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6 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING- JANUARY 21, 1914. HTL-j C ' 1 ONI A I ? I rl tl J VJ.U l IN Ml ak t.NnEPKXnKKl MiwsfAFER . r. g. jackhom .tt....t . . . immmht 8on charged- with a felony is fur- i'uuiuuj KittTf Tuin 4nt' boa4ar "nd ; niched a" lawyer at the state's "ex--. ZT.Xrv" Pne if the prisoner is unable to Kird t ib iHwwroce t Frtincd, r.. r j employ his--own counsel. trrnmaiJmkin tnifougb tbe utalla . food . MM III Her. 1 lKLEIHOVta Iln 71T3: Home. A-0J51. AH department reebl br tbee number. Tell ' the ntwiti whwt department yn want. kOUfcHiH. AlfVKKTlSISU UK PU WEN CAT I IVB , Benjamin Keutnor Co.. Broonrlclt Bids V au,Klftb . AtMNw York; lil feople ' Gn BMg.. Cbtmirn. t gubaertptktn term br null or to -reaa Id tbe Culfed Stafea or Mexico: DAILY One year $3,00 I One month f .50 'I- .. 4. pOX DAY Our jear $Li&0 I One month.. .... .$ -23 DAILY AND SUNDAY One year $T..V ) One month t SiS There (a but one good for tune to the 'earnest man. This is opportunity; and sooner or later opportunity will come to him who can make use of It. David $tarr Jordan. If- THR NKW FREEDOM ! a j MnHE president's message I- pledge of peace. I It is I a kindly but is firm program for cooperation be tween the government and business in making roetjiods square with pub lic sentiment and the law. It pro poses accommodation, and agree ment on a basis of good will and common interest instead of bluster and braggadocio. It holds out the olive branch to business but backs it up with a cocked revolver in the form , of dependable legislation. - The message is like Lincoln's in his second Inaugural. Through out, it is permeated with the Lin coln thought of "a just and lasting peace among ourselves." t The president proposes an end to interlocking directorates, by which .great New York bankers hound together manufactures, transportation, finance, commerce ( Insurance, express and other great activities. t is a proposed fina h step in cutting away the power of, a small financial group to exercise ; personal dominion over the indus- j try and credit of the nation He , proposes prohibition of holding companies, parent organizations , Him were tut? easy veuiiie iur nvading the Sherman law and the ready process for monopolizing an Industry. He proposes a trade iommission for initiating prosecu tions for violation of the law and carrying out decrees of the court dissolving trusts. It will be an arm of the court in the gathering amd disseminating of information respecting the big corporations and In the enforcement of the Sherman law. Guilt is to be personal. The punishment is to be on the trust magnate or official who trans- fi esses public ordinances. The iu iiwiii m lumiB tne corporation , Instead of sending the official to ; jail is to be reversed. In addition, ; - the buoiness Or person injured by ; 1 .3 I B Z I it u tne violation or tne law can re- . cover from the corporation in a suit for damages. There will thus not only be a penalty for transgressing i the law, but there j will In addition be a reward of i freedom fronii damage suits for obeying the law. i Great captains of finance are ; to be stopped from plundering rail roads by placing the issue of rail- road securities under the control , of the Interstate Commerce Com- ', mjssion. It iwill be a means of ! ending the 4ver"caPltallztlon by which many (railroads have been 1 plundered and dishonest magnates ! enriched in the past. i The gentleness, firmness and ' wisdom of the message are its J dominant notes. Its purpose to liberate legitimate business and place it beyond the raids of the parasite interests hich have preyed upon jit in the past, Is a marked feature, and a feature of;m time will have disappeared, which the president is the author Prudence demands that it benade and! original pro. onent. j use of now, to develop the la on The program of the message is 'hieh it stands, one more long step in ;the new J Columbia county should profit birth of freedom into which Wood-j by the experience of Cowlitz coun row' Wilson i conducting his coun-' tv across the river. The timber of try and his j countrymen. It is j Its Washington neighbor is gone one more gratifying expression of j and there are thousands of stump noble statesmanship and one more ! covered acres that cannot be pledge of perpetuity and perma- Reached because there are no roads, nency for American free institu- While it is true the burden of tions. taxation will be slightly increased A PUBLIC DEFENDER J UDGE STEVENSON, at a recent meeting of social service work- ers. urgdd the necessity of a public defender in Portland's municipal court. His suggestion was that a lawyer should be regu larly In court t0 defend prisoners. so that none need be without coun sel .nor be required to employ a lawyer. j The . idea pf a public defender as well es aj public prosecutor is gaining ground. Los Angeles has created the joffice, and the frst , Incumbent wis selected afte a se vere competitive examination to test his knowledge of the criminal laws Los Angeles expects to elim inate a certain class of attorneys who make their living by methods which most lawyers say are un ethical, ; Minnesota's state- board of con trol, 'wbiclf has charge of all the penal and reformatory institutions, has asked for the appointment of an attorney whose duty it will be to look after the Interests' of men and women Vho are sent to the penitentiary Unjustly. . , In theory,!' a public prosecutor fchould . also be a public defender, but. In, practice the two functions are : impossible oXl performance ,by one man- The fact Is recognized hy iaws governing higher1 courts, for In practically all states a per THE TANGO LOOK D EVOTEES of the tango are confronted with what a dis tinguished member of the French Academy calls "the tango look." He is Maurice Dekobra, and after studying the physical effects of the tango he insists that the unnatural position especially of the woman wilj result in physical i blemishes. He names them as two complete sets of deep wrinkles between the eyes, a double set of wrinkles about the neck, a deep tlrawn down expression of the mouth, quick development of a double . and sometimes a triple coin, in-sioping ana unneaitny iook- ing shoulders and loss of dietinc- lion in the style of carrying the head. Their position in the dance oeing more nearly normal, tne men. M. Dekobra says will be slower in developing "the tango look." Much as Portland debates the tango, agitation is. nothing here in comparison with the convulsions in "Europe over the new dance. Queen Mary has banned it at all official British balls. She defines the. private sample of it she saw, as "harmless but uninteresting." The Kaiser has forbidden even the German officers, whose moral ity is not their strong point, fnrm dancing it even at private parties. Emperor Francis Joseph declares it "very charming," while the king of Italy declined to prohibit it. King Alfonso is noted as an ardent performer himself of the most Argentine variety. But, in Madrid a nnnnlnr vn uHfvMlo nrtinr WM arregted for danclng a tango tnat ,eft nothl tQthe imaglna. tjon The next d however( she was released aud the Munlcipal Sanl g d seQt to' dlslnfect tne tneatTe The Duches8 of Devonsnlre de careg that thg ,g thJ ..d moral wh Duche88 of Rutland likes nothing more than to see her daughter dance it with aji expert "partner. Maeterliak thinks it ' "ungraceful and rather silly," and Bernard Shaw cannot understand why .there is so much fuss about it upon any ground. The Czar has forbidden it while several grand dukes and duchesses delight in it. The Pope, never having seen it, trusts his bishops and clergy will deal with it as it deserves. Jean Richepin, member of the French Academy, avers that the taneo as danced in the French saions js a f-harmine dance and rQrH(n(.i Amatto orhhiChnn f parg forbids It as a sin whjch must be confe8Sed and for which enance mu8t be done. He 8ay8 the dance ..Js indecent and offen. sive to morals," and Christians may not in conscience take part therein. PEXXY FOOLISH C OLUMBIA county is facing a crisis in its commercial devel opment. If it is to become a large dairying, vegetable and fruit growing country for which it is naturally adapted it must have a better system of roads. If its acres of logged-off lands are to re utilized and made productive it must have better roads on which to transport the produce from the several districts to the market. The old river route has served its time and generation but it is not ade- quate .to the demands of progress To provide money for good roads the county has a large resource in its standing timber. It is, how ever, not a permanent asset and ! by a bond issue there is economy and a great saving in the end. Under the present valuation of the county the added tax during the twenty year period of th honria Iwill only average $1.58 per $1000 valuation. In one trln in tnvn i the farmer will save this in wear and tear on his wagon and team. In addition he can make two trips where he now makes one. The small property owner in town will gain a hundred fold in the in creased valuation of his holding and the non property owner will reap the reduced cost of living. Another element to be consid ered is that the money raised by the bonds will remain In the coun ty, being expended for labor and material in building up the roads. Under its present system the county is expending $52,700 yearly on its two principal, roads, approxi mately 85 miles in length. If these roads are graded up by the county with its money from bonds they will be taken over by the state, 'hard surfaced and main tained. This, it is estimated, will not exceed. $200 per mile, or $17, 000 each year. Of this amount -Columbia county will raise $10,500. Deducting this from the amount the county is now spending, leaves a profit of $42L 200 which is equal to an annual levy of $2.35 on each 10)0- valua- the only child and support of 'a tion. . widowed mother. , It is well, ln- The building of a good system of deed, that the club women of Ore roads will increase tbe valuation ( gon have declared war on the use of the county, reducing the average , of cigarettes by minors. yearly cost of the bonds to $1.20 ' ' -for each $1000 valuation. Besides: At Corvallis, Leopold Cund, who having good roads the county will ' claims to be a Socialist, threw a make a net saving of $1.15 each stone through the heavy plate var on everv 11000 valuation. ' glass window of the Benton Coun- In twenty years this will amount tov with interest, more than $600,-; 000. - I Which is more economical, to ' make this saving by a pound wise j policy or continue to waste by a ! penny foolish one! HIS LEAKY PLATFORM L OST, strayed or stolen: $700,- 000 worth of plank out of Attorney General Crawford's platform in one week! It happened this way: In his platform, for governor, Mr. Craw ford said: The common school fund should be sacredly euarded and It may not be too late to save a portion of the $750,000 worth of Indemnity school lands which have, during the past few years, been practically lost to the state. Declaring that selections have been made to cover practically all losses of school lands, Governor j West challenged the attorney gejl- eral's statement, as follows: j The above statement is either ev-1 dence of the attorney Re.neral's gross ls-norance of land matters In this state, or it la evidence of a delib erate attempt- to furnish a rotten plank for a meaning-less platform. The records of the State Land Board will show that selections have been made to cover practically all losses In school sections in this state and that such selections have either ben approved or are now pending before Congress or the departments at Washington. The unsatisfied losses amount to but 3000 acres. Replying from Eugene, Mr. Craw ford said: Two or three years ago the state land commissioners used up about 60,000 acres of what is called In demnity school land base, being lands to which the state was entitled, and for which it might select Government lands In lieu of lands lost to the state or reconveyed to the United States. The Land Commissioner se lected in lieu of this base lands in the vicinity of Abert and Summer lakes. In Lake county. Lands so selected were alkali lands, worthless for any purpose whatever. In reply, Governor West declared that the school selections on Abert and Summer lakes totaled only 591 acres, declared in addition that Mr. Crawford knew that the total was only 591 acres and in proof sub mitted the following statement sent last October from School Clerk Brown to Mr. Crawford informing him that the total was only 591 acres: Honorable A. M. Crawford, Attor ney General Dear Sir: Referring to your request for information as to certain indomnity selections made by the state along the shores of Summer and Abert lakes, wish to say that these selection lists, when first filed, covered 3373 acres, or such lands as the company leasing the lakes from the state thought would be neces sary for the successful operation of its plant. Being informed that owing to a change in its plans the bulk of these lands would not bo needed by it, the said selections were withdrawn with the exception to two lists covering 2S9.05 acres along the shores of Abert lake and 302.38 acres along the shore of Summer lake. It is deemed advisable to hold these lands in order that the state will own at least a few acres of shore lands and thus al ways have a base of ooeratlon on thn shore side of the meander line. Yours very truly. (Signed) G. G. BROWN, Clerk State Land Board. The Crawford platform started off with $750,000 worth of lost school lands, and the lands have al ready dwindled to only 591 acres. It is a loss of more than $700,000 worth of valuable platform in only a week, and with the primaries still four months off. LEWISTON A SEAPORT A' LL-WATER excursions from Lewiston, Idaho, to San Francisco in 1915 have been announced. River steamers from Portland will take Lewiston visitors to the Panama-Pacific 'ex position down the Snake and Co lumbia rivers, through the Celilo canal, and connect with ocean going ships using the Columbia as their northern port. The first excursions will be ar ranged for the early summer sea son next year, when high water prevails on the upper Columbia and Snake rivers. It is said that steamers will be able to leave Lew iston at 3 o'clock in the morning and arrive in Portland during the early evening of the same day. The distance from Lewiston to the mouth of the Columbia is .ap proximately 400 tniles, and the Idaho city is preparing to establish the claim of being the farthest inland seaport in the west after the Celilo canal is opened and the last obstruction to the ocean is removed. These all-water excursions, only a little more than a year distant, will have large significance to the entire Columbia basin. They will establish what has long been hoped for, actual use of a great water way for the purpose nature in tended it. . Plans now being made by Lewis ton people should stimulate the entire Columbia basin to greater activity in making the Columbia serve, its full purpose as a water way. Sixteen-year-old Otto Stinger of New Britain, Connecticut, used cigarettes so continuously as lit erally to have smoked himself to death. After the boy's death In the New Britain hospital. Dr. John Purney stated that nicotine poison ing from nse of cigarettes caused degeneration of the heart. He "was ty National bank. He says he did I the deed as a protest against the. American Industrial system. Me is not a Socialist. He is a direct action man. His plan is anarchy, The thing to do with gentlemen who destroy property is to put them where they can't do it. The light has begun for ter minal rates -for Astoria. It is not only Astoria's fight, but Port land's fight. The gravity haul has to be recognized, and Portland is certain to profit from any form of Its recognition. Letters From tbe People (Communications ent to Tbe Journal fur publication in this department ahould be writ ten on only one side of the pP'r- should not exceed 300 words In length aud must be ac companied by the name and addreaii of tbe sender. If tbe writer Coos not desire to have tbe name published, he should so state.) ' "DiHcussion is the greatest of all reform ers. It rationalizes everything it tonehes. It robs principles of all false sanctity and throws them back on their reasonableness. If thev have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly crashes tbeui out of existence and scts up its own rouclusions iu their stead." Woodrow Wilson. Inharmonious Tax Law. Hood River. Or., Jan. 19. To tli.: Kdlior of The Journal In the news papers recently appeared some very interesting and important articles, both editorial and in letters from t'.:e people, touching the new tax law, but this particular phaso of it I have net noticed in print. A day or two a?o one of our county officials showed me the following Items: "Laws relat ing to assessment and taxation 1913, Section 3G98: After the expiration of four months from, the date of delin quency, whin any property remains on the tax rolls for which no certifi cate of delinquency has been Issued, the sheriff shall proceed to Issue cer tificates of delinquency on said prop erty to the county, and shall file said certificates when completed with tha county clerk." There are several hundred more words in this same section on the sub ject of foreclosing "tax liens embraced in such certificates, etc." but for want of space and time I will jump to page 82 of "Assessment and Taxation Laws, compiled by the state tax commission for 1913. .s follows. "Four months after the date when taxes charged against real property are delinquent, the tax collector shall cause to be published once each week for four suc cessive weeks in the newspaper or newspapers, selected by the county court to publish county court proceed ings under the provisions of section 2902 of Lord's Oregon Laws, a notice stating a description of the several parcels of real property upon which taxes are delinquent, the amount of taxes and the name of the owner, if shown upon the tax roll, and a state ment that six months after such taxes are delinquent a tax certificate of de linquency will issue therein, as pro vided by law." There is more on this same page and under the same head applying to post ing "copies of the printed notice in his county for four weeks, commencing four months after the date when such taxes become delinquent, and shall file in the office of the county clerk of his county a copy of such notice, with a certificate indorsed thereon setting forth that such notices had been posted in four public places In hiy; nounty," etc. Now, it seems to me and I am not alone in thinking so that a lot of un necessary, and worse than useless work is put on the sheriff and other county officials, dnd that thousands of dollars may be wasted In trying out this inharmonious tax law. I am open to conviction, however. J. M. BLOSSOM. A Remarkable Letter. Portland, Jan. 21. To the Editor of The Journal In your editorial in Monday's Journal you fcad an article, "Why Portland?" Several suggestions --not answers arise in my mind. Why, indeed? I am a laboring man. I do not belong to the unemployed, just now, "but may become such any day. I am not an I. W. W. nor a Socialist. I do not believe in the methods of the Coxey army or any unemployed march ing army. In fact, I have little sym pathy for any unemployed man. My reason Is this: I am poor. I work hard for a living. Why? In my case it Is the saloon. I have been a cus tomer of the bar for over B0 years. If anyone asks me why I am poor, I point to the saloon. This may not be every poor "man's case, but it is mine. And with my experience. If asked, "What is the solution of the great problem of the unemployed?" I would answer, "Wipe out the saloon." But this is only my opinion, after 50 years and upwards. But to the point, "Why Portland?" Is it possible that out of 100 men there are none but hobos and tramps? Are they all bums? The newspapers of Portland are all saying, "There is work in the country, but these men don't want work." A hundred men start from Portland Into the country. Have they been met by farmers and country townsmen with an invitation or request to work? Did they meet them and say, "We want 5, 18 or 15 men to grub and clear land?" or, "We want 6, 10 or 15 men to make roads at reasonable wages?" I am not saying "$3 per day at eirht hours," but "reasonable wages." Not so you could notice it. I haven't heard anything like that. Out of 100 men marcblng to Salem, oi 100 to McMinnville, could they not thin out their ranks by one half, or at least one third? Or must It be as sumed that all are bums? Is that pos sible or conceivable? "Why to Portland?" At all events, they can find companionship, a warm saloon for part of the night, and a possible chance of something to eat, which is a little better than the cold ground of the wayside, or a lodgement in a county jail. JOHN BLAIR. The "Farm Colony" Plan. Salem, Or., Jan. 20. Tcr1 the Editor of The Journal A large number of unemployed men In all the cities of the state are without food or shelter and have no place to sleep, except aa it is given to them temporarily. Whether this conditionals a result of the system of government or of the ects of the persons themselves, does not alter the fact. What is the rem edy? We all know that society must, in some way, support all of its mem bers the deaf, dumb, blind and feeble minded and the criminals, and all those unable to take care, of them selves. W have prisons, hospitals, baby honies, reformatories and other institutions; yet; there still la n army of unemployed and hungry men in eur A FEW SMILES An old colored man had been in trouble for stealing chickens, and was convicted on clrcutn-' stantlal evidence. , "W h a t's circum stantial evidence?" he was asked. "Well," he said, "as near as 1 kin splaio it, Pm de way it has been splained to me, circumstantial evidence Is de .feathers dat you leaves lyln' around after you has done with de chicken." Master Nod (to the Rev. Dr. Tre- horn) Wished I'd been here last night when you taptized th company. Rev. Dr.- Trehern- vvliat uo you mean my son? I did not baptize anybody. "No? Well, mam ma said that wher you came in lasi iiight you threw cold water on every body." Lawyer You understand what you are to do in court now, don't you? Client Yes, I guess so. Lawyer When the court asks you whether you are guilty of manslaugh ter or not, you say "guilty." Client But I can't do that, my con science wouldn't al low it. Lawyer Why? Client Because it wasn't a man I killed; it was a woman. L'ncle George- -What are you crying about. Tommy? Tommy Teacher whipped me be- cause I was the only one able to answer a question in school to day. Uncle George (in dignantly ) -! This 1s an outrage, my boy.' I'll see that teacher myself. What was the question? Tommy (sobbing) Who put the tack in teacher's chair? A Jersey City amateur, who wrote to the manager of the Madison Square theatre to know if there was an opening on the stage there for a young actor, re ceived a reply that there were several opening In the stage there, and if he would come on he would drop him through one of them with great pleasure. midst crying out for food and shelter. Strange as it may appear, there are no tramps in Switzerland. Why? Be cause that little country has solved the tramp problem by having what is known as the farm colony plan. The state-owns a large farm and if any able bodied man Is found in want he la given a chance to work and earn his own living. If any refuse to work they are compelled to do so if they are able. This plan is known as the "voluntary" and "involuntary" colony farm plan. I fully believe this plan could be made very effective in Oregon. Let our state buy 1000 acres, more or less, of uncleared land that could be" tilled when cleared, and gather in all the able bodied men In the state who have no visible means of support and put them to work to clear and cultivate it. The hungry would thus be fed. and the value of the state's land would be vastly increased. The citizens of Oregon can no longer dodge their duty toward those who live within the state and make their homes here. "The world owes every man a living," but let us remember that it does not owe any man any other man's living unless he is helpless. When you toss a man a dollar you destroy his manhood. The only way to really help people is to help them to help themselves; give them some kind of uplifting work, with the proper com pensation for their services. I believe I have indicated In this letter a proper solution for a large majority, if not aH, of the unemployed men In our state, during slack periods. Let everyone do his duty; then there will be no cry of want and despair In our land of plenty a country of rich agricultural resources, where timber, water and minerals abound a land flowing with milk and honey. J. w, MORTON. Replying to Mrs. Unruh. Portland, Jan. 17. To the Editor of the Journal I read with Interest the article written bjfeAda Wallace Unruh, but found only one complaint to make there Is no chance for the man who Is engaged in the liquor business. There are at the present time thou sands of men employed In the different lines of business that are benefitted directly and Indirectly by the manu facture of alcoholic beverages. There are also thousands of men employed in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. What will these men do to gain a living should prohibition win? There are millions of dollars tied up in fixtures and manufacturing plants devoted to the production of alcoholic beverages. Who would pay for them? Or must the owners lose all? Your correspondent talks of students real students scholars and scien tists, and the lines they have marked out to follow. So possibly we may learn just what the plans are regard ing the disposition of laborers and owners of alcoholic beverage manufac tories. ' , . . A. reply from the above correspond ent would be appreciated. JACK THOMAS. II : " ' Believes Dancing Utterly Evil. Portland, Jan. 17. To the Editor of The Journal 'It has been interesting for me to read the letters that have been appearing from time to time upon the subject of dancing, and I hope I may be permitted to say at the begin ning of my letter that perhaps there is no one else in the city who has traveled so extensively or enjoyed so large, social career in this country and in the several social centres of Europe and South America as the writer has, and for years I attended dances of many of the social events of more than ordinary prominence; and for these reasons I feel competent to say a word relative to dancing and to give that word from the inside. I wish to state the clear conclusions my experience has givea me. No persons of rational intelligence claim to be wholly pure, and, there fore, no person should presume to con tend that dancing is all right for those who are pure- " The best conducted, most formal, dances ar destructive, as shown by the. fact that the finer sensibilities are broken down, familiarity between the sexes Is engendered and the passions played' upon to such an extent, even in the- waits, that persons of real moral fibre are forced to realise that tbe danc is one of the most powerful w - - PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE It Is presumed that those Imported Chink eggs are also "strictly fresh." Portland's commercial destiny is in the hands of Portland men of today. How many are buying Oregon made products, and how much? How many are patriotic? That Is right: get busy in the anti Iiy crusade now, and prevent the breeding of the pests. The dairy business in Oregon "pick- en up considerably in 1U13; it should grow lar more, in 1014. Anybody, everybody, who tan get a few nani.'M on a petition, can run for the nomination for Rovernur. Investigation would probably show that there is occasionally a town in which the mayor and council are not in a continual ' row over the chie.f of police. Increase in limit weight of parcel post packages to 100 pounds Is con templated. Possibly if carriers have to provide and keep four-horse teams, their wages may be Increased a little. Prominent wool growers now say that their industry will not. b "ruin ed," but that free wool will stimulate them to adopt better methods and raine better sheep and wool. They may hurrah for free wool yet. a One wonderful thing has happened already this year; three New York city consulting engineers have ankd to have their salaries reduced frrun $60iut to S3U00. Let us not imagine thai they really do sothing and scented dis- missal. THE RISE OF THE From the Oakland Tribune. By a perversion of the sfiirit of the law district attorneys havo come to be regarded primarily as prosecutors, hence accused persons naturally look upon the district attorney as being hostile to them. This should not be so. It Is as much the duty of a. district attorney to pro tect the innocent as to' prosecute the guilty. His function is to promote the ends of Justice, to vindicate the inno cent and punish the guilty. There fore he should never prosecute per sons whom he believes to he innocent nor procure indictments which he does not believe can be sustained on trial. But common practice has converted the law officer of the community into a prosecutor, who deems it his duty to range himself in opposition to every person accused of violating the law. Too often he does not investigate with a view to ascertaining the truth and vindicating the right, but to find evi dence of guilt. In some cases proof of innocence has been deliberately sup pressed or ignored in the eagerness to make a case against a defendant. Happily the district attorney's office of Alameda county is conducted in conformity with the spirit of the law. During the periods when Judge Brown and Judire Donahue -were at the head of the office conscientious efforts were made to restore the district at torney to the position originally con templated when our Judicial system was established, and prosecutions were directed solely at thone whom there was good reason to believe guilty under the law. Private prosecutions were discouraged and looked upon with scant favor. When people were un justly accused or attempts made to use the processes of the criminal code to enforce the collection of debts or to compel settlement of claims of doubt- YOUR MONEY IN "COMMERCIAL PAPER" By John M. Oskison. (Copyright, 19TH, by J. G. Lloyd.) Our new banking and currency law creates a new form of available capi tal by making It possible to Issue cur rency against certain obligations of business firms. That is its most im portant function its vital feature. This law is going to have one effect which you as an investor will have to consider later. It is going to call at tention more widely than ever he fore to a form of Investment now familiar to banks, but which the pub lic knows practically nothing about- that Is, the purchase of "commercial paper" Instead or stocks and bonds. As the banks know it, "commercial paper" consists of the notes given by big merchants to secure the re payment of short time loans. For ex ample: A huge wholesale house wants to borrow $2,000,000 for 60 days to finance Its spring trade. That sum can't be borrowed from one bank, so the merchant goes to a note broker agents of the destructive forces In nature. Dancing, being a destructive force, cannot and will not be participated in by any person who wants to live a good, moral lire. To teach dancing to another person is a moral crime. To say that the best people dance. Is too untruthful to be considered; because the best people do not dance, nor even view a .lance in progress. ' Persons with strong desire for danc ing are entitled to the sympathetic pity of tho moral twople in every com munity; because thoe who just ache, for rlancine have become slaves to their baser passions and are indeed entitled to pity and help. Persons who permit dancing in any form in their community without doing all in their power to stop it are accessories to a moral crime, ana each one will be held personally Tfvofium)""'-'' n" i and to this statement I wish to call the attention of all who are engaged in church or social uplift work. Hardened criminals often use pas sages from the Bible to Justify their actions, and moral evil-doers of every description often attempt to do so also. The people must be taught to be strong morally. Dainclng is the rfiost destructive ele ment in the social' world today, A. M. BROWN. Prosperity of Vancouver, B. C. Portland, Jan. 16. To the Kditor of The Journal Is it possible to explain the present plight -of the prosperity of the city of Vancouver, B. "., hi any manner that will make a favorable argument for the "single tax" idea J. P. SHALLCROSS. To the question of Mr. Shallcross, Alfred D. Cridge, being given the op portunity, has made reply in the fol lowing statement of the case from the single tax standpoint: "The 'plight' of Vancouver is com mon to all, civilization. We have noth ing to boast of in Portland. The Puget Sound cities are certainly as much In a plight as Vancouver. "The single tax kieal is to take all land values Into the public treasury and to -abolish other taxes. This is not done In British Columbia. Van couver wisely and profitably exempted from cal taxation the things which she wsnted to come there and to stay there, .'and she got them. A lot selling at $1000 Is assessed at about $450 ln Vancouver for local purposes, or about $ Id tax- A lot is worth $1000 because It will rent for $60 over th taxes; or elseHt ia not worth that sum. The sintfle tax ers would take the entire 1 i AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON 81 DELIGHTS Twenty widywa in Washington coun ty draw pensions , under the widows' pension act. The total Is 34.0o per month. There are nearly 100 Michigan Wj nle in Kusene. Kaciu summer they hpid a picnic and now plans are ou foot tor n midwinter banquet to be held this last of this month. The Condon ;ohc asserts that an organized tire department is one of Condon's iiteds. und admonishes tha people of the town not to take past Immunity bis a fuaiaiitee. for the fu ture , The Forest tirove Press aerves notice that in the coining o at: campaign it is not going to le found balancing it self "on the feiiee of indecision." It i going to nay exactly what it thinks, and opens It columns to its readers tltdt they may do the same. The Joy of living abounds at Irri- gon, and the Jrritf.m correspondent of nail l nr , i i rn ) mi run 1 1 o, . V'tnalilla New Kra chronicled 1 1 the following: "The young people of th" town gathered one evening last week and played Tun, sheep, run,' by moon light. The citizens, most of whom wer trying to nleep, wished from the bot tom of their hearts that such a game .lad never been invented.'" . Albany Iemocraf4! Rev. P. H. Leech, pastor of the First Methodist church, upheld the record established by hi-n in lir, the hlggeat in the history if the county, for lwrforniing the most unrrinpcH of any'authorlaed to solemn ize nuptial ti-s. aside from county judges, during the year 1!J3. The Hev. Leech performed 43 ceremonies dur ing and the same number during 1913 forms a rare coincidence. PUBLIC DEFENDER ful legality, the district attorney has Intervened for the protection of per sons unjustly or maliciously assailed. Since he has been district attorney, Mr. liynes has pursued the same policy. Unfortunately this view of a district attorney's functions is exceptional. That it should occasion favorable re mark indicates how exceptional it is. The condition has caused the creation, in Los Angeles, of the office of public defender, whose duty is to see- that nil persons accused of crime- obtain all the protection guaranteed them by law, that they are properly defended when brought to trial, that all facts having legitimate bearing on the case at bar shall he fully brought out. and that no advantage be taken of a de fendant. This relegates the district attorney to the role of prosecutor, hut it supplies an antidote with an offi cial who will keep the scales of justice balanced. We presume that the public defender will be notified of arrests, will be given Immediate access to all persona under arrest, and will be present at all trials and preliminary examinations. At least that should be the rule. Arresting persons without a warrant and holding them Incommunicado and "s-weatin!?" them to obtain confessions incriminating others, if not them selves, la all too common. The prac tice is violative of the letter aa well as the spirit of the law, and tho methods reported to ln efforts to ohtaln con-N feswions often savor of torture. The public defender should atop all that. He should hold prosecutions, as well as defenses, within legitimate botinds. arul give criminal process a clearer, cleaner and fairer way, to the end that Justice may he done and the purpose of the law served without resort to Il legal and unfair methods. anJ aks him to find the money, and. if the merchant offcra ample security, the, broker gets the money from per haps half a dozen banks. I'p to this time note brokers have dealt almost exclusively with banks, and the rate of interest on such short lime loans has been low, while the hrokf-r's commission lm been very small. f!ut frem this time on I pre dict that the general investor will be asked to consider such security by or panizations which will attempt to ex tend the market for "commercial paper." And certain dangers are going to arise which the Investor will have to learn to avoid. He will have offered him notes of merchants and manu facturers who cannot give such se curity as will satisfy the banks, and he will be asked to furnish more such short time loans than the bor rower. In the best Interests of hla own business, ought to have. $70. Vancouver took but $10. There Is no talk or thought 1n Vancouver of going back to barbarism and tax ing buildings. With six-sevenths of the rental values of land to speculate with the real estate boom produced Just what it did in cities of this coun try an ultimate relapse. "As Prltlh Columbia offers great inducements to apital and to home builders and has enormous resources and the most promising future, as soon as British money is Invested any where it will be Invested there, and Vancouver, as the metropolis of a rich and fertile stale, will prosper again las soon a8 the 'present , 'quiet times- that now overspread civilization be come a little noisier. Meanwhile. Van couver will recover first, because it offers lower taxe to Industry and its ' 1 . . . f . ............ ntirtli f i, a I CL A , lil 1 I V i - rt " Washington for the same values." Supports I. W. W. Sponsorship. Portland, Or.. Jan. 20.-To the Edi tor of The Journal Is it not about time people were getting wise to that I. V. W. bunch? I believe they are a master stroke of the big corporations- to bluff the working class and get corporation control of government affairs. I notice they never try to hurt the steel trust, the- Standard Oil, etc., but only business people and farmoVH. And then honest working men are blamed for their villainy. They have worked their scjieme fine, so far. but let ua hope their dirty work will be discovered soon. There are several bums In town who never work and yet they can dress up like a banker, some days,- and others days go in dirty rasts. There Is something wrong. These days one has to be as ,harp eved as a lynx not to get fooled. A READER Sarcastic. Portland. Jan. Jf, To the Bdltor of The Journal Kindly put me In com munication with your correspondent of Saturday who signed himself "A Laboring Man." Having visited all the vaudeville houses last week I was under tha impression that I had seen almost everything worth while In the comedy stuff, but evidently I have failed to see the greatest of them all the Human "Ox with the Capltsllstlc Brain. I'd pay. the usual admission to Fee this" most recent curioeity. JAMKS CASET. A vouog couple don't consider three a crowd after the honeymoon. IN EARLIER DAYS lly Fwl Locklejr. "I was-born on t'ritmas day li4:, In Monroe county, ljjwa," said Willing M. Ramsey. ji:stlci of the supreme court. "I came to fEir'on while sti'l a ; babe in rms initil7. My fatner's name was Laviil tfpil my mother- name was S.-.s.in. 'Bhey settled on a denution land 1 in4 ! adjacent to New bt r I had my first s hooting in a lo cluol house in ar tfefj site of ;he pres ent city of Newberjt. t remember tr. teacher very dixttnefly for lie ge me the only whipping ip ever received t whool. The playgrrifwt n.i divided -one Hide being for-the girlM.and ono for the hoys. I de.d d to ;o o er o,t the girls' side and pipy with the girl" It seemed that iu, ddng so I totmnltt- I some uiipardoiirtble rnne for 'len he saw nit li i ailed ml in. mad" me hoM out my hand and folding my finger so 1 could not ilrjw f.iv hand bn he used a ruler w ili force and effee. tivf-tuKK on my open "hand. "In the earlv NixfV I went to s hool - ? . ln Clackamas t outfly to T. J. Str.e who hud Just eonuif f rom Missouri, lie later became a lawyer, county - school superintendent, county eh rK and' lin-n.-ber of the leislat uf and was prlvaj secretary to t;oerjur Thayer. I put In two winters in tfce h school 'mu'e at I 'avion. I pentth next two win ters .It l.af.iye; te. :dng to school to K F. ;iltner w I'.nsty s.iii, K. ". (Slltner. is secretary "f il e t'hainlicr of Com merce ul Port lainl.- "I'rom ltrayettijj went to McMinn ville whilu I attetiied the Baptist col lege. Professor Joinf W. Johnson, after wards Ho- ilrst rnk-hhi't of the Htai I'niversity at Kogef p. w.i. at that tins principal of to- c&n.R. Two of the Judges now on t ae uni can- henrh wre my schoolmates, 'ntf'tna A McHrlde and tlent-Kc II. lUllnett I think It IS rather sttnrifce that) we iluce. who were schoolmates th, n -lj should he on th supreme bench t.icether. Among my ether fellow students were I ir. William Laker of Astoria. ' M. J. Kinney, ons of the members of; the state fisii com mission and one of the best mathema ticians I ever saf. He and Judge f. A. Moore both haye a wonderful gift for mathematics, j "I quit school isr.t; and is-vii 1 a Job teaching scfiool on t'hehale-n mountain near the present Ity of New berg. 1 i c ei i di f 1 a , month an 1 boarded around. (' was a young fel low' With a rull-f ijft'd a petite and of tentimes wllCle It-Moulded II Seemed as if 1 could eat 'l taere was on the table though it hi to go .around f.r a family of five or six. As I look h k at it now It seeijued as If 1 was I, a continual state of sem i-sta rv a t io:i. While teaehiiiK 1 Jend law. Krutii fhe- naiein .Mountain ii set ured u pla' i where I taught seftoo for sin months in the Brutch' r rjeighborhood. After teaching a, si x-nnifit as' lirm there. I taught for sit mriths In 'hehalem. My next school wjas in Tyah Valley. I walked out from -The l ailes to mv school, a 1 ista a.-, of about MO ir.il it, I next taught -- fciol In lafayette. "I was admit t '-dj to the bar when I was 1 yearn ohlp'hts was In Sep tember IMS. Aiming those whu wer admitt.d wit.i m,:vcr. K- H Watson Of Portland, Ja m.-sL M a in of McMlmi ville and N. I.. IJuter of I ndepeiiden, e -I started my law jpra' fice in the full or 1KH. A I the ij,e of : I bc.-anv! county juilKe uf iamlnll. bcln ele.-t-l In June 1X70. ami by the by - I wit the first I " ray elected to office in Yamhill county since the i'il War 1 ran against HavUi Smith, w .nw -i. Milton W. Smith,' Is an attorney in Portland, politics ia-erc vei'y tropical in ihosc timet aril I Won out b j. majority of two l--s. "In 1S7; I ran (igiilnsl Ceorge II. Burnett for dist! i'j I nt(..i nc , in t. third Judh iul district, including the ccuntles f Manure I. inn, polk unl Tillamook. 1 was ieaten by a narrow maruln. I curried Lien. polk, and TUl mook eounHes huf in Mai ion l ountj. which was t.ie (JJhraltar of republi canism. Burnett 4"1 ej'iougli vote to overcome n:y h ni In the other three counties. Me won Join over me by less than 100 votes. "In lH I ran agiinst Judge F. A. Moore for Justice rf the supreme court. 1 headed :h' I tempera t h- ticket In th number oi vmnj-, receded but th Ixmocrats w. i e fjf the minority. In any event. JudKef i?rore secured the most vrjten Kor Ifliree years I prac ticed my prof-sshsti In Pendleton anJ fcr nine years infrTnlon. Before that, I used to be a re(fijetit of h'alem, llv tng t'.iere for 12 jr 1 4 years, ln 1SS7 I was elected myj)r of Salem. I was also mayor of MjfMlnnville and ii the f'rst dean of rbe college of law of the Willamette I'plverslty, when th law department wits organized. "On June 3. 13f3, I was appointed justiee of the supreme court and I am frank to eay that I like the work. Heme men's "work work to them, they do other thjnga for recreation, but my work is nj$- recreation. Every morning you will jtlnd me here in my oirke at 0:30. I wiork until 7.30 when I go to breakfast. Coming back. I take an hour off - for luncheon and work until 6 o'clock and coming back after supper, I work until 9 o'clock. T'.ie eight-hour iafr doesn't apply to me for It Is a rare day that 1 do not get in 12 hours of eork." J Pointed Paragraphs Better a sweetheart thn sour wife. S Uneasy lies lheihead that wears a frown. The girl who dojn t paint Isn't nec essarily artlesH. i . Minimize scandal ln the home of your neighbor and ipulverlz 1t ln your own. i i We would be stirpriard If w knw what our neighbci-s think of us :f they ever give us a. thought. Borne women hl embonpoint of their own and rogue acquire it with the assistance of dressmaker. Many a girl manage to strangle her actions because she has discovered that weeping makes her nose red. When a young widow la wise and a bachelor Is otherwise, , It's- up to the parson. It's awfully hard to be a atlafac tory guest. Most people should cul tivate the habit of remaining "at borce mora, ; SUNDAY iFEATflRES The Sunday JotirnaJ Magazine offers these!! compelling fea tures for ivomen readers each Sundayr- Patterns for the home dress maker. t j Suggestions for the needle woman. ;U, Hints on home economy. Talks on health and beanty. SundayUournal Magazine