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.The lower your sense are
kept, the better you may gowrn
thein. Appetite and reason are
like two buckets when oiie 1s
up, the other ia down. : Of the
two,- I would rather have the
reason- - bucket uppermost
Collier.
AVE MUST BE ALERT
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HERB has been no recent time
n Portland when the people
i:ere so "thoroughly aroused
ever a city election.
' There has been no recent time
wben so many men of high character
were candidates for public office.
Z These are Improved conditions for
Cwhich the public must thank the
"Hew charter. It is doing its part
toward a government of efficiency.
It rfffers hope. It lights the way.
'It should be incentive as never be
jrorfe for all citizens to go to he
polls and cast a "patriotic ballot. -It
ia true that we have Coxey'a
regiments of candidates. They look
like a wilderness of gloom. Yet the
;very numbers In this box-car CQn
iingen r ibeir own promise ot
jlefeat and a true prospect for trium
tphant election of effective officials.
1 There are a number of men in
She crowd who stand out as pre-emi-Jiently'fit.
'AVhen the rocofds of all
jhave been, published the separation
,of the sheep from the goats will be
asy, especially with voters who seri
ously undertake to vote intelligently.
For the small group of better
"jnen 'most of the second and third
'choice votes will be cast, and it is
the second and third choice votes
that will decide the result. In such
view, the outcome should be fa
'vorable for a season of good gov
ernment, for If the officials are fit,
government will be efficient because
;tne new charter givea the officials
opportunity render effective-ser-vlce.
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" But this favorable outlook must
2h ot lessen the vigilance of the citi
zen. It would be a disaster to get
ia Coxey candidate at the head of
4he police. It would be calamity to
.'elect & blatherskite' to .the,' headship
of the department of finance.
It would be a misfortune to name
one of the nincompoop candidates as
head of the department J1 public
w orks. Jt would be a crime to elect
commisslonerships.- to spend about,
2.000,000 of public money a year.
"We must be alert.
...INCREASED RAILROAD RATES
INCREASED railroad rates are
again demanded by the roads,
and the people who pay the
freight must depend upon public I
officials for a square deal. While!
Tigures for a succession of recent !
i:reaed showing for February would
Indicate that the roads will have
uonie difficulty In proving their case
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
j -The value of Intelligent, courage
ous and efficient public officials ia
illustrated in this demand of the
roads for a five per cent increase on
'Jhe plea that wages and other costs
of operation have increased. The
public must of necessity depend
.upon its representatives to see that
it gets a sauire deal. It cannot mn-
resent itself; the railroad can and
Ioes.
; A flat increase all along the line,
jsttch as is proposed, makes the sit
ustion more acute. The, -roads are
Entitled to a fair return upon the
;t rue value of their holding, but
they, are not entitled to an extra
' .penny over and above a fair return.
U Three years ago the roads mado a
similar demand on the same plea
and mat refusal. The comuiiB.ion
"decided sqaarely against tueni -on
. the facts, not their argument. Op
rating revenues had increased bo as
;to. more than take care of increased
operating expenses. The commission
said that under efficient .manage-
- ment additional tonnage could be
handled with profit In spite of hlgh-1
er wages.
itjThe question of efficiency win
, again be a controlling factor unless
the cdmmission reverses Itself. The
;raiIroads have shown a disposition
adverse to permitting the public,
through its representatives, voice or
opinion as to waste' thrpugh ineffi
cient methods. . "
' iiThe.weak spot in the railroad's
argument is a false premise the
' 'claim that dividends must be earned
on Inflated valuations. A five per
cent increase on the present volume
- of trarfic would glvethe roads an
tucoroe sufficient to pay five per
;cent on a valuation of $90,000 a
mile. Such a valuation is prepos
terous from the -public's standpoint
There are' many stretches of track
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f'r w "'"i'1 UUk
vnrs pu in ii 1 1 1 n iab a. .
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valuation baa jet beenannounced. j
and if the supreme court in decilins j
Ins- XTlKiiocnffl rofa ro cna lfl vt dftVL'll
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long step win De ia.eu
quicker solution of future rate problem.-
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The presumption is that the roads
count upon the average person not
becoming excited over a proposed in
crease of five cents on a dollar
freight bill. . The man who pays the
freight doesn't as a rule, realize that
he ia paying it. lie may protest
against increased cost of living, but
he does hot stop to analyze it.
A five cent Increase on every dol
lar freight bill for a year, based
upon present tonnage, would add
$150,000,000 to the railroads an
nual income.,. This added income
would be sufficient to pay five per
cent interest on $3,000,000,000.
It follows that should the com
mission authorize the increased rate;
present rates being high enough'to
give a fair return upon true valua
tion,; the railroads would be pre
sented with an extra capitalization
of $3,000,000,000 upon which to
make .-future demands for still fur
ther rate increases.
No wonder the people are de
manding honest, industrious, ef
ficienfc- men in public office.
BADLY ADVISED WOMEN
A
WOMAN'S political organiza
tion advises that women vote
only their first choice.
Was it for this wrong use
of the ballot that women were en
franchised? Is it for this Juggling
of the ballot on which they lose
two thirds of their voting privilege
that some women sought the elect
ive franchiser -
The theory of the second and
third choice if that they will aid in
selecting better officials" and there-
bv .yield better Kovernment. The
endeavor is by the second and
choice voting to provide against mif
nority selections. How extraordinary1
that some of the newly enfranchised
women should be the first to pro
pose a stratagem for defeating this
attempt to better the voting pro
cess! Every voter is entitled to three
votes on each office, to-wit, a-,first,
a second and a third choice. There
is not the slightest probability that
any officer will be, chosen by first
choice votes. It is in the second
and third choice votes in which
electors vote not on friendship but
more on cairn judgment that best
results are expected. The very end.
therefore, for which the preferen
tial Bjstem was adopted is to- be
subverted as far aa lies in their pow
er, not by ward heelers, but by
some of the newly enfranchised
women.
This woman's organization is bad
ly" advised; Its proposed course is
disappointing. If all the voters fol
lowed the same program the resulV
would be chaotic. The whole elec
tion would be a selfish,- unwise- and
unpatriotic affair.
Every registered elector is entl-j
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cast a first, second and third choice!
! vote.
The claims of the city are higher
than the Belfieh claims of any can
didate. LAW'S STRANGE WAYS
AW has strange ways. The
other day Judge McGinn, a
circuit, Judge In Portland, be
came impatient because a $30
appeal case 'came to him for ad
judication. The 'court's valuable
time should not be wasted in de
ciding petty appeals.
A short time prior to this Incident
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
way appealed a $10 case from a
Texas justice of the peace to the
supreme court of the United 8tates!
Yes, a constitutional question was
involved, but it was a. $10 suit.
A Texas statute allows attorney's
fees on claims .for labor not paid
! linin inirtv ays. A track repairer
If f. t .
sued the railroad on a claim for $10
and got judgment. The Justice of
the peace added $9 attorney's fees
and fifty cents costs. There was
no provision for appeal to state
courts, hence the long jump to the
United States Supreme Court.
The railroad's contention is that
the Texas law allowing attorney's
fees conflicts with article 14 of the
federal constitution, thus making
this extraordinary appeal possible.
If the track repairer decides te
continue to fight for his $10, he
must, supply his attorney-with $40.
railroad fare to Washington. Once
In Washington, the attorney may
find it necessary to walk back to
Texas. v
A mere statement of the facts is
sufficient to illustrate how Jaws are
sometimes defeated by selecting test
cases that cannot be fought.
ROADS SEEK EFFICIENCY
I'
EN who run railroads ar
awakening to the fact that
greater efficiency In manage
ment must be brought about
if railroads are to be business suc
cesses. They are attempting to find
weak spots in their administrative
affairs and strengthen them, Just as
men who do not run railroads are
attempting to. put public affairs on
a busineKs basis.
,The International Railway Fuel
Association will meet in Chicago
next Week. Amnnr i
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Pant topics for discussion will beUand is pending
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1 , iocomowv.es . are charged
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three
The fisures ' would not - be so
alarming to railroad men were it
not for the fact 'that efficiency ex
perts have shown that cost of fuel
has increased during the past thir
teen years out of all proportion to
increased gross earnings. The actual
increase In fuel cost per year was
$153,368,200, or 199 per cent. In
the fiscal year ending . June 30
1899, fuel cost 5.88 per cent of
gross earnings, while in 1912 it had
jumped to 8.22 per cent. The
ratio had Jumped nearly Ab per
cent, hence railroad men's present
concern over w-aste and inefficiency.
Increased cost of coal at the mines
no doubt accounts for some of the
increase, but the railroad men have
determined that solution of their ,
fuel problem lies ultimately in great
er efficiency from coal used and
closer cooperation with producers.
The railroad fuel problem Is sim
ilar to man, municipal problems.
It resembles Portland's present prob
lem in all things except tha,t the
railroads have already selected men
of ability for the problem's solution.
TIGHTWADS
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S INTEREST in the Rose Festival
so dead that the present quest
for pittance contributions is to
be long continued? J,
Is Portland so poor that to raise
festival funds there riust be the
spectacle of begging ams from door
to door? :3ft--
Is there so little civic pride left
and so poor a realization of the
worth of the festival that the appeal
for funds Is a graveyard wail, a
moan on the midnight wind?
What a spectacle when tightwad
lot owners are marking the rents
up higher and higher!
What an exhibition of parsimony
by rich landlords who sit on their
with $230, '33,044. about
tenths of the world's total.
thir-property withUts mounting values
and swelling revenues and hold
4heir purse strings closed, while lit
tle business men, struggling tenants,
and salaried people are importuned
for pitiful . sums with, which to
finance the festival!
The curtain should be rung down
on such displays. Wo should
finance the festival generously and
willingly, or we should abandon it.
We Bhould not abandon it, for it is
a splendid asset. V .
But it Bhould cease to be a mat
ter of alms. It should not remain
on a shoestring basis. It should
not be an issue of the contribution
box. It stfould not be a poverty
social. It should not be a charity
ball.
It ought to be a sound, stable.
substantial concern, financed by tax
ation. It is the only way to reach
the tightwad barons of city blocks.
STEEL TRUST PROFITS
A"
RGUMENT for a square deal
in tariff legislation, if any
were needed, . was furnished
in the commissioner of cor-
Innrotlnn'n rsnnrt tn tha ProstHent
The report deals-with the steer in-
lng that ln8tead of m trust needlng
protection, the users of steel are
in urgent need of more open compe
tition aa a remedy for robbing
prices. " t
The report is timely in view of
threatened lockouts as clubs to beat
down tariff revision. The report is
convincing because ia- inconceiv
able that an industry netting from
10 . to 23 per cent profit on output,
turning over Its money several times
a year, .needs the paternal hand of
government to pilfer pock&s'cf its
people. The United States govern
ment should go out of the grand
larceny business.
Steel rails net 162 per cent prof
it because the steel trust has a mo
nopoly in rails. Plates net 10V&
per cent because there is competi
tion. Yet, nobody has claimed that
labor is paid lees in the plate than
in the rail mills. Nobody has
claimed that the plate mills con
tribute less, proportionately, to the
country's prosperity.
What other business, lacking a
paternal tariff, nets 10 Va per cent,
to say nothing of 16 Vi per cent on
output? And the hazards of busi
ness in the steel industry, as it has
developed under high protection, are
no greater, nor so great, as the
hazards .of many industries that are
making owners only comfortably
wealthy.
The history of steel in America is
a succession of ansault: upon indi
vidual enterprise. It is a succes
sion of assaults upon labor. It is
a Buccessipn of assaults upon Amer
icans that their pockets may be
rifled.
America's overlords have over
played their hand. The man in the
White House will not be frightened
by a bluff.
WOMEN SHOULD REGISTER
ORTLAND women should prove
their right to the ballot.
f Many of them are not regis
tered. Many of the unregis
tered are women who were strong
advocates of equal suffrage.
It was for them that the men
passed the suffrage amendment last
November. In return, the women
should Justify; the action of the
men" by using tho ballot -that has
been so generously placed in their
hands.
But there is a higher reason. An,
election that Is probably the most
important In the history of Port-
The issue is good
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What a splendid vindication It
will be of equal suffrage if the put
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cora ooa government, vvnat a
splendid argument such a result
. . .
would be for the enfranchisement
of women in" states in which-they
are denied the ballot!
What an argument against equal
suffrage it would-be if the verdict
June 2 in Portland is for bad offi
cials with resultant bad government!
The women owe it to themselves,
their city, their sex and their coun
try to register and vote.
; If woman keeps right on jusurplng
man's prerogatives, she nyfst' expect
occasional retaliatory outbreaks like
that at Colorado Springs, where a
retired banker assailed his wife with
her own prerogative a frying pan
and broke two of her fingers.
Lady Macbeth walked fearsomely
In her sleep, exclaiming; "Out,
damned spot!" Which is by way
of reminding crtainjocal candidates
whose records will not bear inspec
tion that self-effacement - is prefer
able to insomnia.
"Many things are well done that
are not worth doing," says the Cot
tage Grove Leader. But its editor
would- nvr ifura in ttnaritv lilt
wife's sneedle work.
letters From the People
(ComnmnieUon ent to The Journal for
pubUeatloo in thi department ehould be writ
ten un only one kids of the naipr. Bhnulit nnt
exceed S0 word ia length and must b ac
rompanled by the nam and addrera of tha
aeniler. If the iii-lter does not detre to hare
luu name puuiianeu, bt abould ao atate.)
Method of Disposing" of Germs.
Baker, Or., May 12. To the Editor
of Tha Journal I hava read t'.ie ar
ticle from Osbtfrne Yates in The Jour
nal of May 9, regarding- my latter about
expectorating on tha streets, wherein
I stated that eo much is aald and such
determined action la taken against tha
BUtO and motorcvele unnprleru '
apparently -very little is said or done
to stop the greater danger, that of ex
pectorating in placea where people must
Inhale and be needlessly exposed to
uangerous aiieaeea. And I say again,
that there Is absolutely no estouee ex
cept ignorance and carelessness, for
expectorating In the street, - on the
sidewalk, In the office either In a
cuspidonpr on the floor or in the back
yard. I ought to know. My father lived
73 years and brought up two sons to
manhood, and I have lived a few yeara
myself, and none of ua has been guilty
of the offense. Is It too much to carry
two clean handkerchiefs every time
you leave the house, or, if you are
traveling, have a goodly supply of
them and have them cleansed by tho
boiling process and turned into- the
sewer? Here Is Iiow I managed, Every
time my boys go to their work they
find two clean handkerchiefs In their
pockets. One is used to expectorate In,
the other for the nose. Every tlnw
they coma to their meals they put tha
aoiled handkerchiefs into a tightly
covered receptacle, which Is kept in
a handy place on the back porch, and
two clean ones take their place In the
pockets. Every Sunday night cold
water la poured over these soiled hand
kerchiefs and they remain over night
On Monday morning a boiler Is placed
on tha stove half filled with' "water In
which Is ona bar of good soap, three
tablespoons of coaloil and a little car
bolic acid. The. water Is drained off
the soiled ones Into the sewer. The
dirty handkerchlefa ar then put Into
the boiler and boiled one hour, good
and hard, occasionally being stirred.
Thert they are taken out and rinsed
in warm water and hung out on tho
line to, dry in the fresh air for a
couple of days. Now, can you find an
excuse for depositing saliva or other
mucus excreta when others must in
hale your germs?
MRS. AGNES HOLBT.
Wilsonville's Juvenile Fair.
Wllsonville, Or.. Mav 14. -Ta tha
Editor of The Journal for the benefit
of our Juvenile constituents who Joined
in .tha Wilsonville fair in August, 1912,
and all those .who .expect to Join us in
me coming contest on September 18,
1913, I would like to say, through the
courtesy of the editor of The Journal,
who, by the way, we hope ia a loyal
supporter of this grand work, that our
Juvenile fair at Wilsonville shipped and
bad on exhibition at the state fair mora
exhibits than any other individual Ju
venila fair in tha state. Also it was tha
only one to hav a whole car to carry
its exhibits. At that fair we carried Off
$68.60 In cash prizes on oup 48 ntries,
the balance of our carload not having
bean entered for lack of time and space
We also carried off five of Clackamas
county's seven general prizes for Us 10
Juvenile fairs. The cash value was MS
On August 83, 1S12, wa paid to the chil
dren cash in hand $151.26, and 18 ordera
for goods delivered of the cash valuo
of $44, the total cash value was $195.25.
The cash value of Oregon City waa $48.
The cash from Salem was $68.50, and
from the Canby fair $8.60, which makes
a grand total of $320.25, besides one
day tickets to each of tha 108 children
at the state fair and 15 one day tickets
at the Canby fair, which if divided
equally among our 108 exhibitors would
make yearly $3 each, besides tha rib
bons and honors, mixed with so much
anowieage gainea for the three or' four
month 8 labor expended. '
Now I would like to ask any of these
exhibitors to write a letter to any pa
per lemng or wnat they did and how.
and what prize they received, bo that
others may learn arid become interested,
that they, too, may Join in this year's
contest and make our number double or
treble and again have the best fair In
the county and the largest showing at
tne state fair.
Lyal Hassbebrlnk, the fifth state prize
bay, was our first prize baby,
and now has a- silver loving cud,
We have not the prize list out for this
year yet, but expect to have it soon. We
trust the donations will aa fully finance
this wonderful child --fabor industrial
extension work as they did in 19iJ.
Our Juvenile fair will be held at Wil-
sonvllla September 18. -
MRS. M. C. YOTJNO.
Questions for Would-Be Mayors.
Portland, May 14, 1913. To the Ed!
tor of The Journal Reading the letter
of It. C. Duncan In Th Journal of yes
tcrday, it seems to me Mr. A I bee, who
is an aspirant for mayor under our new
commission form of government, has
sealed his unfitness for that office by
his own confession. He does not wish
to hurt the feelings of any corporation
where attempted reductions would
naturally create animosity, or words to
that effect, and ho sidestepped when an
opportunity arose in the legislature to
define the cltv'a rights. A short form
lot questions to b propounded to every
aspirant for orrice at the coming June
election should be: '
The Portland Railway, Light & Power
'ompany' assess tn g 1 Tor it ght 'on 1 tTi i
basis of 9-7-4 per kilowatt hour, which
means the equivalent of $276 for one
horsepower annually. jFor power uses,
It. charges $162 per horsepower yearly.
This power If created hy tha use of
wood or coal in the city, would not cost
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
In some lawsuits, both sides both win
and lose.
.uif p,tJ'' that Ml tbtm are "in
the fight to stay."
Wilson seems to take to presidency
as if he were brought up to it.
.
" Every year flies past more swiftly
than the year before, when youth is
past.
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The hiR foreign steamship lines are
giving Portland a. trial. The result is
momentous.
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n Only $23,000 more needed for the
Rose Festival fund. That ehould i be
easily raised.
Two automobiles are now'ln the pas
senger carrying- business on the Port
Orford.-Bandon route.
How many millions would some
parts of the southwest, give for somj
of Oregon's blessed rairi?
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Af Gray's Harbor it is not the fiesta,
or the- carnival, or the regatta, but the
splash. And lt' very easy to splash,
there; the towns are built on the water.-
The congressman who. resigned his
seat that Had been legally, accorded t
him, because he believed he was not
morally entitled to it, is fit to be sent
back, or otherwise trusted and honored.
. ,
Carranza, if he wins, sufficiently, will
execute Huerta. Diaz and some other
men now in power. But then, a little
later, . some other victor will execute
Carrahza and a batch of his first fol
lowers. Sorrie wafs are good, necessary,
noble. righteois. One of them is the
war upon disease. It is being urged
more successfully, because fa,r more
intelligently, than ever before. The
fighters against disease are gaining
ground and will gain, faster.
A CONSUMER'S VIEWS
By Dr. Frank Crane.
, I am not a salesman. But I am a
good . buyer, and have probably pur
chased more things that I did not want
than any man of my age. Hence. It
may be Interesting to salesmen to listen
for a brief spell to a consumer's idea
of what constitutes good salesmanship.
First of all, be good natured. I here
and now confess! than nine tenths of
what induces me to buy is the ability
of the seller to Jolly me along. Cheer
fulness and signs that you feel good,
enjoy life, and are' full of glea inside,
are. better than a letter of Introduction
from- Mr. Rockefeller.
Have a thorough knowledge of your
goods, also of the other fellow's goods.
Learn how they are made and when,
and - who makea them. Respect your
customer's desire to, know and fill
him up with Information.
Don't argue. State facts. Don't
arouse opposition In the buyer's mind.
Agree with him, or dodge the issue.
Lead him around to some subject where
you are at one. I hate to have a seller
try to prove to me I'm wrong. Perhaps
I em; but I don't like to admit H,
Us plain language. If you a resell
ing automobiles don't talk about car
buretors and reciprocating dudada and
compound thingumbobs. Go somewhere
and learn the English, for these things,
and how to make them rtear to a
washwoman. Never use a term when
there is any doubt whether the customer
understands it. We don't like to .be
made appear ignorant.
Tell the truth. If you are with a
firm where you dare not tell the truth,
leave it. , .
. Be ' candid. Do not conceal things,
The tiling you have to sell has certain
merits; it ought to sell on those. To
sell a thing upon merits It does not
have is poor policy.
Be dependable. Even If you make a
casual ' remark, for instance, that you
will send a man a bunch of blotters or
to exceed $10 per Tiorsepower annually;
but coming from water power as tho
Portland Railway, Light & Power com
pany generates it, does not exceed a cost
at fair valuation of plant, over $15 per
horsepower yearly.
Will you promise to exert yourself !n
office, if elected, to bring the rates now
charged to a reasonable maximum, not
In excess of those created- by th city
owned power plant of Tacoma, or else
move urgently and constantly to acquire
our own system?
The telephone companies in Portland
are extorting at , least twice the rentals
that .will produce ample Interest on the
reasonable cost of city installation. Will
you pledge yourself to bring th present
rates to that reduction or move for a
system of our own?
The gas company; is charging an
equally excessive rate. Do you promise
your efforts to compel a reasonable re
duction to reasonable interest on a rea
sonable cost?
These questions, If answered affirm
atively and not smirched by any previ
ous actions to th contrary, will result
in a tolerable separation from the sheep
and the goats. ., C. P, CHURCH.
Dr. Nussbaum Questioned.
Jllllsboro, Or., May 13. 1913 To the
Editor of The Journal In his address at
tha K. P. hall Sunday, Dr. A. C, Nus
baum mad the following remark: "Sine
angels were once men and women on
earth, and are still men and women in
heaven, those in life affections ar
bound together In groups and societies
even a a we see it here."
Will the doctor kindly cite. me to a
few passages- ln-th Bible- as authority
for stating that "angels were once men
and women," : and oblige many readers
of "The Journal,' and his questioner?
JAMES E, KERSHAW.
Wha Does the Fish Weigh,
Portland, May 15, 1818. To th Ed
itor of The Journal- I should Ilk in
formation on the following: If I take
a common washtub and fill it with
water, and it weighs, say, 600 pounds,
tub and all, and I then take a live fish
that weighs 25 pounds and put this fish
into the tub of water where it will wim
half way between th top and bottom.
of the tub, will the tub and water weigh!
2o pounds mora than before the fish
was put into the water? INQUIRER.
Ascribes Credit to The Journal.
Los AngelM, Cat, May 13. -To th
Editor of The Journal Tha carrying
of the charter, s although by' a close
vote, is largely due to th effort of
The Journal, and its fair, square
treatment of th matter that Inspired
tha confidence of thousands.
The preference vote method assure
tho election of a commission that will
represent a majority of th people and
not a minority, v. 4.
. ALFRED D. CRIDGE.
"The Unwritten Law'
From the Atlanta Journal.
For: his timely, and straightforward
words concerning J'th unwritten law,"
Judge L. S. Roan,, of tha Fulton County
Superior court, has earned th approval
of all right minded citizen. 'Ha recent
ly commended as "brave and intelligent
men a. Hirv tliat twnnrmn rthla nla. and
slaughter. -
A to the merits or, demerits Of this
particular case we have no concern, and
do not presume tot commenC But ther
is manifest, and urgent need for the
courts and Juries of this country, to
take a. firm stand against ttiat species
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Grants Pass- Commercial club has
Indorsed the road building campaign
proposed by the Josephine county court,
club spntiment being largely ia favor
of hard surface highways.
Eugene's street cleaning investiga
tion has resulted in a report that $135
a month' can be saved by changing from
the dry aweaping to the flushing sys
tem. The Salem Journal, boosting for the
flax Industry, predicts that with the
industry onde established "property val
ues will increase 20 per rent a year for
the next ten years, and then some."
George Lea of Cottage Grove.-the en
gineer who built Newoort's- water sys
tem! bas been commissioned to (Increase
according to the Cottage Grove Leader.
Cottage Grove Leader: The Elmira
Lumber company has received an auto
truck 28 feet long from Portland, to be
used to haul lumber from the Elmira
sawmill to tha Eugene and Irving yards.
Tha machine will carry seven tons of
Uumber at a load.
IMarshfield Record! The people who
come here nowadays coma to stay and
they bring with them their families;
when they are located hera they write
to the folks at home and tell them of
tha advantages of Coos Bay and induce
the ones "back there" to come here.
Thus it comes to pass that we are get
ting to be a larger city each week.
W. B. Biddle, vice president of the
Frisco railway system, is quoted in the
Medford Mail Tribune as saying: "The
recent floods and cyclones in the middle
west have caused a great many people
to look westward in "search of homes.
A great many of my friends are con
versant with the Rogue river valley
and will probably be out here in the
near future with the intention of re
maining." ON SALESMANSHIP
a book or a calendar, don't fall to do
it. . Forgetting is almost as bad as
lying. If you promts to com back next
Tuesday, do it or se&d a, telegram.
Create tha impression that you will
keep your word if it bankrupts you,
Remember names and faces. If you
are not gifted in this respect, get a
little book and every evening set down
the names of the people you have met
and some distinguishing charaoteristlo
of each of them. Writ down any re.
marks your customer has made about
his family. Study this. It's all a part
of the important art of jollying us
along.
Have a good appearance. There may
be a few people left who like to sea
a dirty shirt and frayed cuffs, but thty
are growing scarcer every day,
The art of salesmanship begins In tha
mind. Think success, think confidence,
think a thousand dollars. Why, think
fifty cents? These thoughts in your
brain will ooze out of your face. You
will radiate these qualities. The great
est factor in selling is personality. And
personality is made by thoughts.
Avoid personal intimacies. Let m
talk about myself and look interested
while I am expanding. But don't speak
of yourself any more than you can help.
Take an ax and chop the pronoun "I"
out of your vocabulary. What do you
care? Jolly me along.
In fine, be as human as possible. You
are not a catalog nor a printed circular.
You draw wages because you are sup
posed to be a human being. Be ltt
Don't be huffy, sensitive, Impatient,
dictatorial, indifferent, egotistic, or me
chanical. Be a good fellow. . Be th
kind of man people like to have around.
When you attack a customer aim two
inches below his collar Jbpn If you
can make him LlkE'you It is far and
away better than to try to PROVE any
thing to his mind. Very probably he
hasn't much mind to speak of. t But
we all have hearts. '
of homicide which seeus and too often
finds justification In th so-called "un
written law." Crime is crime on what
ever pretext it may be committed. Th
law, to be sure, leave a liberal margin
of discretion in respect to the penalty
that la. Imposed and the courts naturally
give due weight to extenuating circum
stances. But no law worthy the nam,
whether written upon statute books or
the conscience of men, ever contemplate
that a jury should so disregard the in
terests of society as to acquit a prisoner
who stands clearly convicted and ven
anlf-r.nnf ousted i
Th peril of the "unwritten law" lies
not so much in the tact that on guilty
person escapes as In its tendency to un
dermlne respect for all law and to Jeop
ardize the peace and security of all man.
Evan though there b extreme cases in
which our Impulses would Incline us to
condon certain offenses of this char
acter, we must remember that if th
irresponsible spirit of "the unwritten
law" is one tolerated it will tend to
oversweep Justice entirely, and to tram
pi down our civilization which has been
so toilsomely reared. . If permitted to
men who believe they are justified, it
will be seized tinon by others who know
they ar wrong. The unwritten law is a
moral as Well as a legal fallacy. It is
deceiving too many Juries the country
over. It carries th torch of anarchy
and th club of savagery. It Bhould not
be permitted to sway any Jury from the
course of Justloe.
Inviting Destruction.
From the Omaha World Herald.
For several years the magazines, th
reviews and th books have been filled
with articles dealing with the changes
In public opinion that are slowly com
ing over the nations of the earth. It is
noted everywhere and among all peoples.
Even those who have read the most of
It are still bewildered, and well thty
may be, for this literature is only the
flotsam and Jetsam that was tossed
about by a great tidal wave that rose
and swelled beneath. A flood of oratory
has been poured forth dealing with a
thousand different topics, with each
advocate deeming his topic the moat
important of all.
Now has coma a time when analytic
and synthetic methods must be applied
to learn what the. objective is which
all desire alike to attain. Th world
has com finally to substantial agree
ment that democracy i that goal. It is
not monarchy, it is not a limitation of
th power of th people, it ia not a gov
ernment by force, to which all ar tend
ing, but toward democracy, government
by the consent of the governed. The
sooner that all men in public Ufa recog
nise that fact and that the trend is all
in that direction, the sooner will tho
goal be reached. That it will be reached
seems now a certainty, and thos who
oppose, if they fight on, will ba crushed
to earth. ' .
A democracy will not permit special
privileges. AH privilege existing Jn the
center of the productive aystem,
whether secured by tariffs- or other
mean will finally bs swept out of ex
istence. There ar soma social philoso
pher who begin to comprehend what
th great "urge" that ha been pushing
men onward for tn last rew years
law-mans.1 .That '-orgg"istftafcr
than men, greater than political parties.
It pushes men on toward democracy
towards equal right for all and special
privileges for none. Those who stand
in the way are inviting their own da-
structloru,'
4 ...
LOST IN THE FORESTS
(From the Aberdeen World.)
Taking the lumber business for a
text. Col. Roberston of the Yakima Re
public, gives his readers a little dlssur
tat'on of the effects of the. Underwood
tariff bill on the northwest flie colonel
can see nothing' good in the bill and
practically predicts our speedy ruin if
the measure, becomes a law. Then th
colonel vuips irito the lumber field, a
place he has no right to go, saying:
"The lumber business of this state is
paralysed Just now. The sawmills and 1
shingle mills are doing nothing. Many
thousand men are out of work. Hundreds
of storekeepers find that their trade is
slack because the workers are Idle. The
price of potatoes and hay are lower
than they should be in the Yakima coun
try because the market which the lumber
and timber workers supply is gone. The .
mercnants in xakima lose business and
find collections slow because the farm
ers can't realize on the products which
the western Washington market would
absorb If things were moving. So it '
goes. The effect of the. slack times in
tns lumber business is felt all over the-
state, and even beyond its borders. We
find that our opportunity to buy an un-
taxea cnicken coop, .whlch we have so
long demanded as consumers of lumber.
is itself taxed. We find that in saving
our timber for posterity .we are saving
ourselves the trouble of doing a pros6
perous business and having many of the
things we want. v
"The reason why the lumber business
in western Washington is slack, and
why we of the Yakima country have
no markets for our products oyer there
is Just as plain as the arguments in
favor of free lumber. The Kansas, Ne
braska and North Dakota dealers, ex
pecting to be able to buy lumber a ltttl
cheaper after the Democrats get through
with the, tarirr, hava cancelled all their
orders, and if British tlumbla' com
petition proves to be worth anything
to them they may buy all their lumber
and shingles up ther after tha new
tariff goes into effect.
"Hera w have th unanswerable
democrats logro and the unfortunate
facts. W find them everywhere in
close conjunction with this tariff ' re
vision business. When w get so W
can live on Democratic logic, there will
be no necessity of any newspaper mak
ing any distinction between that and
tin facts. In the meantime th people
will have to try to make a living out
of what they voted for, and if they
liki it we hop they will let us know."
We are not making any defense Of
the Underwood bill, bocauw, In com- ,
mon with 99,99.9,$fS0 JFT of our 100,000,
000 population, we doti't know anything
and ws doubt that' the Republio can '
be numbered among th ten. wise ones
about th bill, but we do know a little
bout the lumber business, and th dole
ful picture drawn of it by the Republio
Is either cubist or post-impressionistic.
'Hundreds of men are not out of work
and the mills are not in the stM of
idle decreptltud depicted by the Re
public. The truth of the matter Is that
the lumber bwMitess is just about
emerging from the gloom that has hung
over the industry .these past several
yeara. It Is looking forward to a day,
not so far distant, when it can get on
its feet, and stand squarely. Condi
tions ar better than they have been
for a long time, though it is true that
tney might be better still. Most of the
mills have paid little attention to the
Underwood bill, accepting free lumber
as a matter of course, or at least prob
able, and have gone on sawing just the
same.
Doubtless the Republic's comment was
intended for home consumption and as
an explanation to Yakima farmers of
the reaeon for their lessened crop of au
tomobiles, but It doesn't sit well on this
side of the mountains, where business is
possibly in much better hap than on
th east side. Th Republio know all
about goeducks and turnips and carrots
and irrigation, but It gets lost trying -to
wander among the tall trees. A com
pass is needed there and expert knowl
edge. Pointed Paragraphs
Soma girls ar bom foolish and soma
use peroxide.
Honest poultry dealers make money
by fair means and fowl,
Ther ar no gam law to interfer
with th killing of time.
When th society ball season ends
that of th moth ball begins.
When two women hav different
views they consider each other peculiar,
But when a fhan'a face is broken it
never by any chance breaks into smile.
Only a small percentage of the Infor
mation given confidentially Is worth
anything.
D.urlng tha honymoon when other
women look at her husband the brlda
thinks they envy her.
While th family tree of the elephant
runs mostly to trunk, that of the chorus
girl does nothing of the sort,
The man who throws himself at a
young widow's head will soon find him
self under her thumb or foot.
a
The girl with two or thre good look
ing brothers always has more girl
friends than she know what to do
with..
Being better dressed or mor
appropriately clothed, having
more attractive furniture in
your house, living in a better
apartment, or owning a better
automobile than your neighbor
doesn't necessarily mean that
you hav mor money to .spend
than he has'. It i might, and
probably does, mean that you
are more alive to the possibil
ities and opportunities that
surround you. .
The earn qualities of mind
and Intellect whiah make on,
merchant a shrewder pur
chaser than another maka you
a better manager of your an
nual expenditure.
The merchant or the "pur
chasing agent of any big or
ganization knows all there is
to know about th things he
buys. His dollar Is loo per
cent efficient. .
If some large organizations
conducted their purchasing de
partments as loosely and
thoughtlessly as some families
they would be bankrupt befor
very long. -
And yet there is really no
rnoj reason why every IndU..
"fldURrshouldrnotef TolRenu'
worth for I every dollar h
spends for himself and his
family. ,
JOUR NAL advertisements
-point the way.
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100 Cents' Worth 1
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for a Dollar
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