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' THE," OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND; SATURDAY . EVENING, NOVEMBER !), 1915, I ! i -! THE JOURNAL W IHPEPIUCDEXT NtW8APK . It. JACKSON , rawi t rr guxSir toornlng at The Jwsraal ""yj" . liie.Knad.er and Yamhill . t-orimnn. t. Taiwwf t tlw pa-totflce t Peruana, J, fr , tramreitMtoa tbroagB l toaua eeec; taTtef. - - YtLkl 'hWkI - UTS; honw, A-OW. all Jitpwtnwt re by tb-- """Jf - Tall tn arwrntne what --prti-t Twi want. FuleS apVlkTiMiso RkrkBsgNTAtiVS , US VMtk timi, New i orki ISM People (in Building. WllCaitO. ft", starting point for the bargaining. For our guidance,-however, In the whole matter, there la one stu pendous fact, and that ls that It is necessary for an individual to be honorable. LANE OF OREGON D - fcubMrliiOOk Turn l. mail or tu aJ Jrw a Lb UBlt4 Bute or Mexico: On ftu so RlTI V VMM A .t&OOt Oft BXMth Otafrte ...... ti.oo I One meath T DAIlf AD 80NDA On rcir ST .80 Ooe moots 1 He that will believe only what ha can comprehend mut have a very long bea4 or a .vary short creed. Colton. a THE M'ADOO ANXOUXCEMENT A' S IN the case of the crop move ment, the secretary of the "treasury announces from Washington that the great store of pioney at his disposal is ' behind the bankB of the country, to aid them In financing business while the transition from the old to the new currency system Is In prog- rtEs. ' ( It means that the government ot the United States is going to bar the way to any contraction of credit. It means that there Is no legitimate ex cuse for the banlcsof the country to begin a general mov?fflrent of calling ! loans. It means that there is, no legitimate eacuse for the banks of the country to withhold credit rrom those who need money for carrying on their business, or taking care of proposed extensions of business If big New York bankers were getting ready by threat or menace to attempt coercion of the country to accept Its plan of a central bank their program is effectively and splendidly blocked. Hi any such des pirate gfttne, a game which New York banks are accused ot playing in 1907, they stand confronted with all the resources and all the power of the United States government roeans that every country bank every village bank, every county seat bank and every metropolitan banK js backed by the national treasury now bursting; With stored millions and that the business of the country la eoibft ahead la a straight line, re gardlesa ot sinister designs by the money power, A similar announcement by Sec tetary McAdoo about underwriting the crop movement prevented a con traction of credit, and the great ten Mliinn-dOllaf croft tooted without - the slightest shock to the financla ' World. It immediately dissipated ail l misgivings and put the financial es t tablishment of the country on a per- : fectl even keel. Less than 135,000, 000 was drawn from the treasury by ;,.theTanks Of the country in the pro i css. It was not the money, but the 1 realization that the sustaining power rol the national treasury conducted y in the Interest of the people was j abroad In the land, that opened up the banks, freed the flow of money and moved the greatest crop In his torv without a tremor. Not a bank In the United States nag'reason, from passage of the cur rency bill, tocaTTTn a single loan. Not a borrower In the United States has reason from passage of tha currency bill to be asked to take up his paper. t T COLOMBIA'S DEMAND HE United States secured Its Bahama canal concession from the Republic of Panama. Co lombla is demanding that this Country withdraw Its recognition 6f the republic as a condition precedent to further negotiations in the settlement of a 10 years controversy. Colombia maintains that the Manama- -revolution resulting In creation of the Panama republic was aided and abetted by the United States. There is good ground upon which to base this claim, for before leaving for South America Colonel Roosevelt ,in the manu script of an address given to the , press in advance of Its utterance was quoted as saying "I did it." It is probably tdb late to enquire closely ilnto the Influences behind the Panama revolution. The Uni ted States had attempted for years , to strike a bargain with Colombia. Nothing could be accomplished, and -t the revolution on the isthmus, wðer or not it was inspired by' tnis country, came at an opportune tine. The canal concession was secured, the canal has been built, ( and the United States cannot for feit its rights in the property. Whatever the facts as to the evolution, it is doubtful whether ' the American government can now t withdraw recognition of the Pan ama republic and thus force that ! country to again become a part of . the Colombian union. Even threats t by Colombia to grant concessions to Lord COwdray, the man who is responsible for the present Mexican situation, are not sufficient to drive .the United, States into promoting Such an eventuality. There VlB Hd question about the United States being under some sort 6t Obligation to Colombia. Na ' tlonal' honesty dictates that this (Country square accounts with the South American .republic. e are la a peculiar position. Practically , fharglng us with theft. Colombia fit attempting to dictate terms of - settlement.-'- .-- - . - But Colombia is apparently i anxious to settle. 1SPATCHES quote Senator Lane as saying he favors a central bank. The kind of a central bank Senator Lane may think he favors is not the central bank the newspaper correspondents ascribe to him. Senator Lane could no more be for an Aldrlchlsed central bank, such as the New York bankers want, than he could be for supplanting constitutional government with ctar government. With his democratic opinions and all round sympathy with the common man, he could no more favor what the big bankers want than he could favor the Inau guration of government on a throne in Washington. The Lane mind Is distinctly a JacksOnian mind. Harry Lane is no Nick Biddle. There Is no more re semblance between Harry Lane and Nick Biddle than between Harry Lane and old King Cole. The whole Lane nature Is natur ally and constitutionally antagon istic to a central bank that would be a central Dank, inar. xina oi a central bank would be the crime of the age. Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, declared "that any political party that fas tened a central bank on the people would never carry another election." He said It would be "control of the people's very existence W a coterie of men." He is right. A central bank could do anything. It could control the markets. It would control Wall Street. It would control railroads. It would control Industries. It would control banking. It would control credit, and credit Is the Ufeblood that keeps the heart or business beating. It would be the Blunder of a century. A central bank such as the big bankers are conspiring for, would mean au extending of personal power over finance. It would Mean a greater personal dominion of the financial world and the activities dependent upon the financial world. It would etlll further increase the ascendency of one small group of financiers attd enable them to sub ujgate business and industry In al most every branch. It would dictate Interest rates. It Would make money cheap or dear. It could Interfere with the natural course of markets and distribution. It could manipulate bank reserves, It could encourage new enterprises or blast tliem. it coma estaonsn confidence or destroy it. By vicious assaults upon credit as In 1907, it could create panic among the people and menace the government Itself. In the hollow of its hand would He the power to make good times or hard times, a prosperity or ruin, business expansion or business stag nation among ninety millions of people. Lane of Oregon ated between Cornwall and ths Isle kota to the court tor breaking; pa of Wight, 200, milts. - iroie ana is consignsa io me wigon Now the t a nroirt for eltrht 1 penitentiary. At 20, he is only ? at stations, four transinittlnn and fovjr.bigh school age. At 20, he 1 at the receiving, that will, girdls the globe, point in nis-career wnen n; snomq the link, from Hawaii to Jjan b- be under a gentle mother's guidance. Ini 3394 milel la length. ; Ketwoea: What a tragedy for him td go under Lima, Peru, and Paral, BraslI, wire less telegraphy travels 2100 miles Oregon court to be locked up In a forbidding prison! " Still there will be no dearth of army, officers in Mexieo on account of the killing of a rebel captain and lieutenant by a Juarei policeman. Letters From the People confinement ' behind i the gloomy walls of a penltenUaryl ; What a over the Andes mountains, 20,000 tugging at heart strings when, be leet above sea level. ' Icause the boy Insisted on resorting The -Wireless - telegraph has al- to forgery, the father was compelled iMv n4BcH o ,nn.-f,,l .Mvln tO 6600 MB OWn KOI1 nttl'K IU IUU to humanttv No,; longer la It niics sary for a ship equipped with this device to founder and sink in mid- ocean without hope of rescue for the passengers. In conserving hu man life the wireless plays a greater part than do life boats. No modern passenger vessel is without It. It is possible for people now 'n middle life to think back only a few years and smile at their wonder over a crude telephone. The smiles become broad grins when it Is re membered that most people once thought the human voice was car ried by mechanical vibrations of the wire, comparatively young men can recall the time they attempted to make a telephone out of covers of two naner collar boxes and a bull of twine. The "telephone" did not work and we wondered why. Now the project for talking into space excites only passing notice . ' 4 ' I : PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF h -v. .... ft - . A SURPRISE CROP r could never be for a central bank. RAILROAD MELON CUTTING R EPRESENTATIVE SIMS of TenneBEee-prDnilses .. bill at the regular session of con gress to prevent "melon cut ting" by railroads. The bill will provide that the companies be re quired to get the interstate Com merce Commission's consent before new bonds or stocks are issued. Disclosures concerning the Frisco road's looting through the Issuance of securities which created a ficti tious indebtedness of $40,000,000 is argument enough for such a law. But the Frisco road is not the only offender, for the history of rail road financing is a long record of ery similar occurrences. Mr. Sims would have the Inter state Commerce Commission decMo whether a new Issue of stock or bonds is warranted. The comm's- 6ion would have power to direct sales to the highest bidders, and to make certain that the money Is used for the betterment of the property. Eastern roads are demanding a five per cent Increase in rates. If they succeed in securing the raise, western roads will undoubtedly make similar demand. Capitalization of the roads is a material factor In the issue as to proper rates, for the rail roads cannot cut melons without taking the price out of the people who patronize the roads. There should be some effective way to prevent railroads from wa tering their capitalization. The prin- iple involved In Mr. Sims' proposed bill is sound. Patrons of the rail roads are willing to pay rates based pon reasonable valuations. What the people object to are rates baaed pon over capitalization. T IS believed to have been prac tically proven that corn is. going to be a future important product In the Pacific Northwest. During a few years past experi ments with that crop In Western and Central Oregon have been very sat isfactory. The past season, the showing on farms where com was propefly cultivated was surprising. There were fields that prolued crops of 50 to 100 bushels per acre and experts who have examined st pronounce the product the equal of the best corn grown in the famous corn belt of the Middle West. Te showing is so full of encouragement that the Oregon-Washington Rail way & Navigation Company Is goinjt to give corn shows with the purpose of spreading interest in the cultiva tion of corn in Eastern and Central Oregon. It is crops that make civilization. It is the production of a region that peoples It. It is What the Soil will bear that determines whether or not a district is to be inhabited. The Inland Empire is already ad vancing in production. If to what It already yields, a substantial corn yield can be added, the livestock In dustry of the region and the live stock development of Oregon will be one of the notable events of the near future. The Sunday Journal toir.orrow will feature the corn production of the Pacific Northwest on lt3 market page. The information that will be flfiorded will be a surprise tc msny Oregonians. THE NEW YORK LESSON ROGRESSIVES are told by Boss Barnes and others, that there ought to be consolidation of the Republican and Progres sive parties. The Barnes plan of consolidation Is for th Progressive j ,orce1 "Pn h'r people by P TALKING INTO SPACE M ARCONI, Inventor of wireless telegraphy, Is said to be san guine of perfecting a dcvlca which will make It possible telephone across the Atlantic ocean. Experiments have been promising, and there seems to bo little doubt that It is merely a mat ter of time when one member of a family in Europe can talk directly with another member in America In view of wireless 'telegraphy's achievements in a few years, ndbody ill be rash enough to call Marconi vain dreamer about wireless tele phones. In 1898 the wireless tele graph could operate only over a dis tnar of ItW mm: "The next' Year inrRK.Teps sum .thrnw.i ci'n The demand for the Enzllnh rhnnnel . a . Aiit-.ma, A Panama's return 1 probably onlyUo tniies. In 1901 the wireless ocr' party to be swallowed up by the Republican party. The .New York Times analyzes Republican campaign contributions in that state at the recent election. Tne Times says: The main contributors to this fund of $112,490 were J. P. Morgan & Co.. $15,000; William Rockefeller, $10,000! John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Car negie, each $5000; Elihu Root, $4000: Henry Phlpps, George P. Baker and Charles A. Peabody, $2000 each; Wil liam M. Cohen, $1700; Grant B. Schley, A. D. Juillard, J. D. Archbold, Chaun cey M. Tepew, each $1600. The Chicago Post, a Progressive newspaper, says the majority of this tupport, practically one half the entire. campaign, f und, reported, came because of the "paramount Issue" on reelection of Judge Werner to the highest court of the state. Judge Werner wrote the decision placing a technical bar in the way of an in jured man's recovering damages Un der a workman's compensation act. Colonel RooBevel criticised the decision, Judge Werner's ruling be coming a Progressive issue in the presidential election. William Barnes Jr., boss of New York Re publicans, renominated Werner and (CommUalcatlofi tfint to 111 Journal for Pub licit Ion la tUI department nbould bt written on only on aide of tb piuor, auould not xcecd SIM word la length and mast be aroompauled br th nam and addren ot tb eader. If tb writer do not tfuilr to bar tb nana pub lished, b ibouJd o lute.) "Dl-eiiMlon it the areateat of all reformer It ratlonaila ererithlui it touchea. It rob Srlnciplea of all fala eauctity and throw them ack ou their aunbln. K the b ao reaaomhlen-H. it ruthlatalr -riuhe tbcm out or eminence ana t up up own cohwuuuiu u tueir iteau." vvooarow wuaon. Home Tux Exemption. Portland, Nov. 28. To the Editor of The Journal Some Of the objectoia to the home tax exemption measure should et up a measure of their own and go to It for signatures. They would find that the nrooosal to exempt land a well as improvements to the extent ot $1500 from, taxation would meet wun general opposition, as tn people are not Inclined to encourage land exemp tion In any way. The exemption of the home, If made to, include land, would enable men In the country to hold very large tracts Idle with a very little Investment for Improvements. A hut built out of sticks and brush and Wattled with mud. or built from refuse lumber at a cost or a very few dollars, Could be declared a "home" and occu pied as such at longer or shorter inter vals. It would enable the holding out Of use, to all practical intents, of a tract of land worth oerhaps $S0u0 (suppose it to be assessed on a 50 per Cent basis). A recent objector In The Journal Os clarea that It would raise the taxes on the poor man with a $50 house on a lot assessed at $1500- (and worth $S0i)0 There are very few such poor men in Portland. A man with a bare lot worth $3000 Is not so very desperately poor. A man with a house worth but $50 on the assessment rolls Is rarely foun) On a lot worth over $400. In such a case his taxes would not be raised. Ths man with a $50 house on a $3000 lot had better sell, and improve a cheaper lot. It would be better to have him do So, not only for the city but for himself. We do not need to worry about him. Ue is few and far between. To all such men struggling to make homes, and living in sheds and shanties, the exemption of the dwelling house, tools, teahis. etc., to the total of not to exceed $1500, would be a great benefit; for the result Would be a trt-mendou demand for labor, the improvement of their condition hereby, and their con sequent Uplifting from a shack to a real house arid a comfortable home. The home tax exemption measure wos not hastily thrown together. It waa over two years in preparation. It was Ubmitted to hundreds of working men And women, lawyers, editors, humani tarians and others, in more than one State. The Idea was generally com mended by nearly all. It stands re corded in the office of the secretary of tate by a county superintendent of chools, a prominent offfcer in the State Federation of Labor, and a city commissioner of Portland, and t is be ing indorsed by four out of five work ngmen and small farmers to whom it Is being presented. Either some such moflerate and con servative concession will have to bo made in Oregon, or within the next tew years a far more radical stop will bfc economic pressure and compctttton TTOmTnTier commonwealths. It Is about time that the bveftaxed small home owners and working farmers' cut Out the lmpos. tions practiced upon them. I believe they are going to do it, from every In dication 1 can see after some weeks of contact with the "common mutf' In places where the vote against the single tax was from four to seven to one. ALFRED D. CRIDGE. SMALL CHANGE r RX-AmbaiiHadOF Hatlrv t an Wllaon I exhibiting his sore sput, for pay, ' Another' Prlnitin man la ivrt for Mr office. What a laige-Wtch ot peculiarly fit mwi that little old town had. -. .: ,. ' . The country 1 tint at all thankful in congress for spending twlc as much time as waa necessary on the tariff and currency bllla, , If a n V a ma n' Irn'nii rl Vina wrt m "Jm be attributed to the fact that he used blank cartridges when tirinor at th. tut. get of success. . It's lUst Ilka a woman tn baaln fi. urine- on how uhm win .lohi--ttt hn sliver wedding before she has been mar ried two weeks. There will be a nnecial elactlon on tie. camber , m graitfying fact, for It will have been five lona Week sines th last election, A larg headline says: "Politics Quiet ot Wapato." Tliia Is a great relief to the country. No matter about Mexieo if pato Is Quiet. The true Optimist Is hot one who thinks everything Is all right so much as one who believes things i-an constant ly be made better, and helps. Saloons In this country are too numer ous, no doubt, but what would prohibi tionists think if they were as thick as in France one to every 80'Odd inhabit ants? Judge Humphries of Seattle has broken out again. He threatens to jail President Qompers of the A. F. L. Hum phries evidently belongs somewhere else than on the bench. Hetty Green may not be In all re spects a very lovable old woman, but she has a large stock of good common sense and millions of people would be better off if Uiey would follow her homely advice: "Eat onions; eat less and Work more; attend to your own business; waste no time oh hurtful fol lies: do your own buying and get your money's worth; fear God and keep a clear conscience." oitKQON aiwctiaiixij 'Tliere are not many people who have lived in Woodburn longer -than I jwvev eaitf colonel J. M. roorjhan, cash ier ot the Bank of Woodburn, "I used to be conduotor on the Naw row Gauge road that ran. from Jtav"s Landing, on the Willamette river, lo Coburg. we handled. th0 wheat from around the Silvoiton district to the' ui me Donis. tor tne first 15 year t lived" In Woodburn I held dOwn rny railroad Job. The road ws bwhul by a. Scotch company at Dundee. SeOf- -na. -i no road, was allowed to run down and finally the line between Woodburn and . Ray s Landiriw watf abandoned. . while I was conduopr Homer Davenport applied for a Job aa ntemn. He served hie apprenticeship wiping engihee at West Sold. Flnaliv is was promoted to be a full riedgtd fireman, ."It Was While Homer was an engine wiper one" watchman that he let puff, U t?.10?' aot ,n hla 3luce '.watohtna-a while he waa skylarking:. , elsewhere, RettelVer Scott thought thin proeeedinil rather irregular, so he visited the rati road yard eftcr dark on a tour of l.i veatlgratioih He found, to his ejorrowr the railroad property was well guarded. Duff treed him and what la mnr. lrr,r hhn there till help could be summoned. ' uiw nreu on tne oiq en gine that pulled the freight, bUt-wa rinally promoted to be Knglneef pal mer's fireman and fired on the paesea. p. as he has a long Hat of unsanlt-jtilV ' ioe uays the engines es, including neaWy every town InTF wa U kept Homer pretty -. 7, fusing wuvu on ana men nutiina ' The l.aplne Inter-Moutitaln any many young men wild are planning to oecum great doctors or lawyers wouiu uo ue ter to come to Lapine ana rai iiukb, .,.:.':..... if '. , . ' '. . -. WUgerie Mis-later: in Portland woul.l be vocalist karanrnhllilted from singtn between . 6 (DO and 7:30 o'clock In the morning. Now who says commission government 1b tot a success? a , Qrover Pevlne. ot the Shoestring yal iy tne - ujtttite.' urove eorresponaert of the Eugene Reslater reports, as th, result of ono week's trapping has col 1 acted of Lank county $70 in cotigat bounties and has pelts besides which he can market for $50. . Enterprla will dedicate a Carnegie library building next month, and th Record Chief tain contains an Interestln atory ofthe growth of the now exlBttn library, which was founded In 1900, an has arown thriftily from initial dona tions. Dues Were at first. 50 cents year. Joseph Herald: Does anyone even the oldtlmnr ever remember seeing neonlfl In JoaAnh 1n their shirt sleeves around town and. the doore of the houses open at this season of tne year -line we nave enjoyed during tne last moiun It Is-certainly an "off" winter season- Whatever that means. 'The Dallas ltemizer boasts that th frtnH unit Hiilrv commltialniiar has failed to find unsanitary condition In any of the Dallas hotels, restaurants, lunci .mintem linUerlpu lnuuhter hoilSPS O markets, "which," the Uemlaer further Claims is certainly a reamer in u ca on Oregon." Twenty-five years ago yesterday, ac cording to the Salem Statesman's remln luocnl reiirfnt. Hib Woodburn Indenenti ent was about to be launched. 1. H Pearce or Turner, who naa votea io fld flDDeoanoe. was a caller at th Statesman office, and Professor G0iT A Paahlati. .urierl!itpnileht of Marlon county, h8l been orrerea tne principal- en id or tne tjaaer dudiic euuuum w Filch." the Statesman observed, -wii tommence occupyihg a handsome heW building about the first of the year." THE GROWTH OF CONGRESS What Is a Bteelhead? Portland Nov. 28. To the Editor of The Journal Section 93 of the gania laws, says a steelhead is a salmon, and section 92 that a steelhead la a trout. It makes a good deal of difference td many fishermen and sportsmen as tj which is correct. GRANTS PASS. (According to Master Fish Warded Clanton, a steelllcad in the Rogue river dls t.ri ct ... la., classed., s,a. ...trout.. . wiiila.. i n Other parte of the state it Is considered a salmon. Inasmuch as the Rogue River act is the latest legislation af fecting that section of the state and particularly specifies that for the' pur pose of the act the word "trout" shall he considered to include steelheade, the department has ruled that steel heads shall be sold in that district.) The I. W. W. and the Law. Hilleboro, Or., Nov. 28. To the EJditor of The Journal The Independent, pub lished in this city, has contained several articles aavocating unlawful means of suppressing agitators, it alleges that From the San Francisco Post An amendment to the federal consti tution placing a definite limit on the number of seats in the house of repre sentatives, regardless of future In creases In population, Is being talked of Informally In Washington, and probably will be considered officially when the new term begins in December. It Is widely believed that, the house has reached, or will soon reach, the maxi mum efficiency that can be had from numbers, and that further additions would retard rather than promote pub lic business. Under the present apportionment there are 435 members, or one for every 212,000 of population. Twenty years ago there were 357 members, or one for ev ery 174,000 of population. In 1860, when the civil War broke out. there were 243 members, each representing 127,000 peo ple. The only constitutional limit to the number operates at the other end of the scale, prescribing that there should be no more than one representative for every $0,000 population. Practically, congress could go on "as in the past, increasing the number of seats to keep .pace with tho growing population, until a new capitol would be needed to house them all, '"Even at the present rate, the membership would be close to 800 at the end of 20 years, and another scOre of years would add two or three hundred more. Because It might become politically expedient to a ruling party at some future time to indulge in. wholesale gerrymandering, it is consid ered that a constitutional limit of not exceeding 450 Should be set up wittiout delay. - The only objection to the plan Is that It might eventually deny to individuals the Intimate representation In govern ment they were intended to have. But there is slight intimacy in being one among 212,000 constituents. A citleen might as well be one among 400,000 Sheer weight of population has taken us far HWiiv from tha orlarinal ftDDor tlonment. but It has Worked no harm. and it will work none if each congress man Is called upon to represent three or four times as many people as h doe now. The bulk of intelligent opinion throughout the country seems In favor of smaller, rather than larger, leglsla tlve bodies. Everywhere there Is wholesome tendency to concentrate pub lie business in the hands of a few, wao shall be qualified experts In government The substitution of a c tv manager io a mayor and board of supervisors Is one example. Another is the plan Which Is now gaining faVor In California and elsewhere to merge the two houses o the state legislature into one. decreas ing the number of members from 120 to 40 and causing these to remain in. con tinuous session, such a body undoubt edly would be far lees expensive and in finittly more efficient. Congress may bs too big already for the work that lies within its limited field. The English house of- common contains 670 seats, but In EngUnd the national parnnment performs worn tnai heresies within the sphere of the state legislatures. The German reichstag has 397 members, the French chamber ot deputies 692 and the Japanese house Of representatives 379. All of these have a hand In local as well as national af fait s. and must represent more intim ately than in this country the sectional interests ui me peopir- But for the work of committees In Washington the so-called "government by committee'' congress would be un wieldly, Jf not actually unmanageable. A hundred or two additional members would only bring confusion and cause an expense for which there is ho heed. I. W. W. in California were equal to the work of Sioux Indians. I'he fact that they did not shoot their tormenters is one reason I hold them in contempt. We aii-can-tate.tn.-Or.egorj iY.ehaye...tlie. Oregon system of lawmaking and law enforcing the best on earth and I am content to rest the case with It, unless a greater danger than soapbox I. W. W orators threatens our homes. THOMAS H. BROWN. the practice and the principle Of war, internal or international. Samuel Gompers phrased it well: "Labor or ganlzations the world over have com nilttedthemselves-tO--th.a ..poXicy-ci-iii. Examination vs. Sterilisation. Oregon City, Or., Nov. 28. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal of November 17, 1 read a letter from Dr. Owena Adair, trying to make it appear that sterilization is very neces sary for the improvement of our race. It Seems to me thl is a very narrow way of looking, at the matter. I look upon this as a very unnecessary and barbarous act, one that would bring reproach and disgrace Upon anyone who might be operated upon, and not only upon the patieht, but upon ail his rela-tlve!.--- - Whv -eould we-not .Juat aa ef fee. tualiy obtain the desirea results Dy pass in laws ruaulrihe both sexes to unaer go a Strict examination by a competent physician beioro any marriage license is issued TJien those persons who know their own disabilities and know that they are not likely to pass a, favor hi exiitn ination will very seldom ap ply for u llcei so. How much better this wnniri he than the barbarous ""plan of sterilization, and would save so much reproach. GEORGE HICINBOTHAM. mnrlo hiss plprt'inn th rhiof nlm Oovemor West is protecting the I. W. made his election the chief aim ofw. , order t0 gtt the VQte of Umt The Progressives fought Werner, and with 16700 to spend in their up-state campaign they polled 200, 000 votes for their candidate. Wer ner was defeated by the Democratic candidate, and now Boss Barnee and his lieutenants are saying that had the Progressives voted with the Re publicans Werner would have been elected. Therefore there should be a reunibn 6f the two parties. It is the Boss Barneses that neu tralize the La Follettee. They nul lify the saving efforts of the Botahs, the Cutrimlne and thb Governor Hart leys. The thought of the Barneses in seeking amalgaftlatlon Is not prin ciples but Offices, not humanizing policies but plenty of plunder. The meaaureirient of Barnes is re vealed 1ft the campaign contribu tions of Morgan, Rockefeller and element. I think the maloritv of l-niis- boro's citizens are in favor of the ob servance of the laws, and for the good name of our city I ask you to publish the following article", which the Inde pendent refused to publish: "Editor Of the Independents rDear Sir While not at present a Republican, nor yet a Democrat. I have great respect for your paper, because of its open and independent discussion of public ques tions. But I can hardly credit my eyes when I read that we need to go outside bf the law to put down the I. W. W. Pardon me If t suggest ydu may be mis taken. 1 have met the f. W. W. in their meetings and talked with members of that order; also rfead their literature. They seem to be properly typified in Markham's 'Man With the Hoe.' I can sympathize with them, because of their grlevanceswhic,h are real; also Because of their lack of. sense the' blame not being alto'ther theirs in either case. But I cannoTNdefend their actions, and as they are without friertdsi I do not care to kick them. A to whether or t Gov or West la catering to them to get their vote, As you say, t d6 hot i,. . ,.o . vi.ru. Univ. the I. V. W 'Standard Oil Archbold, who wrote llin vot: n !s against their priri tne Archbold letters and enclbsAd th Archbold checks ' which ruined poor old forsaken Senator Foraker. Those cdntrlbutioris and William Barnes are powerful arguinettts with many Progressives, not to be ab f or bed. : " " """'': ' :' jrf, ,,; yl "nil 1 " ; ; L . . At "20, th Ayrea boy is turned oyer by .his. banker father in Da- clple. "Also, your idea that self, ihteredt may give one the right to take the law into his own hands Is one of their main" hob bles. That the business class alone are protected by law and that the proper ties olftfis tan injure a moneyless man regardless of law. ib another of. their pet Ideas, wblrh your editorial Would probably Justl(y. Facts regarding la boring people and their troubles are fre quently dlstortil by the press. The tortures inflicted npon members of the Speaking of Bryan's Foes. Pr.rtlahd. Nov. 29. To the Editor of The Journal An article in a newspaper, by George D. Artthony, makes a noise like our street orators, and as loyal and patriotic to good government. There Is too much rebel yell by the calamity howlers. Whpn they notified .of the change In the administration they refused to go out without slamming the door. The political crooks and grafters In the GOP. that made the party what it la today, defeated that most respected and eminent statesman.! W. J. Bryan, by coercion of the helpless voter, or he would have been at the head; of the government long ago. The authors-. of these raids should acknowledge that their Intent and purpose Is to defeat good government. these sore politicians have served their time ahd been discharged for the good of the service. They need rest. These attacks on Bryan by the down-and-outs take up too much valuable space in some good papers. As long as the general public demands Bryan s in structions, h will be there sb their great teacher and leader. E. F. FUNK. Ijaljor Backs Vp Wilsort, From the Detroit NeWs. The American Federation of Iiabdr sees with a clear eye arid talks td the point in the matter of the national administration and the Mexican prob lem. Iri refusing to adopt a resolu tion condemning possible' armed in tervention, and at the same tlm4 deprecating the possibility of such a resort becoming hecessary, the -federation aligns, itself .with th' best thought, and happily with What ob viously Is th prevailing thought of tKfi people of the united States The big labor organisation makes ternational peace peace with justice and honor in international politics aa Well as industry." The declaration ot the formal resolution adopted ufging on President Wilson the continuance of a peaceful policy, is one th&t some Other molders of public opinion might well Incorporate in their own policies. Gompers' expression of opinion, that nothing should be done or Said to Justify Huerta in the supposition that labor In the United States does not approve Of the Wilson Mexican policy, had the tincture or statesmanship. clear its position as being opposed to trative order. The Sin of Mileage. From the New York Evening Post. O Mileage, how many pettinesses are committed m thy name! The spectacle of congressmen clarHdrlnf for a few days' recess before the first of Decem ber, merely jn order to Kjye.., .them an excuse for drawing allowances for traveling expenses on jpurneys which few of them Will actually tatte Is not edifying. This time, apparently, the agitated lawmakers are ashamed to try on, as they did 10 years ago, the theory of an "Infinitesimal recess" between the fall of the gavel for the adjournment of bne session arid Its alnmst simultaneous fall for the opening of another. Tho mileage scandal is at last leading sober congressional leaders, we are glad to see, to advocate. a change in the whole system, and to follow the plan adopted by the executive departments. A per son sent on a distant errand Is fur hlehed with trahsporttltidrt Orders lh blank, which he fills out with the points of departure and destination for every journey, signs, and presents to the carrying corporation which fur bishes him with his ticket. The com pany in turn uses this as a voucher in collecting the amotint of Ills fare from the department issuing the blank. Thus the auditing officers are enabled easily to ascertain what the government Is ac tually getting fr Its niohey. Parcel Post ioSkibilitles. Newark Star. The price of farm produce will never come tlowh as long as the farmer finds a handier and more prbfltable rriarltet In the storage warehouse than in the household. Congressman Lewis of Mary land, the father of the parcel post, sees In that system the chief hope of break ing ,dbwn the Wall between' the country producer and the city consumer;1-"Th railroads do hot handle freight under loo poutias,., fie express company con nects the cities and towns, but ignores tho country. Mr. Lewis would increase the weight limit of the parcel post tn 100 pounds. and carry farm products 100 miles at 3 cents for the first pound and a half-cent per ppund additional. This is the way to lower the cost or living and at the Same time revive the truck farming industry, i The wornout wage laborer of thd city could btiy ft little truck . farm a few miles: out and bass the rest of his nave In the healthful and pleasant occupation of raising food for his former neigh bors. The parcel post van passing his door would pick up his produce and take It tn tho n parent nnat hffii for Stltm : rnent to his mail Of'dcf ciistdniera. jW all this needs no act of congress; It can be done right now by simple ad minis t IN EARLIER, DAYS 1$ ! Jxivkleir. 'i"nl 'i )" -rf i t h 'n i iir '-iii, i ', i ii n , , m in, , i ' ii in to Keen un t h aiuim lined animal better fhuti annn. r ever saw. Thev nv it was - .a chicken that lost Homer his girl whort he waa a young fellow at Bllverton. I don't at all doubt It. "1 kllOW it 1IX A .In h lKiit U1..1 his Job as fireman. Homer sow a farm, r plowing on Howell Prairie. A dog Was following in the furrow behind tne farmer. Homer ent ih. inkin.u i stop the engine for a moment While he went to se if he cOuld buy the d6g. The farmer sat down on the plow lift ales and argued the question with Ho mer, After a moment or two the n glneer gave Homer the signal tO comd back. But a good doer or ter was worth more to Homer than tit entire railroad vainm .n . . peated blasts of the whistle to summon Homer the engineer sent foe th. hwi,,.. man to fire for the rest of th run. Ho-' mer resigned by request. I look HOttier OUt hunting ttrlth Mi about the, same kind of & hunter as h-j was a fireman. Pheasant. k.. i-i and sailing over in easv rane Un. would continue ta fiicht n,.- ,. shake his head as if h m, " land it. finally Iny dog get a bh-rl in small bush. Homer kPnl n!- .... I was almost up to the bush he suddenly threw down his gun KnreBd in'. arms and threw himself over the bush nu captured the bird. He was twlea I as nroiiH nf hia ii... i " . " ... W4r" 4 or my bag of dead ones. Homer Wa. wrtainiy .tne oddest and most "iovahl. mum, t t ... -r .w. A tirr L.-fiailCArl In .vnrtnr "Near Silverton there Is a spring on the hillside, the water nf ,1 crystal clear and dellciously cold. When Homer r mother wns . o-i t,u. .... riding- she stormed drink. She stuck in thn nf v.,. the brink of the snrlno- th. -(. .i, had been nsine- as a rMin ,i,! n.. day there IS a stately cottonwood' bend- -a i,le spring, a vision of beauty n spring and symmetrical v . . " 1 1 U Uettllll rui at all times. Homer loved this spring and his 'mother's tree' What' more fitting than that a bronze tablet should be placed en the t,- i 11. Ory Of the man who carried the fame of Silyerton to the four corners of ths world and who, though courted by the simple and uriaffected and never forgot 5 "L l0ved Ore0 and his boyhood YOUR MONEY By John Af. Oskison. An Arissona man took mo to tv,. rkffs.. of a lawyer in one of the thriving little Cities of that ore burdened state, and on the way ha told ma this ainn t.hiu moral: Jenks (the lawverl has hepn h. state only six year's,, but in that time he has acquired a fortune of about $150,000, He rnftde ttlOSt of It last VPilr on n inin. lng.deal when he sold, with his three ssoclates, a copper nronertv to th C. & A. people for half a million dollars. lit my fHend'i Words, this ia the story: "About three years ftgb a young fel low was brought here charged with mur der; he'd killed his partner while they were prospecting up in the mountains. He had no money with which to hire an ttorney. and none of the old attorneys of the city would undertake his defensa they - wouldn' t -e ven Mten-when rreraf A rered xo give them the copper prospect e naa locaiea as a ree. They had seen so many copper prospects that they wouldn'-t give hlM 30 cents a dbeen for nem. "jdut the young lawyer, when tiW prospector appealed to him, decided fo take the case. He Worked hard for ths miner, proved that the fellow shot bit ' partner in self-defense, and got him free. "Then this yoliiig lawyer thought that he'd look at the copper prospect he had got hs a fee. It turned out to be good enough so thn-t he KOt some practical muling men in with him; they acquired some more property adjoining, and theri they formed a company. This new com- pfiny did enough work to show up the re, and then the lawyer went to market Kli Xhe . Property. "Just lately, those fellows four of m sold out to the C. & A.-crowd for a clean half mllliori. Talk about luck!" At that moment my friend and I en red the young lawyer's office and f was introduced to him. A certain cool- ess, of eye and a, certain firmness and hrewdrvess of mouth, a long, Caesar like npsje-and an unusual air of quiet assurance made me suspect that the young, lawyer's success wits not, pert haps, Wholly a matter of luck. And" later I had the Story Of the development and sale of the copper prospect from then young lawyer himself, In fact, it was a case wuere iuck naa played a mighty small part. Except for the hard, work done by this lawyer and the .practical mining men he got to gd In WitH him, the prospect Would never have been anything else, and it Would have sought in vain for a purchaser at even one-tenth of "the price the t & Ai ' rowd paid, .. The Sunday Journal The Sunday ilonrnal'g news columns are supplemented by variety of rtews review? and Illustrated features that coihniaml attention. This big paper is coiiiplet tn. flre news . sections, 12 page magazine nnd 'coinic section. 5 Cents the Copy