J-.. . p. , mKl A I vtek produced in Oregon, shipped to, In "a monopoly as complete as in- be remarked that if ever It becomes
J HE JOU rlNrL-' GAnd Rapids, Michigan,, for manu-i genuity could device and as ef-s the plan to have, weather men in
, ... m independent NBWtrAPKR ! lacture ana snipped uacK w urtr
c. . jackwos ,.pohnh?r gon for the man who produced the
: t'ubuiwHi uiii icxM-pi hnud.rt Bd ! lumber to buy. The cost, of. those
1 nLIKS?: I two freight hauls is an unnecessary
! 'i..i.r.a .1 ib iKMtotnc at Purtiood. or., ire? expense upon the., Oregon jman
tnnaiaiMioa tonxigo uw j when the lumber ne proauces; cau
home.
fective as-" combined action could i this country suicide on account'of
itxki'HuN F.s Min 717a, Hems. A-oM. All , maae into lurmture
tb trntF whit -department toi wnt.
OKt.tvN AOVKKTlSlSiU K I K 1C J AT IV K ,
twoj.nil. Kratnor Co- Brumwlck B1J..
1U3 firth Ac N Vsrk; Ul I'eupl t
" 0 rll.. Chtmlto. ' ' ;
utaertpUou term br mall or u "7 :
IftN ta Um United Btataa or Ma ilea:
bAILT
Oh M.oo i Oua moots...
, SUNDAY
Ooa rar $Z.SXi Ob month $ -2S
DAILY AND SUNDAY
One rtir I7 Ona roontf
THE TOK10 RIOTS
A
make it."
The significance of this decision
does not lie In the court's defini
tion of a trust. The statute under
which the poultry dealers were con-
faulty forecasts, ' there wilt be a
heavy recruitment in the ranks of
the unemployed. :. ;
It Is possible to abate eighty
per cent of the smoke nuisance if
not more. Is there anybody In
Portland who prefers the growing
vlcted was enacted nearly half a
century ago, but! this was the first
conviction had under It in which a
iail sentence was imDOsed. The smoky conditions to the purity and
FTER the Tokio riots, . how aimnat court lield unanimously clarity of atmosphere which coufd
absurd are the bewhiskered j that gufu i3 personal and that i be brought about? Why tolerate
prophecies of a Japanese at-1 punishment by imprisonment is ( the nuisance when It will continue
tack on the United j States. lawfuj
-8
If ver this free people If
this government itself Is ever
demoralized. It will come from
this Incessant human wriggle
and struggle for wfflee, which
In but R way to live without
work. Abraham Lincoln.
63-
K
LINCOLN
K
Japan has all she can do to cq&- The Minnesota supreme court
trol her awn subjects, let alone ; recently affirmed the conviction of
overrun and reduce to slavery thelmik dealers who formed a trust
people of America. The incomes of , for fixing prices.! But in that case
high and low to Japan are taxed : no prison sentence was imposed,
fifty per cent, to meet the finan-!The New York decision sets a prece
cal obligations that are sequel O fent 1otn for juriesand for judges,
the Russo-Japanese war. j It points the way for ridding the
The alarmists who ululate about i consumine nubile of unlawful com-
a Japanese invasion of (America
every time an army "and navy ap
propriation Is pending at Washing
ington seek to gull the "American
people. Their talk Is for the pur
pose of bamboozling the j country
into expenditure of more money
to gun makers, armor plate fac
tories, powder trusts and others
binationj created to fix prices.
Fines have been inefficient, but
prison sentences should prove ef
fective. -
to become more and more intolerable?
Coming to Portland five weeks
ago with $600 in his pocket, Ed
ward Eldrldge, a logger, died of
delirium tremens yesterday. How
few words It takes to tell the tale
of the grimmest kind of tragedy!
VINDICATED
BRAHAM LINCOLN is a part
of the ages.
. The splendid f.-.c s of his , government
career are imperishable. The. . ' !
rith8K,hl dvffe,ldC h 'n nf Japan. the riots reveal has al-
for which he stood. :.re as endur-;mogt ,nsoUjble domestlc problems.
Ing as the mountains i h countr the mili-
No canvas is required to keep! -' n.if1Hw u. in-
. the furrowed face familia in the 8lstJenc for an appropriation to
. memory of his count:-ymen No , e.tabIJ8hment,
! statue of bronze or marble is need- vr-fjied neonla had re
ed to visualize the Bhambllng ng-. . . , ,on . avfot n.
T
HERE used to be many dark
ling hints i and accusing in
sinuations by his Portland
newspaper (critics about Gov
ernor West and the state revolv
ing fund. Thrilling headlines and
sensational news stories were regu
larly reeled off to . credulous
readers. -
Letters From the People
It is all recalled by tho late deci
sion of Judge Kelly at Salem In the
! sisted the plan to the extent of i suit by Attorney General Crawford
The tremendous events of four it. "... ..,- .,t t r... , r...
lect from them personally more
than $16,000 alleged to be due the
state from unlawful use of the re
volving fund.
Judge Kelly decided In favor
of the governor and other mem-
i j l l.,n'l"c cwi.ij
ireiueuaouc ",""' drawn that a turmoil that shook
the Justice and courage of a com-i .. . tn ,ta fnnr,Aatinrta TL.QCI
manding man; wrote the name and w& ...
fame of -the sixteenth prefiident in i
upon the
violent protest against the allot-
everlastlDg characters
scroll of time.
! No figure of history mofe power
fully reflects ihe true American
t M f I ..Unan.H n Via Amnvf-
,uea ;.. . rei '".T Li J', the verge of civil strife as a re-
' can IIIO iq a tsait-r i nai u uy wmviii
ment of naval contracts to a Ger
man firm, and were violent in the
extreme.
How could a nation, almost on
(Communications sent to The Journal for
prblicatkra In tola department abould d writ
ten on only one side of (be paper, ebon Id not
exceed SCO words In lenctb and must b ac
companied by the name and address of the
aender. If tbe writer coea not desire to
bare the name published, be abould ao atate.)
"Dlseusalon la the greateat of all reform
ers. It rationalizes everything It touches. It
rnha m-lneinl nf VII fslM aanctitr anu
throws them back on tbelr reaaonablcnesa. If
tbey nave do reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crashes them out of existence and aeta up Its
own conclusions iu their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
A FEW SMILES j
"I'm Introducing; a brand new inven
tion a combined
talking machine, car
pet 8 weeper, and let
ter opener," said the
agent, stepping brisk- W
ly Into an orrice. "
"Got one already,"
answered the propri
etor. "I'm married."
ton
117 ms .S' .A. 1
mm
Mrs. Suburbs Do you BtUl receive
that' dreadful Mrs. Comealwus at your
at homes?
Mrs. Tiptop -Impossible
to get her
to take a hint. Do
you know, when she
called I never of
fered her a chair.
Mrs. Suburbs
And what was the
result? .
Mrs. Tiptop Re
suit? Why. the next time she came
she brought a folding camp stool with
her.
Rural Credits for Oregon.
Portland. Or., Feb. 12. To the
Editor of The Journal The masses
generally are looking with enthusiusm
upon the state and interstate projects
now going forward, both public and
private,- such as the deepening of .the
Columbia, the general improving of
waterways and the building of hard
surfaced highways, electric lines, pow
er plants, municipal docks,, class A
buildings and other utilities of modern
life. The maintenance of all these.
and the factories when they come,
depends and rests mainly upon the
land, or farms. The farm, opening of
new farms, and "back to the soil,"
bers of the state board. In the should hence have first consideration
decision Judge Kelly says "that i
the pleadings disclose that no
t A ctaiinsl rural rn1lf at'etam muct eim.
. .VVb .SS AJSI.WV u.
port perpetually these expensive proj-
onlf rf mi'litorv hitrrtona nnrlpr-t7 j t 1. 1 j j
. .t- ih. m.,ru.nf th uhln nfi" . ' - .uitmage nas oeen incurred anu
. - --;take"an invasion or tne ncnest,
. iaie. no nunian rreer an
time Is more powerful in inspiring
youth and maturity to the sub-
. limer and more exalted outlcok
and endeavor of life.
I. When the Republic was at its:
great crisiH, Lincoln, standing
above the contending hosts, above
the prejudices, above the senti-
most resourceful and most power
ful nation on the globe
BIUTISH POLITICAL CRISIS
w
HEN King George opened
the British parliament last
Tuesday what will prob-
that the state has not lost any
thing." He adds:
The contention that -the mere use.
of the money (the state revolving
ects now under way. We should build
wisely.
Canada in one year induced 140,000
farmers to migrate from the United
States, not on account of its soil or its
climate, but because of a plausible
credit eranted thti homeseeker. cover-
iunu; in Moiauon oi me wrnnicai ,ng a period of 20 years, on easy pay
rule or law as to uie manner in i nlenta. at verv low interest for th
which the use may be made would
constitute an act which would en
title the state to recover judgment
against the officer so using the same,
ably prove to be the most I without regard to the benefit which
There Is a lad in a certain Scottish
town who Is noted-for his shrewdness.
The other day he was Bent by his fath-
er to a neighboring
public house with
the following order:
"Please send to
our house 10 dozen
of ale."
Now, it .so happens
that one of the pub
lican's faults is a
propensity to poke .
his nose into other people's bireine'Ss,
and so, when he had read the order, he
could not help ejaculating:
"Guid gracious, laddie, and what
ever is yer fether gaun tae dae wi'
sae muckle ale?"
For a moment Johnnie was puzzled.
knowing that his father wouldn't like
him to exactly tell the truth. Then an
Idea occurred to him and he quietly
replied:
"I'm no verra sure, but I thihk he's
gaun tae mak' a cork frame and he'll
need the corks."
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
S3IAIX CHANGE
Common sense is a dlseas that la
never fatal.
The Secret of Success: Aim blo-h anH
shoot often.
To have no monev In norkft la tn
pocket an affront.
Trying to be rnntpnt with uhit a
have' ia some trial.
Love Is blind, b
covers its sight after marriage.
The only sure hinr ahnm o
cure for anything is that it isn't.
The homely girl can t afford to keep
her domestic abilities under cover
a a
Some men I orrow trouble because
they have heard that it drives men to
uriiia.
a a
It takes an experienced summer girl
to twist any old thing a man says
into a proposal. .
a
Methuselah had a grudge against
his wives, perhaps, and kept on living
to beat them out of the insurance,
a a
When a man- places his bubble of
greatness on exhibition there is al
ways somebody who wants to stick a
pin in it.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
IN EARLIER DAYS
liy Fred Lockleyj
A committee of the. Grants Pass 1 My father and mother. CSiarks and
Commercial club is pressing the mat- Kebccca Craft, came - to "Oregon in
ter of having a geological survey made Kji" tv'ot r, , , ,
cf the DOtlfan quadrangle, which in-,U4a- ald erge PLltihri. Id
eludes -the tiulice mining district. The f Salem. "Tlu'y both werb born in
survey or the district including the Pennsylvania. They' reinu&d to'Vlr-"
Kerby country will probably be , ged , gniA Ju
children were horn. Frot Virgin';
Salem Statesman: Blind pigger at lliey moved to lllinoiF. thrive to Alis
Kiifeene lir.-d 2lo and put mio jail ,ouri. where lliey stayed tinr vearsa
for 20 days for making and selling , . y sl 57:XF
prune brandy. Of which he had 20O.a,,a ,n ltlj came to iregoii.
gallAns on hand. Serves him rlht. J "When my people flrnt caSie to Ore
Any man who known no better use lor ; gon they oc-cupieil n j.g ealUi in Poik
good prunes should be kept in Jail all j county where they ttavinl wttlr a man
the time. (named Jack Junes, who ha,! taVen up
AmusinK itself somewhat at the fX?rir f,iat "
Pense of the people of Baker, the Pen- j " . 'P1"1' , ,of 1 Mo--they , .noved to
tlletori Kast Oregonian xava: "Baker1 wnal aa called B.mcs inland
'has not yet learned the tan'so nnd does but is now callcd'0Yth .Mieni.
not even wee the necessity of acquiring ( l was oorn .in w h j4 i& ttw tho
grace In the new dances. Such village , oldest liousp in Siilem. in -jsi? Tho
backwardness over there is surprising, (house is still standing. it, was l.uijt
Possibly they would like 'Uiop thJibv J. R Mn'lnn., rn.m ir..&..i i,:.i...
handkerchief.' "
a a
Roseburg Keview: Another fruit
and vegetable season is rapidly ap
proaching, and y t we hear nothing
.definite as to the erection of a cannery
at Roseburg or Kdenbower. Knough
products are going to waste every year
to pay for two or thie canneries. Can't
something be done to prevent this loss
being continued?
HOW ST. PAUL TURNED BOND RETAILER
VT W
in recent vears ' no state would obtain by reason of
. f . ! its use, is one with which this court
e rule tor ire- ,-annot agree; and if the court is in
mentalities of his day said, "we , tempestous session
i shall nobly save or meanly lose the ' was begun. Home
last Dcstvnope oi earin. i land Is the great issue ior deter- j error as to itsi knowledge of tbe
i When he became president he! mlnation. but there' are other prob-! law- on this point, ail this court has
was held In contempt by the South.! lems second .only, to it in im-! R2fl4f1hoi't lt.js, thi lliat 1-a
. , . x , ' , , , , . ; v . i contended for, is; in direct contradlc-
underrated by the North and East. ! poftance. ; . tion to the dictates of natural jus-
and not even appreciated by hi3 , The navy, the South African de-jtice as applied to the affairs of men.
cabinet. Yet he was not only one portations, the Welsh disestab-j The decision is a complete vin
of the wisest, but one of "1 the Usnment bill, education, further : dication of the uses to which the
shrewdest and most exalted of reform of the house of lords, state revolving fund was applied,
mankind. It has been said of him ' plural voting and material changes i All the insinuations against the
that, through the four years that in the land laws loom large in ; governor were false insinuations,
the storm and strife of disunion the Asquith government's legisla-; All the intimations 'were false ln-
Deat around mm, inougn ne was tive program. The task
. clothed with almost absolute power, out for the Liberals Is to
mapped , timations.
hold to-j All the suggestions were false
purchase of lands, buildings and equip
ment. It was the "terms" that at
tracted so many to the north. Count
ing successes and failures, will Canada
be ahead in the long run, in opening
its lands by such methods? This ques
tion, doubtless, could be answered best
by Jim Hill, who years ago, for the
. purpose of encouraging farming along
the line of his railroad, furnished, free
of charge, seed grain and thorough
bred stock to many-farmers.
The commission sent out by this
government to investigate rural credits
found Ireland's rural districts, lifted
from the most wretched conditions, to
be among the most prosperous on
earth, through a system of liberal rural
credits.- 'Oregon, with all her vast raw
resources, is waiting' for the cultiva
tor; yes, "waiting," because three or
five years' .credit, and 1., 8 or 10 per
cent money, means failure to thjj aver
age borrower, because these lands are
Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati said the
other day of a notorious political'oss:
"They who call
this fellow honest
have to stretch the
truth a little. They
have to stretch it
like the old colored
farmer of Paint
Rock.
This old farmer
said to a young chap:
"'Look heah, Calhoon, Ah don mln'
youre eo'tin' inah gal Lillian, but Ah'd
ruther yo' wouldn't come round mah
house no mo'.
" Time fo' de las' wot yo' whz heah,
Calhoun, Ah missed a wathah bucket,
and de las' time de bridle wuz gone,
and now as Ah has use fo' de saddle,
Ah'd ruther yo' wouldn' come roun' no
mo'.
'Ah don't say you hain't honest, fo'
Ah b'lieves. yo' is;, but slch cu'ls things
happens w-hile yo s in de neighborhood;
so, jes' ter please an ole man wot ain't
enj'ytn de best er health, please don
come round dis house no mo'.' "
e never abused if. except on the , gether a precarious majority in KHKfl-nna . ... .u-if f cat to clear nd mak rd
Bide of mercy. i the house of commons and thus ; tahi,shAR that th n e rtti J r a crop.
Standing in the center and di-' avoid dissolution of parliament or j Horn, prP lining and r,r.ii,cti A system of liberal rural credits
roMn.r all ntmpnlln frennpntlv in n? th rv,tnlcfo Cismg were unjust ana unjUStlfl- equal . to Canada's (Canadian Pacific
his distracted countrymen in lan- At the last general election the i M t
o.,,0.tt that ..nnt air.ioh a n h t iu , .tiI4-.. v., 1 . . The newspaper injustices to Os
as musket balls, he led the nation winning 272 seats each. The Irish
i wald West during the past three
Railway), or half as liberal as Ireland
has, would induce thousands of good
men and women, who have some means
and are willing, ready and anxious, to
cai.ii. 1110 iiiou , u k u s . .V'
though , the stupendous struggle : Nationalists won 84 seats and the I " - i
state i pendent homes. This would relieve the
that cost $2,000,000 a day in ; Laborites 42. These smaller par
money and' that in dead, cost the j ties gave the Liberals a! majority
North and South nearly half a of 126 on most general questions,
million men. Among all in his ( But the situation may have changed
day he stood alone. His was the , over night.
maBter mind. He looked beyond j PrerhleT Botha by sanctioning
the outlook of .other men, and saw , the deportation of labor disturbers
the end. He was acquainted with from South Africa furnished occa
miles and tears, was single in ' 6ion for the Unionists to work
heart, and direct as light. "HeU,Don the Laborites in parliament.
was tne grandest figure of the , The attempt is being made to market block?
Iiercest uwii war.
V He Is one of the gentlest raemor
ies of our world.
THE DOLPH BLOCK
T
i overcrowded towns and cities and drive
poverty, "high cost of living" and
idleness way down to the setting sun.
I a icaoiui ticua lur opening up raw
George Creel In Everybody's.
Like everything else connected wfth
American municipalities, the great idea
came to St. Paul in the most haphazard
manner imaginable. The recent sum
mer witnessed a financial drought that
set the officials to gasping like strand
ed fish. Money had to be had! But
the market was in a slump, and even
if the bond sales could be made, there
was the certainty that the securities
would not bring par.
Major Handy, the comptroller, hap
pened to mention his trouble to W. C.
Colver. just arrived from Cleveland to
assume editorial direction of a chain of
papers. Colver, raising one hand on
high with ceremonial impress! veness.
fell to digging in his papers with the
other. What he resurrected were his
notes of a financial plan for cities that
Tom Johnson had talked out to him In
the days of the Cleveland struggle.
It was at a time when the preat
lighter for equal Justice looked for Im
mediate municipal ownership of the
street railways, or, as a flank attack.
the erection of a municipal lighting
plant. But where to get the money?
Since the lords of finance, as usual,
had .announced savage hostility to any
Bond Issue for such purposes. some
other "way must be found. From the
first Tom Johnson's thought clung to
the fact that the aggregate cash sav-
ngs of the people constitute the larg
est amount of real money in the coun
try. Massed in savings banks ami In-
suranceenmpanies, the hoards of the
humble many make the ocean of credit
upon which the mighty few launch
their vast enterprises.
posed bond issues, and then resell them
to the people In small sums?
This was t lie idea that Colver spread
out before Comptroller Handy, who.
with Treasurer Karnsworth and Mayor
Keller, constituted the sinking fund
committee of St. Paul. After looking
It over from every angle, the three of
ficials decided to take the plunge.
Quite gingerly several small bond Is
sues were bought in, and the partici
pating certificates printed
brought around the horn. t"Vivij years
after my parents lived h.jf It was
purchased by Judge K. V. Jioise. w ho
remodeled It. ;,' 4-
"On. January 6. 1817. my mother
had twin children. 1 am -one of rh
twins. .My twin sister died when she
was a baby. My mother hud "Hot ex
pected twins and had made clothes
for cnly one hahy. There was no store
j nearer than Oiegon City, -She Kent
.there and got some calico and flannel
and fortunately Mrs. Pringle. w ho "w as
siayine with us. had some Imhv
clothes w hich she gave my-' mother.
"The Pringles came in 'lSr4 6. O. M.
Pringle, who now lives Mv Portland,
was 14 years old when he-came. My
r'.ster. Kmmaline. who Imd been-born
in Virginia, was 11 years old. As chil
dren will, they fell in ve luit, as
children rarely do. lliey rWhained con
stant to each other und when he was
22 and she 19. they w ei e ipiari led.
"On the plains peoiilesjiot to know
each other w otnierrull v !-well. M v
I grandmother. Sarah lergCt; came w ith
Although scarcely three days wers my father and mother 'and walked
allowed for publicity, there was a bar- across the plains. WatKOii-i lelm. wh
gain counter rush- the moment the now lives on Cottage strr-c t here in
doors opened. ISefore tlie close of tho i Halem, was a loy then, find walked
first day the committee began buying across the plains wlth jrny grand
more bonds, and also invested $350,000 mother. They were inseparable hum.
or the city s 4 . per cent tax levy cer
tificates. There was ample need for these pur
chases, as the first three days saw
the sale of $140,000 worth of the $10
rlips and $83,000 of the tax levy cer
tificates. By December 1, more than
SI. 000,000 of the former-and $2,400.
000 of the latter had been sold
over the treasurer's counter, making n
total of three and a half millions-of the
obligation of St. Paul sold to citizens
in four months. According to latent
ftdvices, the average dally sale
$5000.
WASTING Til Kilt ENKIKJY
c
OMPARINO production, 'popu-'i'bfing;'ma;ie blame the British i operations t an be begun on the
" nrotn lor tnr Tro novo n I In rr AS c I ? a . !.
HE committee recommends the Hands in Oregon would be 25 year loans,
nurchase of the Dolnh blnek-1 bearing 4 per cent interest, the annual
for an miditoT-lnTr, I interest to be paid only for the first
----- 7"" "" " jfive years, and for the expiring 20
cosi oi iO.UUU. years the interest and 5 per cent of the
Why the Dolph block at' $175,- ! principal, annually., thereby liquidating
rne loan at tne end or that period. This
is a fair comparison of credit obtained
for the flotation of many corporate
enterprises of much less Importance
than the farm. -
Would it be a proper function of the
state to lend its credit, or support, if
mat support can be given without loss
shlng a.' rural
and quickly untangle their mix-ups.
but vehicles cannot theirs.
No signal is required of vehicles as
they approach a crossing. This signal
should by all means be required, es
pecially when vehicles desire to turn
to the right at street crossings. In
that case, they should be compelled,
when possible, to drive the left hand
side of. the vehicle to the center of
the street as the turn is made, and
return to the curb as soon as possible.
A sane and a Just requirement
would be to limit the speed of vehicles
of all , kinds except street cars at
street crossing; to the average speed
of the pedestrian, say, three or four
miles per hour.
The idea of compelling the pedes
trian by stringent law to cross the
street only at crossings and at right
angles to the street Is very good, and
should be made law, by all means.
Then the street between the crossings
belongs to the vehicles, as it should,
and the crossing, as it should, to both
pedestrians and vehicles.
We must remember that both classes
of travelers have their rights and
each should respect the rights of the
000 in preference to the city-owned
market block? There is nracti-
blame the Asquith government for j cally no difference in their geogra-
Botha's acts, in spite of the fact phy. If the Dolph block is a fa
that South Africa is a self govern- vorable site, so Is the market block.
ing colony. Asquith cannot dis- ' in Bueh a status, whv snpnrl
I ciPHne Botha. Yet the attempt is) $175,000 for the Dolph block when ?ia i the T state, by estabii
lation and railway traffic in
the United States, the Iron , ur,, es
Age says the future has some)
Much depends upon the Labor-
large problems for solution. The
I Ite's attitude. Should they go in
city-owned block without a dollar
of outlay? Nobody claims that the
market block will bring a figure
approximating the cost of the
Dolph block, even if It can be law-
; : .i":" ,::rMl Serais would.lose the working fully sold?
classes of commodities increased! TlZ !? thehose of commons, j lf it cannot be lawfully sold and
much faster than population.
. Between 1890 and 1910 popula
tion grew from 63,000;000 -ta 9,3',-
, It would mean the fall of Asquith's j the proceeds be applied to the
ministry and probably an appeal
to the country.
Dissolution before passage of the
AAA ADA hnrlno V.o oo J ' ""...
:,,." xr-i. l iiii. ' 1M'5 hWne rule bill is one of the de
ton mileage of railways increased LT,i ..
from 65.000.000.000 to 225,000.- ffA, f tlfM Union sts' Evey
000.000. While population was JSnl ?L i
. r ,. . pulled to bring this about, but it
r IK ? Wa " almost Impossible that - the
nage per mile was Increasing 400iTKi 0,.i
mt. In 1890 a ton of freight tti- rr.u-
; uiuuuiois, 1 ue Asquiiu ministry
per cent
was hauled 1032 miles for each
'person in the United States, while
In" 1910 a ton was hauled 2742
mlleB for each person.
In the two decades, 1890-1910,
the production of pig iron in
creased 350 per cent, and the coal
output grew 340 per cent. Be
tween 1889 and 1912 freight ton-
- hage of the Sault Ste. Marie canal
grew- from 7,400,000 to 71,000,
000 tons, an Increase of 960 per
cent In 23 years.
'Statistics show that while popu
'lation has increased for a term of
years at the average rate of 1.5
per. cent annually, production and
traffic have grown -at a rate that
- can hardly be explained by in
creased demand for food, shelter
: and clothing.
Production's figures may be ex
has done much for labor, and
promised more. But British poli
tics is largely a game j and a
gamble. !
Dolph purchase, where will the city
land with its auditorium , enter
prise? And if not. wherein will the
city profit by taking over a block
that pays large taxes instead of
using a block on which no tax Is
collected? -
credit system, to help our people sus
tain all lints of Industry?
THOMAS J. HAMMER.
A
T
MAKING GUILT, PERSONAL
I
HE appellate division of New
York's supreme couri has de
cided that 13 members of a
live poultry trust must pay
fines of $500 each and serve three
months in the penitentiary. The
decision makes history, for it is
said to be the first lnstanie in the
United States where jail sentences
for violation of anti-trust laws
have been' affirmed on appeal.
The poultry dealers were . tried
and convicted in 1911 of having
violated the state anti-trust law.
It was proved that they, conspired
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plained by the fact that jnany I to create and maintain a monopoly
things which were luxuries in 1890
: were necessities In 1910.- This
statement also accounts in some
degree!; for Increased traffic. Bufr
the figures go to prove that the
American people are wasting much
of their energy lit permitting the
things they produce and use to
be hauled, over long -distances. .
Freight- tonnage must necessar
ily increase faster than population,
but there is no reason .why, by
way of illustration, the lumber
used In a piece of furniture should
for control of New York City's live!
poultry supply and that they arbi
trarily fixed prices. '
The combination controlled 90
per cent of the poultry! shipped
to New York. So effective was the
pool that competition was de
stroyed and prices were fixed week
ly. Independent dealers were cut
off from supplies when possible,
or In case that could not be -done
the pool started markets for under
selling the independents. The court
found , that these methods resulted
More than a dozen lumber and
shingle "mills j in Southwestern
Washington, -which have been idle
most of the winter, are arranging
to resume i operations. Reports
from an inquiry;!)- traffic officials
of the Oregon-Yv'ashington Railway
& Navigation Company are that
there will be a ylgorous revival of
the mill industry. How can mills
remain idle when by the tariff and
currency bills. Industry has been
i liberated and credit and finance
emancipated? j
Professor Harcourt of the On
tario Agricultural college says the
high cost of. living can be reduced
by eating more cheese and less
meat and eggs. jHo says one pound
of cheese Is eqjual In food value
to two pounds pf beef, or 15 eggs
or one gallon j of xmilk. Please
pass tne cneese:,
Indorsing "Hopgrower."
Gervais. Or., Feb. 11. To the Edlto
of The Journal I have noticed a
splendid letter y a hopgrower of In
dependence; also the criticisms. One
writer said th hopgrower dared not
sign his name. That was shallow, for
no hopgrower is ashamed of his or her
name. I fcave counted many names of
fine people on the south end of French
prairie who grow hops, and the money
paid tor labor, averaging $6000 fo;
every 40 acres, would amount to about
$380,000. and in the entire community
I do not know of one drunkard. In
my entire , crowd of hopplckers last
year not one drank to excess. All my
ramny, t am proud to say, are appre
ciated for their temperance principles
Still, I am not radical.
The Cascade mountains have always
obstructed our view. They are es
tablished. The sale of liquor all my
life has been established. Its misuse
is to be- regrett-ed, and looked after.
xne misiortune or & iew, Deyond re
call, should not destroy a great in
dustry. If people are foolish enough
to tumble over the mountain, should
the Cascades be leveled? Tou can
not stop a running river. You must
show it where to flow. Make laws
and teach temperance.
ELLA M. FINNEY.
It has been discovered that danc
ing ' the tango produces water on
the knee. It also gives men the
tango stoop and " the tango hump.
It also produces paresis. But
none of these disasters seems to
scare anybody.
The Traffic Ordinance.
Portland. Feb. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal It is Interesting to note
the- audacity of the Portland Automo
bile club in presenting such a traffic
ordinance. This ordinance should not
be passed, because it classes pedes
trians as vehicles, losing sight of the
fact 'that tens of thousands of pedes
trians to tens of automobiles use the
streets. Why should we Inconvenience
the masses who have to use the slow
way of walking to get f ronj place to
place, for the benefit of the few using
the automobile, that Is '-allowed to
make 15 miles per hour? 'Walking al
ways has been and always- will be the
principal means of locomotion on our
streets. -If It were willfulness on the
ther.
C. C. L.
Joseph Walt, who catrje with my
parents acrosti the j.lniiis. , sUirto.l tho
first furnltuic factory in lln. Ilo
married Sarah, my oideFtj sister. lie
died 4 years a tro and my'lMer mar
ried Fahrltus A. Smith, wfliani 'rafl.
my brother. Im Kl years otU. lie lives
with his dniK'it.-r. ,m
"I was not the rirst; vhitv child
torn In Salem, hut my mother I. it. I the
first twins l.orn in Salini. tJtorse
H'llman, who now lives 1. Salt 1-iiUe
City, was birn in Salem : five : rs
Is ! before my birth. His si,-Vr. M;iry
llolman, ns horn three , yearn before
line and Myra Holrmm, wftn ui'.n a!s-
Of. course the plan has met With tip- born in Salem, is a ye;ir -oUisr, Hum I
position. The savlncs banks don't : ni. She later became Mr. J. II. Al
ii, nor are the public utility magnates i bert. Olivr Ucers. win.: live- two
Pleased with something that notnls a 1 nixirs from iny home her, wan le.rn
How to tap this enormous reservoir of
cash? How rescue the people's money
for the people's use? Quite obviously,
local assimilation of a bond issue de
manded three things: bonds in no lar
ger denomination than the average
savings bank deposits; their sale over
a counter just like Witter ana eURs:
and the right to cash them without no
tice or loss of interest. Kven then,
however;' the city could not be ex
pected to twiddle its thumbs while
waiting, for a' quarter million bond'ls-.
sue to be swallowed in $10 bites. Some
benevolent middleman was necessary.
and the final Johnson answer was the
sinking fund committee.
This municipal body, created to ac
cumulate funds to pay the interest on
the city's .indebtedness and to retire
bonds at maturity, has broad discre
tionary powers with regard to invest
ments. Instead of letting this grow
ing mass of money lie in banks at a
low rate of interest, why not have the
pinking fund committee buy the pro
way to municipal ownership. Litiga-
I'on was tnrcateneo anil every one ex
pected a suit or injunction proceeding
that Is, every one but the members
.f the"s!nklng fiHid committee. Not
toi nothing had these shrewd gentle
two years bef-ne I was. Aimer l.ew t, -who
was born here : SaU'iu mid who
still livs here, is just mv' c.
"In coming ai rt:t-.s the '.plains Htt!'
groups of iiiiijiciilxl firifiilics wTc
formed. Such a group was f'.rim-d
men inserted the following paragraph . w hen my people came nei.iss, Tie
under the word "Conditions" on th-' neitns. me Mariiuams niur uie i mils
back of each pari Iclpatlng certificate: I ink together. Alfr.nl n. Maraiiam,
... ... i .. i .... , i. i .... ti........... i .
lie slnKlng iuiki committee reserves "" "- 'i.pm i.-.i-
laial, hail learncl the i:1I-IiiI tn.le
the right to recall, discharge, and can
cel this certificate upon payment of
principal and interest up to the date of
letirement."
A simple as effective! If any cer
tificate holder should pf Into court, the
committee can merely mail him a check
ul rcill bla ert I f iesi it t
rai l rn ri., i had two little boys
with my brother in-law. lr. Watt. I
have often It-aid my faftler av th.it
his wife was the most unfailingly
t;ood nature.! woman awd tin- mt
raiiable' V"m;m he vc"- saw. Her
jfather and mothei.-anmS alotiu w ith
mem. .(liver, Aiire.i .-vi nrtiiia in s wire.
ShxHook care or
ion form of government, and J w '"' W;,H H'1'le.l
Lhe Klmrdif leatlon and effi-' uork- n'ul hr u
tturi IIUW II JI1M ..! um-
Olive Mamuani'had 12 th)l-
its ointment. The city has adopted the tw' 1':vs- '"! .." . .7
commission form of eovernment. and ". was trlpplwl. and all of . th
i-nder th
clenrleu of this plan the Johnson Idea
Is scheduled for the very fullest possi
ble development. If St. Paul, with' Its
JlO-cash - on - demand-certificates, can
find It possible to be financed entirely
by its own citizenship, thus keeping In- j
terest in local circulation, why can't !
other cities do it? And If cities, why
not states? ur, in the last analysis,
why can't the national debt be ab
sorbed In the self same fashion?
BIG INVESTORS' MONEY RETURNS
Homesteaders Testify.
Elk City, Or., Feb. 10. To the Editor
of The Journal Congressman Hawley
wants information 'to' 'help secure
changes in the law, prepared by hlro.
Can a man clear 1!0 acres In three
ears without hiring extra labor or buy-
ng expensive machinery or explosives?
We say he cannot.' In this county there
are from 26 to 75 large old growth
fir stumps, with the logs that used to
be on them, on each acre, and a man
cannot get rid of one of them short of
$5 worth of hard labor. Besides, there
s any amount of underbrush to get
rid of.
There is no market in which to sell
anything we raise, and if there were
there is not one homesteader in 20
that could get his stuff out, on ac
count of the roads. The man that
takes up a homestead has to make his
own road to his homestead.
Win tne Dili prepareu meet ine aii-
ficulties?
It would help largely.
In answer to the question, "Have
you any suggestions. . ior. . rurwier
amendment?" we answer that the gov
ernment ought to support a home
steader until he could support him
self. We say that when a poor man
and His family go .into the woods and
dlgut a home where it Is worth. $100
to get an acre in cultivation, and mean-
while are not allowed any mail facili
ties, the government ought to support
them while they are at it. and then
give them gold medals when final
proof Is made.
W. H. UAmr.U
GEORGE .M. DEVENPORT.
R. U CALKINS.
T. J. DANIEL.
Homesteaders.
part of" working girls, clerks . and
laDorers. in general to persist in walk
ing; instead, of riding in $4000 cars, I In this valley, and therefore do not
For Good Oregon Roads.
Crabtree, Or., Feb. 10. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I have noticed In
your valuable paper the agitation con
cerning good roads. To obtain good
roads in this valley the important step
for the public Is. first, select a compe
tent roadman. The greatest drawback
in this, as in other states, is the road
supervisor who is absolutely incompe
tent. The community which has the
right to elect a road supervisor ought
to observe closely the following in
electing him: Is he a progressive,
erefeetic man. on his own farm? Is
he an honest tiller of his own soil? Is
he willing to study and learn the most
progressive, up td date methods of
farming, dairying, or stock-raising?
If all these three characteristics are
r.otlceable In the man. then and then
only are the voters justified to cast
their votes for that man.
I am an eastern 'man.' only one year
By John M. Osklson.
(Copyright. 1914. by J. G. Lloyd.)
We poor goats who have only a
few hundred dollars a year to In
vest are called lucky if we get S per
cent: but the nien with minions io
handle the Lord only knows how
much they get!"
For the man who said that to me
the other day I had been saving a
flrst-of-the-year statement of one of
the big Insurance companies, and I
called his attention to that part of
it which dealt with the company s
investments for the year 1913.
Last year that company invested
$41,740,459; it w as certainly a-Dig
handler of money, and it has a thor
oughly organized force of experts to
hunt out good and safe investments.
What did they find In a year which
was particularly favorable for bar
gain hunters? Here Is the answer:
Bonds of United biates ana Cana
dian municipalities and states to the
amount of $8,421,095, and bought to
yield 4.S7 per cent.
Foreign state and municipal bonds
to -the. amount of. $7,149,471, .to yield
4.40 per cent.
in per vun. never ruf
fled no matter how trying the circum
stances.
drc-n and lf any plmieef : w-oylan de
serves commendation she certainly
does, for with her gn4 ! nature and
good management, she was 'able to
make a happy home life, as long as
she lived. J
"This old bookcase which you
are writing Is made of ttlaple and oak
ami was made by :4r Watt, my
J brother-in-law, way bark In the t'fs.
He had a little furniture; factory here
I in Salem whre he madjV iMvikeases,
I sideboards, tables, bureaus and chairs.
He made more chairs Jfcliari anything
Railroad bonds to the amount of . else, as there was mor demand for
$9,856,651, to yield 5 per cent. (them. They were matt of oak or
loans on business property to the maple and the seats Were nwile of
amount of $15,189,078, which return laced rawhide. My fathtjf, seeing that
5.58 per cent on the money. (there was no tannery l Salem and
Iians on farms to tho amount of that leather was hard CTagct and high
$920,8R5. to return 5.50 per cent. ; priced, started a tannery! on what in
Miscellaneous bonds to the amount snow Fourteenth street, between Che
of $203,277. to pay 4.88 per cent j meketa and Center. I in remember
Of all the assets of this huce enm-!" a ! Kir seeing tirfe vats filled
nled nt the end wltn f,r lark for tannlnft tho leather.
While 1 was sini a cuinriwe inoveo i
a farm In the Waldo hljlii." -
pany (which amour
turn or 4.54 per cent was being j
received at the time the report was i
made. i
A further analysis made bv this
company shows that It gets 2 4 per
cent for Its cash -in bank, 4.19 per
cent on its foreign government and
municipal bonds, 4.27 per cent op Its
railroad bonds. 4.36 per cent on Its
Owned real estate, and 4.97 per cent
The RagtimelMuse
Old School lit).
In retrospect I find d-ight;
My school days I witit joy recall.
Those days, Just now, mv-ih very bright,
itui then thev were noclhrleht at all!
on Its mortgage loans. Including farm Indeed. I thought them fe-adly dark,
mortgages. This covers the com- So fl.llc1 wlln hardnip. toil and
pany s main assets, and represents Its j Whl. . ' ,.h rrentlUous lark
return on investments made over a; nunfr fearsome threat of direful
iuiik neiien 01 years. 1 doom W
So. If you're getting as much as I M
5 per-cent on a safe investment of ' Those dear old days'. I'ltglad they're
your money you're doing better than ( r"t,
this group of experts have been able
to do with millions to put to work.
road, plow It and scrape It to. the mid
dle of the road. This would give the
middle of the road a rise of four to
five feet, and by narrowing the road
would give it the proper drainage. To
insure still better, drainage, have on
each side of the road a ditch from
three to four feet deep, according to
the .ground worked, wfth some tiling
from 20 to 40 yards apart, two feet
uf.der and across the main road -proper,
to drain off any water which may
happen to "stand In the center of the
road. I would begin working the road
ill the spring time. This would In
sure a hard middle surface before fall.
Finally, there should be a strict law
preventing heavier loads than 1000
pounds as soon as the rainy season
opens. Renew work every year, and
within five years we will have roads
equal to those in any eastern state.
GEORGE E. SCHUYLEMAN.
But they were bet ter. i .anyhow
No. I am no iconoclast 1
Than children in th -iwchnols have
now. :f
Few were tlie lessons, few the books
That then were contie$. The child
todav '!
Incidental, if Fannie Ifarley will visit
a Sunday school next Sunday she will
learn the Importance of "These things ' HaB doz-ns. and hp sewrfand cook
bjiuuiu ye nave uone anu not leu ine And Piakf s a study oi 3)ls play,
others, undone." The $20,000,000 Is' . i;f-
probably not out of proportion to what'1 Some spinster with a !lrfty dom
the
Instructs him daily j. through
week. 1
And nightrf a'nd Sundays .rt his home
More useful knowjedse bids' him
seek.
Oh. were I now a boy at -o1.
So piiided, trained, uijpvhipped, un-
frt . S-
then this law would be just.
4 I find nothing In the proposed ordi
nance to compel a, vehicle , to stop at
a street crossing, where, a traffic
patrolman is stationed, unless it is
signaled to"-do so, ' 1 The result would
be about the same as having no one
I at all to control traf f lo at these con
In Japan, the head of the weather
bureau killed himself because he
failed to forecast the recent. earth
quake and volcanic eruption. In
J no spirit of censoriousness; it may Jested cornars. Pedestrians can easily
want to criticise roadmaking; still
there are so many gross mistakes made
in road building- that I am constrained
to point out some of them, such as in
competent supervisors; roads too wid
for proper drainage; absolute lack of
proper drainage on the sides of roads:
work don too late in tbe-season." I
would take six feet on each aide oi th
A Critic Criticised.
Portland. Feb. It. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read Fannie Har
ley's letter In The Journal of-February
9, in which she criticises the churches
of this country for giving $20,000,000
for foreign missions. Criticism is a
great , power for true progress end
should .not be resented, lut digested;
and often the residue returned to the
critics will enlighten and help them
and others. ' .
This critic fails to see the distinc
tion between "Christianity" and "re
ligion:" She refers to modem religion
as being nothing more than civiliza
tion etc. While what she says is in
cluded In Christianity, it Is not its
primary purpose but is -the result of
the churches are doing at home for re
lief work and general betterment,
much of which Is done In too superfi
cial and temporary a way. -
But it Is true. If the true, self deny
ing spirit of Christianity prevailed in
tne rnurcnes- wnat Fannie iiaricv ri. 1 ire-.
sires, and even more, would take place. I I'd uualify as Just a fowl
modern religion or no modern religion! j .A'LruJ! CL
Individuals, homes and state would be f l
protected from the ravaging nd Pointort Paraaanh;
greed of somewhat religious but up- rOinieO rTZgn
rhristian nowprs. und several tlmr-a ' 1 i
12.1 000 000 could be sent to forelirn . Only a woman who b&ln love will
lands for the sjime purpose, birfildes. I ' P t" man who 'Jij- socially be
Fannie Harfey- should come in and , neath her.
look out-
AL1CE" REICH EN.
I
The first time a girl tr engaged s!v
; Is afraid that other raijj will try to
Prrrtiihitlon in Kansas.
Portland. Or., Feb. 11. To the Edi- fl"? ,tn,,n.r ,,ut thsecond time
r of The Journal Amonir the letters "h afra,J thy won
,
SUNDAY FEATURES
tor
from the -people In The Journal1 I re
cently saw where some one made the
assertion that in spite of prohibition
in Kansas the poorhouses and jails
are full. Maybe the following editorial
from the Walla Walla Bulletin of
October 10, 1312, w.irinterest some:
"The fetate of Kansas has only 612
paupers within Its confines, according
to a report just filed by the state
board of 'control. Twenty-eight county
farms have no inmates at all. There
are -53 counties of the state having no
prisoners under sentence, and 34 with
ho prisoners at all of any kind In their
Ma its. Tbe statistics show a remark-
the power of the gospel and is sec-j able atfenc of .r!?ne and poverty in j
ondary to the comma ra or jesus: w a eiaie uwi more man i,vu.uuv j
vo intn 1l the world and preach the I people. On . the face of It, we are im- I
gospel to every creature." . Christian- j pressed that It Is ut a bad showing.'
ity has to do with tae' eternal welfare (for a prohibition state to make.'
of humanity; the temporal benefit Is I 8. I 1
The Sunday Journal. Magazine
offers these compelling fea
tures for women' reader
each Sandayr. ji-
Patterna for the hone drcoa-
maker. -j-
Baggestions for tke needle '
woman. .- 'J.
Hints on home economy. .
Talks on health andUlaat7V
Sunday Jotirral
Magazine .
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