Till: OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1013.
THE JOURNAL
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bulpj!piio 'Jcriiia cumII or la IOJ aMrat
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Out fttw., $3,00 On nwitk. 1
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One rnr 12.40 I Ona rvrotb. ....... I .80
fine rear.,,,,.. f 7. AO I On amnio...,.!...! .
und roloaRO tha middleman's brako of woman miff ruga. It lu Johnston, i ilnvlng lml In 'moot of Its political
froiii tho wheel. ., The company x- hot llobiion, who has raluod tbe gut- reforms, Oregon can claim to be Its
peats to pay tho producer mora und frage Jbhu. , dome of thought Kansas makes
chnrgo tho consumer lcim. Tho only Johnston Is a reactionary. II Is noise enough to ba its mouth, Rhode
middlemen will ba tha 800 houso- the sort of reactionary that voted for i Island suppllos an eye, Tanama a
wives, and If they, stick closely to Lorlmer. . colon and alimentary canal; and any-
their jolm,. they should bo beneficial Johnston,' issue will be that If , one who Is bo dlsposod may locate
middlemen. woman la riven ih .nllotin Ala-1 the rest of Its anatomy.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL cuANaa
tin
TIIK STAV AT 1IO.ML3
!l
bama, wtiite women and white men
will be out-votod by colorod womon.
Alabama has effectually suppressed
T IS extraordinary that In such an th6 colorcd malo YOta but Jonn8ton
election as that' of yesterday In
Portland, scarcely more than 60
per cent of the registered" voters
went to the polls.
v" ,iIow ' many- of the Btay-at-homes
aro" 6n"the streets today walling
about the Tesultfl? How many of
them are beating their breasts and
ululating about bad government.
will claim that a colored woman vote
wilj express Itself.
AN EXTORTIONATE FED
r
V)
Neither humart applause nor
human ccnaure 1 to be taken si
the tost of truth;' but '.'either
should set tin upon testing our
elves, Whatcly. . .
IX THE KLECTION RETURNS
riRdM the meagre returns,
I - . i . i. . . . v , (.. I rairnl nl inn m . .i.aln m nt
geem cyriaiu uiai ine nutjisucr '""""""j ddipuj. ib iu
HE county board very properly
cut to $180, the 900 claim
of a Portland alienist, who,
In the trial of Jack Roberts.
The election was one of very great rave test! m oh v aa to th mental con.
Importance. Five of the men chosen dltion'of the defendant.
are toU ruljrs over 250,000 peo- The alienist demanded $50 to tha
pie. They are to exercise almost ir,n tn,
mora power .over property than the A.v.a ottnHnoa a run..
X nr " n f, . 18 lcs,ar and $0O for each succeeding day.
of Oregon and the supremo court of ... . t
im.-io is uu jubuucaiiun tor bucu
a fee. Other men 'are compelled to
attend court-and testify at $2 per
day. Juen whobB tlmo la as. precious
and whose services are as costly as
aro'those'of tha most famous- alien
ists. are reduced to a common i level
by tho courts and forced to testify
It has boon discovered at Was-
leyan university that social dlsslpa
tton militates against the student,
Trite but true. Tha college, hare be
comes the ctvlo tortoise when, ha
enters the' world's handicap;
Oregon combined. ';
They are to Inaugurate a new eys-
It Item, of government and It la almost a
frsnrhliie In badlv beateri. hold In tbrilr hands the taxing now.
Thera Is V strong moral in the er, the administrative power. ' the
. result., People are Pick and tired of legislative power, and tho Judicial
. ........ .i . - 1 nnu'iK rP tttA Anil.. n t n..iu. A
Beeing street? Riven awy on every ""- t"" ul a lowlv 12 ner
aw, A' n ntoitavr. with -tin -rtnnuntA affecting a OUartCf Of ft mllltnn rifiO. Bt tt 10 " Per"
consideration' or benefit In' return. P'v - - . There Is no kown reason why an
The election returns are notice to1 Vet nearly half the reglBtered G3tceltlon hom be mada.la- tha
h -ftvarfctnw'iiiv of th ritv tint voters, of Portland didn't 'a CfBe of . n alienist. There ia, no
.'tolndiscrlmlhately beBtow franchises whoop . They 'contributed to the known reason why there should be
ion speculators, or promoters, or general spirit of unrest and lost con- onffc ar stocrauc ciass or witnesses
'.u ' noi- fidence in nolf irovernmpnt hr fv. with all the rest of tha wltnessea
frnm ritr nd then annlv them to Ing at home Ttnd leaving the Issue 01 Proletariats.
' .n ! ' to others. ' ma Foruana alienist was an
It la likewise practically certain 'The Btay-at-homes aro ona of thaU,tle to his $50 ffo for tho mental
that the'eharter amendment respect- mo8t dangerous Influencea la eelf examination. Asldo from that, why
lug a common entry and common government Those who live by pol- should he receive $150 for the first
use of the terminal on both, sides ltlcs and those who profit from pred- ay and $100 for each additional
thronehout the fnll leneth of the atory assaults upoiuUhe common l or attendance 7 I
.harbor has Daased. br a Btrong vote. nian "ever fall to vote. The graft- Does an alienist, owe no obllga
Here again there is a splendid moral m never till The vicious interests Hon as a citizen to the state?
In the election returns. never ran. ine unms ana the in
The nubile wants no monopolized competents nerer fall.
w terminals. It wants common entry! A11 tbesa K to the polls and cast
to all terminals for all lines, it their ballots. They often elect their
'-.wants common use of all terminals mea " ls one of the ways to ac
Denver man is wearing his broken
neck in a plaster cast Rather novel,
but not apt to become a popular
fashion. Tha poor fellow can't even
turn hla head to sea tha necktla dis
plays In the shop windows.' ;i ' 1
Acrobatlo climate doesn't ault tha
Gresham, 0r., Outlook, which de
clares that "the present is the most
backward spring experienced in sev
eral years." See Peals about it, and
get a forward spring on the program.
Dr. Wiley; says that a man doesn't
reach his maximum efficiency until
he-is 60. Often ha never reaches it,
preferring to ' supply his boss with
the minimum. That's why he has a
boss. . .
Rather lata to mention It; but dur
ing tnat Kissing bee in Berlin the
royal guests must have ipherlshed the
wish that a pretty queen reigned in
tha Teuton realm, Instead of a be
mustachad emperor.
Lwyr Dunlway has bcom an
Many war aelf rilled for mTor.ni1
commlMloirtfra but only a tw could ba
chosen. . . r
, -?
O tha poor oonnrr.nmen, witn a pro,
pact of racking- tliclr bralna over a our
rancy bill during tha due daya.
Th4 wlaar trail nates ara thoaa who
pallia that they don't know much, af tar
ii, uu dura uiuygoKuil 10 iaarn.
In Winhlnaton atata laiy huabanda
ara confined in a country atockada and
miiaa 10 wora. uooa enough for them,
uuk ijr wiree may pa jaiy ailiL
A Lana COlintv man wn1 la ahnot
hla lawyer. Thii niJt'lit eem axcuaable
GRANGE AND SENATE
for all lines. It wants the harbor
' Tree and open for all transportation
lines and is opposed to monopoly
of the harbor by any Una on any
f pretext ' -
i Just as f&3t as the people get an
J opportunity they make their mean
I lug clear on these subjects. ' The
J old order of bottling up a city, or
t maintaining an exclusive control of
5 terminals has got to go. The public
; Is against such a policy and in time
win enforce its decrees. .The sooner
t those who resist the common entry
I and - common use in transportation
terminals, the easier the final ad
j justmrtitwill.hc.
j It seems entirely probable that
J the revocation of the railroad fran
I chlses on tho east side has failed
, But there Is a heavy vote favorable
; to such action.
.The vote in favor of revocation is
countj. for the apparent collapse of
municipal government.
There ought to' be a penalty for
non-voting. It has been suggested
IN RECOMMENDING that tha
present two-house legislature of
Kansas be replaced by a single
body composed of two representa
tives from each congressional dis
trict. Governor Hodges said In his
I
8peaklng for ourselves, wa would
regard a Michigan editor as rather
poor game after hunting ylck-yacks,
tuskywuBks, chinchillas, blood-sweat
ing behemoths and other ferocloui
beasts In Darkest Africa,
In munv cane, but l nnf mtviwnl.l.- it
is iUcgal, and ''clearly uauonatltutlonal.''
It doeitn't take a. verv icrloua offnaa
to c'Buae tha lynchlnar of a. "nlffirar" down
In tha black belt; ona waa killed be
cauiia ha rods In a car UcalKind for
whit,ea.- 1 '
mm
A aener&l forbad women to Vlda
aatrlda in a Memorial day parade:
which anowa that a man can becoma a
general though poianaalna no common
aenae on aoma subjects.
In a larre cltv It la alwava tn ba
reoKonea tnat aoma voters floa't want
good government, and ioma othera,
though deslrlnar aood government, al
ways want to .go about getting it In
aome Impracticable way.
Till lr nt .To nun mlnir in war with tho
United State (a almDlv alllvi Japan la
on the verge of bankruptcy and couldn't
carry on any considerable war a yar,
War takes money. Hut the United
States ahoiild therefore ba all tha mora
careful to ba Just and avan generous to
japan.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
riane for a twrt atory brlrk hotel
building to be erected at Carlton are
being prepared. ,
Th Kadlatora of Kuirne ara drilling,
umler Colunol J. M. VVIIlluma, .TIiRy
will niut viry n I k h t until tha IIoh
Festival In Portland, When they will
march In a body In the- parades in the
Kosa City. .
Commenting on a rumor that another
livery and feed stable will ba started
in Jefferson, tha Kevlew says: "Heap
TYRANNY OF PATENT
MONOPOLY
rrcsldont Wilson In World's Work.
Take but auch un everyday thing us
a useful Invention and the piHtlug of It
at the service of men. you know how
prolific the Anierloun blind lias benu
in Inventloiii how much clvlllzntlon hu
been advanced by the etcambuut, tne
cotton-gin, tho sewing machine, the
reaping machlna, the typewriter, tha
oloctrlo light, tha telephone, tha phono
graph, ,
to you know, have you bad occasion
to learn, that there ia no honi(iiiv tnr
Invention nowadayaT Thera la no an-
(tnnnt has at ABtinaai'v. whlnh wnnlrl tin V
better, aa the place is too small for two couragement for you to set your wlta
livery earns." I" wu, 10 improve uia teipphone, or
me camera, or aome pleca of machinery.
A, r. V. . , 1 . '
The city authorities at Canby havajn. or. some mechanical proceea; you ara not
eltmiKlS5' invited 'to find a shorter and cheaper -'
?.i.fanca "of t'ha tWnV, "chief of V, thnsa" to L
stltuted
be
tViA .ilr..
Police Ut-nvr even made the editor of "f. ,n"nt better things to take their-
the Irrlaator clauu. uu in front of his i"9''o. mora is too -much "monev in-
ofiice, wlieieuiin the Irrigator man I vested In old machinery!; too much'
goes uerore his constituency on the piat- money has been been spent advertising
form that that Is carry ng mattera al-Uh m ...na. i. r,-L..
tOKiither too far I . I io iuuu
lugeiner 100 lar. . , . I thev ara. enst inn mnh ..i .t,.i-
With a total of only eight failures be'" "uperseded by aolnething better. .
in spelling out of 18 who took the wnerever there Is monopoly, not oaly
eighth arada examinations in Pallas lis there no incentive to lmnrova. hm. .
May 8 and 9. a remarkable record was imnrovement hnlnv mativ in ty,.t
made and one which. The Dallaa Obaerv- aCrgpB otdmachlnerv anoV deatr6va '
ani iovi r- iai r i imvdiI nil naavp riffln ' .
duplicated li thii atata This records iotiv. Ut.v0Ja.PIrU0 ,' thr " .
a iercentaga of S.6. IHwBJVv,..Jn5t,ve' Mnt. Improvement
, a a, "'! " inatinci or monopoly is against nov
Tha McMlnnville Telephone Register f"y. tha tendency of monopoly la to,
paya this tribute to a Yamhill county keep In use the tld' things, rnade in '
citizen who dcllgfits In good works: "The tha old way; Ita disposition Is to "stand
good a man may do with money ia well ardlse" everything
Illustrated In the case of Carlton's Taw . Rndariliatioik ma h' .it ..n
city hall, iohn Wcni.erberg contributed J"? 1 .v'!,,.!- , T7- 1
tha location and half the cost of . tha b"1 Ppose aver-ything had been
building as an Inducement for the fire standardized 10 years ago we should
company to get to work and raise tho atlil be writing by hand, by gaa light,
balance of the cash. Of course they did we should, be without tha inestimable
(sometimes, I ad-
a protest against tha existing status.
It is a protest that can easily be
i transformed from a minority into a
I majority. V In another election tha
situation could easily change,
S At the Bama time, the returns on
J the revocation are evidence of the
I ebnservaiism of the ' public The
j people are not going to wrong any
f body. They are long suffering and
J slow. to anger. They. will tear up
no railroad tracks and repudiate no
agreements uuuer average conat-
tions . - - '
I , But on their part, the railroads
Jmust be Intelligent They cannot
1 maintain a claim of perpetual fran-
f chlses. ;C They must not try to mon
i opolize streets. They must not per-
fist In such things as wait the specta
cle of the objections the Harrlman
people brought against the Spokane,
ft Portland & Seattle respecting the
Harrlman bridge. The contention
for instance that the Spokane, Port-
land & Seattle is not a railroad, and
offered In seriousness, is an absurd-
1 lty that annoys the public and
harms the railroads.
T The railroad people should read
and study tho election returns.
There ia no question as to what the
ultimate will be. The old order of
bottled '.up terminals and monopol
ized districts is doomed. Tho new
order will bo a fair fieJd and an
opon'fight with equai privileges for
all transportation lines. It will be
an order In which the public will
do no Injustice to the railroads, in
which the public will Euffer no In
-Justice to be done Heelf by. the railroads.
that any elector who fails to go to meii8aSe:
the polls three times In succession I" common with a large and growing
sbould be disfranchised. It is a fi,. i..m.;ni
lcglalntlon provided for in our state
constitution have becoma antiquated
and Inefficient. Our system la fash
ioned after the English parliament.
ro-tT'C!OTrKT I " i iiuuocu ran upon ing
ISCLSSION of tha patent laws distinction between tha nobility and tha
Washington women declare that
riding astride is entirely "au fait"
They have studied tha principle of
tha clothes-pin, and know that It Is
scientifically correct
Happy thoughtl In the "noiseless
age" the amateur cornetlst next door
may rupture his diaphragm without
disturbing his neighbors.
t. Home time ago Mr. Wennerberg gave aid of ti tinnhnn. t
the olty a fine well timbered park. The mIt lf , . nlIiHBnnll
value of such a man in the community " "JJ"fn?j
nnr,f . h n..lln..l.il . ... .. MIIUUUIW, WJMUUt Win
"MOTHER" JONES, AGITATOR 50 YEARS
step that may yet have to be taken.
THE PATENT LAWS
D
Letters From the People
(Commnnlcstloni wnt to Tba Journal fnr
publication In this department should be writ
ten un pnly one aide of tha paper, ahould not
exceed Soo word In leagtb and uuat ba ae
eompanlad by the name and addreaa of tne
aender. tt the writer does not detlre to Bart
tn oame publlabed. b should ao state.)
How to Exterminate Snails.
Portland, June 1. To the Editor of
of The Journal In readlna- th let
by President Wilson in World's common people, each house represent
Work and a decision of the Mn" diverse interests of these class
United States supreme court re f1.;""0 thJ! SL'"
. , . I vin I'-fliuinniB CJ en ill, oiiu III
coinciaenr. i no nrpsinAnr snva nna run4 i ; :
Of the reforms to be undertaken Is a "Vtem has been practically abandoned U Totlced "inquiry '.fhowT
revision of these laws. The supreme Ah u??7ulh?I?. 0iJi! rld This correspondent
court, after waiting a year for con- concern in divi. 7rT '1 elT 'h"r AhV t50Ubl"
system for legislating that will .vi ccrTai "VxtanL .vP- - -i?
w "IVI wj AkUll
rtTTINO TOST OF LIVING
WASHINGTON consumers, ln-
A eluding (jifford Pinchot, for
' y y tner chief forester, and P. Vr.
De Graw, former assistant
postmaster general, will attempt so
lution of the high cost of living
problem through the Pepper and Salt
company. This company, recently or
ganized., will attempt to eliminate
the middleman by direct delivery of
farm products to consumers. -;
. The plan is to serve J 0,000 fam-
i!les with: vegetables and othef farm
produHjpat-ias.EllShtly- above
t ost. Tho' customers wi 1 1 be Biipplleo!'
through 300 of the best housekeepers
In BIected localities, who will receive
their food supplies freo in addition
to nominal salaries.. Application has
been madd for space in the munici
pal market, where farm produce will
. be received and distributed. '
r The Pepper and fJaltxompany may
be a workable splutlog of,the cost of
Jiving problem.' Public markets lit
America have bWa flfy .racUonay
PUcxessful because the market basket
"T.ct on out of style. Too manv
gress to act, has reversed Itself and
thus In effect revised one feature of
the laws.
In March,-1912,the supreme court,
by a vote of four to three, decided
that a patentee had tha right to pre
scribe conditions under .which his
patented machine could be used. The
claim of the manufacturer of a pat
ent mimeograph that he could force
purchasers to use paper, Ink and
stencils manufactured by the pat
entee was sustained.
Chief Justice White, dissenting.
said:. j
Every men kimw tra.ls row wide
spread limitations on the use arid'Prtcei
or paiemea articles, i bought a razor
some tlmo ago, arid when I began to
use It I found I had infringed the pat
ent, according to this decision, by pay
ng tho prjee asked, which was lower
han that prescribed by tha patentee.
Who Is to predict how far this practice
is going to upreart with the sfrnctlon
now given it by this court that is.
unless sonifl P'giplatlve authority steps
in and atops it?
A patentee will row have tho right to
bring under the patent laws all con
tracts for coul or electricity used to
afford power to work the machine.
Take a patented cooking utensil. The
power ia now recognized to bind bv
contract one who buys the utensil to
se it in connection with no other food
supply but that sold by the patentee.
The Illustrations might be multiplied In
definitely. They are not Imaginary.
Tho court reversed itself last Mon
day, by a bare majority, five to four.
After vainly waiting a year for legis
lation, the court now holds that it
la not an infringement for a Wash
Ingron tlmg store to soli' a patented
medicine for less than $1, the price
fixed by the patentee. -
This decision Is In line with Presi
dent WllBon's criticism of the patent
laws reprinted on this page. Chief
Justico White says the patent laws
Bnouid not be subversive of public
policy. The- same doctrine Is ex
pounded by President Wilson, .who
proposes complete reform, of. the
patent lawB;
The patent has become a tool of
oppression. i-ne rights under 1
iiao vr.vu HllUBUU UUU1 11 JiaB DCCOme
a means of tyranny. It Is a splendid
faet that the president of the United
States should have begun agitation
for reform of the patent laws at the
moment when the supreme court of
the United States enunciates a new
and better doctrine on the subject
more efficiency and quicker response to
the demanda of our economic and so
cial condlttona and to the will of tha
people.
Governor Hodges would have his
single 'legislative body meet "in such
frequent and regular or adjourned
sessions as the exigencies of the pub
lic business may demand." Tha gov
ernor would be an ex-offlclo memfber
and presiding officer.
Governor Hodges states that he!
has been led to advocacy of hla
plan by his experience of eight years
as a member of the Kansas senate,
and by contemplation of the good ra
sttlta -achieved by cltlesmder tha
commission form of government
When a member of tha Arizona
constitutional convention, George P.
Hunt, now " governor, advocated a
single houso, believing that the pres-'
ent system 13 "unnecessarily cumber
some." Governor Hunt holds that
the dual house plan Is productive of
no good results that would not as
easily be achieved by a single legis
lative body.
Whether for better or for worse,
tha movement of the Oregon state !
grange for abolishment of the state
senate Is likely to command strong
support, a fact for which the late
senate In Its resistance to good legis
lation ia largely to blame. No In
dictment that anybody can bring
against the senate is as strong as
is the indictment of itself in the
list of "splendid bills the Oregon sen
ate of 1913 defeated.
Tho proposition to abolish the
senate was voted on in Oregon in
slve scale. There is a very simple and
tueap way oz eraaicatlng slugs and
snails that ought to be known to every
one who growa plants or flowers and
garden truck. It consists of alrslaked
lime applied after aundown, broadcast
over all the crops attacked by snails.
The dry duBty lime on falling on the
damp body of the slugs and snails Im
mediately kills them by contact alone,
while the growing plants ara rather
benefited by the lime. If plenty of
lithe ia used on a dry night after aun
down not one. snail will escnna death
However if the lime is applied before
the snails are out enjoying their meal
they will not come near the lime until
it Is moist. In which condition ir rw.
not affect them any mora. Two or three
Wrsls of lime on the acra will dispose
of these pests on short notice. When
airslacked lime la not handy fresh lime
is beat Blacked in the following manner,
when a barrel or more is used at a
time. Dig a trench somewhere in the
ground and then dump the fresh lime
in it and cover up with damp soil, but
uo not use water on it or tho lima will
burn
and be worthless. Two to three
days will render all the lima tit for use
on plants. The following day after the
application the lime can be washed off
ji aesirea, Dut wiil do no harm if left
on all the time. Hope that all those
who have snails to contend with will
convince themselves of tha effective
ness of lime when properly applied.
Tha cost need not be araat. aa a harrAi
of lime is $1.25, Increasing In volume
3 times when slacked.
J. O. BACHEH.
Nuggets In Jackson Comity.
Talent, Or., May 28. To the Editor of
The Journal Some people say they
don't think there is any gold in south
ern Oregon, but wa'can convince them
with tha nuggeta picked up here lately,
Ona on Goose creek weighed over six
ounces very pretty apeolmen. Another, I
picked up in the Savage mine waa worth
iiud. numerous smauer ones have bean
By Herbert Corey.
Homer repeated "Mother" Jonea, In
her deep, alow tones. "My noma is
where tha fighting la. X live with ray
people In their misery and their Joy."
The defect of the oratorical style Is
that it seems hlfaluting for ordinary
cOnveraatlon. And Mother Jonaa always
talks In rolling periods and thunder
ous marchea of aound. At first the other
fellow pulls. back, being under the lm
rression that it ha doesn't look out
something will ba put over on him. By
and by he come to the conclusion that
Mother Jonea can't help it Bhe has
been exhorting and preaching and talk
ing rebellion for almoat 60 years. In
that length of time one's style must take
a permanent form.
Further, it afforda a certain protec
tion. And "Mother" Jonea calls upon
it whenever she is asked to talk about
herself. She will talk of her work.
She will tell of tha militia demona and
the devils of the Baldwin guards, who
turned the miners out of their shacks
Ju tha cold valleys of West Virginia
laat winter. But when tha Inquirer
wants to know something of the real
Mother Jones, thla veteran of the labor
movement retreats behind an assumed
torgetfulnesa.
"Just say," aha remarks with a laugh,
"that enough lnjuncttona have been is
sued against me to make my shroud when
I die. And that while I've been fighting
for 'right' as against law' for almost 60
years, I've only-been in jail once In my
life. I can't remember what waa the
first strike In which' I took part I sup
pose that I have been in more strikes
than any other person in the country.
I was In the anti-Chinese agitation in
California In the late 60'a."
She Is 81 years old, this apple cheeked
woman with the soft white hair fluffed
over her templea and the soft white
frills at throat and waist She looks aa
though she'd make a splendid grand.
mother. Her voice ia low and deep,
with an enticing tang of Cork about it,
and aha has a way of holding one's hand
and softly patting it that aomehow
warms the heart In figure she la stout.
thickset, and sturdy. Iter eyes at first
are gray, frankly appraising and some
what hostile-. Later they ara soft and
blue and full of humor. She aeema such
a kindly, dignified, lovable old lady that
one gaspa when he hears her aay
placidly:
"I raised bell with them on Cabin
Creek damn them.
She did, too and it-waa "because of
Mother Jones' insistence that the
United Statea senate has Just adopted
the Kern resolution looking to an In
vestigation of tha state of civil war,
complicated with anarchy and blood
feuds, that raged through the valleys
of Paint and Cabin creeka for the past
year. But . tha writer was not inter
ested in what had happened in West
Virginia so much as he was in thfy
clear eyed, lively octogenarian. Bhe la
not merely tha most effective woman
agitator in the country, but aha la aa
effective aa any man. Her voice is al
waya listened to where the thousands
gather in the mining country for a big
strike. She la orator and general, and,
above all else, recruiting aatgeant The
men may stay doggedly at work in the
tipples while the walking delegates are
shouting, but when Mother Jones turns
that vitroiio. tongue upon them they
walk Out Time after time she has raged
before the. stunned mllltt&,shaklng her
f lets in their faces, heaping abuse on
them, swearing Ilka a fishwife. 'But
you're bound to like her when youj
anow ner. ene merely uses tne metnoa
without the au-
wlrelesa telaaraDhy.
Personally. I could have managed to
plod along without the aeroplane, and
I could have been happy even without
moving pictures. .
heart which made the Mary Jonea of hnvYntinn h7. hJ
60 years ago into a labor leader. And i"!10". ,h" .i"". . th-a
then one perceives that even after the TJ"'," ' JV ;,
opp.xhr.oVoewnto7?h:Va.vold' r" tSsaf wr:
elder friends, "tho husband aha loved d"".rru.lA lm bfi' !?,; "S1. lI !n
and tha four children she adored died B, T'
of scarlet fever. She had been married ' nJ ""T?
but six years. From that moment she iench'," VlX" il PPornltT
haa given to all humanity tha love that 'bh7
ahe had lavished upon her own." . T.P'Ji LI .ihJ"Tnt v
She was but 8 years old when her ?.en'uf' m'r,c t.hu', ?.r;e
father f.cd from Cork to avoid arrest '7 0"n. .An Iir" "V
as a revolutionist No doubt that made "LSJ",' h f e?!B! ho" d?7lc
tho election of 1912. But the, plan!f0un5' and all of these in a radiua of
was complicated with proportional
representation on the proxy system
of voting on bills and other revolu
tionary changes. Yet In spite of
the complexities, 81,020 persons
voted for the change and .71,183
against It -
If submitted without complex in
volvment, the Issue will have a pop
ular appeal, and the Oregon senate
will have a desperate Btruggle for
survival.
AN A NTI-SUFFRAGE ISSUE
fronr the convenient delivery
wspon. t'.t 't-' .-, '::
Tho WasliipgtQDtoiupany proposes
to Lltch up producer aud consumer
0:
XITRD STATES SENATOR JO-'HKPW-F.JQHNSTON
of Ala
bama proposes to rflafcff -his
eoming campaign for reelection
on the sole Issue of anti-woman suf
frage. . -
Tho presumption is that this wise
and worldly senator wants to go
hack to the senate. It is a fair as
sumption that h has selected what
he thlnks'hls strongest issue. It is a
safe guess that Renalor Johnston is
-eonvinroa thnt "en'Md ffe make his
campaign on any other issue he would
lose, lie hopes to win by asserting;
given the- ballot. , ,
Congressman Hqbjpjuwho.-sailk
tbe Merrimac, (s Senator Johnston's
opponent and Ilobson la an advocate
t - .---,- 1 - ,,
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The number of women who follow
the vice profession at New York is
estimated at 15,000, and the number
of vice patrons at 150,000 daily. A
woman Investigator applied to 122
five miles Of Talent, Jackson county,
uregon, 0 U tloUKIBBR.
Text of Sixteenth Amendment.
Shaw, Or., May 81. To the Editor of
The Journal Will you kindly publiah
in The Journal tha sixteenth amendment
to tbe constitution of the United States.
C. B. J.
The amendment folio waf "The con
gress shall have power to lay and col
lect taxes on incomes from, whatever
source derived, without apportionment
among ,tne several statea and without re
gard to any censua enumeration."!
, , . ,
"Financing-Farmers.
From the Omaha World-Herald, -It
Is said that many of the eastern
bankers aro taking a lively interest In
rural credits, aomethlng that they have
never paid any attention to before. That
aha baa found, most effective. You
can't whip a mule with a ryestraw.
"When did you first become Inters
ested in the causa of labor?"
"I think I waa always ' Interested,"
said Mother Jonea, reflectively.
Her answers to questions about her
own personality are always - vague.
They are intended to deflect curiosity.
But by and by the persistent inquirer
learns from others that tragedy of the
a deep impression upon her mind.
Somewhat later tha family settled In
Toronto, and there she obtained the
groundwork of her education. She
taught for a time 4n the publlo schools
and la remembered as possessed of a
keen Intelligence and remarkable debat
ing ability. Then she married George
Jones, a union irtin moulder. Bha went
through a strike with blm, and her
power aa a speaker held hla union to
gether. She is entitled to at leaat some
of the credit for creating the system of
woman a auxiliaries, which are now a
feature of many labor organizations.
Then her skies crashed down about her
and for a time her friends lost sight of
her. The first that waa definitely known
waa when aha appeared as an organiser
wherever miners' or moulders' union
was at war. Always ahe made one re
quest that in the Hunt of fuller knowl
edge seems tragically, pathetically sig
nificant. ,
"Call me 'Mother Jones," ahe told
the strike committees.
As to her history for tha past 60
years what Is the history of & soldier
in an active campaign t A( happier
woman would be gathering her grand
children at her knee.. She baa gone
from camp to camp, from, labor war to
labor war. The newspaper-files of 40
years carry the record of her activities'.
She is awakened from bed by armed
men who command her to dress for de
portation. She fights six guards who
try to force her over a state Una, She
leada mob after mob of fighting, curs
ing, maddened men. She defiea quaran
tine, and investigates labor conditions
In Europe and in tha child using mills
of tha south, and marches with Coxey's
army. Bhe out-marchea and out-maneuvers
troops at the head of her atone
throwing- strikers. She tramps 18 and
18 miles & night through the Virginia
trust is that he can't get capital to make
and market hla invention. If you want
money to build your plant and advertise
your product and employ your agents -and
make a market for It, where are
you going to get ltT The minute you
apply for money or credit, this propoal
tlon is put to you by tha banka: "This
invention will Interfere with the estab
lished processes and tha market con
trol of certain great industries." We .
are already financing those industries,
their securities ara in our hands; we
will consult them." 1
It may be, as a result of that con
sulatlon, you will be Informed that it
is too bad, but Jt will ba impossible
to "accommodate" you. . It may be you
will receive a suggestion that If you
rare to make certain arrangements with
the. trust you will be permitted., to
manufacture. It may be you will re
ceive an offer to buy your patent, the
offer being a poor consolation dole. It
may be that your invention, even lf
purchased, will never be beard, of ona In.
That last method of dealing witn nn
Invention, by tha way, Is a particularly
vicious misuse of the patent laws, which
ought not to allow property in an Idea
which is never Intended to be realized.
One of the reforms waiting to be rtn
dortaken is a revision of our patent
aa v tie
In any event, if the trust doesn't
want you to manufacture your inven
tion, you will not be allowed to, unless
you have money of your own and are
willing to risk It fighting the monopo
listic trust with Its vast resources. I
am generalizing the Statement, but I
could particularize it.'' I could tell you
instances whore exactly that thing hap
pened. By the combination of great ind- v
trles, manufactured products are 1 "t
only being standardised, but they,ni-i
mmna hoi-nr- th. T,rivnti r..M too often being kept at a single point
can forcibly abridge her right of free
speech. And now she is 81 years old.
and gray, and without a home.
For years Mother Jones has been the
dependable trouble maker of 'the United
Mine Workers. It has never been charged
against her that aha has attacked em
ployers who were fair and generous to
their men. in comment on tha others
she employs a fiery, bitter style of
speech that has both breadth and edga.
uioodnounag or the press," "vamplrea,"
fat toads of capital, "blood-suckers.'
and "murderers" run in a pleasing pat
tern through her oratorical Web.
She Invented tha strike march, in
Which women and children lead the
column of strikers against a resisting
tlppl. That formation not only baa a
aentimental value, - but even a mina
guard will hesitate to fire upon, the
weak and helpless. In West Virginia
ast year a press censorship kept the
ruth from .the world, until a guard
kicked a poor Italian woman in the aide
one night
"I never beard my baby call to me
again,"-she said to those who waked her
from her faint That did more to
arouse the world across the Kanawha
than lf 60 men had been bullet rlddlad
against a wall.
Mother Jones is going on to Washing
ton, and then back to West Virginia,
to keep on her fight for law and order
and. decency In the mining regions.
"Tha day is coming slowly," ahe said.
when even tbe poorest shall have full
proteotlon by law, And it ia coming
raly." ...
su
real at.atn ae-enclos to rant nrnnert ! Interest is dua largely to the depression
for Immoral nurnoses and waa Pft. 1 li th" bond. and stock market Investors
tor immoral purposes, ana was re- ,ftr, Bcarca( . not becaUM , ()
fused In but 17 instances. Gotham money to Invest but, on account of
49-welcome ta wiateverApromlnenco Josses which , have been aeoruing for
It may gain from thesa statlslcs.
Portland may sfi6wIEa western
independence but will never be truly
metropolitan -until its - pedestrians
keep to the right on a crowded thor
oughfare. Watching their free and
easy rambles, a New Yorker would
sniff and call them bucolic.
Mtt requires 12,600 tons of Colorado
ore to ..produce 12 drams of radium,
weighing less than a silver : half
dollar. Tho nerviest of wildcat pro-
frToters couldn't work "' up much1' en-
thuslasru over a radlunijninevL-
Indiana is the nation's pulse, ac
cording to Vice-President Marshall,
more than a. year in their investments
in bonds and stocks. Farm credits are
-thf "safest thing; In the world of In
vestment, and as the price of land con
stantly increases the safety increases.
Farm credits must be handled In an en
tirely different way from ordinary ored
ita in commercial affairs. This Interest
of the eastern bankers should be dupli
cated by those In the west If farms
can be financed at n living rate for the
farmer, production would ba enormously
increased and that would .make -more
buoincsB for the (jankers In the, ordi
nary lines 'of business.'
If the lands of this state could' be
brought to full production, the business
dustry of the state, while every aort
of financial assistance has been given
to men in other Unas of business.
Numerous farmers, if they could get
credit at reasonable figures, would lm
mansely enlarge their business. There
would be more milk and butter pro
duced, more cattle raised, more wheat
harvested, mora of every sort of, prod
uce put upon the "market A farmer
who has only capital enough to stock
up with one team, a cow and a few hogs,
cannot do much toward increasing the
products that go on the market, but
with mora capital furnished at reagfln-4
able rates, be would largely Increase his
outDiit - Tha'Tankee bankers are, awak-
ins- to this situation. Western bankers
would do well to take tha matter into
consideration.
moving o.f 1 the crops and the bualnoEa
aC-thactttee would be Increased in tha
same proportion. The farmer has been
left without financial assistance, and
with many in fe poverty striokea way
they have carried on the ona jgreat &
.Passing of the Spellbinder'.
From tha Denver Times.
As a mover f crowds, oratory ia as
obsolete as tha horsecar. Denver's com
mission election proved this again lf.
indeed, a recognized fact needs further
proof. 1
For yeari tfce decline of the silver
tongue has been swift and continuous,
until now the stump speaker and spell
binder are quite aa old fashioned as the
hoop aklrt and powdered wig. The peo
ple attend no more, either on speakings
as tames, ia raaah the .waters It, i
qecessary- for tha orator h.-men still
possess booming voices and expansive
vocabularies to pursue , them in the
street, to course them la autos, to steal
upon them unawares.
Even then da tha voters blandly tol-
lonncr
erate the haranguers, listen to them and
eya them much aa they would the itin
erant patent mediclna vender ; or the
smooth gentleman on the corner who
wraps a S3 bill around a caka of soap
and sella the whole for a dime., .
On tha ballot the othar day, placed
next each other, were two propositions,
tha second nullifying the first Ona was
wise and necessary; the other impru
dent' at this time. Both had oratorical
supporters who urged their passage, and
timid folk expected dire- confusion, if
nothing worse. Tetlha voterarheedless h
qrSt speecnes, voted up the wise meas
ura and ' voted down tha 111 advised
scnems by practically the same totals,
reversed jas between. "for" and' "against"
The same Independence of thought And
action was observed throughout tha en
tire ballo't Tha -American voter la no
longer led by flights of rhetorio or
swerved by dramatic eloauanea. Ha
realises that ways of learning ara open
to Mm as well as to tha orator. lie
studies his publlo problems coldly and
Impassively, cuts his sample ballot from
hla favorite newspaper, marks ft care
fully and methodically, goes 'to th noil.
and vote hla intentions regardlesa of
ward worker or local Demosthenes.
it is rougn on the erstwh la orator.
and vocal campaigners, but who will say
that conditions under discriminating,
educational voting are not better than
i?J.daT" of 8motlo"a'.- hyiteftUa
of development and efficiency. Tha
increase of the power to produce in pro
portion to the cost of production la not
studied in America as it used to
ba studied, because if you don't have to
improve your process in order' to exoel
a competitor, lf you are human you
aren't going to Improve your process:
and lf you -can prevent tha competitor
from coming Into the field, then you
can sit at your leisure, and, behind this
wall of protection which prevents thu
brains of any foreigner ""competing with
you, you can rest at' your easa for a
whole generation.
Can any one who reflects on merely
this attitude of the trusts toward inven
tion fall to understand how substantial,
how actual, how great will be the ef
fect of tha release of the gentua ot
our people to originate, imprtiva and
perfect tha-lntsruments and circum
stances of, our Uvea? Who can say
what patents now lying, unrealized, in
secret drawers and pigeonholes, will
coma to light, or what new inventions
will astonish and bless us, when free
dom is restored?
Are you not eager for the time when
the genius and initiative "of all the ..
people shall be called Into the service
of business? When newcomers with
new Ideas, new entries with hew enthusi
asms. Independent men, shall be wel
comed. When your eons shall ba able
to look forward to becoming, not em
ployes, but heads Of some small. It may
be but hopeful, business, where their ...
best energies ahall ba Inspired by .the
knowledge that they are their own mas
ters, with the paths- of tha world open
before them? "
Have) you no deslra to aee tha mar
kets opened to all. To aee credit avail
ohu in dua nroportion to every man of
character? To see business disentangled
from its unholy alliance with polltloat .
To sea raw material released from the
control of monopolists, and transporta
tion faculties equalized for all, and
every avenue of commercial and lndus-
trial activity levelled for tho -feet of
all who would tread It? Surely,, you .
must feel the inspiration of such a new
dawn of history I
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- Pointed Paragraphs j
Busy hands can find their own mis
chief to do.
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Most of the entries in the Iranian
race are" also-rans. '
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The honesty of one tnaa U aftaa
good policjr for others.
a
. The under dog wants no sympathy;
what he wants is assistance, -
Sometlmea a man Is So shiftless thai
he Un't even a successful liar.
J! - - ' ' -' " ": ''
His satanld majesty offers women
diamond tiaras IiiKtead of halos. -
4-
What Changed Him." I '
-, From Judge. . ! - '
Crawford Do you like home cooking?
Crabshaw 4, did befor I got married,
The man wh,o doesn't ; ret ell thaf'a
coming tov hljn is generally, lucky.
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Ik accord with the eternal fitness o
things, a man with narrow shoulders
ought to wear a broadcloth coat