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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
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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-
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B-uJaailn fceateor Co., BraMWlei i BalldlB.
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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
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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, -
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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.
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