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THE - OREGON 1 DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 20 1914 THE ' JOURNAL ' -Af IWDKPBXPKNT WKWSfAPEB C. 8. JACKSON ,. Hnbltaher Published (Wff evening (except bauds?)- aiid j ' i every Husday morning at Tbe Ji.'irnul Rattd-, - t. Broadway ad Yamhill t.. yortlsnd.Or. ; , Kateree at the paatofflce at I'ortlnsrt. or., ror transmission , through the mails secoad T" flu matter,"- ' IKLEPHOXKa Main 7173; Home, "- ' ' departawnts reached by toeae numbera. .Telf t the operator what department ym- want. oHEioK AivKTi8iNG KKPMKBNt Atlve Benjamla a Keutnor to.. Bnrnesick Bldg.. e JEW Hflh A.. New Vorkf 1818 Peoph?" e BldK.. Chicago. " ' '" " ' -, lrXKl-HoNKH Main 7173; Home, A-On&l. All V HuDsripttoo terma ny man or w reaa In tns United States or Mexico: DAILY Uu jear....... 15.no One month.. SUNDAY Una jear....'. ..$1.80 One month.. j DAILY AND BL'NDAV One year ...$7.50 One month. . .60 . .24 .$ A. Success affords us the mean of securing additional success, as lhe possession of capital . enables us to increase our pecuniary gains. Stanis laus. WITHIN THE LAW de - B Y JUDGE ANDERSON'S cision at Baker City yester day. Governor. West was wholly within the law at Copperfield. Judge Anderson said: Whenever the power to enjoin or restrain exists there follows with it the power to compel obedience, and It will thus be seen that if the dis cretionary acts of the executive, whether wise or unwise, are subject to Judicial control either by injunc tion or mandamus, the ultimate and unrestrained power of the govern ment would be vested in the one de partment only, namely, the Judicial, and not as our constitution provides, In three distinct and independent di visions. ' The decision says further that for a court to undertake to deter mine whether there was such law lessness as to Justify the governor in calling out the militia and es 1 tablishing martial rule would be to j substitute the judgment and discretion of the court for those Of the governor, whereas the con-j stitution expressly states that JJQ with the official duties, under one of these depart-! ments snail exercise oae everclsP ro of the!loos lu more lDan MU0,000 functions of another." It is now time for those who have been denouncing the Wet policy at Copperfield as "lawless," to, retract. The Oregonian should' retract. Soul Mate Mbser should retract. Various petty 'publications that cuckooed the Oregonian and Moser should retract, i All blundered in their conclu- aAn. K.,o -IIJ - : k , 7 i 1 'c" down into the fundamentals of i lnvrnni Wrco 'a aflnn Thav oa ! .umed that the governor suspend- ri ... ion, ' i d the state law I jWest suspended no law. The law was already in a Btate of sus pension. The district attorney of Bilker county refused to enforce It. The sheriff of Baker county was not stopping gambling, theUnd Massachusetts.' It exceeded !!l llQ,T tO.m!D0" and th: the combined amounts in force in 1 ! TT " " - ; , me governor sent j.awson to voppenieia, not to suspend state law but to get state law to func-; tionlng. nor had called upon the district attorney and sheriff to enforce the t ,nM nf 1 TT" "7 "v . . , loss of protection to dependents, law at Copperfield, and arter their Mot, , tha - toj , , . " . . .. , . Many or the mortgaged policies S H Ml th 7 were,aT8ked will lapse as a direct result of the Inn L 6Kg rn8e,r,t LaW' i loans, and the entire amount of lan M J?. .n S70n; ' lMDrance represented by these pol- lan, Moser and the other critics of .ni i , t . . ,. , , woof ii,, . j, Icies will be lost to beneficiaries. men al n t JL Lt Data aB t0 VM are not 5SSrpl 71 mailable, but the total will be blundered . , j large I , Judge Anderson's decision Is ; The association is serving an ex sound constitutional law. It is in cellent purp08e ln calllng attentlon exact conformity with the supreme I to tne lncrease in policy loans, eourts decision In the case of the j Mortgages on lire insurance poli CX?1; V 2AthJ0regn;' cies increased from three and one -uuto Yvuivei tuu bam ia mat case: i : But 'if it pertains to duties which require the exercise of Judgment or discretion to perform, or to matters political or governmental in their nature, all the authorities agree that the executive Is clearly Independent nf h rttVi a AAnsnnt. J...... of the other co-ordinate departments of government, and is HOT summer aax BKAirzrEB to tkeib xti. HOT mERYX8XOir ok coitiol. j To hold otherwise than as Jus tice Wolverton held, or as Jndge Anderson held, would be to put the judiciary above the executive. It would be to put the courts above other departments, which the constitution specifically for bids. It would be to make one department paramount and other departments subservient, which no people who value human freedom will ever permit to be done. 4 iThe moral effect of Judge An derson's decision will be far reach ing. For years, it has been the r - habit of district attorneys to nul - lify the law, by enforcing or not enforcing it, just as District At torney Godwin did at Copperfield. For years, officials elected for no - other purpose than to enforce the - law have, enforced some laws and refused to enforce others. Sheriffs and district attorneys have been in the habit of applying such laws as it! suited their whims to apply, arid not applying such laws as they took a notion to disregard. -1 I IThat was lawlessness. No dis trict attorney or sheriff hag any discretion as to what laws shall . be. operative and what laws shall not be operative. That is the func - tlpn.of the legislature. When ; ..-ever a sheriff or a district at torney refuses to enforce, a law .".-as Godwin did at Copperfield, Jhe .is' lawless. : jThe Copperfield affair Willi go a I long ; way in putting an end to !the lawless ,s practices of district attorneys and sheriffs. . The cour age and determination of the gov ernor and the1 decision of Judge Anderson will probably make a food active official of every dls- I'- ." t J I . t j r trict attorney and sheriff In LINCOLN S.. A T A meeting . tomorrow even-- ing at 'the city hall, members of The Abraham Lincoln , Memorial Society of Oregon Jni rietfrrnine In what minnor the j; w,, Ueiennine, l ,wnaj manner IBB birth ..Of Jtbe great ; emanCipatOr i gBal i he obWvetf On the 12th day s , , i Of next montB, . . , I T1w U, .n,ln.lnr' holr . , , , , to the JdfalS Of Lincoln. They are t ideals which', widely followed, will Thus, at Cooper Union, New York, February 27, 1860, he said: , Let us have' faith that right -makes might, and in that faith," let us to the" end dare to 'do our duty as we understand it. '. --' In his second inaugural address, delivered at Washington, March 4, 1865, ho said. With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we j are in; to bind up the nations wounds; I to care for him who shall have borne Mhe battle. And for his widow, and his orphan to do all which may achieves and cherish a just and last ing peace among ourselves, and with all nations. Only a great soul could speak with such depth, such breadth; such beauty and such power. Though the form was lank, the limb shambling and the face fur rowed, no figure in all history is more heroic or more majestic IJKK INSUIL1NCE LOANS T HE Association of Life Insur ance Presidents calls atten tion to the rapid increase of policy loans in recent years, Investigation shows that at the end of 1911 life insurance companies representing 93 per cent of total assets in the United States had $456,000,000 in policy loans out i standing. Loans granted on . policies by Ampnran enninaniac including " ineir sman foreign business. j"ped rrm about 19;000'000 Jn in 1912. It is authoritatively stated that not more than 10 per cent of policy loans are repaid Tbls means that more than half a billion dollars of policy loans in lorce December 31, 1912, will never be paid. If the encumbered policies are carried to maturity widows and orphans, in whose" be rnau iney were taRen out, will be "l of great need. The magnitude, of thi3 loss of PrtecUfin -dependents can better appreciated by a few c be com parisons. Half a billion dollars Is in excess of the total amount of ordinary life insurance in force in any single state on December 31, ,1912, excepting the states of New Vftrlr Pannavlvanla Tlllnnlo fKlA the teu 8tatea of Delaware. Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mex lc0 North Dakota. South Dakota mar, wnmin. 0ft t tho m,T,nm mtM" n. i tiA " vt, vu i -oa v TO m 1888 to 16.03 per cent in 1912, and probably reached 18 per cent In 1913. The average ratio of loans to reserves in all states in 1911 was 15.98 per cent. Pacific 5 rtacr I wool luaing isevaaa, ' Idaho, Arizona and Utah, had an averaeTA rutin . nf 20 na nor cant per the largest ratio of any group of states. Life Insurance companies are Justified in attempting to discour age policy loans. Figures show that they too often defeat the real purpose of insurance. WAR'S AWFUL COST A CENSUS has been taken of the new Bulgarian territory acquired by conquest There never has been a more strik ing illustration of the terrible waste or human life in modern -t & tM U1VUC k 1 warfare. The census figures just announced at sona furnish a tre mendous argument to the cham pions of universal peace. . The male population of that part of Macedonia allotted to Bul garia was reduced during hostili ties from 175,000 to 42,500. In Bulgarian Thrace only 225,000 males remain out of a total before the wars of 494,000. In the dis trict of Mustapha Pasha, the scene of particularly fierce fighting, 4000, or a little more than 10 per cent, of a male population of 33, 000 remain. Of 702,000 males living in this territory before the first Balkan war was declared, only 271,500 Burvive. Depopulation of the ter ritories allotted to the other Bal kan states has not been deter- 1 mined,, but it was undoubtedly ap palling. Bulgaria, Greece, Servia and Montenegro had grievances against Turkey which it might not have been possible to arbitrate, r But the ' second conflict was unneces sary and j Inhuman ; it , was the greatest crime of the twentieth oSoo' century. For , the flrHt time the world learned that Christian na- tlons could " resort to brutalities ereater than those ever practiced by the Turks who ere said to-be oppressing the Balkans. In spite of the lessons taught by war, in spite of the Balkans' eloquent argument fot tolerance and square dealing by nations, there la insistent demand for great- er preparations ior war. ne great powers of Europe refuse to learn from the Balkans. The at tempt Is .being made to foster the war spirit in the War should be waged relent- rcsoij, uut. n oiw. I against greed and selfishness. The- time Is ripe for earnest advocacy Lpf international arbitration In the j K.M mi.nnii.h.nrtinr. settlement of misunderstandings e t c ty, .ArM' Ul X cove iww.vaao ww. greatest general, then nations and peoples will begin to prosper as they should. THE MILLER PLAN T HERE Is a note in the remarks of H. B. Miller before the Auditorium Commission that The Journal applauds. He declared it to be the duty of the city of Portland to provide a show place for the land prod ucts of Oregon, to make provis ion for the assembling here of in dustrial organizations and by the process to provide markets for the products of Oregon.. He said: This city ought to perform strong-er functions. Its primary function ia to find markets for the products of the state of Oregon. It has failed In that function. It is not marketing the products of the state. It Is not marketing- tha prunes. It is not having- anything to do with tha market inr of salmon. It Is not marketing the canned products of the state; j these are marketed by California. It has failed in its function of marketing- apples and pears of the state of Oregon; instead of this city taking- up that problem they have let It go to Spokane. It has failed in Its function of encouraging Industrial development of the state. Mr. Miller insists that there should be expositions of products of the state for marketing pur poses, and that Portland should provide them. He says that almost every other great city in the world performs such a function. He says there should be here at one big annual exposition, an annual gath ering of the horticultural society, the dairy association," floral asso ciation, wool growers, Angora goat breeders. Pacific coast nurserymen, Oregon Poultry Association, Ore gon Livestock Breeders' Associa tion, Onion Growers' Associa tion, Oregon Canneries Association, which is now in process of develop ment. Mr. Miller is right. If Portland haa any function, it is the mar keting of the products of its back country. If this city has any rea son to exist, it is to facilitate the gathering and interchange of prod ucts and to aid stimulation of pro duction and the rewards of pro duction. How signally Portland has failed in some of these particu lars, is set forth in Mr. Miller's strong indictment? of the city for its failure, to find a market for many of Its industries. Mr. Miller should persist in his leadership. The Journal will glad ly second his efforts in what it re gards as a splendid program. It is a program that should appeal to the intelligence of all the people of Portland. ALASKA'S COAL DEPOSITS B ACK of the Chamberlain bill for Alaska, is the recom mendation of Secretary Lane respecting coal deposits in the territory. In. his annual report," the secre tary recommends that Alaska's coal fields be opened to the pub lic under a leasing and royalty system. He suggests that the gov ernment adopt a system similar to that under which Minnesota leased its ore lands and Montana and Colorado their coal fields. Congress should heed the sug gestion. Mr. Lane calls attention to the fact that Alaska is the largest body of unused and neg lected land in the United States. It Is now nearly half a century since we purchased this territory, and it contains today less than 40,000 white inhabitants, less than 1000 for each year Alaska has been in our possession. Alaska's mines, fisheries and furs in 46 years have produced wealth, aggregating $500,000,000. Individual fortunes larger than the price paid to Russia for the whole territory have been made in Alaska. But little bas been done to develop the country itself for the benefit of residents. Sys tematic development of Alaska awaits the development of trans portation ' facilities, and this phase 01 Aiasica s progress depends upon solution Of the futel emblem. mere are almost unlimited, quantities of high grade lignite coal In the interior. Toward the richer possession than the Phiiip- southern coast there are two fields! ll?!'..! tl . ... . . i the nation in general, not to one per- Of high grade bituminous C0allnn but to evervbodv. i . and come anthracite. Mr. Lane! says these coal;. fields ehould. v opened, not to speculators, but to r.jnea at different times. People may operators. Only they should have i not know it. bat an army officer haa the lands who will use them. Noite obey orders Juat the . same 1 as 1 a 1 a. dKa.iIvi Ka TrAA ma o K-.i-' poldier, without question. Army-offl- lauua.ouvufu w vyvuvu no uooib for a gamble in future values. Instead -of selling her land out right. Minnesota sold the timber rtmt- t,r,A Miui tfca . mimitai -..' U Th- journal What la the matter rights. These rlghta were leased wlth Governor west, that he allows on a basis of 25 cents a ton roy-. the chief of police of 8alem and Al alty on all ore mined. Because bany to escort the jobless out of town? of - wonderful development of .'the properties no - new ; leases were made for about ten years, and ia l0T the leasing law was repeaiea. The Hill interests, noiaing sirauar lands, are now teasing on a oasis of $1 a ton, and the Minnesota legislature will be asked to enact another law copying the system usea uy tne kui trustees as to uw- ' rivtntnna vain Ofl Minnesota's leasing and royalty system will ultimately accumulate J200.OO0.000 for the people of that state. The system has devel oped the mines and saved to the people their just share of the profits. I Though a New Hampshire com mission declared Thaw perfectly . . tl. VI A ... " ' . " 1V. , . ' u t, . ti.. tHmhT i alienlatg, the experts, the trials, i the hearings, the asylums, the commissions, the lunacy sharps and , . . . ne countless others wnO want tips, fees, allowances and money, money, ! mnnw It fa a Wonder that Thaw is not a raving maniac. Almost any other man, after such experi ence would be stark, staring mad. Letters From the People (CommuDlcatlona aent to Tha Journal for publication In tbta department should be writ ten on onl one aide of the paper, abonld not exceed 300 worda In length and muat be ac companied bj the name and address of the aender. It the writer ooea not desire to nave tbe name published, be ahould ao a tale. ) ' "Diacuaaion Is the greatest of all reform ers. It rationalises everything It touches. It I robs principles of all falxe sanctity and throws them back on their reasouablonesa. It they have no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out of existence and sets up ita own conclusions in their atead." Woodrow Wilson. Cost of Initiative Petitions. Portland, Jan. 20. To the Editor of The Journal From the communica tion of George Hicinbotham, appearing ln The Journal on Sunday, I judge he wants some Information as to the coit of securing initiative petitions as at present necessary. If petitions are se cured byvoluntary solicitors the cosi is not much, if any, belojv that of paid circulators. The clerical work, post age, etc.. Is greater in cost and if traveling expense, to secure by per sonal solicitation and lectures these voluntary circulators, is necessary as it usually is the expenses may be very great. It dOes not take much in the print ing line to run up a $100 printing bill, and 60 postage will not cover very much correspondence and mailing of circulars. By starting in early an initiative pe tition may be secured through paid circulators for about $350 to $500 plus some printing, and legal services in drawing up the bill. But it is more likely to total $700 to $1000 if all services are paid for. For want of proper legal advice a certain state measure which carried at the last regular state election was nullified by the courts, but I understand about $700 was expended for circulating Pe - In the presenting of the home tax exemption measure to the people all of tbe clerical work has been done by volunteer labor, but the postage and printing bills have been quite heavy. Some traveling expenses have been in curred, but very little, because of the fact that those who traveled had part of their expenses paid through other means, and largely donated their time when not entirely doing ao. While names secured by volunteers ln various parts of the state may cost a little for incidentals, printing, etc, the services rendered by the volunteers are very great in an educational way, and the names secured far more Indi cative of the sentiment of the people. The home tax exemption measure Is about half way through, and the fu ture efforts of the volunteers can only be roughly estimated. The printing now on hand ia about exhausted and more must be provided no other measure haa ever secured the same number of volunteer signatures and gtven Indication of such popu larity among the common people, yet it is quite difficult to secure the means to put it on the ballot Organ ised labor has given more actual money to it. than it ever gave to any measure except the employers' liability, law In 1910;-yet all told less- than $250 has been secured. A great many people never stop to think that to stamp, mail and print a circular and enclose it with a personal letter takes about 6 cents each, or more If allowance is made for clerical work. Blank petitions cost for postage alone by the time they are returned filled with names over 10 cents each, and many more must be printed than sufficient to Just cover the legal num ber of names required by law. Meet ings and traveling expenses eat up money very rapidly if Indulged ln. The sacrifice of time made by volunteers ia very great and cannot be estimated. Senator Bourne and others have no idea of the actual sacrifices and labor involved in securing 12,000 signatures to an initiative petition, nor the coat of such work. For the election of 1916 the cost will be not less than twice as much, and If his measure is enacted and enforced, fully ten times as much, and thus putting It out of reach of the working people. ALFRED D. CRIDGE. Value of Philippines Discussed. Battle Ground. Wash., Jan. 19. To the Editor of The Journal A writer In The Journal of January 17 aired his views on the exploiting of the Philip pine islands, claiming they were a great burden on the people and that certain moneyed Interests and army officers were running a sort of graft. I don't wish to cause any ill -will or hard feelings but I wish to inform him and others who don't know that the Philippines are one of the most valuable possessions that the United Suites .owns. They give to the United States its gateway into the orient, which greatly increases the country's revenue. Secondly, the Philippines are the onlv rjosseaslon that anv nation or i power has ever acquired, as far back aB can be traced, that paid Its own 1 war debt in one year. I beg tbe writer or anybody else that Is so Inclined to (.top and think and see if he can recall I am not talking to hear myself. out Deeause i now. x put. in eigm t .... fi cers are not militia, but regulars. A READER. Criticises Governor West. i : Astoria, Or., Jan. JO. To the Editor When West wanted tbe grand Jury of Coos county to indict the ctty officials of Marshfield for escorting an I. W. Wi out: of town and. Florence was A FEW SMILES With hlssas and groans th audience greeted th new play. All hope, then, wm at an end. "It's hard to tall Just what the pub lic wants!" mur mured the heart broken author. "It'a easy enough to tell in this case." said the manager, grimly. "It wants Its money back!" Pat was standing near the car tracfc when he noticed an automobile com ing' up tha street, and to b safe ne stepped DacK a little. The auto went past, and Just as It was passing the driver had occasion to turn off the track. whn na did the auto skid ded on tha track. causing the back end of it to swing around, striking Pat and knocking him down. Pat was seen to get up and look after the car and say, "Now p'hat do ye think o' that? Whin ye stand in front o' thlm they run over y. and whin ye git out o' the way to let thlm pass they turn around and kick ye." A countryman and als bride applied at the box office for tickets. "Orchestra chairs. parquet or family circle?" asked the ticket seller. "Whlch'll It Marierr- said groom. "Well," - she plied, with a blush, 'Bein' as how we're married now, perhaps it would proper to sit in the family circle." The self made man stalked into the office of the great financier with ... .. oppointment. "You probably on't remember me," e began, "but 20 ears ago, when I as a poor messen er boy you gave me message to carry." "Yes, yes!" cried the inancier, 'Where's ....Btian Register. All Scotsmen take pride in their na tive land, but none more than the old gardener of Duddlngston, of whom the following story is told: The gardener was showing to a tourist! the beauties of the loch -and of the little village. It was even ing, and as he ex patiated on the love ly scene and on the glories of his country the moon rose over a hill. The old man stopped short ln the middle of a speech and gaaed at the moon with admiration. After a moment he turned to the tourist and said: "There's a moon for tion threatened for expelling some trouble makers, the governor said if they had broken the law to arrest them, but that they had no right to drive them out of town. Now, right there ln Salem and Albany, he allows the chiefs of police to drive the unemployed out of town. If they have broken the law, why not arrest them? Why does the governor want to prosecute Marshfield and Florence and not Salem and Al bany? I do not believe in prosecuting Marshfield and Florence and then let ting 1 Salem and Albany go for the same offense. I think all cities and towns do right in escorting all trouble makers out. All foreigners that do not like ,our government, let them go back to their own countries. E. J. FORD. Criticizes Curricula Board. Hood River, Jan. 19. To the Editor of The Journal Has the auestlon of higher education In Oregon as repre sented by. our state supported schools been finally settled? If so, how? If not is it in process of being settled? If the latter, then what is the plan? The taxpayers of this state want a good educational system in Oregon. They have not been satisfied with the present arrangement, because they are convinced that there is unwarranted duplication of work between the two schools and consequently a needless expense. Moreover, there is constant strife between our Institutions which interferes with the best work of both. The people want this matter cleared up, and now. During recent months university professors have been running about the state making a wild attempt to convince the people that the university is rendering them a great service and they seem to be devoting most of their time to the farmers. Whether they are doing this because they think the farmers can be most easily fooled or not. I do not know. The fact Is, how ever, that they are giving a great deal of attention to agricultural subjects and to questions relating to the farm. Is this merely a campaign to gain favor among the farmers, or is it the only field the university can find to work ln? If the latter, why the uni versity? These interests are already being taken care of by the agricultural college. Or does this activity mean that the university haa grown so con fident since the referendum election that they dare to boldly usurp the field formerly held by the agricultural col lege? If that is the attitude of the university. I would remind it that its appropriations were approved by a very small vote. Many thousands who were opposed to granting these appro priations did not vote, simply because they were willing to give the univer sity one more chance, and many of those who voted for the appropriations have -been disgusted by the events that have followed. No sooner had the board of higher curricula announced its decision to give one engineering course to the university than the presldeat of that institution sent out an interview stating that the university would build un a rreat engineering school. Such action could mean nothing else than a duplication of everything that Is need ed to teach engineering, and is abso lutely contrary to the thing the people are anxious to have accomplished and which they have expected the board of higher curricula to bring about The natural conclusion ia that the decision of the board has absolutely failed to accomplish the thing that wax at tempted, or else the university Intends to place such an interpretation on the action of the board as tc completely destroy its effect. , There Is a rapidly growinc sentiment among the people that tho board of higher curricula is entirely Incapable, and it looks as though the university bad discovered this fact and had at tempted to take advantage of it by grasping everything ln sight. If I am not badly mistaken, unless ono more satisfactory explanation la mad in the near future, a movement will bo started for th Initiation of a measure which will settle tho question, either by definitely defining the work of tho university and tho collage, er I at J3 j 1 c I be mm PERTINENT COMMENT SHALL CHANGE The old rule, no work, .'no eat. is right. Resolutions won't deepen the bar and harbor. The campairn' is Jk "unmitigated bar" already. Will the unemrtlnveri "irml" tint aemaM pensions? The courts ehAilrl be ahla to admin ister a cure for motorcycle insanity. The Huerta pretended government is "broke," can't pay interest on debts: ure sign of "last legs." a Huerta has changed hU minister of finance again. That muxt be an ex ceedingly hard position. Americans offer to loan Turkey $120,000,000. How Huerta must wish Be were dictator of Turkey. Big business seems Inclined to nn timism, and to think that it may pay to oe law-aoiaing ana aecent. e Five-year-old boy shot and killed a banker calling at boy's father's house; got gun from papa's pocket. The new electric line will be a fine thing for thousands of people. May they and it prosper together. a The man who owns a patch of ground, a cow and a sow. If he has any get-up at all. needn't worry. As to hustling for trade and com merce. President Averill courageously says that Portland is non-progressive. Two sherltls and 30 soldiers are guarding General Salazar in Texas, says a dispatch. This must make him feel very proud. A California priest predicted that earthauakes and big windstorms and the time of their occurrence. Couldn't the weather bureau hire him? Most people, fortunately, would rather work than endure the privations and indignities suffered by a tramp ing, non-working, everywhere unwei come "army." - CANAL TO REVOLUTIONIZE SEA TRAFFIC From the Wall Street Journal. Few Americans are awake to the possible developments of both the At lantic and Pacific coasts of the United States from the opening of the Pana ma canal. Most Americans have looked upon this as an opportunity to ex change United States products by cheap water highway. Manufacturers in New England are looking to see how they can broaden their trade on the Pacific, and consumers and dis tributors of foodstuffs are figuring to see if they can realize something in the way- o? cheaper food through the Panama canal from the "glorious cli mate of California." Few people very few have consid ered the importance to the United States on both ita eastern and western coasts of the opening up of a new water route tnat in conjunction with the Suex canal makes a water high way around the world passing Just under the United States, where it has formerly gon around South America. New York and Boston are due north from the Panama canal. In fact, out side of New England, the Atlantic sea coast is west of Panama, The opening of the Panama canal in 1914 is likely to revolutionize ocean transportation. The leading steamship companies are planning to belt the earth in the ' northern hemisphere: ln fact, run circles around it both east and west. Just south of the United States. The Hamburg-American line the biggest steamship company ln the world expects in 1915 to have its four biggest passenger ships, outside of tha Imperator type, running to Boston. Two nf them were put In the Boston service J in 1913 and the Amerika will be added 1 In 191' and the Victoria Luise in 1916. It la within the range or possioiny that even the Imperator ltseir wm in HIGH FINANCIERING ON RAILWAYS By John M. Oskison. I should be pleased, as the humble reporter for the investors of the coun try, to sit by and listen to a debate between B. F. Yoakum, cnairman 01 the Frisco railroad system, and the -if. I 1 I i"Vl man who wrote an eaiwnn " lier's Weekly, dated December 27 last. Certain statements made by both of these men require elaboration and ex planation. For instance: Collier's quotes some paragraphs from a report on the Frisco receiver ship which stated that $32,000,000 of the road's funded Indebtedness of $24, 000,000 was paid to bankers and brokers in commissions an average commission of Just over 12 per cent "while the profits of Mr. Yoakum and his associates ln the promotion of the feeder lines sold to the Frisco ranged from 10 per cent to more than 100 per cent. t t In a statement which appeared Just before the Collier editorial came out, Mr. Yoakum said of the $32,000,000 of commissions: "No one received any part of these discounts and commissions except the bankers and investors themselves. . It is true that a comparatively new system doing the work of exten sion and development of the Frisco Is not always as favorably situated in the money markets as axe the larger and more powerful systems with well- by bringing the two schools together. By Bavlng the $$00,000 or more that will go to the university each year under the provisions of the new mill age law. which goes into effect in 1916, there wotild be enough saved to pay for the entire university. What is the board of higher curri cula going to do about it? Many thou sands of Interested voters are await ing the explanation. A. I. MASON. Finds Fault With the Police. Portland, Jan., 17. To the Editor of The Journal I, see ln today's Journal that the police have committed an other outrage in the arresting and fining Of three men, and in turning three ladles over to Mrs. Baldwin, for dancing on tbe public streets. They should have been in a schoolhouse. Bo long as these people did not make too much noise as would disturb the pleasant dreams of tho pious, they Should bet allowed tc dance on the streeU from midnight until morning, provided; they gave room for th- owl cars to pass. I -would discharge all of oar 300 policemen and sell our patrol trucks and 1 would hire about. 60 farmere tp fill their places and let. them call a taxi .instead of a patrol. The customer pays tha bill anyway. And when these farmer police got brlgnt enough to collect from: fallen women and split with the crooks, I would f lrr them also. . -. Last Monday night at 11 o'clock four - men were goln.' east at First street on Alder, and were talking ao ae to be heard a block ov more. Three Of them had white shirty on, and one ANDREWS IN BRIEF OREGOX SIDELIGHTS A Musicians' union of about 40 mem lrK hax be n organised at Maxsh fleld. Condon Times: A letter came from Jake Schroeder this week, howling be ta use he did not get his Times. Keep your shirt on. Jake: you are going to get your paper this week. a HoulUn Herald: 8t. Helena opened up her- purse strings one night last week and presented the fire company with S100. This is onlv a' small token of the esteem in which the fire boya are neio by trie people. Tragedy at Dallas, chronicled in the Observer: "A nice fat turkey gobbler was visiting on hast Washington street Tuesday. At one place he called the host tried his best to make him at home and nearly succeeded when a stray dog came upon the scene and the so near and yet so far was again 1 in eviaenre. l,ucKy turkey ana un 1 lucky host.' Umatilla New Kra: In another year the OUlo locks will be completed when vtHeels from all countries of the world will come up-the Columbia river -to Umatilla and this will become the dis tributing point of a territory for hun dreds of miles around, and ln our mind's eye we can see this a large wholesale center with many manufac turing plants located on the river front. Trying to flag Gentle Spring, the Hood Rver News waves this: "Gentle zephrys were blowing last week and the balmy weather was like spring. To the orchard 1st. however, summer days in January are not an unmixed joy. fearing as he does the premature appearance of the buds. So turn on the cold faucet a little more. Old Man Winter; we don't expect spring quite this early, not even in Hood River." One would never Imagine It now, but that Modford did really have hum ble beginnings seems to be attested by the 8alem Statesman. In Its 26-years-ago column appears this item: "Four years ago Medford was mostly a chapparal thicket. It now is a town of 1500 inhabitants. It cast 328 votes at the last election. It is said that! there are nearly 50 voters ln the pre cinct who have not been long enough in the state to vote." time be transferred to Boston, and both her captains, Ruser and Kler, have made themselves familiar with Boston harbor. The Hamburg-American line pro poses to establish an areund-the-world service via Panama and Sues. There is no reason why Amerioan porta may not In time be calling ports for this all-the-world-around trade. The Fabre line, which has Just opened to Providence, R. I., Is reported as contemplating an around-the-world service through the Panama canal. calling at Paclfio coast ports. The Blue Funnel line will institute a direct line from Europe through the Panama canal, up the Pacific coast, and around the world through Sues. Sixty-one ships are now being operated by this line, and flv huge crafts are being built for circling the globe These ships will run both east and w est. Fifteen International steamship linen ure already planning for the Panama canal route, and of these 11 companies are building In the aggregate 0 big steamers of from 10,000 tons each up ward for the Panama canal route. It Is this trade, east and west, belt ing the world, that the United States should study and cooperate with. There Is more trade and money In it a hun dredfold than in any present possi bilities arising from north and soutn lines of trade between the United States and South America on either the east or west coast. The reductions in our tariff and the new currency bill permitting the es tablishment of American banks ln for eign countries all conspire to the joining of American trade with the ast and west commerce of the world, which is so aoon to enclrcla the north ern hemisphere. established trafflo and serving a high ly developed and populous section. Some of our strongest railroads, how ever, are now paying aa dearly for money as the Frisco ever did." Mr. Yoakum says that the discounts, amounting to $32,000,000 ln the roads funded debt represented no direct out lay of money. It "Is an obligation whose maturity Is spread over from 15 to 60 years. In other words, its ef fect is to raise the apparent average rate of interest from, say, 6 per cent on par to an actual rate of from 7 to 7 per cent. This computation of In terest rate includes final payment of the bonds in full." ln explaining his part in the build ing of feeder lines to be sold to the Frisco, Mr. Yoakum said that he used the means which he and his directors thought best adapted, and be said that their profits were not much above a sum which would pay per cent on the money they put up. Of Mr. Yoakum's methods in build ing the Frisco system. Collier's says: "This is the sabotage of greed among those in authority, treason in place of leadership." Intemperate words, these last. Surely there is need for sanity In such discussions, and a clear understanding of the facts. The debate I have sug gested would help to enlighten the pub lic as to the building and financing of railroads. wore a blue shirt A policeman rushed over from Second street and grabbed one by the arm and told him to go couth and started another north. Then he arrested the one with the blue shirt and took him over to Second and Alder and rang up the patrol car. I went over there and the policeman went through the nun's pockets and afcted me what I was doing there. I told him I was waiting for a car, and he told rne to go across the street and wait. I did so, and by the skin of my teeth escaped a ride in the patrol wagon, picked pockets, seven kinds of lice and a $10 fine.. P. W. BRITT& Protest His Broadway Assessment Portland. Jan. 19. To tbe Editor of The Journal A few evenings ago there appeared an article in your paper to the effect that Broadway street be tween Morrison and Washington streets war soon to be resurfaced and paid for out of the general fund. Just a day or two later I received notice of proposed assessment for bard surfac ing East Stark street In front of my property, which wtould amount to $640.04, but nothing was said about pa'ylnr for it from the general fund. Now 1 would like to ask why I am asked to pay for Improving ray street individually, and also assist in pay ing, through the general fund, for the Improvement on Broadway. It appears to me that the property owners in this district . should pay their improve ments the same aa I do wherever I happen to own property, and any thing different from that would seem to me as Irregular. ' W. T. ANGER. IN EARLIER DAYS; By Fred Lockiey. Slem has a kinique organisation, ft, - la a club without constitution or by . laws. It has -no officers and every member Is a law unto himself. It Is .4 catted the "Old ; Men's Club." Twenty-five jbr thirty years ago a few of the oldi-Hmers used to ult on '-j the bench In front of Squire Karrar's utori in Saleri! to talk politics and swap yarns. During the rainy Meithf they used to slither ln the hark room ; of Gibson & SflngletotVH dniK si ore.,' Still later th: tipped thir tmire liack in the baifk rom of Let- SteuK-r's (irug store. Aaiong the first momners of the "Old ion'i t'luV were l'r-e Charley Clagj'lt. John tj .Vils.m, Judge Walton, Ed Hirs-h. John ;ry, Alonxo Gesner.it. K. Pnltre, H, Staple ton and V. tl: Bootlit. livemutt'y they moved from the liarti nxim of Fred Legg'R dnig store to ti untairs room in the Joore builriiuc. I-aler they took a room over Iatton' k1 tore. From there tluv Vihim1 over Hush's bank asd now tlw are lm-ati-d In a room vef 'Bair'a plumbing an. u on Commeiciaj "street. 1 I spent an hpur or two at the "old Men's Club" ire-cent ly. talk1p. wit li Oliver Beers, -John Gray and n ft-w other old-tim Sulemlt.. "Most ot thjf : orlKlnr.l memhrrs nre gone." said John Gray. "Aiming our present membership who are old stand-bys are'-pr. W. A. 'iiik, Ira Erb. M. W. Hifnl. Henry H. Hell, Judge Hubbard, J. A?Bakeiand a l7en 01 fifteen more. Our dub, in th truest sense. Is a df mocrncv . V.- nie ill bosses. The only requirement in that each member jiay 75 cents a month to help pay the rent and for firewood. Those are our onl expense. We can come up here, play a eaiue of bil liards or a rubber at whlnt or rll liage and puss a. few hour very pleas antly. 1 g liens Oliver Beers there Is about our oldest member." I guess I am probably one of tbe oldest-timers here." said Mr. Heere. I was born on April 10, 1846, on Mis- lion Bottom, 10 miles north of Sulem. My father, Alansoh Beers, ln the final division of the mission property, took the old mission farm of 64S acres, on Mission Bottom. There were seven of us children. After father's death, we were scattered out among strangers. F.leanor and ; Abigail were taken by Father Roberts. By brother William was taken by Rev, 1 avid Leslie. I went to Charfey Craft's house. He Is the father of Mrs. George P. Litch field of nils city. John went to Father Waller's. Sajly and Benjamin were cider, so they" shifted for themselves. I went to school to the old Oregon Institute. Bi brother Will and I bached In the; old parsonage one win ter while goltig to si-hnot My sl"ter Abigail marrlHd Jesse Parrjsh. They took Uf a place i-lx n HeV east nf Albany. 1 lived with them for three years. "When I w'm'17 years old T went hack to my father'H old farm on Mis sion Bottom asd rented it for three, years. The flpod during the winter of '61 and '62 ; washed away all the fences. When 1 was 20 year old, T began paying Ifor the farm. Each of US children had a seventh interest In it. The farm ;wa appraised at $3"00. To buy the shares of the others, 1 had to pay my six brothers and slst-rs J500 each. rl had the farm paid for ty the time I wan 26. "I have an did writing d-sk at limns that taken one bark to the old days. , It belonged tujjafton lee. He -brought it with him oij tilt: Lausanne when the great -reinforcement ranie out to the Methodist missions in 1 SU7 W. 11. Gray, (the historian, the father of Mrs. .'acob Kftmm f Portland, was ajrrent friend of my father. In his history of Oregon Mr Gljay speaks of my father as an honest man, a devoted Christian and a man wnoae moral worth wan 8bove price. He sa' ho was true afl Heel and as heneut as he wan faithful. "One of trje company who came with my father-In 1 K37 was Dr. W. H. Wlllson, the fAther of Mrs. J. K. 1111 of Portland. Anether was Anna Maria Pitttnan. who married Jaaon Lee and whose son wa the first white child to be born In Oregon. The child ind Its mother are both burled In tne Lee Mission cemetery here ln Salem "You could get some very interest ing stories from most of the members of our "Old Men's Club.' Some time you must come up to my house and I ' will show you Jason Ie's old writing desk and other Interesting mementoes of the early days." Pointed Paragraphs The man who tries "to buy popularity gets stung. t a Not all high fliers are Interested ia aerial navigation. T The less a fnan has to say the less he may . have Occasion to retract. ? ' Some people are too busy talking about themselves tt talk about others. , . a It's enough to annoy any woman If her husband refuses to quarrel with her j a Lots of girls never advance beyond the literary department of a cooking school. i' I Many a marl is dissatisfied, with hla lot because it s located too near that of his neighbor. a a One kind of, a nuisance Is always telling you thmt "you ought to take something for that before it is too late." i ' The right invariably triumphs at , least that is tl5e feeling a man always has when he happens to beat the other fellow to it. j M rowing. Remember a friend in friendly way: You r looking . younger every day! We're younnfr as. tne oays go uy. When friends are kind, and hope is high. i 4nd love-Ilght kindles In he eye; We're "younger? aa the days go by. We climb the h111s with toilsome care Sore burdened? -'neath the noonday; glare, ? ' Then rest awfelle In peace serene. . , 1,11, v 1 . n . v t . u . . ... ivw.-wv But when tne life is marred by want Or cold neglect those specters gaunt; When harshness takes the place of love. . ; And anxious fears that harshness prove, t 'Tls then we think, though may not say, "You're growing older day by day! ' By Mat tie Tobias Benson. ; The Sunday Journal The Sunday Journal's news, column are supplemented , by a. variety of news leitews and Illustrated featuresHhat command' attention. Tbia big ppr ia complete tn five news' section. 12 page magazine and comic section 5 Cents the Copy 1