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THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1914.
pit C ' I r"" Iff) K I A 1 ' "plahds and - rich low land could
I Pit. JUUK N ML' not be reached. These lands are
- . . - - m m f A.
aw istirrKSDByT wrwHPAfKn wen adapted to dairying ana iron
c. m. iJki KBQM , .fnMfir raining and. when made accessible
tabiimhrlt every fTulls tapt bomlajri t , will ( yield large profits tO the htt-
myrr.u.?Ln and;nan; ,ln ; addition there are
Katrj Ht ik vtrfrw t i-octim. or- (waloiiK. the Columbia river coru-
iw2"'t lb,UU" tu u'u ','ou', manding Bites for suburban homes
KucvZse.1h iiia; hmlUiK brought almofet within the
nrnim mriieii by ibew Dumber, tell 'boundary of Portland by a'igooa
the trmttn mlmt rtofrtpwut r' emit. road Way ' '"'
aoujaarfa Kauinor c.. Britck ma.. . In the abolishment or the oia
?2? J.'i Vorl,i wasteful - system of road making
u.ZlZ' rr r r and the adoption of a .system of
Kute-flnlo trims br nail . or Ui nor d-t . J
foe uuHea kuim er uexice; j bfvi m it l v ui;nvi in v m. vvnit;
nan tagen a long step hi auvaute.
: DAILY
bm tr.,.....$t.m 1 On month..
. . VCNDAT
Uu yvar....,..fC.CX 1 -One tnnnth..
. DAILY AMD SUNDAY.
Ou fernt. , 97.0U Out itwtitK..
i The ronKnrf of pur lives Is
Hi "Wilr prtf of the im;erf ty
ro ,or hearts. Owrn Eliot.
WH(J CJOVKRNH A.ME1UCAV
' its fast disaiipearing timber
...$ . i will be made to contribute towards
i' lin llrl irt w llio riSndu ttnlvini? in a
t OV "B
" great measure the- problem of the
jm IU)U Vf I A I i "J '
A .. 4 . . 1, ...111 I. A
j A ptJiiuaiiem ruu, k win in;
i found by the people of Columbia,
is a good Investment and will pay
for itself out of the Increased prop
jerty valuation it will create.
same logic. It is government's
duty to protect the children in
states , where they are not given
adequate consideration. Such a
law would prevent Industries from
going Into states which permit the
exploitation of children.
The child problem has been dif
ficult of 'solution because It has
been impossible to get forty-eight
states to enact Identical legislation.
Under the laws of commerce, the
standard of the least humane 1
the standard ot all, for the prod
ucts of chiTtr labor are shipped
from a few 'into many states. The
Palmer bill seeks to establish a
common rule such as was estab
lished for food products. ,
action,5 why don't ' they all get be:
hind the Borah-, bill which has al
ready passed the senate, is pend
ing -.before the house, and is a
goo measure?" Why don't they!
A FEW SMILES v
"Oh, Mr. Smitn!'' cried the young
ladv. as she greeted her caller. "So
you have been mak
ing friends with FIH
Kx-President Taft is annoyed by
the newspaper ominents on! his hlo!,fkn doou'?.? thlnk
thirty-five pairs of breeches which vveit' ys"a i d Mr.
have been cut down in sixe to meet Smith, grimly, "it
his reduced bulk. Tire Kansas don't believe has
City
As
T j OTTAWA yesterday, ex-
'reajdent Taft declared that
the .British are absolutely
Ten on the free tolls Issue. !
He held that the exemption to
A liAWYEP.'K THICK
T
HKRK was no way for Judge
llean to grant the. of fleers of
the Inland Development Com
pany a new trial. It was ab-
Atnericau ships in the coastwise,' surd for Attorneys Fulton and
trade Is equivalent to a subsidy Bowerman to ask a new trial. The
asd that Qrsat Britain and other motion for a' new trial was
nations can (meet the United States: en illuminating example of what
"on the qual terms" of the treaty J Charles H. Carey referred to when
by granting subsidies to their own ( he said to an assembly of lawyers
skips. (in Portland: "
That is exac tly what Oreat Brlt-: '.Much thus i atl -n dfcniurrern
sin is Anlne at Himr with Vnr ?ti 1411,1 "tlon which are fllftd in nearly
am s doing at rjuer witu tier own , fy mit Tel.hnU.a, ruleH that
sliips and the language of the Suez r)nP PHrtl'n to definite issues are ob-
lonn to tiltimute Juttuce. courts
er now make justice a sec-
treaty is absolutely the same lan-i mru tionj
cuace as the HHV-Panncfifotr auuMawy
guage as the Ilay-Pauncefpte
treaty, tinder which ureat Britain!
pntlury ;oneideration.
At the trial, the officers of the
vojin . iv rtmKnu. I. vuuh - OOTnl,anv wpre convicted on each
Panama. How can Croat Britain ! com.pan,ys were c. onl Ba . t,JlZ
4 t I . ,,. , ! of the five counts. The testimony
, . i, . I of forest rangers showed that the
free tolls . at Panama -when, as . t , , . T , . ds1j
. i, t , . .. Inland Development officers sola
owner of that canal, she practices , , i . , , . .
- n .i ' S. ir'B fruit lands a section of land on
..... . the crest of Mount Ashland. An-
bdo pennii every oiner nation to ., . . . . .
a .if. i other tract was on the summit of
":.Vr.C:"" ,M ..Jthe highest part of the Siskiyou
ill i ii . i ijvi v , lire lunn I yji uiu
ships in our own coastwise trade
Is entirely our own affair. British
ships cr.nnot engage in American
coastwise trade. Thfy are forbid
den from doing so by our naviga
tion laws. Britain has no more
business in trying to regulate our
1 1... AUm. AMWnanr
mountains. A third was on the
Bummlt of the Blue mountains,
7600 feet high, and covered with
two feet of snow on May IB.
These tracts were advertised as
first class fruit lands in a pam
phlet circulated among its buyers
we would have in trying to regu-
tbe
late British navigation of
Thames.
It is absurd to contend that the '
United States has not the right to
fix the terms upon which an Ameri- '
. can vessel carrying cargo from New
Tork or New Orleans to Portland
or Tacoma may pass through the
Panama canal. It, is absurd to'
hold that under any obligation ;
Of moral or statute law, national
It was proven in court that the
defendants began business with no
. capital. They had an oral con
' tract for 40,000 acres of land at
K KK1 OUU WATEK PURE
-' . ; '.
A'
. . f-ir-a
Journal thinks he has just Uu. e , V . , J "Zii
grounas ior compiami,. aua auua l)Ue of me and Iwi Kc,ms to watlt
that it is a pretty howdydo if a other." Ladies' Home Journal.
citizen cannot have a few acres of
wearing apparel trimmed out of
his wardrobe without the fact be
ing commented on all over the t
country.
$60 and, estimating that it was
worth $7.&0 an acre, they figured
oiit an air-castle profit of $60,000
and it was on this margin that
stock was issued. The manner in
which the stock was handed
around among the promoters and
the considerations given in ex-
N ACT of Congress expressly
forbids trespass on the Bull
Hun Reserve, whether on
roads, trails or other ave
nues. The measure was passed In
1904 as a means of safeguarding
the purity and permanency of
Portland's water supply. So long
as that statute remains on the
books, and it Bhould never be re
pealed, it Is Idle to talk about
building a road through the Bull
Run Reserve.
It is claimed that the proposed
Hood River road through Lojo pass
would result1 to a greater or less
extent,- In polluting Bull Run wa
ter, that it would tend to make a
pleasure resort in the vicinity of
Bull Run lakeland that it would
add to the danger of destruction
by fire of the Bull Run Reserve
forest with consequent weakening
of the conservation of the water
shed. It Is further urged that the
road would cut off the water sup
ply from the Clear Pork and Lost
creek which Portland will have
need of. in the' not distant future.
? Whatever may be the merits of
this contention, it is better to err
on the side of safety. A quarter
of a million people are dependent
on Bull Run water, and in time
there will be: half a million, then
a million human, beings whose re
liance for health and life will be
upon the waters that issue from
the Bull Run Reserve. In any
controversy with - the welfare of
all these people on one side of the
balance and the convenience of a
few people over a certain roadway
on the other, there can be but one
decision the waters of the Re
serve must be kept unpolluted; no
step should be permitted that can
in the slightest impair the purity
of Portland's water supply.
It
.Jay Greej "I had a ride In my
cousin's automobile
while I was up f the
city
Aaron Allred "Te
did? .How'd seem?"
Jay Green
"Wa-al, It felt a
good deal like fullln
into a mighty deep
I
1 4511 1 "
1 1
The brief of Max Cohen, whose
case is to be heard in the Court
of Anneals In San Francisco this'
week, insists among other conten- j well, only ye dropped straight ahead
Hons that the convicted Portland v
lawyer .is - me vicnui ul a ..j mr.e you complain of a sore
lip." , Why not tell the Court of , thruat." said the regimental doctor
Appeals that Cohen is an angel j looking at hi report, us the last' mpm-
witi wings and a halo? What a
travesty i some of the stuff put
forth in the sanctuaries ot justice!
Texas has thirteen candidates
for governor, and though Texas
has three times the area and four i inflamed
times the population, Oregon, from j "You had better not strain it iu the
ber of the tick pa
rade stepped up.
."Yes, lr;" terribly
sore!" answered the
bandsman, huskily.
The doctor exam
ined him carefully.
'Yes. it is rather
said he
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
tha way in which executive timber
Is yielding to the pressure of the
band. I shall strike you off duty for
a week; come to me again at the end
nt tliut tim nnd in t h int-:ritil rnrrln
people, will soon skin her to death j with eait and water."
in the number. Of gubernatorial! At the end of the week back came
lightning rods.
A notable feature of the plat
forms of gubernatorial candidates
this year is their great length. Let
them go It, however; it's election
year and the people are fully re
signed and prepared to stand al
most anything.
Letters From the People
(Commuoicfttlons nt to The Journal for
publication In thla department thould b writ
ten on only one lde of the paper, should not
esceed 300 words in length and must be ac
companied by the name mud address of tbe
sender. If the Writer ooea Dot desire to
have the name published, he should so state.)
"Discussion is tbe greatest ot all reform
era. It rationalizes eTcrytlilni; it touches. It
robs principles of all tulie sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and sets up its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
the bandsman unite recovered
"That's good." said the doctor.
"You're fit for duty again now, bo you
can return to your work today. By
the way, what is your Instrument?"
"The side drutn, Pir!" answered Tom
my, without tni riicKer or an eyena.
Causes of Distress.
St. Johns, Or., Feb. 3. To the Editor
of The Journal With Interest I have
read numerous letters recently pub
lished in The Journal, wherein rea
sons were assigned why the "army of
the unemployed" and crime are ram
pant in the land.
I herewith present for The Journal
6f
I am told," fcald a beautiful woman
to a dub of a nan In Bratenahl the
other day, "tht my lovely cousin,
Miss .x.., nas made
a . deep impression
on you."
Is Miss X your
cousin?" burbled
the dub excitedly.
"Indeed, she did.
She is one of the
loveliest girls I ever
met. J'll tell you
Just what kind of a hit she made with
me. I met her at the Dashes' dinner,
and she sat on the other side of me,
and I. talked with her the whole time,
and I can't even remember who "my
dinner partner was."
"I thought not," said the beautiful
woman, dryly. "I was your dinner
partner."
SMALL CHANGE
A little. SHOW Htorm or- tn rinomi'l
inake a hard winter.
i
The annual scricss iif big-eRg stories
has begun corning in.
Ah, now come tl !td little Feb
ruary, with two holidays.
The bi hataehalliiits are attracting
a lot of attention already.
There has ben Rood roads talk only
lous enough; now for action.
Tlie ftprinjr crop of gubernatorial
candidates will be embarrassingly
large.
TcrhapH oonKrctJs could dr nn better
than to Ket Secretary Vane to fix up a
iew janu iuw?, aim pass tnem.
If tlie oworld i, and lonjr has been.
growniK netier. what a touirli ol
place it must have been some centuries
ago.
A river bar is a thing to be fouitht
and conquered. Ho is a saloon bar.
Home people regard the letral bar simi
larly.
4
In an encounter between a police
man and a robber, it is a pltv if the
policenutn doesn't aim right and shoot
rirst.
It won't be long till all able-bodied
men can find .employment, but there
win always oe many out or employ
ment. One high chool Is going to teach
journalism. How many of the pupils
can fepell or read correctly, or ' can
learn to do so?
TJkelv enough mativ of those refu
gees at Fort Wins, being fed better
than ever before, are glad tlioy had to
run from Ojinaga.
Talk of even the best of laws that
have been or will be passed materially
lessening the coat of living is mostly
buncombe. It is a hlgh-cost-of-living
time.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS I
The Myrtlo Point Knlerprise thinks
It strange, "considering the need Of
desirable title, that sonieon has not
written av ragtime song around 'Ban-
lion-by-the-Sea.' " ,
Cornet Band, the American Bays, ajhow
that Mummer will have a creditable
miiKleal organisation this summer.
Nothing is said about ragtime, how
ever. .. ' . - .
IN EARLIER
DAY?
By Fred Xockley.
Fifty-eight ear Ko.the - paper i
were full of controversial discussion 1
about the death of reo-peo-inox-inox. '
tho head thief of the vlla Wallas. In !
".those days therv were liO good Indi-j
The renearsals of lrof. Alexander's aha but dead ones and the Pam-rs ad-
vised the settlers ami snhliers to kill
the Indiana first and find oA if they
were friendly Indians after they were
dead. ; "h .
The Journal re-enly ; published an
account of the death of th noted Wal
la Walla chieftain which tfought forth :
the following letter: . Jj -
Freeinont Station, Seattle, Wash.'
To the iMitor or The .JMuriml Dear
Sir: I notice uu article' (T-m rerent Ik.
sue of The Journal, bv Vred Lockley,
St. Helens Mist: In' l.'nifcn county
logs ar assessed for about tS8 while
li: i!latsop county the value placed on
them is 2. Might be a profitable ven
ture for some enterprising man to
visit Clatsop and buy canines for
shipment to Union. '
-
From the way Jefferson ladles are
registering it 'doesn't look to th Ke-
iew ii many xi mem wern vppunni i in reiemiico to th Vlliii.o- of i -hiuf
to equal suffraxe They are all In rco-peo-mox-mox S As I was
favor of good roads or improvements i ' It 'VM - w '
of any description, the Itevfew further j "I IT " u"."'8 or -tr,7' Breat t hUf
........ noB niiieu. j -would like tu
tell how it was as I sw It. There
were six Indians we held prisotirm
and there were li guards We. stnrte,!
me i oucuet river up Itie Vat):i
in the
fays.
Kditor "Young, formerly of the Sun
flower state, nays in the Cxxiuille Sen
tinel: "Ha vina seen the worst that
the weather ever does to this section Walla river on December
in last Sunday's storm, the Sentinel morning, and we had a running fight
man is still glad he is here. B,ut those till about 3 o'clock, when the Indiana
gusts were forcible reminders of for- made a determined stand and were
uirr irnvxa mi muw. u wii'k u not ror us, HO the colonel
, ' . ' . , . , 'told the guards to tie the Indians and
During the late meteorological un- six of us guard them and tbe other
pleasantness Morrow county was a six go Into the battle, tho Indians r
phelter in a time of storm, according fused to he tld so we ent r-word to
to the Ileppner Gazette Times, which the colonel they wouldn't he ti-d and
Fays: "Morrow county Is certainly a j he said If they wouldn't be tied to
favored .spot. Storms of wind and j shoot them. - ,
rain nave neen raging in omer pans vve Doys began to
or rue siaie ana aiong ine riim inis
week but the weather here has been
balmy and pleasant."
Powell Butte ( 'orrespondenc lled
inond Hub: Bend is ciowintV over
Hedmoiiii because Governor West on
his recent visit appeared In the former t not killed He tried toil get un so a
tntv,. i.. u hlr nihil. In tUa ..u..; 1 .i. 1 .l "i A' ? !"'
.., ...... v. r....... ....... ij Bum mm in one 11 m n.-i.u i.v.n
killed and bite, a Imiv IK
nr,nur, tn k li . ,
and one IndlanV not reo-4ieo-mox-inox. .
drew a dirk knife from hfe Ugglnc and
began to strike right inu left. Jlle
cut ote man over the eVe and a man
bv the inline of' Mllrhtl - fmrrim
Ihe Itidls.n on Ih- hed a 3rd killed him
l'eo-iK.o-niox-mox was nHol down hut "
latter li,e wore a flannel shirt. We're
satisfied in our minds had the gov
ernor paid I'ovyell -Butte a visit he
would have eonte togged out In a
Prince Albert, silk hat and
leathers, in which case poth towns
would have had our sympathy.
TAX REFORM IN WESTERN CANADA
uouuual i I ... tlA l nnatilula
or International. Great Britain j "
hould have the right to say what! f, moat amazing story of -dizzy
iiiiauv.c.
terms should or should not be
We own the we own thel pa,d " n bJ'er! 8 "FT
Pictures of other lands were
hip; we own the ports; we owa
the canal zone; we own everything
Incident to the transaction.
fjnder such a status, if Great
Britain has a right to fix our tolls,
she baa a right to fix tolls on the
Mississippi.
If she has that right, the Ameri-
ing the company's property, -a fact
that was admitted in open court
by the defendants. The accused
represented that they had deeds
to 40,000 acres of land in escrow
in the Lumbernrens Bank but Mr.
Dukehart.i escrow agent of that In
stitution, testified on, oath that the
eon nrDQMonf t.h,.l,l .hUi. i unuMeiureu i " " "
ja kiivt viw UI1VU1U tVUUlV'UlV 1 1 I
of the company. It was proven at
the trial that tAl the land the
ever ownea was zauu
favor of King' George and the
American Congress resign in favor
of the British Parliament. ' I comPay
-- acres.
I The company gave a free lot at
I Klamath FallB along with each
EDUCATION AN1 FARMING
T
HE department of agriculture land sale and represented to the
says that education and bust-! purchaser that the lot was worth
ness methods are big factors ; all the money paid for the land
In successful farming. Their
' Importance has been shown by a
series ot investigations in the states
of. Indiana, Illinois and Iowa,
where statistics were gathered
from 620 farms, of which -273
were operated by owners and 247,
. by tenants.
The Investigations showed that ;
farmers- with a high school educa
tion make nearly double the aver
age Income of those with merely
a common school training. Those
who .start earliest make the most
profits. Many farmers with very
At the trial the defendants ad
mitted that the lots were more
than two and a half miles from
Klamath Falls and behind high
hills, and that - they cost $2.39
apiece
A more flagrant abuse of the
incorporation function is rarely at
tempted. A more brazen assault
on the real function of a court of
justice is farely made than was
the effort to get a second trial
in a case so completely proven.
In tlie motion for a new trial
there is full explanation of why
little schooling succeed, but the i Lawyer Fulton recently staged in
bulletin says these same men would' full view of the Jury his pyrotech-
yaa H t ii o tuhiilfltAii pnntpnta fir ft
is idle to argue that there ; reDort of the department of commerce
would bo no danger of pollution, and labor, for a specified district and
Wherever human beings go they entitled. "Immediate Causes of Dis-
rrv. iress. ine laouiaiea siaiemcm neio
, ..111 1 . ..u .. v..
plan speculators will soon let go. If
assessors assessed unimproved land at
its worth no one would need exemp
tion, and I don't see how we are going
to make him do any different under
the proposed exemption act.
After all, it's a .pretty, hard propo
sition t fill a pocket with a big hole
in the bottom Of It, and that's our
plight, J. L. EDMISTON.
The Care of the Unemployed.
spread germ life. The very fact " -Tented r BuUeUn of The i si.Gr' Ffb' - !?
that a road is to be built in Bureau of labor. No. 79. November. 1
Close proximity to Bull Kun lake 1908, page 905, published and approved what became of. the man with thi
is to permit people to journey nyine government, ana is as iouw8. smallpox(?) who was the means of
through the Reserve and about the remnbr Tnt b'TmSiate t"? uZ' TrLelfV? J'
Rnot whence Portland water comes, causes of distress: i 6eet. It seems strange that one per-
T fa Qvlnmafif that thft nlfln is
full of peril to Portland, and that Cause. 1
tha road ought not to be built.
White.
RATES AND REBATES
E
Accident
Blindness
Fam- Per-
uies.i sons.
Negro.
ASTERN railroads are asking Rt0nnfamily!
authority to increase their Incarceration
ratesi five per cent. The re- lnSJ?5K?cy of
quest is based on a showing Intemperance
that cost of operation has increased .7 e",pi
more, proportionately, than reve- Lack of employ-
mma hill thla cftntonHriTi urnc o-lron l ment, old age
17
5
6
26
12
196
170
85
21
16
126
77
821
Fam
ilies.!
38
4
55
201
1
1
18
11
10
659
1
1
1
7
40
1
4
355
Per
sons
son could be the means of creating
such havoc in the lives of a thousand
people and then drop bo suddenly into
obscurity. We will begin to think it
was. a ruse, after all, if we don't get
If. v dvihw 'ty - i V. . jr bvvjii. a v'10
. i ri . x utuiu- K3,,vw,A nakvii VAeo
IB closely and insist on uncensored re
24 1 ports daily. It may mean cause for
future self-protection if he b.ad the dis-
22
241
831
3
2
26
5.3
2,505 !
do better If they had the oppor
tunity or further training. .
The department seeks1 to impress
upon agriculturists that agricul
ture Is a business the same as any
other Industry. Successful farm
ing la an ; individual economic!
prouiem. ilia iarm aoes not pro-:
vide work, the pay nilist be cor
respondingy low. The farmer may
have sufficient area and grow the
right kind of crops, .and yet not
be -successful, owing to the poor
quality of his entire business. Such
farms 'are j unprofitable largely
through ignorance or indifference
on the part of the operator. Under
good management they fcan gen
erally be made successful.;
The bulletin has been issued in
; connection wjth the department's
campaign for; increasing the farm
er's efficiency. He is the nation's
great producer, and upon his ef
; forts much ' of the country's pros
perity depends. Proper organiza
tion of well selected farm enter
prises to:' permit the maximum use
of men, horses aod machinery lies
at the foundation of success. "
nic performance for contempt pro
ceedings against The Journal. It
was a lawyer's trick to cheat
justice.
A CHILD LABOR BILL
ene.ss II 31
a severe jolt by an Interstate Com- Loss by fire 2 8
jn,i;n i.n I Loss or income
iUCICO KU11I1U1301VU "cuoiuu ICLOK. I f-nm
week in wnich It was neia tnat tne Loss of money
railroads have not discontinued 'the N?e, $0 rters
practice 01 giving reDaies. old age
The commission found that mil- O1of; a n
lions of dollars are paid annually Severe weather
to great industrial trusts of the g,111?
reast by railroad systems in the i
trxvm nt allowoneoa foe a-rvonlnl oar. Total 452 1,860 731
. 1 f ATrml rt Art T 1c O nlntH BlWUlin
Mie large manufacturing piants are That the of tobacco in early
not required to pay demurrage childhood is a great factor in arresting
charsres aKsessed acainat small bus- normal, mental, moral and religious de
i rrv, .nmmi.;nn ti,r veiopmeni is now generally tinuwi, ana
1 "- accepted, and that this check in normal
ttnaugeiucuio "hu iuc n uois alc development during childhood leads
unlawful, tor they amount to a later in life to numerous vices and vi
Dreference in favor of the trusts, clous habits that often develop into
Great manufacturing corpora-' rVttlr r7v rTnments r
tions having industrial railroads the' little ones. we need more up to
connecting their plants with trunk date methods of instructing the dull.
lines may no lonier be exempt If the state would take hold of the
ffbm demurrage charges. The com- ong-ested condition In cities by
mission says such exemptions are aasisting persons of good intentions to
noihing less than unlawful rebates, a country home, along New England
,,si, aeei.o tbA hanoflt rxt thai and Australian metnoos, tne army or
the unempioyea wuuia siuvy wiimici
ease, -and if not it will clear up a mys.
tery. .
I would like to ask what the good
churcn people are doing in this emer
gency. The only thing I have seen in
the'papvrs so far are accounts of St.
Patrick' Catholic church, where the
good j women prepared an appetizing
dinner for 150 needy men, and also St.
Stephens, that have served one big
supper and mean to continue it weekly
until! the. municipal authorities find
worki for alL Now theso are obscure
churches to me. Those I hear most
12 about are the White Temple, First
1,081 j Presbyterian, First Methodist, etc. I
' ! haven't seen where these rich churches
were I doing a thing except the First
A
A PROGRESSIVE COUNTY
OLUMBIA county has joined
the ranks of progress. Ily a
good margin that county
Voted yesterday for a svstem
of modern highways. There was
opposition and, curiously enough
BILL prepared by . the na
tional child labor committee
has been Introduced into the
house by Congressman Pal
mer of Pennsylvania. It forbids
the interstate shipment of com
modities produced in quarries,
mines or factories where children
work more than eight hours a day
or before the hour of seven. o'clock
in the morning or arter seven in
the evening.
The bill proposes to apply the
principle on which the drug and
food act is based, that law "having
established standards which must
be met before drugs and food can
be shipped from one state into an
other. It is said that President
Wilson takes a keen interest in
the bill, this statement finding sub
stantiation In the fact that the
measure is backed by one of the
president's closest political friends.
Various state pure food laws
were Ineffective until congress
took action under its power tp reg
ulate Interstate commerce. ,4 The
federal law says that a state which
falls to enforce restrictions against
the manufacture of tainted goods
cannot ship them into another
state. The law is based on sound
industries themselves and give
them "undue, unlawful and unrea
sonable" advantages over competi
tors.1 ,
The decision is one of the most
important in many years. It comes
and the problem of success in life be
solved for many. v. c. LK.vv.ia
John T. McRoy in Harper's Weekly.
Widespread interest has recently
developed concerning the application
of single tax in western Canada. Its
success Is one of the bases of a con
certed effort to untax industry in-scw
York. It has inspired many a single
tax prediction in electorlal campnignri
last year in Missouri and Oregon
Wherever tlie initiative Is in force the
United States has had Bingle tax or
quasi-single tax campaigns. It would
not be too much to say that Canadian
experience is the scource from which
these hopes have come.
Western Canada seems to show that
taxation may become a subject of hope
and absorbing Interest to the mass, of
men. It demonstrates truths to thu
practical man who despises "theory"
and "hypotheses."
While no batty inferences can be
draWn from such a consideration, yet
one thins is clearly evident that
northwestern -Canada possesses some
attractions which the United States
does riot. The contention which is
constantly made, that this progress
has mainly as Its cause the taxation
of land values and non-taxation of Im
provements, is the conception that we
are now to analyze.
The country is tnainly agricultural.
save in .British Columbia Where lum
ber, mining and fisheries predominate.
However, there is fruit growing in the
Frjizer River basin. In view of the
insistent assertions of Taussig and
other orthodox economists that the
single tax would work better in towns
than In the country, it Is interesting
that a rural community has' been t ie
first largely to apply Henry George's
teachings.
The production of grain Is the great
est industry of the Canadian north
west. There is, however, a consider
able amount of cattle raising. Dis
tances between towns are large,
and the farm life Is of that
lonely American type which will no
doubt make for Individualism of the
most pronounced type.
provements of any and all kinds are
excluded from taxation. The provin
cial taxes, whether personal property.
Income or poll, still exist.
The value of land Is taxed more
heavily in proportion as It la kept out
of use. A lot held for speculation la
discriminated against by a higher
rate. In Alberta and Saskatchewan
land value taxation Is compulsory
throughout the provinces. Neither Im
provements nor. personal property Is
in any way taxed. Provincial taxes
In small degree remain. In Manitoba,
land is practically the basis of agri
cultural taxation.5 Stock, Implements,
etc.. are not taxed. In Winnipeg the
assessment of buildings is only two
thirds that of the land.
others were
or su years old. was saved- I tell you
It Was a hot time fna lltlle nrhil f
! exiieefetl tt, ., u,..m ...... ... '
patent shot.
It Is a shame the way our boys
mutilated the chiefs body after lie was
killed. One of the surgeons cut ofrthe
chief's ears and put them in a bottle
or alcohol' as a tropby. Allow me to
add that I don't think bow that our
colonel ought to' have kept the chlt
and the other Indians as prisoners.
They came to us under A 'flag of truce
and according to all the rules of war
ought to have been allowed to go back
to their wigwams.
MAUION PHILLIPS,
Indian war veteran."
Th causes leadltiK up to' the Indian
war of 1855 are not we.ll understood.
History lias much to say about the
war itself, but you. will" jnd but brief
mention of the ral reason that led to
the Indians taking to the warpath.
Oeorge Collier Hobbinw,' one of the
early day busfReVs men of Portland,
and at one time, mayor of Portland, 1n ,
speakintatf the matter some years ago
said: .
"Congress made an appropriation-to
build a military wagon rjiad from'-the"
headwaters of the M Issturl trlver to
the Columbia river. ThJ construction
or this military waaron t'Oad was un-
There can be no doubt that this
policy has Immensely increased the
Quantity and quality of improvements. J tier the charge of Lleutenjim John Mul
Building in the towns and country is ' len. The Indians were employed In
out of all proportion to the growth
of population. Medicine Hat had a
400 per cent Increase in 1912. Edmon
ton adopted the pure land value tax In
1912. 'The figures for buildings were
$10,250.G2 for 1912 against $2,197.92-)
for 191.1. Towns of 30,000 Inhabitants
gathering cattle for thi workmen as
well as for the military" '.escort. The
Indians called the 'bull whackers' or
teamsters, 'Gee-haw-whoa-buck' men.
"Governor Stevens of Washington
territory was ex-offlcio superintendent
of Indian affairs. lie appointed two
show as much progress In buildings of the teamster who h4d . worked un-
-Taxes and Exemptions,
McEwen. Or.. Jan. 31. To the Editor
of The Journal I am In favor v of free
e'reuiHtlon of initiative petitions. If
at a time when the railroads are free, then only meritorious measures
rlpmandlns a. substantial rate in- will Bucceed. I have in mind a t cent
...ji... ,L-x j.. nasseneer fare for Oregon, and I ven
crease, it muicaiS uiai tie ran- f"re j can make u go on its merit if
roada can increase their income j can ujg up traveling expenses. The
millions of dollars . through econo- reason it has cost so much to initiate
rnies of operation and especially laws has been the tact roar mioi
, , , , . . , ,, them were uncalled for. I am also op-
through abandonment of. a policy posed to any iaw being made by the
which gives large shippers materi- legislature , without , being referred to
al advantages over those not SO the people, and my reason is that the
(.vftH legislature is made up mostly of law-
Idvuieu. . . i.,.r t nn fir oerson to
These favors ta- the trusts have j niak' raws for the general good of so-
imposed a heavy tax on transpor-1 ciety. They can't tell half the time
tntinn Thp National Tube Com-1 what their own making means. i
tation. Tne national i uDe torn- a uule strange that though
pany, a suDSiaiary oi tne unuea j al, w-ealth comes through agriculture
States Steel Corporation, profited j and miriing,: first, yet these interests
to the extent Of $425,000 in .1911. have practically no say in tne making
Sickness leads In the above, and lack! y,annt fnr tha R,.rv plllh nnH the
hungry men, on a false tip, gathered to
participate of it and were lgnomin
iously dispersed by the police upon the
request of the committee in cnarge.
I am afraid after this crucial time
somej of the churches will stand In as
unenviable a position as eome of tbe
town of the valley, chief among which
is Albany. This town showed the most
mercBesa inhumanitaVfan side, unless
It was Hillsboro. The report from
there! reads: "Though the marcher
have ia place of shelter tonight, they
had nio food, and with the police guard
ing' the doors and refusing to let the
soliciting committee go out they will
get nothing until morning.
"The soliciting committee started
out afoon after arrival but the police
returned them to the old engine house.
They made no show of resistance when
ordered back."
Which latter fact show their spirit
is pretty well broken.
I wonder if they maintain a humane
society at Albany? Think : of men
marching all day in driving rain, cold,
wet and hungry, and then locking them
up without a bite to maintain haat in
their bodies, until morning, and then
grudgingly giving them sandwiches
and coffee and threatening to turn the
fire hose on them if they did -not
leave instantly. I have seen a report
since that one of the firemen was ais
chareed for not lending his aid to
This exceeded the ientire operating
expense of the plant's railway for
that year. Three railroads in
1912 returned more than $2,200,
000 to Industrial lines.
There is no
most of it tame from localities
which will benefit most from good public policy; it is government'
roads. ' 1 duty to protect the health of the
Columbia county is one of the 1 people against the greed of men
richest in the fetate but its develop- who would .grow rich on impure
ment has been long retarded by j food.
th lack of good roads. Its fertile 1 The Palmer bill is backed bv the
and administration. of our laws?. And
all because of a bunch-of parasites
called lawyers, wno proauce noining
but strife and have to be taken care of.
We have tiad tax laws galore, and I
don't see that we hav helped matters
a bit over the conditions of - 20 years
reason why the ago. I don't know what the law pro-
railroads should be permitted to do Posed by Mr. Crldg s contains .other
, -,, i - . . . ,. I than the $1500 exemption, but to my.
indirectly what they cannot do di- J Tlt would not be mv'ch improVe-
rectly. Keuaies are Tor bidden by ment over the present. The assessor
law. The law should be applied, j the man to go after. He is the one
tnai says vnai a piece ui property is
Carl J. Peterson, a homesteader, tliat , Just as god should pay
writing from Roseburg, says in I the same tax, whether improved or not,
The Journal: "Lafferty has a bill I &nd aU lan(J of the """e character,
r I whether timoer or omerwise, snouii
for the homesteaders. Congress-1 Alsk. t.A,aUM w timh
man Sinnott has a bill for the on it, it is not less valuable. For
homesteaders. And now Mr. Haw-1 example, if a piece of farm land is
Ipv has--a bill for the noor home-1 wo"th J30 per acre, a piece of timber
ley nas--a ma iortne poor nome-i,and that Joins it is worth $30 plus
uifBueis. uw li mej waui iu gen the timber. If you assess on this
this outrage.
A. J. S.
Questions Concerning Whiskey.
Portland, Feb. 2. To the Editor of
slhe Journal In a large whiskey ad
vertisement in the Sunday morning
Oiegonian the statements are made
that "whiskey is the greatest medi
cine ever invented" arid that it is "tne
only medicine ever invented that has
been proved! io proious uumou
Will someone who has investigated,
- h w a. chemist or pnysician, kind
ly inform me If this statement Is true,
and state whit Ingredients in whiskey
possess such medicinal and curative
properties?
Will someone inform me in what
way it'jjrolongs or preserves life?
r PERPLEXED.
That the region Is developed abnor
mally is due largely to the alluring
appeals of the railroads and land
speculators. On account of this, theie
is an 'agitation for pure single tax In
order to eliminate land speculation
and let northwest Canada grow ac
cording to its true capabilities.
Taxation In western Canada Is rnore
largely under the control of cities and
towns than in any state of the Ameri
can Union. By demonstrating the
merit of a certain system, a town be
comes the center of a" host of nearby
imitators. These in turn tend to
spread their workable policy over the
province. By exempting improve
ments, for. instance, a town encouraged
Industry and aommerce which was an
advantage, and other towns were
forced to adopt the same policy.
In British Columbia, for local pur
poses all of the large cities nd towns
such as Vancouver, Victoria and Prince
Rupert, tax land valuta only. Inl
and improvements as American cities
of 200,000 population. The exemption
from taxation of business has resulted
der Lieutenant Mullen ti the wag-on
road, to office, appointing one of them,
J Bolan. as sub-Indi5n iiRtnt with
In Industries equipping and Improving t headquarters at what is now Wt iiat-
tneir plants to the highest degree, cheo. Shortly after his-appointment.
Stores are not afraid of being penal- I the Indians sent a delegation toT'athe.-.
ized for erecting commodious build- ; rondoga, a Catholic mUsJonary. ask
ings. It has also reduced the cost of I jng him to ue his Influence to have
doing business, thus affording an ini- j Bolen removed. -They . said' their
proved service for the same .money to squaws and young' women were afraid
me consumer, wnne tne towns will j to go out picking huckleberries as
have to slacken "this rate of growth , jjolen had assaulted several of the
one fact seems to be Indisputable. It , young Indian women,
is that unwise taxation : has been j "'Why does the Ore.fet Father at
shown to have more effect in check- Washington Insult us fry sending a
ing building, farm improvements, and ! "fjre-haw-whoa-buck" iiiln to be over
business than is commonly supposed, j us? our young worprn ire afraid to
And western Canada bas proven that j leave camp while he Ilea In wait for
by not penalizing industry, it can tha
better develop and the more effectu
ally serve the people. The poor man
them, they said. J
"Father Pondoga writH' to Bishop
Blanchet t Fort Vancouver. Bishop
who buys a lot in the United States ; nianehet renorted it to Ijovernor tte
and improves, finds himself con- I vpnK. rtovernor Stevens Wrote to Agent
fronted by an increased tax. In west- ' uoian telling him of the chargf-s and
ern Canada this amount every year is
saved.
A single case will serve to show the
meritorious effect of exempting stock
asking for an explanation".
"Bolan called the chiefs together and
said, "If you try to make.'me any more,
trouble I. will have the soldiers come1
nn hern and punish you. The "chiefs
and personal property In that section. , railed their people together and held-
A man owning zu.iruo neaa or cattlo I council A delegation; was sent to.
in Canada toldj a questioner that ho
Would have been taxed one, dollar a
head or $20,000 in an American state.
That a paving Is' effected to the con-
Father Pondoga asking hlm to send
word to Oovernor Stevens, that If the
agent was not remove! Within 30 days
' U pb wniild kill him. ii
sumer by untaxing business stock Is -Governor Htevens seit word that
clear. The situation almost tempts , ne coui(j not take actio without more
one m my mai me oeneiicence or ex- ; information ' Shortly ater inis an-
emption of industry has, been proved.
Perhaps its success may not be so
marked 1- older and more staid com
munities, but no. one can any, longer
afford to neglect a propos'tion that
has beyond all question "made good",
in the region where It has been tried.'
No party and no bodypf men In Can
ada has agitated for a return to the
old system.
LOOKING HALF A YEAR AHEAD
By John M. Oskison.
With the actual arrival of this new
year a great volume of forecast wai
loosed upon the country by financial
and business leaders. You have, no
doubt, read much of it in the papers.
You must know, from what you have
read, that the vast majority of the
Too many demands were made for
capital to be used in developing new
enterprises, wnere u was inevitable
that some risk was involved. People
generally grew afraid to put their
money in bonds and stocks; and the
natural result was that the prices of
bonds and stocks fell far below a nor-
other Outrage occurred Hupon one oT
Ihe Indian girls. The indlans killed
Bolan. mutilated him d burned up
his dead body. r '
"Troops were sent outi-to punish the
Indians. They were defekhed and many
of the soldiers were kril1- Oregon
was asked to rf ise volunteers and at
once raised a regiment. Te Wenatchce
Indians sent runners t.ll the ColurrN
bia river tribes. mst ig whonr rose,
Runnf-rs were also setftfr the Klamath
Indiana and the souhti tribes also
rose end the war was ofi."
new year predictions have-been optim- , mal level.
- llOLl. jl iiavd nraiu aiiu w eoq 1 1 CI III
Modest Mr. Lafferty.
Portland. Feb. 1. To the Kditor Of
Tbe Journal In front of a photo
graphic establishment in Washington,
is a large panel containing pictures of
the entire membership of te house of
representatives. All- are plain head
and shoulder portraits, with the ex
ception; of that of young Abraham
Walter tfferty of Oregon, who ap
pears! In the center of the collection
with k silk hat, coat thrown over his
arm. and a jaunty cane. Thus one gets'
the impression that he Is the pro
istic. If I should attempt lo.maae a
composite record of the hundreds of
well reasoned comments as to what
the year 1914 has In store for the man
With money to Invest, I should think
of It as something like this:
The, people have been a little more
cautiouj and conservative In business
(In the spending of money) than the
actual condition Justified. They have
accumulated a surplus of money
available for Investment, and they
have readjusted very considerably
theif habits of living they have
learned to live within their incomes.
No panic has come. Tariff and cur
rency legislation have been enacted
without causing any widespread fright
or protest. The insurance companies
and the banks had a good year in 1913.
showing that people generally. n
fidence in the country's future.
It was only in that form of busi
ness in which speculation plays a part
that exceptional depression occurred.
The Ragtime ; Muse
tl.e leaders in finance and business in
dictates that within six months you and
I will have lost most of our fear to
invest; within that period you and I
and the rest 'of our Americans will be
spending more than ever before. And
when that condition is known business
will Increase; the bonds and stocks
of the great corporations (the rail
roads wbich haul the things we oae,
and the manufacturers who make
them) will assume a- greater attrac
tiveness. It is said that, the securities market
feels a coming change In business con
ditions from four to six months ahead
of the- time when people generally
know that a change has come.
Ho If these. New Year prophets are
right, prices of good bonds and -stocks i
are going to gOup within a very short ;
time. Io you think the optimists are !
right? As an investor you ought to j
decide that point right away! . i
Suburbanite' Fancy.
When Gabriel blows his trumpet.
I hope he blows it Joud
Because I'll have to httriip It .
Through that commuter crowd!
I hope he blows it early;
It gives one needles. pain
To raise a hurly t-irly
And then to miss the-tralnl
Th code I'll surely know it,
If it's like that In town.
To go up, twice he'H blow It;.
One toot means "goipk down!
And for my rolls and gutter
I hope they'll let me" wait. ,
Or r-ross words I might utter
There at the pearly ugate:
I often sit and ponder ?
On what 1 ought to wear;
I hate to go well, vonder.
So clad that all will stare.
I'm not sure where I'm going;
However, at the worst.
There's comfort still In knowing
'Twill not be Ixnesomehrirst!
nrietor of the whole outfit. A stranirer
passing down the avenue a few days
ago, paused in front of the picture a
moment and Inquired: ,
it a minstrel yeT
The Journal's Figures Convince.
From the Newberg F.nterprise.
Enshrouded in gloom though Oregon
maye on account of the efreet of tha
new tariff on the wool industry, it ap
pears, according V the statistics
printed by The Oregon Journal, that
last year's Oregon egg crop was of
the value cf lfc.750.000 while the wool
product was worth only 2.700.i00. Tbe
Oregonian should thank Ood and take
courage. All is not lost.
Pointed Paragraphs
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who has narrowly escaped matrimony
Is to be congratulated.
' v i
it men were as" perfect as 'their
wive expect them to be, the monotony
of married life would be debilitating.
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