' iHE OREGON ;' DAILY- - JOURNAL,'1 , PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING JANUARY .1913.
THE JOURNAL
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A CONFESSION
ALREADY, a bill has been Introduced-at
Salem to amend a
bill that both houses have Just
. paBsed over the governor's
veto.
The amendment Is to correct a de
fect pointed out by the governor In
his veto message., It I- open ac
knowledgment that the governor
was right? f Indeed, the amendment
for correcting the defect Is Intro
duced by the author of the bill that
waa vetoed,
What the public would like to
know Is, with this now admitted de
fect In the bill, why did both the
senate and the hcuBS pass the meas-1
ure over the veto?
With the author of the measure
himself now confessing to the detect,
why did both houses, under whip and
spur, override the executive?
Since the defectiveness of the bill
Is thus publicly confessed, and since
the legislators now publicly admit
that they passed It over the veto
knowing that It was defective, what
the plain people of the iatwould
like to know Is, what is going on at
Salem, anyway?
There are excellent men at Salem
who ought not to be engaged In that
sort -of business. The Journal does
not pretend to say the governor Is
always right. No man Is infallible.
" ' But The Journal does say that no
legislature has a right to pass a de
fective bill, or a doubtful bill, or a
crooked bill.
, riinutii'uiui'U, wfifu , Hit; mm'iHur
points out a patent defect, and both
houses, ignoring the defect, force the
measure through and make it the
law, defect and all, the legislature is
absurd.
' That is not the way to restore the
legislature to public confidence. It
is not the way to lessen the use of
the Initiative. . v '
Since the body5 now pleads guilty
to passing" a "defective bill over the
executive veto, the good men In the
two Irouses would better, for the
sake 'of' their records, the state, and
the session, separate ' themselves
from the peanut politicians and the
known unfits.
THE POOR FARM PLAN
THERE,woulJ seem to be merit
in the principle of the bill at
Salem to make every county
poor farm in the state a well
conducted demonstration farm. It
Is modeled after a similar law in
. South Dakota. , , . .. .
Every Influence that the state can
bring to "bear to "accentuate asrricul-
' ture Is'splehdld endeavor. There is
. no asset comparable to th products
to" be taken from the tynd. The farm
Is a mine that Cannot be exhausted.
It Is a forest that never burns down.
" It Is a steady stream of wealth that
' never ceases to flow.
The average pauper farm Is large
ly waste. It is haphazard and dilap
idated. It Is desolate as the lives
of ltd occupants.
There Is a way to transform It
Into a place of plenty. It can be
1 made a spot of interest, activity and
profit It can be transformed into a
scene of interest and cheerf ulneas.
" All the inmateB of an average pau-
,. per home are not wholly incapaci
tated. Many of them can render at
,-least slight service la carrying on
the work, of the place. The mental
benefit to be derived from participa-
tlon In the farm activities is a heal
ing Influence. It is better than the
; average idleness and inactivity. Idle
ness is itself a breeder and abettor
of disease.
A properly directed pauper farm
could be of service In the general
promulgation of the best agricultural
' methods and information. It could
., lie made one more influence for
; spread of the gospel of good farm
lng. It could render valuable service
- In h general dissemination of the
trcths by which the broad acres of
. the state can be brought Into the fi
nallty of production.
THE AUDITORIUM SITE
T
IHE city is about to buy private
' property for public uses. There
will undoubtedly be enacted
the usual spectacle of one price
for tax purposes and a much higher
price for sale purposes, all while the
law requires property to be axed at
Its full cash value.
Half the block south of the Market
block is wanted for the auditorium.
There is ante-purchase estimate that
fl 00,000 will be required for the
lurv. ' .
Tl"! sseFsfd jalnejjf thej,rpnerjy
tor IS 12 ls'3Mo5r"Vorl9lo and
1!dl. it 'waa $28,850
For 1908 it
Tl.e t'.oi repanty, between" the as-
tuiie and the price that will
d for the proposed purchaselhub deep In dust thejOther months.
Is in violation of law. It Is demorall
ration of law. It is demoralization
of morals. In1 the disrespect it teaches
for law, it is' an anarchy-breeding
business.
f, We howl about the street orators,
and they are a nuisance; But, while
they' only preach disregard of law, we
actually practice it," as will be shown
rn-the-"tmiflrHditHn-Mltr4
chase .and, as has teen , instanced
many times in the purchase, of pri
vate property for public uses.
In his message," the governor of
the state has advised legislation pro
bibiting payment of -more than
double thctax value. It Is a recom
mendation the legislature could well
afford to translate 1nta law;
WHY AIMLESS?
s
EVENTY cents was all the money
possessed by 54 men arrestod
aB vagrants in the Men's Resort,
Of course It Is a tragedy.
Fifty-four men, hanging around sa
loons till they cloce and then spend
ing the rest of the, night in chairs,
and with an average of but a cent
and a quarter In' their pockets is a
mournful' lot,.
Yet all seem to, have been able-
bodied, and without families. Why
then be so utterly adrift, so helpless
and so aimless? v
There are' men without legs, men
without arms and men with every
known physical handicap who ask xij
favors, who glve bfow for blow, and
who meet the world face to face
without a murmur In the great
struggle for survival.
Is it a fault of birth? Is It a grow
ing degeneracy of the race? What Is
it when 54 able-bodied men drift
about aimlessly and helplessly with
a combined pocketbook of only 70
cents?
A DRAMATIC CHANGE
N'
O WONDER all Europe stood
aghast when message after
message came over, the wires
from Constantinople, that the
Young Turks -had risen in-revolt,
driven from office and Imprisoned
the respected Kiamil. Pasha, mur
dered Nazlm Pasha, the Minister of
War and Commander-in-Chief, and
installed a new ministry of their
own men. And all this was the pre
lude to the announcement that ttoe
submission of Turkey to the de
mands of the allies, sanctioned by
the European powers, was annulled.
- Did this mean that the London
Conffirpnea was to hn abandoned and
tho war resumed? Could the threats
of the young Turks be carried out?
It did not take long for tho Balkan
allies and the six European powers
to catch their breath. War talk was
one thing, to feed and supply
armiesr to organize a campaign, to
carry on the administration of a
great country, to keep under tho
control of law and order a capital
city of a million and a quarter popu
lation, all that needed money and
plenty of It If the European fi
nanciers would not find funds for
Kiamll Pashc, and his ministry, much
less would they open their purses for
the Young Turks.
If Russia had threatened armed
occupation of Asia Minor provinces
to compel Kiamll to accept the
terms of the allies would Bhe with
draw her threats if the revolution
took possession of all the offices and
seized control of the big city?
Could the Young Turks face the
dangers of unpaid' regiments, an
empty exchequer, a riotous popula
tionand the unbeaten armies of
the allies ready to be let loose on
them?
Of successful resistance there was
no hope, and every day's delay sunk
them deeper in the mire.
When Constantinople was shaken
by an earthquake the last hope of
the superstitious fled. Allah had
announced his displeasure. Peace
must be made, even If Adrlanople
had to be given up.
The next few days will show the
beginning of the end. There is not
much fear that the Bulgarian can
non will be heard again.
IN TILLAMOOK
T
ILLAMOOK Is to spend $175,-
000 this year on roads. It
taxed itself $125,000 for roads
last year.
The total vote of Tillamook county
in 1912 was 1567. The vote of the
state was 144,113. Tillamook's vote
was a little more than one-ninetieth
the vote of Oregon. The Tillamook
rate per voter for spending money
on roads during 1913 would, if ap
plied in all the counties, make a
total expenditure for the state of
$15,750,000.
Outside of Multnomah, Tillamook
already has roads about as good as
those of any other county in the
6tate. It Is one of four that have
the best highways in the state. Its
progressiveness in the money It is
going to spend this year Is an ex
ample to other counties. In propor
tion to population, Marlon county,
with an equal progressiveness, would
spend $875,000.. Lane county, on an
equal per capita expenditure, would
pay out $831,250. Linn county's ex
penditure proportionately would be
$630,000. Yamhill's would be $490,
000. . ... '. '-
Some day all counties will realize
that there, is an intimate relation be
tween the perpetuity of free Institu
tions and good roads. Wheh. you
make the farm accessible by pikes or
other smooth hard roads, traversable
with ease and facility any day in
theuear.,lyoa1BilLiake.iuanya..xltj:lsldercj &uIlclcmquJpmpiit. for
dweller out to work the land.-
But you cannot drag him with a
derrick out to be a farmer' If his
goings and comings must be hub
deep in mud part of the year and
ir vou don t oeuer tne roaas. yout
keep draining the rural community
of Its best blood and brain, and keen!
multiplying the down-and-outs who
stand on the street cornera In the
great cities at night and applaud
street oratory. fc 1 ,
The people of California are spend
ing the proceeds of an $18,000,000
band lsaup,, OA-icfld,
The people of New York are spend
lng the proceeds., of, a $50,000,000
bond issue on roads, v "
A TRAFFIC BUREAU
I
N HIS excellent annual address,
President Piper of the Commer
cial Club recommended the es
tablishment of a traffic bureau
for the extension of ocean commerce.
The need of an alert and authori
tative organization for such a pur
pose is well recognized in Portland.
Our endeavors in such ectivitles la
the past have been on the Initiative
of individuals, and without organiza
tion. They were desultory. -They
lacked community backing, and. were
necessarily feeble in comparison
with the great problems that have
to be solvedr .
There is no endeavor more Im
portant. There is no activity so com
manding on which to build a sub
stantial prosperity as extension of
ocean trade.
The rise and fall of cities in his
tory is the proof. The great marts
of the Mediterranean are In the rec
ord. Their rise from nothing to su
premacy "Is an unfailing story of mar
itime commerce.
There is no way to rere.il history.
There is no power to change .truth.
Portland's true prosperity, with the
lights of history for a guide, lies
through the establishment here of
connections and intimate trade rela
tions with distant markets.
They must be for our agricultural
products. They must be markets tor
our mills. They must be markets
for bur lumber output. They must
be markets for our factories. They
must be markets for our jobbers.
When we have won them, we have
laid deep the foundations of general
prosperity. We have arranged the
means for keeping the wheels of In
dustry moving. We have provided
against agricultural stagnation. We
havetprovided the activities to keep
labor employed. We have made
stable and substantial the prosperity
and the values that otherwise must
remain uncertain and possibly fleet
ing. A traffic bureau can render in-
eomparablw service (e PortlaHdi
Properly organized, and properly
supported, it can almost revolution
ize present conditions.
It would be authoritative. It would
be concentrated. It would be alert
and constructive.
It would be a prosperity maker.
IMMIGRANT LABOR
T
O PROVE that Immigrant labor
is of distinct advantage to this
country is the purpose of a re
cent book by Dr. Hourwich,
entitled "Immigration and Labor."
Correspondence between industrial
prosperity and a high rate of immi
gration has often been noted. This
writer points out that the main
cause of an increased inflow cf im
migration is the invitation of the
Immigrant already .here to his kins
folk across the ocean, rhich rises
in correspondence with abundant
employment and high wages in pros
perous times here, and is suspended
at once when depression is felt.
Statistics are given showing that
the average number of days of em
ployment for wage earners declines
as Immigration falls off, and rises as
immigration Increases. As immi
grants supply iraskiHe laboT at tow
wages, and as "there Is a constant de
mand for unskilled labor, it follows
that in the absence of Immigrants,
poorly paid labor has to be supplied
by the native worker, which is the
reverse of an advantaga to him.
The insistent demand for labor in
the city, is one reason for the draw
ing of American labor from the
farms. A check to this is found in
the immigrant, who seeks the center
where the largest demand Is felt for
the unskilled labor which is the only
kind that he Is prepared to supply.
In studying the sources whence
the greatest flow of immigration
comes today, it must be remembered
that Germany, to a largo extent, but
also Sweden and Denmark to a less
degreo, are finding their own labor '
supply insufficient for their de
mands, and are now receiving in
stead of furnishing immigration.
The immigration commission has
Inquired into the earnings of over
half a million employes in mines and
factories. No evidence ,has been
found that immigrants were working
at less than prevailing rates. It was
ascertained that, in those cities
which have the largest 'immigrant
population., wages were hishost. Also
that where there lfr the least foreign
competition the ratio of child labor
is the highest.!. ... . ....
'"SCHOOL BUILDINGS
T
HE ideas formulated by Profes-
- sor G. V. Hug cf Kugene for
the .proposed new high school
in that prosperous 'city invite
discussion.
The necessity of. manual training,
if not of direct vocational teaching,
in' new high school buildings will
now be generally admitted. The day
has passed when a few sets of car
penters'" tools in a basement, and
possibly a portable forge, were con-
manual training. In those days no
special education for the boys teach
er in carpenter or blacksmith, work,
was deemed necessary. - Any three-dollar-a-day
mechanic of good habitB
nilglit fill the bill. Colli school dl-
rectors i and 5 principals looked on
manual training as a passing fad.
But now the manual training stays
and several of the ancient topics of
the school course have been turned
out for good. Consequently the struc
ture of ; the. Intellectual part of the
courses,, both in common schools and
high' schools, must be remodeled and
4neweauJpm
ways, "both Tn'bulldings and f ufnTsh-
Ings, has to be arranged for.
For the modern; high school a
small edition of the plant of 'the
Agricultural College would provide
all needed facilities. That would
mean an administration building,
containing theV auditorium, class
rooms., and . the .principal's office.
Detached, but communicating, would
be the mechanical , plant and room
for teaching. Separate, but also com
municating with the main building,
would be the domestic science de
partment equally important for the
girls as the manual training for the
boys.
These ideas form athe basis of
Principal Hug's proposition at Eu
gffne. He very rightly sees In them
the possibility of gradual . construc
tion. Present numberi of students
being provided for In the first erect
ed structures, additions or enlarge
ment would follow as numbers of
pupils Increased.
The great need Is that new struc
tures Bhall be designed from the be
ginning to fill t'.ie new requirements,
even though a complete departure
from the usualbigh school single
block of building shall be Involved.
Letters From tlie People
(Communication! lent to The Journal for
publication to ttala department abould Ix writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, ahould not
exceed 3UO worda in length and muat he ac
companied hy the name and addreaa of the
aender. If the writer doea not dealre to hare
the oame published, be ahould ao state.)
The Accountants Bill.
Portland. Jan. 25. To the Editor of
The Journal A bill has been introduced
by Representative Abbott of the Multno
mah delegation, and is supported by tho
public accountants of this state for the
purpose of etniHlanllilng the work of
the public accountant. Similar bills
have been passed by some of the lead
ing states of tho Union, to-wit: New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Now
Jersey, Washington, California, Connec
ticut, Maryland and many others, and
these laws havo been in existence for
ypars. Our neighbors, California and
Washington, have had such laiys for the
past ten years. England. Scotland, Ger
many, Holland and other European coun-
tries have long since rrcognljed a.i -
countancy as a profession, "ftnd It la
With SUCh precedents that an attempt
.a peing maoe 10 owain tne imsBHg or
a. uiiuai itiw ior mo ijio i uresim. ,
The absence of such a law operates
very unfavorably at the present time ,
to the accountants of this state. Cases
are frequent where accountants, certl-
fled by other states, open offices in
Portland and, using their state certifi
cates as-a means of insinuating superior
Qualification, obtain business in prer
erence to resident accountants of Ore-!
gon. We need protection from our state i
in this regard, and we are of the opin-
Ion that our legislators would not wil
fully cause us to Compete with outside
accountants in our own state on so
unfair a basis, by refusing to grant
us the recognition which other states
grant to their own accountants.
Thp proposed law does not attempt I
to excludo anyone from practicing as a
public accountant who so desires. The
gist of tho law is to create a state
board of accountancy for the purpose
of examining applicants In the sub
verts of theory of accounts, practical
accounting, auditing and commercial
law, and to grant certificates to such
applicants as are round qualified, that
they may practice as certified public
accountants, and use the letters C. P. A.
after their names. The work of the
public accountant is highly technical
and involved. His work an an account
ant is ynthetlo or constructive, while
that of an auditor is analytic or criti
cal. He must be proficient In all
branches of accounting, since his liveli
hood and success depend upon his abil
ity to attend at a moment's notice to
any phase of the subject presented to
him, whether It be manufacturing. In
eurance, railroad, banking, fiduciary,
municipal bt othcra?rand:-h must also
understand the laws governing these !
activities. When these facts are real
ized and when coupled with the fur
ther fact that the public accountant is
in many instances not called in until
the books are in a maze of tangles, it
must be conceded that his work re
quires that ease of dexterity and con
fidence born only of experience, and
which ia invaluable to his client.
We are essentially a commercial peo
ple. We pride ourselves on our manu
factures, and our products" are found
all over the world. But do we always
know what the cont of production Is?
Do-we always know whether the stock
holders' Investments are bdlng capably
managed? Do we, ascertain the true
financial mcrita of a business before
wo puichaso it? DO our banks require
accurate financial statements prepared
by competent accountants before mak
ing loans? The public accountant's work
Is to ascertain these facts. His busi
ness is to systematize, examlrf'e and re-
port upon the financial strength of in-
dustrlal plants. Men like James G.
Cannon, vico-presldent of one of . the
national banks of New York City; Jo
seph French Johnson, author of "Money
and Currency;" C. J I. Huttig, a St.
Louis banker, and numerous others
have advocated the skilled training of
public accountants, and the former es
pecially has always used his influence
in getting C. P. A. bills passed. We
have laws at the present time regulat
ing matters or far less importance than
this, and we trust that the present
legislators will see fit to grant state
recognition to this new profession in
Oregon similar to that accorded it In
the leading states of the Union.
ARTHUR BEBRIDGB.
- Treating Settlers Right.
Echo., Or., Jan. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal Having read the letters in
your paper under the captions, "Speak
ing of the 'Land .Hog,'" and "A pro
test." I would say that if sides were
chosen I know that Mr. Rldder would
havo the crowd. But that crowd is
Just what brought on Mr. Clark's letr
ter, and he, too, would have no small
number with experiences similar to his.
Now, whenever you go misrepresenting
the country, and (Charge six. times the
value of the land, you are' not doing
the country any good, for every dissat
isfied settler will not have his friends
come if'he can help It.
Tho thing I think right to do is to
liav every newcomer satisfied, and
Hie state can have. If they are -de-J
frauded on their arrival it Is not long
until they know it, and than they are
Just at Mr. Clark, and the state suffers
the most in the long run. As he states
in . his letter, "True, this Is a great
country, but it is awfully abused."
ONE OF. MR. CLARK'S NUMBER.
COMMENT AND
, SMALL CHANCE
lsfeiV1 '."I ..".v '.U f-itfV
Be in earnest, but don't "get mad,' '.
5. ji a,; ;J'.i fin i ".''',-;.,.,- . ;:.'v-
'The 1789th fall of juarex is expected
dally. , T . 4 ' .
a
tslattunt
TJpton has a bill;.lt is to give some
body liooo: ,; i 4 , .
The president-elect wishes not to be
killed in inaugural ceremonies,
Even a crude anil unnhlloannhlrnl r.
llglon Is infinitely better than a- bestial-
uurueu vi oooae.
" ; , ...
What's the us in negotiating with a
government that can't govern that
can't. make good Its agreements Tur
key? "
Man who killed 30 Apaches and got
14 bullets in bis body in 1864. is lust
dead aged 81. He always had a blood
curdling story for the kids. . r
..''.'
If Earl Grey is as smart as a man In
hie position ought to, be, he will concede
to himself at least, that ho has met fully
his match, in Secretary Knox. '
. ; . . . ......
Full woman suffrage is doubtless
coming in Kngland though It may be
considerably dolaved bv the frantlo
freaks of foollah suffragettes.
I a .
It Is said that at one of Jackson's In.
augural receptions a lot of fellows were
inrown out or the windows. One can
Imagine Old Hickory doing the Job him
self. e
With onlv a llttlffl mnnev. fnp th Am.
that they wouldn't miss, a few rich men
oi rortiana could do "a heap" of good
by giving it. or with it buying neces
saries, for that good "Pisgah Motner."
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Senator Kenyon of Iowa Is a Itepubll
can, and not notedly "progressive," here
tofore, but he is evidently not a pur.
blind standpatter; ho saya people who
toll should receive a greater proportion
of the profits of Industry, and that
President-elect Wilson talks all right,
and, regardlesB of party, he, Kenyon,
will support him.
NEW YORK
By Herbert Corey.'
Usually the east irtde is pretty serloue.
Just now it Is enjoying a little giggle.
Usually Abraham Cahan is pretty
serious. No change Is observable in Mr.
Cahan'sjjondltion. But he Js tho target
for the east side's mirth. For 30 years
or thereabouts he has ben preaching
economic independence and utrlke when
the iron is hot which is when the em
ployer lias Just extended his line of
credit and the Iniquity of modern con
ditions, and how horrible It is to be a
wage slave. And now Abraham's own
reporters have gone out on strike, and
are preaching Abraham's own sermons
uu and down the east side against him.
And they dedluo to accent Abraham's
vIpw-I hat th nrnfeBninn. honlil not h
n,nn, Thn-rrpnrrH f'll" ','; Vt
as norrllt le to be a nrofesHlonal waire
iaVR n it la to b env other sore of a
wage slave. They hold that Abraham's
answer to this definition of horror is
vague and unconvincing.
The rest of the city is more or
less Joining in this unseasonable
laughter, too. Ever since Cahan be
came the editor of the Vorwaerts cir-
culation 150,000, and the only unionised
heart throbs In town ho has been the
Interpreter of the cast side to the rest of
the world. He knows It as those only
do who have lived It. His readers del
uge the Vorwaerts with letters reciting
their hopes and fears and experiences
land theories. Those letters are a cross
Isectl6n of life as it happens it Is not
always lived oh the east side. Bright
young magazine writers from further
up town get them translated rrom tne
Yiddish and build corking good-stories.
Cahan is the foremost Jewish- advocate
of Socialism, and an ardent preacher-of
unionism and' the rights and privileges
of labor. And now to be horned by his
own steer hoist by his own petard
bitten by his pet lamb well, even those
who don't agree with Abraham will con
cede that . this is uncommonly tough
luck.
Calian's own experience would seem to
show that the wage slave who has the
punch usually gets there. He was born
In Lithuania 23 years ago. When he
was 22 years old the brutal Russian po
lice began to stlspect that Mr. Cahan
harbored sentiments which would give
the peace and dignity of the csar the
shudders. So they arrested him, and
started for the nearest town from which
he could be routed through to Siberia.
But be escaped, floated down a river for
two days and nights, and eventually got
to -New York. He then had $25. He
worked in a$ factory, and taught night
school for id years. Now he is a promi
nent man, a well-to-do man, a loader of
his party, and a man of mark among
his people
And his wage slaves are on strike!.
And Abraham with the finest lino of
talk about the dignity of labor!
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There's a ' strong bull market on
clairvoyants about here. Home one has
discovered a 10-year-old gtid Miss Beu
lah Miller over In Warren, Cdnri.; who
can tell the time by your own watch
as it rests 1 ft your own pocket, and give
your name and date of birth, arid what
you told the little widow Sunday week
and there is at least one resident .of
Warren who can testify that Beulah had
that widow conversation down pat and
answer any other question you may put
to her with fair accuracy. And Charles
M. Schwab came over from Madrid the
other day, bringing a young Spaniard in
tow. The young Spaniard told the ship
news reporters a lot of things they were
thinking, and thereby almost started a
ruction in that usually happy family.
The shlpnewsers make a specialty ot
incredulity. But they couldn't figure
out how the Spaniard did it.
"I'm going fcojase ...him to foretell the
market movements," said Mr. Schwab.
To the suggestion that if he could really
do this, he might go into business him
self, Schwab replied calmly that clair
voyants are never practical.
"If they knew how to make use of
their own gift ,they likely wouldn't
have the gifts," 'said the steel man.
Last of all carue Bert Reese, the mind
reader, who has; left Thomas Edison and
other high-mlnfls guessing, Reese was
arrested the other day because--r-con-trary
to the Schwab theory he had
been trying t put his lifts to a very
practical use. ' He got the drop on the
policeman by telling that alarmed offi
cer that the first girl he loved was
named Mary McCarty. ' The copper
walked away from him after that.
"There's no tellln' what else he might
be sayin'," said the policeman. "And me,
a married man!"
When Magistrate Krotel called Reese
up for trial, the prisoner told the mag
istrate how much money he had in his
pocket, the name signed to a .letter, and
offered to tell him, the name of the
when he left the house that . morning.
The magistrate seemed uneasy. He cut
off further excursions Into hit own
mental domain by-abruptly discharging
the clairvoyant. It looked as though the
man really., possessed the powers he
claimed, , ,
Still, he hadn't been able to read in
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS ' '
' A flock of robins, the first of the sea
son, appeared at Baker Tuesday.
Klamath Falls Northwestern: Tt.
Brown, the Worden sawmill man, has
Hmneu a contract with tne
ieet oi lumDer curing cue current year.
Port OrCord Tribune: Considerable
agitation If going on in the county, es
pecially in the southern end, over tlx
Question of building a good', bridge
acroas Chetco river. The bridge wouM
cost, according to the kind built, All the
way from tlfi.DOO to $36,000.
Hermletort Herald: Celery culture in
this valley on large scale 1b the plan
which C. D. Porter of this place .and
formerly of Fargo, N. D.. is preparing
to work out in the sprlnav That there
Is a big lot of high class celery . land
on the project is Mr, Porter's opinion..
Astorlan: It Is admitted all over the
Pacific coast that the Columbia river
territory is immensely advantaged In
the posMesslon of two of the very finest
llfesavlng crews- in the national estab
lishment, an admission which sits well
and comfortably, upon the Oregon ' and
Washington consciousness. .
North Bend Harbor: There Is -not ft
man or business house on Coos Bay but
Is expecting an Increase In all kinds of
business immediately. The granting of
the bridge permit lias had a stimulating
Influence in business everywhere ana
from now oil there will bo steady in
crease. Astoria Budget: Several of the pupils
of tho drawing classes In the city
schools are reported to be preparing
designs for the proposed souvenirs
which are to be presented to the mem
bers of the point Adams and Cape Dis
appointment life saving crews by the
citlaens of Astoria.
Marshflold Record: Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Rogers have sailed for San
Francisco and are going for a long trip
throughout the southwest. Mr. ana Mrs.
Rogers have spent many busy years' on
their Coos river ranch, and now. when
they are past SO years of age, they feo
their activities can ha laid aside, and
the remaining years be enjoyed in cas.
DAY BY DAY
Mrs. Isabella Goodwin's mind the fact
that she was a-leteetive.
a
There has been a good deal of talk
lately about Interlocking directors. But
it seems to have escaped publlo notice
that the directors can interlock until
they kink, and still they can't do very
much if the right sort of a man Is at
tho head of tho Interlocked institution.
So with persona who have large stock
holdings in various institutions. They
may be able to dominate those institu
tions. Again, they may not. Some one
told a story of Charles W. Morse, the
successful invalid, the other day.
"Morse and Frits Hclnse bought Into
the Chase National bank shortly before
the 1807 panic," said he. ""Every one
remembers the scandal that the Morse-Helnxe-Thomas
string of banks occa
witHHHt. Tiipy 'waiki'd into tlid t'nasff
one day and sent their cards to A. B.
Hepburn, who was then president.
" "Bring 'em in,' said Mr. Hepburn.
"Morse, as spokesman, told Hepburn
that they now owned 20 per cent of
the bank stock. They planned great
things for the bank. They were going
to help him build it up. They wanted
to be consulted on all matters of im
portance. They told him to telephone
them whenever he needed advice or as
sistance. Mr. Hepburn heard them
quietly. Then ha replied, in that low.
tired, patient voice:
"'You will have Just nothing at all to
do with the management of this bank
while I remain president,' said he.
'Good day, Mr. Morse. Good day, Mr.
Helnze. Glad you called.'
"They never came back."
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"Nigger Mike" Salter is almost forgot,
ten. When he was sent to the Island
the other day it took an effort to recall
that he was once the lord of the Chat
ham club in Chinatown. Maybe you vis
ited the Chatham that night you took
a see-a-nlght-ln-New-York-for-a-dollar
wagon. It was a dingy, unsanitaryun
wholesome sort of a place. Irving Ber
lin, the song writer, who now has a fur
overcoat and a limousine, started there
as one of the singing waiters. In those
days Salter was business agent for a
fine gang of guerillas. Votes were de
livered while you waited. No wonder
that it took Salter some time to realise
that times have changed. The realiza
tion didn't come to him until he faced a
magistrate on a charge of robbery one
night. ' '
"Don't tell me that you were on your
way home to your dear little wife and
your three children, Mike," said the
magistrate. "That story doesn't go
any more."
"Why notr asked Mike. "It always
has."
The only time that Salter ever rose
above the dull level of black Jack and
k. o. drops was when ho held his fa
mous wake. He had tbe story spread . In
Chinatown that he had been killed in
an auto accident. Then his body was
laid out on a board between two bar
rels in the Chatham club. The lights
were turned out, so that the sour old
place was filled with dancing shadows
from the candles at Salter's head and
feet. On' his breast was a platter, and
the men and women who frequented the
Chatham club sniffed and dropped In
quarters as the pianist battered out a
requiem on the tinpan piano, and a
harpist who had been an artist before
the black smoke ' got him drew wild
Welsh melodies from its ragged strings.
No telling how. long that wake might
have lasted If one mourner had not
made a discovery.
The corpse was snoring!
e
Think of Talking to
50,000.000 People.
. -Nowadays' a manufacturer can tell 50,OQO,000 people of the
merits of his goods ja a day. Compare this rapid spreading ot
merchandise news with the snail-like service of stagecoach days.
Today,; manufacturers of worthy products advertise them to '
the nation through the columns of the daily newspaper.
It is through the advertisements which appear in THE!
JOURNAL every day that manufacturers and merchants take
you into their confidence. .They tell you of the newest house
hold conveniences, the best things to buy, and how to identify
the most reliable goods from inferior kinds, how to "winnow the,
wheat from the chaff." ,
- Read the advertisements in THE JOURNAL closely arid con.
'6taTittyverraaynrie
dealer by the messages from , advertisers whose business is
'founded on the rock of integrity,; - -
(Copyright, 1912; by J. V. Fallon.) '
Wilson and tlie Sore-.
' ' '. KeajV
N From the Detroit News.
. The N.ew Jerseyltca who helped Wood
row Wilson to the governorship of their
state found him. decidedly not to their
iagtejfftrwards . JL.ftDPear9.-U)at-W8i-
tory is repeating useir m the disappoint
ment of those eastern newspapers which
were sunnorters of Wilson before the
election but which are looking at him
now in amated disapproval. -, : ;
This may be Interesting to those cam.
palgn Jeremiahs ..who incessantly de
clared that Wilson had pulled in his "
horns Jn order to get the support of
Wall street. Mr. Wilson, being a gen-
tleman, and knowing that there are cir
cumstances In which some things are
not fitting, could not Well avoid being
misunderstood by "persons or Interests
to whom . flttingness is an ' unknown
quality.. , Just to , illustrate. When
Wpodrow Wilson's name was first men
tioned for the presidency he ' was iin.
mediately haled before the bar of pub-;
Ho Judgment because of some things
he had not accomplished in hit own
Btate'. Even Mr. Roosevelt rated Win
because he didn't change the trust laws'
of New Jersey. Mr. Roosevelt surely '
had experience . enough with jcongresa ,
and the. senate1 to know that It is oner;
thing to roar and another thing to have J
your roaring obeyed. Mr, Wilson. af
governor, knew that to do sorrw things
he had to have a legislature, and t
have a legislature he had to have
mighty Influence with tne people, an J
to have that influence he had to earn
it so he started at the first step, Jn4
atead of the last,-and earned the peo
pie's confidence. Then he knew that ti
attack th trust laws of hla state dur-
mg a presidential campaign it would
have the appearance of campaign thun
der making an activity for which
Woodrow Wilson lias never had time.
It wouldn't be fitting, it would have
made good headlines, but it would have
accomplished nothing. Now, however,
that he Is president of the United States,
and has. completely won the people of
his atate, and has secured a legislature
measurably in sympathy with progress
in New Jersey, he bends his efforts for
new trust laws. Thus, the man who
would rather do things than "spout"
moves along quietly and efficaciously.
It It a trifle amusing, however, to
see the tone" that the eastern press,
particularly the New York Times, hat
adopted with regard to Governor Wil J
son since the election. The Tlme;-
knew that Taf would be defeated, an
was frantically determined to beif
Roosevelt, and threw its support to Wit
son and a strong support it was, toI
But now well, the Times Is flabberj
gasted. It finds the president-elect lCw
"fancy," and approaching the "fantas
tic" when he attempts to deal with
facts. It adduces the Chicago speech
as proof of Governor Wilson's sudden
lack of balance. It Is frank in its dis
like of "the harsh terms 'Indicated' and
'convicted' as applied to our banking
system." . It deplores -Jhlt "hasty
phrases" and hla "cruelly misleading
statements." It doesn't even pretend
ta understand what lia maana whan ha
says he will surround himself only
with progressives. And when Govern
or Wilson s private secretary undeVtook
to say that the governor "means exactly
what he says," the Timet confestet 'It
finds no comfort even In that.
Taking it altogether, the Wall street
press angled with a sucker and caught
a whale. What an afwully Irrcspontl
ble fellow a president-elect must be to
talk man-fashion to a group of Chi
cago bankers and trust magnates! Why,
the man will be preaching honesty next!
This gentle college professor to whom
government was a theory In a text boolc
has a notion that he Is dealing with
men and conditions, and not with theo
ries. He has a more dangerous notion
still looking over the ailments of his
country, Its inequalities and Its need
less sorrows, he declares that "guilt la
always personal."
The Times, however, Inclines to be
charitable. Maybe it Is only a noxious
vapor passing over the president-elect's
brain. The poor man's" sympathies have
been too much worked upon by unde
serving people. "As the candidate and
leader of the party in opposition he has
lived Intensely for many months In an
atmosphere of grievance, complaint and
suspicion. He has come to feel, if not
to believe, that there are great wrongs
to bo righted and great blessings to be
conferred, and that it is his duty, his
mission, to bring this about."
There is no use complaining now, or
trying to assert ownership. The Watt
street press did not elect Mr. Wilson.
The people had a modest share in the
act. He Is hehavlng true to form. ! He
Is not shrinking from the hard demands
of his office. He would have been less
than a man had he tackled the big busi
ness men o,f the west, and jollied them,
when it was his business to give them
a message; that as strong men they
should be glad to hear and willing to
consiuer. , a
When Woodvow Wilson goes mouth-,
ing and mumbling and unable to speaH
out, he too will be no longer the mariM
the people voted for. 1
He is now to be the president Of the
whole country or all sections and U
classes. Even the Boosev)lt press ought
to call off their belated laments and
prophecies of doom, and turn in to help
the new president. He's ours. His mis
takes will be the country's misfortune.
His achievements will be the country's
glory. It is part of good Americanism
to uphold the hapd of the president.
Whoever ho may be, . whenever he Is
striving for the benefit of the people.
As a matter of fact, tho dissatisfac
tion of the Wall street press with the
pre-inaugural utterances of Woodrow
Wilson' is an excellent sign. May lie
continue to win the disapproval of all
his country's enemies! "T; -r,i,
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