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Avarice . begets . tnor Vices
than Priam did children, and
like Priam - survive them all,
.It starves It keeper' to surfeit
Uiok -who wish him dead, and
makes hint submit to mors mot.,
tiflcations to lose Jieaven Jthan
the martyr undergoes to tain
it. Colton.
4
. the final I'Koof'
"CP
tlES arrest and 'confinement' In
the penitentiary of members of
- the JtloxicAJU-xongresB - Is a
, strange note In modern civil
. izatiou. - 1 . " ,v;. '
It la at tyranny that' reads- like a.
page from an early Roman espot-
r.Jsm. On Huerta's .order;'", troops
' v era packed on the roof and In the
basement of the Chamber of Depu
ties before congress assembled. Cor-
'.-' dons of soldiers ' Burrounded" the
building outside, to make sure that
no' objectionable congressman could
: evade the call of tie prison.
The offense of the congressmen
m as that they signed ft resolution of
protest ovef the disappearance Of
, Senator Domtnguez, -ft disappaerance
following a speech In -which he crlt
: Jclzed Huerta's administration It
Is a bolder and more formidable
suppression of free speech than has
been attempted in recent times by
the Car of Russia. - 'There , la no
- modern despotism -with even a pre
. : t'ence to constitutional : government
that -would go to . such , lengths In
the use. of troops to dominate a co
ordinate branch of government. :
In his latest tyranny; Huerta, hlm
eelf has provided unanswerable
proof of the wisdom of President
Wilson 'in refusing to recognize tbo
present Mexican regime: ' The power
and prestige of the Washington gov
' ernment could not by recognition be
: thrown on the side of Huerta's mil
ltary despotism without doing vio
' lence to the Declaration of Inde
pendente and insulting' every sacred
American tradition. President Wil
son's dignified Mexican ' policy . la
perfectly consistent 4 with American
history,. American purposes, and
" "'American' hopes. - -
"" To recognize Huerta, would be to
condone the tourdor ,of the constl-
tutional president , of Mexico. ; It
- would be to Indorse the overthrow
of' constitutional : government, and
the' substitution! of government by
artillery, ) , " i '
" It would be to publicly acquiesce
In Huerta s latest tyranny the lm-
prisoning of members of congress
and tire transaction of legislative
business at the point of the bayonet.
- What a government. Indeed, to
' ask the United States to recognize!
( . , GOOD ADVICE, BUT
' a PROMINENT meat packer de-
: . 7i ,, clares that people should raise
J their own meat, or lta equiv
alent , , - . ,
v It la a noble and patriotic sentl
' ment. It is more: It is; a sound
business maxim. " .
But several million people in this
country reside in flats, apartments,
tenements, basements and other
epots . where production Is impos
sible. -
Most landlords will not even per
r ntit , a baby to be j-pcept In a four
room , nat, mucn jess a cow . and
calf, i Of the 50,000,000 people In
t American cities, not one Is in posi
tion to maintain ' a band of jcattle
. . on hia premises. Most of them are
not - even in position to afford ' the
maintenance of a family cat. There
are tenants among them whose land
lords would not , permit them, "to
harbor a gold fish or a canary bird.
, .With the Xarm lads and lassies
flocking more an'd more to the cit-
' les,' the orders for the people to
t raise ' their own meat become more
1 and more difficult to execute. The
- urban mouths are more and more
numerous, and there are fewer and
; fewer .cattle on a, thousand hills
, because the - hilla are more and
, iu6re set to fruit or to the other ln
.' tetislfied uses of an advancing civil
ization. , ' - .
, . Thw , advice or our great meat
packer is wise but hard t6 follow.
The family in the tenement attic or
the widow with, seven children t In
a crowded basement or the several
million others' in approximate" life
' conditions are in ' no position to
' raise their own meat or its equiva
lent. . ( . '"'.
They are not In position to raise
meat enough 'to bait a. fish hook. , '
IMMIGRATION TESTS-
(ONUitLb at me regular session
, : is expected to, impose further
restrictions . on ' immigration.
The house committee on 1mm i
F ration voted the other day to pro-
rcul with consideration of the re
Uod Eurnctt-Dllllnghaitt bill; which
i rovides for the exclusion of aliens
v ho cannot establish their ability
to road. ' '
When Mr. Taft was -president he
u'toed a similar J111, and Senator
I)i:!ingbam later, introduced a new
measure provklhiK tliAt the admls -
fctnn nf.n a nf n tinfinnfl ltV JU
any one year Bhould be restricted to are regularly served, ft is , an eating
ted per cent of that nationality al-Jealoon; but; If : JntoxIcaUng- liquors
ready resident in this country.. This, are likewise' habitually served, it la
proposal raised a storm of protest
throughout th0 country su,fficityit to
defdat it. . Now "congress is return
ing to th literacy test
i There 'is" general agreement ' that
Immigration should : bo ' further ' re
stricted, but there fieems to be no
accepted' basis; for a new law.- For
eigners are again coming to America
in great number, and 'It la urged
that the tnlted States should select
Its prospective citizens rather than
attempt to assimilate all who choose
to come, ; ' " !
'Figures for the' last fiscal .year
show that the twelve months , end-
ling June 30 ranked next to the rec
ord year of; 1906-7, when 1,285,349
aliens wcro admitted, The total for
' - . .''" . aW - '
the last fiscal year was l.xa7,s3,
as compared with 838,173 for the
nrevious twelve months. Departures
were about one fourth of the af-
rivals, as compared with two fifths
for the previous year and an aver
age of one third Tor all years. ..
?The year's record is considered
remarkable, specially so in view of
the ' Balkan wars. These conflicts
checked immigration . and increased
the number of ajlena returning to
Europe. Had it not been for th
Balkan'; trouble lmmigratlod prob
ably would have broken all records.
THE COMf'EXSATIOX ACT
E
VERYBODK1 denies all connec
tion with the, . referendum ' of
the workmen's compensation
act. The, measure Is- held up
by persons who are skulking In the
rear, and who decline to come out
into the open and acknowledge their
work. Do the people , of . Oregod
want tftelr ; laws- regulated by gen
tlemen in ambush? Are our lm to
be passed or beaten at the will of
gentlemen who hide their Identity
behind masks? - . ' -..
There has never been a more
atrocious abuse of the referendum
than In the petitions by which the
compensation bill was held up. One
half the signatures were obtained
between Front : and Fifth and Jef
ferson and Couch in Portland. The
legislative purpose of the whole
state Is thus regulated by - a small
Portland district which' Includes the
North End.. i 1
Fewer than a dozen of the sign-
era are well known persons. ' More
thanj 300 names appeared twice on
the "petition. Approximately $00
give addresses that are not " ad
dresses. ' - i ,.
Nearly 100 give addresses- at ft
First street - hotel, which keeps : ho
register, and all,the signers at the
place are . believed to have been
transients, , A similar " number ' of
signers located themselves at a North
End 'lodging house,' and not one was
living there" when the place was sub
sequently Investigated, j v .
Thus many of the signatures are
undoubtedly bogus, and- were mani
festly collected with : fraudulent', in
tent Here Is an act that is framed
by a state commission after two
years' study and investigation. It is
backed by the state government It is
approved by the governor, , It was
approved ' almost unanimously by
both houses of the legislature. . It
is approved by the public press and
by public aentlment
What a wicked abuse for , such
a measure to be referended by per
sons la ambushl 'Is Oregon to be
governed by phony signatures pro
cured by gentlemen Id disguise? :
We 'should rebuke- such methods
by an overwhelming approval of, the
workmen's-compensation act V'
DEFINING A' SALOON
c
OLOR ADO'S -supreme court in a
decision . handed down : )ast
Monday holds that restaurants
' where liquor la. sold with meals
are In the same legal category with
saloons. " ,,.' , v ,
.The decision 1 important in Colo
rado, and elsewhere, if followed by
other courts, for the reason that
Judge Gabbert, who dissented, says
it means that restaurants and all
places where 'Hquorls sold may be
required to close during; the hours
saloons must close. Under Judge
Gabbert'S Interpretation of the. de
cision it wilt not be lawful for such
a v restaurant to remain, open Sun
day even though no liquor is sold
that day. . '
i Under the decision it is also tfre
duty of restaurants selling liquor
to prohibit the - entrance of minors
and habitual drunkards, even though
only beer,' ale and light wines are'
sold at meal time. Bo far as the
law is concerned, a Colorado saloon
need not have a bar nor a bartender.
' The Colorado Sunday closing stat
ute applies to "every saloon, bar or
-other i place" where liquor is sold.
A, restaurant proprietor claimed the
law, did' not affect his place of busi
ness for the reason that "restaur
ant" is not specifically mentioned In
the statute. But the supreme court
said the "contention was not sound
for . the reason . that in 'its generic
sense the word- ealoon covers cafes
and eating. rooms as well, as, bar
rooms and grogshops. , ' .
i A restaurant -used solely as an
eating houBe does not come wittiin
th meaning of this statute, said the
court, ,.' But a restaurant where In
lntoxlcatlng liquors are kept and
sold ' In small quantities does
come ; within, its terms,? 'for'-' it is
then a saloon or - other drinking
place , within,, the meaning ; of 'the
law." , ' - ' -'
, 'The court said that the. name by
which a place is called does not In
law, fix ' its status. The character
of -a place, what it- really.ia, is de
termined , by what habitually takes
THE OIXCON. 'DAILY- JOURNAL, I ORTMND. CATURDAY EVENIi
, . .1.1 I J I".. .U- ..".)!" J." a, J.LJ.'.U'IX. UJJM 1 1 - '
jplaea within lt--"If the place be
QOCn IQ'1I18,DIBIIB W nuvia laiianiiuaauuiiim, uvi tiiwivu... iudjuw
also a drinking saloon.-. It. makes no
dlfferonce whether the drinking be
done standing or 6ittlpgal a bar
or around a table," . '
jump M'ixiOE
s
OMl2.-of.tho head engineers at
WashlngtOat ' insist that Major
Mclndoe must not remain be-
' yond the regulation detail at
Portland. , ,
' .Some1 engineers tllnk tnore- of
red tape than of a harbor'impreve
mcnt Some bureaucrats look upon
army formula as the chief end of
man. - , , ' i
What 'the country, esteems la not
the pomp and circumstance of army
precedent,' but 40 foot depths : on
American bars' and 85 foot chan
nels to the sea In American rivers.
They do not want the ' progress of
an ' Improvement sacrificed out of
servitude to an . ancient army . rule
in the engineer's department, .but
that is exactly the present , insist
ence of the engineers. ' , 1
Nobody for one moment . doubts
the efficiency of ' the. American en
gineers. But 'everybody knows that
there has been a frightful-waste
of public money on government im
provements for which congress and
the engineers must assume.resjonr
slbHIty. The, great sums squan
dered through lack , of continuity in
work, through inefficiency of meth
od and , through other unbusiness
like processes, mount to the pro
portions of a national scattdal. .
" That Is why the people ! of the
Northwest are asking the retention
of Major Mclndoe until some time
when he can be better spared? They
have arranged to put $500,000 of
their,. own money, at the disposal of
Major ' Mclndoe tot improving the
bar.' - . - .
That $300,000 is 600,000 argu,-'
ments on their side when they re
quest the retention of . Major Mclndoe,-
It, is 600,000 argumedts
against placing" a new man in charge
of Columbia Improvements.
gg::.,:1:: ".Iff ,' Til ," -rV-th
FOR THE POOR
A
PORTLAND bread winner
needed money. He borrowed
$50 from a loan shark with
the family piano as security.
As commission - the shark kept out
$6.60 . from the principal, and took
a. note tor 30 days on wnicn ia
interest -was paid. For 43.60 act
ually receivedi - the borrower paid
$11.60 for $0 days' use. -
In another case, there were.three
children In the family, and7: when i
sickness came $10 wasN borrowed
for buying groceries. - Gave a note
for $15 which was to be paid In six
weeks. Being unable to pay the lat
tef when due $18 was borrowed
to pay principal and Interest. The
borrower could not pay this when
it - fell due and $25 was borrowed
for meeting the principal and inter
est , The ten dollar loan had growd
In a few. weeks to $25 when the
vfctinf . was rescued by the Associ
ated Charities. "
In September, a Portland wage
earner- borrowed ' $76 and gave- in
return, two notes, one ; for $ 5 0 to
bepaid In two weeks, and one tor
$50 .to be paid In six weeks. At
the end of the six weeks, the bor
rower was sued on the two notes,
and the shark obtained' judgment
for ; $1.00, attorney fees $20, costs
$6.60 and interest $2.50. , For six
weeks' ise, : the $75 cost the bor
rower $12110. '
' The nsuricus extortions ' practiced
upon the hundreds of borrowers are
a stain upon the city of Portland.
Once enmeshed, in the. web of debt,
the victims sink more and more
deeply into the mire of distress.
Living- under a threat of dis
charge if their employers discover
their relations with the sharks, tho
unfortunates submit to one extor
tion after another, because thefear,
of discharge gives the Sharif power
to make the terms and 'exacC the
full limit of extortion. ' Portland,
rich, . progressive, sympathetic and
powerful Portland, ought to rescue
her financially; distressed from "the
clutches of the Bhylocks. . "
Portlanders ought to underwrite
the Portland Remedial Loan Asso
ciation for .the full amount of its
$30,000 capital, and, by that token,
establish a bank for doing business
exclusively for the poor. ; ,
j There can be no nobler activity.
THE- KIEV TRIAL
M
ENDEL BEILIS Is now 'on
trial at Kiev, Russia, on ' a
charge of having committed a
ritual murder'two years ago.
Russia" is : attempting to prevent
anti-Jewish demonstrations at Kiev
for the reason-that the world's eyes
are now turned on that city. But
with, the trial only , star ted, two Jews
were nearly beaten to death in the
streets of Kiev, and -the Society-of
True Russians has -Issued circulars
urging further attacks. ,,
What hope of Justice can' Mendel
Beilis have, when all the hate and
vlndlctlve'ness of a - kingdom is
turned against him? '.Whether' he
is convicted or acquitted at Kiev
the v World will continue to believe
Beilis' statement after the' Indict
ment had been read: "I earned my
bread honorably; I .' committed . no
crime. I was suddenly seized and
locked up for years, I don't know
for What I am. innocent." -
Belli is ' charged with, having
murdered a Christian-boy, March 25,
1911, near " Kiev. .The body 'was
discovered v In a cave The hands
were - ilea nenina . t oe on ok ana
examination- revealed' f?yeven
wounds. " Beilis was found - In the
neighborhood; he as chained with
ister of Justice inV a report to the
Czar, declared hat tho boy was a
victim of.' the Jows, that he was
niurdered,l,to secure - his blood for
ritual purposes. The Czar, believed
his minister and ordered that Boilis
be -punished for the crime. -'
The entire machinery of Russia's
department of Justice has since been
used to elaborate- a plausable ritual
tnurdef theory, v Because a former
chief of Kiev's detective- department
reported i against the ritual murder
theory he , and his . assistants were
sent to prison:, Ills Investigation of
the case convinced him that tho boy
was murdered by. a, band pf crimi
nals, led Br a woman, the motive
being fear that the boy nad be
trayed them to, the police. ,
- The Bollls prosecution has a sin
leter motive; ---;. Russia, Is reviving the
long exploded ritual, murder myth,
The attempt is i, being made to ex-
lite ' a Christian but. cruel people
against Jews of the empire. The
attempted murder of two Jews in
the streets of , Kiev forcasts the fu
ture.'- Tho-' wrong against ', Beilis is
small compared with the wrongs- id
content plation; The Czar.Islending
his assistance toward ' promoting
probable -massacres, and at a time,
too, whoa the world. Is horrified at
massacres In the Balkans.
Letters From the People v
(CominnnlcattiHja sent U The Journal for pub.
(Icatloa In ttila departaiout fbuold b written on
only ooe aid of lha pvt, auould not cxed
tXl apurd In leugtb aul must b oroopaulc4
by tha jmme tnil addrew Of tin aender. If tbt
writer dnea nut desire to bat b unit jpnbv
Uabcd, bf tbuulfl m atata.) - 't,v
' "DlactuMlnti la the (;reatat of all reformer.
It rallouallwa airi-rytblntt it toutbea. It robe
lirlnciiilna of all fnlae aaiiotlty aud tbrowa them
back on tlielr rtaaouableiieaa. If tbey bar so
reaaonablriMwa it retblewljr crubc than out
of filiteoce aud art up it owo cvncluaigo lu
tkeit tetV' WodwW WilKui-V' f,;:.M.---.
Challenges Model Xfcense Claim.
: Portland, Oct 11.TO th Editor of
Tho Journal la . The Journal of Octo
ber tf you print an article signed by T.
M. Gllmore; president of the Model Li
cetise league, lit which ha claims that
"regulation Is the solution of the liqudr
problem." " '
In 1907, 130S and 1909 I was employed
as a law enfunjement detective- -In the
states of Oregon and Washington, and
While I &J sot believe that Jocal option
la the final solution. .of the liquor prob
lem; yet In my experience ti t law en
forcement detective, I round mere was
far leas .violation of the liquor laws
as well as less drunkennesaw-iii the lo
cal option districts than In the licensed
districts, - cBpecaily where . the ' local
option, or dry, districts included whole
counties. - ,
On November SI. 1908, I went to As.
torlaand worked till November 29. At
that time Astoria was about half "wet"
and half "dry." - The western and east
ern ends were Mry" and the main
Business.' or central part -was "wet." I
worked eight days In the "dry- districts
and found, on place where the local op-
tlon ffm''was - being violated and on
November 29 I worked in the wet dis
trict and found 12 , places where the
regulative laws were-being violated so
openly . that "a blind man could nave
seen them -with his tane."- On Janu
ary 241909, 1 again visited Astoria and
found ens puce in tno "-dry districts
where liquor was being sold by the
father of one of the deputy sheriffs,
SndMn the "wet" district I found liquor
bold in violation of the regulative laws
In 2 places. On February JO, 1903, the
above cases were brought before the
grand jury and all were Indicted and
convicted,
Ori July 9, 1909, within about three
hours, I found six "blind plgs" -within
the licensed districts of Salem, which
were frequented by schoolboys not over
16 years of age, as well as frequented
and patronlfced by some of the most
popular and influential citizens of Sa
lem. Two of these places:: were conduct
ed by Kose Leeland and Hat tie McOln
nls. -. !
From Salem I went to" Albany, a city
of about one-half the size of Salem, but
of double the morality. Here it took
tne over four weeks to find three blind
pigs, the proprietors of which were ar
rested on August 1 and tried before a
Justice of the peace on August 12 and
IS. and convicted. ' Four-of the law vio
lators of Salem were convicted en Octo
ber IS and 18 and the other two' left
town before the 'court took action.; ; .
." On my. way to Salem I. stopped off. at
Oervais over Sunday. This Is a little
licensed town of about 100 population.
Here I saw - more drunkenness within
four- hours -than I saw In Albany in
four weeks. The above cases are about
an average of the comparison of local
vsptton and regulated towns as I have
found them throughout .'Oregon -and
Washington,
I think I can safely say that Mr,. Gil
more may pick out any local Option town
In Oregon that he sees fit, and 1 can
select a regulated town equal In popu
lation and I can find at-least twice as
many violations of law in the regulated
town as Mr. Oilmore can f(nd In the
local option town-In the same length of
time that is, cases which : Will stand
the test Of court trial.
. FRED N. ROBIN.
Carrying the' .Speculator's Load.
Portland, Oct 10. rTo the Editor of
The .Journal The publicity - given . in
your columns to the way in which the
ctlv and county are being beaten out of
millions cf. dollars by land Speculators
dodging taxes on one hand and demand--,
lng fio prices on the other, when the"
public needs room, to - dovelop .and ex
pand the activities" of the community,
Is along fundamental lines and will bear
good fruit In lime, , ' '
Vhcn. the holder of a pleoe of prop
erty like Rwfen inland dodges taxes upon
half a million dollars he compels a thou.
Band - or - more . smalt ' homeowners to
carry his load. . When he holds tip the
development of the port, and, in fact
that of tne entire state, by demanding
five times what he swears before the
assessor it Is worth, he again puts
burdens Upon the hotneotvner, '
-The remedy for this condition of af
fairs lies along several-lines. ; . ,
First the awakening of publle indig
nation, v This is being- accomplished by
The Journal. ' ,
, bacond, the action of the assessor and
board of equlllzation working conjointly
to bring up the tax flodffer to an evr-n
lin witlf everybody- else. No property
owner should have any standing before
tho board unless he Offered an option on
It for twice Its assessed value, such op
tion to be for 60 days and subject to
handling by any reputable real estate
dealer.,;, This is assuming that the as
sessor Violates the plain behest or ,.,
law and persists in assessing property
on a sort of approach to 60 per cent of
it actual value. . .
- . Third, the adaptation of the 8omrirr
system of assessing, whieh Is scientific
and ascertains within two per cent of
the true value ot landed properties. Our
present ,: aseeiflor Unuws something i-f
this system,
Fourth,, tho exemption, f-t0 tt limited
extent, of pergonal prdplrty.' and im-
OCTOBEI
PERTINEfJT COMMEUr
' i , SMALL CHANGE v'"
it is helpful to believe, more of goc-a
than of evil. ' -
-i, ;.'...'.,-.-;,; ',-,
' If all prayer were answered the ma
jority of mcn'wouid quit work, f ?
i ;;-,vi ...?,';.!, '-;?;;'!' r '"l' IV,:
, No wonder so many girls are giddy,
if love really muttesnthe world go round.
"i'V ''-:''': " ''io:v.',r-Orf-. (:):'':
Tell the- trutli, the whole truth, and
nothing but tha - truth -If you want
trpuble, t , r j
v.-v-:.,.:;:'
Most 5 girls j would -i rather, found a
piano in th parlor than pound .a beef
steak in the- kitchen.
If you would be popular be both chari
table knd stingy ! charitable with ap
plause and stingy with advice. ; - y
'.';:,;,--I'W'i'-';'' '- ''.-;. 'I '.'' ?:! i f1
The mart who falls . in love with 'a
woman at sight by moonlight may fall
in love lit another direction by sunlight
- And many a. young man has invested
In a marriage license after having been
given S hypnotic suggestion that ha wus
in love. . , , ' - -
'-''- 'iv..'i?"sv - i 'i V,?," '-''j?'') ;.:.
1 Of course tha girl kids took nearly
all the etfBenic prizes; the male young
sters were not in it much. This la only
their first lesson. ' .
.,' - i
Governor Foss of MsKaclusetts may
be a leader in a Rreat reform; he says
there must not be and shall not be any
railroad . strike - in that commonwealth.
There should net be, anywhere. : .
ft '.;'..;,',. ' ';.. -ri.'.n.i.;,;?.:1?-.;
- "Woman suffragists broke up -a- re
ligious service - because the clergyman
did not Include , them in his pray ois.
LBut perhaps he thought such angelic,
saimiJKe creatures neeuea no pruyers.
... , '
. Some women were very ansry when
foreign plumage was torn from theif
hats-on arrival in New Yorlt ; Notwltli
standing their kx, hurrah for the new
law, and tti officers who enforced it
"DISCOUNTING" THE TARIFF MEASURE
From the' New York Evening Pot
It is not only in Wall street that fu
ture events are "discounted." Politics,
too, knows what It is to become so sure
that a great occurrence wtu taae piece
that when it does befall, it passes with
scarcely a ripple of attention. We havo
Just now an illustration of this in the
enaotment of a new tariff, viewecin
Itself,: viewed historically, viewed .po
litically, this is an event of capital sig
nificance. We may be sure that it will
bulk large in tha political history of this
year, Tet at the momeit It passes al
most unpereeived. ; We have known for
weeks that )t was coming. It has come.
So why bother about UT All Americans
are like Metternlch in this respect, that
they say It la wit n tomorrow that their
spirt A wrestle. What takes place today
is over and done with. -
i This gradual tvccuatomlng of the pub
lic to a great politico-economic chango
has Its distinct advanugea. j It dlmln
ishes friction and avoids shock.' If the
bill which President Wilson signed last
night had been suddenly Imposed upon,
the country, as by Imperial ; ukase. It
would " have caused acute excitement
But tha Biz months of debate have sot
all ths details fully and slowly before
th nubile mindi to what Is" unusual m
them people have become reconciled or,
at least, habitnated; and now au passes
off qtiletly. The result had been so long ;
and so thoroughly discounted that w
are scarcely aware . that. Us,- coming
makes any difference In this view of
the,matter, the long aeiay ny tne sen
ate. time wasting and exasperating as
thev hav often seemed, have not been
without their compensating value, They
have mads It the simpler and . the eas
ier for the United States tm gilds from
ona tariff law to another. ;
Jt is obvious, however, tliat this fa
miliarity with an epoch making piece
of legislation may tend to breed con
tempt -That ia to say,' in Judging the
end ws incline to forget the means; in
. ..nVtinv trio trtiimnh we are
tempted to ignore ths precedent struggle,
Tha final nasaaae or tne -, larui, vtu
seemed ridiculously faplle. The oposi -
j I, a una, v,,,u, . ,
tlon fell down like a house of cards,
It looked li If the whole- appearance
of a bitter and dubious contest was de
ceptive. And It: may be that a great
many careless Americans, observing the
ease of the last Stages, may be disposed
td hold the achievement light "Whf,",
they will say, "anybody could have got
the tarTff through congress. 1 1 was as
easy, as falling Off a log."
- In fact, howeyer. as everybody' who
stops to think knows perfectly,-it was
tremendously bard. Incessant labor, un
flagging vigilance, lnflsxlbls-resolution
were required n th making of ths new
tariff' It waa no mock .. combat Tho
provements, used in a home or in thj
gaining' of a livelihood. - The small
homeowner Is the goat In all tax dodg
lng -on the part of the holders of 1d.
and speculative tracts. He .cannot af
ford to fight his tax impositions. : We
teed small homeowners in. Oregon, .and
we do not need the speculator at all- -.
i Tlfth. the enactment of a constitu
tional amVndment absolutely forbidding
tha awarding of mors than twice the
aessTvals-when land is .purchased
for public use. - ' , - .
Sixth, ths ultimate exemption of all
personal property , and .. .Improvements
from taxation. This is being slowly ar
proached In British Columbia and else
where. At present however, ws are
afraid that such exemption' Will en
courage the land user too muoh.and dis
courage the speculator, arid welhlnk, -s
a convmonwe,ii",
necessary to our being., A-oaange In
sentiment by one out of si .6f our cit
izenship, nOWevm,, will ravaiM ww, v
Meanwhile, keep on publlshlrig Jtha
facts. ,K . . ALFKKD U. V.1W1JU1!,.
A Tnxpayw rroteste.'
Portland, Oct, U-T? the Editor -of
The Journal It seems there Is a great
desire on the part of the commissioners
much money as possible
and thaf:ln o doing they will so In-.
crease our -texts tnai, ' "-"""f,
remarked a few days ago, , they will
literally confiscate our properry. In the
naet few years our taxes have increased
over"' 600- per ceht and our,; property
about Cf) per cent At the present rate
we will havs to move out and let, the
city have It,- 5 As to increasing salaries
at this tlm it l an Outrage on ths poor
taxpayers. On Union avenue between
Morrison and Burnslde streets there are
over 20 stores for rent. j,--I hear every
day of persons who are so burdened
that they don't know what to do. Ths
courts are flooded with bankrupt Suits,
and for these- commissioners to increase
our taxes Is to cause the people to rlsA
end demand that this shall ccufte. r -Mr
Dalv wants to spend $260,000 on
meters, which meters are not needed at
this time. Mr. Dieck is figuring how
much he can spend cutting corners off
sidewalks, which cutting Is Uncalled for
at this time. It may be well nouBh to
trim a few In the business part of the
city; but let e-conbmy be the watchword,
and not extravagance, which scums to bo
tne aim. . ,-..v
It such extravagance as bns been out'
lined is going to continue, then w had
AnD . T4EVVS H BRIEF
!.-, a ' . w i,,' JtanA.
I oreuf Grove baa 4ii Blocks Ot stawi -
arl pavint; and the Nws-Tinc thinks
tiuit is pretty sood ri-cord lor three
simunei-H. 1 ' --. '
' '.;';- '
-That btiBlTiees affairs In Falls - City
are - improving week by ' week.' is . tn
tnstimotiy of the XeWa, Which say the
ou. k for the future Is wore, hopeful
than ever belore,
' '-. ' .v.;r-'-.'-A?i,j- ''jlr!,-W''';:
In an Albany man's suit for divorce
from a wife he obUiinwl by the corre-
spondencje method, tflio l'Juene Kegister
dibcuvers another argument against tot
mall u order business. ,v jr. --,
Hood River Olacierl October Is the
opi-n Boason for Bliootins silver gray
squirrel in this part of the state. Yet
anyone . killing one of those beautilul
amiriftls that nave become, so tame here
in the. city should be given tastes vt
the ducking stool.
Newport News'. Monday morning a
dog from Ocan Hill hotel meandered
Into town and tried to blto a leg off
the editor of this paper, Now we wish
to give fair warning to the owner of
the afortKuid canine that if It comoa
footing around thin, ne k-'o-the-woods
any more it's mighty liable to run afoul
of a load of buckshot. ,
Rhapsodizing upon the glorious tut
tumn cMmate- of central Oregon the
Bend Ilullctin thus challenges James
nusttell Lowell: i "it does not require a
poet to appreciate the fall weather in
central Oregon, and any prosaic, can ex
claim with equally as much truth as
did the New JiltiKiand author, 'What 1b
bb rare as a Bond day in September or
October.' " ' ., 9 ., - H-tu? ':ff':--, '-,'',
'. A- tale of prosperity which not all
pioneer Journalists can tell is.tnis, from
the rfiolalla Pioneers "When we came
on the-, around seven months ago we
were so sUre that we would make good
that we asked no guarantee from any
one.- To dute we nave soiiotea mm
business and no . subscriptions, yet we
have grown faster than we had thought
possible, yWt hav' found it necessary
to build an office which will soon be
ready for occupation ana will be a
Credit to the town." ,
most powerful forces were aliened to
bring- about certain changes la ths bill,
or to defeat certain provisions ot It, and
somewhere there had -to be, the watch
fulness and the determination to meet
and defeat them.- Where this resisting
power, along: with thq. dynamic driving
force behind the'blll. was located, there
Is universal .agreement. Both friends
and enemies of the new tariff know that,
but for the steady push and . the un
yielding purpose . of the president the
bill could never have been passed in tho
form in which it finally became law,' It
was the college professor transferred to
the White House who brought to bear
upon congress - a : conviction ; too clear
and a will -too strong to be withstood.
And this Is the evetttso appealing-; in
its personal bearings, .so Dig with con
sequences to the nation, that w pass by
almost without notice simply because it
has been "discounted In advance!"
This, however,, is but the feeling or
the. attitude of the passing day. Ths
country is not really so Indifferent as
it pretends to bs. In its heart, it Is en
tirely aware of what has taken place. It
knows" that-lt stands today In the pres
ence of a completed fiscal and politics 1
revolution, - What the results will be, it
cannot now measure;- but It Is not so
inured to the commonplace of mlraclo
as not to understand that a great piece
at nartv and administrative work has
been done. ' The course of congress andj
of the president lias made a wrecK or
a long line of confident prophecies, Mr.
Wilson did not find that be had a set of
wild"-horses, or kicking mules, -n fcl
hands; or, It he did, he knew how to
subdu and drive them. The Democrats
in Washington have exhibited an almost
unexampled, ' discipline and
cohesion.
And the1 qnltt persistence - with .which
Mr. Wilson has caused his policies to be
written into statutes has astonished all
who i bad no true appreciation of the
quality of the man, and has lifted his
prestige to a great height. Yet we shall
be told that all UU has, by tne process
n nnnnnHru'. bficome- merely ' what
w . , ... . -
Shakespeare calls a customed event!
rr. vn h. in nll na rpallv ta tin-
Ueve this. The people, we may be con
fident, have a sufficiently Just Idea of
the importance of the politicar history
that is being- made uhder their eyes.
This does not mean that they will keep
on talking about it It is a wholesome
Instinct by which we drop ths mastered
task and pass on to the net lesson. But
even 1 If there are no publlo . rejoicihgs
Over" the first great achievement "of the
new administration, we may rest as
sured that multitudes of Americans will
glow with quiet satisfaction at this be
ginning of fulfilled pledges, and argue
from it blgh hope as regards what re
mains to be dons. , -, , t.', ,
better 'get a recall on all such spend
thrifts and let our1 commissioners know
that We have-something to say as to
what shall become of. our (hard earned
money.- . ' . ' " '
" If we were- aa reckless In our own
business as the city officials are we
would all. go bankrupt, and yet we sit
and say nothing. If the remarks I have
heard in the Inst . few weeks are any
criterion there, is going' to be a fearful
howl against ths propound extravagance.
- I see in going up on '-the heights that
the same thingMs being done as was
done before on Vista avenue. .If seems"
strange that our engineers think thty
can make a wall in such a plaea tn; the
winter when the rain will do th same
thing as it did before, or if a frost
comes It wilt all bs to no purpose. Let
the engineers use horse Sense, and ' ws
would have fewer mistakes- to remedy;
but it; is- not their money,- and so it
goes easy. I -have c:een.-inany--'siieh-extravagances
in Rortland that might
have been avoided had a little Judgment
been used. A TAXPAYER.
Will Oppose .Vancouver Bridge.
Portland, Oct. II. To the Editor of
The Journal There seems to b a good
deal of matter in . The Journal ; lately
regarding the- proposed,'; Vancouver
bridge and. I , would ilka to state-that
1 many voters ot the northeast section of
Portland wul vote against it for the rea
son that they well remember the dirty
deal they got In the rerouting of the
cars when the Broadway bridge was
opened. , - -t, . -
The Broadway bridge, built at the
expense of the taxpayers of Portland,
gives little benefit to us, as -It now ap
pears that this bridge was built express
ly for St Johns and Vancouver, neither
of . which contributed anything toward
Its construction rather than for the use
of the people of Portland, as only two
city carllnes use it .- , -. -
Ths majority of the people in the
Woodlawn and Alberta district are much
dissatisfied because their cars use the
old Burnslde span, which is subject to
ho many delays, . whereas they hould
cross by the most, direct routo to the
west side, and surely by way of Burn-'
aide 'bridge -is not the most direct
. For this rrason many will vote no tract the attention ot a grass wldoi
on this question of - building a span ' jjut what's the use?'- i- ..
across the Columbia river to furthor
help Vancouver people to get rapid ser-. If a man can' persuade aoino wcjm
Vice at the exponsn of the taxpayers of I to lend him inter tprnrtfltion; he c,--Portland.
, LK ROV C. ANDKltiSKN ' (busy and butts In of hlu own accoiU,
i- rj m il
ia t if L Li-
i:y 1 1-J 1
! ' etf'ometlnies a liltlo n-Sa.-r vsi'l i-lim : '
. , , ,
tho whole current of a M.-tn s -fca.,1
i o w.-.Sfmor,'' ono of ti l. t knowii
Htockirtiiu In caateru .Oregon. "Atxmt
,20 years ago t drove Hit tucrn to attt;r
-creek". as feeders. - Butter -ci'ttk rals
lots of alfalfa ond Echo used to hn t
great Shiriplng point for- cattle, . , Win ri
I came ; tor-siii my"icattio the; buy. i
offered me , 125 a head ,or tne .euiii t
bunclu , VVe could, not agree on the pi le
as some of them were 5 and 6-year-i ! ;
steers, and- I thought iheiy were woi tli
more than $25. I finally, told him tliat
I' would sell him 1Z6 b his figure ami
would pick but the remaining 21 an,j
ship thorn myself. He agreed to tnis
I picked out 13:8 and e-year-old short-
horns,, .which .were v practically pnre
bloods. - I shipped , thtiin.' to portlan i
whertf J found a buyer, I told hlnr tm-t
there were IS big stoera ana Km. i
ones, "he'-buj-cr sli5dup -the p"n-i
and said; .WMch, do you call the email
onesr I Pointed out the tignt a-yt-a
olds and told him that they would un-l
doubtedly , weigh much less than tha
or 6-year-olds. .- He. doubte it, -so wi
nut them on the'scales. and to my eir
prise, I found that: tUe $lght small 3-
year-old shorthoj-ns averaged in welKliU
43 pounds heavier than the eight neuv
lest of the-6 and S-year-olds, This acd
me thinking 1 pretty serieusiy. t it
blooded '. steer at , S years old woui
weigh 43 pounds - more than .orilinar.v
stock B "years" out 'and "It it "averaged
in cost Is to winter a steer, then I wad
out lis on raising ordinary stock.
: "Pure lalood Shorthorn bulls wei-4 hard
to get 20 years ago, iso I took a purd
blood Shorthorn bull and aome cows or
shares witn .Mr.arnsv-?-. Boms--tun-la
tar I' bouirht Mr. llarris' cattle oit
right ' and began - to buy others,
tuoujarht ; so well of my xattis that
hlpned som to the state fair. When I
got theie. I found I was small fry amonfl
the blgXfish. Right then I determine J
that 1 waa coins to Win the sweepstakes
some day, and that decision resulted lrj
the founding of the Minor; herd. TM
hardest comuetitlon I had Were the cat
tle from Oak Hill Stock Farm, owned bj
Charles K. Ladd, Frank Brown, hii
manager, was scouring the United State:
and Canada -to get the Deal came ma
money could buy. I sold off my grade;
v. ..th.nff A hiinph of tha r,a9
stock that I could get I travelod ovfl
vnnn mil,, a o-norl nart of that Way 'Oe
horseback, going Wherever t could liea
of a trood animal, ana ususaiy oujrmg j
I paid 20,800 for 11 head. I paid 3S0
for a Shorthorn . yearling bull callc
cmiden Goods. I later naid tinoo xor
heifer, xnectin to .take a prlso wit
her, and she was beaten by" heifer o
my- own raising., uoiaea vrouun vf
to be ona of my best investments. - H
tonit nrizea Wherever shown, and I wa
offered J0O0O for him. i. My piico, how
ever, was $12,000, as b was worth tho
to ma. He slipped on tne irwzeu s-v"
last winter ana nuri nimeen . ,
that hm d t be killed. - .(,. '
rieouliai tncl
I'. VMS w-v-- w mr - - . B
dents in the stock business-.-;un oi in
most famous prize winners, owueo v
Charles Ladd, was jiagiina. i
Ladd had no success with, her' as
breeder, She was valued at 2500. ar
was finally purchased by C. B. Wade,
Pflndieton. i At the dispersion sal o tl
wa,..- mtaev some vears ago 'he wiJ
bought by Mr, Glide,1 of Sacramento, fd (
$301), bcr low price Being rvi 'i
tfis fact that tney naa naa u 'i
...WM nv ralves from her, : Kilhd
thrmih -rh chance of. climate, or fd
soma other reason, sne wbji auv.-po..
bred , by Mr, GUde, ,and has had man
calvea since. .1 nougm one vt t
rtf 1Mirltha.'S limff.'i as 5-yor-v.
K?.i. I xhibited mm in tii
Denver Western- National, Stock ,'JBnofl
,inin th first prize with him. I haM
several hundred blue ribbons wmv aj
first prtzes on my mnortaoni i uC, r,
kir.. rins-a and Barred Rock chU
' ens. I also have scores or suyerui.
1UU -
awarded mo at tne auwraui.
.... mA annnl xhlbltiona. I used
run as high as 82.000 sheep, but I haij
cut-my bands down, ana """
12,000 to 18.UU0 now.
YOUR MONEY
, By John M. OsUson. '
Canadian cities are finding It har
in these times of timid money, to ral
f,i . nr necessary r improvsment
Bonds' are Selling on a yield basis dl
from four and one-nair to -x ai
,.i nt. and- investors ar n
crowding the offices Of the selling ban
ers to taiie incu , i
, n-L. .i,.iinn i,sa acute in tn
United States; though some of our ow
...I.. ,0 fauna it hardvto raise monei
at fair rates, and on (I refer to Aicld
son, Kansas) has actuauy
v,. mtn flemandod in order to r
f bond which becar
due recently. Atchison, instead, offerdj
to issue new bonds to the noioers
'the old bearing the same rate, of V
teres t Indignant refusal and -stror
language from -the holders .
t. ' Montreal Star which aui
casts a way of finahclng their need
f iC. r..rti munlolrialltlca. ; Instfirl
of sending, the bonds to London to 1J
marketed by th-tjanner,
it easy for th peopi .
...i.- v,,miva to buy tha bonds!
"The Canadian with a llttl mond
a a h absolute faith livhls ow
Artn A T far hrause he knows it" says tli
Star. 'If it were easy for him to a
into a municipal ornce ana uuy
over the counter, from..an orflclal
would often do it. ' ' '
"nanv. mlaht suffer & little in the
savings departments but ;hs -
would be at wors wj. vi.-v -vv-.
auch a steb would somewhat r
Ueve th pressure of Canadian eiri
ties on the London -market? and so tcti
to get o better Tam au
borrowing" municipalities. . It would ah
encourag thrift among wrpwa psoplr
This is souna reasonins,. u"c ...
in time every borrowing need of a ci
,i,t hv the small lenders of th
cityto the mutual profit of the munio
polities and or .we .;-,.,,:;
' "i i'iii- " r- 1 i '' " ' "
Pointed Paragraphs
Manv 4 humble lover makes- a hot
Most married men are happier thS
they suppose. -
Jealousy will not listen to reasoj
because It doeaa't believe, there is sud
a 'thing. - , " "' '" - .
.'.,.'.. .;.-', ,.",.::-' ;.:; m ; -v
When a girl beBns to call a your
man by his first name she haa desist
on his lat. ' .
W imacine that.- a .dumb barb
would be even mqre satisfactory thaJ
a dumb waller.
Rtioutlner1 "Hrv. thrre!" mleht