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0 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY . EVENING, DECEMBER 10, lOlJu THE JOURNAL ' f INDEPENDENT KKWSPAFEB 8. JACKSON.. . .Publlnhor t'uM!h(l r,t ninf texrept Bundnf) -ry Pund morning at Tba Jourol Build . 7th mi V.mi.Uf eta.. Portland. Or. Hinerea it the prartofflca at portUnO, Or.. f 'i' tiiimiiiloB tUroiurh tbe WU Mfoud gradation corresponding with the give:, an .1 Informed and . weighty Increase over the minimum income, opinion . at short notice on compll 'I l UJI'HONKS Main TITS; Horn. ' A-l, All !' pirtrewnt retohad by thiw aunitmra. 'Idl iba oprritar wbit aprtiiwtit ro nt. "KKHiN AUVKKT1BI.no BKI'KKHK.NTA'llVi . r-iijniin k Kentoor Co. Hraniwlrk Bulldlnt ?X Hfib anm,; Nw York; 21S I'appta'a iK Building, Chicago. - " "' '. i ilmcriptkia Trni by moll or to o (dUrcH In Uultitd BUtet oT Ueilcol DAILY On fr..,..,,.30n ) Orot month "vv''", ; Sunday '. ... i fMfmJm.9,H4 BlOBth , DAILY AND 8UNDAT Oii rr........$T.M I One month. .$ .68 la to accord with the generally ac- cepted idea of . tpday that the rich should be taxed more hoavlly than the poor. Aa compared with indi rect taction the direct income tax offers an eailkr way of getting at that resut. , GATHERING KKCltl lTS E , It is a sad thlnft to begin Ufa with low .conceptions of It, It may not be possible for a young man to measure life; 'but It Is possible to say, I am resolved to' put Hfe to Its best and noblest use. T. T.- Munger. A STAGGERING COST 1TRKSIDENT TAPT'S last official &jr word to his countrymen ro ll spectlng their business la a re- ciiest ror ii,iuo,.uo,aDJ ior running the government one year. It is a sum more than double the annual expenditures sixteen years ago. In the aame period, expend! lures have nearly doubled relatively to population, The cost per capita - sixteen year ago was a" little" mora than 1 6, On President Taft's est! mate for the coming year, It Is now nearly 12 per capita. Since 1878, the cost of govern ment has Increased more than 400 per cent, Population . has Increased hut 84 per cent. The cost In 179C was: $1.34 per capita, against nearly $13 per capita Jn 1918. Senator Williams recently de clared In the senate that ours la "the most extravagant government main tained and dominated by the white race on the face of the earth." : Only 17 yeara ago.Grovcr Cleve land ran thr national government for $650,000,000 a year less than it .now costs. The average expenditures are now nearly three times aa much as during Cleveland's second admin istration, y ; Only 25 years ago, Crover Clere- land ran the government for but one fourth the present annual cost. Economy, retrenchment -d re form have been unknown and un popular words In the federal gov ernment In. ..recent administrations. Eight years of "aft and Roosevelt cost In appropriations 'more than $8,000,000,000, or nearlv five times the total expenditures of the federal government under fifteen presidents, from the inauguration of Washing ton to the beginning ol the Civil war. When was there over greater need for application of the old Jeffer sonian rule of a "simple government, economically administered ?' What right have Tve to complain at the high cost of living when we Der-! mlt the Washincton government to ln connection with each college. tax every man, woman end child in ' the United States $12 per head for being governed? VERYWHERE, the white slavers are working with awful activity and audacity. A well dressed young ladyjaf 20 was walking down a well known London street, partly residential and partlyji fashionable shopping center j wo "nurses" tney were pro curesses as!.ed her their way to a placo in thedirection she was walking. They walked on .with' her, and pres ently fell In, one on each side. , Then they' began to hustle her along, tell Inc.her she must come with them. In her fright, she appealed to a police man. Ono of the nurses dropped be hind, and looking at the officer, sig nificantly tapped her forehead. Tho man was deceived, thought it a men tal case, and told tho girl to go on with her friends, ' It was one of the cunning processes of white slavery In Chicago recently, a pretty girl of seventeen' was seized by two strange men and thrust quickly Into a waiting taxlcab, Just as she was about to enter the gate to her home. A sister saw the act, gave the alarm and the girl was saved. It '.was sub sequently confessed that the girl was to have been taken to the vice-world of West Hammond. In Collingswood, P.. C., a depart ment Bioro gin was nounaea by a man and one day In the itore, when he had persisted in his attentions, she confided her troubles to an apparently extremely respectable woman customer who was standing by. The woman offered protection, and Insisted that the girl should be taken home In her automobile, then waiting at the . door. ' Tlie offer was accepted and the girl has never been heard of, end never will be. The respectable customer was a procuress. It is now said that her parents are convinced that Doroth;' Arnold, whose mysterious disappearance was a country-wide sensation for months, was spirited away into white Blavery, and has become a part ofthe great army of 200,000 girls, who, by force. by kidnaping, and by every known process are recruited to white slavery every year. Nobody knows what home may be touched by the awful blight at any time. Nobody can tell why parents are so little concerned at the cwful activity and audacity of the slavers. cated questions Involving tlie Inter ests of his country. lie must have a toorougn acquaintance witn content porary politics la all 'nations. He must possess tact and charm of per sonality and manner, . making him not only a competent but a graceful representative of his country. He must be a student to enable him to answer the many calls to universities, colleges andai(arned societies, whore the ' particlpflTOn of tho' American ambassador is expected as well as desired. He will find the posseosion of considerable wealth a help t- him In giving as well as receiving the costly courtesies incident .o his high position at the court, as well as in the. Inner circles of society in Great Britain. ' To all these requirements, White law Reid was fully equal, lie will leave behind him In England a large circle of mourning friends.' He was a man of vast experience In so many exciting scenes-from the battles of the Civil war, and the conduct and ownership of a great newspaper Ja New York, to the representation of America in the closing of tho Spanish war that Ills mind was stored with precedents suited to every emer gency. , S3 THE WAR ON T HE movement for repeal of the free tolls provision of the Pan ama canal law Is on at Wach- MlglUU. . - A'news dispatch In Sunday's Jour nal says United Stares senatgrrs are receiving through the malls from all over tho country requests and argu ments for repeal of the provision for coastwise exemption. It adds: Th analysis of the voteln the senate published this wck "hows plainly that hlrfhor menUl standVrd pressed as to the stability of the gov eminent ,",',, And even yet, in face of the won derful achievement of the first year of the republic, , recognition . from powera profossing friendliness to China la still withheld. Jt Is gener ally Bald that the refusal of China to accept the, terms of the loan offered by the six powera, and to sacrifice her economic freedom, la the cause. California also protests against ballot : titles so haiy'and mystifying that nobody can tell what'they mean. On this page, the Fresno Republican discusses that Issue vigorously and entertainingly What is the use of so heading a measure on the ballot that nobody but' the man who put it there can. understand? The New York World says that Europe has dropped the Blue Danube waltz for the Balkan Turkey trot. : A BrltlBh critic says Mark Twain was "the poorest specimen' of the man of letters known." , It wasn't Mark's fault that a bloomin' Brit isher cannot understand a Joke, ' COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF , OREGON sIdEUGHIS 1 . , SMALL CHANGE Bay, Mr. J.., Bull, It's our canal. Isn't Jt It become too late to be early, be aa early aa you can. Perhana iitm, nf tint Infant t day will, live to see a comparatively ,r-:VV'H Headlines v Letters From the People (lommumfMfinni nt Tk t...i ""Hinuuii lu iui noinrrmunt houhl b writ ivn on duly one alrin r th nun. .k..m u. xen M) woril In li-ngih od rount be c coiniitaled .bj tb nam and rldre. bt tbt ndr If rhe writer dw not dedr to b FARMERS AND THE NATION T HE foundation stones on which modern farming in the United States rests r.re the Morrill act, under which an agricultural and mechanical college wasestab lished In each state, and the Hatch act, creating1 an experiment station AN INCOME TAX THE fact that a Federal income tax is to be imposed on the American people, tb make a material addition to the re . sources available for the Federal budget, win invite abundant discus sion on details. , Whatever may be decided as to the Incidence of such a tax that is, what exemptions for wage earners, or of incomes of small amounts from realized property may rlghty be al t lowed there are certain features common to all income taxes. All assessments must be based on returns and Information supplied by the individuals themselves, subject ' . lo revision by the authorities when such returns, on examination shall appear to be defective, incorrect or , fraudulent. Generally, each man will be his own assessor. One great difficulty is the avoid ance of double assessments. A very wide ground may be covered by en acting that all corporations shall pay the Income tax from their nit earn ings before any dividend is set aside for stockholders, or any interest for bondholders. The same principle may be applied to partnerships, which may pay the tax for all part ners before distribution of profits. ' - Judging by English experience it will be found very hard to make the individual understand how to draw the line between expenses and prof its on any business that he may! , carry on or be interested in alllos, the transcontinental railroads of the United States, are back of 'thlB de mand for rrpcal arf they may continue to dictate the frotght rates between the coasts. The roll call of 'he senators favorable to arbitration sounds like the roll call of the legal staff of the rall roaJs of the country. There Is but one issue in this effort at repeal. It la an issue of whether the $400,006,000 of United States money spent on the canal is for the bpnefit of the people of the United States or for the benefit of the rail roads of the United States. All the high sounding talk about treaty agreements Is bosh. The Hay Pauncefote treaty was not made for the Panama canal. Ah Hannls Tay lor, this country's leading authority on international law has pointed out, it was framed with the idea that the United States was to build a canal through Nicaragua. As originally planned, the United States and Great Britain were to Jointly build a Nic aragua canal, but Great Britain with drew, and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was framed on a program in which tho United States was to build the canal alone. Conditions have changed. The canal is not through Nicaragua. It Is at Panama, and is built through United States territory. It is built with United States money. It la de fended by the United Statea flag. No other nation on the face of the earth has contributed In the slightest Duty of Women m Voters. Friend, Or., Dqo. 14. (To the Editor of The. Journal) By a plurality of woav un mm measure, woman imf cameo, j nus, the women and girls of Oregon are virtually thrust Into the vortex of politics. In sn!t nf th. vjuinB 01 true womanhood, to again vote the measure down. I am ambitious to see true reforms, to see true advance ment and to see our people raised to a rner mental standard. Therefore, of ,. nv. usr.ny, must oe opposed to wo man suffrage, but now that v bo called woman suffrage, let us strive 10 iimu its aeieterious consequences to in lowest possiDie degree. Therefore, I strongly urge our women or good morals and mind, to Interest themselves In (or at least endeavor to) and study politics, and to exercise the rigm or voting. And by all rheans, do not confine your reading strictly to any who parry ontan. Our people must rise, are bound to rise, and even with suffrage, we may nui retrogress 10 any marked degree, although It Is certain to be a great hindrance to our advance, if not an ab solute check. And a check thus once maao, especially, when the splurging about and struggling that will- invari ably ensue on the hlflside we've been "unging to It will be excoadlnifly dtffl cult to again start the ball a rolling upw&ra. Suffrage has come to stay until we, ao a peopie, Deconie more enlightened j i may noi seriously arrect us now, but anyone gifted with the faculty of seeing farther than today, cannot be blinded to the Injurious effects it will liave on the generations following. , Since those beneficent acts came Into operation Instruction in the sci ences of the farm has reached every state.- In its generosity the doors of i to its construction. No other nation those colleges have been opened to; has aided In any way to finance It. the students of every nation by the , No other nation will contribute a Lnitea btates, on equal terms with penny to its maintenance. our own children. The colleges were designed, first of all, for the farmers' children. The experiment stations dealt with and for the active farmer. Action on his part was required to make him a beneficiary. But there were thou sands of farmers still standing in the ancient ways. They were satls- It Is enough that we cut this canal, taking all the chances of fail ure, paying all the cost In men and millions for its construction, and then permit the nations of the world to profit from it as a great inter national waterway. To go further, and permit outside nations to direct how and under what terms we shall I oppose It because I am Interested In the welfare, spiritual, moral, mental and physical, or our posterity. Men and wo men were not created to perform the same functions and it ts that, the plac ing them In the wrong sphere that causes the trouble. am endeavoring to influence) thone whose natural Instinct and logical reasoning have led, them to oppose wo man suffrage, to vote, for without their votes I realize we wtll be hastily pulled downward, and with them, wo hope to "keep level." I hope you women that so earnestly fought the passage of the measure will likewise see the necessity of your vot ing and persuading others to vote, for even as we fought suffrage, we must nowa fight to eliminate Its deadly con sequences. It Is now your duty to vote. Let ua stay with our ship of state and work to quench the fire that was lighted November G, 1912, bo that we may again resume our forward Journey. J. CHAS. GUYER. fled with existing methods of farm j operate it in our own domestic corn management and had no inspiration merce, a commerce in which no out to Beek after knowledge, exact and i side nation can engage, la sheer non Bcientlflc, which was stored in the: sense. To talk in hleh sounding (college and experiment station. The. terms about "national honor" ns !- worst of it is that these stay-ai- leged to be Involved in the coastwise homes far outnumbered the progre-! exemption, does not proceed from sive farmers. Unless they could have! the people of the United States, but from the railroads of the United States, railroads whose concept of "national honor" is in terms of divi dends, stocks and bonds. The free tolls provision should stand. Its repeal would be a sur render to the railroads. Nothing could do more to Justify the accusa tion that plutocracy and privilege the new methods brought to their very doors they would not move. To this last class the Lever bill, now In the United States senate, hav ing passed the house, makes its di rect appeal. ThlB bill requires the establish ment and maintenance of extension departments In every agricultural college. It provides that trained farm (dominate the Washington: govern uenionBiraior3 oe sent out, not tiiment centers or population In towns and villages, but to the r ctual farmr. The man on the land is to be reached. The bill appropriates $10,000 to each state, regardless of -any state contribution, that the work may be commenced at once. Then on Jul l, lvii, a further sum of $300,000is rrt, tronhla la th matw when i i 111 proportion io rural population. are kept, and the individual may be Dut the tiUe f each fitate to lts share Innocently in doubt how much hia 18 t0 be governed by the sums a income 13. The Eneliah nlan t. stato snaU appropriate for this work make a. ma truthfulness ine ungusn plan is to i r UJ -"' worn m responsible for the:lip the total of the aPPortlonment of his signed return, ap-l for,that 8tB uThe 300-00 1 to CHINESE REFORMS plying punishments for perjury to cases .where false returns are fraud ulently made. The first Imposition of the tax will probably be followed by many prosecutions. It will take several yeara to get the machinery Into reg ular working order. The apportionment o the tax on varrying incomes -win iead to much debate. If $5000 be aet as the low est Income to be.assessed the tax net will slip through lta meshes very many who are Just aa well able to pay as those who enjoy $100 a year more. To set $1000 as" the" mini mum wcAild be more net&ly In ac-Tr3rvhfig:ilrrIencer-Tlle one per cent proposed corresponds roughly with the five- pence In the round eterling, about which aum the English tat hung for jmany j ears To raise the tax In regular ready accomplished by the new gov- to be apportioned among the stafies61-111116111 ot, China, are of apecial ln- adviser to the Yuan Shi Kal govern ment, and was for many years the Times correspondent in Peking. Dr. Morrison Bays telegrams havei been cheapened and brought Into be Increased each year by a similar amount, until, in 192 i, the maximum ' now 80 daily to the remotest corners of $3,000,000 Is -reached. Of the 'of tne Iand- Newspapers are carried money 75 per cent it; to go for actual field demonstrations,' 5 per cent for printing and publications, and 20 per cent either for household economy or for more field demonstrations. WHITELAW REID I T HAS long been the excellent cus tom of presidents of the United States to give special and per sonal care to the selection of the ambapsador to Great Britain. Special qualifications are needed. The arnbjad.pr.ju ugt.be can, without fear and without re- Dealing With Vice. Portland, Or., Dec. 15. (To the Editor of The Journal) The futility of acting on the theory that evil can be abolished by government, unould bo apparent to all who reasii. That h been the default in nearly all oast efforts to put down the vice conditions In our cities. Sentiment and ideillsm utterly oppose restricted districts, a though government thereby authorUea "Ic-s; be lleving also that It Is really possible to clean up a city by putiimj taunt things for a time out of tlstlit. But lay aside sentiment and coolly think out the subject to lta end and It will appear quite otherwise. Let us first start with this: that government is for the welfare of all lnvldiduals com. ing within its scope, regardless of their tnorala or lack of morals. All muit agree in this for Its authority is the great ruler tho Is "kind unto thtt un thankful end the evil," and "sends his rain upon the Just and tho unjust." We may well deplore ihe fact that In our city of Portland, a in all cities, whole bands of people are moral dis figurements, but it Is quite childish to assume that to conoeal for a iline these blots on the city In any senso cures or even corrects the evils. To drive them out of their accustonnd haunts into the cleaner parts of 'he city, may make them lesa 'conspicuous but much more dangerous to the com munity, and to banish them from the city is foolishly selfish the reverse of the golden rule. " Because government segregates thope undesirables and keeps them under strict surveillance, does not In the least im ply a partnership with, crime. Reverse the proposition and eay that the city Jn order to keep clean neighborhoods for Its cleanly, citizens, draws a iline over which no recognized vlo shall .trespass and we have the true oblact reach of the masses. News dispatches 1 or regulation. Readers of Swedenborg will recall his description of the spirit ual world and the working of Its laws. He tells us that in the heavens In numerable societies are built up by mutual attraction or similarities of char acter and become each a body acting unitedly in all things as one man. This same law propels those in evil or un toward states In an opposite direction far removed and beneath such aa are pure minded and this region we term hell. There also are grouped societies of Individuals of lte states. Whatever creaence we may give io this picture of the other world, It af fords suggestions as to dealing with our vice problems on eartn, C. K. B. kan Christmas. ne jrromDiuon party under any other name, will probably get about tun pbuio uuiuuer ot votes . Seemt Ilka .Great Britain ought not to . kick about aDUlvlnir .lta own Hupi caimi ruies to me i'asanm canal, ;; We have a Parcels nost law and mnnn will have an lncomo tax law; verily ywwmt wurio is progressing lately. Another reasonable excuse: there are so very many things to chooae. from that one can't make up his mind what io . Buy. .. . ,v 4 ., J, i ' Colonel Eoosevelt aonears to admit. ot rather assert.' thai his onlnidn of the Idaho supreme court la one of supremo contempt, v ', . Man who servevd a sentence' tit it A days' absolute idleness, regarded It us severe ountshment. Nothlnor com. pulsory is agreeable. Two women quarreled, and the hus band of one has been sentenced to 100 years in a penitentiary for killing the husband of the other. But the quartet can go op. 1 That publishing a news dtsnatch though it contains A speaker's attack on a court decision, la contempt of court, l not likely to become the law of this land. : V Colonel Roosevelt, having made an other hot xpeech about Idaho, Presi dent 'raft might retort with another ono about California but tie ia not foolish enough to do, mo, Once or twice a year certain poor people get a holiday dinner, a big, fine feed. This is all right, and creditable to the donors, but It lacks much of sufficing for a year, or a winter. The, men of the Methodist church of From the Fresno, Cal., Republican. Thomaa V. Cetor, president of the Ban Francisco .board of election .-com rtfhZ"!? vl!t BWletJ' missloners, will ask the legislature to of tb Methodist Brotherhood. i laubmit a constitutional amendment ICatacada Progress: Bo rreat Is the travel between Kstacada and Portland now that the cars are crowded every trip. Three coaches ar frequently needed, especially for the evening trips after ( o'ejpek. - , ..- v. '..' , r . . . : , ; ,. . . Lebanon' Tribune: It la not often one sees hit own work of twenty years ago. The Santiarn News is quoting from the f Ilea of the Solo Press, of twenty yeara ago, when the editor of the tribune supplied copy - for that paper.,:- - - Canbv Irrigator! A 'atranrer in our midst would be surprised If told the amount of business done by some of our well known establishments. Where will ono find In a city the size of Can by as many business bouses as are here, and all handllna-; an enormous amount .of-, trade? iA:nv-.f: . Hubbard Herald' A' new floor U be. Ing laid In the Armory halt out of the choicest Orcg!6n fir that can be had. After the floor In down it will putting' proposed city charter amend merits under the same rule, as to tH'io now imposed on legislative eria ments that the title shall ' complete. state every' subject In the enactment. -We fear , that Mr. Cator la courtln confusion worse confounded. Ilia PV pose is to prevent deceiving voter misleading titles. But If he can devise anything less Intelligible to the, .voter than the title commonly prefixed to Our state law and constitutlonn amenaments. he win have to exerciser great deal , of .Ingenuity. One of the chief handicaps 'of our "referendurii sys tem Is the fact that the titles of meas ures are rarely printed on the ballot In such a way as to be Intelligible to anybody. It would b simpler merely to number, jthem and to trust , to the newspapers to explain wjiat the num bers stand for, The voters do find out, somehow they '.'would probably find out, If the ballots were printed in 5i?S?V-"J!re2.a?fVfid?h;d Chinese-but they do not do It by read- ..... ti;s i Knllnia ' Piran (ha am ntvi ai court requires the assistance of two smooth as can be made. be uaed only for dancing and public gatherings; no more roller skating will D allowed on. this uoor. y : Oresham Outlook! Two 'flat cars were loaded, with sand at the big gravel Pit on the Mount Hood road" last Satur day by eight young men from Cottroll. The sand is jntonaea ror a rnotpatn from Cottroll station to the old town of that name. The distance la over half a mile and funds for the walk were 'raised partly by subscription and a basket social. The coat Is over S150. .. Astoria Budget: The Rldwell-Hay-don company la making slow progress on the big dam for the 100,000,000-gal-Ion storage reservoir at the head works of the Astoria water system oft Bear Creek. They will probably be com pelled to ask for a further extension of time. The reason given . Is that they have not been able to secure 'suf ficient men to carry on the work; NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By Herbert Coreyi Did you ever hear the story of Sylvia Ann Howlund s will? Mrs. Hetty Oreen, today's queen of finance, was one of the actors in this first great will case In America. The story is SO years old, but It is given dramatic Interest because In certain features it is analogous to the case of Albert Patrick, recently pardoned out of Sing Sing by Governor Dlx. It was in the contest of the Howland case that handwriting experts were first usod to effect before an American court. The next similar case was that of Millionaire Rice's will, in which Patrick appeared as claimant. It Is worth noting that the methods of the handwriting experts seem not to have advanced measurably in half a century. They have been refined, perhaps, but .otherwise they have been altered very little. Even in their differences the ex perts of today resemble those of-1883 Each la still able to demonstrate that the thinking apparatus of all the other ides experts have been clogged by oiue mud.. Patrick owed his four times repeated death sentence to the handwrltirg ex perts. The state's case on his- Indict ment for murder was technically weak. rested on the confession of VaJet. ones that he had chloroformed Kice at Patrick's orders. But the indictment was dramatically strong, because the experts proved conclusively that Rice's will had been forged. Each of the four pages of this document bore a signature which was presumably that of Rice. Tlie experts showed that these four signatures were Identical so admir ably Identical that when superimposed each fitted the other to tho thickness of an eyelash. The experts contended that no two genuine signatures are ever Just alike. They even found the true sig nature from which the four false ones had been traced, and found that on the day Rice was supposed to have signed the will he bad signed five other docu ments. The five genuine signatures differed widely from each other and from the four forged ones. Sylvia Ann Howland, an aged bin ter, died In New Bedford. Mass.. in 1863, leaving an estate of more than ,000,000. Two wills were produced. In the will of 18C3 lier nitca and com panion, Hetty Robinson, afterward known as Hetty Oreen, waa generously remembered. By the will of 1860 Hetty Robinson Inherited practically all. It consisted of a single page, marked "second page," Inserted after the first page of an admittedly genuine earlier will. Miss Robinson testified that Miss. Howland had dictated this "second page" to her in duplicate. Both pages were in Miss Robinson's writing, but each boro the signature of Miss Howland. The beneficiaries under the will of 1863 charged that the signatures on this duplicated, "second page" had been forged by Miss Robinson. Every handwriting expert of note In the United States was engaged. The con tention of the defendants was stated In these words in volume 4, American JLaw Reporter: "The signature to the will was con fessedly genuine. But it appeared on superimposing the other two signa tures, whioh appeared on the dunll- cated 'second pages,' over this, that the covering waa so exact, letter for letter, stroke for stroke, and that not merely this covering existed, together with Identity of all the spaces between lawyers, and several months for 'con sideration, to find out what, the ordi nary title to a. .statute means. Trie lay Inan can not find out, at all. There Is only one sure way to make these titles and ballot descriptions In telligible. .. That Is to hang all the law- yers. That being, however, too drastic it may be sufficient to make It a felony for any lawyer to write the title to any. r law. Let the lawyers write the bodies of the laws themselves. If they must ! The laws are Intended only for the perusal ofhe supreme court, and they might as well be written In Mandarin lareon. if that is the lantruaae the court prefers to read, But the head- S lines, especially the ones, that go on the ballots, aro for the people to read), and therefore they ought to bo In Eng lish. . That makes It Imperative to keep the lawyers, away from them. " ( Newspaper reporters are cheap, a every newspaper can supply plenty ot them who know how to write head lines which people can read and under stand. The test Is that they do write those headlines, every day, and that the people do read and understand them. Let legislators and charter re visers hire a few of these reporters, and let them write the headlines. There need be but one restriction the head lines should all be required to bo un constitutional. Anything which the supreme court would pass as Intelligi ble should at once be . rejected as un intelligible. For It.ls a safe rule that whatever the supreme court can under stand, nobody else can, and vice verba. Th Part That Whisky Playa. From Colliers. At the last election West Virginia voted for a constitutional amendment, to take effect July 1, 1914, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquors In that state. The amendment was adopted by a majority of 91,000 votes. Only three counties out of E5 save a malorltv the letters and the words, but that the I against the amendment. The vote was locality on the paper and the distance a surprise. The large vote In favor of from the margins of the signatures so nearly coincided that the defendants, supported by the opinions of some of the best experts In the countrv. wer hsd.to bring forward the theory that this extraordinary coincidence was not the result of chance, but of design. They claimed that these signatures had been forged to these DBDera hv the complainant, oy tracing the original signature of the will. It was bevond th amendment was no doubt due to a protest against certain corrupt condi tions connected with the liquor trafflo in some counties of the state. Saloon licenses were farmed out through the county court or board of commissioners, by certain firms who sought a monopoly of th1? traffic. No one not agreeablo to these firms could secure a license from the county court. The licensees were compelled to buy their supplies from m ff PJbabait7 ther argue1' these local firms at arbitrary prl.os. mm mil i-ujuuuience or precise eov- erlng could occur lnlhort. nracticallv an Impossibility but infinitely Incredi ble that Just the signature the plain tiff wanted could match the onlv onn she had. They claimed the disputed oitsnaiures Dore signs or tracing. The saloon men themselves made little money. These local liquor rings con trolled the politics of their countlen, and It was the general belief that mem-, bershln on the county court was an open sesame to sudden wealth. In some k&s m, ass.' hKy-jri'traiH: the contentions of the defense, point for point, statement for statement. She s supposed to have spent ll50.ono fnr counsel and experts, that being by far the greatest sum ever expended for such employment In an American law sun up to that t me. In th from these liquor firms. In addition to the salary oald by the state. The county courts and the local liquor monopolists were also accused of political alliances with coal mine operators, who sought control of the courts, the prosecuting at- compromise was reached, and the court torney's office, and other local offices, did not decide the case. This com- In ,nan)r of th countle(' ,n the ,tat promise, according to the Law Reporter the 'il"or interests did more to corrupt "Is understood to be the withdrawal of lx-al politics And politicians than ait. Uie complainant's appeal on payment of other -Causes combined. . It Is safe to her expenses, costs, and counsel fees ar thaLJhe liquor people themselves etc. The will of 1863 remains the will furnished stronger arguments for the of Sylvia Ann Howland." amendment than all the preachments of reformers and evangelists. Borne runner self. the writ Th. thought presents itself to I Of course, we would have to have a law lrXla wmap Iter: Will it pay to throw this authorizing the county to do this, and lTmontl And In due course I N ANTICIPATION of a visit from Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the statements made by Dr. Morrison, a few weeks ago, regarding reforms al- at a cheap rate. Walls of many cities are belngf. pulled down. Those of Shanghai have gone, those of Can ton are going. - In every province native officials are installed, lnste-d of prohibited as formerly. Methods of government, are simplified. The board of foreign affairs is displaced by a minister and vice-minister. The Christian calendar i3 in use. Sun days are daya of rest in all public offices. The position of women has been much improved. Foreigners are everywhere safe, lfand. .treated .",wlth.i frtcfldUneag.-aal courtesy. - Unnecessary troop ,aro proaph one who would yield lo -n ! v.Din mm rt wban rii0ha . BefluctlonB In the atmosphere of the lawlessness la steadily giving way lo court to which he is accredited. HeJorder. The authority of the Yuan must have sufficient knowle'dr nf International law to enable him lo Shi Kal government is nowhere dis puted, jaor la ' any fear locally ex- family still further into the depths of I then after the county had taken sname and despondency? will It pay to still further wreck this home and pauperize this man's loved ones, for whose sake he thoughtlessly committed this crime? Or will it pay to give the offender a chance to square himself with the world and begin anew? When this man's record is considered, we fall to Bee where society at large, will be benefited by Jailing him and pauperis ing his family. It is evident that Let ter Carrier Rigdon has taken up a task that sickness in his family haB prevent ed his ultimately accomplishing. The moment of temptation came and he was too weak to fight. Don't you think that if given another chance, the experience he is now undergoing will make of him a wiser and better man? And if It does that and saves his family from that Ignominy and poverty that his discharge and imprisonment will force upon them, don't you think it will pay to forgive this one offense? This ia the season when the Christian spirit should, go out to all those that suffer, and. surely this Innocent wife and mother and these Innocent children are worthy of society's beBt help. O, B, WRIGHT. In a we shall print a series of artloles whioh. will include, among other aspects of li quor business, its control of law and the instruments of Justice In some communities. AI ways .in Good H umor COMB AGAIN! "That's fair done it!" muttered th Ono AVay to Ruise Valuations. Independence. Qr.. Deo. 12, 1912, To the Editor of The Journal Among the good things that happened at the last election was the burial- of the single tax proposition beyond resurrection, and now it behooves us to set about to procure such an equal and ust as sessment and taxation of .the property of the state that we may never, again run up against such a fanatical prop osition. The first and most Important thing is to devise some way to have property all assessed at its actual cash value. Of course the law provides for the assessor to do that now, but he doesn't do It because he Is not smart few pieces of property that was valued too low there would be no more trouble In getting a correct assessment. Then, with property assessed at Its actual cash value, the man with his wealth in money woyld not feel so much like hiding It away to avoid being unjustly taxed. There should be some way to correct this evil, and I would like to sea .nm. boay else give his views through the burglar, as his shin came Into contact with a chair and overturned It. Ana he 1 spoke the truth. It had fair done It. A sudden movement above. Hurried de scent of stairs, and Pikes found himself staring Into the business end of re volver. "Now, then, hands up," cried the aroused householder. "What hava you Stolen?" "Only your wife's pus; dog." "If that's all, you may sneak out quietly." "Your motherjin-iaw's parrot stolen, columns of The Journal J- K. P. HARRIS. The Thirst for Blood. Portland, Or., Dec. 14,-To the Editor of Tho Jouanal like Governor West, think It will be years before capital pun ishment will be abolished. Men's lives In tha minllmsji,i)i . . vununue io ne sac rificed before the people will be edu cated to a oIvIIIkkH .j j. .. . tl, . of people voted for camtal nuni.hm.-, too. and as our governor says, they rot th.ir "Vou don't eay so? Here's some money moody reast. More's the pity that everv fr you. Nothing else?" man and woman who voted for it tm "Your daughter's phonograph.1 not have witnessed the result. They perhaps would be like some people who ffiL't-vi ttn 1 .Btand t0 t0 funeral." nun meir reelings. Never theless, they will vote for something DtH.nu io witness. It Is not a case of sentiment overruling- reason, mere Is no reason why we should take the life of a fellow being for punish- i 1 u0r .for a warning, as It Is not i "Good! Here's a dollar for your "And your eon s punching bag. "Splendid! I shall, have peace In the house at last. Will you have a eup of coffee with me before you go?" uuesn i u ii uemuae lie J "m bm" a iffthl n m.t. t. , - -- enough to know the eash valus of every Ui? maaketmlB.takf and an piece of property in the county. In the ituL,f!, l Jl ln,noc,nt first place he doesn't .e. half the prop-?"Z Z?"?1 Disgusted Diner You ought not to have killed this fowl. Restaurant Proprietor Why, slrF Disgusted Diner You've robbed, It of enough or either to. Justify the method. fln old a Pension U Tl Z . proni-oy his punish ment after he Is dead, and a life sen - . i'iuui i'unisnment as we vq mete out to any man. mere is a reason whv wn ahnnM take our fellow man's life, debarring ,..u,..7..i. j. ,ltn is necause we are set ting tip a law defying God's "Thou shalt not kill. Another reaann c A Plea for Innocent Sufferers. Portland, Or., Dec. 14. To the Editor nf ... Tlifl-J uuraalYour dl l nrl l , wr the caption, Jt Didn t Pay," can evoke but one responsive thought "No, It doesn't pay.". The deplorable condition Into which this man has thrown him self and family must at least cause every person who has read of hi of fense a feeling of deep sympathy for bis wife and children, If not for hlm- erty. and that which he does see be doesn't have the time to examine. If a man goes to buy a horse he will prob ably spend a day examining the horse; If a man la thinking of buying a farm he will probably spend a week looking at It. The assessor can't do that, and of course can't, know the value of It, Well, if the assessor doesn't know, who iinea know? The owner of the nroneMv Hiiwri whet it" worth m-4 ae he4iJortla nr.i; Ur .Daa,. 1 4, T the. 'fMrrw a law to put it riffht up to him to put the. value on his .property and let! him knpw that thg county would have the right to take and pay for 'the property at his valuation, that would induce hira to put a fair value on the property. This would be equal to giving the county an option on the property at his valuation. for capital punishment voted for the . , ,cen8--rr the sale of tha stuff that man, once having created a craving for, will sell his soul for, and he Is the brute who takes the life of his fellow man; he is the murderer that we hang the poor, pitiful victim, LAURA YELTON. High Fulling. of The Journal Can you find anyone mat can iau nzo reet and land on a little hay and not get hurt? We have a man here In Oswego who fell 125 feet, from a stack 16S feet high, and climbod up again and worked two hours more. I think this Is the record so far. OSWEQAN. Pointed Paragraph His eatanlc majesty Invented politics. When you get the best of some met you see them at their Worst. A married man Is never at a loss to know what to do with his money, e a Those who are not disappointed wNl I love are often disappointed the most. .i!V The average man thinks his brand of politics Is the only real one. .',"..-'. ::' ' . The woman who sticks to her husband like glue may help him to mend, his ways. ". . . I ir-'" .'. ; i' ","' ii'la'mj-'lVwti -wtfwwfr to-i-rrt--'v! A' married suffragette la a'1 woman who carries a night, key and her has- , band doesn't. ; . $ ' During the courtship a. girl quotea " poetry to a man; after marrying hint t she quotes what he need- to say. to bet Before they faced tha parson-. " '