THE OREGON 'DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, i DECEMBER 14, 1012, i ill" ii.. i "l ..." i 1 'll " '. '. 1 '. 1 . ' LMl-L-l J1I...I L I il THE JOURNAL AN 'lNfiKrEXDEXT NEWSPAPER ' . JACKSON. .pnMIlwr iIiI'kIhiI Tirs. tpi.1ii iexnnt 8undf and m nornlng nil Yamhill T fcuiKlaf . 71b and at Tba Journal Bulla- atf.. Port la M. r. l.iiti-red at the poatotflce It Portland,' Or., f r lr:,nniliilua tlu-uogb tb mails 9KOM ' uiHtier, .. . . T" three: battleships, which shall take the places of a similar number ' of vessels of the British Heist recalled at any time "from cblonlal stations into home waters to allow concentra tion In Europe. In the formerliaBe Canada would have done her tail duty when the . 1 . i. t- I i l I .4 I il-'1 O 1 A A AAA n T Mtnn i t uirtw nuipn are uuut nuu jmiu iui. .o ij ivv,vvu, iu uvuuuu u.o, Thereafter Britain must man and in Berlin 2.9, In Antwerp 2.3, In maintain them, and will completely1 Vienna 3.8, in LiverpoolBelfast an control them, unions tho very unlike- Birmingham 3.9, But la American ly happens and the ehlpa shduld bo cities New York's deaths from ty- needed to protect Canadian shores, phoid were ll.tf per 100,000, Chica In the latter case Canada has to go 13.7, St Louis 14.9, Cleveland bear the full expense of the ships, 17.9, Washington, D. C, 23.2, and both In present and In future years. Philadelphia 17.6. On rtar $1.60 On month s unci gain 10 ine ,januBa ; neet, eir ijpwum must do airecioa, aoovo an yet typhoid is transmissible in more jmerce, be given a tremendous Etimu- ways, and is more disastrous in Its sequels, ;;;,'.. : The speaker charged ihat many physicans and many health officers seemed content If the average from typhoid la 100,000 population is kept below 20. Yet in Edinburgh the rcte Home. A-WttU the numb. 'J I I I I IIONEM Maln 'inSi Ail ripnartlui.nl fahfl br 'lull tli operator what dprtmrnt you PoitlvlUN ADVKUT18INO KKl'HKSKNTA jlVfc rtsijatnln Krutour Co., Brunawiclt Dulldlos Fifth avuiiir. -Naw Yot.l 121 VtOl (, Untitling,-CiilcaffO. h:iiwrrlittni alrma br niall or te any addreM la m uunea auiea or hcxicvi DAILt On ..,.. .,$5.00 I On BOBtfc.......$ B0 On rtr.. DAILY A.NO 6UNDAX .....7.fi0 On month. .1 .09 Hi habits gather by unseen de- grees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas- . , Dryden. TIIREE YEARS AFTER T Wilfrid Laurier's of contingent ben- against contaminated f publla water efit 'onlyA::..1:,: ;, VyrfAiV . supplies, but also against Improper The Premier's proposal Includes I disposal of Bewage, Impure milk also the addition of a Canadian mem-1 flies, and against uncontrolled cases ber to .tbe Imperial Council of Be- of the fever. fense. Thus would be Introduced .The speaker urged that no quarter colonial representation In ; Imperial be given to cases Of carelessness, and councils an advance very widely ad-' criminal negligence and consequent vocated botn in England and In her infection. colonies, HIERE are tumors that Hill i may gain control of the South ern Pacific. By the drop in Union Pacific securities, Wall street seems to think the court order for the Harrlman merger to dissolve may mean a dissolution. At all events, the railroad struc ture that Harrlman built aeems, three years after hia death, to face TnE SIOTHER SACRIFICES -WHY INVITE DEFEAT D I F SUBMITTED, the Benbow char ter would not be likely to pass. h Its - submission 1 would c be '. waste of time. It would be posiponemenc or commission gov ernment. It has one main objection that It ESERTED by her husband, and left with three children to sup port, a Portland woman. In in digent circumstances, ' is in Good Samaritan hospital. Deserted by her husband, a New York woman, while In a ' hospital, would arouse strong opposition. sold Dart or her blood for trans- la tint sfriMnti -r.ni i . . Him n f rntlrn Tl A 1 . . .. .. . ' I" , iuivigiiw 1IUUI U 11) riianBo., A "K6"u rusion 10 secure iza witn wnicn to terms. It is not comprehensive interests, to which he addressed him- 8ave her children from starving. enoueh in it nrnvuinr.. r , i.v " 1 I. kn.l .... . . . I " ! --.--. i . w.w Eeu a '"WSW.W umu 'r?V uesenea oy ner nusoana. Mrs. too much for the courts to interpret ytwacu i : ia oimmons, posunisiress at ueuys- in Its "HIttrJn 'AnmHM.! it Ills dream was au me rauroaa ourg, Washington, usea isoo ot would leave tio much for th lines of the nation unaer one man- postal runas to puy mcuoators and yers to sauabble over agemen, no conieasei i.o t uuuor i otuer equipmeni ior ine pomiry ous-1 : ; The true clan of a rbarti fa tn mlttee, Presumably, the master port her two children. The fact that ieave nothing in doubt tt should tulnd and the managing hand he con- the funds were missing from the of- beaueath no lea-aev of utirattftn Vt templated for this vast amalgamated flee was discovered. Mrs. Simmons provisions r should be slmDle olin system, were the mind and hand of pleaded guUty and was sentenced to flnd flxed. In all thi th; to. ai. imrriuiuu. : , : , iwm vw uww m jnu ivr tuo wieuw, U.h.rta 1aoV4fia' Tt -..-M a .... . . - ' I -rv.- ...it. v I r j I .o. . mvi, uu une greai earner ruso m uiut uo .uiuu. u, Vv.Uu Ui iuu tha UBtiat of ntihHe rlUmien r. Bn4 ma jiarnman amDiuoa. iuav ut u, .uimV 4 wro. wuuuuw emerge With a sufficient following ner was jamea a. nui. luejr woio uuouauu, wu uw uwmi uai oiiu-1 rt h Dnnimt v . iu...w,u.. f IK Avr I " law Vllj IICVUVU, MIO Dill' . . ,-. ' la.V I O...V 1. - K . ;. lw" "'"" vK WUk evv TULOa UA uyproAimawju wcm. av,u i outu jrt wi ia recoro 01 aooroval. There is everr MMon t a throne in a railroad empire. Each wife desertion in one day's news. It ,r!..51" is so familiar a narrative that we L.w ,i aires with sublime faith and with cease to be shocked by the iirfamy Kr , -.1 TV. I . , i , .u joovu, uv IV tea ll iu SUVrV CUIT- V,e OD"' ".. vwuu-jui uubuauud, wu, ua wao caprice or , nrflbflrd 882R and th m toiii.n nf anfh mm. .nftw n,,,.,, ,,i t-t i ter numDeFea and they were manding genius in the railroad honor, home and fatherhood, and fy SSLJJS realm. ' ' saunter away, leaving a strurrllne ll. .Tr 1 n"..r" mu:i..ll',v.,.U1 .t " j .tAii. a. a j 1 coniuBion mciuem luo ueaiu u. auiu non.-i nvuau w w, viuvuo. ouuuaio anu tft twrt charfftra that ht.t ffc. ill. A m l.f.nl a v ll w . ... . .VIII I V W vu""' 1UO.U vu uinwu tin iumu( v. a uucuu a lauinj ut jvuug vuuureu. Iphnrtar M.ttM.Aia VIA Tfl V. ttAA' V&flM I I.mm. m. ... .. , AV . I i am uou iut. " haw i.uw jbu w lueu O aa igw 1U tUO BCaiB I T . .v .a.- i. v. a. '1 H "3;. Y,"B,"v" commission government, the loglo of v-..- Vv.- .. "w " :.r-r", tbo Jate yote would seem , to be an other submission of the official char- Possl bly, there are minor changes that knows what further progress his prodigious energy and his mastery whether therslnk or swlnvwhether TJ.SJ I! IVF3 ter alone U. me - ma inaiu noa a uuaiuu, aav naoiiuaioi auu uiuua iu luo V191 the : feared man of the ; railroad of life. world, held In the same awe as the r nn Id hA rna.l1 a trt In'Maea Ita n The courts and laws purport to larlty. A little compromlss Lere and Ills. We have prepared the way for re moval of the toll taking at Oregon Cltyi We are to remove the tax that was so long collected by a prlvato corporation on the products of tho region. The logical sequel of that achievement Is the Improvement of the river channel.- . ' V It Is an Ibsus that will be met.' It is a program of Infinite Importance to . Eugene, Corvallis, Albany, Indo pendence, Salem and the other points along the river. It. is of equal im portanco to the great communities tributary to all these Willamette river cities. . a The economies of business '- and production demand an Improved Wil lamette. The working out of com munity destiny and city growth de mand it. The rewards to be realized from large and. free use of this splendid water course, . Improved to a state of high efficiency, demand it Why postpone, the issue? Why not grapple it, solve it, and profit from It?. . ' . ..,;;. ,-;..- fi: What excuse can' Willamette) cit ies give for a postponement? COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF ' Letters From tte People i i fcan who divided Europe, with the reach him, but it is always with in- hVre should mSStlSSl sword. His war chest was potent in efficiency. Alimony Is ordered paid, Sswe ItradoDtlon " aCCeptabl6 and fvadinc constitutional enactments, but the order Is rarely effective. A Tf ,a ' f L ' R,. 4V . . '' pe was as unrelenting as he was au- great army of the deserters go to . r p an thaa to at .. . .. . . J UMW" lu tAmnt nansno-A nf a rvmii .v . .. canons.. e roae over rauroaa es- parts unknown, and there is no wavlmvT - " , w"v."" tahllshmenta aa Kaooleon walked nnU. cv v " 1 This, we should know from the late A tablishmcnts as Napoleon walked on to teach them. evet tf th Iaw wia tu rones. . . - effectlvA. Like Hill. Karriman had supreme Accordingly we have women. l in aiij au uig una,. euuuu6 uu tutj me nw iom instance, seiang tneir reorganization of the Union Pacific, own blood for means to feed her he began a combination and organ- children. We find them, as in the ization as brilliant as it was danger- Washington instance, robbing the ous and unscrupulous.; He bought postoffice. exDectins: to renlac the tnd forced his way Into railroad di- money, in a struggle to rear the lit- tectorates with a . dazzling . genius tie ones whom a scoundrelly father that but for Hill, the courts and has abandoned. The courare and death, might have ended In the real- heroism of the deserted mothra in Ization of his long dream of all the their dovotion and sacrifices for their roaas . unaer one great generans- children ar thA nn atnntna. of the dreary record of wife deserters. The ease and frequency with which these desertions occur, and our incompetency in effectively deal lng with the deeerters, is one of the shams of the social order. It is one vote. There is no use to be futile. There is.no sense In inviting certain Elmo of transportation. I mOGRESS IXiOTOR SHIPS ERMANY is building at least one battleship cruiser equipped with, Diesel oil engines. The G Krupp shipbuilding w o r k s. 17 "71 . ' . " D " 7 (i.v. acuuMJ uiio Uilli.AU uuiiaia 111 Experiments, is so well satisfied that It has abandoned building recipro cating., steam engines and now con structs only turbines and the DieBel. Great Britain has adopted the Die pel for her new destroyers and the Admiralty is only waiting the conclu sion of arrangements for supply of crude oil to equip with Diesels Its iiew cruisers. . $ The exact figures on the phenom enal voyage of the Selandia from jpopenhagen, and Londcn to Singa pore and back, are now known. A steamship of the same size and pow " er would have used three fourths more coal than the normal expendl . ture in view of the unfavorable Teather. on both the outward and home ..voyages, but the Selandia maintained her regular consumption of oil, demonstrating the much smaller cost of oil compared with coal. - Diesel englned ships carry fuel sufficient tor a distance four times creator than a steamer, saving not only cost but time in coaling. About two thirds of the coal space is saved for cargo, and the whole force of firemen and coal passers is replaced . by a few men and boys In theengine room. ... .. ' Ization. It is one of the disgraces of the time. BRACELETS FOR MEN A resolution of inqu'ry is pending Jn the House, deBlrlng Information " WarprogresOaFTioeir made re garding the Installation of Diesel en gines in ththAmerican navy. I CANADIAN DREADXAUGHTS T I HERE is a variance between the policy announced at Ottawa by Premier Boraen and that sug gested by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. loader of the Conservative opposi tion, as to tho three battleships to 1 e built In aid of the mother country. .''I'? former rroposf mto ..pay. ,or l iirtHs'lmtUeBUlpa to be bulUin Brit ! .h j ards, which, when completed, i 'mil form part of the British fleet. '.'or liable to bo called back to Can-' : l.i in r.t iT icd. Sir Wilfrid !". Ivr d.-f n;s that Canada shall ?, r'.f.,":i, tiulp, and man B' RACELET3 for men and vests for women are the new ordain ments by the arbiters of fashion. The women's vests are to be fash ioned from materials of contrasting color to that of the suit. .Color schemes of striking combinations are likely to appear in the adornment of some of our more dashing maidens. The innovation for men, is to in clude a bracelet embellished with a pretty watch, a dainty silver coin purse, and the minutest, most deli cate thread of a watch chain made of platinum. The bracelet is a heavy leather strap into which the watch is set. The silver purses are only large enough for car fare. In New York, they wear the purses In their pock ets, but they wear them just the same. Next, will our fashionable man carry a muff, disport himself in silk petticoats and wear willow plumes In his. skypiece? - STRANGER In Portland asks that public attention be called to the difficulty a visitor finds in - identifying the stretH. There is no marking by which many streets, especially in the down town district can be recognized by a trav eler or other guest unfamiliar with the city's geography. It is' an unkindness to those who are Btrangers among' us. ' It Is un concern and lnhospit&lity. It Is a thoughtless business, and one that gives all visitors Just causo for com plaint. In everything, even the small de tails, Portland ought to be a well ap pointed city. It Is a bidder for pub lic favor. It holds Rose Festivals. It seeks great convention Tt fils eligibility as a convention city. it snouio put all its house in or- town for swill, slop, etc., and taking it A PUBLIC ENEMY D 3STEATJGinWmenraTfeJ States health service, told an audience in New York a week ago that 175,000 cases of ty phoid fever in this country could be prevented every year, and 16,200 lives be saved, if a vigorous cam paign of education were followed up. . The United States has a mournful typhoid record according' to this expert. He said that in fifty of the largest American cities the typhoid fever death rate averaged 25 persons peiul0a-00a-ot.popuUUoB.-.gainit 5. persons per 100,000 for 33 lead ing cities in Northern Europe. He added that - every caBo of typhoid was, due o someone's ignorance or carelessness. AJlhotigh tho mortal ity from Asiatic cholera is propor tionately' greater than from typhoid, FOR OUR VISITORS der. A GREAT SPENDTHRIFT S ANTA CLAUS has become the world's greatest spendthrift. It is estimated that his expendi tures for three years would equal the coct of the Panama canal. In eight years, if tho estimates are accurate, he pours out enough on Christmas presents to pay off the na tional debt of the United States. There is no limit to hie prodigali ty. At Christmas time, he touches the life of almost every human atom the world around. With little reck oning as to tho cost, he throws his gifts into the laps of those on every life level. ' , In New York City alonu, he is said to spend not less than $20,000,000, and maybe more, every Christmas. - It would -pauperize Rockefeller or Morgan to finance his giving' for only a few years. ., WITHOUT EXCUSE "T HERE is plenty 61 water in the Willamette. r;ver at all times of -the year, and ill there remains to be done to open navigation the entire distance to Eugene, is to properly direct the flow of 'this water by means of dams and locks." ' . Such is the statement of Major Mclndoe, United States engineer at Portland. Some day, the plan will ho realized. Some day, boats and barges will carry the heavy, products of -the- giwi-WinamettrTalrey'froiir Eugene and intermediate points to Portland. In thatxday. there will be Ipks nAi of railroM commissions for Western Oregon, tty that system of transpor tation, freights will bo reduced' td a minimum aud agriculture and com f CommUDlcatloni int to Tha Jnarnal tnr pobUcatloo to tbli dfpartmtDt abnold ba writ ten on only ooa alda of tbt piper, 'should not tirard 300 word la length and matt b aa eompaaled b, the nam and addrew of tb "now. it xua writer does not denlra to B ui nam puimanta, a ibouid a itata.) , Reduction riant for Garbajr. Portland. Or Da 11. To tha EditAi- of Ths Journal la Th Journal of De cember J, under the headline, "Portland Openly Invltlnc Disease by Oarbas Plan " 1 note what a member of the eltv A. . . ja. . poara or neaitn has to say In regard to noioer incinerator and heartily acree wa n eritioum of our DreSent y tem of collections, and will go some what further thSn he does. He saya the nouBewire paye from 75 cente to f 1 per month for collections once a week. .It Is much worse than that. It ranges from 75 cents to aa high as tS per month, and the average la, at the lowest $1 per family per month. It is estimated by conservative seoole that there are at least 60,000 families, and at tl per. family the cost to the people of Portland is $50,000 per month, or $600,000 per year, for a very unsatis factory, unsanitary method of collec tion, and no returns from the residue, of which- there Is none. ( Now, the entire system Is wronr, for several reasons: First, as above stated. the collections; second, the Idea of mu nicipal collection Is not the beat too many friends and relatives to be taken care of by the powers that be and re sults along that line are not satisfactory to the ones that pay the bills, aa past experience has shown: third, the Idea of bonding- the city for another Inciner ator or two. We have one incinerator now, and it la ample to take care of all that should be burned up; for, while we may legally burn or destroy this gar bage, We have no moral right to destroy anything that has any commercial value, and when we burn our garbage and dead animals, as we are now doing, we burn up material of commercial value, consisting of table refuse, slops, swills, etc., all of which can and should be reduced to fertiliser and grease, for both of which there is a ready market In other localities, so why not here. there being over 2000 tons of fertiliser sold by three local firms here last year at prices ranging from $20 to $160, and the demand Is on the Increase. The grease has a ready sale for the manu facture of soap, axle grease, etc. One eastern garbage reduction plant made a contract for $86,000 with one soap man ufacturer for grease last spring, and fertiliser is sold as fast as produced. Barnyard refuse has Its value, as we all know, selling readily at $20 per car. Tin cans, old Iron, etc.; alto have val ues, and a number of the large eastern cities collect them, with the ashes, and after melting the tin and solder off, scrap It to the foundries. And for all thia we are asked to bond the city to build more incinerators to burn up and make ashes .for a bill for another Incinerator. I also note that a prospective candidate for mayor has put himself on record as being in favor of bonding the city for $50,000 for more incinerators. This should not be, for the present incinerator, as above stated, can take care of all. that should be burned, and the balance Bhould be han dled by a reduction plant The tax payers, to my mind, should sit up and take notice of these bond issues, seeing to it that there are other methods that can tak care of many of them, and from results at last election they are sitting up. Another very bad feature with our present system Is that a good number of ranchers are at present coming to V SMALL ; CHANGE The best men (to pull) will get the v Hanging goes, but the evidence should ua aui'o, . A big tor also needs a big stock of , Pressing up blizzards baok eestj roses uiuuiiiuia; ia ivegon. . Socialism doesn't' deserve to be judged The oh'urohes are going to wor,k more Answer to the telephone call ' for wuuurgw wiisons "X,in a busy." Mr. Wallace of Tacoma, has at least una vumn.iua.tiou; ne is a millionaire. ' . a a 1..... : .v, - A question that has been decided, for at least two years, might profitably be Stvca. liiiia real. . - ' ' a , a . i better aro slow In brneaina ahour mir era aiurra s iau anas yel. . Ajfit even tn man wnn tTnacfi ha Christmas present be thankful; he uoean t ueea io ouy any. 1 r About as nearly V hopeless ease as can be Imagined is one who doesn't and can't enjoy the joy of children. The stuffed aklns of the- valorous colonel s prowess have ben removed to some obscure corner of the Smithsonian Institutioo; more Infamy. .... .... a . .. 'v . ;:.:. The most alarming thing in this coun tryor what ought to be so, Is the great number of tough boys to say nothing of too many undisciplined girls. On the afternoon and evening' of De cember 34 there has never been and will not be any Indication that the "buy-'em-early" crusade has had any effect yet it may have had. Roosevelt takes advantage of the oc casion to reiterate that no honest man can be a member of .the Republioan party an exceedingly Intemperate and foolish remark. He associated with and was the leader of millions of these came "dishonest" men ud to the dav that ha failed to secure the nomination for president OREGON SIDELIGHTS uresham Outlook:- A box car was loaded at Kalrvlew with 30.000 email fl trees to be shipped east for Christmas irees ana decorations. . , l- a, a a " ' '"-- . Bandon Recorder: The Bandon ba? has been piotureaquel rough for a few days past The ships ploughing through tha rolling breakers, enveloped by foam and mist, la a grander sight than any motion picture In the world. , Hood River Kewsi ' Tha entertain ment given, by the Pythian Sisters wa a success in every way. i There were aoout Kb present. Bixty-elaht aentle men were measured as to height, each paying 5 cents per foot up to 6 feet ana a cent per incit thereafter, netting aea wvue mum, v, w- v , t a ; i " Astorlan.' More actlvirv in ; th ii ber industry is evidenced bv tha lattlnar o r - the oontract , for the trestle work tot the new logging road of tha Palmer Logging company. It will be built on. ma wauusKi river into the itimbnr bait owned by the Sorenaon Timber company anu win oe auout lour ana a nair muos In 1 An mth . ... ,uta .m. , Ashland Record: Th aurvvlnr rar wnicn is ai wpra locating- ine juaarora ana crescent city rauroaa between Med ford and the coast has completed its work aa far down tha Applegate as Wil liams creek and has moved its camp to MurDhv. RaDld rrocress is belna- made ana tne nrst or eoruary is expectea to se tne orew at tne coast. Estacada Proaress: "Dan." the hand some bull terrier belonxlnx to Marshal Araes, died Sunday, the result, probably of poison, "Dan"' will be remembered by ins many tricxs, one or wnicn was his retrieving balls knocked over the fence at the ball park. He was friendly with everybody, yet an excellent watch dog at home. . Ames refused $100 for mm many umes. Hubbard Herald: The neat and pros perous appearance or Hubbard s bust ness houses always elicits favorable comment from strangers in our midst We who reside here aocept these condi tions as a matter of course, not fully reaming me advantages tney orrer us, out tne tact is that several or our stores are carrying stocks equal to thoe in wwna jour umes wie size oi iiuo bara. CHINA SUPPRESSING OPIUM From the Journal of the Am. .Medical Association. . . '. The establishment of the Chinese re public has led many occidentals to change their opinion as to the lethargy and inertia which they supposed char acteristic of the inhabitants of the ce lestial empire. There Is another story of i accomplishment In China, however, during the past five years, which makes it even clearer than tne recent revolu tion that there are undreamed of springs of energy in the Chinese people. . About five years ago the Chinese government decided that opium smoking, which had become the national vice or China, even to a greater extent than alcoholism Is of the western nations, must atop, and that within 10 years. It is scarcely to be wondered at that when this govern ment .edict was issued -It was greeted with smiles everywhere; five years have passed and now the world knows that sucoeas In -the great national crusade seems almost assured. The method that China Is pursuing Is interesting. Five years ago China and Great Britain made what Is known as the 10 years agreement," by which the British government undertook to re- i duoe the amount of opium sold in Cal cutta on government acoount for export to unina by ig per cent every year until the traffic had ceased. On her part umna agreea to oiminish ner own pro ductlon in a corresponding way. Meas ures were to pe taken to reduoe the growth of opluWi in-Chlna 10 per cent each year until' at the end of 19 years no more would be raised. With supplies from India cut off and the home crop reduced and eventually suppressed al together, me opium habit must neces sarlly disappear. The results accom pushed thus far are promising. Travel era report that It is no longer common to see men smoking opium at their own doora Even two years after the edict, those who smoked did so in se cret. The edict is being enforced. Tha agricultural map of China shows that arter rive years there has been an ac tual reduction of 50 per cent in th re duction of oplum., There has been aa great a reduction in Its use. .AU the wona win watch with interest this other awakening of China, and the ori ental method of solving a great social question. In the west we have our so cial problems of a similar nature and China's example may prove illuminating and hftlnftil. . i out to feed to their hogs and chickens. This the state board of health should stop at once. It would be far better for all were this turned into fertiliser, and that la turn the fertilizer enrich the soil so that where we now get one blade of grass or stalk of grain we may get two or three, and feed our pigs and chickens grain instead of swill or slops. We would have better grain and much better Pork and poultry and it would be decidedly more healthful. Last year the city of Bradford, in Yorkshire, England, made a prof If of $150,000 from its garbage plant, In grease and fertilizer, and expects to In crease the plant, and the profits as well, by enlarging. The cost to date Is about $300,000. The dry garbage was used as fuel during the recent coal strike there. Now I agree with the member of tho board of health that there must bo a change, but I think the best change we could make would be to contract with some corporation to take care of all the city garbage at a price per year, taking It out of the hands of the city entirely, except that the city have Jurisdiction over the company that it perform Us duty or lose--Its contract,--- J. H, NOLTA. Indorsed by the North Portland Com mercial club. - J: It Nolta, president. itor of The Journal There now appears the very strong robability that the re quired number of states will approve the Income tax amendment to the con stitution of 'Mho United States, thus putting the "question beyond the power of the supreme count. I have advocated that system of taxation for many yeata, for the following reasons: Everybody knows that wa must have money to run the general government, and moat of us know that for 50 years we havo been collecting it principally by, tariff on importations, and an Internal revenue tax upon occupations and certain manu. facturers. Tariff is an unknown quanti ty, from the fact that we do not know liowraucheactrteaabfrie'aVoratfe family pays per annum. It follows that a large family pays moro than a small one, ' This Is taxation based on con sumption andriot on financial ability, Does not such a system encourage raoe BUlcldeT The Brltluh government, from my last Information, exompta $750. Tne Income itax law, first pas(td by con gress. Somewhat la :' the sixties, ex empted $600. The last Income tax law exempted $4000. This, I thing Is out of all reason, as the true idea ia to ex empt such an amount as is necessary for the poor man to live on. X think the exemption should be $1000. There re thousands Of families In tha United States that are compelled to live on $600, or not live at all. I think a ten mill tax should he levied upon the sec ond $1000 or fraction thereof, and ona tenth of a mill added thereafter for graduation. By my figuring, the man with $11,000 Income would pay $145; $21,000 would pay $390; $31,000 would par $735; $41,000 would pay $1130; $51,000 would pay $1723: M,000 would pay $2370; $71,000 would pay $3118; $81, 000 would pay $3918; $101,000 would pay $5962. Rockefeller's estimated $600, 000,000 at the same rate would pay an nually close to $1,000,000.. But If It did. he could stand it He has been a money-maker mora than 50 years, and his income would necessarily be- $13, 000,000. a year rn order to reaoh $60. 000,000. A tax of $1,000,000 a year would be only 8 1-3 per cent Of his ! come, whereas I pay for state and eoun ty taxes at this present time about 25 per cent of my Income, and I have to live on th remainder. If Rockefeller were taxed $5,000,000 for a year he would still have $11,000,000 each year to add to his $600,000,000 already ac cumulated. When we get this Income system of taxation, the government will have money and to spare, even after revising the tariff downward, v .This word "downward" is a common English word, and has a meaning, but we have been taught for four years that tt has none at all. J. M. CHILES. Socialism In Germany. , The Dalles, Or., Dec 12. To tha Ed itor of The Journal The following ar ticle, by John M. Work, national So cialist secretary, . has been published under the caption, "In Socialist Ger many": "Twenty years ago the slums of Ger many were notorious. Cologne, Frank fort, Munich, Breslau and Berlin had acres of vile and overcrowded - tene ments. A few years ago an English workman, vim ting Stuttgart at the In ternational socialist congress, asked a German workman to show him r whers the poor lived. He took him to a clean, well built quarter, Inhabited by the poorest workmen. " 'But I want to see your slums,' the Englishman said. ". 'These are the worst we've got, his German friend answered. "The amaned Englishman exclaimed: ".'Great heavens I If you'll get me a job hefe T-ll stay forever.' "If you will visit German cities and ask the same questlcm you will get the same "answer;"" Fdr 6ver 20yearg"every n,rman pltv hna TaA RnlaKa ililih Graduated Income Tax Plan. men.. They have fought those respon- Grants Pass, Or. Deo. 11. To, the Ed- glble for slums, vile habitations., unsan- ltary wora snops, neglected cniiaren. They have fought all opposing parties and have forced the municipal owner ship of publio utilities, land reform, taxation reform, the demolition of un sanitary districts and, the building of sanitary tenements. The Socialists have forced the municipal councils-to tax unearned Increment and the Increase in land values Is gradually : being taken over by the community. -.' ,,.; "The cities own extensive tracts of land. Strasbourg has over 350 square yards of land for each inhabitant. Ulm owns 80 per Cent of the land within Its boundaries. It buys and lnases land dallyand prevents all Jand eresiita,Von,. Today" bverlI,t)0(J,U04'"jerso!is are In-" sured against sickness. Over 18,000,000 persons are Insured .against accident, and about 14,000,000 persons are insured asalhat old age and invalidity. Over $100,000,000 a year is paid in benefits from the Insurance funds of Germany as pensions to wage earners." How flnca -this look to you freclorn sous and daughters of American lib- ertyt What has cither of our areat na. tlonal parties done for us along these lines T You had better support the party of your class; the wealthy can take care oi memseiven. WILLIAM It TATLOR. Prohibition Vaccine. Newport, Or., Dec. . To the Editor or une journal I noticed In mv Jour. nal last night, by a special from Cen tralis, Wash., that smallpox had broken out mere ana that "Dr. Livingstone, city physician." had "vaccinated 550 Till. plls from the Lincoln school" to pre vent ."a spread of the disease.". A glorious thought to me is that we nave a remeay to prevent the spread ml smaiipox ana to eventually kill it We have another diaeaaa that ia tin. lng perhaps 1000 to each one killed by B,u.uyv. is seai is in Washington, D. C. It ramifies every part of our country. - What is the remedyt In Our town the Disease nas been spreading. Men and boys have been made drunk. Drunkards have been mad drunker and then robbed. So we concluded to try a little "prohibition vaccine,' and by the help of the good ladles we carrlsd Newport vj a g;uou majority. But, s it "or will it be dry accord ing io tne real wm -of th people? aouot u. ,i am informed that three boys have already been made drunk since election and that the saloonlsts have declared that they will take out government license and run piggeries and road houses Just outside the city limits. I am very glad for any chance to curtail the liquor trafflo, but Is local option a remedy T I say it la not It Is only a sop thrown out to temperance people, to defeat Prohibition. When a town is wet tne saloon element ia dead opposed to local option, but if It goes dry it Immediately falls in love with the law, for by It it has a chance to re-establish the horrible business, It is true that in rural districts and small er towns we accomplish some good, but In Portland, Salem and our other large cities we are helpless under local option because these cities could trot be made dry under that law. Local option is a sham and a farce, and it Is an Insult to these good people to offer them nothing better. But you say the submission of a Prohibition amendment by the Prohi bitionists was a blunder, as proved by the large majority against It. That's Just what the entire liquor fraternity said. Again, you say The Journal fought it and worked for local option. Every saloon in th state did that and was pleased because The- JoumarHboosted their work. When we blunder again, If The Jour- .... ... v.Tjnv o,uo great influence on the side of right against the wrong we will win a glorious victory. tn-Or gon' credit and the uplift of humanity. , v. . JB.. VV. UUKKEE. To Restrict, or Not to Restrict. i-oniana. ur.. jDec. 12. To th hm. itor of The Journal. In your Issue of tno 10m Mrs. A, c. Newlll expresses herself as opposed to a restricted dis trict She appears to forget several things In voicing her opposition to, !m. morality."! No dishonest person can b maae nonest cy law; no moral dea-en. erate can be made virtuous by law. She says she Is opposed to a restricted dis trict - designed ior the maintenance of any.' vlca" So is any rlght-thlnkm perBuii. du , rcBiriciea - aoes iot mean In tic DcatK House at From New York Dispatch in Boise Nows. Maurice M, Luatlg, one time' occupant of the death house at Sing Sing, today IS a free man, by the reversal of his conviction for the murder of his wife. The memory, however, of his two-year proximity to ' the , ''little green , door," through which he saw IT fellow pris oners, "go away," had made an Indelible Impression on Lustlg's mind. He can tell of his experiences on the life sida?" of the little greetv door with vlTu graphloness and today , he was telling friends of what lie saw und heard "up the river.tl-:1:;5v:''r'';:i.vA.'.,'..''i- .v, ' ' When Lustlg entered the death house he was the seventeenth man, occupying the last remaining cell. And in three weeks less than two years that he lived , near the "little green door," he saw the 14 men that were his first companions "go, away" -through -the door and one other besides, j Lustlg believes that many ; of them wer , innocent of the crime for. which they wore axeouted.. "When a man was to 'go away not one of us slept the night before," said Lustlg. "All night long we sang hymns and read' chapters' from the Bible. We would sing whenever the 'condemned man asked us and sing what he asked. Many , of these scenes I was destined .' to. pass through and I became In a way, hardened to them, but. there was one scene that I never got used to, ... That was the last parting of the man about to 'go away from his relatives. Curtains -mercifully shut out the ala-ht of that from the rest of us, but we could not stop our ears to the cries and screams f that rang through the death bouse. It was awful. 1 ..-.. " "It seems to me that 1 will n.v.. able to forget the depths of despair uuuucu ay inoae agonised cries, lath ers, mothers, sisters, brothers and ' sweethearts, went by us, weeping, They were carried out fainting. They, were dragged out raving maniacs. There was an awful silence In the death house Just before these scenes and , the stillness luiea unm long aiter tne screams kAd ceased In the corridors, None of thi' -w v Mas pdvuivu VII TV e&U Ii ED LIB L1JBJ first to Speak." . . - The last men to die before Lustia - was freed was Albert Wolter, convicted of the murder of Ruth Wheeler and LUstig said he believed Wolter Innocent. i neara mm on his knees swear to his father and mother the Sunday be fore that he was Innocent and no man who approached the .'little green door while I was there was calmer than was Wolter." Lustlg said. Joseph Garal la. ha said, convicted of the murder of a man, was tha worst behaved of all to pass the door. He cursed God, Christ and the church, the . night before, threw down a cruoiflx and . stamped upon it; tore up and spat upon sacred pictures given to him and was blasphemous beyond belief. They had to drag him, grovelling and crying for ' mercy, through the door and at the last moment he straightened up and asked for a moment's respite to make his peace with God. 'Only once," said Lustlg. "did we sine for a man on the morning he 'went ' away, that was in the case, of Charles r Swlnton. He asked us the night before to sing 'Safe in the Arms of Jesus' as h passed out and we did." Lustlg is awaiting a new trial of his case but will probably never again be -tried. Pointed Paragraphs Kisses sometimes apeak louder than words. y '.. '' ' ;r .! Live and let live Is a poor motto for butchers, , a Ba aura aha la tha rirht rlrt. than laia your head. WW It Is easier to writs history than It to manufacture it Anyway, tha: man who ntradicta himself may be right a Only after trying does a mam realise the many things he can't do. . It's easier to poae as a sromlalng young man than a paying one. a . Bvery married man should kee a stock of ready made exousee on hand, You can Jolly the average man br referring to him as a prominent citlien. ........ 9, 9. , (..., . Early to bed and early to rise is one of the combinations that make a small boy sore. Always in Good H umor WUFFl rrom an Eschar) aa. Said a man to a maiden named Crlehton: ': wea me ana your troubles I'll llchton." - unev were wea rum twiv. The neighbors can hear the pair flchton J mrWIVTWtmv .V t)ftBrmtfrm . 9 ... I From Baltimore Amerloan. "Pop, what's the millennium?" "It's a time coming, my son. whan there will be Jobs enough in every ad- ' ministration to go around among those who want 'em." ' , ' . fJMASH-UP. From Boston Transcript , Jack What aent poor Algy to an in- sane asylum , -,, Tom A train of thought Oaasad . through, this brain, and wrecked it. - rf Fatal iCnor, ;r"t''.T ::rC From the Philadelphia Record, f " He came down the garden path, a sad. sorrowful figure. She watched : him ' with anxious eyes. "How did father take itr she skd. ? , . 1 "He took it all right," replied the young man, . "Oh, i am so glad, George I" the cried. , "Ar youT" replied George, flopping forlornly by her side. "Well, I can't say ' mac i am, near. At xirst your father wouldn't listen to m." - - - "Why didn't you tell him that you had $2500 in tha bank, as I told you tor' she exclaimed,---f r r.'frr", "1 did, after all else had failed," an swered George dejectedly. . "And what did he do then." ' , rre"-eeh-Be-atnr-T5nfif maar BiiaTni" his hand wearily through his hair, "He borrowed It!" ,- . , , ' no help in that direction, v "Restrict" meo.ns to circumscribe to prevent front spreading, and I respectfully represent that, in view Of Portland's exnorlenca during the past six years, restriction of the vice evil Is desirahle. It Is not Unmoral to restrict immorality; neither ly It Immoral to tax It. To restrict an evil is to prevent It from spreading. To tax It Is to punish It, and also to re- s Muiin i. m um auiua ui me expense or t I Its own prosecution. ;I am In favor of I restricting and taxing the vice cvlL as won as an other evils. W. H. WOODRUFF, ' ; ; Name of Author Desired. Turner, Or., Doc. 9, 191!, -To the Edl tor of The Journal Will you kindly give me the name of tha author t,t nr thermalntatnanco ot'icJiaaalwayaJ.,theb??J5J" T!? IjLflndthe 'foK found a way to maintain itself, so needsTlowInB:fIinIp Baf"n7Eiiglneer." It starts out like this: "Philip Barton, of Denver, hav you ' ever hoard the name?'' Sleeps tonight In his ley tomb wrappsd In a martyr's fame." " - . LlZiilfcl CORNELIUS., A fruit picking machine which slides fruit down a 25 foot chute' without -bruising has bean patented by a New York man. V