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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1S13.
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O. the tolls k of life! How
mall they seem whan love's re
slstlees tide ' sweeps brightly
o'er theml Like tha scattered
atones within a mountain
streamlet, they- but. eerve to
strike the hidden mualc from
lt flow and make, Its aparkla
visible. Ann Katharine Green.
NO SCARRED MAN
r NCB more The Journal submits
U to the five taea who ara to
tovern Portland that it 'will be
, a Criminal blunder : to na,me
'any man for office aa a reward for
political icrvice.
It will be a criminal blunder to
.Install in the public service any man
of doubtful reputation.
; The five men are to govern Tort
land. The power entrusted to them
it not a personal privilege but
public truet. It is a powernot to
be used for a private preference but
as a publlo duty.
; A number of Important positions
:are to be filled, and there is a gen
eral and deeply concerned scrutiny
iof 'the mayor and commissioners-
relect in the filling of these-places.
There is a wide disposition to re
cent the appointment to public of-
flee of any scarred man, any blem
lshed man. or any tainted man.
1 The people themselves were
'scrupulously careful at. the ate elec
.tlon in' the selection of mayor and
Commissioners.' ( Civic, righteousness
never played so prominent a part
in a Portland election. The five
jmea whom, the people have; thus
patriotically, selected must not be
.less conspicuous 1- their concern for
the public welfare. .
I The first general estimate of the
new government will be formed from
its appointees. , 1 :
XHB KEW.DIPLOSUClf .
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KCRETARY- BRYAN has ex
plained why the Wilson admin
atration : . abandoned . "dollar
diplomacy" in Its dealings with
'.other countries. There is no lack
;0f desire to encourage the increase
tot commercial relations between the
iUnited States and other nations, m
specially the nations of South and
jCentral America, but this Is to tye
done without having the United
jStatea government back enterprises
jof American capital in foreign
'countries.
The Wilson administration desires
.to see American business a con
queror abroad, but the conquest
must be peaceful and . honorable.
; Through the establishment vf
'friendly relations with -other coun
tries the Wilson administration will
-exert itself to the utmost in pro
i moting friendly relations between
; American capital and the people of
i other countries. But American capi
tal must use absolutely honorable
commercial methods, and must not
rely on battleships and bluster for
conducting negotiations or collect
ing bills.
Dollar diplomacy was a strong
arm process. It was flotation of
loana for. American bankers through
. the state departments and guarantee
; of payment of Interest and prlncl
' pal by the war department of the
United States.
American business must push its
; trade not with bullets but with
Bibles. It must seek new foreign
customers not with a club but with
a conscience. It must secure new
foreign markets, not with generals
but with Justice.
MAYOR GAYNpR ISOLATED
r
HE strange case of Mayor Gay
nor or New York is attracting
attention throughout the coun
try, A - f usion committee
.named to secure anti-Tammany can
didates refuses to consider Mayor
Gaynor. Tammany will not tai;e
him up. Mayor Gaynor says he
"must be nominated by somebody be
fore he becomes a candidate to suc
ceed himself. Nobody has yet been
.found to nominate him.
Mayor Gaynor attributes his isola
tion, to his warfare on crookedness,
j but the general opinion is that he.
:is mistaken. Many high minded
j New Yorkers say he is impossible.
: He la not classed u spoilsman, nor a
tool of Tammany. His courage,
ability and grasp of problems of
.jovernment are acknowledged.
For a year Mayor Gaynor cave
iNew York a sample of good city
i government. From obscurity of the
bench he sprang suddenly into the
public view, a man eminently fitted
,for his office. New York began to
1 look up, to hope for the future,
j Then . came the ' attempt upon, his
t life, and with his recovery, Mayor
; utj nor naa changed.
lie aid
not surrender t- Tam-
! Bian V hut hm abiu iiiA - a i 1
' . u .
iiuai. prevemea reoperation by the
I independent, light jthlnklng element.
He drove the better' citizen from
I him ; he became querulous and 111
trmpered. When New York's police.
(lejiartnit-rK, a Bfiftt of graft and cor
ruption, was attacked by District
Attorney Whitman, Mayor oiT. ..-r,
instead of helping, threw obstacles
in the district attorney's yay. The
mayor has been accused, pribably
nnitistlv. of nrotectlnjt crime and
criminals. ' ' - '
Diirlne- the latter nart of his ad
ministration. Mayor uayuor showed
a lamentable' lack of tact. ..The at
tempt upon his llfo may account for
the change, but the fact remains
that Mayor Gaynor Is Isolated, .
WITH WORKKHl BRUTALIZED
5'
OMEONB has said that the prog
ress of civilization tends to
produCfl. "an uppor class ma
terialized", a middle class vul
garized, 'and a lower class brutal
ized." '.'".,
Is there not confirmation of the
claim in the shocking affair at Kief,
Russia, la which eighty working
girls were deliberately . burned to
death by Russian villagers?
The, tragedy happened In the beet
Bugar districts, where the peasants
were infuriated,, by the Importation
of girl workers at lower wages. The
girls-lodged in barns, and while
they were asleep the doors were se
curely fastened to prevent escape.
and then the cruel torch was ap
plied, ;''.,''.' ' , . .
Where, when or how could there
be more terrible exemplification of a
ower class brutalized? These peas
ants, Russianized by the iron rule
of a merciless autocracy, turned fn
fury on helpless girls, applied the
torch and caused the flames to lap.
their bodies and limbs, as a means
of sheer revenge, How far were
these assailants removed from the
wild animal? What ferocity of the
brute creation could exhibit so ter
rible a vengeance as was this Whole-
sale slaughter of Innocent girls by
fire?
Governments must have consid
eration for workers. The brutaliz
ing of those on the lower levels of
life Is the sure undermining of pub
lic institutions.
Every government la in deadly
peril that permits Its processes to
produce "an. uppor class material
ized, a middle class vulgarized and a
lower class brutalized."
IN THE DAY'S NEWS
A
T BREMEN, Germany, an
armed lunatic entered a school
and shot three girls and
wounded ten others. A teach
er attempted to Interfere, and was
fatally shot. The Insane man then
stood at a window and poured a
volley of shots into a group of boys
outside, wounding five.
His lust for killing apparently sat
isfied, he fled, and was pursued by
mob. When captured, six revol
vers were found In his possession.
The killing and maiming of these
innocent children . was horrible.
But that 1b what revolvers are
made for. ,
THE TRICE OF APATHY
OR 11 months ending in May,
La nour shipments from Puget
sound were more than four
times the flour shipments from
Portland. Puget sound's were 2.-
98,944 barrels and Portland's
530,704.
Puget sound's great lead presses
home illustration of what steamship
lines will do for a city. Once.
Portland shipped all the flour of
the northwest. Puget sound shipped
none.
Portland ought still to lead the
sound. Wheat for flour manufac
ture on the sound has to be hauled
over a mountain chain. Flour troia
the interior for shipment via the
sound has to be lifted over the Cas
cades. The route for both via Port
land is down hill all the way via a
water grade.
Two great causes, fcoth easily re
movable by Portlanders through agi
tation and proper demands, have
built up the sound's flour shipments
at Portland's expense. e
1. The railroad charge for wheat to
the interior is 9 0 cents ton more
to Astoria than to Puget sound, in
spite of the over mountain haul via
the sound routet In spite of the
enormously greater cost of haul to
the sound, the Seattle and Tacoma
rate on wheat from the Interior Is
the same as to Portland, an artificial
Juggjery of rates in violation of na
tural laws that nobody pretends to
defend or excuse. These,r juggled
rates are one cause of Puget' Bound's
Increased flour shipments built up
at Portland's - .nse.
2. Largely through the apathy
of Portland's commercial figures,
this city has, until recently, been
depending on shoestring. BteamshiD
lines for transportation of her flour
to the orient, the market -that has
so greatly increased Puget . eound'B
flour sales. The so-called Portland
oriental steamship line' Vas a side
show, an annex, a caudal appendage
to Puget Bound. Portland shippers
used to stand on the wharf and
plead fprj:argo space for their flour
shipmenuT while vessels of a so
called Portland-Oriental ' steamship
line sailed away to Seattle and Ta
coma to take on more flour cargo
for the. orient.
Our flour .tra'de with the orient
dwindled and dwindled because ex
porters could pot, for lack of trans
portation, fjll their contracts with
oriental buyers. The greater reeu-
larity and greater facility for ship-
MAHa . ' T A a - . T -f
ui.cui i rugtji souna tnrouga more
vessels for the orient pulle4 down
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v. 0 iivjiii BUiyuicUUJ,
The loss -In trade was no fault of
the Columbia river .op, the Port of
Portland. This Is overwhelmingly
proven by, the fact that during .11
months ending ,ia May,', wheat "ex-
ports from Portland were 7,705,11
bushels 'while . Puget sound' Rhip'
ments for the period were 6, "J37, 73
bushels.
It is as inexorable as the law of
gravity that the great wheat and
flour exports of the Columbia banln
should go to the world through the
Columbia river. The reason that
Portlafid's volume of exports and
prestige Is being " undermined by
Puget sound Is because Portland by
apathy permits Juggled artificial
rates to stand and. by apathy so long
permitted her steamship connections
to remain inefficient, undependable
and intolerable.
'.' Portland pays an appajllng price
for her apathy.
.PORTLAND Bp.YDS AT HOME
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N BALTIMORE, the great sue
cess of the sale of city stock was
the subject of universal comment
The commendation was concerned
both with the large amount of bonds
sold, and its effect In leading hun
dreds of-persons to make a w'ise In
vestment of money.
President Perkins of the Provi
dent Savings bank said, ' '
. It has been a- wonderful sale.
(rood aorvlce has been done to the T ar
son- who boutht this stocky ror ax
1 1 mors city etock la a. good Investment
I wan particularly pleased to learn that
the sale had been the means of brlnt-
tng- out for Investment, a great aeai
of atocklna money money ' that nad
been hoarded in place where It waa
not safe and yielded no Interest.
The sales to Baltimore people In
eight days aggregated an amount
greater by more than $100,000 the
total offer of bidders at a sale short
ly before, advertised and conducted
in the usual way. It was the un
favorable bids at the. original sale
that caused the Baltimore Sun to
undertake the latter sale at popular
subscription to Baltlmoreans.
In an advertisement published In
tha Baltimore newsnaDers. Richard
. , . .
uwinn, cny regimcr, onj. '
The ' sale of city stock which has
been In progress the past week lias
been in every way successful.- The
sales uo to the present have supplied
the city with, ample funds for some
months to come, and the commissioners
of flnanc have decided to discontinue
the nreeent sale and to offor the re-
malnlnir stock at some subsequent time
when tha conditions promise a higher
market for it The aeneroua responae
of the public to this offering has been
very trratlfylna and la nwen appreci
ated, and on behalf of the commission
ers I desire nrst to mam ui inose
wh have contributed to the success
of: the sale, and then to congratulate
those1 who have benefited by It.
The emphasized beneficial features
of the sale are:
1 Tens of thousands of dollars
of boarded money was brought from
secret hiding places and invested
in the city bonds, going thence into
general, circulation,. One man thus
Invested 15000, the savings of thirty
three years that had been hoarded
in a box.
2 The interest the city is paying
on the new flotation goes to Bait!
more people instead of -being sent
away to distant Investors, a result
that stops the drain of money out
of Baltimore through interest pay
ments. 3 A local market has been cre
ated In Baltimore for future sale'
of its securities, whereby the city
will be Independent of foreign bond
buyers, and will be little affected
by the condition of the general bond
market.
4 A new form of Investment has
been opened up to hundreds of Bal
timore small investors, and .they
have been put in the way of re
ceiving, and benefiting from, the in
terest that has . hitherto been sent
out of Baltimore.
5 A new relation has been es
tablished between the city govern
ment and thousands of Baltlmore
ans, the latter of ywhom will hereaf
ter, take a new interest in city affairs-and
be concerned in having a
government of efficiency.
. All this is a splendid status for
Baltimore. It would be a splendid
status for Portland. Portland has
the money to inveBt in city bonds as
shown by the $753,898 of deposits
in- the postal savings bank in this
city at only two per cent annual in
terest. (
What does the new commissioner
of finance think about It?
What do the five men who are to
govern Portland after July 1 think
about It? -
What do the people of Portland
think about it?
ROSS ISLAND FLOODED
B'
ECAUSE of the flood, consider
able areas of Ross Island are
under water.
Is Buch an island worth the
$300,000 the owner asked for It
when the city contemplated its pur
chase for public uses? The valua
tion for tax purposes was $31,440, a
figure far nearer the true value
than would be $300,000 for an isl
and that flood waters so nearly sub
merge. The only possible way the price
demanded by the owner could be
made reasonable, would be for the
public to create such a -value In im
provements by. wheh the usefulness
of the property would be enhanced.
A bridge built, for instance, from
the mainland at public expense
would, help to make a value far
greater than Is, its present worth.
The wonder is If this Portland pub
lic, which is bo often plucked,, will
ultimately do something to give the
Island a value and then buy it at
eome prire-Biyny'timeritcaterTTiag
the present tax value.
Ross Island valued at $31,440 for
taxes and valued at $300,000 by its
owner when the city wanted to buy
has done much to defeat borul issues
for purchase of land for public pur
poses In Tortland. '
Miffed over the procens of truBt
btiHtlng, George W. Perkins declares
his firm belief that he Is on the
way to the penitentiary. A sym
pathetic nation, however, could not
bear to hear the dolorous moan of
the Bull Moose calling for its angel.
No "hunger strike" is likely on
the pirt of the six English suffra
gettes who when lately sentencod to
prison were told 1 by the presiding
Judge that they could die If they
wanted to. They'll live now, Just
to spite him. V ' ,
Uncle Joe Cannon says that wo
den 'electors will prefer to vote for
the ' handsomest men: ' Perhaps he
fears that another nail will thus be
driven into his political coffin.
Those two Enterprise, Oregon
physicians who wrote oyer 10,000
liquor prescriptions in tea months,
at least Knew that . t h e ' patients
would take tholr medicine.
Judging by the paragraphic fire
directed at Tom Marshall, the na
tlon may boast of at least one vice
presldenfwho is .not an inconspicu
ous target. , . , . ,
Letters From the People
(OomoanleatloDi int to The Journal for
lilblicitlon Id Mil department aboold be writ.
:d un only on aide of tb oanar. ibould aot
exed SOU words to length and muit be ae
cotnpanicd by the Bam and addraas of the
tender. If the writer does not deelre to save
u atae pubmteo. at should to tut.)
"Discussion 1a fh rr.aroat a all r..
formers. It rationalises everything- It
touches. It roba principles of all. false
sanctity and throws them back on their
reasonaDieneaa. ir rhxv hv nn nimn.
ableness, it ruthlessly crushea them out
oi r-nsienee ana sets up its own conclu
sions In their stead." Woodrow Wilson,
Plsgah Mother Lauds Crusader.
Lenta, Or., June JO.To the Editor
of The Journal I muet stop a little,
no matter how arduous or strenuous my
task, to rail attention to the star that
haa risen in the west How proud should
our state bel I. can see the star frow
Ing brighter and brighter. What does
It portend T FreedomLiberty! liberty
to the slave just as much as the atrik
lng off of the shackles of the -black
slave meant his liberty.
And never was our. nation more fet
tered than It Is today by the liquor
ti-arric. "When they saw the star they
rejoicea wttn exceeam great Joy."
Matti: 10.
The remedy is sure annihilation to the
rum traffic. When our nation votes
it out of existence, then will we be frao.
ana not unui tnen.
Prohibition does not prohibit. But
elimination will eliminate.
In yesterday's paper was the stdry of
a man wan a minion to begin the fight,
That man haa a purpose. He means
business; and, he brings his offering to
lay upon the artar. There are plenty of
lecturers stumping the country,, and
many consecrated souls backing them.
but the man who leads out with his
million will start a atone that will roll
along with fearful momentum. It took
a Benson to start It Ood haa the man.
Our star haa risen. Tha washtub will
lose Its devotee, because the strong arm
of the husband and father win not be
trembling from the effects of alcohol
and can earn the needed dollars It la
not the wickedness In the hearts of the
men of this nation that causes so many
divorces, it is the aggregation of gen
erations of lritemperance. Alcohol is the
root of moat evils not in whiskey alone.
This morning we in Plsgah Home
discussed this "star of hope" and out
of 20 men, 17 raised their hands for the
extinction of liquor. These men.' whose
Uvea are blighted and ruined by this
evil of all evils, agreed with me that
the wine drunkard ia the worst of
drunkards and hardest'to reform."
And let me suggest to the voter while
we are In this work that we better make
clean sweep and eliminate some druxs.
Who Is in better position to see the con
ditions on this question than we, here
In Pisgah Home, who are doing the am
bulance work? Men are coming in Buf
fering from alcoholism, from opium and
rrom cocaine tn worst or all in Its
destructive influence. The "snow fiends"
are the worst to handle. Tou can't con
trol them. -: They are not weak and
drunk; they are up and going. They
think they are millionaires and own the
earth, when they are miserable, wretcu
ed, poverty stricken and undone, so al
luring and deluding is it In its deadly
influence. ' - .
The ravages of drugs seem to be mora
evident here on the Pacific coast be
cause of the influences from China, Jap
an and other countries.
Emancipation how much it means 1
From my window for several nights re
cently I have heard as can all the
neighbors a man cursing his little
ones, cursing his faithful, hard working
wire, nimseir, tne worn This man,
it"? SL . ?
turned Into a fiend, a demon. His little
ones fear him. His wife dreads his re
turn at night And this is only one case
In many, many millions.
How long. Father, how long I
God speed the time when our "star"
reaches Its xenith and - no blighting
curse hangs over our nation.
Long live Benson 1
--- "PISGAH MOTHER,"
' Pisgah Home, ents, Or.
Remarks on "Violent Socialism."
The Dalles, Or., June 19. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In The Sunday
Journal of June 8, 1913, was an article
under the caption, "Violent Socialism."
Now, this is awful It comes like a
clap, of thunder from a clear sky. Wa
know capttaliBm is violent and we are
aware that militarism is the essence of
violence, and, alas, we are Informed that
violent Socialism, has broken out at
Fort Stevens, Or. This is terrible. We
may hear of violent peace or discordant
harmonies next Waldo H. Coffman, 14
years of age, lies in a guardhouse at
Fort Stevens, charged with the heinous
crime of circulating .Socialist literature.
If the capitalist press had said that a
Socialist had become violent one might
be half tempted to believe it; but Just
as it always does In such" cases, if. has
overreached itself.' Because there is no
such thing as violent Socialism, and
even the courtesans of capitalism know
that Socialism is not violent. But a
workingman or woman who votes a cap-
itallst ticket that is, votes for the in
terests of the master class instead of
his own might be taken in by such
statements, for a person Who votes to
give automobiles to his boss while be
takes the smell and noise for Ills share,
is not very hard to fool; in fact it is
like taking things from a baby. Bu
th!s-w-T6Ienr"SocraTlBmrgufr Is about
the rankest "dope" I have ever. heard
of being dished out. t
A very large majority or tne victims
In our jails and penitentiaries believe
in some form of religion, but you do not
tell vs that rellplons are violent.
Governor Hatfield ot west Virginia
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CllANGli
NecuHltoim work haa been many a
mait's siUvatlon.
t
Tho Louisiana senators pemlut in In.
correctly classifying thumsfclvi's as
democrats.
If June Is going to make up the year's
rain deficit, the haying snason will be
a Ulemal one. 1
t
A good cause, Rrttlth suffragettes, 1m
not advanced through ilutttardly and
revolting crimes, t
The man who merely waits for things
to come to him will a a rule get only
what nobody elae wants,
It may turn out to be a ver'v lmtierfact
tarirr jaw, out at any rata me big
Kt
tected trusts will not have dictate'
The daughters of the president, when
mentioned publicly, are not mentioned
in connection with some mere aoclety
function. , ' .
Borne people work hard most of their
lives and have little, others do little
or nothing and have much; it is a, per
verse world. 1
. a .
It would look bad, away from home,
for Portland to give up its annual Rose
Festival, but it would be wqrse to let
II deteriorate. .
e-
One thing should be definitely settled
in this country, if It hasn't been that
a man has a right to work if he wants
to, unmolested. . ,
NEW YORK
By Herbert Corey. t
Certain comments on the book and
tha interpolations of "All Aboard"
tha new Lew Fields show recall the
story" that Raymond Hubbell tells upon
himself. Hubbell began as a clerk lu
a small store in Urbana, Ohio. Be'
tween sales he wrote muslo and lyrics
and things. Finally he wrote the
musical show "Fantana," His old
father had always disapproved of Hub
bell's ambition to become a producer,
but his arguments had had no effect
When "Fanfana" went on the road, aft-
er a winter in New Tork, Hubbell ar
ranged for a on night stand In Urbana.
He wanted to show off a bit before his
townsmen. Moat of all, he wanted his
old father, to see the show.
"How did you like It. Par Hubbell
aaked after the performance.
"Fairly well, Raymond, fairly well.''
said tha old gentleman, "I was ei.
peclally struck by that song 'Tam
many.' That waa great"
"That" said Hubbell bitterly, "was
the only -thing in the show that I
didn't write."
Fred Kelly,4 the Washington humor
ist visited the city the other day. He
fell in with a party of other literary
lights. They began to discuss men
and thing. By and by the conversa
tion turned on George Ade
"He lives the ideal life. said one.
He has enough money te secure every
luxury, he need not work except when
inspiration comes, and he Is looked up
to by every one in his community."
Those present nodded , their heads
solemnly.
"What one of us, demanded tai
speaker, passionately, "would not give
un the bustle and hurry Of this frantic
city If in return we might be certain
of the meditative quiet of a small and
restful community. How beautiful are
the days' of the village sage!"
Silence for a time. -Tnen Kelly
drawled:
"Do you thtnk there'e . such a hell
of a demand for sageer- .
'
Two days after her father's funeral
she discovered that she hadn't a nickel
in the world. Nor did she know how
to earn one. If she had had the abil
ity, she still lacked the strength, v She
is one of the tender, fragile little, wom
en for whom nature provides protectors.
It had always been understood that
some time she would marry Danny.
"We'll marry now," said, that young
ster. "We'll get along." , '
Danny knew that on his 160 salary
as a bank clerk "getting along" would
be a Job requiring dexterity. But there
seemed no other way out of It ' The
girl must be taken care of, and there
was no one else to do it. Besides,
they loved each other. For three
months they got along after a fashion.
They managed to get enough to eat
and they had a. flat about the size of
a flreless cookerand they were insane
ly, ridiculously happy. By and by Dan
ny would get an increase in salary.
Untlpl that came they made a game of
their little arlvatlon. One day the
boss called DannygJn. ,,
Tm sorry," said ne. "But tne airec-
tors have learned that you are married.
It is against the policy of the bank
has allowed the private thug army of
the Bald win- elta Detective agency to
beat up and even shoot men down like
dogs yes, even murder men while asleep
to abuse and insult women and put
the state of West Virginia under martial
law, and the capitalist press has ia1
little to say about it because' it is the
lackey of , the master class.
fto, thero is nothing in this noise of
the capitalist press about "violent So
cialism." It is a rank capitalist con-
Uta boy who bought himself out of the
United States army has been placed un.
der arrest and denied a hearing, for the
awful crime of circulating Socialist lit
erature, thereby coming under the dis
pleasure of our military despots.
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR,'
Says Boosting Ia Harmful.
Portland, June 20, 191J. To the Ed
itor of The Journal It is with regret
that the majority of the readers of your
paper are made to know the position you
and some others are taking in regard to
the Roae Festival. The Rose Festival
has served Its time; has advertised
Portland enough in a boom way; has
been one of tha main factors In en
couraging business along all lines to be
overdone: has helped bring many people
to Portland -td go broke, and in the past
few months this has caused, thousands
to leave Portland bleausa there was
nothing for them to do to live. I am in
business and caa-ay with truth - that
the Rose Festival of last year was the
starting point of failures in business.
Then came the Elks' carnival. That was
the straw that broke the camel'a back.
It gave the general business of Portland
a setback from which it haa never re
covered, with few exceptions. -.y .;
I see that the mayor elected under the
commission form of government is
quoted as saying there should be a tax
placed on the property of Portland o
raise money to perpetuate the Rose Fes
tival. God forbid that the men who
are elected to control the municipal
business of- Portland should permit
themselves to be in any way responsible
for adding to the already heavy burdens
that the people have to bear for the
benefit of the few. ,
I see the Commercial club Is quoted as
getting ready to renew their efforts in
a more effectual way, if ..possible, to
boom.-lhilreadyjvcrdont, business -of.
Portland. That organisation has been
more directly responsible than anytning
eli,e for helping real estate grafters to
advancerentals to two Ir three times
what people should have been anked to
pay, putting Vsnipg on real estate that
make It impossible for any honeet poor
man ever to get a home for himself and
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OltKCOX SIDELIGHT;
The Coqullla Htrald Inquires editor
ially If It lnn't about tliiiw fr someone
to build a iiouk? It says "this bungalow
proposition ia gUng fierce."
Chpe'ifu1npr.s In advemlty Is Incul
cated by tha lllllaboro Argus, whluh In
MNts tliat Uri'Kon hjjihI growers should
feel (jompnratlvely rich .when they
think of KuriHua spuds at 10 cents a
aauk. ,
K. fl, Spark, lltor and manager of
the Foreat Grove Press, announces his
retirement, and that William P. Mo
Causland, an experienced young news
paperman from Minneaota. has pur
chased the paper and will suueeed him,
a a , ' -
" The McMlnnvllle Telephone Register
lakes pirasura in assuring'
grent, Vho since Easter liUs killed 123
Koilhers, that "any expert In this line
can have a steady Job from his neigh
bors whenever he runs out of work on
ma own place. . ,
.... . . , ... ' , e .. ev 4 1 "
Arrangements have been made for
stationing a regular Lutheran pastor at
Nehalero, to preach at Wheeler and Ne
nalem. according to the Enterorii
Zuber, now located at Centralla, Wash
lngton, will probably be sent to take
cnarge or tne rieia. , .
Canyon City Eagle: In the school at
Izee which closed last week Is a little
girl, Harah Moaler. 8 years of age, who
was the only girl member of the school
and every day for nine months, with tho
exception or four days, this little maid
en rode her pony a distance of lj
mnes to acnooi.
DAY BY DAY
10 retain employes-who marry on a
small salary. They fear that tha Judg
ment of such an employs might be im
paired. Here Is a month's salary in ad
vance.
The head clerk didn't look Danny
In the eye while he parroted thia
speech. Sine then he's found a bet
ter place for Danny. The head clerk
spent much of his time in looking for
it, tor thinking of Danny interfered
.with his sleep. But he didn't find the
place for two months after Danny was
aiscnarged. Now he can't find Danny
or that dainty, flower-like little wom
an.
You ought to see the way in which
the head clerk eyes the directors when
their fat backs art turned.
It's a pity that the colors have faded
in the old fashioned ten-twent-thlrt
melodrama. Because that is the only
canvas on which certain phases of New
i or lire or today can be properly pic
tured. Think of the possibilities offered
to a melodramatic by the recent news:
Detectives found a thriving business
In moonshine whiskey being carried
on in Brooklyn. It Is made In tene
ments, distributed In milk cans on
dairy wagons, and sold from push, carte
and in cellars; :
A bank meesengeY Is held up by a
gang of road agents armed with sawed
off rifles, quite in the early California
manner. Although wounded, he- atood
them off after the tradltiona of '49.
and in defiance of the best practice of
the present;
The secretary of atate announces that
100 pirate automobllea are for hire for
any crooked purpose In New Tork
City, and calls renewed attention to the
number of crimes in which thug-driven
autos have recently figured;
Sound pirates renew their operation,
cutting out valuable motor yachts from
their anchorages, rushing them, upriver
under cover of darkness , repainting
them in hidden coves, and then dispos
ing of them under false names;
A - band of gunmen fight out their
grudges with revolvers on a crowded
uptown street. It U reported that two
or three were injured, but this stands
not proven by the polIO;
An aldermanlc committee asserts
that burglariea were inspired and man
aged by the officials of the detective
department and quotes City records in
the effort to prove the assertion that
the hired burglar waa paid by city
warrants;
"It is shown that the leaders of the
"opium ring" do not and have not hesi
tated to guard their monopoly by mur
der, and the "strong arms" who do the
fighting for the more. alert rascals are
named;
A girl is stolen from her home and
sold Into slavery upstate, three men
were found guilty in court of this
crime;
A prosperous gambling - house Is
raided by disgruntled rivals. Shots
were fired, a "bank-roll" disappeared
and a suite of rooms was wrecked. ; The
police do not Interfere.' -
' And yet every magazine editor In
town will say that there is a frightful
dearth of red-blooded storlea. There
are no plots, they mourn.' Nothing
happens nowadays.' ' The world Is as
monotonous aa a cold fishcake. :
pay for it. It has encouraged people
who had good homes in the east, and
positions that were making them a good
living, to sell out at a sacrifice and
come here. And for whatf To go broke
and have to leave the country as soon
as they or their friends could get money
for them to do so. The methods that
have been employed to try to boom Port
land and Oregon are wicked . and crim
inal and there should be a law to make
them suffer for having done so. They
have set back the good, substantial busi
ness of the country more than It can
recover in the next 10 years. ' It is
unfortunate that the ones who are re
sponsible for the conditions that exist
could not be made the ones to suffer In'
itead of these poor, deluded victims.
. ; . C P. HADLET. -
Backing Up the Commission.
Portland, Or., June 19. To the Editor
of The Journal We have board of
city commissioners coming into power.
At the election : many tnen as capable
of exercising the power conferred Tipon
them ran for the same office. They
were defeated, not because of their un
worthiness, but because they were not
known, hot indorsed and not tested out
Some were defeated because they made
mistakes' in the conduct of their cam
paign, or their friends made the mis
takes; others because they did not com
prehend the significance and value of
the second and third choice votes.
However, the men elected are to as
sume grave and important duties. They
have the best wishes of every patriotlo
citizen of Portland. The results of
their united efforts will be noted by
people in many other cities, states and
nations. -' . . "
Let us all give them the benefit of
every doubt and defend them so far as
we can conscientiously do so, or re
main sIlentAuntll they have shown
more than" likely, human errors.
Do -not let ua expect, perfection, and
do hot let us be prone" to accept cap
tious criticism, or interested utterances.
The new commission form of govern
ment needs our charity and Our Indi
vidual cooperation. Do not let ue all
sit back and carp at the efforts of these
five men to how out better things. They
need us now more than they needed any
of us In the election. ;
.1 ALFRED D.XRIDGE.:
Book Mite ' Pretf ntive .Wanted,
Portland, June IS. To the Editor of
The Journal Will dme orre of The
Journal readers tell me how to preserve
books from injnry by the book mltef .
,, ' , MRS. JOHN PETERSON. ,
.:. -" .-. ' 491 tacoma Ave,
THE ROSE SHOW AS
OTHERS SEE IT
From the Salem Journal,
The Roae Carnival at Portland was
grrat, but It was not great enough. It
ends tonight, and while thousands of
visitors enjoyed tho many splendid fea
tures, they went home with a feeling
of disappointment because, while it was
a splendid affair of Its kind, it fullud
tu come up to expectations, and to the
promlHfg mads for it. Instead of being
an improvement on that of last year, it
did not equal It. These be strenuous
times, and people are continually, look
ing for something new, and if they do
not get It, they are prone to kick,' It,
is for this-reason, perhaps, that many
have returned from Portland who ex-.
preea their disappointment freely, while
conceding the beauty of many of the
features of the big event.
Oregonlahs are Justly proud of their
metropolis. Its welfare and prosperity
are as dear to them as to Portlanders
themselves, hence their disappointment'
at the big city's failure to make go?d
takes the form of sincere regret, rathe
than any other. We have all come to
look upon -the Portland Rose Carnival s
as the big event of the year. The whole
state looks forward to It, and not only;
the state, but the Whole coast, as wit-,
nets the big' delegations from Califor nia,
Washington and Idaho.' There is
but one remedy, and that Is for the city
of Portland to make next year's carnival
one of the biggest and beat ever held
on the coast She must begin In time
and that time is now.- Special induce
ments should be offered, a prise of real
worth given ' or several of them, for
the finest showing from cities in ' the
state, classifying themt Make it not a
Portland show, but a state event. , It
will take this to reestablish its reputa
tion and make it what it should be
and can be made, the great annual event
of the northwest. This is not written
In a carping spirit We have a deep
interest and immense pride in our big
city. What hurts it hurts all of us. The
state's , pride has been touched, ana
while this feeling is still keen is the '
time forPortland to get in touch with
every community In the state and lay
plans for next year's carnival, that will
make it What it easily can be made, the . '
greatest rose display the world haa ever
seen. We believe tne wnoie atate would
respond enthusiastically. The Portland
newspapers did their 'part loyally and
royally, and perhaps the newspaper fra
ternity more than any otner reels most .
keenly the regret that the showing waa
not better. It was great, but not what it
might and ahould have been. Let us all
get together now for next year, and
make Portland's Rose Carnival next ,
year something the whole world win
talk about and that of 1116 still better.
In these days aaythlng that stands still
goes backward. This is an Irishism,
but true.
Pointed Paragraphs
The closed mouth catches no Insects.
Why be a fool Just because your
neighbors expect you tot '
When you meet a man of few words
It's a safe bet he is married.
e e .
In times of peace the wise married
men prepare for the curtain lecture.
m w
Cupidity, lsf what enables the get-rlch-
qulck promoter ta remain in love with
his profession.
A mother cats herself on the back
when her daughter faces the parson
with the man ahe selected.
,
It may be difficult to convince a maf.
that it Is' really heaven If he finds any
of his wife's relations- there.
When a married -woman begins to
carry weight for age she . worries for
fear her husband may die and she will
not be able' to catch on again.
Japanese Moral 'Standards.
From" the World's Work.
The moral and business standards of
the Japanese are difficult for the white
man to comprehend. . It is a common ob
servation that the Chinaman's only vir
tues are business .virtues, whereas the
chief faults ot the Japanese are husl-
ness faults. Therefore, the American
business man, understanding no stand
ards but business standards, Judges the
Chinese by his virtues and the Japanese
by his faults. ;
Amerloan and Chinese civilizations are
built on contract " Japanese civilisation "
is built on personal honor and loyalty.
So when the American business man
sees the Chinese keeping his contract,
he discovers In him the one virtue he
knows how to appreciate. But when a
Japanese finds himself in a contract
which changed conditions have now
made burdensome, he wonders uncom
prehendlngly how an honorable gentle
man could desire to Impose on, him
terms which are now unjust And the
honorable gentleman understands only
that the Japanese wants to sneak out
of an honest bargain, The two moral
standards are , incommensurable. The
Japanese who may evade a business ob
ligation but who will sacrifice his life
to a punctilio of honor or patriotism ,
he Is a mystery. But the Chinese who
will rob his government, or perjure the
member of a rival tong to the gallows,
but whose business word Is inviolable
he Is easy to understand.
The Manufacturer
His Trade-Mark
Behind every trade - mark
That really amounts to any
' thing there are brains, energy,
ambition, and work hard
work joined hand in hand to ,
produce some article, of, worth
that will deserve and win uni versal
approval.
After a manufacturer has
spent a great many years in
organising his business and
perfecting his produot his
name and his trade-mark
amount to something worth
while, or else he has toiled in
vain. The name or trade-mark
alone of many a big concern i -worth
thousands and hundreds -of
thousands of dollars. It Is
Often called good-will. It might
be called reputation.
. ... , .
The trade-mark Is the direct
ing finger, pointing the way to
articles of quality and depend-
ability. .
'Manufacturers of trade- .
. marked articles are no longer
satisfied to advertise their
trade-mark .only. They are
coming to undeealand that they ;
must also advertise the place
where their poods' may be rur- .
ThasT. That"laWhy you see""""
trade-marked articles adver
tised more and more In dally
newspapers, because the newa.
par-T Is the chief advertising
medium for creatine sctual de
mand upon the retailer,.
if