THE OREGON DAILV JOURNAL,
PORTLAND THURSDTY EVENING, NOVEMBER . 23, 1912.-
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He who ascends to mountain
tops Hliall find
Their lufttest peaks most wrapt
In clouds of snow;
,He who surpasses or subdue
mankind,
Must look down on the hate of
those below. Byron.
.IS
THANKSGIVING
T
lIIE thunders and shrieks of war
arc not over and around us, as
In Southern Europe, famine
and knear Caraino do not. threat
en us. as in China. Pestilence, su
perstition and caste do not Bnrroiind
ua, as In India. CaeBarism does not
govern us, as In Russia. Distressing
labor upheavals do not bang over
our daily ;IhVrv as 4n -Great Britain.
We have 1Ui. and nhall always have
tbera. ,becuaa an imperfect human
kind is heir 3 ills. But in compari
son with peoples under other suns,
. we are blet sed in government,
blessed In st andards of life and
blessed in 'an i abounding plenty.
Fer the year, err soil yielded for
our further prosperity a splendid '.o
tal of 110,000,00,000 worth of agri-
. cultural produitsta, an aggregate of
blessing that tie human mind In its
weakness, cannot comprehend.
-, Let us be thjtnkful. ;
.' AIlTliq TEJUt CJIAKNEI
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IT IS true, as !MaJor Mclndoe Ays,
that everyboq y la the Willamette
valley la in favor of a project
- for an all-the-rear channel be-
tween Portland and Eugene.
" Wo all know that It would make
th Willamette 'rivet a powerful
competitor for hfiayy-traffte-wUh the
railroads, and the regulator of
1 freight rates as -effective -as many
'" laws or commissions. Every one
who stops to remember will call to
""'mind the sacks of farm produce, the
wool and hops, on the Tiver banks,
L, the many shipments of sheep and
1 Ji ogs -Waitings to. -ie -taken on board
the boats, and the rest of the proof
;?r that; the river was the popular high-
way. We recollect abjo trow rail
rates went up when the Tiver fell,
and fell when the waters Tose. And
'- apart from -the - money question - we
' jr know the value -ot the great open
I road to the valley people.
Major Mclndoe was ordered in the
- Rivers and Harbors Act of inly 25,
: ' last, to make both a preliminary ex
V'amlnation of the river In view of
' an all-tbe-year six foot channel, and
to report as to what. If any, local co
operation is to be expected.
; If the committee appointed at the
s - Albany meeting in October baa found
: It impracticable to secure local co
; operation for a six foot channel that
I fact should be made known to Major
i Mclndoe with the reasons for that
, conclusion. Whatever fate is In
I j store' for the six foot channel It Is
X; earnestly to be hoped that the val
i ley towns will not cease their efforts
... to secure an all-the-year channel
z of such depths as may suffice for
(., both present and prospective traffic.
JUDGE FEXTON'8 REASONS
J
1 UDGE FENTON'S reasons In yes
terday's Journal for not using
the Third street plaza blocks
for an auditorium site are un-
' answerable.
""; Other nn9ns-pr.ihl nna ..
K"the iw-orps ot p. h,,nHroH n . j
man beings perennially occupying
jthOBe blocks. No public park in
m Portland Is so much used. To no
other spot in Portland do so many
go for 6ight of green grass and Its
V faint suggestion df life in the great
: out doors.
? " Many a working girl, or tired
1 mother, or nurse with her little
. .charge, weary of the stony pave
. Omenta, drifts into the plaza block for
, a few moments of recreation. Many
' a human derelict with no place else
temporary rest
rrom the ceaseless tramu on the
streets in search of employment. 1
.... . Every human at&m who restB '
Weary limbs in the Third street park
. uU.u..e.u.D .SuiUeiii against
devoting the spot to an auditorium.
The proximity of the place to the
' business center makes it a priceless
legacy to thousands, and it should
never be used for other than park
purposes.
' In addition, as Judge Fcnton has
i pointed out, It can only be used for
a parkbecatrse of the terms of Its be
"stowal upon the city.
THE BOOTLEGGERS
F
lOR bootlegging at Albany. Al
Peacock has been sentenced to
pay $1000 in fines and to serve
170 days In Jail. Eighty days
(, of the jail sentence la made inoper
atlve provided the culprit hereafter
t - refrains from the "blind pig" indus-
. ,!lrr. ...UUiciiltfa. tha-lalX sentence
t will be exacted.
Why do Bot men who want to sell
liquor go to place! where the sale
i not forbidden? Why attempt to
t oU it illeially in dry territory, when
It an be sb,'ld legally In wet terrl
toryT Why Insist on being lawless,
when It is Just as easy to be law
abiding? Why be constantly dodg-
Ing sheriffs, ; prosecutors, "constables
and the law, when, by doing business
In wet territory the law cannot rao
Jest? vv'Su.?'!, f - "
; PeacocltSSasI foolish. Every marl
Is foolish who traffics in Intoxicants
in a community that has, by ballot
forbidden the sale of liquor. Every
man Is foolish who persuades him
self that lie can successfully conduct
an illicit business by stealth.
It is -an Impossible business be
cause It always ends in discover"
The aecret la always givon away by
the character of the output A
drunken man in a dry town is almost
a sure sign that there Is a sightless
pig in the neighborhood. It waa to
with the Albany man, and $1000 in
fines and 170 days in jail are thi
rocks on which his business split.
If men have tho irresistible im
pulse to sell booze, why "on't they
operate in that vast inimitable wet
zone, where the law cannot molest
or make them afraid? Why do bus
iness perpetually with courts, sher
iffs, and Jails contstantly on their
trail? "
A ritODKJIOUS WASTE
r
N EUROPE, the average cost per
mile for hauling a ton of farm
products to market iH less than
ten cents. In the United States,
it is 23 to 25 cents.
In the United States, tho cost, over
bad roads, is 35 to 40 cents per ton
mile. On the good roads, it is 10 to
12 cents.
In the United States, we haul 200,
000,000 tons of farm products .to
market every year. The average
length of haul Is 9.4 miles, and at
the aYerage of 23 to 25 cents per
mile, the whole cost of getting prod
ucts from farm to market or rail
road station is $432,400,000. If all
the roads were good the cost would
be halved and we would save $216,
200,000 a tear. In two years, we
would save more than enough -o ray
for the Panama canal. In five years,
we would save more than enough to
pay off the national debt.
It requires 25.000.00T) draft
horses, worth- $2,000,000,000, to
haul our farm products to market.
With proper ro.-ds, we should re
quire but half as many horsca, their
keep would be saved, the interest
on $1,000,000,000 investment in
them .would he aaveiU- and there
would be saved in addition the great
loss through the natural passing of
half of them by the limitations of olJ 1
age and death. In no phase of our
national life Is there a more extra
ordinary loss than the tremendous
waste Incident to inadequate roads.
..In Oregon, w j are -face to face
with this waste. We have a wide
spread sentiment for better roaJs,
but we have not been .able to agree
on plans. We are in that melan
choly status in which there are al
most as many plans as men, and all
different. ..'.
We are also anxious to have the
roads', but want them built without
paying the price. If a way could lie
found to build them with hot air.
Oregon would soon be resplendent
with beautiful highways, and life
would be one long sweet dream of
bliss.
However, we are making progress.
The late election taught us that we
cannot succeed until we agree. It
taught us that there must be con
cession and compromise, or no prog
ress will be made. Having learned
that much, we should now be in
mood to actually achieve.
BIGGEST ON EARTH
r
HE United States government
manufactures enough postage
stamps each day to completely
cover six acres of ground. Ex
tended, they w-ould make a chain of
stamps 627 miles long. If there
were no other means, our rate of
stamp making would give us a
glimpse of the colossal proportions
'of the American Republic.
I Equally Impressive are the facts
respecting the printing of currency.
Every day, we print 1,250,000 United
States notes, gold and silver certifi
cates or national bank notes. Laid
flat, they would completely cover
five acres, and placed end to end,
they would extend 140mlLes. Their
value is $5,000,000, and their weight
two tons.
The stamps and bills are turned
out by the bureau of printing and en
graving, the largest establishment of
its kind In the world. It employs
1900 men and 2100 women.
tured daIly lB 34000,000. The value
of each day's output of stamps Is
$600,00 0, and. 6 Q 0 .empIoye.-ai-reH'aTiff,niS"Ret6raerr8" Court 21.
!one different kinds of postage stamps
;in denominations of one cent to 15.
and printed in fifteen different col
ors are made for the United States
and our insular possessions.
Another important activity of the
bureau is the printing of Internal
revenue stamps. If spread out In
single sheets, the stamps daily print
ed would cover eleven acres. The
revenue derived by the government
from these stampB Is $300,000,000 a
year.
This country little realizes the
magnitude of Its gigantic operatloLs.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S ADVICE
I
N A RECENT New York nnr.
President Taft advocated very
strongly the passage of a law giv
ing to each department head in
the-iifrmintrtraon'ff"ea'tr"ana;t1fe
right of free speech on the floor of
each House of Congress.
He urged that Congress would
thereby be better informed as to
actual 'conditions la the executive
departments. V That cabinet officers,
being liable to challenge on all mat
ters in their, departments, both as to
policies and occurrences, would,, have
to prepare themselves by intimate
and detailed knowledge on all pat
ters to be debated.. And that tha
nation, being daily1 advised ot the
progress of such debates. Would be
Informed en the national business
by questions so put and answered on
the floor of either house. ;
The New York Independent, edl
torlally, adds its approval v to the
President's suggestions. The paper
adds that this plan "works admir
ably In the British Parliament."
The Independent ha forgotten
that no such plan exists at Westmln
ster. English Cabinet Ministers sit.
speak, and vote in Parliament not by
virtue' of the offices they hold, but
by election aa ordinary members for
some constituency. So strongly la
this accented that on acceptance of
any office in the government ot tho
day the official vacates his seat and
has to present himself for re-election
to his own constituency and thi3
not as a mere matter of form, but
ns lias been many times exemplified,
he runs a distinct risk of failure to
retain his parliamentary seat.
READING THE, OMENS
5'
ENATOR ROOT has read the
omens. He has interpreted the
election returns. In ,a great
speech before brigadiers of
finance and captains of Industry In
New York, ho delivered them a mes
sage. '-;''- --
Senator Root is always Impressive.
n his speech, he was both Impres
sive and significant. He said that
thousands of pemle look upon our
great business men with suspicion,
wid that mauy of our wealthy men
regard the people as lawless and
predatory. "They misunderstand
you," he explained, "and you misun
derstand them."
Senator Root was chairman at Chi
cago.' He was master of ceremonies
n the nomination of Mr.-Taft. He
was the Instrument through which
Mr. Barnes. Mr. Penrose and other
great captains of reaction staged the
Republican campaign.
He has beard the results of the
count: For the 7,637,676 votes for
Mr. Taft In 1908. there were only
376,422 In 1912. Senator Root
makes no mistake about the figures.
and he hastens to explain that great
business men "misunderstand the
peopler" '
The senator Is right. The elec
tion has Impressed him. He has
seen a great light. Nearly 4,000,000
voters deserted the Republican party
because our "great business men"
have misunderstood the people. His
speech is a warning to our great bus
iness men to either get ready for
policies that will more nearly square
with plain people's views and inter
ests or be prepared for even ruder
shocks than the election returns of
1912.
PRISONERS' EARNINGS
I
N DETROIT for two years past a
system has been in operation for
the employment of those com
mitted from the Recorder's
Court, and from the Police Courts, to
the City House of Correction. Wages
bo earned by prisoners are applied
by the Poor Commission toward the
support of the prisoners' dependent
families.
The new plan is hailed by the
judges of the Criminal Courts In De
troit, for It leavea them free to im
pose adequate penalties on offend
ers, without the unwelcome necessity
of indirectly punishing the families
and dependents of the prisoners.
During the past year $6652 was
earned by the House of Correction
offenders and portioned out by the
Board among 139 families, number
ing in all 574 persons.
The superintendent testifies
strongly In favor of the disciplinary
worth to the prisoners of the new
method. He says that it helps him
who has a spark of manhood left to
redeem himself through labor, since
he views his work less as an Im
posed and worthless, treadmill, task,
and more as a means of earning a
partial livelihood for those depen
dent on him.
The effect on the 139 families who
have been aided has been to help
them to maintain that economic In
dependence which Is a main support
iu the life Btruggle.
Under the condition of Imposed
labor the House of Correction sen
tence has had a distinctly increased
deterrent effect. During the year
117 prisoners were received for the
first time. Only 18 for the second
time and three for the third time.
The police courts sent upJ3i.men
Non-
support sent 76 men to the House,
45 went for disturbing the peace.
Flfty-flv were sentenced for 35
days, 51 for 65 days, and one man
on an indeterminate sentence of not
less than two and a half year nor
more than fifteen.
TnE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
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F THE 7,000,000 working girls
and women in the United
States, one fifth receive less
than" $200 a year, and three
fifths less than $325.
This statement was made before
a council committee at Chicago,
when Jane Add'ams and Mrs. Joseph
T. owen of the Juvenile Protective
Association of Chicago made an ar
gument against a segregated vice
district. They contended that the
'to?9MMmenijaMtlfMm .lne
dent to the small" wage is a recruit
ing influence for the paths of rice.
The figures seem incredible. If
true, they are appalling. Yet, re
membering that at Lawrence, the
father of a family received an arer-
age. of $9 a week, and that aome of
them earned aa little aa $6 or even
$5, there , seems little reason - for
questioning; the statement of these
eminent Chicago women. -
It means that sooner or later there
will be an adjustment of things In
this country. We are probing now
Into social conditions as we never
probed before. We are dlacorerlnf
things about our economic life and
Its effects upon the aoclal. order that
we never knew before.k-ir::;. V,:,
In the mldat of great national
abundance, we have Just wltneased
the partial, break-up of a great po
litical party. It couldn't have hap
pened except for the conviction In
the minds of many men thatf some
existing condltiona are out of Joint
It could only have occurred from a
growing ; knowledge of the . swift
apread of poverty and the mournful
effect of that poverty tapon the ao
clal and economic conditions in the
republic.
The figures respecting the 7,000-
000 working girls and women in the
country recall Woodrow Wilson's
campaign declaration that "the peo
pie should . break Into their house
and occupy it." In the name of the
working, women of America, let the
president-elect and his congresa help'
the "people to break Into their house
and occupy It" after the 4th of next
March. Let them help drive out
the privilege and plutocracy and
give poverty a chance.
Letters From trie People
(fomnnrelratlnM wnt to Tha Journal for
nubUritlon la tfela department should ha writ
ten on only on !! of the Datwr. inooto not
uread K worda In Irnftb and mutt ba ae
romitaultd by tha nania and addreaa of tho
ernder. If tha writer doea not ilenlre to hara
Die in me putinnhcd, ha ihould to slate.)
Where the Aldrk h Plan Lcd.
Portland. Nov. 25. To th Editor of
Thu Journal You wer plaaed to per
mit some Portland bankers In your Bun
day edition to expraa themselves In
favorable comment of the Aldrlch mon
etery plan. As the bankcra have been
over two year in conclave, so aecret
that the general publio knew little or
nothing of what they were moulding
Into form, and which was only spruits
pon us during the latter part, of the
last congress, before we settle down
to accept this plan at the bankers' lda
of lti worth to the public, ret ua Iocs
on the obverse side of this gem of bank
creation.
It takes away from Uncle Sam the
right to "coin (emit) money and regu
late the value thereof," surrendering it
for 60 years Into the bands' of these
self-appointed worthies. The principle
initiative, referendum e,nLJecaU is
ot dwarfing in publio estimation, and
that this fundamental right rnuat be ab
rogated at the behest of the bank ting
Is ridiculous.
Another matter must be considered:
Thes functionaries of iha money trust
instituted a sly decapitation of silver an
primary money, which for several
ears was so carefully guarded thai
even our foremost statesmen, like Mc
Kinley, knew, nothing of It for eight or
10 years. But it. was dethroned aa a
primary money, and voters were made
to believe that Bryan and his following
were thieves and anarchists who desired
to right this colcssal wrong. The money
onsplracy won the battle, and we have
since United along with but one-half the
baslo money we might nave had. Some
20 years have elapsed since that hap
pening became acutely known. How
do the bankers stand now?
The Aldrlch monetary plan calls for
gold or Its equivalent in every repetl-
on where money is in question; and
this equivalent is defined as notes, mort
gages, bonds, commercial paper, bank
notes, with no gold behind them for re-
emption; and the launching of two bil
lion dollars of this despised flat stuff
on the country. If called for, is arranged
for in the bill!
Are the gold-bugs getting In readiness
to assert that greenbacks, after all, were
our best currency? If so, they will prob
ably insist that a bank's greenback is
better than Uncle Sam's, and this ex
plains their conversion.
Where is this sainted treasure gold?
Alas, the banking method, they named
In the bond, with Shylocklan pe pieeity
Is required, with as much more, which
the whole country does not possess, to
go "Into hiding, locked up In vaults De
hind bars of iron and walls of steel,
the average 20 per cent required as a
guarantee for over 117,000,000,000 of de
posita. This 20 per cent is double our
gold coin in the country, and if our
other forms of money, rsjne of it legal
tender, were also locked up for that
purpose, It would take almost the total
circulating medium in the country to do
It! "Would it not be fair for the bank
ing fraternity to admit this situation
admit that the purpose of the Aldrlch
money plan is to get at and unlock this
deposit guarantee, and stuff other forma
of putative money lnta Us place?
They should, but If they do they open
a Pandora's box of evil suggestions, for
the people then to clamor for that
Uncle Sam should take the matter In
hand, Just out ten billions of legal ten
der (which the banks do not want),
put the best of securities behind it,
rather than surrender this function to
the banks. '
Now we know, since the Aldrlch plan
wants .lt for the banker, that It is not
high treason, anarchy nor thievery to,
modestly claim the function for our
selves. CHARLES P. CHURCH.
Our Money System.
Portland, Or, Nov. 24, 112. To the
Editor of The Journal In the first
serlee ef-rttcle. no w .heliur
published on the money question, Mr.
Hepburn very clearly describes the
proper and lawful function of a clearing
house, which Is to facilitate exchanges
to enable banks to perform the great
detail labor Involved in the banking
business In ths quickest and least ex
pensive manner; but the remainder tf
his article Is not free from- misinter
pretation. The cash reserves which the banks
hold, as Justice and the law require, do
not "supplement the use of checks and
drafts," but constitute the ' basis and
security of the check and draft system
of circulation. The bank note, check,
draft, silver certificate, gold certificate,
treasury note, etc., are contracts. They
serve as counters and as the evidence
of an obligation. The obligation arises
ex contractu. The dbllgation may be
impaired or there may be a total failure
to perforin it. Then loss necessarily
results to one of the contracting par
ties. If tha laboring masses, by virtue
of a legal tender law, or otherwise, be
obliged to aceept these contracts In pay
ment Of wages, their wages decline as
their contracts depreciate, and the coun
JyCQrppratipnjprJndlYidual .wha-xe
ceived full value for them when they
were emitted has, through necessity or
otherwise, failed In thes fulfillment of
bis assumed obligation. 1 Tha value of
money does not depend on contract and
Is , not In the: nature of an obligation
no more than the value of flur or of
s machine. Every exchange effected by
A THANKSGIVING PRAYER
Thou .who didst safely guide Pilgrim band .
" To haven calm, on a December morn, t 1
Holding within the hollow of.Thy hand
The destiny; of millions yet unborn;
: And Thou fortress and a' tower f strength ' ' ','
To hearts that trembled at the task begun.
When outraged Freedom proudly claimed her right
At Concord Bridge and e'en st Lexington; .
Thou Cloud and Fiery Pillar leading on
The marshaled hosts of Many Joined as One; .
Thou who didst bid ua break the bondman's chains,
Thou God of Lincoln and of Washington! -
We thank Thee that through poisonous mists of doubt,
-Through lowering clouds of ain and passion base, .
Through atorms of unbelief that shake the world,
The Nation's eyes may still behold Thy face.
' , ;' " ': '-' "'.-v.- "..-; 1 ' ... , ' . . "
We thank Thee that despite the tumult wild,
The strife for power and rank, the greed for gold.
The Nation's heart beats ever atrong an4 true,
, The Nation trusts Thee as in days of old.
We fall in adoration at Thy feet,
Lie prostrate there, the while we humbly pray; .
Forgive our weakness and our folly, Lord,
And lead, O lead us all the way! ., .
; . M. B.K., Eugene, Or.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
There la ne adequate recompense for
person VUety sianaereu.
a.
Not all kickers are to be condemned;
members or footnau teams ara wcey
tlons,
If you can't do as well as you'd like.
young man, then ao juss me very own
you can.
with nrhana one of two exceptions,
nn mrtn- ex-nrestdent ever needed
a pension.
Trobablr a good football game ean
be played In dry weather, but it seems
unnatural.
Tet with many women bridge and
shoDDins; are not the most important
things of Ufa. ,
Is Carnegie trying to see hew mueH
money he can give away so that it will
do the least possible good?
Strong and convincing arguments are
made in favor of a minimum wage law
for women" and children.
Archduke and Heir-apparent Ferdi
nand of Austria-Hungary looms a larfce
and important figure on the perturbed
European field. . .
After all, the old maid suffragists
Ilk Miss Addams and Miss Harper,
may know pretty well what Is good and
right for children. v
The condemned murderers In Salem
may have no peraonal friends, but
cember 13 will be a sad day for many,
besides the governor.
If federal prosecutions are te keep
on increasing, nearly everybody will be
involved somehow, Including the pro
verbially "groaning" taxpayers.
It Is easy for persons determined to
do so to fit passing evenia 10 mnvw.
and obscure ''prophecies" or to make a
prophecy relate to a current event. j
t ,.hvi snnirt nut the Male-ln-
Oregon slogan Into practice this would
become far the richest state In pro
portion to population in the Union.
, .
The young woman who. killed a man
in Columbus was acquitted of course.
It Is V waste of time, effort and money
to try a pretty young woman for murder-
. '
Some newspapers and Pop1 em o
M.t That the tariff Is going to be
i,,fi tnaiiv nettled next year. But
tho taruf Will prooaDiy
in 2012.
issue
the use of money la an exchange of
value for adequate value, which consti
tutes complete and final redemption.
Money is always a chose In possession.
whilst Its paper W.ptattt,vAa
choses in action, and the time may
come when they cannot be reduced to
possession. Paper representatives are
legal In origin. but Pftrt 'rom h'
tion of exclusive ownership which de
pends upon law, money Is an industrial
device "devised from the necessity of
mutual exchange." While paper should
be UBed to the fullest possible extent an
adequate reserve of gold nVf,B'I
should ever constitute the security of a
convertible circulation.
The medium of redemption should be
gold and silver, because they are the
metals which the people have selected as
money. Leglslatlvo bodies in various
nations and in our own congress, mis
..1.1.. functions, have lgnnrantiy
deprived the people of the use of silver
a, money. That there is not enough
redemption money Is aa true now as
when Mr. Bryan nrst proem... ... ...
ig6. notwithstanding the Increased sup
ply of gold. The legal ratio wmcn per
mits only monometallism was e mis
take and, for that matter, unconsti
tutional, though the ralidity of the law
of 1781 establishing a ratio of WW, to 1
1 as never been called in question. Space
will not permit of further discussion.
JAMCa o. Winn.
Ifo, Thank Yon.
Corvallis. Or., Nov. 25. To the Editor
of The Journal While reeognlxing, as
every intelligent person floes, that cer
tain abuses which are gradually but
surely patslng from sight are but in-r-idpntat
to the growth of a young na
tion, I asm at times amazed at the autl
patrlotlc acts of Individuals honored by
bearing the title. American cltlxen.
Andrew1 Carnegie, wno was one time
in buslneM witn my rainer, ine aie
Str H. a. Jteid, tn Kngiana, is me laiesi
example. Rla successful and strictly
legal release- from taxation on his
I riffKoWTffewToitr Intercuts r-the
kind of thing hat breeds rede.
His offer to pauperize the chief exec
utives of ths government of tire mighti
est eountry on the gione is, to speak
mKdly; "fresru" It Is indeed the limit!
. Onlv rood United States can express
one's feelings toward this wholiyisuper-
fluous offer. ,'
Let someone send Mr. cairnegis a
copy of the constitution.
uuuua tixsiiu.
The Opportunity) of 1912-16.
Columbus. Wash.. Nov. J3. To the
Editor of The Journal Many men think
we are going to have hard times if the
Democrats take the tariff off. We have
been protected for 16 ytexs and only a
few have had the benefHt or protection.
We know by the Wilson vote that tha
masses in general want change' and
are dissatisfied.
The Lawrence strike shows that
poverty is rampant and that the tariff
has been a curse to the workers of our
protected industries. Big business and
Hamilton! an ideas have been carried too
far. Tne people have sot .tired and
tba JVllaon, vote ahos.plaliLbUhatthe
voters want a change. As soon as we
get the Income tax and the land tax in
operation we are ready for free Jrade.
Wall street has got , to learn that it
Is not so great as It thinks. If U tries
tt discredit the Wilson adminlsfttitloa,
the finances of. this country can bv put
Into ths hands of the government, where
NEWS IN BRIEF
ORECipy SIDELIGHTS
Astorlan:' Forty-five dollars was the
amount taken iii at tho candy carnival
Riven by tha Astoria high sojiool. The
proceeds were given for the benefit of
the nigh school football team.
Baker Democrat: Baker county mines
will produce $150,000 per month during
1913. This statement is based on the
auinority or men cioseiy jaoniiiiea witn
mlulng and is a conservative estimate.
Salem Statesman: The students at
th Indian training school at Cheuiawa
are to be taught practical demonstra
tions in dairying, and to promote this
the present superintendent has added
ten choice Holatein cattle to tha dairy
herd there.
Terrebonne Oregoniaa:' Terrebonne
Christian association has been organ
iced with Dewltt Williams president,
and M. A. Lehman, secretary. The ob
ject is to maintain Christian worship
and service in Terrebonne and to as
sist, in all honorable ways, tha moral
uplift of the community,
a a
Astoria Budget: The laying of the
main -eondtttt tor the "waterworks "sys
tem at Seaside is praclkaUl completed
and it Is expected the water will be
turned on, within the raining few days.
The new conduit is about 3l mils in
length. It is expected that next year
a small storage reservoir will be built,
a a
Grants Pass Courier: Grants Pass
people have fully determined that a rail
road to tidewater must be constructed
Without delay and in this matter thev
are acting wltb one accord with, a full
determination to bring about the build
ing of a line which will .give us a con
nection with an all-water route to the
great cities of the Atlantic coast.
a a
Eugene Oil a id: Tllftr. la a nbn nn
foot to bold an industrial exhibit of
all the schools late in the spring. An
art exhibit has been held every spring
and it is beli-evexl the progress In the
manual training department for the
boys, and the dnmeatlo science and sew
ing departments for the irlrls, will In
sure an exhibit which wllj demonstrate
the great value of all those depart-
a . a
Bandon Recorder: Portland Is hav
ing a land and dairy show which Is
attracting tho attention of many vis
tors. But dowri here in Coos county
is where ths ral stunt In pulled off.
We have a continuous performance the
year round. No greater dairy country
exlsits in the United States than is
rouna in t;oos county. The grass grows
in winter and summer and a good cow
1 worm to nr ewner (18 per year.
Now beat It If you can.
It ought to be. Wall street gambling
ana .tne ihicago wheat pit have heea
blots cn the country. It Is nothing less
than gambling.
Our postal savings bank lav is In
the Interest of tlie bankers, and I say
it Is e detriment to the people, for if
lua treasurer of the government handled
the7 deposits of the people bonds would
be a thing of the past. Governor Mar
shall struck the keynote when he said
that If we don't do anything for the
people the Socialists will have the gov
ernment In 116. for the election has
shown us that the voters have become
radical and they ere looking for results
and It is up to the Wilson administra
tion to do it if it has the nerve.
I see that Mr. Shields was the savtor
or toe iana hogs of Oregon, but the tax
question la not settled yet; it is a mat
ter of education, and the voters will
leam that te make prosperity for the
workers they have got to adopt tne
Henry George system. The Everett peo
ple went 2 te 1 la favor of the land tax.
and I think the state of Washington
two years from now will be a unit tor
single tax. My friends on the sound
write me that the wood are full 0
single lexers. F. L, fl.
Cement Plant a Bonanza.
Portland, Nov. zf, To the Editor of
The Journal I see the editor of The
Journal has been trying to Induce cap
ital to invest In the proposed cement
plant Do you realize It is one of the
best paying Investments there is to
day? And the demand is Increasing
every day. If you could only visit the
cement works near Ottawa and La Salle
111., all of them running full capacity
day and night, with everything to win
and nothing to lose, "you could soon get
oapiteJ to take up this proposition and
with the railroad facilities end the beet
hums market," what more could one ask?
' . M. D. GREEN. ,
e
Good Advertising Performs
A Genuine Public Service.
It gives information about new and better things to wear,
home necessities, comforts and utilities.
.-..:,
It enables every one to purchase the essentials as well ss the
luxuries of life at lowest cost.
It identifies the most reliable merchants, the most dependable
merchandise, and the most satisfactory stores.
y It tells where to buy and how to buy to best advantage. '
It is a powerful factor in the successful promotion of busU
neas and a vital factor in the economic management of the home.
The advertisers who advertise regularly in THE JOURNAL ;
recognize your purchasing power and invite your confidence and
, patronage and deaerye it, . The aurest way to save money is to
follow these-vertkevnents-lese!ynoV-w
the information they contain and the money-saying oppor
tunities they afford. . "
(Copyrighted, by J. P. Fallon.)
Value of tKc, Initiative
From tkc : Public
, There are few places so. backward or
persons ao dull as not at this day to
understand the essentials of the initia
tive.., ..It; Is a method of leglalation by
the people themselves, free fronts Veto
by governor or Uiaiature, or any ether
representative power, and obstructed b
no necessity for securing other per-
mission for aopmlar vote than that of
percentage of the voters concerned.!
For this reason : the Initiative stands t
out conspicuously aa the climax of peo
ple's power. 1 . ...'". ,-. ......;.
'Not that legislative bodies ror ether
forma of reprentaton would be abol
ished by tha initiative; ' Leglalfttlon by
representatives would be as necessary
aa ever, and more truly representative.
The effect of the initiative upon -representative
bodies would be to take
from them the tremendous power which
they hava usurped, and ,to resto-e to
then the functions of representation
from Which they .have fallen away.
They would be people's committees la
most nhlnga, Instead of people's bosses
In. alt thing. ; ., , -.; ..,' ;vUf'A.
This restoration of power to the Peo
ple has made friend for the initiative
among most advocates of radical
changes in government. -J'
Wisely ao. " , : ., 'vW
For whether or not such changes shall
be mede or be prevented, tha people
themselves eught to decide. Thr
ought sot, on the one hand, to be
plunged by their representatives Into
changes they, do hot want, nor on the
other to be obstructed by thetr repre
sentatives in securing changes they do
want , : , ,-...;
Wisely so for a further reason.
Under representative authority of the
plenary sort, general stimulation of
public olpnlon la extremely: difficult If
not wholly impossible. Legislators
themselves may grow In cdvio intelli
gence through the clash of opinion
which centers at a capltol during ses
sions. Consequently, when radtoal pro
posals come before legislative bodies
with virtually plenary powers, some
stimulation of thought' may be secure.
But It is almost confined to leglalatorYv
Even they experience It under elroum
stanoes quite likely to prevent free
consideration. "Influences" at the cap
ltol. or fear of prejudice among the
people at home, may give their think
ing a "crooked", course. But however
it be with legislators, the people aa"a
whole get little or no political educa
tion on public questions that are de
cided by legislatures, and that Is not
good for popular government.- Jf . tbslr.
Intelligence is to reach its best or even
its better possibilities, the people them
selves must have direct responsibility,
for decisions on changes In publio pol
icy. ;! '.
For a double reason, therefore, does'
the initiative commend Itself to advo
cates of radical changes la publio pol
icy. It makes, for one thing, a direct
appeal to the people possible; and Inci
dentally, for the other, thing, It pro-4
motes public Intelligence regarding"
publio policies.
Practically, the educational function
may be the most important of all the
functions of the initiative. Is not ren-
eral training in the responsibilities of
democracy one of the essentials of
democratlo government? Can any other
be more vital? With general clvlo in
telligence, dmocratlo government is In
all things assured; without that Intelli
gence, no democracy can long survive..
And popular intelligence in clvle, affairs
Is impossible without popular educa
tion end training euch as only the
Initiative affords.
In 1 popular clash of opinions over
concrete questions of policy, to be de
cided directly by themselves, man learn
to think right Thinking right, they
incline to vote right.
Always in Good Humor
A CHEAP BUT.
"What sort of a chap Is he?"
"Well, after a beggar has tenched
hint for a dime he'll tell you he gave
a little dinner to an acquaintance Ot
his." Llpplncott's Magaiine.
SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
Mrs. Brown-Smith They moat be
very happily married.
Mrs. Jones-Robinson Why de you
think so?
Mrs. Brown-fimith-Oh, they se so
little of each other.--Judge.
THE OBSTACLE,
From Satire.
Jey Rider (talking on the telephone)
Is there any thing to prevent you
from getting a car around here prompt
ly Garage Tea, sir; your last hM.
Pointed PartrapLi
It's surprising hew fat s fat woman
la,
She is a wise woman who laughs onlV
.v. - .k. , t . I
a a '; .')
Wall flowers are society girt who
were nipped in the bud. ' "
- a a ' "
He is ft wise man whe keeps his'
good opinions of himself to himself. '
a a
The more pains you take with your
eating the fewer you will have after
ward. a a
Tea, Cordelia, there V Irers falsa
prophets centuries before the Weather '
bureau was established.
a . ';t ' ";; "
We know a Jot of men whe. would be
most successful if they would stay at
aome ana sena inexr wives.