidential elec
tions, and give the country surcease
from the agitation incident to fre
quent and disturbing political conflicts.
A
COMPLAINT amdng the teach
ers of Oregon has reference
to tho unfitness of some of the
text books bow In use,
There Is Insistence by experienced
teachers that some of the books are
too difficult for the average pupil.
Others than practical teachers have
made tho same criticism, it Is as
sorted that this fault of the books
has been tho cause of the 'discour
agement and failure of many a
pupil. ,..-
Tho complaint Is well worth the
attention of Governor West, who will
soon be called upon to name a text
book commission. Perhaps in his
selection of appointees, he can easily
make provision for preventing con
tinued use of faulty- books.
Once, Oregon was largely under
the domination of a school book
trust. Reaction against the condi
tion led to tho present law, by which
text books are selected. In order to
deprive the school book machine of
Its power, and because of the alleged
tyranny of the machine over teachers
and school officials, It became the
practice to name only business or
professional men, far removed from
the schools, on the commission.
Apparently, there should now be a
way for teachers in actual work to
have a representative on the com
mission. The immediate touch of
the teacher with all classes of pu
pils In the schools, would seem to be
a valuable asset for, at least, one
member of the board.
In any-event, the school books
problem will be before Governor
West very soon, and the unlitness of
some of the books is a fact that
should challenge his attention.
Germany had its fight with Social
Ism on hand. ; Russia could not spend
money without borrowing it, and
financiers would not lend. England
nan - money pi , her ;own, but was
greatly averse to ..spending.' it. So
there war npnen ' ' '; .'
The "Eastern question" was, thus
postponed, hut not settled, and this
Balkan, war of 1911 was as sure as
sunrise as soon as the Balkan states
got ready. .
If Albania and Macedonia had
then been placed under European
and Christian governors, and consti
tuted autonomous save for payment
of a reasonable tribute to the porte,
this present war would have been
needless, and civilization there would
have moved in the steps of Bulgaria
and 8ervlaf
The vanity of the pretense that
the financiers of Europe held the
Issues of war and peace in their
hands has been proved. The re
moval Of the causes of war must be
found In the good government of the
peoples themselves, not In the clos
ing of the bankers' vaults against
them.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Lftttcrs From the People
THE BALKAN AEROPLANES
T
CZAR FERDINAND
F'
obedience,
.heavy freights will ultimately be
fronted; through the Columbia River
f gorge, down the water grade lines,
and -.the enormous output of prod
i , nets from the vast interior reach the
"jopen ocean through the Columbia
I river.
; There will lo no other outcomp. j
oeograpny and fate have so or
fdained. The inevitable laws cf flt
ness may be postponed; they cannot
I be defeated. One decade, by the in
fexorable law of the cost of haul, will
I make Portland the favorite Pacific
coa8t terminal of great transconti
tnental lines. One decade will make
J Portland the unrivalled clearing
depot for a back country four or half
a dozen times greater in area than
tuny omer port on tlio Pacific slope.
OR the moment, the most Im
posing figure in Europe Is Czar
Ferdinand. He is the broad-
shouldered, stalwart, blonde
general who has led the Bulgarian
soldiery to the gates of the Turkish
capital.
it
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
G'
ERMAN metbods In compulsory
Industrial education afe de
scribed by Dr. Otto Brandt, in
a treatise, which is receivine
j serious attention from the- United
States Bureau of Education.
j The German employer Is com-
pellod to send all his employes under
18 years of age to a continuation
, school for a prescribed number of
J hours each week.1
j;- He may maintain a school of his
own, - 'But It must conform to gov
Sornment standards. Some of the
ichools have sessions from 7 to 9
j a. m... others from 5 to 7 p. m., or at
any other convenient time. Sunday
salons used to be held for an hour
and a half or two hours, but are be-
ing abandoned both in the municipal
irfteMbfttHftRop-cefioota
A typical German school program
1 as follows: German two hours a
Jweek, with letier writing, business
forms, bills, and receipts. Materials,
two hours 4 weelt, ' TheBelLnclude
; instruction about; ores, blast fur
- .nce8r steel- furnaces,- and -so im.
Although a German prince, Ferdi
nand of Coburg, was born of a very
charming French mother, daughter
of King Louis' Philippe. He is Im
mensely rich, but as a boy, under the
training of his mother, he declined
all indulgences and youthful excess
es. He was an early student, learnpd
the languages, read European liter
ature, studied political economy, nat
ural history, and farming. Then he
went traveling, through Germany,
Kngland, France, the Balkan states,
European Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria,
and the Levant. By the time he was
twenty-six, and that was In AugiiGt,
1S87, agents of Stambouloff, the
peasant premier of Bulgaria, found
Ferdinand cut in Vienna, and made
him a certain offer. He tobk a few
days to conUder, and then -accepted.
Two Or three days later he landed
from a river steamboat on the south
bank of the Danube, and made ac
quaintance with the Bulgarian mln-
micia, ueuuu uy me iamous Btanu-K
bouloff..
Nine years' ordeal followed, while
he put to use every talent he had
in quietly building' up the young
state that bad called him. Like all
the Orleanist dynasty of France he-
was an excellent man of business,
and a born diplomatist. The risks
were tremendous. Stambouloff was
fighting both Russia and Turkey
but their mutual animosity kept
Bulgaria alive.
In 1894 the dav dawned when the
Bulgarians got ry tired Of their
fighting minister, and the Prince
Ferdinand cr.me at last Into his own,
He gbt rid cf Starubouloff. Tele-
gramrf row - erery-parr of Tl uTgaHaf
pourea on mm in congratulation.
. Then his second stage began. The
more the Bulgars knew him the bet
ter they liked him. He made every
peasant bis .friend, and knowa hun
dreds of them by name. , He loves to
troUwKh-tbenrabOTrt "thefr ' t leldi
HE great part Played bv aero
planes In the Balkan war makes
It clear that there must be a
revision of military strategy.
The censorship has been so severe
that it is only by slow degrees and
mostly from the wounded la hospit
als, that the facts are beginning to
leak out.
Each of the Balkan armies has
been well supplied. Even the Turks
have had a few. The Greek armies
started with twenty, while the aero
plane service of . tba-BuIgariana has
been Invaluable. The country of
their operations Is not one of level
valleys following the course of
tranquil rivers. Movement has been
down gulches and canyons, scpa
rated by precipitous hills, and
crossed by rocky ranges that might
seem Impregnable when held by
trained troops. But over all the
aeroplanes hovered, and signalled to
the following regiments the position
and numbers of the enem. The Bui
fiarian artillery has been deadly In
deed, but the precision of their fire
has been due to their absolute
knowledge of the position of their
opponents.
In this year's maneuvers of the
several European nations the ac
curate scouting or the aeroplanes al
most reduced tho movement of troops
to an absurdity. Surprises, at least,
were impossible. The German com
manders of the opposing armies each
resorted to night marches to change
the position of their troops both for
attack and defence. One army corps
marched thirty-one miles between
nightfall and morning, only to find
that their antagonists had had the
same Idea.
"Endurance, on the part of the
troops," observed one of ihe German
generals, "will be a far greater fac
tor In future than in past vars."
Ills prediction has been abundantly
verified in the Balkan war. But the
aeroplane Is responsible for the
change.
lOommtmlctftloiin not t Tb Jnornxt for
publication In IhU department aboald b
written ob onlr od dda of tht pepar, aboold
Kt nmd SCO worda In lntb aad moat, b
ecenmpaol'd br tba nam aad addrnaa of tba
endpr. It tba writer doea not deelre to bare
Ut oama pubUabad, ba ebi M ao lUla,
HISTORY REPEATED
I
N DECEMBER, 1877. the Rur-
sians completely defeated the
Turkish armies at Plevna as the
closing event in a great campaign.
Turkey appealed to the European
powers to intervene, and they re
fused. The' war went on. On Jan
uary 31, 1878, an armistice was
signed between Russia and Turkey.
But it expired before peace was cori
cluded and the Russians advanced
and proposed entering Constantino
ple. Whereupon England ordered a
battleship squadron to pass the Dar
danelles and occupy the Bosphorus.
All this meant a re-staging of the
Crimean war, and neither -power
moved, v
Late in thepring of 1878.aCon
ventlon was signed iri London be
tween England and Russia. On June
A New Voter's Views.
Portland. Or.. Nov, 15. To tho Editor
of The Journal Not being a cltlien be
fore election, although paying taxes for
20 years, I had no deelre then to state
my vlewa about important matters and
have "man" gay, "Now, If that's all you
have to say, run on home and tend to
trie babies, "I have business to trans
act," I would like to say somthlng
about taxes ae It appears to me. ' Who
advocate single tax?
1. People who own expensive dwel
lings, business buildings, fine furni
ture, handsome autos, oodles of up to
date machinery, notes, money, dia
monds, etc., and little real estate In
comparison.
2. Teople who have spent In riotous
living all their wages, or patrimony
never frugal, seldom Industrious, work
Ing only when bo disposed and when
conditions suit them. In consequence,
have no land and little or no personal
property.
Who oppose single taxi t
1. Large landowners.
2. People who have town lota with
email homes on them, ordinary furni
ture, generally comfortable frugal, In
dustrious, some machinery maybe, not
often an auto, but honest folke.
S. People who through sacrifice have
eaved and Invested some of their small
earnings in property with & future hope
In view.
4. People who, with indescribable eac-
rlfice,,.hard work, suffering, starvation,
terror, etc., have contracted with Uncle
Sam for a homestead which they finally
own, but are not able to use for the lack
or ready money, out who nope to see
their children able touse In the future.
Tar law for one. sort of property
owners and exempting others. Is surely
class legislation. Do our constitutions
allow thatT
What right has a federal government,
state government, county government,
municipal government or Individual to
break a contract made In all honesty
and sincerity, and confiscate "property
either In a direct or indirect way?
If corporations or individuals are en
Joying blessings from privileges frankly
and openly granted to them by a gov
ernment, company or Individual, it Is
surely up to that government, company
or Individual to be a good loser and let
those who have taken advantage of Us
offer enjoy all tUelr blessings. But If
it has proved' an unwise contract then
a government, company or Individual
has a right to stop making any more
such contracts, but has no right to
break the ones it has made.
I believe a graduated Income tax
would be wholesome and Just. It should
be applied to everyone. It would even
be the making of a "newey" or "boot
black" on the streets to know out of
his "income" he 1b paying a "tax"' to
help support his government. Instead
of teaching children to desire and ask
for "handouts" and spit at the hand be
cause the "handout" was not as large
or luscious as desired, our coming gen
eration would grow In self-respect and
pride in government as a partnership
affair.
Every honorable, honest. Intelligent
person, man or woman, and many chil
dren would only be proud to pay a rea
nonable proportion of hla Income to the
building of good road3, the honest wages
of hla "representatives who look after
the government,, and In Improvements
and benefrts at large which each and
every one would feel a personal inter
est in, assured by the "business re
ports" of such "representatives" that
the money they gave ia used for the
people's good and not to line some poll,
tlclan's pocket, or used to frustrate the
people's wishes.
Be careful now and don't sneer at
me, for I am a voter and have a per
fect right to be Interested in political
questions. ROSE TULLEY HUGHES.
' SMALL C11ANGU
' Whatever else goes down city taxes
pc in atwaya to go up.
If the worst .comes to the Turks, there
in plenty or water nanay., , .-
;..;',-'; ' 1 , .-.-! .-:':". -y-; t;;;
The season is at hand In which hobos
prerer city to country lire. ;
..-. v. ,. - - ... a ..v . ;. .,
- Klamath Falls ia a "good town," and,
it is cnargeu, not a gooa town.
Several million voters' didn't care, and
bo aian i vote not a gooa sign.
Oregon has been a state 63 years, and
ijae flaw out one caoinei roemoer;--
Instead of scowling at the clouds and
rain, imng oi next years Dig crops, .
There Is a vast amount of advice that
rreeident-eiect Wilson doesn't need, ,
' Why always k "smokerf Some soci
able people don't smoke, or ilk smoke.
' Nobody has a better chance to become
practical and useful reformers , than
Judges.
' . '
Don't entertain the notion that there
are no disinterested and patrlotlo publlo
servants, m'' ' "
Most women want to aid temperance.
but it may not follow that most of them
favor statewide prohibition, , " ,
Camnaienlnr and votinir have coma to
be nearly as continuous operations ai
tearing up newly-made streets.
The American congress mar become a
little disorderly at times, but on' the
whole it is the, best-behaved national
legislature on earth, , ,
'
Ex-preacher Mtlttes right: there la
nothing Inherently bad about billiards.
and the same should he as far as pos
einie aieaRsociated rrora viae, Dotn in
practice and in thought. ( ,
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Hanks Dramntlo club will present
,in race at tue window" next aatur
aay evening, .
lorvains uazette-Times: The tmag
puller AUthloma Is above Corvallls
yanking "undesirable citizens" from the
oruijr ieptos or toe raging Willamette,
iiooa River News A remark now
frequently heard 1a that it la too bad the
paving could not have been done during
the past summer. As It Is, Hood Jtilver
has nothing for it but to endure the
muddy streets throusrh another winter.
However, we can b thankful that this
wili. be the iat.- ,- - , , .
McMlnnvllle Telephone ReirWert Tha
rermlKKlon for-tock to run at larari wn
defeated in every precinct In Yamhill
uountv wmon voted on tne measure. The
Erecincis were as rouqws: unecowan,
undee. East Dayton, North, Newberg,
lie ana iorn lammu,
t jviainniit . cmi - AMurinweBterii; . xne
nisn ecnool board is well satisfied with
what has been done In the line of ath
letics at the high achobl, says Principal
raugnt, ana it now plans, u tuture de
velopments warrant It. and f the tax.
payers nave no objections, to erect
gymnasium for the hlh school,, v s, ; .
Pendleton East Oreironlan! Runerln.
tendent Lonergan declares be will be
ready to commence laying "hot stuff on
Went Webb street within the next dav
or two. - Jackson street is being rapidly
graded and prepared for paving, and
the superintendent believes he will have
a . hot stuff crew at work there by the
uuuuie ui uesi ween.
. Dallas Observer: The advisability' of
orfranizing a permanent rair association
was suggested at the last meeting of the
Con.meroial club, and It was decided to
eet aside the (meeting of November 20
as a special rair meeting. The club will
give a smoker ana provide a few "eats'
to memoers anu representative men
from all Dortlona of th count v who
.in v. i j.j - - T,-r-.
JHE NEW HEALTH CONSCIENCE '
From World's Work.
Dr. McLaughlin of the federal health
service is authority v for the estimate
mat at least 20,000 persons in the
United States die-ever v vear from tv
phold a greater sacrifice 0? life than
the bubonic plague or cholera economic
the orient, and a far greater economic
loss. And it la a national humiliation
that this loss in the United States
should be so very much greater than
in European countries. Thirty-three
cities of northern Europe with a popula
tion of 81, 600, 000 had an average deRth
rate from typhoid over a recent pertol
of 6 14 In every 100,000; and 25 American
cities with a population of 20,000,000
have had a recent annual death rate of
25 In every 100,000.
The economic loss caused by typhoid
cases that are not fatal the weeks of
Illness and the cost of care nursing-
estimated at $100,000,000 a year. ,
All this because of a disease that enn
be prevented- mainly by sanitary con
trol of the water supply; and, this fad
ing, now by Inoculation.
The local health officerln many com
munltics is a country aoctor without
power till an epidemic breaks out
without vigilance, end without the habit
of doing things. The general ignorance-
or danger is a disgrace to what we call
"education." From, the country home,
where the pig pen has been carefully
built so that it will drain into the well,
to the cities on our great lakes, the
lack of knowledge, of care, of regula
tion, of authority, are relics of the
primitive period of thought when dis
ease was regarded as a direct visita
tion of God for our sins.
We have been giving much time and
thought these months to a great politi
cal campaign to decide who shall be
president a matter well worth while,
of course; but It is of much less im
portance who shalj be, president than
what safeguards shall be thrown around
the publlo health. The giving of com
pulsory vitality to every health officer
In the land and the choice of the best
man in every community for that of
fice and the enactment and enforcement
of good health laws would mean a
greater gain to the happiness and to
the economic welfare of the peoda than
the election of any man whatsoever to
the presidency.
rair questibns for everv man to .sV
himself are such as these:
r What are the sanitary conditions of
my water supply?
What Is 'the law under which I live
that ensures, the publle toealthT Who
are the men with power to enforce
these laws? Are they doing their
fluty?
There Is now enough knowledge of
sanitation and of the prevention of
disease, if it were applied, to take
many of the risks out of life and to
add very appreciably to the average
ur us aurauon; ana there Is no more
useful work than getting this knowl
edge put to use. Such big meetings
as the International Congress of Hy
giene at Washington and the Conserva
tion congress at Indianapolis, each with
Its exhibits, help; the magazines and
newspapers help; everything helps that
brings these facts home to the people.
But the old-time conventionalities still
hold us captive. For example: if you
See a man hurt by an accident.' you
will Instantly run to his resuce and
you will call a doctor without a mo
ment's delay. But you, will look at an
Insanitary outhouse on a road that you
travel every day aud vou will never
feel at liberty to tell the owner the
danger he runs, nor will you think tit
railing a sanitary officer! attention
to it Most of our codes of conducts
are based on the old-time theory of
disease as a dispensation of God till
something sudden happens, such as an
accident or an epidemic.
The medical profession la verr rao-
Idly changing its attitude to the pub
lic. The number of public lectures, ex
hibits, articles, and meetings to put the
great facta of- preventive medicine into
practice that you will recall during the
last few years far exceeds the num
ber that you can remember in all your
previous lifetime.
But perhaps the greatest slnirle
agency of Instruction and publicity is
tne .school, The compulsory attention
to pupils' health that has become the
law in many communities is waking up
the peoplei Preventive medicine Is
makins its way, too, Into the curricu
lum of the schools. More and more this
must go on till the teacher becomes a
practical sanitary expert and the acti
vities of every school begin with health
and end with It, too. For you cannot
make a better course of study than
by working out such a scheme of in4
struction and of living. . ; ;
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Progressive s
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tory, I I
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A Protest.
Ashland, Or., Nov. 16. To the Editor
of The Journal. In your editorial of
"November 14, headed "The Milwaukee
Failure," you seem to us to violate your
usual fairness in discussion by making
statements that strain the truth and
are not lp accord with facts, although
they sound good to those who are averse
to change and who delight to console
themselves with phraseologies that de
ceive. ' ,
Tou say "the Milwauke government
was 'a socialist government," The-Mil
waukee municipality baa a socialist ad-minis-tratiop,
but never had a. socialist
government. Bo long as Milwaukee Is
a political municipality it cannot have
a socialist government Many socialist
writers and speakers have so strenu
ously endeavored to Impress on tblr
readers and hearers that socialism con
templates a revolutionary change from
a political government to a social or
hidustrlal government that we cannot
help but think you should have known
better than to make, tne statement-you
did. The form- of administration mat-
tnrs nut little nut ine rorrn nr numrn. I v i - . . .
inT,gr?riTicirmMH
the powers to. Berlin. After
month's discussjon the. Berlin treaty j
was slgnen. Disraeli told the Eng
lish people it meant "peaco with
honor." ? Others , saw that it settled
nothing, and that a greater explri-slon'-wa
r Inevitable tor Ion 'as Tujrlt-
the contrary notwithstanding.
If the form of government, does not
better conditions lt us hleiback.to un
liroUgd -nplltloai monarchy, cut out the
publle schools -as a part and parcel of
government and make Khe king supreme
In beftb. State and churchy burn, the con
stitution and let the liberties that our
constitution 'secures ta us rest la " the
hand of one man. Politics Is not gov
ernment, it is only the machinery of
government,
The machine has been in use Since
Cain built the Walled citv he numml
Enoch." It never has and never will
secure Justice to. humanity, no matter
what party administers. The discard
ing cf tho old machine and tho introduc
tion of a new one, an Industrial or so
cial machine, would secure "Justice,
which is the first thing God requires
of us. Mlcah. vi:8. Matt xxlli:23.
The fact that nearly U not oulte
1M0&00 voters November 8 were willing
to lose their votes, simply to register
their protest against the iniquity and
injustice of politics ought to open your
eyes to the situation that man as man
is very Jealous of his liberties and will
soon enter into the promised land of
industrial freedom, even though the
carcasses of the fearful ones rot in the
wilderness. D. M. BROWER, M. D."
This public opinion each Individual
single taxer will enseavor to change.
The 19,000 must be tapght that they
help, earn the unearned wealth others
receive. Truth Is truth only in action!
B. T. S,
Sinjele Tax's Death..
Portland, Nov. 16, 1932. To the Edi
tor of The Journal.-Thls exultation
over the "death of .single tax" is either
feigned or extremely fatuous. Some
there are so dense as to see nothing
not set directly before, their eyesand
It may be well for them to be given a
deeper look. While disappointment
pervades the ranks, there is no discour
agement. The Issue Is continuous. Had
the measures carried jhere would nave
been no cessation.' It Is public opinion
rather than, concrete Jaw that is wanted,
the one bring the other, and preceding
the law comes also the effect aimed at,
by advocates reduction to a minimum
the exchange value of land.
What happened the other day was
simply a record of public opinion; the
lid was taken off to see whether but
ter had gathered. It had not; but good
signs there were, and churning goes
on with renewed and steadier effort.
What lasting comfort the returns
give Intelligent reapers Of unearned
money Is hard to imagine. The count
shows in this county alone that 12,000
recognize and made earnest effort to
plug this terrific leak from labor and
business, Bach of these 12,600 Is a
powerful .leavening force. In various
places they are shooting truth Into the
Ignorant and indifferent. In all walks
of life the campaign goes on; in every
department 01 The Journal, no doubt,
some 'fire telling comrads that the
earth belongs to all; and at every fac
tory, on every building and In every
business groupJ wherever three or four
are gathered--the fact 1s recited that
land values register -what It la worth
far few 'to have exclusive use Of that
which belongs to all.
less tight . And see how reduced Is the
field fr "bulling" the source of sun.
pUest Not only is the, 12,000 ' elimi
nated, but the adverse 24,000 even the
dbuw wno recognise tne injustice and
Insist upon reaping " without . aowinn
will be more wary. And tb'a v.'flr'at
question of- foreign 'Investors" now
The Y. M. C. A.
Portland, Nov. IS. To the Editor of
Tho Journal. Does It not seem a shame
that such an institution as the T. M.
C. A. should be so cruelly slandered
merely because It has been so unfor
tunate as toeheJtcra nurnerbja.ck
sheep? And Is not any newspaper whose
love for success and gold Is such as
to cause it to trade upon Such misfor
tunes and the love of a certain class
of people for the sensational a disgrace
to the country that supports it? Kad
something of benefit to humanity boen
discovered in the Y. M. C. A. no extra
edition would hays been Issued becausw
the class of people" that buys sensa
tional "extras" love not the good half
so much as they love the' morbid. One
would think that. Judging by- that
pater's haste to get out . an extra, 'tis
something riew to find vice In an insti
tution of good repute. .Was not one of
Christ's 12 apostles a traitor?. Has not
the Christian church offtlmes been
slandered by the presence of black
sheep?' One cannot unjustly slander a
good Institution because of .the follies
of a few without being as criminal as
they that furnished the food for scan
dal. One can only real lie what barm
Is dene by such sensational scandal by
hearing the conversations of the semi
Illiterate upen. the subject. The reel
culprits are forgotten and' the vile epi
thets of. the Ignorant are hurled at the
Institution, A garden of flowers is pot
tire less beautiful to those who are look
ing for flowers because a few . weed
may be there, hut there are those Whose
vision is bo distorted as to see nothing
but weeds in the best of gardens. I
am not a bigoted member' of any insti
tution, but I love everything that tends
to better humanity, and I believe that
the. church and such Institutions as the
TV M. C A. are very great - factors In
the betterment, of society. God bless
them all. And may God help soma
narrow minded newspaper men to get
away from such ethics 'as would have
disgraced the "'sixteenth1' century. "
T, 8. PARTRIDOH.
From New York Globe.
All suggestions .looking to a possible
union between progressives and Repub
licans are, of course, , indignantly re
Jected by the spokesmen of botti parties.
Each proposes to keep squarely in the
middle , of ns road and not "deflect a ' . .
hair-breadth. President Taft, who has
worked himself into real belief that con-
stltutlonal ,, ,, government is menaced,
couples the Socialists and the Progres--
Bivea In, bis condemnation , as equally
dangerous, Senator pixon, calling at- -
tention to the fact that the new narty ,
Is either first and second in every state ;
except five, assumes that the Repuu- ,
Hcan party will dwindle into nothing- .
ness. and doubts whether, the party Wilt
muster strength enough' in four years .
to nominate a presidential candidate,:
uver no considerable penoa nave tne'
masses of the American people divided
among more than two; parties.' ; From
:.s beginning the government has been ,
carried on under a two-party system. ,
The probabilities are that there has been '
no material change in this respect, and
that In four years there will not again
be a three-cornered fight : Th Demd .
cratio party te, .of course, to keep .on.
and it will have a single opponent But -'
it Is not clear whether " thler -opponent -will
march under the old Republican or -the
new Progressive banner. '
We may dismiss -as valueless the
heated extreme statements of- both tht , -president
and Senator Dixon. Neither
la yet In a mental condition to Judge -coolly.
Let us consider as candidly es
noaslble what may be said In favor '
of the new party and what may b said
In favor of the old party.
Superficially it seems possible 10
make the stronger argument in favor of
the new organization.- Its candidate at
the recent trial. of strength pollMl the ";
larger vote;-and the majorities are ac
Customed to ask. minorities to come to
them. : ' It has in many respects a more ,
attractive name, a name that arouses no '
ancient prejudloes. Throughout the ,
couth, still dominated by sentimental
thought concerning the olvll war, the
Republican name is a stumbling block.
it is associated with a sectional victory.
ana witn the misgovernment of carpet-
Dag oays. if the Republican party,
such, should go out of existence, it in
highly probable that the Progressive
party would from the beginning attract
active support ta the south, and ' that
southern voters (something to be greatly
desired) would divide more with respect
to present-day issues and less with re
spect to traditions.
The new party Is more fortunate than
the old in being lees Infested with self-
appointed cliques not distinguished for
patriotism. Bosses, of course, will de
velop in time In any political organi
sation, but they will be new bosses, and
new ones always seem better than old
discredited ones. President Taft would
have polled more votes than he did If
certain gentlemen had been less con
spicuous in securing his nomination and
In urging his election.
Finally, the new party has a great
advantage over the old In the fact that
It has a great leader, able to inspire it
and unify it. On the other hand, the
Republican party, as at present organ
ized, is leaderless and canilldateleus.
On the other side of the account Is
to be set down the fact that parties
are exceedingly hard to kill. They ac
cumulate' traditions and arouse affec
tion. No party lies had a more honor
able record than the Republican party.
Its ne.me Is imperlshably associated
with the most glorious annals of the re
public. It has done well, and with the
party Itself, as projected and as a ma
jority of its rank and file have wanted
it to be, few Progressives find fault.
Hard, very hard, will M be to induce
many gray-haired Republicans, the flow
er of the country's citizenship, to cease
calling themselves Republicans.
Another practical advantage !s pos
sessed by the old organization over the
now. Political lesues take form princi
pally at Washington in the debates that
occur in congress. Now, In congress.
In both houses, the opposition will ba
chiefly composed of men calling them
selves Republicans. To the ttouse but -12
out and out Progressives have been
elected, while the Republicans num
ber 118. The Republicans thus have an
opportunity to mature alternative legis
lation, and to drive their criticism of
the administration home In a way that
the Progressives have not.
What the outcome will b cannot now
be foreseen. It probably depends on
events that have not yet happened. The
period is one of rapid change, and no
one is able to predict what the Ameri
can people will be talking about at this
time next year. Much depends on the
course of the Wilson administration-
much depends on whether prosperity
continues or not
Always in Good H
umor
EXCEPT.
From Judge.
Wiggs "After all. lli is just a mat
ter of pay' your money and take your
choice, you know."
Diggs "Yes; except when it's a mat
ter of pay your money and, take your
chance, instead."
FOR THE BOY'S SAKE.
From the Newark News.
A Roseville man stopped smoking for
the sake of his young son. "If 1 smoke
r shall set him a bad example," he ar
gued, and gave up- the use of tobacco
with many sighs of regret For three
years he has done without the weed.
The other night he found.a box of little
cigars in the boy's coat pocket, a well
smokeu briar pipe In the youngster's
toolbox down cellar and a pack of ci
garettes in the woodshed.
FEARS A BOOMERANG.
( From th Washington Star.
"My wife made me promise to quit
smoking before she would marry me,"
remarked Mr. Meektoa.
-nd now?" .
"I'm doing my beat to get her to
prpmlse not to begin." 1
what, ls"publlo opinion Oft srigle-tatt wi-
Shorty and Slim. -.:'
Oakpolnt, Wash.j Nov. 16. To tbs
Editor of The Journal Shorty and Slim,
two young huskies, both had good Jobs
at HQ per month. 60 they Quit that to
take on some t1 -making at Bandon, ex
pecting to mftke 80 or more.; Instead
thy..,oflx mada. l3LiotJona.mQnUiUost
two weeks to get th tie-maklnsr lob
and one week and $10 fare on an ocean
steamer to get back to Portland.- A few
days In tbe city "and their money is
gone; men tney must negm over. These
twt Jfbys.Bre honest,- willing-. anld hard
Workers, but discontented If they are
not getting the best wages going. And
tliat whcr so rrmny fall. .
, ut C, liNUELHAILDT.
Pointed ParafcTrapki
A man can be cordial without drlnkr
'Ing it. ',--,-'-'':;.
, e .' .. '-" '-. ..-v '-.Jy-
Some pople fail to win because others -do
not lose.
'' ' '- " '- -"
No man can stand in hla own light '
without casting a shadow.
, Occasionally one man, may abuse an-'
other by praising his enemies.
She is indeed a clever woman. If she
is too clever to show it ,;
.." ";' :V'!V '"'':: .'V,v.' s;
; It's tough or the airship chauffeur
when he takes a drop' too much.
: Imitation humor, may provoka more -genuine
laughter than the real thing.
It i difficult for a woman ta anart
the dual role of soul mate and h.in.
mate-"1""' " ' 1 1 i""
. " 'X
8ome men are modest enough to ad-
mit that they only khow everything ;
worth knowing. -
Many a good wlf Is firmly oonvlnoed
that her husband ' doesn't 'hsWnfce- ' .
with anything Jnlhe house axoant tba
nutmeg grater. " , ;"u11
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