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i.utcitfl ai tha i.ialirrii at Pt,rt lallll.
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M i t riio.Ka II tin IIJJli Homo, A-l.
Ail 4riariturnti rrh. hr lhM semhais.
I' ll th owrninp what rt,-oart -nt timi want.
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Labor with' what aenl we will,
Homethlng still remains imddne,
Something uncompleted still
Walts tha rlalng if the nun.
Iongfellow.
AllSoitUIXa , CITY BONDS
S-
BATTLE banks have come to
the rescue of Seattle by taking
1975,000 -refunding -bonds -at
par, thus making unnecessary a
sale at 98, the price offered by one,
and only one,- bond house. The re-
funding bonds pay 6 per cent inter
, est, an advance of one half, of one
. ! per cent over the bonds they retire.
The Seattle banks have negotiated a
t good bargain wane performing
civic duty, the duty of maintaining
, Ibe Integrity of Seattle's credit.'
i While the .lesson taught by. Seat
tle's sale does not cover the entire
i problem of bond sales, It goes to the
; Question of local capital permitting
Its own city to be, made the prey of
" a , a . S
general rinanciai cona.uonsnavmK
iilngness to discharge all Its obliga
lions promptly and In full.- Local
capital Is Inseparably tied to Its own
locality. If It seeks Investment else-
l where. It is not local capital as
practical proposition. A city's credit
cannot be Impaired without injuring
; local capital i - ,
.There Is a distinction between Se
', attle's refunding bonds and Port-
land's' water bonds that sold last
week at $8. The Seattle Issue pays
6 per cent, while the Portland Issue
'pays 4 per cent.; The Seattle issue
' will net 5 per cent, while the Port
1 fand Issue will net sllghtliy over 4
J per cent, Indicating that Portland's
credit is superior to Seattle's. But
lio In. unalilo to pay tho rlct, 1. It H law llmltln;; pruflis of any lm; I-j nilht Invito (..oncl Wat I ci t.'-a
advlH.iblo to marry JuKt now? If m-is to a rciluin pi . . . ii.ru. o of.tlm ,v fciao juito dlniwr.
to
ho rcfiiHca to submit to the examina
tion, is it wife to imirry 1.1m?
The Oregon law wua enacted In
the Interest of brides. -If they de
cline its protection, they should re
member that tho Mate did what it
could to make brides happy.
Itlj HOSPIT.U1LN
P
net u a Inveiitnicnt,. It need not bo
denied that sueli n law, If fiiforee
nblo, might bo a good thing. A law
.requiring tho nun to shine on rainy
days, if enforceable, would bo wel
come. Hut If a law limiting proflti
Is desirable, how about a law guar
anteeing legitimate profits?
Wages, profits, hours of labor
and conditions of employment are
OUTLANl) is host and hostess j ,iroper gubjects of investigation, but
the Investigation should bo -made
by men competent to Investigate.
ConcIiiBlons are not available upon
mere suggestion. Khgland and Aus
tralia have made exhaustive studies
of the wage question, and minimum
wage laws have beon framed along
Industrial .And not sex lines. The in
vestigations were thorough, not hys
terical. They were made by men
equipped for the work, by men not
surrounded by press agents.
It is unfortunate that the Illi
nois com mission has 'forced Itself
into the limelight. The value of
some future investigation should not
Andy Carneglo need not have
denied nt London tho utoiy of Miss
Kcott Troy that ho was trying to an
nex the United Platen to tho British
empire. Although lie has been a
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS" IN BRIEF
bMALL U.NU1.
Kvn jili'lilnjf Ptrowlirrrlpa
not I'tny.
la . work
J the fact remains that Seattle bankers
j stepped in and saved to the city an
Interest bonus of one tenth of one
per cent, and 'a principal bonus of
. 2 per cent,, demanded by the bond
J house. It may appear to be a small
.matter, but civic, patriotism, even
J when stirred by sound business Judg-
ment, is not a small matter.
j There probably would have been
no occasion for Seattle to pay 5 per
cent on long time bonds or for
1 Portland to sacrifice one eighth the
; face value of her water bonds had
the people been given an opportunity
to buy in. amounts they could han-
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tie up a city to long-time bonds pay
ing high interest rates without giv-
ing the city's people an opportunity
t lo Invest In their own bonds at rea
6oiable rates. It is rob;bery of the
J future to sell bonds at a discount
without giving the people the oppor-
tunity to bty. American elties are
coming to realize that they have
been, guilty of watering their Block
! in the identical manner that rall
I roads have watered their stock.
1! The fact is, the bond market
, generally is glutted at the present
J lime. Prices have no'relatlon to fn
jtrlnslc worth. The general market
has reached the point of saturation,
a and prices in the usual markets
i have fallen. Railroad, Industrial
.and government bonds have suf-
fered. v; City bonds have gone down
in price for the same reason. The
general market is unable to absorb
the flotations, and word comes from
London hat banking underwriters
. 1 have agreed to discourage further
J bond Issues until the present sur
J plus is absorbed and the congestion
in the investment market is relieved.
Sound financing demands that
.. -Ill t 1 . L . 1 . I I
; i;iuf m ifuuiii irum waienng ineir
stock. Sound financing is imperative
In prohibiting issuance of long-time
bonds at higher interest rates than
Tan open market demands. Cities
. may not have the opportunity to
tide themselves over periods of
j stringency by the issuance of short
j time - notes" at high Interest rates, a
j device employed by railroads. Rut
M-itles i can and should offer their
bonds in an open market. Cities
should quit going to one market
elm r1 tr horo n Ul If a nirsm eMi tm r
lent, "
If anybody is to profit from a
i city's necessities, the city's own peo
l pie 'should, have the opportunity.
J Under the present method of sale,
bond houses make their purchases
with the expectation of collecting a
-rich bonus from the people them-
present or . to rob- th& future;
this week, and should have
t h e manners of hospitality.
Guests are coming let them
go away friends. A friend will come
ag-aln; he will make other friends.
The guest may try to forget.
Rose Carnival week should be an
Investment Hi hospltal'ty, on Invest
ment that always pays regular divi
dends. The bother" and work and
worry were, not assumed for self
rtijoyment alone. Portland wants
to' enjoy ' herself, but more than
that, she wants Portland' friends
to enjoy themselves. There is no
hotter time' for Impressing a person!
than when ho Is contentedly happy, (jjacountej.
wnen. ne reels welcome, wuen nis is
the larger share of choice dainty.
-Hospitality does not nd with dec
orations, parades and excitement.
It, has a more friendly aspect.' Lit
tle personal attentions count for
more than elaborate entertainments.
Portland should not neglect these
little things they are the essence
pt hospitality. ,. ;; . ;
Make the s t r anger welcome.
Throw aside formality and. when you
meet him on the street, act the part
of host or hostess.. The reputation
of Portland roses will be main
tained; the reputation of Portland
people will not suffer. It is to be
a glad week of fun and frolic, but
the serious duty of hospitality must
not be forgotten.
Portland has never forgotten, and
will not forget. .
Juck Jnhnunn mIiomM Via hunnv In
busy llttlo annexer, there's a limit, I ttni of kicking; lie -t ff cimy.
oven, to Andy's acquisitive powers.
..... Mrs... Lillian. Stuart, lflcturer on
dress and hygiene, has declared at
St. Louis that men are more shape
ly and graceful thau women. Bet
there would be a domestic Insurrec
tion If her husband dared to say bo,
Aftor July 1 tho yea of tha country
w,u u u vii i onium- more . man aver.
th ronnoniiua of
tindfa of yetiter
Wonder what Is
opinion of the Jun
ynutt
Tdkcn all around, thn ("ropa In the
raclfio northwoMt ar alwaja good, and
kuiiici mien uonur.
Tcopla of Portland don't bellev In
vouns mora Uoiuln when thy ran only
w sum n or u crnia uimuouiii,
Tim Columbia and Wlllamatta rlvera
fife IlkA th Cimt lit llvlllir rlalnir' iuit
i, & . . . , . l.. in . ... - .
iiani. luca. ; jvibkb cm . an wear miiuko mat, win aoon go uown again.
rrl whllA nrf hlim anil lif nvorv I ;
. . . . 1 1 1 ,i iuuiij p.. iiiivuaii iiiw
Panama canal on 24 hours' notice.
Jiipun lina put off UobaouUlng ua too
Professor Walter Sargent of, Chi
cago advocates a law requiring a na
tional costume for women. Brll-
day be Fourth of July.
DISCIPLINING LANK
rr-l. . i.i.Li. -A I long,
4 I1U6W IllSUUtlU BUU 4IHJUl"UeU '
Americans in Mexico snould reflect jnougn tne election Monday was
that tbey i!eea never have crossed ffiWM
the border;. A . restless, and ad- able fact to contoinpiHt, ;
. I ml. . a' ' 'i
veniurous epini muni expeci inuu- Of courao n Portland.r will thlnir of
Intlnn. I hitflnnlnir h im ir.nal on .li.wli.p. n
1. . i ' 1 ,' wtt k, but tliouaanda . living elaewhero
7 ; T ' - 'IwlU vaoatlon then in Portland.
IlVlhrant snores. lean-from norch 1 - - - -- .
AIDING NATCHALIZATION
P
ACIFIC coast states are directly
i p t e r e g t e d In Congressman
Murdock's suggestion for the
appointment of a commission
to investigate practical operation of
the naturalization laws. The west is
already attempting to absorb a large
body - of foreign immigrants, and
with opening of the Panama canal,
making European immigration to
Pacific ports almost as convenient
as it now is to Atlantic ports, the
proportion of aliens will be greatly
Increased. These people should be
Americanized in the shortest pos
sible time. When citizenship Is con
ferred upon them, they should be
Intelligent and loyal citizens. '
The statement is made that there
are now 4,000,000 adult male resi
dents of the,- United States rho,
though eligible under the, laws, have
not taken out citizenship papers.
The benefits of citizenship have not
appealed to those people, but there
may come a sudden change of atti
tude, involving, the potentiality of
such ,a; large vote, should it ever
come 'under a concentrating Influ
ence, adverse to good government.
Of late years the government has
been paying more attention to the
naturalization process, but the chief
defect of the present system Is lack
of any means by which the alien
can be prepared for citizenship. The
alien is still left to his own devices.
If he has initiative and opportunity
he' may succeed within the required
time in sufficiently informing him
self on American institutions to pass
some sort of examination. But the
courts find they must often make
examinations so rudimentary that
they are of little vaj.ije In determin
ing 4 man's fitness for citizenship.
Examinations are too formal; they
are Confined too closely ta educa
tional limits.
Naturalization should not be made
a difficult process, but It should be
a thorough prdcess. The five years'
residence requirement. Is arbitrary.
it may serve a good purpose in some
casesJiUt it serves na purpose in
mosj cases. Educational require
ments may be all right, in a way,
but how , can they appeal to the
alien Who is -left entirely to his de-;
vices to meet them? . It is difficult
1IE senate Indian committee,
rather than meet Senator
Lane'a charges of gross mis
appropriation of Indian X'
ponditirres, decided Saturday to dlsi
clpllne the Oregon senator by cut
ting sout an appropriation for the
Modoc Point irrigation project. , The
Indian bill wlU be reported to. the
senate tomorrow, and there Senator
Lane will continue his fight for
plain statement as to how the money
is to be expended.
The fight is in a good cause. If
the Indian commissioner is unable
to explain Items in the bill, a thor
ough-going probe Into his depart
ment is imperative. It has been
impossible to discover in the Indian
Bureau how some of the 19,000,000
or $10,000,000 appropriation "Is to
be Bpent. Senator Lane says that
appropriations are accompanied by
rights of absolute control over mil
lions of dollars worth of property,
no accounting for the management
of which appears anywhere.
Senator Lane was right in refus
ing to be placated by a promise to
have the next Indian bill framed on
business principles. Should he aban
don the fight now, to resume It
later, he would discount much of
his usefulness. It Is high time for
the Indian department to be forced
Into making an accounting, not only
with .the Indians, but also with the
entire people. Refusal to account
for public money implies the strong
probability that an accounting will
get somebody Into serious trouble, j
Meanwhile the Modoc project j
stands . in Hatle danger.. Senator I
Lane is not a member of the Indian
committee, lie could l)e muzzled by
that committee, but he cannot " be
muzzled in the senate.
frank admls-
to porch," say. the . . rwiadelphia nit'.L VJl
North American. Knew the old curponter nooJoed .;., though ciyda ran
Quaker town to be somnolent, but well. aa dia 0M ih B JUtlker
If that man Darling la bo aet on
going ' I'lotlik'bS' and cooked-foodlex,
why can't tie stay down In the Mouth
fcea Islands, whern he properly belonga.
The counoll'wlll have a banquet at
Its laat aeimlon, which will be appro-
didn't expect such a
slon.
;..
that
It waa currently rumored
Adolphus Busch would give a mil
linn rinllnra n wnddlner nreeent I Di late, accordinc to m Bible text
to his granddaughter, but he handed cw:2ttbiMy" '.' "y "
her $20,000 and kept the change! . . ;,;.. .
Antrim ja ainv m innaii iui i,iiin.i intf jet
Irnni'llpr at Knlrlri nnn T. H MrMnhnn.
' Anyhow, one may easily Change He did defeat the Crater Lake road ap-
thoRA frnRklah cold nlprpi If h Proprlatlon In tha courts, but it remain
inose ireanisn goto, pieces, jr - ne l0 Mtipn whethBr can iuecee(1 a,
doesn't like the looks of a dropsical well In the Columbia Southern reclama-
earla In fiiffv flnfflo ntlnmoi. flt. l"n caae,
ting 'em Is harder. '
CKLGON hiniiLlGIIXa
Work on Albmiy'a J2.nnn imblln ll
nrnry ImlNting la now In Mm Initial Much
Completion umly nxt fall la cacted.
PoRtmttetfr noltzriiatfln of Itoaoburg
will aoon bo drawing $2500 a year, an
advance of $100, in accordance with
growing buMlncNM. .,
...
Bnlem Statesman: In aeven yenre
Salom liax Dullt up a IiIkIi achool with
an attendance of over 6U0; end It la
now one of the vry beat high aohoola
In the United tat; and that la aay
jig a good deal, for thin la distinctly
tha country of hlgh achoola.
Ponatlng for Eugene's roaa ahow the
auarl eaya no city can boaet of more
beuutlful roni-8 than Kugnne, and the
spirit that-backs the annual 'ahow la
(lie kind that niakpa rltUa nut nt vll.
joKea. Whorefora the Guard exclalma,
4i iiunur iu mo roi"o spirit!
..... , . m ......
A Dcrcentaae Of Ittandanr. of SK n.r
cent out of a total enrollment of 613
pupils, 79 of whom were nulther absent
nor mruy uunng their attendance. 21
anenuing every aay or the yeur with
out being tardy, are some of tha rAcnrdi
that are the proud boast of the Cottage
uiur aiciiuuia tor inn paai scnooi year,
A email ranch In Whaler eountv that
waia uiibhii lur aaia II I1UUU leaa man
year a so has hint anid for lisnn. and
vpar li(np tlia t'n.iiii in! ipnnl nr..! 1 14 a
Will Drobab'tv brim 12000 or mora. Tha
journal aays mere are still many more
good ranches, big and little, for Bale at
prlcea that outsiders would consider
riaicuiouHiy low.
An . amusement famine ta awaentnc
over niayion, or wnirtj tne wan says:
"Now that the billiard halls have been
closed on Sunday.' the men are talking
or rorming a, 'Horseshoe club." Beem
Ilka they just must do something. Moat
of us are too laiv to hoa tha srarden.
and don't cam to attend church, so there
you are. 4-ei -er nucxr ;
.... a
A unique fly swatilnr record la held
by tL woman of The Dalles, who reports
to the Chronicle that she killed 4000
files during the month of May. Hers
was a novel method of attack. Instead
of waiting for the flies to come Into
tne-nouse ana went outside and cot 'em.
She clldn t find mora, than two dozen
flies in her noma during May.
IN THE WAKE
OF DAYTON'S FLOOD
Now and then the humble pedes
trian has his innings when he is
able to view with unmixed delight
the fragments of a busted motor
cycle. : . " "
COMMENT, ON CONGRESS
San Francisco women are investl-
Mark Sullivan in Collier's Weekly.
Of all the men In the United States
senate, the one Who comes as near as
any other tq deserving to be called a
statesman Is John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi. There are many senators
whose names are mors frequently In the
gating its police courts,, However papers, many who are more conaplcuoua
much emancipated, they will likely Ion the floor of the senate, and many
need their smelling salts. , who hava a greater capacity and devo
tion to the drudgery of leglalatlve le-
Paterson. New Jersey, has let sev- tali, but none who so Invariably com-
eral days go by without sending out b'n? learning and original thought , in
. 1 . i t v their contributions to tha debates. Any
aujf uuuuie news. reiuays even
the clocks . have struck.
Record Is conaclous when he cornea to
an utterance by Senator Williams that
Objection entered against any ref- th yp eema .t0 l1!9
wicuvd w vu ucoui.. " ways based on the fundamental pnuoso-
wnen it gets iuii ana crawis into phy of government in & long expen-
the basements. tnce of reading the congresaionoi
Kecora tne present writer naa never
A good many men get yanked off liam. aDDeared merely as a partisan. He
the water wagon by dangling their never states merely his own case: he
feet around the wheels.
PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY
N'
EW YORK now has ten addl
tlonal pasteurized milk sta
tions, the gift of Nathan
Straus as part of his cam
paign to protect the lives of babies
during the hot summer months.
This is practical philanthropy, , for
the difficulty of securing, pure milk
in cities adds to the death rate
among infants.
Milk will' be served by the glass
or in nursing bottles at a minimum
rprlce. The milk served in glasses
will be properly pasteurized, and
that supplied In nursing bottles will
be modified for infants according
to ages and also pasteurized.
It Is Inspiring to see a man of
Mr. Straus' business capacity apply
common sense methods to caring for
the helpless. Mr. Straus, the man,
may be Judged by the fact that he
declined a nomination as mayor of
New York and later accepted ap
pointment as president of the board
of health. .. .
The nomination for mayor came
four years after he had established,
at his own expense, a system of
distribution of sterilized milk to the
poor. That system has saved thou-
enough for an alien to become ac- i sands of Infants' lives. .
qualnted with his day's work. His system of distribution of coaj
Along with a better process fori to, the. poor in winter months has
Americanizing the alien should come ! been eminently successful, and in
a practical plan for. demonstrating ! the panic winter, of 1893-4 his lodg-
Letters From the People
always states the other side just aa
fairly; be never takes a dlalect'o ad
vantage. - He has the air of putt In
everything from every side on the table,
and then sifting about to find the com
bination with Its truth. Frequently he
(Communications tent to The Journ.l for speaks with deep conviction, but in his
publication la this department should be writ- utterances there Is always that which
ten on only one side of the paper, should not indicates study of all points of view and
exceed 300 words In length and must be se- for a tiolnt of view
eompinled by the name and address of tht tolerance even ior a Pni " view
sender. If the writer doe not desire to bir. which he strongly disapprovea. Senator
toe name published., he should so state.) Williams, for example, Knows mat iree
miznr means the doom of the sugar
The Confession of "A. If." raising industry In his own state and jn
Portland, June 7. To the Editor of the sugar state generally:
rrrm! Journal. Allow me to say a few "I am perfectly wining to aamu xnai
oArH a "A w fh. m who mrl free sugar wm aismanue every, sugar
such a noble confession In the Journal
of June 2. This World is in some need
of men like "A. H.;" who have awak
ened, who have been through the fire
of remorse and come out purified. ,The
world needs him to help educate other
men. I think educate Is the term to
apply, fdr it must be Ignorance that
lmpells men to forget everything. In
their desire to satisfy the. baser nature.
How many wives are white slaves,
their conditions looked upon as respec
table because of marriage? It Is not
marriage In the true sense; it is little
more than legalized prostitution, In any
number of cases. Indeed it Is. -
No wonder our divorce courts are
full, for it takes an iron will to live
onday by day feeling that one Is a
slave to some man's baser self, know-
house In the state of Louisiana. I know
it as well as I know my name la John
Williams."
Mr. Williams sees there la tragedy in
doing this, but he knows where the
original blame for the tragedy belongs
"It la pathetlo to me to think that
these people have been invited to come
In and walk In deep water on sulta ana
that when they are now asked' to walk
Without stilts they must be drowned
Senator Williams Is sorry for this and
Would have prevented it if he could by
a reasonable duty. Nevertheless he sees
the problem not as a present injustice
slone; be sees the case as a whole, and
harks back to the underlying" economic
evil:
"After all. the sugar duty Is a special
privilege, - because no man has a God
given or a natural right to make money
ing If you assert our right as mistress nllt , nrl mdustrv of any sort except
of our own body he will fulfill the oft wnere he can stand upon his two legs
made threat to "go elsewhere." . without leelslative help." i
How few wives would dare confess to senator Williams sees the unpleasant
their husbands the fact that selfishness effects of tariff revision downward, not
was killing love for them, for do fhey ... nrlmarv harm, but as a necessary
not know that should they loBe their self- lnc)dent ef tne surgery that is neces-
control and tell what la in their hearts fcary t0 cure a long-standing and deep-
meir iiusoanus wouia sauniice every, i seated economic error.
tiling tney snouia noia sacrea, to satis
fy their baser natures; The othar ny person whose moral sense has
woman' is a damnable reality, and she average acuteness will have no dlffi
ADVICE TO BKIDES
EPORT from the county clerk's
office says that Portland brides
are going" to Vancouver, to be
. married because ,'of. Oregon's
new law requiring bridegrooms to
Secure a physician's certlf lcatibd of
freedom from Specified diseases. As
ta general 'proposition, It is the
height of folly to attempt advice to
bride. . If she were given to taking
pdvice many married men would, not
be married. But the call .isurgent
i Miss. June Bride, a physician's
'itrUHcate will cost vour bridegroom
,$;'.ii). If he k unwilling to pay
'that sum for a dean bill of health,
ji ii worth while tj marxliim?-: IX
the advantages of citizenship. Be
fore blaming the 4,000.000aliens
for not becoming naturalized, It
would be well for the average intel
ligent citizen to ask himself what
advantages,, other than suffrage, his
citizenship confers,
HYSTERIA A HARM
E'
ing houses for the homeless saved
many'f rom perishing.
Public attention cannot be called
too often to men like Nathan Straus.
GOOD ROADS YEAR BOOK
T
Is just around the corner, waiting, and
this class of men put her there.
So our Hps are sealed and It remains
for men like "A. H." to help men up to
this purer, nobler life that God meant
for everyone, and which, if lived by
all, would make a heaven of earth.
The great heartbreaking pity of it
Is that most men do not awake until
the women they have wronged are dead
or living a life wherein Is no . longer
the love and trust that -should fill Ufa
with happiness, but which haa been be
trayed and become a mockery, M, B.
culty In recognizing which man came
out best in this colloquy:
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana .
Is it or is it not a fact that when
our campaign speaker were sent to the
western states they were told not to dis
cuss the question of free sugar; -and is
it not a fact that if they had discussed
free sugar and intimated that we were
going to have free sugar we would never
have carried those western states? .
Senator James of Kentucky No, sir;
I deny that the Democratlo party is
guilty of such duplicity as the senator
suggests. If I believe It was, i would
withdraw my allegiance from it and
HE official Good Roads Year
Book, issued by the American
Highway Association, is a pub
lication that should materially
aid In promoting better methods and
greater uniformity in road building.
It is the second year book Issued by
,the association, and in it is collect
ed Information from 111 states, to
tho end that road making may be
harmonized throughout the states
VENTS are bringing the con
viction that the Illinois sena
torial vice commission's inves
tigation of, conditions affect
ing men and women workers will
unearth little of dependable value.
The commission started out . on the
theory that low watres are resnon-
provea mgnways qibqiobo tne laci
that to-tnrTmjTjOSltlbh " thai "wages
of men should be regulated by law,
and now announces that profits of
legitimate industry should be limited
by law.
The commifsslon may be satisfied
with its own work, but the chance
are that thinking people will place
little credence in its final report.
The commission has undertaken too
big a Job for it; its investigations
bave been pursued toe much in the
glare of publicity; members of the
commission have shown too keen in
terest in what Is being said about
them. There has been too much
hysteria. . ' .
, At, Saturday'. houWaa--iMtenawt-fd'
Governor 0'Hara,( after a" mere sug
gestion by a" witness, Jumped to the
conclusion that what" is needed is
that while Oregon 'is weU up to the
general average, this state is lagging
behind Washington and California.
Oregon's percentage of iniproved
highways tb total mileage Is 6.45
per cent as compared with 31.7 per
cent for Washington and 17.8 per
cent for California. But Oregon is
far ahead of Pennsylvania's per
centage of 2.97 per cent and equal
with Illinois' 9.47 per. cent.
The Year" Book is to be published
annually. It should help in reducing
road building to an exact science.
With the Japanese war -bogey re
jeed"t8" 8' manikin ami "t tic tariff
sounding like a thrice-told tale,
somebody ought to start something
at : Washington. Secretary Bryan
Stay-at-IIomcs Denounced.
Portland, Or.. June 9. To the Editor take my seat upon the. other side of the
of The Journal Allow me to most chamber. I spoke -in the west, and
strongly indorse your editorials regard- everywhere I went " I" advocated free
Ing punishment for those who do not sugar, and I got more applause for free
vote at elections. This kind of people, sugar than for any other scneauie wnicu
drones, have been living too long among
I said w would revise for tht relief of
tha American people.
, In a-very clever bit of senatorial
sword play. Senator Gilbert M. Hitch.
cock of Nebraska forced Senator Wil
liam Alden Smith of Michigan to put
into words tha extreme' standpat posi
tion:
Senator Hitchcock I should like to
aek the aenator whether it la not
fact that we now export about ten times
aa much furniture aa w Import?
Senator Smith of Michigan Oh Mr.
rresiaent
Senator Hitchcock Will the enator
kindly answer the question?
Senator Smith of Michigan I say
that the genius of our furniture work
era haa crowded the. foreign manufac
turer very severely and our products
do enter into -competition in almost
every country in the world.
senator Hitchcock Then I should
like to ask the senator If we axe selling,
say, six or seven million dollara worth
of furniture made In America in other
countriee in competition with thoje
otner countries, why it is necessary so
maintain the present high tariff of S5
per centT .
Senator Smith waa finally -ornrfl
into sayslng' l am not pleading for
any amy on furniture At all."
H then had recourse to the artru
ment that under the new tariff there
wm db icsa aemana ror furniture In the
United States: ' ,
"Because in other lines labor will K
cut down; because labor will be out of
employment; Decause laborers will bo
turned from workinrmen into. .in(.
era nd furnitura will be the last thing
IllAV Will hllv
J " '
v This is a frank statemenfof tha Chi.
nese wall theory of protection. Sena
tor Smithwouldn't have any use for a
tariff commission. Just put evervthlnc
at lOOOfper cent, and let us all start ofl
in an experiment of what Congressman
Kent caiia "boot strap aviation." Sen
ator Smith ended the passage at arms
with (his argument:
"They (meaning the consumer) will
use the old bed and the old chair and
the old table In preference to new ones
until they get a surplus of money." .
Without admitting Senator Smith's
logic at all, It may be said in passing
that it would be very wholesome if
every person in tha United States would
resolve to get along for a while with
the old chair, and the old table until
we recover from a decade of wanton ex
travagance, individual and national.
This is not tho popular thing to say;
but truth and unpopularity are old ac
quaintances. . .. . 1-
The attitude of the members of the
Progressive party in tha house and. sen
ate, and, to a certain extent, also of
those men who do not call themselves
Progressives, but are progressive Re
publicans, is this: If the tariff pill can
be passed without their votes, they will
vote against it, as ' an indications of
their belief that the bill could have
been framed better than it is, and that
all tariff revision should ba dona
through a nonpartisan tariff commis
sion. But if there should be in the
senate so many Democratic traitors
that the bill i threatened, enough Pro
gressive, or .progressive Republican,
votes will be furnished to pass It.
I'rom the bcwlnton Tribune,
Some two month ugo the fine little
city of Dayton, uhlo, whs will iiigli
wiped off the roup. At tlmt time the ,
news of destruction, of death and mis
fry occupltHl first place In the cya of
tha world, but by a strange lack of bal
nnce n the organization of the new
buulneas, nothing has since been hfanl
of what is occurring there as a smiuel
to so great a tragedy, Tho'.biiBelial)
season Intervened at about that tlmu
end it Is conceived that the nation must
be regaled dally with columna of specif l.
catjons concerning tho exploits of em
ployes of tha diamond rather than with
the substantial achlevemnts of man
kind along tho enduring lines of clvlo
and constructive development, t
Dayton, it appears,' was confronted
witl two sinister problems coincident-'
ally physical devastation and political-
wrrunuun, tiis rirst was slinjiler than
th second, because more ealy recog
nlsed and more personal. Briefly, a
public fund of $2,000,000 wa immedi
ately raised, the subscription list corre
spondlng practically with tha directory
of th city and in which each gave ac
cording to Ma moans.' Wlllt this fund
engineering projects are in process ky
which, no similar flood can again over
whelm the city. Private work of res
toration and improvements ha pro-,
ceeded space and aoon Dayton will be a
far better, city than it hat ever been,
before. r -: rr-T'Ti. ., .. -
Ethical and political rejuvenation has
been more difficult and indeed Is yet to
prove itself, but a herold effort has
been mad to install a municipal ayatem
that gives promise of doing tha work
necessary to be dona on the tuna mart
of single-minded and effectual llnea aa
If done for private business. Dayton
haa auffered more from inefficient and j
corrupt government than ordinarily fall
to th lot even of American cities of its '
class where every man is too obsessed
in the work, of grafting for bis own
pocket to have time or Inclination tc
concern himself with matter of com.
mon welfare. Advsrsltv haa.
chatened and sobered men who have
been heedless. Excited to. this mood snd
with the Influences for evil cowed by
the calamity that surrounded ait. it .
determined to attempt a schem of re
construction mat would havt been futile
If the force of th plunderbund wer
not suffering a momentary loss of hard
lhood. Th exact plan of government
worked out la based upon that of Gal
veston, evolved at th tlm tf . tha.
epochal catastrophe there, but with im
portant oirrerencee. it Is first pro-,
posed that tha citisens Shall ailnt a
board of fir commissioners, reserving
to themselves th power of th initia
tive, referendum and recall. Thea com
missioner are to employ a -nrai
manager, dlsnenslnr with tho mnvnnuv
and ba need not be a resident but the
neat man to bo found anywhere, fnr tha
Job. He la to be reaponalble only to
th commissioners and th commission
er to the citisens. and win ha
cluslva authority in tho employing and .
discharging of all persons whatsoever
engaged in tho municipal service.
Thus do adversity, travail and neces
aity operate to tb end of ultimate
salvation. Th world comDaaslonatea
any community that 1 stricken as Osl
veston, San Francisco and Dayton were
atrloken. But a colder phlloaophy be
holding. In larger perspective could find
more reason to envy the community
that hag undergone tho refinement of
apirit and mad tha discovery of its
powers that com of thess trut m.
heavals.
caucus In this country ever been open '
ip me punucT
Mr. Penrose We were criticised for
not having them open, and we are now
repentant, and hereafter they will be
open. .
It really seems pretty trite to recall
the old couplet about the devil sick and
tna dovii well, but thera la nothinn else
that eems oulte adequate. Incident
ally, Senator. Penrose is getting very
anxious about his reelection next year,
and has been traveling up and down the
state of Pennsylvania indorsing the di
rect election of senator (which is now
in tho constitution, in spite of years of
opposition from him), and advocating
woman suffrage with the vehemence
of a recent and ardent convert
This colloauy took place between the
Democratlo and the Republican leaders
of the senate:
Mr. Penrose I should like to ask the
senator one question, and then I' shall
be through. I tho Democratlo caucus
to bo open to the public or is it to be
a secret proceeding? ......
Mr. Simmon Has any Repubuoan
us, neglecting all public duties and it lslature la8t winter prohibiting persons
is time to point the finger at them, workin(f more than ten hours a day In
that they may at least feel that we are mlUg factories or manufacturing es-
after them. Such people will not spend tablishments
an hour to register-and-another hour
to mark a sample ballot, without which
no one can vote intelligently. They are
bad citizens. Someone is bound to vote,
It we are to have an organised society,
and why should we work for the loaf-
soulless
loser -their
It Is. the Amazon. - '
Ilwaco, Wash., June 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Kindly ettle the fol
lowing dispute: 1
A ssry more water flows from the
Columbia rlver.tnto the ocean than from
franchise, should not have a chance to any other river In tho world. B says
make a living , in this country, and he thinks th .yukon has the greatest
should be pointed out to everybody as flow, No particular ocean is designated,
not trustworthy. They are all -for them- Who is right? W. C. BRUM BACH,
selves. Yet they feel very sore and Neither is right Consider the basin
bitter if you tell .them what kind of area of tho Amazon 2,500.000 square
people they are. But they need to be miles, estimated. Compare It with some
told that we know they ar egoists of well known area, say that of the United
the worst kind. They are a drawback Rates,- a little more than 3,000,000.
to the progress of society. Then compare with this the areas-of
OBSERVER. the Columbia and Yukon basins. The
. '. : .. t- Immense disproportion is manifest Con-
The Work Day in Oregon. , elder also that th basin is 'of tropical
Perry. Or.. June 7. To the Ed lor I uJ . i
act but that in the nature of things,
can scarcely avail, even incidentally, as
an olj age benefit since its purpose is
ft) enable the widowed mother of help
less children to keep her children about
her until they become self-supporting.
of The Journal Kindly advise whether
there is a law in this state that pro
hibits a person from working more
Xo Old Age Tension.
' Friend, Or,, June 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Is there an old age
pension in Oregon? If net-is there a
The people passed a law last Novem- 1 fund from which old people can draw
than ten hours in one dux
V -f JtTTCTPM A XT
ber prohibiting anyone'f rom doing state -their support when too old to Work 8L
or any tuner ptTDiic wont ror :uvert:!ghr 'M PnTaiT iflv6m?1 ECBScRlBfcfK. .
hours In one day, except In' the case There l no old age pension enact
or an extreme emergency, when 'no ment on Oregon's statute bonka. Nettft
other person jan be hired to-do the er is there any fund for te indlgcnjt
work, A law was -enacted by, th leg-1 aged, Oregon has tha widow's pension
Pointed Paragraphs
It ia th present intention of the ad
ministration to put through both houses
at the present session of congress the
banking and. currency measure which
President Wilson, Secretary MeAdoo,
Senator Owen, chairman of the senate
banking and currencycommlttee. Rep
resentative Glass, chairman of the
house banking and -currency committee,
and some other have been framing for
several weeks past The hope of doing
this is not so rash as it may seem. A
currency measure can be passed through
congress much more readily than a
tariff measure, for a tariff measure
must resist a very large number of
separate local influences which are hurt
by it. 'A currencey measure, on tho oth
er hand, does not excite local opposI-v
tlon, and merely requires time for de
bate on its merits. Moreover, President
Wilson, as well as his secretary of the
.treasury and tho administration gener
ally, command publlo confidence to
such an extent that a currency measure
which bears the administration's O. K,
Is Jess likely to excite great- opposition.
If the administration succeeds in pass
ing a good banking and currency act,
it will be the first one we will have
had in 125 years of American hlsfbry.
To do this, and also pass' a new tariff
bill, in a single special session of con
gress, within six months after the ad
ministration has come into power, will
be a unique triumph. ' - ,
Th actor who is a frost cuts no jeo.
A contented man may b too lazy to
kick.
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A theory 1 always all right until
tried. : -
You can't beat some men at your own
game.
Never argue with a man who own a
loud voice.
, . .
. lEvery man la a coward If you can
only discover tha particular thing that
frighten him.
Father and mother may not know the
meaning of daughter's graduating essay,
but they are proud of ) Just the, same.
: i An Indiana womarHs married to the
meanest man. - Ha got her to held save
up mony for an automobile, and then
h -bought a hom witiVlt, :.
: - -:. - r: . ! .
The "Present"
Question BeforeUs
"What In the world shall I
- give her?" ; t . .
How many times have you
said that as you read an invi
tation to a wedding? -. .v
Your dilemmas are no differ
ent from a-thousmid other peon.
pie . we are- an in tne same
boat when it comes to deciding
on a wedding present It Is a
human failing for tho imagina
tion to balk at .that point,
' i
Next time you get an invita
tion don't cudgnl your4 brains
and confuse ..your mind with
worry. It is a waste of time
and, takes away all the pleas
ure of giving. Just pick up
THE JOURNAL or any other
good newspaper and run carew
fully through the advertise
ments. The first thing you
know you will exclaim, "That
the very thing!" , :
There are many useful aid
beautltful articles, and there is
no quicker way of choosing one
that suits both your taste and
your purse than to glance over
,.1 naVnTvMni i pas suggest ions ef
fered. dally in our advertising
columns,
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