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THE OREGON ! DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 29. 1914.
THE JOURNAL
iT Aft IKMSPENDRNT NgWBPAPKR'
C. g. .ACKHQN .,r.,.........Pnhimhf
Publlad er nine lunot handsel nod
r ever Sanday morning tt The Journal Build-(
existing' Jaws authorized the gov
ernor to call a special election were
Ignored. ' '
The incident has no great Im
portance except : as an illustration
Rr-niamtn A Kentaor Co.. Brunswick Bids.
iUS etftb Ave.. New York; 1218 Feople'e
G nidg.. Chicago. ' "
"mmj morning at ine jonrsai tnnia-t . i.u j . ,. ,.
! big, Broadway and Yamhill ata.. Portland. Or, i 01 the attitude Of many Stickler
festered at tb postofnc at Portland, Or., for tot what they Choose to call COn-
' c"gm"t Ur"1 " "" cnd ) etitutional law. The senate la the
Telephones Main ma; ,. a-oum. au 1 Jude f Its members. There
i department reached by taee munbera. Tell Was no Claim that Mr. Lee was
! the ftperatnr what department you want. ... ..... .
: Muryiauu. ine ciaim was tnat a
technicality, which a Maryland
court had decided did not exist,
was sufficient to overturn the peo
ple's expressed will.
Popular election of senators does
not meet the idea of men of the
Sutherland type. But it is sig
nificant of the times that fine spun
arguments against the new system
are not effective, even in the
United States senate..
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W play with Bounding; words;
i men ever did;
It Iff not children only love th.
i drum.
' '-.j' Alfred Austin.
WILLIAM GIBBS MMDOO
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and experts are experts, but , from basis? -There -are public buildings
their findings many of them were of greater size in Portland that
not the kind of boy that most boys j were built at' lesa than half the
are. " i ' 'figure. The plans should be modi-
'" jfied, and the processes be fumi-
THE BLOOD ROLL l gated. .
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I Letters from the People j
(Communications aent to The Journal for
Mi.,, ' pr Duration la this department should be writ-
A. FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
"Did
A FALSE OATH
NOBOUx aouDts mac mere is
great strength in the Wilson
cabinet. There is general
'j conviction that William Gi&bs
McAdoo is one of its strongest
figures.
He was born amid the ruin that
General Sherman left, in his march
to the sea. His rise from the
depths of poverty to his present
-conspTcuous position and standing,
Is example of the possibilities that
environ the pathway of American
youth and give the lie to those
who insist that this is no longer
a land of opportunity,
i Mr;. McAdoo saw the time, as a
boy,, jwhen he was glad to- earn nine
cents a day, or 64 cents a week.
His first rise in life was when he
was ame, as a junior in college,
to earn $2 a day as a copyist In
the circuit court. -From that to a
graduation, a law practice in Chat
tanooga, and thence to New York
and the construction of tunnels
under the Hudson between Jersey
City and Manhattan, is the rapid
and almost romantic advance of
secretary of the
is
in
the I present
treasury.
', It I was in his daily journeying
from! Jersey City across the Hud
son by boat to New York that Mr.
McAdoo conceived the idea of the
tunnels. When told on occasions
to wait for the next boat the hnsy
brain that had forced the rise
from j the poverty of a ruined plan
tation in Georgia to high position
In the national metropolis, grap
pled itbe great issue of a better
facility for passing between the
two cities. Hundreds of thousands
of others had also been told to
wait ifor the next boat, but It was
the McAdoo mind that was made
active by the problem, and it was1
the McAdoo mind and the MoAdoo
energy that, with Indomitable reso
lution drove the great tunnels un
. der the Hudson. They are, a splen-
did example of j McAdoo achieve
ment and a noble monument to his
genius.
j But perhaps It is as secretary of
the treasury that Mr. McAdoo has
rendered his most exalted service.
His act in placing ; vast stores of
money in the national treasury at
the disposal of the country in
moving the late cropB was a splen
did statesmanship. It checked the
contraction of credit that waa al
ready country wide, and opened to
farmers and bankers an easy way
to market the output of American
fields. It brushed aside financial
fears that were gathering : and set
the (business of the country free
i However, ihe greatest business
to Which Mr. McAdoo has ever ad
dressed himself was the part he
played In bringing forward and
helping push to a final completion
the f new. currency : system which
brings the secretary of the treas
nryl and his colleagues on the
regional bank pommittee to Port
lanrj tomorrow. I I j
It Is a system, that congresses and
committees of congress had dreamed
of for nearly a generation. J It is
syBtem that statesmen and cabinets
and presidents I had sought for, but
never dared to grapple.
It remained j for a man who was
! once a penniless Georgia boy to
Join with a president and a con
green, and the 6ame powers of
i mind, the same indomitable pur
1 pose and the same restless energy
thjat built the Hudson river tun
nels, helped to fashion and fix
; into the statute law of the nation
i the measure that emancipates
American business, liberates Amer
I lean credit, and stands as a part
of the new birth of American free
UDGE MORROW'S offense
serious. The statements
his oath before the secretary
of state in several instances
are not true. If the oah bound
asseverations of a judge are false,
how fares it with the solemnities
and Issues of justice In such a
court? In his latest application
for salary, Judge Morrow made
oath as follows:
I, Robert G. Morrow, Judge of the
Fourth Judicial District of the State
of Oregon, In pursuance of the pro
visions of Chapter 43. Laws of 1911,
do hereby certify, that all matters
submitted to me as Circuit Judge for
decision three months or more prior
to the execution of this voucher have
been decided; and that no matters are
pending before me as Circuit Judge
that have been finally submitted to
mo for three months or more prior
hereto. Bobert G. Morrow.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 31st day of December, A. D.
1913. J. F, Wood, Notary Public for
Oregon.
At the timer this oath was made
a number of "matters submitted to
me as Circuit Judge for decision
three months or more prior to the
execution of this voucher" had not
been decided. There was then un
decided in his court the suit re
straining the city from enforcing
the bonding .ordinance for hotels
and rooming houses, Though a
case of very great " importance, it
had been argued before Judge
Morrow December 17, 1912, more
than a year prior to the making
of the salary oath. It was then,
and still Is, undecided.
There was the case of the St.
Johns Lumber Company versus
Robert Britz, Kate H. Holcomb and
others, under advisement by Judge
Morrow since December 7, "1912,
a period of a year and a month
prior to the making of the salary
oath.
Among numerous other cases is
the personal Injury suit of Anna
Backstrom versus the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company.
The plaintiff was Injured in an ac
cident on Grand avenue during the
Rose Festival two years ago, when
her buggy was struck by a street
car. The attorneys f6r the com
pany filed a technical motion, and
on or about the 19th of March,
1913, the issue, was argued.
Though it is more than ten months
since the matter was submitted,
the motion is still undecided, and
the woman's case is believed to be
virtually lost because of the dis
appearance of witnesses.
With such a matter pending,
there can be no excuse, no explana
tion, no apology for Judge Mor
row's salary oath In which he
stated that "all matters submitted
to me as Circuit Judge for decision
three months or more prior to the
execution of this voucher, have
been decided."
There is no excuse, explanation
or apology for a false oath.
RMED with a pistol and am
munition, two of the idle
Jlieu HI tuw Vjipojr oiuiiu avu-1
ditorium went on an enter-1
a a I f . V.
prise 01 Durgiary ana- nignway i mlT ODa -of tba pap)T Bboid not
1.. rtinn UaUlits Ana exceed 800 woralm In lenrth nod muftt be ae-
... . . , , companied by the name and addreea of the
Of the unemployed and a special aender. If tbe writer tiora not deatre to
police officer are In hospitals and(b" tbuhed. no .www eute-
t-rnprtf1 tn rlia aef result of a "Dlamaalon la tbe ereateet of an- rform-
. . . j-i tern. It-ratlonallsee everything It Urocbee. It
Consequent pIStOl duel. , mb. principle. of all falae aanetlty and
The revolver and ammunition j CU
tempted the tWO unemployed to - rrnahe them out of riUtence and acta ap Ita
go robbing. The incendiary talk QZ u..ir .u.d."-woodrw
Of agitators at the tabernacle,' - -
teaching weak men that society Qofst'ons Alaska Coal Mine Plan.
owes them a living whether they ! ThPr"nr 1Ja,f17-Tov!!I EdfU,r ot
i, , f nnBB tnht,i lThe Journal Will you kindly tell me
. , ' v . ' , how the contemplated way of opening
to the resolve, as a sequel umcer i up the. AU.ka ml
nes Is going to
Healey and burglar Stros are bnl-. cheapen the price of coal In this coun-
y
M riX wanca.-
ir. -ow
t l i -oi
-W1 down c
thin an
th" door open
8SULL CHAAGE
irer make Iny money '
backln' horse. Mul-
. . The big parkera' profits run up to
Sure. Ol made a many minions a year, to which all meat
hundred dollars elers contribute.
did yes do' There seeois to be no pacific penalte
ior uraerixme I rum the Idle army 'JO
lens It be forfeiture of tm, btg4
grub.
for learln'
backed
lllar
sued tk'
him
awn
Many people dide a matter aolely
thmuch aytnpathv. pre-dll-et )n or
prejudice, reaardieaa of luetice. and
no know ledge vl
A gentleman travelling Id England Itn witb r
was being shown over an estate by '' ,D "ct- . .
w a, cranK on lana
cape gardening.
j oey came to a
small greenhouse
with a young boy
locked up in it.
The visitor In
quired the reason
end bis host re-
piled that he had
caught the boy
let riddled with slender chance of
recovery.
Meanwhile, a Btrlngent cily ordi
nance and a state law prohibit the
carrying of concealed weapons.
Stros was one of tbe idle army
that marched southward from
Portland to Albany, and was. in
jail five days in the latter city.
Where, when, and how did he get
the revolver and ammunition with
which he shot the Portland officer?
Who let him have the weapon
without a permit, when that act,
is strictly forbidden by state law
and city ordinance?
With the city providing them
with quarters, heat and light, are
other of the idle men at the taber
nacle also armed for killings? Are
they also violating the concealed
weapon ordinance and the state re
volver law? )
Are the officers of state and
city treating as a Joke the effort
to lessen man killing in this town
and state?
, Is our blood' roll a Jest?
CANADIAN IMMIGRATION
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A WARNING TO PARENTS
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FINE SPUN ARGUMENTS
enator, Sutherland of
Utah has attacked the right
of Blair Lee of Maryland to
a seat in the senate. Mr. Lee
as elected iby popular vote last
bvember, and the senate commit
tee on elections reported favorably
upon seating him. '
The Utah senator, who is a law-
r, contended that neither the
seventeenth amendment providing
four, the direct election of senators,
nor the laws of Maryland;! author
lid the governor to call k special
election to fill V Vacancy In the
senate. Senator Kern said, the case
had been so thoroughly presented
to the committee that he felt It
unnecessary to defend Mr. Lee's
l right to a seat. . t. V :' ..
The Sutherland argument-.was
that the Maryland special; election
should have been called only after
tbe legislature had passed tan en
abling act. An opinion by the
Maryland at to rheyi general land a
decision of the Maryland appellate
fourt to the effect that the state's
N THESE days of psychologists,
sociologists, alienists, experts
and other species of faddist,
we are constantly meeting sur
prises and shocks.
Thus, a Bostom school expert
who has been investigating condi
tions of study and deportment
among public school children, finds
that "the mental life predominates
in January and February," while
boys and girls "are lowest from the
viewpoint of good citizenship dur
ing March, parr of April and Oc
tober." Good boys, the expert avers, are
at their best at 10 o'clock in the
morning and bad boys at their
worst at three and four in the
afternoon. He- urges that parents
should make their appeals accord
ingly. I j
How wonderfully! discerning the
professional psychologists are,; to
discover that boys are worst! as
to citizenship in March, April and
October, when! thefe are no wa
termelons on the vine, a discovery
that will be vaguely questioned
by the Intensely practical man who
was himself ohce a boy. !
How about the dependability of
the other discovery that boys are
at their worst j at threg and four
o'clock in the afternoon, which is
about the time they are due! at the
old swimmin' hole and when their
behavior with !Pa or a or the
teacher used to be exemplary be
cause it was the best way to get
permission to go to the river?
Boys are boys.v and there is
some, doubt about the fine i expert
distinction that finds a boy most
mental in January and February
at & time when; perforce his love
of adventure can, on account of
Winter storms only find Its perfect
expression in canning the dog's tail
persecuting the Cat, teasing other
children and upsetting the i house
hold generally with noise and non
sense. . . . '
. psychologists are psychologists
MMIGRATION to Canada and
the United States has developed
contrasting problems. In this
country tbere Is a demand for
laws which will limit the number
of foreigners" coming to America,
while in Canada the problem la to
keep immigrants as permanent
resident.
Canadian official reports say
that during the past six years
616,112 Americans entered Canada
for the purpose of settling. In the
same period 694,919 people left
Canada for the United States, leav
ing a net gain of only 21,193 to
Canada's credit in the exchange of
immigrants.
Last year about 54,000 Ameri
cans who emigrated to Canada re
turned to- the United States, but
dominion authorities say this back
ward flow was nearly double what
it was in any of the fiye former
years. They Insist that Canada
has lost Only a minor fraction ot
her American Immigrants, explain
ing the figures by saying that the
Canadian immigration department
has spent large sums of money to
bring people across the seas only
to Increase the population of the
United States.
If the figures are authentic they
have large significance on this side
of the boundary line. Canadian
immigrants are assisted, and the
charge is being made that domin
ion agents In Great Britain and
continental Europe have attempted
to make a quantity rather than a
quality record. It is charged that
the immigration department is run
in a loose manner, the agents pa'y
Ing little regard to the desirabil
ity of people sent over to become
citizens.
Canadian cities have an unem
ployment problem, made more dif
ficult by the rigorous climate. The
problem has been made complex
because of Immigrants flocking to
the cities, and it would be much
further from solution had not
many of Canada's unemployed im
migrants moved on to the United
States.
try? Who ever heard of the leasing
plan, as followed in Minnesota and
Colorado, benefiting anyone except the
capitalist? How is this plan going to
prevent this coal from being Guggen
helmed? It certainly did not in Colo
rado or Minnesota. The consumer Is
not very much interested In the name
of the capitalist who mines the coal,
but is greatly Interested in tbe price
or that coal.
What is the use of building the rail
road with public money If it is to be
leased by private interests? Statistics
tell us that 87 per cent of tbe people
own 13 per cent of the wealth In this
country.
We have got to have more legislative
action in favor of those of tbe 17 per
cent, or general government ownership,
with the government reDresentlnr all
the people, will be the result, just as
sure as the sun shines.
unaer present living conditions a
man with .a family of not over two
children, working for 13.60 per day,
here In our prosperous city, may be
able to earn a home in 10 or 12 years.
if ha can work every day of all those
years and has no sickness or bad luck.
The writer knows of one man with a
family of one child, who has worked
for. one company for 14 years, who
does not drink nor spend monev fool
ishly, and still has 1200 to pay on his
iittie noma.
In the east there are millions of
men working for $1.65 per day, and no
nope or ever having their own homes.
If any man doubts these assertion.
I Invite him to take his family and get
out and earn his and their living on
me sianaara wages for one year.
Then, perhaps, he would be qualified
to say whether the unemployed have
been slothful or wasteful and whether
or not tney failed to improve their op
portunity. H. D. F.
lY rTsV
A news Item says that R. V Bcbwerln
has been getting free coal through lh
graft process for never al )era Prob
ably rwbody in Portland, at leaat. will
say that it ran t be true.
I It certainly Is quite time that the
Incrraalna folly and vice of rlaarelte
smoking among bora a roue wide ar4
earnest public attention. Perhaps no
i otner-tbtng rauaes the ruin of so many
ooys.
rtealina f nw.r, frnm .mun, ta i e
had locked. him ud for ounl.hment. 1 . ,n. thT c ' T "! youths, at
r I saa T a 1 aT rm I la am rrf b 1ft I a. I rruval 1
uoing a little farther, they came to ' " " Z . .
another greenhouse, the counterpart obsrmltv. -vti rotnrn and other avi
of the first and similarly situated onhabttn. that frequently lead to crime.
tne other side of the grounds, and . aiagrace and ruin.
this also contain a mall Kov I
.-, . l. Zi.. . - -I Wall street brokers made 1 1 6 In
this bov too K-n .i,,inr flow.raT" ; " nilnulea on the rral of .tw Tork
"that ls,IWBnn Is right :.Tnnd and stock spe-
ORLGOX RIDKLXCUTS
IN EARLIER DAYS.
Ity rrd Lorklry.
Harney county's hlah arhMl board
has authorisr-d the eataMlfhtr.g of a
irvenera training cwurve In the arbool
at ilurna.
e
A luvenCe hand la In prr. of er-
ranlation at Miverton. lojs vf tl to
1 ears are eligible.
J0 oprn Is the winter that awtre
eastern Oregon toatoa are already
talking of fourth f Jaly relrfcrettoisa.
the Pendleton K otTCoowta aays.
e
A ftaioWr of Peteler Wocla. It la
reported la th Preen, are raising a
turd "to send Ten Wiley to Peru to
ir-oa into the trcteria there along
sgncultural lines"
The 1111 report of the government
foreraaler at Tamarack station, eight
rn Ilea rat or roa enow prertpita- ,
-na ioe ta tMt M U4I waa
r'etiy togh plare," aald T. X. KaBts
eil .f Ponxaad. 1 rearb etBg
a tr.sn ti3tr into to with a r
rade mho tljd il atf bis bars. Uis
was tM.jM and 1 tear thai
he tad Nn laeaiord at4 craggeal rT
a Mtiirtn an4 tkar-tla ek waa taftcV
)y larrtated. Tm AmtwM aal
greera. it thef railed tK MrtlraJ)a.
Old att get elotg tegrtber. !a ftettt
Clare county laoe rear there ial
b"w Jit rnurdets casnanttt4.
Turing n.e wter af III I
t the reac,a' Clatrlet ttttmr MtP
tei-11le In tirtt.ng f ) twe
u,ated eorre la ,vn lta aolfl t Kraa
rt lor.g aTt.e 1,'ttawg bt"t vae-m at
an edvafeoe f tS My wife ang
atarted a bnargltg fcoaee We riatc-i
IJ a day for tar4. hut we iwtt'r
llt. whlrh in an etceptlonslly wet ' lt money 1 nr t te el..
Oh. no." replied "his host.
my little son." lulatlon Is principally a bunco rame. tht
"Then whyj," ssked the pu riled call-1 producing workers being alaays tbe
er. "hav you locked him In here?" ummaie victims
tt'Klf W . . U 0 axMS-M. a. I
"j, a ur iiifj aat m er vi jiuiu;ti,
answered the nost. Everybody's Mss-
mm
"Me daughter. Mary Ann." said the
newly rich Mrs. Csssldy. " w a n t a to
l'arn to play some music Insthru-
fv j"Tment I wonder
wat wan would come
alslcst to her?"
"Well, now." re
plied the Jealous
and caustic Mrs.
Casey. "If ye could
only get tomethln's
that's built like a
Peace between the I'nlted Rtatee aM
Great Britain for the past one hundred
years, and no defenses along the
Canadian border clear across tba con
t'nent a century-old and threa-thoni-Mind-mllea-lung
refutation of the mili
tarists' theory that forts snd batUe
rl.lps are a guarsnty of peace.
year far that region
w
Wee ton Leadtr: Those suaia snd
sffable. Imprt-eelea ar.4 confident It
will - b-worth-ll-a-eYiare-ul1e-r.f -a-rar
coal stock peddlers from Rpokare
war eminently well grxnme4 and e.
fed Now that they are under indl'H
ment In the federsl court their ic
tlma la thla nrl g h tor hood ronfeea te
some curiosity as to aelng hew ihi
would look ae tnTolualary gueets of
the gOTemrrer.t.
e e
Juntura Times' Juntura haen't a
candidate for governor. Oat la. net
yet- we hit made no attempt to hae
a regional bark located here Ooirrner
Weet a rrueade blew up befora he got
thla far. We have no r 11 wells te tt
pldt. the grand Jury ot?y returned two
Iridlctmeeta agalnet wrong doers vp
tMe way. no one sick, no or.e m a rry S a
no fights, no lawaulla. everyfdr
bapj.y. so how can you tie me as ed.tor
for baring a bum paper.
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! Int KAIL llNUKLAbt A lYllUULt WAY !
The Speed Fiends.
Portland, Jan. 27. To the Editor of
The Journal For some time I have
been watching the accounts of th
numerous accidents caused by auto
I mobiles, and it seems as if Portland
Is holding records for people getting
Killed or maimed by careless drivers of
autos two deaths In a week, and four
maimed. It seems there la no way out
of It with coroner's juries holding
drivers blameless. The police force
at present doesn't do anything, for
reasons unknown. Tbe speed limit
should not be more than five miles an
hour in the congested district. If the
owner of a pair of horses should ex
ceed five miles he would be fined, but
the auto fiend is going IS and 20
right along, nor does he consider the
right of pedestrians. If Portland does
not want 100 deaths from those fiends,
something will have to be done.
No autos should be permitted on cer
tain streets, and a five mile limit
should be imposed as to others. If
tbe police oannot stop this, the people
will find Other means, such as a ten
mile limit on highways and four miles
In cities. This can be done by the
legislature; besides, the highways are
being damaged by the autos, as the
wheels throw all dirt from them, mak
ing roads uneven.
I think a tax from $25 to $100, to
be paid according to & machine's use.
would aid the roads, and should be
levied to help keep roads In repair.
What has become of the One Hundred
club? A. VON PRESSENTIN.
From Collier's Weekly. I
The railways ask pertnlseion to la
crease their freight ra'.ea by I par
cent. That would add $l0.06.ara to
washboard 'twould be ! the country's freight bill, snd this bill
already exceeds two billions. The In
crease la defended on the ground that
while the general lerel of prices has
risen 10 to (0 per cent and wage tome
20 or J per cent, railway rates hare
stood stllL Of count, tbe latter Is
not wholly true. In a great many
ways railway rates have ben consid
erably raised within : he last It years
The fact that tbe average rata per ton
mile has atnod still la due to othir
I cause. One kind of tranaportatlon haa
Jin the fnlted Htatea treen -JevelopeU
to a very high degree of f Helen j
i That is ;he tranportalI"n of coin mod -
I It lee; like coal, grain, iron ore and ao
. . ,, ... . I on. over long distances. These corn
heavens latest revelations to the danc- r, .... -
1 f they mere rot carried cheaply they
could not be drawn these long dla-
i""0".'."."1" ' long w.y the profit la large .. . Hale.
Jlst the thing."
"Is that your mule?" asked the man
who was gomjj fishing.
rassir," said the
colored man. .-who
was sitting on a
log by the road.
"Does he kick?"
""Deed, nilntuh. he
ain't got no cause
(o kick. He's glttin"
his own way light
along. I'm de one
dat's harln' de worry an' difficulty.
fls rallwsy rales repreela the tef st
eel power of tataUoa la this country,
ac-d the whole ctrm cf rel ay rales
in the frilled fitates has ten to enable
Induatnea which are established where
they d not belong Is car pet e with
and suppress Industries st the nature!
base of supplies and power And U.lJ
Is one big reao why fcod mX4 living
In America are one third d-arer than la
Kr.gland ar.d one half dearer than rn
the c-ontlnet Of Europe generally It
ought ne-t to be (hr to ship Mdee
from Teats and rave them rned l
in !eachuettrs snd ehlprwd ke'nfl prefcrt.er
1'IM tt wort of potato- te Oaf
and th tnrer?.i told t t"ad
out my haMkeerV.l.f. tie would 'ue
them in rny hadhetx't tef ad I hui4
carry thetrt hen I ttifwtJf We gae vp
th ro rvting hoee snd etalled ketfe
to Oregon
Tr tot we aeere tnofe u a r
aa Astoria W had la arret gr ..ur
fn lrrit-te' jm frotn thete uj th
rlter ! jH ky fa a Itdln ana
In it. I f " s far as hniknl
where I taught an at teem a1
drove Lome te t'r farim A rati t
err.er J ft TfvTi near la. a " hag
t-en started ary) tt-e et tlerrwt.t vug
call-d fyrscuee f
"In 1141 I a ileeied t eahort is
a Mcthodiet Pretant church Atrf
m1rg t.aik fra Callfsrt.to 1
IVrsneed to prekj b Thle W ae In 1)11.
I tesirttilet ne f th titrret1t,g lnr
drnte f ttiy esjrly preac-t.lr.g Jwdg
Itkkee anted ooire atid .. r n.e
rti h -vt l.e S.ad ete etilt of
rlftre and It as not tn vrrj gn4J
onndltloft tlcwwwrr. ra nearly ecy
IkW! elee waa pt te aame cxttidittmi,
he er-tfled to f Wi.eet 1 Slwc up t
preach he dlaroerrwd tt rny tg to)
waa etlcklnf rv ttrwi'ifc the hoe t
one cf rr.y t-ota aa t.e eK-td4 that If
I could stand tlMe yrc-t. tn that cv
dlMctv. he could ets4 11 te listen is a
oT.t.at d'.Ujjfiated suit
"After r". f iWrnft f te
year 1 was frclnneiA a t IM t.
In tl I ferdaltwri an ld.t la
thtiee flaye the vNi1 1 rrvf aw-tttere oould
r.t afford te (Jay enuch f atittilrf
iij'jfTi, as I
Ing world, are they not?
If ao, let no dance lover's voir be
lifted up against the wild excltlnr.
dltlons to the dance catalogue. Le'. ,
tham Join in th giddy whirl, let th-lr
cry be. "On with the dance- t
for th short taut In this country st
not low. compared wl h Kurope. In
many Instance as much la charged for
At Brownsville, there are five
candidates for postmaster, and it
is proposed to make tne selection
by a popular vote of the patrons
of the office. It is a far belter
way than the old plan in which
candidates get indorsements bf
party chiefs, prominent persons
and sometimes circulate petitions,
relying ultimately on a selection
being made by persons entirely
unfamiliar with local conditions.
It is the patrons that are most
interested, and it is to them' that
a candidate for a postoffice should
go for his Indorsements.
R. G. Dun & Co. report a more
favorable business outlook for
1914 in the Pacific Northwest.
Why not? The fruit crop Just
marketed brought more money
than in 1912. The hop crop on
account of high prices brought bet
ter rewards to growers. The grain
and forage crop, on account of
prices, brought more value in spite
of reduced volume. The North
west never harvested more or sold
higher. I
Those Russian Immigrants.
Portland, Jan. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly allow me space
In your paper, of which I am a con
stant reader, to express a vleW that is
not only mine, but also that of bun
dreds of Portland's honest working
people, In regard to a statement in an
article In yesterday's Journal, under
the headline, "Immigrants Bound Here
Promised Jobs." It is stated that they
have no visible means of support. It
is strictly against the Immigration
laws Of our country to admit them.
Not . only that, but goodness knows
there are enough of that kind of peo
pie here now, dependent upon the city
of Portland (including myself), and If
the poor boob of a contractor men
tlorted In The Journal article, who says
he will give them work, will take
walk around this good city with some
official of the city, or with the gen
tleman, that runs the city employment
office, he will discover that there Is no
need to bring any more men here for
th city to keep than what It has al
ready. And if he will stop to think
that the people ot the city of Portland
are ariving him his bread and butter by
letting him contracts tn this city, he
will probably get it into his head that
if Be can give employment to 12 men
he can get them right here, without
sending to New York for them or try
ing to get our Immigration laws broken
by his promise of labor to them, and
he will be doing some good to our city.
I am a married man out of work and
willing to do anything, and I am a citl
gen of this good old U. S. A.
R. H. 8.
Kilt mm tt 11SS BBl 4 sv exa.le.A a I
that the dance 7. a . r Vf OoV ' 1. 'hor h'ul 1 m-ch ,OB:r :";
have been unable to dT.cover its pent- ,n V "V T. , Z Z . t
able fruits of righteousness " b the "n ST .
fruits of unrighteousness are plaint b l bU,"?.UI lhb'" C ,b"
viainu ,o .11 ... P'amiy exnn,j 0f lnt country. It has pro
visible to all whose e yes are open to , enorTnou. constlon of
lrUlI- M D TOLNO. , on ,Q the t P,nter, Urv1
and aold IB Teaas w.cre cheaply thar i.j:tta n . U wc-aing ae a car.
thy of.tsld have b-n numficutel t'ttrr i.rg wes aeie at.a i.reecw-
Ibere Traas haa the raw raatet lal i n
and the fuel close hy New rtrig lai.tt
lias neither. Ulll.mi cf cheap Hoiee-'
power la gotr.g to at tn the far
a eat. but Industrie will -ot rnut
ll.ere In conalJef able paM t.--aije ia.1 ,
iir tariff are advera te urh a A '
vrlopmcnt We t-elltte tt st tl.. tlrce.
haa come at last to make a teg1enUg
of the end of IMi purblind policy
"Tf'tt tan eeefftaitn the trtril .leoe
of rr family Te preerher e a
hlftrd hoii1 ! feet ctitld riM
lt. hfrt.?n Itaf at Firti'iiH,
rear th tr,et trr f iffetea.
M nett it.tld. iatd. twerti ni
rat.ck rear fttimn. VlnintH eny
tet ckllcl waa Nnrr In p.tn ir lK.
a?r ! thiM .'ina. tn tn lM
at.il my t.H I'l.' t. waa titne4
ftet tr.e, T'"" Xa1. n t"fn m
t t rt p'lt
left is th
in. .t :rr. trt,
forking W orkingman" Indorl. ! heights it la a striking fact that the
Maplewood. Or. Jan. 27. To th. ' consestlon of munlrlr.a! centers In Th
Editor of The Journal As a -workln t:nlld Mates now exceeds that 'n
worklngman' I wish to Indorse what many parts of Europe. This earn vl-
was said In th letter In Sunday's ' clous scheme has ruined Industry in
Journal by "A. M. R.." under caption many portions of tb country. It haa
or. from a Working Worklnrmin" nearly ruined firmlrr tn Kear n.u-.n
It is absolutely true that a whole and the Atlantic states. It has ruin. 4
lot Of these fellows who are now qunr-i th woolen fatcorl In the west ud
tered at the tabernacle would not work often suppressed coal and Iron mining
If they had a chance. Nine-tenths of wher It would otherwise still yield
all the troubles of the unemployed profits. 1
are due to their vicious habits. Ask
any of these men why he has nothing i Now this evil scheme Is beginning
ahead for th winter, and h will tell to rco!l on th railways theme.le.
you booce, ir h speaks honestly. To Increase their buslac they rnuat
Booze and dissipation are playing havoc have larger and larger terminals.
with our American laborers. Tou may These terminals cost huge sums for
talk about th need of social reforms the land alone. To pay Interest and
as much as you please, but until la-, dividends on the money for th lanj
boring men hare enough sens to con- purchased at theae fantaa lo values.
troi tneir own appetites they can't, the railways now ssk permission
get shead. Tou can put a pin right to raise their rata. Where Is It go
there. As I ssld. most of these float-j Ing to end? Th greater the" conges
ers won't work when they are put to , tlon of population they produce, th
work. I know what I am talking higher the land values, th greater
about. Hard as times are now, it has the cost of more terminals Land on
been difficult to get men to stay on j Manhattan island or at the mouth of
the Job I am working on. although con-' the Chicago river Is worth million
dltlons srs aa good as could b expect- per acre; land on Btsten Island or In
ed at this time of year. . New Jersey 10 miles sway. Is wortli
In conclusion, let me ssy that, aa I . hundreds of dollars per acre. At Fall
am working nine hours every dsy with: Hlver they are building bigger cotton
a "muck stick," In the rain and mud .mills, at Brockton bigger shoa fae
ankle deep and over, and have been torles, at Lowell bigger cotton mills:
so employed all winter, I believe I but the shoe fsctorles In Texss, th
have a right to speak my mind freely I cotton mills in M isslsslppl. th woolen
on this subject: so you may know this mills tn Ohio or Colorado do not flour-
The railways k for a nearly horl
contal increaee in all existing larltfa
They do j.-t t ropoee te fltalurh h ' trfr a tceti li January
advantage of New Rutland or f Illla W.6. t.lU "
burg or Chicago over the re-el of Ue 1 'Tee I fcd (iu'ic a faeiilir I
country They do not propcre to luwl. .ew led 1J tt.a.. 11 f a I oen w
th rate ahwh bar created t. for ,te.e3 tt. ! rrt-d h ' 15 fend,
tune tf many cf their dire'tut arid ,hr.itet. -..i tt v.'- rt r ' ictt n t
which hae of'.en t-e-a dictated b) tt , t. i , 1 ft ty t rt y laet
directors thetr.aelvea The t utl"" 1 1 tegular chta ' r'S at Ncl"1 lut
keep en runnlr.g the rallwaa In 1 ; , )rtla tt,. y.l'r v i'f f"nth
interest cf the very few atd th In- .ji. Her pertut.. I ill tt Knitfta.
teret ef a small part of th mundi j t lug.o 't" 'f ' H-
against th Interest e th many a' rri r. ,1 . w.tt ftle-aa t.f n.li In tfce
the inseresta cf llie couritry j,tiy daja"
Trie Is unreasonable. ir II IS to tr.e
Intereat of tbe a bol country that rsij
sy revenuea should he lncte-1. It i
not to th public Interest that true In
crease ahould ct-me fr m rstee M
build ud ih cltle scamslvjh r-ouMty
If nlM rnuat Se Increased It liuul'l ! I
be tlv long-haul rales i4l epil;r ;
I
The Ragtime Muse
i
is no warm office opinion.
1L D. I Ish. And why? liecauae th power to
thos between the great centres The
are the rate which. frcm a jefr!al e,.t
economic point of view, are too low
In general, the linger taul la lth
eommodlty freight and th tif.Mer
bsul with clsssiried freight. We be
Mere elsaslfled rates sre te he r!l
much mors thsn commodity rates. T. is
may be good rsllway p liry from tle
point of view of quick dividends It la
not good public pollt-y. With the aut
presslon of th railways' suppression
of water competition, w believe 11
would be entirely safe to permit -tht
railways to rats their Wig-haul rat;-a
sa much ss they liked. They couM n. t
rals tbem much because sucf, a rale
would promptly check the volume of
business. We beller there la here a
work for th Interstate commerce com
mission of tb highest economic lt
portance. It traescecds In importsnce
th work of th new hanking system,
because It reaches far more cjeeply In'.o
the social and Industrial life of the
nation.
Vtliln ! M fleet.
it it,. ,jt ii 4 p:iht.
C angtt tir.clend ?V.en with tueraey
n .st.at-ls 1 lfd r. Unl
it l)Ht l.Ut I iTlTlt
i .hat.sc-d h.b ti'.a rlaee ,ep
1J
AM e,o Of.e 1tM.;gtt t' WfcS H
!:; an.l.ee f'.rlwne er.uet tie lie".
Tot tio on would 5 ere tk It
U r J i-dted ti f' Mt ) n1 health.
lo r;e snd high tiiinwitig.
We t.a e ffte ffj n l.e '!' '4 anllll.
rtlth ft net .r.g.- at d d t druh'rg
W, e f tt gtat.d: .pe-ta ae,tt is' tta,
Kurs )ttrl era v el. truffle-.
t" rr.t In S'"l? -' rt.et lots,
Ixtbeter ad Tl'lffr ruffle.
Weet, ft.r the liaUid t"u'',r''
I II tt.k iir.'J Irfifl t.re lilrn
We ' -uM ir.lmr t Irn 1 e that.
Ar.t with iri files. ne Mat.
I Id I -if lit i. rfflcn t4ijit"y
AtI ran his ntl1e-n tjrriw.
j Idea! il.lflf.1 teOeirtls? -
Th' m:ij ean2n tt.n.orrt.w.
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Oppose Foreign ImmlgTation. !
Portland. Jan. !6. To the Editor of
The Journal The editorial in The
Journal of January 28. entitled 'The
Alien's Land." sums up the question
in a nutshell and should be widely
read. First, last and all the time. I
am in favor of Asiatic exclusion, even
ARE YOU A NAVAH0 FINANCIER?
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Pointed Paragraphs
CTii) cur ai.f one a grutlg war)
wt tan pay aa'(we go?
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The silent st-t,ea cf the tilgtit
1 r;t f"tge to aind
By John M. Oaklson.
More than a hundred miles from the
rsilroad, In northern Arlxona, I stopped
to talk (by mea.-.s of signs and a
at the cost of war or anything else. .It ' meagre assortment of words which all
is oniy me entering or snotner race , ug c0uA understsnd ) with four Mr-
problem. People of races which will
never amalgamate with ours and who
cannot become cltlxens. whose instincts
are not in sympathy with our Institu
tions, and whose IdesJs are so differ
ent from ours, will always cling to
sho Indian horsemen. Ulk children,
they were curious snd friendly.
After I'd told them all I could about
mvself I. too. became curloue. I
asked to see the silver bracelets they
Next week, a local pictorial
theatre is staging Antdny and Cleo
patra, and there is Insistence that
the performance will equal "The
Last Days of Pompeii," recently
produced. The distinct drift of
some of the pictorial houses to
ward higher and better shows is
one reason why their business is
becoming so enormous. !
Is It because it is a United
States building that the new Fort
land postoffice cannot, be built for
$1,000,000, even on a two story
Denunciation of Dancing.
Dallas, Or.. Jan. 26. To the Editor
of The Journal I have been reading
the various articles on dsnclng, re
cently published in The Journal. Some
of these I read with pleasure and all
of them with profit. He who speaks
or writes In defense of the fence does
SO, not Uecause oi any ijiorai excel
lence he sees In it. but because of hi
love for this form of amusement,
while those who speak or write against
it, do bo tn order that they may aid la
safe-guarding tne. young ana inexper
ienced, and i thereby aid them In the
development of moral excellence and
spiritual power. -
The letter written by A. M. Brown
was to me tbe most convincing. I
most heartily agree that the dance is
evil in all Its forms. Any argumei t
in its defense Is as baseless aa that
put up in defense of the liquor traffic
So far. tbe only attack on the article
written by Mr. Brown waa made by
Mrs. Holts of Portland. Sh wanted to
know if Mr. Brown had ever danced,
and reminded i.im .that if he never did,
he was in ignorance as to what be wa
talking about. A clever dodge is this
just as though the man was blind to
observation and deaf to testimony.
If God in nls goodness gave th
Uo America and say that the country; ""." v Ms
Pmust feed them that it owea them 1 owner shook his
their native land. Why should not our. wore, and the wonderful necklace of
land be owned and tilled by those who . silver and turquoise which hung shout
will be a bulwark and defense In time, the neck of one of tbe four. They
of need, Inatead of those who will aid. handed the ornamenta over for my ln
and comfort the enemy? W are hav- : si.cction.
Ing examples of too much foreign lm- presently I was asking the price of
migration Impressed upon us now. We,(ne bracelets. One. set with a larg
see so-called armies of unemployed 1 turquoise, wss six dollars; another.
foreigners iea oy some notoriety see- wi.h smaller stone, was live;
ing mountebank, clamoring for work, i fcnolher COuld buy for four dolara,
but who won't work. They are livftig ) . th! fourtn having no turquoise
without work, off the people, and will ; ,ettin(r t could buy for two dollars,
not scatter for fear they then would i j weiKhed the plain bracelet in my
find work. Their leaders don't want I nM(, ni occrr to h that It
to lose them from their army that 1iweght roUat lust shout equal that of
to bring them notoriety, guch leaders j -wo (r1lTer aoUars. Then I ssked:
ought to be put on th rockpll first.; ..- pesos tdollara) you uae
and the rest would soon una work and . hen make nlrnr- Th Navaho
owner held up two fingers
If mlrrr.r .rtry-d u a others
ij ( null TVt-ter uee theta
Iie tray t.'t a dte. tul
freijuer.tlT show a raeh netare.
It
ha had used two American silver dol
lars to make the bracelet: h aald that
that was why he wouldn't take lesa
than two dollars for It.
That Indian had not yet learned that
his craf tmansh'.p. wonderful aa It Is
to you and me. bad sny value Merely
the value of what be put lnto the
bracelet was what be ought to get out
Of It. A simp! standard!
Rlnre that day. I have been recall
Ing the Navabos of finance I hav
known. Surely, they bar been many!
They sre th Inept one who never
dream that It is up to them to Sdd to r r h enough t'i Xfl the ttoee J uet
tn value oi tne rjouar wnicn cornea to , r. II. Inks of Mm.
I t!im Tlin sea the hoarders who ttla- 1 - -
truit savings backa. Tbey are the wast- j (-gBM. 0f panic.
era who cheerfully psas on the dollars ; m t o1r. Wrlr
they ern every week without receiving ; ,, j, , ly
snythlng mor out of them thsn they ttit.cie t MW n--.l.
put In to th ffort of getUng , iratie n r.ltr.f.r
The Navaho would m.k you lsugh, rrr,.r narge,. buelr.. fa
his standard of value Is so primitive 1 ,er,.oraJlon to eng.. te. tt U
Yet I wish you could a llttl 'mor. t p.-chWy ret r-l.rtkm. It
clearly lb equally pnmltlv DaUon af . .7rmried tor rctea cf InaanU
the tttirlam t.f whtfh tn It rl-
Cr.lesa a man poc e I f -e-ont rol
he 1 little tn-tte-r tliao ala
Whc-n rretie-rt jOepart lot e packs Its
grip nd hike .
the fha ln la tr liluima T
.ome a mllUtiaslte would like la b
hat
stick to It when found.
What right have foreigners to come'
Mexican dollars?" I asked; but the
head h said that
earned dollars pre- i
the value of
vailing among
young men of our rtttoa.
Not to add to tb value ef dol
lar you pass on Is a confession of In
eompe-tenc. of primitive elmpW-ttlnd
ednea you ought not ts makI
there are time when such things ex
ist, and it la not being evil minded to
faca tba troth. Was It aa rrll mind
dance to us. as Mrs. Holts affirms. I that prompt Mrs. Hoist to condemn
then ; tbe turkey trot and tnw . I the "bast, neool" whom it-
iiir T f s man will not work he
ought not to eat, and he forfelta ail ting or lying on the grass" tn th quiet
claim on those who do work. No for- evening? Might It not hav been en
eigne ra should be admitted for 20 years' hour of blissful quietude after a day
who have not J2000 in the family, or., in the hurry or rush of a busy world,
for one individual, 11000. The country j Might It not be an interesting study of
needs a rest from Immigrant laborers. the planets that God gav to lighten
C. S. ATWATER. the darkness of th night, or of qolet
. communion of the soul with tb Ood
Th Weakling In the Dance. ' who gave it? '
Vancouver. Wash.. Jan. J7.-To ths "By their fruits." Hor.
Editor of Th Journal WhU my bury ! and th alarming s tatls i'"" r"
life prohibit, my indulging in such by "- 'mVl nxn
pastimes a. dancing were I Inclined to woman, who die
do so. I agrea with Mrs. Hoist and E. as the first step that 14
U in taking exception to A. M. Brown's ; for the grat majority of tb ruined,
itatement that only th. impur In cause, rn. to cry out f or th. ..k. of
heart dance, for I hav. friend, who ar. ' those who. as Mra HoUImh. should
pur. and good who dance, and I knos mot." mho. i a.
there are others who. with Mrs. Hoist, j . . ,
find a pur. and pleasant paatlm. in it. j Terms) tailed Iaaccurate.
But I bellev. there are those who are, Oregon City. Or, Jan. 14. To tb.
morally weak and hav. not will power j,,,,. 0 Th Journal Frequently, la
to restrain their passions, who should I n.va item, of late, X bae. noticed
not indulge in Its pleasures. W. know j wntr omon has bn shot with aa
"automatic revolver." I be to ttat,
on authority, that ther Is bo aach
firearm aa an autotnatVo revolve.
ab auto ma tie firearm la on which
reloads Itself by th. automatic actio
or the bolt recoil, ana sucn aa mrm is
called a platol.
Another thing which I wish to get
off my cheet Is th frequent us .f
tb expression ""head-on collision. I
l.av railroaded for 21 years and evi
yet heard such an expression used by
railroad men. When. In running lo
warda ch otber train, collide, tb
collision Is deslgnat.l a Tiead-end
collision, not "head-on Runalrg In
th aam. direction It la calsad bna-
ewd" fiT. "tall -end" collision. Ther is
absolutely no meaning i u xprea
tloo "head-on" collision. R. C C
Enllah as Sometime Printed.
Portland. Jen. II. To th. Editor of
Tb. Journal It Is a big ok for lb.
Oregon lan to say that om ef Its
neighbors, aahappllr, can BelVker writ
nor speak. wba it few rnonth ago
In aa editorial placed tb ootnlnaOr
rase after a pre position, and only last
week wrote, tn another odltorlal,
uatnea lays neglect ad." and o aach
occasion was driven by lis redrs to
tb kwBBilUttoa of oafaaclag th vUo-
of tb. English.
TKX TXTHAJlCa.
lctle of mob la tt.e real eLat
boom Ml orj th great flne.ct
crlse of the pat century have Wi
preceded by sue h booms, and there ae.
many re-eons fr ti-lie ing ttiat the
booms sr b-b tbe mala mat at
the pariic- . But tri aoqulaitloa
f god land fo purt - of lsrrwv
ment Is a different thing. . . . Coas
munltlea sre Wnrflted or re4rod y
rel estate operational jot la propor
tloij as Isnds ttfhj them pvt t tb4f
h1get use A all pollc-le relating
to la-id. with refeWnre t. corpora tiaeas
of all nrta ae wen as tod in Ml a,
should t ado teg with that Idea la
view.
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