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0 . THE ' OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, JTUESD AY.. EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1912. rr-t HE JOURNAL AN INDEPENDENT I BWSPAPEft . JACKSON... . . .T, .. . f uhlihI tTtrr eTtuiug irpt iundx p4 t Sundtr morning at The "ourtml Bulla- ..". Tlh ind Ynhiir H'rtUnd. Of ," kntercd t Ue pcwtoffice IHirtUnd, Or.i f -r trunrunluioa through U)t walls eKoaa rite was bought for $'34 2,000. It: eea, leaving to the French fleet the was assessed at $151,000, or 44.1 charge of the Mediterranean. J tJ.KfHONES Wain 71T8; Home. All dfprtment reacted by the iobr. " lell tb ovular what drpirtanmt yen want. tHJC10Jl ADVEHTISI.NO KBPaESiSVrATIVfc ' BrolBinlB A Kratoor Co.. Brunawlcfc Bnualag ? !2J Fifth iKDOf. New lLork; Wepwa Bulldlni. Chicago. V '" , Subscription Terms by mall or to any mddraaa ia Uia liBlted state or aicucoi Om year .'.S3.no One aoBta.w.....vt -SO Ona rear... '... M M 1 On month t DAILY AND mifSDAX tarn .... ....7.W 1 Ona Booth. I .S -a Providence' has nothing- good or high In store - tor one who does not resolutely dm at some thing high or good- A purpose is the eternal condition of suc cess T. T. Hunger. 13 A PORTLAND ASSET HE efforta for an Oriental line out of Portland are not to be dropped. The committee of the chamber of commerce will con tinue Its endeavors. , Nothing Is of more Importance to Portland. We cannot always subsist on immigration, i We must do some , thing besides advertising the state. There niust be something to do for those who settle in Oregon. " We are doing splendidly now. We have experienced a marvelous expan sion For Six or seven years ' there 1 has been ,a wonderful activity. All the barometers of business and In dustry are in the high notch ' vBut nobody will deny that we have been ( discounting the future. We nave ' been enriching . ourselves by speculation. We have prospered by boosting; values. ,;f.; y,r':,;i-. - We cannot always go forward on town lot margins. We must build a secure Tindertstrncture, We must put pillars in the business fabric. Our sawmills can sell lumber in the Orient if there is means of trans-1 portation. The more they sell, thej more employment they have for la bor. The more employment for labor, the more homes to sustain. The more homes there are, the more bust ness for every tradesman, every pro fessional man, every mechanic, every common i laborer and every other atom in the social body. Our flouring mills in and out of Portland, can sell flour and feed in the , Orient If they have means of transportation. More sales mean more employment,' more Lome, more business and more wealth for every body, f i Every ship that comes into the Portland harbor spreads business in every direction. v .Every pound of cargo it carries away to distant ports is, new. business,:, It is no draft on original capital. The history of trading cities is a story of growth and abounding prosperity. The glory of Carthage was the product of its commercial supremacy. New York, New Orleans and San Francisco are not PodunkS because they have util ized their commercial advantages. .. Portland's most splendid asset is her waterways and the opportunity she has for turning them to account per cent.. For dock sites tm the east side, the owner wants $400,000. The property -is assessed at $115,470, a little over 28Jpjer cent. : The discrepancy between the sale price and tax price of property is constantly ia evidence. It Is in vio lation of law. It Is a great public wrong. It la destructive of moral! and civic standards.' So would be affected, the balance of fleet power In the North sea be tween Germany and Britain which, so long as it endures, reiders hos tilities between, those great .powers most unlikely. " One of the most interesting fig ures at the conference It the chief representative of Greece. M. Veni- ' VnlAfl tflA rtfAAlr nvamlaK .TV, tilm fa It rewards men for giving falBe j chiefly due the revival of the national valuations by lessening their taxes .spirit of Greece, the reorganization through lowered valuations. It pen-jof her armv and navv. the regulation alizes honesty and puts a premium' of her finances and her readfneea for on perjurjr. the active oart she has taken In this mere snotiia he statesmanship at war of liberation eaiem to remedy this anuse. it is wrong to continue what is virtually a crime against society. . There would be some help in a law under which property for public uses could be taken at 35 or some other ier cent of its average tax value for five .ears, with reasonable allowance for improvements. The subject Is well worth theattcntion of the legislature. . JDUSIC IN ENGLISH D' HELPING YOUTH THE London County Council has taken the step foretold some months ago, and has estab lished bureaus throughout the metropolis where applications can be made by boys and girls who desire employment, and by employers seek- . ing their services. The endeavor is made to ascertain the special adapta bility of each applicant, and the school record and school character ( are examined by the bureau before patting the name on the books. There are alredy 21 of the government un employment agencies In operation in the metropolis. These are all con nected with the new agencies for minors.. - -Consent of the parent is required before the employment of the child ls passed by the bureau. It .-will be noted that this plan Is at Tariaace with that followed and recommended in some of our eastern Cities, where the school house is put to use as an employment agency. In that plan the intimate knowledge of ' the teacher of the character anl . adaptation of the boy or girl is taken advantage of, not only to suggest the " best line of employment, but also to .-answer questions along that line put by any Intending employer. Certainly the American method Seems to be both more thorough and more eirective than the English plan above described. AVID BISPHAM. now in Ore gon, champions American mu sic ova an American stage. If we have no suitable American songs, hej says, then sing foreign songs, and) sing them In English. Let Mr. Bispham continue his pro paganda. ' No slogan will meet with a heartier "or more general response. No proposal as to music will meet with a deepor enthusiasm. Almost every nation that has opera at aO, has it in its' native tongue. France, Spain, Italy, Ger many and even Russia each has the masterpieces ! sung in its own lan guage. Only we who speak English look wise and listen to song that we do not understand. Wto array ourselves in our gayest raiment, pay several dollars per, and proceed to watch motions on the stage that might as well be rendered in pantomime. They say English, is not a singing language. Mr. Bls.pham himself, in his renditions, proves that it is a singing language. English contains some of the most beautiful sonzs ever sung, and some cf the greatest of singers have found delight and profit in rendering them in the tongue that Americans most love. They say some of the Inner beau ties are lost in the translation from the original into English. Does it lose mqre than In the translation into Russian? : Is It not better to lose come of the inner beauties by the translation than to lose them all through their rendition in a Jargon that nobody understands? REPUBLICAN PERIL A BITTER denunciation of the initiative, referendum and re call was made bv Attornev General Wickersham, of the i they rote no as an expression of their indignation, v ; ' Such titles, injure the efficiency of the Initiative. .They lessen" thw ef ficiency of. the voter. They are the worst defect in the system. - . , , The identification of the measure ought to be swiff and easy. Tho titlo should be so clear that-there would be no room for the shadow of a doubt in the Voter's mind It there lnfcBt appear in the title a summary o! everything in the measure, then there should be some simple means of identification as appeared in the title of the equal suffrage amend ment on the last ballot. - No change that could be mado would do more to add to the work ing efficiency of the system. Letters From tHe People (Ooratnunlrittona n Th. j.Mirn.i Taft cabinet, in a speech Saturday Trlr. eccea 4110 woraa tn leugtU and muat t aytV comimaled 07- the nnme and addreaa of tlj ",,rl i- nrurr awl uoc aeitira ia nava BEATING HIS TOMTOMS A TAXATION ABUSE I N yesterday's Journal, J. K. t. Harris complained because the law requiring property to be as- . BBBsea si jw true casn value ' is not applied. He urges passage of a statute giving, the county the option or tawng the property at the sesaed price. . - ' , ag- ' ne of the greatest of all taxation abuses is the fact that some property Is assessed at 25 per cent of its sale value, while other property Is taxed . at sixty or .seventy per cent. By the process, one owner Is favored, and the other cinched Glaring Instances of this abuse r '-vw. m tllO UlBiriDU Thus the city purchased half a lot on Seconal street near Oak for $35, 000. . It wa assessed at $ 9 63 0, or 27. 6 per cent of its true value. A postoffice site was bought at $340, 000., It was tatefl at $135,000, or 15.7 J f uU'of Us &Iue.'"A library ) ENOUNCING the initiative and referendum, Attorney General Wickersham said In his New York speech: In Oregon, for example. Ha constitu tion Waa not changed between 1859 and 1902 a period of 42 years. Between. 1302 and 1910 eight years It was amended 12 times. Is change a crime? Must states and nations not go forward? China clung to the same old order several thousand years. Her people beat tomtoms and set off explosives to frighten away the eclipse of the sun. Is that the way we ought to do? India clings to an old order. For thousands of years she has had her castes, her ranks, her stagnation and her superstitions. Should we be like India never change? Should we emulate the example of the Eskimos, the Igorrotes and Fiji Islanders stand still? . s True enough, Oregon has changed her constitution several times. But in half the period, she built mor? railroads than she built in 20 years before. She increased in population faeter than she ever Increased be fore. Her cities grew faster than they ever grew before. In the period, the manufacturing pstablishments in Oregon increased from 437 in 1904 to 2600 in 1912. The capitalization Increased from $19,775,000 in 1904 to $50,000,000 in 1912, and in tho latter year th3 output has mounted to $100,000,000. In the period political conditions changed from bossism to people's rule, changed from disgraceful and corrupt senatorial deadlocks In the legislature to people's selection of senator, changed from election days of armed deputies, police interfer ence, disorder and shot gun voting to peaceful, ordorly vy.ing, fre3 from bribery, b'r.3 domination and ruffianism at the polling places. Mr. vv ickersham !a tint -i to- . " l n man. He ls( beating c. tomtom lr. the United States to ccare away the eclipse, lie is gluod to tho stone age. night at the Waldorf-Astoria,- New York. , Here is one of the reefs on which Mr. Taft led republicanism to wreck It 1b one great rock on which the party split, It was the ". nown hos tility of 'the president and his briga diers to popular government that drove Republicans by regiments and brigades to Roosevelt. It was the speeches of the Wicker shams that hamstrung, Taft. It is such speeches as that of Saturday night that stand in the way of re suscitating the Republican party. It Is useless to t,ry to restore the party so long as" Wickershama are the mouthpieces. They drive away Re-H publicans by platoons and companies. The great difficulty to be encoun tered in reviving republicanism is that the leaders are in the rear. The brigadiers and colonels are all camp followers. They are trying to stand still while the people in columns and brigades are moving swiftly forward. That Is why Roosevelt got nearly 4,000,000 in popular vote while Taft got half a million less. One grasped the mood and movement of the masses and the other didn't. While the Wickersharos, the Ballingers and the Tafts on one side were thunder ing against the initiative and refer endum, Roosevelt was commending popular government. It was only a J state issue, it is true, but the meas urement of men on state issues is their measure on national issueu. Wickersham Is a high Republican official, and his speech is semi official In character.- Every added one like it puts republicanism in more and more peril. Roosevelt is already afield for 1916. Beside the conflict four years hence, the strug gle through which republicanism has Just passed will be a nothing. Re cruiting has already begun at Arm ageddon,' and Wickersham cp. jches are supplying abundant material for Bull Mooselsm. Republicanism Is In greater peril now than it was when Roosevelt first took the field. It must either chloroform a lot of its present lead ers or they will cocaine it. the uame pubUthed, ha auould ao atata.) Single Tax in Alberta. Portland, Or.. Dec. 16. To the Editor of The Journal We are assured from time to time by gome of the friend of the present tax ytem that the, people do not have the single tax In Alberta and British Columbia. Undoubtedly they do not have the full application of the principle ia practice, but they must have some considerable approach to It as ia evidenced by their literature. From the secretary of the Board of Trade of Lethbrldge ia. being. ent out a neat 16 page leaflet of envelope size In which occurs the following para graph: "Lethbridge has adopted the single tax aystem. All revenue is ob tained from the taxation of land values only. This meana that the working man's house is not taxed, neither are buEines blocks or the residences of wealthier people. The building and machinery of induatrlee are alao exempt from taxation under thla system. In iact Dusmesa of all kinds is -xemntml land values forming the sole basis of abuessmeni. Lethbridge ia about the aize nt Salem It has increased largely because of ita progreasive and energetic people and Its natural advantages. It is only 46 mnes in an air line from the United taates. Six year ago it had a little over 2000; now over 14,000. The exemp- wvm vi imiiruvemems irom taxation has not driven population away from Leth bridge. It baa not driven capital away, for ita clearing house Bhowe for the first seven months of 1912 nearly eight een and a half millions for ita nine banks, and Its building permita for the first nine months of im show over $1, 300,000. It hag not confiscated anybody's farm in that vicinity, the rural dls- uiL-ia unwise raising an revenue on land values only, for 17,000 boxcar loads are required this year to convey the cereal products from this one town. Farmers would not be pourlne into southwestern Alberta if there waa con fiscation going on. The elevators of this town ,a.lone have a capacity of COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF T SMALL CHANGE ' Get happiness out of others' hsppi nek. , . Storma belp to make big crop and Women has a talking cat Bet it can't "la thre anything that hun't Imaahi. The cltv wants no fhrlstmM rt. e . r - It's rather late now, but better thla mm lima later. What a cruel ioke an Tula it la a mm a, purae, . 1 Next year and thereafter fianfa hma will ce 1 large natron of thn nA.rnela A Mlnamirl han inM tnr tftn K. .1. . w uvm, an uitenor or touuer on tiia arcount 1 Instead of trlnnmtlv mAditnttnir nn h. ad it is, cheerfully reflect on how much ruiow 11 inini oe. a Also a butter trust. But It la a nitric concern, and expects to slide -through the government net. The whisky that caused the deaths of three Spokane women roust have been rather worse than the average.- . , .-, . The world may be growing better and people more prosperous, but more peo ple are In Jails than ever before., ' The Turk also Inslsta on du Donald. eratlon of his "dignity." . Let all else be loat if "digntt' caa be eaved. In the case of animals, prizes may be deservedly distributed, but it la not al ways ao in the case of human beings. Maybelle. Oilman Corey saye Ameri cans make the best husband JBhe means, those who are very rich and very fooliah. - At last there is a possible explana tion of tlge mystery aa to wher the Mex ican revolutionists got the money, or much of it. A congressional committee traces it to big American financial and business Interests. Can't they do enough mischief in thla big country? OREGON SIDELIGHTS Hermlston Herald: Hermlston now posBeaees two green houses growing vegetables, etc., commercially. Baker Herald : The resumption, of work on ' the Oxbow dam In such an earnest manner la decidedly gratifying to those who believe the project will greaUy help4 th vicinity. Independence Monitor; Independence has the distinction of having the dnly large school in Polk county that has adopted the manual training and do mestic science courses as part of Ue school work tor the regular high school classes. . ! North Bend Harbor: The ' recent frosty mornings are rather unusual to Oregonlans, but -to the easterner seem like the good old times. One enthus iastic advocate of outdoor exerclbe said it made him feel Just like, getting.; out ana nusxing toaa or corn.' Estacada progresse The-new road to Oeorae. to which Estacada business men . contributed a year ago,, is rapidly Demg bunt, wnen completed, the sec tion will be brought two mllps nearer town and the road has a much lighter grade than tne one now used. ; The Dallea Chronicle: '' An auto truck quipped with blase fighting apparatus U proposed for the city fire department. The auto truck that is under contem plation has a, speed or 60 miles an hour, carries a large amount of au paratus and will carry seven or eight men. it costs ibvuu. Enterprise Record-Ghleftaln: A new bank is being organized In Lostlne. Quarters have been conditionally en ?;aged until eprlng, when a new build ng will be put up for the exclusive use of the bank. Promoters of the new Institution believe It will receive the support of Lostlne business men and farmers, generally . Canby Irrigator: Durlnjr the month of November, W. H. Lucke delivered to hla customers over $10,000 worth of material. That means In excess of $100,000 a year. 'Matty business houses in far larger cities think they are doing fine on a far less sum. We feel that we are entitled to boast a little on the general prosperity of our many estaDiisnments. Our Penal Policy . 1 cane wiiUAj pfeta I LUXURIES COST US $250,000,000 Importation of luxuries into tha Unit ed States is now running at the rate of a million dollars a day. Of course the term "luxuries' Is an elastlo one and Its applicability determined, to some ex tent, by the viewpoint from which used; but It Is at least a fact that during the month of October, 1912, the Imports In eluded $14,000,000 worth of art works; $5,000,000 worth of tobacco, cigars and other smokers' materials; $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and other precious stones; $4,000,000 worth of laces and embroideries; over $1,000,000 worth of leathers, natural and artificial; more than a million dollars' worth of deco rated china; over a million dollars' worth of toys; nearly a million dollars' worth of champagne, cordials, liqueurs, and other articles of this class; nearly a million dollars' worth of cabinet 3,000,000 bushels and are too small. Nor I woods, of which mahogany formed the A COSTLY RECKONING A' S a result of deadly accidents through operating inefficiency, the New Haven railroad is facing prosecution in Connecti cut for criminal negligence. It is confronted with federal grand Jury, proceedings Jn New York on J charges of criminal conspiracy. It is threatened with a congres sional inquiry in Washington. It is subjected to arraignment by the Interstate Commerce Commission for a series of avoidable accidents. It is menaced with threats of dras tic legislation in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Its efforts have been more de voted to crushing out competition under the J. P. Morgan ownership than to carrying passengers in safety, more ,to the accumulation of divi dends than to operating efficiency. It faces a costly reckoning. SEA POWER I T WILL be found in he proceed ings or tne London conference that began yesterday that Greece will carry a weight out of propor tion to her area or her achievements in the war on land, by virtue of her long stretches of eea-coast, her har bors, and th- demonstrated emcTency of her small fleet. It will be rec ognized that if she secures, as she should, the final addition to her kingdom of the many Islands in the Aegean sea, she will become a power to be reckoned with in the Mediter ranean by all the nations. Her friendship for either the triple alli- tlon of the fleets of the great powers. An enlarged and growing Greece will be able either to aid or to render impossible he recent - arrana-em ant A GLARING DEFECT 0" N THE ballot in the state elec tion, the equal suffrage meas ure had this title: "Equal suf frage amendment, extendine the right of suffrage to women." It was a fit title. It was a perfect ly plain statement of what was to be voted on. Every elector could t asily understand it. No voter had tho slightest difficulty In identifying tho equal suffrage amendment. In consequence, the highest vote on any measure was cast for suf frage. The total vote on it was 118,369, or several thousand greater than any other ballot measure re ceived. The title to the third measure on the ballot was as follows: For an amendment of Section 1. Article IX of the Oreson constitution, pro viding for an uniform rule of taxation except on property specifically taxed, providing for the levy and collection of taxes for state purposes and for county and other munlotpnl purposes on dif ferent classes of property, and for the ascertainment, determination and applt cation of an average rate of levy and taxation on property taxed for tii taxes among- the several counties ns cuumy umiKHuons Dy reasonable equitable rules. and Even a lawyer could scarcely tell to what measure this title referred On account of the ambiguity, few can tell whether it. was the proposed amenament ot Article ix of the con stitution that provided "for an nnl iajm.-xmft.oi,, taxation voter in 100 was able at the pplj-g, except by reference to the numbers' to Identify Ihe measure. It failed. . Many a mau voted against It because be Was in doubt between Vrar, -r,d a" TC. , " ! i .. .i. ... . wmcn a great many men vote no when thev lush Mediterranean fleet totthe Nort.h round a ballot title with doubt, and l4 T JL. bus it Beemed to enable the land to be connscated by the state, for good farm ing land runs from $30 to $200 an acre, according to quality, situation, etc., and non-irrigated land from $14 to $35 an acre. The Canadian cities of the northwest are beginning to advertise the fact that Improvements are not taxed aa It Is found to be a stronpr attraction to farm ers In the UnltedStates. Of course, to compete with Oregon, Alberta may need this tax aystem Its citizens calmly speak of as "single tax." But If Oregon has a small Installment of this same system would it not be a mlfrhty fine thing to put In our leaf. lets? Suppose we exempted, as a starter, improvements and personal property upon a home or farm of $2000 or even $1000. Suppose we allowed any city like Albany or Astoria to do as Leth bridge Is doing. Would anybody say It could do anyharm? ALFRED tt CRIDGE. Sent to the Rockpile at 82. Portland, Dec. 8. To the Editor of The Journal In a recent Issue of The Journal I read that, "At the advanced age of 81 years George Lillls was Mon day sentenced to 60 days on the rock pile for being a vagrant." How Port land should swell with pride at that report! The majesty of her law has been vindicated. After a fair and im partial trial with all the evidence, George Lillls, 62 year old man, was sentenced to 60 days on the rock pile. I do not know George Lillls, and never heard of him before, but I do know what S2 years of age means. It means a Teeble and flickering mind and body, tottering on the brink of the grave. A child again, with manhood's strength and vigor gone; whether wasted or not It Is gone. "Once a man and twice a child" is as true as life. There Would have been as much sense and Just as much credit In spnding a 10-year-old child to the rock pile. It must have been an Inspiring scene when the court In all Its pomp and dignity called "the case of George i.iius" ana unaer guard or three or four strong cops this old man, his' legs end arms shaking with palsy, was brought before It. "What'g the charge?" says the court?" "Ter honor," -says the policeman, "he s been caught stealln' shoes and a lot of other stuff and he had his pockets filled with Socialistic literature and he says he's worked all hts life and now the world owes him a livinK." "Sixty days on the rock pile." says the court. "Away him." And the guards take him tottering away, while he mumbles Incoherent ly. Have we no more respect for age than tiiat? Is there no other way to care for an aged and senile man but to put him on the Tock pile? Couldn't ho have been sent to the county farm and cared for? But they say "he stole." How silly. As well sentience. a child for stealing. Eighty-two years of age and sentenced to the rock pile for 60 days for vagrancy. It should bring the olush of shame to every face in Portland. ' JIM SMITH. principal part; and sundry other articles usually considered as luxuries, bringing the total Imports of this class of mate rials for the month of October up to $32,000,000. While the heavy Importation of arti cles of this character naturally occurs during the . closing months of the year, the figures of October are exceptionally high, probably the highest on record as regards' importations of luxuries, this being due In a considerable degree to the unprecedented Importation of art works, this single item having amounted to practically $14,000,000 in the month of October, against $4,600,000 In October of last year; while for the 10 months ended with October the total Importation of art works was $49,000,000, against $18, 500,000 In the corresponding months of 1911 and $14,000,000 In the corresponding months of 1910. These" high figures for October and the accumulated months ended with Oc tober suggest that the imports of arti cles which may fairly be classed aa lux-, urlee, will probably aggregate $250,000.- 000 in the calendar year 1912. Of this sum art works will, according to the lat est estimate of the statistical division of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, approximate $70,000,000 dol lars; precious stones, between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000; laces and embroideries, between $40,000,000 ani $50,000,000; cigars, cigarettes, and other articles for use of smokers, between $40,000,000 and $60,000,000; and numerous other articles of less value, including toys, approxi mately $9,000,000; champagne, about $5, 000,000; feathers, natural and artificial (chiefly ostrich feathers), about $10,- 000,000; beads and bead ornaments, a couple of million dollars;- automobiles a couple of million dollars; and perfumes and cosmetics, nearly $2,000,000. All the world profits by thla distribu tion, for luxuries, of $250,000,000 a year of American money. Of the art works Imported, of course the bulk come from Europe, most of them the product of labor performed many years ago, since a very large proportion of the art works now being imported are 20 years old or over and a considerable share 100 years old and over. The forty-odd million dollars' worth of diamonds and other precious stones Imported, though chiefly drawn from Europe, are in most cases the product of South Africa; and this is true also of the several million dol lars' worth of ostrich feathers Imported. Of the forty-odd million dollars' worth of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes Im ported, the largest single contributor Is Cuba, though probably $10,000,000 worth of the total originate in the Dutch West Indies, half way round the globe. and considerable quantities In the near orient, chiefly Turkey in Europe, Attn and Africa. Of the forty-odd million dollars' worth of laces and embroideries Imported, a very large proportion is from Europe. PRICES TO GO STILL HIGHER RIames the Lawyers for It. Woodstock, Or., Dec. 14. To the Edi tor of The Journal In answer to Colonel Wood's letter In Wednesday's Journal I will say there was no excuse for mis taking the ballot on capital punishment, unless the voter was very ignorant, i-thiulc it is the rantlngs and legal tartgles that such lawyers resort to a. evry opportunity that are the causes of so much crime. Tho Journal some time ago had a good editorial on that subject A good many of tha common people nowadays believe that lawyera, by their slippery methods, are responsi ble .for the failure, of most of thfl courts to find guilty and punfsb crim inals. They do it, why? Dollars, Is the answer, and to miakc a rcnuratlnn h rtrmitgao'1cl'1'rJ"'' ttrvfer '" nrAar t" gt more dollars. Otherwise how can It Oe explained that the Humphrey brothers, two cold-blooded murderers at Salem, are allowed a rehearing? . When the ma jority elect,, to make our laws, , farmers and others with good common , horae sense, instead of -putting.-In lawyers to drft legal tangles and technicalities in orlft to line their, own packets, than we may expect to get ahead of th W-tUi ad have less of the ciW Irving Fisher In North American Review. There Is strong reason to believe that for many years to come the world's money in circulation will continue to expand at not less than 2 per cent per annum (which is per cent less than at present); Its velocity at not less than per cent per annum; deposits at not less than 6 per cent (tt per cent less than at present), and their velocity of circulation at not less than 1H per cent (the present rate), -while the volume of trade promises to Increase at not more than 4 per cent per annum (Its present rate). On the basis of these estimates we conclude that tne total facilities for purchasing goods will probably Increase at least at -the rate of 6 per cent per annum, while the volume of trade will increase at most at the rate of 4 per cent, making necessary a probable average annual in crease In prices of at least 2 per cent per annum. But what, it may be asked, is, after all, the harm In rising p.loes? Is not one price level as good as another? Undoubtedly ona price level is aa good as another, but tn changing from one price level to another all contracts are Interfered with, aa well as all other business arrangements expressed In money and prevented by law or custom from easy adjustment lrfthe Interim. A worklngman who put $100 In the sav ings hank fifteen years ago now finds that he has "accumulated" $160. the $u being Interest accrued. But this $150 Instead of being a real Increase of J per cent as he has every right to ex pect and as would have been the case had his dollnr remained constant in purchasing power-will now buy no more than the original $100. As soon as the Imperative need of Standardizing the dollar as a protection to business is fully realized there will u..umlenB oe. many other suggestions xur coping witn tne problem of cold and credit Inflation. This Is one of a number of great problems which, it Is nuydi, may ue considered Ivy the much needed International conference on the man vosi or living. ;' The Statesman would like to see Ore gon take high grounds In 'penology ; "the high ground defined 'by; tha 'founders of Our aate when "they wrote Into tha fun damental ; law the following worcl!, found in section IS or article first, of the state constitution: "-' " i "Laws for the punishment of crima shall be founded on the 'principles ,f reformation, endjot of vindictive 'Jus tice." That was high ground for those days. for the world had not then progressed very far from the old standard, wl demanded "an eye for an eye and a for a tooth," and a life fdr a life.' Great progress has been made sine then in defining a definite program both for "punishment founded on principles of reformation," and for protection at society from the so-called criminal ' classes. ' . - Thla definite program has come now to embrace the following: i ' 1, An absolutely. Indeterminate sen tence or commitment for every , person convicted of a crime. Jt, Reformatory treatment for pris oners, with grades established at least three grades, the middle for all newly committed, the lower grade for those who shall have been shown" to belong there, and the upper or parole grade. 3. A parole law, allowing every one n committed his or her liberty, when It shall have been shown to the sattsfac-, tion of the proper authorities . that hs,v or sh may become a self-supporting, . law abiding and useful citizen; and IA' all cases only when the paroled person ' ehall have found or his or her frienas. shall have found for him or her-a place, an occupation. " That is the program. ' It means that, once committed the delinquent is the-., permanent ward of the state.' If never capable of being turned loose under tha , provisions and regulations, he will re main always a prisoner. If sent out on. parole, he may stay out as long as he ' ehowa his ability and willingness to com. ply with Its provisions. If he lapses. he may be brought back. UnderM&ls I system, there will be no second triate4J There will be no Garrisons, like the man Garrison hanged yesterday, who had served five prison terms. Vast sums will be saved In the stoppling of second and subsequent trials. There will be- no need for tha noose, under this system.' 1 hen the new system contemplates another thing. It contemplates the ster ilization of tha so-called "natural born criminals." There are no natural -crfm. Inala. But a percentage, perhaps 8 per cent, of the people committed to prisons la composed of persona who are born weak; weak physically and mentally. and therefre Incapable of knowing light rrom wrong. In a proper environment, they may never commit crime. But they are capable. In bad environment, of being; the most brutal of criminals. These men and women ought not tp be turned loose upon society with the capacity to propagate their kind. The breed ahould be stopped. All of the high clans, experienced prison authorities in America will sub scribe to the above program. Every well informed physician will agree to It. A number of the state are working up to It, have traveled farther along the road than Oregon hns, though the course was clearly marked out by tha founders of our state. But progress Is slow at best and nc state has yet been able to adopt the sys tem fully. There are always people who want to provide exceptions; people, for. Instance, who want the sentence not ab solutely Indeterminate., but Indetermin ate according to the minimum and' max lmuin terma provided by existing laws' for crimes committed. It Is hard f6f the "old things to pass away." They persist because so many people respect customs merely because they are old.; It would be a great thing for Oregon if she could stop out on the high ground aa above poorly outlined. It -would bar an "Oregon system" worth while. It would be a leading of the way . to ; system that will come to be universally, adopted, when the wortld Is fully civil.: I zed. Always in Good H umor ON TUB PIANO. . From Judge. Jack London, when on a recent7 visit, to New York, wae introduced to a rnu s sician in one of the popular Broadway' cafes. . ; "I am a musician In a small way, said,; London. "My musical talent waa once, the means of saving my life." - , - The musician was at once very much interested. ' " l,i t "How Is that?" he asked. , "There was a great flood In the town ' of my boyhood," explained London. "When the water struck bur houae my '. father got on a bed and floated with the stream until he.was rescued. "And you?" queried the musician. "Well," smiled .London, "I aocom- nanled him on tho nlnnn." . ' ' Inal element, for the reason that good sense will prevail and they can bo found guilty and punished, California is referred to as a capital wlthl punishment state. True, It has such a I . . . . 1 , l f .4 C .In.. law, OUl now IB ll eiliuiveui cvuiw nine ago, I believe, In the paper was a story of a wife murderer hanged for a crime committed five years before. Washing. ton Is also pointed out as another capital punishment state that has aO much erlmer It, too, Is reaping the reward of lawyers' work. If you will refer back about 10 or 12 years you will, I think, find where one Colonel J. Hamilton Lewis, defended and kept from hanging for eight years, a cold-blooded murderer. The statement was, I believe, made- at the time that the murderer, being a foreign er, couldn't even talk to the lawyer and didn't know who he was. Of course the lawver made a great reputatlonas n criminal lawyer and is looked upon In Seattle as one of their greatest men. The above are only two .cases .-that come to mind at present No doubt there are hundreds of similar cases in these two so-called capital punishment sta fes, 'that's the kind of dope, 'I call Justice, that makes crime increase in such states. One can hardly gfit around the fact that where punishment for crime is swift, severe, and aure that crime will surely decrease. Ask some old gold miner of "49." They did things in those days without delay and did the talking afterwards. No lawyer there, but Justice was swift and certain. I Wish we could get thenS all to dry-up this business. If these fanatics would tatirrta'f to rmicH"ahWT? mitea,,,niirr' be we poor devils could pave a few dol lara. . AXEL ANDERSON.. " No Longer at Their Mercy.- -" rrom the St. rant. Dispatch. . - ', City engineer, Claussen has made a flattering showing with his asphalt paving- plant. , Ita.JIU'st. season's operation has paid for the pl-ant in the amount of money saved upon a.-4phalt repairs'. As : ,-. . ' .:V ' ' '' - In all other cities where the city en- luui.ing an einclent depart ment, the cost of laying asphalt resur ?f ,f y,ciiy ror' account was de cidedly below the contract price Mr Claussen s preliminary figures , place" the cost at about $1 a square yard aa sgalnst $1.65, the price paid private contractors. At this rate the price of the plant would be savpd imnn ,,. 25,000 square yards of paving repairs m brio This showing Indicates how much the city has lost in past years by failure to invest a few thousand dollars In an asphalt repair Plant. The resu.lt of the paving of Fourth and Fifth streets In dicates how much taxpayers have lost by being at the mercy of- contractors It' has been repeatedly demonstrated elsewhere as It is now being demonstrat ed 1ir. fit .Paul, that If city engineering officers are efficient they can do the street paving work in a better1 manner and at a decidedly lower cpst by city force account than .lt will be done by any . contractor, unless the contractor realises the city's preparedness to do tha work. . . : iL World's Shortest Electric Road. What la considered the shortest and certainly the most exclusive, electric railroad in the world is being installed tn the tunnel which connects the capltol and the senate office building at Wash ington. This road Is but 700 feet Ions and when It Is running next December' It will be 6n of the very few monnrut! ByUmaJa..pperaUon ,1a, the .wojid,-.,..,., . Beneath the capltol plasa, running northeasterly for 760 feet In the form of n elongated letter "S," is the sub- way from the capltol to the senate Of fice building. The littlemonorall ear holding It senators, will run for 7ou feet on a single rail below, but will be balanced by. a broad, rail in tho roof of tli-tunnel, from., which ,uie- power- will be gathered by means of a "hlniie arm." or trolley pole. , THE WORRIED WIDOWER. From an Exchange. "He says hts poor children need an other mother. "Then why doesn't he take one homer" "Seems the children pay the rent and they are very hard to convince." A NUMBER. ' ' From an Exchange. "I understand when Smith want out for the first time in his new machine he struck Quite a gait." , - "I believe he struck about a dosen gates before he finished the machine." HER REORCD. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. "In India Brides of 12 are not nnoora mon." - , .don't expect to equal that record,' said the summer belle, "but so far 'Iva been the fiancee of six." t Pointed Paragraph It takes a sharp man to make a tool of a dull one. . . : The sting of defeat outlasts the sweets of victory. ' 1. The flirt is always practicing a game she never intends to play. Engaged people are seldom aa ln sane as tho-nelghbors think fliey TiraT ' Much of that which is called "pare I cuasedness" la nothing but humankj nature. - One-half . the women In the world want to get thin; the other half want to get fat. i ." - Many a girl who wouldn't Nnak i a 60Pijj-jfe.Qrwaj)oprjiiarwauid-aiaJi a,, poor wife .for a rich man. . . No matter how good a figure a woman may have, she never overlooks an oppor tunity to change, soma of the, outlines. 1 Many a man puts dn a nonchalant air when he asks a woman to marry him just a u-ueu to witisue when a bor if he had occasion to pass a graveyard ft l 'UK ni