THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' SATURDAY EVENING, . DECEMBER 23, 1912.
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Burn.
DEFYING THE JUGGERNAUT
ANT gentlemen of the bar op
pose reform of the Judicial
fstem in uregon. ine ju
dicial commission opposes ex
tensive change.
December 7. 1909, President Taft,
one of the notable Jurists of the na
tion, said In a message to congress:
In my Judgment, a change in the Ju
dicial procedure in both civil and crim
inal eases, constitutes the greatest need
Jn our American Institutions. I do not
doubt for one moment, that much of
the lawless violence and cruelty exhib
ited In lynchlngs is directly due to the
uncertainties and Injustice growing out
of the delays In trials, Judgments a:.i
the executions thereof by our courts.
The late David J. Brewer, then a
Justice of the supreme court of the
United States, said In an address:
There is no duty more ' Imperative
upon the bar and the bench than to do
what they can to simplify matters and
put technicalities out of . the way and
see to It that substantial Justice is ad
ministered. Too many: appeals are
granted when Justice does not demand
It.' A more simple way to peit It Is to
say that our courts trifle with Justice
by permitting delay after delay upon
mere technicalities. I advocate that
the states shall enact laws that will
permit of but one appeal after the trial
Judge. . ' .
Andrew D. White, one of America's
greatest diplomatists said:
One of the worst results of this de
plorable condition is the growing opin
ion - which we meet on all sides among
the people at large that men with money
can soeaslly defy Justice by every sort
of chlcanery that there is virtual Im
punity for the" highest crime. ;V
Frederick N, Judson, a famous at
torney of St. Louis,' said:
' Soma twenty-five years ago Cisearch
ing investigation . was made of the
causes of the delays in the administra
tion of justice, and it was found then
that the average length of a civil suit
in the United States varied from a year:
and a halt to six years. The special
committee reported that if it were pos
sible to pnt into ten words the chief
causes of the delays and Uncertainty in
iour Judicial procedure, they would say:
"Complex ocedure. Inadequate Judici
ary, procrastination, retrials, and un
reasonable appeals."; : :
Major Gaynor of - New York, a
Jurist, of conspicuous- distinction,
said: ; , - j
The Judicial department of our gov
ernment is the least efficient of all
departments. The technicalities and de
lays would not be tolerated in any
other department of the government.
The way the higher courts of late years
have been declaring statutes passed for
the economio ' ad social welfare uncon
stitutional and void is intolerable. It
has got to be stopped. If we do not
stop it, other people will stop it over
our heads.
. Here are expressions from the
highest authorities In America. To
them could be added unlimited dec
larations of the same purport. Even
the American Bar association, that
eminent body of ultra conservatism,
went on record In Its Seattle meeting
, by a vote of , 60 to 22 in favor of
changes for limiting appeals .and re
trials under the federal statutes.
. When the gentlemen of the'Ore
goa f bar resist change,, they " are
standing In front of the wheels of
the great Juggernaut of progress. As
Mayor Gaynor said, "If we do not
slop It, other people will stop it over
pur heads."
A DELAYED RESPONSE
IN OCTOBER, -911, the long
planned revolution in China sud
denly broke out, in advance of
. A j , a
ine ume set ny ur. sun lat Sen
and his associates. Its amazing suc
cess, the ease with which the revo
lutionary heads established them
selves in control of governmental
.functions, and the complete failure
of the Manchus to organize any de-
fined or concentrated opposition, to
gether with the acquietcence of Chi
nese leaders of opinion in the great
cities of.n China in the new order
Justified the proclamation of the
Chinese republic.
There appears, therefore, to lie no
incongruity in t he demand of the J
' new born republic as early aa Janu
ary, 1J12, for recognition by the
greatest republic in the world the
United States of America and for
her good offices in aiding the n-
- trance of the hew born into the fam
ily of the nations.
For undisclosed reasons American
recognition has .been de'.ayed from
that time' to this. The nearest ap
proach to recognition was made when
the guns of the Presidio saluted the
Chinese commissioners deputed to se
lect a Bite for Chinese exhibits at the
- Panama Exposition in San Francisco.
No cause has yet been shown by Pres
ident; Taft-or the Department of
State foe desiring to hand over to
President Wilson the opportunity of
welcoming the new China as unfin
ished f business. "If
IL3?rilonjJJeMgovlnAith
were"VcM If w? re done quickly," is
a motto to require application, to
this matter". ;'; -'.
... Meanwhile' the' Chinese .Republic
rocs on Its way, accepting. Its .du
ties, and discharging its rcsxoncibil-
ltles, without r haste, without ' rest.
Its care for its . citizens! and Its Ce
sire" to discharge its treaty-duties is
seen in its manifesto to the Chinese
people, warning them against laxity
in permitting opium culture to be re
sumed, and calling on all authorities
strictly to execute all previous proc
lamations aimed at its suppression.
OUR ORIENTAL LINE
ORTLAND is to have an oriental
line. The service Is to be sup
plied by the Hamburg-American.
. The Hamburg-American
is the largest maritime corporation
in the world. ' " :" v
No single individual brought this
great line to Portland. . The map of
the United States was a factor. An
other was the united community ac
tion. The general rally of shippers
and business men with offers of sup
port was a power in the sequel. The
securing of the line when rival ports
on the Pacific were bidders for it,
is evidence of what Portland can do
when Portland Interests combine and
try to do. : ' V'O
When we move, as We have been
moving of late, to expand our mari
time commerce, it Is easy to distin
guish between the patriots and the
tories among our own people. ; There
is one sign that never fails: y
Those who are with us In our ef
forts, as- was the case in these late
endeavors, are' for Portland; those
who are not willing to cooperate and
struggle with us in such movements,
are "against Portland. It Is a rule
that never goes wrong; It la an omen
that never deceives.
The next step is to support this
line. The Hamburg-American is not
coming to Portland as a philan
thropy. Its steamers are not oper
ated as a benevolence. They are not
brought here and Portland made the
United States terminus of the line
as a mere accommodation to. this
city. The Hamburg-American is
here for business and for dividends.
If it does not get both, its steamers
will sail away sometlay and never re
turn. There should be support by local
shippers. There should be support
by the railroads. There should be
rates by the railroads on through
business as favorable as are the rates
to other Pacific ports. There should
be endeavor by the railroads to bo
route-tbroiigtr freightstd r give
Portland equal opportunity with all
other coast twrts to build up a trans-
Pacific, transcontinental business. .
The Hamburg-American will do its
part. It la the duty of Portland
shippers, Portland business interests
and Portland railroads to do their
part
The Hamburg-American is willing
to spend its money on an experiment.
The responsibility is on Portland to
make that experiment a 'demon
strated fact to the end that there will
be no repetition of withdrawn lines,
disappearing rteamers, lost commerce
and vanishing prestige. y. - v
The coming of the line heightens
the responsibility of the port com
mission. It lays new obligations on
the dock commission. By both there
should be Increased endeavor to
heighten the efficiency of the port.
By the dock commission, there
should be z. pressing forward with
its work.
There must be Increased facility
for handling cargo. There must be
every convenience for giving quick
dispatch to visiting vessels. There
must be all that modern devices can
afford to make .this port a welcome
port to 'ships, seamen, and steamship
owners.
We must do everything to put
Portland and her great back country
in touch with the pulsations of inter
continental trade.
AFTER FORTY YEARS
1
T IS better to have written "Over
the Hills to the Poor House" than
to have conquered a province.
The passing of the man who
wrote it carries many a busy man
and woman back to the babbling
brooks, singing birds and flower
lined paths of youth. Will Carleton's
Farm Ballads with "Betsy and I Are
Out," and "Gone With a Handsomer
Man," and other songs of the coun
try touched a responsive chord In
American life a generation ago.
It is Baid that 18,000 copies of
"Farm, Ballads" were sold the first
year, and after forty years, there Is
still a considerable demand. The
beautiful blend of gentle pathos and
quiet humor in which Carleton sang
went straight to the human heart,
and gave to bis homely characters a
popularity that has made them a part'
or our enduring literature.
His songs were the songs of the
soil, the songs of primitive emotions,
the songs of simple living. They will
be read with pleasure as long as lan
guage lasts.
HUSHED WAR DRUMS
T
HE peoples of the nations are
weary of being human pawns in
the great game of the war
lords. They are tired of eivine
their b'Jood; their lives, their homes,
and of sacrificing their loved ones
for the vaunting ambition of Eu
ropean chancellories. It is the pro
letariat of the nations that now
blocks the way to the general war in
Europe.
'; Austria is almost a seething fur
nace of revolution over the recent
mobilization of troops" for a possible
attack on the weak Balkan allies.
There is an UDrisine In Bosnia, and
large as that. of Kansas, which re
quires to keep it within bounds a mil
itary force as large as that required
by the British in governing India.
In Croatia with a population as
large as Massachusetts, the govern
client has met the revolution among
the masses by suspending' the con
stitution; and the Croatian delegates
in parliament are filibustering
against the Austrian war measures
aimed at the Servians. ? f V' P f
In three of the principal Dalma-l
tlan seaports, civil government has '
been superseded by martial law be
cause of public protest against the
war policy. Big popular demonstra
tions have taken place, not only in
PraguePIlseh and other Bohemian
cities, botHrthe capital. In Vienna,
industries are checked, business
paralyzed and trade stagnant as a
result of the. widespread unrest:
Austria cannot fight abroad, with
out fighting at home. The tramp of
her armed men against the little
Balkan -' nations would mean the
lighting of revolutionary fires all
over the empire.
It is the saving hand of the de
spised masses, salvaging a continent
from being drenched with blood.
The war drums are hushed 'by the
heart beats of the populace.
SUICIDE AT SIXTEEN
ANEW YORK boy of sixteen
committed suicide because he
failed to pass a 'school exami
nation. In a noto of explana
tion, he said he was moved to the
deed by a desire to-"terminate an
odious and useless existence." '
It is strange when a boy of six
teen has concluded that existence is
"odious." It Is stranger still when
he decides at so early an age that
existence is "useless.",
Youth is the springtime of life. It
la the period Vhen the natural boy is
buoyant with hope and gladness. It
la the life season when the atmos
phere is a-gleam with sunbeams and
delight. How unnatural that In such
a time a boy not. yet out of his teens
should be world weary I
Sometimes, we condemn the sports.
Sometimes, we denounce them at ab
sorbing too much attention from our
boys.
The account does not state, but it
may be positively assumed that this
New York boy who terminated what
he called "an odious and uselesj ex
istence" was a total ct ranger to the
athletic games of his school. He was
world weary because he was out of
touch with the things that are the
pulsating heart of boy life.
A SANE NEW YEAR
WE HAVE Instituted the sane
Fourth. We have Just passed
through the sanest Christ
mas in history. It, is now
planned to have a sane New Year's
eve.
Why not? Why convert the lib
erty of New Year's eve into a dis
gusting license? Why Insult the
new year with a mad orgy of stri
dent horns, bacchanalian revelry and
insults to women on the streets?
Why, in a So-called - civilized city
lower the celebration of an annual
holiday to the level of a Chinese
feast to a Joss?
There is a difference between in
nocent fun and abandoned hoodlum
Ism. There is a distinction between
Joyous'; merriment and street roy-
stering.
We are all for the fun, and all for
the merriment. The more of them we
have, the sweeter is living and the
longer is life.
But a festal occasion should not
degenerate into a bull fight. We
should not Mexicanize an American
pastime or American youth by a cel
ebration so disorderly that even the
tenderloin would shrink from it on
any other occasion than New Year's
eve.
There is no more sorrowful de
lusion than to bid farewell to the
old year in a dreary debauchery and
welcome the new in disgust. There
is no sorrier error into which we
have drifted than our modern prac
tice of ushering in the baby year in
a role of rowdyism.
GARMENT WORKERS' STRIKE
A SHORT item in the dispatches
tells of the impending garment
workers' strike in New York.
u was votea iy a majority or
25,700 to 2300, and representatives
of 200,000 garment workers met
the national officers of the union
to determine its date.
The demands are noteworthy in
several particulars. The union asks
a twenty tier cent waee increase, am
ir,,r ,m,r ,lav n.v fnf nr.rfim. u J
abolition of tenement house work,
of child labor, and demands sani
tary working shops;,
The merits of the demand for the
twenty per cent wage increase can
not be judged without more knowl
edge of the trade situation. But that
Is just such a matter as could best
be judged by ah arbitration conduct
ed after the Canadian fashion. And
this applies also to the demand for
pay for overtime.
The other four requirements
stand on a different basis. The eight
hour day, the abolition of tenement
house work and of child labor, and
the demand for sanitary working
shops, Are all matters falling within
the state's domain.
Judged from the universal expres
sions of the public opinion of this na
tlonJMt seems unaccountable that gar
ment workers should have to under
go the loss and misery of a general
Btrike to enrorce these four require
ments or any of them.1 So much
might be deduced from the new creed
of the Federal Church Council. An
expression front that most influen -
tiai poay mjgui dg oi use at. ims
crisis affecting the health, the live
lihood, and the life conditions of
several hundred thousand of 6ur cit
izens. . .- ' . ',
To .contemplate the suffering ln-
volved in this imminent strike,
breaking out Ih mid winter, and in
volving a class of workers habitually
living -from hand to mouth and , on
the very edge of poverty, even of
destitution. Is nothing less than ter-
rible.
Lejttcra From tne People
(Communications sent to The Jonrnil for
publlctUoo la tbls department ibould be writ,
tea on only one side of tbe piper, should not
exceed 800 words la length end mnet be so
eompsoled by tbe si me end sddrees of tbe
sender. ' If the writer does not desire to bsts
tbe name published, be snouli so ststs.)
Drifting.
- Portland, Dec. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal Are the two great Anglo
Saxon countries of North " America
drifting into the position of permitting
other nations and other rapes to hold
the keys of all the means of self de
fense, self protection and home control
of all that. means freedom of action and
fpower to control and protect their com
merce, their shores, harbors, interior
lines of traffic and transportation, their
banks and their homes T If they are not
drifting and aiding each other to go
heedlessly on to certain ruin, why do
they turn away the excellent service so
long rendered by European and home
mariners, the majority of whom are as
true as steel in times of stress or times
of trouble? Both the United States and
Canada need such reliable mariners.
Neither country can possibly dispense
with their services and remain in a con
dition to man their fleets in times of
conflicts, i Instead of permitting the
number to dwindle constantly, these two
countries should surely see to It that
tney nave all the marines possible to
train. They should also take meads to
insure that these marines are men of
character that each man would do bis
whole duty sincerely and effectively.
As the interests of these two countries
are nearly identical, there should be, a
mutual understanding that in times 'of
threatened conflict the sailors would aid
unofficially the country in greatest
need of their services.
Notwithstanding that the " above Is
obvious to the most superficial observer,
there appears to be a constantly in
creasing tendency to drop the European
sailor and to employ in his stead the
Asiatlo marine. , If persisted ln this
will leave North America In the condi
tion of having a" mine of dynamite at
every - vulnerable point, and the con
necting wires leading to push buttons
in the enemy's hands.
It Is surely the time, right now, for
these two countries to act unitedly upon
this extremely Important question. Aus
tralia has acted promptly and is com
manding profound respect from all na
tions, as a natural sequence.
There should be a timely, positive
understanding which will be mutually
and fully comprehended If properly
stated, that we European colonists can
not afford to take In the Asiatic races,
nor can they afford to take in our race
in any considerable numbers. The races'
characteristics are so diametrically dif
ferent that " close " connection" in " large
numbers will lead to trouble and finally
to endless riots. We know this to be a
fact They know, too, Just as surely as
we do. that intermarriage and all social
relations are impossible.
There Is no doubt about It being our
plain duty to leach the Asiatlo races
that they as well as we have vast un
developed resources at home to work
upon, which will take centuries to com
pletely develop and will finally eventu
ate In each country of the world attain
ing a special line of manufactures mar-.
ketable in all countries Of the world as
their line, for the reason that in their
own specialties they excel all other
countries. J. A. STOCKFORD.
Constantinople's Status.
Portland, Dec; 87. To the Editor of
The Journal In response to an article
In your paper December 14, entitled.
'In Praise of Constantinople," which
praised so highly the moral and eco
nomical conditions of Constantinople.
stating that there are no saloons, dives,
dens of vice, Jails and prisons full of
people, Juvenile courts, moral degen
erate and other unmentionables In
Constantinople, I should like to know
If this gentleman means to say that
these conditions exist only in Christian
cities and not In Cpnstantlnople; if so,
we should be led to believe that the
Turkish government has recently dis
covered a system of city government
which the world in general is In a
bad need of, and. which would certainly
be welcomed.
As for the statement made that Amer
icans and European travelers find per
fect safety In all parts' of the city ex
cept where the Greeks abound,' this
sounds rather strong, for If history can
be relied upon 'the least It would show
that the Turks have not shown such
high ideals and principles as this gen
tleman would lead us to believe. For If
we are to look at their numerous mas
sacres ot Christians since the con
quests of Asia Minor and southeastern
Europe, of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries, we could hardly credit them
with this extraordinary high standard
of civilization which 'tills gentleman
seems to portray. However, if this is
beyond this gentleman's memory we
will call his attention to the Incident
'which took place a few years ago
when IB American women missionaries
were brutally massacred by the Turks,
and the cane was taken up by the
United States with the Turkish govern
ment. In regard to the sanitary conditions
of Constantinople, which no doubt are
In harmony with the moral conditions,
1 would refer the gentleman to the
words of a Portlander. published In The
Journal, who was an eye witness In
Turkey a few months ago, reading; as
follows: "Tho streets of Constantinople
are extremely narrow, dark, dirty and
Ul-paved, and so crooked that hardly
any two of them run for any length
parallel to each other. The houses for
the most part tare low and ill-built.
The windows are strictly closed with
lattice work of cane."
It has been proved that vice and other
degenerate conditions' have existed since
the dawn of history, and the fact that
they might not be so noticeable in Con
stantinople Is either because they have
become so common that they go on un
noticed or because the authorities over
look them. The fact the Christian cities
have Juvenile courts and prisons full ot
people Is not to their discredit, but
rather shows that- the vices which exist
are constantly being curbed.
We should like to know where this
gentleman gets his information, or If he
Is an eye witness. If so, who will cor
! roborute . his statements?
JAMES PAPAS.
. A Complaint.
Portland, Dec. 26. To the Editor ot
The Journal I wish to call attention to
the manner In which the affairs of the
city free employment bureau are being
conducted. This afternoon about 2
o'clock I called at the office, not as ah
applicant for a Job, but to see how busi
ness was being attended to. v
lit the office from 60 to 100 men were
ur&itlntr Pi-Aria f 1 1 A QK f In Una
Und.helpthers,3'fje..waltIngJo.Ilnel
as soon as there was room for them
The man in charge set back of the rail
ing, talking and laughing wltb the
women employes. I waited and the men
waited fully 16 minutes.
Then I rapped on the desk and the
man came up to see what I wanted. I
asked if he did not know what business
he was there. for Ho. did. not, answer.1
COMMENT AND.
SMALL CHANGE ' . .
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, Oh. well;, better luck next year.
;. - .: . ri ... ;'
, Don't worry, yet, about the January
bills. , , ,-. ,
; .' y e . ,
Nobody advises anybody to go early
to the -post-holiday sales. . -
Three is as easy a figure to write as
two, when you're used to it.,
The bargains, ot this month will be
"nothing" to those of nexmonth.
Perhaps some people Vho never take
a drink should, "swear off somehow.
The more Socialism is explained by
some, of its advocates, the less one
knows about it.
- y e
, There's time yet to to make 1912 a
wee bit better year for yourself, may
be for somebody else.
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Everything -is arranged about right:
there's quite a breathing spell .between
the holidays and baseball.
.. .. .,,.,
' Ah old person who cannot heartily
play with and help make happy a little
child is the world's worst failure.
" Taking everybody and everything Into
consideration as much as one can In
a summarizing glance it has been the
best year ever,
Speaker Clark with other advisers-its
probably wise; the earlier the extra
session of congress begins, and . the
sooner it is over, the better,
One Socialist criticises a "comrade"
who has written and published his idea
for "leaving it muddy." The criticism
supplies a little more mud,
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Having lived single until she Is 441,
Miss aelen Gould is not in any fev
erish haste about naming the wedding
day. After all. she . probably enjoy.a
beings a rich, Independent old mat J
very well, , -
. . ,-:;'; V;:;;;.'
C. D. HUlman is a millionaire and has
large money-making projects on his
mind, and imprisonment at McNeil's is
land is extremely irksome to him, so
President jTaft will kindly make htm r.
Chrlstmas present of a remission of
part of his penalty. , .
Rich Denver woman offered toys for
Christmas to a widow with foun starv
ing little children, and the distracted
mother cut her wrists In an attempt'St
suicide. O you silly rich woman, it is
food and clothing the very poor need;
after these, some toys.
Dy Albert J. Nock, in the American.
Pronounced Pastoreeza, with the ac
cent on the ee. Pastorlaa'a specialty
Is' wrecking constitutions state consti
tutions. He hasn't gotten to the federal
constitution yet, but he's on his way.
He believes that law In America, means
anything that the people will back up,
and in this faith he has torn the con
stitution of Texas all to rags.
Pastorlsa lives in Houston. Don't
pronounce It Howston, like a Third
Avenue Elevated railway' guard in New
York as he approaches Houston street.
or Ihey will know you are a pernicious
foreigner. Call It H'youston, and the
hospitality of the city will unfold of its
own accord.
Pastorisa has two interests in life.
One is his boy, snd the other is the
single tax. , He gets recreation out of
bringing up the boy in the Intervals of
campaigning for the single tax. . Some
times he combines business and pleas
ure by teaching single tax to the boy.
He became a single taxer, so he says,
shortly after he saw the light. ; Not the
light of day, but the light of reason.
It happened thus. He took an early
gamble In some real estate that turned
out good, netting him enough to Jog
on comfortably for the rest of his days.
Pastorlza has no illusions about him
self, so he knew he hadn't earned the
profit of a rise In land values. If he
had been pious, like the English dukes
or Mr. Baer, he might have decided
that "the Almighty In his wisdom had
committed the guardianship" of that
real estate to him, with the increased
increment as a perquisite for holding
the Job. But Pastorlza isn't pious, so
that didn't occur to him. All his one
track Texas mind could think of was
that since he had absorbed public prop
erty as a private rakeoff the land val
ues created by the public he was a
social parasite and thief.
But did that worry him? Not a min
ute you don't know Pastorlza. - He
owned Up with a cheerfulness that
would surprise you and promptly went
on the war path after more. like Jo
seph Fels, Congressman Kent and other
good single taxers, he said to himself,
"Here's richness," reinvested In land, and
stung the public again and -yet again.
While thus profiting by the Industry
and enterprise of others, he entertained
himself by going up and down the state
of Texas with his thumbs In his esV
telling the public what "Buckers" they
were to let him do it.' Pastorlza has
command of a fine line of picturesque
language. Some of it won't parse with
out stimulants, and he doesn't always
spell straight, but it blisters where it
ilehts. 'v-i
After a while the beauty and cntvairy
or Houston goi urea or oeing iwiueo
on facts by Pastorlza, and decided it
would be a good Joke to put him where
he could practice what he preached.
They thought It would hold him a while
jjf thev confronted, his theory with the
IIU11 U1UU tyiiuiliviia ffc .no , rKM vvn-
me. and I walked out. "What I want to
know Is, are we paying a man In that
office to WRit on the unfortunate men
who need a Job, or to have a Jolly time
with tlie women in the office
Li. M. NEUMAN.
The1 True Christmas Date.
Portland, Dec. 24, 1912 To the Editor
of the Journal It surprises me that
our modern ministers who pose as
learned men, apparently ignore the
fact that, according to the best histor
ical authority, Christ was born in tho
month of April. In the year 000 A. D.
a Catholic monk, named St. Nicholas,
was rich, and there were two girls who
were very beautiful, and he threw a
stocking full of money in at their win
dow. This happened upon the 20th of
December. On his death bed he con
fessed he had done this good deed and
the people of that church commenced
giving gifts to each other in remem
brance of him. About 1100 the Kneusu
people observed that date as Christ's
birthday, and it has grown to what we
have now as Christmas.
I believe the Bible and have spent a
great deal of time studying It and his
4 tory. What I want Is truth. -
.' A SUBSCRIBE".
A G fateful Father, f
Portland, Or., Dec. J 5. To the Editor
of The Journal Through' the columns
of your paper I wish to convey my
thanks and best wishes to the people of
Portland. I. am a working man and
whom I send to the day nursery, wncre
they have received the best of care and
have been made happy by their grand
Christmas tree and many presents, as
well as luncheon, There sre others
that I wish to thank for their kindness
and presents, and many, thanks , to tho
lady and gentleman who. sent the pack
J. J. PASTOfilZA
age by. the meastnger. boy -to my little
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
On Monday , December 30, the new
building of the First.Natlonal bank at
Bend will be. opened. The bank offi
cials will be hosts to the public, from 10
a. m. to 10 p. m.
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Independence Monitor;- Independence
Is building more new houses than any
town In the valley its size. Every house
Is filled and there Is room foe more and
the supply always grows to meet the de
mand. .a."..;: ..--v ' ,'. r-
Eugene Register: The people of Lane
county during the past five years have
added pver ei.600,000 to their bank de
posits over $300,000 a year is being
Planted away in the banks of the county
y the prosperous people here. -:-.-,iV---i:.-.j,.i-
Dufur Dispatch: i' Wjjrk on the new
library building here , is being rushed
forward very rapidly. When completed
this building will be by far the nicest
In the city. Constructed of concrete
blocks it presents an appearance that f0.
neatness cannot be surpassed. .
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HillsboroJ Argus: Within five years
Washington county will add substan
tially to the timber cut of Oregon. No
where better timber, and the mountains
around the rim ot the basin are full of
the finest kinds of fir. This has cost
the timber companies a great deal of
money, and the cut will begin In a very
short time. . . . . '...rV'
The Dalles Optimist: Miss Elizabeth
Stevens, who has been the efficient
librarian at The Dalles public library
ever since it waaopened to the public,
left Sunday for California for a short
visit before returning to her home in
New York., From there she expects to
go to Paris to spend some time studying
high class book bindery.
; '
. Bandon Recorder: Bandon is the fast
est growing city in the county, situated
on the prettiest stretch of ocean beach
between San Francisco and Seattle. It
is an ideal summer resort. Two hun
dred and thirteen steamships and sail
ing vessels passed over the Bandon bar
from July 1. 1911. to July 1, 191?. Ban
don furnishes a first class market lot
the products of the soli for manufactur-
Burns Times-Herald: .With the past
season's bumper crop, a railroad .build
ing In from the east, a prospective one
from the west, the Sllvies irrigation
project on the move, the oil wells work
ing night and day, stock shipments
heavy, mild weather and plenty of feed,
and a large amount of building planned
for the spring things do Indeed appear
more encouraging.' causing a general
spirit Of good cheer to prevail.
stltution. So when Houston needed a
tax commissioner a year or so ago, they
played their Joker by offering the Job
to Pastorlza, expecting him to take the
small end of the "put up or shut up"
alternative. But it didn't turn out that
way.
"You bet!" .cried Pastorlza in his sin
ful, slangy way. "I'll be tax commis
sioner believe me! I'll be the kind
of.' tax commissioner you read about.
Stand-back and give me room accord
ing to my strength, and when the kid
dles grow up they'll find all records
dating from the year when Pastorlza
was commissioner!"
Po the b. and c. of Houston watched
Pastorlza grab off his Job, sat tight, and
predicted disaster.
The Texas constitution prescribes the
collar button system of assessment. I
am told that in some places down there
they assess each Jewel In the works of
a watch. Patorlza himself wrote me in
a letter that "the state constitution
makes us tax everything in sight and
most everything out of sight" All this
wps against him.
But what's the constitution, to Pas
torlza? -He' took a running start, and
went through It like buckshot through
a bass drum. First, he instituted a sci
entific system of making valuations, in
place of the haphazard 'guesswork 'In
vogue. Then, whereas land improve
ments and personal property had pre
viously all been assessed at perhaps (0
per cent or less of their value, he
assessed land at full value 100 per
cent Improvements at 26 per cent of the
estimated cost of reproduction; and fi
nally, he said to the citizens: "Now,
don't make any return of your personal
property furniture, watches, money,
stocks, bonds, mortgages. I don't want
any of it on the roll. Forget it."
One must make a long story short for
this department. The beauty and chiv
alry gasped but stood pat, waiting to
hear that Pastortca, having bankrupted
the town, was in the Insane asylum.
But, behold! he shows the biggest as
sessment roll of any city in the state
$120,000,000 and a rate cut from $1.70
to $1.30r The city has plenty of money,
the newspapers are crowing, everybody
who used to swear at Pastorlza now
swears by him, and other cities like
Beaumont, Galveston, Austin, Waco
(there's a healthy rivalry among those
Texas towns), ere Inquiring why and
wherefore. All because one- rawboned
Texan had the gumption to shift the
burden of taxation off the products of
labor and put it on land values where
it belongs constitution or no constitu
tion. This sketch was written in March,
1912, and up to date tbe poor old con
stitution hasn't been heard from. Maybe
it will make a few galvanic movements
later, but more probably it will pick
itself up and go to the repair shop. It's
an old model, anyway. Meanwhile It
Can console Itself with Emerson's max
im that "a good man must not obey the
law too strictly."
ones, Alany thanks to i all. A merry
New Year to Portland. A. H. P.
.Once in a. great while a man comes
home as early as his wife thinks he
ought to, or the postman brings her a
letter that she expects.
The one way a man can win an ar
gument with a woman is to state his
side of the case, then slam the-door be
hind him.
Coming! Most Important.
Events of 1912-13 ;
January la one of the most Important business building
.months of the year. It is a month of record value-giving, tre
mendous selling, and economical buying. Every one recognizes
the first month of the year as the logical purchasing time for
home needs of almost every description and desirable merchan
dise too diversified to mention.
The big point for you to think of is the ECONOMY afforded '
by these January Sales of THE JOURNAL'S advertisers.
There will be White Sales, Stock-Reducing Sales, Pre-Invcn- ' '
tory Sales, and Clearance Sales of Millinery, Coats, Suits, Furs,
Shoc3, Apparel of all kinds, and home Furnishings lor every'
room in the house. . - ' -..', - t f'x ,
jJPnideoiJbuycrawil
portunities. It will be to your interest to Jinow "What's on sale ,
tomorrow" every-day of thecoming month. The most important ;
sale news will be published in THE JOURNAL. Read THE
JOURNAL'S 'advertisements closely 'and constantly every day
and keep posted, " '
tCopyrlghted, 1912, by J. r,
Morgan at Washington
. New York -Wot Id. ' '
J. Plerpont Morgan is probably tn
ablest banker In the world, i lie n
best trained mind. He has the broaoen
grasp, of the principles of finance. ti
knows more about financial conditions
in the United 8tates than anybody elso.
His disinterested advice and 'counsel
would be of more value to Congress In
dealing .with the currency question and
the so-called.Money Trust than that of
any other Jiving man.
.. Mr. Morl&n is in Washington to tes
tify, before Pujo committee.! How
am ne go j s UKe a witness wnu r
nothipg to conceal? Like a witness
glad of the opportunity to perform a
highly important; public service?. Not
at alt':: .;. '---v -i;v
- Mr. Morgan went to Washington ac
companied by Joseph H. Choate, foKSjsi-
ambassador to Great Britain and the
leader of the New York bar; byvJohn
C. Spooner, former United States sen
ator from Wisconsin and now a distin
guished New York lawyer! by Francis :
Lynde Stetson, one of the abljf st corpo- .
ration lawyers In the country; by R. V.
Llndabury, the general counsel for the
Pennsylvania Railroad company: by Da .
Lancey Nloolk who was the attorney for
the Tobacco trust in the recent disso
lution proceedings; by William JY Shee
han, who was a candidate for United
States senator in New York anil is one s
of the best known 'corporation lawyers
In the' city. ,. ''.V.
And what are these eminent lawyers
there for? Not to help Mr. Morgan tes- -tify;
for In spite of their very great '
abilities, Mr. Morgan knows more about
the subject of finance than all of them
put together. No; they are not there,
to help Mr. Morgan give Information to -Congress,
but to help Mr. Morgan with. ,
hold information from Congress. . Their
work is to help him evade the commit-
tee's questions if he prefers not to an
swer. Their work. Is to help him make.
his testimony of as little public value
as possible. Their work is to show him '
how he can avoid putting his knowledge -and,
experience to publio use. - That is -the
only function that eminent lawyers;
can have in such circumstances.; . ,
Mr. Morgan has snown himseir a guh
lio benefactor in many ways. He g-WftsJ
immense sums to cnarity, ana aoes it
without ostentation. He has given to
the people ot New York all the educa
tional benefits of an art collection that
is well-nigh priceless. He has been a
constant factor In the esthetic life of'
the community, and he has presented
to the whole world the example ot a
highly educated banker whose word Is
better' than most men's bond. ' There Is
probably not a well-informed person
with a thousand dollars of savings in
his possession who would not rather in-'
trust that money to Mr. Morgan's pri
vate bank than to any bank ohartered
by government So much for Mr. Mor-'
gan's personal Integrity.
Yet bow unfortunate that he cannot
display the same public spirit in the
financial education of the country that
he displays in its art education! Noth
ing he could, give to tho American peo
ple In the way ot old masters would be
half so valuable to them as his" own
brains and service. -If he wanted to he
could guide them out of their financial
labyrinth and show them how to put the
finances of the country on such a basis
that the wages and savings and indus
tries of the people would no longer be
the football ot stock Jobbers and stock
gamblers and panic breeders. That, is
the kind of public work men like Mr.
Morgan ought to be doing, and that Is
the kind of public work they never do
except under compulsion. Is it strange
that the great mass of the people re
gard them as enemies of the general
welfare, and that their known approba
tion is sufficient to wither and blight
the most meritorious measure or tha
most meritorious causa?
Odd Talcs VouckcJ For
By Oregon Newapapcrs
Well, He's a Lawyer.
Eugene Register A good one Is told'
on a prominent attorney of this place. '
While strolling through" brushy field
not so very far from Eugene, this man
observed his dog scatter a bunch of
young birds, one of which hid in the
grass and was captured alive. It Was
so. ungainly and helpless looking that
the kind-hearted man placed it in a
basket, thinking to take it home and
perhaps care for it until It was old
enough to take care of Itself. But on
tho way he happened to think that there
was a heavy penalty protecting pheas
ants, both young and old, and was im
mediately at a loss Just what to do.
But finally decided that rather than
set it free to die uncared for by its
mother he would Just take it on home
and not tell anyone Just what kind of,
a bird It was. So he did, telling his
wife that there was some kind of a
bird he had caught, and for her to see
what It was and what to do with it.
When she saw the bird she exclaimed. :,,
"Why, that's a young turkey." And so
it was.
Pointed Paragraph
Fashion begets a lot of new wrinkles,
e .
Life Is a game of chance, but death1
is a sure thing. ,
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Love levels all things if it is on the'
level.
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The people we envy always envy soma
other fellow higher up. . '
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Some men would rather steal a poor
living than earn a good one.
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Many a man likes a woman's styl
as long as ha doesn't have to pay for it.
e
If you have occasion to transact busi
ness with a mule select one who' has no
kick coming.
Often when love at first sight leads
to marriage second sight is apt to lead
to divorce. . .
Fallon.J
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