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r THE ' OREGON,' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND , TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY ) 11 1913. HE JOURNAL, AS IMilU'ENDKST NHWHPAFB " l ' , i At lNON fUlllwr : -,,.niDf rpt ionjr tjt fund r morning t lb ionrnl Bun Tih .iid-T.mlilir t.. Poi-tlmid. Of. ,,tK" .vi uiur'.r. i -1 i i Kimi.NKs hub ilia; uom, A-8i.; ti,. on.r.tnr ohm dMirDt rw wat i-r. Mfth TemiR. New UM Vtoia v ItotlillDl, Chlotgtt. ' - " - ; t ,icr!(,Jon lerni by Bioll r U SiMr a Lulled feUUM Of UexIM ; . , DAILY n jfr ,..3.00 1 One moBtbt, . BONDAY -.- i ' ' r. rcr.;......$lW Ont moat. .. r DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 ..IT.DO I OD DODtb. ........ K0 Anger is the most Impotent of passions.; It effects nothing It goes about;; and hurts the on who l.i possessed by it mor than the one - against- whom it la directed. Clarendon. -i HIS Is .the thirty-first daJof I the "legislative session, y But nine days remain. , , " The revolver bill la sweetly looping 4a a senate committee. It akes a revolver away from no repu . able citizen. It gives to every law- .biding man the same protection j hat lie now has. cy man ask? : v .. ' Uut pistol dealers are flooding the I gislators with clrcularsitatlng that giM.l,vu...1v'''" are false. But it is only by misrep resentation that any argument, can be brought against the . bill. It is only by misrepresentation' that any H 1. .. ' - ' 1 i, I I ut'icnse can vv maus iur inuiut-riiin-tiate arming 'of crooks,, thugs and ,.. admen. The ' dealers oppose ' the bill to save their profits on sales. " The op i ositloa to the bill Is mainly a, dollar t position. ,: It is an opposition that is willing for the blood letting to go j ir , jj0j u in order to protect the dividends. It is for the sake of humanity that The Journal urges this bill. It is a .A,, if ia vnMj n ?Lr? ;S iietk murders. ; The, Blanghter; of men and women with pistols Is aw ful. The; blood lust is so much of a aatioual trait that we are the great t-st man-killing nation In the world. Per capita; weutkill Spain and The Journal jthlnks It worth hile Chita t in I rv in khvh mifiiHFi w; a.' iiih. try. to, save numan..j'ie, .... t . -"i .... . DOLLAR OPPOSITION " ;s worm more id an a .lew ooiiars. z.Z"r The revolver bill is a contest between ent cn,Iist the nnvport of dollars on one side, and human life ; P-statd coantes for the small part on the other. It is a controversy beh oin"0 wealt 18 ske? to p'a tween profits a one side an wId-Ht" building of, a structure that . . .. . . . ....... - ut l Vu nf fnmmflnnfnir VAlna tA.ilI owed women ana orpnapea cfluaren. The Journal Is for the orphans Is She legislature for the profits? How long would the body be for the prof-! its as against life, if a wife or a child of one of the members should be i-liot down tomorrow by. a burglar, or by a degenerate, or by a madman? Other great states are passing this iw. The Washington senate passed it without a dissenting vote. Why not pass It in Oregon- The bill doesn't disarm a good nian. it, oniy , ojsarms .tne .crooK. Isn't it good business to disarm (.look? ' - ' TARCEL rosT XSTEAD of the United States studying Canadian systems with an eye to their possible adoption here. In. the matter of , the. parcel post the. converse Is the case. . To this- day the mails in Canada will not carry a. parcel of over five l-ounds "weight; and a Charge of one cent per ounce; is universal. '.The Canadian government and people are carefully watching our progress, hop ing to profit by- our shortcomings. They. will doubtless include books in' the.list of parcels, and whether they will venture on the zone system la quite uncertain. . It may be that the zones will be adopted in the west ern; provinces of magnificent dis tances, v-'-y, K : . The full preparedness of the American people is known by the fact'one charter is effective, not for pro that In bo few days it tobk root as an institution. ; One week there was no parcel post. V Th next week 4t had entered Into the life of the people And the only- question was as to whether, its limits1 of weight should not be enlarged and, the variety of its parcels extended. Some talk Is' still heard of express competition but every week .the people's-11 express company is,? more certain of Us future. It . is already' fairly sure that its lates will bo reduced and the eleven pounds limit Jncreased. . . . DOOM OP THE DOGGERY 3 OOM Is coming for the deadfall, Disorderly saloons, If coming events cast, their shadows be fore, are houses of cards. ; The old order of dives in ' which men pro drugged . and .dragged out, .is apparently to perish. .., . It Eeems as if society; has' compre hended.;: It looks as if the worm had turned."-' - "... A . bill at Salem- makes -the dealer it riionsible for damages when ligaor 'Is sold to a -drunken man,, It has i bied Lpth houses overwhelmingly, tnj, is In the hands of the governor, A bill iit ..Washington, p. C, pro" l l'oits shipment..' .of liquor from wet !uio: dry. states, for traffic purposes: it paBed the house Saturday by tfie overwhelming vote of ?40 to C5. - It nssod the u'atlorial senate last night tamattoa "ll 1 - H ...Miirin, I v A fourito-ono majority on-such'a .na In the liouh'e at Wubhiugtou, iur..ciidoubly- tijjuifi.ant.- No I sumptuary legislation even , approx! Uniting it ever got such, a congyes- (BlOUUl lnuOrBtUUCUl WtJlurB, :j OUVU 1,111 tinViiiumi BrA nmulri llflva haafl ni icu fvaio s t hooted J,er. I ' Thari ana jeerea out or toe cnam' There is no mistaking tba national 1 1,. economic waste of the nauit nas turned great maustriai ana railroad corporations against drink mg employes, quarters of all such establishments They are flying . from the , dome of every capltol In which lawmaking Is In progress. ': , : ,' There la but one defense for those In the business, and that is reform from within. If thjey do not know what is meant by' the four-to-one vote at Washington, they are very stupid. If they do not grasp the Im port of some of the votes at Salem they are recklessly discounting the future, " ' . The deadfall must go. The dog gery Is doomed. The dive is to be banished. The traffic muBt be fumi gated. The national mood Is ugly, It will be satisfied with nothing es& THE INTERSTATE BRIDGE UT; little is asked of Oregon for E the proposed Interstate bridge, ' Multnomah: county assumes f, (he whole burden of the origl 'not Anat - TLf nltnAmdh ffnntv laanAtt - ""iT the bonds. The credit of Multnomah sinews of construction. Multnomah county retires the bonds as they fall idue. There Is no denying that Mult- county would be heavily ben 0fll f th.r. lo rt Aanvlnm that the state of Oregon would be heavl ly benefited. Jt is far, better for Oregon to be a state of modern bridges than of antiquated ferries. It Is nothing more than a matter of business for Oregon to be a state of up-to-date appointments than to be a state of ox-carts, rude roads and un- bridged rivers. . ?'l&Z$:f' The 'demands of Multnomah coun I, y on the state treasury are few and Tiar.. iteiween. ' wuiinomao - county . . u ! '"'""." " f,? "JZ 7, ( Z f8'"1 ,n JJ1? (Mtte.r of JfZ state bridge, Multnomah county Is to jPt P all the cold cash fpr construc ...... iV. Jut., v. - tion of a viaduct that wtllot be a Portland bridge, but an -Oregon- Washington bridge. It Is an example of self help by Mdltnomah county that would, seem fit to command the admiration of me rest or uregon. 11 wouia seem - a manifestation of . public nrmrrcM nl nafrfnffn nnpnnsa itf. - -.-, , . ANOTHER CHARTER VOTE T 113. fan, b. opened for Port land to have a commission gov ernment. y ' v ?, ' But fhere are 230,000 people in Portland, each with, a pet idea of whaf 4hn nrovil'on tt th rhurtpi' Bh0uld be. If each insists on having i Wb vay there will be no commission "government, and the plan of submit- tmg a charter may as well be aban- jrtnt,H . - ' If, however, all Portlanders as sume a spirit of compromise, and if all admit, as they should, that the men who differ with them may be honest," there Is a'very good chance now to change Portland's form of government, and change It, in all human probability very much for the better. - But It is only by Buch con cession and mutual confidence that the work of inaugurating a new or der can succeed. We know from experience that the pronounced sentiment for-change in Portland can only be defeated by a division and distraction, of commls sion government, forces. We know .from election returns that many more 'people favor a cnange man oppose it and that enemies or tne plan can only beat it by stealthy injection of a -split vote1 among those who favor it. We know from the past that in sistence on submission of more than moting a change, but for defeating a change. - If there were no other reasons, Portland shonld . desire commission government because , those v?ho live by politics oppose It. SECRET PARTNERS ESTERDAY, thare; was begun th6.fi?al conflict lor the dis covery and punishment of the vice graft in New York. It is a battle of giants, with unlim ited 1 money for the prosecution on one side, and unlimited money for defense on the other . The revela tions, which are sequel to the Rosen thai murder, are expected to fully 'establish, that the great sum of $2,- 400.0.00 a year Is extorted for im munity, and divided up among police, going in huge sums to the very high est civilian officers in jthe depart ment. ' Again The Journal submits, that it is the commercialism of vice, that is Its chief.. bulwark..;: Ills ihe great profit of secret partners,' , whether officials or property owners, that en able "the system." , to maintain its powerful status in -the life of every great city. , An article -oii this p&ee describes conditions; in Cleveland, and throws on the subject a light that chonld be of value to those Interested in bring ing about the best pocrible, condi tions.. Conditions there soem to be t hrvartrRTrttrhrfirTjf tt e-frtatn-tn New York, and' undoubtedly offer suggestions thnt may bo of value.- It is probable that vlcp and crime Y are in the flood lido of their pros- perpetualiori of their 'maladies is ob pcrity. ' The New ,York reveUions' viou8. ; The remedy now in question will create : profound Impression not involve these unhappy per upon the country.. Tho terrible se- B0D8 jn suffering or danger to. lite crets" of "the ; Bystem' are. 'coming 'or biaitb;' ::;:-ii-X more and. more to be understood, ' j , In cases of confirmed perpetrators i A. pitiless publicity of all lt,J!of sexual crimes society is exposed to crets Is the surest and speediest way double dangers. , It can secure, the to renovate and regulate if not rem-Gomjng. generation from hereditary edy, every evil. A . SPHjf SESSION .. ? ) T HERE is merit In the Malarkey plan for a divided legislative session. ' H -, Aa unaer ifiv Vi. the session would consist of forty days. The: first twenty days would be devoted to the introduction, refer ence and consideration of bills with their adtancel on the calendar only as far' as third reading.. .'; . , Thereafter, an adjournment for a considerable period would be followed by the remaining twenty day of thei" "" 'Z session, to be, devoted to the.,consid-i duced In the opening period. j The change would be In the form of a constitutional ' amendment to be passed "upon by the people If the house follows the example of the sen ate and approves the plan. There la much common sense In the proposed program. An. Interim of thirty, sixty or ninety days, would give ample time for full publicity as to pending measures. No inch meas ure as the assessor's bill would ever be passed under such an arrange ment okers would be discovered, and ; full accounts of bad bills be widely published. ; . Members themselves would have a long period in which to quietly dis cuss with their constituents the fea tures of measures already" Intro duced. The whole effect would be sobering, and result in a better di gested output of laws. -' - tin any event, the new plan could not make matters worse. It would De almost certain to give me legis lature a far, better chance to render good service. , ,, The house ought to approve the plan. - - : - AN ANTARCTIC, HORROR w HETHER the commander and all hands of the British Ant arctic Expedition, sixty-six In all, were frozen to death by a wild blizzard, at their headquar ters in the Antarctic as first reported by wireless, or whether the later cor rection that only Captain Scott and four of his men were victims, turns out to be the measure of the disas ter, the sad fact will, it is feared, re- main, that polar exploration has de- manaea anotner sacniice. In all the dispatches Captain Scott's name appears. The relief ship, the Terra Nova, obtained the news when she put In at McMurdo sound, as arranged, to bring home the expedition, ;, if its work. had. been, accomplished.. She then reported by wireless to Lyttei- ton, New Zealand. The tenor of the messages so sent Is so vastly at vari ance that no definite conclusion can be reached. Thei first story, that: death by freezing had befallen the entire ex pedition in their winter quarters at McMurdo sound seemed so out of relation with- all that Unknown of the safeguards against -extreme cold provided in every well organized ex pedition to the poles that one hesi tated to give It credence. This at titude "is v shared by Sir Ernest Shackleton, who is by far the most competent living witness, from his own experience of a parallel dash to the South Pole, and from his long service -with. Captain Scott on tlie ex pedition of 1902-4. The civilized world waits In sym pathy for reliable tidings. While "the loss of thV entire party is all but incredible it is only too pos sible that Captain Scott and his four comrades were sacrificed) in such a I potunity, to think women are not re Wit.n.i o i j.i,,j L ci,..i l- 'apectable who will use their privileges blizzard as is described by Shackle- ; ln thJa unb.onHnir tnnn.r . 7! ton as sweeping across the exposed plateau; thousands of feet above sea level, that surrounds the Southern Pole. : However experienced, however well - equipped, however resolute, there comes a time when human en ,,, . . , i durance, pitted against the wild i forces of the storm, gives way when once the point of surrender comes, death is met as a release in the extremity of suffering." The list of Arctic and Antarctic travelers is a long one. Even this Z.l zDr? h,T.7 Turc! . . . . . , . , . . which aro? so blind that even honest last catastrophe, will not close the 'lawyers will have difficulty in mter record, as long as one' nntraveled reting them. It. is true in ; bur large spot on the map of the world's great spaces remains untrodden. STERILIZATION F UBL1C and private discussion during the laBt few weeks of the subject confirms the belief that sterilization of those unfit to- perpetuate their kind is defensible . 'n- for the safety of the public and ot the indltidual If . defensible then its application ' becomes a duty for the sake of both present and future J generations. Inquiry into the history of insane. defective, epileptic, and irresponsible patients and criminals has gone un challenged, in its deduction that these Jills are , transmitted In poten tiality,' if not, as so often happens, in actual fact from parent to child. That such victims of heredity, are es sentially a public danger and a pub lic charge has already been admitted in several states as vbjsls for legis lation, on the princMpf prevention against irreparabl'fhture injury,- -n the case of those permanently Incompetent to care for and to pro-rlde--ffr-ihemelvei-the tibliehs no alternative except to arrange for them secluplon in asylums. lrIn their case the duty, of guarding; ogainst the influences through the criminals of today, and it can largely diminish the probability of future crimes in those now living . . , i. It is to be. presumed that expert and unprejudiced examination of the physical and psychical conditions of ft individual shall be made before , . . ,..flKlA Mntlnn I0,orf HU !( I V I WHUJU , VCI H UVU i . ViUVIVU But, granted that, nothing1 but a false sentimentality would ' continue tho obvious evils from which the community suffera today,' 1 , Indiana Is cited as a state In which this remedy has been applied In sev era! hundred 'casts during the last . . ; , Letters From trie People i (CommuolrtUoni wot lo Tbt Journal for publlctloo la tbli department boald b writ tea on only oo 11 of tb ppr. ihould lot iccr4 .Wword In IvBftb and mut b eompialed if the Bme tad dlrM of th ood-r. If tba writer doM not dvolr to bar U nam publltbed, b abovld W IUU.) '. "-. Tlie Camaa Strike. V ; Camas, WahN Feb. fl. To the Editor of The Journal The strike.' of the 40 Kirle employed by the Crown Columbia Paper company In their bag factory at Camas, Wash., la still In progress. The Crown Columbia company has offices tn the Yeon building-. The girls struck January S3, on being refused an In crease In their pay from 11.10 to $1.50 a day. Board in Camas Is 16 a week, and on the January. 22 pay day, very few of the girls, after paying their bills ,ad over $1 left to last until the pay day on the 7th of February. AcJ cording!? on January 23, J. W. Duvaul, superintendent of the bag factory, was notified that the raise was asked and he was given from 1:15 p. in. to 4:45 p. m. to oonfer with the officials of the company. , lie announced in 16 minutes that the company would not grant, the request ' The girls then walked out, and the bag factory was closed, shutting out about 50 men In addition to the girls. Last week Thomas Durham, manager of tba clothing department of MacMaste'r's store, Attempted to per suade the girls to return to work under the old schedule by representing that he had a list of II who were willing to re turn. Upon investigation the strikers found that the list was false and after being refused the list and-an explana tion Mr. Durham was' called Into thu street and rolled In the mud. Becoming alarmed Superintendent Duvaul had two ! deputies aent up from Vancouver to look after the company's Interests. Last Monday the factory was opened with two girls working. One of the girls stated that she was working to save "Position.' One day Bel vy and. Horace her father's position. She had never! bad a falling out By and by Horace worked In the mill before. Today the husband of one the striking women was laid off, presumably foilowina- vd the same tactics of coercion. Superintend ent Duvaul is mayor of Camas and is using his office to fight the strikers. The two girls who are working are tok en, to their homes In a covered carriage escorted by the marshal and two dep- OP0" Brooks took a snap shot at him, uties, ;;The argument has been raised wlth le derringer. The bullet hit many times that girls living at home do Horace spang In the middle of his not need large PHy. In this case, after forehead, and followed the onter rim investigating, it is found that some girls t his skull until It wore Itself Out are" entirely dependent upon their owHofaeertoa ;-,iMMMa-.(e.-;sdmMt : resources and the rest come from homes hou Lat season Mr, General Mana-, where they must help liberally with the er Belvldere Brooks of the. Western family income. A counle of vear . Union company visited--Waco in his when the eight hour law went Into ef- feet this company cut the 10 cents of tne girls' pay, making it an even $1 and also speeded up the machines. The girls threated . to strike, so the rate was restored .tofll.lO a day, but the ma-1 chines were still kept at the same speed. A great dealpf sympathy is beine tended to the girls on the quiet, but?a11 through fear of losing their. noslUona I I'n taany are forced to remain Bllent. , ' 1 SUBSCRIBER. . Women and Citizenship. Hood River, Or.. Feb. 7. To the v,,. Hot of The Journal. The hiehest dp. gree of citizenship is that embraced in from 1862 to 1877, all of them in the the conception of the highest duties Interest of bankers. Should we have .a we owe to mankind. No person man genuine revision of the currency and or woman uses privilege wisely who tnot one to the liking . of ' the bankers, does not fulfill this trust and obliga- would a revision giving the govern tion. We may naturally conclude 'ment 1 fuU control repeal all f the wlen cities and towns vote for saloons. above vicious acts passed lo the Inter- i. . l, i 1 lut nt tha Vinnhpra voara Biro Tf not. wi mo eiij.r4;nienieni or ina worn- en - in this State, that more ' women voted wrong than right on . this ques tion, and much comment Is made. How naturALi.lt. is for some men, although they vote for the saloon at ; every op- this unbecoming manner. For the sake of argument, is It any worse for mothers to vote for such an institution so repugnant to every principle of honor and virtue as the degrading sa loon, than it Is for fathers, who have had more experience with the rum treachery? Hpwever, It is our busi ness, as newly-fledged voters, to study V.AnA n I .. , ,. , i a . . m woo Hucouuua, coyctinuy m tt moral nature, if we do hot do this we are poorly equipped for the duties of good citizenship. I believe In women, and believe they will come to themselves if given half a chance, and will use the ballot wisely In tho majority of cases. The llquoselement will strive, as It has cities there are too many women who are so superficial and Indifferent to-! ward moral influences as to be '-a de cided menace to the prosperity of our nation, and what to do to correct this condition remains to be seen. , If woman is to be conservltor f the race, her duty is plain to those who are trained for usefulness, but the classes who want amusement at the expense of virtue need the guiding hand of law, where t men and women both will enact provisions of a preventive nature, to society and to save themselves, Something on this order has been done in Massachusetts recently, in a bill wtel -.,!! women . to smoke cigarettes.-: - This dis gusting and harmful practice Is found in more states than Massachusetts. ; Why some women should follow the example of Mrs. Longworth, the silly daughter of . ex-President Roosevelt Is hard to explain.- But those women who desire to dress In tlie " ufibecomiBg styles they do will go still fartrftr and adopt Irrational practices in outer di rections. - - ;;.:',! -:-;-j . v"vrf We hope to see a Change and the sub stantial men and women of the present age must bring It about. - . .. JULIA A. HUNT. : : Revision of Financial System. ToVtrand, Feb, 6. 1913,To the Hdifot of The; Journal -Of . late' we have read a great leal "about currency reform by financial experts. ,r Home of them have adrrrl ttpt-t hsfr "nrwrmt hmtr"imist-i-dme o remove the defects in our banking yntem and retire national bank notes on. certain conditions. Most of us know of ""hiws being passed tinder the . .. . i - . . ' i ' ' COMMENT AND NLWS iN DRIEF , , , ' SMALL CHANGE : ? . .7:, .- K'vv: February 12 1J09, 1865, Ml. ' , : v : ' Into each winter some east wind must blow. i. ." . .-, . - , u; i. ' ! .. ' ' ,' r It Is the earl rarrtrn that itph tti frost bite.'' . : --. -; i 'M'..',' ' "i,"' j X The super-strenuous days at Salem are near at hand. . : , c . I There is no dispute that Poa Cook was far in the north. t , , , t i '-. i .. vi , .: . j . '( : ft : ; Losislators may be excused for becom ing enamored of Maryhlll. c , Look as if nothing would satisfy Turkey but a most complete licking. - Who would have supposed that Colonel RooHcvelt could have kept so quiet so lonsr. . - , .... Which is the Joker, the assessor's bill or his 1)0,000 a year reduction or are both Jokers7 -. , ' Tet playing baseball, or going to fee a game played. Isn't the worst thing one might do on Sunday. . , i - Reform of Judicial procedure can't progress much until the wplrlt of It per- luea-ies tne appeuatecouris. ? .., ... v Evidently the Portland school ma'ams are not mostly unattractive old maids; they get anything they ask for. Some men get Into legislatures who are prone to magnify the Importance of small Ideas that they entertain. Man sued ' for ' divorce because bad been nagged for 44 years. Curious that ha hadu't become toughened to it. Don't despair yet; besides a lot of no account laws, the legislature may turn out a few good and Important ones. Those men at Salem could help some, but even If they don't Oregon is going right ahead, growing and prospering. L It wouldn't do to fit a prohibitive license on a big circus; everybody wants to see It. always and usually vainly hoping to see something new. , ; . ' ; v : . r t. , '.... '.- "it ':!." y: ::,' The big west deserves some considera tion. Mr. President-elect, and all it asks is the right sort of a secretary of the interior, one from the big west. By Herbert Corey, No onr'calls htm MBelvy' about the Western Union general offices. No one there ever heard that affectionate di minutive for Belvldere Brooks. Also, If anydne there were to hear that mani kin edition of the general manager's name, that someone would begin making signs against the evil eye.. Mr. Brook la some personage about those' offices. "Back in 1876 he was Just a rudiment, you might say," said one of Brooks' old friends. ' "He was then the telegraph operator and station agent at " Waco, eaa one or bis supernumeraries waa Horace... Horace was blackvas a thunder cloud on a plcnlo day, he stood six feet or eight feet tall and was plenty thick, and he bad a mean, contumacious dis came a-whooplng down the street, full of Tom gin and murder, and knocked on the depot door. - , r . -' " 'Lemme in this yeah door, you you Belvy,' said Horace. "Brooks wouldn't let him In. So Horace broke the door down with his shoulder. As v he came through the Private car. Horace was waiting on tne piauorm. . rte seizea cruoKs - vy the hand. Horace just gleamed , all oyer, he was. that happy. .: "'I don't remember you,' said Mr. Brooks. - " ".. "W'y,' Mlsteh Brooks, said Horace, sadly. 'W'y, Mist eh Brooks! Doan you remembch me? Wy. Mlsteh Brooks, m one of de mggens you snot in X87C" ."Tou can't bluff a fly," said Edward B, Hatch, sadly. - administrations of Lincoln and Grant, If not, "r m -- is it not most natural that so long as these previous laws stand, as a whole or in part, the financial classes will be tempted to throw their powerful in fluence," as they did "in the VMt, Hpe the nlde of i any measure - which. vwlH contribute to the extent and perraa nency of Mjeir control of our monetary systemt as, in the past? Just note the brief period it took to pass these pow erful financial' laws, which have- en slaved the American people. '' , , ; C. D'HEIRRT. Lincoln a Product of Indifference. Portland, Or.,' Feb. 10. To' the Editor of The Journal With Lincoln's mem ory uppermost, there la naturally a re currence to conditions that produced him, and with them we might compare our ova What gave slave . value? What caused the war? On the block the slave waa sounded, and In, spirited bidding knocked down for what he could in his probable , lifetime produce as a profit for tho master., The values elim inated by emancipation in no way af fected wealth: there was no -less cot ton, nor prospects but (hanged owner- ahi of future production. It destroyed an unjust power of one race over an other, ,i . -I r That over the many a few now have a similar power, is the claim of some. They look . upon this Htle dot upon which we are so dependent as the creation of the same force that created man, as a sort of -brother, or rather mother, of all mankind: that equal rights of men Is Impossible except they have equal rights also to the earth; and to free man from man and still per mit a few -control mother earth waa not complete emancipation, as 'it com pels, just as the master did slaves, the many ,to give for nothing at least a part of their , toll. The remedy, how ever, is not to take the land, but to compel holders to reimburse the many for relinquishing their rights. , These so-called latter-day emancipa tors push further the comparison, in that In destroying land values by taxa tion there Is no less wealth, no lessen ing 'of products of man; but a greater opportunity by bringing into use Idle land and mines, to produce wealth. An other case of reducing an unjust power of man over man.. ( " To all Lincoln enthusiasts It must be plain that Lthe war was caused r by In difference xo-terrific Injustice.' Had the peoples rallied to the standard ol early abolitionists, the constantly in creasing sentiment would have project ed a new element Into slave value. In-etMiifWft'r-lMised-eiirie-lilttek's life time, tho value would have been on probable duration of the system,- and gradually reduced to an Inconsequence. Just 8d can land values bo reduced. NEW YORK DAY BY DAY , ; . -OREGON SIDELIGHTS - ' Eugene Register: Tliat Itow river1 farmer who cleared 70 In a. year on one hog Is a shining example of what ought to be. if there were more bogs there would be more prosperity. , . .1 Ontario Democrat: The Democrat Is reliably Informed that two large whole sale firms, a harvester supply house and a wholesale grocery company, are contemplating . establishing . wholesale supply houses lnOntario. ; . i Marshifleld Record: The management of the laundry In Marshfield has put In to effect a new Schedule for the em ployes. Heretofore the laundry hands worked ten hours a day; They will now work only eight hours and will receive tun atftiij" vj m niH . . nviMiitK ten The' secretary of the Roseburg Com mercial club, reporting for January, Smong other things says: '-'It is vi eni rrorh the correspondence that ileal estate is much more salable in the east than It has been, because a number wrote us that they have sold their prop erty and expect to como to Oregon this year.1' , , - Corvallls Qasette Times: A. J. Moore, organizer of the Corvallls Htate Uarfk, soon to opVn here, has brought his fam ily from Mississippi. Mrs. Moore ap pears to be as f avorftblyMmpressed as was her husband on his first visit, which resulted In his determination to remain. Mr. Moore is to be cashier of the new bank. 1 - Forest Grovel News Times: Dr., Wil liam Pollock has a small peculiar rock which his father, the late Major Pollock, picked up while in campaign service In the United (States army. This rock has the pictures of a bird, horse, man, duck, lamp used in the time of the Pha raohs, and other designs. - The pic tures sewm-Uo have been printed In the rock by nature, but they are almost true to life. . .... t .;,:l CxJ:::::-: r Balem Journal: 'XTnc1e" John Mlnto', one of Oregon's most prominent pioneers and still as active as a kitten at the ae of some 80 years, rode the goat at the Elks' lodge last night, and is now a member of that fraternal order, much to the pride and pleasure of the mem bers. Uncle John's membership is prised highly In view of the fact that he Is but a few months, so to upeak, younger than the oldest member, F, X. Matthleu, of Portland, formerly of Champoeg., Not that Mr. Hatch ever undertook to run a ranlcaboo on a housefly, But be Is tho chairman of , the fly fighting committee of the American Civio asso ciation. !That committer Inspired the nation wide attack on flies of the pat five years.' ? rts "swat the . fly" cam paign may not have , resulted in great mortality, but It attracted popular at tention to the danger that flies carry on their feet and to the' fact that flies can only be successfully fought by starving them. . i;' - ''" "And then,'?, said' Mr. Hatch, mourn fully, "this open winter happens. Next summer will be the grandest season from the fly'a point of view on record. We haven't had enough cold weather to Interfere with the popular fly pas time of discouraging race suicide. Fly debutantes are appearing ; at ' coming out parties almost daily, The normal fly population at the" beginning of sum mer will be multiplied by we don't know what when warm weather comes. Re member, that a fly becomes a father 160 times at a clatter, and that he la a grandfather to the limit of mathematics in about three weeks.:. And so get ready for the flies to come. If we do not clean up our places this spring we'll think of the plagues of Egypt with positive longing." It may have been forgotten, by the way, that the campaign against files began In 1909, or thereabouts, when the campaign against the pollution of New York harbor began: In earnest." It was then discovered that typhoid fever fol lowed the "fly-line" back from the waterfront The centers of infection were also centers of fly population. Flies which had been sprinkled with red powder for identification were traced from their feeding ground on the waterfront for a distance which varied according to local conditions but whl2l always proved to be the line within which typhoid fever was found. Every man and woman bYouglit into the single tax horizon is a melting In fluence, Has not the present genera tion an opportunity either to repeat or to profit by our grandfathers' folly? ''Pang for pang they seed shall pay,'' t ' B. T. S, Law Mill Too Busy. ' ' Cove, Or.,' Feb. B. to the Editor of The : Journal I ace by the IGrande Observer that Ed Kiddle; senator from Union - and Wallowa counties, is mak ing an enviable record at Balem. He has not introduced a bill and may not during the session. His contention Is that we are lawed to death now, wnich I can agree with. : But how Is it tba' Mr. Kiddle is found voting on every bill that is brought, up in the senate? Why doesn't he repeal : some of these bills? If there are too many bills, why is he voting for' more .bills? There are lots of bills, and I hope Governor West will bring his veto ax down with plenty of power, so he can kill most of them at one blow. ; HENRY. CHAMBERS. Vp to Date Octogenarians. Portland, Feb. , 1913. To the Editor of The Journal I havo been looking at the pictures in your paper of two Miller brothers, Oregon veterans, one 83 and the other 81 years old. It certainly looks good to. one who is now 69, and suggests several thoughts, Why should a man cease to live after 60? Why shouldn't -he advance with the times, even after 70? Frequently I "see In your paper, and in others, pictures of old veterans 7Q, , 70 and 77 years old, with hair down on their shoulders, whis- e ly B uyers Get Best Glioice "l couldnt find my Bize," explained a worried-looking woman to a friend one afternoon, as she came disconsolately from the waist counter. . . "Vfhat," she answered, "you couldn't get anything to fit you .. in these lovely waists? Of course, you don't, mean to , say you . were looking tor it now." ''Well, what could you expect at 3 6'clock in the afternoon," and you take a 36. . You know that size goes faster than anything . else " "Ill know better next time," sighed the disappointed one.- . - The most reliable merchants in Portland advertise their most '. , Important money-saving - opportunities in THE JOURNAL. Read THE JOURNAL closely and constantly every night, then p-r-yotrwill always fctf posted and Jbe '(Copyright, 191S, by J. P Fallon,) 1 V Vlce ro" Cleveland .V., f J .Literary -, Dlgeet.j . '..'.. Police Chidf Kohlcr, of Cleveland, is hardly mentioned without some' refer ence to the Golden Rule, bu he mod--estlyi disclaims seeking the association. His main guiding principle Is to keep pt!O0lo Cut of jail Instead of putting them in Uj and the retlrters gave him and the Cleveland polWe force the title that characterizes their work, i He re cently told the members of the Eco. , nomlo club of New York how hi force "drove the gamblers, the men propri- , etors of disreputable places, and the opium Joints out of Cleveland ,and re duced the social vIlntTTl'"minlmum.'' The men associated with the women of tho underworld, especially those of the class owning such resorts, he declares, are the Worst menaces to municipal hon- esty and the direct mediums of official grafting and polittoal corruption. . la the New York Herald bis words are re-1-povtedit: v-it".---. .''.-..(, ;)'..;' "Every policeman knows every gam bling lolnt and disrenutable bouse on his beat, I don't care what, he eays to AiJ the contrary, We went after the gam- . I Biers iirei. i bbiii iwr mi iu (.iieiu, 1. told them to pack up their parapher nalia, loot to store 4t in Cleveland, and to get out and stay out ''Most of them did.- r We broke In on the" others and' smashed their tables and destroyed their ( property. ; We were sued and enjoined, but haven't. loat a dollar. There isn't a gambling place open in Cleveland. I . defy any contradiction of that etate-, ment.'i . vt;,.'; .';,:"'-"':--" X -"V; "We have had success because . we have never atarted to do anything we knew we could-not do. We did not try to extirpate vice and crime. Reformers, are often worse than crooks ' in such matters. We had a lot of them after us at first, when they found out we were , going only to regulate vice and not try to drive It entirely out of CI eve. land. ; They are all with us now, no ever. ',, :' -r ' " . .i. "We went after the women and tola them to move. We did not let any sell out. We did not tell them vre they could live in Cleveland, but we did tell them where they could not We stopped musio and liquor selling in the houses. We don't Permit anything on the ex terior of the ten blocks of houses of that kind i Cleveland to distinguish them from any other houses. "Those ten blocks are there,' but none of you could find one of them. Without a guide. It is your fault and mine that there are such places. ' It you and I stayed away from them there 'Wouldn't be any. Men with no other visible oc cupation can hot hang around such houses in Cleveland. Men can: not own or ouerate them. We killed the Alliance of vice and politic when we etoppedSJ and by that we killed the professional , bondsman, who is worse than any high, waymaa who ever lived. If the worn- -en don't abide, by our rules they, have to get out of town., More than half of them have done so. , "Those still there axe a sort .of aux iliary police. " They notify us t,'h min ute any one goes to their house whom they believe to be a thief of a crim inal, and they would not let lb, a. poli tician of the stripe that used to graft upon them any sooner than th jy would admit a mad dog. s. , . - "If policemen la Cleveland want any., thing they must write to-the head of the department themselves. If they get , any politicians or church persons or anybody to interfere for them they don't ' get what they ask. It has got to be all . police, and the head . ought' to be a policeman, who knows policemen apd . their ways. There ,are more eecrets and -tricks in the police than in any occu pation in the world, not barring crooks. "We 'don't arrest anybody In Cleve land where tne arrest aoes more . narm . y than the offense eharged has done. - The 0 Jailer won't let a prisoner Into gall un til he knows -that the prisoner; ought to . go there. We have reduced arrests from 81,000 -to .7700 In six years, and crime hasn't Increased a bit" ; wsr ' ; Pointed Pararaprii A woman is known by the cook she keeps. ,. y- v . Ucbumed letters frequently got ajnan into hot water.. , i , ; v Success is physiological in that It de-' pends much upon backbone and cheek, ::. . -;.: .. . '.. A woman's idea of heaven is a place where every day. ie bargain day, Retribution is something we expect will eventually overtake other people. Every chronic bora Imagines that he Is the most fascinating mart in town. . "... ,:.-.'V.'J-' "''.' 'rfr:-""i--' ' A woman can't see the good of hav ing a secret If nobody Is to - know about it A woman may think her new bonnet is a perfect dream, but her husband Is apt to think the . bill therefor I a nightmare, , , . It . may be Impossible to transform, water Into coal oil, but it Is a, well, known, fact that there are stock manip ulators who can transform water Into money. , . . ... . ' kers 'straggling " all over their front Very patriarcblal,' to be sura, but they suggest the 'idea that they hav long., outlived theirtime, that they have ceased to advance, that they . had noth ing more td learnv How inspiring, how encouraging- to an old man 'to look upon " the pictures of these two octogenarians, dressed in modern clothes,, hair and whiskers trimmed neatly, standing straight, with, every appearance of men not over 60. I venture those men haveb" kept pace with time, that they are not. . only up to date, but that they are still' able and willing" to learn. I wish to - , thank them and The Journal for repre? sentlng them plctorlally. Such a'coni"1" treat with those of long hair and tan gled whiskers Is truly refreshing. - it ' - J. BLAIR. ' ; , i' ablewishoFearlyr"";