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THE OREGON " DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. . AUGUST ' 13, 1913.
I Tl CI J U fA I N M Li I Ushed that Chili Is 1
AW txnSPBKDgKY NKW8PAPKR
Iuiui.,rr arvnli. irtrspt SuiMlarl ano)
-tiuariar aMrelnf Th Jimrual Bull.
Inc. mrtr nrt Yamhill r.. fwfHmwt, .
t irrcu at tba i.u,iUi-a at IWIuud. Or for
Iruiauiaalae Uirua tia BJalla as Mcuod eU
Yuan estab- bonds to sell at pan --This depeads
to remain ;. one .upon ' market conditions.1 and these
government. Sun . Tat Sea would cannot he foretold, v a . , ; t
..,..faiu.Kihave jv dismembered -t his country. I : Secretary; McAdoo at his confer
When China, begins "to break -up, J enee V with ' southern ;:' bankers last
hungry: Europe will be there to week again Insisted that ' the pro
gainer in tne pieces. ' .
Hil.tl'lloNKa 4- Malu 717SI Hou. i-SuAI.
All dpartmsta fMCbtd or b atimbara.
lell lha opro w what t-parlmnt wi want.
CINCHED TAXPAYERS
tUKfciUK UVKU'l'lttl.J RkifHKMCNTATI VK
- Bcujunilo Hem nor (X, HmDi-wlc DnlldlDn.
IM rirth araaiia. K.w Vf; , Ul raople'e
! liulldlnc Oilman. ' - '' ' " ' '
buUMiripiluaj 1 aruM l Binll or Uf. aJl aOUieM
. Ill Ui latent Stain or Maxkot ;, '
DAILY ;' ',: v
One aar ..., IS.oe J Cn noctk ....... .80
' suxdat, ' v-'i'?:;..:-
On nu .a,.... 32-60 1 Out 'month ,,..'...$ .2d
DAILY AM SDAUmr.a :
r)n , irar .,.'.87.3 I On tnnnfb ....it ,WI
posed banking law would not , im
pair the value of the two per cents
It was his contention that the value
of the bonds will in reality be in
creased. ; He pointed out that the
si-
The man who by his labor gets
- His . bread In independent
state.
Who ' never . begs, and seldom
- . cats. ,
- Himself can ' fix or change '
hi fats. -' Prior.
-IS
OF WOULD STATURE
NEWS story In this paper ex
?J"ln,,t"0n i -till to re-
'"i" - 'oa, una, wjmjl buub mat. wOK ,a
success, attempted to practice 7,J il"
""T w i ferred upon them.
i:: ' I J The bill Is in committee under-
of ir iI.lT, !D changes in details. No com
of rifhteousness and boasts of Its Lmh-iiaim iriir- i
;rr.t ;r:r."" the committee makes its final re-
vi emnuu Mwntwr w (trailers, ...ui.
If lo o fcAij 1 . u lt PUWC,
as shown in' Its attempted raids on
the delinquent taxpayers. r
Last year the News, claiming a
Circulation of only 14,887, present
ed a bill for publication of the do
llnquent tax list, greater than the
Telegram's, greater than The "Jour-
tod' costly we'd be glad to have an
exhibit of militant suffragists,'! says
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, with
what we Would consider most start'
ling and audacious : Assumption. -
PERTINENT COMMENT AND; NEWS IN BRIEF.
THEIR "REWARD
i'
NASMUCH as ye have dpne It
unto one of the least of these,
my brethren, ye have, done it
unto me.
This Is the reward of the unsel-
uiuH, mo greater nan me uregoni- nan act of the people of Silverton,
an 8. The bills of each were: Forest Grove. McMInnvllle and New-
Oregonian, . f 1746.23; Telegram, berg and others who have onaned
11363.10; Journal, J1S64.20: News, their homes to this beneflRlarieu nt
sizo.u. Tnougn rrne Journal's the fresh air fund of the Associated
circulation was three times that of Charities 'of Portland. They are
the News, Jts' bill for the same ser- not wealthy peopte in a dollar sense
vice was smaller man tne bin of but In a spiritual sense they are ex
the News by 1562.20. ceedlng rich. To them has been
That year the News so set Its given the realization that vicarious
! type that . the advertisement occu- service Is the fullness of life
Many of, them have households
General Felix Dias has been loi
tering around' the United States
and British Columbia to such an
extent t that j a polite geographical
hjnt may be In .order to. the .effect
that Japan is not located , on . tlvls
side ot the Pacific. , ; " ., 1
. . i i : ' . gg ;;
Professor Garner says that ''the ,
chatter of monkeys' 1s noi meaning- j
less, but that they are-i conveying
laeas to one - another" -)n . which
respect their chatter, differs f from
that of . some people we know. '$
Five Oklahoma girls were lost all
night Invan automobile I on lone
prairie in the ; midst ' of ; -a i: herd
of frightened cattle, but might have
found a way-out ,K - they j had " taken
ine ;ngni -steen m
ji bvyiv i iwill l IV . CWpiD ; I
ICTORIANO HUERTA Is be
1 1 ginning to feel the weight of
V an honorable American diplo-
'Vmacy'ij;,?-'. ;v.. ty,
' The f Dias mission to ' Japan ! is
abandoned. .The mikado is not to
be thanked.. The Japanese govern
ment notified Huerta that Diaz
would. jiot; received Mother thanj.pled inch w
as a private cjtizen, v The Diaz mn- JoV, ba more than the snace L whL 6m a , aousenoias
erarv is chanced to a lournev! Vv mcoes more man tne space m which there are already many
erary',.''ciar." ir o'the same adverUsement in The hittla hand. 'nd v.
around the world with faces to the
rising instead of the letting sun.
, s . Friendship ' of ? J a p a n for the
United States Is the probable cause
of the change of program. In spite
of the California ; Incident, the re
lations Of Japan' and this country
Journal. - hearts were large enough to make
Ui" "l i,iew WBa o - room for another. Many have
tortionate that payment was held homes from which little hands have
up, and the News. Is now trying to vanished and in Which little voices
collect It through the courts frave been etniei and the,r t
Though the law declared that neartg were niled wth the volce
only two newspapers should be and nand of another
(Comaianicatlona Mot la Tar Journal . foi
publication la tola depart man t. ahonld b wiit
tea on only oa aid of tha papal'. aboulS not
imd SUO word U lanctb and atuat ba a a.
compaaled by tba hm and addraaa of (faa
Mndcr. II tha wrltar doca sot daalra to feara
tba una pabUabad, aa SboaM aa aula.)
- ;'.'?'."' ' ; " v: f "-''.. '--i
A cow or a horn i better thai a'dorn-
er- saloon. , '; .. .' s .;, - . .,.. ,
Too many "generals" for" tha good: of
tha world, in:,-;h ;.- '.;:,v , w,,vU. .;;
", '. ' f:; ''..),.'' V-.f.
: You can tiavar buyTarty land around
here cheaper. r . T...
"; '?"'' ' r'-:i"C"'i",i' '
2 Tha miracle of ! tha morning la old,
but rr .new. - ; . ,: . . J ;
'' There ' Was - never a battar , tlma to
Mama Pacific Ocean Is lust as kind
na oruei as ever. . -i;':.,,
: '-'-'' .-'; )'.; ;'":i."; -:'.'.'. -
The acme of happlnoss and suOcean
a teaiuy, nappy iamy..".-f'. u
"One of the comforting sights is an
4-wuni-wornep urraitina;. rocaa. ,!
,fc:i-i:i :' '.''A Av:"e ;;.. SiV-'Cf.
Mexico City i reported te be quiet;
and . baa good, reason - to be-with an
Q'Sliauirhrtessy In town,- y . ,
, .a ,.t
. i ne uvea or sreai men are uvea aoove
a commonplace plane and the news
i received with almost palpitating
eaercruesa that Walter Johnson likes
fiuddlng, cake, sherbet and Iced tea for
unoh on the days, that he Intends to
Plteb, ,"-.!..;?-; ' p'-tt!r t
.. i; v;,,'-'''i ?. s's r,!' vv, .f'..'''-' '..'Si
We take It from the embarrassing ex
perience of Qovernor Sulier that 'wom
an's rights" should not be carried to the
dleastrou extreme of permitting ; her
the right - to speculate with her iiua
band's mosey and prospects. in the stock
market. . ' "-, .:t
ORECOX SIDELIGHTS -
; Burns'; Presbyterians ' have awarded
!"fFontr,ct ' or ' nw church, at
were never sp cordial. The good j uged ln printing the Jlst. the county
will of Japan was recently accentu
ated in a most enthusiastic reception
to the new American ambassador. "
, The high motive, of the new diplo-
macy at Washington has had a tell
ing effect on the nations. The whole
world knows and trusts the sincerity
and honesty of Mr. Bryan. It is
swiftly discovering the lofty purposes
of Woodrow Wilson. There Is faith
and - confidence in American good
will and American integrity;
The whole trend of the Washing
ton government since the Wilson ln-j
auguration has been in the direction
of peace, honor, gentleness, firmness
and dignity. Dollar diplomacy was
promptly abandoned. The Chinese
republic was recognized and assur
ance given that the relations 'be
tween the two governments would
not be on a bargain counter basis
but on a basis of mutual confidence,
helpfulness and amity.
Mllll nnhllahad it In lm last . " r . " "u,-u"
Ti . . " r benefit? Who can compass the
It was a rank ..injustice to the de- new worlA d to bePneflciary
lmauent Uxpayers to-pile on the and to Denefatorr Who can
pnnung duis oi rour newspapers .AP, tllo ,aaot
. v A .. , r W measure the reward?
i hub. lujuBura, uui it, was illegal,
and the crowning act in the episode
13 that it was legalized by an act
of the 1913 legislature. It Is hot
often that a more, audacious raid Is
made on delinquent taxpayers, who
in the very nature of things are not
in position to pay their taxes man."
. a . . ..I
promptly ana are neipiess to resist Nor Is he.
the extfirtion. trad union
HAYWOOD NOT UNION MAN
A
JOURNAL reader at Oswego
questions an editorial state
ment by the paper that W. D.
Haywood "Is not a union labor
He belongs to no
He was formerly
This year the News would have secretary of the Western Federation
repeated Its extortions if it had of Miners. But at that time the
been permitted to do so. The 1918 organization was not affiliated with
legislature passed a law aiiowm the American Federation of Labor,
two cents per column Inch per in- withdrew eighteen ' or twenty
sertion for each 1000 of circulation years ago from the American Feder
for printing the delinquent list. atlon because the latter organization
The Journal swore' to a clrcula- was not radical enough,
tlon of 47,399; the Oregonlan to t,- .
!Thj republic, south of the Rio jl 54.267. the Telegram to 37 160 and Ulssed from the Western Federal
oawiriA avaita ants KllstW .Aosiiiaufl 4Vi a i f Via XlABra IB ATT ' Pa Tail. af 1 . .
B,V 'av -" tlon, He has since been outlawed
rate was 80 . cents, the Oregonlan'. by aU labor organizations. - Charges
98,Cf.nf8Vthe. T-!f V 1 maJ him of not prSp-
and the News, with less than half ttly reporting funds, collected in his
the.Telegram'. clrculatton, 70 cent., lectures in. th0 name of the federa.
i ae xews pieaaea guuty to at-
Grande were publicly assured . that
this country seeks no territorial ag
grandizement They were Informed
' that the American flag does not
stand for conquest and cash regis
ters. Everywhere 'and In every of
ficial utterance,; the messages from
Washington ; to other; governments
have been messages of civilization.
They have been messages of honor
and peace on earth, good will to
men. ,
.They are , the kind of messages
to' make 'our, diplomacy paramount
and our international friends many;
Vlctorlano Hnertai . the' crumbling
man who heads an armed despotism
In - Mexico,' is fast ' learning it, and
his hostility to John Llnd was
changed to welcome, and his envoy
to Japan aent to Timbuctoo.
tempting the extortion when Its
He has bees most bitterly de-
nucu lM I t,,,vlMMJa 1. a. , .
bid was rejected, and reduced it. " 7," Zt,ZX , T
.t. tn , nti- .. of Denver, the official organ of the
rate to 36 cent., or IltUe more than Western Federation.
I -More Money Wanted by World
', : Bankers. . ,
By F. F. Searing. - '
Two naolcs ln SO years have under
lined tha need for currency reform In
tha United States., The great banaera
of America are practically unanimous
ln declaring our financial system un-
sulted to the needa of today.
Tha need of currency reform being
admitted, we should follow the advice
of the men who print red-ietterea rams
for bustneaa desks and "Do it inow.
Wa can per along- with our system
during ordinary tlmea. But when the
dollar begins to disappear It falls us
and the dollar haa become as coy as a
rabbit la a fox country lately.
Not ln recent yeari have the rreat
banking cities of Europe been as short
of cash as they are today. When we
have been hard up ln the past we have
been able to get help across tne water
t a price. This year there is no such
pleasant prospect. Money is tight
enough in New York it has been loaned
on call almost entirely ln preparation
for the demands of the crop-moving
season but It Is tighter ln London and
Berl.n and Paris.- ' And at the moment
that a world shortage of cash threatens
we are called upon to make two Im
portant adjustments in our business
structure. The new tariff law will un
settle values to some extent. The un
ravelling of the complicated legal struc
ture of our trusts and railroads the
unlocking of the interlocking director
ate to comply with the mandate of the
supreme court, is far more Important.
Danger signals have been set ahead.
CHINESE REBELLION BROKEN
I IB. SUN YAT SEN, former pro
I visional president or the Chl
f nese republic, failed to over
throw the present government
President Yuan' may not be an ideal
executive, but It must be remem
. bered that he Is not working under
' Ideal conditions, and his contlnu
i ance In power at the present time
Is a source of gratification to all
.except the disaffected Chinese, and
: quite probably Japan; accused of fo
menting the rebellion against Yuan.
Sun Yat Sen rendered, valuable
service ln the rebellion for over
throw of the Mancliu dynasty, but
even then he was not trusted Im
plicitly. His public career at times
has been open to suspicion, which
now appears to have been justified
in that he sought refuge ln Japan,
whither ho was carried ln a Japan
ese vessel.. ':j r.i' '.:'', "'"'" . .
China Is a peace loving countrv. .
The Chinaman Is Industrious and
frugal. Sun Yat Sen's comparatlve-
ly small following in the later re
bellion Is evidence that the Chinese
wish" an Opportunity to test thA
half Its first proposal. It violated
tha. 'law In mo Vina- It- o-ln.l MA iau
law in the manner in which-It set
the advertisement
' Haywood is now an anarchist, a
A
few years ago Charles O. Yoang, a
general organizer for the American
WZ 1 Federation of Labor, with headquar
451 column Inches, the Telegram ff"
lnr07 Ptattorm with Haywood.
opinion that at tlmea Haywood Is
ln 490. In the second insertion.
The Journal required 412 Inches,
the Oregonlan and Telegran 428
Inches, and the News 450.
The News poses as the poor
man's friend, but got its hands into
his pockets as deeply as possible in
1912 and again ln 1913. It boasts
of its purity, but cinches the de
linquent taxpayer with padded space
and doubled rates every time It
gets a chance.
mentally unbalanced.
Haywood Is not only not a union
man, but the violence of his utter
ances and his conduct while a mem
ber of the Western Federation, did
organized labor more harm than
could have been done by its bitter
est enemies.
If further information Is wanted
as to Haywood's relations to trades
I J M 11 - 9 a.
Tta hrlranda a. vnn h u. uonwin, cau oe securea oy wru-
extortlons . In the delinquent tax mg the Mlnf' .Mtt"llie. Den-
m I AM a mm Itinnl nf amlaMnMaV a .
lists, Is no better than highway ""' .w' "i , , , , w
robbery.
member of union labor ln Portland.
THE CURRENCY BILL
THE NEW ZEALAND
I
N ANOTHER column on this page
is tne first . of a series of . six
articles on the Glass-Owens cur
rency bill pending in congress.
T
HE invitation of Governor West
to the officers Of the British
battle cruiser New Zealand to
extend its visit to British Co-
The Water Shortage,:
Portland, Aug..lZ. MU.Te tha ICdi
tor of The Journal In"' the v halcyon
aaya of youth, when I attended the dis
trict achool back there in old Kentucky,
the text books on geography set forth
as positive fact that the earth consisted
of one third land and two thirds water,
and I .was " led to believe that there
would always-be enough water to fur
nish the land. I was young then: I
know better now, and have very seri
ous doubts about tba proportion of
water to land.
Of course there was and la plenty of
water in Kentucky, and it would seem
that water should be reasonably plenti
ful In any .large city, considering the
number of beer saloons and the people's
antipathy to water as a beverage, but
It grieves me to state that ln nine cities
where I have resided there has always
been complaint of water shortage.
Last week I had occasion to ask Com
missioner Daly if he couldn't dampen
the street ln front of my bungalow. He
said he could not, Jut at this time, aa
there was complaint about low pressure
ln many districts.
It was the same old story, I have
heard it ln Chicago, New York, Boston,
Richmond, Atlanta, New Orleans, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Portland.
Two of these cities burned to the ground
ror want or water, ana it will be noted
that one is situated on the Great Lakes
and the other on San Francisco bay and
the Pacific ocean. All have great rivers,
or lakes, or bays, or gulfs or oceans
close to their doors, but they are always
short of water,'
If you want tha street sprinkled,
there Is no water. If a fire breaks out,
the mains are disconnected. If you ask
someone to take a drink, there Is no
water. At least it seems so, for I have
never heard any one call for water,
and Judge it la because of the well
known low pressure existing In many
districts
I would like to locate the why of this
water shortage talk. It Is getting on
my nerves. I believe It to be world
wide,; and am Inclined to put the blame
on a man who resided across, the way
from us, in Texas.
He had been to the county seat on
first Monday, made several beneficial
horse trades, celebrated each trade by
taking something) purchased a jug te
take along home, and set out full of
good cheer,' celebrating his good for
tune as he proceeded - homeward. His
good wife assisted him Into the house
and to bed. Along toward morning He
awoke with a terrible thirst, which he
proceeded to humor with water. How
much water he consumed will never
be known,- but. after drinking buckets
and buckets he called to his wlfet
"Molly, wake up. Wake up. Get the
children up. Molly, you and the child
ren get up. I want you to nave some
of this water; you don't know how good
It Is. It is actually the best water Z
ever tasted In my life." v
TJp to that time I had supposed there
was too much water; and never heard
any one complain of a shortage; Ivut
from that day to this I have not been
in a city, town orv village that had
enough water, and fully believe ibat
Texan Is responsible for our condition.
And yet there are those who sincerely
believe we could get along without the
saloons. Maybe we oould; I can get
along without them, but I hate to con
template the water shortage that would
ensue if all the boose fighters of .earth
should' suddenly .take to water. Yes,
indeed., : . . pOBERT O. DUNCAN.
" Apparel and Citizenship.
Surer, Or., Aug. 10. -T,o the Editor
of The Journal As a reader of the
Sunday Journal, I wish to express my
thoughts. In as sane a manner as pos- eubscribed. They kept on putting other
sible. on the effect on the morals of Issues out. until the Rothschilds the
' Ground la being . cleared at Seaside
for a new aawmill of 0,006 feet dally
capacity, with box factory .in connec-
The Condon Tlmea la' nt thai' Anlnlnn
tbat If the question came up tomdrrow
In -Condon the no-dog law would carry
by, a large majority.. r.v -j.; .-.-. .
''With 3000 grand stand seats already
sold and the date ot the Round-Up still
a month off," says the Pendleton East
Oregonlan, "it begins to, look like a
pumper. crowd agelnV.:.: ,'' fa ,
F,.;:-v..,V'V,, ...e." fUfa.
The Baker Herald prints a" "booster
motto',' dally at the head of its editorial
columns. Here la. a isoeclmen: , ''East, i
era. Oregon alfalfa is quoted the highest
on the Portland market, aad most of
it .is grown 1b. Baker ounty.?...
When Oenernl Fall rla naand
through Granta Pasa on his way to .Ja
pan the Courier man was enabled to also
him up as a person who should be able
to do full Justice to tha task of talll ne
ttle Japs how much the Mexican govern
ment tiilnks of them, - ,. - ,r ;-
.Rank tn Ihl I. i.n tr. .
plration with Editor Hart of ' the La
fayette Visitor. Here is an extract from
hie lot book: "After a douDle of weeka
in the hayfleld at Willamlifa the editor
returned on Saturday and arot buav in
the office. . He left again on Thursday,
ae th harvesting tHera demands hia
attenUon," , . . . .;. , . , . ,
' ' ' , " -. , ,, V- I
"Wa . m
IN EARLIER DAYS
. ."By Fred Lockley.-? f
. If you were asked to guess Lot Liveiy
more' a ags you would auess blm to b
THE PROBLEM :0F MONEY
far;.
Onoe there were banks full of money
ln London which could be had at !
and 4 per cent It la hard to get it
there at any price now, even for the
demands of legitimate commerce. Brit
ish trade has been violently expanded
of recent years.. That means the Brit
ish trader ' is prosperous -but it also
means that he has regulred more cash
to finance his operations. Canada has
absorbed a great deal of British money.
thanks, to the ' building of two great
transcontinental railroads, not to speak
of . numerous municipal and corporate
bond issues. nrpJoads of immigrants
have left .English shores for Canada,
Every man carried cash with him. Ev
ehy bouse and. farm purchased called for
more cash. The same process has been
going on in Brazil and Argentina and
Australia and- Africa. They are all
flourishing but they have pumped Brit
ain's well dry of money. 'Every Invested
cash dollar of the Englishman has been
turned into a credit dollar and a half,
perhaps but the caah has disappeared.
This trade expansion has eaten up
the funds .which in other times have
waited for Investment in London's
banks. Then Great Britain, and Germany
engaged In a dreadnought building race.
England raisea tne enormous sums nec
essary by - resorting to burdensome
taxes. T.hla Increased the cost of living,
so that XhtL Englishman was forced to
Sell his perfectly safe but low Income
consols he favorite investment of the
eonservatrve"-EngllBh family for a cen
tury, past to reinvest for a greater re
turn, consols dropped to an almost un
precedented Ly low price, and the rein
vestment -process ceased, because the
Englishman bad reached the limit of
his available money, s
,.. . fc
' In consequence, London once the
greatest market for new Issues of se
curities ia closed against them. Bank
ers have offered issues to a total of
half a billion pounds since the first of
the year. But one issue was cbmpletely
sun the bonds didn't sell. Then the
ionaon bankers agreed that no ojher
Issues were to be put upon the . market
uuiu umes Bettered. V
Just across the channel the bankers
of Paris are In equally hot water. , The
French- investor has always beld that
In troubled tlmea bis gold is quite as
sue ounea at tne root or the grape
aroor aa in me possession of a banker.
With the Balkan war still running on
full speed and with France and Ger
many growling at each' other over the
Doroer line no one denies that these
tunes are troubled. In the effort to
aeep up its gold reservS the bank of
France months ago ordered that no
more than 60 francs in gold should be
paid 'over ttie counter to any one uer
son. Its depositors have, therefore, been
returning for 50 francs six times
week. The bank has taken SCMOO.OOO
in gold from us since the drain began,
and It Is estimated that $500,000,000 ln
gold nas oeen hoarded since the begin
ning ot the Balkan war. "
The articles are Ty an. authority on lum!,,a v 5? the Columbia river
" I niDl lea that thin irAail St a
the . financial situation, and they
are given publicity by The.s Journal
recalls that this vessel Is the first
warship of her class to take the wa
for the reason that legation of te' M pf " f fm,i" f leet'
this character -Bh-ftr.tirii.rw .h, ii- wltli wb,c u la hoped to patrol tha
cusslon. . The articles are printed
as news and The Journal does not
sanction ' them other than as the
expression of opinion by a man
competent to discuss the issues In
volved.
Mr. Searing says, that the short
form of -Eovernmrmt . off- . aB or money " world-wide. His
niitujeio ui me penamg currency
bill will show that, through he
more flexible monetary system it
provides, the danger of panic Is
by Yuan. They ask an estabhahad
order of things . which will permit
them to" resume the occupations of
peace.- r-'
President Yuan may be amhltimia
to become the dictator, hut he hao
greatly lessened. He will discuss
the objections of bankers, conced
ing that the bill, if enacted Into
proposed the only national program 8 1 .' " enactea Int0
that will develoo r.hma .iiT!!la.. woul(i Probably result in a
that will develop China along right
lines. 'He, offers a broad educa-
t!onaI system, development of the
8te places by people now con
gested in the cities, the building of
railroad -and other transportation
, lines, and - urges considerate treat
ment of all foreigners. His plan 1b
to make1 China the United States
of the east'.v';;S , ;
Fulfillment of Yuan', vision of a
new China must of necessity be de
layed, for that country, has cen
turies of tradition to overcome. Bui
before - the , present - ruler is con
demned for over-leaping ambition
. there must be further, evidence that
In? is seeking only self; aggrannSie
liK'nt. :t1;;lM"''V;.'';.1'''
Sun Yat Ben made his brief fight
on the declaration that each' prov-
reductlon In the number of national
banks, and consequently. In the
amount of national bank, currency
ln circulation. ' ; f
A chief feature of the bill, point
ed out by Mr. Searing, Is that, by
crippling the call-loan business, specr
ulative operations would be pared
down and Wall Street become a
place of Investment rather than, of
gambling upon a colossal scale. -
There is a difference of opinion,
even among bankers, as to the pro
posed law's effect upon the two per
cent bonds, Banking, Reform says
it is "a practical question, that
paper says the plan is" so devised
that bankers Who withdraw from
the national system will undoubted
ly incur some losses through failure
of ths three) per cent refunding
seas of the world and preserve the
prestige of "Johnny Bull."
Commenting on the visit of the
New Zealand the Montreal Star ex
presses a touch of regret that it
had been decided that Canada need
not build warships. Continuing the
Star says, f'Tbe British government
and the British taxpayers have, in
a measure, assumed our responsi
bility for us; but it Is still to be de
cided whether we will put our shoul
der under the burden.
"If the British Columbians have
any apprehension , of the 'Asiatic
peril' they will see a protector in
the New Zealand. The New Zealand
represents a policy which,' does not
contemplate fighting -Japan', ' but
which wins over Japan to our side
ln Confronting any perils which may
arise.".
Portland fans always knew, that
McCredie Is a good baseball man
ager and that he has a' good ball
team to manage, and were merely
awaiting a favorable opportunity to
proclaim their wisdom. . '
, New York state's summer, record
is reported to be seventy-five auto
mobile Accidents a day, but a joy
rider ,1a r evidently bora, every; Jmln
ute. J.Vv.'i. '':,;;.t-:c--;i-;i'i,:
fa fa), , ' i fafK'fa
"It England finds a commercial
display ; at, the r Panama exposition
our young men caused by (1) the mod
em "unpopular" styles of feminine
dress, (2) the suggestlveness of the
latest crazes ln dancing, and (3) the
more than suggestive, actions and ex
posure of form and flesh and bone of
the average feminine theatrical players
of Ihe present "day. As to the third
case. If any object to this insinuation,
consider yourself above the average,
and remain above.
In the beginning, I say that no one
abhors a fanatic, crank, pessimist, or
fault finding vulture more than I do;
and therefore I hope to be taken as
one who thinks he sees danger to the
boys we work for, build for, and hope
for In the above named practices that
if not pouplar, are at least becoming
"a much too common for the -good of
piastio and . numan natures. , ,
We read not long ago what a certain
prominent fashion 'builder said on the
slit skirt subject In effect, that the
said piece of wearing apparel was ab
solutely guileless, "or a picture of Inno
cence. If this is true., then surely there
are two or more degress of guileless
ness and Innocence, one of which is
far less innocent than the other. Fancy
a fond parent being heartless enough
to approve or nis daughter's appear
ance in 'publlo with a modern skirt.
When daughter reaches the age of long
skirts, then why rend them In twain,
unless to attract attention? p ;t
' By drawing the attention of young
men . to such exposure as the slashed
dress affords, can it be said to divert
their thoughts away from sordid, selfish
things, or purify the mind that must
helo much to guide the .shin of llf. m
this worldT beautiful and pleasant to
those - who, live aright, but sometimes
madelrito a trough tot human swine:
The young man attend, a party where
dancing is indulged ln, and behold! the
turkey trot, Dear bug, and a few such
exhibitions ot- selfish, shallow .unrss
stralnt enter -his mind by sight. And
what ahan the harvest -be? , ''
If our boys attend trie theatre, there
again they cannot but be brought face
to face with at least a certain dr
of abandonment of purity. Bonis will
say, "Why expect purity in a theatre,
dance hall, jor other plane of publlo
greatest bankers in the world were un
able to dispose of an issue of G per cent
bonds by the republic of. Brazil, which
Is magnificently solvent. The Roths
childs could sell but 6 per cent of this
Issue at 7, a bargain-counter figure for
a gilt-edged security. Immediately
afterward the price dropped to 94, and
The Gorman situation is worse. For
the first time in history the Prussian
government loan failed completely this
year. German trade has - been expand
ing even mors rapidly than that of
England and more cash proportionate
ly has been swallowed. Two years ago
tne farm oaaxers wnnarew izob, 000,000
ln gold from their Berlin correspond
ents because ot the Morocco - InoldenL
Tbat operation was financed at great
cost by Berlin. In order to keep up its
gold reserve the Imperial bank of Ger
many has been bidding in the open
market s gainst France and England for
tho weekly receipts of gold from Africa.
In spite of this situation the German
government has (demanded 1,000,000,000
marks for armament this, year and
across the border France Is putting out
new loans, frankly to Increase her
fighting force. No wonder observers
are skittish. Meanwhile Russia Is seis
ing upon all the gold she can secure
partly for her war chest and partly for
the extension of her railway system. 1
Much of it comes from that back gar
den of the French peasant
It is evident that if trouble cornea
our bankers must not hope for aid from
London, Paris, or Berlin and aid must
come from these cities If it comes at
ail. And if trouble comes, a vast bulk
of our own securities, purchased by
Europe ln brighter times, will be
dumped on our hands. We are none too
ready to meet such- a situation. Wo
have been expanding perhaps more
rapidly than any other country and
the expansion is continuing. The June
call by the controller ot the currency
showed that our national banks had
$189,123,700 mors out In loans, and $30,-
220,265 less ln cash than a year ago,
The surplus reserve of the clearing
house banks of New York must be built
up against crop-moving tlma And on
top ot aU we have certain practical and
emotional troublea .'
Merchants and bankers can prepare
ln some measure for readjustment of
values forced by the tarlff-law-to-ba
But the far more important and more
danacrous readjustment which will fol
low - the untangling of our corporate
. . e i.Jau aanA a Ja wi est al j
guarded against. We have learned that
tha control or our leaning inaustnes
and railroads and banks has through an
intricate legal interlacing been concen
trated ln comparatively few hands. The
suoreme court has decreed that such
combinations must be, dissolved as be
ing in restraint of trade. The process
of taking apart thl Ingenious1 legal
puzzle of holding companies and col
lateral trusts is very sure to nurir nut
It must b continued to the end. -
This country nas oeen on a financial
spree. The sobering up process is pain
ful. It is imperative mat our Demurs
and congress co-operate ln an effort to
make us safe.
expect, It there now, and that is the
cause of this article's being written.
It isn't there; neither Is it suggested
in ths style of the slit Skirt' or hobble
dress, or whatever it is called. . ' i..:.
. And yet ; we are hoping and looking
and ought to be building for a better
citizenship, a purer publlo mind, a
greater world, and a better people for
the future. Are we holding the reins
slack and allowing the colt to "ehy"
all they wish, believing they will stop
running, . wnen tney are tired? Don't
overlook the faot that other young ani
mals that would not otherwise' "hit
the. rapid pace" certainly run too fast
after ' seeing tne others gallop; and
notice i also that often : when they . are
tired and ready to stopj many a shat
tered limb and ruined constitution are
what remains. Does it Pay to lay down
the reins and "let them go?' The writer
is Just a farmer, resting this day at
home, and thinking these thoughts, for
any good ithey may - do, and enjoying
every oay.v ' UKwvju a. uixekson. v
..A Concrete Worker's Testimony,
" Portland, Aug. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal Stace The Journal has ad
vocated municipal construction of side
walks and pavements, I will give you
some information first hand from a con
crete workman. There are-three points
td the , proposltlon--tne taxpayer, the
workmen and the contractor. . Since the
commission v form , of government ' has
come into being there has been a-very
noticeable change In the inspecting of
city workr Jn the past, on sidewalk
work.' where eight sacks of.. cement and
the regulation amount of gravel, sand
and water should cover 13 linear feet
of six-foot walk, it has been stretched
to over 0 feet in one particular dis
trict of the city, according to a frland
of mine on that Job, and to my Own per
ths same basis of cement was passed by
a city inspector. ':,. ' ' r ' ''; ; ',
There is no doubt that the taxpayers
are getting much more for their money
than previously, but it is necessary to
employ three inspectors tor each job,
at least $3 per day each, ln order to
get work done according to specifica
tions.-: , I'.l.yV.j.r.iif'i,:' '..,.
As to the workmen,-there are a large
number of men in Portland who have
devoted several years to. learning this
business, but on account of rain, short
age of material and lack of grading be
ing done ahead, are laid oft so that they
do not earn a decent living. s.
The deputy state labor, commissioner
has been notified of one contractor who
has violated tne ergntinour law, but
apparently be has don nothing in the
matter. .-' '... ' -f --XSri. h.;h-ix:-
The contractors have considerable In
vested in tools, etc.,. but seem to be -depending
on . overworking tha employes
or on beating the Inspectors in order to
make a profit on the contract. One, at
least,-or tne contractors, has branched
forth from the trust and is getting ma
terial by scows dlreot from the. Colum
bia river.-- It would be Interesting , to
know the saving mad by this method.
There Is one system by which a
thoroughly competent force of. concrete
men could be employed by the city to
do this work at a much lower figure
and comply with every specification of
tha contracts. - If the city of Portland
establishes a faotory for the construc
tion of ooncrete blocks and -t Ulna;, em
ploying these employes in the sidewalk
and paying department , only ,. during
rainy-weather eaod when shortages of
material occurred, then tha man :'hm
be able 'to earn a reasonable wage and
ba steadily employed. Furthermora
there v would be no overproduction of
output beyond what the city could use
about ,60, years old., You would guess
wrong though, for he" Is 7. ;';', ;r', " j
' , It Is a question , open to . argument
whether . Mr. Llvarmore Is a Buckeyo,
a Bunchgrasaer or a: Webfoot. , , ,
. "I was born In Marleta county, Oht-v
August 11, 1835,., said Mr. Llvermora
"From Ohio we went to Illinois and we
left there in the spring. of '51 for Ore
gon. W took up a farm six miles north
of Dallas Jn Polk county. When we
came along the old emigrant road past
where Pendleton's new high school now
stands I had no idea that 1 would ever
come back and spend nearly half a cen. v
tury here. '.-...nv..vv;V ;--ts-.
- (When I; was 10 years old, that was r
in the spring of '65, I went to Eola and
worked for J. B. V. Butler. Joseph
Bradley Varnum Butler, as h. some
times signed bis name, ' had . a store
there. ' After Butler sold his store 2
worked ln a machine shop run by a man ,
named Rlggs. I, Spent the summer of
1833 . la the mines at - Florencs; 1865
found me In Portland, where I spent a
year working f or Harker Bros. 1 n ths
spring of '63 took a boat for Umatilla, '
arriving there on February 28. I worked
In a store there till August, 1866, when 1 ,
bought an interest in. the firm. Uma
tilla ln those days was the big town cf ,
esstern Oregon. " Gold dust was the
.principal currency, as the mines In east-"
era Oregon and Idaho wars heavy pro -ducers.
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Speaking of gold dust reminds me of
an incident that happened Shortly after -we
had taken up -our farm ln the Wil
lamette Valley in the fall of '52. There . '
was not a great deal, of money In- tha
nanas or farmers in tnoss aaya Tney
took their produce to town and ex.
changed It foavwhat they needed. -Cer-,
tain men whose business kept them on
the move woujd secure a $50, gold slug ;
and would travel from one end of the -State
to the other, without ever spending
a cent They & would stop at farm
houaes, have their team put up and
stay over night and in the morning
would offer their $60 slug in payment,
of their bill. Not one farmer ln a nun- '
dred would be able to change it, so the
traveler would drive on with the prom
ise of fixing It up If he ever passed
that way again. One Monday a man
stopped at our farm for lunch. Wa had
already eaten but mother cooked him a
good dinner while I took care of hia .
team. When it came time to go he said,
'Get up my team. I'll have to be aolnc'
As he was about to leave he pulled out
a $50 slug and said. 'As I passed
through Dayton and Amity I tried to
get It changed. It is the smallest I hava'
Mother said. 'Your , bill Is only 60
centa Haven't you got that much
changer . All money received from en
tertalntng travelers went to mother.
She was saving the money to buy a
stove
It'" tbe smallest I hava' the man
responded.
T haven't any chance - for iko .
mother said. 'I guess I will have to lat
It go.'
I saw a Shrewd grin come over tha
traveler's face.
'Let me see ths slue?' I aatd. rtm
handed It to me.
Took In your old stooklns.' I aald
te mother. 1 think' you hava nearly tBJ
In change.
She oounted out her hoard and found
she had a little over 350 In allvar. fiha
handed him $49.50 in silver. He de
manded his slug back and refused to "
take the silver. I was morally eertain
he had some silver of hia own. but X
.stood pat. - I gave my soother the $50-
ma; ana ioiu mm ne oould take, the
silver or leave It We had bmkan un
one slug gama He took It and drove
off with a soowL
"On March 11, 1839, at Umatilla. 1
married Harry .Bickers' half sister,
Clara Brown. On July 26. 1869, it cam
up to what is now Pendleton with a
stock of goods. Judge G. W. Bailey had
a house here. Moses E. Goodwin and
his wife, who - wa afterwards Mr
Aura M. Raley, and .who recently died,
had a little frame building In which
tbey kept a. hotel and there was no
more building about 14x20 that Goodwin '
had used for a saloon. X rented this
saloon building for my atora Z carried
goods for the Immigrants needs and also
a stock of goods for Indian trad a I
figured either on selling out my stock
or selling the entire thing to some one "T
wno wanted to run a store. I conttnuod
running it whfle I waited for some one
to come along who would buy me out,
but no one ever came, so I am here ye.
"While waiting, however. I was ap- "
pointed postmaster of Pendleton at a
salary of $13 a year. That was In the
early seventlea Later my salary was
based on the stamp sales and still
later on the cancellation of stamps. Z
aerved as agent, for ths Pioneer -stage
line owned by Halley & Ish and later 4
for the Utah, Idaho A Oregon Stage !
company. X was stage agent and Wells- ,
Fargo agent for over IS ysara X was
the first mayor of Pendleton, also Its
second. I was postmaster for 17
years and have served the olty as conn. '
oilman and In various other capadtlea
Now that Mrs. Raley Is gone X am Pen
dleton's oldest citizen.". - . ,
An Era. of Unwritten History.
From the Chicago Post .
The great river whloh the Algonquins
called the "Father of Waters" has had
Woven about it a tingent t abrlo of his
toric pictures, .j .
De Soto and his armored Spaniards;
our own Jollet and Marquette, with the
lilies of France; the methodic Ambas
sador John Jay; the rugged explorer
Zebulon Pike; Grant, Farragut Lincoln
himself all come Into the story of Its
past. '..: ''' ' ""r-':;j . .-
Yet underneath all this proper glory
there has been Its unwritten history,
more profoundly affecting the course
of human life than, ail the conquests or
battles that raged around Its ceaseless
Waters on their Journey of 4000 miles
to ths sea r.'vi'' 'fa .jk,,'. ;.'i; '..:...;
. A glimpse of this, humbler, more
commonplace story we get ln this little
note, rescued by tbe Illinois State Reg
ister from the Iowa press:
"Wednesday the steamer Ottumwa
Belle with - consort pathfinder passed
Fulton with a large raft of logs In tow
for the Tabor Lumber company's mill
at Keokuk. ' This , is probably, the Jest
pine log raft that will be seea on the
Mississippi river. . The sawmill at Keo
kuk has been running this season to use -up
the remaining logs owned by the
Tabor company, . of which the raft .
Wednesday was the last When the last
of these logs are cut the, mill will be
the last Of ths hundred or more mills
that were in operatloif on the Missis
sippi river a quarter of a, century ago."
It Is but a day's story in a country
newspaper. It may not be literally true.,
because It lacks, perhaps, the broader
knowledge of the whole length of the
river that would be possible to an ob
server in a great industrial center, '
a But it is ln Just such casual, frag
mentary ways that the world record ,
movements of trade, eras of Industry, v
that are more fundamentally Important '
than ths Uvea and deaths ot klnaa Tha
end of the great timber production along
me, nurinern uaunai ui me .Mississippi, -the
final exhaustion of the mighty for
ests of the northwest the eonoluslon
of a chapter that affected the lives of
uncounted, thousands, is noted only b
a country newspaper.. History will not .
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