- ..! ' . THE OREGON. DAILY- JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY KVKN1NU. DECEMBER 2K 1913.
THEJOURNAL
adopting, a, canal - program which prove that the prohibitive tariff ad-
means, perpetuation ' of . tolls. - vocates are, prediotlag disaster : for
The charging of tolls to coastwise the American Industry because ' of
"'""' snipping would be a reversal Aof a competition amounting to five per
;,r,,T'i.mi! "if -standing American policy, cent or the American output.;-
: b.nbH,u,r ,mi y.hin - , y.ti-.M -Tolls are not collected on the great Under high tariff tin plate Im-
iun4 .1 i, ,wi), .1 .. i..r lakes, where the government has nm-tn vou inui(vn-fi,.ini. in vmunt
(Unwell lli M-nno ; . .... .. .. ' " ' "
spent-millions of dollar.. Tolls are averaging 2000 tons for s-overal
InnMiwkm
jttiu n;i h..im. a-m. not collected on any river improved years preceding 1912, and propping
-'' f.ii irr-i.- uZ . Z...,,:Z, rm. y me united states, as a domes
in that year to less than- 150 tons.
......, Aui;uiiaou nM-nwnMAict tic policy, tolls sho.uld be charged That was when the peoplo were
feft-ffi. tW- vJSrfl V; 0,1 government. Iniproyed jighways. taxed 140 . on each 1100 worth o
HntMiiiB. rhiccT" Jf American coastwise ships are re- tin thev usod Now thev ar to
i. , SUUMMtlhn 'ivlillf tijr W-hll ur Iw
! Us'lfS Stale r Urilco:
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tr ......5.00 I On montk
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i. a lur 12.50 I on nwinfh
it '- DAILY AXI SUNDAY
os rf . . '7X4i i uioiitb
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, ..r.,qHjre(i to pay for using the Panama ( be taxed only $15
(auai- There Is no question about high
I iuuici.uuu uaviii uuhi uf a larger.
tin plate industry ia the United
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moving : rapidly , toward diversified
farming. . x
There was an increase Of nearly
$1,000,000 In .the'-value of ; the
state's production ... of 1 vegetables.
Livestock on the . farms increased)
nearly $2,000,000 in value. There
was a falling off of 780,000 boxes in
the apple crop, but the 1913 apples
gained $.1,000,000 ' in value over
the 1912 crop. Miscellaneous farm
PERTINENT COMMENT" AND tfEWS IjM-BRIE
A FAULTl' SYSTEM
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r.fitnefi all thins. But tho world
Is iiot unr'H.l-.J It extPiidM Infin
itely beyond our jirlvate ron
srlowsnnRK, because it is the
world of u universal mind.
Jouiuh Koyro.
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lRCOlT JUDGE CLEBTON holds S,tale8' and neither is there ques-
that there Is ground for a "on auo"1 ine aouuJr or tnal ,n'
suit against the' school levy. iustry t0 stand on ,ts own feet at
u. find tht h.r '( BU.'the Present time. Competition will
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Hnh uu rrt rh Wnlltvr ho MHlIimieijr Ut?IieiH II, IOT IQCre Will
ot the school meeting., and ques- 1,6 petition quality Qfout
(lion also as to the legality of call-,1 as weU as ,n Pre- -f
i Ing a... lueetliig for one place and ' The history of tin plate in the
jJtoldfpi':it at another. : ignited Stales since the McKinley
i The levy Is accordingly to be sub-!1"" weni ,nt0 "ect is mat,
Lfected to the vlciBEitudea of a fur-! through exclusion of the foreign-
'ther court hearing .in which the:made article. . there has been a la-
ONIGHT the bells will" ring ont fact8 and the law win be finally ieuiau,f "eienorauon in me quai-
the knell of the departing year, i considered. Wliether or not the " i""-1' "I""",""'
apd the people of the world ' proceeding will end in the voiding J American people. The high tariff
will swing off into 1914. the levy, remains to be seen. ""l i'uuuBU apimiem. ihBu
As 1913 passes on and we look! whatever may be the outcome, o... .t uB uBOU
back upon its llthts and shadows. e paramount fact will stand but, " un jiaie, wmca ibci.
lilt. inv .nrf enrmw. i,0r .,n-Ba'oa ' unchallenEed: no other school meet-iiaKn ,n connection witn current
irin .nhn ... . MnHt'inn thnf i h,,. inar like the latest one should ever' Pr,ce8- haa resulted in high prices
miuugii ufireamu vm ue 01 me ar
ticles purchased
President Wilson's program for
opening up j? onipetltlon will be jus-
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, a-ryear of splendid achievement iu
these United States.
J The farms of the couutry yielded
JJ an Incomparable lKv.mty. placed In
figures at $10,000,000,000. It is a
stupendous total or wealth, equal
products scored substantial advances,
so that the year closes the beBt
ever known by Oregon farmers. .
Efficient service was rendered
farmers by the OregonAgrlcultural
College. That institution produced
the 300-egg hen as one the year's
big accomplishments. " it was proved
that pedigree is not so essential in
securing laying qualities as proper
crossing, careful feeding and good
housing.
The year was marked by a well
defined movement for placing the
landless man on the nianless land.
The Oregon immigration commls
sion is seeking out the highest class
of European emigrants, families who
wish to locate on the land. This
movement is bound to have its in
fluence on agriculture in the state.
It is a movement along the light
line, for Oregon's greater possibil
ities are found in Oregon's soil.
a big
be held In Portland. Orderly pro
cesses cannot come out of disorder.
Sane and lawful government cannot
originate In proceedings In which
a full lung and a big voice count
far nipre heavily in the deliber
ate one fourth the entire value oflatloDS tha a first class idea or a
Letters From the People
''the farms, and to more than one
generation of experience.
A crowd of estimable and respect-
!half the value of the railroads of
;the country. It is more than $100ttb,e ,adles and gentlemen made up
for every man. woman and child inlthe assembly, but none the less the
the United States occasion was near mob 'rule. There
It has been a' year marked by!were awful moment8 wnen a, that
Ij tremendous strides in national and seemed necessary to have a hanging
It social progress. As never before, iwItn the dlrecto a star perform
IJmen in all walks are constrained toier8, was aPPearance of 8 rPe
J admit that society Is brother's . and a Ieader- '
'keeper. The proof appears in legls-1 , . old armory has staged many
jjlatkm in dozens of states for the f"da of performances, but it never
amelioration of mankind .before she.tered anything just like
HJ "I. "Vn.rBmni ,K . i I the school meeting. It is not a
Jn government, there has beeh ',,.. ,uot ... v a
(Commaalcatlonii tent to The Journal for poh.
MettlnD In iht department should b written va
onlr one aide of tbe paper, should not exeeed
800 words la length and n)ut be accompanied
or tna name and addreas of the acnaer. it the
't j u . . " - . . i or to name ana aaareas 01 uie Bcouar. i uie
titled by tin plate. American man-1 writer does aot dlr to bate the iwiue peb-
ufacturers will find they must com-
pet''1l!'quality as well as in price.
THEIR BLUNDER
passed two 'great constructive meas-
status that can properly be charged
s
ijures that are universally admitted fiT """T f ,"u,e! ",,u
' .to be for the. welfare of the whole'0 h" Th t ZT' bt
J country, and especially for the profit i T "lt?nl f h,dlngf 8u,h
' SS Zt7eZl ?nanth iThe breLkin,g vJSLXZ
Ihuman brotherhood nto pubUc life! , T n Cntrib;
;.'than has ever been kno before .1 cUy such turbu ence and
w e ' . . I LUI 1U IV 1 . IL in IIIM IM III 111 I I1M M V H-
i xaeanwniie, we or the united1 j .u I Z . .
e.. u.... . . . . ueuitem. and the system shou d be aban-
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Uabed, he should ao state.)
"Dlaenaslon Is the cresteet of an reformers.
It ratiooalliea CTerrtblnc It toorhae. It robe
principles of all false sanctity and throws then
back on their reaaonablepera. If they bats to
reasonableness, It ruthletely cruabea tbem oat
kt Tin.Mn j i I r. :
in inuin uaiupaiKu i ui uubjucso i ueir sieao. wooarow wiuon.
la. Oregon, some of the casualty inltiaUvTTeUtions
wu.o '"u8 Washington. Dec. 24. To the Editor
luat uecuuie eunuy 10 cabuu.il 0f The Journal It has been quite Ben
SMALL CHANGE
Tom Lawgon does thinira
way, """ . ' .
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rreH dent WUxun is 7. yet not very
8 retariea McAdoo and Houwtofi have
As a, "regional" -ieutr Portland er
taiidy cannot be surpassed.
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i lie Mexican g-eneraln seem not to
..otu uvn . unriaiinasl yet,
e- e
Ijoan nharlcM In tnonv . . 1 I m uu
us uirauie, dui none too much.
e . e
Tllfl KOOd-Will flflVnr nf "Phrlilmi.
should lust throuKhout the winter.
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Once in a lunar whlln a ahurire n..
cessfuliy rpsmts a mob bent on lynch
ing u negro.
What many cities dislike In the new
currency law 1h that It doesn't pro
vide for more regional banks.
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Mexico will have another president
soon. If la reuortpd. (ln In nvrrino-
Hutrta has hung on a long; time, j
Does a man who has been hungry a
good while and .rets a big- Christmas
reed reel all the worse afterward? i
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Jt Is seldom that a divorced man
gets alimony, but why shouldn't he. If
ms wire is rum and In the wrong?
Chinese eggs, arrived via Seattle, will
be eaten by few people who know they
are such, unless for lack of the price
of Oregon egss.
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Hemibllcan lender ni in "illmin.i.
Ropsevelt"-as a txilltlcnl fur
other progressives would then come
nacK. Eufy thought; impossible task,-
It ns liquor that caused the death
of 72 persons, mostly children and
women, at Calumet. Mich. It is llnuor
that causes nearly half the crimes and
domestic troubles. Is it strange that
there are prohibitionists?
OREGON SIDELIGHTS ..
The Standard says Stanfield "needs
more farmers and more farmers need
Htanrieid s many and unequaled ad
vantagea." And there you are. :
Cove ) on the way to the building
Of a 120.000 municipal watarworka ivw
tern, and wllf provide itself with a newH
iny i nurier ,us .an incment oi me eu-
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Officials Id charge of paving at Eu
gene have ado u ted the' Doliuv of narrow
paving outside the business district or
uu main inorougnrares.. in some cases
the width will be but it feet.. . . "
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Condon - Times.; If this snow con
tinues the farmers In till 11am county
will be so Drusneroua . thav will be
wantlna- a demonstration train from the
O. A. O. to teaoh them how to run
their automobiles.
The McMlnnvllle Teleuhone Resriater
thinks that after we -have nonmleted
the reformation of Independence i,ay to
the safe and sane basis. It will be op
portune to attack the urexnnt method
of observing Christmas. . .
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The names of SO . voiine- men have
been Hated bv those who are promot
ing the organisation of a company of
militia at Lebanon, and the Kxpress
says it seems that beyond question the
company will be, organized.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By f Fre4 Lockley.
Corvallis aaxette Times: The most
interesting fact in copnection with the
figures of Multnomah county's assess
ment is that while 5465 dogs were
round by the assessor in 1012. there
were 80 listed in 1918. ."What's the
answer? -
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It's not so much the high cost as It'
who gets it, in the view of the 1m
Urande Observer, which says: "And
corilwood has also taken its place with
other commodities to help the high cost
of livina alone.- But few Deoole recret
paying the man who chops and hauls
tne woou nis price, for most or us know
tne laoor attached to tne job. no mid
dleman gets his when you buy cord
wooa irom tne poys wno oo tne work
4,suues nave been blessed with in-;, ' " . " , " I ,u , " c
S!or m f .n J canJlw Z T " i8 th system 8 chiefly this provision, which they c
i.'sum of avert r iLt l onsi tor the fact that the a vital weakness of the act.
..sum of average per capita knowl-,' W1 ..v la . t. tm sav that tha uilU,Ut nfo.0
companies in Ohio. This is an at
titude of unfriendliness to the
Workmen's Compensation law, an
attitude that in Ohio resulted in a
heavy loss of business in an unex
pected way.
The Oregon compensation act pro
vides that an injured workman can
elect to sue his employer or take
compensation under the act when
ever it is determined by the com-
erally agreed that under the system of
paid circulation of initiative and refer
endum petitions two .evils exist th
submission of many measures for which
there is no popular demand, and the
forging of signatures. To remove Uiesn
evils 1 shall propose an initiative meas
ure prohibiting payment for circulation
of petitions but placing no restriction
upon the right of the people to clrcu
late petitions for-any measure in which
they feel an interest.
One of the fundamental purposes of
the Oregon system is to Increase the
mission that the accident resulted Pwer of men and decrease the power of
frnm th foil,.. f money. I am surprised, therefore, to
vujivc l find thai therA r rim a RlncerA nrivri-
comply with any of the safety appli- cates of better government who oppose
ance statutes. the plan of prohibiting paid circulation
. . , of petitions. Most of those who oppose
Much IS being made Of this pro- my bill acknowledge that it is riarht in
vision by tho casualty companies. principle but say it will not work satis
Thev am mnkintr s rnmnalirn nvr factorily in practice. I contend that if
. " . It is right in principle it will ultimately
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AN INJUSTICE
RITING to the council about
taxation, Mayor Preston of
Baltimore, said:
.;,d. Vne hnvo k; , Htuoo vy is in me courts
O-- " lCCU I SI 11 Willi i
j Civil war as were the hapless Mexl-j
,cns.- we are not divided into
Varmoit' omna .tti.
wilu cvii uuiens on
k I At. , . I
;,iue nonzon. ior am wn in tho
midst of famine, or pestilence as
- S rf nonnla in . - m . .
' w.M T " I a cltlten 9 modera.-e
s.woriq. ; A ' : j means owning a small house Is alreadv
f, Nor are we subservient suppli-l taxed to tne Iim,t- " No increase should
- a! ants Detitlonlno- a Iflncr tv, . J be made In his assessment. Indeed, no
'i'Xf.Lo . S t S h for a' ".crease can be made in these assesa-
j.aiagna cnarta. We are not despair- ments, for the reason that that class
stlng fugitives, fleeing from Alaric of property is assessed at its fun vaiuo
f.'for Our lives. We are not helnlpus "W" ,n my Jdcrnent any new assess-
l'brlsoner In . !i nelP'eH8 ment which Would equalize he burden
prisoners In a war Of conquest! of taxation, would he a distinct benefit
lmqumiiK neipiPHHiv ny imt a Gen-'"' tllA property t.wnar
irghis Khan Btrlkes off our hoHa There Is no doubt of It. it is trn.
. tiPiles them up at the gates of a con- m Baltimore, true in Portland, and
rfluered city. Kor-are We martvrs 'true-everywhere The-ttg--pmttert v
'stoned and burned to death for con- owuer is always able to take care
science sake. We are not poor of himself, and obviously insists
the state and urging upon mplorm'.l
Claim 18 An initiative petition is supposed to
Thev represent the desire of S per cent of the
say that the liability statutes are so I"1;: " BUC"V. g 1 rep
broad and so indefinite In terms tain amount of money.
that most accidents can b said to Possibly circulation of petitions
result from violations of them, serves to notify about 10 per cent of
Therefore thev sav if th workman tne voters that th measure is being
,V,, t iney say u ine workman proposedi but lf tnat ,a tne end to be
uuii uiis a ngui unaer tne compen- gained, It Certainly could be done more
sation act to sue in auch cases if effectively by expending the money in
he pleases, that the compensation 5etE?h,1,i -.4uClSillon copl?
,:.....,. of the bill which voters -could read,
act really gives no protection to the rather than in securing signatures of
employer against sucn suits. voters to a petition which few take the
A similar provision existed in the M Tht0.Xniinn of v -,e... Km
Ohio compensation law and a Blmi- would make the petition represent pub
lar campaign was made by casualty llc opfnion, for the number of volunteer
companies there The attorney gen- j r-lo re Vs!
eral of Ohio held that a valid casu- ure.
ally insurance contract could" not be Tadjuit tnaFlsoTong as He custom
written which undertook to give
of paying circulators continues, prac-
insurance against JnjurJes resultinghAli
riom failure to comply with safety ttme win. come when the duties of
appliance statutes. Based upon this citizenship in procuring and protecting
, . v , npHirprl AWM Mtlflnr tho Inlt aM.ra amA
peasants in the empire of the Slav..that he does not get the worst 0I,inlon tne insurance commissioner referendum win be performed without
trembling under th iash aHt ; it in assessments ' ,of that state compelled all casualty special compensation.
companies 10 cease writing sucn con- 4" u' pja circulators ior
tracts The result was to dpnrivo mettBU'e8 or candidates is no less un-
iracis. ine result was to deprive representative than the hiring of work-
tneni or their ground of attack or or vchioien n i ,mi.
ro.!?.?d. under the iron heel of a - He has - time moreover; to take
'CZ&r. i care of his Interests, or to employ
f On the contrary, we are a f reei otlie55 t0 do s- it i for that rea
sovereign, militant people, rich in h0n that sma11 property owners
all the gifts of the world, and as everyw'here are always caught for a
such in renewed faith and Bublime ifu11 a88es8nient, just as Mayor Pres
confidence we speed the parting ofjton BayS- The Baltimore executive
the passing year. I added:
j The difficulties of taxation are practl-1 tln "Bits Of suit under such cir
cal ones. It Is very easy to iiHsess a ' cumstances.
.house worth $1000 with land under it I tk u. , . .
worth 1500. This class of orooerlv .nv.l 1 " "'a' "aB uweu BUggestea
y-s,jiurin,h&MAN A D A M SON,: body van assess fairly and justly at t0 the insurance commlesloner
I cnairman of the Jiouse commit-' J1500. But when it comes to $20,000 Oregon, and he is
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OIL AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE
From tho Review of Reviews.
The most significant phase of tbe
Mexican situation, aside from the ques
tion of our responsibility, through the
ftlonroe Doctrine, to bring about order
in that distressed country, has been
brought to public notice chiefly through
the efforts of a powerful British syndi
cate, headed by the Pearsons, to control
the oil-bearing regions of Mexico and
other Caribbean countries. Sir Weetman
Peaison, whose title is Lord Cowdray,
and who has been at the head of the
British railway Interests in Mexico for
some years, figured In the newspapers
very largely during November and De
cember because of the action of the
congresses of several of the Latin-
American countries, believed to have
been Influenced by the United States.
In lefuslng to sanction executive or
administrative concessions to the Pear
son Interests to develop oil regions
within their borders.
British Interests should exploit its oil
neids.
Tampico, the port of the state of Ta-
maulipas. which was the scene of
fierce battle on December 12, between
tne reaerais and rebels, la a large oil
center, one of the most Important in
Mexico. The Waters-Pierce interests,
believed to bo a part of the Standard
uu company, and the Cowdray or Pear
son interests have been rivals- In the
Tampico region for years, besides which
there is an alleged Mexican company.
the Hi'astica. In these days, when the
warsnips or. the world are being built to
consume on instead of coal, the mis-lit
lest naval power on earth is naturally
very anxious to secure control of every
possible oil supply.
A concession involving large sections
of Colombia reputed to be oil-bearing,
and including the right to construct har
bor works and canals, which had been
granted by the ministry and approved
by President Restrcpo last April, failed
of confirmation in the Colombian sen
ate late In November, and the Pearsons
announced .that they would make no
further effort in that direction. . The
Costa Rlcan congress, on December 13,
declined to permit the Pearsons to de
velop the oil regions of that republic,
and later it was announced that Ecua
dor also was not willing that these
It is not difficult to understand how
the presence of any large vested inter
ests of. a European power In Caribbean
countries In the vicinity of the Panama
canal, including the right to construct
port works end canals, and by Infer
ence, later, oiling (fuel) stations, would
be not only dangerous to the Independ
ence of the Latin-American countries
In question, but prejudicial to the vital,
national Interests of the United States.
The right to exploit natural resources
on such a large scale as suoh conces
sions would permit would be likely
to involve a dominating Influence by
Europe on the governments of these
countries in such a way that it would
be in effect as much a violation of the
Monroe Doctrine as the alienation to
these European powers of territory on
the American continent.
would not exempt, an Inch of land, a
foot of railroads, rolling stock or busi
ness buildings only homes and means
of gaining a livelihood. Who. wants
prosperity in Oregon? Then get busy
with the exemption measure.
ALFRED D. CRIDOE.
Humanity's Crucifixion.
Portland. Dec. 80. To the Editor of
Thsr-iournal In your editorial
capital and dividend record of this so:
is possible.
Clearing house transactions through
out the United States increased during
the year more than 1 per cent; and you
know thar these transactions furnish an
excellent index of the state of business.
It Is through the clearing houses In
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PANAMA CAXAL TOLLS
against the compensation act. If
they could not write a contract in
suring against such losses resulting
from such causes, they had no rea
son to criticise the law for nermlt-
in
nave ouin oeen pronioiiea Dy the CO
rupt practices act.
JONATHAN BOURNE JR.
Home Tax Exemption.
Portland. Or.. Dec. 31. To the Editor
of The Journal The home tax exemp
tion amendment now seeking Initiative
signatures proposes to exempt the home
Day's Meaning," in the Christmas Issue
of The Journal, you made a strose ror
humanity's cause. Your statement was
concise and. yet comprehensive and com
plete. The history of the human race
is but anextended recital or long con
tinued erucilixion, tragedy, that is not
yet ended but which threatens to be
come even yet more terrible. Tills trag
edy is the result of Ignorance and hu
man greed, and may be remedied by
removing these two prime causes.
The conditions you portray constitute
the shame and plague-spot of our ad
vanced civilization. The remedy is near
at hand and. I think, apparent to every
mind that will divest Itself of prejudice,
self-interest and preconceived opinions.
Economic freedom, 1 think, is the an
the larger cities that the checks and
The Ldxalts, draan by onebuslnesa man In
favor of another, or against another. In
a different city, or against another, in
are pnssed and chanced off to the credit
or debit of the banks which are mem
bers. Last year, the total amount of
these checks-arfd" drafts --cleared rari
close to $174,000.000,000 the Increase
was over five and a half billions; and
that Is a sum not far short of the total
of all the savings of the country.
Commercial bankers stand closer to
the throttle of business than any other
men; and they have not found any real
reason for weepliSg. On the contrary,
they are well satisfied and optimistic
as to the future.
nt)iu n..io..t.. aH 1 ......... .
of the opinion T .h! " JT .V. Z". ..; .,'
tee on Interstate and foreirn or "O.Q00 property such as warehouses that he has ample powers to make to any one taxpayer, according IV.
UI1.1 II. 11.. lOT-IVl. .tli.lrf.n.. .1. I I - '
and tne things a man or woman uses
to make a living with In the nature of 'wer to humanity's problem, but In or
der to secure this rreeaom ine great
business superstructure will need to
T.6':?' mother ffZJ'ZLnT the same exactions of the casualty U-.ed value,.
.. i . " s7rn I nil rnronnnu nr vil nl..n ti.i..
wuuon or the Panama canal free and my observation I. that this dif fer-S 0mpanieS here' ard should the
lOll problem. He hna int.s,..,i am.. Dinav. B..u. u , !i'mnp-n now hcino nrE-o-o i. u
, . - - "i-ivuutcu i,v - -vujj iDouuB in igvui ui ine large CT - j - t-scu 1110
ja Joint resolution to conditionally roPcrty owner, and that the assess-1 companies be carried to extremes,
.SUbpend operation of the provision of """;t8 are to low on thl clas t prop-j there is always the possibility of
the, canal act granting free passage : estimate Is that n. ,n,lk ,nking the same action as was taken
.to American coastwis vo.i- i ine e8Umate 13 that one fourth 'ln nhin
- w , vviO.
i- The .iiannncin.. . . 1 u' uie ax 'Jower 18 lost "J' reason
t t " Z::: :." "u'u "e BU"je(:f the inequalities in valuations
thiin Ohio.
, to these conditions
I after the canal shal
AGHICIXTUHE IX OREGON
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any time u js a loss attributable to the hap-
nttVP huon 1 i . . .. . 1
mi.,ii -i .... " -nazaru pian or fixing assessment
a ""j vuciuieu lor two tun iv .
In the-Judament valuations, n is a system that, as
w, v . .n- M '.BlUflu
;-ue revenues derived fi
Vessels othwr ti, u. . . ,"ca'
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-'W American coastwise trade " , ! , , l,gni?n8 lne tax burden ! matched by progress in the smaller
i: ,.... . iinue biiau ol the hltr uroimrtv liarnn i .iriAu ...t ..m.o n...
ni-
3,
Mayor Preston insista throws
roill tolls of hfavir hunrion rvti lV,n 0,voli i
T
HERE Is abundant evidence of
Portland's advance-along ma
terial lines. Progress in Ore
gon h metropolis has been
,uiucieui 10 defrav tho r . ... ' : i -"- t ' i uuii co
. ..operating and maintaining th. T,.n. ' . 18 .wny 8tt'ons 3ecret Pres- munities gi-n.w wonderfully in 191
' mj.i.. ... i, " sure as neen pprrM tn nuvsni h,,f .A,..ti. -
i,a win as hip expense of envo a . 71 fi.v,i... uuhiik oi pro-
rment and sanitation in the fJo,0t,0n 1,1 M-ltnornah "county oi l portion to Oregon's agricultural do-
ffono. the president n"v pt he i' tT 8yH,em w,th. its "te veloprnent In a year. . ,
' free toll provision in fore Va . I Oregon farms will grow anything
rcu u'P'omatic questions con
cerning it have been settled
j. ,; It is the intention, until all the
jabove conditions are met. that
&-mericen vessels in the coastwise
nrade shall pay the same tolls as
other vessels.
! The resolution imposes condition
, jwnicn prooably never can i,e
. , Jf tree toila to American
TIN TLATE IMPORTATION 8
T
HE
needed to sustain a human heinir
and The Journal today prims facts
Buffalo MAwa ioli- Proving the statc-menf. The figures
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iiiuinuiuiiiij. iw uiey snow mat i uo wen to gei in some closer neighbors
' fact that Welsh tin plate man
ufacturers are reporting orders
from the United States. The
Underwood tariff law Is blamed for
Some opponents of the idea use
Washington county as an example and
claim that it would exempt a sixth of
the property. Fair investigation would
reduce such an estimate to lu per centJ
but let It , go at that. Then a farmtirN
Having pi upct 1 caqiiijtlcu lu fluvu UI
assessed values could have $5000 more
In land and still have no more taxes
to pay. Yet the opponents of the mea
sure assume and declare that the ex
emptions would be borne by the farm
er. This Is because, without a shadow
of reason, they assume that In Wash
Inston county the farmer owns the land
values, when ln actual fuct he cannot
own a third of them. He does not own
tlie railroads, the franchises ox public
service corporations, the timber lands,
the town and city lots, nor the vast
trurts Of vacant IuihIm held by ubaen
tecs, and corporations and sppculti tors.
But if he owns uh much as 17500 tn
naked, .raw land values and 1500 in
Improvements and personal properly
exempt under this amendment, lie Is
not out a cent more ln taxes. The In
crease will bo taken up by others. If
lie has more land than, that he would
. -When I left Boott's Bar, late la the'
autumn of 185!.", said Cy Mulkey of
Roseburg, "I persuaded Abraham Way,
a former resident of New York city, to
come to Otegon with me, The weather
had turned very cold. .The night we
camped on - Emigrant' creek, near 'the
present city of Ashland, "the- snpw, P
until there was 80 Inches on the levels
a, bivBRiiig ine LAiShyuuiu inouHUMiis .xne
snow was four' feet deep. We finally -reached
Portland, whpro Mr". Way spent
the winter, while I spent the, winter In
Yamhill. county. . v , 1
When a mun gets the gold fever In
hia blood, It Is pretty hard to get out
Next spring word came from the north
mat tnere had iiaon u rirli ulrik ,n
Queen Char.lofte Island, In British Co-.
luninia.
"Captain ifltcbell was In Portland
with his brig, the' Eagle. Ho was anx
ious to sell It. Mr. VVnv knew that I
had some money, and came up to our '
farm In Yamlilli county. He wanted me
to go in with him und buy the ship and
make a prospecting trip to Alaska. I
had a young friend named Andy Berg,
who lived near our ranch. , We went
and saw him and he agreed to. go with
u. We went to Portland, bought the
ship for $3000. and fitted her up for a
six months trip. As many people were
anxious to go north to prospect, we had
no trouble in getting a full passenger
"We arranged with the captain and
the crew to fun the ship, agreeing to
give them an equal share in all discov
eries made on our trip, in lieu of wages,
We arranged the matter in this way: -The
captain, the crew, each of the pas
sengers a.nd oflrselves should have n
equal share in all claims discovered and
located. The destination of the ship
should be determined by a majority
vote.
"We sailed on April 21. 18BJ, with 63 '
aboard. A good many of the people who
went over the Chilkoot pass and went .
up to Dawson think they are sour
doughs because they went ln '$7, W
preceded them by about 45 years
"The report of the gold dlscoveriea In
the north had been made bv . a dtsv
charged employe of the Hudson's Bay
company in the summer of 1851. The
discovery had been made by an Indian
on Queen Charlotte Island. The news,
brought down by the Hudson's Bay man
created a good deal of excitement.
"A party of 27 men fitted up the
schooner Mariana and . sailed up tbe
coast on the east side of Queen Char
lotte Island between the mainland and
th Island. When about half way up the
coast of the Island, a southeast storm
caught them and the captain of the
Mariana decided to run into a bar near
by for protection. The captain cast an
chor not far from the shore, where an
Indian village was. As the storm in
creased ln severity tho ship parted her
anchor chains and the Mariana went
ashore Just In front of the Indian vil
lage. The Indians took all of the party
prisoners. As the ship broke up, the
cargo floated ashore.
'The Indians of the far north at that
time knew very little about civilisation
or trading goods." They ripped the flour
sacks open, threw the flour away and
kept the sacks. They tried to eat the
soap, but It was so nasty that in disgust
they threw away all the Test of the
provisions.
"They held a council and decided to
kill the prisoners. - The chief of unother
Indian village, which was much stronger
than the village ln which the prisoners
were held, happened to be there at tho
time and volunteered to take the pris
oners to his own village aiid keep them
tu spring.
undergo a radical change. A transition
from private to collective ownership of
the sources of wealth, and the means of
production must take place. Iliis im
plies the most radical reform the world
has ever known.. It also Involves many
difficulties. So devoted have the people
become to their individual possessions
and ho fixed in the human mind is the
doctrine of Individual property rights
that It will require a tremendous force
to effect Its dlslodgement, but In my
opinion this Is the only remedy.
Socialism orrers tne oniy solution or
this question. There is no other road
lor civilization to travel. Your editorial
was timely and to the point and It be
hooves all thinking men and women to
apply' their minds to this the greatest
question. Better a peaceful change to
a rumufllturlnn and Christian business
system tliun "that human society should
be' driven back Into the dark night of
anarchy. W. II. BLACK.
Oregon's prosperous ciljes have the
land, back of them. Oregon haB an
area twice that of New York and a
and have a little suclal life. The values
of the land in Washington county ad
jacent to Portland would be greatly In-
j creased by a businesslike assessment,
met.
vessels
the fact, and the prediction is mad ' )0puation of only 70o00. more without any change in the tux laws,
that the American tin ?.t. ,!! thau hM of which 18 the citieaLameaaure. If "?cted, will bt
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What Cheer For 1914?.
Uy John M. Osklson.
try must go to the wall. The News
i B MSk n AilitA. i. i . . ........
.... ... au.muufe to tnein, It is not "tt'H- A
. iteaBonabla, to SUUhOSn tli.. a This Is onl.
Ilwlf nf si .. I .1
j oHiaiu wuuiu tiver eo u sent
; . . 1 H"-iuii. H petition ii uon our worlcirmn Hi r.r .. ..t.
;i,not poBBible that th- iio, rrmir uiiminutrotin. .: k vii.uea ai more than
This Is onl.one instance, but It in a
in mi v.i,iiniii( UUl
lu re- of ttn u(uHamti . . . , 4 ,. . A rf".,
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bring
thousands of home seekers to Washing
ton county, witn millions or capital,
and It will enable the "land poor" farm
ers to dispone of their surplus holdings
i at an advantage. This has been demon-
strated by sweeping exemptions irt
, - . - iniilVUUn " n.ia Lll,,l 1 !S UVUIIQ I O 0- in. AAA AHA , .. . .
J would Withdraw their opuosltlon tn "troy, or greatly cripple, certain indusl 21.000,000. an increase Of $3,000,-
J an arrangement which .iinii.tu, tHc. v" though its motives are of uuo ,n 8 This 31 per cent
competition.
t i - IiUuki run mioiiin v an, , i, , .
" t . me in ti h I i i -j . i . i ... i . .. . . . . . .. .
and villages.
The state's irult cro) In 1913
was valued' at more than $9,000,
000, an advance of nearly GO per
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the result is that other cities In the
tlie '-est. i Increase In 12 months la funhor vt
The present duty on tin plate is dence that Oregon bids fair to show
1 i f mm th Inuru. U.i.. . 1 valorem in mens greatest
'ZZ. "whTrtT fcplL!" : -Alr.ch law It was 1.2 cent- industry.
treaty was negotiated a provision Lem ThTw . - T,ie Vfll,ie af Oregon's grain and
waa (locoruorated,in the dZmi T'i1! ?lnh manufacturer, j hay crops 1913 was $38,440,000,
"which give. Great Britain th. 7. . T. "T ior aooui 4 0,-,as compared with $43,488,000 In
Nance of , ground for objection to
uuu tons for delivery to American i n i Th .nior ai r
sp T , v r . O V Wl UUI Sy ui ,IUIB 1143"
free tolls. The United State. EOV.
ernment, should not blunder a see
ond ' time in sume manner by
:V;V;.a,;j!,;;:.v.'.'.
canning and oil concern, between
now and next) June. , The American
production tin plate is about
800,000 tons a year. The figures
crease is chargeable , against wheat,
but. tbe figure, are inspiring, for
in connection with other statistics
they enow that Oregon farmer, are
hone titur state are following Houston.
The exemption from tax of what is
wanted In a community always attract
more of ft. Wherever in the .civilised
world homes have been exemption from
tux, homes have been increased in num
ber, duality and beauty. In many coun
ties In Oregon the land, railroad and
franchise values exceed 80 per cent of
all the assessed values. Tho land
users would be greatly benefited und
enoouraged in very. way, an so would
all classes of business and legitimate
professions by such; a reasonable ex
emption as this 'measure proposes, in
Douglas county .lt could not possibly
exempt over 6 per cent of the total as
sessed -values. The proposed measure
Have you seen the annual report of
the comptroller of the currency, which
has Just been submitted to congress?
And did it occur to you that It Is one
of the best answers mode lately to the
pessimists who say that business Is bad
and the future black?
You know that nattonul banks are
commercial banks that Is, they' take
in the deposits of business people, and
make short loans to other business peo.
pie. That is how they make their
profits.' If business Is stagnant, natur
ally the profits of the national hanks,
fall lower than In brisk times. I call
your attention to this Item In the com pi
troller'a report:
"llusfd on capital and surphif, the
gross earnings of national banks dur
ing1 the fiscal year 1918 were greater
by over1" 2 per cent thrrn the year be
fore." And shareholders received on
their national bank stock dividends at
the average reft e, of 11.4 per cent, - as
against, nn average rate of 11.01 per
cent for the preceding five years.
You understand that dividends sre
puld -w 44t capital uto4'lbed to keep
the national banks sound; and we find
that in the past year there has been n
Increase of 4 per cent in the capital of
these hanks. s against an Increase of
3 per cent in 1912. Certainly business
could ft J? hr,rtrt badlv then a
The West nnd the East.
From the New York Globe."
The theory that east is east and
west ia west and that never the twain
shall meet Is given another rude Jolt
by the award of, the Nobel prise for lit
erature to the Bengalees poet, Rabin
dranath Tagore. A committee supposefl
to represent the culture of the west
finds nothing alien to itself In the
thought of o representative of the cul
ture of the enst. There Is nothing, for
example, foreign or esoteric In the fol
lowing, written by the Hindu In Ben
gales? and translated into Kngllsh con
cerning his desire, for hTs country:
"Where the mind Is without fenr and!
the head Is lieH high;
f"Where knowledge is free;
"Where the World has not been broken
up Into fragments bv narrow riomustic
walls:
"Where works come out from the
denth of truth:
"Where tlre'esn striving stretches the
arm" toward perfection;
"Where the clear stream of reason hns
not Inst Its wny 'nto the dreary desert
of rtond he hit:
"Where the mini! Is led forward b,v
Thee Into over widening thought and
action
"Info I hat heaven of freedom, my
Kntlicr. let my country awn Ice."
Klectrlo llrhts and trolley cirs and
women's clubs and Imren skirts are
being Introdtseed into the back town
of China. The world has shrunk a coed
many thousand mllen in the last 10
years. Peking used to seem like a place
In the moon. Now it 's a nVlahborlng
city. The Yellow Peril Is Indeed 'pon
r.a, but not n the guise that frightened
Emperor Wlllinm. The oceldentnllaed
cast moy be. offset by tho orientalized
west.
. . '
Annoylnic.
- .. (New York Globe.)
A Boston man has n son who 1ms Just,
entered school. Me was suppoped to be
en.1oylng.it.' but one morning he walked
Into the dining room, where his father
was having his breakfast, and re
marked:
.'I'm tired of going to school, pa. I
think I'll atop," , . ..
"Why?" asked the father. "What is
your objection to going to" school?"
'Oli," answered the boy ' It breaks up
the day so." ,
'i : . ' ' ' r '.
Trying to Explain.
Washington Star, r' " i
"Why rfo n many younr 'inen leave
tht'farmt" '.. I : , ,rf
"Well,"": replied Farmer ' CorntowscL i
"in most of the cases ; I hnv'e 'observed
It was because they couldn't earn their
salt as- farm hands an' wasn't fixed to,
In February three of the prisoners
were taken to Fort" Simpson, a Hud
son's bay fort on the mainland. The
Indian chief told Governor Douglas that
he had 24 more white men., at hiayJl-
lage. Captain Douglas of the Hudson's
Bay company sent word to Oregon
about the prisoners. Our government
arranged wrth-Ceptftin Uouglas-to go. to
tne isiana ana Dring mem to victoria.
From there they were brought to Port
land. Some t the men whe1 had been
held all winter at the Indian village told
of seeing the Indians with a great deal
of gold but theyJ$ Id not know where
th?y had gotten it.- it was these stories
that caused the stampede to the north.
"Before going, we learned from one
of the men who hod been a prisoner all
winter that the discovery was on tbe
west side of the Island. We sighted the
Island near what Is now called Mitchell's
harbor, having been named in honor of
our captain, who was the first Amer
ican who ever sailed a ship Into that'
harbor. The harbor was about 20 miles -wide
at the mouth and 20 miles from
the mouth a small arm of water ex
tended back into the main harbor. It
was about four miles up this smaller
body of water that the Indian had dis
covered the gold.
"When we arrived at the gold mine in
May, we found the Beaver at anchor
and the Hudson's Bay company at work
on the mine. The mine was located at
the water's edge. The gold bearing rock
ran off Into the ocenn and you could
trace the vein back Into the mountains. ",
It turned out to be a pocket about eight
feet wide and twelve feet deep, running
to a wedge shape at ' the bottom. The
Hudson's Bay company took fl 60,000
out of the mine that season and next
year $60,000 more was taken from the
pocket.
"It was the first gold discovered
north of California, the discovery being
made in May, 1851. The next discovery
to be made north of California was at
Althouse creek, the following year, and
also at Jacksonville. We stayed on the
Inland two months, prospecting It thor
oughly. Wo found any quantity of good
mineral but we were not quarts miners.
We were placer miners and all we
wanted was good placer ground.
"By u majority vote, wo pulled up our
anchor und struck out for Jackson's
harbor on Prince of Wales island In
Alaska. We prospected there until fall,
when we came back to Victoria and
from there went up the sound to
Olympin, where we sold our boat and
traveled overland back to Oregon, pass
ing, through the Chchnlls and C'owlJt
valleys." . ('..'.
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to use their wings. .
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