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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING,' NOVI:::l :- 11, t lEJOURNAli i i vTifNT .twpapf;i , l'lltll"h-f V AVl'L.tti .k(-lll SullliNVl S dhi,iii t lht Jouruil Build rui .l mutiM M.. I'nftlnnd. T, i.mt MiuiII(ti jit I'uritaud.. r lot in llitouuli til a walla aa eecoud elaae . i . ,.iKS Mala 717.1: lloun.- A-I01 i i -partHirnts reached hf thaae auinben, I t! niwrHtor a-pat oop-rttnant ynowan I......M Ai.VKU.'1'lttlNi. Hta-KKhcflTATlV njMTiln A Kanliwe Co., Untmwlek BnilillDJt, 1-4 tilth iraix, New Xorkj IHIS geople'a,. ultacf tcjiiua, ltfnai lr mall or la mar stWreea la ui Luiii-4 feUun or Mexico! niu.v -." Cut rear ...-...5.00 I One -oootV ... M Co yea ......12.40 f One month ..ff - DAILY AND BUN l X . ... Ctna jrr ,..i..7JM I On -SM-rth 5 :'" When a ' beautiful soul har monizes -with a beautiful form, . and the two ' are cast W ' one mold, that will be the fairest f aiciitn to him who baa the t 1 eye to -contemplate .the vision, Pluto. FROM CX)AL MINTS TO. CABINET ! j-iC11 reourrtng-,Vtnd;18tta .WH . f-i - son?' day at Arnot.ypennayl ..-v"T.-v,'. The" -lorjiwhom the day Is'namefl'Js 'Secretary of Labor William ,B. WilBon, a member of i Woodro w Wilson's cabinet, who was I in Portland yesterdayi i I i Arnot Is a fcoal tnlnlny town, and 1 the people celebrate each June J.8 j beoanee it, was on that day that a j great strike was won, a strike in ! which. William- B. Wilson was. the ? leader, & wag that itrlkp also; that madeIri JWllspnaember-of the WoodrbwTWIlson" cabinet, : for the 1 powers there displayed securest this J election and two reelection to con- rress.' and It" was as a member of J ' congress that Mr. Wilson Introduced the bill creating the secretaryship j of labor, . the position which . the ; author of the bill v now fills on the Invitation ''of tha 'president sot the United States.' J ' y V . In that strike, Wijnam B.; Wilson was offered .IL!00 to desert the miners' cause,' (lie was told that it would be an act of human kindness to J terminate1 the lohff. and bitter struggle'. fHe was' told that Vail ,he would haw to do. would b to leave the etate on -urgent business and let events take, heir .own course. There was a mortgage at that time of exactly $1500 on the little Wilson ihbme. . There were ten chil dren in the family ai)d 4he Wilson finances were so straitened i that the wife and little ones were living n brown bread and coffee and were wearLte gunny sacks for shoes, :' In-! etead of accepting the $15 00 bribe.l the future member of the American cabinet took in the families of lour other striking miners and turned with mors determination than ever to the'strlke."; It "aa for :iTOch endefavbrs thalr VWilsod aajr.l-i tnjblic holiday; ad Arno -aiid r thai Wilsoiii ths i coal' miner -was rthree times. returned to: congress, as a, Democrat in- a district . that went heavily for . Republican' presidents. - - ' . , , , At ten years of, age, : William B. ' Wilson began work, in a Pennsyl vania coal mine. ;:; That was In 1871 J .ot. twenty-seven years he r was a begrimed toller In 's the bowels .vot 'the earth. He left "the mine to-be totoe ifat'ernatjonul" .ecretaryas-: Z urer of .the .United Mine Workers of America. During ; his ) connection with d'th organization, he ';spent three flays and nights io vajjaary- land JaiL; He was leader In a strike, and after being enticed Into a rall- road' coach,:; the train pulled aut. carried him to another, town,; where I the mlneOwnerB swore but a warrant t and ; Md hlng confined on a charge 't of conspiracy. while' his friends sup- ' the itiAte;j:: Though denied all the advantages ' t of .education,; this; brawny -(man ; of ; . Scotch birth .; "and ; parentage speaks i, with polished language phrases ef- f ectlvely, and Is a prof pund student f of social : and economic philosophy. J He holds thaT capital and labor are i "partners, f JHe lnilsts that they ought ! j to reach agreements around a coun cil 'taljle. ': He says the trade union Is . 'necessary ' because ' without It. -" there-is no way to compel I labor to ' fbtdaT byJt- ownicontrhcta. f J:ttaThold:that' capitar ls the' un ' consumed product . that' labor has 5 : produced In the paeU and .which has not yet been ueed"r..'by society.: It ? 5 lis distinguished' f rom, wealth In that i wealth may. ber of natural origin. capital is repreaenteit . in . the ma- ; i chine which workmen ,;use ;., ' if He t holds thai rcapital s rrepre- J (workmen duringjiths',' time he Is i y working ' upon!- any . material, until t that .which ne . la working upon is - ready for use, Id a primitive state . of society,- capital may not have -l)eon ' essential . "toouitfwelfare hKt J Ht ii rjiessenUsiKitt jtlie'bdiriibdY- ibugnjy orgakedi SoKprderj.f It j ! makes' Ihe Worker's efforts 'more suceessful ' becausb, ' t ? provide' the niachine.'! Capitallft t the " machine. But the real vital force: the final factor .at reS'prp4uc t-Uile, ,is- the worker'w?;. i'i -':.;; 4 I ' The machine can 4b nothing With ,o ut t hint. '0Tou can ; take all n ; ;?aptal v Jhat haax een:' CratedTaj 'that Us -v;iinoiMtune Tf&y ' Leap it up i anywhere; bh'ihe earth's surface and" let it remain there' un- til time rots It into du'sfind ,ho" act -wa-M mw MUD. J.l ,UU duction JWlUf eyer be pef- by it - "'t ,,4 .! i, f ot production v formed ..? f it tannot Operate"'' without !- the vprker. " . ItVhas nb; power, . it has to force. ; It has- no .thinking rca f acity. It Is lifeless.,, 4ThS Vltaiiz- ij? force; Is labbi.V Vii . v f : ljoth'.apttai:.iirXd';ia1A XUn' pVr- -rm functlous la,i)rDductlpn. Both i to entitled tor a: voice;.. Secretary Wilson insists,-in . determining , what the' terms of .the partnership shall be In that production. , j -, ' Under Secretary Wilson, the de partment v of labor has 1 settled strikes and brought industrial peUcps In several states.? It, Is directed by a wonderful man, a man . of power, a man Of unpurcnasawe? integrity, a man - of Indomitable purpose, a man of .the purest end gentlest con science. t , " THE XEAV CHAMPION, T TITI1 four Weeks the' world's hf record for egg : production Y V nas Deen twice smashed by " hens at the Oregon JftfcricuT- tural College. ' - ' ' ' October ,Jl 5, the great record - of 2S2 la a year by a Canada hen was beated by . a. Corvallfs bird ' with a record of 291. ; Wednesday, a sec ond ' Oregon Agricilltural College hen - raised , the world's record to $03, or an exact, dozen, more., than her college colleague. " - The remarkable fact In the break ing of these records is that five other hens in the ' same flock have records of 245, and the - whole ,4.0 in the flock average 210.1 9 &.'! J The facts are . proof that Pro fessor Dryden has produced an ex traordinary strain of layers. Six years ago; when he began his' ex periments, he was unable, to; breed bird, that' would lay 200.? ; By a process of selection' of : best - layers and breeding from,' them through several generations. Professor' Dry den has finally evolved a flock of 40 averaging above 210, with two birds that have beaten . the best records in the world, one of them by; 21 eggs. , - " -Curiously, enough ' the bird with the; record of 291 is.eUll : laying. She has been jput on a diet to. stop the egg: 'production, Uut' in spite of It she keeps on layings She was moved -frpm Corvallls ,to .Portland for exhibition; a ;changa that would ordinarily .stop production, but she kept" on laying throughout the time she was ta this: city, and la' still, at It since her return home. -' 1 . : 15 ', The ' performances - of the whole flock In Question have; been under conditions applicable on any farm The s poultry house' In which, they were kept cost $25 The yard Is an ordinary enclosure, and ; all ; the food conditions such as any, farmer canpply';;Stf5xfr;s:i;. 'Of much importance Is the fact that both the record hens were kept Id the same yard and received, onlv the same attention ' that went to the others. If the experiments mean anything. they mean : that Professor Dryden has led . the way to t a . probable eo lution kot ' breeding up . the i laying" traits of the fowls . of .the pountry They mean great encouragement to the ; farmers of .the- rcountry, who have been groping' blindly for bet ter laying poultry and who have wondered for centuries if 1 produc tion . of better laying ' strains ' were possible and if so,' how. -r : . 1 . ." .They;' mean f more .than 'all, en couragement to the consumers of the country and to all interested Jn the lootf supply; : The present aver-N age of egg production Is about 70 eggs ; per . hen per year. " Professor Dryden has" produced the " 00 pgg hen - with special; performances ;'of over ;800.'i He.;has produced a hen that layed 42 pounds of eggs In a twelvemonth!",- !'-Y-: v r-;y: r-iO-j ' It must mean that In the vast economy df egg production,- a new trilt-Jias b':UpS:'Mi' premier layer .has been produced. It stands as one of the most im portant , agricultural discoveries' in a'decade. r EFFECT. OK. INCOME TAX HERE. issome" question 'whether I the proposed system for bond-, I ' ing )pcal;improvementswill,iil , adopted 'by the voters.5 impair the ' selling price', of bonds. These sit per ( eentsbc'irltles have been commanding a premium during tlin6$ M money itrtngency, the pre mldnt being bld because 4 of. the gilt edged, security,- the interest rate and the averaje life' of' the; ijond, ; ; . : , Under. , the., proposed charter amendment. the security will remain gilt, edged, 'but, it" is expected that thtf &bpnds average JlifeillK be shortened -because. Ithe city will be enabled to pay rff the securities more '; rapidly ;, thaojls ' npw, possible. The , interest. rat fwfll: be! -flexible with sit per., cent the maximum, the city commissioners, having the power, should -conditions . warrant Its exer cise, to :cut tne- rate, on future is sues, mm rss t .-f iv -,v :i':' !i4PrOT ties prefer the ' longer term " bond. but 'there is ino ..Sufficient''; ground folf r'praicUng Usubstantlalv impair; mentviifthe'; selling 'price,; If the ameadment Is adopted improvement bonds' will; Jn.: all ,; probability con tinue, selling - ht ; substantial pre mium. h?g&!i-ii :jv-A;; 'W-y There Is ;:A .reason, ' outside : the bonds Intrinsic jiyalue; for this pre diction. The ' new4: federal income tax law proml8esy,a' wider ' market for ' municipal bonds, i .The New York Times says thete is already an increase In ; the prlc of city securi ties, c notably those k oTNpw . York. Money:'' will 1- be;hdlveried;.: toajiehj' bonds from other channels. " ; T- wromes derived from 1 munioipal an'd state bonds arb exempt from the federal tax; ' while ' incomes coming from railroad and other private cor poration bonds are taxed,' ?; Thus; an investment In; six per;cent city se curities 1 will ,'nej; the - purchaser a larger return than" m' equal invest ment in railroad bonds of the same : Another feature of the. federal law will .operate 'to the- benefit of ' murtlclpf ', ties. , private corporations are rttfued to. withhold the tax on intereat payments under the goveri- ment rule providing for , collection at tha source of income. ., : , . There are ' thousands of people, holders bf railroad bonds, whose In comes are not taxable because they iau -wunin tne exempuona nxea vj law. But Jhese people will be re - qulred to comply with elaborate reg ufations to "collect thefr full inter? est' payments t from the railroads. No portion of the Interest paid y on city - bonds will : be retained. - . The small and the , large holder of" ma nicipal securities . will - be exempt from taxation on that source oj. in come. 1 t. -TACOMA'S HILLS J t: HE Tacoma Ledger returns to the attack on the Colombia river. , It attempts to makb the bar a shallows Of sand. Ap parently.it would. If it could alse the sands above the water and make the place! impassable. . Seemingly, it would., if it could, till the Co lumbia river with silt, and mate it unnavtgable. , ...Why, doesn't .the Ledger spend Us time In digging away the mountains that separate .Tacoma from the in terior r Why doesn't It ,cut 4 way the . 3000 feetof mountain chain that4' will always be a barrier: to transportation : between : the Spund and the Test of the continent? ? k. . Tacoma is the last place In the world to raise Questions of strategic position, it is a aiscrimination in railroad rates - that . enables it to hold such ocean commerce as It has. Ninety cents4 more a ton on wheat is charged by the barriers downhill to Tacoma. It, is ; ninety cents ..a; ton more for running cars down, a water 'grade to Astoria than : for lifting cars ' over a mountain : chain 8000 feet high to reach '?Tacoma. TPi v. i'i i The 1 railroads' -themselves '-.'Insist that, cost of naul is one of the fun damentals inj'llxlng rates. They havef plied up i -volumes of testimony at rate hearings to forward that cpn- tentlqn. It Ut a transportation maxim, that cannot' be controverted, and yetlt Stands as an overwhelming indictment of' rates' . that .give Ta coma a differential of ;?0 -i cents' a ton over :' Astoria. - -: Ultimately; this differential : Will be removed. ."It, Is a violationof the soundest laws of transportation ' for it : to ,2.standarund 0hai railroads knovr. ftkj&Z&&& ' 'VJi is more. ' It la J a; violation !of Jfm.Hlirs -. law of . least r resistance. It is:a violatloit of the.law of grair ity. It is ;a tiolatiotf of everything raUotial in ?itfie whole science ; of transportation, and Mt cannot"and wilt1 not standi fe;::n v wx-i--yf ?i Tacojna'la- in fnb- posltion"to"tnrow stbnesft Wo1 are tearing away the Columbia ,nar and' deepening the channel ,wtth farv greater ease than they " did at Liverpool ' and in time Bhall have a 'better port ? 1 Thee Ledger would better let us alone and gov to digging down ihe high hills that surround Tacoma.' - . ONE CENT POSTAGE , yHIRTYv' years ago a two cent I- postal, rate on first 61as3 mat- -1 , ,tet ,was adoptedU' Today agl tatlon is being renewed for one cent postage, the demand "for cheaper v letter rates being based upon figures showing that first class matter earns a substantial profit for ih.b::;goYexhniefat.'''. 4t y't l' it is said that revenue irbm first class postage now amounts to about $176,000,000 a year," while the cost of handling, aggregates about $100.- 000.00O, leaving a profit of $76, O00,000annnally.';irheva for penny postage is that first class matter ought not ; to be. 'Subjected to a charge ' which produces,' such a profit. It is urged that the postal service should not produce any Second i class ' matter . causes : as great a loss as first classpays , a profit. Those who pay only - the first class rate say they are entitled to a . reduction and that second , class matter should- be required to , pay its cost of carriage. As it Is, much of the cheaper class is handled, at about one eighth the actual costIb i But the statement Is also ; made that a very large share of first class mail Is due to correspondence -carried on i with reference to second class matter, so that the two ought to be taken together, rather than' be Judged . separately ' and have rates fixed accordingly.' Congress has been slow to consider penny-postage probably because so many people ire interested equally in both class es of mail inatter. ':i-:d,'P:' , There is no argument on the issue ttiat thenostoffice deDartmeM should be nothing more than self . sustain ing j the difference of opinion omes on the; advisability .of placing each class of malison lts,pwn footing. When ',; letter J postage ' , was reduced from ;; three to twc cont8 the mall business expanded, so greatly , as to nearly make up ia a short tlnie" an deficit in revenue caused by. the re- ducttontf'i'vV V However, such a result might not follow ; penny . postage, for the ;for; mer cut. was one thtrdtw'hllef the protiosed teducllon la Jbhe half, i From 1 the coal , mind to the lires ident'S. cabinet with , onlyi. a. short stop at the little red school" house Is the story 61 Secretary of Labor Wil li n BiiWUaoa? and he is 'the .boa con- lightof . opportunity and .liberty ft Byery American boy ' Xt1. : , ' The extortionate fees' in federal courts' , a ro to be. the subject of a report' at the Oregon Bar Association-' which meets in Portland next week. The assembled lawyers can serve themselves by doing what they can to remove a system that gives the clerk of the court nearly twice as, much.icompensation ' as ' goes to the Judges -- The' federal government Invites proposals when it- is buyer. Why would it not be a good plan for the school board in " buying 'sites ' and Bcbaor grounds? ....When, the law pr- aers tax price ana saie price to oe the same,' there ought to be some way to get sites at - less than six times the assessed value. 'f-.f;-.'. J :-.;-i, CV;-:',f . jS. ' '.. ...a. 'tj- An old case Is reported in which "an Iqjtfnnnt set forth that tie actumf person struck a man on the head, splitting the . skull until a par t of it fell down . on either shoulder, and - the ? court held the indictment', defective because ' it- did not allege that the man was killed." Presumably it will be relevant at the police, h'earlng before the civil service commissioners to cross ex amine the witnesses on whether "any of them have ever held five aces. what is the value of a royal flush and what is the standing In pelice circles pf aces up, " Letters From the People Communications cent to Tbe Journal for pub llrauon 10 thla oepaftmeDl aoonio o wniWB on only one aide of t ha paper, ahould not exccd 800 wqrdH in lenglb and matt be aimpnled br the uame and addrvu of the aendef. It the writer doea, not dealrc to bara tbe naiot-pub- uaneu, ca suotua ao eiata.j . ' -, "Dlscnuioa la' the rretet ef ill reformer. It ratlonalUei eTenfthlnt It todchea. It robe principle of aU falio aanetltr end tbrowa tBem back on tbalr reaaonableoaa. If thay har no raaaonablaneaa. It nitblaaalr eruahaa tbam Out of existence and sets up Ita own cooclualoD ta tbelr stead." woodrow vtiuoo. '. Dry vs. Wet at Eagle Point ' Sasie Point Or..-Nov. 8. to . , the Editor ot The Journal I see- in The Journal of November S the lolloiwlng headline: "Eagle Point Wet, and under Uiat the ' roiiowins: f . 'Medford, Or.r -Nov." 5. The support of the women voters ! declared to be responsible for tbe defeat of the dry forces In yesterday's election by vote of 63 to 68. According- to report 18 women voted for the saloons and eight against.'?" A';.?. Ki- t'jC-":' tf- I wish; to state some of ths facts wltii. regard to the election on tbe wet and dry , Question. The petition that was used was drawn up, complete. by IT. Xj. ftheldon, attorney for tbe Antl Baloota Leigue of VOregoa..'XrasV' circu lated: by responsible parties, -and 84 names or registered voters . were ob tained. In 'a short time, lees than a day. The petition ! was takea by one of tbe clrcniatora and , filed . with ' the county clerk on October 3t.and O. K'd. bV him, and' on Octbher '4 presented to the coun ty court, Tbe district .attorney,- Judge Kelly, , Decided that It wasinegal, on the. ground . that the metes 'and bounds of the town were not given, and ' the court failed to act on it at all, Bome of us began to think the petition would die by 'limitation, a it had to be acted upon so as to give the sheriff 10 day notice post tbe notices; so, on October ; 10 Thomas E.- Nichols, Mr.- McQuoid Sr, and Rev, Ia Ik Simmons went to the county, se&t and Interviewed Judge Ton Vitlle: called his attention tej the declBion'e of the supreme court on 'that point,' ? He simply t turned, the., matter down. Thev: then employed O. .C tsogga of .Medford to -mandamus the court and he reported to the committee mar, yuage TouVelle anir Judge Kelly ' had - some to . H . office and told him that they has looked the matter up and -decided to grant th peUOon on Tuesday; .Oc tober 4.; On -that data he went to. the county seat and stayed aU day. Just before adjournment ' the court, V ruled against the petttton;',rir? -y-.U ';: -;, Toe. committee men naa , jar. ogsa make but the papers to . mandamus .the court, aid by that means we Won out that far. -The - next move ; Was to hold separate election Instead, of , having it held ' in " connection wun the ' state election, 'JandV then the - council ' had to appoint the Judges and clerks.;! Two of the three Judges, acted as clerks,, and thoywere all three In favor of the wet side of tho s Question. The' council1 is very damp, and it decided to let. every body vote without regard to the regis tration law, although almost everybody had registered. After . the election was over-the board ruled that all the drys would. have to go out except the-mas appointed by the Good Citisens' - club to assist In counting tne votes. Alter the votes -.were counted it was found thai ever? man in town, and every wo man except three, two single and, one married, bad voted. ' 4- Bo you see that your informant either was -Ignorant or .. wuuuuy uuarepra- sented the facts.1 liVrv 'i V-"' Another misstatement Jras wltlf re gard to how the. women voted. Accord ing to the most aoourate count we can makA, there were 32 who Voted for pro hibition end la wno votea against it. But although we are counted -out, we are' not, aiacourageo, ana expect, nexi November to clean out the whole state of saloons,v;-4,f:- ';-'vS:.R-PJ:iAT ' " Favors Bonrnes'?fealJ:?-';-- Portland, Or, NoV,ii3.--To th Editor Of The JournalIk tW daily newspa pers recently have-, appeared -letters written br vUS. U'Jten and Alfred JX Crldge opposing the proposed Initiative bill of Senator- uourne xoroiaaing paia- for initiative and referendum petitions. tfullv admitting the - rights or tbes gentlemen to tneir personal-action, sun I , would oe pieasea - to. :, o miormea through the press If either. Mr. U' Ren op Mr. Cridire has been the recipient of maneV or other Consideration for : the circulation of lniuative or reierenaurr peulions tnai is, ji mwr vicw sire the views oi men wno nave in me past received money for such work, or are the views of the average voter. Who, I bellevo, feels that his ballot has been needlessly encumbered With : Initiative and ' referendum acts. .yM-p (rr;j We all know the story bf the man wlio for years saved the county on the Stump, at -a good salary from the cam paign committee, who suddenly lost in- terest wnen ne was aiKea 10 conmouie to' the- cause without the salary at tachment. ' Just such considerations, at times, lnfluences the pest of us, Benator Boiirne's proposed bill would place the circulation of any measOTe in the hands or unpaia volunteers, or in the binds of any organisation that would feel it lmd a lla;it as to what the country . neeas. n , rweaea, ; tnousanas would Interest themselves In seeing pe titions circulated and signed, The good work of progresajias volunteers, ' Heart Interest is better than bought Interest: If Senator Bout np's proposed bill Is en. acted, as I hope it wilt be, It will not be poHslbl to strike In. the dark at bills, by hired holp.a the University of Ore gon nd -workmen's, compensation acts were struck at at iast election ; . M very -.-set referred or Initiated cost tlie . taxpayni-s monuy. ' Our state and city govornmnU are gpttlng top heavy with contlsual added expeimo. ' To lcssi tn this I -Impe to no Senator Bourne's proptisrd but- enacted. - It it ca4 ' be PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANG IS ' Yes, a hard mostly soft. - wlhter. like enough A little more of the 1910 census has been heard from. , .; -fi s,- e e .''viV i;-:::-v ;.":; '.at!'.'. The prohibition question promises, to keep . coming up UUermlnably. p , !" Hviiy women wahrtO'wsaRronr'feath era on .their hats is a mystery. to mere n- . -;',.- ' Let it b honed that the courts 'will not upset the results of the bridge bond election. '. ...:.' : .v . .. - : . .. Some doctor mleht sraln noDularltv bv claiming that fresh eggs were unhealthy m toe .laii -, . . . . It is a rather courageous minister Who tells tha truth about tha mission- ary humbug, : '. . ; -v. i. .- m . . . .w a-' . a. . The censurera of women's clothes are keeping rath or quiet now. In November's chilliness and dampness. ( , . That Multnomah county Is out of debt and nas 1500,000 "velvet" is gratifying; maybe taxes can be reduced a littla in a year or two. , ; h i: ' f'.-v '''i';,':;-..''l..o:-' ',':-. '.v,.4-'. ' Every Oreeon eountv' is so rich' in resources and opportunities that each one, while boinar lnaDeoted or considered. It la assumed bv some militarists and publwi its . that if Germans or . French or-other peoples colonised and obtained large riKUl in south and Central -America, they would at once make war oh the United States, and . unless we - had an Immense army and navy, would take this country.. But Is this a reasonable assumption? - ... .. ...r-. v.'.iv, v.-v..r.."V'v; '"'-'-x ''. P':' ; A venerable and eminent woman of Oregon argues that If other, rest and entertainment places are provided;- the saloons will disappear without prohi bition, for lack of patronage. ,- There seema' nothing In history or the present trend, with respect to the consumption of liquor, to justify this conclusion, yet prohibition may be Impracticable.. As yet many men don't really want rest resorts .and jsharch entertainment,;, but saloons and booze: they are happy no where else, and with nothing else. , A LAWYERj.ON "'p-'i-From tha Houston Chronicle. ,Iin the course. 'Of an Interview ,irlven recently' by Frank P, Walsh, who, was appointed head of the Industrial, rela tions commission bv President Wilson, he expressed himself with great, frank-, ness, not to say boldness, upon, certain matters 'concerning which the ' public has , of late been doing very , serious thinking. . . ..-' -"V'V; Hs is repute to be a lawyer who baa not lost a case, in years,, and who In 1900 gave-wP-a corporation practice In order to be free to pursue a una oi work itermane to the very question with which tha body of which ha is the head will have ts 4sJ.rC ; -; tvc:- In the course of the interview re ferred to he said: The commission's search for the causes of Industrial dis satisfaction enust not and will not stop short of the judicial system and the Judiciary. It would be absurd as well as dishonest for tts to boggle ana svsus witb regard to the bitter- complaints that have been lodged against t'30 courts of the country and the Judges. t " i;Th average worklngman- H of ths.'dpinlbn. that tha machinery of the law is cogged against him, an 1 that he can -riot get a fair deal in the courts, and that property rights have precedence"ver human rights. -t, i -v;.- . ,"wnat is ens use-or seating arounu the .bush and talking buncombe about the revered fathers and the sacred ark of the covenant? Thla- condition of bitter hostility exists, and we must recognise It Tbe true sourcasf power In- th i Vpited . States, is not .cpuncU, legislature fcor pongress, not ' mayors, governors nor president, but the - judici ary, ; Time ana agam ws nave seen patty Judges set aside Important stat utes, and it was. not many years ago that the decision of ens judge of the supreme -court changed overnight, nut lifted an Income tax law demanded by congress and approved by the president I am not quarreling with the decision, bnt,:Slmply; stating. faet.v?4t'.. "There Is general superstition that the Common law which governs the In dustrial situation Is1 like the , law of the Medes and 'Persians, but -1 assure that not rubber Itself la more 14tio Under skillful handling It can be fiadw to expand of '.contract at will. ' t: .. ;,rNo civilised ,' country la the World gives ' Its Judiciary 1 such ,' autocratic power as the United States.' ..That pow placed bn tha"ballot without money con. slderatlon, but by free will work, "it will 'tte proof positive mat any other meritorious measure can be Initiated or referred, th the future it will save the ballot from being incumbered with bills not desired by the public, and Will less en election expenses, and still not de stroy Ul ria -"I pei.uau ; r -- , , ' i : WALTER SEABERO. Omron Laind Prices Defended.' Vanera, Or," NoV,5 iJ-tt the Editor 6f,Th Joumai-!rJj notice that the hon ored and respected empire builder,'. J.; J. Hill, has through: your, columns icorre down rather hard on the Oregon '.lana dwner Who; ha some ,ot his land to sell. as. to its, being held at' too high a prlcft for investors and homeser kers to come among ns and buy. : I beg spacn w reply to sucn an attaca, ior r, mu dnaa not designate any certain locality. conseauentty it is ' a stroke at all ., of Oregon. . It Is possibly true that In some localities land Is too high and dry and frosty to maintain the land prices asked. That Is not the locality I am defending, butyl do defend , this local ity, in' Crook county. ' ; .; ; i . ' I have lived in Oregon more than 25 vaara and have never yet seen in Ore gon a piece of worn out land; It rather seems to improve Dy iuuuvuf wn fore , It is ! unfair to - compare Oregon lands and land values with eastern and Uouthern lands. ''";' .-.:":'( --;:'-: I lived In Umatilla county 10 yeari rui know it . Is a', good county,! and Just the other iday 1: noticed In' The Journal 'en account of a. dry wheat ranch near Adams, selling, at pver .H0 per acra So If Mr. . Hill had eee.n thl account ' he - probably would nave said : "Another - tenderfoot from the . east stung."1 But no - this purohasef ,; was sn pldtlmer there and kngw sWlia$ thai lanaV'.waa;-:';V'wK Now Just east of this place one mile, but 1000 feet higher, la. an 1 extensive tract of level dry wheat farm, all ya. cant land, when 1 came here 18 years ago, known as Big' Agency Plains, and which I believe l as good as1 the Uma-tllla- farms, i The plains farms can lie, bought now at from 12500 to 1000 per quartet seotlon.; Then who will say In tbe face of thess acts, that our lands are- too hlghT,; Along the Deschutes river there "ara only three ranches bor dering An the TTlvnf for- many - miles, and K least parts ' of tmo, otft these ranches are for sala at from J5 io 80 prr acr. and at an elevation .of 1400 feet and where peaches are produced, a full crop every yaarr also,; all kinds of tender vegetables . are raised, and t'.te conditions, are ideal for? hog or. dairy ront'ltos Are then Kinds tow high? Wtthtn one' mile of ' this place, and away frotti tlie river, in the cimvoB right by.tae-slde of . Mr. Hills Oregon AND -NEWS IN BRIEF . OREGON SIDELIGHTS In the headquarters of the Old Fort unites-. Historical - society nas o;n in Ktnllffrt an nA TinMt- tha first "rcffula- tor'' ever bro'ght to The Ualles. It kueps as good time as ever and Its face is to ail old inhabitants 01 xne vattcn that of an old friend, v ; ' v ' . ., . f -. a. , a . . Thua early In tha season there speak ur tlie Eiierne Rpsrister in favor of abol lMhing-useless giving at'ChrlStmas. The Orants i'ass Courier quotes with ap proval and heartily seconds the motion. Meanwhile, - it la the orun season f o tfte snop early editorial, : ' - Juntura Times: Billy- Mack, the sign man who arrlvad - In town last week with bin wife, haa started the nucleus of jgi band and desires the support vf Juntura -business men. A good band Is an a?aet to any town and is a sure In aicauon thata town is anve... 4 , Tha Christian Endeavor societies e Eua-ene are clannlna- a "relief closet' for destitute families, from which tlie department of public safety, may draw supplies jyaen neeuea, at tines. , a as nation Darty will be lie) d and all Per sons charitably. Inclined may contribute. Paisley Press: William A. Busch, former managing editor of the For Rock Times, has purchased the paper from the editor of the Press and Is now In full control at Fort Rock. Mr. Buscb, l a gentleman or consiaeraDia expert ence In this line and is certain to nake a success with tke Times, ,; .,'' In words that breathe and thought that burn, tie Observer bids farewell to the old O.-W. R. & N. coal chutes-at La Grande, a structure that haB served 80 veara and la now bein torn down. Noth ing more prosaic imaginable, yet the Observer Invests the ugly old stack of black and grim lumDer wim-a poetry ' The Medford Sun either has no sub scrlbers in Nebraska or it doesn't care If it does lose them, for tha man who runs Its "Smudging Pot" column Is per. mitted tasavi .."'Unlike the" Pacific toast, we have no boosters,' editorially remarka tn Haven tNeoj rimes, - how dull life must bet But then there Is nothing there to boost, unless It be the neat ana me coia.-tne ioviues or xne prairie and the -siss of the grasshop per that destroyed, i this t year's corn crop. .'rv in-- -. -si',...,'-.' mTHE JUDICIARY. er, II ir&f be, has been exercised Wisely and . equitably, and that there is no just .ground for complaint on the part of the working classes; but : the ; mero ract tnat mere is compiaiat pieces an unescapabie "duty of investigation upon the Commission, V - i -v I speak- as i JAWyer. bound by- the obligations ot my profession, and as the Chairman ot a commission endowed with certain Ju dicial functions, and nothing Is further from my desire than' to give-effect to prejudice; 'yet I do not j wish to dis guise my very, real interest and con lctions. . Jt was about a year ago, maybe less, that I gave an inter view .advocating the passage of a. law by congress to Wipe out every federal court under the , supreme cou rt. If . I SO -desired I could not swallow such public declarations as that, and fortu nately the desire Is lacking. . v ."There is no diversity ef Gitlsenshin ift this country now. , There may have been when - congress.' established thn courts Virginians my , have , thought they could not get sv square deal In Massachusetts in those days, and, Mas saonusetts may have mistrusted. Vir ginlan. But it is a mistake to assume now that the citiien of one stats can nof get Justice from the ltisens and courts oi anotner atate. 4 1 is even - a greater mistake to let a corporation do business In a commonwealth and bring Its own court with It for lta own brand of justice." , , , , , 7.., , ' TAers may be ground tor criticism of some of these statements, but there is much trutlv-inlthe proposition- thati the reason zor navmg federal courts in or der to try cases in which the contend ingr parties are cltiiens , of -different stetes Is net as strng,noW as it once was. if Indeed it ever had anr strength The ptatufe Is now reflection upon the people and ; the ' courts of - every state. There are many honest and abli federal judges. Texas has beerrpecul- iariy rortunate in that regard, but they are no mote capable nor of a higher oroer of integrity than are the state judges The federal judges ttsually fal low the Jawk and holdings of tha courts of ' the - -states : concerning : property rights, and ihe juries are composed of citisens of the SUtes, and there is-no good excuse for. conferring 'jurisdiction on the federal courts by reason of di versity or citizenship. The question. is going to come to. the front era Jong.- Trunk railroad,' apples were grown last year that took-wo first pjlaea at the Lethbridge. Canada land products show. This cry of land priced being too hign in ' this locality - Ms : entirely erroneous ana . me people of other localities eaa speak' ror :tnemseives.-''S,'r::if'i"rt' Kii : ' Socialism, Church, v Religion, an Portland, Or., Nov. li To the Editor Of . The JoumalIt IS eminently unfair and misrepresenting : to infer that So- oiauum is opposed to religion, when in fact It t th Very essence of it There Is -a bread distinction between "church" ana -religion."- . Religion means truth. wnue-church typifies that . changing creeu seeamg trutn., Tne name of church Is legion, wita. its varying creeds and dogmas of the past. It Is always harkt lag , backward : instead of apprehending the present,, to say nothing of the-future. Church creeds nave been forced to :hango as sciehce and civilisation have unfolded the truths of our exist ence;' while rellgipft is, always abreast of every present day neea'i. There is 4 great awakening pf the church at pres ent, andlt Is' In order for it to- move up another, Stage, as Is evidenced by the many sermons coming from various pulpits demanding consideration of our econOmlo problems.' The greatest car nage of all history, lies at the Church door, because It has persistently refused to accept the evolution of lta own crea tion; while religion has been martyred over and over again because . cf Its efforts to force the church Into acr-ont. ug life' as It Is Instead Of as it was supposed to bo. ' bishop Carroll, In his speech at the labor convention. In session In Seattle, persistently used the term church with the implied thought that -he meant re ligion,, when a clear statement would not have misled the hearer, r Socialism la the scientific philosophy of an economic problem that has to do with our present existence. It has to do with church creed only as the church Opposes it through supporting capital ism.' . , f j : Religion and SocialisBi are agreed so far, as our taonomlo affairs are tcon cerned, and that Is as far as Socialism reaches - The - church - and BdBlalium should Also be agreed in thla matter, but It la very evident that theyare not and canit bn ao long as the church remains. ,1 ....... 1 . " a . ..... tlie ufteVdttVed creature of the capitalist System. , C. W. BARZKE. XlermnJis In Minority. , ' Portland Or Ttfnv H Tn tha TTrlllnr of Tlie - Journal I'lcase lnfonn -1. tho through your daily paper, according to the 11(00 census. Which nationality had th tnoKt population in Minneapolis the Swedes or the Germans. I,. 11. H. (According td the census of 1910, Mln. IN EARLIER DAYS;;; 11 1 ' ' 1 i 1 il 11. :; Ut. 1-ocUey. V .Ji-;-i i 'When we came from Asooyos Lake, , na , f . a k.u tt h tk O ', .. . , - lilo, on horseback, , A- J. Kmie, who . started with us was tnrown on-his sad dle horn the first day out and injured ' so badly that he wa. helpless for the rest of the trip," said Capt. Wm. G. Gray of Pasco. ;, " j ...c"'.-, V . :.'.Jr!itKj4'49?9'., eight miles west of the present iowa oif Uma tilla and took tip a'claim, .He started a town there which he called! Grand Rondo . Landing. He put up a store and livery very. -profitable.'?;. It iwks lte shortest, route to the pass through the mountains on the old emigrant trail. , He and a, man named Hall were partners, t Their town, Grand Ronde . Landing la Bow the situ of Irrigon. - -:. '.:-(-.i''SvVr v-'" "They -were making money hand over ' fist .and Z. F. Moody who later- became . governor of Oregon and who at that time had a store at The Dalles, chartered my father's steamboat, the Cascadila, and with a stock Of goods started for Grand -Ronde -Landing,-intending to put in a; store there.; We tied up at the hank and Mr; ..Moody went, ashore and, saw Hall :' and Kane to buy a site-for a building. They told him .haUthey wptird not sell him a building site or sell one to any one else who would run a business which would confllcXwlth theirs. Mr. -Moody , had his stock ot. goods on board and ilid not Want to take It back to The Dalles. Ho. finally decided to start a town of his own, so ha auked my father to go : on up the Columbia for a few miles to tha mouth of tha Umatilla.., - When we got there we . found that James Word- ..al t i j j a. . . . - . . . bank of the UmaUila., 114 offered.: Mr. Moody a free building sits if jie would"' locate there. " Mr. Moody was glad to accept -the orrer and put up ,J:he first store building In what afterwards was.' called Umatilla Landing and which is, now the town of Umatilla. Mr. Moody ' did not feel particularly kindly "toward Hall and Kane and he did everything' possible to fraw business to his own lo cation, . 1 v - .,...". -: "Within six months he had 'secured ' practically , all of the business which ' had gone to Grand Ronde Landina?. Hall : and Kane abandoned their location, pur-1 chased lots at Umatilla and moved their ! wr mere, v umtuns ianaing- grew like a mushroom. It was the Outfitting , point for the -miners at Boise' Basin, ; enver city, xaano city, aa .well as the wrung ona country and ;tiie -eastern ; Oregon mines. It soon had a population '; of between throe thousand- tarci four thousand people. In Its early du there ' were few towns' where money was more 4 blentifuL : EluasLi cold duat .and allvui- ' were in constant evidences The miners oomlng out from the mines with heavy . buckakin pokes, spent their money, free ly while the packers were equally, Irea with theirs. ' The almost universal play- - ing ox poker kept the money in. very lively circulation. In those daya;Uma-.' tllla Ws the headquarters not only for ins pacts trams out uwas toe principal sort on the UDDer river for all of -tha ' Shipping 1 Many of the men who later became prominent in Kastern .Oregon : maae tneir starv at umatnia. r ? , j., YOUR MONEYS 7 John M. Osklson,; in a prosperous small ' city, la Okia- t noma. The uttie city is- jusu waning - up to the realization that there la another form of gambling, .besides ? POker. ' . 4,-1-;;'-;:-" '::p , '.::, sTiaift.A aiMAMilstsWAn tllAr AnAPrli Af "' amXISVSJBBi UallVI D iiiwnia v; ass ' - xraae m unicaEO ana on me ciock a few tildes, had mora ffood luck thaiu J ' lu.i '- Ma.a kawa ' A Sa11a Illfl ".'I' Li 1 till ties fauunv a tea utsun, , r- " One of Brown's friends brought mm ; , a Clipping xrom a' newspaper- one nay . -one . of those "persistent ' little.. Items which get printed in every corner or tha-land. - It told how the late E. H. - Harriman won a fortune-of $T5.000,0CO within, a dosen years: vlt "spoke"-of J. -P. Morgan's .$100,000,000 made ;In Wall street; and it estimated the wealth' of the late Anthony "N. Brady (Who knew -the stock market intimately) -as- about equal to Morgan's. s These three- names wfcre- used as Il lustrations of rapld'y won Wall street fortunes. In the. clipping' If was sug- gested that many men still living and ; comparatively ' unknown had ' also won - great fortunes.ln tha strct A r -'- Ail true, or course., wrown a menu read the clipping: to.,, Bi-own. arid then ;: said: ::,S':4i-'-'.:,';-,,.,;, J-.V.Af ' '' r-J , Fii.u mm win", m-hft era the rnan who losaT How. many suckers ' like you are- needed to pile up sv fortune pf .' 1100,000,000 after aU. tlie .- tremendous expenses ' of the speculative gaine are paid? i.JThihkaboUt It i andrteU. me : About a year later Brown Stopped his friend on the street and said. to him: - 'i vs- dropped a tnousana on stoctte. A hundred thousand of us.. ought, to make up tbe ; fortune of a: hfindred- mIlllonalre.w'f?'';:V"''vi',-v' ' . - . Oh, no,", corrected his friend, ' 'Tou , forget , the expenses. Nearer half a.' million , of you are needed to rnaxe up ' that sum." .-- -''.'? ... - . , t How v nearly right -was : urown s friend T Brown at least believed, him after his market operations, were over. nes polls, - with a ' total- population of i S01.408,. had 86.099 InhabitanU ,f for- , elgn birth, of whom 26,478 wers Swedes anw 8669 were Germans. - . 1 i.' . ... 1' a i , n.-. i , ' Mosf'ot the "trouble in this world is due to the fact that about one-half the people In It ar men and tha other, half women. . , Newspaper :j-V; Advertising , "l Brings the. Dollars! AU advertising Is gohd but . some' ! better than others.' Newspaper advertiinff lt best ; i of all becnufO It brliius the. best lmmedists -results for tins least expenditure of .money. ' .'.. ,---' - 1.,-" ' People regard the newspaper as timely. , ,. f t. . ' ,,. v - 'An advertisement. In a news- . ..'paper suggests fjulik , action "- and generally brings It Manufacturers are finding' tlie newspaper the. bent gate ,- - way to immediate results. - , ; It Is' a two-edged weapon ' for salea vlctorv. It silmu-, ' ' Utp both TITfl consumer and the local dealer. , ' People believe in news-, :. paper believe In denlers wltov - (irivertlse in- newspapers, and ' .-.believe In nmnufairtured prorl- , nuts bronjrht to tht'ir iittcntlon ' . through the advnrtlsing 00U ': uiuna of local newupapers. . ..,,-.- ( - :.- . - I-" 1