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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16. 1013.
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matter.
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i AU eparlinenta reached y thaaa numbara.
TU Itaa operator what department Ti want.
rUKKJUN ADVKKTlSlXd KKr'BBSKNTAT VK
i Brajamlo Kcntnor Oa.. Biuuatrlclt Building.
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' Vaa Building. Chicago.
Subacrli.Oou Ternia by mall or tu au7 adilreaa
IB Ui United' Ulatea or Mexico;
DAILY
One jMt 8.oo I Cue montb .3C
SCNDAV
Ona yea $2.40 I Ooa mnnta 23
DA1LV AXl SUSDAT
One jrar $7.50 I one mni.th "
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Jt '. an impudent kin.l of
sorcery to attempt, to Mind 113
with tile smoke, without con
vincing lis that the lire has
existed. Junius.
THR TAYLOR HOMK'IDK
will often secure correction.. It only
took a word lo got the offensive
film taken out of the picture show.
It only takes a word here and
there to straighten out many 11
crooked plneo in life. Most men
and women .ire journeying through
the world, doing their best aecord
fng to their lights. Not all. hut most
men and women have convlneed
themselves from experience that thai
right way in the best way and so
and transactions with the bank and I tariff mad history. His "editorial
realty company were a fraud upon I on the relation between trusts and
the public, especially affecting peo-' the tariff is illuminating,
pie with 'whom the company wast i
dealing.
The decision timely. The court
says tho insurance comniissloner has
no right to connive at a simulated;
compliance with tho statute. Stock-I
PERTINENT COMMENT: AND NEWS IN BRIEF
THK CEXSl'S BUHKAU
S
OMETHINO is wrong with the
census bureau, and Director
Harris proposes to uncover the
weak spots. Hero it is three
holders investing in insurance, com
panies depend upon his judgment years after the thirteenth census
and integrity in issulne licenses. 1 was taken, and the work of corn-
soon as shown error, or fault, or de- j Policyholders are equally dependent i pilation iB not finished. Published
feet, are ready to make changes upon him. j census figures are becoming to ho
that will square their arrangements TK (ay of wu(cat promotion j valuable as relics, rather than as
with a correct rule of action. schemes is mil n r Tho .....iris live facts.
Tho world is a long way from ! sjlollhl ,Iaf.0 rjKid restrictions upon; Evidence of Mr. Harris' efficiency
being hopeless. U Is in reality a t ...,. lat i() wlth otile., people's : is found in his method of locating
splendid old world with many splon-, 10IH.y an,j cs,wwaIly when that ! defects. Ills first important offi
did people ill it. it a little care,
friendly saggeslion or a bit of
formation l' made available.
those who can profit from it.
was the case with the manager
the picture show.
SMALL CHANGE
Fine time now for a vacation.
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How did the Turk .t the money?
Mrs. Pankhurst la not likely to create
much excitement In this country,
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If prayers In such eases avail, Secre
tary Lano Is a limn wprth praying for.
Some people seem to bo constantly
fighting against being happy or even
comfortable.
The moon Just now Ih ) I !c 0 too ninny
men one may meet- more than halt run
atnl steadily getting fuller.
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Now. bovs and irit-Is. for the serious
business of learning as much as possl-
lnoney has been paid into life in-j'ial act was to appoint a committee j ble. or considerable as well as possible.
sui mice companies for the protec
tion of dependents.
why tim:u.
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S there due diligence by the sher
iffs and police in the enforce
ment of the new revolver law?
At Astoria Sunday, Oswald
Hansel met ox-Circuit Judge Frank
J. Taylor on the street, drew a re
volver, and opened fire. Judge Tay
lor crossed 'a street near the rail
road depot, where he was met by
Hansel.
, Without a word or a moment's
warning. Hansel whipped out a .32
fcslibre pistol and fired. The bullet
Struck the victim above the right
Seye, passed through the brain and
caused instant death.
Throwing his arms to his head as
lf to ward off a blow, Taylor fell
to the sidewalk on his face. The
; slayer then fired two more shots
Jjnto the prostrate body, both of,
"which took effect.
J For two years, there has been
speculation as to Hansel's sanity.
SHe acted queerly. He had frequent
ftrouble with his neighbors.
I While in Governor West's office
about a year ago Hansel was vio
S
O KAK, there has been but a
niggardly response in Portland
to the appeal for funds for a
campaign of education with
which to defeat the referendum on
A TAMJIAXV UIIF.F, HIT
B
Hi TIM SULLIVAN was a Tam
many chieftain, but
The hot tears of the Bowery
poor, as 2(1,000 of them
marched at his funeral, are eloquent
testimony that he was more than
a Tammany brave. The raggetil.. ,mM , ,h' ,o(nn .,,
1 ai'duufunu 111 ui 1 11c m niuuiui) "i .
to report on a plan for reorganiz
ing the bureau. As members of
this committee he named two for
mer directors of the census, North
and Merriam; another former cen
sus official, W. S. Kossiter; Pro
lessor W'illcox of Cornell university,
and First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Itoper.
This committee will make recom
mendations for the completion or
the thirteenth census and con-
icerning the publication of statistics.
a orop in tne inn-net. 111 me de
fense of its appropriation the uni
versity is up to the charily of its
friends and alumni and so far that
charity is far from generous.
A few people in Portland are en
deavoring day by day, to awaken en
thusiasm enough to underwrite the
mailing of necessary literature Ixy
which, to place the case of the uni
versity fairly and squarely before
the voters. It is even now very late
for the campaign to begin, yet with
the election only a few weeks away,
there is not money enough to even
permit the committees to determine
what manner of campaign they are
safe in undertaking. There was
never a time when it was more im
portant for tho alumni and friends
' . 1 nr lnAfit.,tUn fn ...,11., 4 u1
lent and so vociferous in making
clothing, the pinched faces and the: .
tlia mtiti'mirlnliAti rf Ml., I'll ivnrw i I e i . ..... ... . . tUl
ii. c icar-srainen eneeus ot the platoons,
of Oregon. I , ... .,..; a
A few men Irave given liberally. ,,,, followed the remains of -the I , , Nl1fd,y SCe9 knOW hat iS
nut, for the work in hand, the sum j rir;1( pollM,.,on on ni3 wav to Kis ! matter with the census bureau,
that has been made available is butlr,f, ftf .,, ,,, ,t n OPi in although it is generally conceded
trial piioiicaiion 01 stuttsiics yuiy
be respected, a mourning to bo re
vered. It was once reckoned a human tri
umph to capture and subjugate a
city. It was accounted an even
greater achievement to seize and
annex a province.
Big Tim Sullivan thought it bet
ter to win 1 be heart of the TSowery
poor', and there is no nobler testi
monial to any man than their grief,
proven by many a tear, as they
walked -by iiis poor clay on its way
to the city of the dead.
when they begin to rank as ancient
history Is Hot in the line of effi
ciency. If fhe bureau has under
taken too large a job, some of the
non-essentials should be lopped off.
The fact that Mr. Harris has
asked aid of his predecessors is
proof that he has undertaken his
work determined to get results.
That is what the country wants.
ALFALFA DAY
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POKANK'S Chamber of Com
merce will formally launch an
alfalfa campaign September 2.1.
The governors of Washington,
Letters From the People
Undoubtedly Astoria will do Its part
In the great work at the mouth of the
Columbia. Astoria Is one town that
has waked up.
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This is a critical time for Portland.
The expenditure of much needed money
soon will insure its greatness, even its
future pre-eminence among Puclflc coast
cities. '
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It will b very difficult to draw a
de.flnlte line between decent and moral
and Indecent and Immoral plays. Offi
cials as well as other people will wido.y
disagree.
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Industrious, respectable citizens may
Well Ha (..ni If w. , n,i.,l f, ,
straining tha letter of the law a little
In the casey' of trouble making, anar
chistic criminally-minded I. W. W.
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Hereafter city employes under Com
missioner Dleck cannot gabble and go
sip during working hours. There Is a
Rood scientific reason for the order;
few people can work well nn talk at
the same time.'
Thaw says his case, since his escape,
has been legally irregular all the way
through. Rut so wns his escape, and
so was tho act that landed him In
Matteawan. The lawyers and judges
are no worse than he.
OREGOiy S1UEL1Q H TS
It is reported from Marahfield that
there is nt that plac a great shortage
of help in all lines, principally In log
King and railroad work. Several hun
dred men could bo placed.
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Forty bushels of wheat to the acre
is the eule rather than the exception in
the Klamath Basin region this season,
according to the Klamath Falls North
western which states the harvest is In
luu swing.
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Several crates Of nhanaanta from the
male jsame ;arrn are soon to be liber-
HteU in COOS COUntV. uivn the Mlrnll.
field Evening Record. The birds are
10 oe rorwarded by State Game Warden
vnlev and will be consigned to respon
sible farmers who have agreed to look
out, tur ineir welfare.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Jockioy,
Port Orford Tribunp! wniim win
sor, the last veteran of the Hogue lUver
......an war uiiva in wurry county.
passed up the coast last week on his
way 10 jxorin uenu ror medical treat
ment for what seems to be paralysis
of the muscles of the throat. Grandpa
numur is wen aiong in tne bu s, and
up to the present time has enjoyed re
markably good health.
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President W. H. Kline of the Corvallis
fire department a-ot a hlrthrlnv annlver.
sary hazing last Friday night. The
boys set in to nlav fir hnmo with him
and so outraged his presidential dignity
mm ne whb just on me point or tell
ing the entire company to go where
the firef iehtlns- Is alwavn a?nnrf whan
up Jumped the spokesman of tho crew
ana nunar a rine trap-s-hooting goat on
him. And then he told the boys they
needn't go.
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Med ford Sun: The fair is over. AU
In all, it was n success from every
standpoint, but it should only Impel the
management toward renewed effort next
year. As soon it can he affordpd,
there should he some one unusual at
traction staged that will bringpeople
from all over the state. Of course,
another round-up is not feasible, but
an aeroplane flight or a parachute drop
or something beside horse races should
certainly tie secured for 1914.
I THE FARMER AND THE TARIFF BILL
Senator La
La Follettes
(Communications aent to The Jotrrnal for pub
Iteutlon In this department ahotild he written on
only one Mile of the paper, ubould not exceed
:;oo norris lu length and must be accompanied
!r he mime and address of the sender. If the
riier does not de&lte to hare the .name pub
lished, be should no atate.)
-ntscuaalon is the crestent of all reformers.
niiionatizea everything it touches. It robs
t threats that he would kill people
that he was committed to the insane
asylum.
Of all men, next to yeggmen, who
. ought not to have a revolver. Han-
eel is the type. Probably he has
long possessed a weapon.
In any event, this wholly un
provoked murder raises the ques
tion of how much diligence and
energy are "sheriffs and constables
and police using In enforcement of
the new revolver law?
How would sheriffs, constables or
police defend themselves, should it
turn out that Hansel obtained his
weapon in recent days and through
laxity in applying the pistol law?
A PREMIER VALLEY
R. WITHYCOMBE of the Ore
gon Agricultural College esti
mates that the crop of clover
seed ot the Willamette valley
for this season will total a value
" of $2,000,000.
Within out a few years, that crop
has leaped from zero to this Bea-
, eon's extraordinary proportions. It
n,l3 proving to he one of the activi
ties by which the Willamette valley
Is discovering its possibilities as a
maker of wealth.
I Twenty years ago, mpny a valley
farmer jeered the Idea of growing
clover in Western Oregon. The ad
vocacy of the crop by agricultural
college experts was frequently
laughed at by farmers who looked
upon the college men as impractical
theorists.
A two-million-dollar clover Feed
( crop is some evidence of the change
that has taken place. The Wil
lamette valley has become almost
the supply point of the country for
. clover seed. Farmers are getting as
- high as $9ti an acre for the crop, the
figure being, of course, exceptional.
In addition to the crop, they get
added humus in the soil as a result
. of clover culture and have besides
e a good revenue from the pasture or
"from the hay. :: case a first crop is
cut and cured.
There is l.ot et an adequate con
.tCeption of the great part the Wil
i lamette valley is to play in the fu
: ture of agricultural industry in Ore
I gon. Its broad acres will, by proper
crops, bo restored to their ancient
. ' fertility. As in the cast- of clover
seed, new nni highly profitable :
.crops peculiarly suited to the c!i
mate and soil will u- introduced. j
- The electric roads will more and I
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611U1HJ1I me leMJU, ritol pop-
, illation become more and more
dense. Old methods will ;,(J more
and more thrown Into the discard
and the whole valley become a huge
; human bee hive, teeming with in
tensified industry.
In another quarter of a century,
the Willamette valley will i,e of
fmore importance to the world than
'BOme of the European kingdoms.
Orearou .-itul Irlnhn ara pyniM-leil In principles of nil false sanctity no throws mem
1 1 back on their reHsiiimbleuen:
support.
-The monof for Carrying the uni-'hisue Alfalfa day proclamations, and j r.-Mwinahieuea. it ruthlessly crushes them out 'which they are derived. Hut as t
versity's-t-ase to (he people must he 'the Unve executives have beep in- Vne'--wSwP wtC" M ir 1' ll "I
contributed. There is 110 state fund viled to Spokane oii that date. A , I
nn av-hieh Ihn Institution i-an ih-nw special train carrvlnc alfalfa advo-i (ioj; autl JlilROjr. j
for the purpose. The one and onlv ' ntf s will travel tho three states! "i"- " " into competition with imported products.
way bv which an adequate fight can! in nn effort fo secure the planting;01" cf V'" JiZZll , to'. TX f fa' d,rtri,b-
. . , . ' .,., .it 0,,,. , ,, ... arc hilled in the book of Revelations to uted throughout the country, the only
be made for those Who want Higher of 2o0,000 acres of alfalfa this 8oa" j COme to a finish in the closing days benefit of the protective system has
education nourished and susta hied ; son and next. of lhis dispensation. One Is Armaged-1 been that which came to them through
Follette In
Weekly.
The farmer has derived on the great
bulk of all that he produces but little
direct benefit from the protective sys
tern. The duties on wool and beet sugar
have been a material aid to the limited
number of farmers growing wool and
sugar, beets. The duty on wheat, bar
ley, flax, poultry, vegetables, has yield
ed some protection to the farmers In
the states contiguous to the Canadian
border. The same is true to a limited
if they hare no ! extent as t meats and animals from
to all
beet
sugar, the advantage has been compar
atively small and severely limited to
the territory so located as to be brought
In Oregon is to go down into their; The campaign will continue five
pockets and back the university I weeks. Its purpose will be to carry
with their money. It he gospel of diversified farming
Why not give every boy and" girliintrt all parts of the inland empire.
if. Oregon a chance for free higher
education?
Why handicap our youth ;by clos
ing up one of our great avenues to
liberal education?
By the light of all human experi
ence, by the difference between a
trained brain and an illiterate one,
would it not 00 netter 10 increase
rather than lessen tho
don, the other Gog and Magog.
I the upbuilding of diversified Indus-
our avenues to education?
Tho words Gog and Magog mean 1 tries and the nearby market which the
nothing in themselves any more than ' employes of those industries created to
Jug and Nojiig.- unless you have the loey be supplied by products of the American
to the code and understand the con- , farms. This home market has been the
Farmers wili be shown the advan-jtext. Primarily. Gog signifies Russia, j basis or tirectlve appeal to the farmers
U-ge of cutting tin the great wheat !th' seat of ,he Eastf,rn oman Empire, I to suppe-t high protective duties on
L..f,l CM tlllllllf, lip lilt, grtttl Will at . .u -1, t...,h . : maniifni-tnreH nrnHnr-to -ini !.. Hon.
II1C UOII1III1UII Ul U.rcR iiiiivii. il-j.--" - - - .".v.., 0- " v-c ... '.nj -j
gog is the posterity of Ishmael andOf Horace Greeley.
Esau, the dominion of Mahomet. j As a member of the ways and means
But in A more general sense the con-I committee that framed the McKlnley7
f Hot is "frnitf-rsal and continuous. It bill, speaking of the advantage to the
is the everlasting struggle between farmer which would flow from its en
rulers and ruled, between master an 1 actment. I said. -The bill seeks to give
slave.idwtween lord arid serf. In tho ; the farmers of this country a much
lartment there are ',.000,000 acres , religious world it Is the fight between larger body of consumers for their pro-
' 1. 1.-. . a ..n-ainct'riiirta rich li or a ftf n rm hr mnlMnlv.
number of of u in the country, and for a num- 1 . 1 , eoplfi wh "are tainted and ing the factories, and adding to the mil
farms and stocking them with live-'
stock. Alfalfa will be offered as;
the foundation of greater wealth. j
Alfalfa has great possibilit ies as
a revenue producer. According to j
tho United States agricultural de-
!er of years it has yielded a little I tarred themselves with the vices they
We cannot afford to abandon an ovcr flve tons 10 tne acre- From; are trying to suppress.
independent state university
consolidated institution.
Why tinker? -
for al"10 rno's and stubble of an acre j
there can he gathered 20 pounds
It is a ceaseless strife between tho
lions engaged In mining and manufac
turing pursuits." -r
More than that, we encouraged the
1ns anl tho outs, between the House farmer to Delleve that this home mar-
... . r, a 11-... v.. ll-nt wtfl, tt mOUino ln,.elrl.,l
- . or nave ano me ii-iunp ot uimi, ut-- : ..t. .,,1,1,-.. iikjuoliiu.
jof phosphoric acid, 3S pounds of tween the dispossessed null disinherit- workers employed at wages so high as suppressed home competitors and com-
they were thereby compelled to pay
more for the manufactured products
they purchased than would otherwise be
the case if these products came to them
untaxed. But strong in the faith that
they would be rewarded In the prices
paid for their products In the American
market they were content to go on pay
ing more to the manufacturers who
made their clothing, their machinery,
manufactured their lumber, furniture
and all supplies which they were re
quired to purchase. They believed that
by fostering our manufacturing indus
tries the general prosperity of the na
tion would be enhanced; that a great
and well nald manufacturing nnnnla-
ti(l,l H-,jg ) , f, k.Bl ...... 0 .. . '
..r.o 1110 w,ci guatnuicfl 'II U KltUl
and well patronized farming population.
Thus the farmer was persuaded to
support the protective system. With
patience and good cheer he gave long
years of toll to the hardship of opening
up new lands and creating new agri
cultural empires to afford a wider and
firmer foundation for the nation's pros
perity. ,
What was his reward?
The home market was created, but It
was not Just the home market which
bad been the farmer's dream, and for
which he had sacrificed 50 much. Be
hind the protective tariff wall which he
had helped to rear, the Industries of the
country, sheltered from foreign compe
tition, had grown rich and powerful.
They had become allied with other great
and powerful Interests, engaged In trans
portation, and those In turn, had formed
monster organizations for the control
of stockyards, parking houses and grain
elevators. In short, these Interests
owned and controlled the home market.
They fixed the farmer's prices arbi
trarily. They took the profit of his
toll. Added to this, the manufacturers
protected against foreign competition.
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INSURANCE LAWS
potash and HO pounds of nitrogen. ' ed millions of the
. c -i p-a t hover rf nttrniron frnm tho classes Who llUVl
1. . . . . IrMArpncn nn,l
1 air it is superior to the celebrated , . , ,vrlt
world and the ruling to reach the American standard,
held them down In would afford him the best market in
bondage ever since his- the world in which to sell his products.
, 1 ne iainier whh encnu raceu to neneve
more important- ruling has Scandinavian electrical plant. ! The hatred of Cain for Abel the en- i that this was his market. He felt an
been made by the Oregon su- Alfalfa entered the United States rnity between .Sarah and llagar when, honest pride In building it up.
promo court than its decision hv wav of the Pacific coast and lHhmael wns cat lMt0 lhe aisert. -hel The theory was sound The argument
i.. ,. . 100 ra(ul coast, ana between Jacob and Esau, when was logical. The belief In It was sln-
'Bt " , insur-its merits have now pushed it he- jrau was cheated out of his birthright cere. It was effective. For years and
anre Commissioner Ferguson's re- j yend the Mississippi. It is helping! and Jacob driven into a strange land, years, the farmers of this country, par-
fusal-to issue a license to the Ameri-' niake middle west farmers rich- the all-night strangle hold between Ja- tlcularly in the northern states, have
can Life and Accident Insurance Mis worth is recognized in some of : cob ani the Angel-of Ksau at the ford stoexl solidly for the protective principle,
comnanv The dcMtm !. ofiie-,l !. . , ' some or f Jabbokthese the beginnings They have gone to the polls election
company. 1 ne tieci.-ion is of licial the southern states. It has a larger of this aee-long battle. after election, and returned to power
notice that wildcat life companies ! acreage value .than any other crop.! The storv of tho wrestling Jacob ls'he party pledged to this doctrine. They
have no open, field for operations Wot season or dry season if there l& Pictorial prophecy of the battle that have had small part In the writing of
in Dreun-i fhnt nl Imvc . . .,,' ' lhaa heen troinu on for about 1260 vears the tariff schedules. It was not dl-
be evaded', that police holders "s ' .. L " . ? ' hptw" the Crescent and the Cross, -ctly for their advantage that the tariff!
, 'iii-r miib 111 ui'- wt-M. Krasou ana i The lees of Jacob sinifv the two creat W ilt- raistm ninvr aim nigner. iv-u
well as stockholders, will
tected.
The Oregon law says no insurari
I,ro" i at -least one in the dry season, in
i most states.
! Diversified fanning
cuu.puiiy Mi.iu assume any risK . on of a ,-onntrv.
until it lias a 1 m 1 d up, unimpaired
capital of $100,(100. This law
lor the protection of both
holders arid policyholders. Its
enforcement is absolt'lelv essentia!
is the salva-,
stoe.k-
(oming to it; Minnesota and
1 i-riiitln lniifr uinei. nili.i.ro,T it
divisions of the Holy P.oman Empire, 'n the belief that they were ultimately
Tlio taking of Constantinople by the to come into tneir own. through the up
Ttirks was "the shrinking of the sin- building of this great home market, for
pw." the place where Coc has alwav-s many years they consented to the main-
The Dakotas are been halted in his march to the tropical tenanee of these high duties. They
W'is sea were nut unrmnuiui - ui tne taci mat
Kar-' T,lls harpened In A. D. 1 453. This
-n-na thr. ")ift.?lV Itf AaV " t It C tfmA f f If n m n n la n A.lntfnBl rntt 1. I m In
.i ,,...'. - ...v .1,,.. ... i , n. ...at. n. ...n. j wu iiii.i 111
dlO gOlUPg rP-tl tIw. ,i:rt, ,,P r.rir.tlMo- on lh .a ..;.. V... I, l,.. Ur.
i in- .,..,-"...., ui,,. me j, lis, in, uui ii; naa iu uu vino ui tmj
polled the farmer pnd other consumers
to pay higher and higher prices for
manufactured products.
The result of these conditions may be
said to be somewhat reflected in the re
cent census report which shows a
steady increase in the proportion of
farms mortgaged over those which art
free from Incumbrance. In 18!)9 the
number was 2S.2 per rent; in 1900 it
was 31.1 per cent; In 1910 the percent
age of farms mortgaged had Increased
to 33.fi.
With the market In which he must
buy all his manufactured products con
trolled largely, if not wholly, by com
bination, which has steadily increased
the price of everything he buvs. and
with the market in which be must sell
everything lie produces controlled by
combinations which arbitrarily fix the
price that he receives, the farmer's sup
port of tho protective system will be
a constantly diminishing factor as long
as these conditions exist.
farther oast
n " -( tlie discovery or printing and tne be- prison, but he has to bo one
because lliey no not depend entirely , ginning of the Protestant Reformation, very worst before you put him Into
upon one product. Tliev have passed Just preceding the discovery of the New 'solitary confinement. Why then should
especially lu the case ot liie com-, ,,,, (fu.0 , QnH i., ' World. -we confine all by itself, without a mate
man who takes out rn.fuZ,i i,,. v,.n a,i .,"o,.w i Tl'e Protestant Reformation was the of any kind, certain animals. It Is bad
shmiUl imn, ,t,-,- ' n .-, a i ai (i ui Aiaa..n r dim niarKOC protest of the most progressive peoples enough to confine, say the black bears,
- ' " Oal .IS. II 1 - , ,,1-jrOS I .,liol.,,,u t,-...- '1"I,U, ,.,l,..,... !,. 1
ance that his iamily will be niui !, ii,h n-uui'.-j- r . k
, I l. I A w . . . I .... I t I" , II INI .,L fX Ilia.C 'l VfKIIXllllllll. ""III. IU
lions against the tyranny of kings in take a single animal thus and Isolate
panics, for the
life insurance
the amount of his policy in t ho i
tvent of death. There must be not
question about certainty of pamonf.,i
and uncertainty r;n be avoided onlv;
by requiring full compliance uiili
laws enacted to establish life in-!
surance on a permanent basis.
lustico Eakin, who wrote thr-
opinion, says insurance companies
innot manipulate their stock oth
erwise than for full falne; jiaid.
Stock transferred by lhe comnanv
LA 1 OLli:TH.S TARIFF VOTE
0
; England and France and America. Now t, is a crime. Either sed them or get
V tu ic j , ( . .comes the last and fiercest battle .-them a mate. I believe in a zoo as an
. J n in I''r. . i icprmiea an iegainst the robbery and tyranny of cap-educational feature, but am opposed
editorial written by Senator : jta lists widen will "culminute in the to the way the average American city
La 'Follette for bis magazine. , fall of Pnbylon (tlie present capitalist is treating or rather mistreating their
It explains his vote on the system; and the end of the rule of the animals. I will say this much In favor
for which the note of the purchaser : lo-a with other
'tariff bill
i says:
' P.ehinil the protection wall which
the '.inner I. ad helped lo rear, lhe in
di. si l ies of the cvNiiti y. sa.-ltered from
I'-'ielKu competition, had grown rich
ml powr-rfnU They had become nl-
witb
does
WHAT A YORI H)
ft".
;a'
N ATTACHE of the Portland
Y. C. A. visited a moving
picturo show, and, was shocked
by one of the films. He wrote
' the proprietor, who at once replied,
; agreeing with the critic and declar
ing that the objectionable picture
Would not be shown again.
It was an easy way to correct a
fault Perhaps Hiere are errors -in
. city administration, or in county
i government, or in state affairs as
i easily correetetL- Probably there arc
J fan Its t In various activities, public
-and private, as easily adjusted.
If there is a bad spot in a count7
road, a defect in a r-lfy bridge tr
an incompetent policeman on a beat,
"a word to' tbe proper authorities
great and powerful in-
li rests, engag. d in transportation, and
(bos.- in turn had formed monster or
"anizatlons for the control of stock
yards, packing houses ami grain
valors. In short, these interests owned
and controlled the home market. They
flerl Hie farmers prices arbitrarily.
I ev took the profits of his toll,
ddi-d to this, the manufacturers pro
fcil against fotelgn competition sup-
tbe Insurance com -j '" '7s: " v 1""n" ' eompetitot s and com-
, . , , . , cii. o lue 1. 1 in i aiei inner consiimersl
batik S books Were to be1,,, , ,v l.lcher and hlirher r,rlee Cai-
used only as evidence of a slum-i manufactured poods.
latcd compliance with the buy's re-
is taken is not a compliance
the law. A promissory note
not i oust i tu te pay ment.
In the case decided, stock and
promissory notes were deposited
with a bank as collateral airalnst .
a boo- deposit of $1 00,000, but 1 A
the deposit was not subject to
withdrawal bv the I
p:my. VXt.
1 - . .. . TI,k . .. n.ll I, , - . . i I. . 4V... I L . I . I , .
.nlnn. ft.i, ... O'.'".- A.ii-ii i.j'n- ..i in- an.niii.-i .M-lv,yi HC zui." nor, i.mv ID mat It IB RCJJl
.wnoiig oii.t.r imngs, it -vVorl(1. it - won't .be a heaven for dea.J fairly clean, and what animals you have
people. It will be nn inheritance re- seem to be well fed. But this matter
stored to the living, Paradise regained. ' of taking a wild animal from its na
The prophecy so skillfully concealed tive haunts and surroundings and con
In the story of wrestling Jacob was fining it alone without a mate, is about
given out more than 3000 years ago in as cruel a thing as a civilized country
the secret code of Syrr.holisni. It is can do. This is written for the ifood
correct in every detail. Yet it Is openly of the animals as well as the good of
proclaimed in these days with greater humanity.
assurance than ever before, that th.- A TRAVELING SALESMAN.
Bible is a book of fables and fish stories
ele- and that there is no "scientific" basis Rack Rentlnjz Iroper.
for Christian faith or hope. Trans-, From the Memphis News-Scimitar,
lated into the laiiKtinge of realism, this. Ttack-rentlnir Is nolnor on In Mem-
ineaiiM iniL iii.i . i iv. ii. i ,ui never rise - u. iM ti,ui ,-m,i.i
be
sen
YOUR MONEY
Ky John M. Oskison.
rise u, in . lYinnner Hint would i-hiiho tl.o
...... u.r ........... .... ...i. IH11.I.IMI.V. most rapacious Insn landlord t
uimi ...u.., ... "i-icm neiihe ..mn-vA t hi own mndemtlrin A eou
most rapacious
....... ., .1 nt h ( ria-n moHni-allnn
Is the battle of the factions, the strug- ln oint: Down Qn Sopth Main street
. g. tor c . .,m,.1k weens arai'th(,re ,too(1 & ramMi,lg old shack aome
.,, ,,.. "e".e vmmin. among a 0 tnat B0 one would be willing
the various kinds of Ignorance and er-i to Bmuch rental for if lt could be
; ror and everything that Is unfit. Ar- ... v.' .. 4 , .,...
b La Follette says, arrogant mo- mageddon is tho final triumph of truth .,,., i,i' ,..na i rn. ,
quirements- that the company have nopolies which waxed fat under high OVf,r a" f,rrors and the separation : term 'of yearSf paying what everybody
a pmd up, unimpaired capital on-i protection say what the farmer will ?,f tth!r "5 Bre flt flom .those ' thought was an extravagant rentai. He
titling it
t: ii sin ess
to a license to transact j receive for his produce and what he
lhe hanks hooka u-c I
i fitted lt up in Ms own way, and accord-
,. j v. ... I..- t . imeu ii ui
Jiimi unu uai.tcB. iiuvp ana w Hi nm A , . a . . .
books were! Khali pay for what he eats and ! Grace and Mercy, these fit themselve, f lns,l? VLl .m
to be used only with the insurance ! wears. The old theory that home 'forever into a seamless garment of un-lt became a resort of.ftnore than local
commissioner. The same evasion ! conmetlt ion would regulate prices ! f"'n'awJ. lh!.?po?tte8 .ot. t,?rsp Interest. This gentleman gave the place
has been exploded. Under the Pys-pessimistic creed of materialist
was later employed through the
agency of a realty company, and
the supremo court said that neither
transaction was a compliance with
the law.
Twenty-four hundred shares of
Stock Were issued to nim 'man and
bold was a part of this 2400 shares,
and the conclusion is irresistible
that the 24(io shares wrc Issued
without any payment." The court
said that manipulation of the stock
! faith and
future.
tern which high protection has built , true if applied only to the present. But;
up free competition is eliminated
The farmer Is not the only one
who has suffered. The system has
robbed both producer and con-1
hope anticipate a bfferrnt lllcrt.ae of 250 a- month above what
he has been paying before renewing
the lease. The result is that the. citi
zen must aoanaon - ms location, ana
Inhumanity to Caged Animals.
To tho Editor of the1 Journal. In th Imnrnvtmcnta which ho nut
mimer. I hn hnel on insnnrnMnlilo l iravellnsr over tnls land or -1 hrt-r n i . u r. in... hahimt him v nnn-
ute court held that all the Rtock iffcet In ralaino- tho nrfooamf avm our' 1 flnd that Portland Is dolnc; tho ertv of the landlord, .wno will enlov
wool' and sugar beets. The benefits
of wool and sugar .tariffs have gone,
not. to the farmers, but to the wool
and sugar trusts.
Senator La Folb3Ue's vote tm the
same thing as other large cities at the profits by increasing his rental. If
By John M. Oskison.
The Sun of Baltimore sold over the
counter of its business office in the 10
days from June fi to June Id. (his year.
$993,400 of the 4 i per cent bonds of that
city, a a price of $90 for each bond of
the face value of $100.
This sale was mr.de after tho opining
of bids for $5,500,0011 of .these bonds on
June 5, when it was found that bids
for only $427,900 at 90 or better had
been received. It was the Sun s theory
that If the people of Baltimore under
stood that they could buy city bonds
at 90. yielding about 5 per cent on their
Investment, they would buy' them. As
an experiment the Hun bought $10.01.0
of the bonds and announced that it
would sell them over the counter of Its
business office at 90 tho price which
the Sun paid.
On the first day, June 6. the original
stock, of $10,000 was sold out by half
past 11, and the total sales for the dav
amounted to $43,500. Next day $73,600
of the bonds were sold, and on the third
day $121,400. On the last day of the
sale another counter and an extra force
of clerks were needed to take care of
the crowds that flocked to buy. They 1 The
Its eoo In the city park, that Is keen
Ing caged up In solitary confinement
varlqus animals, like the African Hon,
the Polar bear, etc. If you beat a horse
Jn this country the humane society- gets
after 'you, which is' a splendid thing.
there was only some way by which
renters could act together, and leave
property to the bats and lizards under
conditions such as these, lt would only
b a merited punishment to the ab
normal greed of i landlordism.
stood In lines whlcft extended into the
street Jn front of the newspaper office.
During the 10 days of the popular
sale prices of securities In" Wall street
were tumbling, and throughout the
country cities and states were finding lt
hard to market their bonds ln the reg
ular way (that is, through bankers who
bid for the whole Issues).
What the Sun did In Baltimore to
stimulate Interest In the bonds of the
city can be done ln every city of size.
It was an experiment conducted with
Intelligence and sucessfully, to illus
trate the possibilities. .
There Is no logical reason for al
lowing the fluctuations of prices in the
general securities market to affect the
credit of a city or of a state. Such
bonds as are put out by cities and
states ought to be so well known that
the small savings of the. people, will be
ixchanged for - them as a matter of
course. Interest return on them is bet
ter than can be secured on a- savings
bar.k deposit; and a portion of., prac
tically every savings account could,
with profit, be used to biry them.
The only problem Is how to .let the
people know about them.
"Yes, I am the first whlta woman
who-ever lived In Corvallis." paid Mrs.
Mary Stewart. "We came to Oregon in
1845 and to what is now Corvallis, the
next year. My maiden natye was Mary
Scott. My father, William Scott, was
born In Virginia, where his father also
was born. From Virginia my father
moved to Kentucky and Jater to Indiana,
where I wus born, in 1821.: That makes
me 2 years old. i
"When I was 22 years old, I was
married, in Holt county, Missouri, to
John Stewart. He wus a farmer and
blacksmith and was- county Judge of
Holt county. He was a widower, 40
years old and had four children.
"A pamphlet, giving extracts from
the Journey of Lewis and Clark, had
been. Issued and my husband got hold of
one. It is hard to say why so many
people wanted to come to Oregon. I
suppose there were a good many rea
sons, but the principal retison was that
most of them thought they could tlo bet
ter ln a new country. One of our neigh-'
bors named Thorp had gone to Oregon
the spring before and we had helped him
off. That gave us the fever so next
year, in the spring of 181 .", we were
ready to start. There were about a
hundred wagons In our train. We start
ed from Iowa 'Point, now called Council
Bluffs. My husbunS was elected cap
tain of the train. We never had anv
trouble with the Indians, fhe nearest we
came to It was when we met a nartv of
about a hundred Indians, who stopped
us ana wouldn't let us co on until we
paid them for traveling over their land.
We gave them a beef so they let us
come on. The government heard that
the Indians were demanding pay from
tne, settlers, so they sent a detail of
soldiers who went with us for a week.
Oxen won t eat while it is hot. so
we never used to unyoke the team at
noon, but would only stop a little while
and eat a cold lunch.
When wo got to The Dalles, we had
to take boats. They charged Us a hun
dred dollars to take us from The Dalles
to the Cascades. We had to carry all
our goods around the Cascades and
then hire another boat which took us to
Linnton. In those days there was no
Portland. When we were at Linnton, a
man brought in some wheat from the
Tualatin Plains to the wart-house. He
was living with a siiuaw and had sev
eral children. He told us that when he
took the Indian woman for his wife he
had no idea, there would ever bo any
white women in this country. He hud
Just built a new house on Tualatin
Plains and he let us move Into his old
house, where we lived all winter.
"My husband fitted up with whr.t
tools he had, a crude blacksmith shop
and worked all winter making plow
bharcs and cinch l Incs for the pack sad
dles. He made the first plow shares
made on the Tualatin Plains. The ones
ln uso when we -got there came from
the Hudson Bay company and were of
English make.
"In the spring of 18-16 we started up
the valley. We started in March. When
we had got to about where Independence
now Is 1 could go "no further. Our
neighbor back in Indiana, Thorp, had
settled at Independence. He built a
cabin for us and a day or two after
moving ln I had a little baby a girl.
I named her Ccrlnda. She was the fir3t
white child born if? that neighborhood.
Mr. Thorp gave us 10 bushels of wheat.
My husband mado a plow and plowed a
few acres of land and sowed the wheat.
That fjjil he came back and got 1 50
bushels of wheat. He tramped it out
with our oxen, built a little platform
and waiting for the sea breeze that camo
up every afternoon, he threw the wheat
and chaff in the air and the chaff blew
away, letting the wheat, fall on tho
Wagon sheets which he had spread on
the ground. We took up a claim where
I am now living.
"J. C. Avery, who had come across
the plains with us. oamo down ln the
winter and took a clalrcf" on Mary's river.
William F. Dixon took up a claim next
to Avery's and we joined Dixon's. The
southern part of Corvallis is on. Mr. -
evcry's claim. Mr. Avery boarded with
us at first, but in June, 1847, he built
a log cabin and Ids wife came. Mr.
Dixon took up his claim in September.
1846. In the winter of 1845 J. L. Mill
key and his brother. Johnson Mulkey.
took up claims ln this neighborhood and
built cabins. J. L. Mulkey went to Yam
hill county and brought his family here.
Johnson Mulkey did not move on his
place for a year or twr When James
Mulkey came he brought his sons, John
D.. D. B., C. J. and A. J. Mulkey. Ha
inan C. Lewis took up a claim ln the
winter of '45. three miles north of Cor
vallis. He moved on to his place In
the spring of '4fi. The people I remem
ber who had settled In this neighbor
hood in '41 were Alfred Rinehart. Nick
Ownby. Klijnh Ligget, S. K. Brown.
Will Matxgoi-. Harvey Young, Prloe Ful
ler, J. S. Kendall. J. C. Alexander, Prior
Scott and ourselves. Next year we had
quite a few more settlers come Into
the country. Johnson Mulkey moved to
his place. Some of the others that I
remember are Jake Martin, A. N. Locke,
Luke Mulkey. Dave Butterfleld, Will
K.lllott. Hiram Allen. Will Taylor. John
Trapp and Abner Prumm.
"ln the fall of 1818 Mr. Avery went
to the gold fields in California. He
came back in January, 1849. The faJl
of aht. same year he went back to Call--"r
fot hia and secured a stock of goods in
San Franclso and brought It back with
him He started a little, store in his
wheat granary. A man named Alexan
der built his granary the year before.
The following year, in 1850, Mr. Avery
put up a store. Tlint was about where
Second and Washington streets would bo
now. In those days all of the houses
and stores were made of logs with
puncheon floors and shake roofs. Somu
time later he bullfa still larger store,
the first building In this whole district
t be made of sawed lumber. Some time
after Avery started his store a firm
named Hartless & St. Clair put up a
store near the ferry across the Willam
ette. "The first white child born In what is
now Corvallis. was Cyrus Dixon, on the
21st of January, 1847. The first wed
ding to take place In this neighborhood
was nt my house. A woman named
Mrs. Carter, who had lost her husband
coming; across the plains, moved into
this neighborhood. A bachelor named
Prather who hud been In this neighbor
hood for several years, got acquainted
with her and they asked if they could
have (heir wedding at our house. They
were married in Christmas week in
1847. George L. Boone married them.
settlers cdme from all over (Sie
country 10 uic weaning, nna 1 served a
good wedding dinner if 1 did have to
cook lt over the fireplace. Oreenberw
Smith and his brother came to Oregon
in 45. In '47 he got married, lo a girl
who crossed the plains with us. Ills
wife's parents lived where Philomath
is now located. We went to the wed
ding, for in those days whenever there
was a wedding or a funeral, the people
came 'from- ull around for 25 miles.
Leander Blllieu, a Methodist minister,
married them. He came across the
plains ln our train. After Hie wedding
was over 1 asked Mr. Blllieu If he
wouldn't come to our houna and preach
a sermon. He agreed to do so, so next
Sunday 'he came to our house itnd
preached the first sermon to be preached
at Corvallis or In this district. We
had about 30 or 35 peopje at tho serv
ices. They . camo. . frtJuf aa..Xar as. 25.
miles. Those who came from a dis
tance stayed over night ;wtth"i us. My
husband wc.s very foreharnlad ' arid had
built a good sized cabin, 18x30 feet, one
of- the best ln .the neighborhood. For
the next year or two the Services were
held at our house and- I entertained
the people who came from a distance."-
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