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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1913. .THE JOURNAL IN l.VDKPEXDENT NEWSPAPER C. a. JACKSON ;..tnhltahr 'ubllfi every raning (nnpt Srnidux) end i r Senda morning kt Jwiraal Bolld l"ftJJtroal)r and Varolii ata.. Portland. Or. ktmitrf at tb potofllca at Portland, or., for ,, , traiunulaaioa tfarouKli tha wall M MWBd claU . ' maitar. . . v ......,," ... .; , ' .-. . a-bl-KI HONttt . Mala TI78f Hon. A-exl. All department rond or tbaee ausiner. tlia aparatna, wttn dMetnw rg want. uui uirv iub xaiiivB uavruor to cuuio vu vi vyauuioa in necessary m vravr uiav wi" ui vuuu vuniuyiuuauv Portland and go back again, did settler may hot be misled and the a few brief moons ago? sot do so for the purposo of being secretary be accused atef of vlolat- ;l Mil B-uJaailn fceateor Co., BraMWlei i BalldlB. 'in Fifth anU Kaar "Torsi 1418 Peopla ( . twbei'iitua leruia ty mall r u niur lara . tft la rLiiitod Statoa or Mlcai ... ' ; 1 ' fW J...t4.00 f On wonttl '.... .M SUNDAY - Dae f ...,..,11.60 ( On Booth .....8 , I...., . DAILY AKP SUNDAT . ..Ona VffJ ....... ITS na Kh ......t . shared for the banquet, and did not pay $10 for the service. A barber was taken aboard the train at The Dalles. lie did shave Secretary Lane. He also shaved a dozen or fifteen other gentlemen at a regulation expenditure of fifty centa per. He did board the train Ing alleged pledges. THE Tl'RANNY OP JEWELS A Envoy John Llnd Is a one-armed man, yet behind that, single arm lies all the punching power of Uncle Sam, as Huerta la not too obstinate CHICO woman recovered from to realize. the' gizzard of a chicken, the diamond setting of her ring, Tom Marshall is said to be fond supposed to have been dropped of cherry pie, which fact alone la Rt The DaiiAR nnrt rAtnrn to thatifrom ltB place in the family poultry sufficient to clinch the vice presi- city after makine the trio to Port- " "Vi"- ucm Muuuig a, sumu, v.w -... I TkT 1- 1 . a . a I.. . ... lxecmaces, aiamonas ana qtner moner. costly Jewels were the chief uooty of the highwaymen who held nil and Helnze borrowed a million in robbed a train in Sallivan's itSulch, 1907, but all the sorrowing is done practically in the geographical cenr oy tne truetiui gentlemen land, but not at the request of Sec retary Lane. The whole service was performed at the instance of the members of the Commercial club, whose guest tne secretary was on the Central Oregon trip. ' Man ought always to have something that ha prefers to life; . otherwise life Itself Will ' seem to him tltsome and void. -Seume, . v UNANSWERABLE PROOF 1 THE FRUIT HERE has been a train hold-up in the geographical center of Portland. It la not good advertising to a be published broadcast throughout N PORTLAND, there are those who are faint hearted on subject of river dredging. How about Glasgow? Tliat city ia 4 5 miles inland, on the river Clyde. Forty years ago, the Clyde was fordable by a team and ordi nary wagon at a point 18 miles be low Glasgow. The same river is now navigable by the largest ship afloat, and the change has been, wrought by dredg ing. The foreign commerce of the port for the year 1904 was 170,000,- who ter of Portland, Tuesday night Kecent thefts of jewels at an eastern seaside resort mounted into hundreds of thousands of dol lars, and assumed the proportions the of a national sensation The moral of it all is that we loaned it. The minority might have a bet ter show at Washington If it would only dispense with its leading Mann. The "Sick Man of Europe" con- Ithe country. But what Is to be expected when! 000 tons Ttolence is publicly advocated on tne For many years past, the ship- streets of Portland? What else is -to be expected when lazy I. W. W. "propagandists make an easy living ; by standing on soap boxes at street ; corners and teach and preach the destruction of all industry, all gov ernment, and all law. j What else is to be expected when, for hire, half crazy anarchistic ' drones In the busy hive of the work aday world publicly counsel de- 1 atruction, confiscation and all the appalling propositions" of syndical ism? f ? Vhat else is to be expected when I there is publicly expressed encour-;- 'agement and sympathy by decent but mistaken people for "kept" ligi- i tators who revile Christ, curse the buildlns industry of Glascow has averaged '300,000 tons a year. It Is now to be vastly increased by the removal of great shipbuilding industries from BelfaBt to. Glasgow, a change occasioned by the fear of war between the Ulsterites and Na tlotialites over home rule In Ireland. The dredging of the Clyde is in constant progress. Dredges by dozens line the channel from the city to the mouth of the river. Even the sewage of Glasgow la not dumped into the river, because of the effect it would have in filling up the channel. The port is controlled by a board of trustees, for creation of which provision was made in 1825. The have, among our other troubles, the "nuB ,n a Ber,u8 Btate of indispo tyranny of the Jewel casket Our svb up Aurmuopie. women who have the means, load themselves down with glittering Letters From the PeoDle mio oiuueo m vom ornainemauua, (Commnnlcatlont lent to The Journal for pnb. unmindful that the binding doesn't 1 1Ictln ' tM department iboult be wrlttan on make the book or the frame make aoo words in length, and must b accompanied the tiler li r nr thn frnnlr mnkA rha lnt ki aara ot mo aenaer. n ioi ins picture, or tne rrocK maKe tne WPlter doe, ae,,re , htTt th9 nam, pub. iuoiik. i lunea, pa enouia tu atata.i It is by display of ornaments that WOUld embellish a Crown that the I " ratlonallaaa rarrthliic It touches. It TOtw e&K and criminal are tempted, and them back on tbalr rettoniibleneai. If tnr v;hurch, defy the law, spit upon the trustees have almost unlimited ; police, calumniate government, hoot 'power, and all their acts are held ."at public authority, jeer at the re- ; public, sneer' at free institutions, 'spurn the flag and blaspheme the ' Almighty? X. .,., , V . There were train hold-ups before "L . W. ; W.-ism was promulgated, inhere- would be train hpld:ups,and - criminality without I. W. W.-ism. v ' But no y man can deny . that the preachments, of tlolence,. the teacht 'jug of destruction, the counselor to ; confiscation, by .agitators have a positive and Broad effect fn encour- t aging" men to train hold-ups, to bur- glaries and to other forms of violent crimes.' The Inevitable tendency of ! the Inflammatory denunciations of ' police, of laws, of authority, of con . etitutlons and governments Is to in cite men of low mentality to Jnst ; such things as happened Tuesday night in-Sullivan's Gulch. The red flag of I. W. W. revolu tion is the emblem of destruction ; and confiscation,- and wherever it floats Instincts of lawlessness are ; bound to be aroused. It is a lure ; that beckons, not only I. W. W.-Ists but predatory criminals to Portland. MUNICIPAL CREDIT IT IS proposed under the currency bill to authorize national banks to establish savings departments. It is also proposed that bonds of .'cities , whose indebtedness exceeds , five Jr cent of their assessed valua Mr'of taxable property shall not be available for investment by these savings department8.- Experience has proved the neces sity of safeguarding savings funds; but a five per cent bar against cities , Is extreme . caution. Savings banks have been and should continue to be purchasers of sacred because of the realization that it is the activities of the port that have strengthened the manu facturing activities and infused the llfeblood of militant enterprise into Glasgow. It is at Glasgow, that the Lusl tanla and many other notable steam ships have been built. The gross tonnage Of the Lusitania Is 32,000. She is 790 feet long, 88 feet wide and 60.6 feet deep. At uiasgow, mere is now n ear ing completion the great steamship Aquitania, which is to be a com petitor of the famous Imperator of tho Hamburg-American line, the largest steamship in the world. The (gross tonnage of ! the Aquitania is 50,000. Her length is 885 feet and her width 05. Though as long as four and one half Portland city blocks, not count ing streets, the Aquitania is built on a river that,-before it was im proved! would, In Oregon, have been called a creek. Human hands and brains converted the Clyde into a stream which floats the biggest ships in the world, and makes Glas gow the builder of one of the largest steamships ever constructed. If unanswerable proof la wanted as to the efficacy of dredging and the possibilities of Portland as a seaport, read the story of the rise and present standing of the Port of Glasgow. that the owners Of Jewels are But D) reaaon.blene.a It ruthleaslr cnwn.-a . . " J thorn out of eilHIence, and aet up lt own to tne Bress or guarding against I coucluslona In their atead." Woodrow Wllaou. theft burglary and even murder. Johnson Agn Addressed. . . 1 ' iur ww Portland. Aug. 19. 19U.-TO the Edi- IJnuimve woiunu ot uarDarism man tor of Tha Journal Mr. Johnson's arti the gentle blooded Caucasian wife, j Cle in Th Journal of August l would sister or daughter of 1913. It is a Intake a Socialist laugh. No man's Judg- symptom of the ancient Jungle more ment Is better than his information, and than of civilization. ' i would seem by Mr. Johnson's line of in tnis vu eantv or taste, dnnii-1 """i. ..!. miv.unu n, ir-T,lr .., cated in the huge nose and ear or- n ,ubJ,ct of. sroolal,8in- He 8ay (Copyrighted, 1913. by Frank Crane.) PERTINENT COMMENT AND KEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE . Thaw Is quite as sane- at some auto, mobile drivers. Politically, New York state' seems to oe aoout on a par wun Mexico, - . . .... i . . . .v. h. ....v . . u 1. 1 1 1 ,iajrui , hope he won I soon ba Drayina to ba rid or tier. - Tcun Mrs. Dlarta mav b foollHh. Tint . . . - ... it. . rL b . . . . . . ne ims inuiucuue 01 iemaie preae cessors... .. ... Harry Thaw ia ddubtleBS vrrv a-iait that powerful automobiles . were ln- vemea,";o. . , , . a ;; . Don't scream. Evelvn: mivha Vlnrrv isn't goin-g- to shoot: you jan the stage, Mil UJI. . . - ' ... a - ' What! Is soma real Droarreaa srolna. tn be made' in tha warfare on tha loan But rain prayers mia-ht Jiot b an swered as quioKiy in. Kansas ana OKia homa as in Oregon. . ... m m Maybe Socialist Editor Leach was in hick in Deing tun put or Bandon; noto riety is sometimes capital. The air Is fresh and fine in most places right in Portland, but then a trip away ia good for the kids. a Another epidemic of silliness seams to be breaking out among tha notoriety seeking professors and leoturers. . a Kansas - Is BrosDerous In snita of drouth, says Governor Hodges. But it is better to be like Orearon. Drosneroua without drouth. Everr summer several threshlnar ma chines and much grain are burned in the upper country, it looks to a city chap like carelessness, but is It? a This is also tha time of year, if one has nothing more Important, to do, to He down and watch tha multiform. myriad insect world at work and play. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Lot Livermore, Pendleton's oldest pioneer, has Just returned to his home from a visit in Spokane, the first In 80 years. j - , , Eugene Register: Kansas should have called in the aid of Colonel Hoferi in praying for raink No, on second thought It was better not. They got the rain. ,. Salem's council has enacted that all dogs in that oity shall be muzzled or kept tied or In leah from July 15 to September IS of each year. Prinevlllo Review: A, 8. Fogg, United States commiKBloner at. Hampton, re ports great Interest in land in' his sea tion. 112 people having filed since De cember 8. Their chief grain crops are rye, barley and wheat s, , Discussing the relations existing, be tween weather. croDS and stockn. IhA caiem etatesman says: ii rainea in Kansas, and stocks went up in Wall street, and the price of corn went down in Chicago. When it rains In Oregon, nothing happens." Tha Guard reloicea that tha cltv nf Eutrana can now nroceed to inRtall "nil the ornamental light posts that are necessary to mane tnia tne pest lignteu city on the Pacific coast." The posts to be used are a product of Eugene. 1 Astoria Bude-at: Thn old Kwlmrrilncr hol at the foot of Eighth street on Young's bay, ia as popular today as it was to the older generation many years ago. During the past month tha boys gather at high and low tide, as their fancies best suit them, for a dip and niujr an aay me water a line. A writer In thn Rnkpr-ttcmnf rat tn. thuslng over Powdsr River valley, says: "No lonaer does thn avaraa-n Pnwrlpr river valley farmer live in a tumble down shack, the landmark of pioneer days. Instead his family enjoys a modern homa and in most Instantwa an automobile has been substituted i place of the old hack, to add to the comforts Of living." in eaHlierdays I 1 '" I" " "I I" l I I ' ' ' By Fred Ixckley. THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL namenta of the native South Sea he believe collective ownership of pub- 14m. rllUUai la. a J - a. A.intUn. Islanders, our women add to their iesa a arean)( and rldlculousiy ab. cares tha fear of loss which is form of sejf-inflicted bondage, bondage to the. Jewel casket. SOME RESULTS surd." In all good nature and with beat regards, I Bhould Ilka to ask Mr. John son how much he has Invested In the county court house, the county roads. New York, the greatest state in' the Union, Is writing history these days in big red letters as lurid as those that appeared on the wall of the banqueting room of the king of Babylon. The mon arch and his soothsayers could not read them then. The people of the United the public schools, or the government States cannot read now the meaning of E postofftce business, and how much In e i xr A an A t ha 4yo txraa frsim tham and XCLUSIVE of the physical ben- What would be the least amount in" cash efit to tired mothers and pent he would be willing to take for his in up children of the city, afford ed by a few days in the coun try, the fresh air movement being conducted under the direction of the Associated Charities will have far reaching results, leading to so cial amelioration. terests In these public utilities? Tliese are partially socialized now. But does he think it would be better if these were owned by private corporations and were run for profit? What wrong would there be in the government's buying out all the expresa companies and then passing a law pro hibiting any person or corporation from The mingling of city and country establishing a carrying business where bred In the mutual exchange of ex- avernmeni is ang sucn ousinessj , ... . . . . . and also the railroads and telegraph in periences will bring a better under- tne Bame mariner? In a few years th standing or tne circumscnoea lire government could be operating almost of each. Much of the cruelty and a11 public utilities in the interest of nfirvArslon nf Ufa can h rfe-hrfnltir lno PUD" msteaa or ror aiviaenas ror attributed to the Ignorance of one half the world regarding the life of the other. - A striking feature of the move ment has been the universal com- millionaires. There was a time when the use of large capital by corporations was a benefit to the public in developing great industries. But today private capital in the hands of large corporations is in many cases a great hindrance tu the mendation of the deportment of the progress and prosperity of our country. city visitors by their country hosts. u 18 Di business that is retarding the Out of this will grow future friend- i WJ$3ZV? aSEl ships and visits. In many cases It and many other of our valuable r will lead to the adoption of bright sources. boys and girls by child hungry Under a soolallaed government all WHAT LANE PROMISED T HERE ought to be a fair, square understanding between the Umatilla reclamation farmers and the secretary of the in- tcrlnt Tn n.d&ii . U i . . . am v.. uvj Luak lucio Xliay Qe municipal no misunderstanding, it is necessary tne fresh air fund, Junior League anq otner workers nave, gained a hearts. A case In point is reported from Sllverton. A farmer was so Im pressed by a boy, who showed an exceptional Interest in farm life by a constant attendance on the farmer through his dally routine, that he has taken steps to. adopt and make a farmer of his youthful visitor. Wherever the children went there came back reports that adoptions would result. Another outgrowth will be bet- would be wonderfully Improved, and our unprofitable, or hindering acjlvlties. such as the saloon, white slavery, vice and crime of all kinds could be kept in check, for there would be work for all who wanted work at a living wage and there would be no excuse for an able- bodied man to want for food or doth- lng, except pure cussedness; and that is a disease or a product of our present system that is growing at a fearful rate among the rich as well at) the poor. Socialism would have saved our waterfront, or public dock lands from going into the hands of private cor porations. Socialism would accept Mr. ter arranged and better kept city Bournes government road proposition homes. Young girls will copy the methods of the orderly country housewife and adapt them to their own home life. The movement will have an Im portant bearing on social service work in the city. In searching out and investigating beneficiaries of heavy bonds. It is a form of Investment for Tne Journal to correct certain entirely in keeping with the prin- misleading statements by the Ore- Clple upon which such banks are : Eonian respecting Secretary Lane's better knowledge of local health conditions and deserving objects of founded. The law should establish I Promises at the Pendleton meeting, j charity. In the future they will bo , a limit to a city's indebtedness, but that limit should not make city bonds unavailable to tha proposed , savings departments, nor should i. ' deprive 'cities of a legitimate mar ket for their bonds. There are few cities in America , ' whose indebtedness do not equal or exceed five per cent of their as sessed valuation. Under the cur . rency bill's limitation, as It now Stands, the bonds of these cities --- would be unavailable for invwstnont. A city's credit cannot be deter . mined unalterably by the ratio of . - Indebtedness to 'assessed valuation, but that is tho method so far adopt ed by lawmakers. In following that method congress should not pursue , - caution to tho point of prohibition. RP. . The Durnose of the cnrroncv hill The -' f.i to establish credits on a safe and . , Impartial basis. That purpose will . not be served if restrictions deny credit to a large proportion of , ' financially sound cities. The Oregonlan report indicates j enabled to work more effectively Taking it in all, the effects of the movement in education and future betterment of individual lives are beyond computation. that the whole Umatilla extension 1h to be taken up. The only promise was that the first unit of the 30, 000 acres would be taken care of out of the $800,000 aonronriatlon already made. This unit will be Recent reports from Washington fed by a diversion dam direct from Bay tnat of ficlal war nas been de" the Umatilla river. dam will not be necessary until tho remaining 20,000 acres of the proj ect is financed. The reservoir glared against the dendroctonous sary until tho ! montlcolno hopkins; but it doesn't follow that the baseball bug will ever bo molested unless his pop bot- The Oregonlan says the project tla happens to hiL the umpire In a of 3000 acres is to be Increased to 10,000 acres. The first unit has always been 10,000 acres. Tho Oregonlan talks about a 50, 000 extension. The total now con templated -is not 50,000 but 30,000 1AI YV A GOOD STORY, BUT E WERE told Tuesday by the Oregonlan that, at a cost V of , $10, Secretary Lane got a Dalles barber aboard the train,' brought him to Portland and paid for his time and fare both way so the secretary could be shaved In time to attend the Com mercial lu dinner Monday night The story was exploited on the first page of tha paper and in Wednes day's Issue was further dignified with an editorial comment entitled "A Ten-Dollar Shave". The trouble with the story Is that It Is no true. For the sake of See " retary.' -Lane' standing with tha .proletariat and not in captious crit icism of the Oregonlan, it. should bo explained; that Secretary, Lane did Oregonlan says Secretary Lane promised to take care of the settlers on deferred payments. What he said was that he would ask congress to extend their time. The Oregonlan quotes Secretary Lane as Baying experts would be sent to examine the water supply so that each settler would get his share. What the secretary said was that he would assign an expert to determine what the sandy ground from which the water drains too fast would grow best, and how the heavy loss of water and damage by seepage could be prevented. The Oregonlan says the secretary promised to ask congress for a bond issue for $30,000,000 for re clamation. What he said was that the government would have to spend $75,000,000 to complete projects al ready commenced, that the revenues for the next fou. years would be $35,000,000, and that the remainder could not be done, unlesj congress authorized a bond iksue. No amount of bonds was mentioned. ' This pointing out ' of these ' dis- fatal spot. Moving pictures are being made at San Francisco to illustrate Jack London's "Sea Wolf," but It will be impossible to reproduce the fear some nightmares that follow the perusal of this uncanny tale. of building great public highways that would give work to thousands of the unemployed and In a rew years the general public, or the working class, would be receiving the benefits on what they have produced, and th incentive to labor would be much greater than under our present system. J. H. RAT. An eastern clergyman's charge that one of the leading religious organizations is controlled by Wall Street Is not especially startling, in view of Wall Street's penchant for speculating in futures. Young society folk of San Fran cisco" are now dancing "the classical rag" and the "tanglesa tango" which reminds us, somehow, of sprinkling perfume on a slab of Hm burger cheese. If it weren't for playing things too low down on the Mexicans, Un cle Sara might endeavor to supply them with . a. counter-irritant ,,10, tho shape of aa I. W. W. invaalpn.v . Texas likewise has a situation conveniently close to' the Mexican border -and also a record and a memory1.'' 'i Where now is the Uiagruntled Portland fan who was so ; volubly and persistently .willing to concede Argues for Canada's Excellence. Chicago, 111., Aug. 17, 1918. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal of July 30 I notice a statement tinder the heading, "Returns to Good Old American Soil," by P. .A. FInley, who Is a former resident of Portland. After carefully reading the statements of Mr. Finley I have to conclude that either his sense of observation or his sense of veracity is lacking. Possibly Mr. Finley was very fortunate In not buying a farm In western Canada, and, us he is pleased to state, "had sense enough to keep his money In hia pocket." He is probably priding himself on his good judgment and at the same time Is handing him self an Immense bouquet made up of soma carefully compiled misstatements. I was a resident of Portland. Or, for a matter of 18 years and I believe that any statement I might make would be accepted Just as readily as a statement emanating from Mr. Finley, as I am In a position to clinch my statements, not only by actual personal knowledge and experience but also by government sta tistical reports. I don't know what fish Mr. Finley may have to fry when he made his statements, but ho certainly overlooked a number of facts on which the average American is far better in formed tlian he Is. Mr. Finley states that In some por tions of Alberta and Saskatchewan "they have not had a crop for four years." This may .be very possible on land that has not been cultivated and is still In Its wild state. He alno states that last year the wheat crop did not mature on account of the drouth. If he had taken the trouble to investigate the conditions of last year he would have learned that if there was any trouble regarding the crops it was on account of too much moisture. If Mr. Finley would kindly give me the location of the 60 square miles in Alberta that was devastated by hall In the last few days I would be very glad to- find some fanners in that district that would be wiling to contra dict his statement and supply proofs. . By inuendo he implies that the Can adian , Pacific Railway company Is of fering land for $30 per acre made up into "ready made farms"- In. which, in his Judgment, the people will lose every cent they Invest, and the first payment from 22 to 25 per cent cash. If he will take the trouble to read any Canadian Paclfio railway advertisement which ap pears In the principal agricultural pa pers ri the United States, he will, note that the first payment of the improved farms Is live per cent cash. The let's number of people who have read this advertisement, must surely accept Mr. Flnley's statements for what they are worth. . " . . ' -' Regarding the dissatisfaction among the bloody inscription. It means this experiment of popular government In the New World is doomed to increasing shame and scan dal, and eventually to complete break down, if we cannot devise some other way of political action than by political parties. There is another way. It is to be lieve in democracy in our hearts and not only by our Hps; to .train our children In the schools ia the art of self-govern ment; to arouse the civic conscience so that all men and women will be shamed into active participation in politics; to organize each local community as hu man Beings got lueremer ior me . com mon cause of honest government; and to abandon the humbug and claptrap of the Republican, Democratic, Progres sive, Socialist, and other parties. The party idea in polltlos is as de structive to the idea of any real demo cracy as sectarianism is destructive to any idea of real religion. At present w witness a dirty, sick ening spectacle In the capital oity of New York. A governor' has refused to obey the organisation that controls his party. He is being politically assassi nated by all the methods of blackmail as ruthlessly as the Medici or the Bor gias of Italy put their enemies out of the way. In all this tragedy the people have lit tle interest except as spectators. They never chose Sulzer; he was put Into of fice by an organization which has entire control of the system of nomination and election. The legislators at Albany are not the. representatives of the people. They are tha creatures of political organizations! whose power lies in bamboozling the people, whose opportunity Is found only in the Ignorance, indifference, and ab senteeism of the people. Therefore the whole imbroglio is, to the people, but a quarrel of angry beach combers over tha wreckage of the state, the barkings and tearings of hungry coyotes over the carcass of popular government. Whichever way it turns out makes little difference. Tammany Murphy or Republican Barnes Is ho more to tha people than a feudal baron was to his villeins. In both cases the governing power was obtained by men strong and unscrupulous enough to dominate a people too stupid to understand how to j govern themselves. So long as the people despise'the very principles upon wnich this government rests towit. an active interest in pub lic affairs by every citizen; so long as they bring up their children tn medlae vally monarchic publio schools whero their own initiative is persistently sup. pressed; so long as they contemn poli tics, avota tneir public duties, and leave government In the hands of Domical partlea and their secret supporters, the massed wealth of those who fatten on privilege; so long as the people will not realise that "eternal vigilance Is the price of liberty," and eternal activity. Interest, and energy the price of anv real government by the people, of the peopia, ana ror the people" Jmt so long will such handwritings as those now blazing at Albany be seen upon the walls. "And this is the writing that was written; Mene, mene, tekel, upharsen. This is the interpretation of the thing Mene: God hath numbered thy king dom and finished it. Tekel: Thou art welshed In tha bal ances, and art found wanting. i-eres: l ny klncdom Is ritviri anl Hvon in K nnt1.;An, ... . ' ! rage I k.Vh ; Iv.'T 'I rf,' B . I e.r on lne on , low-clown coward ...... u, u ll)c Luminal ricn ana thn criminal poor on the other!" Any other than a government hv tha people is a government bv criminals DM you know I used to be the devil' on the R. O. ?" asked - J. T Latablrth, teller of the First National bank of Pendleton. "I went to work for the East Oregonlan In 1886. It was a semi Weekly at that time. I was 18 years old and I ,had a" leaning toward a literary profession, Mr, Jackson, the Owner of the Kast Oregonlan, sympa thised with my literary aspirations, so) he gave me a Job sweeping out his i newspaper office.' For several years ' my duties were varied and included de Iivering the semi-weekly, collecting bills, kicking the Gordon Job press and setting type. . v "In 1888. when tha dailv was started. I was at last launched upon my lit erary - career. . ; I was made city re- pot ter and allowed to' put in three-line Items about William Matlock, our pio neer eitUen, returning from lflcho, or about I. C. Bmwnell's red muley cow having calves. Once in a while I put In an item that made things tropical and I had to fro into hiding for a while. "J. P. Wsger, one of the most bril liant writers of Oregon of that time, was editor, and O. S. Jackson was bus iness manager. Wager's handwriting was somewhat similar to Horace Greeley's, and what hip handwriting did to us who had to set it, and what we did to it was almost a tragedy. . tvtnn,. k. aI.u r L. .. , . uiwcii i, uuh aiNv given M many - a man his literary staftrw- Take its former Owner? , C. S. Jackson. It- gave him the experi. ence which enabled him to break into the newspaper game in Portland, when scores of other men had attempted it unsuccessfully. It gave John Lathrop his start and John finally landed in Washington', V. C, and his stories are appearing in Collier's, McClure's and other magazines. Mrs. Carrie Van Ors- dall, now and for many years past at tne neaa or tne women or woodcrart, used to set type there, so did Susie Fanning, now the wife of W. B, Qlafks of Portland, and Nellie Seaburg, now a missionary in 61am. Bert Huffman graduated from the right band seat in the cab of a locomotive to the editorial seat in the East Oregonlan. He was a good engineer and a forceful writer. Some years ago he published a book of verse. He is now farming a section of land in Alberta. Clark Wood, now an editorial paragraph writer on the Ore gon Journal, and for many years pub lisher of the Weston Leader, started as a boy on the East Oregonlan. Lou Wenham, owner of tha Pullman Tri bune; Frank Snow, owner of tho Peta luma Journal; Felix Mitchell, Teddy Weaver, Lave Ingram, Lee Drake, Fred Lampkin and eeores of others who have made good, belong to the Bast Oregonlan family. Mitchell and Weaver are in Portland. Dave Ingram is one of the big ranchers of Umatilla county; Lea Drake baa come up from devil to pro prietor, wot only is he one or the part, ners-- in the East Oregonlan, but he has done much to make, the Round-Up known nationally, as he has been its publloity manager. Fred Lampkin is like Tennyson's brook: Men may come and men may go but Fred goes on for ever. He has been with the East Ore gonlan for 22 years. He, with E. B. Aldrich, the editorT and Lee Drake, the advertising manager, own the paper. Fred started as carrier boy. He was promoted to devil, pressman, book keeper, business manager and finally to proprietorship." Every man you meet in Pendleton can tell you stories about the East Ore gonlan and its former proprietor, 'Sim Jackson. "Did you ever laarn how 'Jack' became a public speaker?" said one of his old tlllicuma. "Speaking was one thing Jackson couldn't do. A crowd of the rougher ele ment held a metting in' which they de cided to run tha Chinamen out. Jackson heard of it. Running the Chinks out was too much for his sense of fair play and Justice. He hurried to the meeting and going to the front said: 'Any man who will help to commit such an out- the American farmers and the state ment that they are willing to sell their land for a fractional part of what it cost. Isn't it a sufficient answer to this statement to point to the fact that land In western Canada for the past 10 years has increased in value from 800 to 1000 per cent. M. B. THORNTON. Socialist Restates Position. Portland, Aug. 21. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal of Au gust 16, replying to a critic of Social ism, I said: "Confiscation was the method applied by the men of '76 to the 'divine rights' of George III, In the American colonics." This meant exactly what was said and nothing more the rights and holdings of the British crown. These were taken from England by force and without compen sationconfiscated. I also repeat: "Confiscation was the method ap plied by Abraham Lincoln In freeing the slaves." They were private property Df the slave owners and their value has been estimated at $1,000,000, OflO. This property was confiscated by the government of the United States. J, E. Johnson does not understand how the people could pay off the value of the Industries if they decided on purchase as the method of acquiring them. I repeat; "By Issuing nonlnter est bearing bonds to their physical value to be paid off. say, at 5 per cent per year." The stocks or our industrial concerns are paying on the nveragj much more than 5 per cent, and on a large proportion of watered stock at that. The workers furnish these divi dends now as profits. They furnish them year after year, and the capital lsts in the end still own the industries. It is like a man paying rent at a rate that would give the landlord a profit of 5 per cent per year. At the end of 20 years the rent payer is still a renter, even though ho nns paid In profits to the landlord the full t value of the house. If, Instead of that, he was njt compelled to .pay profits, but. Instead, the G per cent per year was considered as paying off the principal, at the end of the 20 years he would be the owner of the home. This principle also ap plies to the industries. Mr. Johnson says the tolling millions would be investing four and a half bil lions yearly in something that would yield them no dividends. Tho workers now pay at least thi amount every year as profit to the capi talist, and get nothing in return. Ifj they owned the Industries they would keep it for themselves. The industries would belong to the nation. There would be work for people so long as there were human needs to be satisfied. As there would be no profits to pay. 4the full product Of lafcor would go to the worRera. ; wesiaes this the wastes and inefficiencies of the present sys tem would be largely eliminated. In his first letter Mr. Johnson states that "the theories of Socialism are the most absurd things that a person can conceive of." I repeat the request made of Washington has to be before I am unable to collect the money. X. Y. (In Washington the statute of limi tations bars a Judgment in six years, a note in six years and an open account In three years.) Such an act would be unfair, Illegal and un-American.' This was as far as he got He had fainted. That was his first publio speech. "Sometime later Pendleton invited the State Editorial association to meet there. Pendleton has always been a . game town. It was upon this oocasion. It raised $12X10 to entertain the pencil pushers and quill drivers. C S. Jack son, being the owner of the leading paper, was selected to give the address of welcome. He wrote out a five-minute talk and learned It by heart so he could say it frontward or backward. I believe you could have awakened him in the middle of the night and said one word and he -could have gone ahead from there. On the night of the ban quet he arose, looked at the expeotant guests gravely and said: 'Ladles and gentlemen: I am glad to see you here tonight.' That was the end of the speech, for he had fainted. His friends ' ,, LttulH oesiae , trieo to get nim to aoanaon puwio h m and only an occasional slow nod of ! speaking. 'Just you wait,' he told them, n s btro.igiy pivoted head revealed his ! 'I am going to make a speech some day plan to market the shares nf a cniri ir it iriiia m. ant all hn n.t.n tn i YOUR MONEY One Type of Gentleman Adventurer In Finance Who Serves No Useful Purpose in the Shceme of Things. BY JOHN M. OSKISON. A fat man sat in a chair in a dim corner of his office In the Wall street district, and with only an occasional slap U1 "Pen nana on tne table besld son ..kindly specify a few of these ab- W. M. Washington's fl)bt Limitations. , Lents, Aug. SO.-v-To the Editor of The Journal Please tell me In The Journal how old a debt contracted in the, state mine in which he had lately become interested. He Is supposed to be a broker and he won't turn away the visitors who want to Invest money In standard stocks and bonds. He hands them over to other brokers who actually do bus iness on the exchange. But it had occurred to him (bo he told me) that it would be worth while to get some one in his office who could follow the Investment market and ad vise his clientele of real bargains. What did I think of the Idea? 1 FRid It is a fine Idea; and then ue want to outline his plan for build ing up through a wcrles of intelligent Well-written weekly letters, a feeling of confidence in him and his office. Of course, he didn't expect that eort ot business to pay him; but later on, when the properties in which, he was espe daily Interested . were whipped into shape to be put on the market he would find a public waiting to accept his advice to come in and buy. , Wnut did I think of that Idea? I didn't reply directly to the question. In stead, I rose and went to a map which hung on the wall and asked the fat man to tell . me something about that giun mining property marked -'wry prettily In green and red. He trot the point, and launched into a Jong, defense of the financial adventurer . wh takes a chance with his own money and who tanes tne money or others on tho under standing that It ta to go into speculative enterprises, ' . . -s You have probably heard the arguments- where would we be today, as competitors in the mining and manu facturing field, had there been no men wjth money brave enough" to risk It In exploring the mountains of the west or in developing the telephohl? I had to agree that financial adven turers play a large and often lndls pnhsablt part Jn tha development of the resources of a country.. But I tried to point out to this fat man that what h was proposing to do was to train a body fit real investors (who are properly neither speculators nor ad. venturers) to follow him through the Well, he has, and both he and his hear ers have survived." Pointed Paragraphs ttAttlawi-i "nilrttrv ftt Invsntment ' 4aaaV. in my last letter: "Win not Mr.John-iand thon suddenly call upon them to A talkative wife maketh a silent hus band. , The older we get the more it hurts ua to be scolded. a Many a man's wishbone is where his backbone ought to be. a Never Judge the value of an article by the price asked for it. ' " a 1 We often wonder If some self-made men do not suffer from remorse, a a a It Is easier to check the baggage than It is to check the baggage smash er. Wise Is the man who puts his ears on the Job stnd gives his tongue a vaca tion. a a a j Men who boast that their souls are their own might not know a soul if they saw It. 4- The most annoying thing In connec tion with matrimony Is married life. ''- It is surprising how much news peo ple can give a reporter that Is not In tended for publication. " ,l . '. It takes a lot of faith to enable a man to. order scrambled- eggs in a cheap restaurant. Many a man has collected the money on tlia supposition that he possessci good Judgement, when, as a matter of fact, he merely made a good guess. '"""SNogi's ."Nerve, ; Tonic, Francis E. Leupp, In Atlantic. Having been dedicated to -the profes sion of arms. General Nogi was takan, while still a small boy, to see a orlm. inal decapitated, and was rebuked fni Jump the fences and follow, him over s shuddering at . the spectacle,;' After untried ground toward a sort of end-1 nightfall, when all was darkness, and oMhe-ratnbow pot ot gold. silence, hs was required to go alone I didn't think much of that idea, and to the burial ground and, bring back ' I told him so. Nevertheless at parting the culprit's head. The ordeal was de he Bhook my hand heartily. The beggar I signed to strengthen his nerves and had charm! teach him to fear nothing, livings dead. ..Si?
