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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,. FRIDAY EVENINO, NOVEMBER, 28.. 1913.,
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tlngulshed fronfmacadara roaOwayg.tof th eggt, It Is done by meant gulch in 'springtime, 'it look as if
wasmngton aispaicnes are to toe, or storage, u is storage ana-ipe tne untcagoun; wuo spent awyorm
eireci mac congressmen ana senators control or, storage mat enables toe
re alive to the necessity pf a nation
wide good roads program. The
problems growing out of poor ilgb-
DAILY
M Far ..... .18.00 4 0e month
' . BVSSDAX
0n rear $1.50 I One month
DAILV AND SUNDAY
Ose reef ...... $7X0 On mouth
ways are not limited to ' any . one j entire United States.
years to . producing ra rro rrom
famblers to ' pursue tbelr terrible nothing went to a great .deal of
game or taking heavy tribute from unnecessary trouble. ; t
rich and noor alike, thrnnthniit tha
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Our business is to da our
work well In the present place,
whatever that may be Lyman
Abbott
"' WHAT A TRAVESTY I
THE inflated price of eggs in
the United States is causing
. Importation of European eggs.
- , Half a million foreign eggs
arrived in New York the other day,
and: millions more are on the At
lantic vcean, en route to New York
consignees.
What a travesty on the economics
f; American life when thickly
crowded Europe turns off egg prod-
Ucts from Its tiny farms, pay a the
storage and refrigeration fee, pays
the cost of transportation and insur
- anca " across toe Atlantic, pays the
. fcyja to middlemen, and then sells
the product to New York buyers at
a 'less price than they can buy
American eggs!
What a comment on American
methods of . distribution when this
, country with its vast natural re-
; sources, Its great roomy outdoors,
its broad faVm acres and tremendous
- agricultural production is importing
eggs , from over-congeeted Europe
because they can be bought more
: Cheaply!
' The answer and explanation is the
544,000,000 eggs held in monopoly
by the barons of cold storage as a
means of forcing up prices, con-
. trolllng'market and making colossal
profits. The answer and explana-
-; tion is the 320,500 profits made on
a single lot of 50,000 crates of
American eggs put in storage at
20 cents and less last April and
. now selling on the markets at 38
to 65 :ceats per d-zen. ...
Yet, in this drag for profits, the
egg gamblers are collecting heavy
toll from the hospitals of the land.'
They are extorting tribute from
those on beds of pain. They are
dragging blood money out of the
asylums, the sanitariums and the
places where the spent and wec'.c
are under treatment.
In all these places, the egg Is a
chlefj Article of diet.- -It is almost
the pnly food that thousands upon
thousands can take.
It is a crime for the extortions to
be - practiced upon those who are
strong in the race for survival. It
Is wicked, vicious and Infamous
for tribute to be laid- upon the
honies of the poor, upon the sick
an 4 weary and upon the hospitals
with their eare of the weak, the
spent and the helpless.
section. The benefits that would ac
crue from an interstate system of
good roads would extend to every
part of the country and to the peo
ple as'a whole.
Experience and logic are back of
the proposition that the issue of
good roads is one of national con
cern. It Is the federal government's
duty to lend all possible assistance
In promoting the great task of high
way improvement. There is no
reason why this economic problem,
affecting all the people of the entire '
nation, should be disregarded by
congress.
The Smith bill Is evidence that
Eleven hundred fancy fowls will
before long, there will probably be on exhibition at the Portland
be duplications " of the Cleveland poultry show next week. It might
storage plant in various parts of the i be comforting to some of us who
country.
A LAND CASE
A
cannot afford the price for eggs
to go and take a. look at the
chickens.
agers of the notorious Columbia
River Orchard company. In the
present case, lands on top of moun
tains 700(1 fft hiirh m,ra nr. Id as
sentiment in congress is swinging , fJrst cIa(f3 0reKOn fruIt ,and8
in the right airecUon States which. The "accused began business with
are actively interested in the good S500 ln eash and B contract ,for
wild lands in 12 counties at $6 an
ecre. The lands were represented
iuai amazing case of fraudu- It might be Interesting to hear a
lent land operations is on comparison of notes between Huerta
trial In the federal court in in his efforts to rule rebellious
Portland. mi nni riMmn rt. t.. sabin
In the extent and' character of who attempted to sit on the lid at
the operations, the promoters were a Portland school meeting.
scarcely iees recaiess man me man
roads cause 6hould be encouraged
nnd given whatever assistance it Is
possible.
SPEED THE CAUCUS
r
in some Instances as in cultivation,
and In others as logged off lands
rpady for the plow. Fake pictures of
lands the company did not own were
palmed off on purchasers as repre-
Letters From the People
PE RT I N ErNT - Q JVt M ENT AN D i IM VVS IN BRIEF j
The Thaw m is net quite frown up
And only about a montlj till Christ-
.
I -ate buyers deserve to get the poorer
hflrirntilia. t ... .
FATHER OF CAMAL
Better more rain than neoenary then
it enough. - f
HE Democrats of the senate are
Derfeotlv iustlfld in raanrtlnr
to a caucus on the currency DCUl,,,s 100 ianas iney were buying,
bill. I Tbe company falsely claimed ln
It is not only advisable, but it is'lt8 advertising that It had deeds to
intelligent at this Juncture to apply ith lnnd- Accompanying the adver
se caucus. President Wilson and!t,8,ng matter wa the offer to give
tho Democratic leaders of tho senate 'each P"chaser a free lot at Iflamath
strove to nrevent th rar., i.in ra,ls 118 oonus. itepresentatlons
f,m . .. were made that the lota wpf wnrth , beyond, compare. Aa ou say. it U
wVUi w.wlu.fi u i,ri.? memuTe. it, - - ---- monster crime that we ere permitting a
was preferred flint n-h iiiaHnn " lJiai as paid for both the landB L,...,,, ,i,uir,i,t( ..r-
fchould be a great patriotic bill, sup- '"""sn representeq
ported by members of all parties to b9 w,tn,n tb clty lltn of
But the big bankers have bluffed J"f ma,th Ffil8' llB Werl thr!e
and caioled most of th t,otiM, i miles from the city, and were bought
(CnmDiUnleatlona aent tn Tha Journal for nub.
llciillon ii (hla department abould be wrldaq on
only iinr tide tit the a pa, vbvuld at exceed
UiH) wrd .in litnflU uud Diiwt ba eeeuuipaated
lr the naaie and atldrea vt Uie MaUcr. 1 the
nritar due out tWalre to baTe toe lutftte pub-
uaiifu, Uoul ae Iate.
"Plcuilo la Ike xreateat of all refornare.
It rallonalliea everytbina It taacbre. It robs
prpcipla of all faUe aauotity and turowa tbem
back en tbuta reA0Blilenaa. If they have do
reuonabJeueee, It rutbleaaly ermbea tbem out
or exiMenca and aeta up ita owo eonclealoai la
iueir ntuu. nootuew wiuoa.
The Abolition of Poverty.
Hillsboro, Or., Noy. 7. To the Editor
or The Journal I have been reeding
with much interest your splendid editor-
nls on various topics related to eco
nomic and Induetrial eondltiopa, two or
uiree oj which 1 will mention:
Under the caption, "A World Scandal,
you uy there is no need for poverty,
when thlo country is piling up wealth
cans and some of the Democrats ln
the senate into belief in a central
bank. They have Induced enough
of them to favor It to bring about
the confusion and distraction by
which the bankers hope to defeat
the bill or secure such an amend
ment as will allow them to still
control the currency and credit of
tho country.
A Democratic caucus seems now
the only way to drive a people's
measure through the senate. There
are enough representatives and allies
of the big bankers and bluffers on
the floor of the body to harass,
bedevil and delay the Democratic
majority for the next six months.
The country meanwhile
tain
by the company at $2.40 each.
The lands were the Mays-Jones
school lands that figured in the
famous Oregon land fraud trials
and a considerable portion was lo
cated ln the Blue mountains. The
now case gives added slime to these
lands wjth an already unsavory
reputation.
For the present, the case is men
tioned as showing the lengths to
which men go in chasing money.
It seems incredible when there are
legitimate ways of getting along
in the world that so many will re
sort to the illegitimate.
It is another example of the im
morality and the peril of land specu
lation. The hone of eettln rloh hv
unCer"j over-capitalization of lands is tre-bvious
reason that credit and banking as men into wicked achemea and Tlrfon.
wen as other great Interests want nMnt.. r .
" ' " "HBl LCI WB VJ
and restive for the obvious',
I men drunk with the Intoxication of
laCHE GUN TOTERS
" wUDGE M'DONALD, of Chicago's
I superior court. In an address
. I last Saturday said that 40 per
T ..J cent of the murders were due
to the practice of carrying con
cealed weapons. He urged that a
state law should be passed under
which ft would be possible to punish
men guilty of the practice by eend-
. Ing them to the penitentiary for a
- maximum of 10 years for the first
r-1',. .a.
oixense ana tor me arter the second
conviction.
The day before Judge McDonald
made his address a lfew York Judge
sent Antonio Concha, a "gunman
. J9SaitSlngiir.i8.QnXor..ll..yflrfi
- for - carrying, a - concealed' weapon,
Concha was convicted and sen
tenced -under what is known as the
Sullivan Jaw, a new enactment,
which makes the carrying of con
cealed weapons a crime Instead of
a mere misdemeanor.
" Concha is a gunman, a type that
' makes life In New York little more
- than a gamble. Under the Sullivan
law he was caught before he killed
his next victim, and he is taking
the gun cure in the right way.
The ordinary gun toter is not a
' Concha, but the man who carries
a revolver Is taking chances against
human lire which he should not
. take. The cases where a concealed
: weapon aided the cause of right
and Justice are few and far be
tween. The cases where it brought
. dearth and disaster are almost
countless.
4 GOOD ROADS BILL
PQ In II 1 O f inn m oni( nAMaa. J.
By resort to the caucus, we shallUfhlv rr.kis in "their r,in tn
require the Democrats of the senate gouge, swindle and pluck their
Biauu up tuja pe .counted. The i fellow men.
country entrusted them with the
power to legislate, and with definite
ends In view. The Democratic plat
form" .declared against a central
bank, and in favor of currency and
banking reform.
It is now the program to place all
the gentlemen who claim to he Dem
ocrats under the acid test. The
administration currency bill is a
people's currency bill as is disclosed
by the opposition to it of the Wall
street gentry. It fs a measure that
carries out the pledges of the na
tional Democratic platform.
By the caucus we Bhall soon know
what Democrats stand for carrying
Land speculation is one of the
banes of organized society. It is
one of the problems of the age.
DRAINING OUR SUBSTANCE
HT
ORB than $2,000,000 goes out
pf Oregon every year to pay
premiums on life Insurance
to companies ln distant states.
More than $25,000,000 has ac
cumulated and is held ln trust by
the life Insurance companies of
other states as reserve on insurance
in force for Oregon policy holders.
It is a heavy drain on this state.
There Is no doubt of the economic
out all promises and what others, ! advantage from the state 6tand-
1" any, are ready to sacrifice and ; point, of insuring with hpme com
betray platform pledges and
people.
the
MUNICIPAL COLD STORAGE
A
CONTINUATION of gambling
in eggs and other foodstuffs
pan leg. If we finance our own In
surance, it is like underwriting our
own bonds. We keep the Interest
money and profits at home, where
they add to the general stock of
money.
by u?e of cold etorauo Is liable wcot Bhm,id .nd ir D,.iai
to precipitate public 0A'uersUiD!ftr,Drafia w ,ij v
T . , w""0 "" the things that our vast surplus cap
The plan Is a ready agitated in ,tal would enabl9 M to a0
San Francisco. A mass meeting of The bank depo8ltjl o 0regon total
600 consumers called to devise ,132.762.156. There are surplus
means of breaking the high prices I and undivided profits in the banks
PL-??.?8- i;ave earnest diSCUBSion tO;of tin 139 Portland In rr. r,f
munieHyperIted:iterag
piaUl B uuw la operation . world and nnnlrl trn nlnne- wBV In
in Cleveland.
It is too early to announce defi
nite resujts, but a recent report
shows that Cleveland people are tak
financing operations.
We ought to do things to lessen
the steady flow of Interest, profits
n n ,1 intflnnD n . t. r, . ,1 Tk-
ing advantage of the opnortunltv to u , , . . ...
u" ' w,pnt hnnltlne- svstfm s nnc with flro
insurance, life Insurance, bonds and
other things gives the Far East
enormous advantage in accumulat
ing profits.
The accumulating
ou wealth to enrich a few and Impov
erish millions, while we could and
should abolish Dover tr.
Again, on 'November 11, under the cap
tion, "If," you say, "There yet remains
a remnant of the public resources. And
then you say most of the. lands are pone
and many of eur public resources have
been, squandered and are being raonopo
Used to exploit the people. But what of
that? what does capltaJ care tor suf
ferlng humanity?
Later, writing on "Freebootlng tn
Eggs," you say the profit to the egg
monopoly in isew York city on one
week's business was 1255,000, and you
caii it greedy speculation m an import
ant foodstuff, and the making of for
tunes overnight while hungry families
aro starving for them.
Well, suppose they did- They never
stole 'the eggs; they bought them, and
you or I would probably do the same
thing under the same circumstances.
You say that nobody has a right to thus
corner a standard article of food and
make a quarter of a million dollars in
one week.
I would ask. Is that any worse than
the system of exploiting the worker's
wages, or the system of unjustly taxing
from the poor the colossal sum of
160,000,000 each year and giving it to
the speculator ln land, which Is putting
land out of reach of the poor man!
But, once more; there la your artlole
entitled, "Our Kinship." How about that
gospel of human brotherhood as taught
by Tolstoi, and by Paul, who said. "God
hath, made of one blood all the nations
of the earth?" And so I say poverty is
a curse on all mankind and it could and
should be abolished. By so doing, we
should in time prevent most of the
crime and disease, which, as you say.
are the scandal of the world.
You say we should begin by being
tolerant of Industrial welfare commis
sions, and you say, "How easy to banish
poverty, if those who have the luxuries
would think of those who have not;
there would be abundance for all."
I must ask, what can a welfare com
mission do with a cold storage combine.
or with the bread-trust, or with the kind
hearted meat packers' association? Be
sides, If all the wealth of all the na
tions were equally distributed It would
not abolish poverty so long as we allow
the cause of poverty to remain un
checked.
Lincoln's proclamation did not abol-:
ish . slavery; it only abolished private
ownership of slaves, thereby relieving
the masters of the responsibility of
clothing and feeding the slaves. The
cause of slavery Is still with us, and
slavery has spread all over this broad
land. We can never abolish slavery and
poverty until we abolish the profit sys
tem and establish a system of equity
and Justice and give everyone a chance
to work at a living wage, that nil who
are able to work may own a decent
home.
Now, with your consent and the use of
your valuable paper, we wll start a
campaign to banish the world scandal
or monster crime pf civilization pov
erty. J. H. KAY.
not
Two' more chaxicaa to become on.tn.
law to the president
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Now hoocrowers era dolnar tha, um,
ible thing organising.
A ThanVairlnln. illnn.. - v,. W.,n
fiuur (loesn i jieip mucn; dui a little,
et's hope.
a
The man with" hens that won't lav
leet worm man one who can i arrord
10 ouy eggs.
m a
Sometimes an ultra Dloua man needs
more watching than one not so ostens
ibly righteous.
. ,, .
The signs of a hard winter and of an
easy winter are about a standoff; any
body can discover emier.
Of course, any desired number of
"alienists" if paid enough will swear
that Hans Bobmidt is insane,
i e
Looks like Portland was te vain
Trorldwtde celebrity as a city of then
res, aa w ell as a city of roses.
A Seattle judge Humphries says he
would not be afraid to put Huerta In
Jail. If he can do so, and will, all will
be forgiven,
, e
Incredible things still occur occasion
ally. Two Multnomah county women
pensioners have asked to have their
pension stopped.
e
Now the morning newspaper is horri.
fled at the supposition that the adminis
tration at Washington Is "forcing a uls
ter nation (Mexico) into bankruptcy."
OREGON ' SIDELIGHTS
From the r Houston Chronicle,
It was appropriate, that the delegates
From the Boston Globe.
Next week comes the struggle of the
last quarter over the administration's
currency bill in the senate. The first
half was fought in the house, and re
sulted In a heavy score in favor of
President Wilson. The third quarter
was closely contested in the middle of
the field, but It now looks as If the
Democratic line will hold solid, and
Mr. Wilson, the able head coach, can.
ieei reaaonaoiy sure or anocner great
victory. It Is almost equal to two con
secutive victorias on the gridiron by
Harvard over Yale.
Mr. Wilson's record ln office has been
remarkable; It has been astounding.
Americans are just beginning to realise
his power the increased power of the
presidency. No American president has
so dominated' legislation as did Mr.
Wilson, during the tariff debates, and
he is now doing the same with refer
ence to the currency i bill. The tariff
bill was framed by Mr. Underwood ln
the house and Mr. Simmons in the sen
ate, and for all time it will bear their
joint names, but in reality it la the
Wilson bill. It was the president who
laid down the broad principles on whloh
the bill should be framed, and later
Mr. Wilson went further than the
leader of the house ln striking down
the duties on the raw materials. At
every stage f the measure Mr. Wilson
was consulted, ln every clash of opin
ion Mr. Wilson won.
Laneeunty. VwMte eoal- will soon t, "th; T southern CommVrr is.1 Voe. '
supply the power to. turn the wheels , b9tner Co'rclal -congress
of mjusiry over a iarg part of the "ould pauae In thsir. discussion of the
stats, the Eugene olur says. . Panama Canal to pay tribute- to the one
.' , , man whose tireless and persistent ef-
The Med ford Bun, scorning all saving forts, more than anything else, made It
riauees, says of the man who had Ma possible. ' r .
otMr.rUthey dTrep'ori he a1" 'outh' nd that 'matter the
dgo?d toiu "J110"'.,.0" fh" T. Morgan debt
in history or fiction was not?" of gratitude that can not be repaid ln
- ' ? . ' marble or bronae. '
"Hcwverwe look "at 4t??f iay the 5 .For mor ia i ijuarteirof a-cn-
Hermiston Herald, "on office in a smalt tury he labored unwearladly for the.
"toV fl,nA1mfcTnbt; 3trufct,on P' P nteroeean.o . water-
bMkonbVM thVwSr'a the stormy daye of $$.
, 3 and '9, when the country' was qusc-
"What promises to Be the lartrest reung over petty political issues, he
grange jut the state," saya the Ho4 Pt, the question; of an isthmian canal
Itlver News, "whs Inatltutnit at T'nrlr. Inllv i'
d tile on Wednesday evening, when ti At times he stood eomnaratlvelv alona
Oregon." " while at other times he seemed on the
i point ox its accomplishment. .
Baker Herald: T.llco th nlnn.r rl It made little difference to ' his da-
the early fifties, T. P. Towle of Cold termination whether he addressed empty
Springs 8. IV crossed the plains and benches or pleaded before cheering thou-
mountnlns with two "prairie schooners," Bands
brought his wife and grandchild With Thriuah storm or fair weeth.r It was
him, and came to Oregon. He lias 480 . . xnrougn storm or rair weatner it was
aores in South Dakota and intends to th no always preaching, alweys
go into the stock business here, urging, always advocating the construe-
- - , i uon oi an latnmian eanai.
Tile Cornelius Tribune mas can't lot I Ma talked It on that f innr nt tha, aan.
the Beavarton Owl alone, and Dolntalata ha tallraii It In tha nlnnU winna'
ffiSS, VJrrep'agf iffeS ttSt& " '
psbe-:handJnnohn. Va.a"' p.'g PeMeMd' hi. colleague, wlth '.r,..
either. The clans in mental arithmatio ments and explanations. . He filled the
may take the problem, Congressional Record' with data and
I statistics, lie buttonholed visitors and
Astorlan: Still the oranberrv vine snoealed to them for heln in achieving:.
Comes out to the lower Columbia coun. this master stroke of progress.
men whose forethought shall place '". "' "
them in the list of suocessf ul growors a cnk. He paid no attention to such
will be safest and surest among the Immaterialities, but went doggedly on.
Few men have ever been blessed with
such tenacity, and fewer still with tena
city In such a worthy cause.
It was not given him to see the tnlgh-.
ty work completed. It was not given
him to bear a band in the final ar
rangements for its undertaking. These
thins-a worn left for othar men. of nthar
and knows when that pledge ha. been faiths. But it was given him to con
tinued. Congressmen could not op- celve and to prepare the way and to
pose the reduction without attracting pass out content la the knowledge that
attention at home. The issue was aim- the American people, had at last decided
pie. pn the other hand, the pledge-to to build, to own and to control the mlgh
reforrn the monetary system, of the ty work which he had laid out
country was vague and the provisions I' the Panama canal shall prove of
of the Glass bill wore beyond the com- such benefit as we xpect; if It shall
plete - comprehension of many voters, cause the commercial prosperity of this
The Issue became almost academic and nation to grow and expand as we be
highly economic Mr. Wilson therefore lleve; if it shall bring us tn closer
did not have the same power over the touch with other races and other climes
members of congress as during the as we hope, and shall forge still one
struggle over the tariff. A congress- more bond for world-wide civilization,
man could defend his own opinion with then and only then will a fitting tribute
wonderful verbosity end more wonder- have been erected to the memory of
ful statistics If he wished to oppose the John T. Morgan.
president and defend himself before his We ,aud tna heroes of strife.' We
constituency. The administration's cur- build monuments to their memory. We
rency bill passed the house with a -sub- Perpetuate their deeds of blood ln count
rich of this section. It Is ana of thnaa
industries which cannot be overdone,
because there Is not land enoue-h on
earth to permit the excess.
PRESIDENCY'S INCREASING POWER
stantlal majority 1
less volumes of Ill-assorted passion.
Compared to the work of this vener-
WbS able old man, what have they left us?
YYiien iiieir sonievomenis snau nave De-
Until recently the president
almnlv an PTIWilltlv. ran, , i r,l t n admin-
lster the laws. That was the original "'ur pbi, me
theory of the f-ramers of tha Constltu
tlon. The theory is archaic now. The
work which he 'conceived and for which
he labored will still live on, carrying
president today not only administers nam .thilpl.' nfir"t,on8
the laws, but originates and controls unbo"' nd ln the f,.,,ure. no "? "ni11
store tneir own food products. At 1
the tlnre the report was made there!
were In storage 6000 bushels of i
Cherries, nearly 40,000 pounds of
butter, 44,700 'pounds of cheese,
3700 bushels of various fruits, and
42,200 dozen eggs.
SENATOR SMITH, of Georgia,
,Vtold;the National Conservation
congress that the federal gov
. ernment should lend Its aid in
the building of good roads. ne has
Introduced a bill in the senate, simi
lar , 'to. the Shackelford bill which
passed the houBe 'at tho -last session
of .congress but was defeated in
the senate. -.
The ' tfill authorises the use of
$2,000,000-by the secretary of agvi
cnlture4lrn.iCooperatlQnwIth officials
of (he. states,; ' tor the purpose of
demonstrating Uy-tesa what can he
accomplished toward improving tho
average country road. It is pro
vided that ftn, annyal appropriation
vt not te. exceed . 120,000.000 shall
be distributed:, amdhjf the states to
sid tn-the ' improvement of wljat is
AnownJ ."as. class;'; C-,roada-tbe bsst
tJi9 of country' highways as dis-
process has
gone on so long that nearly one
K o 1 f t Via a crtmk era i a occiota s P aib
large. percentage of this bulit of!,,ava o, fh ir,H..i
food products was placed in the i k.v. tn thM
who will withdraw it from time loL,Q,, ofQf , v .
time The chief feature of Cleve-'alone holds nearly thirty per cent
land's experiment is that prices for j of both ,temB v
TJiJSTJ: The individual deposits in New
.w.a. v.uu i"v York exceed such deposits in
the Middle Western states
hirtAH n n H ara mnya than
Tt, nit.. ,1... I- . ,,
iiia kii, yia.ui, la uuau lu ail
plant on equal terms with the whole
Baler,
all
Corn-three
people. A small family's barrel of
apples is Just" as welcome as the
commission merchant's carload. The
housewife who buys a case of eggs
when they are 20 cents a dozen cai
put them ln cold storage at a rea
sonable monthly charge and take
them out in small quantities when
eggs ate selling at top-notcTi prices.
The same is true of butter, fruit and
all perishable commodities.
Every statement by experts bear-
times as great as the aggregate in
i thirteen prosperous Southern states.
The reduction of. the tariff and
the enactment of a new currency
bill will be powerful factors in glv-
ing other parts of the country a
A Tobacco aVictlm.
Portland, Or., Nov. 28. To the Editor
of The Journal-T-I am a very happy
woman, have a good home, and the fin-
st..iiusband. ..anA.eon .in. the, world I
love my husband and think he is about
perfect, but he chews tobacco, and al
though I have become accustomed to
it, nevertheless, If I were marrying all
over again I would not marry a man
who used tobacco. A man gets a great
deal of pleasure from the use of the
filthy weed; but think how offensive it
Is to live constantly with a man with
a tobacco breath, and accepting caresses
from him. When he comes home at
pight half of the pleasure of his ar
rival is taken away by the fact that I
must get a "second hand" smoke or
chew when I put my arms around him
and kiss him. My husband smoke, on
an average 12 or 15 cigars a day, and
when he doesn t smoke he chews, on an
average, half a pound a day. He al
ways treats me as if I were an angel,
but ugh! that nasty tobacco! Very
often a man comes to the stove to spit.
ana wnen ne spus u goes onto tne stove
instead of into It And then we have
a result that Is very nauseating, to say
the least. Then when I wash I have a
hard time, to get tha stains from hie
shirt. Sometimes he comet home and
says that Bomebody must have spit on
him, because his shirt bosom has so
many tobacco stains.
I am happy, but I wish my husband
used no tobacco, A SUFFERER.
Mr. Wilson has shown himself a
leader of men and a statesman of rare
ability. He Is not hesitant, vacillating
nor open to Improper Influence. Traps
have been laid In his path, but he has
outwitted the wily and subjected the
unruly. The last trap waa the proposal
to adjourn tired congress over Thanks
giving week, but Mr. Wilson saw that
if the currency bill was s delayed too
long it would be smothered tn the maze
of the supply and routine bills of a
regular session. The debate therefore
opens' on Monday.
No president has exercised and se
cured such control of congress as has
Mr. Wilson. The tariff bill proved this,
and the currency bill checked the proof.
The monetary legislation was a far
greater test of his powers. The aver
age man understands a tariff pledge
the legislative program as well. He is
like the prime minister ln England ln
power, except that he Is not a member
of the house and does not regularly at
tend in person the sessions of congress.
Congressmen come to him when he does
not go to congress himself to read them
his orders.
Congress has accepted this leadership
because its members know that the
president Is sustained by public senti
ment, - and if they oppose him they
merely strengthen him and weaken
themselves.
see the Panama canal or know its stu
pendous significance without Involun
tarily pronouncing the name of Morgan.
YOUR MONEY
By John M. Oskison.
The rather colorless bero-vlllain of
this; little tale Is the son of a well-to-do
widow ln a midwest town of 15,000. Hi
grW up a model young man, add th,i
tlymt 4r.K ho UA waa a nt.i'lr.hln In (ka
The country has accepted President Flrgt NaUonal Dank. His name is Har
old.
Slowly and steadily Harold climbed
Wilson's leadership. He Is strong to
day because of his firm grip on the
government. The people want a strong t0 Dett'er nd beUer jobs , tne bank
leader. They want a responsible head
aai4 a rVi a a a -n 4 0 9 UlVian Via manvlnl
XhV"V:h..-r :Z,"Z,Z Miss Princely, daughter of the woman
an Invisible lobby fighting unfairly
against them.
The lobby for years has tried more
or less successfully to control congress.
It was the millstone aroupd the neck
of the National legislature. President
Wilson Is crushing the lobby, and con
gress itself , a. well as the country is
thankful.
ly competent man to run and repair It,
with a common laborer to aid him,
these two to be paid suitably by the
farmers' union. Then 12 farmers work
together for one month and 12 more
the next. At tho end of five months
all of the (0 farmers will have had
their monthly turn, working for two
days on eaeh farm. Now, there will be
who led the social parade ln town, he
was assistant cashier.
On his salary Harold couldn't pro
vide anything in the way of a houee
which approached either Ms mother's
or his mother-in-law's. But; the daugh
ter of the Prlncelys Insisted upon hav
ing the little place expensively fur
nished; also, she saw no reason why
she should not make her home a social
quets that were laid at hla fast? Waa center rivalling thai of her mother's.
it somo other age or this one which In- 11 wa P"t up to Harold to finance the
vented the Idea of a fat bald-headed home and the social campaign,
vaudeville performer singing lachry- You "-nd 1 couIu nave foreseen the
rnosely about his mother In the Inter- outcome, since we are disinterested
lude between the red-nosed comedian's Parties; but, ae a matter of history,
risque Jokes and the antics of perform- 'here was general surprise, and, of
Ing doKs? course, regret three years later when
a. .1 a A l j. V V a . l .
Why abuse sentimentality, after all? " was "isocvereo. m mrala nan is.
a . . . Iam I f. 9 All a tha H4 - M am tlnnal .kanlr'a
a chance to repeat this succession for, It Is not good form, but It is often en 6800 of tne F)riit Natlnal bank's
Cooperative Land Clearing,
Portland, Nov. 28. To the Editor of
The Journal While traveling through
the rural districts of Oregon's coast
chance to increase-- their banking country during the past summer. I fre-
power and occupy a more indepen- Zlot VuZ ti
dent position in affairs financial. (fanizlng in such manner that they could
unitedly purchase machinery for and
Charles S. Mellen drew a salary I cooperate in clearing -land,
of $75,000 a year from the New In hcavllr timbered districts such as
h-wI rXJTrf v!7 the Pacific coast timbered lands, the
Inir on th nrHnt nrWhthlH. -l. ..." . . . . . V." i vantages . or, unuea enort ii . land
.7 : rJ r v ;naviBg oeen succeeaea in mat em- clearing are obvious. "Compare the re
prices attributes the cause to abuse pi0y, he now says no man- ia worth !"u,t of the work of one, two or three
of cold storage. The power to pre
serve the eggs In storage for long
periods has" tempted the gamblers in
food products to corner them and
exact enormous profits"
"Aa told Jn Wednesday's Journal,
50,000 crates of egga put away in
storage last April, .are yielding the
gamblers a profit of $32.0.600. or
more than double the original cost
more than $25,000 a year.
men with Ufoso produced by 12 farmer.
and two eytra men With 'a donkey eo-
Young and inexperienced Vincent ! most nf tha arnmna from tti.la hnM in
Astor, who ha3O$lD0,00Q,000 ad I the ground without blasting, so . that
proposes to run a model farm, must ! fot.,n-?r!i.lh?n "l. l1 20,??lA riulr0
have 'aa exaggerated Idea .of hlsi b.r:hWAth LT
-r r H-"- - -'W- J hh vv wsaVaf 4V S (UV WUil)
wealth.
To thofte who . have heard the
nightly frog chorus in . Sullivan's
Generally clear about an acre of heavy
Imber'' and' 'stumps, dally, .or about 24
'Now, pirppotitnr 60 farmers lnves( in
such mooalnery and employ a thorough-
; . "r-A.
five months more. After this, for the
next two months, the donkey engine
could be used to pull log. to a portable
mill, also owned by the same farmers'
union, to be; sawed by them for home
use. There are ajways a considerable
number of trees on logged off land,
most of - whlch-jcoura.be s&wed. bx jyj .or
dinary portable mill.
All the farmers to whom I have pro
posed this plan have approved it, though
many say it might be difficult to get
so many farmers to agree and work
without friction. But it seems to me it
should be easy to discipline any unruly
member, of an organisation that could
very nearly If not quite quadruple the
work of all when working individually
and without machinery.
The creamery associations have had
many difficulties to contend with and
not a few kickers; yet tney nave now
become' well established and hare added
an enormous prestige and stability to
the dairy Industry. Then let those who
have need of mere cleared land do like
wise. J. ALBRIGHT.
good politics. We may call it sentiment mo.ney Ap m't exSens?l'
run riot, maudlin, unbalanced, unregu
latad by good taste or common sense.
Still It has power. Our dislike, of it
does not carry us further than a con
demnation or emotion which la ex
At this point Harold's mother came
upon the scone. She begged with a
mother's fervor that Harold be saved
from prison and she mortagaged her
home to wake up the shortage to tho
pressed over things which don't matter nk- .?etM,n Hroi58. raot.h!T nd
to ourselves. And there, it seems,wg 1
Recipe for Liquid Yeast,
Hood River, Or., Nov. 27. To the Edi
tor of The Journal For the benefit of
an Inquirer, Mrs. Plog, whose request
appeared recently in The Journal, I
ask you to publish the following re
cipe for liquid yeast)
Take one ounce of hops and two po
tatoes and two quarts of water, and
boll for 15 minutes. Mix ln flour to a
thin batter. Let set for five hours or
over night, then strain through a collan
der. When you make dough, take four
times as much water. OREGON BOY,
his mother-in-law sufficient Influence
tnnat T.l flu. 11-- ..n...iH- ...... I nai juwaiciw "W"' T w Trtrr--i ruM w
old uncharitable way of dodging behind v r " , "
a doorway whenever a sentimentalist Tfa,y H,?roW lA fl5r '
heaves In siaht 8ma11 lumber yard. Hf and his wife
neaves m signt Uy ,n ft my nar hy thy
T,. amount to exactly sero socially. Mrs.
Karth quake Insurance. Harold wails bitterly over their fall,
Boston Transcript nnd if she were not afraid of stirring
The proposition brought before the up a lot of old gossip she would bring
National Board of Fire Underwriters suit for a divorce tomorrow.
and affiliated organizations in New It was a simple, common thing whloh
York yesterday tq the effect that fire DUt Harold down merely the tempta-
rates should be increased. so as to ac- Uo.n ll P"d nioney which he hadn't
r0TVt c"onf!nrr 'tTna10, ' " " 17.
in case of conflagrations. Is rather a Not many put themselves in. peril pf
new Idea In that branch of insurance, prison, because they are a kittle wiser
and wns prompted by the experience of in such matters than Harold waa, :
a .London company that lost ln 8an tn th. iono. -,. t hallava that th.
urancisco all it had made there In M Wuha men and women who aet tha
RCn tranoian- f? th " if become debt-burdened and har-
but for th.Q e ar hauake ve that" ha- "ed-make about e sad a botch Of
Ior earinquftKe, yet mat ha tir, o Hia Homi ti. T-tn...i
Deen conatantlv nuntxl a no o. a I " -ij.
r ------ v. .... a, JM4.1
ficatlon of advanced Insurance rates, so
apparently property owners have been
paying more because of a convulsion of
nature that could not have been fore-
seen. Conflagrations In large cities in
these days should be practically out of
date, but it Is hardly fair to make the
eastern insurer keep on paying for a
California earthquake.
Pointed Paragraphs
, The Revolver.
Berton,Braley in Cincinnati Post.
It once Was weapon of the strong.
Sentimentality.
From the Montreal Star. .
tne apringneia epuDiican la con-
vincea
wane,
of emphasis. We agree. Because, the
Lydla LangUUhear have disappeared, and i It spoke In many a fair-fought ficht
with them the Amelias of a later date. Where life is rough and' raw. ,
uecause iw .un now spenas a moonlit
id that eentlmentality Is not or, the Wfe iplk thalt'r?? SXa1? tnrof
P'nt It maarkRUthn1ena odf 0eiSafh:elght
. icu.uiB jjcyvna me law;
night singing under his lady's balcony
for the kiss, denied hlm, because?" tho
love-sick swain keeps his emotional
aberration to himself and the faultless
lady recognizes the necessity for money
bags, is there any reason why we should
beat our. breasts tn thanksgiving that
we) are not as tne appalling ages that
have gone? We are as maudlin over
the wounded, lusceptibllltles of white
rabbit which has lost its young, as a
former generation was cruel to the
mothers whose sen. were kidnaped 'by
preee-gangs for -foreign wars. Wot
wse Sulxer elected In New York. aneVi
wnat monstrous and malign Intelligence
directed the cheer, "that were raised for
Harry TUaw in CoatlcOoke and the bou.,
It.-Tenncred Justice as was mete
Twlxt -Ohibbellne or Guelph,
w here each man stood upon his feet
And made his law himself;
It had some glory at Its beet.
Borne glamor of romance
Atjild thoso wlnriers of the west
Who dared to take a chance.
Itrnoe was weapon of the brave.
But r this later time
The coward and the slinking knave
T1?fve made ft black with crime;
It the weapon of the pack . -That
stalks, by night, its prey. ' i
Then shoots the victim in the back '1
luuu oa runs away I
lIjf "the comrade 'and the mate
Of those who beat and slug,
OX murdernis degenerate,
The gangster and the thugl 'V "
Success Is the mother of imitation.
'
There' 1. nothing hypocritical about
the frank admiration some men have
for themselves.
a e
A woman sefjms to think she is a
dutiful wife if she pretends to kco.i
on loving her husband after she knows
.he doesn't . J
a a
Joy is the peculiar feeling expe
rienced by the man who counts his
money and discovers that he has all
he thought lie had and a few dollars
more. '
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